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Filipino American Medical Inc. (FAMI) is a non-profit corporation that was founded in 1999 by Hospital for Special Surgery's Niles Perlas, CRNA, and friends in New York City. FAMI brings American and Filipino-American physicians and other medical professionals to the Philippines to serve the poor.
FAMI's first surgical mission was joined by Chris R. Edmonds, MD, along with other HSS medical staff. During the course of his stay in the Philippines, Dr. Edmonds performed anesthesia and gave lectures/demonstrations at the teaching hospital.
Dr. David Lee
Subsequent missions were joined by David L. Lee, MD, James D. Beckman, MD, Andrew C. Lee, MD, and Joseph Oxendine, MD. Dr. David Lee and Dr. Beckman, who have volunteered on a number of missions, are also members of the FAMI Board and our Medical Advisory Committee.
Niles Perlas in Asia 2005
FAMI's surgical success rate of no mortality in almost 1,000 free surgeries performed can be attributed to HSS Anesthesia-specialized skills and vigilant care. In one critical situation on emergence from anesthesia, when a pediatric patient almost aspirated from mucus when suction was not available, Dr. Andrew Lee used an asepto syringe instead, avoiding serious complications.
Dr. David Lee
The mission's surgical team was made possible through the support of the Hospital for Special Surgery Anesthesia Department. Gregory Liguori, MD, the Director of the department, has supported FAMI's mission by encouraging the Anesthesiology staff to join in this humanitarian and international volunteerism work.
Dr. Beckman
Niles Perlas recently received the prestigious Philippine Presidential Award for founding the FAMI Organization. Below is a photo commemorating the event.
Niles Perlas, RN CRNA, receives the Philipine Presidential Award (center, holding award).
Dr. Joseph Oxendine stands to the far right.
FAMI and Niles Perlas will always be grateful to the HSS Anesthesiology Department and Dr. Liguori for their belief and generosity in helping the needy; without them, FAMI would not have been able to deliver.
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Johnston Community College and Wake Technical Community College both opened their fall semesters on Aug. 15. But while Wake Tech watched enrollment climb to a record 22,000, JCC saw its ranks fall slightly from the year before, to 4,056 students.
One reason might be that JCC no longer takes part in the federal student loan program; JCC President David Johnson can't say for sure yet. But he thinks Wake Tech is growing in part because of the access it offers students: the college has five campuses spread across Wake County.
JCC, with campuses in Smithfield and the Cleveland community, is looking to improve access too, Johnson said. "It's important to expand to more people in the county," he said.
One possibility: a campus in Kenly in northern Johnston County.
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Johnson said he wasn't surprised that JCC's enrollment changed little this year from last. Community college enrollment grows most during economic downturns, when displaced workers return to school to learn new schools. From 2009 to 2011, JCC saw its enrollment soar 26 percent. Now, with the economy improving, the college's numbers are leveling off.
Still, Johnson expects JCC to grow as Johnston County grows. Johnston's population is growing at an annual rate of 5.4 percent, well above the state average of 3.3 percent, and some forecasters expect the county's population to swell 30 percent by 2025.
JCC needs to be ready, Johnson said. "We are taking a very strong look at infrastructure and the growth we anticipate in the next 10-12 years," he said.
Already, JCC is rapidly expanding its vocational offerings to keep pace with employer demand. Johnson noted that space in nearly all vocational programs is maxed out.
Eventually, those programs will require additional classroom space. Fortunately, Johnson said, county voters in 2013 said yes to a $7 million bond issue that will, among other things, allow JCC to evaluate and update its master building plan.
Johnson called the bond dollars the "shot in the arm" that JCC needed.
Transferring made easier
On the other end of the academic spectrum, JCC is also welcoming more students who plan to transfer to a four-year college or university after completing two years at JCC.
That transition is easier than ever, Johnson said. For starters, the N.C. Community College System and University of North Carolina System now have an agreement guaranteeing that community college credits will transfer to ther four-year schools.
"We're looking forward to renewing our relationship with the UNC system and easing the burden of transfer," Johnson said.
On its end, JCC is working closely with college-transfer students to make sure they take the classes that four-year schools require for admission, Johnson said.
The aim of the Community College and UNC systems is for transfer students to enter the four-year schools as juniors.
The four P's
For both vocational and college-transfer students, Johnston Community College is attractive, Johnson said, because of what he calls the four P's: programs, people, place and price.
"We're a family-oriented institution," he added. "We have great faculty and staff that treat students like family."
Heather Murphy, 19, of Four Oaks came to JCC a year ago unsure of a major but certain that she didn't want to bury herself in debt to continue her education beyond high school.
This fall, Murphy is taking history, literature and computer classes en route to the associate of arts degree. After graduating from JCC, she plans to pursue her bachelor's degree.
Murphy feels comfortable at JCC. "Neither of my parents went to college," she said. "If you're really dedicated and make a career for yourself, there are people willing to help."

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Lady Gaga and Barneys New York Collaborate on Gaga's Workshop for Holiday 2011
Gaga's Workshop Lands at Barneys
Gaga's Workshop Lands at Barneys
>> Let the countdown begin. Twelve days from now, Barneys New York will unveil Gaga's Workshop: a holiday shopping extravaganza an entire year in the making. The project — a collaboration between Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti, Barneys creative director Dennis Freedman, and installation artists Eli Subrack and Christophe Hamaide Pierson — opens Nov. 21, taking over the entire fifth floor of the Barneys Madison Avenue flagship. Eight elaborate shopping stations — a jewelry shop made of a Lady Gaga-faced spider, a bookstore in the shape of a giant pop-up book, a boudoir styled like a giant wig, for example — will sell over 170 limited-edition Gaga-themed products. Among the goodies? Chocolate Christmas ornaments ($6), Gaga-topped snow globes ($95), glittery handmade chocolate skulls ($68), claw-shaped stockings ($65), and a one-of-kind pair of black shoes ($4,100). Also available will be a selection of Lady Gaga's personal childhood holiday favorites — Roald Dahl books, candy lipsticks, malted milk balls, gum balls — hand-picked with help from an expert: her mother.

Gaga's Workshop officially opens at 11:59 p.m. Nov. 21 and will stay open through Jan. 2. Until then, peek elements from the project here, with more products unveiled each day for presale on Barneys' just-launched Gaga's Workshop website. At left, a rendering of the "Gaga Monster" installation that will flank Barneys' 60th Street entrance.
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The world's first 9 second Mercedes - Congratulations to Renntech for their 9 second McLaren SLRWe knew the 9 second barrier would be cracked soon with many Mercedes' on the precipice. Renntech managed to push their SLR which already held the overall Mercedes 1/4 mile record even further breaking into the 9's. Everyone at BenzBoost would like to offer a congratulations for a major achievement in Mercedes performance. This SLR clearly had the performance to back up its looks. An incredible 1.4X 60 foot allowed for a 9 second elapsed time with a trap speed cracking the 140's. Much respect, well done.
This article was originally published in forum thread: ***** Mercedes 1/4 Mile Record: The First Mercedes In The 9s - RENNtech SLR ***** started by Exeenom View original post16 Comments
This thread is about a Renntech car so let's get it back on topic.
As I stated in my previous post, does anyone know what this car weighs or specifics on mods?
There will be a full article with details about the entire build in due time, but for now here's a quick summary
- Modified supercharger
- Larger heat exchangers
- More efficient intercooler pump
- Prototype race headers
- Limited slip differential
- Modified five-speed transmission to handle the extra power.
This SLR used to be black (SLR 777) and held the previous SLR record of 10.29 ran earlier last year. Then it was converted to white and was used as a 2011 SEMA Show Car. The car was created by Platinum Motorsport, RENNtech, MACarbon, and Exotics Boutique. It also has a Mansory Renovatio bodykit and custom interior.
Either way, if you are putting down the whp Luke said you can beat this time in +2000 no prob.
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The whole run looks effortless.
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Today i'm here to talk a lil bit about this brand called La Cerise http://shoplacerise.bigcartel.com/, it's a Portuguese brand based in Lisbon that has been around the web for some years, i've modeled for them twice and i know the owners quite well, all fantastic people and really proud of their creations! And so should they be!
I got a lil cute package of my fave things from their shop, many of you know i'm a fan of Game of Thrones and specially Winterfell, and so happened they have a collection inspired by the Series on their shop and i got sane ahhahah
Anyway let's talk about everything on it's time.
The necklaces are really pretty and nicely done, the have a long chain so it hangs in the middle of the boobies :3 it's quite a nice length i should say, i'm really pleased with it!
The key is really simple but delicately beautiful, i think this could be worn with a elegant dress or on a daily basis with wtv your soul desire!
Oh dear! WINTER IS COMING!! The necklace is so well done and so perfect!
The bracelet i'm wearing is the Winterfell themed too, but they have more 2 types for other crazy fans like me!
So now talking about their make-up baggies, at first i though it was too small to fit anything but to be real, everything you need, fits inside of it and you still have space to put something more in!
As a freelancer make-up artist i always need make-up clutches to keep my working products by hand, and this pillowy bag keep my "glass" jar foundations and other make-up appliances safe and cute :3
They have different styles but i love this one for it's cuteness, the inside part is dark purple and i thing its a good choice of color, because we all know that when make-up bags are a light color inside they alway tend to get dirty faster!
Oh btw i chosen the button style, you also have the Zipper style in case you prefer.
Now lets talk about the "Kimono" i got!
This particular piece called my attention straight away! I don't know if it's because it's so unique and simple, remembering the chinese culture and the detailed design or the fast that it's just a perfect piece to accentuate any outfit you are wearing! But i know for sure that i fell in love it it 100% and i love the silky material it's made of!
I will style this piece in some #OTD so you can see how i wear it and take idea for yourself, at the moment i'm not able to do so because i barely can put i pair o shorts on with cast but ahahaha i will do it as soon as i can! I promise!!!!
All the items from this blog you can find here:
Winter is Coming: http://shoplacerise.bigcartel.com/product/game-of-thrones-necklaces
FairyTail Key: http://shoplacerise.bigcartel.com/product/the-key-necklace
Winterfell Bracelet: http://shoplacerise.bigcartel.com/product/game-of-thrones-bracelet
Hope you enjoyed this post, if you thing i should detailing talk about most of my products let me know and i will do more of these blogs so know 100% my opinion about everything!
P.S: I may also do a video o this brand so you can see all the item alive :) but only if you want to!


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Transfer news: Brighton complete deal for MK Dons left-back Adam Chicksen
Brighton have signed left-back Adam Chicksen from MK Dons for an undisclosed compensation fee.
Last Updated: 15/07/13 3:14pm
The Championship club will pay an undisclosed compensation fee for the 21-year-old, who made 42 appearances for the Dons last season.
Chicksen has signed a three-year contract and will join his new team-mates on the pre-season trip to Spain.
His arrival follows this week's permanent deal for former England centre-half Matthew Upson.
Albion's head of football operations David Burke told the club website: "We are delighted that Adam has joined us. Our scouting department have been aware of him and impressed with his progress at MK Dons.
"He has all the attributes that we are looking for and already has a good knowledge of our playing style, having come through the ranks at MK Dons.
"He has great potential to establish himself in the Championship, and we are delighted that he has chosen Brighton & Hove Albion."


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(Reuters) - Carmelo Anthony made his return to the New York Knicks official, while the Miami Heat made a move to reload following the exit of LeBron James by agreeing to a deal with forward Luol Deng in NBA free agency moves on Sunday.
Paul Pierce will be moving to Washington to join the Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers confirmed their trade with the Houston Rockets for point guard Jeremy Lin as free-agent activity heated up.
High-scoring Anthony gives team president Phil Jackson the foundation piece he desired in his quest to bring an NBA title to Madison Square Garden for the first time since 1973.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Under NBA salary cap rules, Anthony could sign a five-year contract for as much as $129 million, but he may elect to take less in order to give the Knicks more budget room.
"We are now happy to know that we have the cornerstone of what we envision as a 'team of excellence.'" Jackson said in a statement.
Anthony, who averaged 27.4 points last season for the Knicks was the biggest free agent on the market following Friday's decision by James to return to his roots and sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"I am a New York Knick at heart," Anthony said.
Free agent Deng of Britain, who played most of his NBA career with the Chicago Bulls and part of last season with the Cavaliers, will try to help fill the massive void left by the departure of James.
Deng agreed to a $20 million, two-year deal with the Heat, according to multiple reports.
Entering his 11th NBA season, Deng has averaged 16.0 points per game in his career.
The Heat will retain two members of its 'Big Three', keeping Chris Bosh with a reported five-year, $118 million deal, and working on a new contract for Dwyane Wade.
Ten-time All-Star Pierce, 36, who played the 15 years of his NBA career with the Boston Celtics, made his second move in as many years by agreeing to a two-year deal with the Washington Wizards, the Washington Post reported.
Pierce, who came to Brooklyn last season along with Kevin Garnett in a trade with the Celtics, agreed to a reported two-year deal for the full mid-level exception worth $10.8 million.
"Welcome the truth @paulpierce34 to DC...#wizkids!!" Wizards point guard John Wall tweeted.
As Pierce steps in, swingman Trevor Ariza leaves Washington for the Houston Rockets for a deal reported to be four years for $32 million.
The Lakers, meanwhile, made their deal with Houston for Lin official.
Lin comes to Los Angeles along with first-round and second-round draft picks in 2015 for the rights to center Sergei Lishouk who played last year for Spanish club Valencia, in a deal that helped Houston free up salary cap room.
The Lakers have sufficient cap room to absorb the contract of Lin, who will make about $15 million this season in the last year of a deal that counts only $8 million against the cap.
The 25-year-old Lin, the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, averaged 12.5 points and 4.1 assists last season but lost his starting job.
"This trade allows us to acquire a solid player who will make us a better team, as well as draft picks to improve our team in the future...," said Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak.
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"Incident" and "reflected" white balance measurements
Now, putting aside the fact that I cannot imagine why we would want to do the latter, this pairing of terms does not usually reflect what actually happens, and in fact gives some wrong impressions.
Simplistic descriptions of these techniques are:
Technique A ("incident light") - The camera, with the diffuser in place, is placed at the location of the subject. (There is a second-order issue as to in which way the diffuser should be oriented, but we need not deal with that now.)
Technique B ("reflected light") - The camera, with the diffuser in place, is placed at the location it will have for the actual shot (presumably "aimed at" the subject).
Now, let's first assume that we have a measurement diffuser with a fairly "broad" acceptance pattern, perhaps even the "cosine" pattern often thought to be most appropriate for Technique A over a range of common situations.
Now, what happens in Technique B? Well, a fraction of the light "accepted" by the diffuser (and presented to the camera for determination of its chromaticity) is in fact light reflected from the subject. (That will be a very small fraction if the "subject" is of modest size, in terms of the solid angle it subtends from the camera position). A fraction will be light reflected from objects to the side of the subject. A fraction will be light directly received from (if we have an outdoor setting) the sky.
Now let's compare this with the situation with Technique A and this same diffuser. Here, a fraction of the light "accepted" by the diffuser can in fact be light reflected from the the photographer's assistant (standing at the tripod, awaiting the return of the camera). A fraction will be light reflected from objects to the side of the camera location. A fraction will be light directly received from the sky.
So in in technique B, part of the light (often a small part) is reflected from the subject (obviously, the premise for its "designation"), while in technique A, part of the light (often a small part) just as well might be reflected from the photographer's assistant.
With such a diffuser, in Technique A, the light that is measured, overall, is the light incident on the subject; in Technique B, the light that is measured, overall, is the light incident on the camera location for the shot.
Now, is there a situation in which the designation "reflected light" for technique B is apt? Yes, indeed.
Suppose we have a measurement diffuser whose acceptance pattern is "very narrow". This might mean that, for a subject of the size we have in a particular case, a substantial fraction of the light that is measured is in fact the light reflected from the subject. Thus here, "reflected light" as a description of the technique is apt.
Suppose now we use such a diffuser in Technique A. Now, it may well be that a substantial portion of the light that is measured would be light reflected from the photographer's assistant and from objects slightly off to her side (Porta-Potties, perhaps). Now, the moniker "incident light" for Technique A is no longer apt (remember my opening statement about the type of diffuser).
So I urge we not use "incident light" and "reflected light" to distinguish between Technique A and Technique B. It would be much better to describe them by their actual distinguishing characteristics: "at the subject" and "at the camera position".
Now why, in fact, would we want to use Technique B? Because Technique A is hard to use in our situation (photography of a grizzly bear, for example).
Why in fact would someone want to use a narrow-acceptance-angle diffuser in Technique B? Perhaps because he believes that actually concentrating on measuring the light reflected from the subject is desirable in the use of Technique B (rather than measuring the incident light upon the camera position, which is what a "broad angle" diffuser actually does in Technique B).
How does this give us what we need to do proper white balance color correction (it is generally considered that what we need to know is the chromaticiticy of the incident light upon the subject)? Beats me.
I agree that using these terms for colo(u)r balancing tends to add to confusion. Using them for light metering, in order to derive exposure setting, is fine with me.
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You can apply to come to the UK as a representative of an overseas business if you're from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland and you're either:
- the sole representative of an overseas company planning to set up a UK branch or a wholly owned subsidiary for an overseas parent company
- an employee of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation posted on a long-term assignment to the UK
You must also meet the other eligibility requirements.
How long it will take
The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel.
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You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks when you apply from outside the UK.
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A Representative of an Overseas Business visa costs £610.
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You can come to the UK for an initial period of 3 years.
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|Through serving our healthcare customers worldwide, we learn about medical trends and needs — such as the void of new, innovative children's cancer treatments.
Dell believes technology is a critical part of changing this void and enabling more effective treatment of disease.
Dell has made a multimillion dollar, multiyear commitment to help doctors and families dealing with pediatric cancer through our work with nongovernmental organizations.
In FY16, our children's cancer initiatives helped more than 28,000 youth directly and supported 36,000 people indirectly.
We believe the resulting breakthroughs in personalized medicine will potentially save countless lives in the future.
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One of the partnerships we're most proud of is with TGen and Beat Childhood Cancer, harnessing the power of precision medicine to diagnosis and create more effective treatment plans for pediatric cancer and rare childhood diseases. As part of our work with them, we learn about remarkable young patients with extraordinary courage, and their families. Meet some of these special people here.
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|Advancing care. Advancing hope.
When a child is critically ill, doctors need the best information to make a diagnosis – and the ability to make that diagnosis fast.
We've been working with TGen since 2011, and with our funding and technology donations (totaling more than $30 million) we've been able to reduce the time it takes to do a whole genome sequencing analysis from multiple weeks to eight hours. More importantly, we're eliminating the need for unnecessary or ineffective medical treatments.
Since 2011, over 150 critically ill patients have received precision medicine-based treatment based on genomic sequencing. Recently published trial results show that the precision medicine approach stabilized or reduced tumors in 64 percent of children with neuroblastoma.
At TGen, the Dell Genomic Data Analysis Platform combines high-performance computing and a cloud-based portal to help researchers rapidly analyze and understand patients' genomic data, develop individualized treatments, and share their results with colleagues around the globe.
This is known as precision medicine, and it holds the promise of providing better insights for diagnosis and treatment, which can improve chances of survival and reduce medical costs.
How does precision medicine work? What role does Dell's technology play?
Dr. Giselle Sholler asks you to envision a computer monitor with numerous images of DNA and RNA strands, showing the genetic codes causing cancerous tumors to grow. Doctors can then learn how to break these codes by using drugs.
This information is made possible after a process called "genomic sequencing," where a piece of a child's tumor is studied using very specialized computing technology that can analyze more than 200 billion data points.
Dr. Sholler is the director of the Haworth Innovative Therapeutics Clinic at HDVCH. She's also the director of the pediatric oncology research program there, and the chair of the Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium.
|The TGen bioinformatics team in Phoenix, Arizona, uses Dell's high-performance computing solution to analyze patients' tumors as part of TGen's partnership with Dr. Sholler and the Beat Childhood Cancer consortium.
While this analysis at TGen is happening, a piece of the tumor is also at the hospital lab, where Dr. Sholler and her team use it to grow more cells in culture, in order to test which drugs the tumor cells respond to.
Once this work is complete, a broad team of experts from all over the world convene and talk about the patient's information – all digitally stored in the KIDS Cloud, a cloud-based Dell solution that enables medical professionals from TGen and all the Beat Childhood Cancer clinical trial sites to collaboratively review information and create treatment plans.
As a result of all this collaboration – and technology – the young patient is prescribed a personalized treatment plan with more effective medications and potentially, less harsh side effects.
In FY16, Dell's support enabled TGen and Beat Childhood Cancer to launch the world's first Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved precision medicine trial that applies upfront molecular guided therapy in combination with standard chemotherapy at the point of pediatric cancer's diagnosis. This represents a new approach, as molecular guided therapy has typically been applied only after patients' tumors have proven resistant to more traditional therapies.
TGen and its partner, City of Hope, are pioneering research in other areas as well. They have developed innovative new ways to isolate multiple cancer types, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, and rare childhood diseases. We are extremely excited to see what further breakthroughs our technology will enable when it comes to research and testing.
In addition to our efforts with TGen and our other partners, we help patients and their families in more subtle, yet important ways. For example, our support has enabled children staying at a Ronald McDonald House or other charitable location to use our technology to stay connected and keep up with schoolwork as they receive medical care.


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Fast Forward Academy is creating a test prep guide for the Enrolled Agents Exam and needs your help in designing a book cover.
Enrolled Agents, Certified Public Accounts, Financial Planners, and other professionals looking to complete the Special Enrollment Exam to obtain the Enrolled Agent (EA) designation from the federal government / IRS.
The book cover must be 8.5 x 11" and include any extra bleed margins that might be necessary for printing - full bleed size - 8.63" × 11.10".
Spine dimensions are
Spine width 54 Postscript points
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Back cover can be the same dimensions as the front cover with any necessary bleed areas.
The book cover must contain the attached logo.
The name of the book should consist of the branding (attached logo) and the title of the book which is IRS Enrolled Agent Exam Course & Review Materials. The slogan "Learn Fast and Pass" can be used too.
The two letters together EA can be featured in the design as that is the designation the person is looking to obtain.
The following can also be used: "Updated for 2010-2011 Testing Season", but no other mentions of editions, versions, or dates should be used.
The author should also be included:
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Colors or other inspiration can be taken from our website: http://fastforwardacademy.com/
Book also contains the following, which can be mentioned on the cover:
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- Streamlined Part 1: Individuals
- Condensed Part 2: Businesses
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Corsica is known for its postcard perfect landscapes and fine sandy beaches. But bit by bit, the other more unexpected facets are being revealed. Classified as a city of art and history, the city of Bastia has remained for a long time off the circuits of tourists, but today, it attracts another category of visitors anxious to discover its baroque heritage. With our young guide, ceramicist Julien Truchon, we will be staying in a dream hotel facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, we meet designer Anne Beno?t, leather worker Jean-Christophe Bouteillon and visual artist Guy-Paul Chauder, and discover two villages that are typical of the surroundings: Patrimoniu known for its vineyards and Erbalonga in the Cap Corse, to taste the delights of a young starred chef.


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The craft tradition of Mexico, much of it descended directly from arts practised long before the Spanish arrived, is still extremely strong. Regional and highly localized specialities survive, with villages throughout the republic jealously guarding their reputations – especially in the states of Michoacán, Oaxaca, Chiapas and the Yucatán. There's a considerable amount of Guatemalan textiles and embroidery about, too.
To buy crafts, there is no need to visit the place of origin – craft shops in Mexico City and all the big resorts gather the best and most popular items from around the country. On the other hand, it's a great deal more enjoyable to see where the articles come from, and certainly the only way to get any real bargains. The good stuff is rarely cheap wherever you buy it, however, and there is an enormous amount of dross produced specifically for tourists.
FONART shops, in major centres throughout Mexico, are run by a government agency devoted to the promotion and preservation of crafts; their wares are always excellent, if expensive, and the shops should be visited to get an idea of what is available. Where no such store exists, you can get a similar idea by looking at the best of the tourist shops.
Among the most popular items are: silver, the best of which is wrought in Taxco, although rarely mined there; pottery, made almost everywhere, with different techniques, designs and patterns in each region; woollen goods, especially blankets, which are again made everywhere, and sarapes from Oaxaca – always check the fibres and go for more expensive natural dyes; leather, especially tyre-tread-soled huaraches (sandals), sold cheaply wherever you go; glass from Jalisco; lacquerware, particularly from Uruapán; and hammocks, the best of which are sold in Mérida.
It is illegal to buy or sell antiquities, and even more criminal to try taking them out of the country (moreover, many items sold as valuable antiquities are little more than worthless fakes) – best to just look.
For bargain hunters, the mercado (market) is the place to head. There's one in every Mexican town which, on the traditional market day, will be at its busiest with villagers from the surrounding area bringing their produce for sale or barter. Mercados are mainly dedicated to food and everyday necessities, but most have a section devoted to crafts, and in larger towns you may find a separate crafts bazaar.
Unless you're completely hopeless at bargaining, prices will always be lower in the market than in shops, but shops do have a couple of advantages. First, they exercise a degree of quality control, whereas any old junk can be sold in the market; and second, many established shops will be able to ship purchases home for you, which saves an enormous amount of frustrating bureaucracy.
Bargaining and haggling are very much a matter of personal style, highly dependent on your command of Spanish, aggressiveness and, to some extent, experience. The old tricks (never show the least sign of interest – let alone enthusiasm, and walking away, will always cut the price dramatically) do still hold true; but make sure you know what you want, its approximate value and how much you are prepared to pay. Never start to haggle for something you definitely don't intend to buy – it'll end in bad feelings on both sides. In shops there's little chance of significantly altering the official price unless you're buying in bulk, and even in markets most food and simple household goods have a set price (though it may be doubled at the sight of an approaching gringo).
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Revelations surrounding the U.K. tax affairs of coffee chain Starbucks have angered many campaigners, but some have told CNBC that the U.K.'s tax rules rather than the company itself are to blame.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that the U.K. subsidiary of the firm has paid 8.6 million pounds ($13.7 million) in income taxes since 1998 despite having sales of over 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) — with Starbucks paying no tax at all in the last three years.
The accounts show that the company has managed to legally report losses each year that have reduced its tax burden. However, Reuters reported that despite this, Starbucks has consistently stated to shareholders that its U.K. unit has been profitable.
"We will continue to pay our fair share of taxes to the letter of the law in the U.K. as we always have, " a spokesperson for Starbucks told CNBC.com, adding that the firm has an overall corporate tax rate of 31 percent, with the average rate being 18.5 percent for multi-national U.S. corporations.
The Occupy London movement , a campaign dedicated to opposing what it saw as corporate greed in the City of London, was derided in the British Press last year when members of the group appeared to be using the coffee chain.
A spokesperson for the group, Ronan McNern, told CNBC that the campaigners would not rule out a new occupy movement directed at Starbucks in their upcoming march on Saturday October 20.
"It's not off the agenda, it's an interesting one to consider, " he said. "It's one rule for them and another rule for small businesses."
Michael Meacher, a U.K. Labour Party politician who also campaigns against tax avoidance, was quick to condemn the company on his personal website.
"The banks and big business are making monkeys out of the government, " he said. "How do they get away with such greed and evasion?"
HM Revenues & Customs, the department that processes company accounts in the U.K. was unable to comment directly on individual businesses but it told CNBC that it makes sure that multinationals pay the right tax to the U.K. in accordance with laws.
"The U.K. has 'transfer pricing rules' which ensure that U.K. profits are not reduced by the mispricing of transactions between companies in a group, " it told CNBC.com.
"There are also anti-avoidance rules, known as 'controlled foreign company (or CFC) rules', which prevent groups based in the U.K. from shifting profits from significant U.K.-based activities to a country with a lower tax rate."
An independent grassroots campaign for lower taxes, the Tax Payers' Alliance, believes that the regulations are to blame, rather than Starbucks itself.
"There has been a succession of companies from high street names to internet giants who, thanks to the labyrinth of our tax system, appear to be paying much less in tax than many people would expect, " it told CNBC.com.
"If Britain wants to remain competitive and ensure everyone pays their fair share then we need radical reform that restores legitimacy to our tax code and kick starts economic growth."
CNBC.com contacted several of Starbucks' shareholders but all were unable to comment on individual stocks.
Correction: In an earlier version, the story incorrectly stated that the firm's UK subsidiary paid $13.7 billion in income taxes since 1998. The figure should, in fact, be $13.7 million.


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HONG KONG - Authorities in Hong Kong charged two men on Wednesday with wounding following last month's stabbing of the former editor of a major newspaper.
Police charged the two 37-year-old men handed over by Chinese authorities on Monday after they were arrested in Guangdong province, across the border from the former British colony.
A man in a helmet attacked Kevin Lau, former chief editor of the Ming Pao daily, in broad daylight on a leafy harbourfront street, slashing him in the back several times on Feb 26. The assailant rode off on a motorcycle with an accomplice.
Many in Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, viewed the attack as an assault on press freedom.
Thousands of protesters dressed in black and wearing blue ribbons, symbolizing press freedom, held a march on March 2 to condemn the stabbing.
Eight men and one woman arrested in connection with the case are on bail and are scheduled to report to police in mid-April.
Around lunchtime on Wednesday, four men wielding metal bars attacked a man and a woman who have been employed in the yet-to-be published Hong Kong Morning News, causing injuries that required hospital treatment.
The pair were walking near the busy Tsim Sha Tsui tourist area with around six colleagues from the Chinese-language newspaper due to be launched later this year when they were attacked. Police said the attackers fled in a car.


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Shook off the bike-racing monk robes for a date night with Pam and Micheal Buble at the #Deltasea Flyaway event. Met him backstage, wearing Glass, and his reaction was like anyone I meet who hasn't seen Google's wearable computer before (he asked if I was a super villain and if anything weird was happening). The video also shows his appeal. He's personable, a throwback to another, simpler time with a performance that represents the standards well.
For more of my take on Glass and reactions like Micheal's to it, read a Glass Explorer with a Bike in Wired.
I'm getting back on the bike this afternoon and then another race possibly dressed like a super villain.


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LITTLE ROCK — With legislative control swinging from Democrats to Republicans, Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday emphasized cooperation, and not partisan bickering, would move Arkansas forward.
Republicans appeared to have gained slim majorities in the House and Senate after breaking a 138-year run of Democratic dominance in Tuesday's historic general election.
The GOP wrested control of both chambers from Democrats for the first time since Reconstruction in a bruising and costly campaign aided by out-of-state cash from conservative groups who helped financially in repainting Arkansas' political landscape from blue to red.
Beebe, who had predicted the election would produce slim legislative majorities either way, said Wednesday he fully expects the best interests of the state to trump partisanship in dealings with a GOP-led Legislature.
"I think noncooperation by Democrats will be held against Democrats, just like noncooperation by Republicans will be held against Republicans," Beebe told reporters at the state Capitol. "I think gridlock and noncooperation is a bipartisan issue. I think it cuts both ways."
Arkansans also voted Tuesday to send an all-Republican delegation to the U.S. House for the first time, and to raise the state sales tax to fund a $1.8 billion highway bond program. Voters rejected a bid to legalize marijuana for medical use and turned back a bid to authorize local governments to help fund private development with taxpayer money.
As expected, Arkansas gave Republican Mitt Romney a large victory in his failed bid to deny Democratic President Barack Obama a second term.
Voters in three dry counties — Benton, Madison and Sharpe — voted to go wet.
With current Democratic margins of 53-46 in the House and 20-15 in the Senate, Republicans needed to pick up three seats in the Senate and five seats in the House to gain simple majorities. They picked up six Senate seats and gained at least four House seats, with one House race that remained undetermined Wednesday that did not include a Democratic candidate.
Democrats questioned apparent Republicans victories in two close legislative races. Recount requests were being considered, a Democratic Party spokeswoman said, in the Senate District 34 race in which Republican Jane English bested Democrat Barry Hyde by 282 votes — both are from North Little Rock, and in House District House District 52 where Democrat L.J. Bryant of Grubbs lost by 44 votes to Republican John K. Hutchison of Harrisburg.
Slim legislative majorities give Republicans the numbers to override a gubernatorial veto but not to pass appropriation bills without bipartisan cooperation because budget legislation requires three-fourths votes in both chambers for approval.
"I have enormous confidence in the majority of the people that get elected to do what I think has to be done to keep Arkansas moving in the direction she's been moving," Beebe said Wednesday, adding that both parties in the Legislature "will absolutely have to work together, and part of my job is to encourage, persuade, plead and cajole to get them to work together."
The governor said he received a call early Wednesday from Sen. Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, the likely next Senate president pro tem, who pledged bipartisan cooperation. The two agreed that nobody wants Washington-style gridlock in Arkansas, Beebe said.
Lamoureux did not immediate return a telephone call seeking comment Wednesday.
Beebe said his top priority remains further reducing the state sales tax on groceries, but he had nothing new to say Wednesday about expanding Medicaid, which he supports but Republican lawmakers have resisted.
The constitutional amendment voters approved will raise the state sales tax from 6 percent to 6.5 percent for 10 years, beginning July 1, to fund a $1.8 billion highway program to link all parts of the state by four-lane highways. The program is projected to create more than 40,000 jobs and fund a number of large expensive projects across the state, including the replacement of the Interstate 30 bridge over the Arkansas River between Little Rock and North Little Rock and the widening of I-40 between Little Rock and Conway.
Scott Bennett, director of Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, said state Highway Commission will hire consultant for the bond issue and a project management firm. He said the goal is for work to begin on some of the projects within a year.
"We're hoping that we start to let the first contracts just shortly after the collection of the tax starts," he said, adding that public hearings will be held in advance of any projects and information will be available on the highway department's website.
Two years ago, Republicans won three of the state's four U.S. House seats, two of them held at the time by retiring Democrats. The GOP completed the sweep in Tuesday's election, handily winning in all four districts, including the 4th District where newcomer Tom Cotton dispatched Democratic challenger Gene Jeffress to capture the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Congressman Mike Ross. None of the Republicans won by less than 20 points.
Ross pledged Wednesday to work with Cotton on a smooth transition.
With Tuesday's results, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor will be lone Democrat in Arkansas' congressional delegation. Pryor has said he plans to seek re-election in 2014.


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Fowl Fuel
by Ruth Tenzer Feldman
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that our nation's farms generate more than 95 million tons of animal waste per year. One big contributor is the chicken industry. Chicken manure contains nitrogen and phosphorus that can pollute drinking water and damage our environment.
To cut down on pollution, some chicken manure is collected and processed into fertilizer or cattle feed. Now, it looks like we've found another use: fuel. "Biodiesel," they call it at West Virginia University (WVU), where researchers Eric Johnson, Richard Russell, Al Stiller, and others teamed up with Northco Corporation (an equipment builder) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
The Agricultural Waste Biodiesel Team heats and pressurizes a mixture of chicken litter (manure plus bedding material) and water. The resulting tarlike substance has more energy value than chicken manure alone, so some of the energy used in creating it is recovered. The substance has the right properties to blend with diesel, and can be added to it to create up to about 35 percent more fuel without lessening engine performance.
About 3,500 to 5,000 years ago, humans started taming a type of wild chicken in Southeast Asia. Now, there are many varieties of chickens, each with a distinctive comb (reddish flesh) on its head. Some chickens are gorgeous!
But whether raised for meat, eggs, or as a hobby, chickens all produce waste that needn't go to…waste.
- Think about the kinds of energy resources you learned about in Lesson 2. What kind of energy resource is chicken litter?
[anno: Chicken litter is a biomass.]
- What are two chemicals contained in chicken manure?
[anno: Chicken manure contains phosphate and nitrogen.]
- When chicken litter and water are processed, what is the consistency of the substance they produce?
[anno: The substance has a tarlike quality.]
- In Lesson 2, you learned that ethanol is sometimes mixed with gasoline. In this article, you learned that chicken litter and water are treated to create a substance that is mixed with diesel. Why do you think these substances are blended with gasoline instead of used alone?
[anno: Answers may vary but could include that the substances are not combustive enough or that they are the wrong consistency to work in gasoline engines.]


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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Easter paskha for chocolate lovers
Chocolate paskha, 2011, decorated with dried apricots
It's Easter Sunday this weekend and many a festive table will have a paskha (also spelled as 'pascha') as a centerpiece. We will, for sure.
Paskha is a sweet and rich curd cheese dessert that's traditionally served during Easter. I've shared two favourite recipes with you before - my traditional uncooked paskha with pistachio nuts and craisins and creamy cooked paskha with egg yolks. Here's another delicious paskha, especially for those of you who love chocolate!
Chocolate paskha
(Šokolaadisõbra kohupiimapasha)
Serves 8
Chocolate paskha, 2009, decorated with candied kumquats
500 g curd cheese (kohupiim/tvorog) or ricotta
100 ml whipping cream
100 g dark chocolate, chopped
75 g butter, cut into cubes
50 g caster sugar
handful of dried apricots
handful of dried seedless raisins
Place raisins and apricots into a colander, pour over boiling water and drain thoroughly. Put aside.
Place cream, chocolate and butter into a small heavy saucepan and heat gently, stirring with a wooden spoon, until chocolate and butter are melted and you've got a luscious brown sauce. Remove the pot from the heat and immediately fold in the curd cheese, sugar, apricots and raisins. Mix until combined.
Line a special paskha-dish or a fine sieve with a double layer of cotton muslin that you've rinsed under cold water and wrung dry. Pour the curd cheese mixture into the dish, place a small plate on top. Place the filled paskha-dish over a bowl to collect any whey liquid that will drip out of the paskha.
To serve, turn the paskha onto a plate, remove the muslin and paskha dish or sieve.
Decorate as you please - I love the contrast of chocolate-coloured paskha and something orange (apricots, candied kumquats etc).
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The paskha sounds delicious. Can you tell me where I can buy muslin cloth? Thanks!
- 11:28 am, April 20, 2011
- Tusla said...
The Finnish curd cheese, quark (rahka) is normally very poor in fat. I guess your recommendation is to use the Ricotta which is having more fat? I think you have more variation of curd cheese/kohupiim in Estonia?
Thanks for the recipe anyways, it came just in the right time. I am gonna try this soon. Happy Easter!
- 9:39 pm, April 20, 2011
- Alina said...
Yaay you know what, the Paksha I was going to write about was also with chocolate :) it's slightly different though. Beautiful presentation, and I love the candied kumquats!
- 12:02 pm, April 21, 2011
- Tusla said...
Unbelivable, I found the Estoniaa kohupiim in the local K-Supermarket! :) Now the Paskha is in the fridge...
- 7:56 pm, April 21, 2011
- Jan said...
Häid lihavõttepühi, Pille! :)
- 10:48 pm, April 21, 2011
- Dining Tables said...
It's my first time seeing this kind of food i think it's delicious. I will try them at home.
- 10:19 am, April 24, 2011


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Some great ideas there! I'm loving the pastels trend right now.
Coral, mint and lavender are definitely on my must haves list right now!
Love the pastels at work look!!!! Super cute!
Love that polka dot blouse for work! Super cute!
Absolutely dying over the work look you created - so, so cute. Classy but still trendy.
Great looks! I just adore that polka dot blouse with white skinnies.(Wearing a very similar palette today, actually. Haha.)
I've been in pastel heaven lately! Love! :)
Have a great weekend! xoxo
I love pastels, although sometimes I feel like an Easter egg. So I end up changing one thing in my outfit and I end up on point. Its a good thing I double check or triple check myself in the mirror. Have a great weekend.
ooh the pink pants...um LOVE!
Yes to both of these!! Happy weekend!
Love the outfits you put together! The white dress is so cute and I love this turquoise wedges!! They are amazing!! :)
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I'm totally inspired by Blair's pastel looks as well (as well as EVERY ONE of her looks)! Loving that "Pastels at Work" outfit - I wish I was wearing it right now! Have a great weekend!! xx, Allie
Blair is one of my favorites to go to for outfit inspiration. Wonderful outfits--I love your blog! Glad to be a new follower. Come enter my Kate Spade giveaway. Have a wonderful weekend!
You had me at "Kate Spade giveaway" Hannah! Thanks for following ;)
The work outfit you've put together is so chic! Have a wonderful weekend!
I'm loving the mint and melon colors this spring. I hate to admit this, but I'm not familiar with Atlantic-Pacific! I'll have to go check her out!
the white derss is so cute!
Love the polka dot top oh so very much. And the green wedges - to die for. Lovely looks! Have a good weekend :)
She is just so awesome
In her outfit choices!!
She is just so awesome
In her outfit choices!!
I've succumbed to the mint trend. As a friend said recently, "I'm going to mint the sh*t out of my closet" :)
LOVE this! I'll take that polka dotted shirt and those green shoes please!! xo Elizabeth
ohhh that first pastel outfit you have put together with the polka dots is absolutely ADORABLE!!!! i want the entire thing!
xo TJ
I'm totally rocking a very similar look today, like the top photo! too funny. Happy Weekend!
i always love what you two find for fashions and these pastel items are no exception! that first image with the shiny pink pants are amazing
Loving the pastels with the blazer! Happy weekend!
Cute! I love what you put together for work and brunch! :)
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