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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Relaunch of the "How Do I Love Myself When I'm Gay" Series
At the end of last month, I responded to a comment I received on a post from a gay, young man in Cape Town, South Africa, who recognized how his self-loathing manifested itself in his life (depression, promiscuity, and alcohol abuse), and who asked the simple question, "How do you love yourself?" (Please click here to see his comment and my response.)
While my answer was consistent with the spirit of my writing here over the past two years, I gave him nothing specific to work with. That is, I kept talking around what he should do–and what it looked like–but I failed to give him advice on the steps he could take to achieve his goal.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about that since, because I take very seriously any comment or email I receive from a gay person who sees him- or herself in what I write, who recognizes the need to change, and who is sincere in finding a new way of being in the world.
The irony in all of this for me is, two years ago, I wrote a series of posts on exactly that subject. Titled "How to Love Yourself When You're Gay," I took readers step-by-step through the process I followed to help me on my own journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance and self-love. But I'd completely forgotten about this series (aging being what it is) and, as a result, wasn't able to refer to it in my response.
I've decided to blow the dust off these six posts and feature them again on my blog.
At the time I originally published them, my blog had a dedicated, but small, core group of readers, who showed their ongoing support of me and my work by sharing comments on a regular basis. But readership has grown considerably over the past two years, and I suspect many new readers, who never saw this series, might find it helpful.
It's for them, and especially for my Cape Town reader, that I plan to reprise the "How to Love Yourself When You're Gay" series over the next several days, after I review it in detail and freshen it up as necessary. I hope you'll check back for these six posts and offer other suggestions you have on how we can all understand, accept, and love ourselves more.
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I just found your blog and I am a teen lesbian in the closet. I do not hate myself for being the way I am, although I do think it would be easier on myself and my family if I were straight. It just so happens there is a girl interested in me, and I know I won't be able to be in a relationship with her until I've told my family. I'm not willing to tell them yet, and I will explain that to her as well. It just upsets me deeply. I look forward to your blog.ReplyDelete
S, I'm so glad to hear one gay or lesbian person isn't filled with self-loathing. You are clearly the exception and not the rule.ReplyDelete
That said, all I ask is that you keep yourself open to the possibility you might be and not know it, because self-loathing shows up in our lives in many different ways. And it can really affect how we see ourselves, our interactions with other people, the decisions we make, etc. But it sounds like you are definitely on the right track, and I applaud you for that.
I'm sorry to hear about the situation with the girl who's interested in you, but I understand it completely. Had a young man been interested in me when I was a teen still living at home (I assume you still live at home), I would have had to do the same thing as you. It disappoints me that, all these years later, some gay and lesbian people still have to live their lives the way I did back in the dark ages.
You'd be surprised the number of gay people I've known who were young like you and still had relationships, of whatever nature, while their parents knew nothing about them. Often, taking those first steps–in your case, with the girl who likes you–helps you negotiate territory you're unfamiliar with and empowers you to take that courageous leap out of the closet.
I'm by no means suggesting you should do anything behind your parents's back–particularly if it would make you uncomfortable or could get you into any trouble–but I am saying don't outright discount that you can't do anything at all, because that may not be the case. There's nothing wrong with starting as good friends, hanging out together, and seeing where that takes you. You never know–this girl could well be the one you're meant to be with, possibly for the rest of your life.
Whatever happens, I wish you well.
Thank you for your interest in my blog. I hope to hear from you again.


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Friday, September 3, 2010
Follow Up To Agensys Planning Commision Meeting, Part 1
First of all I want to thank everyone who turned out to voice support for cycling at the meeting. The strong presence, which included the majority of the SM Spoke steering committee, and the numerous comments supporting bike connectivity in the area, made quite an impression. I didn't get something up sooner because the meeting went until midnight and my brain was pretty fried after the process.
I still haven't had time to give the complete analysis the night and the issue deserves, but I'll go into a few things for those who were wondering outcomes.
First the bad. It does not seem likely at this point that a full path will be included in the design unfortunately, which was our original goal. Agensys offered up a number of reasons why they believe it couldn't be successfully worked into project, especially under their deadline set by current lease holder Lionstone. I'll go into more specifics on all of that discussion in next post on the topic.
This has been a learning experience, and I think we would have had a much better shot if we got involved so strongly in a much earlier stage in the process. This project also sat in the gray zone of having had most of it's design work and input happening before LUCE was passed. Though I believe the calls in the then pending LUCE, for supporting active transportation and connectivity in major developments, should have made it clear bicycling issues should be considered at the outset. Especially since this is being done on city land. At one point a list of numerous public benefits was listed the project offers, and how few Lionstone currently offers. However in the long list of Agensys offerings, a bike pathway was the one check box not checked. We are often the after thought, and we want to flip that around.
Moving forward we are going to start looking through pending projects to make sure we get our foot in the door right away next time. The redevelopment of the pier bridge, recently declared structurally deficient, and will soon be in need of a rebuild, will likely be our next major project to get involved with.
Cyclists didn't come home with nothing gained for their efforts however. The final motion the commission made for city council consideration was that the discretionary funding already negotiated in the developer agreement go to immediate bike improvements improving connectivity to the Bergamot villiage district. Commissioner Ted Winterer also supported exploring additional fund allocation to bike connectivity and was the most adamant on the commission in calling for the Agenesy agreement to do more for cycling.
My understanding is that the $75,000 already in the agreement was originally intended for general station improvements in the imediate site of the future expo line stop at Bergamot. Commissioner Perry called that the funding should instead go to immediate bike projects in the area rather than waiting for the expo, and that pending DA agreements between now and expo can be used for station site improvements. He made passing reference to my public speech, in which I at one point referred to bike improvements in Santa Monica as moving at a snails pace.
Councilmen McKeown, who was present as liaison from the council, suggested the commission motion not be overly specific in earmarking funds, so that the council could explore flexibility in defining what bike improvements would be beneficial. So that for example, projects like Barbara's proposed short bike connection on Caltrans property could be considered. That idea, part of her vision for a complete Michigan bike route, would connect the Bergamot side of Michigan Ave and Crossroads School across to 20th st. where Michigan picks up again, without the difficult and heavy traffic Olympic detour. It's not in the immediate vicinity of Bergamot, but would significantly improve bike friendly connectivity to the area.
It was a long night with many twists and turns. There was a few revealing and especially flustered moments by Agensys representatives who clearly didn't understand the whole bike thing when pressed by the commission on questions like secure bike parking for employees. I believe the final motion also included a call for more bike parking consideration, for fully secure employee parking separate from racks near on-site cafe.
It also seems clear to me there is a disconnect between Traffic Demand Management goals set by city staff, of which there are requirements in Santa Monica developments, and the fact that bicycling can and should be a central part of reaching those goals. Safer bike connectivity being a clear way to boost ridership, and bike facilities on site should be a consideration beyond just sticking a few racks out front. Not everyone is going to take the trains and buses to work, especially if they already live in Santa Monica or immediately adjacent areas. I know at my work site, just North of this project, where we also have a parking cash-out program in effect, the majority of those cashing out are not on the bus, they are on bikes.
Ultimately the outcome rests with the council, which meets next on September 14th to discuss the project. The planning commission recommendations factor heavily in council deliberation however, which is why we wanted to really make our case on Wednesday.
I have a lot more I want to write about the proceedings, but alas it is another well past midnight staring me in the face, and sleep is beckoning.
3 comments:
Fascinating events ... thanks for keeping people posted.
Do you know if anyone from the biking community has tried to work directly with Agensys/Astellas people? I'm thinking particularly of their public relations people, who may be bikers' allies.
- September 4, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Great article that really gives some inspiration to those advocates for complete streets who are looking to join hands and hold policymakers to account for the plans they make.
Here in my city of Beverly Hills, we have no LUCE-type provisions; all cyclists have is a wimpy 5-page plan with maps from the 1970s. Really.
I'm organizing campaign here in Beverly Hills to address the missing piece of the bicycle 'backbone' plan on the Westside: that void that is Santa Monica Blvd. Have a look at the wiki if you have time:
Maybe you can think about giving a shout-out if the campaign fits into an upcoming article on the realities of riding the mean streets of BH.
- September 8, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Gary said...
Glad to hear there is some effort brewing within Beverly Hills to improve things for cycling. That gaping hole in the bike network is a serious hindrance to regional cycling since BH sits in the middle there and Santa Monica Blvd is such a critical route.
I'll try and mention something about your campaign soon to get the word out further. I'm kind of wrapped up a bit too much on other projects to get heavily involved in another campaign, but maybe some other cyclists will come out of the wood work that will want to pitch in.
Wish you best of luck in Beverly Hills, I'm sure it's an uphill battle there, they don't exactly have a track record of bicycle friendliness.
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Altogether, Gamesa commissioned 674 turbines at 18 wind farms in 13 states last year. Of the 1.34 GW, 480 MW were developed directly by Gamesa. In 2012, the company secured deals with six new customers, completed a 400 MW multi-wind-farm sales agreement with Algonquin Power and Utilities, and supplied four community and distributed wind projects in the U.S.
"Last year was a strong year for Gamesa's North American operations," says David Flitterman, chairman of Gamesa North America. "Projects originally scheduled for 2013 were pulled into 2012 – due, in part, to concern that the federal production tax credit (PTC) would not be extended. The effect of that spurred the record level of 1.34 GW of commissioned capacity for Gamesa and an all-time single-year high of more than 13 GW across the entire industry."
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
A Simple Goat's Cheese and Beet Soup
Remember I promised to start a Beetroot Dish of the Month feature? Well, it's time for this month's beetroot recipe :) A very simple, yet delicious beetroot soup. The potato acts as a thickener, and the goat's cheese gives the soup a wonderful silkiness and smoothness.
As always, I LOVE the colour :)
Goat's Cheese and Beetroot Soup
Serves 4 to 6
500 g beetroot, peeled and cut into small chunks
3 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 onion, peeled
1.5 litres vegetable bouillon
150 g goat's milk cream cheese (f.ex. Soignon), at room temperature
1 tsp dried herbs (I used Meira's Mediterranean herb mix)
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Bring the bouillon into boil, add the vegetables and cook for 15-20 minutes, until vegetables are soft. Blend until smooth and creamy (f.ex. in a blender or food processor).
Return the puree into the saucepan and add the goat's cheese, spoonful by spoonful, as well as any seasoning. Simmer for another 5 minutes.
Serve with crusty bread and garnished with fresh herbs.
Dashing Coconut and Beetroot Soup (January 2010)
Creamy Beetroot Soup with Horseradish (January 2008)
Beetroot Soup with Goat Cheese (November 2007)
Delicious Vegetarian Borscht (September 2007)
7 comments:
- ChichaJo said...
The color is just brilliant Pille! You are really my go-to person for beet root :)
Love that soup bowl...pretty!
- 11:00 am, March 18, 2010
- Kalyn said...
The color is absolutely beautiful!
- 3:09 pm, March 18, 2010
- Gazete Oku said...
Hi, thank you very much. good job.
- 1:53 am, March 19, 2010
- farida said...
This sounds and looks so good! I love beets (nobody in the family does), so I buy it from time to time to satisfy my palate:) Will try this soup one day. Thanks for sharing!
- 5:38 am, March 19, 2010
- jane said...
nice post!!!!!!!!!!! hope for updating soon
- 3:11 pm, March 21, 2010
- Claudia said...
I love a smooth, creamy and colorful soup. This is all of the above. Can't wait to try it.
- 1:28 am, March 24, 2010
- Pille said...
ChichaJo - thank you :) The soup bowl is from K's grandma- I love them too!
Kalyn - thank you!!!
Gazete Oku - you're very welcome.
Farida - are there any Azeri dishes with beetroot that I should try? :)
Jane- soon, of course.
Claudia - well, this soup is indeed a smooth, creamy and colourful :) Hope you'll enjoy it!
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Learning curve like this --> /
The Acacia print in it's completed form. This is printed on a yellow/beige coloured Jersey that was donated to us so it's not worthy of sale as yardage methinks. But soon we'll print on 'proper' fabric I promise!
Mixing inks for the next test run. From this...
... to this. A familiar colour, anyone? Geez I love formulas.
Serious & stylish cleaning action from Teegs.
It's funny, the part of the process I was most concerned about was the actual act of printing, and being able to get a good result. So far that has probably been the smoothest and easiest part of all! Mixing the right amount of ink and cleaning screens without getting mess and water everywhere has been the hard part. But it's all part of the learning curve and we're learning heaps which is great.
23 comments:
- Cicada Studio said...
I would love a How We BurnThe Screens segment in the future. They're so big! I mess up on little ones, I can't imagine how you do this.
- 12:33 pm
- roisin said...
when i'm just cleaning pigments and inks off of my screen, i don't use the pressure washer at all. i find that even on t's lowest setting, it does just as you said - sprays everything everywhere! i use a garden hose and sprayer - you can purchase a number of brass fittings to make one fit any pipe.
- 12:38 pm
I am Reneese Mackey and I would like to express my interest in using your blog/site in promoting the services my client offers. My client extends state-of-the-art printing services with the use of modern production facilities and only the best in web technology. They offer various options in creating business cards and postcards as well as mailing services that may help maximize a company or group's marketing potentials.
I believe that your blog/site is perfectly suited for advertising our website and services. Therefore, I would like to find out if you would allow me to place an ad on your website. If you're interested, please reply with your full name and complete URL address of your domain to my email(firstname.lastname@example.com) so that I can fill you in with the details.
I will wait for your positive response soon so that I can start supporting your fantastic site/blog. I am also very eager to play on your audience's curiosity and find out just how interested they will be in the services offered by my client.
Warm regards,
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- 2:00 pm
- Teegs said...
Thanks, Lar! Gotta love having that one on the internet!!
- 3:50 pm
- Susan said...
Wow, the scale is amazing. And an electric mixer - genius. Can't wait to see/hear more!
- 6:44 pm
- trashalou said...
Wow! you have an NBF (New Best Friend) - that Reneese Mackey sounds like she would be just so much fun!! ;-)
BTW if you are looking for a home for any of that acacia jersey you have deemed unsaleable......
- 7:49 pm
- Zoe said...
I love reading about all your new print adventures...makes me wish I was there joining in too!!! It looks so much fun and it's so refreshing to see. It takes me back to my college days, sigh!
- 10:53 pm
- n a t s u m i said...
Thank you for sharing this! Such a great work!
- 12:02 am
- Silkscreen and Scribble said...
I'm definitely with Roisin on this one, garden hose with spray end on it is fine for cleaning water-based ink off the screen. I only use the pressure washer when using stencil stripper to reclaim the screen, which is good because using the pressure washer is kinda like having a shower in your clothes, water always sprays everywhere!
- 1:03 am
- five dot design said...
oh my goodness- i LOVE your technique for mixing your color! i've never seen that before, but when you think about it, it makes PERFECT sense!
- 1:17 am
- Kirsten said...
Looks like all is coming along well, love seeing the printing in action.
- 2:03 am
- Fer said...
Great to see the good ol' mix master multi-tasking! My Mum uses her Kenwood blender for mushing up newspaper to make recycled paper - works a treat!
- 1:41 pm
- Di said...
Wow - it looks fantastic! Who knew you could mix inks in a food processor.......
I can't wait to see the "real" thing - fabric for sale! Because I think the trial run looks pretty perfect!
- 6:19 pm
- daisy janie : scoutie girl said...
I hear you on learning curves! I'm on a different one relate to rotary printing, but it is a steep one, too! Keep on keepin' on.
- 1:06 am
- Sarah said...
Wow, the studios looking great, and that screen is huge!! The biggest I use (I work in a college print room) is about A0, I don't even think I'd be able to life that massive one on my own :)
Congrats on setting this all up, it looks fantastic!
p.s I'm lucky that where I work there is an extraction system to stop us getting a shower when pressure washing, otherwise I would be soaked 9 hours a day... I'm with the others though that you only need the pressure for stripper not ink :)
- 5:00 am
- Fjorleif said...
I think the acacia fabric is lovely, and wonder how it would be for sewing clothing, T shirts perhaps? I wouldn't mind giving some of it a good home...
- 7:45 am
- Steve Caddy said...
Awesome! A mix master! So yummy. :)
Just remember that you learn more from mistakes than you do from successes - so messing things up now means less to mess up later when everything more complex and expensive. Fail forwards and so on. ;)
Can you re-use all your screens? If not, what do you do with the old ones - archive them for future runs? Throw them out? Cos they look like they might look really cool hanging on a wall, say ... in our new house ;)
- 9:47 am
- ShiriMe! said...
whoa baby! looking good!
- 4:36 pm
- Kim said...
Looks like heaven to me! A dream to create your own fabric, not so dreamy to clean up the ink, lol, but worth it. You studio is fabulous space to work in. I wish you all much success. So far, so good!
- 3:58 am
Oh man does this look like FUN! I love following your blog. I'm totally living vicariously through your studio there!
- 5:03 am
that print is so yummy!
- 8:02 am
- MEAGHAN COOK PHOTOGRAPHY BOUTIQUE said...
So that's how you mix the ink??!!
Just like baking a cake.
And just as fun!
- 10:05 am
- sooz said...
It is really exciting coming to the blog (sadly not as frequently as I'd like) and catching up on the process. Almost like I'm doing it all too!
And for future reference? If you do a run on cotton jersey AND actually sell it I would be abso-freakin-lutely rapt!
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I planted this garden about 3 yrs ago ...Now that all the plants are mature I wanted to take the time to post these pics
Back Yard Flower Close-ups Front Yard Garden General Garden Lawn Lighting Pond Waterfall
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Absolutely LOVE it! I especially love the first picture - the round garden. It truly has inspired me, as this is very close to what I want. Thank you!
Great space love all the colors,love the tall grasses and the water super job.
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Who's the most important person in your firm? The biggest stockholder? The tree-shaker who brings in the biggest contracts? The top designer, engineer, or construction professional? Answer: None of the above. The most important person in your firm isn't in your firm. It's your client.
How well does your firm treat its clients? How do you measure client satisfaction? How often do you assess it? The management consulting firm Morrissey Goodale (www.morrisseygoodale.com) has been asking clients of architecture and engineering firms questions like these every two years since 2008.
The 2102 Morrissey Goodale A/E Industry Customer Service Report Card offers this stern warning: "Firms that sit idly by without reassessing the way they do business will likely face declining revenue and backlog, eroding profits, and potentially, the loss of their businesses."
According to the report, A/E firms actually are doing quite well on client service. (The report did not study construction companies, but its findings should be of value to contractors.) Sixty-two percent of client/owners rated their overall satisfaction with A/E industry customer services as "excellent," up from 56% in 2010 and way, way up from an abysmal 16% in 2008.
A couple of key findings:
- The most important aspects of customer service to clients: communications (43%), adherence to schedules (40%), and budgets (40%).
- Client/owners rated A/E firms highest for "integrity" (93 out of 100) and the quality of project managers (89). The lowest mark was given for "budgetary capabilities" (85).
With regard to "integrity," the Morrissey Goodale study advises firms not to overpromise; to stay on top of change orders, project budgets, and schedules; to eliminate surprises by "communicating frequently and honestly" with clients; and to manage client expectations from the outset by "telling them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear" (emphasis added).
Give your project managers sufficient training and administrative and technical support, say Morrissey Goodale. One reason respondents may have given such high marks to project managers is that they were seeing more experienced, capable professionals due to layoffs at A/E firms. They caution firms that are currently hiring to be careful about thrusting inexperienced, junior-level staff into project manager roles too quickly.
Several "takeaways" reinforce points we've been writing about in these pages. Morrissey Goodale advise A/E firms to "stay on top of owners' industries." In other words, get to know your clients' businesses. As the report notes, "Owners repeatedly emphasized they are looking for A/E firms to understand the challenges they face and the trends that are driving their industries." They note that firms that are organized around market sectors have an advantage here.
The report recommends being mindful of the needs of all your clients, including end-users—office tenants, shoppers, hospital patients, school children—as well as the facilities staff.
"Go beyond design" is another thoughtful recommendation. Help your clients find the money to build the great structures they want. Discover clients' "pain points," they counsel, and find the salve to soothe them.
Finally, some sage advice that applies to every business, not just AEC firms: "Never take clients for granted, particularly long-term clients," Morrissey Goodale advise. "Provide high-quality service on each and every job, no matter the size"—wise words, but too often ignored in the helter-skelter of day-to-day operations. +


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RIT and Rochester General Health System will open the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology this September. RIT President Bill Destler and RGHS CEO Mark Clement will formally make the announcement at a news conference at 10 a.m. April 14 in Fireside Lounge, Student Alumni Union. The new institute will channel the strengths and expertise of the RIT-RGHS Alliance, formed in late 2008, to produce technological solutions to health-care delivery and improve the efficiency of the "smart hospital."
The Institute of Health Sciences and Technology, becoming RIT's ninth college, will address three aspects of health care and position the RIT-RGHS Alliance as a contributing player in the reform of the nation's health-care system by educating the next generation of health-care professionals, cultivating innovative research and addressing community health needs. It will consist of the College of Health Sciences and Technology, the Health Sciences Research Center and the Health Science Outreach Center.
Existing programs that will move to the new college include physician assistant, diagnostic medical sonography, biomedical sciences, clinical chemistry, nutrition management, health systems administration, and the medical illustration graduate program.
Also during the news conference, Destler will announce five RGHS appointments to RIT faculty.


text: Jack, The point was the game does _not_ require UPnP nor any port forwarding. However, that is required for voice communication. I don't personally use PSN for voice communications hence I haven't run into that problem despite being in NAT category 3 by the PSN definition (I have UPnP turned off and no forwarding for my PS3). On 2/10/2011 10:51 AM, Jack Bates wrote: > I don't have to look further down. > > If port forwarding is required for an application to work (often > handled by uPNP), then LSN will break the communication. PS3 has > required such functionality right along with the xbox and Steam. > > There are many games out there that also host on a specific end node > automatically. They are able to accomplish this due to uPNP and > automated port forwarding. They will break in LSN environments. > > > Jack (not gonna be the one to tell his son that he'll just have to > deal with it) > > On 2/10/2011 8:47 AM, Scott Helms wrote: >> Jack, >> >> If you look further down you'll see that the OP's problem was bad >> firmware on a $12 router. Having said that there are some ports that are >> needed for voice chat which does seem to have a peer to peer component. >> I also run gaming servers for my own enjoyment (TF2 currently and many >> others in the past) and the days of hosting your own $fps_game server >> are generally past and very much outside of the public norm even for PC >> gaming. While you can do that the vast majority of the gaming hours >> today are spent on servers hosted by companies like Nuclear Fallot, >> Branzone, and a host of others. I do miss the days of Quake but home >> hosted game servers are a dying (but not completely dead) breed. >> >> On 2/9/2011 6:02 PM, Jack Bates wrote: >>> On 2/9/2011 4:53 PM, Scott Helms wrote: >>>> Playstation Network works, by design, flawlessly through NAT and is >>>> _not_ a peer to peer application. All traffic goes to the PSN servers >>>> and then to clients. Go2MyPC is designed for NAT and in fact one could >>>> argue that it wouldn't exist if NAT weren't wide spread. >>> >>> Errr, are you sure? >>> >>> http://www.absolute-playstation.com/playstation-network/expert-playstation-3-hardware-accessory-help-playstation3-ps3-console/10976-nat-3-nat-2-a.html >>> >>> >>> >>> "Re: nat 3 to nat 2 >>> >>> I tried all the router suggestions and still got nat 3. after much >>> frustration I called my ISP. Do this. Ask if your IP address is >>> private or public. My ISP sets u up as private. I had them change it >>> to public...BINGO Nat 2. Hope this helps." >>> >>> If you read above, it appears that his ISP ran NAT444 normally, which >>> the PS3 categorizes as nat 3, which means he can't reach COD. Dude, >>> customers MUST reach COD. :) >>> >>> >>> Jack >>> >> >> > -- Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ISP Alliance, Inc. DBA ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms --------------------------------


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Yeah, I can think of 3-4 worse QBs at Pitt in the last 10 years...he wasn't bad, but wilted under pressure for sure.
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By the end of May, the decline in the benchmark 10-year U.S. government note yield to 2.40% marked its lowest reading since July 2013.
The topic du jour on most financial media talk shows immediately became why bond yields were seemingly responding more to the earth's gravitational pull and ignoring the imminent monetary tightening that the Federal Reserve was clearly embarking upon.
Meanwhile, stocks continue to enjoy the summer heat and appear unflustered by a slew of nasty geopolitical risks in the background.
The cornerstone of the bull market for equity prices is to be found in the Federal Reserve's unconventional policy of buying bonds and reinvesting proceeds from maturing securities. While the policy has undoubtedly delivered an era of ultra-low bond yields, its effect on economic recovery is less easy to determine.
However, investors continue to be convinced that equity prices are not overvalued even at record highs. In addition, they are also starting to better understand the interplay between stock prices and bond yields. Perhaps one year ago it used to be the case that the Fed could prepare to make its exit as the economy flourished under a period of easy money. Logic stated that beyond its bond purchase period the economy would be well enough primed to withstand a normalization of borrowing costs. The Fed, however, continues to pour cold water on that argument, leading investors to believe that interest rates will be lower than usual for longer, and that post-tapering will not guarantee that the economy is ready for policy increases.
And so the backdrop for stocks in a gentle growth environment continues to look rosy. It would likely take the threat of recession and a slide in projected earnings growth to prevent the S&P 500 Index from stretching to as high as 2,100 throughout the remainder of 2014. Equally, the 10-year U.S. government note yield is likely to torment the strong bearish element among fixed income investors. Investors are slowly adjusting to the likely path of interest rates over time, and in the continued absence of inflationary pressures, it seems more likely that yields will touch 2.25% at some point in 2014 rather than returning to 3.03% where they started this year.
Yields and prices move inversely. Rarely have bond prices correlated with those of stocks, except during the unprecedented era of quantitative easing at the Fed, and even then the relationship is hit and miss. Typically bonds go up in price when a recession is on the horizon. When the economic engines are finally ignited by loose monetary policy, stocks jump the gun and are quick to discount the more optimistic outlook, signaling a death-knell for bonds as yields are driven higher (see "Yields/curve slide in May," below).


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Assemblyman John Ceretto is sponsoring a blood drive for the American Red Cross. The event runs from from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the John A. Duke Senior Center in Niagara Falls on May 17.
Participants will be entered into a raffle with a chance to win a $50 gift card to Lowe's Home Improvement.
"Blood is in urgent need, not just now, but year-round," Ceretto said. "Please come join us for this great event, and I appreciate your generous gift of life. The $50 Lowe's gift card is just an added incentive on top of helping hospitals save lives."
Walk-ins are welcome, but to ensure an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org. ID is required, and the Red Cross may decline to take a blood donation depending on eligibility requirements. To be a blood donor, one must be at least 17 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds. There is additional eligibility criteria that participants will be screened for on location. This additional criteria can be viewed at http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical-listing.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn has piled into shares of Transocean Ltd., and wants more. Should you?
The rig operator and offshore driller on Sunday disclosed Icahn holds a 1.56% stake in the company, in addition to a derivatives position. The company said he intends to buy more than $682 million worth of stock, implying he's seeking at least 3.5% of Transocean's shares outstanding.
That would make Icahn the second-largest shareholder in Transocean. The Capital Group Cos. and Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC are the top two institutional shareholders, according to FactSet Research.
Shares of Transocean RIG, +4.57% on Monday declined 0.1% after starting the trading day in the black. Energy companies on the S&P 500 collectively declined 0.2%.
Shares hit $56.34 on Monday, their highest since April.
The timing of Icahn's buying spree wasn't disclosed. Transocean earlier this month settled with the U.S. government, agreeing to pay $1.4 billion for its role in the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Transocean owned Deepwater Horizon, the rig that drilled BP PLC's ill-fated Macondo well and exploded in April 2010, killing 11 workers. The gushing well fouled Gulf waters with millions of gallons of oil for months.
"The settlement took a significant unknown out of [Transocean] stock," said Matt Conlan, a senior analyst with Wells Fargo.
Transocean still doesn't have Macondo-related liabilities "completely behind them," but that's likely the lion's share. Wells Fargo estimates private settlements could cost the company somewhere around $500 million to $600 million. Wells Fargo has a "buy" rating on the stock, and a 12-month price target around $60.
Transocean's shares have advanced more than 30% in the past year, compared with gains of 14% for the S&P 500 in the same period.
But shares traded at $141.75 in January 2008, and peaked at $161.40 that May. They were trading at $85 just before the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
The company has made strides in the past year, increasing the utilization rates on some of its more profitable rigs. That rate hovered around 70% in 2011 and 77% last year; Conlan sees it around 83% in 2013.
Icahn hasn't disclosed his intentions in becoming a top Transocean shareholder and few analysts tried to read the tea leaves.
Goldman Sachs analyst Waqar Syed said in a note to clients Monday possibilities include a resumption of dividends or a push toward restructuring the company as a master limited partnership, or MLP, neither of which is likely to be achieved this year.
For the dividends, Transocean's board would have to make a decision in February for a shareholder vote in May.
"Given that the Macondo issues are not yet fully resolved and the balance sheet doesn't have full flexibility in terms of a dividend payment, we do not believe that Transocean's Board will recommend a dividend in February," Syed said.
In terms of the MLP, only one offshore rival — Seadrill Partners LLC — has adopted the structure, the analyst said. Seadrill has a relatively new drilling rig fleet and different capital needs, he added.
"While we believe that Transocean, like most other offshore drillers, will evaluate this structure, we don't believe that there is high likelihood of adoption in 2013. Transocean's rig fleet and capital needs are different, and it is unclear how Transocean would fare through a complete drilling cycle in an MLP structure," Syed said.
Analysts at Barclays also zeroed in the MLP structure.
"We believe the focus would be forcing the company to MLP some of its deep water assets. Additionally, Transocean is holding a significant amount of cash," they said.
The company holds about $6 billion in cash and $14 billion in debt. After the government settlement and a five-year payment schedule with the Department of Justice it has "ample flexibility" to draw back to a targeted cash balance around $1.5 billion, analysts at Simmons & Co. said in a note.
The Simmons analysts also argued that Icahn might have turned to Transocean a bit too late.
One could argue Transocean was a better investment a year ago, before gaining traction on the settlement and making strides in other areas, they said.
There remains, however, "one glaring catalyst that perhaps most likely explains Mr. Icahn's attraction and that, we surmise, is the prospect of extracting or perhaps accelerating a cash distribution yield out of [Transocean] now that the Macondo overhang has been substantially mitigated," they added.
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Full Volume Encryption
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Full Volume Encryption, or FVE, is a method for encrypting a single partition, either physical or virtual, on a hard drive. It is different than Full Disk Encryption as parts of the disk are left unencrypted.
- BitLocker
- Included with certain versions of Microsoft Windows Vista.
- FreeOTFE
- A free and open source FVE program for Microsoft Windows and Windows Mobile PDAs.


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Finding software can be overwhelming. We've helped many nonprofits choose the right nonprofit management software so they can plan fundraising events and centralize donor contact data.
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With hundreds of software for nonprofits on the market, nonprofits of all sizes have more options than ever to efficiently grow, manage and streamline their organizations. From individual, standalone applications for donor management software to comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, nonprofits can more easily and cost-effectively manage their essential day-to-day functions. This includes advocacy and email marketing campaigns, accounting, reporting and constituent management. The challenge for nonprofit buyers, however, is determining exactly which of these solutions can best meet their organization's unique needs today—and grow with them over time. This guide provides an overview of nonprofit software and nonprofit management software reviews to help you make the most informed purchasing decisions.
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What Is Nonprofit Software?
Common Features of Nonprofit Software
What Type of Buyer are You?
Benefits and Potential Issues
Market Trends to Understand
Recent Events You Should Know About
Software for nonprofit organizations includes a wide range of standalone applications and comprehensive programs that help nonprofits manage the many facets of their administrative, fundraising, donor relations, tracking and reporting functions. Regardless of their size, scope of offerings or budget, every nonprofit stands to benefit from utilizing these feature-rich nonprofit management solutions. While each delivers its own unique flair and functionality, most of the systems provide similar core offerings, which we've highlighted below.
|Nonprofit accounting software
|Keeps tabs on critical financial information to ensure dollars are collected, budgeted, allocated, tracked and reported with ease and efficiency. Functions include budget monitoring, futures forecasting, grant management, payroll processing and tracking and reporting.
|Fundraising & donor management
|Empowers nonprofits to securely solicit, collect and track donations through individual, planned, recurring or major giving. Functions include auctions, a-thons, campaign creation and management, online giving, customized donation forms, receipt generation and reporting.
|Membership management
|Membership management houses constituent contact information and helps organizations record interactions, set membership levels, manage benefits and track renewals and dues.
|Volunteer management
|Facilitates a nonprofit organization's interactions with their volunteer workforce. This software stores contact information, a participant's history, availability and more. It also provides outreach tools to contact those who've volunteered for upcoming events, and scheduling tools to track responses and availability.
|Nonprofit marketing & outreach
|Enables and supports customized direct marketing, email marketing and online campaigns. Functions include communications management, personalized content, targeted email delivery, message archiving and in-depth reporting.
|Nonprofit CRM
|Creates a seamless database environment to engage and manage all types of constituents—including volunteers, members, alumni, corporations and foundations. Functions include campaign/fund administration, advanced query, lead generation, accounting integration, donations processing and management, tracking and reporting.
|Charity/event planning
|Helps organizations prepare for events and meetings of all types and sizes. Functions include online registration, searchable event listings, email reminders, payment acceptance, rosters and tracking and reporting.
|Grant management
|Lets organizations keep track of proposals and awards. It also gives them the tools to process funds and allocate them to the right recipients. Functions include application status notifications and generated task lists for each step of the application process.
|Peer-to-peer fundraising
|Enables supporters to run individual and team-based campaigns to raise funds on your behalf. Functions include campaign creation, event management, donation acceptance, and real-time updates.
Key performance indicators (KPIs) in donorperfect
Before jumping into purchasing software for your nonprofit, it's important to understand your organizational needs and how a system could help meet those requirements now and in the years to come.
Small local or regional-based nonprofits. Generating donor support for every nonprofit is essential, but for small nonprofits it's even more critical that they can secure gifts and grants to fund their programs. Individual email marketing and fundraising systems for small nonprofits can be an effective and budget friendly way for these nonprofits to create social engagement and track online donations for the audit trail.
Mid-sized nonprofits. These nonprofits are looking to cultivate relationships that can turn those who are actively engaged as newsletter readers, volunteers or occasional givers into repeat donors. For mid-sized nonprofits focused on long-term growth, they are typically looking for nonprofit database suites that include integrated donor software for nonprofits, email marketing and financial management applications that offer centralized control, high levels of security and robust reporting and audit functionality.
Large/national nonprofits. Like any large enterprise, national nonprofits with thousands of constituents across the country and multi-million dollar budgets need to plan, strategize and act with precision to serve people all over the nation—and world. These nonprofits are looking for enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions that can help streamline back-end operations—as well as feature-rich constituent management, fundraising and email marketing capabilities that can handle large volumes of traffic and all types of giving.
Associations. Member-based organizations and associations, including museums, clubs and trade organizations, have unique requirements. In addition to fundraising and event planning activities, most associations must set membership levels, collect dues and renewals, manage committees and track member progress in certification programs. Many nonprofit software vendors offer association management software with features built to support the complex interactions within associations.
Churches and faith-based ministries. These organizations operate differently than general nonprofits—rather than intense fundraising, they routinely collect contributions from members, manage more complex relationships and track member attendance and involvement in multiple groups and activities. Large churches and faith-based ministries often require special check-in and security systems to maintain the safety of children left in their care. Church management software offers tools and features which caters to these buyers.
Nonprofits that adopt the right types of software for their organization stand to benefit in many ways, such as:
Nonprofits that fail to realize some of these core benefits often do so because they:
As a nonprofit, you know that budgeting, giving and compliance are ongoing issues that impact your ability to serve your communities. Here are a few other issues to keep in mind as you explore the right software solutions for your organization:
Social media. For many nonprofits these days, Return on Investment (ROI) is quickly being replaced by an equally essential metric: Return on Engagement (ROE). To boost ongoing engagement with supporters, nonprofits of all sizes are using social media tools (blogs, Twitter, Facebook etc.) to cultivate relationships, share information and generate support. It's essential your email marketing, advocacy and event campaigns easily connect your constituents to your social media channels—and provide ways for users to opt-in for future communication.
Mobile applications. Nonprofits are now going mobile to get mobilized. While the adoption is a bit slower than with other types of social media, mobile applications for smartphones are the up-and-coming tool nonprofits are leveraging to boost engagement and donor support. In fact, one national nonprofit's text-to-give campaign generated more than $30 million alone.
Software as a Service (SaaS). For many nonprofits, the software as a service (SaaS) model offers an excellent way to implement and maintain leading-edge software solutions without the leading-edge price tag. For many growing nonprofits, SaaS is ideal because applications can be modified and updated quickly to support new user growth and back-end productivity. Nonprofits leaning toward this model will want to evaluate service providers based on issues, such as data security standards, maintenance and updates, connectivity rates, 24x7 support, uptime and future scalability.
Software integration. With so many standalone nonprofit accounting software, fundraising and email marketing systems to choose from, it's more important than ever that nonprofits consider how these systems integrate with each other. This is particularly critical when it comes to capturing interest from social media, mobile and Web-based applications. So, for example, your software needs to be able to route supporters and donors to the right database to capture their information and log donations—and give you the capability to track this data for future audits or email campaigns.
Abila adds features and functionality to MIP Fund Accounting products. Software vendor Abila's MIP Fund Accounting platform was upgraded in October 2016. The update brings improved Accounts Payable features and intuitive reporting that will help users visually analyze key activities and integrate with other services using MIP's interface.
ACTIVE Network acquires Maximum Solutions. In early January 2017, ACTIVE Network acquired Maximum Solutions. This resulted in ACTIVE Network integrating the acquired technology into a product portfolio that provides nonprofit organizers with a scalable software suite to handle all aspects of program and participant management.
NonProfit Times Predicts Workplace Challenges for 2017. In early January 2017, the NonProfit Times published an article outlining the trends and challenges nonprofits will likely face in 2017. These include funding instability, structural staffing changes, clustering, for-profit CFOs moving to nonprofits and the rise/importance of educational outreach, foundations, and memberships. The free flow of information between software solutions is listed as being of particular importance to nonprofits in 2017.


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I did this for the great blog, Ten Paces. It has a great concept.
You do a sketch and then you switch sketches.
Mine's based on a sketch by the always amazing
Alyssa Nassner, who also runs Ten Paces.
I was lucky and Alyssa finished my sketch.
Here is her finish. sigh... So good.
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Friday, September 09, 2011 - Mattias and Danek
Mattias and Danek
Mattias Solich is such a grat looking guy that we just had to rush him to a screentest to see how he would get on. We paired him with Danek Carka in what turned out to be a great scene. Things start off with Danek briefly interviewing Mattias, to set the scene, and then they start to kiss. Danek is frantic to get to Mattia's cock, and pulls open the jeans to reveal a nice hard cock, which he immediately starts to suck. Mattias pulls his jeans off, so we can see more, and Danek sucks again, wanking himself as he does so, then Mattias reaches over and pulls on Danek's cock himself. Mattias then goes down on Danek, giving us a great view of his bubble butt too. Danek is rock hard as Mattias sucks him real good, licking around the bulbous cockhead, licking up and down the shaft and taking that stiff dick in his ...
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Dominik Hubik is out for a day's fishing when he hears a noise and decides to investigate. He comes across Daniel Benda who is busy beating a rug. He doesn't approach Daniel, but stands to one side and opens his shirt and starts to rub himself as he watches the beating. Dominik's hand slips inside his shorts as he watches Daniel at work, then he pulls his cock out and wanks while he waits patiently for Daniel to catch sight of him. Dominik's cock is responding to the wanking and grows big and hard. Daniel needs to piss so he turns around and takes his cock out and lets go his nice hot stream. As he finishes he looks up and sees Dominik watching and wanking. Daniel is suprised, but doesn't mind and starts to wank himself too. Dominik is encouraged by this and approaches Daniel, dropping to his knees and taking Daniel's big dick in his mouth. Clearly this is not Dominik's first time sucking, and he makes a good job of taking that dick in his mouth. Then he licks at Daniels hairy balls too. Daniel wants a turn and pushes Dominik onto his back and goes down on him, quickly getting him fully hard as he sucks. Then he gets Dominik on his knees and starts to rim his ass. Daniel then turns Dominik over and slides his cock deep into that tight hole. As he fucks it starts to rain, but that isn't going to put Daniel off his stride, and he gets Dominik on his knees and fucks him some more. He goes nice and deep, and Dominik seems to be enjoying it. Another change, to missionary and Daniel is soon ready to pop his load, so he pulls out and squirts overy Dominik's chest, and Dominik takes the sticky cock in his mouth to clean it up. Dominik then squirts a nice big load himself, all over his leg. Daniel needs to piss some more, and let's some piss go while his cock is still hard, and then Dominik stands up to kiss Daniel and bring a very good scene to an end. Two lovely models, giving us a great scene. I hope we see much more of both guys.
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Well, Friday Night and I'm home alone. Aida has gone to the countryside for the weekend. She's always happy to have a vacation in the open air, and to get away from me for the weekend. I must say, I do enjoy the restful nights without play sessions at three o'clock in the morning.
Our technical guy was able to repair the damage I did to my iMac without reinstalling the operating system. I am duly chastened. Macs are very hard to destroy. I had to work at it. My best word of advice, don't play around with the permissions on your OS Lion. It's kind of like playing around with the registry on your pc.
All is happy, for the moment until I get some other brilliant idea.
It seems like we went very abruptly from summer to fall. Two weeks ago, I was in the blistering heat of Venice. Last weekend, like a spigot, the weather in Prague turned quite 'fallish.' Looks like there will be no Indian Summer this year.
I'm not going to comment about the upcoming anniversary of 9/11. Seems like all of the news outlets have gone 9/11/24/7 all the time. I certainly don't need to be reminded. Like all of you I'm almost certain, I feel the effects of 9/11 almost every day.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 90 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
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Our mission is to help our clients maximize every aspect of revenue generation, customer satisfaction, and problem resolution in every call we take.
The 3Sixty management team brings a combined total of 40 years experience, as well as success and innovation in the Marketing, Infomercial, Telemarketing and Customer Service fields.
We offer a complete call center solution for a large variety of Business-to-Consumer products including natural supplements, business opportunities, auto/mortgage/insurance lead generation, and for many other industries.
3Sixty has a diverse staff of call center agents offering the best blend of inbound and outbound call capabilities, enabling trained customer service reps to provide excellent customer service, and well-coached sales reps to maximizes sales.
Our target audience is small-to-medium sized businesses that focus on Business to Consumer products and services. This logo will be used primarily to attract executive decision makers at these companies who are searching for call center solutions.
We are looking for a logo that will be the brand identity for 3Sixty Call Center and will be used for business cards, stationary, marketing materials, and company website.
3Sixty uses state-of-the-art technology and is a very progressive call center, so we are looking for a logo that is modern, simple, clean, and stands out.
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These detail gouges feature a shallow flute shape for a shearing cut. The flute length is 6" with an overall length of 10". The Detail Gouges are sized by the steel diameter.
This tool is made with a 1/2" metric equivalent shank which makes them perfect for use in the Hosaluk or Shure Grip handle systems. They may not fit all handles systems. They can also be fitted with a custom made or pre-turned wooden handle.
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where "dup 5" emits two copies of every input event, the second one delayed by 5 seconds. So if the input event was
[Event t (3, 3)] you would want the output to be
[Event t (6, 3), Event (t+5) (6, 3)]".
But suppose that the input had two events like this:
[Event t (3,3), Event (t+1) (4,4)]. What should the output be now?
It seems to me that the output of the argument to "first" should be paired with the second value of the events that "caused" those outputs. So the result should be:
[Event t (3,6),
Event (t+1) (4,8),
Event (t+5) (3,6),
Event (t+6) (4,8)]
However to get this you need to have every arrow track the "cause" of every output and tag the event with that information. So you get
type TagEvent t a = (t, Event a)
data EventStream t b c =
Emit {esEmit :: TagEvent t c, esFuture :: EventStream t b c, esHandle :: RTSP t b c}
| Wait {esHandle :: RTSP t b c} deriving Show
newtype RTSP t b c = RTSP {runRTSP :: TagEvent t b → EventStream t b c}
The type "t" indicates the type of the tag for this kind of event. Whenever an arrow emits an event in response to an input then it puts the tag from the input on the output. In the case of "dup" the EventStream it returns from handling a new event will contain both the pending outputs (with the tags from previous input events) and the two new events with tags from the latest input.
So now I can define two functions:
esFirst :: EventStream (d, t) b c → EventStream t (b, d) (c, d)
esFirst (Emit (Event t va, (vb, tag)) es k) =
Emit (Event t (va, vb), tag) (esFirst es) (rtspFirst k)
esFirst (Wait k) = Wait $ rtspFirst k
rtspFirst :: RTSP (d, t) b c → RTSP t (b, d) (c, d)
rtspFirst (RTSP r) = RTSP $ λ(Event t (va,vb), tag) ->
esFirst $ r (Event t va, (vb, tag))
The second item in the pair (of type "d") gets tacked on to the tag for the whole arrow and re-appended at the end. Problem solved? No.
instance Arrow (RTSP t) where
arr f = RTSP $ λ(e, tag) → Emit (fmap f e, tag) (Wait $ arr f) (arr f)
first = rtspFirst
GHC complains about the infinite type "t = (d, t)". The problem is that the argument to rtspFirst has the type "RTSP (d, t) b c" but it needs to have the type "RTSP t b c". So this version of RTSP isn't an arrow. I have get rid of the type tag "t", but still have some way of having an arrow match causes with effects. Is there some kind of type hackery that will do this?


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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Healthy Muesli Bars
Emma is a 25 year old assistant marketing executive in Panther Corporation who aspires to get a promotion soon so that she can prove herself to her parents. Sent to represent her company to finalise a promotional arrangement, she sees this opportunity as a turning point her career. However, the deal falls through and with that, her hope of securing a promotion also comes crashing down and she's left consoling herself with a couple of vodkas at the airport.
Already a little tipsy and terrified of flying, when the plane encounters mid-air turbulence, fearing the worst, she starts blabbering and ends up spilling out all her secrets to a handsome man sitting next to her.
"...put Math GCSE grade 'A' on my CV, when I really only got a 'C'."
"...always have a glass of sweet sherry before a date, to calm my nerves."
"...coffee at work is the most disgusting stuff you've ever drunk, absolute poison."
Basically harmless, but very embarrassing little details about herself. The plane lands safely and she's horrified at having revealed so much about herself, but then she tells herself that she is unlikely to run into that stranger again in her life.
Surprise, surprise - the handsome stranger turns out to be Jack Harper, the founder of the company she works for....who doesn't let her forget that he remembers every single thing she told him on the flight.
Emma's life will never be the same again.....
So what do I say about a book that I read in one sitting, in about 6 hours flat?!
Yes, it was a page turner. Yes, there are some funny moments in the book.
But, it was very reminiscent of Bridget Jones. And though the initial premise was engaging - that of spilling your secrets to a complete stranger, the real plot was extremely flimsy and frankly, quite unrealistic.
Food-wise, there wasn't really too much to be inspired about, but this caught my eye..."I've got some Panther bars for you," I say, nodding to my box. Grandpa is completely addicted to Panther energy bars...."
Now, I've wanted to make cereal bars forever, but somehow, never got into the kitchen armed with a recipe or for that matter, an intention of making them! Cooking for the book club read seemed like the perfect excuse to finally make some cereal bars.
Mixed n matched a lot of recipes that came up after a Google search to come up with this version of healthy cereal bars.
Muesli: 1and 1/4 cup
Wholemeal flour: 1/2 cup
Plain flour: 1/4 cup
Dates: 1 cup, de-seeded and chopped
Apple: 1/2, chopped
Walnuts: 1/4 cup, chopped
Oil: 1/4 cup
Apple juice: 1/2 cup
Juice of half a lemon
Cinnamon: 1/2 tsp
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Grated ginger/lemon rind: 1/2 tsp, optional
Honey/brown sugar: 3 tbsps (I used only honey, but I think a combination of the two would be better)
Place the dates in a pan alongwith the honey/brown sugar, lemon juice and the apple juice. Simmer till the dates turn soft and mushy, about 5 minutes.
Once cool, combine with the muesli, plain and wholemeal flours. Toss in the chopped apple and walnuts, cinnamon, salt and grated ginger and mix well.
Finally, pour in the oil to get a crumbly mixture.
Grease and line a 8" square cake pan with baking paper. Transfer the mixture in to the pan, press down to get an even layer.
Pre-heat the oven for 10 mins at 180 deg C and bake till the top is golden brown and the sides start to pull away from the edges of the pan, about 35-40 minutes.
With a sharp knife, cut into bars. Allow to cool before separating the bars.
Crunchy but not crumbly, soft and not chewy or dense, these cereal bars are a high energy treat. Perfect for a grab and go breakfast or an energy boost before a workout. Something that I am certain I will make more often now!
Here's what the other members made:
Aparna made a 5 minute chocolate cake, Bhagyashri made Shortbread Triangles, Sweatha made Cheddar Cheese Crisps, PJ made Suralichi Wadi, Jayasri made Mango Smoothie and Simran made a Pink Pina Colada.
Our read month is Julie and Julia, write in to Simran - bombayfoodie(at)gmail(dot)com - if you want to join the book club.
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Beautiful clicks dear....Bar looks healthy and delicious...ReplyDelete
hi Aqua, the bars look so professionally made.ReplyDelete
Such a awesome shot. recipe looks delicious.ReplyDelete
Great pick to make from the book. Your bars look delicious.ReplyDelete
Nice click..looks so yummyReplyDelete
looks delicious,..ReplyDelete
These look delicious!!ReplyDelete
Apu@ Annarasa
Woww healthy and nutritious bars looks awesome..ReplyDelete
Beautiful pic and you've sold me on these barsReplyDelete
! May not get that book though! Although reading that first paragraph was engrossing! Maybe you should write a book instead!
loved those muselli bars and your book review!ReplyDelete
Love the muesli oops I mean panther bars.Healthy and obviously everyone will love these than the original panter bars.Loved the book and yeah the plot is flimsy.ReplyDelete
BTW,Aqua,saw your chicpea chaat and cannot wait to try it.No,I did not receive your comment only the mail you had sent.It happens sometimes but I am very happy and thankful that you visit my site and took time to mail me.
I sometimes find less time to leave a comment but always read a recipe.Thanks
Hi Aqua, first time here, fell in love with your bars, I felt picking up some before I went to work!!, they are gorgeous!!, healthy and absolutely full of love!!ReplyDelete
This is absolutely healthy and yummy bar, eggless too...ReplyDelete
beautiful clicks... loved ur presentation... even though the plot for book sounded little filmy but looks like a nice timepass..ReplyDelete
Thank you all for your comments!ReplyDelete
Joumana, you made my day :)
If you know any publishers, do refer them to me!
Gorgeous pic Aqua, the bars look decadent n healthy. I have bookmarked this recipe. ThanksReplyDelete
It is not just about the ingredients or the recipe, good food happens when it is served with love!!


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So atheists have a higher IQ.This has left me with a warm feelling.
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Religion, the current theory goes, did not help people survive or reproduce necessarily, but goes along the lines of helping people to be paranoid
First a welcome. I would like more Asian and African atheists to participate in discussions here to make them more interesting than they presently are.
A person needs to be better intellectual to be an atheist but there is no direct relation between high IQ and being intellectual. Being intelligent and being an intellectual is not one and the same. It is an accepted fact that a highly intellectual persom need not have high IQ. An intellectual is a rational thinker, no more, no less.
Don't start bragging.
More college graduates than others fell for the government's drumbeating for the war in Viet Nam.
From a 1920s conference to another in the 1980s, specialists reported no progress in knowing what intelligence is.
Some college professors say IQ is a number you get after you take an IQ test.
I was in Mensa for a while and concluded that most of the men at meetings were socially retarded. One Mensa woman told me the men she met there knew some very clever ways to be cruel. I quit Mensa.
You hit that nail on the head.
I'm not a logician but I'm seeing a definitional problem, or more likely a grudge, there.
Okay, a grudge.
You're excused. Enjoy.
I qualified for membership based on my GRE and the Mensa IQ test. I was invited and went to a meeting and met the largest group of pretentious assholes in one place than I had previously experienced. There was no way I would want to identify with that group.
The same here. The Mensa members were in love with their own intelligence but had no idea what to do with it - I was so happy that I had taken a seat near the exit!
I don't know whether a higher IQ and atheism are causally linked, sure in countries where theism is the norm it might be that atheists tend to be higher educated and perhaps above average in regards to intelligence yet in countries where many people are not raised religiously there does not really seem to be a link between IQ and religious belief.
I agree with Rob here.
There is really no connection between atheism and IQ. If all atheists are to take an IQ test, we are certain to find a wide range of IQ figures. Religion and god are rather unimaginative ideas and discovering them to be so does not need an IQ of Einstein.
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I say response fire only, so that discourages camping and setting traps.
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This is the second in a series of posts on how to create copses of forest terrain for D&D or miniature wargames. The first post in this series can be found here.
Step 7. Drybrushing.
To give the appearance of greater contrast and depth to the ground surface, drybrush a coat of tan paint across the high points of the irregularities made by the sand. You can also highlight individual rocks with different colors of paint.
Step 8. Static Grass.
This step is completely optional, but it can make your ground cover look more realistic (and less boring). With a 1:1 solution of white PVA glue and water paint out some areas that would make for good grass patches. Sprinkle some static grass on the glue and tap off the excess.
Step 9. Grass Flock.
Another completely optional step, but it does add character. With all of the irregularities in the sand, there are sure to be low spots that would be ideal for moss; if you put green "grass" flocking next to static grass, the flock looks like moss. We'll put the "moss" where it seems to make sense.
Step 10. Attach the Trees.
The last step is to attach the trees back to their bases. To help smooth the transitions between tree and base, I glued some moss growing up the tree trunks.
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While today did not bring much in the way of Leafs news, I managed to keep myself busy reading. If you're looking to catch up on what you missed, or kill some time before the start of Game 4 of the Finals look no further.
The Great Comeback of 1942
The above photo is taken from Ellen Etchingham's story about the great comeback by the 1942 Maple Leafs. This is one of those trivia factoids that all hockey fans know: The 1942 Leafs are the only team to come back from a 3-0 deficit in the finals. Most of us have no idea how it happened, thankfully we have Ellen to fill us in. The event that sparked the Leafs comeback? At the end of Game 3 Red Wing's coach Jack Adams punched a ref in the face. link
Image via- mitch13pavel
The New Neuroscience of Choking
Speaking of 3-0 deficits, the New Jersey Devils find themselves in one right now, neat! It would take a pretty big choke job from the LA Kings for them to comeback. While that seems unlikely, this story by Jonah Lehrer explains why atheletes choke. Basically the bigger a reward the more we consciously think about losing it and proceed to overthink everything which affects our performance. It's unlikely to happen, but it's something. link
Winter Classic Schedule
The Winter Classic Schedule was released yesterday. Aside from the actual game on January 1st, I'm most excited for this: "Dec. 31: Red Wings-Maple Leafs Alumni Showdown featuring legendary players from two of the National Hockey League's most storied franchises going head-to-head." Check out the full schedule that includes a few OHL and AHL games over at PPP. link
Alain Vigneault and Cognitive Biases
Over at Canucks Army angus_j wrote about some of the cognitive biases that may be influencing some of those who would like to see Vigneault fired. I'd add in the outcome bias, this is where we only consider the outcome when judging a decision or person. Only looking at the results ignores the fact that Vigneault brought the Canucks to Game 7 of the Finals and to a Presiden'ts Trophy victory. link
Meanwhile, at the Leafs Nation
We have four posts from today. Jonathan Willis and Cam Charron each looked at Igor Larionov's curious statement that said Brian Burke was looking to move up in the first round of the draft. We also looked at Burke's treatment in the local media, and Ryan Fancey stopped by with a good look at James Reimer and Ben Scrivens, whether the Leafs would prefer to keep one over the other.


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