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We started with the Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Blancs, NV. One reaction was, "I never tasted a champagne like this, help!" I told her to think of it as whips and chains, a little sdbm in a glass, that will change as soon as she has one of them crispy, rosemary flecked potatoes. Worked.
First Course
grilled eggplant, green olive persillade, gazpacho jus
Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie, 2010
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Second Course
chilled English pea & arugula soup, tarragon, almond picada
Clos du Tue-Boeuf Touraine Blanc "Le Brin de Chèvre," 2010
Paulo said, "I never smelled anything like this." He was in love. Big love. Actually if the wines had been reversed, might have worked better.
Third Course:Roasted Maitake Mushroom, potato herb salad, charred broccoli
Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru "Île des Vergelesses," 2006
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Fourth Course: Wood grilled cauliflower, bbq black lentils, smoked onion slaw
Eric Texier Côtes du Rhône Brézème Vieilles Vignes "Domaine de Pergaud," 2009
You'd think this would be brilliant with the tight and rugged VV, but it begged for the burg. Go figure. The room was split on which wine they preferred.
cheesecake, lavender buttercream, berries
Vittorio Bera Moscato d'Asti, 2010
In honor of this beautiful Moscato I tasted some cheap shit earlier in the day, Allegro or something like that. What a relief.
Verdict? Lots in the room had never experienced wines like these, so common to me I often take them for granted. I delighted in the reminder.
Thanks to Dave McDuff for hijacking me to Philly, to Kate and Richard for their food and space and care, and to all of those excellent folk I enjoyed meeting last night.


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GETTYSBURG, Pa. — If history can be believed, I spent a remarkable three days in this cradle of Civil War history.
I stood in the bedroom where Abraham Lincoln slept the night before delivering the Gettysburg Address. I touched the hole left by the bullet that killed the only civilian during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. And I ate dinner in a hotel west of town where Confederate leadership holed up for a week at the time of the battle.
One-hundred-fifty years after the Civil War's most famous battle, history endures in handsome, charming Gettysburg with unlikely size and scope. The town of 7,500 has done a masterful job of preserving its famous battle in many forms: sites, food, shopping and even lodging.
The town's June 28-July 7 celebration of the 150th anniversary precedes its honoring of Lincoln's address from Nov. 16 to 19. But the town has outfitted itself as an essential stop for history fans all year long.
The battlefield: An obvious and fascinating must is visiting the main Gettysburg battlefield (1195 Baltimore Pike, 717-334-1124, nps.gov/gett), on the south edge of town. Its rolling green fields are unbelievably pastoral for a place where an estimated 50,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or left missing. The weather needn't be perfect for a battlefield tour — you don't have to leave your car — but the sun on your neck and tasting the sweet, grassy air makes the battlefield come alive.
That's why I shrugged off the standard tours, by bus and car, to join a bicycle tour from GettysBike Tours (717-752-7752, gettysbike.com), located in the visitor's center parking lot. (Tours by carriage, Segue and horseback also are available.)
I joined Bruce Rice, one of about 155 licensed battlefield guides, to spend about 31/2 hours pedaling through the battlefield's quiet power.
We passed trees and barns that witnessed the battle and hundreds of monuments of all shapes and sizes erected in the years after the battle. Far more Northern monuments than Southern fill the landscape; history is indeed written by the winners.
"If you touch a monument, you're touching something someone who fought in the battle of Gettysburg touched when they came back as veterans," Rice said.
Ten-year-old Christianna Weissbach asked Rice why a red rose leaned against the towering marble monument to the Pennsylvania soldiers.
"The rose is there because people treat this as a big cemetery," Rice told her.
Beyond the battlefield: What makes Gettysburg worth visiting for two or three nights, rather than just one, are the museums and Civil War-related shops in the town itself. The day after biking across the battlefield, I stopped by the David Wills House (8 Lincoln Square, 877-874-2478, davidwillshouse.org) where Lincoln slept the night before his famed address reaffirmed the North's commitment to a war that would last 11/2 more years.
Restored from previous incarnations as an antique and dry-goods store, the Wills House essentially is a museum about Lincoln's visit to Gettysburg for the dedication of a battlefield cemetery, as well as the havoc that the battle wreaked upon a town where virtually every building — many of which still stand — was pressed into service as a hospital.
Equally fascinating is the Jennie Wade House (548 Baltimore St., 717-334-4100), where a 20-year-old Wade became the battle's lone civilian death while she stood in her kitchen. As the story goes, a bullet passed through the building's red front door and struck Wade as she kneaded bread dough. Visitors can tour the three-level period-furnished home, culminating with a look at a plank of wood bearing the dark splotches purported to be Wade's blood.
Gettysburg shops also can double as museums, with artifacts, books and trinkets (T-shirts and shot glasses) dedicated to the sympathies that still exist for both the Union and the Confederacy. There is, in fact, no shortage of dangling Confederate flags in the shops in town.
Union Drummer Boy (34 York St., 717-334-2350, uniondb.com) is particularly fascinating, with shopping that ranges from a cap worn by an Ohio Union colonel ($4,950), a Confederate canteen ($950) and a drum pounded by a 14-year-old boy from the 22nd Illinois Infantry ($5,500). Shop owner Brendan Synnamon said his clientele is broad.
"Some people collect from the regiment their relative was in. There are physicians who collect medical artifacts, and there are architects who collect drafting and topographical items," Synnamon said. "There were 600 variations of Civil War bullets. You could collect them and never get them all."
Eating and sleeping: A town so history-steeped includes food and accommodation that can imbue your stay with Gettysburg's lore even further. The town claims more than three dozen present-day inns and hotels that stood during the battle, "many of which were once Civil War hospitals used to treat the thousands of wounded left in Gettysburg."
Among them are the Brafferton Inn (44 York St., 717-337-3423, brafferton.com) where Civil War-inspired oil paintings hang on the walls and a bullet remains lodged in a fireplace mantle in one of the guest rooms, supposedly from the battle.
Food options include One Lincoln (1 Lincoln Square, 717-338-5455, onelincoln.net), on the ground floor of the recently, and immaculately, renovated Gettysburg Hotel (hotelgettysburg.com), whose menu has what are believed to be some of Lincoln's favorite foods, such as chicken pot pie and a dessert composed of apple pie, apple slices and slices of cheddar, brie and smoked Gouda cheeses.
The food isn't quite of the Civil War era, but period dress is part of the charm of Dobbin House (89 Steinwehr Ave., 717-334-2100, dobbinhouse.com), which was built in 1776 as a family home. And General Pickett's Buffet (571 Steinwehr Ave., 717-334-7580) is at least named for the battle if nothing else.
For a truly historic experience, head northwest of town to the Cashtown Inn (1325 Old Route 30, Cashtown-McKnightstown, 717-334-9722, http://www.cashtowninn.com), which owner Jack Paladino calls "the only 100 percent Confederate house on Union soil." The seven-room hotel, which boasts an impressive restaurant with a modern menu of beef, chicken and fish, was a Confederate headquarters during the battle, and Gen. Robert E. Lee is believed to have been there for as long as an hour, Paladino said.
With rooms named for Confederate luminaries, the hotel among the pastoral hills outside of town is particularly popular with Southerners.
"I've had men come through my door and cry," Paladino said. "It's very special for some guys if they find out their grandfather or great-grandfather was tangibly connected here."
I had no one in the fight, but three days here made me realize that anyone living in the United States is connected to Gettysburg.

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Saturday I went to an estate sale.
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On Saturday 3/12 I moved some stuff around and cleared off a table in the basement. I'm expecting this to become my layout and work area. Only problem: no nearby power.
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Since I had a migraine yesterday, I convalesced most of the morning. I got tired of sitting on my ass so I decided to first take down the Christmas tree. Then I managed to also sweep the first floor and do a decent cleanup job.
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• In 2004 company declared 1:2 bonus = you have 28,80,000 shares
• In 2005 company declared 1:1 bonus = you have 57,60,000 shares
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - What's The EFL Situation Like In January? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What's The EFL Situation Like In January? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Egypt View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Nargile57Joined: 05 Nov 2006Posts: 42Location: Istanbul Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: What's The EFL Situation Like In January? Crystal balls aside, what are my chances of getting quick employment in January? I have five years EFL exp behind me from Turkey back in the 1980s. I also have a TEFL diploma from 1987. Obviously I will be a little rusty, but I do know what I am doing in a classroom. I prefer to teach adults or teenagers. Which schools should I apply to - and how much salary could I expect? Like I mentioned before, I really need a quick start - with plenty of hours. Many thanks. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17630Location: USA Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:34 am Post subject: No crystal ball here, but... looking at your criterion and lack of current experience or credentials... I'd guess not so good. Quick? probably not... plenty of hours? not from one employer... perhaps multiple employers and privates... ie lots of hustling on your part. Maybe... but don't count on it... VS Back to top Nargile57Joined: 05 Nov 2006Posts: 42Location: Istanbul Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: Hmmm - how about ıf İ started at somewhere like Sakkara? Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17630Location: USA Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject: They are a foot in the door so that you would have a paycheck (albeit small) while you scope things out. Sakkara seems to often be hiring, so it is worth a try. VS Back to top mishmumkinJoined: 01 Sep 2007Posts: 929 Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: Sakkara is an option-not bad for a 1/2 year, I suppose. Try Choueifat Cairo. Not bad at the primary level (or KG 1, 2 and Grade 1 are decent, too), bigger paycheck, your air ticket paid. You might even get a prorated summer salary if you play your cards right. Back to top teacherincairoJoined: 16 Nov 2005Posts: 12 Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:26 am Post subject: January is not a bad time to look for teaching gigs at international schools in Cairo. Lots of teachers manage hang on for the first semester, then bail. So there are definitely openings for the second semester at many schools. Now would be the time to send your CV to every international school in Cairo. There are lots of them and a few minutes digging around Google should give you plenty of email addresses and web sites. I cant comfortably recommend any specific schools. But be careful with schools that are perpetually hiring. This means theyre constantly losing staff, not a good thing. Try to find out how many expats are teaching at the school. An international school that has a 99% Egyptian teaching staff is a school that is educating on the cheap. The same goes for schools that only hire on-line. (In other words they dont go to any of the hiring fairs.) Now obviously any hiring done mid-year will have to be via the internet and maybe a quick phone interview, but if you look at a schools web site and see they do not hire through ISS, UNI, SA they are probably financially very tight or maybe not allowed to recruit through the traditional channels due to some misdeed. In Egypt a teaching certificate is not really as important as the color of your skin and most importantly the color of your passport. ESL experience is definitely a plus, but any college degree will do. Unfortunately, as youll be coming in mid-year youll probably not get the same pay as an overseas hire would. Youll probably/hopefully make more than an Egyptian teacher. Youll be competing against a lot of, for lack of a better term, expat Egyptians. For example at my school we had five Egyptian-American teachers. None of them had ever taught a day in their life before coming to my school, but they had a blue passport and a college degree. They were paid about half or much less of what I was making. Its important to be flexible. One of the Egyptian-American teachers at my school had a degree in economics, but was hired to teach English. Another had a degree in English, but was teaching calculus. (Go figure.) As far as pay goes, I cant help you much, but Id ask for around 6,000 pounds a month. (That may be a bit high, I dont know.) Which is a bit over $1,000 a month. My wife, who had no teaching experience and a degree in Middle East Studies, was hired to teach kindergarten English and middle school science and her pay was 6,000 pounds. She was not supposed to get a living allowance, but through some accounting snafu did get the same amount as me. She did not get a flight home or any other perks. Back to top mishmumkinJoined: 01 Sep 2007Posts: 929 Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:41 am Post subject: I recall Sakkara paying around 3500-4000 LE and providing shared accommodation. They would not likely bother processing a proper work visa if you were hired in the middle of the year. What does this mean (aside from illegality)? You'll not be entitled to the greatly reduced rate at hotels and tourist sites given to Egyptians and official foreign residences. Someone recently told me that everyone now pays the same domestic air rate (used to be different costs for residents/Egyptians vs. tourists). If you had a bit of teaching experience but no degree, you might try Al Bashaer School (Who were recently hiring), Sakkara, MAYBE American International School, El Alsson, New Horizon, and Choueifat. My experience was that Choueifat paid more than most schools willing to hire non-qualified teachers ($18,500 annually paid in USD-not common in Egypt-but their accommodation is shared and on their campus located far from city centre, infrastructure, and taxi access). Most reputable schools do not unqualified teachers, and those that do try and get them on the cheap. 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A senior scientific advisory panel at the National Institutes of Health, in a step toward phasing out the use of chimpanzees in federally funded medical research, has found "no compelling evidence" to support keeping hundreds of chimpanzees at NIH facilities and recommends that all but about 50 chimps be retired.
This small group would remain available as a contingency should some unforeseen disease emerge for which chimps would be the best stand-ins for humans. But they, along with the retirees, would be housed in facilities designed to more adequately accommodate the full range of normal chimp physical and social activities – from climbing, foraging, and daily nest-building to hanging out in sizable groups on branches high off the ground, according to the panel.
The panel also recommends ending 16 of 30 research projects involving chimpanzees that the NIH currently is funding. The largest proportional hit falls on biomedical research, one of three categories of projects. Six out of nine current biomedical projects would end.
The ultimate driver behind the recommendations: concerns about the value and ethics of using chimpanzees, biologically the nearest relative to humans, for physically painful and intrusive infectious-disease research.
If the 28 recommendations are implemented, the effort would represent "an historic step forward" in moving chimps out of the lab and into sanctuaries, says Kathleen Conlee, vice-president for animal-research issues at the Humane Society of the United States, based in Washington.
Even foes of federal legislation to greatly restrict the use of chimps and other "great apes" in biomedical research see merit in the new recommendations.
As a stand-in for humans, "the chimpanzee has played a very important role in the evolution of biomedical research," notes Frankie Trull, president of the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) in Washington, which fought against the Great Apes Protection and Cost Reduction Act of 2011, which died in December with the end of the 113th Congress.
But biomedical science has advanced, Ms. Trull continues. And keeping chimpanzees is expensive; chimps are not euthanized but must be cared for until they die naturally. Researchers have found alternative animal models for some of the kinds of studies that once centered on chimps.
Although NABR opposed the Great Ape Protection and Cost Reduction Act, the group is comfortable with the recommendations the NIH is now considering, Trull says.
The case for change and the steps to take came from the scientific community, she observes, adding, "scientists should determine what animal models should be used, not Congress."
Chimpanzees represent a tiny proportion of animals used in biomedical research. The overwhelming majority of animals used are either rodents or zebra fish.
The recommendations represent the outcome of a process that began at the end of 2010, when three US senators asked the US National Academies to examine the issue, as did the NIH. A year later, the National Academies' Institute of Medicine released its report.
The 86-page report released for comment on Jan. 22 was pulled together by a senior working group that the NIH gathered to turn the Institute of Medicine's report into specific recommendations.
If adopted, the recommendations would apply only to NIH-owned chimps and those used in the course of NIH-funded research. Of 670 chimps the NIH owns or supports, 219 have been retired. Some 282 are research-ready. Another 169 have been labeled "research inactive," a kind of bridge category between the first two.
By some estimates, another 350 chimps would fall outside the purview of these recommendations because they are owned either by private pharmaceutical companies or by universities.
Indeed, the Human Society's Ms. Conlee suggests the Great Ape Protection Act is likely to be reintroduced this year to broaden restrictions to chimps not covered by the new recommendations.


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TORONTO - The record number of RCMP disciplinary cases involving incidents from having sex in cruisers and watching porn to lying under oath and assaulting members of the public, is indicative of a wider problem with Canadian police, a criminologist said Friday.
At root, said Prof. Darryl Davies, is inadequate training, lack of accountability, and a culture of impunity among officers protected by powerful, "militant" unions.
"There's an attitude within the force — at least within some members — of a sense of entitlement, a sense that we can get away with this," Davies said.
"It's too prevalent, not just in the RCMP (but) right across Canada."
In a new report this week from the Mountie in charge of professional integrity shows a record 104 new formal discipline cases were brought forward in 2012-13, including incidents of drunk driving, ignoring a court subpoena, and lying in relation to a criminal investigation.
The incidents involved both uniformed and civilian members of the federal police force.
Professional Integrity Officer Craig MacMillan said in his report the higher numbers are likely the result of a new effort by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson — armed with a stronger government mandate — to crack down on problem officers.
"It was observed in last year's report that increased scrutiny and the stated expectations of the new commissioner might lead to an increase in both the number of formal discipline cases and suspensions," MacMillan said.
"This may well have been an accurate forecast."
In most cases, punishment for the wayward Mounties was a reprimand and loss of up to 10 days' pay.
One constable, accused of fraud for improper use of a government fuel card, was ordered to resign. In another case, proceedings were stayed against a staff sergeant accused of lying to superiors because the disciplinary case took too long. One constable was docked a week's salary for sexually harassing a colleague — the kind of problem that has prompted widespread criticism of the RCMP in recent years.
Davies, an instructor in criminology and criminal justice at Carleton University in Ottawa, called the number and range of offences identified in the report "quite shocking."
A more rigorous approach to tackling the problem is needed to restore faith in the RCMP and in police in general, he said, than wrist slaps and docked pay.
The solution, he said, is better recruitment, training, and "deprogramming" of a subculture in which officers place loyalty to one another above public duty.
"What Canadians are really looking for are consequences and what is the outcome going to be for these individuals," said Davies, who noted officers can easily make up forfeited pay by working overtime.
"Until such time as we can inculcate values that place the rule of law and service to the public over and above service to the police subculture, nothing will really change."
Despite the rising disciplinary numbers, MacMillan pointed out that the already low proportion of officers engaged in misconduct is falling.
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Jillian Michaels' New Life
Jillian Michaels barely has time to order an egg salad sandwich before the deli clerk begins telling her about his recent weight loss. "That's incredible — good for you!" she says, as though rooting for one of her contestants on The Biggest Loser. Most of us wouldn't want our jobs to follow us wherever we go, but not Jillian. "This is what I was born to do," she says.
It's hard to disagree, considering how she's helped inspire and shape up millions of people. But life has changed for the tough-as-nails trainer. Returning to the show after a two-year hiatus, Jillian, 39, is now a mother of two, having adopted a 2-year-old daughter, Lukensia, from Haiti and welcomed a baby boy, Phoenix, with her partner, Heidi Rhoades, last spring. Suddenly her no-nonsense approach to fitness isn't quite so black-and-white.
"I used to say, 'If you're going to exercise, then you do it, and you do it 100 percent.' Now if I've got to answer e-mails while I work out on the StairMaster, well, then that's what it is," Jillian says. "People can rub my nose in it, because it is so hard — so hard — to take care of yourself when you're a parent."
Adjusting her expectations in order to balance work and family has been a challenge for the self-professed control freak, but she's not about to complain. "Every day I tell myself how blessed I am. I can't bitch about it, because this is what I wanted. I just thought I'd be able to manage it better," Jillian says, laughing. "My new motto: 'As long as I'm winning more than I'm losing, I'm still winning!'"
Read on to learn Jillian's revamped rules for staying fit and healthy, and check out her new Bodyshred workout to blast fat and trim and tone.
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Fit exercise into your day whenever you can.
Man, it's tough. In my previous life, I could enjoy a long workout, go see a movie, order in. Right now I'm juggling two sick kids and trying to squeeze in a quick run or shower before one of them starts puking again. It's definitely best for me to work exercise into other things I'm doing that day. I try to bike to work or take a long walk-jog on the beach with the kids.
Know this: Every decision counts.
I want other moms to know that if you pick the antipasto when everyone's ordering in from the sub shop, it matters. If you can do only 20 minutes on your treadmill at home while you check your e-mail at the same time, it matters. I used to rip people apart for that, but you just get it in where you can, and that's all you can do.
Parenting will kick your butt.
I get up at 7 a.m. — after being up all night with the baby — and run around trying to get both kids diaper-changed, dressed, and fed. Finally I'll shower, and before I know it, I've got 50 e-mails to answer, and I need to leave for work. At the end of the day, I come home, and I'm like, OK, let me bathe you, change you, feed you, read you books, put you to bed — wait, how am I supposed to do all this? Son of a bitch, this is hard!
More Fitness Lessons from Jillian
Yes, my kids eat sweets.
Lu knows that Sunday is her treat day, so she can eat ice cream or french fries or something. I don't deprive her the rest of the week, I just stick to healthier options like sweet potato fries or graham crackers. I'll make whole-wheat pizza with mozzarella, onions, and butternut squash, and to her that's pizza. I am a genius, a [bleeping] genius. I am so proud of myself because I have fooled her into eating healthy, and let me tell you, that kid is smart!
Be active without being all preachy about it.
It's about finding things your kids love to do. Lu loves horses, so I take her to the stables, and she loves dancing, so I put music on and she dances around the house. We run on the beach with the dogs and take her out to ride her tricycle. We just have a healthy lifestyle — we play! The baby is too young, but I have visions of our doing Brazilian jujitsu and capoeira together. Or maybe he'll want to take ballet, and that's OK, too. Either way, I'm going to expose them both to a bunch of different activities, and whatever they love, they love.
Take a time-out.
Everything right now is "Lu do, Lu do." She wants to do everything herself, but it means you have to sit there for 20 minutes while she tries to put on a shirt. It kills me because I've got to go to work. Heidi gets mad at me: "How else is she going to learn how to put on her shirt?" or "Don't rush her — you're rushing her!" Ugh, it makes me crazy, so I'll just sit on the floor of the closet checking e-mails while Lu tries to figure out how to put on her shirt. It's brutal, but I'm really trying. I guarantee it's going to be their number one issue in therapy.
You can't control it all.
Usually everything on my to-do list still gets done, just not as perfectly as I wanted it to. In the past I'd carefully read and look through everything before approving it. Now I'll say, "Sure, looks great!" without paying close attention, because I don't have time or I'm too tired. One of these days I'm going to see a video of myself with a booger hanging out of my nose. You cut those corners and sometimes you pay, but something's gotta give.
Jillian's Favorite Things
"I feel most confident in my old Sid Vicious vintage concert muscle T-shirt from like 1970 and a 1930s vintage motorcycle jacket. I love vintage, it's my favorite thing ever."
What you might not expect to find in my fridge
We always have a great bottle of Champagne, Ace of Spades, in case there's something to celebrate. In the freezer there are eight different kinds of ice cream for Heidi. I hate her guts because she's one of those people who can't gain weight.
My gotta-have-it tech gadget
I'm addicted to the BodyMedia armband. It's not cheap; it's like 150 bucks, but it's worth it. It tells you exactly how many calories you're burning all day long and can track everything from the steps you take to your temperature and sleep efficiency. It's pretty awesome.
The secret weapon in my gym bag
Spearmint oil. You put it on your wrist, and when you sniff, it helps improve performance. I'm superstitious, and I buy into it.
My go-to snack
Depends on the day I'm having. If I'm in a good mood and everything is going great, I'll eat vanilla Oikos organic Greek yogurt and berries. If I'm in a [bleep] mood, Popchips.
Even tough trainers get hurt
I keep a pack of frozen peas on hand for when I injure myself, which is often now that I'm 39.
Three Easy Ways to Lose Weight
I swear by these strategies from my new book, Slim for Life. Trust me, they work.
1. Wreak havoc
Next time you're full but can't stop picking at your plate, wreck it. Don't put it in the garbage; we've all had that Miranda moment from Sex and the City where we'll still eat it out of the trash. Pour salt on it or put your drink on it, just ruin it. People have issues with wrecking food because it feels wrong, but let's get real: It's not going to children starving in Africa, it's going to the trash. It's not worth cellulite, muffin top, cancer, or heart disease.
2. Amp it up
Drinking an espresso or 200 milligrams of caffeine 45 minutes before you exercise is a known performance enhancer. You will work out harder, you will work out longer, and it helps your body to mobilize fat stores. People love to demonize me for suggesting this, but caffeine has proven health benefits and will dramatically increase your burn. You want to lose weight? This is it.
3. Get out of your chair
Simply standing up burns one and a half times more calories than sitting. If you think about how that adds up over the course of a week, a month, a year, it's a big deal. And there's no excuse not to do it. So whether you're waiting at the doctor's office or making a phone call at work, stand up!
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, April 2013.


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Lightweight Wool Suiting Peaked Cap for Women - 'Laura/19' in light brown/grey
Unusual and versatile - this is a new version of the Laura cap for women, in British very lightweight wool suiting in soft brown/grey tones. This cap was named after our amazing British cycling champion Laura Kenny - always effortlessly stylish whilst radiating beautiful energy!
The adjustable elastic at the back means that this design will fit most head-sizes.
Innovative pattern-cutting, and a passion for bringing a milliner's aesthetic to everyday headwear, lies at the heart of Karen Henriksen hats and caps for women - all of which are designed and made by Karen in her London studio.
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As with all our hats, the 'Laura/19' cap for women is made completely in-house, by Karen herself and her small team, here at Cockpit Arts in London. We do hold a small amount of stock, however most hats are made to order.
We aim to send out within 5 days of receiving your order (achieved in 90% of cases) - you will receive an email notification when the item is despatched.
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This cap for women can be dry-cleaned. The facing and lining inside the hat can also be cleaned with wet-wipes or similar.
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Take a tape measure around the head, just above your eye-brows and ears. The tape should feel comfortable, and exactly how you would like the hat to feel - not too tight or too loose. (If possible, it's probably easiest to ask someone else to measure you). If your measurement falls in between the 1cm increments, it is usually best to go to the size above. We are also happy to exchange hats for an alternative size with no extra delivery charge.
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Last year, an Arizona mom eating at a pizzeria made headlines when she allegedly filled her son's sippy cup with beer. Outrage was immediate. So was her arrest. While we're not advocating getting a toddler trashed, it's interesting how one nation's indignation is another country's tradition.
French families often pour their children watered-down wine, educating them about respecting alcohol and its polite place in everyday life. While neighboring Belgium is not so wild for wine, families also teach their offspring a similar lesson with tafelbier—Flemish for "table beer." Traditionally served with meals, tafelbiers are light-bodied and low in alcohol (usually less than 3% ABV), yet still remain flavorful. While table beers were so prevalent that they used to be served to Belgian schoolchildren in lieu of milk, the lightly boozy tradition has waned in recent years due to the rise of bottled water and, more prevalently, soft drinks.
Across the Atlantic Ocean, American brewers have begun to take a keen interest in crafting low-ABV tafelbiers. They're affable companions to lunch, dinner or whenever you crave a beer but not a buzz. In Indiana, New Albanian offers Tafelbier, while California's Heretic makes the slightly stronger Tafelbully with Brettanomyces. The wild yeast also appears in Stillwater Artisanal Ales' earthy, refreshing Beer Table Table Beer, while Massachusetts' session beer–focused Notch Brewing dials up Belgian yeast and European hops for its Tafelbier. It's a style-appropriate 2.8% ABV, a low number that appeals to Notch's brewer, Chris Lohring.
"For me, it's the ultimate anytime beer," says Lohring, who sees tafelbier as an ideal accompaniment to outdoor sports or daylong barbecuing. While his dry, thirst-quenching Tafelbier packs flavor aplenty, the dainty ABV means "you have to drink serious volume to get inebriated."
Curious? Check out the rest of my article in Draft magazine.


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As a child growing up in
South Florida
I had the good fortune of living on a 10-acre rural sanctuary for primates
operated by my parents. The property was covered with native Slash Pines (Pinus elliotti), Cabbage Palms (Sabal palmetto) and Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) but was persistently threatened by the
noxious weed of a tree known as Brazilian
Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolis).
As a human primate I had far more freedoms than the other inhabitants and like
a modern day Jungle Boy I would often take to the trees and explore. There were
times when the property had become so overgrown with what some call "Florida
Holly" that I could ascend into the canopy of the pepper trees and climb from
tree to tree for several hundred feet.
The problem for a kid is you end up with ripped up jeans and sticky sap all over you, as well as the possibility of a poison ivy-like rash. The problem for the ecosystem is that the highly invasive tree has spread throughout
South Florida, establishing dense
monocultures where little else grows.
Brazilian Pepper was introduced to
sometime in the mid-1800s as an
ornamental. It grows natively in Florida Brazil,
Argentina and . In
Florida it flowers from September through November and by December has fire
engine red berries that express a festive spirit around the holiday season,
when Florida's native hollies had already lost there rosy red fruit. Certainly
the intent upon introduction was not malicious, but 160 years later the tree is
so pervasive that we could easily deck the halls with boughs of pepper if only
it were legal to transport it. Paraguay
Fortunately the tree is not cold tolerant. Unfortunately it produces an abundance of berries that are perfect holiday snacks for birds and mammals that digest them and poop them elsewhere with homemade fertilizer.
Every year at this time, the sight of the bright evergreen leaves and candy cane red pepper berries brings me back to my days on the sanctuary, either climbing in the trees or hacking them down with machete or chainsaw.
I learned long ago that wherever I am for the holidays, I am perfectly content to celebrate it by enjoying it with native style and tradition. This year I'll be enjoying the sun, the sand and berryless hollies. Happy Holidays.


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Best Time to go Suzhou
Suzhou enjoys the subtropical marine monsoon climate, with distinct season differences, spring is warm, summer burning hot, autumn cool and comfortable while winter cold and cloudy. The hottest days in Suzhou come in Judy to August, with the highest temperature above 37 C (99 F). The coldest time is from the late January to early February. The best travel time to Suzhou is in spring (Apr-mid May) and fall (October-mid Nov).
Suzhou Shopping Tips
Enjoying the reputation of "the Heaven on earth" and "Oriental Venice", Suzhou offers great shopping chances with famed shopping streets. Shiquan Street is the most prosperous street with a wide variety of shops from century's old, special shops or modern malls; Guanqian Street is celebrated for top-end designer's brands worldwide; Shilu Pedestrian Street offers miscellaneous merchandise.
Dining in Suzhou
Suzhou Popular Food/Local Specialty
1 Sweet-scented Osmanthus Chicken
This chicken dish uses white sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus sugar as raw materials.
2 Noodles in Maple Town
These noodles are also called white soup noodles. The soup is clear, and the stewed meat is crisp and soft.
3 Ao Zao Noodle
The quick-fry fish and bittern duck noodle is the most famous noodle dish in Suzhou.
4 Pine Nut and Date Cake
As a famous traditional snack in Suzhou, the pine nut and date cake are made from sugar, eggs, food oil and wheat powder.
5 Suzhou Confections
Suzhou is located near Taihu Lake, so it is teeming with plums, apricots, loquats, waxberries, peaches and golden oranges.
6 Bittern bean curd
Bittern bean curd is a famous specialty in Suzhou. It has a red color and unique taste. It can be eaten as a confection or bittern dish.
Safety in Suzhou
Violent crime is rare is Suzhou but some little crimes like pick-pocketing, bike theft and sexual harassment was occasionally. Pay attention to over friendly strangers, who probably dress well, speak fluent English, around the People's square, and entrances/exits of museums or art galleries who invited you to art gallery, tea shop or karaoke and you're unlikely to be physically harmed by will be forced to big a large bill for a simple bear something similar. Call 110 if you encounter such situations and the Chinese police would be of help.
Another scam happening in temple area, you will be lied and make a wish, burn an incense which ends up with hundreds or thousands of money; but the trick also comes directly like being asked how much you want to donate. Legitimate temples in Chain ever charge followers in this way.
Don't rush into or out of Suzhou metro trains in the last moment since the train doors will close before all passengers have boarded.
Nightlife / Entertainment in Suzhou
Suzhou has a whole host of pubs and bars. In SIP, Li Gong Di '1912' bar area plays host to several popular bars including Ollie's, Tunnel bar, Jenny's and Goodfellas, which all feature daily happy hour deals and live music. The Blue Marlin nearby has also proven to be a very popular bar/restaurant at any time during the week.
Shi Quan Jie Bar Street is a very popular choice for those looking for a cheap bar at any time during the week or weekend. Located downtown, bars include The Bookworm, Drunken Clam, Pulp Fiction and Jane's bar.
Transportation in Suzhou
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Thread: Handwriting analysis
May 30, 2015, 10:38 am, Sat May 30 10:38:32 UTC 2015 #85
Five point scale for handwriting analysis
1. Conclusive evidence that both are written by the same person
2. Supporting (strong) evidence that they are by the same hand but the possibility of different individuals cannot be ruled out
3. Inconclusive because of equivalent similarities and differences or lack of evidence to work on
4. Supporting evidence that different individuals wrote both the specimen and the questioned writing but the possibility of both being by the same hand cannot be ruled out
5. Conclusive evidence that different individuals were responsible for the specimen and questioned documents
From Lou Smit's deposition we have this verbal description of the handwriting experts' results. Smit's quoting them so I'm going to assume he's accurate:
SMIT: "Chet Ubowski, his results -- and this is a very brief rendition of his results. There were indications that Patsy Ramsey wrote the note. There is evidence which indicates that the ransom note may have been written by Patsy Ramsey. But the evidence falls short of that necessary to support a definite conclusion.
Leonard Speckin, he is a police expert, private forensic document analyst. 'Lack of indications. I can find no evidence that Patsy Ramsey disguised her handwriting exemplars. When I compared the handprinting habits of Patsy Ramsey with those presented in the questioned ransom note, there exists agreement to the extent that some of her individual letter formations and letter combinations do appear in the ransom note. When this agreement is weighed against the number, type, and consistencies of the differences present, I am unable to identify Patsy Ramsey as the author of the questioned ransom note with any degree of certainty. I am, however, unable to eliminate her as the author.'
Edwin Alford, Jr. 'Lack of indications. Examination of the questioned handwriting and comparison of the handwriting specimens submitted has failed to provide a basis for identifying Patsy Ramsey as the writer of the letter.'
Lloyd Cunningham, Ramsey expert, he is the one that certified Chet Ubowski. 'Lack of indications,' that he cannot identify or eliminate Patsy Ramsey as the author of the ransom note. And he has spent 20 hours examining the samples and documents and has found that there were no significant individual characteristics but much significant difference between Patsy's writing and the note.
Richard Dusick, he is the analyst for the United States Secret Service. These are the results of his specific report. 'Lack of indications. A study and comparison of the questioned and specimen writings submitted has resulted in the conclusion that there is no evidence to indicate that Patsy Ramsey executed any of the questioned material appearing on the ransom note.'
Howard Ryle [sic], the former CBI examiner,'probably not.' His opinion in this case is between 'probably not' and 'elimination,' elimination as Patsy Ramsey as the author of the ransom note. He believes that the writer could be identified if historical writings were found.
The results, the general consensus is inconclusive and below that Patsy wrote the note."
Using the description given above, I rate the experts' opinions numerically using the 5 point scale like so:
The majority are "no conclusion," i.e., "inconclusive" as Smit himself says. Maintaining that the experts' opinions could be "collectively described" as 4.5 is simply perverse. When Hunter was asked about "4.5," he said that he remembered it more as being "4," presumably because the 3s can be bumped to 4s. But Speckin is a solid 3 while Alford and Dusick can only, in my opinion, be stretched to 3.5.
March 14, 2017, 7:41 pm, Tue Mar 14 19:41:01 UTC 2017 #86
Aha, I thinkI think I know where "Patsy scored 4.5 out of 5 with 5 being elimination" comes from. In Hunter's deposition he's asked by Lin Wood about a Ramsey-lawyer arranged meeting between the DA and the Ramsey handwriting experts, Cunningham and Rile/Ryle. Wood says that they used a scale of five for purposes of their discussion, though it wasn't necessarily an "agreed upon" scale. Hunter remembered Patsy coming up a 4.
I can't tell if there were any other handwriting experts there. (I suspect not.) It would make sense that these two experts would rate Patsy as 4/4.5, judging by excerpts from their reports as divulged by Lou Smit in his deposition.
Last edited by fr brown; March 14, 2017, 11:26 pm at Tue Mar 14 23:26:19 UTC 2017. Reason: typo
March 14, 2017, 11:39 pm, Tue Mar 14 23:39:01 UTC 2017 #87I looked in Paula Woodward's book to see if I could find out more about this meeting. She says that in May 1997 the Ramsey handwriting experts, Rile and Cunningham, gave a presentation to the DA and the police department to explain why Patsy wasn't the author of the note. This is the meeting in which Lin Wood says a "not agreed upon" 5 scale was used for purposes of discussion instead of the standard 9 scale. I'm not sure why if everybody in the room could count to 9. I don't think the Ramsey experts used a 5 scale in their reports. Cina Wong said that she was asked recently (by ABC, I think) about Patsy's statement that she scored 4.5 out of 5. Wong replied that a 5 scale was not in use. Since Wong has both of the Ramsey experts' reports, I would expect she would know if a 5 scale was used in them.
When we hear "4.5 out of 5" I think we can assume that only the opinions of the two Ramsey experts are being represented.
March 17, 2017, 1:41 pm, Fri Mar 17 13:41:37 UTC 2017 #88In Forensics Under Fire the author says that Rile's appearance before Michael Kane and the grand jury was a "nightmare" that left Rile stunned and shaken. He asked for a do-over but was denied. The book is blatantly biased toward the Ramsey side so an anecdote that shows any of them in other than the best light has a good chance of having validity.
In the past I've thought that Ubowski rated Patsy pretty close to identification. I've come to think, however, that he might have been more conservative than that in his report. His report is quoted by Lou Smit as saying that there are "indications" that Patsy wrote the note. The choice of language is undoubtedly important. "Indications did write" is one of the rungs of the nine scale. If 1 is identification and 9 is elimination, "indications did write" would be 4.
If Rile and Cunningham came into their presentation talking about 4s and 4.5s on a scale of 5, it might not be clear to their listeners that they were using a different scale, that their 4 was different from the 4s of other experts.
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March 18, 2017, 6:10 pm, Sat Mar 18 18:10:58 UTC 2017 #89Maybe we need to factor in when the JonBenet handwriting analyses were taking place. From Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents by Kelly and Lindblom:
"In 1995, the ASTM E30.02 Questioned Document Subcommittee drafted and passed as standard terminology E1658,'Standard Terminology for Expressing Conclusions of Forensic Document Examiners,' based on that Journal of Forensic Science letter. Included in the original standard is a suggestion that it may also be used in examinations other than handwriting and that there is no requirement of a document examiner to use all of the levels of opinion. It is recognized that some laboratories use five or seven levels, typically omitting the 'indications' or 'probably' terms. "
So it looks like things might not have completely settled down in the handwriting examiner world in 1997. Eliminating the "should have knowns," the fundamental problem of different scales remains. You can't simply say it's 60 degrees outside if everybody assumes you're talking Fahrenheit (if you mean Celsius). Big difference there.
By the same token, Ubowski's "There were indications that Patsy Ramsey wrote the note. There is evidence which indicates that the ransom note may have been written by Patsy Ramsey...." and Cunningham's "Lack of Indications....there were no significant individual characteristics...between Patsy's writing and the note" shouldn't both be 4s on the same scale.
June 3, 2017, 12:57 pm, Sat Jun 3 12:57:27 UTC 2017 #90This isn't about handwriting scales, just Patsy's handwriting....
On January 4 Patsy provided three exemplars. On February 28 she provided two. In between the two sessions, her lawyer was provided a xerox of the ransom note. It's interesting to look at an example of how her handwriting changed after she had the advantage of scrutinizing the note.
Ransom note: Police, F.B.I., etc.,
January 4:
Patsy 1: police, F.B.I., etc.,
Patsy 2: police, F.B.I., etc.,
Patsy 3: Police, FBI, etc.,
February 28:
Patsy 4: police, FBI, etcetera
Patsy 5: police, FBI, etcetera
(There are other changes between sessions, like banishment of her manuscript a.)
June 4, 2017, 8:17 pm, Sun Jun 4 20:17:40 UTC 2017 #91The whole phrase is "Speaking to anyone about your situation, such as Police, F.B.I., etc., will result in your daughter being beheaded." It suddenly occurred to me that that's some complicated punctuation scheme there in the middle of the sentence. Did Det. Arndt tell Patsy the punctuation as she was dictating it? I looked into it a bit and the person dictating isn't supposed to give coaching about spelling or punctuation so I'm betting that Arndt didn't. But Patsy got every period and comma "right" the first two times through.
And Patsy got the three exclamation points in the note right the first time through. That's not necessarily surprising since they are at the beginning and end of the note, but on subsequent passes she starts replacing them with periods or commas.
It's interesting to me that Patsy, like the RN writer, leaves out the comma before "John" in "Don't underestimate us John" and "It is up to you now John!" but she throws one in a couple of times in "Don't try to grow a brain John." She obviously knows there's supposed to be a comma in direct address.
(I'm relying on charts from Forensic Linguistics by Gerald McMenamin. I don't recommend buying it because he was hired by Ramsey and is definitely dancing a tarantella with the guy that brung him--in an often ludicrous way. Also at least a couple of entries in the typewritten charts are incorrect. For instance on February 28 Patsy writes "10 A.m." the first time, but McMenamin's chart doesn't reflect that. He has her writing a manuscript "a" there, but both times on February 28, she writes "A." Where I've been able to check and have found errors, the errors are in Patsy's favor.)
June 7, 2017, 8:26 am, Wed Jun 7 8:26:53 UTC 2017 #92The ransom note writer and Patsy share a penchant for occasional random capitalization. I don't know how common this is in the population. I don't do it myself.
I'm referring to McMenamin's charts and using his line numbering.
Ransom note page and line numbers after "RN." Patsy's exemplar number after "P." There are 5 exemplars in all: 3 on Jan. 4, 2 on Feb. 28.
[RN1:11] Letter
[P1] Letter
[P2] Letter
[RN 1:19] bag
[RN1:26] delivery
[P1] Delivery
[P2] Delivery
[P3] Delivery
[RN2:6] her
[P1] Her
[RN2:9] so
[P4] So
[RN2:12] Police
[P3] Police
[RN2:13] being
[P1] Being
[RN2:13] Law
[P3] Law
[RN2:16] bank
[P2] Bank
June 8, 2017, 10:41 am, Thu Jun 8 10:41:33 UTC 2017 #93I plugged "FBI, F.B.I." into Google Ngram Viewer to see the relative frequency in printed material after 1935 when the FBI became known as such. "FBI" wins by a mile from the beginning. Would personal usage reflect this pattern? I don't know. I would be inclined to write "FBI" and I was born a few years before Patsy.
The New York Times and Time (I believe) use "F.B.I." but this appears not to be the norm.
October 15, 2017, 3:08 pm, Sun Oct 15 15:08:05 UTC 2017 #94I notice that Wood and company persist in claiming in their lawsuits that the six handwriting experts virtually eliminated Patsy as the author of the note. It's simply not true. That's based on Lou Smit's addlepated understanding of what happened when the two Ramsey experts gave their presentation, aided and abetted by the Ramsey lawyer who expertly led Lou by the nose.
Last edited by fr brown; October 16, 2017, 4:00 am at Mon Oct 16 4:00:28 UTC 2017.
January 23, 2018, 12:27 pm, Tue Jan 23 12:27:51 UTC 2018 #95I've discussed a few things in this thread about Gerald McMenamin's analysis of Patsy's writing in Forensic Linguistics so I'll post the style markers he lists for her. McMenamin tells us that he's choosing her style-markers specifically to contrast with the RN, and then concludes, unsurprisingly, that her style differs from the ransom note writer's and she is therefore excluded as the author. He uses as an example of this that Patsy writes "pick up," John "pickup" and the RN writer "pick-up." (Hyphenation is probably the most variable part of my own writing style. Depends on the weather, I think.)
While he acknowledges that the RN writer might be disguising his or her style, he discounts the idea that Patsy might be putting acreage between herself and the note in her post-murder writings:
PR 01 Correct spelling of "business"
PR 02 Correct spelling of "possession"
PR 03 Misspelling of "advise" as "advize"
PR 04 Lack of correction in spelling "denied" (To match the RN she would have had to write "din..." and then fix it)
PR 05 Misspelled "burial" as "buriel" (Got a real chuckle out of that.)
PR 06 Misspelling and correction of "advise" as "advize" with additional correction
PR 07 Misspelling of "scrutiny" as "scruitiny" in passes 1 and 2 (after which she spells it right)
PR 08 Use of capital "S" in "Southern"
PR 09 Presence of periods in "am"
PR 10 Periods (instead of "!") after "Victory" in passes 2 and 3 (and 4, 5)
PR 11 No periods used in "SBTC"
PR 12 "Unharmed" is one word (Ahem, excuse me, in pass 5 she writes "un harmed.")
PR 13 Using the correct article in "an earlier"
PR 14 "Pick up" has no hyphen
PR 15 Writes "counter measures" (But she writes "countermeasures" in her individual word exemplars)
PR 16 Use of single word for "outsmart"
PR 17 Use of single word for "underestimate"
PR 18A $118,000. has no trailing zeroes
PR 18b $100,000. has no trailing zeroes
PR 18C Wrote "100 dollar" without "$"
PR 18D Wrote "$18,000." with no trailing zeroes in pass 3
PR 18E Use of word "dollar" without "$"
"Lack of correction in spelling 'denied'" is an odd one. Is he implying that the RN writer would habitually do that, correct the spelling of "denied"?
Under the heading of periods after initials, McMenamin chooses "FBI" for John so you might think he would use "F.B.I." for Patsy. Nope, that's not the game, remember, so it's "SBTC"
Last edited by fr brown; January 23, 2018, 1:07 pm at Tue Jan 23 13:07:19 UTC 2018.
January 24, 2018, 11:31 am, Wed Jan 24 11:31:16 UTC 2018 #96Here's an example of how Patsy's manuscript a changed between sessions. I'm using photocopies of Patsy's handwriting from Forensic Linguistics by Gerald McMenamin.
Ransom Note: 10 am
January 4:
Patsy 1: 10 a.m.
Patsy 2: 10 a.m.
Patsy 3: 10 a.m.
Patsy's lawyers provided a photocopy of ransom note after Jan. 4 session.
February 28:
Patsy 4: 10 A.m.
Patsy 5: 10 A.M.
(The period after the a in Patsy 1 could possibly be a tail on the a. But the other manuscript a's on the page don't have tails and the dot appears to be separated from the letter: I think it's a period. It's pretty squeezed in there. Afterthought?)
Last edited by fr brown; January 24, 2018, 1:32 pm at Wed Jan 24 13:32:49 UTC 2018.
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