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About us
Babysits is a childcare community empowering parents and babysitters globally.
We are the babysitting community
Maybe you have an amazing babysitter right around the corner, or walked by a parent in the grocery store who needs a weekend sitter.
The problem is that we don't always talk to the people we meet along the way, and this can make it hard for parents and babysitters to find one another.
We at Babysits believe in a future that incites easier solutions for everyday life.
This belief has inspired us to make childcare safe, easy, and affordable, by creating an intuitive marketplace platform which brings parents and childcare providers together.
Whether you are, or are looking for, a toddler wrangler, peek a boo player, diaper changer, tantrum averter, homework helper, or pillow fort builder, we've got you covered!
Our journey
Babysits was founded in 2008 by Peter van Soldt. He was motivated by a belief that a truly good childcare platform, gives a meaningful solution which simplifies everyday struggles. The result was an online childcare community making it easy for parents and babysitters to connect. Simply search in your area, get in touch and plan appointments. It couldn't be easier!
Over ten years later the Babysits community and organization has grown exponentially. Now we are a dedicated international team of people who are committed to making childcare safe, easy, and affordable. Together we are continuously building a great platform and community for parents and babysitters.
We have connected hundreds of thousands of parents and babysitters, online and by mobile app. With an emphasis on our international community of users and our customer service, Babysits is now the easiest way to find and plan childcare services or childcare jobs.


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The Edge Gossip
Dave Evans gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Picture Perfect Pax and Dad
Nothing's hotter than Pitt Porn but Brad with his kids comes a quivering close second. The Pitts hit the beach with The Edge on Sunday with Maddox, Miss Zahara, and Pax who was all over daddy to the delight of the photographers taking these postcard perfect images. He's incredibly sexy when he's with his children, non? And chosen by the sexiest woman alive who chose him to be their father. Full Story

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Can You Get Your House Back After Foreclosure?
If you're facing the possibility of foreclosure in the future, perhaps you are wondering can you get your house back after foreclosure. After all, you need a place to live! Unfortunately, after the court rules in the favor of your lender and agrees with the lender to proceed with foreclosure, it is very hard for … Continued


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A Used Toyota and Scion from Mark Miller Toyota Downtown = Savings + Possibilities
When looking to save a bit of green, but still wanting to find the highest quality of vehicle, a used car is the way to go. Kelley Blue Book reports that a one-year-old used car costs, on average, 11.5-percent less than comparable new models. If you're interested the many used car, truck, or SUV options in Salt Lake City, South Jordan, Murray, Bountiful, Draper and West Valley City, check out our entire listing above.
Found the Used Toyota That's You?
Talk car financing with us
At Mark Miller Toyota Downtown in Salt Lake City, we have a knowledgeable team of car loan and Toyota and lease specialists serving South Jordan, Murray, Bountiful, Draper and West Valley City who enjoy working with every individual to get them the best terms possible. This personalized, sincere approach is one of the many things that sets us apart.
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The U.S. current account is the broadest measure of trade and income flows between the United States and the rest of the world. Together with the capital and financial account, it is a component of the international transactions accounts compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The current account records exports of goods and services (for example, wheat shipped from the United States to Russia or legal services provided by a U.S. firm to a client in Japan) as well as receipts of income on U.S.-owned assets abroad (like income earned by a U.S. company from a plant it owns in Canada). Then it subtracts imports of goods and services, payments of income on foreign-owned assets in the United States, and unilateral current transfers (such as gifts to other countries) to come up with the current-account balance. In 2011, the United States had a current-account deficit of $465.9 billion.
Components of the current account can be used to monitor major developments in the U.S. economy. All of its components are included as part of the foreign sector in the estimation of the national income and product accounts—the gross domestic product.
The current account in many ways is similar to an income statement for the entire economy. For example, exports are similar to businesses generating receipts from the sale of a good or service. Income receipts are similar to businesses generating income from dividends or interest. And unilateral current transfers are like grants a company might make or gifts it might receive. This aggregation over the entire economy provides a useful glimpse of current international economic transactions over a period of time.
You can read more detailed information about the current account here and here.


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By Marlena De Lacroix
Bonjour, everyone. Still watching. I've particularly enjoyed One Life to Live's sweeps, with the downfall of Clint, and his acid confrontations with that bitch Aubrey. Pine Valley seems to be emptying out and you have to ask yourself how long Alicia Minshew can carry the show on her boney shoulders. I'm rooting for Sonny and Brenda — how many brides and grooms can boast that they've both killed people?
As you know, the fare is so limited these days, the snowy afternoon ends much earlier than it used to. So what's a girl to do?
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Wealth Watch / Barbara Ollinger
Ever considered opening a retail credit card for an instant discount? You might be in for a shock if you are debt free. That's what a retired family member of our staff recently discovered. With ample income, investments, a home and no debt, he was surprised when he was turned down.
With tight credit markets, it is important that consumers understand how their credit score is influenced by their behavior. The most well-known credit scoring system was developed by Fair Isaac Corp. The FICO system takes credit-related data gathered by three credit bureaus and evaluates your credit usage. The resulting score is designed to provide lenders with a concise prediction of the risk of offering you more credit. It can affect the credit that is available to you and the terms that lenders offer you.
To calculate your FICO score, five areas are evaluated and each is assigned a different weight:
35 percent: payment history. Lenders review payment history on all your accounts; the length of your positive credit history; and the number and severity of any delinquencies. Bankruptcies, foreclosures, late payments and delinquencies can adversely affect your score. TIP: Set up automatic payment features to ensure on-time payments.
30 percent: amounts owed. Too many credit accounts and a high ratio of credit balances to credit limits can adversely affect your score. The level of debt paid off on term loans (like mortgages) also affects your score. TIP: Keep credit card balances below 10 percent of credit limit for best scores.
15 percent: length of credit history. Longer credit histories result in higher scores. The length of time specific accounts have been open and the duration of time since each account was last used are important factors. TIP: Keep old accounts open even if you use them just once a year.
10 percent: new credit. Credit scores track consumers who suddenly take on new debt, potentially becoming overextended. They include the last time a consumer opened an account and how many accounts were opened. Inquiries on your credit reports cause your credit score to go down. TIP: Avoid opening new credit cards at the same time you are applying for a loan.
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10 percent: types of credit used. Your score improves if you are using credit for large ticket items like a car payment or mortgage. Your score goes down if you have a lot of revolving credit cards. TIP: A "healthy mix" of installment loans and revolving credit from banks is considered optimal for your score.
The FICO scores range from 300 to 850, with the majority in the 600 to 800 range. AnnualCreditReport.com provides one free credit report annually from each of the three credit reporting bureaus. This credit history information is free, but there is a fee to obtain your credit score.
Knowing your credit score is part of empowering yourself for your financial future. Increasing your score just takes time, persistence and an understanding of the process.
Barbara Ollinger is a senior adviser and certified financial planner with HTG Investment Advisors, of New Canaan, an independent fee-only advisory firm. She is involved in the design and implementation of investment portfolios to meet her clients' objectives. She also provides counsel to clients regarding their financial planning concerns, including retirement, taxes, education and estate planning. For information, call 203-972-8262 or visit www.htginvestmentadvisors.com.


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VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 1.5 Assay (kPCR)
Highly Sensitive HIV Viral Load Assay for use on the VERSANT® kPCR Molecular System
Optimal Assay Standardization
- Calibration is performed during each run which provides quality results
- Accurate calibration is achieved with efficient extraction of calibrator transcripts which are similar in size to HIV viral transcripts
- Gold standard phosphate method is used to establish copies/mL
- Referenced to the WHO HIV RNA 2nd International Standard (97/650) for IU/mL
|37 copies/mL
|99.7% with a 95% lower confidence limit of 99.3%
|Dynamic Range
|37 to 11,000,000 copies/mL
|The maximum deviation from linearity at all levels of dynamic range within +/- 0.10 log copies/mL
|Genotype Inclusivity
|HIV-1 group M clades A–H, CRF, and group O
VERSANT HIV-1 RNA 1.5 Assay for quantitative measurement of HIV RNA in fresh or frozen human plasma samples
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CARSON, Calif. – LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena admits that while the club is in "discussions" that could send forward Chad Barrett to Norwegian club Vålerenga, the forward could participate in Saturday's match against FC Dallas.
Following training on Thursday, Arena told reporters that Barrett remains a "player on our team" and confirmed that the 27-year-old forward was available for selection on Saturday.
Barrett returned to training on Monday following his week-long trial with the Oslo-based club and made a brief stint during Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. If Barrett plays against Dallas, he could have a substantial role in the Galaxy's offense that will be without forward Landon Donovan due to yellow card accumulation and potentially David Beckham due to his Olympic commitments.


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Roscoe & The British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliot
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Power Ball
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Adeje hosts national badminton championship
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St George's Day Celebration!
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Roscoe interviews local author Gemma Metcalfe
Listen again as Roscoe interviews local author Gemma Metcalfe about her debut book, Trust Me, set in and around Tenerife.Read
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Adeje offers pioneering service for cancer sufferers
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Sacred Music concerts in Adeje
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There can be little doubt about
Hamilton's dedication to the night skies.
Once, on a late-hour outdoor trip during college,
he was right in the middle of a 20 minute exposure
for an astrophoto when a raccoon sneaked up on his
midnight snack - chocolate chip cookies in a sealed
plastic container. No shooshing could stop the little
rascal from attacking the goodies, but Hamilton
sacrificed them rather than giving up his photo.
But then, wide vistas of the night sky had always
been a part of his life as he and his 12 sisters
and brothers grew up in the country just north of
Grass Creek, Indiana. After he received his B.S.
in Astrophysics from the Indiana University in Bloomington,
IN, he went on to become a programmer at the Space
Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD. Neon
signs and street lamps outshine the ancient light
from the stars in this populated area. But at least
once a year Hamiltion tries to escape the rat race
and go to the darkest spot he can find to be inspired
by the grandeur of the Milky Way, the aurora borealis
and other nighttime wonders (he even builds his
own telescopes). Pristine night skies, though, are
becoming harder to find, as light pollution creeps
into former dark spots. This motivated Hamilton
to volunteer as a web master for the International
Dark-Sky Association to help save the awesome
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Five important studies were highlighted today in a live presscast:
- Postoperative Treatment with S-1 Chemotherapy Reduces Relapses and Extends Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: Early results from a Phase III clinical trial conducted in Japan show patients who received the chemotherapy drug S-1 after surgery for Stage I-III pancreatic adenocarcinoma had a 44 percent lower risk of dying compared with patients treated with gemcitabine. While S-1 is not yet approved in the United States, it is available in several Asian and European countries.
- New Molecular Classification System for Colorectal Cancer May Help Guide Treatment Choice for Individual Patients: Researchers identified three distinct colorectal cancer subtypes based on gene expression patterns in patients' tumors. The findings may lead to new molecular tests for determining if a patient needs adjuvant treatment and which treatment might be most beneficial.
- Surgery Following Imatinib Therapy Substantially Improves Survival for Certain Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs): A new retrospective study validated the benefit of performing surgery to remove residual tumor lesions after imatinib therapy. Patients who received surgery after imatinib had a 5.5 fold lower risk of dying and a nearly 4-year longer time to disease worsening compared with those who received imatinib alone.
- Profiling Gene Expression in Circulating Tumor Cells Shows Promise as a New Prognostic Strategy for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: A study profiling gene expression in cells shed from pancreatic tumors into the bloodstream detected genomic changes associated with response and resistance to different treatments. This new profiling strategy may help predict whether or not a patient would respond to a particular chemotherapy regimen.
- Second-Line Docetaxel Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Esophageal or Gastric Cancers: A Phase III study showed that patients with esophageal or stomach cancers whose disease worsened despite first-line chemotherapy live on average 50 percent longer if they received second-line docetaxel than if they receive active symptom control (radiotherapy, steroids, and/or supportive medications). While docetaxel is already being used in this setting, the new study provides definitive evidence of survival benefit with second-line docetaxel.
"Research continues to deliver advances that will improve the lives of patients with gastrointestinal cancers, and we are learning to understand how to use molecular characteristics of tumors to choose and customize therapy for individual patients," said Neal J. Meropol, MD, who moderated the presscast. "At this conference, we will see the results of new studies showing life-extending treatments for some of our deadliest and hardest to treat cancers and new insights on tumor classification and prognosis."
Gastrointestinal cancers include those of the colon/rectum, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, small intestine, anus and other digestive organs. In 2012, it was estimated that nearly 285,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with these cancers and more than 142,000 will died from them.1
The 2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium is co-sponsored by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO).
Information for Media: www.asco.org/GIpresskit
Oncologist-Approved Patient Information Resources from Cancer.Net, ASCO's Cancer Information Website:
- Guide to Colorectal Cancer
- Guide to Esophageal Cancer
- Guide to Neuroendocrine Cancer
- Guide to Pancreatic Cancer
An interactive history of cancer research advances, including those in colorectal, pancreatic and stomach cancer, can be found at ASCO's Cancer Progress website at www.cancerprogress.net.
To view the full release, click here.
2013 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium News Planning Team
William M. Grady, MD, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute; Neal J. Meropol, MD, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO); William F. Regine, MD, American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO); Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH, Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO).
Click here to view the disclosures for the News Planning Team.
1Cancer Facts & Figures 2012. Atlanta, GA; American Cancer Society: 2012.
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First Looks at the Nokia Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520
First Looks: Nokia Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520
Nokia Lumia 1320 and 1520 Physically Compared
At Nokia World today, Nokia unveiled two new 6-inch devices, joining the rest of the large screen smartphones with the first of its kind Windows Phone variant. The two new devices look very similar in terms of build, look and feel. In fact, it isn't easy to tell the difference between both devices at one glance because of the familiar unibody polycarbonate design that Nokia has retained so well in their entire line-up of Lumia devices. But there are subtle differences between the two 6-inch smartphones.
In the picture above, it's obvious that the larger screen does give you more real estate to display your favorite tiles on the home screen. An extra column does make a lot of difference and we feel it's something that users will find extremely useful. The screens on both the new devices are LCD based and it's different from the 4.5-inch AMOLED screen used on the Lumia 1020. In terms of resolution, the Lumia 1320 supports only the standard resolution of 1280x720 while the Lumia 1520 comes with full HD (1920x1080) resolution. At a quick glance, it's not easy to tell the difference between the two new 6-inch screens, but it's obvious when you place them side by side as the higher resolution full HD screen does give you smoother images.
Internally, the Lumia 1320 is powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor, while the Lumia 1520 uses a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor. It's obvious why the Lumia 1520 needs the horse power of a Snapdragon 800 as a larger resolution screen does require a little more speed to keep up. Even the amount of memory is quite telling of the Lumia 1520's increased requirements since it comes with 2GB of RAM as compared with the 1320's 1GB RAM.
There's also a stark difference in the amount of memory that comes with each phone, with the Lumia 1520 featuring 32GB of internal memory while the Lumia 1320 comes installed with only 8GB of internal memory. However, it's not an issue if you want more space to store your images and music as both devices now comes with a micro SD card slot that lets you install up to 64GB of additional memory space.
Interestingly, the glasses used on both screens are quite different as well, with the Lumia 1320 utilizing the newer Gorilla Glass 3 while the Lumia 1520 is based on Gorilla Glass 2. We don't know why there's this difference although we were made to understand that the Lumia 1320 is targeted at younger users with a lower budget which seems to go against the logic of choosing a newer glass type that might cost a little more than usual.
You can see immediately that there's no difference in the material used for the enclosure on the new devices. The same sturdy and vibrant polycarbonate shells that Nokia has consistently delivered on all their Lumia devices is retained. The most obvious difference between the two new 6-inch devices has to be the size of the camera on the rear side of the phone. The larger camera lens on the Lumia 1520 is quite telling that it comes with a higher megapixel camera than the Lumia 1320. And it does. Unlike the Lumia 1020, the Lumia's 1520 PureView camera is based on a 20MP sensor which features ZEISS optics with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), 2x lossless zoom, oversampling technology and dual LED flash. On the other hand, the Lumia 1320 is a little more down to earth with a normal 5MP camera. According to Nokia, the Lumia 1320 still takes great pictures but it's not primarily targeted at those into serious photography.
If you look closer at the back of the phones, you'll also realize that the two charging pins on the Lumia 1020 for the wireless charging cover missing on both the Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520. This is because the Lumia 1320 doesn't support wireless charging while the Lumia 1520 comes with the wireless charging coil built into the phone itself. So it works with any Qi wireless charger or on Nokia's new wireless charging battery packs.
Also if you look closely at the Lumia 1520, you'll find tiny holes located on the top and bottom of the rear cover. These are part of the four microphones built into the Lumia 1520, which allows you to record videos with surround audio. This is a new feature of the Lumia 1520 which lets you clearly capture the audio of your subject whether it is in front or behind you. However, we're not entirely sure how this will work out in a noisy environment because it may introduce more noise into the video. But in the demonstration, it showed us how audio clarity was maintained even if the subject moves behind the camera. But the question remains, what videographer would allow the main subject to travel behind the screen?
Nokia Beamer
The new Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1320 will come with this new feature known as Nokia Beamer. It's an app that allows you to share the screen on your device with another device or PC. The new Beamer app will come with the new Lumia Black update, so older Lumia smartphones will get it too. However, only phones with ROM sizes of at least 1GB will get Nokia Beamer, so older devices like the Lumia 1020, 925, 920 and 820 will eventually get them.
The beauty with Nokia Beamer is that it will work with any client, so if you want to share it with a PC or another phone (whether it's iOS or Android), you can. However, the transmitting device has to be one of the Nokia Lumia device mentioned above. Nokia Beamer will work as long as both devices are connected to the internet.
Watch the demo below.
For more information and pricing details of the two new 6-inch Lumia devices, check out our earlier coverage.


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Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers Episode One Behind the Scenes
Get an all-new look at the critically acclaimed Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers animated mini-series! The animators from Magnetic Dreams take you behind the scenes and show fans how this epic tale came to life. Adapted from the acclaimed story by superstar creators Robert Rodi and Esad Ribic, Loki finally has a chance to tell tale of his brother's crimes…and inflict the punishment he has craved for eons. It's the series that has everyone talking so don't miss how this Marvel classic came together from the studio that brought it to life. Don't forget to download the fourth and final episode of Marvel Knights Animation's Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, a best seller on iTunes (Animation, Animation Season Pass and Television categories), Xbox LIVE, and PlayStation®Network – on sale today!


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BUTTE VALLEY — For the third time in four days, an aircraft landed in a place not meant for that.
A Quicksilver Sport 2S ultralight landed and was left on a field near Highway 99 and Durham-Pentz Road, with no owner or explanation as to why it was there.
The aircraft, which is registered to David L. Hilst of Yankee Hill, was investigated by the Butte County Sheriff"s Office at about 4 p.m. Sunday, when it received a call about a suspicious aircraft in an orchard.
There was nothing suspicious about it, said BCSO Sgt. Jeff Young. There was no reason to believe it was a crash either, and since there was no further information the aircraft was left there for the owners to pick up.
A couple of men were seen trying to load it onto a trailer at about 1:45 p.m. today.
This was the third incident in the area. Four days earlier, a pilot had to make an emergency landing on Highway 70 near Cherokee Road and on Sunday a man and his son had to land on Highway 70 near Pentz Road.


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So! I finally took my first step into the wild and wonderful world of podcasting!
For a couple of weeks now, I've been contributing some of my reviews and "MTESS" columns to Under…Scoop…Fire.com, a site which caters to the nostalgia of the 1980s. Aside from my movie stuff, they have some comic book columns, a resident 80's music columnist, caption contests… It's a fun site, and I've talked quite a bit with the people over there, they're all very cool.
As part of their site, they've been doing podcasts, and asked me to start a movie related one with their friend Chris Tanski, who's also a bigtime movie fan. The first one is up now, here.
There's a lot of "Getting to know you" / "How did you become a big movie nerd?" / "What kind of movies do you like" stuff going on, but eventually we get around to talking about "Real Steel". I think it all came out pretty well, and hope everyone who's interested will find it as enjoyable to listen to as it was to record.
I'm looking forward to doing more of them, and hope we can put them up on a regular basis!
As always, feel free to leave compliments, complaints, and criticisms in the comments. I promise I will try not to interrupt Chris so much next time, LOL.


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10 Great Places Where Vegetarians Don't Sacrifice Flavor
Resolving to eat healthy doesn't mean having to give up on taste, says Brian Clement, co-director of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Fla., a health center and spa for the raw vegan lifestyle. "These are real restaurants and real people would like them. They're not tofu and rice joints." He shares some favorite spots serving raw vegan (uncooked, plant-based) dishes or vegetarian food with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY.
Thrive (Seattle)
Founded by one of Clement's former patients and her daughter, this cafe is known for its gourmet offerings, all gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan. The menu includes warm grain bowls, smoothies and even shots of frozen blue-green algae, said to increase focus and reduce stress. There's also a popular dessert menu. 206-525-0666; generationthrive.com
Christopher's Kitchen (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)
Clement is a regular at this organic eatery near his home in South Florida. A favorite dish: the Santa Barbara salad with arugula, romaine, dates, beets, tomato, red pepper, avocado and almonds with an orange poppy seed dressing. Popular desserts include pumpkin pie and tarts with whipped creams made with nuts. "It's elegant and simple. Fine food," he says. 561-318-6191; christopherskitchenfl.com
Candle Café (New York)
Clement says the food is so good at this spot with locations on the Upper East and West sides of Manhattan that he has brought people who aren't vegans. "They've never lifted their eyebrows. They thought they were at a fine restaurant," he says. Fruit and vegetable juices are served as cocktails, and traditional-style Italian dishes leave out unhealthy ingredients. Sister restaurant Candle 79 offers a more upscale experience. 212-472-0970; candlecafe.com
Catch a Healthy Habit (Fairfield, Conn.)
You'll usually find a crowd at this small cafe, offering everything from breakfast items to entrees made with zucchini noodles. The owners are eager to educate the public about the benefits of vegan living, says Clement, who particularly likes the protein-rich salads. "It's so fresh and delicious. You feel well fed." 203-292-8190; catchahealthyhabit.com
Crudessence (Montreal)
In a city known for fine dining, this chain doesn't disappoint. "It's really French cuisine, but made in raw vegan form," Clement says. Creams and pâtés are made with nuts and vegetables. "They have these wonderful flaky pastries you'd get in a French bakery, but they're 'legal,' as we call it." crudessence.com
Millennium Restaurant (San Francisco)
Diners sometimes have to wait weeks for reservations at this gourmet vegan restaurant. It offers tasting menus with wine parings and entrees such as sweet potato tamales and roasted artichokes stuffed with seasoned walnuts and portobello mushrooms. "If you look at the dessert menu, you'd swear you were in Denmark at a pastry shop," Clement says. 415-345-3900; millenniumrestaurant.com
Fresh Restaurant (Toronto)
This casual mini chain can trick some diners into eating healthy. "If you want something that tastes like a hamburger, they have it," Clement says. "They have things that imitate or taste like French cuisine (or) Asian cuisine." Others snarf up Yukon Gold french fries and quinoa-crusted onion rings. And the bar offers everything from carrot and kale juice to a mint chocolate espresso shake. freshrestaurants.ca
Karyn's Fresh Corner (Chicago)
The best advertisement for the restaurant is owner Karyn Calabrese, who's in her 60s, but looks 35, Clement says. The Sunday buffet here is epic, with more than a dozen selections. "This is possibly the best example of a committed chef who makes this food acceptable to everyone." Diners drive hundreds of miles to visit, often bringing coolers to pick up dishes, such as enchiladas and Buffalo-style vegetarian "chicken" tenders. 312-255-1590; karynraw.com
Vegeria (San Antonio)
Clement says his kids loved this Southwestern eatery, where vegan nachos and smoked mushroom tacos are favorites. "They were crazy about it," he says. Other menu standouts include a filling avocado burger and raw beet ravioli served with chipotle almond cheese. "It has better flavors than cooked." The restaurant has a BYOvB policy, allowing patrons to bring their own vegan bottles of wine or beer. 210-826-4223; myvegeria.com
Cafe Gratitude (Venice, Calif.)
Clement's favorite restaurant has locations across California. He says the chefs artfully mimic familiar dishes, but make them healthy. Menu items include lasagna made without grains and Mexican-inspired items without cheese or processed foods. "You can bring a meat-eater and they're going to love it." The fare is organic and vegan, and doesn't contain refined sugar, flour or additives. Other locations: Berkeley, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles. 424-231-8000; cafegratitude.com


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Resonans height No2 Violin Shoulder Rest in 3/4 and 1/2 size
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Resonans Violin Shoulder Rest height No2 (43mm) only available in 3/4 & 1/2 sizes.
Swedish designed shoulder rest. Simple effective design with padded velvet support. Made in USA.
Things you need to know about this rest: 1. on arrival it'll look larger than the violin, so you'll have to gently bend the metal bits from both sides until it's a bit smaller than the back of the violin so it'll fit perfectly with a little stretch outwards. Make sure you do this from the lowest part and not just bending the feet.
2. with time the black rubber will need to be replaced otherwise the metal feet will dig into your violin varnish first and later into the wood! So be very vigilant on this.
3. Although the feet are designed to be bent to put the rest away in the violin case, with time they may become loose, so try not to collapse the feet and keep the rest ready up at all time.
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The Ravens plan to rest Rice during practices and re-evaluate him Sunday for a Week 3 contest against the Texans in Baltimore.
Asked Monday about how Rice's status will affect his team's preparation and execution, Texans coach Gary Kubiak said the Ravens' depth in the backfield could cover up for Rice's absence. Bernard Pierce leads Baltimore in rushing yards (79) and carries (28) through two games.
"(Rice is) a great player, obviously. But I tell you what, the one behind him is a tremendous player, too. He played extremely well," Kubiak said at Reliant Stadium. "So I don't think it's going to change anything they do and our focus has got to be on ourselves. To go on the road, play the world champs, the type of game we're going to have to play, we're going to have to correct our own stuff and stay concerned with what we're doing."
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Ratchanee Sumpatboon on Isan Thai Cuisine and Making It in New York
"I didn't know about the future, I just wanted to try."
Ratchanee Sumpatboon's Larb Ubol is one of those restaurants we just can't truly have enough of in New York. Tucked away on an unattractive part of Ninth Avenue by 37th street, it looks like many other Thai restaurants we'd be fine to walk straight past—the mismatched chairs, nondescript tiled floors and paneled walls were well described by our editor as "adorably tacky." The food, however, is being taken very seriously by local devotees of Isan Thai cuisine, who flock to such spots for its fiery complexity and bright flavors.
Sumpatboon is a worthy contender in the kitchen—she ran a restaurant with her husband in Ubon Ratchathani, which sits near Thailand's borders with Laos and Cambodia. When she moved to New York in 2005, she worked at a Thai restaurant in Queens before opening up Poodam in Astoria. She shuttered that space and went to consult at Zaab Elee in Manhattan, before trying her hand again at her current spot. We sat with Sumpatboon and her manager / assistant / helpful translator Phumin Srisuphansiri (who goes by Kao) to find out how she ended up here and what she's excited to bring to us.
When did you start cooking in New York? 2005, in November. I was working for somebody in a Thai restaurant in Queens, but I've known how to cook for a long time back. I had a restaurant in Thailand for a long time with my ex-husband, and when he died I came to New York.
Did you come specifically because you wanted to cook here? When I came I had no plan, nothing. And my English was so bad and I didn't know what job I would find, so I went to go work in the kitchen of a Thai restaurant. I did everything the same as I did in Thailand, things I can cook by myself. Because I'm from the northeast I don't like things sweet, like most Thai restaurants here. They wanted the full-on American style, but I didn't like it, so I just told Americans if they cannot eat spicy food, to just say it and I could cook for them without chili. I wanted to do everything standard to what I was cooking at home.
What didn't you like about the style you saw here? I didn't like it, but I understand why Americans like it—Americans like things sweeter, and in the northeast we don't eat sweet. We use a lot of herbs, roasted rice, galangal, lemongrass, lime leaf...many things are different than what you'd get in Bangkok—we don't use lemons, we use limes instead, things like that. We do everything fresh. It's bright food. And everyone has the same opportunity to taste, so I wanted to translate what my tastes are like. Other Thai restaurants do a lot of fusion Thai, but I was confident people would like mine, too.
How did you learn to cook? I learned from my ex-husband. He was a very good cook from a family of cooks. We met in Ubon Ratchathani, my home city in Thailand, which was also the name of the restaurant. I only cooked a little bit before—a fried egg omelet or something like that. But I loved to eat, so I loved to try cooking with him! He already had the restaurant when we were married, and at that time I was so young that I just wanted to be together and learn a little bit for fun. I didn't care about it being hard or not. I loved to eat, so I loved to try cooking too.
When did you discover you were talented at it? We were open for five years and by the second year I knew I could do it alone. But then my husband passed away and I needed to move on.
What did you expect to happen when you opened Poodam? Did you think we'd understand your style of food and that you'd be as successful as you were? I didn't know about the future, I just wanted to try. When I opened Poodam on Broadway many American customers came in and knew Isan food! So I thought to myself that not only did people know Thai food, they knew Isan food too, and we would do well. When I put "Isan" on the sign, many, many people came in to say they had been there and talk about it. So I realized how many people know Isan food, and I was right to try it.
What was particularly hard about opening your restaurant here? In Thailand, it's easy to open a business because you have your space and you can just put in a window or anything and open and sell food. Here, when I came, I thought it would be easy, too, and that's why I opened Poodam. I knew I could cook well but I didn't know how to build a business in this city—I didn't know how to shop, about the health department, about many things!
Sometimes the city would come to inspect something and because I don't really know English, I would have to pay somebody to come and help and fix things with me, so it cost me a lot of money. I just pay, pay, pay! So that time I made a loss but now I know how to handle the financials, so I don't lose a lot. I order from Thai sellers and we speak Thai, so that helps now.
Has it been easy enough to get the ingredients you need? Sometimes in the winter it's very hard, but now I know which groceries will last a long time and I order a lot and freeze them. Before in Thailand it was very easy to go the market and always get what I needed, so now I know how to stock up.
Why open in this area specifically, versus trying again in Astoria or someplace more central? There are already a lot of Thai restaurants in this neighborhood. The space was here and affordable, so I figured I'd try it. And there are a lot of Thai restaurants in the area, but our style is completely different than others up in Hell's Kitchen. People are happy that we're here, because most customers had been to Zabb Elee, and now we're one of the only Isan restaurants in the city. Some people know larb, and so they want to know more. That's good—I hope they like it!
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One survives, 102 killed in Algeria plane crash
An Algerian military transport slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country's rugged eastern region. A civil defense official said 102 people on board were killed but one person managed to survive.world Updated: Feb 12, 2014 01:42 IST
An Algerian military transport slammed into a mountain Tuesday in the country's rugged eastern region. A civil defense official said 102 people on board were killed but one person managed to survive.
The US-built C-130 Hercules transport crashed about noon near the town of Ain Kercha, 50 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of Constantine, the main city in eastern Algeria.
Commander Farid Nechad, who is based in Algiers but was coordinating recovery efforts, told The Associated Press that 103 people including four crew had been on the plane. He said so far only 55 bodies had been found due to the difficult conditions at the crash site.
He did not give any further details about the lone survivor.
Civil defense officials at the scene told journalists that women and children were among the dead at the snowy crash site, presumably from military families. Local reporters said the C-130 plane had broken into three parts.
The plane had taken off from the southern Saharan city of Tamanrasset and was heading to Constantine.
Algerian officials have so far not given an official death toll for the crash. If the reported death toll is confirmed, it would be the deadliest airplane crash in Algeria's history.
The defense ministry, meanwhile, blamed the weather.
"Unfavorable weather conditions and storms accompanied by snow in the region were behind the crash," the ministry said in a statement.
Winds in the area were 17 knots gusting to 28 knots with a visibility of 8 kilometers (5 miles) at the time, according to the aviation-safety.net website.
Lockheed Martin's turboprop C-130 Hercules transport, born out of the experiences of the 1950-53 Korean War, has been used by air forces all over the world to help fight wars or save lives in humanitarian situations. Despite its hulking carcass, the plane is known for its versatility.
The age of the aircraft that crashed on Tuesday was not immediately clear but the model was produced until 1996.
Lockheed Martin did not immediately respond to AP requests for comment on the crash.
The worst plane crash in Algerian history occurred in 2003, when 102 people were killed after a civilian airliner crashed at the end of the runway in Tamanrasset. There was also a single survivor in that crash.
In November 2012, an Algerian military cargo plane crashed in southern France, killing all six people aboard.


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Nonstop carnage is on the menu in Konami's Zombie Apocalypse, which brings games' undying affinity for the undead to a top-down, multidirectional shooter. Does it also hold the same appeal when it's one - or four - against a thousand?
Senseless Slaughter: Who wouldn't want to go up against an undead horde with unlimited ammo? No matter how bad it gets, you may still battle this game from that expectation - shooting the limbs off a staggering, growling mob that obligingly stands there and takes it. As a top-down shooter, you run around firing Robotron-style with your right analog. It's like putting out a fire, really. Zombie Apocalypse quickly ramps up the difficulty by throwing different zombie classes at you whose behavior make your task a little less straightforward. You'll definitely come to hate the mewling dodgers, those fat-ass construction men, who pancake you with no chance to break free, and those pragnent zombie ladies shitting out fruit-fly spawn that can rip out your spine. Let me reserve a special word of hate for the crazed, dynamite-carrying kamikazes. Still, no matter what you're facing, when you think about Zombie Apocalypse there's always a nagging thought you can do better the next time.
Singleminded Singleplayer: This is a game built for multiplayer and if you play it primarily for that reason, it'll be a satisfying and even delightful experience. But if you bought it and have no one to play with - or, as I found, have repeated matchmaking problems - it will grow very old and repetitive after the first time you confront the Flesh Pile, which I think is around day 30. (The Flesh Pile is giant bleeding placenta-looking thing that shoots death rays and barfs out zombies.) You only get four different boards to play, and when that variety runs out, then you can play them in blackout mode, and when that variety runs out, then the normal zombies you face become superpowered nukeular zombies, and you progress through their ranks much as you did during your first tour of the undead. It's very repetitive if you're going it alone. The good news is you have unlimited continues. But Day 54 is just utterly interminable (you'll need to kill more than 1,500 zombies, proceeding through waves of every single type, and then their atomic flavors) and for the conclusion it provides, Day 55 is a total waste of time if you're fighting the final Flesh Pile alone.
Weapons Balance: It's bad when you avoid some specialty weapons because your base weapon, the assault rifle, is more effective. The rocket launcher and the sniper rifle had poor areas of affect, considering what you were dealing with, and atrocious rates of fire. The molotovs weren't much better. The grenade launcher was surprisingly effective, mostly because of an amped-up rate of fire, even if the grenades had a delayed burst effect. By far the best weapon is the flamethrower - which is even better than the gatling gun. But every time you're praying for one to drop you always get the goddamn sniper, or maybe the dual wield submachine guns if you're less unlucky. You only get one grenade attack per board - which can be replaced if you rescue a civilian. But deploying it, a teddy bear strapped with explosives, is grating to the extreme because of the conspicuous, Barney-parody dialogue ("I'm stuffed with love! - and C4 ...") it insists on reciting every time it's on the ground. Finally, Zombie Apocalypse bragged about its environmental kills, but I found them to be more cosmetic than useful. Zombies won't stagger or shamble into the woodchipper, you have to shove them there with gunfire, which is more trouble than it is worth. Even the exploding barrels are too sparse to really help you in your job as an undead pest control technician.
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apartment department (Jesus, Owen ...) but I would have loved to see the environment more involved. Alone against the amoeba-like horde, I tried to use the board's obstacles to funnel the undead into killzones. But really any plan to use the environment to your advantage is going to break down after three seconds of standing in the same place. You just need to shoot everything and run, and in most cases that won't be enough without backup. Definitely fun when you're playing with more than one. Alone, it's not worth it after about 20 levels.
Zombie Apocalypse was developed by Nihilistic Software and published by Konami for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Available on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 points and PlayStation Network for $9.99. The game was provided to Kotaku for reviewing purposes. Played all game types in singleplayer, completing the 55-day campaign, and tested multiplayer mode.
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Presley latest to catch bug, scratched due to illness
OAKLAND -- Outfielder Alex Presley was the latest Astros player to come down with flu-like symptoms. Presley was scratched from the lineup shortly before game time Friday and replaced by L.J. Hoes because he was ill.
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To say we were excited about our visit to Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons is quite the understatement; I've wanted to go here for a while, but, despite being only three junctions away on the M40, the idea of spending three figures a head on lunch, no matter how many 'free' olives and bread rolls you can scoff, made it a rather distant prospect in the grand scheme of things.
Luckily that's what civil partnerships were invented for; far too stylish for mere Breville sandwich toasters and fluffy bath towels, some of our very kind friends presented us with a gift of lunch at Le Manoir. I was ecstatic. Long after the glitz of the big day and excitement of the honeymoon had paled, we would still have the thrill of five courses of seasonal grub, plus canapes and petit fours to look forward to. We just had to remember to have a lovely time; and avoid racking up a huge bar bill....
As soon as we swung up the driveway all efforts at modesty were forgotten. We were at Le Manoir! I was wearing a jacket and proper shoes for goodness sake (and some other garments, obviously). This was no time for economising.
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lunch any meal than with champagne. Some people may think fizz is overrated, others may think it's vulgar; my dad claims it makes him feel depressed the next morning, and it brings out my sister's fiery side, but I love the stuff. Celebration, commiseration, just to get a bit squiffy, there is never a good reason not to pop the cork on a bottle of pop and quaff away.
We both chose a French 45, a mixture of gin, champers, sugar and lemon juice (supposedly so named as it packs a punch, rather like being shelled by a French 75mm field gun ), and it certainly lived up to its name. It was quite lovely, and certainly a summer rival to my favourite, cognac-based, classic champagne cocktail.
Fortunately its potency stopped us drinking too many (the Ewing was driving, so it fell on my shoulders to drink the lion's share of the booze). To accompany our drinks a few dainty little morsels; radish and yuzu cream, goats cheese mousse with olives, some sort of tomato pastry and a salmon tartare with caviar I'm still dreaming of now.
After reclining on the sofas for a bit, getting rather tight on our lethal drinks and attempting to stab a bowlful of tiny petit Lucque olives with a cocktail stick while trying to appear elegant, we were led to our table in the restaurant. I don't normally notice where I'm sitting, (unless you have to poke folded beer mats under a wonky table leg, or avoid a swinging loo door), but here we were taken to a rather lovely table in the L'orangerie, with views both out across the dining room and into the Manor grounds. Perfect for people watching (and seeing which set of cutlery everyone else was employing for eating each course).
(The Ewing would like me to point out that of course we know which eating irons to use for what type of food. And besides, they've got plenty of reserves if you should want to use your soup spoon to eat your risotto. There's no licking your knife so you can reuse it for the next course in this gaff.)
Bread. Giles Coren claims in his recent book, How Not to eat, that stuffing yourself with stodge is a dining crime. Saying 'it's not a first course, but a breakfast food that will ruin your whole damn meal. And make you fat'. Well, balls to all that.
Even at the start of a marathon meal, I wasn't prepared to turn down the great basket of, still warm, rolls and bread proffered to us. There were pointy little French rolls and slices of sun dried tomato ciabatta, buttery slabs of foccacia and chunks of crunchy sourdough. All of it taking minutes from my life and adding inches to my waistline just by merely looking at it. But, by God, I would die happy.
I must confess I had failed to listen to all the numerous types the waiter had painstakingly described to us; he had got me at bacon bread. A crusty roll liberally studded with chunks of smoky pig, two of my very favourite things nestled up under a liberal schmear of butter. The Ewing had the beer and mashed potato roll, looking quite beautiful in the picture above, and again a thing of joy. (I showed absolutely no will power by also polishing off a very nice little triangular walnut and raisin number, too).
To kick things off properly a shot of gazpacho with a confit tomato dusted in black olive.
I had to confess I was a little deflated reading this on the menu; a thimble of cold soup when it's chucking it down outside didn't really warm the cockles of my heart. But here, reader we have the true problem of trying to write about things on the internet; no superlatives can really explain how wonderful this actually tasted.
Any one familiar with M. Blanc is probably well aware of his 'signature' tomato essence, an amber liquid made by stringing up a jelly bag of crushed cherry tomatoes and letting the juices slowly drip through, and this was an extension of that. The tomato being joined by hints of cucumber and pepper to create a shot of summer.
Confit salmon with more of Raymond's beloved yuzu, lemon verbena, borage, radish and the most curious lettuce leaves, that appeared to have been iced, but were served at room temperature. Some Googling later I found this was, the aptly named, ice lettuce, and while not tasting of anything more than ordinary salad, it certainly looked very lovely.
The salmon had been perfectly cooked to still remain translucent, and flaked apart at the merest prod of the fish knife (which I always find is rather like trying to eat with a mini plasterer's trowel, but fun nonetheless).
The next course was a poached egg with Jabugo ham and asparagus. They had very kindly accommodated my ouef aversion by replacing mine with a spring vegetable risotto with a herb cream from the a la carte menu. Even kinder, the front of house had also arranged for a special, personalised menu to be printed for me, reflecting the change.
The risotto was lovely. A little richer than the words 'spring vegetable' in the title suggested, but none the worse for that. A quenelle of herb cream on top melting into the perfectly al dente rice, that studded through with baby broad beans, carrots, courgettes and tomatoes and garnished with toasted pine nuts.
The assiette of Cornish lamb. Surprisingly, for a confirmed carnivore and lover of all things ovine, this was possibly my least favourite course. Slices of perfectly pink loin nestled on a pile of lovely, bacony petit pois al la Francais, but I found the shoulder a little dry and wasn't fussed by the (very) pink kidney, which the Ewing poetically described as 'tasting like the smell of a horses stable', or the chunk of white onion too much either.
The funniest part of the afternoon came while eating the puree served alongside the lamb. Both of us kept eating little mouthfuls, then exclaiming 'ooh, isn't this garlicky', while trying to guess what it was. Finally the Ewing relented and looked at the menu; yes, of course, it was spring garlic. Stands to reason why it had the bite of allium about it. Very nice though (not sure my work colleagues would agree so much the next day).
The cheese cart was something I was thoroughly looking forward too, and I certainly wasn't disappointed. The trolley, groaning under the weight of over thirty perfectly kept specimens, was so large it involved a little rearranging of the furniture to get it near our table, but it was certainly worth it.
Our lively and very friendly waiter, who we found out hailed from Lyon, was more than happy to describe everything to us (including one of my favourite stories of how Roquefort was discovered), while recommending a few of his favourites for us to try, too.
We enjoyed, amongst others, a spicy goat with the metallic kick of a blue cheese, some excellent Comte, from M. Blanc's home region, a pungent brie with a hint of the farmyard, and some gloriously sticky, creamy Gorgonzola. I also tried Boulette d'Avesnes for the first time, a spicy cone-shaped cow's milk cheese, rolled in crimson paprika.
Served alongside were a selection of dried figs, membrillo and black grapes, as well as a choice of water crackers, oatcakes, and a special raisin nut bread. I also enjoyed a rather lovely glass of tawny port. Really, quite a feast in itself, and a testament to our constitution (and the quality of the cheese) that we polished the whole lot off.
I may have found my heaven. And it smells like Epoisses.
Pudding was yet more deliciousness. A friable disc of bitter Manjari chocolate, dusted in gold leaf no less; balancing on a layer of chocolate ganache studded with fresh raspberries and raspberry jelly; the whole confection sitting on a rich, buttery chocolate crumble base. When all that chocolate became too much there was a little dish of wonderfully smooth raspberry sorbet, the very taste of late summer.
Unsparingly, this triple-choc hit was a very big hit with the Ewing, and I enjoyed it very much too (even though this English girl still struggles to think of a crumble without a jug of beloved creme anglais alongside ...).
Finally, a slow retreat to the lounge to attempt to digest some of our great feast with a couple of espressos. But what's this? Yet another plate of food to tempt us. This time a selection of beautiful petit fours, seemingly designed to cause us more than just digestive trouble. Here was not just an odd number of sweetmeats on the dish, but all different flavours too. Quelle horreur.
Fortunately we were both far too full to argue too much over who wanted which one, and we managed to diplomatically (if not always entirely elegantly) divide them in half so we could both sample the lot. The highlights for me being the mini macaron that resembled a tiny hamburger, complete with sesame seeds scattered on top, and the little mini nut and chocolate covered ice cream on a stick (like a posh little almond Magnum).
After paying the (mercifully) pretty modest 'incidentals' bill (as well as cocktails, I had made sure to sample a lovely Italian red with my lamb, and tawny port with my cheese, The Ewing had put her foot down when I eyed up the brandies...) we finally staggered out into the gardens.
And what better way to work off our gargantuan feast than a stroll around the grounds. Almost as famed as the food, the gardens include a huge vegetable patch, a mushroom 'valley', and a recently planted apple orchard. Guided tours can be taken twice a day, lead by some of the team that work here keeping everything looking tip top.
Complimentary umbrellas and map of the grounds in hand we set off down to the lily pond. As we stood there, on a mid July afternoon, admiring the rain bouncing hard off the water, the Ewing piped up, 'imagine what it would be like in the summer!' Luckily, someone up above must have been listening, and very soon the sun emerged, allowing us to navigate the slippery path over the wooden bridge and up to the tranquillity of Japanese tea gardens.
Lastly to the beautiful, two acre, vegetable and herb gardens, where they grow produce for use in the restaurant. Here you can find 90 types of vegetable and 70 types of herb, including the aforementioned ice lettuce, as well as a good old fashioned scarecrow to keep the birds at bay.
And so, with the wind picking up and more dark clouds rolling over we, reluctantly, strolled once again up the lavender path, left the umbrellas in the garden wing and made our way back to the car. Five hours of straight eating and drinking, impeccable service, and a leisurely stroll afterwards, c'est magnifique! I'm already saving up for our next trip.


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Elizabeth Taylor lives on in pictures.
Parliament has voted no confidence in Canada's conservative govt. Here's how that works.
Bill Maher has found the perfect anti-Obama GOP presidential candidate and his name is Karab Amabo.
The FBI still doesn't know who was behind the anthrax-letters in 2001.
Sucker Punch: the newest worst-movie ever. Movie review.
Police in Texas took a woman into custody for driving without a license. The cops left her two year old kid behind in the car.
Brett Michaels claims his stroke was caused by a Spinal Tap styled stage mishap. AND he's suing over it. W/ video!
Gandhi was in love with a German bodybuilder named Hermann.
"Where there's smoke, there's fried chicken." Latest Rio Grande Sun Police Blotter.
Two guys in Mississippi got into a shootout over dog shit.
Get a %25 discount at a Santa Fe smoke shop if your pic... uh, mugshot, appears in the "Jailbyrd" free newspaper.
Some of the rebel forces battling Gaddafi are affiliated with Al Qaida....
Radioactive sea; CNN's Nancy Grace argues with a weatherman about "made in Japan" radiation coming to the U.S.
The Internet Archive has a great collection of films, including these Civil Defense films with marionettes.
On this day in 1885, the Second Louis Riel Rebellion began at Duck Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.


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(Denver, Colo. -- February 21, 2014) Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Magnesium LLC (USM) voluntarily entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC). The AOC provides that USM address a release of acidic liquid waste from the magnesium production facility onto its own and adjacent U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property.
On January 23, 2014, USM reported to the EPA National Response Center a release of acidic liquid onto federal property. The release consisted of approximately 8,000 pounds of hydrochloric acid into an unlined retention pond, and a portion was spilled over to adjacent USM and BLM land. EPA staff traveled to the site to assess the situation. BLM staff verbally notified area land users, including those with cattle grazing permits on the BLM land.
The spill area is remote. However, people who hunt or recreate in the area, as well as wildlife, and livestock in the area could be at risk. Contacting, inhaling, or ingesting acidic water or vapor can cause moderate to severe harm. The AOC provides for actions necessary to protect human health and the environment at the spill site.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
olive & ollie on stash resolution
I'm a little late in posting this (gotta love market prep!) but the amazing Sarah of Stash Resolution interviewed me for her podcast a few weeks ago, and you can hear it on her latest podcast, episode 29. It was my first radio interview, which we conducted over Sykpe! Sarah actually lives not too far from me and she's a member of the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild, so we see each other about once a month, but it was so fun to connect virtually too! I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, and I'm sure I'll cringe at the sound of my voice on it. You know how that goes. Sarah also has a great fabric shop called Swell Cloth, so go check that out too!
I'm leaving for International Quilt Market in Salt Lake City tomorrow, bright and early, and I'm so excited! Keep an eye on my twitter feed if you want to read about some things there and see some sneak peeks of all the awesome goodies that await. See you next week!
Posted by Heather Jones at 5:14 PM
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- Renegade Quilter said...
Thanks for the link!
- May 10, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- LucindaM said...
Wish I were going with you! Have fun.
- May 11, 2011 at 5:45 AM
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Do you know where you'll be February 21-24 of 2013? I do! In Austin, Texas for QuiltCon, the inaugural conference and show of the Modern Quilt Guild. The keynote speaker is none other than my quilting idol, Denyse Schmidt, and the other instructors that have been announced so far as just as amazing: Malka Dubrawsky, Elizabeth Hartman, Anna Maria Horner, Weeks Ringle & Bill Kerr, And Ellen Rushman. Seriously, seriously amazing, right???
It was announced yesterday, but I've known about QuiltCon for a couple of weeks because I was asked to send one of my quilts to Austin for a photography shoot. That is my Cross Ties quilt hanging out downtown. Eek!!!
Be sure to check out the QuiltCon site for more information. And while you're there sign up for their newsletter, like them on Facebook, and follow them on twitter for all the latest on what is sure to be the most exciting event in the world of modern quilting.


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Removing system encryption
Removing system encryption with dm-crypt and LUKS.
- an encrypted root filesystem or other filesystem you cannot umount while booted into your operating system
- enough drive space somewhere to store a backup
- an Arch Linux (or other) live CD
- a few hours
Boot into a Live Environment
Download and burn the latest archlive cd, stick it in, reboot your system and boot to cd
Activate Your Partitions
Note About Different Setups
I'm using a setup that looks like this:
|other os
Disregard the grey stuff, it only adds a frame of reference. The green partitons are the ones we are going to be modifying. you should make sure any green text matches your system's setup. the yellow parition is the one we are going to be using as storage space. you should feel free to change this at will.
on my system, I have myvg contains lvs called cryptroot and cryptswap. they are located at /dev/mapper/myvg_cryptroot and /dev/mapper/myvg_cryptswap. Upon boot, luks is used along with a few crypttab entries to create /dev/mapper/root and /dev/mapper/swap. I will not be unencrypting my swap as part of this guide, as undoing the swap encryption does not require any complex backup or restoration.
Your setup WILL be different. different filesystems require different tools to effectively backup and restore their data. Most of you will not be using LVM and can ignore that part. XFS requires xfs_copy to ensure an effective backup and restore. DD is insufficient. you can use DD with ext2,3,and 4. (Someone please comment on jfs, reiserfs and reiser4fs)
Now That You Know Where Your Partitions Are...
Load necessary modules:
modprobe dm-mod #device mapper/lvm modprobe dm-crypt #luks
Activate your lvm volume group:
pvscan #scan for Physical Volumes
vgscan #scan for volume groups
lvscan #scan for logical volumes
lvchange -ay myvg/cryptroot
Open the encrypted filesystem with luks so we can read it:
cryptSetup luksOpen /dev/mapper/myvg_cryptroot root
Enter your password. Note: Do not mount the partitions you intend to operate on except the backup partition. If you have already mounted a partition other than your backup partition, you can safely umount it now. Once you have identifed and activated your partitions, you are ready to move on to step 3.
Mounting your backup space
Only if you are using NTFS to store your backup
# pacman -S ntfs-3g
This step will look different for you, but it is important. Without it, where will you store your backup?
# mount -t ntfs-3g -o rw /dev/sda5 /media/Shared
or you can use netcat to store your backup on a remote system
TODO: add netcat instructions.
Backup Your Data
Using xfs_copy:
xfs_copy -db /dev/mapper/root /media/Shared/backup_root.img
Note: -d tells xfs_copy to preserve uuids and -b tells xfs_copy to work with filesystems that do not allow direct io (like ntfs-3g).
Using dd:
dd if=/dev/mapper/root of=/media/Shared/backup_root.img
Now walk away. Get yourself something to eat or drink, or do some homework. This will take a while.
Undo Encryption
Now the crucial moment, the point of no return if you will. Make sure you are ready to do this. If you plan to undo this later, you will have to almost start from scratch. You know how fun that is.
cryptsetup luksClose root
lvm lvremove myvg/cryptroot
Restore Data
We have to create a new logical volume to house our root filesystem, then we restore our filesystem.
lvm lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n root myvg xfs_copy -db /media/Shared/backup_root.img /dev/mapper/myvg-root #notice the second drive name is changed now.
Reconfigure the Operating System
You need to boot into your operating system and edit /etc/crypttab, /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, /etc/fstab, and possibly /boot/grub/menu.lst.


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Prior to writing this, I knew very little about Wiley or his reputation as Grime overlord. I knew not of the fact that roughly a year ago Richard Cowie had both fired his manager, and given away over 180 tracks via Twitter. I was unaware of the inexplicably compelling banality of his Ustream. I did not know he had once been the subject of an Internet hoax that led many to believe that the rapper had been stabbed to death (not necessarily a stretch of the imagination, when you consider that Wiley has been the victim of stabbings on two previous occasions).
But while researching this unpredictable and erratic character turned out to be a more interesting task than my previously ignorant self would've assumed, I'm sure you can still imagine my scepticism when I received the press release for 100% Publishing and found the opening sentence to read 'Wiley is the Lord Byron of rap'. If I've learnt anything as I've accustomed myself to the 32 year-old Londoner's creative output, it's that Wiley is not the Lord Byron of rap. I don't think anyone's about to compare one of the greatest Romantic poets to an artist whose latest album includes the line "drop me out cabbie / you're talkin' poo in a nappy". But then really, it's a role that Wiley neither wants or is expected to fill.
As the record unfolds, it becomes clear that Wiley's rhymes occasionally address something teetering on profound ("some days I'm asking God but then the internet is quicker" on 'Information Age'), but are often largely mundane. But like his beloved Ustream stint, this prosaicness doesn't necessarily mean tedious. Even 'I Just Woke Up', (which while in is part is about the measure of one's creativity whilst still bleary eyed, is also just a Rebecca Black style run-down of the morning routine) is something of a gem. Who would've thought I'd end up forgiving the mundanity of a line like: "reading the Sun newspaper / 25p I'm a saver / might be 20 on another day / face getting hairy, send for the shaver". Things pick up for the record's title track, a very self aware commentary on his own work within the genre and industry "I know some don't care about the grime scene but I'm gonna until I die … Nobody knows if it's gonna work overseas but you wait until I try".
It's also nice to hear Wiley's almost trademark unpredictability manifesting itself throughout the album, to varying degrees of success. The frankly annoying carousel motif on 'Boom Boom Da Na' for example, is neutralised by the frankly brilliant internal dialogue on 'Your Intuition' ("my family come from Trini" rhymes the foreground Wiley, before the schizophrenic translation "Trinidad", is comically offered to those of us less well versed in East London abbreviations).
The production is sparse, often with just a few distinguishable components taking space at any one time. There's still the odd surprise, not least the meditative, almost balletic piano loop on 'Wise Man And His Words'. (I've no idea how this sort of thing sits with the average grime fan, but if like me, you're that sort of middle class pesto-consuming listener that still considers "'ting" an irritating non-word, it's an interesting and pleasing variation).
While the regimental beat of lead single 'Numbers in Action' showed promise in the idea that 100% Publishing could offer tracks that would repeat the commercial triumph of 2008's 'Wearing My Rolex', there's nothing here that suggests Wiley is about to follow Dizzee into the realms of international superstardom. Above all, I can't help but feel that Wiley is still too much of a creative character, one relentlessly trying new and different things, to offer the sort of polished and succinct singles that would stick with a daytime radio audience. This unrelenting originality at least is something to be celebrated.
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How to install the Atlas?
Posted 31 December 2010 - 01:49 AM
Posted 31 December 2010 - 01:58 AM
I'm trying to install the Accordance Atlas. There appear to be many modules related to it; what's the right combination of items to download? Also, is the Timeline going to be available for download, or do I need to keep playing Module Roulette until it shows up in the list?
I could be entirely wrong, but I don't think there is support for such yet.
Posted 31 December 2010 - 06:25 AM
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Posted 31 December 2010 - 05:09 PM
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iMac late-2013 (10.13), iPhone 8, iPad mini 4
Posted 01 January 2011 - 01:56 AM
Why are they showing up as options for download then? Perhapas that was a bit of an oversight. It sounds like its creating a lot of grief for several of us. Is there some way that only supported downloads can appear--that would seem to make sense.
The iOS app does not yet support the interactive Atlas or Timeline, nor Parallels or Syntax modules.
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A shared personal exploration of suchness and emptiness.
The practice of realizing Tathata in everyday life.
The discovery that the practice is everyday life.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
How do you know if God is telling you something?
So what works for you? Ecstatic visions? Physical voices? A sense of being directed or led? Something similar or totally different?
Here's a possibility upon which anyone who is genuinely interested in the question and not their own certainty nor simply being argumentative can reflect. I offer it with no expectations or defense:
Perhaps (merely perhaps) this is what God is saying...
The birth and death of stars and galaxies. The spark of life appearing on various worlds. The fire of chemistry and biology spreading across these worlds, changing and diversifying. The emergence of forms of this blazing process that are self-aware and able to perceive in new ways like their ancestors who developed photosensitive cells. The sun rising and setting. The song of the bird and the whale. Emotion, cognition, and reflection. The way parents are always parents in every culture. The smell of a happy puppy waggling its little tail. All thirty one flavors. The people and events in your life. Your reaction to reading this. The part of you that is constant no matter how you change physically, mentally, or otherwise. This moment, eternal yet ever new.
(To borrow from the UCC, "God is still speaking...")
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This is something I think about quite a bit. When I left evangelical Christianity and declared myself an atheist it was mainly based on me not experiencing anything I recognized as God. When I was a Christian I felt I experienced God through sections of the Bible that would suddenly resonate with me, through music sometimes worship music, sometimes not, through beauty, through fellowship with other believers, through some message preached from a pulpit.ReplyDelete
There were periods where nearly every thought was directed at God in prayer.
The more I studied the Bible, the more I realized that the people within it's pages were experiencing a much more real and tangible God than I was, and I wanted that. I spent many agonized hours in prayer seeking God, begging him to be more real, at least as real as people I knew. In the end it dawned on me that there was nothing I had experienced that added up to anything more than coincidences and warm fuzzies.
Perhaps God speaks through coincidences and warm fuzzies, but I still find that unsatisfying and my current life mostly satisfying and much less tumultuous than when I was a Christian. No more faith roller coaster ride, it's quite refreshing.
Perhaps I will recognize God again, perhaps not.
My point has to do with a basic orientation toward existence - everything is God speaking. Whether it is warm fuzzies or a bee sting on the ass. We are the ones who try to discriminate and privilege certain parts and then use that to bash each other. As I wrote recently elsewhere,ReplyDelete
It has been said that fundies are half-believers, caught up in their own insecurity's need to reshape the tenets of their faith into weapons. That is to say, for many of them the problem is that they don't actually take the premises of their religion seriously enough! Hence the once popular phrase, "Lord, save me from your followers."
It is when we realize a primary interdependence with divinity that God challenges us and comforts us, not as a set of rituals or rules (which may be helpful or harmful), but as an affirmation of our essential dignity and worth. But with this comes the recognition that it does matter what we do with our lives and how we affect and are affected by others. This is the root of other spiritual and religious practices and guidelines. What we call/how we try to classify God isn't as important as how we relate to God is another way of saying it.
- Anonymous5:21 PM, October 19, 2009
I agree that God is present in everything, in the mysteries of our universe, as well as in the most ordinary every-day experiences. When we begin to relinquish the paradigms that have taught us to perceive God in limiting ways, we find true liberation from ourselves and see the God-nature in all things.ReplyDelete
By the way, I LOVE the title of your blog. I am so glad I found it. ;) (i) PG
Hello Patty. Thank you for your kind words and please visit whenever you like. I don't always have much (or much useful) to say, but I like having a place to say it when I do. :o)ReplyDelete
I peaked at your blogs. One has a very soothing quality and the other reminds me wonder why I gave up creative writing as a career option (too many other more talented people out there).
- Anonymous8:00 PM, April 09, 2011
So I realize this is a very old post and don't even know if you still update this blog, but here is what I think... I have been going thru some stuff where I have this urge to do something, end a relationship. I feel that this relationship is holding me back from having a full relationship with God, because it started with a lie. So lately I can't even sleep, I have been restless for over a week now and I feel like the right thing to do is en the relationship and move on. I feel like if I do this, I am going to feel liberated from a huge burden!ReplyDelete
So I been trying to figure out if it is God speaking to me or if it is just me thinking about all this stuff. So after reading a few blogs and some of the bible concerning God speaking to people, I have found my answer. God is in fact talking to me! I must end the relationship and work on my relationship with him. The first thing I had to understand is that as a Christian God lives in me. So after a few times of Him talking to me thru other people and songs and books, God now expects me to know his voice and act upon what I'm told. So my thoughts telling me something is actually God speaking to me. I them can look in the bible for reassurance on what I believe God is telling me to do. Some people might think that I am only using God as an excuse to break up my relationship, but because I know it all started with a lie, them I know that the right thing to do is to end it now! Now all I need is the courage to break her heart. Is so difficult , but it is something I must do so that both of us can move on and find the right people for us... So there are my two cents
When i hear "an inner voice" like my intuition then ego ascribes it to something "out there" even if its a decent self criticism... something useful... i call it "father time" then google silly images that look like little old men with picthforks or sighs... thats how the watchmaker doesnt talk to me.ReplyDelete
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