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As the year's long Thanksgiving frame hit record-setting heights, a slew of specialty pics went along for the ride, including the Weinstein Co.'s "Silver Linings Playbook," which expanded to 367 locations for a five-day domestic gross of $5.7 million and a cume of $6.2 million through Nov. 25.
Meanwhile, the newest limited pair to enter the fray, "Rust and Bone" and "Hitchcock," performed decently over five days: Sony Pictures Classics launched the French-lingo "Rust" at two New York locations, averaging $13,577 per screen, while "Hitchcock" averaged $16,924 from 17 domestic engagements via Fox Searchlight.
"Rust and Bone," starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, marks the latest Thanksgiving entry for SPC; the distrib, which launched "A Dangerous Method" this time last year, usually has a specialty contender over the holiday.
Likewise, Weinstein is familiar with rolling out its year-end titles slowly at around Thanksgiving. Last year, the company released "The Artist" at four locations over the holiday, before expanding the Oscar best picture winner to 167 over Christmas — its fifth outing. Weinstein plans to play it cool with "Silver Linings," not going wide with the film until after New Year's weekend.
"Hitchcock" debuted best in New York and Los Angeles, playing well to younger audiences in areas like Greenwich Village and Hollywood, as well as registering with adult filmgoers who frequent L.A.'s Landmark theater and Lincoln Square on Manhattan's West Side.
Fox Searchlight expanded "Hitchcock" to 13 additional markets on Nov. 30, totaling 45-50 locations.


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From Haparanda's northern islands to just south of Piteå, the enormous flow of fresh water from the mighty rivers of Swedish Lapland has created the world's largest brackish water archipelago. Here, and only here, do vendace provide the exclusive, deep reddish-gold caviar, Kalixlöjrom, the red gold of the Gulf of Bothnia.
Löjrom has an intense salty taste and a very pleasurable fish taste. If you get the chance to try it, take it. The most classic way of eating Löjrom is together with a toast or potato pancake, sour creme, lemon and finely chopped red onion. If it is served with potato pancakes it is my all time favorite starter and I have it every time I go back to Sweden.
You shouldn't change a winning concept but here I did it with good result.
The Löjrom is served with cauliflower puree, pickled onion, apple baton, caramelized apple and dill. In the glass I had one of the best ales I had in 2012 Oppigård Winter ale and a Linie Aquavit.
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Self-Advocacy - General Meeting
Wednesday, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: 2320 Camplain Rd., Suite B, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Description: The Self Advocacy group is open to any individual with an intellectual or developmental disability that is interested in advocating for him or herself. The Arc of Somerset County's Self-Advocates belong to Council 3 of The New Jersey Statewide Self-Advocacy Network (NJSSAN). Council 3 represents Somerset, Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex and Mercer Counties and is one of five Councils throughout New Jersey.
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Since we know how much AA allows "less-qualified" URM's to get into some schools, would that make you less likely to hire a black doctor or lawyer because you can't be sure they were qualified? Would it be racist do this?I'm not advocating either side with this so don't flame me. I do want to hear what people think though.
I'm personally going to judge everyone's merits individually, but I know numerous people who say they will not go to a black doctor, as blacks routinely get into med schools with 3.0's and 26 MCAT's.
I certainly wouldn't be less likely to hire a black professional. In fact, the need for AA speaks volumes about society and would thus make me even more likely to hire a fellow black person over anyone else.QuoteI'm personally going to judge everyone's merits individually, but I know numerous people who say they will not go to a black doctor, as blacks routinely get into med schools with 3.0's and 26 MCAT's. Yea whateverrr. Having a black doctor as a father, I know for a fact that many racist whites talk a good game about not going to this and that minority person in xyz profession but are unsurprisingly full of it. My father broke the virtual monopoly that jewish doctors had over the medical business in the area before we arrived. Funnily enough, the majority of his patients nowadays are snooty white people who begrudge him his wealth even as they come to him because he is more personable and accessible than all the other doctors, and goes the extra mile. They like being treated like his top priority instead of [the] money-making annoyances [that they are]. As racist as they are, they're still attention-whores like most people and will pay to be cooed over by the most attentive and most professional doctor around...even if they hate that he's black and want to pretend he's not their intellectual superior by far. Billing is that much more fun for me when I know the source is an unwilling racist.Everything I said about my dad--ditto for my equally black mom who's a lawyer with a majority white clientele now.Face it: Only the most stupid racist (is that redundant?) would choose the rest over the best, especially in something as sensitive as medical or legal care. I wish it were otherwise, if only because racists (and that's what someone who has the audacity to look down on a professional because he/she is black is) deserve bad service.
they graduated didn't they? that's really all i need to know.
A lot of white people get jobs because of nepotism. Instead of saying to ourselves "Well, that person probably only got the job because Daddy is a doctor/lawyer," we think "Wow, that person comes from a long line of doctors/lawyers. They must be super-talented."


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Temps Stuck in the 30s for Thursday
Nearly 10 degrees cooler than average
Closing out the last week of winter with temperatures cooler than normal. Spring arrives next week, March 20th at 8:02am. Average highs for this time of year are typically in the low 40s. No luck getting there for the next few days. We'll get close Friday and then see highs fall back to the low to mid 30s for St. Patrick's Day weekend.
A disturbance will drift to our south and west today. Just close enough to clip us with some cloudiness and a slight chance for a few flurries in our western counties. Overall, we'll stay dry with highs reaching 34 on light west-southwest winds.
A more significant feature for tomorrow will pull clouds in Friday morning. A good chance for a mix to snow showers for tomorrow afternoon and tonight. Some wet snow accumulations of a couple inches by tomorrow night is likely across much of our area.
Weekend looks cool and partly sunny with highs in the low to mid 30s. We continue to monitor a potential storm for Monday into Tuesday. Our forecast models are all over the place and it's just to early to pin any numbers to this possible storm.
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A lack of finance for water resources management is a primary concern for most OECD countries. This is exacerbated in the current fiscal environment of tight budgets and strong fiscal consolidation, as public funding provides the lion's share of financial resources for water management.
This report provides governments with a framework to assess and strengthen the financial dimension of water resources management. It proposes a set of four principles to frame financing strategies for water management, with a specific focus on the potential role of economic instruments.
It highlights implementation issues, which have to be addressed in a pragmatic way and outlines a staged approach that governments might wish to consider in to assess the financial status of their water policies and to design robust financial strategies for water management. Case studies illustrate selected instruments and how they can be used to finance water resources management.
Read our Policy brief.
Chapter 1. Why is financing water resources management an issue?
-Future challenges regarding water resources management
-Financing WRM: Expenditures and sources of finance
Chapter 2. Four principles for WRM financing
-A case for public funding
-Two well-established principles: Polluter Pays and Beneficiary Pays
-Two additional principles: Equity and Policy Coherence
Chapter 3. The value added of economic instruments
-Economic instruments for water management
-Abstraction charges in OECD countries
-Pollution charges in OECD countries
-Putting a price on water
-Innovative instruments to finance water resources management
-A note of caution: Requisites for economic instruments to deliver
Chapter 4. Issues related to the implementation of the four principles
-Earmarking revenues from water-related taxes: Balancing efficiency and financial security
-How can costs of water management be reduced: Efficiency and costeffectiveness as drivers for financial performance
-Roles for the private sector: Harnessing private sources of finance
-How to value water services: A precondition for sound financing
-Governance arrangements that match financing strategies
Annex A. Cost-recovery strategies in selected OECD countries and BRICS
-Cost-recovery strategies in Australia
-Cost-recovery strategies in Brazil
-Cost-recovery strategies in the Czech Republic
-Cost-recovery strategies in France
-Cost-recovery strategies in India
-Cost-recovery strategies in Sweden
Annex B. An OECD survey on investment needs for water supply and sanitation
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"If there were a Mount Rushmore of pro football, the craggy face of Unitas would be one of the four figures on it. Tom Callahan is the perfect writer to tell the real story of Johnny U, and he does it with deep reporting and clear writing, cracking a myth etched in stone and bringing back to vivid life the real man." —David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
"I'll be honest. I've never read a football book written by somebody else that made me wish my own name was on it—until now. Johnny U is a classic." —Dan Jenkins, author of Semi-Tough
"Magnificent . . . Tom Callahan takes us through legendary times, bringing to life the history of professional football and the great players who were the essence of gridiron competition." —Bill Walsh, member, NFL Hall of Fame; two-time NFL Coach of the Year
"A wonderfully human portrait of a legendary sportsman . . . takes us back to a team, a town, and a time that should never be forgotten." —Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Season of Life
"As elegant, tough, tender, and unforgettable as Johnny U himself . . . This is Hall of Fame stuff." —Dave Kindred, author of Sound and Fury
"As a young dyed-in-the-wool Baltimore Colts fan, I watched Johnny U ascend from a mere mortal to a football god. Tom Callahan gives us a full-textured account, as exciting as sudden-death overtime." —Barry Levinson, writer and director of Diner
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Paragon QuikFire 6—From Zero to 1000°F in Five Minutes!
The QuikFire 6 brings instant gratification to ceramics, glass fusing, enameling, and china painting. Small glass pieces can be fired and cooled to room temperature in only 30 to 40 minutes. Small ceramic pieces take only 40 to 50 minutes. No more waiting to fill your larger kiln to test-fire a new technique or new glaze. No more waiting until morning to see freshly fired ware.
"The QuikFire 6 is a great kiln for checking a concept," said Lynn Perry. "The last time I used the QuikFire, I wanted to confirm that a small new earring design would bend rather than just drawn into itself, and within 30 minutes I had my answer. I put together 80 pairs of earrings after the verification. If I had just taken a chance and not done a test, it could have been a very expensive mistake, because I would have not oriented the pieces properly on my forms and not gotten a bend."
Demonstrate the QuikFire to your family and watch their astounded reaction. Demonstrate it at craft shows, and crowds will gather.
Experimenting with the QuikFire is fun. Instead of risking a good piece of greenware on an untried technique, you can fire throw-away clay scraps and view the results in minutes. This kiln is a learning tool you will use over and over, whether you're a beginner or a master.
The QuikFire is a ceramic fiber shell with an embedded element. It measures 6" x 6" x 6" inside. The shell rests on a ceramic fiber base with steel stand. The QuikFire is rated to 2000°F. It fires on 120 volts and needs no other heating source. At only 1560 watts, it uses less power than many hair driers.
To see how your work is progressing, tilt the shell up an inch for several seconds. Read temperature at a glance with the built-in pyrometer, which indicates when to start watching the ware inside the kiln.
You can make projects faster with two or more shelves. As the kiln is firing, prepare your next project on the spare shelf in the furniture kit. Remove the first shelf and insert the second. Leave items on the hot shelf that need slow cooling. The shelf keeps the pieces warm.
For European voltage, specify the QuikFire 6E.
QuikFire 6 Furniture Kit
Please note: The furniture kit is optional and is not included with the QuikFire price shown below.
2 C-2 Shelves One Haik Brush
1 lb. Bag Glass Separator
Optional PCB-1 Power Control Box
Uses an infinite control switch to slow the QuikFire 6 and earlier QuikFire 2 kilns. Slower firing is necessary for large, thick pieces. Simplifies enameling and fusing decals to ceramics or glass. May be used for other kilns rated to 120 volts, 15 amps.
The QuikFire 6 can ship by UPS. Enjoy lower shipping cost and faster service. Specially designed cartons and foam padding assure that the kiln will arrive safely.
"Everyone loves the QuikFire. While your main work is firing, you can have fun with the QuikFire."—Dan Fenton, Fenton Glass Studio, Oakland, California
A QuikFire 6 That Went Around the World
By Betty Jean Scott (Las Vegas, Nevada)
"My Paragon QuikFire 6 has traveled with me around the world. After two years in Moscow, we were assigned to three years at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"I create lamp work beads over flame and use my Paragon kiln for annealing the glass. But mostly I create fused glass cabochons for my jewelry. I will often spend over an hour filling the 6" x 6" shelf with several completely different intricate designs before placing the hood on top and firing the glass.
"Because of the design of the kiln, it is very easy to raise the hood and use my tools to modify the shapes of the glass while it is hot. Firings take less than an hour, including the stepped flashing, and within three hours the glass is out of the kiln, and I am ready to create again.
"During our time overseas, I made many friends. There is something about ladies and crafts that provide a common bond. I used my kiln to introduce my friends to glass, and worked with each of them to bring their creations to reality. One of my honors was to be invited to bring my jewelry to the Australian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur for a show and sell.
"Many friends and their families, all over the world today, are wearing glass made in my Paragon Kiln. I am very happy with my Paragon Kiln, and I know it will continue to bring my creative ideas to life for many years to come."
Paragon's warranty is not affected by frequency of use. Fire your new kiln every day if you want, even in commercial settings. That will have no effect on the warranty period.
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Chamber Width
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375W x 318D x 311H mm
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406W x 406D x 356H mm
Ship Weight
16.00 Lbs.
7.26 Kg.
Doorway Clearance Needed
12.50 Inches
317.50 mm
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This Kiln Ships Via UPS/FedEx
Part Number
QFVIE * Base Model
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1 Haik Brush
1 lb. Bag Glass
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Government IT Organization Models Change With the Times
Like hemlines and lapel widths, modes of IT organization have swung in and out of fashion over time. These days, consolidation is the favored style. Among state CIOs, for example, consolidating IT activities for the enterprise is the No. 1 management priority for 2009, according to a survey conducted last year by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
"We've seen a general direction toward a higher degree of consolidation, even to centralization, for the last five years," said Doug Robinson, NASCIO's executive director.
Under consolidation, one IT department serves the whole government, charging agencies for services they use. In this model, agencies usually retain their own IT budgets. Under a centralized model, the IT department controls budget dollars.
While consolidation might be all the rage today, developing an enterprise approach to government IT isn't easy. Consolidation initiatives often meet resistance from agencies. Support might wax and wane depending on the current governor, mayor or county executive. And consolidation will succeed only if the IT department running the show is up to the task.
"If you're going to have a central shop providing enterprise services, it better be good. It better be secure. It better be cost-effective. It better be well managed," said Richard McKinney, former CIO of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Tenn., and Davidson County.
According to McKinney, who currently serves at infrastructure optimization adviser for Microsoft Public Sector, the last time centralized or consolidated models were in vogue was in the mainframe era, when one large machine provided all of a government's computing power.
Agency officials weren't crazy about that model, McKinney said. "People didn't like that the central shop tried to dictate to everybody how they were going to use the information technology." So when vendors came calling with midrange computers loaded with software for vertical applications, agencies were ripe for change. "Toward the end of the 1980s, government had almost completely gone from being centralized to decentralized," he said.
Then came PCs, networks, servers and the Internet. Suddenly governments found themselves with an unruly proliferation of IT systems, multiple e-mail systems, multiple local area networks and few ideas about how to tie them together. "People began to look at the decentralized model and say, 'This doesn't work very well.' It's really wasteful, it's hard to manage,'" McKinney said. It was also hard to secure. "So people began to talk again about IT consolidation."
Several forces have combined to make consolidation the favored model today, said William Bott, consulting partner at the Change and Innovation Agency in Kansas City, Mo., and former deputy CIO of Missouri. For one thing, it offers economies of scale as governments seek to replace aging IT infrastructure, rein in costs and eliminate redundant functions and systems.
Technology also is driving the trend. "You have an unprecedented time in IT history where a lot of things are playing nicely together that never did before," Bott said. Now that IT systems running on disparate platforms can share data smoothly, it's easier to take an enterprise approach.
From a third perspective, legislators and government executives want to boost IT security and encourage data sharing, Bott said. They see consolidation as a way to enforce standards that safeguard IT systems and still allow information to flow across the enterprise.
Politics also play a role. "There's been a desire on the part of elected officials to try to get control of IT," said David McClure, managing vice president of Gartner Government Research. When large IT projects go awry, critics call for greater discipline and more standards. To many elected officials, that means centralized control, he said.
Beyond simply taking control, officials see consolidation as key to developing a new generation of government services that cut across departmental silos, said Ken Theis, state CIO and director of the Michigan Department of Information Technology. That's been a benefit of Michigan's consolidation, he said: "We are intimately involved with the business side and with the governor directly in trying to redefine the way business gets done."
Though consolidation has won many fans, it also has detractors, especially among agency officials. "If you have a centralized or even a shared service environment, to them that implies loss of control," McClure said. "You're dependent on somebody else for something you think you do a pretty good job of right now."
Besides opposition, federal regulations also can make it hard to consolidate state or local government IT services. "In many states, those services often are procured with federal funds by the programmatic agencies," said NASCIO's Robinson. Federal law -- or at least certain interpretations of it -- might require that those funds be spent within the agency. This creates a complex business environment for consolidation, he said.
One response to these challenges is to take a "federated" or "hybrid" approach to IT. Such a model puts a central organization in charge of infrastructure and enterprise services, such as e-mail and security, but lets agencies control their own business applications. "That's the state I see most of governments trying to move toward, versus big-bang central control," said Rick Webb, chief technology officer of U.S. state and local government at Accenture and former North Carolina CIO.
Missouri took a hybrid approach to consolidation while Bott was that state's deputy CIO. So did Nashville during McKinney's tenure.
A federated model is the best way to avert a tug of war between a central IT organization and departments that want to retain control of their IT, according to Webb. "It allows you to get the economy of scale, the critical mass for those things that are used across the enterprise. It also puts in place a way of decision-making where you get the business unit ownership, and you have some ways to be responsive," he said.
Even when agencies control their own applications, a central IT organization can bring order to software development by enforcing standards, Robinson said. "Maybe with an architectural direction and a set of business disciplines, development standards and common toolsets, that application development can be done in a more rigorous manner across the board."
Whatever balance consolidation establishes on paper between the IT department and the agencies, it won't succeed unless everyone concerned is working toward the same goal in practice. On the state level, Bott said, problems often arise when a central IT shop starts offering services, but the government doesn't mandate that agencies use them. Too often, agencies opt out of consolidation, insisting that they can better manage data centers, e-mail and other services themselves, he said.
"Often there's no true evaluation of whether the centralized service is better than the departments' [services]. And departments do not like to give up control," Bott said. Some agencies win exemptions by arguing that a central IT organization can't understand their specialized needs, he said. "They don't know how the highway patrol system works, and if they mess it up with the highway patrol system, lives are in danger."
In Nashville, much of the transition to a hybrid organizational model involved hammering out service-level agreements between agencies and the IT department. But the hardest job was determining how to deploy IT staff. At first, many agency employees who were tapped to move to the IT department resented the change, McKinney said.
To sweeten the deal, he offered two weeks of annual training in the area of IT that most interested each staff member. "They liked it that I cared about where their career was going," McKinney said. "And so they bought into it."
Although applications developers in Nashville continued to report to their agencies, Missouri took a slightly different approach to that job position. "That job is so dependent on your network staff, the connectivity that you have, how you're going to do your data storage -- all those things that are thought of as behind-the-scenes IT -- that we decided they all would answer to the same folks," Bott said. "They would all answer eventually to the CIO's office. But they would stay as close to the customer as possible." So even though applications developers would be housed in the agencies, they would work for the IT department.
Even as more governments are figuring out how to consolidate, some people envision a day when there's a swing back toward decentralization. As cloud computing gains favor and governments outsource more IT functions to third parties, the enterprise IT department will stop providing services directly, Bott said. "It becomes a manager of contracts and service-level agreements."
But maybe it's possible to stop the fashion in IT organizations from careening from one end of the spectrum to the other. If so, according to McKinney, a well designed hybrid model might be the best way to achieve that goal. That's what he told agency heads in Nashville as he promoted his government's vision of consolidation. "I tried to get everyone excited," he said, "about the idea that we could stop this pendulum from swinging from centralized to decentralized, and back again, if we could find a balance."


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WHY DID My Son Stop Drinking Milk?
I have tears in my eyes as I listen to Ave Maria and I write this blog. I am crying because it is so beautiful. It is not the traditional Ave Maria. I found it on Youtube. But the second reason I am crying while I write this blog is that My 22 soon to be 23 year old (March 30, 2016) son Stopped drinking milk actually Friday Night. I was shocked when he brought home Almond milk.
I said to him, Why did you buy that? He said, I saw what they do to COWS. I immediately knew when he said that that he saw something HORRIBLE on the internet about the abuses suffered by our wonderful COWS that provide life saving calcium and nutrition. Although some vegans might beg to differ.
Nonetheless COW MILK has been a staple in the United States as far back as most people can remember. We worry about Homogenized milk and cleaning the bacteria from it. But do we ever concern our thoughts with the LONG HOURS COWS are hooked up to those MILKING MACHINES.
Do we ever consider that those COWS are not allowed to walk freely? Do we ever think about that the milk that they provide is really for their own little heifer that they never conceive and never give birth to. Do we think about the COWS—————–
being SLAUGHTERED/murdered when they has been used to the final part of its SHORT SHORT LIFE? I did not have to see the video that my son saw to understand what he meant.
What makes me cry is so many things, so many feelings, so many concepts and arguments in my head.
First of all my son touched my heart deeply because he has come to be a man and take a stand for what he believes no matter what the cost. My son stopped drinking milk because he saw the importance in to seeing a wrong in the world around him and doing something about it.
Even if all he could do in some small way —was to STOP DRINKING MILK—I do not know if even one COW would be saved by my son's Selfless Actions but it touched my heart to see the my SON has truly understood how my life and actions have always been to protect the HELPLESS, THE LOST, THE LONELY, THE HURT , THE HARMED, whether it be a bird, a animal, broken tree branch, a flower, a delicate insect like a praying mantis, or even a slug or snail—and MOST OF ALL ANY AND ALL HUMAN BEINGS.
I was a LAW ENFORCEMENT SGT. for over 25 years and it was my job to protect life and society from harm. My son is getting ready to graduate from New York City College of Technology as a BroadCast Director and Graphic Designer. My son JOSHUA HOWARD has no interest in pursuing a LAW ENFORCEMENT career.
My son observed my struggles and strains to raise him and care for his grandmother after his father became castrophically sick and left me with all the struggles and strains of SINGLE PARENTHOOD. However no matter what I cared for my mother and 6 dogs at one time while still going to a full time LAW ENFORCEMENT JOB.
I was injured and hurt so many times and suffered many problems but finished my 25 years and now am about to see my son complete his 4 year college degree. I want my son to have his needs met, have an occupation that will fulfill his hearts desire and be able to turn back and help, teach, and LEAD the next generation of HUMANBEINGS.
I believe as a mother I realize that my mortality is forth coming, as with anyone who has been alive and worked super hard to care for a family and then move out of the way for the next generation to achieve and reach their goals.
So that my son stopped drinking MILK, shows me that THERE IS HOPE AND PERSPECTIVE GOOD HEARTS IN OUR NEXT GENERATION….if my son is any example of that.
Because, just like I worked hard to teach my son VALUES I KNOW there are other parents who have taught their children and wonder if any of those EARLY lessons ever stuck.
Sometimes with this AGE OF TECHNOLOGY you might feel that your children have become mindless drones and just respond to TEXT MESSAGES, TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND TUMBLER, –however my fellow parents do not despair…MY SON STOPPED DRINKING MILK TODAY.


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By Karin Calloway
White Chili
White chili became the traditional Halloween meal at our house way back before we had children. White beans were soaked and cooked, a whole chicken was boiled for stock and meat, and the chili ingredients simmered together for an hour or two.
After the children came along and I was responsible for more than handing out candy at the door on Halloween night, I began to play around with the recipe, using canned ingredients that are readily available at the supermarket. What I came up with is a quicker version that I can have on the table in less than half an hour. It still tastes great, and now I've got time to get my trick-or-treaters ready. Serve with some corn muffins or tortilla chips and a tossed salad for a hearty autumn meal.
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Following through the news about the ongoing 17th SAARC summit in Addu, it appears that there indeed are some beneficial ideas floating around in the summit. Here are some snippets of ideas under discussion at the summit:
- Pakistani delegation proposed to work towards single currency in the region like Euro and to remove visa restrictions throughout the SAARC region.
- Sheikh Haseena of Bangladesh spoke about this issue in terms of removing restrictions to migrant workers through SAARC region.
- Dr. Manmohan Singh emphasized the need to open up economies for foreign investment.
- The Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to iron out their position with India and Maldives on fish poachery by south Indian fishermen.
- Not to be outdone, Maldives proposed common railway link agreement between SAARC member nations which hopefully will make travel between some SAARC countries easier and cheaper.
Looking at these positions, its evident that each politician is just voicing concerns that is primarily advantageous to their economies. This is politically playing it safe and treading the well-worn path. This could be the reason why the region is slow to adapt to any meaningful beneficial proposals from successive SAARC summits over the years. What is needed for the region is bold daring moves to bring meaningful changes to the region. Currently the position of member countries is such that its a pain even to obtain a student visa to most SAARC countries despite all the talk of SAARC brotherhood.
To realize SAARC objectives, the leaders need to rise above the day to day quibbling with political drama and be visionary in thinking. Of course it is easier said than done and in giant countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh one would be naive to think that a magic spell exists to rise above that level that keeps our politicians at permanently at their lows.


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Democracy is dead, civil rights leaders say
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Democracy is dead. That was the message leadership from Rainbow PUSH Michigan, and other civil rights groups wanted to spread Monday morning by staging a mock funeral for democracy at Galilee Baptist Church in Detroit. The rally attracted nearly 50 people and was a stark protest to Public Act 4 and the Michigan Board of Canvassers' failure to certify a petition for a ballot measure to let residents vote on whether the City of Detroit should allow a state mandated finance team to take over the city's money during it's financial crisis.
The purpose of the event was to call attention to threats to democracy in financially vulnerable cities such as Detroit and to organize leadership to fight for voting rights.
"We hope to get the word out," said Alexander Bullock, State Coordinator of Rainbow Push Michigan and President of the NAACP Detroit Chapter.
"This is as much about saving the vote as it is about stopping violence," he said, noting a correlation between political apathy and lawless behavior including violence.
Instead of appointing a nine-member board to take over Detroit's finances or a state appointed emergency financial manager, Bullock believes the city should lobby for a federal intervention.
He noted a recent report that Jack Martin, the Chief Financial Officer of Detroit's mandated financial advisoryteam, called for advice and administrative help from the Obama administration.
"If a 'competent' guy is saying we need help from the Obama administration, then what do we need a financial board for?" Bullock asked. He said Detroit needs to call for a federal plan that targets public safety and supports small businesses.
Other human rights groups agreed. "Selling our democratic rights at a cheap price just because we're in a crisis is absurd," said Dawud Walid, President of the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). "Public Act 4 is turning back the clock and disenfranchising American citizens," He said, adding that state takeovers of Michigan cities have had a "disproportionate affect on people of color."
The event was themed to bring attention to other voting rights issues such as voter suppression and voter suspension and challenging ballots as the 2012 presidential election draws closer.
Rev. Robert Smith, pastor at New Bethel Baptist Church, gave the eulogy at the mock funeral and said people need to become more educated on their rights. "I hope this wakes people up," he said.


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Thank you for so many nice congratulatory messages; even though I didn't reach my goal. I realize that it isn't the end of the world, that there are other races and that yesterday just wasn't my day.
I really ran my hardest, albeit not my smartest. How could I not realize I should wear my water pack. Did I lose respect for the marathon distance? I would never ever not wear a water pack while running an ultra. Maybe I have never worn a water pack during a marathon simply because I didn't know they existed prior to ultras. Maybe it wouldn't have even mattered.
And why was I SO focused on running with the pace group? I know why. I really thought the group would make it easier for me to run the distance in that speed. Well, hello, did I really think it was OK to run 3 sub 8 minute miles to catch them? No, I know I have no business doing that..very strange indeed that I did. I don't understand some of my actions.
Gels and bars. I ate two. Two gels. WTF? That's not enough. That's stupid. I had 8 in my waist pack thingy bob and 1 myloplex bar. But I was running so damn fast I didn't have time to eat one. I didn't FEEL like it. Whine whine whine whine.
OK, so I am learning from this race. That's what it is all about.
Next year (yea, next year) I'll train on the course. Why wouldn't I have thought of that this time around?
So now I'm thinking about Ed Fitz 100K in two weeks..well, less than two weeks.
I'll recover a bit, bike a bit, run a bit and stretch; mainly just rest up.
Blech. Another rest period.
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PHOENIX (AP) Shannon Brown scored a season-high 26 points and the Phoenix Suns routed the Bobcats 121-104 on Wednesday night, Charlotte's league-worst 13th straight loss.
Goran Dragic added 21 points and Jared Dudley had 20 for the Suns, who have won a season-best four straight.
Phoenix connected on a season-high 17 3-pointers on 28 attempts.
Kemba Walker scored 27 points and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist added 25 to match a career high for the Bobcats, who have not won since November 24.
After taking a one-point lead at the end of the first, Phoenix outscored Charlotte 22-6 over the first six-plus minutes of the second quarter to take a 50-33 lead with 5:28 left in the first half.
The Suns extended the lead to as many 30, 96-66, on a Dudley jumper with 37.5 seconds left in the third quarter.


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This sure is a beauty: San Francisco as a bright, shining fortress from which mothers, bums and elderly are booted by the big black wingtip of the elite. It's a gripping story, told wordlessly in a single panel, by artist Eric Drooker, who is known in part for his wordless graphic novels Flood! and Blood Song, seen here:
Link to Drooker.com, where you can purchase these and lots more, and learn about Drooker's musical slide show performances, which are amazing too.
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A New Look at an Old Bentgrass
Ask turfgrass managers what they consider to be the best attributes a turfgrass can have and immediate answers include increased density, color and texture as well as the highest possible environmental stress, disease and insect resistance. These comments would immediately be followed by specific attributes, such as tolerance to shade and drought, low fertility requirements and a high degree of aggressiveness for increased recuperative potential and weed competition. Suggestions as to which species and varieties have these attributes would then range all over the board, most likely without including a logical and appropriate, although often overlooked, choice: velvet bentgrass.
Velvet bentgrasses are a true native to the northeast region and can still be seen growing exceptionally well on older estates, parks and golf course fairways and roughs that were constructed more than 100 years ago. However, this species fell out of favor more than 40 years ago when golf course management programs began favoring the "new" creeping bentgrass varieties, which required much more maintenance, such as more nitrogen and irrigation, along with an increased need to rely on pesticides. Through the years, creeping bentgrasses have been evaluated in side-by-side trials with velvet bentgrasses using the high-maintenance inputs described above. This high-maintenance care caused the velvets to rapidly decline and go out of stand because they were simply being "managed to death." Mismanagement coupled with poor seed production and a general disinterest by the major seed companies put velvet bentgrass into obscurity until recently when Leah Brilman, Ph.D., a turfgrass breeder, recognized the natural attributes of this species and how they are a good fit in today's low input IPM world of turfgrasses.
Velvet bentgrass is a low input turfgrass that has the finest leaf texture and highest shoot density of all the turfgrasses and possesses exceptional drought, shade and disease tolerance while requiring very low levels of nitrogen fertility. Through the efforts of Brilman and a number of university breeders and researchers, new and improved varieties of velvet bentgrass are now available and have been successfully used on golf courses throughout the United States and Canada for the past 10 years. In fact, a number of courses have actually seeded velvet bentgrass to tees and fairways along with greens and have found that the higher heights of cut are resulting in an exceptional quality playing turf. These results have lead to the question: Why not use velvet bentgrasses in the landscape?
For the past several years, I have evaluated a number of golf courses and private estates that have established the new varieties of velvet bentgrass at relatively high heights (up to 2.5 inches) of cut showing a surprisingly high level of turf quality with low maintenance inputs. The possibility of using velvet bentgrasses in the landscape was effectively (and strongly) demonstrated last year when visiting Clif Staples, a landscape and turfgrass specialist and consultant in the Bar Harbor region of Maine. Staples has been using the improved varieties of velvet on high-end estates and golf courses throughout the region for the past several years and has gained a level of appreciation from clients that is second to none. Through the years, Staples has experimented with a number of mowing heights, fertility levels and basic cultural practices and has generated a cultural program for the velvet bentgrasses that can be used as a "template" in other regions of the country.
Staples establishes velvet lawns with a relatively high seeding rate (between 2 to 3 pounds per 1,000 square foot) with 0.5 pounds nitrogen (N) per 1,000 square foot with a quick-release, soluble fertilizer formulation having 20 percent natural organic nitrogen. Late spring and summer germination rates average six days with diligent watering and mowing begins three weeks after germination at 1 to 1.5 inches weekly. Staples maintains velvet lawns with no more than 2 pounds N per 1,000 square foot with half of that as a natural organic fertilizer source during the summer months and has experienced very little disease activity with leaf spot and red thread occasionally occurring in early to mid-spring. His maintenance program is almost fungicide-free, with maybe one application to control rhizoctonia or pythium during the hot, humid summer period. Increasing mowing frequency and removing dew off the turf through syringing has proven to be important and effective in this dense turf during periods of high-disease activity. Once established, the density and aggressiveness of velvet bentgrass virtually precludes any use of herbicide and successfully eliminates encroachment of annual bluegrass (Poa annua). The photo on page G1 illustrates how successful a velvet lawn overwinters in the Bar Harbor area. Pink and grey snow molds have, in some years, been active with no observable negative effects.
Left unmanaged, thatch produced by velvet bentgrasses can become problematic due to the high turf density and lateral growth. You'll need to perform aggressive, deep annual verticutting in early spring to remove hydrophobic thatch and relieve compaction (see the top photo on page G2). After overwintering and verticutting, velvet bentgrasses exhibit aggressive recuperative potential and growth rates once soil temperatures exceed 55°F to 60°F. Staples has been using 'SR-7200,' produced by Seed Research of Oregon, because this was the "breakthrough" improved cultivar and essentially the only choice for the past 5 to 6 years. 'SR-7200' has been extensively tested by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) with superior results producing a pleasingly dark colored, very dense turfgrass stand (see the bottom photo on page G2 and the photo above). At present, there are not many improved varieties available; however, within the past several years, other seed companies have taken notice of the exceptional qualities of velvet bentgrasses and have been actively breeding/selecting and testing new varieties, which have recently become available. Mixtures of these varieties are recommended to increase the genetic diversity within the turfgrass stand and enhance the already high levels of environmental stress and disease tolerances.
The most important challenge facing turfgrass managers is the development of successful IPM programs that can achieve their goals while still maintaining economic feasibility. Improved velvet bentgrasses represent a very significant and powerful tool (albeit neglected until now) in the development of such programs. Velvet bentgrasses are now known to be adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions and use throughout most of the northern tier of the United States is possible. Considering that velvet bentgrass is highly tolerant of shade, drought and low temperatures as well as being one of the most disease resistant and low maintenance turfgrasses available, it makes economic and environmental sense to consider using it not only for golf courses but for home and estate applications as well.
William A. Torello, Ph. D., is retired professor of turfgrass management from the University of Massachusetts and currently president of Professional Turfgrass Consulting, Inc. Torello can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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2008 is officially starting slow for Agnes Szavay, who'll need to wait until next week to gain match experience after her 3-6, 7-5, 2-6 first-round loss to Yuliana Fedak at the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast.
Which is too bad, because TSF wishes her great successs… and we're not going to lie: we were also jonesing to see plenty of her new Fila clothes. The little we saw of it left us unimpressed.
Of course, her partnership with Fila is still in its infancy. Hopefully, they'll work with her to produce more feminine pieces, like her white Makany dresses from last season.
Bonus round: How much do you know about Gold Coast? Read up.
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Stone House Day is an annual event, and the 60th one will be held tomorrow, July 10th. They must be doing something right. And what fun for the entire family. From the web site,
You can see the other attractions:
• a 1777 Ulster Militia Encampment,
• guides in colonial attire,
• crafts and demonstrations, and
• a Town Library Fair, with collectibles and books sales.
Also from their web site, "The first inhabitants of Hurley were the Esopus Indians, members of the Algonquin Nation's Delaware tribe. In 1661, a few Dutch farmers moved in, and the next year the settlement was surveyed, lands were officially granted to twelve Dutch and Huguenot families, and the village became Nieuw Dorp, meaning "New Village." "Peter Stuyvesant later owned about 200 acres of land here." And, "Most settlers returned to rebuild their village, but in 1664 the British had taken over the entire "New Netherlands" colony and in 1669, named the village "Horley," after the ancestral estate of English Governor Lovelace on the Thames, not far from London. Hurley at one time included portions of what are now the Towns of Marbletown, Rosendale, Woodstock, and New Paltz. But the Dutch language persisted for 150 years more among the stubborn anti-British residents.
Today, 25 of the original stone houses still exist—200 to 300 years later. All are privately-owned homes except for the Hurley Museum. Descendants of the first settlers still reside in some of the homes."
A few photos from my past trip.
Front and back of Mathys Ten Eyck's house.
(We were able to tour inside the house.)
He was my 7th great-grandfather.
Tombstone of Mathys Ten Eyck.
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Additional Core Data In Progress
This proposal for a drilling project in the Pilbara district of Western Australia developed during fieldwork there in the summers of 1996 and 1999 by Prof. Ohmoto (PSARC, PI), Prof. Munetomo Nedachi of Kagoshima University in Japan (PSARC Associate), Prof. Mark Barley of the University of Western Australia (PSARC Associate) and Dr. Arthur Hickman (Geological Survey of Western Australia).
During the spring and summer of 2002, the concept evolved into an international project, named "The Archean Biosphere Drilling Project" (ABDP), which involves the following four major research groups and their associates: the NAI (represented by and through PSARC), Kagoshima University, the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA), and the University of Western Australia (UWA).
The main objectives of the ABDP are to recover "fresh" (unweathered) Archean rocks (mostly sedimentary rocks 3.56 - 2.7 Ga in age) from the Pilbara district, Western Australia and use them to conduct systematic paleontological and biogeochemical investigations in order to increase our understanding of early Earth, specifically:
(a) the nature of the biosphere, in particular the types and distribution of organisms in the oceans, lakes, and on land;
The strategy of the ABDP is to target specific geologic formations that are ideal for studies designed to answer specific questions (e.g., the time of emergence and distribution of cyanobacteria, eukarya, sulfate reducers, and other organisms; the mechanisms for the creation of mass independent fractionation (MIF) of sulfur isotopes, and the temporal changes in the magnitude of MIF).
We selected seven drilling sites where the target formations have been least affected by metamorphism, hydrothermal processes, and/or weathering since their formation. Our plan was to recover the "fresh" target rocks through a series of shallow drilling, which typically extends to depths of 200 - 500 m (i.e., below the current and ancient groundwater tables), rather than through deep drilling at one or two sites.
Drilling commenced June 2003 and was completed by October 2003. The ABDP joined the Deep Time Drilling Project (Leaders: Roger Buick & Ariel Anbar) at two locations in the Pilbara district drilling that summer (July - August): the oldest (3.5 Ga) land surface (the Coonerunah Unconformity) and the underlying chert/basalt sequence; and stromatolite-rich carbonate beds and underlying lappilli tuffs of the 2.74 Ga Tumbiana Formation.
Splits of the cores are stored at the GSWA Core library in Perth, Australia, at PSARC and at the Core Library of Kochi University in Japan.
The ABDP is one of two drilling projects under the Astrobiology Drilling Program (ADP) of the NAI. Requests for core samples for specific scientific research may be made to any one of the four Executive Members of the ABDP (Ohmoto, Nedachi, Barley and Hickman) or to Dr. Steve D'Hondt (email), Chairman of the ADP Steering Committee.


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The sugar cookie recipe is delicious! I loved the taste and texture. With 2 1/2 cups of butter, it better be delicious! I found the recipe from sweetopia.
For the designs, I piped them on parchment paper. I placed the paper over a printout and traced the outline. I let them dry overnight before putting them on my cookies.
2 1/2 cups butter (at room temperature)
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
seeds from 1 vanilla bean (or 3 tsp vanilla)
5 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1. Cream the butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer on low to medium speed. (Use the paddle attachment). Mix until thoroughly incorporated – for about one minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a plastic spatula and mix again for a few seconds more.
Over mixing the butter and sugar in this step will cause too much air to be incorporated into the dough. If you'd like a light and fluffy cookie, that's ideal, however the dough will spread more during baking; not ideal if you'd like the cookie to hold its shape.
2. Add eggs slowly and mix. Scrape down the bowl with your spatula at least once and mix again.
3. Cut open your vanilla bean and scrape the seeds out. Add to mixing bowl. Alternatively, add liquid vanilla extract. Stir briefly.
4. Sift your dry ingredients together. (Flour, baking powder and salt).
5. Add all of the flour mixture to the bowl. Place a large tea towel or two small tea towels between the edge of the bowl and the electric mixer so that the flour won't escape. Mix on low speed for 3o seconds. Remove the tea towels and observe the dough mixing; when it clumps around the paddle attachment it's ready. It's also important at this stage not to over mix the dough (the glutens in the flour develop and the dough can become tough).
6. Roll the dough out between 2 large pieces of parchment paper. Place on a baking sheet and into the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour.
7. Roll out the dough further if you need to, and cut out cookie shapes. Place on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Re-roll scraps and repeat.
8. Put cookie dough shapes back into the fridge for 10 minutes to 1 hour to chill again. They will then hold their shape better when baked.
9. Preheat your oven to 350°F or 176°C.
10. Bake cookies for 8-12 minutes or until the edges become golden brown. The baking time will depend on the size of your cookie.
11. Let cookies cool to room temperature and decorate!
Royal Icing:
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1 teaspoon cream of tartar
2.25 lbs of powdered sugar
5 Tablespoons Meringue Powder
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
2.25 lbs of powdered sugar
*** Note; if your meringue powder has no vanilla flavour (vanillin powder) in it, add a teaspoon of clear vanilla to this recipe.
In mixer bowl, pour in the warm water and the meringue powder. Mix it with a whisk by hand until it is frothy and thickened…about 30 seconds.
Add the cream of tartar and mix for 30 seconds more.
Pour in all the icing sugar at once and place the bowl on the mixer.
Using the paddle attachment on the LOWEST speed, mix slowly for a full 10 minutes. Icing will get thick and creamy.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 22-year-old man is in the hospital in critical condition after police say he was run over by another man after a fight near the Jacksonville Landing early Friday morning.
Fights broke out after a crowd left the country bar Mavericks Rock N' Honky Tonk about 2:15 a.m., and one man ended up driving over another, according to witnesses. Police haven't released their names, but friends of the man run over identify him as Taylor Evans.
Alexandra Melendez and her friends said they're having a tough time their friend Evans clings to life at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center.
"We were just walking, holding hands because we were best friends having fun, and there was a bunch of raucous going on with other groups of people," Melendez said. "All the sudden I'm looking for my car, I heard a big screech and slam, and I look over to the right two seconds later and Taylor was laying on the ground in a puddle of blood."
Police said there were several fights at Mavericks that continued into a parking lot a few hundred yards away. That's when witnesses told officers a man hit and then ran over Evans. The young man's friends say he was an innocent bystander.
"Taylor wasn't fighting, Taylor wasn't doing anything wrong," Melendez said. "Taylor was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Witnesses told police the man who hit Evans sped off in his white pickup truck. They said he hit other cars along the way. Someone else chased him, and witnesses say stopped him at gunpoint. Then police caught up and took the man in for questioning.
About noon Friday, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office detectives were seen driving around in an unmarked car around the area where all this happened. They had a man in their back seat who appeared to be showing them what he saw early in the morning.
Police said they have not yet made any arrests.
Evans' friends are frustrated the man behind the wheel hasn't been arrested yet.
Channel 4 crime and safety analyst Ken Jefferson said that just because the man's not in jail now doesn't mean he won't be in the future.
"They have to prove that he purposely ran over the guy," Jefferson said. "Alcohol was possibly involved. This person was leaving a bar and had been there for quite some time. You've got a lot of things that the investigators are doing right now that's behind the scenes that we don't know about."
Anyone who saw anything or who may have information is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office homicide unit at 904-630-2172 or the non-emergency number at 904-630-0500.


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The Pirate Castle relies heavily on voluntary donations to support our charitable work and enable us to run our community projects.
Although the private hire of our community spaces and services generates vital income towards our community projects and operating costs, we simply could not function without the generous support we receive, both from our loyal volunteers who give their time, skills and energy to help run projects and the Trusts, Foundations, individuals and corporate sponsors whose grants and donations have helped keep us afloat for over 50 years.
Our trustees, staff, volunteers and Pirates young and old would like to thank our donors for their generous support, which makes a huge difference in keeping The Pirate Castle afloat!
As well as the trusts, foundations and corporate sponsors listed below, we also recognise the many individuals who make regular and one-off donations. A huge "thank you" to you all!
Co-operative Local Community Fund - grant towards 2018 Holiday Scheme costs
Neighbourly & Starbucks Camden Lock - grant towards 2018 charitable activities
The Masonic Charitable Foundation - grant towards 2017 core costs
DAC Beachcroft Llp - nominated charity 2017-19
The Invesco Cares Foundation - grant towards 2017 charitable activities
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John Lyon's Charity - School Holiday Activity Fund - grant towards 2017 Summer Holiday Scheme instructor costs
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The Garfield Weston Foundation - grant towards 'Project 50' and 2017 core costs
Usborne Publishing - unrestricted grant towards 2017 charitable activities
The Gatsby Foundation - unrestricted grant towards 2017 charitable activities
The John Lyon's Charity - regular supporters since 1992, with grants towards our Inclusive Holiday Schemes and 2014-17 core costs
The Bruce Wake Trust - grant towards our 2016-17 'Rosedale Scheme' to provide free canal boat trips for disability groups
The Boshier-Hinton Foundation - grant towards our 2016-17 'Rosedale Scheme' to provide free canal boat trips for SEN groups
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A luxurious yacht in the Sea of Cortez, a birthday cruise for one of the world's most beautiful women and an invitation no one can refuse...The Power Trip - take if it you dare. From Hollywood icon and mega-seller Jackie Collins comes a thrilling new novel, The Power Trip, set on a state of the art luxury yacht off the coast of Cabo San Lucas.
A tropical getaway with a cast of global power-hungry elites turns sour when they find out maybe they don't control as much of the world as they thought.... In The Power Trip you will meet Aleksandr Kasianenko, a billionaire Russian oligarch, as he sets sail on The Bianca. You'll meet his sexy supermodel girlfriend, whom The Bianca is named after, and five dynamic, powerful, and famous couples invited on the yacht's maiden voyage: Hammond Patterson, a driven Senator, and his lovely but unhappy wife, Sierra; Cliff Baxter, a charming, never-married movie star, and his ex-waitress girlfriend, Lori; Taye Sherwin, a famous black UK footballer and his interior-designer wife, Ashley; Luca Perez, a male Latin singing sensation with his older decadent English boyfriend, Jeromy; and Flynn, a maverick journalist with his Asian renegade female friend, Xuan.You will also meet Russian mobster, Sergei Zukov, a man with a grudge against Aleksandr. And Sergei's Mexican beauty queen girlfriend, Ina, whose brother, Cruz, is a master pirate with orders to hold The Bianca and its illustrious rota of guests for ransom.
The Power Trip explorers the decadent playgrounds of the super-rich...and leaves you hungry for more.
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- 2013-02-18
Cliché Characters... Overall a Decent Beach Listen
Predictable, brainless, beach listen... Characters are VERY cliché. Typical Jackie Collins money, power, fame, sex read. Has a definite 80's vibe, ala Dynasty or Dallas.
If you are looking for something to listen to while doing chores or multi-tasking, this will do nicely... That's why I bought it. Very well narrated, overall. Jackie Collins has a bit of a lisp, which I found a bit annoying, however not enough to take away from the story. All other actors did a fantastic job, especially considering reading so many characters.
JC left an opening for a sequel, but did wrap up this story to my satisfaction, so I wasn't left waiting.
A solid 3 stars...4 stars if rated solely as a beach read.
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- Reasonstobe
- 2014-11-20
An absorbing page-turner
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend it to a friend, although with a warning about the numerous sex scenes. The characters and the plot are extremely well-constructed and fast paced. Classic Jackie Collins. She was a writer of the glamorous 1980s but she is up-to-date with all the social media celebrity idol worship of the current era, and the treachery of cynical individuals who parlay their social standing into self-centered notions of personal power who believe they are invincible.
What did you like best about this story?
I enjoyed the multiple readers. Contrary to some reviews I've seen here, I was not confused by the variety of vocalizations. My only issue was when the female readers tried to vocalize the Russian billionaire character during their particular scene. In one scene that was supposed to be serious, the slow intonation of the Russian accent was almost comical. I enjoyed the characters' internal perspectives, something that's missing when a book is transferred to a movie or TV screen.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
I liked Laurie, Bianca, Taye and Alexander. I even liked the way the annoying Jeremy was performed.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Hammond, the hypocritical politician, moved me to anger the way he emotionally brutalized his wife, while pretending to the world with his charm and smarm, that he was a man of the people.
Any additional comments?
With a busy work schedule and family life, it's been a long time since I really became absorbed in a good fast entertaining read. This read helped get me back on my book-worm track, although it's audio. I guess in this modern era, I'll be an audio book-worm.
1 person found this helpful
- Monica
- 2013-05-29
A Good Non-Thinker
Typical Jackie Collins, a little smutty and something you'll want to listen to for fun and entertainment, not really a thinking persons book.
1 person found this helpful
- Avid Reader
- 2013-05-08
Fun and Entertaining
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
It's a fun and entertaining listen with better characters and story than many of Collins' recent novels. Once the story gets going it pulls you in and doesn't let go.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Power Trip?
The reporter character and how reacts to the pirates. Very unexpected.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I wasn't a fan of the narration. In general, I don't like multiple narrators unless each person is playing a specific character. The change of narrators in this story was driven by the character taking center stage, but when the POV changed the same characters were being voiced by a different actor and the differences in style were distracting.
Any additional comments?
Overall, a very good Jackie Collins novel with less of the cookie cutter Hollywood story and characters. You could tell Collins put some time and thought into the plot and characters. Sure, there were a few of the "usual suspects": actors, models, etc.; but also some new celebrity types that made it a little more interesting. Easily one of Collins' better novels in awhile.
1 person found this helpful
- Lauri Sloper
- 2013-04-01
Great Jackie Collins story as usual
Love her celebrity type novels but sometimes having so many different people narrating it is confusing. The story is great but ending was rather expected but did enjoy the epilogue with the information about everyone's lives at the end..
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- Marjorie
- 2013-03-11
Collins novels are always fun and predictable.
What did you love best about The Power Trip?
I always read Jackie Collins novels. She was the first novelist I read when I moved beyond young adult books. Her characters are always familiar and it is always an enjoyable and predictable trip. The best part about this book is that all the characters were new. Jackie Collins will sometimes move past characters into new books, and that is great at times, but it can become stale.
What did you like best about this story?
I like the ease of the story. It was easy to pick up and listen to, it is not great writing, more of a fun book.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
I have never listened to any of Jackie Collins books on audible before. I was very excited when the narrator said that she would be voicing one of the characters. Ummmmmmm, Jackie Collins has an off putting voice. It did not make the story more fun. There was one other reader, a girl, who had a very stilted way of reading her character. Almost robotic. The rest of the cast was great. Overall it was an enjoyable book.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
That would be a lot of time with headphones. If I were driving in the car I would have listened straight though, but I can't ever imagine have that much time another way.
Any additional comments?
Any reader who knows Jackie Collins know what to expect. A little bit Hollywood, some drama involving a bad guy, and people who fall in and out of love. She is a fun writer. Do not read her stuff if you are looking for anything more.
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- E Santos
- 2013-03-10
I love this story
What did you love best about The Power Trip?
It is a perfect book to take you away! I work 3 jobs and love to listen while I run with my dog. Takes away my stress. Enjoy!!
1 person found this helpful
- 2013-02-23
Loved it! Make time, because you can't put it down
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, very exciting! It keeps and holds you from the first chapter until the last.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Power Trip?
Meeting all of the players.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
All very exciting in their own way.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
"Lots of sex, drama and excitement on the high seas".
Any additional comments?
I have never wrote a review before but couldn't believe the other reviews for the book prior. I don't think some of them were reading the same book as I was. Doesn't make any sense. This was another Jackie Collins that I just couldn't put down. To me that's the first definition of a "great" read. I can't wait for the sequel. Through the years I have read most of her books. In the good old days it was reading a paperback, then came the cassette listen, the cd listen and now the audible listen. It hasn't mattered how I read them or listened to them, one thing's for sure, Jackie Collins books/reads will never disappoint. I love listening to them though. The narrator(s) always make the character's come to life in a way that reading the words and imaging the character's, just doesn't do it as much justice. "Great job" Jackie and keep them coming!!!
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- Cynthia
- 2020-05-23
A Favorite!
I have listened to this book several times. The different narrators capture each character's voice and essence. A true joy to listen to.
- Ian
- 2020-05-06
Vintage Jackie!
Written in 2012, has all the trappings of a 1970's trash novel worthy of a very talented author. Raunchy sex, solid charchter development and light on Hell-ywood bravado. Love it.


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The two main US providers of high-speed networks to academic and research institutions, Internet2 and National LambdaRail, have finally agreed to merge—and they're doing so just as quickly as the connections they provide. After tussling over the details of such an agreement for more than a year, the two groups have suddenly decided to put final merger documents before their respective boards by April 20, with merger completion to take place by June 29.
Because this is to be a merger of equals, the new organization will be called (without great originality) "Internet2-National LambdaRail." While this is hardly the stuff of which branding executives dream, the name is important: it makes clear that neither of these independent-minded organizations is "more equal" than the other. The two groups recognized that it would be beneficial to merge more than a year ago, but they weren't able to make it happen.
We reported late last year on one insider's take on the merger talks, which were characterized by an "adversarial approach" that "destroyed trust among the parties and caused the group to lose its grasp of the future possibilities."
After talks broke down completely, Internet2 brought in a new chairman of the board, Jeffrey Lehman, from Cornell. Polley Ann McClure, who made the complaints above, is also a VP at Cornell, and her comments seem to have been taken to heart by Lehman. Negotiations were restarted in February, and the two groups got together once more to decide "whether circumstances have changed sufficiently over the past year that our organizations might consummate a merger."
That consummation, one devoutly wished for by many campus IT managers, was announced last week in a joint statement from both groups that repeatedly stressed their "equal" nature. The signatures of the two leaders were even listed side by side so that neither would be subordinated to the other. Details on how the merger will affect the respective high-speed networks of each group are still being worked out by a merger team, but both parties seem committed to the "aggressive schedule" that will see them completely joined by the end of June. At that time, a new CEO will also be recruited to run the new entity.


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I know how you
move into me. You come
in tides, squeezing through every pore
like nightfall that doesn't know how to stay put. You don't know
how you rip apart my senses, bleeding glorias as you
pass though me in double osmosis.
(From my poem, "Touch")
If you're reading this post and are on the autism spectrum, you're already aware (in some cases painfully) of how sensitive our nervous systems are. This sensitivity affects many aspects of our lives, from difficulty tolerating sensory stimuli to impaired ability in handling stress, as I've mentioned in previous posts. I'm going to deal with the sensitive (no pun intended) subject of using medication (such as SSRIs, other classes of antidepressants, and other kinds of medication that affect mood and brain chemicals) in this post.
From what I've observed thus far, this topic has been debated from multiple viewpoints, even outside the autism community. Just Google the subject of antidepressants and autism and I'm sure you'll be overwhelmed by the number of results. Certainly many of us have heard about overuse of these medications and horror stories about side effects, ineffectiveness of medications, or symptoms worsening – or we may have gone through these experiences ourselves. And of course, there is always the question of who benefits by the medication: there are stories of medical professionals pushing such medications to the parents of children on the autism spectrum in order to make their behavior more "tolerable". And of course for us adults, there's also the question of something being for our "own good".


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"I had no idea when I became a comedian back in the mid-1980s that I would co-create and host a hugely popular show out of the garage behind my house."
~ from Marc Maron's
Waiting for the Punch
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I'll Have What She's Having: How Nora Ephron's Three Iconic Films Saved the Romantic Comedy
Erin Carlson
Anybody who recognizes the source of this book's title will enjoy this engaging exploration of three much-loved romantic comedies:
When Harry Met Sally
Sleepless in Seattle
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You've Got Mail.
While the focus is on Nora Ephron (who scripted
and co-wrote and directed the other two), there are also plenty of goodies for fans of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Entertainment journalist Erin Carlson also sheds light on the challenges that women face in a youth-oriented and male-dominated Hollywood, both as actors and directors.
Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast
Marc Maron and Brendan McDonald
For nine years, Marc Maron has hosted the popular WTF podcast, interviewing notables from comedians (Patton Oswalt) and musicians (Bruce Springsteen) to the former leader of the free world (President Barack Obama). Here, he's organized his guests' revelations into 11 categories (like "Identity" or "Relationships"), each of which provide insight into their lives -- and the human experience in general. "Profound and powerful," says
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Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life...
Zoë Quinn
In 2014, video game designer Zoe Quinn was the target of an ex-boyfriend's revenge campaign that spiraled wildly from accusations of unethical behavior to hate mail, death threats, and other forms of online (and IRL) abuse. This harassment -- which targeted several other women in the video game industry -- came to be known as Gamergate, and while Quinn started hiding her location, she refused to stay silent. In her book, Quinn outlines her efforts to find justice, describes the legal system's weaknesses when it comes to online abuse, and talks about the victims' advocacy group she founded. She also provides practical steps for creating a safe internet culture.
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters...
Annie Spence
Have some books near-memorized? Wanted to throw others across the room? If so, you'll love this collection of letters to books -- whether love letters or break-up letters, they clearly capture reader Annie Spence's opinions! As a librarian, she's also got a professional curator's eye, but anyone who's ever ogled someone else's bookshelves will find plenty to agree (or disagree) with -- and that's part of the fun.
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Patricia Williams
Comedian Patricia Williams (better known as Ms. Pat) grew up in Atlanta in the 1980s, raised by an alcoholic mother who taught her to steal by the time she was eight. A mother of two herself by age 15, Williams eventually started dealing drugs to support them. But she wanted better for her children, and worked hard to turn her life around, turning to comedy when her criminal record made it difficult to find a job. Her memoir -- "both savagely honest and often genuinely funny" (
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Your video is so refreshing, so insightful, and so powerful I repost it with great pleasure. Since when has silence stopped atrocities? Or gentleness stopped violence? Or forgiveness stopped oppression? You are my kind of man and I would surely like to meet more like you!
NoGodNik, well said, all of it; I particularly like this paragraph:
"The "faithful" inculcate their children with this nonsense at an age when their ability to discern truth from fiction is not yet well-developed, crippling the poor young things intellectually and emotionally, for the rest of their lives, unless they develop the wherewithal to see through it. Religion causes people to go through their lives with blinders on, and generally encourages followers to have rigid ideas about right and wrong."
I wrote, "Toward a Theory of Family Violence, its antecedents, treatment and prevention," about institutions of family, education, religion, economics and politics and their role in sustaining family violence. "A Splendid Heresy," about the role of religion in maintaining and perpetuating violence in the home.
I am now working on the relationship of religious teachings and our failed economy.
Turn the other cheek,
Don't question authority,
Sacrifice yourself,
Follow the rules,
Don't think critically.
Do these sound familiar? Do they ring chimes in the business world? Do you wonder why people who work for wages work for less money, longer hours, with fewer benefits? And are supposed to think that is the way economic life is supposed to be?
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IBM researchers have created visual editor technology, initially developed for visually-impaired users, that makes it simpler for webmasters to make web sites more readable on mobile devices, reducing burdensome scrolling through out-of-order text and graphics.
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Available April 2013 Cumulative Updates for SharePoint 2010 and MOSS 2007
It's ready to download April 2013 CUs for SPS 2010 and MOSS 2007
SharePoint 2010 (Build 14.0.6137.5000)
- SharePoint Foundation 2010 (MSF) April 2013 CU - KB 2794728
- SharePoint Server 2010 (MSS) April 2013 CU - KB 2775353
After installing the updated you should run the SharePoint Config Wizard in every server of the farm.
If SPS 2010 installed you must only install the SPS 2010 CU because it includes the Foundation one.
After installing the updated you should run the SharePoint Config Wizard in every server of the farm.
After you install this hotfix, you must restart the User Profile Synchronization Service for profile synchronization to function correctly.
To work around this issue, follow these steps:
1.Visit Central Administration.
2.Click Manage Services on the System Settings section.
3.Find User Profile Synchronization Service in the list of services and then click Stop if its status is Started. Click Start and provide the credentials to start the User Profile Synchronization Service as soon as its status is Stopped.
For more information, see the Start the User Profile Synchronization service section in the Configure profile synchronization article in the library.
SharePoint 2007 (Build 12.0.6676.5000)
Warning! This update will be only install if SP3 is installed in the environment.
Please, keep in mind that you must install them in the following order first WSS 3.0, and later MOSS 2007.
After installing the updates you must execute the SharePoint configuration wizard in each of the servers of the farm or execute "psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait" on a cmd.
Héctor Calvarro Martín. SharePoint Dev/Core. Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer for EMEA