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By Kate Bennett, KF16, Peru
Last Friday morning my Fellows Blog post mentioned the devastation of the 2007 Peruvian Earthquake in Ica, Peru and the surrounding areas. At 2 PM local time later that day, another earthquake shook the city.
Kiva Fellow David Connelly, my predecessor here at Kiva Partner Caja Rural Señor de Luren, has written before about the 2007 8.0 magnitude earthquake. The statistics are chilling: 519 people dead, 1366 injured, and some 76,000 homes collapsed. "After two and a half years," he wrote in 2010, "Ica is still very much recovering." Last week's comparatively modest 6.9 magnitude earthquake made it clear as day that the wounds are fresh.
Moments after the quaking abated, Peuvians tore out of buildings into the streets. The roads flooded with vehicles screaming out of Ica, trying to reach homes and families on the city's peripheries. Co-workers clutched at each other outside, waiting for tremors, which arrived dutifully shortly thereafter. While the earthquake itself had not unsettled me, the sight of a city in sheer terror was consummately unnerving.
Ica, in many ways, is a modern city. It is the capital of its department in Peru. We have several large supermarkets, wide asphalt avenues with obeyed stoplights, and our very own over-priced coffee house, where I sit now and where I sat at the time of the quake. The buildings here are solid, new, and given the events of the last decade, built to be earthquake-proof.
Though standards of construction and seismic mitigation efforts were doubled during reconstruction in Ica, time and financial constraints did not afford this kind of purposefulness beyond the borders of the city. This is where you'll find the truly vulnerable population and Kiva's target market. They may live in fragile and overcrowded adobe homes. They may live with instable or nonexistent access to water, electricity, and gas lines. Their transportation infrastructure is meager. Faulty ATMs spell for limited access to liquid assets. Peru's poor, those already on unsure financial footing, are those impacted greatest by natural disasters.
Let me give you a scenario for the average micro-enterprise in the wake of a natural disaster. Say you lend $25 to Kiva borrower María, to invest in her small store, where she sells sodas, candy, and pastries. She is making repayments on time, selling goodies to her neighbors, and flourishing in the way that we hope that every Kiva borrower will. But what happens to her store in the wake of a disaster?
Within moments of the event, costs accrue. It's possible that her physical business- the building, her cash register, her products- are damaged or destroyed in the event. María now must pay to repair or rebuild, and might be without income in the interim. Meanwhile, her neighbors, experiencing similar interruptions in income, have stopped buying her sodas and candy. Even if her store is still standing and her cash register still works, she may be without electricity, and therefore unable to open the register or to operate past dark. Not to mention, if María was stocking dairy products, they just went bad.
And even if she's lucky enough to find that her store is fine and her neighbors still have their disposable income to buy sodas and candy, she's still not out of harm's way. All of the sudden, the small business or company from which María bought her soda and candy are unable to produce these goods, because the water services have been shut off and their production facilities have been damaged. And even if they could keep making candies for María to sell in her store, they're now unable to reach her store due to damaged transportation infrastructure.
The economy cannot function at normal levels in the wake of a severe natural disaster. Consider the direct economic losses, such as destroyed or severely damaged buildings, transportation infrastructure, energy and water infrastructure, environmental infrastructure (such as dams), and other private property. These result in innumerable disruptions of the business sector; production facilities, economic markets, and distribution systems are stalled or stopped altogether. And when micro-enterprises come into the picture, these private sector interruptions become a personal tragedy as well. Damages to personal items, injury, or death all bear heavily on a small business owner's livelihood and their day-to-day lives.
So what, then, can microfinance do to alleviate the effects of a natural disaster? What role should microfinance institutions assume? In normal conditions, microfinance seeks to expand access to financial services- whether savings, credit, or insurance- to those traditionally excluded from the credit market- by poverty, geographic isolation, loan size, or other barriers from traditional banking institutions. Microcredit specifically (what we do here on Kiva) addresses two needs of borrowers. It smooths existing income and protects against fluctuations in livelihoods, a "micro-disaster insurance," if you will. Microcredit also works to boost income by removing capital constraints and allowing for micro-enterprises to realize their potential. The point being, it serves certain needs of the poor.
However, the needs of the poor shift dramatically in the wake of a natural disaster. Affected parties are not interested in expanding their micro-enterprises. Frankly, in the case of a catastrophic disaster and a disrupted economy, this could be considered imprudent. What affected parties require is some form of speedy mitigation, direct assistance, and a return to normalcy. Their own immediate changes in behavior may include a "reduction in consumption, sale of assets, migration, withdrawal of savings and borrowing and using remittances to mitigate the effects of a disaster" (Parker and Nagarajan 2000). Their coping mechanisms, in short: access all available liquid assets, and apply prodigiously.
As such, disaster relief does not call for market-driven microfinance but for well-allocated aid or subsidized credit, as controversial as that idea may seem. This may not be an appropriate task for financially self-sustainable microfinance institutions in the open market. But Kiva Field Partners are in a much better position to provide this support.
After the disastrous 2007 earthquake hit in Peru, Kiva Partner Caja Señor de Luren provided a six-month grace period to a large portion of their affected portfolio. Virtually all restructured clients repaid their loans on time and clients were able to make a full recovery. Furthermore, Caja Luren's partnership with Kiva enables them to reach out to riskier clients, those impacted most heavily by the earthquake, in a time of extreme need.
But even when subsidized and cheaper microfinance products are unfeasible or inapplicable, microfinance institutions have other means of alleviating the effects of a disaster. Microfinance institutions can proactively offer micro-insurance and support disaster preparedness leading up to the event, and retroactively provide the invaluable service of financial liquidity of savings to their clients in case of a disaster.
Microfinance, even in normal conditions, is not without its limitations. In a time of upheaval and economic collapse, this may be doubly so. But microfinance can support clients before and after the fact. Through improved access to microfinance services, clients can build and fortify their productive assets, be they economic, human, or social. Access to financial services can restore borrowers' livelihoods and enhance the preparedness of clients for the next possible disaster. Here in Ica, there's no telling how far off that might be.
This blog post was invaluably informed by "Can Microfinance Meet The Poor's Financial Needs in Times Of Natural Disaster?" by Joan Parker and Geetha Nagaraja. To read the article in its entirety, click here.
Kate Bennett (KF16) is thrilled to be working in Ica, Peru with Kiva Field Partner Caja Rural Señor de Luren. For more on Kate's experiences with Caja Rural Señor de Luren or life in Peru, follow her work here.
If you have any other questions about Caja Rural Señor de Luren's work in Ica, send Kate Bennett a message via her lender page or check out their Field Partner page.
And better yet, to continue supporting Kiva and Caja Rural Señor de Luren in rural Perú, join Caja Rural's lender team or check out their currently fundraising loans on Kiva!


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What do you think is the best question you ever asked when you were interviewing applicants for a position?
What haven't we asked you?
Tell me about the best boss you have ever had. Tell me about the worst boss you have ever had.
Tell me about a team or group project you have worked on and how you contributed to it.
Describe your most difficult work experience.
Think back to a time when…
Have you ever been faced with a situation where…What did you do?
Why do you want this job?
Tell me about the first job you ever had.
What do you like best about your current position?
What do you like least about it?
What's your astrological sign? (shows how the candidate deals with the unpredictable question/customer)
If an alien landed his spaceship in your back yard and asked you to get in and fly away with him, would you?
If a teenager wanted to check out '50 Shades of Grey' what would you do?
Describe one of your best job related experiences.
Describe one of your worst job experiences.
What will your references say about you?
What are your favorite resources for staying current professionally?" (or … for staying current with local and national news?" depending on the position)
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Joe Jackson has demonstrated his love of classic jazz and swing before, and with today's free track, he's once again up to his old tricks.
He reshapes the familiar "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Go That Swing)," into something more modern and a bit weird thanks to the deep rumble of Iggy Pop's voice.
The tune is being released to hype Jackson's new album "The Duke," an idiosyncratic tribute to the late, great Duke Ellington.
Get it here.
[Downloading instructions: After right clicking on the link above, choose "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" or "Save Linked File to Downloads" depending on your web browser. If you use Internet Explorer as your browser, right click and choose "Save Target As." When the file name pops up in the window, add .mp3 to the end of the file name. Then, hit save. If using Firefox, left click on the link. If you see a Quicktime player, go to the file menu and choose "Save Page As."]
Here's a press release that talks about the track, the new album and the upcoming tour.
In celebration of the release of Joe Jackson's new album The Duke, out today on Razor & Tie, Rolling Stone premiered the track for "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Go That Swing)." Teaming up with Iggy Pop on vocals, the track challenged both legendary artists to create "something that swings like hell, but isn't actually 'swing," according to Jackson. In support of the album, Joe Jackson and the Bigger Band are hitting the road this September on a North American tour and includes musicians Regina Carter, Allison Cornell, Jesse Murphy, Adam Rogers, and Nate Smith.
The Duke is a decidedly unconventional salute to Ellington, demonstrating the timeless brilliance of his classic compositions while showcasing Jackson's sublime skills as an arranger, instrumentalist and vocal interpreter. Although it's only the second time he's recorded an album not comprised of his own compositions, The Duke is nonetheless a deeply personal project for Jackson, whose longstanding affinity for Ellington's pioneering spirit has served as a key inspiration throughout his own three-decades-plus career.
The Duke finds the iconoclastic English singer/composer/arranger/keyboardist and five-time Grammy nominee interpreting 15 Ellington classics over the course of ten tracks, interspersing melodic and rhythmic elements of various compositions in a manner that's consistent with Ellington's own freewheeling approach. Rather than emulating the songs' original big-band settings, Jackson filters the material through his own musical imagination while exploring an assortment of unexpected grooves and textures. The resulting album is a seamless fusion of sounds and styles, whose abundant sense of playfulness is consistent with Ellington's boundary-breaking attitude. Though The Duke is a tribute album, it's also very much a Joe Jackson album, consistent with his long-standing sense of musical adventure.
Guests on the album include Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Regina Carter,
?uestlove, Christian McBride, Steve Vai, and many more.
Joe Jackson Tour Dates
09/15: Bethesda, MD - Music Centre at Strathmore
09/16: Greenville, SC – Peace Center Hall
09/18: Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
09/19: Boston, MA – Wilbur Theatre
09/21: New York, NY – Town Hall
09/22: New York, NY – Town Hall
09/25: Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
09/27: Ann Arbor, MI – Michigan Theater
09/28: Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
09/29: Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
10/02: Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
10/04: Saratoga, CA – The Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatre at Montalvo
10/05: San Francisco, CA – Nob Hill Masonic Center
10/06: Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre


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WASHINGTON, (AFP) – US President Barack Obama's administration announced it will run in May for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council -- a body the Bush administration had shunned.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said the United States wanted a seat to help reform the body from within, according to the State Department.
Speaking to reporters later, Rice echoed criticism from those in Congress and the administration of former president George W. Bush who said the Geneva-based body routinely demonized Israel but ignored human rights abuses in other parts of the globe.
Bush sucks! Bush sucks! Go-Obama!


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When Steve Jobs demo'd the iPad, I thought I understood what he was presenting, and I was surprised at some of the reactions. I thought Jobs was pretty clear, and yet most people seemed to be misunderstanding, stubbornly trying to fit this device into a category that is wasn't intended for.
My friend Daniel Steinberg got it. He pointed out that, instead of watching the screen on the right side of the stage during that boring display of visiting web sites and sending email, you needed to be looking at the left side of the stage, where Steve was sitting in a comfortable chair playing the role of a user, an information consumer. It wasn't a demo of what the device does, it was a demo of the user experience.
But I wasn't satisfied. There was a phrase that the device put in my mind, a phrase that I wasn't seeing in the blogs and articles that followed the press event. The phrase was, "The iPad is a consumer device."
So I Googled "iPad consumer device," and immediately saw my thesis spelled out clearly on D. Sivakumar's blog.
This is a device for consuming information. Not for creating it. Apple has decided that the era of the personal computer is over. It was a fun 30-year run, but the idea that we all need a single omnipurpose information processing device has had its day. A tool that is optimized for developing software (or for creating video or music or other media content) is not the optimal tool for consuming information: movies, books, magazines, music, web content, email, tweets, chat, voicemail. Apple is betting that we, a sufficient number of us, will decide that we have sufficient need for an information consumer device in addition to whatever other devices we think we need.
An information consumer device needs some means for entering data, because even consuming information today is interactive. But it doesn't need a writer's keyboard, just an email user's keyboard. It doesn't need a lot of things that we think a personal computer needs, because it isn't one.
Anyway, that's my interpretation (and more or less D. Sivakumar's, I guess). My guess is that Apple is right, and will sell millions of these this year. I plan to buy one. So that's one right there.
Speaking of guesses, I recently asked you to guess what Apple was going to announce at that highly anticipated event. I limited the guessing game to a few fairly objective and unambiguous (I thought) questions. I asked:
- Price: Less than $500, $500-699, $700-999, four figures.
- Processor: ARM, Intel, something else.
- Operating System: Basically the iPhone OS, basically the Mac OS, something significantly different.
- Screen Size: 7-inch diagonal, 10-inch diagonal, something else.
- SDK: Full SDK available on delivery or not.
- Name: Something involving Slate, something involving Tablet, something involving Book, something else.
- Ship Date: Before March 1, in March, after April 1.
- Number sold in 2010: Your guess.
So how did Dr. Dobb's readers do?
Since Apple announced a range of prices and two ship dates, I had to be generous in scoring those answers. I accepted either 9 or 10 inches for screen size, and nearly all of you got that right. You also did well on price, ship date, and SDK availability. Not a single one of you identified the CPU, although a minority answered the question correctly by saying "something else." Apple's answers are here.
Dogorzaly wins a no-prize for answering just one of the questions and getting it exactly right: he or she correctly predicted that it would be called the iPad. Robin Kimzy precisely identified the price that Steve put up on the screen at the demo: $499. And Daryl Desmond was the only participant to go six for six (I didn't score the last question since we don't know about 2010 sales yet).
Congratulations to all our no-prize winners!
Michael Swaine is a senior contributing editor to Dr. Dobb's and editor of PragPub.


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Welcome to the era of Big Sugar
by Chris Braithwaite
copyright 3-13-2013
BARTON — When Adam Parke and Todd Scelza "sweetened the pans" and drew off their first 165 gallons of maple syrup Monday night, it was the culmination of ten months' work and an investment of a quarter of a million dollars.
It was also a demonstration of what has happened to one of this area's oldest and most traditional enterprises. Welcome to the era of Big Sugar.
Starting from scratch in May last year, Mr. Scelza and Mr. Parke have installed 11,700 taps over hundreds of acres of forest they've leased in Glover from Nick Ecker-Racz.
If all goes well, they're looking forward to expanding to 15,000, perhaps 20,000 taps in future seasons.
That won't make them the biggest operators in the business. Mark Colburn in West Glover has 21,000 taps this year. And when Mr. Parke and Mr. Scelza needed some very large tanks to handle their sap, they got them used from a sugarmaker in Franklin County. With about 100,000 taps, the seller found that his 4,500-gallon sap tanks were just too small.
All of the time and money the partners have put into their operation since last May is culminating this week in a productive machine with a great many moving parts.
Most of the taps yield their sap to a collection point that sits in a low, swampy area just off the old Hinman Road. The sap is drawn to two big tanks by a vacuum pump that reaches deep into the forest to the east and west through two-inch dry lines. The sap actually flows through a parallel set of wet lines, connected at strategic points to the dry line.
Mr. Ecker-Racz collects that sap in a tank on a trailer behind his tractor and hauls it south on the Hinman Road, across a ford over a small creek, and a short distance west on the Shadow Lake Road to a big insulated shipping container that houses a shiny new reverse osmosis (RO) machine. Another big tank receives the sap, along with sap pumped directly from taps in another section of the operation, on the south side of Shadow Lake Road.
A smaller tank sits beside the sap tank in the barn the partners have built, collecting a gush of concentrated sap from the RO machine.
That concentrate gets pumped up into a tank in the back of a veteran dump truck and hauled through Glover and Barton to Mr. Parke's farm, high at the end of May Pond Road.
There it is boiled down into syrup in a six-by-16-foot evaporator fired by two oil burners.
The whole exercise is a fascinating mix of old and new. In Mr. Parke's sugarhouse the back pan is 30 years old. He bought it from the defunct American Maple Company in Newport, and it was patched up under the supervision of Bucky Shelton at the new sugaring supply business in Orleans, Lapierre USA.
But the front pans are gleaming new stainless steel. There are three of them taking up the space of the traditional front pan, and a fourth to serve as a spare. The point, the sugarmakers explained, is that one pan can be lifted out of place and replaced while it is being cleaned. Frequent cleaning comes with the RO-enriched concentrate that arrives from Glover. It drops a lot of niter as it boils, and that can't be allowed to coat the bottom of the pan.
"With RO sap, you're kind of right on the edge of disaster all the time," said Tim Perkins, who directs UVM's Proctor Maple Research Center in Underhill.
He's seeing a steady growth in the maple industry. Exact numbers are hard to come by, Mr. Perkins said, but his estimate is that "the maple industry has been growing quite rapidly over the last five years, on the order of 4 to 5 percent a year."
New technology has been key to the industry's growth, Mr. Perkins said.
"Anybody of a reasonably decent size is going to have a very efficient operation with a modern tubing system, vacuum lines, RO, and very efficient evaporators."
A vacuum system like the one Mr. Parke and Mr. Scelza laid out with the help of a consultant from New York State can double the yield per tap.
The ratio of taps to syrup, Mr. Perkins said, "used to be a quart per tap in a good year on buckets. Now, tapping forest trees, you can get half a gallon per tap year after year, if you're doing everything right."
"If you don't have vacuum," Mr. Shelton said flatly, "it's like having a ski area without snow making."
To handle all that sap most large sugarmakers have turned to reverse osmosis.
David Marvin of Butternut Mountain Farm in Morrisville recalled starting out 40 years ago with 4,000 taps. "That was a pretty big deal," he said. His operation currently has 16,000 taps.
"The real key has been reverse osmosis," Mr. Marvin said. Without it, sugarmakers were burning between four and four and a half gallons of oil to make a gallon of syrup. With RO, Mr. Marvin said, it takes two quarts of oil to make a gallon of syrup.
Without RO, Mr. Marvin said, "we wouldn't have this expansion in the industry. The consumer wouldn't be able to afford the energy we'd have to use to make the product."
Though most large-scale sugarmakers burn oil, Mr. Perkins at the research center noted that the technology of wood-fired rigs continues to advance. While wood-fired rigs have long relied on a supply of forced air at the bottom of the fire pit, the new models add a flow of air over the top of the fire to burn gasses that would otherwise go up the stack.
Mr. Shelton has one such rig on display at the Lapierre store in Orleans. It's a three-tiered beauty in stainless steel called the Hurricane, and it carries a price tag of $36,212. Its top unit, called a piggyback, concentrates the sap on its way down to the evaporator.
For Mr. Parke and Mr. Scelza, finding a very large, untapped hardwood forest rich in maple was key to their enterprise. Mr. Ecker-Racz bought his land at the end of the Perron Hill Road in 1968 and moved onto it in 1970. Since then the trained forester has cultivated it much the way others might care for a garden.
He's culled for firewood, harvested the softwood several times, but left the best hardwood standing for saw logs — or for sugaring.
He scorns the idea of clearcutting, or even selectively cutting everything over a certain size. Though they are rare these days, he said, "you will find a few old-time Vermonters who understand the genetics of wood. It's just like a dairy herd. You don't milk your culls and beef your best cows."
Mr. Parke is clearly delighted to have found such a stand of maples. "Nick is an exceptional forester," he said of Mr. Ecker-Racz.
Mr. Parke and Mr. Scelza demonstrated a lot of ingenuity in getting set up for sugaring. The barn on the Shadow Lake Road is a reconstruction of one Mr. Parke tore down in Orwell. Years ago Mr. Parke picked up a couple of shipping containers and buried them at his farm as root cellars. He dug them up and used one to house the RO machine, the other for the pumps and generator at the collection point in the swamp, where there is no power.
That military surplus generator proved too small for the job, so while he waits for a new one Mr. Parke is using a borrowed generator powered by his tractor. As one neighbor noted, that requires 2 a.m. runs on his ATV to keep the tractor fueled.
When Mr. Ecker-Racz first broke out the Hinman Road with his tractor at the end of February, its front end fell off as it dropped into the open ford.
But he had it fixed in time to deliver the first loads of sap. And on Tuesday morning with the RO machine sending a gush of concentrated sap into the tank, the two partners were clearly delighted to see their enterprise finally in production.
contact Chris Braithwaite at [email protected]
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Right, I just upgraded my linux box at work, and as per usual, catalyst broke. The usual fix for this, is just to reinstall the catalyst-dkms package, which I did and everything is running again.
But, something different this time. Suddenly I have gotten the "AMD Unsupported Hardware" watermark, even though everything seems to be loaded correctly.
fglrxinfo shows
display: :0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI FirePro V (FireGL V) Graphics Adapter
OpenGL version string: 4.2.12002 Compatibility Profile Context FireGL 9.00.11
amdcccle shows everything is detected properly as well. aticonfig have broken on me though, now it gives me a "no supported adapters detected" message. Eventhough the graphics card (ATI FirePRO V59000) is supported and found by lspci.
So why the watermark? And what's up with aticonfig?
Also, I'm curious, I'm running arch on three separate systems. Two using ATI cards, and one using a NVIDIA card. System upgrades haven't broken on me as of yet on the NVIDIA box, but the other two breaks every single time there's a kernel update.
What's weirder is, the breakage usually seems to be fixed simply by reinstalling catalyst-dkms. But, I don't understand why this is needed really? Surely, it must be possible to upgrade this package automatically when doing the system upgrade?
Have you had a look at the wiki:
I laugh, yet the joke is on me
yes, I saw the wiki and ran the script. However, it still doesn't really explain why something which worked before, suddenly stopped working
yes, I saw the wiki and ran the script. However, it still doesn't really explain why something which worked before, suddenly stopped working
Arch + dwm • Mercurial repos • Surfraw
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justdanyul wrote:
yes, I saw the wiki and ran the script. However, it still doesn't really explain why something which worked before, suddenly stopped working
That's a fairly convenient philosophy to apply to IT. However, I doubt that a lot of people would trust a product with the tagline "works today, Buddha might break it tomorrow, such is life" for anything even remotely mission critical
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I agree that this is an inconvenience, however it is your choice to install a proprietary binary blob that does not allow developers access to its code. Additionally, AMD has not been the most reliable player in Linux-land. The Arch wiki even notes that it has been removed from official repositories in the past because of these issues. From the third paragraph of the wiki on Catalyst:
As of October 2012, binary packages are being offered. Currently, packages are available in the [community] repository, but it's unknown what will happen when an Xorg upgrade will break the driver. In the past, Catalyst has been dropped from official Arch support because of dissatisfaction with the quality and speed of development. Also, a legacy driver for Radeon HD 2xxx 3xxx 4xxx is not available in [community] yet. For more information, see this this forum post and onwards.
I laugh, yet the joke is on me


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Rachel Zoe's 30th Birthday Gift Was Probably Better Than Yours
The celebrity stylist recalls receiving her first Birkin bag from her husband, Rodger
Rachel Zoe had a dream 30th birthday; her husband, Rodger Berman, surprised her with rose petals leading through her backyard to a bottle of champagne and a big orange box … containing her first Hermès Birkin bag.
"He is perfect," she tells Harper's Bazaar The Look in the clip above.
Speaking of dreams, the celebrity stylist admits she dreams about fashion. "I couldn't love fashion more," she says. "I don't think it's possible to love fashion more." However, "since I've had my son, not to disappoint people, he's surpassed that love."
Dishing on her clothing line — and her new accessories line, set to launch this fall — Zoe says she has "more than I ever dreamed possible. I never imagined I'd be doing half the things that I'm doing."
And we've never imagined such an amazing wardrobe! Check out the clip above to see Zoe's killer Versace boots, the Halston dress she wore on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter last year and to hear her thoughts on turbans. Yes, she would wear one to Whole Foods.
–Kate Hogan


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use Path::IsDev::Result; my $result = Path::IsDev::Result->new( path => '/some/path/that/exists' ): if ( $heuristcset->matches( $result ) ) { print Dumper($result); }
This is a reasonably new internal component for Path::IsDev. Its purpose is to communicate state between internal things, and give some sort of introspectable context for why things happened in various places without resorting to spamming debug everywhere. Now instead of turning on debug, as long as you can get a result, you can inspect and dump that result at the point you need it.
"BUILD" "add_reason" Call this method from a heuristic to record checking of the heuristic and the relevant meta-data. $result->add_reason( $heuristic, $matchvalue, $reason_summary, \%contextinfo ); For example: sub Foo::matches { my ( $self , $result_object ) = @_; if ( $result_object->path->child('bar')->exists ) { $result_object->add_reason( $self, 1, "child 'bar' exists" , { child => 'bar', 'exists?' => 1, child_path => $result_object->path->child('bar') }); $result_object->result(1); return 1; } return; } Note that here, $matchvalue should be the result of the relevant matching logic, not the global impact. For instance, "excludes" compositions should still add reasons of "$matchvalue == 1", but they should not set "$result_object->result(1)". ( In fact, setting "result" is the job of the individual heuristic, not the matches that are folded into it )
"path" "result" "reasons"
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Many years ago, at least 13, I prepared the below flyer to be posted to a wall at a Jamboree. I mailed it, assumed it was posted and never heard from anybody. No problem with that. However, I am wondering if this was for the same Jamboree coming up soon. When I located this gray sheet recently, I began to wonder, and with all my senior moments, I thought somebody could remember for me.
After all these years, only 5 walls have come down. Those being: ANDERSON, DUMONT, LAY, ROSENBERGER AND SCHRAMBLIN / SCHRAMBLING.


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Received a lovely compliment the other day during a podcast recording.
The editor of an industry magazine said something kind about how on-top-of the latest social-media technology we are.
I choked down a laugh-snort combination and tried to be gracious in saying thank you and protesting that my personal knowledge is of the enough-to-be-dangerous category.
And here we go again. This time it's Facebook.
Quite honestly, I'm of the generation that used phones that actually plugged into the wall and required dialing. Televisions which you had to actually get up off the couch and touch to change from ABC to NBC to CBS. (That's it kids. Just three networks.) And remember rolling car windows up and down? I recall seeing my first fax machine. Heck, I remember seeing my first color television.
That said, here is our first humble tip-toe into Facebook.
I know there are plenty of HoliBlog readers who will be generous (and gentle) with comments and advice.
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Though none of the hundreds of proposed condos have yet been built, the Seniors project on East Front Street seems likely to be the first.
When Faith Bricks & Mortar put the condos in its 209 East 7th Street makeover on the market last October ("Faith Bricks & Mortar condos a tour de force"), I suggested keeping an eye on the sales prices as a likely indicator of prices for proposed condo development elsewhere in town.
Offered at $350,00 each, the four bedroom, two and a half bath units are the match of anything a developer will put up.
In the current market, it should come as no surprise that the first sale took a while. Or that the sales price of $300,000, posted in the Courier in April 20, represented a 14% discount over the asking price.
Meanwhile, yesterday's Ledger had a story ("Revamped luxury site looks to August opening") about the makeover of the once-glamorous Mayfair in East Orange.
The $20M makeover is turning the 15-story landmark into a gated luxury community with 183 condos. With sizes ranging studios to one- and two-bedroom units, prices will start at $99,000 and max out at $300,00 for the eight two-bedroom penthouse units.
Owners from the 9th floor up will have spectacular views of either the New York City skyline or the South Mountain Reservation.
The building, to be rechristened '60', will feature, according to the Ledger --
...24/7 security featuring 36 on-site cameras; a fancy lobby with a chandelier and beige, brown and charcoal gray marble floors; an upper lounge area with a working fireplace; a concierge desk service; 230 on-site parking spaces; a state-of-the-art indoor health club/gym; a ground level laundry facility; a beige brick-paver circular driveway; three elevators, a ground-level meeting room and lounge area, and a bus stop, right in front, where NJ Transit's No. 77 bus takes commuters to and from the Port Authority in Manhattan, Moses said.To my mind, Plainfielders wanting to make sure their redevelopment meets the standards being set elsewhere would do well to visit and check out the East Orange condos.
Inside the individual condo residences -- 155 of which will offer balconies -- there are oak hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, walk-in closets, individual room air conditioning and heating units and walk-in closets.
If our developers don't match the East Orange project's amenities and quality, we should know there is something rotten in Denmark.
My big fear still is that we'll get a 'bait-and-switch' outcome, with a lowering of the quality of the project overall in line with a softening market and an attempt to keep profit margins up. The worst-case scenario would be having the units become mostly -- or entirely -- rental.
Semper vigilans!
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A fabulous chicken casserole; I think I love any food that is called Spanish. Sweet, salty, and tangy work well together. I roasted some baby Yukon potatoes to go along with this, and served it on brown rice.
Spanish chicken casserole, a la Alvaro
3 ounces chopped pancetta
4 pieces of chicken (I used 4 boneless breasts, cut into big chunks)
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup raisins
1 cup stuffed olives, sliced
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
1 28-ounce can peeled whole tomatoes
a bit of garlic
Fry the pancetta, then add the chicken and onions into the pan; cook until golden.
Add the tomato sauce with a teaspoon of salt, and a bit of sugar. Then add the peeled tomatoes, raisins, olives, and garlic.
Stir a few times and then let it cook on a slow fire for about 30 minutes. About 5 minutes before done, add a cup of frozen peas to the sauce. Serve over rice. Makes 4 servings.


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I am really tired today. From two days I went to bed after knowing that 38 detainees "From Muslim brotherhood supporters" arrested last Friday were killed in prison transportation vehicle in vague circumstances "Contradicting ministry of interior's reports" then today I woke up to know that 24 Conscripts were executed in cold blood by unknown militants in Al Arish "No group claimed responsibility and personally I think it has to do with the crackdown currently taking place against Jihadist groups in North Sinai".
My Facebook's timeline has become an obituary page for photos of deceased friends of friends whom the later swear that they are not terrorists. At the same time my timeline has become a nationalist political tabloid page full of rumors on how Obama's brother is a member in the MB , how ElBaradei is secret MB leader and Germany is controlled by the Muslim brotherhood. This is besides the hate and ignorance that make me wants to smash the laptop. I am sorry for this introduction but this will make you know how I feel now.
I am so fed up with that Bad Egyptian liberals who turned against democracy and are in alliance with the military to the end of that talk. It has become the fashion actually to speak about the Egyptian liberals as the worst enemies of democracy who crazy for power. I can not lie that we got politicians who are ready to sell their souls to the devil in order to get to the chair but from I saw and see the term liberal is not the right to describe them
Well I got news for you : There are not real liberal politicians in Egypt who really understand the true meaning of liberalism except few. Yes there are not real liberal politicians in Egyptians except very few politicians like Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei.
The majority of Non Islamists as well non leftist politicians in Egypt are actually nationalists , some of them are secular but the vast majority are nationalists. Let's see the easiest example : Tamaroud
Rebellion campaign aka Tamaroud is actually the child of the Hamdeen Sabbahi , the Nasserite Nationalist campaign and this is the top of the ice berg. It is the golden era of the Nasserites in Egypt !!
There are no true liberal parties in Egypt. I do not speak about here about Neo-liberal economic policies , hell the Muslim brotherhood had a neo-liberal economic agenda, I am speaking about politics.
I am so fed up reading news reports and articles from around the globe cursing the bad liberals of Egypt while ignoring the radical nationalist wave that hit the country as well its politicians and activists.
May be the world as well Egyptians will probably know how to solve their crisis when they start to name things by their true names.


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Salesforce.com and Engine proclaim Ruby to be the language for cloud applications. Yet, recent announcement by Amazon.com and Oracle's NetBeans project raise questions about Ruby's current and future enterprise adoption.
Ruby, the language for the cloud?
Salesforce.com acquired Heroku, a Ruby and Ruby on Rails (RoR) platform as a service (PaaS) provider in early December 2010. At the time, Salesforce.com CEO, Marc Benioff, spoke highly of Ruby's future:
Ruby is the language of Cloud 2 [applications for real-time mobile and social platforms]. Developers love Ruby. It's a huge advancement. It offers rapid development, productive programming, mobile and social apps, and massive scale. We could move the whole industry to Ruby on Rails.
Tom Mornini, CEO of Heroku competitor Engine Yard's, echoed Beinoff's views about Ruby's affinity with cloud-based applications.
I've previously highlighted data from the Tiobe Programming Community Index that indicates Ruby's usage declined in 2010. Additionally, amongst enterprise job postings on Indeed.com, the actual number and growth rate of jobs requiring Ruby skills trailed jobs requiring PHP and Python skills.
If Ruby is in fact the language of the cloud, enterprises haven't received the memo as yet.
Amazon.com endorses Java, not Ruby, first
Amazon.com recently announced the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Elastic Beanstalk beta, based initially on Java. While Amazon.com did allude to other languages being supported by AWS Elastic Beanstalk in the future, they started with Java, not Ruby.
As I said last week, "when the de facto public cloud provider, Amazon.com, launches a Java-based cloud platform offering ahead of another language such as Ruby, it speaks volumes about Java's future."
Amazon.com's AWS success has been largely outside of the enterprise, with the very same small companies, departments, startups and developers. This audience should, we're told, have an affinity for Ruby.
NetBeans drops Ruby on Rails support
Just this week, Oracle's NetBeans IDE project announced yet more news bad new for Ruby adoption amongst enterprises and developers alike. The NetBeans team explained:
"After thorough consideration, we have taken the difficult step to discontinue support for Ruby on Rails in the NetBeans IDE. … Although our Ruby support has historically been well received, based on existing low usage trends we are unable to justify the continued allocation of resources to support the feature."
Ruby on Rails will continue being supported on NetBeans 6.9.1 or earlier. However, as of NetBeans 7.0, NetBeans developers building Ruby on Rails applications have to decide between staying current with NetBeans releases or Ruby on Rails support within their IDE of choice.
Making sense of the Ruby hype
According to analysis by RedMonk's Stephen O'Grady, the alpha geeks on Hacker News are quite interested in Ruby on Rails. As RedMonk has previously stated, the alpha geeks are typically ahead of the IT adoption curve. If this holds for Ruby, enterprises should start seeing more of their developers interested in using Ruby and Ruby on Rails for the next project at hand.
IT decision makers are encouraged to use caution when considering Ruby for new enterprise projects. Jumping on the Ruby bandwagon, when usage statistics and vendor actions suggest caution, doesn't appear to be a winning IT strategy. On the other hand, using Ruby for a new application in order to learn the pros and cons of including Ruby into the IT toolkit would be valuable, especially if the alpha geeks are in fact correct about Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
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- Select the Download button on this page.
- In the File Download dialog box, click Run or Open, and then follow the steps in the Windows Security Troubleshooter.
- This troubleshooter might be in English only. However, the automatic fix also works for versions of Windows in other languages.
- If you're not on the computer that has the problem, save the troubleshooter to a flash drive or a CD, and then run it on the computer that has the problem.
What it fixes
- Checks the following Windows security features and enables them if needed
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text: During the past few months I filled a small-sized sketchbook (A6) with what I call 'Twin Portraits'. They're not really portraits and not quite twins, since they're imaginary and intentionally different. I'm obsessed with sketchbooks for just messing around and having fun. Usually they're not themed at all, so this was new for me. I drew most of this in the evenings while watching episodes of Gilmore Girls with James. If you're interested in seeing the whole sketchbook, click on the YouTube video I made:


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DIY Tutorial From a Catch My Party Member -- How to Make Crepe Paper Rose Pomanders
When I saw these gorgeous crepe paper pomanders Brittany from Grey Grey Designs made for her Diamonds and Damask Engagement Party, I fell in love.
What a great way to make a statement at a party. And the best part is, they're something new. You might have seen pomanders made with real flowers, but I bet not like this!


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Administrative Professionals Week begins Sunday, April 22, 2012, and ends Saturday, April 28, 2012.
Administrative Professionals Week is always the last full week in April from 1952 – the International Association of Administrative Professionals started honoring office worker by celebrates Administrative Professionals Week to tell employers and supervisors: Don't forget your administrative professional.
Don't Forget Your Administrative Professional
Many company and employers arrange employee activities to show their recognition and appreciation of the work carried out by administrative professionals, to highlight their importance to the organization and to enhance their work-related skills.
You know appreciation is a fundamental human emotion need, in the work environment it is a necessary – your administrative professional respond positively to appreciation expressed through recognition of their work because it confirms their work is valued.
And your administrative professional will appreciate your thoughtful employee appreciation gifts that you give them on the Administrative Professionals Day or Employee Appreciation Day.
Administrative Professional's Day/ Secretary's Day
Administrative Professionals' Day highlights the important role of administrative professionals in all sectors of the modern economy worldwide. Organize Administrative Professional Day party, picnic, dinner or awards ceremony is good celebration ideas.
In fact, small surprises and tokens of your appreciation spread throughout the year help the employee in your work life feel valued all year long, so try these 30 Administrative Professionals Day gifts ideas.
Administrative Professionals Week Ideas
What is the perfect way to celebrate Administrative Professional Week? Buy some appropriate holiday gifts for administrative professional offers a tangible way to express sincere recognition and heartfelt gratitude of employers, that's wonderful, but to do some special for them is also great, such as:
- Plan a special banquet to honor your employees and their family.
- Respect your secretary and the position of secretary.
- Make a thank-you card by hand.
- Write a handwriting thank you letter to recognize contribution and outstanding service of your administrative professional.
- Customize personalized employee awards with engraving appreciation wording online.
- Customize employee recognition lapel pins.
- If you can afford it, don't hesitate to give out money to your staff.
- Organize interesting employee appreciation party.
- Plan family day picnic.
- Using green plant to decorate employee's office.
- Plan a special banquet to honor your employees and their family.
- Give your secretary and his/her family a bouquet of home-grown flowers.
- Organize spring trip is wonderful.
- Almost everyone appreciate BBQ.
- Investigate the needs of your administrative professional. If he/she is having financial difficulties, perhaps case would be more appreciated than a bed and breakfast gift certificate.
Article Source: https://www.employee-recognition.org/administrative-professionals-week-ideas


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St Louis Region SCCA RX8 October DirtFast
SCCA - St. Louis Region - RallyCross
Registration closed October 20, 2018 11:59 PM on October 20, 2018 11:59 PM CDT Registration ends October 20, 2018 11:59 PM on October 20, 2018 11:59 PM CDT Registration opens February 3, 2018 10:00 PM on February 3, 2018 10:00 PM CST Registration runs from February 3, 2018 10:00 PM to October 20, 2018 11:59 PM
Event held under 2018 SCCA RallyCross Rules
St Louis Region SCCA RallyCross Event RX8 October DirtFast Sunday October 21
Location: City of Madison, IL Grass Field north of Gateway Motorsports Park Bend Road (Big Bend Road) 38.664917, -90.134927
Take 203N to the first traffic light past GMP entrance. Turn right onto Bend continue straight until you reach a gravel road on the right, turn onto the gravel road and go about .2 mile to site- course will be on the right side of road with Paddock and Spectator parking on the left side of road.
Cost: $35 members $50 non-members (includes weekend membership)
Entry fees paid on the day of, at site can only be made by cash or check and will incur an additional $5 fee.
All persons driving or riding in a car at this event must have an SCCA membership, either full or weekend. Ride-along only passenger weekend membership available at the event for a cost of $10.
Everyone is required to sign a waiver.
All entrants are required to work at the event.
Helmets must be worn by all drivers and passengers during competition. Helmets must be in good condition, fit properly, provide adequate peripheral vision and the chinstrap must be securely fastened. All helmets meeting the latest or two immediately preceding Snell Foundation standards (SA2015, SAH2010, SA2010, SA2005, M2015, M2010, M2005 K2015, K2010, K2005), SFI standards 31.1, 41.1, 31.1A, 31.2A, 41.1A, 41.2A or British spec BS6658-85 type A/FR are acceptable.
Loaner helmets will be available at event.
All vehicles must pass safety (Tech) inspection prior to competing. You will be given a Tech inspection card at time of check-in/ registration. Tech inspection will be done in the Grid prior to your first timed run. Please place inspection card on your windshield, open your hood and have your helmet ready for inspection. Your car should be race ready when you bring it to grid.
Penalties: 2 seconds per displaced cone; 10 seconds for missed gate
(630am to 8am Set up crew arrives and sets up.this is just for workers)
7:00am to 9:00 course open for walking
8:00 am to 9:00 check-in/registration/tech
9:00am Course closed
9:10am to 9:40 Novice meeting
9:40am to 10:00am Drivers Meeting (Registration Area)
10:00am Heat 1 to Grid
10:15 Heat 1 parade lap
Heat 2 will follow at the conclusion of Heat 1
Lunch Will follow the conclusion of Heat 2 and will conclude after 60 minutes
Each Heat will get three runs in the morning and three runs after lunch. (Subject to increase or decrease)
Fuel, Air and food and water are available at the Pilot Truck Stop located at 203N and Ohio Ave (Directly across from GMP entrance) approximately 1 mile from event site.


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Hello all.
I am making a game in java. I started with code for space invaders game, and am significantly altering it.
One of those changes involves me making it so that the map is adding zoom and scroll functionality, and then making the world much bigger than will fit on a single screen at normal zoom.
I had planned to achieve zoom by creating a parameter called zoomFactor, which can increase or decrease with user input (scroll wheel?). I would then put that in pretty much every command related to drawing my objects or moving them.
such as xPosition += xVelocity*zoomFactor;
The above should make objects appear to move faster when zoomed in.
I would then have to have code that also moves objects when the zoom factor changes, which would be very easy, but would get a bit more complex when I add the ability to scroll as well.
As for scrolling, I would simply have scrolling right be accomplished by moving all objects left by the amount I want to scroll.
I figured I would ask for some advice first - can anyone think of easier ways to accomplish this?
Many thanks for your time


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Three seeking Illuzzi's seat
by Tena Starr
copyright the chronicle June 13, 2012
So far, at least three people are in the running for the Orleans-Essex Senate seat that Vince Illuzzi has held for 32 years.
John Rodgers of Glover, a former state representative, Bob Lewis of Derby, a current representative, and Jim Guyette of Newport said this week that they are seeking the job that Mr. Illuzzi plans to leave this year in order to run for state auditor.
Republican Tom Salmon, who is currently auditor, is not seeking re-election.
Mr. Illuzzi, also a Republican, wasn't saying much this week about his decision to run for statewide office.
"I'm not prepared to get into it right now," he said on Monday. He said he will be filing his nominating petitions, and he will have a statement later in the week.
The deadline for filing petitions for office is Thursday, June 14.
Mr. Lewis said he filed his petitions for the Senate seat on Monday. "Basically, I will be announcing my candidacy in the near future," he said. He said he's planning a press conference for early next week.
Governor Jim Douglas appointed Mr. Lewis to fill out the remaining term of Loren Shaw, who voluntarily gave up his seat. He has since been elected in his own right and has been in Montpelier since March of 2008. He serves on the Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources Committee.
Mr. Rodgers had initially planned to run for the House seat that he lost to fellow Democrat Sam Young by one vote in 2010. In the general election, Mr. Young beat him by three votes. That narrowed down to a single, critical vote in a recount.
Mr. Rodgers was a four-term incumbent, and the defeat came as a surprise.
He said he decided to run for the Orleans-Essex Senate seat instead when he heard that Mr. Illuzzi might not be seeking re-election. "It's something I've considered for a long time," he said. "I need another challenge in my life."
He said he'd already had his paperwork done for the House seat when he shifted course and decided to run for Senate.
Mr. Rodgers said he's been getting a lot of encouragement and many people have offered to help him. And he'll need all the help he can get, he said. "It's a huge area."
Although Mr. Rodgers is well known in the southern part of Orleans County, he acknowledges that he'll have a lot of work to do in the Newport and Derby area. "And in Essex County, I'm fairly unknown," he said.
Mr. Rodgers believes that he and the area's other Senator, Bobby Starr of North Troy, would work well together since their political philosophies are similar. "I'm a Democrat, but I'm a conservative minded Democrat," he said.
He said he's a "regular working guy" who thinks independently and does not necessarily follow the wishes of party leadership, but can work across party lines, a talent that Mr. Illuzzi was known for, and one that's increasingly rare in partisan politics.
"I can get along with everyone," Mr. Rodgers said.
He said that in 2010 he made a "calculated risk to not campaign," a risk he won't take this time. "I've got a lot of ground to cover now."
In a statement, Mr. Guyette said his reasons for running are simple: "First, there is no economy and very few job opportunities in this area. It seems to me the current local and state politicians have been unwilling to help improve the lives of residents when it comes to pocketbook issues."
The area consistently has the highest unemployment, underemployment and poverty rates in the state because of bad economic policies, Mr. Guyette said.
"So how can we fix things? To start, let's look at new economic policies, infrastructure improvements, creating a natural gas pipeline, scrapping Act 250, changing local permit reforms, and putting a very tight legal leash on the activities of out-of-state groups who tend to have too much say in economic and job development issues. I believe if I'm given the chance to be your senator, we can take steps to make drastic improvements in these areas."
Mr. Illuzzi has made rumblings about running for statewide office before, but this is the first time he has actually decided to throw his hat into the ring.
At the moment, one question is whether he will run for auditor as an independent or as a Republican.
Another is whether he can continue with his job as Essex County state's attorney.
Kathy Scheele, director of elections at the Vermont secretary of state's office, said that's a question with no clear answer right now.
There's nothing in the law that prevents somebody from submitting petitions for more than one office, Ms. Scheele said. "If they were to win, that would be a question for the General Assembly, the attorney general, or the courts to weigh in on."
Mr. Illuzzi was first elected to the state Senate in 1980 when he was 27 years old. In recent years, he's run largely unopposed and has secured the Democratic nomination as well as the Republican.
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The new MacBook Pro with Retina display has a clunky name but is one heck of a powerful machine. To run it, it requires a strong battery, which Apple has glued into the notebook and which replacing costs 54 percent more than older models.
The MacBook Pro's battery is 95 watt-hours, which means it can produce a watt of power for 95 hours, and the same sized battery is in the new product.
Replacing it, though, costs $129, which is 54 percent more than the replacing the older MacBook's battery.
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A user can't replace the battery himself, since it's actually stuck inside the machine with adhesive. Instead, one has to ship it to Apple to get it replaced.
According to Apple, the MacBook Pro with Retina display's battery can be charged 1,000 times before it slips to 80 percent capacity.
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New York Republican Rep. Michael Grimm was not happy when a New York reporter asked him Tuesday night about allegations involving his campaign finances.
The incident happened after Rep. Grimm was asked to respond to allegations about his campaign corruption case in a post-sotu interview
While the camera was still rolling, but after the reporter ended the segment, the congressman can be heard telling NY1 reporter Michael Scotto "you're not a man" and saying the words "break you in half." Scotto was not facing the camera, and some of the exchange isn't audible.
Here's more from NY1
"So Congressman Michael Grimm does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances," Scotto said before tossing back to the station. But as the camera continued to roll, Grimm walked back up to Scotto and began speaking to him in a low voice.
"What?" Scotto responded. "I just wanted to ask you..."
Grimm: "Let me be clear to you, you ever do that to me again I'll throw you off this f-----g balcony."
Scotto: "Why? I just wanted to ask you..."
[[cross talk]]
Grimm: "If you ever do that to me again..."
Scotto: "Why? Why? It's a valid question."
[[cross talk]]
Grimm: "No, no, you're not man enough, you're not man enough. I'll break you in half. Like a boy."
Grimm donor Diana Durand has been charged with exceeding the maximum donation to his campaign by reimbursing friends for their contributions to him. Grimm is not charged with any wrongdoing.


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CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/13 -- EPiServer, a global software provider for innovative ecommerce and digital marketing solutions, today announced that they will be teaming up with Guidance, a web and mobile ecommerce design and development agency, and will feature Forrester Research, Inc. to offer retailers a free webinar presenting data around the 2012 holiday shopping season and providing key takeaways for retailers as they improve upon their ecommerce strategies. The webinar, scheduled for Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2 pm EST, will explore the following topics:
- Data and trends: Results from the 2012 online shopping season
- Promotions: Timing, successes and failures
- Site experience: What was important to online shoppers in 2012?
- Mobile strategies: What works and what is best for your brand and customer?
- Key takeaways: How to improve results for next year and optimize across channels and devices.
According to the the January, 2013 "State of Retailing Online 2013" report, an annual Shop.org survey conducted by Forrester, ecommerce continues to grow at a rapid pace. The survey indicates that in 2012, retailers experienced a 28 percent growth in sales over 2011. Presenting the key findings and trends will be guest speaker Sucharita Mulpuru, Vice President and Principal Analyst, eBusiness and Channel Strategy with Forrester Research; Bob Egner, VP Product Management & Global Marketing with EPiServer; and Mike Hill, EVP with Guidance.
"As holiday shoppers keep using their smartphones and tablets, retailers are being asked to rethink their strategies to better accommodate buyers," said Bob Egner, VP Product Management & Global Marketing with EPiServer. "These lessons learned will help retailers and ecommerce professionals to better understand success factors during this critical sales period year after year."
Retailers can learn more and register at: http://www.episerver.com/Events/Webinar-Post-Holiday-eCommerce-2012/
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About EPiServer
EPiServer connects ecommerce and digital marketing to help business create unique customer experiences which generates business results. EPiServer's platform combines content, e-commerce and multi-channel marketing capabilities to work full-circle for businesses online, from intelligent optimization, lead-generation through to conversion and repeat business.
Sitting at the center of the digital marketing ecosystem, EPiServer empowers online and IT professionals to create superior customer experience for more than 20 000 websites worldwide. Built on .net, and supported by a pioneering partner network of over 630 partners in over 30 countries, EPiServers platform gives customers the ability to deliver the right content to the right person in the right format at a time that suits them. This approach means customers can maximize their investment in digital marketing and increase ROI. The company was founded in 1994 and has offices in the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Spain, UAE and the United Kingdom. EPiServer is controlled by the IK2007 Fund. IK Investment Partners is a European private equity firm with Nordic roots, managing EUR 5.7 billion in fund commitments.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Scott Walker is taking steps to determine whether Wisconsin should ask for federal help for last month's flooding in northern Wisconsin.
Walker requested on Friday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency conduct a preliminary damage assessment. Officials will begin looking at Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas counties and tribal land of the Red Cliff Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa on July 17.
Officials have estimated $11 million in debris clearance, emergency protective measures and damage to roads and other public infrastructure. The University of Wisconsin-Superior had over $8.5 million in flood damage.
FEMA teams will begin assessing damage on July 17. Information gathered will help determine if the state will request a federal disaster declaration.


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As you're in the process of filing your taxes you might start to wonder -- how did Tax Day originate?
Find out how Tax Day began – and why it's typically on April 15 – here:
History of Tax Day:
- The start of income tax in the U.S. can be traced back to the Civil War, when Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861. According to the Library of Congress, this included a tax on personal income to help pay for expenses associated with the war.
- In 1894, Congress enacted a flat rate Federal income tax, but this was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- On July 2, 1909, Congress passed the 16th Amendment, which was ratified Feb. 3, 1913. This is generally considered the origin of the income tax, according to the Library of Congress.
- In 1998 the Reform Act resulted in a reorganization and modernization of the IRS. The Taxpayer Advocate Service was established to give tax payers a voice inside the IRS.
Why April 15?
- According to the Library of Congress, in 1913, after the passing of the 16th amendment, March 1 was the specified Tax Day.
- In 1918 the date was moved to March 15. It remained that day until 1954.
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CHARLOTTE � One of the casualties of this rain-soaked American Legion baseball season was the Cherryville-Lincoln County non-division rivalry.
It took Cherryville Post 100 one game longer than it would�ve liked, but we�ll get to see that rivalry played with the highest of stakes in its history beginning Tuesday night in the North Carolina Area IV semifinals.
Cherryville split a doubleheader with Mint Hill Sunday at Independence High School, losing a 10-9, 11-inning heartbreaker in the opener before winning 6-2 in the nightcap to finish off a 3-1 quarterfinal series win.
The win keeps Cherryville�s chances to extends its record streak of Area IV titles to seven years.
Game 1 of the best-of-five series whose winner ensures a berth in the July 26-30 state tournament in Wilson will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at East Lincoln High. Game 2 would move to Cherryville Wednesday at 7. Shelby hosts Hickory Tuesday night the other semifinal opener.
In Lincoln County (17-11), Cherryville (16-12) will face one of the hottest teams in the playoffs. After surviving Henderson County 3-2 in the opening round, the Cardinals routed Caldwell County in three straight games in the quarterfinals by a combined 41-16 score.
To move on, Cherryville survived a Mint Hill home run fest in the opener, then got a fast start and some of the best pitching of right-hander Cameron High�s Legion career in the second game.
Mint Hill, which won the Eastern Division regular season title, slugged four home runs, including three in the first five innings as it took an 8-4 lead. But Cherryville scrapped from behind to tie the score at 9 in the top of the ninth.
However, Mint Hill�s final homer � Charlotte 49ers signee Logan Sherer�s second of the contest � was the game-winner with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning.
Earlier Dalton Eisenbath also homered twice and drove in seven runs for Mint Hill, highlighted by his fifth-inning grand slam.
Cherryville got three hits apiece from Brandon Alexander and Brett Huff and two hits apiece from High and Clay Fuller. One of Fuller�s hits was a three-run homer.
After a 30-minute break, the team played the nightcap � and Cherryville jumped on top quickly.
Tyler Shumaker�s two-out, two-run double highlighted a four-run top of the first inning that also included an unearned run and Dalton Towery�s two-out RBI double. Towery made it 5-0 in the third with a one-out sacrifice fly to center to score Shumaker, who had drawn a leadoff walk.
Shumaker later drove in another run with a single to left in the seventh for a 6-0 advantage.
Mint Hill ended High�s shutout bid with one out in the seventh before finishing with 10 strikeouts while yielding seven hits, two walks and a hit batter.
Shumaker had two hits and three RBIs and Towery two hits and one RBI to lead Cherryville�s seven-hit offense.
You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22


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- Available for Apple iPad, iPhone, and Android devices with mobile native features, such as TouchID and location services
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Watchuseek Blog
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Antoine Martin's new perpetual calendar
When watch maker Martin Braun's eponymous brand name hit the skids as a result of heavy losses in the Franck Muller Group it left one of the most talented watchmaker's in Switzerland without a watch marque he could call his own. Legal red tape denied him the right to use his own name again as it had already become the property of the Franck Muller Group. But last month he bounced back with the backing of financier Antoine Meier and launched the new manufacture Antoine Martin. Now a new watch collection, leading with a perpetual calendar watch, has been launched just in time for Baselworld 2011.
The case
The new perpetual calendar, officially called Perpetual Calendar QP01.700.1 (not very memorable guys!), is certainly an impressive showcase piece; an intricate interplay of polishing and satin finishing and features detachable strap lugs. The recesses are polished to a high gloss, while the upper parts remain matte. A major design element of an Antoine Martin watch is going to be the crown, which in this instance echoes Bauhaus design. The case alone comprises 85 individual components.
The movement
The watch is powered by a modified Swiss lever escapement called HPE (High Performance Escapement) that includes silicium to ensure an increased energy yield; it also features a free-sprung balance spring, which apparently is a must have in attaining the Seal of Geneva. The manually wound calibre AM 39.001 has a power reserve of six days.
The dial
The guilloché dial features a new style of applied numerals and creates a visually powerful face. The unmissable date at 6-o-clock is divided into two windows. The day and date are placed vertically with a leap year indicator at 12-o-clock. There's also an AM/PM subdial at 3-o-clock just in case your morning after the night before was so good you don't know whether it's morning or afternoon.
The Perpetual Calendar will be available in a rose gold 18K, white gold 18K, or black DLC-coated stainless steel case.
Not known at this time, but if you have to ask, well, you probably can't afford it.
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Supplies of Apple's Thunderbolt Display are dwindling, hinting that a 4K update of the product could be on the way.
During its WWDC 2013 keynote on 10 June, Apple treated us to a sneak peek of the new Mac Pro, which is set to hit the shelves later this year. While showing off the new Mac Pro, Apple highlighted that it will be able to support multiple 4K displays, which suggests that the company may be working on a new 4K Thunderbolt Display ready to launch alongside the new professional Mac.
Reports that several third-party retailers are running low on stock of Apple's Thunderbolt Display have added to the speculation that a 4K model could be coming. The Thunderbolt Display has not been updated since Apple debuted the product in 2011.
MacTrast reports that several Apple resellers in the US are warning that they have five or less units, and on some occasions zero, of the Thunderbolt Display in stock, while one reseller, Adorama, states that the products is "no longer available".
Further still, MacTrast claims to have spoken someone from Adorama's customer support, who revealed that "the manufacturer is no longer allowing us to order new inventory for this item, and it has been removed from our system." Additionally, a spokesperson from MicroCenter told MacTrast the reseller was also unable to order more units of Apple's Thunderbolt Displays.
The Thunderbolt Display's current resolution is 2560 x 1440 pixels, but a 4K update could bring the resolution up to the ultra high definition (UHD) standard of 3840 x 2160 pixels.
Another hint comes directly from Apple itself. Despite the lack of a Retina display on any of Apple's desktop products, the company has posted a high-resolution OS X Mavericks wallpaper to its website, with a resolution exactly double that of the current Thunderbolt Display and 27in iMac, at 5,120 x 2,880 pixels. This means that a Retina iMac could be on the cards too.
It's been speculated that, as well as the 4K upgrade, the new Thunderbolt Display could sport a new, slimmer design, reminiscent of the new iMac's design.


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Noticias comerciales
Joint on-site project with Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutical Holding Company
Investment value: around EUR 200 million
Market position in China further strengthened
Munich, 3 May 2011 – The technology company The Linde Group will build and operate a large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in the Chongqing Chemical Park in Western China in a joint enterprise with Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutical Holding Company (CCPHC). The project has a total investment value of around EUR 200 million. Linde holds 60 percent of the shares in the joint enterprise with CCPHC.
In future, the new on-site plant will provide the production facilities of BASF and CCPHC based in Chongqing with carbon monoxide, hydrogen and synthesis gas.
"We look forward to jointly supporting the expansion of the developing chemical cluster Chongqing with our partner CCPHC," said Sanjiv Lamba, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG and responsible for the company's business in Asia." As a result of this project, we will further strengthen our position as the leading gases and engineering company in the growth market China."
The new plant, which will be supplied by Linde's Engineering Division, is expected to come on stream in the third quarter of 2014.
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 48,700 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2010 financial year, it achieved sales of EUR 12.868 bn. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com
Further information:
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Telephone: +49.89.35757-1320
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Welcome to the Drinking Water Treatability Database
The Drinking Water Treatability Database (TDB) presents referenced information on the control of contaminants in drinking water. It allows drinking water utilities, first responders to spills or emergencies, treatment process designers, research organizations, academicians, regulators and others to access referenced information gathered from thousands of literature sources and assembled on one site. Over time, the TDB will expand to include over 200 regulated and unregulated contaminants and their contaminant properties. It includes more than 25 treatment processes used by drinking water utilities. The literature includes bench-, pilot-, and full-scale studies of surface waters, ground waters and laboratory waters. The literature includes peer-reviewed journals and conferences, other conferences and symposia, research reports, theses, and dissertations. By adding new contaminants and by upgrading references on existing contaminants, the TDB will always be a current source of information on drinking water contaminant control. Visit the About the TDB page for more information.
The TDB offers many features leading to the Data tab which is the heart of the TDB. After selecting a contaminant (Find a Contaminant), you will find a Treatment Processes tab that will present the list of treatment processes for which literature on the control of the contaminant was located. Selecting a treatment process, you will find a Data tab, like that shown below, that presents reference information, log or percent removal, water quality conditions and treatment process operational parameters. The Help page will aid you in navigating the TDB.
Getting Started
Find a Contaminant - Click here to find a contaminant within the TDB.
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October 04, 2010
The Breast Center at Research Medical Center, part of HCA Midwest Health System, will sponsor the first of its Wednesday walk-in screening mammograms from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. The screenings will be available from Research Medical Center Breast Center professionals on the hospital's main campus each Wednesday during October. No appointment is necessary.
Research Medical Center, which has online cancer risk assessments to help women identify early warning symptoms and determine risk of breast cancer, holds cancer screenings throughout the year. "We want women to be proactive regarding their breast health," says Kevin J. Hicks, chief executive officer at Research Medical Center. "It's vital for women to receive their annual mammograms and understand the importance of that tool in early cancer detection."
The Breast Center at Research Medical Center helps promote awareness of early detection and good breast care for women of all ages. It also offers physicians one-call convenience for their patient's complete breast care needs with a full-service multidisciplinary team including medical and radiation oncologists, surgeons, clinical and nurse navigators, dieticians, genetics counselors, lymphedema specialist and pastoral care for psychosocial needs.
"We are committed at Research Medical Center to provide every patient with the highest level of care in an environment where people, compassion, community and integrity are valued," says Hicks. "These cancer screenings help us support and offer cancer education within our community. There are no excuses to not get screened."
For information on the October Wednesday walk-in screening mammograms, call (816) 276-9650.


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This Official AAVSO file report format was released on January 15, 2008.
Files of observations uploaded to the AAVSO via the WebObs File Upload tool must be formatted in the Official AAVSO Format. Visit our page on Software that exports to AAVSO format to help format your observations.
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This is one of two plain text (ASCII) formats that the AAVSO accepts for variable star observations. Observations in this format may be submitted using the WebObs File Upload Tool. The other format is intended for CCD, DSLR, PEP, and VISDIG (visual observations made from digital images) observers and is called the AAVSO Extended File Format.


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Cinnamon Nutella cake
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per slice
- kcal320
- fat19g
- saturates8g
- carbs34g
- sugars20g
- fibre1g
- protein5g
- salt0.63g
- 175g softened butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 175g golden caster sugar
- 3 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 200g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
A fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…
- 4 tbsp milk
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- 4 rounded tbsp Nutella or own-brand chocolate hazelnut spread
- 50g hazelnuts, roughly chopped
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Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C. Butter and line the base of a 20cm round cake tin.
Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and milk into a bowl. Beat with a wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes, or with an electric hand mixer for 1-2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
Tip three quarters of the mixture into the tin, spread it level, then spoon the Nutella on in four blobs. Top with the remaining mixture, swirl a few times with a skewer, then smooth to cover the Nutella.
Sprinkle with the nuts. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until risen, nicely browned, feels firm to touch and springs back when lightly pressed (cover with foil if it starts to brown too quickly). Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out, peel off the paper and cool on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in double thick foil to keep fresh for up to a week.


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ForumsTips & TricksMy Setup to Semi-automate Gmail, Toodledo, Evernote and Calendar
My Setup to Semi-automate Gmail, Toodledo, Evernote and Calendar
Here's the system I've put together to implement GTD using Evernote, Toodledo, Gmail and several add-ons that provide for automated functionality.
It all starts with Gmail. This is where most things "start" in my business and personal life. In comes an email and something has to be done (task) or scheduled (event). First thing is to get it into Evernote. Once there I need to "convert" that Evernote "note" into a Toodledo "task" or create an "event" in Google Calendar.
To get the email into Evernote I use a Google script from HarryOnline.net called "gm2en" This script has some configuration choices. I keep it simple. Any email with the "label" "Evernote" will get processed (this label is configurable in gm2en). Generally, when I check my inbox I either (1) delete the email; (2) archive it; (3) answer and process in some way; or (4) label it "Evernote" if I want to process it to Evernote. Gm2en script periodically (15 minutes or some value which the user configures) sweeps through my Gmail account and creates a "note" in my Evernote account. (variation: some strict constructionists of GTD may want to also create a filter in their Gmail accounts that labels ALL INCOMING emails with "Evernote" label. In my case that puts way too many things into Evernote and really, I think, causes extra work). In addition gm2en puts a user-selected "tag" onto the Evernote "note" which was created. In my case the "note" is now in my "Actions Pending" notebook with the tag "Gmail." Now that the email of interest is in Evernote we can process it further.
Back in Evernote all my emails of interest are now in my default notebook and tagged with "Gmail." I take a look at all the notes tagged with "Gmail." Some go into my notebook for saving info and ideas - "Cabinet" and otherwise tagged as needed, then I delete the "Gmail" tag. Now, a service called TaskClone takes over. If the "note" requires action then I edit the "note" and insert a checkbox at the beginning of any text defining something to be done. Alternatively, I can type in some text defining the action to be taken with a checkbox in front of that string of text. Then I can add any tags that are needed, and then add a final tag, "Toodledo" from my tag list. What you use as this "trigger" tag is up to the user – I chose "Toodledo." Then TaskClone periodically sweeps my Evernote account, looks for the "tag" "Toodledo" , and creates tasks in Toodledo wherever it finds a checkbox. Sweet! A nice plus is that I can add any of the "email to Toodledo operators" such as "*", "^", !!! etc. and thereby automatically add other information to the "task" in Toodledo as it's created, such as Priority, Start Time, etc. When finished TaskClone adds a marker to the "note" indicating it has been synced to Toodledo, thereby avoiding repetitive logging.
Finally, if the "note" created in Evernote from the email requires a calendar entry (event in Google Calendar), then TaskClone handles that, too. To create an "event" I add a checkbox at the beginning of the event text (or type it in) with "Schedule:" directly after the checkbox. The "event" text can be followed with plain English time text like "tomorrow" or "tomorrow at 2 PM" or articulated dates like "10/1/2013 2:32 AM"
Evernote Premium, Toodledo subscription and TaskClone all cost money. Some users object to the cost. For me, once they are all put into a fast and reliable system for handling all my data, information, task and appointment needs that is both digital and mobile, then the cost is well worth it. If I can add one billable hour per year with this system, I've more than paid for it!
Should also add that I use Powerbot, too. It provides many useful options beyond my simple system. Powerbot is very flexible on my Mac and PCs but doesn't run on iPad or iPhone. The system I described above runs on other platforms just fine, for me.
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Thanks for the mention of TaskClone. I'm glad it's meeting some of your needs. Thanks also for making me aware of the Google script. I'll have to look into that. Here at TaskClone, we've been longtime Toodledo users who are learning to master the Google universe.
Can the Google Script add tags or file in notebooks? I've been just forwarding to Evernote inbox and editing the subject in Gmail to get things into Evernote in an organized fashion.
Nice stuff.
You can also use some ifttt scripts to automate evernote2calendar and evernote2toodledo2evernote.
I also easily created in ifttt a script that if an email has the label "evernote" it will automatically be sent there.
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First class treatments at affordable prices
Established in 1993 The Camomile Rooms staff are all fully qualified and pride themselves in offering a first class service in a friendly environment at affordable prices.
Amazing beauty salon. The staff are so friendly and helpful and they make you feel really comfortable with the treatments (especially waxing).


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Tue, 05/29/2018 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
All teens, ages 13-18, are invited to Rodman Public Library on the last Tuesday of each month from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Teens will have the chance to pick their favorite episodes to be shown on RPL's big screen. Anime Club will meet in the library's main auditorium located at 215 East Broadway Street in Alliance, OH. No registration is required. For more information, call 330-821-2665, ext. 214.
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|1,321 free recipes at www.edenfoods.com
Serves 6 | Prep Time 15 minutes | Cook Time 45 minutes
6 medium onions
2 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
1 1/2 cup leftover, cooked Eden Red Quinoa
1/4 cup Eden Dried Cranberries
or Eden Dried Wild Blueberries
1/2 tsp ground sage
1 pinch Eden Sea Salt
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley, for garnish
Place 4 quarts water in a medium soup pot and bring to a boil. Trim the root of the onions slightly so that the onions stand up straight. Trim the top of the onion, removing about 1/4". Peel the onions and discard peel. Using a spoon or melon baller, scoop out the center of each onion, and set 1/4 cup aside. Place the onions in the boiling water and simmer for about 10 minutes or just until tender. Remove and place upside down on a cutting board to drain.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Heat the oil in a medium skillet and sauté the garlic and reserved onion for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the red pepper, quinoa, salt, and sage. Sauté another 1 to 2 minutes. Mix in the dried cranberries and place an equal amount of the quinoa mixture in the hollowed out portion of each onion. Place onions in a covered baking dish and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until very tender. Remove and garnish with parsley before serving.


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Meest Corporation Inc. sends money transfers from Canada and the USA (only from Illinois, New Jersey, Washington, Ohio and Oregon) to Estonia using the CONTACT Money Transfer System only:
- present a valid passport on which the first and last name of the recipient's name must match exactly to the Order Form;
- be able to provide the 6-digit money transfer Control Number issued by Meest Corporation to the sender after completion of an Order Form. The sender is responsible for informing the recipient of this number.
- know the first and last name of the sender,
- know the total amount of the money transfer, and
- know the system by which this transfer was sent (CONTACT System).
Important! Some smaller bank branches in Estonia may not have large amounts of cash on hand; therefore payout of transfers may be delayed.
Please note that Money Transfer Service is not available at all agent locations. List of agents participating in the Money Transfer Service program can be obtained by contacting Meest at firstname.lastname@example.com or by calling toll-free at 1800-361-7345.