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Parry sinks Cumbrians
Paul Parry grabbed a vital winner for Shrewsbury as they beat Carlisle 2-1 to climb out of the npower League One relegation zone.
Carlisle made much of the early running with strikers Joe Garner and Lee Miller both close to a breakthrough.
Garner, in his final appearance of a productive loan spell from Watford, fired narrowly wide from 20 yards before Miller just failed to hit the target with a clever near post flick.
Shrewsbury carried little threat until they moved ahead against the run of play in the 22nd minute.
Good awareness from Luke Rodgers picked out Jon Taylor and the little winger steadied himself before rifling an unstoppable shot high to the far corner of the net from the edge of the penalty area.
Carlisle responded strongly and were level 11 minutes later as Liam Noble, well found by Chris Chantler, drove a low shot from 15 yards to the bottom corner of Chris Weale's net.
The Cumbrians also started the second half brightly with Matt Robson drilling a fierce shot just wide while Noble fired straight at Weale when he might have done better.
But it was Shrewsbury who claimed victory to add to Carlisle's recent struggles in the 64th minute.
Marvin Morgan's half blocked shot fell the way of Parry and the winger did well to hook in a right-footed volley from eight yards to seal a fifth win of the season for Graham Turner's relieved side.
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With fond memories and lavish praise that might have embarrassed the school's beloved coach, Penn State paid tribute to Joe Paterno at a public memorial Thursday, an event that capped three days of public mourning following his death from lung cancer.
Nike founder and chairman Phil Knight got a standing ovation for defending the late coach's response to an accusation of child sex abuse against a former assistant.
Knight said that, "If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in that investigation, and not in Joe Paterno's response.''
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The remark drew a standing ovation from the crowd of 12,000 -- with Paterno's widow, Sue, and former defensive coordinator, Tom Bradley, among those rising to their feet.
Knight's comment seemed to refer to Paterno's failure to alert anyone beyond his superiors at the school when he was told of a sex abuse allegation against former assistant Jerry Sandusky. That inaction was a major reason university trustees fired him on Nov. 9, less than three months before his death.
Knight also asked, "Who is the real trustee at Penn State University?"
The memorial was held at the Bryce Jordan Center where former players and others lauded not just Paterno's accomplishments but the man himself.
"Bless us this day as we honor and celebrate one of your greatest gifts to the world -- Joe Paterno,'' the Rev. Matthew Laffey said in the opening prayer.
A short time later, after a video montage, former star Penn State quarterback Todd Blackledge said,
"No one individual has ever done more for a university anywhere in the country than what Joe Paterno did for this school.''
The line drew applause, and Blackledge was followed on the podium in the darkened arena by Lauren Perrotti, a Penn State student and Paterno fellow.
The service served as both a tribute and catharsis for the emotion-wracked school.
The coach's death Sunday at age 85 came less than three months after his stunning ouster as head coach in the wake of child sex-abuse charges against a retired assistant, Jerry Sandusky.
The campus has been torn by anger over the Sandusky scandal and Paterno's firing, but this week thousands of alumni, fans, students and former players in Happy Valley have remembered Paterno for his record-setting career, his love for the school and his generosity.
Charles V. Pittman, a member of Paterno's first recruiting class, made the first reference to the turmoil at the event.
"Despite being pushed way from his beloved game, and under the extreme pressure of the events of the past few months, Joe's grace was startling,'' said Pittman, senior vice president for publishing at Schurz Communications Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors of The Associated Press.
Many Penn Staters found themselves reflecting on Paterno's impact and the road ahead.
"What's Joe's legacy? The answer, is his legacy is us,'' former NFL and Nittany Lions receiver Jimmy Cefalo said Wednesday before Paterno's funeral. He was on the speakers list Thursday.
Public viewings were held Tuesday and Wednesday morning, before the funeral and burial service for Paterno on Wednesday afternoon at the campus interfaith center where family members attended church services.
Cefalo, who played for Penn State in the `70s, said it will be the most difficult speech of his life. But he offered a hint of what he might say.
"Generations of these young people from coal mines and steel towns who he gave a foundation to,'' Cefalo said. ``It's not (the Division I record) 409 wins, it's not two national championships, and it's not five-time coach of the year (awards). It's us.''
As with all Paterno-related events this week, the crowd included well-known figures from the sports world. New Ohio State coach Urban Meyer had a seat near the front, where Paterno's widow, Sue, sat with her children and grandchildren.
Also in the seats were former Penn State and NFL players Franco Harris and Matt Millen, along with former defensive coordinator Tom Bradley. So was former Nittany Lions quarterback Daryll Clark.


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'Tis the season for company-sponsored holiday parties.
Holiday parties are an excellent way for employers to boost employee morale, build camaraderie, and celebrate a successful year of business. At the same time, however, employers should be cautious about the pitfalls that throwing a holiday party can bring.
Alcohol Issues
Employers should take caution when serving alcohol at a company-sponsored holiday party. First and foremost, employers should make sure that somebody is checking the ID's of anybody who consumes alcohol. The purpose of checking ID's is to avoid serving alcohol to a minor.
Second, employers should also make sure that any individual who is visibly intoxicated is not served any more alcohol. The purpose of this is to avoid "dramshop" type liability for anybody who drinks at a company-sponsored party and then attempts to drive afterward. It is also a good idea to provide several non-alcoholic drink options, so guests don't feel like alcoholic drinks are their only option.
Third, employers should also provide guests with alternative forms of transportation if they are unable to drive, such as cab rides or designated drivers.
Fourth, in order to avoid some of the problems mentioned above, employers should remind employees (and their guests) to drink responsibly.
Finally, employers should also review their insurance policies to determine if they can serve alcohol at a company-sponsored party in the first place.
Sexual Harassment Issues
Oftentimes, when employees attend company-sponsored parties, they forget they are still in a work-related setting. Once you add some alcohol into the mix, there is a potential that employees may engage in conduct that would violate a company's anti-sexual harassment policy. Therefore, employers should make sure to remind employees that the party is work-related, and that all workplace rules still apply at the party.
For example, while it may be festive to have somebody dressed in a Santa Claus suit during the event, employees should not be "sitting on Santa's lap" because such behavior could be deemed inappropriate under Hawaii and Federal sexual harassment laws. As another example, employees should be reminded to dress appropriately, so that they don't dress in a manner that could be deemed inappropriate for a work-related event.
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Employees should be reminded that the holiday parties are completely voluntary, and therefore, they are not required to attend the event.
Finally, employers should weigh the pros and cons of having a holiday party on a weekday versus the weekend. If the party is on a weekday, the employees might not drink as much alcohol or get too rowdy, which alleviates some of the concerns above. On the other hand, if employees do drink too much alcohol or stay up late, they might be unproductive at work the next day. If the party is on a weekend, employers do not have to worry about employees' loss of productivity on the day after the party, but there is a high likelihood the employees will consume more alcohol than they would on a weekday.


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Have I mentioned this? I'm going to try the raw food thing for a month! That completely immersive and beautiful dinner we had at Pure Food & Wine back in September left a pretty serious impression on me. It was so innovative, colourful, satisfying and, most importantly, life-giving. I didn't feel like a half-drunk, belly-aching, lumbering bear clambering around in the streets afterward. Sometimes destination restaurant experiences have that sleepy after-effect, but not this time. We had three courses, cocktails, the whole bit, and just bounced right outta there afterward without missing ANY sort of beat. I'm pretty sure I observed out loud at least 7 times how awesome and vibrant I felt.
I'm not a stranger to raw foods or anything, but I wanted to give the lifestyle a very sincere effort for a lot of reasons. I feel like my creative nature might need a slight kick in the pants–just been in steady resting mode with foods and preparation methods lately. Certain constraints seem to reveal a whole new world more often than not–i.e. travel, changing careers, using twitter as a communication medium IN GENERAL etc. You can lose those everyday crutches and gain a new set of tools/capabilities once you decide that the lead-up actions are worthwhile. Any shred of personal growth is so valuable to me, so yep, I dug out the dehydrator and bought myself some lucuma.
It's also a bit of a control readjustment thing. The house and its updates are kind of maddening/sad-party some days (but also really great in a future-thinking sense–not complaining, dudes). I've been reaching for what my man calls a "poor man's mocha" more often than I'd care to admit (it's like ordering a coffee and then asking that half of the cup be taken up by hot chocolate–I know sooooo sneaky). There's a lot of hastily grabbed snack-y foods that are less than virtuous floating around. I figure a new mindset/mission is what I need to take the power back. I get to a point almost every day where I pause in the middle of some glamorous task like piling up smelly old floor boards outside, and I think "Aaaah, maybe I'll just like, make sure I eat a salad before I go to work…?" That doesn't usually pan out. It's just an overall operating-at-75-percent kind of thing, in the efforts put forth and the results, that's bothering me. I've never been a 75 percent-er, ever, so it's time to change and work outside of my comforts a bit. Simple as that.
And the last obvious thing: it's for my health, duh! I'm excited to feel a bit more in tune with my body and this magnificent, consistently humbling earth. It's pretty crazy to think about the amount of energy you can just weave into the fibres of your being by simply eating. And the land provides! I'm excited to make beautiful things happen, and to feel a bit more spring in the heels.
So yeah! Gonna try it all out, learn a few things, make some stuff. Just living and working with a bit more intention is all. This little snack came to me while I was flipping through Sarma's amazing book. She has a version with jicama for the rice portion, which sounds really fresh and lovely. We have celery root everywhere and I love its lightly sweet, fresh, creamy celery-ish taste. I thought it would be mind-blowing all rice-d up in an autumnal nori roll (or sushi if you aren't gonna be all crazy concerned about cuisine terminology usage) situation with some dressed carrots, dill and dijon. The combination was pretty solid–nice and crunchy, bit of chew from the nori and zing from the mustard. My dad grew some mighty fine carrots in his garden this year–so sweet and flavourful. The dill is vibrant and green out there too, despite negative temperatures at night. Thankfully, it all just grows and goes together. Nature, seriously!
See you next week with some more raw goodies, loves! xoxo
Print the recipe here!
With vegetable-based rice guidance from Raw Food, Real World
SERVES: makes about 18-24 rolls
NOTES: I coat the celery root chunks in lemon juice pre-processing to prevent any sort of browning. Also, it's fun to have the leafy bits of sprouts sticking out the ends of the rolls. Pretty presentation!
celery root rice ingredients:
3 cups diced (peeled!) celery root
juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/4 cup raw pine nuts
splash of rice vinegar
splash of raw agave nectar OR raw honey
fat pinch of sea salt
za'atar carrots:
1 large OR 2-3 medium carrots, peeled + cut into matchsticks
juice of 1/2 a lemon
2 tsp za'atar
little handful of fresh dill, chopped
1 tsp dijon mustard
salt + pepper
3-4 sheets of nori (there are raw brands available, if you are concerned)
1 ripe avocado, sliced
extra dill sprigs + the little seedy flowers if you got 'em
big handful of sprouts (sunflower is my fave)
nama shoyu/coconut aminos to serve
Toss the diced celery root with the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Throw the pieces into the food processor along with the pine nuts. Pulse/run the motor until the nuts and celery root become rice-sized. Scrape all of that out into a medium bowl. Toss the "rice" with the rice vinegar, agave/honey and salt. Set aside.
In another medium bowl, toss the carrot matchsticks with the lemon juice, za'atar, dill, dijon, salt and pepper. Set aside.
Line up your nori sheets, sliced avocado, sprouts, dill bits and pour your coconut aminos/nama shoyu in a little serving bowl.
Lay a nori sheet, rough side facing up, on your sushi mat. Make sure the lines are going horizontal. Spoon some celery root rice onto the bottom third of the nori. Spread it to all the corners, packing it down. You should have a solid layer of the rice with minimal gaps. In the middle of the rice, lay some of the carrot mixture down. Top that with dill, avocado and sprouts.
Now, grabbing the bottom edge of the sushi mat with your thumbs and simultaneously pushing the sushi filling in with your fingers, start rolling it up. After you've enclosed the center bits (carrots, avo etc), clamp down on the roll to firm it up a bit. Continue rolling, firming up the shape of it as you go. Moisten the last little edge of the nori with water on your finger before you completely roll it up, just to seal it a bit.
Cut the roll in half. Then cut those halves into 3 evenly sized pieces each. Repeat with remaining nori, rice, carrots etc. Serve it up with the nama shoyu or whatever you like.


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Configuring CAS Externally using Spring Import
Over the past few months, my team has been working on integrating the Jasig CAS (Central Authentication Service) framework with our application. CAS is a feature rich enterprise Single Sign On (SSO) service. Most importantly, it's very flexible. We need this flexibility because we have several customers, each with different authentication requirements:. Some with and without Active Directory, and others needing PKI (X.509) authentication. Beyond that, we also need to support light weight options for local development. So the problem we had to solve was how to configure CAS externally so we could dynamically change authentication mechanisms without having to rebuild CAS.
Let me first explain that the recommended way to extend CAS is using maven overlays. It's real simple to modify the default behavior in CAS by copying the files from the CAS WAR into your own WAR directory. For example, most of the authentication configuration exists in /WEB-INF/deployerConfigContext.xml. To change the default authentication behavior, you copy this file to your WARs /WEB-INF directory and modify it to fit your requirements. This is the file that defines all the authentication handlers for things like LDAP (BindLdapAuthenticationHandler), X.509 (X509CredentialsAuthenticationHandler), and my personal favorite the simple username equals password (SimpleTestUsernamePasswordAuthenticationHandler) authentication handler.
So the real problem became how can we enable the SimpleTestUsernamePassword authentication handler for local development and test servers, while disabling it for production systems? We wanted to avoid creating multiple CAS WARs containing configuration for their specific purpose: cas-ldap, cas-x509, cas-simple. Also, we wanted to avoid having a single CAS WAR that contained all methods of authentication. Ironically the solution was really simple and is actually used in other places in CAS.
Spring Import
The solution was spring imports (section 126.96.36.199). This was a feature I was not previously familiar with, but now think is one of the coolest features in spring because it lets you change the behavior of the system without having to rebuild. Spring lets you load in other bean xml files via the spring import tag. And since CAS uses spring, it was easy to modify CAS to be configured externally.
Configuring CAS Externally
First, I assume you have already setup your maven project that is performing the maven overlay. Once you have built your project do the following:
- copy
- You'll also need to copy this same file to your application servers classpath for your application. For us this would be under the jboss conf directory: /jboss/server/default/conf. I also renamed this file to custom-deployerConfigContext.xml to avoid confusion.
- Open the file /cas/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/deployerConfigContext.xml
- Remove all the bean tags in between the beans tag. This leaves you with nothing but the beans tag with nothing in between.
- Paste in the following spring import tag:
<import resource="classpath:custom-deployerConfigContext.xml"/>
- Save your changes, rebuild and redeploy your CAS WAR
Final Thoughts
Hopefully, you learned a little about how to configure CAS externally and a way to use springs import ability. For the most part this works great, but it isn't 100% fool proof. There are several CAS configuration files, so for the more complex authentication scenarios, you might have to modify the cas-servlet.xml or login-webflow.xml files. For example, if you want to do X.509 authentication, you have to include a bean in the cas-servlet.xml file and modify the login-webflow.xml file. But you could apply the same concepts to these files as well as cas-servlet.xml is just another spring file and login-webflow.xml is a spring webflow file that supports the bean-import tag.


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A former IBM employee sacked for visiting an internet chat room "for a sexual experience during work" has sued the company for $5m, AP reports.
James Pacenza, 58, of Montgomery, New York, worked as a chip machine operator at IBM's East Fishkill plant. On 28 May 2003, he used a 10 minute period of "downtime" - while the machine measured the chip wafer's thickness - to "log onto a chat room from a computer at his work station".
He didn't log out, and a fellow worker subsequently "saw some chat entries, including a vulgar reference to a sexual act". He reported Pacenza, who was sacked the next day.
Pacenza's lawsuit claims he visits chat rooms "to treat traumatic stress incurred in 1969 when he saw his best friend killed during an Army patrol in Vietnam". He says the stress turned him into a "a sex addict, and with the development of the internet, an internet addict". Accordingly, he is citing protection under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Pacenza's lawyer, Michael Diederich, said his client "had returned that day from visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and logged onto a site called ChatAvenue and then to an adult chat room". Pacenza says he was encouraged by IBM to use the internet at work as "a form of self-medication" for post-traumatic stress disorder. Regarding the day in question, he explained: "I felt I needed the interactive engagement of chat talk to divert my attention from my thoughts of Vietnam and death."
The court papers, filed in White Plains, New York, add: "I was tempting myself to perhaps become involved in some titillating conversation."
Diederich said Pacenza "never visited pornographic sites at work, violated no written IBM rule, and did not surf the internet any more or any differently than other employees". He suggested age discrimination contributed to IBM's actions, since Pacenza had been 55 at the time of his sacking, and "could have retired in a year".
He continued: "IBM workers who have drug or alcohol problems are placed in programs to help them, and Pacenza should have been offered the same". Pacenza, however, was told there were "no programs for sex addiction or other psychological illnesses". The court papers explain: "In IBM management's eyes, plaintiff has an undesirable and self-professed record of psychological disability related to his Vietnam War combat experience."
Diederich insisted: "A military combat veteran, if anyone, should be afforded a second chance, the benefit of doubt, and afforded reasonable accommodation for combat-related disability."
IBM countered by asking Judge Stephen Robinson for a summary judgment since its "policy against surfing sexual websites is clear". The company claimed Pacenza had been warned four months prior to his dismissal for a similar incident. It said: "Plaintiff was discharged by IBM because he visited an internet chat room for a sexual experience during work after he had been previously warned." Pacenza denies this.
IBM further noted that "sexual behaviour disorders are specifically excluded from the ADA". It also denied the age discrimination claim. ®


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Anderson Cooper Reveals Why He Is Afraid of Madonna
Anderson Cooper Reveals Why He Is Afraid of Madonna + He Got Drunk With Lady Gaga
Anderson Cooper has interviewed everyone – Eminem, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Adele – that's anyone in music. On last night's (Feb. 17) episode of 'Watch What Happens Live,' the interviewer of all interviewers, who also gets sit down time with major politicos, revealed why he is afraid of his friend Madge and how he got drunk with Ma Monster when he interviewed her!
That's some gig Coop has.
The Silver Fox revealed, "Madonna is a hard interview, since I have interviewed her so many times, so you want to try to do something that's not going to bore her. And she will tell you if you are boring her. She'll be like 'That was a really stupid question' and you're like, 'I know, but I am nervous.'"
OMG, we can't even imagine Cooper being nervous, but then again, Her Madgesty does inspire fear sometimes.
He also revealed how Gaga got him good and liquored up. "I did an interview with Lady Gaga and she insisted that we do it at a bar and that we drink Jameson," he recalled. "And I don't drink and I drank this glass of Jameson, which I never had before, and I had to stop the interview halfway through because I was drunk. I had no idea what I was asking her."
You know what this all means, right? That it's the Silver Fox who can broker peace between Madonna and Gaga, who famously don't like each other.


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You Don't Own What You Buy, Part 15,332: Cisco Forces Questionable New Firmware On Routers
from the not-cool deptOne of the things that we keep learning in a connected, digital age, is that what you think you "bought" you often don't really own. Companies who sell you products seem to feel a certain freedom to unilaterally change the terms of your purchase, after the fact. I'm reminded of Sony removing key features on the PS3, though there are plenty of other examples. A new one is the story of Cisco, pushing out a firmware update to routers without customer approval and (even worse) having that firmware update block people from logging in directly to their own routers. Apparently, if you don't like it... er... too bad.
Cisco has started automatically pushing the company's new "Cloud Connect" firmware update to consumer routers -- without customer approval. Annoyed users note that the update won't let consumers directly log into their routers anymore -- they have to register for a new Cloud Connect account. The only way to revert to directly accessing the device you paid for? You have to unplug it from the Internet.Oh, and registering for such an account means you have to agree to give up your data so that Cisco can sell it. As per the terms:
...we may keep track of certain information related to your use of the Service, including but not limited to the status and health of your network and networked products; which apps relating to the Service you are using; which features you are using within the Service infrastructure; network traffic (e.g., megabytes per hour); Internet history; how frequently you encounter errors on the Service system and other related information ("Other Information"). We use this Other Information to help us quickly and efficiently respond to inquiries and requests, and to enhance or administer our overall Service for our customers.Seems like a good way to drive people into buying routers from other companies. I can see how a "cloud service" could have value, but it should be presented to users as a choice, where the actual benefit to them (if there is one) is clearly presented. Instead, this rollout seems designed solely to benefit Cisco and its partners, rather than the people who bought (or so they thought) their routers.
We may also use this Other Information for traffic analysis (for example, determining when the most customers are using the Service) and to determine which features within the Service are most or least effective or useful to you. In addition, we may periodically transmit system information to our servers in order to optimize your overall experience with the Service. We may share aggregated and anonymous user experience information with service providers, contractors or other third parties...


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Mrs Morgan's GIVEAWAY!
A rare event on my blog - I'm hosting a giveaway! And of course its for an Australian brand that I adore, Secret Squirrel. All you need to do is check out the facebook page HERE and vote for your favourite Secret Squirrel look between myself and a couple other bloggers. If I win, then I get to select a winner from the comments section - so whoever leaves the best, most interesting comment gets a WHOPPING $400 dollar voucher for the online store. Theres more images at the link, detail shots etc. Love this dress so much, the colours and prints are mesmerising and you can never go wrong with a racer back, so flattering for broad shoulders.
Finallly got around to another outfit post too. Win Win.
Dress, Secret Squirrel
Shoes, Gmarket
Bag & Sunglasses, ASOS
Cuff & Pendant, Tiffany's
Most cheekily I have automated this post - so as you're reading this I'm on my honeymoon in Vietnam! Lucky me xx
Looks I'm loving from the NY shows right now - vibrant prints, lazer cutouts, sporty and futuristic. There's some also strappy heels happening too.
All pics, Style.com
Rag & Bone, Vera Wang, Preen, Alexander Wang, Prabal Gurang, ADAM
Flying back to WA today for my wedding on Saturday, expect my posts to be few and far between over the next month - and apologies in advance if you're trying to reach me via email.
Test with the stunning Sara Todd - who some of your might remember from our mustang story awhile back, the first story using my new Nikon D700. We had some great (and sneaky) access to Martin Place, something we definitely couldn't be doing during a weekday. Very grateful for the assistance of Rachel Yabsley, from I Want What She's Wearing and of course the gorgeous girls from DESORDRE who provided all the outfits for our shoot.
Photography, Zanita Whittington
Styling and Photography Assistance, Rachel Yabsley Rasyid
Make-up, Lei Tai
Hair, Priscilla Rasyid
Model, Sarah Todd
Shot 1: DION LEE LINE II chambray shirt , Desordre pleated leather skirt
Shot 2: Goot pale blue tee, Goot blue pants
Shot 3: Maurie and Eve blue silk top
Shot 4: Ellery brocade pink pants, Kahlo suede crop top
Shot 5: Kimberly Ovitz white dress
Shot 6: Goot jacket, Goot man style pant , Maurie and Eve silk tee
Shot 7: Kahlo suede crop top
Shot 8: DION LEE LINE II chambray shirt , Desordre pleated leather skirt
Highlights of my sojourn into the city to check out Vogue Fashion's Night Out - meeting the divine Kate O'Shea, Regional Marketing Manager for Paspaley and Meg Gray bringing her feet and corresponding shoe porn to Tiffany's. It was a fun evening of Pimm's and lemonade at Paspasley - then popcorn and cider at Tiffany's. How cute are those Polo Players?!! I love the boots.
I've still got my fingers crossed, entered a comp to win some stunning Paspasley Pearl earrings - would match my dress perfectly. Later I almost got caught up in the moment and splashed on a Paloma Picasso ring. I once got to meet Paloma Picasso at a Tiffany event so I was feeling quite attached... She's amazing.
Must save my pennies for honeymoon!
Had to leave VFNO early due to a twisted knee which was quite sad - still theres always next year!
Tonight Tonight!
Any other Sydneysiders heading out on the town tonight for Fashion's Night Out?? I'll be camping out at the Paspaley boutique at Martin Place, so make sure you pop in to knock back a Pimm's and chat all things blogging, fashion, pearls and handsome polo players! There's a chance to win a pair of stunning Paspaley South Sea pearl earrings - so fingers crossed for me - and also a pair of tickets to the 'Paspaley Polo Marquee' at Paspaley Polo in The City in Sydney, 19 November.
There'll be plenty of bloggers swanning about throughout the evening so I'm just thrilled to be involved, hope to see you there!
Hair & Make-up, Vanessa Collins
Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of the lovely Nicole Warne and my own collaborations, heres another one - this time for Aussie shoe store BETTS who now have their own online store.
How can you not resist wearing more and more colour this summer!
Had my Hens party this weekend... I am feeling shady! But you only do it once right? Susie, my maid maid of honour and fellow bridesmaids pulled out all the stops. So memorable...in parts ;)
Less than two weeks to go! Will be sure to post pics xx
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Zara Pants
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|System: X360, PS3, PC
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|Dev: Ubisoft Montreal
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Oct. 21, 2008
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-16
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Take note though: beauty is not only skin deep. Bridges that look like they will crumble, will crumble given the right push. You can drive a jeep through their flimsy rails and careen into a shallow riverbed. Buildings constructed out of shoddy two-by-fours and scrap metal can be blown apart, sending the rudimentary building materials in many directions. Even your body is apt for gross display, destruction, and a somewhat rough form of resurrection. If your health meter dips to one bar, you're in dangerous territory that remaining bar will drain, rendering you a corpse.
However, you can perform some nasty frontier medicine. The animations are chosen at random and look gruesome every time. Pulling a bullet out of your thigh with pliers or digging a slug out of your arm with a knife is hellish but also a functional design choice. By not opting for a regenerating health system, Far Cry 2 forces you to think before you go into a fight. You can't just hide behind a rock and wait for your health to heal constitution is a truly limited resource.
You will take damage and have to endure those patch-up animations frequently due to the rock solid A.I. that Far Cry 2 employs. Enemies take cover in traditional ways like hiding behind rocks and walls and they use an ample amount of stealth. They'll often creep through shallow grass to sneak up on you. You might think you've encountered one soldier, only to find three more sprout out of the ground. They work together in other ways too. One may shout, I'm out! Reloading! and his teammate will unload fire on your position so his partner can change out a clip. In a nod to the realism, sometimes things get comical. You may set off an explosion near a jeep, which sends it sliding down a hill into a river bed. The gunner may bail out early, while the driver nervously slams on the gas, hoping against the laws of physics that he can stop his inevitable descent.
All this mercenary risk doesn't come at little reward. Shunning standard forms of currency, the citizens of the in-game economy only take diamonds. You are awarded these once you accept contracts (there are also bonus cases of diamonds scattered around the world), and you can use them to purchase upgrades for your vast inventory. By visiting a weapons store, you can unlock new weapons, upgrade their accuracy and reliability, and increase their ammunition capacity. It's a smart system: it introduces an RPG-like element - something normally not seen in first person shooters.
Developing such a robust world is a feat in itself, and giving players the keys to design their version of it is a gracious offer. Far Cry 2's map editor puts a lot of options at your fingertips. You can play around with templates for settings like a desert oasis or mountain valley, or just start from a barren plot of dirt. After that becomes your playground throw down roads, setup fortresses, raise or lower ground there's not a lot you can't do. A nice feature is the performance indicator bar. When it's green, it means that the map, as laid out, will run smoothly. Once it hits orange, you need to start optimizing, and if you hit red, be prepared for some shuddering. Any map can be saved and then shared with the Far Cry 2 community.
Taking a page from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, all the multiplayer modes Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Diamond, and Uprising allow you use a particular class of character. Each class has its own strengths. For example, Guerrillas can carry IEDs and Saboteurs pack a dart rifle and silenced handgun. Once you start gaining XP the standard load outs like the Commando's G3-KA4 and Star .45 they get upgraded with more lethal negotiators, like an AK-47 and M-79 Grenade Launcher. This upgradeable class system breathes much need variety into the otherwise standard multiplayer modes. Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch are self-explanatory, and first-person shooter staples like Capture the Diamond just replaces the conventional flag with a canister of diamonds. Uprising offers a little bit of a twist. You cap points on the map, but instead of just holding them, the team that captures all the points first and then tries to assassinate the leader of the other team.
It's a common assumption that the big kid in the sandbox is Grand Theft Auto and that shooters aren't welcome to play. Far Cry 2 kicks up the sand and shows what a great development team is capable of delivering an engaging world that puts choice of play at the forefront. Direction is sometimes a developer's worst enemy, tempting them always to restrict the player. By adopting a laissez faire attitude to player discretion, Ubisoft has crafted a brilliant follow-up.
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Miss Universe Cambodia 2019
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Yesterday's Valentine's Day was widely celebrated, despite the fact that such occasion is not traditionally part of the Khmer culture. But after the one-day fun and bliss, are we ready for its consequences? Photos:KT/Srey Kumneth
A hopeful future for billiards
Photos: Chor Sokunthea and Mai Vireak
Mr T. Mohan and H.E Chea Serey pose with the first issue of Capital Cambodia along with other diplomats.
H.E Chea Serey and H.E Senior Minister Ly Thuch break the ice that contains the cover of Capital Cambodia
More than a hundred guests from different sectors graced last week's event. Aside from the launching, the event also served as a networking event for businessmen, government officials and diplomats.
E2STEM Preah Yukunthor School
Pursat's organic farming
Message from Indian Ambassador
Visit of Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister of Commerce and Industry & Civial Aviation, Government of India to Cambodia on May 21-22, 2018 to attend the 5th India-CLMV Business Conclave at Phnom Penh.
State Visit of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia to India on 27th January 2018 as the head of large official and business delegation.
Visit of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cambodia to India as Chief Guest on India's Republic Day Parade on 26th January 2018 at New Delhi and on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of ASEAN-India Partnership.
To promote Yoga for health and well-being, yoga events were organized on 16th and 17th June 2018 at Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambang and Sihanoukville in partnership with Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports and UYFC.
During 2018, 98 Cambodian officials visited India for capacity building under Indian Technology and Economic Cooperation ( ITEC) Programme. ITEC Day was celebrated on 26th March 2018 in which ITEC/ICCR alumni participated in large numbers.
Visit of Mrs. Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Tourism, Government of India for a Tourism Roadshow in Phnom Penh on 9th May 2018.


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Texas Highways releases top 40 travel destinations
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Texas Highways, a monthly magazine produced by the Texas Department of Transportation, asked its readers last fall to share their favorite spots in the state.
The travel publication then put together its own Top-40 list, featuring parks, lakes, small towns and big metros and is almost done unveiling them one-by-one on its website.
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ORDINANCE TO VACATE ONE (1) 12' WIDE EAST/WEST ALLEY LOCATED NORTH OF 437 WINDSOR ST., (BETWEEN LOT NUMBERS 2568 AND 2569) PURSUANT TO ORC 723.041 RETAINING PERMANENT EASEMENT RIGHTS (Applicant, Greg Darling)
WHEREAS, in the opinion of this Council, there is good cause for vacating the one (1) 12' wide east/west alley north of 437 Windsor St., (between lots 2568 and 2569) in the City of Marion; and
WHEREAS, the petition to vacate these alleys were considered and approved by a 3-3 vote from the Marion City Planning Commission at its meeting of September 1, 2015; and
WHEREAS, notice to all abutting landowners was given in accordance with Marion Codified Ordinances 903.08; and
WHEREAS, Council, upon hearing, is satisfied that said vacation will not be detrimental to the general interest and ought to be made;
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Marion, Marion County, Ohio:
Section 1. That the alleys as described in the attached Exhibit "A", be and is hereby vacated.
Section 2. That title to the real estate comprising said alleys shall revert to the abutting property owners in accordance with the laws of Ohio.
Further, as provided by statute, 723.041, a Permanent easement remains in the subject vacated alley way: When any street, alley...is vacated all utilities rights, easement, access whether owned privately or by any governmental authority, located on, over, or under the portion of the street, alley, or highway affected by such vacation shall be deemed to have a permanent easement in such vacated portion of such street, alley, or highway for the purpose of maintaining, operating, renewing, reconstructing, and removing said utility facilities and for purposes of access to said facilities.
Section 3. The Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of the within ordinance to the Auditory of Marion County and to the Recorder of Marion County, Ohio.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
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Disconnects in public discourse around 'fracking' cloud earthquake issue
SAN DIEGO -- Here are the facts: "Fracking" does not cause big earthquakes. The underground injection of industrial wastewater can, and sometimes does.
Bill Ellsworth is frustrated at how difficult it is getting people to understand this.
The senior U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist is on the cutting edge of new research linking earthquakes to the injection of oil and gas drilling waste (EnergyWire, March 29). But at last week's earthquake conference here, he seemed to spend as much time trying to resolve the "fracking" confusion as he did explaining his findings.
Earlier this month, he even found himself arguing with a cable news host about what his own research conclusions were.
"I was greatly surprised to see how words were being used in the press in ways that were inappropriate," Ellsworth said as the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America wrapped up. "We don't see any connection between fracking and earthquakes of any concern to society."
Ellsworth has stumbled upon a key fault line in the nation's debate about its onshore oil and gas boom.
On one side are oil and gas companies, which use the term "fracking," or "hydraulic fracturing," to describe just one part of the whole production process. Fracturing involves blasting chemical-laced water and sand deep underground to break apart rock and release gas.
Critics, often environmentalists, apply the "fracking" moniker to all aspects of shale drilling -- from the first truck that shows up at the well pad all the way through to waste disposal and plugging.
Because of this divide, the drilling industry's critics and boosters argue a lot, but they often refuse to talk about the same thing.
In the middle are people with a passing interest, like CNBC host Brian Sullivan, who interviewed Ellsworth on April 9 about drilling and earthquakes. He got frustrated when the scientist said fracking did not cause big earthquakes.
"Bill Ellsworth, [I'm] looking at a very reputable site on the Web, not going to say by name because we all make mistakes: 'His executive summary point is geologists have made direct links between fracking and recent earthquakes,'" Sullivan said, challenging Ellsworth's description of his own research with the description of his research by an unnamed news site. "That sounds like you're saying that's a completely incorrect statement."
"It is incorrect," Ellsworth responded. "What we've found is there's a link between disposal of wastewater and earthquakes."
Ellsworth and his fellow USGS researchers brought their evidence of that link to last week's meeting of the country's leading earthquake researchers (EnergyWire, April 19).
He told his fellow seismologists, who are researchers from universities and government agencies, that they have an obligation to set the record straight on fracking, deep wastewater injection and earthquakes.
"As scientists we have an obligation to try to give people the benefit of scientific understanding," Ellsworth said. "The public has legitimate concerns for which it needs good information."
Quakes raise red flags
Ellsworth and University of Oklahoma professor Katie Keranen and others explained the links they found between oil and gas waste injection and two significant earthquakes last year, a magnitude-5.3 one in southern Colorado in August and a magnitude-5.6 quake east of Oklahoma City in November. The Colorado quake caused only minor damage, but the Oklahoma quake injured two people and destroyed 14 homes.
They were part of a 600 percent spike in earthquakes greater than magnitude 3.0 -- roughly the level considered strong enough to be felt at the surface -- during the last 10 years in the middle of the country.
"Something is going on out of the ordinary," Ellsworth said. "The largest preponderance of evidence," he said, points to the Oklahoma and Colorado quakes and the rise in the number of midcontinent earthquakes being caused by injection of wastewater from oil and gas drilling.
Geologists for the states of Oklahoma and Colorado have deemed such conclusions "premature," saying more research and analysis need to be done (EnergyWire, April 16).
But state regulators in Ohio recognized a link between drilling waste injection and a series of earthquakes in Youngstown that culminated in a magnitude-4.0 quake on New Year's Day (EnergyWire, March 9). And Arkansas officials last year implemented a ban on injection in a part of their state that appears to have dissipated a "swarm" of earthquakes there.
In Arkansas, Ohio and many other states, there is a lot more wastewater to inject deep underground because a surge in oil and gas drilling in shale formations has created a lot more wastewater to inject.
Here's where "fracking" comes in. Production from the shale formations is dependent on hydraulic fracturing and in particular a specific method of it that requires blasting millions of gallons of fluid into horizontal wellbores. A lot of that fluid comes back up, even more toxic than it went down. Some can be reused, but eventually most is injected underground.
It has been scientifically established for decades that such injection of industrial wastewater can lubricate faults and unleash earthquakes (Greenwire, Jan. 5). The question is whether injection did cause the recent rash of quakes in the central states.
There's another complicating factor -- hydraulic fracturing itself does appear to have caused some very small earthquakes.
British officials announced last week they would allow Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. to resume fracture treatments despite the company's admission that fracturing caused two small earthquakes near an English village last year (EnergyWire, April 18).
And in San Diego last week, Austin Holland of the Oklahoma Geological Survey described his findings that a series of small earthquakes near Elmore City, Okla., in January 2011 could have possibly been triggered by the fracking of a nearby well (E&ENews PM, Nov. 2, 2011).
But fracking-induced quakes appear to be even less common than injection-triggered quakes, and the earthquakes are much smaller. Holland said the strongest earthquake in the sequence was magnitude 2.9. That is barely strong enough to be felt at the surface. That might be one reason why only one person reported feeling it.
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Kyle Busch not quite good enough at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. -- Kyle Busch was disappointed that he didn't challenge for the win Saturday night but also that he didn't gain ground on the top two Chase drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Busch remained fifth in the series standings, 37 points behind leader Matt Kenseth, who finished third at Charlotte, and 33 points behind Jimmie Johnson, who finished fourth.
"It's good to finish top five but it certainly stinks," Busch said. "We're not good enough. It's frustrating, man. I'm beating myself up every week trying to figure out what I've got to do to be better, and I don't know what it is.
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"I work hard through practice, I work hard through the week, I study film, I do everything I need to do but it's not paying off."
A late caution likely cost Busch a couple of spots on the track but Busch wasn't worried as much about the points as the fact that he led just four laps and wasn't a real threat to win late in the race. He won the Nationwide Series race at Charlotte for the eighth time on Friday.
Five races remain in the Chase, and the Joe Gibbs Racing driver believes he needs to be better.
"We would have made up some points on some guys (without that caution)," Busch said. "Instead we got beat by all the guys that we're racing, essentially. … We need to win races, and we're not capable of doing that right now."
A fuel pickup issue also worried him throughout the race.
"We had the same thing in the third Chase race back in 2008," Busch said. "So it doesn't surprise me something's back. … I'm sure it's just the same old (stuff)."
Busch opened the Chase with back-to-back second-place finishes and then finished fifth at Dover. He had a miserable race at Kansas, where he wrecked three times and finished 34th last week.
So with the fifth-place finish Saturday, he has four top-fives in the first five Chase races.
"They say you need top-fives to win a championship, but when you're getting beat by the guys in front of you, then we're not good enough flat out," Busch said. "I don't know what to do to be better.
"It's frustrating, but you know, I should be happy with a fifth but we're not. I'm not."


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OPINION: Wouldn't it be great if the promise of a new year also meant a promise that some of pop culture's more odious trends could be left behind? Here are 12 I could happily leave in 2012.
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Blow us a kiss goodbye? Lindsay Lohan, left, a galloping PSY, center, and Brad Pitt mumbling for Chanel.
Gangnam style
More than 2 billion people have "liked" the video for "Gangnam Style" on YouTube since it debuted there on July 15, and I can firmly assert that I am not among them. I can appreciate a good earworm; I've been caught humming "Call Me Maybe." But I see no up side to the irritant that is PSY. The dance moves are unflattering, the melody nonexistent. And then it gets stuck in your head. Please: no more.
Lindsay Lohan
I'll keep this brief. Lindsay, I want the best for you, I do. But in 2013 I'd like to not read a word about you. Please stay away from clubs. Call a cab. Pay for everything.
Bad celeb ads
I get it -- endorsements are easy money. Signing on to be the face of a product is little work for a whole lot of dough and if Chanel came knocking on my door, I'd take the gig -- this is the one thing Brad Pitt and I have in common. But I'd want the ad to be spoof proof. Not just to save ego, but because it's not good for the career when you're starring in a film and all the viewer can think of is your silly perfume ad.
Rihanna's Instagram
The photo-sharing social network, Instagram, has been under scrutiny lately for its advertising policy, but the real scandal is the fact that it allows Rihanna to play along. Sadly, it's a job requirement to keep track of her feed -- how else would I know if she and Chris Brown were together again? How else would I know if she had a new tattoo, or if the skin on her upper thighs was blemish-free? Sharing is one thing, over-sharing another.
Deciphering greater meaning in celeb tattoos
If a celebrity gets a tattoo and doesn't take an Instagram picture of it, does the tattoo exist? Does it have MEANING? Ink up your skin all you want, kids, but let's not spend another moment wondering what its place is in the universe.
The wardrobe malfunction down south
If you're a celebrity and your stylist can't find an undergarment that works with your particular dress, you should probably get another stylist.
Bump watching
People are either pregnant or they are not. And until someone decides to make it known that their uterus is occupied, we, the public, just cannot know more. I'm fine leaving it at that. (And I never thought the day would come that I'd write this: Thank you, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. You did you part by sparing us from this ritual before the request even went out. Congrats on your baby-to-be.
Kimye, or any other lovers' contraction
The ill-fated romance between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez kicked off the trend, and since" Bennifer" made it into the lexicon there appears to be some strange, unwritten obligation to give all celeb couples the same treatment. Here's the thing: Bennifer worked. It rolled off the tongue, it saved headline space. But Kimye, for the aforementioned Kim and Kanye? No.
Celebs 'quitting' twitter
And by quitting, I mean making a grand "I am not doing this any more" gesture and then rejoining. Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, Alec Baldwin are all offenders. You're either in or out, folks. Commit.
Teen Mom tweets
Speaking of Twitter: Admittedly, I have a strange fascination with "Teen Mom" (especially "Teen Mom 2"). But their tweeting habits -- the fighting, the new baby news, the marriages, the obvious amount of time they're spending on the social network and not with their kids -- it's too much.
The television over-think
You guys, don't ruin shows you love by thinking too hard about everything (Yes, I'm talking about "Homeland" here). Remember, this television-watching stuff is supposed to be fun.
Madonna's concert stunts
Hopefully, the finale of Madonna's MDNA tour will put an end to her well-publicized concert stunts, but in case that's not her plan ... Please stop waving guns and dedicating stripteases to children shot by the Taliban. The stunts are so commonplace, it's hard to actually get mad about them, instead they're just really irritating and tired.
But let's end on a positive note; there were some great pop culture standouts in 2012.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee was great comedy and a perfect use of the digital medium.
Alec Baldwin's "Here's the Thing" podcasts for WNYC are real gems -- if you've never listened to any, trust me when I encourage you to check out the subjects that have no initial appeal. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots can put their classroom-instrument spin on any song as far as I'm concerned, and Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield proved that celebs can be just plain nice.
Here's to more of that in 2013. Happy New Year!
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Apple butter varies from apple sauce in that apple sauce is just puréed apples with some spice and sweetener optionally added. Apple butter has a bit of a cult following because it more accurately captures the essence of the apple. It consists of a spiced apple sauce that's cooked down for several hours so the sugars caramelize, preserving the mixture in the process. Cooking the mixture also produces more complex flavor compounds, activates naturally occurring pectin so it gels and reduces it so it's more concentrated. The result is rich, creamy apple heaven. Fall apple perfection captured in a jar. You can make a large batch from this recipe and can it for future use or spread it immediately on toast, pancakes or use for anything where you would use fruit preserves.
Use the right types of apple in your preferred wayI've found that sweet tart apples that you'd normally use for baking shine in apple butter. This particular recipe differs from traditional recipes because the skins are left on so the flavor is more complex. This is similar to wine production in where the skins contribute to more flavor depth. Another side effect of this is increased nutritional content because apple skins contain a multitude of antioxidants. This recipe requires a food processor in order to achieve this goal. In my testing I was unable to purée apples adequately in my blender.
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Absolutely Apple Butter Recipe3 pounds apples (about 10) that are best for baking. Organic preferred.
½ cup + 2 Tablespoons sugar
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons brown rice syrup, dark agave syrup or barley malt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon cardamom
¼ teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon salt
1) Prepare your applesOrganic apples are preferred because we're using them with their skins. Wash the apples with soap and water and cut out the bad spots to discard. Weigh the apples to make 3 pounds. Core, slice and process them in two separate batches in a food processor for 5 minutes per batch. Don't worry about the small patches of apple skin. It's going to be cooked down and reprocessed later.
2) Add everything to a stock pot and simmer on lowPlace the apple puree in a large stock pot and stir in the sugar, apple cider vinegar, brown rice syrup, dark agave syrup or barley malt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, cloves and salt. Cook covered on low heat while stirring about every 15 minutes. Be sure to scrape the bottom while stirring to ensure that the bottom doesn't burn. Do this for 3 hours.
3) Allow to cool and process the Apple ButterRemove from heat and allow the mixture to cool enough so you can safely pour it into your food processor. Process the mixture for a couple minutes.
4) Can if you canCan the apple butter with your preferred canning method or transfer it to a covered container. Apple butter will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or two years on the freezer. This recipe makes about 4 cups of Absolutely Apple Butter.
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Hey Mattie! I'm making apple butter soon and your recipe is a perfect jumping-off point. A few questions:
1. Why do you use apple cider vinegar?
2. Why 2 different types of sweetener?
I love that you keep the skins on. I plan to do the same. I'm guessing that pureeing first makes it cook down a little faster? I appreciate all the testing you've done!
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Are You Boring Your Prospects?Posted by suthers, Nov 12 2010, 03:07 PM
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I have a range of things I say, depending on where I am, and my mood at the time. For instance at my tennis club, or at family functions, I might say "Well actually lately I've been helping people with their sex lives in a really interesting way". If I'm at something more formal I might say "I give people a licence to print money" and might even add "Do you know anyone who wants some?"
These little lines are designed to break the ice, avoid triggering defensive attitudes, and get people smiling and asking questions. And the way that I answer that might be a quick description that shares my excitement at the same time "taking it away" from them (eg, "This probably wouldn't be for you, but maybe you'd know someone"). Or I might answer with my 100% appointment strategy, but that's a topic for another day .....
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In short, I bring the presentation alive to fit the person, and I make it as experiential as possible. The more analytical the person, the more I go into financial analysis, company track record, scientific platform, etc, etc, but the real power in the presentation is that it is far from boring because it is about exciting products, an exciting opportunity, and it is always about them, not me.
As long as I'm talking about them, I'm possibly the most interesting person on the planet, and so is my presentation ...
How to Get 100% of AppointmentsPosted by suthers, Oct 25 2010, 12:50 PM
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Your 2 Sentences:
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There are basically 2 kinds of networker: those who get what networking is really about (relationship building) and those who don't. The latter group go to networking meetings mostly to be entertained (I know, I've got the survey results to prove it). The former do OK but would do a hell of a lot better on their own, for the following reasons.
Most people join networking organisations hoping they'll meet people who may be useful to them in business, either as clients, or as lead generators. The problem is that most people don't understand strategic networking, and the experience is usually both unpleasant and unrewarding.
Self generated networking is, quite simply, the only way to ensure success. Even if you attend formal networking meetings, if you don't execute the strategies of self-generated networking, you will never enjoy much success, if any.
Brief Steps to Self-Generated Networking
- Make a list of business people you already know, like, and trust
- Visit each of them individually with the aim of learning more specifically what they do, and specifically how to recognise the best possible potential leads for them
- Expand each other's network by recommending similar meetings with likeminded business owners or professionals
- Look out for leads and refer where appropriate
- Never pitch your network buddies unless they actually ask
Diarise weekly phone contact with each person in your network (25 people is probably a good number) and aim for a quick personal catch up maybe once each month or two. If there's a little gang of you that gets on particularly well, save time and have more fun by holding dinner meetings or family events.
That's about 5 phone calls a day, and about 1 hour a day devoted to strategic networking that is not only proven, but is so enjoyable that it actually adds to the quality of your personal and professional life.
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Check out www.speedbusinessnetworking.com/Strategic-Networking-Payoff.pdf for a more comprehensive discussion, and feel free to comment right here!


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Class Challenges
Each of the main 12 classes have three challenges for you to conquer. They come in Bronze, Silver, and Gold challenges. Completing a Silver challenge unlocks an item. If you beat all the gold challenges in the Guild, Thief Den, Church, or Wizard's Tower you can veto one item, preventing it from appearing in a shop.
You cannot earn any gold in class challenges excluding what you bring out of the dungeon.
List of Class Challenges
|Flavor Text
|Bleat It
|Fighter Bronze Challenge
| Gorgons have broken into the Kingdom's petting zoo, spreading madness and petrification. Fight your way through the enraged goats and put an end to the gorgon leader!
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 150 gold.)
|Medusa (Level 8)
|Goats and Gorgons
|No preparations allowed
|Fighter Silver Challenge
| A particularly troublesome djinn thinks it's being smart by harassing our northern caravans with illusion magic and wild beasts. Mere guards cannot hope to defend against this: this matter needs someone made of sterner stuff.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Platemail.)
|All unlocked monsters and Desert Trolls
|The Arena
|Fighter Gold Challenge
|Okay Fighter, it's time to do what you do best! Can you survive the trials of the Quaking Arena and emerge as champion?
|Mister Goat
|All unlocked monsters
|Blacksmith, Witch and Alchemist
|Berserker Bronze Challenge
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 250 gold.)
|Punycrush McSissywiz
|Desert Trolls, Goats, Warlocks and Zombies
|No preparations allowed
|Again! Again!
|Berserker Silver Challenge
| RWARWRUURGAR! (*mouth-froth*)
(Defeating this challenge will rarghlblarrghlblarghablargh! (earn you the Whurrgarbl.))
|Fodder Von Flee
|Bandits, Djinns, Dragon Spawn, Plants (Erosive Eelroots, Corrosive Creepers and Poisonous Pods), Serpents and Zombies
|Berserker Gold Challenge
|Doom Armours, Goo Blobs, Steel Golems, Succubi and Thralls
|No preparations allowed
|Terror Begins
|Warlord Bronze Challenge
| The great and terrible Bleaty has ravaged our lands for too long. Only a hero capable of defying death itself can stand up to him and rid us of this bearded terror!
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 350 gold.)
|Goblins, Gorgons and Terror Goats
|No preparations allowed
|Terror Grows
|Warlord Silver Challenge
| Your sleep has become fitful, and your dreams torment you. Your battle against the terrible Bleaty did not end in his lair ... you can feel it. A strange force compels you to go adventuring in the south.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Trisword.)
|Goblins, Goo Blobs, Gorgons, Meat Men, Naga and Serpents
|Thief Den and Mage Tower
|Terror's End
|Warlord Gold Challenge
|The ancient stone labyrinths to the north call you. There is something final about them, you can feel it. Whether this means an end to the nightmares or an end to you is uncertain.
|Super Bleat Man, Tormented Bleat, Tower of Bleat, Bleaty
|Dragon Spawns, Golems, Goo Blobs, Rock Trolls and Wraiths
|No preparations allowed
|The Dark Project
|Thief Bronze Challenge
| In the Kingdom's seedy criminal underworld, not even the faintest whispers of fortune remain unheeded. It is said that Lord Sillyname possesses a mighty and unique treasure, and it is your plan to take it.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 150 gold.)
|Groundskeeper (Level 5)
|Grounds Watchers and Trapped Chests
|No preparations allowed
|The Metal Age
|Thief Silver Challenge
| You've infiltrated Lord Sillyname's castle, but the keep is swarming with well-equipped guards. You'll have to be superbly opportunistic if you want to get through this situation alive.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Balanced Dagger.)
|Guard Captain (Level 9)
|Castle Guards and Trapped Chests
|No preparations allowed
|Deadly Shadows
|Thief Gold Challenge
|You've decided to lay low in the depths of Sillyname's keep, but now is the time to claim your prize -- and your acclaim as a master thief.
|Castle Guards, Mercenaries, Spellslingers and Trapped Chests
|No preparations allowed
|Going Rogue
|Rogue Bronze Challenge
| A group of renegades has been discovered near one of the Kingdom's outlying villages. Military forces are being sent to clear the camp, but there's always room for an opportunistic hero to sneak in first.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 250 gold.)
|Lord Lüt and Mr Treshar
|Bandits, Goblins, Meat Men, Minotaurs and Serpents
|No preparations allowed
|Wrath of Midas
|Rogue Silver Challenge
| A map you claimed from the bandit camp highlights what appears to be the primary outlaw stronghold. You have a nose for opportunity. You also have a nose for danger. Right now, the air stinks of both.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Gloves of Midas.)
|Burn Vipers, Foyter, Goblins, Golden Statues, Meat Men, Minotaurs, Prist and Wheeze-hard
|Thief Den, Alchemist, Witch and Church (Dracul only)
|The Orcish Mines
|Rogue Gold Challenge
|In addition to Midas' hideout, your plundered bandit map points out an abandoned sludge mine. Although it's known to have been flooded out long ago when the goblin miners got careless, it seems another group has crept in and started secret renovations.
|Animated Armours, Bandits, Goblin Miners, Minotaurs and Zombies
|No preparations allowed
|Winter is Coming
|Assassin Bronze Challenge
| A cruel and powerful troll-beast patrols the Eastern Peaks, terrorising local settlements and stealing people in the night. Now warrior can stand up to the creature, but a quick blade and silent feet may just prevail.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 350 gold.)
|Frigid Corpses, Fronzen Trolls and Meat Men
|No preparations allowed
|Creeplight Contract
|Assassin Silver Challenge
| It seems that your prowess in the Eastern Peaks has attracted the attention of some important people. A local lord whose family was slain by the Creeplight death cult has asked you to accept his revenge contract. The conditions stipulate thoroughness above all else -- all creatures must be slain.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Venom Dagger.)
|Cultists, Golems, Serpents and Zombies
|In Cold Blood
|Assassin Gold Challenge
|The ultimate assassin's challenge awaits you. One of your own kind, a veteran stalk known as "Draugi", has discarded the vows of the fellowship to carve out an icy kingdom in the east. Stop the oathbreaker, and you'll be greatly rewarded.
|Shard and Draugr
|Berserkers, Burn Vipers, Frozen Trolls, Wraiths and Zombies
|No preparations allowed
|The Deadites
|Priest Bronze Challenge
| Legends of the Zompocalypse tell of one brave priest's struggle against the neverending army of darkness. It's a pretty vague prophecy, but it's good enough for you.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 150 gold.)
|Bad Ash
|Heretics, Vampires, Wraiths and Zombies
|No preparations allowed
|The Evil Zombie
|Priest Silver Challenge
| The Zompocalypse is upon us! A very, very evil zombie has risen from the dead and terrifies pretty much everyone. It's up to you to use your unique undead-killing powers and put a stop to its evil scheme!
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Stone Sigil.)
|Mister Evil
|Golems, Meat Men, Serpents, Warlocks and Zombie
|Bazaar and Witch
|The Triad
|Priest Gold Challenge
|You've stopped the Zompocalypse, but can you go one step further and destroy it at its source? An ancient and powerful triad of undead lords controls the rituals that led to the Zompocalypse, and they will surely strike again unless someone sallies forth to defeat them once and for all!
|The Triad, The Triad and The Triad
|Gelatinous Things, Gorgons, Serpents and Thralls
|No preparations allowed
|Meat Beat
|Monk Bronze Challenge
| It's raw, squelchy and its very existence is an affront to the monk order. It's a common creature known as the Meat Man, and you've been sent on a traditional pilgrimage to present your bare-fisted wrath to as many of them as possible. Your journey begins on the Isle of Blegh.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 250 gold.)
|The Punching Bag
|Goblins, Gorgons, Meat Men and Mystery Meats
|No preparations allowed
|Way of the Open Fist
|Monk Silver Challenge
| Your pilgrimage continues into the swampy depths of the south. There, a foul mirror of the holy one's skill and resolve awaits.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Martyr Wraps.)
|Gorgons, Meat Men, Naga, Plants (All), Vampires, Warlocks and Wraiths
|Alchemist and Witch
|Meat is Murder
|Monk Gold Challenge
|The long journey ends with your greatest challenge yet. Within the abominable slime pits, strength of body and mind are constantly tested by foul and destructive beings.
|Acid Blob, Gelatinous Thing, Golem, Goo Blob, Meat Men, Muck Walker, Slime Blob and Zombie
|No preparations allowed
|Path of Light
|Paladin Bronze Challenge
| The Glowing Guardian demands a champion to fight for his cause against a particularly galling undead lord. Since paladins are naturally quite good at championing things, it falls to you to get the job done.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 350 gold.)
|Bael Von Blud
|Bilious Corpses, Serpents, Vampires and Wraiths
|No preparation allowed
|Honour and Glory
|Paladin Silver Challenge
| It's not only the Glowing Guardian who seeks spiritual champions, and the Paladins answer a wide range of calls -- paying homage through humility and kindness, or steel and glory. right now, Taurog seeks the latter sort of champion to dispose of some heretical dragonspawn.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Agnostic's Collar.)
|Animated Armor, Dragon Spawn, Goo Blobs, Serpents and Steel Golem
|Blacksmith and Alchemist
|Holy Ground
|Paladin Gold Challenge
|Owing to a recent druid shortage, the Earthmother is looking for a Paladin to champion her cause. Not her first choice, but sometimes deities have to settle for general purpose holy men, y'know? She wants you to target and destroy a particularly irksome naga warrior in her name.
|All unlocked monsters, Naga and Plants (Mysterious Murkshades)
|No preparations allowed
|Magic, Woo!
|Wizard Bronze Challenge
| Ancient texts report a great and mysterious source of magical power in the Deadly Death Bog. Unfortunately, a barbarian class has constructed an impenetrable stone fortress on the site. They also hate all that 'magic stuff'.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 150 gold.)
|Berserkers, Goblins, Goo Blobs and Gorgons
|No preparations allowed
|Wizard Silver Challenge
| After a few more futile attempts at correctly translating the ancient text, you decide that there's only one place that can unlock the true secrets of such a garbled script: the aptly-named Malfunctionarium. It can only be hoped that nothing will go horribly wrong while you're there.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Mage Plate.)
|Goats, Goo Blobs, Gorgons, Illusions, Vampires and Warlocks
|Mage Tower
|The Golem Factory
|Wizard Gold Challenge
|Up for some glory, wizard? Seek out the golem factory in the Alphae Nostalge mountains and prove your mettle as a spellcaster
|Super Meat Man and Iron Man
|Animated Armours, Golems and Meat Men
|No preparations allowed
|Bloo Hoo
|Sorcerer Bronze Challenge
| The blobby, sentient jellies known as the Bloo Goo have been studied as a magical curiosity for centuries. Your Kingdom's mages believe that they've discovered something new and valuable about these creatures, but they'll need to collect some fresh samples.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 250 gold.)
|Whurl'doff Goo
|Animated Armours, Bloo Goos, Goats and Serpents
|No preparation allowed
|Damp Darkness
|Sorcerer Silver Challenge
| Examining the Bloo Goo itself has provided little information, but evidence points to a nearby flooded tomb that may hold the answers you seek.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Blue Bead.)
|Bloo Goo, Dancing Blades, Djinn, Golem and Imps
|Blacksmith and Mage Tower
|Deep Magic
|Sorcerer Gold Challenge
|The tomb goes deeper, and the power of the Bloo Goo grows. You are nearing whatever secret the tomb holds, to be certain, but you still need to contend with the tomb's increasingly mysterious guardians.
|The Undefeatable
|Animated Armours, Bloo Goo, Desert Trolls, Djinns, Imps and Serpents
|No preparations allowed
|A Taste
|Bloodmage Bronze Challenge
| Those who seek the darkest of power can only rise by stepping on those who have sought and failed before. You are ready to begin treading the path. By wary of the sacrifices you must make ... and be strong enough to accept the rewards.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you 350 gold.)
|Kim Royce
|Blood Snake, Cultists, Damned Ones, Goo Blob, Rusalkas and Wraiths
|No preparation allowed
|Bloodsoaked Blade
|Bloodmage Silver Challenge
| It is said that the druids of the western forest guard a sinister artifact, stolen long ago from the sanctum of Dracul the Undying and hidden from those who would use it for evil. The opportunity to study this blade cannot be passed up, and as a newly-inaugurated member of the Bloodmages, it has been decided that you shall embark upon the perilous task of claiming it.
(Defeating this challenge will earn you the Vampiric Blade.)
|Bandits, Bridge Troll, Druids, Goats, Goblins, Meat Men, Tokoloshes and Zombies
|Mage Tower, Blacksmith and Bazaar
|Bloody Victory
|Bloodmage Gold Challenge
|You have the blade, but you need to cover your tracks. It is said one of Dracul's champions is carving a bloody swathe through the west in search of the blade -- you must seize the opportunity to destroy this creature before it realizes you've become the target.
|The Immovable
|Cave Snakes, Goblins, Goo Blobs, Minotaurs and Wraiths
|No preparations allowed


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New coordinator says Mark Sanchez will have 'a leg up' on Jets QBs
- New Jets offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg says embattled QB Mark Sanchez will enter camp as the starter
- His competition%3F Right now it%27s Tim Tebow and Greg McElroy%2C although the Jets are flirting with free agent David Garrard
- Mornhinweg said Monday that he doesn%27t have to %22fix%22 Sanzhez%2C just get him to play better more consistently
Mark Sanchez will have "a leg up" in the New York Jets quarterback competition when off-season workouts begin next month, and new offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg says he already is thinking of ways to help the struggling quarterback.
"He played some awfully good games, it's just a touch scattered," Mornhinweg said on a conference call Monday.
A leg up on whom?
Well, Mornhinweg spoke Monday as if Tim Tebow might be sticking around, but the Jets later announced they had signed free agent David Garrard. Greg McElroy, who was given a shot last season when patience with Sanchez finally wore out, is still on the roster.
With four quarterbacks on the roster, Garrard's signing would seem to indicate Tebow, the failed experiment, is history.
Mornhinweg bristled at a question about how to "fix" Sanchez, the former first-round pick who has thrown 18 interceptions in each of the last two seasons. The Jets benched Sanchez before the season finale in 2012.
But Mornhinweg said he is looking at the better games in Sanchez's past as evidence that Sanchez can succeed in his West Coast offense, provided Sanchez has more help. That was not the case in 2012, when the Jets were an average rushing team that lacked a big-play receiver with wideout Santonio Holmes and tight end Dustin Keller injured for most of the season.
"He's played at a high level. It's our job to get him to play at a high level on a consistent basis," Mornhinweg said. "It's my responsibility to get the football to our best players or playmakers a little bit more. Just in general, that's the philosophy there. What goes into it a little bit more is the old-school philosophy that we don't care how we get it done — run, pass, who gets the credit."
Sure, that sounds good in March as the Jets prepare for free agency and the draft, needing to answer questions about just who those "best players or playmakers" will be.
Holmes is due $11 million in 2013, and the Jets will need much more from 2012 second-round draft pick Stephen Hill, another wide receiver. With starting running back Shonn Greene likely leaving in free agency, the Jets — without upgrading in free agency — will depend on Joe McKnight and Bilal Powell, both unproven.
Keller, Sanchez's favorite target, is also unsigned and could leave during free agency.
"We do have a couple fellas on our roster right now who've displayed some dynamic ability to catch a football," Mornhinweg said. "We're right in the middle of building this football team, so we'll know a little more about it in the near future."
Contributing: Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports
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