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Jan 17, 2013, 10:10 AM
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the keynote speaker at the opening session of the Public Health Law Research annual meeting that started yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. In advance of the meeting, NewPublicHealth spoke with Dr. Farley about the role of legal research in moving the public health agenda forward, how New York City is doing in the weeks following Hurricane Sandy, and the flu epidemic hitting the city that prompted New York State Governor Cuomo to declare a public health emergency earlier this week.
NewPublicHealth: What will you focus on during your address at the Public Health Law Research Program annual meeting?
Dr. Farley: I will be going through a number of policies that we have put in place here in New York City to promote health. Most of those will be around food, but some will be around tobacco. So that includes things such as our raising of tobacco taxes, our smoke-free air rule and around our prohibition on the use of trans fats in restaurants, our calorie labeling initiative and our portion rule [limits on beverage sizes at some food outlets]. And I will share some thoughts about the role researchers can play in policy development for an agency like ours.
NPH: How important has legal research been for some of the recent public health initiatives that have been introduced in New York City?
Dr. Farley: The research is extremely important to us in developing all of our policy approaches. When we are looking into a particular problem we think, what are the things driving the problem? What are general policies that might tend to lessen the problem? And then we think in a very practical sense, what is the feasibility of those policies? What is their impact? And what is our legal authority to enact them or what is the legal authority for different legislative bodies to enact them? That all plays a very key role here, and then we look at a variety of other research too about the potential public response to it and put all of that together in deciding on what policies to promote.
NPH: During a NewPublicHealth interview earlier this week with Scott Burris, JD, director the Public Health Law Research Program, we asked what key questions he had for you. He asked what are some of the critical questions you currently have for the legal research community?
Dr. Farley: The target for policy enactment to promote health falls in just a few categories that have potential for the biggest health impact. They include: smoking, things around food, things around physical activity and things around alcohol. Then one could think of a variety of different policies that might have a benefit in those areas, but then there is the question of what is the authority of different government entities to enact those policies? I have learned that laws are very complicated in this country. We have federal laws, state laws, local laws, we have regulations of different agencies that are often overlapping and sometimes conflicting. Providing clarity to localities primarily and states secondarily about what sort of policies they have the authority to enact that would have a big impact on health is very helpful. The New York City health department has a general counsel's office with several lawyers and a lot of resources to try to research things – most local health departments don't have this. So they can greatly benefit from ideas generated and disseminated from gatherings like this.
NPH: A second question from Scott Burris is: what legal issues should health departments across the country be thinking about in order to move the public health agenda forward?
Dr. Farley: There are certain tobacco policies that are proven to be effective that are inadequately used around the country. Many areas need to have stronger smoke-free air laws. Those cost essentially nothing and in terms of taxes they can actually bring revenue that can be used for tobacco control programs. I think when you get to diet and physical activity it is less clear as to what is effective. But I think that the Public Health Law Research Program can provide ideas that are presented so that local jurisdictions can be told 'this is an idea which might work' and then encourage innovation. I think the history of tobacco control has shown that innovation happens best at the local level and if you have many jurisdictions around the country trying to innovate then some of them will hit upon something that really works and others will then be able to take that idea.
NPH: How is New York City doing in its recovery from Hurricane Sandy?
Dr. Farley: Hurricane Sandy was the biggest storm on record for New York City. It caused tremendous amounts of property damage and some very unfortunate loss of life; we had about 40 people who died in the storm. There has been a lot of work that has been done post-storm and overall given the magnitude of the storm I think the city has done very well. There are an awful lot of people who are still suffering and have lost their houses and lost their jobs. So there is still an amount of disruption here, but as far as the health impacts we feel like they have been relatively contained. So there is a lot of work to do, but we feel like we are moving in the right direction.
NPH: New York State this week declared a public health emergency because of the numbers of influenza cases in your state. What's an innovation that other health departments could find valuable in the short or long term?
Dr. Farley: The flu levels are peaking in New York City right now. We have a flu epidemic every year, but this is a bad year. The main recommendation we have for everyone is that it is not too late to get your flu shot. This is actually an example of where policy change has given us a big advantage. In New York State, but not in every state, pharmacists can administer vaccines. We now have in New York City more than 600 locations where people can go in and easily get vaccinated. That is much more available than it is in other states that don't allow pharmacists to have this role.
This commentary originally appeared on the RWJF New Public Health blog.


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I've discussed some of this in earlier posts. We have to wade through all of the middle school stuff and somehow facilitate 30 twelve year-olds in learning a new and specific concept or idea every day. In my 12 years teaching and observing (formally and informally) middle school teachers, here are four things I've learned.
1. Start with an OBJECTIVE!
I can't stress this one enough. While I like to allow for differences in style, objective-based planning is the only way to plan. You start with an objective - a measurable learning outcome that students need to know or be able to do by the end of the class. For newer teachers, this changes what can sometimes feel like the need to fill time into the need to have students learn within a limited time.
Students will be able to describe motion of particles in three phases of matter.
-Specific? Yes.
-Kid friendly? Yup.
-Measureable? Sure.
Ok, we're ready to get to work.
2. Plan for Mastery
Now, the challenge is set. You, the teacher, have 45 (or 47, 50, 60, etc.) minutes to have every student meet your objective. In our example, this means you have 45 minutes for your students to learn and demonstrate a mastery of particle motion in three phases of matter.
How in the world will you do it? If you're asking yourself this question, you're off to a great start. You've successfully changed your focus from filling time to using time. Answering this question is the reason you get a paycheck - this is your job. You are an expert in getting kids to learn. Not only that, but you need to continue to get better at it.
- Planning Activities
- Preparing Materials
- Preplanning Questions (yes, preplanning)and synthesizing everything into a smooth, focused lesson!
This is not to say that you need to do it alone! Hopefully, you have a strong, collaborative staff to help you. Discussing lessons with peers, asking others for feedback, and reflection (alone and in groups) are powerful tools that will foster improved teaching and learning.
3. Frame the Learning
The importance of framing is never better demonstrated than when seen from the student perspective. (Newer teachers, I urge you to seek out peers who excel at this and watch them in action)! This is an extremely powerful learning tool. Framing of learning involves explicitly communicating to students what they need to know or be able to do by the end of class.
In addition, it may involve...
-Explaining how you're going to help them get there.
-Activating prior knowledge.
-Asking a question to help students begin to explore the topic.
In our example, this could be as simple as saying, "Please take a look at your objective. Today, by the end of class, you need to be able to describe how particles move in three different phases of matter. Are there any questions of what is expected of you by the end of class today?"
To me, this is so important that I use anywhere from 1-5 of my 45 minutes covering it each day. It may not sound like much, but 5 minutes is 11% of the time students have in class.
It's worth it - every day.
4. Summarize the Learning
Ok, you've set an objective, framed learning for students, and planned and implemented a lesson for mastery.
DO NOT let the lesson simply end with the bell - end the lesson purposefully by summarizing the learning with which students should be walking away!
Like framing, the power and importance of a good summary is most easily visible from the student perspective. Opening and closing the learning both work to focus students on the objective, and are well worth the time they require.
This blog post is by no means meant to be comprehensive. The art of teaching takes years to develop, but I am a strong believer in the four ideas presented above. After observing them in action and consistently utilizing them myself, I feel safe telling you that they
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07 November 2014
The final race in this year's Donaldson Cross Country Championship, the Atlas Copco Gold 450 on the West Rand on November 28 and 29, will be a spectator friendly event with a route that will be familiar to regular competitors in the series.
With a number of championships still up for grabs, particularly in the Production Vehicle category, the race is set to provide a dramatic end to the season. The race is again based at the Kloof Country Club in Glenharvie, with a route similar to last year – but run in a clockwise direction.
The qualifying race to determine grid positions will see crews tackle a 100 kilometre route, with the race to be run over two 160 kilometre loops. Race headquarters, the start/finish and the designated service park will all be based at the Kloof Country Club.
The qualifying race will take crews north east to Hillshaven through the farm Elandsfontein onto South Deep and Jagtfontein. The route then heads back to the start/finish via Kalbasfontein.
The route for the main race includes the entire qualifying section, and also heads south to Doringkloof before a homeward stretch that includes the Telkom koppies and Wagterskop. The very rocky Telkom koppies and Wagterskop sections are hilly and technical, and will provide teams with a special challenge.
"The route is an interesting one with lots of contrasts," said route director Adri Roets. "The weekend will provide crews with plenty to think about.
"The first section of the route combines open veld with some twisty sections and small river crossings, with the last 40 kilometres made up of rocky climbs, some serious wash aways and dongas."
Roets added there were also numerous road crossings with the route running close to main arterials. This will allow for excellent viewing at designated spectator points with public entry to these areas free of charge.
The championship issues that still have to be settled, and the fact that Glenharvie is easily accessible from a number of major centres, is likely to ensure a good turnout of cross country enthusiasts. The venue is close to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Krugersdorp, Potchefstroom, Randfontein and other towns on the West Rand.
There is also free public entry to race headquarters, the start/finish and the designated service park. The qualifying race will start at 11:30 on Friday, November 28 and the main race at 08:30 the following day.
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For Tracey Flattes and her husband it was a case of love at first sight — with the city of Vancouver.
"Our prime reason for moving to Vancouver from Boston in 2006 was that we felt the city would be a great place to raise children," she said.
But 10 years on, life's twists and turns have taken their toll on Flattes' experience of downtown living. Now divorced, her life as a single mom with two kids, eight and four, is tinged with anxiety when she considers the future.
She is able to live in one the tonier parts of downtown thanks to a city-province partnership that created Side, an Affordable Housing Societies project with 113 units for low and moderate-income families and 171 market rental units. The family units are in 31 townhouses surrounding the base of a 30-storey highrise on West Cordova as well as in the first 11 floors of the tower.
"With a subsidy based on my income, I pay about $1,077 a month for a three-bedroom apartment in Coal Harbour,'' says Flattes, who earns $48,000 a year as a data manager for Vancouver Opera. "If I had to pay market rate, it would be at least $2,200 a month, so the subsidy is a huge concern for me. If I lost it, there is no way I could live here."
Flattes' situation is shared by hundreds of moderate-income families who have been drawn to inner-city living, making Vancouver one of the most desirable downtown housing sites in North America. But how long that can continue is something planners, academics and the housing industry debate. Meanwhile, supply and demand continues to push real estate prices and rents to levels where only the most affluent can afford to move there.
It is a unique constellation of events — including government support for housing — that led Vancouver on the path to enviable inner-city living, says Ann McAfee, adjunct professor at the School of Community Regional Planning in University of B.C.'s faculty of applied science. She knows because she lived it.
McAfee had just graduated from UBC with a doctorate in urban land economics and planning and decided to get some experience by taking a job with the city as a housing planner before returning to academe. She stayed for more than 30 years.
Vancouver's bold experiment in affordable downtown living, she said, was triggered by the decision not to build a freeway through the middle of the city. It set city council of the day on a course to investigate how different types of housing could attract people with varying incomes to live downtown.
"You needed to have a mix of affordable housing of different prices of housing because not everybody who works downtown is a CEO," she said in a recent interview. "You need to have a lot of people who have much more modest incomes who are going to service downtown: your clerks, your secretaries, your retail people, etc."
What followed under several city administrations was a process that led to a seminal report entitled Guidelines for Families in High Density Housing. While density was important — north and south False Creek housing would ultimately exceed previous densities by a factor of 10 — what emerged as even more critical to attracting families was the presence of other families and housing design that served them, like public spaces and amenities, she said.
Another ingredient was the fact senior governments were pouring money into building co-operative and not-for-profit housing of different types and for different income groups, McAfee said.
During the 1970s, more than 2,000 housing units a year were being added to the housing stock, especially in the south shore of False Creek. But by 2006 when she left the city as co-director of planning, that number had dropped to a trickle of 100 to 200 units a year, she said.
She noted that developers were among the most skeptical when the city first proposed using the industrial lands on the south side of False Creek and later the north side of False Creek. "They said, 'This is ridiculous. Nobody's going to want to live downtown.' "
If Flattes was drawn to the downtown by a love of the city, for Sukhi Ghuman and Gurj Dhaliwal, it was equal doses of love and hate — a love of everything the downtown had to offer and hate for an enervating commute from suburban Surrey.
Married in 2009, the young couple initially lived in Dhaliwal's parents' home in Surrey. But Ghuman, who graduated with a BA from UBC and took a job in event planning and marketing for the university, found the drive to UBC taxing.
"The commute was about 1½ hours each way," said Ghuman. So it was about the quality of life. By the time we got home, I was mentally drained and had no desire to do anything."
Over objections from their families, they rented a 590-square-foot apartment in Yaletown for $1,500 a month. After two years of loving a downtown lifestyle, they purchased, with financial help from their parents, a $500,000 two-bedroom, 935-square-foot apartment.
The couple, who now have a 10-month-old son, Daya, are among a number of families who have turned their back on the traditional path of settling down in the suburbs in favour of an apartment home in Vancouver's downtown core.
They both enjoy the stimulation of the downtown: the restaurants, the nightlife, the proximity of amenities, such as community centres and libraries, and even the local Starbucks, which Sukhi says now serves as a second living room for her and her son. Ghuman admits that if they have another child, things may change.
"When Baby No. 2 comes, we are going to have to re-evaluate," she said."I know if we went back to Surrey, we would have free child care. Right now we are actually paying for daycare to live downtown when we could have it for free if we were living in Surrey. But right now that is a sacrifice we are willing to make."
Gordon Price, a six-time city councillor and now an urban planning professor at Simon Fraser, says Vancouver's downtown living plan has been an "astonishing success." "If you go down to the Roundhouse Community Centre in the morning there is stroller gridlock, there are so many families that have started to raise kids there," he said.
But success comes at a cost, he said. "There has been one big problem. We have too few schools and daycares provided."
Flattes agrees. "There is definitely a lack of choice in public schools in the downtown area — my catchment school did not have space for my daughter when we applied for kindergarten."
The downtown schools do not offer any of the "choice" programs (languages, fine arts, etc.) so Flattes was forced to apply outside the catchment area. Her daughter goes to school in East Vancouver and is in the bilingual Mandarin program. Her son will go to the same school next year, but it means longer and tiring morning and evening commutes if they attend school outside the downtown core.
Jon Stovell, president of Reliance Properties and co-chair of the Urban Development Institute, agrees that Vancouver has successfully pioneered modern downtown living. His company's Burrard Place project has planned two and three-bedroom "family suites" to make up about 54 per cent of the total homes in the tower, well in excess of the 25 per cent mandated by the city.
But he now sees the need for the city to be more flexible if it is going to maintain affordability in the downtown neighbourhoods.
"The first thing they (city officials) should do is try to work diligently and quickly to generate a lot more supply," he said. "You see a lot of approvals and developments going ahead in Vancouver but the approvals take a long time, the zoning is kind of eked out at a very high approval cost over long periods of time."
Planners also have to consider ideas like micro-lofts, suites up to about 350 square feet in size, which Stovell says "give an entry-level low rung on the ladder opportunity for people to enter the home ownership market."
He also urges the city to revise its requirements that two- and three-bedroom suites have a window on an outside wall, which could bring down the cost of providing family-friendly housing.
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Discussion > CAGW Believers big list of Achievements
Someone just told me skeptics have not achieved anything, so I wonder if we can list CAGW Achievements
☑ 1 Control of media staffed by "progressives" (tick box)
☑ 2 Mass Brainwashing of school children (tick box)
☑ 3 Policies leading to Increases in Energy Bills leading to industry moving abroad (tick box)
☒ Realistic path to achieving CO2 reductions (nope)
stewgreen, another way of putting it would be a parody of Monty Python's Life of Brian
Reg: "All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us?"
CAGW has prevented developing countries from acheiving all the above. Developed countries have seen all the developed bits, corrupted.
CAGW Believers don't be shy, please list your achievements.
They've managed to create a system that transfers loads of money from the poor to the rich. Whether it's landowners and windmills or home owners and their solar panels. All paid for by people who don't even own their own roof. Don't forget the huge donations to those who drive an electric car. It doesn't matter that it's almost always the add on for a family with more than one car already. Then there's the carbon trading schemes that the beloved of the Mafia and big business. They give solar panels to people who need proper power systems to delay them industrialising and wanting the stupid stuff we want like clean water, fridges, clean cooking. Warmists are like a back to front Robin Hood.
"Give us all your money, or the Planet catches fire" sounds a bit like a protection racket.
Have any Americans thought of invoking the RICO legislation? But doing it right?
Yep Hood-Robin (robbing the poor to give to the rich)
☑ 4 Transfer of wealth from poor to rich, due to renewables/electric car subsidies (tick box)
☑ 5 Carbon Trading corruption (tick box)
☑ 6 Fear amongst honest scientists to raise valid questions against dogma (tick box)
Like how many people must have read that 2035 Vanishing Glacier claim in the IPCC
☑ 7 Loss of trust in science ..as public witness that propaganda dominates media and challengers are banned from the airwaves (tick box)
8 Loss of trust in the Wildlife/Nature/Environmental Movement
As someone who grew up with, and has not yet lost, a love of the Natural World etc, so much good work is being lost by the abuse of the public's trust.
9) Death of Science Journalism.
Compare 1980s New Scientist with today's fanzine.
Compare the criticism of economists, politicians and even artists with the adulation given to scientists.
If bad plays can be put on in the West End then bad science can be put in a journal. There are far lower barriers to entry.
But Journalists no longer review science.
10. Manipulation of science funding. Allied with manipulation of science priorities and docile behaviour of science regulatory bodies. (Cannot entirely be blamed on climate science).
11. Making pollution much worse by getting tax breaks for diesel cars introduced.
12. Chopping down lots of trees in the US to burn at Drax.
14. Industrialization of wilderness landscapes
According to the BBC, "Investment in renewables reached $286bn worldwide in 2015."
What wonders could have been achieved with that money?
Very good point, Colin Wernham.
And here's another achievement found by that bastion of scepticism on Green policies, the Guardian.
It seems that biodiesel requires palm oil which requires deforestation of Asia...
Well, who saw that coming. What a surprise.
15. Killing ospreys.
M Courtney, you can make Bio Diesel on perfectly good arable land normally used to grow food. Loads do it, because of generous subsidies, especially in the USA, and so there is less surplus, and nothing to feed the starving around the world unless they can pay the inflated prices.
People starving can then be blamed on global warming.
One of the greatest achievements of the Climate Concerned is the massive cluttering of the open spaces of too much of the Western World with wind turbines that kill countless birds and bats, and disturb the wildlife the turbines are built on.
Perhaps the greatest achievement of the Climate Concerned is the emergence of a major industry based on the demands and claims of the Climate Concerned. This industry costs the world in the range of over one hundred billion US per year and produces nothing of value. It does not preserve the environment, it does not modify the climate, nor does it assist those outside of the actual industry. This industry of the Climate Concerned is a large parasite on the rest of the people of the world.
16 Corruption of the BBC News and Environmental reporting., and some programme content.
Interesting ideas ..so I have created a new thread that you might have ideas for
Controversial Fantasyworld The BBC/Guardian Themepark : list of attractions.


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- Adjust brightness, contrast, shadows, and highlights.
- Focus and intensify your photo with vignette.
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GeoStream .NET uses the same API as the core Telogis GeoBase library. This allows companies to develop from a single code base and deploy the map data and Telogis GeoBase engine either remotely or locally depending on the customer's requirements.
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In this deployment model GeoBase libraries are compiled into server-based applications that support the desired functionality. These apps can be native services, web services or purpose-built application that process geospatial data as a part of enterprise operations. GeoStream is certified for Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Similar to Server-Based Applications, Telogis GeoBase libraries are compiled into native applications that are designed to run on the desktop. The map data is resident locally on that desktop which may or may not communicate with databases, or other enterprise systems. Common applications for this model include AVL, tracking, planning, and dispatching applications.


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But these two are lovely, particularly the bouncy "Come On Down". It's a minimalist arrangement, driven by chugging piano and what sounds like a quartet of Sammys, although it could just as well be a real vocal group, supporting Sammy's enthusiastic lead vocal. Whoever is singing (and playing) is a winner from start to finish.
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One summer a number of years ago, I packed up and moved to Switzerland for three months. I rented a room in a 17th-century villa on a steep, cobblestone street in Boudry, the canton of Neuchâtel. By day, I worked as a machine translation analyst in Cortaillod, the next village over and an easy ten-minute walk from my room in Boudry. Evenings found me exploring my new temporary home, sipping hot chocolate and eating French pastries in the local cafes, exploring the winding streets and picture-perfect squares, and practicing my rudimentary French on anyone willing to listen. Weekends, I'd take the local train into the city of Neuchâtel, a pleasant half-hour ride through a landscape of rolling green meadows and vineyards. And always, I was on the trail of the perfect cheese fondue.
The search was a cinch because wherever I went, people were always asking, "have you ever eaten real Swiss fondue?"
The only possible response to that was, "no, but I'd love to try it." Each time, I hoped no one could read my mind and discover all the previous occasions in recent weeks that I'd "tried" a real Swiss fondue for the "first" time.
I can't say whether I ever found the perfect fondue, since each one I sampled was equally memorable. But one particular meal turned out to be unforgettable.
One weekend, some friends from Boudry invited me to go hiking in the nearby Jura Mountains. The trek took us up a narrow trail through leafy forests and clearings that offered stunning vistas of the undulating, green landscape: forested hills and meadows where grazing cows looked like the figurines you see in Swiss tourist shops. After a couple of hours, we stopped at a one-room shack that offered overnight shelter for long-distance hikers. It had wooden bunks at one end, a stove at the other, and a wooden picnic table out front.
While one friend went off to chill bottles of white wine in the mountain spring and another hooked up a propane bottle to the cabin stove (you had to bring your own), I sat down at the table and started grating cheese. Now I knew why my Swiss pals had been toting such heavy backpacks for a one-day's jaunt into the wilderness.
Maybe it was the long, hot hike that made the food so appealing. Or the fresh mountain air and the relaxing sight of green hills framed against a clear blue sky. Or maybe it was just the jokes, laughter, and stories that accompanied the meal (including one preposterous tale about the time someone poured vast amounts of absinthe into Boudry's Fontaine de la Justice on the patron saint's day and got the revelers' roaring drunk). But I can still taste that fondue: the salty, molten cheese, the slight tang from the wine, the chewiness of the crusty bread.
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There is no clear agreement on where and when fondue originated. Some accounts say it began with goat herders in Neuchâtel, others claim it originated in nearby Valais, while still others say it's not originally Swiss at all but was invented in Savoy, a historical region between Switzerland and France. One of the earliest recipes comes from a 17th-century Zurich cookbook, which describes it as "cheese cooked with wine."
In the 1930s the Swiss Cheese Union promoted fondue as Switzerland's national dish in an attempt to boost cheese sales. Every region has its own version, using different mixes of local cheeses that give the regional varieties different flavors and textures. In Neuchâtel, the cheeses are Gruyere and Emmenthaler. This, my Boudry friends insist, is the authentic version because, like everyone else, they claim their canton to be the true birthplace of fondue.
Here is the recipe for the fondue I enjoyed during my hike into the Jura Mountains (proportions are approximate, since we didn't measure anything and I wrote down the recipe only after returning to town):
1 clove garlic, halved
225 grams (½ lb.) Gruyere cheese, grated
225 grams (½ lb.) Emmenthaler cheese, grated
¼ liter (about 1 cup) dry white wine
2 tablespoons kirsch
1 tablespoon potato starch or cornstarch
day-old baguettes, cut into cubes with a piece of crust left on each one (helps them stay on the fork)
Freshly grated pepper
Rub the inside of a heavy-bottomed pot with the garlic clove and discard. Heat the wine over medium heat without boiling. Add the grated cheese and stir constantly in a figure-eight pattern until the cheese melts. Dissolve the starch in the kirsch and add to the pot. When everything is bubbling remove from the heat and season with pepper. Dip the bread into the fondue and enjoy. Pair with wine or hot herbal tea, but avoid cold beverages, which can give you a nasty bellyache.
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|Episode 1 – Season 1
I must first mention how much I love the idea of capturing ghosts and containing them in a storage facility. The possibilities seem endless with all the legends and memorable happenings throughout time. This episode isn't a solid enough start for the show however. The Ghostbusters catch an annoying trio of family ghosts only to have the ever bumbling Slimer release them that very night as they sleep. The ghost family decides to run the Ghostbusters out of business by capturing ghosts themselves. They end up biting off far more than they can chew which results in their capture again with the Ghostbusters left to deal with the mess. The writing on this show goes up and down which reflects the writers. I admire some of them while others couldn't write the alphabet correctly if you ask me. I'll make sure to list the writer of each episode as we go along so you understand what I mean. As far as the writers for this one, I'm not a fan.
|Worst ghosts ever
|Being slimed is never fun
|Slimer in trouble
|Yeah, great disguises..
|When sushi strikes!
Anyway, if you have seen this episode and are a fan of the RGB I trust you can understand what I'm talking about here. It's not the worst episode I've seen and it has a bit of interesting elements to it to keep it off the bottom of the list for me. I hold the RGB to a high standard.
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Sunday, 25 December 2016
Christmas Day Tidy Up
No plans to go anywhere this weekend; just tidying up the house instead. The garage badly needs sorting out, the kitchen hob needs cleaning and the downstairs bathroom needs a good scrubbing. I'm not doing anything special for Christmas (though I did buy both F-22 and A-10 model airplanes in 1:72 scale for little Terence).
The video is an old Chris Rea track from 1979, referring to the old "Deltics" trains that used to operate on the UK's east coast main line from London to Edinburgh in the '60s. I used to take trains on that east coast line between Edinburgh and Durham and occasionally Newcastle and London King's Cross, but those were all Intercity 125s. I can still clearly recall many of the sights from the train windows on the Durham-Edinburgh and Edinburgh-Durham journeys. It's funny what you can remember.
Anyway, here's a "Merry Christmas!" to Nate, Sylvie and all the other people who read this blog. I hope you all have a good time this weekend.
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To punish or not to punish
"How important is it to make someone feel punished?
Or is it more important for them to solve the mistake he or she has done?"
For kids, doing mistake is a very common thing. Spill over milk, played with your favorite bubble bath, treated your perfume like a room freshener, or simply disobeyed you. Many more things I don't need to describe, I guess. Yeah, … those things that stood you up :)
For us, their parent, sometimes those were not only mistakes. Those were also things that stood us up. Many times, they were the reasons why we gave punishment to our kids. Reasons why we gave them Time Outs, grounded them for no chocolate or candies, to stay in their room or no TV. I hope none of us ever hit our kids just because.
I was included on those who gave Time Outs to my son, even though I tried to be democratic by letting him pick the spot.
But then I learned that giving Time Outs (or maybe any other form of punishments) was useless. They did not bring my child to higher level in learning life. I found that he did the Time Out just because I said so, not because he knew or understood that he deserved a punishment. Therefore he kept doing the mistake and a Time Out was no longer frightened him. Not only that. The most important is that giving a punishment did not solve the problem.
Then I started to think, "Is it important to make someone feel punished? Or is it more important for them to solve the mistake he or she has done?"
Ever since, I no longer gave my son Time Outs. I started introduced him the logical consequences, of every thing he has done. Good acts, bad acts, every decision we made, everything in life has consequences.
Voila, it works better than giving him Time Outs. He learnt his mistakes.
When he became sloppy and spilled his drink, he would take a tissue and wipe it off.
When I warned him to stop jumping around and he ended up bumped his head, he would take the medicated oil himself.
When he accidentally hurt someone, he would ask for an apology PLUS "What should I do to make you feel better" question. Yes, I taught him that because I know saying sorry (many times) do not solve anything. But there are always things we can do to make people feel better.
When he refused to eat and kept playing, and his tummy got upset then he got 'masuk angin' and couldn't stop vomiting, he knew he would need to take care all the mess. And he did.
When he did not finish his meal or milk, I told him to never ask for meals / milk for the rest of his life and he should had been grateful of every meals I served him. He (finally) did finish his meals and at the next occasion, he carefully asked for the perfect portion he could finish.
Punishment won't bring us anywhere, and maybe that is why this country is going nowhere. I hope I can make a little difference for the future, by teaching my kids to be responsible of all things he has done.


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Way back in 1994 there was an Akira game in development for SNES. The game was all but a memory until 20 years later when the only known game footage has been released online! That's pretty impressive considering the series popularity that something could be under wraps for so long!
I guarantee if this game were completed it would sell like hot cakes on any current gen platform! See the footage via Unseen64 below.


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1 Oz. Dark Crème de Cacao
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Garnish: Chocolate Syrup, Mini Milky Way Candy Bar
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Last week we caught up with Karyn Parsons from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and this week its MO to the E to the…
If seeing the 90′s teen version of 'Brandy Norwood' who stars as the main character (Moesha Mitchell) doesn't make you feel nostalgic then theLEGENDARYopening theme song, which has six versions in total(one for every season)definitely will!
Or maybe seeing Brandy's former co-star'Shar Jackson' who played 'Niecy Jackson'in the show, will take you back to a time when TV was on point!
Shar gives up the latest update on her new TV life as a reality star and more…
Show:Moesha (1996 – 2001)
Character: Niecy Jackson
Most memorable line: "Dang, y'all… If the White People runnin' you know it's time for us to go!"
What was your experience like playing Niecy Jackson?
It was a blast! The longest job that I've had thus far and the first character that people remembered my character's name lol. Its also where I met my best friends and second family.
What will the character most be remembered for?
Her humor and the fact that she kept it real with Moesha… Oh and that she was a really good friend.
You now star in the reality TV show "Hollywood Divas", what's it like in comparison to acting in a sitcom?
It's nothing like a sitcom or what I'm used to because it's not scripted and I'm not being someone else , it's actually me you see. I love acting that's why I'm an actress, having a camera follow my real life is kind of creepy. Believe it or not I'm a pretty private person.
Countess Vaughn who played your friend "Kimberley Ann Parker" in Moesha is also in HD. What's it like working with her again?
You say work, but it's really not! It's literally a camera following mine and Countess' life and what you see between the two of us is real. That's my sister and I love hanging with her.
So you're currently working on a studio album, as well as several productions – can you tell us what you have coming up in the pipeline?
I'm always working on music but it's hard for me because I'm super picky about it. I've recorded so much but I don't know what I actually want to put out. Music for me is just an outlet and a place to release emotions, feelings and thoughts – I don't know if I really want to share that. As for other projects there's so many things in the works right now, I can't speak on them yet but when I can trust me I'll let you know! One thing I can speak about is my cookbook and cooking show – they are going to be good.
What is your greatest memory of Moesha?
Getting to spend every day with my best friends amaking millions and millions of people "feel"those memories.
What advice can you give to a Skool Girl?
Stay true to you! At the end of the day that's the only judgement that counts – well that and God.


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Take overclocking. You have a processor, and if you tell it to run at 1.5x the given clock speed, you get 1.5 the performance. And a gob of heat. Which you then get a better heat sink to take care of.
Let's consider the opposite. You're there, you're doing work, but your workspace is too frakin' hot! What's your alternative? Underclocking. But don't you have to poke at the BIOS for that? Maybe mobo jumpers? Certainly reboot?
Maybe not.
PC World has an article on a software tool to handle just that situation, turning down the CPU speed when the server room heat becomes too much. (Yeah, it's a server thing. It isn't something that makes too much sense unless you have huge rooms full of servers, each full of long-running jobs.)
And I was in a Linux User Group with both guys in the article. So cool.


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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Bushcraft - Central Texas Style - Learning to Hide in Plain Sight
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Little 'Mini-Godzillas' - I remember those on the ranch walls. Grow to be around 10" max. or so ?
- February 5, 2013 at 2:38 PM
- Ken said...
...caught a couple of those lil'monsters when we was young'uns, needed a good eye that's for sure...
- February 6, 2013 at 12:38 AM
- riverwalker said...
I was poking around in the yard and spotted this little fellow watching me from behind a piece of bark on a dead tree in the yard.
I have a tendency to get that feeling of being watched at different times and if I concentrate a little on my surroundings I can usually locate the critter that's watching me.
Kind of need to remember that just because you don't always see them...they're watching you and are aware of your presence.
- February 7, 2013 at 8:48 AM
- Survival Knife Reviews said...
Those guys really do blend. Had to stare for a second to see them haha.
- February 8, 2013 at 8:22 PM
- Whysprs aka Brad said...
I tottally agree ... Ive been saying for years that nature has many diffrent camos to use and was actually laughed off some boards for stating that natural patterns like deer, rabbit, coyotee, cougar and reptile patterns are very good if not better than some of the stuff on the market... shortly there after coyotee brown started being used alot more often by people
- April 12, 2013 at 12:26 PM
- riverwalker said...
To: Whysprs
A lot of manufactured camo patterns wont even get close to hiding your presence. You often have to use brush, grass or other items and plants to supplement the camo effect to get the desired result.
Sometimes a plain old brown color(coyote) works just as well if not better.
- April 12, 2013 at 4:24 PM


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If your brand terms are getting good traction at a desirable position, what else should you do?
You may want to weigh whether or not bidding up on these terms simultaneously in a non-Grant account will result in even more impressions, clicks and conversions. Consider bidding lower than you do in the Grant account, so the free click version of a keyword serves an ad over the paid version. In a non-Grant account, you'll benefit from the addition of Google's search partners (Ask.com, AOL, etc.). They'll give your keywords greater reach, which could result in more impressions than are available when using just a Grant account.
Don't forget about non-brand terms.
We find that non-brand terms receive little to no volume in a Grant account, because the $2 max bid is too low to result in appearing on the first page of search results. You can go ahead and launch your non-brand terms in your Grant account, but also consider launching your non-brand terms in a non-Grant account. This way, you can be ready to bid up on these terms in your non-Grant account should they receive little traction in your Grant account.
Although Google Grant is a great way to get your nonprofit started on its search marketing strategy, don't let this option deter you from also opening a non-Grant account to further promote your mission and initiatives. Although the non-Grant click isn't "free," it may result in more impressions, clicks and conversions. And that would ultimately outweigh any costs.
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By Russ Britt
Assessing the carnage after the Dow's 217-point drop….
The major drug and biotechnology indexes all fell at least a percentage point. Both the NYSE Arca Biotech Index /quotes/zigman/6017893 BTK and the Nasdaq Biotech Index /quotes/zigman/12633939 NBI fell by more than 2%. Same goes for the various exchange-traded funds that are health-centric. Losses generally ranged from 1.5% to 2.7%.
As for individual equities, if you own stock in any health-care company, there's a good chance you lost some money Wednesday. Even companies like Celgene Corp. /quotes/zigman/69584 /quotes/nls/celg CELG couldn't win.
The biopharmaceutical firm announced Wednesday it got U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a supplemental application for its Revlimid drug to treat mantle cell lymphoma, a rare subset of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. But then its shares were one of the biggest losers in the sector, dropping $5.57, or nearly 5%, to $112.20.
Losses were so prevalent that it might be easier to tally the wins. One of them was Walgreen Co. /quotes/zigman/245520 /quotes/nls/wag WAG , which held firm to its gains even as others in the sector fell into the red. Walgreen reported better-than-expected same-store sales for May, and ended the session up 1.3% at $48.63.
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To tell you the truth, I'm a little disillusioned with the term unconditional love, lately. It's just not "natural". The phrase has been used for decades, by psychologists, therapists, A.A. types and the overall spiritually minded to describe how one should cope with impossible behavior." The original principle behind the concept, was to help the person who is being abused accept the circumstances and not have to live in a perpetual state of resentment towards their partner. You, as the
codependent (ie the one who is always hurt) is supposed to see your partner as "sick" and not blame him or her for their actions. You're supposed to love and care for the adulterer, batterer, gambler, manic depressive or alcoholic the same way you would someone who has the flu. Husband comes home drunk? Sober him up with cups of black coffee and a dose of your eternally burning, unconditional love. Boyfriend unfaithful? That's O.k., because you have unconditional love for him that will last for an eternity. Girlfriends rack up your credit cards again with her compulsive shopping? You'll take care of the bills because you're love for her is undying and unconditional and you've told yourself ""I'll always love her no matter what ...."
Those of us who have been there know that we can only comfort ourselves with the concept of unconditional love for so long until the relationship becomes too expensive, emotionally, socially and financially. This is often more serious then the kind of consequences we pay when someone is sick with "the flu." Plus lately, after talking to many clients, many of whom are still paying in one way or another for the irresponsible behavior of a full grown adult, I am starting to conclude that when the person with the "ism" or "recently diagnosed personality disorder" is on to us then out comes the term unconditional love. If we say no or object to the behavior, he or she can always turn around and go "but I thought you said your love was me was
unconditional!!!" This puts us on the defense because it implies that we are the ones who are unloving and unlovable. I think the appropriate response is "well then why don't you go out and find someone who will agree to co-sign your B.S.!!'" If they're A.A. trained they'll probably snap back with "that's what you get for having expectations or preferences of me...you know I'm sick!"
I think love is conditional. One of those conditions is "trust." If you have unconditional love for someone, it is implicit you don't trust them, especially if you've condemned yourself to a lifetime of loving him or her "no matter what." Love is a natural thing, like a flower, that one should expect to bloom and its o.k. to be disappointed if it doesn't. The nature of love is to grow, compound and multiply and not destroy. The next time you fall in love, put terms and conditions on it and demand a 200% return on your investment. It's your precious energy!
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About the author
About Elizabeth Fletcher
attended Catholic schools and then the University of Sydney, Australia.
My first degree was in History and Modern Languages, and I became a
schoolteacher. I agreed to teach Religious Studies, which can be taken
as a University entrance subject in Australia, but I had no real
qualifications and soon found I was out of my depth - attending church
regularly did not prepare me for teaching Religion to high school
students. So I went back to University and gained advanced
qualifications in this area.
I then taught Religious Education and wrote textbooks for many years.
Along the way I was surprised to find there was hardly anything on the subject of women in the Bible. The books that teachers used were either scholarly and out of the reach of a normal student, or cloyingly sentimental and sometimes quite inaccurate as well.
I approached Harper Collins with a book proposal and they published 'Women in the Bible' in 1997. After my husband died, I moved out of teaching into full-time writing. I wrote and edited a variety of Religion textbooks, and developed the Religious Education Curriculum now used extensively throughout Australia. But my chief interest was always Biblical Studies.
When 'Women in the Bible' went out of print and the copyright reverted to me, I put the book on the Web as www.womeninthebible.net
My website was able to reach far more people than my book, so I decided to devote myself to writing full-time for the Web.
am interviewed on national radio or talk-back programs whenever there is
a ruckus about something to do with the Bible and women, as there was
when 'The Da Vinci Code' was published.
have two grown-up children and five rambunctious little grandsons.
me know if you have suggestions for the website.
Elizabeth Fletcher
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The story of Jesus Christ - events in the life of Jesus, with texts and commentary
Bible Archaeology - buildings, worship, daily life, people, war and Bible places
Bible People - short biographies for men and women in the Bible
Bible Architecture - houses, palaces, fortresses
Bible Study Guide: information about the author of this website about Jesus Christ
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One day the black horse disappeared. It was no where to be found. His fellow farmers said that he should have sold the horse in the first place. He didn't say a word. A few days had passed, his black horse suddenly came back together with seven other wild horses. His fellow farmers couldn't believe what they saw. They were all speechless.
Was he stupid? Was he clever? Or … he was just lucky, perhaps?
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