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My daughter is 14 and wants a job for summer. We arent sure where to have her work and we want some suggestions! Thank you!
My daughter is 14 and wants a job for summer. We arent sure where to have her work and we want some suggestions! Thank you!
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I don't think she'll find it easy to find work, in many areas she'll have to get a work permit because of her age, and in some areas she'll not be allowed to work at all…there are many laws regulating the time that a 14 year old can work, the number of hours and the type of environment she can work in. Check on your local laws governing such things then lokk into what is left and what you'd have to do.
hmmmm have her try babysitting…..rollerskating rinks…..something fun like that!
Does she absolutely have to work outside the home? Is it possible for her to think of a craft she could make and sell or a service she could offer to neighbors/friends of the family? I know lots of kids who make & sell their own jewelry on etsy.com or ebay… just a few ideas if she wants to make some money!
Most stores/restaurants only hire teens would are 15/16+. She could take a CPR class and try babysitting, thats like a teenjob.
my daughter mows the lawn for neighbors
I think babysitting would be a great job for your daughter. It's definitely a job that teaches responsibility. There's a great article with lots of tips and answers to questions that both parents and teens may have about babysitting here: http://teenmoneymakingideas.com/starting-baby-sitting-services-what-to-consider/ You can also find information about how to get started babysitting and specialized qualifications she may need as a babysitter. Hope this helps!
Here's a short list of jobs which you can create to generate income:
1. Learn calligraphy so that you can provide handwritten invitations and thank you notes to prospective wedding parties, birthday celebrations, etc. Seek out clients through wedding planners at nearby churches and temples. A starter calligraphy kit usually runs around $20 and anyone can easily pick up this skill. The going rate is usually $1 per hand addressed item.
2. Become a "poser" who assists wedding photographers in setting and arranging various individuals in group and single photographic positions. "Posers" carry around a sketch book of various sitting and standing poses which consists of onion skin overlays of various wedding pictures bound in albums. Again, contact local wedding photographers and wedding planners, accordingly. The hourly pay is around $10-$12 per hour and you are often invited to attend all dining activities.
3. Seek from your neighbors a gardner position which involves planting, weed removal, plant/tree trimming, light brush clearance. You will be using the neighbor's equipment and tools. Again, do not represent yourself as a lawn mower since there are any number of safety issues involved. A door-to-door solicitation of surrounding neighbors is required and you can charge between $6 to $9 per hour.
4. Offer policing/removal or clearance of trash services to surrounding neighbors which involve trash pickup within nearby residential area. Limit the extent of pickup to small areas and be aware that there are no hazardous terrain or elements involved in this process. Again, a door-to-door solicitation of neighbors is in order. You can charge between $6.75 to $7.50 per hour.
5. Acquire a set of window cleaning tools [a bucket, liquid window cleaner, sponge, squeegee, handle with an extension and a small step ladder] and solicit local businesses for your window cleaning services. However, be careful to limit the height of the window cleaning to no higher than one story. Charge $1 per window panel.
6. Why not become a paid feeder servicing the disabled at nearby nursing, convalescent, assisted living/care centers and hospitals. It involves feeding food to patients who are unable to feed themselves. The starting rate is $8.00 per hour. The only downside is that one has to take precautions to wash one's hands after each feeding. A posting of your services [by a business card or flyer] on a reviewable bulletin board would be enough to generate customers. The paid feeder position is one of the fastest growing occupation at this time.
Good luck!
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text: Media Day photos are fun, but sometimes they can also be revealing, especially in the kicks department. Clippers big man DeAndre Jordan was seen (in the photo below) rocking a pair of Under Armour Micro G Funks in Los Angeles on Tuesday, perhaps a sign that he's thinking of making a splash with UA. We could potentially get word of a deal as soon as tomorrow, so stay tuned. Jordan could be throwing down a whole lot of oops thanks to the addition of Chris Paul, the only question is what sneaker he'll have on his feet when the posters are made.

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It looks like fame but not a full share of the glory for students on the gold-medal women's U.S. Olympic hockey team.
All 20 members of the team brought home the gold from the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, but a few who plan to compete in college were prohibited from having their picture on the Wheaties cereal box because of eligibility rules.
Under National Collegiate Athletic Association rules, athletes who wish to play college sports cannot accept commercial sponsorship. That has left Angela Ruggiero and Jenny Schmidgall out of the team picture on the current cereal box.
Ms. Ruggiero, who is from Harrison Township, Mich., is a senior at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Conn. She has not decided where she will attend college. Ms. Schmidgall, who graduated in 1997 from Edina (Minn.) High School, plans to enter the University of Minnesota in the fall. Three other team members who already attend college were also excluded. ... Marc Gilbertson, a social studies teacher at Lamoille Union High School in Morrisville, Vt., who traveled to Nagano to compete in the 50-kilometer cross country ski race, finished 52nd out of 62 skiers in the Feb. 22 race. ("Media Column," Feb. 18, 1998.)
Sharon Robinson has been named to the new position of senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Educational Testing Service.
She joined the Princeton, N.J.-based group in January 1997 as the vice president for state and federal relations.
As chief operating officer, she will assume responsibility for all test programs and their administration. Before joining the test-maker, she served as the assistant secretary for educational research and improvement in the U.S. Department of Education.
The nonprofit company administers such exams as the SAT and the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has selected longtime civil rights advocate Julian Bond as its chairman.
Mr. Bond teaches at American University in Washington and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He succeeds Myrlie Evers-Williams, who stepped down last month.
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Penn State moves into the next phase of the post-Sandusky world in 2013.
The shock of the sanctions is behind, and the scholarship limits begin. The Lions are allowed to sign just 15 in February. It is the first of four years with such a restriction (2013-16).
The 65 total scholarship limit doesn't start until 2014 and lasts through 2017, but PSU almost was under that mark this past season. The Lions had 67 scholarship players for most of 2012. So the 65 total won't have much of an impact since PSU can add just 15 scholarships each year anyway.
Also, all transfer restrictions on PSU players are lifted again by the NCAA from the end of the 2012 season until the start of the 2013 season, so PSU might incur more offseason attrition than usual, as college coaches can actively recruit the Nittany Lion players. Yes, it's a ridiculous sanction.
So what will PSU look like on the field next season? Who will be in the lineup when the Lions take the field against Syracuse at the Meadowlands on Aug. 31? A sneak peek at the defense and special teams, with some best-guesses - and assuming no one transfers:
Projected 2013 Penn State depth chart
(all stats from 2012 unless otherwise indicated; key departures listed in italics)
Defensive End
1. Deion Barnes (So.)
1. C.J. Olaniyan (Jr.)
2. Anthony Zettel (So.)
2. Anthony Zettel (So.)
2. Brad Bars (Jr.)
3. Garrett Sickels (true Fr.)
3. Evan Schwan (Rs Fr.)
4. Jordan Kerner (So.)
4. Curtis Cothran (true Fr.)
4. Tanner Hartman (true Fr.)
3. Evan Schwan (Rs Fr.)
4. Jordan Kerner (So.)
4. Curtis Cothran (true Fr.)
4. Tanner Hartman (true Fr.)
starter Sean Stanley and reserve Pete Massaro graduated
- The skinny: Barnes (6-4, 246) was a revelation in 2012, leading PSU in tackles for loss (10) and sacks (6). He is arguably PSU's most promising player. Olaniyan, Zettel and Bars (6-3, 254) make plays happen with hustle, and Olaniyan (6-3, 248) and Zettel (4 sacks) will compete for a starting spot after both made 15 tackles in spot duty in 2012. Zettel might end up at DT. Sickels is a highly regarded recruit, but at 6-4, 230 likely needs a year of college weight training before making an impact on Saturdays; same with the 6-5, 230-pound Cothran. The lanky Schwan (6-6, 223) has had that year under his belt and could push for playing time, perhaps as a passing-down specialist; he racked up the tackles for loss in HS. Hartman (6-4, 255) might get a look at OL and TE. RS So. Jordan Kerner's career came to a premature close in January due to a chronic back injury; he never played for the Lions.
Defensive Tackle
1. DaQuan Jones (Sr.)
1. Kyle Baublitz (Jr.)
2. Anthony Zettel (So.)
2. Austin Johnson (Rs Fr.)
3. Derek Dowrey (Rs Fr.)
3. Brian Gaia (Rs Fr.)
4. Parker Cothren (true Fr.)
starter Jordan Hill and reserve James Terry graduated
- The skinny: The DTs, along with the QBs, are perhaps the biggest concern on the team. Which is why the Lions tried to jump in late on the recruitment of Juco DT Marquel Combs. Zettel (6-5, 253), who also is listed at DE - where he played this season - and who is reminiscent of former Lion Scott Paxson, could bulk up and switch to DT if necessary, as Baublitz (6-5, 287) did last season. Jones (6-3, 324) was adequate as a starter (19 tackles) rotating with James Terry alongside the indefatigable All-Big Ten lineman Jordan Hill in 2012, and Baublitz (3 tackles) played a little bit in reserve, and that's it - there's no one else with any experience whatsoever. A trio of redshirt freshman will vie for playing time: Johnson (6-4, 297) cracked the depth chart this season, though he never played, so presumably the coaches think more of him at this juncture than Dowrey (6-3, 311) and Gaia (6-3, 271). OL Alosi could be moved here, too. Cothren could get a look a OL, and at 265 pounds he won't be ready to contribute. It's very rare that PSU isn't tough in the middle of the DL, but that appears to be a very real possibility in 2013, depending on the improvement rate of Jones, Baublitz, Johnson, Dowrey, Gaia and possibly Zettel and Alosi, as well as Combs or another late-add recruit.
1. Glenn Carson (Sr.)
1. Mike Hull (Jr.)
1. Ben Kline (So.)
2. Nyeem Wartman (Rs Fr.)
2. Gary Wooten (Rs Fr.)
3. Zayd Issah (true Fr.)
3. Brandon Bell (true Fr.)
3. Jonathan Walton (true Fr.)
starters Michael Mauti and Gerald Hodges and reserves Jamie Van Fleet and Michael Yancich graduated
- The skinny: The Lions long have had an embarrassment of riches at LB but now have some concerns after losing superstars Mauti and Hodges and veterans Van Fleet (who missed 2012 due to an injury) and special teams star Yancich. Carson and Hull will be top-flight starters in 2013. After that the questions begin. Kline appears to have the ability to start and could emerge. Wartman also could emerge, as he impressed early before an injury sidetracked his season. He should be granted a redshirt for 2012 as he only played in two games. Wooten - perhaps the first dreadlocked Lion - is a 6-2, 230-pound Miami native who graduated in 2011 but didn't enroll in a college until coming to PSU just before the start of the 2012 season. He hasn't played since his HS senior season in the fall of 2010, when he weighed 190 pounds and had low-level FBS scholarship offers. O'Brien has praised him since his arrival.
Franklin also was a late offer/arrival in the summer of 2012, and the Arizona native is undersized (5-11, 220) and could become a safety. Khairi Fortt would have been a surefire starter in 2013 if he hadn't transferred to Cal when the sanctions hit. Issah, Bell and Walton all are likely to redshirt unless they contribute on special teams and/or pick things up at LB very quickly. This is perhaps LB coach Ron Vanderlinden's biggest challenge in nearly a decade, but the cupboard definitely is not bare.
1. Adrian Amos (Jr.)
1. Da'Quan Davis (So.)
2. Jesse Della Valle (Jr.)
2. Jordan Lucas (So.)
3. Jake Kiley (Rs Fr.)
3. Jordan Smith (true Fr.)
4. Kasey Gaines (true Fr.)
4. Anthony Smith (true Fr.)
starter Stephon Morris and reserve Mike Wallace graduated
- The skinny: Amos established himself as a stud in 2012 and is one of the top returning defensive backs in the Big Ten for 2013. Morris' blazing speed and tough tackling will be missed. Davis was the top backup as a true freshman and played well in stints when Amos moved to safety. Davis seems like the only player listed above who is locked in at CB - all others also could play safety, too. Wallace barely played in his career, missed all of 2012 with an injury, and apparently is bypassing his final year of eligibility. Lucas played special teams almost exclusively as a true freshman, though he was on the field at some key moments of the finale vs. Wisconsin. Same with former walk-on Della Valle - the primary punt returner in 2012 rarely saw action in the secondary yet played some at crunch time vs. Wisconsin. Della Valle seems like a prime contender for the 5th DB spot, and presumably PSU will play much more nickel formation in 2013 as it should have a little more depth in the secondary and won't be as fabulous at LB. Kiley had a quiet redshirt season and could end up at safety. The Smiths are likely to redshirt. Jordan Smith is more highly regarded, and both he and Anthony Smith will be on campus/enrolled in January. Gaines is a small (5-9, 160), fast HS safety who will try CB first.
1. Malcolm Willis (Sr.)
1. Stephen Obeng-Agyapong (Sr.)
2. Jesse Della Valle (Jr.)
2. Ryan Keiser (Jr.)
3. Jordan Lucas (So.)
3. Jake Kiley (Rs Fr.)
4. Neiko Robinson (true Fr.)
4. Kasey Gaines (true Fr.)
co-starter Jake Fagnano graduated
- The skinny: Willis and Obeng-Agyapong have the experience and talent to be one of the best safety tandems in the Big Ten. They'll both need to play better than they did in 2012, however, to achieve their potential. Former walk-on Keiser got some playing time when Willis was injured late in the season and didn't distinguish himself either way. It was interesting when Keiser and the graduating Fagnano, both former walk-ons, were paired together at safety, showing the depth of PSU's walk-on program, which O'Brien calls the "run-on" program and hopes to ramp-up even more. Della Valle and Lucas are competing for nickel back duties and might be more likely to see action at CB. Southerners Robinson (Florida) and Gaines (Georgia) are likely to redshirt, and the fleet, undersized Gaines played safety in HS but will get a look at CB first.
1. Sam Ficken (Jr.)
2. Kevin DiSanto (Jr.)
reserve Evan Lewis graduated
1. Alex Butterworth (Sr.)
2. Reynolds Parthemore (So.)
reserve Joe Baker graduated
- The skinny: Ficken was one of the 2012's great college football turnaround stories, and after making his final 10 FGs he is the clear-cut No. 1 kicker for 2013, though the staff will aggressively pursue walk-ons. Butterworth's position is much more tenuous. He was last in the Big Ten in net (34.5) and gross (37.4) average. He did vastly improve not punting into the end zone this season, with only two touchbacks. End-zone punts/touchbacks were ridiculously excessive in 2011. Parthemore is a former minor league pitcher. Expect more walk-ons to contend at punter also.
Kickoff Returner
1. Alex Kenney (Jr.)
1. Bill Belton (Jr.)
2. Adrian Amos (Jr.)
2. Jesse Della Valle (Jr.)
3. Trevor Williams (So.)
3. Eugene Lewis (Rs Fr.)
3. Malik Golden (Rs Fr.)
3. Akeel Lynch (Rs Fr.)
- The skinny: Belton had the most kick return chances for PSU in 2012 with nine, and his lackluster season was reflected in his sluggish 15.6 average, which was the worst of the five PSU players with at least four chances. The surprising Della Valle was the only one with a return longer than 30 yards (he busted one for 46), so he had the highest average (25.2). Amos, Williams and Kenney had four returns each with middling results. Kenney has the most potential to take one the distance, though Lewis is well-regarded. If Belton is the No. 2 tailback, he could make a bigger impact here, potentially, but he needs to get his mojo back.
Punt Returner
1. Jesse Della Valle (Jr.)
1. Adrian Amos (Jr.)
2. Allen Robinson (Jr.)
2. Bill Belton (Jr.)
3. Eugene Lewis (Rs Fr.)
3. Alex Kenney (Jr.)
reserve Evan Lewis graduated
- The skinny: The Lions frequently employed two punt returners, and for most of the season it was two undistinguished walk-ons: Della Valle, who led the team in returns (15 for 114 yds, 7.6 avg. - third-best average in the Big Ten among those with enough returns to qualify), and Lewis, who made little impact. The first game featured star LB Gerald Hodges at punt returner - until he muffed one. A safety is the default returner in punt-safe alignment, which makes Amos a good candidate to pair with Della Valle. The rest of the names listed are little more than educated guesses, or suggestions. Robinson's sure hands and ability to make the first guy miss on quick swing passes would serve him well as a punt returner.
For more insight, analysis and opinions about Penn State football, check RumblingsFromBeaverStadium.blogspot.com, or follow Pete Young on Twitter @AllPSUfootball.


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The #Huawei #Nexus smartphone is all set for an unveiling in the coming weeks, accompanied by the #LG #Nexus5 (2015). And in customary fashion, accessories of the device have already started to arrive. One of these cases was accessed by renowned leakster @OnLeaks a.k.a Steve Hemmerstoffer, showing us the design of the handset in the process.
As was made evident in the recent Huawei Nexus leak, we can see that the back panel has a bulge on the top, perhaps to accommodate a large sized camera sensor. It is also shown how the handset will feature a fingerprint scanner in the same position as the LG Nexus 5. These are details that were leaked out before as well, so this leak merely reaffirms our belief in the matter.
The Huawei Nexus is specifically designed for the phablet lovers with its large 5.7 inch Quad HD display, 4GB of RAM, the Snapdragon 810 SoC as well as the reversible USB Type C port. Excited about the Huawei Nexus flagship? Let us know.
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It may give the impression similar to a calm country where not much happens further ice hockey, twisting and beer drinking. But America's neighbor to the north is showing to be quite the draw for thousands of unhappy Americans.
The figure of U.S. citizens who moved to Canada previous year hit a 30-year high, with a 20 percent boost over the preceding year and approximately double the figure that moved in 2000. In 2006, 10,942 Americans depart to Canada, compared with 9,262 in 2005 and 5,828 in 2000, in accordance with a survey by the Association for Canadian Studies.
Certainly, those numbers are still being more important than by the figure of Canadians going the other way. Yet, that inequity is shrinking. Last year, 23,913 Canadians moved to the United States, a major decrease from 29,930 in 2005.
"There has been a explicit increase in the past five years — the figure hasn't exceeded 10,000 since 1977," says Jack Jedwab, the relations executive director. "During the mid-70s, Canada admitted between 22,000 and 26,000 Americans a year, most of whom were draft dodgers from the Vietnam War."
The present increase appears to be fueled mainly by social and political reasons, says Jedwab, based on anecdotal evidence.
"Those who are coming have the uppermost level of education — these aren't populace who can't obtain a job in the states," he says. "They're coming for the reason that many of them don't like the politics, the Iraq War and the safety situation in the U.S. By comparison, Canada is a tension-free place. People feel safer."
One fresh immigrant is Tom Kertes, a 34-year-old labor manager who moved from Seattle to Toronto in April. Kertes attributes his incentive to President Bush's opposition to same gender marriage, and the tactics engaged during the war on terror since 9/11.
"I wanted a country that valued my human rights and the human rights of others," he says. "We joked about it after Bush won re-election, but it took us at the same time as to go through the application."
Kertes, who moved with his associate, is pleased in his new home. "Canada is a actually nice country. My mother is thinking about it. My stepfather has diabetes and has fitness issues. So, he'd be taken care of for free if he moved up here."


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- Income From Operations - IFO
- The profit realized from a business' own operations. Income from operations is generated from running the primary business and excludes income from other sources. For example, this would exclude income generated from selling the property of a manufacturing company.
This is the same as operating income. By only looking at the profit generated in normal business operations it makes it easier to understand the potential future profitability of the company. For example if a car company spends $100,000 building and selling cars then sells them for $110,000, it has $10,000 income from operation. Because this is income generated only from normal operations, an investor could assume that similar income will be generated every year as long as operations continue.
Investment dictionary. Academic. 2012.


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This sportsbook began life in 1999 when it was called 'Bet and Win'. It has since evolved into one of Europe's most popular bookmaking firms now known simply as 'bwin'.
Bwin has consistently published WWE betting markets since 2015. When they are available, customers will be able to find the match markets under 'Entertainment' on the website menu.
The company also accepts wagers on many other genres of sport. One of its most redeeming qualities is the live betting service it offers its clients.
Bwin offers its customers an extensive menu of ways to fund their accounts. The obvious one being by credit or debit card. However, they support numerous e-
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Nottingham Forest's injury problems show little sign of easing in time for Wigan's visit to the City Ground.
Andy Reid's absence last weekend coincided with defeat at promotion rivals Burnley which ended the Reds' 14-game unbeaten run in the Sky Bet Championship and the influential midfielder could be out for around six weeks as he requires a hernia operation.
He joins fellow key midfielders Henri Lansbury (back) and David Vaughan (knee) on the sidelines.Eric Lichaj (hernia) and Kevin Gomis are close to full fitness while fellow defender Jack Hobbs, a transfer target for Wigan in January, is still not ready to make his comeback from a ankle injury.
Midfielder Ryan Tunnicliffe could come into Wigan's squad. Tunnicliffe agreed to move to Latics on loan this week from Fulham and will provide another midfield option following the news that Ben Watson had suffered a double leg break.
Winger Callum McManaman (ankle) and forward Nick Powell (hamstring) - a former Manchester United team-mate of Tunnicliffe's - are both set to miss out again along with Scotland international Shaun Maloney (hip).
Boss Uwe Rosler has had a rare week without a midweek fixture and could, therefore, consider sticking with the side which beat Brighton, rather than adopting his usual method of tinkering
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Over the month of December 2016 I participated in Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's #CarveDecember challenge. At first I wasn't sure I would be able to carve that many stamps because December is incredibly busy for me but I managed to find the time. The commitment to this Instagram challenge helped me step out of my comfort zone. It was playtime!
I've read that playing with other mediums can do lots to enhance creativity, but how does it work? Play can feel like permission to make anything – including making a mess. It's a way to say "hey, it's ok to fail". It allows the mind to daydream and be frivolous.
Brian Sutton-Smith wrote the book "The Ambiguity of Play" which outlines the importance of play and Stuart Brown wrote "Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul" which outlines detailed studies of people as well.
Doing the #CarveDecember challenge was fun and refreshing and gave me new ideas to work on this season. If you like to challenge yourself and grow creatively, there are many places on the internet to participate. The www.artistsnetwork.com is only one of them with their Studio Saturday Art Challenges. You can also find challenges across the various social media – Tumblr, Instagram and Facebook. Why not try one out this month?
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NEFA: Just another Zionist front organization that helps confuse and obfuscate the real truth about 9/11?
With names on its masthead like JOSH LEFKOWITZ, JEFF BREINHOLT and EVAN F. KOHLMANN, that seems to be the case. In this article in the Telegraph, NEFA pushes more agitprop about that famous "Jewish Jihadist," Adam Gadahn.
Adam Pearlman, which is Gadahn's real name and his grandfather is none other than the late Carl K. Pearlman; a prominent Jewish urologist in Orange County. Carl was also a member of the board of directors of the Anti-Defamation League, which was caught spying on Americans for Israel in 1993.
Any group who uses this obvious CIA created and MOSSAD run asset has questionable motives. Adam Pearlman, the
Jewish Mossad agent who once wrote stinging essays condemning Muslims as "bloodthirsty terrorists", has once again popped up as an "Al-Qaeda spokesman" to frighten the dwindling number of Americans who still believe Al-Qaeda exists outside of U.S. intelligence circles.
The FBI lists Gadahn's aliases as Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, and Yayah.Israel's Mossad intelligence agency was caught in 2002 creating a phony Al-Qaeda group to justify attacks on Palestinians.
Pearlman has a knack of releasing his tapes at the most politically opportune time for Bush, having first burst onto the scene shortly before the 2004 presidential election and then again right after Katrina when the President's approval rating was tanking fast.
Now, with things going to hell in a hurry in the White House bogus "War on Terror" in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, Adam Pearlman pops up again, as being whacked by a Hellfire missile. Any bets as to whether or not Adam is dead or is this being used to distract the easily gullible American public with more sordid White House tales of getting their man, "Dead or Alive?"
How many times can you kill a CIA run, MOSSAD asset like Adam Pearlman? Will Adam, like Mustafa Abu al-Yazid , who's been "killed" at least twice, pop up again, when the time is right to scare the hell out of Americans, just like the long dead Bin Laden has been used repeatedly over the years?
Just when the war mongers in the Bush WH are itching to go into Pakistan and grab their nukes, we start having stories come out about Bin Laden operating there.
How convenient.
Ask yourself this: If Bin Laden was still alive, who would you most fear meeting in a dark alley, Bin Laden or Dick Cheney?
Case closed.
It's more than obvious that NEFA, like Rita Katz's SITE and Ben Venzke's IntelCenter, is nothing more than another Pentagon funded, MOSSAD run disinformation outlet, designed to constantly conflate the WH bogus "War on Terror" with the savagely brutal Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign of Occupied Palestine.
How else would they be able to get ahold of videos like this, unless the video was made in MOSSAD/CIA production studio?
Scenes from AQIM's "Martyr Abu Ibrahim Mustafa" Terrorist Training Camp in North Africa (May 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained video footage of lessons conducted by instructors from Al-Qaida's Committee in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) at the "Martyr Abu Ibrahim Mustafa" terrorist training camp
Video Footage of a Recent Al-Qaida Suicide Bombing in Eastern Algeria (April 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated video footage of a recent Al-Qaida suicide bombing in eastern Algeria targeting a local military barracks in the town of Dellys. The footage includes the "martyrdom" will of the bomber (a young teenager who nicknamed himself "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi al-Asimi"), scenes from his education at the Abu Ibrahim Mustafa terrorist training camp in North Africa, and the actual execution of the attack itsel
Video Footage of IJU Terror Training Camp in Pakistan (April 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained video footage of a terrorist training camp run by the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) somewhere inside northwestern Pakistan.
"Martyrdom Wills" of the Transatlantic Bomb Plotters (April 2008)
Courtesy of the London Metropolitan Police Authority, the NEFA Foundation has obtained excerpted footage from the video-recorded "martyrdom wills" of Abdullah Ahmed Ali, Tanvir Hussain, Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan, and Waheed Zaman. The five men—along with Assad Sarwar, Mohammed Gulzar, and Umar Islam—are currently on trial in the United Kingdom for plotting the destruction of several U.S. and Canada-bound commercial flights in August 2006
Video of German Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan Cuneyt Ciftci (March 2008)
The NEFA Foundation has obtained footage documenting the first suicide attack carried out by a German national of Turkish origin in Afghanistan.
NEFA Video: "The Role of Foreign Fighters in the Iraqi Jihad" (May 2006)
A new video is available from the NEFA Foundation documenting the phenomenon of foreign fighters in Iraq and their precise role within the ongoing insurgency. The video includes footage of senior figures from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terrorist hierarchy (including Lebanese, Saudi, and Kuwaiti nationals) and scenes from actual Al-Qaida terror training camps inside of Iraq.
Here's a question asked by NEFA:
Every day headlines around the globe show that those who plan and support terrorism aimed at attacking the United States and Europe have not been stopped and that more attacks should be anticipated. But who are 'they'? Where does their money come from? How does the machinery of terror work? These are complex questions that drive the work of the NEFA Foundation.
May I? Who are they? They are Zionist stooges who have been recruited and trained at MOSSAD/CIA/MI 5 training camps around the world. Some of those prison sites kept hidden by the Bush WH are also used to train "jihadists," who are then set loose upon an unsuspecting world to wreak havoc and cause terror, which is what the Bush/Cheney Junta, Downing Street and the rabid pack of hyenas running Israel want, a never ending series of staged terror events, so they'll be able to use those events to further clamp down on civil liberties, increase military budgets and paramilitary forces to bring about their wanted New World Order, by fighting wars for Empire and Israel.
This is the true "Axis of Evil." Washington, DC, London, England and Israel.


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From the November 15, 1989 issue of the Pine Island Record: In
conjunction with American Education Week's theme "Our Roots, Our
Future" a trivia quiz concerning the history of the City of Pine Island
and the Pine Island School was developed. Originally the quiz had 41
questions. Below is a partial listing of the questions.
Winner of the Trivia Quiz in 1989 was Mary Anne Owen. Mary Anne won
a Pine Island mug for her efforts. Now lets see how you do.
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Hi everyone! Hope you're all having a good week and Happy Wednesday...
Just a really quick post from me for today, as I'm just about to head out the door to go and visit my GP and get some blood tests done but before I go, I just wanted to share the second of my Merly Impressions DT posts that I created using the gorgeous Tropicana collection from Kaisercraft. Wouldn't you just love to be on that sunny beach, soaking up the sun??? I know I would!!!
If you would like to see how I created this card, then just click HERE to head on over to the Merly Impressions blog. All the products that I used to make this card are available to buy from Merly Impressions, together with so many more gorgeous goodies!!
Okey dokey, one more thing before I go and that's just to let you know that the fabulous and very talented Julie Hickey is going to be on QVC at 2:00pm with some gorgeous products from Craftwork Cards!!! So don't forget to tune in...it's definitely worth it!!!
Time for me to go but thank you so much for taking the time to visit and leave a comment on all my posts, I really do appreciate it and whilst I'm out of action, it's just nice to know you're all there still!!
See you all soon with another post...bye for now!!


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Her latest film, Death Defying Acts tells the story of Harry Houdini in the height of his career in the 1920s and stars Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Timothy Spall. The screenplay is by the frequent Terry Gilliam collaborator, Tony Grisoni. Here is the trailer:
The synopsis is as follows:
It is 1926, and Harry Houdini is the most famous performer in the world. Audiences flock to watch him perform his amazing stunts. But the man behind the legend is a tortured soul, having been unable to hear his mother's dying words. He offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave. When a beautiful but deceptive psychic, Mary McGregor, and her sidekick daughter, Benji, take the challenge, Harry is initially skeptical, but is soon captivated by her charms. The more time he spends with the mysterious woman, the more attracted he is, and what began as a con soon evolves into a passionate and complicated love affair, as Houdini attempts the most dangerous stunt of his career.
Death Defying Acts is due to be released in the UK in August 2008.
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Coconut Oil Health Benefits
I've recently been studying Coconut oil, which is an edible oil that has been consumed in tropical places for thousands of years. Studies done on native diets high in coconut oil show that these populations don't suffer as much from many of the modern diseases of western culture, where coconut oil is seldom consumed anymore.
Coconut Oil Health Benefits For Alzheimer's Disease
Some of the most recent research has come from people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, with reports of people improving or even reversing the effects of Alzheimer's by using coconut oil. Alzheimer's is now sometimes seen as a type 3 form of diabetes.
There are many reports of coconut oil health benefits from those suffering from hypothyroidism as well, as coconut oil helps boost metabolism and raise body temperatures to promote thyroid health. Restricting carbohydrates and increasing coconut oil in the diet has also led many to report losing weight with coconut oil.
Candida and Skin Conditions
Those suffering from various skin diseases are also seeing tremendous health benefits by applying coconut oil directly on the skin. The benefits of coconut oil for healthy hair are also known, and other healthy benefits of coconut oil included fighting off bacterial infections and viruses. Coconut oil is also increasingly being seen to benefit athletes and fitness trainers giving them an advantage in sustaining energy levels longer without drugs or stimulants.
Coconut Oil Research
Coconut oil is a traditional oil that has been consumed for thousands of years in tropical cultures, and the research on the health benefits of coconut oil has existed for a very long time. Coconut oil is nature's richest source of lauric acid.
The History of America's Disappearance of Coconut Oil
Coconut oil was once prevalent in the United States. With a long shelf life and a melting point of 76 degrees, coconut oil was a favorite in the baking industry. But a negative campaign against saturated fats led to most food manufacturers abandoning coconut oil in favor of hydrogenated polyunsaturated oils that come from the main government-subsidized cash crops in the US, particularly corn and soy, which contain trans fatty acids. Knowing the facts, which do you prefer? I'm going back to Coconut Oil. I use it to fry, bake, and even in making healthy chocolate candy.


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Thursday, May 3, 2007
Getting Ready
My ride is a black cherry ombré (that's what the owner's manual says) Giant hybrid. The weather forecast is for a warm day, so I'm taking a hydration pack and a road trunk. I'm glad I checked the hydration pack – the bladder had black fur inside it again (euw!). This keeps happening to my Camelbak, never to my Platypus. I scrubbed it out, treated it with a fizzy cleaning tablet, rinsed many times, let it dry thoroughly – it's good to go.
As for the trunk, I usually follow the BNY suggested packing list, with two additions. I bring a purse pack of baby wipes to clean my hands at lunchtime, also in case there's no toilet paper in the portable potties. And I bring a traveling sock.
Here's some of the candidates for my Sockapalooza pal's sock, not to mention Modern Yarn is offering a 15% discount to 'paloozers. Decisions, decisions.
I don't know what I'm wearing yet. White helmet, yellow windshell, and BNY vest to be sure, but the rest I'll leave to Sunday morning. If I finish my first Jaywalkers in time, I'll wear 'em.
Just for fun, I'm bringing a small surprise for cycling knitters (or knitting spectators). Five or six should be sufficient, doncha think? They'll be in the rear pocket of my road trunk. A meet up may be statistically improbable, but odder things have been known to happen and I do like to be ready.
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- Stephanie said...
Those are all beautiful yarns. What a lucky sock pal!
- Fri May 04, 02:53:00 AM EDT
- Devorah said...
Thanks for the visual. Both kids looked carefully and are sure they will recognize your bike. They have also convinced me to carry some trade-ables as well. *g*
- Fri May 04, 06:53:00 AM EDT
- --Deb said...
Good luck and have fun--it looks like it's going to be gorgeous weather!
- Fri May 04, 06:31:00 PM EDT
- Deborah said...
Have fun, I'll be in the garden! P.S. Is Purlsoho open on sunday??
- Sat May 05, 10:31:00 AM EDT
- dragon knitter said...
is that trekking color # 104? i'm using it to do my sockpalooooza socks. i've alredy gotten 4 inches done! (i lucked out. i had a pattern & yarn picked out, and she fits them perfectly!)
- Sat May 05, 10:42:00 PM EDT
- Kim said...
Black cherry ombre. Sounds good enough to eat. One year I was driving through one of the tunnels on the FDR while the BNY folks were cycling on the other side. I got to hear the hooting and hollering of the bikers. I rolled down my window and joined in. Hope you had a great ride!
- Mon May 07, 11:13:00 AM EDT
- Theresa said...
I take it your pal likes blues and purples, eh? Have a lovely ride.
- Mon May 07, 05:21:00 PM EDT
- Debby said...
I am so sorry we missed you on Sunday! It would have been so nice to meet up.
I hope you had a good ride. Our experience was similar to the Squids. I hope to post photos shortly.
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Definitions of bread
a. - To spread. 2
n. - An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking. 2
n. - Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. 2
v. t. - To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets. 2
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With the huge quantity of spreads, dips, condiments, soups, and blintzes they prepare for Pesach, kashering the Williamsburg Tuv Taam factory is a major, mega, super-event!
Wednesday, April 05, 2017
I t's a snowy Shevat day, and I haven't started thinking about Pesach cleaning yet. However, at Tuv Taam, they're way ahead of the game. With the amount of spreads, dips, condiments, soups, and blintzes they prepare for Pesach, it's time to begin kashering!
Sam, general manager at Tuv Taam welcomes the Mishpacha team into Tuv Taam's sprawling enterprise, housed in a three-story building on nearly an entire block in Williamsburg, New York. As he leads us through this maze of a building, we get to see the frenzy of activity that makes kashering such a tedious, yet exciting event.
Our first stop is the steaming kitchen, where huge, 60-80 gallon kettles are filled to the brim with boiling hot water. Here we meet Rabbi Yosef Dovid Chanowitz, the OK's kashering expert, and Itzik Kind, production manager at Tuv Taam. Both have nets over their hair, as do the rest of the production workers.
Rabbi Chanowitz, who has been kashering production facilities for several weeks now, is quite schooled in protective gear for this hands-on operation. Wearing knee-high boots, rubber gloves that reach past his elbows, and a heavy, black apron, he is well prepared.
As the water continues boiling in preparation for kashering, I step around the large puddle in the center of the room (from the overflowing pots), and follow Tuv Taam managers for a pre-kashering tour around the facility.
In the Washing Room, where all factory utensils are washed, two facility workers spray water from high-powered hoses at the floor, directing suds to a drain. Another worker sits next to a pail of sudsy water, cleaning a number of disassembled machine pieces.
"Production has been shut down for the past three days," Sam explains. "We had a cleaning crew here instead, to get the place absolutely chometz-free."
Though cleanliness is of utmost importance year round, the Pesach cleaning process has special significance. Sam points to a huge vat of extra-strength liquid cleaner used for difficult-to-clean grime.
Running a hand beneath the rim of a stainless steel table we pass, he holds up his fingers to show that they're squeaky clean — there's no room for dust or grime anywhere in Tuv Taam's facilities. Indeed, each metal surface we pass gleams with cleanliness.
Piles of pans, stacks of plastic buckets and containers, racks of sheet pans, and mounds of utensils wound in plastic stand against a wall. Since these utensils won't be kashered — either because they're plastic, or because they're very difficult to clean — they'll be put into storage until after Pesach.
After kashering is complete, Pesach utensils marked by green spray paint will be brought with a forklift from their holding place in a trailer outside to replace the year-round utensils. Even the brown, year-round crates that hold cold containers of products are put away, and replaced by gray crates.
In nearly each room we pass, production workers are busy rolling and taping reams of silver foil onto moveable shelves and trolleys. If I ever thought the silver foil industry is supported by Pesach homemakers, that thought is now neatly put to bed; it's the production facilities that support them.
Entering an almost bare room, I wonder why it is so empty when every other corner of the facility seems packed to capacity for maximum use of space.
"When we finish kashering, we'll bring the kosher l'Pesach ingredients up here from the storage room," Sam explains. "Then the room won't be all that empty." (Excerpted from Jr., Issue 655)
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If you're avoiding buying lingerie because you think it's uncomfortable or that it shows too much or doesn't suit your shape, think again! Lingerie comes in so many different styles and fabrics, and there is sleepwear that can make every woman feel great -- it really does exist!!! The Prowl community is rounding up the sexiest lingerie that still provides a bit of coverage. Here are some of their cutest, most comfortable suggestions!
Printed Nightgown. A nightie with a cute print, like this Point D'Esprit ($58) from Anthropologie, makes lingerie seem less intimidating and a lot more comfortable.
Lace Camisole. A lace cami is just as sexy as those bra and panty numbers without being as revealing. This Signature Lace Classic Camisole ($48) from Hanky Panky flatters every body type.
Sheer Nightgown. Sometimes we just want to feel sexy without baring it all. This Two-Tone Babydoll ($24.97) by Betsey Johnson gives sheer clothing a good name.
Basic Nightgown. A plain white nightie, like this Montaigne Chemise ($72) from Anthropologie, is a sweet and simple piece of lingerie. Plus, it's made of ultra soft cotton. Let's be real -- no woman wants to wear itchy fabrics to bed.
Animal Print Cover-Up. A cover-up is a must-have for your lingerie collection. You just may need it if you step out of the bedroom. This Spot-On Leopard Robe ($19.80) from Forever 21 provides enough coverage should you need to run downstairs for a glass of water.
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Tissue biopsies of the last vaccination site and of the VIN lesion prior to the first vaccination and 3 months after the last vaccination were analysed for the presence of HPV16-specific T cells.
The IFN?-ELISPOT analysis and proliferation with its accompanying cytokine production revealed a strong and broad vaccine-induced T cell response. The strength of the immune response (defined as breath and magnitude of the response) was significantly higher in the patients with a complete remission (CR) than in the patients with no changes (NC) in the lesion size. Phenotypical anlaysis revealed a strong induction of CD4+ T-cells specifically against HPV16 E6 and E7, whereas CD8+ T cells were found merely against HPV16 E6 and to a less broad array of epitopes within each patient. This analysis was done after one in vitro restimulation, however, by directly ex vivo flow cytometric analysis hardly any CD8+ T cell response could be detected. The T cell cultures obtained from the biopsies taken of the last vaccination site were found to be HPV16 peptides specific in 3/5 tested NR patients and in 4/5 tested CR. However, recognition of the recombinant HPV16 E6 and/or E7 protein was observed in 1/5 cultures from NR patients and 4/5 cultures of the CR patients, suggesting the differences in vaccine-induced T-cell reactivity. Tissue biopsies of the VIN lesion before and after vaccination showed only in one patient a HPV16-specific T-cell response, which was against HPV16 E6 and merely of the type 2 cytokine producing T cells. Notably, no T-cell cultures could be obtained from VIN biopsies taken from the CR patients. In conclusion, the HPV16 E6 and E7 synthetic long peptides vaccine is highly immunogenic, in that it increases the number and activity of HPV16-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells to a broad array of epitopes in all patients. The expansion of CD4+ and CD8+ tumor-specific T-cells, both considered to be important in the anti-tumor response indicates the immunotherapeutic potential of this vaccine. Addition of a strong toll-like receptor ligand might increase the CD8 response in frequency and to a broader set of epitopes.
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"I'm so excited about this new integration of HUD compliant reporting for housing counseling into HomeKeeper as it allows me to use one system for all of my programs. This is a major improvement in our ability to get the reports we need to manage our programs effectively."
– Kelsey Thompson, Housing Coordinator at Athens Land Trust.
Housing Counseling – Reimagined
Our new housing counseling features were built with an advisory group of HomeKeeper users that manage both homeownership programs and housing counseling programs. Based on their feedback, we have expanded HomeKeeper in order to:
- Consolidate data systems and eliminate data silos
- Transition away from aging legacy systems
- Spend less time on reporting
- Standardize program administration among staff
- Manage housing counseling cases alongside other housing programs
Built for Busy Housing Counselors
- Collect detailed data on clients and households
- Track counselor activities and professional trainings
- Quickly audit files for completeness and correctness
- Send quarterly reports directly to HUD
- Create custom data fields, dashboards and reports
Adoption grants are now being offered, so be sure to ask if you're eligible!
*Note that the housing counseling features are offered in addition to the core homeownership program features, and are available for an additional fee.


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One of my favorite programs of the year that I do with a local group is when our Early On program sets up a special story time at the library. I find this one especially rewarding as these kids and families really need us and are very appreciative for anything we do with them. This makes me want to add extra to their program! I run the program similarly to how I do my 2-year old story times, but add in a craft or 2 to take home. If I can, I add in some sensory story time elements.
As people come into the room, I have a couple of our flyers out for them to take including our current calendar of events, early literacy calendar, and 100 Books to Read Before Kindergarten booklist.
I have the crafts set up on tables in the back as we tend to get a lot of kids for this event and I am the only staff member in the room with them. Set-up looks like this:
This year's theme was farm. The Early On coordinator gives me a theme when we set up the program and this helps her to advertise to her families. We read some of my favorite books.
We also sang "When the Ducks Get Up in the Morning" with puppets. This added my sensory part as some of the kids liked to touch the puppets and they all have different textures. We used a cow, a pig, a duck, and a sheep.
I had two magnetboard rhymes along. If you ever don't have a magnetboard and need one in a jiffy, the tray for your AccuCut machine works just great!
Then we sang Old MacDonald using one of our craft samples. This helped to show the kids what to do. While it looks like a barn on the outside, there are clip art animals inside the bag that we had kids pick to choose our next animal in the song.
We also made paper bag animal puppets. All of the pieces were precut so kids just had to color and glue their pieces onto their puppet.
The Early On coordinator brought milk and cookies for all of the kids so they each had a snack when they finished their crafts.
This program is so popular that they have asked if they can come more than once a year! My answer was "Yes, please!"


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Night Train
Xportmedia's Night Train is an upcoming experimental point-and-click adventure game that takes place inside a woman's dream. There are no items to collect and no inventory to use, and that's just the beginning of the game's uniqueness. Xportmedia recently released a demo for the game, and we dove in to give you our first impressions.
Before we tell you what we saw, here's the official game introduction from the developer:
Anna is alone. Travelling late at night, she drifts off to a restless sleep. She dreams about the events in her life that brought her to this journey on the Night Train. As you explore her memories you begin to find new ones surface as you glimpse at the events that shaped her life. Throughout the dream you will learn the fate of her family and her ultimate destiny.
Night Train is a first-person adventure, meaning you see the environment through Anna's eyes. Anna's dream begins in her father's study, where you can access Anna's various memories by examining the items inside: paintings on the wall, books, and other mementos.
At first the demo was quite disorienting, since everything we seemed to click on resulted in Anna muttering "that's not right" to herself. But once we wrapped our head around what we were supposed to do, the game took on newfound depth.
It started with a single clue on a piece of paper, which offered a hint about what to click on next. The clue might be something like: First steps will skill so neat; She'll need these to protect her feet. This refers to the picture of ballet slippers on the wall. Clicking on the picture yields another clue indicated another object that needs to be found, and so on.
Although navigating around the study proved to be a bit disorienting and frustrating (let's hope it's finessed before the game's final launch), Night Train's unique premise and story was enough to pique our interest.
Night Train will be the first in an anthology called The Things That Haunt Us, which according to Xportmedia is designed to be "an experiment in digital story telling that will use games to explore a collection of tales. These can be adventure, interactive fiction and possibly a platform game thrown in for fun!"
The game should see final release sometime this month. For more info and to check out the demo yourself, visit Xportmedia's website.


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To assure success while making them, just remember the following 4 tips--
1. Knead the dough until it is smooth and the gluten is well developed. (Note how to do this in the video.)
2. The oil must be hot--375F.
3. The shaping technique--learn how to shape the dough before rolling it and DO NOT reroll the dough.
4. The frying technique is critical. Be sure to drop the piece of dough straight down into the hot oil, holding it submerged until it puffs and becomes hollow.
(Deep-Fried Bread)
Note: Leftover sopaipillas can be frozen in an airtight package for up to 3 months. Reheat in a foil packet at 350 F for 15 minutes. Just before serving, open the foil to allow the sopaipillas to dry out on the outside. These puffs will be better for stuffing than for serving as a bread or dessert.
Yield: 4 dozen
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 Tablespoon lard or butter
1 package active dry yeast, optional
¼ cup warm water (105-115 F) (gives pleasant yeasty aroma and
a more elastic texture)
1 ¼ cups scalded milk (approximately), cooled to room temperature
Cooking oil for deep frying
1. Combine dry ingredients and work in shortening, blending very well until mixture resembles corn meal.
2. Dissolve the yeast in warm water and add this mixture to the milk, stirring well. (If not using yeast, use 1 ½ cups milk and omit the ¼ cup water).
3. Add liquid ingredients and work into the dough. Place on board.
4. Knead dough thoroughly for about 5 minutes until smooth, firm and elastic, adding no flour or the least amount possible. (If dough is rubbery and very thick when first kneaded, sprinkle with a little warm water.) Invert the bowl over the kneaded dough and let rest for 10 minutes or until the dough will yield a hole when poked. Heat a 3 to 4 inch depth of oil to 400 F in a deep fryer.
5. Working with one-fourth of the dough at a time, keeping the balance well covered with plastic wrap, roll to ¼-inch thickness or slightly thinner, then cut into triangles or squares; do not reroll any of the dough. Fry the sopaipillas, a few at a time, in the hot fat. They should puff and become hollow soon after they are immersed in the oil. If they don't puff up, keep holding under the surface of the oil with tongs or a spoon until they do puff.


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Customs arrest family trying to smuggle jewellery worth Rs. 21.2 L
A 50-year-old man's attempt to smuggle gold was foiled by his wearing gold chains meant for women. Ramesh Bafna and his family allegedly tried to sneak out of Mumbai airport without paying duty for the 762 gm of gold worth Rs. 21.2 lakh that they had brought from Dubai.mumbai Updated: Sep 13, 2012 01:18 IST
A 50-year-old man's attempt to smuggle gold was foiled by his wearing gold chains meant for women.
Ramesh Bafna and his family allegedly tried to sneak out of Mumbai airport without paying duty for the 762 gm of gold worth Rs. 21.2 lakh that they had brought from Dubai.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Mumbai Customs arrested Bafna - a utensil exporter - his wife Umbari, 46 and daughter Vijeta, 22 on their arrival from Dubai in a Spice Jet flight (SG-0014) on Tuesday night. They were arrested on smuggling charges.
An AIU batch headed by deputy commissioner of Customs, Sameer Wankhede first stopped Bafna after he crossed the Green Channel at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport without declaring the gold he was carrying.
The officials of the AIU grew suspicious when they saw Bafna with two big gold chains on his neck generally meant for women.
"He also looked uncomfortable," a Customs official said requesting anonymity.
After searching Bafna, the officials found some more gold chains and bracelets in the inner pocket of his trouser. When officials rolled up the full sleeves of his shirt, they found two bracelets, one on each hand. Bafna said he was being accompanied by his wife and daughter.
The AIU officials got two women officials to search the duo. From Umbari, his wife, the officials recovered two gold chains she was wearing. Woman officials also found boxes concealed in her clothes in which she had kept around 10 pairs of rings and earrings.
Even Vijeta, Bafna's daughter, was wearing a gold necklace and chains totally weighing about 300 gm. She had covered herself with a shawl to hide the jewellery, which was found when she was searched.
The officials also recovered bills for the seized gold. The three admitted they had concealed the gold to evade. They were supposed to pay around 36% duty on the gold they had bought. For licensed importers, the duty on gold is 10% for ornaments and 4% for gold bars.
Bafna claimed that the family had gone to Dubai six days ago to buy gold, as their daughter was soon getting married. But officials are sceptical about this.
"He initially said he had only 30 gm of gold and tried to hide the bills," the official said.
The Customs on Wednesday morning released all the three on bail of Rs one lakh each.
First Published: Sep 13, 2012 01:17 IST


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The spontaneous parades that brought downtown Danbury to a halt last year after World Cup soccer matches ignited a debate about spontaneous parades.It's bad enough that the morons at the News-Times didn't even bother to send a reporter to May's Common Council meeting (choosing instead to chase another knee-jerking immigration story in New Haven), they:
Did the city have any recourse against such disruptions? Was there a way to require some advance planning and prior notice to Danbury police? Was all this simply attributable to cultural misunderstandings?
Last week, after much debate, the Danbury Common Council gave its answer. It voted 11-8 to adopt an ordinance that requires a parade permit for a public gathering of more than 25 people.
Will this ordinance prevent the sort of spontaneous parades the city faced last year? Maybe. Maybe not. As long as people want to rush into the streets -- hanging out of vehicles, blowing horns and blocking intersections -- they will do it.
But the ordinance does put in place a framework for what groups can do to help ensure the safety of their gathering and establishes some procedures for police.
Whether it works will be up to the police, who need to accommodate free expression, as well as community groups, who should show respect for the rights of neighbors.
• Continue to screw up reporting the facts surrounding the ordinance,
• Fail to inform the public on the misinformation that flowed from the Mayor's own mouth,
• Failed to give the details on the ordinance, which shows that the ordinance goes WAY beyond the scope of it's original intent, does not address the VERY ISSUE that brought it to light, and will effect every citizen of Danbury.
• Failed to quote corporation council that stated on several occasions that the ordinance will have ZERO impact on spontaneous parades,
I find it amazing that a person with a camera and videocamera and time on his hands can do more in-depth reporting on this very subject than the local mainstream media.
Stunning...simply stunning.
Well, here's what I'm going to do.
1. I responded to this stupid editorial.
Will this ordinance prevent the sort of spontaneous parades the city faced last year? Maybe. Maybe not.
Hmm, maybe if the reporters for the News-Times were actually at the meeting(s) in May (instead of running after a knee-jerking immigration story down in NEW HAVEN), you could have heard corporation council (you know, the person who drafted the ordinance) clearly state (on numerous occasions) that the ordinance can not be used to regulate spontaneous parades.
Hell, if you simply READ THE ORDINANCE BEFORE WRITING THIS SHAMELESS EDITORIAL, you get all the answers you need.
Here, let me help you...
From the ordinance:
Sec 11-15 (a):
Parade means any march, demonstration, procession, or motorcade, which the parade permit applicant believes will consist of more than twenty-five (25) persons, animals, or vehicles or a combination thereof upon the streets, sidewalks, parks or other public property owned by or under the control of the City of Danbury, for a common purpose as a result of prior planning that interferes with the normal flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic upon said streets, sidewalks, parks, or other public property.
Under case law, spontaneous parades are SPONTANEOUS or in other words something that has no prior planning. By law, simply because a person is at a bar and decides to go out int he streets and celebrate after their team won DOES NOT MEAN IT IS PRIOR PLANNING based upon the law. If a cop attempts to use this ordinance on a person in that situation (of man, please let that be me) the city will be sued for violating a person's first amendment rights and lose in court (badly). Again, (as corporation council correctly stated), the ordinance does not apply to the events that happened during the World Cup games.
Your ill-informed editorial does not take into account that the ordinance goes WAY beyond the scope of it's original intent and includes public assemblies.
Here, let me help you again...from the ordinance:
Sec 11-15 (d):
Public assembly means any meeting, demonstration, picket line, rally or gathering, which the parade permit applicant believes will consist of more than twenty-five (25) persons, held on the streets, sidewalks, parks, or other public property owned by or under the control of the City of Danbury, for a common purpose as a result of prior planning that interferes with the normal flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic upon said streets, sidewalks, parks, or other public property.
This means a group of 25 or more people AT A PARK can be in violation of the ordinance. A procession of 25 or more people can be in violation of the ordinance.
This paper does a disservice when it does not properly report on what's happening at City Hall opting instead to chase knee-jerking stories just to sell a paper. It was a disgrace for the local newspaper to be in New Haven covering a immigration rally during the Common Council meeting in May when all the information regarding the ordinance was discussed in great detail. This paper has been playing catch-up on this issue and it still has failed in understanding the true impact of this ordinance.
I mean for crying out loud, your OWN ONLINE EDITOR interview Boughton and caught him in a lying about the ordinance when he claimed that since HE and the POLICE CHIEF had prior planning about the World Cup games, that the events that happened during the World Cup games was not spontaneous. He also stated that since people knew that they were going to celebrate in the streets, that the celebrations were not spontaneous. Both points are COMPLETELY UNTRUE and for a three-term mayor and former State Rep to say that was disgraceful. You have the video on your site so watch it for yourself.
In closing, PLEASE, please, please, don't write an editorial on something that you obviously have no knowledge of whatsoever. It's bad enough that this paper does not report on local political news, but when you write ill-informed editorials, you keep the low-information voters uninformed and assist the elected officials who willfully spread misinformation because they know that they can get away with it because the LOCAL MEDIA DOES NOT DO THEIR JOB IN PROPERLY REPORTING ON LOCAL NEWS.
2. FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, I'm going to call the News-Times, find out the individual who wrote this editorial, and see if he or she will allow an interview by yours truly.
3. I'm going to find out how much to costs to take out an ad in the News-Times, create an ad blasting the editorial and the complete lack of coverage from the News-Times in regards to this issue, and ask people from across Danbury, Connecticut, and around the country to contribute money to this site so I can get the ad posted.
4. Contact people I know at the New York Times, Hartford Courant, Washington Post, top national and state blogs, and pitch them the story on the ordinance, misinformation from Mayor Boughton and his use of "immigration" for political purposes, and the anger among many in the community whose voices are being ignored.
Trust me, this story is long from over and several elected officials have a great deal of explaining to do to the residents of Danbury. If you followed my reporting on the Lamont/Lieberman race last year for ConnecticutBLOG and My Left Nutmeg, you know that I'm not playing around.
Enough is enough. The citizens of Danbury have been lied to for the last time and I'm about to show the people of this city and state the full capabilities of People-powered Media.
UPDATE: Councilwoman Lynn Taborsak placed a comment that deserves to be added to the post.
The horrible thing about the editorial today is that it's dead wrong! The Council did not vote to approve the parade ordinance by a vote of 11-8. The Council voted not to reconsider the actions[4 motions] on the parade ordinance that were taken at the May meeting. What were those actions? 1) An amendment proposed by Tom Saadi that raised the public assembly threshold to 100. It passed on a 10 to 9 vote, until the Mayor was told by Corporation Counsel that he could vote to make a tie and thereby defeat the amendment. 2) A motion by Mary Saracino to recommit the ordinance and fix it. That motion passed too, by a vote of 10 to 9 until the Mayor cast a second illegal vote to make a tie. 3) was a motion to call the question after Cavo's unprofessional outburst on how those opposing the ordinance were just OBSTRUCTIONISTS. That motion passed and ended debate on the ordinance without the Mayor having to violate the charter 3 times in the same meeting.4) The motion to approve the ordinance then passed by a vote of 10 to 9. Where does this Mary Connolly get this new number of 11 to 8? The 11 to 8 vote WAS A VOTE TO RECONSIDER THE ABOVE 4 MOTIONS. IT FAILED. 11 COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID NO. Those Council members don't think the Mayor really did anything wrong! He didn't intend to violate the charter. He got bad advice from his legal counsel. So what if a majority of the Council members felt differently. It's sad that the democratic process can be circumvented like this. However, it is even sadder that the News Times becomes a party to an abuse of power.BINGO!
Lynn Taborsak: Well informed resident. News-Times: Ill-informed newspaper that places a higher priority on knee-jerking stories over properly informing the public about critical local issues that will have an impact on Danbury and debunking the level of misinformaiton that flows out of the mayor's office.
UPDATE 2: Since the top-notch reporters at the News-Times were too busy chasing a immigration fluff story in New Haven on the night of the parade ordinance debate back in May, here's video footage of the ENTIRE DEBATE.
Part 1: Parade ordinance debate (1 of 2):
Part 2: Parade ordinance debate (2 of 2):
NOTE: Due to a bad videotape, portions of the meeting is slightly distorted. Also, I had to change tapes after Mayor Boughton incorrectly casted his first vote which block the Democratic amendment (I lost about aprox. 3 minutes of footage).


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Years ago, I very much wanted a piece of chicken art by S.V. Medaris, but I couldn't afford it, so I bought a T-shirt instead. That T-shirt now has a hole in it, and some paint splattered on it, which is proof that I wore it endlessly. Sue (she goes by S.V., but her name is Sue) Medaris is an extraordinary painter and printmaker who has a way of capturing chickens in all their absurdity and charm.
Read the last Garden Rant column on Slow Gardening with Felder Rushing.
So imagine my excitement when Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks arrived, and I found out that Medaris had illustrated it. Chickens have been her subject for so long that she was able to come up with art that depicts every aspect of chicken life—and chicken death. You'll see prints and paintings that show a possum invading a coop, a rooster intimidating a hen, and a hen committing the ultimate taboo—which they will do sometimes—and eating her own egg. It's not nearly as graphic as it sounds. It's just bold and beautiful art depicting the real lives of real chickens.
So the art is reason enough to get the book. But you'll also get a lovely collection of personal essays that cover author Susan Troller's experiences with chickens, plus contributions from Jane Hamilton (yes, that Jane Hamilton) writing on the relationship between cats and chickens, and Michael Perry (yes, that Michael Perry, of Coop and Truck and Off Main Street and other literary gems I suggest you go investigate right this minute if you haven't already) writing on how to hypnotize a chicken. I have often read that you can hypnotize a chicken using Perry's method, but I'm afraid to try it myself. What if the chicken never wakes up? It just seems like too much responsibility. But you can try it, and Perry will tell you how.
The other contributor, Ben Logan, might be less familiar to you if you don't live in Wisconsin, but he's the author of The Land Remembers: The Story of a Farm and Its People and a number of other books, and he contributes two pieces on eggs.
There are so many chicken books out this year—too many, maybe—but there are not nearly enough literary chicken books, and there are definitely not enough illustrated by Medaris. It's going to take a little work to find this book—it's published by a small press called Itchy Cat Press—but I suggest that, rather than order it online, you stop in at your local independent bookseller and see if they can get it for you. That's how small books find their way in the world—they come to the attention of small booksellers, usually because their customers ask about them, and pretty soon they're putting them on their shelves, and they're selling all over the country.
Which brings me to the one quibble I have about this book. At 10.5 inches tall and 8.5 inches wide, it's sized like an elementary school workbook, not a charming work of literary and artistic merit. It doesn't fit on standard bookstore shelves, and the combination of the size and the cover design make it look more like a self-published book. That's a shame, but don't let it stop you. Cluck is a worthwhile experience regardless of its packaging.
Amy Stewart, a primary blogger at Garden Rant, is the award-winning author of five books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, all from Algonquin Books, including two New York Times bestsellers, Wicked Plants and Flower Confidential. Her new book is Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon's Army and other Diabolical Insects. She lives in northern California, where she and her husband own an antiquarian bookstore and tend an unruly flock of hens in their backyard.
Images used with permission of Itchy Cat Press.


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Good update. The side horn is used for the alarm, but if Nissan finally took my recommendation to config the US version with the "country" horn, then all the better. On the JDM version of the LEAF there are two buttons for the horn, one just honks the "city or Polite" horn and the other honks both the city horn and another one for a louder sound.
And yes, you must use the wired ground for the horn to work.
BTW, your photos are not showing up on your post, but if you right click on the icon, they are visible on your photosharing site.


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Saturday, 15 December 2012
In Praise of Children - Liz Kessler
I write books for children. I write about mermaids and fairies and time travel and pirate dogs. Mostly, though, I write about family and friendship and love and loyalty. These are the things that are important to me. I believe that these are the things that are important to most of us. In one afternoon, in an elementary school in America, at least twenty families have had all of these things taken away from them, by a young man with a gun.
At the time of writing this, there aren't many facts available about the background to any of this, so I can't comment on that. I'm not going to get into the politics of it either – although, if I wanted to, it would be just one simple sentence: America – do something about your gun laws now.
So what do I want to say? I suppose I want to reflect on what kind of a world we live in – what kind of a world we have created. And I want to ask whether it's possible for us to do something about this.
The night before last, I watched a Panorama programme about homelessness in the UK. I thought the same thing then. Innocent children who haven't had a chance yet to make any mark on this world are in situations where they're losing something that so many of us take for granted. Their homes. Yesterday, twenty children had their entire lives taken away from them. And in recent months, we have all heard the appalling stories that have come to light about Jimmy Savile and others who stole hundreds of children's innocence and blighted their lives forever.
We live in a world where space travel is taken for granted, where lives are saved with incredible medicines or operations, where with the touch of a few buttons we can talk to and even see someone on the other side of the planet. We live in - we have created - a world where unbelievable things are possible.
With all this intelligence, how have we not managed to create a world in which our children are safe?
As a children's author, I am quite often asked if I would ever think about writing books for adults. Right now, I can't help thinking – why would I want to do that? Adults are the ones who harm. Adults are the ones who damage. Adults are the ones who should know better.
Children are the ones who see things as they are. Who see the beauty and simplicity and excitement and innocence and incredible potential of this world.
At this moment, I am proud of my job. It is about celebrating childhood – and right now I can't think of anything more worthy of celebration and protection than childhood.
I'm not a parent, but if I was, tonight I would hug my children that little bit tighter. I'm not religious, but tonight I will take my chances and ask God to look after the twenty innocent children who were ripped from this world when their lives had barely begun.
And I will ask us as a society to grieve for their families, to be thankful for our own and to do everything we can each do in our own way to create a world that is worthy of all of the gifts, riches and knowledge that we have.
9 comments:
- Jane McLoughlin said...
Have been thinking about your comments which were expressed in brief tweet form. Thanks for writing and sharing this.
- 15 December 2012 at 08:25
- catdownunder said...
One of my nephews came in an hugged me today - he's 26. Another phoned "just to say I love you". Others, who live in other states "checked in" something they never usually do on a busy Saturday.
The 12yr old "Whirlwind", the child I take a special interest in, came to me in a very distressed state and said,
"I just need to hug you too". She had already hugged her father, her sole parent.
I hugged all of them back in reality and virtually.
It made me realise how very, very fortunate most of us are. I just cannot comprehend the grief those directly involved must be going through - and will go through for weeks, months and years.
Hugs are so much better than hate - and, if we must fight wars, let's do it with words, not weapons.
- 15 December 2012 at 09:18
- JO said...
I find it impossible to find words for my response to this dreadful shooting - so thank you for this. There will be an inquiry, and people will look for someone or something to blame. I feel all I can do is make sure that those I love know how I feel about them - and that love is precious and we must cherish it.
- 15 December 2012 at 09:38
- Linda said...
Beautiful - you've expressed what so many of us are feeling.
- 15 December 2012 at 09:47
- Katherine Langrish said...
Thankyou Liz.
- 15 December 2012 at 11:39
- Alex Dumpfree said...
Thanks for writing and sharing this blog. It is so beautiful you've expressed what feeling.
- 15 December 2012 at 12:39
- Lucy Coats said...
Thank you, Liz. Just...thank you.
- 15 December 2012 at 12:47
- Lynn said...
Thank you for a moving, heartfelt post.
- 15 December 2012 at 13:27
- Stroppy Author said...
Thank you, Liz.
- 16 December 2012 at 13:51


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A word on teaching and ways to alter the classroom experience from my grant application.
I see a series of interwoven expected impacts on student learning:
1. A genuine investment in creativity & knowledge communication:
In general, the current approach to undergraduate assignments looks something like this. The instructor requires some form of written essay. The student works feverishly to meet the course expectations, mimicking (but not fully understanding) the complex and rigid rules of expository writing. The instructor grades the essay, providing comments on style and content. The student looks briefly at the instructor's response before burying the paper in filing cabinet. The essay never sees the light of day again. This is unsatisfying.
Exploring data visualization and working with students to share their results more broadly encourages students to become more aware of potential audiences for their research (and not limiting their thought process to what they think the instructor wants to see). This invites students to take greater ownership over their work, and in my experience students have engaged much more willingly in more and better work habits as a result. I firmly believe that this approach treats students like emerging scholars and they are more likely to realize their potential because of that greater deal of respect.
2. A community of makers:
Building on that first point, I am intrinsically committed to the idea that the learning experience is enhanced when students become knowledge producers instead of just knowledge consumers. By turning students into makers of knowledge, it is possible to create the context in which active, self-directed inquiry and learning become the keystone of the educational experience. Through developing data sets and then critically analyzing them, students are creating the information they need. In producing visual representations of that information—through word clouds and flowcharts and infographics—they are also more involved in how their findings will be interpreted.
I see this as the fundamental characteristic of the Humanities in the 21st century: Whereas previously, research consisted of excavating—digging deeper and deeper into archives—today creating intelligent content is a constructive exercise. The data is available and constitutes a series of building blocks. The researcher and the collaborative teams of researchers get to build rather than burrow. The new, interactive classroom will encourage teamwork, experimentation, and inventive balancing acts to see what the data will and won't yield.
3. A more holistic approach to problem solving:
I want to encourage Humanities students to learn at the bench, to use a concept taken from how the sciences are taught. In effect, the humanists' digital lab is the new bench, a place where learning comes from doing, where students are encouraged to experiment and innovate. This environment invites students to get their hands dirty and to let the past (in the case of historical research and analysis) capture their imagination.
Thanks to Web 2.0, students have access to infinite amounts of information on their laptops and in their smartphones. The new intellectual challenge involves thinking critically about these new technological research tools and what the technology allows us to do. In many respects, our students are better prepared to ask and answer these questions than faculty. That constitutes an exciting teaching dynamic, where the instructor might adopt the business adage of being in command but out of control—allowing the students to "find" learning for themselves within the confines of a pre-arranged rubric. The danger endures, however, that these digital technologies threaten to make us the tools of our tools, to use Henry David Thoreau's old phrase, but the central challenge to students is to break free from their tools—retain that capacity for traditional critical thought—and solve intellectual and technological problems in tandem. From the thought processes involved in coding and computational thinking, students will engage in more vigorous forms of problem solving, not just in their research and analysis, but also in the manner in which they communicate their findings.
I appreciate the irony in stressing the instruction of a number of quantitative research methods, but accepting that effectively evaluating the project's results poses a bit of a qualitative quandary. In many respects, this project involves putting a teaching philosophy into practice. Similarly, gauging student success will need to be structured, on the one hand, quantitatively on their comprehension of the digital techniques, and qualitatively through the creative expression of their research communication and dissemination on the other. Whether or not this proves successful on a broader basis will be determined both by student enrolment and retention over a longer period of time and by evaluating the quality and quantity of the research data on the history of public health.


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I really shouldn't even be trying moon shots with my dinky little camera, but I can never resist it. I'm amazed that the shape of the moon actually showed up in this shot "Falling Down the Sky," though not suprisingly the entire shot is a little grainy. (I'd like to think that "grainy-ness" adds to the mood. LOL!) This shot is from a batch I took last night on the way back to my rooms after dinner. When I first spied it, it was like a delicious after dinner mint.
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Headshot Photo Shoot
My latest photography assignment was for a real estate headshot. Despite the heat of the day, we ended up with several great shots to choose from. It was a fun shoot. This image was her final pick.
To view more images from this shoot as well as other photo collections, click here. Thanks!