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The Professional Chef, 9th Edition
The Professional Chef, 9th Edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-42135-2 September 2011 1232 Pages
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The Professional Chef is among the best-selling titles in Wiley's cooking program and represents the cornerstone book in our publishing partnership with the CIA. We have completely reorganized this book to reflect the way that people cook in the kitchen today, with the best of foods and flavors from around the world. The book reviews ingredients, equipment, and skills of the professional chef. It then explores the techniques for the full range of food items: vegetables, potatoes, grains, legumes, pasta, meats, fish and seafood, poultry, eggs, fruits, soups, sauces, quickbreads and cakes, yeast breads, and more. The new edition features information on global cuisines, an all-new chapter on Plated Desserts, and information on topics of growing importance such as sous vide cooking, seasonality, and sustainability. The new edition features a new user-friendly design and structure, guiding readers through the basic principles behind each technique at a glance, and then providing more in-depth information along with step-by-step photography. Complete with hundreds of recipes and four-color photographs throughout, this is the essential reference for any aspiring chef, culinary student, or cooking enthusiast. For the first time ever, The Professional Chef is also available as a revolutionary interactive iPad edition (978-1-118-12012-5).
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Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction xviii
PART ONE The Culinary Professional
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION 3
Chapter 2 MENUS AND RECIPES 13
Chapter 3 THE BASICS OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE 23
Chapter 4 FOOD AND KITCHEN SAFETY 31
PART TWO Tools and Ingredients in the Professional Kitchen
Chapter 5 EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION 43
Chapter 6 MEAT, POULTRY, AND GAME IDENTIFICATION 69
Chapter 7 FISH AND SHELLFISH IDENTIFICATION 99
Chapter 8 FRUIT, VEGETABLE, AND FRESH HERB IDENTIFICATION 127
Chapter 9 DAIRY AND EGG PURCHASING AND IDENTIFICATION 181
Chapter 10 DRY GOODS IDENTIFICATION 199
PART THREE Stocks, Sauces, and Soups
Chapter 11 MISE EN PLACE FOR STOCKS, SAUCES, AND SOUPS 239
Chapter 12 STOCKS 253
Chapter 13 SAUCES 267
Chapter 14 SOUPS 301
PART FOUR Meats, Poultry, Fish, and Shellfish
Chapter 15 MISE EN PLACE FOR MEATS, POULTRY, FISH, AND SHELLFISH 361
Chapter 16 FABRICATING MEATS, POULTRY, AND FISH 375
Chapter 17 GRILLING, BROILING, AND ROASTING 423
Chapter 18 SAUTÉING, PAN FRYING, AND DEEP FRYING 487
Chapter 19 STEAMING AND SUBMERSION COOKING 531
Chapter 20 BRAISING AND STEWING 571
PART FIVE Vegetables, Potatoes, Grains and Legumes, and Pasta and Dumplings
Cchapter 21 MISE EN PLACE FOR VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS 617
Cchapter 22 COOKING VEGETABLES 647
Cchapter 23 COOKING POTATOES 713
Cchapter 24 COOKING GRAINS AND LEGUMES 751
Cchapter 25 COOKING PASTA AND DUMPLINGS 807
PART SIX Breakfast and Ggarde Mmanger
Chapter 26 COOKING EGGS 847
Chapter 27 SALAD DRESSINGS AND SALADS 879
Chapter 28 SANDWICHES 931
Chapter 29 HORS D'OEUVRE AND APPETIZERS 945
Chapter 30 CHARCUTERIE AND GARDE MANGER 985
PART SEVEN Baking and Pastry
Chapter 31 BAKING MISE EN PLACE 1015
Chapter 32 YEAST BREADS 1025
Chapter 33 PASTRY DOUGHS AND BATTERS 1047
Chapter 34 CUSTARDS, CREAMS, AND MOUSSES 1091
Chapter 35 FILLINGS, FROSTINGS, AND DESSERT SAUCES 1107
Chapter 36 PLATED DESSERTS 1131
Appendix 1161
Glossary 1167
Readings and Resources 1185
Recipe Index 1191
Subject Index 1202


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Minnesota State Mankato Dam Bike Ride - June 22
Minnesota State Mankato Dam Bike Ride - June 22
Everyone will meet at the fountain on campus and we will make the trek 24 miles to The Dam Store for some pie and H2O. With sugar-filled, water jigging bellies, we will turn around and make the trip back!
Dam Bike Ride at
Minnesota State University, Mankato June 22
MANKATO, Minn. – Student Activities hosts the Dam Bike Ride at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
This event will involve riding bikes out to Rapidan Dam and back, with a stop for pie at The Dam Store. So grab your bike and a hearty appetite for pie and head on over to the front of the CSU on Wednesday, June 22 at 3 p.m.
Ashley, Assistant Director of Student Activities and the coordinator for the event, said "The Dam Bike Ride is a program that started before I joined the Student Activities team in 2011, and has really become a staple of our summer programming. The best part of the event is that it brings members of the campus community and the greater Mankato community together, which people must enjoy, as more and more people show up each year."
The Dam Bike Ride has been an activity that members of the community have looked forward to for over 7 years and has gained more people every year. This 24-mile round trip bike ride is a fun way to exercise and a great excuse to eat some fantastic pie! Everyone, whether they be students, members of the greater Mankato community, friends, or family are welcome to join in on this free event.
The Dam Bike Ride is a part of a summer programming series sponsored by the Centennial Student Union and Student Activities. Other events include an organized car wash, outdoor films, BBQ demonstrations, and other events. All events are free to the public. Student Activities has 5 full-time staff and 4 graduate students who provide guidance and planning for 230+ student groups, geek life, community engagement, and campus wide programming.
For more information contact Student Activities Assistant Director Ashley Strom at 507-389-6076 or email@example.com
For MSU events: individuals with a disability, who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event, are asked to contact the Office of Accessibility Resources at 507-389-2825 (V/TTD), 800-627-3529 or 711 (MRS/TTD) at least five days prior to the event.
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Colorectal cancer: What you do now can save your life
The average age of colorectal cancer patients is 70, but the incidence of colon cancer is increasing in 25-50 year olds.
When it comes to colorectal cancer — which comprises colon cancer and rectal cancer — not all tumors are created equal. As with new developments in cancer in general, the big news in colorectal cancer treatment is genetic sequencing: defining the biology of a tumor and tailoring targeted treatment, rather than going by the old "one pill fits all" application.
"Precision medicine is the buzzword," says Dr. Rona Yaeger, a colorectal cancer researcher for the American Cancer Society. "Already there are new drugs in clinical trials that will come on the market soon for new targeted treatments that act on particular tumor types."
With precision medicine and improved surgery techniques, doctors are able to more accurately target tumors. The result is less treatment for colorectal cancer patients, who previously might have had to have endured unnecessary radiation or chemotherapy. That's particularly true with tumors found in the rectum, which are typically difficult to treat.
"We're now understanding that we've been over-treating and we don't always need all that chemotherapy and radiation," explains Yaeger. "Radiation, in particular, is something we want to avoid if possible, especially in young people, because one of the possible side effects is infertility."
Young people? Generally, colorectal cancer is thought of as an older person's disease. Yaeger tells Metro that the average age of colorectal cancer patients is 70, but adds that the incidence of colon cancer is increasing in 25-50 year olds.
"So far, the evidence is observational, but that's what we're seeing," she says. "The problem is that in younger people, colorectal cancer is more likely to be advanced. Young people do not seek treatment until they present with symptoms, such as bloody stool, or a change in bowel movement. With young people, it's beyond a polyp."
Polyps are pre-cancerous ruptures in the bowel wall that are found during colonoscopy exams and simply removed. Colonoscopies — for which patients are asleep during and head home from treatment that same day — are an effective tool in preventing cancer. They're usually given at age 50 or above, unless if there's family history of colorectal cancer. "It's still our best tool for preventing fatalities overall," says Yaeger.
Despite all the advances in treatment, prevention for anyone, particularly younger people, is still paramount. Two ways to slash your risk? You've heard them before: a healthy (high-fiber!) diet, and regular exercise.
"Colorectal cancer in young people, and in general, continues to be a problem in the developed world's diet of refined grains. Eating red meat and processed food is known to compound the problem. A large Body Mass Index is known to affect all cancers, including colorectal," says Yaeger. "The more fit you are, the more you decrease your risk."


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First Symphony is drenched in the evocative Romanticism of the German
orchestral masters, Wagner and Strauss, before him. Szymanowski's
Violin Concerto No 1 draws inspiration from the Polish poem Noc Majowa
(Night Gathering): 'fireflies kiss the wild rose – while death
flickers over the pond and plays a wanton song'. 20 years in the
making, Brahms' First Symphony was one of the most eagerly awaited in
musical history.
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No 1BRAHMS Symphony No 1Valery Gergiev conductorJanine Jansen violinLondon Symphony Orchestra
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Back when economist Alfred Kahn worked for the Carter administration he suggested that the high inflation of that period could end in a recession or even a depression. The administration moved immediately to distance itself from Kahn's words and admonished him for his bluntness. He promised he would not use the words in public again. Instead, Kahn, known for his cheeky sense of humor, began telling audiences that because he had been prohibited from using the words "recession" or "depression," he would substitute the word "banana" in their place. When a banana company complained, he started using "kumquat" figuring that the kumquat lobby was too small to complain.
Of late we have been getting a similar (but less amusing) displacement of words from officials in the oil industry regarding the idea of peak oil. Very few are willing even to utter the words "peak oil," and when they do, they insist that the world is not near peak as construed by a misguided peak oil movement. Instead, they substitute words such as "plateau." A Chevron vice president has used that word to describe our oil future. And, it is fitting that he used the word at a Cambridge Energy Research Associates-sponsored confab since CERA was the first to coin the phrase. CERA, however, believes a plateau--which they further qualify as an "undulating plateau"--won't occur until the 2030s and then will go on for 20 to 30 years. Any constraints before then, they say, will be due to "above-ground factors."
On the other hand, Chevron's CEO, Dave O'Reilly, says, "The era of easy oil is over." Given O'Reilly's view perhaps we can assume that the Chevron vice president cited above believes that the plateau will be starting a lot sooner than 2030. And as for O'Reilly, he does use the word "peak", but makes clear he doesn't consider nearby peaking some kind of doomsday scenario.
Others speak of "limits" on production as detailed in a recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal. The limits include lack of access to Middle Eastern oil fields (where much of the additional oil lies), lack of available manpower, and lack of oil service infrastructure such as rigs and pipelines. Another limit is that state-controlled oil companies lack incentives to develop additional production capacity since at current prices these companies are already producing all the revenue their government owners desire. All this adds up to a "ceiling" on production, but not peak oil as the authors of the article are at pains to point out. They say this even though some of their sources point to major constraints in newly discovered oil reservoirs and the expectation that these constraints will grow.
Beyond O'Reilly, only a few other oil company officials aren't afraid to say the word "peak." Thierry Desmarest, chairman and CEO of the French oil giant Total, has stated flatly, "If demand continues to grow at this pace, global production will peak sooner, not later, for geological reasons." He pegs the peak at between 2020 and 2025. He has called for steps to curb demand to move the peak back and allow more time for a transition to a post-oil economy. A former Shell chairman believes oil could peak within 20 years. One understands why the majority of oil executives shy away from the term since it implies that oil companies as a group are now decaying assets without much of a future.
Limits, plateaus, the end of easy oil, above-ground factors, or constraints on exploration, infrastructure and personnel--call it what you like, but it all adds up to the same thing, namely, a peaking of daily world oil production. As everyone truly familiar with peak oil understands, it is the maximum rate of production which will determine the peak, not the total available resource in the ground. Whether the peak occurs for a variety of reasons--which now seems likely--or whether it occurs due solely to geologic constraints, peak still produces the same problem: There is not enough oil to go around at prices that people can afford. This is, of course, due to falling daily production.
One could argue that responses to any peak would depend on the precise nature of that peak. For instance, if people believe a peak is due to infrastructure constraints, more money could surely be spent on oil infrastructure to increase our daily production capacity. But what company will spend this money if it doesn't believe future oil volumes will justify it? One could also argue for forcibly opening oil fields in the Middle East to rapid development. I have often wondered whether those who say that above-ground factors are limiting our daily production tacitly advocate a military response to peak. If so--apart from any moral or philosophical objections--would such a response actually help? The current experiment in Iraq suggests it won't.
Perhaps the public would be better served if all those who are now under orders to use euphemisms when referring to peak oil were to follow Alfred Kahn's lead and use the word "banana" in their place. At least people would then know that the various terms really all amount to the same thing. They all really mean peak oil--oh, excuse me, I mean banana, or rather to be absolutely clear, peak banana.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Peak banana
3 comments:
- Step Back said...
Peak Pickle --cause that's what we're in.
- bc said...
Regardless of the merits of the term "plateau", CERA did not invent it.
Jean Laherrere, the woll known PO researcher, first used the term "bumpy plateau" in 2004. I suspect CERA "borrowed" the phrase from him.
I'm sorry, but does anyone else think the term "peak banana" is funny?
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Commissioned by owner Young J Song, product designer Sam Buxton, in collaboration with textile designer Emily Hiller, has knitted a new-look interior for the Bordello Bar in London's Soho.
Buxton's designs run through the bar's two main rooms, entrance area and stairs, the walls of which are covered with red curtains of hand-tied netting. According to the designer, the seating and lighting were integrated to make it appear as though the interior is constructed from a single surface. Together, the wall hangings and a sculptural installation in the bar's main room contain 2.5km of knitted, hand-knotted and woven cord.
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One of the rooms feature woven fabric that has been laid over wire to create sinuous, tree-like shapes. Set off against Sam's signature metal sheeting style is the bar's serving area, which displays liquor bottles held in net sacks, whilst steel cabling creates a subtle yet bold tunnel for serving trays.
The concept design by Sam Buxton with fabrication of the patterns, solutions and details for the walls, lights and bottle rack system by textile designer Emily Hiller. Buxton intends to create more installations in the bar in the future, this work primarily exploring ways of creating an environment from a single structure.
The Bordello Bar, on London's Wardour Street, W1, re-opened last Saturday. You can view the Bordello opening photoset by Mark Wu here.
All photos MarK Wu
From the Coroflot portfolio of : Dann Spann ( Boston, MA )Featured Project : mirror lightCommon conception: don't stare at the light. But as far as this design is concerned, I can't help it, I can't help it. For more "reflections" click here.
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"Ceramics and Sound" brings together the works of artists and designers who have been working at the European Ceramic Workcenter. The exhibition is on show at the Neues Kunstforum in Cologne (July 12 - August 9) and showcases sound installations, ceramic sculptures, experiments and prototypes. >> view gallery
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This foaming cleansing gel acts gently by purifying your pores using wheat germ oil extracts. Known for bringing an important amount of proteins, vitamins and minerals to the skin, wheat germ oil works alongside vitamins E and F to give skin a natural boost. Regular use fights against inflammation, progressively reducing and ultimately banishing blemishes or breakouts.
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Are you headed to the Chicago Seminars in October? Do you have the same fear of booking things in advance that I do? Are just now getting around to making travel reservations? You're in luck because there are some amazingly low award flights available on Virgin America, just in time for the 2016 Chicago Seminars. The event itself takes place on October 14 – 16 and tickets are still available if you don't mind arriving in town a little early. Virgin America has some amazing fares to Chicago out of San Francisco and Los Angeles, both on points and paid fares. Not to mention, they provide what I think is probably the best domestic economy class experience of any airline.
Out of San Francisco, Virgin America offers fares to Chicago as low as $94 one way or 3,859 Elevate points + $5.60 on October 11 and 12. Fares out of LAX are an even better deal at $64 or 2,393 Elevate points + $5.60 on October 12. Seattle fares are decent too, at 4,542 Elevate points + $5.60 one way on October 12. Considering most airlines require 12,500 miles for a one-way domestic flight, these are incredibly cheap award redemption rates.
Return fares on Virgin America aren't bad either, with Sunday departures to San Francisco starting at 9,670 Elevate points for a connecting flight or 13,968 Elevate points for a direct flight. Once again, Los Angeles is a bargain with a Sunday morning flight available for 5,812 Elevate points. If you're departing out of an airport not located on the West Coast, you may also find some great fare deals. It's totally worth it to check, especially considering the standard mileage redemption levels of others airline programs.
Virgin America Elevate points can be transferred from both Starwood and American Express Membership rewards. The Amex rate, generally, isn't favorable (even with the current bonus point promotion). In my case, it took a day for the Starwood points to transfer to my Virgin America Elevate account. This isn't ideal but still worked out since I was still able to book my flight at that low rate.
So if you're headed to Chicago next month for the Chicago Seminars, be sure to check out Virgin America for some great fare deals. Their award flights are an especially great value and you could save 50% or more over traditional frequent flyer programs. This won't work for those who can't get time off work and just want to fly in and out for a quick weekend, but those who have some time to spare may enjoy an extra 1-2 days in the city.
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Shadow Fire Promotions, Inc. | Chicago, IL United States | 08/09/2004
(2 out of 5 stars)
"I'm a big fan of "The Boss", but for the life of me, can't fathom why he is unable to follow the lead of larger acts, and actually "unplug" for MTV Unplugged. This CD offers no new material that can't be found elsewhere, and is basically nothing more than a "live in concert" CD that just so happened to be filmed by MTV.
This concert took place in 1992, and you know it's pretty bad when you have bands ribbing you three years later about going on MTV UNPlugged, and then having to go and plug in. It's not like Bruce doesn't know how to play acoustic guitar, because he does. I'm a big acoustic guitar fan, and for someone of Bruce's talent level, to not be able to write songs that can be played acoustically only serves to bring down the level of respect I have for his talent.
Not what I would consider an essential recording, and not recommended, unless you are such a die-hard "Boss" fan that you have to own every album he puts out. Otherwise, save your money."
It's Springsteen~It has to be good!
Patrick | Honeoye NY USA | 03/27/2008
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"For the devoted fan of "The Boss" this CD will be a purchase without question. For the casual fan it is well worth it for the simple fact that it is Bruce doing what Bruce does best...singing in a live setting. Many of his die hard fans will tell you that they became that way after seeing Springsteen live...I am no exception.
This has very good versions of "Lucky Town," "Human Touch," "Darkness on the Edge of Town," and others. For me, the primary reason is the live version of "Thunder Road" my favorite Springsteen song...it doesn't dissappoint...neither does this CD."


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As you age, your metabolism slows down and when your metabolism slows down, that's when you start gaining weight, right? As you slowly lose muscle mass, your body fat increases. But it is not the only reason why one gets fat. I've read several articles wherein many blame a slow metabolism as the culprit of their weight gain. But is it really the reason for one's increased weight or bigger tummy? Or could it be attributed to lessened physical activities or a change in food intake?
Believe it or not, gaining weight is somewhat of a fear that my husband and I have. Not because it'll change the way we look physically but because the effort of losing weight gets increasingly harder as one ages (We are already in our 40s, by the way.)
If you've been following me or my husband on our social media accounts, you've probably seen how much we work out and watch what we eat (at times). We know how important it is to find ways to maintain our bodies — but not to the point of depriving ourselves from food.
It is also very timely that we were introduced to Kilo Off.
This brand is quite new to me but after reading testimonials from people I know, I knew it was time to try it out myself.
Trying out Kilo Off
Kilo Off is a dietary supplement that is made in France which will help you shed those extra fats safely using natural active ingredients that have been tested already.
Apart from safe weight loss, this product promises to curb food cravings, promote the loss of excess water and toxins and of course help you achieve a flatter stomach.
Unfortunately, I am not allowed (yet) to take Kilo Off due of health reasons since I was recently diagnosed to have high blood pressure. But luckily, my husband was a willing guinea pig! He took Kilo Off for 20 straight days and I was able to monitor his development.
During Chuckie's 20-Day Kilo Off Challenge, I asked him a few questions to be able to give you an idea how effective Kilo Off is.
What made you decide to take Kilo Off?
Chuck: I've heard many good things about this product as of late. And since I am always on the lookout for new and effective ways to lose weight, I decided to try Kilo Off.
What makes Kilo Off different from other dietary supplements that you've tried?
Chuck: For one, Kilo Off isn't a laxative unlike other products around. It tastes great and is very convenient to bring along.
How effective is Kilo Off?
Chuck: Based on the 20 days I've been using it, I noticed that my clothes fit a little better, my belly doesn't feel as bloated, and my appetite has significantly lessened. I also noticed that I urinate a whole lot more compared to before.
Would you recommend taking Kilo Off?
Chuck: Yes. Most definitely. It's a great new way to lose weight and achieve your desired body faster. Of course, as with any weight loss supplement, I highly encourage that you complement this supplement with a regular physical regimen.
A bottle of 400ml Kilo Off Dietary Supplement Liquid Drink is good for 8 days.
This 8-day supplementary drink with plant extracts is designed to help inhibit the accumulation of fat and assist in the drainage of excess water and toxins. In short, it helps detoxify and cleanse your body. Plus, the blackcurrant flavor makes it more enticing to drink, according to my husband.
Take the Kilo Off Dietary Supplement Liquid Drink after breakfast. Drink at least 1.5 litres of water a day to help cleanse the body as well.
The Kilo Off Dietary Supplement Powder Drink, on the other hand, is a nutritional supplement made with plant extracts and vitamins that is designed to help burn fat.
It also aids in body detoxification, support the maintenance of a flat stomach and helps reduce cravings.
A sachet (3.3g) of Kilo Off Dietary Supplement Powder Drink can be taken or can be used as a substitute for an afternoon snack.
Dilute the contents of Kilo Off Dietary Supplement Powder Drink in a large glass of water and wait for 10 seconds and stir. Once you start, the powder drink has to be taken for 20 days straight. So, that's equivalent to 2 boxes (10 sachets per box.)
- DO NOT take both products at the SAME time.
- DO NOT take this product if you have a pre-existing heart condition. It is strictly not recommend for people with high blood or heart problems as indicated on their website and packaging since it contains caffeine which may lead to palpitations.
- DO NOT take if you are pregnant and nursing.
Kilo Off is very easy to take and handy to bring along especially for people on the go like us. Try it!
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Although the size of South Africa's fish farming industry has historically been on the small-scale compared to the industrial magnitude of this agribusiness in other parts of the world, there are now strong indications that aquaculture — the farming of fresh-water or salt-water marine species in controlled environments — is poised to grow significantly in this country.
Afrox recently entered into a five-year bulk oxygen supply agreement with Oceanwise, an East London based fish farm and indications are that this coastal area is fast becoming a focal spot for the country's budding fish farming industry. Local government incentives attracting entrepreneurs interested in establishing fish farms in the prime East London Industrial Development Zone.
"We are by far the market leader in supporting aquaculture and we're fielding an increasing number of queries relating to our products in this arena," says Afrox's Gareth Jones. "Our sister company, Linde Gases, is the global leader in aquaculture technology and this gives us full access to the latest technology being supplied to world's biggest fish farming operations."
Growth in the world aquaculture industry is estimated to be between six to eight percent in 2013 alone and this means fish farms will need to gear up their operations to be equal to the challenges of maintaining optimal fish production conditions, such as appropriate nutrition, disease prevention and most importantly, maintaining a healthy water environment.
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Collectorate Malkangiri Recruitment 2017 – 38 Sikhya Sahayak Posts: Hey guy's how are you ? Welcome to all of you at our web portal. Now we are writing here to inform about Current Recruitment Notification From Collectorate Malkangiri has inform 38 vacant seats for Sikhya Sahayak (02 Arts/ Com CT, +2 Science CT, B.A, B.Ed (Social Science & Language) & B.Sc, B.Ed) vacancies available in different Schools running under ST & SC Development in Malkangiri District on contract basis. If you have a dream of join Collectorate Malkangiri. You can apply in prescribed format. Other details are mentioned below. Candidates have any query then stay here with us and get daily updates.
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Collectorate Malkangiri Job Details 2017
Collectorate Malkangiri Vacant Seats Details:
Total Candidates Seats: 38
Name of the Post: Sikhya Sahayak
1. SS (+2 Arts/ Com): 02 Seats
2. SS (+2 SC): 07 Seats
3. B.Sc, B.Ed: 12 Seats
4. B.A, B,Ed (Social Science): 02 Seats
5. B.A, B.Ed (Language): 15 Seats
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Candidates Age Limit:
18 to 35 years as on 01/01/2017.
Age relaxation is applicable to 05 years for SC/ ST, Women, EX Serviceman & SEBC candidates and 10 years for PH Candidates.
Education Qualification:
For Sl No. 01 & 02: Higher Secondary (+2 or equivalent) with at leats 50% marks and 02 years Diploma in Education (CT)/ Education (Special Education) or Graduation and 02 year Diploma in Elementary Education/ 02 years Diploma in Special Education and pass in the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET – Category – I) & candidates must have Odia as MIL up to Class – VIII or pass in Odia Language test equivalent to ME Standard conducted or declared by BSE (o).
For Sl No 03 to 05: Graduation with at least 50% marks and 01 years Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)/ B.Ed (Special Education) or Higher Secondary (+2 or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and 04 years B.A, B.Ed/ B.Sc, B.Ed, pass in the Odisha Teacher Eligibility Test (OTET – Category – II) and candidates must have Odia as MIL up to Class X.
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Malkangiri District is named after its headquarters town, Malkangiri. During formation of Odisha Province in 1936, Malkangiri was a 'Taluk' of Nabrangpur sub–division of Koraput District of Odisha. In 1962 it was upgraded to a subdivision of Koraput District. The present Malkangiri got its identity as an independent district due to reorganization of districts of Odisha as per a notification on 1st October, 1992 and with effect from 2nd October 1992. Covering an area of 5,791 sq. kms, it lays between 17 degree 45'N to 18 degree 40'N latitudes and 81 degree 10' E to 82 degree E longitude. This District is sparsely populated with not much of a difference between the numbers of males and females. Almost the whole of the district is a vast dense jungle, with a very small percentage of the population residing in the urban areas. The district is divided into two distinct physical divisions.
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Some years ago the Food & Drug Administration concluded that a grown woman can handle learning that she's pregnant all by herself. She may therefore buy a pregnancy detection dipstick from a pharmacy without a prescription. But the agency won't let her buy a dipstick that reports whether she's infected with HIV. That news must come from a doctor or approved counselor, in person or by phone.
This can't be right, and it can't last. Diagnostic technology is on a collision course with the FDA.
A dipstick (or something much like one) is coming to diagnose just about anything: infectious disease, disease caused by your own cells gone haywire or the threat of disease caused by imperfect genes. Want to know what's lurking inside your own body? There will be a cheap, simple and completely private way to find out. A drop or swab of urine, blood, saliva or mucus will supply the answer. No doctor, nurse or lab technician will be needed.
The pregnancy kit detects a specific protein--the hormone that choreographs pregnancy. Proteins and nucleic acids define pretty much all the biochemistry of life. Every person--and every disease--leaves behind unique biochemical fingerprints. The FBI uses them to track thugs, medical labs to track bugs.
In the last 30 years we have mastered the chemistry of these two families of life-defining molecules. The discovery of the key chemical protocols earned three Nobel Prizes--in medicine (1978 and 1984) and chemistry (1993). For almost any protein or nucleic acid of interest, we now know how to build an exact antiprotein or antiacid that interacts very specifically with its twin. It's also quite easy to graft on a more colorful chemical or two, so that when the protein antibody gloms onto the protein body the gray dipstick turns blue.
The chemistry is as sensitive, discriminating and reliable as a bloodhound's nose. And it is--or soon will be--at the point where we can mass-produce it, put it on a stick and detect--at a few dollars a dip--the infinitesimal traces of whatever may be eating you.
If the FDA will allow it. Drug companies developed an inexpensive, five-minute HIV test kit very soon after the cluster of symptoms called AIDS was traced to a new infectious virus. But home testing was vigorously opposed by the American Medical Association, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the gay community. The FDA eventually licensed a "home collection" kit, which required mailing a pinpricked blood sample to a laboratory and then phoning in for results and counseling, but it stopped there. It was viewed as essential that HIV-positive patients be properly advised about what to do next. Some might be distressed to the point of suicide. Some might not grasp that positive test results are sometimes wrong. The public interest was also invoked--the uncounseled, it was said, might not know how to avoid infecting others.
Will similar things be said about home test kits for gonorrhea? Prostate cancer? The genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis? Now ask yourself: Why should you have to wait for the FDA to decide whether you can be trusted to learn about such things outside a doctor's office? It is easy to accept that many drugs are too dangerous to be administered without expert supervision. But diagnosis is just communication. In your own home, at least, you have more right to leer at (or couple with) the body of a stranger than to interrogate your own. The doctor-patient relationship hinges on informed consent, but the FDA says only a doctor may do some of the informing.
Americans put a high premium on privacy. Legal scholars and Supreme Court justices have disagreed whether a broad right to privacy is implied by Fourth Amendment language that prohibits unreasonable "search or seizure" of "persons, houses, papers, and effects." However broad or narrow that right may be, it ought to protect your right to dip a stick at least as fully as it protects your right to consult a doctor.
Some people treasure privacy too much even to talk to a doctor. Or they may simply lack perfect faith in the what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas promises that doctors make. The IRS, the Veterans Administration and financial institutions make such promises, too, but sometimes forget the laptop in the taxi. A used dipstick, by contrast, can be flushed straight down the toilet. If the Constitution protects privacy at all, it ought to protect the go-it-alone privacy of a dipstick at least as much as show-and-tell privacy in an office.
Peter Huber is a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute and coauthor of The Bottomless Well (Basic Books, January 2005).


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The 11/22/16 re:act newsletter included an item about #AuditTheVote and linked to the following USA Today article: Still time for an election audit by 2 professors who were members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. This is my impression of the situation:
- The chances of changing the result is extremely, extremely low
- Voting machines are not connected to the internet.¹ [Stop worrying about hackers stealing the election – Business Insider]
- Marc Elias, general counsel for the 2016 Clinton campaign, in a Medium post, indicates that the Clinton campaign has been "combing over the results" and hasn't found any "actionable" anomalies. [Listening and Responding To Calls for an Audit and Recount]
- In the same post, Elias, writes, "The number of votes separating Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the closest of these states — Michigan — well exceeds the largest margin ever overcome in a recount." (emphasis mine)
- Wisconsin, Michigan, AND Pennsylvania would ALL have to recount and ALL THREE would have to result in Clinton winning that state in order for an audit/recount changing the outcome of the election.²
- It is very likely that, if recounts are successfully initiated in MI and PA, the results would not be completed in time for the electoral college- in which case Congress?/ the courts? would have to decide the election. Given the bullet points above, they'd likely decide for Trump.
- There doesn't seem to be any point in signing a petition
- I don't know about the recount laws in MI and PA, but so far my understanding (based on my readings about the 2000 election recount in FL and what the process for WI seems to be like from the reporting on Jill Stein) is that a recount needs to initiated by a candidate and may have to be initiated at the county level. The Clinton campaign has pretty much stated that they will not make the first move to initiate a recount, no matter how loudly we cry out; however, they will participate in a recount, if one is already going on.
If you really feel strongly about auditing the vote, the best thing to do would be to contribute to Jill Stein's recount efforts- it's a significant effort and expense to get lawyers to research and file the correct paperwork in all the various jurisdictions.
As for me, I'm not made of money. I have a limited budget to donate for advocacy, so I'd like to concentrate it in the places where I think it can make the most difference. It might be more productive to redirect energy from #AuditTheVote to the slightly less longshot (but only slightly less) of faithless electors (aka #HamiltonElectors). The case could be made that Donald Trump's behavior thus far (continuing to meet with business associates while working on his transition; his children, who are supposed to be his firewall for avoiding conflicts-of-interest, sitting in on meetings related to his administration; etc.) and his refusal to set up a true #BlindTrust, which would require him to #divest his assets, reveal him to be showing bad faith -showing him to be unfit to be endowed with the powers of President and to serve as a defender of the Constitution.
The presidential oath of office is "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Remember, the president is either exempted or omitted from various ethics laws, and there is little recourse for violations to the few laws that do apply because the founding fathers/lawmakers figured that it wasn't worth the trouble/potential Constitutional crisis since they assumed that a president that couldn't be trusted to do the right thing would never be elected. [Trump's claim that 'the president can't have a conflict of interest' and The ethics rules that apply- and don't apply- to Trump's children, both from the Washington Post]
When lawmakers would need to pass a flurry of laws (H.R. 6340 The Presidential Accountability Act was just introduced 11/17) in order to protect the spirit of the Constitution from an unethical, opportunistic president-elect, I think that makes a sufficient case that Donald Trump is incapable of upholding the oath of office and consequently unfit to be president.
¹Along with the professors that wrote the USA Today article, J. Alex Halderman, another notable voting security expert detailed in a Medium post how it would be possible to hack the vote even if voting machines aren't online [Want to Know if the Election was Hacked? Look at the Ballots]. But, just because something is possible doesn't mean that it is likely. Such a hack would require boots on the ground and seems like it would also require a pretty intimate knowledge of what type of voting machines are used in each targeted county, where the machines are stored, etc. However, even though it would only take a few counties to swing a state- we are now talking about three different states which would require many boots and lots of details to know and that would have to go just right to yield the present outcome. But, I am concerned that, even after the mess of the 2000 election, 30% of voters live in jurisdictions that don't have an auditable, paper record of every vote, that Michigan does not routinely audits its vote as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania do (as mentioned in Elias' post), and that it is very possible to rig a local election.
On the other hand, voter registration databases- which can be accessed via the internet- have been hacked [U.S. official: Hackers targeted voter registration systems of 20 states – Chicago Tribune]. If those states have a policy that allows individuals to complete a provisional ballot if they cannot be found in the voter rolls, then we should be more focused on provisional ballots rather than a full recount. Elias indicates in his Medium article that the Clinton campaign is also monitoring this aspect in his fifth point.
²See http://www.270towin.com/maps/2016-actual-electoral-map


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|Looking across the Arthur Kill from Perth Amboy, NJ to Harbortown, NY
I was reading an article about my home area of New York / New Jersey and it alluded to a body of water known as the Arthur Kill. I've seen the term before and never really questioned it, knowing it as simply some kind of waterway.
A kill is similar to a creek. The word comes from the Middle Dutch kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel". It is logical then that we find the term used in areas of Dutch influence.
You will find it used to describe waterways in the Delaware and Hudson Valleys and other areas of the former New Netherland colony of Dutch America. Beside the Arthur Kill (separating NJ from NY's Staten Island), you find the Kill Van Kull, Dutch Kills and English Kills off Newtown Creek, Bronx Kill between the Bronx and Randalls Island.
It also shows up in names of rivers - the Wallkill River in New York and New Jersey and the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, and in Delaware the spooky-sounding Murderkill River, the Broadkill River, and a river made for a mystery story, the Whorekill River.
The word can't quite escape its English murder and death association. For example, beside the Arthur Kill is a place known as the "Graveyard of Ships."
The Fresh Kills waterway goes to what was formerly the Fresh Kills landfill. Twenty years ago, it had the dubious honor of being the largest landfill in the world.
The term "kill" is also used in some geographic places and towns: the Catskill Mountains, the city of Peekskill, the town of Fishkill, New York, and the hamlet of Wynantskill, New York.
|Arthur Kill area - NJ to the left


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The NFL battle to protect the brains and mental health of players is proceeding on a wide front. One of the most critical is occurring right now on the sidelines. It is a medical and political and symbolic battle that the NFL must win.
So far 15 players removed from games for concussions during the 2014 playoffs. The 2014 NFL playoffs reveal the violence and quandary the NFL faces as it pushes to minimize long-term brain damage. First the NFL realizes the very popularity of the game grows from its combination of violence, beauty and intelligence. Second, its motives are mixed with fear of liability coupled with a slowly dawning stewardship for the long-term health of its players.
At best all the efforts from regulated contact in practices to limiting head to head hits will only make an inherently dangerous and violent game marginally more safe. In the first six games of the playoffs, ten players were kept out by concussion protocols. Two players flouted the protocols ignoring doctor's orders. Three of the lost players clearly affected the outcome of the games. But the NFL must continue to create a hard and fast line on concussion. It will not be easy.
The games remind everyone how ruthlessly violent the game remains and will continue to be. As the Grantland summary put it, "the most violent teams won." Players will continue to get bigger and stronger and faster. Aggressive and violent play will be rewarded. Technology may or may not minimize damage to the heads. CTE Chronic traumatic encephalography will continue to sneak into the lives of thirty and forty year old men long before their time and steal their souls. Football has a cost far beyond that to knees, arms and backs. Now we know it even if the committed fan base and veterans live in denial.
The attempts to change the game is putting huge stress on the autonomy and professionalism of all concerned. The referees are doing an admirable and hard job taking the brunt of anger for creating the common law norms for the new safety rules. Coaches are reluctantly but effectively, when they choose, integrating new techniques into the coaching. The fact that not only "normal" physical injuries are removing players but now concussions are placing immense stress on team doctors where an inherent conflict of interest can exist between being employed by a team and trying to protect the safety of a player. This is amplified when the coach and player both want to get the player back into the game. The entire culture of sport and football especially praise and reward players who "play through the pain" and return to the game for the sake of the team.
The NFL has to win this battle for the long term welfare of the players.
The interesting point is how many players and veterans resist and attack these changes. Richard Sherman, the smart, brash and aggressive corner of the Seattle Seahawks dismissed the concerns by saying, "if you don't like it don't watch it." He's wrong. The stakes are too high for the players, the league and the future players.
Two major sets of reasons exist to set these clear lines and get concussed players off the field immediately.
First, militantly diagnosing concussions and not letting NFL players return sends a powerful message to young players, parents and lower level coaches. Only if NFL players are forced to stop playing will high school coaches and institutions force their own players to stop play. Only if the NFL players force players off the field because of concussions will mother and fathers sit up and think harder about their own children. Only then will young players understand that ruining your mind and judgment is not the way to become a long term sucesssful athlete.
The symbolic power of these actions will ripple down and impact adults and high schools and colleges to take this far more seriously. This is no longer about having your "bell run" and returning. Although NFL commentators snidely mentioned, "we would have returned to the game with that kind of hit." Almost universally explayer commentators belittle the new rules and getting people off. They glorify players like the Saints Kennan Lewis who animatedly argued with his coaches to get back on the field. But then these commentators still have minds to make coherent arguments, bring on Steve Young or Tony Dorsett and ask them.
We are only learning about the pervasive nature of concussions on people and their cumulative impact. The underdeveloped and less protected brains of young players makes it even more important to protect their brains.
The battle will need relentless support from the league. Roger Goodell will continue to be attacked for efforts to make the game safer. The older players and veterans lead by cheerleaders like Mike Golic on Mike and Mike in theMorning will continue to defame Goodell. Ex-players with access to microphones will bemoan how the changes will dilute the power and majesty of the game.
Veterans, at least the ones not beginning to suffer from brain damage, will rail against how efforts to minimize intentional helmet to helmet or helpless player hits somehow undermines the "integrity" of the game and forces players to throttle back and play with less aggression or skill. This syndrome exists everywhere, "we had it so much harder." To be honest they veterans may have and now we know that they were being having their brains traumatized and many of them are now suffering for it. I find it odd that they are not willing to get out of their own mind set of wanting to replicated their initiation rites of toughness and protect the future from what they own colleagues are now suffering.
They will even mock the efforts like the comment during when game when Chris Collingsworth states, "When I was playing football, he would be back in the game. The doctors now are taking a much stronger approach to this issue;"—this is in a league where 7 percent of the all players have season ending injuries—7 percent have season ending injuries!!
This resistance makes no sense. The game has always evolved and players relearn skills all the time. These are the same voices who would have opposed the early twentieth century outlawing of the flying wedge and other formations after 14 players were killed in one year.
Look how quickly college basketball players adopted to new rules on hand checking this year. No one has accused the NFL of becoming namby-pamby Along with 7 percent having season ending injuries, 10 percent suffer concussions each season. New skills, new training will be integrated. Professional football players are some of the most ferociously disciplined athletes in the world with their endless balancing of violence, aggression and skill and team cohesion. They will learn and adapt.
The other argument lies in the claim that these are mature and informed 22-year old adults who can give "informed consent" to risk loss of brain function and self-conscious freedom. I buy this to an extent, but believe society has the right to take certain decisions away from people. Every set of safety regulations designed to minimize the threat of long term injury to workers is based upon the same set of concerns. Many jobs such as coal mining are inherently risky and dangerous but organizations and government have the right to limit some of the more predictable and egregious threats. This protects the workers and it protects the liability of the companies. The risk matrix of an occupation is legitimate concern for society and law.
The NFL concussion settlement depended upon the claim that prior players did not know the full danger to themselves and that the NFL hid the dangers. Now that claim will not work and young players proclaim their willingness to risk their self-awarenss and freedom of choice at age 23.
I do not believe that risking the physiological foundations of personality and free choice linked to one's brain should be fully respected by many players. I think institutions can accept at face value the willingness to risk one's future capacity to exercise judgment and free will. This decision may make sense but does not possessess unlimited respect or deference from me or the league or the union.
Many of the most important decisions have in fact been bargained by the union. The level of contact in practices has been limited and other restrictions lower the average exposure to head trauma. It is now clear from data that repetitive injury can be as potentially dangerous as concussive trauma. These hidden but vital changes could be one of the most important long-term impacts and will be critical to migrate to colleges and their own practice schedules. Individual players have neither the incentive nor ability to negotiate their safety issues as individuals—they have too much at stake to maximize their gains in a very short career; they will take the risk.
In addition players who have been concussed are simply in no position, even if they think they are, to make the decision. The more we understand about the neural and traumatic impacts of a concussion the more we know that players, even if they seem to be, are not fully cognizant and not in their "full faculties." They have significant and unpredictable. In addition significant cognitve and physical exertion aggravate concussions and hurt. In college schools are now stopping concussed athletes from taking exams until they have recovered under protocols.
The new NFL protocols embody the best available concussive diagnoses but also build in the need for quiet and rest afterwards to ensure diagnosis but also fast and safer recovery. To work the league needs clear and absolute lines and absolute authority with no compromises given to the doctors.
Beleaguered coaches, overactive owners and desperate players all have conflict of interests about wanting the players back in the game as soon as possible. Even team doctors have implicit conflicts even with clear protocols. Teams can fire them and get more pliable doctors, so the doctors have their own potential conflict of interests against their professional autonomy and judgment..
Above all the players want to play. They love the game; they feel obligations to their teammates. In the playoffs the stakes of loyalty and winning and money and fame rise.
Each player also plays one injury from oblivion. The stories are infinite and real. A player such as Alex Smith of the 49ers has to sit from a concussion and never returns to play when Colin Kaepernick takes his place. It happens enough to be a real and constant threat. Players play for money and worry about being replaced with the "next one up" mentality. Injuries in professional football are so regular and recurring it feels more like the military with "next one up" and the utter Replaceability of everyone at a second's notice.
Team doctors perform the original baseline examinations at the start of training camp. The doctor has a clear cognitive and neurological baseline for each player. When they perform the protocol that takes up to 15 minutes, the doctors measure memory, concentration, balance and recall as well as baseline knowledge. The existence of the baseline makes the protocols stronger.
People, myself included, worried that the team doctors can be compromised given that they depend upon the team for their salary and this creates a conflict of interest which can pit their medical judgment against the need for the team to have a player return as fast as possible. Now every game has an unaffiliated neuro-trauma expert on the sidelines as a second pair of eyes and double check. This gives much greater weight to the doctors and medical independence of judgment.
The NFL is doing this for mixed motives. Obviously they want to avoid another law suit. They want to head off a cultural and government reaction against the violence that effectively segregated off boxing from the wider culture. At the same time the league wants players to have full and rich lives as they age and not just during the heyday of their careers, which normally last from 23-28. I can live with mixed motives to do the right thing especially when the league has to push back against the short-term self-interest of owners, players and coaches to make this happen.
The society may ultimately leave football behind as it has boxing for all but a strange and corrupt minority. But until society changes or liability costs destroy college and high school football, the game with its violence and beauty and intellectual wizardry will continue.
This is only one battle on a wide front to try and at least minimize the worst long-term damage from football to players—stealing their mind and personality. Even these efforts face opposition and mockery from those who should know better. But the NFL has to perservere and we as fans should support it.


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My son thought this superhero cake from I Gotta Try That was awesome!
Butterfingers are one of my favorite things so I'm loving this pie from Somewhere in the Middle!
You all know my great love of the rainbow, and this wreath from Wine and Glue is too cute!!
And speaking of rainbows, my fellow rainbow lover Funky Polkadot Giraffe made this fantastic skirt!!
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Cat Litter Box Issues
Is one of your cats territorial over the cat litter box? If so, we have some tips we hope will help!
My parents currently have five cats and one kitten. While the number of cats can be fun, it can be a hassle at times. For example, my mom has noticed that some of the animals do not like sharing the litter box with others. Why would this be?
Sometimes a cat can be anxious of other animals, and begin to prefer to not share its litter box. One of the most common reasons is that the animal does not get along with the other pets. An easy solution would be to provide an additional litter box. Actually, a breeder I know says you should have one litter box for every cat.
However, if stress is the problem, you might get results by trying some other things to make the litter box a better situation. For starters, try to make sure each animal has its own special spot to relax around the house. Having to share a resting place along with a bathroom can cause quite a bit of tension! If you can, open up your home a bit more. For example, our five cats each have their own favorite place. One prefers to lie on top of the dryer, one prefers to sleep on beds and the others like to lie in the sunroom. This allows all of the animals to have their own space and not be crammed together.
Adopting a new animal can also cause stress. If you have just acquired a kitten, as my parents have, keep it separated for a while. My mom made a temporary litter box out of a cardboard gift box with aluminum foil placed on the bottom. Having such a "trainer" litter box, if you will, allows for the other cats to get to know the kitten without getting their privacy invaded. Once all the felines get along, the kitten can be upgraded to a big cat litter box.
Who knew that the litter box could be so stressful? Share your tips with us in the comments!


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"Water" (Bulgarian script: Вода) was the Bulgarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Bulgarian by Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov. This was the first occasion on which the Bulgarian language was used on the Eurovision stage, previous Bulgarian entries being performed in English. Originally titled "Voda", the song had its title translated to English for the Contest.
The song is an up-tempo number with techno influences, as well as a jaw harp and traditional percussion. Todorova sings folk-inspired lyrics dealing with a young girl meeting a young boy riding a horse.
The performance in the semi-final featured the duo wearing what looked like armour, while they were wearing more mainstream clothes in the final. The performances were also notable for the high-energy percussion performances of both musicians.
As Bulgaria had not finished the previous Contest in the top ten, the song was performed in the semi-final. Here, it was performed first (preceding Israel's Teapacks with "Push The Button"). At the close of voting, it had received 146 points, placing 6th in a field of 28 and qualifying Bulgaria for its first final.
Water (Hindi: वाटर), is a 2005 Indo-Canadian film written and directed by Deepa Mehta, with screenplay by Anurag Kashyap. It is set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi, India. The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta's Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). Author Bapsi Sidhwa wrote the 2006 novel based upon the film, Water: A Novel, published by Milkweed Press. Sidhwa's earlier novel, Cracking India was the basis for Earth, the second film in the trilogy. Water is a dark introspect into the tales of rural Indian widows in the 1940s and covers controversial subjects such as misogyny and ostracism. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was honoured with the Opening Night Gala, and was released across Canada in November of that year. It was first released in India on 9 March 2007.
The film stars Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, and Sarala Kariyawasam in pivotal roles and Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Waheeda Rehman, Raghuvir Yadav, and Vinay Pathak in supporting roles. Featured songs for the film were composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Sukhwinder Singh and Raqeeb Alam while the background score was composed by Mychael Danna. Cinematography is by Giles Nuttgens, who has worked with Deepa Mehta on several of her films.
Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.
In the Solar System, ice is abundant and occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far as the Oort cloud. Beyond the Solar System, it occurs as interstellar ice. It is abundant on Earth's surface – particularly in the polar regions and above the snow line – and, as a common form of precipitation and deposition, plays a key role in Earth's water cycle and climate. It falls as snowflakes and hail or occurs as frost, icicles or ice spikes.
Ice molecules can exhibit up to sixteen different phases (packing geometries) that depend on temperature and pressure. When water is cooled rapidly (quenching), up to three different types of amorphous ice can form depending on the history of its pressure and temperature. When cooled slowly correlated proton tunneling occurs below 20 K giving rise to macroscopic quantum phenomena. Virtually all the ice on Earth's surface and in its atmosphere is of a hexagonal crystalline structure denoted as ice Ih (spoken as "ice one h") with minute traces of cubic ice denoted as ice Ic. The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below 0°C (273.15K, 32°F) at standard atmospheric pressure. It may also be deposited directly by water vapor, as happens in the formation of frost. The transition from ice to water is melting and from ice directly to water vapor is sublimation.
Energy is a private Spanish television channel owned by Mediaset España Comunicación. Its programming is aimed towards a male audience. Began test broadcasts on 27 December 2011 before fully launching on 9 January 2012.
Energy airs syndicated television series, both international and local, most of them reruns of series previously aired on sister channels Telecinco and Cuatro. It also includes sports broadcasts, news documentaries, movies and international foreign fiction series.
Devoted largely to broadcast sporting events and the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the UEFA European Football Championship, Copa del Rey, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFS Futsal Men's Championship; the NBA basketball and, also, the successful Ultimate Fighting Championship.
"Energy" is the debut single by American recording artist Keri Hilson. The song was written and produced by The Runaways, consisting of Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Rico Love, and Wayne Wilkins, for her studio album In a Perfect World… (2009).
The track was released as the first single from the singer's debut in the United States on May 27, 2008. Although being released worldwide it initially only charted in New Zealand at number two and only managed to reach top thirty on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Dance Club Play charts.
Generally well received by music critics, it was named sixty-first on The Top 144 Songs of 2008 listing by Blender magazine.
"Energy" was written and produced by The Runaways. It was also recorded by The Runaways at Homesite 13 studios in Novato, California. and Hilson stated that she wanted to prove that she can be successful even without collaborations and guest vocalists and so it was announced "Energy" would be released as the next worldwide single following the success of "Knock You Down". The song was released on September 14, 2009 in the UK. On September 25, 2009 she appeared live on breakfast TV show GMTV in the UK where she performed the single. That same day, she appeared on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge where she performed a stripped version of "Energy" as well as a gospel cover version of "Supernova" originally sung by Mr Hudson and Kanye West.
On September 18, 2001, Collective Soul released their greatest hits compilation Seven Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001 (stylized as 7even Year Itch). The compilation includes songs recorded from 1994 to 2001 and included two new tracks; "Next Homecoming" and "Energy". Seven Year Itch received decent reviews and was relatively successful It sold 225,000 copies in the first year after its release and reached number fifty on the Billboard 200; in Canada, it reached number nine on its albums chart and went platinum. All the songs in Seven Year Itch had charted in the US on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, or the Modern Rock Tracks chart, except for "Energy", which debuted in this compilation.
The compilation has sold over 500,000 copies. It saw a resurgence in sales after Collective Soul began putting out albums on their own independent label, El Music Group, beginning in 2004.
Seven Year Itch was the last album Collective Soul released through Atlantic Records and their last album to feature guitarist Ross Childress, who had been with the band since its 1993/1994 debut.
I. introduction/the water
i am the water
i am the ocean king
i own the red sky
i am the one who makes...
II. when it all goes to hell
there you are
it's soft and it's red
floating free
in your own private bed
then one day
you're pushed down the well
and you can feel your funny bone crack
when it all goes to hell
you come into
a world cold and bright
and after a while
it all seems alright
you dance and play
but it's too soon to tell
that you'll find yourself scathed and attacked
when it all goes to hell
when it all goes to hell
and you don't even try to get up
when it all goes to hell
III. a thief in the night
i was a general
of darkness and light
i was to be the major man
it was some kind of sight
i was going to stand alone
and do what was right
now i'm just another stepping stone
a thief in the night
so where were all of those
angels and priest
who said they'd carry me
beyond my beliefs
where are all of them now
they're gone from my sight
my mother and father deserted me
like thieves in the night
yes, where are all of them now
they're gone from my sight
my mother and father deserted me
like thieves in the night
i was the water
i was the ocean king
i ruled the red sky
i could do anything
'till you, you
you messed me up
you, you
you all messed me up
IV. FU/i'm sorry
you gave me this home and then you left me alone
you act real nice while you're exacting your price
everyone's got their opinions
they'll tell ya 'bout 'em all the time
what makes 'em think i wanna hear them
i wish that you'd all fucking die, die, DIE!
you don't give a shit about anything
i don't know why you even bother to live
everyone's so pathetic
always talking all the time
what makes them think that
i give half a shit what's on their minds, minds, MINDS!
(if the truth were told i really hate myself so)
i'm so sorry
i really am so, so sorry
if i ever hurt you or caused you pain
i can't help it
i really, really just can't help it
when the madman's on the rise again
can you understand what it's like?
you all must understand what it's like
i can't help what happened to me
sometimes it just comes out now can't you see
please understand and don't
don't hate me
i'm so sorry
i really am so, so sorry
if i ever hurt you or caused you pain
if you don't understand it's all the same
i guess i'll just be left alone again......
V. the water (revisited)
i am the water
i am the ocean king
i own the red sky
i am the one who makes....
VI. runnin' the race
mocks and spots
rip up your face
but all that counts
is that you get to first base
tension mounts
then it's put in it's place
and you're finally having some fun
when you're runnin' the race
is off to your left
the motor pool
is there on the right
tension in dot matrix
right in your face
and you're finally having some fun
while you're runnin' the race
and you're finally having some fun
while you're runnin' the race
runnin' the race
runnin' the race
VII. reach for the sky
after we've gone
after the moon rises
and the red flags fly
gonna reach for the sky
gonna hold my head up high
gonna reach for the sky
storm ragin'
that'll be alright
if we reach for the sky
yeah we reach for the sky
guess there never was....
a winner
just a race against time
i was mean - i was kind
even though i was blind
i still reached for the sky
storm ragin'
that'll be alright
if we reach for the sky
yeah we reach for the sky
come people


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Remember how, years and years ago after a shooting in Arizona, everybody in the media was talking about toning down the rhetoric? What, was that really just last January? My mistake.
Here's an example of how media, both liberal (as in this example) and conservative (watch any broadcast of the Daily Show Starring Jon Stewart for an example from the Fox News Follies) use language to ramp up the tone of rhetoric, even when they know, intellectually, that what they're saying isn't true:
In the March 30-April 5 issue of the San Antonio Current, one of those weekly throwaway "alternative" newspapers, is a report about divisions in the local Democratic Party organization, caused by bigoted comments by its local chairman, who managed to alienate with a sentence or two just about anyone who isn't a heterosexual Hispanic. A group called Stonewall Democrats (after the 1969 riots in Greenwich Village that followed one too many police raids on a gay bar, and gave birth to the Gay Pride movement) endorsed several candidates for local office. One of the candidates who met with the group, the Current reports, "said that if she were endorsed by Stonewall she would not carry that endorsement on her website or campaign literature. 'Many in our area would look at that as something that would be divisive,' Ivy Taylor told the group."
Then the Current sinks into intentional ignorance. "Interesting to note," it continues, "that 'divisive' was the same word she later used to describe [the party chairman]'s comparisons of Stonewall to the Nazi Party, in effect placing Stonewall's potential endorsement on parity with Nazi comparisons."
The writer of "The QueQue," the column where this appears, is not an ignoramus. He or she (there's no byline) regularly delivers intelligent insight into matters of local political interest. But even this intelligent, capable writer is willing to stoop to this kind of disingenuousness in order to score a petty point.
Ms Taylor is right both times: an endorsement by Stonewall would be divisive in her conservative district. And Lord knows that the party chairman's comments were divisive, in spades. But the fact that both are true, and the fact that she accurately used the same word to describe both, doesn't mean she's "in effect placing Stonewall's potential endorsement on parity with Nazi comparisons."
The Current ought to be ashamed, but I bet it's not.


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Y&R has appointed Jason Wells as its national creative/ideas director, a newly created role that covers both the Auckland and Wellington Y&R offices.
Y&R Auckland's previous creative director Vaughn Davis left the agency in September last year after a decade at the firm and Wellington creative group head Duncan Munro was enlisted to lead Y&R's creative output until Davis' replacement was found.
The search was already underway back then, so it's taken a while to find the right candidate, but as a number of local agencies will probably attest, the role of creative director is a crucial one for any agency and isn't a decision that should be rushed into (lest they pack up and leave a few months later).
Wells, who lives in Wellington but will become a regional man of mystery and split his time between the two offices, will be responsible for idea generation and leadership in partnership with creative teams in both offices and will be a key partner for chief executive Jon Ramage and national planner Janisa Parag. And while the relatively fresh digital arm VML@Y&R led by Nigel Hammersley and Michael Gregg is a separate entity with its own clients and "ideation" processes, Ramage says they will also be able to call on the expertise of the man he calls an "ideas machine".
Wells has more than 20 years experience in the business in a career spanning client side marketing at DB, account leadership, agency management and most recently as national creative planner for Y&R. He's worked on some of the agency's biggest and most successful campaigns and is a passionate digital native.
Ramage says the hire is part of a restructuring and while "it's taken a while to get sorted", he's confident the agency has prepared for the future. Y&R's clients aren't looking for big brand ads, he says, and it's not really in the agency's DNA anyway. Instead, they're looking for creative business solutions and Ramage believes the fact that Wells has "walked in their shoes" in the past is extremely beneficial.
"The future of our business is the creation of ideas that help clients grow," he says. "Jason's appointment reinforces that and is a natural extension of the integrated approach Y&R is well known for: smart, effective work across all channels be they retail, brand or one-to- one."
The first priority for Wells, a top notch cricketer who played in the Fill the Basin charity event (but failed to bring back autographs requested by Ramage), will be some key new hires for both offices, "followed by a renewed focus on truly innovative ideas".
Update: Jason Wells says Duncan Munro is currently in Berlin and will be there for four months, so his role in Wellington has been temporarily filled by Tony Haig. The position of creative director in Auckland is yet to be filled.


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Like the title say, there are quite a few female artists out there who are truly pushing the boundaries of realism. I know a lot of people feel female artists are under-represented in the art world, so here is my tribute to them (part1). After seeing the amount of talent out there, I sometimes have to bury my face in a bag of beef jerky (the male version of ice cream) and cry. Man, being a white male in North America is hard.
All images are copyright of the artist.


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We are thrilled to announce we will be going to Seattle for the 8th annual Ready by 21 National Meeting, April 23-25, 2019. We hope you will join us!
Ready by 21 Presentation at United for Children Event
On Thursday, May 28th, Karen Pittman spoke to an audience of 200 community and business leaders at the United for Children event in Boston. Karen presented the Ready by 21 framework and spoke of the importance of using a big picture approach to align resources for children and youth, a message that echoed Mayor Memnino's welcome remarks that called for integration. The message was also reiterated by Ron Logue – CEO of State Street Corporation – whose presentation called for big tent partners. View Karen's PowerPoint.
|United for Children 5.pdf


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Another Motherlode Whimsy (sung to the tune of the old hymn
This Is My Father's World):
This is George Bush's world --
I tremble at the thought
That Cheney rules while Dubya drools
And rants about terrorist plots.
This is George Bush's world
Where fear absolves his crimes;
It lets him lie, on the people spy --
It's all justified by the times!
This is George Bush's world,
9/11 changed it all.
Bush said invade, it's a new crusade,
And henceforth I'm above the law.
This is George Bush's world
And its wealth meant for the few.
To fund tax breaks for the well-heeled's sakes
Assistance to the poor he'll eschew.
This is George Bush's world,
It reflects his hopes and dreams
For power, greed, and a zealot's need
To dominate us all with his schemes.
This is the Bushies' world,
But it's only theirs on lease;
In three years' time we can boot the slime,
Restore our nation's honor and peace.


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I've never been able to decide whether I find this upsetting or pathetically funny.
As soon as you start throwing around words like "disabled," "deformed," or "diseased," people freak out. After all, these are situations that many people can't identify with or fully comprehend, so they're not sure how to react.
This is something that Auggie Pullman knows all about. Okay, so maybe Auggie isn't real. He's a fictional character from R.J. Palacio's Wonder. But he was meant to show the lives of people who are set apart physically by situations they had no control over. I read it a while ago and thought it was a beautiful, eye-opening story:
August Pullman just wants to blend in. He wants to be able to go out in public without drawing stares or play with other 10-year-olds rather than making them afraid. He may be a normal boy on the inside - he eats ice cream and loves Star Wars - but that's not what most people see when they look at him.
Born with a severe facial abnormality, Auggie has been homeschooled his entire life. But now he's entering 5th grade and it's time for him to go to a public school and meet new people. How is he supposed to do that when nobody seems to want to sit next to a kid with a freaky face? How is he supposed to show them that he's just a normal kid inside?
Told through the eyes of Auggie, his sister, and his friends, Wonder covers the wide range of emotions (good, bad, and just human) that come along with having something in your life that completely changes the way you approach the world, and how others approach you.
I usually don't read middle grade fiction, but I made an exception for Wonder because I kept hearing that it was one of the better books out there. I was hesitant at first. The premise of the story made me assume that I was going to wind up wanting to yell at a fictional 5th grader for being a jerk. After all, that's how many books featuring "special" characters go.
One character I enjoyed in particular was Summer. At first she befriends Auggie out of pity. Unlike some of the other kids in the school, the principal didn't take her aside and ask her to make friends with him. She just decided to sit with him once because she figured that nobody wants to sit at a lunch table all alone. So she took her mac and cheese over at sat next to him in what was meant to be a one-lunch offer of sympathy. But she soon comes to a surprising conclusion: This Auggie kid is actually a really neat, fun person. She eats lunch with him every day from then on out, not because she feels sorry for him, but because she enjoys his company.
That's where the mac and cheese portion of this post comes from. And the juice? Auggie has a hard time eating certain foods because his jaw isn't set right, so juice is his go-to when he's hungry.
Mac & Cheese
- 1 cup of raw cashews. Soak them for 4 to 7 hours in water, drain, then rinse. This releases the phytic acid that likes to hang out in nuts. You don't want phytic acid in your foods because it will bind to nutrients that you need, thus causing deficiencies. Not good.
- 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast. No, you cannot skip this ingredient. You can find it at many hippy organic stores....Oh. Right. I believe the correct term is "health food stores."
- 1 and 1/3 cups of water
- 1/3 cup of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Your choice of pasta. I use rice pasta made by Tinkyada and they're the best gluten-free pasta I've found, so I'd recommend you go with them. Their trademark is a bit creepy, but more on that later.
1. Place all ingredients in the vitamix (I assume you can use a standard blender, though it may not come out as smooth). When I say "all ingredient," I am, of course, excluding the pasta. If you didn't know that, then I think it's safer for everyone if you stay out of the kitchen. Blend on high for about 1 minute, or until smooth.Viola! You now have vegan bechamel sauce. Does anyone else think that's a weird name? How can you have a vegan cream sauce? *shrugs*
3. Once the pasta is finished cooking, drain, rinse, and put back in the pot. Mix in some of your vegan bechamel sauce. You may need to add more salt. Stir, heat on low for a bit, then serve.
Fruit Juice
Ingredients -
- 1/2 cup of cold water
- 1 orange, peeled and quartered
- 1 apple, cored and quartered
- 1 carrot, chopped into thirds.
- 2-inch slice of pineapple
- Handful of ice cubes
1. Place all ingredients in vitamix. Blend on high for about 45 seconds (or until smooth). This juice will be a bit thick, so if you want to strain it, feel free. I didn't because I like pulp.
Despite the counter intuitive term "Vegan mac & cheese," this stuff tastes really good. It's creamy and the apparently psycho bunnies are really good cooks because the pasta is perfect (okay, that was the last one). This meal is gluten-free, vegan, a complete protein, tastes good, and doesn't require a lot of time or a highly decorated michelin star chef to prepare. Doesn't get much better than that.
If you have yet to read Wonder, I recommend that you take some time to give it a look. It's a very sweet, eye-opening story that teaches empathy and helps show how to deal with hard situations that are difficult to fathom. It is, unfortunately, a bit fluffy and maybe the ending was a bit unrealistic, which is a bummer, but what do you expect from MG fiction? The message alone makes it worth the read, as do the incredible characters scattered throughout.
Have you read Wonder? Do you plan to? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Baldwin Awarded Major Orders for Blanket Cleaning Systems
Friday, March 03, 2006
Press release from the issuing companySHELTON, Conn.--March 2, 2006-- Baldwin Technology Company, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of printing press accessories and control equipment, announced today that it had recently secured significant orders in North America for its Impact(R) automatic cleaning systems. The company valued the orders at approximately $2 million. The Journal and Courier in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana, a Gannett company, ordered Baldwin's IMPACTflex blanket cleaning systems for installation on its new MAN Geoman 70 press which will be delivered this spring. In addition, the Denver Newspaper Agency placed orders for blanket cleaning systems to be fitted on five new Geoman presses that will be installed during the summer. Karl Puehringer, President and COO, commented, "IMPACTflex provides our customers a cleaning system that gives them the flexibility to remain in compliance with increasingly stringent environmental regulations. This unique FLEX cleaning technology allows printers to operate in either the wet PREPAC or dry cloth and solvent mode and incorporates advanced cloth and fluid management features which maximizes cleaning performance while minimizing consumable usage. These orders along with several others that we have recently received have added to our backlogs which have grown noticeably from the levels at the end of the prior quarter."
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The ASTYM System is a new approach in manual therapy that uses instruments to target problems in the 'fibrous net' of soft tissues. It stimulates the bodys own healing process, so instead of treating symptoms we actually treat the pain-generator.
The ASTYM System could be compared to combing out a clump of "tangled" strands frequently found in long hair. With this analogy, the ASTYM instruments can be compared to a comb, and the macrophages (white blood cells that work like PACMAN chomping down on the damaged collagen fibers) and the fibroblasts (that lay down new collagen fibers) could be thought of as the body's own detangler spray used to unlock knots and snarls of fibrosis or scar adhesions.
Just like combing long hair frequently and using conditioner helps prevents tangles, the patient is asked to stretch and exercise during the healing process so the new collagen being laid down does not end up in "tangles" but instead lines up in parallel with the line of tension.
Fibrosis (excessive formation of tangled collagen) is thought to "strangle" the capillary blood vessels in the region. If capillary blood supply is limited or restricted by excessive collagen fibers then cells in the area become unhealthy. This is like the difference in water quality in a mountain stream versus a swamp.
Muscles may also become "strangled" by fibrosis (scar tissue formation). If these muscles are not able to fully contract (i.e., shorten their length and thicken), they become dysfunctional and weak and range motion is restricted.
How does the ASTYMTM system work?
Adhesions and inappropriate fibrosis within soft tissue can result from trauma, surgery, immobilization or repetitive strain.
The ASTYM System stimulates the breakdown of this dysfunctional tissue and allows functional restoration to occur.
Scientific research, substantial clinical outcomes and clinical experience indicate the following process:
Soft tissue adhesions and resulting restrictions are identified and broken down.
Controlled microtrauma initiates a local healing response that leads to the resorption of inappropriate fibrosis or excessive scar tissue.
In chronic tendinopathies, doses of controlled microtrauma stimulate regeneration of the affected soft tissue.
Existing collagen is then remodeled and new collagen is influenced by a program of stretching, exercise and functional activities.