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I thought I'd share with you some photos of a recent day out - the weather was just beautiful. Since then we've had gales, hail, rain and one morning we even woke up to snow
Our first stop was the Findhorn Valley - it's a good place to spot the extremely rare and elusive Golden Eagle, but we were not in luck that day. We did however see Peregrine, Raven and a Red Deer Stag who was really close to a house! We got quite close to him, but unfortunately misplaced the memory card from my camera with the photos of him on! It fell down the side of a cliff, hubby nearly went with it icon_yikes but was ok!
We drove up through the hills, and came across a dead mountain hare - rather sad, but the first I've ever seen, dead or alive.
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BTW...this is his cousing Greg(g) not Gregg
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*shrugs*Nobody's even sure why he was "fired" though too, so who knows. Only Curto/Scum staff know what the truth is in all that quagmire.
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It's another week with one big winner, this time coming in on our popular post about the DJ who was suspended for pulling the classic "dihydrogen monoxide" prank on his listeners. Gareth soared past the competition in both the insightful and funny categories, because our readers don't seem to think highly of Floridians:
Hardly surprising, given:
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B) It's a Country station.
Not exactly a Venn diagram that would contain a lot of smart listeners.
Meanwhile, our next comment comes in response to something that should be an April Fool's prank but isn't: Warner Bros' attempt at an online streaming service. SirToreth took second place for insightful with his interpretation of the offering:
It isn't about succeeding...
...it's about making it look like you made a "good faith effort", when you're engineering it to fail, then writing off the loss on your taxes, insisting piracy (instead of lack of a compelling product) is the problem, and then insisting on more legislation to put the actually successful streaming services under, and propping up your old business model.
For editor's choice, we start out on one of this week's many posts about Prenda, where an anonymous commenter underlined one of the many imbalances in the system:
So change your MAC address is spoofing a network and worth 35-50 years, but lying to the judges/court system gets you a slap on the hands?
That's justice for ya!
Next, we head to our post about the USPTO's final rejection of Apple's rubberbanding patent. One commenter insisted that it's unrealistic to expect patent examiners to properly review prior art since there's far too much out there for that to be possible. That commenter is correct, but nasch is the one who saw the actual moral of that story:
Isn't that a problem with the patent system, then?
On the funny side, we've already had the number one comment, and our second place winner comes from the same post. Chosen Reject took the prize for warning us about an even bigger threat than dihydrogen monoxide:
Wait till people learn about the amount of dioxygen in the air. It's been responsible for mass extinctions, and is highly linked to forest, home, and business fires. It has also been known to cause rust, accounting for billions of dollars of economic loss every year.
I recommend that everyone who was concerned about dihydrogen monoxide should immediately put in place measures that prevent exposure to dioxygen.
And as long as we're riffing on chemistry, first editor's choice goes to Some Guy for his take on the scare:
It's no joke. Dihydrogen Monoxide kills. If we don't address the problem now, we'll soon be swimming in the stuff.
And finally, our second editor's choice for funny comes from our post about NJ Assemblyman Sean Kean's legislative war on videogames. Kean rationalized his recent anti-video-game bills thusly:
"Just as it's unlawful for minors to purchase alcohol and cigarettes, because it's detrimental to their well being, the same can be said of adult video games, most of which contain extremely inappropriate content for a young viewer's eyes and ears," said Kean. "These two pieces of legislation are intended to protect children."
DannyB artfully demonstrated the stupidity of trying to eliminate "inappropriate content":
I would like to point out that High School also contains extremely inappropriate content for a young viewer's eyes and ears. So if you want to protect the children, then keep them out of high school and safe at home playing video games. This third item is at least as good for the children and for society as the first two pieces of legislation.
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The Atlanta Falcons still can't figure out the New Orleans Saints, and it's cost them a shot at an undefeated season.
Matt Ryan threw for 411 yards and three touchdowns on Sunday, but a late goal-line stand by the Saints' defense was the difference in a 31-27 Falcons loss.
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The Falcons drop to 8-1. The Saints -- left for dead after starting the season 0-4 -- have won four of their last five games to crawl back into the NFC playoff hunt.
"I think we had opportunities today," Falcons wide receiver Roddy White said after the game, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It's not like they came out here and just. ... I feel like we kind of gave it away. We just gave it to them. It wasn't nothing they did. It was want we did in not cashing in on opportunities."
Trailing by four in the game's final minutes, the Falcons marched 79 yards to the Saints' 1, but were unable to crack the end zone from point-blank range on three consecutive plays. On fourth-and-goal from the 2, Ryan's end-zone throw to Roddy White was knocked away by cornerback Jabari Greer.
Ryan and Drew Brees were on the marquee, but this game became a showcase for two of the NFL's greatest tight ends. Jimmy Graham (nine catches, 146 yards, two touchdowns) was a monster, finding wide-open spaces in the Falcons secondary all afternoon. Tony Gonzalez -- the Mariano Rivera of the tight end position -- was even better, finishing with 11 receptions for 122 yards and two scores.
Neither defense particularly was impressive, but everyone knew this would be a shootout. The Saints were a little bit better, as they almost always seem to be against the Falcons. New Orleans has won 11 of 13 meetings between the teams since 2006.
The Falcons will be fine. They still have the best record in the NFL, and a favorable schedule awaits. The Saints couldn't afford to lose this one. They didn't.
"We play them against in three weeks and we'll be ready," White said. "It will be at the Dome and hopefully we'll beat them that time."
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Sony's Xperia series has gotten a lot of attention in recent months as the iconic smartphone behind James Bond, but the coming Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is coming for all users of the 2012 portfolio of devices, not just the suave spy himself. A blog post by Sony announced the coming updates and also noted that the 2011 Xperia series will have to stick with Ice Cream Sandwich. If you do have a 2011 series Xperia you can always check the development world for an unofficial update, but either way Jelly Bean brings plenty of new features to the table including Google Now, a faster interface, and bragging rights among your friends.
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AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, announced Monday, Feb. 4, that it is adding four new Memphis flights to three new AirTran routes. And Memphis International Airport officials said they were told by Southwest executives last week that all AirTran flights in Memphis probably will be converted to the Southwest brand by November.
"They're able to start more AirTran service here in August rather than wait until a complete Southwest brand offering here, which will occur in November," said Larry Cox, president and CEO of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. "This gives us more new air service earlier and better fares and a great opportunity to get people prepared and ready to support the Southwest brand."
Cox and Airport Authority board chairman Jack Sammons met with Southwest executives last week. He and Sammons said they weren't told then about the specifics of the Memphis moves but were encouraged. And the broader move to switch AirTran flights to Southwest service just before the end of the year was tentative but expected.
"It depends on what happens next week and next month to the economy," Cox said. "Their plan is that they want to ship all of the AirTran to Southwest and November is what they are looking at."
Sammons said Cox deserves the "rusty fish hook award for hanging in there … trying to court this girl to the prom for 20 years and it's finally paid off."
As the Airport Authority took fire on several civic fronts for not being aggressive enough in recruiting competition for Delta, Cox said the nature of the airline industry and winning expansions of service on a long-term basis comes through the building of long-term relationships over years.
Sammons described frequent flyers in the area as "hungry for affordable flight options."
And he added Southwest executives told him they will be watching market demand for the options closely.
"The airlines have the ability to measure performance almost on an hourly basis. They can define profitability on a per seat basis. Those guys track that daily," Sammons said adding he was told by Southwest executives that, "The more tickets your passengers buy the more flight options that we'll provide down the road."
The new AirTran service that begins in August is twice a day between Memphis and Chicago Midway, once a day between Memphis and Orlando and once a day between Memphis and Baltimore/Washington D.C.
The new Memphis service begins Aug. 11, the same day that Southwest converts AirTran service in Grand Rapids, Mich., to the Southwest brand and opens Southwest nonstop service at the Flint, Mich., airport.
Bishop International Airport in Flint currently has AirTran service, which will be converted to the Southwest brand in April.
The first August Memphis to Chicago Midway flights added to the AirTran schedule Monday morning were priced at $125 for a 5:35 a.m. flight and a 6:42 p.m. flight for $142.
A flight to Orlando later in the week was priced at $96.
The service under the AirTran brand is the first expansion of its service at Memphis International Airport since Southwest Airlines bought AirTran in April 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary.
AirTran currently has five daily non-stops between Memphis and Atlanta. That is up one from the number of flights before its acquisition by Southwest was announced.
Southwest executives said last summer they did not anticipate converting the Memphis International Airport AirTran operation to the Southwest brand in 2012 as they work through a two-year integration. But Southwest also said Memphis is one of 53 cities where it intends to switch the AirTran flights to Southwest service at some point.
The new Memphis AirTran service comes after Delta Air Lines, which has a hub at Memphis International, has cut its service three times in two years and comes just days after regional air carrier Pinnacle Airlines Corp. announced it was moving its headquarters out of Memphis to Minneapolis. Pinnacle will be moving to vacant space in Minneapolis leased by Delta, which is expected to make Pinnacle a subsidiary once Pinnacle emerges from bankruptcy reorganization.
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Before the US Airways expansion of service, Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority board members approved a $1 million pool of incentive money to draw more air service as the Delta cuts continued.
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Carlos R. Solis, 33, Morrisonville, Wisconsin, and Marty G. Mendez, 27, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley in prosecutions stemming from a federal mortgage fraud and tax fraud investigation.
Carlos R. Solis, a former real estate agent, was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison. He pleaded guilty on May 25, 2010, to a bank fraud charge.
Marty G. Mendez, a former tax preparer at Mendez Connection, a Madison, Wisconsin-area tax preparation business owned by his mother-was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison. He pleaded guilty on May 17, 2010, to assisting in the filing of a false income tax return.
Three other individuals have been convicted of related charges:
Gail L. Mendez, 45, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, the former owner of Mendez Connection and the mother of Marty Mendez, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and assisting in the filing of a false tax return. She will be sentenced on November 4, 2010.
Amy B. Strait, 43, McFarland, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct the bank fraud investigation. She will be sentenced on November 23, 2010.
David Knickmeier, 45, Madison, Wisconsin, a former tax preparer at Mendez Connection, pleaded guilty to assisting in the filing of a false income tax return and was sentenced on September 28, 2010, to one year and a day in federal prison.
The Mortgage Fraud Scheme
In pleading guilty to the bank fraud, Solis acknowledged the following facts:
During 2006 and 2007, Gail Mendez worked as a tax preparer doing business as Mendez Connection. Amy Strait was employed as a mortgage loan officer at Park Bank, a federally insured financial institution. Carlos Solis did business as a real estate agent.
Park Bank had a mortgage loan program that allowed borrowers to apply for a loan using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) instead of a Social Security Number. An ITIN is a nine-digit tax processing number issued by the IRS to aliens who are required to have a U. S. taxpayer identification number but are not eligible to obtain a social security number. Under Park Bank's ITIN mortgage program, a borrower applying for an ITIN loan was required to submit to the bank copies of the borrower's income tax returns for the prior two tax years. Under the program, the bank did not check with the IRS to verify the income stated on a borrower's submitted federal tax returns.
From February 2006 to October 2007, Gail Mendez, Strait, and Solis engaged in a scheme to defraud Park Bank and to obtain money owned by the bank and under its custody and control. In connection with approximately 50 ITIN loans totaling more than $8 million, Gail Mendez, Strait and Solis caused false tax returns to be fabricated and presented to Park Bank. The returns falsely inflated borrowers' income and had not been filed with the IRS. When Park Bank discovered the scheme, Gail Mendez, Carlos Solis, and Amy Strait, conspired to obstruct the investigation. After Gail Mendez learned from Solis and Strait which loans were under investigation, she directed her employees to destroy evidence of the scheme.
The scheme resulted in losses to Park Bank exceeding $400,000.
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In pleading guilty to the tax charge, Marty Mendez acknowledged the following facts:
Marty Mendez was employed as a tax preparer at Mendez Connection, a tax preparation business owned by his mother, Gail Mendez. On various dates from 2005 to 2008, Gail Mendez and her employees, including Marty Mendez and David Knickmeier, willfully aided and assisted taxpayers in filing U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns that falsely and fraudulently claimed dependents and child tax credits to which they were not entitled. At sentencing the Court found that the tax loss was in excess of $900,000.
On December 7, 2007, Gail Mendez learned that the IRS was investigating the claiming of child tax credits on returns prepared at Mendez Connection. At her direction, employees of Mendez Connection removed from the Mendez Connection files and destroyed any notes referring to the fraudulent child tax credits.
John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the sentencing.
These charges are the result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation. The prosecution of these individuals has been handled by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen P. Sinnott.
This case is part of President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.


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Those rows of houses were build so the quarryman could work longer hours because they would not need to get there from their homes and up the quarry. So during the week they stayed in those houses and only went back for the weekends. Well hey, the good old times - where everything was better; well, nearly everything.
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.


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chemefreak wrote:Nice poke ; ) Yeah, I'm still doing the medals. I did them on the 26th right before I left on vacation. I will do the new ones this weekend now that I am back. Jeez, a week goes by and everyone freaks out!
the farming crack was an inside joke..


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Plenty Of Former Twins In 2013 MLB Playoffs
By my count, there are 11 former members of the Minnesota Twins in the 2013 MLB Playoffs. If you are keeping score at home, there are exactly zero current Twins in the MLB Playoffs.
On Thursday, we will look at the American League (Hunter, Kubel, Crain, Young, Balfour, Neshek and Ortiz).
Nick Punto, 3B:
Punto played 747 games for the Twins from 2004-2010, producing some eye-popping defensive gems while also producing plenty of asprin-popping head first slides into first base.
Since leaving the Twins Punto has spent time with the Cardinals and Red Sox before being traded to LA in the blockbuster deal that also shipped Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez to Chavez Ravine in 2012.
Punto hit .255 this season in 335 plate appearances and split time at second base, third base and shortstop.
(Catcher Drew Butera also plays for the Dodgers, but was left off the playoff roster)
Francisco Liriano, Starting Pitcher
Liriano burst onto the scene as a rookie in 2006 with the Twins, going 12-3 with a crazy 144/33 K:BB ratio. Unfortunately the ride turned out to be too good to be true, as Liriano's elbow discomfort in August turned into Tommy John surgery that cost him the entire 2007 season.
From there, Liriano became a bit of an enigma (especially to eternally befuddled Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson). Returning in 2008, Liriano started 14 games and appeared to be heading back on track with a 3.91 ERA in 14 starts.
However, Liriano would struggle in 2009 posting a 5-13 record with a 5.90 ERA. "Frankie" bounced back with a 14-10 season in 2010, the Twins' first at Target Field. Minnesota gave Liriano away to division rival Chicago after a down year in 2011 and a disastrous start to the 2012 season.
The White Sox dropped Liriano after the season and the Pirates swooped in to offer a two year, $12.75 million contract. However, the lefty broke his right arm playing with his kids in the offseason, leading the Pirates to void the contract. He eventually agreed to an incentive-laden one year deal worth only (comparatively) one million dollars guaranteed.
Liriano went on to star with Pittsburgh in 2013, posting a 16-8 record in 26 starts. He also earned the win over the Reds in Tuesday's National League Wild Card game, the Pirates' first postseason win in 21 years.
Justin Morneau, First Baseman
Justin Morneau got off to a slow start with the Twins after building high expectations from fans in the minor leagues. After a pair of seasons platooning with Doug Mientkiewicz, Morneau hit just .239 in 2005.
Whether it was a result of being hit in the head with a Ron Villone fastball early in 2005, or after being punched by Torii Hunter later that season, Morneau stepped up his game in a big way in 2006. The Canadian slugger won the MVP award with a .321 average to go with 130 RBI and 34 home runs.
After stellar '07 (.271-31-111), '08 (.300-23-129) and '09 (.274-30-100) seasons, Morneau was on his way to a monster year in 2010 (.345-18-56 in 81 games) before an inadvertent knee to the head from Toronto's John McDonald gave him a concussion he has never seemed to fully recover from.
After missing half of 2010 and nearly 100 games in 2011 (.227-4-30 in 69 games), Morneau put up a decent season in 2012 (.267-19-77) but a far cry from his days as a perennial MVP candidate.
Morneau was unceremoniously placed on waivers late in 2013 and was shipped to the Pirates in exchange for 28-year old journeyman outfielder Alex Presley. Morneau hit just .260 with no home runs and three RBI in 25 games with the Pirates.
Garrett Jones, First Baseman
Jones is the least egregious "one that got away" because he had his position blocked in Minnesota by Mientkiewicz and Morneau.
By the time Jones made his MLB debut in 2007 he was already a 26-year old with little ability to hit for contact. However, Jones clearly had power potential, smacking 31 home runs in the minor leagues in 2004 and 24 in 2005.
With Morneau coming off of a MVP season and Jason Kubel taking up at bats at DH, the Twins let Jones walk after the 2008 season. He immediately signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jones has been steady if not spectacular for the Pirates, hitting 100 home runs in 677 games. In 2012 Jones hit 27 home runs with 86 RBI.


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Author Notes: Growing up we didn't each much junk food and fast food was only an option (mom made the decision, not us kids) that happened a few times a year. Pizza though, was a once weekly treat and ususally ordered from one of the local pizza places. Being from an area plentiful with Italians, we had many places to choose from. Fritz's in Bay Shore (no longer in existence) was very memorable to me mostly because of the pizza that my parents ordered. Fritz's made an "everything" pie which was loaded with veggies. I don't recall if it had any meat on it. Back in those days I eschewed veggies on my pizza and was especially disgruntled (along with my brother) that a plain pizza was not ordered for us also. We spent much of the dining time (in the restaurant or at home) picking the veggies off the pizza and then consuming the naked pie. In hindsight I wish I would have left those delicious vegetables on the pie and eaten all of it.
Making our own pizza became a regular and popular activity for my siblings and I starting in the 80?s. Originally, my mother would make her own whole wheat pizza dough (she may have gotten crust recipe from her sister) with leftover marinara or meat sauce (always sweetened a bit with some grated carrot) and topped with conventional mozzarella cheese. The 90?s brought about Boboli and "tube" crusts along with Italian bread and sometimes English muffins as a base. I began asking pizza parlors to buy their raw dough to make my own pizza in the early 90?s and got some perplexing looks and comments. Conventional mozzarella morphed into fresh mozzarella and our pizza started sporting grilled vegetables and pestos. I have come full circle and am now back to making my own crust just as my mother did.
This pizza was inspired by some fresh asparagus I snapped up at my local farmer's market (Islip Town Hall) this weekend and also by the ingredients in my pantry. I usually make my own crust as I prefer a whole wheat crust. It was delicious with a great combination of tang and sweetness. I would love to do this on the grill too. I also like that it tastes just as delicious the next day (I usually eat it cold) for lunch. Switch the veggies and cheese up as you wish! Mmmmmm.
Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
*This recipe makes 2 crusts and each crust will serve approximately 6 people
prep time: 25 minutes
cooking time:
serving size: 6 slices, approximately
*This is one of my favorite crust recipes which I altered slightly by substituting honey for sugar and using all whole wheat pastry flour and not any all purpose flour. Find the recipe at:http://allrecipes.com. Alternatively, make or buy your favorite dough! —testkitchenette
Serves: 4-6
Sundried Tomato Paste
cup packed sundried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
cup water
garlic cloves
pinch salt
tablespoons olive oil
Pizza Assembly
pound asparagus, tough ends snapped off
red onion, sliced into half moons
cloves of garlic, finely chopped
small log of goat cheese, crumbled
handful fresh basil, chopped
Sundried Tomato Paste
- Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the tomatoes, cover, lower heat to low, and simmer for about 15 minutes. In a blender or food processor puree the sundried tomatoes, garlic cloves, salt, and then stir the olive oil in.
Pizza Assembly
- Preheat oven to 450F. Stretch your pizza crust onto your pan that has been greased with some olive oil. Brush the top of your crust with olive oil and bake for 10 minutes. Take crust out the oven and spread with a layer of the sundried tomato paste. Layer on the red onion and then arrange the asparagus on top. Crumble the goat cheese on top. Return to the oven and bake for 15 minutes. The veggies will still be crispy and the cheese will have just started to melt and the freshness of the asapargus really comes out.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Vegetable Recipe
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Pizza
More Great Recipes:
Pizza|Italian|Cheese|Clove|Onion|Tomato|Vegetable|Whole Wheat|Goat Cheese|Asparagus|Vegetarian


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WebMark Designs precisava de um novo design de página da web e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 23 designs enviados por 8 designers freelancers.
Re-design the website of a software company called Strategis. The new site will feature their flagship software product called "OneOffice". The new web site should have a corporate look & feel, but should be engaging and visually interesting (consistent with business card graphic design). Provide us with PSD files. Site will be HTML-based, not Flash-based.
Strategis (http://www.strategisanz.com.au)
Strategis' main software product is called "OneOffice". Their core business is selling and supporting this product.
OneOffice is an ERP / Supply Chain management software tool. According to Strategis the key benefit of OneOffice is that it pulls together critical information from a wide variety of sources and neatly summarizes this on one screen. Apparently this is a fairly unique and powerful feature for this type of software.
The motivation for re-designing the current website is to improve the website's conversion rate. Statistical analysis has revealed that the company's marketing successfully brings visitors to the site, but that they are not currently converting these visitors into leads. A fresh, attractive design with improved site content is what we believe is required – which is where you come in.
- Consistent look and feel with the "Streamlining through Transparency" business cards and graphics (see below). For example, consider using line art like on the back of the business card.
- Visit our web site to download files for the project including a wireframe layout, the company logo, and other graphics.
- Use blue, white, yellow and gray colour scheme (similar to the colour scheme of the business card)
- Content area should have white background
- 988px fixed-width graphic design (see wireframe)
- Preferably a sans-serif font for any text (web-safe).
- We're willing to spend up to 20 credits on iStockPhoto for any stock photography you would like to use (this will not come out of the prize money).
- Don't feel too restricted by the wireframe. It is a guide as to where we want content elements, not what we want them to look like.
- Other Notes- Demographic will be only corporate customers.
- Client liked the look and feel of the following website (Strategix Software is the company that developed OneOffice. The flyout menus don't work in Firefox 3, best viewed in IE for this reason):- http://www.strategixsoftware.com/
- Below are the websites of Strategis' main competitors. Some of these aren't as good as others, but they should give you an idea of the standard against which the website you are designing will need to compete. Do not use these websites as design references, but rather for information about the industry.- http://www.advancederp.co.nz
- http://www.microsoft.com/nz/dynamic…fault.mspx
- http://www.solutionpartnersna.com/
- http://www.velocityglobal.co.nz/
- http://www.intergen.co.nz/What-do-w…Solutions/
- http://www12.sap.com/newzealand/index.epx
- http://www.greentree.com/
- http://www.ibs.net/au/
- http://www.sagebusiness.com.au
- http://www.revsys.net.nz
- More competitor information can be found here:- http://www.istart.co.nz/ERP-SCM-solutions.htm
- http://www.istart.com.au/erp.htm
- Headings will be text-based so don't use fonts that aren't "web-safe"
- Avoid drop shadows and other such effects on menu text as this will ideally be plain text.


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A man walks into a bar while filming a documentary and walks out with a feature film. Sounds like a joke, but that's what actually happened in the case of Vampiro: A Canadian Vampire in Mexico, where a friendship between the subject and the filmmakers led to the just-finished flick, The Dead Sleep Easy.
To hear those Ottawa filmmakers tell the story, it was one happy accident.
Sitting around a bar in Guadalajara, Mexico, the home of Vampiro (Ian Hodgkinson originally of Thunder Bay, Ontario) one night, during the filming of the documentary on Vamp's life, ideas started flowing for a feature film.
The Dead Sleep Easy follows a character known only as The Champ (Vampiro), a washed-up wrestler who once made a fatal mistake and is now working for a mob boss, Tlaloc (Dave Courtney). When a pollero (human smuggling) run goes disastrously wrong, The Champ is set on a collision course with powerful forces on both sides of the border as he seeks justice for a group of migrants, and redemption for himself.
The film wasn't planned, it just happened, swears director Lee Demarbre, whose already had Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter, and Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace under his belt. Demarbre and Vampiro are credited with the story, and Ian Driscoll was given the duty of molding their ideas into a movie script.
"I have thought for years that Vampiro's life story would be good for the big screen, however I never thought of him as an actor. I began to make a documentary on his life entitled Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero," Demarbre explained to SLAM! Wrestling. "While in Guadalajara, Mexico shooting the doc, Vamp and I began cooking up this story about an ex-wrestling champ and his connections to the mob, which eventually became The Dead Sleep Easy. I hope we can agree that wrestling is an art form, and that acting is a big part of becoming a successful wrestler. All Vamp had to do is translate his acting abilities in and out of the ring onto the big screen, and I think he does that well in this movie."
The producer of The Dead Sleep Easy, Rob Menzies, explained that the documentary and film are really "companion pieces."
Demarbre agreed. "The Dead Sleep Easy would not of happened if we didn't start filming the doc. There are major plot points in The Dead Sleep Easy that are lifted from Vamp's life story that came out of the doc." Those experiences from Vamp include everything from shifty promoters to battles with addiction to being mistaken continually for an American in Mexico.
Like with the script, Vampiro had an impact on the cast, said Demarbre. "Vampiro is a huge celebrity in Mexico -- people would opens their doors to us. Getting locations in Mexico was a breeze," he said. "Vamp also had interesting casting suggestions; both Ana Sidel (our female lead) and Dave Courtney (our villain) came from Vampiro. Most of all Vampiro had an amazing ability to choreograph action scenes. The most fun I had making the movie was directing the action sequences that were entirely choreographed by Vampiro."
Demarbre is used to the pressures of being an independent filmmaker. The Dead Sleep Easy is a small step up for the 35-year-old graduate of Carleton University's Film Studies program. "We're an overnight success story ten years in the making," Demarbre said in a press release. "We've been working independently in Ottawa for a decade, funding our own films, making and distributing them ourselves. So making a movie with someone else's money is something new for us."
Having played some of the festival circuit (Calgary International Film Festival, 2007, Victoria International Film Festival, 2008, Guadalajara International Film Festival, 2008, Fantasia Film Festival, 2008), The Dead Sleep Easy is just starting to make the rounds for screenings in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal (see sidebar below), and Shoreline Entertainment of Beverly Hills is representing the film for worldwide distribution.
In between appearing at the screenings, Demarbre is back at work finishing the edit of the original project -- the documentary on Vampiro, which he hopes will have its world premiere in April, ideally as a part of the Hot Docs documentary film festival in Toronto.
Greg Oliver is not a film star, and has never written a script. But he can attest to being into a bar or two. He can be emailed at email@example.com.


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On Deck: Gib Gibbons
Age: 22
Home: Manning, SC
Years riding: 3 years
Sponsors: Oak, The Board Room
Boat, PWC or Winch? PWC
Wake or rails? Wake
Film or photos? Either or both
Skateboard or wakeboard? skateboard
Inclines or boxes? Boxes
Pool gaps or natural winching? Haven't done too much winching, so pool gaps
Metal or rap? Classic Rock
Home or away? Depends on what time, like em both
Kickflips or Heelflips: Kickflips
Huntin or Fishin: Don't really do either, but fishing
Biscuits or Grits: Cornbread
Gib Gibbons wakeskates in slip-ons, enough said. I'm not sure if he wears them because he looks super awesome in them, or if they actually hold some secret to his wakeskate prowess, but whatever the reason, they work. In all honesty though, I think that helps to describe Gib's attitude toward water boarding. The kid loves to ride, and doesn't take it too seriously, which is starting to become a dying art in our quickly progressing sport. Any day of the week, you can be sure that Gib is at least getting his two sets on the water in, and probably hitting up the cable later on as well. Whether you want to do some chase shooting from the ski, float out on the tube, or even go do a little winchin', Gib has every possible toy at your disposal making his house quite the photographers paradise. As if this wasn't enough to entice one to head there immediately, Gib is quite a talented rider as well. A member of the ever prestigious Oak team, he is quickly becoming a master of all facets of wakeskating. From flip tricks to wake tricks to rails, the kid shreds it all. He is even helping to push the envelope a little being the first ever to land a varial heel in a contest (Toe Jam no less) and stomping new tricks like his patented wake to wake 180 nosegrab late finger shuv (you know you must be getting pretty good when it takes that long to say your trick name). Bottom line, Gib is an all around nice guy and a very talented rider that will hopefully be around to push the sport for years to come.


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|This is the YUMMY ice cream cake my sister got me for my birthday!!
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3. Post the giveaway on your blog and leave me the link.
That's 3 entries per person
Now for the best part - BONUS entries!!
Mechele over at Barrow's Hodgepodge is hosting a postcard exchange for the 2011-2012 school year. We are still in need of a few states. If you are currently teaching in one of these states we would LOVE to have you join up with the postcard exchange. AND it will earn you a bonus entry into my birthday ice cream giveaway.
- Connecticut
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January 28, 2010
By Justin Tang
As part of its expanding series of programs, UCLA Anderson's Center for Managing Enterprises in Media, Entertainment, and Sports (MEMES) screened the film Art & Copy and hosted a lecture, "Convergence Culture," on January 25 and 26 for hundreds of students and guests as part of MEMES Week.
Art and Copy looks at the stories behind some of the greatest advertisements of recent history, including Got Milk, Nike's Just Do It, and Apple's iPod. "The movie is not about the people, the era, or the advertisements. It's about people with a big idea that looked beyond the task ahead," said Doug Pray, the film's director. After the screening, Pray and the film's producer, Michael Nadeau, held a panel discussion with three advertising innovators, Glenn Cole, Tim Roper, and Patrick O'Neill.
Dr. Henry Jenkins, most famous for book Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, came to UCLA to speak about the concepts of his book. Jenkins argues that storytelling has evolved due to the utilization of multiple platforms of media, or as he phrases it, "transmedia storytelling." Jenkins expounds on the idea, saying, "It is a process where integral elements of a fiction get dispersed systematically across multiple delivery channels for the purpose of creating a unified and coordinated entertainment experience."
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the leading business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty members are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,800 students enrolled in MBA, Fully-Employed MBA, Executive MBA, UCLA-NUS Global Executive MBA, Master of Financial Engineering, and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 36,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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Inspectors at Ohio amusement park where 7 got hurt
July 20, 2013
SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — State inspectors are at a popular Ohio amusement park to figure out how a boat on a thrill ride accidentally rolled backward down a hill and flipped over in water, injuring seven people.
Cedar Point spokesman Bryan Edwards says the inspectors and officials at the Sandusky park are investigating what went wrong with the Shoot the Rapids water ride Friday.
Six of the injured passengers were treated at the scene. The seventh was taken to a nearby hospital and was treated and release.
The ride remains closed, but the park reopened Saturday.
Edwards says he can't give an estimate of when the accident investigation will be completed.
He says Cedar Point's top priority is the safety of the park's visitors.


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Long's Gardens iris farm is a third-generation, family-owned flower farm.
Mountain Flower Urban Goat Dairy is a nonprofit, demonstration goat micro-dairy. Children, school groups and adults can learn about sustainable animal husbandry practices and small-scale dairy production.
Growing Gardens programs:
Cultiva is a youth-operated two-acre organic market garden. Participants ages 12 to 19 plant, nurture, harvest and sell their produce shares weekly to Community Supported Agriculture members.
The Children's Peace Garden serves children ages 4 to 10 through spring and fall field trips, classroom visits for preschool and elementary school groups, an After School Garden Club and five weeks of summer camps.
Hawthorn Garden is a community garden with 200 plots.
The Horticultural Therapy Program serves seniors and people with disabilities in the community.
Patrick Young started working in the Cultiva garden when he was 12, when his knowledge about vegetables was limited to the basics -- cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes.
Now, after graduating in May from Monarch High School, he's spending his sixth summer tending rows of vegetables and harvesting them for Cultiva's Community Supported Agriculture program. He said he not only knows how to grow a wide range of vegetables, but also how to cook many of them.
"I like everything about it -- the people, the experiences and the garden," he said as he took a break after picking snap peas for several hours on a hot morning in the garden. "You're more connected with the planet."
As one of 10 Cultiva youth leaders, he's also in charge of helping run the program.
"You gain more when you teach something than having someone else explain it to you," he said. "It forces you, in a good way, to be responsible."
The Cultiva youth program is probably the best known of the community programs at Long's Gardens, the city's 97-year-old urban farm on North Broadway. Cultiva is part of the nonprofit Growing Gardens, which has a long-term lease -- including ditch water rights -- for 11 acres of the 25-acre farm from the Long family.
Boulder is reopening negotiations with Long's Gardens to buy a conservation easement to protect the property from development as part of its long-term open space acquisition plan. Previous talks were derailed by the almost $5 million price and other concerns.
Piece of Boulder's past
With the city again considering a conservation easement, Friends of Long's Gardens -- a contingent of residents who want to see the gardens preserved -- is lobbying the city to move forward.
A leader of the group, Amanda Bickel, said it feels like a "tremendous opportunity" to preserve a piece of Boulder's agricultural past and maintain space in the city for locally grown food. She said the location in Boulder is key, allowing easy accessibility for residents living in nearby low-income housing, the elderly and teens.
"It's agricultural land in the city that is used by a great many people in a special and unique way," she said.
Long's Gardens serves as Growing Gardens' headquarters, includes a greenhouse and is used for multiple other programs as well.
The Hawthorn Community Garden, which is more than 30 years old, has 200 plots. While Growing Gardens has community garden sites around Boulder County, Hawthorn is by far the largest.
Cultiva, which started 14 years ago, employs about 50 teens to work in the gardens and harvest produce. The produce is sold through 59 Community Supported Agriculture shares. There's also a community service component, with participants harvesting for local organizations that help those in need. The teens also can take home produce.
"We want to get them connected to local food," said Annie Sweeney, Growing Gardens' program director.
Karina Martinez, an incoming junior at Boulder High, lives a couple of blocks away and started at Cultiva four years ago.
"It's really rewarding," she said. "It's a great way to give back to your community and interact with your community. I love learning about all the produce. There's just so much to learn."
Paul Waldhoft, who will be a freshman at Longmont's Silver Creek High School, said he signed up to work in the garden because he likes being outside.
"I like meeting new people and getting to take some of the produce home," he said. "I like that you grew it and there aren't any chemicals."
Along with Cultiva, the site also includes the Children's Peace Garden, the idea of a former Cultiva participant who was a teen mom and wanted a safe place for children.
The Peace Garden is used for summer camps, field trips and an after-school garden club, serving about 3,500 kids a year. The focus is on picking and eating fresh vegetables, with the garden divided into food-based themes like pizza and salsa.
"It's one of those real a-ha moments when a child pulls a carrot from the garden and can eat it," Sweeney said.
A neighbor and former Growing Gardens board member allows the group to have two bee hives on her property that are visited by kids and adults participating in programs. Classes on gardening and cooking also are offered. Future plans include a small fruit orchard, with berries and fruit trees.
"It's such a magical place," Sweeney said.
Goat dairy joins gardens
On the other side of the property is newcomer Mountain Flower Urban Goat Dairy.
Taber Ward and her partner, John Vaught, started an urban goat dairy about a year ago on almost six acres next to the iris farm.
Even with no marketing, she said, the dairy has become so popular that she's quitting her "regular" part-time job as a policy analyst at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The dairy is open to the public for limited hours and hosts school groups, children from Growing Gardens camps and teens from Attention Homes, a youth shelter. The dairy also offers shares of the raw milk.
"This is one more way to bring people onto the farm," Ward said. "It opens the site up a little more."
About 10 kids and 20 adults regularly volunteer, helping care for the goats.
"Agriculture is supposed to be something you do as a community," she said. "It fulfills a need for people."
They started small and are growing the dairy slowly. They're up to 11 goats and plan to add two to three goats a year until they reach about 20 total. They rotationally graze the goats, so they can browse on pasture and act as weed control -- and provide fertilizer.
The goats, especially the babies, are friendly, eager to be scratched, petted and nuzzled. Equally friendly is the goats' big, fluffy white guard dog, Zeus.
"People love goats," Ward said. "Our whole job is just to bring goats to people. We're goat facilitators."
Iris farm has deep roots
At the heart of the property is the iris garden.
The iris garden is run by third-generation farmer Catherine Long Gates. Her horticulture business was founded by her grandfather, Jesse D. Long. Her grandfather started a seed store in Boulder in 1905, then bought the land in 1916. The main building used for the iris business includes the original seed bins, while farm equipment dates back to the '40s.
In 1970, her family decided to concentrate on iris. They're well suited to the Colorado climate -- drought tolerant, deer don't eat them and they're less labor intensive than the gladiolas they had been growing. The iris garden is open to the public for six weeks in the spring, when people can dig their own plants.
It was also in the '70s that a community group petitioned the Boulder City Council for a community garden. Gates' father offered to let the city lease the part of his property that's east of the ditch. Growing Gardens took over the lease and the management of the community garden about 14 years ago.
"Our whole thing, all along, has been to have the land be part of a beneficial use," Gates said. "If we were wanting to make money, we would have sold it a long time ago."
Longtime Boulder resident Martha Avery, who grew up near Long's Gardens, said the garden is important because "it's an intact, functioning system that provides food to the community." Other cities are investing considerable amounts of money to set up similar local food systems, she said.
"It's a huge asset," she said. "It would be unthinkable to give it up."


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Morgon"Les Charmes"
- RegionBeaujolais
- VillageCrus du Beaujolais
- AppellationMorgon
- Grape varietyGamay
The Vine
- Average vine age 30 years
- SoilPink schistous granite
- Average yield50 hl/ha
- HarvestHand picked
Wine tips
- Cellaring Potential3-5 years
- Serving temperature 13-15°
- Found on the gently sloping, south facing hillside overlooking the picturesque village of Morgon, the most distinguished of the ten Cru villages of the Beaujolais, is the unique vineyard site of « Les Charmes ». It yields a wine in the traditional Cru Beaujolais style, with strength, structure and the ability to age well. Using traditional Beaujolais fermentation techniques, this wine has a fresh, fruity bouquet and a palate which displays a round, smooth, supple fruit character, exhibiting all the characteristics of the terroir specific to this unique « climat ». It is well-balanced with soft approachable tannins and a pleasant fruity finish.
Vinification & Ageing
- FermentationTraditional in open vats
- Ageing10 to 12 months ageing
Wine tasting
- Tasting NoteA fruity wine developing aromas of cherry with nice vegetal notes reminiscent of the iris. Tasted August 2008.
- Food PairingPoultry - red meat - mature cheeses
Press review
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2009 - Tom Cannavan's wine-pages - September 2012 - 88/100From one of the best Beaujolais vintage of recent decades, this has a lovely Gamay sappiness on the nose, briary with a touch of green wood, but refined red berry fruit and a certain gently smoky mineral character too. In the mouth the concentration of sweet fruit is arresting. There's a cherry and ripe, juicy red plum character, but the leanness and edge of the acidity and tight tannic structure squeezes the flavours back into place for an elegant, dry finish. It doesn't have the ultimate juiciness and depth of the best Cru Beaujolais from this vintage, but it is a lovely wine. By Tom Cannavan (UK).
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2009 - The Guernsey Press and Star - March 2013 - "Drinking beautifully"This Beaujolais cru produces one of the slightly heavier styles from the region. It has a floral nose with a dense raspberry and red cherry fruit and a nice mineral edge. Having had a few years in bottle, this is drinking beautifully now, try with cold-cured meats, sausages or burgers. (UK)
- 2009 Morgon "Les Charmes" - Decanter - December 2010 - 16 / 20: "Wines of the month": further evidence of the fantastic 2009 vintage enjoyed by Beaujolais, this is a musclar but pure gamay, with scented black and red fruits and attractive, leafy edging, all underpinned by earthy touches. It's a wonderfully pleasing glass of wine, with a structure that suggests excellent food-matching potential.
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2009 - Blackpool Gazette - Jacqueline Morley - July 10th 2010 :Try latours marvellous Morgon les Charmes 09, a name and a wines, straight from a fairytale and with a lively long lasting ending too. Just under a tenner from Majestic Wine warehouses and sumptuous stuff and, of course, this being Beaujolais, you can chill it lightly without killing the uplifting bright and cheery cherry ripe soft stone fruited flavours, which make it a great match with ham butties, or cold sausages
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2009 - Ham & High Series - Liz Sagues - July 15th 2010 :Let's consider one bottle: Louis Latour Morgon Les Charmes 2009, a cru Beaujolais from a very fine vintage. Well cooled, it the essence of lovely summer wine: crisp, light, stylishly refreshing. But, interestingly, it's more than that. Let it warm up a little (thought still well below the ambient we've been enjoying lately) and it's character changes. The aromatics increase and the wine becomes more serious and structures, with a mouth-watering cherry and mineral edge, much more reflecting its particular Beaujolais terroir. So, two LSW bottles in one.
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2009 - Cumberland News - Julian Whittle - August 6th 2010 :I recently tasted the Morgon Les Charmes 2009 from Louis Latour at Majestic. Morgon and Moulin a vent are arguably the most heavyweight of the cru producing wines with more tannin that can age and be a credible partner for food.The beetroot-red colour is typical of Beaujolais. The nose is floral and scented but with a heavier, earthy undertone that suggests something more serious. This is grown-up gamay, medium-bodied with silky, restrained tannins and cherry fruit. Great for a picnic.
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2009 - www.wineanorak.com - Jamie Goode - July 13th 2010 :Fresh and quite dense with bright raspberry fruit, together with a bit of tannic grip. Tight and youthful with lots of primary fruit, finishing quite firm. This is very promising: a usefully dense food wine now, with the potential to settle down and integrate with a few years in bottle. 88/100
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2008 - Western Daily Press (UK) - July 2010 - "Perfect Picnic Wine"Louis Latour Morgon Les Charmes 2008 is the perfect picnic wine. It's a top-of-the-range Beaujolais from the 'cru' (classified top-quality village appellation) a red wine that combines generous, plumply ripe fruit with a squishy-fresh fruitiness and bounce that makes it ideal for serving gently chilled. As a summer red, Beaujolais refreshes in a way no other wine does.
- Morgon "Les Charmes" 2003 - Evening Standard - June 1st, 2005 - "Beaujolais at its best"Forget thin, sharp Beaujolais nouveau: this Morgon, traditionally the region's most muscular cru, is Beaujolais at its best. Perfumed, juicy strawberry and raspberry fruit is beautifully balanced by rich tannins: a summer's day treat.
- 2003 Morgon « Les Charmes » - Wine International - September 2005 - 88 points :"Ripe, strawberry fruit. Lovely. Smooth, brisk acidity, adequate supporting tannins and a lightness of touch. Elegant and developed." CM "Good Beaujolais nose, palate soft and round but lacks density of fruit." JP Drink 2005 – 2008
- 2003 Morgon « Les Charmes » - Wine International - September 2005 - 88 points :"Ripe, strawberry fruit. Lovely. Smooth, brisk acidity, adequate supporting tannins and a lightness of touch. Elegant and developed." CM "Good Beaujolais nose, palate soft and round but lacks density of fruit." JP Drink 2005 – 2008
- 2003 Morgon « Les Charmes » - The Evening Standard - January 2005 :This Morgon, traditionally the region's most muscular cru, is Beaujolais at its best. Perfumed, juicy strawberry and raspberry fruit is beautifully balanced by rich tannins.
- Morgon "Les Charmes" - Montana Mosaic 1998 :A wine with a fresh, fruity bouquet, it is supple and round on the palate, exhibiting all the characteristics of the superb terroir of "Les Charmes". This is a wine with power and finesse, it is well-balanced and displays soft approachable tannins and a delicious fruity finish.
- 1996 Morgon "Les Charmes" - The Wine - September 1998 :It Has the lip-smacking cherry and raspberry fruit and hints of violet of good Beaujolais, but as it comes from the village of Morgon, one of the finest of the ten cru villages, it also has weight and structure. Indeed, a few more years of bottle age should transform it into something barely discernible frrom red Burgundy. Even so, we'd advise drinking it over the next year.
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We are not in business yet. This brochure is for marketing purposes to give to people at an event for MMJ (Medical Marijuana). We want to keep it very professional, "doctor's office" look but also inviting alternative care, natural health. We want to create a visual connection with our website, maybe use same picture or same colors as our home page? we are open to other suggestion.
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Cilantro and Tomatillo Frittata
Minimalist farm-to-table recipes created with local fresh produce paired with homemade infused oils, dressings, marinades, pestos and sauces. By eating seasonally, we reap the benefits of good health through nutrition from fresh, unprocessed and sustainable produce.
Learn more about cooking and eating locally at Kristin's blog The Intentional Minimalist.
- Homemade cilantro jalapeno lime infused olive oil (recipe link)
- Farm fresh local eggs
- Farm fresh local baby red onions
- Farm fresh local tomatillos
- Farm fresh local cilantro
- Local liptauer cheese
- Paprika
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Separate twelve egg whites to a large glass mixing bowl. Thinly slice one quarter cup baby red onions. Husk, rinse and thinly slice one half cup tomatillos. Remove stems from one half cup cilantro leaves.
Warm two tablespoons cilantro jalapeno lime infused oil in a large metal skillet over medium heat. Lay half the baby red onion slices on the bottom of the skillet and cook for two minutes. Gently pour in egg whites and cook on on medium heat uncovered for five minutes until the eggs begin to set.
Layer on the remaining baby red onions and tomatillo slices and bake uncovered in the over for ten minutes.
Remove frittata from oven and add two tablespoons liptauer cheese, cilantro greens and bake for five additional minutes. Remove frittata from oven and let rest for five minutes before serving.


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Canada's Mastermind Development Corporation is embarking on an exciting new experiment in entrepreneurship, mastermind group facilitation and social media with RaceToAMillion.ca.
Visitors of RacetoAMillion.ca will be able to follow along and interact with contestants as four teams of entrepreneurs race to be the 1st to parlay $500 into $1 Million. Read posts and view weekly video feeds about the innovative ways in which each team has chosen the activities and investments that they make, what the results have been, what returns have been yielded, what they plan to do next and who is on the leader board.
Contestants will adhere to a set of investment rules which include social responsibility, environmental responsibility, and sustainability while not repeating any investment opportunity they have already utilized.
The public will communicate with individual teams, become fans, offer advice, participate in polls, give feedback to teams, and participate in discussion threads and offer investment opportunities and opinions of their own. They can even play along with their own investments to see what works and what doesn't. How many millionaires in waiting will there be?
The race will end Canada day (July 1st 2011) or once all groups have reached $1 Million, whichever comes first.
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Make your own Caramelized Pineapple-Coffee Grog, as served at the new tiki bar.
Caramelized Pineapple-Coffee Grog
2 ounces pineapple-coffee infused rum
2 cups chopped pineapple
1/2 cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons rough chopped coffee beans
2 cups Cruzan light rum
Cook chopped pineapple over medium heat. When pineapple starts to caramelize, add pineapple juice and continue to cook until pan is dry. Turn off heat, add rum and coffee. Let steep for up to an hour. Strain through cheesecloth or filter into another container. Use hands to squeeze out remaining juice and rum from pineapple.
Fruit and mixers:
.5 ounce simple syrup
.75 ounce lime
2 dashes Angostura bitters
2 ounces pineapple juice
Shake over ice and serve in a 12 ounce double old fashioned glass. Garnish with fresh mint, fresh pineapple wedge and pineapple leaf.


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Gah. I'm not thrilled with the news of web apps being the application delivery method, but I don't think that web 2.0 is Apple's permanent answer to an SDK.
p> Web app functionality is something you talk about if either
- you're not ready to talk about the external SDK. We already knew it would do web apps -- reference the "kinda sorta internet" commercial. We knew it would do the full internet, javascript, the whole shebang -- last January.
- There is no SDK, Web 2.0 / AJAX all the way.
Of course, both are a possibility. It's a possibility than an SDK was given the kibosh; it's an equal possibility that Jobs decided the market pressure dictate that he announce something at WWDC for the developers so they're not left out on launch day. It's, of course, always a possibility that the SDK is still being worked on. Jobs stated earlier that he intends to report the accounting revenue over two years so they can improve the iPhone on a regular basis over its product lifetime.
- Jobs said at D5 that if folks are willing to hold on for a while, he'll have an answer for that. I have said that I didn't think we'd have an SDK at launch, and it looks like at least that much is true. I still think we'll get one later.
- though I'm not excited about Web applications, they are powerful. Case in point: Google Documents. There's an interesting wee tidbit from that website: "Safari support for Google Docs is coming soon!" I don't see Opera, Minimo or Pocket IE on their list of compatible browsers.
- Web 2.0 / AJAX devleopment is going to be a boon for web developers, and it's simultaneously a shot in the arm for Safari. It's quite possible that Safari as a targeted web platform is more important to Jobs right now than an SDK (it does burn me to say that). Conversely, web apps significantly lower the bar of entry for application development, and opens up subscription and service-based application licensing models.
- I'm still convinced the market potential is large for iTunes as a signed app delivery vehicle. I think I'll stick to my guns on this one; we'll see what other announcements Jobs makes in the next year or so, maybe as early as January at MWSF.
That said, there are still some vexing questions:
- Whither YouTube?
- is Adobe's flash supported? If so, expect it to basically become the default application language. This would be a huge boon for Flash Lite apps.
- Can you store web apps on the iPhone directly, i.e., run them from flash storage? If you can run apps without incurring bandwidth, that's great. If not, this could be a huge issue.
It's very clear to me that we still don't have all of the SDK answers yet; I don't think this issue will be resolved yet on launch day.


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The Lamar University Community Outreach Program was recently awarded a grant from Entergy Texas to enhance its activities by increasing earned income tax credit (EITC) awareness and education and providing tax preparation services, financial education and economic development.
Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, the LU outreach program provides services for individuals and families, students, senior citizens, and the non-English speaking population at several Community Tax Centers in the Golden Triangle. The tax program offers free tax assistance for individuals with low to moderate income ($45,000 and below) who cannot prepare their own tax returns.
Tax preparation services at Community Tax Centers are scheduled every Wednesday and Saturday beginning Feb. 28. Tax services will be offered at the following Beaumont locations: Downtown Beaumont Library at 801 Pearl, Elmo Willard Library at 3570 East Lucas, and Theodore Johns Library at 4255 Fannett Rd. Tax preparation assistance will also be available at Society of St. Vincent de Paul facilities at 921 FM 124 in Winnie and 3730 Farm Rd. 160 N. in Raywood.
Additional tax preparation services for clients who have individual taxpayer identification numbers will be available at Catholic Charities at 2780 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, and a Free Assisted Self-Service Tax Preparation (F.A.S.T) site located at Workforce Solutions at 320 Green Ave. in Orange.
Trained volunteers from the community, as well as staff and students from Lamar, will assist individuals and families who may qualify for special credits such as the EITC, Child Tax Credit and Credit for the Elderly. Volunteer tax preparers receive training and certification from the Internal Revenue Service. In addition to free tax return preparation assistance, the Community Tax Centers will offer free electronic filing (e-filing).
Individuals taking advantage of the e-file program will receive their refunds in half the time compared to mailed returns and even faster if the refund is deposited directly into a bank account.
"If you have not yet filed your 2011 tax return, please consider filing through one of the Community Tax Centers," said Elton Payne, Jr., manager for the LU Community Outreach Program. "The e-filing system is as efficient as any qualified tax preparer or tax preparation software. Volunteers are well versed in all confidentiality requirements, and all information will be held in the strictest confidence."
Walk-in customers are welcome, and interested persons should contact Payne at 409-880-7983 for more information.


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3, 3DS, PC
|Dev: SEGA/Sonic Team
|Release: November 1, 2011
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Mild Cartoon Violence
by Amanda L. Kondolojy
This generation has been a rough one for Sonic. Were-hogs, knights, and aliens have all tormented the Blue Blur, and the resulting games have been pretty awful. Many people, including myself, had all but given up on Sonic, and it was beginning to look like the long-running franchise might be driving itself into the ground. However, Sonic Generations promises an old school take on the Sonic world, along with plenty of new levels featuring a modern Sonic. Is this Sonic's redemption?
The short answer: Yes. Sonic Generations is not a perfect game, but it's the best Sonic game I've played in over a decade. It features a paper-thin story about worlds being destroyed or something, and Modern Sonic (with his skateboarder attitude and fast moves) gets scuttled away into a world with classic Sonic (who is cubby and silent). The two Sonics must then work together to conquer this growing threat. And the resulting ride is something very special.
Sonic-Generations is very self-referential, which is great for those of us who have enjoyed the series for a long time. Stages from all of Sonic's classic and modern adventures are re-imagined here to great effect. Nothing feels like a direct carbon copy, but if you've played through at least some of Sonic's back catalog, there will be a feeling of nostalgia here.
However, the game doesn't spend its entirety living in the past. Each level has two playable areas, one for each Sonic. The new and classic Sonic levels are completely different, playing to each Sonic's strengths. Classic levels feature plenty of fast and furious platforming and insane level design that classic fans will remember well. New levels feature plenty of 3D stages and twitch-based areas where you'll have to react fast to rapidly changing landscapes.
Both level types are very well-done, and I can't say I preferred one over another. This was actually a nice surprise for me, as I genuinely expected to absolutely love the Classic Sonic levels and merely tolerate the Modern Sonic levels. The design team has done a great job identifying exactly what works from previous games, delivering a fast-paced, streamlined experience that actually makes Modern Sonic feel modern instead of overstuffed and convoluted.
Though Sonic Generations is certainly geared toward longtime fans, it's also very accessible to those new to the series. In fact, if you haven't ever played a Sonic game before, Sonic Generations is a great jumping in point, as it features 20 years of history stuffed into one neat little package. Though you might not get all the "in-jokes," the game has a standalone story that will get new players into the groove without much awkwardness. And if you are worried about the classic levels feeling too old for those accustomed to newer games, don't fear; everything here seems extremely modern.


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CFP: [African-American] Southwest GRADUATE English Symposium Feb.29-Mar 1,Abstract Nov 1st,"Transgression" of the Pros
The "Transgression†of the Prose Poem
"My little crazy beloved was serving me dinner, and through the
dining room's open window I was contemplating the moving architectures
that God fashions from vapors, the marvelous constructions of the
impalpable. And I was saying to myself, through my contemplation, 'All
those phantasmagorias are almost as beautiful as the eyes of my beautiful
beloved, my little green-eyed monstrous madwoman.'
And suddenly I received a violent punch in the back, and I heard
a hoarse and charming voice, a hysterical voice and husky as if from
brandy, the voice of my dear little beloved, which was saying, 'Will you
ever eat your soup, you goddamn cloud peddler!'â€
-Charles Baudelaire "The Soup And The Cloudsâ€
The prose poem is controversial by reputation and design. But what are
we all afraid of? Why must a genre that intentionally subverts the
conventions of poetry and the expectations of proseâ€"a genre that subverts
the definition of genre itselfâ€"rattle the rigid walls of the ivory
We welcome passionate discussion of the prose poem. We welcome
articulate discussion of conventional genres in literature. We even
welcome discussion of "non-literature†or "would-be literature†limited
to online or private publication (or to publication that is never
actually seen because it is "outside†the "mainstream†and therefore
has "no audienceâ€) due to the stogy expectations of corporate,
controlling, popular, contemporary publishing. In short, allâ€"
including "transwriters†(or writers of prose poems)â€"are welcome.
Creative critical submissions and critical creative submissions may be
most appropriate for this, the 14th annual Southwest Graduate English
Symposium at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, held Feb. 29-March 1,
Submissions are encouraged in fields that include literature, rhetoric
and composition, creative writing, theater studies, communication,
language studies, English education, women and gender studies, film,
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Panel proposals should be no more than 500 words, paper abstracts should
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