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Advice: Readers discuss 'entitled' children and more
While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On what to say to someone struggling with unemployment:
Hey, as far as I'm concerned, the only thing one doesn't want to say to a person in distress is what someone said to me: "What I try and do is be open to all that life brings, whatever comes."
OK, I thought. When I get out of this mess I'll head south and drive off the road into the desert and run out of gas. I won't bring water. Then I'll shoot out my tires. Just think of all I'll get to experience then!
The only thing worse than trying to fix someone with words is not feeling some small piece of what they're feeling.
-- Anonymous (I guess)
From someone who is living the unemployment nightmare, my suggestion is to give the gift of respite -- even for a few minutes, or a couple of hours.
Unemployed people cut out a boatload of luxuries to make ends meet. If they are married and/or have children, give them tickets for a movie, water park, zoo, restaurant gift certificate, etc. Something they can share with their families to have fun. If they are single, take them to a sports game, restaurant, shave and a haircut, etc.
If someone wants to talk, just LISTEN. Don't judge, answer back with suggestions or cut him off. Having someone who can listen is truly a rare gift.
Show them that your love for them is totally outside of their employment problem. My guess is they will remember it forever.
On fears of raising entitled children:
Surely the parents (who wrote to you about this) (http://wapo.st/Z3N4ve) confuse cause and effect. Is their success not due to their educational achievements rather than the source of their tuition? I bet their parents didn't do their homework for them and try to get their teachers to give them unearned good grades so they could go to top universities. I bet their parents encouraged and supported and, yes, required that they do their very best in school from day one. I bet they learned values and behaviors that have nothing to do with money.
Moreover, these parents could think of the rewards of their own success as a means to greatly enrich the lives of their children. Take them to plays and concerts, musicals and operas, dance programs and ballets. Go to museums. Go abroad when they are old enough to explore their national origins and different cultures. Take a family trip on a small ship with naturalists and historians who will take them snorkeling and kayaking and hiking and teach them about the places they visit. Use spring vacation to drive around civil war battlefields. Go to Yellowstone and stay at a dude ranch. Float down the Grand Canyon. By the time they are in college, the last thing they will want to do on spring break is show how rich their parents are by getting drunk in Cabo San Lucas!
Their wealth and success are not curses to be overcome. They are tools to give their kids the broadest exposure possible to the best, and worst, of the world -- to get a truly broad education.


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Super storm Sandy left a portion one of Newport's biggest tourist attractions, the Cliff Walk, impassable.
Considered to be one of the top visitor destinations in Newport, this 3.5 mile long National Trail is scheduled to officially re-open on June 13, 2014 after nearly 16 months and several million dollars of repairs.
Tour Cliff Walk with Ed Morris
In honor of the Cliff Walk's re-opening, Cliffside Inn will be celebrating the long awaited event on June 13 with the noted author of "A Guide To Newport's Cliff Walk," Ed Morris, at the Inn located just above the walk at Cliff and Seaview Avenue.
Participants will be invited to take a guided tour of the Cliff Walk led by Morris himself. Walkers will have the opportunity to learn the history and significance of this National Recreation Trail and the history of Newport's Gilded Era from one of our local noted experts.
Winding along some of Newport's famous gilded mansions — such as Rosecliff, The Breakers, and Marble House — this beautiful and historic walk offers some of the most breathtaking views in Rhode Island.
Once we have completed the walk, we will be hosting a reception at the Cliffside Inn for participants, along with a book signing with Ed Morris. Those who participate in the guided walk and book signing will also get a first hand look into future improvements proposed for Cliff Walk.
New and Future Improvements
Trail markers throughout Cliff Walk are a part of the many future improvements that have been discussed. The new trail markers would include a QR code that visitors can scan with their smartphones to read more about the historic attractions that they are viewing.
The city council has also approved the trail's first permanent restroom facility, which will be placed near the Forty Steps staircase.
Join Us On June 13
Join us on June 13 to be a part of this long-awaited re-opening of one of Newport's biggest attractions. Enjoy this opportunity to travel the walk with one of Cliff Walk's most well known experts and learn the history of the Cliff Walk and Newport's Gilded Era.

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DesignLion brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 93 Designs von 22 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Can you do cool? We need a video skin that is both professional looking and very cool. The premise is there is a conspiracy effecting the health of all dogs and this video reveals the secrets and the solution. We need a video skin in theme with the video content and professional enough looking that visitors think it a good decision to stick around, watch & then clickthru to sales page.
Dog food secrets
- You must watch the video, its 8 mins long
- Visitors arrive here: http://www.secretdogconspiracy.com/…index.html and then are redirected to the video after subscribing.
- this is the video page: http://www.secretdogvideo.com/Jack%…rrier_.php
- from the video page they can choose to click a link to visit the sales page. I want to test if having a slick video skin increases click thru to sales page
- most of my clients are women 35 to 60
- I want 2 very different versions so we can test and then choose which one to continue testing with
- images of jack russell terriers in video skins
- include adult and puppy images
- color scheme must be similar to this: http://www.secretdogconspiracy.com/…index.html
- link above and below video must remain
- keep dimensions of video skin same as dimensions of current video
- continue theme of secrecy in the skin
- create as jpeg using tables/css or whatever works best but I also want the raw psd (or whatever you use) files so we can make my own changes to continue testing on your original conceptI want 2 very different versions so we can start off with a test and decide which direction to go in.
- Don't give away secrets of the video in the skins
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After weeks of negotiations, the Crew has agreed to trade Dilly Duka to Chicago for Dominic Oduro, a source has confirmed to The Dispatch.
After weeks of negotiations, the Crew has agreed to trade Dilly Duka to Chicago for Dominic Oduro, a source has confirmed to The Dispatch.
Duka, 23, entered the 2012 season primed for a breakout year but suffered a hamstring injury in the first game of the season. Once healed, he struggled to find a consistent spot in the starting lineup and eventually left the team for one weekend for what he described as �personal reasons.� He was then a healthy scratch for the season finale, and the Crew had been shopping him for much of the offseason.
The 27-year-old Oduro brings speed and experience to a Crew lineup in need of depth up top. In nine seasons with four clubs, the Ghana native has scored 33 goals. His most productive season came in 2011, when he had 12 goals for the Fire.
The Crew declined comment, although technical director Brian Bliss said earlier in the day that the club was waiting on other parties to come to an agreement on their end of the deal.e move offers both players a perhaps much-needed change of scenery. Oduro finished with six goals and three assists last season after leading the Fire in 2011, while Duka did not score after scoring two goals in 2011.
No other players were involved in the deal, although it is not clear if the league helped offset a difference in salaries between the players. Duka's guaranteed compensation for 2012 was $243,000, while Oduro's was $108,880.


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foot doctor needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 13 designs submitted by 2 freelance designers.
http://www.BRAINSOLE .com slogan: happy feet...happy people
We are podiatrists who would like to provide more to our patients and to the community in the form of shoe and product reviews. Patients often come into the office asking about different products shoes/socks/heel pain products/etc, but it is very difficult to have worn or tried all of the products offered. Often people come into the office and ask about certain products they have heard about, but want a foot doctor's expert opinion. We are starting a website, dedicated to the consumer, where we, the knowledgeable podiatric specialist, personally review the products. The end goal is to provide positive and/or negative feedback to our patients, as well as a location they can purchase the product if they would like. Examples of products: shoes, socks, night splints, foot cream, antifungal nail medications, insoles just to name a few
Our target audience is anyone and everyone who is interested in wanting an expert review on a foot product. Primarily adult 18+. The consumer is someone with a busy lifestyle and does not have time to try, test products out and needs to be confident in what he/she is buying.
Primary market: female
Secondary market: men
Our mission of being the most accurate and relevant source for foot related product reviews should come across in the feeling/design of the wordpress theme, The site should look professional, confident and endorse that the product reviews are coming from an expert medical source, however it should be fresh with flair and not boring. The site should incorporate the company name and slogan. (see files below). We have no particular colors in mind. You may use pictures of feet/shoes/etc to project that we are foot doctors. It should be simple and visually appealing. Easy to navigate. Non -intimidating.
please include this statement: This is a professional shoe and foot product review website where the foot doctors themselves personally test all the products. We review shoes, heel pain products, insoles, socks, etc. Let US ….the doctors….help you! We always say Happy Feet make Happy People. This is why we became foot doctors!
have logo (see attachement below and tag line clearly visible)
main heading icons: Home, Shoe reviews,check reviews by foot condition, search, SHOP
Please include a flash player that will be able to change every few seconds to allow for our most recent reviews to be highlighted
sign up for most recent reviews (ask for email address)
blog area
article area
sponsored link area
video feed
subsribe to our feed area: Facebook, Twitter, etc
Please let me know if you have questions. We will provide constant feedback
thank you,
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Uncle Barry needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
our preference is to stick with the same basic parameters of our existing logo, although other fresh ideas are welcome...e.g. our corporate color is "blue" (but doesn't have to be same blue color as current logo); needs to print out/transfer (and look good) on stationary, t-shirts, business cards.
Trends Retail Advisors
- stay somewhat conservative with design, we're a commercial real estate brokerage company based in Southern California
- may use "Trends Retail Advisors" or "TRA" in logo as name
- may use CAP letters or small CAP letters
- Item 1...prefer blue colors
- logo may be included in company name, or separate
- try to keep design simple and clean, i.e. needs to transfer well to business cards, t-shirts, etc.
- it's a real estate company, so try to keep it fairly conservative
- focus on use of company name in logo design, abstract design or variation of existing logo is okay
- Item 1...please, not too light on color scheme
- capital letters or "small cap" letters okay
- yes, we're located in SoCal but please NO palm trees, ocean, in our logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Parkersburg Sentinel
February 21, 1900
Was Argued at Criminal Court.
Is An Osteopath a Practitioner of Medicine Is the Question.
Was Argued at Criminal Court.
Is An Osteopath a Practitioner of Medicine Is the Question.
The trial of Dr. W. E. Ely, the osteopath, for practicing medicine without having a certificate or license from the state board of health, which has been in progress at Criminal Court for several days, has attracted widespread attention, and the proceedings have been followed with interest by the many spectators who have been in attendance since the trial began.
When our last report was closed on Tuesday several of the witnesses for the defense had been examined, and their testimony was all in favor of the defendant.
One of the witnesses for the defense was a lady, the sister-in-law of a regular school physician. She and her brother-in-law had an attack of grip at the same time. She was treated by Dr. Ely and her brother-in-law treated himself. The lady recovered from her disease before the physician was able to get out.
Among the other witnesses were Ben Nathan, and R. J. Malley.
Both of these gentlemen stated that they had received great benefit under the treatment of Dr. Ely. The case of Mr. Malley was a remarkable one, and his cure was equally as remarkable. No drugs or medicines whatever were used in any of these cases, only the osteopathic treatment.
The last witness examined was the defendant himself. He stated that he was a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. He explained the course of studies, the diseases that were treated and answered all questions in a satisfactory and straightforward manner, going into a detailed explanation of various points. Osteopathy is legalized in eight states, where all diseases that regular physicians treat, with a few exceptions, are treated by asteopaths [sic]. In States where the science of osteopathy has not been legalized, they confine their treatment to various chronic ailments. Dr. Ely said that as far as possible he treated his patients at his home. He did not practice medicine or surgery but practiced the science of osteopathy. He neither used drugs nor medicines, nor did he antagonize the practice of the regular physicians. He cited a case of typhoid fever which he was called in to treat, but which he turned over to a regular physician.
During the progress of the examination the question was propounded by Mr. Poffenbarger for the State whether osteopathy was not embraced in surgery. Mr. Merrick objected to the question on the grounds that it was not germane to the charge in the indictment. A long argument ensued on the point raised, the State contending that the practice of medicine embraced surgery. Authorities were cited by both sides and the section in the code was read. Judge Jackson ruled the question out as an improper one. The indictment, he said, charged the defendant with practicing medicine without having obtained a license or certificate to practice as required by law. The word surgery was not mentioned in the indictment, and as the defendant was being tried on the charge in the indictment, the state would have to confine itself to that charge.
Dr. Ely was the last witness examined. Both sides submitted instructions to the court for examination and Judge Jackson adjourned court until this morning for argument.
When court convened this morning Judge Jackson limited the time for argument to two hours for each side, which was satisfactory to all parties.
Mr. Smith of Clarksburg, who represents the State Medical Society in the prosecution made the opening argument for the State. He is a very pleasing talker and prefaced his remarks by paying a compliment to Dr. Ely, for the high esteem in which he was held by those whom he had treated and the good repute he enjoyed in the community. Mr. Smith contended in his argument that the practice of medicine embraced osteopathy, and that Dr. Ely had violated the law, and should be required to take out a license the same as the members of other schools of medicine are required to do.
Mr. Merrick followed in a two hours' argument for the defense. He contended that Dr. Ely had violated no law, as he did not practice medicine, as set out in the indictment. Dr. Ely, he said, had been successful in his treatment, so successful that he had restored to the walks of life, persons who were totally helpless and failed to get relief from any other source or any other treatment. It was proved that he was a useful and capable man, who quietly attended to his own business in the practice of his profession.
Mr. Merrick's argument was forceful and logical.
The closing argument for the state was made by Attorney George W. Poffenberger, of Pt. Pleasant, who appears on behalf of the State Board of Health.
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Foreigner, Paul Rodgers + 50 Sets of Music Featured on Rock Legends Cruise
Picture it: A beautiful cruise ship, sailing on the open sea. A fruity cocktail in your hand and the sun shining down. Paul Rodgers sitting just a few feet away, lathered in suntan lotion.
All this can be yours on the Rock Legends Cruise II, setting sail in January 2013 from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and featuring a whopping 15 artists on the bill, playing fifty sets of music over the course of four days. Confirmed acts to date include Foreigner, Paul Rodgers, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Bachman & Turner, 38 Special, The Marshall Tucker Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, Molly Hatchet, Kentucky Headhunters, Pat Travers, The Artimus Pyle Band, Black Oak Arkansas, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Devon Allman's Honeytribe, SwampDaWamp and Whiskey Myers. Even more acts are expected to be confirmed before departure.
Fans will be able to enjoy live music in one of three venues, with showtimes set up to allow the opportunity to see every band on the lineup over the course of the cruise. Expect the unexpected when it comes to collaboration between the bands, and the opportunity to enjoy time with your favorite artist outside the shows at specially arranged meet and greet events. For each ticket purchased, $250 will benefit the Native American Heritage Association, which has been working on reservations in South Dakota for more than 18 years.
Rodgers will have a chance to warm up his pipes for the cruise when he hits the road with his fellow members of Bad Company for their first jaunt in mainland Europe since 1975. There should also be plenty of time for Foreigner's Mick Jones to recover from his recent heart bypass.
Ready to set sail? Visit rocklegendscruise.com for more details and to book your voyage, then start practicing your shuffleboard so you can cream Randy Bachman.


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I had just made the last trip outside for the night, flipping on the porch light and grabbing the few remaining items from the clothesline across the yard. Glad that I'd caught them before the heavy summer night could leave its cool dampness with them once more, clothes in hand, I moved mindlessly toward the back door, already falling into sleep.
The sounds from the woods and field, strong and rhythmic, buzzy, buggy--on any other night would have lured me into the darkness for one last pass on the trails before bedtime. But an early morning had already left me salivating for a delicious sleep to the tune of nighttime noises.
At my feet, frozen mid-stride in the light of the back porch, a small and muddied, wide-eyed bug paused on the concrete slab.
Not an insect drawn to light, he stumbled clumsily along on over-sized forelegs more suited for digging than walking and with a rounded profile that gave him an appearance less like a beetle, more like a bullet—a very slow one—poorly aimed and off course to arrive beside my back door.
In the several seconds that it took me to stoop and scoop the dirt-clad vagabond into my hand for a closer look, I had already come to recognize just what he was. The context was what, at first, had stumped me.
By mid-summer, lifeless hulls of annual cicadas garnish every vertical surface around my yard—tree trunks, garden plants, even the cedar shakes of the house. In their metamorphosis from subterranean, root-feeding nymphs to noisy, sap-sucking songsters of a heated afternoon, these large, loud relatives of tree hoppers and aphids emerge as adults, leaving behind translucent shed skins, still holding fast with clawed feet to their upright post.
The molted skins, split up the back and empty of their residents, are as common by July as the day is strong with song.
And, though I find their small exit holes scattered between blades of grass across the lawn, I've never found a nymph alive and walking—trundling in the dark from a life underground to a winged life in the sky.
He sat barely moving, caked with clay in my curled hand, deep shades of green peeking through the golden brown shell where dirt from his underground passage had been brushed bare. Then, stepping past the laundry basket and off the well-lit porch, I carried him into the darkness of the yard and set him at the base of Mother Maple.
Then, from the dirty, dusted shell, a peek of color as his newly-minted form emerged—an emerald-trimmed body with still-curled, turquoise wings, a face studded with 3 spots of gold, 2 widely-set eyes of jade.
See the 3 spots of gold in the center of his face?
They're tiny additional eyes (ocelli) which lie between his larger, widely set eyes!
"Have you seen...." is an effort to discover the unusual beauty in things not usually appreciated for their beauty.


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Stay classy, Sony. According to the Guardian, after Whitney Houston's death, her label raised the price of at least one of her albums to take advantage of the immediate spike in sales:
The music giant is understood to have lifted the wholesale price of Houston's greatest hits album, The Ultimate Collection, at about 4am California time on Sunday. This meant that the iTunes retail price of the album automatically increased from £4.99 to £7.99. Houston's The Ultimate Collection, originally released in 1997, was the second top-selling album on iTunes on Monday morning. Apple returned the album to its original price late on Sunday.
It seems like it ought to have been enough for Sony to privately enjoy the revitalization of an album from its back catalogue: Houston was years away from her peak selling potential at the time of her death, which sent The Ultimate Collection to the top of the iTunes charts. A move like this may be strategic from a business perspective, but it looks impressively greedy. Given how hard the content industry is pushing to sell the public on the idea that they're only acting in the best interests of creators in pushing for stronger copyright protections, profiting off a dead artist is decidedly off-message.


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Jody Elsom receives PSBJ 40 Award for Elsom Cellars!
- Written by Woodinville Weekly Staff
The Puget Sound Business Journal has named its 2011 40 Under 40 honorees, including Woodinville native Jody Elsom for her local winery, Elsom Cellars. Of the 40 honorees, Jody Elsom is the only winemaker on the list, making this award even more special for the local Woodinville Wine Country.
"I was thrilled and honored to receive the Puget Sound Business Journal's 2011 40 Under 40 Award," said Jody in a recent interview. "Elsom Cellars has been a lifelong dream of mine, brought to life through many years of hard work, dedication, and a never-ending passion and love for creating great wine."
Winners of this award are those who are center stage in our business community, working hard to drive the economy and demonstrating dynamic leadership.
"The region's business community is globally renowned for its innovation and creativity, and based on the accomplishments of this year's prestigious 40 Under 40 roster, whose reputation will continue for years to come," said Gordon Prouty, publisher of the Business Journal.


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Abilene East Inc. Presents: Radford Hills
Description: Map of a portion of Abilene, Texas encompassing the Radford Hills subdivision. The map, printed on a newspaper clipping, shows the streets and property lines within the subdivision. The opposite side of the page contains advertisements. The clipping was taken from The Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, April 21, 1963.
Date: April 21, 1963
Creator: Abilene East, Inc.
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Live, work and learn on Capitol Hill
You could spend your summer working alongside U.S. Secret Service agents, conducting research in a FDA laboratory or witnessing public policy in the making in our nation's capital — all through the Les Aspin Center for Government.
We offer specialized internship opportunities for eligible students in any major at any university. You can study in Washington, D.C. or Milwaukee — wherever your interests take you.
And we'll tailor your experience to your field of study. Our interns are not just political science majors. They're studying biological sciences, business, communication, engineering, nursing and more.
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The Jets have transcended ridiculous, and moved to a higher plane, where the insanity has begun to feed itself.
They've now reached the point of having paparazzi, which today offers an image I can only apologize for if you're reading over breakfast.
The New York Daily News had a photographer tracking Ryan at a resort in the Bahamas, and discovered that he had a tattoo on his right arm of a woman resembling his wife wearing nothing but a Mark Sanchez jersey.
It got the front-and-back cover treatment, with the headlines "KINKY INKY" AND "MARKED FOR LIFE."
There are several problems here, beginning with the fact that no one really needs photos of a shirtless Ryan Brother before breakfast.
But columnist Gary Myers wrote a reaction that borders on hysterical and ridiculous, wondering if the tattoo "could affect Ryan's credibility with his players."
Yes, this will be the very thing that makes people question the credibility of the Jets organization.
It gets crazier.
The following is an actual paragraph in an actual newspaper:
"In more than 30 years covering the NFL, I can say with certainty that I know of no other coach who honored his quarterback with a tattoo of his wife dressed in the player's jersey. Tom Landry, who I got to know very well in the eight years I worked in Dallas and covered the Cowboys, loved his wife Alicia more than words can describe, but he never commissioned a tattoo artist to dress her up in Roger Staubach's uniform top and place her on his right arm. I am pretty sure Tom Coughlin does not have a similar tattoo of his wife Judy in Eli Manning's blue No. 10."
I respect Gary, one of the longest-tenured men in the business. But seriously?
This just in: Rex Ryan is not a buttoned-up automaton whose entire life revolves around a mythical sanctity of the Jets, that frankly has never existed.
You know what Jets players probably think this tattoo is?
And that's how this should be treated, such that it was treated at all.
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Yeah, say what you will, maybe a post like that seems like watching pain pail off a wall in the Veneto. But for my money, this could be the start of a whole way of thinking about Ripasso in its next incarnation. To quote Spock, "Fascinating."
I wonder what Bepi Quintarelii would think about this? Wherever his energy has been sprinkled into the universe, maybe, just maybe, he is still quietly at work on the next big thing.
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Online shopping is particularly popular this time of the year, with campaigns, sales and special deals galore available from retailers. Security vendor McAfee has come up with a list of particularly nasty scams that could easily trick anyone.
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Social media scams - Scammers use channels, like Facebook and Twitter, just like email and websites to scam consumers. McAfee warns consumers to be careful when clicking or liking posts, while taking advantage of contests, ads and special deals that they get from "friends" that advertise exclusive discounts, holiday-related jobs postings.
Malicious mobile apps - As smartphone users download over 25 billion apps for Android devices alone, the popularity of applications has grown, so have the chances that a user could download a malicious application designed to steal information or send out premium-rate text messages.
Travel Scams - Scammers are looking to hook users with too-good-to-be-true deals. McAfee said to beware of phony travel webpages that use beautiful pictures and rock-bottom prices.
Holiday spam/phishing - According to McAfee, many of these spam emails will take on holiday themes.
iPhone 5, iPad mini and other holiday gift scams - Cybercrooks will mention must-have holiday gifts in dangerous links, phony contests and phishing emails as a way to grab computer users' attention and to reveal personal information or click on a malware infested link.
Skype message scare - People should be aware of a new Skype message scam that attempts to infect their machine, and even hold their files for ransom.
Bogus gift cards - McAfee said the number of bogus gift cards is on the rise during this holiday season and that people should be wary of buying gift cards from third parties.
Holiday SMiShing - "SMiShing" is phishing via text message. Just like with email phishing, the scammer tries to lure users into revealing information.
Phony E-tailers - Phony e-commerce sites, that appear legitimate, try to lure users into typing in credit card number and other personal details, often by promoting great deals.
Fake charities - McAfee said this is one of the biggest scams of every holiday season.
Dangerous e-cards - E-Cards are a popular way to send a quick "thank you" or holiday greeting, but some are malicious and may contain spyware or viruses that download onto a computer once a user clicks on the link to view the greeting.
Phony classifieds - According to McAfee, online classified sites may be a great place to look for holiday gifts and part-time jobs, but phony offers ask for too much personal information or ask to wire funds.
"The first step in ensuring your personal details stay safe and secure at this busy time is to check your security protection -- on your mobile devices as well as your PC," Duca added.


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Energy Journal: Energy Firms Reconsider Restive MENA Region
Algeria's gas infrastructure has again come under attack, with militants killing three guards but failing to destroy the natural-gas facility they were protecting, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Energy firms are re-evaluating their presence in the region, the Journal says, after the unprecedented attack on Algeria's In Amenas gas plant. BP, for example, is reviewing its plans to start exploratory drilling in Libya, the Journal's Selina Williams reports.
There is an eroding security situation across the broader Middle East-North Africa region. Egypt seems once more on the brink of popular revolt, Bloomberg reports, with unrest simmering in cities close to the Suez Canal, a key oil transit route.
Terrorism expert Jason Burke, writing in the Guardian, says the aftermath of the Arab Spring hasn't just opened up new ungoverned terrain in which militant groups can flourish, but also exacerbated existing problems of lawlessness and criminality. Flows of arms from Libya have made a bad situation worse, he says.


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BFA - BA - BSE - Minor
Emporia State University offers three different theatre degrees, and a theatre minor.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Theatre provides the most comprehensive theatre training available at ESU. Majors are required to audition for productions and contribute to all productions, either in the cast or on a crew. Normally, students are enrolled in TH 272 or TH 472 for each production on which they work. To be eligible for production assignments, students must meet academic eligibility standards as established by the department. General education requirements are required of all Liberal Arts & Sciences majors (non-teaching) and are printed in the ESU undergraduate catalogue. This is our most popular degree program. It is designed for students who want to prepare themselves for professional careers in theatre or who wish to pursue graduate training.
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The degree Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre is a broad, general education experience as well as an introduction to major facets of theatre performance, production, design, history and literature. Majors are required to audition for productions and contribute to all productions, either as cast members or as production crew members; they will normally be enrolled in TH 272 or TH 472 for each production on which they work. To be eligible for production assignments, students must meet academic eligibility standards as established by the department. In addition, the B.A. in theatre is an appropriate degree leading to graduate work in theatre or related fields, such as arts administration, law, public relations, or the ministry. The BA requires students to have a second program of study (15-30 hours), as well as a foreign language requirement.
Bachelor of Science in Education - Speech & Theatre Teaching Field
The BSE with a teaching field in Speech and Theatre is a comprehensive program which prepares both theatre and speech students to teach any subject in theatre or speech (including forensics and debate) in all Kansas high schools. Students must maintain an overall cumulative GPA of 2.75, and they should contact their advisor to determine the cumulative GPA requirements on all work taken toward the teaching field. Students who are focused on teaching theatre in high school, often combine the required BSE degree with additional courses or degrees in theatre while studying at ESU.
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Before Nintendo made home console titles and hardware, the company made, among other things, arcade games. Behold, then, the might and majesty of Nintendo's advertising, circa the late 1970s. In which the company releases clones of other people's games (in this case Space Invaders), and is damn proud of it to boot!
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Talk about the right restaurant in the right place.
The last eatery to occupy this particular spot on the southeastern edge of Del Amo Fashion Center was a branch of Jerry's Famous Deli, which closed after a few months of being ignored by virtually every shopper heading for the mall. (I went in once. I wasn't entirely alone. But I was close to alone. I left, and drowned my sorrows in beer at the adjacent BJ's, which was packed to the gills.)
The space sat empty for quite awhile. Then, along came a branch of Vegas Seafood Buffet, and the emptiness of that space came to a screeching end.
At a recent Sunday brunch at the buffet, you could hardly jam your way through the front door. Large groups assembled in front, waiting to be called. While they waited, they posed for family photos. The photossurely wouldn't be quite as memorable as, say, a family vacation at Yosemite or the Vatican, but they would wind up in an album somewhere. And someday, a new generation would wonder who those people were — and why were they so hungry.
You have to be hungry to eat at the Vegas Seafood Buffet; this is not a place to go for a casual snack, should you feel peckish while shopping in Del Amo. This is, as are most Asianesque buffets, an exercise in dining worthy not just of Las Vegas, but of the Roman emperors as well. This is happy gluttony incarnate. And good on them for that.
Far as I can tell, though the buffet at Del Amo is impressive, it doesn't quite measure up to Las Vegas at its most gluttonous, which is considerable. I've dined at the trough at such fabled buffets as the ones at MGM, Caesars, City Center, Paris, the sadly departed Middle Eastern buffet at Aladdin, and the outlandish Sunday-only Sterling Buffet at Bally's. I'm still digesting some of those meals. Vegas Seafood Buffet, however, will keep you well fed for awhile.
Once inside the Torrance branch (there are others in Glendale and Hollywood), the thing to do is to exercise a bit of self-control, and meander down the line. There's an American section, a Brazilian option and an Asian area that's both Chinese and Japanese. One can certainly fill up pretty well on the extensive options at the salad section of the buffet — though that "one" isn't me. The bacon-wrapped chicken looked pretty good. So did the Brazilian churrasco — long skewers of grilled meats, that you can eat till you can't eat no more. Ditto the long cooked piles of ribs. But really, it wasn't until I got to the Asian side of things that I was ready to tuck in to some excess.
It's on the Asian edge that most of the seafood seems to be found: Alaska snow crab legs, jumbo shrimp in a spicy sauce, scallops, heaping pans of crawfish, baked oysters and sushi, lots of sushi. The sushi seems to be the single largest area of the buffet, ranging from good-looking trays of nigiri sushi (mounds of rice topped with slices of fish), through basic sushi rolls, all the way to exotic creations with names like the Golden State Roll, the Roland Hill Roll, the Lava Roll and the Super Philly Roll. What's in them? Nothing that connects with the names,b ut I finished a whole mess of them. And then went back for more.
The essence of the buffet experience — and in particular, the Asian buffet experience — is the careful choosing of dishes that actually stand up well on a buffet. Lots of Chinese dishes get terribly overcooked in their time over the steam. But there's no steam at the sushi end. Plus, since the turnover of dishes seems constant, and the staff is good at keeping everything fresh and moving along, the quality is good. Did I eat too much? Of course I did. I'd never have inhaled this many rolls, along with that much pickled ginger, at a sit-down sushi bar. But I did enjoy myself.
I like the people-watching as well. It struck me that the younger the diner, the faster he or she was heading for the frozen yogurt and for the chocolate fondue fountain, into which various sweet ingredients are dipped, and covered with chocolate. It's a fine metaphor for the Vegas Seafood Buffet experience. A lot of food, followed by a fountain of chocolate nearly four feet high.
Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. Send him an email at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mary Flynn, PhD, RD, is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Brown University's Alpert Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island. In her first contribution to Truth in Olive Oil, she covered some basic facts of olive oil health, and explained how she came to know, and then love, extra virgin olive oil for its health and nutritional properties. Here she shares some vital advice about cooking with extra virgin olive oil, based on her several decades of oil-related research and clinical trials. She also explodes some common olive oil myths, including the bizarre but persistent "don't cook with extra virgin olive oil" fallacy, and offers 3 of her olive oil-based recipes. Each month, Mary will donate another recipe to Truth in Olive Oil.
Eating and cooking with olive oil
I started to develop my plant-based olive oil diet in 2000, primarily including foods that would improve health and control weight. I saw extra virgin olive oil as a central part of this diet for several reasons. I knew it would improve health, but I also thought that using olive oil might increase vegetable intake – another key to good health – since it makes vegetables taste so much better. Also, I believed that using olive oil at meals would help people to eat less, because including fat in a meal makes the meal more satisfying and delays the onset of hunger after the meal. All fats do this, but olive oil is the best choice because it's a very healthy fat.
Extra virgin olive oil is the juice of the olive fruit. Like most unprocessed plant products, it contains a range of health-promoting phytonutrients. The phytonutrients in olive oil have been shown to decrease the oxidation of LDL (1) (which would lower heart disease risk) and DNA (2) (which would lower cancer risk). Other phytonutrients in olive oil have been shown to decrease blood levels of glucose and insulin (3); decrease blood pressure (4, 5); decrease blood coagulation (6); and decrease inflammation (7). This makes extra virgin olive oil very different from seed oils, like soybean, safflower, corn, and canola oil, which have undergone a refining process that destroys phytonutrients. Refined olive oil, typically labeled "olive oil" in stores, also lacks phytonutrients. (Take-away point: buy only extra virgin olive oil!)
I recommend the use of at least 3 tablespoons (45 ml) of extra virgin olive oil per day, most of which you'll use to cook vegetables. In the studies cited previously, the health benefits of extra virgin olive oil consumption started at about 2 tablespoons a day, so using 3 tablespoons will ensure that you get these health benefits, and will likely increase your vegetable intake as well. The use of olive oil to prepare vegetables greatly improves the taste of vegetables, particularly those that are naturally bitter, like many leafy greens, or those that contain sulfur (the brassica family – broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale). I recommend 1 tablespoon of olive oil per cup of vegetables. In addition, brassica vegetables contain a phytonutrient family (glucosinolate) that has been shown to be cancer protective (8), but it is water soluble (9), so boiling or steaming these vegetables means you will not get the health benefits from this phytonutrient, since it will be lost in the cooking water. Cooking the brassica family in extra virgin olive oil therefore means that you get both the health benefits of olive oil itself and of the cancer-fighting phytonutrients in the vegetables. Plus using olive oil will make them taste so much better than boiling or steaming!
In the 12 years that I've employ my diet in my work, I have found, just as I'd hoped, that when my patients and study participants use more olive oil, they consume more vegetables (10, 11), a big plus for health. In addition, when they report using more than 3 tablespoons of olive oil a day – for example when summer vegetables are plentiful – they are still losing weight. I would guess there is some upper limit to how much you extra virgin olive oil you can consume before you start gaining weight, but I haven't yet found it. In fact, I tell patients that they can never eat too much extra virgin olive oil. Sure, it's a fat, but the benefits of extra virgin olive oil clearly outweigh its drawbacks – olive oil will improve your health.
Olive oil and vegetables
Vegetables, like olive oil, have long been associated with improved health. However, studies looking at the consumption of vegetables do not consistently show decreases in chronic diseases. There are at least as many studies showing no benefit as those indicating some disease protection from frequent consumption of vegetables. I believe this inconsistency may be attributable to the type of vegetable consumed in the studies, and to the way the vegetables are prepared. Certain plant products are clearly more health-protective than others, due to the phytonutrients they contain. Some of the healthiest, vegetables, which I recommend to my patients, include: all the brassica family – broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale; any vegetable with deep color, like carrots, peppers, winter squash; and anything leafy and green – spinach, collard greens, etc. I also recommend the use of frozen vegetables; in fact, I prefer them nutritionally over fresh as in many cases they are kept on the plant longer than what one would buy in a grocery store, so their phytonutrient is likely higher and they have the same vitamin content as store-bought fresh vegetables (12, 13). (I'll write more on vegetables and health in an upcoming post.)
Low cost of meals that contain olive oil
I think it's wrong, when considering the cost of olive oil, to consider it as another vegetable oil and compare its cost to theirs. Vegetables oils are chemically extracted from seeds and nuts and do not have health benefits remotely comparable to extra virgin olive oil, which is physically extracted from a fruit – the olive. If properly made, extra virgin olive oil is rich in many components that research has shown to produce manifold health benefits, and to be associated with a lower rate of chronic diseases. What's more, many vegetable oils are high in polyunsaturated fats, which readily oxidize. I think a case could be made that vegetable oil consumption may actually increase your risk of chronic diseases.
Apart from the considerable health benefits of extra virgin olive oil, when you work out the cost of olive oil per tablespoon, it's actually quite inexpensive. A 17 fl. oz bottle of olive oil contains approximately 32 tablespoons, and a liter contains 64 tablespoons. Many extra virgin olive oils cost less than 30 cents per tablespoon, so my recommended dose of 3 tablespoons of oil per meal costs 90 cents. A health-promoting meal with plenty of olive oil therefore costs substantially less than one with meat, poultry or seafood – foods which in any case won't improve your health.
"Raising the Bar on Nutrition" (RTB) is a program I developed for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, after participants in my early research into my plant-based olive oil diet observed how inexpensive my diet was to follow. The recipes for RTB are based on my diet, but use foods commonly found in most food pantries, which are locations where low-income people can get free food. The average cost of my RTB recipes is $1.07 per serving (December 2011 pricing in Rhode Island), and all recipes include 1 to 2 tablespoons of olive oil per serving. RTB was tested as a research protocol using a 6-week cooking program for food pantry clients. Participants in the program had significant decreases in food insecurity, food costs, and body weight (10).
Canola oil is not a substitute for olive oil
Speaking of vegetable oils, I'm often asked about canola. U.S. health officials originally linked the health benefits of olive oil to its monounsaturated fat content, but since they didn't think Americans would accept a dietary oil with pronounced flavor, like olive oil has, researchers at the University of Manitoba, Canada developed canola oil, which was naturally bred from the rapeseed plant ("canola" stands for "Canadian oil, low acid"). Canola oil is higher in monounsaturated fat than other seed oils, though not as high as olive oil, so the health benefits related to its lipid profile will be less than olive oil. Additionally, canola lacks numerous components contained in extra virgin olive oil which, as we've mentioned above, are linked to a range of health benefits. In fact, there are no studies showing health benefits from using canola oil. Bottles of canola oil often say "contains omega 3 fats", which is true, but not the form of omega 3 that is known to improve health. Canola oil contains an 18-carbon form of omega 3, while health benefits have only been demonstrated with 20- and 22-carbon omega 3s. Humans convert only small amounts of the 18-carbon to the 20 carbon omega 3 compound (EPA) and even less to the 22- carbon compound (DHA) (14, 15), so the health claims concerning canola oil's omega 3s may be misleading.
Olive oil and cooking
Nearly every time I lecture on olive oil, people ask whether heat destroys the oil, and whether they can cook with it. I don't know who invented this misconception (seed-oil companies?), but I'd love to dispel it once and for all. High quality extra virgin olive oil can be heated to 420°F before it reaches smoke-point (ie begins to smoke and starts to form unhealthy compounds), which is higher than nearly every other vegetable oil. Olive oil is much more stable when heated compared to most vegetable oil (16, 17). Cooking with olive oil below the smoke-point does not destroy most of its health benefits, or make it less healthy – under normal cooking conditions, most of the therapeutic minor components are retained (18-20). Some studies have subjected olive oil to high temperatures (180°C/356°F) for long periods of time (from 90 minutes to over 20 hours). These conditions do tend to decrease the content of some phytonutrients, yet even under such extreme conditions, some phytonutrients remain (21).
This said, it is true that heating olive oil can modify or impair some of the flavor. So at least from a culinary point of view, and depending on your personal taste, it's usually better to add high-quality olive oils to finish a dish, after cooking.
I'm also frequently asked if heating olive oil produces trans fats. Here again, the answer is No. Trans fats are created in an industrial process that adds hydrogens to the liquid oil (partial hydrogenation), making it semi-solid. This is how margarine is made (or at least was made, before trans fat were recognized as a health issue). Ordinary cooking, even at high heat, never produces trans fats.
Milder extra virgin olive oil is excellent in baking, especially since heating seems to decrease the bitter taste in some olive oils (20). I tell people to use an extra virgin oil like California Olive Ranch, which is relatively delicate in flavor, as well as economical. (A useful book on choosing different olive oils is The flavors of olive oil. A tasting guide and cookbook by Deborah Krasner (Simon and Schuster, New York 2002), which classifies oils according to taste - delicate and mild, fruity and fragrant, leafy and grassy, peppery - and also lists some oils by country of origin.) The oil gives muffins, quick breads, and even cookies an excellent texture, without any noticeable olive flavor. In fact, many of my patients tell me that my olive oil-based recipes for muffins and quick breads have a better texture than other recipes they've used which call for vegetable oil or margarine. In short, you can use extra virgin olive oil in any recipe that calls for liquid oil.
(Reprinted from The Pink Ribbon Diet by Mary Flynn and Nancy Verde Barr. Available from Da Capo Lifelong Books, an imprint of The Perseus Books Group. Copyright © 2010) (Photos by Francesca Mueller)
Here are three olive oil recipes that embody the health concepts of my plant-based olive oil diet. For more recipes and information, see my book The Pink Ribbon Diet.
Greek Style Vegetable Casserole
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
¼ cup red onion (¼ of a small onion)
¼ cup diced celery (half of a stalk)
Salt and pepper
½ cup diced red or green pepper (half of 1 medium pepper)
1 cup cubed eggplant
1 cup zucchini slices (8 to 9 ounces)
1 cup canned, crushed tomatoes
1 bay leaf
¼ cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2 tablespoons feta
¾ cup cooked brown rice
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Heat the olive oil on medium in a medium pan. Add the dried red pepper, then the onion and celery. Season with salt. Cook for 5 minutes.
Add the peppers, eggplant and zucchini. Cook for 5 minutes or until some of the oil is absorbed into the vegetables.
Add the tomato and bay leaf. Cook until the vegetables are bubbling (about 5 to 7 minutes).
Stir in the chickpeas and put the mixture in a casserole dish that holds the mixture in layer about 2 ½ to 3 inches deep.
Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven; sprinkle the cheese over the top. Return to the oven and cook another 5 minutes or until the cheese melts.
Serve over the cooked rice.
Serves 1
Calories: 630
Pumpkin Bread
This Pumpkin Bread is moist and flavorful—the perfect answer to a healthy breakfast especially for those who are used to eating high-calorie, negligible-nutrient muffins in the morning. Although the bread has some vegetable (the pumpkin), some fruit (raisins) and olive oil, it does not contain enough of any of them to include in the food count, so count the starch and consider the calories. You can cut the baked loaf into serving-size slices and freeze them individually. The slices will defrost quickly.
Special Equipment:
One 5 x 9-inch loaf pan, preferably non-stick or unglazed, ceramic stoneware. The stoneware gives the bread a particularly nice crust. If neither is available, brush the sides of the pan with olive oil so the bread will release easily.
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 large eggs, beaten
¼ cup water
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup walnut pieces
½ cup raisins
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Measure the flour, salt, brown sugar and baking soda into a mixing bowl and stir with a fork to blend the ingredients together thoroughly. Be sure to break up any lumps in the brown sugar.
In a separate bowl, stir the remaining ingredients together until thoroughly blended. Gently stir the mixed dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture just until combined. A plastic spatula works best. Do not over mix or the bread will not rise.
Pour into a loaf pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan slightly, five or ten minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack and cool thoroughly.
Makes 8 slices
Calories: 370
Broccoli Wrap with Cheese
Can use other vegetables; can use other bread types; wraps tend to not absorb the olive oil but can pack in separate containers; this can also be made by roasting the broccoli for about 20 to 25 minutes in a 450F oven.
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 cup fresh or frozen, chopped broccoli, defrosted
Salt and pepper
¼ cup ( 1 ounce) shredded cheddar
(optional: teaspoon sesame seeds)
1 whole wheat wrap (59 grams or about 2 ounces)
Heat the olive oil in a small skillet on medium. Stir in the broccoli. Season with salt. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for 10 to 15 minutes or until the broccoli is softened.
Sprinkle the cheese over the cooked vegetables and allow the cheese to melt (2 to 3 minutes).
Place the wrap on a plate if eating now or on aluminum foil if packing to eat later. Use a rubber spatula to spread the cooked broccoli and cheese into a circle in the center of the wrap. Fold the bottom of the wrap up over the mixture; fold in the 2 sides. You can secure the wrap with a toothpick, if it is being eaten now. If packing for eating later, wrap tightly in aluminum foil.
Serves 1
Calories: 430
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alanhudson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
We need a great flier to sell our Edinburgh show. A poster A3 size and a double sided A5 flier. The flier and poster will be the same design. Portrait
Magic To Get Girls By
The posters will go up all over Edinburgh during the Festival in August so has to be eye catching. I think the main photo is great so this should help a lot.
- I'm guessing the main bit will be the font/logo for Magic to Get Girls By - which must be at the top for display stands
- http://www.alanhudson.net/zoologo.htm (must be at bottom right)
- Text for Poster/Flier – Size A3/A5.
Magic To Get Girls By (Title of show and ideally at the top)
with Alan Hudson and Kevin McMahon (star of Ch4's Faking It)
'funny and at the same time, baffling' Paul Daniels
(Contact details ideally at the bottom)
Aug 17th – 25th 21:00 (1hr) £8.00 (£7.00)
Venue 124, The Zoo, 140 The Pleasance 0131 662 6892 http://www.zoofestival.co.uk
(text for reverse of flier only – not for poster)
Magic To Get Girls By
Magicians Kevin and Alan, try but ultimately fail to impress the ladies with magic. Magic is cool, and there's nothing sexier than a card trick.
An hour of comedy and magic with Kevin McMahon (C4's Faking It) and Alan Hudson. Alan and Kevin are terrible at chatting up girls. Even armed with sleight of hand as a way in - they still mess things up. Both great magicians and likeable guys but they still find it difficult to talk to the fairer sex.
Kevin has trained with the best magicians in the UK and USA to create a modern, mind-blowing form of magic that never fails to impress and entertain. His appearance on Channel 4's 'Faking It' (turning him from science geek to magician geek) saw him fool the legendary Paul Daniels on national television,
Kevin has since performed a 3 week run at the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2006. His sell-out, comedy-magic show received many acclaims and resulted in a UK tour. He has worked on other shows with the BBC and Channel 4 and recently appeared, alongside Jimmy Carr and Derren Brown, in '4talent' – a book produced by Channel 4 about the top 40, fresh and innovative talents in the UK.
Alan has been interested in magic since he was 5 when he had a magician for his birthday party. He lives in Hull but doesn't feel embarrassed or ashamed by this. He's a Member of the Magic Circle and has performed all over the world including the world famous Magic Castle, Hollywood – twice! Alan is not your average magician. No cheesy lines, no rabbits in hats – just modern, cutting edge magic.
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- Nothing to cheesy or old fashioned


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Wine and Food Workshops in Tuscany
Euro 2750/person, double occupancy
Includes 5 nights accommodations at Poggio Etrusco, all meals/beverages, classes/visits/tastings,
and ground transportation (arrive/depart Chiusi)
This sample itinerary may be subject to change due to weather,
seasonal conditions, and serendipity.
Reaching south from Florence, the province of Siena ripples with the gentle forested hills of Chianti into the rich valleys of the Chiana and Orcia Rivers. The area bubbles with the earthly pleasures of hot mineral waters and agricultural wonders. It is a region of contrasts. Depending on the season, travelers are treated to the visual splendors of the blazing colors of reddened grape leaves or cheery sunflowers, soothed by billowing fields of wheat.
Beyond Chianti, the road is less traveled by tourists, less touched by the winds of commercialism. It is not uncommon to see deer, porcupine, pairs of pheasant, and perhaps even wild boar as you drive or walk the area. Many quaint and traditional food-making practices still exist here. The highlighted foods of this area are the pecorino cheese, truffles and porcini mushrooms, and Chianina beef. You'll also be introduced to some uniquely local products such as a pasta called pici and a pork sausage called finocchiona, which is salted and cured in a coating of aromatic wild fennel flowers and black pepper.
Cucina Povera Tour in Tuscany
Family Cooking
Accommodations are in the countryside at Pamela Sheldon Johns' gracious farm, Poggio Etrusco (near Montepulciano, halfway between Florence and Rome). The villa is divided into private apartments for the students, each with two bedrooms, two baths, and a fully-equipped kitchen and living area with a fireplace.On 15 acres, this estate is an active oliveto with 1250 olive trees. We have a garden to pick our fresh, seasonal produce from. Our three neighboring farms provide us with organic fruit, wine, and pecorino cheese. The views are breath-taking from every angle. In the distance we can see the charming hilltown of Cortona, and nearby we see the ancient towers of the historic town of Chianciano Terme. In warm weather, we can enjoy the swimming pool and dine al fresco. In cool weather we can dine in the family dining room and sip our after-dinner drinks in front of the fireplace.
Day One Lunedi (Monday)
Arrive to Chiusi train station (halfway between Florence and Rome) at approximately 11:00 am(see train schedules at www.trenitalia.com). We will head for the old part of Chiusi, the heart of the Etruscan world. Our first stop is the celebrated Etruscan museum for aquick overview of Etruscan civilization, then visit the underground labyrinths. Our historian guide will take us to see one of the seldom visited ancient tombs near the Lake of Chiusi. Our lunch at a lakeside trattoria will be one imagined to be similar to what Etruscans ate: fresh perch from the lake smoked over canes and dressed with local olive oil, pici (the local pasta with ancient roots), and the local Sangiovese wine.
Once we have settled into Poggio Etrusco, we will head to the medieval village of Monticchiello where we will have a demonstration of a dish using farro, an ancient strain of wheat. We'll have some time to stroll around charming Monticchiello, then return for dinner and a lesson from a wine master on the spectrum of wines in Tuscany.
Day Two Martedi (Tuesday)
This morning we start with a visit to an antique frantoio, an olive pressing mill, for a demonstration and tasting of oils. On our return, we continue the discussion of the artisanal Italian pantry as we enjoy explanations and tastings of olive oils, vinegars (including 30-year-old traditional balsamic vinegar), capers, pasta. Lunch is a hands-on cooking class utilizing the artisanal ingredients.
Afternoon cooking demo in Montepulciano at a renowned restaurant, followed by some time on your own to explore the winding streets of Montepulciano, home of the DOCG wine Vino Nobile di Montepulciano made from the Sangiovese clone Prugnolo Gentile. This wine became ennobled in 1549 when Pope Paul III's sommelier (things were different then!) named it "a most perfect wine, a wine for lords." We recommend visits to cantine (such as Palazzo Avignonesi, with cellars built over visible Etruscan tombs). Later, we meet for dinner at the restaurant.
Day Three Mercoledi (Wednesday)
This morning we head out for market day in Chianciano Terme to purchase the ingredients we need to prepare our lunch. After the market we will return for hands-on cooking class to make Crostini Fegatini, Ribollita, Grilled Sausages, and Crostata di Fichi. This afternoon we have a guided visit of the gardens of La Foce, the estate of Iris Origo. Dinner will be a seasonal risotto, stuffed guinea hen, seasonal vegetables, and meringata.
Day Four Giovedi (Thursday)
This morning we get an early start to see a bit of Cortona before we arrive for our appointment at noon at the elegant farm of one of the best producers of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. After a visit to the cellars, we will also learn the process of making vin santo, then enjoy a relaxed lunch. Tonight we fire up our wood-burning pizza oven for a hands-on lesson to learn to make the dough and properly stretch out pizza with the classic toppings. Weather permitting, we will eat al fresco. Along with the pizza we will have tasting of a variety of Italian prosciutti and Italian beers.
Day Five Venerdi (Friday)
We visit Trequanda and a special macelleria to learn about the famous Chianina beef. Afterward we pay a visit an artisanal cheesemaker to learn about Pecorino cheese, Cinta Senese (a unique breed of pork), and salumi production. After lunch there will be time to explore the charming Renaissance hilltown of Pienza.
Our farewell dinner is at Mondo X, in Cetona - very special!
Cetona is a beautiful little wooded village is at the very edge of Tuscany and home to an unique restaurant. Mondo "X" is in the Convent of St. Francesco which dates back to 1212. This convent was in a total state of disrepair when Father Eligio assumed possession. With a crew of reformed and reforming drug-users, the convent was restored to a magnificent state. The residents then began growing their own vegetables and fruit, raising meat, and learned to cook in an unbelieveably gourmet style. We will arrive early to enjoy the grounds, perfectly maintained by the residents who are learning the trades of gardening, as the others work at cooking and restaurant and hotel jobs.
Day Six Sabato (Saturday)
Morning departure after breakfast to Rome or Firenze by train.
Wine and Food Workshops in Tuscany
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Allah is the light of the heavens and the Earth. The metaphor of His light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light even if no fire touches it. Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whoever He wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind and Allah has knowledge of all things. (Surat an-Nur, 35)
Quasar is the name given to extremely dense and bright bodies that look like stars and emit radio waves in space. Quasars are the brightest known bodies in the universe. The brightness of the brightest quasar in the universe is more than 2 trillion times greater than that of the Sun (2x1012); it is approximately 100 times greater than the total light emitted by a galaxy such as the Milky Way.1
The word "noor" in the verse means "light, brightness, daylight, shining, illumination." The light referred to in the verse is suggestive, in terms of its brightness, of these celestial bodies known as quasars. Because other expressions in the verse describe the visibility of quasar light and the source of that light in the very wisest terms. (Allah knows the truth.)
The word "durriyyun", meaning "bright," in the expression "kaannaha kawkabun durriyyun" in the verse, itself meaning "like a brilliant star," is highly compatible with the scientific description of quasars as "bright, stellar bodies".2 In addition, the verse speaks of "giving off light even if no fire touches it." It is probable that this is a reference to the way quasars burn without fire - nuclear fusion. Since oxygen is not naturally present in space, there can be no question of the brightness of quasars having anything to do with fire. The burning taking place here does so as hydrogen atoms are compressed and produce helium. The energy released during this process then illuminates space.
The expression "light upon light" in the verse may well be a reference to the "gravitational lens effect" in astronomy. (Allah knows the truth.) Many astronomers investigating the sources of light in the universe will easily understand this description in the verse. The effect in question refers to the way light from a source behind a body with a very dense mass, such as a black hole, departs under the effect of that dense body and reaches us. It appears that there is therefore more than one source of light of the images we see. Due to this "gravitational lens effect," an object appears to be somewhere different to where it actually is, and in greater numbers.
The term "a niche in which is a lamp" in the verse may be interpreted as the niche being the area of gravitational lens effect of a black hole. (Allah knows the truth.) It is significant that in describing the effect that arises, NASA scientists use the analogy of the effect of a drinking glass:
The gravitational effect of the galaxy on the distant quasar was similar to the lens effect of a drinking glass on a distant street light – it created multiple images lenses here too.3
In his book The Whole Shebang, regarded as one of the leading books of the 20th century by the New York Times, the science writer Timothy Ferris clarifies the subject as follows:
As light from a Quasar travels towards us… it may pass through either side of an intervening cluster of galaxies. The warped space surrounding the cluster can act as a lens, with a result that we see two images of what is (or was) actually one quasar.4
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a single quasar in space producing images of five separate stars for the very first time. Bodies with a high density – a group of galaxies here – produce more than one image by giving rise to the gravitational lens effect, bending the light from objects behind them, in this case quasars.
The illustration shows a quasar appearing to be in four separate places due to the gravitational lens effect. The images, obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (Chandra), represent a distance of 11 billion light years.
The reference in the verse to "light on light" may be a description of reflected light forming more than one image. In addition, the term "neither of the east nor of the west" in the verse is in all likelihood a reference to the uncertainty of the light's source. (Allah knows the truth.)
Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe, and are the nuclei of growing galaxies with the black holes in their center. Black holes, that arise as the result of the contraction of stars and gasses belonging to galaxies, are the source of quasar energy. Quasars' brightness is spread by stars falling into the black holes at the centers of galaxies.5 Thinking of the "lamp" in the verse as a quasar, the "niche" may well be a reference to the "black hole" that feeds the quasar. (Allah knows the truth.)
Einstein suggested that due to the effect described as the "gravitational lens," bodies in space could bend light and that it was possible for an observer to see several images from one single source.6 However, this effect was only observed for the first time in the quasar known as the "Twin Quasar" in 1979. Quasars were first discovered in 1963, 14 centuries after the revelation of the Qur'an. The status of the heavenly bodies described in verse 35 of Surat an-Nur is in surprising agreement with our current scientific knowledge. This and a great many other scientific miracles are clear proof that the Qur'an is the revelation of our Omniscient Lord, the Creator of all things.
If a star is immediately behind the black hole, as in the illustration, the star will appear to be both to the right and to the left of the black hole.
Gravitational lens effect
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar
2 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quasar; http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951022.html
3 http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950711.html
4 Timothy Ferris, The Whole Shebang, 1997, p. 61.
5 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0028790.html; http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/quasars.html
6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_lensing
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If you find that commercial weight loss shakes are costly and you are not sure about their ingredients, then try making homemade weight loss shakes instead. Homemade weight loss shakes are one of the most popular weight loss supplements because anyone can make them as long as you have the right ingredients, a blender, and some ice. In fact, they may even be helpful for some people compared to other weight loss products being sold in the market.
Simple but healthy
Homemade weight loss shakes are simple and easy to make because they do not require any cooking. When you use fruits or vegetables as your main ingredients for homemade weight loss shakes, you can get a healthy serving of all the vitamins and minerals all in one beverage. Furthermore, it can also serve as a replacement for other meals.
Common ingredients
Sometimes, you may need other ingredients to add to your homemade weight loss shakes. It will depend on the type of nutrients your body needs and the kind of energy boost that you want. Here are some common ingredients that you can add to your shake:
o Fruits – these are helpful in getting rid of toxins from the body while providing antioxidants.
o Yogurt or low-fat milk – for your dose of vitamin D and calcium.
o Protein powder – for easier and faster digestion of your food while keeping you full for longer periods of time.
Other ingredients
Additional supplements and vitamins can also be added into your homemade weight loss shakes. Examples are bee pollen, black cohosh, ginko biloba, and dandelion. These ingredients promote healthy liver functions, cleansing of the intestines, more energy for exercise, prevention of fatigue, and prevention of allergies.
The benefits: vitamins and minerals
Freshly made homemade weight loss shakes are good sources of vitamins and minerals that pair up with co-enzymes and enzymes. These vitamins make the enzymes work and without them, our bodily functions will stop.
This is because enzymes work as catalysts in several chemical reactions happening inside our bodies. These chemical reactions are important to carry out digestion and the absorption and conversion of food to body tissue. Furthermore, enzymes are able to produce energy that are important for metabolic activities in our bodies.
The benefits: better vitamin and mineral absorption
When you drink homemade weight loss shakes, your body tends to absorb more vitamins and minerals coming from the fruits or vegetables you added in them, compared to eating them as a whole. This is because a lot of nutrients are trapped within the fiber present in the whole fruit or vegetable. However, by placing them in the blender, you break down the fiber to release the important nutrients.
You need vitamins and minerals
Even when you are on a diet, you still need the right amount of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that your body can take so your organs can still function properly. Furthermore, without the proper dose of those essential nutrients, you can become malnourished. Malnutrition can cause a lot of deficiency disorders and diseases, so make sure that your body is still getting its recommended daily dose of nutrients coming from healthy fruits and vegetables that you can eat whole or blended into homemade shakes. Here are more benefits of the vitamins and minerals you can find in fruits and vegetables:
1. Stronger nails and hair
2. Smoother skin
3. Essential compounds needed for health, physical well-being, metabolism, and health.
4. Maintain bone strength and bone density.
5. Regulation of blood clotting.
6. Aiding the functions of muscles and nerves.
7. Regulation of your heart beat.
8. Reducing risks on heart attacks and strokes.
Tips and tricks for making shakes
To start making your homemade weight loss shake, make sure that your vegetables and fruits are juiced raw. Depending on the fruit, small fruits with seeds can be placed into the blender with the seeds, like pears and watermelons. However, if you are using apples, grapefruit, oranges, nectarines, peaches, or papaya, make sure to remove the seeds or large pits.
Peeled and ripe
Make sure to pick ripe and fresh fruits and vegetables. If they are bruised, wilted, over-ripe, under-ripe, or even rubbery, the shake will end up tasting bad. If the fruit or vegetable is not grown organically, peel off the skins since all the chemical residues can be found on the surface. If you are using pineapples, grapefruit, papaya, kiwis, and oranges, make sure that you also remove their skins.
More tips with the blender and mixture
Vegetables and fruits should be cut into pieces that can easily fit your blender. If they get stuck under the blade while blending, use a spatula to remove the jammed ingredients before proceeding to blend. If your shake is blended evenly, add 2 ice cubes and keep adding them once in a while until it sounds smooth. However, if your blender cannot blend the ice cubes well, substitute them with cold water or cold fruit juice instead. Finally, if your shake is too thin, add more ice or fruit, and more liquid if it is too thick.[ad_2]
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PHYSICS 136 is a two-hour weekly laboratory designed to accompany PHYSICS 135. This lab introduces students to experimental methods in science. Students make observations, analyze their data and compare their results to predictions based on theory. The course material is focused on understanding the principles of classical mechanics.
Course Requirements:
Students are graded on in-class performance and laboratory reports submitted at the end of each lab period. Students are expected to complete 11 experiments in this course during the Fall term and 12 experiments during the Winter term.
Intended Audience:
This laboratory is intended for students interested in the life sciences and who are taking the PHYSICS 135/235 course sequence.
Class Format:
Two hours a week in a laboratory classroom. There are ten stations in the classroom, and students work in groups of two.