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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois State Representative La Shawn K. Ford was indicted on Thursday on federal bank fraud charges, with U.S. prosecutors saying that Ford submitted false income information in applying for a credit line.
Ford, 40, is the second state legislator from Chicago to be indicted this year.
In a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, Ford, a Democrat, was charged with obtaining a $500,000 increase in a line of credit from the failed ShoreBank by submitting false income information.
He also is accused of falsely claiming he was using the money to rehabilitate investment properties on the west side of Chicago. Federal prosecutors said in a news release that Ford instead used bank funds to pay unrelated expenses, including car loans, credit card bills, other mortgages, payments to a Hammond, Indiana, casino and for his 2006 campaign for state representative.
Neither Ford nor his lawyers, Royal Martin and Mason Lloyd, could immediately be reached for comment.
Ford was charged with eight counts of bank fraud and nine counts of submitting false information -- each count carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine, according to the news release. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of about $832,000.
ShoreBank failed in 2010 and now operates as Urban Partnership Bank.
The indictment comes the same month that another Chicago Democrat, Derrick Smith, was reelected to the state house despite having been indicted for bribery and expelled by the Illinois House of Representatives. Smith has denied the charges.
Chicago and Illinois have a long-standing reputation for political corruption. The previous two governors of the state -- Republican George Ryan and Democrat Rod Blagojevich -- are serving time in federal prisons.
Numerous local, county and state Illinois officials have been charged in recent years with taking bribes, accepting kickbacks or other corruption.
U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., a Chicago Democrat and the son of the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, resigned last week, citing health issues. In his resignation letter, Jackson, who has been treated for bipolar disorder, acknowledged he was the target of a federal probe and in possible plea talks.
Some media outlets, citing unnamed sources, have reported that Jackson is negotiating with the U.S. government on a possible plea deal to settle allegations he misused campaign funds.
The last member of the Illinois House to be expelled before Smith was Frank Comerford, who was ousted in 1905 for naming other members who had taken money from lobbyists. Comerford subsequently was reelected, the Illinois Secretary of State's office said.
(Reporting By Mary Wisniewski in Chicago; Additional reporting by Renita D. Young in Springfield, Illinois; Editing by Leslie Adler)


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Here's Sarah Jessica Parker, heading to Calvin Klein's show on the last day of NYFW, wearing a pair of her very own SJP Fawn Pumps, naturally. You can find these exact black patent leather pumps for $350 at Nordstrom. SJP has seldom been seen in any other brand's shoes since her SJP line launched at Nordstrom back in February.
Sarah Jessica Parker seems more willing to wear things from her own brand more than any celebrity in recent memory, except maybe Victoria Beckham and the Olsen Twins (who have much more luxurious lines to pull from). There are other shoe styles in her line, but she seems to prefer her Fawns almost exclusively. You can peruse the rest of this Nordstrom-exclusive linehere.


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Lily Cole planning 'Romeo and Juliet' balcony for London home
Model-turned-actress LILY COLE is hoping to add a "Romeo and Juliet"-style balcony to her £1 million London home to add a "sense of theatre and eccentricity" to the property.
The beauty has applied for planning permission for the change to her split-level apartment above St. Pancras station, which she moved into last year (11).
Cole also wants to add a walk-in wardrobe to house her collection of clothes, and has sought approval to move her shower room, after suffering "constant plumbing problems" in its current position.
Documents lodged with officials at Camden Council suggest the property's current storage loft is too "awkward" for her to access and is deemed a "poor use of space".
The papers add, "The existing gallery mezzanine floor is very small and cannot be used for any particular purpose... The proposed design looks to connect these two spaces through a balcony link via the entrance hallway creating a unique 'Romeo and Juliette' balcony which will add a sense of theatre and eccentricity that embodies Sir Gilbert Scott's (the architect who designed the building) work.
"The new mezzanine will provide a walk-in wardrobe for the newly formed bedroom where the existing mezzanine is, and a new ensuite located above the existing bathroom on the lower level."
The application will be considered by officials next month (Dec12), according to the Daily Telegraph.


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Life Bitch Slap #3: "You Knew What You Were Doing"
You did you know. You knew what you were doing.
Everyday I get a note from the Universe delivered to me. Sound crazy? I swear I am not. You can grab your own if you want, over 400,000 people get the daily note. It's often a reminder of strength, life, love, or something else equally as awesome. Many of them get read from my bed after I hit snooze on my alarm, and I gloss right over them. But one of them the other day really struck me. I mean really struck me. Here is what it said:
Well damn. Isn't that the truth. That bitch slap was hard and real — I got me here. I made choices, I made plans, I made moves to get me right where I am…and I knew what I was doing.
As the year winds down (almost every year) I get this overwhelming feeling. I feel like a tornado on top of a tornado on top of a tornado. This year has been crazy. "Crazy-push-your-limits-awesome-work" stuff. "Deeper-love-for-life" stuff. "Travel-all-over-the-damn-globe" stuff. "Side-projects-crowd-funded-and-now-becoming-real" stuff. I find myself gasping for air sometimes and I can't help but feel like I'm a passenger in all of this sometimes. But it felt good to read this and remind myself. I knew what I was doing when I said yes. When I launched the side project. When I committed to this love. When I took this new role (that is way beyond my comfort zone in so many ways.)
I knew what I was doing.


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Editor's note: Diana Eng is a fashion designer and technologist who gets her inspiration from math, science and nature. Watch a full profile of Diana Eng this Sunday at 2:30p ET (all-new time!) only on CNN.
Diana Eng's mission is to bring innovation to the fashion world, and she's doing it with some very unlikely tools.
Best known for her role on the second season of "Project Runway," Eng creates fashion and accessories that combine cutting-edge technology with design concepts from nature and science.
"I like to look at technology, math and science and how to integrate it into fashion designs,"says the New York-based designer. Eng has knitted scarves using the formula from the Fibonacci code as well as thermochromic scarves which change color with the temperature. She also uses laser cutters to design lace patterns and distressed T-shirts.
The composition of flower cells has inspired her designs and help them keep structural integrity.
"I like to make fashion and accessories that tell a story," says Eng. "The story usually comes to me while I'm designing. And it can take me two or three years to design something, because I'm carefully gathering little bits and pieces of the story together, to create my design."
Eng is also one of the founding members of a Brooklyn-based hack space called NYC Resistor. In an unassuming warehouse, she and 30 other members with a variety of backgrounds meet to learn, make things and share ideas.
"They have a whole bunch of electronics there so I feel like whatever I'm doing, whatever technical development (I want) inside of things, I'll go to NYC Resistor," she says.
Eng says she wants people to enjoy not only her fashions but the thinking behind the product.
"I'm really interested in making people think differently about things," she says. "I feel like it's really teaching people to look at materials that already exist and think about how it can change how we live our lives and how we can create."
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If nothing ever ended (PoemTalk #38)
Norman Fischer, 'I'd Like to See It'
Linh Dinh, Julia Bloch, and Frank Sherlock joined Al to talk about a poem published in Norman Fischer's book Turn Left in Order to Turn Right (O Books, 1989). The poem is "I'd Like to See It" (text; audio). When Fischer was interviewed by Charles Bernstein for a Close Listening program in 2006, he read six poems from that 1989 book, including our poem. These six readings, and a great many more, are available on Fischer's PennSound author page. His own website also includes other recordings of poetry, and also talks.
Fischer is the former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, and is the founder of and a teacher for the Everyday Zen Foundation, a network of communities and projects. He began publishing poetry in the late 1970s and in those early years especially his writing was associated with that of the Bay Area Language Poets.
Fischer wrote the following prefatory statement to Turn Left in Order to Go Right: "Occasionally when people ask me about Zen practice I say it's not the usual kind of activity in that you can't really try to do it. If you try to move toward it it always seems to be somewhere else. The harder you try the worse it gets. But you can't not make any effort either; in fact you have to make a mighty effort, but in another direction. It's a little like turning left in order to go right."
This sense of quasi-nonintentional misdirection, our Talkers felt, is a key to understanding the way Fischer in "I'd Like to See It" deploys the refrain "I'd like to see it that way." Does it demand or expect the seer to see a certain way? Does it express desire? And how variously? Does it imply a program for a better future? Ah, but — as Linh Dinh points out — it seeks an end to war but wonders if wanting war to end would ever end it: "[W]ould my wanting / To end it ever end if nothing ever ended / I'd like to see it that way." Julia Bloch observes that the refrain both "swerves away from the intention" going on in any line preceding it "and also modifies it." At one point, grappling with the poem's refrain, Al puts it this way: "What I have now is not the way I'd like to see it. Or it could mean: the way I'm seeing it is the way I'd like the world to be, which happens to be the way it is because I observed it. One way or other, there is a difference between the way the world is and the way the world is if he is able to see it the way he'd like "
Frank Sherlock reminds us that Zen practice and jazz, cognate fields and modes of (non)thought especially in the US, produce a series of variations that focus our attention on modes of thought rather than on the subject matter of the poem (war, air pressure, one's "daily objects," a chimney). Frank reminds us of Fischer's "To be without content, but full of " where light equals (in this case) compositional process, the proceedings of a thought variously through unanticipated contexts.
Steve McLaughlin engineered this episode of PoemTalk, and, as always, edited it. Next time on PoemTalk, Tracie Morris, Herman Beavers, and Josephine Park talk with Al about a poem Etheridge Knight wrote as a direct response to Gwendolyn Brooks, and we'll treat our listeners to a recording of a poetry reading in which Brooks introduced Knight and mentions (and quotes from) his rejoinder-poem.


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Updated 5:10 p.m.
• SEC, FINRA to review Facebook issues, Nasdaq sued – Federal regulators are starting to look into the issues surrounding Facebook's IPO.
• The Facebook Fallacy – Online advertising is a mirage, Michael Wolff argues in the Technology Review, predicting Facebook will eventually go bust. I remember reading pieces like this just before the start of the dotcom bust.
• Facebook Begins Testing Redesigned "Timeline" View – Are you ready for Facebook's profile page to change yet again?
• Kleiner Perkins Sued By Partner Ellen Pao For Alleged Sexual Harassment, Gender Discrimination – Kleiner Perkins is one of SiliValley's biggest and most distinguished venture capital firms.
• 100 Most Valuable Brands: Apple Tops Again; Nokia Disappears
• Dell: Q1, outlook weak; Cites 'challenging environment' – Dell has a weak quarter, and says its future doesn't look too bright, either.
Updated 8:42 a.m.
• We've acquired Motorola Mobility – Larry Page says Google has completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The company's current CEO is stepping down and will be replaced by a longtime Google employee.
Original post
• Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO and Facebook closes at $34, far below IPO price – There are things about Facebook that are spooking investors, not the least of which is the announcement of revenue challenges made just days before the IPO.
• HTC EVO 4G LTE phones pass Customs; on way to Sprint customers – They had been held up because of patent issues, marring the launch of the Sprint devices.
• Samsung Galaxy S III (i9300) pre-orders start at Amazon, yours for $799.99, shipping on May 29 – This is the unlocked version of the phone, which is why it's so outrageously expensive.
• Verizon confirms Droid RAZR, RAZR Maxx, Droid 4, and HTC Rezound will get global GSM roaming this summer
• Test Drive Begins Beta Rollout on Android Phones – You can now test-drive Android apps from the Amazon App Store on some Android phones.
• Open Garden Lets You Crowdsource Your Mobile Connectivity – Multiple phones or PCs running this app can rely on one or several of the devices to provide Internet access – a kind of group ad hoc LAN.
• ITC once again sides with Apple, RIM in Kodak patent spat – The federal regular says Apple and RIM aren't infringing on a key Kodak patent.
• Upside Down Apple Logo – When you open a modern Apple notebook, the logo appears right-side up from someone looking at the top of the case. But it wasn't always that way, and there's a very specific reason why.
• Are You a Human replaces annoying CAPTCHAs with games – Rather than type in nearly unrecognizable letters, this new service lets you play a short game instead to gain access to a site or send a message.
• Google Voice Founder Tackles Conference Calls – Uberconference lets you see who's talking during a conference call.
• Motorola's DreamGallery aims to eliminate crappy TV user interfaces – It's a very cool app that aggregates your various sources of content. But it competes in a way with GoogleTV, so what will happen to it when Google completes its Motorola Mobility acquisition?
• Comcast officially launches next-gen X1 DVR platform and iPhone remote app (update: video) – It will first be available in Boston. No indication yet of when Houston's Comcast customers will get it.


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First there was Captain Planet. Then there was EcoKat from Kansas State University. Remember her? Well now there's the Green Ninja from San Jose State University. You'll be pleased to know that this project was supported by . . . taxpayers. Naturally.
The project has received a $390,000 grant from NASA to support professional development for teachers, and $20,000 from PG&E to pilot an energy reduction contest for Santa Clara County middle schoolers.
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Side-by-Side Comparison of EWG's public comments to FDA's Science Board and BPA Subcommittee determiniations
Independent Science Panel Rebukes FDA on Toxic Plastic: EWG Comments to BPA Subcommittee on the Risks of Liquid Formula
Download PDF file of this letter.
September 24, 2008
Martin Philbert, PhD
BPA Subcommittee Chair
c/o Office of Science and Health Coordination
Office of the Commissioner (HF-33)
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, MD 20857
Re: Canadian study and exposure calculations for BPA in formula
Dear Dr. Philbert:
We would like to submit to the sub-Committee a recent publication of BPA levels in Canadian infant formula (Cao 2008, attached). These tests include 21 liquid formula types purchased in 2007. Four formula companies—Abbott Nutrition, Mead-Johnson, PBM and Nestlé—dominate the U.S. and Canadian market, so the results would be reasonably reflective of exposures for American infants. These tests underscore the need for examining high-end BPA exposures for babies. Health Canada's exposure assessment addresses 2 of the 4 gaps identified by the sub-committee and the panel, and results in a tripling of the exposure estimate for hungry children fed from the worst brands.
I'd like to note a couple of key findings from the Canadian government's tests:
Eighty percent (80%) of the formulas tested exceed the BPA concentration used by FDA in their draft assessment. FDA's exposure estimate uses an average BPA level of 2.5 ppb in canned formula, and 17 of 21 formula-types exceed this value. Three ready to eat formulas were tested, but only 1 was for infants younger than 12 months.
The tests also suggest differences between brands. One company had consistently elevated levels compared to the others. The authors postulate that it could be due to the thickness of the epoxy lining used in company cans. The chemists tested at least 2 separate cans of each formula type and found high concordance among duplicate samples with an average difference of just 7.5%. Brand variability and can consistency underscores the need to calculate exposure based on the high-end formula measurements, assuming that a child is fed the same brand of formula throughout infancy.
Health Canada estimates high-end exposures by including maximum ingestion volumes and maximum BPA measurements in their calculations. These steps result in an intake estimate for BPA from canned formula that is 3 times higher than FDA's estimate over the first 7 months of life. Exposures >1 ug/kg-day from formula alone could continue through the entire first 7 months of infancy for hungrier infants, those fed ready-toeat formula, or those whose parents choose the brand with the greatest BPA concentrations.
Health Canada's high-end exposure estimates for infants are 3 times FDA's estimate. (ug/kg-day)
Exposures from polycarbonate bottles are not included Health Canada's estimates do not estimate increased intensity of exposure for lighter babies, nor do they fully explore risks for those fed undiluted or 'ready-to-eat' formula. FDA should also include these 2 exposure factors in their analysis of highly exposed infants.
The authors did not detect BPA in any of the 56 canned powdered formulas tested (with a detection limit of 1 ppb), suggesting that safer alternatives exist for most infants. EWG shares the concerns raised by panelists about infants who require liquid formulations (due tap water quality or medical concerns). In our opinion the risks posed by BPA ingestion during infancy indicate that parents should select powdered formula or liquid formulas packaged in non-metal containers while safer can linings are developed.
Sonya Lunder, MPH
Senior Analyst
Environmental Working Group
Cao XL, Dufresne G, Belisle S, Clement G, Falicki M, Beraldin F, Rulibikiye A. 2008. Levels of bisphenol A in canned liquid infant formula products in Canada and dietary intake estimates. J Agric Food Chem. Sep 10;56(17):7919-24. Epub Aug 15 2008.


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|Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
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Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup is a video game produced by EA Games that features the fictional sport of Quidditch. The user plays for the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup (competing between Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw) and then takes on the Quidditch World Cup (competing between the United States, England, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Japan, Spain, Australia and Bulgaria.)
World Cup teamsEdit
- Edric Vosper (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Avery Hawksworth (Male) (Captain & Chaser)[1]
- Keaton Flitney (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Dawn Withey (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Indira Choudry (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Denison Frisby (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Blythe Parkin (Female) (Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
The English team's Special Move is called the Rowntree Counter, and plays out as follows:First, Chaser Keaton Flitney, who has the Quaffle, yells to his teammates "Come On", then he, Edric Vosper, Avery Hawksworth dive and out of the back of their brooms flows red, white, and blue, signifying the flag of the United Kingdom, and referencing the Red Arrows, a famous British flying squad. They knock two opposing players off their brooms and while distracting the opponent Beaters, Flitney passes the Quaffle to Hawksworth, who kicks it around before passing it back to Vosper, who does an overhead kick into the hoop on the far left who does a dance on his broom. Most of the moves are akin to football.
(10 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
Their Quidditch pitch resembles a basic pitch, having an oval with white lines, but this is surrounded by a moat with water, and the towers resembling a medieval castle.
- Gianni Fedele (Male) (Captain & Chaser)[1]
- Debbie Muntz (Female) (Chaser)[1]
- Robert Green (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Greg Ruczinski (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Troy Duvall (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Ralph Heidelberger (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Ariel Singleton (Female) (Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
The U.S.A. has a basketball-style Team Special Move, named The Harlem Shuffle, in homage to the Muggle basketball team, the Harlem Globetrotters, who specialise in this sort of artistic, almost balletic, variation of play.
First, Fedele spins it atop his finger, shouting to his fellow Chasers, "Get ready, guys!"
He passes the Quaffle immediately on to Green, who dribbles it back and forth on his broomstick for a few moments, then passes to Muntz.
Muntz plays Piggy-in-the-middle with the other team's Chaser(s), laughing.
She throws it to Fedele, who throws it to Green, who scores by throwing the Quaffle in from behind the goalpost after diving off of his broomstick, while falling.
Muntz takes it and scores once again, the other team's Keeper diving off of their broom, but failing to make the save.
(20 points)
Quidditch PitchEdit
Their Quidditch pitch resembles much of an American football field, with floating pumpkins around. It resembles a place in New England, probably where Quidditch is most popular in the USA.
- Noriyuki Sato (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Yoshihiro Suzuki (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Ryotaro Tanaka (Male) (Captain & Chaser)[1]
- Minaka Takahashi (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Keiko Takahashi (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Tamotsu Iwamoto (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Shizuka Watanabe (Female) (Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
Japan's Team Special Move is known as The Tsunami, and involves a lot of spinning and has a martial arts style theme. First, Sato has the Quaffle with the Takahashi sisters flanking him, two of the opponents chasers and one beater scream, then Sato does a spinning trick (the sloth grip roll, maybe?) to avoid the screaming players, then Sato passes it to Tanaka, who passes it to Suzuki who kicks an opponent who then throws it to Tanaka who kicks it in, then Suzuki kicks it in and strikes a pose on his broom.
(20 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
Their Quidditch stadium has only water, but with a bridge across. Their goalposts are rather tall, thus compelling the teams to have to go up a bit to score.
- Kurt Todt (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Kursten Blijk (Female) (Chaser)[1]
- Igor Brand (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Katrina von Glockenspieler (Female) (Captain & Beater)[1]
- Elena Eldritch (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Hermann Wiel (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Konrad Weiss (Male) (Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
The German Team's Special Move is played out like American football. Todt kicks the Quaffle hard to Blijk, who weaves in and out of the opponents, and then she throws to Todt, who abruptly stops, causing the opposing team to fly past him. Strangely enough, this is the only team to score a goal at the 'own' post.
The opposing chasers then turn back to see Todt throwing the Quaffle to Brand who leaps into the air and smacks the Quaffle in.
Blijk, who was on the other side of the goals, dropkicks it back towards Todt who gracefully leaps from his broom and brutally headbutts it in.
Germany then does a victory pose.
(20 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
Their Quidditch stadium is in a secluded forest, with a castle not far away. Their stadium is played on cement, with a star shape and a fountain in the middle. It is designed to look like a traditional village or castle.
- Mathilde Mallard (Female) (Chaser)
- Josephine Marat (Female) (Captain & Chaser)
- Hildegarde Lafarge (Female) (Chaser)
- Alain Lacroix (Male) (Beater)
- Ninon Saucet (Male) (Beater)
- Bastien Janvier (Male) (Keeper)
- Cybèle Peltier (Female) (Seeker)
Team Special MoveEdit
Their Team Special Move, the Blitzen Ballet, has a lot of spinning in it, and contains many gymnastic-style moves. First, Marat and Mallard pass the Quaffle to one another, then Mallard swings across to Lafarge's broom. Then Mallard passes it to Marat who scores while leaving the keeper gaping. (10 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
Their Qudditch pitch is a maze on the bottom, and their goalposts are on water, and it resembling a Versailles garden.
- Matthew Echunga (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Kenneth Hastings (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Maria Monteith (Female) (Chaser)[1]
- Kelly Whakkaarangapawarau (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Kylie Meadows (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Jonny Nuhaka (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Lucy Karoonda (Female) (Captain & Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
First, The Australians start their TSM with Echunga leading Monteith, Hastings, and Whakkaarangapawarau, then Echunga and Monteith pass the Quaffle to each other, with waves coming out of their brooms, avoiding the passing chaser, then Hastings has the Quaffle and does a serve into the hoop. It resembles surfing. (20 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
The Australian stadium is to be found in the Outback, where a formation of red rocks makes up the boundaries.
- Olaf Andersen (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Lorre Gustafson (Female) (Chaser)[1]
- Peter Hansen (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Asgeir Knutsen (Female) (Beater)[1]
- Asgard Pettersson (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Martin Helstrom (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Tina Lundstrom (Female) (Captain & Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
The Nordic Team's Team Special Move is quite complicated. First, the 3 chasers do flips in the air, making streams of icy fog.
The opposing team's chasers close their eyes, and Gustafson scores.
Gustafson goes behind the goal, passes the ball back to Hansen who scores.
The Special move is known as The Beyond Blizzard.
(20 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
The Nordic Team's stadium is made completely of ice, closed in by large glaciers. It is nearly always snowing.
- Carmen Garcia (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Ana de Lebron (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Chavelle Arbelo Cartaya (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Vasco Santini (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Tiago Montoya (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Sendelina de la Felino (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Inigo Fuente Marrero (female) (Seeker)[1]
Team Special MoveEdit
The Spanish's stereotypical fondness for dancing and bullfighting is shown in this move; García makes a powerful throw, Lebrón dodges it, then García jumps to one end of his broom to lift the Quaffle up in the air. Then Lebrón catches it, spins, then throws to Cartaya, who hits it into the goal with his broom then shouts '¡Sí!'
(10 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
Their stadium seems to be built in an old castle or arena, and has a dusty surface, much like a bullfighting ring.
- Alexei Levski (Male) (Chaser)[1]
- Clara Ivanova (Female) (Chaser)[1]
- Vasily Dimitrov (Male) (Captain & Chaser)[1]
- Ivan Volkov (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Pyotr Vulchanov (Male) (Beater)[1]
- Lev Zograf (Male) (Keeper)[1]
- Viktor Krum (Male) (Seeker)
Team Special MoveEdit
The Team Special Move for Bulgaria features Viktor Krum doing the Wronski Feint (from the Goblet of Fire); he knocks the opposing seeker off their broom into the opposing chasers, depriving them of the Quaffle, and giving it to Levski, who swiftly punches it into the central hoop.
(10 points)
Quidditch pitchEdit
Their stadium is similar to the German pitch, but in Bulgaria, the sky is always dark, and the stadium is surrounded by grim, Gothic towers, including a clock tower at one end that has the scoreboard.
They are also the only team that needs to be unlocked.
Hogwarts rostersEdit
Because the books have not named all of the members of the Hogwarts house teams, the video game has filled in the gaps as follows, circa Harry's third year. It is possible that J. K. Rowling provided the names, as she has been known to participate in multimedia projects, such as the Harry Potter Trading Card Game. In any case, the rosters are as follows:
- Angelina Johnson (Passing Chaser)
- Katie Bell (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
- Alicia Spinnet (Special Move Chaser)
- Fred Weasley (Beater)
- George Weasley (Beater)
- Oliver Wood (Captain & Keeper)
- Harry Potter (Seeker)
Their team special move is called the Weasley Wangler. The twins hit a bludger side to side with Alicia Spinnet with the Quaffle, the passing and special move chasers try to defend the keeper, but they get scared, At last the keeper screams as he gets pelted by a bludger and Alicia scores.
(10 points)
(Also significantly reduces opponent's Snitch Bar)
- Jeremy Stretton (Passing Chaser)
- Roger Davies (Captain & Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
- Randolph Burrow (Special Move Chaser)
- Duncan Inglebee (Beater)
- Jason Samuels (Beater)
- Grant Page (Keeper)
- Cho Chang (Seeker)
Ravenclaw's team special move, The Burdish of Raven, is the most offensively powerful of all the teams, at Hogwarts or elsewhere. First, the 3 chasers go up in the air, the passing and special move chasers gaze in awe as they loop and go down, as they pass, Roger Davies punches the special move chaser, Randolph Burrow kicks the passing chaser, leaving the way clear for Jeremy Stretton to shoot, then Randolph Burrow scores, and finally, Roger Davies scores.
(30 points)
- Malcolm Preece (Passing Chaser)
- Heidi Macavoy (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
- Tamsin Applebee (Special Move Chaser)
- Maxine O'Flaherty (Beater)
- Anthony Rickett (Beater)
- Herbert Fleet (Keeper)
- Cedric Diggory (Captain & Seeker)
The Cedric Swoop'n'Swagger is quite a long move. First, they are in possession of the quaffle, when the passing and special move chasers from the other team are in hot pursuit of it. Preece fires the quaffle to Macavoy, avoiding the passing chaser, then Macavoy passes it to Applebee, who passes it to Macavoy who avoids the special move chaser, then she passes it to Preece who does a ground shot which the force lifts it up into the air so it goes in a hoop, then Macavoy passes it to Applebee, then she scores.
(20 points)
(Slightly reduces opponent's Snitch Bar)
- Marcus Flint (Captain & Passing Chaser)
- Graham Montague (Tackle and Shoot Chaser)
- Adrian Pucey (Special Move Chaser)
- Lucian Bole (Beater)
- Peregrine Derrick (Beater)
- Kevin Bletchley (Named Kevin Bletchley in software, but possibly meant to be Miles Bletchley) (Keeper)
- Draco Malfoy (Seeker)
The Zeeburger Slither is very brutal. All the players, except Malfoy and Bletchley knock the opponent passing and special move chasers out of the way with the tackle and shoot chaser screaming, then they use cobbing on the keeper (no penalty), Then Montague scores, Pucey kicks it to Flint, who scores it again.
(20 points)
(Slightly reduces opponent's Snitch Bar)
Hogwarts commentatorsEdit
- Ron Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Neville Longbottom
- Gregory Goyle
- Vincent Crabbe
- Susan Bones
- Hufflepuff boy
- Blond Ravenclaw girl
- Terry Boot
- Edgar Cloggs - ghost who haunts the Quidditch pitch.
Behind the scenesEdit
- A simplified version of the Game Boy Advance version of Quidditch World Cup is included as a minigame in the Nintendo DS version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, using the same control scheme. Only Hogwarts teams are present, however.
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 The names of the players are only heard spoken by the Quidditch commentators in Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. They are spelled out on Chocolate Frog Cards that can be won in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game).
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External linksEdit
- [1] - Listen to the Game Soundtrack


text: I did Econometric Methods in the second year, taught by Cherif Guermat, what a man!! Never really worked out the difference between the 2 but i know they should be worth double most other modules. Brilliant stuff with the 77 though, your a better man than me! You on for a first then??Originally Posted by Neil Pickup


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Next to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, stands a 22 foot high monument, dedicated on April 24, 1976, as a tribute to the spirit and sacrifice of the Armenian people, designed to remind Philadelphians of the 'Day of Infamy,' or April 24, 1915, which is associated with the genocide and massacres carried out against the Armenians by Turkey, which occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In 1915 alone, some two-thirds of the Armenian population of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, were murdered, well over a million individuals, a people and culture that existed far back into antiquity. Severed heads, mounds of bones and skulls, starvation & rape, forced evacuations, separation of families, destruction of homes & villages, forced conversions to the invader's religion, etc., characteristics often associated with many 'genocides' of the past and present, were all commonplace attributes during this atrocity, which has very recently returned to the forefront for recognition or denial, from Turkey, to the halls of Congress.
Significantly, it was at the 'Bingham House Hotel' in center city Philadelphia, on 1026-1044 Market Street, where on May 27, 1916, members of the 'Armenian-American' community of the city, created the heritage organization, known as the 'Knights of Vartan,' in response to the atrocities being committed by the Turks against the Armenian people and culture at that time.
Though not Armenian, I nevertheless, carry on my key chain, a medallion of 'Vartan the Great,' or Vartan Mamigonian, commemorating this nobleman who served as 'commander-in-chief' of all the Armenian Christian forces, in 451 A.D., against the invading Persian Army, who were attempting to crush the oldest Christian nation in existence, and force them to convert to the Zoroastrian faith. Though he would be killed at the 'Battle of Vartanantz' on June 2nd, his heroism became a symbol and personification of Armenian ethnicity.
Like so many other subjects discussed at this blog, 'The Historical Society of Pennsylvania' has a rich collection of publications, manuscripts and materials, relative to the 'Armenian Genocide' and Armenian culture & history in general, including portions of the personal library, of 'His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian-96th Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem,' who at one time served as the "pastorate of the Holy Trinity Armenian Church in North Philadelphia."
Among other items, the Historical Society has the 'Citizens Permanent Relief Committee Papers', for 1885-1899, which includes primary source material on the 'Armenian massacres in 1896,' as well as the Herbert Welsh Collection, which are papers of the Executive Secretary of the 'Philadelphia Committee for Armenian Relief,' containing correspondence between local & national politicians, civic & ecclesiastical leaders, both in the Philadelphia area and elsewhere, concerning the Armenian massacres, from 1916 to 1924.
The Herbert Welsh Collection also contains correspondence documenting the genocidal atrocities committed against the Armenian people, from 1896 to 1924.
Regrettably, 'genocides' are still in the news even today, and though many are familiar in history with the 'Jewish Holocaust' of WWII, too few are aware of the 'Armenian Genocide' which would eventually bring thousands of Armenians to America, a culture & people, though numerically a minority, have contributed significantly to American society & history in the modern world.


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BN II System
Confidence in plasma protein results
|Measuring principle
|Nephelometry; measurement of the scattered light intensity in a fixed angle of 13 - 24 degrees
|More than 60 programmed assay protocols
|Sample throughput
|Effective: Approx. 130 tests/hour depending on the assay mix
Nominal: 225 tests/hour
|Analysis method
|Fixed-time kinetics, end-point measurement, VLin Integral
|Multi-point calibration
|Rack transport unit
|Racks for up to 8 standard or control vials
Racks for up to 7 reagent vials
Racks for up to 10 sample tubes
|Dilution unit
|2 frames for max. 264 dilution cups
|Size of sample tubes
|Diameter: 12 - 16 mm
Height: 55 - 100 mm
For pediatric samples:
Conical microtubes with a maximum filling volume of 1.5 mL
|Barcode types
|Automatic reading of different barcode types:
2/5 interleaved
Code 39
Code 93
Code 128
|Reagent volume
|40 µL reagent consumption on average
|Sample dilution
|1 : 1 to 1 : 40,000
|Level detection
|For samples, standards, controls, reagents, and system liquid containers
|Reaction cuvettes
|60 reusable cuvettes
|Measuring temperature
|Light source
|Infrared high performance LED
|840 ± 25 nm
|Photodiode with integrated pre-amplifier
|Instrument dimensions and weight
|Analyzer dimensions (W x H with tubings x D)
124 x 92 x 63 cm (49 x 36 x 25 in.)
Computer dimensions (W x H x D)
Approx. 19.7 x 19.7 x 3.6 cm (7.8 x 7.8 x 1.4 in)
Depth with keyboard Approx. 74 cm (29 in.)*
Printer dimensions (W x H x D)
Approx. 41 x 27 x 37 cm (16 x 11 x 15 in.)*
Total bench length Approx. 230 cm (90 in.)*
Analyzer weight 150 kg (330 lb.)
Terminal weight Approx. 7 kg (15.4 lb.)*
|Room environment
|Ambient temperature
15 to 32 °C (59 to 89 °F)
Relative humidity
Maintain between 30% and 85% (noncondensing)
Average thermal output
340 BTU/hr (100 W) in standby mode
975 BTU/hr (286 W) in operating mode
Water requirements
Deionized water, NCClS Type 2
Microbial count must not exceed 100 CFU/ml
|Electrical installation requirements
Power consumption
<140 VA (stand-by-mode)
<400 VA (operating mode)
Host interfacing
Download and host-query mode
|Computer and Printer
Apple Mac mini Computer
Lexmark E260 D or DN or equivalent
|RS232 bi-directional host interface
Aptio® Automation and FlexLab Automation solutions
CentraLink® Data Management System
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Last Thursday I joined students at the UIC Forum to sing pro-worker holiday carols while handing out candy canes with petitions attached to them. We did this in an effort to pressure Chancellor Allen-Meares to step in and offer campus workers a fair contract. Workers have been in negotiations for more than 7 months. Our newly formed UIC student organization, USAS (UIC Students Against Sweatshops), is mobilizing students on campus as part of the larger Campus Worker Coalition, which includes unions like SEIU and AFT.
From our professors to those who clean our buildings, UIC workers are fighting for a fair contract and dignity in the workplace. According to a financial audit, completed by Eastern Michigan University professor Howard Bunsis, campus workers are struggling just to maintain their basic benefit standards.
I have spoken to workers who are having to pick up second and third jobs to make ends meet. Many are seeing their health insurance get more expensive, while they struggle to save their homes from foreclosure.
Professors have not seen a real raise in over 6 years, and graduate students who teach close to 40% of undergraduate classes may lose their tuition waivers. The administration says that we have no money, and cannot afford more for our workers, and yet the school raised $2.4 billion as of 2011 and tuition at UIC has increased 62 percent since 2004. The Chancellor alone makes over $400,000 a year and has lived rent-free in a university-owned building since 2009.
After the Forum we delivered a letter signed by 10 UIC student organizations asking Chancellor Allen-Meares to celebrate the 30th anniversary of UIC by using her authority to ensure campus workers receive a fair contract. We have set a deadline of December 12th for her response.
United Students Against Sweatshops is part of a national student-run organization with over 150 chapters across the country. Those chapters run campaigns in support of workers on campuses and in the sweatshops that produce collegiate apparel, mobilizing our peers in support of workers at UIC who are negotiating for a fair contract and a better education system for all students.


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Wills Lineside Kits OO/HO
Wayside Station Building
This building provides a ticket office, waiting room and parcels facilities. Supplied with pre-coloured parts although painting and/or weathering can add realism; glue is required to complete this model. Footprint: 116mm x 60mm
Technical Specification:
- Length: 116mm
- Width: 60mm
Recommended to be used with:
- All 1:76 Scale Model Railways and Modelling projects
- Wills range of buildings and scenic accessories
Please find below a list of useful guides relating to this product.
The Wills company started in 1978 making simple but extremely effective plastic scenic kits. The well-known modeller and writer Iain Rice was involved with the design and the range quickly grew.
In 1998, the Wills plastic scenic series was sold to PECO and production was moved from Forest Row to the Ratio Factory in Buckfastleigh. Wills structure kits are suitable for use on all UK model layouts representing the 1930s up to the 1960s and beyond. Many of these types of buildings are still in existence today. These authentic designs include railway, domestic and commercial kits to provide a realistic setting for your model railway or diorama.


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OneP necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 112 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Product logo and product label for adhesive
Eva-Tec will provide industrial adhesive to factories, mostly for sticking food cartons together. We need
- a product logo that will represent the overall brand (Eva-Tec),
- plus versions for each of the individual products (at the moment Eva-Melt and Eva-Bind).
The logos should be:
- the kind of logo you might see on a product in a hardware store
- Get across dependability and reliability
- Have the tagline "Adhesives you can count on"
The final logos will need to be provided in editable format as additional products in the family may come on line later.
The targets for this product are
- factory owners
- mechanical engineers
- factory workers and machine operators
- purchasers/procurement departments
These targets need to feel that the product is reliable, industrial strength, well-designed, high-tech.
A big selling point for the company is how reliable the product is and especially how quickly the product can be delivered to factories so that the production line never experiences any down-time because of lack of product.
We need an outline design for the product label. The Label will be portrait A3 size that will be stuck to 20kg bags of the product. (The product itself comes as small pellets that are melted in the factory and then sprayed onto the cartons).
- This is quite an eco-friendly, green product – so maybe to suggest this in the label (We don't think you necessarily have to suggest this in the logo, but would be open to options)
- Has an area for product information (melting temperature, how to use, what machines it works with, what machine setting to use etc.) put in dummy text for this .
- Has an area for listing 5 short benefit points with check marks after them (use text: proven reliability (check), contains anti-jamming agent (check), Increases productivity (check) Approved for direct contact with foodstuffs (check), Eco-friendly (check)
- Has an area for regulation icons (Things like flammable, use gloves etc. use dummy icons)
- Has text: To re-order this product, or for any further product information, contact Eva-Tec (Use dummy contact info)
Both logos and label will need to be supplied in editable format (illustrator / in-design preferably) because, as you can see, not all the details are finalized for the product. We will edit the final versions of the label for production, we just need an outline design of the label at the moment.
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Yeah, still in the hood
I'm still driving cars
I'm still gonna hit
Yeah, a nigga still just dealing
Still in the hood
Man, fuck no feelings!
Feel me?
Like Wayne, it's No Ceilings
Man - Lil B, bitch!
Man, I'mma fuckin' drill 'em!
You feel me?
I ain't talkin' about killing
Lil B - man, bitch!
You gotta' feel 'em!
[Verse 1]
Yeah, I'm trying to build a house today
Tell my niggas in the hood, we going out today
I'm still posted, one eye open
Back of the head, man
They hit 'em with the strap
I can't forget them suckers
Set-up in the hood and they shot my brother
Fuck! Niggas think this shit's a game
.45, what the hell?
It was calling my name
I said I would never complain
If I sell off the zip, I won't get on the plane
I gotta real story to tell
Made news before rap, cocaine sells
Damn, yeah - walking right past me
New Bentley coupe, now they gotta look at me
I'm still yelling, "Fuck yo' money!"
I'm riding in the hood, doing time for the homie
You feel me?
Niggas ain't solid like this
Niggas ain't solid like this
Niggas ain't solid like this
Yeah, niggas ain't solid
[Verse 2]
Yeah, I'm gonna cop a brick today
Nigga, move that zip - we getting rich today
I'm still on the stove with the water
Put in the zone, it's gonna jump like Vince Carter
Niggas say, "Don't trust B"
I'mma buy 25, cop 30 with 3
I'm still yelling, "Fuck you suckers!"
All night in the hood with them choppers in public
You feel me?
I'mma tell you motherfuckers when I'm right
You know what I mean?
I'mma show you pussies who a gangsta!
I'mma show you niggas who a gangsta!
Stay in the park with the Trues like a ranger
Lil B samples a beautiful lick from Masterpiece's "Love Is What You Make It." Appropriately, this song illuminates B's conflicted feelings about the hood. He "really loves the hood" but he's "never going back." His love for the hood has helped shape who he is today, but it's an episode from the past, and he plans on moving forward.


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Bold colourful abstract colour splash pattern displayed and presented to you on the highest quality premium canvas and supplied ready to hang on your wall straight from the box.
All our canvas art prints are produced on Canon printing presses using their latest innovative and superior pigment, specially formulated to reduce graininess, bronzing, scratching and fading and ensuring the vibrant colours remain intact for the life of your canvas picture..
Our specialist Canon fine art printing press utilises LUCIA EX ink to ensure the best possible quality for your wall art.
Your canvas will be hand crafted in Cheshire, UK using the latest model canvas stretchers and gallery wrapped on quality, premium 38mm (1 1/2 inch) solid kiln dried pine stretcher bars with a moisture content of less than 8%. Your finished canvas artwork will be supplied pre-strung and ready to hang straight out of the box.
Using the thicker 38mm frame gives greater depth to your canvas print, not to mention looking stunning on the wall and really showing off your canvas the way it was intended. Here at Canvart we only ever use highest Gallery quality 38mm frames. We never stretch your artwork over MDF or thin 18mm pieces of wood which can easily warp as humidity in the room changes.
Your chosen artwork is manufactured in the UK from high quality materials. Each piece of artwork is hand crafted, we do not ship in any canvases from the other side of the world.
Canvart products will last a lifetime without the problems caused by pigment fading and flaking from the surface unlike others.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian banker and media magnate Alexander Lebedev, who says his trial for throwing punches during a television chat show is a political witch-hunt, said on Thursday his case had been postponed as one of his lawyers was out of the country.
The backer of Britain's Independent and London Evening Standard newspapers was seen lunging at property developer Sergei Polonsky during a broadcast in 2011.
Lebedev was charged in September with hooliganism motivated by religious, political, racial, ethnic or ideological hatred and could be jailed for up to five years if convicted.
He told reporters outside Moscow's Ostankino district court Thursday's pre-trial hearing was moved to February 7 because one of his lawyers was abroad and another was taking part in a separate case.
"So there was nothing heard ... The only question raised by the judge was whether Polonsky will be participating," Lebedev said.
Polonsky was detained in Cambodia this month, accused of assault and illegal detention after a separate incident on a boat. He could face up to three years in prison if convicted.
Lebedev said he had offered to cover Polonsky's bail in Cambodia, but had been refused.
In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, Lebedev likened his trial to a witch-hunt and said the charge of hooliganism leveled against him was baseless as the incident did not amount to a pre-meditated gross violation of public order.
Lebedev, whose fortune was put at $1.1 billion by Forbes magazine last year, has said he is being made a scapegoat for criticizing President Vladimir Putin.
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Social Security Number Policy (VII.B.7)
Volume VII: Information Technology
Chapter B: Security
Issuing Office: OVPIT
Responsible Officer: VPIT
Responsible Office: OVPIT
Originally Issued: August 4, 2004
Revised: November 18, 2011
Reason for This Policy
Statement of Policy
Who Should Know This Policy
Related Documents
Purdue University is dedicated to ensuring the privacy and proper handling of Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of its students, employees, and individuals associated with the University. The primary purpose of this Social Security Number policy is to ensure that the necessary procedures and awareness exist so that University employees and students comply with both the letter and the spirit of FERPA and Indiana Code Title 4 Article 1 Chapter 8 -- State Requests for Social Security Numbers, as amended from time to time. SSNs have been used in University systems to uniquely identify students and employees and to permit students and employees to gain access their own confidential information in University systems. As systems are updated and replaced, the reliance on SSNs will be reduced, as more fully explained in this policy.
This policy is guided by the following objectives:
- Broad awareness of the confidential nature of the SSN
- Reduced reliance upon the SSN for identification purposes
- Increased emphasis on secure use, transmission, and storage of the SSN throughout the Purdue systems
- A consistent policy toward and treatment of SSNs throughout the University
- Increased confidence by students and employees that SSNs are handled in a confidential manner.
It is Purdue University's intent to protect the SSN of its students, staff, and faculty to minimize the growing risks of identity theft.
Accordingly, the SSN may not be used as a common identifier or used as a database key in any electronic information system. The SSN may be collected and used when necessary for employment records, financial aid records, and a limited number of other business and governmental transactions, as required by law.
Purdue University will assign a Purdue University Identifier (PUID) and other credentials, like a password or a digital certificate, to an individual upon initial association with the University for identification and authentication, in order to eliminate the use of the SSN wherever possible.
The following are Purdue University policy regulations that apply to all campuses within the Purdue system:
- All new systems purchased or developed by Purdue will not use SSN as identifiers except where such use is specifically permitted or required under this policy. Such systems should not visually display the SSN on any system output, including monitors and printed forms, unless required by law or required by Purdue University as needed in execution of its duties.
- Each individual associated with Purdue will be assigned a PUID that is not the same as, or based upon, the individual's SSN or other unique demographic information.
- No new system or technology, where the SSN is a consideration, will be developed or purchased by Purdue unless it is compliant with this policy or approved by the assigned SSN Administrator as an exception.
- All University forms and documents that collect SSNs will use the appropriate language to indicate whether request is voluntary or mandatory.
- In accordance with Indiana Code Title 4 Article 1 Chapter 8, or any successor legislation thereto, unless the University is legally required to collect an SSN, individuals will not be required to provide their SSNs verbally or in writing at any Point of Service, nor will they be denied access to those services should they refuse to provide an SSN. However, individuals may volunteer their SSNs if they wish as an alternate means of locating a record.
The assigned SSN Administrator for each campus will be responsible for the development of an implementation plan to monitor compliance with this policy.
An employee, student, volunteer, representative, contractor, or any other agent of Purdue University who has substantially breached the confidentiality of SSNs may be subject to disciplinary action or sanctions up to and including discharge or dismissal, in accordance with University policy and procedures.
For new and existing business needs unable to comply with these policy requirements, the Request for Security Exception Form must be approved by the IT Networks and Security organization at Purdue, the assigned campus SSN Administrator, and the System-Wide Coordinating Officer.
Each campus will assign an administrator the responsibility of overseeing SSN usage on his or her campus. These administrators control the SSN, and their prior written approval will be required to use the SSN in any new electronic system, or to use the SSN in any modifications to an existing system. Each campus is free to choose an SSN Administrator who best fits its individual administrative model. The assigned SSN Administrator will maintain the list of approved exceptions for his or her campus.
The Provost or Executive Vice President and Treasurer will appoint the System-Wide Coordinating Officer for system-wide issues. The System-Wide Coordinating Officer shall have the ultimate responsibility and authority over decisions and the application of this policy for all Purdue Campuses.
PUID Assignment:
A University-wide PUID will be assigned to all students, employees, alumni, and other associated individuals, such as contractors or consultants. This PUID will be assigned at the earliest possible point of contact between the individual and the University. Except as permitted herein, the PUID will be used in all future electronic and paper data systems to identify, track, and service individuals associated with the University. The PUID will be permanently and uniquely associated with the individual to whom it is originally assigned.
The PUID will be considered the property of Purdue University, and its use and governance shall be at the discretion of the University, within the parameters of the law.
The PUID will be a component of a system that provides a mechanism for both the identification of individuals and a method of authentication. Except as specifically provided herein, all services rendered by Purdue University and electronic business systems will rely on the identification and authentication process provided by this same system.
SSN Usage:
Grades and other pieces of personal information will not be publicly posted or displayed in a manner where either the complete PUID or SSN, or partial PUID or SSN, are used to identify an individual.
In all new systems, SSNs will be transmitted electronically only through encrypted mechanisms.
Paper and electronic documents containing SSNs will be disposed of in a Secure Fashion in accordance with data-handling requirements, as defined by the administrative data owners.
SSNs will be released by the University to external entities only:
- As allowed or required by law; OR
- When permission is granted by the individual; OR
- When the external entity is acting as the University's contractor or agent and adequate security measures and agreements are in place to prevent unauthorized dissemination to third parties.
The SSN may continue to be collected and stored as a confidential attribute associated with an individual. The SSN will be used as:
- Required by law;
- A method to identify individuals for whom a PUID has not been created and not used for other internal processes; and
- A means to uniquely identify an individual for PUID assignment.
Phased Compliance Strategy:
Purdue University will adopt a Phased Compliance Strategy for its existing systems. All Schools, Departments, Divisions, and Business Units are strongly encouraged to complete the required system and process modifications to comply with this policy as soon as reasonably possible. Given the scope of process, system, and data changes required, a comprehensive compliance plan will be developed by each campus SSN Administrator.
|SSN Administrator(s)
|Implementation of this policy statement and approval of SSN policy exceptions
|All Purdue Stakeholders
|Compliance with this policy statement
|Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, as amended from time to time.
|Phased Compliance Strategy
|A strategy that attempts to define a multi-tiered approach to achieving compliance.
|Point of Service
|A physical or electronic interaction between the University and its employees, students, or other individuals, during which the University provides physical, educational, informational, or electronic services to the individual.
|Purdue University Identifier assigned to an individual upon initial association with the University. Used for identification in electronic systems.
|Secure Fashion
|In the context of the destruction of paper and electronic documents, this refers to a method that defeats both casual and deliberate attempts at theft -- e.g., the shredding of documents containing Social Security Numbers and the use of 'confidential' recycling bins. For electronic documents, this refers to explicit deletion or storage on a device protected by a password-based security system using encryption.
|Social Security Number
|SSN Administrator
|The administrator on each campus who is assigned the responsibility of overseeing SSN usage on his or her campus.
|System-Wide Coordinating Officer
|The individual appointed by the Provost or Executive Vice President to act as the coordinating officer for system-wide SSN issues.
In support of this policy, the following forms are included:
Request for Security Exception Form
- President
- Provost
- Executive Vice President and Treasurer
- Chancellors
- Vice Presidents
- Deans
- Directors/Department Heads
- Public Records Officers
- Business Office Staff
- Administrative and Professional Staff
- Clerical and Service Staff
- All Faculty, Staff, and Students
- External Stakeholders
The following documents provide further information related to FERPA and the Privacy Act of 1974:
Indiana Code Title 4 Article 1 Chapter 8 -- State Requests for Social Security Numbers
The following documents provide information on the security requirements for handling information developed by the appointed administrative data owners:
|Campus SSN Administrator (each campus)
|IT Security and Policy Organization
|(765) 494-4000
November 18, 2011: Policy number changed to VII.B.7 (formerly V.5.1).
October 7, 2010: Updated hyperlink addresses.
January 28, 2010: Updated name of form and hyperlink to it.
December 14, 2007: Updated hyperlinks and contacts.
August 4, 2004: Supersedes Requesting Social Security Numbers for Educational, Employment, and Other Record-Keeping Purposes (Executive Memorandum No. B-54).


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Missoni Spring 2014 Runway Show | Milan Fashion Week
Missoni Spring 2014: A Colorful Pastiche
Missoni Spring 2014: A Colorful Pastiche
There are designers who use one reference, and then there's Angela Missoni. Her Spring 2014 collection was a pastiche of ideas that ranged from Indian sarongs and Japanese pop songs to volcano prints, seascapes, florals, and even a new riff on the house's logo.
But while this collection included multitudes, it never felt too busy. Missoni is a master, after all, and she managed to distill all those references into a vibrant offering of separates and dresses with remarkable character and spirit.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, February 22, 2010
Solar Pool Blankets
Bubble Wrap, invented in early 1960 by engineers Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding, was initially conceived as some sort of safety wallpaper. Today, over 250 Facebook pages are devoted to the love and fun of Bubble Wrap, and just recently, on the 50th anniversary of Bubble Wrap, the Sealed Air company rolled out a one day production of gold colored Bubble Wrap.
If you haven't figured it out by now, Bubble Wrap was the mother of today's swimming pool solar blankets. As the story goes, during the mid-1970s Sealed Air's researchers came up with another innovative use for the company's air cell technology. The Sealed Air Solar Pool Blanket was essentially a big sheet of Bubble Wrap that was placed on swimming pools. The Solar Pool Cover allowed the sun's rays to heat the water and sharply reduced the evaporative loss of water and treatment chemicals. By 1977 the Solar Pool Blanket was generating 6 percent of company sales.
Sounds simple, right? Just lay this piece of floating plastic on the pool, and you "harness the sun's energy" for free pool heat. Or even better, the solar blanket retains the heat put into the pool by a roof mounted solar heater or a gas pool heater. Especially at night, solar blankets can help prevent heat loss, and in areas of high wind, they become a necessity just to maintain the pool temperature. The best part, however, is that a solar blanket in full sun can add 10 degrees to the pool water temperature during the day.
It is pretty much that simple, however there is a "hassle factor" to the use of solar blankets on the pool. Unless you have a small pool, two people (or one with "skills") are needed to install and remove the solar blanket. Using a solar blanket reel makes this job 90% easier, but then you have this long reel on one end of the pool, not especially attractive or otherwise useful. And solar blankets will need occasional cleaning, especially if you have trees around the pool. The leaves that fall onto the solar blanket need to be removed as the blanket is removed, otherwise as you roll it up, the leaves can get stuck on the bottom the blanket, and enter the pool when the blanket is reinstalled.
The original solar pool covers were available in any color - as long as that was Blue. Nowadays, you can find solar blankets in many colors, coatings and air pocket shape. Does it make a difference? This author has seen no data to support the claim that clear allows more of the sun's rays to penetrate "deep into the pool water", for example. So the jury is out on whether a black, silver coated, clear or blue solar blanket will deliver the best results. Maybe it's just a fashion contest!?!
Solar blankets are sold in rectangle sizes for in-ground pools, so how do you size a solar blanket for their pool? Measure the pool's widest width and longest length. Buy the size the covers both measurements, and trim to fit with sharp scissors or a razor knife. If your pool is longer than 50' or wider than 30' - then you either need a custom solar blanket, or you can buy two smaller blankets and use them together. If you want, you can use waterproof tape to join the two sections together.
To install an inground solar blanket on a free-form shaped pool, it gets a little bit trickier. Unbox the blanket and stretch it over the pool tight enough to pull out the folding wrinkles. Use weights or water bags at certain points to hold it in place, but allow the blanket to float on the surface of the pool. Using the coping stones or inside edge of the pool as a template, work your way around the pool with a sharp razor knife running the edge of the pool. Move slowly around the pool, keeping the solar blanket taut and straight as you cut. Ball up the excess material, recycling it if you can as packaging or wrapping or insulative material.
For aboveground pools, solar blankets are pre-cut and into rounds and oval sizes. No cutting necessary either for rectagular pools. If your blanket is a little short or doesnt cover every square inch of water surface, don't worry too much, the effect will likely be minimal.
To care for a solar blanket, and get more than just a season or two from it, follow these tips to protect it from harsh water chemistry and UV rays. Yes, UV degradation is an ironic nemesis of the pool solar blanket.
- Always remove the solar blanket before shocking the pool, and leave it off until chlorine level returns to normal.
- Always store the blanket indoors during the winter, or use the winter solar blanket cover.
- When rolled up on the reel, cover your blanket with a protective solar blanket UV cover.
And one more tip - please make sure to fully remove a solar blanket from the pool before use. Although rare, drownings have occured with disoriented swimmers trapped beneath a solar blanket.


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Sciatica is primarily characterized by pain that originates specifically in the low back or buttocks region and travels into one or both of the legs. Doctors of Chiropractic (DC) have been regularly treating sciatica for decades. It is important to inform the public that sciatic nerve pain varies in both the intensity and frequency. Sciatic nerve pain ranges on the spectrum from: minimal, moderate, severe and occasional, intermittent, frequent, and/or constant. Most of the pain has been described as being dull, achy, sharp, toothache-like, pins and needles, or similar to an electric shock. There are a variety of other symptoms associated with sciatica including burning, and numbness and tingling sensations. Other names that have been utilized for sciatica include: radiating or referred pain, neuropathy, or neuralgia.
One of the most prominent misconceptions is that sciatica is a disorder, yet it is actually a symptom of a disorder. Generally, sciatica is caused directly from a sciatic nerve compression. The various disorders which are known to cause sciatic nerve pain include the following: lumbar spine Subluxations (misaligned vertebral bodies), herniated or bulging disks (slipped disks), pregnancy and childbirth, tumors, and non-spinal disorders such as diabetes, constipation, or sitting on one's back pocket wallet. Another problem that may arise from sciatic nerve compression may result in the loss of feeling (sensory loss), paralysis of a single limb or a group of muscles (monoplegia), and insomnia.
Chiropractic Treatment of Sciatic Symptoms:
Chiropractic treatment is done in order to effectively help the body's potential to heal itself. It is based on the scientific principle that restrictions in spinal movement promotes pain and reduces function and performance. Chiropractic care is beneficial as it is non-invasive (non-surgical) and drug-free!
Adjustments (Spinal Manipulation)
At the very core of chiropractic care are spinal adjustments, also referred to as spinal manipulations. The benefits of adjustments is that it frees the restriction of the movement of the spine and further helps to restore misaligned vertebral bodies to their proper position in the spinal column. Furthermore, spinal adjustments helps to reduce nerve irritability that is responsible for causing inflammation, muscle spasm, pain, and other symptoms related to sciatica. It is important to point out that adjustments should not be painful! Additionally, spinal adjustments have been proven to be safe and effective.
So if you or loved are suffering from Sciatic Pain please make sure that the spine is evaluated as soon as possible as it is a likely source and could be contributing to the symptoms of chronic pain.
And remember make posture a priority and not a liability!
Need help with Chronic Pain then please give us a call at 604-535-7373 or book online at www.https://injoylife.ca/contact-us/


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Arkansas State Names Thompson Interim Head Football Coach
JONESBORO — Arkansas State Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir announced Wednesday that current defensive coordinator John Thompson has been named the Red Wolves' interim head football coach, effective immediately.
Thompson, a coaching veteran with over 30 years experience at the collegiate level as both an assistant and head coach, will oversee A-State's preparations for the upcoming GoDaddy.com Bowl and coordinate the Red Wolves' efforts in the game after former head coach Gus Malzahn stepped down from his position Tuesday to accept the same role at Auburn.
"Not only does Coach Thompson's wealth of experience make him an excellent fit to assume the role of interim head coach, but he is also man of character with great leadership qualities who has earned a great deal of respect from this administration and the players," said Mohajir. "We are confident he will help our football program make a smooth transition into the postseason, while also giving this team a tremendous opportunity to finish the season on a successful note in the GoDaddy.com Bowl."
After careful consultation with ASU's football players and multiple conversations with Coach Malzahn, it was Mohajir's recommendation to Arkansas State University Chancellor Dr. Tim Hudson that it was best for the student-athletes and the A-State football program if Coach Malzahn concentrated on his responsibilities at Auburn.
"The decision to move forward with an interim head coach for the GoDaddy.com Bowl was not made lightly, but we feel it is in the best interest of our student-athletes since Coach Malzahn will understandably be consumed with his commitments to Auburn and not be able to give his full attention to this team and its upcoming preparations for the postseason bowl," said Mohajir.
As defensive coordinator and linebackers coach this season, Thompson oversaw Arkansas State's defense that ranked first in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense and third in total defense. The Red Wolves had a league-high 10 All-Sun Belt Conference selections, including first-team choices Nathan Herrold at linebacker and Ryan Carrethers on the defensive line.
"We have a mature group of players with strong leadership, and I am certain this team and coaching staff is going to rise to the occasion," said Thompson. "The team has improved on a weekly basis, and we expect it to continue to get better and compete at an even higher level. This has been a special season and everyone associated with this program wants to finish the year strong, none more so than our players and coaches. I know we will continue to show the same commitment we demonstrated all year that resulted in a Sun Belt Conference championship."


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Re: Kainde Amedha (RPG)
(btw adeptus you can call my guy Fort since its his nickname.)
Fort lowered his smoking gun and walked back into the safe zone with Spade and John.
"Hey John, its been a while. Good to see you alive after whats been going on. This here is Spade, a valuable alley and one of the clones who came aboard before the attack...Were gonna need help getting to the communications sector on the other side of Delta. Have you tried to get there yet?"
I am a Role Playing Gamer, like my father before me.


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"bandwidth intensive" is a gross understatement.Also, I REALLY want and need to get back to this. Stephen, plz know that I intend to do so in the coming days! I'm still back at like lvl 30 cuz I'm a chump (and I'm still job-seeking). :P


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Traverse City's Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
The humorous No Impact Man, will headline the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Traverse City, on November 14, 2010, followed by an inspiring selection of short films, food, a CD release party for Breathe Owl Breathe and more.
The films will be shown at the State Theater in Traverse City on on Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Then head over to the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, where Left Foot Charley's will host an after-party with complimentary food and discounts on ciders and wines, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
The evening ends on a high note right next door, at the Higher Grounds Trading Company Coffee Bar and Roastery, with a 7 p.m. CD release party and performance by the contemporary folk trio Breathe Owl Breathe that benefits the Michigan Land Use Institute.
The films chosen are not only entertaining but also showcase issues facing Michigan's environment and communities. No Impact Man chronicles eco-guilty New Yorker Colin Beavans' attempt to practice what he preaches and reduce his carbon footprint. That means no electricity, eating only local food, no taxis and elevators, and no waste. His biggest challenge? Getting his family on board.
Big River follows Curt Ellis and Aaron Woolf, the makers of the hilarious and devastating documentary King Corn, as they investigate the impact their now-famous one acre of Iowa corn has as the fertilizers and pesticides they used to grow it roll down the Mississippi and on into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will feature door prizes, entertainment, information, and, as a bonus, the winner of the Micromovie Film Competition, a contest SEEDS is conducting in area schools.
Tickets for the Film Festival are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. They are available at our Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival site and at Higher Grounds, Oryana, and Pangea's Pizza Pub. Tickets for the Breathe Owl Breathe performance are available at the same locations and Web site.


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I had a RAID 5 (Linux software RAID) server which recently decided not to boot anymore. It seems to be a motherboard problem possibly due to not being protected by a UPS during a power failure. It managed to extend its slow death to the point of taking up plenty of my time without much reward but I know that the drives are fine.
Is it possible to rebuild the RAID array even though the drives will have different numbers by plugging it into a machine over USB adapters?
Is it possible any damage can be done to the array in the process by attempting to rebuild the array with the wrong drive numbers?
I don't want to do a
mdadm assemble --force unless I know it's safe. Is there something I can do to investigate if it will be safe to force the assembly?


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"Fact: Poutine is from Drummondville, a pee stop town just between Montreal and Quebec City. - http://www.festivaldelapoutine.com/"
This comment was left a couple months ago by an anonymous reader on my post on 12 Poutines in 12 Days (Vancouver Poutine Showdown).
A festival devoted entirely to poutine?! Where can I sign up?
The 2nd annual Festival de la Poutine was taking place on September 4th & 5th in Drummondville, Quebec and would be featuring 6 different 'poutiniers' (4 local restaurants, 1 invited guest chef from Sherbrooke, and 1 famous poutinier from Montreal).
Would we survive a 7 hour drive each way? And could we eat that many poutines in one day?
(Sept 4th and 5th, 2009, Woodyatt Park, Drummondville, QC)
Before we left for our trip, I'd done some research on the regional differences of poutine. Unlike the more savory light brown gravy commonly found in Montreal (and other parts of Canada), poutine sauce in Drummondville is sweeter from the addition of tomato sauce. To get familiarized with this sweeter style gravy, we made a pit stop at the famed Le Roy Jucep restaurant, "L'inventeur de la poutine", to try their signature 'L'authentique' poutine (more details about our visit below).
We arrived at beautiful Woodyatt Park on Friday Sept 4th just after the festival gates opened at 4pm. When we stopped by the press booth to say hello to Amira, the festival's press officer, we were both given press badges to wear :) Hubby and I felt pretty smug as we walked around with our fancy badges, but they really just gave us exclusive access to the VIP concert seating area which we didn't even notice till we were leaving. Most of the locals seemed to be there for the entertainment (concerts starting later in the evening featuring Quebec artists Daniel Bélanger, The Lost Fingers, and many other local bands).
We made a bee line straight for the poutine stands...
1. Restaurant Du Boulevard
small poutine (petit régulière):
The gravy was a reddish orange and kind of looked like ketchup, sweet and super tomato-y, tiny bits of carrot pieces, well seasoned, not too salty. Generous amount of fresh squeaky cheese curds (this is Drummondville, after all). The fries were a little soggy, but overall this was a delicious poutine.
Restaurant Du Boulevard
1645 boulevard Lemire
Drummondville, QC J2C 5A5
(819) 472-2122
2. Restaurant Auguste
reversed poutine (poutine inversée):
Here's a video showing how the poutine inversée is made (featuring Chef Danny St-Pierre):
Restaurant Auguste
82 Wellington North
Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5B8
(819) 565-9559
3. Fromagerie Lemaire
small poutine (petit régulière):
Fromaerie Lemaire, a family run cheese factory, offers warm freshly made cheese curds (right out of the basin) at their two locations daily. After we got a chance to taste their delicious fresh cheese curds at the St-Cyrille location, we had high expectations for their poutine. And it did not disappoint, crispy fries which tasted so good I could have sworn they were fried in beef fat (nope, they're fried in vegetable oil). The gravy was initially a bit salty but became addictive as I kept eating, especially as the flavor soaked into the fries. Not really sweet, but carrot-y, with a hint of onion and celery (mirapoix flavor). And gigantic fresh squeaky cheese curds! (More on our visit to Fromagerie LeMaire below)
Fromagerie Lemaire
2 locations:
2095 Route 122
St-Cyrille (Quebec) J1Z 1B9
(819) 478-0601
182 Industrial Blvd
(exit 170, Highway 20)
St-Germain (Québec) J0C 1K0
(819) 395-5327
4. Chez Louis Poulet et Pizza
I was almost tempted to try the poutine aux doigts, the first time I'd seen poutine with chicken fingers on top! You couldn't help but notice the giant banner announcing "Goûtez à notre toute novelle poutine aux doights!" which means "Try our new poutine with fingers!" (notice the actual human fingers with the scissors in the photo):
We ended up sticking with the regular poutine (small poutine/petit régulière). The crinkly fries were a bit dense and not really crispy enough. The sauce was a translucent orange color, reminding me of Roy Rogers barbecue sauce. Interesting flavor but I tend to like the milder poutine sauces sans barbecue spices. Cheese curds were generous and squeaky fresh:
Chez Louis Poulet et Pizza
2815 boulevard Lemire
Drummondville, QC J2B 8E7, Canada
(819) 474-3494
5. Horace Poutine
small poutine (petit ordinaire):
The staff at Horace Poutine get the prize for the coolest uniforms, complete with tall white chef toques. Unfortunately, my order of fries was slightly undercooked and the gravy had a bit of a strange aftertaste (again with the barbecue spices?) But the cheese curds were still super fresh and squeaky.
Horace Poutine
1000 110e Avenue
Drummondville, QC J2B 7T9
(819) 478-2516
6. La Banquise
small poutine (régulière classique):
The self-proclaimed 'la meilleur poutine aux Québec' (the best poutine in Quebec) and the only Montreal poutinier at this year's festival. Have to admit I was a little disappointed. Fries were pretty good, nicely browned and crispy in parts, gravy was decent (savory without tomato), but the cheese curds weren't super squeaky or as fresh as the others we'd tried that day. Perhaps they'd been refrigerated or previously frozen? (gasp!) To be fair, La Banquise did have the disadvantage of having to schlep their stuff 100 km from Montreal, so maybe some of the quality suffered during the trip. I'll definitely give them another shot on my next visit to Montreal, would love to try some of their 25 varieties of poutine.
La Banquise
994 Rue Rachel E
Montreal, QC H2J 2J3
(514) 525-2415
Overall, our favorite poutine of the festival was Fromagerie LeMaire, closely followed by Restaurant Du Boulevard.
But none of them could top the poutine we had at Le Roy Jucep!
Le Roy Jucep
A visit to Drummondville is not complete without stopping at Le Roy Jucep to try their famous poutine and an orange jucep (a frothy orange juice similar to an Orange Julius with less vanilla flavor, described on the menu as 'mousseux et savoureux' or '
We ordered the L'authentique (the original poutine) and 2 orange juceps. After reading so much about the tomato based gravy, I was surprised to see that their sauce was brown just like the poutines I'd had in the past. But the difference was in the taste - wonderfully sweet amd tomato-y, making me nostalgic for spaghetti-os. Hubby said it reminded him of cream of tomato soup, which he loves. The cheese curds were very fresh and squeaky, with a lovely mild creamy flavor.
After asking our friendly waitress where they sourced their delicious cheese curds, the current owner, Daniel Leblanc, came out carrying a sack of fresh curds to show us. "See the milk inside? That's the sign of freshness!" They get shipments daily from a local fromagerie and keep the curds at room temperature for the ultimate squeakiness. Le Roy Jucep's poutine was better than any of the poutines we had at the festival and one of the best we've ever had! And I couldn't leave without buying a souvenir t-shirt:
Le Roy Jucep
1050 Boulevard St-Joseph
Drummondville, QC J2C 2C6
(819) 478-4848
Fromagerie Lemaire
We also were lucky enough to taste some freshly made cheese curds at Fromagerie Lemaire (one of the participants at this year's poutine festival) in nearby St. Cyrille. You can get freshly made cheese curds every afternoon at both locations of this family run cheese factory. Fresh curds, straight from the bin:
We purchased the smallest sized bag of cheese curds to try for $3, but while we were tucked into a booth enjoying the squeaky goodness, we noticed that most customers were buying several bags of the largest size!
Look at the size of this cheese curd compared to my thumb:
Fromagerie Lemaire
2 locations:
2095 Route 122
St-Cyrille (Quebec) J1Z 1B9
(819) 478-0601
182 Industrial Blvd
(exit 170, Highway 20)
St-Germain (Québec) J0C 1K0
(819) 395-5327
We had a fabulous time in Drummondville and at the 2nd Annual Festival de la Poutine! Thank you all the wonderful people of Drummondville for making us feel so welcome (even when I butchered all my French pronunciations!)
After consuming 7 poutines in one day, you'd think we're finally done with poutine, right?! Au contraire, this was only Part I of Poutine-Palooza. Stay tuned for Part II: Poutine Crawl in Montreal! (Et oui, nous avons mangé le foie gras poutine à APDC!!)
2010 update: After procrastinating for several months (bad blogger, bad!), have decided to save Part II until after our next trip to Montreal .