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vendhaya mor kuzhambu recipe: a comforting, delicious, traditional south-indian recipe in a slightly different form.
vendhayam or venthayam is fenugreek or methi in tamil language. mor kuzhambu corresponds to a south-indian curd/buttermilk gravy based broth, where mor means curd/buttermilk.
i have been a major fan of curd based dishes ever since childhood. having been a fussy eater, curds (natural plain yogurt) would be my lean on, for every dish i happened to 'dislike'. and if the dish itself was curd based, that would be my definition of food heaven :).
one such dish happened to be mor kuzhambu (majjige huli), a curd and coconut based broth with vegetables and a few other spices. this recipe is a slightly different mor kuzhambu.
one other childhood favorite has been the lentil powders such as chutney powder, roasted tuvar dal powder, and methi powder, or what we used to refer to as menthyada hittu. this methi powder although is easily available in the market nowadays, i have always relished it homemade prepared by my mother. the flavors are very special to me.
when i tried out this delicious recipe from the well-known author, chandra padmanabhan's book "dakshin: vegetarian cuisine from south india", i was pleasantly surprised. the flavors beautifully matched the methi powder based kuzhambu, which i have been savoring since decades. this vendhaya mor kuzhambu, you can say, is an instant version of the methi powder based broth with curds.
few more kuzhambu recipes which are posted on blog are:
- mor kulambu recipe
- poritha kuzhambu recipe
- mix veg kuzhambu recipe
- ennai kathirikai kulambu recipe
- manathakkali vathal kulambu recipe
the kuzhambu tastes good when served hot on a bed of steaming hot fluffy rice. you can adjust the spicing to your taste. to suit my family's mild palates, i used a combination of mild and spicy dry red chillies which resulted in a mild venthaya mor kuzhambu. however, you can go ahead and use the more of the spicy dry red chillies. also the dish tastes better if the curds are slightly sour.
green capsicum/bell pepper has been used in the recipe here. a variety of other vegetables can be used instead such as white pumpkin, okra/ladies finger, aubergine/brinjal, green peas. if using white pumpkin, once you prepare the tempering for the final dish, add cubed white pumpkin, stir. add sufficient water to cover the gourd, simmer until it cooks through, then add the rest of the ingredients. if using okra or aubergine, stir fry them similar to green bell peppers as in the recipe below and follow the rest of the recipe in the same manner.
if you are looking for more south indian recipes then do check veg korma, kerala vegetable stew, vendhaya dosa, rava idli and potato sagu recipe.
vendhaya mor kuzhambu recipe below:
vendhaya mor kuzhambu
INGREDIENTS FOR vendhaya mor kuzhambu
for roasting and grinding:
- 2 teaspoons oil
- 1.25 teaspoon urad dal
- 1.25 teaspoon methi seeds (fenugreek seeds)
- 1.5 tablespoon tuvar dal (arhar dal or pigeon peas spilt and skinned)
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds (sabut dhania)
- ½ inch piece of ginger (adrak)
- 3 tablespoons grated fresh coconut
- 4 to 6 dry red chilies (sookhi lal mirch)
- 1 cup chopped green capsicum (bell pepper or shimla mirch)
- ½ cup water
for making the kuzhambu:
- 2 cups curds (plain natural yogurt or dahi) - tastes better if it is slightly sour
- ½ to ⅔ cup water
- salt to taste
for tempering:
- 2 teaspoons oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 dry red chili (sookhi lal mirch)
- 1 finely chopped green chili, this is optional but adds a lovely flavor
HOW TO MAKE vendhaya mor kuzhambu
for the paste:
- add 2 teaspoons of oil to a pan.
- roast 1¼ teaspoon urad dal, 1¼ teaspoon methi or fenugreek seeds,1½ tablespoon tuvar dal, 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, asafoetida, 4 to 6 dry red chilies, at medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes . allow this to cool.
- transfer the roasted spices to a mixer/grinder.
- grind it to a smooth paste adding 3 tablespoons of fresh grated coconut and small amounts of water at a time. i used about ½ cup of water.
to prepare the curd gravy mixture:
- transfer the prepared paste to a separate bowl, add 2 cups of beaten yogurt/buttermilk and ⅔cup of water, ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, salt to taste.
- whisk this to form a uniform mixture.
to prepare kuzhambu:
- chop the green bell pepper/capsicum to bite sized small pieces.
- in a thick bottomed wide pan, heat 2 teaspoon of oil.
- to this add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, 1 dry red chili and finely chopped 1 green chili.
- once they splutter, add the chopped green bell peppers. stir fry at medium-high heat for the first 1 to 2 minutes until they develop some browning.
- then simmer, cover and cook giving a stir now and again until it softens.
- once the capsicum is cooked, reduce the heat to low, pour in the prepared spice and yogurt mixture.
- mix everything and cook at low heat. give it a stir now and again.
- it is important that the mixture is allowed to cook at low heat, otherwise,the curd/yogurt will split.
- please be patient and once the mixture comes to a first boil, turn off the heat.
- serve with steaming hot rice and a teaspoon of ghee if desired.
please remember to cook the kuzhambu at low heat to avoid splitting of the curd/yogurt.
adjust spicing to suit your taste.
for an added level of flavor and spice, add 1 finely chopped green chili to the tempering.
step by step vendhaya mor kuzhambu recipe:
1. first roast 1.5 tablespoons of tuvar dal, 1.25 teaspoons of methi seeds, 1 teaspoon coriander seeds, 1.25 teaspoons of urad dal, 4 to 6 dry red chilies in 2 teaspoons of oil at medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
2. roast the spices and pulses until they turn golden brown. take care to not burn them. transfer to a separate plate. allow the spices to cool.
3. once cooled, transfer the roasted spices and pulses, 3 tablespoons of grated fresh coconut, ½ an inch piece of ginger to a mixer/grinder.
4. without adding water, first pulse the mixture to form a coarse mixture as below. if you add water straight away, the spices and the pulses will not grind evenly.
5. adding small amounts of water at a time, grind the mixture and prepare a smooth paste. i added about ½ cup of water.
6. now, transfer the ground paste to a bowl.
7. add in 2 cups of plain yogurt/curd. buttermilk can also be used instead of curds.
8. add about ⅔ cup of water (adjust to the consistency you desire), ¼ teaspoon of turmeric powder.
9. whisk the mixture to form a smooth mixture.
10. add salt to taste. mix again.
11. the prepared mixture should look like this.
12. in a separate thick bottomed pan, heat 2 teaspoon of oil. add 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. allow them to splutter. add 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds, allow these to splutter. add 1 halved dry red chili. stir. at this point you can also add 1 finely chopped green chili and stir. this adds a beautiful flavor.
13. now, add the chopped capsicum/green bell peppers. stir and cook at medium high heat at first to bring about a slight browning/caramelization of the bell peppers.
14. cook the bell peppers until they soften and yet retain a bite in them.
15. now, reduce the heat to low and pour in the prepared spices, pulses and curd/yogurt mixture.
16. mix and cook at low heat. it is important to cook at low heat, otherwise, the curd will split. stir now and again.
17. cook until you see the first boil. then turn off the heat.
18. serve vendhaya mor kuzhambu with steaming hot rice and enjoy.


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Update, February 9, 2019 (12:30pm ET): Ishan Agarwal also shared the below wallpaper and three others. Unfortunately, these aren't the original image files from the Galaxy S10 and are just screen captures from the leaked renders.
You can check them out here, but I don't recommend downloading and using the wallpapers on your devices as they're not high-definition and are extremely small.
Original post, February 9, 2019 (11:26am ET): The Galaxy S10 isn't set to be announced until February 20, but its wallpapers are starting to show up online. So while you can't get Samsung's latest and greatest just yet, you can make your current phone look like the unreleased device.
As you can from the below tweet, Ice universe, a notorious Samsung leaker, has gotten ahold of one the wallpapers we've seen in multiple Galaxy S10 renders.
Galaxy S10 wallpaper(1) pic.twitter.com/BQnYE6w2Mc
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) February 9, 2019
As a refresher, the Galaxy S10 is set to come in three sizes this year instead of just two. In addition to the standard and Plus models, we'll likely also see a Galaxy S10e. In addition to including a smaller display, it'll also include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor instead of an in-display one and only two rear-facing cameras.
If the render of the Galaxy S10e is to be believed, we should see variations of this leaked wallpaper in different colors to match the device's rumored green, white, and Prism Black colorways.
You can download Ice universe's original image file using the button below if you want to use the wallpaper on your devices.

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Sachin walks, wait for 100th international ton for fans
Tendulkar, who had smashed 51 Test hundreds and 48 ODI tons, left the crease after West Indies fast bowler Ravi Rampaul`s delivery beat him despite umpire Steve Davis signalling not out.
He stabbed at the Rampaul short of length delivery which rose above his waist and straightened outside the off by taking the bottom hand off the handle before popping up to wicketkeeper Devon Thomas.
The champion Indian batsman, who had scored just two in four balls, chose to walk back to the pavilion to the stunned silence of the capacity crowd at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.
India were eight for one in the first over then.
There were raucous cheers from fans after India started batting after Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and the above 35,000-strong crowd was anticipating Tendulkar completing a rare milestone.
A trademark clip off his legs for two off his first ball from Rampaul suggested Tendulkar, who moved to 99 hundreds against South Africa in an Group B match, remained in good form.
He then calmly dealt with the next two deliveries though not resulting in a run.
But then the fourth ball he faced and the last of the first over leapt from just short of a length from outside off-stump and straightened a touch before it flew through to the wicketkeeper. Rampaul and the West Indies appealed vigorously but Australian umpire Davis was unmoved.
However, after a brief pause, Tendulkar walked off with India eight for one in the first over.
Tendulkar`s next chance to score his 100th century will come in Thursday`s quarterfinal at Ahmedabad.


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In the early 1930s, let's say 1932, Warner Bros, snatched up the rights to Edna Ferber's Pulitzer winning novel, So Big! To clarify, this was the second silver screen treatment of Ferber's high profile novel, but the first talkie version. Ferber, of course, extolled a particular genius for popular fiction, spinning hefty best sellers that blended multi-generational historical sagas with romance and social commentary. By the time So Big! arrived for its second cinematic incarnation, Ferber had enjoyed tremendous success with Showboat, as both a silent film and a game-changing Broadway musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein that, well before Rogers and Hammerstein's sensational Oklahoma, set out to break the mold of fluffy, lighthearted, musicals with farcical plots of almost no consequence, save as a means for mounting show-stopping production numbers and romantic interludes. The musical version of Showboat, of course, would be, filmed twice, once in the 1930s and then again, in a noticeably altered form, in the 50s full of vibrant color and pageantry. Ferber's works also inspired such biggies as Cimmaron, 1931's Best Picture winner, Come and Get It (1936), and, eventually, Giant (1956).
No, this column is not about rating the "Best of Ferber Big Screen Classics," but a way of contextualizing Ferber's outstanding relationship with Hollywood way back when, per the full-weight of her importance. To that end, please consider that Barbara Stanwyck, a known quantity but still a few years shy of 1937's immortal weepie Stella Dallas and her first Oscar nomination, earned top billing in the Warner's adaptation, a testament to her star power–that is, her box office clout. So big, indeed. Stanwyck was on top, and there, in the ingénue role, was fresh-faced Hollywood newcomer, Ruth Elizabeth Davis, playing princess, so to speak, to Stanwyck's Queen Bee. Of course, Davis, better known as Bette Davis, soon eclipsed Stanwyck as one of Hollywood's immortals. By 1934, Davis was scandalizing moviegoers everywhere with her intense portrayal of a seemingly soulless Cockney bar maid in Of Human Bondage. A year after that, and with more than a little controversy, Davis snagged her first Oscar (1935's Dangerous), and then another (Jezebel, 1938), racking up a total of 10 Best Actress nods, a record in its time.
Oh, Stanwyck didn't suddenly find herself a has-been in light of Davis's emergence as a Hollywood heavyweight[1]. No, Ms. Stanwyck continued to work steadily, earning a total of four Oscar nominations and eventually transitioning to television as a woman "of a certain age" and enjoying adulation in such Emmy winners as The Big Valley (1965-69) and The Thorn Birds (1983), attracting generations of younger fans who might have missed out on some of her classic films. Already in her 70s by the time of The Thorn Birds, she kept going with a featured role in lavish prime-time serial Dynasty and its short-lived spin-off The Colbys. And, later rather than sooner, Stanwyck cinched awards from both the Academy and the American Film Institute for her lifetime of excellent work. Good for her, but the point is that I'm not sure that Stanwyck has maintained the kind of aura, mystique, enjoyed by Davis and such contemporaries as, say, Katherine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, perhaps Ingrid Bergman, or even Garbo. Oh sure, every bit their equal regarding good ole acting chops, but has she burned her way into the public consciousness as have the others?
Of course, many of my peers and I first came to know Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley, white-haired matriarch of The Big Valley, a ranching family western that was not too far removed conceptually from ratings juggernaut Bonanza–the key difference being a generous dose of female empowerment that testosterone laden Bonanza lacked. While popular enough to hold onto to audiences long enough for a four year run, The Big Valley never challenged Bonanza in the numbers game, but that's really beside the point. Stanwyck played a strong, gutsy woman at a time when such characters were far from the norm, and that, again, is how many of us learned to admire her. But as a TV star. Not as a movie star, well, besides her role in Elvis Presley's Roustabout.
By the time I hit the junior high years, I'd become familiar with vintage Stanwyck titles, such as Stella Dallas, Double Indemnity, Sorry, Wrong Number, and even Christmas in Connecticut but with the possibility of watching those last two with my grandma or on the late show, I didn't actually catch up with the rest until I was grown though I might have seen her in an old black and white offering from her youth without even recognizing her.
So, no, my appreciation for Stanwyck didn't develop until I was grown, probably about the time in my 20s when I read a Bette Davis book and learned more about So Big and both actresses' respective roles in it. And here we are.
Again, Stanwyck never earned a competitive Oscar, and a lot of that is simply timing and/or luck, or lack thereof; moreover, she earned a relatively scant four nominations, that is, scant compared, again, to the likes of contemporaries Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, and Greer Garson. That noted, Stanwyck's quartet of nominated performances fascinate in the way they showcase her utter versatility: the mother of all self-sacrificing mothers in classic weepie Stella Dallas (1937), a wisecracking party-girl who mesmerizes befuddled Gary Cooper in Howard Hawks' rambunctious Ball of Fire (1941), a platinum blonde femme fatale whose smoldering allure is matched only by her icy calculation in Double Indemnity (1944), and a frantic invalid trapped in a murderous plot in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). It's hard to imagine anyone ever thinking that Stanwyck was ever merely playing Stanwyck, in contrast to some of the leading stars of the era who milked their personae in film after film. Allegedly.
Of all Stanwyck's Oscar nominated performances, the one that would seem more typically award-friendly has to be Stella Dallas. Of course, Olivia Higgins Prouty's novel about a working class woman who walks out of her daughter's life so that said daughter will live the life that Stella cannot provide was already dated by the late 1930s, but Stanwyck, ever the trouper, made it work, aging several years over the course of the story, and delivering the emotional payoff during the film's climax, but Stanwyck was in good company that year, what with Greta Garbo in Camille and Janet Gaynor in the first incarnation of A Star is Born, both of them watching from the sidelines with Stanwyck and Irene Dunne (The Awful Truth) while Luise Rainer made history as Oscar's first back-to-back winner. A year previous, Rainer had captured a Best Actress trophy for a small yet significant role in The Great Ziegfeld. Her portrayal in the big screen version of Pearl S.Buck's The Good Earth stunned just about everyone–even if the idea of a white woman playing a Chinese peasant woman now strikes a lot of us as problematic. a white-washing, if you will; however, at the time it seemed revelatory. Today, we wonder why Garbo and Stanwyck never won competitive Oscars.
On the other hand, 1941 belonged to Stanwyck, Oscar or no. Besides Ball of Fire, she and Gary Cooper also shared the screen in Frank Capra's Meet John Doe, an uneven blend of populist fantasia and dark satire, not necessarily for everyone's taste, but a hit nonetheless [2]. Additionally, in the same year Stanwyck cavorted among the leisure class with Henry Fonda, never more luscious, in Preston Sturges' hilarious take on the battle of the sexes, The Lady Eve. This is my favorite Stanwyck performance [3A], and I think at least more deserving of an Oscar nod than Ball of Fire [3B], which is by no means a slur against the latter as Stanwyck and Cooper sparkle a-plenty for legendary director Howard Hawks, but I digress. [Given Stanwyck's strong showing in a single year, it's a wonder her three performances didn't cancel out one another in the early voting.]
Back to The Lady Eve. After an opening credit sequence that brings to mind the story of Adam and, well, you know, Eve, the action begins in earnest as Fonda, in the role of a ophiologist (aka snake expert, dig it) prepares to head back to the USA after spending time exploring the Amazon. Fonda's Charles Pike is also quickly established as heir to a fortune made in the brewing industry: "Pike's Pale: The Ale that Won for Yale." Something like that. He also travels with his lifelong valet, for lack of a better word, played with great curmudgeonly style, and more than a dash of genuine feeling for his charge, by ever-reliable William Demarest.
Eventually, Fonda finds himself aboard a luxury liner enroute to the States, and that's where he takes a tumble–literally–for Stanwyck's Jean Harrington, one half of a father-daughter confidence team, con artists, if you will. These two (dad played by Charles Coburn) maintain appearances by travelling with a third party, Melville Cooper, in the guise of a trusty butler. Their con is simple enough. Jean presents herself as bait, mostly by pretending to be uninterested in Fonda's wealth, then coaxes him into a friendly game of cards, only to lose on purpose, thereby setting up a rematch in which the objective is to cheat and take him for as much as possible. Because Fonda is so bookish and so instinctively attracted to Stanwyck, he never sees that he's being played, but Demarest does, so he launches an investigation. In the meantime, Stanwyck develops genuine affection for Fonda. She realizes what a true gentleman he is, not a rich arrogant bore, and she appreciates his kindness, enough so that she turns the table on her Pop in order to thwart his scheme and keep her blossoming relationship legit by allowing nature to take its course, which she believes will result in matrimony. That way, everybody wins.
But everybody doesn't win. Before Stanwyck can come clean about her background, Fonda learns about her past deeds as a swindler and drops her, unable to believe she might have changed or that such change is even possible. That's when the fun begins as in true "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" fashion, Stanwyck plots a way to make Fonda pay for dropping her so coldly. "I need him," she says, "like the axe needs the turkey." This time, the game isn't about money but toying with Fonda's emotions for spite. To that end, she finesses her way to Fonda's home turf in Connecticut, masquerading as a British noblewoman, Lady Eve Sidwich. And let the games begin.What Stanwyck does here is play two roles, more or less, and that is why I think she eclipses her own sassy performance in Ball of Fire. First, we have Jean, the modern gal who can definitely handle herself in a pinch, and then aristocratic Eve, all fluttery sophistication and hoity-toity accent as she charms just about everyone in Fonda's social circle. Do the filmmakers in any way try to create a disguise for Stanwyck–prosthetics, glasses, or wigs–so that she will be not be recognized immediately by Fonda? Nope. That's part of the gag. He's hoplessly besotted and is in no mood to listen to reason. Stanwyck pulls off this masquerade by changing her body language and her attitude while affecting an accent, one that sounds just plausible enough. Designer Edith's Head's luxe costuming helps, of course, but Stanwyck provides the juice. Whether seducing Fonda in the early scenes or working the locals with her Eve shtick, Jean is always giving a performance–and having a grand time doing it. The trick is to keep the audience on her side. She has to show that underneath Jean's schemes is a woman with heart.
Something else Jean/Eve is good at is sizing up people, always spotting a mark and plotting her next move, and this is when Stanwyck is at her most delightful–as improbable as that might sound. The first time I ever saw this movie was, really, just a random occurrence. One day, several, several years ago, back when the American Movie Classics channel still mostly showed old black and white movies without commercials, I turned on the TV one Saturday morning, just in time to see one of Stanwyck's–and the film's–best bits. In what is only her second scene, Stanwyck sits with her dad in the ship's fancy dining room and uses her compact to scope out the competition–meaning any one of a seemingly endless parade of women willing to throw themselves at Fonda's eligible bachelor. As Jean trains her mirror on the action, she provides breathlessly witty commentary on the likely contenders in all their earnest, yet doomed, optimism. Here shines the genius of not only Stanwyck but also Sturges because much of what unfolds is photographed from Jean's view as she holds the mirror to scan the room. The audience sees what Jean sees and from the angle from which she sees it. What this means is that for the better of part of two minutes the audience sees Jean's face only fleetingly. The connection is forged solely through the strength of Stanwyck's voice and the inflections of her rapid delivery, and the effect is utterly captivating. In one bold directorial choice–keeping the performer's face out of frame–we come to admire Jean's moxie, and we're right there with her when Fonda arrives as if on cue. Harking back to my own experience, I was so intrigued by this one sequence that both Michael and I stopped clicking through channels to watch all the way to the end. And we've been rewatching ever since.
Within minutes of meeting each other, Stanwyck and Fonda settle into a romantic clutch in the former's stateroom. As Stanwyck invites Fonda to join her on a cozy chaise lounge, Sturges frames the actors in a tight two-shot, promptly parking the camera and not cutting away for right at 4 minutes: Stanwyck seductively running her fingers through Fonda's luxuriously dark hair while the latter remains hopelessly transfixed, and good for him. The effect is both sublimely comic and swoonily romantic. The ability to sustain this sequence is another plus for Stanwyck.
As much as The Lady Eve is clearly weighted in Stanwyck's favor, her schemes would be less engaging without Fonda's game contributions. He does not underplay, exactly, but his role is not as flashy as his co-star's. "Hopsie," his nickname, btw [4], is steeped in confusion: nerdish, socially awkward (prone to tripping, which Sturges milks), but not entirely divorced from his sexuality, either, and part of the fun is watching him navigating his overwhelming primal attraction to Stanwyck in whatever guise she appears. It is, indeed, his sweetness and vulnerability that prompt Stanwyck's hard edges to soften, and why his rash dismissal of her stings so deeply. Oh, and pay special attention to how tenderly he goes about the business of assisting her change shoes after an awkward accident. I melt at the thought of his touch every time. Of course, it certainly doesn't hurt that dreamy-eyed Fonda is flat-out gorgeous. If there were ever any doubt about where his famous daughter Jane got her camera-ready good looks, search no further than her dad in his youthful prime.
How does it all end? Oh, I don't want to spoil the full effect of Sturges' mischief, but, rest assured, the conclusion is outrageous, a wee scandalous, on-point, and something that only the great comic director could invent. To clarify, Sturges receives a story credit on the film though the actual screenplay is drafted by Moncton Hoffe, who earned the film's sole Oscar nomination; however, while the Academy might not have been enticed, this does not mean that the film did not boast plenty of admirers in its original run. For example, influential New York Times critic Bosley Crowther lavished Sturges and his movie with praise, heralding The Lady Eve has the best romantic comedy since 1934's It Happened One Night [5]. Even better, at year's end The Lady Eve reigned supreme at the top of the same newspaper's 10 Best Films list, outpacing, yes, Orson Welles' esteemed Citizen Kane [6]. That's huge, but that's not all. Stanwyck and Fonda's pairing was also listed as one of 1941's 10 Best by the National Board of Review, a distinction not earned by either of Stanwyck's other '41 releases including, just to be clear, the flick for which she was Academy nominated, Ball of Fire [7].
The Lady Eve continues to reap honors, such as the Library of Congress' National Film Registry (inducted in 1994, [8]) and spots on two American Film Institute's retrospectives, celebrating the first century of moviemaking: ranking as high as 26 among the most passionate love stories [9], and coming in at 55 among the funniest comedies [10]. The film has also been given the Criterion treatment with an expert digital transfer, a thoughtful introduction by triple threat, director-critic-historian Peter Bogdanovich, and a slide presentation spotlighting designer Edith Head's costume sketches and notes.
Stanwyck herself was recognized on the AFI's list of greatest stars, coming in at 11 among female players [11]. Just outside the top 10 and the likes of, you know, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, and Joan Crawford, but ranking higher than Grace Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, and Ava Gardner (with no less than formidable Rosalind Russell absent from the roster). We'll take it, Ms. Stanwyck, and Michael and I will keep watching The Lady Eve, all year 'round because, as Michael says, it's always fresh and fun, year after year, no matter the season. Hallowed Eve, indeed.
Thanks for your consideration, y'all, and Happy Halloween!
[1] Indeed, according to published reports, the IRS listed Stanwyck as the highest paid woman in America in 1944: http://articles.latimes.com/1987-04-05/entertainment/ca-22_1_barbara-stanwyck/3
- ^ Furthermore, regarding the matter of Stanwyck being the highest paid woman in America, my guess is that her good fortune, so to speak, was the result of being a "free agent" during the height of the old studio system. For example, The Lady Eve, Double Indemnity, and Sorry, Wrong Number are Paramount; So Big and Meet John Doe are Warner Bros.; Stella Dallas and Ball of Fire are from Samuel Goldwyn. Working independently allowed Stanwyck to name her price, and if a given studio wanted her badly enough, she got what she asked. Again, notice that her three big 1941 films all came from different studios, during the same time that say, Bette Davis was under contract to Warners. Joan Crawford was still at MGM, barely, as were Judy Garland and Greer Garson, while Betty Grable reigned at 20th Century Fox, etc.
[2] Shades of both Stanwyck in Meet John Doe AND Rosalind Russell's Hildy Johnson, per His Girl Friday, can be found in the reporter Jennifer Jason Leigh portrays in the Coens' 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy.
[3A] Incredibly, my second favorite Stanwyck performance is in 1955's There's Always Tomorrow (a remake) in which Stanwyck, in the role of a top-flight fashion designer, is reunited with Fred MacMurray, her Double Indemnity co-star in a very adult tale of love, loss, consequences, and regret. From the same team (producer Ross Hunter and director Douglas Sirk) who wowed audiences in the 1950s with such soapy entertainments as Magnificent Obsession, All that Heaven Allows and the sublimely over-the-top remake of Imitation of Life, There's Always Tomorrow differs from those better known titles in that it is a black and white release, a bit odd given the production team's fondness for bold and exciting use of color; nonetheless, Stanwyck and MacMurray give it their all, and the ending still strikes a nerve.
[3B] I didn't catch up with Ball of Fire until a years after I first watched The Lady Eve (which I had seen several times in the interim), and, perhaps, I would have preferred Ball of Fire if I had seen it first. It's definitely an amusing romp. We own copies of both films, btw. The difference for me is that while Stanwyck clearly drives the plot of The Lady Eve, Ball of Fire plays more like an ensemble piece with the actress playing opposite not just Cooper but also a host of comic vets cast as Cooper's colleagues (members of an encyclopedia editorial board), not mention to the likes of baddies Dana Andrews and Dan Duryea. That noted, Ball of Fire has been recognized by both the Library of Congress, per the National Film Registry, and the American Film Institute in its retrospective of America's 100 funniest films.
[4] A reference to the hops found in ale.
[5] Crowther writing about The Lady Eve in the New York Times, originally published in February, 1941: http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D07E2DD133DE33BBC4E51DFB466838A659EDE
[6] Please see: https://thestopbutton.com/lists/new-york-times-ten-best-films/#1941
[7] That noted, in his 1993 book Alternate Oscars, Danny Peary takes 1941's Best Actress award from Joan Fontaine (Suspicion) and gives it to Stanwyck for Ball of Fire while acknowledging that the actress is also "flawless" in The Lady Eve and a near photo-finish worthy honorable mention (see pages 62-63). Also, as I do here, Peary describes Stanwyck in Ball of Fire as sassy. Furthermore, in the section devoted to the 1944 Oscars, Peary subs Stanwyck in Double Indemnity for actual winner Ingrid Bergman, per Gaslight (77-78). Finally, in 1941, the year in which Gary Cooper nabbed Best Actor accolades for Sergeant York, Peary makes a slight adjustment, awarding top honors to Cooper, sure, but in Ball of Fire opposite Stanwyck.
[8] See the complete list of National Film Registry inductees:
[9] See the American Film Institute's 100 Years..100 Passions:
[10] See the American Film Institute's 100 Years…100 Laughs:
[11] http://www.afi.com/100Years/stars.aspx
- ^ Additionally Stanwyck's cold-blooded Phyllis Dietrichson from Double Indemnity is number 8 among the AFI's list of memorable villains : http://www.afi.com/100Years/handv.aspx


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Career Colleges » Minnesota » Communication and Multimedia » Web Design
Looking for accredited career colleges, technical schools, and universities in Minnesota offering Web Design degrees. web page designers, web developers, webmasters and graphic arts professionals make the Internet an attractive place.Minnesota's college students enjoy life in an affordable and beautiful state, with thousands of lakes offering endless chances for ice fishing, boating, or just lazing about in the water. It is also filled with beautiful forests and agricultural lands dotted with small family farms. Minnesota is a very decent place, with friendly people, little pollution, and a low crime rate. You should definitely think about Minnesota as you make your educational plans.
At the intersection of artistic vision and cutting-edge technology, Web design and development gives you the chance to boost your art and design skills.
As a Web designer or developer, you'll need a broad set of skills. Web development classes are mean to build your skills in art and design, as well as a suite of computer programming functions. A bachelor's degree may be required for network systems and data communication analyst jobs, while a targeted associate degree in Web design and development could be sufficient for entry-level designers.
Software is a key component of career training. A typical degree program should include some or all of the following software packages:
Mean annual wages for network systems and data communication analysts -- including webmasters and Web developers -- were $72,200 in 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Strong job growth is predicted for the field with 78,900 new openings for network systems and data communication analysts expected between 2008 and 2018.
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Here's a paradox that is affecting the mind-set of today's investors: They are more optimistic about the stock market than they've been in nine years, since before the market collapse of 2008-09. But at the same time, they're also moving more money into cash and CDs.
The latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index gained 11 percent in the third quarter. Slightly more than half of investors are now "very" or "somewhat" optimistic about the 12-month outlook for markets, up from 42 percent last quarter.
But an almost equal percentage of respondents are more worried about stock market volatility than low interest rates, and 43 percent reported they have moved money to cash or cash equivalent savings over the past year. That's substantially higher than the 29 percent who moved funds into individual stocks or stock funds.
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Laura Johnson, Recruitment Manager at Caffe Nero recently talked to Chris Pateman, Client Relationship Manager at LaunchPad, about building an employer brand for success.
Why does employer brand matter?
- 80% of candidates consider employer brand when they're making an application
- 91% of candidates think culture is more important than pay
- There is a 28% reduction in employee turnover when a company invests in employer brand
- Employers are 3 times more likely to make a quality hire if they have a good employer brand
- Companies without a strong employer brand need to pay 10% more on average
1. Conveying your company values
Communicating about our values is a priority says Laura. "This doesn't mean prescriptively listing what our values are". It's about conveying what it's like to work at Caffe Nero. "We're a fun, social, diverse, creative, vibrant place to work" she says. "Our brand is about 'finding a place for you', we think of it as a second home." This needs to come across in all our interactions with potential candidates
2. Culture isn't uniform
While every store has the same values, each store has a different feel to it says Laura. Some candidates will be suited to one store more than another and Caffe Nero is using the differences as a strength to market to candidates. "Not every coffee shop is the same and we're not trying to create a uniform look. We highlight the differences and don't shy away from it".
3. Unscripted and authentic
You need to be brave and honest about who you are says Laura. If you watch videos from employees on Caffe Nero's careers site they're not scripted, and if you look at their YouTube channel, videos aren't narrated. "We let things speak for themselves, we help candidates find out for themselves, it's important to have an authentic feel to your content."
4. Don't sugar-coat it
We have to accept there are wrong-fit candidates says Laura. But the more information you can give candidates, the better informed they are. "If we're honest about the challenges employees will face like difficult customers, or unsocial hours in a busy environment, we enable people to make up their own minds and deselect themselves if they don't share our values." This approach means Caffe Nero now receives fewer, but higher quality, applicants.
5. Involve your team
Caffe Nero wants to encourage employee generated content and key to this is recognising employee contributions – simply thanking people and then using their content. "We have a framework on social sharing but not too strict a policy as we want people to keep engaging with us" says Laura. For Caffe Nero it's more important to be authentic and timely than to have perfect sanitised content.
6. Understanding we can influence but not control
Employer brand is a two-way flow of information, especially when it comes to social media. "If you are challenged, you need to be able to respond through real people in your business" says Laura. "If you have a strong employer branding strategy you make your job easier" she says. "If you're getting the right messages across you won't need to respond to lots of individual reviews or questions".
7. Choosing the right channels
The choice of channels for communicating content needs to be carefully thought out. Along with a careers website, Caffe Nero is making use of YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. "Although it won't be for everyone, we use Instagram stories a lot" says Laura, "we're not shy about showing the reality of what we do through sharing real-time organic content."
8. Adopting new technology
Caffe Nero's key project for this year is to make better use of technology. "We want to improve the candidate experience and showcase our brand and everything our business stands for."
9. Respecting your marketing colleagues
Caffe Nero's talent acquisition team works closely with the marketing, communications and brand teams. "We need to align what we want as recruiters with what other teams want to communicate to our customers" says Laura. The teams agreed on common goals and Laura says key to their relationship is respecting each other's expertise.
10. Respecting your candidates
"If you ask for next day delivery and your parcel doesn't arrive the next day it reflects badly on the brand. It's the same for recruitment," says Laura. Candidates want instant feedback and technology can play a role in speeding up the process. If companies are slow to respond to candidates they risk losing out: "We know that if we don't respond quickly, a competitor will do, and we risk losing those candidates."
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Looking for some new ideas for your summer meals? Market Wednesday resident cooking instructor, Cindy Ramsey of Chez Cindy, has some market fare serving suggestions.
Visit Cindy's blog, Cooking with Chez Cindy for her July 11th recipes for Cucumber Relish and Orzo Salad with Cucumber and Feta.
Cooking with Chez Cindy for her June 27th recipes for Sauteed Squash with Feta & Basil and Baked Pasta with Summer Squash & Tomatoes.
While you're visiting the blog - check out that awesome peach pie recipe!
Cindy's next appearance at the market is July 25th.


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- Employer
- USAJobs
- Location
- Arlington, Virginia
- Posted
- Mar 27, 2019
- Closes
- Mar 27, 2019
- Function
- Audit and Tax, Management
- Industry
- Government and Public Services, Federal
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed No
A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service:
- Overseeing accounting, financial, and managerial issues that require examination by auditing professionals;
- Developing Internal Review policies, procedures and practices;
- Conducting analyses for all areas involving accounting, management control and risk management systems
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0511 series.
Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor."); OR
Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include oneof the following:
- Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
- A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or
- Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
*NOTE: Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: Foreign Education
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information:
Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements:
Persons with Disabilities - Schedule A
Special Hiring Authority for Veterans
Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses
Other Special Appointment Authorities
Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notification of the decision.
NOTE: Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview will be considered as a declination for further consideration for employment against this vacancy.
Selective Service Requirement: Please visit http://www.sss.gov for more information.
For more information, please visit http://www.dla.mil/Careers/SearchApply/Downloads.aspx .
Other Notes:
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Selectee or incumbent must be able to obtain the appropriate certification level for their position. This is a Financial Management Level 3 Certified position. IAW Public Law 112-81 and DoD Policy the incumbent shall comply with the requirements of DoD FM Certification program within the allotted timeframe. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at:
Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level).
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the application process is complete, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the Occupational Questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
- Audit Planning and Management
- Concepts, Policies and Principles of Audit
- Fundamentals and Operations of Audit
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In France and French-speaking Africa, PwC develops audit, accounting and consulting missions that creates value for its clients, with a focus on sector-wide approaches. PwC invests in customer relations and works alongside its clients to help them cope with the uncertainties and challenges in the regional market. Through the firm's technical expertise, tailor-made teams and sector specialisation, PwC refines its experience for the benefit of its customers day after day. The PwC network operates in 157 countries and has more than 223,000 employees worldwide.
Olivier Marion
Partner Head of Transactions
Paris, France
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Olivier is the partner leading in our Deals practice in France (Corporate Finance, Transaction Services, Valuation, Business Recovery Services, Project Finance), and serves as a partner within our Business Recovery Services group. Olivier has significant experience in financial restructuring situations, and has been involved in some of the most visible cases in the French market over the past years, including Bourbon, CGG, Arc International, Lateocere, Gerad Darel or Jardiland. His expertise includes assistance to debtors through independent business reviews, restructuring options design and implementation, as well as assistance to corporate or financial investors contemplating opportunities in a distressed situation. Olivier is a graduate from EDHEC, is a chartered accountant and is vice-president of the French Turnaround Association (ARE).
Sébastien is highly experienced in doing business in challenging contexts, particularly in France. He currently leads the Business Recovery practice (BRS) of PwC France. He is involved in a wide array of sectors, including fashion, cosmetics, luxury retail, discount retail, newspapers, home appliances, home furnitures, ferry operations, engineering, epc, transportation equipments, food processing, construction materials, printing and steel. He also acts regularly as a lecturer at HEC school of management and INSEAD.
Olivier Sibenaler is a leading practitioner in performance improvement for Strategy&, PwC's strategy consulting group. Based in Paris, he is a Partner with PwC France. He works within the Deliver Deal Value Team and is in charge of the Operational Restructuring Practice. After 6 years of experience as an entrepreneur in a start-up specializing in contractual research, Olivier joined the consulting world in firms such as Solving International, BearingPoint and recently Alvarez & Marsal, where he specialized in advising companies in difficult situations. The latter activity enabled him to take interim management roles in turnaround situations.


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Recipe ingredients
7 oz apricot jam and 6 oz mixed fruit jam(kissan)
8 dried apricots
1 3/4 th cup all purpose flour
1 cup golden brown sugar
1 TSP cinnamon powder
3/4th TSP baking soda
1 1/2 cups quick oats
1 cup (4 oz) chopped walnuts
12 TBSP unsalted melted butter
4 TBSP canola oil
1 large egg and 1 TSP vanilla extract
In a small bowl, mix the 2 jams and chopped apricots.
In a large bowl, whisk egg; add flour, sugar, cinnamon and baking soda.
Add butter, walnuts, oats, vanilla extract stir the whole dough until well mixed - this will be ur crust mixture.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (based on ur oven make).
Spread half of the crust mixture in a 11x9 in pan.
With a spatula, spread the jam on the crust leaving 1/2 inch border around the edge of the crust.
Cover the filling with the remaining crust mixture and spread evenly; slightly press to flatten.
Bake for 30 mins, until golden brown. Remove from oven and let it cool for atleast 45 mins (if you do not press the crust hard enough before baking, bars will become soft textured and might break down).
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Based in Moscow, my company provides a complete range of production support services for video and photography throughout Russia.
We pride ourselves on being creative problem solvers and good hosts for our international clients. With over 20 years of experience, we'll fanatically support your project from pre-production until you depart Russia with the footage safely stowed in your carry-on. And because we have personal experience working in major production centers like Los Angeles and South Africa, we've developed an efficient, results-oriented working style that matches yours.
Please contact me to learn how we can make your upcoming production in this part of the world a smooth and successful experience. Be sure to scroll down and read comments from our clients.
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In order to best serve you state wide, we have process servers that live throughout Utah. As a result of this, we are able to provide you with affordable and timely statewide service.
Proof of Service
After you papers have been served, we provide you with a proper Proof of Service to be filed at the court. This affidavit will reflect the date and time of service, the cost for the service, as well as the name, title, and signature of the process server.
We have developed a custom GPS tracking system. All Private Investigators and Process Servers log each attempt through their smart phones. This gives our office staff a live feed on attempts made and the GPS location as to where this attempt was made.
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- statewide service of any legal document
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sacramento state university fashion show 2007: "midwinter nights"
commentator: monica
rolend rose will be graduating from sac state in a couple of weeks with degrees in apparel & design and business marketing. here is a description of her collection for this year's show: "visions couture is inspired by a contemporary sleek style of formal wear. visions couture color inspiration includes, sophisticated black accented with lustrous bright colors. this elegant look encompasses the silhouette of today's modern women along with the formal tailored fit for men. visions couture hits the eye with simplicity with a touch of elegant designs for ladies & gentlemen."
below is her line, "visions couture," which premiered on the runway at the university union ballroom last friday. along with some of the work of the other designers of the show. congrats, baby rose! we couldn't be prouder of all your hard work!
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model: mindy
male models: brandon, james, and ruben
female models: stephanie, mindy, and magenn
hair and make-up by: heather and katie of "teased up"
other designers' collections. in the words of tim dunn, "make it work, people!"


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One important way you can help support the work of Exploring a Sense of Place is to make a donation.
The majority of the work of Exploring a Sense of Place is done by our talented and dedicated volunteer staff.
Your donation will be put to good use immediately, helping to create experiences and materials to help people with their own process of discovery and reconnection with Nature.
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George Michael says he hoped to create 'spectacular' music in final interview
George Michael bemoans a generation who "never look at what they're doing to their fellow man" in his final interview, recorded just weeks before he died, which will be broadcast on Radio 2.
In the interview, the ex Wham! singer told Kirsty Young that he was optimistic about his recording career, saying "even when I've really hit rock bottom, I believe… that this period of down time will result in something spectacular".
But he said artists do not look out for fellow artists any more.
Talking about losing his court case against Sony Music, Michael, who died aged 53 on Christmas Day 2016, told Young: "I feel I took three years out of my career, I spent $7 million and I got nothing for artists. Nothing.
"And then 10 years later it's a different generation… that never looks at what they're doing to their fellow man you know. Let alone fellow artists."
Just before Christmas 2016, Young was asked to interview Michael for the Channel 4 film Freedom – which aired on Monday night – that the star was producing about his life and career.
The interview was only meant to cover a few topics, with parts of their discussion to be used as part of the soundtrack for Freedom.
But the interview lasted over two hours and as they said goodbye, Michael said to Young: "You should turn this into a radio programme."
Following Michael's sudden death only a few weeks later, "it began to feel like something that should happen", Radio 2 said.
In the interview Michael discusses putting music before his personal life, saying: "I had a feeling that I couldn't have both. I felt that I couldn't come out and live a full gay life, and still have my devotion to what I did."
And of meeting Anselmo Feleppa, who later died of an Aids-related illness, he said: "I was happier than I'd ever been in my entire life. Fame, money… everything else just kind of, paled by comparison to finally at 27 years old, waking up in bed with someone who loves you."
He remained hopeful about his future recording career, saying: "Even when I've lost control, even when I've really hit rock bottom, I believe, that the red line is still there. And that this period of down time will result in something spectacular."
Lewis Carnie, head of Radio 2, said: "The Radio 2 listeners continue to love and remember George Michael and his music, and I'm glad that they will be able to hear his final, very special interview on the station."
:: George Michael: The Red Line will be broadcast on Radio 2 – split across two 60 minute programmes on November 1 and November 8 at 10pm.


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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Ben and Jerry Nonnemacher to lead 2-fly Auction
Ben and Jerry Nonnemacher have graciously agreed to run this years 2-Fly Auction. Please follow up with these guys if you have any items to donate. They can be reached at email@example.com or at their website at http://www.jantech.us/cane_fly_rods.html. By the way if you are looking for a beautiful cane rod or a great fly tying table these are the guys to talk to!
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14th CFGBC Scientific Symposium taking place on June 11th 2019 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Symposium "Systems medicine in clinical practice" will take place in June 10th-11th 2019 at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Edward Vigmond: PUSHCART - Personalized Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Martin Kuiper: The logical way to tackle cancer
Mario Gorenjak: SysPharmPediA: Systems Pharmacology Approach to Difficult-to-Treat Pediatric Asthma
Harald Schmidt: Systems Medicine for mechanistic disease redefinition and omics-based drug repurposing for rapid proof of concept and patient relevant impact
Martin Kuiper: Setting the stage for the Gene Regulation Knowledge Commons
Timothy Radstake: Molecular Re-classification of Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disease; Are We Beyond Fiction?
Janet Thornton: Exploring Human Variation and its impact on proteins and in the Clinic
Sendi Montanič: Immunogenetics in Transplantation of Haematopoietic Stem Cells
Tadeja Dovč Drnovšek: Molecular-biological investigations for determining blood groups
Nataša Debeljak: Familial Erythrocytosis: From Mutation Analysis to Clinical Application
Jernej Jakše: In-depth sequencing of RNA as an efficient pathogen discovery tool: the case of new hop viroid
Mojca Milavec: Metrology for Quantitative Molecular Biology: Accurate and Reproducible Nucleic Acid Measurements
Brane Leskošek: Telepharmacology and ELIXIR-SI data services
José Basílio: Role of endothelial IkB kinase 2 in atherosclerosis
Tjaša Bensa: How to study a gene and its protein that is a product of alternative splicing – the Inducible cAMP Early Repressor (ICER) story
Kaja Blagotinšek: Blocking cholesterol synthesis in the liver promotes hepatocarcinogenesis in the mouse model HCyp51-/-
Tanja Cvitanović: LiverSex: in silico study of sexual aspects in liver metabolism
Vita Dolžan: Implementing enabling tools for preemptive pharmacogenomics testing within the Ubiquitous Pharmacogenomics Project: The Slovenian Experience
Jure Fabjan: Information system to aid the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Katja Goričar: Genetic variation in GLP1 receptor is associated with inter-individual differences in weight lowering potential of liraglutide in obese women with PCOS: a pilot study
Marjeta Horvat: Computational support for management, tracking and analysis of human samples obtained from suicide victims
Nika Kotnik: The influence of the polymorphisms of the DNA repair mechanisms on the risk of malignant mesothelioma
Urša Kovač: Statistical modeling of circadian clock and cholesterol metabolism genes in mothers with preterm delivery
Lidija Magdevska: Automatization of fuzzy inference system describing the dynamics of MAPK cascade
Iva Mencin: Mutation analysis of VHL and EPAS1 genes in patients with familial erythrocytosis: from research to clinic
Miha Moškon: In silico analysis of CHO metabolism in dependence on the medium composition
Uršula Prosenc Zmrzljak: Defining the role of different inducible cAMP early repressor - ICER isoforms
Žiga Pušnik: Viable parameter space analysis of dynamic biological models
Sara Redenšek: Genetic variability in pathways defective in Parkinson's disease: possible applications
Živa Rejc: Computational support for management of animal samples
Anja Solarovič: Familial Erythrocytosis in Slovenian population
Katarina Trebušak Podkrajšek: Genetic testing of osteogenesis imperfecta related genes in Slovene patients with next generation sequencing


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Beautiful and what a healthy looking plant!
Nicely grown and photographed!
That is stunning! I love the photography too. You have a keen eye for composition and layout. Thanks for sharing your lovely orchid blooms and beautiful photography with us, Truong. We are lucky you have chosen to be a part of our community.
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Friends of the Gantry
Chef Joel Bickford has collaborated with some of his industry friends to create a special degustation menu, showcasing the talents of some of Australia's best loved chefs and restaurants with a portion of the proceeds going to OzHarvest. OzHarvest is Australia's leading food rescue charity which collects quality surplus food, distributing it to people in need. Big thank you to the five incredibly talented chef's from last night. You put on a spectacular array of dishes!
Joel Bickford - The Gantry
James Viles - Biota Dining
Troy Rhoades Brown - Muse Restaurant
Aaron Ward - Electrolux Appetite for Excellence Young Chef of the Year
Hanna Leinonen - Sixpenny
Smoked Newcastle Mackerel - green apple - sour cream - wasabi - dill - wood sorrel
-Troy Rhoades, MUSE Restaurant
Potatoes - truffles - smoked corn - sheeps milk
-James Viles, BIOTA
Sea Buckthorn - carrots - liquorice
- Hanna Leinonen, Sixpenny
Location: Pier One Sydney, The Gantry
Photography: Li-Chi Pan &
Bookings: http://www.thegantry.com.au/ or 02 8298 9910


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To show you that no good deed goes unpunished…
I already told you that my MIL went and told my wife. It was an unresolved issue that I was struggling with. How do you go to someone and tell them that they've betrayed your trust, not once but twice.
I went home yesterday, its hockey season…and I love hockey. The Conference Finals started yesterday, Wings v. Stars. I turned it on to watch the last 20 minutes of the game. My wife was fast asleep on the couch, an image I'm all too familiar with. Her mom was home and this is the conversation we had:
"What do you think we should do? Do you think we should take her in?" Her
"Honestly, I have no clue." Me
She went upstairs and got dressed and came back down and started to put her shoes on.
"You're taking her in?" Me
"Well, you obviously don't care!" Her
"What do you want me to say?"
"What do I want you to say? I want you to say, this is my wife, I'll take care of her. This is my wife, let me take her in. This is my wife and she's my responsibility. If you don't want to be part of this family, grab your stuff and get out!"
"You have no idea what I do for her. You don't know that at night I'm the only one that covers her up so she's not cold. You don't know that I'm the one that puts her legs on the bed so that she doesn't wake up sore. Take her to the bathroom, get her water, you don't know any of that so don't tell me that I do nothing for her or that I don't care about her.
"You want me to tell you to take her to the hospital or do it myself but I don't know what the hospital is going to do. Give her more meds?" Me
"They'll do a spinal tap and help her." Her
"They won't. She's got medication on board to help with that and if they don't feel that it's an issue they won't do it. So they'll just give her meds, send her home and send me the bill."
This whole time my wife in on the couch in and out of lucidity like a character from that movie Blow.
We decided to give it another day. Hope that she got better.
When I woke up today they were mad at each other. Her mother has been holding her narcotics for the month but it appears that even that hasn't helped. She got her narcs filled on the 24th of last month, she only has five days left. So if you do the math, today is the NINTH. So she has until the 14th and then she's out… she's overtaken 10 days worth of meds.
But they are still telling me it's not an issue and that she's genuinely sick…
Friday, May 9, 2008
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To show you that no good deed goes unpunished…
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The programme includes games, competitions, jokes for children near the new year tree, the concert with popular scenes from the operas and ballets Die Zauberflöt, Die Puppenfee, The Nutckracer, The Sleeping Beauty, Kashchei the Immortal, The Snow Queen. Children will receive New Year presents from Father Frost and the Snow Maiden.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Defense contractor Northrop Corp. said Tuesday it will confirm previous forecasts later this week when it meets with investors.
Northrop NOC, -0.81% said it expects to earn $6.60 to $7.10 a share for 2002, well above the $5.85 it earned for 2001. Thomson Financial/First Call estimates that Northrop will earn $6.94 for 2002.
The company also estimated it would earn 10 percent to 20 percent more in 2003, but offered no specific figures. First Call estimates Northrop will earn $7.92 for 2003.
Northrop also said revenue would hit $17.5 billion to $18 billion in 2002, $19.5 billion to $20 billion in 2003 and $22 billion in 2004.
Officials said they planned to offer that forecast at this week's SG Cowen investor conference.
Northrop shares fell 42 cents to $109.58 Tuesday.


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Strong demand, tightening vacancy and a robust rental growth outlook will see the Sydney CBD office market outperform the national average over the next three years, according to CBRE's recently released Office MarketView report.
Sydney has the tightest vacancy of all Australia CBD markets, currently at 6.6 per cent, down from 8.4 per cent 12 months ago.
Residential conversions and strong take up in the secondary market propelled H215 net absorption to 69,000 square metres, bringing full year net absorptions to ~130,000 square metres for 2015, the highest annual net absorption recorded in six years.
Demand is forecast to see continued momentum over the next three years in Sydney with vacancy forecast to reach lows not seen since pre-GFC times.
CBRE's Associate Director Research, Felice Spark, said that absorption levels had rebounded significantly over 2015 in both Sydney and Melbourne, with Sydney seeing strong take-up from the IT sector.
Sydney experienced an increased level of enquiry for space over the last quarter of 2015, particularly in the larger end of the market, with IT, Finance and Insurance and Professional Services all recording significant increases in enquiry - a positive indicator for future demand and take-up.
Prime net face rents increased 1.7 per cent in Q4 2015 to average $932 per square metre, with overall prime net effective rental growth of 6.6 per cent recorded for 2015. Secondary net face rents also increased over the quarter by 1.0 per cent to average $575 per square metre; however secondary rental growth outperformed over the year with 13.4 per cent net effective rental growth recorded. The substantial pipeline of secondary conversions in conjunction with prime completions over 2016 is forecast to see secondary asset rents outperform prime rents over the near term.
"While incentives remain at historical highs in Sydney, the medium term outlook for absorption and rental growth may see them trending downwards sooner than initially expected, particularly in the secondary market," said Ms Spark.
"Declining incentives in conjunction with solid face rental growth will result in some strong net effective rental growth in Sydney over the few years."Foreign investor interest surged in 2015, with the largest concentration of activity centred in Sydney.
According to CBRE Research, approximately 54 per cent of total 2015 office investment purchases across Australia were made by foreign investors. This compares to 34 per cent in 2014, 33 per cent in 2013 and just 23 per cent in 2012. Sydney metro recorded circa $7.3 billion worth of office sales transactions in 2015 with 61 per cent of this value derived from foreign purchasers, a higher proportion than any other market in Australia.
In Q4 2015, prime yields in Sydney tightened by a further six basis points to an indicative yield of 5.4 per cent - just 20 basis points away from the record low of 5.2 per cent achieved in the December 2007 quarter at the peak of the cycle, pre GFC.
Secondary yields witnessed a sharper compression of 20bps to reflect an indicative yield of 6.4 per cent. CBRE Research is forecasting further yield compression in the first half of 2016 in Sydney before yields stabilise and then witness some moderate decompression in the wake of rising bond yields.
"While yields have already reached record lows in Melbourne, we may see Sydney follow suit over the next quarter pending some significant transactions currently in due diligence," said Ms Spark.


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The UK's undersupply of houses, the productivity gap and greater infrastructure spending were at the top of the agenda in Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement address.
The UK's undersupply of houses, the productivity gap and greater infrastructure spending were at the top of the agenda in Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement address.
Driven by the agenda of making the UK more competitive and productive ahead of the nation's split from the European Union, the newly appointed chancellor focused on channeling public funds into projects that would encourage Britain's economic growth.
Building on the announcement made by Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, at last month's Conservative party conference, Mr Hammond confirmed that the housing market will receive £2.3 billion of funding to create 100,000 new homes by 2020/21 in areas of high demand.
The move is designed to boost the UK's construction industry by compelling more developers to help build more supply for the UK's growing housing need.
Additionally, the chancellor confirmed that £1.4 billion will be allocated towards the delivery of a further 40,000 affordable homes before the end of the current Parliament.
As well as providing help to the construction industry, Mr Hammond also pledged £1.7bn to tackle the difficulties in unlocking public land for the construction of homes.
The funding behind the government's new housing policy stems from a much larger fund – the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF). Also announced in today's address, the fund will see the government allocate £23bn of spending between 2017-18 and 2021-22, with the purpose of boosting the infrastructure of the UK.
Outside of the NPIF, the chancellor also revealed that a Right to Buy pilot scheme would be trialed, allowing housing association tenants the opportunity to purchase their homes at a discounted rate.
Beyond housing, Mr Hammond used his first address to present his platform of focus on productivity and infrastructure – with a particular view on balancing the output of the UK's regions.
Allocating £1.8bn of funds from the Local Growth Fund, the chancellor addressed the need for the economic output of the UK's regions to rise to meet new targets.
Although revealed last night prior to the Autumn Statement address, Mr Hammond also confirmed the government's intention to ban letting agent fees.
Describing the fees as 'wrong', the chancellor said that attempts at regulation had failed and the government was now forced to step in, stating that the landlord who appoints the agent should be held accountable for any fees.
As well as bringing an end to letting agent fees, Mr Hammond also surprised the market with the announcement that this would also be the final Autumn Statement.
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Alien Movie Project - EP 41 - Battlefield Earth (2000)
Jon Stewart apparently called this movie a cross between Star Wars and the smell of ass... Jon Stewart is a very, very, very wise man.
Happy Holidays, friends! Please, go see Star Wars!Mentioned in this episode:
Aliens versus Tea-Party Patriots: Falling Skies and the Post-Apocalyptic Survival Narrative in the Age of Obama - Steffen Hantke Why Sci-Fi Keeps Imagining the Subjugation of White People - Noah Berlatsky 10 Remarkable Things About Battlefield Earth - Den of Geek
Supreme and extremely epic thanks as always (and a very Merry Fucking Christmas!) go to our producer the amazing Matt Campbell. +++ extra thanks for the rad "fat little bears" graphic you see above!


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2012 is Year of the Dragon and it will arrive on February 4, 2012. (Note: Chinese New Year Day is on January 23, 2012. The first day of 2012 Chinese Astrology Year is on February 4, 2012.) Many people must be eager to know if they will have better luck in the coming year than previous years. Here, we want to use Chinese Astrology Five Elements (Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth) theory to explain people's fortune in 2012 and foresee what will be happening to them in the year of the Dragon.
According to Chinese Five Element Astrology Calendar, 2012 is the Year of Water Dragon . The color of Water in Five Elements system is related to Black. Therefore we can say 2012 is a Black Dragon, Water Dragon or Black Water Dragon year.
Chinese Astrology is a Balance Theory of Five Elements. Each animal can be converted into Five Elements. Dragon contains Earth, Water and Wood. It's a source of Water and It is also called the Water Dam in Chinese astrology. Since Water of 2012 comes with Dragon. it implied Water from the sky makes a dam overflow. Therefore 2012 is a strong Water year.
Dragon is a legendary animal and it is symbol of emperor in China. Since the Dragon is coated with mysterious color, Chinese consider that the dragon is unpredictable, untouchable and people cannot see its head and tail at the same time. Therefore, we can might see something unexpected happening in 2012. Also a person with too many dragons in the Chinese astrology birth chart will become smarter, sly and unpredictable in the coming year.
2010 was the Year of White Tiger and is the beginning year of the Wood cycle. 2011 was the Year of White Rabbit and is the middle year of the Wood cycle. The Dragon of 2012 is the last year of the Wood cycle. Dragon is the transition year to the Fire Cycle. The energy of Wood is in the East side. The energy of Fire is in the South side. We never know what will happen when turning from East to South. That's another sign of unpredictable Dragon year. You can have either good luck or bad luck in 2012, and will have a chance to turn it into better or worse luck.
Before predicting your luck in 2012, you have to know what Type of Element you are and what your Lucky Element is from your astrology birth chart. The Lucky Element is the major factor to determine people's fortune. 2012 is the Year of Black Water Dragon, which contains Earth, Water and Wood. If your Lucky Element is Earth, Water or Wood, then 2012 will bring you some degree of luck. Since 2012 is Water Dragon, people whose lucky element is Water will benefit more in 2012. Fire is the opposite element of Water. People whose lucky element is Fire will have more impact in 2012.
For more details and an accurate prediction, the first step to knowing your fortune is know what animals are in your birth chart. You can find that information from the Chinese Astrology Lucky Element page using your birthday and birth time.
2012 is Male Water Dragon year. Dragon contains Earth, Water and Wood. Dragon and Rat in the Year Column have attraction relationship into Water. That means Water is pretty strong in 2012. Day Master Fire is afraid of Water. Water brings the pressure on the Day Master Fire. This baby is about 4 year old. Therefore, it should be watched for the health.
Water is also related to jobs and/or career. If this person was born on June 30, 1948, then this person should have a good career opportunity in 2012. However, Male Water of 2012 and Day Master Fire have a fighting relationship. Also, Dragon and the Dog in the Day Column have another fighting relationship. This implies a family, health or marriage issue will appear in 2012.
2012 is the Water Dragon year. Dragon contains Earth. People whose Earth score is low will receive benefits from Dragon. Dragon also contains Water. 2012 will bring good luck for people whose Lucky Element is Water. Dragon is the last year of the Wood cycle. Dragon carries the Wood energy from Rabbit of 2011. If you did very well in 2011 and your Lucky Element is Wood, then your luck will most likely continue during the year of Dragon.
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year . If your birth chart contains Female Fire , then your social relationship with people will be good. If Female Fire is your Day Master and you are a female, then it's possible that a love relationship, engagement or marriage will come to you in 2012.
Female Metal and Male Fire have a Stem Attraction Relationship into Wood. Dragon also contains Wood, therefore, if Wood is your lucky element, then 2012 will be a very good year to you.
Chicken and Dragon have a Branch Attraction Relationship into Metal. If Chicken is in your birth chart, then your people relationship will be good. If Metal is also your lucky element, then you will do well in social activities. Chicken is also the Romantic Star of Dragon. If you are looking for love, then you will have a very good opportunity to find someone you like. If you already have a lover, then we will have a closer relationship. If Chicken is in the Day Column of the birth chart, then you might think about marriage in 2012.
If both Dragon and Rabbit are in the birth chart, then they will gather and enforce the strength of Wood. Because Water of 2012 is the supporting element of Wood, people with lucky element Wood can receive the benefit from Water Dragon. If Tiger also appears in the birth chart or current 10-Year Major Cycle, then the three of them form the strongest Wood combination. That means this will be a wonderful year for people whose luck element is Wood. The best month of the year will be the Tiger month and Rabbit month.
If both Rat and Monkey are in the birth chart, then they will join with Dragon to form a very powerful Water combination. That means Water lucky element people will have a big surprise year. If Water represents your Money Star, then you will see your wealth grow in 2012. But if Water is the unlucky element, then watch your money, otherwise the debt will be waiting for you.
Dragon is also called Water Dam in the Chinese astrology. If only Rat appears in the birth chart of current 10-year Major Cycle without Monkey, then Rat and Dragon are still can build a strong Water. People whose Lucky Element is Water can expect good people relationships and good luck in 2012, especially in the month of Monkey, which is in August.
Dog and Dragon have a Fighting Relationship, which implies poor people relationship. If the Male Fire Dog or Male Earth Dog in the Year Column or Day Column of the birth chart, then this is the case of a Double Stem-Branch Fighting Relationship. This is a bad sign of instability, accident, separation, dispute, hostility and poor health. These type of people should use a conservative attitude and approach to avoid any dispute, quarrel and challenges in 2012.
Tiger is the Travel Star to Dragon . People whose birth chart contains a Tiger may wish for outdoor activities, either for business trips or for a long distant vacation. It also implies something will keep turning your mind around.
When Dragon meets Dragon , they have a Self-Hurting Relationship, which can disturb people's emotions, judgment, and decision. People might become suspicious and stubborn. When things go wrong, then they will blame themselves. Traditionally, Double Dragons (one dragon in the Year Column or Day Column of the birth chart, one in year 2012) is a bad sign for their yearly luck. This is because the Chinese dragon is untouchable and unpredictable. A person with too many dragons is unpredictable too and becomes somewhat sly. If the forecast is unpredictable, then it won't be a good year.
However, according to Chinese Five Element astrology, Double Dragons should form a strong Earth. Earth implies steadiness or stillness. Earth people minds are kind of inflexible. They always have the basic instinct to keep their promise. If Earth is their Lucky Element, then Earth people should do well in 2012.


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Smalltown is a three part drama series for TV3 by the award winning director Gerard Barrett. I had the opportunity to work as Supervising Sound Editor on it earlier this year and have been eagerly anticipating it's broadcast, as it deals with many themes important to Irish families.
There's some excellent talent on display in it, not least a fantastic turn by Pat Shortt.
Episode one can be seen on the TV3 Player, while episode 2 and 3 are broadcast on September 8th and 15th, respectively.


text: Mithra Kurian, the actress who rose to popularity with her role in Siddique-directed Bodyguard, is getting married. The actress will tie the knot with her longtime boyfriend musician Williams Francis, in January 2015. The wedding date is yet to be finalised. Reportedly, the couple is planning to have a low profile wedding.Williams is a keyboard artist, and has worked with some popular music composers of Mtown, including Ouseppachan, Gopi Sundar etc. According to Mithra, the couple met during a stage show and became good friends. Later, the friendship transformed into love. The marriage has been fixed with the complete support and blessings of both families.Dalma, is the real name of Mithra, who hails from Perumbavoor. She is the daughter of Kurian and Baby. She has a brother, Danny Kurian. Williams, who hails from Thrissur, is the son of Francis and Mercy.Mithra Kurian made her acting debut with Mohanlal starrer Vismayathumbathu, directed by Fazil, in a small role. After a series of supporting roles, the actress ventured into Tamil movies. Mithra played her first lead role in Malayalam in Gulumal, directed by V K Prakash. The role in Bodyguard, was as important milestone in Mithras career. She reprised her role in the Tamil remake of the movie, Kaavalan as well.