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I've been a bit remiss on contributing to the Fresh from the Oven challenges of late, I missed out on doing croissants and pizza, both things I really fancied trying. Well i did do the pizza but I forgot to blog in in time, oops!
So this month I got well ahead of myself and made the challenge almost week for the deadline instead of on the day!
The bread we baked was Turkish Pide and the challenge was hosted by Mrs Ergul.
I had a bit of fun with the US measurements getting muddled and almost using a whole stick of butter instead of half. But I got there in the end. The bread was really easy to make and very tasty. Mrs Ergul says the dough might be very wet but mine actually started off quite dry so I had to add more water to get it fairly sticky. I used my usual kneading technique of short gentle kneads spaced out through the rising.
To go with the bread I made some Turkish inspired kebabs (minced beef, chilli, cumin and coriander), some minty yoghurt and some tomato and onion salad. It was very yummy and I think they bread's soft texture would be great with burgers. We used up the rest of the bread with dips the next day.
Here's the method as given to us my Mrs Ergul (with some UK annotations by me):
4 cups (to 5 cups) All Purpose Flour (ie plain flour, I only needed 4 cups and I used a cup measure as I have a set. 1 cup is approx 130g of flour)
1 and 3/4 cups Warm Water (1 cup = 236ml)
1/2 stick Butter ( melted ) (1 stick = 113g)
1/2 tablespoon Instant Yeast
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/2 tablespoon Salt
Black and White Sesame Seeds (I used cumin seeds as I didn't have sesame seeds)
In a large mixing bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients
Add melted Butter and Warm Water into this mixture and knead
The dough should be sticky
Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and keep it in a warm place for rising
Let the dough rise to double its size
Knead the dough again until it is bubble free
Place a parchment paper on a 13″ by 10.5″ baking tray
Take the dough to the tray and make it flat with your hands until it cover all of the surface of the tray
Dampen your hands with Water if the dough stick to your hands on this step
Then take a knife and give the dough square shapes going deep down
Sprinkle some Sesame Seeds on top
Preheat the oven to 350F (R4/180C)
Let rise the dough for half an hour
Bake it for 30 minutes or until the color of pide turns light brown
Take the pide out of the oven and let it cool for 20 minutes and cover it with a clean kitchen towel to keep it soft


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'May your noses always be cold and wet'.
Let me see if I have got this right. Nearly every single central bank is Zionist owned. Until they did a facelift at The Federal Reserve, everyone on the board was Jewish. Central bankers start the majority, if not all of the wars, so that they can enslave the combating nations and make huge profits on whatever is possible. Israel was founded by the most powerful central banker on the planet in order to grant protections through dual nationality and other perks of having a sovereign nation, so that crime could be practiced without fear of the usual reprisals. It was a state founded on deception and historical revision which displaced 700,000 inhabitants, who were already living in Palestine and they have been practicing genocide on them ever since.
Members of congress have to sign a loyalty oath to Israel or they will be sabotaged in their electoral pursuits. Israel was behind 9/11 and all of the following wars that were justified as a result of it. Bin Laden publicly said he had nothing to do with 9/11.
Israel started every war they've been involved in and where provocation was needed she practiced false flag events and then used the Zionist owned press to impress lies into the mind of the public. Israel attacked an American ship, killing many Americans in an effort to start a world war. Israel is presently lobbying internationally to have attacks launched on Pakistan and Iran.
Ron Paul has been in congress for 12 terms. He's a financial expert. He has run for president collecting large amounts of money and then simply dropping out of the race. He has now stated that Israel is a friend of America. He says we are giving too much money to Israel's enemies. He says he wants the Federal Reserve audited. He is a financial expert (or did I already say that?) and he must know that Zionists control the Federal Reserve but he says nothing about that. Has he always been like he is or has be been 'reached' finally? Israel is an enemy of the United States and controls her government at all levels. Israel controls the media. Israel sends American youth to die in her wars. Israel has bankrupted the US through gratuitous wars for profit and through criminal behavior on Wall Street via Goldman Sachs and others. The congress of the United States is an enemy of the United States and it appears that Ron Paul is also an enemy of the best interests of the United States. Please refute what I have said so far at your leisure.
Israel attacked the aid flotilla and ruthlessly killed a number of passengers including an American. Israel is intending to kill more flotilla aid workers in June. The nation of Israel is a satanic entity that worships materialism and practices human sacrifice. After peace was declared and agreed upon, Israel dropped over half a million cluster bombs on Lebanon in a war they started. 94% of Israelis supported Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Very few Israelis are Semitic. All Palestinians are. Israel confines the original populations of the land they stole in a concentration camp that has become the most populous place on Earth, due to the constant diminishment of their lands.
The Israeli security company ICTS was in charge of security at all 9/11 airports, the London Tube and The Madrid Train Station. I could go on and on here about known facts but there's not much point in it, given that if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it is most likely a duck. Consonantly, if it drinks blood and behaves like a vampire it is, for all practical purposes, a vampire.
Obama got on his knees and performed felatio on all of the members of AIPAC on videotape. Everyone who works for him lined up behind him to do the same, there or anywhere the zippers came down. The world is in a state of outrage because Zionist bankers are looting the economies of the euphemistically named, free world. Something is moving in the hearts and minds of people around the world. Boycotts against Israel are mounting. The truth about Israel is coming out. Israel is becoming a pariah nation in the eyes of the world and Israel is planning massive false flag events to distract the hearts and minds of the world's population from the truth of her behavior, everywhere there is money to be stolen through usury and political arm-twisting.
It doesn't look good for the world to be under the heel of stormtrooper bankers, whose religious books refer to goyim (that would be you) as cattle and whose lives are unimportant, except as a servant class or blood sacrifices for the self chosen. In the meantime the cultural perception of what is acceptable, is controlled by a PC propaganda machine that purports to represent the rights of all people but whose main thrust is to support the behavior of those committing so called anti-Semitic acts against themselves, for the purpose of sympathy and legislative changes on their behalf. The education system is in their hands. Their progeny have first rights into all of the top schools and the curriculum is bent to serve their agendas. They collect a kosher tax on many foodstuffs and employ other hidden taxes and privileges, because they own the currency printing rights, which they have used to buy up all important agencies for the service of their elitist status.
The majority of them don't believe in anything besides their own abilities to enslave the populations and here is where they are headed for trouble because the cosmos is alive and aware and orchestrating their doom. Otherwise, the people of the world would be toast. They eat crap diets. They get their news from the people who are abusing them. They are addicted to superficial entertainments. The lure of sleazy sex and the hope of material gain, drive them to the exclusion of other ambitions, except when they are praying to an anthropomorphic white guy with a beard, residing in a non-existent heaven. Their holy books have been altered to serve the interests of their slave masters, who laugh at them and charge for seating in their own temples, where Baphomet sits on the dais. This group of shape shifting psychopaths has been at work for centuries but now... now the old age is closing up and the summing up approaches. They know they are running out of time and the only solution, they think, is to plunge the world into global conflict. In this they are being assisted by the empty suits they shoehorned into the seats of power.
I don't want to offend the supporters of Ron Paul but Ron Paul has revealed himself as an agent of this force because there is no way he cannot know what is going on because he is... a financial expert. I briefly supported Ron Paul but he never said what I felt he needed to say and everything else he said was not unlike what Obama said before he became the least powerful man in the world with the biggest appearance of it.
By the day, around the world, people are being thrown out of their homes and jobs. They are being reduced to fear and want in order to sap their will to resist. They are being diseased and murdered by stealth and the obvious venues. They are being poisoned and thrown into turmoil by the operations of those governing them and those governing the governors.
Most of the people who can see what is happening won't say anything and the rest are dumber than a turtle on a fence post, hypnotized by perverted religions, or in deep denial of what is going on. Insane money junkies are betting for and against everything, while they manipulate the outcome. They are driving food and fuel through the roof and waiting upon global mega-death, to reduce the population congestion and free up the entire world for extended plunder. The big actors on both sides of the coming conflict are making their threats and shifting their game board pieces.
Tension fills the air. We await the inevitable, unless that is to be sidetracked, because everything really is under control and now, every act of evil turns upon itself and will amplify and accelerate to that effect with each passing day. I am convinced of the good that lives in the heart of humanity and of the existence of forces working to awaken it. These forces rule preeminent in the visible and invisible spheres and all arguments to the contrary are nothing more than the doubts being sown to divide the people against each other. Buckle your seatbelts because the storms are here and growing in power. Nature is not amused.
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Paris is a visual feast.....Bon Appetit! Bonne Nuit!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
35 comments:
- linda said...
this is such a wonderful, celebration of paris!
several photos bring back great memories for me...
c'est maqnifique!! - March 21, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Kathy @ Sweet Up-North Mornings... said...
I felt like I just spent the day walking through Paris!
Thank You My friend...
Some day I should love to go.
xoxo~Kathy @ Sweet Up-North Mornings... - March 21, 2010 at 12:32 PM
- La Table De Nana said...
Des photos superbes!! No wonder you love all things French~ They love you.
What great shots..unique.. I mean..look at the lady and the dog! That's a hallmark card..for some reason ..more than one..
I see a few my daughter took..differently:)
Oh these are wonderful..I hope you print many up?
Just great ..Thanks so much for sharing.You must know your way around perfectly. - March 21, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- Patty said...
Paris is such a beautiful work of art, I can't wait to go there!
- March 21, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- Ju (The Little Teochew) said...
PAREEEEEE!!! Oh Diane, gorgeous! *wistful sigh* No one can look at these photos and not e bowled over.
- March 21, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- Melanie said...
So beautiful. You know, I don't think I know why you go to Paris so often (not that anyone needs an excuse!)? Thank you for sharing a bit of the beautiful sights with those of us a bit more grounded in life. :)
- March 21, 2010 at 9:41 PM
- Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...
All shots are awesome! Thanks for sharing.
- March 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM
These shots make me want to immediately drive to O'Hare and take a flight to Paris! They are just beautiful!
- March 21, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- meig said...
What an amazing post. You did an absolutely amazing job, capturing the romance and beauty of Paris. Going to Paris is absolutely on my Bucket List.
- March 22, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Deana Sidney said...
Diane, I felt like I just had a mini-break to Paris. The photos are perfect and so evocative!!! I can't wait to go again... I got engaged in Paris at the Crillon... it was really something.
- March 22, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Karen @ Mignardise said...
Ooh la la - your photos are magnifique! You have such a wonderful eye.
When your flying days are over, you should take up photography full time, for love and money. - March 22, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Kathy Walker said...
Beautiful! Beautiful! I loved the tour. You have such a great eye!
- March 23, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- Thibeault's Table said...
Thank you for taking us with you. Wonderful photos.
- March 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- 2 Stews said...
Thanks everyone for the kind comments.
Melanie....I am a flight an international attendant so the airplane is my office. I am out of the country at least once a week. It's fun to bring back visual souvenirs :-) I'm glad you enjoy them.
Diane - March 24, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- The Cooking Photographer said...
Diane I love this post! The pictures are so interesting and beautiful I was draw inside Paris, but once I saw that lab at the restaurant door my heart melted. How neat.
Laura - March 24, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Linda@ Lime in the Coconut said...
I feel like I was there! - March 24, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- Barbara said...
Such lovely photos! And I remember it all so well from when my daughter lived there! Nothing like Paris, especially this time of year!
- March 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- Cindy said...
Lovely photos. Brings back memories.
- March 24, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- Valen said...
What awesome photos!
- March 24, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- Camille said...
I love your travel photos...I can visit vicariously through your gorgeous shots! Could you please tell me the name of the restaurant where you took the shots of the white wine & champagne? I am a rep for a foodservice supply company in Canada. We are the exclusive distributors of ARC glassware & dinnerware, which is manufactured in France & these glasses are part of Arc's "Open Up" series. I would love to share your photos with my team, with your permission, of course.
- March 26, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- 2 Stews said...
Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments!
Laura...that lab at the restaurant door stole my heart, too. What loyalty. Dogs in Paris are so much a part of the scene.
Camille....The first photo of the white wine was in a cafe/bistro that is connected to a small right bank boutique hotel...very chic and modern. My friends and I ducked in there to avoid a sudden rain....and it was cocktail time! I went back to my photos to see if the name of the hotel was in any of them. Of course, I have wonderful pics of the olive dish and the umbrella stand and the crazy modern chairs, but not the name of the hotel. My friend who is behind the wine glass may remember. I am always emailing and asking if she remembers the name of a boutique or cafe and she often does! I'll let you know if she can remember. We will be back in Paris all next month, so I should be able to come up with it. The Champagne glass is from a wonderful restaurant I go to often. It is "Au Petit Marguery".
It is wonderful gem, but I have to say their website just doesn't do it justice. The pic near the end of my post with the waiter buttoning his top button to start his evening shift, is from there.
Please feel free to share my photos with your colleagues. I LOVE Arc glassware and dinnerware. I have bought it for years. I'll have to start looking at my wine glasses in Paris to check ;-) Bottoms up!
Cheers....Diane - March 26, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Camille said...
Diane....thank you for permission to share your gorgeous photos. I know my team will be as thrilled to see our product as I was...so beautifully photographed, I might add!! It's great to know that you're the proud owner of Arc glassware & dinnerware. I assume you've purchased it in France & have brought it back home with you? If there is something you have your eye on, please let me know. I'd be very happy to order it & send it as a gift for letting me borrow your photos! I look forward to hearing if your companion can recall the name of the bistro where you took the pic of the white wine glass! What a small world we live in! Have a wonderful time in Paris, next visit...I look forward to both your stories & photos, as always!
- March 26, 2010 at 11:55 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
Thanks for these wonderful photos and for me remembrances of Paris! My family lived in France near Paris for 20 years and I lived there 3 years and go back every year or so; my brother has a place near la porte Maillot; I remember the first time my mom took me to La brasserie Lipp and I ordered a coffeee ice-cream it came wrapped in a towel and it was pyramid-shaped. Oh I miss Paris!
- March 27, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- 2 Stews said...
Camille...my friend and I decided we'll just have to take a walk by that little place again and come up with the name. You are so kind with your offer, and yes I did buy many in Paris. Several posts show some of my own:
Please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
tasteofbeirut...how lucky you are to have roots in Paris. I love your story about La Brasserie Lipp. The French and food are a magical combo!
Thanks for all of the kind comments!
Diane - March 28, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- a quiet life said...
oh this is heaven heaven heaven! i love long glorious photo sessions, we are right on your heels, face pressed to the glass enjoying it all!
i am so rarely online, living outdoors now, rain is due today and i thought i would try and catch up a wee bit here, but frankly, i think i will just garden in the rain today! i am so obsessed outside these days, BUT seeing this post has made my toes tingle almost as much as the garden! fabulous fun you shared, i will get caught up eventually, i love pretty things to stay away forever! - March 29, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- Sarah said...
Oh, what a delightful walk. We were set to be in Paris next week, but an unexpected health issue for my husband had him in surgery today. No trip this spring! So this is just what I longed for today. Thank you for sharing these lovely photos of my favorite city.
- March 30, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- 2 Stews said...
Jain...your garden is paradise on earth. I'm glad you could take a break and come along on my virtual visit.
Sarah...I hope your husband's surgery went well. xo. You both must've been so disappointed to postpone your trip. I'll be posting a lot more Paris pics now. So come along until you can get there.
Diane - April 2, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- Eileen @ Passions to Pastry said...
What gorgeous photos of Paris! But like I always say, it's impossible to take a bad picture anywhere in that city. First time to your website. I like it!
- April 6, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Lynne Daley said...
Oh, such lovely photos. My daughter and family, a 4 year old. a 4 month old are arriving in Paris today via the Eurostar. I've sent the link of your post to them. Splendid!
- April 6, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Amy said...
Thats why I'm staying here in Paris :) I've enjoyed it everyday when I walked alone the sideways.
- June 10, 2010 at 2:33 AM
- Heather said...
I always say, it's impossible to take a bad picture anywhere in that city. First time to your website. I like it!
- June 17, 2010 at 1:42 AM
- Carrie said...
I just say that What an amazing post. You did an absolutely amazing job, capturing the romance and beauty of Paris.thanx for sharing information.
- June 24, 2010 at 3:52 AM
- Becky said...
Thank you for sharing a bit of the beautiful sights with those of us a bit more grounded in life, thanx for posting.
- September 22, 2010 at 3:48 AM
Diane, In the middle of this winter wonderland we're experiencing here in New England, you have transported me back to Paris and brought warmth just thinking about my favorite city..thanks for the memories.
Debbie L..your flying buddy - January 29, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Allison Clark said...
These shots make me want to immediately drive to O'Hare and take a flight to Paris! They are just beautiful!
- March 23, 2011 at 11:20 AM


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LAKEWOOD RANCH – A bicyclist is seriously injured after a driver ran a red light, causing the vehicle to strike the pedestrian.
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Damery struck an 83-year-old bicyclist, who then collided with an 81-year-old cyclist, FHP reports.
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One of the characters that comes to the fore in the second half of Brit Bennett's new novel, The Vanishing Half, is a young actress named Kennedy Sanders. She's an attractive blonde pushing 30, who, after years of trying to make it in the serious theater, lands a role on a soap opera.
Bennett writes that when Kennedy calls her parents to tell them about her big break, she assures them that "There was nothing wrong with melodrama, . ... In fact, some of the greatest classic actresses — Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo — trafficked in it from time to time."
That relatively small moment in this novel caught my attention; it felt to me that Bennett here was also talking in defense of her own fiction and its heavy "trafficking" in coincidences and other over-the-top plot contrivances.
I liked her debut novel, The Mothers -- about the long consequences of an unplanned teenage pregnancy — but I'd also faulted it for being melodramatic. Now, I'm recognizing that's how Bennett rolls as a novelist: embracing melodrama as a beguiling way to delve into difficult topics. In The Vanishing Half, Bennett takes up a subject perfectly suited to her signature melodramatic style: I'm talking about "racial passing," which has inspired, mostly tragic novels like Nella Larsen's Passing, as well as Douglas Sirk's grand cinematic tear-jerker, Imitation of Life.
The Vanishing Half tells the multi-generational story of the Vignes sisters, Desiree and Stella, two very pretty identical twins who grow up in the small town of Mallard, La. It's a town where all the residents are light-skinned African Americans.
In 1952, when the sisters are 16, they decide to run away to New Orleans to see what the wider world has to offer. Mostly, it has to offer menial jobs. Intrigued by an ad for secretarial work, the quieter sister, Stella, decides to try to pass as white. She's so successful, that she vanishes completely into whiteness, abruptly cutting off all ties for decades with both her broken-hearted sister and her mother back in Mallard.
Bennett's omniscient narrator roams around here, checking in on multiple characters and jumping backwards and forwards in time. The novel actually opens at a much later point in the story, when Desiree, the once wilder sister, is trudging on the road back to her mother's house in Mallard. She's seeking refuge from an abusive husband and is tugging her little daughter, Jude, by the hand. But unlike Desiree, whose skin is described as "the color of sand barely wet," little Jude is "blueblack"; her father, we're told, was "the darkest man [Desiree] could find." What awaits Jude as she grows up and attends school in "colorstruck" Mallard are years of shunning by her light-skinned classmates who label her: "Tar Baby. Midnight. Darky. [And] Mudpie."
Meanwhile, across the country in L.A., Stella has, to outward appearances, hit the "passing" jackpot. She's married her wealthy white boss (who has no clue she's black) and is now the mother of a snow angel of a little girl; a girl who'll grow up to be that blonde actress named Kennedy I mentioned earlier. Like the Titanic and the iceberg, first cousins Jude and Kennedy are fated to be on a collision course that will, in time, upend their sense of family and racial identity.
Bennett is especially artful in delving into Stella's situation, which, at first, seems so cushy, but turns out to be fraught with the daily terror of being found out. In a section of the novel set in 1968, Stella's exclusively white Brentwood neighborhood is up in arms because a black family has moved in. In a vexed, hesitant way, Stella finds herself befriending Loretta, the wife of the black couple. Daydreaming, Stella imagines the relief of confessing her secret to Loretta:
That's a pretty devastating truth contained in Stella's momentary fantasy. Again and again, throughout this entertaining and brazenly improbable novel, Bennett stops readers — or at least stopped this white reader — in their tracks with such pointed observations about privilege and racism. As another melodramatic novelist, Charles Dickens, recognized: If you tell people a wild and compelling enough story, they may just listen to things they'd rather not hear.
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FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 950 F.2d 156 18 IDELR 350 November 26, 1991 The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (formerly the Education of the Handicapped Act), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., requires states that receive federal funds for education of the handicapped to provide such children with a free appropriate public education. 20 U.S.C. § 1412(1) (1988). In Burlington School Committee v. Massachusetts Department of Education, 471 U.S. 359 (1985), the Supreme Court held that parents who believe that the education offered by the public schools is inappropriate may unilaterally place their child in a private school and are entitled to reimbursement from the state for tuition and expenses if it is subsequently determined that the public school system failed to comply with its statutory duties and that the private school provided an appropriate education. The question in this case is whether reimbursement under the Act is barred when parents have enrolled their disabled child in a private school that has not been approved by the state for the childs placement under the Act. We hold that placement in a private school not approved by the state is not a bar to reimbursement under the Act and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court ordering reimbursement. The school district first challenges the district courts conclusion that it failed to provide Shannon a free appropriate public education. In order to satisfy the Acts requirement that the state provide a free appropriate public education, the IEP must be reasonably calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefits. Board of Educ. v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176, 207 (1982). In particular, [w]hen the handicapped child is being educated in the regular classrooms of a public school system--as Shannon was here--the achievement of passing marks and advancement from grade to grade will be one important factor in determining educational benefit. Id. at 207 n.28. And as this court has noted, [c]learly, Congress did not intend that a school system could discharge its duty under the [Act] by providing a program that produces some minimal academic advancement, no matter how trivial. Hall ex rel. Hall v. Vance County Bd. of Educ., 774 F.2d 629, 636 (4th Cir. 1985). See also Board of Educ. v. Diamond, 808 F.2d 987, 991 (3d Cir. 1986).


text: CSB Announces Public Meeting in Washington, DC, to Release Final Report into Fatal 2011 Explosion and Fire that Fatally Injured Five Workers near Honolulu, Hawaii January 8, 2013 Tweet Washington, DC, January 8, 2013 - The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announces that it will hold a public meeting on January 17, 2013, to present the findings from its investigation into the April 8, 2011, explosion and fire that killed five workers at a storage facility used by Donaldson Enterprises (DEI) near Honolulu, Hawaii. The explosion took place during the disposal of professional grade fireworks that had been illegally labeled for consumer use by a manufacturer in China and then seized by federal customs agents when they were brought into the U.S. The meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m. EST in the Horizon Room of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004. CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso said, "The CSB's public hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to hear the findings and formal safety recommendations resulting from the board's investigation into the tragic 2011 accident that killed five workers." At the meeting CSB staff will present to the Board the results of their investigation into this incident. Key issues involved in the investigation include the methods used to dispose of the fireworks, training of company personnel, and the absence of a national standard or acceptable industry good practice for fireworks disposal. At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board will consider whether to approve the final report and recommendations. All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues and factors involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings presented by staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has considered the final staff presentation, listened to the public comments and approved the staff case study will there be an approved final record of this incident. The hearing is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required; to register for the event, please send email to [email protected]. Members of the audience will have an opportunity to comment on the draft report, as presented by the investigative staff. The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. The agency's board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety management systems. The Board does not issue citations or fines but does make safety recommendations to plants, industry organizations, labor groups, and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA. Visit our website, www.csb.gov. For more information, contact Communications Director Hillary Cohen, (202) 261-3601, cell (202) 446-8094 or Sandy Gilmour at (202) 251-5496. Back to news


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In 1999 Marina Marchese quit her job as creative designer for a small giftware company in New York City and settled into a more rustic routine at her little red cottage in Weston, Connecticut. Tired of commuting into the city and passionate about her new backyard beekeeping hobby, Marina decided to start a business based on her bees and the delicious honey they produced. With only limited savings, the artistic and free-spirited Marina worked odd jobs in catering and dog sitting to help pay the bills while she tended her first few hives.
Marina, then 37, was still a "new-bee," as novice beekeepers are known. But she wanted to be the queen bee, so she studied every aspect of this industrious insect, from its fascinating social life inside the hive to the many varieties of honey it was capable of producing. She attended meetings at local beekeeper clubs and even traveled to England and Italy where honey tasting is on par with wine tasting.
It's safe to say that artisanal beekeepers like Marina go to extremes, but the honey they produce is a far cry from the kind that you buy in a plastic-molded teddy bear bottle. Artisanal honey making emphasizes quality and character over quantity and consistency. To produce the finest honey, beekeepers become micromanagers of their honeybees, scouting optimal field locations, knowing when nectar flow begins, and selecting the best ways to extract honey when the season is done.
Beekeeping may seem like a dramatic departure from a career in design, but the passion and creativity Marina brought to her business were nothing new. Growing up, she knew she wanted to create art, but spent her childhood rebelling against parents who didn't support her artistic nature. "I was this creative kid growing up in a corporate family," Marina says. "My mother was always pushing me to go to college to study business. Creativity just wasn't nurtured, and it certainly wasn't treasured.
"As a kid I always doodled—and I always got in trouble. I doodled in cookbooks, on the walls, in the closet, and behind doors where my parents wouldn't see it. I remember soaking in the tub as my grandma scrubbed ink off my legs because I doodled all over my body."
A series of seemingly unconnected events brought Marina to beekeeping. In the late 1990s a neighbor saw her illustrations of bee characters—including a sassy queen bee—and invited Marina to check out his backyard hive of Italian honeybees. Unsure at first, Marina put on the beekeeper's hat and veil and watched as her neighbor opened the hives. "I was mesmerized," she says. "The bees were so well-behaved, but I kept thinking they were going to swarm and sting. That day I tasted fresh honey and was smitten."
She bought her first hive through mail order and tended bees on weekends. During the week she took the train to her job in the city. Some days she would cry because she was so unhappy with her job and the commute. One day Marina pulled a paperback novel, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, from the borrowing rack at the train station. She took this accidental find as a sign that beekeeping was going to play a much larger role in her life. From that day forward she took greater interest in her hobby, joining bee clubs, reading books, and attending workshops.
Within two years honey from her first hive was ready for harvesting. Rather than give her honey away, as many backyard beekeepers do, Marina designed bottles with beautiful labels and prepared to sell her small first batch of 12 bottles at the local farmer's market. She encountered some resistance from shoppers who weren't quite sold on the idea of paying premium prices for something that has traditionally been a commodity.
"I pretty much starved that first winter," she says. "I told myself, 'I am talented, and I am going to survive.' When I get interested in something, I go into it deeply. I had only scratched the surface of this amazing creature and wanted to know more."
To survive she expanded her product line, selling beeswax lip balm and honey-based skin care products such as handmade soaps, facial scrubs, and foot rubs. And, taking full advantage of the bee's bounty, Marina started to feed her artistic soul by painting with heated beeswax in a technique known as encaustic painting. About five years ago—and a full seven years after starting her business—Marina reached a financial milestone. She no longer had to work odd jobs to help pay her bills. Today Marina's company, Red Bee Apiary, harvests approximately 100 gallons of honey per year, and is a favorite of regional chefs and gourmands alike. Demand is greater than supply, so she works with local beekeepers who meet her exacting criteria for artisanal honey to boost production.
Like a convert to a new religion, Marina wants others to share her passion for artisanal honey. She travels around the country talking to beekeeper groups and sponsors tastings at her apiary. She even wrote a book, Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper, which encompasses not just her personal story but the history of beekeeping, bee behavior, tips for would-be backyard beekeepers, and the many ways honey can be used in food and healthy living. "My business brings together everything I've worked for in my life," says Marina. "When you're doing something you're meant to do, everything just falls into place."
- One pound of honey contains the concentrated essence of about 2 million flowers.
- Roughly 60,000 honeybees populate a single hive.
- Collectively, bees travel about 55,000 miles for each pound of honey.
- Eighty percent of the pollination of the fruits, vegetables, and seed crops in the U.S. is done by honeybees.
- There are more than 300 unique, single-varietal honeys in the U.S.
- Honeybees have five eyes.
- Honey stored in air tight containers never spoils. Sealed honey vats found in King Tut's tomb contained edible, 2,000-year-old honey.
- A queen bee can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day.
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If you're looking for an Internet browser other than Internet Explorer you have options. Firefox is a popular browser but many people complain of and experience performance issues with it. Google's "Chrome" browser touts security with it's "surf in a sandbox" concept but there are privacy concerns with this browser as everything you do in the browser is transmitted to Google for analysis. Apple's Safari browser has a very small footprint in the PC realm… a larger base on Mac since it is the embedded native browser. One of my current favorite browsers that you might find to be an attractive alternative is Opera's latest browser 10.60. It's free, and it's fast! One thing about the browser to be aware of though is by default it wants to turn on Opera "Turbo" mode which optimizes the browser for slow connections… ie, 56k modem. If you have broadband service of 3MB or greater speed you will want to disable Turbo. Another browser I just started toying with is from Lunascape (lunascape.tv). Has a look that is something of a hybrid between Opera and Safari. What I like about it right up front is the ability to quickly change the rendering engine on the fly without having to dig down into preference and other settings. If you're feeling very adventurous and a serious computer junkie, look into the Konqueror browser as well.
I encourage to explore and experiment with other offerings until you find the one that feels right for you. In the meantime, enjoy the introductory video about Opera 10.60 and if you have questions or comments about any of the browsers mentioned (or browsers not mentioned), feel free to consult the Dr.
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It slipped out late last year with virtually no publicity, so perhaps it's time to shine a light on Voices Of Equilibrium (Silvertone), a four-track EP of covers from three part harmony Devon trio WILDWOOD KIN, sisters Beth and Emillie Key and cousin Meghann Loney. There's some surprising choices, though Tracy Chapman's 'Talkin' Bout A Revolution' is the least so since it at least occupies the folk genre field. That said, the arrangement with its glistening keys and subsequent heavy drums immediately rings the changes on the original.
That's certainly true of their take on 'The Pretender', not the Jackson Browne one but the Foo Fighters track, which they've slowed down into a moody dank folk affair while still bring urgency, albeit of a different shade to the refrain. Meanwhile, shifting the goalposts once again, 'Dream On' was a 2006 electro pop dance floor hit for Christian Falk and Robyn, though, even with its undulating electronic beat, even they might be hard-pressed to recognise this dreamy chamber folk reimagining with its cascading harmonies and twinkling sonic snowflakes.
Stevie Wonder provides the final cut, his boogie funk 'Higher Ground' transformed with a single vocal and hummed backing, handclaps and a muted drum thump gospel-like intro before the instrumentation fills out for a fixed and narrow-eyed tribal rhythm groove mid-section with what sounds like distorted scuzzy bass. A superb reminder that if you're going to do a cover, especially crossing genres, then you need to make it your own. The trio have full possession.
ANNE LEITH & LES OMAN hail from Campbeltown and their EP, Poets, celebrates the work of two local writers, George Campbell Hay and Angus Martin. Anne and Les play guitars, bouzouki and keyboards but don't overdo the accompaniments – the words are most important here. They stick to Hay's English poetry but Martin's 'The Hird's Hoose' is in lowland Scots as far as we can judge. Anyone who thinks that they can write a "traditional" Scottish song (except Archie Fisher, who can do it) should listen to these songs – the opener, 'The Fisherman Speaks' is a gem.
A second taster for the upcoming self-released debut album, singer Lara Snowdon and violinist Kathryn Tremlett joined by Kev Jackson on electric guitar, Josiah Manning on keys and the rhythm section of Paddy Blight and Garry Kroll, VELVET & STONE follow-up 'Oh Boy' with, after a simply strummed intro, the equally fulsome sounding folk-rock 'By The Water', quite literally a love is blind story about confessing your feelings.
Is "Lena Kalinka, have you got space in your heart for a narcissist thinker" any way to begin a song? Absolutely. 'Lena Kalinka' is the first track on Poetical Resistance, the new EP by GABRIEL MORENO & THE QUIVERING POETS. Gabriel and the band combine English and Spanish musical strands and the influences of such songwriters as Leonard Cohen. He would be a perfect musical partner for Keith James. 'Overstay Your Welcome' is a string-drenched track with a very Cohenish structure overlaid with a Mediterranean gypsy violin and the closing 'We Are What We Are' is built on acoustic guitar. The chorus of 'Silly Old Dreams' strikes something of a false note but that is the record's only fault.
There are eight of THE JAMESTOWN BROTHERS from Somerset although one or two of them would appear to be Jamestown Sisters and Singing For Our Supper is their debut EP. Their mixture of good-time country, folk and blues is reminiscent of the early days of The Men They Couldn't Hang with fiddle and brass fleshing out the sound. A song like 'Take Your Medicine' over keyboards and horns is harder and almost mainstream while 'Everybody Take A Drink' has an Irish flavour. The Jamestown Brothers must be a great festival band.
Breathily-voiced Guildford-based country pop singer-songwriter EMMA STEVENS self-releases her Atoms EP, featuring two collaborations with Kevin Jeremiah from The Feeling, the jaunty strumalong 'Because It's You' and the uplifting 'Soldier On'. The title track, presumably written in response to her mother's passing, is a gentle fingerpicked acoustic celebration of being a part of everything and how death is just another beginning, the remaining cuts being the upbeat romantic euphoria of 'Bells And Whistles' and the more staccato rhythms of the self-explanatory feelings of 'Home'.
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Stourbridge-based acoustic bluesman SUNJAY returns to form after the well-played but soulless Black & Blues and the pointless covers set Sunjay Sings Buddy with 'Ghost Train' (self-released), a taster for the upcoming Devil Came Calling. Co-written with producer Eddy Morton, it's a chugging piano and violin-coloured blues tribute to yesteryear heroes that namechecks a cast list that namechecks, among others, Holly, President Kennedy, Muddy Waters, Judy Garland, Babe Ruth, the Big Bopper Martin Luther King, and Monroe. By contrast, the flip side, 'Too Close To The Sun', another driving blues co-penned with Henry Priestman and Les Glover, deals with an increasingly unstable addictive relationship.
KARINE POLWART releases another single from her forthcoming album, Karine Polwart's Scottish Songbook. 'Since Yesterday' is the 1984 synth-pop Strawberry Switchblade song but it begins with a crackly old recording of her grandfather singing 'The Rose Of Tralee'. Originally about youthful angst, Karine's piano-led reinterpretation of the song gives it to us old-timers. We're looking forward to the album already.
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PETE GARDINER tackles the world's problems with his new single, 'Dangerous People'. Originally from Northern Ireland, he adopts a laconic drawl over acoustic guitar for the verses and allows the song to build up over the choruses. His words are clever, inviting comparisons with Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, and his delivery seems instantly familiar without being a copy of anyone. We could use an album like this.
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Trusts and taxes
Trusts and Inheritance Tax
Inheritance Tax may have to be paid on a person's estate (their money and possessions) when they die.
Inheritance Tax is due at 40% on anything above the threshold - but there's a reduced rate of 36% if the person's will leaves more than 10% of their estate to charity.
Inheritance Tax can also apply when you're alive if you transfer some of your estate into a trust.
When Inheritance Tax is due
The main situations when Inheritance Tax is due are:
- when assets are transferred into a trust
- when a trust reaches a 10-year anniversary of when it was set up (there are 10-yearly Inheritance Tax charges)
- when assets are transferred out of a trust (known as 'exit charges') or the trust ends
- when someone dies and a trust is involved when sorting out their estate
What you pay Inheritance Tax on
You pay Inheritance Tax on 'relevant property' - assets like money, shares, houses or land. This includes the assets in most trusts.
There are some occasions where you may not have to pay Inheritance Tax - for example where the trust contains excluded property.
Special rules
Some types of trust are treated differently for Inheritance Tax purposes.
Bare trusts
These are where the assets in a trust are held in the name of a trustee but go directly to the beneficiary, who has a right to both the assets and income of the trust.
Transfers into a bare trust may also be exempt from Inheritance Tax, as long as the person making the transfer survives for 7 years after making the transfer.
Interest in possession trusts
These are trusts where the beneficiary is entitled to trust income as it's produced - this is called their 'interest in possession'.
On assets transferred into this type of trust before 22 March 2006, there's no Inheritance Tax to pay.
On assets transferred on or after 22 March 2006, the 10-yearly Inheritance Tax charge may be due.
During the life of the trust there's no Inheritance Tax to pay as long as the asset stays in the trust and remains the 'interest' of the beneficiary.
Between 22 March 2006 and 5 October 2008:
- beneficiaries of an interest in possession trust could pass on their interest in possession to other beneficiaries, like their children
- this was called making a 'transitional serial interest'
- there's no Inheritance Tax to pay in this situation
From 5 October 2008:
- beneficiaries of an interest in possession trust cannot pass their interest on as a transitional serial interest
- if an interest is transferred after this date there may be a charge of 20% and a 10-yearly Inheritance Tax charge will be payable unless it's a disabled trust
If you inherit an interest in possession trust from someone who has died, there's no Inheritance Tax at the 10-year anniversary. Instead, 40% tax will be due when you die.
If the trust is set up by a will
Someone might ask that some or all of their assets are put into a trust. This is called a 'will trust'.
The personal representative of the deceased person has to make sure that the trust is properly set up with all taxes paid, and the trustees make sure that Inheritance Tax is paid on any future charges.
If the deceased transferred assets into a trust before they died
If you're valuing the estate of someone who has died, you'll need to find out whether they made any transfers in the 7 years before they died. If they did, and they paid 20% Inheritance Tax, you'll need to pay an extra 20% from the estate.
Even if no Inheritance Tax was due on the transfer, you still have to add its value to the person's estate when you're valuing it for Inheritance Tax purposes.
Trusts for bereaved minors
A bereaved minor is a person under 18 who has lost at least one parent or step-parent. Where a trust is set up for a bereaved minor, there are no Inheritance Tax charges if:
- the assets in the trust are set aside just for bereaved minor
- they become fully entitled to the assets by the age of 18
A trust for a bereaved young person can also be set up as an 18 to 25 trust - the 10-yearly charges do not apply. However, the main differences are:
- the beneficiary must become fully entitled to the assets in the trust by the age of 25
- when the beneficiary is aged between 18 and 25, Inheritance Tax exit charges may apply
Trusts for disabled beneficiaries
There's no 10-yearly charge or exit charge on this type of trust as long as the asset stays in the trust and remains the 'interest' of the beneficiary.
You also do not have to pay Inheritance Tax on the transfer of assets into a trust for a disabled person as long as the person making the transfer survives for 7 years after making the transfer.
Paying Inheritance Tax
You pay Inheritance Tax using form IHT100.
If you're valuing the estate of someone who's died, you may have to value other assets apart from trusts to see if Inheritance Tax is due.
More help and information
There's more detailed guidance on trusts and Inheritance Tax.
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Character Bios
Location(s): Aman
Race/Species: Elf
Type/Kind: Noldor
Title(s): the Wise
Dates: Age of the Trees - ?
father: Mahtan
Spouse: Fëanor
Amrod and Amras
Nerdanel, the daughter of Mahtan, was the wife of Fëanor and the mother of seven sons:
While still in his early youth [Fëanor] wedded Nerdanel, the daughter of a great smith named Mahtan, among those of the Noldor most dear to Aulë; and of Mahtan he learned much of the making of things in metal and in stone. Nerdanel also was firm of will, but more patient than Fëanor, desiring to understand minds rather than to master them, and at first she restrained him when the fire of his heart grew too hot; but his later deeds grieved her, and they became estranged. Seven sons she bore to Fëanor; her mood she bequeathed in part to some of them, but not to all.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 6, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
The seven sons of Fëanor were Maedhros the tall; Maglor the mighty singer, whose voice was heard far over land and sea; Celegorm the fair, and Caranthir the dark; Curufin the crafty, who inherited most his father's skill of hand; and the youngest Amrod and Amras, who were twin brothers, alike in mood and face.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 5, Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
In an earlier, more complete description of Nerdanel, she was an artist and smith in her own right:
While still in early youth Fëanor wedded Nerdanel, a maiden of the Noldor; at which many wondered, for she was not among the fairest of her people. But she was strong, and free of mind, and filled with the desire of knowledge. In her youth she loved to wander far from the dwellings of the Noldor, either beside the long shores of the Sea or in the hills; and thus she and Fëanor had met and were companions in many journeys. Her father, Mahtan, was a great smith, and among those of the Noldor most dear to the heart of Aulë. Of Mahtan Nerdanel learned much of crafts that women of the Noldor seldom used: the making of things of metal and stone. She made images, some of the Valar in their forms visible, and many others of men and women of the Eldar, and these were so like that their friends, if they knew not her art, would speak to them; but many things she wrought also of her own thought in shapes strong and strange but beautiful.
She also was firm of will, but she was slower and more patient than Fëanor, desiring to understand minds rather than to master them. When in company with others she would often sit still listening to their words, and watching their gestures and the movements of their faces. Her mood she bequeathed in part to some of her sons, but not to all. Seven sons she bore to Fëanor, and it is not recorded in the histories of old that any others of the Eldar had so many children. With her wisdom at first she restrained Fëanor when the fire of his heart burned too hot; but his later deeds grieved her and they became estranged.
Morgoth's Ring, HoME Vol 10, Part 3, Section 2, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
For Fëanor was driven by the fire of his own heart only, working ever swiftly and alone; and he asked the aid and sought the counsel of none that dwelt in Aman, great or small, save only and for a little while of Nerdanel the wise, his wife.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 6, Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
Later, as Fëanor became more and more fell and violent, and rebelled against the Valar, Nerdanel, after long endeavouring to change his mood, became estranged. (Her kin were devoted to Aulë, who counselled her father to take no part in the rebellion. 'It will in the end only lead Fëanor and all your children to death.') She retired to her father's house; but when it became clear that Fëanor and his sons would leave Valinor for ever, she came to him before the host started on its northward march, and begged that Fëanor should leave her the two youngest, the twins, or one at least of them. He replied: 'Were you a true wife, as you had been till cozened by Aulë, you would keep all of them, for you would come with us. If you desert me, you desert also all of our children. For they are determined to go with their father.' Then Nerdanel was angry and she answered: 'You will not keep all of them. One at least will never set foot on Middle-earth.'1 'Take your evil omens to the Valar who will delight in them,' said Fëanor. 'I defy them'. So they parted.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 2, Ch 11, The Shibboleth of Fëanor: The Names of Finwë's Descendants
[On a separate page... is a note on the father of Nerdanel (Fëanor's wife)]: Nerdanel's father was an 'Aulendil' [> 'Aulendur'],2 and became a great smith. He loved copper, and set it above gold.
His name was [space; pencilled later Sarmo?3], but he was most widely known as Urundil 'copper-lover'. He usually wore a band of copper about his head. His hair was not as dark or black as was that of most of the Noldor, but brown, and had glints of coppery-red in it. Of Nerdanel's seven children the oldest, and the twins (a very rare thing among the Eldar) had hair of this kind. The eldest also wore a copper circlet....
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 2, Ch 11, The Shibboleth of Fëanor: Notes, Note 61
1 Nerdanel's prophesy refers to the story, found only in The History of Middle-earth, of Fëanor burning the ships at Losgar — only to find later that the younger twin, Amras, was sleeping aboard one of the ships, and perished in the flames.
2 'Servant of Aulë': sc. one who was devoted to that Vala. It was applied especially to those persons, or families, among the Noldor who actually entered Aulë's service, and who in return received instruction from him.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 2, Ch 11, The Shibboleth of Fëanor: Notes, Note 61
3 Earlier Nerdanel's father, the great smith, had been named Mahtan (see X.272, 277), and he was so called in the published Silmarillion.
The Peoples of Middle-earth, HoME Vol 12, Part 2, Ch 11, The Shibboleth of Fëanor: Notes, Note 61
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Changing urban mobility patterns at low cost
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) - a modern transit system with the flexibility of buses, and the speed, comfort and reliability of rail - enjoys growing popularity of around the world. BRT provides faster, greener, safer and more efficient service than an ordinary bus. "These systems operate like a surface subway, say BRT advocates, but cost far less than building an actual metro."
With its dedicated lanes, accommodating service areas, technologically advanced stations and GPS tracking systems, BRT offers a comprehensive mass transit service at a fraction of typical costs. In fact, for the amount of capital it takes to build a single rail line, localities can build multiple BRT lines.
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) executive director, Walter Hook, confirms BRT's potential in cities where funding is scarce. "BRT will be an important option for transit systems in the future, especially in cities where transit demand is high and budgets are tight," Hook says.
Due to its flexible service and low capital investments, BRT has found success around the world. In addition to the global enthusiasm for BRT is growing popularity in the U.S. There are currently five cities in the U.S., including Los Angeles and Cleveland, which use BRT as a part of their public transit system and eight to ten new BRT systems under consideration. Read article in The Wall Street Journal
The world's most successful BRT, the "RIT" in Curitiba, Brazil, serves over 2 million passengers a day, transforming the city's traffic.
With an additional 2.98 million visitors expected to flock to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, urban planners are grasping a golden opportunity to upgrade sustainable transport systems in the 12 host cities. In this nation of buses, that means special attention to state-of-the-art BRT systems, which provide fast, efficient, and affordable service. Federal, state and local governments in Brazil have already committed nearly $6.5 billion in urban transit investments for the purpose, a figure that is expected to increase with private investments.
BRT systems provide optimised services with articulated or double-articulated buses that can carry around 15,000 passengers per hour, per lane, per direction. Brazil is planning nearly 300 miles of BRT corridors for the 12 World Cup cities. In Rio de Janeiro, a major World Cup venue, there will be at least 75 miles of BRT corridors and about 185 miles of improvements in bus routes, such as bus lanes, better signaling, better user information, rationalisation of bus lines and so on. These BRT projects are also a sustainable move, it will remain after the World Cup and after the Olympic Games in 2016.
Similarly, the systems in Bogota and Teheran respectively serve 1.7 million and 1.4 million passengers daily by drawing commuters away from private vehicles and on to mass transit. Overall, last year saw the completion of 16 new BRT services, and now 49 new systems are also on the way.
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An online survey conducted by Xiamen Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in May 2011, shows nearly 70% of citizens in Xiamen, China, rated the BRT service as "excellent" and "good".The survey which involved 3,000 people mainly focuses on four areas: station staff services, hardware facilities; amenities and rush hour congestion. The survey results showed that rapidity, punctuality and affordability are the main advantages of BRT transportation. Among the facilities provided by the BRT, E-card charge stations scored the highest, followed by BRT ticket machines. In relation to the rush hour congestion, measures such as the capacity to add departure frequency and vehicle are highly praised.
In the meantime, the city of Guangzhou, China, won the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award for its new world-class Bus Rapid Transit system that integrates with bike lanes, bike share and metro stations into a collective transport system.
This award, presented by the Institute for Transportation Development Policy (ITDP) on 24 January 2011, goes to a city that made the most progress over the year to increase mobility, while reducing transportation greenhouse and CO2 emissions, and improving road safety.
"Today the Guangzhou BRT services over 800,000 riders daily and was built for about one-tenth the cost of the metro, with an average of one bus passing every 10 seconds in peak hours, it carries more passengers in a single direction than just about every metro lines in all of China, and more than triple any other BRT system in Asia. The system has resulted in 30 percent higher bus speeds, and reduced congestion along the corridor at the same time as vehicle volumes have increased, primarily due to the solving of severe problems of congestion at bus stops, and intersection signal improvements." explained ITDP director of marketing and communications, Dani Simons
The Guangzhou BRT was able to eliminate 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide in its first year, mostly due in part to residents choosing BRT over private vehicles, in addition to help cut congestion and improve traffic flow.
ITDP Senior Program Director, Jessica Morris, explains that Guangzhou surpassed expectations: the BRT system, which opened in February 2010, carries 800,000 people per day, making it one of the largest in the world. Its interconnectivity with rail and bikes significantly helps make the city more livable.
Other award nominees have also made significant progress in creating an efficient and sustainable transport system, such as:
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Argentina's first Bus Rapid Transit system was inaugurated by Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, on 2nd June, marking its first day of operation. Government officials and the public speak of the tremendous impact this transit system will have in improving people's lives.
The new BRT system, called "Metrobús" has 21 stations and physically separated lanes that run in the middle of the street. As an extra safety measure, the Metrobús has elevated station platforms and features countdown clocks that notify riders of the next arriving bus on each platform to keep riders informed.
The BRT will connect to two commuter rail stations on opposite sides of the city, forming a trip that takes 40% less time than before, ITDP reports. With the addition of the BRT to the city's transport network, city officials expect the line to grow to an anticipated 100,000 daily riders, a 15 percent increase in ridership. City officials also expect the system to reduce fuel use by buses in the city by 30 percent, and therefore cut carbon emissions and improve air quality.
"The implementation of Metrobus in Buenos Aires, the first BRT corridor in Argentina, represents significant progress in the development of urban transportation, allowing for an increased quality of life of more than 100,000 people," said Macri. "Our main goal, as those responsible for urban planning, is to restore the quality of public transportation, for which the support of the W.J. Clinton Foundation and ITDP has been crucial in the process of development and implementation of a world-class BRT system. In the coming years, based on the success of this first phase, we plan to continue the expansion of the BRT network in the City of Buenos Aires."
"Road transportation accounts for 90% of all transportation emissions in Latin America, half of which are produced by passenger traffic," said Stephen Crolius, director of the Transportation Program at the Clinton Climate Initiative. "Bus rapid transit systems play an important role in addressing those emissions as they create dedicated bus lanes across cities, providing millions of people with a more cost and time efficient solution to using cars—resulting in fewer emissions and improved air quality."
The system was built in just seven months, "showing the huge savings that BRT provides in construction time, cost and logistics when compared to a fixed rail system," ITDP explains. The BRT comes as only one component of Buenos Aires's efforts in creating a comprehensive transit network to its residents and visitors. "In a remarkably short amount of time the City has helped improve conditions for walking downtown, dramatically increased the availability of high quality bike lanes, and provided a public bicycle system," said Andrés Fingeret, director of ITDP's Argentina office. "And now Metrobús will add another high quality transportation option that will get residents where they need to go, quickly, with less pollution and without getting stuck in traffic."


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Administering the Injection
How to Give a Subcutaneous Injection
Before the Injection
Some medications such as Semaglutide and Tirzepatide must be injected. These medications come with a kit and a device to inject the medication.
Some patients however prefer not to use the kit but to do the injection themselves; much like an insulin injection would be done. If your medication is refrigerated, remove the vials from the refrigerator 30 minutes before administration so it can reach room temperature. Select a clean, dry work area.
Gather your supplies:
1. medication
2. sterile disposable needles and syringes
3. alcohol pads or cotton balls
4. puncture proof disposable container
5. bandaids*
6. WASH hands well before preparing your medication
*HINT The container can be a coffee can or leak-proof, closable milk jug. Find out the proper way to dispose of biological waste in your area.
Preparing the Injection
Your Symbios Health Connect provider will instruct you on preparing your particular dose of medication.
Giving Yourself the Injection
Select your injection site. This must be an area that has a layer of fat between the skin and the muscle. This is called subcutaneous. The following parts of your body have subcutaneous layers:
outer surface of the upper arm
top of thighs
abdomen, except the navel or waistline
If you are very thin do not use the abdomen as an injection site.
Do not use the same site for injections each time.
Rotate your injection sites in a regular pattern. You should be at least 1 ½ inches away from the last injection site. Jot down on your calendar where you gave you last shot. This will help prevent giving the shot in the same place too soon.
Select a site and cleanse the area (about 2 inches) with a fresh alcohol pad, or cotton ball soaked in alcohol.
Wait for the site to dry.
Remove the needle cap.
Pinch a 2-inch fold of skin between your thumb and index finger.
Hold the syringe the way you would a pencil or dart. Insert the needle at a 45 to 90 degree angle to the pinched-up skin. The needle should be completely covered by skin. If you do this quickly, you will feel very little discomfort.
Slowly push the plunger to inject the medication. Press the plunger all the way down.
Remove the needle from the skin and gently hold an alcohol pad on the injection site. Do not rub.
If there is bleeding, apply a bandage.
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Representing a new generation of portable recording, the H2n is Zoom's most innovative hand-held recorder to date. They've packed groundbreaking features into an ultra-portable device that allows you to record pristine audio anywhere you go. From film and broadcast to journalism, podcasting, musical performance, songwriting and rehearsal, the H2n provides amazing recording quality.
New mics, new sound
The H2n features Zoom's best microphones yet and is the only portable recorder with five mic capsules onboard. This design enables the H2n to offer four unique recording modes: Mid-Side (MS) stereo, 90° X/Y stereo, 2-channel and 4-channel surround sound.
The first portable Mid-Side recorder
The H2n is the first hand-held recorder to offer Mid-Side stereo recording, a technique used for many years in film and broadcast, where ambiance and surrounding noise are crucial. Mid-Side recording combines a uni-directional Mid mic that captures sound directly in front of you and a bi-directional Side mic that captures sound from your left and right. By increasing or decreasing the level of the Side mic, you can control the width of the stereo field which gives you incredible flexibility over your recordings. If you record in RAW mode, you can even adjust the stereo width after recording.
You still get X/Y
The H2n's onboard 90° X/Y stereo condenser mics are arranged with the right and left mics on the same axis. This design ensures that the mics are always equidistant from the sound source for perfect localization and no phase shifting. The result is brilliant stereo recording with natural depth and accurate imaging.
Completely surrounded
Using the H2n's Mid-Side and X/Y mics together, you can create stunning 360° surround-sound recordings. Choose between 2-channel mode, which combines the Mid-Side and X/Y mics, and 4-channel mode, which records two separate stereo files, allowing you even more post-production capability. No matter which mode you use, you'll get perfectly balanced, surround sound recordings.
Streamline your recording experience
The H2n is remarkably easy to use. With its newly designed user interface, critical controls are right at your fingertips and make studio-quality recording a breeze. The H2n also houses an arsenal of comprehensive functions, including Auto-Gain, a compressor/limiter, time stamping and more.
The H2n has you covered
Never again will you have to worry about losing recorded data to unexpected errors. The H2n has you covered with its new data recovery function. Whether you experience battery loss or an accidental power-down, this feature will automatically restore your data the next time the H2n is powered on.
20 hours of battery life
The H2n provides over 20 hours of continuous operation on just two standard AA alkaline batteries. This astonishing feature enhances the H2n's flexibility and convenience. In addition, the H2n can also operate using an AC adapter (sold separately).
Bigger and brighter
The H2n's 1.8″ backlit LCD display (128 x 64 resolution) provides crystal-clear monitoring and makes it simple to navigate all of the unit's functions.
Turning to analog
Digital volume controls offer too much or too little gain, with no middle ground. The H2n's Mic Gain wheel allows you to dial-in the perfect amount of gain for any given application.
Play it back and listen
The H2n's built-in reference speaker lets you know your recordings have been captured. With its 1/8″ stereo output, you can also playback your recordings on your home audio system or listen to your masterpiece using your favorite pair of headphones.
Secure your memories
The H2n uses SD/SDHC cards and can accommodate up to a 32GB SDHC card for over 50 hours of recording time using the 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV format. With 128Kbps MP3 format, you get an incredible 555 hours of stereo recording. The H2n comes with a 2GB SD card to get you started.
Transfer and edit at High-Speed
Use the H2n's High-Speed USB 2.0 interface to transfer files to your Mac or PC. Once your recordings are on your computer, you can easily store, edit, playback, and share your favorite creations. You can even use the H2n as a USB microphone, letting you record directly to your computer.
Software included
Steinberg's WaveLab LE 7 can be used for audio editing and professional-quality mastering. By using its precise waveform editing and high-quality processing, you can refine your recordings into finished works.
Remote control
The H2n's wired remote can be used to start, stop and pause recordings, as well as to add marks. It's also useful in preventing handling noise.
Quality stereo recording in a convenient, user-friendly package that fits in your pocket. (H)
Weight: 60g (without batteries)
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- Simultaneous Rec Tracks: 4
- Simultaneous Play Tracks: 4
- A/D Resolution: 24-bit/96kHz
- Built-in Mic(s): 5
- Audio Interface: Yes
- Analog Inputs: 1 x 1/8″, 1 x 1/8″ (Mic)
- Analog Outputs: 1 x 1/8″ (Headphone)
- Headphone Outputs: 1 x 1/8″
- Built-in Speaker : Yes
- Memory (removable): 2GB SD Card Included, takes up to 32GB
- USB: Yes
- Power Supply: 2 x AA Batteries Included
- Max Battery Life: 20 hrs.
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Black Pottery is handmade by families in the village of La Chamba in Colombia. This organic product brings a warm atmosphere to all kitchens and dining rooms. Not only because of the attractive black design, but also because of the passion and honesty that comes with it.Black Pottery has a social commitment and offers support, guidance and training to the families in La Chamba.Welcome this unique tradition of clay cooking with this full line of Black Pottery cooking pots and dishes. The food that is prepared in these pots loses little or no moisture because it is surrounded by steam, so that the pure flavors are preserved. Because no oil is needed with this cooking technique, the food prepared in clay is many times lower in fat content and therefore much healthier.Ideal for slow food lovers and all those who love quality, fair trade and sustainability.


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First of all, check with your Loan Officer to insure that the funds you presently have for your down payment are acceptable based on the loan program you intend to use.
Hopefully you have committed to a specific real-estate agent and they can be a good source to learn about any State or local housing incentives, grants and special loans that local agencies may offer.
Some down-payment ideas are safer than others; a few have toxic consequences to your taxes or retirement savings. Study your options carefully and review your plan with a tax specialist or nonprofit housing counselor approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (find one here call 1-800-569-4287).
Here they are! A Dozen Down-Payment Ideas!
1. Pull from savings: The time-honored way to save for a home purchase is to commit to a budget and set aside money each month for this specific purpose. Use an automatic electronic transfer through your bank or credit union. Choose an account that that earns the most interest possible while letting you access the money. Most importantly, commit to this financial plan for a specific extended period of time and do your very best not to deviate!!
2. Liquidate miscellaneous assets: Sell your nice car, buy a beater and apply the difference to your down payment. Sell your boat, motorcycle, collectibles time-share or other assets. Deposit your tax refund. Call in money that people owe you. Do you own any precious metals, gold and silver have never been higher!
3. Liquidate taxable investments: Sell stocks, mutual funds, bonds and other taxable investments before touching money held in tax-deferred retirement accounts, such as 401(k)s and IRAs, which require you to pay significant penalties when you sell. Again check with your tax advisor before making this type of financial move!
4. Cash in a life-insurance policy: So-called permanent life insurance policies (not "term" policies but "universal" or "variable universal life" or "whole life" policies) grow in value as you pay into them. When enough value has accumulated, you can take cash out or borrow against them. Talk with your insurance agent to learn your options and implications in the loss of benefits in cashing out such a policy.
Family and Friends:
5. Use a gift: Some mortgages – loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, for example – let you apply gifts from immediate family members toward your down payment. You'll need a "gift letter" from the person who gave you the money, verifying that it doesn't have to be repaid. Be prepared for the lender to ask for copies of checks or wire transfers to 'verify the paper-trail.'
6. Try your employer: Some corporations, universities and local and state governments have programs to provide employees with down-payment assistance. Check with your human-resources department. For example, in South Dakota, 19 employers participate in a state-sponsored Employer Mortgage Assistance Program that lets employees take out a 2% interest rate second mortgage for $600 to $6,000 to cover closing costs and down payment. Each year, the city of Baltimore and state of Maryland contribute as much as $6,000 to 100 city employees (PDF) to help them buy homes within the city. These programs are meant to help keep valued employees in their jobs and closer to work.
7. Establish a Financial Partnership: A co-owner can help by sharing costs, including the down payment, and by signing on to be responsible for repaying the loan if you can't quite qualify for a mortgage. Your loan Officer can explain these details. Only go into a partnership such if all other options are off the table.
8. Negotiate — with everybody. If you can save or even eliminate closing costs — which run roughly 1 – 2.5% of the cost of the home. Although a seller in most cases can't fund your down payment, the law lets buyers accept help with closing costs. Using an FHA loan, you can accept up to 6% of your home's purchase price toward your closing costs, although the FHA has explored dropping that to 3%. Conventional loans limit the help you can accept to 3% of the price if your down payment is 10% or less; it's 6% with a down payment of more than 10%. Your seller, lender or real-estate agent can help with closing costs. These parties occasionally will kick in to help a cash-poor buyer get a deal done.
9. Your seller (including builders): Buyers have a lot of leverage with sellers today!!
- Ask your real-estate agent to help you search for sellers who are offering to cover closing costs.
- Propose that the seller help with closing costs when you're negotiating price and terms, they can be your best source of capital assistance!
- Sellers sometimes will sweeten the deal by purchasing discount "points" that lower your interest rate, letting you use more of your cash for the down payment. Each point costs 1% of the loan amount and can be used to reduce your rate by 0.125 to 0.25 percentage points. (If your mortgage was for $150,000, the seller might buy one point, for $1,500, potentially lowering your interest rate from 5.25% to 5%.) This would lower your monthly payment from $828 to $805.
Caution: Pushing a seller too hard to lower the price and make other concessions could ruin the deal. Be prepared for the seller to ask for a higher purchase price in exchange. Then the question is: Will the appraiser find the home worth the higher price?
10. Seller financing: Infrequently, a seller may be willing to act as your banker. It might be possible to strike a no- or low-down-payment deal with a seller who owns the home free and clear. But if the seller has a mortgage, you'll need to qualify for a loan just as you would with a bank, including a down payment.
11. Your new employer: Your leverage with an employer is never better than when you are first signing on. Depending on the company and how badly your skills are needed, you might be able to negotiate a contribution toward your down payment as part of your benefits package, as a signing bonus or in place of a relocation allowance.
12. Borrow from your 401(k) or IRA: Most companies let employees borrow from the balance of their 401(k) accounts. Rules vary but, generally, you can extract as much as half of the vested amount in the account, up to $50,000. As you repay it, the money, including the interest, goes back into your 401(k). The plan administrator at your workplace can outline the specifics, including how long you're given to repay the loan. There's an exception to penalties on withdrawals from retirement accounts that lets first-time homebuyers withdraw up to $10,000 from an IRA to use as a down payment on a home purchase
Caution, Be Careful Here:
- As long as you repay the loan, you won't be taxed on the money until you withdraw it in retirement; unlike a mortgage loan, the interest you pay on this loan is not tax-deductible.
- As with the IRA withdrawal, this is considered a bad idea because it sets back your retirement progress.
- If you leave the employer for any reason before repaying the loan, you'll have to repay the entire thing at once. Don't say we didn't warn you.
In Conclusion: While creativity can offer unique ideas or possibilities, there can be offsetting risks that may not be worth any possible reward. For this age old classic challenge, "where will we get the down payment money for our first home", nothing beats the 2 most well established standards for this capital predicament: Committing to a budget, saving your money over time … and/or… getting a well established, well wishing relative to help you out.
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Ice Queen Wedding Album
The Ice Queen and her prince finally got married and now you get to dress them up for the photoshoot! Choose a stunning outfit for each of them and then decorate the picture in the photo album. Next up are the bridesmaids. Pick an amazing dress for each of them and finish up the wedding album. With a little help from you, all the princesses will look gorgeous!
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Some more Clairefontaine stuff.
Some more stuff in pencil crayon. Mostly 5 minute poses, but not drawn for the entire pose (so I'd say around 3 minutes worth of drawing on most).
I wanted to thank Andre Barnwell for the wonderful plug he gave this blog. I totally agree with the comment on the post regarding the fact that Andre is every bit as good as that "guy you're promoting" (who happens to be me). Again, thanks Andre, I can't say enough how cool it is to see fellow classmates liking and linking my work. Oh, and no, I don't go to third year life drawing class, though I'd like to. Extra life is a different story, however....
I guess in the spirit of linking, I also wanted to link Casper and Trevor, whose short film "Bazo" I'm helping out with. Watch out for it, It looks like it's gonna be pretty killer.
Also, check out Robert Kim and Alexandre Cote for some killer digital paintings.
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I find when I edit a couple of pages, I need to check-in/publish/submit for approval/approve one (page) by one (page). Any ideas or solutions to select a couple of unpublished page and submit for publish/approval together?


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The victim – Irene Kananu
The Star reports that a 25-year-old university student in Kenya, Abdulkarim Njoroge, has been arrested for allegedly killing his lover, Irene Kananu and hiding her corpse in a freezer in his house. Njoroge allegedly strangled Kananu in his house in Mtwapa region in Mombasa following an argument when she wanted to dump him for getting another woman pregnant.
Njoroge was arrested on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, two weeks after the family of the deceased, an HR officer with chemical giant Henkel in Industrial Area, declared her missing on March 31. The victim's body was found unclad with her head, inside the refrigerator while her legs and hips were sticking out.
The pair reportedly fought after Kananu learned that Njoroge had impregnated his secret lover who is his neighbour living in the same block of flats with him. They frequently argued over claims of infidelity on his part and Kananu had threatened to leave him several times.
The victim's sister, Catherine Nduta , reported her missing on April 3 at Githurai Kimbo police station, after trying to get her on phone several times to no avail. Police opened investigations and two days later, investigators broke into Kananu's house where they found Kananu dead.
Apart from murdering the lady, Njoroge was also said to have stolen her car and allegedly withdrew Sh40,000 from Kananu's M-Pesa account.