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If one is trying to "prove," as Christopher Hitchens has been doing, that "religion poisons everything," he probably ought to give it a rest around this time of year—if only as a matter of strategy. Many believers are willing and able to debate points of doctrine in a calm and dispassionate way; fewer will countenance assaults on their favorite holidays. How the Hitch Stole Hannukah was surely a self-defeating effort. Religion hasn't poisoned anything by giving us these annual opportunities to spend time with family and friends. (Forgive the sappiness, but it's running freely from my Douglas Fir.) For my part, I don't think I could do without my favorite Christmas literature. Here's a top five that the goyim and the Chosen alike can enjoy:
1. How to Be Topp by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. A treasury of advice from the spelling-disabled British schoolboy Nigel Molesworth, this one isn't strictly a Christmas book, but its last chapter, "Ding-Dong Farely Merily For Xmas," is indispensable. "You canot so much as mention that there is no father xmas when some grown-sa Hush not in front of wee tim. So far as I am concerned if father xmas use langwage like that when he tripped over the bolster last time we had beter get a replacement." The Molesworth Self-Adjusting Thank-You Letter can be used all year round.
2. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. Before the noble fruitcake was just another sight gag on some post-Thanksgiving Best Buy commercial, there was Capote's charming memoir of "fruitcake weather" and a child's Christmas in Alabama.
3. A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. The only thing better than reading the Welsh poet's famous Christmas memoir is reading it with a whiskey in hand, and the only thing better than that would be having a drunken Thomas on hand to recite a wish list like: "Hardboileds, toffee, fudge and allsorts, crunches, cracknels, humbugs, glaciers, marzipan, and butterwelsh for the Welsh. And troops of bright tin soldiers who, if they could not fight, could always run. And Snakes-and-Families and Happy Families. And Easy Hobbi-Games for Little Engineers, complete with instructions."
4. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!," Sedaris's exclamation-point-laden parody of a Christmas "update" letter, is worth the price of admission.
5. A Christmas Garland by Max Beerbohm. Is it a holiday bagatelle or a stunning work of literary criticism? I report, you decide. George Bernard Shaw called him "the incomparable Max," and you will too once you've read this collection of seventeen literary parodies, each on the subject of Christmas. "The Feast" (Joseph Conrad), "Some Damnable Errors About Christmas" (G. K. Chesterton), and "Shakespeare and Christmas" (Frank Harris) are enthusiastically recommended, but it's all gravy. Henry James and Rudyard Kipling also take their places on Beerbohm's skewer.


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I know this has been mentioned before. But nothing has happened. But I do think we should have some threads that are Sticky. I notice the Statistics thread is dropping down in the list and for that reason perhaps that is the biggest candidate to make sticky.
Unless anyone has any real objection - I'd like to get a discussion going for a short while as to what should be sticky with the aim of making a request to Ryan who can query the request on the basis of this thread before implementing it.
Yes I know some of the threads are naturally at the top anyway. But lulls like the end of season and it's possible the thread could drop down the list. And if it's important - I think it should be sticky.
IMO the candidates for sticky threads are in no particular order:
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We had this discussion before and with exception of the stats topic maybe stickies make no sense in here.
95% of the posting is done in the topics you´ve mentioned, keeping them up all the time anyways. What sense does it make to sticky the "Live Scores" topic for example? It serves no purpose in tournament-free weeks and the off season and it is actually a good thing that it drops out of the way during these times.
Stickying these topics would just make them be in the way if they´re not needed. It's not like there are 20 topics opened here each week so that bringing up these topics would require a lot of digging. The last topic on the bottom of the first page of the forum was last used almost six months ago...that's how long it takes for unused topics to even disappear from the first page.
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Let's just sticky this thread and no others.
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States are being upended by the market, Mother Nature and Moore's law.
In the 1960s, there was a popular sitcom — "Get Smart" — about a hapless secret agent named Maxwell Smart, played by Don Adams. Smart went by the code name "Agent 86." "Get Smart" famously introduced the shoe phone to American audiences, but the show also introduced something else: its own version of the bipolar world. Do you remember the name of the intelligence agency Maxwell Smart worked for? It was called "Control." And do you remember the name of Control's global opponent? It was called "Kaos" — "an international organisation of evil."
The creators of "Get Smart" were ahead of their time. Because it increasingly appears that the post-post-Cold War world is cleaving into the world of "order" and the world of "disorder" — or into the world of "Control" and the world of "Kaos."
How so? First, we said goodbye to imperialism and colonialism and all their methods of controlling territory. Then we said goodbye to the Cold War alliance system, which propped up many weak and newly independent states with money to build infrastructure and to buy weapons to control their borders and people — because the stability of every square in the global chessboard mattered to Washington and Moscow.
And, lately, we've been saying goodbye to top-down, iron-fisted monarchies and autocracies, which have been challenged by massively urbanised, technologically empowered citizens.
So, today, you have three basic systems: order provided by democratic, inclusive governments; order imposed by autocratic exclusivist governments; and ungoverned, or chaotically governed, spaces, where rickety failed states, militias, tribes, pirates and gangs contest one another for control, but there is no single power center to answer the phone — or, if they do, it falls off the wall.
Look around: Boko Haram in Nigeria kidnaps 250 schoolgirls and then disappears into a dark corner of that country. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, a ragtag jihadist militia, carves out a caliphate inside Syria and Iraq and boasts on Twitter of beheading opponents. NATO decapitates Libya's regime and sets loose a tribal-militia war of all against all, which, when combined with the crackup of Chad, spills arms and refugees across African borders, threatening Tunisia and Morocco. Israel has been flooded with more than 50,000 Eritreans and Sudanese refugees, who crossed the Sinai Desert by foot, bus or car looking for work and security in Israel's "island of order."
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Protector Shoal seamount, located 50 km NW of Zavodovski Island, forms the northernmost volcano of the arcuate South Sandwich Islands. The broad, gently sloping cone rises from a depth of 1200 m to within 27 m of the sea surface. The submarine volcano has a gentle gradient to the north, but is steeper on the south side. At least two satellitic cones are present. Large amounts of rhyolitic pumice, first detected by the Royal Navy Ice Patrol Vessel H.M.S. Protector, were ejected during its only recorded eruption in 1962 and formed an extensive pumice raft which drifted as far as New Zealand.
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Coombs D S, Landis C A, 1966. Pumice from the South Sandwich eruption of March 1962 reaches New Zealand. Nature, 209: 289-290.
Gass I G, Harris P G, Holdgate M W, 1963. Pumice eruption in the area of the south Sandwich Islands. Geol Mag, 100: 321-330.
Katsui Y (ed), 1971. List of the World Active Volcanoes. Volc Soc Japan draft ms, (limited circulation), 160 p.
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#1 2011-09-26 13:30
Great article. I can't wait to try this with pizza dough and other breads as well. A local restaurant near me makes a German stout bread that has notes of chocolate and coffee. I would imagine that it is mostly pumpernickel and a stout beer. I would love to try to duplicate using this method.
Do you have a procedure for using malt (not crystalized)? Any ideas what would happen if you used non-crystallized?
If a beer brewing website lists malt, is it safe to assume all malt is crystallized unless otherwise stated?
For example, is this crystallized?
#2 2011-09-29 04:02
Nick's Birkby's steeping method uses non crystal malt. You can find it in the most recent Peter's Blog, dated Sept. 26th. I don't think all beer malt is crystallized; it often comes as just simply roasted malted barley malt. Crystallized malt is, I believe, a more complex method, like making crystallized, granulated sugar from sugar cane syrup. Best to check with the beer making suppliers to explain the hows and why,s though -- I'm still a novice in this realm of malts. Would love to hear what you find out.
#4 2011-10-01 21:21
You are absolutely correct--my bad! I will change it to 13 grams (actually 14 grams is the correct number, equal to 1/2 oz. of salt as soon as I can get to my home computer. Thank you Tom!!!
#5 2011-10-05 10:32
Thanks Peter...I read Nick's article. You mentioned in this article that you would rather use malt than a good beer. Any idea if Nick's method could be considered better / worse than just substituting your favorite beer for the liquid in the recipe? I am going to post this question on his article as well.
#6 2012-01-18 18:45
I like to use levains and have an Italian that I would like to try with this recipe. How much liquid levain would you guess I should try?
#7 2012-01-19 07:46
crystal malts ( as with most specialty malts) are kilned at high temperatures which deactivate all enzymes that would break down starch. The grain's starch has been converted to sugars in the malt house and are then caramelized by the high temperatures during kilning. Base malts (which makes up about 90% of beer's grain bill) has several enzymes which breakdown protein and starches and should be avoided for making dough.
#8 2012-04-07 22:45
I made this dough recipe for the first time tonight for my husband and neighbor. I have been using one of your other dough recipes for the last 3 years. This PQ Challenge Dough recipe is the best hands down crust I have ever tasted, my appreciative husband and neighbor agree. A little tricky to work with, very sticky but so worth the effort. Love the flavor, the rise in the crust - all of it.
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As a follow up, I went to our local beer making supplier here in Berkeley and purchased Amber Dry Malt extract. The dough had a high loft which I attribute to the Malt.
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When you buy the malt do you have the shop grind it, or do you put it in the bread whole?
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Emmy M. Graber, MD is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Boston University School of Medicine. She is also the Director of the BU Cosmetic and Laser Center at Boston Medical Center. Her teaching responsibilities at the BU School of Medicine include working with both residents and medical students in clinical and didactic sessions.
Dr. Graber received her undergraduate studies and received her medical training at The Pennsylvania State University and graduated with membership in Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She completed her Dermatology residency training at The Pennsylvania State University/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Graber went on to fellowship training in Laser and Cosmetic Surgery at SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill and then practiced dermatology with that group for two years prior to working at Boston University.
Dr. Graber's areas of expertise are acne and cosmetic dermatology and she writes and lectures extensively on these subjects. She is quoted as a dermatology expert in: The Boston Globe, Allure Magazine, Good Housekeeping Magazine, In Style Magazine, Fitness Magazine and others. While continuing to work at Boston University, Dr. Graber recently completed her MBA at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
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1. Kent K, Graber EM. "Laser Tattoo Removal: A Review." Dermatologic Surgery. 2011: 38(1): 1- 13.
2. Decker A, Graber EM. "Over-the-Counter Acne Treatments: A Review." Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology. 2012; 5(5): 32 – 40.
3. Gan SD, Graber EM. "Laser Hair Removal: A Review." Dermatologic Surgery. 2013; 39(6): 823-38.
4. Graber EM, Burns L. The Value of Our Care. JAMA Dermatol. Published online June 08, 2014.
5. Gjede J, Graber EM. Bacterial Folliculitis. In: Acneiform Eruptions in Dermatology: A Differential Diagnosis. Springer Publishing Company; 2014.
6. Graber EM, Thiboutot D. Over-The-Counter Acne Treatments. In: Cosmetic Dermatology Products and Procedures Second Edition. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell Ltd; In press.
7. Zaenglein A, Graber EM, Thiboutot D. Acne Vulgaris and Acneiform Eruptions. In: Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine Eighth Edition. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc; 2012.


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No wake means NO WAKE!
Anyone who enters or exits the Destin Harbor knows how narrow and dangerous it can be. An incident I witnessed recently prompted me to bring attention to a dangerous practice — creating a wake through the harbor inlet.
About noon Sunday, two large fishing boats entered the harbor, both going too fast and creating large wakes. A 30-foot-plus cabin cruiser was tied up right outside Harry T's. The wakes created violent wave action and the boat started dipping from side to side so badly I thought it might tip over. I recognized the owner as he was frantically trying to untie to get away from the sea wall his boat was banging against.
I sent a text to a mutual friend asking if his boat was damaged. Not only was his boat damaged, she said, but hers as well. She said that when the wakes hit her boat, they knocked one of her passengers into the water between the boat and the sea wall, nearly killing him.
Sometimes it's a tourist in a rental. When I see that, I always signal to slow down. More often it's the charter, party fishing boats and parasail operators who are the worst offenders. They want to get in and get out quickly with the next fare. But these folks should know better and set the example.
Who is responsible for enforcement of the no-wake zone? Destin's Port Authority? The Coast Guard? The sheriff? Whoever it is should take proactive measures to enforce the no-wake zone before someone gets killed.


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Here is the return leg of the 2 1/2 inch keel cooler piping getting installed. Unfortunately, the connection for the upper keel cooler is above the finished deck plates, so I have a potential air pocket trap in the piping at this end. You can see the 1/2 inch brass plug I temporarily have in this fitting I welded in. I am going to install a small bleeder valve here later to let out any trapped air.
A 2 1/2 inch tee with a threaded plug is at the top of each leg. I also installed a thermometer and welded in fittings for the connection of temperature sending units.
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How many ultrasounds do you usually have during your pregnancy?
I would like someone to tell me how many ultrasounds do u usually get during your pregnancy? How do u get a 3D Ultrasound? Im 14 weeks pregnant 2morro:) very excited(im a teenage mommy and loving it, im young but dont judge if you dont know me) thanx
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Usually I do 3. An early US to verify dates. A nuchal screen at 12 weeks and then a 20 week anatomy scan. If there is a problem later such as large or small for dates I will do one more.posted 05/20/2010 by SeeLifeNow
It really just depends on your pregnancy. If there is a reason for doctors to watch you and your baby closely through out your pregnancy then you might have more than others.posted 05/16/2010 by L3EVI
i only had 2 during my pregnancy my dr told me if something was wrong and then u get a 3 and 4 ultrasound and u can always request a 3d i just had me one done today and i am 36 weeksposted 04/22/2010 by shuntaelusk
Usually you only need 2, if you are having an uncomplicated pregnancy. With my first prgnancy I had 1 at 18 weeks for anatomy, but I had complications starting at 27 weeks, which meant I got one every week til my son was born. I am 12 weeks with #2 and have already gotten 3 due to my health conditons. You never really know how many you'll get. I hope for your sake you have no complicaions and only need the two! Best of luck!posted 04/30/2010 by DoriansMumma
I am also a young mommy on my 3rd! I am an Army Wife and here they do one when your about 10 weeks, then again at 20 and then right before your due. you can pay to go to the 4d places and get a sonogram there done where you can see the babys face and all that! Its amazing!posted 04/23/2010 by Mrs.Rhiannon Neely
wow! 2? my doctor gives me them every 2 weeks, which my husband and i love. i'm 9 weeks and we're going for our 4th next week. we get to see inside, make sure the little guy/girl is still in there, hear the heartbeat, make sure it's growing at the right rate. but he's not charging us per u/s, so maybe that's why he's so liberal with them. plus, i think the dr. likes doing it, he's into the technology.posted 05/05/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
Everyones different, its generally 4 thought if u have complications it wiil be more. I had 25 ultrasounds in my last pregnancy as i am high risk. Sometimes they will also use a doppler so u can hear your babies heartbeat.posted 07/09/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
I'm a teen mommy too im 17 and they usually give u three unless they think that there is something wrong with the baby.posted 09/05/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
I've only had two, one to find out EDD, and one to check the development of the baby at 20 weeks. I'm 38 weeks today ! :)posted 10/17/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
Everyones different, its generally 4 thought if u have complications it wiil be more. I had 25 ultrasounds in my last pregnancy as i am high risk. Sometimes they will also use a doppler so u can hear your babies heartbeat.posted 07/09/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
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QPR boss Mick Harford is under no illusions about his future at Loftus Road.
Rangers have lost six of their last seven matches under Harford and the club continue to be linked with a move for Neil Warnock at Crystal Palace.
"The fact is there is a manager's job up for grabs and this is a good club with good fans and a good bunch of players," said Harford.
"I have openly said the club needs a manager to come in and stabilise the place. If that happens, so be it."
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Roubaix-inspired Endurance Road geometry, FACT carbon fork with vibration-absorbing Zertz, and shaped tube sets make the Specialized Secteur Triple 2012 Road Bike stable, smooth, and efficient.
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the National Science Foundation (NSF) to contract with the National Academies for a study assessing gender differences in the careers of science and engineering faculty, based on both existing and new data. The study committee was given the following charge:
Assess gender differences in the careers of science, engineering, and mathematics (SEM) faculty, focusing on four-year institutions of higher education that award bachelor's and graduate degrees. The study will build on the Academy's previous work and examine issues such as faculty hiring, promotion, tenure, and allocation of institutional resources including (but not limited to) laboratory space.
The committee interpreted its charge to imply three tasks: (1) update earlier analyses, (2) identify and assess current gender differences, and (3) recommend methods for expanding knowledge about gender in academic careers in science and engineering. It developed a series of guiding research questions in three key areas to organize its investigation: (1) academic hiring, (2) institutional resources and climate, and (3) tenure and promotion.
The committee also limited its exploration of science and engineering to the natural sciences and engineering, defined here as the physical sciences (including astronomy, chemistry, and physics); earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences; mathematics and computer science; biological and agricultural sciences; and engineering (in all its forms).
Recognizing at the outset the need for new data, the committee conducted two national surveys in 2004 and 2005 of faculty and academic departments in six science and engineering disciplines: biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, and physics. The first survey of almost 500 departments focused on hiring, tenure, and promotion processes, while the second survey gathered career-related information from more than 1,800 faculty. Together the surveys addressed departmental characteristics, hiring, tenure, promotion, faculty demographics, employment experiences, and types of institutional support received. In addition to results from the surveys, the committee heard expert testimony, examined data from NSF, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and professional societies, and reviewed the results of individual university studies and research publications.
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In ZBrush 4 Essential Training, Ryan Kittleson introduces ZBrush to artists making a transition from another sculpting program or who may just need some help with the finer points of this powerful digital arts package. The course covers the most popular tools and techniques for digital painting and sculpting in ZBrush, and explains how to export the models and texture maps to other programs for use in games, film, fine art, or 3D printing. The course also highlights the new features in ZBrush 4, such as ShadowBox, clip brushes, and LightBox. Exercise files are included with the course.
The Clip brush doesn't really behave like a brush at all so much as it cuts holes and shapes into models. It might be better to just demonstrate since this brush is really better experienced than explained. Let's open up a project called SSS Startup here in the Light Box. It's just a sphere. I am going to hit F to zoom in a little closer on this. All right! Let's go up to our Brush palette and let's pick Clip Rectangle. Now when we click on it, we get this little thing. It tells us that we have to use Ctrl and Shift keys to use it. All right! That's fine. So it looks like we are still in the Standard brush, but we hold down Ctrl and Shift and now we are in Clip Rectangle mode.
Now, just draw a box over a part of the sphere and then release the mouse. It chops the sphere down to the shape of the clip rectangle. You can see you get a nice, clean, sharp edge here. What's important to understand here is that it hasn't actually cut off geometry. What it did is it took all of the polygons that were on the outside of the clip rectangle and forced them up against the geometry that was on the inside. Let's just undo this. There are other clip brushes like the ClipCircle brush that do the exact same thing except with a circular cutting shape.
Let's try that out. I am going to click ClipCircle and we get the same thing. We have to use Ctrl and Shift to use this. So we're just holding down Ctrl and Shift. Let's draw out a circle. Now this is a bug with ZBrush. The first time you use a different clipping brush like the ClipCircle it's going to create a rectangle and then nothing happens when you release. It's just a bug. It just happens the first time. Now if we go to do it a second time, we are going to get actually what we wanted to get. So you see we have cut a circular edge out of the sphere.
Let's just undo this. Now there is one more clip brush called ClipCurve, and it behaves a little differently. To use this brush, you start out just like the others. Let's go on the Brush here and select ClipCurve and as always, we have to use Ctrl and Shift to activate this brush. So we get the same bug like before. It creates a rectangle. We have to release Ctrl and Shift and then hold them back down again. Hopefully, Pixologic will fix this soon. So as you click and drag, you get this single line. To make it a curve, you just tap the Alt key and it creates a bend point wherever you tap the Alt key at.
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In August 1984 they secured a major contract as sole producer of 20-megabyte hard drives for the base model of the IBM PC/AT. Unfortunately, the Singapore-manufactured CM6000 drives proved highly unreliable. Dealers reported failure rates as high as 25 to 30 percent. Part of the problem was high demand for the PC/AT; IBM increased its order from 90,000 units in 1984 to 240,000 in 1985, and manufacturing quality suffered. Second, the design of the disk drive subsystem itself was flawed.
At the same time, Quantum Corporation sued CMI for patent infringement relating to the servo mechanism in the entire CM6600 line of drives. Instead of putting the tracking grating on the head arm and driving the arm directly from a voice coil, like the Quantum designs, CMI made a composite motor that would bolt to the drive in place of the usual stepper motor, with the voice coil on the bottom and the tracking mechanism on top (similar to DC servo motors used in process controls and robotics). CMI connected the motor to the arm with a metal-band pulley, the same mechanism they used on their stepper-motor drives. Since the feedback system was behind the pulley, it had to compensate for slack in the arm, one of several things the CMI firmware didn't take account of.
CMI released a "patent-free" 7600 series of drives in 1986, but never recovered from the IBM incident. On July 2, 1986 they announced their departure from hard disk production and marketing—95% of their business. Attempts were made in 1987 to sell the remainder of the company to movie producer Hemdale Film Corporation and to animated television program producer DIC Animation City; however, both deals fell through.
In 1988 the shell corporation, still traded publicly, was acquired by Paul and Natalie Koether of Far Hills, New Jersey who used it as an investment vehicle; in 1992 it was renamed American Holdings, Inc. In 1995 it was renamed Pure World, Inc. after its largest subsidiary, a supplier of kava and other botanical products. Finally, on June 6, 2005 it was acquired by Naturex, S.A., a French competitor.


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Greatest Holidays of DPRK to Be Celebrated in Mexico
| Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- The Mexican national preparatory committee for celebrating the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (Day of the Sun) and the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il (Day of the Shining Star) was inaugurated at the building of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico on January 29.
Jesus Antonio Carlos Hernandez, general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico, was elected chairman of the preparatory committee.
The preparatory committee decided to give wide publicity to the revolutionary careers and exploits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and hold political and cultural events including meeting, seminar and lecture from February 1 to April 15.
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Remember Food Safety When Grilling This July 4th
Firing up the grill to cook some summertime eats is a 4th of July tradition for many North Texans. But nothing can spoil a holiday cookout like people getting sick from the food.
Healthy Grilling Tips & Recipes From Brownstone Fort Worth
Chef Vince Mack From Brownstone Kitchen & Bar in Fort Worth joined Tracy Kornet on CBS 11 News at 4 to share some healthy grilling tips and recipes.
Dove Dinner Lands Texas Man In Hot Water With Law
A Texas man is in hot water with the law after cooking and eating a dove that had flown against the side of his home, broke its neck and died.
Denton County Burn Ban In Effect
Citing the lack of sufficient rainfall and the increased risk of wildfires, Denton County Judge Mary Horn instated a mandatory county-wide burn ban effective today.
Grill In North Texas House Leads To Poisoning
Emergency officials say seven people have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after an outdoor grill was used inside a Dallas-area house on a chilly evening.
JAGGER & BARSKY: Let's grill'em!!!
The Cowboys, Rangers and even some hosts here at The Fan are thrown on the grill by listeners!


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Walter Bradford Cannon Society
The mission of Harvard Medical School is to create and nurture a community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease.
The Walter Bradford Cannon Society, along with the other Academic Societies, is committed to the advancement of this mission. Thus, the Cannon Society is committed to the promotion and support of the academic and professional development of its students. The Society encourages scholarship, personal growth and collegiality through a system of academic advising and a series of enrichment programs. The Society acts as a social center for Cannon students, and encourages on-going contact between students and faculty. Cannon Society faculty and staff provide students with personal and professional support, and help guide students through their educational experience.
The Society office is open Monday-Friday, 10 am-6 pm.
To create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease


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This is a replica of the famous Comedy Mask and will bring tons of fun to your Halloween look.
Combine this with a theatrical costume for a lively experience! So when you want to be the center of everyone's laughter, grab this Comedy Drama Mask in Gold and have a ball!


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Domino Race
It's a race to the finish with the 240-piece Domino Race game. The dominoes come in a variety of vivid colors and include animal-shaped pieces for added fun. Grace and skill are required to set each of the dominoes up just right next to each other, so they fall over in sequence when the first domino is tipped over. Use your imagination to create loops, lines, and crossovers. The included steps and bridges add difficulty, intrigue, and suspense. The possibilities for game setup are as vast as your child's imagination. High-quality wooden materials are harvested from PEFC-certified sustainable forests in Germany.
- Recommended For Kids 3 Years And Older
- Includes 240 colorful and animal shaped dominoes with bridges and steps
- Includes 240 domino blocks plus other building components such as staircases and a bell
- Made of beech wood coated with multiple layers of water-based, natural, solvent-free lacquers
- Lovingly Designed In Germany By Our Talented Friends At Haba
- Made in Germany
- CHOKING HAZARD--Small Parts. Not For Children Under 3 Years.


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Caley Hall Hotel hosts the perfect setting for group dinning, birthday celebrations and club luncheons being our most popular. Our stylish restaurant caters for up to eighty guests, with adjoining bar and lounge area available with optional dance floor.
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In her State of the Nation address on Monday, January 28, 2013, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf announced a twenty-five percent increase in the salaries of Liberian civil servants, including members of the Armed forces of Liberia and other security agencies in the country.
President Sirleaf, who also noted that the increment would be retroactive beginning July 2012, ordered payment in ten days as of the day of her address to the 53rd Legislature. In compliance to the mandate, the Finance Ministry in Monrovia has already begun payment of the 25 percent salary increment for civil servants, retroactively from July 1, 2012.
In an effort to make the process easy, the Ministry urged civil servants to proceed to the commercial banks within their respective counties to receive their retroactive payments already in effect. Civil servants without accounts with local banks, according to the Ministry, were advised to liaise with their respective ministries or agencies to complete the account opening process.
No sooner had the President made the announcement when criticisms followed, especially from some members of the Liberian legislature. Though little, but appreciative the US$25.00 pay rise may be, it must also be understood that "something is always better than nothing at all". And if patience could just be exercised, especially following the ongoing payroll audit under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance, Civil Service Agency and General Auditing Commission, there may also be "light at the end of the tunnel".
But in the wake of the process, the President may have thought the need for a little retroactive salary increment as a way of assuring civil servants of hope in the nearest future. This is something some of the President's critics, mostly a few Legislators may be aware of, but deliberately chose to play "politics" again.
These are the same Legislators who had 'one-hundred percent' opportunity to ensure increment for civil servants during the budget hearing, but chose to satisfy themselves with more money and benefits, disregarding the very people (civil servants) they claim to represent.
Even if President Sirleaf instructed them to table the issue of civil servants during the budget hearing as they claimed, it was still incumbent upon them to seek their interest at all cost by convincing the President for some increment, while whatever reason for the suspension were pursued. But they chose to go 'gay' for the President's alleged instruction in favour of their personal aggrandizement.
It is disgraceful for our own political system when people who should be in the vanguard of protecting the interests of their constituents begin to criticize and shift blames on the President. All that can be said is for the Liberian Leader to ignore these 'politricks' and focus on the process that would eventually end up with encouraging salary increment of Liberian civil servants.


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YIELD: Serves 4
Cook pasta in large pot of rapidly boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, heat oil reserved from sun-dried tomatoes in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds. Add sun-dried tomatoes, ready-cut tomatoes and their liquid and olives and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens slightly, about 4 minutes. Mix basil and both cheeses and stir until cheeses melt. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove sauce from heat.
Drain pasta. Add to skillet; toss to coat with sauce. Transfer to bowl; serve.


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PSC-led pools and inventories
Let's get you started
Ready to tap into a pool of existing, assessed candidates to simplify your staffing process and save you time? Let's get you started.
Across Canada, the seven regional offices of the Public Service Commission (PSC) create PSC-led pools and inventories to meet the similar hiring needs of federal government organizations.
These pools and inventories are efficient means to staffing positions in the federal government and offer many benefits to hiring organizations:
- Created by experienced staffing specialists using proven tools;
- Staffing needs are easily satisfied with the use of fewer resources;
- Customizable processes to suit your needs; and
- No compromise on the quality of candidates.
Begin the process by using our Search tool to find an existing PSC-led pool or inventory in your area that meets your staffing needs and review the detailed process information. If you cannot find an existing PSC-led pool or inventory that meets your staffing needs or you have questions not addressed in our FAQs, contact the regional office closest to you to discuss all possible options. It really can be that simple.
What is a PSC-led Pool?
A PSC-led pool is an external or internal advertised appointment process created to meet the hiring needs of various federal government organizations. The PSC creates and manages these types of pools to staff similar positions, for example administrative positions, that exist in many federal government organizations. Pools can make the hiring process more efficient.
To what level are the candidates assessed?
For our PSC-led pools, they are comprised of numerous candidates who are assessed based on the Statement of Merit Criteria (SOMC), thus resulting in three different types of pools:
- Partially:Candidates have been assessed by the PSCr against some of the criteria; organizations may have the ability to add additional criteria to meet their recruitment needs (only if noted in the advertisement);
- Essentially:Candidates have been assessed by the PSCr against all of the essential criteria; organizations may have the ability to add additional criteria (excluding essential qualifications) to meet their recruitment needs (only if noted in the advertisement); or
- Fully: Candidates have been assessed by the PSCr against all of the criteria (this includes all identified essentials, assets, organizational needs and operational requirements); organizations may not add additional criteria.
Will the hiring organization be responsible for conducting candidate assessments?
For partially-assessed pools the hiring organization will be responsible for completing any other assessments, such as interviews or reference checks, which are needed to determine if the candidate meets the position's merit criteria. For our essentially assessed pools, additional assessment may or may not be required depending on whether the hiring organization will be adding additional merit criteria. Our fully assessed pools do not require any additional assessment of candidates from the hiring organization. For all of our pools, the candidate must meet, at minimum, all of the established essential qualifications for the position in order to be considered for appointment. The final decision regarding right-fit rests with the hiring organization.
What is a PSCr-led Inventory?
A PSCr-led inventory, which can be an external or internal advertised appointment process, is different from a PSC-led pool in that no assessment of candidates is completed to establish the inventory (except for Post-Secondary Recruitment (PSR)). Inventories tend to have a large amount of applicants and may still be active (still accepting applications) when referrals are provided to hiring organizations. Applicants may self-report on some criteria via the application process, thus providing a base of information to be used when the assessment begins. The hiring organization can request assessment services from the PSCr, or complete the entire assessment process on its own.
Here is what some of our federal government organization clients had to say about our services:
"Professional, courteous, discreet; an exceptional service and the result -- a highly qualified employee." (translation)
Biosphere, Environment Canada, Montreal (Quebec Region)
"Staffing through the PSCr was one of the most efficient, hassle free processes I have ever been part of. Not only did the PSCr provide great service but the calibre of the new staff is unbelievable! The candidates were from a CR-04 pool. This process was a windfall for me and the bonus is that the candidates are also happy with their positions and are truly the "right fit" for the office."
Manager, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Edmonton (Alberta & Northwest Territories Region)
"Since my heavy workload doesn't leave me a lot of time, I was relieved to have access to the PSCr's pool of CR-4 candidates (Quebec Region). They sent me skilled candidates, allowing me to quickly fill two urgent positions with very dynamic and professional candidates. This allowed me the time to manage my directorate's priorities." (translation)
Manager, Integrity Services Branch, Service Canada, Montreal (Quebec Region)
If you have previously accessed our PSC-led pools or inventories, or have other related general comments, we want to hear from you!
Do you have questions related to our PSC-led pools and inventories?
Please visit the FAQs section on the jobs.gc.ca site for additional information.
Are you interested in applying to a PSC-led pool or inventory? Select the link below and begin your job search.
Note: At times there may not be any PSC-led pools and inventories accepting applications, but we encourage you to check back on a regular basis.
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Degrees of Seperation
My social media efforts are average at best. And of the many options available, Facebook is where I still have my roots firmly planted. It's both the most frustrating to use but still the one that offers the best connections. That's party my fault for never visiting the other networks but maybe also because Facebook is not dominated primarily with only photographers.
For page owners, Facebook offers two statistics. Post Reach and Post Engagement. The reach is the number of people who were supposedly shown the post and the engagement is a measurement of likes and comments. It's that engagement measurement (formerly known as EdgeRank) that contributes to a score on how interesting the content may be and who should see it.
So I tried a small experiment this weekend and specifically asked for people to 'like' or comment on an image if they saw it. I would then compare that number to the reported reach (unique impressions). From the 1500 people who are subscribed to my timeline and after 12 hours, Facebook reports that 9400 users had seen it. From that number, 319 people acknowledged they saw the post by 'liking' and 173 comments were left. Who the other 9000+ users are… I have no idea.
If there was anything to learn from this, a post really needs to get traction quickly to gain steady momentum. Without those comments (because friends see where friends of friends comment) to snowball, it quickly disappears and the reach dramatically shortens.


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In chemistry, an amide is one of three kinds of compounds:
Amides are the most stable of all the carbonyl functional groups.
Many chemists make a pronunciation distinction between the two, saying (for the carbonyl-nitrogen compound and for the anion. Others substitute one of these pronunciations with /ˈæmɨd/, while still others pronounce both /ˈæmɨd/, making them homonyms.
In the first sense referred to above, an amide is an amine where one of the nitrogen substituents is an acyl group; it is generally represented by the formula: R1(CO)NR2R3 , where either or both R2 and R3 may be hydrogen. Specifically, an amide can also be regarded as a derivative of a carboxylic acid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced by an amine or ammonia.
Compounds in which a hydrogen atom on nitrogen from ammonia or an amine is replaced by a metal cation are also known as amides or azanides.
The second sense of the word amide is the amide anion, which is a deprotonated form of ammonia (NH3) or an amine. It is generally represented by the formula: [R1NR2]-, and is an extremely strong base, due to the extreme weakness of ammonia and its analogues as Brønsted acids.
The remainder of this article is about the carbonyl-nitrogen sense of amide. For examples of the anionic amide, see the articles Sodium amide and Lithium diisopropylamide.
Owing to their resonance stabilization, amides are relatively unreactive under physiological conditions, even less than similar compounds such as esters. Nevertheless, amides can undergo chemical reactions, usually through an attack of an electronegative atom on the carbonyl carbon, breaking the carbonyl double bond and forming a tetrahedral intermediate. When the functional group attacking the amide is a thiol, hydroxyl or amine, the resulting molecule may be called a cyclol or, more specifically, a thiacyclol, an oxacyclol or an azacyclol, respectively.
The proton of an amide does not dissociate readily under normal conditions; its pKa is usually well above 15. However, under extremely acidic conditions, the carbonyl oxygen can become protonated with a pKa of roughly -1.
Amides will react with nitrous acid (HONO) forming the carboxylic acid and yielding nitrogen. Nitrous acid is formed by addition of a strong acid to a nitrate (III) salt in solution at temperatures of between 0 and 10 degrees.
Amides undergo the Hofmann rearrangement in which an amine with one less carbon atom is produced upon reaction with bromine and sodium hydroxide. On the other hand, reacting the amide with the strong reducing agent lithium aluminium hydride yields an amine with the same number of carbon atoms.
Amides are dehydrated with phosphorus (V) oxide forming the nitrile. Care should be taken when performing such a reaction since phosphorus (V) oxide smoulders when in contact with organic matter.
While hydrogen bonding may enhance the water solubility of amides relative to hydrocarbons (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic compounds), amides typically are regarded as compounds with low water solubility. They are significantly less water soluble than comparable acids or alcohols due to: 1). their non-ionic character 2). the presence of nonpolar hydrocarbon functionality, and 3). the inability of tertiary amides to donate hydrogen bonds to water (they can only be H-bond acceptors). Thus amides have water solubilities roughly comparable to esters. Typically amides are less soluble than comparable amines and carboxylic acids since these compounds can both donate and accept hydrogen bonds, and can ionize at appropriate pHs to further enhance solubility
Cyclic amides are called lactams.


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Possibly the finest currency in existence. See also Indian, Money.
Dual purpose earrings that both apprehend a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep and keep their wearer looking classy! See also Indian, Jewelry.
See also Indian.
I mean, come on. We can't all be Native American. See also Indian.
See also Alcohol, Indian, Stereotypes.


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Engraver beetles are very small, usually the biggest will only be a quater of an inch in length. The beetles are usually brown, sometimes black. They feed almost exclusively on woody plants. Engraver-beetles get theor name from the patterns they leave in the wood after they bore into them. Usually trees are injured by the burrowing of these tiny insects and in most cases they kill the tree.
Photo Courtesy of: http://eny3541.ifas.ufl.edu/pbb/PBB_ID.htm
Source: Comstock, John & Anna.
A Manuel for the Study Of Insects
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Christine Cliford's Biography, Books and Media Kit
Christine Clifford, CSP, is the CEO/President of Divorcing Divas, a company that provides encouragement, inspiration, and empowerment to people going through the difficult process of divorce. Christine is one of the world's leading authorities on therapeutic humo and the humor therapy movement.
She is the author of the best selling books:
- The Clue Phone's Ringing... It's for You! Healing Humor for Women Divorcing.
- Laugh 'Til It Heals: Notes from the World's Funniest Cancer Mailbox
- Your Guardian Angel's Gift
- Not Now...I'm Having a No Hair Day!
- Our Family Has Cancer, Too!
- Inspiring Breakthrough Secrets to Live Your Dreams
- Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of Hope and Laughter
Christine K. Clifford, CSP
Professional Speaker, Author, Consultant
President/Chief Executive Officer
of Divorcing Divas, LLC®
After living through two divorces and surviving domestic violence, Christine Clifford--a pioneer in the field of therapeutic humor--is laughing again. Like many who have been in Christine's shoes, it wasn't easy and it certainly wasn't fun. But today Christine is sharing her message with thousands of others: that they can find life~ and a good life~ on the other side.
Her experience taught her how to market and sell products, services and herself. Now, Christine Clifford shares that message with others. Christine Clifford definitely cracked "the glass ceiling". By 40, she was Senior Executive Vice President for The SPAR Group, an international merchandising and information services firm in New York.
As the top salesperson in the multi-billion dollar retail services industry for over eight years, Christine's accounts included Kmart, Toys 'R' Us, Walmart, AT&T, Mattel Toys, and Revlon. Taking her company from a million dollar per year loss to over $54 million in sales, Christine signed the largest contract in the industry's history with Procter & Gamble, doubling the size of her company overnight.
Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994, Christine wrote seven award-winning, humorous portrayals of her story in books entitled Not Now…I'm Having A No Hair Day! , Our Family Has Cancer, Too!, Inspiring Breakthrough Secrets to Live Your Dreams, Cancer Has Its Privileges: Stories of Hope & Laughter, Your Guardian Angel's Gift, YOU, Inc. The Art of Selling Yourself, and Laugh 'Til It Heals: Notes from the World's Funniest Cancer Mailbox.
But it's her newest--and eighth book-- The Clue Phone's Ringing… It's for You! Healing Humor for Women Divorcing that is getting all the attention. Her motto? Don't forget to laugh!™
The year Christine faced a life-changing experience, she began her own company. Today The Cancer Club® is the world's largest producer of humorous and helpful products for people with cancer.
And when she went through her second divorce, she gathered all her strength and courage and started Divorcing Divas, a company that provides empowerment, support, hope and inspiration to people facing divorce. A percentage of the proceeds raised through her all-day educational conferences is donated to Tubman (www.Tubman.org), a non-profit women's shelter for abused women.
Christine's philosophies and strategies for becoming your industry's leader are proven theories that have propelled her and the companies she's worked with to the top of their fields. Ideas, action, results...
Christine is a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Survivor's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul, and is featured in the books The Courage to Laugh, The Triumph of the Human Spirit: Real Cancer Survivors, Real Battles, Real Victories, and Masters of Sales.
Featured in over 3,000 media hits including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, MORE magazine, American Health, Golf Digest, as well as The Singapore Women's Weekly and the Hindu in India, she appeared on CNN Live in 1998 as "one of the world's leading authorities on the use of therapeutic humor".
Host of The Christine Clifford Celebrity Golf Tournamentl, a benefit for breast cancer research, Christine's inaugural event raised over $100,000, making it the most successful first-year event in the history of the American Cancer Society. Her total contribution has been over $1,000,000. Christine received the Council of Excellence Award for income development from the American Cancer Society.
In July, 2002, Christine was awarded The Order of the Delta Gamma Rose from the Sorority to confer special honor upon alumnae members who have made distinguished contributions to the nation or to the world through their individual efforts and talents and whose achievements have been given national recognition. It is the highest honor one can receive from the Sorority.
July, 2002 Christine received her "CSP" (Certified Speaking Professional) designation from the National Speakers Association. The letters "CSP" following a speaker's name indicate a speaking professional with proven experience who brings a proven track record of experience and expertise. Less than 7% of the 5,000 speakers who belong to the International Federation for Professional Speakers hold this professional designation.
Christine is a member of the Minnesota Speakers Association, the National Speakers Association, the American Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, and the National Association of Breast Cancer Organizations. She is listed in International Who's Who of Professionals, International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs, and International Who's Who of Authors and Writers. She is also listed in Contemporary Authors and 2,000 Notable American Women. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Angel Foundation.
In 2009, Christine helped launch a new multi-level-marketing company, LifeVantage.
She has two grown sons Tim and Brooks, and is Grandmother to Siberian Husky Skylar. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For more information, please contact:
Divorcing Divas, LLC
P.O. Box 24747, Edina, MN 55424-0747


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NEW YORK—The Dine in Brooklyn event, launched at a press event on Tuesday, is something to look forward to for food lovers and food connoisseurs alike. Over 200 Brooklyn restaurants are cooking up a storm to serve their tastiest delights at bargain deals.
Borough President Marty Markowitz hosted the tasting at Borough Hall to officially launch the upcoming eighth annual Dine in Brooklyn event, which will run from March 21–31.
"New Yorkers and tourists alike have discovered that the culinary epicenter of America is right here in Brooklyn," said Markowitz, touting Brooklyn's culinary diversity.
"Whether you fancy the French fare in Brooklyn's Bastille Day hot spot in Carroll Gardens. … Whether you want to sample the collective ethnic food from everywhere on the planet, from China to the Caribbean, from Russia to Bangladesh, from Australia to Turkey, or simply looking for comfort food American-style in Brooklyn, your table is waiting!" said Markowitz.
For this year's event, Brooklyn restaurants will be offering three-course dinner and lunch menus for $25 and $20.11 per person respectively, and two-for-one deals at participating restaurants.
"This year, considering the economy, it's still tight. I think the $25.00 is a fair price," said Markowitz."The initiative is great for not only the restaurants, but also for all who love to dine in Brooklyn restaurants … and we are bringing people from all the other boroughs," said Executive Vice President of New York State Restaurant Association, Andrew Rigie. "Everyone just needs to get out, go dine in Brooklyn," enthused Rigie.
Participating at the press tasting and launch were a diverse range of restaurants offering their finest delicacies.
Okeanos Restaurant offers Greek cuisine with fish as their specialty, served with certified organic wines. The adventurous might like a taste of the Waterfront Ale House's wild boar sandwich, while Melt Restaurant's general manager, Joshua Gibson, reckoned that their No. 1 best-selling item is the Melt burger, made from grass-fed Black Angus beef served on a brioche.
For the curious, the Water Side Restaurant in Dumbo offers southern cuisine with a twist, with their deep fried "Deviled Eggs" as an appetizer to go with their popular Jambalaya Devil's Dish, said General Manager Brian Ritchie.
"All our ingredients are fresh. Our food is unique. There are all southern U.S.-inspired dishes," added chef Reggie Taylor.
Vegetarians need not despair. Mauricio and Sasha Miranda from Miranda Restaurant have a nice variety of mouth-watering dishes to tempt your senses, including their healthy whole-wheat empanadas and polenta tamales.
The empanadas are filled with Tuscan kale, ricotta salata, organic currants, sun-dried tomatoes, and caramelized shallots, while the tamales are wrapped in corn-husks and stuffed with basil pesto infused with ground corn, cheese, and olives.
"My cuisine is a mix of Latin American and Italian with a focus on healthy cooking techniques. All of my dishes, even those containing meat, are cooked with vegetable broth," said Sasha Miranda.
Owner and chef Jamie-Lynn Mollo of Jamie Lynn's Kitchen Inc., is passionate about "healthy cooking at its tastiest, and home cooking at its best," and offers more than just food.
Her restaurant, Jamie Lynn's Kitchen, a family-oriented bistro, and another location, the Boulevard Books & Café, have something different for parents with children. Besides their Dine in Brooklyn specials, the two restaurants will be presenting "A Green Breakfast" on March 13 to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday and St. Patrick's Day.
Other family and children-focused events at Jamie Lynn's include "Super Hero" breakfast on April 10, "Make mommy a Mother's Day gift" on May 1, and "Make daddy a Father's Day gift" on June 12.
To match the other delights, Colette Swanston, from Junior's Restaurants was busy serving their world famous New York plain cheesecake.
Dine in Brooklyn is a great initiative said Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Vice President Rick Russo, who stated that the Chamber of Commerce is happy to be part of it.
"The restaurant is the leading growth center in Brooklyn with respect to job growth and the economy. So it is important to give back and to encourage people to come out and experience the new restaurant scene in Brooklyn," said Russo.
The complete list of participating restaurants, addresses, and details are available on www.visitbrooklyn.org.