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Skylanders Swap Force toys have two brains and one heart. This means that tops and bottoms can be upgraded independently while character stats reside just in the upper portion (with their tiny plastic heart).
I caught up with Guha Bala, studio head at Vicarious Visions, and asked him to talk me through the different attacks and abilities of the new Skylander characters unveiled at the Swap Force reveal event last week. Bala talked me through the three Swap Force characters we'll be seeing when the game launches later this year.
"Magna Charge is a tech character that has the ability to use a horse shoe magnet that can pick-up and throw objects and he has an energy weapon that fires nuts and bolt. He also has a power wheel that's propelled by energy and lets him zip around very quickly."
"Wash Buckler is a water character that is a pirate with a cutlas sword attack and a bubble gun that can suspend characters in the air and his octopus tentacles have an ink attack and allow him to climb things."
"Blast Zone is a heavy armored fire character. He has bombs coming out of the top and breathes fire. He also has rocket legs that allow him to have charge attacks."
Bala went on to talk some more about the new Swap zones that will be in the new game. These are a little like the Elemental zones from the previous games (that themselves will be returning in Swap Force) but they relate to the eight different Swap Force types signified by the symbol on the base of each figure.
Bast Zone's area will offer players the chance to fly about and explore in free space. Wash Buckler's zone will be one of climbing and scaling walls. Magna Charge will have unique speed zones where you'll face a timed challenge. There are five more still to be revealed as the other Swap Force characters are announced.
It is interesting that so far the Swap Force figures are all male, something my daughter quickly quizzed me about. It will be interesting to see whether the game has both male and female Swap Force characters as this has been a key message with both the original and Giant figures.
A very good question posed by my daughter was "What happens if you swap and girl top with a boy bottom?" Not an easy answer for that one -- perhaps that's why this isn't a subject that's been addressed quite yet.
What was expanded upon at the event was how the different abilities in the top and bottom halves would be upgraded. Abilities in the top and bottom can be upgraded separately and each have their own upgrade path. This means that when they are separate and mixed up they will take with them any upgrades as well as base abilities.
The top half of the figure is where the toy's "heart" resides -- this stores the stats of the figure and (one assumes) their gold. It will be interesting to see if you could use the gold from one Swap Force figure to upgrade the bottom half of another by switching before you spend your money.
It's when you start to think some of these implications through that you realize just how complex a proposition the new Skylanders game is. Of course, it's Vicarious Vision's task to deal with these complexities in a simple and transparent way so that kids can just get on and enjoy the game. They still seem to have a little bit of figuring out left to do, so keep an eye on the details as they evolve.


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About SWECO
ACLW's 'Sustaining Women's Empowerment in Communities and Organisations' (SWECO)
Objective and Overview
ACLW's 'Sustaining Women's Empowerment in Communities and Organisations' (SWECO) Award aims to honour male and female individuals and groups who have developed a sustainable initiative to empower women in a community or organisation. The Award was established in 2011.
2015 SWECO will commence in September 2014 and will have 3 categories:
- Empower women in a community or organisation in Australia
- Empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in a community or organisation in Australia
- Empower women in a community or organisation abroad
2014 SWECO Winners
- Women's Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE) in Victoria was awarded for developing aNo Interest Loans Scheme (NILS) specifically for disadvantaged women exiting family violence and for assisting financially disadvantaged women since 2009 through mentoring women to regain their financial confidence and capability, and reduce their financial dependence on abusive ex-partners.
- Raise Foundation in Sydney was commended for theBump Program for young mums aged between 13 and 23 that brings women together across the generations, challenges stereotypes, empowers with education and inspires girls to be the best women they can be, hence breaking the cycle of social, economic and emotional disadvantage.
- Women's Legal Service (Tasmania) Inc was commended for their Girls Gotta Know, an interactive mobile website app and an Australian first for the delivery of legal information and resources to young women aged 14-24.
- The Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence (JTAFV) in Victoria was awarded for their book WILL MY RABBI BELIEVE ME? Will He Understand? that provides culturally appropriate and sensitive ways for the clergy and professionals to respond to disclosures of family violence, abuse and sexual assault.
- Nasiba Akram was commended for sponsoring Afghani refugee women and children in the camps of Pakistan and India and empowering female members of the Australian Afghan community to do the same as well as for strengthening educational opportunities for boys and girls within war torn Afghanistan.
Winners were awarded in the SWECO Awards Ceremony at Parliament House
2013 SWECO Winners
- Organisation Category
- SWECO Gold Award Winner - The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress) - The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (Congress) is commended for establishing gender equity as a founding principle in its Constitution and for implementing this principle in its management and governance of the Congress.
- SWECO Silver Award Winner: Angela Yin - Angela Yin is commended for her self-appointed leadership, commitment and dedication to raising awareness and celebrating the achievements of women through the establishment of Queensland Justices Association International Women's Day project.
- Community Category
- SWECO Gold Award Winner - Julie Verner-Mackay - Julie Verner Mackay is commended for her self-leadership, and for designing and developing a program in response to stakeholders needs. Her motivation to give women the opportunity to access a leadership development program that focuses on self-leadership and enables women to recognise their capacity to lead using their innate strengths, are exemplary.
- SWECO Silver Award Winner - Sarah Patricia Valentine = Sarah Patricia Valentine is commended for her self-appointed leadership and shaping her desire to empower other women personally and professionally in Bellarine, Victoria through the Bellarine Business Women venture.
More information about the 2013 winners
2012 SWECO Winners
- SWECO's first round of winners were commended for their leadership, determination and collaboration in establishing significant initiatives for women in the community and in the workplace.
- • Kat Armstrong was honoured for her leadership in establishing the Women in Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN) and its highly valued mentoring program which has an 82% success rate in keeping women out of prison
- • Ludo McFerran was commended for the introduction of domestic violence entitlements to periods of paid leave and other rights in industrial instruments
- • Karen McFadzen was recognised for her initiative to achieve gender diversity at the executive level in Cisco Technical Services Team across Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China
- • Yolanda Vega for establishing the Australian Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI)
- • The Transport and Logistics Workforce Advisory Group (TLWAG-Q) & the Transform Team in the Department of Transport and Main Roads Queensland were recognised for the Women Take the Wheel Project to encourage women to pursue a career in the Transport and Supply Chain industry
Winners received certificates and prize meney. The 2012 Award was sponsored by commercial sponsors
Support for SWECO
This Award has received Statements of support from the following distinguished individuals upon its commencement in 2011.
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Sir Gustav Nossal AC, CBE, FAA, FRS
The Hon Karen Struthers MP, Minister for Community Services and Housing and Minister for Women, Queensland Government
The Hon Pru Goward MP, Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Women, New South Wales Government
The Hon Victor Dominello MP, Minister for Citizenship and Communities and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, New South Wales Government
The Hon Gail Gago MLC, Minister for Regional Development, Public Sector Management, Consumer Affairs, Government Enterprises, Gambling and Minister for the Status of Women, South Australian Government
The Hon Joy Burch MLA, ACT Minister for Women, community services, Arts, Multicultural Affairs, Ageing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
The Hon Sharon Bird, MP Federal Member for Cunningham
Eligibility Criteria for SWECO
- Sex: Female or Male
- Age: 18 or older
- Nationality: Australian or with Australian permanent resident status
- An individual who has won the SWECO Award previously will be ineligible.
- Only one application per organisation will be accepted.
- Any individual, who works for ACLW, or is a relative of the judges, or works in the organisation of the judges will not be eligible for an award under this program.
SWECO Judging Criteria
SWECO Applications in both categories of Community and Organisations will be evaluated by the Judges according to the following criteria:
- Leadership: the applicant should demonstrate their leadership skills employed in effectively developing, implementing and evaluating an initiative for achieving and sustaining empowerment of women in a community or organisation.
- Sustainability: the applicant must describe how the initiative has sustained empowerment for women within the community or organisation, how it will continue in the future and expected outcomes.
- Impact on women's empowerment: the applicant should clearly articulate the specific intended effect on women in terms of their economic and social empowerment as well as the actual impact the initiative has on women.
- Capacity: the applicant should demonstrate their capacity to collaborate with others to seek and utilise assistance and expertise to develop and implement their initiative.
- Measurable and/or Non-Measurable results: the applicant should provide either quantitative evidence (eg statistics) to show progress toward the stated goal or qualitative evidence such as the milestones reached toward their stated goals.
Judging Panel:
The Judging panel reserves the right to defer the awards if there are no suitable recipients and also to consider applications for other categories in the Award. The decision of the Judging Panel is final.
There will be 4 rankings in each category:
• One First place or Gold Winner
• One Second place or Silver Winner
• One Third place or Bronze Winner
• A Highly Commended Winner
Winners receive prize money, a trophy and an ACLW SWECO Certificate. Online and off-line publicity of the winners and their initiatives will also ensue. All of the winners are honoured in ACLW's Honour Roll
2014 SWECO Award Ceremony at Parliament House, Sydney
Previous SWECO Applications:
Previous SWECO Sponsors:
Major Sponsor of 2014 SWECO: Minter Ellison
Sponsors of 2012 SWECO:
Shopfront University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong
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Some executives think this thing called "engagement" is something either HR needs to manage or marketing needs to do. Few understand the intangible value of engagement converts into tangible bottom line results.
The Towers Watson 2012 Global Workforce Study — 32,000 employees across 30 countries — makes the most powerful, bottom line case yet for the connection between engagement and corporate performance. The evidence is staggering.
In a broader analysis of 50 global companies, Towers Watson found that companies with low engagement scores had an average operating margin just under 10 percent. Those with high traditional engagement had a slightly higher margin of 14 percent. Companies with the highest "sustainable engagement" scores had an average one-year operating margin of 27 percent.
Forty percent of employees with low engagement scores said they were likely to leave their employers over the next two years, compared to 24 percent of traditionally engaged employees, and just 18 percent of employee's with the highest "sustainable engagement" scores.
The data from the Towers Watson study alone shows the value of engagement creates a more cohesive culture, less turnover and happier employees. In case that isn't enough continue reading.
Economic Gains Come From The Intangibles
In a recent Forbes article titled "Google's Secrets Of Innovation: Empowering Its Employees" Laura He writes: Since its IPO in 2004, its shares have soared over 900%. The company's success stems from its continuous innovation and it extraordinary management practices.
Laszlo Bock, Senior Vice President of Google's People Operations, said Google has been keeping the pipeline of innovation going by tapping its employees and letting ideas percolate up, Bock said.
The company has a relatively small group of employees — more than 30,000 workers (excluding 20,000 it gained when acquiring Motorola Mobility). Google is smaller than Exxon Mobil (76,900 employees) and Apple (72,800). It is trying to create an arena where people can be brought together in surprising ways to innovate.
"We try to have as many channels for expression as we can, recognizing that different people, and different ideas, will percolate up in different ways," Bock said.
Google uses a variety of tools and techniques to constantly stimulate engagement and the reasons are obvious:
- It is good for the culture
- It is good for the people
- It fuels innovation
- It is good for the customer
- It is good for the business
1 – 5 seem like a good guide for deciding how to improve your bottom line. The irony is what is good for the bottom line isn't managing the tangible results rather it is enabling and trusting the intangibles. This is true whether you have 10 employees or 10,000+ employees. Size no longer matters, being smarter does..
Smarter companies know that engagement is not an act, it's a philosophy.


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Holiday Open Studio
Saturday, December 14, 2013
1 pm – 5 pm – Log House at Nepenthe
info – (831) 667-2454
Please join us at home for our Holiday Open Studio.
We'll have beautiful new paintings by Erin, including the first showing of her "New York Plein Air" Series, and scrumptious fruit portraits.
Emily will show textiles, designs, and graphics from an imaginative year of creativity.
I'll have some of my favorite photos on display.
We'll even have some beautiful drawings and gouache paintings by Chi.
Of course, there will be delicious treats and holiday cheer! Please stop by, as Christmas only comes once a year, and we always love to share it with friends.
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Erin's all-new painting and creativity workshop is scheduled to begin on January 6th. We currently have a special discount for all participants. If you register for the 8-week workshop at the rate of $150, you can register a friend for 1/2 off.
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The Central Coast Art Association and The Arts Council for Monterey County will present a workshop for artists aspiring to successfully market their work, 9 am to 5 pm, November 9, 2013 at the Sunset Center, Carmel. The workshop will focus on relationships with galleries, web design, messaging, still images and video. Cost is $125 for Central Coast Art Association members and $150 for nonmembers.
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Easy Cherry Tomato Salad With Buttermilk-Basil Dressing Recipe
6 cups red and yellow cherry tomatoes, halved if large
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
⅔ cup buttermilk
¼ cup sour cream
3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
1 shallot, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
Put the cherry tomatoes in a large serving bowl. Season with salt and pepper and toss.
In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, sour cream, basil, shallot and garlic. Season with pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the tomatoes and toss.
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text: The television miniseries adaptated from the [[ThePillarsOfTheEarth book of the same name.]]!!The miniseries contains examples of:* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Lady Regan in the novel has hideous boils all over her face. In the miniseries, she's an otherwise attractive woman with a facial birthmark.* AdaptationDistillation: Despite being eight hours long, the miniseries had to significantly abridge the 850+ page novel. Most notably, it cut most of the last part of the book, including all of the Henry II/Thomas Becket showdown, and substituted a different ending. Unfortunately, this compression led to some wonky history, which the book was generally good about.* AdaptationInducedPlothole: The AgeLift of Richard in the miniseries means it makes much less sense whenever he doesn't step in to help his sister when she has trouble with an anti-woman culture. Not so much a plot hole as a drastic character alteration, as it makes him seem more [[TheLoad useless and cowardly.]]* AdaptedOut: In the book Jack and Aliena have a second child, a daughter, who is not featured here. * TheAtoner: a minor character is a former thief who rescues Jonathon when Tom is forced to abandon him and becomes one of the monks of Kingsbridge. Later, [[spoiler: Brother Remigius]]* AgeCut: The last shot cuts forward [[spoiler: 840 years, to show Jack's cathedral still standing in the modern day]].* BadDreams: William; Stephen to the point of PsychicDreamsForEveryone.* BeardOfSorrow: Phillip at Tom's funeral* BloodFromTheMouth: Repeatedly.* BornInTheWrongCentury: Ellen is essentially a twentieth century feminist stuck in 12th century England. Aliana is also somewhat ahead of her time, although she fits in to society slightly better* CainAndAbel: Jack and Alfred. Lampshaded by Jonathan.* ClimbingClimax* CompositeCharacter: Johnny Sixpence is now also the thief who steals Tom's pig.* CourtroomAntics: Ellen disrupts Waleran's KangarooCourt by [[spoiler:revealing his direct role in Prince William's death.]]* CreatorCameo: Ken Follett as a British merchant living in France, who was friends with Jack's father.* CueTheSun: Masterfully invoked by Philip to put the fear of God into some quarriers. Later invoked in reverse by Jack with the unveiling of the statue that weeps at night (and for "at night", read "the second the sun crosses the horizon").* CurbStompBattle: Henry vs. Eustace, who's scared and confused by the chaos of battle.-->'''Henry:''' ''[[[BloodKnight cheerfully]]]'' Eustace! Eustace! Good to meet you, cousin! ''[kills him]''* CurtainCamouflage: [[spoiler:Cuthbert]], complete with [[{{Hamlet}} Polonian death]] and [[DramaticCurtainToss dramatic reveal]].* DarkerAndEdgier: The miniseries, in many respects. While it leaves out some of the gorier details of the novel, it also adds some incest to make the Hamleighs more [[VillainousIncest villainous]], and changes just about every death in the story into some sort of murder.* DawsonCasting: 28-year old Eddie Redmayne and Hayley Atwell as teenaged Jack and Aliena in the early episodes. Justified by the need to dramatize a story that spans 35 years.* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Tom.]]* DeadlyHug: [[spoiler:William kills Regan by suffocation.]]* DeadPersonConversation: Stephen has a few unpleasant visions of the late Henry I.* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Waleran, Walter, Percy, Regan.]]* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Waleran]], who not only refuses Jack's offer to TakeMyHand, but then [[BloodFromTheMouth spits blood]] in Philip's face as he tries to administer the last rites.* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Tom Builder]].* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Waleran]].* TheDragon: Walter, to William.* DueToTheDead: A few, but most prominently for [[spoiler: Tom Builder]].* EvenEvilHasStandards: While [[spoiler:killing the pig boy that Waleran substituted for Eustace]], Walter looks distinctly unhappy about it. He still does it, because he's got orders, but he actually hesitates. Waleran too; presumably he thought that the queen would let the boy go when she realised [[spoiler: he wasn't Eustace and so killing him would serve no purpose]], and he looks genuinely shocked when she orders him executed purely out of spite. The next time we see him he is putting tacks in his shoes while he prays for forgiveness.* {{GET OUT}}! Tom to Jack, after he [[spoiler:confesses to burning the old cathedral.]]* HeroicBastard: Jack, who has to rise above the grief he gets both from the church, and from his legitimate brother Alfred (who for his part resents being TheUnfavourite when by law he's his father's only "true" son).* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Stephen of England goes from "weak pawn of the nobles" to personally arranging the deaths of his predecessor, Henry I, and his son and heir so he can inherit the throne. * HollywoodHistory: Several minor changes are introduced in the TV series for no possible reason other than because they are "[[TheThemeParkVersion so medieval]]". Among them:** Waleran mortifying his flesh in classic ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' style.** Ellen being forced to flee Kingsbridge because she is accused of witchcraft, instead of just because she is having an open relationship with Tom but refuses to marry him.** St. Adolphus' skull being crushed during the destruction of the old cathedral, then promptly replaced with another skull by Prior Philip.** Jack's father having his tongue cut and then being [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]], instead of just hanged.** For dramatic purposes, the miniseries shows both King Stephen and his son Eustace alive in 1156 when they were both dead by 1154. Additionally, the miniseries has Eustace die [[spoiler: in battle]], when the real Eustace died of natural causes.* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: We cut from Tom and Ellen having passionate, loving sex to Regan and Percy Hamleigh having perfunctory, unpleasant sex. The two even talk strategy during their intercourse. * ItWillNeverCatchOn: ** Philip accidentally invents the futures market some 500 years ahead of time, and Aliena has to convince him that it makes sense.** Also, Tom Builder's idea of using glass to build cathedrals, which his sons laugh at. Jack later invents stained glass windows... which Philip thinks are a fad.* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Martha's apparently been nursing a bit of a crush on Jack ever since she was small, but never pursued it because he was clearly in love with Aliena (and also perhaps because she's essentially his stepsister). [[spoiler: This does however cause her to steal Jack's ring so as to have a small piece of him to herself]]* KneelBeforeZod: Waleran demands this of Philip after he refuses to declare fealty to him.* MsFanservice: Aliena, what with the love scenes and the skinny dipping. And of course the fact that she's played by the lovely Hayley Atwell. * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: William and Waleran have moments when their conscience makes them feel guilty after the fact. Waleren usually scourges himself when that happens, while William fears he's going to Hell.* MyRuleFuIsStrongerThanYours: Waleran tries to have Jack arrested on the cathedral site, and Philip invokes sanctuary. Waleran counts that the cathedral is unfinished and thus undedicated, so doesn't count as holy ground. [[spoiler:He's HoistByHisOwnPetard later when he tries to claim sanctuary himself.]] * OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: Jack Jackson]].* ParentalIncest: William and his mother.* ProphecyTwist: "Peace will reign and war depart/when arrows pierce my daughter's heart" - doesn't technically say that she'll ''lose'', mind you...** Ellen's curse on Waleren, whom she predicts will climb high and then fall. Naturally you'd assume this to be a metaphor, but it happens literally when he falls from the roof of the cathedral.* PsychicDreamsForEveryone* RedHeadedStepchild: Tom is a redheaded [[HeroicBastard bastard]] child. Ironically, his stepfather (and stepsister, for that matter) treat him as a member of the family. This treatment is later applied to [[spoiler: Tommy]], who is also redheaded* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: William's troop of soldiers all promptly desert him and Waleran during Jack's trial.* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: William]].* ShipperOnDeck: Ellen wants her son to be happy. To the point of cursing marriages that make him unhappy.* SkywardScream: Richard, after killing [[spoiler:Walter]].* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Richard.]]* SpitefulSpit: "I fear I must now perform an unfortunate familiarity." Waleran to [[spoiler: Stephen after he's gotten captured and humiliated by his enemies, and needs Waleran to save him]].* SufferTheSlings: William is hit in the head by a slung stone during the attack on Kingsbridge. It knocks him to the ground with a nasty bruise, which is enough [[KeystoneArmy to drive his men off]], but does no lasting damage.* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:Jack to Waleran.]]* TookALevelInBadass: Richard went from a coward to a badass knight. All it took was three years of English civil war. (The additional ten years in UsefulNotes/TheCrusades didn't hurt either.)* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: When Kingsbridge is attacked by William. Richard does the training, and Jack gets them building a wall.* TwoScenesOneDialogue: Ellen/Aliena convincing [[TheDogBitesBack Remegius/Elizabeth to betray Waleran/William.]]** Alfred and Aliena's wedding and William and Elizabeth's.* VillainousBreakdown: King Stephen has a ''huge'' one when he visits Kingsbridge and sees some red paint on a newly finished statue drop on the [[spoiler: fake]] relic of St. Adolphus, causing it to look like the "saintly skull" is weeping blood, then notices that Jack, its sculptor, is the fiery-haired artist boy he was warned about in a [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone vision]] of Henry I. He has another episode after finding out [[spoiler:his son Eustace has been killed in battle]].* VillainousIncest: William and Regan. Provides a bit of an explanation for why William acts the way he does; one look at his face when he mother's coming onto him tells you that (1) he's really {{Squick}}ed out, and (2) this has likely been going on since he was very young. [[spoiler:One such overture directly leads to him killing Regan.]]* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Elizabeth, William's Wife. Disappears after Richard retakes Shiring.** She's briefly seen working for Aliena.** Jonathan, who disappears after the TimeSkip and never finds out his true paternity (even though the book devoted a few chapters to it).


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London (Nov. 15)
Baltimore Lawyer Relates Facts in Celebrated Case (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rabbi Eleazar P. Phillips of the Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow, was the man who guided Oscar Slater to his freedom after a period of 18 years spent in the Peter-head Prison. Rabbi Phillips met Slater at the prison gate and took him to Glasgow where it is expected the Jewish community will provide for the needs of the released man.
Ramsay MacDonald and many members of parliament voiced the demand that a public inquiry be instituted to establish Slater's innocence.
Slater was convicted in 1909 of the murder in Glasgow of an aged woman, Mrs. Marion Gilchrist, and sentenced to be executed. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment two days before the day set for the execution because of agitation based on doubt as to his guilt.
A few days ago Mary Dannermen, who was a fifteen-year-old errand girl and one of the chief witnesses against Slater, signed an affidavit saying she had not meant to identify Slater positively as a man she saw running away from the scene of the crime, but had been influenced by the Prosecutor.
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It was reported last week that Forest are considering their first foreign appointment.
Former Heart of the Midlothian manager Csaba Laszlo has been named as an early applicant for the Nottingham Forest manager's job.
The Nottingham Post reports the Hungarian has thrown his hat in the ring to replace Dougie Freedman, who was dismissed following last weekend's home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
Despite leaving Hearts six years ago, Laszlo is still based in Scotland, according to the report, and is seeking a role in English football.
The 52-year-old led the Jam Tarts to third in the Premiership in what was his only full season at the helm, and was subsequently named Manager of the Year in Scotland.
Post Hearts, Laszlo managed Charleroi and MTK Budapest - either side of a spell in charge of the Lithuanian national team.
Last week, the Post reported that Forest were keen to appoint an overseas coach for the first time in their 151-year history.
However, an appointment is not expected to be made until the summer, with Paul Williams handed the reins until then.
Former Derby defender Williams is not thought to be in contention for a full-time position.


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1.47 acres in Manistee County, Michigan
7 buildable lots on or near Lake Michigan. Share association beach with lookout platform. Lots 4 and 5 have wonderful views of Lake Michigan. Lots 3 and 6 have partial or obstructed views of the lake. The other lots are not lakefront but have access to the lake. Originally designed to be a family estate, this beautiful area of Manistee was recently divided into lots to form a small subdivision with a year-round homeowners association which provides maintenance,and beach access. Private, secluded and easily accessible by plane or automobile, this beautiful location boasts 698 feet of sandy beaches, 224 of which are part of the shared association beach. Just to the north, 168 acres of undeveloped land means your privacy will stay protected for years to come! Plans approved by DEQ.
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Dancers often lament "where can I find a dance partner?"
At Café Havana Bali that is not a problem!
If you are traveling and don't have a dance partner handy, ask Café Havana Bali staff to dance with you or even give you an impromptu lesson.
ALL the staff started to learn Salsa dancing in December 2009 and now we have a great group of dancers who have already advanced to Bachata, Merengue and ChaCha.
The waiters (muchachos) and waitress (muchachas) as well as kitchen and bar staff, love the opportunity to dance Salsa Rueda, (Wheel) This is similar to American square dancing, with one of the group calling out the moves that the rest follow. This is exciting to watch and even more fun to join in. Its easy to learn at our regular Salsa Classes (link)
As we often get amazing Salsa dancers on the dance floor the staff are getting lots of opportunities to increase their dance skills.
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Thousands of Sikhs gather at the Los Angeles Convention Center to attend the Anniversary of Baisakhi celebration coordinated by Sikh Dharma of Southern California and Guru Ram Das Ashram, with the cooperation of many other Gurdwaras in Los Angeles County.
Baisakhi commemorates the day in 1699 when Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th of the Sikh Gurus, bestowed and blessed Sikhs with the unique form, appearance and discipline associated with the Sikh way of life. Baisakhi also coincides with the first Spring Harvest and the Sikh New Year.
This all-day event starts at 4 a.m. at Guru Ram Das Ashram with Asa di Var (devotional morning songs). At 7 a.m., we meet to begin the Grand Motorcade Procession to escort the Siri Guru Granth Sahib to the Convention Center. The caravan of cars arrives there before 8 a.m. Gatka performers dance with flashing swords, conches sound and drums echo through the halls as the Siri Guru is carried overhead and set to preside in the beautifully decorated Gurdwara Hall.
The Kirtan (spiritual music) program includes performances from some of the most inspiring and well-known Ragi Kirtan jathas (musical groups) from around the world, jathas from many Southern California Sikh Gurdwaras, as well as various youth and children's Kirtan groups.
During this program, attendees have an opportunity to listen to speeches from prominent interfaith and political leaders, including officials from all levels of government.
Participants can also enjoy Langar (vegetarian food is served all day in the langar hall), explore the Baisakhi Bazaar (where all kinds of wares are for sale, including clothing, books, CDs, gems and jewelry, posters, paintings, shawls and more), or drop their children off in the Children's Activity Hall, where kids can play and enjoy stories, art projects and other activities (supervision and materials provided).
A colorful parade (Nagar Kirtan) through the heart of downtown Los Angeles concludes the day's events. The Nagar Kirtan features floats from many gurdwaras. Special designs are created that highlight special Sikh themes, lifestyles and values.
Since the 1980s, Baisakhi festivities have been held annually in Southern California. The Nagar Kirtan (parade) has been coordinated by the Southern California Gurdwaras since 1998.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Dec. 20 the spread between the two grades will narrows to $14 a barrel within three months, abandoning a prediction it would end the year at $4. The median of analyst forecasts compiled by Bloomberg are for the difference to narrow to $14.10, as flows accelerate through the Seaway pipeline, which connects Cushing with the Gulf Coast, the location of 50 percent of the nation's refining capacity.
While the domestic surplus has lowered WTI, which can't be exported without a government permit, the value of Brent, which is shipped from the North Sea to ports around the world, has been buoyed by everything from the crisis in the Middle East to expanding demand in Asia.
A "reacceleration already appears to be underway in China," analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a report on Dec. 5. The nation's crude processing jumped 9.1 percent in November to a record 10.2 million barrels a day, the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing said Dec. 9.
"The key catalyst for the rise in oil prices we anticipate in the second half of the year will be the economic comeback in China," Axel Herlinghaus, a senior analyst at DZ Bank AG in Frankfurt, said in a report e-mailed on Dec. 19. Brent will climb to $120 a barrel next year, he said.
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It didn't take long for receiver Jacoby Jones to attract interest after being waived by the Texans.
Jones, who was waived on Monday, is an unrestricted free agent who visited with the Carolina Panthers on Thursday. The Panthers are looking for receivers to bolster one of the NFL's best passing games with quarterback Cam Newton.
In his last season with the Texans, Jones averaged 16.5 yards on 31 catches, including two touchdowns. He averaged 10.6 yards on punt returns, including one touchdown.
Agent Kennard McGuire asked Texans general manager Rick Smith to release Jones on Monday. Smith complied. The moved saved the Texas $2.5 million in salary cap dollars. If they had waited until after June 1, they could have saved $3 million.
Jones' departure opens up a tremendous opportunity for one of the young receivers on the team. He was the third receiver behind Andre Johnson and Kevin Walter. He started 10 games last season when Johnson and Walter were injured. He played in three-receiver formations.
The Texans drafted receivers DeVier Posey and Keshawn Martin. They signed undrafted free agents Dwight Jones, Jerrell Jackson and Mario Lewis. Jeff Maehl, who made the team as an undrafted free agent, and Lestar Jean, who spent his rookie season on injured reserve, are returning.


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- n. A confection, especially ice cream, containing a variety of chopped and usually candied fruits.
- n. A flavoring simulating the flavor of many fruits.
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- n. A variety of ice cream that contains chopped candied fruit.
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- n. A confection of different kinds of preserved fruits.
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- n. A confection flavored with or containing different kinds of fruit; specifically, ice-cream so made.
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One thing's for sure, X thinks, staring out the window of the taxi as the city melts past in rain-smeared tutti-frutti neon, one thing's for sure: this is either a dream, or it isn't.
But something went seriously wrong along the way, as government funding dried up, exacerbated by Italy's economic crisis, and corporate sponsors such as Coca-Cola have jumped in as white or in Coke's case tutti-frutti knights.
And to top it all off,? tutti-frutti? macaroons: a typical French almond sweet reinterpreted with spring fruits in honour of the Cartier jewelry house?
Diary of a Spring Night in Rome by Cartier with Monica Bellucci
Of course, she looks about as period as Carmen Miranda in full tutti-frutti.
100 Mysteries: Holmes is scornful of a hot dame – The Bleat.
Lychee and mangoes -- in fact, a bit tutti-frutti, but in a fun way.
Something has gone seriously wrong with Democratic ideology, which seems to have become a candied set of holier-than-thou bromides attached like tutti-frutti to a quivering green Jell-O mold of adolescent sentimentality.
Camille Paglia, still a big Obama supporter, loves Sarah and Todd as "powerful new symbols of a revived contemporary feminism."
Carmen MirandaSamba singer, known as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat"
We disagree about this just about every year and, once again, Dottie found it sober, relaxed, elegant and wise, while John found it somewhat clumsy, with tutti-frutti overtones.
Rio's Museum of Modern Art (MAM) has opened a major retrospective, "Carmen Miranda Forever" (through Jan. 22), with clips from her Hollywood hits and mounds of eyepopping bijouterie, sequined stage gowns and her patented tutti-frutti turbans.
I have the most wonderful recollections of my dad telling me about his dad who escaped the Nazis by wearing a lady outfit and taking the train all the way from Germany to the south of France; or his maternal grand-father who sold ice-cream – including the cherished tutti-frutti flavour – in Cannes.


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- Event Start5:30pm Wednesday 14th March 2018
- Event End7:30pm Wednesday 14th March 2018
- Event LocationThe Fryers Street Food Store, 53 Fryers Street Shepparton
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Artisan Australian spirit makers Animus Distillery are proudly pairing with the Fryers Street Food Store to present their range of small batch gin.
Gins will be presented by the Animus team in an in-depth tasting flight, paired with delicious tapas. Growing many of the botanicals on their own property, the Animus team capture the soul of the freshest botanicals, extracting the freshest, richest flavours of the Australian native and international ingredients. The gin making process is truly an art form: labour intensive and time consuming, it requires tasting at every step of the process - join us to taste it for yourself.
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Malawi: Chief Theresa Kachindamoto battles Child Marriages
The mild-mannered woman who zips around a farmhouse packed with knick-knacks and insists her guests eat a meal before any introductions, presents a character at odds with her fearsome reputation of being Malawi's top marriage terminator.
Thirteen years ago, Theresa Kachindamoto could not have conceived of ever leaving her job of 27 years as a secretary at a city college in Zomba, another district in Southern Malawi. Kachindamoto duly donned the traditional beads, red robes and a leopardskin headband, and started touring the rows of mud-walled, grass-thatched homes to meet her people.
She was shocked when she saw girls as young as 12 with babies and teenaged husbands, and was soon ordering the people to give up their ways. "I told them: 'Whether you like it or not, I want these marriages to be terminated.'"
A 2012 United Nations survey found that more than half of Malawi's girls were married before the age of 18. It ranked Malawi 8th out of 20 countries thought to have the highest child-marriage rates in the world. Last year, Malawi's parliament passed a law forbidding marriage before the age of 18. But under customary law of the traditional authorities, and the constitution, Malawian children can still marry with parental consent. Early marriage is more common in rural areas, where parents are eager to get girls out of the house to ease their financial burden.
Some traditions promote sexual abuse within the family. If a girl's aunt or older sister falls sick, she can be sent to look after the household, and in some cases will be expected to have sex with her uncle or step-brother, according to one organisation working in the area, which asked to remain unnamed as Malawian authorities are not fond of such traditions being exposed.
Realising that she couldn't change the traditionally set mentality of parents, Kachindamoto instead changed the law. She got her 50 sub-chiefs to sign an agreement to abolish early marriage under customary law, and annul any existing unions in her area of authority.
When she learned that child marriages were still taking place in some areas, she fired four male chiefs responsible for these areas. They returned months later to tell her that all marriages had been undone. After sending people to verify this, she hired the chiefs back. She then drew community members, the clergy, local committees and charities together to pass a bylaw that banned early marriage under the civil law.
Over the past three years, Kachindamoto has broken up more than 850 marriages, and sent all of the children involved back to school. Kachindamoto says she often pays for, or finds other sponsors to pay for, the schooling of girls whose parents cannot afford to pay school fees.
She has also been taking as many girls as she can from the village farms on trips to see the bright city lights. Kachindamoto is now asking parliament to increase the minimum age of marriage from 18 to 21 in an effort to break a cycle of rural poverty, which in recent years, has been exacerbated by floods and droughts.
"If they are educated, they can be and have whatever they want," she says.


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I disagree that Bonds is being singled out. He's not on trial because he took steroids, he's on trial because he allegedly lied to the grand jury. Roger Clemens is going to be on trial for the same reason.
I also think it's pretty naive to believe that Bonds didn't know he was taking steroids. I think it's fairly obvious that he lied to the grand jury, it's just a matter of whether or not it can be proven. I think he'll walk, but he definitely knew what he was taking.
I agree with this. All Bonds had to do was simply admit that he took steroids and all would have been forgiven. Arod and Pettitte survived just fine after they admitted to it. Just like Clemens, Bonds was too proud, arrogant, and dillusional to admit the truth.
This case is not about going after Bonds for roids. Its about lying to a grand jury. In my opinion there is no question that he got up on the stand and blatantly lied to protect his records and his legacy.
I do agree that it is a waste of tax payers money, that he will be found not guilty, and that nothing will have been gained from the trial.
sounds about right.
Palamero didn't admit to it and lied but he wasn't called in for perjury. Bonds is being singled out and this is all a joke. Maybe there's a bitter congressman who's great great grandpa was Babe Ruth and he wants Bonds to be dirtied.
Clemens is a different story. He kept poking the pit bull and telling it he can kill it whereas Bonds was just trying to stay as far away as he could.
Bonds is on trial for his testimony in the Federal Government's case against BALCO.
Palmeiro and others lied to Congress in a hearing on steroids in baseball.
Each case is perjury though. And I believe Clemens' testimony to Congress was in a hearing as well, not a trial, and he's still been indicted on perjury charges.
I think Clemens is being pursued only because he dove into the fire and initiated all contact himself further digging himself into a deeper hole. I don't think he would be pursued if he simply kept his mouth shut and tried to stay away from the situation.
Bonds' statements were far different in that he only referenced unknowingly taking steroids. He never said he never took steroids as some others have.
Other athletes such as Marion Jones went to prison for lying in this BALCO investigation. I don't think you can say he's being singled out. It's not just him that they went after. If you lied they went after you, and it's obvious Bond's is lying. The difference between him and everyone else is Bond's has his drug dealer in his back pocket (Clemen's should have taken notes) and it's just an impossible case for the prosecution to prove.
You're right about Clemens though because he specificially asked for that hearing. He brought everything onto himself.


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Archive for the 'Chick Care' Category
Mini Brooder Set Up For Seramas
Five tiny little chicks don't need a lot of space for the first week or two, so I put shavings in the bottom of a storage basket.
I rigged a brooder heater by cutting down a cardboard box, and placing a pet heating pad wrapped in a paper towel inside. I draped a small dish towel on one end to hold in extra heat. The chicks are very comfortable in there, and like leaning against the towel. Maybe they think it's their mother.
I have a small lid with moistened starter. A larger lid has water, but to keep the chicks from getting wet, I turned a smaller lid upside down in the larger lid. They drink around the edge where the water is accessible.
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If I was arrested while crossing the border, can I still get a green card? 4 Answers as of January 21, 2011I was arrested when I was crossing the Mexican border five years ago. I was then released and failed to appear in court. I am now married to a US citizen and want to apply for a green card. A friend said I cannot because I entered illegal. Please help. I am from El Salvador.
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Your friend would appear to be correct.
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You may be get approved but you can't adjust status in US. You should hire an attorney to apply for waiver for immigration bar first.
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Since you did not appear in court it is likely that your were ordered deported/removed in absentia. If so, you are barred from returning to the US for 5 years unless your case is reopened. Reopening a case requires filing a motion with the immigration court and you need the assistance of an immigration attorney. Also, if you are married to a U.S. Citizen and being petitioned by hear you may be eligible to file a I-212 to waive or reduce this bar if the motion to reopen is not granted.
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You may file a motion to reopen with the court. You could also apply for I485 but may be ineligible due to your manner of entry.
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Jim Ross has posted a new blog over at JRsBarBQ.com. Below are some highlights:
"Yes, wrestlers use spray tanning products to maintain their tans. Tanning beds aren't frequented as much by wrestlers as they once were. What a question."
"I haven't followed the recent interaction w/ Shane Helms re: HBK. I know its been out there but it really isn't something that I care to invest my time. Everyone has the right to express an opinion whether I or anyone else agrees with it or not."
"Brock Lesnar knows how to 'project' on camera thanks to his WWE tenure so I feel Brock will do well as a coach for UFC's TUF. Brock's sound byte ability will be accentuated and he should sell a bunch of Death Clutch gear and his new book thanks to his weekly exposure on Spike TV."
"Have no idea if WWE will utilize Jerry Lawler as a wrestler at WM27 but if its ever going to happen this 'might' be the year. WWE is still developing many young stars and King is an established HOF'er who can still have excellent matches. For Jerry's sake I hope he gets his WrestleMania moment someday. If Jerry had his way he would wrestle full time and not broadcast but obviously that's not in the cards at this time. WWE needs King at the announce desk arguably more than they need him in the ring."
When is Skip Sheffield returning….Jerry Lawler having his first WrestleMania match…Awesome Kong's debut at the Royal Rumble….all of that and more on part 3 of the Chair Shot Reality!
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Review: Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt & IT'S SMARCH! My favorite month of the year :)
Junk Food Nation, I know today seems all doom and gloomy. Here in DC, people are flipping out about the sequester, with plenty of finger pointing going on. Justice Scalia and Justice Sotomayor are sparring on the land's highest court. And abroad, we have no Pope! It's bedlam, people, BEDLAM!
Plus, today is still chilly. Stupid Smarch weather.
But *I*, for one, LOVE March. It very well be my favorite month of the year. I talked about why, last year, but this is as good a time as any to restate why MARCH IS GREAT.
1) SUNDRESS SEASON. March 1st in DC officially marks the beginning of Sundress Season, which is to say, it's the season where all the females in DC decide, after a few months of freezing climate, that "Hey, 50 is warmer than 40…time to show some skin!" Hey, I'm not arguing; like I said last year, during Sundress Season, the # of degrees out equals the % of skin you let the sun hit. If you house thermostat was set at 65, you'd be walking around shivering telling your parents to stop being cheapskates and crank that baby up to 72. Here? Girls are sunbathing on rooftops and dudes are jogging shirtless and sundresses are everywhere. By the way, Sundress Season is also known as Creepy Guy Staring At You Season. Of course, It's already been Creepy Guy Season for a while now, because girls have been celebrating If-I-Wear-Tights-I-Can-Wear-Amazingly-Short-Skirt Season. Apparently that's an OK thing. Again, I'm not arguing.
2) SPORTS TIME! You think I HAVEN'T been watching constant Yankee Spring Training games on my MLB.TV premium package (thanks Jen!). You think I HAVEN'T wasted my life away during the evenings watching useless NFL Combine footage? Plus, Conference Tournaments and March Madness, the undisputed king of sports postseason tournament??? Don't even get me started, I'm about to have a giddy-attack right here. Plus, the final stretches of hockey, basketball, golf…..GAAAH so happy.
3) SHAM. ROCK. SHAKES. They are back. That is all. Rejoice, people. REJOICE.
Today's junk food: Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt!
The picture above is NOT Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt. It is the Vanilla Honey Caramel Froyo…I didn't buy this one, because I'm still enjoying my last bites of Turkey Hill's Baklava Greek Frozen Yogurt. But I wanted to let you know that this flavor DOES exist, and I'd be curious how it tastes 🙂
Two days ago, I reviewed the Ben & Jerry's 30 Rock Liz Lemon Froyo. Up top, I showed you another flavor of froyo Ben & Jerry's has released: Vanilla Honey Caramel. And now, I shall review Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt – one I am TRULY excited about.
Why am I so excited about this? BECAUSE I LOVE PASSIONFRUIT! Passionfruit, for anyone who hasn't tried it, is basically this maroon looking egg shaped thing that you crack the top off and you can dig out the interior delicious delicious pulp with a spoon and swallow everything down, seeds and all. The flavor is tart, sweet, sour – it's like the best fruit candy ever. I LOVE IT I LOVE IT. Full of flavor. And now in froyo? Sweet.
Unfortunately, this tub of Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt had no sepcific descriptions on the side. Way to be lazy!
When I cracked open this Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt, I could smell a slight citrus smell, and general sweet creaminess. Sort of. I might've been imagining all of this. I do like that one streak of passionfruit swirl sticking out…so excited….
OMG. Holy smoke, this was awesome. Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself…but, YUM. Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt, YUM.
this Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt was everything I wanted it to be. The texture of the frozen yogurt – nice and smooth, as the pineapple chunks didn't upset the rhythm of my spoon at all. The froyo itself as smooth, sweet, and had a nice citrus-y flavor. Not sure if I could distinctly cal it pineapple-flavor, but it did have a nice citrus-ness to it that complemented the tartness of the yogurt VERY well. VERY refreshing.
But the best of this Ben & Jerry's Pineapple Passionfruit Greek Frozen Yogurt was the passionfruit swirl! I LOVE PASSIONFRUIT, and the swirl was RIGHT on point! Passionfruit is very sharp and sweet and sour and pungent, and this swirl packed ALL of that punch – in fact, it made the whole frozen yogurt taste more like passionfruit frozen yogurt, than pineapple froyo, which was ok with me. But if there was ONLY passionfruit, it might've been a bit overwhelming – here the pineapple froyo balanced SO WELL with the passionfruit swirl, reigning that strong flavor in a bit so that it was nicely balanced. The pineapple chunks were there too – soft and chewy. There weren't a ton of them, but there were enough chunks that when you bit into one, there was enough difference in texture to make the whole tub interesting.
What resulted was a nice, citrus-y fruity froyo that had a LOT of flavor and was very refreshing. It tasted a lot like those fancy schmacy frozen offerings that a high priced restaurant might present. Put this on my favorites list – I REALLY enjoyed this one!
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Oh yum, this looks so good! Passionfruit will always remind me of Hawaii, where it's super prevalent – except they call it lilikoi because they're Hawaiian and cool like that…
I also LOVE LOVE LOVE passion fruit, unfortunately, many products with passion fruit also has mango (which I am deathly allergic to), which is really too bad, because I loved mango before I had to go to the ER and carry an epi-Pen. Anyhow, will look for this item and try it out!!
p.s. about March Madness, I am writing all my lectures and exams for the month of March this weekend because I want to watch the tournament without having to worry about work!! ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!
Oh wow this looks really good; I bet it tastes a bit like Solero ice lollies; which I adore – wish they would bring out some flavours like this in the UK – although we have just got 2 new core flavours…finally a peanut butter one!!!
This is the flavor I'm most hesitant to try. I've only experienced passionfruit through Chobani's greek yogurt and lets just say I threw away the container after one bite. You're giving me some confidence to pick this one up though.
cannot wait for march maddness, and nba playoffs, wow its awesome
This sounds so good! Really jealous of all the awesome Ben and Jerry's flavours you guys get over there! Ours in the UK only ever seem to contain brownie or cookie dough which is nice don't get me wrong but it would be nice to have something a bit different like this.
Not really that I can think of, there is a major lack of exciting fruity flavours. Although not fruity there a really nice pistachio Gelato by Antonio Federici (not sure if you get that in the US?) which is a bit more exciting than the usual stuff we get. I don't know why Ben and Jerry's don't send some of these flavours over to us because I am sure they would do well, especially the frozen Greek yogurt ones because Greek yogurt seems mega popular at the moment.
dont really have a college basketball team that i follow, dont know much about college basketball but always seem to do well in the march madness pools. i know alot about nba though, watch it all the time
I Tried this frozen yogurt…it is very, very good but something in it gave me a severe allergic reaction.


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The Church is 'catholic,' universal but not uniform, Pope tells audience
October 09, 2013
Continuing his series of weekly talks on the nature of the Church, Pope Francis dedicated his public audience of October 9 to a discussion of what it means to say that the Church is "catholic."
The Church is catholic, first, because "she is the space, the house in which the faith in its entirety is announced, in which the salvation brought by Christ is offered to all," the Pope said. In the Church, "every one of us finds what is necessary to believe, to live as Christians, to became holy, to walk this path in every place and in every age."
Next, the Church is catholic because she is universal, he continued. The Church is not closed, she is sent to all humanity."
Finally, the Pope said, the Church is catholic because she is "the house of harmony where unity and diversity know how to come together to create richness." He compared the Church to a symphony orchestra, in which different instruments blend together. "We are not all the same, and we should not all be the same," he said, adding that "when we seek to make it uniform, we erode the gifts of the Holy Spirit."
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CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – State Police say after rolling his vehicle on I-90 East in Clarence, a drunk driver fled on foot through the woods and a swampy area.
Troopers located the heavily damaged vehicle around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday and immediately began searching the area. A helicopter was brought in to assist.
Shortly after the search began, a disheveled man in soiled clothing was seen running near the Fox Valley Country Club on Genesee Street.
Officers stopped the man, identified as 25-year-old Joshua Bradley, and determined he had been driving the vehicle at the time of the crash and had fled the scene by crossing through the woods and a swampy area between I-90 and Genesee Street.
Bradley reportedly had a BAC of .10 percent.
He is charged with DWI, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, operating a motor vehicle without insurance, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, switched license plates, and several vehicle and traffic law violations.
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State Attorney General Robert E. Cooper's office Tuesday afternoon submitted a notice it planned to appeal a judge's Nov. 20 decision that struck down the controversial guns-in-bars law due to vagueness.
The law, championed by state Sen. Doug Jackson and passed in the legislature despite a veto from Gov. Phil Bredesen, made it legal for handgun permit holders to carry their weapons into restaurants that serve alcohol unless the establishment had posted a ban on carrying.
In her November decision, Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman said the law was unconstitutional because permit holders could not determine whether or not they were in violation of the statute due to the state law that offers an obscure and fluctuating definition of bars and restaurants.
"The principle business being conducted cannot be known to the ordinary citizen," Bonnyman said at the time. "Inquiry would not be satisfactory or helpful."
The suit was brought against the state by a group of restaurant employees, including Sunset Grill owner Randy Rayburn. Since the ruling, Jackson has indicated he's working on new legislation.
The attorney general's office said they filed the notice of appeal because the office "believes that the statute is legally defensible."
"While the legislature may take action in the future that will moot the appeal, it is this office's responsibility to defend the laws that are currently in place," the AG's office said in a written statement.
"We would have the right as well to raise the issues that the court decided in their favor," said the plaintiff's attorney David Randolph Smith, referring to Bonnyman's ruling against the plaintiff's claim the law was a violation of workplace safety laws and represented unconstitutional delegation of legislative and police power.


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Source: Ruth Institute | By Hadley Arkes From California again we get a glimpse of the future – or the future that a political class is consciously seeking to prepare for us in reshaping the culture. During the summer the legislature enacted, and Governor Jerry Brown signed into law, SB48, as an amendment to "the Education Code, relating to instruction." That Code had already made ample … [Read more...]
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This 1931 Auburn Boattail Speedster is one of about 60 cars showcased at Dick's Classic Garage.
If classic cars get your motor running, then the City of San Marcos has your fix.
City officials are readying for Saturday's grand opening of Dick's Classic Garage, a 43,000 square-foot museum loaded with about 60 vintage vehicles built between 1929 and 1959.
Industrialist and classic car collector Dick Burdick owns the autos, which include a
1929 Duesenberg made for the president of Coca Cola and a 1956 Corvette. Burdick, the founder and former CEO of Thermon Industries, also established the Central Texas Museum of Automotive History in 1980.
His San Marcos museum, located at 120 Stagecoach Trail, will open Saturday at 10 a.m., with a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for 2 p.m. Opening day admission is$8 for adults and$5 for children over 5.
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Chivas USA head coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola "El Chelis" to attend Academy tryouts this Mo
January 27, 2013 - Major League Soccer (MLS) - Club Deportivo Chivas USA News Release
CARSON, Calif. (Sunday, January 27, 2013) - Chivas USA Head Coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola "El Chelis" will be in attendance at the Red-and-White's Jan. 28 Youth Academy tryouts, the club announced. Chivas USA's academy will host a total of three tryouts for its Under-14 squad, beginning Monday at Veterans Park located at 1945 W. Mission Blvd., in the city of Pomona, Calif. at 7:30 p.m. The second and third tryouts take place on Feb. 25 and April 22, respectively.
Chivas USA's Youth Academy program is an effort from the organization to identify top talent in Southern California. The Chivas USA Academy is a fully funded program, trained and coached by ex-MLS, collegiate, USSF "A" licensed staff. These Academy players will train a minimum of four days a week, will get the opportunity to compete in the USSDA SoCal Division, arguably the toughest competition in the country, and they will play in a 10-month season, which maximizes training and competitive matches for the year.
Chivas USA will kick off its ninth season when it hosts the Columbus Crew at The Home Depot Center for First Kick 2013 on Saturday, March 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m. PT. Ticket packs are available for as little as $10 per ticket and include extra bonuses. For more information please call 1-877-CHIVAS-1 or visit cdchivasusa.com. Follow us on Twitter @cdchivasusa and Facebook.com/chivasusa.
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This quaint and quirky village in the Isle of
Purbeck is dominated by the evocative ruins of
a huge medieval castle which is one of
Dorset's major tourist attractions. Originally
made of wood, it witnessed the murder of the
teenaged Saxon King Edward the Martyr in 978AD
by his stepmother, Queen Aelfthryth.
It was rebuilt in Purbeck stone in the 11th Century and improved by both King John and Henry III but, during the Civil War, it was blown up by Cromwell's roundheads. A model village has been created using the same local stone to show how the castle looked in its heyday.
Writer Enid Blyton turned the castle into a fictional fortress in her 1942 children's book 'Five on Treasure Island' (1942). The village itself is separated from the castle by a large moat.


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It's probably one of the best things I've ever written.
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Castries Mayor, Peterson Francis, has reported an 'incident free' Assou Square, but has indicated that the event incurred a major loss.
"We did not hear anything major – apart from the last day when guys who were unrelated to the event had their own little fracas," Francis told a news conference Friday morning.
He commended the police, the fire service, emergency personnel and City Police officers.
"I think we have seen a vast improvement this year as far as that is concerned," the Mayor observed.
He spoke of the cost of the event, saying it was an issue that he wanted to highlight.
"We have some expert Facebook people – I don't even believe they have ever run anything, because the only thing they are doing is just to talk on Facebook and some put that when you put $700 by 100 it is $70,000 and there is no expense in that," Francis stated.
However Francis disclosed that the organizers collected $31,500 for tent rental and $10,313 for trays.
"For others we collected $5,608," he explained, adding that the monies amounted to a total of $47, 421.
In regard to expenses, the Mayor explained that total costs excluding what the Cultural Development Foundation will bear for entertainment was $160, 737.59.
Francis explained that it was not a profit making venture for the Castries Constituencies Council (CCC).
"It is a tradition that we are trying to keep alive," he told Thursday morning's news conference.
He called on 'skeptics' who believe that everything being done now in Saint Lucia is political, to 'grow up.'
"Elections are in the next five years and whether you like Peterson Francis or not, it is not who I am but what I am attempting to do," he said.
He called on critics to volunteer to help.
Francis said organizers would look at ways to reduce the expenses incurred by Assou Square and make the event even better next year.


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Using COMSOL Multiphysics® to Analyze Disparate Multiphysics Processes
Alcoa has a great need for multiphysics modeling tools to simulate disparate aluminum processes such as refining, smelting, casting, and rolling. These processes require modeling transfer of heat, mass, and momentum as well as electricity, chemical reactions, and solid mechanics with a different multiphysics connection for each process. For historical reasons, Alcoa has several different software packages to analyze these problems, some of which are fully developed and maintained in-house. Every software package has its strengths. COMSOL Multiphysics® flourishes when used to solve disparate multiphysics problems such as these. A few examples will be given along with pointers on how to set up such problems.
Modeling Multiphysics Problems for Energy Applications with COMSOL Multiphysics®
This presentation is a high-level summary of several computational efforts, performed with the COMSOL Multiphysics® software, undertaken at the National Energy Technology Laboratory to aid the scientific pursuit of a sustainable energy future. Research topic areas include electrochemical microreactor optimization, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), optical fiber sensors for SOFCs, and hollow-fiber modules for carbon capture.
Learn how to convert a model into a custom app using the Application Builder, which is included in the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. You can upload your apps to a COMSOL Server™ installation to access and run the apps from anywhere within your organization.
Learn to use gradient-based optimization techniques and constraint equations to define and solve problems in shape, parameter, and topology optimization, as well as inverse modeling. The techniques shown are applicable for almost all types of models.
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Get a brief overview of using the Acoustics Module and Structural Mechanics Module within the COMSOL® software environment.
Learn the fundamental numerical techniques and underlying algorithms related to linear and nonlinear multiphysics simulations. We will cover the difference between iterative and direct solvers as well as the different study types including stationary, transient, and eigenfrequency analysis.
Learn about modeling high-frequency electromagnetic waves using the RF Module, Wave Optics Module, and Ray Optics Module.
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Alcoa, Inc. Larry Mickelson lost his fear of solving partial differential equations as an undergrad, debugging a molecular dynamics program written by a PhD candidate at MIT. He continued his studies doing experimental research in lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen fuel cells, for which he received a PhD from Arizona State University in materials science and engineering. His love for electrochemistry landed him a job at Alcoa, Inc. as an electrochemist. Larry's recent projects at Alcoa have required multiphysics modeling and his tool of choice is the COMSOL Multiphysics® software.
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