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S.A.R.A. – synesthetic augmented reality application
Title: S.A.R.A. – synesthetic augmented reality application – app and performance
Year: 2012 (start)
Medium: video projectors and sound driven by iOS application for 4 dancers
S.A.R.A. performance, filmed by Keith Knittel. Dancers: Jennifer Ames, Caroline Dunn, Laiana Lanae Lewis, Katie Scekeres, Brittany L.Tosatto
Press: Cellar door press coverage
Paper: Download our research paper
Click here to download print quality images.
S.A.R.A. – synesthetic augmented reality application brief:
S.A.R.A. – (synesthetic augmented reality application) is an App exploring the potential of using a mobile device as a unique and wearable musical interface. S.A.R.A. was originally developed as a standalone App to translate the surrounding environment into sounds on mobile devices (iPhone and Android) creating a digitally augmented synesthetic experience. The imagery captured via the mobile device's onboard camera is translated into synesthetic-inspired sounds. In its original development S.A.R.A. has been graciously supported with a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts – New Media Artworks Grant.
To demonstrate the capabilities the technology //benitez_vogl (Margarita Benitez Kent State University and Markus Vogl University of Akron) entered into a collaboration with Kimberly Karpanty (Kent State University) and her Travesty Dance Group in July 2012 to showcase the capabilities of the open source device. The choreography calls for several dancers wearing the app playing on a portable device in conjunction with a mini projector.
The App produces the video and the sound based on the camera input and the movement of the dancers. It investigates the use of wearable computing technology during performance as well as loosely bases it's technological approach on ludological and synesthetic experiences to let the user explore it's surrounding environments sonically. The role of performer is also augmented as they are now gatekeepers of what sounds are made as well as what images are projected by deciding what live imagery and angles look most appealing to rebroadcast. Performers can choose to project images on themselves, their co-performers or onto the architectural structures of the venue. This format allows for a completely new interaction with wearable technology – augmenting and mediating their performance via several technological input and output mechanisms while still maintaining choreography as well as allowing for subjective choices during the performance. The Human Computer Interaction between the dancers and the technology as extension of their bodies creates an altered/mediated/mitigated performance environment that is always unique to the specific performance venue.
S.A.R.A. is not only an interface and an interactive software application for consumption, play, discovery and joy but is a jump off point for a larger discussion on transformational strategies in regards to both S.A.R.A. as a wearable musical/performance interface but additionally in the Open Source distribution of S.A.R.A. as a tool.
The technology will be released open source and it is potentially possible to custom craft new versions for every performance or for other dance troupes to adapt the technology with their artistic vision. Creating the App for an existing platform device such as an ipod touch and utilizing a relatively inexpensive laser pico projector.
"Our media rich and technology filled life has given rise to a different level of understanding of digital structures. Media developers and artists alike introduce fresh behaviors in the way we communicate and deal with virtual data. The creation of the S.A.R.A. App hopefully will contribute to interesting dialogues by re-contextualizing the simple act of video capture by letting the user listen to their surrounding environments. Producing and releasing the App open source, letting interested users see and work with the code at no cost introduces an alternative to existing business models and in true educational spirit shall foster creative impacts for artists and performers. Critical thinkers can find a fertile ground for discussion and comments based on our approach to create tools for artists rather than artworks."
S.A.R.A. @ bal ingenuix – 05/2014
Travesty Dance performed with S.A.R.A. at bal ingenuix Cleveland May 3 2014.
performance @ bal ingenuix 2014
Concept, technology and sound: //benitez_vogl
Choreography and dance: Kim Karpanty, Travesty Dance: Kim Karpanty, Michelle Brown, Tania Mucci, Jenny Sandoval Eccher
Video Credit: Keith Knittel
Photo Credit: Abby Steger
S.A.R.A. @ Cleveland Mini Maker Faire – 03/2014
Kent State University Dance performed with S.A.R.A. at Mini Maker Faire Cleveland March 29 2014.
performance @ mini maker faire cleveland
Concept, technology and sound: //benitez_vogl
Choreography and dance:Kim Karpanty, KSU Dance Caroline Dunn, Katherine Scekeres and Michelle Brown
Photo Credit: Andrew Krigline
S.A.R.A. @ Collider6: data – Emily Davis Gallery 10/2013
Travesty Dance Group performed with S.A.R.A. at Collider6: data – Emily Davis Gallery – University of Akron Sept 12 2013.
performance @ Collider6: data:
Concept, technology and sound: //benitez_vogl
Choreography and dance:Kim Karpanty and Travesty Dance company: Michelle Brown, Tania Mucci, Shannon Sefcik, Jenny Sandoval Eccher
Photo Credit: Jeff Snowden
Video Credit: Nick Lopez
S.A.R.A. performance @ Collider6: data The Emily Davis Gallery University of Akron
S.A.R.A. @ bal ingenuix – Halcyon Lodge – 05/2013
Travesty Dance Group performed with S.A.R.A. at Bal Ingenuix – Halcyon Lodge May 3rd 2013.
performance @ bal ingenuix 2012 Halcyon Lodge:
Concept, technology and sound: //benitez_vogl
Choreography and dance:Kim Karpanty and Travesty Dance company: Michelle Brown, Tania Mucci, Shannon Sefcik, Jenny Sandoval Eccher
Photo Credit: Jeff Snowden
Video Credit: Keith Knittel
S.A.R.A. performance @ bal ingenuix 2013 @ Halcyon Lodge
S.A.R.A. @ Cleveland Public Theater – 03/2013
S.A.R.A. is now in beta version and creates it's own sounds based on the movement of the phone and the input of the camera.
Furthermore it alters the video input and applies several filters. Travesty Dance Group performed with S.A.R.A. at Danceworks 2013 Short Cuts March 28-30 2013.
This is updated documentation of the performance of S.A.R.A. at the Cleveland Public Theater during Travesty Dance Group's stellar Dance Works performance.
Choreography and dance:Kim Karpanty and Travesty Dance company: Michelle Brown, Tania Mucci, Shannon Sefcik, Jenny Sandoval Eccher
Concept, technology and sound: //benitez_vogl
Beta premiere @ Cleveland Public Theater danceworks 2013: short cuts
S.A.R.A. @ ingenuityfest Cleveland – 10/2012
These images and the video documentation are from Travesty dance companies's ALPHA (app without no generative sound) performance at Collider5: ingenuity at the
2012 Cleveland ingenuityfest
Choreography and dance:Kim Karpanty and Travesty Dance company: Michelle Brown, Tania Mucci, Shannon Sefcik, Jenny Sandoval Eccher
Music By Bill Salak.
Photo Credit: Jeff Snowden
Video Credit: Tony Samangy
Concept and technology: //benitez_vogl
Alpha premiere @ ingenuityfest 2012 Collider5:ingenuity
Thank You:
Who is behind S.A.R.A.:
The App:
Original concept, production and technology: //benitez_vogl
Margarita Benitez: Assistant Professor Fashion Design and Fashion Technologist – Kent State University – The Fashion School
Markus Vogl: Assistant Professor Graphic Design Interactive Media – The University of Akron – Myers School of Art
Chris Yanc (2014-present)
Erik Krupa (2012-2013)
The Performances:
Original concept, production and technology: //benitez_vogl
Kimberly Karpanty for Travesty Dance Group and Kent State Dance
Associate Professor Dance Kent State University
Dancers for Travesty Dance Group:
Michelle Brown
Tania Mucci
Shannon Sefcik
Jenny Sandoval Eccher
Dancers for Kent State Dance:
Jennifer Ames
Caroline Dunn
Laiana Lanae Lewis
Katie Scekeres
Brittany L.Tosatto
Costume Design and Production::
Margarita Benitez
Alexandria Petrus
Abby Steger
Caroline Dunn
Photography Documentation:
Jeffrey Snowden
Justin Bastock
Andrew Krigline
Abby Steger
Video Documentation:
Keith Knittel
Nick Lopez
Tony Samangy
Special Thanks:
James Krouse and ingenuitylabs
Bob Huff – Myers School of Art
JR Campbell – The Fashion School
College of the Arts – Kent State University
TechStyleLAB – Kent State University
Vince Quevedo – Kent State University
Betsy Carr – Kent State University
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences – The University of Akron
Travesty Dance Group
Emily Davis Gallery
Tony Samangy for Collider
Chuck Carnak
Daniel Dudley
Scott Kessler


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The town centre has a 78ft clock tower – more like a Gothic church steeple – which was presented to the town in 1873 to mark the coming of age of the son of the Marquis of Londonderry who lived at Plas Machynlleth, now used as council offices.
A few miles out of town is the Centre for Alternative Technology, a unique attraction which shows the many ways that energy can be produced with minimal impact on the Earth's finite resources.


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The flaw was disclosed only last Thursday, but anti-virus provider Sophos has already found that the vulnerability is being targeted by criminal hackers. The bug could potentially allow an attacker to execute code on a victims computer using specially crafted webpages or crafted links in e-mail messages.
While the original bug affects Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's analysis found that only Windows XP is vulnerable to the attacks. Currently, the crafted webpages download an execute malware (Troj/Drop-FS) on a victims computer, according to Sophos.
Microsoft amended its own advisory on the bug, adding that the company is aware that limited, targeted active attacks are happening as a result of the issue.
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Mom was the one to suggest it, and knowing from experience how nice it was in grandma Millie's bathroom, I knew it was a good idea. Particularly since there is no heat source in either bathroom.
We did discuss putting in the mat type of radiant heating at one point, but my dad said he didn't think it was a good idea. Too much of a risk with leaks. I think he's wrong, but what do I know? I just think he didn't want to be the one to install it. Daddy and grandpa don't like technology.
Anyway, I think it would have helped take the chill off the bathrooms a bit better than the heat lamp on those cold winter mornings. I know you can put them under tile, and I'm pretty sure you can use them with cork as well.
But anyway, the heat lamps are great, and I'm very glad mom suggested them.
They have a timer, I guess so they don't overheat, but I often use the timer like an alarm in the mornings. When the heat lamp goes off, it's time to be done in the bathroom.
I only wish they came in some kind of cool, retro finish. This plastic doesn't really say bungalow to me.


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Designers Natasha Fagg and Tim Watson take out the prize.
Two talented Australians were awarded joint winners of the Australians in New York Fashion Foundation (AINYFF) overnight, kick-starting their careers by adding international internship to their resume's.
Melbourne-based RMIT womenswear design graduate, Nastasha Fagg and Perth-based menswear designer Tim Watson were each awarded $20,000 and a six month internship overseas.
The pair were chosen from a group of ten finalists and certainly impressed co-founder of AINYFF, and Calvin Klein global vice-president, Malcolm Carfrae. "Natasha and Tim are the future of Australian fashion," said Malcolm. "Their submissions showed expert use of technology, design skill and innovation. The garments showed a unique perspective - we had seen nothing like them."
Judges present included Malcolm Carfrae, Vogue Australia Fashion Director Jill Davison, Conde Nast Asia's Nancy Pilcher, Fashion designer Dion Lee, blogger and stylist Romy Frydman, myTheresa.com's Anthony Kendal and the Woolmark Company's Kara Hurry.
Meanwhile, AINYFF also announced at the event, held at One Moncur, they will expand into Europe and rebrand as the Australian Fashion Foundation (AUSFF) thanks to sponsorship from Woolmark, giving finalists the choice of the US or Europe for their internship.
AINYFF finalists announced
Five Australian designers take on New York


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You hear a lot about corporate influence in the capitol, be it D.C. or Sacramento. Sometimes people say congressmen are "in bed" with lobbyists. Well here's a case in which that was literally true.
The congressman in question is California Assembyman Michael Duvall, an Orange County Republican who received a perfect score from a "family values" group affiliated with Focus on the Family.
Duvall, who has a wife and two children, was caught on tape graphically discussing affairs with two different women, one of whom was the chief lobbyist for Sempra Energy. Duvall was—until the scandal broke last night—vice chairman of the Utilities and Commerce committee. It appears Sempra contracted the lobbyist because of her, err, access to Duvall.
Wonder what concessions Sempra got in this legislative season? Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Wow, this story is moving fast. Duvall has resigned.
UPDATE 2: I've just received the first press release tying Duvall's recent voting record to the utility industry's legislative agenda. Duvall voted against AB 64, which requires utilities to obtain 33 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. He was also, according to the Courage Campaign, "part of the Republican bloc that held California's budget hostage." More to come, I'm sure.


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A year after taking over a Sprint call center in Nashville, Convergys Corp. said it will close the facility March 2.
About 825 employees who work at the facility at 445 Great Circle Road were notified Tuesday of the cost-cutting move, said Renea Morris, spokeswoman for the Cincinatti-based company.
The call center had 1,100 employees when Convergys took over its management from Sprint Corp. March 1. The transition was the result of a five-year, multi-billion-dollar deal Sprint reached with IBM Business Consulting Services to improve efficiencies.
As part of the move, IBM subcontracted with Convergys, which operates call centers throughout the world, to provide customer care services for Sprint's PCS wireless operations.
At the time, Sprint announced it would continue to operate its nine other call centers in the wireless division. Nashville was the only center to be turned over to Convergys.
The Nashville center, one of Sprint's largest at the time, primarily handles customer service calls about business wireless accounts.
The wireless business is not motivating the closure, Morris said, but rather Convergy's ongoing efforts to streamline and improve efficiencies.
She said the decline in employees in Nashville since Convergys took over was due to attrition. Now, the company will focus on getting jobs for the remaining workers being displaced.
"Basically our plan between now and March is to really work with employees to find them jobs either with Convergys or outside of the company. So we're going to be actively involved in helping transition them," she said.
With 60,000 employees worldwide, Convergys will continue to maintain its two other Tennessee call centers in Clarksville, which has 1,200 employees, and Chattanooga, with about 600 employees, Morris said.
Sprint had estimated savings of $550 million in customer service costs over the next three years as IBM initiates efficiencies through improved call routing, call handling times, and resolving customer concerns earlier in the process.


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If you are just starting out on the road to healthy skin, you may feel overwhelmed when faced with so many potential products you can use in your skin care regime!
However like anything in life finding the optimum routine and best set of products that work for your takes both a little experimentation and a little perseverance. But your skin will definitely thank you for it in the long run!
To get you started, here is a guide to the best basic steps you could follow in order to get the most out of your skincare regime.
Cleanse with Mens Soap and/or Body Wash
Your daily skincare routine should begin in the shower.
Choose an antibacterial soap or body wash for men to rid your body of the build up of harmful toxins, dirt and grime. For example, Mistral Bamboo and Sandalwood Soap for Men or Anthony Logistics for Men Body Cleansing Gel are two highly rated products that combine natural conditioning and botanical agents to leave your skin feeling cleansed and refreshed.
Apply your product of choice, work up a lather and rinse.
Exfoliate with a Facial Scrub For Men
Once or twice each week, you should use a face exfoliator.
Make sure to choose a facial scrub for men and face brush that aren't going to be too harsh on your skin.
You can get great results from a scrub such as Zirh Scrub by Zirh International (that gently removes dead cells on the skin's surface without other harsh effects) when used in conjunction with a brush like the Clarisonic Aria Sonic Skin Cleansing Kit.
Simply massage the scrub into your face and run the brush over your skin. Remember you're only wanting to remove the looser dead skin, so don't go to harshly!
Although this is an important part of every man's daily routine, unfortunately, depending on your skin type, you may find yourself more prone to razor burn, ingrown hairs and other shaving related irritations.
Shaving however is not just important to get facial hair under control. It also helps to get rid of the dry, dead skin cells on your face.
And when it comes to shaving related issues and irritations there is of course a whole range of other prodcuts such as toners, aftershave and moisturizers that are there to help!
Cleanse with a Mens Face Wash
A mens face wash is one of the most important aspects of a skincare routine.
As well as using a face wash in the morning it's also important to use one before heading to bed at night. This will allow your skin the chance to breathe and heal overnight from the grime, sweat and dirt it has accumulated during the day.
Although it's easiest to clean your face while you shower, if you only want to wash your face, warm water is best for opening up those pores.
Apply a cleanser like Neutrogena Men Invigorating Face Wash by massaging it upwards onto your face in circular motions. Splash your face with lukewarm water and wipe the remaining cleanser away.
Avoid leaving face wash on your skin since this can encourage spots and other irritations.
And once you're all done, give yourself a final splash of cold water so that your pores close, thus reducing the chance that grime and dirt will make their way back into your skin. Use a towel to pat your face dry.
Apply a Toner and/or Astringent
Many men avoid skin toners and astringents, mistakenly believing that these are just extra products that aren't really needed in a skincare routine. However these products are made for a good reason.
When you wash your face, you are adding chemicals and products that can change your skin's pH – for better or worse. Toners and astringents actually make your skin more resistant to pollutants and contaminants in the air as they can assist in restoring the natural pH levels of your skin.
They also tighten the skin and help close the pores. Men with oily skin are particularly likely to benefit from using an astringent.
Two highly rated products in this area include the Essential Face Toner by Ursa Major and Zirh International's Refresh Invigorating Astringent. Simply apply your product of choice to a pad or cotton ball and wipe it across your face. No need to rinse.
For more advice on choosing whether an astringent or toner is best for you check this out.
Use an After Shave Lotion or Aftershave Balm
Many men incorporate an aftershave such as Clubman After Shave Lotion or an aftershave balm like The Art of Shaving After-Shave Balm into their daily skincare routines.
While it may not seem like a big deal, the reality is that these products condition your skin and help ensure that your freshly-shaved face isn't ruined by large pores and other skin problems such as ingrown hairs.
After you shave, your skin is more sensitive and vulnerable to irritations because the razor skims off the top layer of dead skin cells as part of the shaving process. It's crucial to include an aftershave product in your daily regime as it will not only revitalize and protect the skin but also calm irritations and condition your face.
Regardless of your skin type, one of the most important steps in any skincare routine is moisturizing. Products such as Jack Black Double-Duty Face Moisturizer are great for this.
If your skin is oily, you may think that moisturizers will only add to this problem.
The truth is that there a variety of men's moisturizing products out there these days made for all skin types. A bit of research here to find one which matches your skin type can pay massive dividends for your complexion.
Massage a small amount of your chosen moisturizer onto your neck and face. Consider applying a second dab if your skin still feels overly tight or dry.
Apply a Cologne
Although most men finish their routines with colognes or body sprays, remember to use them with caution! Don't go overboard and in the case of cologne simply apply one or two dabs to areas like the insides of your wrists and your neck.
Your Routine
When it comes to a man's skin care regime the most important thing is to find one that works for you and suits your routine. This may take some time and extra effort initially, but it will definitely be worth it.
To get the best long term benefits for your skin it's also important that once you find what works best for you that you stick to that routine over time.
After a while you should find that an everyday skincare regime is as natural as brushing your teeth – which by the way you should also be doing with at least some regularity!


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Sharon Murbarger, Nashotah, requested the recipe for Caramel Charlotte Russe, served at Apron Annie's Catering in Eagle.
She wrote: "We recently had Apron Annie's Catering come to Nashotah House for an event with the Bishop and Grace Episcopal Church. They made a Charlotte Rousse with Caramel Butterscotch Sauce for dessert, and it was amazing."
Kathy Baker, who does the baking for Apron Annie's Catering and Back Street Café in Delafield, sent the recipe. She said she developed it by combining a number of different dessert recipes she found online. To date it has been served only through the catering division.
Apron Annie's Catering Caramel Charlotte Russe
Makes 6 individual servings
Custard (see recipe)
Caramel sauce (see recipe)
1 recipe for a homemade yellow or white cake or a box mix (see note)
1 package (7 ounces) crisp ladyfingers (see note)
Whipped cream for garnish
Prepare custard and caramel sauce. Set aside.
For cake: Prepare batter for a yellow or white cake per your recipe directions or per the directions on a box mix. Pour a scant ¼ inch of the batter into a 13-by-9-inch pan and bake until done. (When tested with a Pillsbury brand white cake mix, cake baked in preheated 350-degree oven 16 to 18 minutes. Use remaining batter to make muffins or another dessert.) When done, remove from oven and cool completely. Finished cake should be only about ¼-inch high.
Line 6 jumbo muffin cups with paper liners.
When cake is cooled, cut out six circles that will fit into the bottoms of the muffin cups. Set cake pieces into muffin cups.
Split ladyfingers lengthwise using a serrated knife, if not already split. You will need 8 to 10 halves per mold, depending on the size of the mold.
Cut ladyfinger halves the height of your muffin cup and then brush the cut sides of each ladyfinger with a little of the caramel sauce. Line the sides of each mold with the ladyfingers, caramel side in.
Fill each mold not quite halfway with custard, then add about a tablespoonful of the caramel sauce. Fill each mold with the remaining custard and then top with split ladyfingers cut to fit across top of custard, cut side down. (Do not brush these ladyfinger pieces with the caramel). You may have some ladyfingers left over.
Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, up to two days.
To serve: Remove desserts from muffin tin and carefully remove paper liners. Set on individual serving plates. Put 1 to 2 tablespoons of caramel over the top of each dessert and garnish with whipped cream.
Notes: Use crisp ladyfingers, not the soft variety. The crisp version will absorb more of the liquid from the fillings.
When making cake: Use leftover batter to make cupcakes or an 8- or 9-inch single-layer cake. If desired, a different size pan can be used to make a cake, which then can be sliced horizontally into ¼-inch layers. You also can bake the batter in a jellyroll pan. If desired, bake and cut out extra circular pieces to use to make more servings of the russe (you will need to make more caramel sauce and custard) and refrigerate, separated with parchment paper so they don't stick together.
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
Pinch of salt
2 cups heavy whipping cream (divided)
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
In bottom of a double boiler, bring water to a boil and let simmer.
In top part of double boiler, off the heat, beat egg yolks, sugar and salt until light and foamy. Mix in ¼ cup of the cream and the cornstarch.
In a small pan, scald remaining 1 ¾ cups cream (cooking until bubbles are just forming around the edges), then very gradually add to egg mixture to temper it.
Set top of double boiler over the simmering water and cook, stirring constantly, with wooden spoon until mixture thickens and lightly coats back of a metal spoon. This may take 8 to 10 minutes. Once thickened, remove top of double boiler from hot water and stir in vanilla. (If custard gets any lumps, pass through a fine-mesh sieve to remove lumps.)
Transfer to a bowl; place a piece of plastic wrap directly on top of custard to prevent a skin from forming. Cool to room temperature. When cooled, custard will be somewhat thin so there is enough moisture to soak into the ladyfingers when assembling dessert.
Caramel pecan sauce:
¼ cup (½ stick) butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
½ cup chopped pecans
½ cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar and corn syrup, whisking until sugar has dissolved. Add pecans.
Let boil without stirring for 2 minutes. Mixture should be thick and a deeper amber color. Watch closely so it doesn't burn. Carefully add the cream - it might spatter - and whisk to combine. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature before serving. Sauce will thicken as it cools.
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This following link provides historical information on this lovely golf course.
This is a wonderful golf course that is at risk of disappearing due to the sale to a Jupiter, FL developer who is not able to develop the land of the course. The course is on the National Registry of historic places and is quite exceptional. Beautiful grounds. The club house is on a hill overlooking the course. There are views of the Appalachian mountains and Shenandoah valley. It is my hops that someone notices this little treasure and takes an interest in purchasing and re-opening the club for the enjoyment of those who love golf. Proctor and Gamble is building a HUGE facility within ten miles of the Stonebridge (Formally Opequon Gold Course). It will be a large contributor to the local economy with a projected minimum wage of $50,000. for employees. I do hope someone takes notice. Thank you,
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Daily Arm Workout
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Daily Arm Workout contains two 5 to 10 minute daily arm, chest and shoulder routines that step you through twenty of the best upper body exercises you can do in the comfort of your own home. This workout is developed and demonstrated by a certified personal trainer, and spending just minutes a day can strengthen and tone your arms, chest and shoulders.
The routine's simple interface, complete with video and timer, allows you to easily follow along and understand each exercise.
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Nice! - There are 2 routines of 10 different exercises each for a total of 20 exercises. You can set the length of the routine to between 5, 7.5, and 10 minutes total length (30,45, or 60 seconds for each exercise). You can also set it to give you a random exercise, or you can customize the routine. Following the model's good form and pacing makes the app worth it - I stream it from my laptop to my Apple TV and watch it on my flatscreen. Two requests: - full screen capability, which would be especially nice when streaming to a TV - the ability to set a pause interval between exercises. Right now you have only about 5 seconds between each exercise. You can hit the pause button of course, but being able to set it to say 15 or 20 seconds to change weights or positions would be nice. But for 99 cents you can't go wrong. What are you waiting for? Buy it!


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Zelda Phantom Hourglass review video is mesmerizing
Just a heads up that Palm's new Centro phone is now available for purchase on Sprint's website for $99 with a new contract, $399 without.
The black version is the only one available for now, but the red version will be available on November 4th.
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- Founded 2001
- Overview Centro is a provider of enterprise-class software for digital advertising organizations. Its Basis technology platform centralizes, organizes and automates all digital media campaigns across all channels, accessing both guaranteed and biddable inventory, to achieve any objective. Our holistic approach gives marketers a single system of record to fulfill their research, planning, buying, optimization, …
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- Categories Marketing, Digital Media, Advertising, Enterprise Software
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- Overview Palm, Inc. was a leading mobile products company, creating instinctive yet powerful mobile products that enabled people to better manage their lives on the go. The company's products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses included Palm Treo and Centro smartphones and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories. In July 2010, Palm was acquired by [HP](/organization/hewlett-packard). …
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text: [ On Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at 07:51:34 (-0600), Tillman Hodgson wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Centralized User and Password Management > > I tend to prefer Kerberos + NIS, with NIS run over an IPsec'd VLAN > (transport mode). I modify NIS maps have "krb5" or "*" in the password > field so that they're invalid as Kerberos will handle the > authentication. I use IPsec to provide secure confirmation that I'm > talking to the right host and that the packet hasn't been modified in > transit. Indeed NIS over some kind of private network -- over an IPsec secured VLAN if you want to keep your interfaces and wiring down to a minimum and over IPsec anyway if you don't trust your local wiring -- is reasonably secure. There may be weaknesses in the software implementations, but at least with a private network the inter-host RPC traffic over the network infrastructure is reasonably secure. If I'm not mistaken you also need to keep all your system clocks in sync for NIS (or Kerberos) to be trusted.... Or am I thinking of NIS+? > This gives a traditional "feeling" system that's very easy to set up and > maintain (NIS) and provides both signle-sign-on and reasonable security > (Kerberos and IPsec). You should not need Kerberos for the "single-sign-on" feature if you're using NIS. Oh -- perhaps you mean that other meaning of "single sign on" -- the one which actually reduces your overall security unless (and even sometimes if) your users are extremely and consiously aware of all security issues at all times. Regardless given all the problems and complexities with Kerberos I'd suggest that it should only be used in reasonably large organizations that can truly dedicate the resources necessary to run a proper and truly secure KDC and to do all the other things necessary to keep the entire Kerberos infrastructure running. Note that forcing users to type their passwords frequently (e.g. once for every new window or session they open), can actually increase overall security because it makes it much more likely that they will actually memorize their passwords and not be so tempted write them down anywhere. This is especially true if you also force your users to change their passwords frequently enough that they might otherwise tend to want to write down the new password that they're afraid they'll forget where if they use it many times right away on the day it's assigned then even if that's a Friday (don't do that!) they'll still remember it (or at least their fingers will) on Tuesday after a long weekend away. Of course there are those who will argue that even just having one identical password everywhere is highly detrimental to security and they're not exactly wrong either! ;-) Once upon a time I dreampt of enhancing the SysV-style separate shadow password file system such that NIS (or something very much like it) could be used just and only to manage the account information and so that each machine could maintain a separate local password for some/all users.... I.e. centralized user management _without_ single-sign-on. The best of both worlds! ;-) -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP RoboHack <email@example.com> Planix, Inc. <email@example.com> Secrets of the Weird <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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Three dead Enforcers in three weeks, their bodies butchered. Muse has seen it before, and when she reads the metal memories in the murder weapon, she sees it all again. Her owner, Damien, is back, and he wants what is rightfully his.
Muse escaped him and the netherworld, once before. This time, she's stronger, smarter. This time she knows she has the fires of hell at her fingertips, but so does Damien, and he's not the only one. Akil is weak. No longer a Prince, he needs Muse's limitless power to regain his title. How fortuitous then, that Akil's fate is tied to the one man she cares the most for.
As Muse, Stefan, and Akil battle their own demons, not all will come away victorious. Some choices can never be forgiven. Some lies are never forgotten. Some wounds will never heal.
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I loved this story! This is another great story written by author Pippa DaCosta. I loved everything about this story. She catches you and keeps you immersed in the story from start to finish. She doesn't have any problem keeping you intrigued as you listen to the story unfold. I love the character Muse, part demon and human. She's frowned upon by the pure demons and they hate that she's of a mixed breed. This story brings Damien to the surface, who used to own Muse. He takes her back to the netherworld after killing others to get her. He will do anything to gain Muse's power to regain his title of Prince. But, Muse won't go down without a fight.
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text: 在这个简单的和快节奏的物理为基础的自由游戏,倾斜你的设备可以依靠你的自行车,触摸屏加速/制动。 产品特点:- 多人- 简单的控制- 获得星星来解锁新的水平- 19上瘾的世界- 152个具有挑战性的轨道- 16个惊人的自行车- 触摸加速,倾斜瘦的自行车- 酷特技 自行车赛的赞助商,热门免费游戏 - 第1场比赛在谷歌Play商店,赛车游戏企鹅的创造者。 得到它,而它是免费的! 多人游戏模式!努力成为Android上最好的骑自行车的人! 我们的球迷的几句话:"这是最有趣的自行车比赛,自行车比赛的历史" "这游戏是这么多的乐趣,我失去了我的工作和我的妻子离开了我,我一定希望我的生活,他们会给我报销。" "Fantabulous" "隐藏此人的孩子,你会要花费一些质量时间玩这个吧!" "这场比赛改变了我的生活" "我有这个游戏了几个月很不错的游戏不变级的更新,爱它的感谢。" "如果在一个10美元的游戏我会买它" "我可以发挥我的余生每天" "伟大的球员。类似的话的朋友,但好多了!" "自行车赛是在我的生活中,我遇到过的最好的一场比赛。" "好玩好玩好玩!!在世界上最好的摩托车游戏" "我不知道这是否是一个孩子们的游戏,但我玩我的孩子!非常酷的游戏" In this simple and fast-paced physics-based free game, tilt your device to lean your bike and touch the screen to accelerate/brake. Features: - Multiplayer- Simple controls - Earn stars to unlock new levels - 19 addictive worlds - 152 challenging tracks- 16 amazing bikes - Touch to accelerate, tilt to lean the bike- Cool stunts Bike Race is brought to you by Top Free Games - the creators of the #1 game in the google play store, Racing Penguin. Get it while it is free! Multiplayer Mode is available! Try to become the best biker on Android! Privacy Policy: http://www.topfreegames.com/privacy/bikerace Note: On the user created levels section, if you want to play more than 3 featured levels per day, you will need to buy a level pack. You can play unlimited free levels created by you or your friends if you have the code. You can also play unlimited free levels shared publicly on the internet by other users. Levels can not be created on a mobile device. To create a level go to www.bikerace.com A few words from our fans:\"This is the funnest bike game in the history of bike games\" \"This game was so much fun I lost my job and my wife left me. I surehope they will reimburse me for my life.\" \"Fantabulous\" \"Hide this one from the kids, you're gonna want to spend some qualitytime playing this one yourself!\" \"This game changed my life\" \"I have had this game for a couple months very good game constantlevel updates love it thanks.\" \"If it where a 10$ game i would buy it\" \"I can play it everyday for the rest of my life\" \"Great 2 player. Similar to words with friends but so much better!\" \"Bike Race is the best game I have ever played in my life.\" \"Fun fun fun!!! Best motorcycle game in the world\" \"I don't know if it is a kids game, but I play more than my kids! Really cool game\"


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[I ♥ The PC Engine] Hani in the SkyPosted on September 16th, 2009 5 comments
Hanii in the Sky
Maker: Face
Release Date: 2/28/89
Price: 5200 yen
Media: HuCard (2 Mbit)
Genre: Shooting
PC Engine FAN Score: 21.98 / 30.00
Kōgien: "An unusual shooting game where your character is a haniwa doll. The most unique feature is your ability to attack in a 360-degree radius. Defeat enemies to earn spirit energy you can trade for power-ups."
Looking back, it's somewhat remarkable how many early PC Engine games depicted the Buddha in one way or another. First Yōkai Dōchūki, then SonSon II, and now this game, where a very Amidabha-like god named Izanaki (not to be confused with Izanagi) sends his closest confidant — a dancing haniwa figure named Hanii — into the body of his divine wife in order to clear it of evil spirits and stop her from messing up the world. (Asian religions are generally a lot more chill when it comes to screwing around with their chief figures in popular entertainment.)
It is difficult to find very much information these days about Face, the publisher of Hanii in the Sky. Like a few other publishers around this time (such as Bigclub and Media Rings), they were probably a bunch of PC devs who started releasing PCE games because it was a piracy-free marketplace in 1989 and third-partying for NEC was cheaper than paying Nintendo's license fees. Only one of their ten PCE titles (Time Cruise) had a US release; the most fondly-remembered ones these days in Japan is either this or their Mahjong Gakuen strip-mahjong series. In 1997 they released Money Idol Exchanger for the Neo-Geo; a more-or-less clone of Magical Drop; Data East sued them in Japan for infringement, but Face went out of business almost immediately thereafter, which goes to show that releasing "falling-thing" puzzle games wasn't the most lucrative of businesses even back then. As of May 2009, an outfit called Softsign has the rights to Face's back library, but so far they haven't used them for anything besides a PS Archives release for Money Idol Exchanger in Japan.
Before all of that, though, there was Hanii. It's pretty plain-looking, but it's worth noting because it's (in my eyes) the first PCE shooter to take for granted that gamers have Turbo Pads and adjust the game design appropriately. As you can see in the video below, you have all-powerful turbo shots from the very beginning; you can also apply turbo to the I button (which changes your firing direction) to give you crazy windmilling 8-way rapid fire, which surely makes you the baddest, raddest, rocket-powered haniwa that has ever existed. Instead of emphasizing rapid fire the way Hudson shooters like Star Soldier did on the Famicom, Face instead treated turbo as a given and crafted the game's enemy patterns — most of which require a solid strategy to defeat, not just pattern memorization — around them.
So already, in 1989, you're seeing the evolution of the shooter genre here in this silly game, from titles that emphasized patterns to those that rewarded straight-on reflexes — in other words, bullet-hell. Regardless of what you think of this evolution, games like Hanii that straddle the line between the two trends make for some very fascinating game archaeology.
SweepRecord released an official CD soundtrack for Hanii in Japan…in January 2009. Why they did this, I can't say. The potential audience for that disc couldn't have been more than, like, 20. That's not meant to be a slam on the music, though, which — like the visuals — is plainly-implemented but strangely fascinating.
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Wow, the song you posted has some really Green Hill Zone-esque parts.
I commend you for not making any lude remarks about the cover art for Hanii. Whether it was intentional or not, Face created the cutest damn mascot that the sex toy industry never had. But I digress…
An official soundtrack was released? How, absolutely friggin' wonderful. And bizzare. I gotta get it; thanks for the scoop.
It defies all logic that a Hanii title would have a sountrack released on its 20th anniversary, but I suppose crazier things have happened. Was there a market for this back in '89? I was under the impression that the Hanii titles weren't particularly popular back in '89.
Why would you associate the cover art Hani with the sex toy industry, I wonder?
Because, funny thing is, Japanese developer of sexual-content-ridden PC games AliceSoft uses a very similiar-looking creature as their mascot, calling it Hanny or Honey.
Yeah, I wish there was more information on Face. This is one of many Face games "produced" by Sankindo, an associated company of Face, whatever that means.
How are you supposed to write the name? Hanii? Hani? Hany? It's "Hany" in "On the Road."
What FACE games always meant to me were graphics much more colourful and fully-shaded than other PCE games. The graphics of their games are worth checking out, if not always the gameplay.
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2006 Gubernatorial General Election -
Howard County Ballot Questions
Question A - Charter Amendment
County Auditor
To amend the Howard County Charter by amending Section 212 "County Auditor" to extend the deadline for submission of the annual financial audit to November 30.
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Question B - Charter Amendment
Budgetary and Fiscal Procedures
To amend the Howard County Charter by amending Section 614 "Enterprise Accounting" to delete an obsolete reference to enterprise accounting principles; amending Section 616 "Borrowing limitations" by expressing a limitation on the aggregate amount of outstanding indebtedness as a percent of the full cash value of the assessable base in accordance with State law; amending Section 617 "Form and terms of bonds" by repealing a requirement of biennial principal payments on bonds, eliminating obsolete requirements of the form of bonds, and eliminating an obsolete reference to the Metropolitan District Commission.
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Arbitration; Award Binding on Executive
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There are total 14 letters in Disorderedness, Starting with D and ending with S. In Disorderedness D is 4th, I is 9th, S is 19th, O is 15th, R is 18th, E is 5th, N is 14th letters in Alphabet Series.
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Decades On WBMX.COM: 1983
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4. Down Under » Men At Work
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Best New Artist: Culture Club
Best Pop Duo or Group: "Every Breath You Take," Police
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Best Rock Duo or Group: Synchronicity, Police
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Best Rock Male Vocal: "Beat It," Michael Jackson
Record of the Year: "Beat It," Michael Jackson
Song of the Year: "Every Breath You Take" Sting
1 Return of the Jedi Fox $252,583,617
2 Terms of Endearment Par. $108,423,489
3 Flashdance Par. $92,921,203
4 Trading Places Par. $90,404,800
5 WarGames MGM $79,567,667
6 Octopussy MGM $67,893,619
7 Sudden Impact WB $67,642,693
8 Staying Alive Par. $64,892,670
9 Mr. Mom Fox $64,783,827
10 Risky Business WB $63,541,777
National Lampoon's Vacation / Superman III / The Big Chill / Never Say Never Again
Jaws 3-D / Scarface / Psycho II / Bad Boys / Porky's II / Easy Money / The Outsiders
A Christmas Story / The Dead Zone / Silkwood / Yentyl
Winners in CAPS
Best Picture:
"TERMS OF ENDEARMENT", "The Big Chill", "The Dresser", "The Right Stuff", "Tender Mercies"
ROBERT DUVALL in "Tender Mercies", Michael Caine in "Educating Rita", Tom Conti in "Reuben, Reuben", Tom Courtenay in "The Dresser", Albert Finney in "The Dresser"
SHIRLEY MACLAINE in "Terms of Endearment", Jane Alexander in "Testament", Meryl Streep in "Silkwood", Julie Walters in "Educating Rita", Debra Winger in "Terms of Endearment"
Supporting Actor:
JACK NICHOLSON in "Terms of Endearment", Charles Durning in "To Be or Not to Be", John Lithgow in "Terms of Endearment", Sam Shepard in "The Right Stuff", Rip Torn in "Cross Creek"
Supporting Actress:
LINDA HUNT in "The Year of Living Dangerously", Cher in "Silkwood", Glenn Close in "The Big Chill", Amy Irving in "Yentl", Alfre Woodard in "Cross Creek"
JAMES L. BROOKS for "Terms of Endearment", Bruce Beresford for "Tender Mercies", Ingmar Bergman for "Fanny and Alexander", Mike Nichols for "Silkwood", Peter Yates for "The Dresser"
Dallas / Dynasty / The A Team / 60 Minutes / Simon & Simon / Magnum P.I. / Falcon Crest
Kate & Allie / Hotel / Cagney & Lacey
Best Drama – Hill Street Blues
Best Actor – Tom Selleck, Magnum, P.I.
Best Actress – Tyne Daly, Cagney and Lacey
Supporting Actor – Bruce Weitz, Hill Street Blues
Supporting Actress – Alfre Woodard, Hill Street Blues: "Doris in Wonderland"
Best Comedy – Cheers
Best Actor – John Ritter, Three's Company
Best Actress – Jane Curtin, Kate and Allie
Supporting Actor – Pat Harrington, Jr., One Day at a Time
Supporting Actress – Rhea Perlman, Cheers
Best Variety – The 6th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
Kentucky Derby Winner: Sunny's Halo – Trainer: D. Cross Jr. – Jockey: E. Delahoussaye
Superbowl XVIII: L.A. Raiders 38 – Washington 9
Pro MVP: Joe Theismann, Washington, QB & John Riggins, Washington, RB
College Football: #1 Miami-FL
Heisman Trophy: Mike Rozier, Nebraska, RB
Rose Bowl: UCLA 45, Illinois 9
Orange Bowl: Miami-FL 31, Nebraska 30
Cotton Bowl: Georgia 10, Texas 9
Sugar Bowl: Auburn 9, Michigan 7
NBA Championship: L.A. Lakers Vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Winner: Philadelphia in 4
L.A.Coach: Pat Riley
Philadelphia Coach: BillY Cunningham
MVP: Moses Malone, Philadelphia, C Average Points Per Game: 24.5
NCAA National Champions: N.C. State: 26W – 10L / Coach: Jim Valvano
World Series
Baltimore Orioles Vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Winner: Baltimore in 5 (lost game 1, won the next 4 in a row)
Baltimore Coach: Joe Altobelli
Philadelphia Coach: Paul Owne
National League
MVP: Dale Murphy, Atl (OF)
Rookie of the Year: Darryl Strawberr, NY Mets. (P)
American League
MVP: Cal Ripken Jr., Bal (SS)
Rookie of the Year: Ron Kittle, Chi White Sox, (OF)
Feature Film Bad Boys With Sean Penn, Aly Sheedy, Esai Morales And Future WBMX.COM/EDM America TV/Composite Interactive Media Group President Sal Amato Is Released
Record $189 Billion Deficit Is Projected
House Votes 228 TO 195 To Bar Covert "Contra" Aid
Korean Air Lines 007 Is Shot Down by Soviet Missile, 279 killed
US and Caribbean Troops Invade Grenada
Legendary Coach Bear Bryant Is Gone
Borg Quits At Apex Of His Career
Polygamy: Arizona Man had 105 Wives
Reagan Proposes Star Wars Plan
All OPEC Members Agree To Cut Oil Prices
Terrorists Bomb US Embassy In Beirut, Over 239 Marines and Sailors Die
Dow exceeds 1200 for the first time
Died, Buster Crab, Jack Dempsey, Arthur Godfrey
Dustin Hoffman stars in "Tootsie"
Supreme Court reaffirms it's 1973 (Roe Vs Wade) Right to abortion
Barny Clark the first artificial heart transplant dies after 112 days
People Express "no frills" airline starts
California Condor hatched in captivity
Hitler diaries are exposed as fraudulent
Israel's Begin resigns, replaced by Shamir
MTV is in 17.5 million homes and top videos include "Beat It" – Michael Jackson, "Be Good Johnny" – Men at Work, "Sexy 17″ – Stray Cats, and "She Works Hard for it" – Donna Summer.
Cabbage Patch dolls with birth certificate and adoption papers are a Hit
Sony Walkman with Dolby: $229
Quote for Ronald Reagan: "(the USSR) is a focus of evil in the modern world."
Ray-Ban and Vuarnet sunglasses are in.
Ad for Moosehead Beer: "Stands head and antlers above the rest"
The shuttle Challenger completes four missions including the first spacewalk since 1972.
Seat-belt and anti-drunk driver campaigns are accredited with auto accident fatalities dropping to 43,028, the lowest figure in 20 years.
Coca-Cola and Pepsi market "No-Caffeine" sodas.
Break dancing and the electroboogie are sweeping the country
President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 233,791,994
Life expectancy: 74.6 years
High: 1,287
Low: 1,027
Federal spending: $808.38 billion
Federal debt: $1371.7 billion
Inflation: 7.6%
Consumer Price Index: 99.6
Unemployment: 9.7%
Cost of a new home: $89,800.00
Cost of a new car: $
Median Household Income: $20,885.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $1.24
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.86
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $2.24


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Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association
ArVMA strives to promote animal health, public safety and the human/animal relationship by providing education for its members, enhancing public awareness of veterinary medicine and serving as an advocate in governmental matters.
President's Letter:
Colleagues & Friends, Welcome to another year in the ArVMA. I am thankful to be serving as President for our great association this year. Raised in southwest Missouri, my family lived simply, on a small farm, which began my interest in the health of all animals. After moving to Northwest Arkansas, I attended U of A in Fayetteville. Later I was accepted to LSU-SVM where I finished my degree in 1990 and returned, … Continue reading
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The Way We Eat | Fuzzy Logic | Apricot Recipes
Published: August 3, 2008
Apricot Butter
4 pounds apricots, halved, pits removed
1 1/2 vanilla bean, halved and seeds scraped
1 cup sugar, plus more as needed
1 1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice.
1. In a 6- or 7-quart pot set over very low heat, cook the apricots, covered, until completely soft, 60 to 90 minutes, stirring often. Pass the apricots through a food mill fitted with a medium or fine screen. Return the pur?to the pot.
2. Line the bottom of a large, wide pot with a few paper towels. Set 4 clean 8-ounce jamming jars in the pot so that they do not touch. Fill the pot with enough water to cover the jars by 1 inch. Place over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Uncover, slip the jar lids into the water and simmer until you've finished preparing the apricot butter.
3. Meanwhile, add the vanilla bean and seeds and the sugar to the apricots and bring to a rolling boil over medium heat, stirring often, until the pur?glazes the back of a wooden spoon, 10 to 15 minutes from when it starts to boil. (Wear long kitchen mitts to prevent burns; the fruit will spatter.) To check the consistency, remove the pot from the heat and place a spoonful of pur?on a plate. Refrigerate for several minutes. If the apricot butter is too thin, return the pot to the heat and continue boiling until it has reached the desired consistency.
4. Add the salt and lemon juice, and sweeten to taste with more sugar if necessary. Remove the vanilla bean. Using clean tongs, remove the sterilized jars from the simmering water and shake out the water. Fill each jar with the hot apricot butter. Clean the rims of the jars to promote a good seal, then fasten the caps tightly and invert onto a wire rack to cool. Store in a cool, dry place or in the refrigerator and eat within a few months. Makes 4 8-ounce jars. Adapted from June Taylor.
Apricot-Fennel Chutney
2 tablespoons Champagne vinegar
1/8 teaspoon chili flakes
1 tablespoon plus
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely chopped fennel
1 cup finely chopped apricots
1 teaspoon lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped mint.
1. In a nonreactive pot, bring 1/2 cup water, the vinegar, chili flakes, sugar and salt to a boil. Add the fennel and gently boil until tender but still crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the apricots and bring to a boil, stirring, until the mixture thickens, 3 to 5 minutes more.
2. Spread the chutney in a baking dish to cool. When it reaches room temperature, stir in the lime juice and mint. Adjust with salt and sugar to taste. Serve with pork chops, beef, lamb or poultry. Makes about 11/2 cups.
Wildflower-Honey-Glazed Apricots
8 large or 12 small apricots, halved, pits removed and reserved
1/3 cup wildflower honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Pinch of salt
Vanilla ice cream.
1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Put the apricot halves, cut side up, in a pan just large enough to hold them in a single layer. Bake until tender and slightly dehydrated, about 1 hour.
2. While the apricots cook, smash the reserved pits with a meat pounder. Pull out the seeds and discard the shells. Bring the honey, 1/2 cup water and the seeds to a simmer and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Stir in the lemon juice and salt. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl.
3. Preheat the broiler. Spoon the glaze over the hot apricot halves and broil, basting with the glaze, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream. (They're even better the next day.) Stored in their juices and refrigerated, they will keep for weeks. Serves 4.
Apricot-Brown-Butter Upside-Down Cake
10 tablespoons butter
11/2 cups confectioner's sugar
* cup plus 2 tablespoons almond flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons pastry flour
* teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 large egg whites
2 tablespoons sugar
7 to 10 apricots, halved, pits removed.
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small saucepan, cook 9 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat until nutty smelling and the milk solids turn deep golden brown, about 5 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
2. Combine confectioner's sugar, almond and pastry flours, baking powder and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add the egg whites and mix until combined. Add the brown butter and mix on medium speed for 30 seconds. The batter should be thick. Refrigerate batter while preparing the pan.
3. Sprinkle the 2 tablespoons sugar evenly over the bottom of a 10-inch cast iron skillet and cook over medium heat until the sugar is deep golden brown, moving the skillet around the flame to evenly brown. Swirl in the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter to coat the skillet. Turn off the heat.
4. Put the apricots into the skillet, cut side down, fitting as many as possible side by side without overlapping. Working quickly, pour the batter over the apricots and immediately put the skillet into the oven. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake until the cake is golden brown and just set, 35 to 40 minutes.
5. Cool skillet for 10 minutes on a wire rack, and then turn cake out onto a platter. Cool for at least 15 minutes more. Serve warm or at room temperature, but not hot. Serves 8.


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MONTICELLO, N. Y (Jun. 14)
A resolution sharply condemning the persecution of Jewish leaders in Rumania was adopted today by the more than 500 delegates attending the 45th annual national convention of Bnai Zion, fraternal Zionist organization of America.
The delegates from all sections of the United States emphasized that "neither the Jewish people nor the governments of the free world can accept in silence a policy of persecution which seeks its only justification in the devotion with which men and women have served an ancient tradition."
The convention said of the situation in Rumania that "continued persecution of Rumanian Jewry is part of the program to eliminate all remaining vestiges of spiritual autonomy of the Rumanian Jewish community, to complete its cultural destruction, and to sever all contact between Rumanian Jewry and Jewish communities in other parts of the world."
The three-day convention also adopted a resolution on the present tensions in the Middle East which said: "Peace negotiations between Israel and the Arab states, the establishment of free and normal economic and commercial relationships and the development of projects to enhance the economic welfare of the entire region, are the most important means through which permanent stability can be brought to the Middle East. We call on our government to direct its efforts and shape its policy towards these ends."
Judge Arthur Markewich, of the City Court of New York, was unanimously elected grand master of the order. A campaign to raise $100,000 for the Bnai Zion Foundation for the two agricultural settlements established by Bnai Zion in Israel was approved by the delegates. These colonies are Kfar Bnai Zion and Talmei Zvi.


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Are you frequently self-conscious when around other people? Does your attention automatically go to your body, clothes, behavior or overall person, and you feel somewhat awkward or insecure? Well, you can learn how to stop being self-conscious and put an end to all of this.
As a social confidence coach, I work with people who are self-conscious on a regular basis. Individuals who are shy, or socially anxious, or they don't think too highly of themselves are typically also very self-conscious in social settings. And I help them overcome this.
I'd like to show you how they manage to overcome being self-conscious. By applying the ideas that I'm about to share with you, you will be able to attain the same results as them.
Alcohol Isn't the Way
I was recently chatting with a friend and the topic of how to stop being self-conscious came up. He half jokingly commented: "Oh, it's easy to stop feeling self-conscious! Just have a couple of drinks. It works for me!"
The truth is that many people do relax and become more comfortable in social settings by drinking just a bit. I've certainly experienced this myself. A beer or a couple of shots can reduce the overanalyzing that's going on in your head and gets you feelings self-conscious, thus making you feel more confident.
However, this is not by far the best solution, and I don't ever recommend it. It makes you dependent on drinking in social settings in order to feel comfortable; it doesn't address the roots of the problem, it makes it even harder to feel comfortable without drinking, it damages your health in the long-run, and it creates all sorts of other tangential problems.
So, drinking is out. It's time to consider better alternatives regarding how to stop being self-conscious.
Practice Shifting Your Attention on Others
A big component of feeling self-conscious is the fact your attention is focused on you. But if you deliberately shift your attention away from you, on other people or on the environment, you'll immediately begin to relax.
This is why shifting your attention is a great exercise to practice. Whenever you're feeling self-conscious, try to swing your focus away from your own person.
For instance, if you're having a conversation and the other person is talking, focus on what they're saying. Listen attentively to them instead of contemplating the way you look or whatever.
With practice you'll get better at shifting your focus and you'll be able to loosen up more and more in social situations.
The "Stop" Technique
A very useful and simple technique to stop feeling self-conscious is this: notice your internal dialog for just a second or two, and then yell to yourself in your inner forum (not out loud): "STOP!!!"
You see, when around others, you're probably questioning and criticizing yourself in your internal dialog, and this makes you feel self-conscious.
By using this technique, you're commanding your fault-finding thinking to end and you're interrupting it. This instantly brings a sensation of relief.
The trouble though is that usually the effect will only last a couple of minutes, and then your self-doubting will be back. This is just a temporary fix. Sooner or later, you're gonna have to implement a permanent solution for your problem. And that solution can only be to…
Change Your Self-Image and Your Perception
Ultimately, people who are self-conscious are this way because at some level they think they're not good enough, or that they must always get others to like them, or some other irrational stuff like that.
This is what makes them focus on themselves and become very aware of their faults in social situations. If you would truly like yourself, be okay with some people not linking you, and so on, you wouldn't focus on you and you wouldn't become self-conscious in the first place.
So really the definitive solution to stop being self-conscious is to work on changing your thinking and your self-image.
The good news as that beyond all the self-help junk, there are some proven psychological tools that you now have available for doing this, which work incredibly fast.
I talk about them in this special presentation, which I recommend you watch right now. It could be one of the most useful and motivating presentations you've watched in a long time. So make sure you check it out.
I've been helping people learn to look at themselves, others and the world in new, better ways for the past 5+ years. I know this is a change any person can achieve with the right tools and consistent application.
And I know that with a better self-image and gained confidence, a whole lot of things become possible. Being significantly less self-conscious is just the beginning.
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One of the most noticeable things about Bumbershoot – compared with other festivals – is the sheer eclectic abundance of talent. This isn't a rock festival, or a rap festival, or a dance festival. Hell, it isn't even just a music festival. It's an everything festival, a celebration of diversity and difference.
And when the sun shines, it's also one hell of a party.
It's also notable, however, that some of the most memorable acts over the last few years have been rooted in old fashioned rock'n'roll. Sure, there have been the eccentric hip-hop mashups, the pared-down solo acoustic sets. But last year The Jim Jones Revue tore up the Bumbershoot song sheet like no one else – and in 2012, King Khan and the Shrines did the same with an energetic, ballsy 60 minutes on the newly-named TuneIn Stage.
While much of the gathered crowd was there for the sunshine as much as the music, one fact was noticeable within a few minutes of King Khan strutting onto the stage – nobody was leaving. Working through a setlist of old and new, ranging from all-out garage rock to raucous guitar gospel, Khan and the band set fire to the Fisher Green lawn with some new tricks, some hot licks, and even a few scissor kicks. That Khan himself was often the most docile presence on stage should tell you all you need to know about his backing band.
Just as The Jim Jones Revue had done the year before, the Shrines turned traditional rock and soul tunes into full-on auditory assaults, strutting and riffing their way through an aggressive and overwhelming hour-long set. Never mind that half the lyrics had their tongue firmly in their cheek, or that Khan himself looked slightly uncomfortable in his headdress and glittering shirt. For audience buzz alone they scored as one of the hottest acts of the festival so far.
Of course, with two and a half days still to go, and plenty of other acts lined up in the wings, there's still time for Khan to be dethroned. As an opening gambit, however, this looks like a coup.


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Two men charged in the murder of a La Grange man have been arrested and pled not guilty to their alleged crimes.
According to La Grange Police, Justin Rogers, 24, was found dead in the front yard of a home in the 400 block of East Washington Street, near Oak Street on Sunday night. Police said he suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest after a drug deal between Rogers and two men went south.
After help from eyewitnesses, police arrested Henry Schultz-Eggenspiller, 22, and Roberto J. Cabrera, Jr., 46, also from La Grange in connection to Rogers' death.
A Pewee Valley woman accused of killing her boyfriend with a hatchet will be heading to trial to face her charges.
Gail Kelley was arrested last July and charged with murder, tampering with evidence and being a persistent felony offender.
Kelley is accused of killing her live-in boyfriend at the time, Michael T. Evans, with the hatchet and then wrapping it in a towel and throwing the hatchet in the trash.
The La Grange City Council has taken the first step in refinancing its part of the bonds owned for the Oldham Reserve development.
At a busy meeting Monday night, the council unanimously approved a resolution entering into an interlocal agreement with the Kentucky Bonding Corporation, which would allow it to pool its new bonds with other cities to get a better deal, Mayor Bill Lammlein said.
"Since we can no longer go to the open market and sell our bonds because of our bad rating, we have to pool," Lammlein told the council.
One local pharmacy is helping customers read the fine print when it comes to their prescriptions.
Commons Community Pharmacy, located in Prospect, is one of two pharmacies in Kentucky that participates in the Script Talk service, which allows the visually impaired to place their prescription bottles over a machine, which then reads the label out loud.
The pharmacy also participates in the companion program, Script View, which prints labels with up to 22-point font, Max Eiler, the pharmacy owner, said.
For the 14th year, the Oldham County community will honor fallen law enforcement officers across the U.S. in a ceremony on May 13.
The peace officer's memorial service will be held at La Grange Baptist Church and the ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. The chaplains involved with Oldham County law enforcement and Kentucky State Police Post 5 have organized the event every year since 2000.
The event coincides with Police Week, held the week of May 15 every year.
The City of La Grange is pleased to announce that Oldham Public Bus will have a special bus run on Election Day, May 20, so people without transportation and the physically impaired can to go the polling places to cast their votes.
The bus will serve the following precincts: C-102 and D-106 at the La Grange Fire House, C-103 and C-106 at La Grange Elementary School and D-101 and F-101 at La Grange Baptist Church.
An Oldham County man originally charged with one count of sexual abuse of a minor under 16 has been indicted on three counts of sexual abuse.
Kentucky State Police arrested Michael P. Berry, 36, on March 20, after police claim he admitted to the sexual abuse in an interview. Berry has denied all claims of the abuse in court.
While waiting a preliminary hearing in district court, Berry was instead indicted on April 11 on three counts of sexual abuse with a minor under 16 by the Oldham Court Grand Jury.
On Monday, La Grange Police acting on information gathered from an investigation, executed a search warrant on a residence in the 2000 block of Cherry Ridge Ct. in La Grange. Inside the residence officers located and seized several ounces of marijuana, several ounces of synthetic controlled narcotics and cash. Also seized were ingredients and equipment used to manufacture synthetic narcotics.
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******** By Sister And Her FriendsMy wife had gone to her friends for the weekend so my sister came round to keep me company, the first evening there was a knock at the door, my sis had invited 3 friends around for a film night (some peacefull weekend without the wife i remember thinking), we started watching the film but as it was a slow going film we started chating while the film played in the background, we got round to some of the things me and my sis did to each other when we were kids (we were kind of cruel to each other trying to get the other into trouble although we did get on very well) she is younger than me so i normally got the upper hand on her.
How it came about i don't remember but it got onto a time when we were younger she would try to pants me, and i remember once as she tried to pants me i managed to turn it around and it was me that pantsed her exposing her undies in front of her friends, she just shouted you just wait one day i will ***** you naked with all my friends to watch you, my reply was if ever you can pants me in front of any of your friends then i will let you ***** me naked in front of them, me being older I very sure of myself that was not going to happen. This happend a few years before this day.
It must have been the drink (as we were drinking just 2 bottles of wine between us) but even then it did not dawn on me what was going to happen, my sis asked me if i would make her a coffee as we had finished all the wine, i stood up and just as i turned to head to the kitchen i felt a pair of hands on the waist of my jogging bottoms, then yank, the next thing i knew they were round my ankles, the girls all laughing and my sis standing there saying i think that counts as pantsing you in front of my friends, that means i get to ***** you naked, i tried to deny it saying that was a long time ago and did not count now, but they pointed out that i said "If EVER my sis could pants me" there was no time limit, so i gave in and i stood there in front of them and had to let sis ***** me, she left my briefs till last standing behind me and teasing me slowly pulling them down, with me getting more and more red knowing that soon i was going to be naked in front of these 3 girls, none of whom i had ever met before, not being well endowed i was not looking forward to it as i new what was about to happen whenever girls saw how small my penis is, my sis new how embarrased my small member made me so she was doing this to make sure i got the most embarrased she could make me.
Then my briefs were around my ankles and i steped out of them, to the usual taunts of thats tiny and how it can hardly be seen amongst all that hair, now i was standing there in front of 3 girls and my sis all sniggering at my embarassment, then things got worse, my sis said if that hair is in the way then why don't we remove it, (another thing my sis new i hated was to loose my pubic hair i hated the way it makes me look like a small boy when smooth) this was met with obvious delight as sis held up 2 tubes of bikini hair remover, i was not amused.....
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I would have pants her and pulled off her shirt and bra and mabey undies or swore revenge on her


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I spent today back in the hospital with Atticus, but this was a relatively easy one. As these things go anyway. Any time you have to see your child sedated it's far from easy.
This time he just had to get an MRI. No cutting, no pain, and no overnight stay. All great things. He's got another surgery on the horizon (more on that another day) and this was just in preparation so the surgeon knows what they'll be dealing with once they go in there.
But still I don't think anybody would choose a day in the hospital if they had somewhere else to be.
My little guy has had more than his share of hospital visits, and I worry he's going to develop a huge anxiety complex, but he only seems to get braver. Today he started breathing hard once they pulled out the blood pressure cuff, but he just gripped my hand and soldiered through. They took his arm to start the IV and he knew exactly what was coming, pulling his arm away and rolling into a ball. I stroked his hair and explained what was going to happen, that it was going to hurt but only for a minute, and in a little while he would go to sleep. So he gripped my hand harder, let out a little whimper as the needle went in, and then took a big breath and went back to playing with my iphone.
He is so much calmer about these things than I am. He faded off to sleep while I tried to force some bad hospital food down my throat and tried not to pace too much knowing that he just had to sleep while inside a big tube. When they called me back to the recovery room they told me that they had to give him a lot more anesthesia than they expected. When he's sleeping his spasticity really becomes obvious and they had to get him good and under before his legs stopped twitching. He was only getting a little more rest, but there is little in this world that freaks me out more than seeing him anesthetized. His limp little body and immobile sleep is the stuff of my nightmares.
His big surgery promises some pretty amazing developments, but also a lot of hard work. I have to work on getting over those nightmares.


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Hong Kong has role to play at new nuclear plant
Some people have understandably expressed safety concerns about the nuclear power plant which is under construction in Taishan, given the lack of information from the authorities and the operator.
Hongkongers are also worried about whether there will be an accident notification mechanism in place once the plant commences operation.
The fact that Guangdong is undergoing a nuclear expansion scheme fuels legitimate concerns and calls for greater transparency.
While people demand more information on the Taishan project, there is a need to put the debate into perspective.
There are claims that the European Pressurised Water Reactor (EPR) technology in Taishan is immature and has not been approved by European countries. The fact is EPR is one of the world's most advanced pressurised water reactors, an improved descendant of two familiar and proven reactor technologies - the French Framatome N4 reactor system and the German Konvoi reactor system. EPR has already been accepted by nuclear safety regulators in Finland, France and China for construction, and more recently in the UK for preparation for construction.
Finland, France and China have commenced construction of EPR power plants.
On the project delays in the first two countries, they were mainly caused by construction problems rather than safety issues inherent in the design of EPR. At a recent Hong Kong Nuclear Society seminar, Olivier Bard, deputy general manager of the Taishan project, said France and Finland had not built any new nuclear reactor for at least 10 years before commissioning the EPR projects. The time gap resulted in a relearning process where labour skills need to be developed. This is in contrast with China, which has undergone a continual nuclear expansion over the past decades, accumulating the construction experience and labour skills required to deliver the project on schedule. China also benefited from the experience of the projects in Finland and France, which started earlier.
Apparently there is a knowledge gap to be filled before mounting concerns can be fully addressed. Although Taishan is over 100 kilometres away, Hong Kong can play a more constructive role, for example, providing risk analysis, and testing and certification services.
Our active participation could give Hongkongers peace of mind while assisting the mainland and Hong Kong authorities in managing the risks involved.
Dr Luk Bing-lam, chairman, Hong Kong Nuclear Society
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