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Escape to Hill Lake, this buildable acreage with a gradual slope to the waters edge will be perfect for your new cabin or home, or use the camper that already exists as your summer retreat. Bonus, the dock stays! Close to the many amenities that Hill City offers. Fishing at your fingertips, ATV/Snowmobile trails close by.
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Gordon Brown left Metro readers in no doubt what he thought of the MPsâ expenses scandal yesterday, saying he was ashamed and disgusted.
And, despite having to pay back £12,000 himself last October, he said he was the man to clean up Westminster.
Mr Brown said: âIâm ashamed at what some people in parliament have done.
'I think it was disgraceful that people I know, people in all parties, were exploiting the system of expenses without people knowing it.â
But he insisted: âI donât think we should think only of politicians as people who are out for themselves.â
He suggested constituents should be given the âright of recallâ for any misbehaving MP, and be allowed to force a by-election.

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CoreDNS: DNS and Service Discovery
In Kubernetes 1.13, CoreDNS is the default cluster DNS server.
Running an older version of Kubernetes and want to use CoreDNS? Read this on how to switch.
What is it?
CoreDNS is a DNS server.
It is written in Go.
It can be used in a multitude of environments because of its flexibility.
CoreDNS is licensed under the
Apache License Version 2, and completely open source.
Development takes place on Github. Most devs hang out on Slack on the #coredns channel.
CoreDNS chains plugins. Each plugin performs a DNS function, such as Kubernetes service discovery, Prometheus metrics or rewriting queries. And many more.
We strive to keep things as simple as possible and have sane defaults.
Here is the
Corefile for coredns.io:
coredns.io { file coredns.io.signed { transfer to * 126.96.36.199 } prometheus errors log }
Service Discovery
CoreDNS integrates with Kubernetes via the Kubernetes plugin, or directly with etcd with the etcd plugin.
Fast and Flexible
We aim to make CoreDNS fast and efficient. It is also flexible thanks to its plugins. You can compile CoreDNS with only the plugins you need.
We are a Cloud Native Computing Foundation graduated project.


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One of the warmly advised ways to solve problems is to turn minuses to pluses, turn the bad sides to good ones.
Where am I going ? Well, if testing is as automated as possible (and I mean completely automated), the boring task of testing turns into the nice task of writing the code that runs automatic tests.
It is a long known method, and CPAN actually has some nice modules that help people with that... but this is only Perl. C, C++, Lisp, VHDL code also has to be tested. And it isn't easy to write automatic testing systems for everything. Sometimes the program/design is complicated / interactive / interdependent or whatever, and it makes auto-testing hard.
Such thinking has a negative impact on my productivity in the past couple of days. Instead of testing the (rather bulky) VHDL core, I spend most of the time thinking how to automate it. Hopefully it will eventually pay off, or my time was in vain...


text: Beaches Turkey's backcountry delights By Condé Nast Traveller share-facebook share-twitter share-pinterest share-whatsapp share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Turkey: How very civilised Although south-west Turkey is now firmly on the tourist map, its picturesque landscape still harbours secret beaches, great archaeological sites and relaxed, backcountry delights which never draw a crowd. By Jeremy Seal. Ahmet Gonul, grizzled proprietor of the Oracle Pansiyon, was telling me how his people had fetched up in Didim. His parents, caught up in the geopolitical upheavals of the 1920s, were among many thousands of Muslims ordered to leave their homes in Greece for new ones in Turkey. The town which the couple finally reached, travelling by cart, freighter and camel, was wholly abandoned; Didim's Christian population, exiled in the same exchange of minorities, had lately set out on the same journey in reverse. The new arrivals had their pick of the houses, choosing one hard by the heap of old stones in the centre of town, where they set about making Turks of themselves. 'I was born in this same house within a year,' said Ahmet. He gestured at the pansiyon terrace where we were sitting among a casual scatter of old marble fragments, drinking glasses of black tea. 'And I have lived here ever since.' It was a stirring tale, and an illustrative one. Within the span of one lifetime, Turkey has gone from place of exile to holiday hotspot, in Ahmet Gönül's adopted neighbourhood as well as elsewhere along much of the captivatingly beautiful south-western littoral. Turkey's tourism boom meant that carts and camels played no part in my own journey to Didim. Instead I took a direct flight to Bodrum, one of four airports now serving a region stretching from Izmir to Antalya (Ionia, Caria and Lycia to the ancients), where I picked up a hire car. Lowering the windows to the scent of laurel and oregano, I was at Didim in barely an hour. Which was where I tore up the script by checking into a place which had no prospect of featuring in any holiday brochure. My room at the Oracle was shabby. My bed was basic. The floor was concrete and the errant showerhead, which had soaked and stained the sagging bathroom ceiling, made washing a challenge. I loved the place to bits. Continued Pictured: One of the secret beaches of south-west Turkey, just along from Kabak share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Apollo at Didyma To explain: the stirring reach of the old man's migration story, and the Oracle's epic credentials, certainly appealed, as did the convivial family atmosphere and the courteous management of Ahmet's son Mahmut. The clincher, however, was that my room - Number Two - had surely the most immediate and uninterrupted 'ruin' view in all of Turkey. Just 30 yards beyond my window three columns rose to their full height (a pair still supported a section of architrave on their scrolled ionic capitols) from the walled platform of a remarkable monument. For Ahmet's parents had happened to end up beside one of the glories of the Greco-Roman world: 'By the Apollo Temple, Didyma', to quote the pansiyon's covetable postal address. The pansiyon's name, meanwhile, was a reminder of ancient Didyma's significance: the temple, second only to Delphi, dealt in prophetic utterances which guided men to fortune or folly. Didyma's Oracle attracted prominent clients: none more so than the epitome of rich, King Croesus (of neighbouring Lydia), who lavished offerings there amounting to two cubic metres of gold; but it also made implacable enemies.The temple, habitually sacked, was rebuilt from around 300BC, and on such a scale that the work was to continue for five centuries without ever being signed off. I wandered beside half-height columns visibly scored with the outlines of uncarved flutings, and among ones which earthquakes had long since toppled like surrendered stacks of casino chips. If I slept poorly at the Oracle, it was not so much the bumpy bed as that privileged window which kept me awake; moonlit marble, the call of owls and the various thoughts I had there - not least that every age has been decidedly kind to its risk analysts. Uncomfortable? Enthralled, more like. Amazed, besides, that I was the pansiyon's only guest. Continued Pictured: The remains of the temple to Apollo at Didyma share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Lake Bafa Everybody else was staying, it seemed, beyond the protected temple area, in the concrete sprawl of 'aparthotels', shopping malls and villa developments; a depressing repetition of the same planning free-for-all which long since did for places like Kusadasi and Marmaris, Hisaronu and Ovacik, and even now is threatening to disfigure picturesque Bodrum. South-west Turkey, home to Homer, Herodotus and Heraclitus, may be heir to a cultural fortune but in a currency considered rather less convertible, it seems, than that readily wrung from beer bars, banana boats and sun loungers. My sole occupancy of the Oracle might have confirmed mass tourism's armlock, but my happy time there also demonstrated how its hold might be broken. South-west Turkey's prodigal roster of classical sites and Byzantine ruins, and its pristine landscapes (secret beaches included), which the widely travelled Freya Stark judged the most beautiful of all, even now remain within reach; for those, that is, ready to compromise on comfort - 'romantic slumming', to give it a more palatable gloss - and to look beyond the brochures. Continued Pictured: Byzantine fortifications on Lake Bafa share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Village of Kapikiri It was a prescription which led me straight to nearby Kapikiri. Outside Didyma they were widening the main highway, as if the only conceivable compass bearings were north to Kusadasi or south to Bodrum. I headed east. A country lane wound between the boulder-strewn slopes of the Besparmak (Five Finger) Mountains and the white-sand shores of Lake Bafa. The area had been designated a 'Nature Park', bubble-wrapping it against development. Any signs of settlement were so old - ashlar city walls, temples and shoreside necropolises, all firmly BC - that I sensed an upgrade in the offing; from a stay beside the ruins to one among them, just as my Kapikiri pansiyon was about to prove. I was booked at a place called the Agora, never imagining that a name I'd figured loosely allusive - in the way of London tavernas called the Acropolis - was effectively an address. For it was by the agora, ancient Heracleia's market place, that I was thrilled to find the Agora.The Turkish authorities, in thrall to the museum tendency, have in recent decades cleared the seminomadic villagers and subsistence farmers from their settlements in major classical sites such as Aphrodisias and Labranda; but rustic Kapikiri, Tramp to Hellenistic Heracleia's Lady, has been largely been left to continue the cohabitation, and to alluringly picturesque effect. On every side the villagers had casually customised the past; the column drums which doubled as garden tables, and the city walls, once secure bastions against sack, which in their dotage were now expected to do no more than contain the local dairy cows. Across the bouleuterion, or council chamber, a line of washing had been strung. Goal posts stood on the dusty agora. Continued Pictured: The village of Kapikiri share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Agora Pansiyon At the Agora, run by various members of the Sercin family, the atmosphere was at once expeditionary but congenial: timbered interiors, binoculars, and shelves stacked with bird books and maps, but also a well-appointed bar and an excellent kitchen. The whole was suggestive less of a pansiyon - a term borrowed, after all, from the French - than an alpine auberge. Various bedroom annexes, simple but spacious, were scattered among the flower-filled gardens. Still more appealing were the nearby village houses - brick-built, one square room above the other - which the Sercins had recently converted into imaginative duplexes, each one a light-filled bedroom with bathroom en bas. Mine was directly below the village mosque, which would have meant an early awakening, when the mountains were hessian in the soft light, if Kapikiri's cockerels and donkeys had not beaten the village muezzin to it. 'It's for the mountains that people come,' explained Mithat Sercin. 'And for the ruins, the birds, the spring flowers and the lake. But mostly for the hiking.' In the days that followed, Mithat was my guide to these scarcely credible landscapes, home to the mythical Endymion whom the moon goddess had seduced in his eternal sleep; his temple stands, unsigned, by the lane into the village. Through a maze of giant boulders which the elements had weathered to elusively suggestive shapes, like Rorschach patterns, young Mithat led me by meadows and stands of sweet- smelling chaste tree to neolithic cave paintings and to frescoes crumbling in the vaults of abandoned monasteries. An ancient highway which the local people knew as Kral Yolu (Royal Road), and which nobody else knows of at all, was fashioned from boulders big as tea chests. Even today, this causeway of giant cobbles, running for miles across the mountain, is followed by villagers on donkeys to reach their olive groves. Continued Pictured: Relaxing in the garden at Agora Pansiyon share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Olu Deniz There were geese and village children on the white strand directly below Kapikiri. For the lake's stand-out beach, however, I had Abdullah take me in his faded blue fishing boat across the water to Ikiz Ada. A deserted crescent of crushed shells, shaded by tamarisks, ran out to a headland topped by crumbling Byzantine castellations. The water was clear but brackish, preserving a memory of ancient times when the lake had been an arm of the Aegean and Heracleia a bustling port - which was worse news for Heracleia, condemned to its land-locked decline, than it apparently was for Abdullah. 'I land carp and other lake species,' the fisherman explained, pointing at his net. 'But I also catch sea fish here.' I ate one of Abdullah's bass with home-baked bread and home-pressed olive oil, and a dill and potato salad, on my last evening at the Agora. The road south led to Olu Deniz, a famously photogenic lagoon beach now jostled by apartment blocks, where I took the spiralling cliff road to Faralya. Beyond the village a rutted track plunged into the forest. At the end stood a secret, seaside camp. Raised wooden cabins, hammocks and cushion-strewn divans were scattered across grounds composed in unequal parts of luxuriant jungle and formal parterre, of orchard and a kitchen garden brimming with aubergines, peppers and tomatoes. The camp - Beyaz Yunus Faralya - had kayaks; the following morning I paddled to nearby Kabak where an appealing counter-culture - yurts, yoga platforms and hand-painted pieces of driftwood offering incenses, herbal teas and bracelets - was in full swing. The beach was a blissful place, the sand pristine but for the makeshift wooden frames which some thoughtful soul had lately erected around the buried egg clutches of rare loggerhead turtles. Continued Pictured: View over the lagoon beach of Olu Deniz, south of Fethiye on Turkey's Mediterranean coast share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Beyaz Yunus Faralya Out of Faralya an unmade road hairpinned wildly over the high shoulder of Babadag Mountain. I came down through the dust to the hamlet at Dodurgan and parked by the mosque where the village imam, Özcan, volunteered to guide me through the ruins of Sidyma. Nobles' sarcophagae with coffered ceilings and carved lions' heads stood islanded in fields of harvested wheat, a fuzz of stubble washing around plinths patterned by scurrying lizards. A pedestal was topped with the ghostly imprint of some lost statue's feet.We retraced our steps to the mosque, its walls partially raised from marble blocks inscribed in ancient Greek, where Özcan went off to call the village's old men to prayer, but not before he had called his wife to bring me lunch. Beneath the trees, where the imam's daughter was at her home-made loom working red chevrons and diamonds into the patterns of an ornamental runner rug, I ate the fresh country food at which Turks excel: aubergines with rice and a rocket salad soused in lemon juice, and watermelon. Ozcan had no idea what he should properly charge; haggling him upwards to an acceptable minimum, 10 lira (about £4), proved hard work. Memorable back-country days, then, but ones which had combined to land the odd punch on this wearying traveller; and I will not pretend that I had strayed into the gravitational field of the Turkish Mediterranean's outstanding small hotel entirely by accident. Continued Pictured: Table at the seven-room Beyaz Yunus Faralya share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Room at Villa Mahal By the time I reached Villa Mahal, in Kalkan, I was craving the comforts which I had largely foregone in Anatolia's picturesque but primitive hinterland; all-white bedrooms awash with sea light, hillsides hung with tumbling hibiscus and a terraced pool, and lavish rooftop breakfast buffets. Stepped paths descended through lemon trees to the sea where there was swimming, spa facilities, and lounging; and superb starlit dining, washed down by the odd glass from Turkey's rapidly improving wine list - a Sauvignon Blanc called Egeo stood out - during which I surreptitiously surveyed my fellow guests and placed private bets on which of them might take the Agora, even the Oracle, in their stride. The Mahal proved a powerful restorative. In the cool of the morning I beat even the ticket officer to riverside Xanthos, Lycia's ancient capital. I had these blissful ruins all to myself, something I was learning to take for granted in Turkey. The monolithic pillar tombs, faced by moulded replicas of the exquisite friezes lost to the British Museum in the 19th century, evidenced the influence of Persia, while the vast mosaic which extended across the floor of the Byzantine basilica was firmly in the Greco-Roman tradition - reminders of the cultural tug of war that had always characterised this land. I was leaving this World Heritage Site as the ticket officer showed up, and with a good book to keep him occupied, always an indication of just how few tickets - at three lira (£1.20) each - he expected to sell that day.'Eighty, if I'm lucky,' he told me resignedly. 'Everybody's on the beach.' Which made holiday sense, not least because one of the Mediterranean's great pristine strands, 12 uninterrupted miles of the finest sand, happened to lie just south of Xanthos. At the eastern end, where the main access road ran past the ruins at Patara, there were serried ranks of loungers, sun umbrellas and an industrialised bar service. At the other end there was Karadere. Continued Pictured: A mezzanine room at Villa Mahal share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Abandoned ruins at Levissi At Karadere they clearly dreamed of the crowds that Patara drew. Beside the shaded café was a changing room, with a smart sign, in a sort of English, identifying it as the 'Umbressing Room'. The only other buildings were a few riverside cabins, with vegetable plots and driftwood decks where men in singlets cast for fish alongside young sons. By a wooden footbridge, I slipped into the clear river and let the flow carry me downstream until I met the surf. At the beach there were two old men. This pair, foregoing the umbressing room, had hung their clothes on their walking sticks which they had planted upright in the sand. They now sat in underpants, contentedly caking themselves with wet sand. Beyond them the beach stretched vast and empty in the direction of Patara. My final ruin stood barely an hour from the airport at Dalaman. The road that wound into the hills above Fethiye emerged among the olive groves and pine woods of the Kaya Valley. Across the southern slopes Levissi appeared derelict and grey. Unlike the sites I had come to know, however, all fallen columns and scattered sarcophagae, Levissi was largely composed of houses barely older than the mid-Victorian one where I live in England. The roofs were gone, though, and fig trees grew from the rubble-strewn interiors where cerulean-blue plaster clung to crumbling hearths. Tortoises grazed in the grassy lanes, and martins swooped through the vaulted shells of the town's two basilicas. Levissi was a reminder that Turkey's history is not all ancient; for this had been a town of Christians, expelled in the same exchanges that had brought Ahmet Gönül's parents to Didim. I had come full circle, and it was time to go home, knowing that I at least was free to return. ContinuedPictured: The ruins at Levissi, abandoned in the early 20th century share-facebook share-twitter share-whatsapp share-pinterest Mediterranean Turkey GETTING THERE Turkey specialist Exclusive Escapes (020 8605 3500; www.exclusiveescapes.co.uk) organises personalised, tailor-made tours with a private guide/driver from £1,000 per person, dependent on itinerary. A five-night overland adventure combined with four nights on the coast costs from £2,100 per person B&B, including a private driver for five days, return flights and all transfers.Journey time From London to Bodrum is a flight-time of around three and a half hours. EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) flies from Gatwick, Stansted, Bristol and Liverpool to Bodrum, and from Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester and Bristol to Dalaman. Jet2 (www.jet2.com) flies to Bodrum and Dalaman from various regional airports. Visit Turkish Tourism's website on www.gototurkey.co.uk. A £10 visa is payable on arrival in Turkey. WHERE TO STAY Oracle Pansiyon, by the Apollo Temple, Didim (00 90 256 811 0270); doubles from £13.Agora Pansiyon, Kapikiri (00 90 252 5435445; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com); doubles from £60 half-board. Both Beyaz Yunus Faralya in Faralya and Hotel Villa Mahal in Kalkan (www.villamahal.com) are booked exclusively through Exclusive Escapes.BEACHES AND RUINS: BEST OF THE REST Ephesus Turkey's greatest and most crowded Greco-Roman site acquired a thrilling dimension recently with the opening of the Yamac Evleri (or Terraced Houses). If the Roman world had ever published an interiors magazine, these Pompeii-style interiors, with their extravagant but exquisite frescoes, mosaics and marble cladding, would have been cover stars. Open 9am-4.30pm daily, entrance £6 plus £8 site ticket Aphrodisias Among the most evocative of all south-west Turkey's sites, although a long day's journey is required to reach it. In 2008 a new museum section opened, the Sebasteion annex, showcasing a glorious collection of Roman reliefs recovered from an adjacent colonnaded temple. Aphrodisias' magnificent stadium should also not be missed. Open 9am-7pm daily, entrance £3, seasonal variations £6 Olympos An atmospheric Lycian city site largely lost in marsh and woodland just above the delightful beach at Cirali. The fire-breathing monster of legend, Chimera, which geologists dismiss as vents of burning natural gas, lurks beneath a nearby hillside. The 12-room Olympos Lodge (www.olymposlodge.info; from £95 per night B&B) has beachfront gardens of gorgeous eccentricity - all hammocks and wandering peacocks, and gourmet dining. Iztuzu Beach Regular river boats from the town of Dalyan pass through a winding delta to this vast but popular beach, major nesting site of loggerhead turtles. The banks of the Dalyan River are also home to the port city of ancient Kaunos. Oenonanda Turkey abounds with ruins which can go for days without seeing a visitor, like this lost city of half-buried statues in the pine-clad heights a 30-minute hike above the village of Incelaliler, north of Fethiye. You'll need a guide, although site watchman Sedat Atci or one of his courteous sons won't be far away. WEATHER TO GO Turkey enjoys a very sunny climate for most of the year, with hot summers on the Mediterranean coast tempered by cool sea breezes. May and September are the best times to visit: slightly out of season but when temperatures can still reach 29˚C.Pictured: A Mediterranean view from the breakfast deck at Villa Mahal in Kalkan, one of the region's best small hotelsWords by Jeremy Seal. Featured in April 2011 Issue of Conde Nast Traveller Magazine, pg. 86-99.


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This is a comical encouraging video for all homeschool moms and families.
Archive for the '2. Hope, Intention and the Courage to Flourish' Category
I Will Survive- Homeschool VersionSeptember 4, 2009
This is a comical encouraging video for all homeschool moms and families.
Evaporation FridgeJuly 11, 2009
Emily Jayne Cummins (born 11 February 1987) is an English inventor and entrepreneur.
Cummins is a student at Leeds University, studying Management and Sustainability. Her entry into a sustainable design competition, a pullable water carrier for manual workers in Africa, earned her a Technology Woman of the Future award in 2006.[1][2]
She is currently developing an evaporative refrigerator that does not require electricity, which can be used to transport and store temperature-sensitive drugs in developing countries,[3] for which she has won a Female Innovator of the Year for 2007 from the British Female Inventors and Innovators Network[4] as well as a £12,000 sponsorship from NESTA.[3][2]
The Soul MantraJuly 3, 2009
The Gentle and Forgotten Art of BlessingsJune 28, 2009
When we use our energy to bring light into the world, it combines with the light brought by others, to dispel the darkness.
David Icke – VisionaryJune 19, 2009
David Icke on Healing the Matrix
David Icke on Alex Jones June 15, 2009
The NWO and Your True Destiny Revealed (Part 1 of 10)
Project Camelot Interviews David Ick
Health, Healing and Fun with Laughter YogaJune 6, 2009
There is nothing Fake about Laughing for No Reason!
It may even heal you!


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It's been quite a while now since we finished the decorating in our living room. We knew the wall above the sofa needed some artwork but I was struggling to find something that i) matched the new decor and colours, ii) didn't offend either of us and iii) was in our price range. It's quite a big space too, and I wanted a single picture there as having a series of pictures that we'd struggle not quite manage to hang level would have done my head in. I'm a detail person remember.
Finding something that we both liked, or rather that neither of us found that offensive and something that wasn't totally detached from us was hard though. I've looked at numerous art sites and in many picture galleries and shops, never finding The One.
In the end I didn't find it at all. MOH did. I think in desperation to get something on the plain wall he'd also started to do research. And what d'you know, John Lewis came up trumps.
So after thinking about it for a while we ordered it. It arrived and I unpacked it:
The next job was to hang it. And that was more complicated than it should have been. I was surprised that the picture didn't come with wire or a cord to hang it from, but no matter we had some wire somewhere...
The wire was found, but it wasn't sturdy enough for the picture - who knew they came with weight limits? Heavier duty wire was sourced and bought, and a video on how to secure the wire was watched and followed. Holes were drilled and screws screwed in. It was time to hang the picture...
What? What just snapped? Oh that'll be the heavy duty wire... Thankfully it snapped while we were wrestling it onto the screws, and while we still had hold of the picture. Phew. It seems the heavy duty wire wasn't up for the job.
A week later and I've now bought some cord instead of the wire. It's attached and looks a lot more solid and reliable. So we tried again. And this time we had success. The picture is on the wall, and it's stayed there. Phew.
The verdict
I think it looks OK, I don't find it offensive but nor do I think it's overly personal for a living room and I'll quite happily look at this everyday.
It reminds me of a trip to York we took a few years back; of the lanes with The Minster in the distance
- It reminds MOH of somewhere but he's not sure where. Which is better than I expected, I thought he'd say it's just splodgy lines... Although personally I just think he's glad to have got a picture on the wall!
Updated: June 2015
We've had the picture on the wall for about two months now and I'm really happy with it - it looks as if it's always been there. The added bonus is when I'm in the open-plan kitchen it acts like a mirror and I can get a glimpse of what's going on outside, which is no bad thing!


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JRM Social Series Dinner #004 in collaboration with Jamie Henshall of Conscious Chefs Club, supported by Sydney Direct Fresh Produce's selection of farms. A series of fine dining pop-ups by top chef James Metcalfe, partnering with local business and suppliers to bring you a
Chef James Metcalfe MD of JRM Hospitality is best known for his time spent in Hatted and Michelin Star restaurants in London and Sydney. In a career spanning over 25 years, James continues to inspire with his thirst for knowledge and is highly regarded by his industry peers.
The Conscious Chefs Club was created by Jamie Henshall and their goal is to change how people think in the whole food game. They want to inspire, motivate and support people in the food industry and provide people with a platform for wellbeing.
Combining the love of food and art, on the night original works by artist Jamie Henshall will be showcased, as part of his "Live A Colourful Life" art exhibition. Each print sold will go towards the "Positive Circle", a program that raises money for underprivileged, homeless and orphaned children in Bangladesh.
The Menu by Chef James Metcalfe will be inspired by Sydney Direct Fresh Producer's selection of Vegetable Farms.
Young Henrys Beer and Vegetarian Snacks on arrival.
Followed by Vegetarian Menu, 4 Courses with Matched Wine.
Sydney's hot spot, Alfie's Kitchen in Newtown will be transformed into a fine dining restaurant for the night, combining the Love of Art and Food!
Bookings Essential. Limited Seating!


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Every modern democratic government monitors and manages it's population. A key issue in the rate of population change being to high. Natural change can be controlled by retain life and keeping people health and alive also well as introducing limits on the number of children you can have for example in China where there is a one child law. On the other hand migration is controlled by only allowing a certain intake of immigrants as you can't control emigration, without being politically and morally wrong, you can only discourage emigration. The following case study illustrates how successive UK governments have managed migration in a way to meet it's changing demographic and economic needs.
Case Study: The UK's Management Of International Migration Since 1950
After the second world war the UK relaxing immigration to mainly people from the Caribbean and from what had been the Indian Empire (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh). This was because the UK had a serious shortage of labour as a result of so many killed or injured in the war. The reconstruction of the country and cities post-war also created a large labour demand.
Immigration was encouraged by an Act of parliament which gave all Commonwealth citizens free entry to the UK. By 1971 there were over one million immigrants from Commonwealth countries in the UK, at this point the government decided that there was enough labour and so controls were introduced to reduce the number of migrant arrivals.
The image above shows how regardless of the controls introduced the total foreign-born population has increased.
In the 1990's, the UK once again found itself short of labour, this was solved in 2004 as many young and single Eastern European migrants came to work enough to go home but some stay permanently. The push-pull factors for this are show below.
Because of the large influx of migrants the native people of the UK took negatively towards these economic migrants because of nationalism. These economic migrants have been accused of depriving the UK workers of jobs and taking advantage of the UK's benefits system this is shown by the image above. These nationalist critics however ignore the fact that:
- The migrants contribute to the UK's economy by the takes they pay and the jogs they do
- The jobs that many of them take up are mainly low-paid jobs in factories, hotels, farming and cares homes. Such jobs are often avoided by UK workers.
- The migrants have a strong work ethic, which can directly benefit employers. Unfortunately there are employers who unfairly exploit these qualities.
- Less than 5 % of economic migrants receive and sort of state benefit.
During the 2007-2009 recession, job opportunities dried up and increasing numbers of East European workers started to return home.
There will always be issues with migration no matter how big or small. There is growing concern among some people about the overall ethnic mix in the UK. At present the white component is 92%, but this is declining. looking for a scapegoat, nationalists and patriots direct the blame to immigration form Commonwealth countries and the growing and the growing volume of illegal migration. In fact, legal immigration is quite tightly controlled by the UK Border Agency. The real cause of the slowly changing ethnic minorities. It is natural change that is shifted the ethnic balance – not immigration. Another responsibility of a government should be to ensure people have the means of knowing about the population.


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more viable gaming solution on-the-go, but given just how many cables are still connected here, we're wondering if it's not worth the extra effort to lug around a decent sized LCD. 'Course, we certainly commend the effort here -- though it's not entirely original or anything -- and we can't deny that it took some serious blood, sweat and lost Halo 3 time to fix it up. To that end, we present to you an emphatic golf clap and a recommendation to hit up the read link for a short demonstration vid.
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Loft Living is another great spot to find beautiful accessories and furniture for ones home. I popped into their Kloof Street showroom recently and loved the mix of vibrant colours against all the natural wooden pieces. The feel is young, modern and relaxed but can of course be worked into any look. Another great plus is the parking available right outside!
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The turquoise accents are fab!
Looks like an amazing shop 🙂
And a happy Wednesday to you!
Love the photos!
Especially the first one.
What a cute little shop..wish I could go!
Thanks for sharing!!
Have a great day xo
Deborah xo
Oh wow what an exquisite shop.
Thank you for sharing!
Priscilla Joy
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I agree with Will, the turquoise is so eye-catching!! I'm head over heels for that arched mirror too.
WOW!!! Just added this to my list!


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Blast from the Past: Ten Years since Stanley Election
History lesson: It was ten years ago today that Iowans went to the polls in a statewide special election, as Republicans overplayed their hand in the dawning days of the Vilsack Administration.
The GOP still controlled both halves of the Legislature, despite Vilsack's win, and the governor plays no role in the constitutional amendment process. So they rushed through the second passage of two constitutional amendments backed by Iowans for Tax Relief, that took caps on taxation and spending that were already in the law and locked them into the Constitution. Colloquially, these were known as "the Stanley Amendments" after Iowans for Tax Relief leader, and former U.S. Senate contender, David Stanley.
But rather than putting them on the 2000 presidential ballot, the Republicans scheduled a hurry-up statewide special election for June 29, 1999. It was the first statewide special since we voted on liquor by the drink in the Harold Hughes era. Two ideas: 1) They wanted to get the spending caps in place immediately for Fiscal Year 2000 2) a special election the Tuesday before the holiday weekend equals low turnout.
The GOP geared up a presidential-level vote by mail campaign, but Democrats and labor were quick to respond. The special election itself, and its cost, became an issue. To everyone's surprise, both amendments went down to narrow defeats.


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BEST REVENGE: A BEAUTIFUL FUCK YOU to kick off the month of June and the National Queer Arts Festival in grand, rebellious, queer, spectacular style.
On Sunday, June 3rd, BEST REVENGE will emerge from the street corners, alleyways, living rooms, fire escapes, and back rooms of the Mission District. Over thirty artists from the San Francisco Bay Area, the east and west coast and everywhere in between, Mexico, London, Canada, and Istanbul will converge in/on four distinct venues to present their work on radical queer resistance and self determination.
Beginning at the (de)Appropriation Wall on Valencia Street between 23rd and 24th, BEST REVENGE will take its audience through the streets, en masse, through the Mission District, to experience visual art, performance, installation, and ritual. Queer collective houses will be turned into galleries; fire escapes will act as stages for a line-up of music, brilliant drag, and performance; the OPEN stretches of the Valencia and 24th Street Corridors (courtesy of Sunday Streets) will act as stages for spontaneous, surprise performance and public intervention/interruption; and, at the end of the evening, audience and artists will converge in the back gallery of Alley Cat books for an illustrious display of glittery rebellion and visual art installations.
SUNDAY June 3rd: 3pm-7pm
STARTING at the (de)Appropriation Wall: Valencia St between 23rd and 24th
ENDING at Alley Cat Books: 3036 24th St
Best Revenge is a roving show! For location updates and more information leading up to and on the day of, visit bestrevenge2012.wordpress.com and twitter.com/bestrevenge2012


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Chemistry and Biology of Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Our research group is engaged in structure-activity studies of insulin and insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 (IGFs). These important hormones share similar 3-D structures and cell membrane receptors. Our general goal in insulin/IGF research is understanding of the structural basis for the different cellular responses, metabolic and mitogenic, generated by insulin and IGFs, respectively. We develop analogues of insulin and IGFs to study their interaction with cognate receptors (IR-A, IR-B and IGF-1R). Our group comprises of biochemists and organic chemists and combines chemical synthesis with biochemical studies. We have a close collaboration with structural biologists at the University of York in U.K., WEHI in Melbourne (crystal structures) and at IOCB (NMR).
Metalloenzyme inhibitors
Until the end of 2013 we have been also involved in the development of inhibitors for betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferases 1 and 2 to study their functions in mammalian metabolism of methionine and homocysteine.


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The congregation of First Presbyterian Church (Non-Subscribing) Dromore are preparing to welcome a new minister to take charge of their pulpit.
The installation of Rev Brian D Moodie BTh., MTh., will take place in the Rampart Street church on Thursday, October 26 at 7pm.
Rev Moodie has made quite a journey to get to Dromore - about 8,000 miles in fact, from his native South Africa.
Next Thursday night marks the culmination of a lengthy process during which Rev Moodie was first chosen by the congregation. This was then followed by a long period whereby both church and minister had to show an abundance of patience as they progressed through the requisite visa application with the Home Office.
Thankfully, everything is finally in order, and Rev Moodie is free to take up his post at Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church.
He follows on from Dromore man, Rev Sam Peden, who took a well-earned retirement some time ago. In the intervening period, the congregation has been well catered for by minister-in-charge, the Rev Robert McKee.
The arrival of a new minister marks a new era in the history of any church, and the good folk of Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church are looking forward to welcoming Rev Moodie and his wife Wendy to the town, and are excited at what his arrival holds for the future of their church.
Anyone who wishes to attend the installation service on October 26 will be made most welcome. Supper will be provided in the Ervine Memorial Hall immediately afterwards.


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First of all this week let me start by saying I hope my American readers had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed the time with their families.
If any of you have any turkey bowl stories you want to share then please tweet me @Ballhawksnest or email me email@example.com, thanks.
So the play-offs are just edging that little bit closer after the week 12 games and just when you think you know who's going to the post season the NFL throws a spanner in the works.
This week not only have the Texans lost their starting QB but they've also lost their back up for the season. The big question is will they recruit a veteran or stick with the their third stringer?
The Bears were also without Cutler this week and suffered what is for them an embarrassing loss to the Raiders.
Another win for the Broncos this week but instead of mentioning a certain QB, I want to give a massive shout out to their defence who have only given up an average of 15 points to their opponents in the last 4 games. A great accomplishment in today's game and for me the main reason why they have won 4 on the bounce.
With the exception of a handful of starting QB's in the league, give any of them that kind of target and they will win you the ball game!
2nd Down
Here is a run down of all the scores from week 12:-
Green Bay 27 vs 15 Detroit
Miami 19 vs 20 Dallas
San Francisco 6 vs 16 Baltimore
Minnesota 14 vs 24 Atlanta
Cleveland 20 vs 23 Cincinnati
Carolina 27 vs 19 Indianapolis
Houston 20 vs 13 Jacksonville
Buffalo 24 vs 28 New York Jets
Arizona 23 vs 20 St Louis
Tampa Bay 17 vs 23 Tennessee
Chicago 20 vs 25 Oakland
Washington 23 vs 17 Seattle
New England 38 vs 20 Philladelphia
Denver 16 vs 13 San Diego
Pittsburgh 13 vs 9 Kansas City
New York Giants 24 vs 49 New Orleans Saints
The race for the NFC East took a turn in favour of Dallas this week with their last second field goal on turkey day giving them the win and also the Saints destroying the Giants. They sit alone on top of the division but fear not Giants fans as you still have to play them twice which for me will decide the division!
Is it me or are the defences really starting to rev it up now down the stretch. With the exception of the Eagles and Giants there was a lot of close games this week and they are only going to get tighter!
3rd Down
OK so my Q & A with EJ is back this week, as always here are his questions followed by my answers.
EJ - With all the injuries to starting QB's which backup do you see making the biggest splash and the team not slipping too much?
Adri - Well my friend my first answer to this was going to be Matt Leinhart at the Texans but after his season ending injury that's out the window. I am however going with their third string QB TJ Yates. He looked OK on Sunday and the team is too good to suffer a set back!
EJ - Name the overall top 3 fantasy players at the end of the season?
Adri - Well the first on the list has to be Aaron Rodgers, he has been immense all season and they won't loose a game in the regular season.
Numbers two and three are very biased as they are in my fantasy teams. They are Arian Foster and another of my babies Ryan Matthews. This is more two players that I really hope to see in the top three.
Other names to look out for on the top performers list would be LeSean McCoy who despite my early ramblings saying he will slow down is still one of the top rushers in the league. Beanie Wells is another who is having a great season and Steve Smith as well. Probably best I stop there before I name about 20 instead of the three you asked for lol.
EJ - Name a deep sleeper that will unexpectedly make a big impact with their team before the year is out?
Adri - This one is really difficult as there has been so many injuries this year and a lot are already in play like Victor Cruz at the Giants who had another big game this week. Also Decker has been great in Denver since Brandon Lloyd left. For the record Lloyd is definitely one of my favourite receivers playing the game today and i would have loved buffalo to sign him.
Anyway I digress, my sleeper is Andrew Hawkins a WR of the Bengals. He made some great grabs when they were without AJ Green and I expect good things from him as Dalton grows in confidence towards the end of the season and into next year!
Great work again EJ, I missed our session last week. To make up for the missed week can I please have 5 for next week?
4th Down
I want to finish this week with a few things I saw that aren't really what the game is about and frankly have no part in the NFL.
First up is Ndamukong Suh and his stamping on an opponent during the game on Thanksgiving. I'm all for showing aggression during the game but in the right way with a big legal hit.
Stamping on an opponent who is on the ground is not acceptable and to be honest he's lucky he doesn't play rugby. If that happens in rugby 9 times out of 10 the guy gets up and knocks you out!
I am bit disappointed as well to be honest as for someone who is a great talent and a self proclaimed non dirty player he has a funny way of showing it. Mr Suh you deserve your two game ban and your team may not make the play-offs thanks to your actions.
Also this week much though I love the guy, Stevie Johnson had a moment this week when he mimicked a plane crashing in front of the New Jersey crowd. I'm all for being able to celebrate after a score but that was a bit thoughtless!
Lets end on a brighter note, please check out these Top 10 TD celebrations :-
Until next week my friends 'Thanks for Stopping by'


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I want to setup VOIP on my LAN network and don't have any idea as to how to get started. Basically, I need to know what to install, what services for register for or implement, what hardware to use and any additional devices needed.
VOIP is a hot topic technology and is what every company with an IT infrastructure is requiring. I need to get started on this project ASAP. Any one has any suggestions, you will be a life saver.
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This isn't a topic for SpiceWorks support. Would a moderator please move this to the VoIP forums?
The first thing that you need to do is to device what you want to do with VoIP on your LAN. Do you just want to make calls for just you? Just get a Vonage account in that case.
Are you looking to really have VoIP like a real company? Then what you need is a PBX. If you can handle the complexity, Asterisk is hands down the way to go. It is the most feature rich VoIP PBX available and you can get it for free. You can add it to any Linux or UNIX distribution or get it pre-packaged all nice for you from someone like Elastix or Trixbox.
If you are a Windows person only consider 3CX instead. Also free.
You will need VoIP (SIP) phones of some sort. You can get real phones from vendors like Grandstream, Snom, etc. or you can use software based soft phones like Zoiper, which is available for free.
Once you have a working PBX and can make calls internally then you can start looking for VoIP to POTS services like VoicePulse so that you can start making external calls as well. But you can do an awful lot without ever needing to connect to the outside world so start playing around for free.
Do you already have a phone system? If so, what kind of lines does it take now (PRI, POTS)?
If you have a phone system that can handle PRI, you can call Bandwidth.com. They are a SIP/VoIP provider. They can provide VoIP service to your locate and make their gateway device hand the SIP traffic to your phone system as PRI traffic. That is what I am doing current and it is working great. The cost is less than half what we were paying our PRI provider (Nuvox) and we didn't have to upgrade any of our existing phone system.


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Experts all over the world have analysed vast amounts of data to try and create as plausible global resource consumption scenarios as possible (for example here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here… and the list goes on). Some results may be biased as a result of economical or political interests, others perhaps less. As scientific raw data analysis goes, I have nothing valuable to add. Instead I'd like to present some viewpoints to help interpret these scenarios, and perhaps come up with new realizations about our situation.
End of the World as We Know It, and We Feel Fine…
What we know for sure, is that fossil fuels will wear out sooner or later, or to be more precise, the overall eROeI (energy Returned On energy Invested) of the remaining deposits will eventually become so low that it won't simply make sense to collect them as an energy source anymore. This is not a matter of opinion, it's just basic arithmetics. The only (barely) relevant question here is, how wide is the Hubbert bell curve for each individual fossil energy source; in other words, whether the inevitable series of crashes is so far in the future, we don't have to do anything about it yet. In my opinion, this logic is about just as unsustainable as our way of life. Still, I'm afraid we could have more acute problems in our hands — it just may be that we'll be facing the notorious Peak Oil all too late for our own good.
A realization that even many authoritative studies seem to have missing, or at least don't bother to stress, is that abundant energy sources and a thick ozone layer are by no means the only natural resources we need. In a sense, every concrete element that's needed to keep up the abstraction of our society, is a natural resource: breathable air, drinkable water, bearable climate, cultivable soil, healthy and nontoxic edible flora and fauna, and so on and so forth. And the evidence seems to be building up, that more and more of these resources are being compromised by the current form of the perpetual motion machine that is our society. This popularized presentation by the Post Carbon Institute called 'There's No Tomorrow' is a good starting point for further learning.
So, instead of just Peak Oil, it seems more relevant keywords could be the carrying capacity of an ecosystem and overshoot, that, according to Wikipedia,
occurs when a population exceeds the long term carrying capacity of its environment. The consequence of overshoot is called a crash or die-off.
Gloomy, admittedly, but not as far-fetched as one might hope. This year, Earth Overshoot Day was on August 22, which means we used 12 months worth of Earth's renewable resources in less than 8 months (plus of course all the carbon fuels, that take approximately 60 to 600 million years to renew). More information, and a 'fun' interactive overshoot meter can be found on this footprintnetwork's website.
One relatively new sign of this overshoot is Arctic methane release, which has been speculated over by scientist for decades, but that has only just begun to break through to mainstream media coverage. Methane is 20 to 30 times more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2, and it might be escaping into the atmosphere as the arctic ice and permafrost keeps on melting. Whether the threat is seen as moderate or absolutely critical, depends on intepretation, but the potential is there.
The most astonishing thing about all this is our economical system's collective and categorical denial about these threats. Fashionable words like sustainability and ecology are repeated over and over, but mostly they're still used simply as selling points for products created inside the current economical system, instead of primary goals that would allow for criticising and, eventually enhancing the system itself. The excuses vary, but a popular one is that we don't have enough proof. Again, the logic of this notion is something out of this world.
Let's stop and think about it for a second.
Imagine you're heading to a shopping mall with your kids and grandkids (if you have them, or if you think you're going to sometime in the future) to buy a bigger plasma TV. The police comes to talk to you and says that the mall is being evacuated because there's a considerable risk of a hidden bomb in there. You estimate the risk is about 50/50 − so, would you take your kids and grandkids, and head for the electronics section for your new TV set anyway?
The answer is a bellowed 'YES!', at least according to the current consensus of our culture.
As individuals, almost all of us are naturally capable of this kind of basic risk analysis. We estimate the probability of the threat, and then compare probable consequences of neglecting the threat against the consequences of overstating the threat. My hunch is, most of us would not enter the mall (except perhaps if you've used to living in a warzone or other dangerous area).
Something weird happens, though, when we enter the level of society, and causalities that are not immediately perceivable (although, to be honest, not all that complex either). We suddendly lose this basic ability to estimate threats, an ability that has secured the survival of our species for millions of years. In other words, we start, collectively, acting against our own survival. Intuitively, this doesn't seem to make sense — but the funny thing about nature is, it always makes sense, although sometimes not in the way we would hope.
So, maybe this is just a sign that it's our time to fade out and give space for the next species in this ongoing experiment for survival, somewhat like dinosaurs did. Maybe we simply had a slight 'adjustment flaw', just a bit too much of technical skills and too little empathy; it got us this far — not bad, all and all — but won't save us from ourselves. Or, maybe a massive drop in human population is indeed essential to secure the survival of at least a few of us. In a sense, there's no need to worry: nature never 'fails', it just adapts. The downside from our point of view is, nature obviously has no stance whatsoever on individual suffering — otherwise, would we really have parasites like this?
So, unless we're especially fond of horrible, massive, human suffering, the only path for us is to try to fight our instinctive behavior, rise above our mundane routines, and put our collective effort into planning a future society that could perhaps be able save us.
You've read this far, so there's a chance you already understand we're all passengers on a metaphorical Titanic — now's the time to choose, whether you want to join the orchestra and keep on playing till the bitter end, or if you want to try and survive. No hard feelings, either way — it's all human — but if you chose the latter, we should probably begin. But how? Who will show the way?
Lemmings and junkies. Obviously!
How Can Lemmings and Heroin Addicts Help Save the World?
We started with a bunch of future scenarios. In the end, only two are really relevant, though. Let's call them:
'Lemmings' and 'Ex-Junkies'
As you might have guessed already, this method is not scientific, nor is it supposed to be. Instead, I hope, it will be at least a bit thought-provoking.
First, we need a relatively credible long-term chart of our growth. Primary energy consumption is quite a good meter — it also correlates at least roughly with other relevant variables: population, economic growth, CO2 emissions, etc., so I think it's pretty justifiable to view this as an indicator of our growth in general. Here's a good one, so let's borrow it. Thanks to Gail Tverberg, Vaclav Smil and British Petroleum! Then, let's add our scenarios:
Let's view the worst case scenario, or 'Lemmings' first. The most important thing we can learn from lemmings, is that the aforementioned concepts of 'carrying capacity', 'overshoot' and 'die-off' are very much real, and they portray circumstances that are at least allegorical, if not identical to ours. See this short article Mass Murder on the Tundra, for example. The projection you see here was pretty much drawn by placing the lemming population density chart on top of the energy chart and scaling it so that it fit the approximate tangent of the growth since the beginning of the industrial era. Depending on what you think Earth's actual carrying capacity is, and how much overshoot it can handle, you're free to imagine the curve wider or smaller. The bottom line is, if we skip the usual explanation (which is pretty much the sentence 'we'll think of something' wrapped in layers of scifi-fantasy) this is very likely to happen sooner or later, if we insist on continuing on the path of 'limitless' growth.
The question is, does our ability to make rational decisions exceed that of lemmings'?
No, that was not irony. I'm sorry for having to say this, but in all honesty, this is the question we have to ask ourselves.
Does our ability to make rational decisions exceed that of lemmings'?
So far, we don't have much proof that it does. We can only hope for the best, and try our best.
The second scenario, 'Ex-Junkies' isn't too lofty either, but nevertheless might be best option we have. I believe the best experts on how to survive the next century, could in fact be ex-addicts. After all, junkies is what we are — again, this is not just a figure of speech: we really do have a severe psychological addiction for the fossil fuel lifestyle. And just as heroin addicts, we first need to realise this habit is going to kill us if we don't act, and then go to rehab as soon as possible. Whereas the 'Lemmings' scenario compares to overdosing or perhaps going 'cold turkey', there's another solution that's far less risky and more sustainable: replacement therapy. Heroin addicts use methadone or Subutex, our medication would be renewable energy sources, and to be realistic, nuclear energy. It's by no means the optimal energy source, but the thing is we need to get off carbon fuels very quickly, and to be practical, that probably means we can't turn our back to nuclear power quite yet.
Another important lesson humanity can learn from drug addicts, is about the two 'schools' of rehab. Quoting this rehab info page:
Maintenance and coming off ('detox')
Once established on a regular dose, most people stay on buprenorphine for a long period of time or even long-term. This is called maintenance and helps you to keep off street drugs. Some people gradually reduce the dose and come off it. This is called detoxification, or 'detox'. However, it usually takes several months, and sometimes years, before most people are ready to consider 'detox'. It is often safer to stay on buprenorphine then to 'detox' before you are ready.
We'll have to admit to ourselves, we will always be addicts, and just as drug addicts, we have to make a firm decision not to relapse again. A society's version of this is of course strict laws that control the use of fossil fuels. It's also good to understand, we'll probably never 'detox' completely, and that's not that bad. At least we'd be able to live a relatively normal life instead of an addict's desperate search for the next fix.
The 'Ex-Junkies' projection was estimated by taking a chart about the decline of heroin usage after starting replacement therapy, found on this page about Subutex, and placing it to continue seamlessly from the fossil fuels curve. The renewables curve was then drawn intuitively on top of the fossils one, to represent a relatively plausible scenario.


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Pierce Harris is a man on the warpath in Emmerdale as he learns that Paddy staged a sit in at Smithy Cottage and trashed the place while he and Rhona Goskirk were enjoying a holiday. But as Paddy sets the ball in motion to divorce Rhona, can Pierce push aside his fury?
As Rhona and Pierce arrive back in a relaxed state from their break, they are surprised to see Paddy emerge from the vet surgery, convinced that he would have left for Germany while they were away.
As Paddy reassures Rhona that he is moving on even though he is staying in the village, he surprises her by saying he wants to start divorce proceedings and Pierce takes this as welcome news.
However, Pierce later notices a picture askew in the house and confronts Pearl, who is forced to admit that Paddy was in the cottage. Pierce is fuming and tells Rhona, who in turn confronts Paddy.
Awkward, Paddy explains that he had to move past his hurt in his own way and this helped him to do this but will Rhona and Pierce see his side or should Paddy expect payback on the horizon for his actions?
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48 Hours at the Grand Hotel Miramare
Finding hotels on the Cinque Terre is really hard, finding a hotel on the Ligurian Riviera not. The problem: the majority of hotels look dated, like transferred back in the 80s. I don't like this kind of hotels except they are well maintained and have an excellent service level. The Grand Hotel Miramare is one of these outstanding examples. As a member of the Leading Hotels of the world, this Grand Hotel has everything I needed and therefore there was no doubt: This is the place to stay on the Ligurian Coast (Hotel Splendido is the other luxury palace in Liguria but of course much more expensive).
The arrival was one of the most beautiful I have experienced so far. The roof of our convertible open, the Med to the left and colorful and old villas in midst of great private parks on the right. Driving along the only road on the peninsula to Santa Margherita Ligure was a true "La Dolce Vita Experience". After driving through the town and the small and beautiful harbor we soon arrived at our today's accommodation. When we drove through the entrance, two bellmen were already waiting and immediately helped us with the baggages. One level higher, we were checked-in and showed to our lovely room - a Double Room with Garden View.
The Rooms
All rooms and suites are styled in typical Ligurian style with comfortable wooden floors, heavenly beds, sitting area, writing desk, spacious wardrobes. In general I found the room very spacious and also the bathroom was very huge and filled with daylight due to the window. What I found a bit strange was that they advertise their "Mediterranean Fragrance by Lorenzo Villoresi" toiletries on the website and in fact they only have one Body Lotion by Lorenzo Villoresi and the rest are no name toiletries with the hotel logo. Otherwise the bathroom was very nice, the towels good and the walk-in shower a nice touch. In my opinion the toilet could have been separated from the main bathroom but I guess this is not possible due to the construction of the building. When we settled our bags in the room we opened the doors and found an enormous terrace with two sun loungers and two chairs overlooking the wonderful and huge garden of the Grand Hotel Miramare. Due to the fact that our room was not overlooking the sea, it was also not facing the street which is between the hotel and the beach club - this means absolute no noise during the night and we could leave the windows open. A great plus! The housekeeping team is truly excellent and they are coming twice a day.
The Pool and Garden
As a special amenity the Grand Hotel Miramare has a private saltwater pool overlooking the Mediterranean sea. While you can hear the traffic all day, I did not feel disturbed at all. Bring your iPads, iPhones and headphones, start playing Toto Cutugno's L'Italiano and you will forget about this issue within seconds. The pool is really huge and the atmosphere is truly sophisticated with wooden loungers around it. There is also a bar for pool site service and the prices are moderate as well. As mentioned previously, the garden is truly unique with wonderful plants and trees. It is the best place to relax and unwind from a day on the sea or the town.
The Beach
As one of the only hotels on the Ligurian Coast, the Grand Hotel Miramare has its own beach club opposite the main entrance just across the main road to Portofino. Well, the buses and motorcycles can be a bit annoying but after a while you will recognize that this is part of the Italian Dolce Vita. Many recent guests of the hotel say that they did not like the beach club as there is only a small part of the beach club free of charge for hotel guests. This means that if the 20 or 30 sun loungers are occupied, hotel guests have to pay or take the sun lounger on the pool. During our stay this was not a problem. One of us headed to the beach club after breakfast and occupied two loungers. Also I did not have the feeling that the hotel area was full. From my point of view, a day at the beach club should never be missed, the water is clean and very warm. Every guest of the beach club receives a private walk-in wardrobe with shower.
The Hotel
After waking up in the morning we were ready to explore breakfast, which is served in the main restaurant. While the whole restaurant had been moved to the terrace, the buffet was still build up inside - due to the milk products and wasps. I really liked the old looking iron chairs in combination with the green table cloth and napkins. All servers are dressed in white suits - a wonderful touch. Everything I tried was of good quality and again I fell in love with their cappuccino. The freshly prepared ordered eggs were great as well. Just a perfect start in another perfect day on the Ligurian coast.
The Bar
When we returned from our evening in Portofino, we though it might be time to have cocktail at the Bar of the Miramare. I choose a fruity one and it was an excellent choice. So we were sitting on the terrace of our wonderful hotel overlooking the black Mediterranean and the lights of the nearby Cinque Terre while enjoying the starry sky. This is how I could describe the ending of a perfect Italian holiday and I can only recommend every luxury traveller, traveling to Liguria to do the same. Yes, Santa Margherita Ligure is not Portofino, but there is much more life than in the very small and famous coastal town. In Santa Margherita Ligure, there are much more restaurants, bars and the best: it is more affordable. There was one restaurant in a small courtyard in the center of the town, which is truly excellent. It's called Reve Café and Restaurant.
For rates between 300 and 500 euros per room and night, the Grand Hotel Miramare is one of the most expensive 4-star hotels part of the Leading Hotels of the World, but I would say worth the money. You will get old-school Italian service at a top level with a touch of Italian Grandezza.
Due to the fact that our stay was in August, which is the really high season, the hotel provided us a very special media rate for which we are very thankful. As always, our review expresses our own opinion and has not been influenced.


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She said yes! - La Toya & Kester
Kester and I worked for the same company – Harley-Davidson Motor Company. We even have the exact same start date; however, Kester was based in Alabama and I was based in Milwaukee at the corporate office. We officially met at new employee orientation in March 2006. We remained friends for a while, and by July of that year, we began dating. Despite our distance from each other, we made frequent trips to see each other. It wasn't until January 2009 that Kester was moved to the corporate office and we were FINALLY in the same state!Kester called me on Sept. 22, 2010, on his way home from work to ask me if I wanted to go to the mall. Naturally, I said yes. As we're getting closer to the mall, I notice that Kester is not merging over to the turn lane. I asked him, "Where are we going? The mall is over there!" He told me that plans have changed and to chill out. He kept driving and pulled up to David's Bridal. I asked him what we were doing there and he told me that he's getting me a dress. However, when we walked in, the sales associate begins to show me wedding gowns. The entire time, Stephanie from Indigo Photography is snapping pictures as she's hiding behind racks of clothing. I head to the fitting room and before I can completely undress, there's a knock on the fitting room door. It's Kester, holding a box from Nordstrom with a pair of shoes on top. He tells me to get dressed and be ready in 30 minutes. I open the box to find a gorgeous floor-length Adrianna Papall gown! I get dressed and exit the fitting room to find Kester gone! No one in the store seems to know – or want to tell me – where Kester went. He shows up wearing a tuxedo with a limo waiting outside. My phone begins ringing and Kester instructs me to answer all of my phone calls. The first call is from his Mom and sister Andrea. We have normal chitchat, but at the end of the phone call, they say, "What if Kester asks you to marry him today?" My response was, "Well, that would be weird!" His sister follows up to say, "Weird bad or weird good?" and naturally, I answer, "Weird good!" the next phone calls come from my mom, his cousin Mary my friend Denise, my sister Sherita, my friend Niki, my aunt Darlene, my friend Wokie and my friend Michelle. Every phone call ends with the same line: "What if Kester asked you to marry him today?" Now, by the third phone call I had an idea of what was going on, as Denise began to cry on the phone. But nothing prepared me for my 10th and final phone call from my dad. Kester actually called my dad while we were in the limo heading to the next location and hands me the phone. My dad tells me, while crying, that he approves of Kester and that he's a good guy! Our limo pulls up to a beautiful mansion and a gentleman named Reini takes us to a private airstrip where a helicopter is awaiting us. Kester hands me a box to carry and we walk to the helicopter. Reini gives us – Kester, Stephanie and I – the safety briefings of the helicopter and I prepare to board, but Kester stops me. He tells me to open the box. I open the large box to find a small blue box, and as I open it, Kester says, "I know how much you like Tiffany earrings!" For a split second, I pondered if Kester would go to these lengths to present me some dang earrings! But I open the box to find a gorgeous engagement ring. Kester got down on one knee right on the airstrip and asked me to marry him. I said, "YES!" Reini then took Kester, Stephanie and I on an aerial tour of our new home: Charlotte!
LaToya and Kester will be married on Oct. 22, 2011.
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what's the lesson the Universe wants you to learn?
I have a theory that everything in our life is given to us for a reason. That every struggle we encounter is there because the Universe wants us to learn something.
The more we resist this learning, the more the Universe hands us lessons. To the point that it becomes so big that we have no choice but to turn around and face it.
For example, when I refused to learn that I have to put my own needs first over those of other people in order to truly be happy, when I refused this for YEARS and kept getting handed the same learning overandoverandover, the Universe finally put something in front of me that I couldn't ignore or look away from: my need to have a child, to be a parent.
It was only when faced with this decision, this HUGE life choice, this need that I had been quieting for years that I was finally able to see that I had to stand up for myself, for what I wanted, for what I needed. No matter who got uncomfortable.
Because keeping myself uncomfortable and quiet and small for the sake of keeping someone else comfortable wasn't worth it. Not anymore. Not over something this big.
It's like the Universe got really tired of my looking the other way and figured out what it would take for me to stop. And listen. And *finally* learn.
All this learning is exhausting, y'all. There are days when all I want to do is run the other way, bury my head and do everything I can to keep the learning at bay. But the Universe won't have it.
Eventually, all the learning you've been avoiding will catch up to you, and when it does, it may not be pretty. It will likely be uncomfortable, gut-wrenching, and, in some cases, one of the hardest things you've ever had to deal with.
But I promise, that it's so worth it. All of it. The tears, the scary, the I-have-no-idea-what's-going-to-happen-but-I-know-I-cannot-keep-going-like-thisness. It's awful, and it's perfect. It's exactly what it needs to be to help get you on the path you're truly meant to be on.
Is there anything you keep turning away from? Any thoughts on the lesson the Universe wants you to learn?


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Nets during an Activation
Tactical Net
The Tactical Net is the primary net in an ARES/RACES emcomm operation. In Chester County, this net is always set up on one of the CCAR primary frequencies (see the Standard Communications Plan). It is a controlled net with a Net Control Station (NCS) and an Alternate NCS. We pass tactical traffic on this net as needed, along with coordinating information and information broadcasts. Formal written traffic may also be passed if the net is not too busy, at the NCS's discretion. If busy, the NCS will direct you to pass formal traffic on a secondary simplex or repeater frequency. The NCS will take roll calls of all stations in the net every half hour as traffic permits, to insure all stations are available and accounted for. Stations that need to leave the net should inform the NCS, if possible.
Resource Net
The Resource Net is used when there is a need for many operators in an incident. In a large incident, County and Municipal EOCs will be in operation, along with Red Cross Chapters, shelters, hospitals, and more. If the tactical net were busy, operators would be told to convene on an alternate frequency where the Resource Net is operating. From here, emergency managers will select operators for assignment to travel and serve where they are most needed. The Resource Net also tracks operators while they are moving, for safety and security. The Resource Net is a controlled net with an NCS and an Alternate NCS. It is set up on a standard frequency, which the NCS announces frequently on the Tactical Net.


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It has been a long time coming but I am finally updating the site template for my personal blog. I have put it off long enough. I did alot of work on the Main Index today and will be updating/tweaking all templates over the next month.
I also want to add LiveSearch – It is such a cool feature. If anyone has any feedback to give me? please do.


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I don't know about everyone, but when I am traveling on Pennsylvania or Philadelphia roads, trucks scare me. They're huge, seem to ignore speed limits, I can't see the driver, and there are so many of them that often times I feel boxed in a convoy of trucks which I can't avoid. It frightens me to think what could happen to me and my family in a collision with one of these monsters. As a truck accident lawyer in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, I have seen the consequences of these horrific accidents.
Several years ago I represented a young man who was working construction on the Pennsylvania Turnpike when a tractor trailer driver fell asleep at the wheel, crashing into my client's parked vehicle. He suffered irreparable brain damage.
As an Op-Ed in the New York Times recently pointed out, these accidents are going to continue to happen unless Congress stops coddling the trucking industry. [Read more…]


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1. What is your favorite word?
Shenanigans (it's fun to say, spell, and do!)
2. What is your least favorite word?
Moist [shudder]
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Jovial agreement/collaboration: the spontaneous recognition of being simpatico
4. What turns you off?
5. What is your favorite curse word?
6. What sound or noise do you love?
Laughter (especially when I helped create/extend/deepen it)
7. What sound or noise do you hate?
Free weights dropping hard onto the floor at the gym (there's a sign politely
asking you not to do that, jackwagon!)
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Performing-arts critic/journalist
9. What profession would you not like to attempt?
Teacher (oh, I'd be so very horrible)
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you
arrive at the Pearly Gates?
we can start the party!"
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1 comment:
- G Love said...
My friend has a pair of dogs, siblings, brother and sister. Their names are Shenanigans and Tomfoolery - she calls them Annie and Tom. Love it!
- August 26, 2013 at 10:24 AM
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OSU online bachelor's programs earn top ranking
Driven by the expertise of its faculty and an award-winning faculty development program, Oregon State University has been named one of the nation's 10 best providers of online education for the fourth straight year by U.S. News & World Report.
In a report released today, Oregon State Ecampus ranks sixth out of more than 350 higher education institutions in the category of Best Online Bachelor's Programs. OSU improved two spots from last year's list.
The full rankings are available online at www.usnews.com/online-education.
Schools were evaluated based on four criteria: student engagement; faculty credentials and training; student services and technology; and peer reputation. Overall, Oregon State scored 93 points out of 100.
"This national recognition reinforces our commitment to developing innovative ways for people to learn and teach," said Lisa L. Templeton, associate provost for OSU's Division of Extended Campus.
"We're focused on providing adult learners with access to learning opportunities that challenge them and help them improve their lives and the communities around them."
As in previous years, Oregon State received its highest marks from U.S. News & World Report for its methods of preparing faculty to teach online.
The university received a score of 94 in the category, which ranks in the top 5 percent among schools on the list.
OSU Ecampus partners with more than 700 OSU faculty members and has earned national acclaim for the quality of its faculty development program.
The close-knit collaboration between instructors and Ecampus staff has helped Oregon State stretch the boundaries of what's possible in delivering an education.
"I've become something of an ambassador for online education among my peer instructors, particularly those at other institutions," said Brian Sidlauskas, an associate professor in the fisheries and wildlife sciences bachelor's program who is developing a 3-D fish model database.
"Most other ichthyology professors initially assume that it is impossible to teach these classes without access to physical specimens, at least until I show them what we are accomplishing."
OSU Ecampus delivers 22 bachelor's degrees online including business administration and a post-baccalaureate program in computer science. An additional 27 OSU graduate degree and certificate programs are offered online and in a hybrid (online/face-to-face) format.
In the 2016-17 academic year, 21,400 Oregon State students took at least one Ecampus class online.
That figure includes adult learners in all 50 states and more than 50 countries as well as campus-based students.
U.S. News also recognized Oregon State's online industrial engineering master's program as being among the best of its kind in the nation.
The fully online program, which has a focus on engineering management, is ranked No. 26 nationally.
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What happens to us when we die? What are heaven and hell like? These are questions that human beings have been asking for a long time, and comic books have tried to explore the answers. We talk about all sorts of this related to the life to come and comics. Also, Fr. Kyle reveals a big, hairy secret. All this plus our recommendation, This or That, and a whole lot more!
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Judson University is conveniently located near I-90 in Elgin, Illinois within easy reach of the Chicago suburbs and downtown. At Judson you'll experience small class sizes, excellent academics, and a vibrant community whether you decide to live on campus or commute from home. Furthermore, over 95% of our students receive financial aid, so paying for school is easier than you might think! Apply now and see how much you could receive in aid!
Judson University takes part in the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI). If you transfer from an IAI participating school, many of your general education courses can be easily transferred to Judson. To see which courses transfer, check out the IAI General Education Course Curriculum Worksheet. Not from Illinois or an IAI participating school? Not a problem! Judson's registrar's office will work closely with you to determine which classes transfer.
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