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Orzo with Home-Made Vegan Chicken Apple Sausage, Asparagus , Baby Tomatoes and Home-Made Vegan Ricotta Salata in a White Tomato Sauce
Ok. It's time for one of my Kvetch Korners. I want to preface this story with the fact that both Jane and I are very grateful for all of our wedding gifts. Writing this even makes me feel a little bit Jew Guilty, but I'll just let it slide for humor's sake. So here's what happened...
We received two gifts via mail from Best Buy, both of which we already owned. Both gifts contained gift receipts, leading us to believe that we could easily return the items and receive a gift card to the store. WRONG. We walk up to the customer service register. It goes a little something like this:
Me: We'd like to return these gifts in exchange for a store credit.
Clerk: I'm sorry. We cannot process a return on these items. All we can do is credit the original card on which the purchase was made.
Me: But then the person will know we didn't like their gift. What kind of return policy is that? I have a gift receipt!
Clerk: I'm sorry. It's just our policy.
Me: The store still gets the money if you issue me a gift card, and the gift giver doesn't get offended. No one gets hurt. Is it really that big of a deal?
Clerk: I'm sorry. It's just our policy.
At this point, I'm ready to go Jew on their asses. I ask for the manager, explain in the calmest voice I can muster that "it's just common sense that a gift card should be issued", and finally get my way. I know, I know. I can be a bit of a brat. But for fuck's sake, isn't that the most ridiculous policy you've ever heard of? All I know is that I'll never buy anyone a gift from Best Buy unless I can assure they'll like it. At least I got my damn gift card.
Enough whining for one day. I feel much better after letting off some steam. On to the food. This recipe is a little complex with the sausage making, so feel free to just buy some pre-made vegan sausages to simplify the process. It'll be (almost) as delicious. You can also just use a more simple tofu ricotta instead of doing the whole cheese making process.
in a White Tomato Sauce
- 1 batch of Chicken Style Seitan, drained well and cut into small (1-2 inch) pieces
- 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 2 Gala Apples, cored and roughly chopped
- 1/2 White Onion, roughly chopped
- 2 TBSP Canola Oil
- Splash of Lemon Juice
- 3 TBSP Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger
- 3 1/2 cups White Rice cooked in No Chicken Broth (or Vegetable Broth)
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Chef's Note: There are many variations to making the sausages if you lack all the equipment in the recipe. See the bottom of the recipe for alternative instructions. There are also some alternative methods included throughout the recipe, so read carefully to find your best option.
After all the seitan and vegetables are prepped, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, and saute 30 seconds. Add the onions plus a pinch of salt and pepper, then saute until the onions are translucent and beginning to brown.
Add the "chicken", apples, Worcestershire, ground ginger and a splash of lemon juice to the pan. Cook until the apples are beginning to soften.
Add the rice cooked in no chicken broth, and stir well to combine. Cook until the rice has completely warmed through. Remove from heat.
Using a meat grinder or food processor (see photo below), grind the mixture to the texture of ground beef.
Using a sausage maker attachment for a kitchenaid or other sausage maker, take vegetarian sausage casings and fill each link, twisting off after each links is about 6-7 inches long. Your sausage maker should have specific instructions as to how to make the links, so directions may vary depending on what product you use.
If you lack any of the equipment listed above, shape the sausages by hand by rolling them out on a flat surface, then steam in a steamer basket over boiling water for 35 minutes prior to using as directed below.
For the Orzo...
- 1 bunch of Asparagus
- 1 lb Orzo Pasta
- 3 cups prepared Better Than Bouillon's No Chicken Broth (or Vegetable Broth)
- 3 cups Water
- 1 TBSP Kosher Salt, plus more for sprinkling on Asparagus
- 2 TBSP Olive Oil, plus more for roasting Asparagus
- 2 links of Vegan Chicken Apple Sausage (see recipe above) or prepared Vegan Sausage*
- 1 batch of White Tomato Sauce (recipe follows)
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 cup Baby Cherry Tomatoes
- 2 TBSP Chervil, finely chopped
- 1 TBSP fresh Flat Leaf Parsley, chopped
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 1/4 batch of Vegan Ricotta Salata (recipe follows) or Tofu Ricotta
*Chef's Note: Depending on the type of Vegan sausage casing you use, the cooking methods the casing will allow may vary. Check the casing instructions first to be sure they can endure high heat. If not OR if you're using pre-made sausages, slide the uncooked sausage out of the casing, slice and fry as the recipe indicates below.
Preheat your oven to 250 degrees F.
Bake the Chicken Apple sausages for 1/2 hour, then up the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for an additional 1/2 hour. until firm. Remove the sausages from the oven, leaving the oven on, and set aside to cool. Once cool, slice into bite-size pieces.
Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil, then lay the asparagus out evenly. Brush each spear lightly with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Roast in your oven for 10-15 minutes, until soft, shaking the roasting pan once or twice throughout the roasting process. Once the stalks begin to brown, remove from your oven and set aside to cool.
In a medium saucepan, bring the No Chicken Broth, water and kosher salt to a boil. Add the orzo, and cool until al dente (still a bit firm to the bite). While the pasta is cooking...
Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add and saute the sausage until cooked through and browning, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and asparagus, and cook for 2-3 minutes until all heated through.
Drain the orzo well. Place the drained orzo in a large bowl, then toss with cherry tomatoes, sausage mixture, White Tomato Sauce, chervil and parsley. Taste for salt and pepper. Crumble and top with Vegan Ricotta Salata and serve.
White Tomato Sauce...
- 3 large or 4 small White Heirloom Tomatoes (or Yellow)
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup White Onion, finely diced
- 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup White Wine
- 1 dried Bay Leaf
- 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- Salt and Pepper, to taste
Roughly chop the tomatoes, reserving their juices.
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, then add the garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and their juices, and stir/mash the tomatoes as you go along. If you have an immersion blender, use it now to puree almost all of the tomatoes. If you don't, just smash with a potato masher or good wooden spatula.
Once the tomatoes are warmed through and smashed, add the white wine, garlic, bay leaf, red pepper flakes and a touch of salt and pepper. Bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce heat to a fast simmer.
Allow the sauce to simmer until it has reduced by 1/2, about an hour.
Taste for salt and pepper. The sauce shouldn't be overly salty as White Tomatoes tend to have a sweeter taste.
For the Vegan Ricotta Salata...
- 2 gallons soy milk, at 90F
- 7 tablespoons cultured Coconut Milk Kefir
- 6 tablespoons Soy Yogurt 2
- 1/2 tsp liquid vegetable rennet dissolved in about 1 cup Cold water
- 1/2 cup White Vinegar
Bring and hold the soy milk at 90 degrees F over low heat. Mix the Kefir and yogurt separately with a little of the soy milk to remove lumps, then blend into the rest of the soy milk. Add the rennet solution and mix completely. Let sit until the curds set for about 20 to 30 minutes, maintaining the temperature at 90 degrees F.
Increase the heat to 180 degrees F, stirring constantly.
Once the temperature hits 180, slowly whisk in the white vinegar. The mixture should curdle heavily. Continue whisking while maintaining the 180 degree temperature for about 15 minutes. Then let the mixture sit for 10 minutes undisturbed.
Prepare a cheese-cloth lined colander in the sink. Have some pieces of string handy to tie up the cheese cloth and hang the cheese to dry.
Slowly pour the mixture over the cheese-cloth-lined colander, and allow the curds to cool for 20 minutes.
Tie up the four corners of the cheese cloth together, then hand it by a wooden spoon or stick so that it drains...about 5-7 hours.
You have a few options as to what you can do with the cheese at this point. You can unwrap the cheese from the cheesecloth and:
A) Salt or leave unsalted and use immediately in a recipe as plain Ricotta
B) Salt (or leave unsalted) and press the cheese into a mold using about 10lbs of pressure, then place the molded cheese in an airtight container in the refrigerator and allow it to age and become "Ricotta Salata"
Use as you would ricotta salata, ricotta or cotija in your favorite recipe.


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The Performance Car Show that will take place in Birmingham, UK, 14-17 January 2010, Autodelta will unveil the world's first tuned Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. Alfa Romeo's awesome Alfa 8C Competizione supercar has scooped the award for Best Design of the Year in Auto Express's 2008 New Car Honours.
The announcement came after more than 4000 Auto Express readers voted in the category, putting the Italian 4.7 V8 head and shoulders above its rivals. Auto Express's judging panel agreed with their verdict.
Editor of Auto Express, David Johns, said: "Choosing the best designed cars of the year is never easy, so we turned to the experts for help – Auto Express readers. Only one car was ever going to win – Alfa Romeo's Sport Cars 8C Competizione simply blew the opposition away."
Alfa Romeo Sport Cars Autodelta Alfa Romeo 8C CompetizioneMarketing Director of Alfa Romeo UK, Nicholas Bernard, added: "It's fabulous to know that this supercar has stirred the emotions and unified car fans across the UK. It is the epitome of the Alfa Romeo Sport Cars marque and will provide the design inspiration for future models."
The four.7-liter V8 engine inside the vehicle masterpiece is manifestly a slightly better overall performance the use of a brand new engine management software. The engine develops 444 hp at its plant inventory and Autodelta incarnation promises to 17 greater to provide. Technical refinements to the chassis of the car and the suspension become additionally promised, however no similarly details had been released through the organisation.
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Top Rank announced today that former Olympian and future boxing superstar Jose Ramirez inked a deal that will have him wearing Nike footwear and apparel.
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"Nike is a tier-one brand alignment for athletes and it speaks to Nike's evaluation of Jose's talents that he was signed to such a deal so early in his professional career," said Lucia McKelvey, Top Rank's executive vice president of new media and marketing. "Top Rank is proud to develop the world's next generation of boxing stars, while making resources available, such as apparel deals, to accelerate their careers and marketing value."
Ramírez (1-0, 1 KO), a highly-decorated Méxican-American amateur sensation, was considered one of the crown jewels of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. Hailing from Avenal, Calif., Ramírez, 20, who began boxing when he was 8, surpassed multi-division world champions Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Shane Mosley to become USA Boxing's all-time lightweight record holder.
The former No. 1-rated amateur lightweight in the U.S., Ramírez's amateur resume boasts 145 victories and 11 National titles. His trophy case glistens with gold including: U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion (2012), National Champion (2010-2011), Junior Olympic National Champion (2010-2011) and USA Boxing National Champion (2011).
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I vote for this one. The others all focus on the Library's architecture (in my opinion) – the bottom one is the only one with people in it. At least the only one with obvious people in it. (I just noticed the second one appears to be a view in on people sitting in one of the Reading Rooms, but that's hard to tell without close inspection.)↓


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The department of music at Hope College is celebrating the legacy of one of a colleagues with the Anthony Kooiker Memorial Concert on Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Kooiker was a member of the Hope music faculty for 37 years, retiring in 1987. He died on Oct. 18, 2007.
The program will feature a variety of HopeCollege faculty and students performing a range of pieces which reflect Kooiker's own diverse musical interests.
Faculty member Charles Aschbrenner, who is retiring at the end of this academic year, will perform Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune."
The Hope College Orchestra will perform the "Allegro molto moderato" section of the "Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16," by Edvard Grieg. Hope College freshman John Donkersloot of Zeeland will be the featured pianist.
Three faculty members--Linda Strouf, harpsichord, Linda Dykstra, soprano, and Gabe Southard, flute--will perform "Sweet Bird," by George Fredric Handel.
Aschbrenner will then perform Claude Debussy's "Petite Suite," a four-hand piece, with pianist Joan Conway, professor emerita of music.
Hope College faculty member Mihai Craioveanu, violin, will perform Johannes Brahms's "Sonatensatz (Scherzo) in C Minor, Op. post" with Aschbrenner. Craiovenau will also perform the solo piece "Souvenir d'Amerique, on 'Yankee Doodle,' Variations Burlesques Op. 17," by Henry Vieuxtemps.
Hope College organist Huw Lewis will perform Franz Liszt's "Fantasy and Fugue on the name BACH."
The concert will end with the Hope College Combined Choirs and the Symphonette performing the "Agnus Dei" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Requiem."
Kooiker was a professional pianist before coming to HopeCollege in 1950. During his time on the faculty he served as a professor of piano and harpsichord. He also directed the college's Women's Choir for 20 years, and was an active performer in West Michigan throughout his time at Hope, appearing regularly in solo and faculty chamber music concerts. In addition to his work at the college, he taught piano students of all ages from throughout the greater Holland area.
In 1951, with colleague Jantina Holleman, he helped reorganize the college's Christmas Vespers program, which had started in 1941, into the form in which it continues today as one of Hope's most beloved and popular traditional events. Interest in the event is so high that the college has scheduled four services each year for several years.
His service to the college's music program included helping to build the theory and piano departments, and developing the holdings of the music library, in addition to chairing the department of music from 1973 to 1977.
Among his many honors, in 1964 he received the Hope College Den Uyl Award for his contributions as a teacher. In 1968 he was named "Teacher of the Year" by the Michigan Federation of Music Clubs and he was also named "Teacher of the Year" by the Holland Piano Forum in 1982.
A reception in Snow Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, sponsored by Marie Blauwkamp, who studied with Kooiker, will follow the performance.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located 277 College Ave., at the corner of 12th Street and College Avenue. Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus on the former 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.


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Rumor: Orlando Magic interested in Carlos Boozer?
I've talked to people who believe that Chicago will shop Boozer, but you have to keep in mind that his stock is at an all-time low right now. He disappeared in the playoffs and there's a reason Chicago is talking about moving less than a year after signing him. It'll be tough to move him for anything of substance, especially considering how much he's owed over the next four years. With that said, if he does become available, the Orlando Magic will certainly express some level of interest.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Carlos Boozer wouldn't convince Dwight Howard to forgo free agency and sign a long-term extension with the Orlando Magic.
So the Magic should think carefully about trading for Boozer, and assuming the remaining 4-years and $65 million on his big-ticket contract.
Boozer would be the latest in expensive, overpaid players who couldn't help superstar Dwight Howard achieve his goal of an NBA championship.
There was Rashard Lewis and Vince Carter. This duo were then swapped mid-season for Gilbert Arenas and Hedo Turkoglu in separate trades. All four failed miserably.
A frustrated Howard is now angling for a trade. If he doesn't get it, the five-man will likely leave Orlando as a free agent in two seasons.
Howard would see Boozer for what he is -a talented but injury-prone player, who the Chicago Bulls dumped one season after signing him as a free agent.
It doesn't matter that Howard and Boozer are close, often hanging out together in the summer. Basketball is business. Friendship is personal.
Magic Executive Otis Smith should instead focus on Chris Paul. The New Orleans point guard, who can also become a free agent in July of 2012, is the type of talent that could convince Howard to stay.
Paul and Howard would form a terrific inside-outside duo. They'd attract other free agents, co-stars, and role players. They'd compete for years to come.
Almost every other player, including Boozer, won't be enough for Howard to recommit to Orlando.
–Oly Sandor.
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Sharing information quickly and efficiently is now part and parcel of our everyday lives, thanks to advances in information technology.
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This White Paper explains how information created in the estimate can flow through the entire contract management process through to final accounting.


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Fausto, a Queens native who has bounced about the borough before settling in College Point, is on a 12-week travel series around Queens. Her aim: to explore and promote the borough.
"I'm a Queens gal through and through," she said. "I've always been fond of this borough and I'm so proud of the diversity here."
Fausto decided to recommit her blog to local travel after being encouraged by a fellow travel blogger who wanted to create a community of bloggers who would be dedicated to celebrating the joys of their hometown for 12 weeks.
Fausto updates her blog each week with her adventures. In week one, her challenge was to feature her hometown from an aerial point of view. She chose The Panorama at the Queens Museum of Art.
The second week's challenge involved showcasing the sunrise. She chose to view it from Long Island City. To her, there's no better way to see the sunrise in New York than being on the waterfront and seeing the buildings reflect the sun's rays.
For week three, Fausto showcased a double sunrise in Queens and dubbed it, "Queenshenge."
Standing in Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City before dawn, she later wrote on her blog: "I was presented with a grand surprise—the sun rose over Queens precisely between the Long Island City condo towers, and it was reflected in the Manhattan skyscrapers and the East River thereby creating the illusion of a second sunrise!"
Fausto, who works for a nonprofit organization, hopes the challenge will take her to more parts of Queens and allow her to learn new things.
She also wants to reach New Yorkers who are afraid to cross the river and travelers who are interested in having a more in-depth, off-the-beaten-path experiencing a new dimension of New York City.
"Queens is still not a place that people would think of visiting and to me that's a shame," she said. "My heart and soul resides in this borough; I have always promoted the delights of Queens to friends and family."


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III. F. Student Media Policies
Objectives and Responsibilities of the Student Media Committee
The Student Media Committee has been established to create and maintain an environment in which the high quality student newspapers, radio stations, and other media forms, including electronic, most effectively benefit the entire University community. The Committee formulates general policies as needed for the Collegian, WEXP, etc., and advises the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students on related matters.
The Committee will meet for consultation with student editors, station managers, etc., at the request of these students, any Committee member or the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students.
The Committee may conduct post-publication/broadcast reviews, review financial and legal matters, question any policy of any student media, and make recommendations to their governing boards.
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The Committee will be composed of the following 16 members:
- Collegian Editor
- WEXP Station Manager
- Two at-large student members, neither of whom should be a member of any publication/stations whose editor/manager sit on this Committee (as appointed by SGA)
- Two non-senior, non-voting members, one from the Collegian staff and one from the WEXP staff
- Three faculty members to be appointed by the Faculty Senate
- One administrator to be appointed by the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students, to serve as Chair
- Collegian Advisor
- WEXP Advisor
- La Salle TV station manager
- La Salle TV student manager (as appointed by station manager)
- Explorer Advisor
- Explorer Editor-in-Chief
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As publisher/manager, La Salle University grants to the student editors and managers freedom to develop their own policies covering news, editorial, and advertising and protects them from arbitrary sanctions due to student, faculty, administrative and/or public disapproval of policies and content. While granting this freedom, the University limits editorial discretion in the area of advertisements under points 1 through 5 below. However, as publisher/manager of the Collegian and WEXP, the University strongly encourages editors and managers to accept any advertising announcing a speech or similar campus gathering devoted to the spread of ideas.
As publisher/manager, the University retains the right to exclude advertisements for:
- Drugs and alcoholic beverages, and related products and services;
- Tobacco products;
- Research/term paper services; and
- Counseling, services, and off-campus events pertaining to abortion, contraception and reproduction.
- Academic programs offered by other institutions that are in direct competition with programs offered by La Salle University.
Guidelines for Letters to the Editor, Guest Columns, and Opinion Pieces
The La Salle Collegian is a newspaper run by the students of La Salle University in Philadelphia, serving the entire University community. Letters, guest columns, and opinion pieces will be considered for publication provided they meet with the editor's standards and can be allotted space. All letters must be signed, must include the address and telephone number of the sender, and must be under 300 words. The Collegian reserves the right to condense and edit as needed. Editorials reflect a consensus of the Editorial Board and are not necessarily the views of the University. Signed columns and cartoons are the opinion of the writers or artists.
Guidelines for Censure, Suspension, or Removal of the Collegian Editor-in-Chief or WEXP General Manager
The Student Media Committee encourages free inquiry and free expression for student editors, and views the invoking of censure, suspension, or removal of a student Editor-in-Chief or General Manager as extraordinary. If such punitive action must be taken, the committee feels equally bound to guarantee procedural fairness to any student editors or radio managers, and therefore establishes the following guidelines for appropriate process:
Any formal action by the committee will be preceded by open exchange by all members. If some action is not decided through this exchange, or if the Editor-in-Chief or General Manager refuses to appear to discuss his/her rationale for conduct, the committee can officially censure him or her.
Suspension or removal of the Editor-in-Chief or General Manager may be imposed only after the student has been informed in writing of the charges against him or her, and after he/she has been provided a fair opportunity to refute the charges. The Editor-in-Chief or General Manager would be entitled to an advisor, could call witnesses, conduct cross-examination, and so forth. The committee's decision may be appealed directly to the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students.
There must be at least six votes in favor of censure, suspension or removal. The Editor-in-Chief or General Manager under consideration would not vote.
Preamble to Appendices A and B
The Student Media Committee expects that the student media will respect the University Mission Statement as well as the statements in Appendices A and B, with their guidelines applied to both print and broadcast media.Back to Top
Appendix A: "From the Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students"
(by American Association of University Professors, National Student Association, Association of American Colleges, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and National Association of Women Deans and Counselors)
Student publications and the student press are a valuable aid in establishing and maintaining an atmosphere of free and responsible discussion and of intellectual exploration of the campus. They are a means of bringing student concerns to the attention of the faculty and the institutional authorities and of formulating student opinion on various issues on the campus and in the world at large.
Whenever possible the student newspaper should be an independent corporation financially and legally separate from the university. Where financial and legal autonomy is not possible, the institution as publisher of student publications, may have to bear the legal responsibility for the contents of the publications. In the delegation of editorial responsibility to students the institution must provide sufficient editorial freedom and financial autonomy for the student publications to maintain their integrity of purpose as vehicles for free inquiry and free expression in the academic community.
Institutional authorities, in consultation with students and faculty, have a responsibility to provide written clarification of the role of the student publications, the standards to be used in their evaluation, and the limitations on external control of their operation. At the same time, the editorial freedom of student editors and managers entails corollary responsibilities to be governed by the canons of responsible journalism, such as the avoidance of libel, indecency, undocumented allegations, attacks on personal integrity, harassment, and innuendo. As safeguards for the editorial freedom of student publications the following provisions are necessary.
- The student press should be free of censorship and advance approval of copy, and its editors and managers should be free to develop their own editorial policies and news coverage.
- Editors and managers of student publications should be protected from arbitrary suspension and removal because of student, faculty, administrative, or public disapproval of editorial policy or content.
- All University published and financed student publications should explicitly state on the editorial page that the opinions there expressed are not necessarily those of the college, university or student body.
Appendix B: Code of Ethics or Canons of Journalism American Society of Newspaper Editors
The primary function of newspapers is to communicate to the human race what its members do, feel, and think. Journalism, therefore, demands of its practitioners the widest range of intelligence, or knowledge, and of experience, as well as natural and trained powers of observation and reasoning. To its opportunities as a chronicle are indissolubly linked its obligations as teacher and interpreter.
To the end of finding some means of codifying sound practice and just aspirations of American Journalism, these canons are set forth:
The right of a newspaper to attract and hold readers is restricted by nothing but consideration to public welfare. The use a newspaper makes of the share of public attention it gains serves to determine its sense of responsibility, which it shares with every member of its staff. A journalist who uses his power for say selfish or otherwise unworthy purpose is faithless to a high trust.
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the press is to be guarded as a vital right of mankind. It is the unquestionable right to discuss whatever is not explicitly forbidden by law, including the wisdom of any restrictive statute.
Freedom from all obligations except that of fidelity to the public interest is vital.
- Promotion of any private interest contrary to the general welfare, for whatever reason, is not compatible with honest journalism. So-called news communications from private sources should not be published without public notice of their source or else substantiation of their claims to value as news, both in form and substance.
- Partisanship, in editorial comment which knowingly departs from the truth, does violence to the best spirit of American journalism; in the news columns it is subversive of a fundamental tenet of the profession.
Sincerity, Truthfulness, Accuracy
Good faith with the reader is the foundation of all journalism worthy of the name.
- By every consideration of good faith a newspaper is constrained to be truthful. It is not to be excused for lack of thoroughness or accuracy within the control or failure to obtain command of these essential qualities.
- Headlines should be fully warranted by the contents of the articles which they surmount.
Fair Play
A newspaper should not publish unofficial charges attacking reputation or moral character without opportunity given to the accused to be heard; right practice demands the giving of such opportunity in all cases of serious accusation outside judicial proceedings.
- A newspaper should not invade private rights or feelings without sure warrant of public right as distinguished from public curiosity.
- It is the privilege, as it is the duty, of a newspaper to make and complete corrections of its own serious mistakes of facts or opinion, whatever their origin.
A newspaper cannot escape conviction of insincerity if while professing high moral purpose it supplies incentives to base conduct, such as are to be found in details of crime and vice, publication of which is not demonstrably for the general good. Lacking authority to endorse its canons the journalism here represented can but express the hope that deliberate pandering to vicious instincts will encounter effective public disapproval or yield to the influence of a preponderant professional condemnation.
Copyright 2017 La Salle University. All rights reserved. Produced by the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Effective Date: August 21, 2017


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I am writing a class (as a plugin) where the output is an object of 2 strings and one integer. When running the plugin it is expected to show the following: "Hello 2 Worlds"
However, I just got Hello and the rest are simply skipped!!
Here is my code
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This article outlines the underlying axioms of spherical geometry giving a simple proof that the sum of the angles of a triangle on the surface of a unit sphere is equal to pi plus the area of the. . . .
This article (the first of two) contains ideas for investigations. Space-time, the curvature of space and topology are introduced with some fascinating problems to explore.


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K-9 training court case: The sniff was up to snuff
The Supreme Court decision in Florida v. Harris reaffirms the value of detector dog teams as drug interdiction tools and gently reminds courts across the nation of the time-honored principles of probable cause to search
This week, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Florida Supreme Court in a unanimous — and pointed — opinion correcting the Florida court's application of the probable cause standard. In essence, the court said that "police do not have to extensively document a drug-sniffing dog's reliability in the field to uphold its work in court," according to the Associated Press article here on Police1.
In Florida v. Harris, the Supreme Court rejected a "rigid checklist" of specific criteria that a prosecutor must show to offer evidence from a search following a detector dog sniff.
The Supreme Court particularly criticized the Florida rule focusing on a detailed performance history for the individual detector dog.
The Case Itself
Clayton Harris was driving a truck with expired license plates in Blountsville, Florida, when he was stopped by a Liberty County deputy sheriff. Harris was breathing rapidly, shaking and was exceedingly nervous as the deputy spoke to him. Harris had an open beer can in the cab of the truck.
The deputy believed that Harris might be under the influence of drugs, so he asked Harris to consent to a search of the pickup truck.
Harris refused.
The deputy deployed his detector dog, Aldo, to sniff the exterior of the truck. Aldo gave a positive response at the driver's side door handle. The deputy searched Harris's truck and found precursor chemicals — 200 pseudoephedrine tablets, 8,000 matches, muriatic acid, and iodine crystals — for cooking methamphetamine.
Harris admitted that he was a meth cook and that he had recently cooked a batch at his Blountsville home, and was charged with unlawful possession of pseudoephedrine.
While Harris was out on bail, the same deputy/detector dog team stopped Harris for another traffic violation. Aldo again gave a positive final response and the deputy searched the truck. No evidence was found in that search.
Harris challenged the reliability of the detector dog.
The Florida Supreme Court agreed with Harris that the prosecution had not gone far enough to show that Aldo was reliable.
The court noted:
"We conclude that when a dog alerts, the fact that the dog has been trained and certified is simply not enough to establish probable cause to search the interior of the vehicle and the person."
Many state and federal courts across the nation have ruled that proper training and certification are sufficient predicates for supporting probable cause to search following a dog sniff with a positive response.
Principles of Probable Cause
The United States Supreme Court unanimously held that the Florida Supreme Court "flouted" well-established principles of probable cause. The Supreme Court chided the Florida justices for applying the "antithesis" of decades of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
The Court noted that the Florida court "made matters worse" when it created an "inflexible checklist" for the prosecution to satisfy in order to establish that a detector dog's positive final response provided probable cause to search a vehicle.
The Court held that "if a bona fide organization has certified a dog after testing his reliability in a controlled setting" or "if the dog has recently and successfully completed a training program," a trial court should presume that the dog's positive final response provides probable cause to search.
Justice Kagan wrote:
"The question — similar to every inquiry into probable cause — is whether all the facts surrounding a dog's alert, viewed through the lens of common sense, would make a reasonably prudent person think that a search would reveal contraband or evidence of a crime. A sniff is up to snuff when it meets that test."
The result in Harris was not unexpected. One can argue that the Supreme Court merely applied clearly-established law that probable cause is a "common-sensical standard."
Though the case may be viewed as a victory for detector dog teams — and it certainly is such — there is much to be learned from a careful reading of the Harris opinion. The defendant still may vigorously cross-examine the dog handler and may call witnesses, including expert witnesses, to challenge the dog's reliability.
Detector dog certification and training remain critical in establishing the dog's reliability. Handlers must consider whether their detector dog team certification is from a "bona fide" certifying organization and whether the certification is consistent with generally-accepted standards.
Single-blind testing — where the handler and dog are tested without knowing whether target substances and odors are present or not — may well become a threshold question in assessing the validity of the certification trial.
Regular maintenance training, documented in adequate records, is also vital to a presumption of probable cause. Though Aldo and his handler had not completed a recent certification trial, there was abundant evidence of regular weekly training.
In the Harris case, the Supreme Court pointed to a recent training program that evaluated Aldo's proficiency in locating the odors of controlled substances as substituting for formal certification following a trial.
The Court noted that the dog's history in the field "may sometimes be relevant." One occasional challenge to field reliability is expressed as handler cuing or whether a dog is "prompt dependent."
Single-blind testing in a rigorous certification trial, conducted at prescribed intervals, by a reputable certification organization will go far to defeating such claims.
Looking Ahead...
The Supreme Court decision in Florida v. Harris reaffirms the value of detector dog teams as drug interdiction tools and gently reminds courts across the nation of the time-honored principles of probable cause to search.
At the same time, detector dog handlers, trainers, and the entire police service dog world should accept the case as an invitation for continuous improvement in training, record-keeping, and certification (Florida v. Harris, 2013 WL 598440 (U.S. 2013)).
The Supreme Court also heard arguments last fall in another Florida detector dog case, Florida v. Jardines. The Court is considering the question of whether the approach of a detector dog at the exterior of a home constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.
Court watchers are waiting to see how the Court applies precedent from Kyllo v. United States (holding that use of thermal imaging on the exterior of a home constitutes a search), as well as applying what Justice Alito called a "500-year history" of permitting officers to walk up to the front door and knock — with a dog at the officer's side. A decision in that case is expected soon.


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Archive for the 'Rishikesh' Category
Sacred Waters: A Pilgrimage up the Ganges Reiver to the Source of Hindu Culture by Stephen Alter
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A must for a travelogue fan. This is a different type of travelogue. It covers that Char Dham yatra that the Indians take up to wash their sins off. Stephen Alter has no such illusions. While most Indians today prefer to take a jeep or a bus or in some cases a helicopter to cover this yatra, Stephen Alter prefers to take the age old way of walking through the four dhams of Rishikesh/Kedarnath, Yamnotri, Gangotri and Badrinath. As an epilogue he also covers his walk to the Valley of flowers which strictly does not fall under the Char Dham Yatra it is natural for people to make it to the Valley of Flowers which is more sacred for the Sikhs because of the presence of the Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara.
Through the journey the author travels all alone with no modern appendages, baring a petrol stove for cooking food and tent for staying the nights where no Dharmshalas are present.
It is an awe inspiring travel which make one wish to walk the same trail as walked by the author. Although it may be too late in the day for one to take up this journey. It is more than a decade since the author undertook the journey and in many places the walking trail had all but disappeared as the motor roads had been built by then.
The author touches upon the controversial Tehri dam and also speaks about the Chipko movement lead by Sundarlal Bahuguna.
The author feels sad on seeing the destruction wrought upon by the modernization of these areas and it is a moot question as to if these modernization has been a boon or a bane to the citizens of these areas. The logic says that with increasing tourism, albeit religious in nature, one should expect the locals to prosper, but the dark side of this is that the villages/towns which were once self sufficient, clean, hygienic the denizens, very likely happy and carefree has now become overcrowded, unhygienic and polluted. The pristine environment has been destroyed to make hotels and other amenities for the tourists. The pure mineral hot springs have been reduced to nothing better than polluted ponds.
Read the book even if you have made the journey to get a different perspective of the development of the area.


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A Congress already setting records for futility, a nation trying to absorb rapid transformation and a political system designed to slow the pace of change have led Washington D.C. into a gridlock.
The much-criticized 112th Congress - from 2011 to 2012 - was the least productive and least popular Congress on record, according to the available statistics.
Following the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act, NBC's Chuck Todd says he's a pessimist on Congress' ability to update the map that determines which states must get federal permission before they change their voting laws.
Now six months in – highlighted by a string of legislative stalemates – the 113th Congress (2013-2014) is on track to match or even surpass those dubious distinctions.
After the last Congress saw its approval ratings drop to their lowest levels, a June Gallup survey found that just 10 percent of Americans have confidence in the institution. That's the lowest percentage Gallup ever measured for Congress on this question – or, for that matter, any other American institution, including the presidency, big business, the medical profession and public schools.
When it comes to productivity, only 15 legislative items have become law under the current Congress. That's fewer than the 23 items that became law at this same point in the 112th Congress, which passed a historically low number of bills that were signed into law.
To many observers, these are signs of broken government, gerrymandered congressional districts and out-of-control partisanship on Capitol Hill.
But they're also a reflection of divided government, especially during a time of profound and rapid social change.
"The country is pretty divided in a lot of different ways, and [Congress] not doing things reflects those divisions," said John Samples, a political scholar at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute.
Consider these developments over the past four-plus years:
- The nation has its first African-American president who won re-election a year ago;
- The country is on track to be a majority-minority nation 30 years from now;
- Congress overhauled the country's health-care system in 2010;
- And the U.S. Supreme Court just ruled that married same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits at a time when a majority of Americans now support gay marriage, according to national polls.
Regardless of the reason, the legislative stalemates have become the norm at a time when Democrats control the White House and Senate, while Republicans are in charge of the House of Representatives.
7.4 million college students will see their federal loan rates double on the 1st of July. CNBC's Sharon Epperson is interviewed by TODAY's Erica Hill.
Earlier this year, congressional Republicans, congressional Democrats and the Obama White House were unable to reach a solution to stop the automatic defense and other spending cuts known as sequestration.
More recently, House Republican leaders couldn't pass a farm bill because a sizable number of GOP members and almost all Democrats voted against it.
And before it left Washington for the July 4 holiday, the Democratic-led Senate failed to pass legislation to avoid interest rates on student loans doubling from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
Even the biggest legislative triumph so far of the 113th Congress – the Senate passing immigration reform by a 68-32 vote – appears to have hit a brick wall in the House of Representatives.
"We're going to do our own bill through regular order, and it'll be legislation that reflects the will of our majority and the will of the American people," House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday. "And for any legislation, including a conference report, to pass the House is going to have to be a bill that has the support of a majority of our members."
The legislative stalemates also have cast doubt that Congress could truly revisit the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court struck part of it down.
Despite the gridlock and unpopularity, observers still believe that the previous Congress – which battled over raising the debt limit and the threat of government shutdown – was more dysfunctional than the current one.
"It can't get worse than the 112th," said a top Democratic Senate aide. "Passing something like immigration, even only through the Senate, was a pipe dream in the 112th."
"So I think we could be on track to be similarly unproductive, but I don't think it can get worse than the last one," the aide added.
But to Republicans, productivity is in the eye of the beholder – especially when their party controls only one chamber of Congress.
Boehner spokesman Michael Steel touts several achievements over the past two Congresses (spending cuts, trade agreements, a transportation bill), but he says a large focus has been to stop President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats from passing parts of their agenda.
"Welcome to divided government," he said. "A big part of our job has been to stop bad things from happening."
This story was originally published on Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:25 AM EDT


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Reuters photographer Stefan Wermuth set out this month to talk to a cross-section of Londoners to gauge their feelings about the Olympic Games coming to their city this summer.
Wandering the streets of Balham, Westminster, The City, Brixton, Wandsworth, Shoreditch, Battersea, Lambeth and Chelsea with his camera and a basic voice recorder, he met all kinds of different people and encountered a diverse range of opinions.
Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Charley Osborne, a 75 year-old ex-serviceman who has lived in London for fifteen years, stands outside a pub in central London. When asked what he felt about London hosting the Olympics, Osborne said "It's good for London and good for Londoners. I'm not worried about security. We have the best security in the world."
Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Deborah Blackstock, a 34 year-old mother who has lived all her life in London, poses for a picture in Shoreditch. Asked about the city hosting the Games, Blackstock said "It's a brilliant idea but I'm worried about the traffic."
Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
"It's very nice. Business will be up," said Sadiq Mohammad, a 69 year-old stallholder in Brixton who has lived in the city for eight years.
Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
Karina Zamarska, a 23 year-old actress who has lived in London for five years, was more skeptical. "For London it's obviously not good because so many people will be here" she said. "The tourists will be asking me questions all the time."
Related content:
- See more of Stefan Wermuth's pictures on the Reuters Photographers Blog
- Brits revel in gloom ahead of Olympics, but don't believe the gripe
- Video: Countdown to the Olympic Games
- Slideshow: When the Olympics is your neighbor
- Full Olympic coverage on NBCOlympics.com


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== Links ==
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[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat Redbrick's chat page, where you can choose how to start chatting.]
[http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat Redbrick's chat page, where you can choose how to start chatting.]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC at wikipedia]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat IRC at wikipedia]
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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) allows real time chat over the internet. People can communicate in groups in rooms known as channels or one to one through private messages.
Redbrick's IRC server is hosted on Deathray and although prone to the odd crash now and again, it's fairly active most of the time.
Below is a brief introduction to the use and etiquette of IRC.
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat and in this tutorial we hope to familiarise you with the general commands, etiquette of chat and the role played by channel operators.
To connect to the IRC server on RedBrick just visit www.redbrick.dcu.ie/chat and select your preferred method.
If you want to leave chat just type:
/quit <text>
which disconnects you from the IRC server and returns you to your shell. The text parameter is optional, when it's used it gives a reason to the others for your leaving, for example:
/quit I must flee!
Of course, if you're using the WebChat client, it's probably quicker just to close the window when quitting.
An IRC server will have lots of different channels. When you first connect to the server you will find yourself in Redbrick's biggest channel, #lobby. You can go in and out of most rooms to see who's there or join a conversation. If you want to check what other rooms there are, you can type '/list'. If you're using WebChat, then just click the Channels button up top to take a look.
This will give you a list of the rooms with two or more people in them, and the topic associated with them.
Anyone can create channels, to do this you simply have to join a room that doesn't already exist. In order to join a room, you just type:
/join #<name of channel>
So for example if you wanted to join the #gamessoc channel, you would type:
/join #gamessoc
and there you can chat about games and make fun of Simon to your heart's content.
If you want to get back to #lobby or any other channel, hold alt and press the number associated with that channel, which should be 1. You can also move through channels one by one by holding alt and pressing the left or right arrow key. In WebChat, simply click the name of the channel at the bottom.
You can get a list of the users in the current channel by typing:
while there. This will give you a list of everyone in the room at the time. In WebChat, all the names just appear on your right.
To check the name and details of a specific user, type:
/whois undone
/wi undone
to bring up some information on that user. If you'd like to leave a particular channel, type:
followed by any message you want to leave with.
To chat, all you have to do is type what you want to say and hit return.
For example, when you type:
[#lobby] I think that undone guy is really cool!
and then hit return, you'll get something like this:
< gizmo> I think that undone guy is really cool!
If you want to do perform an action simply type '/me' and then the action:
[#lobby] /me thinks that undone guy is really cool.
will produce:
* gizmo thinks that undone guy is really cool.
An endless variety of emoticons can also be used to express feelings.
Private messaging
If gizmo wants to tell undone he thinks he's a really cool guy, but doesn't want everyone online to see it, he can do this:
/msg undone I think you're a really cool guy.
This will send the private message "I think you're a really cool guy" to the user undone. This starts a new channel between just two people where the conversation can continue, or not.
Chat etiquette and channel operators
Chat has a certain amount of unwritten rules about being polite and courteous to others. Obviously we don't aim to censor users, but there are certain things that are to be avoided. Avoid excessive use of the Caps Lock button as it appears as though you're shouting and can get annoying. Avoid using colour, as although it probably annoys atlas, which we all know is fun, it can get quite irritating to other users too.
Of course some people will break the rules and as such there are channel operators around to step in when they're needed.
Channel operators are denoted by having an '@' symbol before their name like so:
<@undone> i have ops! \o/
All members of committee and some of the admins have ops on #lobby. If you create a new channel, then you will automatically gain ops there and have control over things. A channel operator can kick or ban a user from a room and also set the modes and topic. When kicking or banning a user, the channel operator must always ensure that as witty a remark as possible is added afterwards:
06:07 -!- korvuss was kicked from #gamessoc by undone [witty remark!]
Each room in IRC has its own set of modes that determine what users can do in the channel. Some of the following commands set some of the more commonly used modes to a room:
/mode +i
This makes the room invite only. In order to invite someone to the room, type:
/invite undone
to invite undone into your channel.
/mode +o undone
will give undone ops in your channel.
/mode +t
will set the channel so only ops or half ops can change the room's topic.
/mode +k pass
sets the password "pass" on your room.
IRC has other useful commands such as /exec, which lets you execute a shell command as though at the prompt. For example:
/exec ls
Be wary of users who tell you to run a /exec command, as it may not always be in your best interest to do so.
Obviously there's a lot more to learn about IRC so if you have any questions, email helpdesk, or you know... google it.
Redbrick's chat page, where you can choose how to start chatting.


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Summary Report for:
27-2041.00 - Music Directors and Composers
Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs. Includes arrangers, composers, choral directors, and orchestrators.
This title represents a group of more specific occupations. For additional information, please select one of the specific occupations below.
Credentials | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2019)
|$24.84 hourly, $51,670 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|64,700 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Little or no change (-1% to 1%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.


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The following Performer Agreement and all terms and conditions shall apply to the legal relationship between SNV and the Performer.
This Performer Agreement describes the general terms & conditions that apply when a Performer uses the services provided by SNV, namely:
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2.6 Payment Instruction: the authorisation the User gives SNV to deduct the payment from the virtual credit balance in the User's E-Wallet for the Entertainment Webcam Services purchased from the Performer; these credits are automatically and instantly credited to the Performer Payment Account.
2.9 Payment Transaction: the transaction in which SNV transfers the credits held in the Performer's Payment Account into the bank account of the Performer.
2.10 Policy Rules: documents prepared by SNV and published on the SNV Platform containing mandatory or non-mandatory rules which apply to the relationship between SNV and the Studio Performer as a result of the Performer Agreement including but not limited to Privacy/ GDPR rules, Code of Conduct, KYC rules and AML rules.
2.11 Reservation Requirement: the amount that SNV reserves temporarily in accordance with the Performer Agreement to cover possible payment cancellations by Users.
2.12 SNV refers to , registered with the Chamber of Commerce under number 122760, with its offices at E-Commerce Park Vredenberg, unit 23, Willemstad, Curaçao and to the companies and Partners affiliated with
2.13 SNV Payment Service: crediting the Performer Payment Account, upon the deduction of a virtual credit balance held by the User (E-Wallet), for payment of Entertainment Webcam Services the Performer has sold to the User.
2.14 SNV Platform: the technical platform exploited by SNV that enables the Performer to provide and sell Entertainment Webcam Services anonymously and enables the User to purchase Entertainment Webcam Services anonymously.
2.15 Performer: the party who offers and sells his Webcam Entertainment Services to the Users via the SNV Platform and either operates as an independent professional or as a micro company in his country of residence.
2.16 Performer Agreement: these general terms and conditions as agreed between the Performer and SNV also referred to as "you" or "Model".
2.17 Perform er Account: the Performer's personal registration on the SNV technical platform containing the personal information of the Performer (Performer's Profile and the Performer's Name).
2.18 Performer Fees: the fees SNV charges to the Performer for providing the General Platform Service and the SNV Payment Service.
2.19 Performer's Name: the name under which the Performer is registered. Also the name that, in combination with the personal password, gives access to the Performer's Account.
2.20 Performer Payment Account: the Performer's current account with SNV, to which SNV credits payments made by Users for the purchase of the Webcam Entertainment Services provided and sold by the Performer and to which SNV debits amounts owed to SNV by the Performer.
2.21 Performer's Profile: the full personal and physical description of the Performer.
2.22 Third Party: any party except the Performer and SNV.
2.23 Transaction Fees: the costs associated with the Payment Transaction.
2.24 User: a person who purchases entertainment services from the Performer via a Website connected to the technical platform of SNV and who may or may not use the SNV Payment Service (E-Wallet).
2.25 User Account: the User's personal registration on the SNV technical platform.
2.26 Website: a website linked to the technical platform of SNV.
2.27 Micro Company: an enterprise which meets two of the following three criteria and do not fail to do so for at least 10 years (1) fewer than 10 employees, (2) balance sheet total below 2 million euro and turnover below 2 million euro. (definition European Union).
3.1 The Performer must be a person who is legally competent and authorised to sign binding agreements and must be at least 18. If the legislation in the country of the Performer differs from this rule the Performer Manager/Owner must be at least 21. For this purpose the Performer will supply a copy of a valid ID of the Performer together with his photograph.
3.2 A person whose (Studio) Performer Account has been temporarily or permanently suspended, cannot register a Performer.
3.4 The Performer is obliged to make a Performer Account by completing and sending the applicable on-line registration form and upload all forms as requested during the registration process.
3.5 The moment SNV has received and approved the documents, SNV shall send the Performer an e-mail to confirm the registration, a link and a password to access the Performer Account.
3.6 After approval the Performer will have access to the countersigned Performer Agreement on his Performer Account and will be able to offer and sell Webcam Entertainment Services (Effective Date).
3.7 The Performer shall be under the obligation to supply current, correct, complete and truthful data in respect of himself. The Performer shall furthermore be under the obligation to immediately inform SNV of any changes in said data (such as Address, Banking Information, etc.).
3.8 There is no charge for registering as a Performer.
3.9 In the event of non-compliance with this article SNV shall be entitled to dissolve the Performer Agreement with immediate effect or to suspend the Performer Agreement for an (in)definite period of time.
4.1 The Performer is responsible for all actions (including but not limited to safeguarding the secrecy) involving the Performer's Name and his password.
4.2 The Performer must observe all the appropriate security measures to protect his password. The Performer is not allowed to reveal such password to Third Parties.
4.3 Neither is the Performer allowed to permit Third Parties to use the Performer's Name and his password either directly or indirectly.
4.4 The password and Performer's Name given to the Performer is for that person ONLY.
4.5 The Performer indemnifies and holds SNV harmless from any loss of his password and/or Performer's Name, including but not limited to; actual, total, capital or consequential loss, for reason of the Performer not safeguarding the secrecy of the password to their account. In this case, the Performer shall be liable for the costs incurred and the damage sustained by SNV. SNV shall never be liable to the Performer for any damage resulting from loss, theft, publication or misuse of the password of the Performer.
4.6 In the event there is any suspicion that the password and/or the Performer's Name of the Performer are misused, the Performer shall immediately notify SNV thereof.
5.1 SNV acts exclusively as a technical platform that enables the Performer to provide and sell Entertainment Webcam Services anonymously and enables the User to purchase Entertainment Webcam Services anonymously.
5.2 SNV does not check, monitor or validate the Entertainment Webcam Services provided and sold by the Performer and SNV is in no way involved in the Entertainment Webcam Services provided and sold by the Performer.
5.3 SNV has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the Entertainment Webcam Services offered and sold by the Performer, the Performer's competence to offer and sell the Entertainment Webcam Services and the User's competence to purchase the Entertainment Webcam Services.
5.4 SNV does not guarantee the Performer that the User will pay for the Entertainment Webcam Services purchased by the User from the Performer.
5.5 The provision and sale of the Entertainment Webcam Services by the Performer to the Users and the purchase of the Entertainment Webcam Services by the Users only constitute an agreement between the Performer and the Users. SNV is not a party to this sale.
5.6 The Performer agrees and acknowledges that SNV is not a party to and is not responsible for any dispute between the User and the Performer.
6.1 SNV on the one hand and the Performer on the other are independent professional parties; each party acts only in its own name and on its own behalf.
6.2 It is not the purpose of this Performer Agreement to establish an agency, mandate ship, partnership, joint venture or any other form of collaboration, an employer-employee relationship or a franchisor-franchisee relationship. The Performer Agreement consequently does not create any of the above.
7.1 The Performer is offering and selling the Entertainment Webcam Services to its customers which also means that the Performer has to comply with the applicable VAT rules in this respect as following from the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECLI:EU:C:2019:388).
7.2 SNV does not determine the price of the offered Entertainment Webcam Services.
8.1 SNV will provide the Performer:
I. General Platform Services
II. SNV Payment Service (Billing)
8.2 The amount of the Payment Transaction is based on 50% (or another percentage agreed otherwise) of the turnover of the Performer. The remaining amounts are retained by SNV to cover the payment of the invoices of SNV due by the Performer for the General Platform Services and the SNV Payment Services. In case part of the General Platform Services are provided by an Affiliate under a contract in this respect with AC Webconnecting NV, the part of the Performer Fees related to those services, will be retained for the account of AC Webconnecting NV.
8.3 The Performer can download at any time from his Performer Account the invoices which have been paid by retaining amounts from the Performer Fees as set out above.
8.4 Transaction Fees may apply depending on the chosen payment method as laid down in the Performer Account.
8.5 SNV is entitled to change General Platform Fees. Changes take effect 14 days after the change has been announced on the SNV Website, unless stipulated otherwise. If, in the 14 days after this change, the Performer notifies SNV that he/she does not accept the changes in question the Performer Agreement and the right to use the SNV paid services will terminate immediately upon receipt of this notification.
9.1 The Performer is obliged to provide complete, up-to-date and correct registration information and information about the Performer Account and to update this information on a regular basis to keep it current and correct.
9.2 If a Financing Transaction is reversed for whatever reason (charge back from a User) SNV is entitled to recover such charge back from the Performer by debiting the previously credited amount back from the Performer's Payment Account.
9.3 SNV will carry out the Payment Transaction if the amount of the Payment Transaction entirely covers the costs SNV will incur in respect of the chosen payment method.
9.4 SNV has a Reservation Requirement of 5 percent of Performer's turnover. The Reservation Requirement is a temporary reserve (180 days) to cover potential payment cancellations (charge backs) by the User.
9.5 SNV can suspend a Payment Transaction if SNV, at its own discretion, suspects that the Transaction: is based on a factual error; is fraudulent or is made using a fraudulent or invalid method of payment.
9.6 SNV will notify the Performer about the suspension of any Payment Transaction.
9.7 SNV is entitled to deduct all payment obligations that SNV may accrue under this Performer Agreement from the Performer's Payment Account, in addition to all other rights and legal means available to SNV pursuant to this Performer Agreement.
9.8 SNV is not liable to the Performer or third parties for any loss suffered by the Performer as a result of imposed transaction limits, Reservation Requirements, payment cancellations or other refund demands.
9.9 The Performer agrees that:
a. the Performer's Payment Account may not be a deposit account;
b. SNV is not required to pay the Performer interest on any balance in the Performer's Payment Account.
9.10 Any dispute with respect to the SNV Payment Service must, in the first instance, be reported to the SNV online support team.
9.11 The Performer is not obliged to use the SNV Payment Service in providing and selling the Entertainment Webcam Services.
9.12 SNV is entitled to change its Billing Fees. Changes take effect 14 days after the change has been announced on the SNV Website, unless stipulated otherwise. If, in the 14 days after this change, the Performer notifies SNV that he/she does not accept the changes in question the Performer Agreement and the right to use the SNV paid services will terminate immediately upon receipt of this notification.
10.1 Each party declares and guarantees that he/she is legally competent and authorised to sign this Performer Agreement.
10.2 The Performer guarantees SNV that:
a. the Performer will comply with:
• all the laws, regulations and bylaws that apply to the provision and sale of /his/her Entertainment Webcam Services;
• all the laws, regulations and bylaws related to the Performer's use of the General Platform Services and/or SNV Payment Service
• (the rules resulting from) the Performer Agreement.;
• the national legislation of the country in which the Performer is located.
b. the Performer will not attempt to initiate or receive a Payment Transaction that is illegal or fraudulent or that conflicts with the applicable legislation and regulations;
c. the Performer will pay all taxes, levies and commissions it is due in connection with the use of the SNV services and/or the SNV Platform and/or the Website as well as in connection with the Webcam Entertainment Services sold by the Performer to the Users.
10.3 The Performer indemnifies and/or shall be liable for any damage sustained by SNV as a result of non-compliance with the stipulations of section 10.2 of the present article. The Performer cannot exculpate itself towards SNV by stating that the damage arose as a result of a violation by the Performer. The Performer shall be liable for its or its Performer's actions at all times.
10.4 SNV guarantees the Performer that she will provide the General Platform Services and the SNV Payment Service with reasonable care and professionalism.
10.5 SNV does not guarantee that the General Platform Services and the SNV Payment Service will meet all of the Performer's requirements and will function uninterruptedly, be virus-free, safe or error-free.
11.1 Declarations, notifications and other announcements from SNV to the Performer can be made by post, e-mail, via publications on the SNV Platform or by any other reasonable method.
12.1 The Performer – and not SNV -is responsible and liable for the information placed in the Performer Account as well as for the Performer's Profile and the Performer's name.
12.2 The information as mentioned in article 12.1 and any actions on the part of the Performer and/or the Performer cannot:
a. be incorrect, inaccurate or misleading;
b. be insulting, threatening, damaging or defamatory;
c. infringe copyrights, privacy or other rights;
d. break the law or violate any other regulations;
e. breach public order and/or public morals;
f. be obscene or inappropriate or contain child pornography;
g. create liability for SNV or cause the (full or partial) loss of its services;
h. cause the SNV technical platform to suffer interruptions or damage, function less efficiently or be influenced in such a way that its effectiveness or functionality is in any way diminished.
12.3 The Performer gives SNV a non-exclusive, worldwide, uninterrupted, irrevocable, royalty-free and transferable (via several third parties) license to exercise the copyrights, trademarks, publicity and database rights with respect to the Information (always including pictures, videos and online images) the Performer has placed on known and as of yet unknown media, to the extent that this is necessary to provide its General Platform Service to the Performer.
12.5 Any claim that a Performer may have, by a right in law or statute, by the Performer's failure of execution under this Performer Agreement, shall be safeguarded against SNV and the Performer shall indemnify SNV against all costs of such claims.
12.6 The Performer is not allowed to provide any personal information (including name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, social media accounts, etc.) of the Performers to Third Parties or to attempt to obtain such information from Third Parties in any way.
13.1 Without prejudice to any other legal remedy, SNV can suspend or terminate the Performer's Account if actions on the part of the Performer cause SNV to reasonably suspect or give the impression that there is any form of involvement or association with fraudulent activities (fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing) on the SNV technical platform.
13.2 If the Performer commit(s) fraud or deliberately or as a result of gross negligence fails to comply with the stipulations of the Performer Agreement with respect to the Performer's Account, the Performer is liable for all loss suffered in relation to the unlawful transactions.
14.1 SNV has the right to send the Performer an immediate warning, suspend or terminate the Performer's Account temporarily or indefinitely and refuse to provide services to the Performer if:
a. the Performer violate(s) the Performer Agreement or the documents that form an integral part of the Performer Agreement.
b. it proves impossible for SNV to verify the correctness of the information provided by the Performer.
c. SNV feels that by his/her actions the Performer will or may cause damage to SNV.
15.1 SNV can never be held liable for any direct or indirect damage or (consequential) loss, including but not limited to: any loss or falsification of data; loss of profits (suffered directly or indirectly);loss of turnover; loss of goodwill or reputation; loss of opportunity;
or for indirect, incidental, additional or any other damage, irrespective of whether the loss or damage is attributable to any change SNV has made to the SNV Platform or the SNV Payment Service, or due to a permanent or temporary interruption in the SNV Platform or SNV Payment Service, and irrespective of any negligence or other cause.
15.2 SNV's liability to the Performer – irrespective of the circumstances – is in any case limited to the total of the amounts the Performer has received from SNV in the 3 months preceding the legal action that gives rise to the liability, with a maximum of 100 Euros.
16.1 The Performer Account is non assignable, shall be strictly personal and must not be transferred to or used by any Third Party.
16.2 The Performer Account can only be used by the Performer for whom such account is created.
16.3 Creating a Performer Account or a Performer Account for a third party shall be prohibited.
17.1 The Performer agrees that SNV can freely and by operation of law transfer the rights and obligations arising from this Performer Agreement and from all the documents that apply for reference purposes in the event of a merger, division, takeover or other restructuring.
17.2 If SNV fails to act in respect of a violation of this Performer Agreement by the Performer or by others, SNV does not automatically waive the right to act in respect of later or similar violations.
17.3 If SNV does not exercise or enforce a legal right or legal remedy referred to in this Performer Agreement (or to which SNV is entitled in accordance with the applicable law) this cannot be considered a waiver of the rights of SNV. Neither can it be considered a waiver of the right to act in respect of later or similar violations. SNV can and may always use its rights or legal remedies
17.4 This Performer Agreement, accompanied by the documents and Policy Rules in relation to the SNV Platform as published on the Platform, included, constitute the entire agreement between the Performer and SNV.
18.1 Curaçao law applies to this Performer Agreement.
18.2 Any disputes that arise or may arise between the Performer and SNV as a result of this Performer Agreement or subsequent agreements or other actions in relation to this Performer Agreement will be settled by the competent courts in Curaçao.
19.1 The Performer Agreement will remain in place until such time as it is cancelled by the Performer or by SNV, as outlined below. If the Performer Agreement is cancelled, this means that the Performer Account and the Performer Accounts will be closed by SNV.
19.2 If the Performer wishes to terminate this Performer Agreement with SNV the Performer can do so at any time and free of charge by closing the Performer Account and the Performer's Account(s).
19.3 SNV can terminate the Performer Agreement with the Performer at any time without prior notice if: the Performer has violated the Performer Agreement or SNV is legally obliged to do so.
19.4 The termination of this Performer Agreement does not affect the legal rights, obligations and responsibilities the Performer and SNV have used, that have applied to the relationship between the Performer and SNV, or that arose in the period that the Performer Agreement was in effect or for which it is stipulated that they remain valid for an indefinite period such as but not limited to "Definitions", "No representation", "Guarantees", "Obligations of the Performer", "Fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing", "Announcements and notification", "Applicable law" and "Other".
19.5 Upon termination of this Performer Agreement or any other termination of the use of the SNV Payment Service by the Performer, the Performer remains responsible for all cancellations and recovery costs (charge backs).
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Fans of the Food Network know that Paula Deen is notorious for being heavy-handed with butter, heavy cream, deep-frying, cheese, and just about every other dietary red flag.
Now, the 65-year-old is dealing with the unfortunate side effect of a rich diet.
Deen has finally confirmed a rumor that has persisted since April of last year that she does, in fact, have Type 2 Diabetes. The National Inquirer first sparked the rumor, but up until now Deen has not commented on her condition.
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"I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life," Deen said Tuesday in an official press release. The announcement also revealed that she is starting a new campaign called "Diabetes in a New Light," which will attempt to find ways to manage the disease without preventing people from "enjoying the things [they] love."
Fellow celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who has long been critical of Deen's technique, told Eater.com that he took "no pleasure" in the announcement, but added in his usually blunt fashion:
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The Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College serves Christ, His Church and the world through Orthodox Christian theological education, research, and scholarship, and the promotion of inter-Orthodox cooperation.
In this way, the school prepares students for both ordained and lay ministry and as scholars so that they may build up Orthodox communities, foster church growth through mission and evangelism, teach the Orthodox faith, and care for those in need.
With God's help and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Orthodox School of Theology aspires to be Canada's premier centre of Orthodox Christian scholarship and theological and pastoral education and to operate as an exemplary Orthodox Christian institution.
In every aspect of its life and work, the Orthodox School of Theology at Trinity College is guided by the following principles:
- To believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to adhere to His commandments, as expressed in the life and teachings of the Orthodox Christian Church
- To acknowledge our responsibility to communicate Orthodox Christianity to the world and to invite all to partake of the fullness of the faith
- To take a holistic approach to theological education and spiritual formation—integrating study, work, worship, and personal discipline
- To manifest Orthodox Christian love, service, worship, and learning in the life of the Orthodox School of Theology community
- To teach the critical appropriation of the Orthodox tradition in order to proclaim the unchanging gospel today
- To be committed to Orthodox unity in Canada and inter-Orthodox cooperation at all levels of Church life
- To be open, transparent, and responsible stewards of the resources entrusted to us
- To undertake our work together through a process of intentional consultation, shared governance, and consensus-building
- To encourage every member of the community to be a full and active participant in our mission
- To expect all members of the community to hold the highest standards of professional ethics and personal integrity
- To aspire to excellence through continuous and ongoing improvement
- To be committed to fairness, respect, and hospitality for all members of the community
As sinful human beings, we acknowledge that we will inevitably fall short of these high ideals. As Christians, we will constantly seek forgiveness for our mistakes and do our best to correct them.


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