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Jack Del Rio (born April 4, 1963) is an American football coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Del Rio played both football and baseball for the University of Southern California Trojans, and then spent eleven years playing linebacker in the NFL. He retired from playing in 1996 and went into coaching, serving in several positions for three different teams before being selected as the Jaguars' head coach in 2003.
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Del Rio was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team out of high school in 1981, but he opted instead to attend college. He enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he played both baseball and football for the USC Trojans. In football he was an All-American linebacker and was voted Most Valuable Player of the 1985 Rose Bowl. During his senior year he earned consensus All-America honors as a senior and was runner-up for the Lombardi Award. In baseball he batted .340 while playing catcher on a team that also included future Major League Baseball players Mark McGwire and Randy Johnson.


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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Happy Hallowe'en
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Labels: Cupcakes, Hallowe'en, Other Stuff
Saturday, October 23, 2010
It's Cupcake Hero, Honey!
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
A bit of Springtime Sunshine...
Yes, while the Northern Hemispherical blogging world buzzes with pumpkins and falling leaves, down here in Australia we are halfway through Spring, and the weather is glorious!
As I look out my window, I see our lime trees springing once more into flower (seriously, these things do not let up - anyone have any New And Interesting ideas for using up lots of limes??). I see our rhubarb plant growing stronger, leaving behind the puny, spindly stalks that freaked me out so much in the chilly days of Winter. I see the dove that has its egg-filled nest in our kaffir lime tree, picking its way around the base of the tree for seeds (or bugs?) to eat. I see sunshine, blue skies, and butterflies. And dancing joyfully in the breeze, sending its heady scented invitation out to all the butterflies and bees that frequent its plentiful blossoms, I see this:
Lavender. Lots and lots of beautiful French Lavender. It looks beautiful, it smells wonderful - and if you're thinking dry, dusty pot pourri, that's not what I mean at all. You haven't really smelled lavender until you've smelled it growing in full flower on the bush, bathed in sunshine. It also attracts a delightful number of bees, and we love bees, not only for their cute fuzziness and lovely buzzy humming, but also for the work they do in producing the warm liquid gold that is honey. I loooove honey.
Which brings us, funnily enough, to Cupcake Hero: October. Melissa of I Dream in Buttercream is this month's host, having won the Caffeine contest. And she has chosen Honey as this month's theme ingredient.
Well, what could I do? Who am I to argue with an army of bees? Lavender and honey it is!
Cupcakes (adapted from this recipe by Chockylit)
1 1/2 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 tsp dried lavender flowers
125g butter
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup honey
300g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 egg whites
1 fresh lavender flower head (optional - it gives the syrup a nice freshness, but isn't 100% necessary, so don't panic if you don't have it growing)
Modus Operandi
Process sugar with lavender flowers in a food processor until lavender has been powdered and dispersed amongst the sugar.
Cream butter with 1 1/4 cups lavender sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg yolk. Add honey and beat well.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together, and add this and the milk to the butter/sugar mixture in three parts, alternating with the milk and mixing after each addition.
In a clean dry mixing bowl, whisk egg whites to soft peaks.
Fold egg whites gently into cake batter until incorporated.
Scoop batter into cupcake papers, and bake at 175 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
Meanwhile, place the remaining 1/4 cup of lavender sugar into a small saucepan with 1/4 cup of water, and bring to the boil, stirring. Add the fresh lavender flower, if desired, and remove from heat. Allow to cool until cakes are out of the oven but still warm, and then brush a little syrup over each cupcake. Note: this recipe makes MUCH more syrup than you will need. How much syrup you use will determine how prominent the lavender flavour is in your finished cupcakes, so if you're not accustomed to using lavender in cooking, go easy the first time (or even better, do one and eat it to test how lavender-y it is, before going ahead with the others!) Reserve the leftover syrup as some will go into the frosting, and the rest you can use for something else. Hmm... lavender sorbet? Ooooh, now there's a thought...
Allow cakes to cool completely before frosting.
Lavender & Honey Buttercream (all mine)
250g butter
250g icing sugar
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp milk
Lavender syrup, to taste.
Modus Operandi
Cream butter and sugar until very pale. Add honey and continue to beat well. Add milk and a couple of spoonsful of lavender syrup, and beat until fluffy. Taste and add more syrup if desired, remembering that you want the lavender flavour to be subtle in the frosting, as you already have it in - and on - the cupcake.
Pipe a swirl of frosting onto each cupcake, and sprinkle with picked lavender petals if desired.
Et voila!
Now, it might seem I've been going on about lavender a lot, and you might well be thinking "yeah, but the theme ingredient is honey". But the truth is, these cupcakes would make Winnie the Pooh proud. They are a very honey-ey affair indeed: warm and sweet, with the lavender playing a lovely fresh floral counterpoint.
To me, they Taste Like Sunshine.
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Labels: Cupcake Hero, Cupcakes, Flowers
Monday, October 4, 2010
Pirates & Princesses (something for everyone...)
And again, from another angle:
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Labels: 3D Novelty Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Cookies
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Cake Pops!
Okay, so everyone who has ever been on any baking blog or website has heard of Bakerella and her cake pops. If they haven't, they should have. She - and they - are awesome.
So I was inspired to try out some of my own, and I decided to make mice. Now I must say, I fully expected this to be a debacle of massive proportions. But in the event, it was actually easier than I thought it would be. It did take some time, but weirdly enough, the hardest part was finding the lollipop sticks. I ended up having to order them online. Are you listening, Australian retailers???
Firstly, the balls themselves are just crumbled cake mixed with frosting...
...which is then rolled into balls...
... before having a stick inserted, some freezer time, and in this case a choc chip added to each one (to create the shape of the mouse's snout)...
Then each pop has some more freezer time, before being dipped quickly into white chocolate. I also added a pink cachou to each little nose...
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(left) Josh Gardner was one of dozens of Santas who participated in SantaCon 2006 in Portland, Ore. On Dec. 9, more than 100 Claus's barhopped their way around the city for no particular reason.
Last Saturday, down by Skidmore Fountain, a pair people in Santa Claus suits walked across my path. Not too surprising at this time of year.
It could have been a coincidence when I saw another Kris Kringle's giving candy canes to a kid at the nearby MAX station just a few minutes later.
But when a procession of more than a dozen St. Nick's wound its way through the narrow spaces between the stalls at Portland's Saturday Market, I knew something was up.
Camera in hand, I followed the quickly growing group of Santas a couple of blocks to McFadden's Saloon and started asking questions. It turns out I had stumbled across Portland's edition of SantaCon.
(right) Dozens of Santa Claus's file into McFadden's Saloon in downtown Portland shortly after noon on Dec. 9.
It's hard to get information about SantaCon. I asked one Santa who was carrying a megaphone and appeared to be directing the group whether he was organizing the event.
"I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of Santa Claus," was the reply. It was in keeping with the spirit, if not the letter, of the script that participants are given:
Who's in charge? SANTA
Who are you with? SANTA
What organization are you with? SANTA
Who organized this? SANTA
Where did you get the buses? SANTA
Who's that woman? SANTA
Who's that guy? SANTA
How did you get here? A sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
According to an article about last year's event in the Portland Tribune, SantaCon started in San Francisco in 1994, and migrated to Portland in 1996. Thirty-seven cities in the United States, Canada, and even England, Japan and Germany will have events this December. Chicago and Portland each have two separate dates.
There doesn't seem to be any particular purpose for the gathering, other than giving people a weird opportunity to drink, cause a little mayhem, and spread cheer. In Portland it is coordinated, if not organized, by the Portland Cacaphony Society, who describe themselves as "a randomly gathered network of free-spirits seeking new adventures beyond the pale of mainstream society," and "a bunch of good-for-nothing psychic cowboys."
SantaCon comes to Toronto and Ottawa (and other locations) on Dec. 16. In Portland, SantaCon II is Dec. 23.
SantaCon 2006 Sunday, December 10, 2006
(left) Josh Gardner was one of dozens of Santas who participated in SantaCon 2006 in Portland, Ore. On Dec. 9, more than 100 Claus's barhopped their way around the city for no particular reason.
Posted by Matthew at 10:10 PM
2 comments:
- Matthew said...
Some unconfirmed estimates put the number between 400 and 500 participants.
- December 14, 2006 3:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
I personally counted 425 at the World Trade Center walkthrough, Santa Nopants counted another 50 that came by immediately after my count. At Riverplace, my phone was ringing every 5-10 minutes. That puts us at 475 confirmed and over 500 as an estimate.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In the latest departure from his predecessor's plans for trimming a multibillion-dollar budget gap, Gov. Jerry Brown has dropped a lawsuit over whether his office has the authority to pay minimum wage to state workers.
Just a week ago, Brown dropped former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to sell state buildings to raise $1.2 billion and then lease them back, calling the proposal "a gigantic loan with interest payment." The state is facing a $26.6 billion fiscal crisis.
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According to Brown's dismissal, the state's aging payroll system was incapable of making the changes without "modifications at a potentially significant cost." The filing indicated the administration planned to work with Chiang on future state employee pay issues.
Chiang applauded the move, calling the lawsuit "a frivolous waste of hard-earned tax dollars that should be dedicated to fixing our schools, protecting our communities and rebuilding our infrastructure."
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In 2008, Schwarzenegger had ordered a state hiring freeze and payroll cuts to conserve cash as California struggled with a $42 billion budget deficit. He imposed days off without pay, known as "furlough Fridays."
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He will continue to make senior-level appointments to form his new administration.
"We must do everything possible to save money and make government leaner and more efficient," he said in a statement.
According to the state controller's office, California had about 234,000 employees as of Jan. 31.
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An interesting results show. You could see that even the pros dancing together were a bit hampered by the small stage in their performance. It was interesting to have the dancers on platforms. Not something that I want to see every week, but it was a nice change of pace to keep it different.
Here's the list of special guest performers and their music:
Goo Goo Dolls did a medley of "Iris" / "Not Broken" with Dmitry Chaplin, Jason Glover, Chelsie Hightower, and another guest pro
Florence + The Machine sang "Dog Days Are Over"
Forever Tango also performed.
As a side note, it was fun to see Jason Glover on Dancing with the Stars. With Dmitry, Chelsie and Jason that was 3 So You Think You Can Dance alumni dancing on DWTS at the same time. Sweet!
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In the Power of I Am, Joel Osteen shares the importance of speaking positively and saying powerful I am statements. He begins the book by revealing how countless people are declaring negative I am statements over their lives and they are cursing their present and their future. Some examples of negative statements would be, "I am so average, I am so unlucky, I will never get married, I'm getting old, I'm so overweight, I will never get well, and much more. What we need to be declaring over our lives is: "I'm healthy, I'm talented, I'm blessed, I'm strong, I'm attractive, and I'm forgiven. Joel Osteen strongly believes that if you speak negative words, you will call in and receive all the negative reports you are prophesying over your future. But if you speak life and believe what God has said about you, then you will call in good things and your life will dramatically improve.
Joel Osteen shared a powerful story about saying so and declaring out loud life enhancing words. He shared Psalm 91 and this passage talks about saying of the Lord that He is our refuge and our shield and how He will deliver us and protect us. One of his staff members was struggling with infertility and they have been trying for ten years. She came to work one day and told her coworkers that when she has this baby, she would be out for a few months. She would also tell them that they would have to find a replacement to fill in for her when she was on maturity leave. She would constantly talk about it like it was going to happen soon. The doctors told her it wouldn't ever happen and she might as well explore other options. But she held unto her Faith and talked like it was already going to happen! It took twenty years before she became pregnant and she gave birth to twins!
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Motor carriers operating INTRAstate commercial motor vehicles on a road or highway in Texas must register their operations with the TxDMV's Motor Carrier Division. For INTRAstate operations please ensure you register with USDOT as INTRAstate not INTERstate.
You must register as a motor carrier when you:
- Operate a vehicle (or combination of vehicles) with a gross weight, registered weight or gross-weight rating exceeding 26,000 pounds
- Transport hazardous materials in a quantity that requires placarding
- Operate a farm vehicle with a gross weight, registered weight or gross weight rating of 48,000 pounds or more
- Operate a vehicle designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver *
- Operate a commercial school bus
- Transport household goods for compensation, regardless of vehicle weight
Motor carrier registration (TxDMV Number) is available for seven calendar days, 90 days, one year or two years. A motor carrier certificate of registration is non-transferable between carriers registered as a sole proprietor.
Motor carriers can set up new authority (TxDMV Number) through our new online eLINC registration system.
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How to
Follow these steps to register. For INTRAstate operations please ensure you register with USDOT as INTRAstate not INTERstate. Please note that before you begin you must have a valid USDOT Number.
First time users:, To apply for operating authority in Texas click the link www.txdmv.gov/elinc.
Once your application has been received and is under review, you will receive an email shortly after with further instructions.
When the application is approved. You will receive an email with your Unique Identifier Number (UIN), LOGIN ID and PASSWORD.
Have your insurance provider file proof of insurance that meets minimum levels on a Form E (the Form E is submitted online by your insurance company's underwriter).
Processing Time
Once your insurance company files Form E for your amount and you have paid your fees to TxDMV, MCCS will convert your temporary UIN to an active TxDMV Certificate Number.
To check the status of any application, call us at (800) 299-1700.
An application that contains any misrepresentation, misstatement or omission of required information will not be processed until all requirements are fulfilled.
Cab Cards
Once you are assigned a permanent certificate number, you may print your cab cards and certificate.
A copy of the insurance cab card, or an electronic copy that identifies the vehicle being operated shall be made available for presentation to law enforcement at all times.
& Payment
Motor carrier registration fees* (excluding household goods movers) are as follows:
|Fee Type
|$10 per vehicle
|$10 per vehicle
|$10 per vehicle
|$20 per vehicle
|Insurance Filing (Form E)
Motor carrier registration fees for household goods movers are as follows:
|Fee Type
|$10 per vehicle
|$20 per vehicle
|Insurance Filing (Form E)
|Insurance Filing (Forms H & I)
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Automobile Insurance Requirements
|Minimum Insurance
|Transporters of Hazardous Materials (that require placarding)
|Hazardous substances, as defined in 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §171.8,
transported in cargo tanks, portable tanks or hopper-type vehicles, with capacities in
excess of 3,500 water gallons; or any quantity of Division 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 materials,
any quantity of Division 2.3, Hazard Zone A, or Division 6.1, Packing Group I, Hazard Zone A material; in bulk Division 2.1 or 2.2; or highway route controlled quantities of a Class 7 material, as defined in 49 CFR §173.403
|Oil listed in 49 CFR §172.101: hazardous waste, hazardous materials and hazardous substances as defined in 49 CFR §171.8 and listed in 49 CFR §172.101, but not mentioned in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this subsection and petroleum products that are lubricants or fuels
|Foreign Carriers
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|Household Goods Movers
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|Commercial School Bus Operators
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|Bus Operators
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|Vehicles designed or used to transport 26+ passengers (not including driver)
|All Others
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Cargo Insurance Requirements for Household Goods Carriers
|Loss of or damage to total cargo carried on any one motor vehicle
|Aggregate loss of or damage to multiple shipper cargo carried on any one motor vehicle
Your insurance policy shall be kept in full force and effect as long as you continue operations. Texas requires all intrastate motor carriers to register with the department and file evidence of insurance or financial responsibility. Failure to maintain continuous evidence of insurance on a TxDMV certificate number could subject you to possible administrative penalties or administrative sanctions.
Your insurance policy shall provide that the insurance company will give MCD electronic notice 30 days prior to policy cancellation or expiration. Proof of insurance and/or cancellations must be submitted by your insurance company as follows:
- Proof of liability insurance must be filed on a Form E,
- Proof of cargo insurance must be filed on a Form H & I, and
- Liability cancellation must be filed on a Form K.
Note: Forms E, H & I and Form K are provided by your insurance company and must be filed electronically by the appropriate insurance company underwriter.
Evidence of liability insurance is provided online by your insurance provider; however, it is your responsibility to ensure that the insurance filing remains in effect in order to maintain an "Active" TxDMV number.
Self-insured motor carriers must file with the TxDMV an "Application for Qualification as a Self-Insurer" containing a true and accurate statement of the motor carrier's financial condition and other evidence that establishes its ability to satisfy obligations for bodily injury and property damage liability without affecting the stability or permanency of its business. To obtain an application or for additional qualifying criteria, call (800) 299-1700.
TxDMV may accept United States Department of Transportation evidence of the motor carrier's qualifications as a self-insured.
Drug-Testing Certification
All motor carriers registered with TxDMV must certify as part of the application process that they are in compliance with federal drug-testing requirements.
Motor carriers that belong to a drug-testing consortium must also provide the names of the persons operating the consortium.
Motor carriers must report a valid, positive controlled substance test result to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in the manner required by the DPS, when performed as part of the carrier's drug-testing program on an employee of the carrier who holds a Texas commercial driver's license.
For further information about this requirement, call DPS at (512) 424-2052.
Online, using MCCS, you have the ability to:
- Change cargo type
- Change motor carrier name, address and/or legal agent for service of process
- Change drug-testing consortium status
- Cancel your Certificate of Registration
- Change principal officers or titles within a corporation
- Re-register a revoked certificate of registration number
You must contact TxDMV Motor Carrier Division to request the following:
- File a corporate conversion: After successful conversion of corporate structure, registered corporations must have the conversion approved by the Texas Secretary of State before contacting the TxDMV.
- Request PIN
- Convert a TxDMV Motor Carrier Certificate to a UCR/Intrastate Certificate: This conversion identifies a motor carrier as having registered with the Unified Carrier Registration System within our Motor Carrier Credentialing System (MCCS).
Add/Replace Vehicles
or Renew
Replace a Vehicle
You do not have to pay the vehicle fee or the biennial registration vehicle fee when replacing a vehicle for which the fee was previously paid, provided that you notify TxDMV of the vehicle being taken out of service and identify the replacement vehicle before it is put into operation. You may replace a vehicle using one of the methods listed below:
through MCCS
(for current online users only)
Add Vehicles or Renew Your Certificate of Registration
TxDMV mails and emails renewal notices to a carrier's last listed mailing and email address approximately 60 days before expiration of annual and biennial certificates of registration.
You may add vehicles or renew your registration using one of the methods listed below:
through MCCS
(for current online users only)
Payment is required at time of registration.
- $10 per vehicle for one year registration
- $20 per vehicle for two year registration
If you do not receive the renewal notice, you are still responsible for renewing your registration before its expiration date. Note: 7-day and 90-day certificates of registration cannot be renewed.


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Just as fast as Facebook outpaced Myspace in the social media wars, technology has outpaced the law's ability to come to grips with the protection of digital assets.
Estate planners have started to see more clients' digital assets outlive them, and they're now tasked with helping families manage that digital legacy. Challenges include the ownership, transfer and disposition of digital assets, ranging from passwords to web domains to financial accounts.
"There's no paper trail anymore," said Sharon Klein, Wilmington Trust's managing director of family office services and wealth strategies, at a "Money and the Modern Family" press briefing last week in New York. "How does the executor get access to digital assets?"
The digital asset issue has become such a hot-button topic that seven states now have laws in place for estate planners and 13 other states have pending legislation, said Klein, who is based in New York and serves as chair of the New York City Bar's Trusts, Estates and Surrogates Court Committee.
For example, New York State lawmakers this year passed a bill that authorizes the fiduciary of a deceased client to take control of certain website accounts of the deceased, and to continue or terminate the account on any social networking website, microblogging or email service.
"Executors can face…challenges in marshaling assets — indeed even discovering assets — the information about which is digitally stored," Klein wrote in a New York legislation update, noting that the new law gives fiduciaries access to, ownership of or a copy of property within 60 days upon written request to the property's custodian.
But estate planners should take action before such extreme steps become necessary, Klein said. Here are some of her suggested best practices for protecting digital assets, along with more tips from other estate-planning experts.
1) Manage passwords. Klein recommends that web accounts, user names and passwords be tracked, updated and stored in a safe place. They can be stored online, she said, but she also recommended keeping a paper printout stored in a safe place.
2) Don't put passwords in a will. A will is a public document, so passwords should not be written into a will, although domain names can be added, Klein says.
See also: Two ways to change a will … without involving an attorney
3) Conduct a thorough accounting of all online assets. Such assets may include websites, personal and business email, accounts on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, blogs, creative works, digital photographs, music, playlists, videos, games, medical records, tax returns, online bank accounts and broker accounts, eBay accounts or stores, PayPal, Amazon accounts, online bill paying and loyalty programs, according to certified public accountants James and Patricia Hopson in a Journal of Financial Planning essay, Planning for Clients' Digital Assets.
"In addition," the Hopsons write, "there is the actual hardware, such as computers, backup drives or other such devices, and commercial digital storage sites where many of these assets are stored. Each account and/or computer may have different usernames, passwords and security questions."
4) Read the fine print. Each online service provider has its own terms of service, and those terms often say that accounts or passwords can't be transferred to anyone else.
"Those restrictions pose a challenge for heirs who might want to access your email account, for example, to retrieve bills and other documents," wrote Eleanor Laise in May for Kiplinger's Retirement Report. "Providers differ on how they handle the accounts of deceased users, but some are starting to help users plan their digital afterlife. The Yahoo terms of service, for example, say that 'any rights to your Yahoo! ID or contents within your account terminate upon your death,' and accounts may be deleted if a death certificate is submitted."
5) Do some homework. Evan Carroll, co-author of Your Digital Afterlife, spoke this spring at the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors annual conference in Las Vegas about how to leave online assets to caring curators. Clearly, Carroll hit a nerve: the blogosphere buzzed about his NAPFA presentation, with both Rick Epple of Epple Financial Advisors and David Hailey of Paragon Financial Advisors urging executors to research the issue of digital assets.
"What would happen to all of these things upon my death?" Hailey wrote. "Is my spouse completely prepared to take over the daily management of our lives in my absence without access to all of these digital assets? Unfortunately the answer for me is no. I suspect the answer may be the same for many of you."
For more, see:
Parents, Pets and Online Presence: New Concerns for Modern Estate Planners
How to avoid the transfer for value tax trap


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MPRI's simulators include a lifelike seat and seat belt surrounded by a shifter, clutch, brake, steering wheel, electronic instrument panel and three screens that show the views both ahead and from numerous side mirrors. Instructors key up scenarios from a nearby laptop, which they later use to replay the session and offer advice.
Working with a momentarily empty freeway, the garbage truck's driver easily merged into the right-hand lane from the on-ramp and brought the vehicle up to speed.
Moments later, all hell broke loose. It began with a wall of sudden fog that made visibility a meaningless measure. Then the roadway developed a sheet of undetectable ice. The truck skidded sideways, and when the driver overcompensated, the vehicle began to make doughnuts next to passing cars before coming to an unceremonious stop on the median.
"It makes a difference, huh?" instructor Stan Delbridge asked the driver, a visiting rookie who had the audacity to ask for a harder setting after breezing through a neighborhood trash route. Protected from a rainy day inside the confines of a cargo trailer, Delbridge stood next to a booth that resembled an elaborate arcade driving console.
But it was no video game.
"In real life you have one shot to make those decisions," fellow instructor George Perez said of the scenarios created by the company's professional simulators. "Here we can practice and practice and practice."
Thanks to a $100,000 federal safety grant awarded to the National Solid Wastes Management Association, Delbridge and Perez's employer, MPRI, was able to develop a training simulation specifically for garbage truck drivers, adapting a system already used by other industries and police and fire departments.
After a number of stops around the nation, two of the company's trailers were parked Friday outside the waste management firm of E.L. Harvey & Sons in Westborough for a regional training session. Nearly two dozen drivers attended, mostly veterans responsible for teaching newcomers. The experience was intended to hone responses to road challenges and to ward off complacency, rather than teach the employees how to drive.
"Safety is important in the industry," said Gerald Sjogren, Harvey's safety director. "The objective is to always be safer."
During an afternoon session, another MPRI instructor, Steve Boesdorfer, told his class that garbage trucks had been involved in 97 traffic fatalities and 2,428 injury-causing accidents in 2005, though Harvey executives had earlier pointed out that other drivers are declared at fault in 70 percent of cases.
In addition to Friday's training, Harvey requires new drivers to ride with veterans for four to six weeks, sends its crews to a one-day skid training and hires undercover inspectors to conduct spot checks on driving capabilities.
Still, drivers can become complacent with the same routes, Boesdorfer said, even though they have to go out in all weather conditions and can suddenly come across hazards.
"That's one of our deadly sins," he said. "Not thinking when we're driving."
To combat the problem, MPRI's simulators include a lifelike seat and seat belt surrounded by a shifter, clutch, brake, steering wheel, electronic instrument panel and three screens that show the views both ahead and from numerous side mirrors. Instructors key up scenarios from a nearby laptop, which they later use to replay the session and offer advice.
"They do throw some stuff at you," Harvey veteran Tim Robinson said after a session that included kids riding bikes, pedestrians in the crosswalk, and rain, snow and fog. "I was like, 'Why be nervous? I've been doing this for 23 years.' But at the same time you don't know what they're going to be throwing at you."
While simulators like MPRI's are expensive, Tim Cooney, the executive director of the Central Massachusetts Safety Council and a visitor at the training, said the benefits can easily outweigh the costs.
"If you save one fatality, it's worth the money," he said.
Michael Morton can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 508-626-4338.
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In keeping with my shoe (or shoo) theme, I put out a request for a Shoo-fly Pie recipe. I crack myself up that way... I've had shoo-fly pie both "wet" and "dry" when I lived in Pennsylvania. It's relatively unheard of in many parts of the US and no-one asked here knew what I was talking about. It's a molasses based pie, sweet gooey, and delicious!
Christina answered my Facebook plea, and sent me the recipe below. I'm going to try it, and I want you to as well. Let's compare notes!
"Delilah, below is an authentic Pennsylvania Amish wet-bottom shoo-fly pie. This is the one I grew up with my grandmother baking." ~ Christina Cleveland
~ 1 9 inch unbaked pastry shell
~ 1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
~ 1/2 cup molasses
~ 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
~ 1 egg
~ 1 1/2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
~ 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
~ 1 cup boiling water
~ 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
~ 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
~ 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
~ Dash salt
~ 6 tablespoons cold butter
Line pastry with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes. Remove foil; brush crust with egg yolk. Bake 5 minutes longer; cool on a wire rack.For filling: In a small bowl, combine molasses, brown sugar, egg, flour and baking soda; gradually add boiling water. Cool to room temperature; pour into prepared crust.For topping: In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over filling.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown and filling is set. Cool on a wire rack. Store in the fridge.
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You are looking at the southwest corner of the St. Augustine National Cemetery. The marble slab on the ground in the corner is plot 1 and contains the remains of Lieut. Stephen Tuttle. The nearer slab is plot 4 and contains the remains of John Winfield Scott McNeil. If you are thinking these were among the first burials in this cemetery, you would be wrong.
This cemetery served the U.S. Army Post of St. Augustine long before it became a National Cemetery in 1881. The first interment was 1828 with most of the early graves resulting from casualties of the Seminole Wars. Most notable among these was the Dade Monument [ see article at Graveyard Rabbit of Moultrie Creek].
Stephen Tuttle was a 1st Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers and was serving in St. Augustine on a huge project to rebuild and extend the seawall protecting the town. He died in 1835. J.W.S. McNeil served with the 2nd Regiment of Dragoons and died in 1837 of wounds received in action at Mosquito Inlet. Both were originally buried at the Huguenot Cemetery just outside the city gates and reinterred at the National Cemetery many years later.
Some time back, I received a call from Greg Moore, Command Historian for the Florida National Guard, wondering if I had run into these two officers as part of my Huguenot Cemetery research because he thought they had been buried there first. Sure enough, looking at a cemetery inventory from 1892 published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (see Huguenot inventory ), we found both men with descriptions of the graves and the inscriptions on their tombstones. These tombstones match the descriptions from the Huguenot inventory.
A search in Google Books turned up an Annual Report from the Secretary of War published in 1916 stating:
"During the year the following remains of soldiers were removed from fields and abandoned cemeteries and reinterred in national cemeteries: . . . 2 known officers from old Huguenot Cemetery, St. Augustine, FL to the St. Augustine (Fla.) National Cemetery; . . ."
Huguenot Cemetery had been closed in 1884 and there are many reports of various efforts to clean up and restore the cemetery. The first serious project didn't begin until 1946 so from the Army's perspective this cemetery may well have been a concern for the veterans interred there.
So, why were these Soldiers initially buried in the public cemetery instead of the post cemetery? What were the circumstances of their move? And, how did they become the first plots at the National Cemetery? This mystery will take a lot more research to unravel.
The plots thicken.
- Leeds, B. Frank. Inscriptions in the Old Protestant Graveyard at St. Augustine, Fla., The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 37-52. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1883-98.
- United States War Department. Annual Reports of the Secretary of War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.
- Florida. St. Augustine National Cemetery Index and Biographical Guide: (Preliminary Abridged Edition). Special archives publication, no. 44. St. Augustine, Fla: State Arsenal, St. Francis Barracks, 1980.


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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Palak Dal/Spinach wt Lentils...
Toor dal-3/4 cup
Spinach/Palak-1 small bunch(cleaned and roughly cut,about 2 cups)
Turmeric-1/2 tsp
Green chilli-2 no(slit in the center)
Salt to taste
Shallots-3 to 4 nos(cleaned and cut to small pieces)
Garlic-2 cloves(cut to small pieces)
Mustard-1 tsp
Coconut/veg oil-2 tsp
Method Of Preparation:
1. Cook the dal in pressure cooker with required amount of water.Once done add turmeric, spinach.green chilli and salt.
2. Cook it till spinach wilts and gets cooked.Then remove from heat.
3. In a wok heat oil and add mustard, when it cracks add shallots and garlic and cook it till it turns brown. Add this to the curry and serve with rice.
1. Cumin can also be used for tempering.I don't use as my hubby doesn't like the taste of it..
2. Do not over cook greens..
3. Dont add too much of water while cooking dal, recipe tastes good when it is slightly thick.
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We eat tomato-spinach dal everyday, literally every day!
But I put the tempering & cook the vegetables & then put the soaked dal & pressure cook everything together.
Now I'm wondering if I'm overcooking the greens ... as you mentioned in your notes...! :)
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AUSTIN - As George Phenix shouldered his news camera in the throng of 50 reporters crowded noisily into the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters, he did not notice the man in a hat standing beside him.
Phenix, a cub reporter for local CBS TV affiliate KRLD, was focused on Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy in Dallas just two days before.
Oswald appeared in the basement in what was supposed to be a jail transfer. The crowd surged forward and the man in the hat sprang into motion, stepping in front of Phenix's lens and firing a fatal handgun shot into Oswald.
Hours later, the 24-year-old Phenix, who had been working nonstop since the assassination, finally saw his film that showed he had captured a moment in history.
"I remember a gasp, and then it seemed like everybody exhaled at once," Phenix, now 74 and retired in North Carolina, told Reuters in an interview as he recalled seeing the film back at the TV station after it was developed.
"It was just a sense of relief, so much, that I did have it."
Phenix's footage of the Oswald shooting is one of the enduring images returning to the airwaves for the 50th anniversary of the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of Kennedy as he rode through Dallas in a motorcade. The shooting of Oswald, broadcast live on NBC, occurred on Nov. 24.
In 1964, a member of the Warren Commission, set up by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the assassination of his predecessor, called Phenix's footage "that famous film that catches Ruby moving forward and the wrestling."
Filming over Ruby's shoulder, Phenix caught a close-up of Oswald's face the moment that Ruby rushed him, capturing an image that launched a raft of conspiracy theories.
"TV Anchor Dan Rather introduced my film as: 'Watch Oswald's eyes, watch the man in the hat move out. Did Oswald recognize the shooter?'" Phenix recalled.
Some theories hold that Oswald knew Ruby and that the killing was a hit to silence him. Others give little credence to the idea, saying Ruby, a police buff, wandered into the commotion by chance just minutes after wiring money to a stripper who worked in one of his nightclubs. The Warren Commission ruled that Oswald acted alone.
Versions of the film in full frame suggest Oswald was likely looking at a reporter who was yelling out a question, said Phenix, adding he has never believed in the conspiracies.
Phenix would stay at the KRLD job for only about a year. He went on to run Texas Representative Jake Pickle's office before returning to journalism in Texas with a political newsletter and a string of weekly newspapers.
Until last year, Phenix had only viewed the footage twice - once when it was developed, and once when it was broadcast.
His own copy, which he had never bothered to look at because he did not want to rent a commercial projector, had been destroyed by his children, who thought it was a yo-yo and later ran over the film on their tricycles.
The events of those days in Dallas still rest heavily in the mind of the former cameraman, including images he filmed of Jacqueline Kennedy emerging from Parkland Hospital covered in her husband's blood.
"I'm so surprised that I didn't start crying this time," he said. "I usually do. It was just such a tragedy."
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It is obvious that time is important That seems to me it is a given fact yet many people do not look at it that way. Or, perhaps each of us find a different approach to our use of time and its importance in our lives.
In one sense, I understand people will do certain things in certain ways they find either useful or appropriate from the standpoint of their experience and learned concepts of judgment. That is a fact.
It means in practice, that each person will make many series of choices based on those judgments whether they are truly appropriate or not. And, make those judgments for their choices even where new information may be needed.
That is the part I don't understand and don't want to understand anymore either. When people around me choose to use their time as if it is not precious, and as if nothing beyond what they knew sometime long ago about things can be the only way to look at it even now – I just shake my head and try to ignore it.
It is a futile argument to have with them. They are not going to update their files, no matter what I say or show them. But, I don't understand why they can afford to be that way. I can't. And, there is nothing comforting to me when I find myself doing it either.
When I'm closed minded and base everything on facts from some past that does not even begin to apply to today, it is a loss and a liability – not an asset for me. But, others around me do not look at it that way for themselves and their own choices.
And, they don't believe it is important to use their time in ways that will help to understand how things are today and what works, what doesn't, how it can be done now, and other ways of looking at it (whatever "it" is).
In a quick anecdote, some friends and family members in my world only watch old tv shows from the 70's, maybe 80's and before. That is their source of continuing information about what the world is like, what people are like and what attitudes, choices and perspectives are appropriate to use about situations and things – yet, how our daily lives and our world has changed since then.
It isn't that everything from those tv shows is wrong and they are certainly still entertaining as part of the entertainment we feed ourselves daily, but to have only that for information is dangerous.
Many beliefs from that time have changed, many facts have changed and many attitudes about what is appropriate and what is not, have changed since those shows were made. They are a reflection of a different time and a different society entirely.
So, where that is the only information about what is normal, accepted and appropriate, or commonly believed by "everyone" – as a basis of judgment about situations, people and actions or behaviors in situations today, it can be disastrous and make everything more difficult both for the person and those around them including me.
People in my life who have or who are using these old tv shows on a constant streaming basis as their primary or only source of information, continue to shock me in the level of closed-mindedness they use commonly and overtly in their everyday lives. It is amazing that it has not gotten them killed to be honest.
It certainly makes everything that is different today about our daily lives into a source of aggravation for them, and disdain, and contempt and vicious attacks on others to make it like it "should be", from a time that doesn't exist anymore.
A great "for instance" is the social premise that a phone should not be called nor answered at the dinner table where in the picture obvious from old tv sitcoms, the family sits in their entirety around a table with proper plates, and dinner served by Mom.
Yet today, if a text or iPhone isn't answered at the dinner table which is likely the coffee table in the living room or at some restaurant, a host of difficulties can arise from losing a job, to losing a business opportunity, to losing a friend's trust, to being shamed and bullied on Facebook because you were too rude and uppity to answer your damn phone or text.
It has changed socially to become rude not to answer because technology has made it possible for that phone to be ever present and everybody knows it. That is not going to be the case in an old tv drama, sitcom or social information from thirty or forty years ago.
The people whose sole information on social conventions, behavior and choices, how to think about things and what is appropriate, comes from those old tv shows will read that phone call during dinnertime as an insult to whoever cooked the food, an infinite insult to the people gathered to eat together, a lack of caring on the part of anyone who takes such a call, and a slap in the face to the family or the friendship in general.
It is a shame to watch actions and choices unfold based on that interpretation when it is so hopelessly out of date and inappropriate to today's facts in nearly every way possible. But that same person reacting to the situation based upon facts that are out of date, is also the least likely to want to do anything to change the way they look at it.
And, tomorrow and the next day, they will continue to absorb those old tv sitcoms and dramas for agreement with the way they see things and support their own aggravation based on those interpretations of things – based upon how things were at the time when those shows were made and only in the ways it is shown on those tv shows.
The writers of tv shows were not intending to be the voice of knowledge and information when they did their jobs. The views of life and facts given by those shows were never intended to be absolutely accurate in any sense and certainly portray only a fraction of life and thought about social mores at the time.
In the real world, every family's lifestyle was being played out in a vast array of differences from what the tv world could or would portray for the mainstream audiences. What the appropriate way to consider anything would be in real life and the facts surrounding it, its interpretations and social conventions – would have to be different in many ways to its portrayal for any show whether television, cable, news or movies, simply because of the medium.
So, the part I don't understand about people around me that use old tv shows as their only information source is why don't they know it isn't the same information as what is used and needed in everyday life – even then and certainly, now.
And, how this has anything to do with the importance of time? Think about it – lost in translations of how things should be – from a time period that no longer exists, that was portrayed for a tv show as an entertaining slice of something which didn't even exist that way in the real world then? And to get aggravated, combative and abusive to everyone, everything and anytime today's facts and social conventions are viewed through those tv sitcoms as textbooks for judging what is what today?
Hmmm, yes – that is a waste of time that is inherently evil no matter who does it.
- cricketdiane, 01-02-2017


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The mission of the Johnson County Family YMCA is to inspire lifelong health and wellness by providing a safe and supportive environment where everyone can pursue their best self.
The Johnson County Family YMCA is the community hub for recreation and fitness. Our goal is to provide all local residents with access to programs and services that promote lifelong health and wellness.
The Johnson County YMCA Foundation manages endowment funds that ensure the Y can continue to strengthen Johnson County for generations to come.


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Chicken Kabobs
"I first tried these kabobs when my daughter-in-law made them for my granddaughter's birthday party," writes Norma Wells of Cookson, Oklahoma. "Full of soy sauce, ginger and pineapple flavors, these appetizers are popular when I serve them at get-togethers.—Norma Wells, Cookson, Oklahoma
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + marinating Cook: 5 min.
Makes3 dozen
- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Dash each pepper, garlic powder and ground ginger
- 1/2 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 small green pepper, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 2 cans (8 ounces each) pineapple chunks, drained
- 1 teaspoon honey
- In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper, garlic powder and ginger. Pour half of the marinade into a resealable plastic bag; add the chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting.
- Drain and discard marinade. For each kabob, thread a piece of chicken, green pepper and pineapple onto a wooden toothpick. Place kabobs on a microwave-safe plate. Add honey to the reserved marinate.
- Microwave kabobs on high for 3-4 minutes or until chicken juices run clear, turning occasionally. Baste with reserved marinade during the last minute of cooking.


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Church-State Group Files Brief Against Student Who Wanted to Quote Bible in Speech
A Washington, D.C.-based church-state watchdog group has filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of a New York public school being sued by a student who wanted to include a religious message in her graduation ceremony.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed the amicus brief earlier this year in support of Taconic Hills Central School District, which did not allow a middle school student, identified only as "A.M.," from quoting Numbers 6:24-26 in her graduation speech.
"[I]t's my job to talk about God and see if they like it," said A.M. in the deposition.
"In God's word it says that I should – well, I was put on this earth for a purpose and my purpose was to talk about God and try to get as many people to follow Him…."
The case, A.M. ex rel. McKay v. Taconic Hills Central School District, was brought before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals where it awaits the assigning of a date for oral arguments.
Alex Luchenitser, associate legal director for Americans United, told The Christian Post that they filed the amicus brief out of concern for the rights of public school students who are captive audiences for events.
"One of our organization's goals is to protect public-school students from school-supported proselytization in the school environment," said Luchenitser.
"We were concerned that, if the Second Circuit accepted the arguments made by the student plaintiff in this case, the result would be widespread imposition of student-given prayers and proselytization upon captive audiences of students and parents at public school events."
In June 2009, A.M. was going to deliver one of the speeches at her middle school's "Moving Up Ceremony." The student wanted to conclude her remarks with the passage from Numbers 6:24-26, which reads, "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."
In 2010, the student sued the school district, claiming that the district had violated her freedom of speech because of her religious viewpoint. The case was brought before U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe, who ruled in favor of Taconic Hills.
"Students have the right to pray privately, on their own, during the school day," said Luchenitser regarding the claim of discrimination.
"But students do not have a right to impose their religious views upon captive audiences of other students and parents at public school events."
Andrew MacKie-Mason, law student and blogger at "Source 4 Politics," wrote an entry arguing that the Numbers passage that A.M. wanted to use was not an establishment of religion.
"It's undeniable that a graduation speech could be too strongly religious, in a way that would be an illegal governmental establishment of religion," wrote MacKie-Mason.
"But if the quote above is all that the girl wanted to say, I don't see how it could be construed as an establishment. Beyond being monotheistic, it is a rather generic blessing."


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"Money makes the world go round." If you've ever struggled with money, you know the truth behind that frustrating saying. Financial issues can make you feel stuck, like your whole world is on hold. For someone leaving abuse or thinking about leaving, this can be one of biggest factors that gets in the way.
A survey sponsored by Mary Kay, Inc. in 2012 found that 74% of survivors stayed with an abusive partner for longer than they wanted to because of financial concerns. It's also one of the main barriers for those who are trying to leave.
Exiting an abusive situation is more challenging if a victim is stressing about finances while trying to rebuild their life. Financial difficulties can also be a reason victims return to abusers.
In a time when there are so many other things to think about and plan for, how do you safeguard against some of the financial risks that come with leaving? We've put together some tips for economic safety and recovery that are helpful right after leaving. Please know that these may not be the right options for everyone. Please evaluate your own situation, and keep your safety in mind.
Securing your financial information
If your ex has knowledge of or access to your passwords, SSN, credit card statements or other identifying info, it could be a good idea to take measures to keep your personal info safe.
Call banks, credit card companies and utility companies (including wireless phone services) to change your account numbers, PIN numbers and passwords. Change the passwords to online banking and email accounts.
Close any joint credit cards. You may consider opening your own checking account and applying for a credit card if you don't already have one, in order to start building your own credit history.
To further secure your financial information, open a P.O. box for mail and any financial documents you might receive.
Accessing your credit report
A credit report shows if bills and loans have been paid on time and if there are any outstanding loans or money owed. You can request a free copy of your credit report from any of the following agencies — and that's a good place to start. Review your credit report at least once a year.
Equifax at 1-800-525-6285
Experian at 1-888-EXPERIAN (397-3742)
TransUnion at 1-800-680-7289
Annual Credit Report at 1-877-322-8228
Credit reports can determine the amount and interest rate of loans you apply for. A good credit history is also important for renting a home, getting insurance, applying for a job and more — employers, insurance companies and creditors often check your credit report.
Addressing and rebuilding a bad credit report
In starting to repair a bad credit score, remember to make consistent payments on rent and loans. While these often won't show up on your credit report, you can ask landlords, utility companies and other creditors to supply this info when you're applying for credit. A record of on-time payments looks good.
You can also ask these people to write positive credit reference letters for you when you're applying for credit.
Building up a good credit score takes time, but paying bills on time, paying off debt, correcting and disputing any mistakes and refraining from building up additional debt are steps in the right direction.
Additional Resources
Local domestic violence programs have different resources you can access for support and these programs can also help with your safety concerns after leaving. If you call NDVH at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) our advocates can locate programs in your community.
- The Allstate Foundation's Click to Empower is an organization designed specifically to assist survivors with economic challenges. They have online resources, courses and grants to help survivors "get safe, stay safe and thrive."
- The Women's Institute for Financial Education (WIFE) has many helpful articles in the Divorce category.
- Women's Law includes more information on financial protections to take if you're getting ready to leave or have just left an abusive relationship.
Are you a survivor who faced financial hardships once you left? How did you handle financial obstacles?


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Clive Davis answers Kelly Clarkson's 'Soundtrack' criticism
Clive Davis has answered Kelly Clarkson's criticism of the way she is portrayed in the music mogul's new book, "The Soundtrack of My Life," saying he stands by the book's reports of their at-times testy relationship.
Clarkson blogged earlier this week that his account of that relationship "feels like a violation" and that she refuses to be "bullied" by Davis.
On Tuesday, Davis issued a statement saying, "As anyone who has read 'The Soundtrack of My Life' knows, I think Kelly Clarkson is a tremendous vocal talent and performer.
"In the book, I provide an in-depth look at our years together during which we shared major multi-platinum success, as well as a few creative differences. I am truly very sorry that she has decided to take issue with what I know to be an accurate depiction of our time together."
Clarkson claimed in her blog that "His stories and songs are mixed up" in his accounts of their differences over the original "American Idol" winner's 2007 album "My December," and asserted that Davis "belittled me and my music and sabotaged the entire project" at a company convention around the time "My December" was released.
Davis said that "Before the book was published, I had every fact checked with five independent individuals who were present on a daily basis throughout it all. The chapter as it is written was thoroughly verified by each and every one of them. I stand by the chapter as written in my book.
"At the same time," Davis concluded, "I wish, and will always wish, Kelly's talent and her career to soar to ever new heights."
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Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is a business initiative in which companies in India and abroad outsource some of their projects to other companies. This is mainly done to reduce the establishment expenses like salary, space cost and others. The call centre job is the most common form of BPO jobs that we all know of. In this sector, we have a lot of teams, which are trained to receive calls from across the world and answer them.
BPO candidates need to procure the basic education and communication skills. For example, a BPO job role like Accenture careers would require the candidate to be proficient in communication and have clarity in all that they speak. Being polite, talking to the point and conveying the correct information is the basic skill required for a call centre employee.
Though procuring the BPO job is pretty simple, you will need to know some of the basic computer skills like MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power point, using the Internet and good typing skills to survive in this industry. Some of the Business Process Outsourcing companies prefer the candidate to have some domain knowledge about their clients, be it in computers or electronics. A BPO employee is also required to display active listening skills on the job along with speaking well to the customers. Most of the time, listening skills help a lot in dealing with irritated customers.
Once you get on board for any BPO job, you will be trained in Vocabulary, Listening, Grammar and Phonetics skills along with the right skills required to ask the correct questions to the customer. A lot of technical support jobs require you to be empathetic and connect with the customer.
Apart from good communication and basic computer skills, BPO companies also look for leadership, team player, flexibility and adaptability skills in a candidate. Since your customers are located across the globe, you need to be willing to work in shifts and adapt to the frequent changes in the shift timings. It is also expected from the candidates to be open to learning and perform well at the job front. Along with these skills, if you are good at critical thinking and problem solving ability, you are bound to get hired from some of the best BPO companies across the world.
In short, like any other business skill, BPO jobs require the candidates to be proficient in communication, be a good team player, have basic computer knowledge, good at typing, possess good interpersonal skills, fluent in English and be flexible with work timings and ready to work in shifts.


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MC5 Bassist MICHAEL DAVIS Dies At 68
Michael Davis, bassist influential late 1960s rock band MC5, has died of liver failure at the age of 68, the BBC reports. He had been undergoing treatment for liver disease for a month before he died at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, California, his wife said.
Davis was MC5's (short for "Motor City Five") second bass player, having replaced Pat Burrows prior to the recording of the band's 1969 album "Kick Out The Jams". Davis left MC5 shortly before the band broke up in 1972 and went on to pursue a career in art.
MC5 reformed in 2004 with Handsome Dick Manitoba replacing original vocalist Rob Tyner, who died in 1991.
Davis is survived by his wife, their three sons, and a daughter from a previous marriage.


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At least 14 military personnel die in al Qaeda linked attack on intelligence HQ in Aden
Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants killed at least 14 Yemeni soldiers and security guards on Saturday in a car bomb and grenade attack on the intelligence service headquarters in the southern port city of Aden.
More bodies were believed buried under the rubble of the building, part of which was levelled in the assault, the defence ministry said. At least seven people were wounded.
The United States has been pouring aid into Yemen to stem the threat of attacks from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and to try to prevent any spillover of violence into neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter.
Last year, a US-backed offensive drove al Qaeda offshoot Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law) from cities it had seized in an uprising against former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
But Islamist militants have carried out a number of suicide bombings on high-profile military and security targets since June, exposing the government's vulnerability.
On Saturday, witnesses said militants drove up to a building owned by Yemen's state television broadcaster and blew up a military vehicle guarding it outside.
They then moved on to the three-storey intelligence base nearby and opened fire with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.
The attackers also detonated a car bomb next to the building, destroying part of it, said the defence ministry.
The ministry said the attack killed 14 people and wounded seven - all of them members of the intelligence service and the Central Security forces.
A security source and medics said 18 people died.
Resident Ashraf Ali Ahmed, said a loud explosion shook the area, followed by smaller blasts.
A local security source said the attack carried the hallmarks of al Qaeda. "The operation seemed to have been well planned," the source said.
In July, militants attacked a police academy in Sanaa, assassinating the commander of the southern region.
Washington has responded to the violence by stepping up its drone strikes on AQAP, which was behind several failed attacks on the United States, including an attempt to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009.


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This boneless leg of lamb is rubbed with garlic and lemon; covered with paprika, cumin, and coriander; and cooked on a rotisserie over potatoes, olives, onions, and fennel.
This boneless leg of lamb gets a double punch of flavor from garlic and lemon rubbed inside of it, and paprika, cumin, and coriander rubbed on the outside. The whole roast is cooked on a rotisserie spit until crispy and browned on the outside and juicy on the inside.... Read More
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March 2014: Samaha Associates' CEO Sabeh Samaha Featured in Credit Union Times Magazine Article
Credit Union Times magazine
Market Share Flex Requires Core Strength
By Marc Rapport
Core processing conversions are frequent because they are typically seen as a way to modernize the technology infrastructure to accommodate growth strategies.
Those changes vary with each credit union, and while some opt to move on, others use their existing technology partner to leverage the core for growth.
For example, shared branching is a big deal at the $130 million Southern Security Federal Credit Union in Memphis, Tenn., said Dawn Graeter, CEO. She credits an interface that allows tellers to move between screens and institutions without closing out for its success. Five of the credit union's branches have ranked among the top 10 in the state for the past few years as a CO-OP network member, including one branch that has been number one for the past five years, she noted.
Graeter also attributed 20% loan growth and 10% asset growth over the past two years to the ability to roll out new products, including mobile banking, through the NewSolutions platform from Memphis-based CUSO Share One. The partnership has enabled Southern Security FCU to stay current with all its applications, products and services, she added.
"Members' needs are very simple but it takes a refined, complex configuration to satisfy these simple needs," said California-based technologist Sabeh Samaha, who has consulted on hundreds of core platform and other deployments. "Credit unions can have very good technology but really, it's the use of that technology where we seem to find a lot of room for improvement."
The $5.7 billion Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union in Live Oak, Texas, is intent on not being one of those. After many years of operating on a self-built core processing system, the financial institution said it was the first to commit to the Acumen platform from Fiserv Inc. and then to the Open Solutions DNA system that Fiserv bought to replace the faltering Acumen as its flagship account processing offering.
"Our growth strategy is no big secret. We're continuing to focus on serving members through both traditional channels and new, innovative ones, and we're focusing on providing members the best resources possible to meet their needs," said Mary O'Rourke, senior vice president at the 460,000-member RBFCU.
She said the conversion will make it easier to introduce a host of new ancillary products, such as updated voice response and loan origination solutions, but also will turn a big chunk of the responsibility for keeping up with regulatory changes to the core processor.
Meanwhile, the $234 million Red Rocks Credit Union in Highland Park, Colo., is using off-the-shelf, cloud-based tools as well as making the move to a new core processor to execute its growth strategies. The 16,700-member Red Rocks plans to convert this fall from Fiserv's XP2 to the CUProdigy platform from Credit Union Data Processing, a CUSO based in Layton, Utah.
"We found ourselves over time experimenting with off-the-shelf, cloud-based technologies and because of the way our infrastructure was kind of locked in, we had to do a lot of workarounds – what I referred to as using baling wire and duct tape," Red Rocks President/CEO Pat Ahern said. Charlie Fulks, CEO of CUDP, said "The last thing a core should do is hold a credit union back from implementing their strategies."


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This month's Golden Transfer award goes to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in the Central District–and not just because it's the church I happen to attend.
Good Shepherd's congregation has adopted a bus stop (on 23rd Avenue near Union), which means that, starting after the first major cleanup this Saturday, they will keep it free of trash and graffiti for all of the lucky 48 riders who use it.
Mrs. Annie Lamb, the force behind the stop adoption, has been riding the bus for longer than I've been alive. And she's not the only one. Many of Good Shepherd's members ride the bus. At least once a week, I see someone from church on one of my regular routes. Did I mention that the Golden Transfer logo was designed by GS member Zach Tucker?
So thanks to everyone at Good Shepherd, for your loyal ridership and for your contribution to the bus-riding community. I have it on good authority that God looks favorably upon those who support public transportation.