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Tokio Millennium Re Establishes U.S. Branch
Tokio Millennium Re AG [TMR AG] has revealed that the New York State Department of Financial Services [NYSDFS] has issued a license to the company's newly formed U.S. branch. The U.S. branch will focus primarily on non-catastrophe risks to further expand TMR AG's stated intent to diversify its risk exposure. TMR AG also established a management... Read more of this article
Slideshow: Tokio Millennium Re Gives Back
Staff from one of the island's leading reinsurers showed their community spirit by spending a day giving back to the community today [Apr 16]. Tokio Millennium Re staff helped with touch-ups around Lefroy House, undertook some much-needed gardening and conservation work at WindReach, and swapped computers for shovels and jackhammers to help with demolition... Read more of this article
Tokio Millennium Completes Redomestication
Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. [TMR], a subsidiary of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., has completed the previously-announced redomestication of the Company from Bermuda to Switzerland, including approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority [FINMA]. As such, TMR will become registered as Tokio Millennium Re AG, effective... Read more of this article
Tokio Millennium Re Donates $10,000 To BFIS
The Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies [BFIS] has received a third donation of $10,000 from reinsurer Tokio Millennium Re. BFIS Chairman, Michael Fisher thanked Tatsuhiko Hoshina, President and CEO of Tokio Millennium Re, saying "The continuing support fromour donors is very important to BFIS as it underscores that insurance companies based... Read more of this article
Tokio Re Sponsors Paralympian Jessica Lewis
Bermuda's top paralympian Jessica Lewis is one step closer to her athletic goals, with Tokio Millennium Re signing on to be the sprinter's lead sponsor. Ms Lewis — the first Bermudian track & field para-athlete to compete at the highest international level — said the sponsorship will allow her to concentrate on training... Read more of this article
Tokio Re Organizes Summit On Global Warming
On June 28, 2013, Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. [TMR] held its "Eighth Summit on Global Warming and Climate Change – Implications for the Insurance Industry" in Atlanta. The summit, held annually, is meant to augment the process of research, analysis, and dialogue about global warming and climate change, its potential impacts as well as possible strategies... Read more of this article
Tokio Millenium Plans Swiss Move
Bermuda-based Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. announced today [May 14] that it plans to move its place of incorporation to Switzerland as part of a larger restructuring effort. The global reinsurer said the move is part of a long-term strategy to diversify its product offerings and geographic reach and aligns it with a larger globalization effort of parent... Read more of this article
Tokio Millennium Re Hold "'Day Of Giving"
Staff from Tokio Millennium Re displayed their community spirit by spreading out across Bermuda to help three of the island's charities on Thursday. The Tokio Day of Giving saw employees volunteer at The Reading Clinic, Casemates and WindReach. The Reading Clinic received a new coat of paint for its resource library while at Casemates Tokio employees... Read more of this article
Tokio Re Sponsors Children's Cricket Program
The Bermuda Cricket Board announced that Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. is sponsoring the free Pee Wee 'Have-a-go' cricket program for children ages 5 7. The program takes place at Berkeley Institute Gym every Saturday in March, starting on March 2 and finishing on March 30, 2013. The sessions will run as follows:5 Year Olds – 2.00 –... Read more of this article
Tokio Donates $50,000 To The Reading Clinic
Tokio Millennium Re made a significant donation to The Reading Clinic, Bermuda's only charity dedicated to enhancing the literacy and numeracy skills of children with learning difficulties. The Bermuda-based reinsurance company has become the lead sponsor of the Clinic's Core Reading Programme after presenting the Clinic with a cheque for $50,000. The... Read more of this article


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Never I seen Brad Pitt performance better than Hoffman to be honest, but when you saw 'Moneyball', you'll convinced that the real star and the only star of this movie is Brad Pitt himself. Not only he delivers a strong performance as Billy Beans but since this movie is all about ... read more
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Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles t... read more
Directed by: Bennett Miller
Release Date: September 23, 2011
DVD Release Date: January 10, 2012
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Moneyball was a huge snooze fest for me. I knew it would be. But against my better judgment, I watched it anyways. Why? Well because of the cast. It's been a few days since I watched this and I honestly can't remember much about it. I think I actually started readin... read more
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Okay. This movie give me another preapective of money. A good prespective.
March 11, 2013
I'm a big baseball fan . . . I can't understand how they could make such a great story so boring. And adding in the family nonsense only detracted from the real importance of the story being told. It's a new system jockeying for position with the old tried and "true" -- sometim... read more
February 5, 2013
It's hard for me to be objective with this film as 1) I'm a baseball fan, and 2) I remember that wacky season like it was yesterday (well, maybe the day before yesterday). After viewing this I pondered what someone who was not into baseball might think of this film - was there e... read more
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It seems odd that a movie based on a non-fiction book that is very heavy on statistics and number crunching could be an enjoyable, engrossing, and wonderful piece of cinema, but this movie is the proof.
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Science, a great script and Brad Pitt come together for a great tale of the underdog changing a sport forever.
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A crisp and sharp film that illustrates the hardships and triumphs in the world of professional baseball. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill team up to bring the true story of baseball galore to life and award-winning is an understatement to describe the emotion the film brings about. 4/5
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For sure the best film about baseball I've seen. Great performance from Brad Pitt but really the whole cast shines.
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A pretty intriguing and unique take on a baseball story. One thing the film does beautifully is showing the anguishing and grueling struggle Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill have to go through in trying to save a baseball team. Pitt is very likable in the lead role and Hill delivers his ... read more
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Moneyball is a winner, one of the freshest and smartest sports movies in years. Full Review
As an example of smarter-than-average Hollywood fare - and a sly dig at modern sporting politics - 'Moneyball' has all the key bases covered. Full Review
One of the most soulful of baseball movies -- it confronts the anguish of a very tough game. Full Review
The real protagonist of Moneyball, however, is Beane himself, played with great charisma by Brad Pitt. Full Review
[Pitt] provides ballast and a swaggering humor to a movie that, too often, strives to be The Social Network of baseball movies. Full Review
Pitt, who has a producing credit, is not the sole reason this tremendous -- yet intimate -- sports tale soars over the fences. The bench is deep. And the script has a powerful but finessed swing. Full Review
Moneyball turns an unlikely subject interesting, making a professional sport the nexus where past and future collide. Full Review
Moneyball is exactly like moneyball -- infused with intelligence, amusing in its attacks on false gods, but way easier to admire than to love. Full Review
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Every year we are plagued with the same question from people that already know the answer to what they're asking. We've been waiting his entire career for him to do it, but LeBron James refuses to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk contest year after year, disappointing legions of fans he's already sort of let down.
2013 is no different and there's a good chance that 2014 thru 2020 or whenever LeBron James decides to hang it up we won't ever see him take part in the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, even if it's we were good all year and we begged Santa to give it to us. But as is the case with everything in LeBron's career, the debate has people polarized from those defending is choice to those blasting him for chickening out.
For LeBron's cult of loyal and unwavering defenders, his choice to skip the Slam Dunk Contest is based on the fact that there would be absolutely no way he'd lose. Think about how political the NBA is and how calculated every single move that is made really is: if LeBron were to participate, at this point the NBA would have to let him win.
You don't have LeBron James decide to participate in the most popular All-Star event and then have something called James White beat him. LeBron's legacy would be at stake at that point, and the NBA would be only hurting itself by allowing James to not win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Because of this, LeBron's followers say the dunk contest would just be a LeBron jamfest and other participants would be unnecessary.
However, the other side of the aisle has just as many people and the tune is very different. LeBron's legacy and his status as one of the NBA's greatest players ever is constantly called into question and discounted by his haters. It bothers them that they have to accept the MVP awards, the records, the hype and now the NBA title.
But while they're trying to find valid reasons to discredit his accomplishments, the one thing his detractors forever can cling to is the fact that Micheal Jordan and Kobe Bryant won NBA Slam Dunk contests and LeBron James has not.
It's always a contest between who has the most rings, who has the most MVPs, but when it comes to the Slam Dunk title, LeBron is no different than the people watching it at home on their couches — he's never played in one. You'd think a guy that likes to shut people up with his game would shut people up by winning a Slam Dunk title, but he's refused to even try and that's only fueling the case against him.
Everyone likes to look at Michael Jordan and soon Kobe Bryant through rose-colored glasses and we all like to remember the NBA titles and the memorable moments and forget the more douchey moments both have had plenty of. Michael Jordan had a gambling problem, Kobe Bryant is notorious womanizer and both are arrogant individuals.
Yet, in LeBron's case his arrogance and holier-than-thou attitude is highlighted more than it is with others of his caliber and his refusal to participate in the Slam Dunk contest supports claims against him. For people that already have a bad view on LeBron, they see his refusal to participate in the Slam Dunk contest as a sign that he thinks he's better than the event.
Besides, what if he loses or he completely falls flat in his creativity. Guys like LeBron, MJ and Kobe strive to have as few blemishes on their final career record as possible and LeBron could be setting himself up for an unnecessary risk if he every participated in the Slam Dunk contest. He's made too big a deal about it at this point, he simply can't win if he participates, even if he actually wins.
But even LeBron's minions have to admit that it's a bad look to always shut down an event that constantly tries to get you to participate and the reason for refusal largely has to do with the attention it brings you. NBA stars like LeBron and MJ are attention whores, everyone knows this and when an event constantly courts you, that's the kind of attention they crave.
That's why LeBron has never and will never a participate in a Slam Dunk contest. It's ironic that an attention whore gets off on the fact he gets more attention by not participating in the event than he would if he actually would. But LeBron's not an idiot, he knows that as soon as he participates, the annual Will LeBron participate in the Slam Dunk Contest attention will go away.
And if there's one thing attention whores hate, it's when the attention goes away, even if it's only just a little bit.
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By Litsa DremousisSpecial to MSN Music
"Even if it is the best I gave/What is love without pain?" Zach Rogue sings
on "Without Pain" and such philosophical inquiry shimmers like sea glass
throughout "Nightingale Floors," the fifth studio album from indie stalwarts Rogue Wave. Instead of resembling a weed-laced
senior thesis, though, "Nightingale Floors" is surprisingly upbeat in the face
of death, the fate all of us share but that only select pop musicians seem to
address effectively.
As is usually the case, Rogue Wave can render the Grim Reaper a bit less grim
because Zach Rogue and Pat Sturgeon, Rogue Wave's longtime drummer and
multi-instrumentalist, have greeted him more than once. Sturgeon survived a
dangerous kidney transplant surgery in 2006; former bandmate Evan Farrell died
tragically in a house fire in 2007; and Rogue's beloved father was felled by
cancer during the making of "Nightingale Floors."
Listening Booth: Hear the new
Undeterred, Rogue Wave is preparing to tour the U.S. for the next several
months. During a recent phone call, Zach Rogue stepped outside the band's
rehearsal space to discuss why accepting death is crucial, the lessons he
learned from George Harrison's example and how Sturgeon anchors
Rogue Wave throughout the tumult. Rogue was gregarious and candid throughout and
laughed easily.
MSN Music: "Nightingale Floors" is a gorgeous record. How comfortable are
you discussing death? It weaves through these songs, but I don't know you
personally and I'm not trying to pry.
Zach Rogue: I wasn't comfortable talking about it at all, really, until last
year. I don't want my father dying to be some narrative for this record. I don't
want to exploit my father dying in order to make a buck or sell a record, but at
the same time, I don't want to lie to people who listen to our music. When he
was diagnosed as terminal in January of 2012, I didn't want to talk about it. He
declined further treatment and was really sick and I didn't want to hear people
say, "Just think of all the time you'll spend together in the meantime!"
Oh, that's the worst.
Now I look back and go, "Wow, I had so many great moments with him those last
six months." Those are some of the best times we ever had. I can only say that
now because I have a much greater deal of acceptance. I wasn't in a place where
I could accept things. When a parent is going to die, it's a door that most of
us are obviously going to walk through at some point, but it's not something
we're ever prepared for. When my dad was sick, I was also watching that George
Harrison documentary by Martin Scorsese and it's one of the most beautiful
documentaries I've ever seen. My dad was a massive Beatles fan, and George Harrison spent so much of
his life on a spiritual quest to prepare for death. I found such comfort and joy
in seeing that and seeing, with George Harrison, all that a person can do with
their life and all the different kinds of people you can know in one lifetime.
And because I'd scored a series for them, the people at HBO were kind enough to
send me an advance copy of the George Harrison documentary to give to my dad.
So, he could watch that because he didn't have HBO.
That was quite compassionate.
I know. They sent the DVD and the book and when I opened that package, I just
started to cry. There are those times in your life when you're raw and a kind
gesture will absolutely floor you. And I had so many of those significant
moments when friends reached out at a weirdly cosmic time when I needed someone
to call me.
There's a bit of a Michael Stipe tinge to your lyrics, where the
listener gets a feeling, without knowing exactly what you're talking about. It
allows them to draw their own conclusions.
Growing up, R.E.M. were like gods to me. Me and my friends
would try to decode the lyrics --
My friends and I did, too!
"Is he adding an extra 'of' at the end of that line?" We'd go crazy,
listening to "Driver 8" and all that stuff. But the lyrics I write are only half
the story. The other half is Pat. Without Pat, the band doesn't exist because he
and I musically collaborate and he's the one who's in the trenches with me,
fleshing out the demos and what works with the arrangements and, rhythmically,
figuring out if the songs have a pulse. We tracked, I don't even know how many
songs. The actual writing of the songs and writing the lyrics is "Part A" and
"Part B" is my relationship with Pat.
Bing: More on Rogue
It seems like you found a way to take this enormous loss and turn it into
a record that's not grim, but rather beautiful.
When Dad called me and said, "I'm going to die"," I made a choice. It's a
weird thing when you get that kind of call; there was a scrapbook in my brain
and all the moments were flipping around and, maybe you can hear it on the
record, but there is joy in there because there was joy in there. Not in that
time, but in everything before it, there was joy. My relationship with my dad
and my mom made me who I am. "The Closer I Get" is the most direct song I've
ever written, about my life partner. She's my person. And there's great beauty
and great sadness, because she and I will face that same threshold someday.
There's something special and poignant about that.
Are you concerned about playing these songs live, particularly the first
Going to that emotional place? I've wondered about that. But as I said
before, my writing the song and my perspective are only part of the band. If I
were onstage alone, it might get unbearable, but there's Pat and the rest of the
band. When we're rehearsing, I get a little bit emotional. With the last song,
"Everyone Wants to Be You"," it's kind of exhausting going to that place
emotionally. But at the same time, you're going to play every night on tour and
people are paying to see you. And they have their own energy and own issues in
their life. And maybe 90 percent of them don't give a s--- what it means and
they just like the melody [laughs] and that's okay. When I'm performing, I want
to feel like I'm having a real emotional connection to people and that life does
have meaning and I want to feel the rawness of life. That gives me purpose.
That's why I want to be on the road at all, because touring kind of sucks.
[Laughs.] I want to be at home with my wife and daughter. And I have another
child on the way! But if I'm going to play these songs on the road, I want to
have a cathartic emotional experience because I think people want, for a moment,
to just go to this place and let go.
Litsa Dremousis' work also appears in The Believer, Esquire, Jezebel,
Huffington Post, McSweeney's, New York Magazine, The Onion's A.V. Club, Slate on
KUOW, NPR, and in sundry other venues. She is completing her first novel. On
Twitter: @LitsaDremousis.
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Do High Calcium Levels Damage Your Heart?The ways that high calcium can affect the heart and kidneys.
Q: My calcium levels are high. I was told that this may affect my heart and kidneys. What should I do?
A: I suspect that you have mild hypercalcemia. Mild hypercalcemia is usually defined as a blood calcium level above 10.5 mg/dL (the upper limit of normal) but less than 12.0 mg/dL. Mild hypercalcemia often causes no symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they are usually non-specific, such as fatigue or body aches.
A mild elevation of blood calcium usually doesn't need immediate treatment. In the short term, it shouldn't damage the kidneys or the heart. However, it's important to find the cause of your hypercalcemia.
Your first step should be to get a second blood test to be sure that the first results were not due to a laboratory error. Assuming that the repeat test confirms that you have hypercalcemia, you and your doctor will want to investigate the cause.
The most common cause of mild hypercalcemia is an overproduction of parathyroid hormone (a condition called hyperparathyroidism). Parathyroid hormone is made by four small parathyroid glands that rest on the back side of the thyroid gland in the neck. Parathyroid hormone acts on the bones to release calcium into the blood. The parathyroid glands normally produce enough parathyroid hormone to keep blood-calcium levels in the normal range. If blood calcium gets above 10.5 mg/dL, the glands should turn off parathyroid production.
Hypercalcemia caused by hyperparathyroidism happens when:
- All four glands keep putting out more parathyroid hormone despite a high blood-calcium level.
- One of the glands develops a benign growth called a parathyroid adenoma. The adenoma functions independently and does not turn off when calcium rises above normal.
- Parathyroid cancer is present—though this is very rare. Less than 100 cases per year are reported in the United States.
Another reason for hypercalcemia is excessive intake of vitamin D, especially when combined with supplemental calcium. Unless instructed by a doctor, people should not take more than 2,000 IU of vitamin D daily.
It sounds as though you are a bit surprised by the blood test result showing hypercalcemia. But this is not unusual. Mild hypercalcemia is often discovered when a person has had a routine blood chemistry panel done—often for reasons unrelated to calcium concerns. A calcium level is a standard part of full chemistry panels.
Your doctor will likely ask you about vitamin D and calcium intake and will order a blood parathyroid hormone test. Additional testing will be needed if you have other symptoms or a very high calcium level, especially if the parathyroid hormone blood test is normal.
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I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY. SO I DID BOTH. For real. He was like "Are you crying?"
PHOTOSHOP HAS MADE ME CRY. AND I HATE IT. and I hate my husband a little bit for letting me suffer for three hours.
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What happened to the Barangay Aglayan Malaybalay City website?
I visited the Barangay Aglayan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon website just a few minutes ago. Lo and behold, the website is down and a curious "look" is plastered on the homepage. I took a screen shot of the curious "look" of the website at exactly 8:12 PM tonight, August 8, 2010. Check out what I saw:
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Great presence, passionate debaters, and instigators of change - qualities that both George McGovern and Bill Janklow, South Dakota's most effective political leaders, share.
"I think politics is the noblest profession. It's the place where you can do the most harm or the most good," said McGovern. "Bill was always on the side of doing something constructive."
McGovern and Janklow often watched each other from afar, but both always had the state's best interests near to their hearts.
"It's his dedication to this state. I think Bill Janklow was thoroughly committed to South Dakota and its welfare," said McGovern.
A couple of days ago, Janklow's son Russ received a call. McGovern would be at his Father's funeral and he wanted to secure a spot."Are you kidding? My Dad would want me to stand to make sure Senator McGovern had a seat," said Russ Janklow.
McGovern and Janklow weren't close friends, but a recent unplanned meeting at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester solidified their mutual admiration for one another."That morning was a very warm experience in my life," said McGovern. "I've never been embraced more enthusiastically by another political figure than I was that morning."


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BOSTON, Massachusetts - Some notes of interest after left-hander Jon Lester one-hit the Blue Jays in a 5-0 Red Sox victory at Fenway Park:
Ortiz worked out of jams in each of his five innings, holding the Red Sox to one run on four hits. He walked four batters.
With J.A. Happ and Josh Johnson injured, the Blue Jays need a starter on Wednesday against the defending world champion San Francisco Giants.
Did Ortiz earn a second start?
"Yeah I sure think so," said Gibbons. "I don't know how he could have done more."
Ortiz threw 96 pitches, only 51 for strikes. The veteran has pitched at Fenway Park many times and wondered if home plate umpire Alan Porter got caught up in his surroundings.
"It's hard, you know, pitching to hitters in Boston and New York," said Ortiz. "It's very hard for the umpire, I threw a lot of good pitches up and away and down and inside but we don't get any pitches. It's not an excuse but when the umpire gives those pitches to you the game is a different story."
"There was a lot of borderline pitches that I don't think he got tonight," said Gibbons. "They might have been up but you know, he pounds the strike zone, that's his game. He's one of those crafty veterans."
There's doubt whether Morrow, 28, will be able to make his scheduled start against the Red Sox on Sunday.
The right-hander is suffering from back spasms and remained in Florida when the club travelled to Boston for further tests and treatment.
"He got an MRI down there so the disc and everything are fine," said manager John Gibbons. "He's still a little bit stiff. There's a question whether they can get that out of there or not. We think he'll be able to pitch but that's not 100-percent."
Morrow missed his regular turn on Friday and was replaced by Ramon Ortiz.
Davis, who led off and was the designated hitter on Friday, left the game when his turn came up in the sixth inning.
The Blue Jays say Davis a left oblique strain, which began with a "tweak" during the series with the Rays.
Due the nature of oblique injuries – Brett Lawrie and Brandon Morrow can attest – the club will take all necessary precautions with Davis.
There's been no decision made whether to place Davis on the disabled list.


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Berry-Lime Water
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Recipe Time
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 6
- Calories from fat: 8%
- Protein: 0.2g
- Fat: 0.1g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Carbohydrate: 1.7g
- Fiber: 0.0g
- Sodium: 20mg
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- 1/4 lime, cut into chunks
- 2 tablespoons blueberries
- 2 tablespoons blackberries
- 2 cups cold sparkling water
- 1. Put lime and berries in a large cocktail shaker. Add 1 tbsp. water; mash well with a muddler or end of a wooden spoon.
- 2. Stir in sparkling water, cover, then strain into an ice-filled glass (for a clearer drink, pour through cheesecloth).
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- COURSE: Beverages, Beverages, Nonalcoholic
- CONVENIENCE: Quick/Easy
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fruits
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Calorie, Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Saturated Fat, Low Sodium
- PUBLICATION: Sunset
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Black and green peppercorns work in concert: Robust, piquant black peppercorns are balanced by the clean freshness of green peppercorns. You can substitute more of the milder green peppercorns, if preferred.
Yield: 2 loaves, 8 servings per loaf (serving size: 1 slice)
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- Calories: 199
- Calories from fat: 19%
- Fat: 4.1g
- Saturated fat: 0.5g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.9g
- Protein: 7.3g
- Carbohydrate: 35.9g
- Fiber: 2.4g
- Cholesterol: 13mg
- Iron: 2.7mg
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- Calcium: 35mg
- 1 package dry yeast (about 2 1/4 teaspoons)
- 2 cups warm water (100° to 110°)
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 5 1/4 cups bread flour (about 25 ounces), divided
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- 5 tablespoons sesame seeds, divided
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- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Gifts, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Rice/Grains
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Meatless, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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The average apartment rent over the prior 6 months in Santa Clara has increased by $80 (3%)
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Imagine travelling in comfort from Melbourne to Sydney on a train in just three hours. Browsing the internet, watching the landscape whiz past, alighting upon arrival in the centre of the city.
High speed rail travel between major Australian cities, to bridge the "tyranny of distance" has been on the national radar ever since Japan launched its Shinkansen train in 1964.
However, no politician has ever followed their words with action, and fast rail has remained a dream on the edge of public consciousness, commonly viewed with cynicism.
Yet that dream is again taking shape into a sensible proposal, bolstered by the pressing need to de-carbonise our economy to address climate change. As the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil loom before us, the reasons for constructing such nation-building infrastructure are now stronger than ever.
The Melbourne-to-Sydney air route is the world's fourth busiest. A high-speed train carries eight times as many passengers as an aeroplane over a given distance using the same amount of energy, largely because of the energy required to get and keep a heavy payload airborne.
Leading scientists from around the world, and with the U.N.'s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have issued dire warnings about global warming.
Such climatic alarm bells call for a rapid restructure of the Australian economy towards a much higher percentage of electricity, heating and transport powered from renewable sources. This call is echoed by Al Gore, leader of the Repower America movement, and much of the Australian grassroots climate movement.
Transport is the fastest growing sector of Australian greenhouse gas emissions, currently standing at 16% and within the transport sector, aviation is the fastest growing contributor to those emissions.
Electrifying 95% of Australia's transport system could be key to addressing these emissions, as it is energy efficient and could be powered by 100% renewable energy. This includes freight and urban public transport, although that's another story.
In the evolution of transport, we here in Australia are stuck in the 'Age of Domestic Air Travel'. Meanwhile our contemporaries in Japan, Europe and China have already been enjoying high speed trains for up to 40 years. I believe that it's high time we made the change – we need to plan and build a high speed rail network connecting all the mainland capitals.
France has an extensive high-speed rail network, as does Spain. Spain's first high-speed train route, covering 360 km between Madrid and Seville, opened in 1992. Five million passengers took advantage of the highly efficient mode of transport in its first year, avoiding airline queues, frustrating check-ins and cramped conditions.
Since then the network has grown to cover 2,000 km of track, with the government planning a further 10,000 km by 2020. Ninety per cent of the Spanish population will then live within 50 km of a bullet train station.
Australia is now in a position in which it can take the cream of the technology and know-how developed in other parts of the world and engage our construction sector to produce a high-speed rail network and tens of thousands of new jobs.
A fast train network should be powered by 25kV pantograph lines, and Standard Gauge tracks to be compatible with the maximum number of high-speed train providers.
The high-speed train project would employ tens of thousands of construction and maintenance workers whilst using significant local resources. And with our vast open spaces and flat land, the cost of building infrastructure for such a system is economically favourable compared to European countries where extensive tunnelling is required.
Starting with Sydney-to-Melbourne via Canberra, 4,500 km of track, bridges and tunnels could link Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra, at a cost of approximately A$65 billion – this will be equivalent to just one year of oil imports in 2015.
Australia can't afford to be importing that much oil each year by 2015, a figure given by Arjun Murti, a Goldman Sachs analyst. This is the equivalent of foreign oil companies taxing all Australians $3,000 each.
I believe that we should instead keep this $65 billion dollars a year in Australia, directing it towards schools, hospitals and a transition to electrified rail powered by renewable energy.
The Federal government is currently exposing Australians to fluctuating oil prices and the dangers of global warming. Inaction will cause our people and economy to suffer. The best way to maintain mobility in a time of oil shortage is to anticipate it, and act to mitigate it before it becomes a problem.
Switching interstate travel from air to rail is an important part of de-carbonising our economy. This is a reliable and safe technology that has been used around the world for decades.
If only the Australian Federal and State governments could see the immense value of a fast electric train system, and use it to address the public's calls for leadership on the climate crisis.
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forcan ridge, the saddle
© jacobfinn, Mar 2009
Route: The Forcan Ridge
Climbers: jjax
Camera used: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL