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Apple Pie Ice Cream with Caramel Sauce and Candied Cornflakes
Ice cream:
- 1 cup milk 100 g sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 medium sized apple pie (from your local bakery or frozen)
- 1 1/2 cup cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Caramel sauce:
- 70 g butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tbs golden syrup
- 1 tsp (heaped) cornflour
- 2 tbs cream
Candied cornflakes:
- 2 cups cornflakes
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbs corn syrup
For the ice cream:
- Heat milk in a small saucepan while beating your egg yolks and sugar in a separate bowl. If the apple pie your using is frozen this is a good time to place it in the oven.
- Once warmed, slowly pour the hot milk over the yolk/sugar mixture whilst stirring constantly. This is to temper your eggs.
- Pour the mixture pack into the saucepan and heat, whilst stirring, until it becomes a thick custard. Ensure you do this slowly or you'll end up with sugary scrambled eggs.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool for half an hour. Add the vanilla, cream and stir to combine. Crumble your pie into the mixture.
- Put in the refrigerator to cool overnight, or at least 6 hours.
- The following day strain your mixture to separate the creme anglaise from the apple pie pieces. With a fork, mash the leftover apple pie pieces into a very vague puree and combine once again with creme anglaise.
- Prepare in ice cream maker as per manufacturer's instructions.
For the caramel sauce:
- Combine butter and sugar in a saucepan and stir over low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Bring to bowl then reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.
- Combine water, golden syrup and cornflour in a separate bowl. Add to brown sugar mixture and stir to combine. Bring to boil, reduce heat and summer for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in cream.
For the candied cornflakes:
- Combine sugar and corn syrup in a small saucepan and stir over low heat until combined and sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and add cornflakes. Stir until cornflakes are completely covered in syrup and turn out onto baking paper and allow to dry.
- Once dried, break into shards as a lovely garnish.
- With a warm ice cream scoop, place a few spoons of ice cream in adorable bowls. Top with generous servings of caramel sauce and adorn with candied cornflakes.
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Fried Apple Pies
Tart shell:
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons cold butter
- 1/4 cup ice water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups peeled apples, chopped to 1/2" squares
- 1/2 cup apple cider
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- big pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons flour
- In the bowl of your food processor, combine the flour, salt, and sugar by pulsing 3 times. Cut up the butter into large chunks, and add to the flour. Pulse several times, until the mixture is sandy and crumbly. Drizzle in the ice water, and pulse 2 or 3 times until the dough just holds together.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a 6" disc. Wrap the disc tight in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the filling. Combine the apples, cider, sugar, zest and juice, and salt, and cook over medium heat. The mixture will bubble, and cook down. After about 15 minutes the apples will soften, but still have a little texture. Stir in the flour and cook for a minute or two more. Remove from heat and set filling aside to cool.
- Either in an electric skillet, deep fryer, or heavy-bottomed pan with deep sides, heat a neutral cooking oil to 350 degrees.
- On a lightly floured surface roll 1/3 of the dough into a 10 – 12" oval. To make the first two pies, cut the oval in half, and carefully pile 1/3 cup of filling on one half of each semi-circle. Quickly wet the edges, and fold over, pressing each into a turnover shape. Seal the edges with the tines of a fork. Fry the pies for a total of 3 – 4 minutes, flipping them halfway through. Remove from oil when the pies are a deep golden brown. Place on a stack of paper towels, dust with confectioners sugar and serve. Follow these steps for the other four pies.
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Matt Pakes is a Co-Founder and Principal Engineer at Bazaar Labs, a company building web and mobile applications powered by the real-time social stream. He is currently focused on building the technology behind web and mobile applications for Bazaar Labs, including real-time filtering and classification systems.
Prior to Bazaar Labs, Matt specialized in system architecture and real-time embedded systems at several enterprise storage and network security startups, including Storspeed and TippingPoint Technologies. Previously, he worked at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, developing embedded software and hardware for the Atlas V launch vehicle.
Matt completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2003, specializing in computer architecture and digital logic design.
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Screenlets is a powerful widgets, and I will give you a tutorials to install screenlets, screenlets is the other options after google gadgets. Google gadgets has a ton of widgets, but screenlets also cannot be ignored. Firstly, you need to take a look of the video.
And this is the tutorial, please follow it carefully.
1. Install through the Repositories
Install through the repositories by open your sources.list , press alt+f2 button.
Code: sudo /etc/apt/sources.list
2. Add The Line at the End of the Files
Add this line to the end of the file (for Ubuntu 7.10):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gilir/ubuntu gutsy main universe
Add this line to the end of the file (for Ubuntu 8.04):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gilir/ubuntu hardy main universe
3. The Installation
Save and close the text editor. Run this command to update apt repositories:
sudo apt-get update
Install the Screenlets package by typing:
sudo apt-get install screenlets
You also need to install the package of phyton-feedparser if you didn't install this things:
sudo apt-get install python-feedparser
If starting the Screenlets Manager nags you that Gtkmozembed needs to be installed, some Screenlets may not work. Run this command to fix it:
sudo apt-get install python-gnome2-extras
Press y and enter to accept installing the package without verification.
4. Use Debian Package for Offline Users
For offline users, you can use the getdeb.netpackage and it might help you . Don't forget to use Compiz Fusion too.
5. Get Started with Screenlets!
The Screenlets manager can be started from the System->Preferences->Screenlets menu item. If it's not there, you may find it in Applications->Accessories->Screenlets.
As you will see in the Screenlets Manager, the default installation includes a lot of Screenlets. Start a Screenlet by selecting it in the list and clicking the Launch/Add button. If you like the Screenlet, select the Auto start on login box to have it launch automatically. Close a Screenlet by unselecting the Start/Stop box.
6. Mac OS X Style
Compiz's Widget Layer plugin can be used with Screenlets to achieve an effect similar to the dashboard in Mac OS X. Your Screenlets will only be visible by activating a view that dims the desktop and displays the Screenlets on top of everything else.
In the Appearance Preferences dialog (System->Preferences->Appearance), open the Visual Effects tab and switch to the Custom effects level. If this option is not available, you need to install CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM) first:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Now, open CCSM by clicking the Preferences button. Find the Widget Layer plugin and select the box to turn it on.
For all the Screenlets you want on the Widget Layer, open their right-click menus and select Window->Widget. The Screenlet will disappear from your desktop. Press the default Widget Layer key, F9, to dim the desktop and display your widgets.
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5 (.25 ounce) envelopes
unflavored gelatin (such as Knox ®)
2 1/2 cups
cold water
2 (6 ounce) packages
fruit-flavored Jell-O® mix
1 cup
white sugar
2 cups
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1 cup
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This isn't a "gourmet" jello dish... It's simple and tasty. Kids have fun making shapes out of the jello with cookie cutters. You can cut down on the sugar without any problem. It's fun to make special shapes for holiday celebrations - something special just for the kids (and adults too)!
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Book Two of the Etsey Series
This novel is currently out of print and will be rereleased at a future date.
There is something different about Aurel. Though he's lived his whole life as a Temple Boy in remote Mantua, no one seems to know when he arrived, or even when he was born. Despite a strict edict against sexual contact in the monastery, somehow even the most devout of men seem unable to stop from throwing themselves at Aurel. But things really get hairy when God shows up speaking Catalian and demands Aurel help him find his true love.
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Obamacare could propel this stock to a 70% gain
With the Affordable Care Act bringing millions more patients into the system, Lab Corp should have all the business it can handle for years to come.
It's no secret that Americans are pretty voracious consumers of health care.
Health care accounts for more than 17 percent of GDP, and the sector is projected to grow to 20 percent of the U.S. economy within eight years. A good chunk of the sector is diagnostic laboratory testing, now about a $60 billion industry in the U.S.
Currently, hospitals and health care networks do most lab tests, ranging from routine blood and urine screens to more time-consuming, complex cancer and genetic tests. However, health care providers are now much more likely to outsource lab tests, particularly the more complicated ones, because it's often cheaper and more efficient.
Typically, health care providers want a large, reputable lab with many accessible locations. They certainly prefer a lab that can handle volume that is likely to grow substantially, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).
Obamacare, which emphasizes preventive testing, is expected to bring an estimated 25 million new patients into the health care system during the next 10 years. What's more, the enormous baby boomer population will likely need all sorts of diagnostic tests as they age. (My colleague Joseph Hogue explored this trend in his "Graying of America" series last summer.)
These trends hold plenty of profit potential, and one particular company I think is in the best position to capitalize. As you might expect, it's an industry leader, currently generating $5.8 billion of annual revenue and earnings per share (EPS) of $6.07.
I especially like this company's growth strategy of increasing its offerings of more complex diagnostic tests that health care providers are likely to outsource. Such tests are typically more profitable because they're reimbursed at higher rates than routine tests.
This company also plans to grow through acquisitions and joint ventures and by continually investing in software that helps improve customer loyalty. It has been implementing innovative cost-cutting measures, too.
I'm referring to Laboratory Corporation of America (LH), which operates 1,800 lab test centers and holds about 20 percent of the independent lab test market.
Among LabCorp's latest offerings of the more complex and profitable variety is a new FDA-approved breast cancer test that helps predict the likelihood of recurrence years down the road in postmenopausal women treated for breast cancer. Clinical studies have found the new test more accurate and informative than previous tests designed for the same purpose.
One of LabCorp's newest genetic tests is the chromosome SNP microarray, which can be used to detect chromosomal changes associated with autism and other developmental problems in children. LabCorp also recently announced the nationwide availability of its KRAS mutation test doctors for identifying patients with colorectal cancer who would benefit from a particular form of treatment. The company has also recently launched non-routine diagnostic tests for use in a variety of other areas such as diabetes, HIV and reproductive issues. In all, LabCorp has about 4,000 routine and more complex diagnostic tests.
While LabCorp creates many of its own tests, acquisitions have yielded others. In June 2012, for example, the company bought Medtox Scientific, a maker of specialized tests for employment drug screening, forensics and pharmaceutical clinical trials. A year earlier, Clearstone Central Laboratories was acquired for its expertise with lab tests that evaluate medications in the late stages of development. Management recently inked a multi-year deal with genetic research firm Illumina (ILMN) to use Illumina products to develop new lab tests.
To foster customer loyalty, LabCorp provides online interfaces for managing lab test information. One of the newest is LabCorp Beacon, a Web-based system for ordering tests, viewing and sharing results, and analyzing trends in the results. Test Menu, another online tool, is a searchable directory of all LabCorp tests.
To help boost the bottom line, the company has been trying to reduce its paid workforce by increasing automation. Last September, for instance, the company completed an automation project at its Burlington, N.C., center, where robots now do the repetitive test sample splitting and sorting previously done by people. Management has set a goal of completely automating these functions in its Atlantic division by the end of July.
Another boon to profitability is that LabCorp minimizes less profitable managed-care contracts in which the amount that can be charged for lab tests is capped. Guarantees of higher business volume can make such contracts tempting, but LabCorp hasn't allowed itself to fall into this trap and has limited capped managed-care contracts to around 3 percent to 4 percent of total revenue for many years.
Risks to consider: About 15 percent of revenue is from lab tests paid for by Medicare, meaning LabCorp has substantial vulnerability to pricing pressure from the government. Also, greater proliferation of high-deductible health plans could hinder lab test demand by placing more of the cost burden directly on patients, who may then sometimes opt to skip recommended tests.
Action to take: Based on the trends and LabCorp's leading position in its industry, I think the company stands to generate some nice profits in coming years. Indeed, EPS should climb an average of 10 percent a year, hitting $9.78 in five years. Assuming a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio in the stock's historical range of 16, the stock price could reach $156 per share in 2019, which would be good for a 71 percent gain from the current price of around $91. With a current P/E of 15, LabCorp is a good value -- and a smart buy -- right now.
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Extensive inoculation programs and the availability of low- or no-cost health care provided by the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security have made Venezuela's health care infrastructure one of the more advanced in Latin America. Once the most comprehensive and well funded in the region, the health care system deteriorated sharply since the 1980s. Government expenditures on health care constituted an estimated 4.1 percent of gross domestic product in 2002. Total health expenditures per capita in 2001 totaled US$386. Per capita government expenditures on health in 2001 totaled US$240.
In a 1992-3 cholera epidemic in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela's political leaders were accused of racial profiling of their own indigenous people to deflect blame from the country's institutions, thereby aggravating the epidemic.[1]
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Private hospitals and clinics and the qualifications of their medical personnel are comparable to U.S. standards. Private health services are costly and "full to bursting." The Government has accused private hospitals of profiteering. 2,000 doctors have left the country in 2006-'08 period.[2] However, overall life expectancy, as of 2009, is 74 compared to Brazil's 72[3] where roughly 1 in 5 have private health insurance.
During the 1995–99 period, the mortality rate by broad groups of causes per 100,000 population was 162.3 for diseases of the circulatory system, 63.8 for malignant neoplasms, 55.3 for external causes, 53.6 for communicable diseases, and 22.4 for certain conditions originating before birth. Several transmissible diseases, including dengue fever, malaria, measles, and tuberculosis, have reappeared in recent years. In August 2001, President Hugo Chávez announced a national campaign to fight the dengue fever epidemic that had infected 24,000 and killed four. Child immunization for measles in 2002 (as a percentage of under 12 months) was 78 percent, as compared with 84 percent in 1999. In 1999 an estimated 62,000 Venezuelans were living with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); and in 2001 an estimated 2,000 people died from AIDS. At the end of 2003, the percentage of the population between the ages of 15 to 49 with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS was 0.7. In 2000, 85 percent of the urban population and 70 percent of the rural population had access to improved water. Improved sanitation was available to 71 percent of the urban population and 48 percent of the rural population.
See also[edit]
- ^ Hoelting, Kurt. "''Stories in the Time of Cholera'' by Charles L. Briggs". Powells.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ "Don't stand so close to me". The Economist. 21 March 2008.
- ^ CIA (2009) The World Fact Book, "Country Comparison :: Life expectancy at birth"
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A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new Washington state law that would require classified advertising companies to verify the ages of people in sex-related advertisements.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez granted a 14-day temporary restraining order sought by the website Backpage.com. Backpage filed suit this week to block the law pending a judge's decision on whether it should be struck down. The law was due to take effect Thursday.
Backpage contends the law is invalid.
The website Backpage.com sued the state of Washington on Monday, saying a new law that would require classified advertising companies to verify the ages of people in sex-related advertisements is invalid, even if it has a laudable goal.
May 17, 2012 - Transcript – Anderson Cooper Attorneys General Call for Backpage.com to End Adult Services Ads -
COOPER: The most popular Internet site for escorts is called BackPage.com. And in recent weeks we've reported on growing pressure by law enforcement officials and anti-sex trafficking groups for BackPage to shut down its adult services section, the section where authorities say underage girls are sometimes sold for sex.
We think of branding as something ranchers do to their cattle. But it's also what pimps do to women and girls they control across America.
Taz, a 16-year-old girl here in New York City, told me that her pimp had branded three other girls with tattoos bearing his name. When she refused the tattoo, she said, he held her down and carved his name on her back with a safety pin.
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Melissa Harris-Perry interviews Actress Mira Sorvino, a Goodwill Ambassador, and Rachel Lloyd, executive director of Girls Educational Mentoring Services as they shine light on child sex-trafficking and the policies that criminalize the victims of the vicious cycle. Rev. Dr. Katherine Henderson and Liz McDougall, General Counsel for Village Voice Media, later enter the conversation as it shifts to the outrage against The Village Voice for its website, Backpage.com, that critics allege facilitates child sex-trafficking.
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Most of Megan's bedroom is filled with the paraphernalia of a typical teenage girl -- piles of T-shirts, posters of her favorite stars, some stuffed animals she hasn't quite outgrown.
But then she goes to her closet and digs out a pair of sky-high silver stilettos. They are a glimpse into another kind of life -- the memory of which haunts her.
"I made my pimp about over $30,000 and I got nothing out of it," said Megan, who is just 17. "The most I've gotten is a pair of heels."
A Sioux Falls jury has returned a guilty verdict for a man accused of forcing a teenage girl to work as a prostitute last winter.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours before returning verdicts of guilty for Emmanuel Nyuon, 34, who was charged with sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
Since December of 2012, detectives with the Bremerton Police Department have been working a rape and human trafficking investigation involving two juvenile victims (ages 16 and 17) and one adult victim. To date, five individuals have been arrested and charged for their involvement and are currently in-custody at the Kitsap County Jail. Two others have been charged with felonies, but are currently out of custody.


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DCnU Shocker: Captain Atom Cancelled
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DC Comics quietly announced that they were cancelling the low-selling title Captain Atom with issue #0. The series, considered to be one of the weakest of the New 52, was hailed by critics as "slow paced", "weird" and "just awful". It also experienced a freefall in sales, shocking absolutely no one. Interestingly, the series is ending with an origin issue, which promises to show exactly why the series sucked.
An unnamed DC executive mentioned that the cancellation was partially due to the release of Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan miniseries, which greatly outsold the cancelled Captain Atom. "Why have a cheap Dr. Manhattan imitation when you can have the real thing?" he mused.
This marks the second series to end this September, joining Justice League International. Despite mediocre series falling left and right, the Outhouse can confirm that Savage Hawkman, written by industry pariah Rob Liefeld, was not cancelled.
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Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Crude production at Iraq's Halfaya field, whose shareholders include Total SA, increased after a well started, according to Missan Oil Co., which is overseeing the project.
The well, one of 10 being drilled to develop the area, added 2,000 barrels a day in production, Director General Ali Muarej said in a statement on the company's website today. Output will start at three more wells next month, he said.
Total, China National Petroleum Corp. and Petroliam Nasional Bhd., known as Petronas, are developing Halfaya. CNPC has a 50 percent share in the project, with Total and Petronas each owning 25 percent.
Output at Halfaya field will rise to 70,000 barrels a day in 2012, As Sabah newspaper said Oct. 9.
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A man on Lowerline Street was robbed of his truck by an attacker armed with a semi-automatic rifle Wednesday evening, police said. Continue reading »
Armed robbers who hit Uptown bicyclist with car apparently struck a second time in Treme area, police say
After a pair of armed robbers knocked a bicyclist to the ground with their car Friday afternoon before taking his belongings at gunpoint on an Uptown street, the same suspects appear to have repeated the crime with another victim on a bicycle in the Treme area the following night, New Orleans police say. Continue reading »
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus: Thirty-five years ago, Dutch Morial's election swung open City Hall's doors
This month marks the 35th anniversary of the election of Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, the first African-American mayor in New Orleans history, who swung the doors open at City Hall for minorities and women.
It was an epic campaign, and it changed the city forever. Continue reading »
Walter Porter, accused of being the hitman for the violent Hankton gang located in the Central City area of Uptown New Orleans, is "unusually and uncharacteristically agitated" and may not be able to assist in his own defense on federal murder and conspiracy charges, a primary criteria for mental competency to stand trial, his attorneys said in court filings Tuesday, according to a report from Brendan McCarthy and our partners at WWL-TV.
Will Schwalbe, author or The End of Your Life Book Club to speak Friday morning at Newman
The carjackers are still at large, but the victim says that with her dog and her SUV both recovered amid an outpouring of community concern, she now feels a sense of triumph about the case, according to a report from our partners at WWL-TV:
Six New Orleans charter schools — including two immersion schools in the Uptown area, the International School of Louisiana and Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans — will have their admissions controlled by a central, citywide process for students enrolling in the fall of 2014, state officials decided Monday night. Continue reading »
Magazine Street Blues Festival on Saturday features Rockin' Dopsie, Soul Rebels
Now in its fourth year, the Magazine Street Blues Festival returns to Laurence Square on Saturday with performances by Rockin' Dopsie, the Soul Rebels and other bands, as well as food trucks, art sales and a kids' area — all to raise money for a citizens' group that supports the New Orleans Police Department's Uptown-based Second District. Continue reading »
Sacred Heart's Avenue Marketplace will host 70 vendors Friday
Academy of the Sacred Heart will host more than 70 vendors and two book signings during its Avenue Marketplace all day Friday (Nov. 16). Continue reading »
Newman presents vision for larger preschool building on Soniat and long-term campus plans
Officials from the Isidore Newman School envision a new, larger preschool building on the Soniat Street side of campus to open in 2014, as well as the renovations to athletic and science facilities farther down the road, they told the Freret Neighbors United group Tuesday evening.
Members of the association, meanwhile, are continuing preliminary discussions about creating a security district to increase the number of officers patrolling the area. Continue reading »
A three-day run of the musical "Godspell" starting Thursday evening (Nov. 15) will open the Academy of the Sacred Heart's 2012-13 theatre season this weekend. Continue reading »
Upper Hurstville neighborhood board meets Wednesday to approve 2013 security budget
The Upper Hurstville Residents' Association and Security District boards will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 909 Eleonore Street to approve the security district fee and 2013 budget, as well as to discuss bylaw revisions for the resident's association and plan the annual membership meeting, according to the association website.
Fleur De Lys Chamber Orchestra to hold evening performance at ENCORE Academy campus
The Fleur De Lys Chamber Orchestra will hold a free performance of works by four Scandinavian composers at 7:30 p.m. tonight at ENCORE Academy, 2301 Marengo Street. Continue reading »
After withdrawing plans last year to convert a cluster of houses on Loyola Avenue into a new early childhood education center, the Isidore Newman School is now planning a new facility for its preschool students on the Soniat Street side of campus, officials say. Continue reading »
As a cafeteria full of concerned parents listened closely, the Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans governing board approved $200,000 in cuts to the current year's budget Monday night to make up for more spending and less revenue than expected just a few months ago, and hopefully restore the school to a path toward solvency by the end of the school year.
Left unresolved, however, was the school's leadership issue. General Director Jean-Jacques Grandiere did not attend the meeting or the board's 45-minute closed-door session about his status, and board chair Jean Montes suggested that "other options" to lead the school are being explored during Grandiere's absence.
[Update: For a copy of the revised budget, click here.]
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The Oak Street Po-Boy Festival returns this weekend for its sixth year, inviting the city's best restaurants to show their appreciation for the New Orleans' signature sandwich — often by reinventing it completely. In addition to the dozens of vendors, live music, history discussions and children's areas, the festival has again modified its layout on the street to better accommodate the thousands of po-boy enthusiasts. Continue reading »
Lower Garden District runaway with history of mental illness reported missing since last week
A 14-year-old girl who lives in the Lower Garden District and has a history of mental illness has been missing since early last week, and police are now seeking the public's help finding her. Continue reading »
Renovations begin on Louisiana Avenue apartments for homeless and low-income renters
The former assisted living center at 2101 Louisiana Avenue will reopen next summer as a 42-unit apartment building next summer, half of which wiil be transitional housing for the homeless with on-site case management, and the other half will be for low-income renters, reports Monica Hernandez of our partners at WWL-TV.
Bed-and-breakfast owners upset about marketing of illegal short-term rentals
A popular travel website called Airbnb.com lists hundreds of rooms for short-term rent in private homes — including at least 150 listings around Uptown New Orleans — even though it is against city ordinance to rent rooms for less than 30 days without a license, reports Maria Clark of New Orleans City Business in an article distributed by the Associated Press.


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I believe in small businesses. They're the heart and soul of our economy. They create jobs and opportunities for the future.
Washington politicians line up 10-deep to claim they support small businesses, but they avoid talking about a harsh reality: The system is rigged against small business. These owners can't afford armies of lobbyists in D.C., but the big corporations can. It's those armies of lobbyists that create the loopholes and special breaks that let big corporations off the hook for paying taxes. While small businesses are left to pay the bills.
We've got to close those loopholes and end the special breaks — so small businesses have a level playing field and a fair chance to succeed.
When small businesses grow and flourish, we should applaud their success, and the companies should benefit from their hard work and clever ideas. But here's my point: If a business makes it big, the reward shouldn't be the ability to rig the system to stop the next guy."


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The French army has reported victories in Mali almost daily in the past fortnight. It has advanced rapidly, capturing cities in the north that had been in rebel hands for almost a year. It is too early to talk of victory, and a long guerrilla intervention almost certainly lies ahead. Nonetheless, the short, sharp campaign has been a success so far.
Yet for some who would like to see the European Union be a more cohesive military player, it feels rather like a defeat.
In theory, the EU has exactly the military assets needed for this sort of campaign, including a multi-national battle-group deployable within weeks. But Paris never considered this option, turning instead to African nations for reinforcements.
Some European countries are helping. The UK, Belgium, Denmark and Germany have sent transport planes. The UK has also provided surveillance aircraft. EU military advisers will train the Malian army. These are useful contributions, and whipping the Malian forces into shape will be difficult. But, overall, the EU has not seized this crisis with vigour.
Members of the European Parliament have been apoplectic, asking why the EU was unprepared and why it has not authorised a full-scale military response. MEPs might be more circumspect if they had direct responsibility for military deployments. But they should continue to ask two hard strategic questions.
Firstly, does the EU have any real interest in African wars?
For much of the past decade, the answer appeared to be 'Yes'. The EU deployed two military missions to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2003 and 2006, and a larger operation in Chad and the Central African Republic in 2008. EU military advisers have backed up the African Union in Darfur and Somalia, and the bloc has run a series of small civilian security missions across the continent. The EU also has a small naval force off the coast of Somalia that has done a decent job of suppressing piracy.
For previous EU foreign policy leaders, such as Javier Solana and Chris Patten, it seemed clear that the EU had a special strategic investment in Africa. But there have been increasing challenges to this vision. France pushed too hard to involve the EU in some of its earlier African adventures, alienating significant providers of troops, notably including Germany.
The logic for sending troops to Africa was never clear. Were EU missions humanitarian enterprises? Or trial-runs for more important operations in other regions, like the Middle East? Or merely tools to prop up weak African leaders whom France happened to support?
There is broad consensus that the war in Mali is necessary, but most EU leaders feel that they have already experimented enough militarily in Africa. They also question the results. The EU interventions in the DRC were short-term successes, for example, but the country remains unstable. In 2008, when a rebel offensive threatened to spark chaos, the United Nations asked the EU for military help. But European leaders could not agree a response. Last November, rebels made major advances in the same region. This time, the UN did not bother to ask the EU to send a battle-group.
This leads to the second strategic question: If the EU will not send infantry to Africa in future, does it have good alternatives?
The situation in Mali points to one answer. African countries are offering frontline troops, but they are short of assets such as helicopters, field hospitals, surveillance drones and engineering units. Once the worst of the fighting is over, the UN will probably take over peacekeeping duties. But the UN has similar asset gaps.
EU countries could plug some of those gaps with a relatively light-weight package of military support units. This could be deployed independently, under an EU flag, or as a component of a future UN mission. EU and UN officials have been working on mechanisms for just this sort of 'plug-and-play' approach to peacekeeping over the past year. This lacks the glamour of a full-scale military intervention. But it could be a cheaper and more strategically suitable approach to the situation in Mali. It is not too late for the EU to show greater military ambition there.
The article first appeared in the European Voice.
One suspects that French troops are prepared to fight and die in Mali for France; but not for the EU! And in truth why should they? The reality is that Europe is not a country and more of a region than a political entity.
In terms of defence the EU sets low standards which it systematically fails to live up to. The reality is that most European governments are interested in the rhetoric of EU defence, but wholly disinterested in its practical implementation.
However, one needs to shoot a fox straightaway; it is difficult to see how EU Battlegroups could ever have got involved. The present battlegroup is French/ German/ Polish. Would it really be politically conscienable for German politicans to deploy combat troops to Mali to kill people? Highly unlikley! Likewise Poland's interests in Mali can hardly be discribed as direct as that of France's. Out of European military help offered to France, only that of the UK can be described as being both timely and military significant. Moreover, Mali required quick action. The first the world knew about it was when French forces were in action (and a throughly professional job they appear to have done). Had the EU tried to deploy a battlegroup one would have gone through days or even weeks of political handwringing, during which delay the Islamists would have had ample opportunity to take Bamako. It also shows how erroneous the idea of a permanent European Operational HQ is; does one really think that it could have done as speedy and professional a job as France's headquarters?
What Mali shows is that EU defence needs to go back to the drawing board, dramatically reduce its ambitions, and focus far more on achieveable military goals rather than spurious political aspirations.
One final thought, when the chips are down who does one have real confidence in: French Foreign Legion, Troupes de Marine, French or British Paras, SAS, Royal Marine Commandos or EU Battlegroups? Pity the poor soul who chooses the last of these.
I disagree with J. Tattersall, the French do not defend only the French interests in Mali.
on the European defense, yes it should not be just a ideological goal, it should be efficient and pragmatic. But well France had to wait Charles VII and 1439 before having a permanent army, so far Europe has not. But France existed before 1439 and Europe does today, and should today quickly adress its own defense issue.
Time for a new approach that takes into account other regional dynamics
EU approach to Algeria neglects long-term domestic stability
Europe must change policy towards Russia to protect partnering countries
Turkey is sliding back on its democratisation path
Landmark in European integration needs reforms
With European economies failing to deliver higher standards of living, and growing public disillusionment with apparently self-serving politicians, Philippe Legrain discusses where
Mattia Toaldo on a potential French intervention in Lybia.
Piotr Buras about the accession of Ewa Kopacz as head of the Polish government.
Andrew Hammond on the Muslim Brotherhood leaving Qatar.


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If you're an even somewhat regular Macheesmo reader, you probably know that I'm getting hitched to a very special lady friend. Turns out that day is rapidly approaching. Also, turns out planning a wedding is kind of stressful even though we are trying very (VERY) hard to keep it low key and stress free.
One of the larger items, invitations, was just crossed off the list last weekend. We decided to go a non-traditional route and just send out postcards with all the necessary info. Save on paper and postage and all that business.
Plus I got to flex some of my design muscles. I honestly do not want to admit how long it took me to design the front of the postcard because, ya know, it's supposed to symbolize our love or something so it better be freakin' good.
Anyway, I thought I'd share it with all of you because I thought it turned out pretty cool.
There's no poll this week because I'm determined to tackle spanakopita again after my failure. SO check back on Thursday for a hopefully successful spanakopita recipe.
There are some links though!
Why I Write About Food – This is an interesting article that addresses an argument I hear occasionally. The argument is that with all the horrible things going on in the world (Haiti for example) why are you wasting time writing about food? I think Ruth does a good job addressing that argument. (@ Ruth Reichl)
24 Hours in Nashville – Well, actually just under 24 hours in Nashville, but whatever. I liked this post because the already mentioned wedding will be happening in Nashville because that's where Betsy is from. I must say that over the last few years, visiting her family there and stuff, I've really fallen for Nashville. I think it's a great city. (@ Food Loves Writing)
The Baked Egg – This idea just furthered the idea that I need some mini-ramekins. I mean come one. An egg topped with various delicious topping and baked but still runny on the inside! (@ Pete Bakes)
Salt. Good or Bad – This pretty much sums up my thoughts on the salt debate. With some exceptions, most people can eat salt with lots of foods. The real salt problem comes with processed foods which hides the taste of salt so your body doesn't know it's getting salt… so it's easy to overdose on the stuff. Just eat real food and put salt on it until it tastes good. Problem solved. (@ Ruhlman)
Have a good weekend everyone!


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Ken Tapping, December 13, 2006
In the sky this week...
> Saturn rises around 9 p.m.
> The Moon will reach Last Quarter on December 12, and will be New on December 20.
Not long ago, Chris Purton, a fellow astronomer at our observatory, gave an interesting public lecture. He pointed out that the atoms making up each one of us have their own histories. For the 14 billion years since the beginning of the universe they have been circulating around in the dust and gas clouds filling our galaxy, inside stars and planets, and then they came together in us. When we have finished with them, they will resume their separate wanderings, becoming parts of other things.
At the beginning, the universe contained only hydrogen and helium. Stars formed, and created energy by turning hydrogen into other elements, like oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and so on, and when those stars died, their material was returned to the cosmic dust and gas clouds. Big stars end their lives in huge explosions called supernovae, where, for a month or so, the dying star shines brighter than all the billions of other stars in its galaxy combined. There is so much energy released in these explosions that some of the material in the star is converted into gold, silver, lead and the other heavy elements. The gold in your wedding and engagement rings was forged in dying stars.
Very little of the hydrogen created at the beginning of the universe has been used up so far. Our telescopes show the star formation and star death are still going on all over our galaxy and in every other galaxy close enough for our telescopes to resolve detail. However, even though atoms get turned into other atoms inside stars, the raw material, hydrogen, is the one thing that is not being replaced. One day there won't be any hydrogen left. For a while there could be types of stars that get all their energy from converting other elements, but in the end all sources of energy will run out and the passage of atoms from one body to another and their transformation into other elements will stop.
Hydrogen is not only important as an energy source and a raw material for making other elements; it is an important ingredient in the chemistry of life. In the gas and dust clouds between the stars, it reacts chemically with other atoms to make water, ammonia, formaldehyde and countless other chemicals that are building blocks of the chemicals we all have at work in our bodies.
Since the 1950's, experiments have been done where these cosmic chemicals were put in a flask and electrical discharges – simulating lightning – were passed through them. The resulting gunk was found to contain amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. It has been found that hydrogen seems to be an important ingredient in getting this chemistry started along the path leading to life.
Hydrogen contains a lot of energy. When it undergoes nuclear fusion in stars, and turns into larger atoms, some of that energy is released. As we fuse those larger atoms into even larger ones, we get out some more energy. However, we cannot entirely reverse the process. To turn all those other atoms back into hydrogen atoms requires more energy than we obtained, so using up the cosmic hydrogen is like a one-way direction sign, pointing into the future. We'll just keep recycling our atoms until the hydrogen runs out.
Ken Tapping is an astronomer at the National Research Council Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA), and is based at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Penticton, BC, V2A 6J9 Tel (250) 493-2277, Fax (250) 493-7767,
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After traveling far and wide sharing the gospel, twins Sharon and Jonathan Arrowood realized that their mission field was right in their own backyard.
When it comes to stubborn stains, even some veteran cleaning pro can meet their match.
Depending on your family traditions, next week's holidays may bring a different variety of dishes to your dinner table. Easter and Passover are both around the corner and each have their own set of culinary delights.
A new pair of cross trainer shoes will probably set you back $60 or more, but a new lease on life, via the Average Joe Boot Camp, is free.
Although learning is its own reward, groups of local students are getting an added incentive for showing up to school regularly.
The oversized landscape hanging in the break room of Porter's Inc. is as much a part of June Porter's family history as any aunt or uncle.
Grayson Smith may be young, but he's ready to make a difference in the world.
Grayson Smith may be young, but he's ready to make a difference in the world.
It may contain a porcelain "throne," but when it comes to tidying up the bathroom, the process can make you feel like anything but royal.
With warm weather here to stay, folks are turning their attention to beach vacations and the delightful meal options provided by the surf's bounty.
With warm weather here to stay, folks are turning their attention to beach vacations and the delightful meal options provided by the surf's bounty.
During the first year on many teams, members are focused more on building a firm foundation than they are on winning.
Maybe you've noticed it when stuck in traffic on Ga. Highway 211. Or when strolling through downtown Athens. And you may well notice it next week when driving down a certain stretch of Ga. 53.
This weekend's Cultural Celebration of Faith at St. John Baptist Church will feature an unusual joyful noise.
This weekend's Cultural Celebration of Faith at St. John Baptist Church will feature an unusual joyful noise.
Where most folks view a coffee filter as a one-trick pony, Deniece Schofield sees endless possibilities.
Although many St. Patrick's Day gatherings center around certain beverages made from hops and other ingredients, traditional celebrations were all about the food.
Novice campers have a friend in the Georgia State Parks system.
Sometimes you feel the need for something sweet, and sometimes you find it.
Jason Smith's mind struggles.
Some workouts are measured in miles run, others in yards swum. For barre fitness, a lot can be accomplished in an inch.
Carol Jewell, the volunteer coordinator at Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, could talk for days about her 20-plus years in hospice care. When she discusses what her volunteers really do, one particular anecdote comes to mind.
As we were getting ready for church one morning, Chloe dropped a bombshell. She said she didn't want to go to church.
Around the same time that America was breaking into a Civil War, a Persian nobleman named Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri announced he was a "Manifestation of God."
Joanne Roth said she has been growing plants "forever and ever," or at least since she lived in England in the early 1980s.
Mike Nepereny is already planting seeds for his retirement.
Tichelle Florence is tough.
Ruth Nore got into the business when she was 12.
When Sue Sigmon-Nosach celebrated her 60th birthday, the milestone might not have seemed like much for those who don't know the Murrayville resident.
University of North Georgia student April Bradley expected a heated debate when she heard a Christian minister and observant Muslim were going to talk about their opposing faiths Thursday night. But she was pleasantly surprised to observe a different scene at The Monkey Barrel in downtown Gainesville.
"Loving, gracious, faithful and generous," is the reputation Antioch United Methodist Church in Gainesville has created during the past 200 years, according to its members, pastor and former pastors.
Taylor Parker held up a small speck of black and squealed.
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We love finding a new resource. This one is all Danish design, all the time: the Danish Design Store. We don't know where they hell they are located, but they've got an exceptional selection of minimal, high quality Danish furnishings and lighting from Fritz Hansen, Bestlite, Gubi, Carl Hansen & Son, Louis Poulsen and even bath and kitchen hardware by Arne Jacobsen...
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Huh. Never knew the Cafe Costes chairs by Philippe Starck were Danish!
No sales tax outside MI. - somewhere................
Ha, ptoo! I was rushing here to make the same snide comment!
Not to mention the pendant light by Achille Castiglioni overhead.
They were actually flogging the Danish wall unit in that picture, if you wits had checked their catalogue. (Maxwell did set that one up with his intro!)
But hey, notwithstanding that the picture does not support Maxwell's point, the shot is really quite effective...it really shows how well Danish marries with other styles and periods... When was the last time you considered a Café Costes chair or that pendant light interesting? Would have been dismissed as too '80s... but hey, it is looking good again in this combo...
Located online only, it seems, since they give no store address.
The company is based in Grand Rapids, MI, but they're probably drop-shipping from suppliers.
I think that it's interesting that they are only distributing Arne Jacobsen's fixture line and none of his other stuff. Could be due to their agreements with DWR and a few others...... hmmmm.
That's my sofa! I bought it from another online company, House of Copenhagen. It shipped to me directly from Denmark.
The storage unit looks a lot like IKEA's Bonde.


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Dumitru won the women's 48kg division by defeating Cuba's Yanet Bermoy in the final. Bermoy won the silver, while Paula Pareto and Japan's Ryoko Tani shared the bronze.
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While John Waters filmed "Pink Flamingos" a quarter century ago, Steve Yeager, another young moviemaker, filmed him filming "Pink Flamingos."
We know what happened to Waters' footage. After its general release in 1973, "Pink Flamingos" became one the most celebrated underground movies in American film history, a depraved, subversive and altogether hilarious bit of celluloid that established Waters as one of the truly original voices in American cinema.
The footage shot by Waters' friend Yeager had a more drawn-out trip to prominence. The 30 rolls of film languished in cardboard cartons in various Baltimore apartments for a couple decades. It was promising material to be sure, but to what end, Yeager couldn't quite fathom.
Until three years ago. That's when it occurred to Yeager that the 25th anniversary of "Pink Flamingos" was fast approaching, an event certain to bring renewed attention to Waters and his taboo-shattering film. It would be the perfect time, Yeager surmised, for a documentary on Waters and his early career. And, in such a documentary, that old footage of a frightfully young, long-haired Waters in the throes of creation would be pure gold.
Indeed. Yeager's "Divine Trash" was deemed pure gold at the recent Sundance Film Festival, garnering the 52-year-old Baltimorean the coveted Filmmakers Trophy for best % 5/8 documentary. The honor was bestowed by his fellow directors in the competition, who selected "Divine Trash" over films by such renowned documentarians as Ken Burns and Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple.
Though its national release has not yet been determined, "Divine Trash" will have its Baltimore premiere at the Senator Theatre in late April or early May.
Back home in his Charles Village rowhouse two days after receiving the award, Yeager's feet had not yet returned to earth. "I'm still flabbergasted," he admitted.
So are friends who know how close the hyperkinetic Yeager came to not finishing the film. Like most successful documentaries, "Divine Trash" represents an abundance of passion and a dearth of funds. "The guy was broke," said Yeager's long-time friend David Klein, a furniture artist. "He spent every penny to his name. I had more than one phone call that was 'Jesus, I don't know if I can finish it.' "
Even after Yeager learned during Thanksgiving week that his uncompleted film had been selected for the Sundance competition, he wasn't sure he could finish it in time. "There were a couple of days when I considered turning it down," he said. "Then I thought, 'That's crazy. Nobody turns down Sundance.' "
The final print of "Divine Trash" wasn't ready until the day before the opening of the festival, where it would have six showings. What film-goers saw was a paean to John Waters, one that establishes him as a pioneer in modern cinema, a self-made, self-taught filmmaker whose promotional gifts matched his outlandish comic sensibilities.
Photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, whose documentary on rock and roller Lou Reed also competed at Sundance, calls Yeager's film an education on underground filmmaking and a highly entertaining one.
"It's a fascinating documentary," Greenfield-Sanders says, "because it doesn't only show you the making of 'Pink Flamingos,' which is really a pivotal film because of the groundbreaking language and subject matter. It's also terribly funny. What's lacking in most documentaries is humor. It's a real loving documentary but also very, very informative and well-structured."
Three in one
"Divine Trash" is actually three films in one. First, it's a biography of Waters and his early career, complete with home movies of him as a child at the beach. We hear his mother recalling his early attraction to the bizarre, grotesque and violent.
"He became entranced with the wicked witch in 'Snow White' and Captain Hook in 'Peter Pan,' " a bemused Patricia Waters says in "Divine Trash." "He always seemed to go for the villain whereas most kids his age would rather go for the prince or the hero."
By his teen-age years, his favorite amusement was movie-going. Waters would often see two or three movies a day, and his cinematic favorites ran to the extremes. He loved the garishness and melodrama of exploitation, gore and soft-porn movies. But he was also drawn to the enigmatic artistry of foreign films, particularly those of Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini, and also to the experimentation in underground films, most notably Andy Warhol's.
In "Divine Trash," Yeager shows the influence of those different streams of movie-making on Waters while also making it clear that Waters is a filmmaker very much unto himself. His own films have, in fact, inspired younger directors in their own boundary-shattering works.
As director Jim Jarmusch ("Year of the Horse") says in "Divine Trash," Waters "gave me courage in a way. If you want to make movies about outsiders, if you want to make films in an outside way, there is an audience."
Finally, "Divine Trash" provides an evocative, inside look at the making of "Pink Flamingos," showing a waifishly thin, chain-smoking Waters giving birth to his signature work. The movie should help end one of the enduring myths about his films: that they are improvised acts of creation. As one admiring but uninformed director (who is dressed in drag) says in "Divine Trash," "he would just call his friends the night before and say, 'Let's go out to the trailer park and make a movie.' It seems like such a spontaneous moment."
But "Divine Trash" shows that Waters' movies are thoroughly scripted and that he discourages deviation (from his script, that is). It opens with Waters' rehearsing his most inflammatory scene, when a deliriously grinning Divine snacks on dog droppings at the end of "Pink Flamingos." In Yeager's film, we see Waters instruct Divine in exactly how he wants him to crouch behind the dog and scoop its business into his mouth in one motion. Waters could just as well be filming "A Man For All Seasons" for all his seriousness.


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"It was a hoax," said Ludlow Police Chief Jeffrey Billings. "He was trying to see whether people were watching his Facebook page. He learned the hard way."
The boy will be cited to appear in White River Junction criminal court.
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A bachelor kept a cat for companionship, and loved his cat more than life.
He was planning a trip to England and entrusted the cat to his brother's care. As soon as he arrived in England he called his brother.
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"Oh my," he exclaimed. "Did you have to tell me that way?"
"How else can I tell you your cat's dead?" inquired the brother.
"You should have led me up to it gradually," said the bachelor. "For an example, when I called tonight you could have told me my cat was on the roof, but the Fire Department is getting it down. When I called tomorrow night, you could have told me that they dropped him and broke his back, but a fine surgeon is doing all he can for him. Then, when I called the third night, you could have told me the surgeon did all he could but my cat passed away. That way it wouldn't have been such a shock.
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"Mother?" came the reply. "Oh, she's up on the roof, but the Fire Department is getting her down."
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