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UKIP's Ollyshambles has serious consequencesPosted on January 09, 2013
UKIP's internal tensions have been obvious for some time. As the main party has gathered points in the opinion polls by picking up kneejerk reactionary positions on gay marriage and the burkha, the youth wing – Young Independence (YI) – has seen its own surge on the back of libertarian activism.
As I tweeted a month ago, after witnessing a debate on gay marriage between an old guard member and Olly Neville (a leading member of YI):
Debate between @ollyneville @milroy666 @chrstinadarling @tomkinsoliver shows generational tension in UKIP – conservative vs libertarian
— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) December 14, 2012
All parties – and the country at large – have that growing generational difference, particularly when it comes to the understanding of individual liberty. The test of their character is how they deal with them. And that's where UKIP are now in big trouble.
In what some have inevitably dubbed the #Ollyshambles, Neville – who recently became the popular Chairman of Young Independence – was last night sacked from his post by the party's leadership. His crime? He dared to disagree with them over gay marriage and on the idea that European Elections were more important than Westminster – both perfectly sensible positions for a libertarian eurosceptic to take.
So why should anyone care? After all, I hear you say, he was just the youth leader of a political party which has no Parliamentary representation. That's true, of course, but the Neville affair does have some important ramifications for UKIP and for our wider politics.
Consider the context: UKIP are at 16% in the polls, widely touted as headed for first place in the 2014 European Elections and according to the Mail on Sunday set to deny David Cameron any chance of a General Election victory, all at a time when the EU is an increasingly important issue. Whether they convert their current polling into votes, and how they campaign matters a great deal.
The implications are numerous.
First, there's the impact on UKIP's effectiveness. The party's youth wing had been signing up activist after activist from Conservative Future, based on its message of good humour and libertarian politics. That is now shattered, as the leading proponent of both is roundly duffed up. UKIP have already had resignations over the scandal, meaning they are losing energetic young activists as well as the gloss which an active youth organisation gives to a brand.
Then there's the damage this does to UKIP's message that it is a different kind of party, one that rejects top-down control and the enforcement of toeing the line. They have made great hay with this – look, for example, at the comments given by former CF Deputy Chair Alexandra Swann on her much-publicised defection to UKIP:
"As a member of Conservative Future, with no real power, I was monitored and forced to stick rigidly to the party line. The Tories stifle debate, and no one gets along, whereas UKIP encourage debate and they all get along fine."
That sounded great for them at the time, but now rings extremely hollow. Small wonder Alexandra was looking rather uncomfortable on Twitter last night in the face of the news.
Given that the Conservatives allow MPs to break ranks on leaving the EU or opposing green taxes, while Labour keep Frank Field, Lord Adonis and plenty other outspoken rebels in their ranks, UKIP risk their anti-politics reputation by sacking people for simple disagreement.
Perhaps most serious for Nigel Farage is the impact this has on his own core messages about what UKIP believes. Time and again we're told it is a libertarian party, and yet it seems that speaking your mind in favour of libertarian positions is a sackable offence.
The same goes for the question of who their leader backs or sacks. When Winston Mackenzie, the UKIP candidate in the Croydon North by-election, became the latest official representative of the party to say something horrendously bonkers by announcing that gay adoption was a form of "child abuse", we were told that UKIP is a party that lets its people hold their own opinions.
As recently as Monday, Farage was on the Today Programme defending his troops from the Prime Minister's allegations of oddness on the grounds that:
"…we're eccentrics, and we tolerate eccentricity."
So either it's acceptable "eccentricity" to insult gay people, but unacceptable to suggest they should be allowed to marry, or this is an overnight change of position. If it's the former, then that's pretty horrendous. If it's a change of position, presumably UKIP will now sack anyone who breaks from any policy at all. That would be awkward for them, given a) the tendency of their candidates and MEPs to do so and b) the fact that Nigel Farage himself has publicly gone on record as opposing their policy on drugs.
Next time (and there will be a next time) a UKIPper says something genuinely awful, how will Farage fight off the demands to sack him or her?
All in all, this is a pretty mess: young activists alienated, a libertarian and anti-politics reputation fundamentally undermined, and a total inconsistence with their own leader's attitude to sacking and policy cohesion. Anyone acquainted with the history of UKIP will know that they are no strangers to arbitrary purges – indeed, they are probably the only political party with far more ex-members than members. It's fair to say a return to that bloody heritage is not the road to political success.
2012 may have been UKIP's year to party, but the Ollyshambles suggests 2013 may be the year of the hangover.
Governor Gary Johnson goes crowd-surfingPosted on October 03, 2012
It's a depressing reflection on our nation's politics that one of the reasons Ed Miliband's well-delivered speech at Labour Conference is being feted by apparently stunned journalists is that he was able to make a speech without having it written down in front of him.
Across the pond, on the other hand, Gov Gary Johnson – the Libertarian Party Presidential candidate – has shown how to really break the mould when making a speech: Crowd-surfing…


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November 24–25, 1971
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November 25, 1983
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Thanksgiving Day Storm
A storm produced heavy snow in northern New England and upstate New York. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to 20 inches at Flagstaff Lake. Totals in New Hampshire reached as high as 18 inches, at Errol. Gales lashed the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. A second storm, over the southern and central Rockies, produced nine inches of snow at Kanosh, Utah, and 13 inches at Divide, Colo., with five inches reported at Denver.
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Sunday, September 22, 2002Johnson City, Tenn. (September 22, 2002) - The East Tennessee State University's women's soccer team lost 2-1 in double overtime and in a driving rainstorm Sunday afternoon. The Buccaneer's got on the board first as freshman Erin Ashton, (New Bern, N.C.) scored her second goal of the season off of an assist by freshman Lauren Kulish (Bowie, Md.). The ETSU defense would hold the Wildcats scoreless for the remainder of the first period. In the second period of play Davidson's Heather Maloney shot the ball over the outstretched hands of Buccaneer keeper Heather Sanden (Manassas, Va.) to knot the game at one apiece. In the second overtime ETSU had an opportunity to score, but Davidson keeper Sarah Hobart saved a shot by Ashton that nearly found the back of the net. With four and half minutes remaining in the match Davidson's Amy Johnston scored the game-winning goal off of a shared assist from Leigh Anne Hoskins and Kara Koehrn. "This game was a heartbreaker," said Buccaneer head coach Heather Henson. "We just have to finish it, we have to keep going and not let up." The Buccaneer's drop to 2-5, 1-2 in conference play. Davidson improves to 3-5, 3-0 in Southern Conference play. ETSU will face conference opponent Wofford on Friday, September 27th at 7 p.m. in Spartanburg.
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"Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop," says the King sagely to the White Rabbit in Lewis Carroll's novel, Alice in Wonderland. For their fall show, inspired by the magical narrative, designers Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi followed suit, sending out a focused collection that had just the right amount of whimsy and commerciality to appeal to any number of diverse characters.
"Many people believe she's a romantic, but I actually think she's a nonconformist," explained Rimondi backstage before the show. And as such the collection dispensed with the sugary and outdated fairytale clichés of Alice as a lost girl, replacing them instead with a vision of a strong female who can confidently deal with any number of madcap situations she may encounter in today's sartorial adventures. The designers achieved this by transforming an array of masculine outerwear silhouettes and fabrics, like tweed and houndstooth, by injecting them with charming slivers of metallic lurex and fantastical chinchilla panels, or strewing them with pailettes, opulent jewels, and satin lapels. When paired with swingy or their trademark bubble skirts, the look was bold but feminine, and weightless. The designers had clearly consumed a magical potion marked, "Drink me" that transformed substantial winter fabrics into featherlight creations, such as a silvery wool double-breasted evening jacket or a midnight blue coat with fur touches.
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Yes, Art Gran took his share of kidding about his famous descriptions of "hard" moves on his latest climbs. Always with animation – and total re-enactment , sans rock.
I first met Art at Stoney Point in Southern California - a bright Sunday afternoon with a large Sierra Club contingent in attendance. I was there with Jack Hansen (the "original Vulgarian") and Yvon Chouinard.
We were bouldering at Boulder #2 and Gran and I had just climbed a steep route on the south side. We dropped the rope to Yvon and he tied in. For whatever reason (it was a very nice day), Yvon was wearing a full length heavy wool overcoat – a thrift store bargain. It was buttoned closed from bottom to top. When he signaled that he was ready to climb, Gran whispered to me, "Grab the rope. Let's pull him up." So, the second Yvon yelled, "Climbing", the two of us hauled. In a matter of seconds Chouinard was on top gasping for breath and laughing nervously. He literally had not used any of his extremities in the ascent. His overcoat had spared his body from abrasion, but in the dynamic contact with the sandstone the coat had lost all of its buttons.
Gran was in stitches. Yvon had stopped his nervous chuckling. He was untying and seriously inspecting his damaged coat. I quickly explained that it was all Gran's idea – sorry about the buttons, Yvon. Chouinard was no longer amused, but Art, still laughing uncontrollably, had dropped to his knees and began rolling around the top of the boulder. Yvon and I left Art with his rope and downclimbed to the road.
As we trudged toward our next objective, Chouinard was mumbling and staring down at the front of his coat, feeling the texture of the abraded material. Glancing back at Boulder #2 - Art was still on top coiling the rope and still laughing. Chouinard looked back and mumbled something about hyenas and burros – or was it jackasses?


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"Homemade meatballs made from beef, onion, oatmeal, evaporated milk, and egg, and glazed with a homemade barbecue sauce made with ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, and liquid smoke. Best meatballs I ever tasted. Everyone asks for this recipe."
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ground beef
egg, lightly beaten
1 cup
quick cooking oats
6 1/2 ounces
evaporated milk
1 teaspoon
1/4 teaspoon
1/2 teaspoon
garlic powder
1 tablespoon
chili powder
1/2 cup
chopped onion
1 cup
1/4 teaspoon
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1 cup
brown sugar
1/4 cup
chopped onion
1 tablespoon
liquid smoke flavoring
These meatballs were great and everyone in the house loved them -- especially the 12yo, who said they were awesome. For the sauce, I did cut the brown sugar in the glaze in half as recommended by others, and it could have been reduced even more. With half the recommended amount of brown sugar, the sauce is still very sweet, maybe too sweet. I'd recommend starting with about a quarter of the recipe amount of brown sugar and working your way up from that. (Another idea is to make the meatballs without the glaze and use your favorite BBQ sauce instead.) As for quantity of sauce, you really don't need to smother the meatballs, so I don't think doubling the sauce is really necessary. For the meatballs themselves, I substituted 2% milk for the evaporated milk to lower fat grams, and it was fine. I used regular Old-Fashioned Oats rather than quick cooking, and the oats cooked up just fine.
The sauce for these meatballs was really good! Although it was a tad too sweet. I simply added a tablespoon of mustard and it was perfect. The meatballs themselves were disappointing tho. Even with all the spices, they turned out to be pretty bland. If I ever make again, I will surely up the dosage for the spices. The bbq sauce is a keeper tho!
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We really enjoyed these meat balls ...added a little garlic to bring them to the dinner table ........really, really great !!One suggestion for anybody that has never made meat balls before..every third meat ball you make wet you hands.
I actually cooked these in the slow cooker on low for about 6 hours. I added an entire bottle of bbq sauce also. They were very good and easy to make.
Absolutely delicious. Smelled amazing while they were cooking and tasted just as good. I only used about 1/3 cup of sugar, and it was plenty sweet. Didn't have any evaporated milk, so I just used a splash of skim, and it worked fine. They had a great texture-- nice and firm and no falling apart. I think I will make extra sauce next time. Will definitely make again.
I have made this recipe at least 12 times now. It is loved by all. The meatballs have a strong flavor so it is ok to add more ground beef without adjusting the other ingredients. I also always double the bbq sauce.
I left out the evaporated milk to make the recipe "kosher-friendly", and my family just LOVED them! Went great with garlic mashed potatoes and green beans! Will definitely make it again.
These were terrific.
Instead of the homemade sauce, I used 1 1/4 cup of KC masterpiece. I also added extra seasoning salt and garlic. Make sure to use good quality ground round or ground chuck.
I also later did a pan with marinara sauce and topped with parmesan and mozzerela when finished. It made excellent sub sandwiches..
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Yesterday we told you about our field team's work to reunite families with their pets in the Rockaways, one of many areas that were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Check out this touching video of Leanne Rivera's reunion with her beloved pup Precious.
Hurricane Sandy left many victims in her wake. However, we are relieved to report that Ivy, a one-year-old service dog, who was badly injured in the aftermath the storm, is expected to survive.
On Wednesday night, Ivy's guardians were unable to go outside to walk her. Without power in their Manhattan apartment building, their elevator was also out of service. They asked their neighbor to take Ivy outside for some exercise.
Unfortunately, Ivy wandered off her leash onto a busy New York street, where she was presumably hit by multiple cars. A local resident found her early Thursday morning, and while she had suffered very severe injuries, she was still alive. Ivy was transported to the ASPCA Animal Hospital in Manhattan to undergo treatment. This brave dog is expected to make a full recovery.
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Last week, a historic law went into effect that will vastly improve the quality of life for thousands of dogs and cats in Massachusetts .
Advanced by a forward-thinking state legislature led by Senator Patricia Jehlen and signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick this August, Massachusetts' new animal control law is one of the best in the nation.
At Animal Advocacy Day in Boston earlier this year, I had the privilege of working directly with the MSPCA, the HSUS, the Animal Rescue League of Boston and more than 80 citizen advocates to discuss the importance of this bill with key members of the Massachusetts House and Senate. Everyone involved was engaged, well-informed and passionate—and as you can see, this clearly resonated with legislators and staff.
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- Creates a statewide spay/neuter program—funded by a voluntary tax check-off—to reduce the number of homeless animals in Massachusetts.
- Requires animal control officers to receive training.
- Prohibits the use of inhumane gassing to euthanize shelter animals.
- Eliminates ineffective, breed-specific local ordinances while improving dangerous dog laws.
- Allows pets to be included in domestic violence protection orders to protect both animals and people.
- Creates a framework for statewide oversight for animal control.
- Creates categories for kennel licensing.
- Creates consistency in the holding time for stray dogs at shelters statewide.
If you are a Massachusetts resident, please take a moment to thank your state legislators for a job well done! Look up your state senator and representative here.
Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this happen.
Sandy hit the Rockaways hard, and the ASPCA is responding in that area in three ways: We're distributing pet supplies at several key points, providing veterinary care to residents, and rescuing animals who were left behind as the storm bore down on this seaside community.
One call our rescue team received informed us that the Rivera family in the Rockaways had been forced to leave their dog and three cats behind when they evacuated to a shelter on Tuesday.
Leann and Manny Rivera had been at home with their seven children when Sandy hit, and it was only a matter of minutes before their home was flooded with 15 or 16 feet of water.
Their landlord told them to break down the door on the empty third-floor apartment in their two-family house, so all nine people and four pets huddled in one room there until the water was low enough that they could swim out.
The Riveras didn't know they could bring pets to the shelter, and they also had no way to get them through the water. They left their pets in the house with four days' worth of food and water and trudged through their flooded street to a police station, where they were sent to a shelter. Staff there told them the ASPCA could help them get their animals back, and we did.
We found the cats hiding in various places around the house and the little dog, terrified, barking on the couch. We placed the cats in carriers and wrapped the dog in a blanket and took them to safety.
When we pulled in to the evacuation center where the Riveras were staying, Leann ran next to our truck as it pulled in. She couldn't wait to see her "other children." As we opened the van door, Leann's little dog nearly exploded with glee to see his mom again, and Leann returned the enthusiasm. The animals are now with the Riveras at the shelter, where Leann reports her children are overjoyed to see their pets again.
Field rescues of animals trapped in homes continues today in the Rockaways and elsewhere.
Please help support our ongoing relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
The ASPCA is marking day two of water and land rescues in Ocean County, New Jersey, in one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. This afternoon, the ASPCA's Dr. Dick Green and Bruce Earnest rescued four cats and their pet parent, a woman in her seventies, who lived in an evacuation zone.
The woman decided to stay in her home, rather than evacuate, because she didn't want to leave her cats behind. Luckily, ASPCA responders were able to reach her, rescue the cats, and drive the woman to a friend's house on higher ground.
The ASPCA is continuing to work closely with local officials and our partners in New Jersey and New York to respond to animal rescue requests. Our priority is to help reunite as many pet parents as possible with their animals.
Please support our efforts to reunite lost pets with their families in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.


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P.S. I use Vista.
To make this work on XP, gmoon stated:
"In XP, you can also disable messenger from "Services", which is found under Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools..."
Antagonizer stated how to remove it from startup in a different way. He said:
1. sign on to windows live messenger
2. click the down arrow that lets you select online, busy, away, etc. and go to the bottom and select "options"
3. Choose the "general" tab
4. uncheck the box beside, "Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log on to Windows.
5. Click the 'Accept' button.
...But that, for some odd reason, doesn't work for me. If it doesn't work for you...use my way. :)
Your instructions are lacking but you'll find them here:
Unfortunately, it doesn't work in XP.
The messenger service allows for pop-up messages to be sent across a LAN or AD Domain, usually for administrative purposes. ie: "Everyone please log off by 7:00 so that we may begin maintenance."
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Live
Youll see what to do. Happy New Year...
I'd be much more interested if someone found a way to get rid of that damn window that keeps poping up when you sign in tho. Like 'update your profile!' or 'Get in touch with friends!" crap that i would do on my own time and don't need some stupid ad to tell me to.
I just know occasionally it pops up and you can't turn it off.
though, nowadays, i don't really care that much since i leave my computer on all the time, WLM never get's closed.
Windowskey + r
Klick ok.
Current user\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Run
Delete the Messenger Entry. Done.
1. Goto your hard drive ("My Computer" - click on drive "C")
2. click on "Programs"
3.drill down to the "Messenger" folder and change the name.
I change mine from "Messenger" to "message". Windows can't load what it can't find.
In my new version of XP professional I had to do it from safe mode
genius :D
well, the PC is dumb, but thats just genius XD


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If the spending deal that averts a government shutdown for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 passes Congress, the United States will see the biggest spending reductions since World War II. But not all beneficiaries of federal funding would feel the cuts equally; some will even see an increase in pay and services. We reveal the Americans who can expect to tighten their belts or breathe sighs of relief—at least until September 30.
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Glamorous, grungy and full of character, Serbia is Europe put in a blender, shaken and stirred. While the lush, vineyard-layered countryside and crumbling fortresses hint at the Europe of old, the fiery energy of Novi Sad's EXIT Festival and Belgrade's heaving nightclubs give this Eastern European mainstay a renewed spirit that defies its recent past. So for a taste of something old, something new and pretty much everything in between - why not accept Serbia's alluring cocktail. Trust us, you won't regret it.
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About Serbia
At a glance
|Capital city:
|Belgrade (population 1.2 million)
|7.2 million
|Time zone:
|(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
|Type C (European 2-pin) Type F (German 2-pin, side clip earth)
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Best time to visit Serbia
Generally, Serbia's weather is quite moderate, with a mixture of Central European and Mediterranean conditions providing the potential for fine weather in all seasons. Both summer and winter are prone to occasional days of extreme weather, with occasional dry, hot days in summer and heavy snowfalls from December to April. The majority of rainfall occurs from March to April and from October to November. Despite the temperature occasionally rising above 35 degrees C in the south, cold spells are not uncommon. With this in mind, it's a good idea to be prepared for all temperatures (regardless of the season), and pack a mixture of summer and winter clothes. For nature lovers, spring brings blossoming flowers and warm temperatures, and the countryside at its greenest during this time.
As is the case with many other European destinations, Serbia experiences the highest volume of visitors between July and August, so expect crowds around Belgrade and in Novi Sad, especially during the annual EXIT festival in July.
Geography and environment
Overall, the landscape of Serbia is quite varied. The top of the country is home to the Pannonian Plains, an expansive lowland area that is primarily used for agriculture. The rest of the country is a mixture of alpine areas, limestone mountains, valleys, thick pine forests and rolling green hills. Serbia's tallest peak, Mt Deravica (2,656 m), is located in the Dinaric Alps, near the border of Albania. Glacial lakes are common in this region and often make for a spectacular sight.
Top Picks
Top 5 Belgrade Bars
1. The Federal Association of Globe Trotters
Although its name may suggest otherwise, many travellers miss out on the delights of this uber-trendy spot. While an inconspicuous location and total lack of signage keep this carefree bar off the map, those curious enough to step off the street will find an eclectic and exotic decor that borrows from just about every culture on earth. Add a laidback vibe and some lip smacking cocktails and you can see why locals and tourists fall in love with this place time and time again. If Intrepid owned a bar, this is what it would look like.
2. Blaznavak Cafe
You have to wonder whether Petrovic Blaznavak - a former Serbian defence minister - could have imagined that his former house would become one of Belgrade's hippest bars, 150 years after it was first built. But that's exactly what makes Blaznavak Cafe particularly charming - it's a perfect place to meet, drink, eat and discuss, in the classical surrounds of a Serbian house filled with technicolour graffiti. Need we say more?
3. Mr Steven Brown
Their website proclaims 'it doesn't matter who Steven Brown is', but we reckon he must know how to party. With guests such as Gerard Butler, Novak Djokovic and Michael Madsen spotted in the midst of this super club, it's certainly not for the faint of heart or weak of wallet. But then again, the city views and all-night awesomeness might just make it a worthy end to any Belgrade pub crawl.
4. Sunset Bar
If someone told you that they spent a day in Belgrade lazing under the shade of an umbrella and sipping cocktails on the beach, you could probably be forgiven for thinking they had gone insane. But before you check them into the asylum, head down to the banks of the Danube on one of Serbia's glorious summer days. Not only will you find bronzed bodies splashing in the cool waters, but some of the city's best bars are set up along the shoreline - ready to welcome you with a fruit cocktail or delicious ice-cream sundae. According to one of the most popular of these bars, the aptly named Sunset Bar, 'your pleasure and good time are our mission'. Mission accomplished!
5. Plato's
For those that like their cosmopolitans served with a side of contemplation, Plato's Jazz Club is situated in the esteemed Philosophy Department of Belgrade University. A former meeting point during the student protest of the 90s, the debonair setting is absolutely charming, even if the drinks are a little pricey. Be careful though, emerging from Plato's shadowy jazzy cave and into the daylight may change your perception (of bars) forever - or at least have you raving about 'the truth' to your friends for years to come.
FAQs on Serbia
Beer in a bar or restaurant = 140 RSD
Basic, takeaway lunch = 285 RSD
Dinner in an inexpensive restaurant = 700 RSD
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Jan 7 Orthodox Christmas Day
Jan 27 St Sava's Day
Feb 15 Constitution Day
May 1-2 Labour Day
May 3 Orthodox Good Friday
May 6 Orthodox Easter Monday
May 9 Victory Day
Jun 28 St Vitus' Day
Please note these dates are for 2013. For a current list of public holidays go to: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/serbia/public-holidays
Health and Safety
Intrepid takes the health and safety of its travellers seriously, and takes every measure to ensure that trips are safe, fun and enjoyable for everyone. We recommend that all travellers check with their government or national travel advisory organisation for the latest information before departure:
From Australia?
From New Zealand?
From Canada?
Go to: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/
From US?
Go to: http://travel.state.gov/
From UK?
Go to: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/
The World Health Organisation
also provides useful health information:
Go to: http://www.who.int/en/
Responsible Travel
Serbia Travel Tips
Intrepid is committed to travelling in a way that is respectful of local people, their culture, local economies and the environment. It's important to remember that what may be acceptable behaviour, dress and language in your own country, may not be appropriate in another. Please keep this in mind while travelling.
Top responsible travel tips for Serbia
1. Be considerate of Serbia's customs, traditions, religion and culture.
2. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with tap or filtered water. Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
3. Learn some local language and don't be afraid to use it - simple greetings will help break the ice.
4. Shop for locally made products. Supporting local artisans helps keep traditional crafts alive.
5. Refrain from supporting businesses that exploit or abuse endangered animals.
6. Please ask and receive permission before taking photos of people, including children.
Further reading
Recommended reading
|Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
|Dame Rebecca West
|Cafe Europa
|Slavenka Drakulic
|An Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia
|Brian Hall
|Fire and Nothing
|Branko Miljkovic


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outsourceIT in La Plata has announced an addition to its executive leadership team; Scott Quintal was hired as chief operating officer.
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"Quintal has more than 15 years of management experience in the IT services industry. Over the past eight years, he has served as a vice president of sales and other key stakeholder positions with Kaseya, an IT service delivery software platform provider. Joining the privately held company when they had fewer than 20 employees, Quintal was instrumental in leading the effort to successfully grow to more than 500 employees in less than five years by employing proven sales and marketing strategies while streamlining delivery and maximizing employee productivity and retention," the release states.
Prior to Kaseya, he worked for service and software providers in a variety of sales and sales management roles.
"outsourceIT is a leader in the technology-as-a-service space, and it is with great pride that I join the team today as chief operating officer," Quintal said. "The vision of the executive team combined with the high caliber of team members within this organization gives me great confidence that the entire market will soon realize what our current clients already know — that we keep IT up, running and available to our clients, period. And we do it better than anyone in the market."


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Mustard-stuffed chicken
Cooking timePrep: 10 mins Cook: 20 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4
This is so good we'd be surprised if this chicken fillet recipe doesn't become a firm favourite. Save it to your My Good Food collection and enjoy
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Easily doubled / halved
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 367
- protein
- 49g
- carbs
- 0g
- fat
- 19g
- saturates
- 10g
- fibre
- 0g
- sugar
- 0g
- salt
- 1.93g
- 125g ball mozzarella, torn into small pieces
- 50g strong cheddar, grated
- 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breast fillets
- 8 smoked streaky bacon rashers
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Make it veggie
Cheesy baked mushrooms: Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Mix the mozzarella and cheddar with 1 tbsp pesto, then spoon into the hollows of 4 portobello mushrooms. Place on a baking tray and roast for 15 mins or until the mushrooms are softened and the cheese is bubbling.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2007
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Comments, questions and tips
Not great. I have done the normal boursin/soft cheese wrapped in bacon/prosciutto and thought this combination would be interesting but unfortunately most of the filling leaked out (and solidified?!) and everything else got a bit soggy. Disappointed really, as cheese, mustard and chicken sounded amazing! Maybe iI'l give it a go with some ricotta or something.
A very simple but yummy recipe to make. I substitued the Mozzarella for Garlic and Herb Boursin and the bacon for Parma Ham. www.64skidoo.co.uk
Made this so many times now and always a great favourite.
You can't go wrong it's so tasty.
Cook for at least 50 mins tho to make sure it's cooked through
Serve with new potatoes, carrots and string beans
My hubby and grown up daughter love it for evening dinner or for lunch next day.
My daughters friends always comment on how good it smells and she tells them how tasty it is too! Have a go ! It's so simple
I made this last night for friends….delicious! Easy and quick yet really impressive tasting and looking. I used peppered boursin cheese simply because of others' comments…and it was just lovely. I made it ahead of time so the cheese mixture had a chance to settle a little. Didn't use cocktail sticks but it all seemed to stay together when cooking. I did baste the exposed chicken ends a little during baking just to make sure they didn't dry.
Will certainly make this again.
This is SOOOOOO good and easy! Made it over a busy weekend. Used boursin cheese instead of mozzarella. As previous comment, I chilled the whole assembled and when the oven is ready, just pop it in, 25mins of baking is more than suffice! Everyone at the dinner table loves it! Even my cousin who does not like cheese finished her share!
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I love this dish because it is just so SIMPLE and takes absolutely no time to prepare. I cooked this for three tonight with a side of roast potatoes with rosemary and garlic, also served with mange tout and runner beans. I followed the recipe exactly but swapped bacon for prosciutto as it's more flavoursome and I generally prefer it to bacon! Timings were spot on - 25 mins on gas mark 6. Only self critique would be to not stuff the chicken quite so full next time!
Great recipe! I've made it several times and it's always good but my favourite is to use boursin (with herbs) cheese instead of the mozzarella and parma ham instead of the bacon. Made it again for dinner with friends this weekend and prepared the chicken the day before as time on the night tight. Served with crushed new potatoes, sauteed leeks & petis pois, and roasted vine tomatoes. Looked and tasted great!


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Are we educating or hindering?
The education system is severely flawed but we seem to be becoming increasingly impotent when it comes to skill development, accountability and responsibility. Are we educating our youth with anything worth having?
Fritzie -
Jul 9 2013: It depends on who "we" is. It is not uniform. If you are a teacher, it is indeed useful for you to reflect on your personal practice in this way. If you are not teaching anything worth knowing, it may be time to get help in changing your practice to be more effective or even to change your career. to something in which you believe you can make a more meaningful contribution.
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Bob Charles
Jul 8 2013: Here is what public education (in US) does well:
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1) Provides a safe environment for child care for children 5-18 years old while parents are at work.
2) Teaches and allows social interaction in language arts.
Most of that is accomplished by 7th grade (12-13 years old). K-6 works pretty good if under the guidance of one teacher.
After that all formal individual attention is gone. Teachers try hard but it is futile. The education system degrades to one size fits all standardized low bar tests, instead of developing metrics based on each student's cognitive capability and other individual characteristics. Teachers know how to do this but the system is to big and inflexible to allow it.
The system has also established a "normal student". This has caused 80% of the students on psychoactive drugs to be boys. Recently, girls that day dream are included in the regiment. Boys now are held back from learning a trade when they are most interested (9-10th grade). And actually gaining apprentice experience in a field. Plumbers and electricians are suffering a big shortage. Boys are failing in college at a much greater rate that girls. And attendance is much less than girls. Girls have, of course, been in situations just as serious.
I see no way out of this.
Jul 9 2013: Gosh I think of Germany and Mexico when you state the above. The serious "should go to college" are in Honors classes by 8th grade. Good point why not better trade training.
Finally, for the B group why is some sort of baby sitting a bad thing? The military does fine with D and C students Why not physical training and some select trade and other programmed training?Jul 21 2013: We are hindering with a check list education system. I once told a teacher who I had no respect for (I might add that most of her students had no respect for her also) that it is a good thing children learn in spite of adults. She said she agreed with me and asked me why I said that to her.
Jul 22 2013: I have always believed that teachers have the incredible power to hold us in their hands and either open up their lingers and let us fly or crumple their hands into fists and make sure we are never allowed to even walk. Indeed, given the majority of teacher I have had over the years, it is certainly a blessing that children can learn in spite of their teachers. But I long for a world of passionate men and women so kids don't have to.Jul 15 2013: Thank you all for your sage and guiding questions and feedback. Education always will be an area that I am passionate about - and one that I want to change! So watch this space, maybe one day soon, I'll be able to post some wonderful success stories.Jul 15 2013: These same question came up in another form and I offer the book by Peter Gray as a good resource.
The book is titled, "Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life."
The author's argument is that education has systematically eliminated play and playing from a child development.
"Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests—often against their will. We call this imprisonment schooling, yet wonder why kids become bored and misbehave. Even outside of school children today seldom play and explore without adult supervision, and are afforded few opportunities to control their own lives. The result: anxious, unfocused children who see schooling—and life—as a series of hoops to struggle through."Jul 14 2013: It is the most severe moment for eduation system.high technology,Internet,computer...all these new technologies are going to challenge the traditional education system.What is the orientation of education?We are on mess and have to go on and on by seeking,searchingJul 9 2013: First I don't think I worded my topic too well (bad ex-English teacher!). But what I mean is: are we merely going through the motions and pushing kids up and out and into university but aren't letting them develop any sense of self, or purpose or accountability? And I don't mean to genera;lise - there are some phenomenal teachers, some incredible students, but are we letting the middle kids down?
Jul 9 2013: Janine, if you want to go back into your topic box above and edit it, you absolutely can do that!
In my time in schools, I have never seen teachers "going through the motions" and not "letting them develop any sense of self, purpose, or accountability." In fact, teachers typically understand that there is a child-rearing component to their jobs, an aspect that is part of what draws teachers into the profession, particular in grades k-8.
So I would have to say that ignoring these dimensions would describe only a small minority of teachers. The majority of teachers in the US, I believe, count this as an important part of their daily work.
In fact, one reason some kids and classrooms fall behind others is that the teacher needs to spend so much time on cultivating these and other aspects of preparing to learn effectively and play a productive part in community. It doesn't work to try to skip it, as it is foundational.Jul 10 2013: if you had the choice to teach someone WHAT to think vs. HOW to think, which would you choose?
......no blending :-)
Jul 10 2013: No choice. I'd want them to learn HOW to think - over everything learning how to critically think, HOW (and then letting them do ir because we can talk about and teach it but we need to help students actually do it all the time)Jul 9 2013: and yet, it seems, we never actually learn from history - we repeat all the same mistakes! Thanks Raymond
Bob Charles
Jul 9 2013: My thoughts (credit to Dr. Case, history professor and Dr. Meehan political science professor for trying to teach this stuff to me .. I am sure I did not get it all right)
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Given that recent personal history is those events experienced in a life time: We need to repeat the "mistakes" others have made in order to develop our personal "neural network" physiologic brain. We depend on that "gut instinct" later when making decisions. I do not think being told not to touch a hot stove programs our braiin in the same way as actually touching it.
Indirect history is leaning from the experience of others. It is easier to learn from a trusted grand mother than someone in a history book. The grandparent provides answers to questions about the context of passed events they have experienced. In general, family culture is built on patterns of behavior that have been supported or not supported.
I love history in books. I learned 5 different points of view of the causes of the "American Revolution". How does that effect my patterns of behavior now? The main lesson learned was to stand back as an observer an think on different points of view of a problem. First, to put the the problem in context of the "great scheme of things." Then acquire knowledge; assess it; model a solution; predict what the solution will do based on past knowledge; and then take action.
Basically, we are riding down a river in a row boat. All we see is the past. After a while we learn the river and can predict what is up ahead. Even the waterfall.
So, bottom line for education: Teach students how to define a problem; acquire knowledge; assess the knowledge; predict outcomes; and take action; then evaluate the action. Once that is learned they can use the teacher as a knowledge coach and explore on their own.Jul 8 2013: If i may, what is your understanding of the PURPOSE of Education?Jul 8 2013: Education teaches people of the way things work and of our history. The history part severely hinders our development. Too many carbon copies. Too many repeated false steps, like religion, war, control and possession.


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Felipe Massa believes his ability to steer clear of the first-corner chaos at the Japanese GP played a major role in his success...
Felipe Massa believes his ability to steer clear of the first-corner chaos at the Japanese GP played a major role in his success.
Although he started 10th on the Suzuka grid, the Brazilian claimed his first podium finish since Korea 2010 as he finished second behind Sebastian Vettel.
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