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Beef & Bean Chile Verde 100 Chile Verde, usually a slow-cooked stew of pork, jalapeños and tomatillos, becomes an easy weeknight meal with quick-cooking ground beef and store-bought green salsa. Make it a Meal: Serve with fresh cilantro, red onion and Monterey Jack. Add cornbread on the side and your favorite hot sauce.
Broccoli-Cheese Chowder 94 This satisfying remake of broccoli chowder benefits from the creamy texture of cooked potatoes and smooth, tangy reduced-fat sour cream instead of getting its richness from as much as a cup each of cream and cheese. Not only is the flavor vibrant, but a single serving gives you over half of the daily recommendation for vitamin C.
Zesty Wheat Berry-Black Bean Chili 78 This rib-sticking chili offers a hearty mix of wheat berries, beans, peppers and onion. Feel free to add an additional chipotle pepper to crank up the heat in this one-pot meal. Cooked wheat berries will keep for up to 1 month in your freezer and there's no need to thaw them; just stir them directly into the chili.
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili 71 Make a double batch of this quick vegetarian chili, full of black beans and sweet potatoes, and eat it for lunch the next day or freeze the extras for another night. We love the smoky heat from the ground chipotle, but omit it if you prefer a mild chili. Serve with tortilla chips or cornbread and coleslaw.
Chicken & Spinach Soup with Fresh Pesto 68 This fragrant, Italian-flavored soup takes advantage of quick-cooking ingredients--boneless, skinless chicken breast, bagged baby spinach and canned beans. It features a simple homemade basil pesto swirled in at the end to add a fresh herb flavor. If you are very pressed for time, you can substitute 3 to 4 tablespoons of a store-bought basil pesto. Recipe by Nancy Baggett for EatingWell.
Sweet Potato-Peanut Bisque 68 This satisfying vegetarian, sweet potato soup is inspired by the flavors of West African peanut soup. We like the added zip of hot green chiles, but they can sometimes be very spicy. It's best to take a small bite first and add them to taste. Try chopped peanuts and scallions for a different garnish. Serve with a mixed green salad with vinaigrette. Recipe by Nancy Baggett for EatingWell.
Ravioli & Vegetable Soup 63 Fresh or frozen ravioli cook in minutes and turn this light vegetable soup into a main course. Look for whole-wheat or whole-grain ravioli in the refrigerated or frozen section of the supermarket. Tortellini can be used instead of ravioli as well. Recipe by Nancy Baggett for EatingWell.
Broccoli, Cannellini Bean & Cheddar Soup 60 White beans pureed into this broccoli soup make it extra creamy so you don't need heaps of cheese to do the job. Serve with a crunchy whole-grain roll and a glass of winter ale.
Slow-Cooker Black Bean-Mushroom Chili 58 Black beans, earthy mushrooms and tangy tomatillos combine with a variety of spices and smoky chipotles to create a fantastic full-flavored chili. It can simmer in the slow cooker all day, which makes it perfect for a healthy supper when the end of your day is rushed.
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili for Two 54 This satisfying vegetarian chili for two is studded with black beans and sweet potatoes. Serve with some warmed corn tortillas and tossed salad with orange segments and avocado.
Roasted Pear-Butternut Soup with Crumbled Stilton 55 Here pears are roasted to sweet perfection with butternut squash and pureed to create a creamy soup that gets a luxurious garnish of Stilton cheese. You can serve this as a first course or with a salad and crusty bread for a light autumn supper.
Cream of Turkey & Wild Rice Soup 55 This is a healthier twist on a classic creamy turkey and wild rice soup that hails from Minnesota. Serve with a crisp romaine salad and whole-grain bread.
Japanese Chicken-Scallion Rice Bowl 52 Here's the quintessence of Japanese home cooking: an aromatic, protein-rich broth served over rice. Admittedly, Japanese cooking leans heavily on sugar--for a less traditional taste, you could reduce or even omit the sugar.
Chicken & Sweet Potato Stew 53 Here's a dinnertime warmer with a hint of spring's sweetness, designed for that day when you'd rather be outside raking the leaves from the garden, getting it ready for what's ahead, than slaving over the stove.
Slow-Cooker Stout & Chicken Stew 53 Chicken thighs can take plenty of cooking without getting tough or drying out, which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. Here we braise them in Guinness stout along with hearty vegetables, with just the right amount of bacon for added savoriness.
Hungarian Beef Goulash 51 This streamlined goulash skips the step of browning the beef, and instead coats it in a spice crust to give it a rich mahogany hue. This saucy dish is a natural served over whole-wheat egg noodles. Or, for something different, try prepared potato gnocchi or spaetzle.
Squash, Chickpea & Red Lentil Stew 51 Modeled on North African stews, this aromatic vegetarian main course can be served over brown rice or steamed spinach.
Pork, White Bean & Kale Soup 45 Kale is matched up here with white beans and chunks of lean pork tenderloin to create a soup that's satisfying and quick to make. Smoked paprika gives the soup a Spanish flair so some warm bread and sliced Manchego cheese would go well on the side.
Greek Chicken & Vegetable Ragout 42 Chicken thighs stay moist and succulent during slow cooking, infusing the accompanying vegetables with superb flavor. This easy braise has a luxurious finish of avgolémono, a versatile Greek sauce made with egg, lemon and fresh dill.
Wine & Tomato Braised Chicken 37 Here chicken thighs cook in a simple herb-infused tomato-and-wine sauce. The bone-in thighs give it plenty of hearty flavor, and since you cook them without the skin, it keeps the dish healthy. There's plenty of sauce, so serve it over pappardelle or brown rice. Steamed broccoli or sautéed broccoli rabe tossed with olive oil and a splash of lemon juice complete the meal.


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How To Eat Raita
Raita, the cooling preparation made by blending thick yoghurt with various fruits, vegetables and spices one of the most popular side dish exports from India. If you love Indian cuisine then you ougth to know how to eat raita. Read on for some easy tips ....
There are various types of raitas available, of which the most common ones are tomato and onion raitas. This dish is very popular around the world for the following reasons
- The dish is cool and spicy
- The dish is soothing to the mouth and refreshing to the body and mind
- Gives a tangy flavor of spices and condiments, when you add one of the spices and the chillies.
Raita is of two types – sweet and sour, while the sweet is the blending of curd or thick yoghurt with fruits and sour is with vegetables. The blending of fruits with yoghurt is a common dessert served after dinner in the Western World, and the yoghurt used there is plain and thick.
While most of the time the dish is used and eaten as a side dish, they are also popular as hot desserts depending on the choice of the vegetables you use. They are yummy with both flavored rice like biriyani and chappatis or roti. They make good toppings on wraps and tastes good with a variety of breads. They are, however, commonly served aside as curries and is used as dip for breads.
While many enjoy eating the raita as such, especially in summer, this is refreshing when served chilled, raita is the best combination dish and is usually eaten following a hot and spicy main course of the Indian food, which does much good on your tummy, preventing the formation of ulcers. Therefore, raita is served either as part of the main course, or in the second course of the food, followed by the sweet dishes, depending on whether the raita is appearing as a sweet hot and cold dessert and served in bowls with spoon. To the vegetable raitas add salt as per your taste, and for the fruit raitas, generally additional sugar for sweetness, but could be served with honey.
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The terms of the Flood Control Cost-share Program are that the NRD pays for the preliminary engineering study, the landowner share is a $500 deposit. If the site appears acceptable the NRD would then complete the engineering study. The landowner and NRD would then decide whether to construct the dam. Prior to construction the landowner would grant the NRD an easement to construct, operate and maintain the dam, and the NRD would acquire any additional landrights. The NRD would then pay for the construction of the dam.
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Dope was the topic at the Aug. 28 meeting of the Northeast EPIC Stakeholders in the Second Baptist Church of Frankford.
But Craig Thomas of the Institute for the Development of African American Youth didn't talk about smoking it. He asked the small gathering to support a City Council ordinance that allows police to issue citations for possession of small amounts of marijuana instead of making arrests.
Such arrests have long-lasting effects on young people, especially young black and Latino people, he said. For a small amount of pot, society continues to punish, and "holds it against you for the rest of your life," Thomas said.
He urged people to support a bill sponsored by Councilman James Kenney (D-at large) that passed Council, 13-3, in June.
The day before the bill's passage in a party-line vote, the councilman said more than 80 percent of those who are arrested for possessing small amounts of dope are black. "How do you justify the numbers," Kenney had asked in June.
Thomas said a marijuana arrest leads to a criminal record, which affects a person's ability to get an education, to get into the military and to get jobs.
Thomas said Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey both oppose Kenney's bill.
In June, Nutter said he doubted the city could decriminalize what the state regards as a crime, and Ramsey said he would ignore Kenney's bill even if the mayor signs it. So far, he hasn't. Ramsey said in June that marijuana possession remains illegal under state law and that state law supersedes city ordinance.
That law will change, Thomas predicted. Two states already have decriminalized marijuana possession, and he believes Pennsylvania will, too.
"It's going to happen," he said. "We're watching it happen.
There will be a news conference in support of Kenney's bill (140377) at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, City Hall's North Apron.
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Japanese watchmaker Yamasa Tokei had a cool idea: a small wearable device that uses the natural motions of your body to keep track of how many steps you take. Tokei called his device the Manpo-Kei, roughly translated as "10,000-step meter." That was almost 50 years ago. The problem is that, since then, the pitch for fitness trackers has barely changed.
It's in those connections that the most surprising — and surprisingly useful — insights are most likely to be found.
The curtailing of Nike's Fuelband highlights the problem when wearable tech doesn't offer enough that's new to justify its existence. Keeping track of your steps in an app or getting a badge when you reach a goal might not be enough to justify the purchase of a new piece of hardware, or more importantly to really change your habits for the better. The real power of wearables is more likely to lie not in the devices themselves but in the underlying software layer that integrates your own activity with data from other, seemingly disparate sources. It's in those connections that the most surprising — and surprisingly useful — insights are most likely to be found.
That's the potential in a new partnership announced today between Jawbone, the maker of the Up fitness band, and Automatic, which makes what amounts to an activity tracker for cars. Once synced with the Up app, data from Automatic will tell you how many steps you could have earned toward your daily count if you had walked instead of driven. It's like taking that nagging guilt you feel when you drive that half-mile to pick up that carton of milk you forgot and giving it an exact number.
"It doesn't take much," says Ljuba Miljkovic, chief product officer at Automatic. "People know they're supposed to walk more. But when you put a number in front of it, they become aware and mindful."
Untapped Potential
Such awareness is the kind of value that connected wearable devices can and need to offer to take the next step beyond mere novelty. Tracking calories and steps taken are, as Alexis Madrigal has put it, a great check against bullshitting yourself. But over time, the accumulation of indirectly related data could tell you even more.
Have I gained weight during those last three months when I was driving more trips over shorter distances? What happens to my eating habits when I walk that mile to the grocery store instead of driving? Of course, causation can be tough to isolate and verify out of seeming connections among facts. But it's still worth seeking out those leads.
So far, wearables and their underlying apps aren't realizing that potential, says Julie Ask, an analyst at Forrester Research who imagines a future where connected health devices go beyond wristbands into the realm of smart clothes, patches, even "ingestibles" — sensor-equipped pills that activate when they come into contact with stomach acid. "What I haven't seen yet is companies aggregating the data and drawing insights from multiple data sets that they can then feed back to the consumer," Ask says.
Part of the issue, she says, is that the data can't just be cool. It actually has to be useful. What's the unlikely measurement that really matters to better fitness, the way Billy Beane figured out that slugging meant more than batting average in predicting a baseball team's wins?
Introducing CouchFlab
For the makers of wearables, figuring out those metrics is vitally important. As smartphones become smarter about tracking activity — think of the iPhone 5s motion-detection chip, Apple's version of the Manpo-Kei — wearable device makers have to try that much harder to convince consumers their tech does something different enough to justify buying yet another piece of hardware. The answer likely lies not in the single device itself, but in the platform that connects the wristband to the car to your pooch's collar, as Jawbone is doing in its partnership with dog-activity tracker Whistle.
We here at WIRED have another idea for a connected device that might work. Imagine syncing your activity tracker to your TV, not just to measure your fitness in relation to how much you watch, but to the specific shows. Does a Mad Men marathon turn you into a slothful drinker who can't go a hundred steps without another cigarette? Does your meat intake increase the more you watch Game of Thrones (well, maybe not after Joffrey's wedding). Angel investors, we'll need about $50 million to get this game-changer going. We're calling it CouchFlab.
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- Smoke-free
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Aberdaron 3 miles.
A stylish and cosy double-fronted, stone, terraced cottage in beautiful countryside, in the quiet hamlet of Rhoshirwaun, down the road from the owners' home, three miles from Aberdaron and only 1.5 miles from Whistling Sands on the scenic Llyn Peninsula.
The owner has made this Aberdaron cottage a real home-from-home, with stylish coastal furnishings throughout, creating accommodation of charm and character.
Open joists in the sitting room, along with a welcoming electric stove, create a feeling of calm and tranquillity, while a fitted kitchen with dining area offers country views and a social area for relaxing over a home-cooked meal.
The bedrooms, and bathroom with roll-top bath, are chic and bright, and a small patio to the rear provides an afternoon sun trap and lovely BBQ area where you can relax and socialise.
This Aberdaron cottage is surrounded by lovely country walks that join up with the Welsh Coastal Path, opening up miles of unspoilt coastal and clifftop walks.
Within easy reach you will find the picturesque fishing village of Aberdaron with sheltered sandy beach, or the superb surf beach at Hells Mouth.
If you want something less energetic then why not visit the National Trust Centre of Excellence in Aberdaron for further information about activities in the surrounding area?
Whether you want a fun-filled holiday or a quiet relaxing retreat, this Aberdaron holiday cottage is ideal any time of the year.
Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin. Bathroom with roll-top bath, separate shower, basin and WC. Kitchen with dining area. Utility. Sitting room with electric woodburner-effect stove.
- Electric storage heaters with portable electric heaters and electric stove
- Electric double oven and hob, microwave, fridge, freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, TV with FreeSat, DVD, WiFi, selection of books, games and DVDs
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent, please bring own beach towels
- Private off road parking across the road for 4 cars/boats
- Front patio and private rear seating area with furniture and BBQ
- Sorry, no pets and no smoking
- Shop and pub 3 miles
- Note: Children aged over 4 only
- Note: Cottage lies next to a quiet road but some traffic noise may be experienced in summer when outside.
About the location
Abersoch 8 miles; Pwllheli 12 miles.
The seaside village of Aberdaron is peacefully situated around two streams, and facing the sea. Straggling up the hills are the buildings that give Aberdaron its character; the lime-washed fishermen's cottages, the cafes, shops, and hotels, and the church of St Hywyn. On each side of the river's mouth is the beach for walking and playing on, and a promenade where you can watch the sailing boats and regattas in the bay. There is also a National Trust visitor centre, car park and boat lake. The popular resorts of Pwllheli and Abersoch are within easy reach. Discover fabulous castles and coves, or enjoy excellent fishing, watersports and golf opportunities, all available nearby. The dramatic scenery and abundance of superb walks at the Snowdonia National Park area are within easy driving distance, making an ideal base for a varied and enjoyable holiday, at any time of year.
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text: Gone, but not forgotten: Fallen Firefighter Daniel Sweeney's family and friends helped dedicate the Daniel Sweeney Memorial Field at Fox Chase Recreation Center on Sunday with a second-annual softball tournament also named after the neighborhood hero. Sweeney died along with Lt. Robert Neary on April 9, 2012, at the scene of a Kensington warehouse fire. Sweeney's colleagues from Ladder 10 and Engine 7 took on a Fox Chase team from McNally's on Rhawn in the inaugural game. Sweeney's parents, David and Marian, took part in the field dedication along with City Councilman Brian O'Neill. David Sweeney also played in the softball tournament. ••


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Heartwarming, authentic insight into local colour.
South Africa has been a headline in a lot of contemporary newsmaking for a number of years while it was entrenched under apartheid rule and as it emerged into a new democracy. But always, the picture of a nascent and burgeoning culture is painted broadly, and in the news, almost always negatively. A Place Called Vatmaar, however, presents an in-road into a South Africa which circumvents intellectual platitudes or generalisations. Cast as a novel, it is the debut work of A.H.M. Scholtz, who wrote it at the age of 72, armed with a primary-school education, the taint of poverty, the experience of having weathered a difficult life of much hard manual labour and having fought in the Second World War "so my family could eat," and went on to garner three local literary awards: The M-Net Prize, the Eugène Marais Prize, and the CNA Literary Award in South Africa.
A Place Called Vatmaar is partly autobiographical, but rather than framing the text itself quasi-historically, it represents a personal insight, a social overview, a warm and honest account of the mindset that make the 'coloured' people of South Africa distinctive. The term 'coloured' was an apartheid-induced pejorative expression, but one which the people came to be proud of. These were people born of mixed parentage. People who didn't directly belong in any pre-established community and who, not being directly white or black, bore the brunt of the ugliness and the contradictions of apartheid. At no point, however, does the book deteriorate into an exercise in self-pity or rose-tinted illusionism. The characters are three-dimensional and they love and hate with passions, and make foolish and eloquent gestures as is the universal wont of human beings.
Vatmaar is divided into over sixty short vignettes. They all interrelate, as do the characters themselves. The stories told are stories within stories and the writing does leaps and turns upon itself in bringing out a broader tale as rich in idiosyncrasies and pathos as it is in documenting a South Africa from within.
Set just prior to the turn of the twentieth century, Vatmaar began as a settlement, and something that presented the option of home for the book's first narrator, Ta Vuurmaak, a person of Griqua heritage, coerced to help in the Anglo-Boer War, and given a disused water tank after the War's end. This water tank becomes his house, and the setting for many of the stories told in the first third of the book. The stories are placed in the mouth of Oom Chai, another elder of the community. They are structured historically and are presented as tales told to the young boys of Vatmaar. But as the novel unfolds and the reader is introduced, by way of incident, story and anecdote, to many of these boys and their families and how they came to live at Vatmaar, we look beyond what Ta Vuurmaak had to offer, because Vatmaar is an organism, something that began to grow and multiply as soon as Ta Vuurmaak called it 'home'. Indeed, towards the middle of the book, both elders die, but the stories continue in different voices.
This book is unputdownable, not because it has an exciting plot, but because of how it is told. The reader becomes a part of the dynamic of the community and its concerns and foibles, lusts and tears. The consummate skill with which it has been translated from the original Afrikaans is such that the local accent of the people is present in its English reading. Indeed Vatmaar is like a soap opera, but a gritty unpolished one, devoid of the niceties that make narrative conform to expectations, but full of the kind of beauty that warms an outsider to them: "Ugly faces there were none, and they always treated a stranger with respect". And so we read of the problematic but happy marriage between Lance-Corporal George Lewis and his black wife Ruth; of Tant Vonnie, originally of German stock whose life turns the full circle; of gentle but wily Sis Bet who established herself and Oom Flip in Vatmaar through a certain amount of ducking and diving around white-imposed law and white folly and bigotry; of Chan Lee, who cashed in on the illegal lottery game of fahfee and became a rich and prosperous well-respected man; and Kaaitjie, who dies in childhood and of a broken heart at the age of 22, because her white madam was recalcitrant in the passing on of a message. The many characters that populate the pages of this book are extremely colourful and splendidly articulated. They proliferate and develop in the nooks and crannies of a South African landscape, but this book is a great rollicking feast of their circumnavigations, their plots, their realities, more than the backdrop of Africa behind them.
This is not an exercise in propaganda on any level. No holds are barred and the reader is exposed to many different kinds of social pain and injustice inflicted sometimes with retribution, and sometimes without; sometimes from within the community, and sometimes from without. Indeed the deepest pathos of Vatmaar is the reality from which it draws. South Africa may be freshly emergent as a new democracy, but still it remains with much of the stigma of racial prejudice, social injustice, unemployment and crime. A Place Called Vatmaar is a Dickensian foray into an undocumented terrain. It is a positive, moving, real account of the complex and streetwise creature that constitutes the mavericks in South African society: the people who are given untenable circumstances but who use them wisely and creatively in constructing a life.
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Outgoing Republican state lawmaker Jerry Weiers will lead Glendale as the city's first new mayor in two decades.
He led opponent Manuel Cruz by a healthy margin with 97 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night.
Cruz supporters said he would not comment on the race until Wednesday morning.
Outgoing Mayor Elaine Scruggs had endorsed Weiers, who has called for a tighter rein on the budget and criticized a proposed Phoenix Coyotes deal that has the city paying millions to the potential buyer of the hockey team.
His message on Tuesday night to the Coyotes and the baseball teams at the city's spring-training ballpark: "Glendale is not your cash register."
At his election night party at Native New Yorker close to Jobing.com Arena, Weiers said the council and staff must strike hard, but fair deals.
"We all love the Coyotes and Cactus League but we cannot sacrifice our way of life so they can maintain theirs," Weiers said.
Despite Glendale's tight budget situation, Weiers struck an optimistic note for the city's future: "Glendale is going through a rough patch right now," he said, adding that the problems are not insurmountable.
"I truly believe Glendale's best days are absolutely ahead," Weiers said, after singing along to "We Are The champions" before a crowd of about 50.
Among those attending the part were interim city manager Horatio Skeete, who said he was there to be with his future boss, as was Vice Mayor Steve Frate.
Republican state lawmaker Steve Montenegro also attended, as did Glendale council candidates Gary Hirsch and Gary Sherwood.
In the Yucca District, Sam Chavira unseated four-term council incumbent Joyce Clark.
The Phoenix firefighter led his opponent by a big margin with all precincts reporting on Tuesday.
The other two council races were too tight to call. Election officials still must count early ballots turned in at the polls and any ballots that required further scrutiny. That typically can take as long as a week.
In the Sahuaro District, Sherwood had nearly 50.91 percent of votes and Diane Douglas had 49.09 percent.
The contest ws even tighter in the Cactus District with Ian Hugh slightly leading Gary Hirsch. One precinct had yet to report on Tuesday night.
Both Hirsch and Hugh appeared tense as results rolled in, although both said they expected a close race.
The election brings the city's biggest political shift in two decades.
Scruggs, who became mayor in 1993, opted not to seek an eighth term, along with five-term Councilman Phil Lieberman in the Cactus District and three-term Vice Mayor Frate in the Sahuaro District.
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make sure you buy fireproof black sheeting or the firemarshal will laugh at you.oak islands may be fireproofed but i would make sure
If I decide to do an outdoor haunt, what kind of plastic can I use for walls?
I have an idea from Oak Island Productions. They have black plastic for $350 at 60''x50 yards or $600 at 60''x100 yards
Can I find it cheaper at other places?
make sure you buy fireproof black sheeting or the firemarshal will laugh at you.oak islands may be fireproofed but i would make sure
Oakislands products such as these are fire proofed and water and mold proofed. I just thought the price was a little steep, thats all.
Check around and see if you have any local places to buy cheap fabric. Luckily, we have a "Bleachery" near here that sells fabric by the pound. I find it cheeper to buy that and flame proof it myself. (Spartan brand crystal flame retardant mixed with water in a garden sprayer.)
Americover has a product you might be interested in. You can check it out at http://www.americover.com/Products/FRBlackPlastic.html I've never used it and I don't know how it compares to Oak Island's product, but the site says it's fire rated. :wink:
I took the period off the end of the link so it'll work now. :wink:
Since you are outdoors, you may not have as strict rules since the danger is mostly nasty fumes which would not be contained outdoors.
Or if your in Illinois and you have a small haunt in a little town that the fire marshal apparently didn't visit! You can use regular black plastic all day to make all your walls!
If the place catches fire make sure you have a few hundred gas masks so your patrons can run out of building trying to extinguish themselves as plastic drips on them and burns for hours after their out!
Sorry this is all meant in sarcasm but i did witness a black plastic indoor haunt last year and thought i would share.
Just another reason i am for Haunt by laws!
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May 2, 2011
How to Vote In Canada
Receive folded postcard-size piece of paper with each candidate's name and party on it.
Stand behind what looks like a modified, on-its-side cardboard box
and use a stubby pencil
to make an X in the circle next to your candidate of choice.
Refold the ballot and hand it back to the voting attendant, who will tear off the stub (which, like the ballot, has a number on it, similar to a raffle ticket).
She will place the stub in a sealable plastic sandwich bag and hand the still-folded ballot back to you. Place the folded ballot in cardboard ballot box.
Walk home, secure in the knowledge that your vote
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11 comments:
- laura k said...
Cool, eh?
- May 2, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Glenn said...
...because, um, cardboard boxes and plastic sandwich bags are impervious to fraud?
- May 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- wilson said...
It's not that cardboard boxes and plastic sandwich bags are impervious to fraud, it's just that a lot less can go wrong with such a simple process... wait I didn't get a plastic sandwich bag!!
- May 2, 2011 at 1:45 PM
- Michael Holloway said...
I was relieved to see the good old cardboard box this morning.
In the Toronto Civic Elections that resulted in a landslide for a neo-con candidate in October 2010, voters penciled in the circle on a paper ballot - but then instead of the plastic baggie thing the returning officer placed my paper ballot in a scanner which tallied my vote.
When I worked as a returning officer in 2003 we counted the paper ballots by hand with a scurtineer from each party watching (there were 5 parties represented there). No need for that with the new civic election scanner system.
I don't thrust the electronic counter there's too much power in the hands of a small group of programmers or administrators - the more people involved in the counting the better. And, as you referenced above Allan - Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy has shown how easy electronic tally systems are to manipulate (posted 4 years ago): http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8793715638869146272# - May 2, 2011 at 2:46 PM
- allan said...
Computer programmer Clinton Eugene Curtis testifies under oath to the U.S. House Judiciary Members in Ohio. He says he was hired by Congressman Tom Feeney in October 2000 to build a prototype software package that would secretly rig an election. Amazing footage.
- May 2, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- allan said...
That video above was from December 13, 2004. This is related.
- May 2, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Michael Holloway said...
Great link Allan. I didn't know there was actually evidence like that out there.
Ohio should have subpoenaed the people named, or if they couldn't because it was out of their jurisdiction, someone in Congress should have called for an investigation. - May 2, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- Michael Holloway said...
I was surfing the 2000 and 3004 issue and found "The Onion". Their satire of network morning shows is especially Funny.
"..some US citizens were able to escape to Canada before the worst of the Bush Presidency hit..."
From Today Now! "Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Presidency". - May 2, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Amy said...
Our system is really not much different. We also have to fill in a circle with a pen on a paper ballot. We then enter the ballot into a box that we roll ourselves through the scanner. Now granted, the scanner may malfunction, but I still feel a whole lot better than I used to with the voting machines in NY.
- May 2, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- tim said...
- May 2, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- tim said...
also, that last pic is wicked.
- May 2, 2011 at 7:11 PM


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Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder with distinct characteristics, affecting up to 3 percent of the general population. The "obsessive" part of the disorder refers to uncontrollable and repetitive thoughts, while the "compulsive" component refers to uncontrollable and repetitive behaviors. This common anxiety disorder may range from mild to life cripplingly severe.
Obsessive Types
There are two types of obsessions: autogenous and reactive. The Journal of Anxiety Disorders discusses autogenous OCD and its treatment with cognitive therapy. A person with autogenous OCD has thoughts which will pop into his head that are often something he might feel guilty about, such as sexual thoughts. These thoughts might also be violent in nature, such as having a sudden image flash in their mind of raping or punching someone. While certainly distressing, these thoughts are rarely acted upon.
Reactive thoughts in OCD are prompted by some real external stimulus--something someone sees or hears. For instance, seeing some trash on the ground might elicit thoughts about the danger of germs. People are more likely to react to reactive thoughts; for instance, constant cleaning might result if one perceives his environment has been exposed to germs.
Types of Compulsions
A person might develop a compulsive behavior about anything, any idea, any procedure. Anything that can be done, can be overdone. There are some compulsions that are more common than others. The top two are washing/sanitation and aggression/harming.
These people might be considered "germophobes," and their compulsive behavior would be to wash their hands or surfaces over and over. No amount of scrubbing brings them relief, or if it does, it's temporary as they soon perceive more germs infecting the area.
It is not uncommon for someone with OCD to be concerned about safety. This is at the core of many of the obsessions and can manifest in a number of ways: Some are afraid that they will hurt other people, some are afraid something bad will happen to them. They have violent images pop into their minds. These people usually have no history of violent behavior and typically do not act on these ideas, but they fear that they will suddenly lash out at someone.
In small doses this might be a very useful trait in an employee, but the arranging, grouping and other behaviors when continuous can be disruptive. For instance, this person might feel compelled to lay their pencils down according to length, and keep them in perfect order. This person may be obsessed with numbers or colors.
It's normal when leaving the house for a vacation to "double check" that the door is locked, or the light is off, or that the stove is not on. If, however, after that double check the door is checked again, and then again, there might be problem. Checkers perceive an exaggerated risk if the door is left unlocked or the lights are left on. They may have an exact number of times they feel they need to "check," or they may have a procedure they need to follow for the "check" to be valid in their mind.
Chronic overeating is sometimes referred to as "compulsive overeating." Although the psychology behind overeating is somewhat different than the other compulsions, it can have an equally devastating effect on a life. Simple overindulgence does not qualify as OCD; the problem is more when the person must be chewing at all times or goes from one meal to another, even when satiety is reached, or, if they have certain peculiar beliefs and rituals about the eating. These may be that they count calories relentlessly, or do things that don't make sense to the rest of us such as eating the food on the right side of the plate first, or chewing a certain number of times.
Those who lose excessive amounts of weight may have anorexia nervosa (not a type of OCD); however, a person might also not eat because they think the food is tainted, which could be a symptom of OCD.
Another atypical compulsion regards religion. Though it is relatively rare, perhaps 5 percent of those suffering with OCD have what is sometimes called "scrupulocity." Some people are so afraid of falling from the graces of their perceived god that they can become obsessed with prayer. This is the person who prays or reads the bible much of the day, feeling anxiety the whole time. They may be wracked with guilt over minor transgressions and confess over and over for the same small misbehavior. They may also have rituals of a religious nature that they perform over and over, not as prescribed by the religion. These rituals are likely to be personal in nature, but may include continually lighting candles and praying at the least provocation. The person with a religious OCD may be less likely than other sufferers with OCD to self report. They are less aware that there is something wrong.
Hoarding is considered a specific type of obsessive compulsive disorder and is characterized by an inability to get rid of possessions, even when they become defunct or useless. Hoarders may have stacks of newspapers or other useless items, and may fill their personal living space to the point of creating an unsanitary living situation.
OCD symptoms respond fairly well to the treatments for other anxiety disorders. Psychiatrists prescribe antidepressants, especially those which make more serotonin available in the brain. Cognitive behavioral therapy is also an effective treatment, especially with a therapist specializing OCD.


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People with a pituitary gland tumor may experience the following symptoms or signs. Sometimes, people with a pituitary gland tumor do not have any of these changes. Or, the cause of a symptom may be another medical condition that is not a pituitary gland tumor.
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Growth hormone. The symptoms depend on a patient's age. In children, before the bone plates have closed, increased growth can cause gigantism, which is excessive body size and height. In adults, increased growth hormone causes acromegaly, a syndrome that includes excessive growth of soft tissues and bones, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep apnea, increased snoring, carpal tunnel syndrome, and pain, including headaches.
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). Too much TSH causes increased production of thyroid hormone. This can lead to nervousness and irritability, fast heart rate and high blood pressure, heart disease, increased sweating, thin skin, and weight loss.
Prolactin. Too much prolactin, a hormone that stimulates lactation and the secretion of progesterone, causes inappropriate secretion of breast milk, even in men. It can also cause osteoporosis, which is weakening of the bones; loss of sex drive; infertility; irregular menstrual cycles; and impotence.
Adrenocorticotropic hormone. Too much of this hormone causes weight gain, particularly in the body's trunk. It can also cause high blood pressure, high blood sugar, brittle bones, emotional changes, stretch marks on the skin, and easy bruising.
Gonadotropins (FSH and LH). These are usually not high enough to cause symptoms but can, in rare cases, cause infertility and irregular menstrual cycles in women.
By pressing on the pituitary gland, causing it to make too little of 1 or more hormones.
Growth hormone. Not enough growth hormone causes late growth in children, poor muscle strength, irritability, weakening of bone strength, and an overall unwell feeling.
TSH. Low TSH causes fatigue, low energy, sensitivity to cold temperatures, constipation, and weight gain.
Prolactin. Too little prolactin causes inability to breastfeed after a woman gives birth to a baby.
ACTH. Too little of this hormone causes fatigue and low energy, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, and upset stomach.
Gonadotropins. Low levels of gonadotropins cause infertility, decrease in sex drive, impotence, and irregular menstrual cycles.
By pressing on the optic nerves or, less commonly, the nerves controlling eye movements, and causing either loss of part or all of a person's sight, or double vision.
If you are concerned about any changes you experience, please talk with your doctor. Your doctor will ask how long and how often you have been experiencing the symptom(s), in addition to other questions. This is to help find out the cause of the problem, called a diagnosis.
If a tumor is diagnosed, relieving symptoms remains an important part of care and treatment. This may also be called symptom management, palliative care, or supportive care. Be sure to talk with your health care team about symptoms you experience, including any new symptoms or a change in symptoms.
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Boston's third line a charm in Game 3
BOSTON The Bruins' third line was No. 1 in Boston.
The revamped lineup of Daniel Paille, Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin scored Boston's first goal and drew the penalties that led to another in a 2-0 win over Chicago on Monday night for a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final.
"That's what we've got to do," Paille said. "To be effective, we have to skate like that and hustle. It's been good for us so far and we want to keep going."
The line also led Boston's pestering forecheck that forced Chicago into repeated giveaways and penalties as the Bruins controlled play from the start.
"We're having fun. The three of us are working hard and having fun, which is nice," Kelly said. "It's always fun, but some days are more fun than others."
Paille, who scored the overtime winner in Game 2 to tie the series, scored the first goal Monday off assists by Kelly and Seguin. The Bruins went up 2-0 when Patrice Bergeron scored a power-play goal set up by the grinding work of Kelly and Paille, who drew the penalties that gave Boston an 11-second 5-on-3 advantage.
Chicago's Dave Bolland, who cross-checked Kelly with 8:00 left in the second, had just gotten out of the penalty box and didn't quite make it back into the play when Bergeron scored with 5:55 left in the second period.
It was Bergeron's seventh goal of the playoffs and although the official assists came from Jaromir Jagr and Zdeno Chara, Paille and Kelly deserved some credit, too.
"The commitment is totally there. Throughout a whole season it's not easy to have that full commitment, but I think when you get to this stage, players start feeling it," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "They go above and beyond."
Julien bumped Paille up from the fourth line after the first period of Game 2 and the combination with Kelly and Seguin paid off again.
"When you look at I guess the matchups, it just kind of seems to even itself out," Julien said after Monday's win. "Our top lines haven't scored that much 5 on 5 either. It's the Kelly line that gives us that goal 5 on 5. Right now it just seems that both teams are very aware of the other team's top players and playing a chess match."
Advantage, Bruins — again — with Game 4 to come in Boston on Wednesday night.
"I'm not one to say momentum. This game is over," Julien said. "I think it's more about refocusing on the next one, knowing that the team you played against is going to be looking at what they can do better. They're going to make adjustments. We have to do the same from our end."
Kelly scored his first goal of the postseason in Game 2 and Paille scored in overtime as the Bruins won 2-1. For the first time in the series, no OT was necessary Monday, thanks much to the Bruins pressure.
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Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova was released from hospital on Saturday, two days after undergoing surgery on his saliva glands, the La Liga club said.
"Given his post-operation development, Tito Vilanova has been released from hospital this Saturday afternoon," Barca said in a brief statement on their website (www.fcbarcelona.com).
"The Barca coach had surgery on Thursday according to plan," the statement added.
Barca announced on Wednesday that Villanova needed a second round of surgery following an operation to remove a tumour from his saliva glands in November 2011.
The latest procedure would be followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy over the next six weeks and assistant coach Jordi Roura would step in until Vilanova was well enough to return, the club said.
The 44-year-old was sidelined for around three weeks after the surgery last year before returning to his job as assistant to Pep Guardiola and then taking over from his close friend at the end of last season.
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Jeff Carter spoke with LA Kings Insider this morning, giving an update on his injured foot. It's still a "work in progress," Carter said, who added that all he can really do right now is be a cheerleader for the rest of the guys on the team. Clearly it's working as the Kings have only […] Read more
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The Twitterverse was aflame this morning after the Kings ended their morning skate ahead of their matchup versus the Lightning tonight. The Skinny: Ben Scrivens left the ice first meaning he will likely start. Colin Fraser and Jordan Nolan stayed on after the skate meaning they will likely be scratched. Kyle Clifford, who was presumed […] Read more
SEAMLESS: Richards-Toffoli pairing working well for Kings…
Despite the loss of his "right hand man" Jeff Carter and being paired with two new players (King & Toffoli), Kings center Mike Richards has continued to produce, scoring 8 points in his last 7 games. The similarity of Toffoli's game to Carter's appears to have helped. Read more over at the Times… Mike Richards […] Read more
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2010: Appeared in 17 games with nine starts as a rookie ... recorded her first collegiate point, an assist, in a 5-0 triumph over N.C. Wesleyan (10/3).
High School: Earned four letters in soccer at McDonogh School … served as team captain during her senior campaign … named a conference All-Star as a senior ... member of a squad that reached the state championships two seasons (2007 and 2008) ... team also reached the state semifinals in 2006 and state quarterfinals in 2009.
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Related stories:
- Chat with David Siller and Giles Charle (Sept. 7)
- Charle and Siller released (with video) (Sept. 6)
- DA agrees to release men in Sweet Pea case (Sept. 6)
- St. James' letter agreeing to men's release (Sept. 6)
- DA: Justice was served (with video and audio clips) (Sept. 6)
- A partial transcript from the meeting with District Attorney's Office officials (Sept. 6)
- Our View: Ensuring justice is met (Sept. 6)
- District Attorney Bonnie Roesink: Newspaper distorted facts of Sweet Pea case (Sept. 6)
- Mike Lawrence: Apricots and asparagus (Sept. 6)
- Story ripe for the picking (Sept. 5)
- Too much time? (Sept. 4)
- Sweet Pea owners: 'We didn't want this' (Sept. 3)
- Men get six months in jail for stealing food from trash (Sept. 2)
Steamboat Springs One of the owners of a fresh produce store said Saturday that it is absurd that two men are in jail for taking spoiled fruit and vegetables from the store's trash area.
On Wednesday, Giles Charle, 24, of Somersworth, N.H., and David Siller, 27, of Wayne, Pa., pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespass and were sentenced to spend six months in Routt County Jail and pay $15 in restitution to Sweet Pea Produce. The men were on their way to the Rainbow Family of Living Light Gathering in North Routt County when they were arrested June 26.
The men admitted that they jumped a fence and took fruits and vegetables from the garbage area at Sweet Pea. They originally were charged with felony second-degree burglary and misdemeanor theft. They accepted the plea agreement offered by Assistant District Attorney Kerry St. James, they said, because they did not want to risk being convicted of a felony.
"Once I found out what these guys were being charged with, I contacted (St. James)," said Jonathon Hieb, who owns Sweet Pea with Katherine Zambrana. "I told him, 'We're not behind this prosecution. We don't want anything to do with it.' I thought for sure my input would have some kind of bearing, but he wasn't hearing any of it."
Hieb said St. James told him he was going to make an example of the men.
On Friday, St. James said it was the men's decision to accept the plea agreement. He would not comment on suggestions that he was trying to make an example of Charle and Siller. St. James was not available Saturday for comment. Neither was his boss, District Attorney Bonnie Roesink.
Hieb said police contacted him the night of the incident. Police said a neighbor had reported suspicious men at the store after hours.
When first contacted by police, Hieb said he would press charges. He said the men were found with a Sweet Pea Produce bag, which generally only could be acquired from inside the store. He didn't want them released until he knew what might be missing from or damaged inside the store.
But Hieb said an inspection showed the men never entered the store and must have found one of the store's bags in the trash area. When police gave Hieb and Zambrana paperwork to fill out and offer their side of what happened, Hieb and Zambrana declined and said they did not want to press charges.
"Immediately - the next day - we said, 'We don't want anything to do with this,'" Hieb said.
Hieb said he later learned from Wayne Westphale, the men's attorney, that they were facing felony charges. Hieb said he agreed with Westphale's suggestion of 10 to 20 hours of community service as an appropriate punishment. Westphale could not be reached Saturday for comment.
"These guys jumped over the fence and got some over-ripe produce. What they did, at most, was a temporary slip of judgment," Hieb said. "These guys are not criminals. For them to be in jail is ridiculous."
Charle most recently worked as a social worker. Siller is an Americorps volunteer and a yoga instructor. Both men had plans to go to graduate school, family and friends said.
The men could have accepted a lesser jail sentence.
"They had a choice between accepting a deferred felony with 90 days in jail or a misdemeanor conviction with six months in jail," St. James said Friday. "It came down to whether they wanted a felony conviction with less jail time or a misdemeanor with more jail."
St. James also asked Judge James Garrecht to fine the men $42 for each day they serve in jail, the standard cost of care for inmates. Garrecht refused.
Kris Hammond, a Steamboat Springs attorney, met with the men when they sought a second opinion in their case. Hammond, like Westphale, advised the men to plead to the misdemeanor and accept the six-month sentence.
"The way I put it to them was, 'Could you win your case? Yes. But am I willing to gamble a felony conviction that you're going to win? No,'" Hammond said Saturday.
Hammond said there really was no choice. If they pleaded guilty to the felony, he said, the men faced four years of supervised probation before their records would have been cleared. Also, they would have had to apply for an interstate transfer to serve their probation outside of Colorado.
"Defendants are given these kinds of choices every day," Hammond said. "This one is particularly egregious, but the same kind of thing goes on in a lot of cases."
Shaune McCarthy Charle, Giles Charle's mother, said the men talked to several attorneys, who all advised them to take the misdemeanor deal.
"We've been working on this all summer long," she said. "We just felt like we were completely helpless. Everyone said there was no hope, no hope, no hope. We're absolutely flabbergasted by what has happened."
Hammond said there is little recourse for the men now, barring a decision by the DA's office to amend the agreement and shorten the sentence.
"My job is to defend my clients no matter what," Hammond said. "The DA's job is to seek justice, not just a conviction. It's hard to see the justice in this."


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The D.C. Circuit rejected efforts by the SEC to compel the Securities Investor Protection Corporation to liquidate a broker-dealer that was part of the Stanford Ponzi scheme empire. The investors had purchased CDs from an off-shore Stanford entity. The Circuit Court affirmed the decision of the District Court. SEC v. SIPC, No. 12-5286 (D.C. Cir. Decided July 18, 2014).
The case arose out of the massive financial fraud authored by Robert Allen Stanford. At the center of the scheme the SEC has called a Ponzi scheme, was a complex web of entities. Two are involved here. One is the Stanford International Bank, Ltd. or SIBL, a bank organized under Antiguan law. It sold debt assets that promised a fixed rate of return. The second is Stanford Group Company or SGC, a Huston-based broker-dealer registered with the SEC.
To purchase a CD, investors had to open an account with SIBL, according to the factual record which was largely stipulated. CD purchasers paid the bank for the instruments. The U.S. disclosure statements stated that SIPIC did not provide coverage for the CDs.
In 2009 the SEC brought a civil enforcement action against Mr. Stanford, SGC, SIBL and others. The court appointed a receiver for SGC and other entities. The receiver concluded that the bank had outstanding about $7.2 billion in CDs. The receiver asked SIPC to determine if it would liquidate SGC to protect the assets of those who had purchased CDs from SIBL. SIPIC determined that those investors were not covered. Eventually, the SEC prevailed in its case and imposed a $6 billion civil penalty. Mr. Stanford was convicted on criminal charges and sentenced to serve 110 years in prison. Antiguan authorities initiated separate proceedings to liquidate SIBL and process claims. Other civil litigation was initiated.
Two years later the SEC concluded SIPIC was wrong as to the SIBL issued CDs. It filed an application with the District Court to compel SIPC to commence liquidation proceedings. SIPIC declined. The District Court concluded that SIPIC was correct in determining that the CD purchasers were not customers within the meaning of the Act, a prerequisite to coverage. The District Court rejected the request for an order to compel SIPIC.
The critical question here, according to the Circuit Court, is whether those who purchased SIBL CDs at the suggestion of the broker-dealer are customers for purposes of the Securities Investor Protection Act. That Act, passed in 1970, created SIPIC to provide relief to customers of failing broker-dealers. When a SIPC member firm is in financial difficulty the non-profit corporation can initiate a liquidation proceeding in which a trustee can be appointed to oversee the liquidation of the firm after removal to bankruptcy court. The trustee is to return any customer cash and securities on deposit with the broker. If there are insufficient funds, SIPIC must cover the shortfall up to certain limits. The SEC has plenary authority to supervise SIPIC.
The Securities Investor Protection Act focuses on the custody function of brokers. It provides coverage for customer funds and securities held on deposit with the broker which, prior to the Act, were often depleted in the liquidation of the firm. The Act generally affords no protection against other types of losses.
A customer is generally defined as a person who has deposited cash with the broker for the purpose of purchasing securities. A claimant must generally demonstrate that the broker received or held the claimant's property and that the transaction gave rise to the claim and contained the indicia of a fiduciary relationship between the customer and the broker.
In this case the purchasers of SIBL CDs are not customers within the meaning of the Act, the Court held. It is undisputed that the investors did not deposit cash with SGC. Since "SGC had no custody over the investors' cash or securities, the investors do not qualify as SGC 'customers' under the ordinary operation of the statutory definition" the Court concluded.
The SEC argued, however, that given the interrelation of the Stanford entities, funds deposited with SIBL should be viewed as effectively on deposit with SGC – the entities should be viewed as one. This theory is grounded on the bankruptcy doctrine of "substantive consolidation" which, under equitable principles, would view the entities as one.
While that doctrine may be applicable here, it does not support the SEC's contention. The SIPIC statute excludes from coverage investments in the debtor which add to its capital, the Court stated. Thus, even if the entities are viewed as one, since the CDs are a contractual investment in the entity which added to the capital of SIBL, they are excluded. While the SEC attempted to side-step this result by arguing that the CD proceeds became part of the capital of SIBL and not the broker dealer, if the entities are merged the funds become part of the capital of the merged entity.
Finally, in its reply brief the SEC claimed for the first time that funds given to a consolidated entity for the CDs should not become part of the entity's capital because they were part of a Ponzi scheme. The SEC offered no authority for this contention which was rejected by the Court. The fact is the CD purchasers acted as lenders which are not covered. While the plight of these investors is unfortunate, the Court noted, they are not covered by the statute.
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A source in the committee told PTI that one thing that had been decided by the selectors was that all players would have to undergo fitness tests before they are sent to England.
"The team captain, Misbah-ul-Haq has infact insisted that fitness tests should be conducted before the squad is announced as the deadline for sending the final 15 names to the ICC is around May 5," the source said.
Interestingly, besides the deliberations on the Champions Trophy squad the selectors have also been told to prepare a list of players who qualify for the new central contracts for 2013.
"The selectors have been told to prepare a list of 20 players but they feel the list should be of atleast 25 players as the board's idea is to do away with the retainer category," it said.
In the past the board has announced central contracts in three categories A, B and C while a fourth category is of retainership.
"This time the selectors have suggested having four categories for central contracts and only those players should be given contracts who are seen as strong candidates to play the 2014 T-20 World Cup and 2015 World Cup," it added.
Although four months have passed this year the board is yet to give out central contracts which were also delayed last year.
The source said some seniors might not be given central contracts this time around and will be told to keep on playing on series-to-series basis as and when their form and fitness allows them to be considered for selection.
"There might be a few surprises this time around although the selectors and team management is divided on how much experimentation can be done in the Champions Trophy," another source close to the selectors said.


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First, let's be clear how eMarketer defines mobile search advertising. In its paradigm, the market researcher includes paid ads search engines serve, as well as apps and carrier portals to mobile devices. That last part -- specifically the apps -- may be what's affecting Google.
The research by eMarketer shows users are becoming more sophisticated as smartphone and tablet usage rises. They are also blurring the lines between browsers and apps in their own minds. What's more, the report concludes, mobile search behavior is becoming less and less like desktop and laptop searches. All this is leading to a fragmented mobile search advertising market that's chipping away at Google's dominance.
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"Even though browser-based search is a common behavior among mobile owners, search engines are not necessarily the first place smartphone and tablet users turn," said Cathy Boyle, a senior analyst for mobile at eMarketer. "The explosion of mobile app development and usage means mobile users have more -- and more specialized -- alternatives for finding information."
So let's look at the numbers. According to eMarketer, Google's declining share of mobile search dollars is noteworthy against the market fragmentation backdrop. Google owned 82.8 percent of the $2.24 billion mobile search market in 2012. Despite rising mobile search revenue, other players are pushing harder to become the entry portal for mobile information.
Although Google still reigns supreme with browser-based searches on mobile devices, eMarketer said niche search apps are becoming more common in terms of usage and taking incremental market share away from the tech titan. The result: Google's share has dropped to 68.5 percent in 2013 while the long tail of "other" companies increased share from 5.4 percent to 22.9 percent. In 2014, eMarketer expects Google's share to fall again, to 65.7 percent, while the "other" category reaches 27.3 percent.
eMarketer points to players in the "other" category, which include Yahoo and Bing, apps like Kayak, Shazam and Yelp. In fact, Yelp's mobile search revenue will grow 136 percent to reach $119.4 million in 2014, accounting for just over 40 percent of the company's overall search intake, according to eMarketer.
"App-based searching is a new phenomenon that pales in comparison with the longstanding practice of querying a search engine, and the degree to which mobile users rely on both methods for finding information is unclear," Boyle said. "Still, in light of the growing popularity and time spent with apps, search marketers that recognize this behavior and focus on increasing visibility within apps aligned to their industry and business objectives will be best positioned to connect with the largest number of mobile users."
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Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling Market Intelligence, said the eMarketer report is somewhat deceptive because Google's mobile ad revenues continue to grow. Although the report says as much, it gets buried in the bigger story line of market-share decline.
"What's effectively happened is that more money is now flowing into mobile advertising and being spread around to others," Sterling told us. "The overall market has grown and other companies are now gaining some of the benefits."
In addition, he continued, the definition of "search revenues" has arguably been expanded to encompass more players and more types of ad spending.
"The takeaway here is that the market is getting bigger and Google is no longer the only place that marketers are putting their 'search' dollars," Sterling said. "But in terms of real dollars, Google remains by far the dominant company."


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