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"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity."
-- Ann Coulter, September 12, 2001
Recently,The Justice Department prosecuted The Chicago Mob in a landmark trial. The Chicago Tribune reports:So it's not misguided innocence.
In one of the biggest strikes in Chicago's history against the mob, federal authorities today began rounding up alleged organized crime figures—including outfit boss Joseph "The Clown" Lombardo—in connection with a string of 18 unsolved murders and one attempted murder dating back to 1970.
In the culmination of what officials dubbed "Operation Family Secrets," a federal racketing indictment unsealed this morning took direct aim at Chicago's three dominant mob chapters: The Grand Avenue crew of Lombardo; the Melrose Park crew of brothers Jimmy and Michael Marcello, and the 26th Street crew of imprisoned mobsters Frank Calabrese Sr. and his brother, Nicholas, who has turned mob informant.
Just whose name came up at the Family Secrets Trial as an unindicted co-conspirator of the massive racketeering enterprise? Chicago Alderman Fred Roti. Alderman Roti was named by the Justice Department on pages 27 and 47 of this civil racketeering indictment as a "high ranking made member" of The Chicago Mob.
Roti was no ordinary member, his job was to hijack Chicago's City Council which he did for 23 years. The Chicago Tribune explained how Alderman Roti ran Chicago's City Council in 1982:
Roti has placed nearly as many city employees on the payroll as the city personnel department,and many of them are his own family members...Roti's name is always called first during council roll calls, and he revels in that privilege. His initial response gives other administration alderman their cue as to what Roti-and, therefore, the mayor-wants. It's often said that roll calls could stop after Roti votes-the outcome is already known. Roti,an affable fellow, controls the Chicago City Council with an iron fist.
What could be more frightening than a "made member" of the Mob hijacking America's third largest city? Alderman Roti decided he wanted to ban guns in Chicago so honest citizens couldn't fight back against Chicago's Mob.
The Roti family's union power goes back to two late organized-crime figures, Ald. Fred B. Roti and Chicago Outfit boss Anthony Accardo, according to union investigators.
Bruno and "Toots" Caruso are nephews of Roti. The three were among 47 men identified by the FBI in 1999 as "made" members of the mob. "Made" mobsters, according to the report, pledge loyalty to the Outfit "and would carry this oath of commitment and silence to the grave."
If you take a oath to a racketeering enterprise you can't be serving the "public interest" of the citizens of Chicago. This means every ordinance that Alderman Roti voted on between 1968 and 1991 has the potential to be part of a racketeering enterprise. Which,of course,includes Chicago's gun ban.
The experiment, funded by the U.S. Navy, was aimed at verifying some interesting results that the late physicist Robert Bussard coaxed out of a high-voltage inertial electrostatic contraption known as WB-6. (The "WB" stands for Wiffle Ball, which describes the shape of the device and its magnetic field.)See earlier posts here and here for background.
An EMC2 team headed by Los Alamos researcher Richard Nebel (who's on leave from his federal lab job) picked up the baton from Bussard and tried to duplicate the results. The team has turned in its final report, and it's been double-checked by a peer-review panel, Nebel told me today. Although he couldn't go into the details, he said the verdict was positive.
"There's nothing in there that suggests this will not work," Nebel said. "That's a very different statement from saying that it will work."
By and large, the EMC2 results fit Bussard's theoretical predictions, Nebel said. That could mean Polywell fusion would actually lead to a power-generating reaction. But based on the 10-month, shoestring-budget experiment, the team can't rule out the possibility that a different phenomenon is causing the observed effects.
"If you want to say something absolutely, you have to say there's no other explanation," Nebel said. The review board agreed with that conservative assessment, he said.
The good news, from Nebel's standpoint, is that the WB-7 experiment hasn't ruled out the possibility that Polywell fusion could actually serve as a low-cost, long-term energy solution. "If this thing was absolutely dead in the water, we would have found out," he said.
Nebel and his colleagues have already drawn up a plan for the next step: an 18-month program to build and test a larger fusor prototype. "We're shopping that around inside the DOD [Department of Defense], and we'll see what happens," he said.
Nebel said some private-sector ventures are also interested in what EMC2 is up to, and that may suggest a backup plan in case the Pentagon isn't interesting in following up on WB-7.
For the time being, Nebel said his five-person team is getting by on some small-scale contracts from the Defense Department (including these three). "I've got enough to cover the people we've got, and that's about it," he said. "What we're doing with these contracts is trying to get prepared for the next step."
He's also waiting to see what the Obama administration will bring. Will the White House support EMC2's low-cost, under-the-radar fusion research program alongside ITER and the National Ignition Facility? "We just don't know," Nebel said.
I was, in effect, Hansen's supervisor because I had to justify his funding, allocate his resources, and evaluate his results. I did not have the authority to give him his annual performance evaluation. He was never muzzled even though he violated NASA's official agency position on climate forecasting (i.e., we did not know enough to forecast climate change or mankind's effect on it). He thus embarrassed NASA by coming out with his claims of global warming in 1988 in his testimony before Congress.NO. RATIONAL. JUSTIFICATION.
My own belief concerning anthropogenic climate change is that the models do not realistically simulate the climate system [That is true. --ed.] because there are many very important sub-grid scale processes that the models either replicate poorly or completely omit. Furthermore, some scientists have manipulated the observed data to justify their model results. In doing so, they neither explain what they have modified in the observations, nor explain how they did it. They have resisted making their work transparent so that it can be replicated independently by other scientists. This is clearly contrary to how science should be done. Thus there is no rational justification for using climate model forecasts to determine public policy.
As Chief of several NASA Hq. Programs (1982-94), an SES position, I was responsible for all weather and climate research in the entire agency, including the research work by James Hansen, Roy Spencer, Joanne Simpson, and several hundred other scientists at NASA field centers, in academia, and in the private sector who worked on climate research.So he knows of what he speaks.
NASA should be at the forefront in the collection of scientific evidence and debunking the current hysteria over human-caused, or Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). Unfortunately, it is becoming just another agency caught up in the politics of global warming, or worse, politicized science. Advocacy is replacing objective evaluation of data, while scientific data is being ignored in favor of emotions and politics.Cunningham goes on to review how hard data does NOT support human-caused global warming claims, and that given how thin our atmosphere is, the greenhouse effect is nearly maxed-out already -- which is why most of the time historically the Earth is actually a frozen ball of ice!
It doesn't help that NASA scientist James Hansen was one of the early alarmists claiming humans caused global warming. Hansen is a political activist who spreads fear even when NASA's own data contradict him.
Warming in the upper atmosphere should occur before any surface warming effect, but NASA's own data show that has not been happening. Global temperature readings—accurate to 0.1 degree Celsius—are gathered by orbiting satellites. Interestingly, in the 18 years those satellites have been recording global temperatures, they have actually shown a slight decrease in average temperatures.
When former NASA mathematician Ferenc Miskolczi pointed out that "greenhouse warming" may be mathematically impossible, NASA would not allow him to publish his work. Miskolczi dared to question the simplifying assumption in the warming model that the atmosphere is infinitely thick. He pointed out that when you use the correct thickness—about 65 miles—the greenhouse effect disappears! Ergo: no AGW. Miskolczi resigned in disgust and published his proof in the peerreviewed Hungarian journal Weather.Make no mistake, cap-and-trade is just a massive wealth re-distribution fraud.
For nearly a decade now, there has been no global warming. Even though atmospheric CO2 has continued to accumulate—up about 4 percent in the last 10 years—the global mean temperature has remained flat. That should raise obvious questions about CO2 being the cause of climate change.
In the face of overwhelming evidence for natural temperature variation, proponents of AGW are resorting to a precautionary argument: "We must do something just in case we are responsible, because the consequences are too terrible if we are to blame and do nothing." They hope to stampede government entities into committing huge amounts of money before their fraud is completely exposed—before science and truth save the day.
The reality is that atmospheric CO2 has a minimal impact on greenhouse gases and world temperature. Water vapor is responsible for 95 percent of the greenhouse effect. CO2 contributes just 3.6 percent, with human activity responsible for only 3.2 percent of that. [In other words, one one-thousandth of the effect, or 0.1%, at best. --ed.] That is why some studies claim CO2 levels are largely irrelevant to global warming.But wait, there's more!
The prestigious International Geological Congress, dubbed the geologists' equivalent of the Olympic Games, was held in Norway in August 2008 and prominently featured the voices of scientists skeptical of man-made global warming fears. Reports from the conference found that Skeptical scientists overwhelmed the meeting, with '2/3 of presenters and question-askers hostile to, even dismissive of, the UN IPCC' (See full reports here & here).Also,
the U.S. public has grown ever more skeptical of man-made climate doom predictions. [See: Global warming ranks dead last, 20 out of 20 in new Pew survey, and Survey finds majority of U.S. Voters - '51% — now believe that humans are not the predominant cause of climate change' - January 20, 2009 - Rasmussen Reports]Can't fool all of the people all of the time! Indeed, as 9% "aren't sure" about global warming, only 41% blame humans -- which is a 9% drop since last July!


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Making the rounds with Chicago media for the first time since his family's $845-million acquisition of the storied franchise and ballpark, the new Cubs chairman made clear that the Ricketts era will be a departure from Tribune Co.'s 28-year run as owner. He plans to plow profits back into the organization, from paying top players to fixing the 95-year-old ballpark's cramped concessions, clubhouses and commodes.It's gotta be a baseball fans dream to own the team you're already a die-hard fan.
"There are a couple differences between the Tribune owning the team and the family owning the team," Mr. Ricketts said in an interview Thursday. "We're committed to reinvesting the profits into preserving and improving the stadium. We're going to be delivering on that over the next few years."
The family's goal is to win the Cubs' first World Series championship in 101 years. "When that happens, it's going to be special," he said. "That's the goal. Undoubtedly it will happen on our watch."
But fans shouldn't expect Mr. Ricketts to throw money around like the New York Yankees' George Steinbrenner, whose payroll tops $200 million. Mr. Ricketts said there would likely be a "slight increase" of the Cubs' $140-million payroll next season, but noted that it's already the third-highest in baseball.
He'll cede all personnel decisions to his general manager — for now, Jim Hendry, whom he said has done "a great job."
Fans can expect "slight increases" in ticket prices for next season, and "inflation-like" increases thereafter. That would be far less aggressive than the price hikes Tribune has pushed through in recent years, some of which exceeded 30%.
That reminds me, how long was Reinsdorf the owner of the White Sox and was finally able to bring home a World Series in 2005? Probably close to 25 or so years before he made that happen. Let's hope Ricketts and the Cubs will not take nearly as long.
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1 – 2 FU Memoirs of a Middle Aged Punk. BBC 2004
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Update to the earlier "Beats" post
"Gang Of Souls" is an hour long documentary from 2008 combining interviews and footage of the originals with comment from later artists who felt their influence, including Marianne Faithful, Henry Rollins & Richard Hell.
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Intel changed its slogan from "Sponsors of tomorrow," which it has been using since May 2009, to "Look inside." VP of marketing Deborah Conrad told the New York Times, "'Sponsors of tomorrow' didn't leverage our heritage as much as 'Look inside' does... 'Look inside' is a call to action, and 'Intel inside' says, 'Hey, here I am.'" Intel will be using Venables Bell & Partners as its creative agency as opposed to the roster system, as it had in the past.
According to eMarketer, Amazon made $609 million in ad revenue in 2012.
Foursquare is trying to strengthen its ties with small businesses. The app is testing promotions with small shops in New York.
Oakley is trying to attract women, which only account for 10% of its sales, in a new marketing campaign.
Oral-B has a cute Father's Day ad by Publicis Kaplan Thaler.
Adweek named these 12 people the smartest media agency execs in business today.
AKQA redesigned Audi's US site.
Leo Burnett NY won Allouette Cheese's creative account, beating out Havas and Publicis, Adweek reports. The cheese company only spent $10,000 in media last year.
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- New Superman Movie Will Have The Most Commercialization Ever: 100 Marketing Tie-Ins
- The Ad Exec Fired For Making The Worst Ever Ford Ad Just Got A New Job
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Ireland's Ambassador to Great Britain, Dan Mulhall, hosted an unusual event at the Embassy of Ireland recently – the launch of the DEXYS DO IRISH COUNTRY AND SOUL CD.
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New York, November 01, 2018: The Infrared Imaging Market is expected to exceed more than US$ 7.5 Billion by 2024 at a CAGR of 7% in the given forecast period.
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The technique of capturing and changing invisible infrared images into visible pictures is termed infrared imaging. visible light is well detected by the human eye, however to ascertain infrared light it is important to have infrared cameras and imagers. These devices possess special sensors that operate without the requirement of visible light. The radiations within the infrared imaging technique are emitted by the targeted objects or are reflected radiations. The imaging devices have infrared illuminator lasers with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) for the purpose of illumination. The infrared radiations emitted by warm objects are detected by thermal infrared imagers directing them to infrared sensor array. These sensor arrays convert infrared signals into electrical signals that are then converted into an image.
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Ashes Test: Bowlers on top as 14 wickets fall on first day
Steven Finn brought England back into the first Ashes Test as bowlers held sway on an overcast opening day at Nottingham's Trent Bridge on Wednesday.india Updated: Jul 11, 2013 11:26 IST
Steven Finn brought England back into the first Ashes Test as bowlers held sway on an overcast opening day at Nottingham's Trent Bridge on Wednesday.
At stumps, Australia were 75 for four in reply to England's seemingly meagre 215, a deficit of 140 runs, after 14 wickets had fallen in the day's play.
Not since 2005, when 17 wickets fell at Lord's, had the first day of an Ashes series seen bowlers enjoy so much success.
Fast bowler Finn took two wickets in two balls before England spearhead James Anderson produced a superb ball to clean bowl Australia captain Michael Clarke for nought.
Steven Smith, not even in the original Ashes squad, was 38 not out and Phil Hughes, no longer an opener but batting at number six, seven not out as floodlights pierced the gloom.
Siddle to the fore
Earlier, Australia fast medium-bowler Peter Siddle took five wickets for 50 runs after England captain Alastair Cook won the toss, with Jonathan Trott's 48 the hosts' top score.
Siddle's haul was his latest impressive start to an Ashes series after he took six for 54, including a hat-trick, on the opening day of the 2010/11 series at Brisbane. "It's been an extraordinary day," said Siddle.
Australia's bowling always looked significantly stronger than their batting, with the key to the tourists' hopes of regaining the Ashes appearing to rest on their top order.
New Australia coach Darren Lehmann decided to restore Shane Watson to his preferred spot at the top of the order. But Watson, who in 41 previous Tests had managed just two hundreds, was out in familiar fashion when he pushed forward firmly against Finn without adjusting for away movement and was caught for 13.
Next ball Australia were 19 for two when Ed Cowan, who spent the early part of the season at Trent Bridge, with Nottinghamshire, carelessly chased a wide delivery and was caught at second slip by county colleague Graeme Swann.
Clarke narrowly survived the hat-trick bid but lasted just five more balls, with Anderson producing a near unplayable delivery that angled in and seamed away late to hit off stump.
Australia were now 22 for three and this with regular England new ball bowler Stuart Broad off the field with a shoulder injury suffered while batting.
Opener Chris Rogers, recalled for his second Test five years after his debut, hung on for over an hour. But he was eventually lbw for 16 to Anderson, bowling from around the wicket and not even a review of umpire Kumar Dharmasena's decision could reprieve the 35-year-old.
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No, there will be no breach of child labor laws despite the fact that 10 youth volunteers from the nonprofit Team Kids will take the place of servers, hosts, food runners, busboys and even chefs on Wednesday, September 5 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. to kick off a 3-week fundraiser at Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill at South Coast Plaza. The event is being held to launch Chile Fest, the restaurant's homage to the Hatch, New Mexico festival that for more than 4 decades has celebrated chile peppers and the versatile role they play in the culinary world. Available from Sept 4-23, $1 from each item sold on the Chile Fest menu will be donated to Team Kids, a nonprofit based in Irvine that encourages local youth to become involved in community and charitable work. Executive Chef Daniel Stevens said that each item from the special menu will contain at least 1 type of chile pepper.
Since 2001, Team Kids involved 43,000 public school students in various projects, which have raised more than $330,000 for local nonprofits that support children and families.
For reservations to the Chile Fest kickoff event for Team Kids, call (714) 979-7469.
Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill offers a wide array of fresh, flavorful and innovative menu items inspired by culinary influences from Louisiana, Texas, California and Mexico. The restaurant's interior features an exhibition kitchen, private dining room, mahogany bar, wrought iron detailing, handcrafted tile work, copper accents, jewel-toned fabric lined booths and flattering amber-colored lighting. Al fresco dining is available on the restaurant's 85-seat heated patio. Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill is open daily for lunch and dinner; half-price appetizers and drink specials are offered during happy hour. Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill is located on the east side of South Coast Plaza (3333 S. Bristol Street, Costa Mesa).
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Milltek Sport distributor in Spain: Dimsport to appear at this years Barcelona Tuning Show (1-3 December)
This years Barcelona Tuning Show in Spain will take place on between the 1st and 3rd of December 2006. The show is one of the largest of its kind and is expected to draw crowds in excess of 90,000. Milltek Sport will be represented by our Spanish distributor, Dimsport. They will have a number of Milltek products on display within their 70m2 stand as well as a Mk5 VW Golf GTi fitted with a Milltek non-resonated cat-back system.
For more information, visit www.dimsport.es.


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Welcome back to Part 2 of our Studio Saturdays Create Along! In Part 1 we made handmade giftwrap, using monoprinting techniques from Elizabeth St. Hilaire's article "Hand-Painted Papers" in the November/December issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. Starting with large maps, layered designs were printed using a Gelli Arts Printing Plate, stencils, combs, and found objects, with amazing effects: dramatic color and pattern working together to produce a one-of-a-kind design (If you missed part one, you can find it here).
In Part 2 we'll discover other ways you can use the paper for handmade holiday gifts and decor. Elizabeth has a new book out, Painted Paper Art Workshop, and it has tons of ideas in it for printing and collaging with hand-painted papers, so check it out for lots more techniques and inspiration.
Project 1: Picture Frame
Frames make great gifts, and handmade ones are even better. I started with a purchased easel back that measured 8″ x 10″. I then cut a piece of sturdy chipboard to the same size as the easel, and cut a window in the middle that was just shy of 4″ x 6″.
I moved the chipboard around the paper to see what patterns and colors would work best for the space.
When I found a good spot I trimmed a rectangle that was ¾" larger on each side of the frame, then glued the paper to the frame using PVA (A bone folder is great for adhering and smoothing glued paper). Each corner was cut about 1/8″ away from the edge of the point. I cut an 'X' in the middle with a craft knife, from corner to corner.
I glued the long sides first, making sure that the edges of the frame had glue, and then the short sides. The middle triangles were glued down, with the longer points trimmed to fit. The frame was placed under a stack of heavy books so it would dry flat.
For a nicer presentation I glued decorative paper to the front of the easel and let it dry flat as well. Strong double-sided tape was adhered on three sides, leaving the top open. I placed tape about 1/8″ from the opening, which gives the picture a little border to sit in.
With double-stick tape you get one shot at attaching it, so make sure you position it correctly before you stick it down. Here is the finished frame, ready for giving (or keeping, if you can't part with it):
Project 2: Ornaments
Christmas is all about ornaments, but these look great all year round, hung individually or strung together into garlands. I started by punching 2″ circles out of the paper with a decorative punch. I also punched circles from vintage book text. Each circle was folded in half, wrong sides together, and then glued back to back, alternating printed paper and book text. You can make these as dense or airy as you like, or make them all different.
After gluing on the last circle, I glued in a piece of ribbon right in the center. You can also put a bead on the end to increase the fancy factor.
The last two half-circles were glued together, and here's the ornament, ready for hanging:
This technique also makes great package toppers—just don't glue the last two half-circles together. For this one, I used an oval scalloped punch:
Always save your scraps—even tiny pieces can be used for tags and cards (Check out Elizabeth's great ornament card in the article). I cut 3″ x 3″ squares and created an origami wreath ornament (directions for all kinds of origami ornaments can be found on the Internet):
Project 3: Table Runner
Because the print on the Hanukkah paper was so large, I didn't want to cut it up. The long rectangular shape reminded me of a table runner, so that's what I made. There are many ways to do this—you can laminate the paper to make it waterproof, brush acrylic medium on to help protect it, or back it to make it more sturdy. I chose to back it with plain peacock blue paper, and used a layer of Mistyfuse between the printed paper and backing to give it some heft.
Before creating the sandwich, I wrinkled the paper to give it some texture, then smoothed it out. There are so many types of beautiful handmade papers that would work well for this project, and some feel and drape just like fabric.
I ironed everything together, using a silicone craft mat on top, and then stitched the papers in long, curvy rows. You can skip this part—it's purely decorative—but I love the look the stitching adds to the piece.
Quick tip: You can sew paper on your sewing machine, but be aware that paper dulls needles quickly, so replace the needle before sewing fabric. Also, sewing paper creates a lot of dust, so make sure to clean your machine regularly if you use it to sew paper.
A binding was added, using 1 ½" strips of handmade paper folded in half and glued around the sides. I topstitched over the edging, but again, skip that if you prefer.
Here's the finished runner, all ready for the Festival of Lights:
Project 4: Christmas Stocking
I love substituting paper for fabric in some mixed-media projects, like this stocking. Since I knew it would be filled with gifts, I needed to make it stronger, so drew a pattern, cut out the pieces, and lined the front and back with Tyvek.
The Tyvek was tacked down with glue stick, then machine stitched together (I sewed along some of the map lines). The front and back pieces were attached using a zig-zag stitch. I made a cuff with felt, then sewed that to the top of the stocking. For a little funky detail I cut the felt out between the rows of decorative zig-zag stitches. It's now ready for filling:
Project 5: Notebooks
Leftover scraps make great notebook covers, and notebooks made great handmade holiday gifts. Here I cut a piece of decorative cardstock 6″ x 11″, and laid it on top of the printed paper to make sure the pattern was where I wanted it. I glued the wrong side of the cardstock to the wrong side of the paper, and when it dried, trimmed around the edges.
Seven sheets of heavyweight drawing paper were cut to7 1/2″ x 6″, folded in half along the 6″ length, and nestled together to form a signature. I made a fold 4″ from the left side of the cover, placed the signature into the fold, and sewed it in with a three-hole pamphlet stitch. The cover was folded around the pages to form a flap, and I sewed a ribbon closure to the edge of the flap. I made another notebook 6″ x 6″ and bound it with a five-hole pamphlet stitch. I used a corner rounder to round the corners of the covers and pages, but you can leave them as is if you prefer.
I have a lot more paper left over, and I know I'll use it for art journal pages, collage, and mail art. What ideas do you have for using your papers? Leave a comment and tell us! Happy holidays!
More ideas and inspiration can be found here, along with great gift ideas:


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It was our first time at Christmas in November and from the moment we entered the lobby, excitement was brewing, the aroma of apple cider laced with rum filled the air, and holiday tunes could be heard over the bustle of people arriving from every direction.
An inviting and rustic lodge setting enveloped us and we couldn't help but get caught up in the Christmas spirit. We checked into our cabin, and prepared for our first event of the evening, the Silliest Christmas Sweater Party. We didn't know what to expect beyond crazy Christmas sweaters, but the moment we walked into the room we were greeted by a friendly guy in a glowing bright green sweater who we later came to know as Micah. Very chatty, we learn Micah is a celebrity flair bartender who can craft cocktails like nobody's business. He travels across Canada teaching about spirits, cocktails and bartending trends. Entering his sixth year with Christmas in November, Micah is both co-host and leads a session in the art of crafting holiday cocktails.
We eagerly anticipate his session and are relieved it is the last one of the day, which is also cocktail hour in some parts of the world. We arrived, sat down and were ready to start learning. Micah easily leads our group into laughter with several stories from his earlier years. His inquisitive nature engages us with questions, while he shares his top three reasons why Christmas in November is so special:
- Jasper is stunning, look at where we are in the world
- The Fairmont and their level of service, just dial 55 for whatever you need while here
- It's the people who attend CIN, the presenters, the attendees, everyone as an entire unit
We've only been here one day and we completely feel the magic he is talking about. He leads us right into cocktails 101, and with each new cocktail he demonstrates comes a new miniature version to sample, more history and information.
Micah inspires while sharing tips, tricks and recipes. Some of my favourite tips from his session include:
When making cocktails muddle to press out flavours & juices
Garnishes should be minimal
Angostura Bitters help calm upset tummies
We left Micah's session feeling confident we could make a few great cocktails over the holidays of our own to share with friends and family.


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Liz Bikes Across America
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Washington Kansas to Troy Kansas 109.77 miles
Only 15 miles tomorrow and we are out of Kansas! Rode through Marysville there the pony express was started. Still hilly and windy, we are ready to be out of Kansas. Today was a quite ride, everyone just working to finish. Storm this morning about blew the tent away with Janice, Paul and I in it. Storms out here, come up fast and leave fast. Rolled into Troy this evening and no motels, RV parks, ect. The kid working at the gas station called his dad, the mayor to see if he had a key to the city park restrooms, no key. Richard (guy hanging out at the gas station) gave us information on a B & B in the area, so he loaded Alinda up in his jeep and took her by the B & B. We parked the RV in their yard and rented two rooms for the showers. Beautiful old home that they have been restoring. Bike Kansas rode through Troy last year and finished at their B & B. I must say the people in Kansas are wonderful.
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This year we're spending Christmas with my American in-laws, and in the name of embracing new traditions I'm getting pretty into the concept of the cookie party: literally, a party where people get together to eat copious amount of sweet baked goods (something I can definitely get behind!). An American friend shared her amazing and oh-so-simple festive peppermint brownie recipe with me recently, and they've been a big hit.
You can use whichever brownie recipe you prefer (my personal favourite is Nigella Lawson's – lots of melted chocolate, no chocolate syrup) to make the base, but I'll share the proper American one here.
For the brownie layer:
– 1 cup flour
– 1 cup sugar
– 1/2 cup butter
– 4 eggs
– 1 1/2 cup chocolate syrup (or melted chocolate)
– 1/2 cup of chocolate drops
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Soften the butter, then beat well with the sugar. Sift in the flour, and then mix in the eggs, one by one. Add the chocolate syrup and the chocolate drops, and then spread in a greased baking tin (approx. 13×9) and bake for around 30 mins (until the mixture feels springy to touch).
For the peppermint layer:
– 1/2 cup butter, softened
– 2 cups confectioner sugar/icing sugar
– 1 tablespoon water
– 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract
Sift the sugar into the softened butter, then beat in the water and the peppermint extract. Taste, and if you'd prefer it to be even more minty, go ahead and add a little dash more!
For the chocolate layer:
– 6 tablespoons butter
– 1 cup of chocolate for melting
Melt the butter and the chocolate together in a heatproof bowl over simmering water, stir well, and leave to cool fully, but not set.
When you have made all three parts, simply spread an even layer of the peppermint buttercream over the brownie (making sure the brownie has completely cooled – you don't want the buttercream to melt!), then spread an even layer of the melted chocolate mixture over that. As a final fun finishing touch, crush up some peppermint candy cane (I found using a mug to do this gently in a high-sided bowl worked better than some more violent methods!) and sprinkle this over the top of the whole thing before letting the chocolate set and cutting it up into small squares. It's pretty rich, so a little goes a long way.
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Let me be the first to put this out there: I don't shoot film. There, I said it. In fact, I learned to take pictures on a digital camera. I first picked up a camera about six years ago. Now, having said that, it doesn't mean I don't appreciate the look and visual "feel" of film. In fact, it's something I try and emulate on a daily basis-I just go about it a different way.
Day-to-Day Workflow
As I only shoot digital, using a Hasselblad H3D (31MP and 39MP), I deal with large, digital files on a daily basis. Hasselblad's capture software, FlexColor, allows me to tweak the images to a very fine degree-from white balance to contrast, etc. But these high-resolution digital images can be very antiseptic-that goes for all digital brands, makes, and sizes. Digital is a very "clean" capturing method. I don't mean this in a derogatory way-what I mean is that it's so clean, so clinical, and so precise, that it can often lack life-that "je ne sais quoi," the imperfections of film.
When I first started shooting, I was delighted with the medium-format digital output I was getting, so I really didn't do much to the images apart from the usual retouching for blemishes. But the more I shot and the more I researched others' work, I began to realize there were obvious and yet very subtle differences. I often asked my assistants or friends: How did he/she make the image look like that? The answer was so often: "It was shot on this/that film." I've never regretted not having shot much film-that's the way it is-but I did begin to regret that I couldn't replicate some of the famous film types that I kept seeing and loving the look of.
Finding Exposure
Then I discovered Alien Skin's Exposure. I'd found it because I was looking for a good black-and-white converter plug-in for Photoshop. I'd tried various manual methods but just wasn't getting what I wanted. I'd just started my photo project for Breast Cancer Awareness, Clothing Immaterial, a nude portrait study. At that point I'd only shot about five or so portraits and was looking for something different for conversion. What I liked so much about Exposure was everything was done by film type-I could actually replicate various types of films I'd never shot. I fell in love instantly. Clothing Immaterial has grown over the last [few] years, and I've shot nearly 200 people. I'm coming up to finishing the project, and having always used the TRI-X 400 option (with no grain), I thought my search was over. Then Exposure 2 came out and I was given the option of so many more film types. I'm now wavering on which one to use. Let's do a poll?* I like TRI-X (with and without grain), Agfa APX, and Agfa Scala the best. What do you think?
I use Exposure 2 on every image that leaves [my studio], whether for print, exhibition, portfolio, or client. I use it for everything-whether a gentle "tweak" to a color image to give it a bit more pop and depth (my favorite: Kodak Portra 160NC), or a gentle shift in color and tone by using Polachrome, subduing the colors by using Kodak Ektachrome ESS or using black and white for a color image in layers (see my daguerreotype example).
One "look" I put together was for a very interesting project I worked on with the French Foreign Legion, shot in Africa. They were simple, personal portraits of Legionnaires of many different nationalities-I'd gotten them to write letters home to a loved one, read them out loud, and then take their picture. The images are striking because of the loneliness. As captured, the images are strong-but by applying a black-and-white layer (daguerreotype) and setting the opacity to between 50%�70% the "bleaching" gives them a haunting feel. This came solely out of my looking for something a bit different and playing with the levels until I found what I wanted.
I think the thing that impressed me most about Exposure is that for my first exhibition last year, The Accidental Photographer, more than 70 images were blown up to sizes of 70 inches high, and the applied filters looked just as good that large as on a normal printed page, which is truly impressive.
I find the program so simple to use-I very rarely change the default settings; I find a film that I think suits the images and run it, simple as that. I'm a firm believer in finding tools that not only enhance my photography but also make my photographic life easier-Exposure does that with its eyes closed.
*Its your turn to get in on the fun. Go to the link below to take the poll and let us know which version of the image you like best: Tri-X, Agfa APX, or Agfa Scala.
Download the daguerreotype settings that Hills uses here:
Francis hills (www.francishills.com), a New York photographer travels the world shooting celebrity, fashion and beauty. A new generation photographer, he picked up a camera for the first time in 2002, learning to shoot on digital: he has been shooting with Hasselblad high resolution digital backs and cameras since 2003.


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Hi Guys,
I know this is a bit off topic, but I would put good money on a few people knowing whether I am on the correct path here.Turned up at a client site yesterday with a Hybrid Setup in which no outlook clients were working.All users have been migrated to Office365 with ADFS being used for SSO, so I was going to keep one Exchange Server for Administration Purposes. On closer inspection it looks like the original 3rd Exchange Certificate was expired.There had been another wildcard setup , but it obviously hadn't kicked in or something was wrong with it as the certificate chain could not be validated.In order to get them back up and running via their outlook clients (all currently using OWA) I was going to do the following.
- Setup new SSL Exchange Certificate with 3rd Party Certificate Provider
- Refresh Hybrid Configuration with new Exchange Certificate
- Refresh ADFS Setup
- Add new Certificate to Federated Service and Proxy Server
- Verify Auto discover
Does anybody think I am missing anything and\or know any good easy to understand reference guides for Certificates as I don't know much about certs ?
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East Bowmont Park is the site of a formal gravel pit that will be turned into a natural environment park. It will incorporate stormwater treatment for a large northwest Calgary drainage catchment. With an area of nearly 4500 hectares this project became a high priority as a stormwater quality retrofit project.
Our vision is to use stormwater to define the park's character. We want to show the habitats it creates and make the water treatment process visible. Our goal is to show the public how stormwater is managed and to inspire curiosity, questions, and enjoyment.
The Lead Artists of Watershed+ are heading up the concept development and Sans façon is the artist on the design team. A budget of $2,006,000 has been allocated for this project and it is expected to be completed in the spring of 2018.


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Dtoid Community Discusses pt 6: Games that suck
on 02.09.2009 (server time)
Its time for another Dtoid Community Discusses, and this week we are delving into the scary world of crappy games. This week, our panel consists of Elem08, Prof Pew, Yashoki, and Poopface Morty. As always to check out some previous editions, check out the links on my sidebar! Anyway, here is the question I posed to our excellent panel!
�We gamers love talking about games that are great. Bioshock, MGS4, Shadow of the Colossus. Amazing games bring us together as we sing their praises. Games that have great storytelling techniques, great controls, amazing graphics...
This week will NOT be about those games.
This week, no holds are barred as we talk about the games that deserve a 2/10. What are the shittiest games you have played? What made them bad games? What lessons from these games do you think should be written down for all mankind to know what NOT to do in a game?�
Read on for their responses!
Ah sweet, a discussion about shitty games. Well, to be placed in this category are a good 90% of all "movie" games. You know, the kind where developers slap a character from a popular kid's show into some platforming area, and watch as parents around the country purchase them for their unfortunate offspring. If only they didn't sell so damn well, maybe there wouldn't be such a market for them. One game that especially stood out to me was the Fight Club game, back on the PlayStation2. I remember renting this game after seeing that it was a seemingly normal fighting game (my thoughts: how can you mess that up?) and finding a game that couldn't fight it's way out of a paper bag. The controls were absolutely atrocious, the story mode was a joke (text + poorly drawn stills = laughably lame cutscenes), and it was just a general waste of my 8 dollar renting fee.
One of the most obvious things for a game to possess so as not to fall into this category is really solid core gameplay mechanics. If you're making a platforming game, jumping from one platform to another should not be about guesswork, hoping/praying that your character will be able to make the jump. If you're making a fighting game, the fighter better swing his punch the second I press the A button, and not 2 seconds later. I think sometimes too much emphasis gets put on visuals or showing off a label (or sometimes no emphasis gets put anywhere at all) instead of making absolutely sure that the game plays like it was intended to.
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Funny you mention MGS4, Bioshock, and Shadow of the Colossus, because I find each of those games in the very 'average' or 'overrated' category. I'm not trying to be really pompous with that declaration, it is just that Bioshrug simply didn't grab my attention as it did everyone else, Shadow of the Colossus is an exercise in shit controls and swallowing some pretentious artsy backstory, and MGS4 was a movie last time I checked and not a game (though don't get me wrong, the gameplay that was present WAS fun...there was simply too little of it). But bear in mind that I am fully aware that a lot of this is personal preference. I can very well see why people like these games, and I don't consider to think of anybody any less just because of their taste in games, but this is part of why I find games to be such an immature medium; it is difficult to dictate what exactly makes a "good" game via critical analysis. There is no universal criteria aside from the typical "graphics", "sound", "gameplay", and "replay value" scoring systems we've grown so used to. Is that really the finality of the critique of video games? I hardly think so. Film, music, and literature have many many years of history behind them...did the literary equivalent of 25 to Life exist way back when? Possibly. I'm optimistic that the industry will eventually find its way, but I'm certain it won't please everyone. Hell, maybe we're already there and I'm not willing to accept it?
In terms of my "bad" games though, I don't have to look too hard. I've been pretty jaded with the titles being pumped out over the past several years. Between the countless and stale shooters, shovelware sports titles, watered down "casual games", licensed dogshit, and--my personal peave--obsessive anime art direction in everything, I've really stopped caring. To me, a bad game is more than just something with sub-par graphics, lousy play control, and no replay value whatsoever. To get my attention, I really need to see some effort in the overall concept and idea. Too many games are lazy in this regard, with extremely abrasive marketing (such as all the viral marketing we're seeing now, which is being executed about as effectively as the war on drugs), completely terrible package design (no games stand out to me at the counter anymore...it all looks like the same mishmash of Photoshop masturbation), conservative ideas (shooter, shooter, shooter, EA Sports game, shooter, RPG that takes 90 billion years to finish, sandbox, shooter), bland level design (hallways with crates...the crutch of all level designers)...I can go on, because there are a lot of abused ideas out there that were good at one time, but I'll be rambling way too damned long and I'm trying to keep this as condensed as possible. And my worst game ever? Probably Pit Fighter for the Super Nintendo. Nothing says 'controller through wall' like starting your fight bowing to your opponent, only to have him walk over and kick the crap out of you mid-bow, and you only regain health with your NO CONTINUES/SINGLE LIFE after a good handful of battles.
I played Fight Club with Elem, and I can attest to how shitty that game was....I tend to always see the best parts of games, (I'm very Chad C. in that aspect) but one game I owned that was pretty shitty looking back was Bart Simpson vs. the Space Mutants. The premise is amazingly bad in that aliens descend on Springfield and want to collect purple objects. Bart discovers this plot and sets out to spray paint all purple objects red.
This game was awesomely bad because, while I loved the premise (:P), the controls were SO HARD to handle. The jumping was very loose, you had instant deaths, and some of the hardest platforming out of all the games I owned. I dont think I ever made it past level 2 since it was so frustrating.....
Ugh...excuse me while I hurl from the memories brought about by this screenshot
Prof Pew
I don't know if I have played many old school shitty games. If I did, I probably just forgot about them or deleted them, since I couldn't afford many games for my Master System and Genesis and played whatever I could copy from friends with PC's. The thing is though: looking back, I probably played a lot of shitty games without even thinking about it. Usually I had no idea what was going on when I couldn't read english very well at age 8, and I just liked playing around with the gameplay mechanics.
These days though, 80% of the games I play are probably crap or mediocre. Like Elem08 said, movie games are almost always horrible. And what Morty describes as being bad or sub-par, I just see those as mediocre games. They are playable, but there is just nothing there that would make most "veteran" gamers want to play them.
Even then, there are exceptions. I enjoyed the LOTR movie games a lot, simply hacking and slashing through a familiar environment. The Golden Compass however, will stick with me as the single worst movie game I have ever played. For instance: it goes from mediocre platforming to horrible platforming with changing camera angles that makes you fall off a ledge as you move. I don't really mind if something is mediocre or braindead/easy to play through. But in many of the really bad games, you just come across things that should've been picked up by quality control waaaay early.
Still, I agree: many games can be shitty games but only a few are really really bad. And these games always change per person. For me, Big Rigs Over The Road Racing is a personal favorite, because it is just horribly broken. Half the tracks don't even work, the AI was not implemented when the game was shipped, you could accelerate to INFINITY if you drove backwards, the tail-lights hovered behind the textures for the lights, etc etc. Still, I don't remember having so much fun playing a racing game on the PC or seeing someone play one. So is it bad? Yes. Is it the worst thing ever? No, it provided many lulz and that made it worth playing. All Star Cheerleader for the Wii? Now that is a horrible game: controls don't work half the time, gameplay design is uninteresting, no reason to progress, and no fun to play.
[Ed. Note- Pew did the unthinkable and actually reviewed all the Cheerleading games for the Wii....Check his c-blog
I think that is one of the core elements of what makes a shitty game shitty: even if you know it's shitty, it can still be fun to play just like a shitty movie can be fun to watch in the right setting. If it's not, then it's just plain bad.
I agree with what Prof.Pew said about looking back on the games. I remember playing the Simpson's game Tactix mentioned... and not finding anything wrong with it at all. Back then, I wasn't analyzing whether or not collisions were correct; hell I didn't even know the game had a storyline till Tactix just explained it. Then again, back then I was all of 9 years old. All I can remember from that game was that it was the Simpsons, and the Simpsons were funny, therefore the game was, by association, good.
I suppose that's why the shitty licensed games that come out nowadays do so well. Even though we, now that we've played our share of games and understand how they should work, realize all the things wrong with these games that come out, the 5-10 year olds of today don't realize any of that. I bet a 6 year old girl is going to pick up All-Star Cheerleader and absolutely LOVE it. She'll play it every day after school until she eats up another licensed game, no matter how terrible reviews it might get. I guess ignorance really is bliss =P.
Shitty games to us = fun for 6 year olds?
Prof Pew
Yeah, this makes it really hard to rate games for all audiences too. I guess that's why people end up reading some specific gaming sites that "fit" to their tastes and not just all of them. How do you review a game for all audiences? Then again, do kids really read reviews before the age of 10?
When I look at my nephew (14) and niece (7), I made sure my nephew grew up on RTS instead of shooters so he would maybe learn from the management elements. Now he just likes to play shooters, or free games on Steam. Some of the things he recommends me are really horrible, but if he likes them: good for him. My niece just plays flash games and My Sims on the DS. Not exactly very deep games either, but at least she grows up on different gameplay elements for a few years? So even if games are not "good", they can still teach people by exposure. And even now, I really enjoy the mediocre or 7/10 rated games a lot more after playing through some horrible games. I'd rather do that, than to only play "good" games and to feel the need to hate on some good but just sub-par game just because it's worse comparatively.
When it comes to kids and shitty games, they've got it easy. Before I spend my 60 dollars on a game I do the research to make sure those 60 clams weren't spent in vain. I read reviews, look at videos, check screenshots, ask people who've played it all to make sure it's going to be a "good game" and "worth my time". When you're a kid, you give a shit if the game has an innovative combat system. Look at a game like "Shadowrun" for the Xbox 360. For 60 dollars it's a turd spread all over an ass biscuit, but for 4.99 on Amazon? It's a fun shooter with some interesting mechanics that keep it fresh.
Kids know that games are just that. They play, have fun, and move on to the next fun thing. They're not as fucked up as us.
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Price definitely has influence over your ultimate opinion of a game, because there's a perceived increase in value as the game price goes down...less risk on your part means a little more room to have a relaxed opinion on the title, and the less likely you feel like being screwed. I don't buy the "if it's a good game, it's a good game, if it's a bad game, it's a bad game" perception. It is more complicated than that. There's definitely truth to fluctuating value in games...but, there is in all other media as well. Unfortunately, no publisher is just going to say "Hmmm, you know, we were thinking $60, but after what came out, we think this game is only worth $20. Have fun kids!"...
Concerning appreciating whatever game you get when you were young, back when I was like eight or nine years old, I was more than capable of identifying a game that was awful based on specific critical areas like control, balance, and the overall gestalt of the game's design. I wasn't going to be fooled by a licensed title; I played those Simpsons games back in the day, and I absolutely hated them. I was like a game designer in the making during those days...too bad I would realize that I absolutely hate staring at code and I don't have near the artistic talent that some of those guys do. Like I mentioned before, Pit Fighter was probably one of the worst games I've ever played in my entire life, and I think I was eight years old when I gave it a shot. Glad I didn't pay for that rental.
Um..ok...so, I disagree....this game was AWESOME in arcades :D
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To me, as far as appreciating the 7/10 games, or the "mediocre" ones, preference plays a major role in this. One person's 7/10 could be another's 10/10...whether or not it is universally accepted is irrelevant. As I mentioned before, I can't stand Shadow of the Colossus, Bioshrug, and Metal Gear Solid 4 was fun to playthrough though at the same time overrated beyond belief due to the unbalanced movie to game ratio. On the other hand, there are some games I absolutely have a boner over that some people would simply think "eh, it's alright I guess". Killer 7 comes to mind...if anyone stole that from me, I would beat their ass.
One reason I tend to keep a somewhat thin gaming library is my time I invest in the games is limited; my time is as valuable as my money, and I have other interests as well. I thought I was heavy into gaming, then I came here and I could only think "GODDAMN". While many people chime in about the lasting value a game has (particularly, on its first play through), I ignore that and wonder how amazing is the game in the amount of time you are playing it. If a game is long but is a level grinding turd of fetch quests, then I'll gladly pass. But if it is short and keeps me on the edge of my seat, then I'll be there. This isn't some steadfast rule I follow to a T, but is a general guideline for my purchasing habits. I just don't have the patience to invest in games that'll take forever to complete...which is why I bought Rock Band 2, I guess. I suppose I fear I will like a game too much!?
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Well, the price of a game matters a lot of course, especially at our age where we read up on things before spending money on them. Then again if you have a ton of money, the price itself becomes subjective as well.
If you pay $60 on a game that turns out to be really mediocre, while you don't make a lot of money or are still in school or something, then of course you'll think it's pretty shitty and feel bad for having wasted it. Or maybe you would try to make yourself believe it's not thaaaat bad (since you already spent the money on it), although I hope that the people here have grown beyond that when it comes to games.
When it comes down to it. There is a lot you can say about what makes a shitty game really a shitty game. For example: pretty much every single JoWood or Dreamweaver published pc game is utter crap and mediocre at best. Yet some people like a few of them or see them as guilty pleasures (Gothic for instance). But honestly, there are some games that are just plain horrible and nothing else. Games like that don't really deserve much discussion because it is common sense, and luckily we have a community here that generally agrees on things like that. Maybe those games can just be best categorized as games that make you raaaaage to no end when you play them, with no redeeming quality to make up for it?
Well, i hope you enjoyed this week's discussion! What are some of the worst games you've ever played before? I'd be really interested to know in the comments! Until next week, LATER!
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I am a Ph. D. chemist from the University of California, Berkeley. I have been playing videogames since as long as I can remember! My past favorite games include Secret of Mana, TMNT: Turtles in Time, the Resident Evil series (Jill is SUCH as master of unlocking), FFVII, Smash Bros Melee, and many others.
I've definitely gone through phases in my gaming "career". I used to LOVE fighting games in the time of Tekken Tag and Marvel vs Capcom II (my favorite fighting game), but now I find myself drawn to the more story driven games, and very recently, the music games....:)
But....fighting games are making a comeback! SFIV! MvC3! BlazBlue! Beware everyone, Tactix has put a quarter on the screen and is challenging you for battle!
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SIR: I, like many people in Nigeria, heaved a sigh of relief when you were appointed the Inspector General of Police. Within a few days you ordered the removal of police roadblocks through which policemen had been bleeding the civilian population with illegal road tolls and taxes, and you moved around the fat-cat Commissioners of Police into whose pockets these illegal tolls and taxes usually found their way.
You have generally been an IGP who addresses issues the way a thoughtful IGP should, indicating considerable analytical thought in your words and actions. I was however shocked to know that you recently authorised your Commissioners of Police to crack down on all vehicles with tinted windscreens, as if buying a car with tinted glasses is a crime in Nigeria. If it is a crime, and since most of such cars are imported, should the Nigeria Customs not prohibit the importation of cars with tinted windscreens? In your opinion, is there a difference between factory-tinted car glasses and glass-tints applied locally in Nigeria? Finally is there any empirical evidence linking crime and use of vehicles with tinted glasses?
I ask these questions because in the past two weeks, those of us living in the South-east and South-south states have been besieged by hordes of police men mounting road blocks, stopping cars and extorting money from motorists whose cars have tinted windscreens. Between March 29 and April 10, I was stopped about 20 times while travelling through Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia and Rivers States. In each case I patiently showed the police men the letter I had from Police Force Headquarters in Abuja dated December 14, 2007, permitting me to use a car with tinted windscreens. Each time, I was told that the new directive from the IGP made no allowance for such letters and that my vehicle would be seized unless a paid a substantial amount for its freedom. In most cases I was delayed for about 15 minutes and allowed to go when I paid a token toll of five hundred naira. In Port Harcourt I was threatened with being taken to the mobile court. When I asked to taken to the mobile court, the police man let me go "on compassionate grounds of age".
I was using my SUV with factory-tinted windscreens in the USA before I shipped it to Nigeria in 2007. I subsequently obtained the authorisation letter from Police Headquarters in 2007 and have been using the vehicle ever since I returned to Nigeria in 2009. With your new instruction, what am I supposed to do? How do approach the impossible task of removing the factory tint from the glasses? Do I now buy plain windscreen glasses to replace the six tinted windscreens in my car? At what cost and to what avail?
I write you on behalf of millions of Nigerians who have vehicles with factory-tinted windscreens to reconsider that crackdown on such factory-tinted glasses. It is not as if we went out to a glass technician and asked for the windscreens to be tinted and can thus remove them as and when we like. I, like most of my compatriots in this dilemma, cannot afford the N200,000 to N300,000 it will cost to replace these windscreens. In any case your police men should do their work well; kidnappers do not keep their victims in the front or back seats of tinted vehicles. They put them in the booths or trunks of vehicles.
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So a good friend of mine just had her birthday last week, and about two months ago, I demanded to do her cake. I really love to bake and figured I could use this opportunity to better my technique, show off some things I learned in my Wilton classes, and maybe enter into that Threadcakes competition. Well, didn't end up doing the Threadcakes, but I did end up with something pretty amazing.
A hint to what it might be?
It was pretty fun getting into the whole long involved baking thing. I haven't really done that for a while (save the Wilton classes) since it's been so busy so far this year. I followed this recipe by Smitten Kitchen. Super delicious and I'd suggest anyone to give it a try.
Here you can see some more fine Wilton methods, though for the edge I got lazy and just used a cut piping bag. Made a quick and dirty border, but the chocolate ganache was absolutely amazing with this cake.
If you don't recognize the face in the middle, well SHAME ON YOU! No, seriously, that's the King of All Cosmos from one of my favorite game series Katamari Damacy. If you have a PS2, a 360 or a PSP, definitely pick up one of the four games in the series, though the best are probably the first two. Anyway, a trademark move of the King (besides speaking in the royal we) would be his ability the Royal Rainbow, in which he'll call back his son (The Prince) and his completed Katamari to be judged. I had a few comments on how I should have added rainbow candy or something similar since I clearly advertised a rainbow but there was just nothing there!
It's almost like a toy surprise inside, isn't it?
I had honestly planned on making her birthday cake because my husband and I were poor as dirt at the time, but since landing my job, we were able to get her a few other little gifts as well, such as a playable Boggle keychain and a gift certificate to our local Korean market. Though, I must say, if this was going to be our only present to her, I think she still would have appreciated the colorful wonders inside.
I also have to say that this is not my own brainchild, but something I heard about from a food subforum and knew I just HAD to try. I didn't realize it would be the perfect opportunity to use it for the party until I was at the store (and good thing, too!)
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"The minister of Religious Affairs and Endowment in Algeria, Abu Abdullah Ghulam Allah, has announced that for the first time, the Algerian government will adopt formal representation of the Jewish religion with the creation of a Jewish association. The development comes in response to a February 2006 law on non-Muslims in Algeria that will allow the Jewish community to be incorporated into the legal framework of the country. El Khabar reported that this decision could likely "provoke violent reactions" from "extremists" in the country. Mohamad Fellahi, the spokesman for the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowment, announced that the new association will be headed by Roger Said, who though not a Rabbi, is a "religious and cultural person who will participate in many events in Algeria." Said recently returned from Marseille to Algeria, where he left following an outbreak of violence against the country's small Jewish community over a decade ago. The association will reportedly work with the government to restore Jewish tombs in Constantine, Bildan and Tlemcen. The size of the Algerian Jewish community is unknown, though it is assumed to be small-perhaps fewer than one hundred. Most Jews left the country following Algerian independence from France in 1962 out of fears of reprisals. - www.albawaba.com (Jordan). July 2, 2009." [August 2009]
History. "The Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of Tlemcen was the most important place of pilgrimage for Jews and non-Jews. Located there is the tomb of Rabbi Ephraim Enquaua. Sometimes more than 10,000 people from many parts of the world convened there on Lag ba-Omer." [August 2009]
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Colorful posters and display boards have been hung along the first-grade hall at Erwin Elementary School.
Sharon Minors, who teachers on that hall, said decorations are just a small part of the preparation for the first day of school.
Lesson plans and classroom schedules are also coming together.
BEIJING – Defending Olympic champion Shawn Crawford moved several strides closer to bringing home another gold medal in the men's 200-meter race at the Beijing Olympics on Monday.
Crawford, 30, the reigning 200-meter Olympic champion, came in second in the semi-finals, behind the favored Usain Bolt of Jamaica. Crawford's time was 20.12 seconds, the third-best overall in the semi-finals.
Crawford's U.S. teammates, Walter Dix and Wallace Spearmon, also made the final. Dix's semi-final time was 20.19 seconds, and Spearmon's was 20.14 seconds.
A fire at Dave Lyles Wholesale on Sunday morning was likely caused by a lightning strike, officials say.
Fire departments were called to the fire at 8:15 a.m., said Lancaster County Emergency Management Director Morris Russell.
The fire burned a storage building at the building supply business on Landsford Road.
Riverside, Charlotte Road/Van Wyck, Indian Land, Shiloh Zion, Antioch and Elgin volunteer fire departments responded to the blaze.
Shelby Messer still wears a U.S. Army "Army of One" t-shirt. She wears it for her son Charlie Messer, a soldier wounded in war, who was killed in a car crash Dec. 22, 2007.
Charlie volunteered, joined the army, and went to war in Iraq. He was wounded June 15, 2007.
Shelby needs closure. The truth will give it to her. But the truth of what happened that day isn't currently available.
Charlie's family believes he was injured in combat that day and should get the Purple Heart.
A revised cell phone policy is one of several changes to take note of as the new year begins in the Lancaster County School District.
If students are caught using a cell phone during school hours, it will be confiscated and sent to the district's office of safety and transportation.
In the past, if a phone was taken, the student would often get it back at the end of the school day, said Bryan Vaughn, who oversees that office. Starting this year, the student's parent will have to schedule a meeting with Vaughn, who will review the phone policy and then return the phone.
If you want to get your first look at the first phase of Riverchase Estates, this weekend will be your chance.
LGI Land is celebrating the grand opening of Riverchase Estates along the Catawba River on Saturday and Sunday. The grand opening is by invitation only, and those interested must call the developer's local office at (704) 497-2429 to reserve a spot.
Catering for the event will be done by Leroy Springs Catering.
Riverchase Estates, a gated community in western Lancaster County, will contain 1,250 to 1,939 homes on about 2,000 acres along the Catawba River.
Local officials are keeping their eyes on a tropical storm in Florida with mixed emotions.
Tropical Storm Fay hit the Florida Keys on Monday afternoon. The storm could bring needed rain to the parched Carolinas, but it could also further damage the burned Lancaster County Courthouse.
"We really hope this tropical storm can drop some rain on us," said Mike Bailes, director of the Catawba River Water Treatment Plant. "Our groundwater is worse than it was this time last year."
Lancaster County is still about 17 inches behind on rain since the drought began last year.
Local scores on the ACT college-entrance exam dipped slightly compared to the numbers a year ago.
The American College Testing Program released scores last week.
Lancaster County School District's 2008 high school graduates had an average composite score of 17.4 on the test's 36-point scale. The district's score in 2007 was 17. 7.
"We remained pretty much constant," said Lydia Quinn, the district's director of planning and accountability.
Six fire departments fought a blaze at Dave Lyle's Wholesale's storage building at 2881 Landsford Road.
Lumber was among the damaged materials.
The departments that responded were Riverside Road, Charlotte Road/Van Wyck, Indian Land, Shiloh Unity, Elgin and Antioch.
The Elgin and Antioch departments brought foam and other equipment.
The call came out at about 8 a.m.
Details are sketchy now, and the cause is unknown, but there was a storm shortly before the blaze.
INDIAN LAND – Lancaster County officials are pleased to hear that York County intends to pay back tax revenue that inadvertently went to York County instead of here.
York County Council is expected to vote Monday night to return the misrouted tax revenue.
"That is extremely gracious of York County to do that," Lancaster County Administrator Steve Willis said. "They felt it was the right thing to do."
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What is poetry? For ages it has been defined differently however in essence, it is the longing of the soul for freedom – through words! At times, the break through to freedom comes at the voice of one individual and other times, it is earned through the work of two! History recalls the events of poets who gathered near the sea banks of a far away land and while in their gatherings, such poets exchanged memories of extreme joy and heart breaks. And once there was a poet amongst them who created a poem, placed the foundation of his words into a bottle, placed the bottle into the sea, released the bottle – asking the sea to deliver his words to the individual whom his Lord had decreed for him. The sea, angry often a times, obeyed the orders of such a poet. After months of travel, the poem reached a woman on the other side of the water and when she opened the bottle, she found the words of her poet. Below are the very words he sent her on that day…
Powered by a force unseen,
moving souls – separated towards the Lord's decree,
Once individuals alone, perhaps together they'll be set free,
to pursue Allah's great pleasure and enter into His mercy!
In the midst of silence,
and the darkness of night,
two souls far apart speak..!
In a foreign language that flows towards a fading light!
And time freezes,
suddenly everything feels just right.
Hearts beat,
at a on and off beat,
while the trees submit their sights to watch the decree,
and the angels stand to record
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Everyone, stop for a minute and appreciate the fact that it's legs-out summer again. Let's all let out a collective HELL, YEAH for skirts, shorts, sandals, and flip-flops. We made it!
With great weather, though, comes a great self-maintenance headache: shaving and waxing again. Whichever hair removal method you prefer, both often result in those annoying little red bumps. Death to those red bumps, we say! Here's how to avoid them:
How to prevent Red Bumps and ingrown hairs
After Shaving and Waxing
Exfoliate your Skin
Exfoliate your skin with an exfoliating scrub before you have the waxing done. This will remove any dead skin cells, dirt and oil which may otherwise be forced into your pores with the application of wax. It also helps ensure a smooth result. If you don't have an exfoliating scrub, make one yourself by mixing enough sugar and water to form a paste and massaging it into your skin.
Ice Cubes
If bleeding is a surrounded problem after removing out the wax from the skin, then take an ice cube and rub it over the affected area to get the instant relief. Even if you are not bleeding, it is always good to apply ice on the skin to calm the inflammation and redness.
Aloe Vera Gel
Aloe vera gel is anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. It not only calms down the skin redness but also heals it from within further preventing any infection of the follicles! All you need to do is scoop out the fresh gel from aloe vera leaf and apply it onto the inflamed skin. Massage it gently for sometime and let it sit for 5 minutes. Wash off with cold water. Make sure you use fresh gel and not the commercially available gel.
Aspirin Mask
To help reduce redness and inflammation, you can apply an aspirin mask to the area with razor burn. Dissolve two aspirin pills in a few drops of water until you achieve a paste-like consistency. Apply this to the affected area for a few minutes and then rinse off completely.
No to do After Waxing
· If skin is not red and inflamed the next day, gently exfoliate to prevent pimples and ingrown hairs from forming. DO NOT exfoliate within 24 hours after waxing.
· Keep hands away from waxed area to prevent bacteria driven pimples.
· Avoid any public water areas such as hot tubs, saunas, pools, and spas while the skin is healing to prevent infections.
· Take showers instead of bathing for a few days.
· Don't exercise enough to cause heavy perspiring.
· Avoid tight clothing if the bikini area was waxed.
· Do not squeeze any pimples! To do so will cause more pimples. Instead apply a pimple medication.
· Don't get waxed just before menses when the skin is more vascular.
Additional tips to Prevent Red Bumps and Ingrown hairs
· Use a hydrating product, such as baby oil, to help clean up residual wax, and also moisturize the skin.
· Exfoliate the area before you wax or shave.
· Some studies have revealed the fact that the person who use to panic during waxing is the person who can ideally develop the process of hair follicles contraction of the skin. So be calm and simple while you involved with waxing.
· After waxing or shaving always wipe your skin with tissue or use neat and clean cloth otherwise infection might spread from your open skin pores.
· Many beauty salons apply an after wax lotion to reduce the pain or discomfort. Make sure that lotion does not contain any mineral oil because they clog the skin pores and the result could be acne on your skin.
· Avoid waxing during menstruation or pregnancy because our skin becomes more sensitive to cuts and bruises.
· Apply grape seed oil or coconut oil after wax or shave as it helps to reduce pain and provides comfort.