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Italeaf: Softeco Sismat (TerniEnergia Group) underwrites contract for Caronte & Tourist
ITALEAF: Softeco Sismat (TerniEnergia Group) underwrites contract for ticketing and smart payment solutions for Caronte & Tourist
- The agreement for a total value of approximately Euro 2 million will involve the Group's digital company in a two-year project to reorganise the Villa San Giovanni port terminal and build a new plant in Villa Agip.
- I twill be provided for the implementation of ticket sales and automatic toll payment systems and the integration of vehicle access control systems.
- Recognized the efficiency of the Adverto remote control platform, proprietary multi-role technology, as well as the Group's experience in the Smart Solutions and Services sector
TerniEnergia, a company listed on the Star segment of the Italian Stock Exchange and part of the Italeaf Group, announces that the Group's digital company Softeco Sismat has today signed a contract with Caronte & Tourist, leader in maritime connections to and from Sicily to Central Italy, for the development of a project to reorganise the Villa San Giovanni port terminal and the construction of a ticketing system at Villa Agip and connected automation.
The contract provides solutions for ticketing, payment of tolls (smart payment) and access control for vehicle routing for a total amount of approximately Euro 2 million.
The CEO of Softeco Sismat and Executive Director of TerniEnergia, Laura Bizzarri, said:
"The award of the contract with a client qualified as Caronte & Tourist, with one of the most efficient fleets in Europe, testifies to the acknowledged competence of the TerniEnergia Group as "technological enabler" in the Smart Solutions and Services sector for the smart mobility sector, as stated in the strategic guidelines presented to the market on 29 September 2017".
The solutions developed by Softeco Sismat and based on the Adverto remote control system, the Group's proprietary technology, which has already been consolidated and operational for over 10 years in heterogeneous application contexts, envisage the activation of ticket sales systems for travel tickets, automatic payment of tolls and integrate complex access and transit management systems and automatic control of technological systems on field. All the systems in place will be integrated into a single remote control platform that will allow automatic interaction between them and monitoring of the entire system.
The aim of the project is to automate and speed up toll payment and embarkation processes, thereby optimising resources and operational management costs.
All the technological components proposed in the project by Softeco Sismat, which has been operating for over 30 years in the industrial automation sector, are positioned as leading technologies in the national and international field for this type of application.
TERNIENERGIA (TER.MI), established in September 2005, and part of Italeaf Group, is the first Italian smart energy company, committed to bring worldwide integrated and sustainable energy solutions. Organized into two straegic business units (Assets and Smart solutions and services), with about 400 employees and a geographic presence in almost the continents, with operational and sales offices,
TerniEnergia develops solutions, innovative products and services based on digital and industrial technologies for the energy sector. TerniEnergia, also through its subsidiaries (Softeco Sismat, Selesoft Consulting, Greenled Industry,GreenAsm, Wisave, Ant Energy), shall pursue the objectives of increasing energy production from renewable sources, energy efficiency and emissions reduction, as laid down by European environmental policy, and participates actively in the distributed power generation revolution and energy smart grids. TerniEnergia is the ideal partner for large utilities, distributors and grid operators, power producers, public authorities, industrial customers and investors who intends to carry out large projects for the production of renewable energy plants and modern systems with high energy efficiency, solutions for the management and maintenance of the infrastructure and the electrical systems. TerniEnergia, through a complete technological and commercial offer, develops and provides technologies, turn-key services and solutions for energy consumers in the public and private sectors. The company is listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange.
Italeaf SpA is obliged to make public this information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out below, at 16.30 CET on 30 January 2018.
This press release is also available on the Company's website: www.italeaf.com
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Peonies day by day
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My favorite flower! Too bad that their season is almost over. :(ReplyDelete
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I did a similar thing with ours- from bud to fully open. Your photos are beautiful and it helps that I love peonies!!ReplyDelete
I'm still missing mine too - so beautiful for such a short time. You show up there tomorrow with a giant handcrafted Elizabethan collar and see how the suspicion and concern progresses.ReplyDelete
the pink faded to white..sad..but everything has it own time. :)ReplyDelete
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I'm in love with peonies. Great shots!ReplyDelete
Peonies are my absolute favorite flower! I made the arrangements for my wedding reception out of peony blossoms from my mother's garden. I don't think there's any way you can go wrong with them.ReplyDelete
I love these flowers! So beautiful and beautiful pictures as well.ReplyDelete
Sooo pretty! I have peonies too. I mean I used to have two beautiful peony bushes, but our mischievous little puppy loves to eat flowers, so this year my garden does not have a chance. LOLReplyDelete
Your photos are breathtaking.
Thank you for your comment. I've been actually obsessing over your handmade poppy. Luckily for me I found a beautiful poppy bouquet at Hobby Lobby. I needed a few poppy flowers to embellish straw clutches. I'll need to remember link up when I do a post.
that close-up of the flower you took is absolutely gorgeous!

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At the end of the 2006/07 football season Pease Pottage football team had progressed to the final of the knockout cup in the Sunday league by scoring an impressive 19 goals with just 1 goal against.
I have no record of the result but it was bound to be a close match as Pottage and their fellow finalists held the two top places in Division 1 in the league.
For the benefit of those searching family history the Pottage players were chosen from Dave Condon, Mark Holmes, Andy Bridgman, Paul Gates, Steve Gates, Glen Fitz-Coy, Jamal Sultan, Matt Brent, Ross Cambridge (Capt), Ross Dance, Chris Hughes, Sean Milne, Danny Attwater, Phil Butcher, Andy Dhiman, Josh Howell.
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Lamb Of God (Sacrament) Album Review
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Friday, April 26, 2013
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I had friends over and we ordered some pizza. When the pizza came it was delivered by Zachary Quinto and he was wearing a dominos velvet sweatsuit. We chatted for a while about our lives and kids. During the conversation my old neighbor kept popping up and asking me for stuff that we had borrowed from them. I grabbed my order of pizza....which was 2 large pizzas (pepperoni and cheese) and an order of cheesy bread for 9.99. Good deal. Goooood deal. As Zachary Quinto left I shouted "Can't wait for Star Trek!" Then I gave my neighbor's Panini maker back.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Cat eels
I was swimming in a lake with a bunch of eels. When I pulled one of the eels out of the water it had a furry body, the head of a black cat, and bright yellow cat eyes. Super comforting.
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corny keg, copper coil soldered to outside. these all have plastic quick disconnects and miraculously don't leak.
the rabbit controller drives two pumps. one goes through the 'cold' side of the peltier (if it's in cooling mode. for heating it simply reverses the current through the peltier and cooling goes in reverse) then through the corny coil and back to reservoir. the 'hot' side goes from the other side of the peltier to a car radiator (very rusty inside hence brown water) which has a PC fan blowing on it to dissipate the heat.
the whole thing is temporarily (which has become long-term temporary with a million other projects including moving/house construction) mounted on a very rickety wooden frame. the rabbit has a wireless IP address, so you connect via phone or laptop and it runs a simple program that lets you input set point and tolerance, monitors the beer temp and temp on both sides of peltier, auto shuts off at a high temp, stuff like that. if the keg is insulated well it works very well, i can do lagers at 10 degrees in ambient temps of high teens to maybe 20, but i couldn't do a lager in 30 for instance. but i can hold ales easily around 20 in most conditions, very precisely.
in this pic i actually shut it off and am using a heat belt and stc-1000 to raise and hold at higher than ambient temp to get the yeast (fuller's/wyeast 1968) to finish off and diacetyl rest. it's less noisy than running pumps and fan. but you can see the whole thing, it's small and fits in the corner of my old apartment stairwell
there's a mistake on the screen- the second setting is tolerance not set point!
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Link to the KOA Paypal account is on the front page (Home Page)
Costing considerably cheaper this year as I moved our package whilst remaining on the same server.
So, KOA is cheaper to run again this year than last
Donations are NOT expected, nor are they critical to the running of the KOA. We just put this reminder out each year that you have the OPTION of donating (all year round if you wish) towards the cost of running the KOA - its completely up to you but any donation small or large is ALWAYS appreciated and one day I will even buy Nikos some sort of gift for all his help.
Obviously due to no-one visiting the KOA anymore I don't expect a rush on the banks.....
The past couples of years I have been asked to provide 'running' costs for info - So here you go.
- Bandwidth : Approx 5.7Gb per month (considerably lower than previous years - which is sad as this is now FREE/UNLIMITED)
Disk Space : Approx 1.2gb (up about 0.5% on previous years)
SQL Databases : 5 (New database created for 2013 WC registration and will be used for all future reg pages)
[b]SQL / Site Backups : 3 x daily (and sent to secondary host 2x per week)
SQL Size [/b]: Approx 14.9mb (uplift of around 0.3% year on Year - not much)
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Another £2.99 on top to cover the SQL databases and offsite backups.
The cost of the server is approx £20 per calendar month, and the KOA takes up approx 30% of the space/bandwidth of this server so the prices above are quite good valuations.
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You've all seen those ads "Play Guitar in 5 minutes", "Be a Rock God today", "Learn guitar, make a million bucks and marry Jennifer Lopez". They appeal to our desire for instant gratification and while I'm not suggesting for a second this happens in our community, it doesn't, there is a temptation to see our instruments as something of a shortcut.
Ours is a relatively easy instrument to learn, and yes you can within a matter of minutes play perfectly acceptable music and have some fun with it, but you haven't magically stumbled on to some great lost secret. The easy route is ultimately deflating. You've such a limited skill set early on that once the initial thrill has passed you'll inevitably give it up and pronounce yourself a failure. I've seen it happen over and over again.
The alternative is to accept that you're taking on a real and significant challenge, something that is worth persevering with and will ultimately enhance your life. Focus on the journey and not the destination. Accept small rewards and build them into large ones.
It can still be fun, it will ultimately be a whole lot fun, but in the end there's really no other way to do it. If there was everyone would be playing like Tommy Emmanuel or Eric Clapton or Paco de Lucia. Do you think those guys never practiced? Do you think they don't enjoy playing?
So you don't want to achieve those dizzy heights, think about what you have achieved. Think about what you are good at and how you got there, about how you worked at it, discovered you could do well, and continued to build on your successes. Take the same approach with your playing, look for small victories, celebrate them, and then build on them. Develop an attitude to your playing that will bring real success and real gratification and act on it.


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With the dust finally settled from Melbourne's last long weekend, it's time to bring in another with your favourite Burn City party thrower.
This is not a ticketed event so we suggest arriving early to avoid being left out in the wild 66, it's a jungle out there.
Line up: Cutting Shapes DJ's + more TBA.
Time: 9:00pm – 3:00am
Door price: $10 before 10pm. $20 after.
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HoloNet Links #215
If you haven't heard by now about a small little expansion, then where have you been? BioWare released Knights of the Fallen Empire to Early Access October 20th. SWTOR has been changed. It is still the game we have come to love, but yet it has changed in many ways. On top of all the changes to gameplay there also was the brand new story content. I have been playing SWTOR since back in beta before the game launched. This story has got to be one of the best. I will go into more of my thoughts concerning the new content later in the article.
Find out my thoughts concerning KotFE after the Jump…
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- My thoughts on KotFE
So, how do I feel about the latest expansion? I have enjoyed it immensely. Granted I have only played the story content and a small bit of the new changes in the other gameplay systems, but I can safely say this is one of the better expansions SWTOR has seen.
First off, the story in Knights of the Fallen Empire is amazing. It reminds me of the single player RPG, Knights of the Old Republic. The story has had many twists and turns with moments where I was in disbelief. Companions are a big focus in KotFE and I mean in the story. The reveals and familiar faces you see along the way are great. The subject matter addressed in the story also reminds me of some other BioWare games. The story is top notch and I can see a progress in the SWTOR plot. Starting in the beginning it is all about your character and their class story, next we see how our heroes need to focus to save or exploit an entire planet in Rise of the Hutt Cartel. The third evolution of the character story started to bring in the lore and how our actions would impact the galaxy we know with Shadow of Revan. Now we have Knights of the Fallen Empire, our characters are off to Wild Space and the fringes of other galaxies. What is the destiny of your character and how will it impact every galaxy as the story's scope grows even larger? I'm not about to give any spoilers. All I can say is make sure you find out by becoming a subscriber to experience the story for yourself.
Story is a major element in this expansion, but it is not the only thing. There are several game systems that have seen some quality of life changes to them. The interface editor has a couple changes. There is now a grid, so you can get your ability bars all lined up how you want them precisely. There is also a snap-to-grid feature that helps utilize the added grid feature. Related to the UI is the ability to save and share your keybind settings. This feature is great for making your toons more uniformed or as customized as you want to make them. For me, this feature is a hug time saver and one less thing to even think about when making a new toon.
Another feature I found to be a positive for the expansion is the Weekly Heroics. The ability to pick-up the heroic from one location, the Weekly Heroic terminal is convenient. However, the best feature has to be the instant quick travel icon attached to each Heroic mission. This icon allows you to click it and be transported right to the beginning of the Heroic mission. Rewards have also been streamlined and are received via an instant pop-up upon completion of the heroic. The rewards are also level appropriate and make doing these missions a benefit to higher level toons, even when they have to be level synced.
If you haven't noticed I like the expansion. However, it doesn't mean there are things I do not like or wish they would get changed. Personally, I feel there is too much XP being given out for the class missions. I do not want leveling to be a grind, but reaching level 65 after only four of the nine new story chapters seems a bit quick in my opinion. BioWare also is utilizing a different style of conversation during some the Alliance system in the game. The idea is to give players more options or choices for the conversations. The system is almost a throwback to the original Kotor game. This is interesting, but I offer that it breaks immersion by taking away the player's voice. BioWare has other games like Mass Effect 2 & 3, Dragon Age 2 & Dragon Age Inquisition which keeps the voice and has more than three options. In fact, these games have some multi-layer choice menus during conversations. To me saying that the classic conversation offers more choices doesn't quite add up. However if it was due to cost or time issues, I would be more apt to understand the change.
Overall, my first impression of the expansion is very good. The story content definitely stands out and I can see that BioWare is focused on showcasing story, BioWare story. The other aspects in this expansion are the upgrades to Quality of Life. It is the lifeblood of an MMO to have content and they are making a concerted effort to better the quality for players in the game. There are still some bugs and areas for BioWare to continue to improve, but it is clear SWTOR is moving in the right direction.
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Is Entrapment On The Rise?
It sure looks like it. Take for example this story of a guy who encounters a topless woman in a park.
She's sunbathing topless under a tree.. and while we're at it, since when is that ok in a public park? Having lived in Columbus Ohio once upon a time, I've been to Lou Berliner Park and at no time do I recall it being ok to sunbathe topless there… nor have I ever seen anyone doing it.
The next part of the problem with this little scenario is the nagging question: who "sunbathes" under a tree… in shadow??!? I'm no scientist or anything, but don't you need sunlight for that particular activity? Wouldn't parking your half naked self in the shade of a tree be counterproductive to the alleged activity of sunbathing?
Given those two things by themselves I'd say that the guy *should* have smelled a rat and stayed clear of her. When you add to all this the fact that she asked to see his… erm… "personality", I can't for the life of my understand why he fell for it except for the fact that his hormones were probably in control on account of her topless condition.
The part of this that's worse than our poor hormone afflicted friend is the fact that Columbus' finest set this whole thing up just looking for somebody that would fall into the trap. I can see a certain amount of legitimate "sting" operations, but crap like this there is no excuse for.
I honestly believe that had the Columbus police not set this situation up in the first place, this guy would never have found himself in Berliner park chatting with a topless woman.
How about we concentrate on solving actual crimes, not entrapping people in stuff they wouldn't have been involved in without the cops deciding to set a trap.
Not only that, but I'd also say that the "person" who thought this little gem up in the first place needs to find themselves another career. Obviously they're not much of a cop.
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I recently read a blog post from my former boss, Jim Power (no relation to me….however, he is a much more handsome and "seasoned" Head of School). It is a great read and I would encourage everyone to read it. I will be sending this out to our middle school students to read it as well.
It got me thinking about the recent commercials from Dove Men Care. The "my name is…and I am comfortable in my own skin" ads are great. It features adult celebrity athletes who share stories of "goofy" and "awkward" times in their life and why they are "comfortable" in their own skin. This one from John Elway is my favorite. I can see my own kids blushing if/ when I try to dance (I have only been defeated once by Maddie at Just Dance on Wii).
As adults, this is what we grow into. Being comfortable with who we are. But, this takes many years of trying on "costumes" to see who we are and what fits. This may be the biggest challenge of growing up. As Jim shares in his blog post, he was an "uncool" kid who had to figure it out along the way as well. To quote a former President, "I feel your pain." Whether it be navigating through country music vs. heavy metal, or khaki pants pegged at the bottom vs. Z. Cavaricci's (wait..that was my dilemma), being comfortable in our own skin as we get through our "phases" is the goal. A little bit of empathy goes a long way here.
To all my middle school friends out there, be kind to your classmates. Not only will that look good on you, but those that are trying on something new will never forget how you made them feel comfortable in their own skin.


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Minimalist Mental Disorders Posters
Noting the adventures in the lesser known but growing field of art therapy.
Depending on the patient's strengths and interests, certain art therapies may include any combination of dance, drama, music, writing, embroidery, and the visual arts (drawing, painting, sculpting and photography).
Through these expressive mediums it has been shown that patients become better at reducing stress, managing behavior, developing interpersonal relationships, increasing self-esteem and self-awareness, improving problem-solving and other cognitive faculties, as well as achieving insight.
The arts have probably been used as a source of healing ever since they have come into existence; but art therapy did not emerge as a distinct profession until the 1940s where psychotherapists began to take interest in the creative output of those with mental illnesses (such as the famous Mexican artist Martin Ramirez who was diagnosed with schizophrenia) as well as those on psychedelic drugs (such as this government-mandated study on LSD).
Recently there has been a new Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) program at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany which includes art therapy techniques mixed with yoga, anger management, cognitive processing therapy and other treatments.
More amazingly, PBS' Wide Angle, Focal Point documentary did a segment on how art therapy has even been used to reform terrorists (out of over 200 patients who have completed the program only 5% have relapsed!):
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American Cinematheque at the
Egyptian Theatre Presents...
Making Movie History for Over 80
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Click to print Page 1 or Page 2 or Full Text of an May 2008
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BritWeek in connection with Pinewood Studios
These events are an Egyptian Theatre
exclusive! But, look for our David Lean Retrospective at the Aero Theatre this
The British Consulate commemorates 50 years in Los
Angeles with several BritWeek events celebrating the contributions of British talent in
Hollywood. Hosts Michael York and writer/critic David Thomson host programs tributing
pantheon filmmaker David Lean (feted on his centenary) and the many other Brits who are
part of the Hollywood legacy, from industry pioneers to contemporary filmmakers. A
memorial tribute screening of TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY will be presented in honor of director
Anthony Minghella.
Details on this and other events: www.britweek.org
Two (2) goody bags with his and hers Liz Earle
Skincare, DVDs of Longford
A gift certificate from the Whale & Ale.
*Each ticket buyer will get a drawing slip at the
Approx. 120 min. The work and influence of Oscar-winning English film director David Lean
(THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA) will be explored in a special program
featuring clips and special guests. Hosted by David Thomson, who was recently referred to
as "the greatest living film critic and historian" by The Atlantic Monthly.
Discussion with actors James Fox and Jean
Simmons, editor Anne Coates and director Ronald Neame, moderated by David Thomson.
CHAPLIN TO THE PRESENT DAY, Approx. 120 min. British actor Michael York hosts
this program tributing the contributions of the British in Hollywood, from early
immigrants of the silent era such as Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy,
to contemporary talent including Julie Andrews, Peter O'Toole, Michael Caine, Daniel
Day-Lewis and others. York has more than 60 screen credits to his name from work on both
sides of the pond, including CABARET, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, and three AUSTIN
POWERS movies.
Anthony Minghella Memorial Tribute:
TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY, 1990, 106 min.
In THE ENGLISH PATIENT helmer Anthony Minghella's directorial debut, Julie Stevenson
receives a back-from-the dead visit from her late, cello-playing husband Alan Rickman. A
charming romantic comedy. "
a fine job in capturing
textures of London
a strong performance out of Stevenson
a beguiling film in more ways than
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Recreating a Delicious Asian Slaw
We eat a lot of cabbage around here. Could be my father's Minnesota German roots, but for whatever reason, coleslaw is on the menu several times a week.
I recently had a lovely Asian coleslaw at a local grill, that was served with an ahi tuna burger. This is my attempt to recreate that coleslaw, and I think I've come pretty close (may try my hand at the burger sometime too).
How to Make Asian Slaw
It's super easy to put together; the defining Asian slaw dressing ingredients rice vinegar, and toasted sesame oil. This version also has some peanut butter in the dressing and some twice toasted peanuts and of course, cabbage.
So good! We had to stop eating this Asian slaw after our "test kitchen" tasting, just to save enough for dinner.
Asian Coleslaw RecipePrint
The dressing on this salad is peanut-based. If you have a food allergy to peanuts, you can substitute tahini for the peanut butter (or leave it out all together), and toasted sesame seeds for the peanuts.
- 1 Tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 6 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted (dark) sesame oil
- 4 Tbsp seasoned rice vinegar (if seasoned rice vinegar is not available, add a teaspoon or two of sugar to regular rice vinegar)
- 8 cups thinly sliced cabbage (Napa, green, purple, or a combination)
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1/2 cup toasted, salted, shelled, peeled peanuts
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 hinly sliced green onions or chives
1 Prepare dressing: Place peanut butter in a medium bowl. Add the vegetable oil and the toasted sesame oil and whisk until nicely smooth. Whisk in the seasoned rice vinegar and do a taste test.
Depending on how you like your dressing, how salty your peanut butter is, how seasoned your rice vinegar is, you may want to add a little more vinegar, a little more sugar, or a little salt. (Makes about 3/4 cup of dressing.)
2 Toast the peanuts: Although the roasted peanuts from the store may already be cooked, you'll get even better flavor with just a little toasting.
Heat a small skillet on medium high heat and add the nuts to the pan. Do not ignore or the nuts can easily burn.
Stir a little with a wooden spoon until the peanuts begin to get browned in spots and you can smell the toasting aromas. Remove peanuts from pan to a dish.
3 Toss together cabbage, carrots, peanuts, dressing: In a large bowl, toss the sliced cabbage, grated carrots, and peanuts together, and any other optional ingredients you care to add (like a little chopped cilantro or green onions).
Right before serving, mix in the dressing.
Great with fish or burgers.
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This sequel of sorts to the bestselling memoir, "Not Without My Daughter," is full of local interest. Mahtob was the young daughter in that story, and her memories stretch from Tehran to Saginaw.
In 1984, Mahtob's Iranian-born father took her and her mother to his homeland for what was supposed to be a short vacation with relatives. At the end of the two weeks, he confiscated his family's American passports and told his wife and daughter they weren't leaving – ever. Mahtob was very young at the time, but she remembers a lot from her eighteen months in Iran. She feared her father's violence, and hated learning to chant "Death to America" in school. Mahtob returned home to Michigan at the age of six, where she attended elementary school under an alias, even as she appeared on national television to help her mother promote her book.
As the years passed, the fear that Mahtob's father would reappear in her life lessened, but, by the time she graduated from Michigan Lutheran Seminary in 1998, the Internet had made it all too easy for him to find her from halfway around the world. The bubble of safety she thought she had made for herself suddenly collapsed. It took years for Mahtob to work through her childhood trauma and learn to get out from under her father's long shadow, but, today – without condoning his actions – she celebrates her Persian heritage and her American freedom.
Reviewed by Lynn Heitkamp
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Illinois Incentives & Programs
State of Illinois Economic Development Incentives and Programs Include:
State of Illinois Business Financing
Advantage Illinois Programs (DCEO)
Capital Access Program (DCEO)
Participation Loan Programs (DCEO)
Invest in Illinois Linked Deposit Program (Illinois Treasurer's Office)
Illinois Finance Authority Programs (IFA)
Community Development Fund (DCEO)
Community Service Block Grant Loan Program (DCEO)
State of Illinois Business Tax Credits
Economic Development For A Growing Economy (EDGE) Tax Credit (DCEO)
Illinois Angel Investment Credit Program (DCEO)
High Impact Business Designation (DCEO)
Advantage Illinois Program: Invest Illinois Venture Fund (DCEO)
Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Program (Dept of Revenue / DCEO)
Illinois Film Services Tax Credit (IL Film Office)
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (IDES / US DOL)
State of Illinois Research & Development Tax Credit (IDR)
State of Illinois Business Tax Credits – District or Zone Related
Enterprise Zone Program
New Markets Development Program (DCEO)
Tax Increment Financing (DCEO)
Illinois Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program (DCEO / IHPA)
River Edge Redevelopment Zone (DCEO)
State of Illinois Grants / Investment Programs
Technology Development Account (IL Treasurer)
Large Business Development Program (DCEO)
Business Development Public Infrastructure Program
Illinois Department of Transportation Economic Development Program (IDOT)
Grant Program (IL Dept of Agriculture)
Advantage Illinois to Provide Access to Capital for Businesses and Entrepreneurs to Create Jobs and Grow the Economy
The Advantage Illinois program is designed to provide Illinois businesses and entrepreneurs with access to the capital they need to start new companies and expand existing business. Advantage Illinois will leverage $78 million in federal funding that will allow businesses to bring innovative ideas and new products to market and accelerate job creation and economic growth in Illinois.
"Advantage Illinois will help Illinois businesses of all sizes increase innovation and competition, and expand and create good-paying jobs," Governor Quinn said. "In order to boost our economy, create jobs and compete in the global marketplace, we must provide businesses and entrepreneurs with the tools they need to grow."
The Advantage Illinois program is comprised of three program components to spur institutional lending, and one program to leverage private venture capital in start-ups and high-growth businesses:
Capital Access Program (CAP) assists businesses with various financing needs. It is designed to encourage financial institutions to make loans to small and new businesses that do not qualify under conventional lending policies.
Participation Loan Program (PLP) supports businesses with projects that create or retain jobs and/or modernize their businesses to improve competitiveness. One component of the program is devoted to Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran-Owned businesses (MWDV PLP). The state purchases and subordinates part of the loan to help mitigate lender risk.
Collateral Support Program (CSP) establishes savings accounts or CDs that provide cash collateral support to lending institutions to enhance the equity and/or loan collateral levels of small business borrowers.
Invest Illinois Venture Fund Program (IIVF) is a new venture capital program to support young, innovative companies in Illinois that show high growth potential, can demonstrate their place in the market and already have other investors.
Beginning in October 2011, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) will be actively enrolling lending institutions that will, in turn, provide financing to businesses utilizing the CAP, PLP and CSP components of the program. Businesses will be able to begin accessing loans to use these funds when they have completed the appropriate paperwork with a participating lending institution. Program guidelines, including lender applications, and a regularly updated list of participating banks will be available at www.ildceo.net/AdvantageIllinois.
Businesses interested participating in the Invest Illinois Venture Fund (IIVF) may submit their applications online to DCEO at www.ildceo.net/AdvantageIllinois. The fund is also supported by the Governor's Illinois Innovation Council, which is actively working to execute strategies to enhance awareness of capital availability in Illinois and connect the dots between great ideas and the partners who can help turn ideas into companies and products.
Other Programs available throught the Illinois are outlined below.
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
- Business Development Public Infrastructure Program
- Economic Development For A Growing Economy (EDGE) Tax Credit
- Employment Training Investment Program (ETIP)
- High Impact Business Designation
- Large Business Development Program
- Manufacturer's Modernization Program
- Participation Loan Program
- Technology Grants and Programs for Businesses
For more information on these programs as well as others, please visit the DCEO Website at: www.commerce.state.il.us
DCEO Program & Services:
- http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Business_Development/Tax+Assistance/
- http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Business_Development/
Illinois Department of Revenue Incentives
- Investment Tax Credit
- Manufacturers' Purchase Tax Credit
- Research & Development Tax Credit
Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Incentives
- IDOT Economic Development Program (EDP)
- Illinois Rail Freight Program
- IDOT Truck Access Route Program
Employ Illinois Programs
- Employ Illinois: Business Program At a Glance
- Employ Illinois: Business Program FAQs
- Employ Illinois: Community Development At a Glance
- Employ Illinois: Community Development FAQs
- Employ Illinois Program Grid
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International inspiration led to increased motivation for the IAESTE Dublin Local Committee when they attended a regional conference in Belgium recently. Edwin Henry reports on the conference and the Local Committee's plans for 2018.
Master's student Kerrie Drum enjoyed her IAESTE traineeship so much that she's now working with the Dublin Local Committee to develop IAESTE in Ireland. She recently travelled to Tampere, Finland for the 'IAESTE Boost' training weekend.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, generally hairy, generally taprooted
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves simple to pinnately compound, basal or cauline, alternate or opposite; stipules 0
Inflorescence: cyme (generally raceme-like and coiled) or flowers solitary
Flower bisexual, generally radial; calyx lobes generally 5, generally fused at base, generally persistent, enlarging in fruit; corolla generally deciduous, rotate to cylindric, lobes generally 5, appendages in pairs on tube between filaments or 0; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, filament base sometimes appendaged, appendages scale-like; ovary generally superior, chamber 1, placentas 2, parietal, enlarged into chamber, sometimes meeting so ovary appears 25-chambered, styles 12, stigmas generally head-like
Fruit: capsule, generally loculicidal; valves generally 2
Genera in family: 20 genera, 300 species: especially w US; some cultivated (Emmenanthe, Nemophila, Phacelia )
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to be included in an expanded Boraginaceae (also including Lennoaceae) [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 85:531553; Olmstead et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Stem simple to openly branched, prostrate to erect, fleshy, brittle, angled or winged, glabrous to generally bristly
Leaves simple, cauline, opposite or alternate; petiole generally bristly-ciliate; blade pinnately toothed or lobed, generally bristly, upper generally reduced
Inflorescence: flowers solitary in axils or opposite leaves; pedicels longer in fruit, recurved
Flower: calyx bell-shaped to rotate, sinuses generally with spreading or reflexed appendages; corolla bell-shaped to rotate, white, blue, or purple, sometimes spotted or marked; stamens included; ovary chamber 1, style 1, generally lobed 1/31/2
Fruit generally 27 mm wide, spheric to ovoid, hairy, generally enclosed by calyx
Seeds ovoid, smooth, wrinkled or pitted, with a conic, colorless appendage at 1 end
Species in genus: 11 species: se US, w North America
Etymology: (Greek: woodland-loving)
Reference: [Constance 1941 Univ CA Publ Bot 19:341398]
Leaves opposite; petiole < or = blade; blade 535 mm, oblong to ovate, lobes 59, deep, generally entire, obtuse or acute
Inflorescence: pedicels 412 mm in flower, < 45 mm in fruit
Flower: calyx lobes 14 mm, appendages < 3 mm; corolla 25 mm, 28 mm wide, bowl- or bell-shaped, white or blue, generally veined or dotted with black, blue, or purple, lobe tips sometimes purple-spotted; filaments = corolla tube, anthers < 1 mm; style < 2 mm
Seeds 28, black, brown or green, smooth, wrinkled or pitted
Chromosomes: n=9
Ecology: Common. Ocean bluffs, grasslands, slopes, meadows, sandbars, fields, woodlands, streambanks
Elevation: 302400 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, Modoc Plateau
Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, Idaho, Nevada, Baja California
Horticultural information: DRN: 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 24 &SHD: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23.


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My name is Miguel Guerrero, I'm 28 years old, single parent of a 9-year-old beautiful little girl and a member of the Chicago Progress movement.
My life didn't really start until the day my daughter was born. Before that I was a completely different person. I was involved with the wrong crowds and I did a lot of things I am not proud of, but I realized I had to do those things to get to where I am today. I grew up noticing things that were wrong in my community and country, but didn't do much to make a difference. I rebelled but not in the way I should have. My daughter was born on January 29, 2007, I was 18 at the time. Around the age of 21 I became a single parent after me and my then spouse decided it wasn't working. We agreed that it was in the best interest for my daughter for her to stay with me since I could provide a more stable environment for her. Having witnessed a bad divorce between my parents, I decided I was going to be a better person and not let this destroy me or make me bitter. So I started focusing more on my daughter and her future, and that's when I realized all of those things that I saw wrong when I was growing up were still there and some got even bigger. I had to do something to make a difference if not for me, but for her.
The first big thing I did was getting involved in Bernie's campaign/movement. To be honest I always liked the idea of politics but never got involved mainly because I always felt that politics was more of a game of screw the little guys or a scheme for wealthy people to stay wealthy. There was a few times when I started to like politicians but they quickly gave me a reason not to like them. When I first found out about Bernie was through a friend of mine, Angel Razo, he told me what Bernie's ideas where and what his plans were and it amazed me. I began to do more and more research and the more I found out, the more I was blown away. I honestly think he has the best integrity any politician has ever had. He quickly turned from a man I thought was a good candidate to a person I looked up to. I started to get more involved in his movement from phone banking, to going to fund raisers, talking to people about his campaign, and volunteering in his campaign. The more I got involved the more I learned about the issues we face as a country, issues that will impact my daughter's life.
Once I got involved I started to feel different, I started to believe that we can make a difference, that hopelessness I once felt started to disappear. As I got more involved I decided to bring my daughter along with me, not only because I felt bad that I would leave her at home while I went out, but so that she could learn what the world looks like and for her to get a glimpse of what the future could look like. Soon after, my daughter became as intrigued as I was and wanted to be more involved too. For the first time I was doing something I felt passionate about, which was participating in a movement in which I believed would make the world a better place for my daughter. At the same time, my daughter was looking up to me as hero because I was standing up for something I believed in. For me it was a win-win and the feeling of that is indescribable.
After Bernie lost (to put it nicely), I knew I could not give up and go back to living in the shadows as I once did. I feel like Bernie fought, and keeps fighting, for things that he won't benefit directly from, but for things that will play a huge importance in other people's lives. I admire that and want to follow in his footsteps. For me, it's not about me, but it's for my daughter, because I owe it to her. She saved me once, now it's my time to pay her back by making this place a better place for her and every child out there. That's why I got involved in this movement. I'm doing this for her, and for every child out there, every person without a voice and for those that get ignored. I ask of you reading this, don't you care enough to jump into action?


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In the Puget Sound area north of Seattle, Washington, neglected and abused women have a second chance at getting back on their feet thanks to .
These women are hurting physically, emotionally or spiritually. Life House Ministries and its founders, Kathy and Dr. Brad Hudec, open the doors to their shelter to help women who are coping with challenges find self-sufficiency and stability to get their lives back on track.
"With our Christian roots, we've always been committed to giving back," said Dr. Hudec, center medical director for U.S. HealthWorks in Everett, Washington. "We recognize that these women haven't had a good start … often coming from neglect and abuse, and we want to help and support them as they find hope again."
Dr. Hudec is the president of Life House Ministries, but he credits his wife and other volunteers with running the day-to-day operations of the nonprofit. Life House provides everything from support groups, life-skills coaching and counseling to full-time living quarters for a handful of women who are in dire need.
The organization also provides diapers, food, clothing and other basic essentials for the women and their children.
Most of the women and children will stay at the shelter for four to nine months before transitioning back to life on their own, or into a different type of program. Approximately 15 to 20 women receive support from Lifehouse Ministries at one time.
The Hudecs founded Life House Ministries in 2013 because of their faith, a dream to give back and a small windfall due to a family inheritance. The cause is particularly close to Kathy, who suffered from abuse in her past.
"A few years ago when we got our inheritance and the housing market was down a bit, it seemed like the right time. I said to Kathy, 'Why don't we see if we can buy a house and open it to women who really need some help?'
"Our goal with the house has been to make it a place of rehabilitation where women can put their life skills together to ultimately move on toward a better life, and create lasting change."
Some local residents will come to take advantage of this type of assistance; others won't, but the Hudecs believe that helping anyone will make a difference. Dr. Hudec estimates that about 10% to 20% of women who come through the ministry will really experience lifelong change, and that's an accomplishment.
"We've been so blessed and given incredible opportunities that a lot of people don't have. We just want to be able to help others overcome the hard things that life has thrown at them – that's our dream."


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Crappy Cinema Council: The Holidays
Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St., Brooklyn)
Council members! This month we get into the spirit of the season with a HOLIDAYS-themed CCC. Professional wrestlers posing as Santa Claus, murderous turkeys, Life Day celebrations, and more barely-watchable crap!
Plus as always, an awesome lineup of funny people:
BEN KRONBERG (Lunar New Year)
RON KRASNOW (Mother's Day)
TRAVIS IRVINE (Festivus)
EMMY BLOTNICK (Good Friday)
LUCAS BROTHERS (Flag Day)
GEORGE GORDON (Arbor Day)
Hosted by TEAM JIM (Cinco de Mayo, Dia De Los Muertos)
Click here for more free New York City events & things to do.


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Tablature in Braille
February 25, 2009
How does one who uses a braille display read tab?
Being a primarily graphical method of communication, it doesn't really do much for people who cannot see.
There are two ways of thinking about this alternate method.
First, it would be interesting to create a computer script that could translate this automatically.
Alternately, this is a good project for crowdsourcing. If every guitar player or banjo player translated one song into the new notation, each person would only contribute a small amount of work, but the cumulative work completed would be enormous.
This is the concept behind One to One-Thousand by Sam Sennott. How much work could we get done if we all contributed a small amount toward the same end?
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Greece ETF Sinks 3%: Debt 'Event' Debated Until July?
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Here's a refrain you have heard many times before: Greece has a debt problem, Europe isn't happy about it and the Global X MSCI Greece exchange-traded fund (GREK) is down nearly 3% today.
The Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics (GOFPY) is up 2%. It is scheduled to report earnings Wednesday. Greek banks are among the worst emerging market performers today, with Eurobank Ergasias (EGFEY) down 8%, and the National Bank of Greece (NBGGY) down nearly 7%. The MSCI Greece index of stocks produced the worst performance, down %, among emerging markets in the first quarter. (See our post, Emerging Markets 1Q Chart: Brazil Beats China, India). The Greek ETF is down more than 7% this year, and down 33% over 12 months, while the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) is down 5% this year and 27% over 12 months. The iShares MSCI Emerging Market ETF (EEM) is up 5.5% in 2016, and down nearly 18% over the past year.
Over the weekend, someone leaked the transcript of a March 19 conversation between the head of the International Monetary Fund's Europe department, Poul Thomsen, and the leader of the fund's mission in Greece, Delia Velculescu. Wolfango Piccoli at Teneo Intelligence explains:
"The conversation ... centered on the IMF's unhappiness about having to return to Athens in early April given the lack of progress and a deep divide with the European Commission, which the fund considered as too willing to make concessions to Greece. While the IMF was pushing the Europeans to lower the 2018 primary surplus target from 3.5% to 1.5% of GDP, Thomsen believed member states would not accept this and instead ask for additional measures.
The leak confirms the IMF's unwillingness to re-join the program unless it is financed – i.e. debt relief is provided. However, the fund fears that the Europeans will delay the decision until closer to the risk of a credit event, i.e. the July deadline for Greece to repay around EUR 3 billion ($3.4 billion) to the European Central Bank for bonds acquired under SMP [the Securities Market Program] ...
While the usual tensions between the troika and Athens persist, a row within the camp of the creditors is for now the biggest obstacle to a quick conclusion of the on-going review. The deep divide between the IMF and the Europeans – who are willing to compromise on the measures demanded from Greece, remain undecided about debt relief/lowering the primary surplus target – makes it likely that the Europeans will continue to dither. This raises the risk of the talks indeed going on until the SMP bonds deadline in July ...
The Syriza [party]'s political theatre around the leak is unlikely to have any meaningful consequence. At most, it may allow Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to temporarily regain some domestic momentum. Just like last July's referendum on the third bailout, this latest political frenzy is likely to be merely another irritant in an already very difficult process."