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Australia is pretty thoroughly secularized. Nearly a quarter of Australians say they are not religiously affiliated, about 70 percent say religion isn't important in their lives, and less than 10 percent are regular in church attendance, a number that's declining. More than 80 percent of Australians said the world would be better of without religion, according to one study, and another report found that half of those born between 1976 and 1990 have no belief in God.
Australia is irreligious, and has secularized pretty much exactly as one would expect if one held to the secularization thesis.
A new study on scientific literacy shows that some Australians struggle with the ideas of evolution, though. This shows it's not true that the United States is the only industrialized country where creationist ideas persist. It also raises questions about the relationship between religiousness and science education.
As Adam Laats writes, "Significant percentages of Aussies, for whatever reason, do not agree with fundamental tenets of mainstream science. Sorry, Bill Nye, but creationism is not 'unique' to the United States."
According to the study, more than 30 percent of Australians don't think evolution is currently occurring. Of that group, 9 percent said they don't believe in evolution, 10 percent they didn't believe evolution was happening now, and 12 weren't sure whether evolution was only historical or not. There are also 27 percent of Australians who think dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time.
The study doesn't do a good idea of contextualizing these survey responses. There have been occasional reports of creationism and Intelligent Design taught in Australian schools, but whether or not these poll's findings can be connected to committed anti-evolution thought or just generally to ignorance isn't clear.
The lack of knowledge wasn't just evolution specific. There were 42 percent of Australians -- and half of all women -- who could not correctly say how long it takes the earth to orbit the sun.
Australians still have a much higher rate of support for the scientific consensus than one finds in the US. But it seems scientific ignorance persists at significant rates regardless of religion's influence in society.
It's been a long, long time since any dominant religious group anywhere has opposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, for example, and yet in the late '90s Gallup found that 18 percent of Americans thought the sun revolved around the earth -- and 19 percent of British people thought that too, as did 16 percent of Germans. In each of the three countries, there were not-insignificant portions of people who didn't know what Nicholas Copernicus knew in 1543.
It's clearly true that sometimes, in some places, knowledge of science is retarded by religious influences. It turns out, though, that even when religion is marginal or irrelevant, scientific knowledge isn't universally accepted.


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A 46-year-old man who stole chocolates bars from Tesco was given a conditional discharge last Thursday at Banbridge Magistrates Court.
Brian Niall Vint, Mountview Park, Banbridge, admitted the theft of confectionery from the Castlewellan Road store on April 7 last year.
The court heard that staff saw him take the chocolate bars and leave the store without paying. It could not be determined from CCTV footage how many bars were taken.
A solicitor representing Vint said he had no recollection of the incident because he may have had drink taken.
She explained that her client was diabetic and his blood sugar could have been low so he took a couple of chocolate bars. They were worth only two to three pounds at a maximum.
The solicitor said Vint was embarrassed at being in court for stealing some chocolate.
Deputy District Judge John Rea said the offence was at the lower end of the scale and imposed a conditional discharge for two years.

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Nobody loves dark under eye circles. These unpleasant signs make us appear older, exhausted and tired and we have to remove them somehow. Regardless if these signs appear due to genes, stress, lack of sleep, allergies, crying or aging, you can successfully eliminate dark under eye circles by using home remedies with natural ingredients that you can find in your fridge and kitchen. Revitol cream can help you too banish these signs so the skin around your eyes will appear lighter, smoother and softer and without and sings of fatigue or ageing.
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Salty foods can enhance the puffiness around your eyes, making the dark circles appear even bigger. Curb the salt and drink plenty of water to improve the elimination of toxins and this way eliminate dark under eye circles. Have a healthy diet, with foods rich in vitamins, minerals and nutrients that nourish your body and improve your health, because your daily nutrition will reflect on how your skin looks.
Use almond oil and Vitamin E oil to moisturize and soften the skin around your eyes. By using them on a regular basis you will eliminate dark under eye circles naturally and efficiently and you will no longer look fatigue or exhausted. Apply these oils before going to bed and leave them on overnight. In the morning, rinse with cold water and then just apply your daily cream and makeup, because you will look fresh and ready to start your day.
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Theatre Performance: Pride and Prejudice
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 2:30PM - 9:30PM
Philbin Studio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Location: Philbin Studio Theatre, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
The Department of Film, Television, and Theatre presents:
Pride and Prejudice
Adapted by Jon Jory
From the novel by Jane Austen. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
There are 2 performances on this day, April 16. One at 2:30pm and the other at 7:30pm.
April 13-17, 2016
For tickets, please call the box office at 574.631.2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu.
Originally published at al.nd.edu.


text: I love TMC but I find the narrow scope of individual forums makes it hard to browse. If I want the latest on the Model S I have to click through to six different forums. And if I'm making a thread, many of the forums overlap with each other, leaving it unclear where that new thread belongs. Sometimes a thread will start in one forum and lead somewhere that's more appropriate for another. I don't think I'm the only one with this issue - look how many "moved" threads there are in some places: Model S Technical I don't mind the regional subforums because I am only concerned with my region. But if someone wants to follow all of North America, they're going to have a lot of tabs open. I suggest relying more on top level forums and less on sub-forums. I think this will bring a side benefit of increased activity because more people will be looking at a single forum at any given point in time rather than navigating among them.


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In the May 10 "Today's Papers," Eric Umansky originally stated that Russian President Putin said, in this week's parade celebrating the Nazis' defeat, that the fall of the Soviet Union was "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century." In fact, Putin said that last month. This article also originally stated that a local Marine commander was quoted in the Los Angeles Times saying only few dozen insurgents have been killed in the Marines' offensive in western Iraq. In fact, the commander was quoted in the Chicago Tribune.
In the May 9 "Press Box," Jack Shafer misreported the output of a Google search for "Huffington Post" in a "Related on the Web" link box. The link box has been removed.
In the May 9 "Today's Blogs," David Wallace-Wells incorrectly attributed a blog post to Atrios. In fact, the post was written by Attaturk, writing on Atrios' blog Eschaton.
In the May 8 "Today's Papers," Lea Rappaport Geller erroneously made one reference to President Yeltsin when she meant to refer to President Putin.
In the May 6 "Dispatch" from the British election, June Thomas gave the erroneous impression that, with a Labor majority of 66 seats, the party would be unable to enact legislation if 66 or more party members defied the government whip. In fact, the government would be unable to push through legislation if 34 or more Labor MPs voted against party policy.
In the May 6 "In Other Magazines," Bidisha Banerjee originally and incorrectly stated that PACOM, the U.S. Pacific Command, is a "U.S.-led alliance." In fact, PACOM is the unified command in charge of all U.S. forces in the Pacific.
The May 6 "Jurisprudence" by Richard Ford incorrectly stated that Harvard, Yale, and USC participated in the suit challenging the Solomon Amendment, which is before the Supreme Court. USC and Harvard have not identified themselves as plaintiffs in the suit. Members of the Yale Law School faculty filed a separate suit that has been stayed pending the Supreme Court's decision.
If you believe you have found an inaccuracy in a Slate story, please send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, and we will investigate. General comments should be posted in "The Fray," our reader discussion forum.


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The simpopNano model is an agent-based model using the Swarm simulation platform.
Our goal with this model is to inject an intra-urban extension and a
level of representation of urban systems in Simpop2. simpopNano was designed to be used both for itself, as an autonomous model, and coupled with the Simpop2 applied models.
It simulates the evolution of the localisations
of urban functions in a city through time. Coupling the two
models means that
The result is a 3-spatial levels agent based simulation model dedicated to the study of urban systems.
By integrating
multi-scale dynamics in a single simulator, we have a well bounded frame to
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Kat's gorgeous blog, 0 the 1, has really taken off in the past year…she's made a score of changes to the art, design and layout of the pages, has added regular 'feature' type entries, and—as always—slathers the whole thing with scrumptious photographs that have been given what I am really starting to think of as Kat's signature "Elegant & Quirky" post-processing treatment: dreamy veils of layered colours, mosaics and intriguing juxtapositions, curly elements tucked into the corners, vintage graphics.
The result is a coherent and harmonious blog about being creative, starting a family, making a simple, self-sustaining, joy-filled life, and taking that life for long walks around (sigh!) Italy. She did a guest post about the city of Turin for Poppytalk that was so visually stunning, I ached with unconyeved excitement, a restless giddiness, and wanderlust for weeks.
In her most recent Muse of The Week post, Kat put together a short documentary about Stefania Giuliani, a book maker and typographer with a studio/laboratory called Librare. Librare is in the historical center of the city of Ancona, a seaport on the Adriatic. The sight of two medieval rooms full of Stefania's gorgeous artist's books, photographs, and trays full of metal type sorts, makes me jealous as heck! But also I feel so inspired to be able to glimpse into this warm, inviting creative space, and doubly lucky to have an adventurous and artistic friend like Kat, who took the time to put together this inspiring video and generously share it.
Salamat, Kat!
P.S. I sent Kat a mail art booklet—postcards, swatches of fabric, a cd, a bit of embroidery, a bit of everything, really!—some time ago, and here she's done a post of the thing…including an animation where a smaller booklet of embroidery and writing slips out of a pocket in the bigger booklet. I was going to do my own post on the mail art I sent her, but this sort of leaves me (happily) deflated…I wouldn't do anything as cool, so better just send you over to read her post on the matter!


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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Our President is pushing for gays in the military but does not support gay marriage, only the putatively "separate but equal" civil unions. By my reckoning, the inability to marry under entirely equal terms (both semantic and legal) is a civil rights infringement that victimizes a hell of a lot more people than the military prohibition. Our President's credo, I guess, is "Make War, Not Love."


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Morgan Stanley chief US equity strategist Adam Parker does not want to acknowledge the permabears right now, even with stocks at all-time highs.
Nor does Parker think these folks deserve credit when we finally get a stock-market correction.
"We all know lots of people who have called 17 of the last zero corrections," Parker wrote in a note to clients on Monday.
"Firstly, we aren't inclined to give them credit when they are finally right."
Parker then points to Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller as an example of a bubble call that was right, but, well, not exactly.
Shiller correctly predicted in March 2000 that the dot-com bubble would soon burst, which he first recognized nearly a decade before. This call was canonized in Shiller's book " Irrational Exuberance."
Parker and colleagues acknowledged Shiller's correct forecast, which was arguably one of the greatest market predictions in history, but went on to explain the importance of correct timing.
"We are nice people, but most of us would have been banished from the money management industry by 2000 if we were bearish the whole way up on [technology, media, and telecom] valuations," the note said. "Timing matters, and we will continue to monitor the economic, corporate, and credit laundry list to attempt to call the top."
In the end, Parker said he didn't see a major market correction coming anytime soon and he was loath to call a top where he didn't see one forming.
Therefore, Parker remains bullish on US stocks. Parker's year-end S&P 500 forecast is 2,275; the index closed at 2,114 on Wednesday.


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One of the most common questions we are asked is "What is the preferred way to keep score using the Striker Golf GPS mobile app?"
Well, the answer is – It depends!
There are two ways to score within Striker, and you can switch from one to the other simply by changing your phone position.
GPS Screen Scoring – One great advantage of Striker over other golf apps is that we allow you to enter your score and all of your stats without ever having to change screens. When the phone is in the vertical position on the GPS screen, you can press the Strokes button and a number pad will appear from which you can enter your stroke count for the current hole. Once entered, it will automatically display the entry pad for your number of putts, and then continue on through the other stats. With this one-screen method, a player can enter their score and all of their stats in LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS!!! No more excuses for not keeping your stats. They will help you improve.
Scorecard Scoring Method – If you prefer to enter your score via the traditional scorecard, or you are scoring for more than just yourself, simply hold the phone in landscape position and the display will automatically change to show the scorecard. Just tap the cell for the hole and player you want to score and a scoring banner will appear at the bottom of the screen.
It's that simple. As always, please contact support if you have any additional questions.


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This time we designed KIN Towers 2016 calendar with oil-based painting style illustration. We emphasize its functionality by making the date number big, and add a selected quotes of wisdom to kindly remind everyone about leadership, creativity, and innovation.
KIN Towers is an independent tower operator of telecommunication towers in Indonesia. We designed their 2015 calendar by combining simple elements of their logos and high quality photography of their towers.
Unika Atma Jaya ask us to design a brochure like never before. We design a seven column accordion fold brochure.
Pale Dancer—one of Bali's traditional alcoholic beverages. It comes with three different kinds of drinks. Each drink is represented by different illustrations of Bali's mythical creatures.
KIN Towers ask us to design a unique ramadan greeting card, and we come up with an illustration of a KIN employee wearing their batik uniform, while maintaining the usual hand gesture salutation during Ied Mubarak.


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Xcel Energy officials report that Minnesota is poised to become the nation's third largest producer of wind energy capacity, behind California and Texas.
The state will move into third place by the end of December when its new Southwest Minnesota wind farm project goes online. The farm will generate 150 megawatts, giving the state the megawatts needed to hit the 1,000 megawatt benchmark.
1,000 megawatts of wind energy is enough to provide power to 270,000 homes across the state.
Xcel Energy spokeswoman Patti Nystuen says the wind generated by the new farm is a key part of meeting the state's new requirement that utility companies produce 30 percent in renewable energy by 2020.
"We'll have 30 percent renewables by 2020 and wind will play about 25 percent of that role," she says, "and it just shows that everyone is moving in the right direction here, we are moving towards more renewables and more wind on the system."
The new wind farm project is expected to go online between December 21st and 31st.


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This year state lawmakers protected K-12 funding from any cuts, despite facing a $611 million shortfall. Given the circumstances, that's a win for schools. Yet in an interview with Oklahoma Watch, Hofmeister says the flat budget will force school closures and teacher layoffs. Her examples don't back up that claim.
Hofmeister noted that Lawton had closed four elementary schools, and suggested this was tied to the flat state budget. But Lawton officials said the change was driven by declining enrollment in the district. During the past decade, Lawton has lost more than 1,600 elementary students.
Do Oklahoma taxpayers really need to pay more to maintain half-empty classrooms in a district that can serve those children as effectively in fewer facilities?
At Burns Flat-Dill City Public Schools, Hofmeister noted four elementary teacher positions were eliminated last month, which she blamed on the state budget. However, Department of Education data shows the district's finances are not in free fall. In the 2008-2009 school year, Burns Flat-Dill City had an average daily membership of 666 students and per-pupil expenditures of $8,196. By the 2013-2014 school year (the most recent for which data was available), the district's average daily membership was 663 and per-pupil spending had grown to $8,858 per child.
So over a five-year period that included a major recession, Burns Flat-Dill City's student population declined slightly but it had sufficient funds to steadily increase per-pupil spending. How that situation translated into a supposed financial crisis warrants a more thorough explanation.
Similar questions exist regarding the overall Oklahoma school system. K-12 education funds in Oklahoma (including local, state and federal tax dollars, as well as carryover) grew from $7.1 billion in the 2008 budget year to $8.4 billion in 2014. That's an increase of $1.3 billion. Where has that money gone?
Hofmeister doesn't address those questions in her Oklahoma Watch interview. If anything, she implies that any problems in public schools are because Oklahoma taxes are too low. The state's budget challenges, she said, were "a 'self-inflicted wound' because of tax cuts and business tax incentives that remain even as revenue for appropriations has dropped."
The superintendent didn't specify what taxes she would raise or tax breaks she would eliminate. Should lawmakers increase the personal income tax, which has been gradually cut from 7 percent to 5 percent (effective next January)? Does she agree with those who advocated for a dramatic increase in taxes on horizontal drilling last year (even after lawmakers doubled that rate, and despite the likelihood a larger increase would make the current downturn in Oklahoma's energy sector much worse)? The reality is that few tax options can significantly increase education funding without imposing higher tax burdens on the broad majority of Oklahomans.
Education funding deserves serious debate and discussion. We understand that Hofmeister is zealously advocating on behalf of her agency. However, offering distorted anecdotes is no substitute for providing thoughtful answers to legitimate tax-and-spending questions.
Oklahoman Editorial Board - June 15, 2015


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Application developers can call upon the BRE to
execute business policies from within their .NET code or through the
Call Rules shape in their BizTalk orchestrations. At runtime, the
Business Rules Framework provides a caching mechanism for RuleEngine
instances. Each RuleEngine instance contains an in-memory representation
of a specific policy version.
According to the BizTalk Server 2009 documentation
(Microsoft, 2009), when a new policy instance is instantiated, either
through a direct call from a .NET application through the API or the
execution of the Call Rules shape in an orchestration, the following
The Policy object requests a RuleEngine instance from the rule engine cache.
a RuleEngine instance for the policy version exists in the cache, the
RuleEngine instance is returned to the Policy object. If a RuleEngine
instance is not available, the cache creates a new instance. When a
RuleEngine instance is instantiated, it does, in turn, create a new fact
retriever instance if one is configured for the policy version.
Likewise, when the Execute method is called on the Policy object, the following steps occur:
The Policy object calls the UpdateFacts
method on the fact retriever instance if a fact retriever exists. The
fact retriever's implementation of the method may assert long-term facts
into the working memory of the RuleEngine.
The Policy object asserts the short term facts contained in the Array that was passed in the Execute call.
The Policy object calls Execute on the RuleEngine.
The RuleEngine completes execution and returns control to the Policy object.
Policy object retracts the short term facts from the RuleEngine. The
long term facts asserted by the fact retriever will remain in the
working memory of the rule engine.
After the Dispose method is called on the Policy object, the RuleEngine instance is released back to the rule engine cache.
The rule engine cache will have multiple rule engine
instances for a given policy version if the load requires it, and each
rule engine instance has its own fact retriever instance.
Orchestration developers can use the Call Rules shape
to call upon the Business Rule Engine to execute a business rule
policy. They can assert facts to the policy that they wish to execute by
passing them as parameters to the Call Rules shape. This is done by
double-clicking the Call Rules shape, which brings up the parameters
dialog depicted in Figure 1.
Some logic might require an Orchestration Designer to
use the Call Rules shape in a loop. If the loop executes quickly—i.e.,
it takes only seconds or minutes—then this is fine. If the loop spans
days and the logic is hanging on to a specific policy instance, then
"policy version updates will not be picked up by the rule engine
instance executing the policy..." and "the overall application
performance may suffer as the rule engine instance held onto by the
policy will be tied up and not returned to the pool to be reused by
other orchestrations".
Parameters to an orchestration's Call Rules shape are
implicitly defined in the policy. These facts can be XML schema
instances, .NET classes, or database elements. If a schema is referenced
in a policy's rule, the Orchestration Designer is required to pass in
an instance of that schema as a parameter as a fact that will be
In their orchestrations, the developers will have to
select a message that matches the same type from the drop-down list in
the Call Rules shape. Oftentimes developers run into the issue where
they are not allowed to add any parameters in the Call Rules shape. This
means there are no messages defined in the orchestration with the same
type as the schema used in the policy. The problem is that the document
type in the Business Rule Engine and the message type in the schema do
not match, so the designer cannot find any messages with the appropriate
type to populate the drop-down lists in the parameter selection dialog.
We mentioned this before, but so many developers
run into the issue that it is worth mentioning again. If you expect to
be able to assign messages as parameters to a Call Rules shape in an
orchestration and the Orchestration Designer is not allowing you to do
so, then most probably the document type defined in the Facts Explorer
is not fully qualified; you need to fix that before you add the fields
to your rules.
A developer might want to reference and use a .NET
class in the business policies. The class could provide helper functions
to add nodes to an XML document, the ability to store rule results in
an array or a hash table, or make calls to another set of libraries
(Moons, 2005).
If the policies are using a .NET class member as a
fact in the business rules, and you need to call these policies from
within an orchestration using a Call Rules shape, you need to do two
At design time, reference the assembly in the
Business Rule Composer to use the methods and/or properties in the
policy rules, so that you can create vocabulary items based on that
class, or simply use properties and member functions of that class in
your rule's conditions and actions.
an object instance of that class into the policy at runtime. This needs
to be done even if you are just referencing static members of the class.
a reference to your .NET class in the BizTalk project that contains the
orchestration making the call to the business rule policy.
Add a variable to the orchestration of that .NET class type.
Create an instance object of the class in an Expression shape.
the policy in the Call Rules shape and select the variable you defined
previously in the orchestration as a parameter to that policy. "The
messages or variables that are available to you in the rules shape
parameter list are determined by the XML Schemas or classes referenced
in the policy. When you select the .NET class variable you will be
asserting the class instance into the rules engine at runtime" (Moons,
Sometimes a developer needs a return value from the
business rules policy for his code to execute a different piece of logic
depending on the policy's results.
Despite the fact that the BRE doesn't support return values, it still
can "share" a common object with a calling orchestration. The shared
object could be an XML document; in this case an orchestration simply
passes through a message of that document type to be modified and
by the Business Rule Engine. Or, it could be either a complex structure
or a simple single value, for example, a Boolean value. In either case,
it is not efficient to use an XML document—a BizTalk message—to pass
those values back and forth; using an object instance of a .NET class
would be the right approach. The following example of using a .NET class
in a policy will illustrate how an object instance of a .NET class can
be used to act as a return value from a policy. A policy will be
executed and an action fired that sets a Boolean public property on a
public class MyReturn
private bool approved;
public bool Approved
get{ return approved; }
set{ approved = value; }
After compiling this class into a .NET library and
deploying its assembly to the GAC, reference that assembly from the
Business Rule Composer and set the property of this class in an action
to true or false, either by dragging the property from the .NET Class
Facts Explorer or by creating and using a vocabulary definition. Your
rule should look something like Figure 2.
Reference that assembly in the BizTalk project
hosting the orchestration that will call the policy and create a
variable of type MyReturn. Assign a reference of a new object instance
of this class to the variable in an Expression shape and pass it as a
parameter to the policy in the Call Rules shape as in Figure 3.
hlpr = new RulesHelper.Helper();
The orchestration can access the class's Boolean
property in a Decision shape to find out what value it was set to in the
Business Rule Engine.
hlpr.Approved == true
To test the policy from the Business Rule Composer, you can write a fact creator[] to cre-ate an object instance of the MyReturn class.
[] For a detailed description of how to create a fact creator implementing the IFactCreator interface, refer to the product documentation.


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Reviewed by: Dr David Ward, University of Reading.
At 341 pages excluding references, Peter Howell's book 'Recovery from Stuttering' represents a heavyweight contribution to the literature on stuttering in more ways than one. The book differs from existing 'core text' type accounts of stuttering in that the focus is limited solely to those issues contained within the title. From the outset, Howell makes it clear that the book does not attempt to cover the range of issues that, say, a practising speech and language therapist would need to know. There is very little, for example, on therapy, although the relevance of the theories and evidence to assessment and therapy are outlined in later chapters. Since recovery from stuttering after the teenage years is very rare, the book concentrates mostly on the early years.
Comprising 15 chapters, the book is divided into four sections: General Aspects of Developmental Stuttering, Factors Related To Developmental Stuttering Based On Experimental Studies, Theoretical Frameworks On Developmental Stuttering and General Practical Issues in Developmental Stuttering. This format means that chapters on linguistic and motor issues are followed by a chapter on environmental issues, before linguistic matters are again returned to in the following chapter, but this time under a different section heading, and now covering theory, rather than evidence. The later sections which serve to link the theories and evidence to issues relating to clinical practice are shorter than earlier ones which argue the case for the various evidence bases. Each chapter ends with 'Exercises', although these mostly take the form of exam-type questions, where the reader is invited to reflect on aspects of the information provided in the chapter.
Throughout, the book is highly impressive in its level of detail. Subject matter that necessarily gets limited treatment in most text books, in many places goes well beyond what would be expected as material necessary for, say, an undergraduate disorders of fluency class. To take one of many such examples, the opening chapter begins to examine the literature on recovery, but in doing so also includes a particularly detailed and clear explanation on the methodological and statistical difficulties involved in coming to secure conclusions on the subject matter. Howell is also unusual in taking as a starting point Marcel Wingate's interesting and provocative perspective on a number of key issues regarding stuttering1. Throughout the book Howell attempts to remain neutral in his position, leaving Wingate, though often regarded as something of a maverick in his thinking on stuttering, to provide a refreshingly different starting point from which arguments and counter arguments are generated.
My grumbles are few and far between. There are just one or two areas where I was hoping for a little more discussion; for example, given the focus on development of stuttering, I was looking forward to rather more than the very short section on later onset stuttering. This is a subject matter that I believe is worthy of greater consideration than it generally receives in the stuttering literature. There are also places where chapter structure strikes me as slightly odd; the motivation for a chapter which combines generalised theories on speech production together with theories that relate auditory feedback to stuttering is unclear to me. Surely, it would have been better to separate these two aspects of theory?
None of these are serious complaints. This is a book of the highest quality that will appeal to anyone, whether student, clinician, consumer, or other, wanting detailed and up to the minute knowledge on development and (particularly) recovery in stuttering. It is superbly written; complex theories and the evidence that underpins them are all laid out clearly and succinctly. Those who are interested specifically in therapeutic aspects of stuttering (or issues relating to acquired stuttering) will want to look elsewhere. For everyone else, this is an excellent read, and one that, as Howell hopes, encourages the reader to challenge their perceptions and beliefs about recovery from stuttering in a constructive and inclusive way.
Book published 2010, Psychology Press.
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Two Maple Hill residents were arrested Friday after a deputy allegedly discovered a meth lab in their house.
K.D. Dixon, 32, and Yvonda Lewis, 29, both of Gurganus Road, each face charges of misdemeanor child abuse by exposure to dangerous chemicals; possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a schedule II controlled substance; maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance; and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a release from the Onslow County Sheriff�s Office.
A deputy responding to a domestic violence call spotted a meth lab in plain view while inside and immediately removed everyone, including a 6-month-old infant, from the house, according to the release.
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text: Kitschy kitchen gear, hand-crafted, made-in-Winnipeg dolls and funky and fabulous stationery are just a few of the things that have made The Paper Gallery the go-to gift and greeting card store for 35 years. Personalized customer service keep shoppers coming back season after season. Owners Anne and Itzik Joudan (pictured)—who know many customers by name—are the heart of the business. The couple bought the store 15 years ago and moved it from its original Academy Road location to its current Corydon Avenue home five years ago. Today, the pair makes annual buying trips to gift shows in Toronto and New York where they shop with Winnipeggers in mind. "We buy fun but practical gifts," Anne says. Indeed. From the oinking pig, chip-bag clip to the apron accessorized with a string of pearls, humour is present on every shelf. 1437 Corydon Ave, 204-488-2585, Map 2: D-3.


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For those of you that missed here are the DPM's words after he missed the debate on the EU statement:
DPM: The coalition government is here to stay. On Europe, what I'm going to do is this – build bridges, re-engage, and make sure that the British voice is heard at the top table in Europe. Why? Not for the sake of the EU as a whole, because I think that is the right thing for jobs in this country, for growth in this country and for the livelihoods of millions of families in this country because that's what I care about most.
Asked whether his not being there was a greater distraction:
DPM: The PM and I clearly do not agree on the outcome of the summit last week. I made it very clear that I think isolation in Europe when we are one against 26 is potentially a bad thing for jobs, a bad thing for growth and a bad thing for the livelihoods of millions of people in this country. I'm not here to defend the EU in and of itself; I am here to defend the jobs and livelihoods of millions of people in this country. That's what I care about and that's why I think what we need to do know is build bridges, re-engage and make sure that the British voice is heard loud and clear in the heart of Europe.
Asked if he had changed his position since Friday:
DPM: On Friday, I said that I regretted the outcome, and I've stuck to that line and I said that I thought that anti-Europeans should be careful what they wish for so I was quite clear on Friday that I was not welcoming the outcome of the...[interrupted]
Asked about the fact that the negotiating position was agreed in advance:
DPM: I haven't changed my mind on that at all. The specific list of safeguards which were sought, which was a list of negotiating asks, were perfectly reasonable and perfectly measured in their scope. I haven't changed my mind one bit from the moment the summit was closed.
Asked if he was running scared from his own MPs:
DPM: When I was told the outcome of the summit, after it finished, I immediately told the Prime Minister that I could not welcome it, that I thought it was bad for Britain. I have stayed with that view since, and I have simply amplified on my reasons for that since the summit.
Asked how damaging this is to the coalition:
DPM: The Coalition Government is here to stay. That's absolutely clear. On this issue – and by the way, there are many issues, of course, in the Coalition where the parties differ – we differ, and it so happens to be that this is a particularly significant issue. Why is it significant? It's worth remembering. Not because all things in the European Union are perfect, far from it, but because I think that being isolated - as one - is potentially bad for jobs, bad for growth, bad for the livelihoods of millions of people in this country. But the Coalition Government is here to stay.
Monday, 12 December 2011
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My excitement over being allowed to post on a food blog is overshadowed by one simple fact: I'm here for the comic relief. Not so much funny haha but rather, "funny, you don't cook." What I have going for me is the zeal of a beginner, and a good friend and neighbor who enjoys teaching me things like egg-boiling and chicken-breading.
I'm pleased to meet you, blog readers.
Lisa and I ventured into new territories this fall by signing up for Arganica Farms. I'm doing it mostly so that I have no excuse but to eat my vegetables. I was scared to order any meat, being an ex-vegetarian who still dabbles, but I ordered an organic chicken. At $4, this is a steal.
Unfortunately, at $4 it also had...a neck. Gobble gobble.
I called my mom for help, who told me to chop "it" off, but I just couldn't bear it. I pretended "it" did not exist. I added a little olive oil, some salt and pepper and threw that bad boy in the oven with some butternut squash and potatoes. It came out great - super juicy and delicious. I immediately took every scrap of meat off the bone and threw the...um...carcass out. So what? (This is where Lisa heaves a sigh at the loss of a beautiful pot of chicken stock).
Mara's Badass Chicken (with Neck)
1 organic chicken, about 4 lbs.
1 neck (ignore)
4 white potatoes, peeled and chopped large
1 butternut squash, peeled and chopped large
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 425. Rub everything with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the chicken, breast side down, on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast 15 minutes. Lower heat to 350, add chopped veggies to the pan, and continue roasting until chicken is cooked, about 45 more minutes, or until the internal temperature is 165 and juices run clear. Rest for 20 minutes before carving. (...like I did that).
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Author: George R R Martin
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date: July 2011
Pages: 688
The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings leave their villages to gather in the ice and stone wasteland of the Frostfangs. From there, the renegade Brother Mance Rayder will lead them South towards the Wall.
Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown in the Kingdom of the North, but his defences are ranged against attack from the South, the land of House Stark′s enemies the Lannisters. His sisters are trapped there, dead or likely yet to die, at the whim of the Lannister boy-king Joffrey or his depraved mother Cersei, regent of the Iron Throne.
And Daenerys Stormborn will return to the land of her birth to avenge the murder of her father, the last Dragon King on the Iron Throne.
A Storm of Swords, by author George R.R. Martin, is the third installment in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series, and has become a must-read series for fantasy enthusiests at this point.
The Battle of the Blackwater is finished, but the Seven Kingdoms are hardly at peace. This story continues with the aftermath of the slaughter outside the walls of King's Landing and the ongoing campaigns of the kings to lay claim to Westeros. Tywin Lannister has arrived at King's Landing to take control of the kingdoms through his grandson, King Joffrey Baratheon. Robb Stark continues his campaign to unite the west and rid his mother's homeland of the Lannisters, but must now contest with the Ironmen taking control of his kingdom in the north. Stannis Baratheon sits defeated back in his home of Dragonstone, but plots his next move with the help of the Red Priestess, Melissandre. Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen, mother of the last dragons, plots, maneuvers and rampages her way through the Free Cities in the name of justice. All while Jon Snow contends with infiltrating the massive, reckless barbarian horde as an agent for the Night's Watch.
The Red Wedding chapter was by far the hardest thing to read. You would think the Starks would eventually learn to STOP TRUSTING PEOPLE THEY KNOW WHO WANT THEM DEAD. SERIOUSLY. Catelyn is just as bad as Eddard, it's so infuriating! Although it opens the door for an interesting plot segue, or at least I'm assuming it will. The final page of the book was pretty darn cool as far as that whole thing is concerned.
It's true enough that Martin is asking a lot of us. With each book, the lines between protagonist and antagonist blur even more, and it seems less and less clear who we should want to see victorious. That demands a certain level of faith from the reader, faith that Martin will present a resolution that, if not the happily-ever-after we are so trained to expect, at least crystallizes the series into a final, definitive state. I can see why this type of demand would give some readers pause. The fact that Martin makes it while continuing to deliver stories replete with intrigue and plots, promises and betrayal, and love and war means that I am willing to wait and see where he takes us next.
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Sir Alex Ferguson: 'I'd love to see Cristiano Ronaldo in red again'
SIR ALEX FERGUSON is hoping Cristiano Ronaldo's Old Trafford return is not just a one-off.
I'd love to see that, but it's fanciful thinking really.
The Real Madrid superstar is set for a first clash with United since leaving the club for a world record £80m in 2009.
Ronaldo secured three Premier League titles and a Champions League gong during six years at United, having joined as a 17-year-old.
Ferguson rates Ronaldo as one of the best – and bravest – players he has ever worked with.
Last month, the Old Trafford boss admitted he would love to see Ronaldo in United colours once again, but described his former starlet as "unbuyable".
Even though he thinks it is unlikely that Ronaldo, whose current deal expires in 2015, will strut his stuff for United again, he hopes it will happen one day.
He said: "I'd love to see that, but it's fanciful thinking really. First of all, how much it would take to get him from Real Madrid and secondly, I don't think there's any chance they would want to sell him. But you never know. I don't know when his contract finishes.
"He may want to go to another club at some point in his career, and I'd hope he would want to come here, but that's a long way off."
Fergie added: "The contract with Real says he can't play against us, seriously! I think it will be a disgrace if he plays against us. He has no loyalty to us!"
United fans still sing Ronaldo's name during matches.
And Ferguson thinks the Portuguese goal-machine deserves the reception he is assured on his return to Old Trafford for the Champions League clash in February.
He revealed Ronaldo wanted to quit for the Bernabeu in 2008, but was persuaded to stay and helped guide United to his third Premier League title.
Ferguson said: "To get six years out of a boy when he comes at 17 and played for us for six years, we've done well.
"He always had a hankering to go to Madrid in his career and we helped him on that way. It wasn't disloyalty because I got another year out of him when he wanted to go the previous year and he honoured that and was fantastic for us. He went with our blessing.
"I was sorry when he left, don't get me wrong, but equally I was honoured that he gave me that extra year.
"I had absolutely no problem with letting him go to Real Madrid after that."
Fergie, whose side head to Swansea tomorrow, claims Paul Scholes, 38, has made no decision on his future yet.
He also said Ryan Giggs, 39, could play for another two years and has rejected talk about defender Rio Ferdinand's future.
The United boss said: "Scholesy says very little and I would be surprised if he spoke to some pal without speaking to me, which he hasn't done.
"You've got to dismiss that and I think that Ryan Giggs will play for another year or two maybe. Rio's form this year has been terrific.
"It's the kind of speculation you expect because we only put older players on one-year contracts."
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Welcome To The Fourth Annual Top 25 Books Of The Year!
For the next 25 days we'll be counting down to Christmas with the Top 25 Books I've read this year! The book doesn't have to have been published this year. This list may only include books I've read THIS year (re-reads, books published a few years ago, ARC's of books about to be published, audio books, etc. also count).
So let's get started!
(Mageri World #1)
By Dannika Dark
Narrator: Nicole Poole
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
WHEN A GAME OF CHANCE BECOMES A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.Simon Hunt is a masterful Mage when it comes to knives, solving puzzles, and women. But when a Mageri Councilman asks for a personal favor, his skills are put to the test. He reluctantly accepts the impossible job of training a young Learner who is beyond anyone's help. She's beautiful, cunning, and disabled. If he succeeds, he'll receive a hefty paycheck. But if he fails, more is at stake than merely his reputation.A compelling tale about two lost souls with dark secrets and the unique connection they share. Simon is her last hope… and perhaps she is his.Has Simon finally met his match?
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Jaindl History & Legacy
To continue the 80 year tradition of raising premium turkeys and pioneer for new ideas and better ways to breed, hatch, grow and feed our turkeys.
Jaindl Farms is established by John L. Jaindl when he and his son Fred begin growing turkeys on a farm in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Jaindl turkeys win the Grand Champion, Reserve Champion, and Best Display in the worldwide National Turkey Federation Competition.
Fred Jaindl purchases the farm from his father, with John continuing to work as General Manager. At this time the farm is raising and marketing 200,000 birds per year and farming 500 acres.
Jaindl builds a computerized feed mill in Orefield, Pennsylvania.
Jaindl builds a state-of-the-art processing plant in Orefield, Pennsylvania.
Jaindl builds the turkey hatchery. Production and distribution have increased to nearly 1 million turkeys each year. Over 6,000 acres of prime land are farmed in Lehigh, Northampton, and Berks counties.
David Jaindl, Fred's son, takes over as General Manager of the farm.
Land holdings have increased to almost 10,000 acres.
Jaindl lands the first big land deal with Nestle. It would become Nestle's largest distribution center in the country and would lead the start of Jaindl's 1,000 acre Lehigh Valley West industrial park.
Land holdings have increased to over 13,000 acres.
David Jaindl purchases the farm to continue the family tradition.
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Looks like a great event. Well done to the Sassanids.
A belated thank you for an excellent competition. Definitely the friendliest one I've been to-not a single rules lawyer in sight!
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Laura Sandys to stand down as Conservative MP in 2015
Conservative MP Laura Sandys has announced she will stand down as an MP at the general election in 2015.
Ms Sandys has represented the Kent constituency of South Thanet since 2010, when she had a majority of 7,617.
In a statement on her website, she said "a wide range of family demands" meant that she would be unable to deliver "the level of dedication and service needed" as an MP.
Her neighbouring MP Sir Roger Gale said he was "deeply saddened" by the news.
"It is with great sadness and regret that I wish to announce that I will not be standing at the next general election in 2015," Ms Sandys said.
"For the last six months I have been considering my future in light of a wide range of family demands and have decided that I cannot combine the level of dedication and service needed for the constituency with my growing personal responsibilities to those closest and dearest to me.
"It has been a difficult and heart-wrenching decision to make as there is no greater honour and privilege than representing the constituents of South Thanet.
"The people of South Thanet are an inspiration to me with their dedication to our communities, their strength, their steadfastness and their sense of identity.
"I wish to assure you that between now and the next election I will work tirelessly to achieve more for our wonderful area, making representation for our causes, supporting community groups and taking on individual cases on behalf of residents."
Her years as an MP had been the "most memorable" period of her life, she added.
Sir Roger, the MP for North Thanet, said: "I am deeply saddened that, for wholly understandable domestic reasons that I appreciate and respect, Laura has decided not to offer herself for re-election as the Member of Parliament for South Thanet.
"Laura moved to Thanet and threw herself into the task from the moment of her selection to fight the 2010 General Election. She has worked absolutely tirelessly in the cause of the people that she has sought to represent so diligently."
Richard Rowson, Chair of the South Thanet Conservative Association, said it was a "great loss" to the community.
"The normal selection process for our prospective parliamentary candidate will shortly be underway, and I am confident that this association will soon have in place a first rate candidate who will be able to carry forward Laura's brilliant work on behalf of the people of Thanet," he added.


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ZURICH, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Fragrance and flavour maker Givaudan reported an 8.4 percent increase in sales during the first nine months of 2018 on Tuesday, led by a strong performance in its fragrances division.
"Givaudan continued the year with good business momentum and with the project pipeline and win rates sustained at a high level," the Swiss company that makes flavours for chicken and fragrances for washing powder said in a statement.
The Geneva-based company posted sales of 4.1 billion Swiss francs ($4.10 billion), an increase of 5.7 percent on a like-for-like basis and 8.4 percent increase in Swiss francs. ($1 = 0.9924 Swiss francs) (Reporting by John Revill, editing by John Miller)


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Sunday, December 14, 2014
Name of Giveaway winner
I enjoyed each and every Christmas story. Thank you for sharing them. I'll tell you one of mine. I was/am a "peeker"....When I was in grade school, I really want this Pink Poodle stuffed dog. It was almost as big as I was then. I was "peeking" in my parents bedroom, in their closet and there was my Pink Poodle. I was so happy that I was going to get it. Christmas that year was a perfect. I just shared that with my Mom at the Christmas luncheon...
... anyway, these small gifts are going to: ANNETTE at My Pinecone Cottage. Please email me with your addresses and I'll get it in the mail ASAP!
13 comments:
- Musings from Kim K. said...
Congratulations to your winner. I love your pink poodle story. Christmas hugs, Debbie!
- December 14, 2014 at 6:40 PM
- NanaDiana said...
Congrats to Annette! That is a cute story about the poodle. I wanted one so much when I was a kid, too, and finally got a large stuffed one (that I bought myself) and got a poodle pillow that my mother gave me. xo Diana
- December 14, 2014 at 7:00 PM
- Patti said...
Oh, I got a big pink poodle, too - and it came with a little comb so I could brush it's long hair. It was SOOOOO fun! Congrats to Annette!
- December 14, 2014 at 7:23 PM
- White Lace and Promises said...
How fun!Don't you love the memories of Christmas. So very dear to my heart these days. I love your mantle.
- December 14, 2014 at 7:49 PM
- Linda @ A La Carte said...
Oh Deb, what a cute story. I know one year my brother and I peeked and snooped and knew all our presents one year and we realized it wasn't fun at all. So I never did that again. Gosh memories are so much fun! Congrats to the winner.
- December 14, 2014 at 8:25 PM
- Oliva Ohlson said...
Congratulations Annette!
Cute "peeker" story and the fact that you just shared it with your mom.
- December 14, 2014 at 9:08 PM
- Theresa said...
Congrats to Annette! Loved the story, you little peeker you:) Enjoy your day dear Deb, HUGS!
- December 15, 2014 at 6:55 AM
- Stephanie said...
Congratulations to the lovely Annette! She has won some beautiful items :) Hugs to you, Deb!
- December 15, 2014 at 9:41 AM
- Annette said...
Oh my goodness!! Christmas just came early!! I'm so excited to have won your giveaway. Thank you so very much and I will email my address.
- December 15, 2014 at 10:34 AM
- Diane Mars said...
Well I cant believe I missed out on this just goes to show you I am much too busy... I must slow down deep breath enjoy the chill in the air! ox, Diane
- December 15, 2014 at 12:13 PM
- CelestinaMarie@SouthernDayDreams said...
Congrats to the winner of your darling giveaway. How special the story of your pink poodle and so wonderful your childhood dream came true that Christmas.
Hugs and Blessings
- December 15, 2014 at 12:37 PM
- Pam~ Virginia Retro said...
Congrats to Annette!
Just loved your idea of sharing a Christmas memory. Your pink poodle story is too funny, especially since you just told your Mom. :)
- December 15, 2014 at 1:00 PM
- ~Damita's Pretty Wrap~ said...
Congratulations to the lucky winner! :) Love your pink poodle story! Christmas hugs!! xo Holly
- December 16, 2014 at 1:32 PM


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Oklahoma! opens tonight. I'm really excited.
The rehearsal Tuesday night was great. My main job was to keep an eye on the dance numbers and make sure everything was as should be. All the choreography was spot-on (I only had a few minor notes), and the live music makes it extra delightful!
I did notice that in two of the numbers, the music for the "dance breaks" was different than the music we had rehearsed to. The choreography still fits– and still works well!– just not quite as perfectly as before. But I expected there to be some musical differences– that happens when you switch from working with a recording to working with a live band. The dance numbers looked clean, and the actors danced with gusto!
Mostly, I got to sit back and enjoy the show. And there's a lot to enjoy! The actors do a really spectacular job of bringing their characters to life. Laurey is delightfully snarky in some moments and heartbreaking in others. Jud is alternatingly uncomfortably creepy and downright terrifying. Ado Annie and Will are very funny, but the Peddler is hysterical ( the "Persian Goodbye" bit had me in tears from laughing!).
After rehearsal I would tell the cast that aside from the numbers I choreographed, I was seeing the show for the first time…and that as an "audience member", I greatly enjoyed their performance. 🙂 Everyone left rehearsal in high spirits.
Now Craig and I are getting ready to leave for the opening performance. I'm really excited. Away we go!


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If you have never had potatoes just barely cooked so that they are still naturally crunchy, you are in for a definite surprise here. The potatoes are definitely not raw, but rather seem like a whole new invention. The secret lies in selecting the right potatoes; my go-to variety is Yukon Gold, which keeps its shape as it cooks and also retains its snappy character.
This dish is very versatile. You can use as many or as few chilies as you like, and if you have little kids or are just heat adverse, cook the chilies with the potatoes and so reduce their vibrancy to a muted hum. Otherwise, add them toward the end so that they barely warm through and so provide serious sparks. You can also add things like finely chopped garlic or fry some dried chilies before the ginger and onions… it all depends up your predilections and what else you're serving.
By the way, northern and northeastern Chinese refer to potatoes as tŭdòu 土豆 ("earth beans"), while in many southern places they are known as mǎlíngshŭ 馬鈴薯, literally "horse bell tuber," because small round potatoes looked like the small round bells that once jingled on horses.
However, the potato's names are legion depending upon where you are in China: in Shandong it is called an "earth egg," in Anhui it's referred to as "Western sweet potato," in southern Fujian and Chaozhou they call it either "Dutch tuber" or by the Malay word kentang, and so on.
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Stir-fried potato and green chili threads
Qīngjiāo chǎo tŭdòusī 青椒炒土豆絲
Serves 4 to 6
Serves 4 to 6
4 cups potatoes (preferably Yukon Gold) cut into thin (⅛-inch) matchsticks
3 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil, plus more as needed
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger
½ cup finely chopped green onions
2 to 3 green jalapeno peppers, seeded and sliced into long, thin strips
1. The potatoes can remain unpeeled, if you like. Be sure not to cut the potatoes too finely, as then they will mush up. Place the potato matchsticks in a medium work bowl and cover with cool water while you prepare the rest of the ingredients. Then, just before cooking them, drain the potatoes well, dump them out onto a tea towel, and pat them as dry as you possibly can, as this way the potatoes will fry rather than steam into a fat clump.
2. Heat a wok over high heat until it starts to smoke and then add the oil and salt. Swirl them around to lightly dissolve the salt, and then toss in the ginger and green onions. Quickly fry them for about 30 seconds to release their aromas, and then add the potatoes. (If you like your chilies milder, add them at this point so that they cook more.) Toss the potatoes once in a while so that they lightly brown. (Add the chilies at this point if you want more of a kick.) Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve hot.


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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Therése Neaimé - Sold To Perfection
Hooray! Therése Neaimé is back with a new folk-dancekiller "Sold To Perfection" and she goes hard, she always goes hard with a single choice and this time is not exception.
"Sold To Perfection" is the first single from Therése's new album (and Volkswagen commercial as well) co-written by Maria Marcus and Niclas Lundin and it definitely shows evolution of Therése's sound moving from Eurovision vibes to more commercial and fresh direction. Everyone who liked singer's previous stuff will get a full pack of big drums, summer atmosphere and utterly addictive tune. Amazing song!
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, 2005-03-10
It's time to pick your favorite virus.
"The authors of Beagle/Bagel, Netsky, Mydoom and Erkez/Zafi should hang their hats, head down into their dark basement dwellings, and get back to work. Their latest variants released this year can barely stifle a yawn."
The best viruses are the ones that infect without any human error or intervention at all. And most interesting to me are the ones that innovate with new infection vectors.
No, I'm not referring to any generic, run-of-the-mill email virus that requires a user to first click on yet another executable attachment. The authors of Beagle/Bagel, Netsky, Mydoom and Erkez/Zafi should hang their hats, head down into their dark basement dwellings, and get back to work. Their latest variants released this year can barely stifle a yawn.
The best viruses are the ones that use new, novel propagation techniques that really work. Forget social engineering. Yes it still works, and yes it will always work, but it's also an excruciatingly boring way to target only the lowest of the low-hanging fruit. Just because a new virus variant was able to trick my Aunt Fern into clicking on it doesn't mean it's novel, innovative, or even interesting. I can tell my Aunt Fern a thousand times not to click on that attachment, and mark my words: one day, she's not going to click on it. Her action sets the virus in motion. Click, infection. Action, reaction. These are topics that she can conceptually understand.
Viruses that spread without human intervention are called worms, of course. These are a little harder to explain to the public at large. But worms have been having a tougher time lately, as personal firewalls become more commonplace (think XP SP2), home routers become the norm, and most Windows systems have automatic updates turned on. Old worms continue to crawl the Internet, infecting and reinfecting a few million unpatched machines, but the fact is that there hasn't been a major outbreak in quite some time. A long time ago I tried to explain the concept of a worm to my Aunt Fern, and even when she stopped squirming, I'm not sure if she was able to understand.
Try to explain to an average user about web-based virus droppers that install backdoors and worms via a browser, however. These average users are people that SecurityFocus readers typically support, people found everywhere in corporations, government, and in homes around the world. They visit a website (either directly, via a search engine, or via a simple link sent in an instant message) and ten minutes later a backdoor has been installed on their machine. No warning, no notification, no noise at all. Should I tell my Aunt it's no longer safe to click on web links? Give me a break.
Think this won't happen? Imagine the response when a high profile website (or its ad server) is compromised... the opportunity will appear again.
Getting infected via the Web makes me feel like I'm in grade school again. The Web and web browsers are now the perfect place for virus writers to find new ways to infect a fully patched, firewalled machine. After all, it's a lot easier to find unpatched, exploitable holes in Internet Explorer than it is to automate your way through a personal firewall. Once inside, it's much easier to call home, download updates, and then start to spread. Isn't it great that Internet Explorer is now a part of the operating system?
While I've written about it before, the infamous CoolWebSearch family of malware is still my favorite of these malicious creations, because it's still very current, very nasty, and it's the clearest example of how you can easily get a virus-backdoor-trojan-worm (your choice) installed through your browser. Just click on a web link using Internet Explorer. Since these "droppers" commonly exploit known and unpatched vulnerabilities, they are continually updated and enhanced (and are still extremely difficult to remove). As a virus dropper, it's an easy way to deliver and install an even nastier virus of someone's choosing. Basically, your users can still visit a website with a fully patched machine that allows for the download and execution of arbitrary code. Without user interaction (and no, I don't consider clicking on a web link to be "user interaction," thank you very much). Try to explain that one to Aunt Fern.
Many people in the security community look at viruses now with disinterest, because our defense-in-depth strategy makes us feel protected. As virus writers find new infection vectors that use a browser, however, your big investment in multi-layered security starts to look woefully ineffective. Think web based infection vectors. I think I've found my favorite virus (well, virus family) after all.


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Two Class 11 students of Delhi Public School, Noida were admitted to hospital on Monday for injuries sustained after they were allegedly beaten in a case of ragging by senior students inside the school hostel. An FIR has been filed against 18 students, according to reports on Wednesday.
Yash Pratap Singh, 15, and Dhruv Aggarwal, 16, were allegedly beaten by iron rods and punched by the Class 12 students. The two students were reportedly assaulted when they tried to walk away from the hostel mess as the group of older students hurled abuses at them. They were assaulted for at least 30 minutes before the hostel warden intervened. Subsequently, they were taken to Kailash Hospital in Noida.
"I thought it will lead to serious health complications to Yash. I intervened and requested them to leave him. Half of the group then started beating me," Aggarwal told the Times of India.
While Singh received injuries on his leg and head, Aggarwal was hit on his back and private parts. Singh's father reportedly said the school had not informed him about his son's injuries, adding that his son called and told him about the incident.
Both the boys are new to the school — Singh had joined on May 1 while Aggarwal joined last week. They said that they were regularly subjected to ragging by the seniors.
"The 12th standard students wanted to show what would happen if we messed with them. They rag us on regular basis...take our food. If they don't get food in sealed packets, they either throw it at our face or insult us," Aggarwal was quoted as saying by NDTV.
An FIR has been filed against six students, who were identified, and 12 others, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323 and 506 of the IPC, Gaurav Grover, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Noida, told TOI. As all the accused are minor, the district child welfare committee will interrogate them, according to the police."


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There are so many things coming up this week! Things to do, things arriving in the mail, and some things I want to commit to as well.
- Monday – need to finish cleaning my apartment! I love a spotless apartment. And it's time to change the arrangement of the furniture in my bedroom to maximize my enjoyment of that room. For now, I don't really like being in there… the feng shui must be all wrong.
- Tuesday – eye appointment! Time to get another year's worth of contacts, and hopefully a new pair of super chic glasses that I'll want to sport ~all the time~ to give my eyes some rest from the contacts
- Wednesday – appointment at Elizabeth Ashton nail spa for an hour long pedicure.
- Thursday – appointment at the dentist!~ Time for a cleaning! I get so excited to go to the dentist it's kinda ridiculous considering how much I used to hate it as lil' kid.
Also, the arrival of two packages – one from Net-A-Porter and the other from Nordstrom. Beyond exciting!!
- Friday – PAY DAY, yay.
- Sunday – True Blood season 4 premiere!
Things to remember to do this week:
Eyebrow threading on Monday. Laundry on Tuesday or Friday as time allows. Also, I feel I've been neglecting my old passions – makeup and reading. I need to finish reading Let the Right One In and focus on my makeup in the mornings before work. This is another reason why the layout of my bedroom must change to allow for more light in the morning. After a week of appointments I want to go to yoga. Friday sounds like the perfect day to start.


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Pastis is widely considered to be the drink of Provence, and not without good reason. It is rare to come across a man in this part of the world who does not like a Pastis or four before tucking in to dinner.
An aniseed flavoured spirit made from licorice root and sugar, pastis is a dark golden coloured liquid which must be diluted for consumption. It is often served neat in a tall glass, with a jug of water and ice cubes, and it is up to the drinker to dilute it to perfection (the recommended dose being 5 parts water to 1 part pastis). The end result is a milky, cloudy coloured liquid, with a strong aniseed taste.
Pastis was originally marketed by Paul Ricard, an entrepreneur marseillais, between the two world wars. (Production of pastis was actually banned under the Vichy regime, but the right to manufacture it was reinstated in 1944.) The Ricard name has since become synonymous with pastis, and it is not unusual to hear locals ordered a "Ricard" in a bar. A second brand, 51 (so named because of the recommended 5-1 dosage), later became equally as popular, and all serious pastis-lovers are faithful to one brand or the other. Several other brand names exist, such as the Corsican Casanis.
It's all a bit hazy, but I vaguely remember a night in a Marseille bar where a friend decided that it was time for my pastis education to begin... This particular bar stocked several varieties of pastis, and so a glass of each was ordered for me, so that I could taste them all and choose my favourite. After the third or fourth glass, they all begin to taste the same, and I couldn't remember the names of the ones that I had already drunk...! Luckily, women in Provence tend to prefer a glass of vin doux, a sweet wine made with the muscat grape, or a glass of local rosé with an ice cube, and so I rarely have to call on my blurry pastis knowledge...
Several traditional Provençal dishes use pastis, including the famous gambas flambées au pastis - fat prawns fried in pastis and garlic, and then set fire to to burn off the alcohol. But perhaps my favourite is a daurade au pastis - Jon Dory marinaded in pastis and baked in the oven (or on the coals of a barbecue).
This recipe couldn't be simpler:
For one person:
- 1 Jon Dory, cleaned but whole
- 1 small glass of pastis
- 3 glasses of water
- 1 small onion, or 2 shallots
- A few thin slices of fennel
Marinade the fish in a bowl with the pastis and water for at least 2 hours.
Gently fry the onion and fennel slices in olive oil, until just cooked.
Remove the fish from the marinade, and stuff it with the onion and fennel mix.
Wrap in silver foil or baking parchment, and roast for 20 minutes in a hot oven (200°C) or on a barbecue.
This works equally well with trout, if you can't get JDs (although I do love their grumpy little faces)


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Amelia Earhart and Chartcs Lindbergh
Have you ever heard about Charts Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart? If you are reading this you will know about them.
Charts Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart were pilots. They both flew over the Atlantic ocean. They wrote there own book about them.
Amelia Earhart was born in 1898. She was unsuccessful because she count fly around the world. She receive metal by taking the government to Hawaii then to mainland.
Charts Lindbergh was born in 1902. He was a pilot for the u.s. air crops. He was a pilot to fly over the atlantic ocean.


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Are you talking about mothers and their babies? Sibling issues? Perhaps you are having an author Mem Fox theme or you are studying animals found in Australia. Or maybe you just want to read a sweet book to your class. Koala Lou is the perfect book for you and your students! Use these teaching ideas.
Before You Read
- Globe or world map
- Optional: pictures of an emu, kangaroo, koala
Show students the location of Australia. Discuss some of the animals live there: koala, emu, kangaroo
Koala facts:
a. A koala is not a bear. It is a marsupial mammal and the mother koala has a pouch to carry her baby. (like a kangaroo, possum)
b. A baby is called a joey and is only the size of a jellybean when born. The joey stays in mother's pouch for 6 months.
c. Koalas have sharp claws and only eat leaves from certain kinds of eucalyptus trees.
d. Koalas sleep 20 hours a day! They are only awake 4 hours. That's only about the time between your breakfast and lunch.
Reading the Book
Ask students to stand up if they have brothers or sisters. Then ask them to stay standing if the brothers or sisters are younger than they are. To those standing ask them, "How do you feel when your mom or dad is busy taking care of your younger brother or sister?"
Say, "We are going to read a story about a little koala who misses having all of her mother's loving words. Listen to find out what the koala does to get her mother's attention."
Questions as you read:
1. What words does Koala Lou miss hearing? "Koala Lou, I DO love you!"
2. What does Koala Lou decide to do to get her mother's attention? Enter in the Bush Olympics. It is a contest with running, jumping and climbing.
3. What does Koala Lou do when she loses the climbing contest? She ran away and hid. Then she cried.
4. What did Koala Lou learn? No matter what, her mother would always love her.
5. Your mother will always love you, just like Koala Lou's mother. What can you do to show your love for your mother? Remember, it is not necessary to go to extremes to get mom's love.
Our Preschool Bush Olympics
Stage your own Olympic contest!
- Stop watch
- Measuring device
- Optional: Participation "Medals" made from yarn and a tag board circle attached to it, decorated with a star
Climbing: Use a jungle gym or climbing apparatus on the playground. If no outside equipment is available, make an a simple obstacle course in the classroom for them to crawl through. Time them.
In this event, measure the amount of one big jump from each student. You can either instruct them to run and jump or have them jump from a standing position.
Set up a course for each student to run while you time them or do a relay in teams.
Singing event:
Sing the Kookaburra song! https://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/k003.html


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There is one lady that if she were living today would have been years ahead of the recent outburst against Starbucks for not having the words Merry Christmas on their Christmas coffee cups. A viral video suggested that Christians tell Starbucks that their name is Merry Christmas so that the employees would write it on the cups and call out Merry Christmas when their coffee is ready. For this lady whose name was Christmas Carol Kauffman, she would have been telling Starbucks to write Christmas on her coffee cup long before #MerryChristmasStarbucks went viral.
Christmas Carol Kauffman was an author of Christian fiction who lived from 1901-1969. One of her more well known books was Light From Heaven which was published in 1948.
You can buy Christmas Carol Kauffman's books from Christian Light Publications.


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We report chemical imaging using Fourier transform coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (FTCARS) microscopy. Adding a passively phase-stable local field to amplify the weak FTCARS signal, we also demonstrate interferometric FTCARS microscopy, permitting reduced incident power to be used for imaging. We discuss signal-to-noise considerations and the conditions necessary to effectively suppress background noise, allowing FTCARS microscopy that is limited by the shot noise of the detector. We also discuss differences between the signal-to-noise obtainable by time and frequency domain coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) methods.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Pachinko Fuji, Niigata
Driving along in Niigata we came across this abandoned Pachinko parlour 'Pachinko Fuji'. I've always been interested in Japanese 'haikyo' since hearing about them from my friend Mark. He writes about them over here. Fascinating stuff.
To date, I've only ever looked at haikyo from outside, so for me, it's all about the faded pastel colours and retro designs. The overgrown nature creeping over the building is an added bonus. It was such a cold, gloomy and grey day but I like the way the pastel colours contrast with the almost white sky.
Have you been to any good haikyo in Japan? I'd love to hear about them!
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not to any haikyo, no, visiting japan being a distant dream only at the mo. but you'll find me near any old derelict building if i get the chance over here. that'd be belgium then. ;))) n♥ReplyDeleteReplies
Belguim must be amazing too! I'd love to visit.Delete
oh wow, I have a special place in my heart for abandoned buildings, I'd love to do a trip solely on finding amazing abandoned structures around the World, that would be a dream :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Now that would be a fantastic trip wouldn't it! :)Delete
towards the end of my time in Japan we went to stay at a friends hostel (possibly in Izu?). We spent our days on blustery beaches and sleeping on tatami. One afternoon our host took us to an abandoned service area and the boys skated until the sun set while I wandered around with my camera, peering through windows and creeping myself out. it is one of my most favorite memories, thanks for reminding me xReplyDeleteReplies
Sounds so beautiful! I love sleeping on tatami. That sounds perfect that you were able to take photos while the boys were busy skating. I'm usually rushed to take shots :( My idea of a perfect day is going around looking for shots with someone who loves taking photos as much as me.Delete
- Cathy HuerNovember 1, 2013 at 9:54 PM
I love faded hand painted billboards and signs. The building you found, was a bit spooky. Just needs a make over...ReplyDeleteReplies
Ha ha Cathy, I love this building just the way it is. Are there many abandoned places in France?Delete
OMG AMAZING!ReplyDeleteReplies
Beci! I know right?! I wish you could have come with us! xoxoDelete
I look these photographs and I can't help but thinking how great locations for photography sets these could be. Mark's article is very informing , thank you for sharing it! :)ReplyDelete
this is so dreamlike... the pastels, the nostalgia, like lonely poetry... just so beautiful. it would be a great setting for a short film i think!ReplyDelete


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