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Made up of vocalist Sarah Cracknell, Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley, Saint Etienne (named after the green shirted French football side who enjoyed a run of European success in the 1970's) originally formed in 1990. Their debut album Foxbase Alpha (1991) established them as a quintessentially English proposition – part Lyons Corner House, part acid house – and their love of techno, the Beach Boys and classic English pop marked them out as something charmingly unique. 2002's Finisterre combines the influence of Saint Etienne's forays into more acoustic music (Good Humor) and trip hop (Sound of Water), but also returns to the patchwork sequencing of their classic albums. The band manages to pilfer from electro, hip hop, and even a teasing of vocoder on "New Thing," a brashness that could sink most pop groups, but Saint Etienne's effortlessness still manages to shine through.
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Mexican Quesadillas
Mexican Quesadillas
Serves 6
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
6 soft wheat tortillas
200-250g Applewood smoked - flavoured cheese, grated
3 spring onions, finely chopped
2 jalopeno chilli in brine, drained and finely chopped
25g butter
1. Place 3 of the wheat tortillas on a clean work surface.
2. In a bowl, mix together the cheese, spring onions and chilli.
3. Divide the cheese mixture over the three tortillas. Top with the other
three tortillas and press down to flatten.
4. Heat a little of the butter in a frying pan. Add a tortilla and cook for 5
mins, pressing down on the top of the tortilla. Turn the tortilla over and
cook the second side until crisp.
5. Remove from the pan and cut into wedges. Repeat with the remaining
TIP: To create really gooey cheese, pop the cooked quesadillas in the
microwave for a minute or so.

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It was Albert Einstein who confessed he never thought about the future, because "it comes soon enough." And so it seems to be with politicians and educators and public health types. After a public massacre, they are quick to bring in grief counselors to tend to the survivors. But any efforts to plan for an uncertain future, to ponder the risks and benefits of licensing and training staff in public facilities to carry a weapon, is too messy a piece of business.
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Comparing stock market charts with frequent sets of keywords in Twitter microblogs messages.
Download Tweet Miner (twm.zip)
I would like to present an R code for the analysis of tweets from a specified list of twitter users,
such as: CNN, WSJ, Reuters, Bloomberg, etc.
To form frequent sets of keywords for the analysis, you should compose a list of some specific frequent terms, and using this list, you can find the terms which are associated with these frequent terms. E.g. a term "apple" is associated with "aapl", "ipad", "iphone". Then the following frequent sets can be investigated: "apple", "apple aapl", "apple aapl ipad", etc.
Before starting the program twm.r, you need to install some additional packages, you can do this by running the installation.r program. All messages, including frequent terms and the lists of associations, appear on R Console.
When you try to find frequent terms or associations for the first time per session or after loading new tweets, the program requires several minutes for documents-terms matrix creation. It happens only once per session.
To plot time dynamics of frequent sets of keywords, you need to specify a frequent set in the lower case, e.g. "apple", "apple aapl", "apple iphone", etc.; then choose a Stock symbol for comparing time series and choose the time windows for two moving averages, then click on the button "Plot Dynamics of Frequent Sets". The time dynamics of frequent sets of keywords includs two moving averages which can be used for trading strategy with the intersection of two moving averages.
Our next step is going to be the use of multivariate forecasting algorithms, based on the vector ARMA model. These algorithms can include many time series into analyses, the time series describe both stock prices and quantitative characteristics of tweets. I think such an approach will give the narrower and more precise forecasting. We are also planning to use the theory of semantic fields, frequent sets, association rules, Galois lattice, and the formal concepts analysis. Such an approach can be found in our previous investigations at
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The time dynamics of the frequent set "apple stock" for trading strategy with the intersection of two moving averages:
Crosscorrelation the frequent set "apple stock" with stock AAPL
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About Maria
I was once a middle school teacher who sewed my own clothes just for the fun of it.
But I became more and more frustrated with the fact that the garments never turned out quite as I had imagined. So I took a lot of classes and read tons of books about sewing, designing, fitting and drafting. And I kept sewing and learning more and more.
Fast forward through a period of 7 years where I taught school full time, studied at evening classes to learn design, drafting and grading AND sold other Danish sewing patterns (with instructions in English) in my online shop.
In 2012 I quit my teaching job and now I use my background in education to help other sewers make well-fitting every-day clothes through great (teaching!) MariaDenmark patterns, workshops and classes in both Denmark and internationally.
If you'd like to contact me – maybe you'd like to ask a question for the Q&A section, or maybe you'd like me to do a guest post on your blog (or you can do one here), or maybe you'd just like to chat – feel free to e-mail me at email@example.com!
Also you can follow me on Twitter and I'd love to have you "like" my Facebook page.
If you'd like to hear my voice, I podcast with the lovely Tini in the "Twin Needle Podcast".
I'm also MariaDenmark on Patternreview.com, on Craftsy.com, on Ravelry.com and on Flickr.com. (yeah, not very inventive with the name, I know..). Come and be my friend/follower/contact and whatever it's called!
If you'd like to know more about me, you can have a look at this interview at imake.gg (in which I reveal what my favourite word is and what job I'd never do) and also there is this interview at Sew Busy Lizzy (in which I talk about my sewing history and my design inspiration). There. Now you know (almost) all about me!


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SDLP candidate for Foyle, Mark H. Durkan, has strongly criticised former First Minister, Arlene Foster, for comments she made about the Irish language on Monday
Mrs. Foster made the remarks at a DUP event in Lurgan.
Mrs. Foster said her party would never agree to an Irish language act and said more people in the North spoke Polish than Irish.
Referring to Sinn Fein demands, Mrs. Foster said: "If you feed a crocodile, it will keep coming back for more."
In response to Mrs Foster's comments, Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams joked: "See you later, alligator".
Mr. Durkan who will contest one of the five Assembly seats available in the Foyle constituency on March 2, described Mrs. Foster's comments as a "shamefully bigoted attack".
"Once again, we have a shamefully bigoted attack on the Irish language from the DUP – only this time from its party leader.
"Arlene Foster's ill-educated comments are yet another example of a ham-fisted attempt at political positioning. It lays bare once again that this is first and foremost a political tactic designed to use tribal politics to distract from a DUP leader under fire."
Mr. Durkan added: "The DUP are positioning themselves to fight a campaign based on division and tribalism. However, they cannot be allowed to turn this into another orange and green election. They must answer for their scandal, arrogance and incompetence which has brought this Assembly election about.
"Both I and my party will continue to fight for the establishment of an Irish Language Act to preserve and encourage the language.
"It is imperative that a rights-based Act supports Irish speakers in Derry and throughout the North in the freedom to use the language in public life, without constraints."


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Video sent to CWB Chicago anonymously appears to show a street brawl and shooting attempt unfolding on the streets of Wrigleyville early Sunday. We reported exclusively on the incident hours later.
>See the video HERE<
In the video, a man dressed in a white tee shirt and long red shorts reaches into his waistband and pulls out what appears to be a small gun at the 16-second mark. He places an object behind his back, and he then points the apparent handgun at a group of men and women who are brawling nearby.
|Enhanced screen grabs. (Image: CWB Chicago reader)
Throughout the battery, two people near the camera are heard yelling "black lives matter" commentary as well as "Stop kicking! No! No! No! Stop!"
Finally, just over a minute into the video, a series of shots rings out before the video abruptly ends as the cameraman and his companion take cover.
|Debris flies up from Addison Street (lower left) after the first shot is heard.
No one is in custody for the incident. As we reported on Sunday, witnesses to the shooting described the offender as a 25-year-old black man with short hair who was wearing a white shirt and long red shorts. He was last seen running southbound on Racine from Addison.


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Bhawani Kaul
come in
Spring has come again
The snow has finally stopped
The crescent moon and
Leafless trees look
Thinner than before
At night I push my window open
And gaze into space
Beyond my pillared eaves
Spreads a sky of stars.
Today I sat before the cliffs
Sat until the mist drew off
A rambling clear stream shore
A towering green ridge crest
Cloud's dawn shadows still
Moon's night light adrift
Body free of dust
Mind without a care.
High on the mountain's peak
Infinity in all directions!
The solitary moon looks down
From its midnight loft
Admires its reflection in the icy pond.
Shivering, I serenade the moon
..... Zen


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|Bruce McClelland
CEO, Member of Board of Directors
Bruce McClelland is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at ARRIS. He assumed the role on September 1, 2016.
As CEO, McClelland is responsible for ARRIS's strategy—driving the company's leadership in video, broadband and wireless. He is the architect of the Company's expansion into enterprise and vertical markets and leads ARRIS's vision of powering the digital world.
McClelland has more than 30 years of networking technology experience, with the past 18 years spent in a variety of leadership roles at ARRIS.
Previously, McClelland served as President of ARRIS's Network & Cloud and Global Services business. McClelland's vision and strategy for the business was responsible for ARRIS's broadband network leadership—a key driver of the company's global growth. Alongside former CEO (current Executive Chairman) Bob Stanzione, McClelland played an integral role in transforming ARRIS into a world leader in entertainment and communications technology.
McClelland's prior roles at ARRIS also included ARRIS's Group President, for Products and Services, and Vice President and General Manager, for ARRIS's Customer Premises Equipment Unit. McClelland joined the Company as Vice President of Engineering, responsible for development of a broad range of voice and data cable TV products.
Prior to ARRIS, McClelland was responsible for the development of Nortel's Signaling System #7 and Signal Transfer Point product lines as well as several development roles within Nortel's Class 4/5 DMS switching product line.
McClelland received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. He holds three patents related to broadband communications systems.
|Robert J. Stanzione
Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Robert J. (Bob) Stanzione is Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of the Directors at ARRIS. As Executive Chairman, he's responsible for charting the company's direction in collaboration with its CEO.
Stanzione's longstanding industry relationships position him as a strategic partner for aligning ARRIS's vision with that of its customers—transforming entertainment and communications for millions of people around the world.
Previously, he served as ARRIS's CEO, growing the company from a niche telecom start-up into a global leader of broadband and communications technology in a span of just over 20 years. In 1995, Stanzione was appointed President & CEO of ARRIS Interactive, LLC, a Nortel Networks/ANTEC joint venture. As ARRIS Interactive's first CEO, Stanzione grew the venture from a start-up company to the world market leader in cable telephony products. In 1998, he became President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of ANTEC and was appointed to the CEO role on January 1, 2000. In 2001, ANTEC acquired Nortel's share of ARRIS Interactive and re-named the Company ARRIS Group, Inc.
Under Stanzione's leadership, ARRIS invested in opportunities to significantly expand the business, including the 2013 acquisition of Motorola Mobility's Home business and the 2016 acquisition of Pace plc, which created a new entity: ARRIS International plc.
From 1969 to 1995, before joining ARRIS, Stanzione held a wide range of senior management positions with AT&T.
Stanzione holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University, a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University and has completed executive development programs at the University of Richmond, Babson College and the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland.
He is a Board Member of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and in June 2012, he was named to serve on The Cable Center Board of Directors. Stanzione was awarded the SCTE's Chairman's Award in 2008, the Vanguard Award for Associates & Affiliates in 2009, was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers in 2010, and is a member of the Class of 2016 Cable Hall of Fame. He also serves as a Trustee on the Committee for Economic Development in Washington, D.C.
|David B. Potts
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David B. Potts is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ARRIS.
Potts' experience and expertise throughout ARRIS's dynamic growth period enabled the enterprise to be nimble during its rapid expansion from a start-up into an established industry global leader.
Previously, Potts also was responsible for the company's IT operations, from 2001 until January 2016.
Prior to joining ARRIS, Potts was Chief Financial Officer of ARRIS Interactive L.L.C. from 1995 through 2001 and held various executive management positions with Nortel Networks from 1984 through 1995, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bell Northern Research and Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions. Prior to Nortel Networks, Potts was with Touche Ross in Toronto.
Potts holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Lakehead University in Canada and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Canada. He is a Board Member of Internap (INAP).
|Karen Renner
Chief Information Officer
Karen Renner is Chief Information Officer (CIO) at ARRIS. She leads the company's IT team in developing strategies that increase the company's overall productivity and performance. She is also responsible for implementing IT solutions that support the company's growth initiatives.
Renner joined ARRIS from her previous role as North American CIO for Thales, a global aerospace, defense, and security company. Prior to that role, she served in CIO roles for Novelis and GE. During her tenure at GE, she led IT for the company's infrastructure, security and digital energy businesses. She has unique experience implementing programs that drive digital workforce transformation, as well as initiatives that ensure security protocols, software integration, and product time-to-market.
The Atlanta Business Journal recognized Renner as one of the region's Top 100 Technology Leaders. She was named CIO of the Year by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association.
Renner received her BS and MS in industrial and systems engineering from Auburn University and earned an MBA from Georgia State University. She serves on the Board of Directors for Lenbrook.
|Ian Whiting
President, Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company
Enterprise Networks
Whiting is President of ARRIS Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company – a dedicated business unit within ARRIS. In this role, he leads the company's focus on enabling constant, wireless and wired connectivity across complex and varied networking environments—serving enterprises and service providers across multiple verticals, including education, retail, hospitality, MDUs, smart cities, public sector, and others.
Whiting joined ARRIS through its acquisition of the Ruckus Wireless and Ethernet Switching businesses. At Ruckus, he served as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), leading the global enterprise and service provider sales teams and the marketing organization. In this role, he led a major expansion of the Ruckus partner ecosystem to include global Systems Integrators and OEMs, and broadened Ruckus' presence and leadership in key vertical markets through the implementation of a direct touch sales model. He also introduced solutions for service providers that enabled them to deliver new managed Wi-Fi services for enterprise customers as well as large-scale public Wi-Fi deployments.
Prior to Ruckus Networks, Whiting spent the early part of his career in Europe running sales and marketing organizations for companies including Compaq and Brocade. He moved to the US in 2005 to manage the global sales and marketing team at Brocade Communications. Over the next eight years, as part of the executive team, he helped drive the growth of Brocade to over $2B in annual revenues, becoming the market leader in storage and IP networking. After Brocade, Whiting held the top sales leadership position at Riverbed and Fusion-io before joining Ruckus in 2015.
Whiting holds a Master's degree in business from Cranfield University and a Bachelor's degree in French and German from the University of Wales.
|Larry Robinson
President, Customer Premises Equipment
Larry Robinson is President, Customer Premises Equipment at ARRIS, which comprises in-home video solutions including digital cable set-tops, satellite receivers, and IP-based TV products, as well as a comprehensive portfolio of broadband devices incorporating the latest in DOCSIS, DSL, and fiber technologies.
Robinson assumed his current role after the ARRIS acquisition of Motorola Mobility's Home business where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Home Devices business responsible for its video, voice and data product portfolio, including set-tops, modems and gateways. He brings more than a decade of experience in the broadband and video industry, including roles in general management, product management and business development.
While at Motorola, Robinson held a variety of senior level positions including Corporate Vice President, Product Management in the Digital Video Solutions Group. In this role, he led the definition and management of digital cable and satellite set-top product lines for the Americas market. Robinson also managed strategic partnerships that complemented the portfolio.
In addition to his broadband and video industry experience, Robinson brings more than a decade of experience in large-scale, aerospace communications systems, in addition to management consulting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
Robinson holds a Master's degree in Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Catholic University of America.
|Dan Whalen
President, Network & Cloud
Dan Whalen is the President of the Network & Cloud business at ARRIS International plc. He oversees the development and delivery of the company's leading portfolio of broadband and video network infrastructure technologies and cloud-based software solutions.
Whalen previously served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Services—a business he scaled and repositioned to focus on key industry initiatives to help global providers bring the most advanced network solutions to life at every stage of deployment. As head of Global Services, he oversaw the development and execution of a broad portfolio that focused on Systems Integration, Managed Services, Network Design & Deployment, Technical Services, and Service Provider Wi-Fi.
Whalen also served in sales leadership roles at ARRIS that provided a strong foundation for customer insight and collaboration—including his work as Senior Vice President of Sales for North and South America. In this role, he was responsible for strategic sales of the company's entire product and services portfolio, including Broadband, Advertising, VOD, Wi-Fi, and IP Video.
Whalen joined ARRIS in 2008 as Vice President of Sales, after spending seven years as Area Director at Cisco. At Cisco, he led the US Cable Service sales organization. There, he was integral in establishing early VoIP, VOD, Broadband Provisioning, Regional Area Network and IP Backbone service deployments for the US Service Provider market.
Whalen has held a number of positions in the technology sector over the last 20 years including sales, operations management, project management, and engineering at Bell Atlantic and Comdisco, as well as consulting at KPMG.
Whalen received a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.
|Tim O'Loughlin
President of U.S. Sales, Global Marketing and Customer Operations
Tim O'Loughlin is President of U.S. Sales, Global Marketing and Customer Operations at ARRIS. In this role, he leads all sales activities across ARRIS's U.S. service provider customers and retail channels. Additionally, O'Loughlin oversees the Global Marketing team in positioning ARRIS with external and internal stakeholders; and he directs the Customer Operations team in providing world-class service to ARRIS customers.
O'Loughlin joined ARRIS following its acquisition of Pace in 2015, where he served as President of Pace Americas, overseeing the business in the United States and Canada. O'Loughlin joined Pace in March 2001 as part of its marketing function and served in a variety of roles including Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Support, Vice President of Business Development, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his time at Pace, O'Loughlin was an instrumental part of the company's expansion throughout the cable, telecommunications, and satellite industries.
Prior to joining Pace, O'Loughlin held strategic marketing positions in the hospitality and telecom industries. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and an MBA from Florida Atlantic University.
|Steve McCaffery
President, International Sales and Managing Director, International Business Operations Group
Steve McCaffery is President, International Sales and Managing Director, International Business Operations Group. In this role, he leads International Sales and oversees ARRIS's International Business Operations Group, which is focused on aligning ARRIS's sales and business operations to accelerate the company's international growth in key markets outside the US.
Previously, McCaffery served as General Manager and Managing Director of ARRIS International Operations. McCaffery joined ARRIS as SVP of EMEA Sales following the company's 2013 acquisition of Motorola Mobility, where he served as Vice President, Europe.
Prior to joining Motorola, he was Vice President of Sales and Services for Alcatel's Optical Networks Group within the company's Wireline Product Group, leading sales for the North Europe region and assisting in the group's integration program following the merger of Alcatel and Lucent.
Steve holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Warwick University.
|Jim Brennan
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Quality
Jim Brennan is Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Quality at ARRIS and responsible for leading the supply chain, quality and operation services and solutions that deliver financial results, customer satisfaction and industry leading practices.
Brennan held a similar role as the Corporate Vice President of Supply Chain and Quality for the Motorola Mobility's Home business. He served in various executive positions at Motorola, including Vice President Business Transformation and Chief Quality Officer and Corporate Vice President of the Home Networks Mobility supply chain, which included global operations associated with planning, purchasing, new product introduction, manufacturing, customer fulfillment and repair. Brennan also served in other senior leadership positions, including strategy, business operations, IT, and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Motorola in 2000, Brennan held leadership positions at General Instrument in Operations and Northrop Grumman/Vought Aircraft in engineering development, manufacturing, flight test operations and quality.
Brennan earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. He also completed the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and the University of Michigan's executive programs.
|Patrick Macken
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Patrick Macken is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at ARRIS. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the company's legal function.
Macken joined ARRIS from Troutman Sanders LLP, where he served as partner in the firm's Corporate Group, providing legal counsel and support to ARRIS for more than 10 years. His legal expertise spans securities law, M&A, capital markets, commercial law and corporate governance.
Macken holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Juris Doctorate from Tulane University.
|Vicki Brewster
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Vicki Brewster is Senior Vice President of Human Resources at ARRIS, where she leads global people strategies that enable growth, energize the culture, and create an employee competitive advantage for ARRIS.
Vicki has held leadership HR roles at ARRIS for over a decade, managing global business-critical functions including talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, HR systems, talent management, and employee relations. Her work includes leading the global HR integration of strategic ARRIS acquisitions including Motorola Home and Pace.
Prior to joining ARRIS, Vicki held senior leadership roles at S1 Corporation, NDCHealth, WebMD, and HBO & Company.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Relations and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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Local 10 News utilized a great Media Mix to create awareness for their local news station. The station was lacking a strong outdoor presence and Outfront Media was the answer to reach their audience because of the diverse forms of OOH advertising that only Outfront has in South Florida.
To effectively use Co-op dollars to drive our brand, our on air talent and our programming to South Floridacommuters/viewers.
Adults 25-54
We wanted to take advatage of all the sets of eyes driving in traffic in South Florida. We went with Outfront Media because they could package static/digital billboards with transit advertising.
Our outdoor campaign played a critical role driving awareness and was a strong part of our stations #1 ranking in May2015.


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Model: 39LLBT
These very popular, time tested knives have been in our line for many years and are ideal for just about any mission. Now made out of SK-5 High Carbon Steel, they are precision ground and heat treated to rival the strength, toughness, and edge retention of Cold Steel's famous Japanese swords. Check out their absolutely superior fit, finish and above all sharpness and then put them to work and we are sure you'll agree they are an incredible bargain.
Blade Length: 10.5''
Overall Length:15.75''
Weight: 16.3oz.
Blade Style: Clip Point
Blade Finish: Satin
Edge: Plain
Blade Steel: SK-5 High Carbon
Rockwell Hardness: 58-60
Handle Material: Pakkawood
Guard: Brass
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Last year, someone decided that French macarons were the new "cool kids" in pastry. I was definitely not this person. In fact, if given the choice between one of these airy, chewy, colorful, gems, and a chocolate chip cookie, the chocolate cookie would always win.
Yet, I have a soft spot for these flashy, expensive, sandwich cookies. Maybe it's because they are so eye-catching, or because customers at the bakery always get a big smile on their face when they see them, or maybe it's because, last year, I had to spend countless hours teaching myself to make them to perfection in the midst of the hottest, most humid, Houston summers ever (to keep up with said trend).
Mostly, I secretly admire macarons because they play hard to get. Humidity must be low, the egg whites should be aged just long enough, the almonds must be ground to the precise consistency, you mustn't over-beat the meringue or over-mix the batter, your piping must be exact and consistent, they need their beauty rest, and finally (whew!) your oven has to stay at temperature. And even if you can get all those things right, for the ten minutes the suckers are in the oven, you anxiously hold your breath hoping that when you open the door you find a batch of cookies equal in size with smooth, shiny, domed tops and delicate airy feet (or pied) circling their base.
I'm no scientist, and despite having taken 5 semesters of chemistry in college, I am still relatively clueless when it comes to why certain reactions happen and the science that makes baking possible (although Alton Brown and this amazing book do help out a lot). For me, baking is about feeling and gut instinct. This worried me when beginning my quest for macaron perfection and was the reason I had never bothered making them before. Over and over I had heard how precise everything had to be (see above) and while that is true, I found that being patient, failing a few times, and becoming familiar with how recipes look and feel (yes…get your hands dirty!) is a science in itself.
So, bear with me on this recipe. I created it based on flavor, appearance, and feel. I want you to have fun and enjoy the process (don't get frustrated if it takes you more than one try, I have ruined an entire speed rack full of these buggers, just brush it off and try again).
Macarons are also exciting because there are endless flavor possibilities. I have made everything from açaí to pumpkin spice to hatch chili (be creative!). I thought grapefruit would be great this time of year, when citrus is so bountiful. I flavored the cookie with grapefruit zest and made a quick buttercream with even more zest and freshly squeezed grapefruit juice. The result, a refreshing, zesty, floral cookie! Enjoy.
Grapefruit French Macarons
Makes about 30 sandwich cookies
Cookie recipe loosely based on my work at Central Market, but with many adaptations.
Note: At the bakery, we use almond meal as it makes our lives a lot easier, however when making smaller batches at home, I prefer to grind my own blanched almonds. This results in a slightly coarser meal which I feel results in more consistently beautiful cookies. You can buy either at most grocery stores.
As for the egg whites, fresher is not better. I would recommend using egg whites that have been in your fridge for 3-4 days (I have heard that French bakeries us 7 day old whites that have been at room temp the whole time…not so sure about that), for some reason the older they are the better the cookie. Bring them to room temperature for a few hours before you make the cookies.
If you want to be super precise with your meringue you can use a food thermometer. When the egg white/sugar mixture has reached about 250°F, it is ready to whip. I, however, use my finger. If the mixture has reached the point where it is too hot to touch for more than a second, its ready (works every time…for me).
Lastly, you will need some special equipment. A kitchen scale, a stand mixer with whisk attachment, an 18″ pastry bag, #806 round pastry tip, and parchment paper.
Whew!!! Now have fun!
For the cookie:
8 oz granulated sugar
6 oz (liquid) egg whites at room temperature, separated (see note)
8 oz finely ground blanched almonds or almond meal
8 oz confectioner's sugar (sifted if clumpy)
1 heaping tablespoon grapefruit zest, from 2 large grapefruit
2 very small drops red food coloring (optional)
2 very small drops yellow food coloring (optional)
1-2 tablespoons finely ground, unsalted pistachios for decorating (optional)
For the grapefruit buttercream:
3 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons grapefruit zest
5 tablespoons freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Make the macaron cookies:
It's best if you have everything measured and ready to go before starting and have 3 half-sheet baking sheets covered in parchment. Bring about an inch of water to a boil in a medium sized saucepan. Combine granulated sugar and 3 oz of egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer and place over boiling water. Whisking constantly, cook egg whites until hot (see note above), sugar is completely dissolved, and mixture is frothy. Remove from heat and place on stand mixer with whisk attachment. Whisk for approximately 5 minutes, on high speed, until mixture has cooled and medium-soft peaks have formed (you want them to be more firm that soft peaks, but not extremely stiff as this will result in a cracked/dry cookie).
While meringue is mixing, combine granulated sugar, ground almonds, and grapefruit zest in a large mixing bowl. Mix with your hands until well combined and any clumps of zest have been evenly distributed. Add remaining 3 oz egg whites and food coloring (if using) and mix with hands or a spatula until well combined. Once meringue is finished, add in three additions to almond mixture until combined, but not mixed too much as you do not want to deflate meringue completely. It typically takes me 2-3 minutes to mix properly. Mixture should be sticky and loose, but not extremely liquid.
Fill pastry bag with some of the macaron batter. Piping completely vertically (i.e. bottom of pastry tip should be perpendicular to pan), pipe batter into 1/2-inch rounds (once they spread they will be close to an inch in diameter) leaving about an inch between each cookie (I was able to fit about 20 cookies on each tray). The cookies should spread and be perfectly smooth on top, if you are left will a little peak, dip your finger in some water and gently tap down peaks. Sprinkle each cookie with a small pinch of ground pistachio, if using. Allow cookies to rest for about 45 minutes, until they feel tacky and a little dry when touched and they have a slightly matted appearance. While cookies are resting, heat oven to 350°F and place an oven rack in the center of the oven.
Working with one tray at a time, bake cookies for 10 minutes. Don't be tempted to open the oven to take a peak, this will drop the temperature and could deflate the cookie. Repeat with the remaining cookie sheets. Allow baked macrons to cool for one hour.
Meanwhile make the buttercream (and wash pastry bag,tip, and mixer bowl as you will need them again):
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter on medium high speed for about 1 minute. Stop mixer and add confectioner's sugar. Mix on high speed until mixture is light and fluffy and sugar has dissolved completely. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add grapefruit zest, grapefruit juice, and vanilla extract. Beat for another minute. Taste buttercream, if you would like more grapefruit flavor add more zest and/or juice to your taste.
Assemble cookies:
Flip half of the macarons onto their backs and pipe a small dot of buttercream on the center of the cookie (about 1/2-1 tablespoon). Find a good match (in terms of size) for each cookie and gently sandwich the two cookies together with buttercream in the center. Repeat with all the macarons (you should end up with about 30 total). Macarons will keep for about 3 days at room temperature.


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text: As I wrap up my 7 months of teaching journalism on the Fort Albany First Nation near James Bay in northern Ontario, the following photos by Leo Metatawabin sum up the experience. As Leo takes photos, Mike Koostachin records a live radio broadcast with a handheld recorder, as the extraordinary X, Xavier Inishinapay, interviews Thomas Scott and Sage Friday at CKFA radio 90.1 FM in Fort Albany. The pics were printed in Wawatay News on p. 19.


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æCandlelightÆ attracts 760 to Nature Center
With more than 760 people, the three-hour Bear Creek by Candlelight Dec. 3 ōwas the largest event we've had in that amount of time.ö
This was the pleased assessment afterward by Todd Marts, who directs the Bear Creek and Fountain Creek nature centers for El Paso County Parks.
The evening gathering at the Bear Creek Nature Center spotlighted four nonprofits (including the center's Friends of El Paso County Nature Centers) that provide different types of public service. The other three are the Ellicott Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (displaying a partially blinded owl and explaining how it is the only such facility in the region that takes care of small, injured animals and birds of prey and, when possible, releases them back to the wild), the Children's Literacy Center (which aids slow readers with individual tutors) and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic (which brought in a string quartet that played through the evening). The center hosted the event - offering its various permanent displays inside and luminaria-lined trails outside - as well as trained staff and volunteers and refreshments.
ōWhat was really cool about it was that our partners had different audiences,ö Marts said. ōIt was a kind of a pooling of audiences.ö
People had the opportunity to donate on the spot to one or more of the four entities or to use center-provided laptops and do it on line.
The evening's lineup was arranged in keeping with a seasonal ōGiveö campaign by the local Independent newspaper. The Nature Center's Friends group and the other three nonprofits are among about 40 selected by the paper for support.
ōIt's an opportunity for the smaller nonprofits to get the word out,ö said Marts, appreciatively. He noted that the center (which had its budget roughly halved two years ago by a financially strapped county government and now relies heavily on volunteers) has raised $5,000 for the Friends through the Give campaign, which will continue until the end of the month.
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A San Gabriel Valley couple trapped in Qatar for nearly two years after their daughter's death filed suit Monday against the engineering firm that sent them overseas, alleging it failed to provide security or cultural training to help them survive in a country where mixed-race families are not accepted.
Matt and Grace Huang, Asian Americans who adopted three black children from Africa, said they suffered profound psychological trauma and were left more than $2 million in debt after being wrongly accused of killing their 8-year-old daughter, who died from an eating disorder when they lived in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
Instead of helping them after they were jailed and separated from their sons, Colorado-base MWH Global abandoned them and forced Matt Huang to quit his job, according to the lawsuit.
Huang, who had worked for the engineering firm since 1999, was sent to Qatar to help improve the country's infrastructure ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer games.
Matt Huang said in the suit that he was physically and sexually attacked while in a prison and that the couple continued to fear for their safety after they were released, resorting to wearing disguises on the rare days they went out in public.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses MWH Global of negligence, wrongful termination and infliction of emotional distress. The Huangs, who sold their home in Temple City while overseas to pay legal bills, returned to California last week after being cleared of wrongdoing.
In a statement, MWH said it was "disappointed" by the lawsuit and had provided immediate and generous assistance within hours of the couple's detention. The company said it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Matt Huang's criminal defense.
"MWH met with U.S. Embassy officials, helped arrange legal counsel, checked in on the welfare of Matt and Grace and their children and attended initial court hearings."
The firm also said it offered Matt Huang a leave of absence from his job so that he could come back to work when his legal difficulties were resolved. Instead, the company said, Huang decided to resign.
A civil engineer with a master's degree from Stanford, Huang said he had previously received hazard pay and training when dispatched to take on projects in Palestine and Israel but was given no advice when he was sent to Qatar in 2012 to help the tiny country improve its drainage system.
The Huangs, the suit said, unknowingly arrived in a country where adoption is prohibited and East Asians are regarded as one of the lowest "racial classes of individuals."
The couple's life was upended in January 2013 when Matt Huang came home from work and found daughter Gloria collapsed on her bedroom floor, the suit said. The girl, born in Ghana, had been diagnosed with giardiasis, a parasitic infection that causes loss of appetite and violent vomiting. The child would go days without a meal and then binge-eat, the suit said.
The girl died after her father rushed her to an emergency room. Hours later, the couple were arrested, charged in their daughter's death and accused of planning to sell her organs on the black market, the suit said. The Huang's two sons were put in an orphanage, though they were later permitted to return to the United States and live with the couple's family.
Police reports said the Huangs had no legitimate reason to adopt children who were not "good looking" and who did not share their "hereditary traits."
According to the lawsuit, Matt Huang's employers hired a local lawyer to represent him but failed to disclose that the attorney worked with the Qatari government. They said they never met the lawyer and eventually hired an international crisis management firm, David House Agency, to help win their freedom.
"It's very important to Matt and Grace to set a precedent — to make sure there's some sort of guidance for companies sending employees to dangerous places. There should be strict rules that they're required to educate people and families so they're prepared when they enter high-risk locations," said William Turner, the family's lawyer.
Turner describes his clients' ordeal as "unimaginable."
"I can't comprehend it," Turner said. "It's a true nightmare that they don't want others to experience."
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"The Windmills of Your Mind" is too crazy to be anything but a piece of its crazy time, and it is almost airily psychotic: "Is the jingle in your pocket/Or is the jingle in your head?" A question like that made a lot of sense in 1968.
—Mind the Windmills (http://boynton.ubersportingpundit.com)
Boynton has collected a few reviews and reflections on that odd "Windmils" song, which, if you know it, is now probably lodged firmly in your brain. (Sorry about that.)


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Patience. No, that's not my advice, that's her name. You can wait a month of Sundays, but her father's the Butcher and he's never going to approve of you hanging around. Take it from me, you're better off with one of her stepsisters. They're not as pretty, but they're not as crazy, either. She walks around town sulking and talking to that little doll of hers. They say her mother made it for her shortly before she died. Poor kid. I think she spent a little time working for Omar's Mother, which could explain why Omar's been lurking around the butcher shop so much lately. I don't trust that boy.
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I had the opportunity to interview Yitzhak Shamir, the former prime minister of Israel, in October 1998 for the Middle East Quarterly. Shamir was highly critical of the then-prime minister and head of the Likud Party, Binyamin Netanyahu. That conversation brought us to this exchange:
MEQ: How can the Likud Party recover from what you consider its current misguided policies?
Shamir: By changing the party leadership.
MEQ: Who would you like to see at the head of the Party?
Shamir: Binyamin Begin or Uzi Landau.
Over a decade later, that conversation comes to mind because both of these persons subsequently exited politics (Begin in 1999, Landau in 2007), seemingly for good – and then both of them in November 2008 jumped very much back into the game.
Begin, 66, rejoined the Likud party that his father helped create and was ranked #5 in its election list along with a promise of a ministerial position;
Landau, 65, joined with Avigdor Lieberman and ran as #2 in Yisrael Beiteinu's election list.
Here's hoping that both these stalwarts of the nationalist camp land in key positions of influence in the next government. (March 3, 2009)
The two Binyamins, Begin and Netanyahu.
Uzi Landau and Avigdor Lieberman.


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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Greece must pursue a search for oil and gas to help lift itself out of its economic morass, the country's conservative party leader said Monday.
Speaking during a visit to Cyprus, Antonis Samaras said that Greece should follow the eastern Mediterranean island's example and mark its maritime borders. This would enable it to begin searching for offshore mineral deposits.
The New Democracy party leader said after talks with Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias that a "joint strategy" on potential offshore mineral deposits could be formed between Greece and Cyprus.
Speaking after a separate meeting with the island's Commerce Minister Praxoulla Antoniadou, Samaras said: "Greece's goal and purpose must be to capitalize on this wealth that exists beneath its seas which we must exploit at whichever cost, especially during such difficult economic times."
Cyprus confirmed in December that a field off its southern shore where Texas-based Noble Energy is conducting exploratory drilling contains an estimated 5-8 trillion cubic feet (140-230 billion cubic meters) of natural gas.
Cyprus has maritime border agreements with both Israel and Egypt. The island opened a second licensing round earlier this month for more offshore exploratory drilling off its southern coast, despite strong opposition from Turkey, which doesn't recognize the island's sovereignty.
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Jean Luc Godard, Senator Norris and this week's films
As I've mentioned here many times, one of my favorite quotations when it comes to cinema is "Film is a political act" said by my favourite filmmaker Jean Luc Godard (he also said, amongst other things: "Europe has history, America has T-shirts." A man worth googling.) I like to consider this article a political act as well and this week's jumping off point was handed to me today when I read that Senator David Norris has called for people on welfare to not be allowed buy alcohol with their dole money.
Normally of course I would get very upset at this sort of rubbish pouring out of a public representative's mouth, but I've been far too busy drinking my dole money. It's a full time job.
In his useless, nauseating opinion, Norris screeched: that people on social welfare should not be allowed to buy drink, saying it is ridiculous that drinking has now become "a human right".
The most windbaggy of windbag senators was squawking in the wake of the announcement of new minimum pricing for alcohol products by Health Minister Leo Varadkar earlier this week.
Norris championed the measures which will increase the price of many alcoholic drinks. He said pricing has been shown globally to "drive people away from drink".
Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, the former presidential candidate said: "I have no sympathy."
"I hear people on the wireless saying: 'Oh, what about the poor people on social welfare and them being deprived of the few drinks.' He continued: "I don't spend my tax dollars to buy drinks for people on social welfare. I really don't and I resent that, I think that it's ridiculous that tax dollars are being used to fund drinking."
Asked by Ivan Yates if he was proposing that people on welfare should not be allowed to buy a drink, Norris said: "Not with tax money, no. I don't think tax is for people to be drinking all the time, and I see them all around my area buying slabs of drinks for virtually nothing."
He said that he regularly sees people "vomiting and puking all over the place" and said the country had "gone mad on drink".
In a week when many worried how a complete and utter imbecile like Donald Rump could possibly be the leading GOP candidate in the race for the Republican nomination, we are reminded of just the sort of entitled folks we have on our own shores.
Norris has led an entitled and state subsidised life. Coming as he does from the ruling classes it is understandable that his liberal opinions on issues of race, sexual persuasion and equality should fall away when it comes to issues of class. This is his very own let them eat cake moment and reason enough in my humble opinion to burn the Seanad to the ground. Moreover perhaps as he is paid in "tax dollars" (whatever they are? Tax dollars? What year is it David wonders and who is the president?) perhaps we should place restrictions on how he himself is allowed spend the very generous salary we pay him.
Perhaps Mr Norris would like it if at the very least we placed an injunction on the use of Irish Government stationery to interject in serious court cases in countries like Israel or as long as he is state paid how about a ban on talking utter balls about James Joyce's Ulysses only serving to put off possible readers of the book with his egotistical, superior class Hooray Henry act.
Oh I did get upset didn't I?
I'll just finish here with a few film reviews and then I'm off to the bookies and the pub like the riff raff the good Senator knows I am.
If Norris was a film he would not be Star Wars, which people love and reminds me that I have neglected to mention thus far that from last Thursday a new Omniplex Cinema in Dundalk has part opened. This Thursday it will fully open for the big release of the Christmas Break and perhaps the biggest release of the year - the new Star Wars film.
Is Dundalk big enough for two cinemas?
I've often doubted that it's big enough for one so hopefully we can have a cinema war, or something, anyway, I would love to be able to proffer you all with a detailed preview of said Star Wars film but they keep these things under wraps and I'm not the sort of film critic anyway wants to let into their film because I try to tell the truth, or my own version of it anyway.
I did however read an interview with one of the stars of the new film, the little known Harrison Ford who has seen it and commented that it's "a huge movie, it's a really big movie" I will leave the quote there and allow you all to read into it what you want, though if that's the best he can come up with my guess is that they have brought back Jar Jar Binks and set Chewbacca on fire.
Go and make your own minds up when the film opens next Thursday December 17th.
You can watch the film in the normal 2D, in pointless 3D or you can not watch it at all if that's what you want in NoD.
In one or perhaps both cinemas this week and next, the following films will be screened for your collective and individual enjoyment:
Black Mass
A career high performance from Johnny Depp but if it looks like there is nothing new under the sun that is because there is nothing new under the sun. ⅗
Bridge of Spies
Wonderfully polished period piece from the great magician of Hollywood, by magician I mean trickster, Spielberg has not made a great film since Jaws and while this film is not the affront to history or it's victims that films like Schindler's List and Saving Ryans Privates were, its still closer to Fantasy then it is to the past. ⅗
Based on the Colm Toibin novel that I tried to read but my eyes jumped out of my head and hid behind the sofa until I put it down, this film directed by Irish director John Carney and played out by a wonderful and predominantly Irish cast is a solid piece of cinema that will get the women holding their handkerchiefs and the men in the good books. ⅗
Christmas with the Coopers
Despite having an impressive ensemble cast featuring amongst others: Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Jake Lacy, Anthony Mackie, Amanda Seyfried, June Squibb, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde and Steve Martin. this film is so sickly sweet that it will give you diabetes before you even open your selection box.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have real comedic chemistry together and are always fun to watch. The rest of the film may let them down and play out in a predictable fashion but fans of these two will find much to enjoy here. ⅗


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Hotels Begin to Warm to 'Carbon Offsets'
Every day you stay at a hotel, you might burn enough fossil fuels to release more than 33 pounds of carbon dioxide, the bad boy of global warming, into the atmosphere.
But don't worry. Open your wallet, and all is forgiven, or at least that's the pitch of a growing number of programs.
Among the latest is TravelGreen, announced in February by Sustainable Travel International, a nonprofit company in Colorado. It markets what it dubs Mini-Green Tags to hotels and guests. The proceeds, it says, will fund conservation and renewable energy, such as solar and wind power.
The idea is based on so-called "carbon offsets†that Expedia and other companies offer as optional purchases to customers who travel by air. Such offsets, designed to help counter carbon-dioxide emissions that travel generates, are spreading through the lodging industry.
Since March, Brussels, Belgium-based Rezidor Hotel Group, which runs Radisson, Regent and other chain hotels in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, has allowed guests in these regions to use loyalty points to buy carbon offsets through London-based CarbonNeutral Co.
Leading Hotels of the World, a New York-based marketing association of 440 luxury hotels, was planning to implement TravelGreen earlier this month. And at Bonneville Hot Springs Resort in Washington, which helped pilot the program, some guests attending a conference last fall bought Mini-Green Tags.
But what were they really buying? And should you buy in, too?
The answer is complicated. Such efforts are helpful but not a panacea, some activists say.
"These kinds of programs are useful tools for raising awareness about global warming,†said Jenny Powers, spokeswoman for the Natural Resources Defense Council in New York. "But the first goal should be to reduce your (carbon) footprint.â€
As a guest, you can reduce your footprint by patronizing hotels that reuse towels, recycle water and waste, garden with drought-resistant plants, use solar heat and take other conservation measures.
Look for action, not talk, said Brian T. Mullis, president of Sustainable Travel International: "Are they engaged in sustainability or 'green-washing?'â€
Among hoteliers highly regarded for conservation is Denver-based Xanterra Parks & Resorts, which uses alternative energy and tracks waste output at its lodges in Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and other national parks. A few hotels, such as the Orchard Garden in San Francisco, are built to eco-friendly guidelines.
Despite these initiatives, Mullis said, "The bottom line is that some amount of greenhouse gas is inevitable.â€
Just how much takes some calculating, much of it theoretical. On the basis of government statistics on energy use, and figuring that a typical hotel room might be 300 square feet, Mullis estimated that a one-day stay uses 29.3 kilowatt-hours, resulting in the release of 33.7 pounds of carbon dioxide. The cost to offset that with renewable energy is about 48 US cents, he added.
Mullis expects Mini-Green Tags to retail for $1. Depending on how the hotel runs the program, fewer than 43 cents might go to alternative energy funded through the program's partners, the nonprofit Bonneville Environmental Foundation in Oregon, and MyClimate, a Swiss-based nonprofit.
Indeed, a TravelGreen brochure touts "additional revenue†for hotels. One version would work like this, Mullis said: His company sells tags to hotels for 50 cents per tag, of which 42.5 cents goes to eco projects and 7.5 cents covers program costs. The remaining 50 cents of the $1 that the guest pays goes to the hotel, an amount that, "We hope they'll use (for eco projects),†he added.
Leading Hotels of the World plans to absorb the full cost, said Marshall Calder, senior vice president of marketing. He said it would donate 50 cents for each night's stay booked on its new website, www.lhwgreen.com; by phone using a special code; or through a link on www.sustainabletravelinternational.org – but not on Leading Hotels' main website.
The booking data allow them "to measure consumers' enthusiasm†for sustainable tourism, Calder said.
However hotels handle carbon offsets, there's potential to do well by doing good. Sales of Mini-Green Tags, Mullis said, would develop wind power in Washington and Oregon and build hydroelectric power stations in India.
They also might help eco-guilty guests sleep more easily – after switching off all the lights. (LAT)Filed under: Travel & Culture


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Even More Highlights of 2008R2
Here are even more highlights of the latest release.
- You can now include AMB agreements in inventory packages that are set up at the INVPAK workspace. You can include a CIR subscription (or a PRO product) with an AMB agreement within the same package for your customers, and offer package pricing. Currently, only single-access-point agreements may be used with this feature.
- A new view, OPRDAT/SES, tracks the history of user locations, as well as high-level activity (logging in and out, routing between views, etc.). This information could be of use in researching system problems, for example---since you have an audit trail of how users have moved through the system.
- With this release, separate transaction tables have been created as associated tables to both the CPNPMO-M and CIRPMO-M tables. The new associated tables contain only the statistical portions of the current promotion tables (and omit the fields related strictly to promotion setup). These tables are updated by Advantage processes, which in turn update the main CPNPMO-M and CIRPMO-M tables when the process completes successfully.
One effect of this change is that users can now be working at the CPNPMO workspace and its views (to add and maintain promotions) while the posting processes are running.
- A separate Date of Birth field has been added to the main Advantage customer record. Many clients use this information in their daily business, and previously have had to store this in a customer demographic field. The new date-format field allows the customer's birthdate to be stored directly on the main record.
For more information, contact your ACS account manager.


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Well Spacing and Compulsory Integration
Well spacing in new fields and compulsory integration in New York are governed by Titles 5 and 7, respectively, of the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law. These titles were significantly amended on August 2, 2005. Hearing processes required by the amended statute are conducted as described in DEC Program Policy DMN-1: Public Hearing Processes for Oil and Gas Well Spacing and Compulsory Integration. Currently scheduled hearings are listed in the Mineral Resources Environmental Notice Bulletin
More about Well Spacing and Compulsory Integration:
- DEC Program Policy DMN-1: Public Hearing Processes for Oil and Gas Well Spacing and Compulsory Integration - NYSDEC Hearing Processes for Spacing and Compulsory Integration
- Statewide Spacing Unit Sizes and Setbacks - This table shows spacing unit sizes for gas wells that conform to Title 5 of the Oil, Gas, and Solution Mining Law.
- Applicant's Checklist for Spacing Unit Map - Checklist of required information on the spacing unit map required by ECL 23-0501.
- Affirmation of Acreage Control and Rights in Target Formation - NYSDEC, Division of Mineral Resources - Effective August 2, 2005, all applications for well permits subject to ECL 23-0501 must include an Affirmation of Acreage Control and Rights in Target Formation.
- Non-Conforming Spacing Unit Procedures - Application procedures for spacing units which do not conform to statewide spacing under Title 5 of the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law
- Compulsory Integration Election Form - NYSDEC, Division of Mineral Resources - Thirty days prior to a compulsory integration hearing, the well operator must provide a Compulsory Integration Election Form to uncontrolled owners.
- Landowner Option Guide - What happens if I don't lease, but my acreage is assigned to a well?
- Trenton-Black River Fields With Spacing and Integration Hearings Held Before August 2, 2005 - Spacing Orders and Related Documents for NYS Trenton-Black River fields with hearings held before August 2, 2005.
- Spacing and Integration Order Bradley Brook Field - Documents which describe and illustrate proposed terms of a spacing and integration order for Bradley Brook Field.


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If I fail to finish this one, please blame Roger. Or, better yet, read something of his instead.
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A Meaningless Kiss Goodbye
"I'm leaving today," I told her, "this morning. I'm on my way."
Three time zones west, gray, fog drifting off the chilly bay and sweeping above her neighborhood, Mom struggled to lift herself from sleep.
"What did you say, darlin'? You're coming now?"
"I'm leaving this morning. I'm all packed and ready to hit the road."
"That's wonderful," she drawled, a sloppy accent from years in the South running through her voice. "It's a long way out here. Are you sure have enough money?"
She'd been mailing me five dollars at a time to save for bus fair. I thought about adding to it from my own small allowance but had, as days turned into nights, spent some instead. Spring blossomed, and I knew I couldn't wait to afford a Greyhound. The day might never come.
"I'm hitchhiking. I'll save what I have for food on the way."
My bankroll, fifteen dollars, was going to take another hit before I stepped one foot outside Binghamton.
I saw no advantage in telling her exactly how much or how little cash remained in my pocket. It was more than I ever had before but meaningless since I didn't know what it took to get to San Francisco. How was I supposed to know that? Here was another of those things no one else had ever done, and here I was, doing it.
It's much easier to thumb rides if you're dragging a suitcase, I learned, especially when you still look young enough not to own a car. Nobody hitches rides anymore, of course. The last person I saw thumbing stood along the main road outside Carmel, twenty years ago. TV has defined the adjacent world of strangers as a twisted turf of lunatics waiting to lure the unwitting into random violence. Kindness to strangers now more closely resembles wire transferring money to a charity that caught your attention on Facebook, clicking a like or favoriting an empathic meme. Believe it or not, we used to commonly believe strangers were interesting, not pre-defined by mass media as frightening, and that extending a literal hand was a virtue.
Quaint, aye? The marvels of capitalist mass media, the primary criteria no longer between right and wrong but between profit and more profit.
I caught a ride down Upper Court Street, past the jumble of cheap motels, the junkyard where Barlow met Laughlin Road, unfortunate scattered residences, the high embankment that held Buffalo Psych at a distance as travelers entered the city. Businesses buzzed at midmorning, shops opening. I lugged my suitcase down Chenango to the Queen Elizabeth Diner on Henry Street. The Queen E was where we congregated on weekends after Boys' Club dances to smoke, drink coffee and talk fast like we knew something.
Joyce was waiting, smiling, tall and thin.
I'd talked her into skipping school, half-expecting her to chicken out. Why I did that was baffling, even at the time, but for one thing, she was the only girl I knew well who had a bad reputation. Vague fantasies of having sex with her propelled my initiative, but my partially fried adolescent brain had not yet finished the picture with an explanation of how we'd pull off this feat at midmorning, downtown, without Joyce having previously been enlightened on the project. Faint possibility seemed fuel enough.
I bought her a burger and told her where I was going.
"That's pretty brave," she said. "Write to me when you get there, okay?"
"Okay," I agreed without any idea why I'd do that from three-thousand miles away with no intention of ever coming back.
My disparate parts were already far out of synch. In truth, Joyce was the only person who liked me well enough to take the risk of seeing me off, but all I could rope together within my own heart was a short, unfinished film about pulling the curtain back on the mystery of sex with her for the first time.
When we hugged in front of the Queen E and said, "Goodbye," that morning, I thought I was seeing her and this confining town for the last time. In California, I'd join the Navy after a few weeks with Mom, my half-brothers and half-sisters, and my family back here would never sink their claws into my skull again. I ran away and dropped out of school, where my track record was a relentless disaster, during the coarse, gray winter. Then, when hunger and a warm bed brought me back home, I killed time all day without a thing to do but watch Lucy at noon and dream about getting the hell out. So, I'd sail away like my oldest brother did, to a new life and never come back.
"Invisible helper number one," Val interrupted my retrieved story.
"Don't you see it? Joyce let you leave town with your chin — and et cetera — up."
She laughed at the E. E. Cummings reference she was sure I would get it.
"I was pretty screwed up," I conceded.
"But she risked getting into trouble, skipping school, just to meet you. That must've helped you feel better."
"Boy, I guess it did. I missed it, then, though. I was so inward. When I thought about it over the years, I just saw it as an inane act that delayed my leaving that day — and with even less money."
"Can I tell you something else?"
"You can't see all your alternative paths today any better than you could then, at least not clearly. You don't have that knowledge, but you need to know that, without her kissing and hugging you on that busy, dusty sidewalk, when you walked away with your suitcase, you could never have gotten to California or seen your mother. Never."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You'd have crashed. She lifted you up enough to keep you from drowning…"
"I don't see that, Val."
"Of course you don't. I told you, you don't have that knowledge, but trust me, she made you buoyant. You owe her everything that happened since."
"Trust you? Is it like I have a choice?"
"Sadly, you do, as you've shown so many times. But let's get back on the road. We can debate later."
The road started at the edge of the city. The Vestal Parkway sped up traffic as cars sprung free of the city streets. I lifted my suitcase into the back seat of the first car that stopped and hopped in.
"Where you goin', buddy," the blond, crewcut driver asked.
"California," I said.
"Well, I can get you as far as Chautauqua. You're on your own after that."
It wasn't until we crossed most of western New York that I realized that he had not said, "Chicago," and I was not going to get what I considered halfway across the U. S. in one day. I definitely was buoyant, though.
When the first night's dark chill grew full, I stood under a single streetlight outside Erie, Pennsylvania, shivering whenever gusts from big rigs blasted me as they sped by.
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So those of you that have been following along will have noticed a little change in me over the last week or two.
A little bit of optimism.
A spring in my
step type blog words…
After living pretty much hell on earth for the last few years, with the Universe defecating on my head like it was a spectator sport, just a weekend away of wandering around the city, going to a party, midnight burgers and a lesuirely sleep in did WONDERS for my stress levels.
Sure, the effluent is still hitting the airconditioner on a regular basis and the slightest thing makes my blood pressure rise, but I am feeling like I can cope and I can deal and that weekend of nothingness and everythingness what just what my SOUL needed.
Shut up.
So my point? I have one… on Friday July 27 it is Stress Down Day, where you take time to like STRESS THE HELL DOWN ALREADY OMG. And I have teamed up with the lovely peeps at Bupa and Lifeline to do a fun giveaway type thingamahboobie.
All you need to do is follow me on Pinterest, comment here with your pinterest name and I will add you to my Pinterest board here as a contributor, and then you can pin things that help you stress down.
A cuddle under a soft blanket.
A massage.
A long country drive.
Hot salty fries.
50 Shades of Grey
Whatever, and on Friday 3 people will be chosen to receive their chosen 'stress down' item (to the value of $75 – no one is going to Tahiti if I AM NOT GOING TO TAHITI.) not by me so I don't have to STRESS about choosing.
You can pin anything that takes your fancy, even repin the stuff already there if you, like me, think All of the Housewives from All of The Places is your ultimate stress release.
Gotta love some crazy arsed rich bitches AMIRIGHT?
The prizes are only open to Aussie residents but you can still totally pin shit in there too even if you are not eligible to win.
Cause I could do with some ideas for when the bliss wears off.
To add to my 'stuff to prevent another brain fartage' file, cause I am pretty sure we are all in agreement I can't afford to lose any MORE grey matter.
No matter what shade it comes in.


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According to an unofficial source coming right from Europe, Poland both Acer Iconia tablets, the 7′-inch A100 and the 10.1-inch A500 set to enjoy an Ice Cream Sandwich firmware upgrade in early 2012 (first quarter).
In a chat discussion on acer.custhelp.com, Ronald Goolsby asked one of the employes from Acer customer support if Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be available for his A500 tablet, in reply to his question, Acer employe said "currently the update is unavailable," and that the firmware upgrade will be available soon for all Acer tablets.
The end of their discussion is a little fuzzy because the employe from Acer customer support says "the update will be available over the air according to the serial number of the computer" (we belive he ment "tablet pc").
To make the story short all Acer tablets will enjoy an Android 4.0 ICS OS treatment in the near future (likely in the first quarter of 2012). All proud owners of such a device should expect a firmware upgrade over the air (OTA) in the next few months.
source TabletTwo [Polish]


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FARMINGTON, N.Y.– Through a variety of efforts this past holiday season, guests as well as employees of Finger Lakes Casino & Racetrack (FLCR) came together to help several local charities make the holiday season and beyond brighter for those less fortunate.
The 'Season of Giving' was a 3-month effort in which guests and employees were asked for their assistance in giving back to the local community. Between efforts on behalf of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a food drive to benefit the Victor Farmington Food Cupboard, along with the annual Points for Kids program to benefit foster children in Ontario County, a total of $10,960 and 4,655 pounds of food were distributed to five local organizations.
"This was truly a team effort between our associates and guests to impact more lives and organizations than we ever have during the holiday season," said Chris Riegle, FLCR president and general manager. "Providing assistance to the community is truly not possible without the help of our guests, and is a wonderful way to share in the spirit of giving during a special time of year."
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
In an effort to raise awareness of Breast Cancer during the month of October, FLCR partnered with Susan G. Komen for the Cure for a special fundraising event. During the week of October 22-27, FLCR made a donation to the Central NY chapter each time the number one horse hit the board in a race (win, place, show), which totaled $1,275. Guests also donated their player reward points for the cause, and a total of $3,086 was raised during the weeklong event.
Victor Farmington Food Cupboard
Through donations of non-perishable food items, the Victor Farmington Food Cupboard saw its shelves stocked for the holiday season. In early October FLCR was alerted of a severe shortage, and immediately kicked off an employee food drive initiated by a $500 donation to help alleviate immediate strain. FLCR employees joined together to gather a total of 1,379 pounds of food throughout the month. In November, FLCR guests came through with 3,276 pounds of additional food donations. In total, 4,655 pounds of food was donated to help local families.
Points for Kids
From November 23 through December 16 guests of Finger Lakes donated over $7,300 worth of their player rewards points to the Points for Kids program—the second most ever donated in the eight year history of the program. The Points for Kids program helps provide underprivileged children in Ontario County either in foster care or in a low-income family in need of assistance with gifts during the holidays. This year a total of 39 local children received an average of over $100 in toys, games and other items that were selected and purchased by Finger Lakes associates during a special shopping trip.
In addition, with less children in foster care than in previous years, for the second consecutive year cash donations were made to two organizations focused on brightening the lives of children. $1,750 was donated to the Pirate Toy Fund, an organization that provides toys year-round to children in need, and most recently donated time and gifts to the children on Staten Island, NY whose lives were impacted by Superstorm Sandy. Another $1,750 was presented to Anna's Wish, whose mission is to provide gifts and services for children dealing with pediatric cancer and their families that they cannot obtain on their own.
About Finger Lakes Casino & Racetrack: In operation since 1962, over 2 million visitors annually now enjoy nearly 1,200 slot machines, the 448-seat Vineyard Buffet restaurant, live and simulcast thoroughbred racing, live music, and more. Since gaming operations began in 2004, over $420 million has been generated through FLCR operations for education funding in New York State. Casino doors open at 8 a.m. and racing doors open at 11:30 a.m. daily. For more information, visit www.fingerlakescasino.com.
Season of Giving Wraps Up
FARMINGTON, N.Y.– Through a variety of efforts this past holiday season, guests as well as employees of Finger Lakes Casino & Racetrack (FLCR) came together to help several local charities make the holiday season and beyond brighter for those less fortunate.


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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Jerry Garcia (1942-1995)
Jerry Garcia died on this date 21 years ago in 1995, "Deadheads" around the world mourn. Here's Allen's photo of Garcia backstage on the concluding night of the Grateful Dead's historic five-night sold-out series of concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden September 15-20 1987
The Grateful Dead and Poetry - here's Nicholas Meriwether, official Grateful Dead archivist on "The Poetry of the Archive":
"Dozens of themes knit together the various sections and collections in the Grateful Dead Archive, but one of the most interesting and evocative is poetry… Poetry was a major form of artistic expression in the Haight-Ashbury, where the dividing line between the Dead and their fans was blurred from the beginning. Even in their early days the band attracted well-known poets such as Richard Brautigan, who wrote "The Day They Busted the Grateful Dead' as a surrealistic homage to their travails, and their neighbor Michael McClure, who gave Garcia a lyric that he tried to work up ino a song. Though that failed to come to fruition, both McClure and Brautigan remained lifelong fans of the band's music and lyrics. Brautigan made it a point to share his admiration for the band with other poets; one of his biographers recounts a memorable occasion when he played American Beauty for an appreciative Robert Creeley. The Dead returned the favor. Most of the band members, to varying degrees, had an affinity and respect for the Beats as bohemian elders and avatars, most fanously in their friendships with Neal Cassady, but the connection between the two generations of artists are more extensive and nuanced. Pigpen's library included seminal works by San Francisco poets, and he even tried his own hand at poetry: one of his Beat-inflected efforts appears in The Grateful Dead Family Album. Phil Lesh found Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" so inspiring he began to set it to music [sic]. .."
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- AnonymousAugust 10, 2016 at 7:26 AM
Always wondered why Ginsberg didn't mention Robert Hunter more, esp considering AG's love of Dylan. Maybe RH wasn't personal/"realistic" enough? Wondering if this telling anecdote from "Jack Kerouac's Confessions" is true?ReplyDelete
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Jason Wilnis vs Simon Marcus III headlines Glory 40 kickboxing promotion on April 29 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dutch Jason Wilnis (30-6-1) is a current promotion's inaugural middleweight kickboxing champion. Canadian Simon Marcus (45-3-2) is a number one contender as well as a former title holder.
The pair previously fought twice. Marcus took a split decision in Dubai in 2015. Wilnis earned a TKO victory in Round 3 last year in New Jersey and also became a new champion. Since their latest encounter Marcus defeated Dustin Jacoby and Wang Shaohua. Wilnis defended his belt against Israel Adesanya. The pair will square the differences in the main event of Glory 40 Copenhagen.
Local competitor Niclas Larsen is fighting in the co-main event. The name of his opponent is not yet revealed. The program comprises a four-man lightweight tournament. In the first semi-final Alex Pereira of Brazil is facing off Burim Rama of Sweden. Yousri Belgaroui of Tunis is taking on Agron Preteni of Croatia in the second.
In addition Super Fight Series on UFC Fight Pass includes four bouts. Freddy Kemayo of France squares off with Imad Hadar of Morocco. Josh Jauncey of Canada battles out against Antonio Gomez of Spain. Also on the card local Mohammed El-Mir. The names of the rest of the fighters have not yet been announced.
The Glory Kickboxing league has held the 29th show in Copenhagen last April. The organization promotes its next event on March 25. Cedric Doumbe takes on Yoann Kongolo in the main event at Glory 39 Brussels.


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In Singapore looking out for practitioners practicing the traditional Chinese medicine is not at all difficult to research for. There are certified doctors and clinics who have registered themselves under (TCMPB) the Singapore Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board. It is very easy to rule out any doubts you have with regard to the certification of a practicing persons or a clinics. These clinics which are around Singapore provide its clients a very promising service by extending their fullest support to cater a personalized service to the patients.
There are much focused in their objective of promoting medication, the traditional Chinese Medicine providing a holistic approach to its clients to better their health and directing them to focus on the general wellbeing of the people. This clinic specializes in providing acupuncture therapies, herbal medications and assisting patients to better their lives.
How to cope pain with TCM?
When one falls sick "pain" is something you cannot ignore. Pain is a sensation of hurt which is a very distressing and which brings discomfort depending on the level of hurt relating to the sickness. This is when people start looking for medicines which could sort out and relieve them from agony. According to the Chinese medication systems a pain takes place when there is an imbalance between QI energy and blood .For Headaches, back pain, neck pain, leg pains, they treat with acupuncture and medicines which are herbal to help you overcome stress and control your emotions to maintain metal stability and cope pain. But there are frustrating pains which are quite difficult to be hidden which are due to cause problems in the digestive system. In Singapore visiting a well prepared and popular Chinese inflammatory bowel disease centre is definitely a solution to this problem. This illness is believed to be due to imbalance in the flow of nutrients to the organs and due to dryness in the body it hinders the smooth functioning of the stomach. The Chinese specialized practitioners and specialists are very dedicated and have vast knowledge in treating patients with care.
Even with skin irritations and rashes you might experience pain. To provide solution to the inner body and the blood stream it is necessary and important to visit traditional meditational expertise if you want a permanent solution to your problem. For example an eczema treatment in Singapore should be started at the small age of one to two years among small children since this is a skin ailment suffered during the early stages in life.
There aren't any curing limitations in TCM illnesses such as chronic gastritis, gastrointestinal tumors and cancers, circulation problems in gastrointestinal tract bleeding and cramps could be medicated successfully. People who are doubtful and have not been treated could visit any of the close by clinics around your vicinity and request for explanation and speak to the specialists who qualified Chinese medication specialists.