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Netflix Gems and the 10 Most Popular Posts of the Week
By Dustin Rowles | Miscellaneous | February 2, 2013 |
By Dustin Rowles | Miscellaneous | February 2, 2013 |
1. 20 Underappreciated Gems Currently Playing on Netflix
2. All Your Favorite Shows Will Be Cancelled: Re-Casting Edition
3. 7 Once Beloved TV Characters We've Come to Despise
4. 20 Instances In Which Real-Life Age Differentials Would've Made Parent/Child Characters Practically Impossible
5. 25 Striking Celebrity Photos Provided With No Context Whatsoever
6. 9 Things You Must Absolutely Know Today If You Want to Graduate from Pop-Culture College
7. The "New Girl" Moment that Rocked Your Lips Clean Off Your Face, and Can It Survive the Aftermath?
8. 5 One-Time Hosts that "Saturday Night Live" Should Bring Back
9. The 7 Best Streaming and DVD Releases of January
10. 24 Upcoming Films Featuring Your Favorites (The UK Contingent)
Movie Reviews
TV Review
"Goodbye Forever, You Factory-Reject Dildos!": The "30 Rock" Series Finale
Cock Fights, D*ck Swinging And Ten Things We Learned From Last Night's "Justified"
B*tch Ranking "Downton Abbey": "Why, God, Why?!" Edition
Think Pieces
The Evolving Experience of Watching Television
Roll Initiative: Why You Should Read Role-playing Game Rule Books
The Good, the Bad, and the Fugly: A Beginner's Guide to the Female Superheroes of Marvel and DC


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"New Beginnings," an art exhibit featuring new and returning visual arts students, is on display now through Sept. 12 at Ouachita Baptist University's Verser Theatre Gallery.
"The exhibit is intended as one way visual arts students can get to know each other," said Donnie Copeland, assistant professor of visual arts and chair of OBU's Department of Visual Arts. "Many are beginning their college experience here, taking new classes and learning new disciplines."
Works on display include paintings, drawings, photographs and other media featuring a variety of styles, techniques and themes.
"Visitors will be pleasantly surprised by the diversity and quality of the exhibit," Copeland noted.
Students included in the exhibit are: Erica Armstrong, a sophomore studio art and psychology major from Haskell, Ark.; Emily Coles, a junior mass communications and graphic design major from Plano, Texas; Michael Connell, a junior graphic design and computer science major from Little Rock, Ark.; Molly Freel, a freshman mass communications and graphic design major from Nashville, Ark.; Kelsey Frink, a junior early childhood education major from Marion, Mass.; Mary Ruth Gomez, a freshman chemistry and biology major from Conway, Ark.; Rachel Gregory, a senior English major from Malvern, Ark.; Emily Grigsby, a freshman studio art and mass communications major from Austin, Ark.; Libby Harrington, a junior studio art and business administration/marketing major from Hot Springs, Ark.; Melanie Herring, a freshman dietetics & nutrition and art major from Woodlawn, Ark.; David Hickernell, a junior graphic design major from Crystal Lake, Ill.; Katie Hopmann, a junior studio art major from Cypress, Texas; Andrea Lock, a senior studio art major from Stuttgart, Ark.; Adam Oakes, a junior graphic design and computer science major from Campbell, Texas; Courtney Sharp, a senior studio art major from Cherokee Village, Ark.; Aly Smith, a sophomore mass communication and graphic design major from Sherwood, Ark.; and Grace Thomas, a senior studio art major from Rogers, Ark.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit is also available during evenings when other School of Fine Arts events are held in Verser Theatre. For more information, contact the School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
By Ryleigh Salmon

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Paul V – Thufark – human/monk/Tehne
Paul H – Jayden – human/cleric/Cirin (NPC)
Andrew – Ayrkin – human(?)/fighter
Chris – L'ei Blackwing – assassin/pixie/Ver'l (NPC)
Shelly – Erica – human/fighter/Ver'l
Jola - Al'xios – human/paladin/Clovis
David – G'dzang
Ian – Raika – Sidhe/Mage
End date: 11/13/72
Delayed back-story:
The party successfully assaulted one of Perimal's castles and used Mordiggian's stone to block the cascade of madness. Mort died during the encounter, and Al'xios had his arm chopped off to lose his stuttering sword.
On reaching the coastal lands bordering the SkyReach Mountains, Fiddle left the party one night, to be followed by a concerned Alarin – there was much relief among the party.
The party went west towards Aereolus, only to stumble upon refugees from a cataclysm at Aereolus City. The 'Sword of Aerea', in cutting deeply into the earth, collapsed part of the city into the UnderCity releasing hordes of Cthulhoid creates to raven across the city and the CrescentLands. Residents were fleeing, with this nautical party of refugees heading east to a mining island in the shadows of the SkyReach. They reported that much of Godsway had collapsed into the UnderCity, Aereolus troops regrouped in Ford and North Aereolus town, Octagon castle abandoned, the Bear Cub's current whereabouts unknown. Ar'Ethmet had invaded Aereolus to 'secure its borders' from the chaos and mayhem in Aereolus – taking all of Aereolus country south of SpireWall. Many residents fled to Ford, N. Aereolus and the coastal islands. Lord Morsby (a cousin of the Bear Cub that rebelled during the Plague, but was granted amnesty and lands after his surrender) was forming a government in exile in Ford.
Trading for a sloop, the Party headed to Al'xios' home city of TerNathra to re-provision, rest and seek additional information. They were joined by two of the refugees: an Aerea mage named G'dzang and the mage bard Trask.
During their upriver travel to TerNathra, they battled curious midnight creatures that swam across the plain burning it with their passage. Defeating them, but fearing more on the way, they forced a march to Ter Nathra. Fortunately, nothing came of their fears. Staying at Ter Nathra for a few more days, they rested, equipped and gossiped.
They pushed South down the river back to the ocean and then west towards Aereolus. Spying an inhabited island during night sailing, they approached and found it settled by refugees from the Tehne island of T'cora's Fist – formerly off the coast of Aereolus City. They party chose to stay a week so Thufark could (successfully) seek Tehne initiate status and the rest of the Party could train. During this time, they received further news which seemed to indicate that, while things in Aereolus City were dire, they were not catastrophic. Allegedly the harbor half of the city was still under the control of Aereolus citizens and remaining guards, while the Northern portion and plains were infested with UnderCity denizens.
Leaving 'New' T'cora's Fist, the party had a fierce encounter sat sea as the water around the ship froze solid and then thrashed the vessel with icy pseudo pods and spread icicle shrapnel across the deck and party. Trask was killed during the battle and the ship's mast badly damaged before their opponent broke into scattered ice flows on the storm tossed sea.
Sailing on west for more days, crossing the mouth of O'or Bay in the K'n Yan, they recognized the vertical granite outlines of a Crimson, off-shore, monastic island. Hoping for repairs and further information about Aereolus, they hove to the east side of the island navigating between the cliff-faced harbor mouth and into the choppy waters beyond.
The harbor was natural walled by steep granite cliffs and opposite the mouth was a narrow stretch of worn, rock beach. The Crimson monastery climbed the 400 foot cliff to just below its lip – the building fronts were whittled from the native stone in low relief with partially enclosed stairs scaring tracks between the separate structures. A rough curtain wall provided a crescent of protection for the beach-level structure.
A reefed corsair [powerpoint] sat gently rocking at anchor in the middle of the harbor. Tied to a rough granite pier floated a bireme. Water washing over their sunken decks, two biremes were crashed into the shoreline. A pot belly vessel bristling with lead spikes and jagged pieces of wood (a fireboat) sat on the beach on its launching ramp.
Docking with the corsair [jpg]corsair and lashing themselves to the vessel, the party boarded the corsair. The corsair looked listless and forlorn, as if abandoned for a month or so. Rigging and sails were reefed and deck gear was secured – all looked orderly. Two weather worn skeletons lay on the ships deck – no skin, no clothes. Each bone had a single burnt hole punched into it. Later, Al'xios would note that the marrow cavity was burnt and melted as if filled with molten lead.
Up to present timeline:
Searching the vessel revealed some disturbing elements: a deck hatchway had been broken in, as were the quarterdeck and forecastle hatchways. Naked bones were scattered in bunks and even the bilge (as if someone fell while pumping). Each bone had a single hole melted into it. Nothing living was found, and rotting food and ale mugs encrusted with drink residue showed a sudden, surprise demise.
Searching the vessel, equipment and a note were found. Key of which follows:
Note in captains cabin:
Addressed to "Arlan'n of the Dreaming Eye" –
"As discussed, these are being shipped to your island of solitude. Captain Xor, while not of us, is worth trust. With Morsby and the troops here, we feel that the entropy may have been halted and the halls will remain whole. But this is simply a precaution. Much rumors fly that not even the dreamer can penetrate. She is not here, but may actually still be in the seige of Aereolus – which may be good news. Her chamberlain has been seen in N. A. Agent Fateelah is in Benges, which seems better than originally thought. While Aer is split like a dropped melon, only the edges rot. The meat is whole. The Charnel one seems involved and we dream of it. A strange blue-women left a trail of death through Ford looking for something – but it seemed as impartial as a storm as corrupt remains of the UnderCity were found on her back trail. Keep safe that which you were entrusted. I have dreamed that that those we never anticipated may be seeking it. Yours in dream, M."
Equipment/Items Found (numbers = number of items):
1st Aid Kit 3
Adventurers Kit 4
Adz 2
Ale, pint 500
Armor Repair Kit 4
Auger 6
Auger, bits (5) 5
Axe, throwing (1d6) 6
Backpack, leather 2
Banded (AC3) 2
Bedroll, excellent 2
Belt 20
Blanket, lightweight 20
Boat, small 1
Boots, high, hard 3
Boots, high, soft 11
Box, iron, large 1
Brazier, clay, small 6
Caltrops, dozen (1d8/+5%C) 2
Candle, tallow (1hr) 30
Canvas, yard 100
Cap 3
Chain (AC 3) Steel 1
Chest, wooden, large (5x3x3) 3
Chest, wooden, small (2x1x1) 9
Chisel, cold, iron 4
Cloak 6
Coal (2lbs) 20
Collapsible leather boat, seats four 1
Crossbow, light (1d10/+5%C) 2
Crossbow, string, light 5
Crowbar 4
Dagger & scabbard (1d4) 2
Fishing hooks (12) 7
Fishing line, 10 yards 20
Gahrs moss (10-30% ev.pts.) 100
Glaive (1d102R) Steel - 1
Gloves, coarse 4
Grain, horse meal, 1 day 100
Hammer, carpentry 5
Hat 3
Hatchet 5
Helmet, great (-1 HP) 2
Helmet, small (-1 HP) 3
Herbalist Kit 4
Honey, .5 liter 5
Jar, glass 1 liter 2
Jar, pottery 1/2 liter 20
Jar, pottery 5 liter 5
Kor (stimulant) 50
Ladder, rope 2
Lantern, bull's eye 1
Lantern, hand 3
Lantern, hooded 1
Leather, studded (AC 7) 13
Lerryn's leaf (1 h.p/damp) 12
Lime wood strips, 5
Mace, great (2d6) 2
Mallet 5
Meal, standard 400
Mess kit 3
Nails (40) 50
Net, large, fishing (15'x8') 5
Net, small fishing 3
Oil, standard (8hr 50
Pant/skirt 23
Pick 2
Pike, awl (1d8 2R/+5%C) 4
Pliers/tongs 3
Quarrel, score 5
Rations, 1 week 400
Red Powder (coag) 12
Rope, 50' 20
Rope, silk, 10'
Salt, 50 gm 20
Saw, wood 5
Scale (AC 5)
Shield, buckler (-1 AC) 3
Shield, medium (-2 AC) Steel - 15
Shirt/blouse 12
Skin for water/wine 21
Spade, wood 5
Spear (1d6+5%C) 2
Spear, great (1d10/2R/+5%C) 1
Spikes, iron, large (4) 5
Sword, bastard & scabbard (1d8+2 2H) Steel 2
Tanning Kit 1
Tent 6
Tinder box w/ flint & steel 12
Torch 45
Trapping Kit 2
Voulge (2d4 2R) 7
Whiskey, pint 20
Cash: 13 GP; 32 SP; 1201 cp 345 qb.
Potions: 2 CMW, 3 CLW
Magic: +1 +1 +5% critical magic mithrel dagger (+2 +2 +10%)
Coastal map of Aereolus with islands marked off – some part of the map, some hand drawn in; also, newly drawn x on coast for evacuation sites.
5 cold crystals
After searching the boat and taking some items, the party took the ship boat to the pier. A cold wind was whipping in from the sea bringing wetting the pier and the party with ocean spray. As the sun set, the party noted a man rowing in through the mouth of the harbor in a battered boat. While watching him approach, they noted he was a tall man. His build is spare and rawboned with the look of a man once much bigger framed but now pared away by time. Hid face is deeply furrowed, weathered and lined-both by age and by mischance. His skin has the texture and color of an old weathered glove.
A large scar crosses his horsey face diagonally beginning at his left brow and ending at the right side of his mouth. You see a set of goggles pushed up on his forehead revealing a pair of discerning eyes. Shades of yellow with vertical slotted pupils; they look like a goat's eyes. His mouth is pursed as if he just ate something sour. Teeth are stained brown by the tobacco he constantly spits and chews.
Salt and pepper hair is cropped close to his head.
Clothes are good quality but much patched and worn. Same with his boots. He wears an unusual set of chainmail seemingly made of blue glass with a buckler of the same material. On his back hangs a great sword and an arbalest.
He introduced himself as Ayrkin. After a brief discourse, the party chose to investigate the bireme. It seemed worn and abandoned, though gentle thudding-shifting sounds were noted below deck.
Opening the deck hatch, a feculent odor blossomed forth choking the party. Debating whether to simply fire the hold and seek no further, Thufark volunteered to explore below deck. Below deck, pale, suppurating bodies wearing peculiar 'beaver skin' conical hats were shifting around in a broken fashion. Near-naked, clothes dripping from their bodies, covered with rotting food and crusted streaks of feces and urine, they jerked and shuddered - their emaciated skin near blue from the cold. Some of them bent sluggishly to gobble rotting grain pouring from burst sacks.
Thufark lured one under the hatch and G'dzang levitated it free. On the deck, even with the stiff sea breeze, the odor was staggering. She was so emaciated her heart could be seen pulsing between her ribs. The peculiar, greasy 'beaver skin' cap covered her eyes to mid noise – it seemed to shift slightly like a jelly filled bladder. While Jayden restrained her, Al'xios reached to pull the 'hat' off her eyes. Tearing and ripping sounds accompanied the action and her face coursed with thick, sluggish blood. Al'xios' pulling hand revealed an under surface covered with hundreds of needle-sharp barbed hooks. Milky filaments stretched between the thing and its host snapping in yellow seams. The host's skin pealed free from the rotted underlying bone. Tearing it totally free with a convulsive shudder of disgust that precipitated it to the deck, unveiled a melted cavity from the crown to the top of her eyes awash with rotting grey matter, shreds of hair and bone, and snapped filaments. The host dropped to the ground unmoving.
Slamming the hatch closed, the party moved to the pier as Thufark trained the flamegun on the deck and washed it with streams of fire. They watched the vessel cast its light along the walls of the harbor and fill the air with burning flesh and wood.
Disturbed, the party decided to rest on the sloop and explore in the morning.
In the morning, they found old bones on the stony beach. The gate warding the monastery was locked, but Blackwing flew over and unlocked it for the Party. Bones were found of guards with their scattered armor and weapons. Searching through the monastery, they find refectories, chapels, kitchens, food storage, etc. They continually found signs that the death that fell was sudden and unexpected. They noticed that many of the buildings had their external shutters broken open.
The top building had a fake dome and colonnade (pilasters) carved deeply into the stone describing a rotunda temple with side buildings. The main room had a trompe l'oiel domed ceiling with double portals to the right and left, and a narrow, gold (leaf) covered door, inscribed with runes directly across from the main doorway. Three armored and torn figures lay sprawled outside the golden door. Unlike other remains found, they were still in their armor and cloths and showed signs of battle – their garments and armor were rent and burned, weapons notched. It also appeared that they had come on guard in a hurry, as one was missing a boot, another a helm. They each had evidence of holes burnt in a more torn fashion into their bones. Searching, the Party discovered a nearby hidden watch room, which showed hurried signs of alert.
The right hand portal revealed the main temple. Bones were scattered on the steps. In the left hand. The left portal revealed rooms with dead.
G'dzang had been analyzing the door and determined that it was covered with Crimson runes, and runes of warding against Law and Chaos. The door detected of magic. Ayrkin, being Neutral, pushed the door open and the party followed into a narrow corridor. From the end of the corridor, a soft golden glow emanated.
The walls of the narrow passage were heavily frescoed with scenes of Crimson. The most prominent scene showed Crimson (represented as a coltish, dreamy-eyed girl) holding a golden construct from which shot razor straight rays of golden light. These rays pierced a tidal wave of darkness that rushed towards and over Crimson – closer examination revealed the darkness was made of hundreds of overlapping leaves of darkness. Curled at Crimson's feet an apparently dead Blue Women, and a partially obscured, jackal-head creature was either reaching for the golden construct in Crimson's hand or had just presented it to her.
The corridor terminated on an oval chamber with a crack down the far wall. A golden construct, shedding a warm lambent glow, rested under a crystal dome atop a stand of jointed brass rods. On the floor leaning against a wall was a blood covered body with its throat slit. A blood covered dagger was in its right hand and a piece of bloody parchment in the left. A sword, armor, a flat waterskin rested amongst the tide of dried blood. Teasing the note from it bloody encrustations, it was read aloud,
// do not know how many days I have been here. I just know that I am swallowing dust and my cracked lips and nose bleed no more. I have never felt this torment. I milk the skin, but it is dust dry.
I heard the screams and the wetly falling bodies. Crimson woke me and I was armoring and prepared before the dark wave rolled over. I knew I must be in sacred chalice. Alas, I only had one skin.
I will soon end this agony as I now know that this place is protected by Crimson by the holy walls and door. I have served her will by keeping the splendor whole.
The agony of frustration…how can Crimson torture me with the gentle drip of water form behind the wall? I can smell it through the rent, but I can not reach it.
They came to the door and offered to leave me in peace if I would deliver the Holy to them. I have drawn upon my faith in Crimson to hold my hand. But my thirst has weakened me and their voices sounds true and good.
Take what you need and bring the Holy to the High Crimson Temple outside Ford. Speak the name of Crimson and have Crimson's power lift your sword arm.
Present the Splendor to M'a On. You may lift it free, but only if you promise truthfully that you will bring it to M'a On. Lay your hand on my head and swear.
May Crimson and whatever you worship protect you. They must not have it.//
Topping the stand of brass pipes is a strange looking golden orrery slightly under a foot in height. It radiated a faint golden glow. Topping the central sphere was an isosceles three-faced clock – one face was stopped at 12 of 10, another was revolving backwards at about half speed, and the final face revolved at twice speed.
Among the effects of the corpse were found (and divided out per the wishes of the note): miracle storing crystal, 3-levels cleric; chain, mithril armor (ac 2 fits 5'7-5'10); medium steel shield; gold holy symbol Crimson; 4 Dream Gloves (and Identify spell revealed – 30' diam effect. S.T 4d6+4 vs Magic or -4 hit -4 dam -20% crit + 4 to be hit due to distraction by phantasms); mithril s. sword (1d6 +2H +1 Dam +5% crit); magic, steel, bastard sword - +1 H steel; +1H+1D+5% crit magic; 1-3x day increases damage by 20-60% (2d3) for 1 minute, activation word "Nightmare".
The party then agreed, and all swore upon the skull, to return the object to the Crimson Temple outside of Ford.
As they explored the chamber, it was noted that the fissure in the back wall had chips about its entrance, as if the trapped Crimsonite had chipped at the wall in hopes of reaching the dripping water beyond.
A clang was heard from the hallway, as the ensorcelled door closed. A buzzing susurrus sounded beyond the door, and the party realized that whatever had ravaged the monastery was back. A group voice spilling melted wax words offered to leave the party in peace if they would present the construct. The party found themselves in the same position as the Crimsonite: safe within the chamber, but trapped. Unlike the Crimsonite, due to Jayden's ability to create food and water, they were not doomed to starvation or thirst. Negotiation with whatever had them trapped was unsuccessful.
During this time, the party discussed options. A Wizard Eye from G'dzang revealed that the fissure lead to a natural stone chimney that crested the island. The top of the island was a wind burned expanse of fractured granite, with a narrow defile leading down the southern face to a narrow skirt of water-washed granite. This thin, tide swept ledge circumnavigated to the mouth of the harbor.
When the Eye popped over the cliffs into the harbor itself, it revealed hundreds of black, flattened shapes flying in jerking motions, like spilled pieces of wet silk. At times, they dropped with sudden, collapsed spinning motions everting hundreds of red-hot spines, like out of control parachutes. Waves of them crested in the temple and rested like distorted gulls on the building surfaces.
Feeling that a direct break-out would be doomed to failure, the party spent some time planning an escape. Ultimately, they decided to have Thufark, Cardilex (the bird), and Blackwing escape through the granite chimney, move around the island, and then Thufark would swim into the harbor and set the linked corsair & sloop adrift so they would drift out of the harbor with the tide.
By using a combination of Silence, Cone of Cold, and brute force labor, the Party breeched an opening into the chimney. The trio departed via the chimney, and, except for Thufark almost being washed out to sea, the plan worked as planned
Transferring all necessary gear from the sloop to the corsair Zephyr, they set the sloop adrift and proceeded with the artifact back on course to Ford.
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Big Island resident Karen Welsh is at the State Volleyball tournament supporting her son's team Hilo in the state tournament.
UPDATE: Hilo beats Pahoa
Karen had the following to say about the Pahoa Boy's Team:
Pahoa played a stellar game. U should be proud of them…
Filed under: Hilo, Kids, Pahoa, Sports, Technology Tagged: | Pahoa vs. Hilo, volleyball


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Easy Step by Steps to Start Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Business
Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Business – Many people like eating frozen treats but are unable to eat ice cream, frozen yogurt or other similar cold diary products due to health concerns or lifestyle preferences. Those who wish to forgo dairy, but who still like an occasion frozen treat, often purchase non-dairy frozen desserts made of soy, almond milk, rice milk or even fruit. If you have tasty recipes for non-dairy frozen desserts, opening a business selling your creations may be the perfect venture.
How to Start Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Business
Step 1
Assess the demand for your product. If you live in a large- or medium-sized city, you will likely have access to enough potential customers. However, if you live in a smaller area that has an abundance of ice cream, frozen yogurt and non-dairy frozen dessert businesses, opening a shop may not be feasible. Also, you need to take into account how health-conscious people are where you live.
Step 2
Write a business plan. This will be needed in the event you seek a business loan or funding, and should also be used as a blueprint for your venture. Include the following in your business plan: your area's demographics; three-year operating expenses and earning projections; marketing and public relations plans; analysis of your competitors.
Step 3
Contact your state's public health department to find out what licenses are required to start a food business. Requirements and fees vary by state, but you may need to get food handler permits, food manager certification or a food enterprise license.
Step 4
Obtain the permits needed to start a retail business in your city. Depending on where you live, this may include an assumed name certificate, or DBA, state tax identification number or sales tax and use permit.
Step 5
Lease or buy a space to sell your non-dairy frozen desserts. Most states prohibit selling food from a home. The amount of space you need depends on whether you plan to offer your customers in-store seating or drive-thru service.
Step 6
Develop a menu for your business, incorporating classic and innovative flavors. For example, vanilla, strawberry and chocolate are standard flavors, and green tea, banana caramel and blueberry pie are more unusual. You may also consider offering baked goods, such as non-dairy ice cream cakes, or add-ins such as gummy bears, sprinkles, chopped nuts, fresh fruits and non-dairy whipped cream.
Step 7
Purchase machines to produce and dispense your non-dairy frozen desserts. The number of machines you need depends on how many flavors you plan to offer, and the models you buy. For instance, some models dispense only one flavor, while others can hold three or more. Search classified ads to find good-quality, used machines to save money.
Step 8
Buy equipment and supplies for your business, including the following: napkins, cups, spoons, seating, counters, signage. Aim to purchase your supplies wholesale in order to save money and cut down on your expenses.
Step 9
Find opportunities to earn extra revenue with your non-dairy frozen dessert business. In addition to your brick-and-mortar location, try selling at carnivals, fairs and festivals, flea markets or private events.
Step 10
Market your non-dairy frozen dessert business. Send press releases to local media outlets, offer discounts on promotional or limited-edition flavors, offer customer loyalty rewards or open social networking accounts to connect with existing and potential customers.
Starting Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Business
Source: smallbusiness.chron.com


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With the health-reform bill's "public option" truly reduced to the "sliver" that President Barack Obama once called it – and indeed having become a feature that mostly benefits the insurance industry – the next question must be: why is it still being opposed by industry defenders like Sen. Joe Lieberman?
As the health bill has moved through Congress, the public option has been whittled down from an expansive alternative that might have enticed 119 million Americans to sign up, according to an industry-backed study, to a tiny remnant that the Congressional Budget Office believes will attract only six million customers, including many sick people whom private insurers don't want anyway.
Put crudely, the public option in its current form would vacuum up the chronically ill and thus spare the insurance industry not only the expense of paying for their care but also the administrative costs of figuring out new creative ways to deny these sick people medical coverage.
According to the CBO, the planned "insurance exchanges" thus would give private insurers an estimated 24 million new – and relatively healthy – customers, many with government subsidies that would go directly into the coffers of the insurance industry. Without the public option, the industry might get six million more customers but they would include lots of sick people.
That means the current legislation with a weak public option is a win-win-win for the insurance industry.
It's most lucrative market – large employers providing group benefits for employees – would be protected from competition from the public option; the surviving public option for individuals and small businesses would be barred from achieving savings by tying payments to Medicare rates; and the public option thus would get stuck charging higher premiums than private insurers because it would end up with the sickest part of the population, the CBO says.
So, from the perspective of an insurance executive, what's not to like?
One obvious concern for private insurers would be that after the public option becomes available in 2013 through the insurance exchanges, Congress might be pressured by dissatisfied Americans to expand it into a real alternative to the harsh, profit-making practices of the insurance industry. That is called the "camel's nose under the tent" theory.
Yet, while it's hard to predict the future, it seems equally plausible that the industry would be worse off if it succeeds in eliminating the public option or killing health-care reform outright. As the U.S. health-care crisis worsens, private insurers and their political defenders could be blamed – and a more radical change might become possible.
That is the view of some progressives, such as Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who believe the House-passed bill is so thoroughly compromised that it makes more sense to vote it down and start over, seeking either a "robust" public option tied to Medicare rates or a full-scale single-payer system that could prove the death knell for the insurance industry.
On balance, therefore, it would seem that the House-passed legislation and a similar bill in the Senate would represent a fairly safe – and reasonably profitable – bet for the industry, at least relative to the risks of stripping out the public option or simply blocking reform.
Which brings us to the question of why industry defenders are determined to sink the bill.
For the Republicans, the answer is easy: they want Obama to fail. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, put it bluntly in July when he declared that "If we're able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. It will break him."
For conservative Democrats, the answer is slightly more complex. Operating in districts or states where right-wing media is particularly powerful and largely unchallenged, they may think they can achieve some safety by positioning themselves as independent-minded critics of Obama's agenda.
For someone like Lieberman, however, the political equation is more troubling.
An independent from Connecticut who caucuses with the Democrats and who kept his Homeland Security Committee chairmanship despite campaigning for Republican presidential nominee John McCain in 2008, Lieberman seems eager to let his opposition to the public option be traced to a crass calculation of protecting Hartford-based insurance companies.
However, it's harder to explain why Lieberman – who portrays himself as a social reformer – would vow to join a Republican filibuster against a bill that, for all its faults, would guarantee insurance for tens of millions of uninsured Americans, especially if the bill also stands to be a multi-billion-dollar boon for his constituent insurance companies.
Suspicions are growing among some Democrats that Lieberman has remained the ideological turncoat that many progressives viewed him as when he aggressively supported George W. Bush's war in Iraq and urged Americans to reject Obama as someone with dubious patriotism.
On the stump with McCain in August 2008, Lieberman even questioned Obama's commitment to the United States, calling the election a choice "between one candidate, John McCain, who has always put the country first, worked across party lines to get things done, and one candidate who has not.''
So, maybe Lieberman wants to punish Obama for his perceived failure to take a harder line against Islamic militants in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.
As a neoconservative, Lieberman also has long ranked as one of Israel's most devoted backers in the United States. Mark Vogel, chairman of the pro-Israel National Action Committee, once said, "Joe Lieberman, without exception, no conditions ... is the No. 1 pro-Israel advocate and leader in Congress. There is nobody who does more on behalf of Israel than Joe Lieberman."
Given Lieberman's staunch support for Israel, his resistance to Obama's health-care initiative could be tinged by a desire to weaken the President's ability to pressure Israel's hawkish Likud government regarding concessions on Middle East peace.
Much like the Republicans who hope that defeat of health reform will lead to their political revival in 2010 and 2012, Lieberman may foresee neocons returning to power as well or at least a hobbled Obama unable to compel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt expansion of West Bank settlements or to take other steps that might lead to a Palestinian state.
If that's the case, Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid may find that Lieberman won't budge on the public option – even if the bill is sweetened to help Hartford-based insurance companies ensure bigger profits.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' are also available there. Or go to Amazon.com.
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A brothel owner commissions the creation of a Torah scroll to win a respectable husband for his daughter, but soon learns she has other ideas. The play that inspired 'Merciful Father,' 'God of Vengeance,' opened on Broadway in 1923 and famously featured the Main Stem's first lesbian kiss. For that and other elements, the entire cast was arrested and prosecuted on obscenity charges.
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This highly acclaimed blog is primarily focused on private money management, financial services, and investments. John Mauldin demonstrates an unusual breadth of expertise, as illustrated by the wide variety of issues addressed in-depth in his writings.
Plutarch argued over 1900 years ago that it was income inequality that lay at the heart of the failure of the Greek republics. Other writings of that period demonstrate that the leaders were worried about the distribution of wealth in society. The causes of unequal distribution have certainly changed over time, but it seems to be built into our DNA to obsess over what we have relative to what others have.
In speeches and presentations since the end of last year, I have been saying that I think the biggest macro problem in the world today is China. China has run up a huge debt, and the payments are coming due. They seem to be proactive, but will it be enough? How much risk do they pose for the global system?
Income inequality is going to be a central theme in political campaigns for the rest of the decade, so what I want to try to do is simply get some facts on the table so that at least we know what the research says and doesn't say. A lot of emotional content is offered under the guise of economic research in order to support various political positions. The data suggest that the problem is both worse than we might think when viewed through one lens, and not that big a problem – or at least a very different problem – when viewed through another. I suggest that we look as objectively as possible at all of the data and not just cherry-pick the data that supports our views.
I think Lord Keynes himself would appreciate the irony that he has become the defunct economist under whose influence the academic and bureaucratic classes now toil, slaves to what has become as much a religious belief system as it is an economic theory. Men and women who display an appropriate amount of skepticism on all manner of other topics indiscriminately funnel a wide assortment of facts and data through the filter of Keynesianism without ever questioning its basic assumptions. And then some of them go on to prescribe government policies that have profound effects upon the citizens of their nations.
John is in Florida and feeling a bit under the weather, so this week we're bringing back one of his most popular letters, from December 2007. In the letter he discusses the work of Professor Graciela Chichilnisky of Columbia University, one of whose key insights is that the greater the number of connections within an economic network, the more the system is at risk. Given the current macroeconomic environment, it is important to remind ourselves of how complacent we were back in 2007 and how it all fell apart so quickly, just as John outlined in this rather prescient piece.
This week we begin what will probably be a multi-week series on the subject of income inequality. Over the years, I've written many times about the lack of income growth for the middle class in the developed world. We have also looked at the growing spread between the top 1% or 5% or 10% and those further down the income scale. The widening spread is an undeniable fact. But what should be done about it? Do we take money from the more well-off, or do we increase opportunities for all? How do we increase opportunity without social expenditures for education and healthcare, and where will the money come from? What trade-offs do we get for the lost productivity and reduced savings that result from increased taxes? What institutional and policy barriers are there? These are all fundamentally important questions.
I fully intended to write today about a recently released academic paper that illustrates nearly every bad idea currently being bandied about in the field of economics. The insidious part is that the paper is considered mainstream and noncontroversial. Simply reading it required me to up my blood pressure medicine dosage. It is going to take me a little longer to finish that letter, and I realized that it needs a certain setup – one that coauthor Jonathan Tepper and I conveniently wrote a few months ago and included in the book Code Red.
The devil is in the details, we are told, and the details are often buried in an appendix or footnote. This week we were confronted with a rather troubling appendix in the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the Affordable Care Act, which suggests that the act will have a rather profound impact on employment patterns. You could tell a person's political leaning by how they responded. Republicans jumped all over this. The conservative Washington Times, for instance, featured this headline: "Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO." Which is not what the analysis says at all. Liberals immediately downplayed the import by suggesting that all it really said was that people will have more choice about how they work, giving them more free time to play with their kids and pets and pursue other activities. Who could be against spending more time with your children?
Today investors are asking themselves a similar question: "Is the meltdown in the stock market the result of Fed tapering, or is there something else going on?" We'll address that question today and take a deep plunge into the emerging markets. We have a good old-fashioned central banker throwdown in progress, and if the results didn't have such an impact on our investment portfolios, it could actually be quite fun to watch. What happens in the emerging markets will unfortunately not stay in the emerging markets. It's all connected. There is more happening here than a simple correction. Let's put our thinking caps on and try to connect some dots.
South Africa's Cape of Good Hope is one of the most dangerous stretches of coastline anywhere in the world, where the warm Agulhas Current (also called the Mozambique Current), rushing down from the Indian Ocean, meets the cold Benguela Current, pushing up from Antarctica. The difference in water temperatures alone is a recipe for legendary storms, but the two opposing ocean currents just so happen to converge where the African Continental Shelf drops off into a deep abyss.
In the 1850s, flat-bottom paddlewheel steamboats coursed up and down the mighty Mississippi, opening up the Midwest to trade and travel. But it was treacherous travel. The current was constantly shifting the sandbars underneath the placid, smoothly rolling surface of the river. What was sufficient depth one week on a stretch of the river might become a treacherous sandbar the next, upon which a steamboat could run aground, perhaps even breaching the hull and sinking the ship. To prevent such a catastrophe, a crewman would throw a long rope with a lead weight at the end as far in front of the boat as possible (and thus the crewman was called the leadman). The rope was usually twenty-five fathoms long and was marked at increments of two, three, five, seven, ten, fifteen, seventeen and twenty fathoms. A fathom was originally the distance between a man's outstretched hands, but since this could be quite imprecise, it evolved to be six feet.
We'll continue our three-part 2014 forecast series this week by looking at the significant economic macrotrends that have to be understood, as always, as the context for any short-term forecast. These are the forces that are going to inexorably shift and shape our portfolios and businesses. Each of the nine macrotrends I'll mention deserves its own book (and I've written books about two of them and numerous letters on most of them), but we'll pause to gaze briefly at each as we scan the horizon.
It is that time of the year when we peer into our darkened crystal balls in hopes of seeing portents of the future in the shadowy mists. This year I see three distinct wisps of vapor coalescing in the coming years. Each deserves its own treatment, so this year the annual forecast issue will in fact be three separate weekly pieces.
It's that time of year again, when we begin to think of what the next one will bring. I will be doing my annual forecast issue next week, but my friend Gary Shilling has already done his and has graciously allowed me to use a shortened version of his letter as this week's Thoughts from the Frontline. So without any further ado, let's jump right to Gary's look at where we are and where we're going.
Now that we have begun tapering, we will soon see lots of analysis about whether QE has been effective. What will the stock market do? The US economy seems to be moving in the right direction, but the Fed has forecast Nirvana (seriously) – do we dare hope they can finally get a forecast right? Or have they jinxed us? This and a few other dark thoughts crossed my path on a beautiful day in San Diego; so in a very different Thoughts from the Frontline, I offer a number of small gifts rather than an overarching theme, and we will see if we can keep it short.


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Following yesterday\'s conclusion to the Freestyle at PWA Mui Ne, the tricksters have shipped home out of Vietnam and the format has changed to Slalom for the remainder of the event. Heats have already started this afternoon – if you\'re quick, you can still catch the live coverage at pwaworldtour.com
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red papules caused by weakening of dermal capillary walls, which do not blanch on pressure, seen mostly in persons over 30 years of age.
Synonym(s): cherry angioma, De Morgan spots
cherry angioma
Etymology: L, cerasus + angeion, vessel, oma, tumor
a small, bright red, clearly circumscribed vascular tumor on the skin. It occurs most often on the trunk but may appear anywhere on the body. The lesion is common; more than 85% of people over 45 years of age have several cherry angiomas. Also called capillary angioma, capillary hemangioma, De Morgan's spots, senile angioma.
cherry angiomaA benign, ruby-red, 1–3-mm diameter papule surrounded by a pale halo; cherry angiomas are commonly seen on the trunk and extremities of older adults, located in the superficial corium, and consist of thinned dilated capillaries that cause superficial bumps.
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cherry angiomaSenile angioma Dermatology A benign, ruby red, 1-3 mm in diameter papule, surrounded by a pale halo; the CA is commonly seen on the trunk and extremities of older adults, located in the superficial corium, and consists of dilated, thinned capillaries that cause superficial bumps Management Excision by cryotherpapy for cosmetic purposes.
De Morgan,Campbell, English physician, 1811-1876.
Campbell De Morgan spots - congenital anomaly in which proliferation of blood vessels leads to a mass resembling a neoplasm; primarily seen on skin and in subcutaneous tissue; incidence increases with age. Synonym(s): cherry angioma; De Morgan spots; senile hemangioma
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For the first time since 1953, a North Korean leader will enter South Korean territory.
Kim Jong Un will cross into the southern half of the demilitarised zone and meet with his southern counterpart Moon Jae-in at the Peace House conference centre.
It's the first time the leaders of the North and South have met in over a decade and is seen as part of the continued thawing of relations. After years of tension, the meeting highlights increasing dialogue between the two nations.
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Communications between hostile territories can be notoriously tricky: even when their capital cities are only a three-hour drive apart.
Although the 195 kilometres that separate Seoul in South Korea and Pyongyang in the North may seem almost insignificant, in many ways the two cities are worlds apart.
Indeed, despite the fighting that divided the two states having ended in 1953, some experts say they are technically still at war, as they only ever agreed a halt to hostilities and never signed a formal peace treaty.
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By some accounts, the most frequent form of communication between the two was via bullhorn loudspeakers over the Demilitarized Zone - a 160 kilometre-long, 4km-wide strip that is heavily mined and guarded by barbed wire, armed patrols and watch towers on both sides.
However, news emerged in April that a hotline between the republics had been set up between South Korea's presidential Blue House and North Korea's State Affairs Commission that will allow their respective leaders, Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un, to speak directly to one another.
But, as the graphic shows, the political reality is that there have been various lines of telecommunications between the two sides for decades, though largely focused on practical day-to-day matters, such as liaison between different branches of the Red Cross.
Growing rapprochement
The announcement of the hotline being tested a week before the meeting of the two leaders seems to be part of a growing rapprochement between North and South.
This strengthening relationship was exemplified by athletes from the North competing on the same women's ice hockey team with players from the South during February's Winter Olympics, the first time this has happened in any sport.
Competitors from both republics also marched under a unified flag during the opening ceremony in February. The flag was designed for use when the two compete as one nation and the games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, marked the first time the two teams have shared a joint entrance since the 2007 Asian Winter Games in China.
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Website Electrospaces reported that the Red Cross hotline was reopened in February, during the Winter Olympics, after a two-year suspension. This was perhaps a precursor to the latest move to increase telecommunications between the republics and their leaders.


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Typical left wing socialist ideas. Tax the hell out of the smart intelligent people that work hard for their money and give to the lazy dicks that don't want to work.
Work for my money so I can give it to someone that doesn't want to work? Probably nonsense to those that don't want to work and are thinking everybody owes them. Very productive group of people and it is getting bigger. 750,000 of them in Detroit.
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." Abraham Lincoln
The "Buffet Rule" is designed so that those making more than $1,000,000 a year on their investments, would be subject to the same rate as those who EARNED their money by WORKING for it.
Well if "Stiglitz" says it's so it must be. FB you've bought into distraction routine hook, line and sinker. How will this stuff help the average American? Then again I apologize. Youclearly weren't seeking to respond to my post.
The stickler has always been "fair share". Many are willing to trot it out, but few, if any, are willing to put a number to it. What is your "fair share" number? Got one, or are you just a "talkingpointer"?
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winner in economics. Sorry if I take his opinion over yours, Mr. Sellallmystocksandbuygold.How about the same number as what is paid on REGULAR EARNINGS? Why does investment earnings deserve special treatment?If you REALLY demand a number, how does 25% sound? Will that fulfill your requirements for a number?


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Plague is caused by the sneaky bacteria Yersinia pestis. Depending on how it gets into your body, it causes three types of disease: bubonic (skin), septicemic (blood), or pneumonic (lungs). It has been used as a biological weapon since midevil European times. Aerosolized pneumonic plague is the largest threat today, killing you within a week if untreated. Luckily, it is easily treated with antibiotics if caught!
Pako Plague is named after another of my super scientist coworkers, Pakito, who is funny just like the plague.
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Journalists tell stories. It's what they love. It's what they're paid to do. But sometimes, the journalist becomes the story and usually, it's not a story the journalist ever wished to tell.
This was how I felt after my husband was killed in September 2007. I had never imagined a day when reporters, some of whom I knew, would camp out in front of my house. Never imagined a day when my family would be the subject of the story. Never dreamed my husband's picture would flash across the screen.
Four years later, I crossed paths with another former journalist who found himself in the spotlight sharing his own story. Jose Antonio Vargas, a former Washington Post reporter and Pulitzer-winning journalist, sat across from me at a table in Tempe, Arizona. He was there to speak about his recent revelation, his life as an undocumented worker, at the National Conference on Citizenship.
Jose did not know until he was 16 that he was in the country illegally, but after he found out, he believed, as his grandparents had told him, that if worked hard enough he could earn his citizenship. By all accounts he was a hard worker — an accomplished student and a successful writer — but he learned that no matter how hard he worked or what he accomplished, he could not become a U.S. citizen.
Tired of living with the fear and guilt of his secret, Jose came forward this summer and shared his story with the world. It was not a story he ever wished to tell.
Since then, he has started a campaign, Define American, in hopes of changing the conversation on immigration reform. Recently, Jose asked a handful of individuals to share their stories and their definitions of what it means to be "American." You can view my response here.
Some of the stories are funny (who doesn't love Stephen Colbert's definition?), while others are inspirational and uplifting. But all touch upon the very thing that brings so many of us together… a love of this land. As I say in the video, "it's what makes us exceptional. It's what makes us American."
By the end of this week hundreds of individuals, some documented and some undocumented, will share their stories and their definitions of American. What would you say if someone asked you, "how do YOU define American?"


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Resources on Aboriginal Economic Development
"The priorities of the NAEDB, as set out in our Strategic Plan, will allow us to provide the federal government with concrete strategic advice on priority policy, program and service areas as they relate to Aboriginal economic development. To this end, our strategic plan will help focus the Board's efforts to advise the federal government in achieving tangible progress in the promotion of Aboriginal economic development."
"Crane Aboriginal Management Services has been happy to assist a number of organizations evaluate their strategic direction. Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. The outcome is normally a strategic plan which is used as guidance to define functional and divisional plans, including Technology, Marketing, etc."
"The following is the keynote address of Chief Billy Diamond presented at the Fourth Annual General Assembly of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO), which took place in Montreal, September 25 to 27, 1997. Chief Diamond's speech was both timely and moving. In it he is direct and honest highlighting - in no uncertain terms - what must happen if economic development is going to have a positive impact on the future of Aboriginal communities in Canada. His message is as vitally important today as it was in 1997.
"This strategic plan was developed with the view to establish broad long-term priorities relating to Aboriginal economic development which will guide the work and activities of the NAEDB and its Secretariat over the three year period (2012-15). These priorities will be linked to relevant objectives which will assist the federal government's work to address the gaps between First Nation, Inuit and Métis, and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
For 2012-15, the NAEDB has identified the following long-term priorities:
1. Addressing Barriers to Aboriginal Economic Development
"Understanding the occupations is increasingly important in order to understand the results or outcomes Aboriginal EDOs are responsible for – and the skills and knowledge they require in order to perform their jobs well. This interactive tool, "Orientation to the Occupation of Aboriginal Economic Development Officer" will provide a better understanding of the Aboriginal EDO occupation."
"Following the release of the new Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development in 2009, CANDO has recognized the need to strategically align with INAC and the revised federal policy. Additionally, a comprehensive organizational review of CANDO was completed in early 2011 in which several improvement opportunities were identified. This strategic plan will address the key issues and opportunities CANDO faces as an organization, and provide a detailed guide for implementation."
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This is part 1 (of 2) from "Bound and Felt Up 7 - Darla Crane gropes Lorelei - Cowboy gropes Maid - Bound Orgasm - Plus Outtakes".
Number 7 in the "Bound and Felt Up" series!
Part 1: Big-boobed milf-y cowgirl Darla Crane has captured busty french maid Lorelei! Darla drags Lorelei down a hallway, ropes up her ankles, ballgags her and then gleefully subjects her captive to breast-groping and photo-taking, while gripping her hair to hold her upright! - - Rope bondage, ballgagged, fondling, topless, big tits, busty, buxom, curvy, french maid, costume, uniform, cowgirl, head-top ponytail, high heels, bare legs, kneeling, blonde, mature.Behind The Scenes: The story is followed by some footage of outtakes/bloopers with Darla Crane, Lorelei, and videographer Jon Woods.


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iDreamCareer.com, a Delhi based Ed-tech startup, has raised an undisclosed sum as angel capital through ah! Ventures. The angels from ah! Ventures together with angel investors Vivek Joshi, Mohit Satyanand, Indian Designs Group and others partnered to fund the startup.
The raised investment will be used to upgrade the product with addition of information alert tools, college application system, content upgradation etc. Funds will also be used for sales and marketing to grow business pan India and Middle East.
Founded in late 2013, the startup has grown to become an EdTech brand in the space of career & higher education planning for students.
The startup developed a 3S framework program- 'Structured, Scientific & Scalable', to help students in deciding a career for themselves. The program is currently being used by students in India, Middle East & East Africa.
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It has been observed that the elearning space is attracting investors interest, as one can see more and more education based startups being funded these days. Recently, in June 2015, eLearning startup Sigrid Education had raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Oliphans Capital. In May 2015, edtech startup MeetUniv raised an amount of $1 million from US-based Peesh Venture Capital. In January 2015, Simplilearn and Aasaanjobs also raised investments.


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"Red Rubine' is a Brussels Sprout with a difference, it's red/purple in colour. This variety grows to around 90cm (3') tall and has deep purple foliage. This makes 'Red Rubine' very ornamental in the veg garden. The sprouts are the size of walnuts, with a nutty/sprout flavour and they keep their red colour when cooked. I like to roast my sprouts, they go crispy skinned and velvety in the middle. Perfect to add interest to your christmas dinner. This variety is extremely frost hardy and will stand well through the winter. Don't forget that 'Red Rubine' sprout 'tops' are a really tasty veg in their own right."
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SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES, HONOURABLE TRESS N. BUCYANAYANDI AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF NARO SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, SPEKE RESORT MUNYONYO, KAMPALA, UGANDA 3-7 NOVEMBER 2014Honourable MinistersMembers of ParliamentDevelopment Partners Permanent secretariesThe Chairman and Members of NARO Governing CouncilThe Director General NARODistinguished scientists.
The AcademiaDelegates from other countriesLadies and gentlemen;I am highly gratified and privileged to address a Scientific Conference of this magnitude. I am happy to learn that some participants come from outside Uganda. You are very welcome.The theme "Connecting Agricultural Research to society" is timely and challenging. It unveils a problem that has been around for a long time but not yet solved. In most cases, technologies are developed without consulting the end users only to remain on the shelf unused. It is my sincere hope that this conference has come up with possible solutions.I am happy that the conference has been attended by policy makers, the scientists and academia, development partners, traders, farmers and extension workers. The problem has always been that various categories of people work in isolation "Silos" yet they are addressing the same problem.
This wastes resources through duplication of effort and does not provide synergy. It is one reason why adoption of certain technologies has taken long. I hope that this partnership and collaboration will continue well into the future. With Uganda's population at about 35 million people and growing at 3.2% annually, providing sufficient food and a surplus for income generation is not an easy task. The importance of agriculture and agricultural research can be traced back to 1898 when crops such as coffee, cotton, and tea were introduced for export by our colonial masters. Little research was done on food crops and other useful commodities. Today, it is encouraging to note that a lot of improvement has been made in the food sector. Focus has been extended to generating more income, food security and better livelihood. The infrastructure of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal industry and Fisheries and that of the NARS has improved tremendously. Today we boast of NARO with 16 Public Agricultural Research Institutes, the various universities and private sector involvement in research. I am happy that a good number of appropriate technologies have been developed to address problems in crops, livestock and fisheries. Besides policy advice has been given in other areas.
Food security has improved and to some extent farmers' incomes have become better.Ladies and Gentlemen,The objective for this conference was very clear and revolves on knowledge management. Producing technologies, innovations and knowledge that will not be put to good use is a waste of resources in terms of money, human resource and time. The Government has put Science and Technology among the four priorities in the National Development Plan (NDP) 2014/15. In this plan, the required technologies will be developed, infrastructure to carry out research in the public sector and universities developed, and a critical mass of scientists to spearhead and sustain industrial development and economic transformation will be created. Lastly, collaboration and communication will be encouraged and promoted. This will require forging linkages and partnership at different levels.
My ministry has taken steps to increase production and productivity using various strategies. The country as you know was divided into 10 agro-ecological zones so that each zone can be developed appropriately, have the technologies needed and be provided with the industrial and marketing infrastructure. Researches and advisory/extension staff were made to work very closely under the Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (ATAAS) project.
This has narrowed the gap between technology generation and dissemination and immensely contributed to adoption and knowledge use. Other strategies include use of the Farmer Field School model and encouraging the youth to get involved in Agriculture. The Government will continue to pursue a private sector led and market oriented economy, pursue agricultural development through a commodity approach; according to the 2004 zoning strategy mentioned above, provide agricultural development services to all farmer categories as individuals or in groups while ensuring gender equity and above all continue to provide agricultural services through decentralized system of government and also put in place mechanisms to strengthen the delivery of these services.In case of NARO, there is need for continuous restructuring so as to deliver efficiently, tackling land issues seriously, quality assurance and increased use of NARO technologies, scaling up and out by forging partnership with other agencies.
The involvement of the Uganda Prisons and the Army in seed production is a step in the right direction.Distinguished Scientists;I implore you to ensure that there is an information management system in place so that when old scientists leave the institutions the information is not lost. There is also dire need to translate and package the information so that even the smallest farmer can use it. Disseminating and sharing the technologies and knowledge should be accorded the importance it deserves. As scientists you must publish so that other people learn from you. Lastly, the world is a global village. Consider entering into protocols for international cooperation.
This will avoid duplication of effort and create synergy and hence bringing knowledge to those who need it most. Co-ordination and partnership will be paramount in increasing technology dissemination and adoption. I am glad that NARO already has a strong and capable Governing Council that will make the above expectations a reality. When we finally connect agricultural research to society, then the sky will be the limit.Dear Participants;I would like to sincerely thank the Government of Uganda and Development Partners for supporting agricultural research in this country.
I am grateful to NARO Council and the entire NARS for the progress made so far. Scientists, thank you for being innovative and committed to transforming this country into a middle class in years to come. I thank the organisers of this scientific conference that have attracted passionate participants. I thank all of you ladies and gentlemen for finding time to attend and contribute to the pool of knowledge. Visitors from outside Uganda, please take time and explore what Uganda offers in terms of tourism, agriculture, culture and other areas.At this juncture, I am privileged to declare this 2014 NARO Scientific Conference officially closed.


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The process begins with a check of the magnetic field. The leads will then be verified for continuity. The coil will now be measured to see what, if any, reading is available. If no reading, the solder joints are re-flowed and a check for continuity.
At this point, I will use a fine brush to determine if there is a break in the exterior winding. If no break is found, the end of the exterior winding will be removed and unwinding will begin. Generally, no more than 500-700 turns will be removed. If no break in winding is found and rust is evident on the poles it is safe to assume that corrosion has invaded the coil and broken down the insulation on the winding wire and compromised it. A full break down, cleaning, and re-assembly will now begin.
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How many of you have embarrassingly dribbled after coughing, sneezing, exercising or even laughing? You're not alone, urinary incontinence affects 25% of Canadians at some point in their lives. 49% of these people suffer from Stress Urinary Incontinence, aka SUI. This can be caused by weakened muscles from childbirth, injury to the urethra area, medicines, surgery and other unknown causes. Minor changes can be made, like drinking less fluid, urinate has soon as you feel the urge and avoid jumping or running. You can also quit smoking, avoid alcohol, caffeinated and carbonated drinks and spicy food all together. These seem too important to give up tho. Pelvic floor muscle training, medicine and surgery are all other treatment options you can try. But like anything else, these take commitment and time and aren't a guarantee.
My mom started experiencing SUI as soon as she hit 65. It's not an everyday occurrence, but when she gets excited or laughs too hard, there is a little trickle. She's found it extremely irritating, but doesn't want to give into the fact she's getting a little older. Not wanting to resort to invasive surgery or wear those large absorbent briefs (or as we like to call them) diapers, her only option has been to resort to pads. Both of which are extremely bulky, awkward and annoying. She still wants to wear her form-fitting skinny jeans and body-conscious dresses, but without the bulk of a pad. She can now discreetly and comfortably help stop her leaks with the new Poise Impressa Bladder Supports.
Poise Impressa Bladder Supports are designed and created for women in mind. They're inserted into the vagina the same way a tampon would be. Once inserted and "locked" in place, it helps to put pressure on the urethra. This helps and stops the urine from leaking. Unlike traditional pads and briefs that only absorb leaks, these actually help prevent the leaks from happening. No more sitting in your own pee. Much like tampons, it's important to find the correct fit. The Poise Impressa Bladder Supports Sizing Kit, which retails for only $9.99, comes with 3 different sizes. This ensures you find your ideal size, depending on your own unique body design. Once you find the perfect fit, just insert and forget about it.
My mom has been busy putting Poise Impressa Bladder Supports to the test over these past few weeks. She will be sharing her experience and up-date soon. From what she's told me, it's the first time in almost a year she has the freedom and confidence to keep up with her busy and active lifestyle. All without the fear or worry of bladder leaks. In the meantime, you can learn more about SUI and Impressa at Impressa.com. I'd love to hear your experience. Feel free to share on social using the hashtag #LiveWithoutLeaks. Let's take back our bodies and the stigma that comes with stress urinary incontinence.
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