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Dodd campaign sees an opportunity in Iowa
The Iowa caucuses are notoriously unpredictable. The September front-runner can become a January also-ran. Dodd is not the best-known candidate, though he has a considerable Senate record. He's not the best funded candidate, though his campaign is quick to point out that his fundraising tops John Kerry's primary donations. What Dodd offers, his wife and campaign say, is experience and an unwillingness to back down if an issue is worth fighting for. The couple's first child, Grace, was born just a few days after Sept. 11, 2001. Their second daughter was born two years later. It's harrowing enough to be a first-time parent, Jackie said. But going through that in September 2001 was surreal. Grace was born while smoke still rose from New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Dodd took her to his office a few days after she came home. While she was there the office found out about the discovery of anthrax in some Senate offices. The contamination included some mail to Dodd. That's when the idea of running for president started to ferment. Dodd talked about the idea of running for president on a walk with his wife. "When he asked me to go for a walk a year and a half ago," she thought he might be considering having a third child. "Imagine my relief when he only asked me about running for the presidency." Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic in the 1960's.
Dodd campaign sees an opportunity in Iowa
Dodd campaign sees opportunity in Iowa
Jackie Dodd comes to Ottumwa to campaign for her husband
By MATT MILNER Courier staff writer
OTTUMWA — Jackie Dodd has spent plenty of time on the road over the past several months. She's the wife of Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democratic candidate for president.
Iowa, she says, is an "exhausting" place to campaign.
"But that's a good thing," she quickly adds during a visit Friday to Ottumwa. "I think some campaigns have actually hoped that the Iowa caucuses wouldn't be first."
The Dodd campaign sees an opportunity in Iowa. The Iowa caucuses are notoriously unpredictable. The September front-runner can become a January also-ran.
Dodd is not the best-known candidate, though he has a considerable Senate record. He's not the best funded candidate, though his campaign is quick to point out that his fundraising tops John Kerry's primary donations.
"We're running a very old-fashioned Iowa campaign. Its been a terrific trip so far," Jackie said.
What Dodd offers, his wife and campaign say, is experience and an unwillingness to back down if an issue is worth fighting for. The couple's first child, Grace, was born just a few days after Sept. 11, 2001. Their second daughter was born two years later.
It's harrowing enough to be a first-time parent, Jackie said. But going through that in September 2001 was surreal. Grace was born while smoke still rose from New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Dodd took her to his office a few days after she came home. While she was there the office found out about the discovery of anthrax in some Senate offices. The contamination included some mail to Dodd.
That's when the idea of running for president started to ferment. Dodd talked about the idea of running for president on a walk with his wife.
"When he asked me to go for a walk a year and a half ago," she thought he might be considering having a third child. "Imagine my relief when he only asked me about running for the presidency."
Jackie said her husband worries about what he sees as the Bush administration's willingness to ignore Constitutional protections and erode the United States' moral authority. Dodd's father was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after World War II. That plays an important role in his distaste for secret tribunals and prisons.
Dodd wants to ensure American security, she said, but believes it can be done within existing Constitutional and legal frameworks.
"It's not necessary for us to completely sacrifice our liberties," she said.
Matt Milner can be reached at (641) 683-5359 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Anyone who owns a Sony camera or laptop is familiar with the Memory Stick. While the rest of the consumer electronics world was getting their flash memory in the format of Compact Flash, initially, and later SD and micro SD, Sony went its own way with the Memory Stick, a flash chip in the form of a stick of gum. This meant that Sony camera users couldn't swap cards with their non-Sony friends or use them in non-Sony devices. Seems like Sony would have given up on it years ago.
But Sony doesn't surrender in format wars easily, as we know from the Betamax battle; not even when the war is over. At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, however, Sony raised a tentative white flag—the company's latest line of cameras will include a slot for SD memory cards alongside the Memory Stick slot. The company also announced that it will start selling its own brand of SD and micros cards.
It did not completely take Memory Stick off of life support, however. The company also announced a few camera models that can communicate with each other and other devices wirelessly. The wireless transmitter, however, comes built into a special Memory Stick.

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The Work of a True Enthusiast
Ryan Beilstein, hardcore truck enthusiast and loyal Stylin' Trucks customer, caught the car modifying bug from his brother but has proven he can really hold his own. His 1998 Ford Ranger reflects the work of a skilled craftsman and it's important to note that mom and dad did not pay for any of it. He's supported his habit all while working and going to school. Nice!
Like many 21-year-olds, he's also interested in hanging out with his girlfriend and friends, listening to music, watching movies, mountain biking and even archery. But unlike most 21-years-olds, he developed his own custom stereo system….from scratch! He started with a scaled drawing that depicted the available space. He then used cardboard cutouts to ensure proper fit. The end result is a badass system that consists of:
· Kenwood Excelon KVT-911DVD 6.5" touch screen head unit
· TV tuner with antennas
· Navigation system
· Kenwood KDC-C465FM 6 CD disc changer
· Optima yellow top battery
· Heavy-duty 130 amp alternator
· 4 Alpine type R 5x7 speakers
· Dynamat everywhere
· 4 Bass blockers
· MTX 2300X Amp
· 2 12" Kicker Comp VR subs
· Kicker sub grilles
· Custom made sub box and amp rack
· 15" Streeglow blue neon on amp
· VooDoo 1.2 Farad digital capacitor
I'm guessing you can hear Ryan from about 5 miles away!
And that's far from all folks. Ryan has made extensive improvements to his truck over the last few years , and has found Stylin' Trucks to be very helpful in these endeavors. "The Stylin' sales staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. They're genuinely interested in helping me modify my truck."
Drop it like it's hot!
Ryan clearly likes to lay low. His DJM 4/5 lowering kit uses a set of replacement coil springs with upper and lower control arms for four inches of drop in the front and a flip kit for five inches of drop in the rear. In addition, the DJM Calmax drop shocks and an Eccentric cam bolt kit to help his truck almost scrape the ground.
An exterior that turns heads…
Lowering his truck is only the tip of the iceberg on Ryan's exterior customizations. His truck obviously draws attention wherever he goes.
A shaved tailgate and roll pan eliminates the bulk of a stock bumper and creates a smooth look. The Tuned by Matrix billet grille further accentuates his truck's hard-body feel.
Ryan also ensures he can see and is seen with a number of lighting products. The Diamond-cut euro clear headlights, Plasma Glow Xenon/Krypton headlight bulbs, Diamond clear corners, Sylvania Silverstar signal bulbs, 4" fog lights, the Line of Fire LED strip, as well as the color-matched Street Scene Cal-Vu mirrors with LED signals all create a sleek, modern look, while improving safety. Bonus!
On the other hand, the 15% window tint creates a bit of a mystique, making it look like Ryan is on a covert operation!
Protecting his precious ride and all of the valuable customizations is also key and therefore, he utilizes a Billet tailgate protector, Billet flame 3rd brake light cover as well as a Checkmate tonneau cover.
A man's truck has to have Power!
A true enthusiast realizes that a truck can't just look good, however, it also has to achieve maximum power and performance.
The Gibson dual exhaust, for example, creates an intimidating roar, while adding greater acceleration, maximum passing and towing and increased horsepower. Also improving power, Jet performance chips optimize ignition curve and modify the air/fuel ratio. Ryan gains up to 25 additional horsepower without compromising the factory warranty or fuel economy.
Maximum engine efficiency is also important and a Poweraid throttle body spacer increases combustion effectiveness, providing tremendous torque and noticeable mileage increases. Further, the cold air intake improves air flow by reducing the amount of dirt that gets into the engine.
With all of these enhancements, Ryan's engine will outlive him!
A sweet ride, inside and out!
The interior of Ryan's ride further proves his status of truck enthusiast, demonstrating his impeccable attention to detail. Nu Image blue flame gauges and a Nu Image AC panel, with Billet AC knobs create dash that's definitely not stock. Further, the Billet aluminum pedals and Billet window lock pins and the Ford Racing leather/billet shift knob add a touch of class, as well as a high-energy spirit, that bring this truck to a higher level. The Ford Racing steering wheel cover and floor mats inspire Ryan to go fast, which is why the Cobra radar detector comes in very handy!
He has also a fire extinguisher on hand because his truck is smokin' hot! (Yeah, I know, a bit much!)
Only ridin' on the best.
Of course a truck with this much work would only ride on the best tires and wheels. He has 18x9" Y2K Cobra R wheels and 255/45ZR18 BF Goodrich g-Force KDW tires.
Ryan would like to thank his girlfriend for tolerating his obsession…errr….hobby! He'd also like to give props to all the guys on RangerPowerSports.com for answering questions and being like family. His dream would be to own 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra R and have his truck bagged. He's attending
· Poweraid throttle body spacer
· Ford Racing leather/billet shift knob
· Roll pan
· Tuned by Matrix billet grille
· Diamond-cut euro clear headlights
· Plasma Glow Xenon/Krypton headlight bulbs
· Sylvania Silverstar signal bulbs
· Color-matched Street Scene Cal-Vu mirrors with LED signals
· Billet flame 3rd brake light cover


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I also think there are prices too high to pay to save the United States. Conscription is one of them. Conscription is slavery, and I don't think that any people or nation has a right to save itself at the price of slavery for anyone, no matter what name it is called. We have had the draft for twenty years now; I think this is shameful. If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say: Let the damned thing go down the drain!
Robert A. Heinlein, Guest of Honor Speech at the 29th World Science Fiction Convention, Seattle, Washington (1961).


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It is definitely that wintery, blustery season of hot cocoa, fuzzy socks or slippers, steaming mugs of soup, and…well, I could just go on and on! It is also the season of decorated trees! As I mentioned in a previous post, my husband and I got our tree over the weekend and it's mostly all decorated ("mostly" because my husband hasn't added his tinsel yet, though he insisted we have it). I love coming home to the smell of a fresh (albeit dead) tree in my living room. I love it even more when I come home after my husband, cuz then the lights are already on. =)
But let's go back to the topic of steaming mugs of soup. I love soup. Soup is amazing. I found this loaded baked potato soup from How Sweet It Is, and it is AMAZING. I used to make a lot of recipes from this blogger, however her recipes (especially the more recent ones), can be pretty complex, with tons of ingredients, and, well, I just don't have time for that. But this…was heavenly. Seriously. I can't remember what kind of potatoes I used – I think it was my reds that I had to get used up, and what better way to do that, than with potato soup?
I've made potato soup before (or at least soup including potatoes), but I think this was the first time I baked the potatoes first. So yummy! Also, I severely increased the amount of liquid ingredients – as the original blogger stated that it served 6, but according to her amounts, it would barely serve 3 or 4! I basically doubled most of the liquid ingredients and it was MUCH better (we like leftovers in this house!).
The only thing I was worried about was flavour! The original ingredients don't include much in the way of flavouring. However, I baked the potatoes with a dash of garlic salt, which I think helped A LOT. Also, I have been using the chicken bouillon cubes (instead of traditional broth) lately, which I think packs more flavour than the regular broth. Because of those additions/changes, it was so good!! One more thing is that I did not use smoked cheddar. I didn't want to trouble myself with that, so I just got regular sharp cheddar. Yum.
Baked Potato Soup
serves 5-6
-6-8 yukon gold potatoes, baked with skin on and chopped (you can use any kind of potato – and I recommend using a dash of garlic salt or another spice while baking)
-2tbsp butter
-2tbsp flour
-1-2cu heavy cream
-2cu (or more) skim milk
-1/2-1cu chicken broth
-1cu grated smoked cheddar cheese
-2+ green onions, chopped
-4 slices bacon, fried and crumbled
-Heat a large pot on medium heat.
-Once hot, add butter and flour, and whisk into a roux. Then add heavy cream, potatoes and skim milk, continuously stirring until thickened.
-Stir in cheese, making sure it doesn't stick to the bottom.
-Simmer for about 15-20 minutes.
-Depending on desired consistency, add chicken stock, then stir in 2 slices of crumbled bacon and green onions. Season with salt and pepper if needed.
-Serve and garnish with remaining bacon


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Plateau Restaurant
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Father's Day: 2/3 courses £20/£25; add £18 for unlimited bubbles
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What Insiders Are Saying
Plateau is an upscale fine dining restaurant in Canada Place with a nice view over the main square and flawless modern French cuisine.
Food is OK but nothing extraordinary... Priority is on the look rather than the taste!
Reasonably priced 3 course set menu for early evening dinner.
Typical atmosphere of a big open room restaurant with a business atmosphere and nice views over Canada Square.
A nice romantic dine-in for two.
Lovely setting, great staff from reception to the service, and not to mention delicious food .
I've actually been before but it was so long ago I had forgotten. I will return soon as the lovely receptionist said on leaving.
Shocking service in this restaurant, ordered two fillet steaks first they are the size of a postage stamp second both cooked in correctly. Asked for medium well came medium rare sent it back after 10 mins came back like a piece of charcoal. Sat for ten minutes with empty glasses had to ask waiter to refill the wine from our bottle, coffee ordered after ten mins had to chase and then to add insult to injury they made me wait 20 mins to pay! And even asking for service to be removed nobody asked if everything was ok!! Will never return appalling!
Restaurant was pretty empty in the lunch time, which was good. Food was ok but had higher expectations for the price. Beautiful presentation. Slow service even though place was empty-ish.
Amazing chocolate cake though!
Pleasant Mother's Day lunch. Beef and lamb was very good just a little on the cool side when served. Fabulous space with spectacular views. Very friendly staff.
Very average. Quite expensive
A really great place, although I found it a little hard to find, I think if it says Above Waitrose, it would make it easier to find, apart from that very nice food, presented in a nice way by polite and helpful staff
Certainly living on past reputation. This used to be one of my favourite restaurants in London. Nothing special and bland tasting. I never usually need to add salt and pepper. Big disappointment we even skipped dessert.
A lovely date night.
Although 2 courses for £25 quickly turned into an £85 bill with a couple of cocktails, bottled water and 2 side dishes. So just be prepared if you're looking for a meal in a budget.
Best pork belly dish I've had.
Staff were extremely friendly and importantly they presented a cake for my dad's birthday.
Much appreciated!
Highly recommended
Last minute booking. Great service, good ambience and good food. Would highly recommend
Lovely evening, the food & service were both great.
I like the environment and the food! Service is excellent. I booked the table for our anniversary. It is a casual lunch as we have just celebrated Valentine day yesterday.
We are very impressed when the stuff brought out a cake with the words "happy anniversary". They really read the detail of my booking as I did my booking this morning never expecting anything from this restaurant.
Thank you for make our day special!!!!!! We will definitely come back again!
Nice to have no music. Menu small but well presented and nicely cooked. Expensive relative to other options. Interesting that the Plateau Brazzerie was full whilst the Plateau had plenty of space!
Lovely time - great service and food / drinks were stunning. Best espresso Martini's in town!
This was my first visit to Plateau, we booked this spontaneously and so pleased we did, the food, service ambience was simply fabulous. Highly recommend this restaurant to anyone who appreciates exceptional good food and excellent service
Lovely evening spent at Plateau on Wednesday 30th January, service and food were excellent and as with all good evenings the time just flew and it was almost closing time by the time we left.
Great views out to Canary Wharf, will certainly be back.
Amazing venue, great food, excellent view, friendly staff and the total cost wasn't bad that either, would definitely go back again
Located on the fourth floor, Plateau restaurant offers views of the surrounding towers. The food is delicious with smooth service and smart dining room.
Great service, tasty food!
Decent food and very good value for money Lunch menu.
Plateau was on good form and the Evening Standard menu very good value. Pleasant, attentive staff.
Very reasonable price for food and drinks, and generally a very pleasant atmosphere.
Wonderful staff. Food was served on time and the variety was super
New Years Eve dining.
Food was delicious, couldn't fault it or the service! Can't recommend it enough.
Expensive as hell but...its better than a mcdonalds
Family reunion
Very nice and relaxed yet very professional service
My 3rd visit and unfortunately the service was really poor, hopefully it was just a bad day. The usual ambience of the previous visits was also missing. Possibly just because it was close to Christmas but really it should have been better.
Had a lovely experience as usual. The staff here are always amazingly welcome and friendly. Great ambience, great food and amazing views. Love the ever changing vegetarian menu too. The chestnut parfait dessert was like nothing I've tasted before!
Service was very kind and thoughtful. We got some good advice re food. The ambience is nice, a nice view over Canada Square. Food is simple and delicious. A nice place for evening dining.
Service was excellent but food was too highly priced for what we got ...example 3 small pieces of venison ( over cooked) for £25 ...not happy!
Romantic Night, this Restraunt is one of my favourites. Recommend the set menu, but to be honest all food and wine looks good. Expensive but it very good food and service, so worth it.
Bar staff really did not seem interested in getting on with working. Food was nice but insufficient. The staff could have made a better effort but really were not bothered.
My only criticism is the lack of English wines on the wine list and (not the restaurant's fault) some rather annoying children on the next table - surely parents can take them to MacDonald's and not ruin everyone else's evening!
Met a business contact for a midweek lunch. Excellent food - very well presented dishes and good value. Busy restaurant over lunch and restaurant emptied by 3pm. Due to location expect loads of business suits. Noise levels were fine for conversation. Staff very polite and well presented.
Food was average and service was poor, had the tasting menu for the 4th time at this place and it's got worse every time (Honey menu was last last good experience). Service was slow and staff didn't even explain what I was eating, took service charge off at the end as £20 wasn't deserved. If I was to go again it would be Set menu only, as wouldn't want to spend more than £30pp here. Finally opentable was out of sync so I had to pay more for a new menu.
The restaurant is well located with a view of Canary Wharf, we had the lunch menu which was good value for money and the food was excellent However, the only irritation was we ordered two Coke Zeros (cost £6) and we both got a small glass (max 200ml) filled with ice and some coke - we estimated we were paying at least £30 per litre which is appaling!!!!! You felt they were trying to make money on a soft drink - bad form.
Sadly the food was served lukewarm. Service was very good with the serving staff very attentive. Whilst the the food was adequate it was served at best lukewarm and in my view overly expensive.


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Just got a call...well, technically I got a text, prompting me to call back...I'm making this far more difficult than it needs to be...what I mean to say is:
I'm going to Beauce, baby!
Time to shift gears. Like from 1st to 5th!
For those that have never heard of it, this is probably the best description of the level.


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Hyderabad: Congress senior leader and former MP V. Hanumantha Rao alleged that the reports of naxalities planning to assassinate Prime Minister Narender Modi were totally fake and they were being floatedly to counter Modi's falling popularity among people.
Speaking to media persons in Gandhi Bhavan on Saturday, Hanumantha Rao demanded an open investigation into the reports of threats to the life of Prime Minister and other BJP leaders.
He said PM Modi has lost his popularity for his failure to fulfil his electoral promises. This was evident from the results of elections held recently.
Therefore, in order to divert people's attention, BJP, by using a section of media, has been floating fake stories of plot to assassinate Modi. (INN)


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The Night Ministry voluntarily halted nightly operations on June 7, citing staff turnover, training, and other issues.
|The Crib | The Night Ministry
The shelter's operating procedures have raised concern in the past.
Major issues have included The Crib's practice of allowing convicted violent felons to stay in the shelter with younger, marginalized, and easily-influenced youths.
|The Crib | The Night Ministry
Last October, CWBChicago reported that a different man who was on parole for robbery called 911 to report that he had been robbed inside the Crib.
That man, Keyruni Buford, was arrested in Boystown three weeks later after he punched a senior citizen in the face three times, took the victim's phone and reached into the man's pants to take his wallet, according to court records.
As before, the shelter will operate in the basement of Lakeview Lutheran Church beginning July 26.
In announcing The Crib's closure, Ryan said, "We have had a couple incidents in the space—it's a small space and tensions were high...We had a couple incidents that made us concerned for the safety of the residents. We want to make sure the space is safe and that we review our policies and the way that we use it."
Unclear with today's announcement is what changes have been made to make the small space better suited for the shelter's safe operation.


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Despite humble beginnings as the son of a dry goods merchant, Hendrik van Balen was probably well-educated, for on his death he left numerous books in different languages. He may have been trained by one of Antwerp's Italianate painters, or he may have absorbed the influence of Italian painting on a trip he took to Italy between 1595 and 1600. Van Balen became a master in Antwerp's Guild of Saint Luke around 1592; from 1602 he is recorded regularly, especially as a teacher. For thirty years he ran a successful studio, counting among his pupils Anthony van Dyck and Frans Snyders; three of his sons became painters.
Van Balen painted numerous large altarpieces, but he is best known for his cabinet pictures, often depicting mythological or allegorical subjects in which nudes lounge in paradise-like settings. He also painted landscapes, usually small in scale and painted on copper or oak. He often provided figures for landscapes by his friend Jan Brueghel the Elder, as well as for Jan Brueghel the Younger, Snyders, and Frans Francken. Van Balen's work has sometimes been ascribed to Jan the Elder.


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My journey in learning how to grow up, enjoy life and have some fun baking along the way.
Monday, April 5, 2010
A Girl Could Do Worse For Her Birthday
Outside US Cellular Field for the White Sox Opening Game!
We got the cheap seats so we had a long journey to get up there
Very cool!
And to cap off a win by the Sox, dinner at the Berghoff Restaurant afterwards. I had a Sweet Potato Panini with goat cheese and roasted peppers. Yummy!
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Dutch Treat Foods, Inc., of Zeeland, MI, is recalling 3087 pounds of Sweet Pea Pasta Salad due to one ingredient in the product being recalled by one of its suppliers.
This recall is due to J.R. Simplot Co. (Simplot), of Boise, ID, recalling select products having the potential of being contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem. The potential contamination did not originate at the Dutch Treat Foods facility.
The recalled Sweet Pea Pasta Salad was sold bulk in 10 pound cases (2 five pound bags) to two distributors in Michigan, Lipari Foods and Sysco Grand Rapids, under the Dutch Treat Foods label. It was also sold in retail stores in Michigan and directly from the Dutch Treat Foods facility in bulk 10 pound cases, 2 pound containers, and 14 ounce containers under the Dutch Treat Foods label.
The recalled product has "USE BY" dates of 06/09/16 through 07/01/16.
Consumers who have purchased the product should not consume the product but should throw it away or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may call the company collect at 616-772-5921. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. EST.
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12 Things You Must Know Before Attending the Canton Fair
So… you're about to attend Canton Fair. Maybe you're a newb and it's your first time or, maybe you've been a few times and would call yourself a veteran. After participating in and helping entrepreneurs in attending the fair a few times I've learned one valuable lesson: You must be prepared.
In the spirit of giving back I've put together a list of things I wish someone would have told me before I showed up at the Canton Fair all bright eyed and ready to "find" "opportunities".
Before the Canton Fair:
1. Get a Chinese Visa
Mainland China requires a visa from almost every country in order to enter (Hong Kong is different see point 4). Here is a link to a good resource with information about the Visa process. For American's I recommend using VisaHQ.
2. Do you have your Canton Fair badge?
If not find out where to get one besides the convention center. (Tip: Many hotels around Guangzhou will provide passes and you won't have to wait in line.) It will save you a whole bunch of time. You keep the badge forever and reuse it.
3. Download WeChat asap.
This is THE way to communicate in China. All the suppliers you meet will want to use Wechat to communicate.
4. Get to know someone else that is going.
Not sure if you know anyone there, but if you don't I would recommend posting on FB forums or Reddit to get some contacts. So much easier to navigate the city/country with help. We have a private community of over 200+ entrepreneurs doing business/manufacturing products via China.
5. Fly into Hong Kong.
It's a shorter flight with fewer changes and the flight is generally less expensive. Many countries do not need a Visa to fly into Hong Kong. Here is a list of countries and visa requirements for Hong Kong.
6. Have a game plan.
Know what you are there for. Know the layout of the convention center. My biggest mistake the first time was not having a game plan. The Guangzhou Exhibition Center is the largest in the world and it's very easy to get distracted by all types of different products. My first trip I ended up back home with a bag full of brochures from different companies and a lack of focus because I saw "too many great ideas".
7. Know your transportation options:
- Get a copy of the Guangzhou subway system on your phone. Here's a great app.
- Use Uber. I usually ask someone off the street to talk to the driver to tell him where I am.
8. The food is terrible at the convention center.
I ended up eating at McDonalds and Papa Johns the whole time. Take some Cliff bars or other snacks. Take some Cliff bars or other snacks.
It's also at least double the price of an average meal.
While at the Canton Fair:
9. Take a small notebook.
- Jot notes.
- Staple a business card from the seller to your note pages.
10. Take a selfie with suppliers you like.
Email the selfie in your first correspondence so they remember you. (And you remember them.)
11. Take business cards.
You will constantly be asked for one. You will get spammed heavily after the show, put a dummy/ghost email address on the business cards so you don't get all the spam in your inbox. Most sellers obviously don't follow "unsubscribe" requests.
12. Go to the meetups and events around the fair.
- There are quite a few meetups in Guangzhou and Hong Kong during this time. It's fantastic networking opps and you can get a lot of great ideas and advice. We're hosting an event. Sponsoring Chris Davey's meetup of the Amazon FBA4U WeChat group. Hosted a panel at the Global Sources Smart China Sourcing Summit.
So, don't be like me when I first went. Prepare yourself with the above and you should have a great first Canton Fair and many more to come (hopefully).
If you have any more questions after checking out these 12 suggestions put a comment below and I'll respond to EVERY question.


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Tips for Getting a Good Auto Accident Lawyers
The accident is one of the things that happen on a daily basis. Reports indicate that in the recent times, the number of accidents is increasing day after day. This is true for we can see even on the news the number of accidents that are happening on our roads. In case you are involved in an accident, the first step is not to leave the place the accident happened. You have to wait till the patrol to find you, or you can decide to call them. If you know very well that you are not the fault, you can decide you hire a lawyer to represent you. Lawyers are the experts in law who have obtained training in handling accident case don't know they can perform a good job for you. The problem comes when you want to find the one who is qualified and best for you. Find out for further details on
Laura Hunt Law Offices
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The most qualified lawyer will ensure that you are protected by the law. You need to employ a lawyer who is qualified and have dealt with such case in the past years. These are the best lawyers for they will know how to deal with them in a professional way ensuring that you get the compensation which you wanted to receive from the fault party. Choose the best lawyers to form a law firm that is well known to produce the best accident attorneys in the area. You have to ask for a list of all the lawyers they have, and from that list, you can choose the lawyer who is more qualified. You have to conduct a thorough research about them and obtain all the information you need to know. Learn more about accident attorneys, go
The team of lawyers should be cooperative and reliable. They should respond to you anytime you need them for this will help you win the case. Any legal step they are taking should be well explained to you so that you can know about your progress. To get the best lawyers, get the best law firm which offers consultations for free. By these, you will be able to get the best and most qualified attorney in your area to represent your case.
The car accident lawyer will be required to go the scene of the accident and get all the necessary evidence required in a court of law. He will also be needed to appear in the court of law times to times whenever the case is on hearing. He should be reliable and able to respond to your calls anytime you need them. You should hire the most competent and qualified accident lawyer to ensure you win the case and get compensated. Take a look at this link
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John Kerry's nightmare dream job
I've never had many charitable things to say about John Kerry, but now it's worse; I feel sorry for him.
Kerry certainly isn't an evil fellow, merely a run-of-the-mill narcissistic opportunist who has risen to the top of the political heap. I admire his service in Vietnam; many children of privilege — did someone mention George W. Bush? — found ways to avoid the war. If he had any stellar accomplishments during his 28 years in the Senate, they are not etched in my memory. He proved to be an inept presidential candidate in 2004.
But now, the spin goes, he is serving in his dream job, secretary of state. Kerry's father was a Foreign Service officer, and one of his son's first trips as secretary included a sentimental journey to Berlin, where his father worked in the US Embassy.
Shortly thereafter, Kerry uncorked perhaps the boldest diplomatic initiative of the Obama administration: a full-on restart of the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. (One thinks of his predecessor's ill-fated "re-set" of US-Russian relations.) In July 2013, Kerry announced his ambitious objective "to achieve a final status agreement over the course of the next nine months."
His praiseworthy goal was to see "two states living side by side in peace and security." That didn't work out. In the wake of this week's discovery of the bodies of three slain Israeli teenagers, peace negotiations seem like a distant memory.
In September of 2013, Kerry offhandedly suggested that Syrian president Bashar Assad could avoid military intervention in his country's civil war if he would "turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community." Kerry added: "It can't be done, obviously."
RELATED: Nicholas Burns: The Middle East at a tipping point
It turned out it could be done, but not by John Kerry. International rogue actor Vladimir Putin pulled America's chestnuts out of the fire by convincing Syria to eliminate its chemical arsenal.
Certainly Kerry's era has been good for Putin. The Russian leader has astutely perceived a power vacuum on the international stage and realized that no one would oppose him if he decided to, say, annex the Crimea region of Ukraine. So, under the guise of a Soviet-style plebiscite, he did just that. Now he's supporting armed, pro-Russian irregulars in Eastern Ukraine and elsewhere. According to National Journal, the ultimatum-enamored Kerry ordered Putin & Co. to back off their most recent Ukrainian adventure in a matter of "hours."
That was last week. Let's just say Putin didn't get the message. He was too busy rushing military assistance to Iraq, where American influence is rapidly dwindling.
That was around the time that Kerry sternly warned Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi not to throw three Al Jazeera journalists in jail, ostensibly for "spreading false news" in Egypt. Shortly after Kerry's jet departed Egyptian air space, the trio were sentenced to years in prison.
There was a time when Egyptian dictators cleaved more closely to the American party line. That time is past. Kerry speaks; no one listens.
None of this is really John Kerry's fault, which is why I pity him. This just isn't a propitious moment to represent American interests in the world. The Obama administration has largely accomplished its goal of disengaging from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars that cost more than 5,000 American lives. Our national appetite for foreign entanglements may be at an all-time low.
It's true that Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine are in flames, but there's not much we can do about it. It doesn't help that Kerry's boss is a lame-duck president with a weather eye focused on his party's fortunes in this year's mid-term elections. The world is an intractable place, peopled mainly by friendly rivals and outright enemies.
Welcome to your dream job, Secretary Kerry.
Related coverage:
• Ideas: The surprising appeal of ISIS
• Nicholas Burns: The Middle East at a tipping point
• Alan Berger: US shouldn't let Iraq be bargaining chip with Iran
• John Kerry departs Iraq as uncertainties remain
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www.cooks.com that got lots of great reviews and decided to give it a shot. It didn't say what type of apples would be best, but I used a combination of Gala and Granny Smith even though I forgot to include them in this photo...about 3 pounds.
Other ingredients include...
3 cups sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp cloves
dash of salt
3/4 cup water or apple cider (I used apple juice)
If apple butter has too much liquid, remove lid and cook on high until thickened. Stir often to keep it from scorching.
Store in the refrigerator for up to six weeks or freeze for longer storage.
Now, when tasting this yummy goodness, I noticed that there was an extremely strong taste of the spices in my lovely butter. I may have...just may have doubled the cloves and allspice. I'm not really sure. I've never had homemade apple butter before and so I'm not sure if it's supposed to be this strong.
So....I'm asking for your help here. Do you make your own apple butter? Is your recipe different than mine and, if so, would you mind sharing it with me? I would love to try a different version especially from someone I 'know'. :)
An apple a day.....
Participating in Fresh From the Farm Recipe Swap


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The Valdivia was equipped with state of the art biological and chemical laboratories, a first-class scientific library and ample storage space for marine specimens collected while at sea. With these specialist ship fittings and overall expedition objectives as well as vessel size, the Valdivia resembled the famous HMS Challenger from the 1870s, which had essentially established oceanography as a scientific discipline.
And like the Challenger expedition, the German Deep-Sea Expedition gave rise to an extensive series of post-voyage scientific publications. Professor Chun contributed a book on cephalopods (with a corresponding illustration/photograph atlas) to a multi-volume work called 'Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefse eexpedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia' (From the Depths of the World Sea: Descriptions of the German Deep Sea Expedition).
In 1975, the Israel Program for Scientific Translations (in association with the Smithsonian Institution) arranged for the publication of the Professor Chun cephalopoda volumes in English for the first time.
Polypus levis Hoyle (male) - Port Gazelle, Keguelen
Thaumatolampas diadema (head, funnel, mantle, eye dissected views)
Abraliopsis morisii (mature female)
Calliteuthis hoylei + reversa and Histoteuthis juveniles
Histioteuthis ruppellii (large male from Nice)
Benthoteuthis megalops Verrill (Bathyteuthis abyssicola Hoyle)
Mastigoteuthis glaukopis (1+2) and flammea (3+4)
Thaumatolampas diadema (from Benguela current, South Africa)
Bolitaena diaphana STEENSTR. (Gulf of Guinea)
Chiroteuthis (Chirotauma imperator) (S. channel of Nias)
Velodona togata (off Somalia)
Eledonella pygmaea VERR. (male, female and hectocotylus of younger male)
Opisthoteuthis medusoides + extensa
Chiroteuthis spp.
(tentacle club, glandular knob, olfactory tubercule, eye, mantle complex)
(tentacle club, glandular knob, olfactory tubercule, eye, mantle complex)
"The Cephalopoda is an ancient and very successful group of the [phylum] Mollusca. Cephalopods have been among the dominant large predators in the ocean at various times in geological history. Two groups of cephalopods exist today: The Nautiloidea with a few species of the pearly nautilus, and the Coleoidea, containing the squids, cuttlefishes, octopods and vampire squids, which is represented by about 700 species.
Cephalopods are the most active of the molluscs and some squids rival fishes in their swimming speed. Although there are relatively few species of living cephalopods, they occupy a great variety of habitats in all of the world's oceans. Individual species are often very abundant and provide major targets for marine fisheries. [..]
-A funnel derived from the molluscan foot [..]
-Circumoral arms that are derived from the molluscan head [..]
-Chitinous beaks
-image-forming eyes"
The images for this post were sourced from: 'The Cephalopoda Part I: Oegopsida Part II: Myopsida, Octopoda Atlas' by Carl Chun, 1910 {1975 reprint}, online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library (there's a small drop-down menu to toggle between atlas and text).
Alternative versions are available from the Internet Archive.
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration web exhibit site offers a sampling of page views from the German Deep-Sea Expedition publications, as well as huge downloadable pdf versions of the series.
- Cephalopoda at the Tree of Life web project and wikipedia.
- The Octopus News Magazine Online.
- Professor Carl Chun biography IN: 'Exploring Polar Frontiers: a Historical Encyclopedia' by William James Mills, 2003.


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Introduction by Frank. The core of the issue is that there is nothing to distinguish the starting point (request or response element) of processing in the body of a message. He also notes the problem exists in headers as well as the body. The solutions proposed have included define element order, somehow use WSDL, use the "root" described in (a poorly worded) sec 5.6 of the spec. Various practices are used in today's implementations, and part of the challenge of issue 78 is to accommodate current practices. Such consideration has led to a proposed solution using the "root" attribute to indicate the starting point element, and to assume the request element is the first element in the body if "root" is not present. The order criteria is based on the perception that it represents the most common ordering practice.
Part of the resolution includes a proposed rewrite of sec 5.6 (see June dist-app message #0110) and sec 7.1 (see July dist-app message #0262, "v5"). The latter also proposes a number of Glossary terms.
Jacek takes issue with a "serialisation root" in the proposal, which he believes is the last tie between sections 5 and 7 (and the RPCTF has been moving toward removing ties between secs. 5 & 7).
Jacek also takes issue with the placement of the root attribute on child elements of <body> because it requires a scan of all child elements to determine which is the starting point, or to determine that the root is not present.
Discussion followed toward the end of which, the beginning of a proposal emerged:
It was also discussed that such an attribute might be useful in situations other than RPC, in which case it would be more appropriately be part of the "core spec". Furthermore, it was discussed that such an attribute might be equally applicable to headers as well as the body. This raised concerns about the distinction between the body (just another header?) and other headers. These further points of discussion were to be taken to dist-app, perhaps as further discussion points for the WG telcon when discussing issue 78/16.
Action: Frank to send an email today outlining the new proposal
Action: David to add this proposal to the WG's telcon agenda


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About Conor
Conor is a Strength and Conditioning coach from Ireland. He has a backround in highperformance sport. He has worked in sports like rugby, gaelic football, track and field, Sevenes rugby, Soccer, MMA and many more. Conor is a licenced educator for Strength and Conditioning for the World rugby and has recently become an EXOS performance specialist.
A Strength and Conditioning coach specializes in all areas of high performance in team and individual sports and first and foremost is a sports coach. Strength and Conditioning is the application of applied sports science and this is a unique service provided by Conor at Viscus. Conors training theory is; failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Bachelor Degree in Strength and Conditioning / Sport Science
- Masters in Strength and conditioning*
- EXOS performance specialist
- IRB Licensed Educator- Level 1 and 2 educator
- IAWA Level 1 Olympic Weightlifting coach- World weightlifting association
- IRB Accelerated Talent Optimisation programme (TOP) Stellenbosh, South Africa, 2013
- IRB Level 2 Strength and Conditioning
- UKSCA-UK Strength and conditioning association courses- Foundation level 1, Speed, Agility and plyometrics and weightlifting for sports performance.
- Movement and skill Development- (Level 1- The junior athlete)- Setanta College
- Engelska
- Svenska
- Failing to plan is planing to fail.


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My very first international trip was to Boston and New York in July/August, 2010.
Being from the Brazilian countryside (well, sort of…), this trip was a huge wake up call for me. It changed my mind in a way I just couldn't stand going back and living the same life I was living.
Given that, there was an opportunity to move to Russia in 2011. I obviously took the chance and did not think twice.
During the stay there, I had the chance of visiting many different places (some I'd never imagine I would ever go) and the travel bug kind of bit me
In late 2014 I quit my job, enrolled in a Pastry course in Paris and after finishing it in November/15, I've finally settled down in Toronto, Canada.
It's needless to say that one of my main focus on all these trips is to know the local cuisine. I often try to reproduce some of the dishes when I return home and share them with you. Check our section "Around the World" for all the recipes.
Curious about these trips? Check out at the gallery below some of the places I've been already!


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As per IRDA Annual Report, 2010-11 the total premium underwritten by the life insurance sector in 2010-11 was Rs 2,91,605 crore as against Rs. `2,65,447 crore in 2009-10 exhibiting a growth of 9.85%.
As per IRDA Annual Report, 2010-11 the total premium underwritten by the life insurance sector in 2010-11 was Rs 2,91,605 crore as against Rs 2,65,447 crore in 2009-10 exhibiting a growth of 9.85%.
The online insurance segment has been a significant contributor to this growth with 10 private insurers and India's largest public sector insurer, LIC announcing the intent to enter this space as well.
Online insurance has found a market among the urban upwardly mobile customers due to the "do-it-yourself" nature of insurance purchase that has made the process far simpler and cost effective. With most of the major insurers in India launching online insurance products, customers need to make some smart decisions about the policy they select and the need to invest in online insurance.
It is in this context that I would like to highlight a few things that one should keep in mind while buying or selecting an online term insurance plan:
Insurance cover: How much insurance cover do you actually need? Ask this question to yourself and also analyze your family's future financial needs and your current lifestyle. It is very important to carefully select a plan that will meet any future liabilities incase something were to happen to you.
One should consider factors such as debt repayments, existing insurance cover, and current annual income before deciding the amount of insurance required.
Selecting the right term: Its always advisable to take a longer term than a shorter term when you are young. For example a young and healthy professional of 30 years should opt for a 35-40 years term rather than a 15-20 years term. This will ensure that you do not need to buy another plan in the later years where you may need to shell out more premium.
Claim settlement ratio: Check out for the claim settlement ratio of the company of which you plan to invest in. Generally a claim settlement ratio of 80% and above can be termed as a good one.
Reveal all relevant data: It's important for a person to be honest when filling in the proposal form. Misrepresentation or hiding important facts linked to health, income, etc may impact the claim settlement.
Premiums: There are many comparator sites available so you can check across companies and premiums before deciding on your policy.
Security: While applying for online insurance, take care that all your data is secure and you do not leave any personal details lying around on somebody else's machine. While all insurance companies guarantee protection of data, they are not responsible for any misuse that might happen due to your negligence. Do not fill in online policy documents from a cyber café or someone else's computer. Log out after you complete filling your details.
This article has been written by Gaurav Rajput, Director Marketing of Aviva India.You can now invest in mutual funds with moneycontrol. Download moneycontrol transact app. A dedicated app to explore, research and buy mutual funds.


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HGM Classification
September 24th, 2006 by Dan Bollinger
In 1995, the World Health Organization released its Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Classification in order to aid discussion by codifying the various forms of harm women and girls suffer. This classification, although useful, does not address the greater issue of human genital mutilation including male genital mutilation and sexual reassignment surgery to the intersexed. Only with a broader perspective can people understand the true nature and scope of this global societal problem. In 2000, the International Coalition for Genital Integrity added these classifications for Male Genital Mutilation (MGM) and the encompassing Human Genital Mutilation (HGM) Classifications.
|Excision of the prepuce with or without excision of part or
all of the clitoris.
|Excision or injury of any genital tissue including the
prepuce, clitoris or frenulum.
|Excision or injury of part or all of the skin including penile skin degloving (avulsion), and specialized mucosal tissues of the penis including the prepuce and frenulum (circumcision, dorsal slit without closure).
|Excision of the prepuce and clitoris together with partial or
total excision of the labia minora.
|Excision or injury to the glans, penis shaft or labia minora.
|Excision or injury to the glans (glandectomy) and/or penis
shaft, (penectomy) along with Type I MGM. Any procedure that interferes with reproductive
or sexual function in the adult male.
|Excision of part or all of the external genitalia and
stitching/narrowing of the vaginal opening (infibulation).
|Excision or injury to external genitalia including
infibulation, castration, orchidectomy, or sexual reassignemnt.
|Excision or destruction of the testes (castration or
orchidectomy), with or without Type II MGM.
|Unclassified: includes pricking, piercing or incision of
clitoris and/or labia; stretching of clitoris and/or labia; cauterization by burning of
clitoris and surrounding tissues; scraping (angurya cuts) of the vaginal orifice or
cutting (gishiri cuts) of the vagina; introduction of corrosive substances into the vagina
to cause bleeding or herbs into the vagina with the aim of tightening or narrowing the
vagina; any other procedure which falls under the definition of FGM given above.
|Unclassified: includes pricking, piercing, stretching,
cauterization by burning, scalding, introducing corrosive substances, or any other
modification(s) to gential tissue.
|Unclassified: includes pricking, piercing or incision of the
prepuce, glans, scrotum or other genital tissue; cutting and suturing of the prepuce over
the glans (infibulation); slitting open the urethra along the ventral surface of the penis
(subincision); slitting open the foreskin along its dorsal surface (superincision);
severing the frenulum; stripping the skin from the shaft of the penis; introducing
corrosive or scalding substances onto the genital area; any other procedure which falls
under the definition of MGM given above.
|Sterilization, oophorectomy, castration, and orchiectomy.
|Castration or orchiectomy.
* WHO does not list a Type V genital mutilation for females, ICGI adds it here. Sterilization of males for cultural or punishment reasons is a known genital mutilation.


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First, I love the lights and decorations that bring a home or street alive with their twinkling bulbs that break through the darkness. In January the world goes back to being bare, but for this one month, lights turn our world into a starry wonderland.
Second, I love the music. For over seventy years I've heard and sung the familiar Christmas Carols so now they are as much a part of me as my heart beat. My favorite for years has been I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day with its stanza:
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
'God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men.'
Third, I love the smells of Christmas. From the fir trees, to the gingerbread men, to eggnog, to the scent of bread dough rising. These smells all bring back the cozy comfort of home.
Finally, I love the smiles and cheerful greetings of everyone I meet in December. For in the smiles and cheerfulness one gets a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, that little babe born in Bethlehem did indeed bring peace on earth goodwill toward men. For one month a year anyway.
In the spirit of Christmas, I wrote the following:
Christmas Magic
Linda Loegel
The two-year-old toddles across the room
And claps his chubby hands in delight
At the wondrous sight of a Christmas tree
Draped with a hundred twinkling lights
The old man in his nineties
His heart bursting with joy
Closes his eyes and mouths the words
To the carols sung by neighborhood boys
While she arranges the nativity scene
The new mother cradles her son
Feeling a special bond with Mary, now
Kneeling beside her precious one.
The ten-year-old rolls out the dough
Flour and cinnamon all over her face
She adds sprinkles, candy, and icing
And laughs at the cookies she's made
The woman's pen poises over the cards
Addressed to her dearest friends
Each person's name brings a smile to her face
And a remembrance of a special time and place
At this time of year we celebrate
The gift of sounds, and smells, and sights
That brings the magic of Christmas
To all, and to all, a "Good Night."
Merry Christmas to all of you, my friends and family.
Today's Quote: I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens--A Christmas Carol.


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Breakfast Harvest Cookies -Sausage and Kale Waffle StrattaSheryl J. kelly July 9, 2017 0 COMMENTS
1.Apple Pecan Hemp Hearts Granola
Prep Time: 5 minutes; Cook Time: 35 minutes Serving Size: 72 g; Serves: 10; Calories: 284
- 3 cups rolled oats • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted • 1/3 cup sugar-free maple syrup • 1/2 cup unsweetened dried apple rings, chopped • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce • 1/2 cup hemp seeds • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped • 1 egg white, whipped, optional
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Inside a large-sized bowl, combine the oats with the hemp hearts, pecans, and cinnamon.
- Add the applesauce, coconut oil, vanilla extract, honey, and egg white; stir until the well combined and the oat is well coated.
- Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Spread the granola into the baking sheet; bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Flip the granola as well as you can. Return the baking sheet into the oven; bake for 15 to 20 minutes more.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven; let the granola cool completely inside the baking sheet. When cool, add the dried apple rings.
Notes: Store the granola into airtight container and keep for up to 2 weeks.
2: Baked Almond Dark Chocolate Oatmeal
Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Time: 35 minutes Serving Size: 139 g; Serves: 6; Calories: 241
- 1 1/2 ounces dark chocolate • 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted and slightly cooled • 1 3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk • 1 3/4 cups rolled oats • 1 large egg • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 1/2 cup ripe banana, mashed • 1/2 cup salted almonds, roughly chopped • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • Coarse sea salt, for sprinkling on top
For sprinkling on top:
- Chopped salted almonds • Banana slices
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 9-inch baking dish and 9-inch skillet with nonstick cooking spray or oil.
- Inside a large-sized bowl, whisk the oats with the baking powder, chopped almonds, and the cinnamon.
- In another bowl, mix the mashed banana with the egg, almond milk, coconut oil, almond extract, and vanilla until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients; mix to combine. Pour the mix into the prepared dish or skillet; smooth the top. Sprinkle the chocolate chunks or chips ove the top; baker for about 32 to 37 minutes or till the edges start to turn slightly golden brown. If desired, top with bananas, sprinkle with sea salt, and chopped almonds before baking. Serve warm with almond milk.
Notes: Divide into 6 individual containers and store in the refrigerator. When ready to serve, add 1-2 tablespoons milk and reheat in the microwave. For a vegan version, use 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon flax seed meal mixed with 3 tablespoons water) instead of egg.
3: Sausage and Kale Waffle Stratta
Prep Time: 30 minutes; Cook Time: 45 minutes-1 hour, 10 minutes sitting Serving Size: 237 g; Serves: 6; Calories: 525
- 1 pound breakfast sausage, ground, pork, turkey or meat alternative • 8 large eggs • 6 almond flour waffles, toasted • 3 cups kale, stems removed, roughly chopped • 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk, non-dairy • 1 tablespoon olive oil for greasing the pan • Cheese, crumbled or grated, optional • Red pepper flakes, optional • Sea salt and pepper, to taste
- Preheat the oven to 350F if baking right away.
- Lightly grease an 8×8-inch glass baking pan or a casserole dish with olive oil or butter or your choice.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground sausage; cook until lightly browned. Remove from the skillet and then set aside.
- Add the kale in the same skillet; quickly wilt; remove from the skillet and set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk and a season of salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
- Dice the toasted waffles into 1-2 inch square pieces. Layer 1/2 of the waffle squared into the bottom of the prepared pan. Add 1/2 of the browned sausage and then 1/2 of the wilted kale. If using cheese, sprinkle 1/2 of the cheese over the top.
- Layer the remaining waffle squares, sausage, and the kale. Pour the egg mix over the top. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese, if using, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with the red pepper flakes, if desired.
- If desired, let the mixture sit overnight to allow the waffles to absorb the egg mix. But you can bake right away.
- Bake for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the eggs are set and the strata is firm and a knife come out clean when inserted in the middle. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes more, if needed. When baked, let sit for 10 minutes before cutting or scooping into portions.
4 Breakfast Harvest Cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Time: 20 minutes Serving Size: 39 g; Serves: 12-16; Calories: 61
- 1 cup banana, mashed • 1 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree • 1/2 cup raisins • 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut, shredded • 1/3 cup coconut flour • 1/4 teaspoon ginger • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar • 2 teaspoons cinnamon • 4 dates, soft
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silpat.
- Put the mashed banana, dates, and the pumpkin puree into a blender or a food processor; blend or process until the dates are mixed well with the purees.
- Add the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, and vinegar; blend or process again until the mixture is a thick batter.
- Gently fold in the raisins and the shredded coconut. By heaping tablespoons, scoop the batter into the prepared baking sheet. With your hands, flatten them into cookie shapes. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or till the center of the cookies are not too soft to touch and he edges are golden. Let them cool in pan for about 15 minutes in the baking sheet since they will very soft when baked.
- With a spatula, transfer then onto wire racks and let cool completely.
- Serve immediately or store in the fridge for up to 7 days.
Notes: It's preferred to use a silpat for these cookies since they have longer baking time. This will prevent the bottoms from burning. If you don't have a silpat, carefully watch the bottom of the cookies. If needed, reduce the temperature of the oven and bake for a longer time
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"Fish are a challenging research model, and you have to be very creative and think outside the box," Hohn said. "I get to work with multiple species. Some of them are endangered, such as the Atlantic sturgeon."
From the time she was a graduate student in Dr. Lora Petrie-Hanson's lab, Hohn has studied fish.
"We established the College of Veterinary Medicine's zebrafish facility at the CVM Fish Hatchery, where we now breed several strains of zebrafish as a model organism for research," Hohn said.
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Hohn enjoys exercising, cooking healthy food and having friends over for dinner. Until the birth of her son Eko last year, she taught spinning and yoga at the Sanderson Center.
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on the main system (where EventSentry is installed) I get an warning in the web dashboard since the second day after installation. Can you give me a hint, how I can fix this?
Hostname Status Agent Ping Tcp Details
MFW2K12S WARNING ERROR OK n/a The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
Kind regards
This message simply means that the EventSentry agent, which is requires on Windows-base systems, is not installed on the remote host. You can install the agent using the management console in a few seconds:
You can also install the agent with an MSI installer or with a remote update command line utility.
Let me know if you have any other questions.


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|Lilly Pavlak at the European Bluegrass festival in La Roche sur Foron, France, 2009. Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber
By Ruth Ellen Gruber
My friend Lilly Pavlak is being honored by the IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) with its Distinguished Achievement Award -- an honor, states the IBMA, that "recognizes individuals in the bluegrass music industry who have fostered the music's image with developments that will broaden the genre's recognition and accessibility."
|Lilly and me after an all-night Tramp event...
I met her in 2004 when I was first exploring the European country/western/bluegrass scene. She was my own guide into the bluegrass scene in the Czech Republic (and elsewhere in Europe) literally taking me by the hand on some occasions to introduce me to people and events. She also brought me in to the Czech Tramping scene -- we spent a couple of memorable nights at all-night Tramp meetings and singathons.....
Here's what the IBMA says about her in its Press Release about the awards:
An active journalist for more than three decades who has been enormously important in telling the European bluegrass story in the U.S. (and vice versa), Pavlak is first and foremost a hardcore bluegrass fan who has devoted a large portion of her life and energy to promoting the music and artists she loves. The first American artist Pavlak heard in Czechoslovakia was Pete Seeger, in 1964. "I had never seen a live American before," Lilly recalls. "We learned the worst things about 'American imperialists' in school and some people even believed they ate little children! After the first tones of the banjo, I knew this was the strange instrument from the hillbilly music I liked so much. That was a defining moment for me, and for the bluegrass movement that followed. Nowadays the Czech Republic claims the highest concentration of bluegrass musicians on earth!"
In 1975 Pavlak went to her first folk festival at Lenzburg Castle in Switzerland. The next day she flew to America for the first time, later returning with 20 pounds of bluegrass LPs and a guitar. She taped the albums and sent cassettes to her "Tramp Music" friends behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia—which was their only opportunity to hear bluegrass for 12 years. On a shoestring budget, Pavlak has returned to the States and Canada many times to hear and write about bluegrass music. She subscribed to American bluegrass publications and bought music to educate herself and her friends in Europe about new bands and trends. Lilly is one of the original members of the Swiss Bluegrass Music Association and the Bluegrass Association of the Czech Republic. Despite health issues in recent years, Pavlak attends nearly every bluegrass event in central Europe, sending reviews and photos to the bluegrass press around the world. "I feel home is where the heart is, and my heart is where good music is," Lilly says. "I was always kind of a bridge between East and West, trying to put musicians from different countries together and make them friends."
|Lilly taking pix at La Roche. Photo (c) Ruth Ellen Gruber
In addition to Lilly, the Distinguished Achievement awards went to Bill Knowlton, Geoff Stelling, Roland White, and Greg Cahill, past president of IBMA and former chairman of the IBMA board of directors, who has brought his band Special Consensus to Europe many times in the thirty-six years of its existence.
I wrote about some of the adventures Lilly and I had on several occasions -- including in an article about the Czech bluegrass and tramping scene for The New Leader, which also forms a chapter in my book "Letters from Europe (and Elsewhere)":
Lilly left Czechoslovakia after the Soviet-led invasion in 1968 and has lived in Switzerland more or less since then. For years, starting in 1975, she made tapes of bluegrass music from American LPs and sent them to her friends in Czechoslovakia. At the time, it was difficult, if not impossible, to obtain original American recordings. Lilly's friends copied and recopied her tapes and passed them around from player to player, like secret, even subversive, messages from across the global divide. Indeed, during the darkest years of communist rule, singing American-style music often became an oblique way of expressing protest against the regime.
Lilly was not able to return to Czechoslovakia until 1987, but when she did, she found poignant evidence of how widespread her influence had become. During that homecoming trip, she said, "I hitch-hiked toward the Oslavka River, and the people in the car that stopped for me were listening to a bluegrass tape. It was very familiar to me. I knew exactly what the next song would be -- once, long ago, I had put this tape together for a Czech friend. I asked the people where they had gotten it, and they told me that a friend of their friend had gotten from his friend. And so, after 12 years, I listened to my own tape again. The quality was terrible, but it was bluegrass, and I was home again."
Lilly's involvement with the music began, as it did for many other Czech fans and musicians, in the so-called Tramp Movement, a uniquely Czech outdoors and music subculture that originated in the 1920s and is still going fairly strong. Tramping grew out of the Boy Scout movement and was particularly influenced by the back-to-nature Woodcraft Indian Movement founded in 1901 by the Canadian author and naturalist Ernest Thomas Seton.
Czech tramps were not American-style hoboes, but for the most part urbanites who took the train out of big cities on Fridays and spent their weekends "living free" -- hiking, canoeing, sleeping under the stars and sitting around campfires, strumming guitars and singing. They called it "going to America," and many romanticized the American west, taking inspiration from western movies and novels. Czech tramps often dressed in cowboy hats and bandanas, gave their camp sites American names and decorated them with totem poles and other hybrid American Indian symbols and imagery.
"People couldn't travel, so they took the romance and made it at home," Lilly told me. "It came from books -- Jack London, John Steinbeck, and the romance of the wild west, Alaska and so on. Because people couldn't travel, they thought about it, and they tried to live their dreams."Tramp songs, meanwhile, evolved from the informal stuff of campfire camaraderie into a full-blown genre of Czech popular music, merging local folk traditions with American folk songs, country music, cowboy songs, jazz and pop. A recent CD compilation of tramp songs originally recorded between 1920 and 1939 features performances by groups with names like Settlers Club, Camp Boys and Westmen. The cover of its information booklet features drawings of totem poles surrounding a sepia photograph of a group of young men strumming guitars and seated in the woods outside a log cabin bearing the name "Hudson" spelled out above its door.
The tramp movement remained strong under communism, despite periodic attempts by the authorities to regulate it or stamp it out."The dominant official opinion always was that tramps were relics of capitalist society and, as such, shall be given no rest until they would disappear from the face of the better socialist world," wrote Pavel Hubka, an amateur historian of tramping. "But they never did, despite vexation on the part of communist police and state Security."
Lilly described to me how, when she was 15, she and her sister were arrested when on a tramping jaunt in Slovakia and accused of spreading American ideology. They were harshly interrogated, and friends of theirs were sent to prison. "They beat me until the blood flowed," she told me.
In June, I accompanied Lilly to what is called a "tramp potlach" -- an all night sing-a-thon held around a blazing bonfire and well lubricated with freely flowing beer. The term derives from "potlatch" -- the term for the ceremony among native cultures in the Pacific Northwest at which hosts give away their possessions to their guests. The potlach I attended was held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of a tramp club near Brno that Lilly had belonged to as a teenager. There must have been 300 people present, most of them appearing to be in their 50s or 60s and most of them dressed in the green army surplus that has replaced cowboy gear as typical tramp attire. Former members had come from as far away as Canada to mark the occasion.We gathered around a five-foot tall bonfire in a lush meadow clearing on the Bubrova River that had served for decades as the club's regular camp site. At the edge of the clearing, four totem poles built by club members stood amid a tall pine forest, and a small tepee was set up next to a log cabin very similar to the one pictured on the tramp music CD information booklet. At dusk, participants held a ritual ceremony to light the bonfire, and then the singing began. At first, individuals stepped forward to sing favorite songs. They were cheered by the crowd and presented with wooden plaques bearing painted images of Indian, trapper or woodland scenes. As night fell, the entire group joined in, singing song after song after song, straight through until daybreak. M
ost of them had lilting melodies with a regular beat -- real "campfire songs." There must have been a dozen people with guitars, and, as far as I could tell, no song was ever sung twice.
"You have 10,000 tramping songs, you know," Lilly told me. "Every group has their own songs, and we have some very good songwriters. You cannot count the music. I could have gone on singing for three days without stopping."
In 1964, Lilly was present at a seminal performance that electrified tramp music fans and changed the face of the Czech acoustic music scene. It was a concert by Pete Seeger, the second of two concerts that the American folk legend performed in Czechoslovakia following a tour of the Soviet Union.
"I had never seen a living American before, and at school we learned the worst things about the 'American imperialists,'" Lilly has recalled. "Some people even believed that they ate little children!" What's more, she said, "Pete sang a lot of songs we knew from tramp music, and so I realized that they must be American originals, not just tramp songs. That was the defining moment not just for me, but for the entire bluegrass movement that followed."
What particularly struck her and other fans were the appearance and sound of Seeger's long-necked, five-string banjo. According to legend, Seeger's performances in Prague and Brno marked the first time after World War II that a five-string banjo was seen and heard to be played live in Czechoslovakia. Lilly and other fans have recalled to me how they would listen to "hillbilly music" on the "forbidden but beloved" American Armed Forces Radio, beamed from West Germany across the Iron Curtain, and try to figure out what instrument made the distinctive, ringing sound that was so different from that of the guitars, mandolins and tenor banjos already common in the Czechoslovakia.
As soon as Seeger touched the strings, Lilly said, "I knew that this was the strange instrument I liked so much from the hillbilly music."
A Czech musician named Marko Cermak, who was active in the tramp music scene, became so excited that -- according to his own and other accounts -- he built his own long-necked, five-string banjo by studying photographs taken of Seeger at the Prague concert and blown up to life size. Cermak went on to become one of Czechoslovakia's first banjo virtuosi, the father of five-string banjo playing in the country -- godfather in effect to the 65 banjo players who set the record in Caslav this summer for unison playing.
Cermak also founded one of Czechoslovakia's first American-style country and bluegrass groups, the Greenhorns. The Greenhorns became extremely influential by playing Czech language versions of American folk songs, copying arrangements they heard on American Forces Radio. "The Orange Blossom Special" became "Oranzovy Expres," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" became "Slama v Botach," and "I've Been Working on the Railroad" became "Pracoval Jsem na Trati." In doing so, they, and similar groups, brought these songs firmly into the local musical tradition, fostering a total assimilation of many songs into the Czech repertoire. Even today, many American folk songs are considered to be traditional Czech tramp songs -- or even believed to be Czech originals that were taken to America.This assimilation was intensified by force after the 1968 invasion, when official censorship made much of America's cultural production taboo. The censors permitted groups to play bluegrass, folk and country music, which performers convinced them was the music of the "oppressed" American proletariat. Still, when performing in public they had to sing in Czech, and censors scrutinized the lyrics. Music groups were also forbidden to have English names, so the Greenhorns had to change themselves into the "Zelenaci," and a fellow group, the Rangers, became "Plavci."