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Living in Texas hardly qualifies me to speak on harsh winters, but it's been cold down here (at least for this Texas girl). My skin is used to the 100% humidity we normally have, so when it's cold and dry this time of year, I need some extra hydration. I find myself reaching for these 6 products on the reg during the winter:
1. Avene moisture mask: I don't know why, but sometimes I just like the idea of using a mask. I can get some redness on my face (and the winter certainly makes it worse), and this moisture mask always soothes and calms down my skin. It has a light smell to it, which is delightful (and I'm sensitive to smells). It's not greasy at all, and most of the time, I don't even wipe it off. I highly recommend this.
2. Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse dry oil: I picked a bottle of this up our last trip to Paris and am so glad I did. It's a light oil you mist on. I love using it right after I shave my legs. It absorbs so quickly and has a nice scent. It also leaves a nice sheen, but doesn't feel greasy at all. I actually use this during the summer too since it's so light, while still moisturizing. You can also use it in your hair or as a bath oil.
3. La Mer moisturizing cream: I use this every morning under my eyes year round, but find myself applying it all over my face during the winter. It really is one of the few things that makes my dry flaky skin disappear. It's expensive, but a small jar lasts forever.
4. Jack Black lip balm: I'm a lip balm addict. I have tubes of this in all my bags, all around the house, and in my desk at work. This isn't going to give you any shine, but it's the most hydrating lip balm I've ever tried. I put it on every night before bed, and when I wake up, I can feel that it's still on and working. I've made the mistake of applying other lip balms at night and always wake up with dry lips. Bonus: it comes in tons of awesome "flavors." I haven't tried one I didn't love.
5. Trader Joe's lotion: The first time I tried this, I used some of my friend's when we were out in California. (Hi, Lauren!) This body lotion is rich, but not overly heavy. I like how it doesn't have a scent to it. And it contains aloe, which helps soothe any irritated dry patches. The best part about it is the price -- it's dirt cheap! I would have to stock up when we were out in Cali since we didn't have a TJ's, but now that we have one, I can buy it whenever I need it!
6. Sugar lip tint: I told you I'm a lip balm junkie. This lip balm is the perfect combination of moisturizing while also providing some color. It's not at all sticky and just makes your lips feel soft. This is my go to at work -- it sits on my desk and I apply it throughout the day. It's great because I don't need a mirror when I put it on, but it provides a little color. I like the plum tint, but there's a bunch of others (and a clear) that are also awesome.
Anything I should add to my must-try list? And in case you need an idea, either of the lip balms would make the perfect stocking-stuffer!
Friday, December 13, 2013
Winter Beauty Faves.
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Ever since I bought my cheap pressure cooker, I've been exploring ways to use it in getting dinner to the table more quickly. This is important to me, as I often don't get home from work until 7 or so, and I don't want to spend an hour or two putting together a nice meal. I'm trying to eat more high fiber foods, such as brown rice, so the pressure cooker allows me to cook that rice in 20 minutes, rather than an hour.
Last night, I tried making risotto in the pressure cooker. That's right, risotto, which traditionally takes 20 to 30 minutes of constant attention. But not in a pressure cooker. You cook it for 8 minutes, without stirring. And damn it, if it didn't come out perfect!
Now you still have to cut up your vegetables for the soffritto. Last night I used shallots, fennel, garlic and carrot. I browned some boneless chicken thighs in the cooker, removed them, added the soffritto, and cooked for a couple of minutes. Add the rice, stir to coat, some wine, chicken stock, and then the chicken. Seal the cooker and cook for 8 minutes. Release the steam, stir in grated cheese and butter, and serve.
This risotto was absolutely perfect. Creamy and rich. The starches from the arborio rice released into the broth, which surprised me. I thought that the dish would be overly watery, but it wasn't at all. And the chicken was nicely cooked, too.
I may never make traditional risotto again.
Pressure Cooker Rissotto
- 1-1/2 cups aborio rice
- 2-1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 pound boneless chicken thighs
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 2 Tbsp butter
Heat oil in pressure cooker without lid over high heat. Salt and pepper chicken thighs and brown in hot oil. Remove chicken from cooker and add shallot, carrots and garlic. Stir for 1-2 minutes. Add rice and stir for another minute. Add wine, stir, and then add stock. Add browned chicken thighs (including any exuded juices), bring to a simmer, and seal pressure cooker. Reduce heat to low and cook for 8 minutes.
Release pressure, remove lid, and stir in cheese and butter. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serves 3-4.

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Starwalker 140S - Sinking
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Elections and Events 1915-1923
Grullón 1999: "En febrero de 1915, se le presentó otro gran problema al presidente Jiménez. El Secretario de Estado William Jennings Bryan...presionó al Presidente Constitucional, para que mantuviera como Contralor de las Finanzas de la República Dominicana, al señor Charles M. Johnston, esta vez ampliándole los poderes" (page 25).
Grullón 1999: "Los legisladores aprobaron una resolución prohibiendo al presidente Jiménez utilizar los servicios del Consejo Americano Charles M. Johnston" (page 26).
Healy 1988: "In April 1915 the Dominican congress began action to impeach the president, on the grounds that he allowed the financial adviser to exercise powers in violation of the constitution" (page 195).
Musicant 1990: "In late 1915 Secretary Robert Lansing's State Department demanded the appointment of an American financial advisor to oversee the domestic purse. The department coupled this with a demand for the disbandment of the Dominican Republican Guard and its replacement by a non-partisan, American-officered constabulary, the chief to be appointed by the President of the United States. No Dominican politician could accept these conditions and survive…Given the Dominican position, the State Department had but two choices: land the marines to carry out the reforms, or back down and lose face. The department opted for the temporary humiliation" (page 236).
Musicant 1990: "By early 1916 the Jiménez government was in its death throes. Insurgency threatened in every province and armed rebels were in the field. In the Congress, each day brought threats of impeachment. Within the cabinet, War Minister General Desiderio Arias, a perpetual destablizer and former 'Jimenista,' grew increasingly insubordinate, constantly intriguing with the deputies to vote articles of impeachment" (page 236).
Schoenrich 1918: In "April, 1916, General Arias suddenly seized the miltiary control of the capital and issued a proclamation by which he practically deposed Jiménez and assumed the executive power himself...In the face of another general war with its attendant destruction of life and property, harm to American and other foreign interests, and danger of international complications..., the American government took decisive action. With the consent of President Jiménez, it landed marines...near Santo Domingo City" (page 90).
May 1-7
Haggerty 1991: "Secretary of War Desiderio Arias [took] control of both the armed forces and the Congress, which he compelled to impeach Jiménez for violation of the constitution and the laws. Although the United States ambassador offered military support to his government, Jiménez opted to step down on May 7, 1916. Arias never formally assumed the presidency" (pages 25-26).
Healy 1988: "Pressed hard by the Americans, the president simply resigned, and the government which the United States was pledged to sustain had ceased to exist…Arias claimed to represent the legitimate power of congress, and thus the only legal power in the country" (page 196).
Schoenrich 1918: Jiménez, "on May 6, 1916, resigned the presidency of the Republic, and subsequently returned to Porto Rico to live. The council of ministers temporarily assumed the administration. Arias, dismayed at the action of the United States, made protest, but the American government refused to admit the legality or sincerity of his conduct...(T)he American commander gave Arias twenty-four hours to evacuate. He promptly obeyed, and on May 15 the Americans occupied the city. American troops continued to be landed...until a total of about 1800 marines had been disembarked. They proceeded into the interior, taking over the preservation of public order and disarming the inhabitants" (page 91).
Welles 1928: "On May 1st, the long-threatened resolution of impeachment was passed by the Congress. President Jiménez was impeached by the House of Deputies 'for violations of the Constitution and laws,' and two days later his impeachment was approved by the Dominican Senate" (page 767). "On the 7th of May [Jiménez] announced his resignation" (page 769). "The Congress remained in session [and] the chances appeared favourable that Arias would in the end be elected...The American Minister...at this most crucial moment determined to postpone the election by the Congress of a Provisional President until he could be assured that some candidate other than Arias would be elected" (page 773).
May 16
Atkins 1981: "With continued factional strife in the Dominican Republic, the United States intervened militarily in its Caribbean client. Contingents of U.S. Marines began landing in May 1916 and a military government was established. The occupation, lasting for more than eight years, had a profound impact on Dominican society and economy and on political and military affairs...(T)he foreign presence, wielding arbitrary power, engendered considerable opposition and strong anti-yanqui bitterness. Nationalist upper-class elites especially opposed U.S. activities, considering U.S. occupation an affront to Dominican sovereignty as well as the end of their local power. They refused to participate in government or the armed forces" (page 7).
May 18
Calder 1984: "In late May 1916, a majority of the Dominican Congress agreed to support a compromise candidate, Federico Henríquez y Carvajal, the chief justice of the Supreme Court. The United States, however, was adamantly opposed to his election because he refused to make preelection promises to meet State Department demands for reform" (page 10).
Musicant 1990: "On May 18 the Dominican Senate prepared to elect Dr. Federico Henríquez y Carbajal, an avowed Arias partisan and chief justice of the Supreme Court. With Federico there would be no cooperation whatever in enacting the reforms. Also Federico was opposed by most of the provincial governors, who threatened revolt upon his election" (page 264).
Calder 1984: "When, on 5 June 1916, a final vote of the Dominican Senate was about to confirm Henríquez' election, [the U.S. minister] engineered a plan to arrest some of the pro-Henríquez senators...Henríquez was so disgusted with the 'officious meddling' of the United States in Dominican electoral procedures that he withdrew his candidacy" (page 11).
Calder 1984: "In electing Dr. [Francisco] Henríquez, the Congress ignored U.S. demands for prior approval of the candidate" (page 11). "The same act of the Dominican Congress by which Dr. Henríquez y Carvajal had been chosen interim president had created a constitutional assembly to write long-advocated reforms to the 1908 constitution, including a new system for electing the president of the republic. Failing completion of the reform document within the five months beginning 31 July 1916, elections were to be held according to the provisions of the old constitution" (page 16).
Grullón 1999: "El gobierno del presidente Wilson se negó a reconocer al presidente provisional dominicano, a pesar de que se había elegido de conformidad con lo establecido en la carta magna" (page 31).
Musicant 1990: "In late July, without consulting the Americans, the Senate elected Federico's brother, Dr. Francisco Henríquez y Carbajal, provisional president" (page 264).
Welles 1928: Congress elects Francisco Henriquez y Carvajal "Provisional President for a period of five months" (page 778). Henriquez y Carvajal is inaugurated on July 31st (page 779).
Calder 1984: The U.S. minister "recommended withholding recognition [of Henríquez] until he met the demands which the State Department had made upon previous administrations...After fewer than three weeks of [Henríquez' administration], U.S. officials, without warning, cut off all funds from the Customs Receivership" (page 11).
Calder 1984: "Quarrels between the various political parties prevented even the opening of the constitutional assembly until 29 September 1916. And thereafter factional debates continued to impede the delegates' progress" (page 16).
Calder 1984: "When it became apparent in mid November that the constitutional reforms would probably not be completed in time, the president issued a decree for the convocation of the provincial electoral colleges on 3 December. The colleges' task was critical, for they were to elect both a new constitutional president and replacements for Dominican senators and deputies whose terms would expire on 29 November 1916" (page 16).
November 29
Atkins 1998: "On 29 November 1916 U.S. Navy Captain...Harry S. Knapp...issued a proclamation from the Santo Domingo harbor declaring the Dominican Republic under U.S. military jurisdiction...It announced that the U.S. military government, under the Department of the Navy, would assume complete control of Dominican finances and direct administration of most government functions...The military government suspended the Dominican Congress, prohibited political party activity, and took away Dominican civil and political liberties...Since no Dominican cabinet members and few other government officials would serve in or even cooperate with the foreign regime, administrative positions were filled by U.S. officers to supervise Dominican personnel" (page 50).
Calder 1984: "The impending convocation brought matters to a head. Because Washington officials thought elections would result in control of the Dominican government by General Arias, the State Department moved to implement a previously conceived plan to create a military government""(page 16). "On the day Captain Knapp announced the U.S. takeover, the Dominican constitutional assembly sought to meet the challenge by quickly adopting a new constitution. This was complete with special provisions which would have insured the continuity of constitutional government, pending a new election, by establishing a new interim president after Dr. Henríquez' mandate expired and by permitting senators and deputies whose terms were expiring to continue temporarily in office. But the assembly's action was stillborn, a futile assertion of an independence which was already lost" (page 17).
Hartlyn 1991: "The U.S. military occupation of the Dominican Republic in 1916 was an outgrowth of a more general policy that led to direct interventions in Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and elsewhere in the same period, as well as the result of specific problems the United States perceived with the management of the Dominican financial debt by its leaders" (page 55). "The U.S. military occupation, 1916-1924" (pages 55-61).
Hartlyn 1998: "In the face of Dominican refusal to accept all the financial and military conditions requested following the landing of the U.S. troops, State Department and Navy Department officials implemented a plan for a U.S. military government in the country in November 1916, following its approval by President Wilson" (pages 36-37).
Schoenrich 1918: "As the term for which Henriquez had been elected drew to a close, it became evident that he had no idea of retiring from the presidency, but, on the contrary, intended to hold general elections, in which he expected to be the successful candidate. The deadlock thus threatened to continue indefinitely, and the American government thereupon determined to cut the Gordian knot. On November 29, 1916, Captain H.S. Knapp, of the United States navy, commander of the forces of occupation of the Dominican Republic, issued a proclamation, declaring the Dominican Republic under the military administration of the United States...The military government so established took full possession of the country. The chiefs of the executive departments not having appeared in their offices, their posts were declared vacant and filled with officers of the American navy" (page 94). Gives the details of the proclamation.
Calder 1984: "In mid December Military Governor Knapp...decided that the new constitution voted by the constitutional assembly was itself illegal, thus disposing of those senators and deputies whose terms had expired in late November. On 26 December the military government ordered that no elections were to take place until further notice, making the elections of replacements impossible" (pages 18-19).
Calder 1984: "From 1917 to 1922, the peasants of the eastern region of the Dominican Republic successfully waged a guerrilla war against the forces of the U.S. military government. This conflict stands, along with the campaign against Augusto César Sandino in Nicaragua in the later 1920s, as the major military involvement of the United States in Latin America in the twentieth century...For five and a half years the marines failed to control most of the eastern half of the republic. Ranged against them at various times were eight to twelve guerrilla leaders who could enlist up to six hundred regular fighters and who could count on the support of numerous part-time guerrillas, as well as on the aid and sympathy of the general population" (page 115).
Haggerty 1991: "From 1917 to 1921, the United States forces battled a guerrilla movement in [the eastern provinces of El Seibo and San Pedro de MacorRs] known as the 'gavilleros'" (page 26).
Welles 1928: By an "executive order dated January 2, 1917, the Military Governor declared that no sessions of the Dominican Congress would be held until elections were had to fill the vacancies existing; that consequently the Senators and Deputies whose terms had not expired were suspended from office" (page 799).
Black 1986: "Among the highest priorities of the U.S. occupation forces in the Dominican Republic...had been the creation of a constabulary force. The force was to replace all other armed bodies" (page 23). "The new force, created by executive order of the U.S. military government in April 1917, was called the 'Guardia Nacional Dominicana'" (page 24).
Healy 1988: The "guard found itself seriously challenged in keeping order. The Dominican Republic was a country of decentralized districts and local 'caudillos,' a kind of feudal hierarchy in which the central government had kept its claim to authority only by co-opting regional and local chieftains" (page 225).
Kantor 1969: "(W)hen the new Constabulary was created, no respectable Dominican would join the force. The worst rascals, thieves, bandits, opportunists, and would-be strong men looking for a road to power became the members of the Constabulary" (page 3).
Grullón 1999: "En noviembre de 1918, el contraalmirante Harry S. Knapp fue removido. Interinamente lo sustituyó el general B.H. Fuller" (page 36).
Grullón 1999: "Formalmente, el 27 de diciembre de 1918, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina fue aceptado como segundo teniente de la Guardia Nacional Dominicana" (page 36).
Grullón 1999: "(E)l 25 de febrero de 1919, el presidente Woodrow Wilson designó como Gobernador Militar de la República Dominicana al contraalmirante Thomas Snowden" (page 36).
Welles 1928: "In consideration of the growing hostility within the Republic to the Military Government...the Department of State determined once more to assume the direction of affairs itself...Admiral Snowden was instructed to appoint a 'Junta Consultiva' of prominent Dominican citizens...in order that the Military Governor might have at his disposal in the administration of Dominican Affairs the recommendations of representatives of the Dominican people...The Committee [was] constituted on November 3, 1919" (page 824). Gives names of members and their recommendations (pages 824-825).
Herman 1984: "The [U.S.] military regime did have a profound effect on the economic structure of the Dominican Republic, changing the land ownership law in 1920 to allow U.S. sugar interests to obtain legal title to land. Under the new law vast tracts of land were taken over and thousands of Dominican peasants were driven out, their villages burned" (page 19).
Welles 1928: "In March, 1920, a society known as the Uni\n Nacional Dominicana was formed in the Dominican Republic, which proclaimed as its objective the immediate return of the Dominican Republic to its former condition of independence" (page 828).
Atkins 1981: "By mid-1921 the guard was fully organized, replacing most other military organizations in the country, and its name changed to 'Policía Nacional Dominicana'... Development of an officer corps faced serious difficulties. 'Caciques' and their upper-class allies strongly opposed creation of a national force that threatened their local power. Upper-class officers resigned their commissions and elite families refused to allow their sons to accept commissions. Because of the impossibility of attracting upper class Dominicans to the officer corps, commissions went to people from the emerging middle class and the lower strata...Thus a new social composition of the Dominican officer corps was set" (page 8).
Wiarda 1992: "By 1921, with World War I ended and a new administration in Washington, the United States had lost interest in its Dominican venture. During the next three years, U.S. officials and Dominican leaders worked on a plan that would enable the United States to withdraw militarily while, it was hoped, maintaining political stability and economic solvency" (page 33). "The agent of stability was to be a new national military force, the 'guardia,' trained and equipped by the U.S. Marines" (page 34).
Grullón 1999: "El 3 de junio de 1921, el presidente Warren Harding designó a Samuel S. Robinson, como el tercer y ultimo Gobernador Militar que ejerció el poder en la República Dominicana" (page 37). Describes the "Plan Harding" (page 38).
Haggerty 1991: "In June 1921, United States representatives presented a withdrawal proposal, also known as the Harding Plan, which called for...the holding of elections under United States supervision" (page 27).
Grullón 1999: "Ya para julio de 1921, la Unión Nacionalista Dominicana, formada por patriotas dominicanos, había constituído comités en todo el territorio nacional y en diversos paises del mundo" (page 38).
Welles 1928: "Finally, in February, 1922, Secretary Hughes reached the decision that a continuation of the unsettled condition prevailing in the Dominican Republic could not be permitted...He therefore instructed the American Minister in Santo Domingo and the Military Governor to call together the leaders of the Dominican political parties" (page 852). Describes his concerns and recommendations. "The political leaders present...signed a formal statement refusing to cooperate with the Government of the United States upon the terms proposed" (page 853).
Welles 1928: On "March 16, 1922, the Military Governor was authorized to issue a proclamation announcing that the Military Government would continue for a further period, at least until July 1, 1924...Within a few weeks, however, the situation assumed a different aspect. Don Federico Velasquez, who, in conversations with General Horacio Vasquez, had ascertained that the viewpoint of the two political parties which they represented was very closely alike as regards the announced policy of the United States, informed the Military Governor, on March 27th, on behalf of the Progresista party, as the Velasquez party had now become known, and on behalf of the Partido Nacional, the new name bestowed upon the old Horacista party, that as soon as the financial situation of the Dominican Government had been improved..., and the Dominican constabulary had been established..., a proposal would be addressed to the Government of the United States by those two political parties with a view to reaching an accord which would permit the holding of national elections" (page 853).
Grullón 1999: "Sumner Welles fue designado Comisionado de los Estados Unidos en la República Dominicana y las negociaciones continuaron en el país, firmándose el 19 de septiembre de 1922 el Tratado de Evacuación, conocido como el Plan Hughes-Peynado" (page 39). Reproduces text.
Welles 1928: On September 19th the "definitive version of the plan of evacuation...was signed by the Dominican and American members of the Commission of Representatives" (page 866). Reproduces text.
October 1-2
Campillo Pérez 1986: Describes the presidential selection process (page 168).
Munro 1974: "On October 2, 1922, the commission chose Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos as provisional president…The inauguration of the new government was delayed until October 21, to give time to reorganize the police under the new Dominican officers" (page 59).
Welles 1928: The "Dominican members of the Commission...proceeded to vote for a Provisional President of the Republic" (page 873). Describes the method of selection used. "Don Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos...proved acceptable to all the members of the Commission" (page 874).
October 21
Atkins 1998: "A provisional government was organized, and on 21 October 1922, Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos, a wealthy sugar planter nominated by the Dominican negotiating team, was installed as provisional president" (page 57).
Calder 1984: "The essential function of the provisional government was to preside over the process of electing a new constitutional government, to take office in 1924... Numerous disputes, some quite serious, occurred over appointments to the provisional government, over the setting up and staffing of the electoral boards for the 1924 national election, and over the implementation of the electoral law concerning registration and voting" (page 230).
Haggerty 1991: "Under the supervision of High Commissioner Sumner Welles, Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos assumed the provisional presidency on October 21, 1922" (page 27).
Grullón 1999: Describes the Commission's (gives names of members) work on reforming the electoral code and establishing the date of elections for March 15, 1924 (page 41). "Durante las mismas, se efectuarían Asambleas Primarias para elegir Regidores y Síndicos Municipales, Consejeros Provinciales, miembros a la Asamblea Constituyente para revisar la Constitución de la República y los miembros de los Colegios Electorales, que elegirán posteriormente a los Diputados y Senadores y al Presidente y Vicepresidente de la República" (page 41).
Hartlyn 1998: "The extrication of U.S. troops was conditional on there being elections...; to this end, the U.S. military sponsored important reforms. The United States helped oversee the naming of a provisional president and the enactment of new electoral laws, including the establishment of a separate electoral oversight agency, the Junta Central Electoral (JCE, Central Electoral Board), and provisions for proportional representation to insure a degree of minority representation in the legislature. The electoral law of 1923 also prohibited the country's police and military from voting" (page 38).
Munro 1974: "Even after the electoral law was finally promulgated, on March 9, 1923, the commission seemed to take little interest in setting up the electoral machinery and making other preparations for registration and voting" (page 61).
Ramírez Morillo 1997: "(L)a nueva Ley Electoral...establecía el nacimiento de un organismo electoral (Junta Central Electoral) independiente del poder Ejecutivo, con jurisdicciones en las provincias y comunes (Juntas Electorales Provinciales y Comunales); mesas electorales tanto en las ciudades como en los campos; participación de candidaturas independientes; establecimiento de la proporcionalidad en la elección de los legisladores lo que facilitaba la representación de las minorías. Otro paso de avance fue el registro de los electores, cuya cifra alcanzó a 147,228 inscritos, y que como consecuencia de la gran cantidad de mesas electorales ubicadas en toda la geografía nacional; las elecciones pudieron celebrarse en un sólo día, mientras que en los procesos anteriores se tomaba tres días" (page 41).
Welles 1928: The "Provisional President obtained the agreement of the members of the Commission to the proclamation of the new Electoral Law, and [it] was promulgated by President Vicini Burgos on March 9, 1923" (page 884). Describes its contents.
Grullón 1999: Describes the Commission's naming of a Junta Central Electoral (gives names of members) (page 41).
Munro 1974: "The central electoral board, composed of three eminent jurists, was installed on April 10. It was more difficult to find suitable members for the provincial and municipal electoral boards" (page 61).
Welles 1928: The "Central Electoral Board, in September, 1923, determined that the local representatives of the Partido Nacional and of the Partido Progresista in the Province of La Vega had not complied with the registration regulations in sufficient time to enable the members of those parties in that Province to vote in the national elections" (page 885).
Welles 1928: "By the beginning of November, it seemed that the entire electoral machinery had broken down, and that the provisions of the plan of evacuation could not be carried out" (page 886). Describes discussions and changes to the electoral law (pages 886-890).
Grullón 1999: A new JCE is named (gives names of members) (page 41).
Welles 1928: "When the Provisional President, on December 21st, promulgated the decree containing the necessary amendments to the Electoral Law, the reconstitution of the Central Board was included therein...The new Central Electoral Board...proceeded with its duties in a commendable spirit of despatch" (page 891).


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When holding Lync meetings with customers who cannot join our meetings through the Lync client they are forced to use the Lync Web Access client, which provides them with a browser based client to join and participate when they otherwise would not be able to do so due to corporate security requirements.
While this works well most of the time there are limitations. I'm not a Lync engineer so I won't go into other challenges, but this post is to address a single limitation regarding the attendee list. I discovered a while back that OneNote and Lync integrate to the extent that you can get an auto-populated attendee list. The challenge is that when the attendees use LWA, they only show in OneNote as "Guest" as shown below.
So when I need a list of attendees, it works great if everyone is using the full Lync client. When they use LWA, it requires a little more work to get the list. This is where saving conversation history in Outlook really helps and some Powershell.
Open the item in Outlook and copy the TO: line.
**NOTE: I have noticed that sometimes you actually get user names here in addition to 'guest', but sometimes not. I'm not sure what determines that, but will update if I discover the reasons. If all you see are 'guest' entries, then this process will not work as intended.**
Paste this into Notepad (or other text editor and save as rawdata.txt). This will provide you with a semi-colon delimited list of contacts.
Grab the items and pull them into a Powershell variable and then split them into an array of strings
# Read entire list as a single string from the file $contacts = Get-Content .\rawdata.txt # Split into an array of strings on the ';' character $contacts = $contacts.Split(";")
Now, you may notice that there are some duplicates due to the way that attendees enter a lync meeting via LWA and there are entries that you obviously do not want such as "Guest" and phone numbers. So we need to parse those out.
# Remove duplicates $contacts = $contacts | Select –Unique # Parse out unwanted entries$newContacts = @() $contacts | %{ if(($_.ToLower().Contains("guest")) -or ($_.Contains("+1"))){ write-host 'do nothing with' $_} else { write-host 'adding ' $_ ' to new array'; $newContacts = $newContacts + $_}}
You will also notice that saving this conversation history to Outlook has also attempted to resolve each of the remaining names to your local Global Address List (GAL). So in my case everyone shows up as email@example.com. This is obviously not ideal when you are working with contacts outside of your organization so we need to remove that information as well.
# Remove incorrect email domains
$newContacts2 = @() $newContacts | %{$newContacts2 = $newContacts2 + $_.SubString(0, $_.IndexOf("<"))}
What this should leave you is an array of names that you can then put into your meeting notes or send in an email update regarding the meeting attendees.
Now, obviously you shouldn't need this much automation if your meeting only had a few attendees, but I've been hosting some rather large presentations lately (20 – 80 attendees) and manually massaging the attendee list is tedious at best. Hope this helps!


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Explorer, Birder, Photographer and Scuba Diver are a few of my avocations.
I have always pursued outdoor activities. As a teenager my favorite pursuits were Scuba Diving, saltwater fishing and boating. Later on with my son Trevor we often traveled the West for backpacking, hiking, mountain climbing and river rafting.
My love of the outdoors gradually evolved into a passion for birding and photographing birds. In 2006 I became recertified in Scuba diving after a 20 year hiatus to pursue a long time fascination with underwater photography.
Kim and I have been married for 34 years. We both moved to Texas from Long Island, New York after college in 1977. Together we raised our son Trevor.
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Mexican attorney general: drug cartels recruiting hit men in U.S.
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY- Mexican drug cartels are recruiting hired killers in the United States because most of their local gunmen are behind bars, the federal attorney general's office said Tuesday.
The country's anti-drug prosecutor, Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, said in a news release that "the large majority" of gunmen for the powerful Sinaloa cartel are U.S. citizens who live in north of the border.
Vasconcelos said the Sinaloa cartel's hit men come primarily from a U.S. group of hired killers called "Los Lobos." He did not say where the group is based in the United States nor what led Mexican authorities to believe the gunmen are U.S. citizens.
The Sinaloa cartel, based out of the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, is led by alleged drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who escaped from prison in 2001. He is one of Mexico's most-wanted fugitives and U.S. authorities have offered a $5 million reward for his capture.
Mexican police say Guzman has waged a bloody war with the Gulf cartel for control of the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas. Nuevo Laredo has been besieged by violence with a record 175 killings so far this year.
Vasconcelos said while the Sinaloa cartel is looking north for recruits, the Gulf cartel is heading south.
"Las Zetas," a group of former elite Mexican soldiers who now work for the Gulf drug cartel, has been recruiting ex-members of an elite Guatemalan paratrooper counterinsurgency unit known for its grueling jungle-survival training.
The anti-drug prosecutor said Las Zetas have been hit so hard by recent arrests "that these groups are trying to recover their death squads by recruiting" in Guatemala "because they no longer have the ability to respond to the violence that they are (confronting)."
Osiel Cardenas, the reputed lead of the Gulf cartel, was captured in March 2003 and remain in a maximum security prison outside Mexico City.
In October, Guatemalan police arrested seven alleged members of Las Zetas near the Mexican border. They were found with various weapons and cocaine. Three were later released.


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blue train
thank god i'm almost done with the 350.org project. it's been rewarding and insightful but i'm ready to move on. it's been a long 3 weeks getting work up.
sensing it was time to get up, i awoke at 4 a.m. (although i set the alarm on my phone last night, i ended up leaving it in another room.) i made coffee, collected 3 day old wheat paste from the garage and set off in darkness to my destination 20 miles away. in the cloud-heavy, humid morning chill and darkness, i used my headlight to do an installation on a coal train bridge abutment going as high as i could above the graffiti. school buses and 18 wheelers were the only traffic, passing sporadically. their headlights would momentarily flash on the spot where i was working prompting me to turn off the headlight and freeze in position on the ladder.
the coal train bridge passes over a small wash. because of the recent end of the monsoon season rains, the wash was quite muddy making stabilizing the ladder tricky. and the mud! i've mud everywhere. i can't believe i once thought getting off white upholstery in my car was ever a good idea. there's nothing worse than the combination of clay-like mud mixed with funky smelling, old wheat paste which is now stuck on each of the rungs of my 16 foot extension ladder.
yes, it was a good morning. (photos to follow.)
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40°19′22″N, 78°55′15″WThis week has been a journey of discovery for myself. Don't worry. I won't bore you will all the sordid details, but just know over time I'll let you in on it as necessary. OK, now you're curious. I should have kept my big mouth shut. Damn. I'm sorry. OK, I promise this. Over due time, I'll let you into my little world as I explore the world around me. Fair enough?
Flying to Pittsburgh and then heading east was naturally all about unearthing the bizarre, but it was also getting away and clearing my mind. No, I wasn't trying to escape from myself but more to connect with me. Does that make sense at all? Have you ever just needed new pastures even if or a day? Damn. Enough of the melancholy, dramatic bullshit already. We're here to poke fun at the world around us, right?
Yet as I rolled through the monochromatic and most uninspired wintertime landscape, I couldn't have felt further from exploring. Remember that song by Dead or Alive that went something like "You spin me right 'round, baby. Right 'round like a record, baby. Right 'round, 'round, 'round." Well, my head sure did feel like it was going to spin right around and come flying off like some stupid ass B level straight to DVD horror flick. Don't you wish you had flush knob to let your thoughts swirl down the crapper and out of your mind sometimes?So what was I racing from? Why the hurry? Normally I want to hop off the freeway and leisurely explore the road less traveled. And here I am on the highway to hell racing. Racing. Racing. Just racing towards Johnstown and not even enjoying the ride. Not that the crappy ass seats in this rental car helped any. But that's a different story.
And why Johnstown? Though I go by Jake, my given name is John, and ever since Mrs. Neely's fifth grade class where we learned about the Great Flood of Johnstown way back in 1889 that killed 2,209 people, I've wanted to see this town. Yep, this is how my weird mind works. I had such high hopes that any place sharing my name would just exude off the charts coolness and character.
Suddenly, my Suzuki SX4 was howling in distress and clearly saying, "Oh hell no. Bitch be cool. Like hell you're gonna make my four cylinder ass do 80 miles per hour." Fear of the car actually saying "I quit this bitch. To hell with you" right before dumping my ass in the rain near Muskrat Slide Road (yes really it exists) removed my lead food from the gas. Of course my brain was still focused straight ahead with the pedal to the metal. Hell, I wasn't even bumping to my tunes. The only sounds filling my ears were four cheap ass tires barely clinging to the wet asphalt and the whine of an engine wholly incapable of maintaining the speed limit on hills.
After two hours of manipulating this flimsy rice burner in a manner that would leave its Japanese design team aghast in horror, the outskirts of Johnstown finally filled my salt and mud stained windshield. I hit the wipers and windshield fluid to clear, actually more like smear, the grime, and all I can say was holy crap. Usually I can muster some some kind of reaction but the best I could do was a monosyllabic, "wow." And that's not the good kind of wow. What the hell is this collection of ancient buildings in various states of dilapidation? I mean I've seen neighborhoods down on their luck but this was like urban despair taken to new heights.Even if it is ill equipped for American roads, one advantage of driving a car the size of a tic tac is come parallel parking time, it slides right into one of those spaces on Main Street. I stepped out into a puddle and said Jesus Christ, these are my freaking expensive boots. Actually, it more of a true F bomb, and yeah, I took the Lord's name in vain. But looking at the morose people and abandoned steel mills around me, I don't really think he is in the business of answering many prayers around these parts anyway.
You want to talk about feeling self-conscious? I was seriously overdressed and so out of place. Observing my fellow mankind got me scared to just walk across small Central Park in the town center for fear of getting jacked up. I can see it now. "Oh, you think you're gonna wear those boots around here, Mr. Fancy Pants? Well, Screw you and that lame ass Suziku you rolled up in!" It's not like I could have classed up the joint anyhow had I tried. How do I put this delicately? As we discovered at bingo in Florida, folks in the South just love to whisper "bless your heart" so as to ameliorate the blow of the acid words quick to follow. You know what I mean. "Oh, bless your heart, baby. It's not the pants. You're just a big girl." "Bless his heart. He just doesn't measure up to my ex-boyfriend."I'm going to borrow a play from their bible toting rulebook. Nah, I'll just spare everyone the faux blessing and come right out and say it. I couldn't tell who was homeless or not in this town. I drove around with the doors locked and windows rolled up just gawking. I'd see people loitering on a corner and wonder are they employed honestly or somehow sucking on the public tit. Try as I might, I just couldn't tell.
Everyone looked the same, male or female. The standard uniform up this way is a giant hoodie (preferably Pittsburgh Steelers) partially hiding worn out jeans about 6 sizes too big. Of course, accessories make the outfit, and a ratty baseball hat swaddled inside the oversized hood is the Johnstown piece de résistance. Not that there's anything wrong with this to borrow the words of the great Jerry Seinfeld.
Yeah, what a schmuck I was showing up in Hilfiger and Odin. Note to self…do not ever, ever, ever again wear clothing purchased at a Neiman Marcus to a rust belt city that has rusted itself into oblivion. I stuck out like nobody's business walking around downtown Johnstown. I mean, these guys were looking at me like what the hell has this stupid ass looking Suzuki subcompact piece of shit delivered to our 'hood.A steady flow of customers at Em's sub shop told me it should be ok for a takeaway sandwich I'd eat within the Suzuki's sanctuary. Walking in and hearing "Electric Avenue" from 1982 was just so fitting. Actually it made my day to hear some 80s tunes inside a place last remodeled during the Carter Administration for I truly thought I had been spit out a few decades back. And I must say this wasn't a smooth landing. It was more like a big splat against the side of a concrete wall.
Looking around Em's at an utmost geriatric clientele rolling around on scooters and littered with the occasional younger person, I can report that all those acid washed jeans you donated to Goodwill circa 1992 are alive and well here in Johnstown. So is the mullet. Yes, I actually saw a scrawny looking dude sporting a mullet under his hoodie. Bless his heart, right?
To be continued…


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NAS Private Aviation LLC Aircraft Charter General Terms Agreement (GTA)
1.1 NAS Private Aviation LLC (NASJET) shall charter or arrange with the Operating Partner(s) to charter, and Customer shall take on charter, the Aircraft subject to the terms and conditions of the Ad Hoc Charter Agreement entered into between NASJET and Customer, which Agreement incorporates the terms of this NAS Private Aviation LLC Aircraft Charter General Terms Agreement (GTA)
1.2 Terms used in this GTA and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the applicable Ad Hoc Charter Agreement between NASJET and Customer.
1.3 All flights are operated by NASJET or arranged by NASJET and operated by one or more of NASJET's airline Operating Partner(s) holding an appropriate Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) issued by the competent Civil Aviation Authority and passing the quality audits required by NASJET. When applicable, the actual Operating Partner will be notified to Customer and copies of the Operating Partner's AOC, Aircraft registration, Aircraft Airworthiness and insurance certificates shall be provided upon request.
1.4 This Agreement and the General Terms and Conditions/Air Carrier's Conditions of Carriage of the Operating Partner shall apply. In the case of conflict with the Operating Partner's General Terms and Conditions the more restrictive terms shall prevail.
1.5 Where any Segment or entire Flight Schedule is operated by an Operating Partner, the applicable provisions of this Charter shall apply as if the affected flight is operated by NASJET, mutatis mutandis.
2.1 NASJET's performance of any Flight Schedule or Segment thereof is subject to Aircraft and crew availability; slot coordination and availability; all relevant civil aviation and other authorizations being granted in a timely manner by the appropriate authorities; and Customer having complied with all its obligations hereunder.
2.2 Customer may at any time request that NASJET (a) amend or cancel one or more Segments of the Flight Schedule (but not all the Segments of the original Flight Schedule, in which event the Flight Schedule shall be deemed to have been cancelled in accordance with clause 3.3 below;) (b) change the type of Aircraft specified; (c) change the other services requested by Customer, or (d) request additional services, in respect of any Flight Schedule (each a Customer Request.)
2.3 NASJET may, in its sole discretion, perform or refuse to perform any Customer Request, save that in the event Customer submits a Customer Request concerning an amendment to the Aircraft type to that set out in paragraph 2 of the Ad Hoc Charter Agreement (a Substitute Aircraft,) then NASJET will use its reasonable endeavors to source a Substitute Aircraft and notify Customer of the availability of the Substitute Aircraft and the schedule impact and amendment to the Charter Price.
2.4 (a) In the event that Customer submits a Customer Request prior to the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule (as maybe amended from time to time) and NASJET elects not to perform (or is unable to perform) all or part of such Customer Request, then Customer may either request that such Customer Request be withdrawn and of no further effect or issue a Cancellation Notice pursuant to clause 3.3 below and terminate its obligation to take on charter the Aircraft from NASJET pursuant to clause 8.1.
(b) In the event that NASJET elects to perform all or part of a Customer Request, NASJET may (acting always in its sole discretion) amend the Charter Price to reflect the content of such Customer Request. Any such amendment to the Charter Price shall result in an adjustment to the Remaining Price. In the event that the Remaining Price has at such time been paid by Customer, then:
(i) any increase in the Charter Price arising as a result of the performance by NASJET of all or part of such Customer Request shall be payable by Customer to NASJET on NASJET's first written demand; or,
(ii) any decrease in the Charter Price arising as a result of the performance by NASJET of all or part of such Customer Request shall be refunded by NASJET to Customer at such time as NASJET shall be satisfied (x) that it has irrevocably received all amounts owed to it pursuant to the terms of this Charter; and (y) that Customer shall have no further actual or potential obligations (including, without limitation, for Delay Charges, Cancellation Charges or any other monies that are expressed to be payable by Customer to NASJET pursuant to the terms of the Charter) to it.
(c) In the event that Customer submits a Customer Request after the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule (as may be amended pursuant to a Customer Request,) then:
(i) to the extent NASJET accommodates such request, the Charter Price shall only be amended by an upwards adjustment (if at all,) and NASJET shall not be obliged to refund to Customer any reduction in the Charter Price attributable to any such revised portion of the Flight Schedule; or,
(ii) to the extent NASJET does not accommodate such Customer Request and Customer does not revoke such Customer Request, that Customer Request shall be an effective Customer Termination Notice for the purposes of clause 8.1.
(d) Any amendment to the Charter Price pursuant to this clause 2.4 shall not result in an adjustment to the Deposit.
2.5 (a) In the event NASJET determines (acting in its sole discretion) at any time that any Aircraft which is the subject of the Ad Hoc Charter Agreement is not suitable, capable or otherwise available for undertaking or completing the Flight Schedule (as may be amended pursuant to a Customer Request,) or in the event that NASJET is of the opinion (acting in its sole discretion) that it is otherwise unable to perform or continue to perform its obligations hereunder for any reason whatsoever (where such a determination or an opinion is a NASJET Decision,) NASJET shall promptly notify Customer that the relevant Flight Schedule or any Segment thereof cannot be provided by NASJET, whereupon NASJET and Customer shall promptly consult with each other with a view to amending the terms of, or terminating, the chartering of the Aircraft.
(b) In the event that Customer elects to terminate the chartering of the Aircraft following a NASJET Decision then, subject always to clause 2.5(c) below, NASJET shall promptly reimburse to Customer any portion of the Charter Price paid by Customer pursuant to paragraph 4 of the Ad Hoc Charter Agreement that relates to that cancelled portion of the Flight Schedule and no Cancellation Charges (as defined in clause 3.3 below) shall apply on such a Customer election to terminate the chartering of the Aircraft.
(c) NASJET shall only be obliged to reimburse to Customer any such portion of the Charter Price provided that:
(i) Customer is not at such time in breach of any payment or other obligation under the Charter; and
(ii) NASJET's Decision has not arisen due to the occurrence of a Force Majeure event.
For the purposes of this clause 2.5(c), "Force Majeure" shall include, without limitation, an act of God, Any Government or of the public enemy, loss or damage to any Aircraft in an accident or other calamity, seizure, hi-jacking or terrorism, quarantine restrictions, accident, incident, fire, fog, flood, earthquake, volcano, severe weather, riots or civil commotions, strikes, labor disputes or labor stoppage (whether resulting from disputes between NASJET and its employees or between other parties,) war or hazards or dangers incident to a state of war, or any other acts, matters or things whether or not of a similar nature, beyond the control of NASJET.
2.6 The Flight Schedule may contain one or more segments where the Aircraft is positioning from one point to another with no passengers onboard for the purpose of picking up Customer and/or Customer's passengers at the next scheduled departure point. These segments, commonly known in the industry as 'empty legs,' or 'empty sectors,' are the sole property of NASJET. It is understood and agreed that NASJET's business model and the prevailing prices NASJET charges its customers depend on NASJET receiving further revenue from such empty sectors. NASJET may at its absolute discretion sell transportation services on these segments without any compensation due to Customer. It is further understood and agreed that Customer may not sub-sell or offer to sell transportation services on any segment operated by NASJET for Customer under this Agreement.
3.1 All passengers on an Aircraft chartered by Customer (a Passenger) and baggage must be ready for embarking and loading sixty (60) minutes prior to the scheduled departure time of each Segment. Failure by Customer to ensure that all passengers and baggage are ready for embarking and loading as described above may (at NASJET's sole discretion) result in delay to, or cancellation of, such Segment and/or other subsequent Segments of any Flight Schedule, or the entirety of any Flight Schedule.
3.2 In the event NASJET elects to delay (and not cancel) any Segment or Flight Schedule pursuant to clause 3.1 and until such time as Customer issues a Cancellation Notice (as defined in clause 3.3 below,) Customer shall pay delay charges (Delay Charges) calculated by reference to the period of delay (the Delay Period or DP) as follows:
|Delay Period
|Delay Charges
|DP up to 1 hour
|No Charge
|DP more than 1 hour
|The total delay time between the scheduled and actual departure time shall be added to the affected Segment block time and charged to Customer at the applicable rate for the Aircraft
3.3 In the event Customer notifies NASJET that Customer wishes to cancel the Flight Schedule (a Cancellation Notice), cancellation charges shall apply (a Cancellation Charge.) The amount of Cancellation Charge is dependent upon the amount of notice given by Customer to NASJET with respect to such cancellation prior to the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule (Cancellation Notice Period or CNP,) as set out in the table below:
|Cancellation Notice Period
|Cancellation Charges
|CNP more than 72 Hours
|10% of the Charter Price plus any actual amounts expensed or committed in preparation for the confirmed Flight Schedule
|72 Hours ≥ CNP > 48 Hours
|35% of the Charter Price
|48 hours ≥ CNP > 24 hours
|70% of the Charter Price
|24 hours or less
|90% of the Charter Price
Any written notice requesting the cancellation of one or more (but not all) Segments of the original Flight Schedule shall not constitute a Cancellation Notice pursuant to this clause 3.3, but a Customer Request pursuant to clause 2.2 above. A Cancellation Notice issued prior to the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule (as may be amended pursuant to a Customer Request) shall also be a Customer Termination Notice of the purposes of clause 8.1.
Failure by Customer to pay the Remaining Price when due shall entitle NASJET to deem a Cancellation Notice to have been issued by Customer at such time.
3.4 In the event NASJET elects to cancel the Flight Schedule pursuant to clause 3.1 (including following any Delay Period during which Delay Charges have become payable by Customer,) Customer shall pay to NASJET:
(a) the Cancellation Charges as set out in clause 3.3 above as though a Cancellation Notice had been issued by Customer 24 hours or less prior to the scheduled departure of the first segment of the Flight Schedule; plus
(b) any additional charges that NASJET may have incurred pursuant to clause 5.2 of this Agreement, in each case relating to the cancelled Flight Schedule.
3.5 If, for any reason not attributable to Customer or any Passenger, the relevant Aircraft is diverted from any scheduled Segment destination specified in the Flight Schedule (a Diversion,) NASJET shall (following consultation with Customer but otherwise acting in its sole discretion) use its reasonable endeavors to fly the passengers to either (a) a subsequent scheduled Segment destination; (b) the Flight Schedule destination; (c) the first Segment departure location; or (c) the habitual base of the Aircraft. Any and all costs and expenses arising as a result of the Diversion shall, to the extent exceeding any unutilized portion of the Charter Price remaining following the Diversion or the completion of the Flight Schedule (as amended by the Diversion,) be payable on first written demand by Customer to NASJET. NASJET shall not be obliged to reimburse to Customer any unutilized portion of the Charter Price that may arise as a result of such Diversion or as a result of the completion of the Flight Schedule (as amended by such Diversion.)
4.1 Customer shall procure and ensure that and agrees to be solely and fully liable for that:
(a) each Passenger holds all necessary passports, visas, health and other documentation as may apply with respect to such passenger at the point of departure and/or arrival in any relevant jurisdiction; and,
(b) each Passenger complies with all applicable laws and regulations as may apply to any baggage and/or cargo belonging to such Passenger during any Segment of any Flight Schedule, and at the point of departure and/or arrival in any relevant jurisdiction.
(c) each Passenger complies with all applicable laws and regulations as may apply to the lawful conduct of among other things export controls and declaration laws and restrictions and currency and precious metals control and declaration laws and restrictions.
4.2 The contents, amount, size and weight of each Passenger's baggage shall be as determined by NASJET acting in its sole discretion. Firearms and live animals may only be carried with NASJET's prior written consent which may be given or withheld in NASJET's sole discretion. All items listed within the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations or substitute or equivalent regulations or company policy that may be applicable to any Flight Schedule (copies of which are available from NASJET upon request) may not be carried onboard any flight. NASJET reserves the right to inspect and open any item of luggage or cargo and to further refuse to carry any baggage or cargo, in each case acting in its sole discretion.
4.3 Customer shall procure and ensure that each Passenger observes and comply at all times with the directions of the captain and any crewmember of the relevant Aircraft, including but not limited to whilst in-flight and with respect to any determination concerning baggage made pursuant to clause 4.2 above. Customer shall further procure and ensure that each Passenger shall provide to NASJET such information and assistance as NASJET may in its sole discretion deem necessary for the purposes of NASJET's completing relevant documentation pertaining to any Flight Schedule on which any Passenger may travel. Failure by Customer to comply with this clause 4.3 shall entitle (but not oblige) NASJET at any time to deem Customer to have served NASJET at such time with a Cancellation Notice (whereupon the provisions of clause 3.3 above shall apply.)
5.1 The Charter Price includes:
(a) Aircraft maintenance costs; fuel (at the Base Fuel Price;) and crew allowances, meals, accommodation and ground transportation costs;
(b) all air navigation and aircraft related airport charges, licenses and permits;
(c) airport airside baggage handling and airport airside ground passenger transportation; and
(d) Standard in-flight catering. Sample menus can be provided to Customer on request. Customer is to notify NASJET of menu choice at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled departure time for the Flight Schedule or each Segment thereof;
(e) any Customer specific requests expressly included in the Charter Price as listed in paragraph 3.1 of the Agreement; and
(f) customary hull and third party liability and baggage insurance.
5.2 The Charter Price excludes anything not expressly listed in clause 5.1 above, including (without limitation) costs and expenses relating to:
(a) customs duties, taxes, passenger departure and arrival charges, non-objection fees;
(b) airport baggage handling and airport ground passenger transportation;
(c) additional ground passenger handling;
(d) special in-flight catering requirements beyond standard menus (to be charged at cost plus fifteen per cent (15%) handling fee;)
(e) any additional fuel surcharge as calculated pursuant to clause 5.3 below;
(f) amounts due following the issuance of a Customer Request pursuant to clause 2.2 above;
(g) War Risk Insurance and any other additional insurance premium required for any destination;
(h) special airport handling, VIP terminals, VIP parking, additional aircraft, crew and passenger security;
(i) busy airport slot surcharges, if applicable;
(j) de-icing, inclement weather sheltering or repositioning and special operations;
(k) any other special requirements requested by Customer.
Save where otherwise specified, all of the above costs and expenses shall be charged by NASJET to Customer at cost. Additional services requested by Customer cannot be guaranteed, but NASJET will endeavor to provide the best possible solution to any Customer Request. NASJET shall be entitled to invoice Customer for such costs and expenses from when any liability is incurred by NASJET in connection therewith.
5.3 The Charter Price includes a fuel surcharge amount for each Segment of the Flight Schedule (the Estimated Fuel Surcharge Amount.) In the event that the Estimated Fuel Surcharge Portion is insufficient to meet the actual cost of the fuel uplift for each Segment (the Actual Fuel Surcharge Amount,) then Customer shall pay to NASJET on first written demand (which demand shall set out a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount claimed and which, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive as to the amount claimed) the difference between the Actual Fuel Surcharge Amount and the Estimated Fuel Surcharge Amount.
5.4 Customer hereby agrees that its obligation to pay any sums pursuant to the terms of the Charter are absolute and unconditional irrespective of any contingency whatsoever (including, without limitation, any right of set-off, counterclaim defense or other right which either Party may have against the other.)
6.1 NASJET does not undertake any carriage as a common carrier or accept the obligations of a common carrier.
6.2 Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that NASJET does not accept any liability (including, without limitation, in respect of consequential loss and/or loss of profit of any kind whatsoever:)
(a) for death to, or injury or delay of, or a failure to carry, Customer or any Passenger; or,
(b) for loss of, damage to, or delay of, any baggage or cargo; or,
(c) for unavailability of Aircraft, diversion of Aircraft or the failure by NASJET to otherwise provide the charter services contemplated by this Charter; or,
(d) arising as a consequence of decisions of the captain pursuant to clause 4.3 above,
in each case howsoever arising, and whether occasioned by NASJET, its employees, servants or agents, any such liability being hereby excluded to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law.
6.3 Carriage shall be subject to the rules and limitation relating to liability and to all other provisions established by the Warsaw Convention or by the Warsaw Convention as amended from time to time and/or by any other treaty or convention applicable to such carriage insofar as such carriage is "international carriage" as defined therein. Carriage which is not so governed shall be subject to all applicable laws which extend provisions of the Warsaw Convention to such carriage or which otherwise limit NASJET's liability.
6.4 This Charter shall constitute a ticket for the provision of flight travel services as between Customer and NASJET, and Customer hereby agrees that its receipt thereof is in its capacity as agent for and on behalf of itself and each Passenger. Customer hereby further undertakes to notify each Passenger of the terms of this Charter and in particular to notify to each Passenger the terms of clause 6.5 below.
Customer agrees at all times to indemnify and hold harmless NASJET, its shareholders, directors, officers, employees and duly authorized agents against all costs, expenses, payments, charges, losses, demands, liabilities, claims, actions, proceedings, penalties, fines, damages, judgments, orders or other sanctions relating to, or arising directly or indirectly in any manner or for any cause or reason whatsoever out of, the negligence, willful misconduct, or any act or omission of, Customer or any Passenger (including, without limitation, the failure by Customer to comply with, or procure and ensure that a Passenger complies with, any of its obligations under this Charter.)
8.1 (a) Customer may at any time terminate its obligation to take on charter the Aircraft from NASJET pursuant to the terms of the Charter by serving written notice of such intention on NASJET (a Customer Termination Notice.) A Customer Termination Notice delivered after the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule shall be treated as a Customer Request to cancel all remaining Segments of a Flight Schedule and in accordance with clause 2.4(c) above. A Customer Termination Notice delivered prior to the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule shall also be a Cancellation Notice for the purposes of clause 3.3 above.
(b) Any Customer Termination Notice is without prejudice to the obligation of Customer to pay to NASJET any Cancellation Charges (if applicable,) Delay Charges (if applicable) or any other amounts (including, without limitation, amounts due pursuant to clauses 2.4 and 5.2) owing by Customer to NASJET pursuant to the terms of the Charter (Customer Termination Amounts.)
(c) Without prejudice to clause 8.3, upon receipt by NASJET of all outstanding Customer Termination Amounts pursuant to clause 8.1(b) above, NASJET shall (PROVIDED ALWAYS, save where clause 2.5 applies, that the relevant Customer Termination Notice is effective prior to the scheduled departure of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule) return to Customer the Deposit and/or the Remaining Price to the extent actually received by NASJET.
8.2 (a) NASJET may at any time cancel its obligation to charter the Aircraft to Customer pursuant to the terms of the Charter by serving written notice of such intention on Customer (an NASJET Cancellation Notice.)
(b) Any such NASJET Cancellation Notice is without prejudice to the obligation of Customer to pay to NASJET any Customer Termination Amounts due and outstanding at such time.
(c) Without prejudice to clause 8.3 and subject always to clause 5.2(c), upon receipt by NASJET of all Customer Termination Amounts pursuant to clause 8.2(b) above, NASJET shall return to Customer the Deposit and/or the Remaining Price to the extent actually received by NASJET (save that where an NASJET Cancellation Notice is received by Customer after commencement of the first Segment of the Flight Schedule, NASJET shall only be obliged to return that portion of the Charter Price that relates to any subsequent and uncompleted Segments of the Flight Schedule.)
8.3 NASJET shall be permitted to set-off any monies payable by Customer pursuant to this clause 8 against the Deposit and/or Remaining Price.
The address and contact details for NASJET and Customer with respect to any communication to be made under the Charter are those identified in the outset of the Ad Hoc Charter Agreement, or such other address/number/email as either Party may notify the other in writing. Any communication delivered by one Party to the other will be effective (a) if sent by way of fax, upon successful transmission; (b) if sent by letter, by the end of the third business day following the date of the post stamp; or (c) if sent by email, immediately, provided however that a notice sent after normal business hours shall be effective as of the start of the next business day.
10.1 If at any time any provision of the Charter becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or impaired in any way.
10.2 The failure by a Party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver thereof. The express waiver given by a Party in relation to any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any future obligation to comply with such provision.
10.3 This Charter may be executed in any number of counterparts and all those counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
10.4 Customer shall not assign, transfer, charge or otherwise deal with all or any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement.
10.5 The Charter shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English Law. NASJET and Customer irrevocably agree that the Courts of London, UK, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute hereunder.
Appendix 1
Passengers on a journey involving an ultimate destination or a stop in a country other than the country of origin are advised that the provisions of a treaty known as the Warsaw Convention may be applicable to the entire journey, including any portion entirely within the country of origin or destination. For such passengers on a journey to, from or with an agreed stopping place in the United States of America, the Convention and special contracts of carriage embodied in applicable tariffs provide that the liability of certain carriers, parties to such special contracts, for death of or personal injury to passengers is limited in most cases to proven damages not to exceed US $75,000 per passenger, and that this liability up to such limit shall not depend on negligence on the part of the carrier. For such passengers traveling by a carrier not a party to such special contracts or on a journey not to, from, or having an agreed stopping place in the United States of America, liability of the carrier for death or personal injury to passengers is limited in most cases to approximately US $10,000 or US $20,000.
The names of carriers, parties to such special contracts, are available at all offices of such carriers and may be examined on request.
Additional protection can usually be obtained by purchasing insurance from a private company. Such insurance is not affected by any limitation of the carrier's liability under the Warsaw Convention or such special contracts of carriage. For further information please consult NASJET or your insurance company representative.
Note: The limit of liability of US $75,000 above is inclusive of legal fees and costs except that in case of a claim brought in a state where provision is made for separate award of legal fees and costs, the limit shall be the sum of US $58,000 exclusive of legal fees and costs.


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As I watched The Pioneer Woman on the Food Channel this morning, I realized that we have not had shrimp in quite some time and since it is my favorite food, I'm craving it and have posted lots of recipes that include shrimp lately!
These quesadillas look awesome! One of the things I love about this recipe is the opportunity to vary the ingredients. Pork or chicken would also work well with this recipe.
The Captain and I love spicy texmex type of food and the combination of ingredients is perfect for our taste. Sometimes we make our own tortillas to make these type of dishes extra special. Try it sometime when you have some extra time on your hands . . . you won't be sorry!
- Flour Tortillas
- 12 whole Large Shrimp, Peeled And Deveined
- 8 ounces, fluid Mexican Red Sauce
- 1 whole Large Onion
- 1 whole Red Bell Pepper
- 1 whole Green Bell Pepper
- 2 cups Cheese, Grated (Monterey Jack Is Best)
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- Salt To Taste
Preparation Instructions
Pour red sauce over shrimp. Set aside.
Chop vegetables into large pieces. Heat skillet over high heat and add olive oil.
Cook vegetables over high heat until they start to get brown/black. Remove from skillet and set aside.
Return skillet to high heat, then dump in the shrimp with the sauce. Cook, stirring only occasionally, until shrimp is opaque. Add in a little water if the sauce gets dry.
Remove from skillet and chop into bite-size pieces.
In a separate skillet, heat butter. Place a tortilla in the skillet, then layer on ingredients: cheese, vegetables, and shrimp. Top with a little more cheese and a second tortilla. Cook on both sides, adding butter before flipping to the other side so the tortilla isn't overly dry.
Remove from skillet and slice into wedges. Serve with rice, beans, salsa, sour cream, guacamole—whatever you'd like!
Source: The Pioneer Woman


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@RedSoxRedShoes Man, I LOVE talking to Uber and Lyft drivers. I think it's the writer in me. I want to know who the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
PETA has pulled yet another bone headed move.
According to X17Online.com, around 1 AM Paris time on November 15th, Lindsay Lohan was entering a nightclub in Paris when a member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) threw a bag of flour at the actress. As the activist did this, she was also heard to be screaming, "Lindsay Lohan – fur hag!" Ms. Lohan was fine, and the activist was hauled off by club security.
You know, don't get me wrong, I love animals, and while I don't agree with the wearing of fur, I don't feel anyone has any right to commit what amounts to assualt on another person because you don't agree with what they choose to wear. I wouldn't even be writing about this normally as this is a common occurence for PETA, but it was the tact they decided to take on their blog, in a post written by Joel Bartlett, that I found more disgusting than the attack itself.
Lindsay Lohan's tan turned noticeably paler tonight after an anti-fur activist showered her with flour at a nightclub in Paris. Lindsay was on her way into the VIP room on the Champs-Elyses just after 1 a.m. early Saturday when she had an entire bag of flour dumped over her head.
When Lindsay was named to PETA's annual Worst-Dressed List earlier this year, her entry read "I Know Who Killed" isn't just the title of Lindsay Lohan's latest bomb, it's the cry of the animals snuffed out so that this "mean girl" can pose in their pelts. Lindsay, ther's no road to recovery for the foxes who are anally electrocuted so that you can look skanky."
This was followed up by comments from PETA Europe's Robbie LeBlanc in the same post:
There is nothing remotely 'fashionable' about the torture and death of animals killed for fur. Lindsay Lohan might be able to ignore images of bloody animals skinned alive for their pelts, but we hope a dash of flour will help her rise to the occasion and forsake fur once and for all.
I would love to see people stop wearing fur, but this does not mean you have the right to commit assault on them, throw things at them or attack them in any other way. All this does is show you to be extremists and, if anything, hurts your cause in that it drives people like myself who might normally stand with you to get as far from you as I possibly can. It was bad enough when you were suggesting Ben & Jerry's should switch to using breast milk in their ice cream, but attacking people for wearing something you don't agree with is just ludicrous. You are not the fashion police… the state of Florida is the fashion police.
What I wonder is what are you going to do when you throw flour incorrectly, someone inhales too much of it and chokes to death? What if the person has asthma? An allergy? Is all of that 'justified' because they wore something you don't agree with?
Every person has a right to their own opinion, but you have to respect other people's rights to follow what they believe in. I am a meat eater, but if I am around vegetarians, I don't eat meat in front of them out of respect, but that is a choice I make, and if it is unavoidable, i ask them if they mind. Or I could throw flour on them and scream insults at them… which do you think is more effective?
Get over yourselves PETA. Take your fight to the lawmakers, but stop acting like 2-year-olds that throw things when you don't get your way.


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The Churchyard and its Wildlife
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Much of St. Mary's churchyard had become a wilderness of brambles and nettles before the churchyard working party started to transform it some years ago. Brambles and nettles are, in fact, a good habitat for wildlife, but they create an air of neglect and are totally unacceptable when they block up paths and obliterate graves.
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Happy Halloween!!!!
So I feel like every time I get inspired to get the blog back up and flowing everything falls apart!! We have had so much illness in this house since I last posted 2 weeks ago. It started with Jonah, then Micah got horribly sick. It's so hard when a 2 year old without an extensive vocabulary is sick! They can't tell you what they need so all of your time is consumed trying to figure out what you can do to help them and make them comfortable. And then, last Sunday it was my turn. I was fine when I woke up but later in the evening I started feeling like I was dying! My head felt like it was going to explode, my throat was on fire and my ear was aching. I knew I was sick when everything started to make me cry! (I get very weepy when I don't feel good-it's weird, I know!!!) I spent all of last week, with few exceptions on the couch. Thank God for NyQuill, DayQuill, Sudafed, Halls and herbal tea! But this nasty cold virus literally kicked my butt all week long! Yesterday was the first day I started actually feeling like my old self! (I woke up wanting coffee instead of tea so that must mean I felt better! lol) I think maybe we got this all out of our house finally! If it wasn't raining, I'd open the windows today to let those yucky germs to a hike!!! Maybe I will if the rain stops for any point of time today, air out every room for a while! But this is a new week, time for another Monday Meandering over at In Light of the Truth.
Bible Study... I've been rereading the Left Behind series and it's gotten me into end time prophecy so I think I'm gonna try to tackle Revelations and what it says about the second coming of Jesus.
Memory Verse... Revelation 5:12 (partial): "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing."
Husband Encouragement...
-plan a date night. It's been a few weeks since we've been out together.
-Be the first to kiss him before he leaves for work and the first to kiss him when he gets home.
-Make sure that I'm dressed and looking nice when he walks in the door. He's seen me a lot in my pajamas lately because I was sick! lol
Train Them Up...
* Make tokens and start a token system for TV and computer time. Brianna and Jonah will each get 4 tokens a day (each representing 30 minutes). When their tokens are gone for the day they get no more TV/Computer time. Left over tokens at the end of the day get put in a jar and can be traded in at the end of the week for money (thinking maybe $0.25 per token). Still debating whether we want them to be able to earn more tokens by doing extra things around the house. Got the two hour limit from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations about screen time for children. All I know is somethings got to change..there is way too much TV/Computer usage going on around here!!
* Family Bible Time: We have really started slacking on this around here so we'll be getting back into a nightly Family Bible time using the kids Bible. We will also have a reading each night from A Picture Book of Saints. We are also working on some new prayers (Come, Holy Spirit and the Evening Prayer)
* Family Night: We haven't had family night for two weeks because of all the sickies floating around. Time to prepare our November lessons/activities. Brianna asks about it every week! She loves Family Night!!
Personal Goals...
- Start eating breakfast. I don't eat breakfast, unless it's on the weekends! Why is that? I grew up eating breakfast. I know how important it is, but I guess I've become a typical adult who equates breakfast with coffee! That needs to change.
- Personal prayer time. I've become a real slacker here also. The boys take a two hour + nap every day. I could be using that time for prayer time but I'm not. Let's see if that can change!!
New Habit of the Month... Well, my October habit of fully completing a load of laundry before starting another one totally FAILED!!! lol My habit for November is going to be to get back to using my binder that I made when I was doing FlyLady. My house is starting to fall apart and it's because I'm not FLYing anymore! Time to return to FLYing and using the binder is a crucial part of that! So today I will be getting the binder back in order and getting ready to use it every day!* I went shopping yesterday but forgot to get toilet paper! Ooopps! Gotta do that TODAY!! lol
MUST Do...
MUST Do...
* Take the kids Trick-or-Treating
* Call Pediatrican and get Jonah's last evaluation form to take to preschool. He can start as soon as I get that to the school.
* Drop off evaluation form and immunization record at the school so Jonah can start preschool. He had an evaluation two weeks ago and we discovered he has some gross and fine motor skill development delays. So he's going to preschool (free through the school system!!) to work on those. The program can last anywhere from 6-8 weeks, or longer if he doesn't make enough progress during that time.
Zone(s)...Master Bedroom (again!!) Steven did an amazing job this weekend helping me get the house back in shape! The downstairs looks terrific and the kids rooms look pretty good. Our room however, well, anyways! So my zone this week is the Master Bedroom. It will look AMAZING by the end of the week...I am on the war path! lol
Menu -
M - dinner at Steven's grandparents before Trick-or-Treating (chili I think! yum!!)
T - something with chicken, maybe chicken & noodles or chicken and dumplings
W - spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread, salad
Th - vegetable soup or beef stew
F - Jonah will be with Steven's dad and I'm hoping the other two will be with Steven's mom so this will probably be date night!
S - My goal this day is to get the kids rooms completely finished (wall paint touch ups, curtains hung, decorations up) so since we'll be busy we will probably do just sandwiches or pizza.
Su - Mom usually plans on the weekends so I don't know!
* Trick-or-Treating with the kids
* Trick-or-Treating with the kids
* First night of play rehearsals for me on Wednesday. We are doing a show with all the nursery rhymes characters this year. It's gonna be really fun!
* Date night on Friday.
* Family night with the kids, probably Thursday.
3 things I'm thankful for today...
1. That everyone is getting healthy!
2. A husband who is willing to help around the house when I get sick or overwhelmed!!
3. My 8th grade students who are preparing for Confirmation in February. Their curiosity and thirst for knowledge is catching and keeps me on my toes! Please keep them and all students who will be Confirmed this year in your prayers!
Have a blessed week everyone!!!


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So, I'm contemplating going blonde when it gets a little warmer. I've been blonde before and know how light I can go before it starts to look like shiii-, so I'm actually looking forward to it and ignoring everyone who says it will look bad..i know I'm not beyonce, but i'm pretty damn close. LOL jk but i think as long as you find the right shade for you, anyone can pull off most haircolors. It's all about what looks good with your skin tone, undertones, eye color, etc. and a good hairstylist can find your perfect match (I wouldn't recommend doing this at home, unless you went to cosmetology school or something, it can go bad very easily..trust me haha) Anyway, here are some pics of my inspiration that I plan to take with me to the hairdresser in april-ish when i'm ready to take the jump! (sources listed under photos when applicable)
Ciara (google search)
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Animal Farm minus the politics? Hello Happy Meal contract
What. The. Hell???
Andy Serkis uses new allegory-ignoring technology to make George Orwell's Animal Farm more family-friendly
Master of simulacra Andy Serkis has announced his intentions to move beyond creating artificial replicas of things using his body to doing so with his production company, The Imaginarium, by mounting a performance-captured adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm that will remove all of its cumbersome politics. "We're keeping it fable-istic and [aimed at] a family audience. We are not going to handle the politics in a heavy-handed fashion," Serkis said of the film he hopes to direct, while wearing an advanced, breathable rubber suit that will allow him to move freely through weighty allegories, instead of being limited by creaky, old-fashioned authorial intent.
So you can't get a Happy Meal contract if the characters represent the struggle from tyrannical communism to exploitative capitalism huh?
Andy Serkis's adaptation of Animal Farm minus the politics would be like a film adaptation of the Bible minus God - this is Orwellian irony. The Ministry of Love couldn't do a better double good job on editing.
Animal Farm was never at war with Eurasia.