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By Laura Martin,
During a weather emergency like a blizzard, flood, hurricane, tornado, or earthquake, the focus is often on electric utilities and their ability to maintain and restore power. But the status of water utilities during an emergency is just as critical to the safety and health of residents, said David Travers, the director of the Water Security Division at the U.S. EPA.
"For whatever reason, within the emergency planning community the water sector is not really recognized," explained Travers. "But a community without water resources cannot function."
A lack of coordination between emergency response teams and water utilities can cause serious issues during a weather emergency.
During Superstorm Sandy in 2012, it was reported that many water system employees had difficultly accessing their own infrastructure to address issues caused by the storm. Emergency response teams surrounded flooded areas with road blocks to protect the public, unintentionally keeping out water utility workers trying to do their jobs. Certain damaged areas were restricted and required credentials that water utility workers hadn't procured in advance. This delayed critical repairs, said Travers.
Water utilities are also often overlooked when considering which institutions need immediate assistance after a weather emergency. Power outages can significantly impact the water sector, leaving them desperate for fuel supply for generators to maintain operations. Response teams focus on "high priority" sites first during an emergency, and Travers believes water utilities aren't always included on that list. This effort is not malicious but due mostly to ignorance regarding the importance of water, he said.
"When you talk about emergency response, it is often in the hands of firefighters and the police department, and they have their own sense of what sectors are priorities," said Travers. "They may call a hospital to see what they need, but because water is taken for granted, they may not contact the water system to see what they need. But without clean water, that hospital is not going to be able to maintain normal operations at all."
The EPA and other organizations are currently working to educate emergency response organizations on the importance of making water utilities a top priority. But it is also important that each water utility take initiative prior to a weather emergency to prepare and protect itself. Here are five critical steps every water utility should take before disaster strikes.
1) Lobby For Emergency Support
In every community there are local and state emergency planning committees. Water utilities should not only have up-to-date contact information for these organizations, but they should contact them now and begin to establish a relationship, said Travers. Contact information for emergency response teams can be found on the FEMA's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) website. At the local level, water utilities need to set up clear lines of communication with city police and fire departments. Utilities need to communicate in detail what they may need during an emergency. A water emergency document released by the EPA recommends that utilities notify law enforcement and local emergency response teams that water staff may have to remain onsite and could be trapped at the plant during an emergency, and should be checked in on. Contacts should also be established locally to request emergency water supply, if necessary. Water sector employees should also communicate with emergency response teams about what kind of assistance they can provide to the response teams and the community as a whole during an emergency.
At the state level, multiple water utilities may need to work together for change, recommended Travers. "We would want the utilities to let these emergency response organizations know that the water sector needs to be a priority," he said. "Utilities really need to lobby for representation in discussions about how statewide emergencies should be handled to include their needs."
2) Evaluate Infrastructure, Equipment, And Supplies
Now is the time to make sure everything inside and outside the plant can survive a major weather emergency. Pump and lift stations in particular can be impacted by a weather event. Emergency power systems should be in place at all critical stations, explained Travers. Flooding can threaten a pump or lift station.
"If a pump station or lift station is in an anticipated flooding area, there are ways to harden that facility by elevating it or ensuring the pumps can operate underwater," said Travers. "Make sure electrical components of that station are safeguarded. We've had utilities that have constructed walls around their system to keep water out."
Regularly test backup lights, generators, backup chemical feeders, and all pumps and motors. It is also important to verify that spare pumps, motors, and other necessary spare parts are available. Emergency electrical generators can be a big help, but they should not be stored in flood-prone areas of the facility. Dry chemicals should always be stored off the floor in a dry room that is protected against flooding and water from floors, walls, and ceilings.
3) Educate Employees
During an emergency, not all water employees may be able to get the plant. To prepare for this possibility, the EPA recommends that all essential personnel are trained to shut down and start up the system. Also determine what each staff member's roles and responsibilities will be in case of an emergency.
"Outline a plan for who will do what," said Travers. "A utility needs to learn how to be self-sufficient for a few days following an event."
4) Team Up With Other Utilities
Utilities should rely on each other, said Travers.
"It is important to create a mutual aid agreement with other utilities, so if for whatever reason you need personnel or equipment, you can share," he said.
The EPA also recommends that wastewater and drinking water facilities pre-arrange where they can borrow or lease heavy equipment needed to make repairs to the water system if necessary during an emergency. This could include piping, valves, chemical feed-line tubing, and hydrants.
5) Create A Customer Communication Plan
It is critical to get an understanding of how to best reach ratepayers in a crisis, prior to a dangerous weather event.
"You should have a communication plan that is based on how people communicate now: social media, text, web, etc.," Travers recommended. "But there also needs to be preparation for alternative communication methods for when those avenues aren't available don't exist. That could be creating flyers or getting the local police to assist in spreading the news."
Documents should be created in advance. The EPA recommends creating a "Boil Water Notice" in multiple languages. Need help? The EPA provides sample multilingual boil water notices. Documents outlining emergency disinfection of drinking water procedures should also be prepared for customers.
Learning From The Past
Most water utilities are already doing a good job of preparing for emergencies, said Travers. But there is always room for improvement, and facilities should not put off making the necessary changes.
"There are lessons learned after every incident," he said. "But that professional drive that utilities have to make sure everything is safe is evident even when things go wrong. People who work in the water sector have a strong sense of mission to provide for their communities."


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Alphen, Netherlands. 9 May, 2015. Today is Victory Day in Russia commemorating and celebrating Russia's crucial and critical role in the defeat of Hitler and the evil scourge that was Nazism. Let me immediately pay tribute to the role the then Soviet Union paid in the defeat of the Nazis and the enormous sacrifice of its peoples. Up to 28 million Russians died in the Great Patriotic War with 75% of all Nazi forces engaged by General Zhukov's and General Rokossovky's Soviet forces. For all the sacrifice elsewhere defeat of the Nazi's would quite simply not have been possible but for the herculean Russian effort. Today, Russians everywhere have a right to feel proud. Today, as a Briton I offer my profoundest respect to Russia and Russians.
Which makes what I had to say to a senior Russian in Budapest this week all the more necessary, and sadly, all the more regrettable. My message was blunt. As a student of Russian Moscow is today charging down a dangerous, strategic blind alley that can only end in either major conflict or major defeat for Russia…or both. Indeed, the new 'war' Moscow is waging against imaginary 'fascists' in the West is utterly ill-conceived and can only end in disaster for Russia and quite possibly all of us.
A week or so ago in Rome I acted as Rapporteur for a big NATO meeting that considered Russia's use of strategic maskirovka/hybrid warfare – that complex mix of deception, disinformation, active destabilisation, aggression and intimidation in which Moscow is currently engaged. Moscow's aim is to keep the rest of us permanently strategically, politically and militarily off-balance. As part of that meeting I chaired three of NATO's top commanders in a discussion about how best to counter Russia's use of military intimidation. Today 16,000 Russia troops will march through Red Square supported by the latest Russian tanks and military aircraft, together with two Iskander M mobile tactical nuclear missile launchers. The show of Russian military might on show today is meant to send a 'message' of Russian might to fellow Europeans like me and my leaders. The message from my NATO commanders was clear; should heaven forbid a shooting war ever break-out in Europe between Russia and NATO Russia would lose.
President Putin is not simply engaged in strategic maskirovka for the sake of it. His strategy is clearly designed to lever effects at two levels. At the grand strategic level President Putin is endeavouring to reinvigorate Russia's strategic brand and the influence and effect Moscow seeks to exert to its east, south, north and, of course, west. That is why the guest of honour today is President Xi Jingping of China, with the President's strategic 'messaging' to the West loud and clear. At the domestic level all of this sabre-rattling and sabre-toying is designed to ensure the survival of President Putin domestically by wrapping the Kremlin in an enormous, nostalgic Russian flag.
And, for the record, I regret the refusal of many Western leaders to attend today's ceremonies in Moscow. Whatever one thinks of Moscow's use of hybrid warfare in Ukraine it is Russia's sacrifice and ultimate triumph seventy years ago that 9 May commemorates. Moreover, I fully understand that Russia has legitimate interests and rights that must be respected. I am also prepared to accept that President Putin is genuine in his world-view. The President clearly has a classical view of power and does not accept the 'community' concept of international relations pioneered by and implicit in the European Union. He is certainly not 'duty' bound to see the world the same way many other Europeans see it.
However, what saddens me most about Russia's use of hybrid warfare today is the betrayal of political principle it implies. Worse, I am witnessing the sad retreat of a country which I hold in the highest regard into political cynicism that goes far beyond political realism. The struggle against Nazism was essentially about the upholding of norms in international relations; that might for might's sake is not only not right, but never right, and that free peoples have the right to free sovereign choice. Then Soviet leader Josef Stalin may have disagreed with me about this but my pious hope has always been that contemporary Russia would demonstrate its greatness by championing such ideals and respecting them. Russia can never be 'great' in the way it is behaving today, and does not need to behave this way.
Therefore, as a friend of Russia, I feel deeply disappointed and concerned to see Russia dragging Europe down into the abyss of power balances and spheres of unwanted influence. Indeed, Ukraine has become but the front-line of a much greater and even more dangerous systemic struggle, and I say that with due respect to the people of Ukraine and their current agony.
In my latest book Little Britain I berate my own country's leaders for too often turning am major power into a minor one. Russia is also a great country, a great power and a great state. However, at present it is acting like a stupid one. As I said in Budapest, there can be no European security without Russia and all of us want Russia to take its rightful place as a leader of the European family. And, to see that happen we are prepared to be patient and sit down and address sensibly Russian grievances. However, Moscow must understand one thing; we will not negotiate with Russia with a Russian gun pointed to our heads.
There is a reason why Russia celebrates Victory Day on 9 May whilst the rest of us celebrate VE Day on 8 May that is itself indicative. After British Field Marshal Montgomery took the surrender of all Nazi forces in north-west Europe on 4 May a period a wrangling then took place as to where the final, final, final surrender should be signed. On 8 May the Nazis surrendered (again) at Rheims to Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower. However, at Stalin's insistence the Nazi's surrendered (again) in Berlin on 9 May in a ceremony organised and overseen by the Red Army. Complex though it was the multiple surrenders culminating as they did in the main signing in Berlin was, given Russian sacrifice, entirely appropriate.
In honour of Russia's fallen; Za Rodinu! Za Rossiya!
Julian Lindley-French


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Leighton Meester was a busy lady yesterday.� First she showed up at the Empire State Building to light it up in red and white and later in the evening she attended the 5th Annual DKMS Gala.
The event was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York last night (Thursday, April 28) and benefitted�Leukemia and other blood-related cancers.
The Gossip Girl actress looked lovely in a one-shoulder bronze dress and gold shoes.� Leighton took time to pose for photos with Vera Wang, the designer behind the new fragrance that Leighton is representing.
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From David MacDonald:
Re: Math vs. vampires: vampires lose (Oct. 25): This is a cute lesson in exponential math but falls short for several reasons. First of all, you can't prove that something supernatural can't exist using math or science, since by definition the supernatural doesn't obey these laws. Secondly, the classic vampires which are referred to (eg. Bram Stocker) are only created when a person drinks a vampires blood, not vice versa. Most victims of vampires are just drained of blood and eaten by the wolves. Dracula is described as feeding his future companions blood from his breast, in a morbid allusion to mother's milk. And also, people can kill vampires too which would eventually keep the two populations in balance. In fact all they would have to do is kill the first one (with a Bowie knife?) and that would be it.
As for the ghosts the first argument still holds true. Also, ghosts are described as being able to walk through walls in spots where there were no walls during the persons life. The ghost simply follows the path the person did in life, so it could also walk through floors to as has been described in accounts of seeing ghosts submerged into a floor where the ground was lower during its life. Therefore there is no contradiction in terms of Newtonian physics here.
And for the zombie bit the authors could have saved themselves some time if they just watched the movie "The Serpent and the Rainbow".


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Jo is the daughter of David Watkins our Chairman, she started working for Thames in 1988, mainly in the Office before becoming a Departmental Supervisor. She later took on the role of Quality Manager developing and implementing the required systems and controls to achieve ISO 9001 for Thames Card Technology. In September 2010 Jo took over the running of Thames Loose Leaf to further develop the Welding and Encapsulation business.Download VCard
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Ok, so you're going to take the whole afternoon to make these, ok? Get a six pack of Dos Equis or some lime and soda and put some Mariachis on the turntable. Stick on a fake moustache, wear a red shawl, carry a monkey on your shoulder and pretend you're Frida – whatever gets you in the mood!
Trust me it'll be worth it! The pulled pork is incredible (you can have it on bread rolls, on rice with salad, in burritos, chimichangas, almost any which way your heart desires actually) and if you've never eaten home-made corn tortillas your life is about to change. They're easy once you get into the rhythm.
You'll need…
1.5 kg pork shoulder (on the bone for extra flavour)
3 brown onions, diced
3 garlic cloves, smashed
1 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsps malt vinegar
1 carrot, diced
1 small can chipotle chillies in adobo sauce (brands to look for in your deli La Costena, La Morena, Goya, Herdez, Embasa) blended until smooth
3 ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 tsp cumin
3 litres water
Prepare the Pork…
First, cut off the fat and rind from the pork. Set aside for use another day.
Fry the onions, garlic and carrot for a few minutes, then add all other ingredients to the pot. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a very low simmer and cook for around 3-4 hours (or around 90 minutes in a pressure cooker). You'll know it's done when the meat is falling off the bones very easily, or the meat shreds with a fork effortlessly.
Remove the pork from the stock and set aside to cool. Once cooled, pull apart with your fingers being sure to remove and discard any gristle, cartilage or veins as these are unpleasant to eat. Your meat is now ready to use.
If you want to refrigerate it until later on, simply reheat it in a fry pan with a little of the reduced stock. I like to add some kidney beans too.
Meanwhile, strain the stock and return it to the pan. Bring to a rapid boil and reduce by two thirds. Once cooled place this liquid in a bottle or container and refrigerate. Once cold, you can scoop the fat off the top (if you must).
A little bit of the master stock also gives 'Chilli con Carne' a great flavour boost! Remember to shake the bottle first.
For the Tortillas (about 8-10), you'll need…
1 1/4 cups masa harina (cornmeal flour – not the same as cornflour – it's flour made from specially treated corn and you can get from some health food stores and delis)
1/4 cup SR flour
about 1 cup water and 1 tbsp vegetable oil
few pinches salt
Prepare the dough…
Simply mix all ingredients in a bowl until you have a smooth ball – the dough should not be crumbly or sticky. Break off a chunk of dough and roll between the palms to form balls about the size of a ping pong ball, with a smooth surface, no cracks.
Place the little ball between two sheets of greaseproof paper or in a plastic freezer bag and roll with a rolling pin to about the size of a c.d. Or, if you have one, use a tortilla press!
You can only roll and cook one at a time because they will easily stick to any surface you put them on (especially each other – so don't try to stack them). You'll get a rhythm going where you can roll and cook simultaneously or better still, get an assistant!
Heat a small fry pan over medium-high heat and spray with a tiny bit of oil and gently place the tortilla in a pan. The easiest way to do this is to place your whole hand, fingers spread over the tortilla while it is still stuck to the paper or plastic. Gently peel it off and then quickly turn your hand over above the pan.
Cook the tortilla until small bubbles start to puff up or the edges look dry, then turn it. Use your fingers, be quick, slide it up the edge of the pan and flip it! When the tortilla starts to puff again (after about a minute), pull it out and keep warm in a pocket made of foil. Like this one…
To Serve…
Any of these things are nice, but there are no rules – taste the meat and see for yourself – I think something fresh and crunchy is best.
Fresh radishes, sliced thinly
Red onion slices
Fresh lime wedges (I can't enjoy one without a squeeze of lime)
Fresh coriander
Fresh salsa
Cucumber slices
cooked silver-beet or kale
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Grant's Corner to Corner
RSVP Customer Engagement Gold
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Entrant Credits
Deborah Cashmore, Abe Dew, Michael Jarvis, Julia George, Jo Miller
Nominee Credits
Hayden Harvey, Susan Cassidy, Jesper Poulsen, Mark Pickering, Erina Rangi
Entry Rationale
Grant's Family Reserve is a blended scotch whisky that comes in a distinctive triangle shaped bottle. In 2009 aggressive competitor pricing activity caused Grant's to lose its market lead. Until this point, market share leadership had always been driven by alternate price discounting between the main brands. This undermined consumer loyalty.
The solution was to further develop an idea around a new kind of Lawn Bowls game as a perfect way to experience the global brand positioning of 'Try a different angle'. Grant's Corner to Corner is played diagonally and this new light hearted Lawn Bowls tournament created a focused brand experience that is a crossover between a sports sponsorship and a bespoke loyalty building brand experience.
The results have been spectacular with Grant's delivering its highest ever sales volume and value. Grant's is now the undisputed category leader and the campaign has reinvigorated Grant's brand database.


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BANGUI (LNC) – After the CAR football Team beat Angola by 3-1, the exit of the stadium was marked by a fatal incident.
Aman stood out from a vehicle bearing the U.N initials and shot dead another man.
According to the latest information, that a man believed to be a Seleka militia member pulled out a gun and deadly shot the head of a fan, after the victim identified him as ex-Seleka.
Soon after, the crowd turned mad, threatening to lynch the murderer, as well trying top attack Karim Meckassoua's car. Fortunately, Jean-Serge Bokassa the Ministry of the Interior quickly called for calm and said security forces dispersed the angry crowd : « The alleged perpetrator has been arrested. We urge for calm. We are trying to get this situation under control. And I can tell you that all is under control».
The gunman is being held by the Gendarmerie.
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It's the Birthday Sale!!!!!
I have so much going on in the shop this weekend! New collection, new printable home decor, all the fun games and prizes in the forums!! It's as if it's Christmas already!! My entire shop is 70% off through noon on small business Saturday!
Don't forget to scroll down to check out the new printables that are on sale this weekend!!
I'm so excited to finally have these prints in the shop! Each digital print comes in three sizes. There are PDFs in 11x14, 8x10, and 5x7! It's so easy to print at home!
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Location & Climate in New Orleans
New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana and straddles the Mississippi River. The city and Orleans Parish (equivalent to a county) are contiguous and bordered by the parishes of St. Tammany to the north, St. Bernard to the east, Plaquemines to the south and Jefferson to the south and west. Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits, lies to the north and Lake Borgne lies to the east.
New Orleans has three modes of public transportation available to residents and tourists: buses, streetcars, and ferries. Streetcars have been an integral part of the city's public transportation network since the 19th century. The St. Charles Avenue line is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world. Other fixed streetcar lines include the Riverfront line, Canal Street line and, the recently completed, Loyola Avenue line.
The Canal Street/Algiers Ferry connects the Central Business District and the French Quarter on the East Bank of the Mississippi to the Algiers neighborhood on the West Bank of the Mississippi. The ferry has been in regular service since 1827 and departs from the East Bank on the quarter and three quarters hour, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
More than 200 of the Regional Transit Authority's (RTA) 370 buses were wiped out by the flooding following Hurricane Katrina. Over the past decade, the RTA has replaced those buses that were lost as well as the rest of its aging fleet with a new biodiesel fleet.


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Dearest Blog: Yesterday it was off to Marquee Cinemas for a highly-anticipated pair of pictures: John Wick: Chapter 2 and the Lego Batman Movie.
Spoiler level here will be mild, nothing you wouldn't know from the trailers.
Ladies and gentlemen, dear reader(s), what follows is the historic, first-ever, perfect-nine-Weasley double-bill! Steel yourselves!
First on yesterday's agenda: John Wick: Chapter 2.
John Wick is dragged out of retirement when an old marker is called in.
The first John Wick was a pleasant surprise. With very little buzz and a not-quite-A-list lead, it turned out far better than the generic actioner promised by the trailers. Following up such unexpected success almost unfailingly leads to disaster, but I am pleased to report John Wick: Chapter 2 actually breaks the mold and improves upon the original.
Beginning with the obvious: Keanu Reeves has found the role for which he was born. Sure, the guy has all the acting chops of "Shepherd #3" in your local elementary-school Christmas pageant, but he's given us a few iconic leads over his long career, and John Wick seems destined to become one of his best remembered. Reeves works even the film's corniest lines to perfection and still manages to be the perfect stoic killing machine. A solid supporting cast includes Ian McShane, Common, Laurence Fishburne, and the suddenly-ubiquitous Ruby Rose. John Wick: Chapter 2 boasts epic fight choreography, a dark humor that always hits its mark, and stellar production design. A shootout in a hall of mirrors is a real standout, along the lines of the original's red room scene. The extraordinary body count undoubtedly renders a picture like this not everyone's cup of tea, but if you're able to set aside genre bias, you'll have to admit John Wick: Chapter 2 is one hell of a great movie.
John Wick: Chapter 2 clocks in at 122 minutes and is rated R for "strong violence throughout, some language, and brief nudity."
John Wick: Chapter 2 is a strikingly filmed, beautifully executed movie that's well served by its self-awareness. I pondered long and hard, looking for a reason to dock it even a half-Weasley, and I couldn't find one. Of a possible nine Weasleys, John Wick: Chapter 2 gets nine.
Fangirl points: My beloved Ian McShane! Peter Serafinowicz!
Next on the docket, The Lego Batman Movie.
The Bat goes brick.
The Lego Batman Movie has all the sharp colors, cool artwork, and constant motion that are hallmarks of most good animation these days, but considering it a kids' movie does it a great disservice; it is straight-up comedy gold, and I mean hilarious. I can't remember the last time I heard a cinema crowd laugh as hard or as much. The movie lovingly makes fun of the Bat-verse, from Will Arnett's sulking, self-centered Bruce Wayne to hilarious callbacks to various film faceoffs with his arch-nemesis the Joker. If Gotham's Clown Prince isn't your favorite baddie, never fear, the Lego Batman Movie not only features many of Batman's classic enemies, but cameos by villains from the furthest reaches of fiction. A rockin' score by Lorne Balfe occasionally echoes past Batman themes, underlining the movie's nods to Bat-history, while standing firmly on its own Lego feet.
The Lego Batman Movie runs 104 minutes and is rated PG for "rude humor and some action."
The Lego Batman Movie is everything a moviegoer could want, be he die-hard Batfan or casual walkup.
Of a possible nine Weasleys, The Lego Batman Movie gets nine.
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Fix Fetching Issue In Mac OS X 'Open With' Context Menu – How To
Here's how you can fix Fetching issue in Mac OS X 'Open With' context menu. The fix is rather simple, and can be implemented immediately by any type of user.
As you keep on using your Mac, different files start to accumulate in the background, making the overall experience a rather slower one compared to how it was on day one. That's completely normal, and something that happens on every desktop level OS, including Windows and Linux. But things start to get frustrating when the most used features or options in a particular OS start to show signs of slowing down, which in turns shoots down productivity. Case in point, OS X users will be aware of the 'Fetching' message that appears when you right-click on something then hover your mouse pointer over the 'Open With' context menu. At times, the message will seize to go away, but if you close down the context menu and hover your mouse again over the 'Open With' menu, then things turn normal on their own.
What sorcery is this? And how can you fix it? Glad you asked, and we'll walk you through the process which is a simple command line which you have to enter in Terminal.
Fix 'Fetching' Issue In Mac OS X 'Open With' Context Menu
1. Launch the Terminal app. Simply bring up Spotlight search and search for 'Terminal.'
2. Now enter the following line exactly as it is in Terminal:
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -seed -r -f -v -domain local -domain user -domain system
3. Press the 'Return' key on your keyboard to confirm.
Let Terminal do its thing, and the process can take up to a minute. But once done, the 'Fetching' issue will be long gone.
The command line you entered above basically resets the Launch Services, making things how they were when you installed OS X for the first time. We also suggest that you save the above command line for later as well, if the issue starts to arise. And yes, using the command line is absolutely safe, so users shouldn't worry about anything at all.
Coming back to files accumulating in the background bit we mentioned earlier – if you want to remove an app and all of its leftover settings, then be sure to check out: How To Completely Remove A Mac App And All Of Its Settings.
It's always a good idea to keep on tuning up your Mac from time to time, folks. You might never know when things would go down.


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The "Two's Club" was first obtained by Matthew Kline on September 12, 2010 during Match 9 in Relay 2 on Bench 7 at the Original Pennsylvania 1000 Yard Benchrest Club range in a light drizzling rain. An accomplishment that some thought would never be reached. If you become a member of this exclusive club be sure to contact anyone on the Contact Page so we can add your name to the list. Congratulations Matt for being the first official entry into the "Two's Club".
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Congratulations to everyone here.
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After pouring up until twenty minutes before the race began, I stepped up to the starting line in damp shoes and socks and ran one of the best races of my life. I stuck like glue to Robin, my only real age-group competition this year, for the first two miles, and then pulled in front right before Goat Path, a gravel and sand track that seems to go straight up. The humidity was high, but I kept a steady sub-7 minute pace to finish in 34:17, coming in 5th place among women and winning the master's award.
I get a kick out of surprising people when I tell them that I have 6 kids, but it still shocks me every time I do well in a race too. I only run about 35 miles a week and have to stop and walk during runs when it is hot/humid. Running is something that gives me strength and mental toughness, something every mommy of many needs to get through each day.
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The security guard working with the United Bank for Africa, UBA, who returned N2.8m misplaced by a customer, Mohammed Ogbanago, has told a reporter how he was mocked and ridiculed after he returned the money.
The 29-year-old who reportedly earns N30,000 per month, had on April 7, 2016, found the sum of N2.8m close to the main gate of the Oba Akran branch of the UBA in Lagos State where he worked.
The money was said to have fallen from the bulk withdrawn by a bank customer and the security guard on seeing this, reportedly took the money to the bank's operation manager who then handed it over to the customer when he revisited the bank.
According to the Punch, the bank's Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Tony Elumelu, at the bank's corporate headquarters on the Lagos Island, hosted Ogbanago and applauded him for the action.
Ogbanago who hails from Kogi State said he graduated from the state College of Education in 2012.
He explained that he returned the money to show that all Nigerians were not corrupt and to set a good example for Nigerian youths, adding that the story of an airport cleaner (Josephine Agwu), who returned the N12m she found at her workplace, also inspired him.
He said, "And my chance came on that day. I was coming from inside the bank when I saw the money on the ground and I decided that the best thing was for me to take it to the operation manager. The owner of the money later came to ask for it.
"After I did that, some people started ridiculing me that I shouldn't have returned the money and that I should have considered my meagre salary before letting go of such a huge sum of money. But I felt I did the right thing.
"If I had, for instance, taken the money away and fled to my village, it would not be a case of misplaced money again, but stealing and I could even be declared wanted.
"Although my salary may not be enough for my upkeep, especially with the current economic situation in the country, it is no excuse to take what is not mine. I have been campaigning that to make Nigeria great, we all must prove to be good Nigerians in our small corners. Not all Nigerians are corrupt.
"I am happy I had the chance to prove myself and I want other Nigerian youths to learn from it. I want our youths to know that a good name is better than riches," he added.


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The latest batch of Indiana laws will take effect Thursday. Perhaps the most controversial new measure allows workers to keep guns locked in their vehicles while parked on their employers' property. Businesses will no longer be able to prohibit workers from keeping firearms in a locked trunk or glove compartment or out of sight in their locked car.
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Farmers Markets always intrigue me. I love to see the local art, foods and what people in town are actually producing. The only one I have ever been to is down south off Ben White, the Sunset Valley market. I was unimpressed and a little let down. The vendors were sparse and a couple were even rude. (Maybe they were having a bad day?)
I've been wanting to check out some of the other options in town and since Brad owed me one for going on a float with all boys and being the DD; I figured it was my best opportunity to drag him along.
We tried to go by Barton Creek, which is at the mall near Mopac but realized it was only offered there on Saturday. Google led me to the HOPE Farmers Market on the east side on Fifth and Comal. The market is open from 11-3 on Sundays.
It had the quaint little market feel and most of the shops were under shade which is a plus since it's already 100 degrees by ten o'clock. (Sunset Valley is on a parking lot). I was pleased to find lots of gluten-free options and THE BEST COOKIES EVERRRRRRRRRR.
My purchases:
1. One-Pound Honey from the Austin Honey Company, $10. The honey is a good deal for the size and tastes good. I try to eat honey to help with allergies; anything to help in the Allergy Capital AKA Austin.
2. Poblano pepper and Muenster cheese tamale, The Gardener's Feast, $3. This was my lunch that day. Everything is fresh, organic and gluten-free. I picked this flavor because it was on the spicy side. 🙂
3. Fresh veggies, $2, I forgot what the place was called. But I thought gosh these are small, but oh wait they are homegrown instead of juiced-up veggies.
4. My cute head sash, $2, from the Citywide Garage Sale (Brad got dragged there also on Sunday mwahaha). This is also a fun event, its pretty much a thrift store/antique store on steroids. Furniture, baseball cards, dishes, linens, you name it they have it, $5 for entry per person plus parking at Palmer Events Center. The next one is July 13-14.
Sorry the picture was in my lap in the car on the way home. Because otherwise the picture would have been of empty cookie bags. Seriously. They are that good. Brad said they don't even taste GF, which I think is the greatest compliment for GF bakery items. And he's had the Lucy's cookies and other bakery stuff I have brought home.
The lemon cookies were lemony without being overpowering and the chocolate peanut butter cookies tasted like Reese's cups but cookie-style. Soft and not crumbly, these are the best gluten-free cookies I have ever put in my mouth. We ate them all before we ever got home.
The cookie representative (I think it was the owner from looking at the website) said they were working on a storefront for online sales.
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So with only 4 sleeps to go - if you're still stuck for some holiday decorating in Part II of my posting for Small Spaces Decorating - you may just find some great nifty quick ideas as well as getting that table decor you've been pondering over for Christmas Day! Take a look, there might be an idea just for you!
Go Small with Displays
Ornaments have tons of pop -- utilize their glitter and glow for a small-space display. Glue an ornament to a small, round plastic or glass disk. Remove the hanger and tuck in mini blooms or sprigs of berries. Group the vase ornaments on a tray for a centerpiece.
Accent Your Kitchen Windows
Open, airy windowpanes dance with color, thanks to these colorful snowflakes. Hang similar ones in a pattern or at random; add the final touch with a simple swag of greenery overhead
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Simplicity is key for small-space decorating. White pillar candles, placed on a silver tray, add elegance to a windowsill. Two faux dwarf evergreens, wrapped in burlap, add a bit of color to the wintry scene
Make an Impactful Wall Display
Old photos are great conversation starters, particularly at the holidays, and this display takes up only minimal wall space. Start with baby photographs; cut them in a circle, mount on foam core, and arrange in a tree shape. Little space, big impact.
Great Tip: For a great together-time activity, have family members guess who is who in each photo.
A bare-bones tree is a treat for a small corner, and choosing just one accent color is a good way to cut down on visual distractions. For the base of your tree, wrap a small box with a dish towel and fill the base of the box with stones (disguised with a layer of pearl-white ornaments) to hold in place. Add a few more wrapped boxes in a variety of papers and ribbons
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Alabama 3 – Hits and Exit Wounds
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Let's face it — "Greatest Hits" albums from bands you like tend to suck. It's all stuff you've heard before, out of the context in which you're used to hearing it.
In fact, when I first heard that Alabama 3 was releasing a "Greatest Hits" album, I was more than a little bit snarky about the whole thing over at Free A3.
However, being the fanboy I so obviously am, I still had to get it. And frankly, I ended up a bit surprised.
Yes, I've heard it all before, even the "uncollected" bits like "SKA'D for Live", which they did with Orbital for the movie SW9 (and of which I am very fond).
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Just 35 miles outside of Washington DC, the Bull Run Mountains are the easternmost mountains in Virginia and cover roughly 13,000 acres. The Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve comprises and permanently protects 2,500 acres of this biologically and geologically unique mountain terrain.
The first biological surveys of the mountains occurred in the 1930's when Henry A. Allard began a botanical inventory and collected over 15,000 vascular plants. His specimens now largely reside in the Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of Natural History's herbarium. Allard was one of the first scientists to recognize the ecological uniqueness of the habitat, noting that it is more akin to the mountains that reside to the west than the surrounding lowlands.
In 1965, the federal government directed each state to create a central agency to develop long-range conservation and recreation planning. It was during this time that the Virginia Outdoor Recreation Study Commission identified Bull Run Mountains as their highest priority location for open space in Northern Virginia. Key philanthropists and neighbors began to work privately on the large scale conservation project by purchasing tracts on the mountains through the Natural Areas Council (NAC), a non-profit conservation organization.
After acquiring multiple parcels totaling nearly 3000 acres, the NAC began looking for a partner to continue the project in the early 1970s. Having always conceived of the project as being for public benefit, a public owner seemed like the natural choice to receive the properties and carry the project forward.
Established by the Code of Virginia "to promote the preservation of open-space lands and to encourage private gifts of money, securities, land or other property to preserve the natural, scenic, historic, scientific, open-space and recreational areas of the Commonwealth", VOF is unique among state agencies in its ability to receive gifts of land and money. It is this feature that positioned VOF to acquire NAC's properties and to carry the project forward.
VOF received the gift of the properties in 1979. Today the land is appreciated, by Virginia residents and visitors alike, for its significant natural heritage, cultural heritage and its recreational, aesthetic and educational resources.
VOF continues to actively monitor and protect the natural and historical features of the preserve for the future. Acquisitions of Bull Run Mountains properties and conservation easements are ongoing.
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The chef here worked at Ramen Jiro's main branch in Mita before opening his very own shop. The place is really in the burbs and the nearest station is 700 meters away (HIgashi Fushimi). So on I bike I followed my friend to Ramen Igosso
Ramen starts at 600yen (+100 for Omori). Very similar to Jiro you can ask for extra boiled veggies, garlic, fatty lard and karame (heavier flavor). But as you can see this was bathing in a really large amount of clear oil!
After a few bites the soup was just so flavorless... no impact at all. Veggies were boiled extra soft and noodles thinner than Jiro. It just wasn't great... compared to Ramen Jiro's monster 650yen ramen this place totally disappointed. My ramen connoisseur friend mentioned the flavor has gone downhill from his last visit. Anyways it was a full house during the short time we were there. Oh, tsukemen seemed to be a hit here.
Cherry Blossom season is coming to an end... so sad.
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The communities in Europe most vulnerable to discrimination and racism continue to be immigrants and other ethnic minorities, especially Black Africans and Roma. The newer migrants from within the European Economic Area (EEA) also experience hostility. The public perception of ethnic minorities in most countries remains a negative one: ethnic minorities, particularly immigrants or those with a migrant background, are often accused of stealing job opportunities, working for less pay, benefitting from social services, while they and Roma are further blamed for rising crime. Political parties are seen as complicit in promoting negative stereotypes of immigrants and stirring up racial tension to serve their own purposes. It is disturbing that neo- Nazism continues to hold sway in some countries and that in most countries the racist narrative still resonates with the general public.
The special focus section on Muslim communities in Europe, the first pan-European qualitative survey of this particular group,1 confirms that they are not a homogeneous group, but vary according to their ethnic and national origins as well as social class in the different national contexts. Statistical evidence of discrimination against Muslims is often uneven because not all countries collect such data. Nevertheless, Islamophobia is widespread and increasing prejudice towards Muslims is often greater than that experienced by other religious or ethnic minority groups. Islamophobia can take the form of opposition to, as well as protests against, the building of mosques, criminal damage to Islamic buildings and violence towards Muslims. Muslims continue to experience discrimination in all the collective areas covered in this report and Muslim women and girls are often affected the most by religious discrimination and hatred because of treatment towards them due to their attire. In some countries, wearing the full veil in public is prohibited.
There have been few significant legal developments in this reporting period. A worrying trend to emerge is the active scaling back of anti-discrimination measures which is largely, but not exclusively, a result of the economic crisis. There are concerns that public spending cuts have undermined further the effectiveness of anti-discrimination law and policy.
The period under review was an exceptional one for migration as a result of the Arab Spring, which was felt more acutely in Italy and Malta. Aside from the Arab Spring, irregular migration continues to be perceived as a chronic problem and a major route into the EU. The
response of most countries to irregular migration has been to criminalise and detain migrants, which is a major concern for NGOs. Despite this, a number of countries have adopted laws to implement Council Directive 2009/50/EC, allowing for 'blue cards' to ease the process of highly skilled migrants entering and moving within the EU to work and live.
Eight countries adopted integration polices and strategies during the reporting period and most countries have implemented and filed with the European Commission their National Roma Integration Strategies. Although NGOs have welcomed these integration strategies in general, they have also been critical about some countries' lax descriptions for reporting, monitoring, funding and implementing these strategies.
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Do you build decisions supported on prototypical impressions? Do you brand decisions based on gut instincts? Do you contemplate others are devising decisions on whether to have any sort of bond beside you supported on their archetypical impression?
I bought a new hot tub more or less a time period ago; I got floppy of profitable $400 all period of time to fix the old hot tub. It wasn't the $400; but the down-time until being came to appraise the problem, command the aforesaid division as the period of time before, and afterwards revisit to mending the piece of debris. I conclude within was a pretext it was a Big Box Retailer striking. I speculation I also should have gotten a clue from the noisy and unarticulate sounds I heard all instance the fix population saw the thing or heard my sound on the handset. Oh c'mon, for those of you in any strain of a consumer directed office you know just what I am speaking about; there's always that one user with that one danger that won't go distant - no entity how tricky you try. My hot tub was that ill.
So of range hot tubs are reinforced finer these life. So of classes in the 7 eld since I bought the ending one, things have gotten exceedingly sophisticated. So of instruction when I had the increment put on my manor the skilled worker and I never suggestion I would stipulation an physical phenomenon acclivity to join the wants of coming hot tubs. Yes, you know where on earth this is active...a central recantation from my financial organisation details. Thank glory my new e-Book had started marketing.Post ads:
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Now I'm slightly "skeptical" of contractors; considering the experience I had with the enclosure on my burrow when I employed Dumb and Dumber a few years ago. I can sum it up in a few words: Lies, Not Showing Up for Work; Physically future at me when I challenged their Lack-Of-Work-Ethic. But Shane, the hot tub salesman, swore up and downward that his electrician, Mike, is a office and would give a hand me out next to no technical hitches. "He's the best!"
Fast send......I named Mike twofold. He in due course returned my telephone after Shane disappeared him a e-mail (right in advanced of me) about human being unskilled. Mike was too drudging. Hey, apposite for Mike. But Idiot, could you phone up me put a bet on and inform me that. Or bigger yet, have in mind me to someone. You'll not only increase my respect; you may well gain my business or a recommendation in the coming. I've had it develop to me. I get a phone up to verbalise somewhere; I'm before now booked for that day. I'll pass that human a given name or two supported on what the consumer is looking for. The next period supposition who gets employed to do that organization's meeting? Mikes figure went into the round report.
Shane's employee gives me Todd's figure. "Todd is the best" I am told. Oh, other top. Did you of all time conclusion and dream up in the order of how abundant "bests" location are in this world? Maybe that's why the global is so messed up; too galore overachievers? Anyway, I nickname Todd. Todd says he'll come precisely over and see what needs to be through. Todd asks where on earth I am to be found. Todd changes his piece of music. Todd is not as appressed as he perhaps thought, and says he would categorically get fluff by Friday to see what wishes to be through with. No problem, I mental object. The hot tub wasn't individual delivered for two weeks. Friday comes and goes - No Todd. On Sunday I asked my near if he knows an lineman. I move Ron a e-mail that day.Post ads:
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On Monday morning, the side by side day, Ron comes out. Ron says he can do the job the stalking Monday. That daytime Todd calls me. He tells me that he has my moniker and both notes and he is reverting cellular phone calls but truly doesn't summon up what we talked more or less. He "thinks" it was in the region of new service? Now there's a way to generate a prototypal impression to a forthcoming new customer!
So I remember Todd's mental representation in the region of the hot tub, the upgrade, not new service, and that he had promised to move out by Friday. I told him I named someone other solar day who had earlier been out to the abode and scheduled a day of the month. "How overmuch did he name you? I aforementioned I would come up out. You didn't give me a chance" says Todd.
"Actually I gave you cardinal probability. I spoke to you second Monday you same you would be here by Friday. You never named. I have a job I poverty done."
"What did he name you?
"What he quoted me doesn't thing Todd. He showed up. He scheduled me. I don't label all my decisions on damage. (Maybe I should have had that viewpoint when I bought the deal-of-a-lifetime hot tub 7 time of life ago.)
"Well if the opposite guy doesn't show evidence of up I'll friction match or slaughter his quote" says Todd.
"Well if the otherwise guy doesn't put on view up I in all likelihood won't be line of work the somebody who doesn't remind what we support about, makes a give surety and later doesn't performance up."
Yes, I aforesaid it. I aforementioned it for all the society who have wished-for to say belongings to concern professionals but haven't because they fabric it wasn't rate it. Without a lack of faith I cognize it was rate it. Because let's facade it folks when general public present you resplendent praise, it's the slightest of admonition intermingled into that warm acclaim that commonly screws near your head? You cognize it is sincere. That is why I same it. Not to be penny-pinching. Not to be nasty. But to perchance get him thinking.
Somebody out nearby wants the company. Somebody out near can get it done in the needful timeframe. Somebody out near is disposed to volunteer solutions even if they are not the treatment. Keep that in the posterior of your worry. You're not e'er the solution, but the businessperson of an alternative one; and populace will worship and awe you more than you realize.
So to reply those questions...You Should. You Should. Yes, they do.
So go ahead, formulate a indissoluble idea today! You ne'er cognise who is inscription about you.
Ron showed up 8:10 AM on the day he promised. He and his unit were away by 12:30. I at length found a builder for my abiding directory. Someone was attentive to what I privation. Somebody ready-made a ineradicable feeling.


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Dental Procedures Available Today That Were Not Available to Me when I Had Root Canals Done
Years ago I had one root canal fail. Then I needed another root canal a few years later. After some time, it eventually failed too. This happened a couple of more times. The technology back then was not what it is now. Dental medical professionals can now perform an apicoectomy, which is surgery of the root tip. It is very delicate work that even involves using a microscope for surgery. This can save teeth that have had a root canal done that needs treatment again. This was not something that was even offered to me years ago when my root canals failed.
I would really have benefited from this if it had been available back then. This is because I have lost those teeth. They ended up needing to be extracted. It is amazing how far dental technology has come. (more…)


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The first teaser of Sunny Leone's upcoming film One Night Stand is finally out which the actress released it on Twitter and we see her take emotions and intimacy a notch higher. Going by the name of the film, we catch glimpses of their one night stand in the teaser, which doesn't seem to conclude well of course.
Sunny Leone will be seen romancing model and actor Tanuj Virwani. The teaser features Urvil (Sea) and Selena (Sky) who can never meet and where they meet, the world would end, as said by Selena aka Sunny in the teaser. (Read: Sunny Leone slapgate: She never slapped a reporter in Gujarat, says husband Daniel Weber)
Going by the teaser, Urvil and Selena get intimate during their one night stand and are all lovey dovey as they walk on the beach talking about themselves. Later we see Sunny waking up her love to the reality where she says that it was just a one night stand and nothing after that. That is where emotions start flowing in. (Also read: One Night Stand poster released: Sunny Leone's eyes do the talking)
Directed by Jasmine Moses D'souza, One Night Stand will release on April 22.


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We have recently been in the throes of moving house, and have subsequently donated some unwanted furniture and other items to the St Wilfrid's Hospice Hub.
We have been greatly impressed by the volunteers who work both at the Hub and on their collection vans. They are always courteous and helpful, and we would like to thank them all for their hard work for such a worthy cause.
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You are here: Home » Farewell , Places , recent » Farewell MyQueenstown #1 - Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre (Part 1)
The chit chatter of students from a nearby secondary school has led me into this corner of Queenstown Estate. All its surroundings except the community library had shut their doors since the turn of the millennium. However, the aroma and the palatable food continue to attract food lovers into this food centre that is one of the oldest in Singapore.
The brown agenda approach was why food centres come about. Firstly, severe housing congestion in Chinatown meant that resettlement estates were required to remove squatters and provide Singaporeans with a sanitised living condition. Different amenities were subsequently constructed in public housing so that spatial reorganisation of land use in city centre can be successful.
Secondly, the prohibition of itinerant hawkers in 1973, on one hand, symbolised the role of a developmental state in manipulating ordinary landscapes to propagate the importance of hygiene and sanitation in Singaporeans. Singaporeans, on the other hand, continued to patronise these peddlers as a symbolic resistance to the government's top-down approach because hawker food was considered an expensive delicacy and health and hygiene was an unimportant concern then. Such actions were halted after increased police patrols
The Food Centre in 1969
Built in 1969, this food centre is situated behind the cinemas, many of the hawkers started off as itinerant hawkers peddling from pushcarts around Queenstown, providing palatable and affordable fare. These mobile hawkers resettled into these centres as the concentration of good food has proved a boon for Singaporeans looking for food. Ever since, food centres have become iconic features of heartland Singapore.
Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre
Come next February, many of the first-generation hawkers will have to leave because of the redevelopment of Margaret Drive. Many of the familiar faces, food and sights may become a part of memory for many of the residents who live in the area. Mr Yu, a salesman who stays in Telok Blangah, recalls patronising this Food Centre since the 80s for Fried Kway Teow. He looks apparently disheartened to know that the Food Centre is going to be demolished. Now he is married with a daughter who works in a kindergarten.
Mr Yu-a regular patron of the Food Centre
Deylan Goh recalls the Shanghai Dimsum at Level 2, "At my younger times, uncle would often give me more dumplings & charge me at a cheaper rate too! Sweet childhood memories from old Queenstown."
Jenn-Lee Ong recalls her memories with the Teochew Cha Kua Teow stall, "I was there with my hubby last night and he restricted me to just a plate, I said NO!!!! I am not sharing!! I will miss it here because we will normally eat there when we drive pass the food centre and see a short queue. If it is relocated in Telok Blangah, we will have to drive there deliberately. I will normally buy more than a plate or packet to make the waiting time worth it! Where do we get so many Hums for our Kua Teow . What other stalls will I miss?
Yong Chuan Voon expresses his regrets at the closure of the food centre, "I was told many hawkers will decided to retire after the closure. I think this is the only hawker centre not offered relocation."
Kimmy Tay agrees, "It will be a pity if they decide not to rebuild the hawker centre. That is where all the good foods are and that is where all walks of life in queenstown gather to have their meals. I can still vaguely remember the times when I was still a child, the hawker centre is always packed with people and come to think of it the atmosphere back then was a very lively one, but as the years goes by, that lively atmosphere seem to have died down. Even then it may not be the same in the future even if they decide to rebuild it. The hawker centre, together with the old cinemas, shopping centres and the emporium is just like a human body, it will never be the same once you take one part of it away. Neverthless. I hope that NEA can rebuild it so that it can attract some, if not most, of the crowd back there in the future to eat and remind singaporeans that Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre has some of the best hawker food in Singapore."
Familiar Faces, Familiar Names
Have You eaten before?
Many shops have left already..
Yet it remains as one of the gathering places in Queenstown..
Come 2011, when the curtain falls..will anyone still remember here?
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any chance you asked the Claypot rice stall where they're relocating to?
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May I ask the second floor锅贴酸辣汤move to where?
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Tomorrow, on 15 November, Latvijas Banka is issuing a new 2 euro commemorative coin dedicated to Vidzeme
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Bond girl a model choice
Ukrainian Kurylenko gets roleUkrainian actress Olga Kurylenko has landed the lead Bond girl role in the next 007 adventure, playing the alluring Camille.
The actress and top European model recently co-starred with Timothy Olyphant in "Hitman" and opposite Elijah Wood in "Paris, je t'aime."
The 22nd Bond film, directed by Marc Forster, has started principal photography in London under the working title "Bond 22," with Daniel Craig reprising the role of Agent 007.
Also rejoining the cast are Judi Dench as M, Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini as Mathis. British newcomer Gemma Arterton will play MI6 Agent Fields.
Writing duo Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Paul Haggis penned the screenplay.
MGM and Sony will share distribution rights worldwide, with Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing International distributing the films to theaters worldwide Nov. 7.
Also joining the cast is French actor Mathieu Amalric, who recently starred in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." For "Bond 22," Amalric plays Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in the previous Bond film, "Casino Royale."
Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Prods. said Amalric's role "will be a powerful counterpart to Daniel's portrayal of Bond."
As Camille, Kurylenko will challenge Bond and help him "come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal," the producers said, referring to "Casino Royale's" lead femme fetale, played by Eva Green.
Kurylenko recently wrapped filming on the indie thriller "Tyranny." She is represented by French agency Zelig.


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If you are a fan of cheesecake, you need to try out this recipe. My family loves cheesecake and this is one of our favorites! This cheesecake is delicious. Everyone loved it.
Ingredients for the crust:
- 300 gr of fine graham cracker crumbs
- 120 gr melted butter
- 100 gr of finely chopped walnuts
- 5 gr of cinnamon
Preparation for the crust:
Mix all crust ingredients well. Reserve 3 tablespoons of mixture. Tip the mix into a 20 cm springform baking pan, spread it evenly over the bottom and up the sides as far as you can. With the back of a spoon, press the mix firmly into the baking pan to form a solid crust. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Ingredients for the filling:
- 3 eggs – separated
- 400 gr of cream cheese
- 10 ml of vanilla extract
- 200 gr of white sugar
- 200 gr of sour cream
- 100 gr of soft butter
- 5 ml of lemon juice
- 100 gr of cornflour
- pinch of salt
Preparation for the filling:
Separate eggs, saving both yolks and whites. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and vanilla extract until light and creamy. Add the softened butter and beat well, then add the cream, lemon juice and beat again.
Whisk the egg whites with the salt until very stiff, then very fold in the eggs yolks mixture adding the sifted cornflour a little at a time. Beat until smooth. Pour the filling into the crust.
Sprinkle the 3 tablespoons of crumbs on top. Bake at 180 °C for 40 minutes or until set. If the top browns too quickly then cover with foil to finish.
Cool and chill a few hours before serving.
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Clever And Hilarious Print Ads?
This list of 'best print ads' includes the most '20 Most Hilarious And Clever Print Ads Ever' according to the Business Insider site, or '20-of-the-most-hilairious-and-clever-print-ads-ever-2010' according to the URL - thus becoming the first article to break known laws of time.
There are quite a few old favourites in here but there's a good amount of newbies too, including several from some glass-cleaning product manufacturer called Windex, the best of which is below.
My favourite is one for insect-and-bug-killing spray Raid, showing an arm presumably belonging to everyone's favourite friendly neighbourhood Spiderman. Subtle, witty and memorable. Just don't tell Marvel.
There are a few genuine funnies, including ads for Pepsi Twist (a lime urinating lime juice - presumably - into a can of Pepsi); one for Bose noise reduction headphones (man rows obliviously towards waterfall); Timotei (bouffant lion); clothes softener Softlan Ultra (a wrestler enjoying the feeling of his opponent's vest); Chupa Chups (ants avoid lolly on ground).
There's also one for diamonds that suggests that buying a girl an engagement ring will mean you get to open more than just a joint account. It's rather unpleasant, and reminiscent of Family Guy spoof of De Beers' adverts.
Inevitably a few are neither clever nor hilarious, including one for Sheetz (sauce on chip) and Aquafresh. Amusingly, Hugh Cornwell out of The Stranglers seems to put in an appearance one of the glass-cleaning ads too.


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Dr. Stacy Aguilera
Next year, Stacy will be a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, where she will be working at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as an Ocean Policy Fellow.
Stacy Aguilera is studying small-scale fisheries in California, with a focus on Monterey Bay wetfish (Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, and market squid). Small-scale fisheries are significant to many economies, community identities, and ecosystems, as well as, of course, to Stacy herself. Because she's studying them. As of 2011, small-scale fisheries contributed to more than 120 million direct and indirect jobs and supported more than 500 million people. To better understand how these fisheries work, she is using Elinor Ostrom's Social-Ecological System framework to structure her methods and analyses. Stacy is especially interested in how fisheries work during varying conditions and what drives different outcomes. Stacy is unfortunately the victim of a rare genetic disorder (it apparently skipped 3 generations) where her online sense of humor is limited, thus relinquishing the chances of any amusing material in her bio. She is also the webmaster (webmistress? webperson?) for the Broad Lab web site. Fortunately, Andrew is associate deputy assistant webperson, and has vowed to punch up her bio by whatever means necessary. In her youth, Stacy was thought to be one of the three dragon riders, along with her bestie Khaleesi. She refuses to give us any hints if this prediction is indeed to be true, except that she had turn down being a reviewer for this scientific paper here because of conflicting interests.
Stacy's concentration on Monterey Bay small-scale fisheries was ignited during the Center for Ocean Solution's Small-Scale Fisheries Working Group Meeting in November 2012. The question was asked, what is happening with the small-scale fisheries in the Center's own backyard. To answer this question, Stacy is working with colleagues from the University of Santa Cruz, Moss Landing, Stanford University (from which Stacy received her own B.S. in Biology and M.S. in Earth Systems), James Cook University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and the University of Victoria. Together, the team is identifying the most significant drivers of change in this fishery system since the Magnuson-Stevens Act of 1976.
Stacy is also working on how fishery participants and affiliates find, communicate, and use climate information to make decisions. She is focused on information regarding the El Niño Southern Oscillation, mainly because she was hoping for rain, but also because ENSO events can play a dramatic role in these fisheries. Monterey is a historical landmark in California and to this day has an active fishing community which links heavily to the identity of the place and the economy. Through close inspection, she is aiming to characterize means, conditions, and system components which have led Monterey to successful and resilient fisheries. Stacy is very interested in science communication, striving to create solutions through interdisciplinary thinking. She is now a NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Fellow.
To place orders for creatively decorated cupcakes, you can contact Stacy at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ban, N., Davies, T.E., Aguilera, S.E., Brooks, C., Cox, M., Epstein, G., Evans, L.S., Maxwell, S.M., Nenadovic, M. (2017) Social and ecological effectiveness of large marine protected areas Global Environmental Change. Global Environmental Change. 43: (82-91).
Aguilera, S.E., Teneva, L. (2016) Book Review. Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems, by R. Livingston. Copeia, 104(1): 300-305.
Aguilera, S.E., Cole, J., Finkbeiner, E.M., Le Cornu, E., Ban, N.C., Carr, M.H., Cinner, J.E., Crowder, L.B., Gelcich, S., Hicks, C.C., Kittinger, J.N., Martone, R., Malone, D., Pomeroy, C., Starr, R.M., Seram, S., Zuercher, R., Broad, K. (2015) Managing small-scale commercial fisheries for adaptive capacity: Insights from dynamic social-ecological drivers of change in Monterey Bay. PLoS One 10(3): e0118992. doi: 10.1371/journal/pone/0118992
Fujita, R., A.C. Markham, J.E. Diaz Diaz, J.R. Martinez Garcia, C. Scarborough, P. Greenfield, P. Black, and S. Aguilera. 2012. Revisiting Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Marine Policy, 36.2, 463-465. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2011.05.008
Fujita, R., Moxley, J. H., DeBey, H., Van Leuvan, T., Leumer, A., Honey, K., Aguilera, S., Foley, M. 2012. Managing for a resilient ocean. Marine Policy, 38, 538-544 doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.025
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) IMBIZO IV. Managing fisheries in upwelling ecosystems for adaptive capacity: Insights from dynamic social-ecological drivers of change in Monterey Bay, California. Trieste, Italy. Winner of Best Student Presentation. October 2015.
Department of Biology Seminar, University of Miami, Oral Presentation, Managing small scale fisheries for adaptive capacity: A case study of the Monterey Bay wetfish fisheries. March 2015
FIU New Climates in Nature-Culture Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies Conference. Miami, FL. Managing flexibility in fisheries. March 2015
- NOAA Social Coast Forum Oral Presentation, Social-Ecological Resilience of the Monterey Bay Wetfish Fishery, Charleston, South Carolina, February 2014
- Invited Talk: University of Miami, Global and Climate Change, US Climate Change Policy, April 2013
- Fishing Futures: Too Big To Ignore. Social-Ecological Resilience of Monterey Bay, Small-Scale Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 2013
- Invited Talk: Stanford EnvRes 220: The Social Ocean, topic: The Stanford Bag Project February 2012
- IMCC (International Marine Conservation Congress) Oral Presentation, Ecological Resilience Metrics in Baja, Victoria, BC, Canada, May 2011
- Stanford Biology Achauer Honors Symposium, Stanford, CA, USA, May 2011
- SURPS (Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Public Service), A Comparison of the SNP Variation in the Calcification PMCA Gene of Lottia gigantea between a Santa Barbara Population and a More Acidic Monterey Bay Population, Stanford, CA, USA, October 2010
- VIMS REU Summer Project Symposium, Gloucester, VA, USA, August 2009
See Stacy's CV here