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Arriva Rail North is set to take over the Northern rail franchise from Northern Rail, which serves South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
The Government has announced it intends to award the Northern franchise to Arriva Rail North Limited, and the TransPennine Express franchise to First Trans Pennine Express Limited.
Together it says they will oversee a massive £1.2 billion boost to rail services with brand-new modern trains, more seats, more services and a host of improvements to deliver a modern, 21st century passenger experience - as well as playing a vital role in bringing the Northern Powerhouse to life, rebalancing the economy, creating jobs, opportunity and growth, and providing significantly better journeys across the region.
A statement today said more than 500 brand-new carriages, the removal of the outdated and unpopular Pacer trains, room for 40,000 extra passengers at the busiest times, and more than 2,000 extra services a week will be delivered across the north.
It added as part of the Government's commitment to ensure local passengers are at the heart of the rail network and devolve power to those that know their economies and customers best, the franchises will be jointly managed from Leeds by the Department for Transport and Rail North Limited - which represents 29 local authorities across the north.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "We promised passengers across Yorkshire and the Humber a world class rail service that would make the Northern Powerhouse a reality – and I'm delighted that we have found two operators that will deliver exactly that. As a one nation government we are committed to closing the economic gap between north and south. This deal, and the joint management of the franchises, will bring the Northern Powerhouse to life.
"In 2004, the last time these contracts were awarded, the government did not plan for growth – today we've put that right.
"Arriva Rail North Limited and First Trans Pennine Express Limited went far beyond our requirements with exciting, ambitious plans that will make a real difference to customers, and – coupled with our commitment to push ahead with electrifying the vital Transpennine route – will help the region realise its full economic potential, ensuring it has a modern 21st century transport system. This is fantastic news for Yorkshire and the Humber."
Sir Richard Leese, chair of the Association of Rail North Partner Authorities said: "Passengers were clear that they wanted to see a transformation including a lot more newer, better, trains running more regularly with a step change in services provided off-peak and on Sundays. They also wanted improvements to stations and changes to make ticketing easier - and thanks to all the partnership work by Rail North and the Department for Transport, that's exactly what we are able to announce today.
"This is another crucial move towards devolution for the North. Rail North will now play a key role in the management and development of both new franchises, providing an excellent platform for further development and full devolution in the future. Rail North will work very closely with Transport for the North to drive forward economic growth by developing visionary proposals to deliver radically improved connectivity across the north."
Arriva Rail North Limited will run the Northern franchise – which is the second largest in the UK and operates regional and commuter services across the region – from April 2016 until March 2025. The operator will oversee the complete removal of the outdated and unpopular Pacers by the end of 2019, introduce more than 2,000 extra services each week, and will invest £400 million in 281 brand new air-conditioned carriages to be rolled out across the north – more than double the minimum required in the government's Invitation to Tender.
Across Yorkshire and the Humber, specific improvements on the Northern network include:
• longer trains and more frequent services, providing space for more than 14,000 extra passengers – around 46% more capacity – into Leeds and Sheffield during the morning rush hour
• more services between Bradford and Manchester and Bradford and Leeds, and new direct links from Bradford to Wakefield, Sheffield, Nottingham, Liverpool and Manchester Airport
• more services between Harrogate and Leeds; Halifax to Manchester, and Leeds to Lancaster via Skipton
• more modern trains between Leeds and Doncaster, new electric trains serving Skipton and Ilkley, and brand new diesel trains on the Hull-Doncaster-Sheffield route
• new direct links from Bridlington and Beverley to Leeds
• a new high-quality 'Northern Connect' service, meaning new or refurbished trains on longer-distance services, faster journeys and stations staffed daily with catering services and free Wi-Fi at each one. As well as serving Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford, this network will also serve other destinations including Barnsley, Meadowhall, Lincoln, Doncaster, Wakefield, Todmorden, Halifax and Hebden Bridge
• extra staff brought in at more than 30 stations
• improved ticketing, including mobile and print-at-home tickets, and discounted fares for jobseekers
Chris Burchell, Managing Director of Arriva's UK Trains division, said: "We are proud to be given the opportunity to transform rail travel for passengers in the north of England and to work closely with our partners to connect towns, cities and communities like never before.
"We will be investing more than £1billion to deliver a step-change in quality for customers and dramatically improving services, stations, information and ticketing. Our aim is to be the communities' local railway and to leave a positive lasting legacy for the north of England."
First Trans Pennine Express Limited will operate services on the TransPennine Express franchise – which runs intercity services across the region and into Scotland – from April 2016 until March 2023. They will bring in 220 new carriages, equivalent to 44 trains, providing fast 125mph services across the network, as well as introducing in Yorkshire and the Humber:
• more than 4,000 more seats on Leeds and Sheffield services – an overall increase of 61% - during the morning rush hour
• longer, brand new trains on services between Scarborough, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool;
• extra services between Leeds and Hull, including at weekends
• more services from Newcastle to York, Leeds and Manchester
• improved passenger facilities including extra shops, better ticket offices, parcel collection lockers and disabled car park spaces at Hull station, backed by £1.4 million investment, in time for UK City of Culture in 2017; plus improvements at Grimsby Town, Cleethorpes and Selby stations
• discounted advance fares for 16- to 18-year-olds and jobseekers
Tim O'Toole, chief executive of FirstGroup, said: "Our new TransPennine Express franchise will deliver faster and more frequent intercity train services between the north's major towns and cities and we are excited to help the government achieve its vision for a Northern Powerhouse. Our plans include investment in new and refurbished trains on every part of the network, with millions more seats available, free Wi-Fi and simpler smart and mobile ticketing, allowing us to build on the success we have had over the past 11 years, in which we have more than doubled passenger journeys on the network.
"We will work with local authorities, customers and community groups to give them a real stake in the future of their intercity rail travel. The new TransPennine Express will connect the north and keep people moving and communities prospering across the region."
Both operators will provide free Wi-Fi – on TransPennine Express services and stations by July 2018, and on all Northern services and 36 stations by December 2019 – with media servers on trains providing entertainment and information to smartphones and tablets. The operators will also be expected to meet challenging targets to improve customer satisfaction and reduce cancellations and short-formations, and to introduce automatic Delay Repay compensation for passengers who buy season and advance-purchase tickets online. They will also make £55 million of much-needed investment in stations to bring them into the 21st century.
During the franchises, the government and Network Rail will also forge ahead with electrification of the Transpennine line to deliver faster journey times and significantly more capacity. Network Rail is currently developing a detailed plan for the work which, when finished, will provide a fully electrified route between Liverpool and Newcastle. The work is expected to be completed in 2022. In addition, three new stations in Leeds and Bradford – Apperley Bridge, Kirkstall Forge and Low Moor – will benefit from new services. The operators will also support the roll out of Oyster-style smart ticketing on public transport across the north, backed by £150 million of government funding.
The deal will also mean significant returns to government and better value for the taxpayer. The government will receive £400 million in premiums from First Trans Pennine Express Limited over the life of the franchise; previously, the franchise was subsidised by the government. The amount of annual subsidy the government pays for the Northern franchise will be reduced by £140 million by the end of the nine-year contract.
Following the announcement, and in accordance with usual procurement practice, there will be a standstill period of 10 days before the department will be in a position to enter into, and complete, the formal contractual documentation and make the award to Arriva Rail North Limited and First Trans Pennine Express Limited.


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CPF Building at Robinson Road up for sale
THE Central Provident Fund Board has initiated the sale of its building at 79 Robinson Road in a public tender.
This followed its signing of a long-term lease at Novena Square Towers A and B.
The relocation of CPF Board, from the fourth quarter, will free up prime office space in the Central Business District for higher-value uses. Its service centre at Robinson Road will continue to operate till further notice.
CBRE is the sole marketing agent for this public tender which closes on Oct 28.
The landmark tower is prominently located at the junction of Robinson Road and Maxwell Road, with an extremely wide frontage of 120 metres along Robinson Road. Completed in the 1970s, the building has been majority occupied by CPF Board for the past four decades.
The estimated differential premium (DP) payable to maximise the gross floor area (GFA) only is about S$75.5 million. The tenure of CPF Building is 99 years from 1968.

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10 Funny (But Fantastic) Flapjacks to Try on National Pancake Day
March 8th marks National Pancake Day, so if you're eating literally anything else right now, please place it on the floor and back away slowly. (You may resume at midnight.) READ: 10 Things That Go Great With Maple Syrup (Other Than Pancakes) In the meantime, your diet should consist solely of pancakes, griddlecakes or flapjacks, and whatever toppings or sauces you can fit atop those pancakes, griddlecakes or flapjacks. (Johnnycakes, being more of a flat cornbread, will not be permitted.) You may also consume crepes if necessary, but only if eaten in stacks of three or more. For meal suggestions, please refer to the preferred pancake recipes provided below. But first, please purge any non-pancake foodstuffs you may have ingested earlier in the day. (You have until midnight.)


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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Tea for Two- Pages with Papertrey
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- Sheila aka SassyLady said...
What a beautiful page and wonderful memory for her... I can see her sharing this with her daughter in years to come. Wonderful!
- June 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- Karen C. said...
I love the way you used all of the die cuts around the edges of your picture. Adorable!
- June 21, 2012 at 12:57 PM
- carol (krillsister) said...
What a gorgeous layout. I love the soft feminine look the page emits. those tea die cuts are perfect.
- June 21, 2012 at 4:41 PM
- Leigh said...
What a great page, Leah! I love how you used the sketch and how you added the little tea cup and pot! Thanks for playing along!
- June 21, 2012 at 5:08 PM
- Mara Campbell said...
I really love that shaped paper you used! So many cute elements on this layout, I love the teapot and cup and the journaling on the tag.
I have started using the project life pages. I will scrap a few photos that I love 'traditional' style and then all the rest of the photos that I want to keep but not 'fancy scrapbook' go in the PL pages. I am liking it so far!
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Whithorn Trust are pleased to report that work has begun in earnest on the Whithorn Iron Age roundhouse, due to start full construction in summer 2016.
The roundhouse is to be an authentic replica of the house excavated in 2015 and which dates to approximately the mid 5th Century BC; it has so far received significant support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and SSE Community Fund.
Trust spokesperson Julia Muir Watt said: "The Trust was fortunate enough to locate a large area of ancient woodland containing hazel trees, which provide the straight rods or zales, which were found to make up the floor panels and the wattle walls of the roundhouse. New panels will be woven by craftsmen and volunteers during the forthcoming Iron Age construction project.
"Students from SRUC at Auchincruive joined the Whithorn Trust volunteers and staff, with their lecturers, and spent a day learning how to harvest the hazel rods. Forestry staff provided a background on the rarity of the ancient woodland and the rich habitat for flora, birds and other wildlife. The Trust is extremely grateful for the students' help for this labour intensive process and having forged links with SRUC, now hopes that the students will join in the building of the roundhouse at Whithorn."


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I think respect is important, everyone deserves a place in our system, and that implementing policies toward this goal need to distinguish carefully between enforcing respect and inclusiveness and the actual goals of respect and inclusiveness.
Respect is something we are all due but we can identify pockets of people who regularly get less of it. Respect is something which causes us to avoid offending others but it is also something which causes us to tolerate some offenses because some offenses are matters of taste. Also to be respectful, I think there is a duty to continue to try and grasp opinions you as an individual do not have. Respect has a few conflicts which I will explore here. Respect treads closely to fairness because it has equalizing quality.
Everyone deserves a place in our system, that's my opinion. If a human being is alive and within our national boundaries, that person needs a place in our system. Being outcast is painful and disrespectful. Also, humans have a host of issues that are greater than us such as the state of the planet and the human race, fighting diseases and accomplishing continual progress for our quality of life.
Distinguishing between our goals and our way toward those goals is important. Respect at the price of liberty is not respect nor is it understanding. People censored are not being respected nor are they buying into the system. The same goes for people incarcerated. If the people are in our system, then they need a way to buy in at any time without penalty. People who cannot exist within our system need to be understood and if they can not be reconciled, I think they should be exiled.
However, I think many times the goal of establishing respect overlooks the fact that people need to be able to voice their opinions. There are two phases to respect in this regard: getting information about where we are at in terms of respect and opinion, and affecting change. So I establish a fine line between actions and statements. I want people to speak what's on their mind, especially in places like homes or in conversations. I want to know how people are. And to do that I need to offer no penalty for this honesty. But when a job is withheld or an opportunity denied for a disrespectful reason, you can expect my condemnation. And those people who think white people deserve more or that men should expect dominion over women or that because Abraham was straight everybody else has to be as well, you'll be overthrown. Just you wait. Obama is only one piece in that strategy. There are more women in leadership than ever. And Abraham also married his sister. Think about it.


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Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: March 24th, 2015
Genres: Mystery, YA
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It all starts with one little lie…
Max Cantrell has never been a big fan of the truth, so when the opportunity arises to sell lies to his classmates, it sounds like a good way to make a little money and liven up a boring senior year. With the help of his friends Preston and Parvati, Max starts a business providing forged permission slips and cover stories for the students of Vista Palisades High. Liars, Inc. they call it. Suddenly everybody needs something and the cash starts pouring in. Who knew lying could be so lucrative?
When Preston wants his own cover story to go visit a girl he met online, Max doesn't think twice about hooking him up. Until Preston never comes home. Then the evidence starts to pile up—terrifying clues that lead the cops to Preston's body. Terrifying clues that point to Max as the murderer.
Can Max find the real killer before he goes to prison for a crime he didn't commit? Paula Stokes starts with one single white lie and weaves a twisted tale that will have readers guessing until the explosive final chapters.
Hey everyone! We're totally stoked (sorry) to have Paula here on the blog today. You may remember The Art of Lainey, which Melanie and I (Celine) reviewed together and loved! You might be surprised because this is Halloween Week and The Art of Lainey was mostly cute and fluffy, but Paula actually has another book coming out next year that you may have heard of. I mean, I've been fangirling about that for a while now, because obviously it's going to be amazing. Either way, I'm going to stop my rambling now and temporarily give the blog to Paula *bows*.
A Guest Post by Paula Stokes
Hi guys! So YA Midnight Reads invited me to be part of their Halloween event to promote LIARS, INC., my March 2015 murder mystery. LIARS isn't a super-gory horror story, but it definitely has some heart-pounding moments, as well as dark, creepy scenes in cemeteries and secluded cabins. I think the scariest part of the book is probably how easy it might be to commit a crime and pin it on someone else. Either that or the reasoning behind how everything plays out. In the real world, people sometimes do bad things just because they're on drugs or off their medication, but the killer in LIARS has Reasons, and even though I don't condone this person's actions, part of me kind of understands where they're coming from.
Enough of my rambling 😉 Just in time for Halloween, the main characters of LIARS, INC. have joined me today to share their favorite scary movies. Watch at your own risk!
Max Cantrell
Age 18. Loner, slacker, surfer.
I don't know. I find a lot of horror movies to be lame. The old school ones from the 80s are scary, but the bad hair and clothes make them feel cheesy. I think my favorite scary films are the ones that don't take themselves too seriously, like SHAUN OF THE DEAD and ZOMBIELAND. Oh, and any of the Wayans brothers spoofs—those always make me laugh my ass off.
Age 18. Rich kid, running back, gambler.
My favorite scary movie is SAW. Not the more recent ones—those are weak—but the first couple. I like them because of the way the killer punishes shitty people who kind of deserve it, and how he always gives them a chance to save themselves, even though most of them aren't brave enough to even try. I'm not exactly a saint myself, but I think I've got guts. Sometimes I wonder if I'm going to wake up in a horror movie someday.
Parvati Amos
Age 17. Newspaper columnist, martial artist, wannabe spy.
Two movies that scare the crap out of me are CANDYMAN and THE RING. I freak out during the ones where there's a rule like "don't do this thing or you'll die." I have what might be called "impulse control issues" and if you tell me not to watch a video or not to say "Candyman" three times while looking into a mirror, I'm going to obsess about it until I convince myself I have to do it. CANDYMAN is especially freaky with the fire and the voodoo stuff and that scene where she wakes up covered in someone else's blood. *shudder* I need to go look at kitten pictures now.
Amanda Cantrell
Age 11. Fifth-grader, cupcake lover, TV watcher.
Okay, you are not allowed to tell my mom I've watched these movies, but my two favorites are SE7EN and THE BONE COLLECTOR. They're both kind of old, but we don't have cable so the only movies I get to see are ones my parents get from the library. Or sometimes stuff I can find for free on the internet. These are my favorites because they both focus heavily on forensics to solve the crimes. When I grow up, I'm going to be a forensic psychologist or a CSI tech.
What do you think? Do you agree with my characters' picks? What are your must-see scary movies? Oh, and would you like to score an ARC of LIARS, INC. in your trick-or-treat bag this year? It's way better than those crappy wrapped orange and black toffees or that little box of raisins you get from your vegan neighbor. Details below on how you can win. Happy haunted holidays!
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Census of Ireland 1891: Area, Population and Number of Houses; Occupations, Religion and Education volume III, Province of Ulster
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CENSUS OF IRELAND FOR THE YEAR 1891. , County of Tyrone.] I AND POPULATION. Valuation of each Barony, Parish, TOWNLAND, and TOWNSHIP of the County of Tyrone in 1S91—continued. 869' Baronies, Parishes, Townlands, and Xowns. DUNGANNON, MIDDLE, BARONY—continued. OLONFEAOLE P.,pt. Of—COM. Finnelly Townland, Garvaghy » Gorestown ,, Gort Gortmerron » Grange » Killybrackcn Kilnacart Kilnagrew Knockarogan Glebe Knocknacloy Legilly Lisbancamey Lisbanlemncigh Lisdcrmot lisduff Lisgobban Lismulrevy Lisnacloy Lisroan Lissan Listamlct Mossmore Moy Hoyard Moygashel Mnlboy MXulaghboy " Miillaghdaly " Mullaghlongflold " Mnllaghmossog Glebe,, Mullybrannon " Mullyear " Mullycarnan " Roan Sanaghanroc Sessiamagaroll Reyloran Slianmoy Staugmore (Knox) Stangmore (Magre) Stiloga Syerla Terry glassog Terryscollop Toborniesson Glebe Tullydowey Tullygiven Tiulygoney Tullylearn Turleenan Tyhan Total, . Benburb Town, . . 00 Olonfeacle " . 0) M°y " . (f) Moygashel . . (a) 9,711 I 8,492 | 7,294 j 6,163 13,047 13,116 S 22,230 8 0 («) See note (/). W This+amount^^g^J^^S^S^S!&- to The increase was attributed to the erection of houses for the accominototion ot womerh (d) The town of Benburb stands on the townland of the same name; its n^^^^^a-with "Ehe townland of Tullydowey on which it stood. beeiNoiJ.a , 00 Olonfeacle, not containing 20 inhabited houses, has, as m 1861,1871, and 1881,,*'e?£i£fa£dof the same name ; its estimated area.is 43 acres, head of Table VII., p. 859. (/) The town of Moy stands on the t^na°i includod n has m estimated area of 3 acres. (0) Tho town of Moygashel stands on the townland of the same name, m which its vaiua-uon. ,


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Q: Does Ghana Gas have a local content policy?
Ans: Yes, we do. Our local content policy reflects our commitment to capacity building, value addition and employment generation within the industry.
Q: How many Ghanaians have been engaged on the project?
Ans: Over 500 Ghanaians have been engaged on the project in various areas of skilled and unskilled employment.
Q: How is Ghana Gas managing the expectations of the local youth especially in the project affected communities?
Ans: We are committed to stakeholder management, and have employed local Community Team Liaisons (CLA'S) who provide a feedback loop between the Company and the Community. The Community Affairs Department keeps abreast of Community issues and uses data gathered by CLA's to inform the content of sensitization programs within the Community. As a result of such exercises, the host communities specifically, the local youth are well versed in the areas of benefit they can expect from a project such as ours.
Q: Can I get employment at Ghana Gas?
Ans: Vacancies will be posted on the website and advertised when they become available.
Q: How do I get employed on the project?
Ans: The company is no longer actively recruiting but will advertise vacancies as and when it becomes necessary.
Q: How will Ghana Gas help develop people needed for a successful gas industry in Ghana?
Ans: The company is committed to developing its human capital and views its continued investment into training and leadership programs as the correct approach to achieving a highly qualified workforce.
Q: How can I be a service provider/ contractor to Ghana Gas?
Ans: The Company will advertise in the print media when specialist services are required. Interested parties may then respond accordingly.
Q: How do I become a supplier to Ghana Gas?
Ans: Ghana Gas has already pre-qualified suppliers for small contracts. With regards to thresholds above price quotation (small contracts - GH₵20,000.00 ) we advertise in the newspapers and prospective suppliers/contractors/consultants are encouraged to look in the print media, preferably Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times.


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Symphony No. 11 (Mozart)
Symphony No. 11 in D major, K. 84/73q, was at one time considered unquestionably to be the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Its status has, however, been challenged, and (as of 2008) remains uncertain. It is believed to date from 1770, and may have been written in Milan or Bologna, if it is a genuine Mozart work. An early manuscript from Vienna attributes the work to Wolfgang, but nineteenth-century copies of the score attribute it respectively to Leopold Mozart and to Carl Dittersdorf. Neal Zaslaw writes: "A comparison of the results of two stylistic analyses of the work's first movement with analyses of unquestionably genuine first movements of the period by the three composers suggests that Wolfgang is the most likely of the three to have been the composer of K73q".[1][2]
The symphony is in three movements, lacking a minuet and trio. Kenyon opines that there is "little special" about the work,[3] while Zaslaw finds a "Gluckish ambience", and some affinity with opera buffa in the repeated triplets found in the Finale.[1]
Movements and instrumentation[edit]
The instrumentation was: strings, 2 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, continuo[1]
Performance details[edit]
There are no details available as to when the initial performance took place.
- Dearling, Robert: The Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Symphonies Associated University Presses Ltd, London 1982 ISBN 0-8386-2335-2
- Kenyon, Nicholas: The Pegasus Pocket Guide to Mozart Pegasus Books, New York 2006 ISBN 1-933648-23-6
- Zaslaw, Neal: Mozart's Symphonies: Context, Performance Practice, Reception OUP, Oxford 1991 ISBN 0-19-816286-3
External links[edit]
- Sinfonie in D KV 84 (73q): Score and critical report (in German) in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Symphony No. 11: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)


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Now waxed, and primped to within an inch of her life, she had been told to wait in this room. Alana smoothed her sweaty palms down the sides of her non-existent dress and willed her breathing to slow down. The only way out of here, was to please this unknown buyer.
The dress and the heavy silver collar she wore had been chosen by him. The door opened behind her, and Alana's heart threatened to beat itself out of her chest. The gust of cold air brought with it the scent of expensive cologne, and virile man. The door shut and heavy footsteps stopped right behind her. So close that this man's body heat warmed her frozen back, and his even puffs of breaths ghosted across her neck.
"First time, pet?" he asked, as he slid his fingers in hers, and pulled her closer into his frame with the other hand. Hot and heavy it branded her further as his.
"Yes, Sir," she whispered.
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Lord Judge said he was a "passionate believer" in the rights of newspapers and said they were an "essential ingredient" in British society.
He claimed that Lord Justice Leveson shares his view, which is why he recommended him to the Prime Minister to chair the public inquiry into the culture of Fleet Street.
There have been calls from senior politicians and legal figures for statutory regulation of the press, rather than the current system of self-regulation, in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that led to the downfall of the News of the World and three major investigations by Scotland Yard.
But the most senior judge in England and Wales made it clear that he did not want Fleet Street to be silenced completely.
Asked at his annual press conference at the Royal Courts of Justice how closely he had been following the Leveson inquiry, he replied: "I've been following it by reading the newspapers.
"I take a very close interest in it but I have not read a single page of transcript."
He went on: "I think I'm fairly well known to be a passionate believer in a free press. I feel deeply about it.
"It is an essential ingredient in our society. It is as important as an independent judiciary.
"I recommended Lord Justice Leveson to the Prime Minister because I know he takes the same view."
Lord Judge pointed out that it would be for Parliament to decide what, if any, changes needed to be made following the final report of the inquiry later this year, rather than Lord Justice Leveson himself.
Earlier this week Nick Clegg indicated he would support official regulation of the press because of the scale of wrong-doing exposed by the phone-hacking scandal and the Leveson hearings.
The Deputy Prime Minister met representatives of the Hack Off campaign group during the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton and a spokesman for him said: "Nick set out his view that a statutory backstop could support strong independent press regulation, and that the key test should be whether the report addresses the deep injustices which have been caused to the Dowler family and other victims."


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I CAN understand Tony Pulis' anger over the red card shown to Robert Huth against Sunderland last weekend because I think the decision by the FA to uphold the sending off is a ridiculous one.
I think it was one of the poorer decisions I have seen this season.
They want to stamp out two-footed challenges, which is fine, but I think Huth's was a classic example of a wrong decision.
I've said all along that referees will get some wrong and Martin Atkinson did in my book.
But it was an obvious opportunity for the FA to put their hands up and say 'Yeah we made a mistake about him' but they haven't and it's unfair for him to miss three matches because of it.
I think they got it totally wrong – because it wasn't even a tackle as the big German pulled out of it.
He fell into David Meyler and, if anything, the Sunderland midfielder ends up kicking Huth's knee as he clears the ball.
If they are looking at that as still being a two-footed challenge then they're wrong I'm afraid and they are going to have to think again.


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|From: Dave Herman (dherman at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 2 13:26:44 EDT 2005
> However, is there any reason to not meld a structure definition with it's > contract? It seems to have a > certain syntactic appeal, like define-type from PLAI and EoPL. What distinguishes contracts from ordinary assertions is that they describe a relationship between two parties; for example, a function contract relies on the client module satisfying the preconditions and the provider module satisfying the postconditions. When something goes wrong, the contract does not just blow up; its "blame" system allows it to give a useful error message saying which party was at fault for the error. When Matthias says you are talking about assertions, not contracts, what he means is that EoPL's `define-datatype' is a mechanism for checking a property and blowing up if the property is not satisfied, but without the blame annotations. You might be interested in my struct.plt PLaneT package, which provides some useful general forms for defining datatypes and providing them with contracts. (I follow the general pattern Robby suggested: when I want define-datatype-like behavior, I put the data definitions in a separate module and provide them with contracts.) http://planet.plt-scheme.org/300/#struct.plt1.4 Dave
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Mark sense
Electrographic is a term used for punched-card and page-scanning technology that allowed cards or pages marked with a pencil to be processed or converted into punched cards. That technology was sold by IBM, its developer, under the term mark sense. A "mark sense pencil lead" sold by IBM would meet federal specifications for "electrographic lead."
Mark sense was a trade name used by IBM for electrographic forms and systems. It has since come to be used as a generic term for any technology allowing marks made using ordinary writing implements to be processed, encompassing both optical mark recognition and electrographic technology, because the user of a mark-sense form cannot generally tell if the marks are sensed electrically or optically. The term "mark sense" is not generally used when referring to technology that distinguishes the shape of the mark; the general term optical character recognition is generally used when mark shapes are distinguished. Because the term mark-sense was originally a trade name, the Federal Government generally used the term electrographic.
In the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, mark sense technology was widely used for applications like processing meter readings recordings on turnaround documents and recording long distance telephone calls. Many thousands of pencils were made expressly for mark sense applications by the Dur-O-Lite Pencil Company and by the Autopoint Company. Many of the pencils made for the "Bell System" were stamped "MARK SENSE LEAD" and for the Federal Government, "US Government Electrographic."
In the early 1930s, science teacher Reynold B. Johnson developed an automatic test scoring machine. IBM bought Johnson's invention and hired him as an engineer - the machine was sold as the IBM 805 Test Scoring Machine. The first large-scale use of the IBM 805 was by the American Council on Education's Cooperative Test Service in 1936; in 1947, the Cooperative Test Service became part of the Educational Testing Service. Johnson went on to develop a range of electrographic mark-sense machinery.
Various IBM equipment could be used with mark sense cards including the IBM 513 and IBM 514 Reproducing Punches, the IBM 557 Alphabetic Interpreter, and the IBM 519 Electric Document Originating Machine.
See also[edit]
- IBM (October 1959). IBM Reference Manual: 513, 514 Reproducing Punches (PDF). A24-1002-2.
- IBM (1959). IBM Reference Manual: 519 Document-Originating Machine (PDF). A24-1017-0.
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- Guide to Dur-O-Lite and Autopoint Mark Sense Pencils
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Banbridge Amateur Swimming Club's 28 talented athletes brought home a haul of medals from the Swim Ulster Qualifying Gala held in Lisburn last month.
Not only that, but there was also a flurry of fabulous personal bests and younger swimmers performed admirably in their qualifying gala debuts.
Ten-year old Jodie McMullen, originally from the Armagh Club, won three bronze medals in 50m butterfly, 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke.
It was an impressive gala for her and she is pursuing more Division One times. She carries over a time from last June in 100m breaststroke.
Ten-year old Ronan Quinn had a great start to the season in his first qualifying gala. He was well positioned in 400m freestyle and 100m breaststroke, coming in fourth. He was fifth in the 200m breaststroke, 200IM and 100m freestyle and seventh in 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle. Ronan has a Division Two time in 100m butterfly.
Four girls in the 11-year old age group performed to a high standard, particularly Rachel Blemmings. She won three gold medals and three silvers, narrowly missing several Division One times.
However, she will surely achieve these at the next gala. Her most impressive swim was a 43 second PB in 200m freestyle- one of her gold medals.
Sorcha Boersma swam a 12 second PB in the 200m freestyle. Clodagh McGrady swam five events for the first time and made a good impression. Jenny Morrow won a gold medal in 100m fly, taking off a nine seconds. She got PBs and top 10s in all four events.
Niall McGeown was in excellent shape and succeeded in obtaining PBs in seven events. He came fourth in 200IM, fifth in 100m and 200m backstroke. He took a massive 23 seconds off 200m freestyle, Finlay Wright was also on top of his game with a huge 43 seconds off 200m freestyle and 15 off 200IM.
Rachel Allenby swam five PBs including an impressive 26 seconds off her 200m backstroke and 14 seconds off 100m fly.
Julia Knox only swam two events as she already has many Div One times. She is on course for National Squad times and British Age Group times which she has to achieve in the two long course pool meets left. She won a gold medal in 400m freestyle taking off a superb 73 seconds.
Kathryn McGrath had a very productive weekend as she achieved seven PBs including 39 seconds off her 400m freestyle, 25 seconds off her 800m freestyle and 19 seconds off 200m freestyle and 400IM.
Ruby McNiff was ahead of her game with a fantastic collection of medals. She won her 100m freestyle, received silver medals in 200m backstroke and 400m freestyle and got third in 200m freestyle.
Jessica McMullen entered her firsts qualifying gala in four events while Aidín Quinn got lots of PBs, getting closer to Division Two.
The 12-year old boys include Jack Bingham, Dawson Patterson and Adam Wilson. Jack had a tremendous meet with six Division One times, including three golds, three silvers and a bronze. Following his birthday, he now has to swim for age 13-14 age group times.
Dawson achieved three top 10 positions and two PBs in 200m and 400m freestyle.
Adam swam the gruelling 400IM for the first and was rewarded with a gold medal.
The 13 year old girls included Maeve Cleland, Caitlin Kearney and Becki Pinkerton. Maeve won a gold in 200m fly, silver in 800m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m freestyle and 400m freestyle.
Becki swam a gruelling 11 events over the course of the weekend, swam 200m fly for the first time and achieved eight PBs.
She also won three golds, two silvers and three bronze medals as well as eight Division One times.
Declan McGeown swam an impressive eight events and achieved personal bests in all of them. He reduced his 100m fly time by 15 seconds and took 13 seconds off his 200m freestyle. He now moves to the 14 to 15 category for Limerick in June.
Kate Allenby was Bann's only 14 year old girl at this gala and what an achiever she is! As well as huge PBs in almost every event, she won four gold medals and three silvers.
She took 24 seconds off her 400m freestyle, 11 off her 200m fly, nine seconds off her 200m backstroke and eight off her 200m freestyle.
As Kate has since turned 15 she moves up to the 15-16 bracket which makes it more difficult to achieve Division One times.
Harry Farson, Christopher Morrow and William Pinkerton, represented the 14 year-old boys.
Harry achieved three top 10s and swam PBs in every event but one. In his 200IM he almost took off 10 seconds.
Christopher swam two events and took off over 17 seconds in his 200IM!
William swam eight events and achieved PBs in six of them. He took off 11 seconds in his 200m freestyle. He is close to several Division One times.
Aaron Brown and Alex Donnelly were Bann's 15 year-in this gala. Aaron swam the 100m backstroke and achieved a PB and a Division Two time into the bargain.
Alex has achieved three Division Two times but in June will move up to the 16-17 age group which makes the qualifying times much harder.
Finally, Ross Johnston, Bann's only competitive 16 year-old, swam four events and successfully achieved personal bests in all four.
He won a silver medal in 100m backstroke and a bronze in 200m backstroke. The backstroke events are his strongest events.
These are also Division One times, which are hard going at this stage when exams are a priority.
"Thank you everyone for pulling your weight," said the club.
"To our Qualifying gala coaches, Graham, Davey Wilson, Fiona and Stephen Farson, to our parents on poolside, working as time keepers, marshals, turn judges, stroke judges, starters or referees - without your assistance, Banbridge Amateur Swimming club wouldn't look so good! See you at the next Qualifying gala, the Long course event in February!"


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Deborah Markowitz
Time Period
1940 to Today
Subject CategoriesActivist, Charitable and Community Work, Equal Rights, Government / Politics, Law
Notable Facts
Vermont's 37th Secretary of State. First woman in Vermont to be elected Secretary of State. Founder of the Women's Leadership Initiative to promote women running for elective office and established the "Safe at Home" Program, a program for victims of domestic violence, rape, or stalking. Founding director of Vermont League of Cities and Towns Municipal Law Center. Improved customer service in the Secretary of State's office, making it easier to start and expand a business in Vermont, implemented an ambitious election reform agenda and championed civics education in the schools.
Personal Information
Primary ResidenceMontpelier
Historical Significance
Deborah Markowitz graduated from the University of Vermont in 1983 with a B.A. and went on to Georgetown University Law Center where she graduated magna cum laude with her Juris Doctorate degree in 1987. After graduating, she served as a law clerk for Justice Louis Peck of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1987-1988. In 1988, she began practicing law at Langrock, Sperry, and Wool until 1990, when she began work as the founding director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns Municipal Law Center until 1997. While serving as Director, Markowitz published numerous handbooks on local government and law, and she lectured on issues related to municipal law and ethics in government. In 1998, Deborah Markowitz became Vermont's 37th Secretary of State and Vermont's first woman Secretary of State.
Her responsibilities include overseeing Vermont's elections, the State Archives, professional licensing and business registrations, and providing educational assistance to Vermont's local officials.
Secretary Markowitz is well known for her efforts to improve Vermont's democracy and promote good citizenship. She has helped schools by providing materials to teachers on Town Meeting day, Vermont's legislative process and age-appropriate information about Vermont's history, culture, and geography. She also has published the "Citizen's Guide to Town Meeting" and the "Moderators Handbook" to help Vermonters understand and be able to participate in their local town meetings.
Deborah Markowitz has also improved customer service in the Secretary of State's office, making it easier to start and expand a business in Vermont. She has also been a leader in strengthening laws that ensure the preservation of important government records in the State Archives.
During her time as Secretary, she also established the Safe at Home program. This is a program for victims of domestic violence, rape, or stalking. Her office helps keep people from being tracked down through public records systems and the most vulnerable victims can use her office address as their legal address and then mail is forwarded to a confidential location.
Secretary Markowitz is an advocate of women in leadership positions. She believes women have the opportunity to be powerful leaders and can make a difference in our local communities, state, nation, and world. Markowitz is the founder of the Women's Leadership Initiative to promote women running for elective office.
Organizations or Movements
- Vermont Girl Scout Council
- Central Vermont Community Action Agency
- Vermont Women's Business Center Advisory Board
- National Assoc. of Secretaries of State
- Advisory Board of the National Election Assistance Commission.
- Law clerk
- Lawyer
- Director of Vermont League of Cities and Towns Municipal Law Center
- Vermont Secretary of State.
- B.A., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (1983)


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The top Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill to decriminalise marijuana across the US.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on 20 April – a day known for its celebrations of the psychoactive drug – that he would sponsor legislation to remove marijuana from the country's list of scheduled substances, effectively decriminalising it at the federal level.
"The time has come to decriminalise marijuana," Mr Schumer said in a statement. "My thinking – as well as the general population's views – on the issue has evolved, and so I believe there's no better time than the present to get this done."
Mr Schumer's legislation would remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the US Controlled Substances Act of 1970, effectively reducing criminal penalties for the possession of small amounts of weed.
The bill would also also establish funding streams for women and minority-owned marijuana businesses, and provide money for research into the public health effects of THC. The federal government's ability to regulate intrastate drug trafficking and marijuana advertising would remain unchanged.
"This legislation would let the states be the laboratories that they should be, ensure that woman and minority owned business have a fair shot in the marijuana industry, invests in critical research on THC, and ensures that advertisers can't target children," Mr Schumer said. "it's a balanced approach."
Don Murphy, the director of federal policies for the Marijuana Policies Project, said he welcomed the legislation, but admitted it had a low chance of passing Congress.
"The good news here is [this legislation] elevates the debate to a new level," he told The Independent. "That's what's so great about it: Not that it's going to be passed and signed by the president, but the fact that we're having this conversation."
President Donald Trump indicated earlier this month that he may be open to letting states decide how to regulate marijuana for themselves. But his Justice Department has been inflexible on the issue, to the point of rescinding Obama-era guidelines that made it easier for states to legalise the drug.
Nine US states have already legalised recreational marijuana, and 29 have legalised it for medical purposes. Sales of legal marijuana reached $9.7bn in North America in 2017, according to a report from Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics, far surpassing estimates of how fast the industry would grow.
According to the latest survey from Pew Research Centre, more than 60 per cent of Americans favour legalising marijuana – an historically high level of support.


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Tim Tebow doesn't sound like he cares much at all about playing in Vince McMahon's rebooted XFL.
"Not really. Honestly, it's the beginning of 2018. And they're talking about that in 2020. I've got a lot of life in front of me before that even happens. So I'm not even going to worry about it," Tebow told SEC country when asked if he's interested in the XFL.
I hate to brag, but I called this awhile back. There's no point in Tebow playing in the XFL, and I argued the following:
There is no reason Tebow would ever agree to join this league. Why would he? He knows his NFL days are over, he's made his money, he's playing baseball and he's got his ESPN job. He'll also be 32 years old when the XFL starts up in January 2020. I don't think a dude in his 30s wants to be playing football in a startup league. Call me crazy, but I think Tim Tebow has better things to do.
I stand by every single word I wrote, and I'll be shocked if the Heisman Trophy winner at Florida ever plays a single snap in the XFL. There's just no situation where I see him entertaining the idea. You can all wait to see if I'm wrong, but I think you'll be very disappointed with the outcome.
He's sticking to ESPN and baseball, as he should.


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SNAZZY and newfangled mortgage loans, like those with low initial rates of interest or extended terms of 40 or 50 years, helped to drive homeownership rates in the United States from around 64 percent two decades ago to a peak of almost 70 percent in recent years. Called "affordability loans," these new kinds of mortgages have gone mostly to first-time home buyers and borrowers with tarnished credit or spotty employment histories.
Now, however, with home foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies soaring, it is becoming clear that the innovative loans that lenders championed — in what the industry called the "democratization of credit" — are turning the American dream of homeownership into a nightmare for many borrowers.
Even though these subprime mortgages account for only one-eighth of total mortgages outstanding, they represent 60 percent of foreclosures, according to the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization in Durham, N.C. This is not surprising, since the features common to subprime mortgages actually increase the risk of foreclosure, mortgage experts say.
"The subprime market should be an additional and welcome opening of the credit markets for borrowers who have previously been shut out," said Michael D. Calhoun, president of the center. "But it has been allowed and even encouraged to develop in a way that we think will result in a net loss of homeownership."
For years, the homeownership rate in the United States ranged from 60 to 65 percent of the total population. But in 1995, President Bill Clinton directed Henry G. Cisneros, then the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to work with the housing industry, nonprofit groups and other government officials to develop the National Homeownership Strategy, "an unprecedented public-private partnership to increase homeownership to a record-high level over the next six years," as described in an Urban Policy Brief in August of that year.Continue reading the main story
Citing studies showing that high rates of homeownership generate financial wealth for borrowers, reduce crime and stimulate economic growth, the group agreed to a list of initiatives. One was to make financing arrangements for borrowers more affordable and flexible.
Lenders were off to the races. They created slick new mortgage products with low "teaser" interest rates that ratcheted up significantly after two years or so. They devised loans that required only the payment of interest, not principal as well. They extended mortgages to 50-year terms to reduce monthly payments.
The partnership succeeded. In 2004, the homeownership rate reached 69.2 percent, a record.
As recently as January, even as delinquencies among subprime mortgages had risen, the Mortgage Bankers Association, a lobbying group, praised the role that the loans played in bolstering homeownership. "The availability of nontraditional mortgage products is a positive development because these products increase the financing choices available to borrowers," the group said in a report.
But according to experts on lending practices, the products devised to propel homeownership did so only as long as housing prices kept rising. Now that prices have started to fall, these products look instead like a transfer of wealth to mortgage lenders from those who can least afford it: subprime borrowers.
"It's not good to put somebody into a home if they can only afford it when home prices go up," said Thomas A. Lawler, founder of Lawler Economic and Housing Consulting Daily, a newsletter. "Now that prices are falling, the folks who made enormous amounts of money lending in 2003, 2004 and 2005 are giving some of it back. But they aren't giving it back to the poor borrowers."
Comparing prime and subprime loans shows how different the two types can be, Mr. Lawler said.
Loans made to borrowers with good credit histories, for example, rarely generate prepayment penalties when the loans are refinanced. But 70 percent of subprime loans have such penalties, he said. And they are hefty — typically involving six months' worth of interest.
On a $250,000 loan with a current interest rate of around 8 percent, a prepayment penalty would be $10,000. Because many subprime borrowers do not have that kind of money lying around, lenders typically offer to roll the amount into the new loan offered in a refinancing. Tacking on such penalties to new loans makes it even harder for borrowers to pay them off.
Another characteristic of subprime loans, Mr. Lawler said, is that they rarely have escrow accounts. These accounts are established to collect money over long periods to cover real estate taxes and insurance.
"For the riskiest borrowers you take away a feature of a mortgage that is designed to force savings — why?" he asked.
CRITICS point to two possible reasons: without property taxes added to the mix, the mortgage payments look lower than they otherwise would. In addition, the absence of an escrow account in a subprime loan often means a big tax bill that cannot be paid unless the borrower undergoes another expensive financing, with all those fees attached.
Finally, subprime loans with low initial rates that reset at much higher rates almost force refinancings, generating fees for lenders but often putting borrowers in a hole. Now, for instance, subprime loans that reset after two years have interest rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate of interest, or Libor, which now stands at about 5 percent, plus 6 percentage points.
It is almost impossible for subprime borrowers to get lower rates on their mortgages given such reset rates, Mr. Lawler said. "A subprime A.R.M. borrower," he said, one with an adjustable-rate mortgage "with an initial rate of 8 percent for the first two years would face an upward adjustment on her mortgage unless the Fed cut its short-term rate target to 2 percent.
"These loans are designed to make borrowers refinance and keep the loan production mill churning," Mr. Lawler said.
Mr. Calhoun of the Center for Responsible Lending said that few borrowers, subprime or not, would be able to survive a reset shock that increased their monthly payments by as much as 50 percent. Ditto for serial refinancing deals that generate fees of 6 to 10 percent of the total loan value each time.
"Probably the majority of homeowners who have been in their house for a while could not afford payments on those loans," he said.
While subprime borrowers try to climb out of the holes they fell into, those who sold and packaged the loans are laughing all the way to the bank. "Folks who ran these companies are going to walk away not just unscathed but extraordinarily well rewarded," Mr. Calhoun said.
Josh Rosner, a managing director at Graham Fisher, an investment research firm in New York and an expert on mortgage securities, says he has watched with interest and exasperation as the same groups of people who pushed for higher homeownership rates now recommend ill-conceived bailouts. He also believes that the current system creates incentives for people to strip equity from their homes rather than use their mortgages as a forced savings device.
"If you're trying to do social engineering, it should be to put people in homes so they can build up equity as a cushion for economic shock," Mr. Rosner said. "But unless they have significant equity, they are not homeowners; they are renters. We've created a society where we love the term homeownership, yet we can't allow people to understand that they are being taken advantage of by the term."Continue reading the main story


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There are several crazy things happening all at once in this one delicious bite. There is the delicious scallion pancake, the perfectly cooked peppers and onions, the rib eye steak and then there is the garlic provolone cheese sauce. The most perfect layers of flavors one could imagine.
Let just put this out there, I've never had a Philly cheese steak, meaning a cheese steak sandwich made in Philadelphia. I have however had several NY cheese steak sandwiches, the first experience being at college. We use to have flat top made cheese steak sandwiches all the time at our college with peppers, onions, cheddar and provolone.
Let's talk about the cheese. There are several ideas of what type of cheese makes a perfect steak sandwich, whether it be provolone, cheddar cheese sauce or cheese wiz. I personally hate the cheese wiz idea so I can't speak on its taste. Provolone tends to be very subtle with cheddar being the most present flavor wise. However the cheese sauce on a sandwich almost always trumps a slice, and I find strong cheddar over powers the steak onion and peppers, so for me provolone is the winner. I decided to do a provolone sauce with a touch cheddar and a hint of garlic just to be fancy.
I actually got a tip from the Butcher at whole foods. He said instead of purchasing steaks and slicing them you could go to the meat counter and have them slice the roast beef, maybe a pound or two and then make the recipe in the same way as if you had used the rib eye. I tried both ways and they are equally yummy. The roast beef was not as juicy as the rib eye but it was more tender, cooked faster because it was sliced so paper thin. If your butcher would slice.
Ingredients (printable recipe)
For the scallion pancake (see this post)
3 cups flour
1 ¼ cup hot water
4 stalks scallion
For the steak
2 boneless rib eye steaks
1 green sweet pepper
1 onion
Salt (to taste)
Black pepper (to taste)
¼ teaspoon Allspice
Oil for the pan or flat top
For the cheese sauce
8 provolone slices
4 cloves garlic
4 oz cream cheese
2 oz cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
2 tablespoon
For the scallion pancakes (see this post)
- Heat a flat skillet
- Combine the flour and hot water and knead into a dough, set aside covered for 20 minutes
- Slice the scallions and set aside
- Portion the dough into balls about the size of one and a half golf balls
- Flour a work surface and roll into a flat disk
- Brush generously with oil, sprinkle with salt and some chopped scallions
- Roll the dough into a log and then roll again into a spiral shape
- Flatten the dough down and roll it out again into a flat disk
- Place some oil in the pot and fry the pancakes on both sides until golden brown and crispy
For the cheese sauce
- In a blender or food processor, combine, provolone, cheddar, cream cheese and garlic
- Whisk together the flour and milk and place in a saucepan to warm
- When the milk is warm and bubbling turn off the heat and add the blended cheese mixture
- Whisk until the cheese has melted and become one uniform consistency
For the steak
- Remove all bones, skin, connective tissue and any other elements that are not pure meat from the rib eye.
- Slice it with a very sharp knife as thin as you can
- Slice the onions and peppers
- In a very hot skillet add some oil to the pot and sauté the onions and peppers sauté until they begin to caramelize slightly sprinkle on a little salt
- Remove from the heat and set aside
- Reheat the pot to very hot and add more oil
- Place the thin cut steak in the pot without moving it, season the top with salt black pepper and allspice
- Once the bottom looks like its caramelizing flip it over and allow the other side to cook while using a spatula to sauté and stir the meat.
- Add the cooked onions and peppers to the meat and continue to sauté until all the flavors have melded together and the beef is cooked.
- Take a scallion pancake and slather on come cheese
- Fill with the beef and pepper mixture
- Roll up, slice and serve
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Sheena Easton on why 42nd Street led her to London
Grammy Award winner Sheena Easton on why it took classic Broadway musical 42nd Street to bring her to the West End.
Sheena Easton is a bona fide music star. She has sung a Bond theme – For Your Eyes Only. She recorded with Prince. She had her own show in Las Vegas and appeared in Grease on Broadway. But it has taken 42nd Street to bring her to the London stage more than 35 years after her first recording success.
There's an irony that the British-born performer comes to London in a classic Broadway tale. 42nd Street debuted in New York in 1980, at the same time as Easton was recording her first album. It tells the story of aspiring star Peggy Sawyer, a chorus girl dreaming of standing in the spotlight. Her dream could become a reality when the star of her show is injured. Will she be able to grasp the opportunity?
The hit musical, which features songs including We're In The Money and Lullaby Of Broadway, comes to the West End with an astounding cast of 55 performers set to fill the Theatre Royal Drury Lane stage.
At the production's launch we grabbed a couple of minutes with Sheena Easton to find out why this was the show to bring her to the West End.
Why has it taken so long for you to make your West End debut?
Since I did Broadway many years ago, I've had several approaches to do other things. Living on the West Coast of America, that would have meant taking my family to New York. That was a no-no for me. Once you're in the theatre, your whole life has to be about that show. You have to stay focused. You have to be fit. You have to rest your voice when you're not working. Having two little kids, that was not going to be happening. I decided that I wasn't going to commit to doing something like that until my kids were raised.
You've raised your kids, but what was it about this role that drew you to London?
There are only a few roles and a few shows that I would consider changing my life for. This happens to be one of them. It's a great part for a woman my age. I'm 57. They're not writing a tonne of great roles for 57-year-olds.
I saw this show in Los Angeles with Millicent Martin in it. She was playing Dorothy Brock and she blew me away. The whole production was fabulous. I remember thinking, "It must be great to be in a production like that." When this production came up, it took me aback because I wasn't thinking, "I'll do the West End next year." But I took some time to think about it and decided, yes, this is a show that makes me want to change my life for a year.
What was it about the character that intrigued you?
There's stuff I can relate to. I love the over-the-topness of it. I love that she has fun by being fake and larger than life, but there's a truth to it as well. Her insecurity, no matter how great she is… I see from the older woman's perspective that she sees the future coming at her hard and she knows she's not part of it. I think Dorothy's fronting. She comes out and it's all about "Darling!" But there's also a vulnerability on the inside that she's masking. She's expected to be a diva. In the timeframe that it's set you couldn't be a star, especially a female star, and be understated. You had to stand out. It's a well-written role. And I love the songs.


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Dear Smithy,
Despite being in the wrong place at the wrong time out there 'on the Wallaby' in the Channel country, I hope you are able to appreciate the inhibiting water expanse as a blessing for that thirsty country. Sitting out there with not much better to do than watch the water rise, how are you filling in the time? In the Old Testament, besides the references to the great Flood, there are several references to the need to step out of the rat-race so as to experience the calm in which there is a fair chance of meeting the Almighty. He's not in the whirlwind we are told, but comes in the gentle breeze. So don't curse the flood, patiently await the embrace of that gentle breeze.
Hopefully I'll have a chance to sit at the entrance to the cave with the stone rolled back and enjoy some time-out and a similar enriching experience after the whirlwind of Term I here at the educational frontline. I gather that it won't be long before the wind picks up over this way and the potential for a storm to brew as the Chapter opens next week. What's the mid-term forecast? Have you read the signs in the sky? With Peter Swain no longer around to interpret the signs in the skys for us, to whom do we turn for an accurate forecast?
As an alternative, there are 19 pages to leaf through and a clutch of dot points to sort out in search of the oracle's message. That's enough for a mild headache to carry into the Holy Week Triduum and the Easter Celebrations. We'll certainly need a prophet to help line the dot points up in their proper order and to read the whispers in the breeze in the hope of giving some shape to a yet unteathered future.
We'll be thinking of you sitting out there watching the flotsam and jetsam floating by as you wait for the way ahead to open up again. I hope supplies hold out, that your swag stays clear of the high-water level and that there is plenty of entertainment provided in the flocks of fawner re-appearing in the misnamed wasteland ('terra nullius' how ignorant !!).
Cheers, Smithy, may your patience last,
Ya'ole china plate!


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Brian is a triathlon coach who started his coaching career in 1994 as a swim coach. That experience hooked him on coaching. For the last 19 years he has been coaching triathletes, duathletes, cyclists and other endurance athletes around the world. He coaches both pro and age group athletes. Accelerate 3 athletes have multiple top 10 finishes in both IM and 70.3 racing, his age group athletes have won and podiumed at several Age Group World Championships, qualified for Kona, have been the fastest amateur at many 70.3 and IM's and have won multiple National titles in both triathlon and duathlon. They consistently win or place in their age group in major races across the globe.
Brian received a BS from East Carolina University in Exercise Science with concentrations in Human Performance and Health. He has spoken to triathlon clubs and camps across the US about using power. As the co-founder of AeroCamps he is one of the leading experts in the world in wind tunnel testing triathletes. He has used his knowledge to design and test clothing for global manufacturers and has advised numerous athletes on improving their aerodynamics.
Since 2005 Accelerate 3 athletes have been standing on triathlon podiums around the world.


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If you've been wondering what has been happening in my life, this is a quick summary:
- I left my job and headed back to Malaysia to spend some time with my folks. After being abroad for a decade, going home for a couple of months took some adjusting to, but I did enjoy being home and back to being my parents' little girl for a little bit.
- I signed up for personal training and started weight lifting + clean eating. I've lost a total of 8kg to date and hopefully more to come. But I have to admit, every day I look forward to my cheat meal on the weekend as I am still as greedy as I was before, just a little more controlled. But I will share the details regarding this new lifestyle change in another post.
- I also joined some bread-making classes with my favourite aunt who loves baking as much as I do and I can't wait to put the new knowledge that I've learnt to use.
Whilst I did have a good time away, I've also missed blogging so I am glad to be getting back to it.
So without further ado, here's the recipe:
Sweet Bun Dough
Makes approximately 14-15 medium sized buns
- 500g bread flour
- 100g sugar
- 10g yeast
- 4g salt
- 1 egg, beaten lightly
- (+/-) 180 to 200ml water
- 50g yogurt
- 80g butter
- Mix together all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, yeast, salt) in your mixing bowl and whisk to mix thoroughly.
- Gradually add in water and egg then knead using dough hook on medium speed for about 10-12 minutes until the dough come together.
- Slowly add in the yogurt and butter, then continue kneading till you get a shining and elastic dough. It should be able to stretch without breaking apart.
- Place dough in a bowl that has been lightly oiled, then cover with a damp cloth. Leave to proof for about 40-50 minutes or until dough has doubled in size.
- Place dough on a lightly floured surface then punch down to release air.
- Divide dough into 50grams each, then roll and shape them into small round balls. Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and keep them 2 inches apart.
- Leave the ready bun to proof again for another 40-45 minutes, and remember to cover with a damp cloth to maintain moisture.
- While the dough is let to rest for their final proofing, prepare the topping as per recipe below. If you're done preparing the topping and the dough is not ready, feel free to refrigerate the topping. This topping can be kept refrigerated for 3 days, or frozen for a couple of weeks.
- About 15 minutes before your buns are done resting, preheat your oven to 180°C.
Mexican Coffee Topping
- 200g butter
- 160g icing sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g plain flour
- 1-2 tsp coffee (could be adjusted for stronger flavour)
- Dissolve the instant coffee with 1 tbsp of hot water, it will turn into a paste. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer on low, beat the butter and icing sugar until well mixed and smooth.
- Add the coffee paste and vanilla extract and beat for 30 seconds until well incorporated.
- Add the eggs and beat for another 30 seconds.
- Add the flour slowly and beat on low for 30 seconds and then on high for another minute or so until mixed well.
- Fill a piping bag fitted with a round nozzle (or if using a disposable piping bag like we did, you don't have to use a nozzle, just cut a small hole) and fill with the coffee mixture.
- Pipe the filling on top of each bun in a spiral circular pattern like so:
The original Rotiboy has a butter filling, but we omitted that. You may opt to fill 5-8g of cubed salted butter before shaping them into small round balls. Might do that next time when I feel like indulging in some buttery goodness.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. If you've got any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comment box below.
Good luck! :)


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3D printing could soon make cadavers obsolete in anatomy training
Anatomy training is the latest sector to incorporate 3D printing, allowing medical students to physically examine replica body parts. This latest development could revolutionise the way medicine is taught, removing the need for cadavers. Read more


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Session 2
Session 2:
September 12: 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Integrating Operator Knowledge
Franz Gruber, FORCAM
Franz Gruber is the CEO and chairman of FORCAM, a technology vendor of Factory Framework Manufacturing Execution System. He founded FORCAM in 2001, and his company's Transparent Factory product can measure and evaluate the real-time performance of industrial machinery and facilities globally, thus enabling companies to instantly identify and eliminate errors and waste. Gruber has worked diretly with automotive, defense and aerospace and medical devices discrete manufacturing industries. Within a decade of founding FORCAM, he strategically expanded company operations globally to the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, and the United States.
Meeta Kratz, Grainger
Meeta Kratz is the Senior Director of Customer Business Issues for Grainger. Kratz has spent more than eight years with the company and has held a variety of marketing positions across the organization all focused on driving more value to the Grainger customer. In her current role, she is responsible for developing and executing strategic programs that address core issues facing Grainger customers today, which include sustainability, inventory management, safety and emergency preparedness. Prior to Grainger, Kratz founded and owned The Art of Paper, LLC, a company that imported and designed handmade paper products. Kratz also worked for the electro-motive division of General Motors where she learned firsthand about heavy manufacturing environment.
Joey Stubbs, EtherCAT Technology Group
Joey Stubbs is the North American representative of the EtherCAT Technology Group. He is a registered Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Carolina, as well as several technical degrees. He has more than 20 years of industrial experience with a focus on process and motion control applications.


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Tuesday, 19 July 2011
8 comments:
'I can barely remember me' ... that REALLY sums up how I am feeling today :(ReplyDelete
It's all just way too hard some day !!
Take care of yourself as best you can :-)
in one way i totally agree, and yet without all those 'normal' ways of expressing ourselves i often think we actually get closer to who we truly are. having said that, i absolutely know the feeling of 'where am i?' among it all though. XXOOReplyDelete
I don't feel like I've lost sight of me as much as I have certainly lost any sense of power I had. Any presence, any strength and any capability.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 July 2011 at 13:05
Loss of power and control and self worth.ReplyDelete
Amara you write so beautifully from the depths of you....your 'you' shines through every word, sad though they are they are powerful....ironically. xReplyDelete
amara - may i copy this please . ? it is so powerful(Ironic maybe) and i'd like to share it with a select couple of people .ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 July 2011 at 20:13
Marz :) I completely agree with Rebecca, your 'you' absolutely shines through in your words xxxx sending you my love and energy xxxReplyDelete
You have power in your words Marzi and in all that you share of your journey. xoxo <3ReplyDelete