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"West Flower", 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 39" x 28"1/2 x 1"D (100 x 72,7 x 2.6 cm)
Hirofumi Takemoto is a Japanese artist who captures in his work the immense diversity and vibrancy of Japanese culture.
Takemoto creates images inspired by Kitagawa Utamaro's large-headed pictures of female beauties. Utamaro was one of the most important designers of Ukiyo-e (a genre of Japanese art very popular from the 17th to the 19th century, which means "pictures of the floating world". Utamaro's drawings of women were based in real prostitutes and socially oppressed women. Based on that, Takemoto re-creates pictures of beautiful women using Western painting techniques.
He studied Western art at Osaka University of Arts, but is also influenced by various other artists and perspectives.
Takemoto finds inspiration in the works of many contemporary professionals, such as, photographers August Sandre and Edward Steichen, film directors Akira Kurosawa, Ingmar Bergman, and Federico Fellini, the stage director Shuji Terayama, cultural anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi, novelist Kenzaburo Oe, Dostoyevsky and even Seiji Ozawa.
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Online Scammers Posting Bogus Home Listings
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FOREST AVENUE – Realtor Stephany Joy was holding an open house at a home on Forest Avenue lst Sunday when a man showed up, all smiles. "I'm so glad it's open," the man said. "I've been talking to the seller."
"No, you haven't," Joy informed the man.
The would-be homebuyer had been taken in by a false listing offering the house on Craiglist. The supposed seller, "David McCord," sent the near-victim a faux-sincere e-mail message loaded with telltale misspellings detailing the house offer.
Fortunately, the man hadn't forked over any money. Previous victims of local online realty scams haven't been so lucky.
A fraudulent listing of a 13th Street home several years ago was even more audacious. The scammer actually changed the locks at the rental home, accepted first and last month's rent from a victim, handed them the keys and disappeared with their money.
In this instance, Joy was able to alert the victim-in-the-making before any money changed hands. "He was pretty bummed out that it turned out to be a scam," Joy said.
But likely not as bummed as another person in Sunny Brae, who recently wired $1,900 in rent and deposit money to Nigeria over a false Craigslist home listing.
This is the unedited message sent by the scammer to the victim:
"Hello, Thanks for your interest.I must confess that I am very very new in this landlord business.My name is David McCord ,I own the house located at (475 Forest Ave,Arcata, CA 95521)My lovely home is still available for lease and i want a responsible person or family who are neat and also believed that they have all what it takes to take care of the house as if it where there own. Please be informed that i am leasing the house because I was transferred from my place of work to Kokomo, IN and i came over with my lovely wife Shelia Maxine McCord because of the love I have for her and we shall be staying for at least 4 to 5 years before coming back to the house. I work as a Robotic Programmer & Welder/Fitter here in Decatur and got married to a lovely wife who is a member of Joyce Meyer Ministries.we both bought the house when we got married.We wanted to sell the house since we will be staying longer than we thought so we searched for an agent and getting upon getting one we stroked a deal but later my wife advised me not to sell the house anymore. I reasoned with her and accepted her advice so we contacted the agent back and requested for our keys and documents and put it for rent since we will back to the house in the next 4 to 5 years.We would have given the same agent this job also but the truth of the matter is that the agent was asking too much of an agent fee and also made the rent high.We were not getting the responses we needed so i decided to terminated our contract with them and put it up for rent ourselves.If you notice, you will discover that the price we are offering is far below standard price and this is enough for you to know that we are not after the rental fee but the absolute care for the property.The house is available for as long as you want.The rent is $800 and $800 for Security Deposit For this 3BR/2BAth/ 1,650 sqft….Utilities such as Air Conditioner Dishwasher Walk-in Closet Refrigerator Vaulted Ceilings Washer/ Dryer Cable etc are all included in the rent."
The message is followed by a form soliciting extensive personal information. It concludes with this caution:
"Please make sure this questions are filled correctly because the best way you answer with your comment will impress me the more to accept your application."
After forwarding the message to APD at Joy's urging, Officer Richard Bergstresser wrote the person back:
"Having read the text I suspect this is a scam aimed at possible renters – maybe an identity theft issue, maybe an attempt to get a deposit and disappear, likely both. If you notice anything like this again contact us and notify Craigslist right away," Bergstresser wrote.
Joy has some advice for homebuyers. "If you're renting from a private party, meet them in person," she said. "Check their ID and match it against a water bill. How else are you going to know?"


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LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn't as much of an old-boys' club as it used to be.
The group named two women to prominent positions this week, including Friday's announcement that Ellen DeGeneres will host the 2014 Oscar show. Earlier in the week, the academy's board of governors elected Cheryl Boone Isaacs president, the first African-American to hold the post and the first woman in three decades.
In June, the organization invited 276 new members to join — 100 more than the previous year and arguably its most diverse slate ever.
Could this be in response to the 2012 Los Angeles Times study that stung the academy by pointing out what many suspected: Hollywood's pre-eminent film organization is a mostly white, male group?
"This is all in the shadow of Dawn Hudson's appointment as C.O.O. last year," said awards expert Tom O'Neil. "The academy is making an extraordinary effort to embrace women and minorities, and be (more) inclusive."
Other industry watchers say these visible appointments are part of the academy's continuing effort to shed its old-boy image — one that may have been reinforced last year by Seth MacFarlane's sexist humor and the departure of short-lived Oscar producer Brett Ratner after publicly making homophobic remarks.
"If you wanted to pick somebody that would tacitly or implicitly be an absolute rejection of the bad behavior of the last couple years, what could be a better way to distance yourself from that than to pick the most famous and popular lesbian entertainer in the world?" said Scott Feinberg, an industry analyst for The Hollywood Reporter.
Such prominent academy appointments for Hudson, DeGeneres and Boone Isaacs send a message to women interested in making movies.
"This is the kind of leadership and these are the kinds of examples that stand out for those women who will follow," said Cathy Schulman, president of Women in Film. "This is what gives people hope and encouragement."
DeGeneres is also a proven commodity. She successfully hosted the Oscars in 2007, drawing almost as many viewers as MacFarlane did last year.
"The academy doesn't want to take any chances with the performance skills of the host," O'Neil said. "This is a good, smart choice that will put the focus back on the content of the show, rather than will the host crash and burn."
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who produced the 2013 telecast, are returning for next year's show. O'Neil notes that the veteran producers are also openly gay and vocal supporters of gay rights.
DeGeneres, 55, has developed a devoted following with her 10-year-old daytime talk show, which can serve as a built-in platform to promote the Academy Awards.
Boone Isaacs, the academy's new president, is a veteran marketing executive and longtime academy member and governor.
"She's a very worthy candidate regardless of what she looks like," Feinberg said. "But the fact that she is a relatively younger African-American woman and that's the face of the academy, that's a significant symbolic thing."
For real change, these appointments can't just be exceptions, Schulman said, but "exceptions converted into the norm."
"Change happens when the numbers increase," she said. "Change doesn't happen overnight, but it was long overdue that the academy made some appointments like this."
Among the diverse new members invited to join the academy are Prince, Jennifer Lopez, writer-director Ava DuVernay, Sandra Oh, Paula Patton and songwriter Siedah Garrett.
DeGeneres, Boone Isaacs and the Oscar producers were not available to comment on this story.


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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise State coaches say three foreign-born players are being held out of the season opener against Georgia because the players are undergoing a review of their eligibility by the NCAA.
The players include starting wide receiver Geraldo Boldewijn, starting safety Cedric Febis and backup defensive lineman Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe (TON-uh-joe).
Athletic Department spokesman Max Corbett says the players did not make the trip to Atlanta, where the No. 5 Broncos are getting ready to play No. 19 Georgia on Saturday in the Georgia Dome.
Corbett says the NCAA review is not related to academics or violations of team rules.
All three are from the Netherlands and left high school early to enroll and play prep football for high schools in Boise.
All three cleared eligibility and played for the Broncos last season.


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Makes me wonder what has happened with Gransenbon which has not updated its website since June 2009. According to Makeupstash.com, the Gransenbon line of blushes are also being pulled out of the Watsons stores in Singapore.
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Excel Gradation Cheek G6 and G7
Makes me wonder what has happened with Gransenbon which has not updated its website since June 2009. According to Makeupstash.com, the Gransenbon line of blushes are also being pulled out of the Watsons stores in Singapore.
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- . : * justine * : . said...
These look lovely although I'm sad about Gransenbon's ambigious future... I have one of their lipsticks and a few of their blushes and I like the quality, but there is never new information products on the webpage, and I've had trouble finding information on OLD products on the webpage. I hope the brand survives though!
- 10 March 2010 at 22:11
- engeng said...
OMG... I wanted to get their blushes after hearing all the raves, but havent got ard to get any 'cos I already have too many blushes.. Guess that will just grab if I still manage to see them ard.
- 10 March 2010 at 23:04
- Anonymous said...
Hi Haru,
I wonder what is your current favourite compact foundation? I am using Guerlain's Parure Pearly White compact and with my oily skin, it cakes around the nose and looks quite horrible under hot weather...
I hope you can share with me some of your favourite compacts! Thank you so much!
- 11 March 2010 at 13:00
- rosebutter said...
Is Gransenbon still available at Watson's? Might grab a few if it's still there :)
- 11 March 2010 at 20:57
- Haru said...
hi lalala!
I think Gransenbon blushes may still be around in some of the larger Watsons. You can also order them online from BeautyCarousel.com if Watsons stops carrying them.
- 11 March 2010 at 21:22
- Michelle said...
G6 looks like a pretty pink! Oh no, I hope Gransenbon is not going away ....
- 12 March 2010 at 01:42
- engeng said...
the shelf was empty when i went to CCK Lot 1's watsons last evening :(
- 12 March 2010 at 11:10
- Haru said...
hi Amanda,
I was also disappointed with Guerlain's Prarure Pearly White powder foundation. The liquid foundation is much better though. For powder foundations, the best that I've found so far is Lancome Maquicake UV. It's long lasting and has a gorgeous dreamy smooth finish. You should check it out!
I'm currently using RMK Powder Foundation EX and Benefit Hello Flawless. I found that the RMK one looks good only if I moisturise with a serum first, like Shu Uemura's Whitensing Essence. Otherwise it goes on too powdery without a smooth seamless coverage. Hello Flawless is not bad too but the shade was a bit too yellow for my liking.
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Emphasis on military. There's no political progress whatsoever to speak of.
I wonder if they deliberately chose Fox for this just to squirt a little more lemon juice in the nutroots' eyes or if Fox was the only outfit that was willing to have them on.
The latter, I'm guessing.
Note what O'Hanlon says about a soft partition. Southern Iraq may already be moving in that direction politically, and energy scarcity is leading the country's provinces towards the same mindset by forcing them to start hoarding electricity from each other, with hideous consequences. It's 120 degrees at the start of the hottest month of the year and the power's down in Baghdad, with cascade effects on the water supply, sewage pumps, and gasoline shortages already having begun:
One of the biggest problems facing the national grid is the move by provinces to disconnect their power plants from the system, reducing the amount of electricity being generated across the country. Provinces say they have no choice because they are not getting as much electricity in return for what they produce, mainly because the capital requires so much power…
Compounding the problem, al-Shimari said there are 17 high-tension lines running into Baghdad but only two were operational. The rest had been sabotaged.
"What makes Baghdad the worst place in the country is that most of the lines leading into the capital have been destroyed. That is compounded by the fact that Baghdad has limited generating capacity," al-Shimari said.
God only knows what's going to happen if the worst fears prove true and the national grid collapses. Part of Gen. Odierno's strategy for the surge was stabilizing things to the point where reconstruction could begin in new areas and young men would choose jobs over jihad. With the power down, you're going to end up with the opposite effect.
A few other Iraq links for you. The two Newsweek articles on suicide bombers are good reading, especially the first one. It's hard to choose one money passage from both piece — the disgruntled Jordanian who blew himself up to protest being deported by ICE is a strong contender — but this one is the most important so this one it is:
The Saudis say they've spent an average of $1 billion per year patrolling their border with Iraq. But Arabs can travel to Syria visa-free, and often jihadists will transit first through third countries in the gulf or even Europe to hide their trail. Saudis are particularly prized because they typically bring their own funds to pay the Syrian go-betweens who smuggle them into Iraq. That was the route taken by a 21-year-old Saudi last month, who balked at the last minute while on a mission to blow up a key bridge in Ramadi. Police arrested him, and found that his Saudi handlers had given him $1,000 cash in travel expenses. Rubaie agrees with the Americans that Damascus isn't doing enough to cut off the pipeline. He recalls how hard it was for Iraqi exiles in Damascus to get permission to cross into Iraq during Saddam's regime: "This is under the iron fist of their intelligence," he says. "There's not even a bird that can cross the border without them knowing about it."
Also worth reading is this mostly tedious collection of bromides by pro-war Harvard academic turned anti-war liberal Canadian MP Michael Ignatieff in the Times. There are a lot of weeds to pick through to find the fruit but it's there. Just keep looking. E.g.:
As a former denizen of Harvard, I've had to learn that a sense of reality doesn't always flourish in elite institutions. It is the street virtue par excellence. Bus drivers can display a shrewder grasp of what's what than Nobel Prize winners…
The decision facing the United States over Iraq is paradigmatic of political judgment at its most difficult. Staying and leaving each have huge costs. One thing is clear: The costs of staying will be borne by Americans, while the cost of leaving will be mostly borne by Iraqis. That in itself suggests how American leaders are likely to decide the question…
We might test judgment by asking, on the issue of Iraq, who best anticipated how events turned out. But many of those who correctly anticipated catastrophe did so not by exercising judgment but by indulging in ideology. They opposed the invasion because they believed the president was only after the oil or because they believed America is always and in every situation wrong.
The people who truly showed good judgment on Iraq predicted the consequences that actually ensued but also rightly evaluated the motives that led to the action.
Finally, from Saturday's WaPo, a wrinkle in the U.S.'s thus-far stunningly successful Anbar strategy: how do you join forces with Sunnis against Al Qaeda when you're not sure who's Al Qaeda and who isn't?


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v. made (mād), mak·ing, makes
1. To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create: made problems for us; making a commotion.
2. To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct: make a dress; made a stone wall.
3. To form by assembling individuals or constituents: We made a temporary information center using savvy volunteers.
4. To change from one form or function to another: make clay into bricks.
a. To cause to be or become: made her position clear; a decision that made him happy.
b. To cause to assume a specified function or role: made her treasurer; made Austin his home.
a. To cause to act in a specified manner: Heat makes gases expand.
b. To compel: made him quit.
a. To form in the mind: make an estimate.
b. To compose: make verses.
a. To prepare; fix: make dinner.
b. To get ready or set in order for use: made the bed.
c. To gather and light the materials for (a fire).
a. To engage in: make war.
b. To carry out; perform: make a phone call; make an incision.
10. To achieve, produce, or attain: made peace between the two sides; not making sense; didn't make the quota.
a. To institute or establish; enact: make laws.
b. To draw up and execute in a suitable form: make a will.
c. To arrange or agree to: make a date.
a. To arrive at; reach: made Seattle in two hours.
b. To reach in time: just made the plane.
a. To attain the rank or position of: made lieutenant.
b. To acquire a place in or on: made the baseball team; made the newspapers.
a. To gain or earn, as by working: make money.
b. To behave so as to acquire: make friends.
c. To score or achieve, as in a sport: made a field goal.
a. To assure the success of: Favorable reviews can make a play.
b. To favor the development of: Practice makes a winning team.
16. To be suited for: Oak makes strong furniture.
17. To develop into: will make a fine doctor.
a. To draw a conclusion as to the significance or nature of: don't know what to make of the decision.
b. To calculate as being; estimate: I make the height 20 feet.
c. To consider as being: wasn't the problem some people made it.
a. To constitute: They make a great team.
b. To add up to: Two and two make four.
c. To amount to: makes no difference.
20. To cover (a distance): made 200 miles before sunset
21. To constitute the essence or nature of: Clothes make the man.
22. To cause to be especially enjoyable or rewarding: Your being along really made the outing.
23. To appear to begin (an action): She made to leave.
24. Slang To persuade to have sexual intercourse.
1. To act or behave in a specified manner: make merry; make free.
2. To begin or appear to begin an action: made as if to shake my hand.
3. To cause something to be as specified: make ready; make sure.
4. To proceed in a certain direction: made for home; made after the thief.
5. Slang To pretend to be; imitate. Used with like: made like a ballerina.
6. To undergo fabrication or manufacture: This wool makes up into a warm shawl.
7. To rise or accumulate: The tide is making.
n.Phrasal Verbs:
a. The style or manner in which a thing is made: disliked the make of my coat.
b. A specific line of manufactured goods, identified by the manufacturer's name or the registered trademark: a famous make of shirt.
c. The origin of a product's manufacturing: a bicycle of a French make.
a. The physical or moral nature of a person: found out what make of man he was.
b. The physical nature or build of an animal or person: a horse of a beautiful make.
3. Slang Identification of a person or thing, often from information in police records: Did you get a make on the thief?
make for
1. To have or produce (a particular effect or result): small details that make for comfort.
2. To help promote; further: makes for better communication.
make off
To depart in haste; run away.
make out
1. To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
2. To understand: could not make out what she said.
3. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
4. To fill in (a form, for example).
5. Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
6. Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
7. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
8. Slang
a. To neck; pet.
b. To have sexual intercourse.
make over
1. To redo; renovate.
2. To change or transfer the ownership of, usually by means of a legal document: made over the property to her son.
make up
1. To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription.
2. To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade.
3. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
4. To apply cosmetics.
5. To devise as a fiction or falsehood; invent: made up an excuse.
6. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
7. To compensate for: make up for lost time.
8. To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up.
9. To make ingratiating or fawning overtures. Used with to: made up to his friend's boss.
10. To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
11. To set in order: make up a room.
12. Printing To select and arrange material for: made up the front page.
make with SlangIdioms:
1. To bring into use: a flirt making with the eyes.
2. To put forth; produce: always making with the jokes.
make a clean breast of
To confess fully.
make a face
To distort the features of the face; grimace.
make a go of
To achieve success in: have made a go of the business.
make away with
1. To carry off; steal.
2. To use up or consume.
3. To kill or destroy.
make believe
To pretend.
make bold
To venture: I will not make so bold as to criticize such a scholar.
make book
To accept bets on a race, game, or contest.
make do
To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income.
make ends meet
To manage so that one's means are sufficient for one's needs.
make eyes
To ogle.
make fun of
To mock; ridicule.
make good
1. To carry out successfully: made good his escape.
2. To fulfill: made good her promise.
3. To make compensation for; make up for: made good the loss.
4. To succeed: made good as a writer.
make hay
To turn to one's advantage: The candidate's opponents made hay of the scandal.
make heads or tails of
To understand: I couldn't make heads or tails of the report.
make history
To do something memorable or spectacular enough to influence the course of history: The first space flight made history.
make it
1. Informal To achieve a goal; be successful: finally made it as an actor.
2. Slang To have sexual intercourse.
make light of
To treat as unimportant: He made light of his illness.
make light work of
To do or accomplish easily.
make love
1. To engage in amorous caressing.
2. To engage in sexual intercourse.
make much of
To treat as of great importance.
make nice
To resolve a quarrel; make up.
make no bones about
To be forthright and candid about; acknowledge freely: They make no bones about their dislike for each other.
make off with
To snatch or steal: made off with the profits.
make (one's) day
To give one great pleasure.
make (one's) peace with
To bring oneself to accept; reconcile oneself to.
make (one's) way
1. To go forward; advance.
2. To succeed, especially in making a living.
make sail
1. To begin a voyage.
2. To set sail.
make sense
1. To be coherent or intelligible: an explanation that made sense.
2. To be practical or advisable: It makes sense to go now.
make something of
To start a fight or quarrel over.
make the grade
To measure up to a given standard.
make the most of
To use to the greatest advantage.
make the scene Slang
1. To put in an appearance: made the scene at the party.
2. To participate in a specified activity: made the drug scene.
make time
1. To travel speedily.
2. To travel at a specified rate: We made good time getting to town.
3. Slang To make progress toward attracting someone: tried to make time with the new neighbor.
make tracks Slang
To move or leave in a hurry.
make up (one's) mind
To decide between alternatives; come to a definite decision or opinion.
make waves Slang
To cause a disturbance or controversy.
make way
1. To give room for passage; move aside.
2. To make progress.
on the make Slang
1. Aggressively striving for financial or social improvement: a young executive on the make.
2. Eagerly seeking a sexual partner.
[Middle English maken, from Old English macian; see mag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
maka·ble, makea·ble adj.
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I've installed moreutils on several hosts now, and each time I find a new use for one of those tools I'm very happy.
Unfortunately I suspect that too many of us continue to hoard our little shell script archives, continuing to re-invent wheels with slightly different colours, shapes, and sizes.
I suspect I've just re-invented the wheel again, writing nrecent, because there seems to be no "simple" way of doing the job of keeping the most N recent files in a directory.
I guess the standard approach would be to use "ls", or "find", to find all files in a directory, reverse-sorted by mtime, then use "tail +n2 to skip the ones you want to keep, removing the rest.
Anyway nrecent - keep the most recent N files in a directory:
nrecent --keep 20 /tmp
Written as naively/hurridly as possible as it solved, and continues to solve, a real need.
ObQuote: "You're like the drummer from REO Speedwagon. Nobody knows who you are. " - Employee of the month
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A decade ago, when GE parted ways with Jack Welch a public clamour broke out over his $417-million golden handshake. How could a publicly traded company justify such high severance? Notwithstanding that disapproval, the trend hasn't changed; most chief executives can expect to receive huge payouts at termination.
For example, if the current CEO of CBS, Les Moonves, were to be terminated today, he would be due more than $251-million in severance pay. And it is no different in Canada. When roughly $50,000 is the Canadian employee's severance norm, how can senior executives continue to negotiate such disproportionate payouts?
Employees tend to accept many unfavourable terms in their employment agreements when taking a new job because they fear losing the offer if they attempt to negotiate a better agreement. Many worry they will be perceived as "difficult" going into a new relationship. In any event, most employees have little leverage to improve the terms of their employment as they are considered more or less replaceable.
Courts recognize this significant imbalance of power. Employers dictate the rules of the game. But this idea is turned on its head at the executive level. The chief executives, chief financial officers and the rest of the C-suite occupants, have the power in contract negotiations.
Employment law favours the rich. The more senior the role, the more money one makes, the longer the courts believe it will take an executive to become re-employed and, as a matter of law, the more months of severance they receive, let alone their total remuneration per month.
In a recent case, Paul Love, an employee for barely more than two years at Acuity Investment Management, was awarded more than three months severance for each year of service. The 50-year-old who was making in excess of $600,000 a year, was awarded nine months severance. In making its decision, the court considered the likelihood of Love finding comparable employment and the time it would take for him to do so.
Quite apart from what courts will award if there is no contract, my experience acting for senior executives is that large organizations often agree to virtually anything to procur the talent they want. Accordingly, executive compensation packages include large base salaries, high annual bonuses in both cash and stock options and much more. Increasingly, shareholders or, at least directors of the board, want CEOs to be paid in stock to align their motivations with the success of the company. But the other side of this is that terminated CEOs are being paid vastly more than what they would be otherwise entitled to in court.
And if a CEO's reputation is tarnished in the course of being terminated, additional damages may be sought. Joel Matlin, former president and CEO of AlarmForce Industries Inc., recently said he is suing his former company for $11-million in damages for wrongful dismissal, punitive damages and loss of reputation. Matlin was allegedly "shocked" when the board of directors fired him without warning or severance — despite not being terminated for cause.
His damages may even be substantially increased if his claims for loss of reputation are supported. Matlin was client facing and, given his extremely public and negative departure from AlarmForce, he is arguably now "tainted" and rendered less employable. His personal branding has been associated with one company for so long that he has become a household name. It will undoubtedly be difficult for him to find a similar position offering a similar level of pay — that being the test the court applies in determining how much Matlin is owed.
Because an organization's direction is largely dependent on the strength of its senior executive team and payouts on termination of senior executives affect companies' investment value, it is time to take a closer look at the financial motivations provided by compensation and termination incentives.
This article originally appeared in the Financial Post.


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Kent Cochrane, famed Toronto amnesiac in medical texts, dies
Man's life was like that of the lead character of 2000 movie Memento
A Toronto man whose brain was among the most studied in the world has died.
He was known in his many appearances in the scientific literature as simply K.C., an amnesiac who was unable to form new memories. But to the people who knew him, and the scientists who studied him for decades, he was Kent Cochrane, or just Kent.
Cochrane, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a motorcycle accident when he was 30 years old, helped to rewrite the understanding of how the brain forms new memories and whether learning can occur without that capacity.
"From a scientific point of view, we've really learned a lot [from him], not just about memory itself but how memory contributes to other abilities," said Shayna Rosenbaum, a cognitive neuropsychologist at York University who started working with Cochrane in 1998 when she was a graduate student.
Cochrane was 62 when he died late last week. The exact cause of death is unknown, but his sister, Karen Casswell, said it is believed he had a heart attack or stroke. He died in his room at an assisted living facility where he lived and the family opted not to authorize an autopsy.
Few in the general public would know about Cochrane, though some may have seen or read media reports on the man whose life was like that of the lead character of the 2000 movie Memento. But anyone who works on the science of human memory would know K.C.
Casswell and her mother, Ruth Cochrane, said the family was proud of the contribution Kent Cochrane made to science. Casswell noted her eldest daughter was in a psychology class at university when the professor started to lecture about the man the scientific literature knows as K.C.
"She was quite thrilled to say 'That's my uncle."'
In the scientific literature Cochrane followed in the footsteps of an American man known as H.M., who had sustained similar brain damage in 1953 when he underwent a lobotomy that was supposed to ease his severe epilepsy.
- Amnesiac Henry Molaison's brain undergoes digital post-mortem
- The World's Most Famous Amnesiac, CBC Radio's Tapestry
The surgery left H.M. incapable of making new memories. A book on his much-studied life called "Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H.M." was published last year by Suzanne Corkin.
Morris Moscovitch, a senior scientist at Baycrest Hospital's Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, also worked extensively with K.C. He said something Corkin said of H.M. also pertains to Cochrane.
"She says in the book [that] … H.M., despite not knowing it, led a very meaningful life. More meaningful than probably most of our lives. And I think the same could be said of K.C. His contribution gave meaning to his life and to his parents' lives."
Moscovitch first learned of Cochrane's case in 1983 when one of his undergraduate students declared he'd met a man who suffered from the same kind of memory deficits as the by-then famous H.M. The student worked at a sheltered workshop and had met Cochrane there.
Reimagining past impossible
Testing showed that Cochrane was indeed unable to form new memories or recollect events from before his motorcycle crash. He knew facts about himself, but could not draw up the rich memories that other people have. So, for example, he could look at a picture and recognize the people in it. He might even know that the photo was of a Christmas when he was a child. But he would not have been able to remember if the sweater he was wearing was a Christmas present, or anything that might have happened that day.
As Moscovitch puts it, Cochrane couldn't reimagine his past experiences. And, the scientists who worked with him learned, he was not able to imagine a future. Before K.C., it was not known that remembering past experiences and imaging future ones were governed by the same part of the brain.
Moscovitch said Cochrane contributed "tremendously" to the ongoing efforts to tease out the mysteries of what the various parts of the brain do, and what happens when those parts sustain damage.
By studying Cochrane, scientists were able to determine that the hippocampus was crucial for this kind of memory and thinking. Humans have two hippocampi, seahorse-shaped portions of the brain that are nestled under the cerebral cortex in the front of the brain.
Learn through repetition
"That idea that the hippocampus is necessary for reliving the past rather than just knowing about it has become a central contribution of Kent," Moscovitch said.
Though he couldn't form new memories, Cochrane could learn, with repetition. Moscovitch noted testing showed Cochrane was "quite bright" and that intellect hadn't been destroyed by his brain damage.
For instance, his family devised a system to let Cochrane know what was up if he found himself at home alone. Because of his memory deficit, his parents could tell him they were going out and a few minutes later he would not recollect that information. When that happened, he knew to check the refrigerator door; there would be a message for him there. And he learned how to refile books at the library where he worked.
"He was able to pick up information and automatically store it and retrieve it, both action-based things and perceptually based knowledge," said Moscovitch, though he noted that while Cochrane could do this type of task by rote, he could not remember being taught these skills.
"He'd be able to learn these strategies with repetition, but often wasn't aware where he acquired the strategy or how he acquired it."
Rosenbaum said Cochrane is the subject of at least 32 scientific papers, with five more in the publication pipeline. In fact, just days before Cochrane's sudden death, Rosenbaum learned that another research paper focused on him was accepted for publication. As well, she said, countless literature reviews and studies mention K.C. or were influenced by his case.
"He inspired I would say almost every paper I've written since [graduate school.] Even though he wasn't necessarily the subject of every paper, he was a very great influence," said Rosenbaum, who is also an associate scientist at the Rotman Research Institute.
She described Cochrane as gentle, kind and even keeled.
"Despite everything he was just a very warm and very pleasant person to be around," Rosenbaum says. "I felt as though he was just a real source of light in general."
Cochrane was predeceased by his father, Irving, and one brother. He is survived by his mother, Ruth, a retired nurse, two brothers, his sister and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.


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Children face high exposure to foodborne toxins
Researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) measured foodborne toxin exposure in children and adults by pinpointing foods with high levels of toxic compounds and determining how much was consumed.
All 364 children in the study exceeded cancer benchmarks for arsenic, dieldrin, DDE and dioxins and more than 95% of preschool children exceeded non-cancer risk levels for acrylamide.
Food may be the primary route of exposure to contaminants from packaging, organic pollutants and pesticides, said the study published in the journal Environmental Health.
External influences
The way in which food is cooked, processed, and packaged may introduce bisphenol A, phthalates, and acrylamide that are not present in raw food, noted the authors.
The researchers suggested dietary strategies to reduce exposure such as consuming less animal foods (meat, dairy, and fish) to reduce intake of organic pollutants and metals, and lower quantities of chips, cereal, crackers, and other processed carbohydrate foods to reduce acrylamide intake.
Cancer benchmark levels were derived from databases including the Total Diet Study and risk was assessed by comparing it to toxin consumption.
The data used is an abbreviated version based on a telephone survey in 2007 and the team admitted the study could have resulted in "under and over estimation".
"Previous research suggests that dietary survey respondents are inclined to over-report healthy foods and under-report unhealthy foods," they added.
Risk method
The researchers estimated exposure to multiple food contaminants based on dietary data from 207 preschool-age children (2-4 years), 157 school-age children (5-7 years), 446 parents of young children and 149 older adults.
They compared exposure estimates for acrylamide, arsenic, lead, mercury, chlorpyrifos, permethrin, endosulfan, dieldrin, chlordane, DDE, and dioxin, based on self-reported food frequency data.
Based on this data, the greatest exposure to pesticides from foods included in the analysis were tomatoes, peaches, apples, peppers, grapes, lettuce, broccoli, strawberries, spinach, dairy, pears, green beans, and celery.
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor and chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health at UC Davis, said contaminants get into food in a variety of ways.
"They can be chemicals that have nothing to do with the food or byproducts from processing. We wanted to understand the dietary pathway pesticides, metals and other toxins take to get into the body."
The researchers recommended future studies ask about each food items individually to increase accuracy of analysis and look at the interaction of the foodborne toxins in the body.
"Further studies are needed to understand the synergistic effects of exposure to multiple dietary toxins, the variability of cumulative dietary toxic exposure…and the best approaches to limiting exposure to multiple compounds and from multiple routes."
Source: Environmental Health
"Cancer and non-cancer health effects from food contaminant exposures for children and adults in California: a risk assessment"
Authors: Rainbow Vogt, Deborah Bennett, Diana Cassady, Joshua Frost, Beate Ritzand Irva Hertz-Picciotto


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Later this month sees the reissue of Elton John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, a sprawling record littered with gems that made Elton a household name, selling 31 million copies.
In what's now a familiar approach, the reissue package will include a selection of cover versions of tracks from the album, in this case calling on a wide array of artists from Ed Sheeran to Wale via Fall Out Boy and others.
In amongst the melting pot one combination in particular sticks out as a potentially exciting pairing – John Grant's take on 'Sweet Painted Lady'. DiS caught up with John to get his take on the collaboration...
DiS: So…how did it all come about?
John Grant: Over time Elton and I had started to develop a friendship; I'd got in touch through Mike [Elton's former personal assistant] and we just started connecting over email and over the phone. And then he simply asked me if I would like to be a part of this. I can't actually remember if he asked me personally or if it was one of his people, but I was just delighted. It's a huge thing for me…it doesn't even seem real. And it's very daunting; I really don't feel that I can bring much to the table when it comes to his material, especially when it comes to that album which was a giant album for me growing up.
But you were still keen to be involved despite that pressure…
I wanted to do it because I was so honoured to be asked, but at the same I thought…well jeez, it doesn't get any better than the way it was done, initially, you know! I recorded it out in Malibu with the amazing Peter Asher [of Peter and Gordon fame, ex head of A&R of Apple records] who's in charge of a lot of the recording – and that's a dream come true type of thing.
How was it working with Peter?
He's one of those people who do it all…he's quite amazing and he's, you know, been with the Beatles and managed Courtney Love, so he's quite a legend, quite amazing. And so just being in the studio with him, and getting to know him a little bit was an amazing part of this project. So that was a very, very fun thing to do.
How did it work with regards to the collaborations – were there any negotiations, or did you get to pick which track you would cover?
No, I was just asked to do that specific track. I'm sure the musical director of the project had ideas about who they wanted to do what and they wanted me to do that song, so that's the one I did, and you know there aren't any weak songs on that album for me so I was just happy to be a part of it. And I really enjoyed the process, just being in the studio with Peter.
I've found that there's a real similarity between the richness and complexity in the chord progressions that make up 'Sweet Painted Lady' and some of your tracks as a solo artist. Did you have much influence on what was recorded and which parts of the song were altered or teased out?
Not really as Peter was in charge of the music on that one so all I did was go in and sing the tracks. But although I wasn't doing it personally I still got to be involved in how we wanted the track to sound. Peter included me a lot in that process, and was open to my opinions about how I wanted it to be, but mostly it was just about me coming in and doing the vocals.
I love that lyric 'Opportunity awaits me like a rat in a drain'
Yeah! I've gone back to a lot of those songs and I'm hearing them with a much more mature mind now, and it just reinforces how amazing that record is, and how amazing that writing is that he does with Bernie Taupin – it's probably one of the greatest writing duos in history, and one of the best there will ever be.
The album is also interesting in terms of how Elton shaped himself and his career, both from a musical perspective and in embracing what became his flamboyant signature style, rather than adhering to the acceptable and standardised singer songwriter archetypes.
Yeah, I've said this before, but what he's done on the piano, I grew up listening to that, and I'm sure that's an extricable part of my musical makeup – I'm sure that you can hear that in my music.
In fact, I think that without Elton, I would have a different sense of chord structure and how songs are built; that's an interesting thought for me to have! I mean, you look back and, certainly 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'…damn that's just…unbelievable, that track.
And with his chord progressions there's always exciting, beautiful things going on; I think Elton, and Nina Simone – people that have brought classical music structures into pop music – inspired me to do that as well.
Looking forward, your tour runs until the end of March – what have you got planned after that?
I really want to start testing the waters for this new record. Although the writing process never stops I'm now starting to nurture the songs, find sounds, and figure out what I want to do with them. So I'm looking for some space which is coming up in April, and then we're doing some touring with Elbow in the States in May.
There will be some assorted festivals throughout the summer, but I'm going to be focusing on writing this new record as I feel inspired and excited about it. I'm working with some amazing musicians here in Iceland and want to keep the ball rolling creatively.
Will there be a different stylistic direction with the new record, and is Iceland still having an impact on your writing?
The light here affects me a lot and I find it very inspiring; all these beautiful blues, and greys, and periwinkles, at dusk. Especially in the winter you get these beautiful tones of blues and browns and greens.
But it's not something I really sit down and map out, it's more having a natural gauge of what's enough and what's too much, to continually ensure there's a balance.
I guess overall I'm always just trying to see the album as a cohesive whole.
The super deluxe reissue of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will be released on 25th March 2014.


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2011 Nuits-St Georges, Aux Lavières, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Burgundy
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
The Liger-Belair family has a glorious history combining the church, the army and the wine trade. The first General Liger-Belair acquired the Chateau de Vosne-Romanée in 1815, as well as various vineyards, and when his nephew and adopted heir married a Marey heiress, the empire grew rapidly: at one point the Liger-Belairs owned La Tâche, La Romanée, La Grande Rue and significant holdings of Clos de Vougeot and Chambertin, along with an array of Vosne-Romanée premiers crus including vines in Malconsorts, Chaumes, Reignots, Suchots and Brûlées.
Unfortunately, complicated succession issues meant that the whole domaine was sold at auction in August 1933. Canon Just Liger-Belair and Comte Michel Liger-Belair between them managed to save La Romanée and small holdings of Aux Reignots and Les Chaumes. Comte Michel's son Comte Henri devoted his career to the army, reaching the rank of general like his forebear, so the vines were looked after by sharecroppers and the wines sold through négociants.
Vicomte Louis-Michel Liger-Belair decided to recreate the family wine domaine in 2000, beginning with two plots of Vosne-Romanée and premier cru Les Chaumes. Two years later he took back control of Aux Reignots and La Romanée, although a commercial contract with Bouchard Père & Fils to distribute a proportion of the latter continued until 2006. In that year also a further 5.5 hectares of vineyards, on a farming contract from the Lamadon family, brought the domaine up to its present size.
The aim is to pick quickly once the grapes are ripe, sort them thoroughly on a table de tri, remove all the stalks and then cool the grapes to below 15ºC/59ºF for a week of pre-maceration. After the fermentation, using more pumping over than punching down, Louis-Michel likes a significant settling off the lees so that the wines will not need racking. They are raised mostly in new wood from two different coopers and three forests, then assembled in tank after 13 to 15 months and bottled two to three months later without fining or filtration.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.
Originally known as Nuits, or even Nuits-sous-Beaune, the town was happy to add the name of its finest vineyard, Les St Georges, in the 19th century. There are no Grands Crus, but many fine Premier Cru vineyards, the mayor of the time – Henri Gouges – preferring not to single out any vineyard for the highest status.The wines of Nuits-St Georges vary according to their exact provenance. Those of the hamlet of Prémeaux, considered to be part of Nuits-St Georges for viticultural purposes, are often on the lighter side.
The richest and most sought-after are those just south of Nuits-St Georges such as Les Vaucrains, Les Cailles and Les St Georges itself. The third sector, including Les Murgers, Les Damodes and Les Boudots are at the Vosne-Romanée end of the village, and demonstrate some of the extra finesse associated with Vosne.
Several domaines (Gouges, Rion, Arlot) now produce a white Nuits-St Georges from Pinot Blanc or Chardonnay.
- 175 hectares of village Nuits-St Georges
- 143 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (20 in all). Best vineyards include Les St Georges, and Clos des Argillières and Clos de la Maréchale in Prémeaux
- Recommended producers: Gouges, Rion, Liger Belair, Potel
- Recommended restaurant : La Cabotte (small but stylish)
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.


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Turning lignin, a plant's structural "glue" and a byproduct of the paper and pulp industry, into something considerably more valuable is driving a research effort headed by Amit Naskar of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
In a cover article published in Green Chemistry, the research team describes a process that ultimately transforms the lignin byproduct into a thermoplastic—a polymer that becomes pliable above a specific temperature. Researchers accomplished this by reconstructing larger lignin molecules either through a chemical reaction with formaldehyde or by washing with methanol. Through these simple chemical processes, they created a crosslinked rubber-like material that can also be processed like plastics.
"Our work addresses a pathway to utilize lignin as a sustainable, renewable resource material for synthesis of thermoplastics that are recyclable," said Naskar, a member of ORNL's Material Science and Technology Division.
Instead of using nearly 50 million tons of lignin byproduct produced annually as a low-cost fuel to power paper and pulp mills, the material can be transformed into a lignin-derived high-value plastic. While the lignin byproduct in raw form is worth just pennies a pound as a fuel, the value can potentially increase by a factor of 10 or more after the conversion.
Naskar noted that earlier work on lignin-based plastics used material that was available from pulping industries and was a significantly degraded version of native lignin contained in biomass. This decomposition occurs during harsh chemical treatment of biomass.
"Here, however, we attempted to reconstruct larger lignin molecules by a simple crosslinking chemistry and then used it as a substitute for rigid phase in a formulation that behaves like crosslinked rubbers that can also be processed like plastics," Naskar said.
Crosslinking involves building large lignin molecules by combining smaller molecules where formaldehyde helps to bridge the smaller units by chemical bonding. Naskar envisions the process leading to lower cost gaskets, window channels, irrigation hose, dashboards, car seat foam, and a number of other plastic-like products.
A similar material can also be made from lignin produced in biorefineries. The paper, titled "Turning renewable resources into value-added polymer: development of lignin-based thermoplastic," is available at http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2012/gc/c2gc35933b?page=search.
Other ORNL authors are Tomonori Saito, Rebecca Brown, Marcus Hunt, Deanna Pickel, Joseph Pickel, Jamie Messman, Frederick Baker, and Martin Keller. The research was funded by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program.
Part of the polymer characterization work was conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, one of the five DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, premier national user facilities for interdisciplinary research at the nanoscale. Together, the NSRCs comprise a suite of complementary facilities that provide researchers with state-of-the-art capabilities to fabricate, process, characterize and model nanoscale materials, and constitute the largest infrastructure investment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. The NSRCs are located at DOE's Argonne, Brookhaven, Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge and Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. For more information about the DOE NSRCs, please visit http://science.energy.gov/bes/suf/user-facilities/nanoscale-science-research-centers/.
UT-Battelle manages ORNL for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit http://science.energy.gov/.


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Primacoustic Broadway is a range of high performance fabric covered acoustic panels designed for use in applications where superior acoustic performance is desired and safety is of utmost concern.
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- Subject(s):English Literature
- Author(s):John Smart, Pamela Bickley, Ian Brinton, Stephen Siddall
- Available from: June 2000
Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres.
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The gothic influence on modern writers such as Angela Carter, Iain Banks and Stephen King is vivid and great as is the effect on the world of film and rock music. Part of the function of this book is to offer some guidance: not in terms of a fixed or definitive set of Gothic characteristics, but rather in giving a framework for questions and explorations.
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Each title includes a wide-ranging yet carefully levelled introductory discussion of a literary period, genre or theme, to provide students with an excellent introduction to an area of literature.
Helps students to address the new assessment objective 4 ('demonstrate understanding of the significance and influence of the contexts in which literary texts are written and received') - worth up to 35% of the A level qualification under new guidelines.
Discussion questions and end-of-section tasks offer an invaluable resource for self study as well as helpful exam preparation.
A mini-anthology of texts and extracts saves teachers time searching for appropriate 'wider reading' texts.
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5 Sandwich-Making Tips
1: Spread Out
Sandwich spreads add flavor but also perform the essential task of lending moisture and sometimes creaminess to sandwiches. Mustard and mayo are the familiar standbys, but don't stop there. It's well worth experimenting with the following: vinaigrettes, pestos, BBQ sauces, chutneys, and salsas.
2: Use the Right Bread
Choose bread appropriate to the sandwich you're making. Pair moist fillings with soft, fluffy breads and you've got a recipe for a sponge, not a sandwich. As a general rule, the moister the filling the drier and denser the bread should be. A good, thick crust helps, too. Swap in large flour tortillas, if you like, for moist fillings. They keep ingredients in check and maintain their integrity much better than many breads.
3: Choose To-Go Toppings
We love lettuce and tomato in sandwiches. They lend moisture, crunch and freshness and provide a wonderful foil for heavy, rich ingredients. They are, however, almost entirely water, and thus over extended periods are prone to wilting and, worse, making bread soggy. Luckily there are plenty of vegetables that offer all the benefits of lettuce and tomato without the drawbacks. In place of sliced tomatoes, for instance, try giving roasted peppers. (It helps if you first blot the peppers dry with a paper towel). Instead of lettuce, experiment with other vegetables, like sliced fennel, spinach, shredded cabbage, or cucumber.
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Spread mayo, butter or cream cheese all the way to the edges of each slice of bread to create a seal against wet sandwich fillings. Also, try packing high moisture ingredients, like tomatoes, pickles, and cucumbers, separately. Just add them to the sandwich when you're ready to eat. Toasting the bread can help, too.
5: Take the Edge Off Onions
Onions can give sandwiches a welcome bite but often must be tamed a bit to be enjoyed raw. There are two effective ways to take some of the edge off sliced onions: Either soak thinly sliced onions in ice water for 20 minutes or so. Then drain and blot dry. (This method adds crispness.) Or toss sliced onions with a generous sprinkling of kosher salt. Wait a few minutes. Rub salt into the onions, rinse, drain.


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Higher Shipping Costs Don't Deter Online Shoppers
High shipping costs are not enough to deter people from shopping online, new research has found. Fifty-one percent of people say they are not more or less likely to shop online in the face of rising shipping costs.
Overall, major shipping carriers are expected to raise their prices 5 percent in 2013. Even with shipping costs rising, 7 percent of shoppers say they will actually shop online more frequently.
Though respondents say they are willing to pay higher shipping prices, a majority of shoppers say they will still seek out free shipping options. Seventy-three percent of consumers say that are more likely to shop online at a website that offers free shipping.
Even if retailers don't offer free shipping, online shoppers have other ways to save on shipping. Seventy-seven percent say they always search for free shipping codes when they shop online, while 24 percent say they sometimes look for codes. Twenty-three percent never search for free shipping codes when they shop online.
"Free shipping offers entice online consumers, but retailers may have more difficulty providing them as costs rise," said Jackie Warrick, senior savings adviser at CouponCabin.com, which conducts the research. "To still present free shipping as an option, some stores may need to increase item prices to absorb the cost effectively. Regardless, budget-savvy consumers will seek out free shipping in as many ways as they can."
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The total cost of the wars fought since 9/11 is approaching $6.4 trillion, according to an annual report published Wednesday by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
The cost estimate includes $5.4 trillion in federal appropriations through the end of the 2020 fiscal year, plus at least $1 trillion in obligations for the care of veterans over the coming decades.
The report says that while the "global war on terror" began in Afghanistan with a focus on fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates, it has expanded into more than 80 countries. That effort has been paid for at least in part with deficit spending, and the Watson Institute includes the ongoing cost of interest on the associated debt in its long-term estimate.
"[E]ven if the United States withdraws completely from the major war zones by the end of FY2020 and halts its other Global War on Terror operations, in the Philippines and Africa for example, the total budgetary burden of the post-9/11 wars will continue to rise as the US pays the on-going costs of veterans' care and for interest on borrowing to pay for the wars," the report says. "Moreover, the increases in the Pentagon base budget associated with the wars are likely to remain, inflating the military budget over the long run."


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An official language of the Persian Empire, spoken widely throughout the Near East. Certain portions of the Old Testament are written in Aramaic (Ezra 4:8–6:18; 7:12–26; Jer. 10:11; Dan. 2:4–7:28). Aramaic words are also found in Job, Song of Solomon, Jonah, Esther, the Hebrew parts of Daniel, and some of the Psalms.
The common language of the Jews after the return from Babylon was Aramaic, and it is most probable that Jesus and the Twelve spoke Galilean Aramaic, rather than the Hebrew of earlier times. See also Aram.


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Menu Plan Monday & Thanksgiving
Head over to Laura's for Menu Plan Monday. There are a TON of menus linked over there, many of which have yummy things for Thanksgiving, if you need some inspiration. For the Gluten Free Menu Swap, go see Book of Yum where Sea has picked sweet potatoes as the theme ingredient.
The good news: my kids are home for the entire week! Yay for me! The bad news: I have been fighting off some sort of nasty sinus thing… So, I am hoping it clears up the rest of the way before Thursday. Our family is running the Turkey Trot that morning before we eat our feast, and I don't want to tote a jumbo box of kleenex around! Blah!
Monday: No school!/Conferences for elementary school/dental cleaning for the big boy/Boy Scout meeting (swimming)
Meatloaf and Roasted Rosemary Potatoes (done with all sweet potatoes), salad
Tuesday: No school!/Middle school conference/piano lessons
Sticky Coconut Chicken(use GF ingredients), salad
Wednesday: No school/pick up salad and fresh turkey/brine turkey (using this brine) and make sure prep all finished for tomorrow's feast! Bake apple and pumpkin pies.
Salsa roast beef, salad
Thursday: No school!/Turkey Trot 5K/Thanksgiving Dinner
**Following the Thanksgiving Menu Plan e-book (with a couple extra family requests):
**Roasted Maple Turkey
**Sage and Sausage Stuffing (made with **Stuffing Bread)
**Orange Cranberry Sauce
Instead of Roasted Brussels(**) we are having a gluten and dairy free green bean casserole(I will post on Tuesday, including the crispy onion topping- my kids don't eat it, but the rest of the family misses it.)
Instead of Roasted Autumn Vegetables (**), my sister is making another roasted root dish with a glaze to share…
Mixed greens salad with orange cranberry dressing
**Gluten & Dairy free Clover Leaf Dinner Rolls (and a second batch of the recipe making a orange cardamon version by adding 1 tablespoon fresh orange zest, and 1/2 scant teaspoon cardamon to the dough, topping with an orange juice glaze)
**Impossible Pumpkin Pie (made by my oldest daughter)
**Whipped Coconut Cream
Pecan Tartlettes (made my my son)
Cranberry cupcakes with maple butter cream (left over and frozen until Thanksgiving from the Iron Cupcake competition this month)
Friday: No school!
Grilled turkey sandwiches on stuffing bread (with a little cranberry sauce on the bread…mmmmm) and any other left overs. There will be left over salsa roast sandwiches for anyone not wanting turkey.


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The annual Publish And Be Damned self-publishers fair returns for its second year to London's ICA on Saturday 2nd March. The fair features over 50 publishers with experimental editorial directions and distribution strategies operating outside the mainstream.
While most involved appear to be non-comics related, the event will be of interest to creators looking at ways to distribute and market their work, whatever their content.
Organised by Kate Phillimore and Louise O'Hare as PABD in association with the ICA, participants are The Block, OEI magazine / OEI Editor, Happy Sick Idle, Copy, Picpus, Limner Journal and Studio Operative, FUN Magazine / Ditto Press, Duke Press, The Grantchester Free Press, Mark Pawson, Wysing Arts Centre, Café Royal Books, X marks the Bökship, Daniel James Wilkinson, Copy, The Coelacanth Press, P.A.S.T. Projects, covered in toner, Nieves, P.E.A.R., Fillip, New Documents, Allotrope Press, MUTE, AND, Schizm, Art Licks, ESP/Eastside Projects, Michalis Pichler, Hard Mag, Onomatopee, The Everyday Press, T-R-E-M-O-R-S, Clod Magazine, Infinite Greyscale, [RHP] CDRs, Decadence Comics, Garageland/ Arty, Occasional Papers, Performance as Publishing, AMBruno, Sara MacKillop, LemonMelon, David Osbaldeston, The London Bookshop Map, Banner Repeater, SALT., Arcadia Missa, oomk zine, I am Dora. I am Dora, The Gym and The Alarmist.
Publish and Be Damned Fair – 11am – 7pm
Theatre, Free
Artists Videos: Instant publishing – 11am – 7pm
Theatre, Free
Artists videos are installed throughout the fair, playing with ideas of automatic writing and instant publishing and showing new work by Fiona James, Clunie Reid, Erica Scourti, Anne Tallentire, Duncan White and Camilla Wills. Reflecting upon practices of writing and distribution, and teasing out the relationship between experimental writing and publishing practices, this installation of silent video will serve as a starting point for talks and discussion at an upcoming ICA Friday Salon.
Curated by Three Letter Words and Duncan White. Organised by Publish And Be Damned in association with the ICA. Special thanks to The Block.
I Don't Want to Write a PhD – 11am – 12.30pm
Talk – Cinema 1, £5 / Free to ICA Members
A panel discussion with Chicks on Speed's Anat Ben-David, Sean Dockray, architect of aaaarg.org and organiser of the LA branch of The Public School, and artist and writer John Russell, focussing on the relationship between publishing and academic research. Chaired by art historians Alison Green and Joanne Morra.
Organised by PABD/Three Letter Words in collaboration with the Practices of Writing and Publishing research group at Central Saint Martins and in association with the ICA.
I Don't Want to Write a PhD – 1.30pm – 6pm
Workshop – ICA Studio, £5 / Free to ICA Members
The talk in Cinema 1 is followed by a workshop in the ICA Studio. Participants will produce a publication that documents the events of the day and addresses such issues as the role of circulation and sociability in the 'production of knowledge' and the efficiency of alternative modes of writing and distributing art criticism. Workshop participants will join Central Saint Martins postgraduate students to produce an 'instant publication' that will be launched in the ICA Bar after the fair.
Workshop run by Alison Green and Rebecca Harris. Organised by PABD/Three Letter Words in collaboration with the Practices of Writing and Publishing research group at Central Saint Martins and in association with the ICA.
Image, Text, Time: Typography in Artists' Film and Video – 3.30pm – 5pm
Film – Cinema 1, £5 / Free to ICA Members
This screening brings together artists' films and videos in which typography plays a central role. The screening will look at how typography has been used to shape new aesthetic relationships between image, text and time, and how viewing moving image might be considered as a process of reading as well as looking. Selected by Fraser Muggeridge and Will Rose.
LOVE PABD – From 7pm
ICA Bar, Launches, readings and DJs
Join us for DJing in the bar, plus readings from PABD members' publications, and the launch of I don't want to write a PhD – a publication based on the talk earlier in the day and produced as part of a workshop in the ICA Studio.
Publish and Be Damned 2013: 2 March 2013, Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH. Book online: www.ica.org.uk. Box Office: 020 7930 3647
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Cabrinha KSP Maui 2013 Day 5 Finals // Strapless Kitesurfing
Congrats Keahi and Moona ! The Cabrinha team riders hold the 1st places at the KSP Maui 2013
Ho'okipa Beach, Maui, Hawaii – November 26, 2013:
The fifth and final day of the Cabrinha Kite Surf Pro Maui kicked off with blasting trade winds and overhead surf. Men's and Women's champions were crowned today on Maui's north shore following an intense day of competition.
The women's quarterfinalists were up first in a building northwest swell and solid trade winds. Advancing into the semi-finals were Moona Whyte (HI/Cabrinha), Ines Correia (POR/RRD), Jalou Langeree (NED) and Milla Ferreira (BRA/F-One). Whyte and Langeree went on to dominate their semi-final heats to set up an epic re-match of last year's world tour finals.
Surviving the quarterfinal rounds on the men's side were Airton Cozzolino (ITA/North), Keahi DeAboitiz (AUS/Cabrinha), Kai Lenny (HI) and Sebastian Ribeiro (BRA). Cozzolino and DeAboitiz battled in the first semifinal with DeAboitiz keeping his world championship dreams alive by narrowly defeating the young Italian. In the second semifinal, Maui local Kai Lenny bested an on-fire Ribeiro with his consistent and committed riding.
Between the semi finals and finals of the world championships a heat of legendary proportions was run. Pete Cabrinha (USA/Cabrinha), Robby Naish (USA), Flash Austin (USA), Elliot Leboe (USA/Cabrinha), Alex Aguera (HI/Ozone) and Brett Lickle (USA/Cabrinha) hit the water in a showcase featuring the founding pioneers of the sport on Maui. A huge crowd lined the shore to witness the 20-minute super-heat featuring the heroes of the sport.
"It was fun to get out there in a heat with a select few guys who have been instrumental in the development and progression of the sport of kiteboarding on Maui", said Pete Cabrinha. "We all had a blast out there."
The Cabrinha Kite Surf Pro finals were held in epic Ho'okipa conditions. On the men's side, reigning KSP World Champion Keahi DeAboitiz (AUS/Cabrinha) met local Maui hero Kai Lenny (HI) to determine who would be the 2013 KSP World Champion. By the time the final horn sounded, no one on the beach knew who had won the heat. It wasn't until the prize giving ceremony that De Aboitiz learned that he had successfully defended his world title narrowly defeating the young Hawaiian.
"I was really stoked to take the win for the second year in a row," said DeAboitiz. "I couldn't be happier, really. We had some really fun waves and I had a great time out there."
The women's final was contested in equally epic surf and the highly anticipated rematch between Whyte and Langeree was a battle for the ages. Both riders were powerful and fluid but in the end, Whyte defeated Langeree to defend her title here at Ho'okipa and claim the 2013 World Championship title.
"It was really close in the final against Jalou and it could have gone either way, but I'm stoked it went my way," said new KSP World Champion Whyte.
Following the KSP world championship finals the focus shifted to the Xensr Big Air Invitational. The 12 invited male and 3 female riders were sent out on the water with a gps based Xensr measuring device that measures the hight of each riders jumps to within 3mm. The Xensr Big Air Invitational final was won by Jon McCabe (Hi/Ozone) over Jesse Richman (HI) in second and Charles Edwards (HI/North) in third. The highest jump of the day, however, belonged to Shawn Richman (HI) with a height of 45.42 feet.
The women's Big Air was won by Jalou Langeree (NED) over second place finisher Raquel Lima (HI) with Skylar Lickle (HI) in third.
Wrapping up the final day's action were the men's and women's finals of the Kama'aina Throwdown. Rafal Malezyk took top spot in the Kama'aina men's division over second place Garfield King with Wes Anderson in third. In the women's division it was youngster Skylar Lickle taking the win with Michelle Crompton in second and Tatiana Howard in third place.
Cabrinha Kite Surf Pro Men's Final Results:
1st Keahi De Aboitiz (AUS, Cabrinha)
2nd Kai Lenny (HI)
3rd Sebastian Ribeiro (BRA)
4th Airton Cozzolino (ITA, North)
5th Mitu Monteiro (CPV, F-One)
5th Cruser Putnam (HI, Cabrinha)
5th Paulino Pereira (PRT, Cabrinha)
5th Pedro Henrique (BRA)
9th Matchu Lopes (CPV, North)
9th Jeremy Lentz (FRA, F-One)
9th Enrico Giordano
9th Sky Solbach (HI, North)
9th Filippe Ferreira (BRA, F-One)
9th Djo Silva (CPV, F-One)
9th Patri McLaughlin (HI, North)
9th Etienne Lhote (FRAU, F-One)
17th Sergey Mysovskiy (RUS)
17th Jesse Richman (HI)
17th Johnny Berger (USA, Cabrinha)
17th Devin Moody (HI, North)
17th Rafal Malezyk (POL)
17th Tiago Candelot (BRA)
17th Matthew Elsassar (USA, Cabrinha)
17th Ralph Boelen (FRA, North)
Cabrinha Kite Surf Pro Women's Final Results:
1st Moona Whyte (HI, Cabrinha)
2nd Jalou Langeree (NED, Naish)
3rd Milla Ferreira (BRA, F-One)
4th Ines Correia (POR)
5th Kristin Boese (GER)
5th Skylar Lickle (HI)
5th Suzanne Kuiper (NED, F-One)
5th Kalia Aguera (HI)
9th Erika Lindberg (SWE)
9th Rawuel Lima (BRA)
9th Isa Cohen (USA)
9th Carol Bolstad (USA)


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Co-sleeping with your baby or child is a controversial topic in many parenting tips forums. Some moms are all for it, claiming it is the healthiest option for everyone. Others feel it is dangerous for babies and a bane to marital relations. As with most parenting issues, there are both pros and cons to co-sleeping. With research studies coming down on both sides, it's hard to figure out who "wins" the debate and offers the best parenting tips!
First, though, let me tell you a little story. As many of you know, my son was born premature. He came home from the hospital weighing a whopping 4 lbs. He had to grow into preemie clothes! He was also hooked up to a portable monitor to alert me if he stopped breathing. Co-sleeping was not an option I felt comfortable with. I was terrified I'd roll over onto my tiny baby. The blood pressure medication I took to get my BP back under control after dealing with preeclampsia made me so sleepy and listless. So co-sleeping was not something I was comfortable with. Still, I can see the validity of both the pros and the cons of co-sleeping with your baby.
Since I wanted to hear both sides, we asked our fans & friends on Facebook to give us their take on the subject. Check out their responses!
Pros of Co-Sleeping with Your Baby
Parenting tips experts often cite numerous pros of co-sleeping to support their side. I have to admit, they present an excellent case!
- Co-sleeping with your baby may encourage breastfeeding, or at least make it easier. Since your baby's food source is YOU, you don't have to leave the bed to prepare feedings in the middle of the night.
- May help new moms get some extra much-needed sleep. Even if you're not breastfeeding, by co-sleeping you can shave at least five minutes off nightly feedings by skipping the trip to the nursery and trying to get your baby back to sleep in his crib after a feeding. That extra time really adds up!
- Encourages bonding. Sleeping with your baby, especially if you work outside the home, may help you bond better by giving you more quality time at night.
- Anthropological studies support co-sleeping. Did you know sleeping away from your baby is primarily a Western hemisphere trend? Throughout much of ancient history, moms slept with their newborns both to keep them safe and to help with feeding. According to a study performed at the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab at Northwestern University, it makes evolutionary sense to co-sleep with your baby.
- Co-sleeping doesn't mean sleeping in the same bed. This article from Current Pediatric Reviews on Safe Infant Sleep rhetoric really put things into a new perspective for me. While most of us think of co-sleeping as actually putting your baby in your bed with you, that's not the "true" meaning of it. Basically, co-sleeping involves sleeping in close sensory proximity to your child. You could put your baby in a basinet next to your bed and still achieve the same benefits.
- Could prevent childhood obesity? We wrote about a study that found that letting your child sleep with you may actually prevent childhood obesity. Check out that article for more details.
Cons of Co-Sleeping with Your Baby
- Could increase the risk of SIDS. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns parents that co-sleeping with newborns and babies under age 2 can increase the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The reason: our mattresses are not really designed for babies.
- Can put a strain on a marriage. As if having a baby doesn't put enough strain on marital relations, sleeping with your baby can make sex with your partner particular awkward.
- Decreases the quality of your sleep. While sleeping with your baby may help you get a few extra "zzzs," the overall quality of your sleep may be greatly diminished if you are subconsciously worrying about rolling over on your baby!
- Discourages independence in your child. Honestly, I've never understood this one (and remember, I was on the CON side to begin with!). Some opponents of co-sleeping feel that it discourages self-soothing behaviors and overall independence. I have always encouraged independent thinking in my son, so there are clearly ways to compensate for any "damage" co-sleeping may do in this regard.
Safer co-sleeping with your baby
If you decide that co-sleeping is for you, it's important to realize that it's not as simple as just plopping your baby in the middle of your bed and going to sleep. Check out these safety tips for co-sleeping with your baby.
- Get a firm mattress. That soft, plush mattress that you just sink right into isn't safe for your baby. You'll have to sacrifice a bit of comfort if you prefer those types of mattresses. Think about crib mattresses. They're pretty firm with very little give. Look for a mattress that mimics that level of safety.
- Don't co-sleep with newborns and older children. Sorry, but a "family bed" just isn't safe when you're combining a newborn baby with, say, a toddler. Your toddler doesn't know to watch out for the baby and may end up kicking or rolling over on her during the night.
- Don't smoke, drink alcohol or take certain medications. Smoking and drinking alters your sleep pattern, which can make you more likely to roll on your baby. Certain medications that induce deep sleep are also dangerous.
- Consider "room sharing" rather than "bed sharing." As pointed out above, you can achieve the same benefits of bed-sharing by having your baby in a basinet next to your bed. You can even put the crib in your room if you prefer.
- Get rid of the blankets. KidsHealth by Nemours recommends stripping the bed of blankets, comforters and other items that pose a threat to your baby. If you wouldn't put it in the crib, don't put it on your bed when co-sleeping with your baby. Time to invest in thicker jammies!
Co-sleeping with your baby can be a beneficial sleep arrangement for both parents and babies. Like all parenting tips, though, it's really up to you to decide what works out best for your family. Letting your baby sleep in his own room isn't going to cause any lifelong damage. If you're not comfortable with co-sleeping for any reason, don't let anyone try to tell you that you're "hurting" your baby. Millions of adults slept in their own beds and rooms as infants and didn't grow up to become serial killers.
What are your thoughts on co-sleeping with your baby? Do you think the benefits outweigh the cons?