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Describing Precise Transformations
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Objective: SWBAT describe a transformation that carries one figure onto another so that specific points or lines coincide. Students will understand what it means to be precise when describing a transformation.
Big Idea: Using dynamic geometry software, students learn to determine the precise vector, line of reflection, or center and angle of rotation that will bring parts of a triangle together.
Lesson Open
The warm-up prompt for this lesson asks students to describe a transformation that brings two vertices of a triangle together. The warm-up follows our Team Warm-up routine. I choose students at random to write the team's answer on the board.
We review the team answers as a class. Are the descriptions specific enough? What properties would a line of reflection need, for example, to make the two vertices coincide, based on the properties of rigid motions (MP6)? Are there other transformations that would work?
I display the agenda and learning targets for the lesson. Precision in describing transformations has been emphasized in previous lessons. Up to now, we have used the properties of rigid motions to reason about the properties required in points of rotation, angles of rotation, and lines of reflection (MP7). In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to experiment and see for themselves (MP5).
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In this activity, students use WinGeom, a dynamic geometry program, to experiment with transformations. The goal is for students to learn to specify a precise vector of translation, line of reflection, or center and angle of rotation that can be relied upon to bring a given pair of points or lines together (MP6). This level of rigor is required if students are to appreciate conditions for triangle congruence (SSS, ASA, SAS) later.
This activity requires one computer per pair of students. Ideally, each student will have their own computer.
I distribute the handout for the investigation, and students bring up WinGeom on their computers. I also distribute the guided notes we will use to summarize our findings in the next lesson so that students may begin to complete them if they wish.
A sample file from this WinGeom activity can be downloaded from my class website.
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The lesson close follows our individual size-up routine. The prompt re-visits the warm-up problem. This time, students are asked to describe two different transformations that will bring the points together.
Recognizing Good Work
While the class is completing the lesson close activity, I invite a student from each team to assign his or her team a score for the lesson. Student scorekeepers write the score in a spot on the front board, and I write the scores I assign to each team next to them.
You can read more about how I assign Team Points for cooperative learning activities in my Strategies folder.
For homework, I assign problems #13-14 of Homework Set 2 for this unit. Problem #13 gives students additional practice in describing the transformations that carry a polygon onto itself. Problem #14 introduces a sequence of transformations and highlights three kinds of transformations that students will use to show that polygons are congruent in the next unit. In addition, students should revise their unit pre-test as part of the learning portfolio that they will turn in at the end of the unit.

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Good morning everyone. Let me be the first to wish you a Happy Friendship Day:)
I hope you don't mind, but I need to ramble a bit today. I've been spending the mornings sipping my coffee under the new gazebo I bought while the kids were here. Won't you join me? I'm not usually hungry in the morning but if you like, I brought along, what I believe, is the perfect cake for such an occasion, Sock-It-To-Me-Cake.
How it gives the heart and soul a stir-up!
~Robert Browning~
And what would a Kaffeeklatsch be without any flowers? I chose Gladiolus for today since they are one of the birthday flowers associated with the month of August.
Another is the Poppy.
Let's meander through the garden while we chat. There are so many gifts from nature I would like to share with you. Remember those Nasturtiums that were just about peeking over the edge of the planter in May? It was "iffy" for a while there but... (Nasturtiums don't transplant well)
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I asked Marion to join us. I persuaded her to pose under the sunflowers:)
Unlike Marion, the Sunflowers seem to grow by the second:)
And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it.
Winnie the Pooh; Ambassador of Friendship
"Time for a little smackerel of something."
I invited a few other friends to join us. Can you see them? There's "Filly" the groundhog hiding under the rainbow pinwheel in the back. "Chippy" is under the pink one in the front and of course "hummer" is perching guard:) I was actually taking a picture of the hummingbird here. It wasn't until I downloaded the picture that I noticed the other two guests. And that was only because the kids pointed them out to me when I showed them on the computer:)
Thank you for sharing Friendship Day with me. It is sometimes difficult for me to acknowledge the online world of "invisible friends." I do hope you all realize how often I think about you and how much I appreciate your words. Now, won't you take a bouquet of Phlox before you go?
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Hi, I have a question on the capturing parentheses. I have made the following test sample to explore the necessity of the parentheses:
All three cases return the same result. Explanation for case 1 is covered in earlier posts. However I am puzzled by the use of parentheses in the example, so I added ?: to it to tell the regular expression to forget the value in the capture parentheses if any. The result is the same! So the regular expression is not acting on the $1 variable captured by the parentheses at all. So I eliminated the parentheses totally, I still get the same result.
Ok, my instinct tells me that this Perl idiom is acting on the behaviour of m//g, or more specific the g modifier. It seems the g modifier introduces it's own pattern matching memory behaviour and discards the regular expression memory in some cases.
I looked up the perldoc, which states:
The /g modifier specifies global pattern matching--that is, matching as many times as possible within the string. How it behaves depends on the context. In list context, it returns a list of the substrings matched by any capturing parentheses in the regular expression. If there are no parentheses, it returns a list of all the matched strings, as if there were parentheses around the whole pattern.
Ok, my question is, what is the expected behaviour of the g modifier? Why is the /g modifier capturing the value that I want it to forget (with ?:)? Is it a feature or bug? Or perhaps /(?:pattern)/ is equivalent to /pattern/?
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Fishing Gear that Could Harm Whales to be Cleared from Cape Cod Critical Habitat
NOAA Fisheries Service is partnering with the Massachusetts division of marine fisheries, the Massachusetts environmental police, and the nonprofit Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies to locate and remove lost or illegal fishing gear in the Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters. Northern right whales use these waters for feeding until the late spring and could become entangled in this gear. Operations started in January and will continue through May.
The effort is funded by NOAA's Marine Debris Program, through a grant administered by NOAA Fisheries Service. "We are pleased to be collaborating with state and private organizations for such a good cause," said Patricia Kurkul, NOAA Fisheries Service northeast regional administrator. "Northern right whales can be seriously injured or die because of entanglements and this joint effort can reduce risks to these rare animals," she said.
The Provincetown Center regularly conducts sighting surveys for the whales in the Cape Cod Bay critical habitat area. This year, they also will report sightings of lost gear that they encounter. A gear removal project team will then use a vessel operated by the Massachusetts environmental police to haul such gear out of the water. State marine fisheries biologists, including one former lobsterman, will be onboard to provide advice on how to safely haul the gear.
This team also will remove any other gear found to be illegally set, stored, or abandoned in the area. For example, floating groundline is prohibited in Massachusetts waters because it is more likely to entangle large whales. The vessel is equipped with a multi-beam sonar array that can acoustically see the groundlines used to connect lobster traps. Any gear found with floating groundline will be hauled.
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Businessman and philanthropist Paul Fireman advised Suffolk University Sawyer Business School graduates that keeping their integrity may be a challenge during their careers, but that doing so will pay off both personally and professionally.
In one of a series of anecdotes, Fireman, founder and chairman of the Reebok International athletic wear company, told of his reluctance to even meet with the National Football League about merchandising due to his dislike of the NFL's mode of licensing. But a former employee told Fireman that his employment with the NFL would be threatened if Reebok did not attend the meeting. What followed was truth-telling that culminated in Fireman's advising that the NFL merchandising business be given to Nike rather than split between Reebok and its rival.
The NFL decision-makers went out into the corridor, then came back into the meeting "and gave it all to me," said Fireman. Exclusive contracts with the NBA and NHL followed.
"The moral is not about how big a business that made us; it's about sticking to what I promised to do: to tell the truth."
More than 1,000 students received undergraduate and advanced degrees at the Sawyer Business School commencement exercises on May 19 at the Bank of America Pavilion on the Boston waterfront.
Fireman is the chair of Fireman Capital Partners. His Reebok International rose to the top of the athletic apparel industry in the 1980s when it pioneered the concept of melding fashion with athletic gear. The firm also championed human rights around the world. Fireman eventually sold the company to Adidas.
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Fireman's commencement speech included warm references to family, accounts of inclusionary business meetings where mid-level employees came up with brilliant ideas, and encouragement to graduates as they launch their careers during an economic recovery.
"There's no great time, and yet this is the best of times," said Fireman, advising the Business School graduates that opportunity always comes to those who look for and recognize it, as it did for him when he founded Reebok in 1979 – in the teeth of a long recession.
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This week we share with you one of our gardeners' current favorites.
The Plant of the Week is another Allium, like the Sicilian honey garlic we previously featured.
Allium is a genus of flowering plants commonly referred to as the onion genus. This group includes many common edibles that you might recognize, such as garlic, leeks, onions, chives, shallots, and ramps. All of these plants feature high concentrations of sulfur compounds which give them their distinctive taste, smell, and occasionally tear-inducing qualities. In this same genus are a number of ornamentals known for their architectural build and large spherical compound flower heads.
Twisted-leaf garlic, Allium obliquum, is one of the distinctive alliums you'll find currently blooming at the High Line. This beautiful and delicate plant is a close relative of garlic — get close enough to get a whiff of its unmistakable scent. At the top of its slender curved stalk, you'll find a small head of green flower buds which eventually open to reveal bright stamen.
Twisted-leaf garlic is native to eastern Asia where it has been historically cultivated as an edible. Although it has an aroma and flavor similar to the garlic we're familiar with, twisted-leaf garlic has a bulb that only measures about ¾ of an inch in diameter, making it less than ideal for cultivation for food.
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Vitamix Blender. At first, my husband's eyes widened at the price tag-- and I admit, I had to take a deep breath when I bought it. I don't regret the investment, because it's more powerful than my old blender (that I gave away). I'm sure this recipe will work with any brand of blender, though. I'm dubious that a food processor would work as well, given my past experience. But if that's all you have...give it a try!
NOTE: I freeze my egg whites to use for other recipes-- like white cake or making a Pavlova.
You can keep the sauce warm, by placing the blender container in a deep bowl, filled with warm water (not boiling). ( Leftover sauce doesn't reheat well. At least, I haven't found a way to successfully do that. )
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Chocolate "Bliss" Cake with Fluffy White Frosting
His last day is this Friday, so I decided to make a cake for him. I asked him what his favorite flavor is (and I could have guessed) it's chocolate. I immediately thought of a chocolate cake I had made many months ago, that I frosted with a caramel frosting (when the salty caramel craze was in it's full glory). I made a mental note that, next time, I'd make this with cake with vanilla frosting-- better yet, a 7-minute frosting... and I haven't made that in many years. In fact, I think I made it from a Duncan Hines box mix!
Last week, King Arthur flour posted a recipe for fluffy white icing. After reading the recipe and looking at the step-by-step photos, I decided that this would be Todd's cake.
As luck would have it, both my son and husband would be home late. I had the kitchen all to myself, so I got started at 6pm. Since I was in hyper-drive, I didn't pause a lot to photograph the ingredients. You know what they look like! I prefer to photograph in natural light, so here we go:
The cake comes together really fast. I did use quality Dutch process cocoa (I always do). Buttermilk and oil make this cake moist. Coffee and chocolate are a good match, just like peanut butter and jelly.
I used three 9-inch cake pans. I was in a hurry, and I didn't want to cut parchment paper. I took a risk, and use the Wilton Cake Release product that I bought. The cakes were ready in 26 minutes at 350F. The "cake release"worked like a charm!
While the cakes cooled (on a table near an open sliding glass door), I decided to make a quick chocolate butter cream frosting. I wasn't sure if I'd have enough fluffy white frosting, so I decided to play it safe. I don't have a recipe for butter cream to post, because it's pretty standard-- one stick of unsalted butter, powdered sugar, half & half, unsweetened cocoa powder and vanilla and once I tasted it, just a little pinch of salt. Perfect!
The 7-minute frosting was super easy to do-- thank you King Arthur Flour!
I was a little leery about pouring boiling hot water, sugar and cream of tartar into egg whites (which were leftover from the pastry cream for the Strawberry Tart that I made, yesterday)...
Lo and behold-- it took about five minutes for the frosting to come together. Easy peasy! No standing over a double boiler!
Would you believe that I was finished by 7:30?!
As a rule of thumb, I prefer to test a new recipe at home-- just to be sure it tastes okay.
Like I said-- my boys were not home. I had to be the guinea pig:
I need to carefully transport slices of this cake-- do you really think I could keep my men away from this dessert, untouched and unscathed?
Not in your life!
As for my worrying that I might not have enough fluffy frosting...
7 comments:
- Monica H said...
pretty! I bet the frosting was fluffy and light. Save me a slice, I'll bring the milk!
- June 3, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
I am so printing out your card on this one. I will be trying it sooner or later for sure. Looks absolutely fabulous!
- June 3, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- Kristen said...
That looks so nice - wonderful frosting!
- June 3, 2009 at 4:05 PM
- Culinary Wannabe said...
Yeah I would love to lick the bowl!! :) You are such a sweetheart baking such an amazing cake for your friend. I bet everyone at school went nuts for it!
- June 4, 2009 at 6:45 AM
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Gave you a lovely award, and it's waiting for you on my blog. Go grab it! :)
- June 5, 2009 at 7:36 AM
- Sophie said...
That frosting looks fluffy and perfect. What a sweet gift!
- June 5, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- finsmom said...
Bliss is right! This looks incredible! I want to lick the frosting right off the screen!
- June 6, 2009 at 8:03 PM


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In his poem, 'The Mythical Founding of Buenos Aires', Argentina's prodigal son, the writer Jorge Luis Borges, wrote 'Hard to believe Buenos Aires had any beginning/I feel it to be as eternal as air and water'.
As Argentina approaches its bicentennial anniversary in 2010, it is hard to wander the streets of its capital Buenos Aires and imagine that, with the exception of La Boca, San Telmo and some of downtown, all the city was fields 200 years ago.
In two centuries of independence, porteños, as the city's residents are called, have developed some strong characteristics. They are gregarious, occasionally melancholy yet endlessly welcoming. It is likely that an impromptu chat or drink with a talkative resident will stay in your memory long after you've relegated your photo of the Casa Rosada to the bottom drawer and forgotten your tango steps.
Buenos Aires, you see, is not a city to visit, but a city to live in. That is not to suggest that everyone should quit their jobs, sell up and move to Argentina's capital, but those who come should, whether visiting for three days or three months, take time to live like porteños. Be sure to visit the sites, take amusing perspective shots of the Obelísco, and watch a cheesy tango show, but also spend hours in coffee shops mulling over a novel, cheer along with fanatics at a football game, chat for hours after your steak dinner and stay up until dawn, partying with BA's carefree and beautiful young crowd. This is how to get under the skin of an utterly, and wonderfully, beguiling city.
Through its chaotic and frenetic exterior, you will see that much of the city is beautiful, with grandiose buildings, world-class art galleries, fine restaurants and a thriving fashion industry. Yet those who come with the wince-inducing 'Paris of the South' tag in mind will be disappointed (if that's your bag, we suggest Paris). Buenos Aires, despite the occasional European pretence, is undoubtedly a Latin city, as anyone who takes time to explore neighbourhoods, such as Once and Retiro, will discover. Like every other city in Latin America, it still has major problems with inequalities of wealth.
Buenos Aires is unpredictable. Sometimes frustratingly so, but more often thrillingly so. You never know what's around the next corner: a spontaneous tango display, a flash mob from BA's exciting theatre scene, a free concert by one of the world's leading artists, or maybe another protest.
This is why we adore Buenos Aires, and why we know you will too.


text: After debuting the 2012 Kawasaki ZX-14R / 2012 Kawasaki ZZR1400, Team Green has been fairly tight-lipped about quoting specific performance figures on the company's revamped hyperbike. Carefully gleaning the performance specifications from its US and UK websites, it looks like Kawasaki Motors Europe has spilled the beans on the ZX-14R's horsepower figures. Perhaps letting down those who expected the ZX-14R/ZZR1400 to break the 200+ horsepower barrier, Kawasaki's site quotes power figures just shy of 200hp.


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Necessary revisions have been made to a competitive program contract and the county's Housing Rehabilitation Program."The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's [DCED] HOME Investment Partnership Program, in this case the Community Development Block Grant [CDBG] Competitive Program, is the Commonwealth's primary vehicle to provide affordable housing in Pennsylvania's communities," said Richard Gavazzi, housing specialist for Elk County's planning department. "The creation of affordable housing options and opportunities are essential to the health and welfare of many families, as well as to the economic wellbeing of the local residents of Elk County as a whole."Elk County's Housing Rehabilitation Program is a flexible financial tool for housing activities that promote community stability by creating additional housing rehabilitation opportunities."HOME and/or the CDBG funds can be used in a variety of ways," Gavazzi said. However, the Elk County Rehabilitation Program provides assistance to owner-occupied households."Homeownership creates economic prosperity for communities and families and acts as a dynamic generator of economic growth," Gavazzi said. "Increased housing starts and homeownership sales often represent renewed economic confidence in communities."The rehabilitation program assists local communities in promoting income diversity by providing support for mixed-income modifications."According to Gavazzi, these activities can create environments that enhance both economic and social empowerment."In an effort to better serve the residents of Elk County and provide the necessary home rehabilitation modifications, Elk County, as the administering agent, in fiscal year 2010, procured $500,000 through the Pennsylvania DCED, HOME Investment Partnership Grant Program/Community Development Block Grant Program," Gavazzi said.The procurement of grant funding was necessary to sustain the success of the Elk County Housing Rehabilitation Program and provide vital rehabilitation modifications within the county.County representatives initially proposed to provide housing rehabilitation assistance to a minimum of 22 owner-occupied residences; the offer was available to all county residents who met the set eligibility requirements with the exception of the Borough of Ridgway and the City of St. Marys. Those areas appropriate their own HOME housing rehabilitation funds.Pick up a copy of the Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 edition of The Ridgway Record for more.


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VIDEO: Amazing chip-in on 18th hole leads to playoff round for Stroud
Perhaps all doubt, no matter how small, can disappear from Chris Stroud's mind.
Stroud finished one shot short of winning his first PGA tournament Sunday when Ken Duke won in a playoff on the 18th hole at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn. Stroud, a Port Neches-Groves and Lamar University graduate, desires what was almost his. Duke won by making a birdie from three feet away on his third shot.
The 33-year-old Stroud had never been closer to a PGA victory.
"He's been trying to prove to himself for a long time that he can win at that level, and I think this will prove to him that he's got what it takes," Stroud's father, Jimmy, said by phone. "He's won everything since he was a little kid, so it's been kind of a tough go on the PGA Tour that he hasn't won already. But when you consider that he's playing against the best people, not just in the United States but in the world, we're always proud of him. I just had a feeling he would win."
Stroud's previous best finish this year was tying for sixth at the Wells Fargo Championship in May. He's had 14 top-10 finishes since joining the tour in 2004, but he eyes that top finish.
He begins play at the AT&T National in Maryland on Thursday.
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To train your cat to scratch acceptable objects, sprinkle catnip and a few food treats on a sisal-wrapped scratching post, a corrugated cardboard scratcher or even a non-treated fireplace log. Place it next to the object you wish to protect.read more
Before adding a touch of nature to your home with houseplants, it's important to know what types of plants may be harmful to your cat and which are safe. In fact, some plants are extremely poisonous to cats, and others can cause them to become very ill.
"Probably one of the most dangerous plants to cats is the lily," says Jeff Werber, D.V.M., Chief Veterinarian of Pro Sense Pet Products, host and writer for PetCare Television Network and contributor to the Pet Health Network. "Ingestion of the plant, or even [drinking] the water at the bottom of the vase or pot, can cause severe kidney damage."
To help you figure out how to keep your cat safe and bring a little leafy love into your home, Dr. Werber complied this list of plants that are hazardous to your cat, and should be avoided at all costs:
Fear not -- there are many safe plants that you can have in your home that won't make your cat sick at all, including sunflowers, roses, snapdragons and live catnip. Keep in mind, though, that while these plants are safe for your cat to be around, she may still try to eat the leaves. "You can try spraying a safe bitters-type spray to make the plants unpalatable," says Dr. Werber. "You could also try to booby-trap the area around the plant by placing larger pebbles or large rocks around it. Cats prefer sand and smaller, softer particles, so changing the 'terrain' to something rougher will help them to stay away."
If your cat tends to knock over your potted plants, try moving them to a room your cat doesn't have access to. "If the plant is tall, it's important to find pots or vases that are heavier and wider at the base," said Dr. Werber. "This makes it harder for your cat to tip the plant over," explains Dr. Werber.
Check out this piece for more advice on how to keep your cat safe around plants.
And of course, some cats may try to use planters as a litter box. To curtail this bad habit, you'll need to use a planter that's unattractive to cats. Dr. Werber recommends adding larger rocks to the surface of the dirt, or compost. If that doesn't work, you can use a remote form of correction, like a scat mat (a mat that emits a mild electrical current that cats don't like) around the planter.Being a cat owner doesn't mean you have to give up having plants in your house -- it just means you'll have to spend a little extra time ensuring the ones you pick are safe for your furry friend.
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The European Union is investigating MasterCard over the bank fees it charges on credit and debit-card payments made by customers based outside the 27-nation bloc.
The European Commission, the EUs competition watchdog, said it opened a probe into possible competition distortions in interbank arrangements on fees and other practices at a time when European consumers and businesses are making more than 40 percent of their non-cash payments a year by card. Preventing such violations is a priority, it said.
Such fees apply for example when a U.S. tourist uses his MasterCard credit card to make a purchase in Europe, the commission said in a statement today. Charges for processing foreign payment are much higher than for ones made with cards from within the EU, spokesman Antoine Colombani told reporters in Brussels.
The probe increases the pressure on the Purchase, New York- based company over card charges in Europe. The company faces about a dozen lawsuits in the U.K. over cross-border fees and a previous EU decision in 2007 found that MasterCard unfairly inflated the transaction fees paid by retailers for processing payments. The regulator will also examine MasterCard rules applying to merchants transactions that limit them from benefiting from better conditions by banks elsewhere in the EU.
MasterCard intends to fully cooperate with the commission, it said in an e-mailed statement. As a global electronic payments company MasterCard always aims to balance the interests of both consumers and retailers to ensure that each party pays its fair share of the costs for the benefits it receives.
The commission also said that in addition to the antitrust probe, it plans to propose rules before the summer that seek to create more certainty on interbank fees across the EU.
Visa Europe Ltd., operator of the EUs largest payment-card network, is also being investigated and was sent an antitrust complaint over its cross-border credit-card payment fees by the commission last year.
The 2007 commission decision against MasterCard was backed by the EU General Court last year. MasterCard is appealing the ruling at the EUs highest court.
MasterCard, the second-biggest card network, supported by banks including HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, previously argued the so-called multilateral interchange fees are crucial for sharing the costs of debit and credit card payments.


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By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized sanctions against anyone in Yemen who obstructs the country's political transition or commits human rights violations but stopped short of blacklisting any specific individuals.
The British-drafted resolution was adopted unanimously. It leaves the imposition of asset freezes and travel bans on specific individuals to a newly created U.N. sanctions committee for Yemen, which will be made up of all 15 council members.
Western diplomats say former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and former Vice President Ali Salim Al-Beidh are top candidates for the U.N. blacklist.
"The council has made clear that we remain firmly committed to supporting Yemen as it implements subsequent steps in the transition process, including constitutional reform and national elections," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power told the council.
"The council has taken the forward-leaning step of setting up a committee that is prepared to sanction individuals for impeding the ongoing transition in Yemen," she said, adding that the council could now "respond in a timely manner to those who seek to derail progress."
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant also welcomed the resolution and told the council that it contained several clear messages, including that the world was determined to support the Yemeni people and their government as they strive to stabilize the country.
But it also contains clear warnings, he said.
"Those wishing to derail the political transition will face swift and firm consequences through the new sanctions committee," Lyall Grant said. "The resolution is clear, and I quote, 'the transition process requires turning the page from the presidency of Ali Abdullah Saleh'."
Yemen, a U.S. ally with a population of 25 million and one of the poorest Arab countries, is trying to end nearly three years of political unrest which began with mass protests against Saleh, who was president 33 years before stepping down in 2012.
"I am pleased that today the council took decisive action," the United Nations' special envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, told reporters after the vote, adding that there was a "systematic pattern of obstruction" and "serious security challenges" in the country.
The Security Council has previously expressed concern over reports of interference by Saleh and Al-Beidh. In November, Benomar accused members of Saleh's circle of obstructing reconciliation talks In Yemen aimed at completing a power transfer deal that eased Saleh out of office.
Yemen's U.N. Ambassador Jamal Abdullah Al-Sallal also welcomed the adoption of the resolution and the creation of the sanctions regime. "We do not wish to return to square one, to confront violence and a slide toward civil war," he said.
The former British colony is home to one of the deadliest branches of al Qaeda and shares a long border with the world's top oil exporter, Saudi Arabia.
Instability in Yemen is an international concern. Saleh's continuing sway in the country worries its Gulf neighbors and Western nations fearful that the transition could descend into chaos.
The 1990 union between the tribal North Yemen and the Marxist South soon went sour and a civil war broke out four years later in which then-President Saleh crushed southern secessionists and maintained the union.
Yemen continues to confront demands by southern separatists for independence, and is trying to quell rebels from the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement, which has been on an offensive to extend its control over the north.
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by cris orange
Vienna, Austria
I still had so much of that yellow flamenco fabric with white polka dots and I wanted "get rid" of it: a petticoat style dress seemed appropriate for me because it needs 4-6m of fabric! I decided for the "Vogue Pattern V2903":http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v2903-products-4894.php?page_id=850 – this is an original pattern from 1957. I liked this pattern because it hasn´t a waist seam, and I wanted to know how to construct this kind of dresses.
The whole dress has a fusible interface, a strong one, to make the dress stiff.
Sewing on this dress didn´t make much problems, fitting was ok from the beginning, I just had to adjust a little bit but not so much as earlier… slowly I develop a feeling for the Vogue sizes…
I fully lined the dress with a wonderful cotton batist, on which edge I stiched a ruffle tape (also from my flamenco pool), from which I have some kilometers :-) On the inside of the dress hem I stiched a lovely lace… and I also made a hair ribbon from the dress fabric.
The dress has an interesting construction, the sleeves are stitched at the yoke, which is connected to the facing of the neckline.
The zipper stops underneath the back neckline, this makes it difficult to put on or out the dress. Anyway, I made the zipper ca. 10cm longer, now is a little bit easier.
But I hardly can raise my arms up to the horizontal…
As a compensation to this constraint of my free moving space, I unconditionally wanted to have pockets in my dress! I feel, this makes the dress more modern and… how cool is this!!! Especially because in the 50-60s it was absolutely frwned upon for a lady to put their hands in the pockets
Initially I also wanted to make a petticoat for this dress, but now, after 2 weeks of work, I just want to begin another project… but some day I surely make this petticoat!
For the photoshooting I tried to dress my hair in Betty Draper style – well, I am a HUUUUGE FAN of MAD MAN! Sadly I am extremely untalented in dressing my hair, so this is the best result I could achieve after 2 hours of teasing…
At the end… I didn´t reach my goal: I still have 5m of this fabric!
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Cotton Blend
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- Spring, Summer
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May 11, 2018, 02.54 PMby Sidera
It's fantastic, I love it! Perfect colour as well :))
Jul 29, 2013, 06.57 PMby trploceanmoon
LOVE THIS! everything about it! The color is amazing! I actually have this pattern, but have not worked with it yet. I love the vintage patterns. Great job!
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Jul 29, 2013, 08.34 PMby cris orange
thank you so much Amy, I feel honored! you should try this pattern, is really nice – and maybe you find a better solution for those uncomfortable sleeves :)
Jul 16, 2013, 03.16 PMby papermothballvintage
Love it! Fits you so perfectly!
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Jul 16, 2013, 03.55 PMby cris orange
thank you :)
Jun 19, 2013, 02.47 AMby sewingentusiast
Hey, Chris Orange! Amazing result! Dress really looks gorgeous on you. Excellent ideas with pockets, lining and interfacing… you really have excellent sense of style. SMcB
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Jun 19, 2013, 11.49 AMby cris orange
thank you so much sewingentusiast! I had doubts about the interfacing, but at the end I think it was a good idea, because there is no necessarily need for a petticoat. And yes, I loooove the pockets :) cris
Jun 19, 2013, 02.46 AMby sewingentusiast
Hey, Chris Orange! Amazing result! Dress really looks gorgeous on you. Excellent ideas with pockets, lining and interfacing… you really have excellent sense of style. SMcB
Jun 18, 2013, 05.29 PMby flowergirl22
wow, amazing colour,, der schnitt is so super,, I have the same one,, but not attempted it yet.
vielleicht in hell blau, oder braun,,
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Jun 18, 2013, 05.34 PMby cris orange
thank you flowergirl! I love the pattern too, the only things I would change (if I knew how) there would be: the zipper until backline and more room for the sleeves. hell blau wäre sicher schön, braun… weiß ich nicht
Jun 16, 2013, 03.14 PMby dana-88
what a vantage dress<<<< looooove it
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Jun 16, 2013, 03.45 PMby cris orange
Thank you, I'm happy you like it!
Jun 15, 2013, 05.35 PMby bjr99
Everything about this outfit works! Maybe you could make a solid yellow coat and line it with this fabric. Just love the color.
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Jun 15, 2013, 05.42 PMby cris orange
thank you! that`s a great idea, using this fabric as lining, i love it! indeed I would make a double face coat, cause I like the fabric so much that it would a pitty to be just lining… great, I´ll do this!
Jun 15, 2013, 07.11 AMby noaslibellule
This is an awesome dress! And I love the styling of it! You even have shoes matching the dress!
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.25 AMby cris orange
thank you so much! well, I generally love shoes, but especially that yellow ones are my favourites :-)
Jun 14, 2013, 10.21 PMby rita61
How nice! Lovely styling, (including the nails)!
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.24 AMby cris orange
oh, the nails are just coincidence, I made them 3 weeks ago… but yellow is anyway my favourite colours, I wear it rather often…
Jun 14, 2013, 08.41 PMby freakusbzzz
Really fabulous, yellow looks amazing you.
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.23 AMby cris orange
thank you, indeed I love yellow!
Jun 14, 2013, 07.27 PMby camis
Beautiful dress. You definitively got the 60s look right.
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.22 AMby cris orange
thank you, I´m happy to read this :-)
Jun 14, 2013, 07.08 PMby omgdora
I always love a yellow summer dress but this one is particularly fab! Chapeau!
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.21 AMby cris orange
Thank you for your kindness! well, yellow is my absolutely favourite colour :-)
Jun 14, 2013, 06.15 PMby martinK
this syle is just amazing!! make a fitting coat from the 5m of fabric you have left.
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.20 AMby cris orange
thank you martin, this is a good idea! I want to make a coat, pants, blazer, shorts… because the fabric is 1,80m wide, so I can make a whole wardrobe of it!
Jun 14, 2013, 05.14 PMby BeeZee
After watching an old episode of Mad Men I stopped by Burda to see the new projects. How appropriate to find your "Betty Draper Calling" dress amongst the latest! It's fantastic and you wear it well. I think your hair looks great too!
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.18 AMby cris orange
Thank you BeeZee! oh, my hair, it´s a drama, it takes me so much time making my hair… I like this 60ies style, but I can´t do it every day… I don´t understand how did it the ladies that time!
Jun 14, 2013, 04.40 PMby kisses
Beautiful..nice fabric
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.16 AMby cris orange
Thank you!
Jun 14, 2013, 04.34 PMby cathysews
Fantastic fabric and dress
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.15 AMby cris orange
Thank you so much!
Jun 14, 2013, 03.57 PMby liliv-1
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.15 AMby cris orange
Thank you liliv!
Jun 14, 2013, 03.49 PMby Mary Athey
wow wow wow!!! cris you look amazing. the dress is fabulous and the photos are wonderful. i would love to be able to wear something like this but it would look awful on me. On you now its just divine and i think your styling of it is pure magic .love your shoes as well x
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Jun 15, 2013, 09.14 AMby cris orange
thank you mary, you are so kind! I love this 60ies style :) yesterday evening we went to an event and I got so many compliments for the dress :))) and a friend whispered to me: "you are gathering a lot of gazes… all men are turning around after you" Hi hi…ladies, I think we love hearing this, sometimes :)))
Jun 15, 2013, 10.09 AMby Mary Athey
its great to get compliments, i think it makes a night out more special especially in a homemade outfit. i love getting compliments from women as we are more critical of one another and therefor i take it as a huge compliment ven more if its someone i don't know. men compliment as well but they look at the figure i think and then the dress lol. you looked stunning in your dress which is why all eyes where on you cris xx
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Klamath County declares 2nd year of drought
KLAMATH FALLS — With precipitation only 15 percent of average this season, Klamath County commissioners declared a drought Tuesday for the second year in a row.
Commissioners will ask Gov. John Kitzhaber to follow suit with his own drought declaration and a state of emergency, the Herald and News reported.
The county declaration is the first step toward setting up government aid for farmers and ranchers.
The Governor's Drought Council plans to meet Thursday to consider recommendations, Kitzhaber spokeswoman Rachel Wray said in an email.
Last year's drought led to irrigation shutoffs for cattle ranchers in the upper basin, after the Klamath Tribes decided to exercise newly awarded senior water rights to protect fish on former reservation lands. National wildlife refuges in the region were also short of water.
Farmers on the federal irrigation project straddling the Oregon-California border south of Klamath Falls are bracing for water shortages this summer.
"We're not giving up on Mother Nature yet, but we're trying to prepare," said Greg Addington, director of the Klamath Water Users Association, which represents farmers on the Klamath Reclamation Project. "There will be shortages.
"This is probably as early as we have ever had a drought declaration, but there is no question it is needed. The sooner the better we get some of these processes going, because we know it is a difficult year ahead for us."
Klamath Falls has had only 1.05 inches of precipitation since Sept. 1, compared with an average of 7.04 inches, National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Sandler said.
A stubborn high-pressure ridge off the West Coast has been diverting storms coming in from the Pacific.
George Buckingham, the county's emergency management director, told commissioners that snowpack for the Klamath Basin was just 19 percent of normal as of Jan. 1, compared with 108 percent of normal at this point a year ago.
Information from: Herald and News, http://www.heraldandnews.com


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Cretelakes is a beautiful 5 lake venue set in 130 acres. The lakes are former gravel pits dug around the mid 1970s and around this time they were stocked with carp and other course fish.
The venue was left undisturbed to flourish and mature with its tree lined banks and stocks of fish for three decades. We acquired the lakes and set about creating a carp fishing holiday venue that would be second to none. After 6 months of removing trees and other obstacles swims for the anglers were created that were strategically placed to maximize everybody's chances. As the years passed we added a new stock of fast growing French carp including many 30lb+ fish and at present Cretelakes can boast some of the heaviest stocked lakes in France with several carp over 60lb that are still growing. The onsite facilities at Cretelakes are excellent with a fully equipped kitchen, a large seating area with sky TV, a shop stocking those essential items including a large stock of bait, and a shower block housing 3 showers and 3 toilets. The showers are open 24 hours a day and can be used at your own convenience. There is also a toilet block located between lakes 3 and 4.
There are up to five bailiffs at Cretelakes and they will be on hand to cook the all important meals and look after your daily needs. They will help you find the best areas within your chosen pegs and be available to give advice on tactics and rigs etc, if you catch a fish over 50lb the duty bailiff will be available 24 hours a day to help photograph the fish for you.
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People use online social forums for all sorts of reasons, including political conversations, regardless of the sites main purpose. But what leads some of these people to take their online political activity into the offline world of activism? In Expect Us, Jessica L. Beyer looks at political consciousness and action in four communities, each born out of chaotic online social spaces that millions of individuals enter, spend time in, and exit moment by moment: Anonymous (4chan), IGN, World of Warcraft, and The Pirate Bay. None of these sites began as places for political organization per se, but visitors to each have used them as places for political engagement to one degree or another. Beyer explains the puzzling emergence of political engagement in these disparate social spaces and offers reasons for their varied capacity to generate political activism. Her comparative ethnography of these four online communities demonstrates that the technological organization of space itself has a strong role in determining the possibility of political mobilization. Overall, she shows that political mobilization rises when a site provides high levels of anonymity, low levels of formal regulation, and minimal access to small-group interaction. Furthermore, her findings reveal that young people are more politically involved than much of the civic engagement literature suggests. Expect Us offers surprising and compelling insights for anyone interested in understanding which factors and online environments lead to the greatest amount of impact offline.Gary Gygax, Game Pioneer, Dies at 69. New York Times. March 5. ... January 24, http://www.srgnet.com/pdf/Movie%20File-Sharing%20Booming%20 Release% 20Jan%2024%2007%20Final.pdf (accessed August 15, 2011). Star, S. L.anbsp;...
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(the sound is very low, but the video is well worth it)
"Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. MIT engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution: a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal.
"Amy Smith designs cheap, practical fixes for tough problems in developing countries. Among her many accomplishments, the MIT engineer received a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2004 and was the first woman to win the Lemelson-MIT Prize for turning her ideas into inventions." (TED)
Amy Smith is an inventor and educator. She founded MIT's D-Lab in 2002. In 2010, she was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.


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Jason Sudeikis and Kirsten Dunst to Romance Comedically
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With We're the Millers becoming one of the biggest surprise hits of the summer, it appears Jason Sudeikis is poised to take on some big leading-man roles. Continuing the trend is Sleeping With Other People, a comedy co-starring Kirsten Dunst. Penned by Bachelorette writer Leslye Headland, Suds plays a womanizer who befriends a serial cheater (Dunst). Yeah, sure, "friends" — they're totes kissing by the end of this thing.


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BBC Worldwide has appointed new licensees for the CBeebies' new musical preschool series, ZingZillas.
Martin Yaffe has been picked to produce a range of wheeled toys for the brand. Other new licensees include Character World for ZingZillas bedding ranges, DNC for lunchware and melamine items, Trademark Collection for children's bags and umbrellas, and Danilo for greeting cards and gift-wrap, among others. The new products are slated to hit retailers this autumn/winter.
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Smoked Mackerel Pâté with Horseradish and Dill
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Author Notes: As a half-Danish family, all of these ingredients in this pâté are right up our alley. In Denmark, smoked fish is commonly eaten on a slice of bread as an open-face sandwich, with much attention paid to presentation and garnish. This is a more rustic rendition, where mackerel is puréed with the ingredients for a creamy pâté, then spread on crusty baguette slices. Be sure to include a dill sprig as garnish, along with an extra pinch of horseradish - both of these ingredients complement each other well. - TasteFood —TasteFood
Food52 Review: If you like dill and smoked fish, then this is a dish for you. It's a lovely, simple recipe; easy to throw together for last-minute guests or prepare well in advance! If you like, but don't love dill, simply lower the quantity as it's quite dill-centric. I added an extra tablespoon of lemon juice. Tasty! - thehappycook —Victoria Ross
Makes: about 1 1/2 cups
ounces smoked mackerel (or trout), skin and bones removed
ounces cream cheese, room temperature
tablespoons finely grated fresh horseradish, plus extra for garnish
tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
cup chopped fresh dill
Baguette slices
Dill sprigs for garnish
- Combine the mackerel, cream cheese, horseradish, lemon juice and black pepper in bowl of food processor. Process until consistency is light and smooth. (If too thick, add additional lemon juice.) Refrigerate until serving. (May be prepared up to 4 hours in advance.) Just before serving, stir in chopped dill.
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Public looks for answers in prohibiting gas well drilling
Elk County C.A.R.E.S. hosted "A Community Meeting" Friday evening at the Ridgway Area High School cafeteria for the public to discuss the ongoing concern over the Marcellus Shale drilling.Johnsonburg Area High School chemistry teacher David Keith began the meeting with a PowerPoint presentation outlining the history, outlook and risks associated with the gas well drilling.According to Keith, the first hydraulic fractured well was drilled in Pennsylvania by Range Resources in 2003.Keith noted that there are 80 companies drilling Marcellus Shale wells at this time and that the state has issued 7,120 permits."These are places they haven't drilled," Keith said. Keith's presentation included a portion concentrating on the risks regarding Marcellus Shale drilling."So the question is, what kind of risks are we looking at and how big is this going to get?" Keith asked. "Right now we are seeing the tip of the iceberg-- if things pan out for the oil companies, things will get bigger."Following Keith's presentation, projects director Ben Price from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund [CELDF] gave an hour-long presentation discussing possible solutions to prevent and/or limit the drilling.CELDF was established in 1995 in Chambersburg."In a nutshell, our mission is to work with local municipalities and community groups, people like you from communities that have exhausted all of their options, they have talked to their local officials, to their state representatives, to the local attorney from the municipality, they have talked to the environmental groups, and what they are told is, 'we sure wish we could help you, but we can't and there is nothing you can do,'" Price said. "This is very common. What we are told is the the most you can do is rely on the laws that are on the books, you can try and regulate it through zoning in your municipality."Does it mean you can really stop the drilling? No, it doesn't, zoning is a form of regulation, it is the most local form of regulation, and what it says is, you can't say 'no' because to regulate means to allow under certain conditions, so just to be clear when you are told this is a well-regulated industry, it means that they are allowed to do what they want to under certain rules that were written."Price went on to discuss the negative impacts of granting drilling companies permits."Demanding that the laws written by the industry be enforced, and even if they are, do we win? And how much do we win? We still get to drink so many thousand parts per million of toxin X, because that's been legalized, that's the legal limit that the permit allows," Price said. "The permit is a license to do a certain legalized amount of harm, defined by the regulations. It's not a protection of your community's health, safety and welfare. It's a license for the permit holder to engage in an activitiy that is harmful and has been legalized. "We are agreeing that we are going to expose ourselves to some amount of risk so we can get what in return, in this case, is natural gas. That's the tradeoff. It's the price we have to pay for cheap energy-- exposing our kids to carcinogens, exposing our drinking water to the possibility of being destroyed forever, exposing our land values, our property values to the possibility of becoming worthless or significantly diminished in value, and worst of all, in some ways we surrender our democratic right to make governing decisions in the communities where we live. I don't think you have a fracking problem, I think you have a democracy problem."


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VEVO, a music label joint venture, got caught with its pants down by TechCrunch's Jason Kincaid – They illegally streamed a NFL game at a party they hosted at the Sundance festival. Yes, this is just too deliciously, hypocritically juicy.
In other circumstances whoever was responsible would face severe criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement.
Unless, and I'm quite serious about this, the copyright laws apply to everyone, then they shouldn't apply to anyone. The only way for the legislators and copyright holders who are fighting for tougher copyright laws to maintain any credibility whatsoever is for them to pursue any and all violators, even their own, as aggressively as they pursue everyone else.
Frankly, the VEVO execs should turn themselves in, not fight this in the least, and serve their jail time. I believe they'd serve five years.
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The Winder City Council meets today, Nov. 12, for its regular monthly work session to discuss items scheduled for action tomorrow, Nov. 13. Both meetings are at 6 p.m. at the Winder Community Center at 113 E. Athens St.
Action items include approval of six annexation requests by owners of county properties. The requests are for 23.3 acres on Punkin Junction Road east of the intersection of Carter Hill Church Road with A-1 zoning; 3.47 acres at 312 Punkin Junction Road with A-1 zoning; 1.19 acres at 805 Lodgeview Drive with R-1A (single family medium density residential) zoning; 1.21 acres at 853 Lodgeview Drive with R-1A zoning; 1.15 acres at 851 Lodgeview Drive with R-1A zoning; and .60 acres at 849 Lodgeview Drive with R-1A zoning.
Among the other items slated for action by the city council Tuesday night are:
•a $45,962 contract with Po Boys Plumbing for the replacement of 1,900 linear feet of the Highway 53 Transmission Line with 24-inch pipe.
•authorization for the mayor to sign an agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation to spend up to $50,000 to improve the intersection at the railroad crossing at Beulah Street.
•acceptance of a $7,980 bid from Allgood Plumbing to connect buildings on East Athens Street to a new sewer main.
•the paving of Jackson Street from the railroad tracks to the first entrance at City Hall.
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The reason this recipe did win my attention is that my husband loves bacon. Seriously, all I have to do is start bacon and onions on the stove and he starts to circle around the kitchen. I like bacon, but I limit how much I eat-- with the exception of our candied bacon. My will power weakens, over the sweet and saltiness of preparing bacon, that way. Potatoes, on the other hand, is one of my true weaknesses. I had all of the ingredients, on hand, to make this omelet (I consider it more of a frittata). I love it when that happens!
TASTING NOTES: Seriously? Bacon and potatoes? Delicious, of course. It was very satisfying, and the fourth serving was easily reheated the next day. It was just as good. I think there are plenty of variations that would be great with this recipe. Chopped bell pepper would add some pretty color. Mushrooms would be nice. Sausage could work, too. However, it's the simplicity of the ingredients that worked well. The chives are perfect in this recipe. A printable recipe is at the end of this post.
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B-Tripla and a Bluey on Bondi Beach
By Bob Frascino, M.D.
April 7, 2011
Bronzed Aussie Surfer Dude: Howya going mate? Damn you really got chundered by that wave and rip. Hope ya don't mind my sayin' but that surfboard looked about as useful to you as an ashtray on a motorbike.
Dr. Bob: Cough, cough, cough, sputter, cough.
BASD: No worries mate; just keep breathing. She'll be apples.
Dr. Bob: Thanks, cough, cough, and what's that about "apples"?
BASD: That's "strine" (Aussie slang) for "everything will be all right."
Dr. Bob: I know that, you drongo! But how does "she'll be apples" translate into "everything will be all right?"
BASD: No clue, mate. Hey, since you're a bit of the celebrity 'round here. Any chance you'd answer a few medical questions? After you finish coughing up half the ocean, of course! That heaven-on-a-stick spunk of a lifesaver who just pulled you out of the drink suggested I keep you on dry land and away from your surfie mates for a bit. Fair dinkum. That rip looked like it could have tossed you halfway to Tassie (Tasmania).
Note to reader: Before proceeding, I should probably fill you in on what's going on here. I'm on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia with some friends (mates). I have just had a rather spectacular wipeout trying to surf. After being gobbled up by the wave and scraped helter-skelter across the ocean floor for a distance that seemed to me to be roughly the size of Manhattan Island, I was grabbed by a buffed smiling Aussie lifesaver (beach lifeguard). He then shouted, "Look out mate! There's a bluey over there. Let's get you outta here." As he cross-chest carried me across the rip, I saw something that looked like a giant blue condom with strings float by.
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Dr. Bob: First, I have a question for you. What in bloody hell is a bluey?
BASD: A bluebottle.
Dr. Bob: A What?
BASD: You yanks call 'em Portuguese Man o' Wars or some such nonsense.
Dr. Bob: Aren't they deadly?
BASD: Well sure, can be, but usually they don't kill you.
Dr. Bob: Usually?
BASD: What are you reading?
Dr. Bob: I'm checking out bluebottles in this book, The Top 100 Most Venomous Creatures in Australia. Looks like the bluey didn't even make the top 100 list.
BASD: Now what are you doing?
Dr. Bob: Cross-checking another source downloaded onto my Kindle, Creatures and Things That Will Maim or Kill You Horribly While Visiting Australia, Volume 17. It says here a bluebottle may look like a jellyfish, but it isn't. Its stinging venom-filled tentacles can paralyze a fish or cause agony to humans. Serious stings cause fever, shock, breathing problems, heart problems and sometimes death. Damn, and it didn't even make it into the top 100 list???
BASD: Let's change the subject mate. Blueies are boring.
Dr. Bob: Boring? I hate to think what you'd find exciting.
BASD: So, here in Oz (Australia), it's been like a century since we've had a new HIV drug. What's up with that?
Dr. Bob: Well, in reality it's been three years since the last new antiretrovirals hit the market. But I agree three years is a bit of a dry spell. The good news is that a new NNRTI is on its way to pharmacy shelves very soon, and there are a few other promising new drugs in phase 2 and 3 development.
BASD: Cool. What's an NNRTI?
Dr. Bob: It's a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor or "non-nuke" for short. Non-nukes block the activity of reverse transcriptase, a critical enzyme in the HIV lifecycle, so that the virus can't convert itself from RNA to DNA. It's the reverse transcriptase-converted DNA that integrates into our DNA in CD4 cells and causes all sorts of havoc.
Non-nukes are often included in first-line combination antiretroviral regimens. Sustiva (efavirenz) has been the preferred non-nuke since it was introduced in 2002. It's one of the three antiretrovirals in Atripla. Viramune (nevirapine) is an alternative non-nuke, but has limitations. Intelence (etravirine) is the new kid on the block in the non-nuke family, but it's used only for HIVers who have resistance or intolerance to other non-nukes.
A new non-nuke, rilpivirine, appears to be on track for approval by the FDA in the States in May. From what I've heard, it will be approved for first-line use, like Sustiva. Ultimately the manufacturer would like to make a co-formulation single tablet of rilpivirine, tenofovir and emtricitabine, but this might take a while, as the FDA has recently asked for longer-term data on the co-formulated pill. The combination would become the second single-tablet, once-daily regimen. (Atripla was the first.) We've nicknamed the new combination "B-tripla!" (A real brand name has not yet been established.)
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Virginia Kantner, 89
Virginia Kantner, 89, of Wapakoneta died at 12:44 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at Lima Memorial Health System, Lima. She was born on April 12, 1924 in Shelby County, Ohioto Theodore L. & Eva L. (Barns) Kaufman who preceded her in death. On Aug. 9, 1942 she married Aldo D. Kantner and he passed away on March 13, 1981.
Survivors include two sons; Dennis & Jeffry both of Wapakoneta, a sister Vera Hall of Sidney and a brother Robert Kaufman of Jackson Center.
She was preceded in death by a son Gary Kantner, two sisters Ethel Kempfer and Peg Schmoll and a brother Charles Kaufman.
Virginia was a lifelong farmer with her husband on their farm just east of St. Johns. She was also a school bus driver for the Wapakoneta City Schools. She was employed at Symond Decorating and then retired from Findlay Industries formerly Wapakoneta Products. After retirement she enjoyed much of her time traveling and taking cruises. She was a member of St. Johns Methodist Church, Shawnee Town & Country Club, King & Queens Club and Tri-County Social Club.
Graveside services are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Wapakoneta. Pastor David Gordon will be officiating.
Memorial contributions may be directed to St. Johns Volunteer Fire & Rescue P.O. Box 194, St. Johns, Ohio 45884.
Condolences may be expressed at www.schlosserfuneralhome.com. The family has entrusted Schlosser Funeral Home & Cremation Services to handle the arrangements.


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Microsoft's product leak - it's not wrong, just don't trust it
Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2012 - 11:57 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: microsoft, leak, office 15, internet explorer 10
Microsoft had a very atypical reaction to the leak of slides which you can catch at The Register this morning. While most companies disavow any knowledge of leaks and refuse to either confirm or deny the veracity of the leaks, Microsoft came out and confirmed that the plans and dates are correct but that no one should bank on them actually meeting those deadlines. March of next year is when Office 15 is slated to arrive, along with Exchange, SharePoint, Visio and Project updates. Office 360 should continue to receive updates every quarter, so users of that SaaS may be the first to encounter any changes that will be incorporated into Office 15. Any users of IE should expect a new version this summer, but after that it will be two years before the next major rehaul of the browser occurs.
"Maarten Visser, CEO of Dutch cloud developer consultancy Meetroo, posted the plans, which were issued by Redmond at the end of last year, on his Twitter stream and they include launch dates for product as Office 15, Windows Phone and IE 10. Microsoft has confirmed the veracity of the images, but warns you shouldn't bet the bank on them."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Real-time movie FX editing on the Flash PCIe cards @ The Register
- Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Approaches Stable State @ Phoronix
- Thunderbolt Roadmap Unveiled for 2013 Apple Macs @ VR-Zone
- When super-sized smartphones become pocketable tablets @ The Tech Report
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Best use of GoPro Hero3 miniature digital camera
This is an awesome video featuring the lovely Inessa Chimato and a hula cam. What's a hula cam? Well, it's another example of the incredible potential of the new generation of miniature digital cameras. The clever guys at Clip Critics decided to put the brand-new GoPro Hero3 black at 2.7k and 1080p 60fps on a hula hoop. Give it to a girl in a bikini on the beach and you have a super fun video!
We're pretty confident that these tiny digital cameras are going to have a huge impact on our lives, with fun implications for entertainment, helpful implications for security and possibly troubling implications for privacy.
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