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WASHINGTON - Gilbert Arenas has a court date and an apparent plea deal is in place, signalling a possible quick resolution to at least one side of a guns-in-the-locker-room confrontation that stained the NBA and jeopardized the career of the three-time all-star.
Arenas was charged Thursday with felony gun possession - one count of carrying a pistol without a license - a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The charges were filed in D.C. Superior Court in an "information," a document that indicates a plea bargain has been reached.
The charge came directly from prosecutors and not in the form of an indictment - even though a grand jury has been investigating - and Arenas was listed on the docket for a court appearance Friday afternoon.
Arenas has acknowledged storing four unloaded guns in his locker at the Verizon Center, saying he wanted to keep them away from his young children and didn't know it was a violation of the city's strict gun laws. He says he took them out of the locker Dec. 21 in a "misguided effort to play a joke" on a teammate.
The criminal charge came on the same day that the teammate, Javaris Crittenton, had his northern Virginia apartment searched by police looking for a silver-or chrome-coloured semiautomatic handgun with a black handle. The search warrant indicated police were investigating crimes that include brandishing a weapon. No evidence was seized, according to court documents, and Crittenton has not been charged.
Two league officials have said a spat between Arenas and Crittenton began Dec. 19 while players were playing cards and gambling on the team plane during a flight home from a West Coast road trip. Their dispute became heated when the team reconvened for practice two days later. There have been conflicting published accounts as to whether Crittenton had a gun and whether he drew it on Arenas.
Arenas' lawyer, Crittenton's lawyer and the NBA had no immediate comment on the criminal charge. Crittenton has previously said he did nothing wrong, and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said his client was there during the apartment search.
"It went as smooth as it could have gone," Bartelstein said.
Even if Arenas avoids a jail sentence, the outcome of the legal process will have profound implications on his future in the NBA and specifically with the Wizards. Possession of a gun at an NBA arena is a violation of the league's collective bargaining agreement, and last week commissioner David Stern suspended Arenas indefinitely without pay pending the outcome of the investigation.
Stern was particularly upset that Arenas repeatedly joked about the matter with reporters and on Twitter and even pantomimed shooting teammates in a pregame huddle before a game at Philadelphia. Arenas attempted, in public at least, to use a "goof ball" defence, saying he meant no harm and never takes anything seriously. Stern, however, said that Arenas was "not currently fit to take the court" and that the 28-year-old player's conduct will "ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse."
In addition, the Wizards could attempt to invoke the morals clause found in standard NBA contracts and void the remainder of the six-year, US$111 million deal Arenas signed in summer 2008. The players' union would almost certainly contest such a move.
"We will continue to lend our full support to Gilbert and will assist him in every way possible to see this matter through," union executive director Billy Hunter said.
Arenas has played in only 34 games since signing the contract because of a knee injury and the gun-related suspension.
Arenas was averaging 22.6 points and 7.2 assists this season for the Wizards, who are 12-25 and in last place in the NBA's Southeast Division. The team has removed nearly all traces of the once-marketable "Agent Zero" from the Verizon Center, including Arenas merchandise with the jersey No. 0 and a huge banner with his photo.
The case has proved a major distraction for a troubled team. At least seven Wizards players and coach Flip Saunders have appeared before a grand jury or been questioned by authorities, leaving the team without enough players to hold a regular practice on some days. Arenas has been told to stay away from team functions during his suspension, and Crittenton, who has not played this season because of a foot injury, has been excused by the team while the legal process plays out.
"We are aware of the charge filed against Gilbert Arenas today and will continue to follow the ongoing legal process very carefully," the Wizards said in a statement. "We will also continue to co-operate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA."
Associated Press Writers Sarah Karush in Washington, Matthew Barakat in Arlington, Va., and AP Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney in New York contributed to this report.
Wizards' Arenas charged with felony gun possession over locker room dispute
WASHINGTON - Gilbert Arenas has a court date and an apparent plea deal is in place, signalling a possible quick resolution to at least one side of a guns-in-the-locker-room confrontation that stained the NBA and jeopardized the career of the three-time all-star.


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POSTED: Thursday, April 23, 2009
Earlier this year, the City and County of Honolulu approached the Legislature to assist in updating state water quality standards (SWQS), which the state Department of Health (DOH) concedes are erroneous and outdated.
Originally, House Bill 834 and Senate Bill 1008 were submitted by the city to correct SWQS for chlordane, dieldrin and clarifying enterococcus as the fecal indicator organism within coastal/recreational waters.
DOH amended the draft to include updating all of the pollutants listed in SWQS with limits contained in the EPA 2006 federal standards. The counties in Hawaii had reservations about a wholesale adoption of federal standards and took the position that only those pollutants currently listed within SWQS should be updated to reflect federal limits.
It is important to note that the city is not seeking to circumvent the administrative rule-making process. To the contrary, the city urged the state, for more than a year, to amend the SWQS administratively. We wrote to the governor and met with DOH staff on several occasions. We pointed out to DOH their legal obligation to review SWQS at least once every three years, which is well overdue. We even filed a formal petition for rule making. We are supporting legislative action because we have been unsuccessful in getting DOH to initiate rule making, and DOH agrees these standards need to be updated.
Second, the administrative process is not more rigorous — in fact, we believe the legislative process is more rigorous and transparent. Three noticed public hearings, three publicly-noticed decision-making meetings, and three public votes have taken place thus far. There is extensive public testimony already on the record.
Third, we question why any environmental group would cling to SWQS based on antiquated EPA data and analysis and be opposed to updating the SWQS? As DOH has stated with regard to SB 1008 and HB 834, ";These (current) federally-recommended toxic pollutant criteria provide substantial and sufficient public health protection for fish consumption and are developed with nationwide resources and expertise that cannot be matched at the state level.";
To imply that the city is willing to risk jeopardizing the environment or public health to achieve a litigation or regulatory outcome is inflammatory and misleading to the public. It has been represented that we are ";relaxing the standards."; DOH is amending the 30-year-old standards, with the concurrence of Dr. Hans Krock, who originally developed the standards, to make them current. States have always looked to the USEPA for guidance in this area. By characterizing the current National Water Quality Standards as ";relaxed"; is questioning the integrity of the EPA.
With the huge financial implications for the city of these judicial and regulatory decisions, at a time when our residents can least afford it, we do not apologize for pursuing correct decisions based on standards that reflect the most current scientific knowledge. Likewise, we perceive no benefit in accepting such costly results based on bureaucratic inertia, lack of resources, or misplaced comfort in the status quo.
Appropriate SWQS are of utmost importance to our state. The scientists said the SWQS that would be adopted under these bills are the best standards for Hawaii. The environmental groups should be supporting this effort, and many of them might. Unfortunately, the only environmental groups that have publicly taken a position on this legislation are the NGO plaintiffs, and their reactive opposition is based solely on their narrow interests as litigants against the city.
In conclusion, the passage of these bills does not mean that changes to the SWQS allow counties to increase concentrations of these chemicals in their discharge. The counties will continue to operate and improve their facilities with the public's health being the primary focus of their mission. As science evolves, so do water quality standards.


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The rhythm of life has gone on with with a steady (if not powerful) beat for me this week. It wasn't quite a normal week, but the rhythm was there!
Life has so many compartments, doesn't it? I am thankful for generally good health. I had my eyes tested and was surprised to learn that my eyes hadn't changed in two years. The explanation as to why I can't see as well is that I have a cataract forming. I was happy that there is no macular degeneration or glaucoma and for the fact that the cataract won't need attention for a year or so. I also had my hearing tested, which confirmed what my family keep telling me - that I am fairly deaf!!!
The Home rhythm was a bit interrupted with the threat of a Category 5 Cyclone bearing down on us. We had to move from outdoors anything that could be a flying missile with more than 150 km an hour winds expected - chairs, table, pot plants, etc. In the event we were very thankful that the Cyclone had spent most of its force by the time it got to us. We didn't get the gale-forced winds and were actually quite thankful for the 10 inches of rain that fell in four days.
On the Friends side of life, I had the privilege of playing the organ for my dear friend's funeral. It was a very fitting service for a lovely lady.
I love keeping in touch with Family via Skype where you can not only hear but SEE your loved ones and I enjoyed a few calls this week. A request from daughter-in-law for some goods for the school Easter fund-raiser had me digging in my brights box to make a couple of cushions. One is complete:
and another one on the way:
In the Craft compartment, I packaged two projects to send off to magazine editors:
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Something else that "put the tingle in the fingers" as well as the heart, was a good look at the Craftsy free Block of the Month quilt for 2015:
It is by Jinny Beyer and is absolutely gorgeous. The more I looked at it, the more I wanted to make it! I knew I had drawers full of fabrics just like that because they really are "my" colours. Out came all the blues, purples and teals and an hour or so of juggling them all around and I had enough fabric to make the quilt top, with only being short on one colour, the gold. I was able to complete the first block and love how it looks:
Now I'm eagerly waiting for the gold fabric which I have ordered so that I can
make the February blocks. It's hard to believe this beautiful pattern, along with 14 video lessons, is all free. The link is here in case you want to join in too. I'm expecting to learn lots and improve my piecing skills throughout the year.
May the rhythm of life beat well for you this week and include lots of stitching!


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For the best possible display, this portrait should be professionally framed.
A frame is not included with this artwork!
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 134cm x 67.5cm ≈ 52¾" x 26½"
Silk/Brocade Border: 154cm x 77.5cm ≈ 60½" x 30½"Information about how this Asian painting is mounted
This is the rough translation of the artist's title for this painting.
The title written in Chinese characters literally means, "[The] Leaves [turn the] Mountain Red [in the Autumn] Time".
A nice landscape featuring a little house and waterfall in the mountains. The colors of autumn punctuate this painting, and if you look close, you will find little details like a bunch of birds flying by.
The artist's name is Wang Jian-Qiu. The artist lives in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in Northern China (about 5 hours south of Beijing). I was introduced to this artist's work at Qin Xia's studio in Jinan. This artist has been a long time friend of Qin Xia (You may recognize Qin Xia's name from artwork in our flowers and birds category).
Although this will not be cheap to frame when you receive it (because of the large size). I will certainly bring strong character to the room you hang it in.
This is painted on special xuan paper (rice paper) then mounted with white silk matting/border.
Please note: This painting includes a silk border similar to the what is shown above, but not a frame.
I recommend professional framing and matting for the best presentation of this work.
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Gary's random little things about China:
When you sit down to eat at a restaurant in China, you will almost never see a bottle of soy sauce on the table like you might at a Chinese restaurant in the USA or UK.
In Chinese cooking culture, soy sauce is a seasoning reserved for use in the kitchen.
The fact that soy sauce can be found at Chinese restaurants outside of China probably comes from westerner confusion between Japanese food and Chinese food.
The most popular Japanese food outside of Japan is sushi, which of course is always served with soy sauce. This is the most likely reason that soy sauce migrated out of the kitchen on onto the table at your Chinese restaurant in the west.


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Khuda are a heavy instrumental post-rock influenced two-piece band from Leeds U.K. with comparisons made to the post-rock influenced sound of bands like Russian Circles or Pelican, the heaviness of a duo like 5ive and the math-rock of Don Caballero
Releasing two EP's to date, recently they have recorded their first full-length album "Palingenesia" at Ghosttown Studios in Leeds, and mastered by Carl Saff (Young widows, OM, Grails etc) in the U.S. and will be released on October 18th in time for the tour on CD and Digitally by Field Records and vinyl by Mannheim's Pruegelprinz Records.
To back up the release of Palingensia Khuda undertook a 90 date tour of Europe that took in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France, Greece, Poland and many more.
Vinyl der CD von Prügelprinz und wirklich keine leichte Sache, die es da zu besprechen gibt. Instrumentaler Post-Was-weiß-ich des englischen Duos, der sehr rhythmusbetont und unverkopft zu fesseln weiß.
Solche Musik höre ich gerne beim Zeichnen oder Werkeln, wenn Texte stören und Musik trotzdem nicht langweilig sein soll. Das abtropfende Gitarrenriff zieht sich wie ein grüner Faden fast durch die gesamte Platte, die nie einschläft oder sich in verqueren Ecken verliert, in denen nur Gitarristen lachen können, die zu Hause mindestens 138 Instrumente stehen haben.
Müsste ich diese Platte jemandem verkaufen, würde ich an seine musikalische Neugier appellieren oder daran, dass er keine hundertfünfzigste Platte braucht, die klingt wie ... die anderen, die er daheim hat.
Das Duo klingt definitiv nach 'mehr Leuten' und die Platte lebt von der Spannung zwischen den leisen, ruhigen Passagen, die jäh von einer satten Ladung fetter Gitarrenriffs pulverisiert werden.
Laut, leise, spannend und durchaus für einen Soundtrack geeignet. Musik, die man wie ein Buch lesen kann. Ziemlich genial!
It's taken long enough, but the album finally came out. I spoke to these two (that's right, there are only two of them) after a show having been local supports for Mouth of the Architect. I asked about an album to buy, and apparently it had been finished for over a year without a label to release it until Field Records (Her Name Is Calla, Maybeshewill) picked them up, and granted a foothold in the current post-genre trend. They were incredible live considering how so much of their music relies on the guitarist's feet, and whilst Palingenesia certainly doesn't fall short of this, it sadly doesn't have quite the same feeling either.
The album begins with 'Laleh' and some compulsory ambient noise which sends us into the main theme of the song, a riff layered with another riff with another riff with some chords, but it's all interesting so it's nice. The drums are already pretty stunning. Throughout the album, they manage to keep everything somewhat fresh even when the melodic themes become a little stale and similar between songs; I'm not sure they use any more than two keys over the whole album. It's still less linear than your average post-rock though, as there are surprising transitions all the time, and only having one guitarist can occasionally make the flow more inventive.
The second track, 'Black Waters' is testament to this, as mid-way through the song the feel completely changes to explore some fanciful polymetric work as a bridge, but this excitement doesn't really last. Mid-album leaves much to be desired, sounding much like the other tracks, save for the latter part of track four, one of the highlights of the album with more variations on a blast-beat than is normal. 'Mescalito' again becomes something we've heard before, what with its 5/4 and its looping; and the final track doesn't seem quite epic enough.
What's strange is how, when listened to out of context of the album, all of these songs are pretty damn good; it's just that when I first played from start-to-finish, I couldn't help but lose concentration and catch my thoughts drifting away from the music. Within each song there is change and progression and melody and structure, all of which is attractive, yet as an album something doesn't quite work. Even the freshest of goods become stale and while, as a two piece band, they do an amazing job imitating Russian Circles, that's exactly the problem; they sound too much like they're imitating.
Technically brilliant, mixing done well, never anything lost in the blurriness that loops can sometimes bring; by all accounts this band are great, and they deserve a better rating than an album of background metal. So go see them live, enjoy them, buy some merch; just don't expect anything as novel as that guy who made the electronica album out of insect noises.


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Theatre 3 begins its 49th season this summer, and the line-up includes plenty of gay and gay-friendly content. In addition to shows under the auspices of folks like Terry Dobson and Bruce Coleman, the slate features these productions:
Songs from an Unmade Bed. This cycle of songs by lyricist Mark Campbell includes music from a variety of composers, including Jake Heggie, whose Moby-Dick is at the Winspear now. Opens Sept. 3 (in Theatre Too).
33 Variations. This hit from last year's Broadway season was written by Laramie Project creator Moises Kaufman. Opens Sept. 30.
Tales from Mount Olympus. A puppet show premiere from local playwright-director Bruce R. Coleman. Opens Oct. 29 (in Theatre Too).
The Drowsy Chaperone. The best score Tony winner from a few seasons back is a slap-happy valentine to the giddy joy of bubble-gum Broadway musical, with a gay narrator recounting with catty enthusiasm his favorite old-time musical. Opens Dec. 2.
Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them. This new comedy by gay playwright Christopher Durang gets props for its title alone. Opens March 11 (in Theatre Too).


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Longbourn Wedding Tea by Bingley's Teas
My mom sent me this as a gift that she included with the box of teas from Adagio I asked her to send over for me. Coincidently, I had just got her a gift of wonderfully named Jane Austen Mafia tea from Adagio (and a bag for myself as well). In the end, we both had two Jane Austen-themed teas from two different companies. A couple of Jane Austen tragics? Yes, I do believe so.
Now don't get me wrong. I wouldn't order any tea, regardless of its theme or namesake, if I didn't think it would taste good. It just so happens that the people who developed either of these blends have very good taste (as, of course, most Jane Austen lovers do).
Longbourn Wedding Tea is part of the Jane Austen Tea Series created by Bingley's Teas. Yes, the company is named after the affable friend of Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, but they mainly do non-Austen themed, regular teas. They just extended their love of all things Austen by procuring and/or creating a few particular teas for this series. This tea is a blend of silver needles and pai mu tan white teas with champagne, raspberries (which I think are in the form of raspberry leaves here) and beautiful whole rosebuds. It really is something to marvel at in the dry form. And all the sweet scents of white grapes, berries and roses leap at you in all states of the tea: the dry and wet leaves, as well as the steeped liquid. In the cup, it's a beautiful sunshine yellow. I haven't seen a tea like it before. As sweet as all of it sounds, it's not overwhelming, at least not to me, but I am a Southern girl. All the aromas linger well after the last sip, and I do just feel like I've given myself a beautiful evening, even in the midst of the remnants of the day's chaos.
Even if this wasn't part of the Jane Austen Tea Series, by the look of the tea, it still begs to be named after a beautiful celebration of some sort. All of the sensations it provides leave me looking forward to the next time I can set aside an evening for this tea and some accompanying delicate enjoyment.
Steeping parameters: 3g for 200ml; 1st steep for 2mins at 70°C, 2nd steep for 3mins at 70°C.
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Good morning guys! It's been awhile since purchasing anything cool gear wise and recently I found that dam gear monkey on my back once again. Looks like this fall/winter well be upgrading reels, upgrading rods and changing half of our personal bass lineup. We have our eye on a couple of the new G.Loomis/Shimano Conquest 7'6's as well as another Metanium MGL or two, possibly some Curado K 200XG's and who knows what else.
First upgrade was retiring the Curado I 200PG, we ran Calcutta Conquest's in the past sold them to purchase Helix 7's for the boat and now we are gonna put the Shimano Antares 100 thru it's paces in 2018. DeepX-150/300 and the Deep-Six are my 3 bait's this combo will fish. Love the G.Loomis CBR958C DD it's too bad they were discontinued, enjoy the pics.
Tightlines guys! Well post the reel lineup in the coming weeks,
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Coming from a Daiwa fan, the Antares is awesome for deep cranking. Smooth, powerful and casts a mile.
Some think it's big but, I really like it for palming...unless it's 30 degrees out.
Some think it's big but, I really like it for palming...unless it's 30 degrees out.
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looks nice... always was a fan of all shimano shiny calais/antares/scorpions...
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That reel is something else! Very jealous
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Obz wrote:That reel is something else! Very jealous
Beyond excited can't wait to fish it. Little bigger than Calcutta Conquest 100's that I fished prior but has a sleek feel and palms nicely. Should be fun with those 1/2-7/8oz plug's I plan on throwing.
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nice.. never got an antares, prefer conquests. Hope we get a refresh with the smaller frames in the future.
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cndbasshunter wrote:nice.. never got an antares, prefer conquests. Hope we get a refresh with the smaller frames in the future.
I've fished both. I like the Antares for 1/2oz and above. The Conquest can cast surprisingly light stuff. I just can't STAND how I palm the Conquest. I use like a claw grip and I put my pointer finger around the front of the reel. The line guide gets in my way and flat front has no where to contour my finger.
I did like the performance of the reel though. A little underwhelming for distance (side by side with an Antares).
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A sterile liquid containing proteins extracted from cultures of tubercle bacilli and used in tests for tuberculosis.
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- n. An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A liquid prepared by Koch (first in 1890) from cultures of tubercle-bacillus, administered by hypodermic injection in tuberculosis as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure. Also called Koch′ s lymph, Koch's specific, and paratoloid.
- n. A ptomaïne formed by the action of the tubercle-bacillus.
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- n. a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
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Mantoux expanded upon Pirquet's ideas and the Mantoux test, in which tuberculin is injected under the skin, became a diagnostic test for tuberculosis in 1907.
Koch bacillus produces preparatory substances which are not to be found in tuberculin.
There is also a substance called tuberculin, which, when injected under the skin in suspected cases of consumption causes a rise of temperature in persons suffering from the disease, but has no effect on the healthy.
[85] This test is made by injecting into the animal a small quantity of tuberculin, which is a sterilized glycerin extract of cultures of the tubercle bacillus.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying
To administer a skin test, a health care worker uses a small needle to put some testing material, called tuberculin, just under the skin on the lower inside part of the arm.
This involves the injection of a small amount of fluid (called tuberculin) into the skin in the lower part of the arm.
Some of these products, such as tuberculin and malein, enable the owner to rid his herds of tubercular cows and glandered horses before these diseases have become far enough advanced to be recognized by the visible symptoms alone.
Actually, he tried tuberculin first, but tuberculosis, while perhaps preferable to general paresis, is still a pretty devastating disease.
Gruber C, Kulig M, Bergmann R, et al. Delayed hypersensitivity to tuberculin, total immunoglobulin E, specific sensitization, and atopic manifestations in longitudinally followed early Bacille Calmette-Guerin-vaccinated and nonvaccinated children.
They tested Mapendo for recent exposure to tuberculosis by injecting a tiny amount of a reagent, tuberculin, in her upper eyelid — a standard TB screening tests for primates.


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In light of Clark's killing, which sparked weeks of protests, California lawmakers have proposed a drastic change that would limit the scenarios in which police officers can use deadly force. The bill would replace the "reasonable force" rule with a stricter "necessary force" standard.
New York City police officers shot and killed a black man who was known to be mentally ill on a Brooklyn street corner on Wednesday afternoon after he pointed what the officers believed was a gun at them, the authorities said. The object, however, turned out to be a metal pipe with a knob on it.
"Let's play out the scenario had it been different," he said. "If this individual with a loaded weapon, who for whatever reason, including a mental health challenge, was ready to use it, that's a split-second matter of trying to save lives right then and there.
"He was a good father. He wasn't a bad person. No matter how they want to spin it, he wasn't a bad person," Smith said. "Too many black people are dying at hands of police officers and it's about time something be done."
Critics say the cops should've asked him to raise his hands before firing, or at least aimed for his leg. But the video suggests the officers had scant time to react; they were told he had a weapon and believed they saw one — pointing straight at them. They had every right to defend themselves. (As for aiming at his leg, cops only do that in movies; the risk of missing is too great.)
Vassell's death comes amid a resurgence of questions about law enforcement's unequal treatment of people of color following another police shooting recently in Sacramento, California. Police there said they thought Stephon Clark had a gun, but only a cell phone was found near his body.
New York's Finest are on the hot seat again after four officers fatally shot an unarmed Brooklyn man, Saheed Vassell, on Wednesday. They don't deserve it — but the city mental-health system does.
An employee at a beauty salon on the corner, Angie, 52, said she heard the police fire and then saw the man drop. She said the police then fired several more shots before they ran over to the man and handcuffed him.
"I heard all these shots, I thought it was firecrackers at first. I turned around and you just see the cops standing over the guy," witness Chris J. said. "First it was one, then it was nonstop after that."
Near the end of the video, Vassell can be seen approaching an intersection and pointing the object toward the street. The image freezes and text states, "At this point, responding officers discharged their weapon."
After the shooting, officers discovered that the object was "a pipe with some sort of knob on it," Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan said at a news conference.
The officers were responding to calls of a man using a gun to terrorize folks, including an adult with a kid. When they got to the scene, Vassell, as video shows, took what police called "a two-handed shooting stance" and pointed the "gun" at the cops.
"It appears we fired 10 rounds between the four officers," Monahan said. The unidentified officers, who were not wearing body cameras, discovered the metal pipe at the scene.
"They just hopped out of the car. It's almost like they did a hit. They didn't say please. They didn't say put your hands up, nothing," Hinds said.
"We were always worried for him. We would say should anything happen to him, we just have to do what we can do," he said.


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Black & White Photography Workshops in Central London
Learn how to create stunning black & white photography in our exclusive one day workshop.
- Class size: Courses limited to 8 persons.
- Duration: One day – 10.30am-4pm
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What will I learn on the Black & White Photography Workshop?
Throughout this popular course we will cover the following topics:
- Tones – A discussion about light, colour, black and white and grey tones to develop your understanding
- Subjects and composition – what makes a good black and white photograph? How to decide whether to use colour or monochrome?
- Post-production – learn about black and white conversion and the different options in monochrome photography (sepia, bromoil, etc)
- Software – explore different software and plugins for professional black and white conversion.
What kind of results you can expect?
During this course you will learn how to take images like these:
Is this course for me?
In our Black & White Photography Workshop you will discover the intensity and nuance of black and white photography. Focusing solely on light and shape, you will learn how to take your monochrome pictures to the next level. Our policy of teaching in small groups means you'll receive individual attention to get the most out of the one day workshop.
You'll also need a few basic photography skills, including general knowledge of aperture, camera lenses, shutter speed and ISO including exposure modes. If you're completely new to photography, then why not sign up to one of our Beginner Courses first?
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This workshop is an amazing opportunity to enhance your black and white photography skills in an inspiring environment. As a student at Photoion, you also have access to our after course support system. Once we've handed you the tools you need, you can stay in touch with our tutors for further help and assistance or to ask for constructive feedback on your work. This makes us different from other photography courses, as we offer unlimited follow-up support and advice.
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- How did vegetation change in the last decades?
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- How can satellite data be used to improve global vegetation models?
Matthias was born in Zittau, Germany. He studied Geography (BSc) and Geoinformatics (MSc) with a focus on remote sensing and hydrological modelling at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. He had several research stays at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and performed his doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena. Thereby he focused on remote sensing and modelling of global vegetation trends. He received the PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) degree from the University Jena in 2015. Since 2016, Matthias is working as a PostDoc at the Remote Sensing Research Group at TU Wien. Matthias' main research interest is the application of satellite data and global ecosystem models to assess the role of land ecosystems in the carbon cycle and the Earth system. Thereby he has a special focus on vegetation phenology, vegetation dynamics, and ecosystem disturbances like fires. Matthias uses a broad range of methodological approaches like time series analysis of satellite data, machine learning approaches, dynamics global vegetation models, atmospheric transport models, and especially model-data integration approaches.
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- Beutenberg Campus Science Award in life sciences and physics for the best PhD thesis in 2015
- Living Planet Fellowship from the European Space Agency (CCI4SOFIE) (2016-2018)
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Get Real is a column on how to eliminate the artificial in your life. Processed food on our tables, unnatural chemicals in our homes and unhealthy behaviors in our lives weaken us and degrade our quality of life. This column is designed to give you bite size bits of helpful and relevant information about good food, balanced nutrition and healthy organic living. No matter who you are or what you do, time is precious. With your busy schedule in mind, Get Real reminds you to keep it real -- to focus on what makes it possible for you to reach your goals, enjoy your loved ones and live your life the way you want to.
Ironically, one of the most common coping mechanisms for combining a full-power career with a real life outside the office is to cheat ourselves out of our own physical and emotional health. We save ourselves time by eating restaurant food or pre-packaged, store-bought meals. We skip exercise. We fail to set aside time to cultivate our loving relationships.
The irony of this approach is that robbing yourself of good health is a recipe for failure.
Professional success requires constantly being at the top of your game. You cant really maximize your creative energy unless you feel clear, relaxed and strongand grounded and secure in your interpersonal relationships. Robbing yourself of good health is fundamentally unsustainable. Eating junk food, failing to get enough sleep, and failing to exercise regularly may save you time in the short term, but it will guarantee declining health, reduced energy and reduced mental faculties in the long term.
You already knew that, right? What many people dont often consider, however, is the importance of guilt-free, relaxed pleasure on ones overall health.
If your life is generally busy, rushed and stressful, slow down and relaxdo something pleasurable and fun.
Experiencing feelings of various degrees of happiness and gratification are essential to your health and overall well-being.
Youll be surprise at how doing simple things helps you think more clearly and gain positive perspective. You will feel invigorated and energized but more importantly, relaxed and happyready to conquer the world again.
Of course, all thats easier said than done.
The most effective way of enjoying simple things is by scheduling time to do them. You can plan them and enjoy them without feeling guilty or constricted by scheduling conflicts.
Here are a few simple things you can do to unplug, unwind and reconnect.
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Cameron Diaz didn't attend Sunday night's Golden Globes, but she did grace Hollywood with an appearance at an after-party, and... we're kind of wishing she hadn't. (Or at least that she'd worn a different outfit.)
Diaz, 39, popped up at the Weinstein Company's 2012 Golden Globes after-party at the Beverly Hilton hotel in this blue gown with black lace trim, which we think is a tad ill-fitting in the bodice. Is that a... racerback dress on backwards?
Her recently chopped-off hair also wasn't looking its best.
Cameron! We KNOW you have a great body. We've also seen you pull off some really stunning dresses at the Golden Globes, like this one. And this one. Perhaps a return to those stylists would do you wonders.
Do you also think Cam missed the mark? Scope out the pics below, and cast your vote in our poll.


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New Cosby Accuser Says He Assaulted Her in the 1970s
"I figured, If I don't think about it, it won't bother me."
A new woman is accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault, claiming the comedian raped her in his Detroit hotel room in the 1970s. Kathy McKee claims she met Cosby in the late 1960s, when she was dating Sammy Davis Jr. McKee had appeared on The Bill Cosby Show and regularly hung out in the same showbiz circles as the comedian. "He was a buddy," she tells the Daily News. "He knew I was Sammy's girl." McKee claims the alleged assault took place after she and Cosby had known each other for eight years. She says Cosby invited her to a boat party and told her to stop by his hotel room with some ribs beforehand. Once she got there, she says, Cosby was "like a different person": He greeted her in just a robe, took the ribs, and immediately began raping her. "It was so fast and so shocking and so unbelievable," she told the Daily News. McKee says she racked with guilt over the incident, and never told Davis: "I figured, If I don't think about it, it won't bother me. Of course, with all these women surfacing now, it flushed out."


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cheap sneakers Samsung E870 is a stylish and slim flip phone that comes having a good selection of functions for any mid-range camera phone. The E870 is obtainable in three colours for example pink, white, blue and silver. Having a measurement of 92x42x17 mm along with a weight of 83 g , this can be a small but portable phone that may have you consider inside the positives of this small...Read More


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Lake Tahoe offers more than 72 miles of shoreline with 20 public launch/landing sites. Tahoe's sandy beaches and rocky inlets are ideal conditions for kayaks, paddle boards, and other non-motorized watercraft.
The map below breaks the 72 mile route into seven segments. Follow the link for each Day Trip to get a 2-sided map with information about parking fees, public launch/landing sites and day landings, private property restrictions, seasonal closures, and other launch site amenities.
Before you launch at Tahoe, all watercraft and gear must be Cleaned, Drained and Dry to prevent Aquatic Invasive Species. Self inspecting and decontaminating your gear is easy. Learn how by becoming a Tahoe Keeper. Or, don't worry and rent from a local paddle shop.
Click on the link to see and download a Day Trip Map. Miles below are approximates.
- Day Trip Maps Overview 72 miles
- Sand Harbor 15 miles. Use the Incline Village park & ride East Shore Express for access to Sand Harbor.
- Cave Rock 10 miles – Cave Rock motor boat ramp very busy with limited parking. Advised to launch at Sand Harbor or Zephyr Cove.
- South Shore 11 miles
- Emerald Bay 10 miles – Dogs are not allowed on any trails or roads into Emerald Bay, nor on the beach.
- West Shore 10.5 miles
- Tahoe City 8.5 miles
- North Shore 12 miles
It's a big lake. Be Prepared. Before you paddle, check the daily Lake Tahoe marine forecast. Check GPS and Weather Conditions –
- North Lake Tahoe – Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Incline Village, NV
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Recently there was some talk about the following two HTTP filter options so I thought maybe more people would also be interested.
Verify normalization:
If you want to block requests with URLs containing escaped characters after normalization.
Web servers receive requests that are URL encoded. This means that certain characters may be replaced with a percent sign (%) followed by a particular number. For example, %20 corresponds to a space, so a request for http://myserver/My%20Dir/My%20File.htm is the same as a request for http://myserver/My Dir/My File.htm. Normalization is the process of decoding URL-encoded requests.
Because the % can be URL encoded, an attacker can submit a carefully crafted request to a server that is basically double-encoded. If this occurs, Internet Information Services (IIS) may accept a request that it would otherwise reject as not valid. When you select Verify Normalization, the HTTP filter normalizes the URL two times. If the URL after the first normalization is different from the URL after the second normalization, the filter rejects the request. This prevents attacks that rely on double-encoded requests.
Note that while we recommend that you use the Verify Normalization function, it may also block legitimate requests that contain a %.
Block high bit characters:
Select Block high bit characters to specify that URLs with high-bit characters will be blocked. This can help block some attacks on Web servers running Internet Information Services (IIS), but may also block requests and responses that contain characters from one of several languages that require high-bit characters.
For more information on HTTP filtering see the following TechNet article.
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Byat Tuesday, May 07, 2013
The iPhone's screen lock is pretty cool and the default slide-to-unlock animation has become kind of a signature style of having an iPhone, though now it has been copied by many too. But even Apple fanboys would admit that it has become quite boring after all these years without any major change. But thanks to Cydia, you can enjoy the perks of customizing your iPhone/iPad as much as you like. A new tweak takes use of the restriction-free jailbreak mode to make unlocking much more fun and playful.
PianoPasscode is a new addition to Cydia that has some good tricks up its sleeve to let you unlock your iPhone with a little fun as well. Like the name states, with PianoPasscode, you can set a specific tune and as soon as you play it on the Piano displayed on the lock screen, it unlocks your iDevice for you. Pretty slick, huh?
When you install the tweak at first, the default password will be to tap all the keys from left to right. After that, you can change it by going to Settings but note that after changing the code, you'll have to use the save and respring tools present in the Settings of this tweak. Also note that for setting the passcode, you'll have to know which keys correspond to which numbers so you won't have any problem later. Additionally, you can enable Secure Mode to let PianoPasscode work in collaboration with other popular tweaks like iCaughtU and Jelly Lock.
PianoPasscode is available in Cydia's BigBoss repo for a pretty reasonable $0.99 and is a must try if you're fed up of the slide-to-unlock animation.
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Tuesday , May 22, 2018 - 12:12 PM
SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday it will transfer 169 missionaries out of Nicaragua.
The LDS Church said it will move over half of the 327 missionaries serving in Nicaragua due to "growing political instability" in the country, according to a press release from church spokesperson Daniel Woodruff.
Those being moved include 37 missionaries from the Nicaragua Managua North Mission, all of whom will return to their homes. Twenty missionaries in the Nicaragua Managua South Mission will be sent home while the remaining 112 missionaries will be reassigned to missions in North America.
The remaining 158 missionaries in the country will be moved to areas "that are safe," according to the release.
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News . Press Releases
August 14, 2014
Princeton Review again names CIA to "Best in the Midwest" list
For Immediate Release
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art again has been named one of the best colleges in the Midwest, and is one of only two colleges of art and design to achieve this designation from The Princeton Review, an education services company nationally known for it test preparation programs and college and graduate school guides.
The Princeton Review named 159 institutions in 12 states to the "Best in the Midwest" list for 2015. The list is part of the company's website feature, "2015 Best Colleges: Region by Region" that was posted on PrincetonReview.com on August 4, 2014. The CIA entry is viewable by logging into the company's website. The company's best colleges constitute only 25% of the nation's four-year colleges. The Princeton Review does not rank the schools on its regional best lists.
"I'm very proud that, out of hundreds of colleges in the Midwest, CIA is included among the best by The Princeton Review," said CIA President Grafton J. Nunes. "In addition, CIA is one of only two colleges on this Midwest list that is a member of AICAD, the prestigious Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design."
Robert Franek, The Princeton Review's senior vice president and publisher, said, "We selected Cleveland Institute of Art – and the other terrific institutions on our 'regional best' lists – primarily for their excellent academic offerings."
CIA's profile on the Princeton Review site notes that "Academically, liberal arts are emphasized." The profile also cites the personal studio space that each student receives, once in a major; the school's flexibility in allowing students to explore disciplines outside their major; and the fact that faculty members are "actual working professionals."
From several hundred schools in each region, The Princeton Review winnowed its list based on institutional data collected directly from the schools, visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of the company's staff, college counselors and advisors. "Our selections also take into account what students at the schools report to us about their experiences at them on our 80-question student survey for this project. We ask every question that a prospective applicant might want to ask on a campus visit," Franek said.
Comments from surveyed students are quoted in the school profiles on The Princeton Review site. For example, one CIA student is quoted as saying, "The student to faculty ratio is surprisingly low, which allows for a large amount of input from staff… Discussion is always encouraged."
About CIA
Founded in 1882, the Cleveland Institute of Art is an accredited, independent college of art and design offering 15 majors in studio art, digital art, craft disciplines, and design. CIA extends its programming to the public through gallery exhibitions; lectures; a robust continuing education program; and the Cinematheque, a year-round art and independent film program. CIA's public programming is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. For more information visit www.cia.edu.
About The Princeton Review
Founded in 1981, The Princeton Review is a privately held education services company headquartered in Natick, MA. The company has produced more than 150 print and digital books published by Random House, Inc. Visit www.princetonreview.com and www.facebook.com/ThePrincetonReview. Follow the Company's Twitter feed @ThePrincetonRev.
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The Sonnet, Shakesperean Style
Lesson 5 of 14
Objective: Students will be able to analyze the affect of a poem's form by reading a nonfiction article about sonnets and analyzing rhyme scheme, rhythm, and word choice.
Daily Grammar
In the last few weeks, the bellwork on Wednesday and Thursday (our long block days) has been done as a competition. Students work with their groups to find all of the corrections, and the first group with all of the corrections gets a punch on their punch cards.
Today many groups missed the apostrophe in 'let's' to show that it's a contraction. They also struggled with the two run-on sentences in the second paragraph.
They also wanted to add the little circle (does that have a name? I feel like I should know this, but I don't.) to show that the numbers are showing degrees. However, since the word is spelled out, those circles are not needed.
What's in a Sonnet?
What's in a sonnet?
That by any other name would be called a poem.
So a sonnet would be, if it were not called a sonnet.
And yet, a sonnet is a sonnet and a sonnet does as sonnets do.
I distributed copies of the Shakespearean Reference Sheet. I also include a copy of the article from the website Shakespeare Online. This gives students a brief explanation of what a sonnet is in two different ways--paragraphs and a reference sheet.
Resources (3)
I asked them to read it three times. It's only a page, so it's suitable for re-reading. The first time, they read it to themselves silently and I asked them to annotate details (main and supporting) that told them what a sonnet is. I gave students a couple of minutes to share their annotations with their group. Could they add annotations to their own papers after listening to their peers? Absolutely.
I asked two students from each group to move to a different group for the second read. This allows students to physically move and get different ideas from different people.
The second time, I read the article aloud, modeling prosody. I asked them to underline new things they noticed. In other words, what new information did they notice that helped them understand what a sonnet is. Again, they shared their annotations with their group members, new and old, and added annotations.
The third time, I read aloud while I did a think aloud. I pointed out the following:
- Shakespearean sonnets are always fourteen lines. There are three quatrains and a couplet. A couplet is a group of two lines.
- There is a strict rhyme scheme. In the quatrains, the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth lines rhyme (ABAB). The couplet rhymes (GG).
- They are written in iambic pentameter. Iambic means that there are feet with two syllables, and the first syllable is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed. It's like a heartbeat.
- There's an organization to the sonnet. The first quatrain sets up the subject of the sonnet. Quatrain 2 develops the theme and quatrain 3 finishes it. The couplet's job is to summarize the theme
The last thing I did, as closure, was to ask students to write a third quickwrite.
For this quickwrite, students needed to explain the four key parts to a sonnet.
I also warned them that we would be looking at a real live sonnet the next day and it would might just make their brains explode.
If I'd had time, I'd ask students to complete the following additional activity--to create a diagram, chart, or picture to show the important components of a sonnet.
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About us
Kadoorie Estates Limited manages a portfolio of commercial and residential properties owned by the Kadoorie Family in Hong Kong.
The portfolio includes the prestigious St. George's Building, situated on Ice House Street, in the heart of the Central Business District of Hong Kong. St. George's Building is the preferred address for a diverse range of tenants including boutique financial services, private investors and family offices, insurance, legal, personnel and other specialists servicing the needs of Hong Kong's financial and business community.
Residential properties include prestigious addresses on Hong Kong Island South, including eight exclusive hilltop properties in Deep Water Bay and a number of private residences and an apartment building on Headland Road.
'The Kadoorie Estate' is a unique residential enclave of luxury houses and apartments conveniently located on 'Kadoorie Hill' in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is an exclusive community made up of 86 houses and a low rise apartment block, St. George's Court, located along Kadoorie Avenue and its spur Braga Circuit in Kowloon. The Estate spans eight hectares and constitutes a tranquil green oasis close to the major business hubs of West Kowloon and Central.
An exceptional standard of property management is maintained, with particular emphasis on the preservation of the properties and the environment for the long term.


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Effective communication in an organization increases productivity, decreases employee turnover and improves office atmosphere. Whether a supervisor or regular employee at the organization, the better you communicate--as difficult as it might be at times--the better working relationships you'll have. Not everyone, however, comes from strong communication backgrounds, so it's important to bring new employees up to speed on important communication methods. After all, a few communicators in the workplace don't render the same results as 10 communicators in the workplace.
In the business world, listening goes much farther than speaking and is undoubtedly the most important component of effective communication in an organization. When interacting with others, listening will help you avoid confusion, understand tasks more clearly and generate an overall positive connection with the person to whom you're speaking. Additionally, if you don't listen to people, they won't listen to you.
Listening extends far beyond hearing and understanding words. It involves offering positive body language to speakers so they know you are listening. These signals include making eye contact, nodding in understanding or agreement, standing or sitting in a welcoming and approachable way, and not interrupting. All of these elements fall into the listening category because they serve to ensure the speaker that you understand and are interested.
Using these techniques every day will go a long way with your co-workers. Benefits include a cordial environment, people listening when you speak, and improving office communication.
Words are powerful. Speaking is an art form not to be taken lightly, regardless of how flippantly many of your co-workers might use their words. That's why it's important to allow others to speak first. Gather every opinion in the room, think about what you hear, write notes if you want to, and answer accordingly. If at the end of your deliberation you have something to say or if you disagree with something that was decided upon, it's time to speak up.
Take a deep breath and begin by affirming what others have said in the meeting, using your notes if you need to. Point out what you like about certain ideas and then, if necessary, what you don't like. After spending time on what's been discussed, you should state your opinion plainly, clearly and tactfully. Give reasons, evidence and statistics for the things you say. Wrap up your comments with a recap of the meeting and your opinions.
It's impossible to predict how a conversation will unfold, but if you loosely follow these guidelines--acknowledge others' thoughts, agreed and disagreed points, your opinions and a conclusion--your comments in meetings will go farther than you ever imagined.
Preparation in every situation paves the way for effective communication. Before every phone call, business meeting, conference, interview or predetermined conversation, brief yourself on the components of the meeting before even thinking about moving forward. Write down things you want to discuss, questions you want to ask and points you want to make. This tactic translates into productivity, professionalism and respect from others.
If you practice this method every day in all situations, you will find yourself facilitating meetings more often than not, so if you are a regular employee who is always prepared and knowledgeable, advancement is not far on the horizon. Preparedness not only benefits your organization, it benefits your career and your interactions with co-workers.
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text: You have a choice here, either cut the Brussels sprouts in half lengthwise, for quicker more even cooking; or leave them whole. Leaving them whole will result in a more toasted browned exterior, a creamy inside and a longer cooking time – cutting them in half accelerates the process and results in more uniformly cooked-through sprouts. Both methods are good, although I prefer the whole sprout method.Trim any tough outer leaves and cut a thin slice off the end of the stalk of each sprout. Cut the sprouts in half lengthwise, if desired. Toss the sprouts with the oil and then spread the sprouts on a baking sheet.Sprinkle the sprouts with salt and freshly cracked black pepper and pop em into the oven. (if using cut in half sprouts, position them cut side down on the baking tray)Given the sprouts a shake every ten minutes or so.Halved sprouts are done after 25 or 30 minutes, or when tender throughout.. Whole sprouts are done at between 40 and 50 minutes, or when tender throughout and thoroughly browned on the outside.Season with salt and pepper once again, to taste. Please note: this recipe has been created and uploaded by a member of the Tesco Real Food online community. Tesco does not test customer recipes so cannot accept responsibility for the content, validate the results or answer queries regarding them.


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Mayor Annise Parker wants fair impartiality that's independent for the city's crime lab. And though it's been trying to work with the county, and it's a possibility, the city is also prepared to go at it alone.
The city of Houston's crime lab has always been part of the Houston Police Department, and in recent years, it's also been a hotbed of controversy.
On Wednesday, Mayor Parker said it's finally time to make the crime lab completely independent agency.
"I clearly prefer to have our forensic sciences not under the influence of police, prosecution or politics, and I'd like to see that independent position," Parker said.
The mayor wants the independent crime lab to be governed by a separate board. But getting it off the ground will require city money and cooperation from council members.
"We need to restore the public trust, we need to ensure that investigations are done effectively and properly," Councilman Ed Gonzalez said.
The city has definite plans to move the crime lab away from within the police department -- where it is -- but whether it can jointly work with Harris County remains uncertain.
"No, I do not see, because it doesn't make any sense," Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack said.
Radack wants a regional crime lab as well, but he wants it to be run by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office, not a board. It could be the one road block that will prevent the county and the city to join together.
"You don't operate a crime lab with a board. We have a great ME in Harris County, that's who would manage and who is managing the county's facility now; it works extremely well," Radack said.
Parker emphasizes this is just the beginning of her plan and there are many moving pieces. City council is expected to vote on funding next month. If approved, the crime lab could be in operation as early as 2016.
As for when the city and county might reach an agreement, well that answer could be years down the road.


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SOURCE: Lieb Cellars
November 06, 2014 09:00 ET
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Nov 6, 2014) - Thanksgiving is upon us and that means gathering family and friends for turkey and the trimmings. A common side effect of holiday meal planning is stress over wine pairings. For the cooking-challenged, there's a turkey hotline; alas, there's no 1-800-sommelier line for wine advice. Lieb Cellars of Long Island's North Fork is here to help with expert tips to avoid Thanksgiving trauma and enjoy the day.
Six Tips for Taming Thanksgiving
1. Don't overthink the wine pairings: Master Sommelier Tim Gaiser recommends, "Make it easy! The traditional menu has such a wide range of flavors that practically every style of wine works. That being said, avoid wines with too much tannin or oak as they will dominate most Thanksgiving fare."
2. Check your "gear" well in advance: cooking and serving utensils, dishes, flatware, glassware, and don't forget the oven! You don't want to be caught with chipped glasses, unintentionally mismatched plates or the ultimate disaster, an under-cooked turkey.
3. Stick to the tried and true: Our East End neighbor, Ina Garten, aka The Barefoot Contessa, advises, "Never, ever test a new recipe on guests for any reason. This is particularly true on Thanksgiving when there's so much to do." ("10 Tips for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving", Good Housekeeping, October 2013)
4. Time it out: Bill Telepan, Chef and Co-Owner of NYC's Telepan and Telepan Local instructs, "Write a list of what you're making and set up a timeline to see how long it will take to execute. That way you're not only super organized but you'll also have time to entertain guests."
5. Begin with bubbles: A glass of sparkling wine is a festive way to welcome guests and get the party started. Lieb Reserve Blanc de Blancs ($35) is a minerally 100% Pinot Blanc sparkler made in the classic method that pairs deliciously with most appetizers.
6. Love the Leftovers: Bridge Lane White Blend and Red Blend wines from Lieb Cellars are available in 3-liter boxes (equivalent to 4 bottles) so you might have a glass or two left to enjoy with that turkey sandwich after Black Friday shopping. ($20 per 750 ml bottle; $46 per 3L box).
Prefer to keep it really simple with one wine? Bridge Lane Rosé ($18) is a light-bodied, dry, yet fruity wine that won't overwhelm the stars of the table. Looking for a fuller-bodied option? Lieb Cellars Reserve Merlot ($22) will deliciously complement a myriad of dishes.
Give thanks this season with food-friendly, affordable wines from Lieb Cellars and Bridge Lane. Wines are available nationally through liebcellars.com and at retailers throughout NY, NJ, CT, MA, PA, and RI. Wines can also be enjoyed at Lieb Cellars three tasting rooms on the East End of Long Island in Mattituck and Cutchogue.
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Memorandum submitted by RSM Robson Rhodes
Thank you for your letter of 25 March 2002 inviting RSM Robson Rhodes to submit evidence to the Treasury Committee's inquiry into the financial regulation of public limited companies. In this submission we focus on the regulation of UK-incorporated listed companies. Different requirements may be appropriate for unlisted entities. We firstly set out some general principles that we believe should govern policy-making in this area and then discuss their application to specific issues.
Overall Goal of System of Corporate Governance
We believe the overall goal of our system of corporate governance should be to foster responsible and sustainable wealth creation for the benefit of all stakeholders. This objective is of vital importance to public policy given the economy's high level of reliance on the capital markets for its financial success. Listed companies also play a crucial role in the corporate sector's overall social and environmental performance.
Clarity of Objectives of Reviews
The purpose of the reviews being undertaken by the Treasury Committee and by the government in the light of the collapse of Enron should be clear. We believe it should be about how we can make further progress towards the goal set out above. Whilst we should be willing to learn lessons from Enron we need to be conscious that the system of governance is different in the UK from that in the USA in a number of important respects and that one needs to be very cautious when considering general remedies based on the partly known facts of a particular case. That said, the Enron case highlights the potential threat the failure of a single large corporation can pose to the stability of the capital markets and is rightly acting as the catalyst for reviews in a number of jurisdictions. In looking at events that have taken place regard should also be had to issues arising from the severe decline in the share price of "dotcom" companies following their short-lived enormous popularity. Recent experience in the application of The Combined Code should also be considered and efforts made to identify current and likely future trends affecting listed companies.
Balancing Entrepreneurship and Risk Management
An appropriate balance needs to be struck between entrepreneurship and effective risk management both within individual companies and for the economy as a whole. One without the other will not lead to sustainable national prosperity or to the creation of more UK-led world class companies, an imperative if we are to be successful in competitive global markets. In a competitive market economy profits are the reward for successful risk-taking and thus the aim is not to eliminate risk in companies but rather to ensure that it is managed effectively and that businesses are open about the level of risk they have assumed so that stakeholders can make informed decisions.
A Responsive System that Encourages Continuous Improvement
Our governance system should be able to respond quickly and effectively to the ever-changing business environment and should encourage companies to see improvements to their governance model as integral to their ongoing quest for ever better economic, social and environmental performance. Good governance should be seen by boards as being essential to running a successful business as well as about complying with regulatory requirements. This is most likely to be achieved by fostering innovation in the area of governance by companies at the leading-edge of practice and then taking steps to bring standard practice up to the level of what has been seen as best practice within a reasonably short period of time. The Cadbury Code and subsequently The Combined Code, together with the Turnbull Report which is linked to it, have been fairly successful in this regard. Where a high degree of compliance can be secured, market-led reforms, coupled with appropriate enforcement pressures on companies resisting compliance, have advantages compared to legislative solutions which can stifle innovation and lead to "boilerplate" solutions.
A Preference for a Preventative Approach
A governance model that aims to prevent problems arising has benefits over one that is principally concerned with addressing them once they become apparent though of course if they do occur they need to be identified and remedied as soon as possible. Given the board's responsibility for leading and controlling the company, this highlights the importance of getting the right board in place and ensuring it works effectively. This is not to underestimate, however, the role auditors, shareholders and, indirectly, analysts and the media have in contributing to good governance. An effective governance system requires all those with an oversight role to exercise their responsibilities actively, competently and in an independent manner.
Holistic Solutions Based on a Cost/Benefit Analysis
Every system of governance needs to be viewed as a cohesive whole with the key players having interlocking roles that taken together if functioning appropriately lead to effective governance. In proposing reforms care needs to be taken to assess the impact as far as possible on the system as a whole and to avoid changes that have unintended but foreseeable negative consequences. It is also easy for advocates of a proposed change to emphasise the benefits and opponents the disadvantages. A rigorous assessment will take account of both aspects.
Auditors and Audit Committees
Given their pivotal role in providing assurance on the integrity and transparency of financial reporting by companies, which makes an important contribution to the effective functioning of the capital markets, it is essential that auditors and auditing command the highest levels of public confidence. We recognise there are currently significant concerns relating to the auditing profession that should be addressed with reforms being based on reasoned analysis of the main issues involved.
Audit Committees
The relationship between auditors and audit committees needs to be strengthened. The auditor's primary relationship with the company, in practice as well as formally, should be with the audit committee, representing shareholders' interests, rather than with senior management. A working party, led by independent directors who sit on audit committees and including auditors, should be established to provide fuller guidance on matters relating to auditors and audit committees dealt with in the Combined Code just as the Turnbull Report provided implementation guidance on risk management and internal control issues covered in the Code.
Audit Committees should approve in advance any non-audit services to be provided by the auditing firm and subsequently the annual report should contain a full analysis of the nature of non-audit services clearly distinguishing between those related to auditing, eg due diligence work and assurance assignments linked to social and environmental reports, and those of a consultancy or advisory nature if they continue to be permitted.
The Combined Code currently says audit committees should comprise at least three non-executive directors a majority of whom should be independent. We believe audit committee membership, just as for the remuneration committee, should be required to be made up wholly of independent directors. The audit committee should also keep under review whether it has the necessary blend of knowledge and experience as well as sufficient time available to properly discharge its responsibilities. Such a review would be likely to lead to a number of audit committees increasing the frequency of their meetings and the time devoted to the work of their committee.
The Provision of Non-Audit Services
It is not possible to demonstrate conclusively whether the provision of non-audit services does or does not jeopardise their independence. Only individual auditors know for sure what factors were to the fore when they made judgements that with hindsight appear open to challenge. What is more susceptible to assessment, however, is whether there is a broad-based perception that the provision of non-audit services impairs auditor independence. There appears to be widespread concern about the scale of non-audit services in relation to the audit fee in a number of instances, albeit that a significant proportion of these will often be audit-related. If independent research confirms concern among investors and others about auditors undertaking work of a consultancy or advisory nature for their audit clients we would strongly support a prohibition on such work being carried out in the future. In any event, we consider it would be helpful for a review to be undertaken of the type of additional services it is appropriate for the auditor to provide.
Compulsory Rotation of Auditors
There has been much speculation about the need for the mandatory rotation of auditors. If there is renewed confidence in the independence of auditors from management as a result of the measures proposed in this submission, the rationale for this speculation lessens. Moreover, the difficulties of introducing such a change in the current environment where there are soon likely to be only four firms undertaking a large majority of listed company audits should not be underestimated especially if one or more of the firms is not eligible for appointment in a particular instance on the grounds that they are ongoing advisers in other fields such as taxation.
Increased Competition in the Market for Audit Services
We believe greater competition in the market for audit services would be in the public interest. The increased concentration in the market for audit services over the past couple of decades or so is marked and in the long term may well be injurious to investor confidence. It is the responsibility of leading firms outside the Big 4/5 such as ours to provide the necessary competition and we are fully committed to doing so.
Private Sector Audit Commission
We do not support the concept of an Audit Commission for the private sector with responsibility for making audit appointments. This would harmfully weaken the links between the auditors of a company and the shareholders to whom they are accountable. By contrast, we believe the changes proposed in this submission would strengthen this vital relationship for effective corporate governance.
As Principle A.1 of The Combined Code on corporate governance indicates "every listed company should be headed by an effective board which should lead and control the company".
There have been a number of general improvements in boardroom governance in recent years, most notably the splitting of the roles of Chairman and CEO; an increase in the number of non-executive directors; the introduction of the concept of independent non-executive directors together with the introduction of the senior independent director role; greater emphasis on the board's oversight role; and the stressing of the need for a formal and transparent procedure for the appointment of board members. This process of evolutionary change should continue. We would, in particular, advocate the introduction of a provision in The Combined Code calling on boards to review their own performance on a regular basis and at least annually and the commissioning of a review of the provisions relating to "independent" and "non-executive" directors as there seems to be some confusion in the way each of these terms is used.
Review of Board's Performance
A formal review of the board's performance, perhaps assisted by an outside facilitator, will give it the opportunity to ask whether:
Independent Directors
The Combined Code states that the board should include non-executive directors of sufficient calibre and number for their views to carry sufficient weight in its decisions. It goes on to say that non-executives should comprise not less than a third of the board and that a majority of them should be independent of management and free from any business or other relationship which could materially interfere with the exercise of their independent judgement. It would therefore be possible to comply with the Code if just over one-sixth of the directors were independent. The Code should at least be amended to call for a third of the board to be made up of independent directors and best practice might be regarded as having a majority of independent directors on the board. The definition of an independent director could also usefully be amplified to indicate, for example, that previous executives, those with consultancy agreements or those receiving incentive awards should not be deemed to be independent although they may still have a valuable role to play as non-executive directors. A strong case can also be made for requiring the independent directors to recommend to the board the names of proposed new independent directors. Such a move would require amendment to the provisions of the Code relating to nomination committees.
Choosing Independent Directors from a Wider Pool
In choosing independent directors, opportunities exist for enhancing the overall quality of boards as well as their diversity, by seeking to recruit them from a wider pool which could include those with leading positions in the public or not-for-profit sectors. Boards should also make sure there are no glass ceilings relating to the appointment of female directors or those from ethnic minorities to either executive or non-executive positions. Further thought needs to be given as to how best these objectives can be achieved as success to date in this area has been limited. In calling for a wider pool, we would wish to emphasise the importance of continuing to attract high quality independent directors who are executive directors in other business organisations or who have a business background and hold a small portfolio of non-executive appointments as this greatly facilitates the sharing of experience and best practice across the business community.
Accounting standards have been the subject of major improvement in the United Kingdom in the past decade and a substantial programme that will lead to convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards is now underway. Reporting, however, extends beyond the financial statements to include the Operating and Financial Review and various requirements of Company Law and the Listing Rules. A proposal has been made, as part of the Company Law Review process, to introduce a mandatory OFR for some companies and we understand the Accounting Standards Board also has an initiative underway on the OFR.
We strongly support efforts to increase the level and quality of reporting on the following issues which fall within the broad scope of the OFR whilst recognising that those at the leading edge of reporting practice are already making substantial disclosure on at least some of the matters covered below:
Institutional Shareholders
Given that a substantial majority of shares in UK-incorporated listed companies are held by institutions any review of the effectiveness of our governance system needs to focus on the extent to which the institutions are actively fulfilling their duties as shareholders, eg in exercising their rights to appoint directors and in doing so bringing about changes in board membership when they are needed. The institutions should promote good governance in the companies in which they own shares and as part of this commitment should, for instance, generally encourage full compliance with The Combined Code.
Compliance with The Combined Code
A recent PIRC Survey "Corporate Governance 2001" found that only 28 per cent of companies felt that they fully complied with The Combined Code. The main reasons being given for non-compliance include no senior independent director having been appointed, contract notice periods exceeding one year and remuneration committees not being fully comprised of independent directors. Consideration should be given as to how to increase significantly the levels of full compliance with the Code including addressing whether the provisions of the Code should be fully brought within the Listing Rules and hence made mandatory.
The Role of Analysts in Corporate Governance
Concern has recently been expressed about the degree of independence displayed by analysts in certain circumstances when making recommendations on companies' shares. This issue should be addressed as high quality, independent external assessment of a company's performance and prospects has an important part to play in the efficient working of the capital markets.
5 April 2002