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|3,000 sq ft
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|4 - 7 nights
Fireworks & sunrise views, theater, pvt pool & spa backing on pond. 5 bed/4 bath
** Enjoy priceless and magnificent view of the Disney's fireworks and gorgeous sunrise from the privacy of backyard patio.
Property Highlights:
*Inspected by Walt Disney World under the Vacation Rental Home Connection program.
*Professionally managed, inspected and cleaned.
*Professional management company is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau.
*WiFi high speed internet, local and long-distance (US) calls provided FREE.
*Digital entry/lock system with unique, private code for each guest stay.
*Welcome amenities pack and starter toiletries included.
*Local 7 day/365 Welcome Center with guest services staff available 24 hours.
*Authorized Disney & Universal Studios discount ticket center.
*Private Pool with raised, bubbling spa, sun deck and shaded lanai with pond and Disney fireworks
*All pool access doors have child safety alarms, and pool has child safety fencing.
*Separate laundry room with a large washer and dryer, iron and ironing board.
*Family games room with pool table and home theater.
*Library of DVD movies as well as books available.
* Make sure to check out our fireworks videos, taken from the b/yard !
* Easy booking and Paypal payment available.
Thank you for taking the time to review our listing.
We welcome to our luxurious and premium, 5 bedroom, 4 bath villa. Our spacious 3000 sqft villa has home theater, game room, and a private pool and spa, backing onto a beautiful pond. With high end furnishings this home was designed to exceed all your expectations and make your stay both memorable and enjoyable. Our Villa is a beautiful place to retire at the end of an eventful day, offering everything you could possibly desire in a vacation home, relax in the pool/spa, watch a movie in the home theater, play snooker, read a book from our library, walk/jog on the trail around the pond or better yet watch Disney's fireworks from the lounge chair while sipping a drink. Did we leave out anything ? Hope not !
The house has a digital lock and check-in with a management company to get access is not required. Your party will be assigned a code for the lock for your stay. Check in is 4:00 pm. EST and check out is 10:00 am. EST.
Details of each room :
Great room / Family room
The spacious great room is homey and welcoming--a place where everyone will gather for conversation and entertainment. The great room is light and airy with a vaulted ceiling and three large skylights.
The family room has comfortable sofas, 50' flat screen TV and DVD/VCR player for you to enjoy.
From the family room you can access the covered Lanai through sliding doors and retreat to your idyllic oasis.
The open floor plan allows interaction between the kitchen, dining and living area.
The bright and airy gourmet kitchen is fully equipped to prepare a snack or a gourmet meal. The spacious fully appointed kitchen is accented by a raised bar and stools.
There is a formal dining area with seating for six. The eat-in dinette, with sitting for six, is adjacent to the dining area so that as many as 12 can enjoy meals together if desired.
All pots, pans, silverware, dishes, glasses, coffee maker, blender, toaster, slow cooker etc. are provided. Kitchen is also equipped with stove, oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer.
* Flat screen HDTV and a ceiling fan in every bedroom
* 1 Master bedroom suite with king-size bed
* 1 Master bedroom suite with king-size bed
* 1 Additional bedroom with king-size bed
* 1 Additional bedroom with queen-size bed
* 1 Double twin bedroom
Master Bedroom 1: Master suite has a king sized bed, ceiling fan and en-suite bathroom with a garden style tub along with a separate stand-up shower and double vanity. It also has a 42'' LCD TV with digital cable. Walk-in closet, night tables, alarm clock and drawer dresser with mirror. French door through the bathroom takes to the pool deck area. Swim and walk straight into your en-suite bathroom.
Master Bedroom 2: The second master has a king sized bed, ceiling fan and en-suite bathroom with a tub/shower combination. It also has a 32'' LCD TV with digital cable. Walk-in closet, night tables and alarm clock. French door through the bathroom takes to the pool deck area. Swim and walk straight into your en-suite bathroom.
Bedroom 3: This room has queen size bed ceiling fan and a 22'' LCD TV with basic cable. There is also a third bathroom with a tub/shower combination in the hallway between bedrooms 3 & 4. Built-in closet and night-tables as well extra linen.
Bedroom 4: This room has two twin beds and a ceiling fan. It also has a 22'' LCD TV with basic cable. Built-in closet and night-tables as well extra linen.
Bedroom 5: This room has a queen size bed and a ceiling fan. It also has a 22'' LCD TV with basic cable. There is a bathroom (4th bathroom) with a tub/shower combination adjoining to this bedroom. Built-in closet and night-tables as well extra linen.
All the 4 full baths are equipped with hair dryers.
All the baths have adequate supply of towels, hand cloths and face cloths.
Bathroom # 1 - Double vanity with large soaking tub and separate shower.
Bathroom # 2, 3 and 4 - Mirrored vanity with a tub/shower combination.
Game Room
The game room has a pool table and a home theater.
Pool and Lanai
In the evening you can watch the spectacular Epcot fireworks from the comfort of a lounge chair in our pool/spa area. Enjoy the private pool and spa, while sipping drinks and watching fireworks.
The covered lanai area has 4 chairs, 4 reclining lounge chairs, 2 small tables and cushioned patio set with coffee table. Backyard backs onto a pond that has a walking/jogging trail around it.
The pool depth is 3 foot deep to 5 foot deep (at the deepest point), 30 feet long and 15 feet wide and we have a child safety fence that runs the whole perimeter of the pool, along with pool alarms on all the doors leading out to the pool area. The pool area is completely screened in. Optional gas pool and spa heat are available for an additional charge (recommended October through March).
Indian Creek Community
Indian Creek is one of the upscale, popular and closest subdivisions to Walt Disney. The Main Gate to Walt Disney World is only 3 miles away! In our experience this is the most important factor when planning a holiday in Orlando. One moment you are at the park, next into your own private pool/spa.
Shops, supermarket, restaurants and amusements are very nearby (about 1 mile). Yet Indian Creek is away from the hustle and bustle, so that our guests can relax in a quiet resort community setting.
Indian Creek community has sidewalks and street lights for the safety and comfort of your family and guests. A children playground is perfect for your kids when you want to spend a relaxing day in the community. Indian Creek also has a soccer field so that you can play a game or two with your family and friends.
You can take a walk around the community, the nature trail or simply enjoy all of the open spaces. For runners, there is a jogging track across the bridge which runs around the two lagoons nearby in Indian Creek.
Some amenities of the Indian Creek subdivision include; a park with a slide, swings, monkey bars and a soccer field located around the block (about a 5 minute walk). There is also a putting green in the beginning of the subdivision along with another park (about a 10 minute walk).
Kissimmee Town :
Distance of amenities from our Villa.
Kissimmee is a hotspot of every imaginable retail shopping experience, restaurants, grocery stores, golf courses and amusement.
Less than 2 miles - Outback Steakhouse, Red Lobster, Cracker Barrel, Giordano's Pizza, Carabba's Italian Grill, TGI Friday's, Taste of China, Golden Corral, Waffle House, Wild Side BBQ, Subway, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Winn-Dixie Food Store and Walgreen's drugstore;
3 miles - Superstore Target Dollar store & Applebee's, Olive Garden, Denny's, Shoney's, Ponderosa Steak House, Sizzler, Publix Supermarket and much more.
5 miles - Walmart.
Also in Kissimmee, you will find variety of Fun Spots, Gator land, Fantasy of Flight, Medieval Life, mini golf courses and several Dinner Shows (Capone's and Medieval Times). For the visiting golfer we can provide you with information on 20 golf courses within 20 minutes.
The Atlantic coast beaches can be reached in an hour and the white Gulf coast beaches are only 90 minutes away, so Indian Creek is well located.
20 minutes to Sea World and 25 minutes to Universal Studios.
Animal Kingdom is 2 miles away, thru side road. Very close to Disney World. and only 10 miles to Universal Studios and 8 miles to Sea World.
***Golf Anyone??**
Kissimmee is home to many breathtaking golf courses.
Mystic Dunes (virtually across the street from Indian Creek)
Designed by Champions Tour Player and NBC golf analyst Gary Koch, rated a Four- Star course by Golf Digest magazine and ranked number 2 in 'Orlando's Top 5 Golf Courses'. Mystic Dunes is renowned as one of the most unique courses in Florida.
Champion's Gate Golf Club (5 miles away)
Champions Gate Golf Club in Orlando, Florida features two premier 18-hole championship golf courses designed by accomplished architect and golfer, Greg Norman.
The International Course brings a unique 'down under' style of coastal links from Norman's homeland to Orlando golf. The links style course is designed around scenic natural wetlands, and features long carries, deep pot bunkers, tall grass-topped dunes, and large undulating greens. The International course has hosted many of the top players in golf, at the Father Son Challenge.
Celebration Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones designed golf course. The course is rated 4 1/2 Star in Golf Digest and ranked #12 by the Florida Golf News.
This is Dush and Jagu. We are proud Canadians, living in the Toronto area. We are professionals working in the insurance industry. We are happily married and have a daughter. Family time is important to us with our children and we hope that those that rent our property will treasure the memories of their Disney family vacations as we do. We take pride in our property ownership and are constantly upgrading the features in our house to create an even greater vacation experience for our guests.
Jagu Desai purchased this house in 2014
Primarily because of location, privacy, fireworks view and the community environment provided by the Indian Creek Resort. Property is located minutes to Walt Disney World® Gates and inspected by Walt Disney under their Vacation Rental Home Connection program.
Our propertyis the perfect spot for your upcoming visit to Orlando. Strolling about the community is a pleasure all by itself. Property offers great outdoor and indooor space. Wake up to amazing sunrise, sip a coffee, have breakfast by the private pool side and watch the day go up. Or get energized and hit the theme parks. Too tired by evening, the tranquil relaxing pool will soothe you and comfort those aching feet. Don't feel like dipping into the pool, watch a movie in the home theater, relax on the recliners. There are tons of movies to choose from, library with DVDs and books, whatever your heart desires. We wanted an environment where we felt we were on vacation and the luxury at Indian Creek provided exactly that. Indian Creek is saturated making additional development impossible, helps to protect the exclusivity and privacy. This property has everything, nothing more we could have asked for. It is just Perfect ! Our Oasis !
Our unit offers breathtaking views of the Disney fireworks, pond and private thought located only 3 miles to Disney. Our property baths in florida sunshine every morning and it is a relaxing experience to sit by the pool, enjoy coffee. Our property is unique to other vacation homes in the community as we back onto a pond surrounded by nature walk trail. While other properties face the backyards of homes, have exposure to wind due to open space, or do not have day long sunlight, our backyard is peaceful and private with day long exposure to the sun so you really can relax when taking a swim or enjoying the spa. Our floor plan offers 3000 square feet of open-concept living space on a single level and with no stairs, improves access for elderly, handicapped, wheelchair guests and provides for a cooler living environment. We are committed to keeping our home clean and updated for the full enjoyment of our guests.
My family and I (10 people total) spent a week here and it was great! The layout of the house is very nice for multiple families. The beds were comfortable and clean. Had minor issues which were addressed quickly. The only suggestions I would make are more clear instructions on how to operate the hot tub. And my family are coffee drinkers who missed their Kuerig. Kind of funny but none of us knew how to make a traditional pot of coffee. Thank you for sharing your house with us! We would stay again and rent from this owner again!
It was larger and more spacious than appears in the photos. Great place. Very convenient to Disney parks.
The house was fully equipped, clean and left us wanting for nothing. The owner was very responsive to any questions or requests we had. Highly recommend this property and am already looking at dates next year to stay again!
From when we checked in, our experience was great. Plenty of room and close to Disney and Universal. I have been to Florida many times and have always rented thru VRBO. This house is by far my favorite. Will definitely stay here again
We loved staying at your rental home Jagu. It was a great time for all. The house was spacious and comfortable. The beds were great and the kitchen was well stocked with all the necessary utensils. Watching the fireworks every night was such a joy. I recommend this home highly for anyone. Any request we made was answered quickly and your staff was wonderful. Thank you again for a once in a lifetime moment where my husband and I can spend a vacation with our grown children once again. Your were a pleasure to work with and The GREENWOOD family thanks you very much.
Beautiful property. Well maintained. Close to everything. Will be back.
This home-away-from-home is located on the Indian Creek community in Kissimmee. One of the most popular locations for visitors, Indian Creek offers the perfect spot to base your next vacation to Orlando.
Whether you're traveling for pleasure or for business, your accommodations are located strategically for easy access to Orlando's must-see attractions. You can enjoy the nearby theme park destinations such as Disney's Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Animal Kingdom, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Sea World, Legoland, Aquatica, Discovery Cove, Wet 'N' Wild, Typhoon Lagoon, and Blizzard Beach.
Being in the heart of the number one family travel destination, you will always be able to enjoy world-class entertainment, outlet mall shopping, championship golf courses, magnificent museums, and world famous dining from places such as City Walk, Downtown Disney, International Drive, or the Orange County Convention Center.
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Taxes of 13 % and Credit Card/Paypal Processing Fee of 3.5% is included.
Cancellations made within 8 weeks of check-in date will forfeit the deposit on the reservation.
25% deposit due within 48 hours of reservation, balance to be paid 8 weeks prior to check-in. Paypal invoice will be sent. Or pay thro Homeaway booking and payment.
Pool/spa heat is recommended from October to March. Charges are $ 35/day and needs to be booked for the entire duration of the stay.


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What is your opinion on the work of a doctor which sometimes requires him to see the 'awrah of the patient or to touch it for the purpose of examination? Sometimes during operations the doctor makes an incision and gets a lot of blood and urine on his hands. Is it essential to repeat his wudoo' in such cases, or it is preferable for him to do so?.
There is nothing wrong with the (male) doctor touching a man's 'awrah in cases of necessity, or looking at it for the purpose of medical treatment, whether that is the front of the back. He may look at it and touch it in cases of necessity. And there is nothing wrong with touching blood if there is a need to touch it during an operating in order to remove it or to check on the wound. He should wash his hands after that to remove any blood that may have gotten onto them. Touching blood or urine does not invalidate wudoo', but if he touches the 'awrah, whether front or back, this invalidates his wudoo'. But touching blood or urine, or other impure substances, does not invalidate wudoo', rather he should wash off whatever gets onto his hands. But whoever touches the private parts without any barrier in between i.e., skin to skin, invalidates his wudoo', because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever touches his private parts with his hand, with no barrier in between, must do wudoo'." The same applies to a female doctor if she touches the private part of a woman for an essential reason, this invalidates her wudoo' if she was in a state of purity, just as in the case of men.


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It's a TV show about how an American actress sold out and married someone she didn't care about to become princess of the most pointless and boring looking country in the whole of Europe (even if Shirley Bassey does live there for tax reasons and tax reasons only).
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Over the years I keep hearing these numbers; 90% of all flooring failures are attributed to poor installation practices. Well can you imagine why that number is so high! We have inexperienced inspectors out there blaming installers for anything. They have been trained by manufacturers and told to report anything even unrelated to the problem at hand so they can deny the claim and blame the installer. I've worked for the inspection brokerage firms and I have seen this happen first hand. Nothing makes me more upset than hearing those falsely inflated numbers thrown out there.Why is our industry the only trade to allow people with no installation experience become inspectors? I know for a fact there is a huge amount of people out there who have never installed the flooring they inspect. As far as I know our industry is the only one who allows this to happen. How on earth do you know enough about the trade you go out and make decisions that can effectively ruin a persons livelyhood? I have also witnessed questions from so called paper tiger inspectors on forums that totally are like a DIY question, yet they are out there every day on claims and writing reports. What kind of people allow this to happen? Should you be able to "LEARN" your inspection trade on the backs of the installation community? These paper tiger inspectors have a slew of paper certs, but do they really know the trade from the bottom up? Who is going to step up and stop this? It's been happening far to long.Things to do at an inspection; 1) If you ever have a floor that needs an inspection make certain you are present. Take pictures, take pictures if him doing his field tests.2) Ask that person how much hands on flooring experience he or she has. If they will not or cannot verify it ask for another inspector.3) Ask who certified him and ask to see his certification papers or card. 4) Ask or find out who the inspection entity was approved by ie manufacturers or who? 5) Ask for a second opinion if need be. You do not have to let the first inspection stand. If by chance you get taken to court and the inspector chooses to not provide proof of experience ie journeyman experience have you lawyer take him to the task about how it is he is such an expert just taking a 3 day class and a middle school type multiple choice question exam, some are even open book. Since Selva Lee's article on the state of the inspection industry was published in bnp magazine in 07 it has been buried and is still business as usual.Read it here; http://www.fcimag.com/Articles/Cover_Story/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000187385
Some of you know who that grumpy guy was. Read this thread:http://www.flooringinstaller.com/forum/topics/freaking-idiots
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- The Alarm sounds and red lights warn you, when the battery voltage is too low
- Required the balance charger plug in the battery
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UNION COUNTY — For all those interested in historic restoration and the challenges involved in saving century-old buildings, Union County's Four Centuries in a Weekend will include a special treat this year.
On Oct. 16th and 17th, 25 historic sites across the county, many of which usually have very limited visiting hours, will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
From Boxwood Hall in Elizabeth, west to the Drake House in Plainfield, from the Merchants and Drovers Tavern in Rahway north to the Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, homes and farmhouses, some dating back to the Revolutionary War, will all welcome visitors during the annual event.
One of the more popular stops for many is the Deserted Village of Feltville/Glenside Park, where a major historic renovation project is underway at Masker's Barn.
Some of the other special events and exhibits planned for the weekend include:
• The Osborn Cannonball House in Scotch Plains presents "Ragtime to Jazz," featuring Edwardian Era fashions, and ragtime music recorded on wax cylinders played on an antique gramophone
• The Dr. William Robinson Plantation of Clark celebrates the heritage of Native Americans featuring teepees, dress, drumming and dancing
• The restored 1889 historic Wisner House at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit will be open, as will the 10 acres of gardens
• The Miller-Cory House Museum in Westfield will feature 18th century folk music as costumed interpreters recreate the daily chores and seasonal farm work of rural life, circa 1740-1820;
• The Woodruff House/Eaton Store Museum in Hillside is hosting a mini apple festival.
• The Crane-Phillips Museum in Cranford celebrates Four Centuries of "The Little House on the Rahway."
• At the Merchants and Drovers Tavern Museum in Rahway, there will be a Pumpkin Patch Harvest Festival. Visitors can also walk over to the adjoining graveyard to see the gravesite of Abraham Clark, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The 25 sites open to the public free of charge during "Four Centuries in a Weekend" are grouped into five historic themes that describe periods of major changes from colonial times until the early 1920s. Visitors can select a cluster of sites to tour, or mix and match from all 25 locations that include the grand homes of the early aristocracy; the settings for the dangerous war years during the American Revolution; modest examples of hard farm life; the entrepreneurial spirit of Commerce and Industry; and the grandeur and comfort of the Victorian Resorts and Suburbs.
Copies of the Historic Sites Tour booklets containing brief descriptions of the sites and illustrated maps can be obtained by contacting the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, 633 Pearl Street, Elizabeth NJ 07202. Telephone: 1-908-558-2550 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
THIS OLD BARN…at Union County's Deserted Village is undergoing a major restoration as part of an effort to preserve the historic building. During Four Centuries In a Weekend visitors will be able to see the barn, which has been fenced off, and talk to the contractors about the project. The Deserted Village is one of 25 historic sites across Union County that will be open to the public Oct. 16 & 17.
INSIDE AND OUT…Maskur's Barn at Union County's Deserted Village is getting a complete overhaul from the foundation to the roof. The barn was built in the mid-19th century as part of a milltown founded by David Felt. After being sold by Felt, the village wasted away and became deserted, but was reborn in 1882 as Glenside Park, a summer resort, which closed in 1916. The barn is the second major restoration project undertaken at the village in recent years. The church/general store was restored several years ago.
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(To learn more about Marcy Arlin's Artist, Immigrant blog series, click here.)
What do you love about theatre in the U.S. for yourself and in general?
The talented, gritty and brilliant people I've met, and the exuberance and amazing diversity of work being made. Discovering the work of Latino/a writers in particular has been a real joy, because it's work I hadn't encountered before moving here. The social engagement and poetic, imagistic language of Maria Irene Fornes (a pioneer), Migdalia Cruz, Jose Rivera, Octavio Solis, Andrea Thome and many others inspires me. Also—there's a richness and music to the interwoven strands of speech in this country that owes much to the Black and immigrant experiences.
Most of what I love in the theatre here happens in small rooms with clanking pipes—Mac Wellman's astonishingly scabrous and linguistically dense plays; seeing Migdalia Cruz's I Love Lucy the other week at INTAR– rather than the sanctioned and better-funded houses. Also—there's a real generosity and a scale of ambition driven by artists, despite the parlous state of arts funding, that inspires.
What do you miss about working in your homeland?
Real arts funding. My family, long-term friends and collaborators. A more socially and politically liberal culture. Playing in bands. The weather. The beach and the ocean. Being able to make a living as an artist, even if a scratchy, intermittent one. The underlying presence of the land and the Indigenous history, which is closer to the surface of mainstream culture (or harder to ignore at any rate) than it is here.
How have you combined, in your work, both country's theatre training and culture?
In Australia, before I wrote plays, I played saxophone in rock and Balkan jazz bands and worked in ensemble-made DIY theatre. Australia has a powerful physical theatre tradition, so working in circus and performance troupes really shaped my sense of the stage and its physical life, as did directing music for plays. Australia on the whole is more suspicious of the consciously "poetic" so there's a dryness and spareness to the language that's both bracing and kind of shrink-wraps the linguistic imagination. It's deflationary, in all senses. Coming here, I completed an MFA at Brown, studying with Paula Vogel, Nilo Cruz, Ruth Margraff and Aishah Rahman and was intoxicated by the language worlds they opened up to me as a writer. Now, as a writer I think my training in music and the poetry of the physical image (from Australia) really infuses what I put on the page and how I imagine stage space.
How do you see yourself/identify yourself as an artist in terms of being an immigrant? Does it matter to you?
Hmmm. On the one hand, I like being "in-between" in some ways—being the bridge, or having a sort of outside/inside perspective. Like many of us, I feel a strong desire to connect worlds that don't usually speak to one another. To my intermittent frustration, I feel that the power of generic white privilege has given me a pass in the US that paradoxically makes my specific background, and its difference, invisible. The strangest thing about moving here was the utter disappearance of my own country from the world map of politics, news, everyday presence. Americans vaguely conceive of Australia as a more naïve, gentler, quirkier version of the US (apart from the poisonous animals and sharks) with less "problems" (read: guns and race relations) rather than as a different country with its own specific history.
I do think that an outsider eye, however one acquires it, is a powerful asset for a writer. And changing countries forces its development.
How does it affect your getting work? (accent, ethnicity, etc.)
I've been very fortunate in the support I've received to come here, study and work. The negative side is that I fall between cracks. I'm not seen really as "foreign", but my work is off-center because of where I come from—although my accent is thought of as cute!
I don't write purely "American" stories, which the theatre here is obsessed with, and in profound and subtle ways, don't see the world through American eyes. For one thing, I take issue with the whole notion of patriotism; for another I resist the use of "we" as a way of talking about political behaviour (as in "we" invaded Iraq—an almost universal American trope). But as I said, my difference mostly passes unmarked so the net effect is that I seem off-center without being "exotic" or noticeably foreign. I'm not visible as a minority here—which in terms of having white privilege, is quite correct—but it means that the "difference" in my work has no recognisable place here; it just makes me less competitive for those "American story" slots.
What are you doing now? Here and/or abroad?
It's busy! I joined the Department of Performing Arts at Georgetown in DC in 2012 and am very excited to be living in an international city and working in a program with a focus on community engagement and social justice. My anthology War Plays was just published by NoPassport Press. My play Trojan Barbie opens at Questors Theatre in the UK this March, at Georgetown this April, and in Australia (its 10th production) this July. This June You Are Dead. You Are Here, a project I've worked on for several years with director Joseph Megel and media designer Jared Mezzocchi has its world premiere at HERE in NY. It tells the story of the charged encounter between a US soldier and an Iraqi girl blogger in Fallujah in 2003. I'm really excited about this—we've incorporated projected landscapes from the virtual-reality program, Virtual Iraq, in collaboration with its designers. Virtual Iraq is a video-game based software used in experimental PTSD therapy for US veterans that immerses them in animated landscapes of Iraq, and we are the first theatre artists to incorporate it in an imaginary world on stage.
Can you tell me a theatre short story/anecdote about when you first came here? A more recent story?
The first show I saw, hugely jet-lagged from the interminable flight from Australia, was Stephanie Fleischman's Eloise and Ray at the Ohio Theater in NYC. Mark Bazzone, an American playwright I'd met in Australia, took me there, and I sat with stars in my eyes, listening to Stephanie's lovely cadences on stage. The city itself, the theatre, the downtown crowd (who all seemed to be in black) and my weird, spongy-legged jetlag all combined to create a sense of giddy possibility in this new country.
A more recent story: Twelve years later, I saw an afternoon of plays written by grade school kids performed in Providence at the Manton Avenue Project—a great theater project for young kids from a fairly poor part of town. The plays were gorgeous, surprising, highly theatrical, funny and heart-wrenching. Written by the young playwrights, they were performed by adult actors. Some plot lines: Overcoming fear of wild underpants; a trip to the moon; a pizza pursued by a fork has to deal with terror of being eaten. The most striking element—shades of Tadeusz Kantor– was that the young playwright herself would sit on stage at a desk, watching her work. I was struck by the solemn focus and pride of these writers, who came mostly from minority backgrounds. The audience was wildly on side, but not in a patronizing way—the plays really were great, and so much more imaginative and singular than much of the anodyne fare the regional theater programs for its ageing, upper-class audience.
So much of the American contradiction coalesced in these Manton Avenue project plays for me—the hope, the talent, the passion, the egregious inequality of opportunity, the hectic volunteerism in schools, the arts and elsewhere that stands in for robust arts funding and a missing political consensus on the need for a civic sphere that isn't run for profit, but is seen as a vital social good. And the fact that, outside of Wall Street and politics (and sadly, much of the theaters where people actually get paid), the country's incredibly diverse.
What is your residency/citizenship/visa status? How does it affect your life as an artist?
My visa status has entirely shaped my path in the US. I have a provisional green card now, having married my long-term American sweetheart in 2010. However, it took a decade to get that, and there are still more hoops to jump through until it's made permanent. I originally came here on a Fulbright, with the dreaded 2 year home rule clause—meaning I was obliged to return to Australia for 2 years after completing my studies prior to applying for work or any other kind of visa. I wasn't ready to return and the exception to that rule was "further training", so I segued from an MFA to a Ph.D program, since they offered me funding, then to a job that could conceivably be called "training". After that, I petitioned for a waiver of the 2 year home rule and luckily, it was granted.
I would never have had the backbone to finish that Ph.D. in Australia, and was comically ignorant about how long and how grueling the American doctorate is. However—I now have one, and I'm very glad because it's given me better work options, not to mention a wider grasp of the field and more critical tools. It's funny to think that being in a different material situation pressed me to act "out of character"— without that restriction I'd have just moved to NY after my MFA and flung my hat in the ring as a playwright like everyone else—and so I find myself with different work options than in my previous life as a boho artist moving between odd jobs, teaching, grants and other gigs.
Christine Evans' award-winning plays have been produced in Australia, the US and the UK, and are published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, Theatre Forum and NoPassport Press. Premiere productions include Trojan Barbie (ART); Slow Falling Bird (Crowded Fire), My Vicious Angel (Belvoir St., Sydney) and Weightless (Perishable Theatre). An Australian Fulbright alumna, Evans holds an M.F.A. and Ph.D. from Brown and joined Georgetown's theatre faculty in 2012. She's a Core Member of the Playwrights Center, a Dramatists Guild member and a Resident Artist at HERE. Her multi-media play, You Are Dead. You Are Here. premieres at HERE in June, 2013.
Marcy Arlin is Artistic Director of the OBIE-winning Immigrants' Theatre Project. Member: Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Theatre without Borders, League of Professional Theatre Women, No Passport, and Fulbright Scholar to Romania and the Czech Republic. She curates Eastern European Playwrights: Women Write the New. Her project East/West/East: Vietnam Immigrants Out of War, is a binational, Vietnamese/Czech/English theatre project based on interviews with American and Czech Vietnamese. She created Journey Theatre with survivors of war and torture. Directing venues: 59E59, QTIP, LaMama, MESTC, Vineyard, Oddfellows Playhouse, Artheater/Köln, Nat'l Theatre of Romania. Co-Editor Czech Plays: 7 New Works. She is an Assistant Professor at Pace University, teaching theatre and social change.


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The week before last, David Cameron was reproached for appearing to have thrown in the economic towel during an interview with the Daily Telegraph. In fairness, he only said that he couldn't "see any time soon" when the country would be back on its feet. Yet this was enough for him to be painted as a downbeat defeatist, even by the Telegraph itself. I very much doubt that Cameron is a pessimist in any sense of the word. Witness, for instance, his talk to business leaders on the opening day of the Olympic ceremony where he declared he was "absolutely determined that Britain will be one of the success stories of the next few decades."
However, what was just a slip of the tongue from Cameron may have actually summed up one of the defining features of our current era: a new found fatalism. An enduring economic crisis combined with a series of scandals engulfing our most prominent institutions – Parliament, the press, the banking industry and the police – appears to have sown within the public consciousness not only distrust but also confusion. Indeed, over the course of just a few years it has become increasingly difficult to determine what's going on, who's in charge and how, if at all, they can get us out of the various economic, social and environmental predicaments we currently find ourselves in. Confusion, it seems, has become our default setting.
When people are confronted on a daily basis by stories of yet another corruption scandal, of the ice caps melting much faster than previously thought, and of an enduring 'Euro sovereign-debt crisis' which will cost an incomprehensible £X amount of billions to solve, you cannot blame them for feeling overwhelmed. Indeed, it occasionally feels as though we are being hit by a double whammy: while the challenges are getting deeper and more complex, the means by which we are able to deal with those problems using our existing institutions seem less and less laudable. As apparent pawns in a worldwide system of multinational corporates, this can only serve to make us feel somewhat helpless in the face of unprecedented change.
In a recent LRB review of Ferdinand Mount's new book on the rise of oligarchs, David Runciman suggests that this confusion is being orchestrated by certain groups in order that they can keep a grip on power:
…knowledge is not always power. Sometimes, confusion is power as well. The finance executives don't really know what they are doing, as we have discovered in the last few years. But they have created a world that no one else understands either, which gives them all the freedom they need.
He also notes that our institutions and leaders are reluctant to take action or speak out in case they are revealed as not knowing what they're doing:
…globalisation is a cover story for indecision and fear. It does not drive the concentration of power and wealth according to rational measures of market forces but it sows enough confusion and uncertainty to make decisive action look like too much trouble. Politicians who suspect that they don't know what they are doing are reluctant to do anything that might confirm it.
All in all, it could be argued that this has turned many of us into fatalists, either resigned to defeat – global warming is a fact of life and the economic dominance of the east is inevitable – or merely hoping for the best. To return to the topic of 'cultural theory' which I've written about in previous blogs, it may be that we are witnessing a shift in public consciousness from low to high 'Grid orientation'. For those who are new to this domain, Mary Douglas, the first proponent of cultural theory, argued that there are several ways of organising and perceiving social life: egalitarianism, individualism, hierarchicalism and fatalism. These 'cultural understandings' are all defined to some extent by two discreet criteria: Grid and Group. Grid refers to the importance of rules, roles and structures, and Group to the significance of the collective. The academic Keith Grint uses the example of a football team to describe a culture oriented around a Group, and that of government bureaucracy to describe a culture oriented around a Grid.
It is possible to conceive of confusion as a key driver of more Grid-like cultures. That is, as a cause of greater fatalism and hierarchicalism. When life becomes too chaotic, there are perhaps two likely responses: either you react by trying to prop up the system through embracing new rules and roles (see a blog on this here), or you react by fearing the confusing system of 'hidden' power relationships and resigning yourself to hope for the best.
Clearly the inertia brought about by a more fatalist culture is not to be welcomed. It arrives at precisely the moment which demands greater action from people to do more to improve their lives and those around them. Worse still, it may lead to a self-perpetuating downward spiral. The inability to address today's challenges means confusion continues to grow, which in turn arguably sets off a shift towards even greater fatalism.
So what to do about it? Here I agree with David Runciman's analysis: "If the problem if confusion and fear, then the solution would seem to be greater clarity about who has the power and what it can be used for." This suggests that the popular idea of handing down ever greater amounts of 'control' to people and local areas is, for all its theoretical benefits and admirable motives, deeply flawed. That the vast majority of people rejected AV and mayoral elections at a time of great confusion and institutional upheaval is no coincidence. The priority for the government should be to get a grip on the reins of power, consolidate our main institutions and reassure people that they able to deal with the problems of the day (while being candid about the difficulties of doing so).
Gerald Ford once said that "that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion." Let's hope he's right.


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|Bobby Jindal, Catholic convert
If you read some of the posts, you can tell I'd allowed my hopes to rise despite my conviction that selling Mitt Romney as The Only Possible Victor Against Obama was a strategy doomed to defeat. I'd even gone so far as to predict that some of the loonier aspects of the Democrat campaign would be net negatives, like the "war on women" meme — especially Sandra Flake's mind-boggling vision of misogynist hordes waiting to (re-)enslave women while the Code Pink vaginas danced and demonstrated outside the DNC — and that stupid freakin' Lena Dunham "Your First Time" commercial. And I have to tell you this, Mr. President: I do not belong to the government; the government is our servant, not our master.
As you're no doubt aware, the GOP also had its share of bizarre moments: Clint Eastwood's supposed-to-be-funny "dialogue" with the empty chair at the RNC, Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin's facepalm-inducing remarks about forced sex, Mitt's "binders full of women" and the cringeworthy "47 percent" remark.
But more critical than these were the Republicans' overall failure to present an attractive and compelling vision of what a GOP victory would mean for Joe and Jane Schmuckatelli, their failure to connect with women and Latino voters — not to mention their ongoing concession of the African-American vote — and their ill-advised, quixotic attacks against Obamacare in general. Moreover, the "Chick-fil-A flap" and Catholic opposition to the HHS mandate handed the GOP a genuine, this-gets-us-where-we-live issue — the First Amendment vs. progressivist tyranny — and they wasted it, ceding the mandate spotlight to the "war on women" meme and largely passing over the LGBT "two minutes' hate" with an embarrassed silence.
And I still predicted a Republican victory. *sigh* All of which is part of the reason that my crystal ball is less accurate than your typical weather forecast.


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This recipe comes from Christmas, 1961. These bars have a light, tart frosting. This dough needs to ripen for a couple of days, but it's worth it.
I am half German and have searched for years for a recipe that comes close to the ones my uncle sent us when I was young. This is it! Thank you, Juanita! Forget the cinnamon candy (totally unauthentic!), but use nonpareils. These look like brownies, so it might be a good idea to warn guests! The cloves were too strong when the cookies were fresh, but after a few days they tasted fine to us. I used parchment for these, and did not grease it or the sheet. These keep well and don't dry out sitting out on the buffet table for hours. Enjoy! - 27 Dec 2000 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
This is the most authentic recipe I have found for lebkuchen. I added grated lemon and orange peel to the dough. For the icing I added orange peel and more juice to make a thin glaze. Another commenter suggested "dropping" these on parchment paper, which I did. Made a very authentic cookie. Roll into golf-ball size for the most attractive cookie. Do not overbake. At 325 F, check at 15 mins for golf-ball sized dough balls. After you cool the honey sugar mix, the most effective way to mix is with your hands. It's a difficult and messy step, but I believe it is what makes these so authentic. What's up with the red hots?!? Forget about it! - 26 Dec 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I KNOW IT IS NOT FAST, BUT MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS 10, LOVED IT, EVEN WITH IT TAKING LONG. IT WAS STILL FAIRLY EASY FOR HER TO HELP WITH AND IT TASTES AUTHENTIC GERMAN! - 27 Dec 2001 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)


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They may not be the most popular bunch of people in the country, but the uncomfortable truth is that politicians have a key role to play in setting the corporate ethical agenda. So with the country on election countdown, what five policies should the next government adopt to ensure that companies act more ethically?
Clearly the number one ethical issue facing companies right now is tax. A recent Ipsos MORI poll found that 45 per cent of consumers have reconsidered using products or services from companies that avoided paying tax in the UK. As one of the groups behind the launch of the Fair Tax Mark, Ethical Consumer (EC) has been at the very heart of the tax avoidance agenda. And whilst the Fair Tax Mark isn't specifically calling for legislation on this issue, along with EC, it's one of more than 20 social justice and church-based groups that are now supporting the campaign for a Tax Dodging Bill.
"Politicians have the opportunity to change the UK's tax rules to make sure that companies pay their fair share of tax when they do business here," says EC co-editor Tim Hunt.
Workers from Unicorn co-op in Manchester. The Government can help boost co-ops by cutting red tape. Photo: (C) Co-operatives UK
As well as supporting the Tax Dodging Bill, for many years EC has also called on governments to introduce the Tobin Tax, a financial transaction tax which would help to stabilise financial markets and reduce short-term speculation and the dangerous domination of the financial sector in the UK.
The compulsory annual social and environmental reporting by all companies has been another long-standing political goal for many campaign groups including Ethical Consumer. Last year this was very nearly achieved when the EU brought in new rules designed to do exactly this. However the UK Government succeeded in watering down these regulations with the result that the campaigning continues.
"The UK Government, represented by Business Secretary Vince Cable, should be ashamed of blocking corporate transparency rules for large private companies," says Julian Kirby from Friends of the Earth.
Another way that the government could easily improve the ethical performance of companies is by using its massive procurement budget. Every year the government has around £45 billion to spend on everything from new schools to roads.
"There's a huge opportunity here for government to use this purchasing power to deliver social and environmental benefits both in the UK and internationally," says Marilyn Croser from CORE, which campaigns for greater corporate responsibility.
Tim Hunt agrees, adding that: "A Responsible Purchasing Act requiring all public sector institutions to take ethical issues into account when making procurement decisions should be a priority for two main reasons:" "Firstly the public may ignore any government attempts to encourage more responsible purchasing by individuals and companies if it's clear that the government itself isn't already following its own advice." "And secondly powerful government departments with massive budgets can persuade companies to address ethical issues very quickly."
The government also has a strategic role in encouraging the growth of the co-operative economy, which is currently worth £37 billion, by cutting the red tape that's currently stifling the launch of new co-ops.
"We want the government to create a level playing field for co-operative companies so that it's as easy to start and run a co-op as any other company," says Giles Simon from Co-operatives UK, the trade body representing the UK's co-ops. "We also want to make it easier for people to invest in co-ops, which would provide a further boost to the community shares movement where local people pool their resources to save vital services or get new ventures off the ground."
Finally animal welfare groups have a long list of demands of a new government, which would improve the lives of vast numbers of animals. Animal Aid for example is campaigning against the inhumane practices of UK slaughterhouses. "UK slaughterhouses need independently monitored CCTV cameras to deter welfare abuses, to encourage best practice and to help vets do their job," says Kate Fowler from Animal Aid.
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Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey
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From The Dirtbag Dictionary: "Dirtbag climber: n. a person who dedicates her or his entire existence to the pursuit of climbing, making ends meet using creative means. A dirtbag will get her food out of a dumpster, get his clothes from a thrift store, and live in a tent or vehicle to save money. Often found living near major climbing destinations, the dirtbag is a rebel with a cause who finds happiness in nature…"
Dave O'Leske turns his documentary eye towards the original American dirtbag climber, Seattle's ornery Fred Beckey, now 94, whose name has evoked mystery, adulation and vitriol since the 1940s. Beckey's stubborn, singular quest to conquer peaks meant a solitary life on the road, where he left a long trail of scorned climbing partners and lost lovers in his wake. Through the 1950s and 1960s, Fred's accomplishments exceeded anyone else's in the sport. He shattered records with an unparalleled string of superhuman first ascents, bushwhacking trails and pioneering direct routes through areas previously thought impassable. He eschewed fame, sponsors, family life and the sport's politics, so his only obligation would remain conquering the next summit.
Animations of Fred's personal journals, guidebooks and photographs combine with breathtaking aerial photography, motion graphics and rare archival footage to weave together the tapestry of this complex man's life. In the process, O'Leske's portrait offers keen insight into the climber's life while charting the successes (all those peaks) and failures (all those relationships) of a man obsessed.


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'Old Town' Mobile Workshop with City of Whitehorse Planners
See some examples of new and old development, talk about history, aesthetic standards, zoning, trail planning and consultation in the oldest residential part of Whitehorse.
Note: Pre-registration required.
Co-presenter: Ben Campbell
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The Super Bowl is one of the biggest and most important moments for advertising during the year.
This is where you get to see some of the best ads of 2008.
According to Wikipedia, the cost of a 30 second ad is around 2.7 million dollars.
Some of these advertisings became very important in the history of advertising (like the apple ad).
I found a ranking of the best Super Bowl ads here
This year's ads are already online here
I will be showing some below :)


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Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb 20, 2009 / 12:05 am (CNA).-
A delegation from the Vatican headed by Archbishop Pietro Parolin is wrapping up a visit to Vietnam this week. Progress was made towards establishing better relations, both the Vatican and the Communist government said, but local Catholics remain skeptical.
The mood amongst local Vietnamese Catholics, who have experienced a year rife with government interference, is still one of doubt about whether any improvement in relations will be seen.
The Vatican delegation arrived in Vietnam for its sixteenth annual trip to the country last Sunday. During the past week, government and Vatican officials met to discuss the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
While the Vatican hoped for progress in the relationship with the Communist country, over the past year, Catholics in Vietnam and government officials have clashed over the land where the apostolic nunciature is located. An anonymous Vietnamese official admitted to AFP that "bilateral relations have been difficult at times, and we've been on the brink of a complete break on occasion."
However, he added, this week "represents a clear evolution, marking the resumption of dialogue between Hanoi and the Vatican." Although, he emphasized, "the road to diplomatic ties is still a long one."
The Vatican has also confirmed that the dialogue over the past week has been fruitful. On Thursday, Monsignor Pietro Parolin, Vatican Undersecretary of State, told the press that, "This is the first time that we've met with a formal, public agenda on the matter of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Vietnam -- that is progress."
However, he noted that it was "premature" to discuss any "detailed, concrete progress."
As for the issue of the property disputes over the nunciature and other locations, Msgr. Parolin only commented that the concern was raised during meetings "in a general way."
Catholics in Vietnam weren't optimistic that any change would be made in the ties between the government and the Church. "Should you expect to see any improvements in Vatican-Vietnam diplomatic relations in these talks, you would be very disappointed," said Fr. Joseph Nguyen from Hanoi. "For now, nothing relating to diplomatic relations with the Vatican exists in the vision of Vietnamese officials," Fr. J.B. An Dang told CNA.
He continued, "Facing angry reactions against their notorious Human Rights record, they simply took these meetings as an opportunity to deceive the international community that they are willing to improve religious freedom conditions."


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Like many of you, I work in a fast-paced environment, with a small team, that demands your attention each and every hour of the workday (And sometimes outside of the workday as well).
Over my career, I noticed that I am most productive at 2 times of day – before 8AM, and after 9PM. Hint: One of these is helpful to a social life and your health, the other is not. I wondered why I wasn't being more productive, until I read Time Management for System Administrators (Affiliate link) by Thomas Limoncelli.
So I tried that. Simply by coming in as early as I could, after three weeks I have come to the conclusion that this is one of the simplest things one can do to improve the amount of work that they can do, interruption free.
I also recommend turning your phone off, or sending all but your boss to voicemail. While some members of your organization might be upset that you are not answering, most will be understanding, because you are actually doing your job. As long as you continue to provide high-quality work and service to your colleagues and clients, most will be perfectly fine with you ignoring them for the first hour or two of the day.
Just ensure that after you've accomplished your work, you get back to them promptly – an ignored customer (or colleague) is a very unhappy one, and can ruin the entire flow of work. Try it! Be as productive as you can be, without any of the drag. Your brain and your workload will thank you.
Now, I mentioned small teams specifically in the first paragraph. With larger organizations, it can sometimes be easier to deflect things that can wait – have them open a helpdesk ticket, have them talk to another developer, etc. For smaller teams (particularly teams of one!), this can be difficult. However, do not lose all hope! The solution is to train your users. I'll be covering that topic more over the next few weeks, including some tactics that have worked, as well as the ones that haven't.
Until next time,
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How to know and manage wich page is the main page laucnhed by Robohelp when we laucnhed the publication ?
Thanks a lot for your help,
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It depends on what you mean when you say "Main Page".
When you launch WebHelp, there is something called the WebHelp start page. That is the page you point to in order to open the help with the full frameset. Often it is named Index.htm and the name of this page is configured here in the Single Source Layout properties:
Once the WebHelp frameset loads up, the first Topic is loaded. That is called the "Default Topic". And it is configured here in the Single Source Layout properties:
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SALT LAKE CITY — Parents of epileptic children hugged and cried Friday after a House committee voted 8-2 to recommend a bill that would allow cannabis extract in Utah for seizure treatment.
HB105 would legalize possession and use of hemp oil extract, non-intoxicating cannabis oil taken from marijuana plants, to help children and individuals suffering from seizures.
Nearly 100,000 Utahns suffer from epilepsy, and about 33,000 have seizures that are difficult to control, according to the Epilepsy Association of Utah.
The bill would allow Utahns to receive a waiver from the Utah Department of Health, provided they meet certain requirements — including a doctor's recommendation that hemp extract would help treat the person.
"I feel like it's a safe — hemp oil. They can't get high off it. It's not smoke. It's not something that, at this time, has been shown to have any harmful side effects, and I'll take that over the medication that I already know," said Lehi resident Barbara Kohler, whose 10-year-old son, Peyton, has Dravet syndrome.
Kohler said she's ready to try the hemp oil because the prescriptions Peyton takes don't fully work and have severe side effects.
Bill sponsor Rep. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville, said small studies have shown the extract can reduce the amount of seizures epileptic children experience daily — in some cases from 100 seizures a day down to zero.
Multiple parents shared stories of their epileptic children and the help hemp oil could provide. They pleaded for the legalization of cannabis treatment for their children.
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"I'm here representing a lot of people today, and I think I can speak for all of them when I say every one of the parents in here wants what Matt and Paige Figi have. They want their children to have the quality of life that Charlotte has received after this treatment," said Annette Maughan, president of the Epilepsy Association of Utah and mother of 11-year-old Glen, who has between one and 20 tonic-clonic seizures a day.
Maughan was referring to Charlotte Figi, the 5-year-old Colorado girl who has Gervais syndrome and received hemp extract treatment. She used to have 300 seizures a week.
"Charlotte, after taking the first dose, one dose of this oil, went seizure-free for a week. … She has a quality of life her parents were told she would never achieve," Maughan told the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee.
Committee members said they have concern for the children and want to help, but they also want to be cautious about unintended consequences.
The bill has a constitutional note attached, which Froerer said will no longer apply now that the Farm Bill has passed. He said the Farm Bill eliminated the requirement that hemp come only from the stalk. Now if it's 0.3 percent or less in tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, it's considered industrial hemp.
The Utah Medical Association opposes the bill on grounds that there are not enough clinical trials and scientific evidence to go ahead and legalize the use of hemp in Utah.
Rep. Dana Layton, R-Orem, said safety isn't the main concern with the legislation because the children already aren't safe.
"Long term is not in the cards for a lot of these kids, and to deny them a short-term possible solution or treatment because of some philosophical objection about what could happen in the long term when these kids' life expectancies are not long to start with, I think, would be wrong," Layton said.
Reasons for the two no votes centered on concerns over the broadness of the group that would be considered for access and on the qualification of the Legislature to make a tough medical decision.
The allowance for "compassionate use" and possession should be narrowed to those with seizures that are refractory, or difficult to control, said Rep. Edward Redd, R-Logan.
Froerer said he would be willing to narrow the language in the bill to deal with epileptic-type seizures specifically.
"We had one intent when we started this process, which was to give the families opportunity to use this extract. … Anything short of having them have the opportunity to obtain and legally bring this extract back into the state of Utah doesn't work," Froerer said.
He said the 80 percent vote of the committee is a good sign, noting the bill won't even need that high of a percentage to pass the on the House floor.


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The Rev. Christine Erb-Kanzleiter is a missionary with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church currently serving in the Southern Germany Conference. She serves as pastor of Peace United Methodist Church, an international, English-speaking congregation located in Munich, Germany.
Describing her ministry, Christine shares "I share my faith by living as a minister, a mother, a friend, and counselor with many people. I share by preaching, listening, and responding to people's stories, by comforting those who mourn and suffer, by sharing, sheltering, by protecting and encouraging, by enabling and educating."
She says that she has often felt God's presence in her work, "especially in the work with refugees who are often deeply traumatized by injustice and violence, who come from all over the world. I share my faith by bearing the love and tenderness, the sympathy and even the anger about inhumanity and injustice of an unconditionally loving God into my and others' lives."
Christine has been serving with Peace Church since 2000. Prior to that, she served as a hospital chaplain in the Martha-Maria Hospital in Munich. She also served as an associate pastor at the Reutlingen Erlserkirch before moving to Munich, where her husband, the Rev. Reiner Kanzleiter, serves as pastor at Friedenskirche, the German-speaking United Methodist church with which the Peace Church shares facilities.
A native of Stuttgart, in the southern region of Germany, Christine studied theology at the United Methodist Theological Seminary in Reutlingen from 1984-88; in 1990 she was ordained as a clergy member of the South Germany Conference.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Operation Baking Gals R6
Saturday starts a new round of Operation Baking Gals, so I'm stocking the freezer with a few types of cookies so that I'm all ready to pack my box early in the shipping period. As I've said in other posts, I love versitile cookie doughs. My favorite chocolate chip cookie dough (other than one that I've already posted) is one that I can do so many things with. Today I chose to make Valentine Sugar Cookies and Andes Mint Chocolate Cookies out of the dough.
Cookie Dough
1 c. butter, softened
3/4 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. white sugar
1 pkg. instant pudding mix
2 eggs
1/2 tbsp. vanilla (I really just do a few glugs)
1/2 tbsp. butter flavoring (the pantry has been out of this, as well)
2 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar for a few minutes. Add pudding mix and extracts. Beat in eggs until mixture is really light and fluffy. Add flour and baking soda and mix until well combined.
For the sugar cookies, I used vanilla pudding mix. I rolled tbsp. full of dough in sugar/sprinkle mix (the dough is soft and sticky, so you have to put it in the sugar first and then roll it) and then baked on ungreased cookie sheets for about 10 or so minutes, or until the edges just started to get golden. You can check the bottoms, too; they should just be light brown.
For the Andes Cookies, I used chocolate pudding mix and added 1 bag of Andes baking chips after my flour was combined. Then I just dropped tbsp. full of dough on ungreased cookie sheets and baked for about 10 minutes. Be careful not to overbake, though...I let a few go a little long. These don't look the most beautiful; if I weren't shipping them off to Iraq and had to worry about the "melting" factor, I would of melted more Andes chips and striped them.
I have done so many things with this recipe; added butterscotch chips and chopped honey roasted peanuts...coconut and white chocolate chips...there are SO many different things you can do, especially when you factor in the many types of pudding mix that are out there!
These cookies are INCREDIBLY good, but I have recently realized that if I go "cheap" and use margarine instead of butter, they are too soft and will stick to each other when stored.
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- Mo Diva said...
I wish I had the skill to bake! I can cook like nobodies business but baking terrifies me. I will bake if i have to but its never as pretty as your lovely pics!
You should check out Foodbuzz!
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PLASMA is not very interesting for the purposes of this post; it has load/exec addresses with the high order bits clear, so it loads and runs on a 6502 second processor if one is active, and it uses the relevant OS calls to read OSHWM/HIMEM and everything's just peachy.
PLAS128 is a BAS128-ish version which bank switches sideways RAM to use it for storing the user's program. This is not something I think can reasonably be made second processor compatible. I seem to have two options here:
- Set the high order bits of the load/exec addresses to 0, so it loads into the second processor if one is active. The first thing it does is check to see if that's the case, and exits with an error saying it's not second processor compatible.
- Set the high order bits of the load/exec addresses to &FFFF, so it loads and runs in the host even if a second processor is active. It will then proceed to trample all over &00-&8F, &400-&800 and all memory between OSHWM and HIMEM in the host. Pragmatically, this does mostly seem to work - I experience some weird failures, but I haven't made the necessary adjustments to all parts of my code as this was just a quick experiment.
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Chocolate Models Online
Chocolate models online is something that many people appear to be searching for and this can be for a variety of reasons. The previous post here at Chocolate Models, looked at the various places online as well as off line stores where chocolate models could be found for a variety of tasks and novelty uses.
In this post, I'm going to concentrate on where to find chocolate models online for whatever purposes you may decide you need them for. To start with, its worth remembering that these specialist chocolate molds come in an impressively large variety of shapes and sizes. These include such novelties as many different types of animal shapes, a large variety of popular television and comic cartoon character shapes, different geometrical shapes such as squares, triangles and trapezoids, or rounder shapes such as tubes, hearts, seashells, fishes and circles.
Its also worth remembering that chocolate molds also come in a variety of materials for different ways of using them. There are the older style of aluminum or cast iron molds that have probably been in use for many decades. We have the non-stick metallic molds that are perfect for popping into the oven of a certain type pf chocolate models are required.
Then there are the plastic molds, which probably make up the vast majority of chocolate models these days as the possibilities in shapes and designs and styles is truly immense. Then there are the more up to date materials like the completely non-stick silicon molds that can go anywhere such as the oven, microwave or freezer and are dishwasher safe as well. Not that they need to go in a dishwasher as they are so easy to clean out under the tap with a little detergent.
So we have all these different materials and sizes to choose from and we suddenly find ourselves inundated with such a huge choice that we are often overloaded and simply cannot make a decision due to the sheer weight of choices!
To some extent, being able to source chocolate models and molds online alleviates this situation somewhat as each different vendor will have a certain set of styles or a range of designs that are large enough to provide plenty of variety and still small enough so as to not overload the senses with overkill! Then it is simple a matter of finding an online vendor that suits the design you are seeking and the rest is simplicity itself to put in the order, pay by credit card or online payment method such as PayPal if the vendor accepts this and your chocolate models will be shipped to your door without any fuss or hassle.
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) rejected the notion on Friday that House Republicans will feel pressure -- even a little -- to pass immigration reform just because the Senate passed a sweeping bill on Thursday.
"The assumption that because there's a Senate bill, the House will feel the pressure, individual members of the House will feel pressure to support that bill, frankly just is not accurate," he said at an event hosted by Bloomberg Government and the National Restaurant Association. "I think the real pressure is the pressure to fix an immigration system that's broken."
Diaz-Balart and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), two members of a House group working on a comprehensive reform bill, said at the event that their efforts haven't stalled, despite a setback earlier this month when Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) dropped out of negotiations. Diaz-Balart is a strong supporter of immigration reform, and said he remains optimistic the House can get it done. But they're not discussing details, or how their bill might differ from the "gang of eight" bill that passed the Senate, or when the legislation will be released.
"It will be done when it is done," Lofgren said. "It's more important to get it right than to get it done by a particular deadline."
Although he wouldn't get into specifics -- the group has been impressive in its ability to keep its work quiet -- Diaz-Balart said he thinks legislation like theirs is the only thing that can pass the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate. The group is working on an approach that would deal with undocumented immigrants, along with border security, enforcement and legal immigration.
The majorities in the two chambers have very different ideas about how to reform what members in both bodies consider a broken immigration system. In the House, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), whose committee approves immigration bills, have said they favor a piecemeal approach. Democrats and those Republicans in the Senate who pushed for the gang of eight bill say a comprehensive bill is needed because the various issues on immigration are intertwined.
Although the House Judiciary Committee has considered multiple bills, none of them deal with the undocumented population other than to criminalize being in the country without status, Lofgren noted. It's possible that a path to citizenship, deemed vital by President Barack Obama and Democrats, cannot pass the House, given the Republican opposition.
"I am absolutely confident that a majority of Republicans are not going to give citizenship to 11 million illegal aliens," Rep Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said Friday on the "Laura Ingraham" show.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) told the National Review's Jonathan Strong that the House should "fold it up into a paper airplane and throw it out the window," referring to the Senate bill. He quipped, "Oh, is that not the right answer?"
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), who serves in the GOP leadership, said Thursday at an event hosted by the National Review that it was "a pipe dream" to think the House would take up the gang of eight's bill.
Boehner has vowed not to break the Hastert Rule, an informal vow to take up legislation only when a majority of his conference supports it, meaning the Senate bill has very little chance of being considered. That would mean an immigration bill could be signed into law only if the chambers combine the piecemeal approach from the House and the Senate's comprehensive one.
"The House is not going to take up and vote on whatever the Senate passes," Boehner told reporters at a press conference on Thursday. "For any legislation, including a conference report, to pass the House, it's going to have to be a bill that has the support of a majority of our members," he added later, referring to Republicans.
Some House Republicans have said the chamber shouldn't pass any immigration reform bills, even if a majority of the GOP supports them, because to do so would provide an opportunity for the House and Senate to combine bills.
"I'm one of those who believes that this is fraught with peril," Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) said on the "Laura Ingraham" show Thursday, noting his was the minority view. "If we were to pass a bill that's a good bill on immigration, on enforcing and securing our borders, on whatever topic related to immigration we may want to pass a bill on, it can become a vehicle."
Senators who supported the bill hope the House can pass a bill and perhaps improve upon the Senate's bill.
"This isn't the end of the process, we're kind of at halftime," Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), who authored a border security amendment with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), said after the Senate vote. "So the next thing is to figure out how we get the House to engage."
Obama has promised to keep pressuring House Republicans to take up reform, as well. He spoke to Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday, according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney.
"Today, the Senate did its job," Obama said in a statement. "It's now up to the House to do the same. As this process moves forward, I urge everyone who cares about this issue to keep a watchful eye. Now is the time when opponents will try their hardest to pull this bipartisan effort apart so they can stop commonsense reform from becoming a reality. We cannot let that happen."
Lofgren, the ranking member of the House Judiciary's immigration subcommittee, said some of the bills they've taken up have been "absurd," and that, although she and Goodlatte have a good working relationship, they so far haven't worked together much on immigration.
"I am hopeful that we will have a better approach than we've had so far in the House Judiciary Committee," she said. She added that although she thinks "there was obviously an effort to have poison pills or matters that Democrats could never support ... we weren't screaming at each other. You can disagree in a professional way."
Danielle Schlanger contributed reporting.