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May 2, 2014 by brennon
4Ground have two more piece of Dark Age Terrain up on their webstore to bring your Norse settlement look a bit more lived in. See what you think of the Trader Shop and Dwelling...
First up we have this amazing looking Trader Shop that, as with pretty much all of their terrain, can be played around with inside as well. They have gone into so much detail with these buildings and I'd imagine most of it is as historically accurate as you can get. It's an amazing place to have a scuffle.
Maybe you want to instead pick up a few of these Norse Dwellings to create a bigger settlement for you to explore? Once again these have a massively high standard of craftsmanship and even the roof with that thatch material looks brilliant.
I reckon you could stow some poor farmers in here and get your opposing Viking warband to raid this so they can carry them away back to the longships.
Awesome, very awesome.
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UPDATED: Strickland Wins Mayoral Race, faces new council
October 10, 2015 - garden totes
- Toby Sells
- Mayor-Elect Jim Strickland during his feat jubilee
No one is going to combine on this, but, for a — what, 5th?, 6th?, 7th ? choosing in a row, there were apparent glitches in a Election Commission's opinion reporting.
At several TV stations—including FOX 13, where we was absolved to be sitting with anchors Mearl Purvis and Darrell Greene perplexing to routine earnings — a receptacle house was display reduction than 1 percent of a opinion total, but there was Mayor A C Wharton on a feed from a Universiry of Memphis Holiday Inn station during a dais and charity a benefaction of a 2015 mayoral choosing to Councilman Jim Strickland.
It was usually somewhere around 10 o'clock, though a Mayor was charity Strickland his "heartfelt congratulations" for a "great campaign.:" A unhappy though diversion Wharton began addressing what was obviously, from a video that Flyer editor Bruce outpost Wyngarden would email later, a throng of morose supporters as the strains of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)" began to die down.
Said a Mayor: "This is Memphis, Tennessee, famous for a graciousness and a hospitality. And I've attempted to shorten that by all my open service. And zero is fgoing to change. That's usually a approach we roll.'
It had been, pronounced a degraded Mayor, "a good run." By which he contingency have meant his reign in office, not the rather disjointed and capricious debate he had usually concluded.
Here's another demeanour during that sayonara from Flyer writer Chris Davis:
Mayor AC Wharton done benefaction demeanour easy. His grin was broad, and his demeanour even some-more loose than it was following his special choosing feat in Oct., 2009, when he was serenaded by rapper Jay Smooth during Minglewood Hall, and spoke to an adoring throng about a merits of using a purify campaign. When he won acclaim with his outline of a Memphis, where people are some-more meddlesome in, "what they can give than what they can get."
Wharton didn't precipitate onto a stage, though took his time. The rope that had been behaving classical essence covers put down their instruments and a recording of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow," blared ftom a PA, giving a event a decidedly Clintonesque tone. Then a Mayor waved his hands and did something he's always been unequivocally good during doing. He quietly delivered bad news wrapped in unrestrained and hope. He'd already called his opponent, and a reputed mayor elect Jim Strickland and congratulated him on what looked to be a wilful victory. It was time to tell his supporters a foe had finished and it was time for everybody to start operative together again. For Memphis.
"I've never been one for creation excuses," Wharton said. "What we wish to concentration on is a destiny of a city… This is a time for all of us to lift together."
On dual occasions a mayor stopped his debate to comfort his many unhappy supporters. "I wish those are tears of joy," he told them before stability with his speech.
"I came in underneath a thesis of 'one Memphis' and we still feel that approach about a good city," Wharton said, recalling a domestic summary he crafted in a shade of Mayor W.W. Herenton's divisiveness. "You have my joining and my family's joining to keep determined and reaching toward that one Memphis of that we all dream. It is a usually dream, and a usually vision. The usually thing that keeps us from fulfilling that dream are a stipulations we place on ourselves."
"Don't worry about me," he concluded, stealing his eyeglasses with a showman's flourish, usually to infer his eyes were dry. "I'll be usually fine… We're all gonna be fine.
It had not even unequivocally been close. Strickland won with usually a comparison though with what his possess and Strickland's patrol checks were indicating to be a double-digit margin.
Make no mistake: This was as most a Strickland feat as a Wharton loss. When Strickland, usually before his jubilee jubilee during a Botanic Gardens was violation up, pronounced matter-of-factly, "We ran a ideal campaign," he wasn't floating smoke. He and ace strategist Steven Reid stranded unequivocally delicately to a diversion devise — focusing ad infinitum on 3 pivotal points: open safety, blight, and
- Chris Davis
- The mayor during his benefaction
Those were not grand idealist goals. They were simply reassurances that a city administration that had begun to seem rudderless would see sequence easy underneath new management. This was, as it incited out, enough, quite when a array of badly rubbed mayoral snafus — a Robert Lipscomb banishment and a Deidre Malone agreement brouhaha important among them — gave volume to that third point, "accountability," in Strickland's threesome of issues.
So Strickland is right to feel fit — even a tad self-satisfied — in his recollections of a well-run campaign. His 42 percent of a total, compared to a degraded incumbent's startling low sum of 22 percent, was considerable indeed — generally for a white claimant using to lead an citizens that is two-thirds African-American.
But a fact is that a votes garnered by third and fourth-place finishers Harold Collins, Strickland's Council mate, and Memphis Police Association boss Mike Williams combined adult to a full third of a sum opinion — 18 and 16 percent, respectively. Had possibly one of these possibilities not been on a ballot, a other competence have valid vigourous foe for a lead.
Awareness of that fact showed adult clearly in a face of a morose Collins in a issue — roughly as disappointed-looking as a degraded Mayor had been.
All was joy, however, for leader Strickland. Here's a news from a winner's jubilee during a Botanic Gardens from Flyer contributor Toby Sells:
The theatre during Memphis City Council member Jim Strickland's choosing jubilee was upbeat though not electric during a Memphis Botanical Garden.
The throng mostly aged and mostly white though an confidence was in a air, a kind we didn't wish to speak about since we competence hex it.
At around 10 p.m., Memphis Mayor A C Wharton seemed on one of a dual outrageous radio screens that bookended Strickland's stage. Wharton smiled and looked into a radio cameras though during a Strickland party, Wharton's voice was pale on a television.
Few knew what Wharton was observant though many swarming around a screens. Then a whoop went adult and someone in a behind of a outrageous gymnasium cried, "Wharton's conceding!" At that, a room erupted in cheers, applause, and delight and hugs were given all around.
After a few moments, Strickland seemed on a stage, hugging his closest associates on theatre to a accost of applause.
His debate was pre-empted by a request that asked for God to assistance enthuse a people of Memphis and to assistance them all come together. The request asked God for assistance as Strickland fought crime and misery and for a city's "wound of division" to be healed.
Strickland's debate co-chairman Ken Moody pronounced his choosing was "historical." Strickland took a lectern to chants of "Jim, Jim, Jim."
Strickland pronounced a choosing formula showed that a city asked for change and that it got it.
"You pronounced that Memphis can be a improved place and it can be," Strickland said. "We contingency residence it hurdles with urgency.
"I listened you. The investiture listened you. And we cruise by tomorrow morning, a whole nation will have listened you."
Strickland pronounced his work was usually beginning. He pronounced it was "unacceptable" that half of Memphis children live in misery and that "thousands" of group and women are out of work.
He betrothed that he'd start a new administration from a "top down."
He also praised Wharton's work for a city and pronounced "we are all beholden for his service."
Asked what he would be doing on a morrow of his conspicuous victory, Strickland was vague. "I'll be formulation a subsequent move," he said, possibly being intentionally decorous or inadvertently echoing that famous line of Robert Redford's in a '70s film The Candidate: "Now, what do we do?"
Whatever it is he will do will be during a helm of a remade city government. Although several of a single-district City Council seats are, as was anticipated, still to be resolved in runoff elections culminating on Nov 19, Strickland will be traffic with a Council with a significantly newer and younger expel to it.
NEWBIES: One visitor is FedEx sales executive Philip Spinosa, whose well-financed lass competition in Super District 9, Position 2, netted him 49 percent of a opinion in a swarming field. Another is former School Board member Martavius Jones, whose narrow, secrecy feat in Super District 9, Position 3, over Mickell Lowery, son of effusive obligatory Myron Lowery, had a demeanour of an upset.
Jones' former School Board partner Patrice Robinson barely missed an undisguised win in District 3 though will face former Memphis Education Association boss Keith Williams in a runoff. Yet another newbie will be possibly Worth Morgan or Dan Springer, runoff opponents and survivors of another severely populated competition in District 5. Frank Colvett Jr. hardly missed winning in District 2 though a runoff though will need to understanding with another new face, Rachel Knox, on Nov 19.
Jamita Swearengen and Doris DeBerry-Bradshaw will strive for a right to be a new passenger of a District 4 seat.
That's 6 newcomers so far, and if we cause in a ultimate leader of a runoff foe in District 7 between halt seat-holder Berlin Boyd and Anthony Anderson, we could cruise a new Council to be moulding adult with a infancy of new faces — a uninformed expel for Mayor Strickland to understanding with.
Returning members of a Council, all reelected with relations ease, are Bill Morrison in District 1, Edmond Ford Jr. in District 2, Joe Brown in Super district 8, Position 1, Janis Fullilove in Super District 8, Position 2, Kemp Conrad in Super District 9, Position 1, and Reid Hedgepeth in Super District 9, Position 3.
RANDOM NOTES: *One square of astonishing probable fallout from a choosing was a sense, bruited about surprisingly mostly in conversations among a Botanic Gardens crowd, that 9th District congressman Steve Cohen might be confronting a stiffer than common plea subsequent year, partly as a greeting among African Americans that, with Cohen and dual white mayors, Strickland and County Mayor Mark Luttrell, during a conduct of a internal domestic pyramid, blacks are once again arguably under-represented.
Cohen has simply incited aside all prior challenges, however — many from ballyhooed name candidates. indeed, his solid success during a polls competence be regarded as support to Strickland, inasmuch as Cohen's initial win, in 2006, was, like Strickland's. by trait of a plurality.
*The presentation of Spinosa and Morgan is an apparent explanation on a efficacy of large income in politics. Neither claimant had any kind of domestic form in a village before a election, and both bested primarily better-known (and some-more publicly accessible) opponents mostly on a strength of abounding yard signs, mailouts, and electronic promotion — all paid for, essentially, by a rarely activated business community.
*Maybe all possibilities for domestic bureau should be compulsory to pass an arithmetic examination before being authorised to finish their petitions. It was a matter of of elementary mathematics, for example, that in Council District 5, a on-going contingent of Mary Wilder, Chooch Pickard and John Marek, all well-credentialed, would have to separate their basde subdivision 3 ways, while regressive possibilities Morgan and Springer faced usually a two-way division.
Similarly, former Judge Kay Robilio was a shoo-in for City Court Clerk once it became apparent that each name black claimant not using elsewhere on a list was intent in a clerk's race.
*Springer, by a way, done a correct pierce in his post-election statement, creation a indicate of praising a efforts of a aforementioned 3 white progressives, whose supporters he clearly hopes to acquire in a runoff.
*Yes, it's loyal that businessman Karl Schledwitz's betimes expelled memo (first remarkable in a Flyer), admitting that his candidate, Mayor Wharton, was a goner, played usually an immaterial role, if that, in a Mayor's defeat. It is loyal as good that Schledwitz's efforts on Wharton's interest were a primary reason for a Mayor's healthy, million-dollar war-chest, and hjis ability to salary as assertive a debate as he did. And it's also loyal that Schledwitz's mostly blunt logic in a memo was some-more or reduction on target. It's still a mystery, however, as to because he should have felt compelled to contend anything during all — early, late, or whenever.

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Soccer action a'plenty at Highwood High School this weekend as the Mustangs girls host the South Central Tier II Zones.
Mustangs Athletic Director Curt Colfer says there's a lot of soccer over the two days.
"We play four games on Friday, (October 13) and then it fires up again Saturday (October 14) morning. We'll play most of the day Saturday, all at Highwood Field."
Colfer says he's optimistic the Mustangs girls will come out with one of the berths to Provincials at the end of the weekend.
Teams from Didsbury, Olds and Strathmore will be in town looking for their shot at gold.


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- Calories 94
- Fat 5g
- Sat fat 1g
- Cholesterol 1mg
- Sodium 29mg
- Protein 1g
- Carbohydrate 12g
- Sugar 10g
- Fiber 1g
- Iron 1mg
- Calcium 17mg
Cornflake Turtles
Jim Cooper
How to Make It
Step 1
Heat oven to 350º F. On a parchment-lined baking sheet, form 12 groupings of 3 pecans; place a caramel on top of each. Bake until the caramels are melted, 7 to 9 minutes; let cool.
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Dividing evenly, spoon the chocolate over each caramel cluster and sprinkle with the cornflakes; refrigerate until set, about 15 minutes.


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Now that I have MyLovelyFilipinaGifts.com online with a few items, I wanted to visit the Carbon Market to see if there was anything imported I could place on the site. I brought Kristine along since my hunch was that not as many people there would be fluent in English. Plus she hadn't been there before so it was a good chance for both of us to get out and take a look around.
To get there we first rode a Tricycle (motorcycle w/sidecar) to the Ferry Pier along the Mactan coast that faces Cebu. From there we rode the ferry across the short bay and grabbed a taxi to the actual Carbon Market. Looking at it on Google Earth, it's a fairly large place.. about 20 square blocks or so. I don't think we covered more than 70% of it that one day. Much of it is mostly for local vendors of fish, fruits, vegetables and some local items. Another area had mostly clothes and household goods. I was mostly looking for teddy-bears and gift items, but had little luck. I later spoke with someone who said they know a part of the Carbon Market that has what I'm looking for so, I figure another trip in a few weeks.
We got some items though and had a relaxing time. Everyone I spoke with said that the Carbon Market is a complete zoo on the weekends with shoulder to shoulder people everywhere. Also told it's not the safest place to be flashing any cash or cell phones during those busy times as well. But since we went during midday on a Monday.. we had a nice relaxing time of it. We finished up around 4pm so from there we caught a taxi to the nearby SM Mall where we saw a very good movie called, "A Secret Affair". Gave us so much to talk about we were "those people" constantly commenting on the movie in the theater. (ha!) Very good storyline from 3 perspectives, I'm glad we took the time to see it.
Here is a short video and some photos of our little adventure. Before you ask.., Kristine and I are just good friends and we're both cool with that. I only have maybe four people I can count on local to me and she is absolutely one of them. She's totally awesome as a person, I'm very glad we met. So.. here's a little glimpse of how our day went…
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The Wyoming County HOPE coalition was officially formed on Thursday at the EMA building in Tunkhannock.
Elected officials, citizens groups, local assistance programs, and others met last month with the idea of working to prevent drug overdoses and help drug addicts and their families throughout Wyoming County.
Many of those people plus some new faces showed up on Thursday, in which the group voted to name the coalition Wyoming County Hope.
The group is being put together by Human Services Director Michael Donahue. He explained at the beginning of the meeting that the number of people overdosing on drugs is a very serious problem in Wyoming County, and the coalition is seeking ways to reduce those numbers.
Donahue introduced Allison Burrell, a research specialist with the Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Technical Assistance Center of the University of Pittsburgh. Although she could not physically attend the meeting on Feb. 6, Burrell ran the meeting from Pittsburgh via a conference call and computer link.
In January, Burrell provided information on what is required to set up a coalition to reduce drug overdoses.
One of the things Burrell recommended was the group choose a name, plus a mission statement, to provide focus for its activities.
Following several suggestions on Thursday, the coalition settled on Wyoming County HOPE.
Next, after more discussion and suggestions, coalition members chose 'Saving and changing lives in Wyoming County' as its mission statement.
Burrell then provided instruction on ways the group could gather and use information in its efforts to eliminate overdoses and help people affected by drug addiction.
She showed, as a starting point, two data sheets used to collect and correlate information from various sources. The first sheet covered subjects such as 'overdose death,' 'non-fatal overdose,' 'EMS,' 'first responder,' '9-11 call,' 'drug court,' and 'probation/parole.'
On the second sheet, specifically geared for Wyoming County, contained sections to record such information as 'First point of contact,' and 'Can this data be shared?'
During the discussion, Wyoming County District Attorney Jeff Mitchell asked about the possibility of including categories for deliberate drug overdoses from suicides or attempted suicides.
Burrell explained that in Pittsburgh, the county coroner provides that information. But it was pointed out by the coalition that the Wyoming County coroner will not list a drug overdose death as a suicide unless 100 percent proof is obtained.
Wyoming County Detective David Ide suggested that the two be included as subcategories on the sheets. Burrell said this and other information could be incorporated as the group sees fit.
At Burrell's instruction, the coalition assigned certain people to be the contact point for the specific group. EMA coordinator Gene Dziak was appointed to provide information from EMS sources. Dana Booth, clinical director for A Better Today, said he could provide treatment data on a monthly basis. Krystle Kowalczyk, Director of Probation Services, said she could provide information on tracking probation numbers. But she cautioned that it will take about two months to obtain the figures.
Coalition volunteers will be checking with pharmacies to obtain such information as which ones carry Narcan - used to counteract the effects of an opioid overdose - and how much is being issued at each establishment.
Donahue then again took over the proceedings, as members discussed which would be the best day to hold meetings. The coalition eventually agreed it would be best to meet once a month on a Thursday, but has not yet decided which specific date in March.
After the meeting, Donahue explained that no personal information on individuals will be gathered by the coalition.
"We're looking for aggregate only - numbers," he explained. "No individual information or personal identification."
"I think it's fantastic to be putting this into action," said Wyoming County Judge Russell Shurtleff, who also attended the meeting. "Due to opioid abuse increase, we need to attack this everywhere on all fronts. The data analysis will help us isolate where the problems are to help us successfully fight this."


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Dev Jam #19 LeftofNever on Reconnect
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- 08/02/2018 at 12:00 #2124936
leftofneverDeveloper Jammer
Hey there! LeftofNever, Robocraft's Community Manager here with the latest Dev Jam and a pretty darn important Dev Jam it is too as it's all about the long-awaited reconnect feature that's been 'soon™' for such a long time. We wanted to use this Dev Jam to give you an insight into how reconnect is going to work, what we're doing to reduce disconnections and also why it's taken so long to implement.
Why players disconnect
First off, why do players disconnect from Robocraft? It's all about the data… As you know, Robocraft is an online multiplayer battle brawler with Robots made from blocks and parts. Robocraft sends a lot of data back and forth between our servers and you whenever you play. The Robots you build are stored on our servers and delivered to you (the clients) when you play games, get Robots from the CRF (Community Robot Factory), or edit them. Each block is data, every colour is data, where each block is placed and what cube is next to it is data and how much damage each block and part has taken is data. There's also other data being sent back and forth such as all the social side (chat, avatars) and most importantly in battle where your position, your teammates position, your enemies position and all the cube data contained on all the robots needs to be sent back and forth continually to ensure a great end-user experience. This data needs to remain in-sync with the servers and all the game clients in the battle and when a game client can't send/receive data to ensure a smooth game, then a disconnection can happen.
Disconnections don't happen to everyone; some players never disconnect, some only occasionally, and some almost all the time. A player who never disconnects can still be affected by a disconnect as it can mean a battle being lost. Robocraft needs a constant internet connection to play; if you've got spotty wifi or you're playing using your mobile phone's 4G signal for example, then you may experience disconnections. Your location in the world or distance from our servers can also contribute to disconnections as data needs to travel back and forth at high speeds between everyone in battle. Also, we need to ensure our netcode (a blanket term used to describe networking in online games) is water-tight and working as well as it can be.
Reconnecting players
So, what are we doing about getting players back into battle if they disconnect? We promised some time ago that we'd add a reconnect button into the game and that's what we're doing. If a player gets disconnected in battle, they'll be given the option to reconnect or leave the battle.
Leaving the battle or failing to select an option before the battle ends will result in an early leaver penalty. If you attempt to reconnect to a battle that has ended, you will see a different pop-up. If you fail to rejoin a battle before it has ended then you will not receive any rewards associated with the battle.
One of the most asked questions regarding reconnect is "Why has it taken so long? Surely you can just add a button?" Unfortunately it isn't as simple as adding a button and writing a bit of code that added players back into their last game. Reconnect has required an almost complete rewrite of the existing networking/battle code and you need the right type of coder for the job. They're a bit like chefs in a way; you wouldn't put a pastry chef in charge of the meat course. Add to that unforeseen issues and bugs along the way and development time gets longer and longer. But the end is in sight; reconnect is nearly here.
Reducing player disconnects
Putting reconnect into Robocraft isn't the end of the story; we're also working on making improvements to the game's netcode to reduce the number of disconnects players experience. Ed on the Robocraft Royale team and Alex on the Robocraft Infinity team have been investigating and testing some new network code for their games and if the test results are positive, we'll be adding it to Robocraft. Our goal is to implement the new network code prior to adding reconnect.
When is reconnect coming?
Soon™ 😉 … very soon. We're in the final testing phase and once all the bugs associated with reconnect have been squished and the new network code applied (if the initial tests are positive), we'll get reconnect out to you.
Thanks for reading! As usual, we welcome your feedback.
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Olympics transport project completed early
The first major transport project for the 2012 Olympic Games has been completed five weeks early and on budget.
A new 12-track railway sidings has opened at Orient Way in east London, replacing the Thornton's Field sidings at the heart of the Olympic Park site. Dismantling Thornton's Field will allow access for construction and logistics vehicles during building of the Olympic Stadium.
During the Games, the area will be used as one of the main pedestrian access points leading up to the Stadium.
Trains have been using Orient Way, project managed by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and constructed by Balfour Beatty, since last month.
Balfour Beatty Rail Projects was responsible for the design and construction of the 12-road railway sidings, installing over 5km of track in an area equivalent to three full-size football pitches. The scope of works also included overhead line equipment, signalling, telecommunications, civils and associated works and the construction of a new welfare building adjacent to the sidings. Some 99 per cent of the demolition and site clearance waste from the project was recycled.
Formally opening the site, Rail Minister Tom Harris said: "We want to deliver a world class transport system for the Olympic Games in four years' time. It is very encouraging that the first piece of the infrastructure has been brought in by the ODA ahead of time and under budget."
ODA Chairman John Armitt said: "The completion of Orient Way was imperative to the start of the stadium construction, and I am delighted that all delivery partners involved have completed this significant project five weeks early and on budget."
Train operator National Express East Anglia is using Orient Way for stabling trains operating out of London Liverpool Street station, and will be responsible for maintaining its infrastructure for the duration of the franchise, which runs until 2012.
The facility is adjacent to Eurostar's London depot and has been designed with the flexibility to accommodate future Eurostar trains if that site needs to expand.


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Greek-style sausage and chickpea salad
Photo by Tamara West
This tasty and super-easy salad makes a few sausages go a long way. The recipe is basically to barbecue the sausages and toss with the other ingredients. Chickpea salads are a great alternative to the mainstay potato salads always seen at barbecues. Chickpeas are high in soluble fibre, low in fat and have a low glycaemic index.
- Preheat barbecue grill on medium heat.
- Cook sausages for 3-4 minutes each side until well browned and cooked through.
- Slice cooked sausages and toss with remaining salad ingredients.
- Dress with lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil.


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Barrientos, Juan Manuel
Cook, undertake and succeed
El Cielo Restaurant
Juan Manuel Barrientos, known in the gastronomic world as Juanma, was born on June 16th in 1983 in Medellin, Colombia.
He is entrepreneur, and peace lider. Juanma is creator and founder of the restaurants elcielo(Medellin,Bogota,Miami) ,elcielo catering ,Pizzeria la Serenissima de Venezia. He has won the recognition as one of the best chefs in Latin America, and the youngest ( LA 50 BEST SAN PELLEGRINO in 2013, 2014 and 2015). Was named CHEF WORLD REVOLUTION by the international press in Madrid Fusion and his company was recognized in academic level for one of the best university in the world.
Nowadays ,elcielo is the restaurant that sales more tasting menus per year.
He studied gastronomy in La Colegiatura Colombiana in Medellin, then in Argentina learned the discipline and techniques of the oriental cuisine with the chef Iwao Komiyama, one of the best chefs of Japanese cuisine.
In Spain for six months he was the apprentice in the restaurant Arzak " a wonderful experience", essential for Juanma, because he learned the bases to be the chef he is nowadays.
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LAGOS (DAILY TIMES, NIGERIA)--Lagos State was agog as the Oodua People's Congress (OPC) marked its 20th anniversary with a massive convoy of vehicles and members winding through the highways of Lagos.
The group called for a referendum on the resolutions of the just concluded National Conference, even as it demanded a stake in security votes enjoyed by South West governors.
Led by its founder and president, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, the motorcade of thousands of the organisation's members moved from the Toll Gate area at the Lagos end of the Ibadan-Lagos expressway, through Ojota, Maryland, Onipanu, Ojuelegba and Lawanson and finally terminated at the premises of Century Hotel, Okota, owned by Fasehun, with feasting and music from a live band.
Lagos police had denied the group a permit to hold the event at the National Stadium, despite payment made to authorities running the complex, a situation that forced OPC to make do with Century Hotel.
OPC National Secretary, Comrade Dare Adesope, lamented that politicians and people benefitting from the group failed to extend recognition and compensation to a group he said was in the vanguard of the struggle for democracy in Nigeria.
According to Adesope, 20 years after its creation, the socio-cultural organisation is yet to have a befitting National Secretariat or operational vehicles.
While expressing appreciation to President Jonathan for fulfilling the wishes of Nigerians, including the OPC, for a National Conference, Fasehun, warned that gains from the dialogue would be lost except its conclusions were subjected to a referendum, rather than modification or ratification by the National Assembly.
Warning that OPC's role in the provision of security should not be taken for granted, Fasehun said state governors in the South West must find a way of disbursing security votes to informal security apparatuses, like his own.
"While people are sleeping and snoring, OPC watchmen are out in the dark and in the cold, keeping the night watch to guarantee that citizens sleep in peace. These keepers of peace are beaten by the rain and hunted by marauders, sustaining injuries in the front and never at the back. Many have lost life and limb – without condolences even from the people we protect," he said.


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The reason behind launching "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" campaign is to improve the sex ratio of many districts of our country as well as spreading the awareness about importance of a girl child in our society.
When we talk about sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) Haryana is the first state come to our mind. Haryana has a really bad sex ratio. As per 2011 census the national average sex ratio was 940 / 1000. But at that time Haryana was fighting with a sex ratio of 879 for each 1000 male. In fact in 2001, the sex ratio of female was 861 per 1000 males in Haryana.
To improve this picture of our country Govt has initiated few schemes to give proper importance to girl child. The latest Sukanya Samriddhi Account is one of such schemes.
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- Opening of 5 accounts for the girl child by Honarable Prime Minister
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Although this is just a beginning of the SSA Account, Govt is expecting that with the help of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Human Resource Development this scheme will be able to change our perception towards girl child.
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Tuesday 25th July 2017
An emotional day in Year 6 today as we say goodbye to a fantasic group of children. You will all be missed very much; I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents/carers for their support throughout this academic year.
Friday 30th June 2017
Year 6 today visited Stratford-Upon-Avon and had a superb day out. All information and photos can be found on the 'Stratford-Upon-Avon' tab on the Year 6 class page so please take a look at this area of the website.
We have also been busily preparing for our end of year production and I would like to thank parents and carers for your support with helping children to learn lines at home and in finding clothes for costumes - it is much appreciated!
Wednesday 7th June 2017
Today was our 'Race for Life' and Year 6 children enjoyed the event. Many thanks for joining and sponsoring your children in order to raise money for this important cause.
Photos can be found by clicking on the 'Race for Life' link on the Year 6 class page.
Friday 19th May 2017
Firstly, I would like to say a huge well done to 6R for their efforts during the SATs last week - I am extremely proud of each and every one of you. This week, we have partly turned our attention towards the end of year production and have started to learn songs etc. We also had an enjoyable art lesson in which the children used paint to create a sunset scene and the results, which you can see below, look fantastic!
Friday 28th April 2017
A very postive first week back after the Easter break! I would like to thank all parents/carers for their support with the Easter holiday homework; it has been so pleasing to see the progress made by the pupils as we approach SATs week and this could not have been done without your support! This afternoon, children in 6R were busily preparing themselves for the assessments - they seemed calm and confident! Have a great bank holiday weekend!
Friday 7th April 2017
An extremely busy term comes to an end and I have to once again praise the magnificent efforts of our Year 6 pupils. We have been preparing for our SATs tests and I know that all pupils are ready for a break. We have sent home some homework and a letter but I would like to highlight the importance of our Year 6 pupils having some time to relax as well as completing homework in readiness for the assessments. I hope everyone has a relaxing break and comes back refreshed on Monday 24th April!
Friday 31st March 2017
The hard work has been continuing in 6R this week with only 13 school days remaining until or SATs tests. Our pupils wrote excellent non-fiction reports on rainforest people this week and I captured them in full flow...
Friday 17th March 2017
Year 6 today visited the 'Big Bang Fair' at the NEC as part of science week. We had a fantastic time and the photos below show some of the things we got up to on our day out!
Tuesday 7th March - Real Maths Day
Today, 6R were incredibly fortunate to have two parents, Mrs Khan and Mr Crathorne, come into our classroom to talk about how they use maths in their jobs. The purpose of the day was for all children to understand that maths is an important subject and lots of people use it within their places of work; it was clear to see that all pupils in 6R were interested in what they heard and then went on to impress the visitors with their reasoning and problem solving skills. I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank Mrs Khan and Mr Crathorne for coming into 6R today - it had a positive impact on the children in our class!
Friday 3rd March 2017
World Book Day was Thursday 2nd March 2017 and I have uploaded several photos of 6R in their costumes. Thanks to all parents/carers for their support with this annual event.
Friday 17th February 2017
It's the end of the half term and it's time for our Year 6 pupils to have a well earned week's rest. The upcoming half term leading up to Easter will be one in which we will focus on the SATs tests and will prepare our pupils for these. I have been delighted with the effort shown by 6R during their practice assessments this week wish every pupil a relaxing half term week!
Wednesday 8th February 2017
Inspired by Captain Scott's expedition to Antarctica, Year 6 pupils brought in boxes of items they would want to take with them if they were to take on such an adventure. They shared their boxes this afternoon and will write a poem based on them tomorrow morning!
Friday 27th January 2017
The photographs below show the children's 'sporting poses' which they will use during an art activity next week. The final two photos were taken during a warm up activity to a PSHE lesson; 6R managed to pass a foam ball around the circle without using their hands, and without the ball touching the floor, in just 37 seconds - impressive!
Friday 16th December
The first term in Year 6 is over! Pupils have worked very hard since September and have deserved some of the Christmas treats they have enjoyed over the last couple of days. Yesterday's carol concert was a personal highlight as so many children were able to have individual roles and everyone sang with big smiles on their faces. I would now like to take the opportunity to thank all parents & carers for your support at home this term and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
During art lessons, 6R designed, made and painted masks inspired by the ancient Edo empire. Below are images of pupils with their masks:
Week beginning 28/11/16
Year 6 have had an interesting couple of weeks and have been learning lots of new skills in maths, as well as beginning to study the text, Archie's War, in English. Possibly the highlight of the last two weeks was during our science lessons on yeast; pupils began Tuesday morning by making bread and ended the afternoon by eating it. The purpose of the task was for children to understand yeast and why it is important. During Tuesday afternoon, we carried out a second investigation where the children found the perfect conditions for yeast to produce Carbon Dioxide and therefore inflate a balloon. Some photos of the day can be seen below.
Christmas Fayre:
Tonight (Friday 2nd December) is the school Christmas Fayre and Year 6 have worked very hard to run some stalls at the event. Please come along to the 2H classroom between 6pm and 8pm to visit our range of stalls. We hope to see you all this evening!
Children in Need and Anti-Bullying week
We have had a fantastic week in Year 6 with our Safeside visit (see latest news) and other activities. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all children, parents and carers for their effort this week in raising lots of money for Children in Need; our fundraising day was on Thursday and we had lots of fun!
I hope you enjoy looking through the photos...
Week beginning 07/11/16
It's the end of another busy week in Year Six and it was great to have the opportunity to congratulate children for their hard work during celebration assembly this morning. In English lessons, we have had a focus on grammar and punctuation this week, ending with the children taking a past SATs paper. In maths, we have been working harding on statistics, including interpreting line graphs and pie charts. We now begin to think ahead to next week and I look forward to seeing all pupils at the slightly earlier time of 8:45 on Monday morning in preparation for our trip to Safeside. I hope to add photos of the trip, as well as Children in Need activities, by the end of next week. Have a restful weekend!
Week beginning 17/10/16
Half term is here and I would like to congratulate pupils on getting one-sixth of the way through Year 6 (our recent work on fractions helped with that one!) It has been a fantastic start to the year and pupils deserve their week's break. Over the last couple of weeks, children have continued their hard work during all lessons and recently carried out a fantastic piece of cross-curricular written work about Benin City; I enjoyed reading them all! After half term, we will have PE on the Monday afternoon so please remember to bring in your PE kits. Have a restful, enjoyable and safe half term - I look forward to hearing about what you all got up to when we return to school!
Week beginning 03/10/16
I hope we have all recovered after a fantastic week at Arete centre, Llanrug last week. I know that the children who stayed at home also had a superb week in school and all adults were impressed with their attitude and hard work. In school, we have been settling into Year 6 routines and the children have generally tried hard to increase their work ethic to meet the demands of a challenging curriculum. In English, we have been busily studying the narrative poem, The Highwayman; children have enjoyed this and are looking into the literary features included within it. In maths, children are working extremely hard and we are looking to change the mindset of pupils so that they are willing to take a challenge and not be afraid to make mistakes in order to gain a full understanding of the subject. In IPC, we are studying the AD900 period and pupils have been learning about the fascinating lives of the Mayan civilisation. In science, we have been studying the heart and lungs; some pupils were a little squeamish when looking at a video of a dissection! Overall, Year 6 has begin with lots of hard work but I also know that Llanrug will become a memory which will remain with our children for a long time!
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Precision drawing on your average touchscreen seems like wishful thinking.
However I've had this idea for a software stylus that acts like an extension of your finger and allows drawing with greater precision. See my rough diagram below. Essentially it's a pointer that follows your finger around the screen. Its angle can be adjusted so that from your vantage point it looks like the tip of your finger is coming to a point.
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You simply move the pointer around and the line is drawn from the point of the stylus instead of somewhere under your finger, where you can't see it.
Obviously I haven't worked out all the details - such as how the pointer tells the difference between positioning the stylus and drawing with the stylus. I'm sure these kind of things can be sorted with further development. It could even have different shaped pointers for different shaped lines.
I'm calling it 'softnib'. A solution that allows for precision drawing without the need for an actual stylus.
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Environment and Nestle
Nestle company, whose headquarter is located in Geneva, Switzerland, was set up by Henri Nestle in 1867 and it is the biggest food manufacturer in the world. Chocolate bar and instant coffee, as its star products, are well-known to the world. In this essay, firstly, we analyze two types of environments the Nestle company deals with. Then, its environmental uncertainty and how to manage the environmental uncertainty are stated. Lastly, adaptive and non-adaptive cultures about Nestle company are discussed.
Two types of environments
External Environment
The external environment comprises of two environments, the Mega and Task environments. The Mega environment is the general external environment in which organizations operate and exerts pressure on the organizations ability to achieve its Vision, Mission and Goals. The Task environment is also comprised of elements from the external environment which can directly affect the operations of the organization.(Business Management student manual, December 2011) Here are external environment that Nestle deal with.
Political environment.
Political issues are one of the major concerns for the company to operate in the country. Political status in many countries that Nestle entered is belongs to stability although there are existence of different language groups and cultural regions. With the political stability in the market, Nestle can actually maintain the sales or even boost up the sales, as the stability will actually bring economic growth, therefore, the consumer purchasing power will eventually growth due the improvement of living standard. For example, Nestle can actually enjoy the tax benefit compare to most countries of the EU and USA and can be enjoy by Nestle is the company can actually deduct the taxes from the income as an expense that relatively lower effective tax rate compare to most other countries where the taxes are not deductible(Colin, M, 2011).
Economic environment. Demand for basic food supplies persists even in times of economic downturn. However, the patterns of eating and drinking changes, with full meals more likely to be prepared and consumed at home. With operations around the globe, Nestle had to make adjustments for variations in demand fluctuations and price sensitivities in different countries and geographic regions. Although Nestle was based in Switzerland and most of its key leaders were from the United States and the European continent, one third of 2007 sales came from the developing world and analysts projected that by 2010, 90% of the world's population would live in developing and emerging countries.
Technological environment. Throughout the industry, technologies are vital to defining recipes, producing food and beverages, locating and purifying water. As the company's own GLOBE initiative demonstrates, internal technologies are vital to coordinating operations.
Internal Environment
The internal environment refers to the environment inside the organization. It forces acting on the organization from within and take a similar from to those discussed under external forces. (Business Management student manual, December 2011) Here are internal environment that Nestle deal with.
The internal economic element. Nestle has some very strong brands like Nescafe, Meggiand Cerelec. These brands are almost generic to their product categories and the company has been continuously introducing new products for its Pakistani patterns on frequent basis, thus expanding its product offerings. (Porter, M.E, 2008)
The internal technology environment. Nestle not only has Well-developed supply chain, but also good relations with suppliers and farmers. The company also has ability to customize and localize products.
The human environment. Nestle concerned with employee competence productivity. Wherever employees work in Nestlé, they'll enjoy a selection of core benefits, including...
Bibliography: Castillo, G. 2007. How do enterprise adapt external environment. America: Greenwood Publishing Group, vo2.1, no.5, pp.67-89.
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Former Vice Chair of the Democrat Party of Florida and former Chair of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party, Mark Alan Siegel, had some ideas about how the Hillary Clinton campaign should handle the situation with super delegates and Bernie Sanders in an email leaked by WikiLeaks.
In the email, Siegel brags about being "the guy who drafted the 'super-delegate' provisions of the party's delegate selection rules."
Siegel points out that originally the super delegate system was only supposed to account for 10% of the convention. However, after the DNC reformed the system, they made it account for over 15% and, according to Siegel, "DNC ADDED THEMSELVES as automatic delegates."
Siegel recognizes the fact that Senator Bernie Sanders people are not happy about the super delegates, especially since most of them came out in support of Clinton."Bernie and his people have been bitching about super delegates and the huge percentage that have come out for Hillary" Siegel said.
"Why not throw Bernie a bone and reduce the super delegates in the future of the original draft of members of the House and Senate, governors and big city mayors, eliminating the DNC members who are not State chairs or vice-Chairs. (Frankly, DNC members don't really represent constituencies anyway. I should know. I served on the DNC first as Executive Director and then as an elected member for 10 years.)"
Siegel went on to say, "So if we 'give' Bernie this in the Convention's rules committee, his people will think they've 'won' something from the Party Establishment. And it functionally doesn't make any difference anyway. They win. We don't lose. Everyone is happy."
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Several of the Democratic Wisconsin senators living south of the border in Illinois met in a Harvard, Ill., hotel room today to grant media interviews.
But a few supporters of the Wisconsin governor found out the senators' location and showed up at the Heritage Inn and Suites to protest, said hotel manager Sarah Stolberg.
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"Is not he rightly named Jacob? … He hath supplanted me these two times." – Genesis 27:36[1]
Jude, a half-brother of Jesus Christ, warned his readers about "certain men" who had "crept" into the church "unawares" (4). These men "speak evil of those things which they know not. … What they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves" (10). Jude then named three men from the Old Testament who acted in this manner: Cain, Balaam, and Korah (11). Was Esau evil like the men Jude described? No. But he was still godless.
Corruption and Slander
Esau corrupted himself in natural things, specifically sex and food. He took more than one wife, which is polygamy (Genesis 26:34; cf 4:19); married Hittite women, even though God said that Abraham's seed – not Hittites – would inherit the land (26:34; cf 15:7-21); and married a Canaanite daughter of Ishmael, who wasn't the son of the covenant (28:9; cf 17:19-21). These women were unworthy of a grandson of Abraham. Esau also "despised his birthright" by selling it for food (25:34). How did he corrupt himself? Physical needs in the moment loomed larger than spiritual needs in the future. The birthright was the one and only key to the blessing, so it wasn't for sale, but Esau didn't care. As a result, the book of Hebrews rightly calls him "profane" (12:16).
Esau also spoke evil of, or slandered, Jacob by calling him a supplanter (Genesis 27:36), just as Cain slandered Abel (4:9) and Korah Moses (Numbers 16:3). Esau couldn't see that Jacob was righteous in first valuing and then seeking both the birthright and blessing of the firstborn. The name "Jacob" (Ya'aqob) means "heel catcher" or "heel holder" in Hebrew (H3290), since Jacob "took hold on Esau's heel" at birth (Genesis 25:26). The root word 'aqab (H6117) is translated supplant (Genesis 27:36, Jeremiah 9:4), stay (Job 37:4), and take by the heel (Hosea 12:3). Figurative translations of the name Jacob – deceiver, defrauder, layer of snares, supplanter, etc – add something to the text that isn't there. The same is true of the definitions of 'aqab below. Does "come from behind" mean "supplant, circumvent, or defraud"? No. Are Jacob's actions in Genesis 27 identical to the men God condemns in Jeremiah 9:4? No. Only two people in the Bible accused Jacob of deception: Esau and his father Isaac, who said that he "came with subtlety" (27:35). God and his servants never accused Jacob of fraud. This man was an anointed prophet after all (Psalm 105:15).
- Genesius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon: (1) to be behind, to come from behind; (2) denominative from H6119 to take hold of anyone's heel, to trip one up; (3) to supplant, to circumvent, to defraud; Piel, to hold back, to retard.
- Strong's Definitions: to swell out or up; used only as denominative from H6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel).
Yes, Jacob pretended to be Esau. But this act doesn't make him a man of "subtlety" (27:35) who "supplanted" (27:36) his brother. Taking the firstborn's blessing was an act of faith that only eyes of faith can see. Profane people like Esau, however, "speak evil of those things which they know not" (Jude 10). Isaac was little better. He accused Jacob of "subtlety" (Genesis 27:35) or mirmah (H4820), which means "fraud." The Bible says that, "by faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come" (Hebrews 11:20). I think credit for that blessing goes to Rebekah.
True Deception
Did Jacob commit fraud by taking Esau's blessing, as Isaac claimed (Genesis 27:35)? No. The true supplanter was Esau. First, his moral nature didn't fit his status as the firstborn son. If anyone should have been the firstborn, it was Jacob; he was righteous in seeking the birthright and blessing. Esau treated the birthright like dung. Sadly, Isaac was deceived by appearances – Esau's hunting skill (25:27-28). Rebekah, however, had a word from the Lord: "the elder shall serve the younger" (25:23). But since Isaac couldn't spiritually discern his sons' moral natures, it was fitting that this now-blind father couldn't physically discern Jacob's hairy hands (27:1, 23). Second, by having lost the birthright, it was Esau who approached Isaac "with subtlety" (27:35). He tried to inherit something that he no longer had a right to: the double blessing of the firstborn. Jacob had obtained the birthright, so taking the blessing was his rightful due. If Isaac had learned that Esau had sold his birthright, then the appearance of deception could have been avoided. Isaac would have knowingly blessed Jacob; instead of hunting, Esau would have stayed home!
What did Jacob do when he took the firstborn's blessing, as prophesied by his name? What does it mean to "take hold of" something? The woman with the "issue of blood … when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment" so she could be healed (Mark 5:25, 27). Matthew (9:20) and Luke (8:44) also say that she came from behind. What's the difference between this woman and Jacob? Paul followed Jesus Christ in order to "apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of" him (Philippians 3:12). He "press[ed] toward the mark for the prize" of the resurrection of the dead (3:14). Paul later told Timothy to "lay hold on eternal life" (1 Timothy 6:12). Faith is a journey. It begins by taking hold of Jesus, continues by keeping hold on him, and ends – via death or the rapture – by not letting go. Unlike Jacob, Esau let the birthright slide. When weary, he prized "one morsel of meat" (Hebrews 12:16).
"Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." – Matthew 8:11-12
The church today is filled with people like Jacob and Esau. The former are righteous, the latter profane. These godless people do more than just "speak evil of those things which they know not" and "corrupt themselves" in natural things – food, sex, money, etc (Jude 10). They're like the "evil men and seducers" whom Paul describes, "deceiving and being deceived" (2 Timothy 3:13). Having "crept" into the church "unawares," they have the appearance of righteousness yet slander true saints (Jude 4). A few Christians are like Rebekah. Having received a word from the Lord – prophetic words, visions, or dreams – they see the Jacobs as righteous. Most Christians, however, are like Isaac. Deceived by appearances and without spiritual discernment, they prefer the rich, beautiful, and well-spoken-of Esaus.
One day, there'll be a reckoning. Appearances will no longer deceive. The scene of Isaac's blessing foreshadows the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. He has righteousness (rapture) in one hand and judgment (wrath) in the other. When Jesus returns, the righteous Jacobs will inherit the kingdom of God; the profane Esaus will be cast into the eternal fires of hell. They'll find "no place of repentance," even if they seek "it carefully with tears" (Hebrews 12:17).
[1] All Scripture references are from the King James Version (KJV). Archaic spellings have been modernized.


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As the millennial I am, I decided to share a GIF on how I currently deal with my master degree's final project that I must defend with my wits. Oh boy! It's going to be truly magic! Wishing I could call a trial by combat…. How are you peeps doing? I know most of you are still on vacation, getting ready on readathons or playing Dream Daddy. Share your times with the GIP. 🙂
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