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by Eric Stashin (aka The Rotoprofessor)
The Cubs have sold a lot of their assets (as well as graduated a few others) over the past few seasons, as they built a World Series champion and have an eye towards a second. That doesn't necessarily mean that the cupboard is barren, though the names may not be well known. One example is right-handed pitcher Adbert Alzolay, who has no name recognition but may be the team's top prospect.
Alzolay isn't a new name, having signed out of Venezuela in 2012, but he's now coming off a career year:
- High-A (81.2 IP) – 2.98 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 8.60 K/9, 2.42 BB/9
- Double-A (32.2 IP) – 3.03 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 8.27 K/9, 3.31 BB/9
It was a nice step forward in his strikeout rate (7.7 K/9 over his minor league career), though he continued to show strong control (2.3 BB/9). There's a lot to like, with a fastball that MLB.com described as:
"Alzolay has gotten stronger and is doing a better job of using his lower half in his delivery, which has resulted in improved velocity. He's now operating with a 92-95 mph fastball as a starter, topping out at 97. He also gets some running action on his heater, which makes it difficult for hitters to barrel."
Of course there's a reason that he's a relative unknown, despite the impressive stuff, as there are numerous questions hanging over him:
Size – He's listed at about 6'0" and 180 lbs., so there's a good chance that he ultimately lands in the bullpen
Home Runs – While they weren't an issue last season, he posted a 37.7% groundball rate at High-A and 33.3% at Double-A (0.72 GO/AO between the two levels); those types of numbers could lead to home run issues as he continues to advance
Secondary Stuff – Rich Wilson of Prospect 361 noted he saw a "really nice curve ball" and MLB.com has also seen promise with the pitch noting his "hard curveball has depth and shows signs of becoming at least a solid second offering". He needs to continue to develop that pitch, as well as get his changeup up to par if he wants to stick in the rotation.
Coming off this type of season Alzolay is going to start to garner more attention, but there is also a lot of risk involved. It's not hard to find similar prospects and most see his upside as a mid-rotation starter, at best. It seems far more likely that he settles into a bullpen role, and that could get him to Chicago as soon as 2018.
Could he ultimately develop into a lights out, late inning weapon? It's possible, but hardly a given. At this point he's a high risk, moderate reward prospect and should be lumped in with the numerous other hard throwing pitching prospects as opposed to anything more.
Current Grade – B-/C+
Upside Grade – B
Sources – MLB.com, MILB.com, Fangraphs, Prospect 361, Baseball Reference


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Earlier this week, the Herald featured this piece by our Chief Executive, Sheila Duffy, focusing on this year's World No Tobacco Day. See more about how tobacco is a threat to development, below:
When you enter Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art, you might be struck by the grandeur of the building, but your mind probably doesn't jump straight to a pack of cigarettes. The building was, of course, the townhouse of William Cunninghame, one of the city's Tobacco Lords – merchant traders who made vast fortunes in the brutal horror of the transatlantic trade in slaves and tobacco. Between 1740 and 1770 almost half of all Europe's tobacco imports arrived at Glasgow, Port Glasgow and Greenock, and accounted for 80% of all Scottish re-exports. From the 1750s onwards the Clyde was handling a larger share of Europe's tobacco than all other British ports combined.
It's a tempting thought that this kind of miserable and manifest unfairness is a thing of the past. But the tobacco industry is carrying on in that proud tradition today. Across southern Africa millions of people work themselves to exhaustion for starvation wages to grow this deadly product. Vast fortunes are still being made, but the money never seems to reach the farmers. That's why the theme of this year's World No Tobacco Day (31 May) is "tobacco – a threat to development".
Take Malawi. It's one of the poorest countries in the world, and it's no coincidence that it's also the most tobacco dependent: 13% of the economy is directly accounted for by tobacco growing. And the land that grows tobacco doesn't grow food crops, contributing to food insecurity and poverty in one of the poorest countries in the world – where 33% of people are undernourished.
Tobacco is often thought of as a cash crop. But it isn't ordinary people who get rich. Farmers in Malawi often spend backbreaking hours planting and harvesting tobacco so they have, at the end of the day, just about enough money to pay the loans they took out from the tobacco companies in order to get seeds, pesticides and fertiliser.
Young children are expected to work in the fields picking tobacco leaves for curing. That cuts away at their chances to get an education and exposes them to green tobacco sickness, where the nicotine on the surface of the immature leaves lead to nausea and illness.
The tobacco they pick doesn't stay in Malawi. The country has low levels of smoking, partly because so many people can barely afford food, let alone cigarettes. Instead, it's exported all over the world – Malawian tobacco is considered a good filler to bulk out cigarette blends, so it's used in all sorts of well-known brands. If you buy a pack in a shop in Glasgow, there's a good chance it's partly Malawian.
But with fewer packs being sold across the developed world the tobacco industry is seeking to expand its markets in poorer countries, using methods which have been banned in the UK. Studies have shown that people in low income countries are far more likely to see tobacco ad campaigns than those in richer places. And it's children who often face the brunt of this assault – one 2011 survey found that one in ten 13-15 year olds in Uganda had been offered free cigarettes by a tobacco company representative.
In poor countries, it's often easy for a big company to influence governments. In Uganda and Nigeria, big tobacco companies have been fighting tooth and nail against laws to introduce even the most basic protections against smoking. They are happy to hide behind growers to make their arguments, often setting up front groups and spreading shoddy information which frightens farmers into supporting their cause.
That's a tactic we've become familiar with here as well. Tobacco companies recognise that their executives don't cut the most sympathetic figures, so they often hide behind retailers and small businesspeople when it comes to lobbying against regulations. It's a sad fact that these individuals' concerns over their businesses are misused in the services of tobacco companies' concerns for theirs. As a nation, we've seen tobacco threaten and harm the world's poorest people before. But we've fought back too – the Glasgow Emancipation Society was at the forefront of calls to abolish the slave trade. We can take that example today.
It isn't the fault of Malawian farmers that the only way they can make a living is tobacco. But if we don't help them, the vicious circle will continue, and only Big Tobacco will benefit as lives are lost. That's why we agree with the World Health Organisation that the UK and Scottish governments must use aid programmes to help tobacco farmers to transition to alternative crops with better financial returns. That support could save millions of lives.

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So after a honest and meaningful chat with my mum today, I have weighed myself and am at my heaviest I have ever been and realise that I NEED to do something about my weight. My issue is willpower. I have a husband who could eat takeaways 5 times a day and not put a pound on - me, I have to look at a curry and I'm 2 stone heavier.
Can anyone advise breakfast ideas for a working mum who has to do the school run before work? I don't do breakfast but I know I should. I can't commit to eggs and omelette etc for breakfast as I don't have the time. Would a bowl of cornflakes suffice until lunch? Am I heading in the right direction?
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Recipe "Bagel of thin pita":
- thin very fresh pita bread
- ham, salami and any remnants of roast meat
- 1 sweet yellow or red pepper
- 100g mozzarella
cooking time
30 minutes
Number of servings
The complexity of cooking
Breakfast, Lunch
oven / oven
Step by step recipe for cooking
Step 1
Cut pita bread rectangles of about 15x20 cm. Slightly lubricate them on both sides with melted butter and place in a round shape overlap so that half of each piece was hanging. In the center leave a space, then to get the shape of a donut.
Step 2
Thinly slice the ham, salami any leftovers baked meat. Spread on pita bread in one or two layers.
Step 3
Peel the sweet yellow or red pepper and slice very thinly. Put the peppers on top of the meat. If you want a sandwich sharp, you can also add chopped chilli.
Step 4
On pepper Put thinly sliced mozzarella or other good melting cheese. On it you can put some thin slices of butter.
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Close the filling and the free ends of lavashtuck them to all the filling was more or less closed. Cover everything with foil and place in a preheated 180 ° C oven for 10-12 minutes. Serve hot, cut into pieces.


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Selling Options Buying
Options Option Greeks
Gamma, measures the rate of change of Delta. When call options are deep out of the money, they generally have a small Delta. This is because changes in the underlying bring about only tiny changes in the price of the option. But as the call option gets closer to the money, resulting from a continued rise in the price of the underlying, the Delta gets larger.
Gamma is the change in an option's delta for unit change in the value of the underlying asset. The gamma of a long option position (both calls and puts) is always positive. At-the-money options have the largest gamma. The further an option goes "in-the-money" or, "out-of-the-money" the smaller is gamma.
Delta is the amount by which the option changes compared to the underlying asset. It is a measure of the probability that an option will expire in the money. Call deltas can be interpreted as the probability that the option will finish in the money. Put deltas can be interpreted as -1 times the probability that the option will finish in the money.
An at-the-money option, which has a delta of approximately 0.5, has roughly a 50/50 chance of ending up "in-the-money". For example, if an at-the-money wheat call option has a Delta of .5, and if wheat makes a 10-cent move higher, the premium on the option will increase approximately by 5 cents (.5 x 10 = 5), or $250 (each cent in premium is worth $50). The interpretation of Delta values is as under:
Delta is useful as a hedge ratio. A futures option with a delta of 0.5 means that the option price increases 0.5 for every 1 point increase in the futures price. For small changes in the futures price therefore, the option behaves like one-half of a futures contract. Constructing a delta hedge for a long position in 10 calls, each with a delta of 0.5 would require you to sell 5 futures contracts.
As time passes, the delta of in-the-money options increases and the delta of out-of-the-money options decreases.
Theta is defined as the change in the price of an option for a 1-day decrease in the time left for expiration. At-the-money options have the greatest time value and the greatest rate of time decay (theta). The further an option goes "in-the-money" or "out-of-the-money", the smaller is theta. As volatility falls, the time value declines and hence theta also declines.
As time passes, the theta of at-the-money options increases, the theta of deep in-the-money and out-of-the-money options decreases.
Theta has the exact opposite characteristics of gamma. Thus the size of a gamma position correlates to the size of the theta position. A large positive gamma position goes in hand with a large negative theta position, while a large negative gamma position goes hand in hand with a large positive theta position. What this means is that every option position is a tradeoff between market movement and time decay.
Theta is not used much by traders, but it is an important conceptual dimension. Theta measures the rate of decline of time-premium resulting from the passage of time. In other words, an option premium that is not intrinsic value will decline at an increasing rate as expiration nears.
Vega is the change in the value of an option for a 1-percentage point increase in implied volatility of the underlying asset price. Implied volatility is measured as the annualized standard deviation of an asset's daily price changes. The Vega of a long option position (both calls and puts) is always positive.
At-the-money options have the greatest Vega. The further an option goes "in-the-money" or "out-of-the-money", the smaller is the Vega. As time passes, Vega decreases. Time amplifies the effect of volatility changes. As a result, Vega is greater for long-dated options than for short dated options.
Vega of most options decline as time to expiration grows shorter. Vega tells us approximately how much an option price will increase or decrease given an increase or decrease in the level of implied volatility. Option sellers' benefit from a fall in implied volatility, and it's just the reverse for option buyers. Vega can increase or decrease even without price changes of the underlying because implied volatility is the level of expected volatility
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MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. -- The Governor's Office has denied state-funded blood testing for people affected by the West Morgan- East Lawrence water contamination. These tests would show how much of the contaminant are in a person's bloodstream.
The Governor's Office cites a CDC report that says most everyone should be unaffected-- except babies born into the contamination.
At an overflowing water board meeting last July, crowds gathered around the WHNT News 19 satellite truck to try to catch the conversation inside. Rumors swirled that Don Sims, the water board manager, who sounded the alarm for customers, might be fired.
People pled on his behalf. One resident told Sims, "When this come out, I had just learned, Mr. Sims, that my daughter was expecting. Every day she was aware was a day that she wasn't poisoning my grandchild."
The CDC report shows that baby and others like it could suffer because of exposure to the chemicals found in the contamination, PFOA and PFOS.
The report draws up two hazard indexes for kids to show whether they're at risk for harmful health effects. Children under the age of one proved at risk in both measures. Children under two showed risk in one of them.
The Governor's Office cites that CDC report when denying state-funded blood tests to the people affected by the contamination. The office says the report, which did rely on limited blood testing, shows the contamination is not expected to be harmful for anyone over the age of two.
In Hoosick Falls, New York they found a contamination of the same chemicals. In this case, New York did offer blood tests. The watchdog who helped uncover that contamination, Michael Hickey, told us, "The kids didn't ask for any of this. They need to be protected."
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The health effects linked to PFOA and PFOS exposure include: diagnosed high cholesterol, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension, kidney cancer, testicular cancer, developmental effects for fetuses, liver tissue damage, and immune system impairments.


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So, its 2018 .. havent blogged in a while.
Mostly, work. And stuff. And wanting to replace this blog with something more .. staticy.
Right now I'm writing myself something like this, as I got all the important components sitting around, like, for ages. Thanks to work, that is.
To list the most important or interesting ones:
- Custom template loader w/o the need of having to global-ize everything; thanks to extensive work that went into the datacolor website (yep, I did most of its programming ;))
- A bunch of parsers, including one for Markdown (which is nice, but I totally fucking HATE their "idea" of creating links in a regular text flow context; its the most UN-intuitive way possible!) AND, more important, one for Creole, the wiki markup which eg. Dokuwiki follows up to approx 95% of the time
- Simple routing; already in use with my portfolio site and a few others
- Micro-API for my very own URL shortening service, which has been in use since at least 2010
- A grabbag stuffed with CSS frameworks to choose from; most notable: Pure CSS, Furtive and maybe Bootstrap 4 (but I tend towards the first two)
- Extensive knowledge about caching and site optimization in general
- Several stand-alone comment systems to choose from; NONE of them being named Disqus :P
Yeah, thats it, basically. Maybe in a few weeks, maybe just tomorrow, there is coming change. Or at least a waaaay easier method to blog for me :)
ps: the "ex" is referring to version 10 of this blog, 'X' being the number "10" in Old School Latin ;)


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SAP's third-quarter growth for the Asia-Pacific was disappointing compared to the year before, but the company was ready with a justification.
SAP Asia-Pacific recorded 10% revenue growth year-on-year for the third quarter. This compared to a 50% increase for 2000 over 1999, says Asia Pacific boss Les Hayman.
But Hayman says the regional SAP, like its parent, has been focusing on increasing business among the small to medium-sized enterprise sector. This has reduced the cost of the average sale, he says, though the number of units sold continues to mount, by 46%, 59% and 63% respectively in the three year-on-year comparisons. This resulted in an increase in market share, he says.
SAP also continues to experience a successful broadening from its original enterprise resource planning (ERP) base through CRM, SCM (supply chain management) PLM (product lifecycle management) -- 'the areas which everyone thought were sexy and remarked that SAP was not there".
Hayman's comment to customers that "we'll do everything for you that'll help you survive" was initially understood to mean discounts. The customers hadn't got that lucky, Hayman added, during a later press conference "it's just a matter of saying pay us next year if it might create difficulties for your business right now".


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I saw that. I saw you grimace when you read Herman Cain's name in yet another headline. (Well, at least I imagined it.) Relax. This is about a narrow subject: conflicting poll results from major polling groups on who does or doesn't believe the allegations against him. All my numbers nerds say, "Yeah!"
I for one thought that Cain would weather the sexual harassment accusations if no more women came forward and no new details emerged. But earlier this week, both happened. Still, Cain stuck to the defensive plan that echoed his economic plan: deny, deny, deny.
So the crucial question becomes, who would believe whom? Polling produced some relatively predictable results: Democrats were more likely to believe the accusations than Republicans, and women took them more seriously than men.
At least they were predictable until Monday, when the Pew Research Center released results of a poll conducted Nov. 3-6, that found that Republican women were less likely than Republican men to think that the allegations were true. In fact, it found that Republican women were nearly twice as likely to believe the allegations were false than to believe that they were true.
That was fascinating, but then things got weirder. A Gallup poll conducted over the same period, and with a sample size of Republicans more than twice as large as the Pew poll, found the opposite. Republican women were slightly more likely to believe the allegations than Republican men. And the percentage of women who doubted them was only a third larger than those who believed them. (For the record, I give more weight to polls that survey the most people.)
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Nov 4-5 seems to bolster one of Gallup's findings, but threw two other curve balls. In it, Republican women are also more likely than Republican men to believe the allegations. But they are also more likely to believe the allegations than not. Plus, Democratic women in this poll are less likely to believe the allegations than Democratic men.
Confused yet? I am, and this is my job.
Now, there are statistical wrinkles here that may help to explain at least part of these discrepancies. The Pew data only include responses from people who had heard "a lot or a little" about the allegations, but Gallup and Reuters/Ipsos include responses from everyone. And, as Julia Clark, vice president of Ipsos Public Affairs told me via e-mail:
A key point to note here – and something to always consider when looking at political data by gender – is that women are far more likely to give a 'don't know' or 'unsure' response than men, which throws off all the other data when making comparisons.
So, which poll to believe? Let's conduct our own (thoroughly unscientific) survey in the comments section.
Which poll would you go with?


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Australia's pro-republic Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday scrapped knights and dames from the nation's honours system, less than a year after a furore sparked by the award of a knighthood to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband.
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a staunch monarchist, reintroduced the antiquated honours in 2014, provoking criticism that he was out of touch with public sentiment. Abbott was ousted by Turnbull in a party coup in September.
The politically disastrous decision to give Prince Philip the nation's highest honour, Knight of the Order of Australia, on Australia Day, has been cited as the beginning of the end for Abbott.
The decision to scrap the honours by Turnbull, a former head of the national republican movement, may be interpreted as a signal of his willingness to revisit the thorny question of Australia's relationship with the monarchy.
"The prime minister announced today that Her Majesty the Queen has agreed to the government's recommendation to remove knights and dames from the Order of Australia," Turnbull said in a statement.
"The Cabinet recently considered the Order of Australia, in this its 40th anniversary year, and agreed that knights and dames are not appropriate in our modern honours system."
Others who received the honours were governors general Quentin Bryce and Peter Cosgrove, former air chief marshal Angus Houston and New South Wales state governor Marie Bashir, which Turnbull has said they will retain. Queen Elizabeth is Australia's largely ceremonial head of state, but has the power to approve the abolition of parliament, which last happened in the controversial 1975 toppling of Gough Whitlam's government.
Australia's sometimes strained relationship with the British crown came to a head in a 1999 national referendum, when almost 55 percent of Australians voted against breaking with the monarchy, defeating Turnbull's republicans.
A poll this year on behalf of the Australian National University showed that public support for a republic has fallen further since the referendum, while the royals' popularity has risen.
Support for a republic stood at 54 percent, down from 66 per cent in 1998, according to the telephone poll of 1,200 people conducted by the Social Research Centre in March, before Turnbull took office.
But Turnbull's move into the leadership has buoyed the hopes of republicans eager to revisit the issue in a fresh referendum, despite his ranking of the faltering economy, not the monarchy, as his government's top priority. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are expected to receive a warm welcome when they visit Australia and New Zealand next week.
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So our faction was banned (Bloody/Brocean) for using a overloaded reactor to kill someone. They thought it was a nuke because they fail to realize that being killed by a overloaded reactor means "(Name) was nuked. The unprofessionalism with the mods is just ridiculous. We weren't warned or anything and just straight banned. This wasn't an exploit because nuclear reactors aren't banned. But these mods are unfamiliar with the game and seem unworthy because all they do is ban and kick people for every little reason. They also use their powers to teleport out of my teams traps when others could not. A unban would be nice, as well as some discipline to the mods. They seriously need to get their facts straight before they blindly /ban everyone. EVEN before we got to explain ourself!
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Newton Restaurants
You have nothing to lose and everything to gain - Advertise your foodie place for free in the town of Newton.
Newton, GA has one of the widest choices of restaurants, of a locale its extent, in the whole of the US. Just about half of the restaurants in Newton are full-service restaurants with three quarters of the others offering restricted help. The additional restaurants inNewton are essentially drinking places and caterers that put forward some in-house cooking.
Full-service restaurants in Newton be inclined to offer quite a few menu kinds, as well as appetizers, salads, side dishes, desserts, and beverages, with quite a few choices within each type. Chefs and cooks will prepare the items to buy, starting from grilling a burger to composing a further intricate and chic menu item. Waiters and waitresses offer table service in comfy surroundings. Patrons increasingly love dining at mid-size or family restaurants, typically organized by a national group. Contrastingly, consumers at the superior Newton dining places be inclined to hunt for a nicer feel with adeptly primed cuisine and relaxing, proficient service. While franchises are an important chunk of the restaurant market, many clients in Newton wish to dine in unchained owned as well as locally operated restaurants.
The most frequent type of a limited-service restaurant in Newton, GA is a franchised business of a national restaurant chain selling fast food. Like every else, these restaurants in Newton includes a set menu, the nonexistence of waitresses and waiters and an emphasis on purity and a resourceful service. Menu collections will put forward a narrow range and are made ready by workers with nominal cooking or food-management skills. Cuisine typically is served in disposable take-out containers that preserve the food's heat, allowing restaurants to prepare orders in advance of clients' requirements. A growing quantity of fast-food restaurants in Newton, GA are now providing drive-through and walk-up services.
Restaurants are the most well-known and familiar trade in the USA. The best restaurants, especially the best restaurants in Newton, GA propose
- Freshly prepared food focused on indigenous favourites
- Menu choices that suit everybody in the group
- Competent and motivated staff that smile!
- Cleanliness
- Every single one of the above at an affordable value!
The public Newton are well known for their fondness of restaurants that offer something that other restaurants do not boast and they like restaurants where the recruits working in attendance actually like what they are doing.
The community in Newton are looking for restaurants with the aim of making you feel great after eating there.
The clientele attracted to establishments in Newton differ according to several factors, including the type of food delivered, cost, position and the market sector the establishment is intended for.
To attract inhabitants in Newton, GA you must focus on
- High-earning individuals or families with a considerable sum of disposable earnings but hardly any time in which to expend it. This consumer band includes the increasing number of solo householders, as well as dual-takings family groups.
- Trade people on cost accounts to boost lunchtime trade and evening meals. The significance of this market frequently tends to follow the wider fluctuations in resident companies.
- Holidaymakers are notable for lots of restaurants in the vicinity. Bear in mind that visitor numbers to Newton alter according to the seasons, and winter, in particular, may see poorer business.
- Family. The influence of kids has fashioned a hefty market group that impacts on family choice for meals. This has been promptly picked up on by the large conglomerates who, led by the burger franchises, target kids through their marketing.
- Working women. Married women partake more than sixty percent of all household chores, thus easy access to meals is welcomed as one fewer responsibility to partake. Cost tends to be an important issue affecting the preference of this unit, along with the excellence of the food.
- Grazers. As lifestyles have altered, the accepted 3 meals a day have been replaced by a propensity to graze or eat on the run. Convenience plays a hefty portion in this group's choice of venue.
- The coming out of a sizeable troop of retired inhabitants with a high level of disposable income and improved leisure time. Research indicates that this troop tends to eat out during the daylight hours as a leisure activity.
If you are running a restaurant in Newton, GA you should
- Make out the superlative location in order to charm passing business. If you are planning to rely on word alone and shape your trade over a very extended period, location will play a critical ingredient in the eventual victory of your company.
- Settle down into your working routine (and make sure your staff are accustomed with their chores!) and then request reviewers from the Newton media to conduct a restaurant evaluation - a good appraisal is expected to boost regional interest in your dealings.
- Make surely you're listed in resident food and restaurant handbooks. This will necessitate enlisting with the Newton tourist guides and this will also appeal to citizens from farther afield from the direct locale.
- Promote in publications perused by your intended listeners. Newtonnewspapers and business magazines usually proffer reasonably costed marketing space.
- Stand out from your competitors by selecting an special illustration or theme and applying it to your interior decoration, personnel uniforms, dishes and cutlery, and menus.
- Market different audiences depending on the time of the day or season of the year. Mutually daytime and evening menus could be provided, with on a daily basis specials accessible to contrast the habitual bill of fare.
- Use exclusive offers to boost trade throughout idle times, with mid-afternoon discounts for pupils and elderly diners, and special kid's menus to be had to be a magnet for families. Christmas is an important point in time for most restaurants, in view of the fact that it offers the opportunity to encourage business owing to corporate parties and can be a preamble to your restaurant for possible new customers who could return all through the rest of the year.
As word-of-mouth public relations is of the highest significance for Newton restaurants, it is critical that your customer service should always be attentive, timely and civil!
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Man acquitted of charges in missing woman case
Judge finds man not guilty
Man acquitted of charges in missing woman case
Judge finds man not guilty
A man accused of lying to investigators about his girlfriend being missing has been found not guilty on all charges.
Brent Dudney was charged with domestic violence and making false alarms in September after he called to say he'd found the woman's Jeep abandoned near their home in Crosby Township.
Authorities said Dudney made misleading statements to investigators that led them to consider the woman a critical missing person.
Dudney's girlfriend was found safe elsewhere, investigators said.
But on Monday, Judge Brad Greenburg found Dudney not guilty of the charges after a bench trial.


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We have a new community member in Northumberland County! Bringing a love of literacy everywhere he goes, our furriest member, Winnie-the-Pooh is a bear with an incredible past, rich with words. Winnie's first appearance was at YMCA Healthy Kids day on April 30th at the Cobourg YMCA.
This initiative is made possible by the Community Fund for Canada's 150th, a collaboration between the Campbellford/Seymour Community Foundation, the Government of Canada, and exceptional leaders from coast to coast to coast.
Look for Winnie across the County participating and entertaining at many OEYC and YMCA events. Winnie's next official appearance will be at the Teddy Bear Picnic in July and Winnie-the-Pooh Literacy Event in August.
Event details:
Teddy Bear Picnic
Bring your favourite teddy, for a special story and snacks. Surprise guest appearance from a very special bear.
Wed Jul 12 • 10:00 am
Hastings OEYC
Winnie-the-Pooh Literacy Event
Join us for our 6th Annual Summer Fun Event as we welcome Winnie-the-Pooh. Hear a story about Winner-the-Pooh and enjoy related crafts, games and activities as we celebrate the remarkable true story of a real Canadian bear.
Wed Aug 9 • 9:00 am – 12 noon
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Below is the text of the Conservative Party Election Broadcast, shown on 18th April 1997.
Good Evening.
This election is about jobs, it's about education, it's about health. It's about people's prosperity both at the moment and in the future.
But there is becoming one central defining issue that is raised on door-
And then there is the wider and deeper question that I know concerns many of the people watching this broadcast. Should sterling enter a single currency if our European partners decide to proceed with it? Are there advantages in it? Yes, there are. There are advantages in it. If a single currency were to be formed and if if it were to be successful, it might extend a zone of low inflation permanently right across Europe.
But are there risks? Yes, there are very deep risks and we have to consider those as well. What is the core element of a single currency that gives rise to such caution amongst the British nation? I believe it's the fear that inexorably, sometimes almost invisibly, we are being dragged further and further into a position where more and more decisions are being taken away from the British Parliament and decided collectively by the European heads of government in Brussels. I have not a shred of intention, neither has any member of my Cabinet or any member of my Party so far as I am aware, of surrendering the responsibility for taxation or expenditure to our European partners or indeed to anybody else -
I said this was a central issue. I think it is a defining issue as well. I will negotiate for Britain in these negotiations, firstly at Amsterdam on a Federal Europe and later on a single European currency. l am therefore in a different position from anybody else in this country when I conduct those negotiations. When I have concluded those negotiations -
For this is a matter of such overriding importance -
I will not take Britain into a single currency. Only the British nation can do that. Upon that, you may be certain.


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Democratic House Senate leaders want "GAO Study on Inclusion of Women in NIH-Supported Clinical Trials
Here is the release, unedited:
"WASHINGTON, DC- Democratic House and Senate leaders today wrote to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting a study on the inclusion of women in NIH-supported clinical trials to look at whether the level of participation is sufficient for researchers to provide meaningful results on the applicability of research findings to women and whether the results are being made public. The letter was sent by Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Sen. Tom Harkin, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Rep. Nita Lowey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Lois Capps, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
In the letter the members wrote, "Participation of women in clinical trials is vital to improving our understanding of how women are affected by diseases and conditions that impact their health and lifespan, whether the illnesses are predominately experienced by women, such as breast cancer or osteoporosis, or affect the overall population, such as heart disease or stroke. ... it is critically important that we understand more about the meaningful inclusion of women in NIH-sponsored trials. These trials help to shape our understanding of diseases, treatment regimens, and care delivery."
In 1993, Congress first directed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research disease and conditions that primarily affect women; to require that NIH include women and minorities in clinical research trials; and to analyze data by sex. Prior GAO work informed these NIH provisions, but GAO has not examined this important issue for more than a decade."
Text of the letter is available below and online here<http://democrats.


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Brettenwood Coastal Estate - From R1,200,000
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This 104,34 Hectare Estate with state of the art security, excellent leisure amenities and a well-established Retirement Village appeals to people in all stages of life. Dogs are allowed on most sites, but no cats, and all dogs must be kept on a leash. When completed Brettenwood will comprise approximately 300 freehold and 400 apartments / villas / sectional title.
- Woodland perch Clubhouse that includes a coffee shop and lounge
- Gym
- Sauna
- Rustic boma and picnic area
- Three swimming pools - 25m lap pool, Kiddies pool and water slide and a heated aerobic pool with wheelchair access and a kiddies' pool.
- Walking trails
- Fishing dams with Tilapa and Bass
- Bird hides
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Kevin Gilbert, whose music spanned everything from full on progressive to quirky pop. So this week's Brainwaves starts with a retrospective of some of Kevin Gilbert's work – with Toy Matinee, Giraffe, Sheryl Crow and solo.
Then it's the first Brainwaves "mother" set (in honor of last week's Mother's Day…or just because…?) including music from The Guess Who, Paul Simon, The Durutti Column, Natalie Merchant, Sparks, Kaki King and Mother Mother.
Plus two songs from the Icicles and two songs in Hebrew. Two hours of eclectic alternative radio starts now!
Visit the Brainwaves page on andHow.FM for times to listen live or on-demand.
Here's the playlist:
|Toy Matinee
|The Ballad of Jenny Ledge
|Kevin Gilbert
|The Best Laid Plans
|Kevin Gilbert
|Suit Fugue (Dance of the A+R Men)
|Fly on a Windshield/Broadway Melody of 1974 (cover: Genesis)
|Sheryl Crow
|Mother Nature's Son (cover: The Beatles)
|The Guess Who
|No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
|Mother Mother
|Dirty Town
|Sufjan Stevens
|Decatur or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother
|The Durutti Column
|Requiem for Mother
|Peter Gabriel
|Mother of Violence
|Kaki King
|Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers
|Natalie Merchant
|Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
|Daft Punk
|Paul Simon
|Mother and Child Reunion
|John Lennon
|The Icicles
|The Icicles
|Steven Wilson
|My Book of Regrets
|The XX
|Owl City
|On the Wing
|Matthew Sweet
|Belle and Sebastian
|To be Myself Completely
|The Stills
|Ready for It
|The Jim Carroll Band
|People Who Died
|Billy Idol
|Dancing with Myself
|Erez Lev Ari
|Zake et Ami (Win Over the People)
|Beit HaBubot (Dollhouse)
|I'm Inside


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Fingerprint reader for access control and time attendance
It is a fingerprint reader for access control or time attendance. 1500 fingerprints can be registered and 4000 records.
Fingerprint reader for access control and time attendance
Size: L153cmxW87cmxH21.5cm
Power supply:DC9V-15V
Resolution ratio:508dpi, time of fingerprint contrast: within 3 seconds
False reject rate: within 0.02
False accept rate: within 0.0003
1500 fingerprints can be registered, 4000 records are manageable
Communication: WieGand 26/28 bit
Functions: 1.to give an alarm when someone is forced to open doors by fingerprints;
2.to give an alarm when the fingerprint card-reader is stripped;
3.to open doors by fingerprints or by fingerprints and password
Working temperature: -10-55
Working humidity: 40-90RH
Able to work online or offline
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There is a handy little tool that I have been using lately...and creating little miracles in my life - it's what I call 'intentioning'.
This is a little like 'paving the way' or setting up what is to come. I like to think of it as 'rolling out a red carpet' into my future.
It's quick, it's easy and you don't need any special equipment or training! Here's how it works:
What situation are you anticipating?
Think of a situation coming up. Especially one which has you feeling uneasy or worried or fearful. Or maybe you are anticipating anger, boredom or other 'negative' emotions.
Write down your 'perfect future scenario'.
Ask yourself: 'How would I like this situation to turn out, in an ideal world?' Write down how this perfect future scenario is going to look.
Just one thing! Don't forget the condition 'This, or something even better for my highest good, and for the highest good of all concerned.'
Remember that even if we could control what other people do, it really isn't desirable or the best thing for us!
As Wallace D. Wattles, the author of 'The Science of Growing Rich' says in his wise words:
It is as flagrantly wrong to coerce people by mental power as it is to coerce them by physical power. If compelling people by physical force to do things for you reduces them to slavery, compelling them by mental means accomplishes exactly the same thing; the only difference is in methods.'
You can be as imaginative and fantastic here as you like. Really go for the 'best case scenario' as you contemplate what would make you feel great.
Clear your limiting beliefs.
Clear any limiting beliefs or blocks that you may hold around this. Those thoughts of 'This can't possibly happen' or 'I don't deserve that' or 'Yeah, yeah, right. Nothing good ever happens to me.' (Ouch.)
My tool or energy technique of choice here is EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique, or Tapping. It is just perfect for clearing and opening ourselves mentally and emotionally (and physically too, in all likelihood) to greater and more beneficial possibilities. (See my article for more information about EFT.)
A word of caution here. Do not miss this step!!
The point is to set your intention and then move into the situation transmitting an energy which will attract to you what you desire. If there are still doubts and conflicting feelings that is what you are going to get back. Not what we want!!
Get on with your life!
Get on with your life. When you get to the scenario that you have been focusing on, let go of expectations and desired outcomes. Just go with what happens, keeping open to whatever that might be.
I have found that often what unfolds is full of unimagined events and serendipitous moments. I am often in awe at how neatly and elegantly the Universe presents solutions, seeming coincidences and surprises.
So take notice! Write down what happens. We are masters at 'forgetting' these mini-miracles. Marvel at the way things are worked out 'for the good of all concerned' in ways that would never occurred to you.
Here's a simple example that occurred for me recently.
I had had a very stressful rehearsal in the orchestra. The woman sitting in front of me kept turning round, shooting me filthy looks at perceived errors. And another girl, a few seats away kept playing in the silences and not with the rest of the strings. I found myself getting more and more bothered and distracted.
Before the next day's rehearsal I imagined myself having a great time, playing well and accurately, able to focus on the music and on the other people around me without being put off by these two women. I tapped on the phrase 'Even though I'm really bothered by these two women, I love and accept myself.'
When I got to the rehearsal two things happened. First of all, the woman in front of me wasn't there. Turns out she had another commitment and couldn't make the rehearsal that day. Strike one.
And secondly, the other switched into the second violins (so playing a different, slightly easier and less conspicuous part) because another player had already played the first violin part, so took over for her.
Ta daa! Everyone happy, no hurt feelings, no catastrophes. 🙂
So why not try it? It takes a little mental effort on your part but the results are worth it...
PS. Why do I think this works?
Well, I believe that as well as physical tangible bodies which we can see, hear, touch, taste and feel, there are also energetic 'fields' within and without them.
How can you explain the atmosphere which affects (or infects?!) a crowd of people? Listening spellbound to an amazing musical performance, watching the last few tense minutes of a long, drawn-out tennis match, or the sense of danger when a politically charged mob is getting wound up with anger and indignation.
You can't touch the energy created…but you can't deny that it really is there.
And we project our energy out into the future. Very often as worry and concern – because culturally we have been programmed to 'fear the worst', almost as a defense mechanism, the old thinking of 'Well, if it doesn't happen, anything else will be a blessed relief.'
It is so easy to start writing our own personal horror movie scripts. After all, isn't that just being realistic?
But as they say, 85% of what we worry about doesn't happen – so are the 'doom and gloom' scenarios we predict any more real than made up 'feel good, happy-ending' projections?
I don't think so. And don't forget 'What you focus on expands'. So it makes sense to focus on a positive, uplifting, life enhancing possible future – at least you'll be feeling better right now so will be able to go into the situation with a clear mind. A smile on your lips and a bounce in your step.
Try it and see!
I predict you will start to love intentioning just as much as I do!
Key Takeaways:
- Intentioning can help you to 'pave your way' and create better future situations.
- Write down what you want to see unfold and then clear your doubts, blocks and limiting beliefs.
- 85% of what we worry about doesn't happen! Feel better now and choose to feel better in the future.
- 'What you focus on expands'. Go into a new situation with a clear mind and a smile on your lips!


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Published on September 15, 2014
Author: varunluthra51
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FUTURE DIRECTIVES IN ERP, ERP AND INTERNET, CRITICAL SUCCESS AND FAILURE FACTORS By : Varun Luthra
Future Directives- in ERP New Market New Channels Faster Implementation Methodologies Business Models and BAPIs More Features: WEB ENABLING
New Market Supplementing direct sales with reseller channels. Software offerings to appeal on the basis of reduced functionality. Improving the implementation methodology for faster development. Removing the entry price to make it financially viable. Using the platforms such as MS Windows NT.
New Channels As all the vendors are being forced to market their product in the world of small business, they made their software products more affordable by lowering the prices for each module and by ramping up the total costs by basing price on user licenses. Ex am p le : Oracle offers the lower price software from companies such as platinum software and great plains software.
Faster Implementation Methodologies As to implement the whole business it has to go through reengineering process. This may cause a complete change in the business model working previously and thus also find it difficult to implement. Some times only 10-15% of the implementation takes years to complete and by that time implementation cost may increase. To make the implementation of packages more convenient the ERP vendors are searching for faster implementation methodologies e.g. Accelerated SAP (ASAP) is a program introduced by SAP.
Methodologies (cont…) Oracle also introduced a faster implementation methodology called fast-forward. This program speed up implementation of Oracle application suites and nail down the costs up front. As there is dearth of skilled consultants, ERP systems implementation often become a difficult task. Require highly skilled consulting teams. Ex am p le : Oracle's OracleOne or SAP's Platinum Consulting Services with highly skilled consulting teams provide their services along with new channel partners and implementation methodologies.
Business Models and BAPIs To review and simulate changes to a business model, implementation team needs special type of business model tools. The product such as Intel Corp Inc's live model provides the views of R/3 process, data models and functions. Live model is OLE complaint; the R/3 model can be manipulated and documented through OLE application such as Microsoft World. Business Application Programming Interfaces(BAPI) are sets of methods that allow the external application to collaborate with R/3 business objects such as accounts, employees or customers. With the help of this collaborate method, BAPIs gives the third party application vendors a lot of flexibility to build supporting applications for R/3 system. Similarly, Baan offers Orgware, business modeling tool which combine with business specific templates that help to automatically configure the software to suit specific operational needs.
More Features ERP vendors are also focusing on providing improved decision support applications. ERP vendors teamed up with various software providers Ex am p le : JD Edwards teamed up with Information Builders Inc to deliver a data mart i.e. Smart Mart Suit with data base access, data transformation, reporting and OLAP Tools.
WEB ENABLING To deliver the self-services and e-commerce capabilities, ERP vendors are being forced to move from client/server to browser/server architecture to web-enable their software. Vendors deliver java based application for web enabling software. Ex am p le : Baan is working to deliver a java based web interface to all its products and also focusing on the automation of supply chain relationship via internet, on e-commerce via Microsoft merchant server (Site Server) and on using Hyperion Software Corp.'s Spider-Man technology for report and alert distribution across the web.
ERP and Internet Framework for integrating the Internet and ERP systems Research methodology
Framework for integrating the Internet and ERP systems Integration of information systems The role of information systems in organizations has shifted from enabling transactions to supporting strategic and competitive objectives with a customer focus approach. Information systems are being set up to service customers by providing offerings that will allow customers to perform basic query functions. Benefits include: replacing paper-based systems with shared resource computer systems; capturing data once; storing a single copy of data in a manner which can be accessed by all authorized users.
Internet use in organizations The Internet can be defined as the use of electronic networks for communication between information technology systems of organizations or as a network of networks with excellent throughput capabilities, for example e-mail, file transfer, World-Wide Web (WWW).
Research methodology The nature of this research required a qualitative approach where interviewing and document sources were used to gather data. This research can also be described as exploratory qualitative research because the problem it investigates is not well understood. This is due to the newness of the area and a lack of focused previous research on the subject.
Further exploration using qualitative methods was necessary: Sampling The respondents were selected using a purposive convenient sampling Data gathering methods The primary data collection methods for this research were semi-structured interviews and a documentary search. Data analysis It analysis consists of examining, categorizing, tabulating, or otherwise recombining the evidence to address the initial prepositions of a study'.
Critical success and failure factors
Critical Factors Focus on business processes and requirements first Too often, companies get tied up in the technical capabilities or platforms that a particular software supports. None of this really matters. What really matters is how you want your business operations to run and what your key business requirements are. Focus on achieving a healthy ERP ROI (Return on Investment), including post-implementation performance measurement This requires doing more than just developing a high-level business case to get approval from upper management or your board of directors. It also entails establishing key performance measures, setting baselines and targets for those measures, and tracking performance after go-live.
Critical Factors (cont…) Strong project management and resource commitment At the end of the day, your company owns the success or failure of a large ERP project, so you should manage it accordingly. This includes ensuring you have a strong project manager and your "A-players" from the business to support and participate in the project. Commitment from company executives Any project without support from it's top-management will fail. Support from a CIO or IT Director is fine, but it's not enough. No matter how well-run a project is, problems arise (such as conflicting business needs), so the CEO and your entire C-level staff needs to be on board to drive some of these.
Critical Factors (cont…) Take time to plan up front An ERP vendor's motive is to close a deal as soon as possible. Yours should be to make sure it gets done right. Too often, companies jump right in to a project without validating the software vendor's understanding of business requirements or their project plan. The more time you spend ensuring these things are done right at the beginning of the project, the less time you'll spend fixing problems later on. Ensure adequate training and change management ERP systems involve big change for people, and the system will not do you any good if people do not understand how to use it effectively. Therefore, spending time on money on training, change management, job design, etc. is crucial to any ERP project.
Critical Factors (cont…) Understanding why you're implementing ERP (imp.) This is arguably the most important one. It's easy to see that many big companies are running SAP or Oracle and maybe you should too, but it's harder to consider that maybe you don't need an ERP system at all. Perhaps process improvement, organizational redesign, or targeted best-of-breed technology will meet your business objectives at a lower cost.
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WASHINGTON -- Sixteen counties around the nation are the latest to join a federal-local law enforcement initiative to identify criminal aliens, prompting new debate about the effectiveness of federal deportation programs.
Since March 31, three counties in Maryland, one in California, one in Oregon, eight in North Carolina and three in Utah have been added to 142 other jurisdictions in 17 states participating in the Secure Communities initiative run by the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
The program cross-references an arrestee's fingerprints with FBI records and the Department of Homeland Security criminal history databases, instantly notifying ICE agents when illegal aliens are in local custody.
ICE officials said the initiative will help remove dangerous illegal aliens and, thereby, keep communities safe.
"We're focusing on deporting the most dangerous criminals to make our communities safer," ICE spokeswoman Gillian Brigham said. "Secure Communities provides us with an effective tool to target the population of criminal aliens."
Priority is given to criminals charged or convicted of Level 1, or violent, crimes, including rape, murder and kidnapping.
Since the program's inception in October 2008, ICE has removed 4,000 criminals guilty of Level 1 offenses from the country. Additionally, the department has removed more than 24,700 illegal immigrants charged or convicted of less-serious crimes, including burglary and property violations.
The Secure Communities initiative is a collaborative program between ICE and local law enforcement similar to the federal 287(g) program, which trains and authorizes local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws.
Frederick County, Md., participates in the 287(g) program and officials there have heartily endorsed the federal and local law enforcement partnerships.
"I positively embrace Secure Communities and look forward to the day when every community in the nation makes use of the program," said state Del. Charles Jenkins. "This program will complement ... the 287(g) program that has been tremendously successful in removing criminal aliens from Frederick County."
However, recent federal reports found major operational problems in the 287(g) program.
A Homeland Security Department inspector general's report showed local law enforcement officials were inadequately trained in immigration enforcement duties; civil rights considerations were not consistent; and goals were not being reached.
"With performance measures that do not focus on aliens who pose a threat to public safety or are a danger to the community, there is reduced assurance that the goal of the 287(g) program is being met," according to the March report.
Pro-immigrant advocacy groups fear the Secure Communities initiative will share the same problems.
"The Secure Communities program casts a huge net. Instead of finding the big fish that can cause real harm, thousands of dishwashers and busboys are caught in the net," said Enid Gonzalez Aleman of Casa de Maryland, an immigrant advocacy group.
Aleman, the senior manager of Casa's legal program, said federal programs that ask local law enforcement to do ICE's job burdens local police authorities and distracts them from keeping the communities safe.
But some who oppose immigrant amnesty and want tighter controls say federal programs are vital to community safety.
"It's another tool to use against criminals, like the MS-13 gang, Mexican mafia, and dangerous gangs that are proliferating the state and country," said Maryland state Del. Pat McDonough, a Republican.
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The Flavor of Football – Texas Pete® Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
Spice up your football weekend with this delicious recipe!
In this weeks Texas Pete's "The Flavor of Football," we bring to you Texas Pete® Chicken & Sausage Gumbo recipe using Texas Pete® Original Hot Sauce.
4 Tbsp. cooking oil, divided
3 lbs. chicken thighs, boneless, skinless, cut into ½-inch cubes
3 qts. chicken stock
1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes with juice
4 Tbsp. Cajun spice blend
2 (12 oz.) smoked sausages, cut into ½-inch pieces
1 C all-purpose flour
1 large onion, chopped
1 C green bell pepper, seeded, chopped
1 C sweet peppers, seeded, chopped (orange, yellow, red)
1 C celery, chopped
4 Tbsp. Texas Pete® Hot Sauce
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb. okra, cut into ½-inch pieces*
½ C green onion tops, chopped
½ C parsley, chopped
2 tsp. gumbo filé powder (optional)
Rice, cooked
- In a large skillet on medium heat, add 1 Tbsp. of oil. Add chicken; sauté until done. Set aside, reserving drippings.
- In large stockpot, add chicken stock, tomatoes, spice blend, sausage and chicken; simmer.
- To make the roux: In skillet used to sauté chicken, add remaining oil and bring to medium heat, stirring to deglaze pan. Slowly add flour, stirring constantly, until flour turns a medium-dark brown, about 7-10 minutes (do not burn).
- Turn off heat while continuing to stir, and add onion, peppers and celery.
- When the onions are tender, gently spoon roux into chicken stock mixture, stirring until mixed. Add hot sauce, okra, green onion tops and parsley. Add filé if desired.
- Simmer one hour, stirring occasionally. Serve over rice.
*Tip: To reduce the "goo" that okra can produce, sauté sliced okra in 1 Tbsp. of vinegar until partially cooked through before adding to gumbo.


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Does that come with wings?
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