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I've been thinking a lot about social networking and community building lately. Spurred in part by Marshall Keyes' talk at SSP, and in part by my participation in numerous Yahoo Groups in an effort to share information and keep in touch.
One group consists of friends from my husband's high school. Another is a group of Girl Scout leaders. A third is a professional organization of women in the information industry. All of these groups share a need to communicate information, keep track of changes of job and contact information, calendars, and manage upcoming events and share files. Yahoo Groups does a reasonable job with this, (although the sign-in requirement for occasional users is daunting.)
Of course journals were the original technology for sharing and community building among scholars. We publishers pride ourselves on getting everything electronic, including some pretty impressive backfile digitization projects.
But we haven't yet used today's technology to change fundamentally the scholarly publishing models. Open Access is making some inroads, yes. Forward looking organizations like Nature, Science, and Highwire are experimenting with aspects of new technologies.
And more is coming. Parity Computing, who I've done some work for, has the ability to mine journal data (mostly references) to create author profiles that make interconnections between researchers and to construct virtual CVs. Technology such as this could be used to integrate society membership databases with journal data, enabling the kinds of networking that is built manually by users in systems like LinkedIn.
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The Emerging Trends and Technologies are of tremendous importance to the Board and to the CEO. These trends and technologies allow them to survive and endure the competitive market. Hence the focus has shifted from not "whether" a company should adopt it or not, but to "how" it should be implemented in a reliable way. This is the critical question which the Board, the CEO and the CFO should ask the Senior Management in their IT Teams.
Let's have a glimpse in to this new exciting World of Emerging Trends and Technologies through my video, on behalf of the Emerging Business and Trends Committee of ISACA and Confident Governance
The Emerging Technologies
The Emerging Technologies that are currently governing the IT sector are Social Media, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud Computing (popularly known as SMAC technologies) Here is my take on them:
Social Media
Social Media links people to their friends, peers, family, colleagues and also bestows great marketing opportunities for businesses of all magnitudes. It has an expansive reach that swiftly allows businesses to pursue specific groups. Through social media, a Company can
o Endorse their Product/Services
o Attract potential Clients/Customers
o Build and maintain stronger affiliations with existing Customers
Mobility is an important aspect which allows the employees to access their workflow, documents and files from any part of the world. Mobility is increasingly becoming the crucial agenda for Enterprises. It enables the workforce to communicate internally to the peer group and also Communicate externally to the prospective and current Clients and Customers thereby improving employee productivity and achieving competitive advantage. Hence Organizations should focus on implementing modern mobility strategies.
We are observing at Confident Governance that mobility aspect of technology delivers high level performance and achieves user satisfaction even in areas traditionally not thought of as mobile friendly such as the Compliance, Risk Management and Governance lifecycle. Learn more and Visit our Products on Salesforce number 1 Platform for more information.
Big Data and Predictive Analytics
Business Analytics is a significant constituent of most successful progressive businesses. It is an array of applications, practices, skills and technologies designed to explore and evaluate business performance. The definition is self-explanatory and so it is obvious that Analytics is a very important aspect for any Organization which wants to measure it's performance quantitatively.
According to the result of Global Analytics Advantage Survey conducted by Deloitte at companies in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and China, it clearly appears that Organizations are making great strides in incorporating Analytics practices into their Organizations. No doubt that in the near future Analytics would form a major division of business or IT in all Organizations big or small.
Cloud Computing
In the contemporary business market, the trend that is gaining momentum is : The Cloud Technology. It has carved it's own niche in the IT Sector and more and more Companies are now adopting the "Public Cloud".
One remarkable aspect of this technology is that the IT sector is not driving these decisions anymore, instead the Line of business (LOB) is influencing the decisions of adopting using and buying the emerging technologies like "Mobile Social Cloud".
As one can see, it is an exhilarating aspect, which has the potential to leverage any business model and benefit the Board and the CEO.
This is why we want more dialogue on this and that is why our mission at CG is to "Democratize Governance" worldwide with our partners and investors like EnCrisp, ISACA, IIA and other globally.
That's exactly what we at Confident Governance are also striving to achieve for companies. Through our apps available for download on APPEXCHANGE, we are trying to activate a world of customer centric businesses, where customer focus runs in the DNA of a set up. From Secure Monitoring Governance for Chatter, Monitoring, Compliance, Archiving, E-Discovery to Sustainable Cloud Governance Risk Compliance Audits, we are striving with the FORCE team to deliver products and services that help you connect with your customers in a way more secure and robust set up and where data privacy issues are things of past.
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Last month, the NSW Bar Association, through its president Noel Hutley SC, called for juries to be reintroduced in civil matters in NSW.
While juries have previously been used in civil matters, section 85 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) and section 76A of the District Court Act 1973 (NSW) were amended in 2001 to restrict the use of juries unless a court otherwise orders, or if a party in the proceedings requests a jury trial and the court is satisfied that "the interests of justice require a trial by jury".
These amendments have resulted in very few civil trials in NSW being heard by a jury. Most states and territories in Australia have also restricted the use of juries in civil trials to defamation cases only.
The amendments to restrict the use of juries were introduced to mitigate concerns relating to inconsistencies in the findings of juries as well as the damages awarded. It was also believed that eliminating juries would increase efficiency in civil trials, reduce costs for all involved and ease the case load of the District and Supreme Courts.
However in a Press Release issued by the NSW Bar Association in February, Mr Hutley argues that the purpose of the amendments has not been realised.
He argues that "it is by no means obvious that time is saved by removing a right to jury," stating that jury trials are usually not longer or more expensive than judge only trials. One reason for this is that judges have to prepare lengthy written judgments while juries do not. There may also be less appeals as typically jury decisions are harder to overturn than judge-alone decisions.
Mr Hutley states that juries provide a "crucial community contribution to the justice system." He also advocates that trial by jury is a civil right and democratic safeguard that is being denied.
Interestingly, Mr Hutley also says that juries will ensure "that the legal system is not dominated by judges and legal practitioners." Where previously it was believed that legal professionals were those best placed to deal with matters of law, Mr Hutley suggests a more open and transparent system to promote community acceptance of civil justice system outcomes would be more beneficial.
If the NSW Bar Association can prove their case there may be a chance that the government will reintroduce juries in civil trials. A spokeswoman for the NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton said there "are no plans to reinstate the right to juries in civil claims," but that "the Government looks forward to receiving further detail from the NSW Bar Association on its proposal."
For now, the jury is out.
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U.S. AR Certification in Spanish & Chinese
The Institute of Finance & Management (IOFM) is pleased to announce that its popular Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable certification programs are now available in Spanish and Simple Chinese. These programs provide critical training to AR and AP managers and specialists, including proven best practices for excelling in today's complex business environment.
The newly-available translated programs include the Accredited Receivables Specialist and Accredited Receivables Manager Certification Programs.
All programs include:
- A translated study guide
- A 90 to 120-minute training video with subtitles
- A supplementary PowerPoint
Each certification course concludes with a comprehensive 90-minute exam.
Today's business climate requires US companies' AR and AP departments to function in an increasingly global manner, and IOFM's AP and AR certification programs have evolved in step. To date, the programs have trained more than 15,000 financial operations professionals in over 50 countries, including some of India and Eastern Europe's largest shared service centers. Translating the programs to Spanish and Simple Chinese was a natural progression.
"Right now, Captive Global Business Services Centers and BPO Service Providers are keenly focused on investing fully in their global workforces, echoing the investments they have made in technology over the last decade or so," said Susan Bova-Fasano, Director of Global & Strategic Accounts at IOFM. "Our translated certification offerings open the door for so many other F&A leaders who want their teams and service providers in areas where English is not the primary business language to become AP or AR Certified alongside their global co-workers."
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The Koch brothers like to meet in secret with their political minions. And, for the most part, the minions prefer to keep their interactions with the billionaire campaign donors on the down low.
But not Chris Christie.
The governor of New Jersey, who currently chairs that Koch-tied Republican Governors Association, and who well understands that a steady flow of dark money will be required to light up his 2016 presidential prospects, is elbowing everyone else aside in his mad rush to defend the billionaire brothers.
A Koch favorite who has appeared at secret summits organized in the past by the major donors to conservative causes and the RGA, Christie has been among their most vocal defenders in recent months. At the the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, for instance, he hailed brothers Charles and David Koch as "great Americans who are creating great things in our country."
Now, as the 2014 midterm elections approach, no one is championing the Kochs more aggressively than Christie—even if that means he has to grab the spotlight from candidates the embattled New Jerseyan is supposed to be assisting.
After The Nation revealed that Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey had flown to California in June to attend what was supposed to be a secret summit with the Kochs and the circle of millionaires and billionaires they work with to shape the political discourse, Ducey took a lot of hits at home.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Fred DuVal demanded that Ducey to renounce the "dark money" support that has benefitted the Republican's candidacy. DuVal campaign consultant Rodd McLeod offered a checklist of complaints: "Doug Ducey works for out-of-state billionaires, not for Arizona. He goes to meetings with them, gives a secret speech, says you're known by the company you keep."
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Canadian heavy metal band Tyrants of Chaos has released debut album "The Calm Before the Storm," which was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Sheldon Arvay at Hothouse Studios. Check out album track "Habitat For Insanity" below.
Tyrants of Chaos was formed in 2014 by Paul Denton, Curt Vaselenak, and Sandy Lawson. In their various previous recording and performing acts, the band members have shared the stage with KISS, Rush, Triumph, Finger Eleven and Monster Truck.


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There are many different types of fencing that you can use around your property. The problem is that most people do not know when you should use the different fencing materials. It is important that you use not only the materials that are aesthetically pleasing, but also the one that suits your purpose.
Aluminium Fencing
One of the most attractive and basic of fencing types is aluminium. It is important to note that this form of fencing does not offer the same level of security as other types, it does offer less maintenance. Aluminium fencing can also be made to look like other types of fencing if you want it to. Another issue with this form of fencing is that it is not as strong as you might expect which makes it less ideal for areas with severe weather.
Wood Fencing
When most people think about fencing, they will imagine a wood fence. This is due to the fact that this is one of the most popular fencing options on the market. Wood fences offer privacy because of the height and they are also very attractive. However, if you are going to choose a wood fence, you need to be careful with the height of the fence because this will affect the price.
One of the primary advantages of wood fencing is that they can last a lifetime. However, you need to keep in mind that this type of fencing does require maintenance to ensure its longevity. Additionally, the quality of the fence you have will also depend greatly on the type of wood that is being used.
PVC Fencing
If you are looking for the cheapest way to fence your home, you should look at PVC fencing. PVC fences are often made to look like wooden ones, but they do not offer the same solidity. This type of fencing comes in a range of different heights and colours offering the largest range of fencing. Another benefit of this type of fencing that you should consider is the resistance to the elements which allows the fence to last for many years.
Wrought Iron Fencing
Wrought iron fencing is a very strong type of fencing and offers an older and classier aesthetic to the fence. The primary issue with this type of fencing is that it does need maintenance to retain the appearance. The fence will need to be sanded and repainted every 2 to 3 years.
Additionally, if you are looking for security, wrought iron fencing might not be the best solution. This is due to the fact that, like aluminium, they do not offer much privacy. These fences will also need to be custom made which can make them a very expensive option.
Choosing the right type of fencing can be a daunting task because of the options available. If you are looking for security, you should consider PVC and wood fencing. However, if you want fencing that is more aesthetically pleasing, you can consider wrought iron and aluminium. Talk to a fencing contractor in Perth today for more information.


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It was clear on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so I spent a long evening imaging some neat targets.
The first was the quasar 3C 48 in Triangulum, one of the first to be identified as such--as a "quasi-stellar object", a radio source coming from an apparently point source, and yet stronger than any radio emissions previously identified from stars.
In 1960-62, using two radio telescopes in Owens Valley, astronomers Thomas Matthews and Allan Sandage were able to zero in on the location of the radio source to within 10 arcseconds, and the only object in the field was a 16th magnitude "star". And for two years, they noted its optical variability, its lack of any motion across the sky, and a very faint nebulosity associated with it, with a non-descript spectra. And yet, the QSO remained to the astronomers studying it only a potentially Milky Way object, something obviously further than "close" in the galactic sense, but far enough away to be stellar in appearance and non-moveable.
After submitting a paper about three of these objects in 1963, Matthews and Sandage get word that Schmidt has discovered that another QSO has a significant redshift (which is published in Nature in March 1963), and this allows them the scientific freedom to reinterpret their own spectra as a high-redshift spectrum of z=0.367.
22 minutes total exposure, Click to enlarge. 10-inch f/6 reflector and Starlight Express SXV-H9 camera
Here's another CCD image from Anthony Ayiomamitis of the quasar.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Quasar 3C48
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- NiteSkyGirl said...
nice to read about this quasar, a colleague of mine was studying this last year, he checks the astronomers telegram daily to see if it is ever acting up again, I'm sharing this page with him in an email momentarily.
is the site , but i'm sure you know of it.
I am a comet tracker so I get my cometary info from it.
enjoying your work sir.
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US bans artery-clogging trans fat
Nov. 08, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heart-clogging trans fats were once a staple of the American diet, plentiful in baked goods, microwave popcorn and fried foods. Now, mindful of the health risks, the Food and Drug Administration is getting rid of what is left of them for good.
Condemning artificial trans fats as a threat to public health, the FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to phase them out.
Manufacturers already have eliminated many trans fats, responding to criticism from the medical community and to local laws, Even so, the FDA said getting rid of the rest — the average American still eats around a gram of trans fat a day — could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths each year.
It will not happen right away. The agency will collect comments for two months before determining a phase-out timetable. Different foods may have different schedules, depending how easy it is to find substitutes.
"We want to do it in a way that doesn't unduly disrupt markets," said Michael Taylor, FDA's deputy commissioner for foods. Still, he says, the food "industry has demonstrated that it is, by and large, feasible to do."
Indeed, so much already has changed that most Americans will not notice much difference, if any, in food they get at groceries or restaurants.
A handful of other countries have banned them, including Switzerland and Denmark. Other countries have enacted strict labeling laws.
Scientists say there are no health benefits to trans fats and they can raise levels of so-called "bad" cholesterol and lower "good" cholesterol, increasing the risk of heart disease — the leading cause of death in the United States. Trans fats are widely considered the worst kind for your heart, even worse than saturated fats, which also can contribute to heart disease.
Trans fats are used both in processed food and in restaurants, often to improve the texture, shelf life or flavor of foods. Though they have been removed from many items, the fats are still found in some baked goods such as pie crusts and biscuits and in ready-to-eat frostings that use the more-solid fats to keep consistency.
They also are sometimes used by restaurants for frying. Many larger chains have phased them out, but smaller restaurants may still get food containing trans fats from suppliers.
How can the government get rid of them? The FDA said it has made a preliminary determination that trans fats no longer fall in the agency's "generally recognized as safe" category, which covers thousands of additives that manufacturers can add to foods without FDA review. Once trans fats are off the list, anyone who wants to use them would have to petition the agency for a regulation allowing it, and that would likely not be approved.
The fats are created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil to make it more solid, which is why they are often called partially hydrogenated oils. The FDA is not targeting small amounts of trans fats that occur naturally in some meat and dairy products, because they would be too difficult to remove and are not considered a major public health threat on their own.
Many companies have already phased out trans fats, prompted by new nutrition labels introduced by FDA in 2006 that list trans fats and by an increasing number of local laws, like one in New York City, that have banned them. In 2011, Wal-Mart pledged to remove all artificial trans fats from the foods the company sells by 2016. Recent school lunch guidelines prevent them from being served in cafeterias.
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Wishing you and yours a Happy 4th of July!
We have NOTHING planned for tomorrow and I am ecstatic for a day alone with the family! Jordan has been so busy with work that it will be nice! We had a jam packed weekend so it will be great to end it with a quiet, restful day at home! We put the boys down tonight around 9:30 so we could sneak up on the roof to catch the fireworks...well Vincent was awake at his door saying "Mommmmmy, MOMMY!" so we decided to ditch sitting on the roof and got him up to watch from the playroom window! It worked out perfectly!.....I am exhausted so off to bed now! Happy 4th! xoox


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Be prepared to tweak your META tag code and page content by testing online search results for your key words and phrases, and make changes as necessary. Do not make drastic changes. Unlike some consultants, I believe that consistency from month to month and year to year is very important to show stability in what you offer and how it is presented. It's better to be done right up front to minimize ongoing SEO work later.
Keep in mind Google updates their rankings 4 times a year, yet improved search results can happen sooner. You can do quarterly searches on your key phrases in Google to see who is #1 through #10, and then view their META code for clues how they got there. Perhaps their site is 10 years old. Age of a site is an important factor in ranking, so for a new small business website, you may never make #1 or even page one against sites that are established longer.
The real test is evaluating traffic and new business from your site by always asking new customers how they found you. You may be surprised just as several of my clients have reported, and they were contacted after being found on page one in as little as two months after their site launched. I don't guarantee it, but it can happen.
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This was a no shopping week for us. We spent a week eating from the freezer and the pantry and really didn't need anything. Another reason we didn't shop is that I always feel the last week of the month is never a big deal week. Stores tend to know that most folks are out of money before payday and they save the big deals for the weeks they hope you'll get into the store and spend more.
After eating out of our stockpile this week, we will have a fun shopping week next week, so I'm glad to have the budget saved to help towards all the purchases coming!
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90% of domainers should start over
Rick Schwartz made a pretty interesting tweet yesterday that I think will bring about a great deal of conversation. Rick stated that 90% of all domain investors should look to reboot. Drop everything and start over again. 90% of every domainer should drop ALL their #Domains and start again! They are so far off the… Read more 90% of domainers should start over


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Writings of Albert Morris
Article 49 - I raise my steaming cuppa to the wisp of James Boswell's
BOSWELL James (1740-95), Scottish
man-of-letters and biographer and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson
(lexicographer and lion of English literature), successful lawyer,
man-about-town, bon-viveur, intermittent rake, self-revealing diarist,
clubbable and fond of a good, glass-clinking party.
I am adding
to my knowledge of that admittedly flawed but irrepressible character by
reading Boswell's Edinburgh Journals 1767-1786, published by Mercat Press
and edited by Hugh M Milne, which gives a robust and riveting insight into
the virtues and vices of Edinburgh society in the hard-drinking,
intellectually-intoxicating Enlightenment times.
Here is
Bozzie giving a supper for five friends, "We had a compete riot which
lasted until near twelve at night. We had 11 Scotch pints of claret (equal
to 33 imperial pints), two bottles of old hock and two of port and drams
of brandy and gin ..."
They grew noisy and drunk, as Boswell did on other
occasions, but he was no alcoholic: he was, rather, "a hardened and
shameless tea-drinker" - the self-description of Dr Johnson who amused the
evening, solaced the midnight and welcomed the morning with "that
fascinating plant".
Well, Polly put the kettle on and Teas up Mother
Brown; I have something in common with those literary lovers of the leaf.
I cannot put my day's routine into gear unless I am lubricated with
selected infusions of my favourite brands - Tibetan Tips, Earl Haig Black
Gunpowder, Beijing Breakfast and Bombay Breath - and over the drinking
decades, from nursery tea, suggestive of un- filtered pond water, through
khaki-coloured, Army brews, sharp as bayonet thrusts, to editorial tea, as
brown and pungent as the Ganges, I have probably drunk enough of the stuff
to float the Royal Navy.
I had thought that traditional tea was part of the
life-blood, if not the DNA, of Britain. Al-though the author and
playwright, JB Priestley, wrote, "our trouble is that we drink too much
tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the
Yellow River down our throats", the British have heedlessly sustained
themselves, in peace and war with the brew that cheers but does not
During the First and Second World Wars, the British
Army sometimes postponed battlefield operations until tea-break was over.
In such stirring times, the enemy just had to lump it. These refreshing
interludes gave rise to the lines, "what- ever happens, we have got the
British brew-up and they have not".
For those who believed that
Britain was an island surrounded by tea, it is hard to swallow a report
that the traditional cup, with milk, a couple of sugars, and stirred not
shaken, is no longer a potent symbol of British taste. According to a
report published by the research group, Datamonitor, we are deserting
traditional brands and buying herbal alternatives.
Five years
ago, Britons bought 279 million pounds of traditional tea bags a year, but
that has dropped to 251 million pounds, allowing Turkey to overtake
Britain as the world's most enthusiastic tea drinkers. Herbal teas are
largely responsible for the decrease in traditional tea sales, with
purchases of fruit infusions up 50 per cent over the past five years.
that certainly takes the biscuit. I am a follower of the traditional
infusion belief that tea should have a whiff of stern rectitude combined
with a de-mulcence that goes with a hot, buttered muffin and just a hint
of Oriental rapture suggested by tinkling temple bells and Burmese maidens
dancing in the shadow of the Shwe Dagon pagoda. All else, in my
essentially-biased view, is a decadent deviation from the true path of
taste, best experienced when tea is poured through a strainer.
I say
nothing about the metaphysical principles or moral practices of those
herbal heretics but, after a visit to a gigantic cathedral of commerce, I
saw the seductive offerings to the infidels - grapefruit crush, cranberry,
raspberry and elderflower and apple and ginger teabags. If these do not
result in a teacup storm bet-ween traditionalists and deviationists, they
should, at least, cause a stir.
Meanwhile, back to James Boswell
- on drinking tea. "It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant
on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb, let the florid grape yield to thee.
Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy."
I believe
every florid word of it, and I raise my steaming cup to the wisp of his
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(Looking out train window… trees in Upstate New York still haven't leafed out yet)
I was going to fly to the French Caribbean with a relative when she had a week off at the end of April. But due to the zika virus, those plans were cancelled and we get to visit the Azores instead. I made the arrangements, keeping in mind the countries and types of places Clare had said she'd like to go to, and trying to find reasonable airline tickets. SATA was offering reasonably priced flights to the Portuguese Azores Islands, and some friends had taken a wonderful "trekking" trip to the Madeiras just 2 years before. So I booked our flights, having a vague idea that we were flying to islands somewhere off the coast of Portugal. Then, when we looked at a map, we realized we were flying to a tiny little dot in the Atlantic Ocean! I guess the Azores are 900 or 1000 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Apparently when whaling ships were being built near Boston, Portuguese from the Azores helped to build them. Azores Airlines offers direct flights between Logan International and Sao Miguel Island, with connections on to Lisbon or to the Madeira Islands. Clare is going to meet me in Boston tomorrow for our overnight flight. But I decided to start my trip by taking Amtrak between Syracuse and Boston. I haven't been on a cross country train trip since 1988 when I traveled between Chicago and Santa Fe (Lamy really).
Trains got a little fancier in the last 30 years (although not as advanced as Europe or Japan). Nice padded, reclining seat, electricity to recharge my phone or other electronic devices. I'm going to go check out the dining car, since it's lunch time!


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NABA Philly Executive Board
The NABA, Inc. Philadelphia Chapter would like to introduce its FY 2018 Executive Board and Committee Directors!
- Brandi Morris, President;
- Darrell Pacheco, Vice President.
- Rautz Marc, Immediate Past President
- Aleisha Ivey, Corresponding Secretary
- Teka Johnson, Recording Secretary
- Rachel Hooks, Assistant Recording Secretary
- Meshael Jones, Treasurer
- Anna Bedeau, Assistant Treasurer
- Cynthony Dench, Parliamentarian
Committee Directors:
- Kimberly Crite, ACAP
- Christina Smiley, Community Relations
- Khalil Muhammad, Professional Education
- Eman Abdel-Latif, Professional Membership
- Chantee Steele, Public Relations
- Arthur Ayres, Resource Development
- Mea Parks, Social Activities
- Alonna Whittle, Student Member Services
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I love the refreshing taste of mint, especially on a hot day. Mint is one of the easiest herbs to grow, however, you have to grow them in pots as they can take over your garden. As a result of this, I did not have as much mint as I would have liked for my chutney. I need to add to my current one mint plant. The coconut, gives the mint a really nice crunchy texture as well. This mint chutney is a great accompaniment to any meal. It also tastes great smeared on some baked chicken.
2 cups mint leaves
1 big yellow onion, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tbsp tamarind paste, seeds removed, soaked in 1 tbsp of water
3 tbsp grated coconut ( or unsweetened desiccated coconut)
1 tbsp oil
- Heat the oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. Allow seeds to brown slightly.
- Add the onions. Sauté till soft and translucent. Add in garlic and coconut.
- Add the mint leaves and mix in with the other ingredients.
- Add the tamarind paste and stir.
- Cool for a few minutes and then grind in a blender until the mixture is smooth. If you like the onions a little chunky, then do not blend for too long.


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Scarlett Johansson has rubbished reports she is dating pop star Justin Timberlake.
The Lost In Translation actress has been linked with the singer after she appeared in the video for his new single What Goes Around… Comes Around, but she insists the pair are just good friends.
"We have a lot of friends in common, and Justin's a sweetheart, and it's always good to see him but there's a lot of speculation and I try not to read that stuff," she says. "I think when two people are single and are seen together, it's immediately like a crazy feeding frenzy."
Recently Johansson said she has set her eyes on dating British men.
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Eleven years into an epidemic that has claimed more than 130,000 lives, AIDS-related cases fill the courts and governmental agencies of America, and in many instances, the courts seem guided more by stereotypes and misperceptions than by scientific evidence, a study released yesterday says.
The survey, the most comprehensive to date on legal actions arising out of the AIDS crisis, examined 372 of the more than 1,000 AIDS-related cases in courts and governmental agencies throughout the country. These cases raise a panoply of legal issues, including transfusions of contaminated blood, discrimination against people with AIDS in education, employment, housing and insurance coverage to state regulation of bathhouses to the power of local governments and the military to quarantine those carrying the virus.
"Clearly, AIDS is the most litigated disease in the history of America," said Larry Gostin, a professor of health law at Harvard School of Public Health who, along with Lane Porter, chairman of the international health law committee of the American Bar Association, wrote the report. "Fears and prejudices about AIDS are still very strong, and people are going to court over them."
The report was conducted by the National AIDS Program office, which coordinates the work of all Federal agencies related to the disease. "I hope the impact will be to get judges to wake up to the idea that they have to follow public health advice," Mr. Gostin said. Stereotypes Prevalent
He said that up to now, the legal system had "coped very badly" with the epidemic. "Judges have tended to reinforce stereotypes about AIDS, and followed public fears more than scientific evidence," he said. "They're protecting the public where it doesn't needs protecting, and they're imposing draconian penalties where it doesn't need to be protected."Continue reading the main story
Some courts, he noted, have worsened rather than allayed public fears of the disease through such steps as placing "Do Not Touch" signs on AIDS-related evidence or having defendants with the virus that causes AIDS escorted into court by guards wearing rubber gloves. Worse, he said, courts had meted out harsh penalties to persons with AIDS for biting or spitting at other persons, even though such conduct poses minimal risk of transmission. "Their decisions fly in the face of all the public health wisdom about AIDS."
He cited the case last year in which a New Jersey prison inmate was sentenced to 25 years for biting the hand of a guard. "I'm going to give you AIDS," the guard said the prisoner told him. "You're going to die from what I've got." A similar case, in which a prisoner received a 10-year sentence, is now pending in Georgia.
In 1989, an Indiana court reinstated a jury verdict of attempted murder against a man with AIDS who, after slashing his wrists in a suicide attempt, splattered the policemen and paramedics who attempted to save him, pushed a blood-soaked wig into the officer's face, and scratched, bit and spat at the paramedics. Whether it was possible to transmit the disease in this fashion, the court held, the state need only have proved the man intended to murder these people by transmission of the virus that causes AIDS. Many Issues Addressed
The report notes cases over the constitutionality of mandatory testing for convicted prostitutes or people charged with sexual assault; cases examining whether visitation rights should be curbed for parents who havethe virus, and whether purveyors of services from dentistry to pedicure can refuse to treat people with the virus.
Lawsuits have been filed by people accidentally struck by needles, contaminated or otherwise, and for emotional distress brought by persons incorrectly diagnosed to have the virus. One case, later dismissed, was filed by a Michigan man who ended his college education and career plans after he was wrongly told he had the virus and should prepare for his imminent death. A Nebraska man won $25,000 in damages from a neighbor who had told townspeople, incorrectly, that he had AIDS. The target of the false rumor lost his job and had to move.
Courts have generally upheld the rights of prisons to test prisoners for the virus and to segregate those found to have it. Few quarantine cases have arisen, the report states, because the disease is not transmitted casually. But in South Carolina, lawyers have gone to court to seek the release of a mental patient with the virus held involuntarily both in her home and in a state mental hospital to prevent her from engaging in high-risk behavior. In a case still pending an Army private relegated to what soldiers stationed at Fort Hood, Tex., call the "H.I.V. Hotel" or "leper colony" has sued the Army for illegal quarantine.
The report found that lawsuits against blood suppliers continued to escalate, but that few of them had succeeded -- generally those against suppliers who failed to screen blood for the virus after such tests became commercially available.
Several appellate courts have considered whether conspicuous precautions taken by trial courts to isolate parties with the virus tainted the jury or otherwise undermined the fairness of the proceedings.
In Alabama, the American Civil Liberties Union, along with 13 other organizations, has filed a complaint against three judges who, the A.C.L.U. has said, refused to admit people with the AIDS virus into their courtrooms, took pleas and passed sentences by telephone in their cases, and made derogatory comments about homosexuals.Continue reading the main story


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Abstract: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law on February 17, 2009, Public Law 11.5 ("Recovery Act"). Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) is a $650 million program funded by the Recovery Act. The purpose of the proposed data collection is to collect quarterly cost information from all community-level CPPW awardees'. This will allow HHS to receive reports on direct awardees costs associated with carrying out the selected evidence-based strategies that are required by the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and Notice of Grant Award (NGA). This requirement is in addition to the financial reporting requirements of Section 512 of the Recovery Act, set forth by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the data collection instrument titled "Standard Data Elements for Reports Under Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 (Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Loans)."
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The Cathedral Church of St. Peter's book talk series presents Tampa Bay Times book editor Colette Bancroft discussing Beth Macy's Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South at noon Jan. 3 at the church, 140 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg. Free; lunch available, $5.
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As should be expected from a professional choir, each note is in perfect pitch, each voice synchronized with those surrounding it. Coming from singers arranged on banked seats filling the front of the magnificent 84-year-old Knowles Memorial Chapel on the Rollins College campus, the unamplified voices have a physical presence unlike anything most of us have ever heard in this digital age of Auto-Tune and earbuds. Except the Bach Festival Society Choir is not, in fact, professional.
The choir, first organized in 1935, is made up of volunteer artists from eight counties and all manner of occupations. Rollins students and professional retirees, young graphic designers and nurses with grandchildren, math professors and astronomy lecturers all fill the seats, waiting for the first wave of the baton wielded by Dr. John Sinclair, artistic director and conductor of both the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park's choir and its accompanying orchestra.
"All of my physicians are tenors and sopranos," Sinclair says, "and most of my lawyers are basses and altos. I don't know what it says about the choir …"
Sinclair has a two-sided job, working with a professional orchestra on one hand and an — pardon the expression — amateur choir on the other.
"A lot of teaching takes place in the rehearsal," Sinclair says, and that's before the choir ever gets to rehearse with the orchestra. Once they're together, everyone is treated alike, and the expectation is the same. These are dedicated musicians who come together weekly — and more — who give their time to this community. Not only do we have a role in this community — we are the community."
The orchestra, some 40 strong, comes from a pool of players from local orchestras, and Rollins, the University of Central Florida and Stetson University faculty, and are considered the best players Central Florida has to offer.
"When you get right down to it," Sinclair says, "everybody in town, the Orlando Philharmonic, the Brevard Symphony, us, we're all pickup orchestras. Very few people are on salary. But we've worked with the same people for 20 years."
An often smiling, gray-haired man who wears a tuxedo well, the soft-spoken educator started out as a jazz trumpeter in his hometown of Kansas City. The bookcases in his music-lined office are filled with CDs ("It's mostly classical," he says, "but there's a small but serious jazz collection in there.") and figurines of bewigged and bobbleheaded Bachs sit among books of academic analysis.
Hired in 1985 by the 10th President of Rollins College, Hugh McKean, president of the Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation that founded the Morse Museum, and John Teidke, who was the president of the Bach Festival for 52 years, Sinclair took over the Festival in 1990.
Rehearsals occur ever Monday during the season and daily before performances. In a practice room full of expectant faces who launch immediately into song with the wave of Sinclair's hand, the sound is fine tuned and reworked; almost each phrase, word and note is dissected. "Sopranos, it is 'le' not 'lay'," Sinclair notes. "Basses, rounder not so punchy — be like Dizzy Gillespie, puff your cheeks out a little bit.
"Sopranos, can you have a little more fun … I want to hear the blues note."
Athalia Cope is the longest current member of the choir, having joined 56 years ago while she was a freshman in the Rollins music department. "I've missed one year," she says.
"Singing is unlike anything else you can do," explains the 75-year-old Cope. "It's a spiritual experience; I believe it brings me closer to God. When you're surrounded by voices, hearing everyone performing on the stage, you see that everybody is important. We're all a team."
The choir began modestly as a celebration of Bach's 250th birthday organized by Rollins College professor Christopher Honaas and members of the student choir. During World War II, servicemen from Orlando Army Air Base were recruited to fill the seats of drafted choir members.Sections of the Society have performed in England at Kings College Chapel, the Vatican, Smetana Hall in Prague and the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
"I want to be one of those conductors who knows how to stay out of the way," Sinclair says. He waves his hand as if holding a baton. "This doesn't make any noise," he laughs. "As soon as you think you're more important than the music, the great god of conducting will jump up and bite you in the butt."
Chorus is a commitment of time. Monday night rehearsals run three hours or more; the festival itself consists of three weeks of nightly singing, and it's not unusual for a chorister to travel two hours each way to attend.
How does a classical music organization remain relevant to modern audiences?
"That's a great question," Sinclair says. "I'm spending a lifetime figuring that out. This is my 27th year, and it's exactly what I was trained to do.
"I'm still a practitioner, I'm still a learner, every year I do new works, but even if I return to old pieces, they're never done the same, because I've learned something."
The repertoire under Sinclair is quite eclectic, from Bach, Beethoven and Rossini to adventurous works by Venezuelan composer Antonio Estevez, Ukrainian composer Valeri Kikta and England's Paul McCartney. For a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination in 2018, he selected civil rights works by African-American composers Nathaniel Dett and William Grant Still.
A highlight of this season is a performance of Richard Einhorn's oratorio for The Passion of Joan of Arc, featuring a floating stage with a screen and the choir and orchestra 10 feet underneath the moving images. The festival is no stranger to movie music, but this will be the ensemble's first time working alongside an actual film.
"What we sing is not easy stuff," Cope says. "I'm sure what we do is like what professional athletes go through. I am a vocal athlete."
Not bad for a pickup band.
Bach Festival Society Choir auditions are held every summer. For more information visit: bachfestivalflorida.org
Bach Festival Society SEASONAL Highlights
October 22-23 Puccini's Messa di Gloria, written when the 17-year-old composer had an infatuation with cowboys and the Old West; new piece by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec, based on the life of Charles Lindbergh; and Saint-Saëns' Symphony No. 3, completed in 1889
November 18-19 The Voices of Light performance of The Passion of Joan of Arc
December 1 Christmas in the Park
December 10-11 A Classic Christmas
February 26, 2017 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, music by Bach and Mendelssohn
March 4 Dvorák's and Pergolesi's versions of Stabat Mater
March 5 Festival Favorites. The audience will vote throughout the festival for the music they want to hear again.


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Set up the game for my nephews and they constantly keep getting kicked out of the game due to the achievements. There's posts out there showing this has been an issue for years. This is pathetic, and I've lost any good will I've had for harmonix. Un…
Before, I had my music under a folder titled MUSIC in the root directory, and then the songs were separated by artist folders. One folder contained M4A files, which the game was kind enough to let me know it only supported other file types. After th…
Before, I had my music under a folder titled MUSIC in the root directory, and then the songs were separated by artist folders. One folder contained M4A files, which the game was kind enough to let me know it only supported other file types. After th…
My own music. I'm not sure if the included music should show up alongside it as well, but if it does, I'm not seeing it. As for the storage device, it's a Gigaware 4GB flash drive, as seen here: https://www.amazon.com/Gigaware-4GB-USB-Slider-Drive…
Boy I sure would like that tier where I get to have dinner with Advisory Board members of Fig!
More Daft Punk please!
Well, guess that means that *no one* is getting the export today ... *grrrrr* ....based on what? SCEE? They're not known for being prompt.in Rock Band 4 Export Guide - Unofficial Comment by ScottyT14 December 2015
ITT: internet user is mad that small company can't release a game that had as many features as a game they released when they were big. People continue to give user time of day.
I'm all for adding more features that I regularly use on other Rhythm games, like Superbeat. The idea itself isn't original since many other Rhythm games have a 'hidden' or 'fade' feature, but! The way it adjusts on the fly depending on how you're d…
It's totally gonna be the Guitar Solo mode with a different perspective. Not thrilled with what I saw. I would love to be wrong.in RB4 - Rumors and Facts Comment by ScottyT14 December 2015
When SCRUFF members RSVP to receive the exclusive content code, they will also see and be able to chat with other SCRUFF members who have RSVP'd and are fellow players of Rock Band 4. Additionally, Rock Band 4 players will be able to adorn SCRUFF br…in RB4 - Rumors and Facts Comment by ScottyT14 November 2015
Guy at Harmonix finds better gig and moves on with life. People think something is wrong behind the scenes. Good luck to Nick, didn't like how he was a part of GameJournosPro but that's neither here nor there, I still enjoyed his interactions on th…in RB4 - Rumors and Facts Comment by ScottyT14 October 2015
^ I think you make a couple good points but youre making WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY bigger of a deal about this than is needed. Its laughable. Have you ever worked for a small company? Have you had any experience with the inner workings of a sma…
To everyone who thinks people are making a big deal about this: Could I get some links and citations as to what these bloodthirsty people are demanding? Because all I'm asking is a deletion of reviews that break Amazon's ToS. Would love to see what…
To everyone who thinks people are making a big deal about this: Could I get some links and citations as to what these bloodthirsty people are demanding? Because all I'm asking is a deletion of reviews that break Amazon's ToS. Would love to see what…
I know I know.. I said I would leave. Last post promise.. He brings up a very good point about HMX coming out and addressing this issue. The companies he mentioned especially and MANY others wouldn't of cared less. You can book that! Okay... I'm…
@nineismine You call people who call out unethical behaviors being committed by a developer they like immature and accuse them of living in a fantasy world, and the best you have to back this up is... 'there's bigger problems in the world!' I think…
I highly DOUBT it was deliberately intended, but that's just my personal belief and relationship with HMX. I could be dead wrong. Either way...doesn't matter,much. So you think they accidentally made these glowing reviews of the game they made …
I think the burden of proof is on the accuser, @dlchief58. also since you dislike the game and apparently the company as well, why are you actually still here? Look, we all love Harmonix here. But there comes a point where we have to call it like…
Anyone disappointed really should read their response. They said they clarified their internal policy on reviews and asked people to identify themselves as an employee or remove the review. So it's really just these 5-6 people that the accusations…
My almost pristine view of Harmonix now has a small splotch on it. Bummer.
Excuse the double post, But after entering the Amazon code for 34 songs, I'm now getting a bunch of notifications telling me I downloaded "Jane" by Jefferson Starship. This is pretty inconvenient.
Sun went down. No signs of it coming back up. It's over guys. The sun is dead.
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"There is no greater hive of scum and villainy."
Okay, that's a bit harsh, but navigating Penn Station is no walk in the park, Madison Square Garden or otherwise. Besides its continued existence as a travesty of architectural/cultural preservation (the destruction of the site's original station spurred on the formation of the Landmarks Preservation Commission), its navigability from a commuter's perspective is questionable. As first-time visitors (and last-time visitors, am I right?) can attest, the counterintuitive layout and swirling masses combine to create a sensory overload that makes NY Penn infamous.
To address this glaring human factors problem, designer John Schettino laid the groundwork for the New York Penn Station Atlas, an in-progress project to help travelers navigate what is apparently "the most used train station in the Western Hemisphere".
The project is still in its testing stages, but as its site assures, the proof of concept is there. The Penn Station Atlas should manifest as a collection of digital maps offering different sets of information as necessary, which point out everything from platforms to restrooms and more. To be sure, Municipal Art Society executive vice president Mary Rowe pondered, "His work underscores a key question: Should we really need an atlas to navigate our city's main intercity railroad station?"
That's a good question. Of course, the final product is still a ways away, so best of luck to Mr. Schettino.
Back in June, developer Vornado got in touch with architecture and design firm Snohetta to draft a master plan for the surrounding area, i.e. the no man's land between Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen. At the time, one Vornado executive described the area in its present state as "the collision of humanity". Snohetta includes in its portfolio the redesign of Times Square into the pedestrian-friendly (and forest-friendly) plaza that it is today, so they probably have what it takes to turn the peri-Penn area into something more useful for the community.
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The region of Montréal is encircled by the Rivière des Prairies and the Fleuve Saint-Laurent and corresponds to the island of Montréal. It is surrounded by the Laval, Laurentides, Lanaudière and Montérégie regions.
In spite of its small size, the region of Montréal is the most highly populated and urbanized in Québec.
The region Montréal (city), often referred to as Québec's metropolis. Montréal is a multicultural city that has been marked over the decades by a number of waves of immigration.
In addition Montréal (city), the region is made up of 15 towns and cities that are not part of a regional county municipality (French acronym MRC).
Montréal (island) constitutes the most urbanized and densely populated space in Québec. It has good agricultural potential owing to its climatic and topographical advantages. It is home to a handful of farming enterprises focusing on greenhouse cultivation and fresh vegetable and specialty production.
Montréal's food processing sector includes numerous companies devoted in particular to meat, poultry, fish, seafood and dairy processing, the manufacturing of juices and cold drinks, flour milling, bread and pastry baking, and beer and alcoholic beverage manufacturing.
The region has attracted subsidiaries of large multinational food corporations, including Kraft, Sucre Lantic, GMCR Canada (Van Houtte), Parmalat, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola. These companies, which are often highly specialized or found in several sub-sectors at once, share the stage with large-scale Québec companies, such as Saputo and Agropur.
Trade in food products is a major industry in Montréal as well. The restaurant and food service sectors generate significant revenue and a good many jobs. The region is also home to numerous neighborhood markets, agrotourist routes, and farm stands.
Montréal is Québec's most populous area and its most important industrial centre. It is at the heart of a metropolitan community that includes nearly half of Québec's population and more than half of its economic activity. It is also the province's most important centre for teaching and research. Moreover, young people and immigrants are strongly attracted to the region, thus contributing to its growth and diversity and making it one of the youngest regions in Québec.
Most of Montréal's economic activity is produced by industries in the tertiary (services) sector. This major sector is very diversified in the region, and its growth prospects are good. Jobs are almost equally divided among services to producers (including professional and technical services), consumer services (including accommodation and food services), and government services (including health, social services and education).
Although it has fewer workers, the manufacturing sector and other goods-producing industries have maintained a certain importance, especially due to the strong economic activity and benefits that they generate.
The combination of a highly educated population, a dynamic services sector, and a manufacturing base that has managed to carve out a place for itself in a highly competitive global context provides an advantage to a number of companies from the information and communications technology, animation and visual effects, aerospace, and life sciences sectors. These industries generate a strong demand for a highly qualified workforce.
Montréal is a modern region with a solid worldwide reputation. It is famous for its quality of life, its openness, its cultural life, its cosmopolitan character, and its vitality. Every year students from Québec and elsewhere are welcomed by a number of its renowned universities.
Montréal attracts numerous international organizations and a large influx of tourists. Major events such as the Festival international de jazz, Juste pour rire (comedy festival), les FrancoFolies (French-language music festival) and the Formula One Grand Prix take place there each and every year. Montréal's influential culture also enjoys great international prestige.
Montréal's architectural heritage is characterized by contrasts between old and new. In the old town (Vieux-Montréal) and old port (Vieux-Port), museums and historical sites bearing witness to the early days and evolution of New France are a stone's throw away from hotels and restaurants with a resolutely modern perspective.
Concerning recreational and tourist activities, natural parks such as Parc du Mont-Royal are ideal for activities such as walking, sliding, skating and cross-country skiing. A dozen or so marinas provide recreational boating enthusiasts with access to river waters. The most frequently visited tourist sites are Saint-Joseph's Oratory, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal (fine arts museum), Notre-Dame Basilica, and Pointe-à-Callière (the city's birthplace). Other main tourist attractions include the Biodôme, the Casino de Montréal, the Jardin botanique (botanical gardens), La Ronde (amusement park) and Parc olympique (Olympic site), including Stade olympique (Olympic stadium).


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Monday 10/21/13 - Day Six
This morning, we were all a little slow in getting up. This trip is starting to wear all of us out a little, Miles and Elma's apartment is on the second floor towards the back of a home with a courtyard. The front door to this home is a 8' x 12' double leaf steel gate. In front of the gate is very narrow sidewalk and the cobblestone street. You would never know that there is a home behind the front wall except for the gate. The gate opens to a driveway with a courtyard on one side adjoining the main house. The apartment is towards the rear of the courtyard area. The courtyard is really nice. There are several kinds of flowers and trees. The little bit of grass in the courtyard is cut by hand. The home and apartment is surrounded by other buildings on three sides.
The apartment is really nice with a living room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and one and one-half baths. They have a gas stove and a small refrigerator. There is no hot water tank. The only hot water available is in the shower which has an electric shower head which warms the water as you take a shower.
MIles and Elma have a patio over the roof from the main house below. This is where Elma has her washing machine. The clothes are dried on clothes lines at the far end of the patio. Antigua is kind of in a bowl with mountains surrounding the town. There are several volcanoes in the area. One volcano is still active which you can see from the patio.
Antigua is a very historical city founded by the Spanish, I think the whole town is on some type of historical register. Many of the buildings were built in the 1400 -1500's. All of the streets are made out of cobblestone. There are many indigenous Mayans residing in Antigua. At one time, Antigua was the capital of Guatemala but due to earthquakes in the 1700's, the capital was moved to Guatemala City. There are many sites that you can still see the damage to buildings and churches from the earthquakes. Some of the buildings have been restored with unbelievable architecture.
After breakfast, Miles, Cris and I headed to the stove manufacturer in north Antigua. Elma stayed home to do some laundry. The mode of transportation was a "Chicken Bus". Chicken buses are used United States school buses. The exterior of the bus is painted in a multitude of colors which makes a form of art rolling down the road. Some are in better shape than others. The bus we were on seemed to be fairly safe. Thanks to the cobblestone streets, the buses cannot go very fast (built in speed control) which makes it a little safer. The buses are packed with people.
The operation to make the stoves is all out in the open air. There are molds made out of fiberglass in which concrete (mixed by hand) is poured into the mold with rebar to make the oven. After curing, the concrete oven is knocked out of the mold. The wood table that surrounds the oven is made by hand. They do outsource the steel plates for the top of the fireplace and the ceramic tile inserts. What a simple and efficient operation.
Early in the afternoon, the four of us headed to the market. The market is huge. Lots and lots of vendors selling everything from furniture to fruits and vegetable. If you cannot find what you want in the market, it is probably not available in Antigua. The market is a very interesting place and a great place to watch people (one of my favorite things to do).
After an hour or so, we headed to a local coffee plantation close to Antigua. What a trip. We boarded a "Chicken Bus". This bus had a lot to be desired. In order to start the bus, it had to be hot wired. There were two batteries on the floor next to the driver. The coolant for the engine was a two gallon jug with hoses coming out of the top located up front next to the batteries. I thought the steering wheel was going to come off the steering column. Thankfully, it was s short trip to the coffee plantation.
The coffee plantation was very nice and well kept. It is about 120 acres in size. We were able to tour the operation of the plantation which was very interesting. We learnt a lot about how coffee is harvested, dried, cleaned and roasted. We met with one of the associates who was somewhat of a marketing director. He and Cris spent some time looking at possibilities for future marketing opportunities for the Source for additional financial support MIles and Elma. The trip to the plantation was very worthwhile.
After the trip to the coffee plantation, we headed back to Antigua for dinner and some sight seeing. After a long day we headed home. Once home, I was able to complete the log from yesterday. Somehow, my laptop is getting corrupted and I lost all of my Journal logs. Thanks to Cris, I was able to use his laptop to finish up yesterdays journal.
Tomorrow we head to Guatemala City to see the Director of the Lutheran Hour in Guatemala. I do not think we will be doing a lot of sightseeing in Guatemala City due to the high crime rates.


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Don't want to give up your daily tennis game on your trip to Puerto Vallarta? Not to worry: there are plenty of places to practice your tennis serve and swing.
No matter where you stay, a tennis court is never far away. Below you will find the information you need to enjoy your tennis vacation in Puerto Vallarta.
About Puerto Vallarta Tennis
Blessed with 300 days of sunshine, Puerto Vallarta is a dream tennis destination for tennis buffs and beginners. There are ample opportunities to learn, practice or polish your tennis game in several of the resorts and hotels dotted around beautiful Puerto Vallarta.
Puerto Vallarta Tennis Courts and Rentals
All Inclusive Properties
|Barcelo La Jolla De Mismaloya
|1 lit hard court
|Dreams Puerto Vallarta
|1 hard court
|Casa Velas
|2 hard courts
|Velas Vallarta
|3 lit courts
|Grand Velas All Suites & Spa
|1 hard court
|Presidente Intercontinental
|1 lit court
|Sheraton Buganvilias
|4 hard court (2 lit)
|Casamagna Marriott
|3 courts, 2 lit
|Westin Resort
|3 lit outdoor courts
|Continental Plaza
|Clay and hard courts
|Las Iguanas Racquet Club
|2 covered astro turf courts
|Marival Grand Resort
|4 courts
|Occidental Allegro
|2 lit hard courts
|Paradise Village Club
|5 hard courts
|Holiday Inn
|2 hard courts
|Hotel Krystal
|2 hard courts
Tennis Lessons in Puerto Vallarta
Need to brush up on your game? Take a lesson at the Velas Vallarta, Sheraton Buganvilias, Westin Resort or Continental Plaza. These locations offer clinics and lessons.
Puerto Vallarta Tennis Centers
If you are looking for a tennis lesson in Puerto Vallarta, the Punta Mita Tennis Center is the place to go. This world class tennis center, available to guests staying at the Four Seasons Hotel and St. Regis Punta Mita, is under the direction of the Peter Burwash International (PBI) and their highly trained tennis pros. Clinics, groups for all levels and private instruction are available on a daily basis. The Center has 10 outdoor lit courts: 5 hard courts for a fast paced game and 5 synthetic courts for a slower feel. It also offers a full range of gear for sale and and rental. Strict tennis dress code is enforced and no running shoes or black shoes allowed on the hard courts.
Canto Del Sol Hotel is an all inclusive resort which has a complete tennis complex with four indoor and four outdoor lit tennis courts. Clinics and individual instruction are available.


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36 killed in clashes between LTTE, Sri Lanka ArmyJune 9th, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 9 (IANS) At least 28 Tamil Tigers and eight soldiers were killed and over 60 injured in fierce clashes in Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region, the defence ministry said Monday. At least 17 of the guerrillas were killed Sunday when the troops smashed their way into the bunkers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at Weli Oya in a multi-pronged offensive, the ministry said.
It claimed that the government troops had gained total control over five key points surrounding the LTTE's strategic "Base One Four" despite heavy resistance from the rebels. Weli Oya is also known as Manalaaru.
The ministry said seven soldiers were killed and one went missing in the clashes. Nineteen soldiers were injured. It added that heavy fighting was continuing as the army continued to enter rebel-held territory.
"Base One Four" is apparently where LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is based.
According to defence sources, another 11 LTTE cadres and a soldier were killed during sporadic clashes in the northern Vavuniya and northwestern Mannar districts Sunday.
The pro-LTTE website puthinam.com claimed that the rebels had mounted a "fierce counter attack against the four-pronged military assault" in Weli Oya region.
Quoting unnamed LTTE sources in Wanni, the website claimed Monday that 15 soldiers were killed and over 25 wounded in the counter attacks. It did not give details of damages suffered by the rebels.
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Make the most of the sunny weather and spend some time maintaining your home.
At this time of year it's really easy to forget about your home. The sunny weather upon us, holiday bags are packed, the damp and condensation has cleared up (temporarily) and leaks are not happening for now.
Despite all this, now is the optimum time to address any issues ahead of the colder, wetter weather that will sadly be with us later this year.
So here are my top tips and some of the basics to maintaining your home:
- Keep the windows clean. This is a good way to make sure your wooden window frames (if you have wooden ones) don't start to rot. If you're buying then get the name of the vendor's window cleaner, or you can find one through your local agent, online or displayed in the ads of the newsagent or local shop.
- Service the boiler. Major boiler repairs or replacing an ignored boiler can be costly, so get yours serviced annually. Most gas suppliers run service schemes where they come every year to check yours out.
- Install smoke alarms. These don't cost a great deal and are priceless if they save a life.
- Check out areas of your home you don't use on a daily basis. Is there any damp or mildew in the loft, basement or anywhere else? If so, get it sorted pronto before it turns into something nasty.
- Regularly walk around the outside of your house and check for leaks, stains on the walls, broken guttering or loose tiles. It's wise to do this before winter sets in, as strong winds can dislodge tiles.
- Get up on a ladder. Make sure fallen leaves haven't blocked the gutters, leading to water pouring down the outside walls and producing damp patches. While you're up there, replace split tiles and keep a watchful eye on pointing (mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together) and paint the exterior to keep the damp out.
- Remove heavy moss from the roof, particularly in the spring and autumn.
- Inspect painted metalwork every couple of years and renew it when it is in danger of starting to crack and peel.
- Tackle frost damage and slippery algae growth on stone and brick steps and garden paths.
- Fix cracked pipes and drains. These cause damp problems and look unsightly hanging off your home, or next to it.
Some information contained herein may have changed since it was first published. Zoopla strongly advises you to seek current legal and/or financial advice from a qualified professional.


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Bundoora Homestead Art Centre is the City of Darebin's public art gallery. It is also a gorgeous heritage house, gardens and cafe. When you visit you will be able to view beautiful art exhibitions, learn about the history of the house, stroll in our gorgeous gardens and have a delicious snack or meal in our cafe.
We also host a range of free and low-cost workshops, talks, master classes and school holiday programs.
Phone - (03) 9496 1060
Email - email@example.com
Web - www.bundoorahomestead.com
Hours - Thurs-Sun from 10am-5pm
Admission - FREE!


text: I have suffered from lympho in my right arm for five years now. I don't think it's an extreme case. Occasionally I wear a glove if my hand swells. Yesterday I started to feel unwell-just mildly headache-y which is unusual for me. This progressed during the day and I started to feel 'delicate'. I had an hour after work at home before setting off for the first session of an evening class 8 miles away. I told my husband I was not feeling too clever, and he made me a quick tea before I left. I spent the two hour session feeling cold and kept my wooly scarf on! By the time I got home I felt really quite poorly, I changed into pjs, gown and layered covers on top. I felt really hot, but shivery at the same time, and a little light headed. I was burning up when I got into bed, and thought I would have a bad dose of flu when I woke in the morning. During the night I woke up various times, but realised I was gradually cooling down. In the morning, I felt much better in myself, but my arm was hurting. I inspected it and realised I had a rash covering half of it. This started alarm bells ringing about infection in my arm. I rang the docs and they asked me to come in. The doc seemed concerned and said she was borderline about sending me to hospital. Turns out if it went worse I was in danger of septicaemia! I have been sent home with high strength antibiotics and have to check the rash doesn't extend and my temperature doesn't increase. If it does I'm straight into hospital. This really is just to make you aware of what could happen. I have bought a thermometer now and think if I had checked my temperature/state of my arm earlier I might have acted sooner. Hopefully this will be ok, I will keep you updated.


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Unruly J'cans make us look bad ...Yardies in Trinidad disappointed in countrymen
... Yardies in Trinidad
disappointed in countrymen
Some Jamaicans who have benefited from living and working in Trinidad are complaining that a few bad behaving Jamaicans currently living in the twin-island republic are making things difficult for other Jamaicans, especially those wishing to enter the country.
"I see some Jamaicans go over there and them behave some way. The same dirty behaviour they have here [In Jamaica], they go over there [Trinidad] with it," said Karen Adams*, a 35-year-old Jamaican who has been working in Trinidad since 2014.
Last month, a dozen Jamaicans were denied entry into Trinidad. Trinidad authorities later said entry was denied because they were "deemed likely to become charges on public funds."
Although it hasn't been a bed of roses, Adams says there are grand opportunities for Jamaicans in Trinidad, as persons can work in restaurants or as security guards.
However, Adams fears that unscrupulous Jamaicans might indirectly put an end to the life she has been able to build by travelling to the country.
"I know of Jamaicans over there and I feel like fi call immigration on them because dem behaviour terrible," she told THE STAR.
Another Jamaican, Jennifer Rowe*, who has been working illegally in Trinidad as a security officer for the past three years, echoed similar sentiments.
"The other day, I heard that a Jamaican went into a jewellery store to steal and the alarm went off and him jump off the high rise building and bruck him legs," Rowe said.
Both women say that it has not been a bed of roses. They also say Trinidadian authorities have the right to turn back Jamaicans, but stressed that the actions of some Jamaicans should not be used to judge other Jamaicans who enter the country.
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Valentine day just passed but hey, everyday is Valentine day ok? Finally both me and le gf manage to spend time together after long holiday from Chinese New Year and we went to watch The Wedding Diary II 《结婚那件事之后》 last night.
The Wedding Diary 2 picks up two years after the marriage of Wei Jie (Aniu) and Zhixin (Elanne), when they welcome a new and unexpected addition to their family. However, all is not well for Wei Jie`s in-laws when Zhixin`s father, Colin (Jack Choo) suffers a stroke, which puts a strain on the couple`s relationship as Zhixin has to step up to handle her father`s business and at the same time, ensure that her mother (Kara Hui) does not fall into depression and anxiety due to her husband`s condition.
It is one of the movie I must watch in this month. It is sequel for the first instalment, where both main character was in miserable life for preparing wedding and after wedding, mostly involved money. However I was expecting this sequel is about the baby where the life are extra trouble for taking care the baby however the director seem love to give them trouble after trouble, involved both parties parent problem.
If I would generalized it, this time around the movie is more on family bond. Be it busy, rich or successful, family bond is most important to hold the family. Honestly, it is very heart warming story. Le gf mentioned this time around the camera angle did pretty well to capture importance scene and expression.
One of the funniest scene for me will be the special appearance of Chapman To in the movie. Guess what will happen when Aniu meet Chapman To? hahaha
Perfect movie for Chinese New Year and Valentine to watch with your love one :)
p/s I like the theme song of the movie ;)


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Ultimate Flash Sonic invites all the players to explore a new expedition made by the Smash Brothers! Feel engaged and stimulated? Undertake the most important task in the game right away!
Tails, Knuckle, Sonic, and Cream belong to the Smash Brothers. And, today you have a chance to pick one of them for commencement! The chief request is to guide your chosen character so that he's ideally able to overcome a long tough path on an island and reach the destination in the soonest time. The prescribed buttons on the keyboard are clicked to guide him how to move, jump, fly, collect golden rings, and eventually roll to assault. Pay high attention to the screen to create any spectacular performance. In addition, don't forget to avoid encountering other creatures in other that the character's health is well protected. Run 3 unblocked is great game for next play.
Dare to win Ultimate Flash Sonic with only 3 lives in every stage? How excellent! Hope that you gain a success!
How to play
Move around with the left & right arrow keys.
Roll to attack with both the Spacebar and down arrow key.
Jump with the spacebar key.


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Time keeps rushing by, no matter what we try to do to slow it down. Suddenly our infants become toddlers and then our little girls and little boys become teenagers. Where does the time go? Sometimes we need to take a breath, and even more importantly, a break from the craziness of the whirlwind called life. Even if it's only once a month or once every couple of months, families can have a lot of fun by planning a special outing together. Consider these top 10 places to take your kids during their childhood so you can show them the world and make some great family memories.
These activities should be suitable for kids of varying ages, and in most cases, should be enjoyable for both boys and girls. You might even find your children's cousins or friends might enjoy these same activities and venues, so consider planning group outings as appropriate.
Here are our top 10 places to take your kids as they're growing up:
1. The Beach – Sand and sea should be a part of every kid's childhood.
2. The Mountains – Get the best of both worlds by vacationing for a few days on a lake in a mountainous region.
3. An Amusement Park (Or Disney World or a similar vacation if you can afford it!) Kids love this stuff!
4. A Museum – It is important to teach our youths about where we've come from as a society, related to culture, history, and more.
5. A Carnival or Fair – These memories live on longer than you might expect – choose one with rides, games, and great carnival snacks like funnel cake.
6. The Circus – The attractions at the circus can even amaze adults! Don't forget your camera.
7. A Charitable Event – We should all teach our children to be thankful for what we have, and compassionate towards others who may be dealing with more challenges in life.
8. Camping – Outdoorsy fun can be great for the whole family. Make sure you plan enough time to go on a hike, fishing, and to cook over the campfire!
9. A Surprise Party for a Grandparent – These kinds of memories can help shape children's futures and how they treat others, often by showing extra love and appreciation even when it isn't always commanded or expected. Also, it's a great opportunity to make even more memories with all the generations in your family.
10. A Family Reunion – Keep those family bonds strong and don't get into the habit of seeing those in your extended family only at weddings and funerals. Let the kids enjoy playing with all their cousins, second cousins, and getting to know their aunts, uncles, and everyone else.
Remember, not all the things that you do as a family have to be costly. You can make some of the best memories of all doing things that are very affordable or free. This list is not meant to be all-inclusive, but rather a nice sample of things that are social, playful, active, and educational. Please share your own favorite places to take your kids in our comments below!


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Stanley Adventure Steel Percolator- 6 Cup
$ 42.00
This product is currently sold out.
Lets face it a lot of companies design their products with built in obsolescence, Stanley isn't one of them. Since 1913 their line of hot/cold liquid thermoses and mugs have gotten up before the sun is up and gone to work, fueled early mornings on the lake, lead backcountry expeditions, and are made to last a generation or two.
- 1.1Qt/L, Stainless steel, Silicone grip.
- BPA-free, and Dishwasher safe.