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Stuffed Karela Recipe (Indian Bitter Melons with Chana Dal)
Bitter melon (also known as bitter cucumber, bitter gourd or karela) is an acquired taste. That's a polite way of saying a lot of people dislike it. As the name reminds you, it is bitter, but when cooked properly, it can be a delicious side dish. It is also very nutritious. One of bitter melon's many properties is that it's supposed to lower your blood sugar, so it's worth working it into your diet.
I've posted several Asian-style bitter melon recipes, but today I cooked it the way my father-in-law likes it. Compared to the Asian variety, Indian bitter melon (or karela) is much smaller and darker, and is covered with spikes. For this recipe, the karela is cut into chunks, fried and stuffed with chana dal. The fried rings of bitter melon are then simmered in masala tomato sauce. Fried onions and amchur, or dried mango powder, cut the bitterness and balance the flavors. You'll still know you're eating bitter melon, but you just might like it!
Yields: 6 servings¼ cup chana dal (see tips)
1 cup water
¼ cup canola oil (or any neutral oil)
4 Indian bitter melons
juice of half a lemon
3 medium-sized tomatoes, preferably ripe
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 jalapeño peppers
1-½ tablespoons ginger garlic paste (click on the link for the recipe)
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon red chili powder
2 tablespoons chickpea flour (optional)
3/4 teaspoon garam masala
¼ teaspoon dried mango powder
½ teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
1-½ teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon cilantro, for garnish
Prepping the chana dal: In a bowl wash the chana dal thoroughly. Pick out and discard any badly-shaped beans, then soak them for at least 30 minutes. Drain as much liquid as possible. Set aside.
Cooking the chana dal:
In a saucepan, combine the soaked chana dal, 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and red chili powder. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of oil (I used garlic-infused oil). Add water; the water should cover the lentils entirely. Bring to a boil then lower to a gentle simmer for about 35-40 minutes. Add salt half-way through the cooking process (it will bring out the natural flavor of the lentils and the lentils will be more tender) and keep stirring every now and then so the lentils don't stick to the bottom of the pot. The liquid should have evaporated. Remove any liquid (if any).
Check doneness: The chana dal should be soft when gently pressed and crushed between your thumb and index finger.
Note: For a faster cooking time, you could also cook the lentils in a pressure cooker. It would take only 15 minutes.
Prepping the jalapeño: Stem, seed and finely chop one of the jalapeño peppers. Using a paring knife, create a 2-inch incision in the remaining whole pepper.
Note: remember not to rub your eyes after touching jalapeño pepper seeds.
Prepping the bitter melons: Cut the bitter melons in half. Using a melon ball scoop, remove and discard the spongy center and the seeds. Soak the bitter melons in lemon water for 5-10 minutes.
Remove and discard the liquid from the bitter melons. Cut each piece into thick slices. Pat them dry.
In a deep saucepan, heat the oil and fry the bitter melons until golden. Once cooled enough to handle, stuff them with the chana dal.
Prepping the tomato:
This step is optional but I find tomato skin unpleasant to chew. Here's a neat method to peel tomatoes. Make a small, shallow criss-cross cut at the bottom of the fresh tomato using a bread knife (I use a bread knife because the blade won't bruise the fruit). Fill a small saucepan with cold water and bring to a boil. Place the tomato in the water and wait for at least 30 seconds. Remove the tomatoes quickly (I use a large strainer or a slotted spoon), then transfer to an ice cold bath to stop the cooking process. The skin of the tomatoes will come right off. Coarsely chop the tomato flesh. Set aside.
Assembly time:
In the same saucepan, there should be about 2 tablespoons of oil (remove and discard any extra). Add the onions. Cook for about 5 minutes until the onions become translucent. Add the remaining ginger garlic paste and jalapeño peppers to the onions. Stir well. Add the tomatoes, garam masala, chickpea flour and a little water (about 3-4 tablespoons). Bring the liquid to a boil, add dried mango powder then lower the heat to medium-low and cook for about 10 minutes. Place the stuffed bitter melons in the tomato masala sauce, cover with a lid and cook for about 5-8 minutes. Check the seasoning. Add more salt (if necessary) and black pepper.
Serve warm.
Bon appétit!
You can find kerala in most Indian stores.
Chana dal (dried chickpeas) can be found in any Indian store. You can check out a picture of fresh chana on the link.
You can either make your own garam masala spice mix or buy it at any Indian store.
For an acidic and tart taste, dried mango powder (also known as amchur) is added to the lentils. Amchur is made of finely ground flesh of sun-dried green mangoes. It's an important step toward the end of cooking. You can find the beige-colored powder at any Indian store. If you don't have any, you could replace it with 2 teaspoons of lemon or lime juice.
Don't add too much turmeric! I use it just as a natural food coloring.Published By: on May 11, 2010.


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Tickets for 18 August, Sat: Liverpool, 81 Renshaw Arts Cafe, Support from Beija Flo & Faniel Dord Tickets HERE Phone: 0151 707 1805
4 Oct, Thurs: Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms (details TBA)
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6 Oct, Fri: Portsmouth, The Loft Southsea 39 Albert Road, PO5 2SE
13 Oct, Fri: Manchester, Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, M4 1LE
15 Oct, Sun: Aberdeen, The Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, AB25 1BU
16 Oct, Mon: Inverness, Market Bar 32 Church Street, Inverness IV1 1EH
18 Oct, Wed: Glasgow, Hug & Pint 171 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G4 9AW
19 Oct, Thurs: Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA
20 Oct, Fri: Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Central Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AZ
22 Oct, Sun: Newcastle, Cumberland Arms, Ouseburn, Byker NewcastleTyne & Wear, NE6 1LD
28 Oct, Sat: Nottingham, Malt Cross: 16 St James's St, Nottingham NG1 6FG
5 Nov, Sun: London, Lexington: 96-98 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9JB
15 and 16 Dec, Fri & Sat: Krefeld, DE: Das Festival, Music Made In Krefeld, Krefelder Rennbahn
1st Feb, Thurs: Hebden Bridge, Trades Club (w Richard Dawson)
2nd Feb, Fri: York, Fulford Arms, 121 Fulford Rd, York
4 Feb, Sun: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 33 Queens Road, LS6 1NY Leeds 6pm-10:30 presented by British Wildlife
7 Feb, Wed: Sheffield, Greystones
15 Feb, Thurs: Cambridge, Portland Arms, 129 Chesterton Road
16 Feb, Fri: Scunthorpe Cafe Indiependent (with Martin Carr of the Boo Radleys)
22 Feb, Thurs: Plymouth, The Red House, 22 Millbay Road, Plymouth
24 Feb, Sat: Exeter, Cavern, 83-84 Queen St, Devon EX4 3RP
4 March, Sun: Manchester Night and Day (supporting Bob Log III) 26 Oldham St, M1 1JN 7:30pm Tickets on the door
14 March, Wed: London, (Headline) Paper Dress, 352a Mare Street, E8 1HR support: Mein Haus
16 March, Fri: Southend-On-Sea, Railway Hotel, Clifftown Road, Essex SS1 1AJ
20 March, Tues: Cardiff, The Globe
22 March, Thurs: Norwich Arts Centre (w Bob Log III) 51 St Benedicts St, Norwich NR2 4PG
28 March, Wed: Leek Foxlowe Arts Centre Stockwell St, Leek ST13 6AD (supporting Bob Log III)
29 March, Thurs Halifax, The Lantern 13 – 15 Alexandra St, HX1 1BS
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27 May, Sun: Preston, The Ferret: Special Twin Peaks Night 55 Fylde Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2XQ
7 June, Thurs: Krefeld, Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Joseph-Beuys-Platz 1, 47798 Krefeld
8 June, Fri: Krefeld, Germany, SPECIAL LATE-LATE SET at Jazzkellar, Lohstraße 92, 47798 at Midnight
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10 June, Sun: Köln, Germany: Art of Dark Days Festival
Club Cage, Rathenauplatz 6, 50674 Köln
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7 Oct, Fri: Allenheads, Northumberland: Allenheads Inn, Hexham NE47 9HJ +44 1434 685200 http://www.allenheadsinn.co.uk/
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16 Oct, Sun: Newcastle, Prohibition Bar, Arch 3, Brandling St. Gateshead NE8 2BA £8 7:30pm
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11 March, Sat: Düsseldorf, DE: Atelier Padao, Hüttenstraße 34, 40215 21UHR Facebook Event
24th March, Friday: Sheffield, UK: Lamplight Club at Regather SOLD OUT! 57-59 Club Garden Road, Sheffield S11 8BU 0114 273 1258
25 March, Sat: Nottingham, Angel Microbrewery Stoney St, NG11LG Phone: 01159 483343 http://www.angelmicrobrewery.com/index.html
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28th April, Fri: Liverpool, 81 Renshaw St (yes, that's the venue name), 81 Renshaw St, Merseyside L1 2SJ Phone: 0151 707 1805
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This I believe.
I believe I am learning, still learning at this stage of my life. When youth has escaped me, mid-life eludes me and things to come frighten me. But I believe I am learning an important lesson as a 50 year old daughter.
As I watch my 89 year old father teeter back and forth from reality to fantasy and then back to history, I am learning. I see someone who was once strong, who feared nothing at all, now being afraid of a shadow, a loud noise, a bath. He enjoyed success with an eighth grade education, he fought in World War II then later trained soldiers for the Korean War just as he had started a wood pallet business from nothing more than sawing trees on a wooded lot behind the house where he grew up. He was tall. He was strong. He was my dad.
Today, he is a person I do not know. He cannot find his glasses, his shoes, his watch. This giant of a man whom I feared but still loved is some sort of bent over, mixed up being who is lost in the space between life and death. His mumblings are barely audible. He speaks most clearly of "going home." He murmurs of my mama as if she still lives. He searches for Poppy and Granny, his sisters and brother too. I rub his back and smile, rendering agreement when I do not even understand a word he speaks.
Some days he knows my name, other days he kindly thanks me with no recognition for the offer of a milkshake. He still smiles, even laughs on a good day but he fears as well. Even the slightest wrinkle on his bed worries him. I have learned not to wake him from sleep. Agitated behavior takes over his being so that no one can humor him. So I let him sleep, then return at another time.
They call occasionally, his attendants call every now and then to report an incident between my dad and another resident. "Everyone is okay" they say but each call rips at my heart because this person, my dad, has caused pain to another. This cannot be the same gentle man who was my dad. He is a person I do not know.
I believe I am learning, I have to believe this for that belief is the only answer which makes all the pain bearable. What I am learning, I cannot be sure but it must include patience and understanding and mostly, of not having the ability to control life. Some things just happen for which we cannot explain. This I believe, ever so strongly, I believe God is teaching me an invaluable lesson and I am still learning.
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But I believe they will replace the hard drive and keep my old one. Perhaps to fix, or diagnose the problem. But someone having access to everything I have ever done on my computer makes me uneasy. I have purchased many things online with credit cards, and communicate a lot online with people, so is a huge loss of privacy. Is there anyway to wipe out my hard drive's memory(esp email/aim logs/credit card info, but a full wipe out would be best) so as not to open up my personal life to best buy employee's?
I actually did a system restore, which wipes out everything to try to fix my HD, but that can be undone can't it?
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I have been struggling with my skin for awhile now, with all the breakouts that I was having. But I am finally happy with the way it is now; even my boyfriend thinks that I was wearing makeup when all I had was my bare face. I used to try all sorts of products and that was probably why my skin was acting up so much. I have kept it to a minimal and only use products that work for me. For reference, I have normal to combination skin that is also sensitive.
CLEANSEI forgot to take a photo of it but I always use the Garnier Micellar Cleansing water to remove my eye makeup. I love the micellar water, it's a no fuss product that gets the job done. It doesn't irritate my eyes and removes my waterproof mascara with no problem; I'll just have to take more time whenever I wear waterproof mascara.
Afterwards, I would go in with the Palmer's Coconut Oil Cleansing Balm. This was just recently introduced into my skincare routine and I absolutely love it! I get a bit of product between my fingers and apply this to my face, and rub it into my skin in a circular motion to remove my face makeup. This cleansing balm dissolves my makeup whilst still keeping my skin very moisturised. My skin usually doesn't agree with any oil product (rose hip oil irritates my skin and breaks me out) so I was iffy about trying this, but my skin loves this stuff!
After I rinse off the coconut oil cleansing balm, I go in and cleanse my face again with the Skinstitut Gentle Cleanser. I have gone through 3 or 4 bottles of this and I absolutely love it. I was introduced to this product by the girls at the Australian Skin Clinic when I had microdermabrasion done. A lot of cleansers are too harsh for my skin but not with this one. It is so gentle on my skin and it removes excess dirt on my skin.
MOISTURISEFinding a good moisturiser that keeps my skin hydrated without irritating my skin is a mission, let me tell you! I have tried so many moisturisers from drugstore to high end and most of them don't work for me. I have been enjoying Skinstitut Moisture Defence moisturiser for normal skin. The texture is like a lotion but it keeps my skin very hydrated and absorbs into my skin very quickly.
To add extra hydration to my skin, especially when we are going into Winter here in Australia, I add a few drops of the Hylamide Low-Molecular HA Booster before moisturising. I have just finished this product and won't be repurchasing because I am going to try out a similar product that I just received in the mail today (be on a lookout for a future review).
PAMPERI don't like to exfoliate my skin often because it dries out my skin. However, I love using the Origins Retexturizing Rose Clay mask because it removes any dead skin cells on my skin and leaving it feeling like a baby's bottom. This is the only mask that I have tried that isn't harsh but does the job I need it to do. I absolutely love this mask and cannot see myself living without it.
Going into the colder season, the Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight mask is my life saver! For any dry skin gals out there, this is a must have! I always use this as a nighttime moisturiser because of its thick consistency. I wake up in the morning with my skin feeling soft and super hydrated. This is an absolute staple in my skincare routine and I have gone through about 3 bottles of this!
I don't break out as often anymore but when I did, Mario Badescu Drying Lotion was my go-to. My boyfriend uses this as well whenever he breaks out and I am always surprised at what this product can do overnight. The breakouts are a lot smaller overnight, it's incredible!
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Analysis Seminar
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 2:00pm
1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Skiles 269
We present results on the asymptotic behavior of a family of polynomials which are orthogonal with respect to an exponential weight on certain contours of the complex plane. Our motivation comes from the fact that the zeros of these polynomials are the nodes for complex Gaussian quadrature of an oscillatory integral defined on the real axis and having a high order stationary point. The limit distribution of these zeros is also analyzed, and we show that they accumulate along a contour in the complex plane that has the S-property in the presence of an external field. Additionally, the strong asymptotics of the orthogonal polynomials is obtained by applying the nonlinear Deift--Zhou steepest descent method to the corresponding Riemann--Hilbert problem. This is joint work with D. Huybrechs and A. Kuijlaars, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).


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Sientifis conference on thesis: "Family in a global contest"
Bedër in collaboration with the Catholic University "Zoja e Këshillit të Mirë" ("Our Lady of Good Counsel") organized a mutual scientific conference "The Family in a Global Context: Current and Future Perspectives".
The President of the Republic of Albania, His Excellency Mr. Bujar Nishani congratulated the workings for the conference. He evaluated family as the main cell of the society in his address and invited the young generation and the institutions to serve it with devotion. His Excellency Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Papal Council on Family in Vatican attended the opening ceremony as well. In his address about family love, he emphasized the harmony in family as an essential element to be expanded in national level.
Whereas, H. E. Alberto Cutillo, Ambassador of Italy in Albania said in his address "Family is the main bond of our life and existence. Together, we must do more for this precious treasure by joining and working to improve the conditions for a healthy family". Apostolic Nuncio in Albania attended the panel as well. According to him, spiritual viewpoint of various aspects of present society is fundamental to guarantee for the new generations a family based on a firm footing.
Furthermore, the Rector of Bedër University, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Gjana, having thanked the participants for their participation and co-organizing the conference, said that currently, there is a tendency to undervalue or even fully depreciate the true and natural role of the family by destroying it as a social structure.
"None of this would contribute to the society in the parameters of modernity and globalization, its construction in accordance with current standards of civilization. Hence, the need arises to support the creation and strengthening of the family, giving to the structure a more stable legal, cultural and social dimension and strengthening of the personality and position of women and men, seeing these as important elements of the peace and development of humanity."- said he.
Also, the Rector of the University "Our Lady of Good Counsel" Prof. Bruno Giardina congratulated the workings for the conference. He considered the cooperation between the two institutions as efficient and of particular importance to the treatment of such a theme for the younger generations.
"The family is a common responsibility, not only in the creation context but in its preservation and well-functioning context as well"- said he.
Following the completion of the opening ceremony, the first session started with scientific references from distinguished academics such as Prof. Dr. Briseida Mema , Bedër University, Prof. Tritan Shehu, Catholic University LGC, Dr. Atakan Derelioglu, Bedër University, and Prof. Raul Caruso, Catholic University of Milano who during the presentations of related works focused on the importance of family in a global context, its journey along centuries and its actuality in present.


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Amy Adams & Ethan Hawke Are Gotham Awards Honorees!
Amy Adams and Ethan Hawke are both being honored with tributes at the 2016 Gotham Independent Film Awards!
The stars were seen walking the red carpet at the event held at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday (November 28) in New York City.
Amy, who is getting Oscar buzz for her movie Arrival, was joined at the event by husband Darren Le Gallo.
Also in attendance at the event were Certain Women's Greta Gerwig and Annette Bening, the latter who is nominated for Best Actress. The film itself is nominated for the Audience Award and Best Feature!
FYI: Amy is wearing a Max Mara suit, Jimmy Choo shoes, a Tyler Ellis clutch, and Harry Winston jewelry. Greta is wearing an Adeam gown, Christian Louboutin shoes, and Monique Pean jewelry.
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Channing's first experience with entertainment industry came when he was cast in Ricky Martin's video "She Bangs". He plays a kid with the platinum Mohawk. While he was still getting over his platinum hair dude, a model friend in Miami introduced him to some local agencies, where he moved and started his modeling career. Channing's initial reaction to modeling was not so optimistic, instead his aspiration was to be an actor. After a period of struggle, Channing's pictures were sent to Jason Kanner, a New York City modeling agent at Major Models. Jason persuaded Channing to move to New York to advance his career in the print world.
Channing has since been seen on the pages of Vogue Magazine, the cover of Out magazine, Citizen K, Contents, Elegance Magazine, and NY Times Fashion insert, and he was one of the Tear Sheet Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful faces (October 2001). Channing has worked extensively in Paris, Milan and New York in various campaigns such as Nautica, Abercrombie and Fitch, American Eagle and Emporio Armani. Channing can be seen in television commercials as well, such as Pepsi ("Scratching"), American Eagle, and of course Mountain Dew ("Drive").
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Lawsuit Over Hatian Earthquake Photo Is a Disaster
|This is Twitter
|This is TwitPic
Daniel Morel, a photojournalist, was in the city of Port au Prince, Haiti when the earthquake struck. Mr. Morel photographed some of the most powerful and moving images documenting the quake's aftermath.
But because of the devastation, Mr. Morel was limited as to how he could send his photographs to the outside world. So, Mr. Morel ended up uploading his photographs to TwitPic, and then tweeting about the photographs on Twitter.
Shortly thereafter, Lisandro Suero, copied the images and uploaded them to his own TwitPic. He tweeted that they were his photographs and available for distribution. Agence France Pressen("AFP"), a French photo company found the pics on Suero's TwitPic and then sold them to a number of their mainstream media clients, including Getty Images, Inc., the Boston Globe, the Denver Post, Time, Inc., Vanity Fair, USA Today, and the Age, Australia.
Mr. Morel never gave permission or received compensation for AFP's use.
After Mr. Morel returned, he sent cease and desist letters to AFP and its clients. This made AFP mad and so AFP sued Mr. Morel for threatening them. AFP based its entire lawsuit on Twitter's Terms of Service because it mistakenly assumed that Mr. Morel had posted his photographs on Twitter.
Over and over again AFP alleges that Mr. Morel posted his photographs on Twitter and cites Twitter's Terms of Service.
AFP states —
Mr. Morel provided a nonexclusive license to use his
photographs when he posted them on a social networking and blogging website known as
Twitter without any limitation on the use, copying or distribution of the photographs.
AFP and its customers or affiliates, relied on this license and their respective uses did not
constitute copyright infringement.
And even asserts that:
Mr. Morel posted several photographs on Twitter in full resolution and with no
limitation on their use.
AFP then argues:
When Mr. Morel posted his photographs on Twitter, he made no notation that he was in any way limiting the license granted to Twitter . . . . Thus, a third party would reasonably assume that based on the Twitter Terms of Service and typical use, by posting his photographs on Twitter, Mr. Morel was granting the requisite license to Twitter and third parties to use, copy, publish, display
and distribute those photographs.
AFP concludes by stating that:
APP published Mr. Morel's photographs in good faith with the understanding that
by posting them on Twitter, he had granted the requisite license to third parties to use,
copy, publish, display and distribute those photographs.
But the photographs were not posted on Twitter. They were posted on TwitPic. And TwitPic is a different company and it has a different Terms of Service. Nowhere does AFP acknowledge this. (Mr. Morel makes the same mistake in his Answer and Counterclaim.)
As noted by Techdirt, this case is a complete mess. As Techdirt points out, "[i]t appears that both parties are greatly confused about the law, terms of service and what each other did." Neither side seems to know the difference between TwitPic and Twitter. Techdirt explains "The photos were posted to TwitPic , not Twitter. While many people don't seem to realize this, TwitPic is not a part of Twitter, but is a separate company. Thus, Twitter's licensing terms are somewhat irrelevant."
And Twitpic's Terms of Service unequivocally states: "All images uploaded are copyright © their respective owners."
This case demonstrates why all lawyers should blog and use social media. If you tweet, you would know that you cannot upload or post photographs on Twitter. The only thing you can put on Twitter is 140 characters.
This is a link to AFP's complaint.
This is a link to Mr. Morel's Answer and Counter-claim.
Source: Media Nation
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That's really interesting. As someone who's used Twitter and Twitpic for journalistic purposes, this is all good to know.
[…] tried to argue in court that by uploading his photos to Twitter/Twitpic, a professional photographer was giving them […]


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Here are a couple of articles and a blog post that caught my attention over the past few weeks.
(Peter Kim's blog) A year from now, we're going to look back on what happened this year and declare that it was finally the "year of mobile."
Social Media is the New Super Bowl: Pepsi Refresh and What It Means to Marketers
(The Forrester Blog for Interactive Marketing Professionals) If you track Social Media news, I'm sure you saw the eye-catching headline: "Pepsi's Big Gamble: Ditching Super Bowl for Social Media". For the first time in 23 years–23 years!–the brand will not be purchasing a Super Bowl spot. Instead, it is sinking $20M into a Social Media program called Pepsi Refresh. The Pepsi Refresh site will allow people to vote for worthwhile community projects, and Pepsi expects to sponsor thousands of local efforts via this program.
The #1 Problem Most Brands Have
(Mitch Joel's blog, Six Pixels of Separation) It's not about profit. It's not about customer service. It's not about inventory. It's about consistency.


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Today we tested the 6x45 to see if the headspace problem was fixed.
First up, a retest of yesterday's IMR4350 load:
-- 84 gr. bore rider with 0.237" nose
-- 2.450" COL (0.015" away from contact)
-- 27 gr. IMR 4350 (that's all that will fit in the case)
-- chrono was on the fritz so I only got one reading, 2437 fps.
-- 10 shots in 4 3/8" at 100 yards, about the same as IMR4350 did yesterday.
-- all cartridges chambered easily and the the action never popped open, yea !
Not a great group but at least it was a group not a pattern.
Next, the same bore-rider except with WC844 powder:
-- 21.5 gr. WC844
-- Federal benchrest primers, because I had a partial box I wanted to use up.
-- 2514 fps
-- 2.8% velocity standard deviation -- that's terrible!
-- 10 shots in 8 1/4" at 100 yards (compared to 7.05" the last time I shot the bore rider with WC844).
-- all cartridges chambered easily and the action never popped open.
This is a pattern, not a group.
Next, the same bore-rider except with WC845.
-- I couldn't dial in a 2500 fps load because the chrono went on the fritz. So I just guessed at a powder charge.
-- Federal benchrest primers
-- 2701 fps (the chrono recorded only 4 shots)
-- 3% standard deviation, but you can't trust SD for only 4 shots.
-- 8 shots in 7.8" (I only had 8 bullets left )
-- all cartridges chambered easily and the action never popped open.
-- the bore was clean as a whistle to the naked eye, and a tight fitting patch came out clean.
This is a pattern, not a group.
Conclusions and Lessons Learned:
-- the headspace problem seems to be fixed, yea !
-- the improved accuracy with IMR4350 seems to be repeatable.
-- it looks like the firelapping did reduce fouling because it used to begin fouling at 2600 - 2700 fps but today there was no fouling at 2700 fps.
-- WC844 still shot wild patterns, suggesting that the improvement in accuracy was due to IMR4350 and not due to the other changes
-- WC845 does not seem to be compatible with this barrel, either, though admittedly I was not able to test it at 2500 fps.
-- the Federal Benchrest primers that I used today were probably not the best for ball powder.
-- no conclusions one way or the other about the long bore riding nose other than to say there was no improvement with WC844, only with IMR4350.
Things to Try Next Time:
-- I took the chrono apart and cleaned the sensors again, but didn't see anything wrong with it. The chrono was 100% reliable before it got rained on, since then it has been iffy on 6mm though it works OK with 22LR and 357. Maybe the rain did some damage to the circuits? I'll give it one more chance before I give up on it.
-- The IMR4350 tests showed that powder makes a big difference so the next step will be to test a variety of powders.
-- if I find a powder it likes better, then I'll switch to experimenting with bullets, but for now will stick with the long bore rider.


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Some of the better-known ways of cheating in baseball:
How It's Done: The list of foreign substances that might work is almost limitless. For Garrett Broshuis, who pitched in the minor leagues for six seasons, a little spit might have made a big difference -- but he says he didn't use illegal pitches in games. "I messed around with it in the bullpen a little bit," he said. "The bottom was falling out of the thing." Broshuis later wrote a paper on cheating in baseball while at the Saint Louis University School of Law. In that piece, Broshuis recalls a coach who said he'd used all sorts of deceptive tricks when he played: "He would place Vaseline on his belt, rub soap on his undershorts (sweat mixed with the soap during the game to make the side of his pants slick), and pine tar on the bill of his hat."
The use of pine tar is controversial. Some justify it by saying the substance doesn't really change the ball's flight -- it just helps the pitcher with his grip.
A pitcher might also scuff the ball with sandpaper -- if he can smuggle it to the mound without getting caught.
Famous Examples: Gaylord Perry may be the most notorious (and celebrated) practitioner of sneaky mound behavior. He won 314 games and made the Hall of Fame. In 1987, Minnesota pitcher Joe Niekro was suspended for carrying an emery board and sandpaper in his back pocket.
How It's Done: Derek Zumsteg explains this in great detail in his book "The Cheater's Guide to Baseball." Cut off the end of a bat, drill a hole in it, and fill it in -- with cork, for example. The idea is that a lighter bat will increase bat speed.
Famous Example: In 2003, Sammy Sosa broke his bat in a game and was ejected when umpires found cork inside. Sosa said he used the corked bat to put on fan-pleasing shows in batting practice, but erroneously used it in a game. He served a seven-game suspension.
How It's Done: How isn't it done? A team might try to steal the catcher's signals for what pitch is coming, for instance, and a baserunner on second should have a nice view. As Zumsteg's book points out, what's really looked down on are people stealing signs away from the field -- from the stands, for example. Coaching signs, such as instructions to basebrunners, can be tough to decode, but there's a way around that. Zumsteg: "Ignore the coaches with their long, complicated routines and watch the players receiving the signs. It's like poker players reading tells."
Famous Example: The 1951 New York Giants beat out Brooklyn for the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's famous homer. About a decade ago, The Wall Street Journal quoted Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, catcher Sal Yvars and pitcher Al Gettel as admitting the Giants stole catchers' signs. The Journal said the Giants would relay signals from their center-field clubhouse to the bullpen with a buzzer system created by an electrician. Yvars said he then relayed signals to hitters.
How It's Done: That's not as important as the other question -- how is it done without detection? It's an issue all sports are grappling with to some degree, and baseball's testing program has changed quite a bit since the 1990s.
Famous Examples: Mark McGwire, who hit 583 homers in his career, has admitted using steroids and human growth hormone. Rafael Palmeiro, who reached both the 500-homer and 3,000-hit marks, was suspended in 2005 for a positive test for PEDs. He claimed it was due to a vitamin vial given to him by a teammate.
Alex Rodriguez has admitted he used PEDs while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, before Major League Baseball and the players' union started their joint drug program.
Plenty of others are under suspicion, too -- witness the Hall of Fame vote, in which baseball writers didn't give any player the 75 percent required for induction this year.


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I had bought a big bunch of spring onions. Was wondering how to finish it off apart from using it in regular soups, dals etc. I then tried this paratha. The taste was awesome. You'll fall in love with this paratha. And what else, its healthy.
- Wheat flour - 1 cup
- Besan / Kadala Maavu / Senaga Pindi - 2-3 tbsp
- Spring Onions - 1/2 cup finely chopped. (if you like, you may increase the quantity)
- Red Chilli powder - 1 tsp
- Salt - as required
- Oil / ghee - as required
- Finely chop the spring onions (both white and green)
- Make a dough with all ingredients with sufficient water. Note- water required would be little lesser than usually required.
- Smear a little oil over the dough and keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
- Divide into balls and make chapathis in the usual way by smearing either ghee or oil on both sides and cook till done.
- Serve hot with plain curd or any curry.
I find it heavenly even when served without any side dish.
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Autopsychography. The poet is a man who feigns. And feigns so thoroughly, at last. He manages to feign as pain. The pain he really feels, And those who read what once he wrote. Feel clearly, in the pain they read, Neither of the pains he felt, Only a pain they cannot sense. And thus, around its jolting track. There runs, to keep our reason busy, The circling clockwork train of ours. That men agree to call a heart.
On February 14, I received a telegram from Buenos Aires urging me to return home immediately; my father was "not at all well." God forgive me, but the prestige of being the recipient of an urgent telegram, the desire to communicate to all of Fray Bentos the contradiction between the negative form of the news and the absoluteness of the adverbial phrase, the temptation to dramatize my grief by feigning a virile stoicism-all this perhaps distracted me from any possibility of real pain.
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal absolute values and feign in their declamations—not in their personal conduct—a disdain of things secular and transitory. But the public ignores such utterances. The main goal of present-day political action is to secure for the respective pressure group memberships the highest material well-being. The only way for a leader to succeed is to instill in people the conviction that his program best serves the attainment of this goal.
We had been everywhere. We had really seen nothing. And I catch myself thinking today that our long journey had only defiled with a sinuous trail of slime the lovely, trustful, dreamy, enormous country that by then, in retrospect, was no more to us than a collection of dog-eared maps, ruined tour books, old tires, and her sobs in the night? every night, every night? the moment I feigned sleep.
There can be no emblem or parable in a village idiot's hallucinations or in last night's dream of any of us in this hall. In those random visions nothing? underline nothing (grating sound of horizontal stroke can be construed as allowing itself to be deciphered y a witch doctor that can then cure a madman or give confort to a killer by laying the blame on a too fond, too fiendish or too indifferent parent? secret festerings that the foster quack feigns to heal by expensive confession feasts (laughter and applause).
Is Dust immortal then, I ask'd him, so that we may see it blowing through the Centuries? But as Walter gave no Answer I jested with him further to break his Melancholy humour: What is Dust, Master Pyne? And he reflected a little: It is particles of Matter, no doubt. Then we are all Dust indeed, are we not? And in a feigned Voice he murmered, For Dust thou art and shalt to Dust return. Then he made a Sour face, but only yo laugh the more.


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WE could talk about the Mets and the wild card. We could also talk about the Tooth Fairy or Jose Reyes playing again this year. You know, things adults shouldn't believe in.
TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Diamondbacks at Mets
Let's put it this way: Evel Knievel never attempted anything on his Harley-Davidson as difficult as jumping seven teams in 58 games with Daniel Murphy as your cleanup hitter.
These daily injury updates the Mets provide are going to prove as useful as an umbrella in a tornado. It is nice that J.J. Putz threw 20 pitches off the mound yesterday and is aiming for a late August return. It is more relevant that Mike Pelfrey needed 107 pitches over five innings against a lineup arguably worse than the Mets'.
And we don't mean relevant for 2009. Again, there is a better chance of Tony Bernazard and Willie Randolph skipping around the bases arm-in-arm at Citi Field as there is of the Mets claiming the wild card. Reality alert: They have lost two of three at home to the Diamondbacks, and it is Dan Haren vs. Nelson Figueroa today.
So next year has come early, albeit at 2009 new-stadium prices. If you had on rose-colored glasses looking toward the future, you saw Jeff Francoeur again flash a power bat (four homers in 19 games as a Met) and strong defense during Arizona's 5-2 win yesterday. You saw two more hits from a revived Luis Castillo, whose current contract likely means he is back again next season (sorry Orlando Hudson fans).
But the most important player on the field for the 2010 Mets was Pelfrey. So this was another day in which he left Mets fans wondering just how high his ceiling is.
Pelfrey's stuff — 92-95 mph fastball, high-80s darting slider — was good and he was facing a bad offense with Miguel Montero playing the Murphy part of cleanup impersonator. Yet Pelfrey ended up with the kind of mixed-bag performance that has so earmarked his season.
He retired the first five hitters, including striking out the side in the first. Then, with two outs in the second, he went, in order, hit batsman, walk, hit batsman. He delivered another 1-2-3 frame in the third, and then faced 13 batters during the fourth and fifth innings, allowed seven to reach and permitted three runs. And the whole time his pitch count soared, giving Jerry Manuel the impetus to pinch-hit for Pelfrey with one out and the tying run on third in the fifth.
"I need to be better," said Pelfrey (8-7, 4.75 ERA). "I'm not satisfied how it is going. I need to be better. I need to be more consistent. I know that drives the coaches crazy."
There is no doubt Pelfrey belongs in a major league rotation. But where? He was probably miscast as a No. 2 starter this year. However, he just might suffer the same miscasting again next year, like seeing Keanu Reaves as a leading man in yet another movie.
Do you really expect the Madoff Mets to buy, say, John Lackey this offseason? Or that their prospects will become so much more alluring in December than they were in July, moving the Blue Jays to push the Mets to first in line for the Roy Halladay Winter Jamboree?
Instead, what you see now is probably what you get for 2010: Johan Santana and mystery. The flummoxing Oliver Perez and the fragile John Maine, the neophyte Jonathon Niese and a new grab-bag of broken toys from the Livan Hernandez/Tim Redding/Freddy Garcia aisle.
Hey, let's assume the Mets even find a way to airlift a true No. 2 starter. Are we positive Pelfrey is the No. 3 for a championship-caliber team?
"He can be," Jerry Manuel said. "No question for me. He could be that guy, but right now he is a work in progress. But he has the stuff to be that guy." For now, however, he is a No. 2 starter in the way that Daniel Murphy is a No. 4 hitter — by default.


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CHICAGO – He was America's sidekick in TV's golden decades of the 1960s and '70s, and was a proud Chicago-born-and-bred performer. Bill Daily, better known as Major Roger Healey ("I Dream of Jeannie") and the wacky neighbor Howard Borden ("The Bob Newhart Show") died at his New Mexico home at the age of 91 on September 4th, 2018.
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Blu-Ray Review: Entertaining 'Scream 4' Makes Great Horror RentalSubmitted by BrianTT on October 16, 2011 - 8:27pm
CHICAGO – This upcoming Halloween will give you dozens of options in theaters and on Blu-ray to choose from for your scary dollar. You may have dismissed Wes Craven's latest entry in the most influential franchise of the last twenty years. Don't. Sure, the "Scream" movies are over the hill, more so than I think The Weinstein Company expected as evidenced by the pathetic box office returns (less than 50% of the last "Scream" movie and less than $100 million worldwide (the first three broke $150), but this is a fun genre flick. If you wrote this movie off in theaters, you might be surprised to learn that it's worth a rental.
Film Review: Wes Craven Returns to Form With Entertaining 'Scre4m'Submitted by BrianTT on April 14, 2011 - 10:20pm
CHICAGO – Wes Craven's legendary franchise returns this weekend with a decade since its last installment and to a genre that has been almost entirely bereft of creativity since its director started to lose his prominence as one of its best. Can "Scre4m" rejuvenate the slasher genre like the first film did or will it fall victim to the rule that horror sequels almost always suck?
DVD Review: 'Lymelife' is the Same Old StorySubmitted by BrianTT on October 6, 2009 - 12:27pm
CHICAGO – Only a few short weeks ago, I sat through the two-hour shrug-fest that is Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" and lamented how so many of the film's interactions between parents and the younger generation were played for cartoonish laughs instead of striving for the haunting poignancy of the director's 1997 family drama "The Ice Storm." Well, upon viewing Derick Martini's "Lymelife," I determined that the cliché is true: Be careful what you wish for.
Interview: Writer, Director Derick Martini Turns Past Into Present in 'Lymelife'Submitted by BrianTT on May 7, 2009 - 1:28pm
CHICAGO – Derick Martini's "Lymelife," starring Rory Culkin, Kieran Culkin, Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Emma Roberts, Timothy Hutton, and Cynthia Nixon is a dramatic slice of nostalgia for its co-writer/director.


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New Delhi: Muslims marked the beginning of the holy Islamic month of Ramzan with prayers at various mosques on Thursday.
In Delhi hundreds of devout Muslims gathered at the Jama Masjid, to commence their month-long Roza after relishing the traditional Sehri.
In Islamic tradition, Ramzan or Ramadan is an auspicious month in which devout Muslims observe a fast from dawn to dusk everyday and worship and study the Holy Quran.
Ramadan is the ninth month and is considered the holiest one as per the Islamic lunar calendar, the beginning of which depends on the Imam sighting the New Moon through the naked eye.
Muslim residents in Delhi were seen eating their Sehri on Thursday morning outside the mosque.
"The month of Ramadan is a very holy one and it is meant for fasting and prayers. During this month Allah accepts our prayers. We ask for His blessings. Allah has given us the opportunity to serve Him during this month," said Mohammed Javed.
During Ramzan, Muslims are forbidden to indulge in worldly acts or think improper thoughts. They also cannot indulge in offensive gestures or utter unkind words during this period.
Muslims buy meat and vegetables for their evening feasts known as Iftaar.
Observing Ramzan is said to strengthen one's character.
Eid al-Fitr, Islam`s prime festival signifies the end of the holy month and is celebrated with lavish meals and presentation of gifts. (ANI)


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The game is way to easy and its 90% the same as the free version. What did I pay 3 bucks for? I had built everything in 15minutes xD
Viewing post in My thoughts on the game.
What? You definitely do haha there is a demo version for free and I played this years ago, it was 90% the same as I already said ;)
This is no problem at all and i dont even care about 3 Dollars, I have about 3000 Dollars wasted on Steam games, so - nope I dont give a ****.
But what I mean is that I seriously played this game 1-2 years ago (Kongregate? Armorgames? Itch.io? I dont remember) and it was barely different, bought it recently because I never forgot about it and was hoping that there is much more to do now.
Take your time, I totally understand that, I`m an artist myself but I just wanted to let you know that the difference between the free and the paid version is not really noticeable.
Thanks for clarifying. I get your point on the scope of the game. There's definitely more in there than last July (which is when the price changed from free to paid), but maybe not leaps and bounds more. Still the basic set of biomes, similar planet resources etc. Just been a slow and steady process.
Yes you are right, there is more in it and I enjoy the actual content way more than I do as with certain AAA games. Maybe I was to harsh with my judgement due to the high expectations ;)
Keep up the good work!
And no I did not play the "mission" mode. I played endless game.
Good Job on Pirating the game, now buy the real thing so you can recieve updates.
Is it realy worth it to Pirate a $3 - $4 game?
>>Good Job on Pirating the game, now buy the real thing so you can recieve updates.
Isn´t this exactly what he said he did? :D


text: One of the artists who has recently joined the gallery is American photographer Julie Dant. Her magnificient photographies show the artist's great passion for nature and love for people. Julie sees beauty in ordinary things, in every moment of life. She captures the essence of reality, whether it is an old man portrait, old barn or a child's play. Looking at her works, it seems that time stopped. There is some eternal beauty and peace in these photographs. Nobody can pass by her works untouched by true, deep feeling Julie's works evoke.


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THE news is that a trend continues: An increasing number of responsible films are exposing and exploring problems of domestic abuse and family troubles.
The latest examples are ``Ladybird Ladybird,'' an English movie now opening in American theaters after debuting at the New York Film Festival, and ``Heavenly Creatures,'' a New Zealand drama due on United States screens next month.
The bad news is that Hollywood isn't playing much part in this activity. In the main, American filmmakers take a superficial view of family, exploiting domestic distress for its melodramatic value but generally failing to probe the causes and consequences of abusive behaviors in the home.
It may be argued that fuzziness and fantasy have always been Hollywood's stock in trade, and they are to be expected even where serious subjects are concerned. While this is true, it's an attitude that gives us wish-fulfillment fabrications that suggest social and historical forces will slip obediently into line if we just think positively.
It's worth noting that ``Heavenly Creatures'' contains more vivid fantasies than any scene in ``Forrest Gump,'' yet manages to examine key aspects of modern-day malaise with an honesty that puts Gumpishness to shame.
``Ladybird Ladybird'' is the most urgently relevant to current social issues. This is especially true after the recent elections in the US, which could lead to new attitudes regarding government's role in helping disadvantaged people.
Based on actual events, ``Ladybird Ladybird'' centers on a woman named Maggie who was the victim of physical and psychological abuse during childhood, and has re-created this pattern by gravitating toward abusive men in her adult life.
Now the mother of four children, she is forced to put all of them into foster care after one is injured in a household accident caused partly by her own negligence. She wants desperately to regain custody of the youngsters, but finds herself thwarted by a number of factors. These range from her continuing poverty to an uncontainable rage that erupts at undiplomatic moments, such as during interviews with social workers.
Matters are complicated further by Jorge, the new man in her life - a gentle and compassionate fellow in all respects, but also an illegal Paraguayan immigrant.
``Ladybird Ladybird'' tackles this troubling tale with documentary-style realism, showing profound sympathy with the protagonists while dispassionately revealing the enormous divide that exists between ideals of harmonious family life, on one hand, and a network of inadequate social policies, on the other.
Watching the film is like being on an emotional roller coaster, and the ride becomes almost overwhelming when Maggie's desperation reaches such heights that she begins having new babies in order to regain the active motherhood that society has taken away from her.
The movie was written by Rona Munro and directed by Ken Loach, a clear-eyed filmmaker with a long record of socially committed work. Heading the excellent cast, Crissy Rock gives an explosive performance that deserves dozens of awards. Easily one of this year's 10 best pictures, it's one of the rare films that make you think and feel with equal fervor.
Also based on real events, ``Heavenly Creatures'' takes place in a New Zealand city during the 1950s, a decade still regarded as a time of untroubled ``Ozzie and Harriet'' contentment by some who don't remember the period too accurately.
The main characters are Pauline and Juliet, teenagers whose friendship is anchored in a shared love of pop culture - the songs of Mario Lanza, American movie stars, and especially romance novels, which prompt them to invent their own imaginative realm populated by kings, commoners, and tempestuous passions.
So deep is the companionship of Pauline and Juliet that they can't bear to be separated, even when their families try to split them up.
Driven to distraction by this and other problems, including Juliet's uncertain health, they decide to flee their homes - after murdering Pauline's mother, perceived as the biggest hurdle to freedom.
Two elements of ``Heavenly Creatures,'' which was directed by Peter Jackson, raise it above the level of a lurid melodrama.
One is the movie's clear criticism of the girls' families for failing to look beyond their own prejudices and assumptions about adolescence - a mistake that clouds their perception of the girls' troubles.
The other is the remarkable fact that while the later history of the real-life Pauline is not known, the real-life Juliet left prison five years after the murder, moved to a community in Scotland, and earned international respect as Anne Perry, a popular mystery-novel author whose works are known for their recurring interest in repentant murderers.
``Heavenly Creatures'' delves into the mysteries of adolescent angst and anomie less deeply than the recent Canadian movie ``Fun,'' to which it bears amazing similarities.
Still, this inventive drama from Down Under conveys a powerful impression of the hazy line that may be drawn between imagination and reality by immature minds. And considering that the real Juliet has lived a decent and productive life since her years in prison for the crime, the film makes a potent argument for rehabilitation at a time when ``tough on crime'' ideologies threaten to eradicate that concept.
* ``Ladybird Ladybird'' and ``Heavenly Creatures'' are not rated; both contain scenes of violence and sexuality.


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"For some time now the Town Council has been running a monthly councillor surgery on the first Saturday in the month between 10am and 12 noon. This is held in the Clerk's office at the Town Hall.
This is to give parishioners the opportunity to drop in, without the need for an appointment, to voice any concerns they have or to make suggestions about how the Council can improve the town.
The next surgery is on Saturday 7 October and gives you the opportunity to speak to Councillor Chris Webb and Councillor Doug Hellier Laing, who is also a District Councillor"


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Laguna Beach, CA | Some of the country's finest plein-air painters travel to Laguna Beach this month to participate in the 12th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. The event is hosted by the Laguna Art Museum and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and takes place October 10-17.
The event has a number of highlights throughout the week. On Sunday, October 10, the 50 participating artists create 8-by-10-inch study paintings that are available for sale at $300 each for the Trust Your Plein Sight feature. Buyers must trust their instincts, because the artists' names are not revealed until after the purchase. Beginning Monday morning, October 11, the artists paint throughout the Laguna Beach area. The public is encouraged to observe the painters as they work.
At 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 16, a Quick Draw is held at Heisler Park; artists have only two hours to complete a work of art while being watched by hundreds of onlookers. Saturday evening at 6 p.m., each artist selects three of his or her paintings created over the week to be offered at the Collector's Soirée and Sale at the museum. Lastly, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, a public art show and sale is held.
The invitational hosts many respected artists from all over the United States. Roger Dale Brown hails from Tennessee and travels coast-to-coast to paint the country's beautiful scenery. Larry Cannon is a self-taught California watercolor painter who focuses primarily on the landscapes and seascapes of Northern California.
W. Jason Situ spent the first 40 years of his life living and painting in China until he immigrated to the United States with his family in 1989. He has been a full-time plein-air artist since 1997. Julia Seelos is a full-time artist from the San Francisco Bay Area devoted to plein-air painting. She travels up and down California, painting oceans and forests, rural scenes of farms, and picturesque homes and missions.
Camille Przewodek is an impressionist painter who is drawn to the landscapes of Europe as well as the gardens, vineyards, and shores that surround her home in Petaluma, CA. Jeff Sewell was born and raised in Newport Beach, CA, and has lived in Orange County for over 38 years. He expresses this deep connection to the area through his plein-air paintings of seascapes and beach scenes. Jim Wodark began his career as a cartoonist until he moved to California and began to explore the plein-air technique. He discovered oil paint as his medium of choice and has dedicated himself to art for the last 24 years.
Look forward to seeing these artists, along with many others, in action during the 12th Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational. For more information: 949.376.3635 or www.lpapa.org.


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Whatever your feelings are on Pedro Ciriaco's long-term viability as an everyday player in the Red Sox lineup, everybody should agree on one thing: when Boston is playing the Yankees, Ciriaco needs to be starting.
After two game-winning hits earlier in the year against New York, on Tuesday night Ciriaco came around to score the walkoff run on Jacoby Ellsbury's ninth-inning single, pushing the Sox to a 4-3 victory. After hitting .348 in July and .322 in August, however, Ciriaco has thoroughly come back down to earth, hitting .167 in September as the book in the 26-year-old (don't throw him strikes, he'll chase nearly anything) has clearly gotten around the league. But tell that to the Yankees.
Meanwhile, with a home run on Tuesday, Dustin Pedroia has thoroughly settled into the No. 3 hole in the order, proving the middle-of-the-order bat the Sox have been missing every since the team's blockbuster trade back in August.
Otherwise, Daniel Nava gets the start in left field with Scott Podsednik taking over the DH role, Jarrod Saltalamacchia appears to be over his bout with back spasms and is back behind the plate and Jose Iglesias gets another chance to show off that marvelous glove at shortstop.
Check out the lineups for both teams below:
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, SS
Curtis Granderson, CF
Alex Rodriguez, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, 1B
Raul Ibanez, LF
Eric Chavez, 3B
Ichiro Suzuki, RF
Chris Stewart, C
David Phelps, RHP
Boston Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Pedro Ciriaco, 3B
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
James Loney, 1B
Cody Ross, RF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Daniel Nava, LF
Scott Podsednik, DH
Jose Iglesias, SS
Aaron Cook, RHP
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When it comes to office cleaning it's important to have a team of cleaners who can work together to ensure that your offices are cleaned thoroughly! There are several areas that need to be covered when it comes to office cleaning. Examples of those areas are: Restroom Cleaning When cleaning the toilet all areas must be cleaned […]
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Take advantage of signup bonuses that home loan lenders are offering and save on what matters.
Unless you've been extremely frugal and have saved up enough money to buy a property outright, at some point in your life you are probably going to need a mortgage. Luckily, the home loan market is a competitive one and lenders are offering an increasing amount of deals and bonuses when you sign up with them. These are referred to signup bonuses and they can save you money on interest, reduce your fees, allow you to package financial services or reward you with cash or prizes.
There's a range of these bonuses on offer, so be sure to compare and find the deal that appeals most to you. Keep in mind that this loan will be with you for a long time, so these signup bonuses should only sweeten the deal or act as a tie-breaking feature when you are comparing your home loan options.
Compare home loans with signup bonuses
Lenders can offer a huge range of signup bonuses that you can take advantage of, including:
- Fee reduction or waived fees
This signup bonus is a popular offer from lenders and involves them offering a reduction in fees for a limited time, such as no annual fee or no account-keeping fees for the first year. They may even waive some of the fees for the life of the loan. Lenders often require you to sign up online or before a certain date in order to take advantage of this kind of offer.
Current offer: Pay no application fee when you take up the HSBC Home Value Loan Resident Owner Occupier Only.
- Special gift
This is also a common offer from lenders that involves a special gift or cashback offer when you sign up for the loan. Although this does not help you save money on the loan directly, it can offset the costs of signing up for a loan or refinancing. This type of signup bonus should be considered just that, a bonus, because it has little to do with the actual loan.
Current offer:Abode Home Loans is offering a $100 Coles Myer gift card to new customers who apply for a new home loan over $150,000.
- Limited time discounted rates
This type of bonus involves the lender discounting the interest rates on the loan for a certain amount of time. These discounted rates can save you a decent amount of money in the early stages of your loan and as such are quite a generous offer from lenders.
Current offer: UBank is offering an upfront discount of 0.25% p.a. on their variable rate UHomeLoan and if you keep the loan for three years you'll enjoy a loyalty discount of 0.10% p.a..
- Exclusive rate offer
This is also a lucrative offer from lenders when you sign up to a loan. It involves a special low rate which can either be for the life of the loan or for a certain amount of time. For example, you could choose a fixed rate home loan which rewards you with a lower rate for the more years you choose to fix for.
Current offer: Borrowers can get up to 0.89% p.a. discount off the ING Orange Advantage Home Loan if they keep their loan-to-value ratio (LVR) below 90% discounts only available to new owner occupier customers.
- Package your financial products
This type of signup bonus can benefit both you and the lender by allowing you to package things like credit cards, savings accounts and offset accounts with your home loan account. You can save by paying a combined annual fee for all products you've chosen to package, as well as enjoy the convenience of having all of your finances in the one location. You'll usually get an interest rate discount on your loan too.
Current offer: NAB Choice Package with their Tailored Home Loan (variable or fixed rate) or the NAB FlexiPlus Mortgage.
- Free or complimentary rewards or products
This is a type of signup bonus that may extend over the life of the loan. These type of bonuses encourage you to sign up and then continue to reward you for doing things like making repayments. Again, this type of bonus has little to do with the actual loan and will not help you actually save money, so should just be looked at as an added incentive.
Current offer: The Macquarie Bank Basic Flyer Home Loan lets you earn Qantas Rewards points as a signup bonus, plus gives you the ability to earn points for making repayments.
How to compare home loans with signup bonuses
When comparing home loans with signup bonuses, there are a few things you should keep in mind.
- Savings. You should consider whether the loan actually helps you save money, or whether you will just receive an added bonus for signing up to the loan.
- Period of offer. You should also keep in mind how long the offer will last for. For instance, if the loan offers a special rate for the first year, is the revert rate still an affordable option for you?
- Other features of the loan. The signup offer should not be the only reason you are choosing a certain home loan. You need to take into account all the features offered by the loan and whether they suit your needs and situation.


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Discussion in 'Black Hat SEO' started by txhepoker, May 28, 2012.
Interested if anyone has done any so.cl analysis? Anyone know of a bot in the works?
I'm considering making one... what would be some of the main features you'd like the bot to be capable of?
I currently have multiple projects on my plate, so this won't be very high priority at the moment, but I would like to start hammering out a few features when I finish up some of the projects. No estimated time of release yet, of course, but I would like to get a foot in the door with a project like this, could be a great untapped market for us to jump into.
Either way, throwing out some ideas could help me and any others interested in creating a bot like this get going in the right direction =)
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By: Heero Yuy
Is the above structure stable? This question can be answered in terms of equilibrium and not stability because it is in a state of unstable equilibrium as pictured below:
There are three (3) ways that someone can have a skewed perception on a subject matter:
- Ignorance of the problem at hand and how to correctly state it
- Making incorrect assumptions
- Utilizing incorrect perconceived notions and stereotypes
Skewness #1 was stated above when the problem wasn't about stability or instability but the different classifications of equilibrium. The stack of rocks in the first picture is in a state of unstable equilibrium. The man sitting on the ice is in a state of stable equilibrium on a unstable surface (ice breaks, man falls in, man dies of hypothermia).
Skewness #2 Would be to make the assessment that all rock structures that resemble the diagram above and the first picture of the rocks to be in a state of unstable equilibrium. This is oversimplification because some of these rock structures might be glued together or bound by wire to resemble this state of unstable equilibrium. Without further assessment, one cannot draw the conclusion that any repeat of the above likeness is automatically unstable.
Skewness #3 For someone who hasn't ever seen an unstable equilibrium, the above rock stack would be infeasible or appear as some form of magic trick. Those individuals who've never seen something new would utilize their own past experiences of stacking rocks themselves or seeing others, perhaps trying to create this unstable structure, failing at this and learned this endeavor to be fruitless. By their own admission, they know this to be 'impossible' so therefore anyone else who attempts them or they themselves attempting in the future will be met with failure. Perception of a successful attempt is outside their scope of understanding.
How this Applies to the Job Market
People incorrectly perceive stability in the job place with equilibrium. An efficient capital market takes no prisoners and leaves people behind who aren't as competitive or hungry as their competitors. Therefore, the job market and the people in it are in a constant state of unstable equilibrium.
Companies comprise of people who work for the company who sell products or services. People are expendable and new people can be brought in to replenish the depleted workforce. The moment the product or service is useless to the market place and the company fails to prepare or pivot would spell doom for the company and all the people in it. Company and the workers in it are both expendable because other companies and workers can take their place.
A job can be of divided into the following four categories:
|high work, high pay
|low work, high pay
|high work, low pay
|low work, low pay
High work = Lots of work, Low the opposite
High pay = $$$$$, Low the opposite
Everyone wants the "low work, high pay" so that job is over subscribed (Lazy and entitled). Not many want to work a lot so "high work, high pay" is not as attractive and certainly no one wants to work a lot and get paid very little in "high work, low pay." Finally, most people wouldn't mind low pay for low responsibilities at work (Lazy and satisfied) which makes this category the second most coveted and over subscribed.
Low and High work jobs are equally at risk for automation irrespective of the resulting pay. "Low work, low pay" type jobs are a drag on HR resources and benefit packages. Since they are the most plentiful, they would be the first ones to go as the "high work, low pay" yields a better marginal gain for hour paid. Obviously, "high work, high pay" type jobs are typically too crucial to completely cut out, such as sales type roles, and the company would suffer financially if they replaced these jobs without much consideration. The next obvious category to dissect is "low work, high pay" as these are not as abundant but the largest saddle sore of the organization.
From the company's standpoint, the most "stable" jobs are the most sought after and the ones that will be cut first! Are these then stable or unstable equilibriums for people to coast in what they perceive to be a stable job?
In any free capital market, those who bring the highest marginal yield are the most valuable members. Typically, these are classified as "high work" employees irrespective of their pay structure.
Since this is the case then your best bet is to work your butt off to escape the guillotine of automation while providing the company the highest yield per hour for your time at their office.
An incorrect understanding of the job market, free capital markets, and the utility of its workers can have serious consequences. Markets don't function based on how people want them to work but how they actually work. Backtesting present job market opportunities based on previous market conditions for job seeking without actually seeing if there has been any changes in all of the aforementioned markets is catastrophic. The game is always changing, it has to in order to survive, and any misstep can cause irreversible consequences. Without proper education on how this game works and staying current with all markets, any investment strategies applied for yielding alpha (good job) would be met with failure.
Stable jobs do exist. They are called expendable overhead. Either way, working for a company or yourself requires a ton of work to stay ahead of the competition.
Welcome to Capitalism!


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SAIC (www.saic.com)
full-time employee
District of Columbia
United States
Cloud Systems Architect - NAVSEA (Job Number:430825)
SAIC has a contingent opening for a Cloud Systems Architect located in Washington DC supporting NAVSEA HQ SEA 00I. This position is contingent upon contract award.
The Cloud Systems Architect responsibilities include:
- The Cloud Systems Architect is responsible for partnering with internal stakeholders and providing strategic, technical leadership, ensuring that all Cloud solutions and Architecture adhere to industry best-practices for scalability, maintainability, usability, performance, security, and portability. This role also designs, deploys and oversees the implementation and integration of systems for Cloud-based infrastructure and has responsibility for relationship management for Cloud vendors, including monitoring SLA's and tracking performance, troubleshooting and reporting.
- Develops strategic plans for Cloud-based solutions, including but not limited to: transition strategies, bundling (multiple Cloud offerings) strategies, risk assessment, and roadmap planning.
- Designs, deploys and oversees the implementation and integration of systems for Cloud-based solutions. This includes both migrating on premise applications to Cloud infrastructure as well as maintaining applications already in Cloud infrastructure.
- Partners with internal stakeholders to investigate and communicates the impact of Architecture and Design choices on non-functional attributes like scalability, performance, availability and security. Identifies gaps, strategic impacts, financial impacts and the risk profile in the technical solution or offering, and provides technical support.
- Troubleshoots complex technical issues for Cloud-based solutions. Identifies and mitigates risks on projects.
- Assists in contract negotiation for Cloud-based solutions. Owns vendor relationship management, tracking, troubleshooting and reporting for Cloud- based solutions. Tracks and monitors data necessary to ensure compliance to negotiated contracts on an ongoing basis and provides ad hoc reporting as required. Provides and presents analyses such as contract terms, dollar spend, process compliance.
- Evaluates new technological developments and evolving business requirements that impact Cloud-based strategies.
- Provides technical project leadership and assembles teams as needed for support of Cloud- based initiatives (i.e. Database, Infrastructure, Development, Data Security).
- Must have a secret clearance
- Bachelors and two (2) years or more experience; Masters and 0 years related experience.
- Experience in defining solution Architecture for Cloud-based systems, including experience with Amazon Web Service.
- Experience with other Cloud solutions a plus (i.e. SAP Hadoop, SAP HANA, Microsoft Azure)
- Technical and architectural leadership experience in the Design and development of distributed object orientated solutions on multiple platforms and integrating with multiple systems, 3rd party services, etc.
- Prior experience architecting and migrating existing on premise applications to Cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with continuous integration and deployment of web-based solutions in a Cloud-based environment.
- IAT Level II
SAIC Overview:SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC has approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Job Posting: Sep 21, 2017, 11:00:00 PM
Primary Location: United States-DC-Washington
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Teleworking: No
Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
Shift: Day Job
Schedule: Full-time


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PetAG is offering a free sample of Cat-Sip milk. This is a full carton.
They will start sending out April 1, 2016 – while supplies last. Qualifying free sample request orders will be fulfilled 6-8 weeks upon receipt of request. LIMIT ONE REQUEST PER HOUSEHOLD. Just click on the highlighted link above Enter your info and submit
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SportsPage address: http://www.mnsu.edu/news/read/?id=1389490815&paper=kmsufm
The Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble in Mankato
The show is on Sunday March 30th, 2014.
The Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble was formed to fuse the rich musical treasures of Afro-Latin American music and fusion jazz.
Performance Series Event in collaboration with the Minnesota State University, Mankato Music Department.
Sunday, March 30, 7:30 PM at the Halling Recital Hall, in the Earley Center for Performing Arts
- $13 MSU students with valid MavCard (student discounts available), K-12 students and children
- $15 General admission
For tickets go here: www.mnsu.edu/music
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PashtoFonts enabled you to use Unicode Pashto fonts in your Joomla CMS without installing on web-server or client PC. A collection of 42 fonts is available for usage including 1 (Nafees) for Urdu language.
You can tune the fonts for any html tag or CSS class. Some features are:
- Unicode text support
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- Easy customization with CSS
- 42 beautiful fonts
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Featured video: How to report in the Physician Quality Reporting System
This second part of our series on participating in the Medicare reporting program discusses in further detail how to report PQRS measures
August 29, 2011—This is the second video in a two-part series dedicated to psychologists' participation in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). This video takes an in-depth look at how to report PQRS measures related to psychological services.
Part I of the video series provides an overview of Physician Quality Reporting System basics, including information on bonus payments, eligible measures, how to report and the transition to a mandatory reporting program in 2015.


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2012 Grants - Scholtzova
Innate Immunity Stimulation as a Novel Therapeutic Approach in Alzheimer's Disease
Henrieta Scholtzova, M.D., Ph.D.
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York
2012 Investigator-Initiated Research Grant
The immune system is often described as consisting of two interacting systems: the innate immune system, and the adaptive immune system. The innate immune system consists of barriers, chemicals and cells that respond in a general way to foreign substances. The adaptive immune system is much more complex, and includes the ability to respond very selectively to specific foreign substances and to remember the characteristics of those substances so that future responses will be stronger and faster.
To date, most efforts to stimulate the immune system to combat Alzheimer's disease have involved the adaptive immune system, such as efforts to create a vaccine to remove toxic molecules from the brain. Henrieta Scholtzova, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues have been studying ways to stimulate the innate immune system to treat Alzheimer's disease. They showed, for example, that the innate immune system could be stimulated to reduce amyloid plaque in the brain, one of the hallmark features of Alzheimer's disease. This effect, demonstrated in mice, was accompanied by improvements in brain function.
Dr. Scholtzova and colleagues have proposed a series of additional studies to assess if stimulation of the innate immune system is a viable approach for treatment. They plan to use mice that have been genetically engineered to show Alzheimer's-like features, such as neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, to determine if stimulation of the immune system can reduce these signs of disease. The researchers also plan to test if stimulation of the innate immune system can reduce the accumulation of amyloid plaque in brain blood vessels. These studies will help determine if drugs to stimulate the innate immune system may be useful as potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease.