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The New Leadership Skills Sought by Today's Nonprofit Boards
Feb 07, 2017/ bydennmill243pm /
Whether the board is seeking to replace a retiring executive director or requesting a search for a new CEO to move their organization to greater levels of success, the leadership skills they are seeking are much different than those of traditional nonprofit leaders. As an executive search consultant for the nonprofit sector, boards are seeking … Continue reading →The New Leadership Skills Sought by Today's Nonprofit Boards
It's Time to Repeal and Replace the Political Ignorance of Healthcare Reform
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010 by former President Obama after the Democratic party passed the law along party lines with not one Republican vote in Congress. This historic legislation, a top priority of President Obama's first term, enabled twenty million more Americans to be covered by healthcare insurance. Even those individuals who had a pre-existing medical condition would now be covered under the ACA. The private insurance market in some states, like California, could no longer deny coverage because of previous medical history. To gain the support of the private health insurance companies, the ACA promised millions of additional new enrollees to spread the financial risk. This "mandate" to purchase health insurance came with a ...
Going Beyond Strategic Planning
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Does Your Board Need To Be Revitalized? According to Webster, to revitalize means to renew, refresh, reinvigorate, revive, rejuvenate, refreshen, recharge, recreate, restore or repair. Benefits of a Revitalized Board: Strategically aligned with leadership to achieve your vision and goals Actively engaged in philanthropy with self-confidence Engaged, energized and motivated High levels of success with … Continue reading →Going Beyond Strategic Planning
Creating an Inspiring Vision
Feb 03, 2015/ bydennmill243pm /
Creating an Inspiring Vision: What is the strategic plan to achieve it? Have your ever embarked on a strategic planning process with high hopes and excitement, but end up being disappointed with the results? Did your plan eventually end up on a shelf collecting dust with little achieved? Sometimes in life, the simplest things can … Continue reading →Creating an Inspiring Vision
Collaborations and Mergers: What is the best strategic choice for your organization?
Jan 07, 2015/ bydennmill243pm /
One of the key questions for nonprofit leadership to answer is "Do we need to always go it alone or can we collaborate or merge with another organization to enable our programs and services to become more effective with greater positive outcomes?" Collaboration is a key strategy for program effectiveness and funders are often keen … Continue reading →Collaborations and Mergers: What is the best strategic choice for your organization?
Replacing Your Board Chair Doesn't Have To Be A Struggle
Dec 18, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
Identifying the board chair-elect (or board president) is a well-established process for many nonprofits. The board chair-elect is usually chosen at the same time as the board chair. While the chair is leading the board's work, the chair-elect is learning "on the job" about how to ensure that the work is appropriately carried out. However, … Continue reading →Replacing Your Board Chair Doesn't Have To Be A Struggle
Today's Nonprofit Boards Seek Transformational Executive Leadership
Dec 17, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
Today, more and more nonprofit boards are seeking a chief executive with transformational leadership styles. In the past, nonprofit boards often placed a strong emphasis on recruiting chief executives who were passionate about the mission, experienced with grant writing, program development, possessed good management and community relationship skills. Though these skills remain important, they are … Continue reading →Today's Nonprofit Boards Seek Transformational Executive Leadership
Communicating Your 2014 Achievements
Dec 09, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
Communicating Your 2014 Achievements: Why This Matters for 2015 When was the last time you examined your achievements AND communicated them in a compelling way to your stakeholders? Throughout 2014, your organization has made a difference in the lives of those you serve. Be proud of your achievements. Can you and your board members answer … Continue reading →Communicating Your 2014 Achievements
How And When To Fire A Board Member
Oct 31, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
Board members are a tremendous asset for most nonprofit organizations, providing needed expertise, as well as the necessary leadership in furthering the mission and success of the organization. However, occasionally an individual board member can become destructive to the organization. This destruction or "disruptive" behavior can become a negative force to the workings of the … Continue reading →How And When To Fire A Board Member
Find the Courage to Address Your Internal Challenges
Oct 16, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
I believe the overwhelming reason most nonprofit organizations fail is the result of not adequately addressing their internal issues. Internal obstacles often include: Lack of trust and respect among senior leadership Stale programs Lack of engaged Board members, some who have stayed far too long Lack of inspirational vision Do you feel you could benefit … Continue reading →Find the Courage to Address Your Internal Challenges
Great Oak Awards Dinner A Great Success
Oct 02, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
What a great evening to attend and participate in the inaugural Great Oak Awards dinner. I applaud New Jersey Monthly for honoring businesses that are successful, but are also generous and supportive of the many socially driven causes in New Jersey. I want to congratulate all of the finalists as well as the winners of … Continue reading →Great Oak Awards Dinner A Great Success
Board Reappointment: Are you assessing performance?
Sep 22, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
The other side of board recruitment is board reappointment. Highly performing boards have clearly defined and articulated expectations of their individual board members. Prior to being reappointed to another term on the board, the Governance Committee should ask each member to submit a self-evaluation. Criteria for reappointment may consist of, but not be limited to, … Continue reading →Board Reappointment: Are you assessing performance?
Chief Branding Officer (CBO): A Core Competency for Today's Nonprofit Leaders
Jul 29, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
The chief executive is the face of the organization. Though sometimes the board chair takes on this role, it is more and more the need of the executive director to be the chief communicator, proudly letting everyone know of your achievements and results. Questions to ask: When was the last time as executive director … Continue reading →Chief Branding Officer (CBO): A Core Competency for Today's Nonprofit Leaders
Effective Board Recruitment: Another Key Characteristic of a High Performing Board
Jun 30, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
The typical nominating committee process typically limits you to only those individuals your board members know, not those who you may need to know. My recommendation is to progress from focusing on nominating to recruitment. To start this process, develop an ideal board matrix. This should consist of the sought after expertise you desire on … Continue reading →Effective Board Recruitment: Another Key Characteristic of a High Performing Board
Building Trust
Jun 04, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
Whenever you consistently make decisions that benefit your mission, you will earn people's trust and respect. Respect is really gained through your informal authority: people's trust and admiration for you, not through the formal authority of your status within the organization. Leaders win hearts by your passion, vision and sincerity. If you build employee trust, … Continue reading →Building Trust
Are You Ready for the New Competencies of Nonprofit Leadership?
May 20, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
Today, the executive leadership skills required for a nonprofit organization to succeed have changed dramatically. The new leadership requirements that will be needed to navigate and lead your organization include: Visionary thinker Entrepreneur Relationship builder Achievement driven Collaborator Inspirational motivator Leaders need to be visionary thinkers. Today's executive directors need to chart the future direction … Continue reading →Are You Ready for the New Competencies of Nonprofit Leadership?
Articulating Your Vision
May 05, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
By Dennis C Miller Where are you going? One must answer this question before any effective strategic plan can proceed. Your vision for your organization's future is what will inspire your key stakeholders to stay motivated going forward. Today, an effective leader must work in partnership with the board to create the organization's future direction. … Continue reading →Articulating Your Vision
Leadership Nugget: Characteristics of a Nonprofit in Strategic Alignment
Apr 28, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
By Dennis C Miller Today, more than ever before, the chief executive and board must be true partners in leading the organization forward to generate the positive social impact needed in their communities. They share these characteristics: • Strong organizational self-knowledge • Engaged key stakeholders with inspiring vision • Entrepreneurial Leaders, High-Performing boards • Impactful … Continue reading →Leadership Nugget: Characteristics of a Nonprofit in Strategic Alignment
Leadership Nugget: Key Components of Organizational Assessments
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By Dennis C Miller Confidential interviews with key members of the Board, executive team and other key stakeholders are the basis for a successful organizational assessment. An outside facilitator, without bias, is engaged after a careful review of board minutes, board structure, programs/services offered and key planning documents recently produced. The assessment process will include … Continue reading →Leadership Nugget: Key Components of Organizational Assessments
Leadership Nugget: Overcoming the Silo Mentality
Apr 24, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
By Dennis C Miller Many organizations have unresolved internal issues and conflicts preventing them from working more effectively together. The culture of "my needs first" has to be transformed into "those we serve first." This shift in mentality results in: • A greater sense of confidence to achieve their strategic goals; • The know-how to … Continue reading →Leadership Nugget: Overcoming the Silo Mentality
Leadership Nugget: Strategic Alignment
Apr 18, 2014/ bydennmill243pm /
By Dennis C Miller A successful strategic plan means the entire organization, including the work of the board, leadership and staff has to be restructured to require individual goals to be fully aligned with organizational goals. Four components for success include: • An upfront, comprehensive assessment of the organization to identify key strengths and crucial … Continue reading →Leadership Nugget: Strategic Alignment
Assessing the Results of Your Strategic Plan: One Year After
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By Dennis C Miller The strategic planning process can be one of the most exciting times for any nonprofit organization. New vision statements are created and the entire organization may feel a sense of new energy and excitement about the future direction of the organization. Leadership and staff are mobilized to achieve all of the … Continue reading →Assessing the Results of Your Strategic Plan: One Year After


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I have been reading the questions about Insuflon. It seems to be mainly used for children. Is there a reason it isn't routinely used for adults? It sounds like a great idea, so, why isn't everyone using it? I have been injecting for 38 years and, now, my fatty tissue is hard and lumpy, making injections more difficult. Would using Insuflon be a benefit in this situation? Is the catheter inserted at a greater depth than a needle? I currently inject twice daily, but would like to try Lantus. Could I then use the Insuflon for the short acting? I know Lantus can't be mixed and am anxious to avoid a greater number of injections. Unfortunately, pumps are too expensive, where I live so this is not an option at present.
The Insuflon is a proprietary device that allows for subcutaneous insulin to be delivered without having to give repeated needle sticks. The subcutaneous catheter can stay in place up to three days and allows the administration of rapid acting insulin. To some degree, it is an insulin pump setup without the pump. The reason long-acting insulins cannot be used in this manner is that by their very nature, long-acting insulin remain in the body because they slowly diffuse from the injection site. Since it is already being used for rapid-acting insulin, it cannot be used for both types of insulin.
I am not sure the Insuflon will help you to rid yourself of injections site problems. These will remain a problem when insulin is administered in the local sites. They are the result of repeated insulin injections in the past. The subcutaneous catheters have to maintain an anchor in the subcutaneous tissue in order to stay put. Because of that, they probably go in a bit further than an insulin injections. However, once in, they do allow you to use multiple times without sticking.
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This is a very large and impressive Corocraft brooch. How amazing would this look on a simple white sweater for the summer? This brooch boasts a big wonderful, hand cut, pink paste faceted stone. This is certainly not an inexpensive simple rhinestone.
The circa on the pin is 1948 and it was made in America. It has a very Retro feel with its curled edges and its extra large size. The pin is signed Sterling by Coro Craft. It was heavily gold washed over sterling silver and is in excellent vintage condition. The only thing to mention is that there is the most, gentle gold wash wear primarily on the pin back but a wee bit at the edges. The bit of loss is perfectly acceptable for its age. The pin back is in perfect working order and is straight. The beautiful pink faceted stone has no chips, nicks or scratches. It is extra large and measures 3 1/4 x 1 1/2". The stone alone measures 1 1/2" x 7/8" across. This is a wonderful Early Coro piece. Questions are always welcome and encouraged.
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Kenya Believe It? Pt. 2March 10th, 2017 — compassionradio
Yesterday, Sandi Floria introduced us to Sonia Crawley and Sonji Pass. "The Two Sonyas" as they are affectionately known, are taking Kenya by storm, raining the Gospel on to rich fields. Today, they discuss what happens when one success leads to another, as the Kenyan government takes notice of their work and affirms their courageous faith.
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MEMPHIS (WMC TV) - Environmental regulators in Mississippi said they intend to investigate a Memphis-based pet cemetery owner for cremating animal remains without a permit.
"I actually don't have a license," admitted Travis Wright, owner and operator of Pinecrest Pet Cemetery, 5100 Hacks Cross Rd. "We use an incinerator out of town."
Wright would only say his incinerator is somewhere in Mississippi. "I don't tell anybody where my incinerator is," he said.
"He needs to tell us what he constructed," said Harry Wilson, chief of permitting for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). Wilson said Wright would have to have a permit either to construct a pet crematory or to operate one in Mississippi.
"We must make sure he is using equipment that meets air emission standards," Wilson said.
The Action News 5 Investigators maintain an archive of stories on Wright and Pinecrest Pet Cemetery that spans 13 years. The stories include multiple complaints from clients about the cemetery's conditions and about allegations that Wright breached their burial contracts when he would not produce their pets' headstones.
"When I go out there I have a horrible time finding my little plot that we bought," said Dot Kopacek of Parkway Village, East Memphis, in a 2007 interview with Action News 5's Ben Watson.
"I hope if this keeps one person from burying their pet here and going through what I've been going through, this will all be worth the effort," said Marsha Parrish of Collierville, TN, in a 2006 interview with Action News 5's Anna Marie Hartman.
In 1997, the Memphis-Shelby County Health Department fined Wright $29,500 for the improper disposal of animal carcasses. The department's pollution control regulators determined Wright was responsible for the dumping of nearly 50 dog carcasses in a private field, according to the case record. An Olive Branch, MS, animal clinic had released the carcasses by contract to Pinecrest Pet Cemetery.
According to the record, Wright settled with the department on a $2,000 fine to be paid in $500 increments. But his first payment was more than 80 days late, voiding the settlement and reinstating the original five-figure fine.
The record's unclear whether Wright ever paid more than $500.
According to MDEQ engineer Dallas Baker, Wright applied for a Mississippi permit to construct a pet crematory in 1998. Baker said the agency determined Wright's application was incomplete because it did not provide adequate information about "stack testing" -- the amount and type of his crematory's emissions.
Baker said MDEQ sent three letters to Wright, requesting clarification of his emissions plans. Baker said Wright ignored each letter. MDEQ subsequently withdrew Wright's permit application.
"I guess I've disobeyed the rules all my life," Wright said. "I guess I'm a maverick or whatever you want to call it."
According to the case record, Wright's cremation services crossed paths with Shelby County Sheriff's deputies and pollution control investigators in 2003. They inspected Wright's mother's home at 4959 Hacks Cross Rd. to find "...a small dead animal incinerator with numerous bones of a large mammal on the grill of the animal incinerator."
The record said "the incinerator was connected to a 1977 Chevrolet Pickup Truck (with an) expired Tennessee Tag."
"People need to stop paying this man to barbecue their animals," said one of Wright's clients, who asked not to be identified out of fear for her safety.
The client said she had to arrange to have her dog's body exhumed from its grave at Pinecrest after she learned the details of Wright's cremations in the health department's case record.
"To me, it was like digging up a child and disturbing that child's burial," she said.
Wright and his cemetery hold a "F" rating with the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South. The BBB's record revealed six complaints in the last three years regarding contract, delivery and service issues. Two were resolved. Wright did not respond to the remaining four.
"One fella said, 'They delivered the ashes of my pet in what looked like a cookie tin,'" said bureau president Randy Hutchinson.
"I'm not trying to steal from the public," said Wright. "I guess because I don't have a (crematory) permit, if the public doesn't want to deal with me, I understand."
Barbara Wells owns and operates Dixie Memorial Pet Gardens in Millington, TN (http://dixiememorialpetcemetery.com), one of four facilities in Shelby County licensed and permitted to perform pet cremations.
She gladly gives tours of her $100,000 crematory, built with a 500-lb capacity. Health department environmentalists inspect it regularly to ensure proper maintenance and heat levels.
Her staff maintains meticulous checklists and logs. Each pet is immediately tagged for identification. Its ID follows it from crematory to urn.
"There should be identification and someone who is responsible for that pet throughout the entire process," Wells said. "I feel like that's very important for the grief process...for people to have the service done promptly and have the pet's urn back with them."
Wells suggested consumers who are shopping pet cremation or burial services should ask these questions:
* Can we visit your crematory?
* Where is your crematory?
* Can I be present when my pet is cremated?
* May I bring my pet directly to the cemetery?
* Do you offer pick-up service from my veterinarian?
* Do you pick up my pet the same day as I call?
* When will my pet be cremated after you receive it, and how quickly will I receive my pet's urn?
* Can you explain the procedures and safeguards taken to make sure my pet is kept separate and how I can know that I receive only my pet's remains?
* What are your business hours?
* How do I contact you after-hours, weekends and holidays for emergency information?
* How long have you been in business?
* Do you have a website?
Consumers should also check the company's BBB rating and licensure/permit status with the state in which it operates.
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SIGMA APO MACRO 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM, a high-performance large aperture telephoto macro lens incorporating Sigma's original Optical Stabilizer (OS) function. This is the first 180mm optically stabilized telephoto macro lens in the world with a reproduction ratio of 1:1 and a maximum aperture of F2.8. The advanced lens construction including three FLD ("F" Low Dispersion) glass lenses and a floating inner focusing system ensure exceptional correction of various aberrations that enable this lens to photograph objects precisely throughout the entire focusing range. Flagship large aperture telephoto macro lens As a flagship macro lens, uncompromising high rendering performance is achieved. Three FLD ("F" Low Dispersion) glass lenses that have a performance equal to fluorite ensure exceptional correction of axial chromatic aberration and lateral chromatic aberration. A floating inner focusing system moves two different lens groups in the optical path to different positions. This system compensates for astigmatism and distortion and provides extremely high optical performance from infinity to 1:1 macro. The overall length does not change during focusing, ensuring convenient handling. Metal parts are used in the lens barrel ensuring high durability of the body. Optical Stabilizer (OS) This is the first 180mm optically stabilized telephoto macro lens in the world and offers effective correction of approximately 4 stops. The system compensates f
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26, September 2014: Do you love the motion of soccer? Have you always been a FIFA fan? If your gaming sensation surrounds in and around football, then FIFA 14 in certainly going to be your favorite online game!
What is FIFA 14?
FIFA 14 is a highly popular video game that is developed by EA Canada. This game was released, during the last September of 2013. Players need to have FIFA 14 coins to enjoy the higher levels of this game.
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The Instruction Through Assistive Learning and Communication (ITALC, pronounced i-talk) program provides instruction for non-verbal students with severe orthopedic impairments. We at Francis Scott Key consider our ITALC students to have a special place in our hearts. In fact, many consider them the soul of our school. Students are taught in open, well lit rooms with direct access outside to the yard. It is a wonderful supportive atmosphere. This unique program is a cutting edge model that not only benefits ITALC children, but all children in the school. All teachers, staff and children regularly interact with ITALC students in a strong culture of acceptance and empathy.
Students in the ITALC programs:
Students eligible for the ITALC K-2 program must demonstrate all of the following criteria:
In addition to the K-2 criteria, students eligible of the 3-5 programs must demonstrate all of the following criteria:
Prior to exiting the ITALC program the IEP team will convene to determine the next appropriate (least restrictive) placement for the student, based on meeting all the criteria.
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Artist Fellowships
Northern Clay Center manages several grant programs, which make monetary awards to individual artists. While each is based on varying sets of criteria and eligibility, there are several operating principles that are common to our grant programs as a whole:
- We believe that artistic merit is of primary importance in grant-making decisions.
- We believe that panelists should be chosen to represent a diversity of expertise, gender, race, and geography.
- We believe that contemporary craft is increasingly influenced by multi-cultural shifts, requiring us to evaluate artistic excellence from an increasingly broad range of aesthetic criteria.
- We are committed to supporting a diverse pool of ceramic makers, whether through grants, exhibition opportunities, residencies, partnerships, or educational initiatives.
As such, Northern Clay Center has adopted the following policy related to its grant-making activity.
Northern Clay Center encourages applicants who represent the full range of artistic styles, and is committed to supporting a diverse pool of artists whose work demonstrates strong artistic merit. Accordingly, awards for our grant programs will represent, as possible, artists and initiatives that are diverse in genre, expertise, gender, race, ethnicity, and geography.
NCC facilitates eight grant programs for current students, recent graduates, emerging, and mid-career artists, all of which are outlined below. Learn about the application process and your eligibility at a free information session in NCC's Library: Tuesday, January 23, 6 – 7 pm. No reservations are required. Please watch our website for additional info sessions at sites around the metro area and state. If you have questions about the eligibility of your work, or how these opportunities can be successful for you, please contact the Coordinator of Artist Services and Storytelling, Jill Foote-Hutton, at email@example.com.
In 2018, we want to increase our reach into the depth of talent in the region, the nation, and the globe. Step up to an opportunity and apply for one of the many grants and residencies offered at Northern Clay Center. Together we will demonstrate the depth and talent of our clay community to the greater world. We are always available to ask questions and give feedback on your submissions. The opportunities are open to those who have come down the traditional paths of apprenticeship, those who have followed academic training, and those who have intensely pursued their craft in studios across the globe. Mark you calendar today to submit your application by the following deadlines.
Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant
For emerging artists, from Minnesota (three project grants awarded annually, through application). The deadline to apply for the 2018 Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant program is Friday, February 16, 2018, by 5 pm. More information is available here.
McKnight Artist Fellowships for Ceramic Artists
For mid-career artists from Minnesota (two fellowship grants awarded annually, through application); the deadline to apply for the 2018 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Ceramic Artists program is Friday, May 25, 2018, by 5 pm. More information is available here.
Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award
For emerging ceramic artists/students (one to three awards awarded annually, through application). The deadline for the 2018 Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award application is Friday, April 13, 2018, by 5 pm. More information is available here.
View a table showing the eligibility requirements for each of our grant programs.


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25 years of musical strolling on the seven seas and in ports of the world, from Lorient to New York and everywhere in between Nordet have been gracing audiences with their humour, enthusiasm, energy, voices and instruments that attack you like a high gale.
Four voices tuned to offer traditional cappella and contemporary sea shanties, in French, English, Breton and American.
Harmonised with the accordion, the banjo and the guitar to make you dance and sing with one song and move you to tears with the next.
See them performing at Looe music Festival for the first time on Saturday 30th September.


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The owners of Bar Henry branch out to Queens with this 40-seat Mexican eatery, specializing in the regional cuisine of Cintalapa, Chiapas. Brothers Cosme and Luis Aguilar, the chef and GM respectively, pay homage to their late mother with traditional plates, including some based on her recipes, such as chicken mole and cochinito chiapaneco (guajillo-marinated baby pork ribs). The white-painted spot features a garden and works from Queens artists.
5-48 49th Ave between Vernon Blvd and 5th St, Long Island City, Queens (347-448-6040)


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Event: Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Sonu Sood, Jackky Bhagnani, Goldie Behl, Mushtaq Sheikh, television actors Sanjeeda Shaikh, Aamir Ali, Hiten Tejwani, Gauri Pradhan & others were snapped at ENTERTAINMENT special screening at Sunny Super Sound. Directed by Sajid-Farhad, produced by Ramesh S. Taurani, ENTERTAINMENT stars Akshay Kumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Mithun Chakraborty, Sonu Sood, Prakash Raj, Johnny Lever & Krushna Abhishek and released today on 8th August 2014.
Guest List: Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Sonu Sood, Jackky Bhagnani, Goldie Behl, Mushtaq Sheikh, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Aamir Ali, Hiten Tejwani, Gauri Pradhan
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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Last week was more than hectic. It was downright depressing. A few things hit me all at once and "real talk" I just wasn't in a good headspace to write. If you know me (IRL) then you know I'm an open book with writing on every page and in the margins so I'll share a couple of the conclusions I came to about where I am at this point. 1) I am not doing enough of what makes me happy. 2) I am not currently challenging myself to change my situation.
Those may not seem like much to some, but at the moment they are the center of my world. With that said, next week's post will likely be one where I share what steps I've started to take to move forward on rectifying the aforementioned. Today's post is one I've wanted to share with you guys though because I feel it's a must. Without further delay…here is what I purchased at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale!
I have this exact blazer in a maroon/oxblood shade that I purchased from The Rack at a fraction of the cost. I love that thing so much that I didn't mind paying triple of the clearance price to get this season's version in black. It fits like a glove and the knitted material doesn't suffocate my (newly acquired) fat arms.
It wouldn't even be one of my posts if it didn't include a beauty product right? I saw a review of this set on Temptalia's blog and the colors looked too good to pass up. Hey, I may work at Sephora but that hasn't slowed down my shopping for cosmetics from all brands.
Girl! (Or Boy) When I tell you that I had to wait a day and refresh my browser like 50 million times to get this top in the size (Medium) and color (Chili) that I wanted I am not kidding. When I finally managed it I didn't even care that it was a separate order but the good news is…it is out for delivery today with my first order!
Needless to say I did the fool by signing up to become a Nordie's card holder after the sale began so I missed out on early access which also means I missed out on first dibs on the good stuff. There is always, next year now that I do have a card. I pretty much live in my local Nordstrom Rack since it's around the corner from my office job. Despite the fact that I shopped the anniversary sale I still ended up there last Wednesday (payday) after work.
I picked up two tops from Pleione and RO & DE which are two brands that are quickly beginning to fill up my closet. The Pleione top is more of a light sweatshirt material and will be perfect going into autumn.
The RO & DE top is chiffon and flowy which is still perfect for this time of year. It will be wearable at least until late October. Dallas is always boiling hot until at least then, sometimes clear until December! I hope you enjoyed seeing my purchases. I enjoyed sharing them with you. What did you buy at the Nordie's sale this year or did you skip it?


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By Marcelo Teixeira and José Roberto Gomes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An overhaul of Brazil's biofuels policy in coming days, aimed at cutting the country's carbon emissions, should boost demand for cleaner fuels, stabilize the volatile industry and accelerate a recent wave of mergers and acquisitions in the sector.
The new federal program, called RenovaBio, will give fuel distributors targets to cut emissions, which will force them to gradually increase biofuels volumes, according to policymakers, executives and analysts following discussions of the new law.
President Michel Temer will soon announce the program via presidential decree, the Agriculture Ministry said this week, and the law could go into effect next year as soon as new regulations are established.
RenovaBio could be a lifeline to Brazilian ethanol producers who have struggled in recent years to compete with cheap gasoline. It could also bolster sugar prices by encouraging mills to produce more ethanol and less sweetener.
"Our company sees this program very positively," said Rui Chammas, chief executive of Biosev SA
Ethanol production stagnated in recent years, as Brazil's government, in a failed effort to fight inflation, held down fuel prices which led cane mills to produce more sugar instead.
Brazil's ethanol industry complained that unpredictable fuel pricing policy distorted markets, discouraged investment and forced dozens of mills into bankruptcy. Cane industry group Unica said 80 plants have been idled in Brazil's center-south region since 2010, or a fifth of all mills.
Heavily indebted sugar and ethanol firms have been forced to sell assets to rivals with stronger capital structures, such as Glencore Plc
Plinio Nastari, a sugar and ethanol analyst at the Datagro consultancy and advisor to Brazil's National Energy Policy Council, said investments may pick up as RenovaBio gives a better sense of the industry's potential through 2030.
"Investors will have an idea of future size of this market to better plan their strategies," he said.
Nastari estimated the new policy could result in domestic demand for as much as 40 billion liters of ethanol by 2030, up sharply from just over 26 billion liters in 2016.
According to preliminary information from the Energy Ministry, RenovaBio will force fuel distributors to show they are cutting carbon emissions based on certificates issued by biofuel producers. The certificates will estimate the emissions cut compared to equivalent petroleum products.
The new policy provides distributors to buy and sell the certificates on a secondary market to meet emissions targets that will grow stricter, tracking Brazil's commitments within the Paris climate agreement.
"This program promises to boost investments in the current period of crisis," said Marcelo Moreira, a senior researcher at agricultural trade think-tank Agroicone. "It is likely to spur (M&A) movements in the sector."
Elizabeth Farina, head of cane industry group Unica, expects the policy shift to mark a return of more vigorous investments in the sector.
"New capital will be needed to expand production capacity and increase area under cultivation," she said.
(Reporting by Marcelo Teixeira and José Roberto Gomes; Editing by Brad Haynes and David Gregorio)
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Signs You May Suffer from a Sleep Disorder
It's not uncommon to feel tired or experience a sleepless night now and then, but when does a blip in your sleep schedule mean something more? A sleep disorder can be a serious medical problem if left untreated, so you should always discuss your concerns about your sleep habits with your doctor. Could a sleep disorder be behind your symptoms? Here are some signs that you could be suffering from a sleep issue.
Fatigue After Sleep
If you had what seems like an ample amount of sleep but still feel tired the following day, a sleep disorder could be to blame. You could be failing to fall into a deep sleep or you could be waking during the night without realizing it. If you are always tired despite getting eight hours of rest or more, let your doctor know about your symptoms.
Your snoring may be more than something that keeps your partner awake at night. It can also be a sign of a serious health problem called sleep apnea. With sleep apnea, the airways become constricted when you sleep, which makes you stop breathing. You then wake up and gasp for air, only to fall asleep and start the cycle all over again. You could go through this process hundreds of times per night and not have any memory of it at all. Sleep apnea increases your risk of suffering from obesity, car accidents, and more, so tell your doctor if you have been feeling fatigued and are concerned about your snoring.
Difficulty Falling Asleep
It's natural to toss and turn every now and again, but if you've been experiencing trouble falling asleep or staying asleep on a consistent basis, then your doctor needs to know. There are medications that can help you get over chronic insomnia and get back to getting the rest you need.
Sleep is one of the cornerstones of good health, so if you're experiencing sleep troubles, ask your doctor to refer you to the Sleep Lab at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point. We can diagnose and treat a range of sleep disorders. For a referral or additional information, call (888) 741-5119.
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Mrs. Helen A. Buss, 87, of 1410 Northampton St., Easton, died Sunday in Easton Hospital. She was the wife of Clayton D. Buss. She and her husband observed their 60th wedding anniversary in January.
Mrs. Buss was a designer for the former Maxwell Millinery Co., Easton, for many years.
Born in Wilson, she was a daughter of the late Harry R. and Lydia (Iliff) Transue.
She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Easton.
Surviving with her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Kilbanks of Easton, and three grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Ashton Funeral Home, 14th and Northampton streets, Easton. A calling period will precede the services.


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Last August 31, SMART officially launched their SMART Netphone at the Jump Experience Center in SM Megamall Cyberzone!
I was fortunate enough to have been able to attend the event and get a first look at the SMART Netphone, yay!
The Jump Experience Center! Taken with my HTC Chacha using the Retro Camera App :)
(But unfortunate to have forgotten my camera, argh! So bear with my REALLY crappy photos taken with my iPod Touch. *kicks myself*)
It was a very quick and straight-forward event!
The launch was emceed by the really funny and witty Luis Ang, SMART's Senior Marketing Manager, Broadband, Internet, and Data Services
A short talk was given by the following people:
SMART's Head of Product Development, Communities & Applications, Mitch Padua
Country Head for Qualcomm Incorporated, Philippines, Mantosh Malhotra
SMART Broadband Internet and Data Services Head, Giovanni Bacareza
A short demo of the SMART Netphone (on an awesome 82 inch LCD screen!) was given by Edmund Joson, SMART's Strategic Business Development Manager.
And to cap off the night, SMART Netphones were raffled off!
In a nutshell, here are 3 Things You Need To Know About The SMART Netphone:
- The SMART Netphone will retail at P9,900, available with different plans for postpaid and prepaid
- The SMART Netphone runs on Android Froyo version 2.2
- You can NOW pre-order your own SMART Netphone here!
Want to know more about the SMART Netphone? Follow @SMARTNetphone on Twitter!
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Sundays at Sinai
Each Sunday that Religious School is in session, from 10:30-11:30, adult learners are invited to join in study on a variety of topics. No pre-registration is necessary; attend every week, or choose the sessions that most interest you. Most sessions are taught by Rabbi Alan; occasionally we have guest speakers from the community or the University of Illinois faculty.
Our 2017 sessions begin on Sunday, October 8. Topics will include "Jews and the Jewish Image in Film," "Jews in Distant Lands," "A Brief History of Blood Libel and "Other Acts of Anti-Semitism," and "Jeremiah Was A Prophet: A Look At The Jewish Prophetic Tradition."
Please watch the weekly email blast for specific information about which topics will be covered on each date.


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NATO PLANES ATTACK SERB BASE In the largest attack in NATO's 45-year history, about 39 allied warplanes yesterday bombed a Serb air base in Croatia used to launch attacks in northwestern Bosnia. The bombing came at the request of the UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia. Reports say there were some hits on the base and no losses among allied aircraft. Before the strike, UN officials reported that Serbs, backed by Muslim forces, attacked Bosnian government troops in Bosnia's Bihac pocket; Sarajevo, Tuzla, and other areas were also hit. In Sarajevo, two missiles hit the Bosnian presidency and a nearby government building, injuring three. Many UN personnel were evacuated from bases in two areas of Serb-held Croatia on Sunday. Mideast agreement reached
PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Islamic militants agreed on a formula to end violence that erupted between Palestinian police and rioters last week, mediators said yesterday.
However, the fundamentalist Hamas group did not sign the accord, and its leader said they still wanted Mr. Arafat to accept responsibility for the Friday killing of 13 people and wounding of many others until an investigation determines who was to blame.
Global crime plan
Top international law officials, meeting in Naples, Italy, began work yesterday on a global plan to combat the growing scourge of organized crime. Delegates from 138 countries will attend the three-day United Nations conference; it is the highest-level gathering ever called by the UN on the issue.
Black graduation rate up
Three-fourths of blacks finished high school last year, but only about a third of them are going to college, the Census Bureau reports. That was up from 67 percent in 1973. Meanwhile, rates are unchanged for whites, at 83 percent, and Hispanics, 61 percent. In 1993, 42 percent of white high school grads went to college. In 1973, the difference between blacks and whites going to college was only 6 percentage points. But for Hispanics, the percentage rose from 29 percent to 36 percent from 1973 to 1993.
Nobel laureate escapes
Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Prize-winning writer, has reached Paris after slipping out of Nigeria, where the military dictatorship seized his passport two months ago. Mr. Soyinka, an outspoken critic of his country's regime, had twice been barred from leaving Nigeria since Sept. 22. He came to Paris to replace a UN travel document authorities also took.
Britain on alert for ducks
An armada of 29,000 plastic toy ducks, turtles, beavers, and frogs are bobbing toward Britain, The Times newspaper reported yesterday. Computer simulation is tracking the toys, which washed overboard from a container ship in the north Pacific in January 1992.


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BMW M4 Engine Animation – The high-revving six-cylinder in-line engine with BMW M TwinPower Turbo technology newly developed for the new BMW M3 Sedan and BMW M4 Coupe produces maximum output of approximately 430 hp. Its peak torque soars far beyond 500 Newton metres (369 lb-ft), outstripping the figures recorded by the outgoing BMW M3 by well over 30 per cent. And yet the engine also achieves a reduction in fuel consumption and emissions of around 25 per cent. The weight of the cars has been reduced to just under 1,500 kilograms, which helps to ensure outstanding driving dynamics and exceptional efficiency.
The launch of the new BMW M3 Sedan and new BMW M4 Coupe sees BMW M GmbH revealing an all-new interpretation of the high-performance sports car — and carrying the BMW M philosophy over into the fifth generation of the M3. More than 40,000 examples of the fourth-generation BMW M3 Coupe were built, and now the BMW M4 Coupe is poised to continue this history of success. The "M4" badge is a reference to the model series that provides the basis for the new M model. And for the first time, the Coupe will be introduced at the same time as the four-door variant, which logic dictates will be christened the BMW M3.
"Four generations of the BMW M3 have blended motor sport genes and uncompromised everyday usability within an emotionally rich overall concept;" explains Dr Friedrich Nitschke, President BMW M GmbH. "The BMW M3 Sedan and BMW M4 Coupe represent an ongoing commitment to this philosophy. The engine is the heart of every M model, and the example fitted in the two new cars combines the virtues of a high-revving naturally aspirated unit with the strengths of turbocharger technology. An all-embracing lightweight design concept keeps the cars' weight to just under 1,500 kilograms. The BMW M3 and BMW M4 take motor sport technology from the track to the road, and thousands of laps of the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife — the world's most demanding race track — have readied the new models for that transition. Meticulous and passion-fuelled development work has underpinned the creation of two high-performance sports cars that set new standards in terms of overall concept, precision and agility."
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text: MIT has started The Open Mind Commonsense Project for gathering information on all the common sense stuff that humans know. Intelligence has a lot to do with knowledge and wisdom which is stuff computers usually lack. To help out, MIT created a database for adding human commonsense into a database by getting humans to input sentences over the web that relate to another sentence. To help out, you can login to their website and share your commonsense knowledge and wisdom to put into their database. Who knows, maybe someday robots may actually have some smarts and you could be the one to give it to them!


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campfire pancakes
We are camping, and my sister Hannah brings cereal, the multi-pack with Froot Loops and Raisin Bran and Frosted Flakes. This is not, should not be a point for concern or contention; as children, this was our ritual, a special treat only experienced out in the woods, as inextricably wound into camping as moss into our hair. Sometimes, we would open the little boxes flat, pour the milk from mom's battered metal cooler into the inner packaging, and eat straight from the boxes; other times, we would use the camping bowls we'd brought.
When I pack for camping, I do not pack my mother's camp cooler, no picnic table salt-and-pepper, no Bisquik box, no packets of sugars saved from diner meals. I do not pack individual boxes of cereal, and I must hold my mind's tongue to avoid judgment or commentary. This is my path and it is one I love.
On my path is bacon, sliced on a picnic table; on my path there are campfire pancakes. How hard is it, after all, to pack flour and baking powder, sea salt and cinnamon? Can not the pepper mill fit in the camping box too? Should not a slab of bacon take the place of sodapops past? And where the cooking oil my mother brought might have gone, I have cold-pressed coconut oil; where she put the cereal boxes, I store butter and more butter.
15 august 2011...more and comments
cherries in syrup: new friends and canning jars
I've known Vanessa for less than an hour when I decide she and I are kindred spirits, Anne of Green Gables style, a happenstance of meant-to-be. She has come to a food swap hosted by Chris Musser at the urging of Kate Payne. They're college friends. Vanessa and I are friends for another reason.
It's a sad reason, and it goes to the heart of me, and I ride my bike home slowly, musing. Because I cannot think of anything else to do about this, after a few weeks have passed I invite her over to make cherry jam.
This is probably what you should do for all new friends: clean your house, as much as you have time for; perhaps be the proud accomplisher of a couple of minor organization projects and a major DIY renovation of some upstairs room. Get bad news, news that means you were right, all along, to think more about your pantry than The Man. Buy, spontaneously and with financial abandon (oh, you've just lost your most regular freelance gig, you should have saved that money... but...) 12 pounds of Rainer cherries.
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children, eat these cookies
An oatmeal chocolate chip cookie for breakfast can, has, will be a source of guilt. When I was a teenager, we ate the enormous chocolate chip cookies the high school cafeteria served, with a never-big-enough dollop of soft-serve ice cream, for lunch. If we were lucky, they hadn't been baked quite long enough and were so gooey you could practically taste the separate elements -- white sugar, shortening, gloriously soft white flour -- with every spoonful. In my twenties, I put away childish things, I went healthy: oatmeal, of course, would set me aright. If there were raisins, too, it was practically a four-course meal. How many cookies have I eaten for breakfast? The number is unknowable.
I cannot say that I have never opened the door to my messy home, struggled with tangled hair and last night's tomato sauce-stained shirts, found socks (somehow, always-paired socks a quest for a heroine braver far than me), tied or velcro-ed shoes, pull squirm lose temper take breath and no you don't need mittens!, remembered (somehow) my wallet, my coffee thermos, done breakfast coffee shop-style. Cookies bigger than any of our hands, wrapped in the most efficient bit of plastic wrap, one-dollar-seventy-five apiece.
The coffee shop closed in December, pulling my crutch out from under me, painfully. Since then, I've been perfecting (if you could even call it that) this, a whole grain almost sugar-free chocolate chip cookie about which you can nag your children, a chocolate chip cookie that the neighbor kids will make disappear if you let them and your husband (in his far too severe-these-days spurts of kitchen purging) will throw away, thinking them too messy to be edible. They are; they're not. They're delicious and good for you and you must eat them with one hand underneath to catch the crumbs.
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know your salmon
I am bicycling home from a craft fair (where I have sold one flower fairy hat, one teething goose, and one stuffed pickle) hungry. My route takes me past favorite restaurants and food carts, and I think about stopping to buy ice cream because I am also hot, having baked slowly, a frog in a lukewarm pot, and I have eaten sugary things, ill-advisedly, my head is almost swimming for many reasons.
It is there, kitty-corner from the truck selling (not ice cream but) icy treats that are non-dairy, I see the seafood truck. Inside -- you walk up inside the truck, no sales window here -- a man who looks young for his age, with lines of good humor and work in the out-of-doors, is kneeling, shifting ice from bag to cooler, and I feel that I am walking into another state or a narrow shop beside a mountain lake. I look back at the noisy parking lot, just to be sure.
The salmon is $6.99 a pound, a chalkboard outside says, it is Alaskan and wild, which is all I will buy for my family, I have just heard the author of the book Four Fish on Fresh Air, he has told again the familiar refrain: farmed salmon is fraught with so many environmental concerns, wild is overfished almost everywhere, our world's fish are depleting fast as steamy stinking water out a paper mill's pipe. Here in the truck, the vendor shows me two salmon in the box; mine, three-and-some pounds, is $25. I hand over all my craft fair proceeds. "It's fresh, never frozen!" he says, and I imagine it fairly swimming here down the Pacific coast. I shake off the chill of the Northern Pacific; it braces, it sparkles in the corners of my eyes.
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the south i never knew ('til now): watermelon rind pickles
I lived in the South for seven years (leaving Reston, Virginia out of the accounting), and still, when I think "South" I think Streetcar Named Desire, I think low-country fried oysters, I think corn pone in the dining room of the CEO in West Point, Georgia, I think Laura Ashley bedspreads and girls who go by their mama's last name, I think Spanish moss hanging from the oak trees, shrouding the highways outside of Savannah, Georgia. My image of the South is not how I lived -- in a series of dormitory rooms, apartment buildings, my diet consisting of bagel chips and low-fat cream cheese and lentils with mango -- but how I imagined living. With wide hand gestures; a taste for whiskey, neat; dresses which clung to me, sweat dripping down the small of my back, down, down.
With pimiento cheese spread. With fried okra. With watermelon rind pickles.
I've eaten my share of white bread, toasted, smeared with the South's special sauce; breaded, crispy rings of okra were my standard number one at every restaurant that served lunch with "three veg." But somehow, I'd missed watermelon rind pickles, it was too South, maybe, more Little Rock than Lexington, Vee-Aye.
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verdant, electric, flawed: green tomatoes
I am running, I am running, and as I jog around corners and sprint up hills, on streets, on sidewalks, I see the sunflowers and the grape vines and the tomatoes. The vines, the indeterminate heavy shoots and curly tendrils and uncanny-fragrant leaves, are so verdant and electric I wonder if the city has been laced with some miracle drug, a concoction that makes everything grow and grow and GROW! But if so, the drug is flawed, still in the testing phase, surely. Because everything is green.
I brush past the tomato leaves on purpose -- not that I can help it, the vines spread from front yard cages to parking strip garden boxes, catching my legs with giggles of scent as I hurry by -- to drink in the heady balm, the promise of ripeness, shade of the night and the moon and the sun, tomatoes.
This year, this chilly summer with only an August streak of sunny weeks, all the tomatoes are green, still green on Woodward Street and behind the high school and through alleys and in my front yard. If I see red, it is a blush, a promise, a surprise. It is a hot summer evening; last year I would have been headed home to blanch, peel, chop, push tomatoes into their jars, pint by bloody pint.
And so, we wait, hope and fear equal seedy lumps in our collective throats.
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garden weeps, beckons, scatters uproarious: honey mint ice cream
Walk past my house -- I dare you -- and do not startle, mutter to yourself, call out a soft word of admiration direct from your marrow. Despite my clutter and half-skills and haphazard scattering of effort, energy, garden mysticism, August on my street is glory. The grape vines are the first to call to you, yes, their curling witch-fingers brushing on your cheek, your skirt, my pretttty... they say, creaking in the breeze. The lavender pokes purply, elegant and pastoral at once, echoing, imitating flatteringly, the ebullient row in front of my neighbor's home. There are sunflowers, now, cocking their cackling heads, throwing back chins and gulping in sunlight. The figs, big-handed, slow-drooping their fat sticky teardrops, they have their flowers inside, says Heather. Imagine that.
It's the mint, though, the mint that catches you. I wouldn't have planned this, didn't in fact want it at all, these rootling creepers sliding their leggy rhizomes through my precious dirt. They frill out in a patch of dark mushrooms, composting better than black plastic; they shoot up among the garlic; they worm their way under the fence and up through the lavender, the rosemary, the thyme. I wander in the front yard on my sprightlier days, grabbing big handfuls from the rootbase, curling fingers into earth and pulling with all my strength. My uprooting scents my fingers, my clothes, the air around me, and this is what you notice as you walk by. "I love your garden," you'll say to me, while I grunt and sweat and wish I were neater, more organized, more nurturing. Wish I'd never planted mint. "Thank you," I'll say, gulping back weepy confessions.
I no longer see recipes with mint and smack smug satisfaction, free in my yard, I've spent too many errant hours lying piles of it on my front walk, hoping the mood will strike me to collect leaves by the gallon-load and wash, dry, squirrel away. For what? There will always be mint.
And now there will always be mint ice cream. It started backwards, a quart-and-a-half of mint chocolate chip from Trader Joe's, memories of childhood favorites, 'twas mine, a question, "shall we make this?" And, hours later, a discovery: that nothing else in mint ice cream would ever matter again. It's complex and utterly simple, this honey mint vanilla ice cream, come, walk, pick of my mint, do this too. Ice cream is easy.
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peel, slice, jar: nectarine lemon marmalade
It is Sunday, and I am holding church at my kitchen sink. I have scrubbed the ceremonial ceramic-on-steel with baking soda and sea salt; my fingers are pink and near-raw from hours in the hot water, washing plates and water glasses and stainless steel pots. I have brought to this aged font these orbs, licentious and bawdy, pink and blush-red and saffron and crimson, possessed of a scent so sensuous I gasp, open-mouthed, slurping, lip-licking, hungry to my very bones.
The faucet is on, again, this time cold and pure, sent kitchen-ward from mountains far and high, near and smoldering. Hood, Tabor, I have visited these stately reserves on my gasping summer runs, I have seen from whence this water flows. I wash the nectarines and grasp, hold, sharpening my knife before slipping the tip into the base of each fruit. X, stigma or signet, cauterization.
I turn to the vat of bubbling water and, fingers gentle, final, plunge into the surging well. A minute. Just.
The blanch, this boiling water bath, softens the fruits not just to the touch -- and I lift them out with slotted spoon, gently, gently -- but to the light; the colors meld and flush, as the final burst of orange-pink before the sun's light disappears at night, seaward.
13 august 2010 ...more and comments
cafemama's life in the kitchen : food sustains us
It has been explained, to us, to married women and young, passionate career-ists and fathers, but especially to mothers, that our greatest desire is for convenience. All we need is not, after all, love; it is prewashed presliced precooked prediced prebaked presweetened wrapped up and with natural flavors added. With that, we can express our love with the minimum of work, only having to spend time in the buying.
We have done this, pushing piles of cookbooks off our counters whose titles express how busy are these modern lives. We will get all these recipes completed in less than 30 minutes; these other ones will provide the illusion of care, mess, agony over detail. Our media tells us jokes about women who buy cupcakes and roast turkeys and pretend to have made them, when in fact the career's demands were too dear to spend minutes (even 30), oven-bound. We are supposed to see ourselves in these images, we are supposed to laugh.
Our laughter is shrill, forced. We are hurting. Our children are hurting. Something neither we nor the men and women who work on tall hills, each sporting a doctorate or two, can explain, is rising up within these beloved-but-poorly understood. It lashes out, wraith-like, it raises high a dagger of this is wrong and plunges it into our throats. Gasping, dripping, bloody, we reach: for hope, a mantra, a tool. Anything to sustain us.
Something deep within us, an ancient wisdom from very near the dawn of familial ties, rooted in the earliest flush of prolactin -- the mothering hormone -- tells us that food is the answer. And food is not a subject we have been taught, it is alien to our areas of expertise. We know many things, how to dissect a sentence and write a convincing brief and balance an income statement. We know how to navigate office politics and write a resume that blithely eliminates our motherhood from a potential employers' concerns. We know how to work several voice mail systems and install Ubuntu.
But give us a box of peaches, a sharp paring knife and a case of pint canning jars and, even with this desire-that's-deep -- to know from where comes our food, to challenge our sugary addictions, to loose our kids from toxins like BPAs and pesticides, to fill our homes full of golden jarred treasures whose worth will not now, not ever, be traded on any exchange -- what rises in our veins, our throat, our souls is not life-giving pride, but fear.
I've felt the fear too, and breathed deep, swallowed, prayed, and conquered some of it, taking my food life by the shoulders and wrestling, Jacob-like, until I understood. We stood there at my kitchen sink, eye-to-mirrored-eye, and the charge that shook us deep in our bellies was the satisfaction, the quiet of whole, real, inconvenient food.
I am writing a book about this food, this food life. I cannot wait for you to taste it; sample, here.
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The Le Mans Series at Imola – a historic first!
Two months after the Spa-Francorchamps 1000 Km, the next round of the Le Mans Series will take place on the Imola circuit in an event lasting 6 hours. Teams and drivers, some of whom recently competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours, will race in the third round of the season hoping to end the first half of the year on a high note. Before the summer break, they will all be out to make up for points lost at Le Castellet or on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, or to add to those scored in the opening rounds in the spring.
While the championship often visited Monza between 2004 and 2008, it is the first time that Imola, the track in the Emilia Romagna region, will host a Le Mans Series event. The Autodromo Internationale Enzo e Dino Ferrari used to be a regular fixture on the F1 World Championship calendar. This year it will be the theatre of a race between cars built specially for endurance.
Peugeot-Audi, a new battle
Peugeot and Audi, which just fought an epic battle at Le Mans, will lock horns again in this 6-hour race with two 908s and two R18 TDIs. The French and German makes, which demonstrated bullet-proof reliability in the Sarthe, will go at it hammer and tongs on a more technical circuit. The duel between the two most advanced cars in the world of endurance promises another bout of spectacular on-track action.
In the same LM P1 category, the Pescarolo Team will again be up against Rebellion Racing. While the French squad has beaten its Swiss rival twice since the start of the 2011 Le Mans Series, Rebellion Racing scored a telling result at Le Mans where it was the first of the petrol-engined cars. Rebellion will also enter two Lola-Toyotas as against a single Pescarolo-Judd for Henri's squad.
Greaves Motorsport on fire
In LM P2, Strakka Racing, Boutsen Energy Racing and Greaves Motorsport are running neck and neck. The latter won at Spa, and again a few weeks later in the Le Mans 24 Hours, so the British outfit will arrive in Imola with its morale at an all-time high. A thrilling battle looks on the cards between the thirteen cars entered in a category that always throws up its fair share of surprises!
AF Corse leads in both GTE Categories
Photo by: Eric Gilbert
After a two-year break, the Le Mans Series is back in Italy and the home outfits are out to make the most of this opportunity. Mik Corse is competing in LM P1with its Zytek 09, and AF Corse has entered Ferrari F458 Italias in LM GTE Pro and a Ferrari F430 in LM GTE Am. Both are hoping to shine on home turf in front of their fans. AF Corse, leading the teams' classification in both GTE categories, is determined to continue its winning streak on home turf.
In Formula Le Mans, Pegasus Racing arrives in Italy with two victories to its credit. The French team that has reaped the rewards of its consistency will be out to extend its lead. Genoa Racing and Neil Garner Motorsport will try to take advantage of this race to close the gap in a closely-fought category.
In parallel to the Imola 6 Hours, several other categories will compete on the Italian circuit over the weekend of 1-3 July: Radical Masters, Speed Series, CER and Formula 2000 Light.
Le Mans Series Imola schedule
Free practice 1: Friday 1st July from 12h15 to 13h45 – 2: 16h30 to 18h00 – 3: Saturday 2nd July: 8h55 to 9h55.
Qualifying: Saturday2nd July: 13h55 to 14h15.
Warm-Up: Sunday 3trd July: 9h00 to 9h20.
Imola 6 Hours: Sunday 3rd July: 12h00 to 18h00.
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Europe) B.V. v. Novartis AG and Novartis Pharma GmbH, District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands, 25 November 2015, Case file number: C/09/469148 / HA ZA 14-770.
In January of this year the Court of Appeal of The Hague in preliminary injunction proceedings held Sun liable for indirect infringement of Novartis' Swiss type claim on (in short) the use of zoledronic acid in a specific dosage range, form and regime for the treatment of osteoporosis, despite the fact that Sun was marketing its generic zoledronic acid under a skinny label on which the patented indication was carved out.
In these proceedings on the merits the District Court ruled otherwise. The District Court established that the claims which have been invoked by Novartis are 'purpose limited process claims' which comprise the distinctive element 'in the preparation of a medicament'. In the chain after the supply of the medicament by Sun no one is actually applying the claimed process, i.e. 'the preparation'.
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Baranavichy: Viktar Tsiapin continues struggling for truth
As we have already informed, Viktar Tsiapin, a Baranavichy member of the Belarusian Party of Leftists Fair World, wasn't registered as a candidate for the city council because he had allegedly wrote the dates opposite the electors' signatures, whereas it should have been done by them. Tsiapin's complaint against the non-registration wasn't granted by the Brest regional election commission.
That's why the activist lodged a claim with the Baranavichy city court. The trial was appointed on 5 April. However, on Monday Tsiapin's wife was told by phone that there wouldn't be any trial. When Viktar Tsiapin came home, he found in his mailbox a court ruling signed by Judge P. Makadai, in which it was stated that the consideration of such complaint was beyond powers of the court.
There's a rhetorical question: why did the court accept the lawsuit from Viktar Tsiapin, though the letter asked the judge whether it would be correct to lodge it with the city court? Two variants are possible: either the judge doesn't know the election legislation, according to which such lawsuits are to be passed to the regional courts, or he accepted the documents to play for time so that the activist would miss the legal terms for applying to the Brest regional court.
However, the applicant followed the advice of the Baranavichy human rights defender Siarhei Housha and simultaneously lodged the lawsuit with the Brest regional court.
V.Tsiapin says that the truth is on his side and he will win the trial, the more that recently the regional election commission has registered Dzmitry Auhust and Aleh Malashchanka, two other opposition candidates from Baranavichy, thus confessing that the Baranavichy city election commission had forged documents during verification of their signature sheets.
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RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin's finger will soon be on the nuclear button. But beyond that fact, little else is clear about the fate of the vast Soviet military machine as the Soviet Union turns into the loose Commonwealth of Independent States.The meeting Saturday of the leaders of the 11 former Soviet republics now constituting the commonwealth ultimately failed to settle some of the most pressing issues surrounding the future of this former superpower. "The most acute problems were the ones pertaining to the military issue, to the nuclear issue," Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk said in a television interview broadcast Sunday night. The agenda for the commonwealth meeting included approval of a collective security treaty defining the common military structures of the members and the division of Soviet military apparatus among them. Commonwealth leaders also had to settle the handling of nuclear weapons, their control, safety, and disarmament.
Unanswered questions But the gathering failed to agree on a security treaty, leaving that issue to be taken up again at another meeting of leaders in Minsk on Dec. 30. An agreement "On Joint Measures on Nuclear Arms" was signed by the four states with long-range nuclear weapons based on their territory - Russia, Kazakhstan, Byelorussia, and the Ukraine. But even that document leaves some significant questions unanswered. The document states that nuclear weapons "are part of the unified strategic armed forces" and that until they are withdrawn from the Ukraine and Byelorussia, "decisions on the need to use them are taken, by agreement with the heads of the member states of the agreement, by the Russian president, on the basis of procedures drawn up jointly by the member states." But neither those "procedures" nor a joint policy on nuclear issues, have been decided yet. The mechanisms of control remain vaguely defined. "Until the nuclear weapons are destroyed, we pass over the control over the nuclear button to one president, Yeltsin," Mr. Kravchuk explained. "We don't run any risk because we are withdrawing nuclear weapons from our territory and the button will be blocked by me, [Byelorussian leader Stanislav] Shushkevich and [Kazakhstan President Nursultan] Nazarbayev." The Ukrainians are almost rushing to rid themselves of their weapons, responding to the message from the United States that this is a condition for their entry into the West. This led them to reverse an earlier stance opposing transfer of tactical nuclear warheads to Russia where facilities exist for their dismantling. Both Byelorussia and the Ukraine are committed to destroying all their long-range as well as tactical (short-range) nuclear weapons, the latter by July 1, 1992. "I talked to [US Secretary of State James] Baker about this," Kravchuk said. As for the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) based in 176 silos in the Ukraine, 130 are to be destroyed under the US-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and Kravchuk pledges to destroy the rest shortly.
Kazakhs stand apart But the government of Kazakhstan has said it will retain nuclear weapons as long as Russia does. "I was astonished by Nazarbayev's statement," says Maj. Gen. Geliy Batenin, military advisor to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Taking into account our previous negotiations, it was unexpected." General Batenin points to two factors he believes lie behind Nazarbayev's stance. "First, his Islamic political maneuvers, his attempt to gain support from the Islamic world," referring to the aspirations of the Muslim-minority Kazakhs to take a leadership role in the entire Muslim-populated Central Asian region of the former Union. "Second, it was a political game because he finally managed to distinguish himself from the other nuclear leaders, the Ukraine and Byelorussia. But Batenin echoes other Russian officials in confidently predicting the Kazakhs will move shortly to a non-nuclear status. All the tactical weapons will be gone by 1992 and at least 50 percent of the silo-based ICBMs on Kazakh territory will be destroyed under START. "Besides," he adds, "those missiles are already 30 years old and outdated." The desire to please the West makes the nuclear issue more tractable. But on the broader question of how to control and divide the 3.7 million-man Soviet armed forces, the differences emerge strongly, particularly between the Ukraine and Russia. Three different drafts of a security treaty were prepared before the commonwealth conference - one drawn up by the Soviet Ministry of Defense under Air Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov; one by the Russian government under Gen. Konstantin Kobets; and a third by the Ukraine government. According to Batenin, as well as other sources, the Shaposhnikov draft is the main one and the most ambitious in terms of maintaining a centralized Army. It calls for a supreme commander with a five-year term, a general staff, a nd two commanders, one in charge of nuclear forces and the other conventional forces. The Shaposhnikov version seeks to keep most conventional troops under joint command to defend the entire territory of the commonwealth, limiting republics to small armies, with the Ukraine allowed a small navy. The Russian alternative calls for one commander who controls the nuclear forces, including tactical weapons, air defense against bombers, anti-missile batteries, and anti-satellite weapons. This commander would also control mobile conventional forces from the Army, Air Force, and Navy dedicated to defend the borders of the former union. The draft, according to Batenin, calls for a political control system modeled on NATO with a nuclear planning group and a council of defense ministers.
Draft treaties considered "The Ukraine draft clearly rejects any control over conventional armed forces," says Batenin. It agrees only to single command over strategic nuclear weapons. All the republics are presently working on these drafts and experts may meet later in the week to try to come to a common view before the meeting next Monday. But agreement may be difficult to come by. "Even if we do not manage to sign the treaty itself [on the 30th], we will sign an agreement on the principles of joint defense," says Batenin. As a compromise, they could agree to resubordinate units from republican armies to a joint command in the event of emergency or in response to aggression, he suggests. But even that could founder, he admits, because of the Ukraine's adamant stance "against any possibility of central control of its army."