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Although this particular recipe is my own invention, it is based on an idea my mother came up with. And the best part is that it's more delicious, easier, and more novel than the usual crumble (well, perhaps not after this post – but I'm ok with that). With this dessert, not only do you have the delicious crumble topping and the warm apple, but you also have a flakey crust. And the trick is that the crumble topping is made primarily with wholesome granola!
All the pies I made 20 minutes ago have already vanished – which I take to mean it was a success.
In September I moved to Montréal, and I shared these pies with my new house-mates. They were made with apples I picked right off a tree during my lunch break while working in the field at a switch-grass farm. I hope you can enjoy these pies often during the cold winter months!
Ingredients – makes 6 small 4-inch pies
-1 quantity sweet shortcrust pastry
-4 apples, cored and diced
-1 tsp cinnamon
-2 Tbsp brown sugar
-1/4 cup pecan pieces
-1 cup granola
-1 Tbsp flour
-1-2 Tbsp brown sugar
-1-2 Tbsp butter, cut into small pieces
Prepare your sweet shortcrust pastry 30 minutes in advance. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 6 small tart pans (I used the small 4-inch tin pans available at the supermarket). Roll out dough after it has rested, and cut it into 6 circles to fit into the pie shells. Prick the crust on the bottom and sides, then place in the oven for 15 minutes to partially blind-bake it.
Meanwhile, crush the pecans into small chunks. Mix with the cinnamon and brown sugar. In a separate bowl, mix the granola, flour, brown sugar, and butter. Once the crusts are set, quickly cut the apples and mix into the brown sugar, pecan, and cinnamon mixture. Place 1/6 of the apple mixture in a heaping pile in each pie, then top with the granola topping.
Bake for 45 minutes, until the apples are in their melt-in-your-mouth stage. Serve alone, with vanilla yogurt/ice cream, or lightly sweetened whipped cream!


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Up to 30 of the top women's match racing teams will battle for the coveted series trophy starting in Helsinki (Finland) 25-29 June followed by back-to-back events in Lysekil (Sweden) 6-11 August, and Ekaterinburg (Russia) 14-18 August. The Series finale will be staged in the turquoise waters of St.Thomas in the US Virgin Islands 29 November - 2 December. A penultimate fifth event is expected to be added to the schedule in September and the Series is keen to also add a US event.
Since it's launch in 2012, the WIM Series has delivered 23 events worldwide, attracting over 400 female sailors from 25 countries including Olympic sailors, National and World Champions. Each year, one of the Series events also plays host to the Women's Match Racing World Championship, sanctioned by the sports global governing body, World Sailing.
"We are thrilled with how the WIM Series has grown in such a short time" commented Series Director Anna Holmdahl White. "In the last few years, there has been a significant rise in women's participation in sport, and sailing is just one example of where both men and women also compete on a level playing field. We have the highest number of teams registered for this year's WIM Series."
British skipper Lucy McGregor (GBR) and her team won both WIM Series events that they entered last year, one being the World Championship in Helsinki.
"Retaining the World Championship title is our main goal of this year. In addition to sailing the Worlds we will be competing in the Argo Group Bermuda Gold Cup this year which we are really looking forward to", said McGregor adding:
"We will have some of the same team as last year but also a couple of changes. Different boats often require a slightly different dynamic in the team."
Anna Östling and her Team Anna have been ranked as the number one female match racing team in the world since August 2016, and they are looking forward to entering the new season.
"A big goal for us is the regatta in Lysekil, it's our home event and of course it means a lot to us. We are focused on our own performance and being as good a team as we can be, and we also want to help encourage other younger teams to make the sport as good as it can be. The WIM Series is a great platform for match racing and it helps more sailors get into the sport", says Anna Östling, skipper of team Anna and two-time World Match Racing Champion.
The WIM Series is looking at adding events to the 2018 calendar. And, as the only international professional sailing series for women, the Series aims to inspire both female and male sailors all over the world. In addition to competing at different venues on the WIM Series, teams will also be tested with sailing different boats at each event, one of the unique elements of the match racing series. The yachts, usually 20-30ft in length and designed for 5 crew, are supplied by each event. The class of boats will range from the J80's in Helsinki, to the Far East 28's in Sweden, Ricochet 747's in Russia, and the classic IC24's in St Thomas.
"It's the ultimate test of skill for any match racing team" continues Anna Holmdahl White. "They have to adapt to different sailing conditions and also different boats at each event. It's not easy, but it's what makes a true Champion."
WIM Series 2018 calendar
- Helsinki Women's Match, Helsinki, Finland: 25 - 29 June (J/80)
- Lysekil Women's Match, Lysekil, Sweden: 6 - 11 August (Fareast 28r)
- Women's Match Racing World Championship, Ekaterinburg, Russia: 14 - 18 August (Ricochet 747)
- Carlos Aguilar Match Race 2018, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: 29 November - 2 December (IC 24)
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This document was rescinded in December 2019 as part of EEOC's effort to provide guidance and information that is current, accurate, and clear.
EEOC Office of Legal Counsel staff members wrote the following informal discussion letter in response to an inquiry from a member of the public. This letter is intended to provide an informal discussion of the noted issue and does not constitute an official opinion of the Commission.
ADA: Definition of Disability - In General
February 29, 2000
Dear :
This is in response to your letter of December 1, 1999, requesting information as to whether the Federal Aviation Administration can disqualify persons whose vision cannot be corrected to 20-20 from serving as Air Traffic Controllers.
Under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (1) as amended, federal agencies cannot discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities. An individual with a "disability" is a person who: (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity, (2) has a record of a substantially limiting impairment, or (3) is regarded as having a substantially limiting impairment. Last year, in three cases interpreting Title I of the ADA, the Supreme Court ruled that if an individual uses a "mitigating measure" that eliminates the symptoms of an impairment or reduces them to a point at which they are no longer substantially limiting, then the individual does not meet the ADA's first definition of disability. See Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc., 119 S.Ct. 2139 (1999); Murphy v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 119 S.Ct. 2133 (1999); and Albertsons v. Kirkingburg, 119 S.Ct. 2162 (1999). Mitigating measures include corrective lenses. Therefore, if a person has little or no difficulty seeing when using corrective lenses, then the person does not have a substantially limiting impairment.
Nor does a person meet the statute's third definition of "disability" solely because s/he fails to meet an employer's physical qualification standard, such as a vision requirement. In Sutton, the Supreme Court said that employers may determine that certain impairments make individuals less than ideally suited for particular jobs. An employer may, therefore, prefer someone without a particular impairment over someone with that impairment, as long as the impairment is not a disability. Sutton also states that "global airline pilot" is not a "class of jobs or a broad range of jobs in various classes." Thus, excluding someone from the job of "global airline pilot" did not, according to the Court, amount to regarding the individual as substantially limited in working. A similar analysis would likely apply to the job of Air Traffic Controller, which probably would not be a class of jobs. The fact that the position of Air Traffic Controller is found in over 250 locations does not make it a class of jobs. Like Air Traffic Controller positions, the global pilot positions at issue in Sutton were also available in many locations.
I hope this information is helpful. This letter does not represent an official opinion of the EEOC.
Christopher J. Kuczynski
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1. The Rehabilitation Act uses the same standards as those found in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). See Rehabilitation Act Amendment of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-569, § 503(b), 106 Statute. 4344 (1992) (codified as amended at 29 U.S.C. § 791(g).
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Leadership skills are important for all students, and such skills are taught and practised from Kindergarten. Even our youngest girls will lead assemblies, and by Year 2 will conduct tours around the school for new students.
In Year 6 every girl takes on a leadership role as a member of a House Committee, leading the rest of the Primary School in a number of events.


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Are you looking for a creative way to advertise your business or services AND support an independent musician?! Here's an easy and inexpensive way to do BOTH!
The sample CD card (the inside portion) illustrates where YOUR BUSINESS CARD or PRE-PRINTED ADVERTISEMENT would be prominently displayed within one or more of my CD releases.
If you would like to fill all or a portion of the CD insert side with your own pre-printed advertisement, I can work with you on this and we will work out a per unit rate that will be 1) affordable and 2) effective.
My recordings reach a modest but interesting and diverse audience. I sell my physical CD stock through CDBaby.com but the vast majority of my physical CD sales are sold directly to folks at live performances.
Key Benefits:
- Your business card or ad gets into the hands of local music lovers!
- This low-cost form of advertising helps offset the CD printing costs for me, enabling me to reach even more listeners.
- Cross-marketing your business and services with the arts is great for everyone!
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Contact via phone or internet is nice, but before we actually build a house we need to sit around the table with our clients. So we get in the car regularly, and we make our trips through France, at this moment an important market. We call it our Tour de France. Two weeks in a row on the péage, on the D321, and when we run out of luck our TomTom send us into some dirt road. But recently it resulted in a few more projects, see the map.
One house in Portugal, and one house just across the border in Spain, in the Pyrenees at an altitude of 1800 meters. When you're on the building site, mid-summer, at 1800 meters, you quickly understand why the Spanish spend the afternoon under a tree.
We make quite a few kilometers this way. Our accountant asked us to switch on the GPS-logger (for his tax-report, he says). OK, here is the result.
And sometimes our TomTom gets it almost right… but not quite. Here TomTom tries to send us to the house just across the water. Aaarghh.. no Landrover for us, so this was a 30 minutes detour…


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NASA's Juno orbiter has sent back its 11th crop of close-ups from Jupiter, and that means it's time for another eye-opening, jaw-dropping photo album created by citizen scientists.
Juno flew as close as 2,100 miles above the planet's cloud tops on Feb. 7 for what's known as Perijove 11, at the completion of its 10th science orbit.
NASA says this close encounter was a gravity science orientation pass, which means Juno could point its transmitters directly at Earth to downlink data in real time to the Deep Space Network's radio antenna installation in Goldstone, Calif.
Juno's primary mission is to study Jupiter's gravitational and magnetic fields, and get a better sense of the planet's internal composition. But the spacecraft also has an imaging device known as JunoCam that's taking pictures primarily for public consumption and science outreach.
Some photo processing mavens have gotten wickedly good at taking NASA's raw images and making them pop. So, without further ado, here are some of the latest gems from Jupiter:
New #JunoCam raw images from my latest #Jupiter flyby are available now. Download, process + share https://t.co/ijHwy72xXp #citizenscience pic.twitter.com/tgMPhNB4qM
— NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) February 9, 2018
Here's a recent view of #Jupiter from @NASAJuno's P11 flyby on Feb. 7, 2018. North is to the lower right. pic.twitter.com/qvOlgKJYSl
— Jason Major (@JPMajor) February 9, 2018
Thanks to @badgrenola for this early look [ PJ11_13 ] at his new @NASAJuno processing pipeline. Enhanced colour process by moi… pic.twitter.com/oIiAY3qrdi
— Seán Doran (@_TheSeaning) February 9, 2018
Very basic early processing of #Jupiter by @NASAJuno on Perijove 11 (2018-02-07) pic.twitter.com/WXGvds1Idp
— Gustavo (@_Gustavobc) February 9, 2018
ジュノー探査機 @NASAJuno の木星への先日の最接近(PJ11)のときのデータが、ジュノーカム(JunoCam)のページ(https://t.co/Z3RvRgFQUy)にアップされていたので、カラー合成画像を1枚作ってみました。 pic.twitter.com/zzCTFpwFcJ
— 岡本典明 (@BookBrightJp) February 9, 2018
Northern Edge of Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt – Juno Perijove 11 – February 7 2018 – https://t.co/VoCvKAbw3a pic.twitter.com/KhyQELzzRZ
— Kevin M. Gill (@kevinmgill) February 9, 2018
Jupiter's North Pole, @NASAJuno Perijove 11, February 11 2018 – https://t.co/ICv9On7rQz pic.twitter.com/LgZaBVPNxC
— Kevin M. Gill (@kevinmgill) February 9, 2018
And some prettier white balancing and tonal contrast. A lot more interesting than Associa's really awful billing issues… pic.twitter.com/DgHsJpLPVF
— Kevin M. Gill (@kevinmgill) February 8, 2018
For still more views, check out the mission's JunoCam gallery. The close encounters for picture-taking come roughly every 54 days — which means the next opportunity, Perijove 12, is set for April 1.
The cycle will continue until 2021, and then the radiation-battered probe will fire its thrusters for a fatal plunge into Jupiter's cloud tops. That maneuver is part of NASA's plan to make sure Juno leaves no debris that could smash into Europa or other potential abodes for life in the Jovian system.


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Something fundamentally changed in that price in the third week of September. By that we mean that something that was anchoring that ratio ended. Every trading day since then, i.e., 27 of them as of last night, the price has closed on the upper side of the long-term average. That's a statistical impossibility at this point. (Those of you with a statistical background will know that 7 consecutive data points on one side of the mean is the usual flag to start looking)
James Turk - 2 Key Charts, Gold & The Destruction Of Money
King World News - Blog
By Eric King
27 October 2014
With continued uncertainty in global markets, today James Turk sent King World News two incredible charts that readers around the world must see, and he also discussed gold, the destruction of money and much more. Below is what Turk had to say in this timely and powerful interview.
Even though the referendum for the Swiss Gold Initiative is still a month away, Eric, the battle there is already heating up. The forces for sound money are lined up against those representing the status quo of central bank domination and control, which has resulted in the financial repression plaguing the global economy.
The vote is clearly of importance to the future of the Swiss franc. But it also has important implications for gold. A "yes" vote will increase gold's visibility and lead to greater demand for physical metal. That in turn will increase the awareness of the critical differences between physical gold and paper promises purporting to represent that they are as good as gold.
Of course they are not as good because a tangible asset is fundamentally different from some promise. So the gold price will be impacted in a positive way by these developments. But a "no" vote will not hurt gold. The only thing a "no" vote will do is doom the Swiss franc to the fiat currency graveyard. I have prepared two charts of crude oil prices to illustrate this conclusion.
These are both base-100 charts, meaning they show relative changes in crude oil prices from the same starting point. Given that the same standard is being measured, namely a barrel of West Texas Intermediate, these charts compare and illustrate the purchasing power of these currencies.
So for example, the price of crude oil in terms of the British pound has risen 61 times since 1950. It is the worst performing of these national currencies. The price of crude oil has risen 35 times in dollar terms. In other words, there has been more inflation of the pound than the other currencies.
But note the red line showing the price of crude oil in terms of gold. It hasn't changed. Gold has preserved purchasing power over the last 64 years. An ounce of gold today buys the same amount of crude oil it bought back in 1950.
While the euro and Swiss franc have preserved purchasing power better than the dollar and pound since 1950, we need to take a closer look because the euro only began officially trading in January 1999. The above chart shows the German mark before then, which was well managed by the Bundesbank and its policies that stressed the importance of sound money.
Further, the Swiss franc is now tied to the euro and its fate is dependent on that currency. So the following chart shows the purchasing power of these same currencies since January 1999.
This chart doesn't look anything like the previous one and for good reason. The euro is being managed by the ECB, not the Bundesbank. And the ECB does not follow the Bundesbank's sound money principles. It favors fiat currency and central bank control, just like the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. So the loss of purchasing power in the euro, dollar and pound over the last 15 years has been similar.
So it is not surprising that the euro is losing purchasing power almost as rapidly as the pound and dollar. And the Swiss franc is tied to the fate of the euro. That puts the Swiss currency and therefore the Swiss people in a disadvantageous position. So a "yes" vote on the Swiss Gold Initiative will help turn the Swiss franc back in the right direction, which of course is toward sound money.
There is one other important point to be drawn from these charts, Eric. Central banks repeatedly say these days that they need to weaken their fiat currency in order to spur economic growth. But this conventional wisdom flies in the face of historical experience.
The two strongest currencies from 1950 to 1999 were the German mark and the Swiss franc. Yet both of these countries over that period of time had the strongest economies and lowest unemployment rates, meaning it is clear that sound money is good for economic activity. So this view that weak currencies are needed is just more central bank hogwash aimed to perpetuate the outrageous and unacceptable position of power they hold.
Every Swiss citizen should look at these charts before they vote. In fact, these charts are so meaningful, everyone can benefit from understanding the important message they convey -- that gold is sound money and central bank fiat currency is not.
The purchasing power of fiat currency is continually eroded by central bank mismanagement until eventually confidence in the fiat currency is totally lost, meaning people stop using it. At that point, the fiat currency's purchasing power is lost. The currency has collapsed and becomes worthless. The dead currency then gets quickly buried in the fiat currency graveyard while the same central bankers that killed it then try to float a replacement currency.
No one wants the economic and financial outcome brought about when a currency collapses, but there have been dozens and dozens of fiat currencies which have collapsed. We can therefore learn from monetary history that the collapse of fiat currency is inevitable. Hopefully the Swiss will make the right choice and vote in favor of the Gold Initiative and for sound money.


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SPA L14 in Albufeira Praia dos Salgados
Spa L14 is a space dedicated to your well-being. With natural light and a panoramic view, it is designed to assure peace and relaxation. The Water Circuit offers the benefits of the Sauna, Turkish Bath, Jacuzzi, Contrast Showers, Relaxation Zones and a Hydromassage Pool. Then guests can pass through one of the 6 treatment rooms (one for couples), for special care of the body and soul. Examples such as massage with candles or hot stones, peeling with sea salt, mother and daughter or father and son massage or one of the 5 NAU signature treatments. This is a space for everyone, to feel good about oneself, for two or with the family, to come out whole. TREATMENTS LIST


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Hidden Earth programme available for download
Information and discussion about Hidden Earth.
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Hidden Earth programme available for download
The Hidden Earth programme is now available for download from http://hidden-earth.org.uk/ Note that this is not the *timetable*, which will not be ready until the weekend itself. All delegates will receive a printed copy of the programme when they arrive.


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Sumitomo Corp. will invest as much as 5 billion yen ($61 million) to buy stakes in two units of Germany's SAG Solarstrom AG that own 9.7 megawatts of solar farms in Italy.
The Japanese trading company acquired a 85 percent stake in each of the units, Sumitomo said in a statement today. It didn't identify the units.
This will be Sumitomo's first solar power generation project in Italy, according to the statement. Power generated by the projects will be sold for 20 years under Italy's feed-in- tariff program, it said, without giving details of the buyer.
Sumitomo advanced 2.25 percent to 1,275 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the highest since September 2008. The shares closed at 1,250 yen.
SOURCE: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-04/sumitomo-corp-to-invest-5-billion-yen-to-start-italian-solar-business.html
Photovoltaics, or PV for short, is a Solar Power technology that uses Solar Photvoltaics systems' or Solar cells to provide electricity for human activities. Photovoltaics is also the field of study relating to this technology.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Japanese Company to Invest $61 Million in Solar
Posted by Maureen McHale at 2:19 AM
Labels: Solar Power Plant
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- Unknown said...
I would love to connect with Sumitomo. We have a Solar Fram in New Jersey at shovel ready status, and are accepting other finance partners. The people on my team, the solar location and the ROI make this deal a must see, and a great play.
- February 8, 2011 at 12:22 PM
- Unknown said...
Ed, please contact me via www.brightfieldconsulting.com
We are a subsidiary of an investment group looking for 10MW in NJ.
- February 20, 2011 at 4:59 AM
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Digital voltmeters are popular tools for anyone wishing to measure electrical voltages. The circuit described here is, we feel, unique because of its combined features. The DVM has two outputs, one serial and one for direct connection of a TV or a monitor.
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Enjoy any image with LG's Resolution Upscaler, which enhances and optimizes the image no matter thel picture quality of the image.
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LG's Virtual Surround delivers an expansive field of sound, enhancing the viewing and listening experience. Take your favorite music and movies to another level with Virtual Surround sound.
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Biggest Mantra To Get Married Quickly
Take yellow color cloth on Sunday. Keep 7 turmeric, 7 piece of jaggery, 7 supari, 7 yellow flowers, 70 c.m. yellow cloths and 70 gram horse gram. Worship goddess Parvati with this stuff. Keep all these stuff in home for 40 days. It removes every obstacles of marriage.
Unmarried Girls: Keep fast on Thursday. Girls can wear topaz or Sunhala. Donate any yellow stuff on Thursday. Do not sleep on Thursday afternoon.
Unmarried Boys: Wear American Jerkan or diamond. Donate white clothes to small girls on Friday.
One should keep faith while doing remedies. Do not keep bad thoughts for others. Keep secret your remedy. Keep faith and trust in god while doing remedy.
One should chant special psalm to avoid obstacles in getting married. Chant "Om Klim Krishnaya Gopijan Wallabhay Swaha Keshvi Keshvaradhya Kishori Kesvastutua, Rudra Rupa Rudra Murti Rudrani Rudra Devata". Chant this psalm in front of Radha-Krishna image for 108 times.
Keep turmeric in bathing water on Thursday. Take bath with this water. Include saffron in your diet. There is special importance of yellow cloth in marriage. Therefore, wear yellow color clothes.
In Indian culture, cow is holy cow. Feed two laddoo keeping turmeric to cow on Thursday. You can also feed jaggery and horse gram. Worship banana tree on Thursday. Light ghee's lamp near banana tree on Thursday.
Do not eat anything until 12 o'clock at night on Monday. Do not drink water. Take one dry coconut on Tuesday. Keep sugar powder, panchmeva and 300 gm bura. Keep this coconut under peeple tree. Do this remedy for 7 Tuesdays.
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Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games, going on visits and helping others. We usually meet together once a week in a Beaver Scout Colony. We do loads of Badges where you can learn lots of new skills and have fun.
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Soon, they become sucked into the era's foggy diplomacy, visiting the war-town landscapes of both England and Germany. These characters are able to move around without raising too much suspicion, in part, because they are from Ireland, and Ireland, of course, was neutral during World War II.
We can argue some other time about Irish neutrality in the face of Nazi barbarism. What this does remind us of is that people – and nations – have had to make tough choices in the past.
During World War II, the Irish weighed their unique history with British imperialism against the realities of 1940s politics and made their choice.
This is interesting to think about as British and American politicians are now saying some provocative things about religion, immigration and terrorism on both sides of the Atlantic.
Over in Great Britain, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron blasted the very concept of multiculturalism.
As The New York Times put it, Cameron criticized "the country's decades-old policy of 'multiculturalism,' saying it has encouraged 'segregated communities' where Islamic extremism can thrive."
Cameron criticized what he referred to as the "hands-off tolerance" of Britain and other European countries, adding that they had encouraged Muslims and other immigrants "to live separate lives, apart from each other and the mainstream."
Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, Congressman Peter King, new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, prepared to hold hearings next month which will focus on the role Muslim Americans have played -- or not played -- in foiling home-grown terrorist plots.
King, for years a well-known presence in Irish American circles, is no knee-jerk immigrant-phobe.
Indeed, there is understandable concern on both sides of the Atlantic about terror, and about whether or not immigrants are assimilating, or are instead participating in plots to destroy the very nations they once chose to adopt as their homelands.
Which brings me back to World War II. Let me call upon another expert, though not a novelist or congressman or prime minister.
My mother grew up in 1940s Brooklyn, when another global war was raging. In talking to her over the years I've gotten a fairly strong sense of what her block in East Flatbush was like, in part because there were many other blocks just like it.
It was -- though no one used this word back then -- a "multicultural" block. Mostly white ethnic, with plenty of working class Irish, German and Italian Americans.
That bears repeating because, as any regular viewer of the History Channel knows, among our enemies during World War II were … the Germans and the Italians!
The Irish, of course, were no enemy. They were simply neutral.
Which is kind of how some Fox News devotees view the French these days. It's not that they're against the global war of terror. They are just kind of neutral.
The point is not that everyone on my mother's block got along. From what I can tell my grandmother showed no prejudice, mainly because she hated everybody.
But here, living side by side, were the children of immigrants from nations the U.S. was fighting a bloody war against. Yes, of course, there were spasms of anti-German sentiment, and some Italian-Americans were indeed sent to camps, and a handful of rough Irish kids teamed up with members of the German American Bund and dreamt up terrible anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
But in their day-to-day lives that multicultural Brooklyn block endured. And did so under circumstances that seem more disturbing than our current concerns over terror and multiculturalism.
Yes, we should be vigilant, and we should demand that immigrants grasp what is great about America. But there is a fine line between vigilance and fear-mongering.
We want our immigrants to know what is great about America. But it seems as if the native-born also need to be reminded from time to time.
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Destroy All Monsters: A GIRLS Gotta Do What A GIRLS Gotta Do
The other day I quipped that HBO's Girls is "messy-relationship porn," which was reductive and crass, but was honestly meant with respect and even gratitude. I think the world needs more messy-relationship porn. The messier the better.
The more we can embrace the fact that none of us really has our shit together, the better off we'll be. It's like an antidote to Facebook's "greatest hits" approach to our circle of friends' lives and accomplishments: post all the pretty food pictures you like, but never deny that you're one bad decision away from puncturing your eardrum with a Q-tip.
Girls is brilliantly messy, which is probably why it pisses so many people off. Not that a successful cable television series that is - as the series' end credits so frequently, defiantly reassert in block capital letters - written, directed, and created by a twentysomething woman needs to do much more to piss people off. The very fact of it - and of its messiness - is what keeps Girls, and its writer/director/star/creator Lena Dunham, near the top of the conversation about representation and content creation in the modern television landscape.
But I only zinged the word "porn" at it to suggest the series' easy, even comforting, pleasurability. If the series' third season has proven anything, it's that Girls is anything but masturbatory. Messy relationships, messy everything, sure: but its purpose as such is so dedicatedly driven and ephemerally arrived at, that it's a hell of a long way from a wank and a wa-wa pedal.
There's a focus to the artistic intent on Girls that I admire, a refusal by the show to kowtow to either the lowbrow idiots who can't stand the thought of Lena Dunham naked, or the highfalutin' moralists who need the show to represent Every Single Thing cleanly and perfectly, just by dint of its relative singularity as a TV show written/directed/starring/created by a woman.
Girls' intentional - even precise - messiness is like a ring of snares and booby traps surrounding its core purpose. The traps dismay and befoul the encroachers who wouldn't be able to handle the series' core purpose anyway, before they even get there.
Everyone who spends their time decrying or deconstructing what Hannah Horvath's anti-glamorous nudity says about media and society is never going to get around to assessing what it says about Hannah. The fellas that sit Dunham down on their knee to mansplain her unique opportunity to represent women will never dig down to focus on what Dunham is wondering about this woman, particularly.
Take this past Sunday's key reveal, in the show's third-season finale. We learn that Hannah had at some point applied to the Iowa Writers' Workshop - but apparently never told anyone about it. Now she's been accepted, and a series of season-long arcs quietly detonate as a result, as the episode considers what, now, Hannah will choose to do.
The Iowa reveal collapsed into focus a season that saw Hannah become ever more maddeningly, nay painfully, narcissistic. She had been beautifully treading right over the line of unlikeability and into a kind of grotesquerie that can only be representative of, by my reckoning, actual human beings who don't know what the fuck they're doing.
Such a choice remains a defiantly bold stance for a series to take, crafting a protagonist who the audience completely loses sympathy for. It's slightly less risky if your protagonist is male (Walter White), but flat-out death-defying if your lead character is a plump, sexually mature female. Hannah Horvath is, in her way, the nightmare of modern America: the idea that the next generation of the dominant race and class might, at 25, still be decades away from having accumulated the experience and wherewithal to behave like a responsible representative of her society. Based on the number of people who seem to need Hannah (or Tris Prior) (or the kid sister in The Lego Movie) to represent all women, Dunham is hitting us where we live.
But back to the hidden application to the Iowa Writers' Workshop. It's a beautifully designed fulcrum for the season as a whole; a past action that informs all of Hannah's actions till now (the anguished responses to the push-pull between her dream of being a writer and the collapsing opportunities that the death of her publisher, and her dead-end job at an advertorial, represent; the nauseatingly familiar professional and personal jealousy that rears its head when an artist/artist romantic relationship sees one partner materially succeed faster than the other).
And Girls didn't tell us that Hannah had applied to the Workshop, not because nobody had thought of it when the season began, but because it is - precisely - the sort of messy, offside decision that Hannah herself would make: both to apply in the first place, and to not tell anyone about it, even her boyfriend.
It came and went so quickly that I almost didn't think about it while watching the episode. But the idea of a writing decision that is, like the whole show, driven by character rather than for effect, is ultimately why Girls is so successful at what it does, and why it's so (for some) maddeningly hard to pin down. The series is not the servant of a larger agenda; it's the servant of the character, Hannah, and of her creator's interest in interrogating Hannah for the ugly, beautiful, relatable and debatable ideas that she, specifically, can bring to light.
As much as the media at large want to make Girls, Hannah, and Lena Dunham into an all-purpose locus for the representation of women on television, the series is ultimately what it has always been: a character study of one particular girl, who is messy and - hopefully - becoming slowly less so, incrementally, painstakingly, over time.
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Funny, one could apply the gist of this column to the 'manly-man'-focus of True Detective, instead of shallow internet complaining that Nic Pizzolatto just wrote more shallow women. I agree that in any endeavour, the story comes first and the agenda/social-commentary should emit naturally from the material, rather than co-opt it.


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I started New On Netflix AUS/NZ for purely selfish reasons - I wanted to know what was being added. I just decided to share it with you lot. I'm also choosing The National Autistic Society as my charity for the purely selfish reasons outlined briefly above. They're a great charity and support families and carers of autistic people of all ages throughout the UK.
So dig deep if you are able to. Let's see if we can get them a few hundred quid :D
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I just quickly felt the need to share this with all the LOTR-fans out there! IT HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN!
I don't think whether I can express how happy I am. It might be a bit over the top, but it does feel like coming home. It reminds me of the style of filming for the BTS-footage of the LOTR movies, which was simply spectacular. And when the music comes up at 9:38 I almost started crying. And when I saw Richard Taylor, from the WETA workshop, it felt like seeing an old family member!
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Hudson, Massachusetts wrongful death case
Claimant was an elderly gentleman who was injured and ultimately died as a result of being struck while crossing the street in Hudson, MA.
In 2008, a Hudson man was walking on Main Street in Hudson when he came to an intersection and began crossing in the crosswalk. Suddenly and without his awareness, a driver operating a motor vehicle came around the rotary in the center of Hudson, proceeded north, and struck the client while in the middle of the crosswalk. He was thrown forward and ultimately hit his head. He was taken to the nearby Marlborough Hospital and then transferred to a Worcester Hospital where he remained for a period of time before he was discharged to a rehabilitation hospital. Ultimately, this elderly gentleman passed away due to injuries that were alleged to have been sustained in that accident.
Suit was filed against the first driver who was alleged to have failed to use care in the operation of his motor vehicle and struck the decedent while in the middle of the intersection. The defendant's insurance company denied they were in any way negligent and suggested and stated that the decedent was not in the crosswalk, he was not paying attention while crossing the street.
Through depositions and formal discovery, it was determined that there was another vehicle that was in part responsible for the first vehicle's negligence: thus, as a result another party was added to this case. Despite both companies denying any involvement and/or negligence, the case was successfully resolved for the maximum policy against the first driver and a significant contribution from the second driver. A Medicare lien was settled and resolved. The beneficiaries of the decedent's Estate received proceeds from the settlement.
Hudson Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Attorney Stephen Morte represents victims of personal injury accidents, slip and fall cases throughout the Greater Boston, Middlesex County, and Worcester County region.
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Floral Design
This course is designed to allow students to apply an artistic approach to floral design. Students will explore elements and principles of design, two and three dimensional designs, history of floral art, as well as art history, and arrangement styles and techniques with seasonal, holiday and occasional designs. Students will achieve this through designing, creating, identifying, explaining, and evaluating all topics of study. The use of floral and synthetic media will allow students to achieve balance, symmetry, harmony, unity, and texture. Curriculum will include problem solving, creative thinking, interpretation, and written and verbal communication skills.
Advanced Floral Design
This class is involves advanced floral design theory, techniques, and skills of the floral industry, including wedding, sympathy, party, holiday, high style, and advanced floral designs. Techniques include working with the customer, consultations, pricing, and use of technology in the industry. Students will investigate career opportunities and learn job skills pertinent to the Floral Design industry. Construction and servicing of weddings, funerals, party and holiday floral displays are included. Students will also learn advanced floral evaluation, and production of cut flowers and assorted horticulture plants. In addition, the intra-curricular FFA program supports and enhances the materials covered in the classroom.
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This course in intended to teach students entry level skills in the ornamental horticulture field. Students will learn various horticultural topics and s "hands-on" approach will be applied whenever possible. Plant identification, greenhouse practices and equipment use will be covered. Also various landscape projects including school beautification, garden construction, pruning and landscape maintenance.


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When the temperature reaches between -30 and -39 degrees Fahrenheit, principals will use their discretion in canceling field trips and extracurricular activities. When making their decision, principals will consider current weather conditions and the necessity of the activity. If an agreement cannot be reached, the Superintendent shall make the decision.
All students traveling outside the district by ground or air transportation during the winter period must have the following in their possession; winter hat, winter coat, snow pants, gloves, boots, and a winter sleeping bag. The sponsor accompanying the student(s) shall carry a cell phone or calling card for emergency calls.
At -40 degrees Fahrenheit, all activities that require air transportation will be cancelled. Students cannot be transported if at the time of departure the temperature is -40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
Parental discretion is advised in determining whether the child(ren) should attend school during extreme weather conditions, -50 degrees Fahrenheit. Any student not attending school during these conditions will be granted an excused absence. Written excuses from parents may be required by school principals prior to the students return to school. Cold weather nonattendance does not relieve the student of his/her responsibility of making up missed school work.
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A retired doctor and friend of Floyd Landis is expanding his defense of the cyclist, contending that a detailed analysis of documents shows the Tour de France champion did not have a positive drug test after all.
Arnie Baker made the case in a slide show presentation on Friday evening at the Tucson Convention Center, headquarters of the El Tour de Tucson race that was scheduled for yesterday.
Landis' agent Michael Henson said the cyclist was in Tucson to be the official starter for the race, but that he would not talk to reporters.
Landis, who denies doping, is contesting findings that showed two urine samples had elevated testosterone to epitestosterone levels during the Tour de France in July.
"There is no basis for a positive test in the first place," Baker said. "How it got this far in the first place, I have no idea. But I've looked at the test, and to me, it's appalling."
Speaking to an audience of about 100, most of them cyclists, Baker took several swipes at the French laboratory that analyzed Landis' urine samples. Displaying documents obtained from the US Anti-Doping Agency by Landis' attorney Howard Jacobs, Baker said both urine samples, not just the backup "B" sample, were misidentified at various times during the lab's handling.
Earlier this week, World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound defended the French lab in a conference call, saying the case against the US cyclist should not be derailed by a mistake in the labeling of his backup urine specimen.
Travis Tygart, general counsel for USADA, did not return messages left on Friday night.
Baker said he has known Landis since 1997, when the cyclist took part in the Tucson event, his first pro race, as a tandem partner on Baker's team. The team won the race.
Baker, from San Diego, Calif., is retired from medical practice and is a full-time cycling coach.
He said he offered to take a look at the case after talking with Landis at the funeral for the cyclist's father-in-law.


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Had another rather indulgent weekend! Following on from the tapas and sangria on Friday, Saturday my boyfriend cooked for me and we had a bottle of rose prosecco - which then made us thinks spirits and liqueurs would be a good idea! Followed by some drunken SingStar on the PS3 - and being drunk I though it was a great idea to download some extra songs, hopefully the neighbours like Lady Gaga and Glasvegas!
Dinner was amazing! I was very impressed and think I shouldn't bother cooking ever again!
We had Pork en Croute, pork fillet stuffed with a mixture of cheese, eggs and herbs, wrapped in parma ham and then cooked in pastry, with little pastry hearts on top - served with new potatoes and rocket salad. For desert we ha Gu chocolate souffle's. Heaven!
I also discovered on Saturday that the "Crema Catalan" liqueur I had in La Tasca tastes and awful lot like Lidl's Limoncello
Anyway, here's a couple of crappy photos of dinner and once of my dicking about with candles and wine glasses!


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On Feb. 22, Wake Forest volunteers and other members of the community worked together to clean Odd Fellows Cemetery at an event organized by David Davis, manager of landscaping services.
Odd Fellows was created in 1911 and served as the only burial site for black residents for years. Since the 1950s, the cemetery has fallen into disrepair.
Davis organized the service project through the North Carolina Branch of the Professional Grounds Management Society. He was inspired by the story of Deltra Bonner, whose aunt's gravesite was recently rediscovered.
"I felt led to do something," Davis said.
Volunteers sowed grass, planted 2,500 flower bulbs and cleared away litter. They also worked to remove a tree that fell last June.
James Clyburn, president of the Friends of Odd Fellows Inc., appreciated the volunteers' efforts. "It's very exciting to see people to come out and help clean up a cemetery that's been in disarray for over 30 to 40 years," he said.
Derrick Boone, associate dean for the Masters of the Arts in Management program at the University, brought his son to the event to teach him the value of service and history. Dedee Johnston, director of the Wake Forest Office of Sustainability, organized students to volunteer at the event. "This is a culturally significant site," she said. "This is a great opportunity to bring some dignity back to the space."
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Study Abroad in Hyderabad: Living Abroad
Housing and Meals
International Student Residence Hall
- Shared double room
- Shared bathroom
- Air conditioning
- Laundry facilities
- Includes 3 meals per day in the residence dining room
Internet access is included at the student residence hall
International Student Residence Hall
The comfortable student residence hall is on campus and designed especially for study abroad students. All rooms are air conditioned. Bathrooms are shared and students have access to a shared dining room, computer room, common room, T.V. room and laundry facilities.
Typically students share a double room. A limited number of single rooms are available for a supplemental fee. Please contact the AIFS Admissions Officer for details on cost and timing of payment.
You will receive 3 meals a day in the residence cafeteria which provides good quality Indian and Western food.
Cultural Activities
In addition to day trips and excursions, a cultural calendar of regular activities and social events is included in your program fee. These activities will include both typical tourist sites and attractions and lesser known visits which take advantage of the expert knowledge of our local AIFS staff and give you a more authentic and insightful view of Indian life. Typical activities, tours and visits include:
- Hyderabad city tour – take a bus, car, or auto ride into the city center to visit the stone Buddha statue in the middle of the Hussain Sagar lake and the gleaming white marble Balaji temple overlooking it
- Golconda Fort and Qutb Shahi Tombs - climb the medieval granite fort of the Qutb Shahi kings to get a birds eye view of the city, and explore the beautiful tomb complex.
- Charminar and Chowmahalla Palace visit the old city of Hyderabad to see the iconic Charminar, a 400-year-old four-minaret building that is considered the heart of Hyderabad. Also explore the palace of the erstwhile ruler of Hyderabad State, once considered the richest man in the world.
- Visits to local markets and bazaars explore the bylanes of Laadbazar and shop at the traditional bangle, pearl, and perfume shops in the area. Also visit a craft market to buy arts and crafts from the region and go fabric shopping to discover an Alladins cave of Indian textiles.
- Visits to local IT companies or NGOs to get a glimpse of Indias technology and development sectors.
- Indian cooking lessons learn about Indian spices and cooking techniques when you cook a meal in a Hyderabadi home.
- Festival celebrations celebrate local festivals with us: dancing with traditional dancing sticks during Dasera, visiting brightly lit and decorated pandals at the Ganesh festival, or going crazy with color for Holi.
- Weaving Co-operative take a day trip to a village to visit the home of traditional weavers and watch them weave intricate patterns in cotton and silk.
You may be asked to pay a small supplementary fee for some events.
Volunteering Program
Volunteer opportunities with local organizations are available in Hyderabad. Visits to Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations based in the area can be arranged upon request. More information about this will be given on arrival in Hyderabad
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Namaste!–that's hello in Hindi; but I also speak English, Telugu and Urdu. I'm excited to introduce you to the incredible diversity you'll find here in Hyderabad.
I was born in Illinois, but moved to India when I was very young. As my father was a professor at the University of Hyderabad, I lived on the campus for 10 years, so I am extremely familiar with the place that will be your new home! I lived in the U.S. for 12 years and received a graduate degree in Media Studies from Penn State University. I also have a PhD in Communication from the University of Hyderabad. I fully understand the adjustment you will experience as you acclimate to this new culture—you can think of me as your go-to person, coordinator, mediator, guide and friend while you are staying here in India.
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In most cases attic space is limited so your goal is the antenna that provides maximum performance in a minimal size. Be careful not to fall for the idea that antenna size is not related to performance because it is. Don't let anyone tell you different.
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One concern when mounting a TV antenna in the attic is multi-path interference. Multi-path interference is common in most attics. The directional design of the EZ HD antenna eliminates multi-path interference common with most multi or omnidirectional antennas. The EZ HD antenna is less than 36" long and 34" wide at it's maximum width. The antenna weighs less than 4lbs.
The HD Stacker antenna is our best long range high performance antenna. Like the EZ HD antenna this antenna inch for inch is supoerior to any other antenna on the market. The performance of the HD Stacker compares to competitor antennas that are 12 to 14 feet long. The HD Stacker offers a directional receiving pattern that increases range and elimnates multi-path interference common in most attic spaces.
The HD Stacker is less than 6" long and 63" wide at its maximum width. It weighs less than 9lbs.
In the attic or outdoors. When it comes to the performance to size ratio nothing on the market beats the EZ HD or the HD Stacker antennas.
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What to Do for Impacted Wisdom Teeth
Many people talk about wisdom teeth, but few really understand them. These teeth are your third molars and they typically emerge by age 25 or sometimes not at all. But these teeth can be problematic because they are prone to decay and improper placement, or may even get stuck in the gums and become impacted wisdom teeth. To avoid later wisdom teeth pain and problems, you can have a simple outpatient procedure where a dentist or oral surgeon extracts them with ease.
Getting Ready for Wisdom Teeth Removal
Only a dentist or oral surgeon can tell whether you have impacted wisdom teeth and require wisdom teeth removal. An x-ray will be taken to provide a precise look at your wisdom teeth and help the dentist determine the proper treatment. If surgery is recommended, you will be given preparation instructions much like these:
- Share your complete medical and dental history, along with all medications and supplements you take.
- Because you will be given anesthesia during surgery to remove your impacted wisdom teeth, you will be advised on how to prepare yourself.
- Notify your dentist if you are sick immediately before the procedure because it might need to be delayed.
- Do not eat or drink anything for eight hours before the surgery.
- Arrange for transportation and help at home for the day of your surgery.
- Be sure to follow all post-surgery instructions to ensure healthy healing.
- Do not smoke on the day of wisdom teeth removal because this increases your risk of complications.
What You Can Expect
You will have one of two main types of extractions. In a simple extraction, a general dentist simply loosens the tooth from the gum and takes it out. Surgical extraction is more complex, and involves either an oral surgeon or dentist making an incision in the gum or cutting away the bone to remove the tooth. You will be given anesthesia for both procedures to numb your mouth and help you relax. Once impacted wisdom teeth have been extracted, you will need to bite down on a piece of gauze to allow a blood clot to form over the removal site. This will protect the area and allow it to heal. It is of vital importance to not disturb the blood clot while you recover to avoid any complications.
Recovery Guidelines
Your dentist or oral surgeon will provide you with complete instructions for recovery from your surgery, which must be followed while you convalesce at home. It's normal to feel some wisdom teeth pain for a few days following the extraction. The degree of discomfort will depend on the difficulty of your wisdom teeth removal. Keep in mind that most wisdom teeth pain subsides in a few days, but healing takes at least two weeks. To aid your recovery, most dentists recommend these helpful hints:
- Use over-the-counter or prescribed pain medication as directed by your dentist.
- Apply ice packs to your face to reduce any swelling, for 20 minutes at a time.
- The day after surgery, you can begin gently rinsing your mouth with warm salt water a few times a day to clean the area and prevent infection.
- Opt for soft foods the first few days after wisdom teeth removal. Gradually try other foods as you feel comfortable.
- Once the swelling subsides, soothe a sore jaw with warm compresses.
- Do not use a straw, smoke, or spit after surgery because this can dislodge the protective blood clot.
- Call your dentist at once if you experience severe swelling, chills, fever, or redness, as this may signal a complication that needs to be treated.
To get the dental care you deserve from an affordable dentist in Crown Point, call Wadas Dental of Crown Point today at (219) 488-2610 or make an appointment.
Wadas Dental of Crown Point offers affordable family dentistry and gentle, compassionate dental care in Crown Point. Our offices are conveniently located with extended hours to meet your needs. At Wadas Dental of Crown Point, we provide most dental services, from basic preventative care and general dentistry to specialized procedures and complete dental reconstruction. We accept most dental insurance plans and offer affordable financial solutions for any budget. Patient satisfaction is our top priority and we strive to provide the exceptional, affordable dental care and personal touch that lead to lasting relationships. A smiling patient is our greatest reward and we look forward to keeping those smiles healthy, beautiful, and bright. Discover an affordable dentist who truly cares at Wadas Dental of Crown Point.


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De Coiler Machine
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In order to meet the various requirements of the clients with the best products, we are offering commendable De Coiler Machine at most affordable prices. This is made using latest technology, techniques and superior grade raw materials, which are obtained from reliable vendors. Moreover, it is checked on multiple parameters like; design, construction, performance, efficiency, strength, etc to ensure consistent quality. Due to all, we are acknowledged as market oriented supplier, manufacturer and exporter.We are mainly deal this product in Hyderabad & it's near by areas.
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Hunkydory His & Hers Luxury Birthday Card Kits
Viewer Comments
Just love Hunkydory, really going have to get the variety pack for him .. Really love the fact they touch for all ages. Happy Retirement Mike ! Got to love watching these videos so keep up the great work Paulette and Gail and the rest of the staff.
great card kits, variety for all ages
Happy Retirement to Mike
Great job ladies as usual. Happy retirement to Paulette's husband, he's going to enjoy it. Watching these video's is how I now spend most of my retirement!
So nice to have a variety that covers all ages! Good luck to Mike - and Paulette, please tell us you didn't tell him "to take a hike" - sorry, I simply could not resist.
Another FUN webisode with amazing Hunkydory products! Nice to see Hunkydory cards for him, also!
Happy Retirement to Paulette's husband, Mike! And thank you ladies, yet again. Another wonder! Annette
Wow!,Hunkydory is just an amazing creative company.These have a huge amount of fun.I love the fact they touch all ages.Thank you ladies.Fun,fun,as always.
I'm glad to see that Hunkydory made a variety pack for both hims and hers. Great selection in each package......there is not one in the bunch that I do not like. Great job from over the pond. Also great job, Paulette and Gail. You both make me smile. TFS.
Paper Wishes Weekly Webisodes feature free scrapbooking video classes and card making video classes! Every week Paulette and Gail bring you new online scrapbooking or card making classes demonstrating the very latest paper craft and scrapbooking techniques. Each of our free card making and scrapbooking classes also gives you unique project ideas and tips from Paper Wishes' Design Team. Come back often so you don't miss any of the fun in our card making and scrapbooking classes! You are sure to be inspired! Also watch for our "Week of Webisodes" events where we feature new scrapbooking video classes daily!


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Nursery Funding
Nursery Funding
The Government has introduced new policies which will affect free nursery places in Camden.
This is an offer of 30 hours free early education for working parents who meet certain criteria. All parents will be required to register on the Government website, 'Childcare Choices' (link below), to see if they meet the criteria which will affect the funding for our school.
It is essential that parents of children joining our nursery register on the Government website to ensure that we receive funding to run our Nursery. Below you will find information explaining the process and a useful flowchart.
If you do not register or complete the Camden Enhanced Offer form and send it off, we will not be able to start your child in our Nursery full time.
Key documents you need:
A completed school starter pack -available from the school office
Parent declaration form for the free entitlement-available below
A copy of the Camden Enhanced Offer – YOU MUST ALSO SEND THIS TO THE ADDRESS ON THE FORM OR EMAIL IT TO THE ADDRESS ON THE FORM- available below
Parent eligibility code - from Childcare Choices website
Your child's passport or birth certificate
Parent national insurance number
Proof of your address
The process is simple, but if you require help with any part of the process, please do contact the school office.


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LET'S MAKE! (a deal)
During May 2014, all members posting projects in Elektor.LABS will receive an ECIO single board computer for free, courtesy of Matrix Technology Solutions Ltd.
Simply log-in first, and then create a project or enter a proposal, and the Elektor.LABS team will contact you at the end of the month. Easy ;)
The board will be delivered to your mailbox completely for free!
About ECIO boards
The ECIO family of USB programmable single board computers provide an incredibly simple way of adopting microcontroller technology into your projects. ECIO devices include a microcontroller with clock, power and programming circuitry on a standard 0.6" DIL header. When you plug the USB lead in to an ECIO you can reprogram the device or use the USB interface for communications with a PC.
Currently there are three ECIO devices based on PIC and ARM microcontrollers. ECIO devices are compatible with hex code from a number of compilers including Flowcode, BASIC, C and assembly.
More info and links
- Data sheet [PDF]
- User guide [PDF]
- Product page (including drivers, downloads, and more)


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Everything I Need to Know I Learnt from Playing Fighting Fantasy RPG Adventures - Sneak Peek
Time for another peek. This time it comes from Ed Jolley's "Everything I Need to Know I Learnt from Reading Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks" series of articles which covers the various RPG adventures...
The Curse of Kallamehr
The moment the adventurers reach the top of Rangor Tower, they see the Riddling Reaver pushing Baron Bluestone over the edge. Regardless of whether they rushed up there as quickly as possible, tried to hurry but got delayed, or even wasted time attempting to interrogate a corpse, trying to open the puzzle box or solving the half-dozen riddles contained within it, they arrive just in time to see the Baron thrown to his death. It's almost as if the Reaver deliberately delayed the fatal shove until he had a suitable audience. Then again, if he had orchestrated the killing like that, you'd expect him to follow it up with a sub-Schwarzenegger pun about the Baron being an over-the-top character or dropping in on his subjects, so maybe the writers just favoured spectacle over realism.
Moral: Timing is an important aspect of comedy – even for tasteless and unpleasant jokes.


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The Children's Museum of Phoenix is ideal for a variety of special events.
Weddings & Family Celebrations
Corporate Receptions & Holiday Parties
Business Meetings & Seminars
Children's Birthday Parties
High School Proms
The unique setting for your next event.
In the heart of downtown Phoenix, the Children's Museum of Phoenix offers a spectacular space for your next special event. Housed in the historic Monroe School Building, the Museum features three floors of creative, hands-on exhibits that will entertain and delight.
Originally built in 1913, this grand building was once the largest elementary school west of the Mississippi. Lovingly restored to its natural beauty and renovated to welcome a new generation of children, the Children's Museum of Phoenix opened to the public in 2008.
The Museum is a green environment. You will find original exposed brick and ceiling rafters; hardwood floors, both restored and new; and many spaces that use green and recycled materials including a sparkling CD wall and a one-of-a-kind silverware chandelier. Our unique facility accommodates any type of gathering from formal sit-down dinners and cocktail parties to business meetings and themed birthday bashes.
Let us work with you to make your event a one-of-a-kind creation to amaze and amuse you and your guests!
Call 602.648.2747 or e-mail email@example.com for more information and to schedule a tour.
Weddings & Family Celebrations
The Children's Museum of Phoenix is all about bringing families closer together so we're a perfect place for celebrating some of the biggest family moments of all – weddings, anniversaries, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Quinceañera, and family reunions. Our historic century-old building is an ideal setting for those milestone events that become part of your family's history. Call 602-648-2747 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to schedule a tour and turn your vision of your special day into a reality.
Dan and Dawn celebrated their wedding at the Museum
Corporate Receptions & Holiday Parties
With our convenient downtown location, the Children's Museum of Phoenix is very corporate-friendly. Our historic building shines in its ability to wrap a fun contemporary event in a grand professional setting. Business casual, suit and tie, and formal attire all feel right at home here.
Call 602.648.2747 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to check available dates during busy event seasons and to receive a customized itemized estimate.
Business Meetings & Seminars
Tired of staring at the same four walls of your own conference room? Want to help your team tap into their creative spirit or just liven up a long day of meetings? Our meeting rooms may be just the thing you need. Rent them by the hour or by the day. Our easy-to-find location and ample free parking take away half of the barriers to going off-site. You can have refreshments or lunch catered by or visit SpoonZ Express Café on the second floor. Enjoy the cool air-conditioning indoors, or stretch your legs and get some fresh air at one of the picnic tables on our front lawn.
Call 602.648.2747 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com for more information about business meetings and seminars.
High School Proms
Proms are spectacular at the Children's Museum of Phoenix, which is one of the most unique and whimsical event spaces in the Valley. We make it easy for students and faculty to plan the perfect prom with a focus on creating a memorable and positive experience for all. Our all-inclusive packages start at $10,000 for 300 students and can be customized to accommodate up to 800. Prom packages include space rental, parking, dance floor, catering, tables, linens, security guards, custodial service and more. Your school provides those things that truly make each prom unique such as the DJ, event lighting, and decorations. Each school can use the photographers they already work with. Museum Security Staff must be used for all events and can be supplemented with Police/Resource Officers that your school typically deals with for school events.
Call 602.648.2747 or e-mail email@example.com for more information about prom packages and other school-related events and to schedule a tour.
For more information and to schedule a tour, contact our Special Events team:
Megan Tully
Special Events Manager
Prices and policies subject to change.
Catering Policy:
Daytime Events, Meetings, Birthday Parties, and Proms: All food and beverage must be purchased from Spoonz Express.
Individual Visitors: Families and field trip participants may bring in lunches for their own personal consumption during normal operating hours.
Private Evening Events: We strongly recommend using one of the Museum's preferred catering companies. All other catering companies must be approved by the Children's Museum of Phoenix. Please contact our events team for more details.
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An EMS is a method of one way broadcasting to a predetermined set of people. There may be multiple methods in the system, but they are all designed as one-way communication.
Besides the most common uses of alerting police, fire and paramedic to emergency situations, more and more businesses are adopting ENS's for added employee security, support and awareness. This is especially true for schools, business campuses and any business with multiple, vulnerable, hard to secure locations. There's no better way to alert your employees to dangerous or critical situations.
Most ENS's are easily adaptable to your existing security infrastructure, your voice systems, any LED signage, your entire LAN network. The best ENS's assure emergency communication at three levels: Employees inside your buildings, those outside the critical locations and those "At your side." The messages may be live or pre-recorded and may be delivered through any number of systems from loudspeaker to cell phone.
Your ENS will receive input from an external source, a fire panel, Panic Button or your live notification. This is then relayed through your LAN or structured cable system and internet connection as messages "pushed" through to inside, outside and cell phone delivery devices.
Layering your ENS methods is the best guarantee for highest security. The more ways you can reach your intended targets the better: loudspeakers, flashing lights, warning buzzers. If half your employees are, for example, wearing soundproof headphones or listening to I-pods, the need for layering is obvious.
Don't allow yourself to be vulnerable to chaotic, drastic scenarios. Safeguard your buildings AND your people with the highest level of readiness.


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Quite some time ago, I wrote a post titled Wow… The Windows Key is useful after all. That post attracted some attention – apparently I wasn't the only one who really overlooked that key on my keyboard. As it turns out, Vista has decided to include a few extra "Windows Key" keyboard shortcuts too. The majority of the previous Windows Key shortcuts still work in Vista, but here are some new ones:
Windows Key + G: Cycle through the Sidebar Gadgets
Windows Key + T: Cycle through programs on the Taskbar
Windows Key + U: Open the Ease of Access Center
Windows Key + X: Open the Windows Mobile Center


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July 19, 2014
A Car That Is Smarter Than Its Driver Can Cut Pollution (Julia Pyper and ClimateWire, 7/16/14, Scientific American)
Traffic jams and collisions aren't only frustrating for drivers, but they multiply emissions and are potentially life-threatening and damaging to the economy. But these problems could dissipate as more vehicles take to the roads equipped to communicate with each other and drive themselves. [...]Obama cited a study that found Americans spend 5.5 billion hours stuck in traffic each year at a cost of $120 billion in wasted time and gas--or $800 per commuter.Car crashes have an even bigger price tag. The nearly 33,000 road deaths and more than 3.9 million injuries in 2010 cost Americans $871 billion in economic loss and societal harm, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.The Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the auto industry, has been developing cutting-edge vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication technology that could reduce up to 80 percent of crashes that don't involve fatigue or alcohol.Using short-range wireless signals, connected vehicle technology can alert drivers if a car up ahead slams on the brakes or if an oncoming car is about to run a stop sign. V2V communication can also enable the highest level of vehicle automation, or self-driving capability, by giving a car complete awareness of its environment.
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Transatlantic Energy Relations
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Recent upheaval in the global energy system – dramatic increases in demand led largely by developing countries, significant decreases in supply as a result of local or regional conflicts, and the growing nexus between the burning of hydrocarbons and climate change – has unsettled long-held notions of energy security. For many years, transatlantic cooperation helped undergird the system's stability, but Europe and North America have drifted apart in several key ways, potentially undermining the search for energy sufficiency, surety, and sustainability. Will the transatlantic partners continue on separate paths in the face of dramatic change in the global energy system, or does the breadth and depth of the challenges they confront compel them to work more closely together?
In this edited volume, experts from across Europe and North America – including advisors to the executive and legislative branches of both the EU and the United States, to senior military commanders, and to major international organizations and companies – examine the most salient facets of the transatlantic energy relationship and discern whether that relationship is characterized by growing convergence or divergence.
This book was based on a special issue of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies.


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Sleep often eludes the "big huggy bear" these days.
Over and over, A.J. Munchak, 65, has read the transcript of the June trial during which he was convicted of extortion and seven other counts.
Dressed casually and seated on a couch in his lawyer's downtown Scranton office, the disgraced former Lackawanna County commissioner insists he cannot understand why a federal jury believed what he labels the lies told by architectural and engineering firm co-owner Don Kalina.
He comes up with no comprehensible answer to the question, "What am I doing here?" facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. Only when he asks the question out loud, his language is more colorful.
"I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. It's a daily 24-7 that you just, that's all you think about, unless your mind is sent away for watching a football game or having dinner with friends or something," Mr. Munchak said in office of defense attorney Christopher T. Powell.
"Always, 24-7. I don't sleep well at all. I do not sleep well. I read that trial transcript, I'll bet you six times ... 2,300 and some pages."
The transcript always says the same thing. It says Mr. Kalina testified to giving him $60,000 in cash that he demanded and another $30,000 in cash to fellow former Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro.
It says he was convicted of 8 of 21 counts against him, including extortion.
The first fueled the second, but it is the conviction that forces him to walk the fine line that every convict must walk: a jury said you're guilty, you still think you're not, but you still have to face a judge who wants a display of remorse at sentence time. As Senior U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo sentences Mr. Munchak on Monday, his appeal of the conviction will remain pending.
"I mean, I accept responsibility," Mr. Munchak said. "I brought shame on my wife and kids and my family; I brought shame to my friends; I've brought shame to the taxpayers of Lackawanna County. I've stained the office of commissioner. That's my fault. I'm found guilty, and I'm a convicted felon."
He resigned the day after his conviction and ever since has prepared at some level for the inevitable prison sentence ahead. He has worked on closing his tax practice and selling his home on Mulberry Street.
"It's not easy wrapping up a life," he said.
Good deeds
He attended six games, home and away, of the Tennessee Titans, the professional football team coached by his nephew, Mike Munchak. Now and then, he popped into a casino. Gambling is a hobby, according to trial testimony.
He still takes his aunt, who now lives in an assisted-living center, to church and to lunch. Other times, he visited his children and grandchildren in Boston and Chicago. He shuttles between here - where he honors charitable and legal commitments - and Florida, where his wife lives. He ran fundraising golf tournaments for the United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties featuring his nephew and for the American Red Cross. He still donates blood to the Red Cross.
He gets especially worked up when he reads that federal prosecutors argue in court papers that the 180 pints of blood he has donated since high school "is a relatively brief, non-interactive event and does not constitute a good work of such magnitude" to warrant a reduced sentence and "is an impersonal and detached act." He leans forward, visibly angry.
"Donating blood saves lives. Is it as dramatic as a fireman running into a burning building? Of course not," Mr. Munchak said. "But this is telling, reading between the lines, it means nothing to them to save lives."
'It's not easy'
This is telling, too. Mr. Munchak could have spared himself much of the misery he now faces.
In a passionate letter written the day his father was convicted, Anthony Munchak asked for Judge Caputo "to use the extraordinary legal powers that you have as a federal judge to right this wrong in some way."
"My dad rejected a plea deal of 36 months because he had confidence in the system, and he had the truth on his side. On June 21, the system failed him," the son wrote.
The son argued, as his father still does, that if Mr. Munchak and Mr. Cordaro had been tried separately, the jury never would have mixed up Mr. Munchak with the more mountainous evidence against Mr. Cordaro.
Why, Mr. Munchak is asked, did he reject a plea deal that promised a 36-month sentence and perhaps a further reduction if he testified against Mr. Cordaro? This raises his hackles.
"Why? Because, one, I didn't do anything wrong. I'm not pleading guilty to something I didn't do. And two, I'd have to testify against Bob. I wasn't a witness to anything; I didn't know any of that stuff," he said. "I wanted a trial by my ... peers. I got it. And they found me guilty."
He declines to kick himself for not taking the deal.
"No. I'd have to admit to something I didn't do," he said. "I was found guilty; I'm a convicted felon; I have to accept it, and I face prison, and it's not easy. It's not easy."
Contact the writer: bkrawczeniuk@ timesshamrock.com