text:
PS: If you want to copy any of these photos and put them on social media to celebrate launch day, that could be great! This is another one the publisher would love to see everywhere! With #TrustMe!
7 smart and sassy crime fiction writers dish on writing and life. It's The View. With bodies.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Hank Discovers A Law of the Universe
PS: If you want to copy any of these photos and put them on social media to celebrate launch day, that could be great! This is another one the publisher would love to see everywhere! With #TrustMe!
94 comments:
Happy Book Birthday, Hank! I loved "Trust Me" and it's wonderful to see so many lovely, well-deserved reviews. It's definitely an unputdownable book . . . .ReplyDelete
My favorite true crime book? "In Cold Blood." As for the movies, I'm a sucker for screwball comedy, so it's got to be "His Girl Friday" . . . .Replies
Oh thank you! And I am so grateful for your kind words! It makes such a difference!Delete
And yes I love both of those! Xx
Congratulations, Hank! I'm so sorry I'll miss your launch party tonight but I'm sure it'll be standing room only.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! We will miss you! XxxDelete
Happy Launch Day! I won't be at the Brookline event, sad to say. Like you said, it is a thousand degrees and I'm doing as little as possible today (and tomorrow). But I've already bought Trust Me so I hope I'm forgiven for missing the event.
I don't read true crime so I don't have a favorite book. As for reporter movie, I suppose 'Spotlight' would be in the running.
As a slightly off-topic aside, yesterday I received the copy of Lucy Burdette's Death On The Menu that I won as a part of a giveaway for the book launch. Thanks Lucy!Replies
I really did LOVE this book! Happy launch!! I'll be at Brookline Booksmith tonight. Can't wait!ReplyDeleteReplies
See you soon! XxxxxDelete
Congrats Hank, blowing kisses from CT. I know this will be a wonderful launch and have a blast tonight! xoxoReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! Very exciting!xxDelete
Happy Book Birthday!ReplyDelete
As of yesterday, Trust Me was in transit for me at the library. They don't often get books before the release date.
Oh wonderful ' crossing fingers like mad that you love it! 😘Delete
congrats! Stay cool and have fun.ReplyDeleteReplies
Fun, yes--cool--impossible! But it's summer! THANK YOU! xooxoDelete
Congratulations, Hank. This weather gives a whole new meaning to "hot off the presses" TRUST ME.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yikes, exactly.May I steal that tonight?? xooxoo xoxooDelete
Great article about the 3 sides to every story! Congratulations on your launch!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, thank you! Yes, it was fascinating to write--it really made me think about the book again. SO pleased you read it..thank you!Delete
Congratulations on your book launch, Hank! It sounds like the critics are already behind you, although the trolls may still be out there. No need for a book giveaway as far as I'm concerned. Amazon has promised to deliver my pre-ordered copy today. Now I just need to know what kind of sadistic editor would set the deadline for your next book on the day your new book launches. For shame!ReplyDelete
Favorite true crime books would probably include Ann Rule's "The Stranger Beside Me" and "All the President's Men" (the Woodward/Bernstein version). Favorite reporter movies have to include "All the President's Men" (the Redford/Hoffman version), "Spotlight," "The Post," and maybe the Matthau/Lemmon version of "The Front Page."
I hope your event tonight is standing room only!Replies
Thank you! SO exciting...although this is the peak vacation season, so we shall see.Delete
I hope you'l look for those articles--we have EXACTLY the same taste!
This comment has been removed by the author.ReplyDelete
Super congrats on your launch today, Hank! Can't believe you have a deadline to meet while celebrating Trust Me, but if anyone can multi task, you can. Enjoy every minute!! As for favourite reporter movie, All the President's Men - hands down. The action is all cerebral and moves so slowly compared to today's hyper-paced movies, and it's all fascinating and so satisfying. Plus, it has Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, which makes a for a double win in my good-looks book ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, SO agree! Eager for you to read the article--I think we'll be simpatico! But--of course! xoxoDelete
Congratulations, Hank. As you well know, I think the book is a masterpiece and I fully expect that this ride will include a few awards along the way. Couldn't happen to a more deserving and dedicated individual.ReplyDelete
As for true crime, I am still fascinated by FATAL VISION and then the controversy (and resulting books) that surrounded it.Replies
Yes, exactly! And the fact hat we don't know what really happened..right?Delete
And seriously--your review still has me floating .Thank you! oxooo
Congratulations and happy launch. I don't read much true crime though I loved Garden of good and Evil. Spotlight was a great movie, I was riveted to my seat.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yup--Agreed! Spotlight was amazing--I lived through the whole thing, right, so it was even more amazing.And thank you!Delete
Um, Hank, you do this every book launch. Worry, I mean. Trust Me, there's no need to worry! People are in bookstores sidling up to perfect strangers, 'Pssst, you gotta read this book. Trust Me.' People are sitting outside bookstores, in their cars, feverishly cracking open the cover. Trust Me, more than one dinner will be late tonight!ReplyDelete
Oh, Flora, I do??? THANK YOU for reminding me! ANd I am imagining that scene--LOVE it! Thank you!Delete
Hank -- Congratulations on the book, which sounds unmissable! And wishing you a non-wilting wardrobe tonight, sure you'll look fabulous as ever. In addition to the great reporter movies you mentioned, I'm particularly partial to Born Yesterday and Absence of Malice. Have a great launch and cheering you on from LA!ReplyDeleteReplies
Born Yesterday is my FAVORITE!!!! Love that. It's a cartel! And Absence of Malice is on the list!Delete
Happy pub day, Hank! I wish I could be there to celebrate in person, but I'll be cheering you on from the West Coast!ReplyDeleteReplies
I wish you were here, too! But thank you thank you for everything! xoxooDelete
Even before commenting, I put up the last picture and made my facebook feed public, which I rarely do except for lost neighborhood kittens.ReplyDelete
I read very little true crime except for what's coming out of Washington these days, and not that if I can avoid it. So my vote has to go to Truman Capote's IN COLD BLOOD. I knew the roommate of the surviving Cutter girl who was away at college when the slaughter occurred. Yikes! And when reading the book I was doing laundry, the laundry room being just off the family room. I didn't notice the washer was leaking until my feet started getting wet. That was one expensive afternoon read. Trust me.
And congratulations for an excellent pre-pub marketing campaign. Not that you needed it xoxReplies
Ann, you are a ROCK STAR. Thank you! ANd yikes, what a story! NOw THAT's a book! and yay. xooDelete
Trust me, Hank, you will meet your deadline.ReplyDelete
I don't like reading true crime, because it's True Crime. It can be unnerving. I did read In Cold Blood back when it first came out, and wrote a book report on it for English class. I wrote the report while babysitting for a family that lived in a tiny cottage in the woods. Every little outside noise terrified me that night!
I liked All the President's Men, original version. Lately I've been thinking maybe I should watch it again. Or not.
Over the weekend I bought Trust Me, and can't wait to start reading it. Trust me!
DebRo! Thank you! Cannot wait to hear what you think. xxo ANd yes, ICB is really disturbing. But All the Presidents Men--I've been thinking about rewatching, too!Delete
Congratulations on your book launch. What a wonderful celebration. I have ordered your novel and look forward to enjoying this book greatly. You look wonderful.ReplyDeleteReplies
Aw, thank you! SO lovely of you! Eager to hear what you think..let me know, okay? xoxooDelete
Congratulations and Happy Book Launch Day. Enjoy this special and unforgettable day. I will be reading Trust Me.ReplyDeleteReplies
YAY! Thank you so much! xooxooDelete
Congratulations and happy book launch, Hank!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, dear Triss! xooDelete
Congratulations on "Trust Me" Hank! I can't wait to read it. My favorite reporter movie? "All the President's Men" but "Spotlight" was good too. I don't read a lot of true crime books but I think one of the best I've read is "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann, a well-told story that more people should know about. Not long until Bouchercon!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, I have that book--I should read it! When I meet my deadline...:-) . thank you! xoxooDelete
Happy Book Launch Day. Happy Deadline Day. Happy "We're so glad Hank Writes" Day. That last one is a yet to be declared national holiday, fiercely celebrated by a dedicated group of of those who love, support and read every word written by the aforementioned Hank. Have fun tonight!ReplyDeleteReplies
Lyda, you are too wonderful...thank you SO much!Delete
Happy pub day, Hank! You and the bookk(s) will both do splendidly - Trust Me!ReplyDelete
For those of you who loved ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, a good companion piece is MARK FELT, starring Liam Neeson as the man behind "Deep Throat." It features several of the reporters Felt spoke wit, including what seemed like a ridiculously young Bob WWoodward, until I read that the real W&B were both in their 20s when they broke the Watergate story. Redford and Hoffman were a decade older!Replies
Thank you thank you darling Julia!! xxoxDelete
Congrats on the new release.ReplyDelete
sgiden at verizon(.)netReplies
So lovely of you, thank you!Delete
Happy book birthday, darling Hank! I know it's going to be a huge success. Have fun tonight at Booksmith. Off to spread the news...ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh ,crossing fingers, darling one!Delete
Happy book birthday! I'm looking forward to reading it. Trust me on that.ReplyDeleteReplies
You are wonderful ! Thank you! xxoxDelete
Happy book birthday, dear Hank! "And many more..."ReplyDelete
In Cold Blood, Helter Skelter, The Onion Field, Under the Banner of Heaven--all chilling reads, for very different reasons. But all well written books. The Devil in the White City was okay, but seemed to dribble off to a weak ending. Maybe because of the sequel? I've not read it, so I'm not sure about that.Replies
Oh, all good picks! xooxoo And I can hear you singing--thank you!Delete
Oh yay! Congratulations! This means my copy should be in a Mystery Lovers any minute now!ReplyDelete
And phooey to the Goodreads guy.
My fave reporter/true crime? Hands down, "All the President's Men." I think it counts as both, don't you?
Congrats again!
The goodreads guy is a hoot, right? I have such fun with that. SO eager to hear what you think!Delete
ANd yes, it DEFINITELY counts as both!
Happy, Happy Book Birthday, Hank! I can't wait to read TRUST ME and have posted one of your photos on my FB page. The best true crime book I've read was HELTER SKELTER by Vincent Bugliosi ~ReplyDeleteReplies
You did??? YAY! Off to look for that...SO lovely of you! Awww....Delete
Congratulations, Hank!!! This is thrilling! Off to promote TRUST ME on social media! XOXOReplyDeleteReplies
You are the BEST. Thank you. Thank you. It makes SUCH a difference! Love you so much..xoxoDelete
Hooray! Trust Me is finally out! That is a fast-paced story. Loved it. True crime? One fascinating account was Blood and Money by Tommy Thompson. It was a high society murder and revenge that happened in Houston. I forget its name but the movie with Jeremy Irons playing Claus von Bulow was fascinating. Did he or didn't he?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, absolutely, Blood and Money is on the list! And it's Reversal of Fortune--fantastic! Amazing.Delete
"You have no idea.."
Happy pub day, dear Hank!!! I cannot wait to read TRUST ME, trust me!!!! And only you could possibly do all the things that you're doing right now--hope there is a rest cure on your calendar after the next couple of weeks! I wish I could be there for your launch tonight but will be sending you lots of love and good wishes!!!ReplyDelete
I don't read much true crime, but my favorite reporter is a toss up between All the President's Men, Spotlight, and The Post. I think I need to watch All the President's Men again, but am a little afraid to! Big hugs!!!Replies
Thank you thank you!!! Awww..... love you!Delete
Congrats, Hank! Loved, loved, loved TRUST ME!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you--that makes such a difference!And you are so fabulous to spread the word! Nothing could be more important. xoxDelete
Congratulations Hank. Good luck on your deadline. The only True Crime book that I can remember reading is IN COLD BLOOD. Shalom.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yup, the best. And thank you! xoooDelete
Happy Pub Day, Hank! Congratulations! I know everyone will love TRUST ME as much as I do. And today I am enjoying all the pointers to your interviews and blogs. Fun reading.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! ANd Iam so thrilled you love it--SO happy! xooDelete
Congrats, Hank! I'm so looking forward to reading your new book, and I'm sure it's every bit as wonderful as (most of) the reviews claim.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, the Goodreads guy. Hilarious. Got to love it! Hope you agree with Booklist and not the goodreads guy. xoo :-)Delete
My husband loves true crime so I bought him Michelle McNamara's "I'll be Gone in the Dark". He doesn't usually read for hours at a time like I do, but he read this book continuously for days until he finished it. It is on his all time list as one of the best book. I prefer fictional crime. I'd rather have my crime imaginary. Not so scaryReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, it's incredible. And which is scarier--yes, true, absolutely. xoooo Love you!Delete
Congrats on the book! I am buying it ASAP! Wish I could attend the book signing!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, SO great of you! Thank you! Let me know how you like it--crossing fingers! xooDelete
Congratulations on "Trust Me!" Can't wait to read it.ReplyDelete
I don't really read true crime books, so no vote there. But Absence of Malice was the very first movie that popped into my head. (Glad it came up already in the discussion, because I was hesitating about naming it -- it's not particularly kind to the reporter.) The other movie I loved was Broadcast News.
Congratulations on "Trust Me" release today.ReplyDelete
favorite reporter movie was with Mark Ruffalo and Rachel MacAdams. I think it was titled Spotlight and it was nominated for an Oscar.
Congratulation on Trust Me. So looking forward to reading it over Labor Day Weekend. Favorite true crime book toss up between In Cold Blood and Helter Skelter. Also loved the Boston Strangler . Favorite movie All the President's Men and Spotify. All the best for tonight's festivities.ReplyDelete
Congratulations Hank ! Trust Me I'm looking forward to read itReplyDelete
I loved TRUST ME . . . can't think of any non-fiction titles to offer up right now. I'm still thinking of the "dumb" review . . . a description I heard whenever a student found a lesson a little too difficult . . . dumb ANIMAL FARM, dumb algebra, even dumb tens' and hundreds' places. That last one was a very young niece, who figured it out quickly once I brought out the bag of coins and bills from the Scholastic book order. I actually only review books I love. I don't even finish a book I don't like, much less take time to write about it. There are so many more good books than I'll have time to read, including yours. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5888719ReplyDelete
Wrong link . . . good excuse to add, I love the cover with its background word.ReplyDelete
My review https://www.amazon.com/review/R36R3ODIGSPVQH/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv
Congrats on your new release Hank!ReplyDelete
Hank, I have been gone all day, so I'm just now getting online to wish you a Happy Book Birthday here! I loved Trust Me, remember it's the rocket ship that stuck a perfect landing. I will be singing its praises on the Review Panel, "trust me."ReplyDeleteReplies
Kathy, have been on fb today and saw your comment. Hank, Trust Me is creating a lot of excitement there! Looking forward to reading it....Congratulations!Delete
hi Hank, many congratulations on the release of Trust Me--I'll be picking it up on my way home from work on Friday. I hope you're enjoying your launch party at this very moment! Too bad about the zillion degree temps along the east coast today. I'm not a huge fan of what is often noted as True Crime, but more a fan of books like Radium Girls about corporate/government cover ups and the real individuals affected. Congratulations again and I can't wait for a good long read over the weekend! --MelanieReplyDelete
Congratulations!!! That dumb reviewer was just projecting.ReplyDelete
OH, just back form the launch party-aSO GRET! SRO! I will read ALL these tomorrow! THANK YO! and I will post a winner or two! YAAAAY! xooReplyDeleteReplies
Saw the launch party pictures......was thrilled for you!!Delete
Happy Launch Day! I'm always late in posting here, but I wanted to chime in with praise for Born Yesterday, His Girl Friday, and Broadcast News. I'm glad we've had some recent movies featuring reporters doing good and important work; we need to drive home the truth that reporters aren't the "enemy of the people", they are the protectors of our basic rights and liberties.ReplyDelete


text:
Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
It's not a wonderful alt-life on ABC Family's Switched at Birth (Monday, 8/7c), as this endearing family drama imagines a "what if" scenario that hinges on Regina having gone public about the switch after she discovered it when the girls were but 3 years old. (The fact that she kept it a secret until their adolescence was the crux of an argument last week between her and John Kennish that ended with him collapsing from what appeared to be a heart attack.)
It's not a wonderful alt-life on ABC Family's Switched at Birth (Monday, 8/7c), as this endearing family drama imagines a "what if" scenario that hinges on Regina having gone public about the switch after she discovered it when the girls were but 3 years old. (The fact that she kept it a secret until their adolescence was the crux of an argument last week between her and John Kennish that ended with him collapsing from what appeared to be a heart attack.)
In this entertainingly skewed though ultimately grim version of events, which thankfully for all only lasts for a single hour of revisionist fantasy, Regina loses custody of both girls — Daphne, the one she raised from birth, and her biological daughter, Bay — and no one lives happily ever after. Daphne in particular (the impressive Katie Leclerc) has morphed from earnest overachiever into a spoiled, entitled brat who, despite having adapted to a cochlear implant and with no knowledge of American Sign Language, still uses her disability to manipulate her spineless parents. At least one thing remains the same: Emmett (Sean Berdy) is still a catch. And when both girls go in search of the mother one forgot and the other never knew, the point of this exercise becomes painfully clear. Despite their differences, this uneasily blended family can't survive without each other.
Want more TV news and reviews? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!
On a particularly timely "guess who's coming to dinner" episode of The Fosters that follows at 9/8c, tolerance for homosexuality or the lack thereof is on the menu when the two moms invite the religious parents of their adopted son Jesus's girlfriend Lexi to dinner (played by Carlos Sanz and Six Feet Under's Justina Machado), and if they weren't already worried enough about what their guests will make of this unconventional family, Stef's conservative dad (Sam McMurray) shows up, adding fuel to the fiery debate.
THAT'S A WRAP: Quite a lot happens in the first-season finale of Syfy's Defiance (9/8c) — an election result for town mayor, which comes with various betrayals (at least one if not more fatal), power grabs and mystical sacrifices — but very little feels truly fantastic in this drab Western-with-aliens hybrid. ... If the fourth-season finale of Warehouse 13 (10/9c) delivers a better time, give some credit to guest stars including Anthony Stewart Head as the evil alchemist Paracelsus and his Buffy cohort James Marsters as the newly mortal, and none too happy about it, Professor Sutton. Mortality is on just about everyone's mind, as Paracelsus scrambles to become immortal and take over the Warehouse while Myka and Pete fret over her cancer diagnosis and the irony that the one person who may be able to cure her is their new nemesis. This cliffhanger sets up next year's shortened six-episode final season.
BE THEIR GUEST: Emmy winner Tom Berenger (Hatfields & McCoys)begins an arc on TNT's Major Crimes as Capt. Raydor's long-estranged husband Jack, a lawyer now working as a court-appointed attorney. Sharon isn't pleased to see him, but Rusty takes to him pretty darn quick. (Seriously, isn't this Rusty's third strike by now?) ... More guest stars on A&E's hit dramas: Corbin Bernsen (Psych), well into his dad phase, shows up on The Glades (9/8c) as Jim's pop. ... Busy and always welcome character actor Lee Tergesen appears on Longmire (10/9c) as an ex-cop from Philly who isn't exactly welcomed by Vic (Katee Sackhoff).
THE MONDAY GUIDE: Among the vintage Tonight Show interviews being replayed on Carson on TCM (8/7c): Doris Day, Charlton Heston, Chevy Chase, Dean Martin and Tony Curtis (the latter followed by a screening of the classic Some Like It Hot at 9/8c). ... Remember the deputy who made the mistake of shooting into the dome on CBS's Under the Dome last week? He's gone rogue, spurring a manhunt in episode three (10/9c). And what about the show's most irritating character, Junior, the one who's got the screaming girl trapped in a bunker? He tries to escape the dome by burrowing underground. I think we can all agree we'd like to see him get fried, and I think we all also know we're not going to get that lucky just yet. ... They may be afraid, but at least the 10 teams participating in NBC's new extreme-adventure reality-competition series Get Out Alive With Bear Grylls (9/8c), set in the wilds of New Zealand's South Island, aren't naked. Yet. And at least they're not faking it, like the actor-"contestants" on NBC's scripted dud Siberia (10/9c). ... Or maybe you'd rather spend time with BBC America's Dangerman: The Incredible Mr. Goodwin, though you can call him Jonathan. He's a daredevil escapologist who, in the premiere (10/9c), attempts a stunt in the California desert that defeated Harry Houdini three times. ... In a sequel to his Oscar-nominated documentary about the environmental perils of fracking, Josh Fox's Gasland Part II (HBO, 9/8c) revisits American citizens whose lives (and water supplies) were impacted by living near fracking wells and travels to Australia as the controversial practice goes global.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
"Schmidt's Deodorant is made from a signature blend of all natural ingredients that really works. Our product effectively neutralizes underarm odor and absorbs wetness without the use of harmful chemicals."
With the wonderful and warm spring that we have had in Oregon, I've been able to really give this product a try. Our garden is booming and Coral is loving our trips to the park so I have been lucky to have Schmidt's natural deodorant on hand. At the end of each day I have been so pleased that I don't have much of an odor at all!
I have been looking into natural deodorants for a while since I don't want to expose myself to the chemicals that are in conventional products. I have been happy and not-so-happy with a few different natural stick deodorants that come in plastic tubes. When I found Schmidt's, I was interested in trying to "think outside the plastic" as the say and use their baking soda based product that comes in glass.


text:
The Piping Plover is a small, stocky shorebird, similar in size to the American Robin that blends well with its beach habitat having a sandy colored body, white underside and distinct orange legs. During the breeding season the plover has a black forehead and breast band with an orange bill.
There are three geographical areas where Piping Plovers breed in North America—along the Atlantic Coast, throughout the Northern Great Plains and along the Great Lakes. Michigan is home to the vast majority of breeding plovers in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan plovers prefer wide, sandy, open beaches with little to no vegetation. In 1986, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Great Lakes Piping Plover population as an endangered species; that same year the other two populations were listed as a threatened species.
Historically, several hundred breeding pairs were observed in 20 counties throughout Michigan but by 1986 there were only 17 breeding pairs in nine counties. This initial decline was largely due to excess hunting in the 19th and early 20th century, until the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 stopped this activity. Population numbers began to slowly increase until the 1950s when the plovers saw another decline in numbers, this time due to increased habitat loss, recreational pressure, predation and habitat contamination. Additionally, high lake levels in the late 1970s and mid 1980s temporarily removed a vast amount of nesting area for the birds.
These deterrents have decreased the Great Lakes Piping Plover's survival rates; fledging young report approximately a 30 percent survival rate while adults report about 70 percent. Longevity records indicate Michigan plovers have a difficult time reaching five years of age or older with only 13 percent of females and 28 percent of males surviving to five.
Since 1986, the number of nesting pairs has ranged from 12 to 32 with Michigan housing all of the nesting plover pairs in 2000.
Today, several federal, state and nonprofit agencies, universities and private research centers have conducted studies on the plover's populations and are actively working to save the shorebird. Management techniques include controlling human access to nesting areas, closing off beaches during peak breeding season, monitoring and protecting nests, properly managing water flow and levels and limiting residential and industrial development in known plover breeding areas.
Michigan Audubon currently assists the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the recruitment, training and supervision of volunteers. These qualified volunteers monitor Piping Plover nesting sites in the Tawas area. Volunteers also search historical locations between Bay City and Mackinaw City on Lake Huron. If you are interested in volunteering visit: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/pipingplover/volunteers.html
Proper management techniques and dedicated volunteers have produced promising numbers for the Great Lakes Piping Plovers but the species is still extremely vulnerable to demographic or environmental events that have the potential to remove the population completely. The next decade of conservation will be critical to this species population and will hopefully lead to the removal of the plovers from the Endangered Species List.
If you would like to make a contribution to the Michigan Audubon Piping Plover conservation, visit www.michiganaudubon.org/donate.


text:
Event Store PHP client 0.2.0-rc1 released
Event Store is a functional database with Complex Event Processing. It's powered by Mono/.NET and V8, the same JavaScript engine of Google Chrome and NodeJS.
If you're new to Event Sourcing take a look at Greg Young's Events Are Not Just For Notification talk on InfoQ.
A few days after Ouro's second birthday me and Nicolò are releasing version 0.2.0-rc1 of our Event Store PHP client.
This is our first release candidate after the redesign we started three months ago, since we both have been really busy.
This release includes several bug fixes and enhancements, including a new
EventStoreInterface. This enables you to mock the client when testing classes depending on it.
How the Event Store PHP client works
The library is designed for version 3.x of the engine, using Atom HTTP API with Guzzle 4 client.
Using HTTP might seem inefficient but since everything most of feed pages can be cached forever using a reverse proxy this make things highly scalable in your organization.
What's Next?
We're already working on Broadway integration which is planned for version 0.3.0.
Feedback Please!
Feedback is really appreciated, so feel free to comment, open a issue or send us a pull request on our GitHub Repository.


text:
- Landfills Home
- Bioreactors
- Publications
- Regulations
- Groundwater Monitoring
- Closure / Post-Closure
- Financial Assurance
Solid Waste Landfill Publications
This page provides links to reports, fact sheets, guidance documents, and memos pertaining to the operation and management of municipal solid waste landfills.
Guidance Documents and Memos
Safe Disposal Procedures for Household Appliances that Use Refrigerants (PDF) (4 pp, 384K)
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
This brochure describes the federal disposal requirements landfill owners/operators and appliance/metal recyclers must follow when accepting appliances that contain refrigerants. (July 2006)
Disposal of Domestic Birds Infected by Avian Influenza - An Overview of Considerations and Options (PDF) (30 pp, 460K)
EPA and USDA are working to ensure that domesticated bird carcasses and any related materials infected with avian influenza are managed in a safe and environmentally sound manner. The document outlines critical factors in the avian influenza disposal process and includes a variety of both on- and off-site disposal/treatment options, information on cleaning and disinfecting disposal equipment, guidance on transporting infected materials for disposal, and contact information for local and state environmental, agricultural, health, and emergency response organizations. (August 11, 2006)
Management of Certain Cattle Origin Material Pursuant to the Substances Prohibited from Use in Animal Food and Feed Final Rule
Because of the Food and Drug Administration's final rule prohibiting the use of certain cattle parts in ALL animal feed, including pet food, effective April 27, 2009, alternate disposal methods for these materials will become necessary.
of April 6, 2004 Memo on Recommended Interim Practices for Disposal of
Potentially Contaminated Chronic Wasting Disease Carcasses and Wastes (PDF) (5 pp, 93K)
This memo replaces the April 2004 memorandum on recommended interim practices for disposal of potentially contaminated chronic wasting disease (CWD) carcasses and wastes in municipal solid waste landfills. The memo provides certain clarifications and revisions based on continuing discussions. These practices are particularly appropriate for landfills facing a relatively large number of carcasses from a particular culling or other event. (November 2004)
Interim Practices for Disposal of Potentially Contaminated Chronic Wasting
Disease Carcasses and Wastes (PDF) (4 pp, 14K)
This memo provides states and municipal solid waste landfill facility managers with options for the disposal of potentially contaminated chronic wasting disease (CWD) carcasses and wastes in municipal solid waste landfills. (April 2004)
No-Migration Demonstrations for MSW Disposal Facilities: A Screening Tool (PDF) (44 pp, 258 KB, About
This guidance affects EPA regulations for municipal solid waste landfills that allow groundwater monitoring requirements to be suspended if there is no potential for migration of hazardous constituents from the unit to the uppermost aquifer during the active life and post-closure care period for the municipal solid waste landfill. This manual is intended to help owners and operators of small municipal solid waste landfills (20 tons per day) to develop and submit no-migration demonstrations to state permit authorities. A no-migration demonstration can be a cost-effective way for owners and operators of municipal solid waste landfills in specific climatic and hydrogeologic conditions to comply with the groundwater monitoring provisions of the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Criteria. (February 1999)
Solid Waste Landfill CriteriaTechnical Manual
This manual was originally published in November, 1993 as a companion to the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Criteria that were promulgated on October 9, 1991 as 40 CFR Part 258. The manual's newly revised introduction discusses briefly state and tribal processes for implementing the Part 258 Criteria and changes in the Criteria since their promulgation. The manual then focuses on providing owners/operators with guidance for complying with the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Criteria. (April 1998)
Flexibility Requests for MSW Landfills in Indian Country; Draft Guidance
This guidance document sets out a process designed to help owners and operators in requesting flexibility in federal municipal solid waste landfill rules in Indian Country and to help EPA Regional offices in reviewing and processing such requests. EPA may revise the process based on further review and any comments received on the draft guidance contained in this document. (August 1997)
for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities: A Guide for Owners/Operators
(PDF) (22 pp, 2.3MB, about
PDF) | Text Version (text file) (19 pp, 43K)
This guide provides owners and operators of municipal solid waste landfills basic information on the Subtitle D regulations and summarizes the provisions of the EPA's Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Criteria. The document discusses the major requirements of these regulations, who is required to comply and when, how the rule will be implemented and enforced, and where to obtain more information. (March 1993)
Safer Disposal for Solid Waste: The Federal Regulations for Landfills (PDF) (15 pp, 617K, about PDF) | Text Version (text file) (19K)
This handbook summarizes the federal regulations covering landfill location, operations, design, groundwater monitoring and corrective action, closure and post-closure care, and financial assurance. The document also provides owners/operators and local officials dates for compliance and additional sources of information. (March 1993)
Climate Change and Waste: Reducing Waste Can Make a Difference
This folder and its series of fact sheets address the links between climate change and municipal solid waste management.
Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases: A Life Cycle Assessment of Emissions and Sinks
This report examines how municipal solid waste management and climate change are related.
List of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (1995)
This list of municipal solid waste landfills is the third in a series developed by EPA's Office of Solid Waste (renamed Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery on January 18, 2009). This list is compiled from individual records that were collected from states and the U.S. territories:
- Introduction (PDF) (4 pp, 7K)
- Section 2: State Summaries (PDF) (55 pp, 74K)
- Section 3: List of Landfills (PDF) (112 pp, 269K)
- Table (PDF) (1 pg, 3K)
of Industrial Waste Landfills and Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills
(PDF) (188 pp, 540K)
This document provides an estimate of the number of active industrial waste landfills and construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfills regulated under Subtitle D. The list is compiled from records collected by the states and territories. Individual states may classify C&D debris landfills or industrial waste landfills differently depending on state definitions. These different definitions may affect the count of actual C&D debris or industrial waste landfills. (September 1994)
Flow Control and Municipal Solid Waste Report to Congress, 1995
Fact Sheets
Clay Liners Used in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (PDF) (8 pp, 114K) | ASCII
Text Version
This fact sheet provides information on geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) and presents case studies of successful applications. GCLs represent a technology with wide acceptance for use as a barrier system in municipal solid waste landfill applications and offer some unique advantages over conventional bottom liners and covers. (December 2001)
Reclamation (PDF) (8 pp, 131K) | ASCII
Text Version
This fact sheet describes how landfill reclamation can be used to expand municipal solid waste landfill capacity. Reclamation costs can be offset by the sale or use of recovered materials, such as recyclables, soil, and waste which can be burned as fuel, but some drawbacks exist. This fact sheet provides information on this technology and presents case studies of successful reclamation projects. (July 1997)


text:
Maps, Tags, Tutorials and Assets for the Halo Custom Edition Game
Follow/Share Us
TroubleshootingWebsite FAQ
Troubleshooting Halo CE
Dedicated Server
ExtrasOfficial HEK Mapping Tutorial
Ghost's Tutorials Index
Top 100 Favorites Lists
Top 50 Year 2007 Lists
Top 50 Year 2008 Lists
Top 50 Year 2009 Lists
Top 50 Year 2010 Lists
Top 50 Year 2011 Lists
Top 50 Year 2012 Lists
Top 50 Year 2013 Lists
Top 50 Year 2014 Lists
Email Notices
File SectionsAll Files
Halo Custom Edition Game
Official Halo CE Files
Halo CE Maps
Lumoria Campaign
Modified Single Player Maps
Custom Single Player Maps
CMT Single Player Maps
Multiplayer Maps w/ AI
Modified Multiplayer Maps
YELO - Open Sauce Maps
Maps for Machinima
Custom UI Files
Halo Utilities
3D Model Files
Halo CE Misc. Tags
Halo CE Biped Tags
Halo CE Scenery Tags
Halo CE Tag Packs
Halo CE Vehicle Tags
Halo CE Weapon Tags
Misc. Halo Files
The Halo CE Chronicles
Help us defer the
cost of bandwidth.
RSS FeedRSS Feed
Development Trainer V2.11beta
Title: Development Trainer V2.11beta File Name: DevTrainerV2.11beta.zip
Section: Halo Utilities
Author: Paulus
Description: Development Trainer for Halo PC & CE
Media Type: Zip
Size: 121.8K Date: 05/19/05
Downloads: 549,738
User Rating: 8.6
File Name: DevTrainerV2.11beta.zip
Rate This File!User Rating: 8.6
File Notes
----====New Features====----
Well there are a few obvious new features with version 2.1 beta:
-TIME FREEZE! Yes, it works on any version of halo. With this
you can freeze every enemy, vehicle,
projectile...everything freezes except you
NOTE: on multiplayer you have to hold the freeze
for it to work
Thank you to Sheep for finding this
-Reset Trainer This should help to fix some problems. By
pressing the "Reset Key" ("F5" by default),
you can reset the trainer so all cheats turn
off and all addresses are searched for again.
-Other notes-
The trainer will appear to "freeze" or "not respond" when halo is
first found or the reset key is pressed. This is especially
noticeable in the new version, as it searches for the time-freeze
address. Cheats cannot be activated during this time.
The trainer is becoming a bit of a mess in terms of space on the GUI
and the way i have coded it.
I want to try and re-write the trainer from scratch before I add any
new features, but I am very busy and often cannot find the time.
----====How To Use the DevTrainer====----
1. Open DevTrainer from any location.
2. Take note of the shortcut keys or customise them to your liking.
3. Run halo while the DevTrainer is open.
4. During gameplay or anytime while halo is running, press the
shortcut keys to activate cheats.
NOTE: Cheats will remain active until you turn them off. Closing
the trainer does not turn off the cheats if halo is still
running. If for some reason the trainer is closed while
cheats are active, you must restart halo for the cheats turn
IF CHEATS DO NOT SEEM TO WORK, RESET THE TRAINER (see above)
----====Problems running DevTrainer====----
Make sure you have the Visual Basic 6 runtime files
which can be downloaded from
Halo MUST BE RUNNING for the cheats to activate.
IF CHEATS DO NOT SEEM TO WORK, RESET THE TRAINER (see above)
If the cheats are not working, try minimizing halo and pressing the
BLUE cheat buttons with the mouse to see if it is the shortcut keys
that are not working.
Also, make sure you know what to expect with the cheats - hold the
mouse over a button to get a description of the cheat
There was a small bug where cheats turned on and off randomly..I
still do not know the cause of this but I "fixed" it by injecting all
values every 500 milliseconds.
If there are any further problems, please visit http://files.halomods.com/
and look for DevTrainer in the Halo "Miscellaneous" section or
http://csclan.us/BB/index.php and look for DevTrainer in the "Files"
----====Customising Shortcut Keys====---
1. Click any button to the right of a cheat to bring up the
"Assign Key" window.
2. Type the name of the key you will be using eg. "Shift"
3. Press enter or click on the next textbox.
4. Press the key you want to assign so that its KeyCode appears in
the textbox.
NOTE: KeyCodes are used by Windows to recognise key presses. You do
not need to worry about what their value means.
5. Click "Done" to assign the key to the cheat.
----====A Note About Saving====----
Shortcut Keys are saved to a text file called "DevHotKeys.txt"
Therefore, if you move the trainer, you must also move this file
if you want to keep your customised shortcut keys.
To return the Shortcut keys to their default values, simply delete
or rename "DevHotKeys.txt". A new file will be created in its place
with the default values.
----====Additional features====----
Now that I have written the trainer in Visual Basic, I plan to add additional
features. I could add things that can be accomplished with HMT, such as being
able to stick to walls, except they could be toggled during gameplay
UPDATE- I can do it...
However, I would mainly like to enable all of the debug functions - finishing
the job I started. I need to find a way of debugging halo. If anyone can help
me do this, then please msn or email me at: email@example.com
UPDATE- All developer functions would be too powerful...i have managed to
debug halo version 1 and i cannot understand a thing lol
Users Also Liked
Halo CE Developer Mode
Downloads: 238,243
User Rating: 8.6


text:
One of the problems of living inside our galaxy is that it can be devilishly tricky figuring out exactly what the Milky Way actually looks like. We might have discovered a whole new arm of our galaxy...and it's very strange.
It was back in 1852 that College of New Jersey astronomer Stephen Alexander first suggested the galaxy has a spiral shape. Since then, we've identified at least six arms of that spiral, and in the 1990s we found evidence that there is a star-heavy central bar running through the galactic plane. It's not easy figuring all this out because our neighboring stars tend to obscure the ones further away, making it difficult to identify our galaxy's larger structures with precision.
Here's our current understanding of the Milky Way's geography. The central bar has a huge proportion of our galaxy's stars, and jutting off of it are the two main arms of the spiral, which are the Perseus Arm and the Scutum-Centaurus Arm. The other four arms are mostly just gas and relatively unimportant. Our solar system is close to the Perseus Arm, which extends about 300 degrees around galactic center.
But Harvard-Smithsonian Center astrophysicists Thomas Dame and Patrick Thaddeus have discovered something that complicates that picture. They discovered a new arm in a part of the galaxy surprisingly far away from the center. It's an offshoot of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm, both of which are obscured by being on the other side of the galactic center. The discovery of this new arm provides good evidence that the Scutum-Centaurus Arm is just as large and expansive as the Perseus Arm, suggesting we live in an almost perfectly symmetrical galaxy.
Except there is one rather large catch. The reason we've only now identified this arm is because it does not lie on the galactic plane. Instead, it lies at an angle, meaning it's slightly above the rest of the Milky Way, which mostly exists on an effectively two-dimensional cross-section of the universe. The Milky Way then would look rather warped, not unlike a bottle cap right after it's been opened. It's not the most elegant image for our home galaxy, but that's reality for you.
arXiv via Technology Review. Image via.


text:
ABRSM in a nutshell
Who we are
The exam board of the Royal Schools of Music and a registered charity, supporting high-quality music-making and learning around the world since 1889.
What we do
Provide pathways and resources for music learners and teachers, including graded exams, assessments and diplomas. We also work with organisations around the world, providing donations, scholarships and sponsorships.
Our culture
Collaborative. Open and honest. All opinions are valued.


text:
The Mid-Summer Bento: Tebasaki in EcoLunchBox!, a photo by sherimiya ♥ on Flickr.
So yes, I've been enjoying my summer too, bento-wise. However, I did manage to make their bento today, just because I kind of missed it. This simple bento contains tebasaki (crispy chicken drumettes and wings, see the method and recipe I use here); vinegary two-color cabbage slaw; fresh corn-off-the-cob; pickled cukes, carrots, daikon and red onion; cherries; and cantaloupe. All packed up in the very practical and stylish Ecolunchbox Three-in-One. I think I did okay! This is my token mid-summer bento contribution, to keep my chops fresh. Hope you are all having a blast this summer so far! We've still got half the rest of summer yet to go, so see you out there! \(^__^)/


text:
Obama techies sell startup
Democratic tech giant NGP VAN, the data company that aided both of President Barack Obama's campaigns and those of many other Democrats, will announce today that it is acquiring a startup launched by Obama campaign alums.
The group has purchased NationalField, an online organizing network and dashboard tool for campaigns to integrate and aid their field operations. According to NGP VAN, it's the first time one political tech company has acquired another political tech company. And it's a sign of the blooming cottage industry of political tech startups created by Obama's digital talent — who are looking to sell their wares to state and local candidates in 2014 and beyond.
"I think it's just a reflection of the maturing of our ecosystem that we're at a stage where acquisitions like this are happening," said Stu Trevelyan, president and CEO of NGP VAN. "As more and more investment from campaigns goes into the technology side of their campaigns, you'll see more and more companies popping up trying to serve those needs."
( PHOTOS: Obama's 2012 data advantage)
The idea to acquire NationalField, founded by Obama '08 alums Edward Saatchi, Justin Lewis and Aharon Wasserman, is what Trevelyan calls "like peanut butter meeting chocolate" – NGP VAN's tools, used by Democratic campaigns across the country, will be fully integrated with NationalField's volunteer organizing platforms.
"This means across the board, A-to-Z pretty much what you'd want to do with a campaign is coming under one roof," Saatchi said of the merger. "It's sort of the dream we had back in 2008."
The NGP VAN-NationalField news is the latest example of the ways the post-Obama political tech world has evolved since Obama first took office. Staffers who were deeply involved in President Barack Obama's 2012 cutting-edge digital and data operation are branching out on their own, launching startups aimed at transferring tools employed in the presidential campaign to state and local Democratic candidates.
It used to be that outside tech consultants on campaigns might head back to the private sector or Silicon Valley between presidential cycles. Now, more and more campaign data and digital staffers are staying in the business even in off years.
"When we started in 2008, the idea of a tech startup born on a campaign was one person at his desk … with an Excel spreadsheet, and that person would disappear for three years or a year and come back when the cycle started again," Saatchi said. "Now there's kind of a boom of political tech startups, especially on the progressive side."
Chris Wegrzyn, an Obama 2012 alum and co-founder of the data analytics firm BlueLabs, said it's no longer a luxury for tech companies and experts to stick around in politics during off years – it's a necessity if the party doesn't want to fall behind.
"This thing that we're doing is so knowledge-intensive and technology-intensive that you can't start again from scratch each time," he said. "It's great in a cycle like 2012, where we're able to invest really heavily in developing analytic tools and technology – that is harder to do in the off years."
BlueLabs is an example of that off-year Democratic mentality: the company was launched by senior staffers on Obama's 2012 data analytics team and spent its off year helping notch wins for Terry McAuliffe and Cory Booker.
For those who worked on Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012, the idea of working to share many of those tools with other campaigns seemed like a natural next step.
Moving from a political campaign to the political tech startup world is a "natural transition" because of all the skills they have in common, said Ray Rivera, an Obama 2008 and Obama administration alum who recently launched Democracy.com, an online and social media platform for candidates at all levels of government and from any political party.
"With startups and being an entrepreneur, the skill set is so similar to being a campaign staffer," he said. "I think most of us who come from politics or government and don't know about business think it's going to be so different."
The groups range from data modeling and analytics firms like BlueLabs, to website and social platforms like Democracy.com or NationBuilder, that help candidates build a website and a way to interact with voters and donors.
Looking toward 2014, where there will be myriad campaigns looking for a technology edge – all with far fewer financial resources at their disposal than OFA or even McAuliffe's Virginia campaign this year – the bevy of Obama startups is ready and eager to help.
"We see 2014 as a laboratory where we can test out a lot of the ideas we weren't able to get to in 2012," said NationalField's Saatchi. "Then, in 2016, you've got a completely seamless experience for volunteers across campaigns."
McAuliffe's Virginia campaign, in particular, provided a blueprint for the way statewide campaigns can not only miniaturize Obama campaign tools and models, but improve upon and make them more efficient for campaigns without a billion-dollar budget.
With the host of outside tech groups looking to get involved in House, Senate and governors races next year—and even state legislative races—those campaigns will have plenty of options to choose from.
Rivera said that, in many ways, creating politics and civic engagement-related technology tools is an extension of the sense of purpose many Obama staffers had in 2008.
"People joined the Obama campaign because they wanted to change the world," he said. "And in this world you can still pursue that dream—using technology to change the world."


text:
Clutch in Imitation Leather with Shoulder Chain - White
- beautiful & thin gold shoulder chain in steel
- height: 20cm; width: 13cm
- comes with gold buttons fastening
- lined in RNF Satin
- RNF Satin (100% CO), Imitation Leather (50% PES, 50% PU)
- made in Austria
Size & Fit
Size & Fit
Fabrics & Materials
Fabrics & Materials
Care Instructions
Care Instructions
Our Mission
Beautiful Design
We strive for creating beautiful & aesthetical products true to our mood: glamourous, bold & modern.
Our designs are meant to be for fashionistas who want to stand out from the crowd. You buy a product, you receive the MED Lifestyle.
High Quality
ALL our dresses, skirts, jackets, trousers, bags & accessories are carefully handcrafted in our atelier in Graz (Austria). We only trust in premium supplier.
Our T-Shirts & Pullovers (since 2021) are manufactured by a thoughtfully chosen family company near Porto, Portugal.
Sustainable & Vegan
We mainly manufacture in Austria (100% EU), we work with vegan & high quality fabrics (from Germany, Italy & Portugal) and we keep the supply chain as short as possible.
On top we deliver carbon-neutral & support local organizations fighting for a sustainable future.


text:
Puzzled East Coasters: An Earthquake? No Way
For a few minutes from Georgia to Maine, the question rang out: What was that? The answer - a rare East Coast earthquake, magnitude 5.8 - was far down on the list for most not used to the earth shaking beneath them.
In Washington and New York, their nerves still raw, thoughts instantly turned to terrorism. In small towns and rural areas near the epicenter and elsewhere, guesses ran the gamut: A truck crash or train derailment. A plane breaking the sound barrier. Worse, a nuclear reactor exploding.
There ended up being no known deaths or serious injuries, but cracks appeared in the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral, which had three capstones break off its tower. Windows shattered and grocery stores were wrecked in Virginia, where the quake was centered. The White House and Capitol were evacuated.
With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks just weeks away, people were shaken physically and emotionally and poured from high-rises like the Empire State Building in New York, sick with mental images of planes and bombs.
"I ran down all 60 flights," accounting office worker Caitlin Trupiano said. "I wasn't waiting for the elevator."
Chris Kardian, working in his garage in suburban Richmond, Va., not far from the epicenter, opted for the more prosaic and plausible: He blamed the shaking on two of his children in the overhead playroom.
"I just thought they were running around and being really loud," he said. "After about 15 seconds, it didn't stop and I thought, `I don't have that many kids in the house!"'
Most needed just minutes to discover what it really was: A temblor the U.S. Geological Survey said was centered 40 miles northwest of Richmond, traveling 3.7 miles beneath the earth's surface and momentarily jarring as many as 12 million people.
The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves. There were no reports of deaths, but fire officials in Washington said there were at least some injuries.
The U.S. Park Service evacuated and closed all monuments and memorials along the National Mall. The Pentagon, the White House, the Capitol and federal agencies in and around Washington were evacuated. Roads out of the city were clogged with commuters headed home.
Stressed-out D.C. mother of four Marion Babcock, who spent two hours traffic instead of her normal 25 minutes, did the only sensible thing for her frazzled, frightened kids: "I treated their post-traumatic stress with copious amounts of chocolate mint and cookie dough ice cream."
Between cell phones and social networks, news of the quake seemed to travel faster than the temblor itself.
Jenna Scanlon of Floral Park, N.Y., ended a phone call with someone in McLean, Va., and announced to her office colleagues there had been an earthquake. Seconds later, 7 World Trade Center began to shake.
The scope of the damage - or lack of - also quickly became clear on social networks. Instead of collapsed freeways, people posted images of toppled lawn chairs and yogurt cups, broken Bobbleheads, picture frames askew on walls.
On Facebook, people joked with posts such as "S&P has downgraded earthquake to a 2.0," a swipe at the rating agency that recently lowered the federal government's creditworthiness. Another suggested New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a large man, had just "jumped into" the presidential race.
A 5.8-magnitude quake releases as much energy as almost eight kilotons of TNT, about half the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.
Still, those along the West Coast who are used to the earth moving couldn't help but take a jab or two.
"Really all this excitement over a 5.8 quake??? Come on East Coast, we have those for breakfast out here!!!!" wrote Dennis Miller, a lifelong California resident whose Pleasanton home sits on a fault line.
A 5.8, he said, wouldn't even wake him from his sleep.
"We were laughing," said 26-year-old San Francisco resident Stellamarie Hall, "but we definitely understand that New York and certain metropolitan areas are not designed around earthquakes."
The earthquake that devastated Japan released more than 60,000 times more energy than Tuesday's, but there was real damage. At the majestic Washington National Cathedral, at least three of the four top stones on the central tower fell off, and cracks appeared in the flying buttresses at the cathedral's east end, the oldest part of the structure. The top of the Washington Monument has a crack.
Ceiling tiles fell to the floor at Reagan National Airport. The gothic-style Smithsonian Castle, built in 1857, had minor cracks and broken glass. And vigorous shaking left a crack and hole in the ceiling at historic Union Station when a chunk of plaster fell near the main entrance.
The steeple and bell tower at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Baltimore were badly damaged, and the building was closed as a precaution.
In Reading, Pa., highway inspectors shut down a bridge after spotting cracks in an abutment, but later said they might have been there before.
In West Virginia, environmental regulators sent engineers to inspect massive coal slurry dams that could wipe out entire communities if they were to fail and release billions of gallons of wastewater.
Amtrak said trains along the Northeast Corridor between Baltimore and Washington were operating at reduced speeds and crews were inspecting stations and railroad infrastructure before returning to normal.
Earryl Reevey, who has had three heart attacks and was traveling home for his brother's funeral, was visibly shaken after getting off a train from Baltimore at Penn Station in New York.
"Suddenly, I felt like somebody grabbed me and was shaking me like a baby, for about three seconds," recalled the man from Long Branch, N.J. "I heard some people scream and I thought we were going to derail. And then, everything went normal."
Even those who knew what was happening had braced for worse, some remembering the Indian Ocean quake that triggered a tsunami and a nuclear disaster in Japan.
"I knew it was an earthquake, but my first thought was, `Oh my God, something's going to happen to the power plant," said 21-year-old Whitney Thacker in Mineral, Va., a town near the epicenter where the sidewalks were littered with fallen stones, masonry and broken glass. "It was scary."
Dominion Virginia Power shut down its two-reactor nuclear power plant within 10 miles of the quake's epicenter, but said there was no evidence of any damage to the decades-old North Anna Power Station.
In a news release, the utility company said off-site power to the nuclear plant was restored Tuesday night and it was no longer relying on backup generators. The utility didn't say when the plant's two reactors would be restarted.
By the standards of the West Coast, where earthquakes are much more common, the Virginia quake was mild. Since 1900, there have been 40 of magnitude 5.8 or greater in California alone. Forty-three have been of magnitude 6 of greater.
But quakes in the East tend to be felt across a much broader are, the waves traveling "pretty happily out for miles," said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough.
More than 12 million people live close enough to the quake's epicenter to have felt shaking. They were still feeling minor aftershocks up to 4.8 in strength.
The last quake of equal power to strike the East Coast was in New York in 1944. The largest East Coast quake on record was a 7.3 that hit South Carolina in 1886.
The fear in some places was real.
Michael Leman had been mowing a neighbor's lawn in Mineral when bricks began falling from a chimney and the earth heaved a large propane tank about a foot off the ground.
"I thought that tank was about to explode," he said, "and I ran for dear life."
This program aired on August 24, 2011. The audio for this program is not available.


text: The answer to the special operations community's prayers may exist in the .300 Whisper cartridge by SSK Industries. Invented by J.D. Jones, the .300 Whisper utilizes a very heavy .30 caliber rifle round combined with a shortened case. According to Mr. Jones, "the 300 WHISPER was designed for the purpose of firing extremely heavy, accurate, ballistically efficient bullets at sub-sonic …Read More »


text:
Human life could exist on up to 1,000 planets a leading British professor of astronomy has told an Irish conference.
Professor Ian Morison is professor of astronomy at Gresham College in London and has been studying the universe for over forty years, using radio telescopes. He was speaking at the Sligo Institute of Technology.
He explained that intelligent life is likely to be very rare with the human race probably making up the only one of its kind in this galaxy.
He said the most optimistic astronomer would admit that life could exist on no more than 1,000 planets in the universe.After 60 years of actively searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligent life scientists and explorers have found nothing.
His tall was entitled "Are we alone? The Hunt for Extraterrestrial Intelligence" as part of Science Week Ireland.
Despite this, he added that more simple forms of life such as single celled organisms and bacteria are probably fairly widespread. He suggested that even somewhere as close as Mars may have living organisms hidden under its surface or perhaps evidence of extinct simple life from the past.
Following recent discoveries that Europa, Jupiter's moon, has a liquid water ocean, it is very possible that simple life might be found there, as this would be the ideal environment for its development.
Prof Morison was involved in a collaborative effort to search for extraterrestrial intelligent life between 1998 and 2003. The study, known as "Project Phoenix" undertook 820 distant star systems but still obtained no evidence of the existence of alien intelligence.
The problem is that the distance between us and distant galaxies make it extremely unlikely that the presence of extraterrestrials living in distant galaxies will ever be confirmed.
Morison pondered the question; "Somewhere out there an ET will exist, but the question is will we be close enough to find him?"


text:
The RiskAPI Add-In: Value at Risk In Excel
Easily Generate Value at Risk (VaR) calculations in Excel
The RiskAPI Add-In is an installable Excel software component that allows spreadsheets to communicate with the remote RiskAPI (Risk Application Programming) service. The Add-In seamlessly integrates with Excel to allow users to execute Value at Risk (VaR) calculations on multi-asset positions and portfolios in the Excel environment.
Data, Computing Power, and Analytics Included
Users download and install the RiskAPI Add-In installation package. After running the setup program, an extra menu, a set of worksheet formulas, and a collection of VB macros are added to the Excel environment.
Users can then make calculation requests on portfolio symbols and quantities (such as stock tickers, option symbols, and futures contract codes) to generate a whole range of risk analysis calculations such as Value at Risk, volatility, correlation, and more. The Add-In communicates securely with the remote RiskAPI service which includes all the historical data, computing power and mathematics needed to generate risk calculation results.
The RiskAPI Add-In works within the Excel environment which means you can quickly set up a risk infrastructure for your fund: download positions from your prime broker, administrator, OMS, or accounting system into a spreadsheet and you are ready to calculate Value at Risk in Excel- no back-office integration necessary!
Available Analytics Include:
- Multi-model Value at Risk (VaR) - Volatility based, Delta-Normal, Historical Simulation, Decayed Historical Simulation, Monte Carlo and more.
- VaR decomposition - coherent, sub-additive component VaR, as well as Marginal VaR and Incremental VaR.
- Expected Tail Loss (ETL/Conditional VaR) - analysis of tail events/tail loss.
- Advanced volatility analysis - EWMA volatility, as well as GARCH.
- Sophisticated Options Analytics - Sensitivities (all "greeks", as well as on-the-fly implied volatility calculations).
- Correlation & Covariance Matrix analysis.
- Stress-testing - hypothetical index moves, underlying asset shocks, volatility spikes, and historical scenario analysis.


text:
Love at first sight apparently applies to men only:
Researchers believe that this difference between men and women can best be explained by the fact that the former use eye contact to seek fertile and fit mates. Meanwhile, the latter shy from making eye contact or drawing unwanted attention onto themselves for fear of unwanted pregnancies and single parenthood, it has been said.
The same study found that it takes approximately 8.2 seconds of eye contact for a man to decide if a woman is attractive. It's hard not to stare at the eyes of photographer Rankin's hypnotizing Eyescapes for a whole lot longer, but that's a different type of beauty.


text:
This is a story about closets, and how messy they can get when you spend a year caring for a baby and put things away so haphazardly that one day, they won't close at all and you beg your in-laws to watch the baby for a few hours so you can
go to a bar get some sleep clean out your closets. Yep, things can get that bad. But if I hadn't cleaned out this closet, I wouldn't have snuck off to the bedroom for a while with an old issue of Gourmet I discovered in a totebag, the French Bistro one, and found a chicken recipe I couldn't believe I hadn't made yet. That I had to make immediately.
So it's not just a story about closets, phew. It's also a story about butchering, and I do mean in the wow-you-really-butchered that sense, in that one of my goals in the kitchen has been to learn how to take apart a whole chicken. There are so many reasons I want to be able to do this: it saves money, it makes us more self-sufficient in the kitchen and it's easier to buy clean and local chickens, which are mostly sold whole. And it's efficient: my husband likes white meat, I like dark meat, the Muppet ain't picky and we all agree that chicken stock made from the backs and etceteras of whole chickens (I keep them in the freezer until I've amassed enough for stock) is superior in every way. Look how far that little bird goes! So, with the guidance of another Gourmet production, this video from Ian Knauer (who brought us these, by the way), this was my first effort. Which explains why it looks so butchered. Hey, it only gets better from here, promise.
Mostly, though, this is a story about our new favorite chicken dish. From the day I first made it, we couldn't wait to eat it again and it's gone on repeat in our kitchen more times than any other dish I've shared with you. With only a handful of ingredients that you probably already have around, it's so simply and it's done in under an hour. The sauce is like nothing else; so fierce and bright, I found it so difficult to not pour over the entire plate — full of tiny roasted Yukon gold potatoes and al dente green beans with flaky salt that you can cook at the same time as the chicken — that I stopped fighting it. And since you had to open a bottle of white wine to make the chicken, you get to drink that too and feel like you're in a bistro in a faraway land, even if you're stuck at home on a Wednesday night, trying to chew quietly enough that the baby won't wake up and try to join the party.
One year ago: Mixed Citrus Salad with Feta and Mint and Edna Mae's Sour Cream Pancakes
Two years ago: Bittersweet Chocolate and Pear Cake and Chicken Milanese with an Escarole Salad
Three years ago: Leek and Swiss Chard Tart
Four years ago: Paula Wolfert's Hummus
Roasted Chicken with Dijon Sauce
Adapted from Gourmet, March 2008
The sauce is on the thin side but can be thickened up by reducing the sauce over high heat for several minutes. This concentrates the flavors as well, and if you haven't used a low-sodium broth, you might find the results a little salty. Just a word of warning.
3 pounds chicken parts (thighs, drumsticks, and/or breasts), with skin and bones
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 small shallots, thinly sliced
3/4 cup dry white wine
3/4 cup reduced-sodium or sodium-free chicken broth
1/4 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons smooth Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon finely chopped chives or the green parts of scallions
Preheat oven to 450°F with a rack in middle. Pat chicken dry and season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat oil in an ovenproof 12-inch heavy skillet (if you've got a cast iron skillet, it is great here) over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Working in 2 batches, brown chicken, skin side down first and turning once, about 5 minutes per batch. I like to take a lot of care in this step, not moving the chicken until the skin releases itself and has a nice bronze on it, which will provide the best flavor.
Return all chicken, skin side up, to skillet and roast in oven until just cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer chicken to a platter, then add shallots, wine, and broth to pan juices in skillet and boil, scraping up any brown bits, until reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add cream and boil until slightly thickened, about 1 minute. To thicken the sauce further, turn the heat to high and boil it until it reduces to a consistency you prefer.
Strain sauce through a sieve into a bowl, if you're feeling fancy (I never am, but if you don't, you might find some chicken bits scraped up from the pan in your sauce. We don't mind.) Whisk in mustard, chives, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve chicken with sauce.


text:
Servings: 6
Time to cook: Approx. 1hr 30m
- 3 large aubergines
- olive oil
- 1 onion , peeled and finely chopped
- ½ bulb spring garlic , or 1 clove of regular garlic, peeled and finely sliced
- 1 heaped teaspoon dried oregano
- 2×400 g good-quality tinned plum tomatoes , or 1kg fresh ripe tomatoes
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- a little wine vinegar
- 1 large handful fresh basil
- 3 large handfuls Parmesan cheese , freshly grated
- 2 handfuls dried breadcrumbs
- a little fresh oregano , leaves chopped
- 150 g buffalo mozzarella , optional
- This classic northern Italian recipe is a great way to serve aubergines. By layering them with Parmesan and tomatoes and then baking them you get an absolutely moreish, scrumptious vegetable dish. Great served with all sorts of roasted meats and with roasted fish as well.
- First things first: remove the stalks from the aubergines, slice them up into 1cm thick slices, and put to one side. Whether you're using a griddle pan or a barbecue, get it really hot. Meanwhile, put 2 or 3 lugs of olive oil into a large pan on a medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and dried oregano and cook for 10 minutes, until the onion is soft and the garlic has a tiny bit of colour. If you're using tinned tomatoes, break them up, and if you're using fresh tomatoes (which will obviously taste sweeter and more delicious, if they're in season), very quickly prick each one and put them into a big pan of boiling water for 40 seconds. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and put them into a bowl of cold water for 30 seconds, then remove the skins, carefully squeeze out the pips and cut up the flesh. Add the tomato flesh or tinned tomatoes to the onion, garlic and oregano. Give the mixture a good stir, then put a lid on the pan and simmer slowly for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, grill the aubergines on both sides until lightly charred – you may have to do them in batches, as they probably won't all fit into your griddle pan in one go. As each batch is finished, remove them to a tray and carry on grilling the rest until they're all nicely done. When the tomato sauce is reduced and sweet, season it carefully with salt, pepper and a tiny swig of wine vinegar, and add the basil. You can leave the sauce chunky or you can purée it.
- Get yourself an earthenware type dish (25 x 12–15cm). Put in a small layer of tomato sauce, then a thin scattering of Parmesan, followed by a single layer of aubergines. Repeat these layers until you've used all the ingredients up, finishing with a little sauce and another good sprinkling of Parmesan. I like to toss the breadcrumbs in olive oil with a little freshly chopped oregano and sprinkle them on top of the Parmesan. Sometimes the dish is served with torn-up mozzarella on top, which is nice too.
- Place the dish in the oven and bake at 190°C/375°F/gas 5 for half an hour until golden, crisp and bubbly. It's best eaten straight away, but it can also be served cold. You can use the same method substituting courgettes or fennel for the aubergines – both are delicious. But do try making it with aubergines – you'll love it!


text:
Just thought I'd share some of the things I've been working on lately for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and Inhabitots. There's lots of news about chemicals - both exciting (new legislation introduced!) and scary (BPA exposure has been underestimated). Read on....
Safe Cosmetics Act Introduced - An updated version of the Safe Cosmetics Act was introduced in the House of Representatives last Friday. Read all about it in a post written by Mia Davis of the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, over on the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families blog. Then be sure to click over to the action page where you can send a message asking your representative to co-sponsor this important bill! Let's get carcinogens and other nasty chems out of our cosmetics and personal care products!!
Chemical Exposure Linked to Breastfeeding Problems - Chemicals lurking in products we use everyday like sippy cups and non-stick pans, may affect a woman's ability to breastfeed, according to a research review published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Read the rest of my post over at Inhabitots.
Link Between Chemicals and Autism - Scientists and environmental health experts warn that the rapid increase in autism rates is due in part to exposure to toxic chemicals. Pregnant women, fetuses, babies and young children are especially vulnerable to these toxic exposures. Read the rest of my post over at Inhabitots.
BPA exposure underestimated - Exposure to the toxic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) has been underestimated because prior studies looked at single exposures rather than the steady exposure humans receive through food packaging. Read more about this study released by the University of Missouri.
What are you doing to limit your exposure to toxic chemicals? If you need some ideas, here's a list of Top Tips to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay I wrote for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families.
{Image firkirbaz's photostream via Flickr}


text:
Google is rolling out a subscription music service that will bring users unlimited access to millions of songs in return for a monthly fee.
Google Play Music All Access will be available in the U.S. from Wednesday and cost $9.99 per month, the company announced at its Google I/O conference in San Francisco Wednesday.
[ Understand how to both manage and benefit from the consumerization of IT with InfoWorld's "Consumerization Digital Spotlight" PDF special report. | Subscribe to InfoWorld's Consumerization of IT newsletter today, then join our #CoIT discussion group at LinkedIn. ]
Users get a 30-day free trial and, if they sign up before June 30, will get a $2 discount on the monthly fee. Google didn't announce launch plans for other countries.
"We set out to build a music service that didn't just give you access to a world of music but helped you explore it," said Chris Yerga, Android engineering director at Google, during a presentation at I/O.
"What if we gave you access to millions of tracks from our store in addition to your music?," he said. "We built that service, and today I'm happy to announce Google Play Music All Access, a uniquely Google approach to a music service."
The service splits music into 22 genres. It presents users with playlists based on their personal music library, key songs and albums from the genre, and some custom music curated by music editors at Google.
"Anything you see you can immediately start playing," said Yerga. Of course, the service does require a network connection for that to happen.
Google will also create a "radio station," a subscriber-editable playlist of songs based on the one playing.
A function called Listen Now "brings the power of Google to surface music we know you're going to love," he said.
Google already offers millions of song downloads on its Play Store. The service lets users upload up to 20,000 songs to Play for free, which can then be accessed on the web or any Android device. The songs in Google Play Music All Access will be available for purchase from the store.
Martyn Williams covers mobile telecoms, Silicon Valley and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Martyn on Twitter at @martyn_williams. Martyn's e-mail address is email@example.com


text:
Montevideo (AFP) – Brazil became the first team to qualify for the World Cup on Tuesday after beating Paraguay to clinch an eighth consecutive victory as Argentina's campaign stumbled after the shock suspension of Lionel Messi.
Five-time champions Brazil had been left waiting in suspense after goals from Neymar, Philippe Coutinho and Marcelo handed them a 3-0 win over the Paraguayans at Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians.
But Uruguay's upset 2-1 defeat to Peru in the day's final South American qualifier combined with other results meant Brazil are mathematically guaranteed a place at next year's finals in Russia.
The qualification completes an astonishing turnaround for Brazil, who less than a year ago were in crisis after taking only nine points from six games.
That run of results had left the Brazilians outside the qualifying places in sixth place.
The further embarrassment of a first round exit at last year's Copa America Centenario only deepened the sense of despondency.
However the sacking of former coach Dunga and the appointment of former Corinthians coach Tite was the catalyst for a Brazilian resurgence.
That revival saw Brazil take maximum points from their next eight qualifying games, leaving them nine points clear on Tuesday with four games left.
"When I look at my family — the players — and when we talk to the fans and see how happy they are, that's when you think 'I'm part of something very special,'" Tite said after Brazil's qualification was confirmed.
Against Paraguay, Brazil were already in party mode, with Coutinho opening the scoring on 34 minutes following a deft one-two with China-based midfielder Paulinho.
Neymar had a chance to make it 2-0 in the 53rd minute from the penalty spot only to see his kick saved by Anthony Silva.
On 64 minutes Neymar doubled Brazil's tally, collecting the ball deep inside his own half and setting off on a surging run down the left flank.
Neymar's dribble ended with him curling in a shot which took a slight deflection on its way into the Paraguayan goal. Real Madrid defender Marcelo added a late third to seal Brazil's win.
– No Messi, big problem –
While Brazil celebrated, Argentina and Messi were left digesting another stumble in their progress towards Russia as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat in La Paz.
Argentina had been rocked just hours before kick-off after confirmation Messi had been hit with a four-match ban following a ruling from disciplinary chiefs at world governing body FIFA in Zurich.
The Barcelona superstar was stunned after being suspended for four of Argentina's five remaining World Cup qualification matches for swearing at an official in a game against Chile last week.
Messi's suspension left Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza forced to make a hasty reshuffle to his starting line-up, bringing in Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa in attack while leaving Manchester City's Sergio Aguero on the bench.
But Argentina, clearly struggling in the thin air of La Paz, which is 3,600 metres (11,800 feet) above sea level, were well beaten at the Estadio Hernando Siles.
Bolivia, desperate for three points, tore into Argentina from the opening whistle, spending long periods camped around their opponents' area.
Juan Carlos Arce opened the scoring for Bolivia on 31 minutes, heading in Pablo Escobar's inviting cross before Marcelo Martins doubled the home side's lead early the second half.
The defeat leaves Argentina languishing just outside the automatic qualifying places following results elsewhere Tuesday.
Chile moved up to fourth place with a 3-1 win over Venezuela in Santiago, Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez opening the scoring with a stunning early free-kick. Esteban Paredes scored twice for Chile to give the host a 3-0 lead before Salomon Rondon pulled a goal back for Venezuela.
In Quito, Real Madrid star James Rodriguez scored one goal and set up another for Juan Cuadrado as Colombia beat Ecuador 2-0.
200+ Channels With Sports & News
- Starting price: $33/mo. for fubo Latino Package
- Watch Premier League, Women's World Cup, Euro 2024 & Gold Cup
The New Home of MLS
- Price: $14.99/mo. for MLS Season Pass
- Watch every MLS game including playoffs & Leagues Cup
Many Sports & ESPN Originals
- Price: $9.99/mo. (or get ESPN+, Hulu & Disney+ for $12.99/mo.)
- Features Bundesliga, LaLiga, Championship, & FA Cup
2,000+ soccer games per year
- Price: $5.99/mo
- Features Champions League, Serie A, Europa League & Brasileirāo
175 Premier League Games & PL TV
- Starting price: $5.99/mo. for Peacock Premium
- Watch 175 exclusive EPL games per season


text:
Looking for a fun, kid-friendly activity to help your family appreciate the outdoors? Backyard birding is a great way to get the kids outside and learning more about the beautiful birds in your area. Here are a few helpful backyard birding tips to get started.
Educate with games
Start your birding adventures by learning which birds are native to your state. There are numerous online resources that include species listings, like the Bird Library from Perky-Pet. Once you have your list, make it a game. Print out the different types of birds and let your kids check them off as they see them. Whoever spots the most species could win a prize, like a birdfeeder. Making it a game will help motivate them to get outside and start bird watching.
Enjoy nature
Nature is full of sounds and smells. While outside, have your kids close their eyes and sit quietly for a few moments. Discuss the sounds you hear and try to recreate bird sounds as you heard them. Since our feathered friends are attracted to flowers, seeds and berries, identify which plants will invite birds. Encourage your kids to research other plants that might attract new birds to your backyard.
Teach responsibility
Backyard birding is a great tool to encourage responsibility. If your birdfeeders are not cleaned weekly it's possible for dangerous bacteria to grow. This can have a disastrous effect on a community of birds. Create a birdfeeder-cleaning calendar for your child and make note of days when the feeders should be refilled. Depending on weather and the time of the year, your feeders may need to be filled with fresh seed daily.
Help with nesting
Birds appreciate being able to keep clean as well as being provided with nesting materials. Help your kids collect lint or strips of fabric to set outside for birds to use when building their nests. As a family, set up a birdbath or bird waterer, like the new Perky-Pet Droplet Bird Waterer, and take turns keeping it cleaned and filled with fresh water.
Attract new birds
Have your kids select a new bird species they would like to see and learn how to attract them to your yard. One fun choice for young birders is the hummingbird.
Hummingbird feeder kits, like the Perky-Pet Oasis Hummingbird Feeder Complete Set, include all the essentials for feeding these tiny birds and will help your child become familiar with this species. Have your child take notes on the hummingbird behavior they witness including the birds' swift movements, territorial nature and whether they eat while perched or while flying.
Connecting kids with nature is always a good idea, and birding is a fun way to start. So now, equipped with these kid-friendly ideas, it's time to start your backyard birding adventure. It's the perfect way to get your kids outside and the birds will enjoy the extra attention as well.


text:
Content-type: text/html
#include <euc.h>
int euclen(const unsigned char *s);
int euccol(const unsigned char *s);
int eucscol(const unsigned char *str);
The euclen() function returns the length in bytes of the Extended Unix Code (EUC) character pointed to by s, including single-shift characters, if present.
The euccol() function returns the screen column width of the EUC character pointed to by s.
The eucscol() function returns the screen column width of the EUC string pointed to by str.
For the euclen() and euccol(), functions, s points to the first byte of the character. This byte is examined to determine its codeset. The character type table for the current locale is used for codeset byte length and display width information.
These functions will work only with EUC locales.
These functions can be used safely in multithreaded applications, as long as setlocale(3C) is not called to change the locale.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
getwidth(3C), setlocale(3C), attributes(5)


text:
This month I am attempting to make desserts inspired from ingredients out of my garden. Truth be told, this is the first year that I have ever really planted vegetables and herbs and actually looked after them. So for the last two months I have been tending to the garden, by watering, pulling out weeds and maintenance. With my busy, crazy and sometimes stressful jobs ( I have five at the moment), I actually find gardening very peaceful and relaxing. Anyways, Since the zucchini was the first vegetable to really be ready for the picking, I decided to make a simple, yet comforting zucchini cake.
Zucchini Cake
1/2 cup pecans toasted and coarsely chopped
1 cup shredded raw zucchini
1/2 cup peeled and shredded raw apple
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and place rack in center of oven. Grease (or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray) a 9 x 9 inch pan. Set aside.
2. Toast the pecans for about 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool and then chop coarsely.
3. Grate the zucchini, using a medium grater, and then peel and grate the apple. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
5. In a large bowl beat the oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until well blended. Beat in the grated zucchini and apple. Add the flour mixture, beating just until combined. Then fold in the nuts and coconut. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the bread has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40-50 minutes. Place on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, then remove the cake from the pan.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup cream cheese, room temperature
3 Tbsp confectioners sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1. In a food processor, process the butter and cream cheese until very smooth with no lumps. Gradually add in the powdered sugar until fully incorporated and smooth. Add in the vanilla extract. Spread over the top of the cooled zucchini cake. Add toasted coconut and toasted pecans for a more finished look.


text:
In the United States today, over 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Don't become another statistic, let HCGOral.com help you shed the weight today! We are a proud provider of the hCG diet plan, a weight loss diet program originally discovered by British endocrinologist Dr. A.T.W. Simeon, M.D. Today hCG weight loss supplements have been, and are being used successfully by thousands of health conscious individuals.
At hCG Oral, you will find valuable diet information to help you discover everything you need to know about our hCG drops , so you can keep your diet on the right track. Our products have had no reported adverse side effects, and offer an ideal, as well as more effective, alternative to the hCG injections which require a prescription, needles and blood work. To make your weight loss program as easy as possible we offer everything you will need to complete your protocol as well as a hCG recipe book full of hCG meal plans so you wont have to eliminate tasty and wholesome meals from your daily diet. This website will give you all the informatiion you will need to educate you on this safe and effective HCG Diet Protocol. For more information and answers to questions you might have go to our daily blog: www.yourhcgdietreview.com.
This safe weight loss plan harnesses the power of the human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) hormone which reprograms your hypothalamus to allow your body to consume excessive fat deposits, while protecting lean muscle. Studies have shown that within just 40 days of being on the liquid hCG diet, one can lose anywhere from 25 to 40 pounds and countless inches of their waist. When you use hCG products you will experience the benefits of feeling more energized during your daily routine, enjoying more restful sleep at night, and ultimately help to eliminate the threat of weight loss related diseases.
Interested in buying several of our hCG supplements? Get them at discounted prices when you enroll in our Captain's Program.
For more information about the hCG diet, as well as healthy lifestyle tips, please visit our blog, www.YourhCGDietReview.com.


text:
Apple's iPhone loses China market share
Updated: 2012-02-20 10:48
HONG KONG/BEIJING - Apple Inc's share of China's booming smartphone market slipped for a second straight quarter in October-December, as it lost ground to cheaper local brands and as some shoppers held off until after the iPhone 4S launch last month.
China, the world's largest mobile phone market, has not been easy for Apple, which is grappling with a lawsuit from a local firm over the iPad name and issues at its suppliers' factories over wages and working conditions.
With the number of mobile subscribers set to top 1 billion in China this year, there is cut-throat competition among South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Nokia , Apple and local firms Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp .
While Apple regained its top spot as the world's largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter and for last year as a whole, it slipped to 5th place in China, overtaken by ZTE. Apple's China smartphone market share slid to 7.5 percent from 10.4 percent in July-September.
In the last quarter, Samsung knocked Nokia off the top slot, taking 24.3 percent of the market, more than three times Apple's share, data from research firm Gartner showed. Nokia's market share more than halved last year, from above 40 percent in the first quarter to below one fifth by the fourth quarter.
"Chinese handset makers have been actively promoting their smartphones with China's three telecoms operators, so we saw ZTE and Huawei gain significant market share," said Gartner analyst CK Lu.
Gartner said this week it expected Apple's iPhone market share to slip for a couple of quarters as the novelty of its latest 4S model wears off.
In the first quarter of last year, ZTE had a market share of just 3 percent, but ended 2011 ranked 4th with more than 11 percent market share.
Chinese firms are gradually shifting up towards the higher end of the market, unveiling more feature-packed smartphones.
"If you want to sell handsets to the mass market, a simple rule of thumb in China is that the handset price has to be close to 70 percent of the monthly salary," said Jayesh Easwaramony, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan in Singapore.
"Today, an iPhone is more than two months salary."
This, said Easwaramony, gives the likes of Huawei and ZTE the opportunity to cater to a mass market that is captivated by the iPhone, but doesn't have the purchasing power for it.
Value for money
"The quality of Huawei's phones is quite high and it's good value for money compared to the iPhone," said Dale Dai, a 28-year-old sales executive from Beijing.
Dai, who uses his Huawei phone to write weibo, or Chinese microblogs, surf the Internet and make calls, recently bought a new Honor smartphone for 1,800 yuan ($290), almost a third of the price of a new iPhone 4S at 4,988 yuan.
But given the sheer size of the Chinese market, just targeting the highest end users should be enough for Apple, though it's not always been a smooth ride.
Last month, shoppers in Beijing threw eggs at the Apple store and fought with police when they were told the iPhone 4S would not be on sale as scheduled.
In Shenzhen, some genuine iPhones and iPads are smuggled in from Hong Kong, while sellers also take advantage of Apple's popularity by packaging fake iPhones in iPhone 5 boxes - even before the 4S was launched.
In Hong Kong, Apple resorted to an online lottery reservation system for the 4S model after crowd control issues disrupted initial sales.
Analysts expect Apple to stem its slide in market share in China by signing up another carrier.
China Unicom , the country's No 2 telecoms operator, is currently the only carrier to officially carry the iPhone. It has not officially given its iPhone sales, but analysts estimate it has sold around 3 million iPhones since signing a contract with Apple in 2009.
China Telecom Corp Ltd, the third and smallest operator, is expected to be next to clinch a similar deal with Apple later this year, and analysts predict it would sell about 1.4 million iPhones this year if it can reach a deal with Apple by May, rising to 2-4 million new iPhone users in 2013.


text:
BNU is recruiting talents from all over the world in its effort to build a high quality faculty of innovation, international vision, ability and integrity.
Beijing Normal University (BNU) is dedicated to building "a world-class comprehensive, research-oriented normal university with Chinese characteristics" while pursuing a talent program aimed to boost discipline development.
BNU, founded in 1902 as the Normal College of the Imperial University of Peking, is one of the key universities under the direct administration of the Ministry of Education of China, and is a renowned university best known for teacher education, education science, and the basic disciplines of the humanities and the sciences. It is acknowledged as one of the first group of universities listed in China's first "211 Project" and "985 Project". In 2017, BNU was selected into the national Type-A universities of the "World Class University Plan" and 11 disciplines were included in the "First Class Discipline Plan". In the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, BNU ranked sixth in mainland China with its 6 disciplines evaluated as A+ disciplines. Pedagogy, Psychology, Chinese Language and Literature, Chinese History, Drama and Film Studies, and Geography. In the World University Rankings for 2017/18 provided by UK-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), BNU ranked 256th in the world and 8th among universities in mainland China.
Beijing Normal University will spare no effort in making positive contributions to research and education. Besides being renowned for its rich educational resources, the University also believes strongly in recruiting outstanding talents who share the same aspirations. We invite you to have a conversation with us. A competitive remuneration package will be offered to suitable candidates.
For more about us, please visit Beijing Normal University
For more information on qualifications, compensation and benefits for each programme please visit BNU Global Recruitment.
IV. Contact information
1. Please refer to School Contact Information for detailed contact information of the Schools.
2. Please refer to Human Resources Contact Information for detailed contact information of the Human Resources Department.
Latest jobs
There are currently no jobs.


text:
Gray Mountain Summary and Analysis
FreeBookNotes found 1 site with book summaries or analysis of Gray Mountain. If there is a Gray Mountain SparkNotes, Shmoop guide, or Cliff Notes, you can find a link to each study guide below.
Among the summaries and analysis available for Gray Mountain, there is 1 Short Summary.
Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc.), the resources below will generally offer Gray Mountain chapter summaries, quotes, and analysis of themes, characters, and symbols.