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I'm not gonna lie. Sticking with this meal plan at the office is tough.
My problems started yesterday morning. I just could not get into the cottage cheese I was supposed to eat for breakfast. But I was late for work, so I settled for a pear.
At noon, VT recipe tester Fiona Kennedy arrived like clockwork with yummy-smelling recipes for us to taste and score. The crown jewel was a plate of Asian-inspired celery sticks. I can't reveal too much about them, but suffice it to say that everyone was oohing and aahing and scarfing them down. I limited myself to one stick, but it was hard. Very hard.
I typically wait to put away leftovers until later in the afternoon, so that people can graze, but yesterday I didn't take any chances. I whipped out the Tupperware right after lunch.
Later on, I received a shipment of sweet potato chips.
See, I am surrounded by temptation. I work at a food magazine, after all. Several women in our office keep giant tubs of pretzels and candy at their desks, and on top of that, I handle new products at VT, so snack bars and cookies and chocolates are constantly being sent to my attention. It is literally my job to eat this stuff!
Good thing I have a hearty breakfast of Overnight Chai Steel-Cut Oats to eat this morning. I'm counting on it to keep me satisfied until lunchtime. I am also equipped with an apple, a cucumber, and a bag of baby carrots.
Tonight, I plan on destressing with a long, drawn-out dinner, candles and flowers included. Hopefully, the Pistachio-Crusted Eggplant Cutlets won't take too long to make!
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In the large Maasplassen area, there are various options for taking a boat trip to Thorn and over the extensive water area in the area.
The Maasplassen is an extensive, continuous network of large and small lakes, created by gravel excavations. Hardly anyone knows that the Maasplassen, with an area of over 3000 hectares, is also the largest continuous water sports area in the Netherlands.
Boat trips to and from Thorn:
Rederij Cascade, Havenstraat 20, 6051 CS Maasbracht, +31 475 461 574, www.rederijcascade.nl
Take a trip by boat on the Maas and Maasplassen and visit some villages on the Maas with the regular service or sail through the lock complex in Maasbracht.
Boat trip Thorn and Belgian Maasplassen:
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Boat trips around the Maasplassen Roermond and surroundings:
Many lakes have formed around Roermond due to the gravel excavations. As a result, you can see a huge range of animal species, flowers and plants along the water. There are various possibilities to enjoy the Maas landscape from the boat.
Concorde Maasplassen Tours, Hatenboer 51 (Hoofd steiger), 6041TN, Roermond, Phone: +31 6 29 41 88 78, www.concordemaasplassentours.nl
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ART WALK— The first Wynwood Art Walk of 2013 is tomorrow night. You'll want to stop at Cafeina for their after party where they'll be handing out free Beck's Sapphire from 9 to 10p.m. to celebrate the launch of this new, sleek beer. [EaterWire]
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Marywood University Receives "It's On Us PA" Grant
Continuing his commitment to combating sexual assault, Govern Tom Wolf announced today that 37 institutions of higher education are receiving "It's On US" Pennsylvania grants of up to $30,000 each. Marywood University is receiving $29,941. The governor established "It's on Us PA,'' the nation's first statewide campaign, nearly five years ago and has made Pennsylvania a national leader in improving campus safety.
Governor Wolf said, "Sexual violence will not be tolerated. All colleges and universities must be safe for students. The 'It's On Us PA' grant program was created to provide colleges and universities with support and resources necessary to shift campus culture and promote healthy relationships."
The grants provide funding from January 2021 through May 2022 to implement strategies on campuses to address goals of the Governor's "It's On Us PA" campaign, which include: improving awareness, prevention, reporting, and response systems regarding sexual violence in schools, colleges, and universities to better serve all students; removing/reducing barriers that prevent survivors of sexual violence from reporting and/or accessing vital resources by creating a more consistent, empowering reporting process for student survivors of gender-based violence; and demonstrating significant, proactive, and sustainable leadership to change campus culture by challenging Pennsylvania's education leaders—including college and university presidents, as well as students, teachers, faculty, staff, families, and communities—to pledge to improve their institutions' climate around sexual assault.
Marywood University will meet the Governor's goals by engaging a program consultant to develop a long-term sustainable mode of awareness, prevention, reporting strategies and trauma informed response system; minimizing barriers to anonymous reporting by students, faculty, and staff by institutionalizing Maxient Conduct Manager software as a reporting tool; widely disseminating Marywood University reporting procedures to all students, faculty, and staff; revising the Promoting Awareness of the College Transition program (PACT) to include new Title IX regulations; enhancing sensitivity to diverse student groups; and putting an emphasis on reporting procedures, as well as the post-reporting trauma informed protocols used to support victims of sexual violence.
Brandice Ricciardi, coordinator of the "It's On Us PA" project at Marywood University, said, "We—myself and two co-coordinators, Ross Novak, dean of students, and Yerodin Lucas, director of equity and inclusion and Title IX coordinator, are elated to receive the 'It's On Us PA' grant for the third consecutive year. This grant helps all of us at Marywood in sustaining a safe, secure campus.
Gov. Wolf said, "Students, staff, and educators across the Commonwealth have done tremendous work through 'It's On Us PA' to protect learning environments and ensure they are free from sexual assault, harassment, and violence. These grants will further build on the work they have done to hold people accountable."
EMPOWER: The Campaign for Marywood Kicks Off
The public phase of "EMPOWER: The Campaign for Marywood," a $30 million comprehensive campaign, has begun; $24 million has been raised to date.
Marywood's Quality and Value Recognized by "Best Colleges"
"U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best Colleges" ranking deems Marywood University the Best Value among Northeast PA colleges.
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You're Fired!Kill Doomcryer and report back to Wildlord Antelarion in Evergrove.
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DescriptionDoomcryer did nothing to stop the revolt? How dare she! She has been trying to undermine my authority for some time. However, this time will be her last. You must summon her and deal with her personally.
Her anger guards hold the keys that summon her to Forge Camp: Anger. Retrieve the five keys and activate the five Legion obelisks. The obelisks have a short duration, so make sure they are all activated at the same time. Remember, the anger guards carry more keys.
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Who doesn't love baked goods? I know I always have and still do. You can find great gluten free options at No Gluten Kneaded, a wonderful Long Island Business.
There are certain foods that you just cannot get anywhere as good as you can downstate New York, especially in Manhattan and on Long Island. We have the best pizza, dirty water dogs (hot dogs) and breakfast sandwiches. We also have amazing wineries and farms.
Developing an illness or allergies doesn't have to mean you can no longer enjoy these things. It just means, you have to learn new tricks!
You can still eat out or order in locally. My family has been using Caffe Amici every Friday night for years and they now offer gluten free options! My son gets their gluten free pizza almost every Friday night.
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The perfect traveler does not cause or express
surprise, but few of us are perfect. In any
country, it pays to copy what you can, and
endure what you can't. To a typical Japanese,
a typical Westerner will seem tall, fat and
pink, with medium hair and a long nose. Those
points must be endured, obviously. Small children may laugh at you, but don't
be offended. They have no malice.
Westerners often have expensive, well-shined shoes, pressed pants, more casual shirts and jackets, ostentatious glasses, unshaven faces, unkempt, ill-smelling hair. Japanese often reverse this. They have clean and trimmed hair (regardless of style), well-cut shirts, baggy trousers and filthy, cheap shoes.
Cleanliness in Japan is not enough. You must be seen to be clean. Toilets are used in the squatting position (natural and healthy). They don't provide paper towels or hot water. Always carry tissue and a handkerchief. Always wash your hands in the cold water, and dry your hands conspicuously on your handkerchief. Napkins are not provided in restaurants. No one understand why they are necessary. With chopsticks, it's not easy to make your face filthy. Wash and rinse carefully before entering any bath.
Never touch anyone intentionally. Don't offer to shake hands. Some Japanese may think you wish to shake hands, and so will offer a hand. In this case only, shake. Don't hold hands or kiss in public. Unintentionally, you may shove and be shoved in a crowded train. Again, no offense, but be careful of children below your line of vision. In very good humor, one may slap or punch another's shoulder lightly. A man who slaps his own face is expressing humorous regret. If he pats the back of his own head, he is uncertain about something.
A concept of self-respect is vital anywhere. In Japan, a self-respecting person would never eat away from a table, never walk with coat unbuttoned, never stare---and would ignore the time element. This latter often proves very difficult for many foreigners, but time takes a low priority. Most Japanese are late for appointments, and then stay long after you want to stop.
Don't open doors for a woman; she won't understand, and may be confused, but she may walk through just to please you. Don't offer her your seat in a train, either. It's rather impertinent. Seniority, however, is very important.
Always offer your seat to any grandfather or grandmother. If you don't know what to say, tap the person gently on the arm and point to the seat. Mothers carrying babies also deserve this courtesy. Some mothers carry infants strapped on their back: Don't be surprised. It is most healthy and comfortable. Mothers will sometimes nurse their babies in public, or hold them over the edge of railroad platforms to let them relieve themselves. This is an accepted practice. Likewise, a man may relieve himself in public. Don't be alarmed.
Master the art of chopsticks, and ease of sitting on the floor. Neither is easy. Chopsticks are waved around much more freely than is the Western custom with knives and forks. Restaurants may provide knives and forks (a sign of expense), which Japanese guests proceed to wave about alarmingly. In the West, it is usually the host or a servant who serves the food and drink. In Japan, the guest often helps himself. In the case of drinks, the host will pour the first round. Later, each guest will take the initiative.
Soba is something like spaghetti in soup; eating it noisily shows appreciation. Belching slightly is perfectly correct. At the wash basin, gargling and clearing your throat loudly are also acceptable and normal.
Privacy is not a physical concept in Japan. Many toilets and bathhouses are mixed. At the doctor's, everyone strips down together. Courage! No one will give you a glance. At ryokans (inns) there are no locks on the doors. People will pop in and out all the time with tea and towels, etc. Be forewarned.
As for social niceties, if you are chatting with A, and B walks up, you may chat with B also, but it's quite unnecessary to introduce A and B to each other. In fact, don't introduce them unless you have a particular reason to do so. If you make an appointment for any kind of business meeting, it's quite likely you'll be met by a committee, half of which will never speak. Don't be unnerved.
Money is not emphasized in Japan. Rich and poor are hard to distinguish from one another. Never bargain over prices---bills are never inflated with gimmicks. In the West, you may give gifts to tradesmen at the New Year. In Japan, they give them to you. Giving gifts is important and tricky in Japan. When invited to a friend's house to dinner, take a medium-priced gift, flowers or a box of candy. This invitation is a serious affair: You'll never receive a casual invitation. In more elaborate circumstances give something more elaborate. Scotch is a good choice. Offer the gift to the host using both your hands (and use both hands when passing a plate at table). Japanese themselves tend to give very expensive gifts, or to ignore you altogether. Department stores give excellent delivery service, but if you send a gift indirectly, strange things may happen. One is that the friend will send you a gift of equal value; such return gifts are always made at weddings and funerals (the two most fascinating events in Japan). Another possibility is that the recipient will not respond. This may be embarrassing. Has he received it or not? What will you say next time you meet him?
In general, avoid anything indirect in Japan. No Japanese delivers a telephone message correctly to a third party. No Japanese returns a borrowed book.
Yet, a Japanese may be quite friendly with you for a time, not see you for a long period for whatever reason, then take up the acquaintance exactly where it was left off. It's the time element, again. If the Japanese conceived of time as we did, after all, wouldn't their works of art have perspective? It's a country where you can find the best and worst, but few of the dimensions between that characterize the West.
The Japanese see the world differently, in sum. Try to see it their way for a time. You won't be bored.


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- February 22, 2022
Aiea, Hawaii, May 10, 2021 – Local entrepreneurs continue to open at Pearlridge Center, which has significantly increased the number of local small businesses that have or will soon open as new eateries, stores or free-standing kiosks. The tenants are committed entrepreneurs trying unique concepts or expanding, while creating much-needed jobs during economic times that are still very challenging.
New in-line stores at Pearlridge Center include:
Expanded Animation Magic (6,000 square feet): Re-location from a smaller Pearlridge store in early April has allowed locally owned Animation Magic to expand beyond its traditional product lines, while remaining firmly committed to finding unique apparel, accessories and collectibles. With the larger space, Animation Magic is sure to have that special something – anime to Hello Kitty, Baby Yoda to Pokemon – for fans of all ages. Mauka, second level, next to Pandora.
Sweet Okole Jewelry (1,425 square feet): Sweet Okole offers unique – and often hand-stamped – anklets, bangles, earrings and more. If Sweet Okole does not already have that special something in gold, shells, Tahitian pearls or jade, its artisans can customize a creation that will make anyone swoon. Mauka, first level, next to Sweet Treats by Kris. Expected opening: mid-May.
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Uncle Lani's Poi Mochi food truck: Who doesn't love the freshly made-to-order poi mochi, crunchy on the outside, yet chewy like mochi on the inside? The treat is synonymous with the name Uncle Lani, so get 'em while they're hot! Located in the Sears parking lot since March.
Asian Flavors/Bo's Kitchen/HI Finest Café (4,500 square feet total): Asian Flavors and Bo's Kitchen opened in mid-April, offering unique tastes in a convenient location in Mauka, first level across from the food court. Asian Flavors is a fusion specialist, while Bo's Kitchen offers authentic Chinese dim sum. HI Finest Café is a Japanese okazu-ya expected to open in mid-May. Trying them all in one sitting couldn't be easier…
Holy Cow Hot Dog (700 square feet). Myungrang changed its name to Holy Cow in April, but still offers its famous Korean street foods in their cheesy, crispy, spicy and sweet glory in the same location! Wai Makai, second level next to Royal Hawaiian Heritage Jewelry.
New entertainment includes:
Glow Golf Hawaii (4,500 square feet): Just in time for summer fun, Glow Golf Hawaii will open its glow-in-the-dark putt-putt golf for players of all ages and abilities! Mauka, second level next to Bath & Body Works. Projected opening: late May.
Pop-Ups include:
Island Craft Fairs: Stop by and see what these small, local entrepreneurs have curated for the Pearlridge community. From Tasty Jerky Hawaii to Teddy Bear Mobile, Little Leila's Manicures to Decowoods by Cindy, there is something for the entire family to eat, wear or enjoy. Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 in the Mauka Center Court and throughout Pearlridge Mauka. Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27 in the Wai Makai Center Court and throughout Pearlridge Wai Makai.
Collector Megalopolis: Calling collectors of anime, comics, sports memorabilia and more! If someone in our Pearlridge community collects it, Collector Megalopolis definitely has it. Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30. Mauka and Wai Makai Center Courts, as well as throughout Pearlridge Mauka and Wai Makai.
Future eateries will include:
Nau Dog kiosk: Nau Dog offers homemade organic and natural pet food and other treats for dogs and cats, as well as the cutest apparel and accessories. Mauka, first level, fronting Jamba Juice. Projected opening: May 1.
Tanaka Ramen and Izakaya (1,900 square feet): Tanaka Ramen will not only offer its signature ramen, rice bowls and izakaya dishes, but will unveil an array of dishes only available at Pearlridge Center. Pearlridge exclusives will include Tanaka garlic volcano ramen, clam chowder croquettes and seafood & vegetable kushi katsu – yum! Opening Thursday, May 6. Wai Makai, second level, between Tony Moly and Icing.
Bomb Chicken (640 square feet): The world is mad for mega-flavorful crispy chicken, but until you've had Bomb Chicken's wings, tenders, sandwiches and wraps with their signature sauces and sides… And the flavors go boom! Anticipated opening in late May. Mauka, first level next to Charley's Steakery.
Hot Dog on a Stick (525 square feet): Anticipated opening in late May. Celebrate the opening weekend with a free bottle tote ($8 value) when making a $25 purchase to the first 200 customers. Mauka, first level, next to Cookie Corner.
Hawaii Pot Shabu Shabu House (1,800 square feet): Anticipated opening in mid-summer. Mauka, second level, next to Genki Sushi.
About Pearlridge Center
Pearlridge Center is the largest enclosed shopping center in Hawaii. The venue is known for its signature family events, weekly farmers' market and Oahu's only monorail, which offers expansive views of Hawaii's iconic Sumida Watercress Farm and historic Pearl Harbor. The super-regional town center is home to more than 250 national and local retail, dining and entertainment options, as well as numerous events and activities throughout the year. A dynamic offering of things to do along with things to buy keeps guests engaged and returning often. Pearlridge Center is open seven days a week; Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, please call 808.203.2358 or visit PearlridgeOnline.com. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/Pearlridge and follow us on Twitter @Pearlridge and Instagram @Pearlridge.
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Arne Sorenson's legacy encompasses many qualities—from his leadership and
empathy to his business acumen and embracing the big picture of humanity.
Arne, who died Monday, February 15, at age 62 after a nearly two-year
battle with pancreatic cancer, was the consummate communicator. He
understood his audience and almost always had a tailor-made response to
questions. His even-keeled, measured approach to delivering messages became
one of his most important calling cards.
The shock of his passing runs deep because we thought we'd have more time
to experience his passion for the hotel industry—even after the company
announced two weeks ago that Arne was temporarily reducing his workload to
focus on his health.
During many of the interviews I had the good fortune of conducting with
Arne over the years, he often talked about the importance of taking the
lead and lending a voice. That's something he did with aplomb—and it's why
he was held in such high esteem by an entire industry.
For example, during the ALIS Winter Update digital event on January 25,
Arne talked about the need to keep in mind those hotel industry
employees who have lost their jobs because of the global pandemic
. "Dealing with our people has been singularly the most difficult aspect of
this challenge," he told interviewer Stephanie Ricca, editor-in-chief of
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and ended up with a $13-billion deal that created the world's largest hotel
company. He said at the time that keeping all 30 brands intact and relevant
could be done—and steadfastly maintained that stance even as owners worried
that some brands might be sold. The portfolio remains intact to this day.
Born in Tokyo, Arne's life was filled with a global presence from the
beginning. As he grew into the CEO role at Marriott, it was clear he had a
global vision with local wisdom. He knew the big picture was built piece by
He wasn't afraid to voice his opinion even when it wasn't the most popular
thing to say. His support of diversity and inclusion made a difference, as
did his stance on immigration and many other issues.
Arne at times made tough decisions that challenged the status quo—that's
the duty of a good leader. He always seemed to appreciate the pros and cons
of every decision he made and weighed his comments before speaking.
An anecdote from Arnie Weissman of Travel Weekly about Marriott cutting
group and meetings commissions in 2018 epitomizes Arne's ability to see the
big picture and communicate well.
Check it out here.
Arne graced the ALIS stage many times over the years, and it was more than
his hotel knowledge that the crowd came to hear. He possessed a rare
combination of humility, empathy, and a sense of humor to complement his
business wisdom. That's the Arne people wanted to hear.
And it's what drew tributes like these this week (these are only highlights
of the many statements issued):
That sampling of responses shows the respect and admiration Arne earned
during his tenure in the hotel industry. All of us at The BHN Group and
Northstar Travel Group extend our sincerest condolences to his family,
colleagues, and the hotel industry in general during this sad time.
May we all utilize what his leadership and approach to life taught us as we
go through the difficult task of rebuilding our industry. That, I believe,
would make Arne proud.
Jeff Higley
President, The BHN Group


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Knowing how to use and properly service the brakes on your walker is crucial to decreasing the risk of injuries. The brakes on most walkers are called circle lock brakes, and they work along the same lines as the brake on a bike.
The brakes are applied by delicately pulling up on the brake switches found just beneath the handles of your walker. This uses a straightforward mechanism to apply strain to the brake cushions on the back wheels. You lock the brakes on most walkers by pushing down on the brake switches.
In this article, we are going to take an in-depth look at how to use the brakes, as well as how to fix them. This will help you prevent any accidents that may occur due to lack or maintenance or breakage.
Most rolling walkers include either "circle lock" or bike-style hand brakes, which are found under the handlebars on each side of the walker.
Considerably less common are push-down brakes, which are applied by essentially pushing down on the handlebars of the walker. These kinds of brakes can help individuals with hands that suffer from difficulty in gripping. These are useful for people who may not have the option to easily apply the brakes of a standard rolling walker. However, this type of brake can be hard for some seniors to use.
Before you fix and adjust your brakes, you need to fully understand how they work. We have divided the different facets of brakes into sections so we can break down those individual actions. This will help you get a full understanding of the whole process.
If your walker comes with typical circle lock or bike-style brakes, you will apply the brakes to reduce speed, stop, or keep the walker from shifting position. This is as basic as pulling up on the brake switches. This will pull on the brake link, which will connect with the wheel brake. The contact of the brake on the wheel is what makes the brake work.
The left and right brake switches apply the brakes autonomously to each side of the walker. Pull up on the left-hand switch, and you apply the brake on the left wheel. Pull up on the other switch, and you apply the brake on the right side wheel.
To brake the walker while moving in a straight line, to apply the two brakes at the same time. On the off chance that you use just one of the brakes, or one significantly more than the other, the walker will go toward the side where the greater pressure is applied.
Locking the wheels on a rolling walker is easily done on most models that are designed with standard circle lock brakes. You basically just push down on the brake switches. This will secure the brakes, and the wheels won't move until you release the brake switches again.
On some rolling walkers, the brakes are activated by pulling the individual park brake switch, which is separate from the customary brake. You will be able to see the wheel lock brake switch found just before the handholds. The normal brakes are situated underneath the handholds.
Since the brakes on a rolling walker work freely of one another, there are some more advanced methods you can use in making difficult maneuvers. Should you want to make a tight left turn, you should apply just the left-hand brake while keeping the other side unbraked.
This will make the walker rotate sharply around the braked wheel, bringing about a very difficult maneuver. If you are looking at doing a tight right turn, you will want to do the opposite of this.
Now, you have a basic understanding of how to use the brakes on your walker. Next, we can look at a few ways to fix and adjust your brakes for optimal safety.
The procedure for changing your walker's brakes is very straightforward. However, you need to keep in mind that there will be some variations between brands and walker models. The basic procedures all are comparable, though.
If your walker came with a manual, make sure to pay close attention to it. Make sure that you are executing this procedure properly according to your model.
In general:
Perhaps, you've recently made some adjustments to the brakes using the above instructions. If you still want to tighten the brakes even more, you can use the same methods to the opposite end of the brake link.
To adjust the rolling walker brakes to allow the unit to move more easily, make the following adjustments
Because they affect the mobility of a rolling walker, the brakes are one of the most crucial pieces of the walker itself. The proper use, setup, and maintenance of your brakes will decrease the risk of potential accidents.


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Wife flees home after husband discovers her nude photos with another man
A woman married for 16 years has packed out of her husband's home after he discovered her nude photos with another man on her mobile phone.
40-year-old Tawanda Kashaya said his wife, Caroline packed out of the house after he confronted her with the nude photos.
He said, "I do not know where she is right now. I have tried calling her number but it is not going through.
"She is calling me with a private number and each time she calls she says I am angry at her because of what she did. I have reached out to her relatives but they are saying they have no idea where she is."
Kashaya narrated that problems started when he noticed a change in his wife's attitude, and when he called her attention to it, she challenged him to work hard to improve his sex 'skills' since he was no longer hitting the mark, H-metro stated.
"My wife started behaving awkwardly late last year, sometimes, she could sleep across the bed and I had to sleep in the dining room or another spare room.
"A few weeks ago, she failed to turn up for a family get-together party we were having and that is when my first son said 'mummy has gone home to her parents'.
"I thought she was going to come back, but she did not until I lodged a report with the police," Kashaya stated.
Kashaya said when his wife returned home, she did not say where she had gone and became uncontrollable until last Thursday when she told him that she was no longer interested in continuing with the marriage.
"I told her if she was no longer interested in me, she had to give me a divorce token because that is our culture. I was stressed and started drinking too much beer," added Kashaya.


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In this paper, we propose a novel content-aware image resizing method based on grid transformation. Our method focuses on not only keeping important regions unchanged but also keeping the aspect ratio of the main object in an image unchanged. The dual conditions can avoid distortion which often occurs when only using the former condition. Our method first calculates image importance. Next, we extract themain objects on an image by using image importance. Finally, we calculate the optimal grid transformation which suppresses changes in size of important regions and in the aspect ratios of the main objects. Our method uses lower and upper thresholds for transformation to suppress distortion due to extreme shrinking and enlargement. To achieve better resizing results, we introduce a boundary discarding process. This process can assign wider regions to important regions, reducing distortions on important regions. Experimental results demonstrate that our proposed method resizes images with less distortion than other resizing methods.
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How Patriot Chimney Grew Revenue by 167% in One Year
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Patriot Chimney isn't just a growing home service business. It's a veteran-owned success story.
Opened in 2017, Patriot serviced 350+ customers and generated more than $212,000 in its first year. And it's been profitable ever since.
But things didn't start out so smoothly. Here's how the company went from scrappy startup to streamlined success using Jobber.
READ MORE: How to start a chimney cleaning business like Patriot Chimney
Patriot Chimney added Jobber to their toolkit in 2018. Since then, they've been able to:
- Achieve a 45% close rate on proposals
- Increase revenue from $14,493 to $38,747 in one year
- Streamline their quoting with a custom online booking form
- Hire an administrative assistant and a sales representative
- Spawn a nonprofit, Combat Boots to Top Hats, which connects combat veterans to work opportunities in the chimney trade
- Manage the business remotely and while working at another full-time job
"We needed to make things easier before we burned out"
For the first few months, Patriot Chimney operated as lean as possible. "Every dollar counted," says Mitchell Blackmon, who co-founded the company with his brother Matt and friend Billy Stickney.
In between his 9-to-5 job, Mitchell worked on the company's marketing and sales processes. Meanwhile, Matt and Billy were answering the calls, scheduling the work, and "frankly doing a lot of the admin work on top of all the chimney work."
That's when things started to break down.
"They started missing calls while they were on jobs, which led to them spending a lot of time calling customers back. It also led to customers going with competitors."
To add to the growing pains, the business was running entirely on pen and paper.
"They were getting really close to complete burnout."
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In addition to Patriot Chimney, Mitchell runs a residential cleaning business called Town Mountain Maids.
He knew from that experience that good operations software would help him run his business remotely, handle more work requests, and get organized.
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"We're a lot more efficient and organized," says Mitchell.
"In October 2018, when we just got Jobber, we made $14,493.09 in revenue, while running at full swing and feeling burnt out."
"In November 2019, we made $38,747.33 in revenue, a 167.35% increase."
"I can definitely tell that our capacity is a lot higher than without Jobber. We can handle several jobs per day easily."
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"I didn't use any of the training because it was straightforward and simple to use. I watched a lot of the videos before getting started, which helped. But support has been awesome whenever I have a question."
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What's next for this fast-growing business?
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|Did the Pacquiao-Bradley Bout's Judges Use the Sorsoganon "Pierde-Gana" Rule &/or Quantum Physics in Scoring It?
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|Written by Bobby M. Reyes
|Monday, 11 June 2012 10:58
A Satire by Lolo Bobby M. Reyes of Bibingcahan,
S everal boxing aficionados from
To the uninitiated, the "P-G" Rule is taken from the Sorsoganon words, "Pierde" (loss) and "Gana" (win). This means that a loss becomes a win and vice versa, if the protagonists agree in advance of using the said "P-G" Rule. But did Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino boxing icon and defending welterweight champion, agree to the adoption of the "P-G" Rule?
On the other hand, several Sorsoganon readers of this satirist's writings inquired by e-mail or via Facebook messages if the boxing judges used the theory of Quantum Physics (QP) in casting their scores? The QP theory is known likewise as the "Uncertainty Principle." The QP, AKA also as "Quantum Enigma," states in layman's terms that "reality is simply a figment of the imagination" insofar as the microscopic world is concerned.
"It is physically impossible to know both the position and the momentum of a particle at the same time. The more precisely one is known, the less precise the measurement of the other is.4" More data about Quantum Physics are found in this hyperlink http://library.thinkquest.org/3487/qp.html
Some of the Sorsoganons inquired if boxing Judges Ross and Ford are physicists by education and/or training?
History of the Sorsoganon "Pierde-Gana" Rule
A ccording to legendary sources, the "P-G" Rule was initiated by a Greek member of the Spanish expedition (from 1519 to 1522) that was commanded by Fernando de Magallanes. The Greek supposedly landed in what is now
According to legend, the Greek visitor educated Sorsoganons about the Pyrrhic Victory, a victory with such a devastating cost that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately lead to defeat.
Thus, Sorsoganons liked so much the Greek story that they came up with the "P-G" Rule. In playing chess or checkers for example, a Sorsoganon who runs out of chess or checkers pieces "wins." In billiards, under the "P-G" Rule, the first player to put any ball in any of the billiard table's pockets "loses."
Then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo liked so much the "P-G" Rule, as taught to her by her Sorsoganon followers and party members, that she successfully used it in the 2004 and 2007 elections. So she snatched victory from the jaws of an election defeat with the help of several Commission on Elections (COMELEC) commissioners.
Incidentally, the Greek crew member of the Magallanes-led expedition supposedly reached Sorsogon in 1521 as he and his group wanted to avenge the death of their commander at the hands of native warriors led by Lapu Lapu. The Greek thought that Lapu Lapu came from an island, which was then part of Sorsogon. The name of Lapu Lapu island (now part of
N ow back to the Pacquiao-Bradley bout. This writer will pass on to another Sorsoganon writer, Joseph G. Lariosa of Chicago, to check with the camps of Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao and the with the said three judges, as well as with the Nevada State Boxing Commission, about the alleged use of the "P-G" Rule and/or Quantum Physics. Mr. Lariosa is the dean of Filipino correspondents in
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Jimmy Fallon's Breaking Bad Parody is the Best Breaking Bad Parody
It features appearances by Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Bob Odenkirk, and a great one by Jay Leno.
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I'm almost as sad that Breaking Bad parodies are going away as I am that Breaking Bad is going away. Hopefully Better Call Saul parodies will be this good. Watch for appearances by Breaking Bad cast members as well Higgins saying "bitch" like a thousand times.
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It does not take a cynic to note a high correlation between people becoming involved in custody cases and "finding religion." So long as judges confuse religion with morality and morality [the duties we owe God] with ethics [the duties we owe each other], there are advantages to be had in family court by claiming newly-found piety. Too bad we assume that any person proclaiming religion has more to offer on "righteous behavior" than a thoughtful committed atheist such as local gadfly Herb Silverman.
There's actually a great argument that injecting religious observance into custody decisions is a violation of the First Amendment. In Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97, 103-04 (1968), the United States Supreme Court notes:
Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion, and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against another or even against the militant opposite. The First Amendment mandates governmental neutrality between religion and religion, and between religion and nonreligion.
Despite this, and as discussed in Roy T. Stuckey's Marital Litigation in South Carolina 458-66 (3d ed.2001), there is a long list of South Carolina appellate decisions which appear to approve a parent's religious commitment as a factor (if not the controlling factor) in deciding custody. But, if we are going to allow religion to be a factor in deciding custody, I believe it fair to test the sincerity of a parent's religious beliefs.
To do this I ask religious parents three simple questions: 1) Name your favorite story in the Bible (or whatever religious text they subscribe to); 2) What do you like about that story?; 3) How has the lesson from that story affected your behavior? For example, if I was asked that question, I would answer "The Book of Ruth." I love how the non-Jewish, recently-widowed Ruth follows her widowed, Jewish, mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Israel with these words:
Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
I love how Boaz, on whose fields Naomi and Ruth are gleaning [collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested], falls in love with Ruth after hearing of her kindness towards her mother-in-law. The lessons I take from this story are: treat your older relatives with kindness and take steps to assuage their loneliness; be kind to strangers and outsiders and welcome them as you would welcome kin and neighbors and; take steps to help the poor and downtrodden so that they might live with dignity.
You'd be surprised–perhaps not–over how many newly-religious parents give facile answers to these questions. I once deposed a woman who had given my client custody of their child to engage in an adulterous relationship, and become pregnant with her paramour's child before the divorce from my client was finalized. After their divorce, she married the man with whom she had cheated and now she wanted the older child returned so she could reunite her family. I asked this mother for her favorite Bible story and she answered,"The Book of Job." That was surprising on two counts. First, few Christians name an Old Testament story as their favorite. Second, in the Book of Job, God kills Job's children as part of an elaborate bet with Satan to prove whether Job is righteous or merely acts righteous because God has treated him so well.
When I asked this woman why she liked The Book of Job she replied, "Because God took everything from Job and then gave him everything back." Indeed, in The Book of Job, God ruins Job's crops, destroys his reputation, his wealth, and his and his wife's health, and kills his children. For a time Job suffers in silence but finally he can take it no further, demanding to know of God why he has been forsaken. God does not answer the question directly but instead demands of Job:
Where were you when I created the foundations of the earth? … Where were you when the morning stars sang together? … Have you shut up the sea with doors? … Have you made the cloud the garment thereof? … Have you commanded the morning? … Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? … Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?
Upon completing this verbal smackdown, God restores Job to his formerly illustrious position and actually increases his wealth, reputation and number of children.
A God who toys with innocent humans and human life for his [or her] own amusement is profoundly disturbing. It is not the story I would expect a newly-religious person of limited education to select as her favorite. When I later reminded her that God had done for her what he had done for Job–taking her old child and giving her a new one–and asked why she could not be satisfied with the status quo–everyone went apoplectic. However, I believe the point I was trying to make–that those finding religion in order to bolster their custody claim are sometimes facile, if not insincere, in their beliefs– was pretty well established.
I am honored that you chose to mention me in your excellent blog.
I also have a weekly blog as an OnFaith panelist for the Washington Post.
Herb Silverman
Those of us who live without religion are forced to make ethical decisions using common sense and compassion, neither of which seems to have been in the repertoire of the mother seeking custody of the child she had previously abandoned. Will there be a sequel to this post? We all want to know who won the case.
P.S. Thank you for your mention of Herb Silverman. The Secular Coalition for America, of which he is president, is working to change public policies which result in harm to children via special exemptions for parents' religious belief and practice.
Interesting blog, i have bookmarked it for future referrence.
Greetings from Tim. :)


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We've got a double dose of comics for you today. First, Leslie Stein, the artist behind Eye of the Majestic Creature, who reviews the film adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner's Diary of a Teenage Girl in the form of comics.
And then Rina Ayuyang is her, with the third installment of her week's residence in the Cartoonist's Diary spot. Today, she asks her mom to go with her to the museum.
Meanwhile, elsewhere:
—News. The Ignatz Award nominations have been announced for this year. I may have missed it, but I haven't seen much controversy online about the picks.
I don't normally post promotional preview stuff like this, but I can't help myself when it's Jaime Hernandez on Archie.
—Reviews & Commentary. Yesterday, Dan linked to one of the two Peanuts essays going around online this week. Here's the other one, by Kevin Wong at Kotaku, arguing that Peanuts got ruined when Snoopy started fighting the Red Baron and light whimsy became the main focus. That's an old, popular argument -- I remember a big cover feature in the New York Press making the same claim at length some fifteen years ago or so. The opposing critical side argues that people place too much emphasis on the "dark" elements of Schulz's work because dark subject matter is irrationally considered more adult and sophisticated. Of course, in actual fact both sides are wrong/right, and Peanuts contains multitudes, and did so from beginning to end. There's light whimsical humor from the very earliest strips. Wong mentions the following strip from 1995 (long past the beginning of the Joe Cool era), but dismisses it only on the basis that it's not a "fully-formed joke." Well, it made me laugh out loud when I opened to it in the latest Complete Peanuts volume.
Anyway, it's not hard to cherry-pick weaker or stronger strips from any era to make your case. But arguing that Peanuts isn't good in later years because Snoopy doesn't act like a real dog seems a little beside the point.
More importantly: it's obviously all right to prefer one era or tone over another. (In fact, my particular taste in Peanuts isn't that far off from Wong's, though I'm much more impressed with Schulz's consistency.) But one of the great strengths of the daily newspaper strip is its flexibility. Schulz knew exactly what he was doing.
Whit Taylor recommends three sites that feature feminist comics.
I don't believe we've linked to the relaunched Trouble with Comics site yet. Here's a post where the members discuss the concept of the "perfect comic shop" that demonstrates the site's strengths nicely.
And finally, Shaenon Garrity considers the prospects for a post-Fables Vertigo.


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I have wanted to try my hand at a Victoria Sponge for a long time. First, because I brake for cake! Second, it is just so quintessentially English (although you will find this cake on the menu at most Scottish eateries as well).
I researched several different recipes, and they all seem to be pretty consistent, with just some minor variations between them. Equal parts butter, sugar, and flour appears to be the common thread. For my cake today, I decided to try a recipe by BBC Good Food. I modified it little, as I chose a different mixing method. Also, instead of the buttercream filling, I made a lighter, less sweet whipped cream filling instead.
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Worldwide recognition and support for NBMG and NGL ...
As a consequence of the dire economic situation in Nevada, the Nevada System of Higher Education faces a cut of the state-funded budget of more than 30%. In order to meet the budget cut requested by the Nevada legislator, the President of UNR has proposed to cut the budget of NBMG disproportionally by more than 50%. Such a cut would take away the economic basis for NBMG to provide mandated services for Nevada. The cut would also reduce the ability of NBMG to win external grants and have a significant negative impact on the overall UNR budget and the economy of Nevada.
As a reaction to the proposed disproportional budget cut, more than 110 letters of support for NBMG were sent to the UNR President from national and international agencies, universities, and individuals. In the following, we provide selected quotes from these letters that illustrate the high recognition NBMG enjoys worldwide and the concerns that the proposed cuts will have a devastating impact on NBMG, UNR and the economy of Nevada. More quotes can be found here.
Rick Allis, Utah State Geologist and Director, Utah Geological Survey (letter)
Zuheir Altamimi, Research Director, President Section 5, Intl. Assoc. Geodesy, Inst. Geographique National (letter)
Ernie Anderson, Geologist, USGS, semi-retired (letter)
Robbie Anderson, Geologist; Graduate Student Economic Geology, UNR (letter)
Yoaz E. Bar-Sever, Manager, NASA Global Differential GPS System, NASA/JPL (letter)
Robert Bedard, Managing Partner, EQ Energy LLC (oil & gas) (letter)
Myron G. Best, Professor of Geosciences, BYU Geosciences Department (letter)
Gerhard Beutler, Director, Astronomical Institute, University of Bern (letter)
Michael Bevis, Professor of Geodynamics, The Ohio State University (letter)
Peter Bird, Prof. of Tectonophysics; Fellow AGU; Fellow GSA, UCLA (letter)
Yehuda Bock, Prof. of Geodesy; UCSD (letter)
Jayne Bormann, Graduate Research Assistant, Geodetics, UNR (letter)
Rich Briggs, PhD, Geology, UNR (letter)
Jon Brown, Environmental and permitting manager, Telesto Nevada (letter)
Roy Breckenridge, Director and State Geologist, Idaho Geological Survey (letter)
Wayne Burke, Tribal Chairman, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
Thomas Callicrate, Geologist, Consolidated Goldfields Corporation (letter)
Wayne Carlson, Manager, Nevada Public Agency Insurance Pool (letter)
William E. Carter, Prof., University of Houston (letter)
John S. Caskey, Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Geosciences, San Francisco State University (letter)
Eric H. Christiansen, Prof. of Geosciences, BYU Geosciences Department
LeFran Ciofalo, Physician, Reno, NV (letter)
P. J. Clarke, Prof. of Geophysical Geodesy, Newcastle University (letter)
Gaylord Cleveland, Geologist and Exploration Manager, Centerra Gold (letter)
Jean Cline, Prof. of Geology, University of Nevada Las Vegas (letter)
James Cobb, Kentucky State Geologist; Pres. American Assoc. of State Geologists (letter)
Mark Coolbaugh, Chief Geoscientist, Renaissance Gold Inc. (letter)
Nicola D'Agostino, Sr Researcher, Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologica (letter)
James L. Davis, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University/LDEO (letter)
Edmond G. Deal, Director and State Geologist, Montana Bur. of Mines and Geology (letter)
Gregory Dering, Student, Geological Sciences Program, UNR (letter)
Ted DeRocher, Geoscientist, Oski Energy
John H. Dilles & Mark D. Barton, Profs. of Geology, Oregon State University
Timothy H Dixon, Prof., University of South Florida (letter)
Paul Dobak, Geologist, Elko Exploration (letter)
Rachel Dolbier, Administrator, Keck Museum/Graduate Student, UNR (letter)
David Donovan, Hydrologist, Las Vegas
Herb Duerr, Co-Owner, MinQuest, Inc.; Owner, Desert Pacific Exploration, Inc. (letter)
Joel Edwards, Graduate Student, UNR (letter)
William Ehni, Geologist and President, Ehni Enterprises (letter)
M. Stephen Enders, President, Society of Economic Geologists (letter)
Steven Fechner, Geologist, Retired Federal Government (letter)
Robert P. Felder, Consulting Geologist, Felder Geoscience Ltd. (letter)
David Fitch, Professional Geologic Consultant (letter)
Steve Foster, Geoscientist, Consultant (letter)
John P. Foudy, Geoscientist, ExxonMobil Development Company (letter)
Sabodh Garg, Geothermal consultant, GRC & GEA
John Geissman, Professor of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas
Patrick Goldstrand, Professional Geologist (letter)
Richard G. Gordon, Prof. of Geosciences, Rice University (letter)
Lewis Gustafson, Professional Mineral Exploration Geologist & Consultant (letter)
Peter H. Hahn, Professional Mineral Exploration Geologist & Consultant (letter)
Thomas Herring, Prof. of Geophysics, MIT/Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences (letter)
Emma Hill, Nanyang Asst. Prof., NRF Fellow, Earth Observatory of Singapore (letter)
William Holt, Prof. of Geophysics; Chair NAVSTAR; State University of New York (letter)
Keith Howard, Geologist, USGS Emeritus (letter)
Kerry L Howard, Math Teacher; PhD Candidate, Sierra Nevada College; UNR (letter)
Gary Johnston, Prog. Leader, Natl. Geospatial Ref. Syst., Geoscience Australia (letter)
Kurt Katzenstein, Prof. of Geosciences, South Dakota School of Mines & Tech.; UNR (letter)
Stephen E. Kesler, Prof. of Economic Geology, University of Michigan (letter)
Daniel Kunz, President, US Geothermal, Inc. (letter)
Kristine L. Larson, Prof. of Aerospace Eng. Sci., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (letter)
Lawrence Larson, Consulting Geologist/retired professor, LTL Petrographics (letter)
David A. Lavallee, Geodesist, Independent (letter)
Xavier LePichon, Prof. of Geodynamics, French Acad. of Sciences, College de France (letter)
Reed Lewis, Associate Research Geologist, Idaho Geological Survey
Ronald L. Lynn, Director, Clark County Department of Building Services (letter)
Vince Matthews, State Geologist & Director, Colorado Geological Survey (letter)
Roland McEldowney, President, Bear Creek Gold & Copper Company, LLC (letter)
Lawrence D. Meinert, Dept. Geosciences; Editor Economic Geology, Smith College (letter)
Calvin Miller, Prof. of Geosciences, Dept. Earth & Envir. Sci., Vanderbilt University (letter)
Jonathan S. Miller, Prof. of Geology, San Jose State University (letter)
Marilyn Miller, Computer Geologist, Renaissance Gold (letter)
M. Meghan Miller, President, UNAVCO, a Geodesy Research Consortium (letter)
Inga Moeck & David Bruhn, GFZ-German Centre for Research in Geosciences (letter)
Francis C. Monastero, Past President, Magma Energy Corp. & GRC (letter)
Christy Morris, Vice President, Ram Power, Inc (letter)
Monte C. Morrison, Country Manager, Magma Energy Corp. (letter)
Megan Muretta, Field Engineer, Pathfinder, a Schlumberger Company (letter)
John N. Murphy, President, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (letter)
Ryan Thomas Murphy, Senior Geologist, Hess Corporation (letter)
Ruth E. Neilan, Director, IGS Central Bureau, Intl. GNSS Service (letter)
Kerem K. Oguz, Y. Jeoloji Müh, and Salihli Belediyesi, Geologists in Turkey (letter)
John S. Oldow, Professor and Head, Geosciences, Univ. of Texas at Dallas (letter)
Per Erik Opseth, Director, Geodetic Institute, Norwegian Mapping Authority (letter)
Ronald L. Parratt, President & CEO, Renaissance Gold Inc. (letter)
John G. Parrish, State Geologist, California Geological Survey (letter)
Robert Pease, Former Graduate Student, Geology, UNR
Dean R. Peltonen, Exploration Geologist (letter)
Clay Postlethwaite, Geologist/Envir. Consultant, Newmont Mining Corp. (letter)
Neil Prenn, Administrative Manager, Mine Development Associates (letter)
John W. Pritchett, Geothermal consultant, SAIC (letter)
Jay Raney, Geologist, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (letter)
Mike Ressel, Senior Geologist, Kinross Gold (letter)
Chris Rizos, Prof. & Pres.-Elect, Intl Assoc. of Geodesy, Univ. of New South Wales (letter)
James M. Robertson, Dir. and State Geologist, Wisconsin Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey (letter)
Curt Robinson, Executive Director, Geothermal Resources Council (letter)
Andrew E. Sabin, Director, Navy Geothermal Program, China Lake, CA
David T. Sandwell, Professor of Geophysics, UC San Diego/SIO (letter)
Peter H. Scholle, State Geologist & Director, New Mexico Bur. of Geol. & Mineral Res. (letter)
Kenneth Schwartz, Senior Geologist, Chevron; UNR (letter)
Paul Segall, Professor, Dept. of Geophysics, Stanford University (letter)
Robert B. Smith, Research Professor and Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, University of Utah (letter)
Walter Snyder, Dir., Natl. Geothermal Data Syst. & DOE-Geothermal Data Repository (letter)
Jon Spencer, Senior Geologist, Arizona Geological Survey (letter)
Seth Stein, William Deering Prof., Fellow GSU & GSA, Northwestern University (letter)
Gene Suemnicht, Chief Geologist, Environmental Geothermal Services Inc. (letter)
Robert F. Swenson, State Geologist & Dir., Alaska Div. of Geol. & Geophys. Surveys (letter)
William J. Teplow, VP, Exploration, US Geothermal, Inc. (letter)
Paul Thomsen, President, Geothermal Energy Association (letter)
Harvey Thorleifson, Director, Minnesota Geological Survey (letter)
James H. Trexler, Professor of Geology, UNR (letter)
Tonie Van Dam, Researcher, Universite de Luxembourg (letter)
Lynne Volpi, Geologist, Kestrel Mine Services (letter)
Al Waibel Owner, Columbia Geoscience, geothermal exploration services (letter)
Jerome P. Walker, Petroleum and Geothermal Exploration Geologist
Alan Wallace, Geologist, USGS Retired (letter)
Andy B. Wallace, Geologist and Owner, Cordex Exploration Co. (letter)
James L. Werle, Chief Geologist and VP, Converse Consultants (letter)
Brian P. Wernicke, Prof. of Geology, California Institute of Technology (letter)
R. Wonnacott, Director Survey Services, Rural Dev. & Land Reform, Rep. South Africa (letter)
William Wright, Principal Geologist, Barrick Gold Corp. (letter)
Michael Young, Assoc. Director for Envir. Systems, Texas Bureau of Econ. Geology (letter)
Elizabeth Zbinden, Geologist & Geochemist, Independent (letter)
Richard E. Zehner, President, Caldera Geothermal (letter)
Frederick P. Zoerner, Consulting Geologist, Independent (letter)


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Rapper Plies was attacked on stage by a fan during a concert in Tallahassee, Fla., on Friday night.
A 'fan' grabbed Plies and body slammed him OFF the stage after the rapper said he was 'too close'
Once the two hit the ground, a brawl erupted. Security eventually ejected the 'fan' from the venue and Plies went on to continue performing.
Later, the person responsible for body slamming Plies explained his side of the story with a video, saying:
"I f— with you bruh, that n—a is one of my top five artists," he said. "That n—a started talking that bullshit. So I dropped his ass like any real n—a would do."
Watch what happened to Plies as well as the video from the man responsible below.
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As you know, I have a soft spot in my heart for struggling family wineries, those that have grown up in fits and starts powered by the passion, ingenuity, sweat, and tears of normal folks who decide to follow their dream.
Mike Officer and his wife Kendall Carlisle, who lends her last name to their Carlisle Winery & Vineyards, have lived that story. It's a story that has become almost a cliché over time: young man has his first sip of real wine, falls in love, dreams of making wine, starts making it in his kitchen, then the garage, then at a winery, then starts his own. Even though there are more than a few wineries built on a lifelong dream, that doesn't make it any less impressive or special that a winery like Carlisle has become a success.
Mike Officer was that proverbial kid who tasted a good wine one day and suddenly found himself awake to a whole new world of exploration. Going from "active collecting" of wine in college to making a barrel of Zinfandel at a time, to moving with his wife to Sonoma to be "closer to the source," Officer has been slowly shaping his life around wine, to the point at which just last year he has finally left his corporate job to become a full time winery owner.
Carlisle's first commercial vintage was in 1998, but for several years previous to that Officer and his wife had been making several barrels of old-vine Zinfandel, many of which had begun to win critical acclaim on the county fair and amateur competition circuit. Since 1998 Officer and a select crew of family and friends have been slowly scaling the operation to the point at which they now produce around 5,000 cases of wine.
One thing that has marked the Carlisle operation from the beginning, (and is most likely a testament to Officer's relationship building skills and passion for what he does) has been the fantastic vineyard sources that provide the grapes for their wine. Feeney Ranch, Teldeschi Ranch, Barbieri Ranch — some of the best old-vine Zinfandel sources in Sonoma County have been selling fruit to Officer for years. With good reason, too. The Carlisle Zinfandels are world class, including this past vintage, which was one of the best wines I tasted at the 2005 ZAP festival.
I was interested, then, when I saw a bottle of Syrah on offer from Carlisle, and picked up a couple to check out. This wine was made from several Syrah vineyards throughout Sonoma. Specifically, the Ray Teldeschi Ranch, Unti Vineyards, Pelkan Ranch in Knights Valley, and Del Carlo Ranch in Dry Creek Valley. The vines from each of these vineyards are relatively young (6 to 15 years old) and have been lightly cropped (some grapes removed) to concentrate the fruit. The grapes were cold soaked for 5 days before fermentation was induced and mid-way through fermentation the juice was pressed into new French oak to finish fermentation and to age for 20 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. 380 cases produced.
Tasting Notes:
A dark ruby color in the glass this wine has a heady nose of tobacco, dark black cherry, and sweet vanilla scented oak. In the mouth it is very high-toned with primary flavors of black cherry and vanilla, that make up a slightly unbalanced flavor profile that is dominated by sweet oak components. This is New World winemaking at its most extreme, and unfortunately suffers a little for it. To my palate the fruit is clearly excellent, but the wine has too much oak, and comes off slightly more like Tammy Faye Baker than a nicely put together, sophisticated Syrah, which is what the winemaker intended, I'm sure.
Food Pairing:
This wine needs something a bit heavy to balance it out. I'd suggest a substantial dish like a classic beef daube.
Overall Score: 8.5/9
How Much?: $36
I get mine through Porthos.


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In bleak times, funny-looking animals are worth their weight in gold. So it's with great pleasure that Gizmodo presents the finalists from this year's Comedy Pet Photography Awards.
The contest was founded by photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam and is a spinoff of their earlier project, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. In collaboration with Animal Friends Pet Insurance, the organization will also donate over $30,000 to three animal charities this year, while the top photographer will receive a cash prize of over $2,000 and an extra $5,000 to donate to their charity of choice.
The shortlist in 2022 features 26 photos and 4 videos selected from hundreds of entries submitted in nearly 70 countries. The final winners—which will include an entry voted on by the public—will be announced this September.


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"The Bold and the Beautiful" spoilers tease that several relationships could be on the rocks this coming week, October 12 – October 16. First, we've got all the baby drama with Ridge (Thorsten Kaye), Caroline (Linsey Godfrey) and Thomas (Pierson Fode).
Ever since Ridge found out about Thomas and Caroline's hookup, he's been as cold as ice to his son. Unfortunately, the tension won't be thawing anytime soon. Ridge wants rid of Thomas and he doesn't plan on backing down.
Caroline will stand by Ridge's decision, but she'll wish it didn't have to be this way. Deep down, Caroline feels that Thomas needs to be aware of his child. Whether Thomas took advantage of Caroline or not is still up for debate, but he deserves to know if he's going to be a father. Will Caroline let Thomas know or will he find out through a different channel?
Keeping such a huge secret could prove problematic for Caroline. All of this stress can't be good for Caroline or her baby. Caroline should either come clean or try to make peace with the situation. Otherwise, we could have a miscarriage on our hands.
Meanwhile, a possible pregnancy will cause trouble for another couple. Rick (Jacob Young) and Maya (Karla Mosley) recently asked Nicole (Reign Edwards) if she'd be their surrogate, but she won't be quick to give an answer. A decision like this takes time.
"The Bold and the Beautiful" spoilers say Nicole will spill the details to Zende (Rome Flynn) and he'll be surprised that she's considering it. What does this mean for them as a couple? It could completely change the game.
Nicole will probably contend that she'd simply be carrying a child for her sister and they could still move forward with their relationship. Besides, Nicole will just be handing the Forrester baby over in nine months. However, this is all happening pretty fast and it will undoubtedly make things awkward for a pairing that's barely gotten started. B&B rumors hint that Zende won't be so sure he has a future with Nicole.
At the office, Ivy's (Ashleigh Brewer) new position will put her back in Liam's (Scott Clifton) orbit. Wyatt (Darin Brooks) will find himself getting a little jealous when Ivy begins interacting with her ex more. In fact, Wyatt will fear that Ivy could be falling for Liam again. That ship seems to have sailed, but what if it comes back into the harbor?
Once Ivy starts parading around in lingerie, Liam could see what he's been missing. Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) won't be too please about this development, looks like her nasty plan might backfire! Ivy will likely insist that she's committed to Wyatt now, but anything can happen on the CBS soap. The Spencer brothers just aren't satisfied without a love triangle in play. Stick with "The Bold and the Beautiful" for updates on Ivy's romantic intentions.
So B&B fans, what do you think about the news that there could be breakups and shakeups coming over the next few weeks? Which couples will survive and which ones will be torn apart? Voice your opinion in the comments below and don't forget to check CDL often for the latest "Bold and the Beautiful" spoilers, rumors, updates and news.


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