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MLA MRP (Cornell), BS (Iowa State)
Faculty Research Grant (2011) with Dr Peter Graham on "greening the 21st century city" to develop an ARC Linkage proposal with the City of Sydney and others partners for late 2011 submission. Value: $30,000.
Faculty Research Grant (2010) with Catherine Evans on "Park-City Edges" to develop two conference papers and journal articles. Value: $10,000.
L+T Action Research Initiative (2010) "Learning in Context as Preparation for Civic and Professional Leadership in Landscape Architecture", surveying the attitudes of Landscape Architecture practitioners on the value of service learning and community engagement in preparing students to become civic and professional leaders in their discipline. Value: $2,000.
FBE Research Links Project, (2007) "Understanding Student Perceptions of FBE Interdisciplinary Design Learning", with Ann Quinlan; Adam Jeffery and Shawna Ng, BLArch students, co-researchers for the Collaborative Studios Project on the Sydney Metro. Value: $1,000.
FBE Research Links Project (2007) "Urban Parks: Contexts, Connectivity and Content", with George Wang, BLArch student researcher, initiating a web-based resource on contemporary urban open space projects. Value: $1,000.
Australian Research Council Linkage Project grant (2005-2008) 'People and Parks: The Real Value of Open Space in Western Sydney' (co-Chief Investigator with Nancy Marshall), Value: $427,000
NSW Architects Registration Board Research Project grant (2007) 'Learning through the Built Environment' (with FBEOutThere!) Value: $30,000.
UNSW Learning and Teaching Grant (2006) 'Understanding the Self-Directed Research Process in the Graduation Year in All Undergraduate Programs within FBE', (team led by Ann Quinlan and Nancy Marshall) Value: $15,000.
FBE Research Project grant (2000-2002) 'Community Gardens and Neighbourhood Renewal in Waterloo' (with Susan Thompson and Bruce Judd) Value: $8,000.
Dean's Teaching Award for Innovation (2009) in recognition of development of interdisciplinary service learning electives through BEOutThere!
HERDSA Edith Cowan Authentic Learning Award: Outstanding Scholarly Paper (2008) Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia, Rotorua. Paper entitled 'Establishing a faculty community engagement unit: a case study from built environment'.
Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation (2008) 'For commitment to a service-oriented approach to collaborative built environment design learning that connects community, students and university in mutually beneficial relationships' (shared with the FBEOutThere! team including Linda Corkery, Ann Quinlan, Ben Roche and Karin Watson).
AILA National Merit Award for Research & Communication in Landscape Architecture (2004) for 'A Bountiful Harvest: Community Gardens and Neighbourhood Renewal in Waterloo', final report of an FBE Internal Research project (co-authored with Dr Bruce Judd, Dr Susan Thompson and Dr Linda Bartolomei).
AILA NSW Award of Excellence for Research & Communication in Landscape Architecture (2003) for 'A Bountiful Harvest: Community Gardens and Neighbourhood Renewal in Waterloo', final report of an FBE Internal Research project (co-authored with Dr Bruce Judd, Dr Susan Thompson and Dr Linda Bartolomei).
Linda's areas of research interest and expertise include: people/place relationships, urban parks and open space planning and design, green infrastructure planning and design, design for children and young people, and built environment design education.
Member, People and Place BE Faculty Research Cluster
Member, Design BE Faculty Research Cluster
PhD Supervision:
Helen Kendall Topic: Integrated Landscapes for Ageing Well in the Urban Environment: An Australian Perspective (Joint supervision with Dr Susan Thompson).
Eve Mussi Topic: The Legacy of Olympic Cities (Joint supervision with Catherine Evans and Dr Christine Steinmetz).
In the Media
Jury Member, Kidsafe NSW Playground Design Awards, 2010
My Teaching
Within the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program, Linda teaches design studio, convenes electives and has been instrumental in organising and leading a number of interdisciplinary/service learning studios that engaged students from numerous FBE programs with community groups to address various issues. She has been active in re-establishing BEOutThere! as the Faculty's focal point for interdisciplinary/service learning with the first of these new electives running in Semester 2/2010 on the Northcott Public Housing Estate in partnership with HousingNSW.


text: date: Thu Aug 14 17:01:17 2008 from: Phil Jones subject: Fwd: FYI: Top climate-impacts programme shut to: "Palutikof, Jean" All doesn't seem happy in the state of NCAR! Maybe you know more from Linda. I've heard that Andy Revkin might be following this up with an article in the NYT. Eric Barron spent years at Penn State, then he went for 2 years to Texas A&M for an enormous salary (his own words were an offer I couldn't refuse). Now he's at NCAR - maybe his salary has affected their deficit. Cheers Phil X-Authentication-Warning: ueamailgate02.uea.ac.uk: defang set sender to using -f X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: undef - message too big (size: 207509, limit: 153600) X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.032 tagged_above=-10 required=15 tests=[AWL=-0.970, BAYES_50=0.001, EXTRA_MPART_TYPE=1, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:44:04 -0500 To: firstname.lastname@example.com From: Michael Schlesinger Subject: FYI: Top climate-impacts programme shut X-CanItPRO-Stream: UEA:f028 (inherits from UEA:default,base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 127.0.0.1 [1]http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080813/full/454808a.html Published online 12 August 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/454808a News Top climate-impacts programme shut National Center for Atmospheric Research axes developing-world initiative. Jeff Tollefson [] The National Center for Atmospheric Research. The lay-off last week of a senior political scientist involved in helping poor countries prepare for climate change has exposed a stark division in opinions on the core purpose of a key US climate-research institution. The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, says its hand was forced by several years of largely stagnant budgets. These have resulted in the loss of 12% of its core workforce during the past five years - ironically, during a period in which climate change moved to centre stage in Washington DC. But the lay-off of Mickey Glantz, a high-profile researcher who has chalked up some 34 years at the institution, has raised questions about whether NCAR is turning its back on the social sciences at a time when international efforts are focusing on mitigation and adaptation. Certainly Glantz believes this is the case, saying budgets are just an excuse and that the leadership is defensively "circling the wagons". His dismissal is tied to NCAR's announcement last week that it is shutting its Center for Capacity Building, the highly respected outreach programme that Glantz has run since 2005. But others associated with the programme say they believe the NCAR leadership still backs them despite its budgetary problems. "I don't think this has anything to do with shutting down social science at NCAR," says Linda Mearns, who recently stepped down as director of the Institute for the Study of Society and Environment there. Mearns says social scientists within the institute will continue to work with physical scientists at NCAR on integrated research projects. "And that's the proper role for an institute in social science at NCAR." [] Mickey Glantz's social science department has been axed. IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin On the other side, some scientists are questioning whether the institution has done enough to maintain, let alone build, its expertise in the physical sciences, particularly in climate modelling. These questions have been driven home by the departure of key scientists, including William Collins, who helped oversee NCAR's climate modelling programme. "I can tell you in the science divisions here, it's the worst mood people have seen in a long time, and one reflection is people walking away," says Caspar Ammann, a palaeoclimatologist at the institution. NCAR's new director, Eric Barron, who took over in July, says the institution is in an "interesting position", caught between a dismal budgetary outlook and ongoing concerns about where NCAR should direct its limited resources. "A number of people are saying that our climate modelling programme has taken too big of a hit. People are saying very loudly that NCAR is not setting its priorities the way it should," he says. "The simple fact of the matter is that years of tight budgets are coming home to roost." Barron says he supports the social science mission but was able to preserve several positions throughout the institution "that are of critical importance" by eliminating a single programme that he says cost upwards of $730,000 annually. NCAR's base budget - almost $88.5 million in the fiscal year 2008 - comes from the US National Science Foundation, although the institution receives significant funding from other federal agencies as well. In the fiscal year 2007, its overall budget came to $149.3 million. Although current appropriations bills in Congress would increase NCAR's budget, few expect this legislation to pass in an election year. Congress is likely to wind up passing a "continuing resolution" later this autumn that would effectively freeze current spending levels until at least early next year. Roger Pielke Jr, a climate policy expert at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder, says it's not clear why Glantz was singled out or, more broadly, how NCAR is addressing its fiscal situation. "There's really no transparency in how these decisions are made," he says. Glantz, who has been guaranteed one year's salary, says he plans to stay on for a while, although such courtesies will not be extended to his staff, including an administrative position and two researchers. Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email firstname.lastname@example.com NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Goal! Family wins SMART's Football Raffle to travel to U.S.A.
Not only are kids feeling the joy of a free donation, an Orange Walk resident is about to scream for gold. Sixty-seven year old Romaldo Lambey, a resident of Orange Walk Town, along with his wife, daughter and son-in-law, will be enjoying the much anticipated face-off between Belize and the United States during the upcoming Gold Cup competition. Lambey is the lucky winner of a joint promotion, spearheaded by Smart and United Airlines, which offers subscribers an opportunity to experience the football match in person. The group will be flying out to Portland, Oregon on July eighth on an all expense paid trip. Aside from airfare and accommodations, Lambey received a check for two thousand Belize dollars which he will use for additional expenses during the three-day vacation. According to the retired player, he got involved in the raffle when he asked his daughter to send a text that entered his name into the competition.
Romaldo Lambey, Smart Raffle Winner
"I normally put on the information channel that gives all the rest of information and so forth and since I love football and I normally watch football on Saturday. So I get a point to the date once again. And I told my daughter, I can't handle the cell phone too good so might as well you fix this stuff for me. And she did that night. I didn't ask her how many texst she put and this was the end result of it. When they called me on Friday evening about three-forty-one, I saw the number and it is a strange number so I said who is calling. So I called back the number and that's when the young lady tell me I done win the Gold Cup trip. So I asked her, true? And she said yes. Just make sure you come here Monday at two o'clock and bring three persons along with you. She asked me if I have any visa? And I told her yes, I have a visa. I was still frightened anyway wondering if it is true. Till when I came this morning, the person called me while I was on my way coming to Belize City. So then I started convincing myself, oh yes it must be me."
Ian Courtenay, Public Relations Manager, Smart
"Our raffle started a couple months ago and it was to text in to UWIN. It was fifty cents per text and it would enter you into the raffle. We had over twenty-five thousand entries I believe. And on Friday which was the close of the raffle, we selected it under the supervision of the auditing firm for the raffle, Baker Tilly Hulse. All our raffles are electronic as usual; random selection so luckily Mister Lambey was the winner and he has his visa so he can luckily go on the trip."
Alfonso Young, United Airlines Representative
"As you know, this is the first time the Belizean team is being able to participate in the Gold Cup Game being held in the U.S.A. We are a company that has been in Belize for over twenty-five years and we very much wanted to be a part of it. So we decided to team up with SMART to give four luckily Belizeans the opportunity to experience the game firsthand and from not behind their TV screens. So what we did, we selected one winner and he gets the opportunity to take along three of his family and friends, as well."
From their seat in the bleachers, the delegation will also get a chance to view the preliminary match-up featuring Costa Rica.


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New Year's Eve brings to mind NYC's Times Square, noisemakers and bubbly, but what a difference a day can make. The month of January signifies a fresh start, complete with a new perspective and for many, New Year's resolutions. All right, for some it may have looked a little more like a hangover-filled day spent on the couch. But were you one of the many people who made a New Year's resolution this year?
Resolutions can get a bad rap. They often aren't specific enough, making them unrealistic and unattainable. But the notion of aspiring to be better is to be commended. Self-improvement shouldn't be dismissed as "all or nothing." You're more likely to stick with your goals if you set gradual benchmarks. When it comes to establishing a healthy lifestyle, small changes can make a big difference. For example, if you want to lose weight, create a weekly weight loss goal, in addition to your final target number. Don't give up even if there are weeks in which you don't lose any weight. Establish ways to hold yourself accountable: Track and measure your progress with apps or create a journal outlining your goals and the steps you're taking to achieve them.
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Throughout the summers of my childhood, around my birthday, my brother's birthday, and the 4th of July, my family often found ourselves on the back patio, clustered around a drain. We stood in a circle, peering down at the person in the center, and watched. When that person glanced up and nodded, sometimes with an almost pleading look in their eyes, someone else squatted down beside them and laid hands on top of theirs.
Everyone took a turn churning the ice cream.
We manually cranked for almost half an hour. The handle wasn't allowed to stop. We layered rock salt and ice into the space between the metal cylinder and wooden bucket, and we kept adding more as it melted and water trickled down the bucket's side and into that patio drain.
With the black plastic handle rotating beneath our palms, we felt the milk mixture grow thick and stiff. When our tiny muscles couldn't push any more, my dad crouched down and finished it off. Once he proclaimed it done and lifted the metal tub out of the salt water, we raced inside to grab bowls and spoons, eager for our first taste of the fresh, sweet, cold vanilla ice cream.
For old times' sake, we pulled out that same antique ice cream maker last month to celebrate my brother earning his PhD. As we stood around the drain in the backyard again, we talked about how nobody sold rock salt anymore in my hometown, and we ended up substituting regular finely ground table salt instead.
A few weeks later, back in Southern California, I almost laughed aloud in the middle of the store as I spotted an end cap display.
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LSU CEE Professor Receives $1.5 Million Award for Oyster Research
August 10, 2020
BATON ROUGE, LA – Each year, nearly 2 billion oysters are consumed around the globe. The Gulf of Mexico produces more oysters than anywhere else in the United States, with Louisiana accounting for more than a third of the nation's annual harvest. This means plenty of people along the Gulf Coast are eating raw oysters; unfortunately, some of these oysters carry diseases without the consumer knowing.
Thanks to a $750,000 award from NASA and a $750,000 matched grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents, LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Zhiqiang Deng is working on a project that will allow oyster harvesters to detect oyster beds that are infected with norovirus and vibrio vulnificus, also known as flesh-eating bacteria.
Deng's project, called Satellite-Assisted Forecasting Environment for Improving Oyster Safety (SAFE Oyster) was selected for the federal award by the NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program Office. Deng proposes using innovative NASA satellite-based information products to enhance the forecasting of norovirus and vibrio risks of oysters harvested along Louisiana and other Gulf Coast areas.
"This project is meant to decrease the number of people getting sick and also decrease oyster recalls," Deng said. "The project will aid in the economic development of Louisiana by reducing costly oyster ground closures and recalls, thereby increasing oyster production."
The SAFE Oyster team includes experts in remote-sensing, water quality modeling, norovirus modeling and forecasting, environmental health, epidemiology, vibrio microbiology, machine learning, and cyber engineering.
The project's objectives include converting NASA satellite remote-sensing images to parameters indicating the environmental health of oyster harvesting waters; creating models that incorporate the remote sensing parameters to forecast the oyster safety risk level; and developing tools for automating the conversion, transfer, and sustained use of the NASA satellite remote-sensing data.
"Like weather forecasts, our models will show which oyster beds need to be looked at and have samples taken," Deng said. "If the samples show a high amount of bacteria, we will notify the government and they will shut it down."
The SAFE Oyster project will not only help the Gulf Coast oyster industry, which boasts an annual economic impact of $220 million from Texas to Florida, it will also decrease the number of hospitalizations due to acute gastroenteritis and the high cost of treating it.
Since 2018, nearly 1,000 people along the Gulf Coast have become infected with vibrio vulnificus, with half losing their lives and some survivors losing limbs. While the norovirus causes diarrhea and vomiting, vibrio eats away at skin and muscle tissue and is more fatal. Vibrio vulnificus infection is the leading cause of death related to seafood consumption in the U.S.
For the past 20 years, California has banned the sale of raw, untreated Gulf oysters from April to October, the months when vibrio vulnificus bacteria is more likely to be present. Hence, the old adage to only eat oysters in months containing the letter "r."
Deng's project hopes to keep "the canary of the ocean" viable for safe human consumption in an industry that has taken some hits over the years.
Trying Times
The oyster industry has been a staple on the Gulf Coast for generations, though it has seen its fair share of hard times. Most recently, the Bonnet Carré Spillway openings in 2018 and 2019 allowed an unprecedented amount of freshwater intrusion into the saltwater oyster beds, destroying millions of oysters.
According to Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries Oyster Program Manager Carolina Borque, Louisiana can normally harvest up to 12.3 million pounds of oyster meat in one season, which makes up 40% of the country's supply. However, with the spillway opening in 2018 and 2019, the oyster supply decreased to 11 million pounds in 2018 and dwindled to just 7.8 million pounds in 2019. This has led to oyster shortages and soaring prices. Oysters that normally went for 25 cents each went up to more than 60 cents each.
Even before this, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 killed an estimated 4-8.3 billion oysters along the Gulf Coast.
Other factors besides the norovirus and vibrio vulnificus ailing the oyster industry are changes to freshwater flow along the Gulf, sedimentation from more frequent storms, inconsistent replacement of oyster bedding material (called clutch), and heavy fishing. A decrease in oysters could not only affect oyster harvesters and restaurants, but also industries that use the shells for such things as chicken feed supplement.
There are also scenarios, such as the one involving Sabine Lake on the Louisiana-Texas border. The lake supports one of the largest unharvested oyster reefs in the Gulf that stretches approximately four square miles. There has been a ban on oyster harvesting in the lake for more than 70 years since it was completely harvested in 1904. While Louisiana would like to harvest their side of the lake, Texas balked because harvesting would destroy the 10-foot-high oyster reef and, in turn, deplete the fish population in the lake. Oysters keep the fish population healthy by filtering the water (just one oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day).
What Now?
The 2020 season has not seen much public harvesting for a couple of reasons.
"There's not much to harvest due to the flooding in 2019," Borque said. "Plus, the pandemic has really hit the restaurant industry hard."
New Orleans, a hot spot for oysters and tourists, has been almost completely shut down since March, leaving oyster farmers without a place to sell their product. The only saving grace has been oyster leases and caged oyster farming, a more modern way of gathering the slimy gems.
"Ninety percent of restaurants supply these 'boutique' oysters now that come from caged farming," Borque said. "They are a more perfect shape with amazing meat and can be salty or not. They haven't been too big in Louisiana yet because so many harvesters are gathering oysters in a more traditional way."
The numbers on how this year's harvest has been affected are expected to come out in late August.
"I'm sure those numbers will decrease until everything goes back to normal," Borque said. "We have no idea what's going to happen. It could be good next year since the oyster beds are being given time to rest and multiply."
As for the SAFE Oyster project, Deng and his team will work to make sure the oysters that do end up on the half shell are safe to eat, allowing anyone who eats Gulf oysters to simply enjoy their dozen. Let's hope there's no shortage on ketchup or crackers.
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Winter Colds Last Longer
Suppose a hamster is injected with bacteria which makes it sick - but in one case the hamster is on an artificial day/night cycle that suggests it's summer; in the other case it's on a cycle that suggests it's winter. If the hamster is tricked into thinking it's summer, it throws everything it has got against the infection and recovers completely. If it thinks it's winter then it just mounts a holding operation, as if it's waiting until it knows it's safe to mount a full-scale response. The hamster "thinks" this or that?? No, of course it doesn't think it consciously - the light cycle acts as a subconscious prime to the hamster's health management system.


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Robert A. Heinlein
As I left the Kenya Beanstalk capsule he was right on my heels. He followed me through the door leading to Customs, Health, and Immigration. As the door contracted behind him I killed him.
I have never liked riding the Beanstalk. My distaste was fullblown even before the disaster to the Quito Skyhook. A cable that goes up into the sky with nothing to hold it up smells too much of magic. But the only other way to reach Ell-Five takes too long and costs too much; my orders and expense account did not cover it.
So I had been edgy even before I left the shuttle from Ell-Five at Stationary Station to board the Beanstalk capsule... but, damn it, being edgy isn't reason to kill a man. I had intended only to put him out for a few hours.
The subconscious has its own logic. I grabbed him before he hit the deck and dragged him quickly toward a rank of bonded bombproof lockers, hurrying to avoid staining the floor-shoved his thumb against the latch, pushed him inside as I grabbed his pouch, found his Diners Club card, slid it into the slot, salvaged his IDs and cash, and chucked the pouch in with the cadaver as the armor slid down and clanged home. I turned away.
A Public Eye was floating above and beyond me.
No reason to jump out of my boots. Nine times out often an Eye is cruising at random, unmonitored, and its twelve-hour loop may or may not he scanned by a human before it is scrubbed. The tenth
time- A peace officer may be monitoring it closely...r she may be scratching herself and thinking about what she did last night.
So I ignored it and kept on toward the exit end of the corridor. That pesky Eye should have followed me as I was the only mass in that passageway radiating at thirty-seven degrees. But it tarried, three seconds at least, scanning that locker, before again fastening on me.
I was estimating which of three possible courses of action was safest when that maverick piece of my brain took over and my hands executed a fourth: My pocket pen became a laser beam and "killed" that Public Eye-killed it dead as I held the beam at full power until the Eye dropped to the deck, not only blinded but with antigrav shorted out. And its memory scrubbed-I hoped.
I used my shadow's credit card again, working the locker's latch with my pen to avoid disturbing his thumbprint. It took a heavy shove with my boot to force the Eye into that crowded locker. Then I hurried; it was time to be someone else. Like most ports of entry Beanstalk Kenya has travelers' amenities on both sides of the barrier. Instead of going through inspection I found the washrooms and paid cash to use a bath-dressing room.
Twenty-seven minutes later I not only had had a bath but also had acquired different hair, different clothes, another face-what takes three hours to put on will come off in fifteen minutes of soap and hot water. I was not eager to show my real face but I had to get rid of the persona I had used on this mission. What part of it had not washed down the drain now went into the shredder: jump suit, boots, pouch, fingerprints, contact lenses, passport. The passport I now carried used my right name-well, one of my names-a stereograph of my bare face, and had a very sincere Eli-Five transient stamp in it.
Before shredding the personal items I had taken off the corpse, I looked through them-and paused.
His credit cards and IDs showed four identities.
Where were his other three passports?
Probably somewhere on the dead meat in that locker. I had not given it a proper search-no time!-I had simply grabbed what he carried in his pouch.
Go back and look? If I kept trotting back and opening a locker full of still-warm corpse, someone was bound to notice. By taking his cards and passport I had hoped to postpone identifying the body and thereby give myself more time to get clear but-wait a moment. Mmm, yes, passport and Diners Club card were both for "Adolf Belsen." American Express extended credit to "Albert Beaumont" and the Bank of Hong Kong took care of "Arthur Bookman" while MasterCard provided for "Archibald Buchanan."
I "reconstructed" the crime: Beaumont-Bookman-Buchanan had just thumbed the latch of the locker when Belsen sapped him from behind, shoved him into the locker, used his own Diners Club card to lock it, and left hastily.
Yes, an excellent theory... and now to muddy the water still more.
Those IDs and credit cards went back of my own in my wallet; "Belsen's" passport I concealed about my person. I could not stand a skin search but there are ways to avoid a skin search including (but not limited to) bribery, influence, corruption, misdirection, and razzle-dazzle.
As I came out of the washroom, passengers from the next capsule were trickling in and queuing up at Customs, Health, and Immigration; I joined a queue. The CHI officer remarked on how very light my jumpbag was and asked about the state of the up-high black market. I gave him my best stupid look, the one on my passport picture. About then he found the correct amount of squeeze tucked into my passport and dropped the matter.
I asked him for the best hotel and the best restaurant. He said that he wasn't supposed to make recommendations but that he thought well of the Nairobi Hilton. As for food, if I could afford it, the Fat Man, across from the Hilton, had the best food in Africa. He hoped that I would enjoy my stay in Kenya.
I thanked him. A few minutes later I was down the mountain and in the city, and regretting it. Kenya Station is over five kilometers high; the air is always thin and cold. Nairobi is higher than Denver, nearly as high as Ciudad de Mexico, but it is only a fraction of the height of Mount Kenya and it is just a loud shout from the equator.
The air felt thick and too warm to breathe; almost at once my clothes were soggy with sweat; I could feel my feet starting to swell- and besides they ached from full gee. I don't like off-Earth assignments but getting back from one is worse.
I called on mind-control training to help me not notice my discomfort. Garbage. If my mind-control master had spent less time squatting in lotus and more time in Kenya, his instruction might have been more useful. I forgot it and concentrated on the problem: how to get out of this sauna bath quickly.
The lobby of the Hilton was pleasantly cool. Best of all, it held a fully automated travel bureau. I went in, found an empty booth, sat down in front of the terminal. At once the attendant showed up. "May I help you?"
I told her I thought I could manage; the keyboard looked familiar. (It was an ordinary Kensington 400.)
She persisted: "I'd be glad to punch it for you. I don't have anyone waiting." She looked about sixteen, a sweet face, a pleasant voice, and a manner that convinced me that she really did take pleasure in being helpful.
What I wanted least was someone helping me while I did things with credit cards that weren't mine. So I slipped her a medium-size tip while telling her that I really did prefer to punch it myself-but I would shout if I got into difficulties.
She protested that I did not have to tip her-but she did not insist on giving it back, and went away.
"Adolf Belsen" took the tube to Cairo, then semiballistic to Hong Kong, where he had reserved a room at the Peninsula, all courtesy of Diners Club.
"Albert Beaumont" was on vacation. He took Safari Jets to Timbuktu, where American Express had placed him for two weeks at the luxury Shangri-La on the shore of the Sahara Sea.
The Bank of Hong Kong paid "Arthur Bookman's" way to Buenos Aires.
"Archibald Buchanan" visited his native Edinburgh, travel prepaid by MasterCard. Since he could do it all by tube, with one transfer at Cairo and automated switching at Copenhagen, he should be at his ancestral home in two hours.
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At some point in the near future, this question will have answered itself. With all of the awfulness going on at Penn State right now and the complete and utter failure of everyone involved, the end solution is obvious.
That said, Joe Paterno will not be fired this week. In fact, whenever Joe leaves, the word "fired" will not be used at all. He probably won't "resign" either.
Joe Paterno will not step down during the season.
You can go ahead and put even money on JoePa "deciding" to step down after Penn State's bowl game this year, clearing the way for Urban Meyer to come in and save the program, and the school, from itself. Paterno and everyone else will do everything they can to make it sound like Paterno was thinking of retiring before all of this sickening news, but no one will believe them. As they shouldn't.
But what if that doesn't happen? What if Penn State decides, in spite of the evidence and in spite the moral and ethical concerns raised, Joe Paterno is kept on as head coach at Penn St. What if Joe Paterno is still the head coach at Penn State in 2013 when they are scheduled to meet the Orange at the Meadowlands in the first of a three-game series (the other two games are scheduled for 2020-2021)?
Should Syracuse University try to get out of the deal to avoid being complicit?
I suppose it depends on what you'd want such a move to accomplish. By continuing to play against a Penn State school that allows Paterno to continue coaching, are you in a way agreeing with that decision? By asking out, do you make a statement that says you will not associate yourself with a school, program and coach who allows those types of things to happen and then pulls back when it comes time to punish those who did nothing (or very little) to prevent it?
Could SU even get out of the deal if they wanted to? Would they have to pay a penalty? Perhaps, I don't know. Would that be beside the point? Even if you knew you couldn't get out of the deal, wouldn't you want to see SU make a public stink about it?
Like I said, it's likely this whole situation sorts itself out in the next 2-3 months. I'm sure SU would stay mum for the time being anyway as there's a lot of legal issues that need to be sorted out in the meantime. But as Syracuse fans, it's important to keep a close eye on this.
It's one thing to see someone steal something and then say nothing out of self-interest. It's another thing altogether to allow what happened at Penn State on all levels to stand without everyone being held accountable (something they never did to Sandusky). I'm pretty sure PSU will do the right thing, or have the right thing forced upon them. But if not, it might be up to schools like Syracuse to send the final message.


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MSI Reproductive Choices UK are about to embark on a new and exciting chapter. We are looking to expand our amazing services within the Sussex county, and are on the lookout for talented, inspirational, and pioneering people to help us achieve our mission.
About Us
At MSI Reproductive Choices UK we are unapologetically pro-choice. We believe that every woman has the right to make choices about her own body and her own future. As one of the world's leading providers of contraception and safe abortion care, we give women the means to do so. Across 37 countries, we provide high quality, safe services, and work with advocacy to create an enabling environment, so every client has safe access to services when and where they are needed. Because when a woman can determine her own future, she can contribute to creating a better, more sustainable future for everyone.
MSI Reproductive Choices is committed to creating an inclusive environment with a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. We are committed to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups.
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As a Nurse/Midwife at MSI UK, you will care for women's health and support their reproductive rights. You can expect to work in a client-centred, hands-on and fast-paced environment, providing expert clinical abortion to our clients.
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We want individuals who support our mission of eliminating unsafe abortion by 2030 and who work with us to build an enabling environment to increase access to safe services everywhere. We expect all team members to share our vision and commitment to achieving our mission whilst promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all clients and colleagues.
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at head of South-west Branch Taku Glacier, 0.2 mi. NW of Echo Pass and 14 mi. N of Juneau, Coast Mts.;History
Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1960.
Evergreen Bowl, Icy Basin, Last Chance Basin, Lower Basin, Middle Basin, Silverbow Basin, Upper Basin,Capes:Channels:Cities:Cliffs:Dams:
Nugget Creek Dam, Salmon Creek Dam, Switzer Creek Number 2 Dam,Glaciers:
Dead Branch Norris Glacier, Death Valley Branch Norris Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Leaking Glacier, Lemon Creek Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier, Middle Branch Norris Glacier, Norris Glacier, North Branch Norris Glacier, Nugget Creek Glacier, Ptarmigan Glacier, Quartz Glacier, Southwest Branch Taku Glacier, Split Thumb Icefall, Taku Glacier, West Branch Taku Glacier,Hills:
Court House Hill, Jamestown Hill, Starr Hill, Taku Hill,Lakes:
Dredge Lake, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Creek,Mountains:
Amherst Peak, Mount Anderson, Bulger Hill, Bullard Mountain, Cairn Peak, Camp 15 Peak, Carpet Peak, Cathedral Peak, Clark Peak, Deadview Peak, The Dukes, Echo Mountain, Emperor Peak, Exploration Peak, Floprock Peak, Flower Tower, Folded Towers, Gastineau Peak, Glacier Grub Tower, Glacier King, Groundhog Hill, Guardian Mountain, Juncture Peak, Mount Juneau, Knowl, Little Matterhorn, Mount Maria, Martin Peak, Matin Peak, Mineral Hill, Mustang Peak, North Nugget Spire, Nugget Mountain, Observation Peak, Olds Mountain, Princess Peak, Rhino Peak, Roberts Peak, Saddle Mountain, Scorpion Peak, Sheep Mountain, Shoehorn Mountain, Slanting Peak, The Snow Towers, Snowdrift Peak, Snowpatch Crag, Snowpatch Craig, Spencer Peak, Split Thumb, Stroller White Mountain, Table Top Mountain, Taku Towers, Thoroughfare Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Topless Peak, Triangle Peak, Tricouni Peak, True Summit, Vantage Peak, Vesper Peak, West Summit, Mount Wrather,Mountain Passes:
Echo Pass, Echo Pass, Igloo Pass,Mountain Ranges:Ridges:
Annex Ridge, Blackerby Ridge, Canyon Ridge, Chicken Ridge, Gold Ridge, Heintzleman Ridge, The Horn, Juneau Ridge, Mendenhall Towers, Nugget Towers, Powerline Ridge, Ptarmigan Ridge, Salmon Creek Divide, Salmon Ridge, Sheep Creek Divide, Sol Thumb, The Thoroughfare, Twin Summit Ridge,Rivers:Streams:
Arastra Creek, Bear Creek, Black Bear Creek, Canyon Creek, Canyon Creek, Eagle Creek, Fall Creek, Falls Creek, Goat Creek, Gold Creek, Gold Fork, Granite Creek, Grant Creek, Groundhog Creek (historical), Hendrickson Creek, Ice Creek, Johnson Creek, Jordan Creek, Kowee Creek, Lawson Creek, Lemon Creek, Lurvey Creek, Neilson Creek, Ninemile Creek, Nugget Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Sheep Fork, Steep Creek, Switzer Creek, Vista Creek,Routes:
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Commodity money and metallic money
Basis of difference
Commodity money
Metallic money
1. Definition
Any commodity chosen to serve as money is called commodity money.
Precious metals or any other metal having high intrinsic value used as money are called metallic money.
2. Stage of development
It was developed in the initial stages of evolution of money.
It was developed after the development of commodity money.
3. Durability
Commodity money is less durable.
Metallic money is highly durable.
4. Portable
Possess lower degree of portability.
Possess higher degree of portability.
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I have always been fascinated with American History. It was one of the few classes I actually paid attention to in high school. Over the past decade, I have spent an inordinate amount of time studying early American history, mostly by listening to podcasts of The Thomas Jefferson Hour. I am just intrigued by that whole period, and the improbable convergence of forces and remarkable people who made it possible to create a new nation out an idea.
It's amazing to how much the Founders got right. But given the tenor of their times, there was plenty they got wrong, too.
This year, we begin observing the 150th anniversary of the brutal conflict that set about to correct the most egregious of all the mistakes that were included in the nation's founding.
And I am very excited to be involved in a project that somehow manages to fuse my equal interests in Americana/acoustic music and American history.
The 1861 Project was initiated by songwriter, guitarist and producer Thomm Jutz, who I met last year after he'd produced Dana Cooper's CD, The Conjurer. Thomm has assembled an outstanding cast of songwriters, singers and musicians, and has written and recorded nearly two dozen songs that imagine the stories of the real people who fought and lived through the American Civil War. With the original music providing a catalyst, the project hopes to stimulate online discussion of what that long-ago conflict means to us today.
Hoping to take advantage of the Internet and social media networks that were not around when the centennial was observed (egads… fifty years ago!) we're billing this as "Facebook meets Ken Burns."
Visit The 1861 Project website and listen to some of the tunes, and follow the links to Facebook and Twitter.


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Arsenal manager Unai Emery may have just let slip what his plans are for the Gunners' Europa League semi-final second-leg tie at home to Valencia.
The Gunners have been preparing for the upcoming clash at the Emirates by practicing at the club's training ground and it seems the Spaniard has let his tactics slip ahead of the first-leg at the Emirates.
A photographer, taking images during the session, managed to capture tactical information on the Arsenal bosses clipboard, which not only showed his side's potential line-up for the tie, but also showed what formation the Spanish side can expect to face tomorrow night.
According to the image, below, the Gunners are set to play 3-4-1-2 at the Emirates, with Mesut Ozil playing behind Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette in attack.
The Gunners come into the game on the back of three straight defeats, with a 3-0 drubbing at Leicester City on Sunday afternoon the latest in their poor run of form.
And as a result, their hopes of a top finish are now hanging by a thread, with Europa League glory potentially being the only route into next season's Champions League for Emery's side.
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Eid al-Fitr Program
Join us at the Museum of Durham History on Saturday, June 16 at 4PM for a program during the celebration of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the fast of Ramadan. This program will include a panel discussion about the Muslim and African American Muslim experience, particularly in Durham, and the impact of the Ar-Razzaq community. Moderator and panelists include:
Rashida James-Saadiya (Moderator) is a visual artist, writer, and cultural educator, invested in transforming social perceptions through creative literature. Her work explores migration, identity and the transmission of spirituality through poetry and song amongst Muslim women in West Africa and the American South. In addition, she is the Creative Director of Crossing Limits, a multi-faith non-profit organization utilizing poetry as an instrument to combat social injustice.
Rhonda Murray Muhammad,PhD (Panelist) During her 36 year tenure in education, Rhonda K. Muhammad has worked in several venues. Her initial teaching experience immediately out of college was the University of Islam during the early – mid 1970s in Raleigh.
Her teaching and administrative roles also include public schools, private and charter schools, community college and college level. Her teaching experiences have run the gambit from early childhood, elementary, middle, high school and adults seeking to enhance their skills and teaching abilities. She is the daughter of Ar-Razzaq founders Kenneth and Margaret Murray brings community and Ar-Razzaq expertise to the group.
Imam Abdul hafeez Waheed (Panelist) is the Interim Muslim Chaplain/Imam for The Center for Muslim Life/Muslim Student Association. Imam Waheed has served on the Religious Life Staff at Duke University for the past 18 years. For 36 years, Imam Waheed has been an active member of the Muslim American Community in Association with the renowned leader, Imam W. Deen Mohammed. As an associate of Imam Mohammed, he worked tirelessly to arrange college and university tours and lectures to provide an opportunity for Imam Mohammed to share the clear logic and understanding of the religion of Al-Islam.
Youssef Carter (Panelist) is a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and serves as a Research Fellow with the International Institute of Islamic Thought. Youssef has conducted historical and ethnographic research in the southern United States and in Senegal, in order to track the transatlantic mobilities and spiritual networking of African and African-American Sufi Muslims.
Imam Greg Rashad (Panelist) is the current leader of the Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center.


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Welcome to SPT
SPT Ltd is a family run company with a successful history.
Patrick Spiteri, his wife Helen and sons, Justin and Kuelyn started off their first venture with a tiny cafeteria called Cafe 516, in the heart of Malta's capital city, Valletta.
The true vocation of this family in this business showed immediately and they started writing down the chain of successful restaurants along the years:
Cafe 516 Valletta – 2001
Irrera Restaurant – Ta Xbiex – 2002
Pastamania – Sliema – 2005
Cafe 516 – St. Julians – 2008
Bistro 516 – Valletta Waterfront – 2010
The Spoon Chinese restaurant, Valletta – 2011
The Spoon Chinese restaurant, Portomaso St. Julians- 2011
La Crevette Fish restaurant, Valletta – 2012
Q-Bar Valletta Waterfront – 2013
Q-Bar and Bistro 516 are the two restaurants presently running. With all the dedication and passion, the Spiteri family managed to gain a very good reputation and is now very well known for their hospitality and most of all the delivery of amazing culinary experiences. Research and development play a huge part in their daily routine and this is what makes them special.
about bistro 516
BISTRO 516 is all about casual dining. Situated at the Valletta waterfront, overlooking the amazing Grand Harbour, this award winning restaurant is never asleep. Open for breakfast till late, our open kitchen is always up and running thanks to our hard working chefs and their team.
It is very well known for its friendly staff, impeccable service and most of all for the delicious food consistent all throughout the year. From a vast selection of Mediterranean cuisine, one can choose from various starters, pasta (home made or not), rice, meat, poultry, fish, and of course our mixed platters, paired with a good bottle of wine from our extensive wine list, offering a variety from all over the world. We would then suggest that you dig into one of our mouth-watering deserts.
Should you then opt to sit in inside, you can have a look at the priceless photos hung on the old wallsthat take you on a lovely journey into the past, depiciting the Maltese way of life.
Having also a lovely indoor area upstairs, BISTRO516 cater for private functions such as baby showers, birthday parties, anniversaries, weddings, graduation parties, wine tasting and many more.
BISTRO 516 is also very well known for the vast selection of gluten free dishes. People suffering from allergies nowadays can have amazing culinary experiences just like everybody else. And to make it easier, BISTRO 516 takes a step further and sells fresh and frozen gluten free food to be cooked in the comfort of their loyal customers homes.
The A' la carte menu is not the only option at BISTRO 516. They offer set menus, tailor made packages and finger food.
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QBAR and Restaurant is one of Malta's latest, award winning lounge bar concepts launched at the end of 2007, offering a unique mix of lounging and clubbing in chic surroundings.
DJ's are welcome to take a DJ stand for private functions and party all throughout the evening.
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Issue 28 is jam-packed full of goodies, including interviews with Mathieu van der Poel, the winning racers and tech of Nationals, the return of CXM Labs with a supple tire test and a column by cyclocross pro and Singlespeed National Champion Justin Lindine.
Lindine took us on an offseason tour of his shop-rat history, with a personal testimonial on why local bicycle shops matter. Because we believe local shops do matter, we have Lindine's full column from Issue 28 here for you today. (Note: We regret to report the article was printed with a few words missing between pages, and wanted to offer the article in its entirety here.)
For columns like this, as well as a look at Niels Albert's new shop and extensive cyclocross bike reviews and training guides, grab a backcopy today, or a digital version available on Uberflip, in the App Store on iTunes, and on Google Play for Android.
by Justin Lindine
Top notes of citrus come first, like grapefruit mixed with lemons; then comes the astringency—that bitter, back-of-your-mouth taste of Mastik One hits you as you close the door on the chill of early autumn and enter the world of degreaser, tubular glue and the wellspring of passion in our sport. Welcome to the chapel of 'cross: welcome to the bike shop.
Cyclocross has enjoyed exponential growth in the U.S. over the last 10 years, to the point where it's beginning to feel mainstream where it was once fringe. But in a country divided as sharply by football allegiances as by red and blue votes, and with the national pastime still listed as baseball, 'cross just might have a long way to go before the sport's best are selling power drills and hawking services on national television. But, like all good "underground" or "fringe" things, one of the most underrated parts of 'cross might be that unique sense of community—of inside knowledge, of love beyond reason. To get where we are now, with races every weekend, hosting the first U.S. World Cup round at CrossVegas, growing numbers of racers across the country—none of these things would have been possible without the curators and keepers of this passion, many of whom are the owners of bike shops. Every fall, the shop owners devote themselves—sensibly or not—to the love of 'cross. Tires will be glued, flatted, torn off and new ones glued again. Bikes will need new bottom brackets every other week—chains too. Derailleur pulleys are removed, greased, and reinstalled.
Sure, a shop is a business, but 'cross as business has been a long time coming in its viability, and it remains a labor of love. In the meantime, they have promoted, sponsored, or volunteered at races. Favorites on the calendar, like the NBX Grand Prix in Warwick, Rhode Island, are classics thanks to the hard work of the NBX team and the community they foster. Racers, myself included, have been supported out-of-pocket—despite any grandiose delusions on the racers' part—with little chance of return on investment. These people, these shops, are in no small way responsible for the growth of this sport: fanning the smoldering flames of its infancy, and continuing to provide the its backbone today.
I've had the great fortune of working and spending a great deal of my life in and around bike shops. I never would have started racing at all if it weren't for the team run out of Windham Mountain Outfitters in my hometown, and I went on to work there through high school, college and even for a while after graduation. My bike-racing travels have led me to so many shops since then, and I can rattle them off by name and town, complete with details of their layout and vibe. Some were "'cross" shops, others were not, but all were some mix of retail store, church, and clubhouse. Equal parts business and extension of someone's deep appreciation for the sport, surviving in spite of a changing retail world of online shopping. Standing firm, like the best record stores, offering up something less tangible than sheer value—passion.
Nowhere is this passion more clear than in shops that do specialize in 'cross—a niche faction of a niche sport, at least in this country. I was a late bloomer when it comes to racing 'cross, competing in my first race when I was already in my sophomore year of college. I dabbled in it for a while, spurred on by the support of the Targetraining team I was racing road for at the time—based, not coincidentally, out of a very nice shop in Connecticut. But in truth, the love I have for the sport wasn't truly ignited until I started racing, and ultimately working at Joe's Garage in Haydenville, Mass. It was there that I got my first taste of a true "'cross shop." Joe has been an integral part of the Western Massachusetts 'cross scene, sponsoring a team that has been a mainstay of the New England circuit, supporting races, and more than anything else, fostering the growth of the sport by sharing the passion for this wild, beautiful and sometimes brutal sport with anyone who walks through the door. We glued a lot of tires, and rebuilt many aspiring racers' bikes from one weekend to the next with a sense of duty and pride and—to use the word one more time—passion. We might have even worked on a certain U.S. National Champion's bike upon occasion… not naming names or anything. Of all the things I miss about moving from New England to my new home in Utah, it's the contagious excitement I had there, recounting the weekends racing with friends while working on bikes, that I miss the most. I feel honored as an elite athlete to have had that experience.
The growth of 'cross means that more and more, you can find places as dedicated as I've mentioned anywhere around the country. Undeniably, the role of bike shops is changing in today's world of internet distribution and direct-to-consumer purchasing. Service, specialty knowledge and added value are the new catchwords of successful shops. In the end, I see a place for both forms of bike sales—just not one at the expense of the other. Especially as an elite racer, it can be easy to become distanced from the local shop scene when bikes arrive at your house and sponsors change with alarming frequency. Perhaps it's only because I've spent so many years on the other side of the counter, much of it balancing the roles of employee and aspiring bike racer, that I appreciate the importance of these shops and the people behind them, who do so much for our sport—most of it unheralded if not totally unnoticed.
I firmly believe that just as there are few people who become bike racers with an eye toward the goal of getting rich, so too with bike shops, and maybe most of all those who dedicate themselves to cyclocross. There must be a love of the process as much as a love of the outcome.
I love going to new shops, noticing the details that make it a unique expression of someone's appreciation of this sport. Ultimately, even though I'm deeply appreciative and honored to have the opportunity I have right now to be racing my bike full-time, I can't help but miss those moments at the shop: eating soup and a bagel for lunch in between tune-ups, talking about 'cross and bike racing in general with anyone who'd care to listen.
So take a moment to stop by your local shop if you haven't recently. You just might find they're the ones behind that race you enjoyed so much or that trail you rode last week. Even with recent growth, 'cross is still a small community—reach out and make yours a little bigger.


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Ransomware attacks have been increasing steadily for a few years, and operators gain confidence with every new strike. While cyber-experts burn the midnight oil coming up with solutions to thwart this dangerous form of malware, lawmakers in the U.S. state of Maryland are trying a shortcut – they aim to increase prison time for ransomware operators.
Experts have long insisted that caving in to ransomware operators' demands not only encourages them to strike again, but it also doesn't ensure you get your data back. Using a security solution to prevent attacks undoubtedly helps, but the best defences against ransomware remain vigilance and offline backups.
Because of the way ransomware works, though, operators often remain at large. That's why legislators in Maryland have decided to give future cyber-crooks a scare, by increasing slammer time to 10 years for any ransomware attack resulting in losses greater than $1,000.
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(bet 3rd & Lex.)
With Mozzarella, Roasted Peppers, and Proscuitto
Fresh Tuna Carpaccio
With Anise, Lemon, Olive Oil
Homeade Mozzarella with Tomato and Basil
Proscuitto, Arugola, & White Bean Salad
Homemade Pasta with Meat and Bechamelle Sauce
Rigatoni Alla Vodka
Rigatoni with Vodka and Tomato Sauce
Tagliolini Con Gamberi E Asparagi
Paper-thin Ribbon Noodles with Shrimp and Asparagus
Ravioli Con Ricotta E Spinaci
Ravioli with Ricotta and Spinach in Tomato Sauce
Farfalle Portofino
Bow Tie Pasta with Tomato and Pesto Sauce
Chicken Picata
Cooked with White Wine and Lemon, Served with Vegetables or Pasta
Chicken Marsala
Cooked with Marsala Wine and Mushrooms, Served with Vegetables or Pasta
Grilled Salmon
Served with Vegetables
Cuisine: ItalianAvg. Check: $25-$30Attire: Casual
Gente Ristorante Italiano offers a touch of Milan in New York City on 45th street. Owner and Executive Chef Jay B. Mitchell, who has cooked as a serious hobby since his college days, has taken his passion and opened up a wonderful Northern Italian eatery in Midtown Manhattan. Decorated with black and white photographs of famous actors, actresses and musicians of Cine Citta, or Film City, which celebrated the celebrities of 1950's Rome, the otherwise simple atmosphere allows diners to concentrate on whats important - the food.
Gente prides itself on authenticity. Mr. Mitchell has traveled to Italy roughly 90 times to rediscover the tastes that he is able to flawlessly duplicate in his New York establishment. This tour of Italy includes soups that are made fresh daily using all vegetarian ingredients. Panini, pasta, pizza, and salads are all natural, using new ingredients brought back from Italy. One of the Chefs favorite dishes, Tagliolini Con Gamberi E Asparagi, is a paper-thin ribbon noodle with fresh shrimp and asparagus. For those who crave a meat dish, be sure to try the tender Veal Piccata, served with a healthy side of fresh vegetables and pasta. For dessert, gelato, sorbetto, and dolce are flown in from Milan.
Gente offers an array of specials everyday. The kitchen has tremendous flexibility with the menu, as each dish is made to order, and all special requests are honored.
Second courses, such as chicken and tuna, are available for dinner and delivery. Take-out is available as well. The unique space is perfect for private parties, client presentations, or product introductions. There is also a fully licensed bar with a wide selection of alcohol from Grey Goose to Jack Daniels, making for a complete dining experience.
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Packers quarterback AARON RODGERS still has his throwing arm after facing his fear of sharks on Discovery Channel's SHARK WEEK Monday night.
He was part of on an episode of "Monster Tag" along with Olympic skier LINDSEY VONN and Patriots tight end ROB GRONKOWSKI. #12 dove into the Pacific Ocean and came face-to-face with a BLUE SHARK. Things go a bit tense, and his dive was actually called off for safety reasons.
The Green Bay Packers say he did it, in part, to raise awareness for a good cause.
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London: The 11th Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) were broadcasted today, live from London, the world financial centre. It is a proud moment for Edbiz International Advisors, as the 11th edition of the annual awards ceremony was held amidst the on-going pandemic.
The prestigious award ceremonies of GIFA have been held over the last decade in different parts of the world to celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions of governments, organisations and individuals to the sustainability of Islamic banking and finance as a viable system within the global Islamic financial architecture. A number of Islamic banks and Islamic windows of conventional banks as well as financial institutions participated in the most coveted and well-respected awards ceremony in the Islamic finance industry.
More than 30,000 global viewers from around the world tuned into different platforms to honour governments, organisations and individuals from over 15 countries across 5 continents for their dedicated efforts to promote Islamic banking and finance in their countries, respective institutions and for their commitment to continue to make Islamic banking and finance relevant to the global financial markets.
The global Islamic financial services industry had assets under management worth around US$2.941 trillion at the end of 2020 (Global Islamic Finance Report 2021). An industry experiencing a strong performance in 2019 was expected to increase even more, however, a lot of developments expected to take place in the Islamic finance industry slowed down owning to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the grim outlook, this also presented unprecedented opportunities for Islamic finance to mature as an alternative financial system, with assets expected to attain a size between US$3.789 trillion and US$5.115 trillion by 2025.
Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA) was founded in 2011 by Edbiz International Advisors as part of its advocacy for Islamic banking and finance. Since then, it has been held annually with its top award – Global Islamic Finance Leadership Award – presented to heads of state or government (or equivalent) for their leadership and advocacy roles in promoting Islamic banking and finance in their respective jurisdictions or globally. The winners of this prestigious award are known as GIFA Laureates. This year's Global Islamic Finance Leadership Award was presented to His Excellency Ma'ruf Amin, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. His Excellency Ma'ruf Amin is a true champion of Islamic finance, leading the country to become a global hotspot for Islamic economy of which Islamic banking and finance is a part.
Other GIFA Laureates include HE Tun Abdullah Badawi, former Prime Minister of Malaysia (2011), HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak, Malaysia (2012), HE Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan (2013), HE Nur Sultan Nazarbayev, first Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (2014), His Highness Muhammandu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, Nigeria (2015), HE Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia (2016), HE Ismail Omar Guelleh, president of Djibouti (2017), HE Bakir Izetbegovic, former Chairman of Presidency of Bosnia-Hersegovina (2018), HE Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa (2019), and His Excellency Dr Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (2020).
Professor Humayon Dar, Chairman of the Global Islamic Finance Awards, in his speech emphasised on the shared responsibility we have towards the development and advocacy of the Islamic finance industry to be a sustainable solution in the post-COVID world. "This year's GIFA is celebrating a record number of Islamic financial institutions and individuals. We have winners from the USA, UK, South Africa, the Middle East and Asia. I, on behalf of the Awards Committee, congratulate the winners this year, hoping that they will continue to contribute to the success of their organisations and of the global Islamic financial services industry. It is your hard work, dedication and commitment that the industry stands today at the historic mark of 3 trillion US dollars."
The Top Award for an institution, the Global Islamic Finance Leadership Award (Institution) 2021, was won by none other than Komite Nasional Ekonomi Keuangan Syariah (KNEKS). The National Committee for Sharia Economics and Finance (KNEKS) for its efforts in the development of the Shari'a economic and financial ecosystem and in making Indonesia a World Halal Centre.
Other notable winners include; RAM Ratings Services Berhad, Saturna Sdn Bhd, Bid Bond by Siraj Finance, IMMC by Al Waseelah PLC, ETHOS AFPTM, ZAWAF (Zakat, Sadaqah and Waqf Division) of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), meem Digital Banking by Gulf International Bank,
GIFA presented GIFA Excellence Awards to leading organisations in the Islamic finance industry: GIFA Excellence Award (Islamic Social Responsibility) 2021 was presented to CaizCoin, one of the many cryptocurrencies developed in Germany but with a unique working model.
GIFA Excellence Award (Islamic Social Responsibility) 2021 was awarded to Yayasan BaitulMaal Muamalat, an Indonesian zakat management institution.
GIFA Excellence Award (Islamic Asset Management) 2021 was won by Albilad Capital in recognition of the initiatives and innovations undertaken to provide financial services and products.
GIFA Excellence Award (Takaful) 2021 was presented to Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad, the country's leading takaful operator.
GIFA Excellence Award (Islamic Financial Ratings) 2021 was won by Fitch Ratings, a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research for global capital markets.
GIFA Excellence Award (Islamic Finance Training & Education) 2021 was awarded to Brunei Institute of Leadership & Islamic Finance (BILIF).
GIFA Excellence Award (Roshan Digital Account Experience) 2021 was won by HBL Islamic Banking, which has positioned itself as one of the largest and leading Islamic banking players in the country.
GIFA Excellence Award (Premier Islamic Banking Services) 2021 were won by Shariah Banking, Standard Bank for its commitment to Islamic principles and Shari'a compliant assets.
GIFA Excellence Award (Corporate/Business Credit Cards) 2021 is won by Qatar International Islamic Bank, a leading bank providing innovative and Shari'a compliant banking services in Qatar.
The winners of GIFA Championship Award include; Tazkia Islamic University College for GIFA Championship Award (Education in Islamic Banking & Finance) 2021; Malaysian Financial Planning Council for GIFA Championship Award (Islamic Finance Qualifications) 2021; Bank Nizwa for GIFA Championship Award (Islamic Banking) 2021; Takaful Oman for GIFA Championship Award (Takaful) 2021; Arabesque Asset Management Ltd. for GIFA Championship Award (ESG & Sustainability) 2021; Aion Digital for GIFA Championship Award (Islamic Digital Solutions) 2021; and S&P Global Ratings for GIFA Championship Award (Islamic Financial Ratings) 2021.
GIFA Market Leadership Award was awarded to market leaders for their strategic role in growth of the Islamic finance industry. Notable winners include; Cagamas, BNP Paribas Asset Management Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Al Ahli REIT Fund 1, Faculty of Islamic Economics and Finance UNISSA, Moody's Investors Service, SEDCO Capital, and Bank Syariah Indonesia.
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment & Export Credit (ICIEC) once again won the Global Islamic Export Credit and Political Risk Insurance Award 2021. Emirates NBD Capital, RIZQ, MANUlife Shariah Global REIT Fund, IBF Net Group, Siraj Finance, Ajman University, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI), Riyad Saudi Equity Sharia Fund, Oasis Crescent (UK) Limited, Dar Al Sharia, Indonesia Stock Exchange, Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited, TAIF Digital Institute, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Eiger Trading Advisors Limited, Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC), International Turnkey Systems Group (ITS), PT Capital Life Syariah, Meezan Bank, Trust Bank Limited, HabibMetro Sirat, FNB Islamic Banking, Jaiz Bank PLC, Ambank Islamic Berhad, Faysal Bank Limited, Gatehouse Bank, Agrobank, BankIslami Pakistan Limited, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam, Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh, Saudi Central Bank, Alinma Bank, and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited emerged as proud winners this year.
Dr Adnan Aziz (Professor of Practice & Director Islamic Finance Centre for Academic and Research Excellence, Ajman University), Mr. Khalid Zubair Parekh (Founder and CEO of Fair), Mr. Muhammad Afaq Khan (Head Islamic Banking, HBL), Eqhwan Mokhzanee (Chief Executive Officer at AmBank Islamic Berhad), Mr. Irfan Siddiqui (Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Meezan Bank) and Mr. Adam Ismail Ebrahim (Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer of Oasis Group Holdings) were awarded individual awards for their advocacy, efforts and unrelenting contributions towards innovating, evolving and developing products and services that service the global audience and sustain the Islamic financial services industry.
You many view the online GIFA awards ceremony by logging into; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULpESVL5gug or the GIFA official website; https://gifaawards.com
About Edbiz International Advisors:
Edbiz Corporation is a global Islamic finance think tank, headquartered in London. For more information, please visit: www.edbizconsulting.com . Edbiz Corporation provides multiple services that balance the dual purpose of developing thought leadership in this niche industry and strengthening the Islamic finance capacity for businesses and banks. Its client base is diverse and includes financial institutions, governments, education providers, established businesses and entrepreneurs.
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How to embed a YouTube channel
Hi there JW Player Community!
I am developing a membership site for a client who wants to embed their YouTube Channel on a page. I've tried using JW Player Wordpress plugin and for some reason, the videos do not load. I just get a spinning wheel. Here is a screenshot of the page: http://grab.by/JnCU
The player is configured to be responsive using HTML5. The flash option did not work at all with the responsive version, FYI.
The url I used is http://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=UUi8paQ7ngNHvkQA7O6HgTLw
and I used "add external media" using the "add media" button in the page editor. the shortcode is [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="553"]
This client has thousands of videos that would take too much time to insert one by one. This is why we need to be able to embed the channel.
We are also glad that the JWPlayer disables sharing, since this will be premium content.
Any input you could provide is greatly appreciated!
I will be encouraging my client to purchase a license if that would give us the options we need.


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How to Do It Yourself Pest Control & Choosing the Best Methods◀ Back To Blog
October 2, 2012
Nobody likes the thought of sharing their home with insects or rodents. When the time comes and insects and rodents are not contributing towards rent or a mortgage - its time they go. You may decide to handle the job yourself, or hire a professional pest control company. There are pros and cons to each decision. Of course trying to tackle the problem on your own is money saving way and you get to choose your own products and methods. However, you are not the professional, there are safety risks and you could actually make the problem worse!
Today, we are going to offer advice on common mistakes homeowners make when they try to make their home bug and rodent free.
You hear a mouse or see droppings, so you set traps. However, you set mouse traps in the middle of rooms.
Rodents are extremely smart! Rodents prefer to travel along walls and surfaces out of safety from predators and due to their poor eyesight. Place mouse traps perpendicular to the wall with a small amount of bait. Avoid using cheese, and use mouse bait like peanut butter, grains, sweets and fats to attract them. If you have small children or pets, keep them away from the areas where traps are set or place in inconspicuous places to get rid of rodents.
Ahh, there is ants all over…you grab the nearest any spray.
Over the counter products for ants are designed for a contact kill, so the ants you see will die. However, these products leave behind a repellent causing the ants to forage into other areas, spreading your initial problem and not fully solving the problem. The ants you see only represent 8-10% of the colony, so a physical kill to that small portion will surely not eliminate a colony of ants.
Bees are easy to eliminate, I'm not going to pay someone to take care of them – just remember spray and run!
Stinging insects have an aggressive nature and consulting an Albany pest removal company is recommended. Not always will over the counter products fully eliminate the nest. When it comes to yellow jackets, before spraying and stuffing that entry point where the yellow jackets are congregating – think again! This can drive yellow jackets inside creating a larger problem like having them come through the wall or ceiling. When it comes to stinging insect removal, hire the professional to properly treat and remove – besides, you don't want to get stung!
Fall Invaders: Box Elder Beetles, Cluster Flies and Stink Bugs are inside, time to grab the spray!
Fall invaders begin looking for a place to call home mid-August to mid-September. Once, they find a home, they are there for the winter. Treating them from the indoors is much more difficult to do. The best method for control is treating your home from the exterior focusing around windows and doors mid-August to mid-September to prevent their entry. Once inside the best tool is the vacuum!
You just search the bed for bed bugs.
The most common misconception about bed bugs is bed bugs are just bed bound. Bed bugs can spread too many other places like the box spring, headboard, bed frame, night stand, picture frames, luggage, clothing and much more. Bed bugs prefer tight spaces where they cannot be bothered like steams of mattress, where bed frames meet and other inconspicuous places. Look for live bed bugs, bed bug droppings (black pepper looking) and blood staining.
Household pests can be more than just a nuisance, but they can damage your health and destroy your property. To protect your home and family, a positive proactive approach against any kind of pest infestation is always best. Hiring a pest professional to properly identify the pest and treat accordingly, will save you time, money and aggravating. Insects and rodents require vigilance, regular maintenance to prevent re-infestation. Before tacking your next pest problem, think again and call Thomas Pest Services for a no charge inspection.


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