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This year, tens of millions of voters will go to the polls in several Latin American countries shaken by violence and stuttering economies.
But the issue that decides their vote may be as close as the nearest faucet.
In Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia, governments are preparing for local and national elections as water shortages, droughts, and ineffective water distribution networks compound the adversity already facing their citizens.
In Mexico, elections on June 7 will select the entire lower house of congress, nine state governors, and 17 state legislatures. The embattled president, Enrique Peña Nieto, has received widespread criticism for unpopular economic reforms and continuing violence, and faced accusations of corruption leveled against him and his administration.
Against this backdrop, millions of Mexicans have struggled to secure clean water. Residents of neighborhoods near Mexico City have been refused water supplies, even as shopping malls around them receive a permanent supply.
Throughout Mexico, some 14 million people lack water in their homes, including those near the capital in Mexico state as well as residents of Guerrero state, which has been the scene deadly violence over the last year.
A constitutional measure in 2012 declared water to be a human right in Mexico. Yet the public and the government continue to struggle over how water is apportioned. A groundswell of criticism forced Peña Nieto's governing party, PRI (which holds a slim majority in the lower house), to table a measure that would have raised rates, allowed the inheritance of water concessions, and allotted water for fracking.
Mexicans have also protested local and municipal governments that turn water supplies over to private groups that raise rents and prevent research into pollution, which is a common problem in Mexico and throughout the region.
Venezuelans, too, have demonstrated against failures in government-run water networks. Residents who feel underserved by the national water company, Hidrocapital, have protested by shutting down roadways near the capital, Caracas.
Water insecurity is not new to Venezuela: Poor urban citizens, the governing PSUV party's traditional base of support, complained last year that they went months without water. Venezuelans will vote to elect the entire 165-seat parliament in yet-to-be scheduled elections later this year.
"Many Latin American governments at the federal and local levels have known that water crises were possible or even likely, but did not make the necessary investments until the crisis was upon them," said James Bosworth the director of analysis at Southern Pulse, an advisory firm focused on Latin America.
In Venezuela's case, those crises have been spurred on by drought. Prolonged droughts last year caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of cattle, exacerbating food shortages. As summer approaches this year, climbing temperatures indicate that experience could be repeated. (The Brazilian city of São Paulo, home to some 20 million people, has also endured drought exacerbated by mismanagement and poor infrastructure.)
Moreover, water mismanagement in face of climate challenges could have knock-on effects for Venezuela's infrastructure. If, as Bosworth noted, "the levels in the Guri reservoir in Venezuela fall too low, it will cut several dozen MW of power from the [hydroelectric] system and lead to a serious crisis in the country." Failures in Venezuela's electrical grid have already led to national rationing plans.
Colombians will vote in local elections starting in late October. Success in the country's municipalities will be necessary for President Juan Manuel Santos if he and his governing coalition hope to maintain control over negotiations with the FARC, Colombia's longstanding leftist rebels.
This electoral effort could be hindered in the poverty-stricken northern department of La Guajira, where 84% of the population has no access to clean water.
Contaminated water stocks have taken a heavy toll on La Guajira's mostly indigenous population. "More people die from drought and dirty water in Colombia than from the armed conflict," Fernando de la Hoz, National Institute of Health director, told Vice in April. "And the risk of dying from illnesses related to water is four or five times higher in La Guajira than anywhere else in the country."
La Guajira is arid region home to many extractive industries. Emphasis on extracting natural resources, like gas and carbon, over supplying water and other goods as well as allegations that corrupt officials siphon off royalties meant for citizens could shape voting later this year.
La Guajira is just one department in Colombia, but Bolivia's recent history shows that a local dispute over water can upend the political order of an entire country. In 1999, Bolivia's government agreed to give water rights in Cochabamba, the third-largest city, to a foreign consortium.
The poorly implemented privatization plan and the government's harsh crackdown on protests that followed sparked a social movement that forced the country's traditional political class out and replaced it with current president Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism party.
Water-related tensions have yet to reach the level of conflict, but have arisen elsewhere in the region.
"Nicaragua and Costa Rica have sparred over the use of water, dredging and construction along the Rio San Juan. Argentina and Uruguay had some serious tensions over the potential construction of a pulp mill that could have polluted a border river," Bosworth said in an email to Business Insider.
South America is home to one-third of the world's renewable water resources, and the vast majority of Latin Americans can access clean water. But the population that cannot — specifically those living in poor urban areas and in rural areas beyond the reach of government services — amount to tens of millions of people who could affect drastic political change this year.
Technologies like desalinization and policies like rationing have helped the region use water more efficiently, but, as Bosworth points out, water stocks are strained by more than people's daily use.
"Agriculture, the extractive industry and manufacturing use far more water than residential areas. The policies that governments implement on those sectors have a far greater impact than encouraging people to take shorter showers and water their lawn less."
But in Latin America, like most of the world, government moves slowly. Until they go to the polls, many in the region may have to hope for a different kind of intervention.
"The only hope that remains for us is that God, our father, decides that it rains," said Verónica Cañizales, an official in Vargas state, Venezuela, where municipalities are experiencing water levels 50% below normal.


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NEW ORLEANS — Super Bowl experience comes in all shapes and sizes, but no player in Sunday's game will be able to match that of the Baltimore Ravens' Ed Reed.
Not only has Reed already played on Super Bowl Sunday, but he has also done it on this very Superdome turf.
OK, so it was in an NFL Punt, Pass and Kick contest before the Green Bay Packers-New England Patriots game in 1997, and he was 18, but who's counting?
"It was awesome," said Reed, who is from St. Rose, La., about 30 miles west of New Orleans. "I remember everything, really. Going against [eventual NFL journeyman quarterback] Craig Nall and guys like that, guys who played in the league. I was going against quarterbacks. I was a safety/quarterback athlete. I wound up winning the event, and the winner of the event came to media day to see guys just interact with you [reporters].

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Question??: Emilio what led you to a career in fashion photography? Do you have any formal training in your background?
Emilio Tini: It has happened by chance. I discovered photography in my twenties. With a passion for the 60's Italian and French movies I wanted to be a director. After attending the university for a few years I became an assistant on movie sets and with fashion photographers. In 2002 I started my own career.
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Emilio Tini: Richard Avedon, H. C. Bresson, Robert Frank (Bresson and Frank are not fashion photographers but their "magic realism" influenced my vision).
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Emilio Tini: Personal projects are the most important thing in photography to me because they allow you to have a personal and strong identity in the middle of the mass of photographers.
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Emilio Tini: The clients rent the studio or location when they are needed.
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Emilio Tini: With the Hasselblad I usually shoot into Capture One and then do the post production with Photoshop.
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Emilio Tini: Yes.
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Emilio Tini: I have a personal team that handles my post production. They are a professional crew and we work together for commercial prints or fine art prints. When I have time I like to shoot film and develop prints myself.
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Emilio Tini: With this global crisis is the beginning of a new era. You must learn to be more flexible without losing your true photographic identity.
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Revelation 16:18 King James Version (KJV)
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These are about 1/10th of my whole 23 year career but I just highlighted a few things .
My Social Work career began when I landed a job with Father Flanagan's Boys Town working in a group home with troubled teens.
I spent a year going to work there when I realized I was ready to move in a home and ended up living in a foster home for 5 years. I had about 25 different teens come and go during that time, some who still contact me today and have their own families now
I have also run a day program for severely developmentally disabled adults, managing and providing on going training for 60 adults with disabilities, and training my staff of about 20 on working with this population.
Social work career start
I spent some years working as an outpatient therapist for a large company called Devereux Treatment Network, where I saw troubled teens and worked with their families on treatment programs.
I was promoted and asked to create and run a mentoring program with a clinical flavor, which ended up being called the Therapeutic Friend program, and when I was done there I had 15-20 mentors hired and trained, and we were serving about 100 kids in the county.
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From 18 kids at the start, the school board saw the success and began to send all of the others to me, ending up with 88 kids in all, with about 75% achieving promotion on our program, and about 50% if the students were able to return to their zoned school after a year, as they had acquired the social skills needed to succeed in public setting.
I was nominated my first year for Brevard County School Administrator of the year in 2003, and the director and board members nicknamed my school "Stonehenge" as they could not figure out how the same kids who were throwing desks and hitting teachers were now giving tours and calling them sir, and ma'am!
Youth services
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Although I have been in management/training positions the last decade or so, I also taught school in a program for expelled kids, where I was promoted in a year to Dean of students. This led me to yet another task of implementing programs for all students, and deciding appropriate consequences for students, and staff that I supervised.
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I have a mixture of clinical and non clinical experience. I have worked side by side with psychiatrists helping to rule out or make a diagnoses on a client.
In other roles I have also been on the administrative end of a school board system, and written many IEP ( Individual Education programs) for the population that needed it, and got to work on the non clinical side by focusing strictly on training staff of up to 60 at a time on issues such as physical restraint, verbal de-escalation and appropriate professional boundaries in the workplace.
More importantly I have worked on the front lines with all the populations I trained others on, which gave me my real experience.
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Recognized by the Orlando Magic Foundation for work with youth, including a private meet and greet with Shaq for me and some of my foster kids..
Awarded Family Teacher of the year while at Father Flanagan's working as a live in Foster Parent.
Selected to be featured in Orlando ABC affiliate WFTV story on the role of a foster parent.
Wrote and directed youth of Miami video for Lutheran Brotherhood youth group, shown nationally to all Lutheran Brotherhood volunteers.
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The last time I hiked this trail I was pregnant with my third son, in the summer of 2011. I slowly made it to the end of the trail, wondering why I had thought it was a good idea to come there – the end of the trail did pay off, and it was truly worth it. I didn't think though it would be 2+ years till I got back there. Life has this painful way of getting busy.
With a freak weather inversion holding tight, how could I say no to going along with my friend Jared? Fog all day at home, down low. Sunny and warm up high. Our payback for one heck of a nasty September! It didn't feel like the tail end of October. It was warm. You just had to ignore the snow on the trail up high, and in the shadowed areas.
But mostly was how quiet it really was. The shut down left this side of the park pretty quiet, everything was sealed for winter – and the gates were closing Sunday. One last day to walk this trail till spring and summer come next year. Which for it, is late June often.
Where the Inter winds down from the Inter Glacier, is a narrow and ripped up chasm – on the other side of the thin ridge is the headwaters of the White River, from the Emmons Glacier.
Fall, warm and sunny, no bugs and yellow everywhere.
This wee spot on the Inter has healed nicely over the years, from where it blew out in 2006.
I mean, how could I not want to be here?
Oh why does it have to be closed for the season now?
And yet…snow is there, in the upper reaches of the Inter.
On the way home I asked Jared, his girlfriend and her sister if they had checked out the mining relics. "Huh?" Hah, apparently they missed seeing all the cool relics 😉 Heehee
Spring will be here soon enough and next summer I am hoping to take Walker with me, so he can walk it – he will love the bears that frolic in Glacier Basin. All I got to hope is we don't have flooding and this pretty trail waits for us.


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Re: BOOLEAN RELATIONSHIPS: HARD QUESTION
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:19:19 GMT
Message-ID: <bLnzc.110599$Qc.4194951_at_twister1.libero.it>
Thank you very much for your help. Maybe the one you gave me is not the
definitive solution since I haven't been able to explain you everything but
the idea is great and made me think.
Let me ask you if I correctly understood what you said: I can create a table with all the possible combination of A, B, and C, an identifier of the combination and a flag to tell if it is allowed or not. In the second table a field with the ABC combination identifier and the possible D items associated with it.
I need to think about it but it looks good. My only worry at the moment: 25 items in A, 10 in B, 10 in C means 25*10*10=2500 record.
I simplified in my explanation but the machine we build are really complex and so I guess in the end the entries in the frist table could be millions. How much time would it take the program to examine them even if the table is indexed?
Anyway the suggestion is great and I will for sure think about it. Thank you very much.
"Brian Inglis" <Brian.Inglis_at_SystematicSw.Invalid> ha scritto nel messaggio
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:50:26 GMT in comp.databases.theory, "Jacopo"
> <jacopols_at_libero.it> wrote:
> >I need to create a database for my company. We build machines and so we
> >a part list of the components.
> >I have created a model of the machine in which there is a list of
> >to be filled in order to complete the design scheme.
> >Every machine will be composed by:
> >1 mandatory element of type "A" among the entire list of A type items
> >1 mandatory element of type "B" among the entire list of B type items
> >4 mandatory element of type "C" among the entire list of C type items
> >N optional element of type "D" among the entire list of D type items
> >
> >The problem is this. When you choose a specific element to fill the type
> >box you can't then choose among all the items of list B to fill the type
> >box but among those B elements that matches the selected A items.
> >As well the type C is influenced by the previous choices but in this case
> >the list must be differently selected for any combination of the chosen A
> >and B items.
> >The optional elements on the other side can be present or not, according
> >the selected A, B, C items or to a combination of them all.
> >
> >The problem is creating a solid model of relationships in order to let
> >user select among the only items that matches the previous ones.
> >Definitely I don't want to create rules into the source code.
> >The idea is giving them a mask in which, when they create a new item,
> >can link it with OR, AND, NOT, XOR, ecc. relationship.
> >The problem for me is saving these rules. If just one "AND" relationship
> >between two items was allowed a new table with matching couples would be
> >enough, but in this case I should be able to implement a rule like:
> >
> >If you choose the item A38 in A AND B15 in B AND NOT C44 in C, then
> >can select the optional element among this list.
> You have a set of allowed combinations of elements A, B, C: first table.
> Given this list, you then have combinations that allow or disallow option
> Whether you keep the all the allowed or just the disallowed combinations
> each D is up to you: second table.
> You can retrieve all the A options with a select distinct, B options
> with the given A selected, likewise C given A and B.
> Once you have each C selection, you can store each selected combination.
> Given the four selected A, B, C combinations, you can retrieve the D
> that either meet all the allowed combination criteria, or are not rejected
> disallowed combination criteria.
> Spreadsheets are ideal for creating, communicating, and validating this
kind of
> base combinatorial data, and if you can export in tab delimited or CSV
> and import that format into the database, quick turnaround on data loading
> query testing.
> --
> Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
> Brian.Inglis_at_CSi.com (Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca)
> fake address use address above to reply
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By Car or Taxi
From the G.R.A. (Grande Raccordo Anulare): follow the signs to "Università Tor Vergata", exit 19/20 (A1 Roma-Napoli) direction "Seconda Università" or "La Romanina". Go through "Viale della Sorbona" until you reach the second roundabout, turn right into "Via Columbia", then turn left to "Via del Politecnico", following the signs to "Ingegneria". Our building is the last one in the street "Via del Politecnico"; the name of the building is "Ingegneria della Informazione". You can recognize the Ingegneria buildings by their bright green window frames, and the "Ingegneria della Informazione" by the white reflector antenna of a weather radar (close to a GPS conical antenna) on the top of the building.
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Take the underground Line A, direction "Anagnina" and get off at the last station, Anagnina. Go out of the underground station, turn left just after the turnstiles, go up one fligh of stairs and you will find a bus terminal; take the bus n. 20 (near Gate 12) and get off at the 8th stop (Cambridge). Via Cambridge is between the faculties of "Economia e Commercio" and "Ingegneria". Go towards Ingegneria (on your left side, when you arrive; you have to go down three flights of stairs). We are in the building named "Ingegneria della Informazione", which is the last one of three buildings, on "via del Politecnico".
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text: NSB(i) 10 God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us! 11 You also helped with your prayer on our behalf. Many may give thanks for the gift granted to us. 12 This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God. 13 For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end: 14 as also you did acknowledge us in part, that we are your reason to be proud, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus. 15 In this confidence I was willing to come to you first that you might have a second benefit. 16 To pass by you to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be helped by you on my journey to Judea. 17 When I planned this was I unfaithful? Or in other things do I perform according to the flesh. With me should there be a yes or a no? 18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yes and no. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we, preached among you even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him is yes. 20 All the promises of God in him are yes. Also in his is the Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 He who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God. 22 He also sealed us, and gave us the guarantee of the Spirit in our hearts. 23 But I call God for a witness against me. To spare you I did not come to Corinth. 24 We do not control your faith. We are fellow workers for your joy: for you stand fast in faith. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the congregation of God at Corinth, with all the holy ones throughout Achaia: 2 May you have grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our trouble, that we may be able to comfort those who also have trouble, through the comfort with which we are comforted from God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ. 6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort. It works through patience and longsuffering and is the same sufferings that we also suffer. 7 Our hope for you is steadfast; knowing that, as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you also partake of the comfort. 8 We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that began in Asia. We were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.


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I found out, i cant mapping beacuse i downloaded GTA SA. I downloaded it because Mods and Multiplayer. I have the PS2 Version too, but buyed.And in download are no radio, and no TXD.files. I want to mapping i know finally how but if i load the IPL its just black, white and grey. I need the TXD Files for all objects in the gta3.img. Can somebody help me?
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you dont have it cuz you probobly have ripped ver of sa you need to get full 1
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I just need the TXD files
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these files weight like 1gb lol
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I know thats the problem.
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anyway you need to have those files otherwise game would crash -_-
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right, in game there are all colours, but in MEd not.The txd files are missing
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Just download the full ver
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I didn't read a description careful before cutting so the loose fit was big surprise for me. I imagined fitted top so I took almost 6cm from both sides. Next time I will cut it narrower and also will make narrower back. But this top could be pretty nice in its original version from some drape fabric, even not knit one, maybe only you need to make armholes higher. It could be nice idea for summer.
I made top pretty long and like how I can drape it on the waistline. The top is pretty cute so I think I would make more in different colors. I cut it from remnant bought in Dressew store, they often have nice knit pieces so now I know how to use them.
- Fabric: 0.9m of cotton knit fabric
- Pattern: Burda 03/2013 128
- Fabric was bought without any ideas.
- Notions: thread, twin needle
- Time to complete: 3.7 hours. The bias bindings took too long.
- First worn: one week ago.
- Wear again: yesterday.
- Total cost:2C$ per fabric, 1C$ per tread, 2C$ per magazine = 5C$.


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GERMAN MATERIALS maintained and updated by H Peter Sinclair z"l, Fritz Neubauer, Eva Radding, Jason Hallgarten and Peter Strauss; (originally assembled by Arline Sachs and proof-read/edited by Carol Levy Monahan) for the IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project. A large number of the cemetery websites were found and contributed by Naomi Teveth. Please send any content comments to the coordinator, and any technical comments to the webmaster.
"Nearly 2,000 Jewish cemeteries exist today in the Federal Republic of Germany. The total number of Jewish gravestones have been estimated at 600,000. Destruction, willful and by the elements, endanger these tombstones. A major task of the Central Archives in the first years of its existence was the preservation of the inscriptions by an extensive photo-documentary. Photographs of about 54,000 Jewish tombstones in Baden-Württemberg are now in possession of the Central Archives. In addition, the Central Archives stores photographs of more than 5,000 Jewish gravestones of Lower Saxony. Information on other documentation-projects of Jewish gravestone inscriptions is collected systematically." Source: Central Archives for Research on the History of the Jews in Germany http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/englisch.htm
BOOK: Haus des Lebens; Juedische Friedhoefe / [von] Herbert Liedel [und] Helmut Dollhopf. Wuerzburg: Stuerz, 1985. 200 p. col. illus. 31 cm. The 108 color illustrations are photographs by H. Liedel and H. Dollhopf; Ernst M. Stein, Juergen Franzke and Hermann Glaser wrote the accompanying texts. Bibliography: p. 200. ID# q GT 3242 L5 [Leo Baeck Institute]
BOOK: Haus des Lebens - Juedische Friedhoefe in Deutschland by Michael Brocke and Christiane Mueller, published by Reclam Verlag, Leipzig in 2001
www.reclam.de listing approximately 2000 cemeteries of which more than 100 with detailed histories, photographs. ISBN 3-379-00999-3 - 264 pages.
ONLINE LINK: Spurensuche - Jüdische Friedhöfe in Deutschland publ. Univerität Ulm, Zentrum für allgemaine wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung
A good site for obtaining information about towns in Germany is http://www.meinestadt.de/. From the main site just follow the links by choosing the appropriate state that the town or city is in. If you know the name of the town or city and that name is unique you can go directly to that town's listing by using the following format for the URL: http://www.meinestadt.de/(NAME OF THE TOWN) (eg. http://www.meinestadt.de/worms for the city of Worms) The site is in German. [thanks to a GerSIG post by Rich Isaak July 2001]
In his Site "Alemmania Judaica" , Dr.Joachim Hahn, Obermayer German History Award winner (Ploechingen- near Stuttgart) presents an excellent list with links to all Jewish Cemeteries in Baden-Wuerttemberg, an important source for researching in that area. Source: GerSIG posting May 2003.www.alemannia-judaica.de/
For information about old cemeteries in Bavaria:
Landesverband de Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in Bayern
UNTERFRANKEN (Frankonia) and OSTHESSEN:
Material on Jewish cemeteries in Lower Franconia (Burgpreppach, Ebern, Ermershausen, Kleinsteinach, Limbach, Memmelsdorf, Schweinshaupten, Untermerzbach) at LBI : Ebern; Jewish community; Storage-Location: A 23/6; Accession Number(s): AR 5854. Photos of cemeteries of Jewish communities in Unterfranken, Bavaria. (Schwierz). Three photographs of Jewish cemetery in Maroldsweisach and Emershausen. English, German. (1995; Location at Leo Baeck Institute: Israel Schwierz collection; Storage-Location: A 20/0, A 23/7; Accession Number(s): AR 5042, AR 5829.
HESSE: (Northern)
See the separate file for 273 cemeteries between Rhein and Maas, current province of Limburg. 9,300 names are available.
Dokumentation zur Geschichte der Juden am linken Niederrhein seit dem 17. Jahrhundert; by Klaus H S. Schulte. (Documents relating to History of the Jews on the Left Bank of the Lower Rhine since the 17th century). Duesseldorf: Verlag L. Schwann, 1972. 377pp. A precis of documents relevant to Jews of the period, plus an appendix with alphabetic lists of persons buried in almost 70 towns, villages and hamlets. Some list only 4 names, very few have over 100. [NN] Source: Tagger, Mathilde. Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
Stein und Name, Die juedischen Friedhoefe in Ostdeutschland; Michael Brocke, Eckehart Ruthenbert, and Kai Uwe Schulenburg; published by: Institut Kirche und Judentum Band 22; Berlin 1994; 720 pages, about 120 picutres; DM 39,80. ISBM 3-923095-19-8; information on over 300 towns with tombstone inscription translations (from Hebrew to German); for information or ordering contact: Institut fuer Kirche und Judentum, Dom zu Berlin, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin; tel.: 030/2469153; fax: 030/2469154; Source:Professor Dr. Michael Brocke, Freie Universitat Berlin, Fachbereich, Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften II, Insitute fuer Judaistik (WE 1), Schwendenerstr. 27, 14195 Berlin.
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It's quite common to hear people denounce the work my colleagues do as 'clickbait.' Too common, in fact.
The sensible option, some would argue, would be to ignore it. After all, the facts tell a different story. And I'm going to give sharing the facts another go.
Why? Two reasons.
The first is that what started off as an unfounded criticism by those who disagreed with the approach to growing digital audience the company I'm digital publishing director at, Trinity Mirror, had decided to take appears to have become a received wisdom.
Take, for example, a sentence in a blog post written by an academic called Dan Evans on the OpenDemocracy blog. Having read the blog several times, I'm still not sure of the point it's trying to make, but this sentence stood out:
Wales three 'major' papers – The Western Mail, South Wales Echo (both South Wales) and Daily Post (North Wales) are owned by Trinity Mirror, a chief player in the reduction of journalism to listicles and clickbait. As a consequence, their content has become increasingly trivial and unconcerned with Welsh politics or culture.
No backing up the statement. Just stating it as fact. A fact which crumbles when real evidence about volumes of stories, styles of stories and themes of stories is offered. But those who peddle the clickbait myth rarely want to discuss the facts.
And increasingly, we have journalists picking up on one-off stories and claiming they are the norm for the titles I work with. Press Gazette gives them air time, presumably because it drives audience online and so the wisdom goes on. This is the second reason.
But perhaps the most misleading to date comes from Graham Smith, a former Trinity Mirror journalist in Cornwall who is crowdfunding CornwallReports, which carries the slogan 'No adverts, no click-bait, just journalism.' You can see where this is going, I'm sure.
He pledges on his crowdfunding page to 'restore the primacy of accurate, factual local news reporting – vital to the fabric of our democracy.' Yet then seeks to paint a very inaccurate picture of the work done by fellow journalists.
In his publicity video he uses a series of screenshots from the titles I work with in that part of the world to suggest we're giving up on journalism, dumbing down and letting down local democracy.
In an interview with Press Gazette, he said:
"The difference between my site and Cornwall Live will be like the difference between the Daily Star and The Guardian. It is for people who are interested in what's going on and not interested in who are the 50 sexiest people in Cornwall."
It's dead easy to pick one story you don't like and pretend it's the norm. Academics do it all the time. Smith has found a handful he doesn't like and worked very hard to suggest that's the norm, being written at the expense of all else.
But lets try and deal with facts. What is this awful website which Cornwall has been landed with from Trinity Mirror? Well, here's the front page tonight:
Doesn't look very clickbaity to me. But maybe Smith, like many others, has fallen into the trap of assuming the stuff which tends to be most popular is actually representative of everything we do. That stuff tends to be the popular stuff on social media, so here are the most shared stories over the past few weeks on CornwallLive:
All seem like good, solid local news which is being shared by people because they find it relevant to their lives. Even the much-discussed Sexy List is just a bit of fun, and getting a response too.
Looking at the site's most read list for December, it's got crime on it, Christmas events for surfers, the airport story, the location of mobile speed cameras, flood warnings, a man found at sea, dead mackerel washing up on a beach, the M5 being closed, a gig announcement for the Eden Project, and several community campaigns.
There are council stories in there. Health stories in there. Issues, campaigns, human interest – but all prepared in a way which makes people want to read them online. Seeking to write stuff which is going to be read is not something journalists should sneer at, surely.
Journalists who lob rocks at stories which don't pass their own personal 'call this journalism' test will often hide behind the excuse 'we're not having a go at the reporters, just the company.' Well here's a thing – when something you've written gets criticised, it hurts.
Smith told Press Gazette:
Smith said: "Had I been allowed to continue reporting the news, I would not have pursued the idea of launching my own website".
His profile page on the CornwallLive site suggests he was reporting news for the site.
What's the story?
I'm responsible (along with others) for the digital content strategy at Trinity Mirror's regional titles, and it's a strategy which is quite simple.
We believe that the future success of regional media relies on us building a loyal, primarily local, audience. We need to respect that audience and learn what it is they would find useful from us. We build that relationship not by shouting 'we do news' but by being useful to many parts of their lives.
We inform them when the roads are busy, we suggest great places to eat at the weekend, and we share a smile with them. We listen to them through audience data and real-life conversations. And we build a relationship with them which means they respect us when we tell them that we have something we think they should pay attention to.
In recent weeks, several of the newsrooms I work with have written incredible articles about homelessness. That's not a subject people would necessarily be looking to read up on on a Thursday, but thanks to the relationship titles such as the Plymouth Herald, Birmingham Mail, Liverpool Echo and others have built with readers, when they said to those readers that they had something important to talk about, they stopped and listened. And it became agenda-setting news.
Aiding our critics
In some cities and towns I know, local political leaders unhappy at our coverage seek to do down our work by saying we're just clickbait now.
Yet many of the titles I work with have greater influence and clout than at any point in the last 30 years because readers respond to what we're saying and things happen as a result.
Call it clickbait if you want (and it's not), but by attempting to appeal to people in lots of ways, in a way which makes them want to come back (clickbait fails there) we've become part of the lives of many more people.
And that allows us to carry out what many see as the journalistic mission. The popular content – designed to engage, catch the eye and satisfy the reader – helps fund the content which takes longer to produce, but which can have just as much impact on the lives of readers as the stuff readers know they need.
Local journalism faces a challenging time. Journalists hurling insults about the quality of work undertaken by their professional colleagues and seeking to undermine it to others in their communities seems be a unnecessary pursuit when so make other things need solving and resolving.
There are sensible debates to be had about journalism. Needed for journalism's future – this isn't going to be one that helps.
I hope Graham Smith's new website works, and that a new journalism revenue model is proven. I'm sure it stands far more chance of success if it's promoted on its strengths, rather than the inaccurate portrayal of what hard-working journalists at a rapidly-growing website down the road are up to.
Lets try and build a discussion about journalism based on facts – something we surely can all agree on.


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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), also spelled gingko and known as the Maidenhair Tree, is a unique species of tree with no close living relatives. The tree is widely cultivated and introduced, since an early period in human history, and has various uses as a food and traditional medicine.
Ginkgos are very large trees, normally reaching a height of 20–35 m (66–115 feet), with some specimens in China being over 50 m (164 feet). The tree has an angular crown and long, somewhat erratic branches, and is usually deep rooted and resistant to wind and snow damage. Young trees are often tall and slender, and sparsely branched; the crown becomes broader as the tree ages. During autumn, the leaves turn a bright yellow, then fall, sometimes within a short space of time (1–15 days). A combination of resistance to disease, insect-resistant wood and the ability to form aerial roots and sprouts makes ginkgos long-lived, with some specimens claimed to be more than 2,500 years old.
Ginkgo is a relatively shade-intolerant species that (at least in cultivation) grows best in environments that are well-watered and well-drained. The species shows a preference for disturbed sites; in the "semi-wild" stands at Tian Mu Shan, many specimens are found along stream banks, rocky slopes, and cliff edges. Accordingly, Ginkgo retains a prodigious capacity for vegetative growth. It is capable of sprouting from embedded buds near the base of the trunk (lignotubers, or basal chi chi) in response to disturbances, such as soil erosion. Old individuals are also capable of producing aerial roots (chi chi) on the undersides of large branches in response to disturbances such as crown damage; these roots can lead to successful clonal reproduction upon contacting the soil. These strategies are evidently important in the persistence of Ginkgo; in a survey of the "semi-wild" stands remaining in Tian Mu Shan, 40% of the Ginkgo specimens surveyed were multi-stemmed, and few saplings were present.
Ginkgo branches grow in length by growth of shoots with regularly spaced leaves, as seen on most trees. From the axils of these leaves, "spur shoots" (also known as short shoots) develop on second-year growth. Short shoots have very short internodes (so they may grow only one or two centimeters in several years) and their leaves are usually unlobed. They are short and knobby, and are arranged regularly on the branches except on first-year growth. Because of the short internodes, leaves appear to be clustered at the tips of short shoots, and reproductive structures are formed only on them (see pictures below – seeds and leaves are visible on short shoots).
In Ginkgos, as in other plants that possess them, short shoots allow the formation of new leaves in the older parts of the crown. After a number of years, a short shoot may change into a long (ordinary) shoot, or vice versa.
Ginkgo leaves
The Ginkgo leaves are unique among seed plants, being fan-shaped with veins radiating out into the leaf blade, sometimes bifurcating (splitting) but never anastomosing to form a network. Two veins enter the leaf blade at the base and fork repeatedly in two; this is known as dichotomous venation. The leaves are usually 5–10 cm (2-4 inches), but sometimes up to 15 cm (6 inches) long. The old popular name "Maidenhair tree" is because the leaves resemble some of the pinnae of the Maidenhair fern Adiantum capillus-veneris.
Leaves of long shoots are usually notched or lobed, but only from the outer surface, between the veins. They are borne both on the more rapidly-growing branch tips, where they are alternate and spaced out, and also on the short, stubby spur shoots, where they are clustered at the tips.
Cultivation and uses
Ginkgo has long been cultivated in China; some planted trees at temples are believed to be over 1,500 years old. The first record of Europeans encountering it is in 1690 in Japanese temple gardens, where the tree was seen by the German botanist Engelbert Kaempfer. Because of its status in Buddhism and Confucianism, the Ginkgo is also widely planted in Korea and parts of Japan; in both areas, some naturalization has occurred, with Ginkgos seeding into natural forests.
In some areas, most intentionally planted Ginkgos are male cultivars grafted onto plants propagated from seed, because the male trees will not produce the malodorous seeds. The popular cultivar 'Autumn Gold' is a clone of a male plant.
Ginkgos adapt well to the urban environment, tolerating pollution and confined soil spaces. They rarely suffer disease problems, even in urban conditions, and are attacked by few insects. For this reason, and for their general beauty, ginkgos are excellent urban and shade trees, and are widely planted along many streets.
Ginkgos are also popular subjects for growing as penjing and bonsai; they can be kept artificially small and tended over centuries. Furthermore, the trees are easy to propagate from seed.
Extreme examples of the Ginkgo's tenacity may be seen in Hiroshima, Japan, where six trees growing between 1–2 km from the 1945 atom bomb explosion were among the few living things in the area to survive the blast (photos and details). While almost all other plants (and animals) in the area were destroyed, the ginkgos, though charred, survived and were soon healthy again. The trees are alive to this day.
The ginkgo leaf is the symbol of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony. The tree is the national tree of China.
Medicinal uses
Extracts of Ginkgo leaves contain flavonoid glycosides and terpenoids (ginkgolides, bilobalides) and have been used pharmaceutically. Ginkgo supplements are usually taken in the range of 40–200 mg per day. Recently, careful clinical trials have shown Ginkgo to be ineffective in treating dementia or preventing the onset of Alzheimer's Disease in normal people.
Ginkgo is believed to have nootropic properties, and is mainly used as memory and concentration enhancer, and anti-vertigo agent. However, studies differ about its efficacy. The largest and longest independent clinical trial to assess Ginkgo biloba's ability to prevent memory loss has found that the supplement does not prevent or delay dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Some controversy has arisen over the conclusions drawn by some studies that were funded by a firm which marketed Ginkgo.
In 2002 a long-anticipated paper appeared in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) titled "Ginkgo for memory enhancement: a randomized controlled trial." This Williams College study, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging rather than Schwabe, examined the effects of ginkgo consumption on healthy volunteers older than 60. The conclusion, now cited in the National Institutes of Health's ginkgo fact sheet, said: "When taken following the manufacturer's instructions, ginkgo provides no measurable benefit in memory or related cognitive function to adults with healthy cognitive function." … The impact of this seemingly damning assessment, however, was ameliorated by the almost simultaneous publication of a Schwabe-sponsored study in the less prestigious journal Human Psychopharmacology. This rival study, conducted at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, was rejected by JAMA, and came to a very different—if not exactly sweeping—conclusion: There was ample evidence to support "the potential efficacy of Ginkgo biloba EGb 761 in enhancing certain neuropsychological/memory processes of cognitively intact older adults, 60 years of age and over."
According to some studies, Ginkgo can significantly improve attention in healthy individuals. In one such study, the effect was almost immediate and reaches its peak in 2.5 hours after the intake.
Ginkgo has been proposed as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease on the basis of positive preclinical results in mice. However, a randomized controlled clinical trial published in JAMA in 2008 found it ineffective at treating dementia in humans. A second randomized, controlled trial published in JAMA in 2009 similarly found no benefit from ginkgo in preventing cognitive decline or dementia.
Out of the many conflicting research results, Ginkgo extract may have three effects on the human body: improvement in blood flow (including microcirculation in small capillaries) to most tissues and organs; protection against oxidative cell damage from free radicals; and blockage of many of the effects of platelet-activating factor (platelet aggregation, blood clotting) that have been related to the development of a number of cardiovascular, renal, respiratory and central nervous system disorders. Ginkgo can be used for intermittent claudication.
Some studies suggest a link between ginkgo and the easing of the symptoms of tinnitus.
Preliminary studies suggest that Ginkgo may be of benefit in multiple sclerosis, showing modest improvements in cognition and fatigue without increasing rates of serious adverse events in this population.
A study conducted in 2003 by the Department of Dermatology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India concluded that Ginkgo is an effective treatment for arresting the development of vitiligo.
Ginkgo may have undesirable effects, especially for individuals with blood circulation disorders and those taking anticoagulants such as ibuprofen, aspirin, or warfarin, although recent studies have found that ginkgo has little or no effect on the anticoagulant properties or pharmacodynamics of warfarin in healthy subjects.
Ginkgo should also not be used
- by people who are taking certain types of antidepressants
- monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
- by pregnant women, without first consulting a doctor
Ginkgo side effects and cautions include: possible increased risk of bleeding, gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, dizziness, heart palpitations, and restlessness. If any side effects are experienced, consumption should be stopped immediately.
- People taking pharmaceutical blood thinners such as warfarin or coumadin should consult with their doctor before taking Gingko biloba extracts, as it acts as an anti-coagulant.
- The presence of amentoflavone in Gingko biloba leaves would indicate a potential for interactions with many medications through the strong inhibition of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9; however, there is a lack of any empirical evidence supporting this. It is possible that the concentration of amentoflavone found even in commercial Gingko biloba extracts is too low to be pharmacologically active.
- Ginkgo biloba leaves also contain long-chain alkylphenols together with the extremely potent allergens, the urushiols (similar to poison ivy). Individuals with a history of strong allergic reactions to poison ivy, mangoes, and other urushiol-producing plants are more likely to experience an adverse reaction when consuming Ginkgo-containing pills, combinations, or extracts.
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Dividella is a long-standing pharmaceutical packaging company offering a variety of solutions to pivotal names in the industry since 1978. For over three decades, the organization has been deftly mastering its Top Loading Process, which was first developed in 1985, and retaining its status of a reliable and qualitative solution provider.
By using mono-material and offering carton-based packaging, they have succeeded in affording environment-friendly and high-performance solutions. Their services are known to be cost-effective. Dividella's machinery is technically crafted to be perceptive as well as primed for future requirements.
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As soon as the final desired result is determined by the customer, Dividella takes charge of every part of the procedure from the outset. Starting from the ideal layout of the entire line, the technical specification of all interfaces, the organization and implementation of all test runs, to the successful FAT of the packaging line, Dividella meets every challenge and fulfills every demand, thereby acting as general contractor and taking on the entire responsibility of the successful realization of the project.
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This proves to be rather advantageous for the Pharma companies and their customers, influencing the complete production and logistical process as well as the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Total Cost of Package (TCP).
For this attention to detail with respect to the fiscal issues faced throughout the production process, Dividella was awarded 1st place Ameristar Packaging Award in 2013 and World Star Award 2013/2014 - Sanofi Pasteur.
In 2012, the company launched its most innovative machine, Neo Top x, which redefined flexibility in the packaging of parenterals. This was preceded by the NeoTop 104 and NeoTop 804 in 1990 and 1996 respectively. Together, they outline an unmatched series of machinery that has enabled Dividella to carve a niche for itself in the pharmaceutical packaging solutions trade.
As a result of the increasing market and product segmentation, in addition to the way the modern medicines work, the prevalent extensive variety of secondary packaging is constantly expanding. This is why the flexibility and over-all efficiency of the packaging process is of paramount importance.
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This is the reason I do my blog because of followers/blogger like Dana from Danaslookbook. This is what the Liebster Blog Award is an award that is given to upcoming bloggers who have less then 200 followers. Liebster is German and it means sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kin, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome.
Here are the rules for receiving this award:
1. Each person must post 11 things about themselves
2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you and create 11 more for those you tag.
3. Choose 11 people and link them in your post.
4. Go to their page and tell them.
5. Remember, no tag backs!
11 Things about MYSELF:
1. I bite my cuticles.....my hubby get so annoyed by it but it's a bad habit I just can't break.
2. I am a Scorpio and strongly identify my self with my sign.
3. I love to be outdoor and go things like bike riding at the beach, hiking, or just sunbathing.....hubby likes none, ugh.
4. During the weekdays I wear nothing but flats and sneakers.
5. My very first job was working at Burger King and with it came my first car.
6. I am not crazy about Starbucks.
7. I'm very punctual even when I'm running late I always manage to get to my destination on time....crazy right. And with that comes my biggest pet peeve....people who are the total opposite and are late all the time.
8. I have dreams EVERY NIGHT.
9. I LOVE junk food....when it comes to eating healthy this is exactly what throws it all off.
10. I still day dream. I think this just tied in with #8 in that I'm just a dreamer.
11. I believe in aliens, gratitude, angels, and God.
Dana's questions for me :
- Who is your favorite fashion designer? This one is a bit difficult because I don't have a personal favorite.
- If you could decree a fashion rule what would it be? Another hard one, I honestly think that all of them are breakable.
- What is your fashion pet peeve? I got a couple but the one that annoys me the most is wearing sheer leggings as pants. Here is a fix...double up on those legging to make them opaque and wearable. Also...don't wear boy shorts or granny panties...they give you a double butt and just look hideous.
- What scares you most? There are so many things that scares me, for example, heights, failure but the top one is loosing one of my kids. That is my greatest fear and definitely would be my biggest heart ache. I can't imagine what it would be or the pain that it would cause and that's the reason I thank God for giving me another day with them.
- If you found a Genie in a bottle would you give up your 3rd wish to grant his freedom? Why not. I only need two. Actually just one, HAPPINESS.
- What is the best advice your Mother gave you?
- If jeans became outlawed what would you do? OMG, other then going crazy, definitely would have to rebel against this one.
- Beach or mountain? Beach.
- Is there a particular item that you would like to see become fashionable? The mullet...just kidding! No I can't think of any.
- What is your favorite movie? Armageddon...always makes me ball like a baby.
- If tomorrow never came what is one thing you wish you had done? Tell everyone in my life what they mean to me and how much I love them, give them a huge hug and a kiss.
My 11 questions:
- What is your favorite fashion era?
- What is the one staple in your closet you just could not live without?
- What color do you find yourself wearing/buying more?
- Who is your favorite fashion icon?
- How would you describe your fashion style?
- Out of the 7 days of the week, how often do you wear heels?
- Do you get glam up when running errands?
- If you were giving 1 million what would you do with it?
- What's your fashion pet peeve?
- Other then fashion, what other passions do you have?
- If tomorrow never came what is one thing you wish you had done?
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Papermash Tape
At the moment I am into all things paper. I am in the process of making origami birds and thinking about what kind of Christmas decorations I could make . I particularly love Japanese papers and tapes as shown below from Papermash. This fantastic selection of masking tapes makes for many crafting opportunities, and from £5.95 for 2 rolls it is a fairly inexpensive way of jazzing up notebooks or giftwrap.
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Sultry ladies of Chicagoland —
Have you ever considered having a a sexy, sultry boudoir photo taken? Weren't sure where to go or who to trust? We've got the answer for you!
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Catawba Run-Around
The Catawba Run-Around is a celebration of trail running in the Old Dominion. While most of the participants are associated with the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club (VHTRC), this run is not an official VHTRC event. Rather, it is a loosely organized opportunity for people passionate about trail running to gather for a weekend of fellowship.
The run will be held on Saturday March 10, 2018. It is a 35-mile loop on the Appalachian Trail (AT), west of Roanoke, VA. The run is
It's a fun-filled weekend in store for you — from a day of running a spectacular section of the AT to eating at the Homeplace (legendary restaurant among thru-hikers), I believe this weekend will be the highlight of your ultra calendar.
My intent is to keep this run low-key and intimate — basically it's a gathering of trail-running friends. This is not an official event; please do not advertise this run! Entry will be limited to 40 or so runners. Unless you can convince me otherwise, you must have completed at least one trail 50-miler. I sincerely hope you are able to join us for a weekend of trail fellowship (and a little running).
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Giannis dunks over Knicks, who lose Porzingis to knee injury
NEW YORK (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 23 points, jumping over Tim Hardaway Jr. for one high-flying slam, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the New York Knicks 103-89 on Tuesday night in a game that featured a knee injury to Kristaps Porzingis.
Porzingis was injured after crashing to the ground following a successful dunk with 8:46 left in the second quarter. The Knicks announced that he had a left knee injury and was undergoing further evaluation.
Eric Bledsoe also had 23 points and Khris Middleton added 20 for the Bucks, who are a season-high seven games over .500
Enes Kanter led New York with 19 points and 16 rebounds.
Sean Kilpatrick (16) and Jabari Parker (10) also scored in double figures for the Bucks.
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Chinese Meat Sauce in Everything Rice Cooker Cookbook: Pasta
There is a Pasta section in my cookbook with simple recipes you can do with your rice cooker. Once you learn the trick of boiling pasta in the rice cooker, you have opened the doors to a simple delicious one-dish pasta meal. Whip up a delicious pasta sauce such as Marinara Sauce or even a fusion pasta sauce like this Chinese Meat Sauce (Page 102 of the cookbook), and be on the way to create your own pasta sauce.
Making the Meat Sauce in the rice cooker:
Recipe can be found in my cookbook.
On a side-note, I believe this dish is very common in many Asian households just like the Green Bean Omelette Egg Fritters. We often eat such stir-fried (then slightly simmered) meat dishes with Asia staple: rice or congee. Of course, if you can spice it up a little, it can even be your Zhajiang noodles. And as kids, such dishes easily whet our appetite as it is pleasingly savory-sweet and has easy-to-chew textures. Bonus? The sauce/gravy is so appetizingly tasty that we want to soak our rice or congee in it.
The Chinese Meat Sauce is ready...for steamed rice, warm congee, and noodles - your wish!
Have you eaten this when you were much younger? If not, tell me the everyday dish you have eaten in your family while growing up.
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As seen in the chart to the left, the St. Louis Federal Reserve Financial Stress Index for February continues to stay at levels that suggest not much financial stress is present in the markets. This index measure of the amount of financial stress affecting the markets based on 18 individual variables including seven different interest rates, six interest rate yield spreads, and five measures of market volatility.
According to the St. Louis Fed, each of the 18 component variables in the Financial Stress Index captures some aspect of financial stress in the markets, and the Financial Stress Index incorporates the 18 variables into a single, composite index measure that tracks the amount of overall financial stress in the markets.
The chart shows that the St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index has now returned to the pre-recession, pre-financial crisis levels that prevailed back in the fall of 2007. While things can clearly change, this does provide some comfort that the investing back drop, while appearing to have some similar observed characteristics as 2007, really doesn't as measured by real life variables.


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As many of you know, my son Joseph is homeless and has been for many years struggling with alcohol and mental health issues.
Joseph has an amazing dog Hunter that has been his life for many years. He takes better care of the dog than himself, but Joseph has been sober for 10 months now and even quit smoking, but he says without his dog, life on the streets would be unbearable.
Here is an article the local paper in his area wrote about Joseph and Hunter and Hunter laying on his back in the grass:
Thursday, August 13, 2015
National Homeless Animal Day...My Son and His Dog
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- Sara said...
What a good article and really spotlights the continued need for services for these animals. I believe that pets make all of our lives a richer place because they love us unconditionally.
- August 16, 2015 at 1:56 PM
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Prayers for Joseph and his loyal companion, praying for God to bless them and keep them safe, healthy and in His loving care. The article is a wonderful testament to how the love of an animal can be life saving for both the owner and the pet, I know this to be true!
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The money crowd just can't stop gushing about William Daley – but not, they stress, because he's a banker.
Daley is best known as son of the late Chicago mayor Richard Daley, brother of the current Chicago mayor of the same name and as a high-ranking Clinton administration trade official in the late 1990s. He is now a top associate of the nation's most powerful finance executive, JPMorgan Chase (jpm) chief Jamie Dimon.
But before that he was a lawyer and businessman, and fans say it is those skills — together with his political chops – that mark him for success in what may be his next role, chief of staff to President Obama.
"It's a good thing the administration is trying to get some operators running the government," said Elliot Weissbluth, who runs the Chicago brokerage HighTower Advisors. "There is just a huge difference between politicians and operators when it comes to getting things done."
Weissbluth describes himself as a supporter of both Obama and his previous chief of staff, Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel. But he says the administration's poor rapport with business types now impedes progress on a host of issues. He believes Daley has shown throughout his career he is capable of breaking that logjam.
"He's not an extremist or a provocateur," says Weissbluth. "If there's a chance to bring people together, he's the right guy."
He isn't the only one who sees it that way.
Daley "has threaded the most complicated needles in order to drive growth and create jobs, which is just what the country needs right now," said Peter Rose of Blackstone (bx), the investment firm whose leaders haven't always been among Obama's strongest supporters.
Daley, 62, practiced with the family law firm Daley & George before he spending four years in the early 1990s in top posts at Amalgamated Bank of Chicago. He then worked at the global law firm Mayer Brown, at one point counseling Clinton on trade issues, before taking over as Commerce secretary in 1997.
Daley ran Al Gore's losing presidential campaign in 2000, then moved to SBC Communications, the San Antonio telco now known as AT&T (t). In 2004 he joined JPMorgan in Chicago, where he remains a member of the No. 2 U.S. bank's executive committee.
Daley's proximity to Dimon raises hackles with some lefties who say the White House has already sold out to Wall Street too many times. But fans say to see Daley as a banker first is to misread him.
They point instead to Daley's stint at Commerce and his role as an adviser to Clinton on the 1993 passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Defusing trade tensions and rebuilding the domestic manufacturing base naturally rank quite high on Obama's list of economic priorities.
"What cheers people up isn't his experience at JPMorgan, as fine as that is," said Rose. "It's his success in getting things done in a way that draws the admiration of leaders in both parties."


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If you've bought milk in 15 states or the District of Columbia, you may get money back for it.
The National Milk Producers Federation, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Land O'Lakes Inc., Dairylea Cooperative Inc., and Agri-Mark Inc. have agreed to settle a $52 million lawsuit where they were accused of conspiring to fix the prices of certain dairy products.
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Georgia, New York, California and Tennessee are among the states listed with residents entitled to payment from the milk price-fixing class action settlement.
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Roman Polanski is getting out of the volcanic destruction business and leaving Scarlett Johansson alone in the middle of a lava flow. Variety says he's pulling out of his $100 million retelling of the destruction of Pompeii which was to be titled, well, Pompeii. Dead Bodies Buried Under Ash was probably too long.
Rumor had it that Orlando Bloom and Scarlett Johansson were at one point talking to Polanski about starring in the film, but that's presumably over and done with now. Polanski is blaming his departure on the impending strike, which apparently scares him so much that he's wet his pants. Polanski claims he's afraid it'll derail his production so he's just not going to bother to make it. To me it sounds kind of like a convenient excuse to get out of pre-production for some other less convenient reason, but for now we'll have to take his word for it.
Since he claims to be stopping to wait for the strike, you'd think that'd mean he'll pick back up Pompeii once the impending June 30 SAG and DGA strike thing is settled. Nope. Pompeii producer Robert Benmussa says, "I've very little hope of that." It looks like Pompeii is well and permanently dead.