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Firstly ... some of the photos I HAVEN'T taken would be ...
- The embarassingly-numerous garbage bags of rubbish that have been taken from the sewing room ... so far!!!
- The bags of 'stuff' that have been packed up to pass on to friends, family, the Salvos ... anyone who stands still long enough to have a bag thrust into their arms!! :0)
- The precariously leaning piles of books, videos (yes those antique DVD's! Tee! Hee! Hee!) and magazines dotted around the house
- My Beloved Geek Boy bumping into a bookcase that didn't used to be there in the dark! :0)
- Me tip-toeing around previously mentioned leaning towers in the middle of the night when I go 'walkies'!!
So ... on to the peek of our progress. We're working a little differently to the norm (now THERE'S a surprise - NOT!! Tee! Hee! Hee!) in that, instead of emptying the room and applying paint coat one to the WHOLE room, then repeating for coat two, then attaching all skirting board, painting all skirting board ... etc ... we have been working in quadrants. There's so much 'stuff' in the sewing room that it just won't physically fit into other rooms ... which you can well imagine have their own 'stuff' in them already! :0) So, working around this problem, we've cleared half of the room, then shoved the other half of the 'stuff' against the opposite side of the room and done all work to that half (paint walls, attach skirting board and window trim, paint same) and now that this is finished, we will shuffle the furniture across to THAT side and continue the process. So ... this is the finished side of the room ...

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Because of a Cal Trans roadwork project underway on Euclid Avenue (Route 83) in Chino, visitors to the Yorba and Slaughter Families Adobe will temporarily have only one route to use when visiting the site: from the 71 freeway (the Corona Expressway), take the Euclid Avenue exit north, turn left onto Pomona–Rincon Road and proceed to the Adobe parking lot on the right-hand side of the road. This project is scheduled to take approximately one year to complete, so this advisory is in effect through November of 2006.
The adobe, built in 1852–53, is one of the oldest standing adobe residences in San Bernardino County. Visitors will see the adobe house furnished with original pieces from the Slaughter family along with expansive grounds overlooking Prado Basin and a reconstructed general store and post office with interpretive exhibits. The historic site, a branch of the San Bernardino County Museum, is located at 17127 Pomona Rincon Road in Chino. It is open Tuesdays through Saturdays except Thanksgiving Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Group tours are offered by special appointment: call (909) 597-8332.
"It is possible that there will be temporary closures of Pomona–Rincon Road while this project is going on," said Michele Nielsen, museum curator of history, "so we encourage all visitors to call the San Bernardino County Museum at (909) 307-2669 ext. 229 / TDD/TTY: (909) 792-1462 before traveling to the site to make sure the roadway is open."
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Sara Berrios, soon to be a senior at Westfield School in Chantilly, Va., has always been interested in computers. But when she took a computer science course to learn more about them, she found herself in a sort of "boys' club," with just one other girl.
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The following morning, I wake up while it is still dark outside. I pull on a bathing suit, t-shirt and flip-flops, step into the kitchen and eat a Pop-Tart and have a glass of juice. While I eat my breakfast, Brad comes into the kitchen and fixes himself something to eat. After a few minutes with no further signs of life, we grab our tackle and head out to the beach to do some surf fishing. We still hope to catch enough over the mornings of our visit to feed everyone dinner on our last night.
A little after 9, Paige and Alex come out of their rooms, dressed and ready to go. After some coffee, Paige knocks on the door to see if Laura is still going shopping. When she sticks her head in the door to ask, Laura rolls over, pulling a pillow over her head, mumbling "No...go away."
Laughing, Paige shuts the door again and turns to Alex, "Looks like it's just the two of us, let's go."
Apparently the commotion is enough to get Jake and Laura up though, because within minutes both wander bleary-eyed into the kitchen. Jake fixes himself a cup of coffee and then sits on the bar stool, hunching over and staring into the dark liquid. Laura digs around in the fridge, pulling out half a grapefruit for her breakfast. Standing on the other side of the bar, across from Jake, she eats her grapefruit while they make idle conversation.
As Jake slowly wakes up, he looks at Laura, noticing the outline of her nipples through the thin material of her t-shirt. He shifts a bit in his seat and feels his cock starting to thicken slightly. When Laura finishes her grapefruit, she throws the rind in the trash and takes her bowl to the dishwasher. Jake watches her move around the kitchen, enjoying the jiggle of her breasts with each step. When she bends over to put her bowl in the dishwasher, her t-shirt rides up and he sees that she has nothing else on. With a quiet groan, Jake stares at Laura's naked ass and the glimpse of her pussy that is revealed and remembers how enjoyable it had been to finger her to orgasm the night before. When his cock begins to harden more noticeably in his boxers, Jake excuses himself and retreats to his bedroom. Laura is surprised at the sudden disappearance, but shrugs it off and finishes straightening up the kitchen, then goes into her bedroom to change into her swimsuit.
Once she has pulled her hair back and slipped into her hot pink bikini, Laura grabs her towel and the suntan lotion. Knocking lightly on the door of Jake's room, she opens it, planning on asking for some help with her lotion. Instead, she sees Jake lying naked in the middle of the bed, his eyes are closed and his hand is working up and down the hard shaft of his cock. Her words stick in her mouth and all she can do for the moment is watch. Turned on by the scene, Laura drops her things and steps to the bed. Wrapping her own hand around the thick shaft, she begins pumping it, saying, "Here, let me help."
Jake opens his eyes, surprised at her sudden appearance, but the feeling of her hand on his cock quickly squashes any concerns he may have. Laura holds the shaft firmly in her hand, slowly jerking it up and down. Her other hand snakes between his thighs and begins to caress and rub his balls. Every few strokes she glides her hand higher, over the head of Jake's cock, collecting the precum that is starting to ooze out, before going back to the steady, pumping motion. Her movements work the glistening precum into the head and shaft of Jake's cock and soon results in wet, squishy sounds as she continues her handjob. As Jakes starts to feel that familiar tingling in his balls, he grabs her hand and pulls it from his cock, then pushes her back onto the bed.
Jake moves between her legs and pushes his face into Laura's pussy and starts to lick. Her pussy is already wet, so he quickly focuses on her stiff clit. Licking and sucking on the hard little button, Jake soon makes Laura cum. After a quick catching of her breath, Laura wants more. She grabs Jake's cock and whispers, "Fuck me Jake, I want your cock inside of me."
Sliding up her body, Jake positions himself at the opening of Laura's pussy and begins to ease his thick, veiny cock inside of her. Filling her up, he begins to slowly pump his cock in and out. He grinds against her when he is fully inside. As he fucks her, Laura pulls her legs up and puts her heels on his ass, opening herself wider for his cock. "Yes, Jake...that's it, fuck my wet pussy, fuck me with that fat cock, fuck me baby, harder, harder..."
She pulls her feet against his ass, trying to push him deeper inside. Leaning forward, Laura bites Jake's shoulder, causing him to grunt with excitement. With a hard thrust deep inside of Laura's pussy, Jake begins shooting his sperm into her. Spurt after spurt of cum explodes deep inside Laura, driving her over the edge as well; her body stiffens as her orgasm hits.
Jake rolls off of Laura and collapses beside her on the bed. Still breathing heavily, Laura sits up, leaning on an elbow and looking at her friend. "So that's what I missed out on last night," she says with a laugh.
Running painted fingernails lightly across Jake's chest and stomach, she purrs, "Thank you, what a great start to the day."
Seeing a mark starting to form on his shoulder where she bit him, she leans down to kiss it, "Oops, sorry."
Laura sits up and finds her bikini bottoms on the floor where she'd removed them earlier and slips them back on, just as Jake's cum starts to ooze out of her pussy. With a glance from the doorway, she smiles at Jake again, "See you out on the beach."
Grabbing the rest of her things, Laura leaves the cabin and heads out to the beach to find Brad and I. Finding us, she stakes out a spot on the beach, laying out her towel and other things. When I see her I smile and reel in my last cast, then put my gear away. When I finish, I join Laura who is sitting on her towel watching us.
"Hey babe," I say and lean down to give her a kiss.
"Hey hun," she replies. "Will you put some lotion on my back for me? I can't reach."
I take the bottle of lotion from her outstretched hand and kneel on the towel beside her. "I'd love to."
"Great," she says with a smile, then rolls onto her stomach. Reaching up beneath her hair, she unties the knot at her neck, then the one on her back. "No tan lines," she explains.
I squirt some lotion onto my hands, then rub them together to warm it up. Beginning at her shoulders, I slowly apply the suntan lotion to her shoulders and back, really giving her more of a massage rather than just applying lotion. As I run my fingers along her sides, I brush my fingertips along the sides of her breasts. Gradually my hands move lower and I apply lotion to her lower back as well. I skip down to her feet and apply lotion to the backs of her sleek legs. As I massage the backs of her thighs, she allows her legs to part slightly.
Putting more lotion on my hands, I begin to apply the lotion to either side of her bikini bottom, massaging the tight cheeks of her ass. I trace fingertips along the edge of her suit, dipping them between her legs. As my fingertips brush over her crotch, I feel a wetness in her bikini. I lean close to her ear, "It seems like someone is enjoying this."
She turns her head towards me, chewing on a fingernail and says, "I am, but...I was naughty earlier."
I press my hand more firmly between her legs. "Oh really? Just what did you do?"
"I couldn't help myself," she pants as I rub her through her bikini. "It looked so good and I was still so turned on after everything that happened last night...I fucked Jake this morning."
I slip a finger inside her suit and press it against her lips and into her cum-filled pussy. The wetness now explained, I find myself incredibly turned on. As I work my finger in and out of her, my thumb rubs against Laura's clit. As I work her up more and more, I slide a second finger into her juicy pussy and finger fuck her, continuing to tease her clit with my thumb.
While I finger her pussy, I notice movement out of the corner of my eye. That's when I remember that Brad is out there with us. Too involved with Laura and too excited to care anyway, I continue to play. My fingers slide in and out of her pussy, my thumb rubbing against her clit.
Laura turns her head and buries her face in her towel as my touch sends her to orgasm. She stifles a scream as her body bucks with the spasms running through her. I ease my fingers out of her as she turns her face back towards me with a contented smile. Without thinking about it, I lick my fingers clean, tasting both her and Jake's cum and enjoying it.
As I clean off my fingers, I see that Paige and Alex are back. They along with Jake come out onto the beach. Gathering up today's catch and our gear, and trying to hide the hard cocks in our shorts, Brad and I excuse ourselves and head back up to the cottage. Rinsing off our tackle, Brad comments on how sexy Laura is and how much he enjoyed watching us. Nodding toward the still prominent bulge in his shorts, I laugh and tell him that I had noticed.
Done cleaning up our stuff, I am ready for a shower. I step into the dressing area of the dual outside showers that this cabin has, then reach into the left hand stall and start the water. While I wait for the water to warm up, I take off my suit and stand there. I get a surprise when Brad also steps into the dressing area and takes off his suit. I try to act like this is no big deal, especially when all Brad does is reach into the other stall and turn on the water as well. Unable to control myself, my eyes keep returning to Brad's cock, even only semi-hard it looks big.
Brad notices the direction of my look, then reaches down and slides his hand along the now hardening length of his shaft. I watch, fascinated as Brad's cock reaches its full, impressive length and girth. My own dick responds and grows erect as well. I start to turn and step into my shower, but Brad's hand on my shoulder stops me and turns me around. His hand slides off my shoulder and down my body before wrapping around the shaft of my cock and squeezing. I groan and without thinking, reach out and take Brad's cock into my own hand and start to stroke it.
It feels strange at first, this is the first cock other than my own that I've ever touched, but that awkwardness quickly subsides and becomes pleasure as Brad's hand works up and down my rod. As I stroke him, it feels the same as my own cock, but it also feels different. I try to change the grip and the speed, much as I do when I jerk myself off. Brad steps closer to me and the heads of our dicks bump together. It looks like he is about to say something, but we are interrupted by Paige stepping into the dressing area. Between the sounds of the showers and our focus on each other, we had not heard her approach.
"Mmmm, I want some of that," she says as she steps closer to the two of us. Paige reaches out and takes a cock into each hand, starting to stroke us. While stroking us, the redhead leans in to each of us, giving us deep, tongue-filled kisses. She moves to her knees without ever releasing her grip on our cocks, continuing to stroke us. She leans towards Brad and takes the thick knob of his rod into her mouth, then turns her head and does the same to me. After alternating sucks and licks like this a few times, she tugs on our cocks, pulling us closer together. She opens her mouth wide and pushes the head of both dicks into her mouth at the same time, swirling her tongue around.
Gasping, she comes up for air and releases her grip on Brad's shaft. She cups my ass in both hands and lowers her mouth onto my cock, taking all of me into her mouth, the head sliding into her throat. As she swallows the muscles of her throat milk me. Brad moves behind her and pushes her skimpy bikini bottom to the side. While his wife deep throats my cock, Brad begins to push his huge dick into her wet pussy, quickly getting into a rhythm, pumping himself in and out. The visual sensation of Brad fucking her, plus her talented mouth and tongue on my cock, along with the earlier excitement of the morning quickly push me over the edge. With a yell, I start to cum, shooting spurt after spurt of cum into Paige's wet mouth and down her throat. I lean back against the wall of the dressing area, in time to see Brad grab Paige's hips and shove himself deep inside her. With a grunt, he cums.
With a smile and a kiss for both of us, Paige takes Brad's hand and leads him into a shower stall. I step into my own shower and get myself cleaned up. I finish up and dry off, hearing frequent giggles floating out of the other shower, but I just smile and leave the other couple alone. I wrap my towel around my waist and head upstairs to change.
Changed, I head back out to the beach. While I was changing, I heard Brad and Paige come upstairs so I yell to them that I'll be out on the beach. On the beach, I find our stuff, but Laura, Alex and Jake aren't there. I look around and spy them out in the surf, so I drop my towel and run out into the water to join them. A little later, Brad and Paige join us in the water as well.
That afternoon, we gather our belongings and head back up to the cottage for lunch. As we lounge around afterwards, nothing seems to be different. We're all fully dressed, well as dressed as anyone at the beach ever is, and we're talking about our jobs, our families, our friends. The thought crosses my mind that things should be different, things should be odd, after all that has happened, but I realize that I'm wrong. This is exactly how it should be, we are still the same people, still the same friends, those things haven't changed, just some things that we've shared have.
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Alexandra Horowitz Describes 'On Looking'
New book touts the value of observation in today's busy world
How do we see the world? The answer to that question, of course, depends on individual perspective — and it's what prompted cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz to write her new book, On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes.
To research the book, Horowitz took 11 walks around the same block in New York accompanied by people with different areas of expertise, among them a sociologist, a doctor, a scientist — even a child and a dog. Each walking companion had different insights.
"I really stopped and looked a lot," Horowitz tells AARP Radio host Mike Cuthbert about her walks with the experts. "I just bothered to bring my attention to something in the environment and not just lay my eyes on it but try to assess what I'm seeing, and to notice patterns. It's really pleasurable."
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In August 1931 the Highway Department decided to celebrate the completion of concrete paving across Langlade County, Wisconsin with a 'wheelbarrow race', and to advertise State Hiway # 26 (now U.S. 45) as a North-South arterial across Wisconsin.
The race was over a 200 mile course from Waupum to Eagle River, Wisconsin, and taking ten days, starting Friday, August 27,1931. The contestants were paid $5.00 per day, and official checker accompanied them all the way and each one represented a town along the highway. The starters were W. L. Crosse for Antigo; Erwin Wahlers for Birnawood; Victor Gunderson for Wittenberg; Paul Calum for Three Lakes; Marcus Dammeier for Ligerton; August Westphal for Marion; Elmer McQueer for Clintonville; Maynard Service for Hortonville; Herbert Anklam for Rosendale; Earl Petts for Eagle River and Erwin Kloen for Picketts, Wisconsin.
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That night the contestants were entertained at the Home Theatre, where all were introduced.
There was a 4-way tie at Three Lakes and the race ended at Eagle River on September 16th. Wahlers won with an average pace of 5.2 miles per hour, with Anklam 2nd, and Calum 3rd place.
The racers found the gravel roads hardest for pushing and the concrete paving hardest on the feet. All wheelbarrows were the old type 'steel wheel' which was common at that time, and rubber-tired ones were almost unknown.
I lived on a farm about three miles North of Wittenberg and saw the wheelbarrow racers go by on the gravel road. Some were going at a fast walk or almost a trot; while others just trudged along on tired feet. The only living members (and that was July 1960) was Erwin Wahlers of Birnamwood, Wisconsin.


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Slim Fry with Samsung Smart Oven – Healthier and Crispy Deep Fried Food!
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This is a true story. My mum wanted to steam some yam cake for breakfast, but the stove ran out of gas just after a minute! She is a typical Teochew – she must have her yam cake. I was already running slightly late for a work meeting… Then I thought about the new Samsung Smart Oven in the kitchen. Okay, I literally threw the slices of yam cake on the pan, drizzled some sauce and sambal chilli, and popped it into the oven to 'slim fry'. I went to my usual get-to-work routine of cleaning and dressing up.......
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Peony Tea S – 10 Things You Probably Do Not Know About Chinese Tea
I am not lying when I say I drink Chinese tea almost every morning, when my love for Chinese tea rekindled after trips to Taiwan's Alishan and China's Shantou which is the land of origin of kungfu tea. Some may consider it an 'old man's drink', or that preparing...
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The Peninsula Hong Kong – Superb Divine Egg Custard Mooncakes, Available in Singapore!
The Peninsula Hotel (香港半岛酒店) is one of Hong Kong's best and classiest hotels, and they are known to produce one of the best mooncakes around. Imagine my huge surprise when I found out that I did not have to travel all the way to Hong Kong for their renowned...
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Crystal Jade Mooncakes – Premium Gold Treasure $88.80 Mooncakes!
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Baby Alpaca Grande Tweed, color 100. 2 skeins, none left. US size 13 needles.
There are some funny mistakes in this one but I am okay with that. I'll never tell and it looks good to me!
Congrats to your son!!
You guys have a wonderful Christmas and may 2010 be another wonderful year for you & your family.
~ Kathy (Hillsboro, Oregon)
Congratulations! My younger sister just got accepted to UW Wisconsin as well, she felt the same way about the school. My aunt, uncle, and cousins live in Madison so we grew up spending a lot of time there.
Happy holidays!
Your post made me tear up. My husband doesn't have the same nostalgia for Madison that I do or we'd move back in a minute. Congrats to your son! (and to you for having him close by!)
Congratulations! Although we live in New Jersey, we have a nephew at UW-Madison and my daughter who is a high school junior is very interested in the school. Maybe our paths will cross if she gets in next year!
Congratulations! Big Days for All! Does he know what field he will be pursuing? Take care.
Fantastic news about your son! I have a son the same age and he has sent out 4 apps. So far has heard back from 2 and had been accepted. We are still waiting for the one from our local BIG university here in our state. (Where my husband and I are alums) Our university is also a "UW", but the W is for a different state.
Now you can start to knit things for him in the UWisc colors!
Congrats to your boy! I have several relatives who have made their way through UW-Madison. (I chose a MI university.) I wish all the warm wishes in the world for the coming several years.
(Are you feeling old, having a son entering college???)
congratulations to your son! The Sundance catalog is alive and well. I receive it all the time. I bet you could sign up on the website or just browse there.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Love the snooty snood and congrats to your son! My parents are both Wisconsin alums; my dad grew up a mile or so from the foodball stadium and still goes to every home game even though we live in Chicago. What a relief that must be for all of you!
the sundance catalog does still exist and they have a website, too. i didn't know they sold furniture, though. or maybe they don't anymore. it's really cute for storage!
Congratulations to your son!!! And the family tradition continues. :)
Your snood is great! BTW, every time I see T.C. in one of your photo shoots I think that she must be hot-blooded! She seems to love her t-shirts and shorts. :)
I thought your yarn bins were antique grain bins from an old store. Ha! My imagination fills in the gaps. :)
On Wisconsin, from one alum to another! Congrats to your son. I liked UW so much I went back for my MA there.
The snood looks lovely.
Congrats to you and your son. I live in Lexington, KY (and yes I am a friend of Dianne McD) but I am a Badger from a million years ago. What a wonderful school, campus and city. I miss it all. I am so happy for your family to pass on the tradition. Merry Christmas (I made my sister a Snooty Snood for her cold Milwaukee days). Thanks for all of the ideas and inspiration.
Congrat to your son!! We lived in Madison for a while during my husband's days (years!) at the university. I think it's been our favorite place to live ever! We still have friends that attend there too.
Merry Christmas and On Wisconsin!
Lisa in Milwaukee
Merry Christmas Susan, I finally got your new book and can't wait to knit next year ;)
Varsity, varsity, u rah rah WISCONSIN!
Congrats to your son!
The catalog is still around, I love it and I'm always thinking i'll get something from it but I never do - a little pricey I guess.
The new kitchen is AMAZING
Merry Christmas Susan to you and yours. I love seeing pictures of the collector madeling your things. She has such a beautiful smile. Love the snotty snood by the way.


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Tamron 70-200 2.8 Lens Review
Finally here ! no picking on me for how long it took. I've just been busy ! Anyway this is a look at the lens I use for a major portion of my shooting, especially interviews. I also graded this in DaVinci Resolve which was a real pleasure. In fact this was one of my learning projects for Resolve which is part of why it took me so long. I was learning, making a few mistakes along the way, and then, suddenly, it was done :) !
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For The Love Of Copper!
My predictions for the next trends in style are that brass, bronze & aluminium are going to make a come back, as copper has definitely made a statement as it's use adds a new dimension to any kitchen, dinning/ living room or bathroom. Just a few pieces adds a clean feel, minimalist finish to any apartment or home. The rose colored semi precious metal looks great in modern, industrial and country style homes as it can add a clean finish, a warm feel or makes a bold statement depending on it's luster and use.
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; a freshly exposed surface has a reddish-orange colour. It is used as a conductor of heat and electricity, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia)
The Allure Of Copper
Copper is one of nature's most beautiful materials and one of my favourite materials used in design today. Striking and industrial, it possesses a lustre and shine like no other with an attractiveness that arises out of its propensity to patina. Copper brings a modern minimalism to any design. Throughout both the interior and exterior application of copper, few materials rival it's allure in the world of interiors and design. Such a precious metal and a hot commodity, the scarcity of its use throughout design is often a result of its high cost.
As an old age material, it's had a resurgence in design. Why has this material taken so long to become beautiful in design? Historically copper has been an important metal widely used in electrical, plumbing and other building applications. As well as performing utilitarian functions in pots & pans due to its high electrical conductivity traits. Now it has come to the forefront of design as an application that has bold design aesthetics. Not only in its newly installed form, but in its ability to age which brings life, depth and an ever changing dimension to a previously entrapped material. It's now used as a striking exterior detail including roofs, water fountains, walls and ceilings. In addition it makes for a striking interior feature in living spaces and kitchens.
(Justine Hall -Contributing Editor-Coco Republic, Field Notes, Your guide to the great outdoors - The Allure Of Copper, 7/01/13)
I think I need to upgrade to this Kitchen Aid!
Question: Are Copper Bowls Really Better for Whipping Egg Whites?
"The bowl you use makes a difference when you are whipping egg whites. Copper bowls produce a yellowish, creamy foam that is harder to overbeat that the foam produced using glass or stainless steel bowls. When you whisk egg whites in a copper bowl, some copper ions migrate from the bowl into the egg whites. The copper ions form a yellow complex with one of the proteins in eggs, conalbumin. The conalbumin-copper complex is more stable than the conalbumin alone, so egg whites whipped in a copper bowl are less likely to denature." (Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Chemistry Expert, About education)
Nigella's Lemon Meringue Pie
Cheat's version
It's fine to buy a decent-quality cooked sweet pastry case if you don't fancy making your own. This recipe requires a sugar thermometer. You could make regular meringue instead, but it doesn't deliver the same texture and finish as Italian meringue.
For the pastry
140g unsalted butter
100g icing sugar
2 large egg yolks, beaten
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
zest 1 lemon
2 tbsp cold milk
250g plain flour
For the lemon filling
6 eggs
140g caster sugar
4 unwaxed lemons, zest and juice
175ml double cream
For the meringue
300g caster sugar
25g liquid glucose
4 egg whites
- First make the pastry. Either by hand or using a food mixer with a beater attachment, cream the butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, vanilla and lemon zest together. Add the milk and combine well. Tip in the flour and a pinch of salt, then rub or beat to form a dough. Shape into a thick disc and chill for at least 30 mins or overnight.
- Meanwhile, make the lemon filling. Beat the eggs and sugar together then add the zest and juice and stir in the double cream. Cover and put to one side.
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Roll pastry out to a little thicker than a £1 coin and line a 23cm tart tin. Leave the excess pastry around the edges as this can be cut off when the tart has been cooked. Line the tart case with greaseproof paper, fill with baking beans and bake for 20 mins. Remove the baking beans and reduce the heat to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and cook for another 20 mins. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Trim off the excess pastry from the edge of the tart using a serrated knife.
- Pour the lemon mix into the tart case. This may be easier with the tart case sitting in an open oven as so not to have to move it when full of mixture. Turn the oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1 and cook for 30-35 mins until set with a slight wobble in the centre. Remove and cool to room temperature.
- For the meringue, put the sugar, 65ml of water and the glucose in a heavy bottomed pan on a medium heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Once it is dissolved, bring to the boil and use a sugar thermometer to keep an eye on the temperature.
- Using a pastry brush dipped into cold water, brush down the inside of the pan just above the level of the sugar syrup, this will stop the sugar crystallising. Place the egg whites into a food mixer with a whisk attachment and when the syrup temp reaches 110C, turn on the mixer and whisk the whites
- When the temperature reaches 118C (soft ball – this will be marked on the sugar thermometer), steadily pour the sugar syrup in a thin stream into the now stiff egg whites and continue whisking for 20 mins until completely cold. Transfer into a piping bag with a medium-size star nozzle. As it is cooked, this meringue can be made in advance. You can even make it the day before.
- You can pipe the meringue onto the tart as a whole or in individual portions, then glaze with a blowtorch. It can be easier and neater to cut the slices before piping with meringue. They can still be served in tart formation on a serving dish, with an ice-cold glass of limoncello, if you like.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2011
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by Robert Turner
The day started out as any other day in September 2004. As an Equipment Operator for the Kansas Department of Transportation in the Kansas City metro area, my duties were to operate equipment and be the lead worker on my crew.
At about 10:30 that night after a normal day at work, I was called by my supervisor to assist the Kansas Highway Patrol with traffic control for a serious injury accident. My duties were to close a ramp at the interchange of two major interstates. After setting my equipment up to close the ramp everything seemed to be going well.
After about an hour I noticed a vehicle not wanting to obey all the traffic control. After a few moments, I determined that the driver was not going to stop and they crashed through my cones. I dove out of the way and the vehicle struck my legs as I was in mid flight, catching the inside of my left leg with his front passenger side fender.
The vehicle continued up the ramp almost striking several patrol officers. After a short chase, they were able to catch the driver. He was very drunk, almost twice the legal limit.
I was not seriously hurt, just some bumps and bruises, but it was very scary. It just shows the level of safety we must all take when working on or near the roadway.
I have told this story many times, but if I can get one person to not drink and drive, it will be all worth it.
Robert Turner is the Highway Maintenance Supervisor in Olathe


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Craig Parks
Executive Vice-President + Principal
Craig has extensive corporate communications experience and is deeply involved in Arts+Labor's company strategy, project oversight, and client management. In addition, he has produced numerous productions, campaigns, and docu-series for clients including Texas Exes, Mack, Jack & McConaughey (MJ&M), American Campus Communities, Adobe, Dell, Polycom, CPPP, Bo Jackson's "Bo Bikes Bama" and many more. He served as Executive Producer of "The Jones Family Will Make A Way" and "Outside Industry: The Story of SXSW". Previously, he founded SocketPR / Austin, a leading communications firm which was ultimately acquired by H+K Strategies. Outside of work, Craig chairs the Board of Directors for Mission Possible and served on the Marbridge Foundation Victory Hall Initiative.


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It has been a long time coming. A number of people in the group are taking part in a 15mm medieval project for Impetus, and Chris E. and I in particular have started working towards getting our armies on the table. Last week we realized that we had both completed 200 points, so we thought it was time to throw the lead down on the table and to cross swords.
The Armies:
The armies came in at 200 points, and were more or less the same size as a Basic Impetus army. We played using the full Impetus rules.
men-at-arms x 2, mounted men-at-arms x 1, and breton javelinmen x 1
S-crossbow x 2, and S-handgunners x 2.
The Battlefield:
The layout was fairly simple. One edge of the table was dominated by hills and water while the other had some farmland (i.e. broken ground). Chris and I deployed more or less in lines across the open field.
The Battle:
The first round or so held no surprises. The Italians advanced as well as they could while the mercenary longbowmen prepared to fire (green markers=opportunity)
Breton javelinmen tussled with Italian crossbowmen in the fields.
A unit of Italian knights regreted leaving their skirmisher screen behind. A hail of arrows caused disruption and a little permanent damage.
The impetuous mercenary men-at-arms couldn't keep it together for long. In a lucky string of movement they successfully charged a unit of Italians.
The extra charge dice helped the mercenaries secure a victory. The Italians were on the run.
About midway through the battle; conflict had erupted on the flanks while the main lines steadily advanced towards each other.
After losing an engagement and retreating, the mercenary knights were assailed by skirmishing handgunners. The little blighters caused disruption, and more importantly, permanent damage. Goodbye sweet impetus bonus!
Being impetuous CP, the mercenaries threw themselves haphazardly back onto the fray. They were on top of the engagement, however, they were alone and surrounded by enemy units.
One the other flank, the Bretons finally dispatched the crossbowmen. However, as they were outside of the command structure, they spend most of the time in disorder.
By the time the left-most Italian horse reached the mercenary line, they were seriously shot up. English men-at-arms charged through the longbowmen and engaged the knights.
The armies were finally fully engaged. Things were looking grim for Milan's finest.
The English finally routed the knights, more or less securing my left flank.
Mercenary General James Stockwood and his personal guardsmen moved into position to reform the mercenary lines.
Italian handgunners failed to rout the longbowmen, who in turn, routed the knights to their front.
The final unit of Italians charged the general and his men in a desperate attempt to win the day. It was not to be, however. Stockwood and his men bested the demoralized Italian knights and sent the remnants galloping from the field. Stockwood's men were victorious.
Chris and I (and others in time) will likely use the same approach with our medieval gaming as we do with our Imperial Roman era gaming. That is, we will report our games in a brief and informal format by using fictitious names for generals and units. Hopefully, the campy personifications and simple storylines will provide some amusement to those who choose to read our reports. (As some have no doubt already noticed, I have modelled my mercenary general James Stockwood on the historical John Hawkwood.)
The outcome of this battle was based on one simple error on Chris's part. Chris (who hasn't played as much as me), allowed his knights to outrun his skirmishers. Without the screens to protect them, my longbows caused disorder, and in turn, permanent damage. It only takes one point of permanent damage on heavy cavalry to remove that horrifying impetus bonus. Without it, they become far more manageable for my infantry to deal with.
We were both very tickled with the game in this scale. 15mm really provides a nice compromise between 6mm/10mm and 28mm. It gives the large scale feel of the former and the individual detail of the latter, while allowing a 6x4 table to feel like a respectable-sized battlefield. I can't wait to play again, and we will be adding units continually as we head for our 400-point goal.
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Lunch and Keynote Speaker
SSTI is pleased to announce that Ross Baird, the CEO and founder at Village Capital, will be delivering the keynote talk at SSTI's 2016 Annual Conference. The talk will take place during lunch on the first day.
Village Capital is dedicated to finding, training and investing in entrepreneurs solving real-world problems and applying a strategy that provides opportunities for founders frequently missed by traditional venture capital. The fund's portfolio companies have 40 percent female and 23 percent minority founders or co-founders and 78 percent are companies located outside of California, Massachusetts and New York. Village Capital has community partnerships in 16 U.S. cities and several include SSTI members as partners.
During his keynote, Mr. Baird will be speaking to his belief that venture capital can be better-harnessed as a tool for empowering a broader class of entrepreneurs and a driver of economic prosperity and social impact — a message that dovetails perfectly with the conference theme of Innovation with Purpose: Shaping Future Opportunities.
Ross Baird, CEO, Village Capital
Ross Baird developed the Village Capital concept in 2009, and has led the development of programs worldwide. Before launching Village Capital, he worked with First Light Ventures, a seed fund focused on impact investments. Prior to First Light, Mr. Baird worked on the development of four education-related startup ventures: the Indian School Finance Company in Hyderabad, India, the National College Advising Corps in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and two ventures using technology to promote civic participation. He has a M.Phil. from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia, where he was a Truman Scholar and a Jefferson Scholar.


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Industry Veteran and Proven Leader Craig McCollum to Focus on New Market Opportunities and Growth
Industry Veteran and Proven Leader Craig McCollum to Focus on New Market Opportunities and Growth
DUBLIN, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 19, 2012) - Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced the appointment of Craig McCollum as executive vice president and general manager for the company's retail distribution solutions business to lead expansion in this key sector. Reporting to Epicor President and Chief Executive Officer Pervez Qureshi, McCollum will have operating responsibility for the retail distribution solutions business, which delivers comprehensive business management solutions for small to midsize retailers across a variety of industries including pharmacies and drug stores, lumber and building materials, lawn and garden centers, sporting goods, the automotive aftermarket, and more. He is based at the Company's worldwide headquarters in Dublin, California.
In this new role, McCollum will be focused on revenue growth and expanding the market opportunity for Epicor retail distribution solutions including Epicor Eagle, Epicor Catalyst, Epicor Vision, and Vista Information Services. A proven leader, McCollum brings more than 25 years of experience in business applications sales, marketing and services delivery, as well as strong experience working within both direct and partner-driven sales models.
With the appointment of McCollum, Paul Salsgiver, executive vice president and general manager for the company's Epicor Retail business will focus on driving key strategic investments in Epicor retail management software for the softgoods and specialty retail markets including apparel, footwear, discount and general merchandising.
"Despite the challenging economic environment in the first half of our fiscal year, under Paul's leadership, our retail business enjoyed many accomplishments and success," said Qureshi. "With Paul's new directive to focus solely on accelerating growth for Epicor Retail solutions, he will continue to lead that team to even greater success in delivering our end-to-end retail management software suite to the global specialty retail market."
"Likewise, I am pleased to have Craig onboard, a proven leader in the enterprise software industry," said Qureshi. "As we increase our focus on the retail segments, accelerating strategies around new product releases, penetrating new markets and expanding geographically, Craig's broad experience in transforming organizations to take advantage of new market opportunities, identifying and building new channels of distribution and driving revenue growth will be instrumental for Epicor."
Prior to joining Epicor, McCollum served as president of True North Strategists, which worked with global technology firms to transform businesses to achieve profitable growth. From 2004 to 2008, McCollum held senior executive sales and operations roles with Microsoft Corporation, including Vice President, US Dynamics and Vice President, Small Medium Business Worldwide Sales Strategy. His accomplishments at Microsoft included development of a vertical sales strategy deployed worldwide resulting in two consecutive years of growth in emerging markets and EMEA, and establishment of vertically and horizontally aligned partner models for all ERP and CRM channel partners.
Preceding 2004, McCollum held executive management positions with other leading enterprise software providers including Sage Software, Lawson Software and Fieldcentrix Corp. McCollum received a bachelor of science in business and human resources management from California State Polytechnic University.
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. With 40 years of experience serving midmarket organizations and divisions of Global 1000 companies, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150 countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), retail management software, supply chain management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry expertise and passion for excellence, Epicor inspires customers to build lasting competitive advantage. Epicor provides the single point of accountability that local, regional and global businesses demand. The Company's headquarters are located in Livermore, California, with offices and affiliates worldwide. For more information, visit www.epicor.com.
Follow Epicor on Twitter @Epicor, @EpicorUK, @EpicorEMEA, @EpicorAU, @Epicor_Retail, @Epicor_DIST and Facebook.
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[In this in-depth critique, game designer David Sirlin (Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix) analyzes Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy, discussing what it did right - and what it could do better - in creating its 'polished, beautiful' game world. Please note that this article contains some gameplay-related spoilers for the game.]
I've only said "Wow!" a few times in the last couple decades of playing games. One of those times was for the breakthrough Super Mario 64, a game that took action/platforming into a 3D world and made it work. It's fitting that I said it again over its (true) sequel, Super Mario Galaxy, a game that took action/platforming even more into 3D and made that work, too.
In point of fact, I might have more reason than most to say "Wow"
over this game. Years ago, I worked at a small company that went out
of business where I was designing a 3D platform game that played with
gravity. Now, so much later, it's great to see Mario
Galaxy realizing these same ideas in the most clever, polished, beautiful
ways possible.
Why is Mario Galaxy so good and what can we learn from it? To borrow some terms from Nicole Lazzaro's four kinds of fun, Mario Galaxy has hard fun, easy fun, and social fun as well as the ability to evoke the emotions of surprise and wonder.
Gamers know this kind of fun all too well. This is the fun of overcoming obstacles and attaining goals. When you succeed at an especially difficult challenge, the Italian word fiero describes the emotion you feel as you raise your fist into the air triumphantly. Mario Galaxy has 120 stars to collect, offering plenty of this type of fun.
Hard fun is so common in games that the only thing worth noting here is how well Mario Galaxy informs the player about exactly which goal he's going for, which goals are completed, and how many goals are left. I think this clarity magnifies the fiero aspect of the game. Putting the tally of hard fun at center stage (the number of Mario Stars, out of 120, you've collected) makes it all the more satisfying to achieve the goals.
Ironically, this fun is much more rare in games. This is fun that's not bound up with winning or goals. The entire Nintendo Wii system has an advantage here because the motion-sensing Wiimote lends itself to easy fun.
Collecting the star bits (the colorful, glowing ammunition that bounces around everywhere) with the Wiimote's pointer is easy fun. Shooting the star bits at enemies is easy fun, though hardly ever required to achieve goals. Using the left-right-left-right gesture to do the spin attack is easy fun.
Another part of easy fun is exploration and variety. Some of the gameplay variety in Mario Galaxy includes:
Just the moment-to-moment interactions involved with these things are fun, without even considering how they are used in the context of hard-fun-goals.


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Aug 11 2018 19:00 - 23:00
Boughton House, Geddington, NN14 1BJ Kettering
(announced on our Facebook page)
TICKET LINK - https://billetto.co.uk/e/moulin-rouge-12a-tickets-...
Free parking for the evening to all film ticket holders.
Important: Please bring a torch, garden chair, blanket, warm clothing and own food/drink. (Wine bottles are allowed but please no glass cups).
Location: Boughton House is situated off the A43, three miles north of Kettering, through the village of Geddington. NN14 1BJ
It's highly recommended to bring a TORCH please - there is no outdoor lighting over the parking area, so you will need a torch to return to your car safely. Also, seating is not provided so we suggest fold-up picnic chairs or garden blankets. If using high-backed chairs and arriving early, please sit at the back and sides first.
What should I wear?
Even after the warmest day the temperature can drop significantly late in the evening so please dress appropriately and bring an extra layer or a blanket with you. And waterproofs coats if we are very unlucky!
Can I bring my own food?
Yes, you are welcome to bring your own refreshment including your own alcohol. Wine bottles are fine but please refrain from bringing any other glass with you - use plastic cups to drink from as opposed to glass that can easily break.
What happens if it rains?
This show is an all-weather event and screenings go ahead if rain is forecast. We hope the weather will be fine when you come but if showers are forecast, we advise bringing a suitable coat just in case. Umbrellas must be kept very low please out of respect for others.
However, if very extreme weather is forecast such as high winds or storms it may lead to the event needing to be cancelled, if so then email notice and ticket refunds will be given (*MINUS the Billetto booking service fees).
Can I bring my children?
For this PG cert show, children are welcome . Please note the late finish of show.
Can I bring my dog?
No, we are sorry but dogs are not allowed out of respect for other guests.
Finally if you wish to smoke, please do it beyond the space of the audience, again please think of others. Have a great night.
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To testers whove been awaiting Microsofts first beta release of its next version of its SQL Server database: The wait is over.
Microsoft on Tuesday released the first "private beta" of "Yukon" to 500 customers and partners. Microsoft will release the beta to another 1,500 testers by the end of the month. The company is making the bits available via its BetaPlace Web site.
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No, I didn't get a flu shot. I used to get one every year, without fail, but then about 7 years ago, I had a little issue with the flu shot. I got it that year at work like I always did. As I headed back to my desk, I felt like I had taken a Shadow Bolt right to the arm and that somebody had cast Agony and Corruption on me, but I chalked that up to a "normal" reaction. A few minutes later, I still wasn't feeling great, and I decided to go get a drink from the vending machine. About halfway there, I'm passing coworker in the hall. I remember him saying, "You don't look so..." I assume he finished the sentence with "good", but I couldn't really tell you seeing as I passed out and collapsed. I was tanking the floor IRL!
When I came to, I was in an ambulance on my way to the hospital. Apparently, passing out in front of your coworkers is a great way to encourage them to call 911 and get a trip to the ER. I must remember that for future reference! They kept me in the hospital for a couple of hours, but they never could figure out what caused me to pass out. This did not instill great confidence in me. My doctor and I kind of agreed that maybe we would be avoiding the flu shot in the future.
That's why I didn't get a flu shot this year, and I've been lucky the past 7 years and avoided the flu. I guess my luck had to run out eventually. Given the past few weeks of utter misery I've endured, I'm seriously considering rolling the dice next year. Maybe I'll get the flu shot at my doctor's office insetad of at work so they can keep an eye on me.
I managed to miss the next couple of raid nights. In the meantime, the team has managed to get about 6 heroic bosses down which is all kinds of cool. Gratz, guys!
In WoW, I've been doing little more than Garrison chores on my Level 100s (Paladin, Hunter and Mage). I'm still building up each of their Garrison followers and trying to stockpile as much gold as I can before Legion. I'm hoping for a big drop in Token prices once everyone returns for the new content.
I've also been leveling a new alt. Hearthstone decided to run a promotion where you get a new Lady Liadrin skin for your Paladin if you level a toon to 20 in WoW. I've never been that interested in the alternate skins for Mage or Hunter (Medivh or Alleria). I've come close a couple of times to buying Warrior alternate skin. You get none other than Magni Bronzebeard to replace Garrosh, the default Warrior skin. I'm not a big fan of Garrosh and I absolutely love Magni. The biggest thing holding me back is the alternate skins are $10 and I think that's a little steep for what you get.
I decided I would participate in the promotion to get the alternate Paladin skin. I made a Worgren Rogue and he's currently working his way up the ranks. I hope to have him to 20 pretty soon.
Like WoW, I've been playing and stockpiling gold and dust for the upcoming expansion. Whispers of the Old Gods should be out in late April or early May. I'm currently up to about 2500g and 700 dust, with out 800 dust in potentia. In potentia because I'm holding on to duplicates and not dusting them right away. Blizzard has announced they are going to nerf several cards from the Classic set. In the past, when they have nerfed cards, you get the full disenchant value for them rather than the one-quarter value you normally would receive.
After hitting Rank 10 last month, I haven't been able to break through Rank 15. My Tempo Mage struggles against Zoo and my Patron Warrior seems to be hit or miss. I'll make another push here at the end of the month, but I'm not overly optimistic.
After hitting Rank 10 last month, I haven't been able to break through Rank 15. My Tempo Mage struggles against Zoo and my Patron Warrior seems to be hit or miss. I'll make another push here at the end of the month, but I'm not overly optimistic.
I finished Chapters 10 and 11 with both my Light side Jedi Knight and my Dark side Trooper. Chapter 11 was much better than Chapter 10, partially because I liked Jorgan much more than Kailyo. I'll do a more in depth post on that later.


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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Christmas Time is {almost} Here
In CraftLand, this is the peak of the Christmas season. I have gifts to make for each of my boys, plus it's time to start whipping up the family Christmas card.
If you're looking for ideas to make your own cards, I love this paper from Making Memories. I think of it as a Christmas damask, and the poinsettias are flocked in such a rich red. Plus if you're looking to mass-produce cards, it doesn't get much easier than this!
The total cost for the papers works out to about 35 cents per card. Add the ribbon and brad, and the card tops a dollar. But you could certainly tie the ribbon into an elegant bow instead of using a brad. (Though that brad is cute, isn't it?)
Have any of you started on your Christmas crafts? I'd love to hear about them. :)
Paper: Stampin' Up! (Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss), Making Memories (Poinsettia Flocked Mistletoe).
Ribbon: Stampin' Up! (Kiwi Kiss double-sided satin).
Brad: Making Memories (Brad Combo Mistletoe).
Punch: Stampin' Up! (corner rounder).
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Estonia in the United Nations
Estonia became a member of the United Nations on 17 September 1991. Estonia's first Permanent Representative to the UN headquarters was Ernst Jaakson, Estonia's long time Consul General in New York and Head of Mission in the United States, a diplomat who with his service helped to maintain the legal continuity of the Republic of Estonia through the Soviet occupation.
Out of the 5 UN's regional groups (Asian, African, Latin-American and Caribbean, Eastern European, Western European and Others) Estonia has been a member of the Eastern European Group since May 2004.
Estonia's representatives to the United Nations
The permanent representatives of Estonia to the UN in New York
1991 - 1994
Ernst Jaakson
1994 - 1998
Trivimi Velliste
1998 - 2000
Sven Jürgenson
2000 - 2004
Merle Pajula
Jaak Jõerüüt
2004 - 2010
Tiina Intelmann
2010 - 2015
Margus Kolga
2015 – present
Estonia's ambassadors to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
1998 – 1999
Priit Pallum
2000 – 2004
Clyde Kull
2004 – 2009
Tõnis Nirk
2009 – 2015
Jüri Seilenthal
2015- present
Andre Pung
Estonia's permanent representatives to the organisations related to the UN and UN programmes
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), and the UN Office in Vienna
Eve-Külli Kala
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Peep Jahilo
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Ingrid Amer
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Siim Tiidemann
Estonia's membership in the UN bodies and upcoming candidacies
Currently, Estonia is a member of the following UN bodies
· Vice-Chair of the Fifth Committee UNGA73
· Rapporteur of the Second Committee UNGA73
· UNHCR ExCom 2007-present, membership termless
· Member of the Bureau of the Regular Process (Law of the Sea)
· Vice-Chair of the First Committee UNGA72
· UNESCO Executive Board 2013-2017
· Member of the Peacebuilding Commission in 2017
Estonian experts in UN Experts Groups
· Mari Amos, UN Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) 2015-2018
· Henn Ojaveer, UN World Ocean Assessment Expert Group 2014-present
· Tõnis Saar, UN Committee on Contributions 2016-2018 and 2019-2021
· Anne-Marie Riitsaar, High Level FMCT
(Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty) Expert Preparatory Group
Estonia's main upcoming candidacies
· UN Security Council, non-permanent member 2020-2021
· UN General Assembly Vice-President 2022-2023
· UN General Assembly President 2052
1.1 Activities: peace and security, human rights and development
Maintaining peace and security and the fight against terrorism
Estonia has ratified and complies with the 12 most important UN conventions against terrorism. In addition to these in the autumn of 2005 President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel signed the Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Estonia attaches great importance to the adoption of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism in the near future and also participates in the efforts to conclude the convention in New York.
Since Estonia first participated in an international peacekeeping operation in 1995 in Croatia, more than 1300 Estonian peacekeepers have taken part in various international peacekeeping and crisis management operations. In addition to Croatia, Estonia has participated in the UN peace missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon,the Middle East, and Mali. The largest peacekeeping company to date, the 136-member ESTCOY took part in the UNIFIL mission to South Lebanon in 1996-1997. Since Spring 2015, up to 50 active duty officers in the Estonian Defence Forces participate in the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL in Lebanon.
Estonia has participated in the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) mission to Middle East since 1997.
Estonia also participates in the UN mandated international forces led by NATO in Kosovo (KFOR), the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA (Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali), and the EU led Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). Since 2015, Estonia participates in the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan.
Since 1996, more than 30 Estonian policemen have participated with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations in police missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Kosovo.
Estonia, having ratified the statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 30 January 2002, is a founding member of the ICC. The statute of the court came into force on 1 July 2002. Between 2011 and 2014, Tiina Intelmann was the President of the Assembly of States Parties.
Protecting and promoting respect for human rights
Estonia has ratified all principal UN human rights conventions and presented the reports foreseen in the conventions to the UN treaty bodies monitoring their implementation.
Estonia takes part in the main human rights meeting of the UN: as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (2013-2015) which convenes in Geneva, and in the annual 3rd Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York, which deals with social, cultural and human rights issues.
In the promotion of human rights Estonia has paid special attention to the issues related to the protection and promotion of women's rights as well as the rights of the child. These topics have been in the focus of Estonia's human rights statements in addition to the support given to various UN funds and programmes, including the activities of UN Women. Strengthening gender mainstreaming in the UN policies and programmes has been one of Estonia's priorities in the process of improving the coherence of the UN's activities. Estonia was the vice-president of UN Women in 2012, and the vice-president of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2014-2015.
Estonia attaches equally great importance to the protection of the rights of the world's indigenous peoples: in addition to addressing the topic in the UN human rights fora, Estonia participated in the UN Working group on a draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; Estonian experts have consistently been members of the UN Forum of Indigenous Peoples; the current membership is 2014-2016. Over the past 15 years Estonia has continued to support the UN funds for indigenous peoples (Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations, Voluntary Fund for the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples) with voluntary contributions.
Development aid
Contributing to multilateral development co-operation is an integral part of Estonia's development co-operation. In addition to bilateral co-operation Estonia has supported international development co-operation through voluntary contributions since 1998: this includes regular contributions to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UN Children's Funds (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and UN Women. Additionally Estonia has contributed to the thematic or country specific funds of the UN, such as the UNFPA fund for reproductive health.
The Strategy for Estonian Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid: https://vm.ee/sites/default/files/content-editors/development-cooperation/2016_2020_arengukava_eng_kodulehele_0.pdf
Catastrophe aid
A key activity of the United Nations is to assist countries which have suffered due to natural or humanitarian catastrophes and to coordinate international humanitarian aid in relation to these catastrophes. Estonia is taking a more active role in strengthening the UN catastrophe aid system and the activities of the UN subsidiary bodies in catastrophes. Estonia finds that the most effective and often most operative way to aid those who have suffered in natural or humanitarian catastrophes is through international organisations. Most of Estonian humanitarian contribution has been through such international organisations as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP). Estonia has supported the activities or said organisations and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) through annual voluntary contributions for years.
Since 2000 Estonia has also been represented in the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team (UNDAC), participating in the UN missions to Iran, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Yakutia and Georgia. The Estonian Disaster Relief Team worked in Indonesia in the Banda Aceh region after the tsunami which hit South-East Asia and the Indian Ocean region at the end of 2004 and in Pakistan after the earth quake in the autumn of 2005. The experts of the Estonian Disaster Relief Team have also contributed in various units in Haiti (2010), and in the Philippines (2013).
1.2 Estonia and UN reform
The most extensive and profound decisions on UN reform were taken at the UN World Summit, which at the 60th session of the UN General Assembly brought together the heads of state and government of the UN member states. Estonia has strongly supported the reforms related to development, security and human rights and, as a member of the European Union, also actively participated in the discussions leading to the 2005 September Summit as well as the succeeding discussions on the details of implementing the reform decisions.
Estonia attaches great importance to the Summit's agreements on the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for the coordination of the UN post-conflict reconstruction activities and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in order to strengthen the UN's capacity to protect and promote the respect for human rights. Estonia also considers the meeting's decisions on development, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the establishment of a UN Democracy Fund to be among the most significant outcomes of the summit.
Estonia also considers it vital to proceed with the implementation of the Summit decisions. In this regard Estonia views the agreement of the General Assembly on the modalities of the PBC necessary for its operation achieved in December 2005 as well as the Assembly decision on the establishment of the Human Rights Council in March 2006 as important steps forward. It is also vital to follow up the rest of the Summit decisions, including UN management reform, concluding an agreement on a comprehensive convention on international terrorism and meeting the obligations taken regarding development.
Estonia also supports the UN Security Council reform, by way of making the Council more representative of the member states and more effective. Estonia also considers it important that any reform would have majority support.
More information on UN reform - http://www.un.org/reform/
GA resolution on the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission -
GA resolution on the establishment of the Human Rights Council -
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Quoted from The Hundred-Year Lie:
This news summary of research exploring the impact of food on curing disease appeared on the New Scientist magazine Web site (November 27, 2005): "Eating a specific food supplement could permanently change your behavior for the better, or reverse [disorders and] diseases such as schizophrenia, Huntington's or cancer." While this claim "may sound like science fiction," continued the article, "such treatments are looking increasingly plausible" based on recent medical studies showing how diet can alter human DNA.
During my three-week stay in detox-land, this story appeared in Britain's BBC News headlined, "High-veg Diet Wards Off Cancer." It summarized a report from the medical journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention that revealed how "raw vegetables are more protective than cooked ones" in cutting the risk of pancreatic cancer by more than half. The most highly protective raw veggies were identified as onions, garlic, carrots, and dark leafy plants such as spinach and broccoli, all staples of the Hippocrates program diet. "We found strong confirmation that simple life choices can provide significant protection from cancer," wrote the study's authors.
Randall Fitzgerald, The Hundred-Year Lie, pg. 234.


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|HRH Prince Khaled Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Makkah Province
|Starting Date:
|May - 2011
|Completion Date:
|November - 2011
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|Ali Haider
Project Brief
The purpose of this project is to protect the areas of Umm Al Khair and Al Samer from rain floods. It is a part of the main project of controlling floods in all Jeddah city.
Following a series of inspection visits to Al Samer and Um Al Khair districts, and based on thorough analyses of the existing Dams' condition, Almabani's team underlined several recommendations approved by the Client to be executed on both sites. These steps comprise the following.
Al Samer Dam
The scope of works includes:
- Installation of a 200 m sheet piles cut-off with concrete cap to stop seepage when the reservoir is impounding and to assist with the long-term stability of the Dam. The installation will take place at a depth of 20 m, with an area of 4000 sq. m.
- Construction of a concrete lined 2800 m long double trapezoidal channel to be connected from Al Samer Dam to the existing Northern channel. The top channel's depth and width are 3 m and 26 m/20 m respectively while those pertaining to the base channel are 1 m and 9 m/7 m respectively. The new channel is to be reconnected to the existing box culvert.
- Construction of a trapezoidal channel to be connected from Emergency Dam to Al Samer Dam.
- Construction of a box culvert under crossing.
- Installation of a control outlet pipe with a 1500 mm diameter through the Dam,allowing lower return period rainfall event to pass to a downstream channel without the requirement for impoundment or pumping.
- Construction of an overflow spillway.
- Decommissioning of the pumping station and rising main.
- Demolition of numerous existing buildings to facilitate the construction of the Channel
Umm Al Khair Dam
The scope of works includes:
- Construction of a new 1000 m long and 7 m high Dam.
- Bulk excavation beyond the new Dam to increase the Dam's capacity.
- Construction of a 60 m long triple cell box culvert, 2.3 m x 2.3 m each.
- Replacement of the existing circular culvert with a concrete lined 780 m long trapezoidal channel extending from the existing Northern channel towards the Dam. The depth and width of the channel are 2.5 m and 17.5 m/ 7.5 m respectively. The new channel is to be reconnected to the existing box culvert.
- Installation of a 1000 m long sheet pile cut-off at a depth of 15 m and with an area of 15,000 sq. m.
- Construction of an overflow spillway.
- Installation of new attenuation storage.
- Installation of a new culvert crossing.
- Demolition of existing Dam.
- Demolition of several existing industrial buildings to facilitate the construction of the channel.