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Please be aware that the given procedure is applicable for Android Smartphone only.
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But occasionally you may have to face some problems or glitches with the new app version, if such things happen then we recommend you install or to revert the previous app only.
If you are facing any kind of issue or problem then please let us know about it. We've tried our best to get you the greatest tutorial because we also love ShowBox App and you'll really enjoy it for sure. Hopefully, you will share this guide with your friends also.
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Now it's time to see how to download ShowBox on PC or Computer which we are going to install on Windows and Mac Os X.
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Step 1: Download the Bluestacks Android Emulator and go ahead with installation process.
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Step 3: After the file is downloaded open it with the help of Bluestacks Player. (Just right click on the APK file and click on open with and select Bluestacks)
Step 4: It's possible that you will be asked to connect your Bluestacks Program with Google Account, just proceed and login with any of your Gmail account, it's necessary step and you have to do this in order to install any other Android Apps also.
Step 5: Once the Google Account login process is done you will actually be able to run the ShowBox app on PC directly.
So, I really think that the guide to download and install ShowBox on PC is really easy to follow and you can do it very easily without any issue.
Now, it's time to get the guide ready for Show Box iPhone App, if you are an iPhone user and want to download this app on your iOS device then kindly refer to the guide given below.
Showbox for iPhone Download (iOS, iPad):
There is a very bad news for iOS device users, that ShowBox Download is not available for iPhone and iPad because iTunes removed this app from the database because it was violating the terms and conditions of iTunes as it provides free video and movie streaming to the users.
These big companies don't want users to get anything for free, such a bad thing by them. But friends, you don't have to worry about it as we have one amazing app which is very much similar to ShowBox i.e Cinemabox.
Cinemabox is recently launched by one of the developers who was involved in the development of the original ShowBox app, so you can expect all the features as well as unique functions to be available in this version of CinemaBox app also.
Kindly, go ahead and download ShowBox for iPhone alternative app from here.
In terms of features, as I said above only that this app provides each and every feature which ShowBox App provides, like watching free movies, shows, online streaming and downloading also.
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Show Box Download is among the finest online streaming app for watching premium TV and Movies Shows. I would say that it is really a great app to use, because it's almost impossible to get an app which streams high definition videos for free.
It streams the videos and movies right onto the smartphone so that the internal space is not used up in your smartphone. The app has the menu which will help you to rewind, play and forward the music or video with just one click.
There are thousands and hundreds of TV Shows, Movies and other programs available for high-quality streaming when you use ShowBox App.
- It's a free to download app from source that is unknown
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- It can easily stream videos in HD quality
- With an easier user interface and quicker loading time the app is easy to manage
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- The GUI is very easy and lucid to use as well
So, this app provides the features of music player, video player, live tv app, etc. None of the app available right now provides such features and functions. Even if you're able to get any free service, then the video quality you see is very bad. It is possible to see tons of TV Shows, endless movies, and live shows also.
There are many other features of this app which is not given here as it's very necessary for you to personally use the app to understand some of the features directly by yourself.
Download ShowBox APK Alternative Apps:
Now, it's time to know some of the alternative apps which are very much similar to ShowBox. These apps have more or less features of the main app but personally, I found that only CinemaBox HD is a true alternative of ShowBox. But still I have listed out three apps which can be considered as a very close alternative.
CinemaBox HD:
I have already provided some basic introduction of this app in the Showbox iPhone section, but I know that users want to get more details regarding this app so I am going to cover this topic with quite a big guide.
First of all, CinemaBox APK is also developed by the official developers of Showbox Download App so they have literally created the clone of the app which we are looking for. Also, this app is officially available for iPhone users which is not the case with the main app.
One can directly watch the premium shows and movies and they are also allowed to download the shows as videos into the smartphone so that they can watch those videos later without the need of internet connection.
It is also available for Android users so we can easily use this app on PC with the help of best Android Emulator program. Mobdro is the best alternative.
I can partially call this app as the alternative of ShowBox because many features are missing in Hotstar which is developed by the Star TV Network, so you will only find those movies or videos which are broadcasted on Star TV Channels.
So, if you frequently watch serials and movies from Star Network then this app will be like boon for you. It is officially available on Google Play Store and iTunes also.
Not at all an alternative of ShowBox but I still I considered this application to get into this list because of its features. Users can download videos from tons of video website all over the world without any problem, again this app is not available on the official App Store you have to install it using APK file.
FAQ about Show Box App:
Many users find it difficult to get solution to some of the basic problems or even if the users have any kind of query then they are not able to get the satisfied answer. So, we dedicated to get this section here which is specially called Frequently Asked Question where I am going to answer most common question, problems, issues and doubts.
Is ShowBox an Illegal App?
Not at all, you are not going to get in jail for using ShowBox. Yes, the videos which is published here are not copyrighted so it's morally not correct to use this app. But, who cares?
Does Show Box come with premium version?
No, as of now only free version is available which has all the functions of premium app so you don't require any kind of paid app here.
Is this a subscription service like Netflix?
No! you are never going to get asked about any subscription for using this application, Netflix is different service, please don't compare it with this one.
More Question and Answers are going to be updated soon in this section. Stay Updated!
Final Words: ShowBox Download
Personally speaking, I am using this app since last one year I found it quite great app as I am able to watch all the movies and TV serials which I missed. Now-a-days, I am watching all the serials on Show Box APK App only. I also have iPhone, in that I am using CinemaBox App which I consider as a close clone of the official app.
Also, ShowBox Download APK for Android comes with lots of new updates by adding more features and the official developers fix the issue which users were getting in the previous version. So, it is always recommended to get the new updated app installed into your smartphone as soon as it's released (you can subscribe to this blog to get the latest release updates)
If you faced any kind of issue with the official guide given here then kindly let me know about it, also I am going to cover more tutorials and guides about this app in future so I insist you to visit this website again in future i.e Showbox Download.


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Among the notes left by my father, John Blackwell, on the family history research he did in the 1980s, I was surprised to find photocopied pages from Who Was Who In The Theatre 1912-1976 (Gale Research, 1978). I didn't remember ever hearing about a theatrical connection in the family. I thought the Lillies were strictly medical and seafaring types, the Blackwells businessmen. Two entries are circled: Chudleigh, Arthur (Lillies) and Lillies, Leonard. In the margin by the Leonard Lillies entry, my father has scribbled in pencil, "JHB's great uncle."
Leonard and Arthur, who took Chudleigh, his home town, as a nom de théatre (he was an actor first, a manager later), were the younger sons of George William and Charlotte Lillies, great great grandparents to baby-boom Blackwells and Breens. Their eldest son, Herbert, a physician, emigrated to Australia, where the Lillies and Blackwell lines intersected.
The younger Lillies sons had extensive careers in the late Victorian and Edwardian London theatre. Arthur, the more flamboyant and theatrical, studied medicine first, but either it didn't suit him or he failed at it. His first appearance as a West End actor, at the Globe, came in 1883, when he was 25. He played Gilbert in The Flowers of the Forest, a long-forgotten 1847 play by the equally long-forgotten John Baldwin Buckstone.
It must have been a bit part. Extant reviews don't mention him – not such a terrible thing as they were mostly unkind. According to one paper, "had it been written in the present day its anachronism, its lack of realism, and its inflated dialogue would scarcely have survived the ordeal of a first night." The Scotsman's reviewer described the experience this way: "…for the first quarter of an hour the audience smiles at the absurdities of the old-fashioned piece, and during the rest of the evening is profoundly bored."
|Arthur Chudleigh Lillies in later life, by Harry Furniss (National Portrait Gallery)
Arthur's biography in Who Was Who In The Theatre mentions one other part played in 1883, but it appears he was not destined for a brilliant acting career. By 1888 – the year of Jack the Ripper – he had remade himself as a theatre manager. He was joint proprietor of the Court Theatre at Sloane Square, with Mrs. John Wood, an actress and manager who was born Matilda Charlotte Vining and had acted on Broadway as well as the West End. The Court survives today, in a 1950s reincarnation, as the Royal Court Theatre.
|The new Court Theatre, opened 1888, the year Arthur Chudleigh took over as manager (courtesy of arthurlloyd.co.uk)
|Mrs. John Wood, Arthur Chudleigh's co-proprietor at the Court Theatre
Arthur went on from the Court to manage the Comedy Theatre on Panton Street. The theatre was declared a heritage site in 1972 and then renamed The Harold Pinter Theatre in 2011. Among the successful Comedy Theatre productions under Arthur's management was the 1906 première of Raffles, a play based on E.W. Hornung's stories about the roguish AJ Raffles. Gerald du Maurier, father of author Daphne du Maurier, played the title character for the 351-performance run.
|The Comedy Theatre (aka Royal Comedy Theatre)
|Still from one of great great Uncle Arthur's most successful productions
|Costumes for Raffles production at Comedy Theatre, 1906
According to Who Was Who, Arthur's preferred recreation was "motoring," his address, "Garrick Club, Garrick Street W.C.2." The 1978 volume was compiled from various editions of Who's Who In The Theatre. It's not clear in which year the Lillies biographies were written, but certainly pre-1920. The editors have updated the original, adding a note that Arthur died on February 5, 1932, aged 73.
Leonard, the younger of the two theatrical Lillies, appears to have been more involved on the business side and rode on his brother's coat tails. His biography says he was "previously engaged in the insurance business" but "has always been associated with his brother's theatrical enterprises." He was business manager at the Court, later at the Criterion and, from 1905 to the date of publication of the original biography, at the Comedy. He died August 2, 1923, aged 63.
A footnote to this theatrical episode in the family's history. Anyone who knew my father would agree there was often something bombastic and theatrical about him – he loved to declaim. But we did not know, or I did not know, that he actually trod the boards himself, albeit while at school. Check out the cast picture from a 1938 production of A Safety Match, put on by the Dramatic Society of Melbourne Grammar School. It's posted as part of an historical archive at the school's website. John is in the front row, standing, ninth from left. You might have to click on the picture to enlarge it before you'll be able to see him in all his theatrical glory.
|Melbourne Grammar School Dramatic Society cast photo for production of A Safety Match (1938)
My old man the drag queen!

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The tale of Patrick's brother's kidnapped gnome ... These emails were sent from email@example.com in July 2006.
For those just joining us, please scroll below for part 1.
Installment 2:
Dear Timothy,
We notice that you have FAILED to provide the requested ransom at the requested time. This failure is inexcusable. Perhaps you do not realize we are serious. Perhaps you are one of THOSE men who do not take us seriously. Perhaps you would like us to show you our seriousness. Perhaps we will demonstrate our utmost serious nature!
Yes. We will. In order to prove to you how SERIOUS this business is, we will submit Jerome to the utmost, unspeakable, horrorific tortures. And then, if you do not respond, we will torture him again.
Not being familiar with the torture of gnomes (usually, the families of our victims RESPOND to save their loved ones, and if they don't we execute), we queried the Internet. "How to Torture a Gnome." Unfortunately, this only turned up "Torture Victim Wanted" and a silly website. If you are silly enough to be interested in the unadventures of a silly garden gnome, you may read it. Gunther. Humph. http://www.usask.ca/agriculture
We are talking too much. You have until 5:13 AM on Thursday, July 6 to deliver $15,000 worth of antique thimbles divided into 7 Chinese urns at the same address as before. (You notice we are giving you more time, you lazy, selfish man.) If you do not comply, Jerome will SUFFER!
Remember Jerome.
Respectfully yours,
Alexis, Allisha, Amanda, Amber, Angel, Angela, Anna, Becca, Beth, Bo, Caprice, Carmen, Chelsie, Dawn, Desiree, Devon, Diva, Grace, Kayla, Holiday, Idalys, Jasimine/Brandy, J.J., Katya, Lynette, Marianne, Michelle, Mickey, Rachelle 2, Rita, Robin, Sam, Sherrie, Sidney, Tamara and Zena


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Opportunity for All or Pandora's Box?
Selling civil legal services a la carte — "unbundling" — is touted as offering opportunities for attorneys, clients and the courts but pitfalls remain for the unwary and the response of the public and profession remains to be seen.
Francis "Frank" Connolly, presiding judge in the 4th Judicial District's civil division, says the explosion of self-represented people in court makes the wheels of justice turn very slowly. Ask Connolly or other civil court judges about pro se problems and the list comes easily. The judges recall pleadings with hand-written versions of events — which may not have any connection to a cause of action. Or there are the pro se litigants who fail to submit crucial financial documents in a divorce case, leaving an incomplete record and leading to more delays. During trials, says Connolly, "you spend half of your time explaining to people, … 'You are allowed to cross-examine the other side's witnesses, but you are not allowed to get into an argument with them.'"
In the past decade, the courts and legal community have made significant strides in helping pro se parties, from creating self-help centers and user-friendly forms to offering brief legal advice clinics pro bono. Yet great needs persist. In response, the Minnesota State Bar Association's (MSBA's) Pro Se Implementation Committee is encouraging more private attorneys to offer civil legal services a la carte. Often referred to as "unbundling services," the practice is one advocates say can benefit clients, courts and attorneys.
If done well, unbundling gives pro se litigants better access to justice, enables the courts to work more efficiently, and brings new clients to attorneys' offices.
Unbundling allows someone of limited means to buy at least some legal help instead of going it alone, proponents say. Clients might hire an attorney for part of a case, such as initial advice, coaching, legal research, discovery, pleading writing, reviewing a proposed settlement offer or even making a limited court appearance.
"Generally, I think it is it is a good idea," Judge Connolly says of unbundling. "At the end of the day, if the courts are going to ensure that equal justice under the law is provided to everyone, then the court also has to be concerned that everyone is getting the representation they deserve and need, and one way to do that is to be flexible in terms of how these pro se people can be represented."
Unbundling experts say the demand for unbundled services in law reflects do-it-yourself trends seen in other areas of the economy, from people who go to Home Depot for tools and advice to people who do medical research online to take greater control over their health problems. The Maryland Legal Services Corporation held the first national conference on unbundled services in 2000, the same year the American Bar Association published Forrest Mosten's guide: Unbundling Legal Services. In 2004, MSBA President James Baillie wrote in Bench & Bar that the profession's "greatest challenge and Achilles heel" is delivering civil legal services to low- and moderate-income people — and he advocated unbundling as a needed innovation to better meet that need.
Demand for Service
Lawyers have unbundled their services for decades; some call it "limited scope" or "discrete task" representation. Historically, however, unbundling is more common in transactional work than litigation. For example, a real estate attorney might draft a contract, but not sign it or appear in court. By contrast, family lawyers who draft court pleadings do typically sign them, triggering future obligations to appear in court. This creates an obvious barrier to offering document drafting as a discrete service in litigation cases. Despite such challenges, there is a growing interest among state bar associations to figure out how to increase unbundled civil legal services without compromising ethical and quality standards.
The MSBA Pro Se Implementation Committee is working on a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course to promote unbundling. Targeted for late spring, the class would give attorneys information on best practices, relevant court and ethics rules and model retainer agreements, says Committee Chair Jean Lastine, executive director of Central Minnesota Legal Services. The committee will use the CLE to gauge attorney interest, and hopes to develop an attorney referral panel for clients seeking unbundled services, similar to initiatives in San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, California.
Gary Debele, president of Walling Berg & Debele and past chair of the Pro Se Implementation Committee, says unbundling has a double benefit. It is a good way for the private bar to service pro se clients without doing everything pro bono. Further, attorneys might be more willing to do pro bono work if they knew they could limit their time commitment in civil litigation by offering discrete services. As the bar develops formal unbundling training, "I think it is going to be a surprise to a lot of attorneys that this is an option," Debele says.
It is difficult to estimate how many clients could benefit from unbundled services, but the number is large. Self-help centers, which provide legal information but not legal advice to pro se parties, give one measure of need. Sarah Shella-Stevens, managing attorney for Central Minnesota Legal Services, supervises the newly opened Stearns County Law Library Self-Help Center and says the demand has surprised people. The center's one staff member served 323 walk-ins and phone calls in the first three-plus months. Susan Ledray, the Pro Se Services Manager for the 4th Judicial District, says her 11-member staff got an estimated 33,000 help requests in 2006. Still, that figure likely underestimates the need. "If we add more staff, we serve more people," she says.
Unbundling in Practice
Unbundling will fit better into some law practices than others. Debele, a family law attorney, offers such service, but he doesn't advertise them and they are less than 5 percent of his practice, he says. At $300 an hour, his downtown firm doesn't attract many people in that market niche. On the other hand, Kevin Fitzgerald, who has a solo practice in Eden Prairie, promotes unbundled services on his website:
"Are you thinking about hiring an attorney but afraid of having to pay for more service than you actually need?" it says. "I am Kevin Fitzgerald and I offer unbundled legal services. My pay-as-you-go approach to practicing law allows clients to receive the right amount of information to make a decision and take action with their case. … My clients save money through unbundling because they are never forced to purchase a package deal of services that includes a service their case does not require."
Fitzgerald has offered unbundled services in one form or another during his 30 years in practice because market forces required it, he says. Most of his work is family law and he estimates unbundled services are something less than 25 percent of that practice. He charges the same hourly rate as he would for a full-representation case; clients pay for the services before leaving. He will educate clients about the law and procedure, but not advocate — he does not sign pleadings or appear in court. Sometimes clients decide after a session or two that they can't effectively represent themselves and hire him in the traditional attorney-client relationship, Fitzgerald says.
He has concerns knowing the unbundled services are not comprehensive. "When somebody says, 'I have enough money to pay for an hour or two of your time,' the difficulty you have is that you need to understand, right from jump, that you are really going to be putting a Band-Aid on a gun shot," he says. Still, he thinks the benefits outweigh the downsides, and unbundling empowers people to participate more effectively in the legal system. "To me, one level of the democratic experiment in America is that people should understand and should work in and find effectiveness through their government — including its judicial branch," Fitzgerald says.
Rules & Risks
More and more states are exploring ways to encourage the unbundling already occurring. In 2005, the National Law Journal reported that nine states had adopted new rules to encourage unbundling, with more states to follow. The MSBA Pro Se Implementation Committee spent several years reviewing Minnesota's ethics and civil court rules and held focus groups of attorneys and judges. It concluded that more education and training were needed, but not rule changes, says Committee Chair Lastine.
Patrick Burns, first assistant director for the Office of the Director of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, says unbundling is permissible under Rule 1.2 (c) "A lawyer may limit the scope of the representation if the limitation is reasonable under the circumstances and the client gives informed consent." He and many others interviewed for this article emphasized the importance of informed consent — communicating with the client and clearly documenting expectations. "If you get that done, you are 90 percent of the way towards a successful unbundling project," Burns says. The rules do not require a written agreement, but he recommends having one with at least three key elements:
- What the attorney is going to do for the client
- What the attorney is not going to do for the client; and
- What is going to remain to be done once the attorney is finished.
Burns could not recall any instances where an attorney was the subject of an ethics complaint unique to an unbundled case.
Tim Gephart, vice president for claims for Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance, says his company does not track claims that stem from unbundled services. The insurance application doesn't ask whether attorneys offer unbundled services. Unbundled services have, however, caused problems in transactional law, he says. As a cautionary tale, he gives the example of two parties who ask an attorney to write the contract for an already-negotiated real estate deal. The lawyer might believe he is acting strictly as a scrivener, Gephart says, while the parties believe the attorney is representing their individual best interests. If the deal goes sour, it means trouble unless the attorney has a clearly written agreement. "From a risk management standpoint, unbundling can be dangerous unless everything is properly and clearly documented," he says.
Practical Considerations
Maine family law practitioner and unbundling advocate Elizabeth Scheffee writes that lawyers who offer unbundled services are sued less, are reported to the ethics board less, and have lower accounts receivable. "Be prepared for happiness and success," she writes in an article on the ABA website. National unbundling expert Mosten writes that unbundling can increase an attorney's market share and improve job satisfaction. Pro Se Implementation Committee Chair Lastine adds that unbundling could improve the public's opinion of lawyers, making services more affordable and giving people more say in what services they buy.
Still, grey areas and potential pitfalls are out there. Here are a few practical considerations.
Providing competent service: Attorneys who offer unbundled services have an ethical obligation to decide case-by-case whether or not to offer them to a particular client, says Burns of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. Attorneys need to ask themselves: Will the services help this person or make matters worse? Does this person have the skills and abilities to follow through with directions? In making that assessment, Burns says, attorneys would need to consider such things as the client's sophistication, the complexity of the issues involved, and the client's ability to articulate arguments for and against her position.
Ghost writing a pleading: If clients ask attorneys to write their pleadings and nothing else, do attorneys have an obligation to disclose their drafting role to the court? It seems self-evident that ghost writing would help the courts and clients get better written pleadings, but it remains a grey area for attorneys.
Burns says the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct don't address ghost writing. "My guess is as long as the attorney was acting in good faith and there was an agreement to limit the scope of representation, I would be a little surprised if we would seek discipline of an attorney … simply for ghost writing a pleading," he says. It is his personal opinion that a legal document should say so if an attorney helped draft it — not necessarily signing it, but a note that says, "drafted with the assistance of … ." Yet he adds that attorneys have legitimate concerns that clients could revise the pleadings after leaving the office, and the attorney's name would still be on the document as having helped write it.
The Pro Se Implementation Committee considered recommending a rule change requiring attorneys to indicate their role in providing writing help. After holding focus groups, the committee decided not to pursue it. An attorney focus group concluded the disclosure could discourage attorneys from offering unbundled services, and accountability could be addressed in other ways. A focus group of judges "felt disclosure was not needed," the committee report said.
Limited court appearances: Making a limited court appearance is probably the most problematic of all unbundled services. It could create confusion both for opposing counsel and the court. With whom do they communicate at different points in the proceedings, the attorney or the pro se litigant? Debele says he has heard horror stories of family law cases where an attorney will appear in court and tell the judge he is going to represent the client only for child support, not custody or spousal maintenance. "The judge will say, 'Oh no you are not,'" Debele says. "'You are either in this case or out of this case. I am not going to sit up here on the bench and try to figure out, well, do I talk to the client or do I talk to you?'"
Judge Stephen Aldrich of the 4th Judicial District says attorneys occasionally make limited appearances in his court room, and "99.99 percent of the time, having a lawyer around is dramatically better than not." Aldrich, who formerly practiced in family law, hastens to add that attorneys making a limited appearance could have problems since they will have less information on the case than they would if they had participated since the beginning. "That is a matter again of having the clients be clear about what they are buying and what they are foregoing," he says.
Some attorneys have concerns that they could end up on the hook for full representation after they make a limited appearance. Rule 105 of the Minnesota Rules of General Practice allows an attorney to withdraw: "After a lawyer has appeared for a party in any action, withdrawal will be effective only if written notice of withdrawal is served on all parties who have appeared, … ." However, each judge makes his or her own decision about granting such requests. Aldrich says a judge wouldn't let an attorney withdraw in a manner that prejudiced a client's interest. As a practical matter, that usually means the attorney can't withdraw too close to the next court appearance. But if the court knows in advance the scope of limited representation, the attorney should not have trouble withdrawing, he says.
"The limited appearance is a wonderful device if things are simple enough that they can be dealt with in one day," Aldrich says. "If you have people who don't have a lot of money and a lot of complexity in their circumstance, or who have resolved most of their differences and just have a few things left, having a lawyer present often would be useful."
What's Ahead
The New Hampshire Supreme Court adopted new rules effective July 1, 2006, to make unbundling — and limited court appearances in particular — easier. The rules read, in part: "A lawyer may provide limited representation to a client who is or may become involved in a proceeding before a tribunal … provided that the limitations are fully disclosed and explained … ." The rules also contain a recommended sample form which allows the client to specify what court work the attorney will provide: "motion," "temporary hearing," "final hearing," "trial," or "other." (Seehttp://www.courts.state.nh.us/rules/pcon/pcon-1_2.htm).
Minnesota unbundling advocates are not pursuing such changes. Time will tell whether limited court appearances in civil litigation catch on as efforts to promote unbundling continue. However, limited court appearances do not appear to be a critical piece of ongoing efforts to better serve pro se litigants. Judge Aldrich says if the only result of efforts to promote unbundling is having more pro se parties get legal advice on the front end, and later having an attorney review their paperwork to assure it reflects the agreement they wanted, the net benefit to the legal system "would be substantial."
SCOTT RUSSELL is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer.


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No-Cook Chilli
Speaking of flesh, my mom and I made chilli side-by-side last year, she making carnivorous chili and I making vegan chilli. Chilli is one of those dishes that I think people can get really up-in-arms about since everyone knows someone who makes a good one. Or they make a good one themselves. I offer a chilli recipe that's been adapted for the dorm. I found a recipe on the interwebs sometime last April and neglected to bookmark it.
I have no pictures of the chilli so all food pictures have been replaced with cats.
I'm hereby giving someone else credit for the idea of putting specifically Maya Gold chocolate in chilli, but I'm sorry, I forget the site. I made this around finals because the concept was to use as much disparate food as I had in my freezer and under my bed before leaving campus. It's also a good dish for finals time when school manifests itself as the marvellous inconvenience that it is, and I allow the demands of a student to eat into my eating and cooking time.
This freezes well. The salsa label described the contents of the jar as "voluptuous," and I would agree, the salsa is sensually pleasurable, if you like it when the corners of your lips hurt because you've been eating spicy food. As you peruse the ingredient lists for both versions, you may ask, "Hey, where's the fat? It won't taste good without oil or something…"
Chocolate has fat, hello. Chocolate is what makes it delicious.
Version 1 is completely dorm-friendly. Version 2 requires a little more work.
Use-Up Chilli
Version 1:
1 jar 3-bean roasted corn tomato salsa
2 cans beans, rinsed (black beans and kidney)
1 can Italian-style tomatoes, juice and all
1 bag frozen corn
1 bag frozen collard greens (defrosted and cooked)
Chilli powder
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 1.2-ounce bar Maya Gold chocolate, melted (NO LONGER VEGAN)
Combine all ingredients except for the chocolate in a large bowl. Melt the chocolate and stir it in (it doesn't have to be completely melted). Portion it out into containers. Freeze and reheat. Serve with rice, cornbread, nutritional yeast, and/or vegan cheeze.
Version 2:
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic, diced or pressed
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/3 teaspoon cinnamon
1 16-ounce cilantro-green olive salsa (I had Salpica brand and it's mild)
1 16-ounce can black beans, rinsed
1 16-ounce can kidney beans, rinsed
1 16-ounce can whole tomatoes and juice (salted or not is your pref)
1/3 of a 3.5-ounce bar of dark, spicy chocolate (50% cacao and up; I used Green & Black's Organic Maya Gold chocolate, which is 55 percent cacao AND NO LONGER VEGAN)
Brown rice
Heat a 10-inch sauté pan over medium heat. Add the vinegar once it's hot. Once that's sizzling, add the onions. Cook until translucent.
While the onions are bubbling away, combine the salsa, beans, and tomatoes in a large bowl.
Back to the range: add the spices and stir around for a minute until they're fragrant (thanks for the tip, Ownie Mom!). Add the garlic and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated. Break in the chocolate and stir around until melted. Remove from heat and stir into the salsa-bean mixture. Add whatever amount you're going to be eating right that second back to the pan and heat it up. This is also tasty cold as lunchbox fare.
If you are so lucky as to have a big pot or Dutch oven, then you can sautee the onions and garlic in that until they are translucent. Then pour in the beans, tomatoes, and salsa. Cook until heated through, then break in the chocolate and melt.
Serve with brown rice, cornbread, cheeze…and tissues as your nose will run if you make it nice and spicy.
I've been wearing a bandanna over my hair for the past few days for two reasons. One: my hair is long; the hairagami only holds so much hair out of my face. Two: I'm avoiding wearing a hat since my hats rest a little too close to my new left upper conch piercing, and my head is cold since I'm so used to wearing a hat. Net effect: I look like a pirate, especially with my piercings and tattoo. I'm the dread pirate Captain Q.
I enjoy wearing an apron while I cook since it's a visual reminder that I'm focused on cooking and little else when I'm in the kitchen. I also wear an apron because I make messes, and messes don't work with all black. Now with my head-kerchief habit, I'd like to think I'm channelling my Italian great-great-grandmothers. 'Cept they didn't have tattoos and non-earlobe piercings, I'll bet.


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So how does illume™ work?
A small solar panel goes on the roof, and the light panel can be installed anywhere in the house. A simple low voltage wire connects the two. Now you have a diffused light panel that acts exactly like a diffused skylight would. It dims as clouds pass and brightens as the sun passes over. In fact illume LED skylight is so convincing that smart builders are using illume panels to look exactly like frosted windows on what would otherwise be a dark adjoining wall. Because the technology of the light panel exactly replicates real outside light conditions, you will never know the difference.
Why go with illume™ vs a traditional solar tube or skylight?
If you care about cost and quality then you will be interested in this new technology.
It is a 100% solar powered roof mounted panel that transfers the power of the sun to the interior ambient light panel by a simple wire. The small solar panel can go anywhere on your roof and as long as the wire can be fed to the panel location you can install the illume skylight.
The traditional "solar tube" or recessed skylight involves cutting holes in your roof and installing weatherproof seals, and can involve substantial carpentry, plasterwork, and painting to achieve a professional result - usually several hundred dollars in labour and the risk of a roof leak. The illume LED skylight involves no such labour - so that is the key saving. Also, no specialist installers are required and it attracts no insects like traditional skylights do.
And it's great for the environment! It requires no power or battery and works purely from the energy harnessed from the sun, so you will be saving power. Turn off the lights as your dark areas will be naturally lit from now on.
Adds value to your house
Lighting up naturally dark areas makes your home brighter and more liveable. It is no surprise that any selling agent will advise you to brighten up all the dull areas of your home if you are considering selling. It makes the home far more appealing on inspection as buyers want bright, inviting and liveable spaces. Imagine a skylight in a downstairs pantry, or an internal walk in robe - even a mid-level apartment. It is all possible with illume technology.
How does the illume™ skylight panel behave?
The features of illume™ will redefine the traditional skylight
- Adjusts light output to match external conditions
- Solar powered self-contained system (power/batteries are not required).
- Automatic lighting control and operation
- Operates without a light tube or flexible shaft
- Does not attract insects or catch them (sealed unit)
- No heat or noise transfer
- Easy D.I.Y. Installation, including installation kit, no tradesman required
- Eco-friendly, green product, no UV emissions and no carbon footprint
- Can be installed in multi-level dwellings


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N.I.C.E. in Great Britain, which determines medications and hospital procedures in the National Health, has stated that holding back water from patients does not hasten death. What a lie!
National Institute of Clinical Excellence, or N.I.C.E. basically approves back-door euthanasia, which is open in some places in Great Britain anyway.
I know of one person who was euthanized way back in 1994, over the objections of myself and some people who were against this procedure.
In 2013, the Catholic Herald wrote about on aspect of this problem. Here is one example.
Why the silence now? I can find no article against this which is creative and authoritative, that is, from the Church.
Why? Why no comment from the Cardinal in London, or any of the bishops?
If any English readers have read anything, please let me know.
I, for sure, cannot find anything. A "conspiracy of silence"?


text: Today, we have just one question we want answered: where were you when makeup brand Bobbi Brown was born? You may not remember, but chances are you will remember where you were when Bobbi Brown celebrated its 20th anniversary! To celebrate, Bobbi Brown is releasing the limited edition 1991 Lip Palette, a 20-shade palette. The first ten shades? The original hues Bobbi Brown used when launching the line back in 1991. The other ten shades? Brand new, modern shades. You can pick up the 1991 Lip Palette in October at Bobbi Brown stores, as well as online at BobbiBrown.com. It retails for $60.


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Climate Change
At Ski Butlers, we love everything snow. The mountains, the skiing, the passion - it is who we are. It makes up our identity. It is why we live in the mountains, play in the mountains and work in the mountains. It is also why we are stepping up to save our snow and protect our winters.
Please read below to learn more about our vision and plan to be a part of the climate change solution.
Climate Vision
In the locations that Ski Butlers operates in our goal is to create and implement a 100% renewable clean energy plans for the ski communities and their local businessess prior to 2030. Internally, it is our goal to go 100% Renewable by 2020. Currently, Ski Butlers Home Office and Ski Butlers PC are 100% Renewable.
Protect Our Winters
Ski Butlers works with Protect Our Winters who have a strong, committed group of professional winter sports atheletes that educate, lobby, lead and influence the ski community.
During the 2015/16 ski season, Ski Butlers customers raised over $2,500 for Protect Our Winters, with Ski Butlers matching the donation, for a total of $5,000.
Protect Our Winters Riders Alliance is filled with World Champion and Olympic Athletes that have seen first hand the effect of climate change on snowsports across the world. The Rider Alliance has used their influential voices to raise awareness on climate change, even lobby in Washingto DC and partnering with the EPA.
The FUTURE is RENEWABLE: 100% COMMITTED
Ski Butlers has partnered with Climate Reality's I AM PRO SNOW 100% Committed campaign to get folks to commit to a 100% renewable energy future.
Today, the good news is that businesses, governments, and communities of all sizes that love the cold are taking their future into their own hands. They're moving away from the dirty fossil fuels driving climate change and committing to shift to 100-percent clean, renewable electricity. They're committing to working for a safe, sustainable, and prosperous future for our planet – and they're committing to doing their part.
You can too. Join Climate Reality's I AM PRO SNOW program and 100% Committed campaign and pledge to helping your business, resort, or community shift to 100-percent clean electricity.
Making the shift to 100-percent renewable electricity is easier than you think, and we're here to help show you how. Plus, along with cutting dangerous greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the places and seasons we love, switching to clean electricity from sources like wind and solar has a host of other benefits.
Click here to Take the 100% Committed Pledge today and don't worry, I AM PRO SNOW 100% Campaign will walk you through the steps to turn this into a reality.
More Climate Info
Team Member Education
Three owners and two general managers have attended Al Gore's Climate Reality Leadership Training. Additionally, each climate leader has been trained to give presentations and speak on behalf of the science and solutions of climate change. Our climate leaders give presentations to all team members in the company when they are hired in the fall.
Other Partnerships
The Solutions Project Interactive Map
Ski Butlers works with The Solutions Project to share their map with infographics to show how each state could go to 100% renewable energy by 2050. Click here to see how a state or country can transition to 100% clean energy by 2050 and all the benefits associated with this change.


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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the objects that have been added to Active Directory since a specified date?
Hey, KR. First of all we'd like to apologize if our answer here is still a little soggy. No doubt you've seen cartoons where someone receives a package in the mail, they hear it ticking and - suspecting the worse - they immediately plunge the box into a bathtub full of water. (Fortunately, in cartoons, there's always a bathtub full of water whenever you need one.) Inevitably, of course, they discover that the package wasn't a bomb after all, just a clock.
Hey, we didn't say it was all that funny, just something that happens over and over again.
To tell you the truth, we have the same reaction any time we get asked a question involving dates and Active Directory: we immediately plunge the email into a bathtub full of water. (Which, fortunately, we also have available whenever we need one.) That's because working with dates and times in Active Directory can be a bit … interesting …. (Yes, like the infamous date-time values that represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have occurred since January 1, 1601. Which - coincidentally enough - was also the last time any of the Scripting Guys got a raise.)
Of course, and, inevitably, as soon as we pull the email out of the bathtub we discover the question really wasn't so bad after all. Such was the case here. Although the date-time value for the whenCreated attribute (which tells us when an object was created) is a little bit tricky, at least it doesn't deal with nanoseconds or random fluctuations in the space-time continuum. That means we can use it in a relatively simple Active Directory search script. In fact, we can use it in a script just like this one:
On Error Resume Next
Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2
dtmCreationDate = "20060101000000.0Z"
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000
objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
objCommand.CommandText = _
"SELECT Name, objectCategory, whenCreated FROM 'LDAP://dc=fabrikam,dc=com' WHERE " & _
"whenCreated>='" & dtmCreationDate & "'"
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
Do Until objRecordSet.EOF
Wscript.Echo objRecordSet.Fields("Name").Value
Wscript.Echo objRecordSet.Fields("objectCategory").Value
Wscript.Echo objRecordSet.Fields("whenCreated").Value
As usual, we're not going to bother explaining most of the code shown here; if you're not familiar with scripts used for searching Active Directory we recommend you take a look at the two-part Tales from the Script series Dude, Where's My Printer? (And yes, we know: by now anyone who's ever read this column has already memorized the URL to Dude, Where's My Printer? But we offer it once again, just in case.)
What we will explain is how to work with the whenCreated attribute. You might notice that, early on in the script, we assign a value to the variable dtmCreationDate:
dtmCreationDate = "20060101000000.0Z"
This is actually the date January 1, 2006. Admittedly, it doesn't look like January 1, 2006, so let's show you how we went from January 1, 2006 to 20060101000000.0Z:
Time zone (for now, just use .0Z and you'll be OK)
What if we wanted to use 1:35 PM on November 27th, 2005? That would look like this, keeping in mind that, using a 24-hour clock, 1:35 PM is equal to 13 hours and 35 minutes:
Time zone (for now, just use .0Z and you'll be OK)
Or, programmatically:
dtmCreationDate = "20051127133500.0Z"
See? A little quirky, but not too bad. Besides, once you understand how to format the date-time value then you're home free. With a properly-formatted date-time value in hand we can write a query for conducting the search:
objCommand.CommandText = _
"SELECT Name, objectCategory, whenCreated FROM 'LDAP://dc=fabrikam,dc=com' WHERE " & _
"whenCreated>='" & dtmCreationDate & "'"
Notice what we're looking for: all the objects that were created after the 0 hour (00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds) on January 1, 2006. In other words, show us all the objects that have been added to Active Directory during the year 2006. We should also point out that we're retrieving the Name, objectCategory, and whenCreated attributes; that means we'll end up with output similar to this:
In other words, we'll know the name of the object, the type of object (in this case, a user account) and the date and time the object was created. And, fortunately, we don't have to do any crazy re-formatting in order to display the value of the whenCreated attribute: it automatically gets displayed as a standard date-time value. We only have to use the 20060101000000.0Z syntax when we're using whenCreated in a Where clause.
And now, if you'll excuse us, we have to go dry our clothes. Again. (We really do need to stop overreacting any time someone asks us a question, don't we?)


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They are not attracted to the women in Cooler Handle
Le 17 October 2017, 08:08 dans Mode • 0
They may want a relationship but they don't have one for several reasons:They don't have enough space in their lives to look for oneThey don't create enough space in their lives to actually have oneTheir wives went off with the social 'rolodex' therefore they only know other men, in similar situations to themselvesThey don't want to admit their vulnerability including the fact that they are scared that life might be passing them byMeeting unattached women in not as easy as it was when they were in their twenties.
They are not attracted to the women in Cooler Handle the golf clubIt's not okay to date someone at work, particularly when you are the boss and everyone is looking to you for leadershipInternet dating and dating agencies have no appeal. Something which most men, in my experience as a coach and matchmaker, are not very good at.The adage of having a life in balance is something many divorced professionals struggle to maintain. It comes down to work, golf (which is great, but you still come home alone) and the extra bottle or three in the Waitrose trolley.Whether you are a high flying executive or an office junior, it is hard for relationship breakdown at home not to affect performance at work. And the professionals whose help they might seek come in the guise of executive coaches whose skills often extend to dealing with the personal relationships of their clients. However, there are also matchmaking services available. Preferring to spend as little time at home as possible, some seek solace by working long hours and avoiding the pain of coming back to an empty flat or house


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How much do you spend on food? Whatever the dollar figure, it's probably more than necessary.
In 2011, the average household shelled out $6,129 for its meals, including $3,624 on food at home and $2,505 away from home.
If you're not careful, it's easy to get tripped up and spend even more. We asked other frugal foodies for their most common grocery budget busters:
Not having a meal plan
Without a meal plan, you're more likely to decide on an impromptu dinner out, says Jennie Sanford of BargainBlessings.com.
Take a few minutes each week to plan out your weeknight dinners and purchase most of the food required to make them.
Karen Hoxmeier, founder of MyBargainBuddy.com, says she cuts her bill even further by making the meal plan around what's on sale at the grocery store.
Shopping in the wrong departments
As you're making the rounds through the grocery store aisles, compare prices of items that show up in different sections instead of just buying the first version you see, says Teri Gault, founder of TheGroceryGame.com.
"Cheese is in the produce section at many supermarkets, but it's usually the most expensive gourmet cheese," she says. "You can probably find a comparable cheese in the dairy section [or in the deli] for a better price."
Juice and lunchmeats are two other examples of products found in multiple supermarket departments. Frozen and fresh meats and produce can also have big price gaps.
Buying prepared foods
Plenty of supermarket shortcuts like peeled garlic and chopped fruit are more expensive, sometimes more than double the cost of their whole counterparts.
Prepared foods may also be less healthy, says savings expert Andrea Woroch. "When it comes to chicken, tuna, potato and macaroni salads, you really have no idea how much mayonnaise is used," she says. "It could be loaded with fat."
Picking up specialty ingredients
"Experimentation comes at a cost if it requires you to buy ingredients not normally found in your pantry, or if a recipe only uses a small amount of an ingredient that you seldom use," says Pamela Braun of MyMansBelly.com.
In some cases, you can find a cheaper substitute. She says, "For example, you can make buttermilk using regular milk and vinegar."
Braun also suggests asking foodie friends if they want to split the cost of pricier ingredients that might go bad before you are able to use them all.
Staying loyal to one brand
"In any category, not all brands will be on sale at the same time," Gault says.
In most cases, you have one shot every 12 weeks to get a favorite, like peanut butter or cereal, on sale. Otherwise you're probably paying full price.
"So if you want to save money, it's important to be willing to try other brands — including the store brand — to capitalize on the sale," she says.
(Another alternative: stock up on your favorite brands when they are on sale to get you through to the next discount.)
Dining out too often
It's an obvious problem, but one you probably continue to underestimate. "Those everyday trips to the drive-thru quickly add up," says Kristl Story, chief executive of TheBudgetDiet.com.
A daily $7 lunch comes out to nearly $2,000 each year. And that $4 daily latte habit? At least another $1,300.
Plus, even one takeout dinner of about $30 each week generates $1,560 a year in spending.
Cut back on your number of outings, carefully track your eating out by using a free budgeting tool like Mint.com, and visit our regular Friday dining deals column to get the best prices when you do dine out.
Poor portion control
"A lack of portion control is one of the single most costly food habits that shoppers can have," Sanford says. You're paying more per serving, which is a bad deal regardless of price.
Buying in bulk
Buying in bulk can save you money, but not always.
"Most groceries in club stores are huge and bulky, which makes waste if you don't eat [that food] all in time," Gault says. "Sometimes the price per pound isn't cheaper than smaller packages, either."
Compare the prices among various grocery stores and gauge per-ounce and per-pound rates for different sizes of the same item.
Frugal Foodie is a journalist based in New York City who spends her days writing about personal finance and obsessing about what she'll have for dinner. Chat with her on Twitter through @MintFoodie.


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June may not have been a good month for the video game industry, but the prospects for Nintendo's motion-controller are looking promising. First month sales for Wii MotionPlus were what we'd consider a pretty good start.
First month figures for the Wii Remote add-on were "nearly 374,000" according to the NPD Group. That was split between 205,000 Wii MotionPlus accessories packaged with EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and 169,000 additional accessories sold on their own. Not bad for a $20 accessory that works with a handful of games.
Those figures tell us that Tiger Woods buyers overwhelmingly went with the version bundled with Wii MotionPlus versus the one without. Only 67,400 of the 272,400 people who bought copies of the golf title opted for the game-only version.
We, of course, expect that Wii MotionPlus figure to skyrocket when Wii Sports Resort goes on sale later this month.


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Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) won a key contract with Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) for its new "self-driving" car feature, according to Mizuho Securities, which reiterated its buy rating on the chipmaker.
On Wednesday Tesla announced that vehicles now in production and future Model 3 cars will have the hardware for full self-driving capability. Tesla will use Nvidia hardware to support its replacement for the Mobileye imagine processing system.
"Tesla's Elon Musk announcing a future road map, noting Tesla car's going forward will use NVDA's Titan GPU away from MBLY," analyst Vijay Rakesh wrote in a note to clients Thursday.
"This underlines positive trend for NVDA's GPU implementation … Tesla last night announced move into Level4/5 (L4/L5) capability on its cars further accelerating the ADAS [advanced driver-assist system] road map for the automotive ecosystem."
This may be the first volume production win for Nvidia's Drive PX 2 automotive "supercomputer". If this proves fruitful for Tesla it could increase Nvidia's automotive revenue by over 50 percent.


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i'm wearing
cacao knit, gato jeans, zara coat,
x-ray glasses, h&m necklace, castro flats, naveh milo bag
alma is wearing
carter's onesie, zara hat, golf kids socks (as mittens)
it took me a while
some good food and long walks
but i finally feel somewhat like myself again.
my style has changed a bit lately, too:
i used to like over-dressing even on the day-to-day
and now i like to keep things casual.
i got my first pair of boyfriend jeans
(which make my butt go "pow!!", if i may say so :) )
and i'm wearing them nonstop!
i used to mostly wear skirts and dresses before,
if you recall, but now not as much.
so i keep it interesting with the small details:
the necklace, the bag, my new glasses...
little twists here and there
to make it *my* outfit
it's alma's very first winter
(to be more precise, it's alma's first everything)
and so far she seems to be loving it!
she's smiling and laughing all the time,
she's trying to pull herself up and sit
she is grasping things with her little hands
and she is also learning, gradually, to sleep through the night (hurray!)
she (and i) also made new friends:
our across the hall neighbours - ofri the baby,
her mama, netaly, who became the blog's new photographer
(and a great, trusted friend)
one last thing:
two months ago i was in charge of the styling in my friend, sharon's short film.
the film is called "crooked over 30"
and it is participating in the "haifa, funny, shorts" competition.so please enter this link
and vote fore it!
thank you!!
photos by netaly lagziel
have a fun snuggly weekend


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Sizzix bunny die and Big Shot Die Cutter I can make as many as I want! I thought I combine the bunny die with their pink paper leather and some Phoomph to create a bunny pedestal for Easter.
Simply peal off the paper backing from the Phoomph and apply the pink paper leather to each side.
Then die cut 4 bunnies.
Then glue the other two to the first pair on each side.
For a final touch I trimmed the tail off and replaced it with a little white pom pom.
Then I went to my little plate collection and found one that looked nice sitting on top of the four bunny's ears.
This little bunny pedestal decoration is perfect to feature a few of my Easter eggs.
How to make cute little accent dots
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vrijdag 25 april 2014
rabarber aardbeien sorbet-ijs
English version of the rhubarb-strawberry sorbet ice-cream recipe:
- wash en clean 700 gr. rhubarb, cut it in small pieces and cook with 60 ml water until the rhubarb falls apart completely.
- let the rhubarb cool of and clean in the meantime 300 gr. strawberries and mash them in a blender.
- use a spatula to mix the strawberries with the rhubarb and add 250 ml coconut milk and 4 tablespoons honey.
! freeze for at least one night, use a 1L box.
- use a warm knife to get the ice-cream out of the box and cut in 3 cm pieces add put them in a blender (not all at once!)
- crush the ice-pieces (comes in handy if your blender has a "ice-crushing" setting), the ice gets the consistence of sorbet ice-cream this way.
- nice with some grated chocolate!
Eingestellt von celine schroeder um 09:44
Labels: 30-45 minuten, dessert, ijs, rabarber
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Resident in Paris, British born Nathalie Shaw was appointed Solo Violin of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (USA) in 2008. She is Artistic Director, and Co-Founder of the « Festival International de Musique de Chambre en Charente » in South-West France, founded in 2009 by the Shaw String Trio. Nathalie currently holds a professorship at the Conservatoire Municipal Darius Milhaud (14th arrondissement, Paris) and was named "Citoyenne d'Honneur" of Angoulême (France) in 2016.
Recently, she was invited as guest concertmaster of the Aarhus Symfoniorkester in Denmark and was also solo violin for a chamber adaptation of Janacek's « Cunning Little Vixen » at the Opera Bastille in Paris during the 2015-16 season.
Nathalie is a seasoned recitalist and concerto soloist across Europe and the USA with a wide-ranging repertoire. She has premièred and broadcast solo works by numerous composers and has a specialist knowledge and experience of contemporary music.
Thank you, Nathalie, for having fulfilled your mission with such conviction. I will keep a fond memory of you – alongside Picasso of course.


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January's Teachers on the Rise Winners Announced [Audio]
Thursday on Lubbock's First News, Eddie Owens, Director of Communications and Public Relations for United Supermarkets, gave the names of the teachers who won the Teachers on the Rise award for the month of January.
The three February teachers are Sharon Zimwalt from Roscoe Wilson Elementary, Mandy Wenton from Laura Bush from Middle School, and Becca Barry Hill from Lubbock Cooper High School.
The program allows students to nominate the teachers they think are doing the best job at their school. Every month, an elementary, junior high, and high school teacher are chose to receive the award. To nominate a teacher, students can log onto www.MrsBTeacher.com to tell why their teacher should receive the recognition. Winning teachers receive a $100 United Supermarkets gift card and a $100 VISA gift card. The student that makes the winning nomination receives a $50 VISA gift card.
Owens said, the results of this program are "'when you realize what kind of impact these folks, who are so often unheralded or underheralded at best, are having on kids' lives."
Teachers on the Rise is sponsored by the Texas Classroom Teachers Association, News Talk 790 KFYO, 102.5 KISS-FM, and KAMC-TV.
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Stretch Your Dollars
A look at how the dollar has strengthened since 2008 in Iceland, Hungary, and Chile.
Your vacation budget goes much further in countries where the dollar has renewed strength against local currencies. We measured the robustness of the greenback in Iceland, Hungary, and Chile—three places where currency values have declined in the past year. Our point of comparison? How many cappuccinos $20 would get you this March as opposed to last. Watch as your cup runneth over.


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Gulfstream: El Padrino looks like good Kentucky Derby prospect winning two-turn allowance
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Add another horse, El Padrino, to trainer Todd Pletcher's steadily growing list of Kentucky Derby prospects.
El Padrino may have actually moved to the top of that list following his extremely impressive two-length victory over Take Charge Indy on a good and sealed racetrack Sunday at Gulfstream Park. The entry-level allowance race was the first start for El Padrino since his third- place finish in the Grade 2 Remsen two months earlier.
El Padrino, who was ridden to victory by Javier Castellano, completed 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.68. His final time was the fastest at the distance during the meet and more than two seconds faster than Revron's final clocking winning the Gulfstream Park Derby on New Year's Day.
"He's a nice colt," Pletcher said in the winner's circle after the race. "We thought a lot of him right from the start. I told Javier to make sure he had his attention into the first turn and that it may take him some time for him to put in his run."
El Padrino raced within easy striking of the early leaders while saving ground through the opening six furlongs, waited to launch his bid, as Pletcher predicted, on the final bend before wearing down Take Charge Indy in late stretch to win going away. Take Charge Indy, making his first start since finishing fifth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, drew out to a commanding lead entering the stretch but proved no match for the winner while finishing more than 13 lengths clear of the others in what amounted to a two-horse race.
"He broke his maiden over a sloppy track during a snowstorm at Aqueduct so we figured he'd handle it fine although I'd have preferred to have had a dry track today," said Pletcher. "We could keep him here for the Fountain of Youth or take him to Tampa. It depends on how we decide to keep our 3-year-olds separated this winter. We have a lot of options."


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I want to be Good: Klein Boetie is my first published photo book. In its final form, the book aims to invite the viewer deep into the relationship my brother and I share.
Art is about fostering understanding in my experience, and my goal has always been to create works that will bring good into the world through the understanding they allow. It's not often I feel understood, but my brother understands, and through him I am again coming to understand myself, which is as good as it gets at my age. The goal of this work then is to give a platform for understanding such goodness, and hopefully inspiring good in others.
I began with the intention to make a photographic narrative that would help me better understand the nebulous nature of brotherhood. My hypothesis was that as our lives have been largely nomadic, Ben has been the constant mirror through which I have perceived myself. The result is a book comprised of photographs, texts, and artifacts from eighteen years living beside him, sometimes sharing one room, other times over 8,000 miles apart.
Largely inspired by Robert Frank and Bill Burke, everything in this book is deliberate. The organization of the photographs, the incorporations of text or story, and the context in which each artifact finds itself. Every part of the book feeds into the narrative of our relationship. The images span our lifetimes, which I have come to define in three sections.
The idea of three sections, while difficult to distinguish if the viewer doesn't know our story, but denoted by either a single or series of text messages, is to further show how my brother has effectively been the mirror through which I've perceived myself since I can remember.
The book shows how a nomadic upbringing meant a relationship beyond brotherhood, constantly refencing that depth and showing the closeness we have through these artifacts.
The book then seems to remove Ben from the narrative almost entirely, showing the years I spent away from him. Even this section though is disrupted by a full spread of texts capturing intimate, jovial, insecure and often comical exchanges covering the two-year time frame, all evidence of depth over distance.
Announced again with a text, we were reunited as permanently-as-possible come the end of this past summer. Spending everyday together again, I've been rediscovering the person I've always understood best.
Admittedly, this book is made mostly of the "good" things. There is little in the way of negative interactions represented in the 82 pages, but that is – while hard to believe – directly proportional to the amount of actual conflict we have had.
While I am hugely proud of the final iteration, the process of creating this has been remarkably enlightening, and is best described by the dedication on the second page: "24, 18."
24 – my birthday, 18 – Ben's birthday. 20 – my age, 4 – for, 18 – Ben's age. From where I began, with the question of how has he shaped me, I came to the conclusion that in truth, it isn't him for my sake, but instead, me for him. That is what I mean when I say, I want to be Good, and why the subtitle is Afrikaans for little brother.


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Colorado legislation has sparked a statewide debate over the merits of high-stakes testing for young students.
Under a proposal being debated last week in the Senate education committee, the state would develop tests to measure the reading "readiness" of kindergartners and the literacy of students in grades 1-3.
School districts would be required to tailor individual plans to help students who were reading below grade level.
"It is critical that all boys and girls be able to read when they leave 3rd grade," said Sen. Al Meiklejohn, the committee chairman and a sponsor of the bill. "There really is not much more to it than that. If they can't read by the time they leave 3rd grade, it can only be 'fireman's reform' from there on out for the child."
The bill cleared the House last month, 47-13, but lawmakers first struck a controversial provision that would have prohibited 3rd-grade students from advancing to 4th grade if they did not pass the reading test.
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Mr. Meiklejohn said he was still undecided about whether he would try to insert the original grade-retention language.
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The bill's opponents say it would prove expensive for districts and rob them of local control. They also argue that testing children at early ages is counterproductive, forcing teachers to narrow the curriculum and use testlike formats such as worksheets.
"Kids learn at different speeds," said Rep. Wayne Knox, a retired teacher. "And there are all kinds of individual differences that have to be considered," including the students' home environment and whether English is their native language.
The scores of Colorado's 4th graders on the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading tests were similar to nationwide results, with 44 percent of the state's students reading below the basic level.
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In recent years, Colorado has not seen legislation proposing high-stakes testing of young children--such as that used to make decisions about placement or promotion. However, lawmakers in other states frequently make such proposals hoping to boost academic achievement, said Lorrie A. Shepard, a research professor at the University of Colorado's school of education in Boulder.
"This is a recurring story that is not supported by research," Ms. Shepard said. "It is contradicted by research."
Literacy is also a buzzword this year in Texas, where Gov. George W. Bush has proposed targeting $29 million in federal funds to improve basic reading skills and spending $35 million in state money to create reading "academies" in schools.
Like the Colorado legislators, Gov. Bush has made the 3rd grade a benchmark.
"My goal is for our children to read on grade level by the end of 3rd grade," Gov. Bush said in announcing his plan last month. "And then we must keep them reading on grade level throughout their public school careers."
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"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage." - Charles De Secondat
Waiting on Wendnesday é uma rubrica semanal organizada pela Jill do blog Breaking the Spine, que dá destaque aos próximos lançamentos de livros, que todos estamos desejosos de ler.
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
O livro desta semana é/This week's book is:
by Daniel Marks
Publication Date: 09/10/2012
Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that's not the problem.
The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it's not a fiery inferno, it's certainly no heaven. It's gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn't leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what's really on her mind.
Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she's figured out just how to do it. She'll haunt him for the rest of his days.
It'll be brutal . . . and awesome.
But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen's obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she's willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker.
Velveteen can't help herself when it comes to breaking rules . . . or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her.
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Let's just get that statement out of the way.
Dear Romance Genres: Maybe it's not you, it's me.
We are all readers with different views, interests, needs, wants…and so on and so on. That being said, we all know what we like, and don't like when it comes to books. But sometimes, those likes/dislikes evolve, and change without us even realizing it.
Or sometimes, we do realize it.
I wanted to talk about my personal experience with becoming a more satisfied reader.
I wish to take you on my journey of self-discovery as a reader.
Giddy up.
I've always had an affinity for reading, but it wasn't til 2009 while recovering from surgery that I became utterly obsessed.
It started with The Hunger Games, Twilight, Divergent, and so on… I went from reading one book a month, to reading 3 or more a week.
I was reading across all genres of fiction, including Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult.
Soon, I was starting to notice a pattern: I loved me some romance.
Lots and lots of romance.
Each passing year I was reading between 100-200 books that fell under the romance genre. Contemporary, historical, paranormal, erotic/erotica–if there was romance, I was all up in that.
However, by late 2013, something happened.
After reading over 400 romance-driven novels over the course of 3 years, I started to notice all the similar themes, characterizations, storylines, book covers, fonts, and even in some cases, titles.
I became dazed. I became confused. I became frustrated.
This led to multiple DNFs, low-star ratings, and countless hours of trying to figure out what I wanted to read to make me happy.
The Epiphany. Or as I like to call it: The Steph-iphany.
One day while complaining about my issues to book friends, I kept asking the same sorts of questions: Why are there are so many books that follow the same plot lines?, and Why are all these books all the same?, I realized something: If I always stuck with the "If you loved this book, you'll love THIS one" mentality, I was going to constantly find myself reading the same kind of plot/book over and over.
Therefore, in some ways, I did this to myself.
Now, don't get me wrong, this doesn't mean that there weren't books along the way that weren't lacking in some way; I'm just saying that I couldn't solely blame "New Adult" books, or "YA books" for doing what they do: meet the criteria of their genre classification.
I was one of those readers who read Fifty Shades when it was still indie, and I distinctly remember scouring Goodreads for groups that had posts about "What to read after Fifty Shades", because I found that I loved 'those kind of books'. But after only reading those kinds of books for months, I found that all the books were too similar.
But wasn't that what I wanted, what I asked for?
The Wake-up Call.
Someone call Nat King Cole, cause it was time for me to straighten up and fly right.
Instead of shaming an entire genre, or a 'type' of author, I decided to identify specific things I loved, and that I didn't love to read, and go from there.
This also meant I had to start buckling down and setting a criteria for all books that I would add to my TBR, therefore leading me to have a more satisfying reading experience.
If I pick up a book that has too many 'feels':
If I see the words 'tragic' or 'trauma' in synopsis:
If I've found that I don't mesh well with a particular author's writing style/books, and I see they have another book up on Goodreads:
Sometimes it's okay to just agree to disagree. I learned that I was happier parting ways with some books/series/authors I couldn't mesh with.
If I see that contemporary novel has more than 500 pages:
(Exception to the rule: if it's an author that is tried-and-true, like Diana Gabaldon, J.R. Ward, J.K. Rowling, etc)
If I start a book, but can't get into it after the first 15-20%:
Oh, and that book that has all that hype?
I shan't always drink that Kool-Aid.
And that's A-OK.
At the end of the day, why waste my time reading books that have topics/themes that I don't like to read? Reading the same thing over and over again expecting a different result isn't always a realistic expectation. I've made my peace with that.
End Result: I've rediscovered my love for reading.
I've stopped genre-blaming and generalizing, and started making changes in the way I read.
I found it unfair to hold every book, genre, author, publisher, etc accountable for my own personal qualms. Finger-pointing is exhausting, and in all honesty, counterproductive, in my opinion. Authors are going to keep writing the stories they want to write; the publishers are going keep publishing the books they want to publish. That just means I have to be more selective in what I'm going to actually devote my time to reading.
This doesn't mean that I don't find myself still going through 'genre fatigue' from time to time. Sometimes if I'm reading too much contemporary all at once, I'll switch things up by reading a paranormal romance, or a historical romance. Or sometimes I like to use a palette cleanser: a reread. (You can never go wrong with a reread, especially via audio!)
Moral of my personal story: I'm so glad that I was able to adapt to my ever-changing reading tastes, instead of reading myself into a corner of "book rage". This has made me a pickier reader, yes, but a happier reader all the while.
Do you have any tips on how you've become a more satisfied reader?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Danny and Constance Adams of Lawrenceburg announce the engagement and forthcoming wedding of their daughter, Kelly Danielle Adams to William James Chowning, son of Lee and Karen Chowning of Lawrenceburg.
The wedding is planned for 3:30 p.m. July 16 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Bro. Gary Drury will perform the ceremony.
Both the bride and groom are members of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
All are welcome.
Judah Sebastian, 5, left, and Grace Schweighardt, 3, show off their library projects during the summer reading program last week. The two were excited to turn their assignments in.
Hope you all had a happy and safe Fourth of July.
It's been hot, and it's about to get hotter. Just the thought of turning on the grill, let alone the furnace (also known as the oven), on a hot day makes us sweat.
The temptation to eat out, order take-out or just skip dinner altogether is enormous.
The family of the late William B. Brown had its annual family reunion June 25 at Fairview Christian Church.
The Fourth of July is almost here and you've likely been invited to someone's house for a cookout.
You're probably thinking of something to bring, but you don't want to be that person with the tray of sliced watermelon, or the sheet cake decorated with blueberries and strawberries in a flag pattern. You want to do something different, be creative, wow them.
Mason Alexander and Aiden Michael Scott were born June 23, 2016, at 8:26 a.m. at Norton Women's Hospital in Louisville.
Mason weighed 3 lbs 15 oz and measured 16 inches long at birth. Aiden weighed 3 lbs 9 oz and measured 16 inches long at birth.
The twins are the sons of Alison and Michael Scott of Louisville.
They are the grandsons of Mike and Vicky Barch of Lawrenceburg, and Al and Roseanne Scott of Niles, Michigan.
They are the great-grandsons of Sandra Scott of Largo, Florida, and the late Clyde Scott, Anthony and Delores Sergio.
When we think of soup we think of cold winter nights. A big pot of chili simmering for hours on the stove or maybe gallons of chicken noodle to "cure what ails ya."
For hundreds of years, people around the world eat certain soups in the summer to cool down and replenish nutrients zapped away by the summer heat.
Some soups are cold like gazpacho and melon soup, others are served warm or room temperature like summer minestrone.
My dad was not always "king of the grill." My brother and I endured many years of waiting patiently for the coals to turn gray, only to receive the charred remains of a once perfect handmade hamburger. We referred to these masterpieces as "hockey pucks." Hot dogs, bratwurst, steaks, all suffered the same fate.
Apparently several years, and moving to Florida have improved his grill skills. No longer do I hear "Taps" being played in the background when my Dad says dinner is ready.
Growing up in New Jersey and being from a very large, Italian-Irish family gave me my love for cooking and entertaining.
My family doesn't just gather and eat — they embrace any opportunity to celebrate life with food, family and friends.
Kevin and Danette Warford of Nashville announce the engagement of their daughter Brittany to Corey Cooley, son of Rick and Betsy Cooley of Lawrenceburg.
The bride to be is a 2009 graduate of Anderson County High School. She graduated from the University of Louisville in 2013, and is employed by MCM CPAs and Advisors as a certified public accountant tax supervisor.
The groom to be is a 2008 graduate of Anderson County High School and is a student at the University of Louisville. He is employed as an operations analyst at Conifer Health Solutions.
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