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Hi all,
I've lost my login details so I'm starting anew... which aligns with my new, revised approach!
After years of thinking I knew so much about nutrition - course I know how many calories are in that! - I'm back with a quest to end the battle for good. Call it an epiphany, but I suddenly realised my body is not the enemy. Food is not the enemy. And there is much more to wellbeing than a waist measurement.
So my new self-program integrates the psychological and physical, which - shock, horror, who knew? - are not mutually exclusive. It includes re-imagining food, from something to be deemed good or bad and used as a device for reward or redemption, to something that needs to nourish mind, body and spirit. Ás my background is in marketing, I'm writing it as a marketing program, to sell myself new beliefs and behaviours that reinforce my worthiness of absolute health and happiness (an antidote to the subconscious sources of self-sabotage I know many of us encounter).
It's a bit experimental - cue yoga (learning to love and respect one's body), mindful eating (essentially being truly aware of food's smell, texture, taste and how it feels in my body rather than thinking whether it's going to make me fat), ensuring my diet includes the 39 essential nutrients and nutrients vital to neurotransmitters (forget making you fat... that blueberry danish is butchering your biochemistry, perpetuating neuro patterns that run counter to your physical goals - talk about undermining your own chances of success). Cornerstones will be including foods that boost seratonin and dopamine, to ward off emotional binge/overeating risk factors. Etc, etc.
Final rule is 'no fundamentalism'. No calling one food bad and another, good. While healthful choices will be preferred, there will be no guilt or retribution (aside from adverse effects) for any choice. And there will be no calorie ceiling, against which our human psychology naturally rebels, ensuring we flout our own restrictions, chalk up a failure, distrust or even despise ourselves and as a result undermine the very outcomes we believe we want.
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Thursday, 30 March 2017
Cook the Books - March
Week One: Baking was required for the lunchboxes, this was a recipe my sister sent me - Milo Slice. A very quick easy slice to prepare and cook, and as a bonus it didn't need icing - not that I have anything against icing, it just meant it was quicker and easier to prepare.
Verdict: Not overly sweet, you don't really taste the milo at all, chewy and crunchy - yes this will be made again, hopefully by one of the kids.
Week Two: A recipe from a a website download,( though now I've lost the link) I thought I'd try for Miss B who is doing her Sugar free month (by this we basically mean no added sugar) - Banana Oat Bliss Balls - very quick and simple to make, all the ingredients were pantry staples. A little sticky when rolling, but I think all bliss balls are.
Verdict: They're nice, I didn't feel the need to eat more than one, however Miss B has been enjoying them as a sweet treat, and would make them again.
Week Three: After most of the month having rushed meals, and not always with everyone present, I decided that we were going to have a leisurely sit down at the table as a whole family and have a nice Dinner on Saturday night. I had a Pork leg roast in the freezer, which was duly hauled out, skinned by the The Scout and plonked into the crockpot to make a slow cooked Tex Mex Pulled Pork. The recipe is from Annabel Langbein's Winter Goodness Annual, I had to adapt slightly as I didn't have a jar of chipotle peppers in adobo Sauce, so I used chopped capsicum and chipotle sauce. The house smelt divine while this was cooking. Half the cooked pork was frozen away and the remainder used for Pork and Black Bean Enchiladas - the recipe also from the same book.
Verdict: Definitely a make again, nice to have some of the meat cooked and frozen ready for another meal too. I just need to find chipotle peppers in adobo sauce for next time I make the recipe.
Week Four: With half of the family suffering from autumnal colds, I thought a hearty one pot meal was called for. Baked Risotto with Chorizo and Cherry Tomatoes. Containing onion, garlic, chicken stock - all the good things for colds, this is an old recipe from the Australian Woman's Weekly dated 2009, that had been clipped and stuck into one of my notebooks.
Verdict: Everyone liked this and as a bonus there was just enough left for me to take to work for lunch the next day. Unfortunately it didn't prevent me from catching the cold germs!!
April brings Easter, a birthday and school holidays. Hopefully yummy baking too.
Please feel free to link any Cook the Book endeavours in the linky below, I would love to see what new recipes you have been trying.
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Delicious looking photos as always Julie and yummy sounding recipes! I have that (or similar) baked risotto recipe and it is a firm family favourite....I substitute with whatever ingredients I have on hand and it always turns out delicious!ReplyDelete
Well, the new recipe that I made last week was one of yours. ;-) I made the Grapefruit Mint Sorbet. My boys loved it and requested it again and to try more flavors.
I shared a favorite soup that is belly warming. Wisconsin will have cold days in April and May, so our soup eating days are far from over. ;-)
Have a great weekend.
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Staff of the Alafua campus being trained on the use of the lecture capture system.
The University of the South Pacific (USP) has successfully installed an extension of the lecture capture recording system at its Alafua Campus in Samoa and Emalus Campus in Vanuatu respectively.
At Emalus, installation works began on Saturday 8 July which required the replacing of analogue switches with digital ones, Digital Power Digital Unit, Digital Control Panel and Encoder.
Configuration and testing have also been carried out successfully after which staff have been trained for its use.
Installation works have also been completed at Alafua Campus and staffs are currently being trained.
The new state-of-the-art lecture capture system was first rolled out at the main Laucala Campus commencing from day one of Semester 1, 2017, and based on the success of this, it was extended to the two other campuses that deliver whole programmes.
The system, one of the largest in the Pacific, gives students access to video and audio recordings of many of their lectures and other teaching activities, providing a flexible learning experience. It uses a combination of commercial hardware and open source as its primary technology.
Not only is the system a simple and effective way of recording lectures, but opens up a whole new world of teaching techniques.
Professor Rajesh Chandra, Vice-Chancellor and President of USP earlier said the new technology gives students the chance to learn and study at their own pace and allows them to revisit course content at any point or catch up on lectures on a particularly complex topic.
Importantly, it also allows all face-to-face classes to be viewed across the region, meaning students that previously would have to come to Laucala to attend classes can do so remotely. This is an important part of the University's expansion of flexible learning to all its member countries, using state of the art technology.
Students are also able to navigate easily to search for the content they need and this is particularly useful when they miss a session due to illness, timetable clashes or to simply use it for revision purposes during exam periods.
The lecture capture project is in line with USP's Strategic Plan (2013-2018) and tries to address few of the objectives under Priority Areas 1, 2 and 4, which are Learning and Teaching, Student Support and Information Communication Technology (ICT) using state-of-the-art facilities to deliver high quality education.
The University has invested more than FJ$350,000 to set up the new system, which will record up to 6,000 hours of lectures every academic year.
Seven (7) lecture rooms at Laucala Campus have been equipped with this technology which was installed by Information Technology Services Department.
Further application and system software was developed, deployed and integrated by the University's Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL) and ITS Department and once lectures have been captured, they will be made available within the University's Learning Management System (MOODLE). All students will be able to access their materials.
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This thing that I do, where I pay half-attention to a bunch of things at the same time, moving on from one thing to another – I thought it was just me being lazy and inattentive. Apparently, its not. Its called "continuous partial attention" and its a thing. Even more weird – its supposed to be a good thing. Last week I attended a guest lecture at work given by this amazingly creative person – Krish Ashok. He introduced this concept to us and as he expounded on it, it sounded increasingly familiar to me. Its what I do so much of the time. Mr. Ashok talked about it in a very positive context. He alluded to it being a strategy to success in today's fast moving world. I was just kind of shocked that it had a name, that too one coined way back in 1998. One thing to note is that continuous partial attention (CPA) is not the same as multitasking.
Multitasking is driven by a need to be more productive and efficient, basically to get more things done. CPA on the other hand, tends to be driven by a need to make sure we are not missing anything. I multitask a lot, even though I am completely aware that it doesn't really confer the advantage that we think it does. Studies show that our brain is not really capable of doing several things with the same success as it would if it were to concentrate on one thing. I remember when people referred to multitasking as a special amazing skill (some still do) and then studies started trickling in about the ineffectiveness of multitasking. Today, there are articles about how multitasking might even have a detrimental effect on our brains. I find it amusing that many people continue to list multitasking as a strength in their resumes! Why do I still multitask? because it gives me a feeling that I am on top of everything, that I am making more progress in my to-do list. Its amazing how good we are at fooling ourselves.
Coming back to CPA, I have found myself thinking about it all the time since that guest lecture (well at least partially but almost continuously, while I paid partial attention to other stuff). It made me more mindful of when I am doing it and I realized that it has negative consequences as well, even though Mr.Ashok did not go into that (his lecture was on creativity, not cognitive science). I realized that CPA might be big contributor to my stress levels and might have an even greater impact on my chronic insomnia. Its probably why my mind refuses to settle down at night and keeps jumping from one thing to another like a monkey. Now that I am aware of it, I think I will take a moment every once in a while, to slow down and breathe. To tell myself its okay if I missed something. Train myself to take more control over the habit. I do know that it is a relatively recent habit. I might have started doing it several years ago and I wonder if it is a side effect of parenting. I am forced to pay partial attention when my daughter is telling me something, while my son is asking me something else, and I have to watch the stove at the same time while my mother is calling me! Even though I allot special "kids time" every week to give them each my undivided attention, I have to admit that I survive on CPA the rest of the week!
So what are your thoughts on CPA? do you realize that you are doing it? -AB


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By Jay Mathews
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, June 23, 2004; Page B01
The Rev. Bob Edgar remembers his SAT score all too well -- 730 out of a possible 1600. He also remembers what his high school counselor told him: "You are not going to get into college, and if you do get in, you're going to flunk out."
"That was helpful," said Edgar, indulging in sarcasm because the prediction proved to be so untrue. After graduating from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pa., and becoming a prominent Methodist minister, he served six terms in Congress and now is general secretary of the National Council of Churches.
As millions of teenagers agonize over the latest round of SAT and ACT results, some former test takers are speaking out about what their low scores meant -- and did not mean -- to them. "I am convinced I never would have received my doctorate if I had taken the results of standardized tests too seriously," the late Minnesota Sen. Paul D. Wellstone (D) had written in an article published in 2000. His SAT score reportedly was below 900.
Many analysts say there often is a disconnect between good lives and good scores. "People forget that these tests are supposed to predict which high school students are going to be successful as college freshmen," said Brian Stecher, a senior social scientist with RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif. "They are not supposed to identify individuals with a strong will to succeed or otherwise seek out individuals who will do wonderful things in their lives."
According to the College Board and ACT Inc., owners of the two primary college-entrance tests, last year at least 2 million American high-schoolers got SAT scores below 1200 or ACT scores below 26, usually putting them out of the running for admission to the most selective colleges. At least 1.2 million of the total 2.6 million test-takers scored below 1000 on the SAT, or below 22 on the ACT.
But history suggests that those students are in good company. A survey of 1,371 millionaires by Thomas J. Stanley, author of "The Millionaire Mind," found that many had SAT scores below 1200, and they averaged 1190. Many of them were told by high school teachers that they were mediocre students but had engaging personalities, Stanley said.
That was the message Edgar got in school in Springfield Township, Pa. "I majored in football, wrestling and track," he said in a recent interview. He was a leader of youth groups and a 138-pound fullback on the football team, but he got C's in classes.
Lycoming College took him, Edgar said, only because it had promised to accept any student studying for the ministry. By his second year of college, he had so impressed the local Methodist leaders that they gave him a small church to run, the start of a long career in his church and in politics.
Wellstone attended Yorktown High School in Arlington. He went on to become a political science professor at Minnesota's Carleton College and served 12 years in the Senate. He died in a plane crash while campaigning in 2002. A spokesman for Wellstone Action, a St. Paul, Minn.-based group dedicated to his ideas, said he often spoke about his miserable record on standardized tests.
Some educators said that, unlike Edgar's counselor, they are very careful when speaking to a student who has just gotten a low score. "I tell them that the SAT is not a test of intelligence and is not the be-all and end-all," said Robin Roth, a career center specialist at Annandale High School. "I also tell them that I don't know of a single job interview where I was asked what my SAT scores were." Roth said the emotional trauma of a low SAT score is such that, at age 53, she is still embarrassed to say she scored about 950.
Jim Parent, retiring this year as principal of the Calvert Career Center in the county's public schools, said his SAT score was so low that his teachers refused to tell him the figure. "James, I don't think you should even consider college," he recalls a priest at his Catholic high school telling him. "Your best bet is to go directly into the workforce when, and if, you get a diploma." Instead, Parent earned a doctorate in education and worked 42 years in public schools, including 25 years as a principal.
Bob Schaeffer, public education director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, said, "No test can measure the skills that matter most in life: creativity, perseverance, collaboration, vision, self-discipline and the like."
Many educators anticipate even more focus on the SAT next year as an essay section is introduced, increasing the length of the timed test from three to nearly four hours and raising the highest possible score from 1600 to 2400. The lowest score anyone can get on the new SAT will rise from 400 to 600.
The two major-party presidential candidates in 2000 had above-average SAT scores: 1206 for George W. Bush and 1355 for Al Gore. Many public officials decline to reveal their scores. Former New Jersey senator Bill Bradley (D), a Princeton University graduate and Rhodes Scholar, declined to comment on widespread reports during the 2000 primary election season that his verbal score on the SAT was 485. Verbal and math scores, each with a possible high of 800, are combined to get the overall SAT score. Because of a scoring readjustment, SAT scores before 1995 were somewhat lower for the same number of right answers.
Novelist Amy Tan is reported to have scored below 1200. Actress Drea de Matteo, who gained stardom through her role in "The Sopranos," said she did much worse than that: 800 for the entire test. She told Playboy magazine that she filled in the spaces on the math section without looking at the questions -- just to make a diagram -- and thinks she must have gotten several of them right. "If I didn't, that means I got a perfect 800 on my English section," she told the magazine.
Edgar said he does not bear emotional scars from his early testing failures, but he urges school counselors to be more encouraging than his was. "We need to give young people hope and stop classifying them because they didn't make the grade in their high school years," he said. "We do too much in our society of telling young people they are going to be failures because they can't take tests."


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The last stop on our road trip was Washington D.C. I can officially say that I have been there by plane, train, and automobile. We stayed in Arlington, VA and had a wonderful view from our room of Georgetown University...
And the Potomac River...
Once we were settled into our room, we got ready and headed to dinner.
After eating dinner at a wonderful Asian Fusion restaurant (think any kind of Asian food you can imagine), we headed out to see some of the sights.
The next morning, we headed out bright and early for some more sightseeing. First we headed to Arlington Cemetery to check out the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Gavin had never seen the changing of the guard, so we waited to see it.
After sweating our butts off watching the changing of the guards, we headed to get some lunch. What better place than Chinatown?
Soon after our journey to Chinatown, I had a melt down due to exhaustion. We headed back to the hotel to rest and, later, headed to Georgetown for some shopping. Our trip home was pleasant. We came through Charlotte and Atlanta. Beth and Brett were flying into Atlanta from the Dominican Republic and we just happened to time it right so that we could have dinner together.
A lot of people have asked about our road trip and here are my suggestions:
1. Give yourself more than we week! We packed too much into our days and it literally took me a week to recover!
2. Go to DC on the weekend. It was one of the smartest things we could have done. Room rates are nearly double during the week!
3. Take plenty of money so that you can do whatever it is that you want to do. It's more than likely a once in a lifetime opportunity, so you don't want to have any regrets.
We truly enjoyed ourselves! If you get a chance, you should definitely take a road trip!


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I have been making the final, final preparations for the mixed media workshop that I will be teaching in September.
This idea was born out of the sheer number of times people have walked into the studio and wistfully express their desire to be creative and their robust conviction that they can't be.
I don't believe that they can't and it actually makes me feel really sad that they do believe it, so I set myself the challenge of gently leading them back to the joy of creating because most of us had it once upon a time.
Back when we were children.
It starts with a formula to overcome the 'blank white page' syndrome of being afraid to make that first mark.
Then mixing lots of implements and materials to provide different textures and marks and the only drawing skills required are the ones that we all had in primary school before anyone told us that " a bird, a house, a flower.....doesn't look like that."
Or maybe nobody told us those things but when shown our creations they didn't respond with the same enthusiasm and delight that we had in the making of it.
And somehow or own light dimmed a little.
It all begins with ripping pages from a magazine....any page that sings to you....either the image....or the colours....or maybe some text.
Don't think too much just rip.
Today I photographed each stage of the process, including the bit where I answered the phone and left paint to dry too long and things went a bit tits up, as they do. What I love about this whole process is that generally it's quite easy to incorporate the tits up or restore it.
Or just damn well celebrate it.
Because after all this is just play.
And colour choices are largely determined by what is already there in the under-layers so no great decisions to make there either.
Just got to convince a few other people of that.


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Notes from the Field...
USGS and Canadian Scientists Conduct a Second Cruise to Map the Arctic Sea Floor
U.S. and Canadian scientists conducted a joint 42-day Arctic mission in the summer of 2009 to collect scientific data about the extended continental shelf and Arctic seafloor. The mission, from August 6 to September 16, 2009, continued the collaboration in extended continental shelf data collection in the Arctic started during the 2008 joint survey, with plans for further cooperation in 2010. The interagency and intergovernmental effort featured U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy and Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent.
The 2009 Continental Shelf Survey emphasized the region north of Alaska onto Alpha-Mendeleev Ridge and eastwards toward the Canada Archipelago. The mission helped define the extended continental shelf (beyond 200 miles from shore) in the Arctic Ocean, as well as U.S. and Canadian sovereign rights based on criteria set forth in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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What starts off as a List of Adrian Messenger retread ends up as a helter-skelter race against terrorists and antiterrorists alike in the third and best of Black's overscaled, overheated thrillers.
Since Conrad Voort works sex crimes for the NYPD, he never would have gotten wind of Meechum Keefe's list if Meechum hadn't been an old friend of his. Soon after the old friend asks him to gather information about the names of five people across the country, Voort is shaken by the news that three of them—right-wing organizer Alan Clark, food researcher Lester Levy, and furniture-chain–owner Chuck Farber—have died in apparently unexceptionable accidents. And his apprehension turns to alarm when he learns that Meechum was killed in a hotel fire only hours after passing on the list. Where did he get those five names from, and what do they have in common that put them at such risk? Running down leads on the remaining two candidates for prematurely fatal accidents—elusive cop-hater Frank Greene and beautiful tropical-disease specialist Dr. Jill Towne—Voort is detoured by his attraction for Dr. Towne, whose instantaneous hostility toward the cop who wants to protect her life has all the earmarks of foreplay. Readers who slog through the portentous flashbacks detailing Voort's mournful background (his cousin Matt's cancer, his ex-lover Camilla's abortion) and his antagonists' motivation (Vietnam, rogue operations, full-blown hatred of diverse governmental agencies) will be rewarded with a smartly paced series of twists, a constant widening of the canvas—though at the expense of characters who are tossed out the window once they've moved the plot along to the next surprise—and a slam-bang ending.
If Black doesn't exactly shine as a stylist, or Voort (Irresistible, 2000, etc.) as detective, lover, or avenger, their greased-lightning adventures will keep you guessing and turning pages long into the night.


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Postcards To The Future
There's plenty of footage out there showing what people thought the year 2000 would bring from the 1950s and 60s but what about the view from 1900?
A series of postcards from German chocolate company Hildebrands gives us a glimpse into their thoughts on life at the turn of the millennium, a far more whimsical (and corseted) vision of what was to be.
A Quick Stroll on the Water
The Moving Pavement
House-Moving by Train
Televised Outside Broadcasting
Personal Flying Machines
Combined Ship and Railway Locomotive
Weather Control Machine
Undersea Tourist Boats
Roofed Cities
Personal Airships
Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine
Summer Holidays at the North Pole
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City of London Sinfonia joins the Choir of Salisbury Cathedral and distinguished soloists - Ruby Hughes, Robin Blaze, Thomas Walker and Stephan Loges - for a performance of Handel's masterpiece, Messiah.
Composed in 1741 and first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, Handel's Messiah has become one of the best-known and most popular choral works.
This sublime music in the exquisite medieval setting of Salisbury Cathedral is the perfect preparation for Christmas
In aid of the Salisbury Cathedral Choral Foundation charity number 1058899.
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Not only does Kim Basinger have very similar features to Hayworth, but even the way stylists did her hair in the movie was more Hayworth than Lake. Aside from the fact Hayworth usually has red hair, her widow's peak was a little higher than you'd find in a peek-a-boo hairstyle, like the one used on Basinger.
Even at the end of the movie, when Bracken has left prostitution and her hair is clipped back, she looks more like Hayworth, especially from the film The Lady From Shanghai.
|Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracken
|Veronica Lake, the actress whom Bracken is supposed to be a lookalike of.
|Rita Hayworth, whom I believe Basinger looks more like. Especially facially.
|Bracken later in the film, where she is no longer emulating Lake. Still looks like Hayworth though.
|Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai.


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LAT Home
What happened on November 21, 2012
Phoebe Hearst Cooke dies at 85; granddaughter of publishing tycoon
By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times
Deborah Raffin dies at 59; actress was also a force in audio books
By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times
San Francisco approves 220-square-foot apartments
By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times
Pasadena clears way for talks on NFL team
By Joe Piasecki, Los Angeles Times
Dependence on paid informant in terror case may aid defense
By Phil Willon and Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times
Warren B. Rudman dies at 82; senator co-authored budget-balancing law
Times Staff and Wire Reports
3 found dead in apparent murder-suicide at Torrance senior home
By Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times
LAPD plans major presence for Black Friday
By Andrew Blankstein and Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times
Labor march ties up traffic near LAX on busy getaway day
By Ari Bloomekatz and Dan Weikel, Los Angeles Times
U.S. suspects' alleged terror plot beset by hurdles, FBI says
By Phil Willon, Kate Mather and Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica College to offer winter classes
By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times
San Diego media figure dies after car crash
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
'Modern Family' actress to remain with adult sister for now
Los Angeles Times
Jury awards nearly $9 million to family of man shot by deputies
By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
Torrance senior facility reportedly ignored warnings about gunman
By Wesley Lowery and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times
Black family reports hate crimes in Yorba Linda
By Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times
Three anarchists get prison terms in Ohio bridge bomb plot
By Matt Pearce
Twinkies' demise proves the stupidity of U.S. labor relations
By David Horsey
New Mexico gun store customer is accidentally shot in the back
John M. Glionna
Possible safety breaches at radioactive waste plant, files show
By Ralph Vartabedian
Supreme Court to hear California raisin growers' case
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
'Cannibal cop' allegedly wanted to cook woman for Thanksgiving
Tina Susman
A second chance for the turkey named Cobbler
By Danielle Ryan
Thanksgiving rush off to slow start amid dense fog in Chicago
By Michael Muskal
CDC: Abortions fall 5%, largest drop in a decade
By Michael Muskal
NASA dangles big, secret Mars discovery, but we don't want to wait
By Amy Hubbard
Brooklyn shopkeeper slayings: 'John Doe Duffel Bag' arrested
By Tina Susman
Arizona ballots finally counted -- and Latinos ask, Why so long?
By Cindy Carcamo
Light sentences throw Ohio anarchist bridge-bomb case for a loop
By Matt Pearce
Mom who turned in son over 'Twilight' murder plot talks of love
By Michael Muskal
'Rest in paradise,' friends tell school bus shooting victim, 13
By Matt Pearce
Brooklyn shopkeepers may be victims of serial killer
By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times
Just in time for Black Friday, Google brings store layouts to Maps
By Salvador Rodriguez
Hewlett-Packard stock plunges after it reveals huge write-down
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times
Amazon, Target winning Black Friday value wars, report says
By Tiffany Hsu
New jobless claims down last week, but still elevated by Sandy
By Jim Puzzanghera
Fed chairman urges Obama, Congress to try to avoid 'fiscal cliff'
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
Lake Tahoe in the midst of a spending avalanche [Google+ Hangout]
By Hugo Martin
Hostess, union mediation fails; Twinkies return to chopping block
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
Unions, buoyed by election results, are taking a stand
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times
Avoiding the 'fiscal cliff' but falling anyway
Michael Hiltzik
Ex-hedge fund manager Mathew Martoma accused of insider trading
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Patchwork indie arts and crafts show on Sunday
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President Obama 'allegedly' born in U.S., so the story says
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To screen or not to screen
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Elmo actor resigns amid sex scandal
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I would like to know if it is possible to control the amount of threads created by puppetserver. When I execute the htop command I realize the puppetserver process has more than 200 threads or Is it normal for puppet to behave this way?.


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As new housing and condos in Vancouver expanded the city into an urban metropolis, its next door neighbour developed into the first direct suburb, known today as Burnaby. Nestled between Vancouver and New Westminster, Burnaby is the third largest city in British Columbia with some of the most prominent commercial centres, beautiful parks and rivers, and many modern condos for sale and for rent. It's an attractive area for first-time buyers in the Vancouver condo market, as well as new families.
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Many of the neighbourhoods in Burnaby, such as Metrotown, Edmonds, and Brentwood to name a few, have become culturally diverse urban centres over the last few years, greatly adding to the numbers of new condos in Burnaby. The economy is thriving with a wide range of technology firms, heavy industry companies, and film and television studios. The largest shopping mall in British Columbia is located in Burnaby, The Metropolis at Metrotown. It's a four-storey shopping centre with over 450 stores and services and local transit connection via the SkyTrain. As for local green spaces, there are many throughout Burnaby, from the grounds of Simon Fraser University and Burnaby Mountain in the northeast to the central Burnaby Lake Regional Park and Central Park in Metrotown.
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Sometimes it is just not possible to perform backups in time-they may only occur once a day, for instance after closing time, and if they system goes through some type of catastrophic event five minutes before closing time, as recently happened to a friend of mine, you have just lost a days' worth of business information that can cause all sorts of trouble down the line; it is simply impossible to recreate all your transactions, especially if a number of them are taking place through the internet.
When such events occur, it is extremely important that you find the best qualified people, and it is even more helpful when those people are local! When you can perform this important task locally, it saves time and money-but the most important thing in data recovery is usually time that is most important.
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This course will teach the basics of how to take fashion images for a variety of commissioners, from magazines to fashion designers. Working individually and in teams you will develop your ideas and analyse the various phases of organising a fashion photo-shoot, from the initial concept to its realization and participate in a magazine style editorial shoot.
Emphasis will be on how to work with models, fashion stylists, make-up artists and hair stylists. Topics covered will also include the selection of locations, construction of studio sets, propping, accessorising, camera settings, lighting control, use of backdrops, reflectors and other practical techniques applied for fashion and editorial photography. The course will include production and execution of a fashion shoot.
Students are expected to be familiar with their camera operating system prior to starting the course.
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This course requires you to be a minimum of 18 years old, be eligible to study in the UK and have a good level of English.


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Standard or Smooth dances include Waltz, Tango, Fox Trot, Viennese Waltz and Quickstep. You can find on our web site a quick description about each dance and also watch them performed by the best dance couples in the World.
Today, there are many styles of tango. You can dance the tango argentino, the ballroom tango, the finnish tango, the uruguayan tango, tango nuevo, vintage tango, among other styles. Although many different interpretations have appeared, the two main styles are the Ballroom style and the Argentine style. The main difference between Argentine Tango and Ballroom Tango is that the second one has more sharp, staccato movements and the characteristic head snaps which are totally foreign for the dances coming from Argentine. It represents almost theatrical piece of emotions – love, hate, fear, desire – all expressed through sensual movements and passion. Tango steps are sometimes slow and gliding, and other times sharp and clipped. It's a beautiful dance that offers a wonderful, sensual experience.
You can watch and learn couple of first basic Tango dance steps by watching Dance Studios JLT instructors demo Tango dance video: https://dancestudiosdubai.com/videos


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Although Tokyo may seem impenetrable at first, those who take the time to visit will never regret their decision. A thoroughly modern city that overflows with life, Tokyo reveals many treasures, beginning with its museums, parks and temples. A metropolis of more than 33 million inhabitants counting its agglomeration, Tokyo lies on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, the largest of the Japanese islands. Beginning in 1590, Tokyo became the capital of the shoguns and was named Edo until 1868, the year that marked the return to power of the Japanese emperor. The city subsequently underwent its share of hardships, first with the devastating earthquake of 1923, and then during World War II, with the American bombardments of 1944 and 1945.Today, the economic hub of Japan moves at a frenetic pace. Its ultramodern skyscrapers and gigantic shopping centres stand side by side with traditional temples and neighbourhood shops. Positioning itself between tradition and modernity, Tokyo prides itself on its interesting contrasts. Tourists can participate in all kinds of activities and, above all else, will enjoy getting to know this 21st-century city that has not severed its ties with the past. From traditional kabuki theatre and rock concerts to Sumo wrestling bouts and baseball games, visitors will enjoy the wide array of entertainment options.


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The Lexus GX is a mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) sold in North American and Eurasian markets by Toyota's luxury brand Lexus. With the GX, which debuted at the North American International Auto Show in 2002 as a 2003 model, Lexus introduced a third SUV to its portfolio.
The Lexus GX was initially targeted at the North American market and its development focused on blending both on-road and off-road capabilities in a single luxury-type vehicle. Based on the same platform as the 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, the GX shares exterior design with the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, sold in Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Lexus is part of the Japanese group Toyota Motor Corporation. However, Lexus cars were first debuted in the United States in 1989 and were only released in Japan in 2005. Still, Lexus was the first Japanese carmaker to sell a luxury car in its home country. It all started with a secret meeting in 1983. Toyota Chairman, Eiji Toyoda, concluded it was time to take a chance on luxury cars and summed up a top-level and to... more


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Sponge cake, as its name suggests, has a light, sponge-like texture with an extremely moist and tender crumb. While whipped cream makes a nice addition to decorate a sponge cake, other frostings and embellishment can put your cake over top without the use of cream. With a simple addition of sliced fruit to a luxurious chocolate frosting, take your sponge cake to the next level to make your taste buds dance with happiness.
Sugar and Fruit
Top your sponge cake with a light and low-calorie topping with fresh fruit and confectioner's sugar. Thinly slice a handful of strawberries and a peach. Arrange the fruit on top of the cake overlapping a sliced strawberry with a sliced peach in the center of the cake. Create a circular pattern in the center of the cake with the fruit. Put a 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar in a fine sieve and shake it over the surface of the cake. Cover the cake and fruit with a layer of the dusted sugar.
Chocolate Frosting
Tort a sponge cake in half with a wire cake leveler. Scoop 1/2 cup of chocolate royal icing on top of one layer of the cake. Spread the icing around the surface of the cake with an icing knife. Place the second layer on top of the first and scoop 3/4 cup of icing on the top layer. Spread the icing around again, adding more icing as needed. Make S-shaped strokes with the knife on the surface of the icing to create a wavy pattern over your cake. Allow the cake to chill for 30 minutes before serving.
Buttercream Frosting
Buttercream frosting traditionally consists of butter, powdered sugar and heavy cream, but you can substitute the cream with a liquor, water or milk to avoid any cream in your frosting. Make your buttercream by combining 4 cups of sifted powdered sugar, 1 cup of butter and 10 tsp. of liquid. Blend it together at a high speed with a mixer until it reaches a smooth, creamy consistency. Stabilize the icing by add 1 tbsp. of meringue powder to the mixture. Blend again until smooth. Spread a thick layer of the icing over the sponge cake and chill it for one hour to form a thin crust on the surface of the icing.
Turn a jar of your favorite seedless preserves into a sweet glaze to delicately cover your sponge cake. Melt 4 tbsp. of preserves in a saucepan with 1 tbsp. of honey or corn syrup over low heat. Add 1/2 cup of water to the mixture and stir to combine. Let the glaze cool slightly and then carefully pour it over the the cake. Begin pouring at the center of the cake and allow the glaze to spill down the sides of the sponge cake. Let the glaze set by chilling it for 30 minutes before serving.


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Residents of Spain no longer have to travel all the way to its beaches to sit under colorful umbrellas. ParedesPino Arquitectos were commissioned by the city of Cordoba to create a unique installation that would provide an incredible public space for play and local commerce, while creating a more concise connection between the neighborhoods, the central railway station and urban areas. Designed as a beautiful array of multi-colored sunshades set across a 128,000 sq ft space, the Centro Abierto de Actividades Ciudadanas (CAAC) project not only provides ample shade during the day, but also an enchanting light at night. And in true umbrella form, each aids in helping the city to cope with water issues, allowing for drainage inside.
Each umbrella has been prefabricated and varies in both height and diameter. Moreover, by equipping each umbrella with a light, the space can be occupied at all hours, avoiding the plight that often comes with parks of this size when night falls. Instead, the illumination activates a completely different experience as compared to the day, but remains equally as charming and secure.
Opened just a few months ago, this new square has become a major draw to both locals and tourists alike. The sunshade arrangement across the vast space is an incredible play of both shadow and light, creating a dynamic city center accessible to everyone.


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Orange and Blue tank tops (Zara); hand me downs
blue skinny pants ; thrifted (for only Php 120.00!!)
Wedge ; Rusty Lopez
neon accessories and bangle; The ten peso store
braided bracelets ; DIY
vintage necklaces ; AI Fashion
Rings ; Mia Casa
belt ; random
This ensemble reminds me of flavored juice, orange, mango and bubblegum (?) lol. My apologies for the edited background. I've mentioned before that our house is not yet fully furnished and thus, you are free to imagine that our walls have not been painted as of yet. Not a good sight to post in a blog teehee! This is such a post-in-a-hurry so please forgive me for the poor quality. My camera's only on a timer-set up because I had nobody to take my photos. I'm just vain enough not to let this day pass without an outfit post. Besides, it's been a while since I last had an outfit shot T^T


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Here's some additional information on Target.com: http://jimthatcher.com/law-target.htm including a link to my declaration in the case which includes a report on Target.com. Jon, how can you have 32 pages to depth 3 - when there are 213 links on the home page? Jim Accessibility Consulting: http://jimthatcher.com/ 512-306-0931 -----Original Message----- From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Jon Gunderson Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:17 PM To: easi; W3C WAI-IG; WebAIM Discussion List Subject: Web Accessibility Evaluation of Target Website There has been a lot of discussion about the Target web accessibility law suit, but I thought some people might want to get a better understanding of the extent of the accessibility problems of the Target web site. Here is a report generated with the Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) on the top 32 pages of the website: http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu/report.php?id=w45117cc9aae0f&pc=32&type=summary Jon Functional Accessibility Evaluator http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. Director of IT Accessibility Services Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES) and Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES) Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 Cell: (217) 714-6313 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/ WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/Received on Wednesday, 20 September 2006 23:20:59 UTC
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Consider adding robots to your finishing operation to relieve operators from repetitive tasks and the strain associated with them.
Don Piontek explores photo book challenges printers face and how technology from Photobook Technology could be the solution.
The use of CMYK+ is poised for moderate page volume growth, based on several factors.
The perception of color is dependent on three distinct variables — the light source, the object and the receiver.
A Quality Management System is the most valuable tool in a business' arsenal!
The best direct mail marketing is able to communicate your message in a way that is understood, remembered and acted upon.
Start your 2019 year off right with a better direct mail marketing strategy.
Although USPS mailing promotions took a break in 2018, they are back for 2019. This year there are five old ones and one new one.
Joseph Marin of PIA provides three challenges in training engagement, as well as solutions to the problems.
Most companies go to the tried-and-true practices of posting jobs. According to most folks, the normal resources aren't enough.
John Berthelsen shares stories that illustrate success and the positive results achieved by using tactics to recruit young people.
What will it take for sales reps to sell digital/inkjet? That riddle is solved in this week's blog by Bill Farquharson.
Kemal Carr, president of Madison Advisors, recaps the excitement of the sixth annual Inkjet Summit that took place in April.
We assisted one of our customers with a business evolution to inkjet. It's a common journey because of the flexibility inkjet provides.
Don Piontek shares some of the diverse finishing applications and systems he's come across in his career.
During a recent trade show, Don Piontek looked for the newest finishing technology and he found innovations in mechanical binding.
In the search for new finishing developments, Don Piontek received a LinkedIn press release alert on something called "Vpaper."
The FTC gave marketers an early Thanksgiving: recognition that "data" is indeed the fuel of the digital economy.
U.S. data policy-making efforts make certain assumptions about marketing. It's as if there's a sign coming, saying: "Data Is a Weapon."
What really is big data? Understand the different types of data to help determine how they might be used together to provide the answer
Direct mail is a very effective marketing channel; however, when you add a mobile element such as AR to it, you can skyrocket results.
Technology has allowed us to increase direct mail ROI even more! By adding technology, you can draw attention to your mail piece.
On Thursday May 11, around 150 Konica Minolta production print users gathered in Vienna for a day of presentations at the inaugural meeting of PROKOM, the Konica Minolta user community. With the focus, at least at first, on users of cut-sheet light to mid-production color and black-and-white digital print, the opportunity for PROKOM is unlike many other user groups, which tend to focus on higher levels of production.
The billboard might be the descendant of one the oldest forms of human advertising but it's proving to the perfect partner for digital.
Each year, EFI hosts its customers, partners, media and analysts at its signature event, EFI Connect.
In a short period of time, Ricoh has built an impressive portfolio of high-speed rollfed inkjet presses and cut-sheet toner presses, software, plus a line of services that include color management and workflow analysis. Ricoh continues to invest in this market.
At the beginning of 2019, buyers of publication grades will be paying about 25% more for paper than they did just 18 months earlier.
Did you know that paper absorbs moisture in the air, which can impact quality? Here's a short guide on paper in relation to humidity.
Understanding your carbon footprint can decrease your consumption of energy and materials, reducing your carbon emissions.
The grapevine has been ripe the past weeks, but now the news is finally out. Fujifilm has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the majority holding of Xerox Corporation and will merge Fuji Xerox with Xerox.
With Canon's announcement of the Océ VarioPrint 6000 Titan, it's a good time to revisit the cut-sheet monochrome digital market.
A financial analyst who specializes in the printing industry recently speculated that "the…
We have seen lots of advances in adhesives for bookbinding over the years, with PUR (polyurethane reactive) adhesive being the last major game changer. But there is now a revived interest in protein-based adhesives.
Quick! Name two consumables that are indispensable to operation in the bindery. If you named adhesives as one, you'd be on the mark. But...if you included knives, (yes, they are a consumable), you would be quite savvy. Cutting and trimming are part of almost every finishing operation. And the quality of those cuts are essential to the quality of the finished product.
Adhesives are widely used in finishing, this includes perfect binding, folding, mailing, and folding carton applications. And coatings and various chemical solutions are used in the digital print process to both enhance image quality and make the paper more "finishing-friendly." Both chemistry and environmental control have a lot to do with systems performance.
OK, I digress from my usual finishing tech. discussion this week. Although I'm on the digital finishing side, I spent enough time in the high-volume offset world to become quite familiar with publication, periodical and catalog production.
We were in Japan last month, and as luck would have it, we were there at the same time that Komori held an open house to showcase its newest digital print solutions. This international event took place at Komori's facility in Tsukuba, Japan, and drew hundreds of attendees from all over the Asia Pacific region. It also provided the opportunity to showcase its Impremia IS29, a B2-format, sheetfed, UV inkjet printer.
In a sense, Berlin Industries was once the king of Chicago. Last week, the remaining assets were auctioned off. If you were there, you could have purchased a Heidelberg Sunday M3000 five-unit web press for a mere $47,000.
What follows is an interview with Rosemarie Breske Garvey, VP at Blooming Color in Lombard, Ill. Blooming Color is doing some pretty spectacular work beyond traditional four-color printing and I wanted to learn more.
Dscoop is part tradeshow and part education event, with an agenda that included A-List keynotes and mentalist Lior Suchard as emcee. The sessions were the expected array of customer success stories, successful selling solutions and product reviews, but there were also a variety of sessions covering finishing, packaging and 3D printing.
A young designer I spoke to the other day was very frank about the fact that she did not like digital printing because you could only print on white paper. Granted there are some print providers that prefer to print on white coated stock all day long (digital or offset, it does not matter to them). And these few give our whole industry a bad reputation.
It looked like a good fit. The seller, unfortunately, didn't see it that way.
As a trade association president, I knew that one of my most important jobs was to offer our members a friendly, well informed, third-party perspective on strategic business issues. Today, our New Direction Partners clients want the same thing: not just information about the mechanics of M&As, but also a genuine understanding of the industry and the mindsets of the people who own those companies.
For many years, I had the privilege of serving in leadership positions with Printing Industries of New England (PINE), the largest printing trade association in the Northeast. Then as now, I was greatly impressed by the resiliency of our members and their ability to adapt to changing business circumstances.
Slowing down and following a "Best Practices" method to paper trials and qualification will save you time and ink costs by focusing on ink and paper surface compatibility. As your cost for a better inkjet paper and print quality go up, your ink usage should go down. But only if there are best practices in place.
The fifth housing station in the upgraded Xerox 800i/1000i series can now also deliver metallic inks: gold and silver.


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Belles in Second Place After First Jamboree
Results (pdf)
MARSHALL, Mich. - The Saint Mary's golf team shot a 341 at the Medalist Golf Club on Tuesday to place second in the first round of conference play this season.
Olivet led the field with a 329. The Belles' 341 was six strokes better than third place Calvin. Olivet's Theresa Damico was the medalist of the round with an individual effort of 78.
Paige Pollak shot an 80 to tie for second place individually to pace the Belles. Janice Heffernan tied for ninth place with a round of 86. Sammie Averill was a stroke behind with an 87 to hold a share of 11th place individually. Ali Mahoney rounded out the team score just a stroke back from Averill with an 88 to tie for 13th place overall. Courtney Carlson was the Belles' fifth scoring-eligible competitor and shot a 90 to finish 18th.
The Belles travel to Kalamazoo on Saturday for the second of six rounds of MIAA golf. The round begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Milham Park Golf Course.


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My Tasting Notes:
Colour: Pale straw
Nose: Chimney smoke, liquorice, vanilla, lemon zest, nutmeg and cloves, medicinal hints.
Palate: Strong peat, liquorice, honey, vanilla, nutmeg, cloves and hints of pepper.
Finish: Long, sweet and smoky.
Overall: I can only describe this malt as very crisp. It is not overly complex but it leaves no doubt that it is a very fine young Laphroaig, focussing on the essentials.
Rating: 87/100 – Price Tag $$$$$ – Value for your Money $$$$$


text: Hi, Some important changes has been made in the CVS version nowdays: 1. introduced libao2 - audio output system it's very similar to libvo, but it's for audio. you can select audio out driver with the -ao switch, and list available drivers with -ao help currently available: null - not working, don't use (use -nosound) oss - OSS ioctl-based code ("new audio code") it should solve AUDIO_RESET problems too. alsa - ALSA 0.5 (maybe 0.9 too?) natiev driver sdl - SDL audio (use -sdla switch to select SDL driver) note: SDL supports esd and arts, so you with esd problems should try it (maybe SDL upgrade & recompile requires) 2. dependency stuff changed in makefiles: - 'makedepend' not used anymore - compiles without X11 - .depend stuff bugs fixed 3. DOCS updated, some new docs 4. .asf seeking fixed - find keyframe and A-V is ok after seek too (needs heavy testing, i have only few very small asf files) 5. new option to force audio playback samplerate: -srate you can play videos at double speed using -srate 96000 :) 6. -framedrop and -hardframedrop works for mpeg files too 7. X11 driver works at remote display (without SHM) 8. you can sync SUB using z/x keys 9. A-V sync for AVi files has been fixed (both -bps and -nobps) if you still have sync problems and it isn't system speed problem (the last number on status line is always 0) then report it! when reporting such things, you MUST send us _full_ output of 'mplayer -v file', and you may upload the buggy file to our FTP. 10. fast (and ugly) OSD/SUB renderer for really slow systems, check config.h and uncomment #define FAST_OSD 11. no more :) wasn't it enough for this week? A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team -- mailto:arpi at thot.banki.hu http://esp-team.scene.hu _______________________________________________ Mplayer-users mailing list Mplayer-users at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users


text: Entertaining during the holidays can be challenging. So when I have a cocktail party, I like to offer drinks that are easy but elegant. My Spiced Pear Martini is both. This recipe is super simple but makes such a great presentation. The spiced touch of cinnamon and nutmeg blends well with the richness of pear nectar. This recipe can be doubled or tripled to make several drinks at a time, allowing you to easily dole out drinks like a professional bartender in short order. The pear nectar can be found in the juice section of the grocery store. I like to make sure that all my ingredients are chilled first, so I refrigerate the pear juice and keep my vodka in the freezer. Because of the alcohol level in the vodka, it doesn't freeze but gets ice cold. It's not necessary to do this, but it does make for an extra-cold drink. I usually slice my pears to have them ready for garnishing. To keep them from turning brown, give them a squeeze of lemon juice. If you don't have a martini shaker, you can just use a pitcher with ice. Or make a mock shaker with two cups of different diameters placed open end to open end. Once you mix your cocktail and strain it into the glass, a sprinkle of cinnamon and nutmeg make this drink pop. Enjoy responsibly!


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text: No, not a bar or guesthouse, but a manufacturing business for wooden window blinds. All the machinery and inventory of parts to be up and running in a matter of days. A very successful business in Phuket for over eight years. Price reduced to 2 mil Baht. Owner will partially finance.


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BTA Self Storage has been a family owned and operated business since 1999. BTA currently manages multiple facilities, including self storage facilities, office complexes and industrial warehouses.
BTA offers a variety of storage units and lease spaces. Storage units as small as 5'X5′ up to 24'X30′, temperature controlled units and non temperature controlled units, RV & boat parking, covered parking, indoor parking, as well as commercial office and warehouse suites from 200 SQ FT up to 7,500 SQ FT, and over 1,000 SQ FT of show room. We also offer a full line of boxes and moving supplies. We are the #1 place for all you storage needs.
I've done business twice now with BTA in Rockwall and both times have been extremely pleased!! All the staff I've had contact with have been awesome, but the gentleman that was sitting to the right of
Very quick a thorough service from BTA.. I was able to secure a spot of my trailer in literally minutes... Thanks for the great Service
This is my first time using BTA but I think the company is extremely professional. The employees are very helpful and friendly. I would recommend my friends a d family to BTA Royse City.


text: Quote:The last time two Cat 4s were spinning at the same time was on Sept. 16, 1926, when Hurricane No. 4 (that's how they were named back then) and the Great Miami Hurricane were in existence.(In that same year, George Burns married Gracie Allen, the children's book Winnie-the-Pooh was first published, and Calvin Coolidge was president.)– Another indicator of how rare this is: Two major hurricanes (Category 3 and higher) been in existence simultaneously only nine times since 1900, with the most recent instance being with Floyd and Gert in 1999.– With Julia, this year has now seen four Category 4 hurricanes emerge by 5 a.m. on Sept. 15, the earliest that has happened since record keeping started in the mid-1800s.– The emergence of Tropical Storm Karl, the 11th named storm of the season, on Tuesday made this a busy year to date. The only years more active this early in the season were 2005, 1995, 1936 and 1933.– All of this year's four Category 4 storms emerged in just twenty days, which is the shortest time span for that to happen. The previous record was 24 days in 1999, according to Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University.Source: SunSentinel.com *


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Reading on some automation tools (Software Testing)
Though being in testing since last few years.. I did not touch to many automation tools. But recently I started reading on Winrunner and QTP automation tools.
Oh yes, I just remembered. I need to do some R&D on Quality Center package (Provided by Mercury). Have to go..


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Al Huda Institute for Men
Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation was founded in 1994 in Pakistan. It is striving to enlighten people with the knowledge of the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) while serving the people through diverse social welfare programs. Alhamdulillah, not only in Pakistan but in many countries of the world, branches of Al-Huda are actively working to attain this objective.
About Dr. Idrees Zubair
Dr. Idrees Zubair is currently the Director of Al Huda International Welfare Foundation. In 1983, he began his career as a lecturer at the International Islamic University, Islamabad in the Department of Usool-ud-Deen. In 1985, Dr. Zubair went to the University of Glasgow, Scotland to pursue a Ph.D in Hadith Sciences with his wife Dr. Farhat Hashmi. He has previously held the position of Associate Professor in the Islamic Research Institute and also served as the Chairman of the Hadith Department at Allama Iqbal Open University.
Dr. Zubair and his wife established Al Huda in 1994 with the aim of educating Muslims about the meanings of the Qur'an. Over the last two decades, Al Huda has expanded across many countries around the world with students numbering in the thousands.
Dr. Zubair has lectured in different parts of the world and has taught diverse courses in Islamic Sciences.
Muhammad Ahmad Zafar
Muhammad Ahmad Zafar is a lecturer of Computer Science subjects for the past 8 years and is running Mishkat Welfare Trust. Apart from running the matters of the Trust and academics lectureship, he has been delivering lectures at a personal level on Islam & Quran especially to the young generation. Since 2012, these lectures have been recorded and openly available on www.aagahi.net website.
Qari Abdul Hamid
Qari Abdul Rehmaan Hamid is currently doing his PhD from International Islamic University. He has already done MS from IIUI after completing Dars-e-Nizami. He is teaching Kitab-al-Tauheed to the students of Taleem-al-Qur'an.
Visiting Faculty
Prof. Dr. Muhammad al Ghazali
MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZALI, Ph.D. in Islamic Studies from Islamia University, Bahawalpur. He is currently a Professor at the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad. He is also Chair, Islamic Social Sciences Unit and editor of the Institute's renowned research journal, al-Dirasat al-Islamiyyah. He has taught at the International Islamic University, Malaysia in addition to teaching at the International Islamic University, Islamabad almost from its inception. He has participated in a large number of national and international conferences and seminars.
Dr Aziz Ur Rehman
Assistant Professor at International Islamic University Islamabad, Dr. Aziz ur Rahman is a PhD in Law from The Australian National University. He also remained Legal & Policy Advisor with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Geneva.
Dr Farooq Ahemad Tahir
Dr. Farooq completed his Doctorate degree in September 2011 from University of Toulouse, France. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, Islamabad. He specializes in Microwave, Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics.
Dr. Farooq is a Hafiz e Quraan, and has been involved with dawah since his student life at University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore. He also memorized Kalaam e Iqbaal and knows Urdu, Punjabi, English, French, and Arabic.


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Download Final Fantasy
Final fantasy is an epic roll-playing game that is finally available to play on the PC. it is a 15 year old game that has gripped the gaming world. The story and the graphics remain pretty much the same, although there have been a few changes done to make the game look and feel more modern. All the features that made Final Fantasy such a hit are still a part of the game. The turn based battle system is outstanding. The plot is very addictive and the sound effects are just as great as ever. Most players will have a singular complaint that the graphics seem a little out of date, but the engaging cut scenes more than make up for the poor graphics.
There are a number of new features added to Final Fantasy and they are cloud saves, achievements, PC specific optimizations and character boosters. There are 36 achievements to gain in total, and loads of other challenges to do and solve through the game. You can maintain an online connection with other friends playing the game and match scores! The character booster in the PC version allows the players who get caught up in a section to upgrade their MP, HP and Gil. This is a relief as you don't have to suffer too much to attain all of this.
The only downside to this game is that the graphics still remain dated. It would have been a huge improvement to play this game in HD. All in all, the storyline is great and addictive. There is also lots of replay value so you will never get bored of the game. There are a number of modernization features that have been added that make the game more appealing. If you have been a fan of this series then this is a treat just for you!


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We live in an adult-centered, anti-child world where mistreatment of children is considered, not just appropriate, but preferred.
At best, kids are considered loud, messy and exhausting.
At worst, they are considered inherently "bad" and in need of training, which is usually doled out in the form of mental, emotional or physical abuse.
It's true that children are the only group that is still boldly and legally discriminated against. They are the only people who are legally allowed to be hit, stolen from or held against their will. There is even a movement to ban the "brats" from public places based on nothing but their age.
Think about any of these sentiments said about a particular race and you'll see my point. It is a very anti-child society we live within.
Of course, all of this instills in children a belief that they are less than, broken or bad. And unless they heal that belief, because children are the only oppressed group who will outgrow their oppression, it's a belief they will continue to carry into their unoppressed adult life and inform every choice they make, including the treatment of the next generation.
So, we are essentially creating an entire culture of broken, hurting human beings for generations to come.
And I keep hearing so many parents complain about this and the so-called "brat bans".
We are all appalled and offended when someone speaks condescendingly, assumes a child's guilt or otherwise passes judgment on them based on their size.
But how many are doing anything about it?
Guess what?
If you want the anti-child treatment to change you've got to come out of your hiding places and start talking about.
Not just on Facebook.
Not just on your blog.
You need to start speaking up. At family reunions. At the grocery store. With your best friend. With strangers at the park.
You need to grow some cahones and start creating real awareness by speaking your Truth.
You need to live with Integrity.
Last week I got the opportunity to ask an older gentleman to drop some anti-semetic remarks he was making in front of us.
This was a strong, opinionated man who never backs down. He's the kind of man that constantly makes racist, classist or sexist remarks and is used to winning arguments. The kind of man no one even bothers arguing with anymore.
I knew all of this going in. I've seen how people will sit uncomfortably and listen as he makes these remarks and not say a word, because they don't feel it'll help. They all looked pained as they shrug their shoulders and ask "What can I do?"
But I live by my own integrity.
And according to my integrity, all people should be treated with honor and respect and compassion. Even this man who was making anti-semetic remarks.
So with respect for him, I clearly stated that I was uncomfortable with his remarks, explained why and stated that I would appreciate them not happening in front of us.
Because I spoke with respect, not anger or fear, he did what no one had ever seen him do before.
He apologized and said he hadn't looked at it that way.
We then went on to have a nice conversation for several more hours.
The One Rule To Speaking Your Truth
It doesn't work when you speak from a place of anger or fear.
It doesn't work when you fight or demand or criticize.
People shut down when they hear your anger, or feel attacked.
But people hear Truth.
Truth is not angry. It's not fear-based. It's not judgmental.
And real Truth comes from a place of love. It comes with compassion and acceptance and gentleness. It doesn't back down or hide.
And it speaks volumes louder than anger.
If we want to change these anti-child views…if we want to promote respect and love, compassion and kindness…we get to speak out while we set an example of what respect, love, compassion and kindness look like.
We get to live our Integrity out loud.
(And really, if you're speaking with anger, are you really living your integrity?)
Change doesn't happen by complaining about it.
Keep this in mind: the reason these anti-child (or racist or sexist or any-ist) sentiments make you uncomfortable is because you're not living according to your own beliefs, your own integrity, when you don't speak your Truth.
You're sacrificing your beliefs to "keep the peace" (what peace?). And that's uncomfortable!
To live with integrity means to take your authenticity and your Truth out of its box and into the world.
What do you know as Truth? What is holding you back from speaking your Truth with compassion and respect for everyone involved?
Because if you see the abuse and hate occurring towards children – or anyone else – and you do nothing about it…or you increase it with abuse and hatred of your own, whose really to blame here?


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May 24, 2011
Various studies have shown that babies exposed to higher levels of testosterone when developing in the uterus have longer ring fingers as adults, and higher levels of oestrogen typically result in longer pointer fingers. However, testosterone & oestrogen levels also affect the rest of the body, including a person's physical appearance. The ratio between the length of the index and ring fingers has been found to be a good indication for a variety of social and economic factors, thought to be directly or indirectly related to the effects of the prenatal testosterone. These photographs are part of a study on beauty and sexual attraction.
In 2010 a Meta-analysis studyby researchers from the University of Ontario, Penn State, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health found that the second to fourth finger length ratio (2D:4D) serves as an indicator of sexual orientation. The study included 1.618 heterosexual men, 1.693 heterosexual women, 1.503 gay men, and 1.014 lesbians.
In addition to identifying the normative heterosexual sex difference in 2D:4D for both hands, the researchers found that heterosexual women had higher (more feminine) left- and right-hand 2D:4D than did lesbians. However… the researchers found NO difference between heterosexual and gay men (though moderator analyses by the researchers suggested that ethnicity explained some between-studies variation in men).
The science of gaydar: about your ring finger & your love life!
November 5, 2008
Finger length & sexual orientation:
The Science of Gaydar: The new research on everything from finger length ratio, fingerprints, handedness, voice pitch, hair whorl, & penis size.
If sexual orientation is biological, are the traits that make people seem gay innate, too?
|A small constellation of researchers is specifically analyzing the traits and characteristics that, though more pronounced in some than in others, not only make us gay but also make us appear gay. Some of their research findings are reported below:
The relative lengths of our fingers offer another hint: The index fingers of most straight men are shorter than their ring fingers, while for most women they are closer in length, or even reversed in ratio. But some researchers have noted that gay men are likely to have finger-length ratios more in line with those of straight women, and a study of self-described "butch" lesbians showed significantly masculinized ratios.
A string of other studies, most of them conducted quietly and with small budgets, has offered up a number of other biological indicators. According to this research, for instance, gay men, like straight women, have an increased density of fingerprint ridges on the thumb and the pinkie of the left hand; and overall their arms, legs, and hands are smaller relative to stature (among whites but not blacks).
At first read, their findings seem like a string of unlinked, esoteric observations. Statistically, for instance, gay men and lesbians have about a 50 percent greater chance of being left-handed or ambidextrous than straight men or women.
The same goes for the way we hear, the way we process spatial reasoning, and even the ring of our voices. One study, involving tape-recordings of gay and straight men, found that 75 percent of gay men sounded gay to a general audience.
One study that supports the hyper-masculinity theory of male homosexuality involves penis size. An Ontario-based psychological researcher named Anthony Bogaert re-sorted Kinsey Institute data—in which 5,000 men answered detailed questions about their sex lives, practices, fantasies, and, it turns out, measurements of their erect organs—along sexual-orientation lines. Gay men's penises were thicker (4.95 inches versus 4.80) and longer (6.32 inches versus 5.99). The measurements, it should be noted, were self-reported and perhaps involve reporting bias, but no one has done a study investigating whether gay men are more prone to exaggerating their assets, so, well, draw your own conclusions.


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(Updated with Images from Monday June 30th)
The last panels of the Raleigh Convention Center Shimmer Wall were installed Saturday. Minus a couple of minor details and the LED lighting, the installation is complete.
From the beginning of construction until the last panels were installed on Saturday, 18 days elapsed. This is 10 less days than initially predicted by construction crews. The lights will be the next pieces to be installed. They'll be turned on for the September 4th-6th celebration which will include Chuck Berry, Lou Gramm (word is the options via Live Nation and Deep South were slim), the Symphony, Ballet, and 35 other bands. Until then, enjoy the images/videos below and check out our Convention Center Sneak Peak and other Shimmer Wall Updates. John over at Goodnight Raleigh has some nice night shots and here is a skyline photo from South Saunders.
Pretty! Great video! Can't wait to see it with the LED lights going.
f* yeh! that's awesome! good work guys.
This is incredible! I almost ran off the road when I saw it the first time. It's so nice to see Raleigh get some unique architecture. Excellent work and my compliments to Clearscapes!