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Milwaukee Brewers closer John Axford is known for a few things.
He's tall, ruggedly handsome and despite hailing from Canada (he's currently sixth among his countrymen in career saves), he brought home the 2011 American Mustache Institute's prestigious Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year Award.
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That's why Axford is speaking out in support of the Stache Act, proposed legislation from the American Mustache Institute and a noted tax policy professor which would provide an annual $250 tax refund to people of facial hair.
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Musicians get noticed for a wide array of reasons. Some win various competitions, while others seem to have as much in the way of connections as in pure talent. Then there are those who simply demand attention through performances so dynamic and powerful that they simply can not be ignored. Johnny Cooper is one of those artists.
An evocative blend of soul, rock and pop
The front man of the band that bears his name, Cooper already has reached dual-threat status: he has rare talent that has earned him critical acclaim for his recordings and live shows, and he performs with an energy that captivates audiences in venues of all sizes.
That he has grown so successful — Cooper already has sold more than 50,000 albums — so quickly is hardly surprising, considering he is thriving in the environment in which he was raised. With a mother who was a dance choreographer and a father who owned nightclubs and wrote songs with him, Cooper has been around entertainers throughout his life, and now features a sound that draws on his enormous range of musical influences — a list that includes pop, classic rock, R&B, hip-hop and country — and features an irresistible energy. "That's what my whole thing's about," Cooper says. "I can't tell you that tomorrow, I'm not going to write a country song, or a funk song, or team up with a rapper. I love it when you tell me I can't write a certain kind of song, because then I'm going to show up and say, 'glad you said I can't do it — here it is.'
"I like a lot of different artists. I listened to a lot of Queen growing up, and Stevie Wonder has had a big effect on my life, but I can't put on Art Garfunkel and shake my ass. When I first heard Stevie Wonder, I wanted to get up and move. I'm drawn to people who get up there and play with cajones. If I want to hear you sing, I can stay at home and listen to a recording, but if I want to see a show, I want to see a show. That's the way I am on stage."
Of course, on-stage theatrics can carry a performer only so far. At his core, Cooper is an extraordinarily gifted musician whose versatility belies his youth. His rich voice is both exceedingly talented and well trained; few singers are willing to perform covers of artists like Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, TLC and James Brown, as Cooper did (largely while building up his library of his own compositions) and he does so with a confidence and style worthy of the original artists. He also is a virtuoso guitarist who can dazzle with his full band, in duo performances with a drummer or as a solo acoustic artist. While recording his first several albums, Cooper has become an in-demand performer, often booking more than 200 shows a year and creating music for numerous projects. "I like to write to a challenge," Cooper says. "A producer called me and said he needed a song for a movie. He said it needed to be 'kind of honky-tonk, kind of George Jones-ish.' So I told him to send me the scene — no music, just audio — and I would write a song that fits the scene. I started listening to a bunch of George Jones music and came up with a song, Devil in Glass, that got accepted into the movie."
Cooper's band is as diverse as its leader. Cooper had worked on previous projects with drummer Joe Cortez IV ("the best drummer I've ever seen in my life," Cooper says) and was eager to continue their working relationship. He had no intention of adding a keyboard player until his search for a new bassist led him to Jay Sandford, who in turn introduced keyboardist Cris Brenham. "They came in and blew me away," Cooper says. "Right away, they laid down what my music was missing. It was exciting because it was different. I realized they were exactly what we had been needing." The final piece to the puzzle was the band's "utility player," Matt Puckett, who plays violin and lead/backup guitar and sings backup vocals. "We had an opportunity to play Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, and every time we play Billy Bob's, we do it up big — we have backup singers, we bring in a horn section — and I wanted to add someone who could play a really good guitar, sing backup vocals and play the violin. There's nothing more exciting than someone who can play a lot of instruments, who can fill a lot of roles. Matt can do all of those things, and he does them really well. He's phenomenal, and he makes us all better."
With his band complete, Cooper's focus is on what he enjoys most: creating and performing his unique brand of music that features often-requested signature songs like "Texas to You" and "Crazy," drawing comparisons to an array of artists, from John Mayer to Maroon 5. "Go big or go home," Cooper says. "My whole thing is that I want to keep writing music and writing different kinds of music, writing stuff that appeals to more people, not just one type of people. As long as you surround yourself with creative people — and I have done that — I'll continue to write more music … and better music."
Cooper's sound has evolved since his first album, which had a Texas country/southern rock feel. Moving forward, he added more funk and R&B influences, earning comparisons to Lenny Kravitz. His next offering, Red Sessions, is a hybrid of several musical genres and is being supported through pledgemusic.com, which allows fans to help fund the creation of the album. "It's a hands-on way for people to help make music," Cooper says. "Fans get to hear our music and make donations toward the next recording, and in return, they get things back, a bunch of personalized stuff. It's a great way of allowing our fans to help us make the music they enjoy."
That's exactly what fans are doing, and in rapidly growing numbers: enjoying the music of Johnny Cooper, whose song writing, on-stage charisma and unique talent has to be seen and heard to be believed.

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- 1 (5 lb) whole chicken (a large one)
- 1 carrot (for flavor, not to be eaten by lowcarbers, removed from chicken after cooking)
- 1 medium onion, roughly chopped (removed)
- 1 leek, white parts only,chopped (removed)
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 3 heads garlic (about 1 carb per clove)
- 3 cups quartered small new potatoes (removed)
- 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
- 1 cup dry white wine or 1 cup vermouth (mostly cooks out)
- 3⁄4 cup soy sauce
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- paprika
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Separate all the cloves of garlic, but do not peel them.
- Wash and peel the carrot, and cut it into thick rounds.
- Chop the onion and leek.
- Remove the giblets and other inner parts from the chicken.
- Under tapwater, rinse the chicken well both inside and out.
- Place the carrot, onion, leek, and rosemary inside the chicken, and then put the bird in a medium roasting pan.
- Place all the unpeeled garlic cloves and quartered new potatoes in the pan around the chicken.
- Pour the chicken broth, then wine, then soy sauce over the chicken.
- Sprinkle with pepper and paprika.
- Bake for about one hour, basting at least three or four times with the pan juice.
- When it is done, remove the chicken from the oven and let it sit for 5 minutes to rest.
- Remove the carrot, onion, leek, and rosemary sprig from inside and set aside.
- Then slice the meat and place on individual plates with several of the garlic cloves.
- Ladle a small amount of pan juices over the top of each serving.
- The unpeeled garlic cloves should be soft and easily popped out of their skins for a tasty accompaniment!
- Note to lowcarbers: the carrot, onions, and leeks cooked inside the chicken, while tasty, are high in carbs. You should pass on the carrots, particularly, but you can have about a 1/4 cup cooked onion and leek for about 10 carbs; it's up to you to decide what your diet can allow you. The garlic is about 1 carb per clove, so again it's up to you how many of those you have.
- This is the kind of chicken meal that you can fix for everybody in your family, lowcarb or not. Regular-carb eaters will really enjoy the carrots and potatoes.
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The man was checking on his property in the 7000 block of Lander Avenue Saturday morning, when he saw four people he did not recognize in front of the residence, sheriff's spokesman Deputy Tom MacKenzie said.
A short time later sheriff's Deputies Micah Brawley and Preston Sanchez arrived and detained the four. After an initial investigation, they located some exercise and camping equipment inside one of the suspect's vehicles, property that belonged to the renter of the house. The four were taken into custody.
Inside the house there were two more duffle bags full of the renter's property sitting next to the front door. It looked as if the suspects had been caught right before loading it into their vehicles, MacKenzie said.
Arrested on burglary charges were: Jeremy Johnson, 36, of Turlock; Toby Corbin, 40, of Empire; Melissa Warr, 21, of Turlock; and Rhonda Jolliff, a 51-year-old transient. Johnson also was booked for a parole violation. All suspects were booked on $50,000 bail and still remain in custody in Merced Jail.


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Tunisia banning demonstrations over French cartoons
Tunisia says it is banning all demonstrations on Friday after receiving a tip-off about preparations for violence over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published in a French magazine.
"The interior ministry, using its powers under the state of emergency and in order to maintain public order, announces that it is outlawing any form of demonstration anywhere in the Tunisian territory on Friday," a ministry statement said on Thursday.
"The ministry notes that it has received information suggesting the protests would be exploited for the purpose of committing acts of violence and causing unrest," it added.
Calls for Friday protests were circulating on social networks following the publication by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday of cartoons featuring obscene images of the founder of Islam.
The French embassy has announced that it will close on Friday and said all French schools in Tunisia would remain shut from Wednesday until Monday morning, as a precautionary measure.
Tunisia's ruling Islamist party responded to the printing of the controversial images by saying Muslims had "the right to protest" against them, as long as they do so peacefully.
The publication of the cartoons comes against a background of violent protests across the Muslim world, which first erupted early last week over an anti-Islam film made in California and posted on the internet.
Four people were killed and dozens wounded on Friday during a demonstration by hardline Salafists outside the US embassy in Tunis, with protesters hurling petrol bombs and storming the mission, while police fired live rounds and tear gas.
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Nº 3 2013 > Broadband Commissions gender agenda
Broadband Commissions gender agenda
Meeting on 16 March 2013 in Mexico City, the Broadband Commission's Working Group on Broadband and Gender proposed a new target for the Broadband Commission to help end the gender divide in technology. The target is uncompromising, calling for "gender equality in access to broadband by 2020". As reported in the March 2013 issue of ITU News, this target was endorsed by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development during its seventh meeting, hosted by the Commission's co-Chair Carlos Slim Helú.
Gender divide in broadband access and use
"We have to make a difference in bridging the broadband divide", said ITU Secretary-General and Broadband Commission co‑Vice-Chair Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, encouraged to see that so many Commissioners supported the Working Group.
Brahima Sanou, Director of ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau suggested that the Working Group might advocate the inclusion of gender in broadband policies, as well as in national plans. Possible steps might include encouraging women to get online, encouraging businesses to recruit women, increasing training for women, and monitoring the gender gap in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. "We need to empower women through broadband," underlined Mr Sanou.
As Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Chair of the Working Group, pointed out during the meeting in Mexico, gender inequality is one of the ceilings that hinder countries from moving forward. By failing to ensure that women share the benefits of ICT use and access, countries are failing to take advantage of around half their population. ICT give access to vital services, facilitate participation and engagement in the public sphere, help empower women economically, and help give them voice. However, these challenges are not singularly about infrastructure; many women around the world face a range of challenges (exclusion, unequal access to education and ICT skills, etc.) that need to be addressed. "The deployment of ICT needs to be linked to the real challenges on the ground. We need roll-out, but we need roll-out with equity", said Ms Clark.
There is a commitment to advance gender equality, but the offline reality of discriminatory practices and constraints that women face daily are reflected online, noted Gülden Türköz-Cosslett, Director of UN Women's Programme Support, observing that "Women were so instrumental in the online revolution of the Arab Spring, but they have been left out of the political consequences."
At the first teleconference of the Working Group on 29 January 2013, chaired on behalf of Helen Clark by Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Director of the Democratic Governance Group at UNDP, the Group agreed on the following, for further deliberation in its face-to-face meeting in Mexico:
- The creation of a community of practice where practitioners can work together to share knowledge and expertise, a quick mapping of efforts under way to identify best practices and lessons learned.
- The creation of an interactive dashboard to capture information from the mapping.
- The development of a report for policy-makers and experts, providing innovative approaches on integration of ICT into development and gender efforts. The report will also use innovative tools for dissemination.
Quantifying the problem
In developing countries, women are 25 per cent less likely to be online than men, reported John Davies, Vice-President of the Intel World Ahead Program. Based on Intel's analysis, the gender gap is 43 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa, compared with just 10 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Connecting women could yield between USD 13 billion and USD 18 billion in additional gross domestic product (GDP).
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Chief of ITU's Strategic Planning and Membership Department, said that globally, 16 per cent fewer women than men are using the Internet. Only 29 per cent of national broadband plans mention gender. ITU is active in publishing gender-disaggregated ICT indicators, in removing gender barriers to ICT education (for example, through its partnership with the Telecentre.org Foundation and in increasing the number of women in the ICT sector).
According to GSMA, a significant mobile gender gap exists, with women 21 per cent less likely to own a phone than men globally. Barriers to female access include cost and affordability, technical literacy, lack of awareness, and perceptions.
Elaine Weidman, Ericsson's Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, noted that the 80 to 20 male to female ratio for telecommunication employees working in the ICT sector has persisted for years.
Nancy Hafkin, Senior Associate at Women in Global Science and Technology, stressed the importance of data, quoting previous work by UNDP: " Without data, there is no visibility — and without visibility, there is no inclusion'. We need to know how many women have broadband, and what are they using broadband for?" she asked, suggesting that involving more entrepreneurial women in the Commission's work would increase the flow of ideas.
Successful initiatives
Various successful examples of what works were cited, including a project by UN Women in Ecuador to train women to use e‑government services to obtain better sanitation and health care. The positive impact of ICT on maternal health has been demonstrated in Uganda, where women are successfully using ICT to access health information. In Kenya, m‑banking opens up new opportunities for female entrepreneurs.
Jasna Matić, Special Adviser for Competitiveness and Knowledge Economy in Serbia's Ministry of Finance and Economy, noted that girls across the globe use ICT for economic empowerment, education, health care and access to justice.
Anne Bouverot, Director General of GSMA, described projects such as GSMA's mWomen Programme that could change the lives of millions of women in low- and middle-income markets by facilitating their access to mobile products and services.
Magdalena Gaj, President of Poland's Office of Electronic Communications, described Poland's voluntary Lighthouse Keepers project. These Lighthouse Keepers are digital champions who provide adults with the skills needed to participate in the digital world. There is at least one Lighthouse Keeper in every local community, and the project has trained 2640 Lighthouse Keepers and 24 000 adults to date.
Miguel Raimilla, Executive Director of the Telecentre.org Foundation, presented the work the Foundation is doing in collaboration with ITU and other partners. By March 2013, basic training had been provided to nearly 680 000 women.
Another successful platform that was highlighted is SmartWoman, developed by ChangeCorp — a social enterprise based in the United States. SmartWoman is a membership-driven social network which helps enable and empower women in other countries by sharing information about careers, life skills and parenting. "Phase 2 foresees the sales and purchase of goods made by other women", said Louise Guido, CEO of ChangeCorp.
What next?
Kathy Calvin, President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation, said that the Broadband Commission could play an important policy advocacy role and suggested that it should present recommendations to the High-Level Panel on Post-2015, the Group of 77 and the United Nations Secretary-General.
"Gender needs to be mainstreamed into the Millennium Development Goals and their successors", said A. Reza Jafari, Chairman and CEO of e‑Development International and co-Vice Chair of the Working Group on Broadband and Gender, stressing that it is time to move on from pilot projects and to scale up initiatives.
According to Irina Bokova, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), we need to see women and girls as creators of technology, as well as consumers.
Ann Mei Chang, Senior Advisor for Women and Technology in the United States State Department, stressed the importance of referencing gender in the Broadband Commission's work. "Having an explicit target would signal that gender matters", she stated.
Women are coming up with innovative entrepreneurial solutions to help other women, according to Sonia Jorge, Research and Consulting Director at Pyramid Research. "Not many broadband plans currently integrate gender — we should support the development of policies and strategies to integrate gender. We need advocates and specialists to turn policy into practical projects," she said.
Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP, noted the need to get equal gender opportunity into policy, supplementing efforts by companies and CEOs. "Experience sharing and gender analysis are extremely important — and the question arises whether we should make gender an explicit target or make gender part of each of the Broadband Commission targets. Access is the starting point, not the end-point, while technology is never gender-neutral", she emphasized.
Axel Leblois, President and Executive Director at G3ict, recalled the need to consider women with disabilities, who account for half a billion people living in the most extreme poverty.
Working Group mandate
At its seventh meeting in Mexico, the Commission endorsed all proposals presented by the Working Group:
- To create a community of practice where practitioners, experts and stakeholders can share knowledge and expertise, promote best practices and innovation, and focus on scaling up and replicating efforts across other countries and regions. This will involve a mapping of relevant efforts, and the development of an interactive dashboard that will capture all information. This community of practice will also identify critical issues, and can be a powerful global network of stakeholders to promote gender equality. It will reach out to successful women in the ICT domain, especially from developing countries.
- To develop a report that will help policy-makers to effectively integrate ICT in their development and gender equality portfolios. The report will provide policy tools, examples of successful initiatives, and benchmark indicators to measure progress.
- To set new target for the Broadband Commission, calling for gender equality in access to broadband by 2020. It further proposed that all the Commission's reporting and indicators should consider the gender dimension.
- To extend the membership of the Working Group to successful entrepreneurial women in developing countries. To create a powerful local network to ensure gender markers and involve policy-makers and gender partners.
Dr Jafari, Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Microsoft, the United States State Department and the United Nations Foundation, all pledged their strong support to achieve the outcomes of the Working Group, among others.
This article is adapted from the Summary Record of the Meeting of the Commission's Working Group on Broadband and Gender.


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Amidst the growing crop of artists wielding that sultry, powered by synths and R&B musicianship, a woman named BANKS stands apart, occupying an island of her own fearlessness. With a voice that cuts like glass, Los Angeles-bred Jillian Banks is poised to take over the world armed with her powerfully introspective songwriting and melodies that linger like the sheen atop freshly laid gravel. After opening for The Weeknd on tour in 2013, Banks drew rave reviews from festival crowds the world over, setting the stage for her long-awaited debut album, Goddess, which is set to release September 9, 2014.
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September 9, 2014 Jillian Banks has survived a torrent of pre-debut album publicity with hardly a scratch. Since 2013, the 26-year-old self-taught musician and producer has riled the music community with her expressive confessional lyrics and emotionally electrifying production while keeping herself an arm's length away from self-promotion. In that time, she's paired with the beat-making community's biggest rising names, releasing smoke-filled single after single and un-ostentatiously forging a reputation as the female version of The Weeknd. Her new album Goddess brims over with emotional urgency, dropping slicing truths about her relationships with irrefutable deftness and swagger. Make no mistake, this is an album that anyone needs to give a listen to.
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Web currency beenz.com has teamed up with iCanBuy.com to let teenagers exchange their beenz for cash. iCanBuy acts as a digital wallet for kids and is billed as a family-centred service that helps teenagers learn to manage their money on the Web. Parents who earn beenz as they visit various Web sites can set up an online debit account at iCanBuy for their kids. Children are then free to take part in a "safe ecommerce" environment purchasing items from carefully selected sites. ® Daily Net finance news from The Register
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Apple has released their iTunes Rewind 2011 listings on the iTunes store this afternoon. In addition to top music, movies, and TV shows, users can now check out what the most downloaded applications of the year are for iOS.
The US listing:
Winner: Instagram
Runners-Up: VidRhythm, Band of The Day
Winner: Tiny Tower
Runners-Up: Tiny Wings, Touchgrind BMX
Winner: Snapseed
Runners-Up: djay, Jamie's Recipes
Winner: Dead Space
Runners-Up: Contre Jour HD, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
The listings seem to be influenced by your location to some degree. For instance, in the Canadian App Store, TSN: iPad Edition is listed where djay is in the US. You may want to check your local App Store listings to see what applications made the cuts in your country. Let us know if you find anything cool in the comments below.
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Today starts Read an eBook week. For those of you who are sitting there saying "I like paper books. eBooks are not the same," yes, I hear you. I'm not asking you to change your mind, but I am asking you to give one a try, just once, and for FREE. Think about it–once you've tried reading an eBook you will be even better qualified to tell everyone what you don't like about them and your "I only like paper books" argument will hold even more weight during a paper vs. eBook debate.
Okay? So here is the deal– I have a number of short free reads listed on All Romance eBooks. You can go there, set up a quick free account with just an email address (no credit card necessary) then choose a free read and download it.
I read PDFs on my laptop with Adobe Reader. I read both ePub format and PDF on my iPod Touch using the free Stanza app. You can access All Romance directly, wirelessly, through the Stanze app on iPhone or iPod Touch. You can access Project Gutenberg from there also. I've download free classics (that are now in the public domain.) I even have the Kindle for iPhone app on my Touch and the Kindle program on my laptop, and the Sony eReader program on my laptop, so those of you who don't want to invest in a dedicated eReader can see that any computer or smart phone can serve the same purpose. No extra cost, no extra device to carry.
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Packed with more than 300 people, an Asiana Airline flight slammed into the runway while landing at San Francisco airport on Saturday and caught fire, forcing many to escape by sliding down the emergency inflatable slides as flames tore through the plane.
Firefighters doused the flames that burned through the fuselage with foam and water, and police officers on the ground threw utility knives up to crew members so they could cut the seat belts of those who remained trapped as rescue crews removed the injured.
By the time the 307 people on the flight all were accounted for several hours later, two people, later indentified as Chinese students, found outside the wreckage had been confirmed dead. Of those rescued, 182 were taken to local hospitals.
The evacuation of Asiana Flight 214 began badly. Even before the mangled jetliner began filling with smoke, two evacuation slides on the doors inflated inside the cabin instead of outside, pinning two flight attendants to the floor.
Cabin manager Lee Yoon-hye, apparently the last person to leave the burning plane, said crew members deflated the slides with axes to rescue their colleagues, one of whom seemed to be choking beneath the weight of a slide.
Ms Lee herself worked to put out fires and usher passengers to safety despite a broken tailbone. She said she did not know how badly she was hurt until a doctor at a San Francisco hospital later treated her.
It was still unclear whether the pilot's inexperience with the aircraft and airport played a role, and officials were also investigating whether the airport's or plane's equipment could have malfunctioned.
Investigators have said the pilot realised he was flying too slowly and too low, and tried to abort the landing and go back up into the air, but he failed.
Ms Lee, 40, said she knew seconds before impact that something was wrong with the plane.
"Right before touchdown, I felt like the plane was trying to take off. I was thinking, `What's happening?' and then I felt a bang. That bang felt harder than a normal landing. It was a very big shock. Afterwards, there was another shock and the plane swayed to the right and to the left," she said.
Ms Lee said that after the captain ordered an evacuation, she knew what to do.
"I just thought I need to put out the fire as soon as I can. I don't think such thoughts as 'This is too dangerous, what do I do?' crossed my mind."
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Stand up the fool who invented party bags. What on earth did you think you were doing? I know I'm old and boring - my children tell me often enough - but can someone please tell me what was wrong with the good old days, when you went home from a party clutching just a balloon and a slice of cake – homemade with water icing?
You now need two hands to carry the loot spilling out of the gaily decorated Hello Kitty party bag.
Maybe I'm just jealous or mean, quite possibly both, but why do we do it?
It's not enough to fill our mini party animals with enough E numbers and additives to possibly preserve them indefinitely – and that's just the sweets flying out of the pass the parcel - but no, we have to send them home with more.
The actual bags have now turned into an art form. Take for example the Fairy Princesses Carriage party boxes that I found for my daughter's eighth birthday. (I do have principles I'm just weak when confronted by my children.) Anyway I painstakingly pressed out the cardboard boxes folded them along the pre-marked lines and hey presto I had little pink sparkly carriages to fill with sweets for the children to take home – they sure caused some angst for the mother of the next child to have a party. She'd only bought the plastic bag variety, she anxiously confided to me at pick up time.
An elderly, childless, friend of mine once came to help out at one of my children's parties. She was terribly impressed when she saw all the children crowding round to say thank you at the end.
I happily disillusioned her, before she could start praising the youth of today, by telling her that the real reason for the orderly queue was because they were waiting for their party bags. And some of them don't even say thank you they just skip to the 'Can I have a party bag please?' 'Party bags, don't they just take a balloon?' She said obviously confused.
Wise up, Granny, this is the 21st century.
But even the seemingly innocuous balloon can present problems, particularly the helium ones. There's always a child who is terrified when they burst; though arguably not as much as the parents of the child who lets go of the string.
Howling uncontrollably they watch the balloon gently rise above their head. Daddy! Quick! Catch it! Er no chance daddy unless you can fly!
Once you have bitten the Haribo bullet and gone the route of providing takeaway tooth-rot you have the tricky task of working out the numbers because 10 party goers does not equate to 10 party bags. You need quite a few extra. You have to account for some little blighters that gate crash. 'Little Luke was so disappointed he didn't have a party to go to I thought you wouldn't mind if he came too.' Er yes I damn well do, says your brain as your mouth replies, 'Of course, no problem, that's absolutely fine.'
So if you're not prepared you'll find yourself in a game of complex fractions as you try and divide the sweets to make up an extra bag. And then there's the scenario when you see that some little cherub has managed to get hold of two bags. In a split second you have to decide whether to wrestle them to the ground to remove it or smile through gritted teeth.
You do, however, eventually get to that stage of parenthood when party bags gradually die a death. But before you reach that welcome milestone the bar is well and truly raised, when the pearly pink nail varnish and glittering headwear are simply no longer enough.
And there are always parents who rise beyond the challenge. Take, for example, my middle child. He went to a paint ball party and came back happily clutching his very own paint ball gun. I cautiously questioned him. 'Everyone got one to take home' came the reply. 'But it was instead of a party bag.' Kerching! I think we made a profit on that one.
Do you like or loathe party bags?
Do you have any tips for cheap ways to fill them?
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Stand up the fool who invented party bags. What on earth did you think you were doing? I know I'm old and boring - my children tell me often enough - but can someone please tell me what was wrong with the good old days, when you went home from a party clutching just a balloon and a slice of cake – homemade with water icing?


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David West was big again for New Orleans, scoring 30 points with 10 rebounds to lead the Hornets to their fifth straight win, 98-91 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
West was chosen the Western Conference player of the week only hours earlier on the strength of his 28.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in four Hornets' victories. The new week brought more of the same stellar production. West scored the Hornets' first 12 points as they raced to a 13-point lead. New Orleans is on a season-high winning streak.
Chris Paul bounced back from a two-point first half to finish with 16 points and 12 assists. His 3-pointer with 70 seconds left made it 95-89 and the Sixers could not recover.
Led by West, the Hornets won for the seventh time in nine games since the All-Star break.
The Sixers lost for the sixth time in eight games since the All-Star break and continue to slide down the Eastern Conference standings. Their 14-4 run last month had them in the hunt for the fourth seed and now they're closer to eighth.
Andre Iguodala scored 30 points and Andre Miller had 28 for Philadelphia.
Iguodala swished a 20-footer to bring Philadelphia within one early in the fourth period. Paul assisted on two straight baskets for some breathing room and West made a short jumper to give him 30 points and New Orleans an 84-75 lead.
Rasual Butler, who had 16 points and 10 rebounds, hit the Hornets' eighth 3 of the game and they were back ahead by double digits.
The Sixers don't play again until Saturday and need the break to figure out how to start winning again. But they did have some fight in them, coming back from 13 down to tie the score at 25 in the second quarter.
They could have done more to stop West.
West, who scored 32 points in Sunday's win at New Jersey, shouldered the offensive load early when he made six of his first seven shots. When he scored his ninth basket midway through the second quarter, a Sixers fan yelled out, "Will you double-team him, please?!" He scored 22 points in the half to help New Orleans lead 46-45 at halftime.
Notes: New Orleans' Antonio Daniels was whistled for a technical foul in the second quarter. ... The Hornets are on their longest winning streak since March 30-April 12 of last season. ... The Sixers are 11-11 against the West.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Hector Nemes has resigned as the Director of the Bethlehem Parking Authority, apparently under pressure from Mayor John Callahan. In Allentown, Mayor Ed Pawlowski has signed an ordinance officially giving health benefits to same-sex couples.
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CNNMoney runs an interesting story on the dangers currently facing state workers, noting that tens of thousands are facing job losses. The federal deficit is widening, with a new report noting that the 2011 deficit should reach $1.5 trillion.
We have three Chamber events today
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While most of us use Yahoo or Google for our standard searches; The future will be changing. Semantic search is on the rise as it allows us to just type in a question we would ask naturally. We would then get (mostly) relevant type results we would want. There are a few semantic search engines. A couple I've been currently using and tried is Hakia and Powerset. These both might be something to check out and watch as more people use this type of next generation search technology. I personally need to invest and spend more time in Powerlabs as I believe they have great ideas and always looking for feedback to improve and make powerset better! I would also like to mention I had an opportunity to meet and listen to Dave Copps at Sourcecon who gave a very entertaining presentation on his pure discovery intelligent search engine he's developing. Exciting times for all of internet search geeks ahead! Speaking of Sourcecon, I heard there is a newsletter in the works and needs a name. Go over and visit Moises Lopez at SourcingCorner and also visit Amybethhale website for more info!
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Blockchain-the most fascinating and disruptive invention since the Internet itself
Blockchain is gonna change all kind of transaction processes, known to you. Simply, with Blockchain no need to clear house entities, of any kind.
That clearly shows, a signs of a revolution. A change in the way business is done, A fundamental change.
Reasons, why we should go for Block chain are many. But, the one and the most beneficial is that, It carries no transactional cost. (It might cost for infrastructure but not transactional) The block chain is just a simple but most safe and automated way of passing information from A to B. Process is initiated by creating a block by one party and that block is verified by thousands, millions of systems(computers) available around the internet.
Once a block is verified, it is added to the chain, and that block contains access to net, unique records. Not, just unique records, but unique records with unique history. If anybody wants to find a records, that would mean to find the whole chain in millions of pieces. That seems virtually impossible task and actually, it is. This model is used by the company Bitcoin for monetary transactions, but there are a plenty of ways where it can be implanted to make the things work even better.
The most important or mind blowing use we can extract from It, is to use blockchain for voting. And already it is working, block chain is used as an extra level of security by patent-pending election system process.
"Because Blockchain-based records are time-stamped and signed, which makes post election fraud impossible."
Let's go for an airline company, what generally happens is, we buy tickets from website or app and some transaction cost is taken by the credit card company for processing the payment.
But if you are using blockchain, not just the processing fee, entire ticketing process can be moved to blockchain. Airline company and the passenger are two parties and the ticket can be considered as a block, which is added to a ticket blockchain. But, the X factor is, IT IS FREE. Blockchain is not limited to just making the blockchain transfer and storing the money, it can even change or replace all business model which depend on charging a little amount of money, for the transaction.
And the another example is:
"The app or platform Fiverr charges 0.5$ per 5 transaction between sellers and buyers. Blockchain makes the transaction way free. With such a tech, Fiverr will vanish, so will all kinds of business models working of market making concept."
A ride share company is already using the blockchain model and it is amazing. Because, the blockchain can itself be managed by drivers and passengers without any intermediate medium. Companies like Uber & Co needs to watch out for their empire, as it is gonna be at the edge of distinction.
Blockchain can remove the need of distributor or third parties to release or launch the music, recorded music can be sold to public by using blockchain directly.
More fascinating reasons are:
Ebooks can also be fitted in blockchain, and then there won't be any Amazon taking their cut.The book the, will circulate in a encoded form, and the blockchain will complete the transaction between author and the buyer.
Blockchain tech if seen wisely, it could even downs the Google. Google makes money buy charging for ads and with blockchain tech there won't be any need of ads if there is a world of minimal free transactions. All it would take is to make a ad blockchain for text and displaying ads and it would offer all the facilities of google keywords and adwords. If other search engines begin to adapt such tech, it would lead to end of the google.
Blockchain, is the next threat to email. Emails are just one to one transactions. And with blockchain, it will make emailing more safer. If an email costs minimal amount of money, who would not be happy to pay for it.
Another benefit is medical records. With an actual blockchain, you will be able to visit any hospital in the world, with all your previous medical records and history, even complete DNA encoded safely. There are already trails running for blockchain of medical records.
Education, the next platform is nothing but a place where you pay to get the certificates and grades, which can be encoded in a personal education blockchain.
Now, add all benefits and results together and you will be having a unique and permanent record, history of every individual's life. Blockchain will then, replace banks, transactional processes, IDs, passports, biometric options too if implanted right. The reason is simple, because blockchain is the milions of copies simultaneously, attempt to change even a small bit of information would be spotted immediately.
The benefits and things described above which can be done by blockchain will consume massive power of computers, but that won't be a problem as quantum computing will be settled to bear or take care of that.
If I thought, comparing every industry and business model where blockchain can not be implanted, i am sure result is gonna be completely satisfying that Blockchain is the next big thing after invention of Internet, without any sign of doubt.
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ATHENS, Ohio (May 25, 2004) -- The Seabury Quinn, Jr., Playwrights' Festival presents to the public the works of first, second and third year students in the Ohio University Professional Playwriting Program under the direction of Playwrighting Program Head Charles Smith. This year, the festival offers an opportunity to witness the work of nine diverse playwrights. This cumulative work from the 2003-04 academic year is in the form of productions, workshops and readings of new plays. After the readings and workshops, audiences are invited to give feedback directly to the writers who then use that feedback to continue to shape and form their work. Theater professionals from around the country are also in attendance during the festival. These professionals take on the role of mentoring each playwright during the four-day festival. They conduct seminars, workshops and also respond to the work of Ohio University playwrights. This year's mentors include: Rick Cleveland, writer for HBO's "Six Feet Under" and "The West Wing;" Rebecca Gillman, author of "Spinning Into Butter" and a Pulitzer Prize nominee; and Chris Jones, critic for Variety and The New York Times.
Past guest artists have included nationally renowned playwrights Ed Bullins, Milan Stitt, Sherry Kramer, Caridad Svich and Susan Yankowitz, in addition to Chuck Smith (artistic associate, Goodman Theatre in Chicago) Janet Allen (artistic director, Indiana Repertory) Mead Hunter (literary director, Portland Center Stage, in Portland, Ore.) and Sandy Shinner (associate artistic director, Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.)
Many of the plays shown during the festival then go on to receive professional productions in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. The festival begins Wednesday, May 26, and runs through Saturday, May 29, in the Forum Theater. A reception with light refreshments will follow every performance. For more information, call the Ohio University Theater Box Office at (740) 593-4800.
The Playwrights' Festival provides a unique opportunity to the community by allowing them the equivalent of a "backstage pass" to experience one step in the new play development process, a process which extends from inception to production. A new play challenges all participants (writers, actors, directors and audience), empowering them with the opportunity to contribute to the development of a living play. This year's living plays deal with a variety of eclectic issues including: Women in the Wild West, carnivalesque familial longings, alienation, Hispanic cultural loyalty, the search for identity, comedy with a French flair, love and loss, a universe inhabited by time and suspenseful family secrets.
Playwrights presenting their work in this year's festival include: Anika Alvar, a Thornton Wilder Playwriting Award winner; Aaron Carter, a Prop Theater's New Play Festival finalist and Chicago produced playwright; J.C. Christiansen, an American College Theatre Festival winner; Christopher De Paola, a New York City off-off Broadway produced Hispanic playwright; Mike Dice Jr., a National AIDS Fund Award winner from the Kennedy Center; Melissa Gawlowski, selected for an upcoming edition of Monologues For Women, by Women; Jacquelyn Reingold, a New York City-produced playwright and television writer for NBC's "Miss Match" and MTV's "Daria;" John Ray Sheline, founding member of TS&M productions; and Mark Witteveen, a New York City-produced playwright.
The 2004 Seabury Quinn, Jr. Playwrights' Festival runs from Wednesday, May 26, through Saturday, May 29, in the Forum Theater (RTV Building). Shows are at 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday; 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. on both Thursday and Friday; and noon, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday. A reception with light refreshments will follow every performance. All performances are free, except Saturday at 8 p.m., which is a paid performance in the Hahne Theater. For more information, call the Ohio University Theater Box Office at (740) 593-4800.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday, May 26
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Friday, May 28
Saturday, May 29
* "Fullest Vigour" performed in the Virginia Hahne Theater* All other performances are in the Forum Theater (RTV Building) and are free
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Getting bitten by mosquitoes already? Winnipeg city officials say the pesky blood-sucking bugs are indeed out, but trap counts are low — so far, anyway.
"Very small numbers" of spring adult nuisance mosquitoes have appeared thanks to successful spring larviciding efforts, according to the city's Insect Control Branch.
But warm temperatures and rain over the last 10 days will give rise to summer nuisance mosquitoes, as the eggs have begun hatching in the water, said Ken Nawolsky, the city's superintendent of insect control.
The first generation of summer adult nuisance mosquitoes could start appearing in the next three to five days, depending on the weather, according to officials.
"So for the next while we can see just a slight increase in the trap counts," he said Friday. "You're going to have now some of the summer species starting to emerge."
City crews are continuing to apply larvicide across the city, and Nawolsky said people shouldn't expect any fogging in the near future.
The city's adulticiding factor analysis (AFA) rating, the system the Insect Control Branch uses to determine how best to fight the bugs, was low on Friday.
Nawolsky reminded residents to dump out any standing water on their properties.
"We're at slightly above moisture conditions compared to normal years," he said.
"We, fortunately, missed [a] large significant rainstorm that happened last night, so this will allow our crews to continue to treat the nuisance mosquitoes in the water that are currently out there now."
Officials noted that people may see some midges lately. They're flies that look like mosquitoes but they do not bite.
As for other nuisance insects, Nawolsky said he's expecting to see very few cankerworms this summer.


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Jim Miller is the creator of Savvy Senior, a weekly question-and-answer information column for older Americans. Savvy Senior was created as a means to channel useful information and valuable resources that is fun to read and easy to understand. Every week, Savvy Senior addresses a different issue chosen from the wide variety of topics relevant to senior living in the 21st Century.
Dear Savvy Senior,
In 1979, humorist Sam Levenson, wrote: "The gods gave man fire so he put it out with water. They gave him love so he put it out with marriage."
Whether or not that is true, there is something that makes this statement ring "true" in many of the marriages I work with, and have been working with, for the past 40-plus years.
The institution of marriage by itself is obviously not responsible for people falling out of love. How is it that so many couples struggle to sustain love in their marriage after the romance of the courtship begins to fade?
My birthday is this week. I have always loved having a January birthday, because the New Year is also a new year for me.
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that the ranking period cut-off date for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is Jan. 27. Producers interested in CSP should submit applications to their local NRCS office by the deadline so that their applications can be considered during the first ranking period of 2012.
Most people would say that there is not much going on in the garden during the winter months. I beg to differ. There are dozens of plants out there doing something interesting. Some are just showing their pretty bark or their sculptural quality bare of leaves. Others are just beginning to emerge and will be blooming soon. And others just have some crazy quality that allows their foliage to look as fresh and clean as a spring garden despite the fact it is winter in Kentuckiana.
Children can learn many valuable life lessons while working with livestock, and everyone loves to see children and animals working together. However, it's important to remember livestock can be dangerous. Injuries from livestock-related accidents are a major source of injuries to children in agricultural settings.
Every morning I read my Bible and after I finish, I pray. I always say the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of my prayer or ending of my prayer. This morning I was going to start with the Lord's Prayer, and an amazing thing happened, I started with Psalm 23. This got me to thinking of all the times I have read the Psalm 23 and used it at funerals. Now let me take a look at what it really means and says and apply it to my heart.
Psalm 23:1 — "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want."
It's the middle of January. Christmas is over and the bills are due. New Year is well on its way and some of our resolutions have already fallen. We leave for work in the morning and it is dark, we get home at night and the sun is already setting. And for some people it is all they can do to keep going.
The Denver Broncos starting quarterback, and Heisman Trophy winner, Tim Tebow, may not have succeeded in another win against the New England Patriots on Saturday, but fans are still praying – and thousands more as well.
It is nothing new to see a quarterback drop to one knee after a snap – but it is an entirely different thing to see him kneel and pray. "Tebowing" is a word used to describe this "taking a knee" in prayer and has officially entered the English language and has been added to the American lexicon.
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The townhouses of Beehive Lane are conveniently located off of McCowan Road just north of 16th Avenue in Markham. Close to highway 407 to the south and Major MacKenzie to the north these suites are ideally located in York region. The three bedroom suites in this new development features hardwood flooring on all three levels, ceramic tile and granite counter tops in the kitchen and many large windows. Extended stay guests will find shopping, restaurants and entertainment nearby at various neighbourhood plazas or at Markville Shopping Centre.
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West Brom boss Tony Mowbray admits a bid for Aston Villa striker Luke Moore is unlikely.
"I would suggest that's very unlikely," Mowbray told the Birmingham Mail.
"I don't know if he's a regular fixture at Aston Villa but I would doubt that we could deal with Luke Moore financially."


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Healthy Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches
A healthy twist on oatmeal cream pie sandwiches.
Calories: 272; Total fat: 12 g; Saturated fat: 6.2 g; Sodium: 223 mg; Carbohydrates: 34.1 g; Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g; Sugar: 15 g; Protein: 5 g
9 sandwiches
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (or use 1/2 cup all purpose 1/2 cup whole wheat)
½ cup oat flour (ground from whole oats)
1/2 cup rolled oats
½ tsp each baking soda and baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 cup raw or roasted pecans, loosely chopped
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup freshly grated carrot, patted dry
2 flax eggs (2 Tbsp flaxseed meal + 5 Tbsp water)
½ cup ripe mashed banana (about 1 small banana)
2 Tbsp butter (non-dairy for vegan), melted
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp unsweetened almond milk
8 ounces light cream cheese (vegan cream cheese if making vegan), softened
3-6 Tbsp honey or agave nectar (depending on preferred sweetness)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, add 2 Tbsp flaxseed + 5 Tbsp water and whisk. Let set for a few minutes until thickened.
Add mashed banana, melted butter (or coconut oil), grated carrot, brown sugar, vanilla, almond milk and stir. In a separate large bowl, mix all dry ingredients and the nuts.
A little at a time, add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir. A fairly thick dough should form. Set in the fridge to firm up for 5-10 minutes.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease with non-stick spray.
Scoop large portions of batter ( about 1.5-2 Tbsp) out with two spoons and slightly flatten them. Be sure to set them at least 1 inch apart as they'll spread a little.
Bake for 18-25 minutes or until edges begin to brown and the middle is just set.
Once done, let rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then cool for 20-30 more minutes on a cooling rack.
Prepare cream cheese filling in the meantime by mixing softened cream cheese with desired amount of honey. To thicken, add a little all purpose flour or powdered sugar (optional).
Once the cookies are completely cooled, sandwich two equal sized cookies together with a thick layer of filling in between. You will have leftover filling.
Enjoy immediately, keep in a covered in the fridge for a few days, or freeze for later use.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Female employment and marital decline
Feminists have been telling us for decades that one's power in a marriage depends on one's personal income, and that women need to be employed to create equality between spouses. This equality, in turn, will lead to more mutually satisfying relationships. The lower graph is the employment status for women ages 30-60 over the period 1972-2006. Full-time employment has grown from 30 to 55%, while being a housewife has plummeted from 55 to less than 20%. While more and more women have moved into the workforce, women's marital happiness has slipped a little over this period (shown in the previous post). The top graph shows that, instead of improving marriage, growth in female employment has paraleled a decline in marriage--more divorced and never-married people. As we saw in the last post, rational predictions about the family made by liberal experts turned out to be exactly wrong.
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- Jewish Atheist said...
It seems obvious that a woman with more options is less likely to stay married. This is not necessarily a bad thing, although obviously the husbands who could have previously mistreated them knowing she couldn't leave would be upset.
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Deadline approaches for monitor farm applications
Nine new monitor farms are wanted across Scotland before the application deadline closes on Friday, 30 September.
Farmers are wanted in Nithsdale, the Scottish Borders, North Ayrshire, Lothians, Mearns and Angus, Lochaber, Morayshire, Sutherland and Shetland.
The new programme is building on the initiative that was first launched in 2003 and will be jointly run by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds and is funded by a £1.25 million bursary from the Scottish Government and the European Union's knowledge transfer and innovation fund.
The purpose of the new programme is to establish monitor farms to improve the profitability, productivity and sustainability of producers through practical demonstrations, sharing effective practice methods and the discussion of up-to-date issues. It will adopt a whole farm approach and will help build a resilient business, introduce innovative ideas and highlight the importance of collaboration.
"I jumped at the chance to be a monitor farm, as it was critical for us to maximise output when we had no entitlement," said Andrew Baillie (pictured), who was a monitor farmer between 2012 and 2015. Since farming at Carnwath, Lanarkshire since 2000, Baillie has increased his flock from 200 to 650 ewes. Many of the farm improvements have been credited to the monitor farm process. "The changes I have made and benefits I have seen are a direct result of being part of the process."
Beef and sheep upland farmers Ed and Kate Rowell from Hundleshope near Peebles, also saw the effects of the initiative.
"Being a monitor farm has been absolutely fantastic," said Kate. "We have met lots of new people, it has opened lots of doors for us and we have new contacts in the business world. We have all really enjoyed the whole process.
"When we were first approached to become monitor farmers, I must admit I was very hesitant. However, by the end of the three-year programme I can say that it has been brilliant," added Ed.
"We have learnt a huge amount and have come on leaps and bounds in silage-making and sheep recording, and the scanning percentage in our hill flock has increased from 80-90% to 122%. It has been a huge learning curve and has had a hugely positive aspect in our farming enterprise. I would definitely encourage other people to become monitor farmers if they get an opportunity."
Each of the new farms on the programme will be supported by a facilitation team and its own management team. An associated business group will evaluate solutions and best practices before sharing findings with the wider community and through various media channels, including a dedicated website.
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Y-12's Direct-Hire Construction team was recently honored for achieving more than one million hours worked without a lost-time accident and zero recordable injuries throughout 2012.
The Y-12 team achieved the one million-hour milestone in June 2012, and in January 2013, attained 1.4 million hours (more than 800 days) without a lost-time accident. The team's last lost workday occurred in September 2010.
See more.
About the photo:Tom Morris, B&W Y-12 vice president of projects, presents Construction's safety awards to Monica Lewis, Y-12 craft safety lead representative, and Kevin Adkisson, Knoxville Building and Construction Trades Council president.


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Says 'liberal policies' sinking ship of state
Published 6:05 pm, Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The hypocrisy of The News-Times is never more evident than it is in its recent efforts to defend Governor Malloy against Tom Foley's recent accusations against him.
While I agree that unsubstantiated accusations should play no role in anything, I find it disturbing how news organizations like yourself were so willing to allow the President of the United States to avoid the topics of a disastrous four years by lobbing far more unsubstantiated accusations at the former Governor of Massachussetts without even a peep!
Now, in part due to media outlets like yourself discriminating in which side it holds accountable for their actions, we're stuck in another four years of disastrous policies in the White House based on an election that was won by a candidacy that was virtually substance-free.
I continue to subscribe to The News-Times to get local news, however, the time is drawing near when I decide that my very valid opinions are working in direct contrast to the complete biasness in what, more and more, is just a liberal rag!
The State of Connecticut is a sinking ship as a result of liberal policies and news organizations like yourselves are happy to focus on the cabin boy getting the proper wage and accolades .....I just hope that he can swim.
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206: STOTT PILATES® Pilates on the Green: Matwork for Golf, Levels 1 & 2
Presented by: John Garey, MS
Session Format: Lecture / Workshop
Do you work with golfers who are looking to increase club-head speed and get more distance on the drive? This session introduces specific STOTT PILATES Matwork exercises that will help to improve body awareness, isolating crucial core muscles and combining the elements of strength with flexibility. In addition, participants will learn how to use the Matwork exercises to help their clients sharpen focus, strength, flexibility, balance and power in order to get that extra advantage on the green.


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The guy was born and raised in California.
Still, he's bringing the art of his country to a foreign land, it would have been better if he returned to the Philippines.
I mean, for ****'s sake, TKD is more popular here than Eskrima or Kali, WTH does that say.


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http://wanderingbreathless.wordpress.com/ - My last two posts were published, and sent to followers via email, but do not show up on my site. The earlier version of the first post does not include current images at all.
I've cleared the cache and tried two browsers (Safari and Chrome) but the two posts are missing!!
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Studio Calico Reveal | May Kit Planetarium II/
Hey there, I'm back with another two of my Planetarium kit cards. The first one has a little masculine touch. I know some of you struggle with guy cards, so I always try to fit one of them in my monthly assignments with the kits. For the turquoise layer I repeatedly stamped the star trail stamp from the North Star add-on on a piece of card stock using Versamark ink, then embossed it with clear embossing powder. After everything cooled down, I used Mister Huey Ocean (from the Here+There collection) and a watercolor brush to paint over the embossed cardstock. Love the subtle gradient I could achieve.
This next card is completely neutral color-wise and I really like how it makes the gold stars look. Also, I find it's a great proof how those kits can fit any card-making style, even vintage, if you want to.
Kits: SC Planetarium Main Card Kit, North Star Card Add-on
Ink: Versamark Watermark Ink, Versamark Versafine Onyx Black, PTI Enchanted Evening, PTI Hawaiian Shores, PTI Tea Dye Duo Chai Blend
Other: Sewing machine/thread, SC Mister Huey Ocean, EK Success 1 3/4" circle punch, clear embossing powder


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The Animal Sanctuary
You may wonder why we've chosen to locate our place so far from Los Angeles. The answer is simple - property properly zoned for kennels and catteries is in extremely short supply in the metro Los Angeles area. And when we rescued the "survivors" in 1998, we didn't have much time to pick and choose the spot we would make their home. And, so here it is, about 1 hour away from Los Angeles in the High Desert!
As you can see, Our Place is a rustic affair. We don't have the funds or people power to make it pretty, as we'd like to, but it works and the fur folk are comfortable, happy, well-fed and well-loved. Everybody has access to an outdoor area where they can feel the wind ruffle their whiskers!
However, it is time for some improvements - most of the buildings are almost 60 years old! We have quite a few older dogs and we want them to be cozy, especially in the cold winter days. We are located in the High Desert and temperatures reach over 100 in the summer and below freezing in the winter. The cats are housed in a 3 room house that was built in the 1950's and is in desperate need of upgrades and expansion. So, now we are making it happen and are in the process of building two large buildings equipped with swamp-coolers and heaters with an indoor and outdoor space for kitties and each of our rescued dogs. You can help us make this happen by donating using our PayPal link on the left or at GoFundMe . Click here to view some pics of our very slow but sure building progress!
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It's hard to believe that Twitter will be 7 years old this summer. For those who have never tweeted, it may seem surprising that an unedited stream of consciousness, condensed into messages of 140 characters or less, has survived this long, let alone grown to become one of the most dominant players in social networking. It has evolved into an invaluable source for news gathering and dissemination for its 465 million user base, posting 175 million tweets a day.
Enter Paul Hawtin, the CEO of Derwent Capital. His UK-based hedge fund just rolled out the first trading platform designed to gauge the mood of the markets based upon what's being said about particular stocks, currencies, and commodities on Twitter, Facebook (FB), and other social media.
"What we've developed is unique technology that listens in on this data, in real time, then pushes out a rating of investor sentiment on any specific company or stock that you're interested in following," Hawtin says in the attached video, explaining the trading platform called DCM Dealer.
For now, DCM Dealer can trade about 250 UK-based securities, but Hawtin says over the coming six to eight weeks, the list of "instruments" available to trade will grow to over 8,000 in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Once a particular currency, commodity or stock is selected, the system generates a "senti-ball" with a rating that ranges from 0 to 100.According to DCM's website, this new technology seizes upon "a vast amount of data (which) is generated by social media. Twitter, for instance, produces more than 2.5 billion instant messages a week, with Facebook adding hundreds of millions more. Within this dynamic environment, alpha-generating trends and correlations are there to be identified, analyzed and acted upon by investors."
Hawtin says the service is aimed at retail investors who can join and set up an account for free. If investors do decide to take the next step, there is a charge of approximately $4 per trade. "We generate our revenue from trading volume, so the more clients we have trading, the more revenue we generate as a firm," he says.
Of course, the service has yet to go mainstream and therefore its veracity as a tool has yet to be proven. Even so, Hawtin himself says the trading platform is "not some Holy Grail of investment trading signals where you're guaranteed to get rich quick."
Instead, he considers it "an additional layer of information" that should be combined with other more traditional methods of analysis to help investors make better decisions.


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Don't Miss: Sept. 7-13
Detroit on the Move
Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Friday until May 25
"Detroit: Artists in Residence" features six installations by artists working in the motor city.
Art Under the Shah
Asia Society, New York, through Jan. 5
Art from the three decades before the revolution of 1979 will be on display in "Iran Modern."
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, through Dec. 8
As an artist-correspondent, Winslow Homer produced revealing images of the Civil War, and they're on display in "Winslow Homer's Civil War."...


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A Duty to the Dead
A Bess Crawford Mystery
Dedicated to helping the many wounded during the Great War, Bess Crawford receives a desperate request from a dying lieutenant while serving as a nurse aboard a hospital ship. "Tell my brother Jonathan that I lied," the young man says. "I did it for Mother's sake. But it has to be set right."
Back home in England, Bess receives an unexpected response from the dead soldier's family, for neither Jonathan Graham' his mother' nor his younger brother admit to understanding what the message means.
But the Grahams are harboring a grim secret, and Bess must, somehow, get to the bottom of it. It is her sacred duty to the dead, no matter how painful, or dangerous, that obligation might be.


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The Indoor Kids welcome Nick Ahrens (iam8bit) to enter the lair and discuss the entire Mass Effect franchise. We talk about the good, we talk about the bad, we talk about who has had sex with which people & what race they were. We also address the massive & epic ending controversy!
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One Life to Live fans can finally catch one of their all-time favorites back in the soap saddle when Melissa Archer finally makes her on-screen debut as Serena on Days of our Lives! Archer will turn up in Salem on the December 5th episode of the sudser as world-traveled medical journalist Serena Mason!
And now, according to details in a new interview with TV Guide Magazine's Michael Logan, Serena has a past with Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan) when they were working together in Africa, when he was a photographer there, and she was a journalist. It seems their torrid romance ended when he chose to be a man of the cloth … instead of the man in her bed! But why?
The popular redhead also gave a few other sneak peeks of what is to come in her chat with TVG. Here are a few excerpts below!
Melissa on what brings her to Salem: "She comes into town to do some important medical research. (Laughs) Because they have really good doctors in Salem — the best to choose from! Serena is extremely smart, a no-bulls–t kind of girl, which I really enjoy playing. She's so different from my character, Natalie, on OLTL, who was tough but petulant. Serena is a real adult. Because of her profession, she's not the type to wear her heart on her sleeve — otherwise she wouldn't be able to survive the work.
Melissa on her new enemy Nicole (Arianne Zucker), who she thinks still has it for Eric: "I can't speak for how Arianne sees her character but, from Serena's point of view, Nicole is obsessed with Eric. Nicole has no idea who this Serena person is and it's instant dislike. It was so much fun! I wish I had more scenes like that. Nicole is looking out for Eric, but she goes a little too far. (Laughs) It's certainly not one of those soap-opera girly fights with a little slapping and hair-pulling. These are tough women. I won't say anymore because it's so worth watching!
So, are you intrigued to see a romance and potential love story between Greg Vaughan and Melissa Archer? What do you think on paper of the new character of Serena? Looking forward to seeing Melissa back on daytime? Comment below!