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My family on my father's side is half-Russian. Specifically we are from Belarus, and interestingly, when Michael met a few Russian people when we were living in Boston and told them my last name/maiden name (for those who don't know, it's Cherepon), they immediately knew Belarus! I find that fascinating, because if someone in the US says their last name is Smith, we wouldn't know that all Smiths live in Texas. So I was really fascinated by this.
Anyway, I'm pretty good with Eastern European and Russian cooking. Every year, my sister and I put on a big feast in January and do a lot of traditional cooking. I could certainly have counted that towards 80 Plates, but I felt like doing something from my family's countries of origin that I hadn't done before. Recently, the Fredericksburg Library had its semi-annual book sale and I went to the preview show and found a Russian cookbook. Inside was a recipe for beef stroganov and I decided that's what I'd make.
But wait a minute, those of you who have attended may ask. Haven't I eaten beef stroganov at your house before? Why yes you have, my fine friends, but you've eaten it the way my mom taught me to make it, which is quick, easy, and fool proof! To make that beef stroganov, all you do is add one pound of stew beef, one envelope of onion soup mix, and one can of cream of mushroom soup to your slow cooker and let it cook all day. It's quick, easy, and yummy, but not what I'd call "authentic".
According to my cookbook:
Created in the late 19th Century for a Russian count, "bef Stroganov" has become one of the world's most famous dishes. The recipe that follows is the classic Russian version. The numerous European and American variations called beef Stroganov do not in any sense reproduce the dish as it was originally made.
So there.
I gathered up my ingredients and you can see the fairly dismal looking picture in the cookbook in my ingredient picture. This cookbook was published in 1969 and has not exactly aged to perfection. Looking through it, I had to laugh at the photo of a Ukranian family sitting down to have their Easter breakfast, with two bottles of vodka on the table right in front of the kids' places at the table. Hilarious. Anyway, the only thing I did that varied from the directions was to buy the beef already cut into strips by the good people at Wegman's. I didn't want to stand around slicing beef all day.
To start, you combine dry mustard, sugar, salt, and just a dash of hot water to make a paste. I added about a tablespoon of hot water and wound up with more of a slurry than a paste. So my guess is that maybe even a teaspoon or water would do the trick.
Then it was time to slice up some onions. I needed four cups, which is about four onions' worth. I love this picture of the onion slices stacked in my grandma's measuring cup. The onions are very strong indeed, but I once read in the Old Farmer's Almanac that if you slice onions while keeping a piece of bread in your mouth, you won't cry, and I swear to God it works. At least for me. So there's your tip of the day.
As you can see, I bought the mushrooms pre-sliced, one pound of them. It would have been cheaper to buy the mushrooms in bulk and slice them myself, but I was feeling lazy so I let someone else do the work.
Now the first real part of the cooking made me nervous--you place some oil in a pan, turn the heat on high, and let the oil sit in there till it starts to smoke. Um, no thanks. I let it get good and hot till it was kind of running around the pan and kicking up bubbles, but I didn't wait to see smoke before I threw the mushrooms and onions in there. Then all you do is reduce the heat to low, cover the pan, and stir the veggies around from time to time for the next 20-30 minutes.
Meanwhile, it was time to cook the beef. You cook it in two batches, since you use two pounds. This time the directions say to let the oil get hot but not smoke. Well, I just let it get to the same temperature as before with the onions and mushrooms and then threw in the beef. It got kind of bubbly and funny looking, but I guess that's what was supposed to happen! It cooked up just fine and then I got to add it to the mushrooms and onions, which I had drained off and returned to their happy pan.
From there on, it's pretty basic. You add in the mustard paste and some salt and pepper. Unfortunately, this did not photograph real well, but you can sort of see it there?
And then you add a dollop of sour cream at a time, mix it in, and wait for it to make a nice kind of sauce. I used fat free sour cream, and I do think the sauce might have been a bit thicker had I used regular, but I was willing to sacrifice a heavier gravy for a healthier option.
And then it was time to eat! I had mine over egg noodles and Mike had his with mashed potatoes (I had to pick the beef out of the mushrooms and onions for him!). I also had a nice side of steamed veggies and he did not.
I love making beef stroganov the quick and easy way, but man was it good to eat it the traditional way as well! Apparently it is traditional to serve it with crisp potato straws over the top of it, but I liked it our way just fine and dandy.
And I have to say, as I was making it, I was thinking it was one of the easier dishes I have made as part of this experiment. There were very few dishes created, unlike the usual sinkful of dishes I usually have to do, and since I was able to buy a couple ingredients pre-prepped, it made it even faster!
I really enjoyed this taste of the motherland. Yum! Maybe someday I'll eat it at the Kremlin with other heads of state. haha
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
80 Plates: From Russia With Love
My family on my father's side is half-Russian. Specifically we are from Belarus, and interestingly, when Michael met a few Russian people when we were living in Boston and told them my last name/maiden name (for those who don't know, it's Cherepon), they immediately knew Belarus! I find that fascinating, because if someone in the US says their last name is Smith, we wouldn't know that all Smiths live in Texas. So I was really fascinated by this.
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80 Plates: At War With Our Bellies
So I finally have a few minutes to blog about our culinary journey in the Mediterranean. I had been in the mood for Greek food for a while, so I decided to go for it one day. I knew my sister would be over and that she digs cucumbers, so I knew she'd help me eat up tzatziki sauce. I am attempting to make peace with the cucumber, but it is one of my least favorite vegetables. I'm getting there though. From that came our menu of souvlaki and tzatziki from Greece. Then I decided if I was going to do that, I might as well add Turkey to the mix. Greece and Turkey have a long history of disagreements (the granddaddy of all international conflicts some might say), and it turned out that we were all kind of grumpy with each other as a family that day, so I enjoyed the cooking as it matched the mood of the household. I scanned my copy of "The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook" and found a recipe for zucchini patties in the Turkish cooking section and voila! A menu was created.
I started out with the tzatziki since I felt it should all kind of blend a while. I used a combination of recipes from the Mediterranean cookbook and the Food Network. It seems all tzatziki recipes are more or less the same--cucumber, yogurt, garlic, mint, lemon juice, and some use sour cream and some don't. I went ahead and used fat free sour cream to try and make it a tad healthier. I apologize that the cucumber is missing from the ingredient picture! I started grating it before thinking that I needed to photograph it.
So step one is to grate a seedless (English) cucumber. You can usually find these in the produce section wrapped in plastic, as opposed to 'regular' cucumbers that are just out in their skins. Why is this? I wondered that myself. "Regular" cucumbers are waxed to retain moisture and prevent rotting. English cucumbers are shrink wrapped. Why? I don't know. That's just how it is. Anyway, I grated it and I have to say, this is one of my favorite 80 plates pictures just because I like how green it is.
Then I added some salt and let those suckers drain into the sink.
Meanwhile, I measured out 1 cup each of Greek yogurt and sour cream. Greek yogurt is thicker than "regular" yogurt. If you can't find it, you can use the equivalent amount of plain yogurt. Put it in a strainer lined with cheesecloth and let the moisture seep out of the yogurt for a while before mixing it up.
Once the yogurt and sour cream were measured out, I added tons of garlic. I used up the last of the minced garlic I had and then minced some fresh garlic, which accounts for the two different colors. Then a little salt and pepper and voila! The base was complete!
All that was left was to put in the cucumbers and let the whole thing sit in the fridge for at least an hour, or longer if desired.
Then it was time to get the chicken marinating. I had decided on souvlaki, which is a dish I never order, as I love eating gyros when we go for Greek food. Alton Brown did an episode of Good Eats where he showed you how to make gyro meat on your grill, but I just felt like trying something new. Plus, only God knows how Vesuvius would handle grilling a big mound of gyro meat. But I digress. The marinade for souvlaki in all the recipes I scanned seems to be pretty much the same ingredients, only the quantities vary. Also, souvlaki is very popular as a pork dish, although we used chicken.
Into the food processor, I put olive oil, lemon juice (was super excited I got to use my new Pampered Chef citrus press for the first time!), thyme, oregano, onion, and garlic and pureed the hell out of it. It comes out as a kind of yellowy whitish looking marinade.
Meanwhile, I was soaking my bamboo skewers in water and I cubed up my chicken. I poured the marinade over the chicken and stuck the bowl in the fridge to sit for a while.
Then it was time to turn my attention to the zucchini patties. One thing that kind of got me about this was that yet again I had to buy a special ingredient (in this case, self rising flour) and used exactly 1/4 cup of it. You can bet I'll be looking for recipes to use it up! I don't really mind buying things like fresh herbs because they don't come by the pound. But it gets my goat to buy jars and bags of things that I need a minute amount of! Oh well :-) Enjoy my money, Gold Medal. You make good flour, I have to hand it to you.
Anyway, to start, you grate both the zucchini and the onion, and then place them in a clean towel and squeeze out as much moisture as you possibly can. I couldn't squeeze and photograph all at the same time, so you'll have to settle for my before and after pictures, which I guess look basically the same!
You will have to take my word for it--A LOT of moisture comes out when you squeeze these through a towel. I was actually quite surprised.
Once that's done, you add salt, pepper, flour, parmesan cheese, mint, parsley, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, and an egg and mix it all up until it becomes a stiff kind of mixture that holds a patty shape. Then I shaped the little patties up and all the food was prepped except for skewering the chicken, which I did pretty quickly!
So I fired up Vesuvius, and at the same time heated up some olive oil to fry the zucchini patties in. I figured the chicken would take longer, but in fact they took about the same amount of time, so I was running in and out between the grill and the electric frying pan to get everything done at roughly the same time.
Then it was time to eat! YUM! Wegmans had some delicious soft pita bread--I really don't like that brand that makes the real dry pitas, so I was thrilled to find soft ones--so we added that and the recipe for the zucchini suggested we serve it with fresh lemon, so I wedged some of that up as well! I also happen to like lettuce and tomato on my gyros and figured it would be good on souvlaki, so I put some of that on the table too. It was quite a feast.
Then it was time to fix up a plate and eat!
How amazing does this look, huh?!
Then Judy decided to take a picture of the family sitting down to eat, with me in it for a change. As I said, none of us was really speaking at this point, and a picture speaks louder than words. She snapped this picture and promptly burst into tears. But now when I look at it, it kind of cracks me up!
So then she told us we HAD to smile, so we all put on our game face and smiled--even Dottie. Leah declined to participate--hahahaha.
Then it was finally time to dig in! The ceremonial first bite picture of the General--you can see that I remembered his mashed potatoes this time! No more rookie mistakes for me, no sir! Now I love Mediterranean food and I love Greek food, and I always thought it would be beyond my capabilities to actually prepare. How pleased I was to be proven wrong. This was a delicious meal that all of us truly enjoyed! We actually thawed our relations and really enjoyed ourselves during the meal--good food is definitely the antidote to rage :-)
We will be eating this again, no doubt in my mind. Try it yourself sometime and see!
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Taking a Short Break
I'm taking a short break from my on-line life, as my off-line life is getting me down a little bit. I'll be fine. See you all next week.
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Despite the attention given to the creation of work/life programs by many organisations in recent years, the majority of employees today are still failing to reap the benefits of a balanced professional and personal life. Many work/life programs currently lack true business grounding, are frequently at odds with corporate culture and are often viewed by employees as add-ons and concessions targeted primarily at women.
Why do work/life balance programs fail to deliver?
Leadership and corporate culture: A lack of managerial support often undermines work/life programs by discouraging employees' efforts to balance their lives. The challenge in moving the work/life balance issue from rhetoric to reality is one of leadership.
Renewed commitment and courage on the part of business leaders is required to consciously create organisational cultures which embody new values. These cultures are the key to keeping and motivating a productive, multi-skilled workforce.
Companies that truly entrench the initiatives into their culture typically integrate family support into the business itself. At Hewlett Packard, for example, every business unit's annual review must identify work/life issues and develop action plans.
One outcome of this initiative was financial managers developed activity rescheduling and 'work from home' IT support to overcome peak period bottlenecks.
Perceived career disadvantages: Many organisations today offer programs like part-time work, flexitime and telecommuting, but often the corporate culture identifies those who utilise such programs as less committed to their job.
If there is a general perception among staff that working long hours is essential for career advancement, and that visibility equals productivity, this can undermine attempts to promote work/life balance.
'One size' fits all: Historically, work/life programs have revolved around flexible working conditions for women, with part-time work, maternity leave, job sharing and shorter working days increasingly common.
The uptake of alternative work options by men has tended to be extremely low. This is due in part to organisational pressure and the traditional expectation in both the business world and wider community that men are the main breadwinners of the family unit.
For business with substantial numbers of administrative, maintenance or customer-facing employees, offering flexible working conditions can be problematic. Where the hours of work are customer-driven, organisations face limitations on flexibility for employees, but this is when family-friendly programs such as childcare would be of most benefit.
Sydney's Star City Casino's 24-hour childcare centre is one notable positive example. The facility is directly credited with contributing to the lowest staff turnover rate of any casino in Australia.
Return on investment
A critical element in implementing a work/life strategy is to objectively highlight the impact of a people-friendly work environment on profits. However, measuring the return on investment in work/life programs can be difficult. There are two areas where work/life programs can positively impact the bottom line.
Recruitment and retention: Staff turnover is a major issue for many businesses due to the costs of hiring and training new personnel, as well as the resulting loss of intellectual capital and customer defections.
However the provision of flexible work options can result in a substantial reduction in staff turnover. In 1999, when Westpac introduced six weeks maternity leave for the first time, resignations while on leave dropped from 40.6 per cent to 17.9 per cent.
Productivity and commitment: Providing work/life programs may also benefit profitability indirectly by increasing worker productivity.
High levels of job satisfaction often result in less absenteeism and greater levels of commitment. A US survey has demonstrated the strong relationship between employee commitment and return to shareholders, finding that companies with highly committed employees achieved a 112 per cent return to shareholders over three years, compared with a 76 per cent return for companies with low employee commitment.
Editor's note: Grant Burley, director of absoluteIT http://www.absoluteit.co.nz welcomes comments and suggestions to this column. He can be contacted at mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com or 04 460 0515.
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I can't really tell you or show you what I'm working on here...but I can tell you that I have awesome news that happened over the week!! I was selected to be a design team member for Prairie Fairy Designs and I'm super excited! But you can tell from the pic I have been coloring in some super adorable images!!
...no I'm not doing any type of construction...lol. I'm super frugal (or some would say cheap), so I'm cutting up some sandpaper and replacing the old stuff on my hand sander I use to clean my blending stumps. I go through this stuff like crazy!
Aren't these shelves great and just super cute?! I picked them up at Goodwill over the weekend...I love Goodwill for this type of stuff! I'm using them to hold my "Fun Flock" containers, other little embellishment containers and my "Shimmers" paint.
And one last thing I would like to share...
My son made this for me at school...it was one of his Christmas presents to me! Isn't it the cutest?! I'm not usually surprised by the gifts they make me at school, because it's usually the same cute things every year, but this was something new and super adorable! And I promised him I would share it with everyone every month. He designed a page for every month of the year!! You're probably wondering why I just now hung it up when it's almost Febuary?...lol, but honestly I don't have any free wall space in my craft area, it's all windows! So I figured out how to rig it up on the window!


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England have dropped Ben Stokes and Alex Hales from their side to play West Indies in the fourth one-day international at The Oval after the former was arrested early on 25 September morning , the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on 26 September.
The duo has been made unavailable for the Wednesday match after Stokes was arrested in Bristol in the early hours of Monday morning. Hales was with Stokes on Sunday night.
According to the ECB Director of England Cricket Andrew Strauss, Stokes, who was held overnight and released under investigation late on Monday, will not be joining the team in London.
He also said that Hales, who was with Stokes on Sunday night, did not train on 26 September and returned to Bristol to assist the police with the investigation.
Strauss added that further details cannot be revealed on the same.
England is due to name their squad for the Ashes Test series in Australia on 27 September.


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PAUL GAUGUIN (Paris 1848 - 1903 Hiva Oa)
Mask of a Savage
Patinated plaster
9 ⅞ x 7 ¾ inches (250 x 195 mm)
Executed between 1893-1897
Vollard Collection, Paris, France
John Rewald 1957-58 The Phillips Family Collection
Dr. Joachim Theye, Zurich
Private Collection, Switzerland
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, The Art of Paul Gauguin, 1 May – 31 July 1988;
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 17 September – 11 December 1988;
Paris, Grand Palais, 10 January – 10 April 1989, illustrated catalogue no. 210
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, on extended loan, 1991 – 1994
Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven, 20 November 1994 – 15 January 1995, illustrated in addendum
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1995
Williamston, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, on extended loan 1997 – 1998
Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Gauguin, 10 June – 22 November 1998, illustrated, catalogue no. 117
London, England, Ordovas, Tales of Paradise: Gauguin, 4 February – 18 April 2014, illustrated p. 60
Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Fondation Beyeler, Paul Gauguin, 8 February – 28 June 2015
As were many symbolist artists, Gauguin was fascinated by the idea of a disembodied face or mask (*F1). In 1893, at the very end of his first trip to Tahiti, Gauguin developed the essential characteristics of our mask in Hina Te Fatou (FIG 1), now in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. It is interesting to note that Degas purchased this painting from the Paris exhibition of Gauguin's work held at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in the autumn of 1893. It remained in Degas's collection until his death in 1917.
During the winter of 1894-95, while working in the Paris atelier of the ceramicist Ernest Chaplet, Gauguin produced an enameled stoneware mask based on the face of Te Fatou (FIG 2). Most scholars consider this mask to be a self-portrait (*F2). This strangely polychromed Mask of a Savage is in the collection of the Musée Léon Dierx, St. Denis de la Réunion, a gift of the Vollard family. Although published in the comprehensive Gauguin retrospective in 1988-89, it has never been exhibited in either Europe or the United States.
In December of 1896, after his return to Tahiti, Gauguin wrote to his friend Daniel de Monfried and asked after his "tête de sauvage émaillée" (*F3), indicating it was not in his possession at that time. Shortly thereafter, in April 1897, Gauguin wrote to Vollard and proposed that his mask be cast in bronze.
"And the mask, Head of a Savage, what a beautiful bronze it would make and not expensive. I am convinced that you could easily find thirty collectors who would pay 10 francs apiece, which would mean 3,000 francs, or 2,000 after deduction of expenses. Why don't you consider this?" (*F4)
As Richard Brettell has elsewhere noted, "This is the only time that Gauguin explicitly sanctioned a bronze edition of one of his works" (*F5). In fact, Vollard did cast the mask sometime after 1900, but – to date – only two bronze versions are known to exist. One is in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris and the other is in an American private collection.
Early in 1901, Gauguin revisited his idea of the mask self-portrait/savage in a pair of wooden reliefs that he created for a new client, Gustave Fayet. These reliefs entitled La guerre et la paix were inherited by Léon Fayet, Gustave's uncle in 1925. By 1961, they were purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Laurence K. Marshall who, in 1963, gifted them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (FIG 3). Brettell also posited that Gauguin must have had an example of his mask with him while working on these two wooden panels, as the similarities are striking. He further surmised that, since the exact date of Vollard's two bronze masks is not known, Gauguin must have utilized our unique plaster as an inspiration for one of his last private commissions. (*F6)
This mask was entirely unknown until John Rewald purchased it for the Phillips Family Collection in 1957 from the descendants of Ambrose Vollard. In fact, in the first comprehensive catalogue raisonée of the sculpture and ceramics of Paul Gauguin by Christopher Gray, our mask is published in the negative form. Since the object was a new discovery, Gray confused it for one of the existing examples in bronze. It was not until the Gauguin retrospective exhibition in 1988-89 that our plaster was exhibited and properly described alongside the related stoneware and bronze masks.
*F1: Brettell, Richard, The Art of Paul Gauguin, exh. cat. National Gallery of Art,Washington, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988-89, p. 368.
*F2: Brettel, Richard, Personal communication, 1999.
*F3: Rewald, John, "The genius and the dealer", Art News, May 1959, p. 62.
*F4: Brettel, Richard, 1999, Op cit.
*F5: Ibid.
*F6: Ibid.
Bodelsen, Merete, The Burlington Magazine, April 1967, pp. 217 and 221
Brettell, Richard, Cachin, Françoise, Freches-Thory, Claire, and Stuckey, Charles F. with assistance from Zegers, Peter, The Art of Paul Gauguin, exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988-89, p. 368
Gray, Christopher, Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1963, no. 110
Johnson, David, Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven (addendum), The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore 1994, illustrated
Johnson, Una: Ambroise Vollard, Editeur, Museum of Modern Art, 1977, New York, p. 169, No. 217
Pickvance, Ronald, Gauguin, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, 1998, illustrated exh. cat. no. 117
Rewald, John, "The genius and the dealer", Art News, May 1959, pp. 30-31, 62-65, illustrated p. 31


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Separate from our worship services, our elder's have designated a convenient time for members to study God's word together in a classroom setting.
Our Bible classes meet:
Sunday morning at 9:30am
Birth to 2 years
2 to 4 years
Pre-K through 2nd grade
3rd grade through 6th grade
Junior High & High School
Adult Class - multi-purpose building
Young (or young at heart) Class - northeast classroom in main building
Wednesday nights during the fall, winter and spring, we have a short devotional time in the auditorium at 7:00pm. Immediately following, we have Bible studies for:
Birth to 2 years
2 to 4 years
Pre K through 2nd grade
3rd - 6th grade
Jr High and High School
Mens Class
Ladies Class
Adult Class
In the summertime, we sometimes meet in different member's homes, the city park, have singing night or the regular schedule with Bible classes and devo. Be sure to check our calendar for updates, or contact our church building, or one of our elders or deacons.


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Last Friday WOSTEP in Neuchatel Switzerland celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open house, and had short lectures by several former students. I was honored to be one of the former students asked to speak at this momentous occasion.
Congratulation to WOSTEP for their dedication and advancement of watchmaking education!
From left to right in the picture is:
Maarten Pieters - Director of WOSTEP
Tim Gronefeld - Gronefeld
Bart Gronefeld - Gronefeld
Roland Murphy - RGM
Kari Voutilainen - Voutilainen
Stephen McGonigle - McGonigle
Stephen Forsey - Greubel Forsey
Jean-Patrice Hofner- President WOSTEP


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A flywheel is used to store energy. When torque is applied to a flywheel, its energy is conserved in its rotational momentum. When the energy is needed, the energy is harvested and the wheel slows down.
The rotation of a flywheel slows down only slightly over time. A spinning top is a good example of how rotation stays relatively constant. Early flywheels were limited by their mechanical construction, but modern flywheels, which use magnets, can rotate tens of thousands of times per minute.
Early flywheels were used as pottery wheels, and they were later used in steam engines. Modern flywheels are often used to generate mechanical and electrical energy, and some are exploring using flywheels for hybrid automobiles. Others are exploring using flywheels as a means of storing and distributing solar and wind energy when the sun sets or when the wind is not blowing. Flywheels are cheaper, more dependable and, in some cases, more efficient than batteries at storing energy and generating electricity.
Flywheels have a number of additional benefits over batteries. They last for much longer periods of time, and they are not affected by temperature as much. In addition, flywheels are fairly simple devices, and the mechanics behind them are well understood.


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The Kosovo Academy is a training course on the whole school approach to Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights.
What The Kosovo* Academy is a training course on the whole school approach to Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights.
For School directors, teachers and parent representatives
How Tailor-made face-to-face training with special sessions on the implementation of the new competence-based school curriculum in Kosovo, teaching controversial issues and school-community partnership to promote EDC/ HRE.
Result Local projects that promote a more democratic culture in school life.
Organized by The Kosova Education Center (KEC), the Municipal Education Directorate of Pristina (MED Pristina), the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Wergeland Centre (EWC).
Financed by The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
EWC Experts:Veton Sylhasi
(1) All reference to Kosovo, whether to the territory, institutions or population, in this text shall be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.
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I've started back training again this week after a complete break last week, just a couple of easy 5k's to start with, then an interval session (5 x 1km @ 5k pace), with the intention of doing a longish tempo run on Friday and then a long, slow run on Sunday. However, I've found myself to be a little sore and stiff, even after the short runs and ended up skipping the longer ones altogether. I never usually get that sore or stiff after a run, not unless I've done 20km+ anyway, so this is a bit unusual. I've had aches in my left hip and thigh, stiffness in both calves, even a sore foot, and all off piddling mileage and pace.
Presumably this is the after effects of my first ultra, and despite feeling like I could go running a day or two later my body is saying to me "relax, take it slow, I'll let you know when I'm ready to get back into it". When I was looking up a short, inverse taper, post ultra training plan a lot of the articles and sites did say that it takes 2 – 4 weeks to recover fully from a marathon, anything longer than that obviously takes proportionally longer again. That's all fine and dandy, or would be at least if I didn't have Dublin Marathon to do in a couple of weeks.


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Beijing: Snow at the Forbidden City
By James Shillinglaw
It wasn't quite the sight I would have expected. Heavy wet snow was falling on Beijing as we walked along Chang'An Avenue, the main boulevard that leads to the famed Tiananmen Square and the entrance gate to the Forbidden City. This ancient complex of palaces, courtyards, gates and gardens, perhaps Beijing's greatest attraction, was turned into a winter wonderland that seemed to surprise even the city's residents.
After nearly 20 years in travel, this is my first time to China. For me, the country has always been a fascinating place and one that I've wanted to visit for some time. My father was briefly stationed here just after the Second World War as a very young officer in the U.S. Navy. As a child in the 1960s, I grew up hearing about "Red" China and Mao's "Little Red Book."
I watched as Nixon visited China back in 1972, an event I remember as being almost as awe-inspiring as the moon landings. I saw television coverage of the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Over the past two decades I've absorbed all the news about the tremendous growth of China's economy and the vast modernization in its major cities. And last year, like everyone else, I watched coverage of the Beijing Olympics, a showcase for China and its accomplishments.
That's why I took advantage of an invitation to join an agent fam from Nancy Kim and Guy Rubin, owners of Imperial Tours (www.imperialtours.net), the high-end tour operator that offers private and small group programs to China. I've been in the country nearly 10 days now, so in a series of columns over the next couple of weeks I'm going to offer my impressions of this incredible country – which is so ancient and yet so very modern at the same time.
I arrived at the Beijing Capital International Airport after a 13-hour non-stop flight from Newark that seemed surprisingly short and comfortable considering the distance and the route (directly over the pole). I took off from Newark around noon and arrived in Beijing around 3:30 p.m. local time. As those who attended the Olympics can attest, Beijing's airport is a complex of giant, very modern terminals. I was met at the gate by an airport greeter who took me on the tram to immigration and on to baggage claim. While it took some time for my bag to arrive, I was soon out in the arrivals area being greeted by my Imperial Tours China Host, Todd Pang, an American from Hawaii who is fluent in Mandarin and resides in Beijing.
For this particular trip, a travel agent fam with just six participants, we also had a China Host in training, Gwen Besrechel, a French woman who is also fluent in Mandarin and English. Todd and Gwen have served as our hosts throughout the trip, making all arrangements for transportation, luggage, dining shopping and accommodations, though experienced local guides have shown us the sights in each destination.
Imperial Tours had prepared me well for my journey, with a full packet of information on my destinations – Beijing, Xian, Guilin and Shanghai – including information on history, art, cuisine and culture in China. The company even provides a full reading list of books (I tried to put as much as possible on my Kindle) as well as movies to watch before you arrive.
In less than an hour, Todd and Gwen took me by bus to our hotel, the Raffles Beijing (www.raffles.beijing.com), located on Chang'An Avenue just a short walk from Tiananmen Square (they'd already met other members of our party separately). The 171-room Raffles Beijing was originally known as the Beijing Hotel, the first official hotel in the city dating from 1900. It has a long and colorful history (Mao reportedly enjoyed taking tea and dancing in the ballroom at one time).
Under Raffles' management, the property has been transformed into a well-appointed luxury hotel with very traditional décor but modern conveniences. The old building flows into a newer addition which houses restaurants, spas and shops. But its proximity to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, as well as other popular attractions, makes it a favorite for upscale guests. We got a quick tour of the rooms and suites, including a duplex Presidential Suite, and then had dinner. With the jet lag, that was about all I was able to do that evening.
We began our first full day in Beijing by taking an 18-seat mini-bus to visit the Temple of Heaven (first built circa 1420 during the Qing Dynasty), the most famous of the four main temples in the city. We drove on large boulevards past mostly modern buildings housing either companies or government departments. Our local guide Carl (many Chinese adopt Western first names) explained that the Temple of Heaven, a complex of courtyards and buildings for worship, all surrounded by trees and gardens, is a popular gather place for local residents seeking to socialize, exercise (Tai Chi), dance, and play music and games. Even on a snowy day in Beijing, there were crowds gathered in the covered passageways engaging in all sorts of activities. More than the impressive temple buildings, I found this to be the most interesting aspect of our brief visit to the complex.
From the Temple of Heaven we drove to Beijing's antique market, a large outdoor emporium of statutes, furniture, china, old phonographs and Chinese military uniforms. Fortunately, most of the stalls were covered, but if your clients are into Chinese antiques, this is the place to send them. We moved on for a visit to the Park Hyatt Beijing (http://beijing.park.hyatt.com), which opened in 2008 as the tallest hotel in Beijing with 63 floors (the hotel's 237 room take up only floors 27-49 while the lobby, spa, pool and restaurant are located on other floors). During lunch at the China Grill restaurant at the top of the structure, we had great views of the city, even in the bad winter weather. The Park Hyatt was a very modern hotel, which contrasted with the Raffles Beijing's more classic accommodations.
We then drove to near Tiananmen Square and walked along the wide Chang'An Avenue past massive government buildings, including the Great Hall of the People, where the annual National Party Congress meeting had just finished up. Our guide told us stories about how he looked on from a distance during the protests at Tiananmen Square back in 1989. The snow was heavier but we pressed on through the massive gate, adorned with a large portrait of Mao Zedong, in front of the Forbidden City, where some 24 Chinese emperors resided over the centuries, and where Mao himself stood during the massive rallies of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.
We walked through courtyards and through more gates to Chong Jing Dian (Hall of Adoration), the throne reception room of the emperors. We also walked past areas where the movie the "The Last Emperor" was filmed, as pointed out by our local guide. But the highlight of our visit, especially arranged by Imperial Tours, was a private viewing of one of the many small, intimate palaces where emperors actually resided. The Chong Hua Gong (the Palace of Double Brilliance) featured exquisite sitting rooms and sleeping chambers that we luckily had all to ourselves. We then walked through the entire complex, exiting in the rear, past an inner Chinese garden filled with ancient trees and teahouses. The Forbidden City remains one of those essential world attractions that actually meets and exceeds expectations. For me, it was awe-inspiring and I struggled to take it all in during our short visit.
After a couple of hours rest at the Raffles Beijing, we boarded the bus once again for a quick trip to another, very modern side of Beijing – a trendy restaurant called the LAN Club Beijing. Located on the fourth floor of the LG Twin Towers on Jianguomenwai Avenue, the LAN Club is playfully designed by Philip Starck. Framed paintings hang upside down from the ceiling and different kinds of chandeliers light the large dining area. Diners sit on an incredibly diverse collection of chairs, couches and tables. There are also many private rooms for two, four, six and eight concealed by long curtains in the deep recesses of the restaurant. Fortunately the food – a sort of new wave Chinese cuisine – is pretty good, too!
For me, our visit to the LAN Club just illustrated the stark contrasts that Beijing offers visitors today. In just a short drive, you move from such iconic attractions as the Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City to take in hotels housed in skyscrapers and restaurants that amaze even a cynical New Yorker like me. Tomorrow I'll write about the remainder of our visit to Beijing (including the Great Wall). Next week I'll detail our stops in Xian, Guilin and Shanghai.
James Shillinglaw is editor in chief and editorial director of Performance Media Group, LLC, parent of TravelPulse.com, Agent @ Home magazine, Vacation Agent magazine and Virtual Travel Events.
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Greetings Toastmasters!
I've assembled these youtube clips for the ten speeches of the basic manual. May I wish you a pleasant toastmaster journey.
8. Get Comfortable with Visual Aids
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Greetings Toastmasters!
I've assembled these youtube clips for the ten speeches of the basic manual. May I wish you a pleasant toastmaster journey.
8. Get Comfortable with Visual Aids
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10. Inspire Your Audience
An inspirational speech motivates an audience to improve personally, emotionally, professionally, or spiritually and relies heavily on emotional appeal. It brings the audience together in a mood of fellowship and shared desire, builds the audience's enthusiasm, then proposes a change or plan and appeals to the audience to adopt this change or plan.
This speech will last longer than your previous talks, so make arrangements in advance with your VP Education and meeting Toastmaster for extra time.
Time: 8 – 10 minutes
• To inspire the audience by appealing to noble motives and challenging the audience to achieve a higher level of beliefs or achievement.
• Appeal to the audience's needs and emotions, using stories, anecdotes and quotes to add drama.
• Avoid using notes.
Toastmasters Speech 10:The Journey Of Opportunity For Growth
Project 10 Objectives – Inspire the audience
Angi Anderson's #10 speech, which earned her Competent Communicator.
Arnie Buss' #10 speech in his second pass through the CC manual
Sally presents her tenth project from the basic Toastmasters CC manual.
Fred Sadler's #10 Speech
Brian Anderson's inspirational #10 speech
Obama in Chicago
=================================Listen to "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King
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9. Persuade with Power
The ability to persuade – to get other people to understand, accept, and act upon your ideas – is a valuable skill. Your listeners will be more likely to be persuaded if they perceive you as credible, if you use logic and emotion in your appeal, if you carefully structure your speech and if you appeal to their interests. Avoid using notes because they may cause listeners to doubt your sincerity, knowledge, and conviction.
Time: 5 – 7 minutes
Objectives: • Persuade listeners to adopt your viewpoint or ideas or to take some action.
• Appealing to the audience's interests.
• Use logic and emotion to support your position.
• Avoid using notes.
Shenequa Mitchell's #9 speech about how endings are really beginnings
Speech #9 – Graham Booth – Shark Finning
Eu Jin's #9 Speech
Reuben's #9 Speech – "Remember, remember the 27th of September"
#9 Speech – List It or Lose It
Chris: Evaluating Shari for Project #9, "Persuade Your Audience"


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14 Benefits of Working Out in the Morning/
I did it, I have FINALLY that person that works out in the morning. I will have to say that it was a little hard in the beginning and I made Henry join me in this process because I thought it would be really hard to get out of bed if one of us still got to sleep.
I have found SO many benefits, and really the only downside is that I can't sleep in and sometimes Im sleepy in the afternoon. I try to drink decaf coffee because it's not good for people with anxiety and people with high blood pressure (check and check) but I think my body is use to it now and I don't need the caffeine!
Here are the benefits I have found already!
1. It's out of the way! My nights are a lot less stressful because I don't have working out looming over my head. I found it so hard to work out at night because I'd be tired and hungry. So I'd either work out starving or bloated.
2. I drink more water. Water consumption I have really been working on and when I work out early I drink a lot more water and then that encourages me to drink more through out the day (at least more than I use to).
3. It gets my metabolism going. Enough said!
4. I make better food choices. I usually am hungry shortly after and I don't want to fill my body with junk. I also get ready for my day shortly after and pack lunch, I can tell I'm packing healthier things because bad foods sound heavy and I don't want to undo what I just did.
5. Im not over sleeping. Henry and I go to bed really early and some days I felt like we were sleeping too much making me more tired.
6. I'm sleeping better. I feel like I'm getting a lot more restful sleeps when working out.
7. I start my day without social media. I'm usually too tired at first to look at social media so I just get straight to my work out. It's SO nice to start my day without being swayed by social media.
8. I start my day positive. Getting in a routine has with working out has been hard. But with waking up early I just start my day right knowing I did something good and have already accomplished a lot when I usually was sleeping.
9. My mornings are less hurried. Since I am waking up earlier by the time I'm getting ready for work I'm not moving slow, so my morning isn't rushed at the end!
10. The gym is less crowded!
11. Nothing is scheduled during this time. There are no conflicts, I felt like I couldn't get into a routine when I was working out at night because I'd be going to trivia, have meetings or go out and there was no consistency. But since I'm usually sleeping at this time nothing gets scheduled then!
12. I don't have the chance to talk myself out of it. I try to sit up right away and since I'm tired at first I go through the motions of getting ready and there isn't a ton of time to procrastinate.
13. It's something really nice Henry and I can do together, to motivate and encourage each other.
14. I don't have to shower twice. I usually shower in the morning for work but sometimes when I would work out at night I would feel like I HAD to shower. This makes life a lot easier.
So tell me when/where do you work out and what works best for you!


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Howdy! Today I'm wearing something that I was asked to swatch for friends once they realised I had this beauty. This is True Blood by Lilypad Lacquer. Sadly I had it sitting in a drawer until last week but look at it!!
This is 3 coats of fast drying excellence. No need for a aqua base or anything, just put it on your nails and walk out the door, ready to face the day! Oddly, I didn't like this before I went outside. I didn't think the dark colour worked for me at all but that all changed in the sunlight. Happy happy holo! I'm very glad I gave it a chance before throwing it in the swap pile.
Sadly, True Blood has been discontinued but you can find it on blogsales and in swap groups. Please just keep in mind that there are a few versions with slightly different shades floating around so you might pick up a bottle that is different to this. There are a few versions of TB around the place but after lots of asking around and investigation, this appears to be the original version released.


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Located in Manhattan's Meatpacking District at the intersection of the Highline and Chelsea Market, Sons & Daughters presented Hirshson Architecture + Design the challenge to create a unique atmosphere to match the surroundings while offering a comfortable environment for a weekend brunch. In turn, the existing space was stripped to the shell allowing for a new modular seating blending wood, leather, and metal with distinct cement tile patterns for accent. Elevated by two steps, the private dining room was reimagined with custom wall panels, wallcovering, and a central chandelier to anchor the space. Throughout, various light sources define the more casual gathering spots from the intimate dining areas. All share a view of the open bar and kitchen.
The project took the existing 4,000sf penthouse back to the shell of the 1990's structure. A new layout was put in place with the public and private spaces all collected off of a new central gallery. Herringbone floors and custom plaster mouldings blend together with paneled openings adding detail and character to a formerly outdated residence. In addition, terrace doors were all reconfigured to provide full access to the renovated 1,000sf outdoor living space. Divided into three zones, each area has a distinct feel for group conversation, dining, or relaxing while taking in the views of lower and upper Manhattan.
The existing apartment had been designed and constructed in the 1980's as part of the conversion of an educational building into private residences. Untouched for 30 years, the new owners sought to renovate all elements of their new home. A Steinway piano greets visitors and separates the dining table from the living area. A white kitchen with honed counters includes a variety of cabinet types offering open display and closed storage extending to the ten foot ceilings. An entirely new master suite includes a dressing area leading to a marble bath with a custom walnut vanity.
The project called for the conversion of a retail storefront into a design studio. Each selected detail relates to frequently addressed items within our projects including the width of flooring, height of ceilings, woods, stones, and trim sizing. Flanked by two sloping ceilings, the center of the space was identified as the central gathering space of the office with a conference table, a tackable wall surface, display monitor, and a feature light fixture. Partitions were added separating the conference table from four customized work stations. The open configuration fosters a sense of collaboration among the design team while enabling clients to review plan and material options.


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Women represent less than 15% of startup founders, 22% of angel investors and 11% of investing partners at venture firms. Yet, Kaufmann Foundation research found that women-led high tech start-ups "achieve 35% higher return on investment, and – when venture-backed — generate 12% higher revenue than male-owned tech companies." Some attribute the gender gap in entrepreneurship to a lack of confidence, and others to social norms.
We would like to introduce Women Who Launch, a new group aiming to spark an inclusive conversation about gender equality in entrepreneurship and transform these ideas into action for aspiring female founders, funders and team members.


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First true portrait of the 365 project and I hope there are many more. Josh rocking some of his new Orb art. I asked if we could get an Orb series I liked the painting so much.
Want a flashy new portrait of yourself? Get in touch. I need em for my project and you need em for social media. We both win!


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I am interested in the linear least squares problem: $$\min_x \|Ax-b\|^2$$
Without constraint, the problem can be directly solved. With an additional linear equality constraint, the problem can be directly solved too, thanks to a Lagrange multiplier.
However, I could not find a direct way to solve this problem with a linear inequality constraint. The problem belongs to quadratic programming, and the methods mentioned on Wikipedia involve an iterative procedure. I also know about Karush–Kuhn–Tucker conditions, but I cannot deal with them in this particular problem since the primal and dual feasability conditions, and the complementary slackness conditions, are numerous and not helpful in an abstract setting.
Let us assume the linear inequality constraint is indeed a simple enforcement of non-negativity: $$x\geq0$$
Is there a direct method which could be directly applied to this simpler case? The only hope I could find so far lies in the method explained in a technical report by Gene H. Golub and Michael A. Saunders, released in May 1969, called Linear Least Squares and Quadratic Programming, and which was linked in another question.


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California search-and-rescue team heads to Nepal to help earthquake victims
A crew of California rescuers are headed to Kathmandu in Nepal to assist in emergency operations following Saturday's devastating 7.8 earthquake.
On Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown authorized the deployment of the state's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2. The 57-member team, which is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, is expected to arrive Monday in Nepal.
The crew, which operates under the state Office of Emergency Services, will be equipped with concrete cutters, search cameras and other gear to help locate victims in some of Nepal's areas hardest hit by the earthquake and its aftershocks.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Nepalese people and we are eager to get our world-class first responders on the ground to help those that are still being impacted by this terrible event," Cal OES Director, Mark Ghilarducci, said in a prepared statement.
Cal OES said its Los Angeles-based emergency rescue team is one of eight California teams. All were put on alert for possible deployment within hours of the earthquake.
The state's Urban Search and Rescue teams have been deployed to some of the world's biggest recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.
On Saturday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States was sending $1 million in aid and disaster response teams to Nepal. The Red Cross has also launched an international relief effort to provide search and rescue, first aid and other emergency assistance in the wake of Nepal's earthquake.
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You can now join our Monday morning Stammtisch for the chance to practice your German in a relaxed, fun environment. All levels are welcome and there will be no formal teaching involved. For many the hardest part of learning a new language is having the confidence to just give it a go and finding opportunities to just speak. The Stammtisch offers you this opportunity. There's no need to sign up, just drop in on a Monday morning for a coffee and join the conversation!
French Conversation Class (level B1 - C1)
Our French Conversation Group (level B1 – C1) is run by Alliance Française of Lucerne. It offers you the chance to practice your French conversation skills and refresh your knowledge of French in a friendly, non-intimidating environment. These conversation classes will be supervised by a qualified native French teacher, Laurie Quach, who has several years of experience for an authentic lesson.
The courses are linked to societal themes, useful topics and are enriched with written, audio or video material and fun activities. Students are invited to discuss and present their points of view.
German Conversation Groups (B1 and up)
Our German conversation groups are run weekly on Wednesday mornings and evenings for advanced speakers (B1 and up). The groups are led by Claudia (morning) and Constanze (evening).
Please note that they are not teaching German but focusing only on conversation. You should be able and willing to understand and contribute to the conversation (on your level). Don't be shy…practice makes perfect!
Beginner's Italian
Let's learn Italian in a fun and easy way: meet new people, learn how to introduce yourself, make yourself understood in different contexts, get closer to Italian language and culture and why not, discover some interesting places to visit in Italy!
Spanish Conversation Group
Every Thursday evening, come and practice your Spanish with native speakers in a fun and relaxed environment! Our Spanish convo group is a great way to meet new people, practice a bit of Spanish with native speakers, and enjoy some Spanish and Latin snacks and tapas. Native Spanish speakers are also welcome to come and maybe practice a different language!
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Incense products can be classified based on 2 parameters:
- Origin: Tibetan, Indian, Christian ad Chinese
- Use: Religious and therapeutic
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Incense products can be classified based on 2 parameters:
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Lavender comes from the Latin word lavage which means "to wash". It is widely used in soaps, shampoos, fragrances, etc. Lavender has other uses that is not known to all. It is used to treat a range of ailments such as anxiety and depression to exhaustion and physical wounds. Research shows that lavender has soothing,...
Here are some interesting facts about incense:
Frankly, this is surprising! This video reveals things that you don't normally see and don't normally hear when you light an incense stick. A macro footage of a burning incense stick reveals pitter patter sounds that resemble rainfall.
See for yourself!
Olfaction, or the sense of smell, is the first sense that is activated when we're born. It allows us to identify food, danger, mates and sensual pleasures such as nature, perfumes. Smell is detected by sensory receptors called....
The word perfume is derived from the Latin word: perfumare, which means "to smoke through". Perfume making roots can be traced to Indus Civilisation, Mesopotamia and Egypt. The first recorded perfumer is a woman named Tapputi in Mesopotamia. She made perfumes by distilling oil, flowers and other ingredients. Perfume was used much earlier..


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Five Lines:
1. "I'm a bit lonely these days." - Herman Blume, Rushmore
2. "If we're not back in an hour, call the president." - Jack Burton, Big Trouble in Little China
3. "She's my sister. My daughter. My sister. My daughter. My sister. My daughter." (etc., etc.) - Evelyn Mulwray, Chinatown
4. "Don't get cocky, kid." - Han Solo, Star Wars
5. "I'll show you the life of the mind!" - Charlie Meadows, Barton Fink


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MADISON -- Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison recently presented three checks to Jackson Fonder, CEO and president of Catholic Charities Madison.
One check, totaling $185,000, was from the 2017 Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA). This money came from additional proceeds made available when the diocese reached its giving goal for the year.
The Diocese of Madison has supported Catholic Charities with more than $400,000 from last year's ACA.
The other checks came from the Catholic Diocese of Madison Foundation's St. Mother Teresa Mercy Endowment Fund.
The fund was designed to provide the bishop with the consistent availability of funds to care for various works of mercy, year-in and year-out.
Bishop Morlino presented one check for more than $18,000 to aid the homeless, which Catholic Charities will use for The Beacon -- the day homeless resource center in Madison.
Bishop Morlino has committed a three percent annual distribution from the fund to be designated for Catholic Charities Madison in their efforts to care for the homeless over, at least, the next three years.
Another check presented from the Mercy Fund, this one for $2,500, will be used by Catholic Charities at Hope Haven in their efforts to help those struggling with addictions.
The Mercy Fund was established at the conclusion of the Year of Mercy in 2016.
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The abuse crisis in the Irish church is not the only grave challenge facing it, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin told the Catholic News Service this week.
The failure to pass on the faith to the younger generation has far reaching consequences for the church too he claimed.
"We have to completely, radically change the way we pass on the faith," Martin told CNS. "Our parishes are not places where evangelization and catechesis are taking place."
Speaking in Washington before he presented a lecture to the Order of Malta Martin, the Primate of Ireland, lamented the declining practice of the faith in Dublin - where just 18 percent of Catholics now regularly attend Sunday Mass.
Controversially, Martin noted that if the Catholic Church runs 90 percent of the elementary schools in Ireland yet only 18 percent of Catholics attend Mass, it made him wonder about the commitment of Catholic teachers.
"If people are being prepared for the sacraments by people who don't frequent the sacraments, there's a real problem there," Martin said.
"Unless we address it, we're not going to have a next generation of young Catholics," he said.
"We're suffering from some of the products of being a mass Catholicism in the past. We're still living, in some ways, as if that were the case today," he said.
Martin said he believed the secularization of Irish society was quite advanced and he spoke of the need for training laypeople to relieve priests of some of their extra tasks so they can focus more on priestly duties.
Young people in particular, Martin said, have a great deal to contribute but they must be treated with respect
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Jimmy Jones has been working with us since 1999. Prior to joining our structural team, Jimmy served has a design engineer for Kline Towers. Jimmy has his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from The Citadel. Jimmy's primary responsibilities include managing the structural staff in the Columbia office as well design and construction administration for structural projects. When not in the office, Jimmy can normally be found on the lake, neck deep in a home improvement project, or shuttling his daughters Stella and Lyla to and from their activities.
Some of Jimmy's recent projects include the Buist Academy Seismic Retrofit, Buist Academy New School Design, Anderson Elementary School, Richland County School District Two Elementary Schools #17 and #18, Johnson Controls Building #7, and all South Financial Corporate Headquarters.


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DCS: Disaster Action Team (DAT) Member - Carver
DCS: Disaster Action Team (DAT) Member - Carver
To participate in all DAT program support and capacity building activities necessary to ensure effective service delivery during a DAT response.Apply Now
Carver County,Twin Cities Area Chapter
Key Responsibilities
Disaster Action Teams provide 24-hour emergency response to local disasters, particularly house fires, ensuring that those affected have access to resources for basic necessities such as food, shelter and clothing.
This position is responsible for the tasks involved in the Disaster Action Team program including:
- Supporting the annual goals, RDO objectives, and regional/chapter plan for DAT services through participation in meetings, projects, and local response activities.
- Completes all required training and maintains current training standard as DAT program requirements change.
- Attends regular team meetings and training as required by the region/territory.
- Completes assigned projects and local response activities according to the needs of the DAT program. (Preparing vehicles, response materials, administrative support of the DAT program and other tasks assigned by the DAT Leader.
Works closely with all other DAT Members to ensure team goals are achieved.
Development Opportunities
With additional training there are opportunities for individual and leadership development to serve as:
-DAT Service Associate on a DAT response.
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Additional training is available across all service lines to orient volunteer to additional activities and opportunities within the Red Cross.
Ability to:
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Team member may work towards the DAT Service Associate response position.
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A Trademark Valuation provides you with the value of the legal rights to the income stream derived from your trademark assets and your associated IP. We use a number of methodologies depending on your requested purpose, which can be Fair Value Exercises (IFRS 3 / FAS 141) on acquisition, Impairment Reviews, Chargeable Gains Transfers, Insolvency & Dispute or simply management information.
Club Med - Trademark Valuation
Club Med, a French public limited company specialising in the sale of all-in holidays, wanted to know the value of its core brand for the purposes of internal understanding and communication with investment analysts. Brand Finance was commissioned to conduct a worldwide valuation of the Club Med trademark segmented by local markets. For the purposes of this indicative brand evaluation, Brand Finance chose the royalty relief approach as a primary valuation methodology, using discounted cash flow techniques. The final report helped Club Med management identify, demonstrate and communicate the value of the brand and its influence on the performance to explain the strength of the branded business to the investment community.


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Meet Angela Joy, Whitefish and Kalispell healing arts specialist of Angela Joy Massage Therapy and Birth Services. She provides holistic care and bodywork.
How long have you been in the healing arts?
I have been practicing massage therapy and bodywork since my graduation from New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics (NMSNT) in 2008. That same year, I completed a doula certification training through Doulas of North America (DONA) and have attended births in multiple capacities since then.
You've practiced several different forms of the healing arts - what did that entail, and what are you most known for now?
My foundational education groomed me with the skills and title of Natural Therapeutics Specialist, covering a range of holistic modalities including Craniosacral Therapy, Reflexology, and Polarity Therapy. Within that education, I also completed extensive training and certification as a Massage Therapist, which forms the bulk of my practice today. Additionally, my experiences as a Doula and Midwife's Assistant lead to a path of specialization in providing bodywork to mothers and babies in the childbearing year.
Do you have any specialties?
I cannot overstate the impact and inspiration that motherhood and attending births for eight years has had on my professional path. These experiences, paired with continuing education, have pushed me to refine my skills to offer individualized holistic care in the childbearing year. My more specialized services include prenatal & postnatal birth doula care, prenatal & postnatal massage & bodywork and placenta encapsulation.
What's your favorite part about your craft:
Easily the most amazing part of my work is the ability to work with people at such a deep level. Whether it is on the massage table facilitating healing, or bearing witness to the formative experience of childbirth; I find working in those vulnerable spaces and supporting my clients to be the most rewarding.
What's been the biggest learning experience or takeaway for you:
The biggest learning experience has been cumulative; as a birth worker and bodyworker for eight years, and having attended over eighty births, I have seen the evidence to support the idea that the body is wise. To facilitate it's own healing, a therapist must follow the guidance of the body's expression and support as needed through holistic modalities. Currently, my practice has shifted to focus on specialized bodywork for the childbearing year, which supports the woman's changing body and helps make space for babies in utero, encouraging optimal birth positioning and working to increase positive pregnancy and birth experiences.
You just recently moved to a new location - where can we find you?
New Kalispell location:
307 1st Ave East Suite 3, Kalispell, Mt
And still at in Whitefish at:
244 Spokane Ave Suite 7, Whitefish, MT
What's the best way to contact you about making an appointment?
Call, text or email
Gift Certificates for Massage Therapy & Bodywork can be purchased directly through me and can be picked up at either of my offices or sent in the mail.
Please contact me for a free doula consultation and to learn more about my services.
Thank you!
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- Processing
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1.2 A list of categories of Data Subjects, types of Applicable Personal Data, Special Categories of Personal Data and the processing activities is set out in Appendix A to this DPA. The duration of the Processing of Applicable Personal Data corresponds to the duration of the Services) We provide, unless You otherwise direct Achieve3000 in writing. The nature, purpose and subject matter of the Processing is the provision of the Services.
1.3 Achieve3000 will Process Applicable Personal Data according to your written instructions, including but not limited to the terms set forth in section entitled Student Data of the Agreement. The scope of your instructions for the Processing of Applicable Personal Data is defined by the Agreement, including this DPA, and, if applicable, You and your Authorized Users' use and configuration of the features of the Service.
1.4 You may provide further Processing instructions that are legally required ("Additional Instructions"). If Achieve3000 believes an Additional Instruction violates the GDPR or other applicable data protection law, Achieve3000 will inform You without undue delay and may suspend the performance of Processing covered by the Additional Instruction until You have modified or confirmed the lawfulness of the Additional Instruction in writing. If Achieve3000 notifies You that an Additional Instruction is not feasible, You may terminate the affected Service or affected portion thereof by providing Achieve3000 with a written notice within one month after Achieve3000's notification of the infeasibility of the Additional Instruction. In such case, Achieve3000 will refund a prorated portion of any prepaid charges for the Services period after such termination date.
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Upon termination or expiration of the Agreement, Achieve3000 will either delete or return Applicable Personal Data in its possession as set out in the respective DPA Exhibit, unless otherwise required by applicable law.
- Subprocessors
You authorize Achieve3000 to engage subcontractors to Process Applicable Personal Data ("Subprocessors"). A list of the current Subprocessors is set out in Appendix A. Achieve3000 shall impose substantially similar data protection obligations as set out in this DPA on any Subprocessor prior to the Subprocessor Processing any Applicable Personal Data.
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10.1 Achieve3000 will assist You by implementing and maintaining the TOMs, insofar as possible, for the fulfillment of Your obligation to comply with the rights of Data Subjects and in ensuring compliance with Your obligations relating to the security of Processing, the notification of a Personal Data Breach, and the Data Protection Impact Assessment, taking into account the information available to Achieve3000.
10.2 You will make requests for any Achieve3000 assistance referred to in this DPA in writing. Achieve3000 will charge You no more than a reasonable charge to perform such assistance or Additional Instructions, such charges to be set forth in a quote by Achieve3000 and agreed in writing by the You and Us, or as set forth in an applicable change control provision of the Agreement.
This Appendix A is an integral part of the Data Processing Addendum and provides additional details about the Processing of Applicable Personal Data attendant to its provision of the Services.
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(b) Teachers and other employees of schools and school districts that are customers of Achieve3000 Services and who interact with the Achieve3000 Services.
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(a) Student's name;
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(c) Student's grade level;
(d) Student's class or curriculum identifier;
(e) As and if requested by school, class code or room number, student's race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic or demographic information, familial background, student disabilities, student test scores, test dates, English language status and information related to English language learners, special education status, free lunch status, language spoken at home, and such other information that You may request;
(f) Data regarding student's completion and performance with respect to Services and Service modules;
(g) Names of teachers and school administrators;
(h) Contact information for teachers and school administrators administering Services.
3. Types of Processing Activities Anticipated Achieve3000 will Process Applicable Personal Data solely to providing the Services, including providing reports regarding student completion of and performance on Service modules. Types of Processing activities associated with Services delivery and reporting include receiving, storing, combining, parsing, transmitting, associating Personal Data with Service accessing, reporting, and performance data, updating, correcting, transforming, reading, assessing and analyzing, and deleting.
4. Subprocessors The following entities may serve as Subprocessors of Applicable Personal Data in connection with Achieve3000's provision of the Services:
(a) RLS Education
(b) Rackspace, Inc.
(c) Amazon.com Inc.
(d) MetaMetrics Inc.
(e) Microsoft Corporation
(f) Salesforce.com, Inc.
(g) Alphabet Inc.
(h) Texthelp Ltd.
(i) Burning Glass Technologies
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Superfood chocolate fudge/
I'm a big fan of a cafe in Ireland called The Happy Pear. I used to eat there nearly 10 years ago when I was first studying nutrition nearby. I kept following them online ever since, and their new YouTube Channel is where I discovered this amazing squishy tasty fudge recipe. Its main ingredient is tahini - a paste from ground sesame seeds - which is a wonderful source of minerals like magnesium and an especially good source of calcium. It's also high in vitamin E and methionine which helps your liver detox.
- 280g tahini
- 3 tbs coconut oil
- 120g date syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- pinch of sea salt
- 2 tbs raw cacao powder (add more to taste if you like a richer choc flavour)
- 3 tbs pumpkin seeds and some extra for topping
- 3 tbs goji berries and an extra tbs for topping
- 4 tbs raw cocao nibs - 3 in the mix and 1 for topping
- Melt the coconut oil
- Add the coconut oil to all the rest of the ingredients in a bowl - mix really well
- Pour into a container and add topping
- leave to refridgerate for 4 hours