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One family wrote to me recently, "Family Hope is helping our family get through a tough time." Prior to Hurricane Harvey, Family Hope was serving 100 additional families than last year. After Hurricane Harvey, more families are coming to Family Hope for help.
A few weeks ago we showed the world TEXAS STRONG…neighbor helping neighbor. Now I am asking you to help out again because the recovery is not over. In fact, for some families, life has become more difficult.
THIS THANKSGIVING, would you consider giving a gift to help one or more families with food at Thanksgiving?
I have seen Texans step up when the need is the greatest! These are difficult times for many so please consider sharing a gift of hope!


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Zion Market Research has published a new report titled "Immuno-oncology Therapy Market by Therapy Type (Monoclonal Antibodies, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (PD1/ PDL1 and CTLA-4), Immune System Modulators, Cancer Vaccines and Others), by Therapeutic Area (Lung Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Melanoma, Blood Cancer and Other Cancers) for Hospitals, Clinics, Ambulatory Surgical Centers and Cancer Research Institutes: Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis and Forecast, 2016 – 2022". According to the report, global immuno-oncology therapy market was valued at approximately USD 42.97 billion in 2016 and is expected to generate revenue of around USD 97.34 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of around 14.6% between 2017 and 2022.
Immuno-oncology or cancer immunotherapy also called as biologic therapy, is a type of cancer treatment that boosts the body's natural defenses to fight cancer. It uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory to improve or restore immune system function. The number of deaths occurring due to cancer is increasing every year and has therefore forced government bodies to take initiatives for the improvement of the health conditions of people, by investing heavily in research and development and enabling innovation and advancements in technology so as to offer improved treatments. Healthcare providers are focusing on improving treatments and reduction in recurrence of cancer post-chemotherapy. This has pushed the growth of the immuno-oncology therapy market globally.
Rising R&D in cancer immunotherapy is resulting in the introduction of advanced treatment options that are more effective and efficient. A paradigm shift from traditional chemotherapies to immunotherapies is propelling the overall market growth. Introduction of new drugs has resulted in an increase in the competitive rivalry. Immuno modulatory drugs, such as thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide, were the best treatment options available in the past few years. Introduction of newer drug classes, such as monoclonal antibodies and HDAC inhibitors, designed to target receptors related to multiple myeloma, is expected to initiate newer trends in the market. Ongoing studies on similar drugs designed to minimize side effects are expected to propel the market for these drug classes in the immuno-oncology therapy market.
The immuno-oncology therapy market is segmented on the basis of therapy type into monoclonal antibodies, immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune system modulators, cancer vaccines and others. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are further segmented into PD1/ PDL1 and CTLA-4. Monoclonal antibodies segment is expected to grow at fastest rate in the global market over the forecast period.
Based on the therapeutic area the market is segmented into lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, blood cancer and other cancers. Breast cancer segment is expected to grow at fastest rate in the global market over the forecast period.
Hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgical centers and cancer research institutes are the key end-user segments of the global immuno-oncology therapy market. The hospital's segment dominated the market in terms of revenue in 2016.
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa are key regional segments of global immuno-oncology therapy market. North America is anticipated to remain the leading region over the forecast period. Rising incidence of the disease, increasing ease of access to modern therapeutics coupled with expanding geriatric population is propelling the market in this region. On the other hand, factors, such as challenges in clinical trials, coupled with higher costs and rapidly changing reimbursement policies, are impeding the growth of the market in this region. The Asia Pacific is anticipated to show a very high favorable growth rate in cancer immunotherapy adoption. Rising incidence of the disease and in turn, rising mortality rate is propelling demand for immunotherapy in the region. Moreover, the presence of market players with major investments in the market, such as AstraZeneca and Pfizer, Inc., is boosting the market in the Asia Pacific.
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Some of the key players in immuno-oncology therapy market include Amgen, Inc., AstraZeneca Plc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Eli-Lilly and Company, F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., GlaxoSmithKline Plc., Janssen Biotech, Inc., Merck and Co., Novartis AG, Pfizer, Inc., Sanofi, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Major players are frequently engaged in mergers & acquisitions to retain their market share and diversify their product portfolio. Also, key parameters affecting competition are rapid adoption of advanced treatment options for improved healthcare coupled with the rising need for optimum capital utilization.

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Published: 19-06-2013 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article
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This tutorial shows you how to reset the password of the pkiconsole admin user within the Red Hat Certificate System or Dogtag.
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What is Red Hat Certificate System:
Red Hat Certificate System provides a powerful security framework to manage user identities and ensure privacy of communications. Handling all the major functions of the identity life cycle, Red Hat Certificate System simplifies enterprise-wide deployment and adoption of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Dogtag is the open source fork maintained by the Fedora project.
PKI Console is used as an administrative backend into the RHCS/Dogtag system. It
allows configuration of all kind of CA aspects, CRL's, Certificates, OCSP's and
much more. You login to the pkiconsole with an administrative user, most of the
time named admin. Dogtag/RHCS uses an LDAP database in the backend to store all
the information. In the case of dogtag 1.3 this is
fedora-ds, all the latter
versions and RHCS use
389-ds. The pkiconsole authenticates against this LDAP
database, so if you have the
Directory Manager password you can reset the
admin password.
First locate the
/etc/pki-<instance-name>/password.conf file. It looks like
internaldb value is the LDAP password for the
Directory Manager. The
hardware part is used when you use a HSM.
Now we have the password for the
Directory Manager we can login to the LDAP
and reset the admin password.
Use the following command to login to the LDAP of your CA instance, changing the values for your setup:
ldapmodify -H ldap://localhost:99389 -D "cn=Directory Manager" -Wx -e preread=userPassword
You will be asked for the Directory Manager password, after entering that you
don't see anything. You are now on an LDAP prompt, where you can enter
commands. The commands for changing the admin password are these:
dn: uid=admin,ou=People,dc=pki-<instance-name>
userpassword: 1234
return twice after the last line. When successful it will show the
modifying entry "uid=admin,ou=People,dc=pki-<instance-name>"
CTRL+C twice afterwards, and you are done. You can now login to the
PKIConsole with your new password.


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REAL LIFE HAWAII WEDDING: LYDIA + JONATHAN This seaside luxe wedding accented with touches of blue brings a little bit of the sea to the nuptials. With Absolutely Loved Photography behind the lens capturing every detail from Lydia's beautiful jewelry to their first walk on the beach as newlyweds. Lydia and Jonathan's private Hawaii wedding at The Kahala Hotel & Resort was pure seaside bliss.
Photographer: ABSOLUTELY LOVED PHOTOGRAPHY Venue: THE KAHALA HOTEL & RESORT


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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-07-27
Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article
From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>
[01] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesThe Tuesday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance
The tanker truck owners' strike and resulting petrol shortages, the air traffic controllers' 'work to rule' action and the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) "troika" team's inspection were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Tuesday.
ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Long queues outside petrol stations - Strong impact of tanker truck strike".
APOGEVMATINI: "OSE (Hellenic Rail Organisation) 'model' for the loss-making DEKO (public utilities and organisations) - What Papaconstantinou (finance minister) promised to the troika inspectors, who are currently in Greece".
AVGHI: "Whatever the troika says".
AVRIANI: "The chaos caused by the tanker truck owners' strike brings civil mobilisation".
CHORA: "The government on vacation, the troika in the ministries".
ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Government threatens with civil mobilisation - With two policy lines, the government attempts to face the chaos it has created".
ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Government-trucks head-on collision - Liquid fuel stations drying up in the midst of summer holidays".
ESTIA: "Hour of truth for the economy - Structural measures are mandatory".
ETHNOS: "Final blow to tourism, market - Chaos at airports and petrol stations from the strikes".
IMERISSIA: "The guilds paralyzing the country - Black-out in transports, chaos at the airports".
KATHIMERINI: "The country in the vise of strikes - Problems in the movement of goods and fuel - Government unwavering".
LOGOS: "Chaos in the air, queues at the petrol stations - Final blow to the market and tourism by the strikes".
NAFTEMPORIKI: "Troika calls for acceleration of structural changes".
NIKI: "Bankers get off scot free...Salary earners foot the bill".
RIZOSPASTIS: "New, harsher measures against the working people - Government, European Commission, IMF, European Central Bank".
TA NEA: "We've run dry - Cry of agony for commerce and tourism - The reserves at the petrol stations have been exhausted".
TO VIMA: "Triple blockade on transports, vacations, economy - Clash over the opening up of the closed professions".
VRADYNI: "9.7 billion euros in bonds 'burn' PASOK".
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How I Used My "Phone" In One Day
There was nothing particularly special about Tuesday. It was a pretty mundane run-of-the-mill day. I didn't travel anywhere, or attend a special event. This made it a perfect day for an experiment I had been thinking about conducting for a while. We all know that we rarely use the phones in our pockets for actual phone calls, but I was curious to what extent this was true. So I decided I would pick a completely random day and log every activity I used my "phone" for throughout the course of the day.
Out of 51 total recorded activities, I only used the telephone function once; or 1.96% of total device usage for the day. Here's the complete breakdown of how I used my phone this past Tuesday (its an iPhone 4s for those curious minds):
- Alert: At 5:00am an alarm went off with a custom ringtone I made; the chorus phrase from U2's "Wake Up Dead Man".
- Social: After unlocking it, I indicated on Path that I was now "awake".
- Flashlight: I used the glowing backlight of screen to guide my way to bathroom in the dark without disturbing my wife's sleep.
- Research: Checked the weather outside so I could select proper running attire to wear.
- Radio: Turned on a podcast via Stitcher to listen to during my run.
- GPS: Opened Strava to track the GPS of the run
- Productivity: After the run, I sat on my front porch to cool down and started logging my phone activities for this post in Evernote (did this throughout the day, but I won't mention it every time).
- Social: While still cooling down, I briefly checked my social network feeds on Flipboard (I like using this as an aggregator of all networks).
- Research: As I was getting dressed for the day, I checked the weather again and my calendar app (Fantastical) to see how I needed to dress for the day.
- Alert: Then a weekly reminder alarm started going off telling me to takethe recycles down to the curb.
- Shopping: During breakfast, I had a quick conversation about our budget with my wife, which we opened on our phones (YNAB) for reference.
- Shopping: While preparing my lunch, I realized we were out of some things, so I added those items to our shared grocery list
- Radio: My son was a bit of a grump while I was driving him to daycare, so I put on the Norah Jones radio station on Rdio in attempt to sooth him (worked somewhat...)
- GPS: There's a few different routes I'll take to the office depending on traffic, so I use the Waze mapping app to tell me where the build up is at. (I do love the Google Maps app for directions, but nothing yet compares to real-time traffic updates that Waze provides).
- Social: When I get to the office, I check in via Path which checks me in with Foursquare as well.
- Productivity: At 8:30 I receive a notification from Things about my tasks that are due for the day.
- Research: While going through my work email, I notice that I had a missed call on my work phone (which I never use because I only give out my Google Voice number). I typed the number into my phone's dial pad to see if I had the number logged anywhere in my address book.
- Alert: I received a notification from the WordPress app that a new comment has been left on one of my recent blog posts.
- Entertainment: During a private, one-man business meeting, in a small enclosed room (#coughcough... yeah, you know what I mean), I read some news stories that I had marked for later reading in Pocket. Only one story was still in there so I turned to Feedly for some more brief reading from new posts in my Google Reader account.
- Social: I found a cool article in there, which I posted to my Buffer account to publish to Twitter
- Alert: One of my friends had just joined Instagram. So I followed them.
- Alert: Comment left on one of my Facebook photos
- Alert: Ink, a gift card app, reminded me that Valentines day was coming and that it was the last day to make shipping on time before the holiday.
- Shopping: So over lunch I quickly assembled a card using a photo of my wife and I and wrote a custom message. I paid for the card in the app to have it delivered to our house.
- Alert: The Chase app notified me of the transaction.
- Shopping: I entered the payment into our budget/tracking app.
- Camera: After a long brainstorming meeting with a collegue, I snapped a photo of our whiteboard to save our thoughts into Evernote.
- Alert: Received a news alert from the CNN app about some global news events.
- Productivity: A coworker told me about this great service called Hojoki, so I downloaded their app after signing up for an account.
- Alert: Google+ alerted me that some more folks would be attending a hangout I am hosting.
- Alert: I have an alert go off on my phone just after 4pm every work day to snap me out of whatever I'm doing and have me start winding down my work for the day.
- Research: Before I left the office, I opened the Find My iPhone app to ensure that my wife was actually at the gym, and I was in-fact picking up our son from daycare.
- Alert: I have a geo-fenced reminder to go off to remind me to buy more wine (it's 10% off every Tuesday at my local shop).
- Social: Tweeted about the beautiful weather when I walked out the door.
- Radio: Put on Stitcher radio again to listen to some podcasts on the way home.
- Productivity: Was at a dead-stop in traffic for a while, so I pulled up my email in the Gmail app.
- Social: Checked in to Foursquare via Path when I got to the wine store.
- Shopping: Added some more items to purchase to our Costco shopping list (Grocery IQ again)
- Camera: Was playing a physical Angry Birds game and snapped a photo of a tower my son built.
- Phone: Called my parents back who wanted to sing Happy Birthday to my youngest son.
- Social: Replied to a tweet using the Twitter app.
- Entertainment: Watched a video in the YouTube app by pushing it from my phone to the Apple TV in my kitchen.
- Social: Shared that clip to Twitter and Google+ because it was amazing.
- Alert: Got a few more notifications from CNN, eBay and Google+ while I was eating dinner.
- Social: Checked updates on some social networks again.
- Other: Updated the apps through the App Store.
- Research: Checked my calendar and tomorrow's weather to plan for the next day.
- Alert: Checked the time for my alarm to wake me up in the morning.
- Productivity: Checked my email again before going to sleep (working in an international business you never know when something may arise that needs attention).
- Radio: Put on some music on Rdio to soothe me to sleep.
- Social: Indicated on Path that I was now going to sleep.
What does this tell us? Well, nothing special or new to anyone living in today's digital age. We all know we don't really use our devices as phones anymore. But changing the name of the device to anything else would seem ludicrous.
It could be interesting to do a similar exercise in a few years and compare it with this one. My guess is that maybe we'll see the category I listed as "shopping" (or payments) be much more prevelant on our mobile devices.
What percentage of time on your mobile device do you think you use the phone?


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A Russian publisher is under fire for censoring a gay storyline in a popular fantasy novel series without permission from the US-based author.
Victoria Schwab is the author of the Shades of Magic series, which features a number of LGBT characters, including a bisexual prince who has a same-sex romance. The bestselling books were translated into Russian as part of a deal with Russia-based publisher Rosmen.
However, the author was horrified to discover via a reader that the story had been doctored for the Russian translation, in order to omit the gay relationship.
She tweeted: "The Russian edition of Shades of Magic has been my favorite. This week I learned that they redacted the entire queer plot w/out permission.
"I was absolutely horrified. Wouldn't have known if not for a Russian reader who read both editions. Publisher in total breach of contract.
"I'm positively devastated."
She added: "As a reader: I'm frustrated. As an LGBTQ+ human: I'm hurt. As an author: I'm indignant."
The author continued: "It's important to me that the books be available to Russian readers, but with all their content."
She added that she would "give [the publisher] opportunity to correct the work".
According to the Moscow Times, the Russian publisher – which is not connected to the author's US publisher Tor Books – admitted it had made the changes.However, it insisted the change was required to comply with the country's 'gay propaganda' law.


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Women on Wheels campaign - Information and Social Evening
Lee Howarth
Dear All
For this year's Women on Wheels campaign, we are offering grants for activities relating to Women's Cycling, to encourage, inspire and enable more women to get on their bikes in 2018.
For those of you that may be interested, we are offering grants of up to £2500 for Greater Manchester non-profit organisations to run a series of events to help women start, return to or progress their cycling.
The aim of any events funded should ultimately be to encourage and enable more women to make journeys by bike, and we are looking for organisations, clubs and charities to run a whole programme or series of women's cycling events rather than one off-single day events, (although these of course would still be considered).
The information and social evening is an informal event to find out what we did last year, what's changed for this year, an opportunity to exchange ideas and find out what you need to do next if you would like to apply for a grant.
Rapha CC Manchester are kindly hosting the evening in their lovely clubhouse café and will be providing coffee and cake!
Come along and have a chat with us about what the grants are about and how you can apply.
For those of you who can't make the event, drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com to get an application form.
Time: 6:00 – 7:30pm
Date: 9th November
Venue: Rapha Clubhouse, 5 St Ann's Passage, Manchester, M2 6AD
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-on-wheels-201718-womens-cycling-grants-information-and-social-evening-tickets-35822471978
**If you are able, please share the event for us through your social media channels using the Eventbrite link or image attached**
Faye Drinkwater
Active Travel Officer
Transport for Greater Manchester
2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BG
Direct line 0161 244 1461 Extension 701461


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Lokai bracelets were designed to reflect life's highs and lows and as a reminder to stay balanced and centered. Giving is key to Lokai's message of balance and as such, a portion of their profits are donated to charity. To read more about Lokai's story, visit http://mylokai.com/our-story.
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Wandiful Produce.
farm location
Started Biodynamics
Megan Hughes
What we've accomplished:
Megan Hughes bought a five acre (2Ha) block in beautiful Wandiligong, near Bright, north-east Victoria in late 2013. Wandiligong is at the foot of the Victorian Alps and experiences warm summers and cold winters with occasional snow. The cold autumn nights bring beautiful colour into the autumn leaves of deciduous trees locally and the climate and soil is ideally suited to growing chestnuts and hazelnuts.
Megan's grandfather bought the adjoining 20 acres (8Ha) in the late 1950s and the family enjoyed many holidays there – her mother now lives there – so when the 5 acre block next door, owned by Megan's uncle, (complete with chestnut grove) came on the market, she didn't hesitate. The plan from the start was to try and make a small-holding viable and provide the income for living from the property. The prospect of doing something with chestnuts was daunting as they are little known or consumed by Australians, whereas hazelnuts are highly sought after. When Megan bought the place, she realized that it wouldn't be easy to make a living from chestnuts – most people in Australia don't know much about chestnuts, such as the importance of using them fresh, how to cook them, or how to peel and eat them, let alone the use of processed chestnut products. Also many chestnuts are not stored properly and are sold well after they should be, thus losing most of their freshness and flavour. Most chestnut growers in Australia pick, pack and despatch their chestnuts wholesale, as did Megan for the first two harvests. For 12 months, Megan travelled across the high plains every weekend from Gippsland, where her job was at the time, to start setting up the property – fencing, making improvements to the house, installing water tanks on the shed, retrofitting the shed space and building a commercial kitchen. A compost toilet was installed (Clivus Multrum) to save water, especially over dry summers, and permits for the kitchen space and produce sales were obtained from the shire.
Megan travelled to the Ardèche region of France for the famous chestnut festivals that are held in harvest season in every large and small town. At the festival markets she found grower-stallholders selling chestnuts in every imaginable form, including dried in pieces, dried whole, as soup, cakes, roasted, pureed as crème, in bread and pastries and many more ways. It was a real eye-opener and gave her much inspiration for the enterprise back home. Education on chestnuts was obviously going to have to be a big part of what she was setting out to do. It is a dream to slowly develop the same sort of excitement for chestnuts in Australia as she saw the French had for this seasonal treat. In April 2015, Wandiful Produce was ready to be launched, coinciding with the chestnut harvest.
In total over the two properties, there are 5 acres of chestnuts and 1 acre of hazelnuts. From the start, Megan didn't want to be using chemicals while managing the land. Soon after purchasing the property she attended the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne and met second generation Biodynamic orchardist Lynton Greenwood. She had heard about Biodynamics, but had the impression that it was a little difficult to grasp and a bit esoteric. However, talking to Lynton, she found his responses to her questions very practical – she could see that it offered a method of growing the purest, most nutrient dense product possible. Lynton came to visit the property and dug into the soil, pointing out the darker organic layer on top, the reddish stony soil underneath and the extent of penetration of the roots. Lynton showed how the feeder roots were restricted to the top 50-60mm or so. Megan then attended a Biodynamic introductory field day run by Darren Aitken (BioDynamic Growers Australia). That autumn, they applied the first prepared 500 spray to the two properties and sprayed again in spring. Lynton visited in November, and they again dug in the soil to see what was happening. The change was quite dramatic – the reddish soil had changed to a chocolate brown colour to a depth of 15-20cm and the feeder roots were well down. Megan needed no more convincing that Biodynamics was working.
The older chestnut trees are around twenty five years old now, planted eight metres apart in rows ten metres apart. An inter-row of chestnuts was planted ten or so years ago, making the rows five metres apart. The inter-row will produce nuts until the grove becomes too crowded as the trees spread, and will then be removed to allow sun to penetrate and pasture to grow (many growers have dense, shading canopies and no pasture under the trees).
The hazelnuts were planted in the 1960s, three metres apart in rows five metres apart. Her grandfather gathered suckers of six or seven different varieties, (ensuring good pollination) from friends and neighbours in the area. As Megan explained, chestnuts are in the nut family because they have a hard casing (the spiky burr), a shell and an inner pellicle, but behave more like a fruit because if allowed to sit on the ground they deteriorate quickly, and must be cool-stored to retain freshness.
Prepared 500 is stirred in a 20 acre stirring machine and sprayed out over both properties in spring and autumn each year with a knapsack sprayer. The pasture under the chestnuts is allowed to grow to its full expression (with associated deep root development) over spring and summer before being slashed and left under the trees in February. Over the summer months, the tall grass protects the soil from moisture loss, seeds form and drop, and the roots go deep in search of moisture. After slashing in preparation for harvest, the roots die back and shorten, providing feed for the soil biology, before starting to regrow. When the roots grow deeper and stronger, they develop the soil structure, in conjunction with the activity of 500. Slashing in February allows the chestnuts and hazelnuts (that drop to the ground when fully developed) to be easily found and collected. The hazelnuts are harvested in February and the chestnuts follow, from March until mid-May.
The somewhat shading canopy, combined with grazing by a small flock of roaming geese and some rotationally grazed laying hens, ensures that the grass is at a suitable height for 500 spraying in both spring and autumn (ie fairly short). As she learned from Darren Aitken, the 500 is sprayed by walking quite fast and waving the spray nozzle back and forth very quickly, evenly covering the full five metre width between the chestnut and hazelnut rows. When the knapsack is empty it is easy to mark where in the row the spray ran out and continue again from that point with a refilled knapsack. No fertilizer or irrigation is applied – the trees are now well established, with their roots well down and the soil is fertile and freely draining, with the tremendous added development brought by 500. Megan gained her Demeter Biodynamic certification from the Biodynamic Research Institute in December 2017.
Each harvest season, volunteer workers come to live with them, and help with the harvest. This year two French women have come to help and brought chestnut cake and soup recipes from home. These delicious chestnut dishes and cakes such as chestnut tiramisu and chestnut cake are served in the shed café which is open seasonally over the harvest period. This can be enjoyed by those who come to pick their own chestnuts in the grove, a popular activity among people of Asian or European descent who still have a strong connection with chestnuts and the season.
Chestnuts have a very spiky outer husk – pickers wear boots and step either side of the husk to expose the nuts inside. The nuts are given a gentle kick to move them away from the husk and are collected by hand into a bucket or basket from the ground. Fresh chestnuts should be firm and shiny. They should be cool-stored at around 3-4 degrees C. Stored this way, they last well until peeled and processed into chestnut flour, chestnut crème and other value added products. Picking daily not only ensures freshness but also minimizes the amount left on the ground overnight, for Samba deer which come looking for a feed of chestnuts. These deer also rub against the tree and snap the lower branches, causing long-term damage.
Processing and Value Adding
Chestnuts used for processing must first be peeled. After peeling they can be processed in many ways: boiling in water or milk, frozen (they keep for 12 months when frozen), dried and milled for flour, or made into the most delicious chestnut creme (a sort of sweetened chestnut jam, that makes cakes very moist). A simple solar dryer for the peeled and crushed chestnuts is used so they can then be milled into flour.
The café features a wood fired oven and a shop where chestnut produce can be bought along with a range of other local produce. All the tables were made from recycled materials. We enjoyed a coffee with some most delicious chestnut Florentines, made with chestnut flour, butter, dates and honey, dipped in chocolate, and can fondly imagine trying some of the other delectable sweets while enjoying the combined warmth of the wood fired heater and wood oven on a frosty Wandiligong winter's day.
Megan is committed to an ecologically sound ways of doing things, which is one reason why the Biodynamic method of farming has been a good experience, but it also extends to other areas such as her choice to use non-toxic cleaning products at home and in the shed, repurposing materials and living with off-grid power.
Megan is further developing the vegetable garden to produce more Biodynamic food to use in the home and shed café kitchens. She would also like to further develop the free range hens as the eggs are in demand locally. The vegetables and hens will also spread their production more evenly over the year, compared with chestnuts which are quite seasonal. With a very busy life (Megan is also on the marketing committee of Chestnuts Australia) Megan is looking for someone to take over the running of the café, using the chestnuts and other produce, leaving her freer for the farm work and chestnut processing.
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Recent years have witnessed a deluge of commentary warning of imminent threats to democracy in the US, the West, and the world. In the US, this rhetoric has become especially heated with the rise of Donald Trump. Marine Le Pen of France and Geert Wilders of the Netherlands have similarly been described as threats to democracy. The unexpected electoral success of the "Alternative for Germany" and the "Five Star Movement" in Italy have provoked similar concerns. Hungary, Poland, and several Eastern European countries are already experiencing significant democratic backsliding. Beyond the US and Europe as well, many analysts agree that the danger signs for democracy are now "flashing red."
But of course, warnings of this sort are hardly new. Some have suggested that the current climate of alarmism is unwarranted, and that a more "nuanced look" at the data reveals little evidence of worldwide democratic decay. And even if alarmism is warranted, Trump and other right-wing populist leaders may not be the appropriate targets. For students trying to make sense of our unique political moment, this cacophony can be extremely disorienting.
Democratic Erosion is a cross-university collaborative course that aims to help students critically and systematically evaluate the risks to democracy both here and abroad through the lens of theory, history, and social science.
During the 2017-18 academic year, faculty at over a dozen universities taught elements from the same syllabus at the same time. The course is being taught at a number of new participating universities this academic year. Students across campuses collaborate on select assignments, and are expected to engage not only with their own classmates, but with students at other universities as well.
Importantly, the course is not intended as a partisan critique of Donald Trump, or of any other politician or political party. Our goal is to treat the threat of democratic erosion as an empirical question, rather than merely a political one. Is American democracy really under threat? What about democracy in the West, or the world, more generally? If democracy is indeed under threat, what can we do about it? And if it's not under threat, why are so many of us so worried that it is? This course aims to help answer these questions.
If you're interested in the project read along with us or get in touch.
If you're interested in the project but not enrolled in the course, you can still read along with us, using our syllabus and lesson plans as guides. You can also follow our cross-university blog, where students at participating universities analyze current events in the US and elsewhere through the lens of the readings we discuss in class.
The collaboration is led by Robert Blair, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. For more information, please contact him and/or Hannah Baron, our teaching and research assistant for the course.
There are several ways to join the Democratic Erosion project.
1. Teach a full semester on democratic erosion
Shared syllabus here. It's designed for a 13-week, semester-long course, and is structured as follows:
- Introduction
- 8 weeks of substantive themes
- Definitions of democracy and theories of democratization
- Definitions and theories of democratic erosion
- Uses and abuses of democratic institutions
- Populism and demagoguery
- Propaganda, disinformation and the media
- Polarization
- Scapegoating, paranoia and exclusion
- Resistance
- 3 weeks of (non-US) regional case studies, to be selected by each instructor
- Africa
- Russia and Eastern Europe
- Western Europe
- Latin America
- Asia
- Conclusion (and/or a 4th regional case study)
Participating faculty receive lesson plans for each week of material, including lecture slides and discussion questions. If you decide to adjust these lesson plans (which we encourage you to do), we ask that you please share your adjusted plans with the rest of the group as well.
2. Teach one or two weeks on "core" themes related to democratic erosion
Some instructors choose to integrate several (typically 3-5) weeks of our shared material into existing classes on related topics. If you decide on this option, we recommend at least incorporating the weeks on "Definitions and theories of democratic erosion" and "Uses and abuses of democratic institutions." The former addresses different ways that democracies can collapse, theoretically and historically; the latter focuses on democratic erosion through the slow, innocuous-looking decay of democratic institutions.
If you have room on your syllabus, you might also consider incorporating the weeks on "Definitions of democracy and theories of democratization" and "Resistance."
3. Assign your students to write posts for our cross-university blog
In lieu of conventional writing assignments, students write posts for our cross-university blog, available here.
In each post students analyze some current event in the US or elsewhere through the lens of materials they've read and discussed in class. In weeks they don't write their own posts, they comment on somebody else's. The blog is publicly accessible, though only students enrolled in the course can comment on one another's posts.
4. Assign your students to write a country case study for thematic and regional analyses targeting policymakers
In spring of 2018 Jessica Gottlieb taught this course as a "capstone" for second-year master's students at Texas. A&M's Bush School. TAMU's capstone courses work with clients for whom they produce policy-relevant, research-based deliverables. This is like a practicum in lieu of a master's thesis.
The client for this course was USAID's Democracy Rights and Governance (DRG) Division, and the deliverable was an event dataset on the causes, symptoms, and consequences of democratic erosion worldwide. Our students wrote country case studies, which were then used to inform and construct the dataset. The format of the case studies was standardized across universities. Cases were distributed across students and universities to maximize geographical coverage, though students were given the opportunity to voice a preference for specific countries. The preliminary results of the dataset were presented to USAID, the US State Department, and a consortium of NGOs working on democracy promotion at the end of spring 2018.
See the beta version of the publicly available dataset here.
We will continue this project over the 2018-19 academic year, covering more countries and more years and further improving the standardized case study format.
5. Assign your students to attend an issue-based rally, town hall meeting, Indivisible meeting, etc., and write about their experience on the blog
A number of us assign our students to attend some sort of political event in the area and write about their experience on the blog. We then reserve some time in the last weeks of the semester for students to compare their experiences to one another's, and to the experiences of students at other universities. The more universities that participate, the more interesting this is.
6. Poll your students about the current and future state of democracy in the US
In the first week of class we gave our students a poll, asking them to rate (1) the current state of democracy in the US, (2) the likely state of democracy in the US at the end of the semester, and (3) the likely state of democracy in the US in a year. We then spent some time in class comparing our own students' answers to those of students at other universities. Some of us also re-surveyed our students at the end of the semester to see how their views have changed. We will repeat this exercise this year, most likely adding some more questions.
We can provide a web-based version of the survey for you to use for this purpose.


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The Night Shift/
I'm going to talk about sleep now.
And admittedly this has been hard to conceptualize because at the end of the day I'm writing about something I'd rather be doing. Sleep can be a PRETTY boring topic. Until it isn't. And since we had children, it has become one of the three go to topics of our daily conversations, next to poop and pee.
My husband and I used to sleep, of course. We used to be SO good at it, too.
We used to call our sleepy weekend days the "Opium Den!" Because dragging ourselves out of a lazy, Sunday slumber was so fucking difficult and besides why??? If we could have had food delivered directly into the bedroom, we would have.
We were THAT good at sleeping.
We don't sleep anymore. At least not like we used to. Of course with two children under three, why would we expect to?
Don't get me wrong I'm more grateful and in love with these two little sleep suckers than I can ever express but I could do without them waking me up so fucking early nearly every morning and sometimes three times at night. Sure many couples with young children complain about this shit. I know I'm not alone. And it isn't like it's every fucking night, but it's most fucking nights. And that's plenty fucking nights too many in my opinion.
When we had just one we slept more than we do now, but still, less than we did when we had none. And I think we were lulled into thinking we'd sleep well again pretty quickly after two was born because he started out so strong in the sleep department! It just turns out he's a sleep tease because every time I think we've got him figured out he basically cry/whines to us in the middle of the night something that should be translated into, "NOT YET, SUCKAS!"
The biggest deterrent to our sleeping a full night uninterrupted is the constant fluctuation of someone somehow needing something different each night. And because I'm the lucky one of us who somehow handles sleep deprivation slightly better than my husband, I also become the lucky winner of the "who gets up with them tonight" question more often than not. And lately it seems like we're always waking up and crawling out of bed for so many different reasons, it's hard to keep track. So different from the "Opium Den" of our former free-of-children days.
I'm going to stop bitching now and Ross Gellar a couch on a staircase (PIVOT!) because…
All of these recent wake ups in the dark, silent night where it's just me and a small person gets me thinking. Granted I'm tired as fuck. My body aches from sprinting from a dead sleep to whichever child's room require attending. But here's what I secretly, begrudgingly love about the night shift:
The singular focused attention I can give to them.
More specifically, if it's the toddler: I love how he shifts to get the perfect position on my lap where he can also rest his head on my chest, and where I can perfectly steal kisses from the top of his head. He's definitely a momma's boy, but he's also always on the go go go these days. So to get him so still, so quiet is a luxury. He usually requests, "Two more minutes, Mommy," which I almost always indulge and probably stretch to more like five minutes, because what's "two more minutes" of this that is fleeting and temporary as compared to "two" fewer minutes of my sleep?
If it's the baby, I love the uninterrupted snuggles while rocking him back to sleep. It's also one of the only times in a 24 hour day where it is just us chickens. And if I pretend just right, it feels like he's my only baby. The way it felt with my first born at all times of the day. I'm not distracted by another more pressing need. He gets all of me. And I get to soak in all of him.
And because I don't know if we're done having children, I tend to ask him in the dark silence, "Are you my last baby?" to which he responds with more dark silence. So I pretend that he is, and try very hard to imprint this feeling of the weight of him on me as I rock him back to sleep. Just in case.
I know these kinds of nights are temporary. At least this is what friends with older kids promise. They're also the ones reminding me, somewhat relentlessly to "enjoy it." So I try to.
I certainly don't regret losing sleep over the joyful chaos of these two perfect humans joining our family. It just hurts. It's just painful. But parenthood is full of different types of pain, right? So I figure this must be par for the course, right? And I have to find some way to survive it, or else we'll all go insane…right?
So here's my other confession: Sometimes, when I've finally been able to crawl back into bed, if the light is just right, I'll pretend it's the middle of the day and I'm simply joining my husband for a little siesta.
I'll even whisper to him, with all the nostalgia I can muster, "Opium Den!"
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Personal Appearances
In addition to Samantha Daniels's frequent television, radio and internet appearances, Samantha is hired regularly to speak live at conferences, conventions, events, store openings, charity dinners and private functions. More specifically she has spoken for the Young President's Organization (YPO), at Bliss Spa, at Tristan clothing store, at the Skin Clinic, at the Malaria Awards dinner for World Peace, at Bendels Girl's Night Out, at the Luxury Goods Conference, at the New York Junior League Holiday event, at the New York Public Library Science of Love event, at the University of Pennsylvania, at Barnes and Noble, at the Book Conference of America, at the Learning Annex, and at the 92nd St Y, to name a few.
Samantha has spoken on a number of topics:
Having only one chance to make a good first impression
Moving on after a divorce
Being a female CEO
Matrimonial law
Turning a hobby into a full-fledged business
Being an entrepreneur
Writing a book
Navigating Hollywood
Selling your story to Hollywood
Promoting your company through strong public relations


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Meatballs In Fresh Tomato Sauce
Stephanie Malouf Nutrition
Serves 3-4
500g of mince from beef, lamb or pork or a mixture
1 whole raw egg
½ tsp cumin spice
1 carrot, grated
1 brown onion, sliced
Pinch of Sea salt
5 large tomatoes, diced
5 basil leaves
1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
To a bowl add the mince, cumin, raw egg, onion, carrot, sea salt and basil. Combine well and then roll into little balls.
Add 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to a heated pan & brown the meatballs on all sides.
Put the pan in the oven and cook for 20 minutes or until cook through.
Whilst they are cooking, in the same saucepan add the diced onion and sauté until golden in colour. Add some more olive oil if needed.
Add the the diced tomatoes and cinnamon and cook until it reduces to a thick sauce. Add some stevia (natvia) for added sweetness if needed.
Add the cooked meatballs and basil leaves to the sauce
Serve over Spiralized Zuccini also known as Zucchini Pasta or steamed veggies


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Fetch out the right spiritual candle
The world is full of different religions that it can become hard for a single person to learn about each religion. Each religion uses different products as per their belief system to perform their rituals and it can usually be difficult to find all the fine products for performing your rituals. But with the up gradation in technology it has gone easier for online shopping uses to fetch out their each related spiritual item online. If you believe in Santeria religion and perform all your rituals as per that religion beliefs then visit us to fetch out all related items to perform your cleansing and other rituals in proper order.
Santeria is also known to be afro American religion and is also known as Lucumi. Mostly in Santeria all the rituals are being performed using candles. Nowadays, you can easily fetch out the Santeria candles which are made by quality paraffin wax and can burn for long hours without including any risk. Various spiritual candles are especially designed by sandwiching the multi color together that symbolizes different things.
Various interpretations for candles in Santeria religion
The world is full of mystery and myth which has made different beliefs in different religions and according to that they perform their rituals and have different life styles and rules as well. In Santeria religion various interpretations are made related to performing ritual with candle which are discussed below:
- High flame: If the candle is burning with high flame then it means your spell is working effectively and faster. If the candle is either money drawing candle or protection candle then it will mean that your surrounding is clean from any negative energy.
- Low flame: If the candle is burning low flame then it will mean that there is some negative energy that is directed towards you. In such condition do floor wash and perform various spell along with prepared candle so that you can get faster better results.


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Emergency Number: 911
Monday, Oct. 27
1:44 a.m. Sanbornton: Kaulback Road, medical aid.
1:53 a.m. Belmont: Kaulback Road, Sanbornton, medical aid.
5:06 a.m. Tilton-Northfield: Diana Road, Northfield, medical aid.
5:25 a.m. Laconia: Ledges Drive, medical aid.
5:44 a.m. Gilmanton: Middle Route, medical aid.
5:58 a.m. Meredith, Meredith EMS: Winona Road, fire alarm activation
6:06 a.m. Laconia: Right Way Path, medical aid.
6:30 a.m. Meredith, Meredith EMS: Winona Road, fire alarm activation
6:41 a.m. Laconia: Blueberry Ln., medical aid.
6:43 a.m. Campton-Thornton: Ellsworth Pond Road, Ellsworth, medical aid.
6:53 a.m. Waterville Valley: Ellsworth Pond Road, Ellsworth, medical aid.
6:54 a.m. Sanbornton: Stage Road, medical aid.
7 a.m. Meredith: Winona Road, medical aid.
7:04 a.m. Tilton-Northfield: Stage Road, Sanbornton, medical aid.
7:43 a.m. Belmont: Range Road, medical aid.
8:00 a.m. Gilmanton: Gale Road, service call
8:04 a.m. Meredith EMS: True Road, medical aid.
9:29 a.m. Tilton-Northfield: West Main St., Tilton, medical aid.
9:32 a.m. Franklin: Cedar Ct., medical aid.
9:52 a.m. Laconia: Endicott St. North, medical aid.
9:57 a.m. Gilmanton: Province Road, medical aid.
10:38 a.m. Alton, New Durham, Barnstead: Suncook Valley Road, Alton, fire alarm activation.
10:57 a.m. Alton: Main St., service call.
11:45 a.m. Alton: Suncook Valley Road, medical aid.
11:56 a.m. Moultonborough: Bald Peak Dr., fire alarm activation.
11:59 a.m. Laconia: Strafford St., medical aid.
12:09 p.m. Hebron: Mayhew Turnpike, medical aid.
12:29 p.m. Danbury, Bristol: Rt. 4, Danbury, motorcycle accident.
12:33 p.m. Tilton-Northfield: Main St., Tilton, motor vehicle accident.
12:56 p.m. Alton: Dewitt Dr., fire alarm activation.
1:35 p.m. Laconia: Highland St., DHART landing zone.
1:40 p.m. Gilmanton: Rt. 140, fire alarm activation.
1:41 p.m. Barnstead, Alton: Rt. 140, Gilmanton, fire alarm activation.
2:06 p.m. Laconia: McGrath St., gas leak.
2:13 p.m. Gilford: McGrath St., Laconia, gas leak.
2:13 p.m. Belmont, Meredith EMS: North Main St., Laconia, cover truck.
2:13 p.m. Meredith: Lucerne Ave., Laconia, cover truck.
2:18 p.m. Laconia, Belmont, Meredith EMS: Union Ave., Laconia, motor vehicle accident.
2:37 p.m. Franklin: Daniel Webster Highway, Boscawen, medical aid.
2:47 p.m. Moultonborough, Meredith EMS: Hanson Mill Road, Moultonborough, medical aid.
3:40 p.m. Gilford: Potter Hill Road, medical aid.
4:03 p.m. Laconia, Belmont, Meredith EMS: Blueberry Lane, Laconia, medical aid.
4:04 p.m. Gilmanton: Province Road, service call.
4:20 p.m. New Hampton: Burleigh Mountain Road, medical aid.
4:45 p.m. Franklin: Lake Ave., fire alarm activation.
4:49 p.m. Bristol: Summer St., medical aid.
5:20 p.m. Plymouth: Adrian's Way, medical aid.
5:36 p.m. Laconia: Pine Brook Ln., medical aid.
5:53 p.m. Plymouth: Prince Haven Road, medical aid.
6:14 p.m. Laconia: Highland St., DHART landing zone.
7:52 p.m. Gilford: Annis Dr., outside fire.
8:22 p.m. Campton-Thornton: Riverside Dr., Campton, medical aid.
8:27 p.m. Tilton-Northfield: Winter St., Tilton, medical aid.
8:33 p.m. Belmont: Hackleberry Road, Canterbury, ATV accident.
9:25 p.m. Laconia: Blueberry Ln., fire alarm activation.
9:48 p.m. Laconia: Elm St., motor vehicle accident.
Lakes Region Fire Log - Monday, Oct. 27
Emergency Number: 911


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The Next Celebrity-In-Chief: RIP #Oprah2020 Who's Next? (Opinion)
Oprah Winfrey recently set the Internet ablaze when people began to call for her candidacy in the 2020 presidential run after her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes. The speech touched on racism and sexism in America, but was concluded on a hopeful note.
"I want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon," Oprah announced to the audience, which promptly erupted with thunderous applause. "And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say 'Me too,' again."
As quickly as the whirlwind speculation around the mogul's possible candidacy appeared, so too came an end to the rumors by Oprah herself in her recent interview for the March edition of Instyle magazine. Oprah told the interviewer "I've always felt very secure and confident with myself in knowing what I could do and what I could not. And so, it's not something that interests me. I don't have the DNA for it."
With Oprah officially out of the running, netizens got to work providing a large supply of alternatives for the 2020 presidential run. Ranging from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to Kanye West, Internet-users' choices for the presidency indicate just how pervasive celebrity-worship culture is.
Recently, politics has evolved into a celebrity-dominated world. With big names contributing significantly to the democratic agenda, Hollywood has become an avenue for creative liberty. Award ceremonies in particular serve as a platform for speeches saturated with social justice and activism, placing power in the hands of Hollywood's elites to create important changes. It is not hard to see why Oprah fans began wondering, almost instantly after her stirring acceptance speech, if the speech was a prelude to something bigger.
Mainstream news coverage and the media in general seem to drink this culture up, encouraging a problematic mindset of placing overly-sensationalized importance on celebrities to "save the day." However, we do not have to look much farther than 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, to the current celebrity-in-chief and the messes he has made since taking office, to see that this approach does not work.
When asked to weigh in on potentially running against Oprah for the candidacy in 2020, President Trump quipped that he could easily beat her, adding that "Oprah would be a lot of fun." The language used to describe a race for the most prestigious position in the highest office in America is concerning. This type of language and mindset devalues America's most important role to the likes of a spot on a reality show. And indeed media coverage of the President and his day-to-day shenanigans on Twitter is no short of an agonizingly-long run of a particularly bad reality show.
Oprah Winfrey may have halted any possibility of running for president in the near future, but that doesn't mean she can't aid in supporting more diverse voices for presidency. There is significance to the avenue of activism that Hollywood has opened up—one that can very well be channeled towards positive action for the future. The past year has seen heightened political activism, with various celebrity figures riling up against injustice, sexism and blatant racism enacted by the president's office. The next three years seem to signal a similar trend.
Like Oprah, celebrities have the ability to make inroads into everyday lives, influencing change from the ground-up.
In the meantime, America would benefit from looking towards someone who has made a career in politics and has worked their whole life for candidacy in 2020—someone with a firm grip on policy-making, with years of experience who, for a change, actually knows what they're doing.


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I first met Sara Monica, founder and editor-in-chief of SmallChickBigDeals.com, at her website re-launch party in Hoboken last May. I was immediately impressed with her ambition to create a start-up and her work ethic in gaining an audience.
Soon after, she came across one of my videos on Facebook and suggested we collaborate on a project. We both agreed her website could benefit from some multimedia content, and a video would be a great way to engage readers while sharing her story.
We finally got together to brainstorm ideas at the end of the summer and began production in the fall. I aimed to capture a bit of Sara's on-the-go lifestyle by filming her (on her lunch break!) in New York City, which is a dream backdrop. Then we did an in-depth interview at Sara's alma mater, Fairleigh Dickinson University (where she thought of the website idea), and gathered more footage in the area. Still, b-roll was a challenge but images from the website itself helped add visual support.
In many ways this video is a short documentary about how Sara's business came to be. It also highlights many of her website's offerings and is therefore promotional, but in a subtle manner. I'm a believer in topics coming across as genuine rather than utilizing in-your-face marketing techniques. I outline a storyboard with talking points prior to shooting so that the subject can prepare, but that is the extent of any scripting. I'd much rather generate honest and real answers in an interview than have someone try to memorize and spit out pre-determined phrases. This tactic was effective here, as Sara was able to be her intelligent and likable self.
This video is now embedded on the SmallChickBigDeals.com home page, giving readers an alternate experience to take in as they visit the site. Sara also posted a dedicated blog featuring the video, which you can check out here.


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It was really hard to pick just one vegetable for this month. Pretty much everything is in season now.
One vegetable that always overwhelms many gardeners is zucchini. Growing up, my mom would bake lots of zucchini bread – especially strawberry zucchini bread. My brother hated (hates) zucchini in all forms. I love it's versatility – you can sneak it into so many dishes and it flies under the radar. Even the flowers are edible – my Sicilian grandma used to go out to our garden and pick the squash blossoms right off the plant and eat them. Maybe I'll have to give that a try one of these days.
This year I planted a black zucchini and a golden zucchini. They are in large pots which I am not sure they are enjoying. Since squash cross-pollinate fairly easily I needed to place one in the front side of the house and one in back. Neither are growing profuse amounts of zucchini. The yellow one is suffering from blossom end rot (a lack of calcium uptake in the soil). The soil is now amended with lime and egg shells – time will tell if it helps. Luckily there is a small garden right around the corner from me that has tons of zucchini and it's free to the public! I picked some delicious golden raspberries there yesterday.
Here's another tidbit – I recently found out that zucchini is referred to as courgettes in Europe – it's the British version. It sounds much fancier.
Zucchini Recipes
Zucchini Bread Oatmeal
Fresh and Light
Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread
Wholesome goodness
Zucchini Griddlecakes (Vegan!)
A salty and sweet combo
Roasted Portabella with Zucchini Noodles


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Started – 19/8/12
Finished – 16/9/12
Format – Kindle e-book
Synopsis – Fifteen year old Alana Weatherbee leaves home for the first time to study at the School of Shines of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Finding herself the school outcast, she gains acceptance by becoming champion of the Labyrinth Games in spite of her teammates, the school bullies. Then Alana meets Logan, another outcast and, together, they fight to save their world from the evil Book of Spells.
My Thoughts – I downloaded this book as it was free on Amazon and it really sounded like a book that i could get into.
This book is about Alana Weatherbee who attends the Shines School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She becomes part of a team to take part in a series of games. Its here that she meets Logan who becomes her boyfriend and they take part in an adventure.
Now this all sounds so promising but unfortunatly it just wasnt. To start with i just couldnt get over how simular this book was to Harry Potter, which could be a good thing, but in this case it just wasnt. The whole school setup was so simular, the headmaster was almost a carbon copy of Dumbledore and the Labyrinth games was very simular to the Triwizard Tornament.
Also the book just seemed to give a very basic outline of the plot and then not go into anymore detail, it was almost like i was reading a draft of the story. This book had so much potental but unfortunatly it just didnt interest me.
I didnt understand the relevance to Logan at all and what benefit he had on the story. I didnt understand the book of spells part either.
This is a book that i didnt enjoy at all and maybe i should start to read reviews on Amazon before i download a book again.
Rating – 1/5


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Franklin County, KY Tax Lists,1797-1818 (bulk: 1814-1818)
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Franklin County, KY Tax Lists,1797-1818 (bulk: 1814-1818)
- Creator
- Franklin County and Frankfort, Kentucky
- Extent
- 27 items
- Subjects
- Real property and taxation--Kentucky
- Tax assessment--Taxation--Kentucky
- Tax collection--Kentucky
- Kentucky--History--Sources
- Franklin County, KY--Taxation--Lists
- Repository
- Kentucky Historical Society
Collection Overview
- Scope and Content
- Seven files of tax lists from Franklin County and Frankfort, Kentucky. Tax lists are arranged chronologically from 1797 to 1818; the years 1799-1811, 1813, and 1816 are missing. The 1814 list is in two folders, one of which is oversized. Information listed includes: Property owners, property location, property description and dates of assessment. Property descriptions include slaves, indentured white servants, acreage, and livestock. Each listing is with size or age categories for each: "above 21 years", "under 16 years", "84 acres first land in Franklin County in Elkhorn."
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I am going to start a fashion series here in Street Love. I don't think I will be doing lookbook at the moment as that take a lot of time. Let's start small. Let's start with just one. I am going to pick one of my favourite look and name it as Favourite Look of the Week. So you will get to see what dress, shoe, sunglasses, hair style etc that I have created and like the most 😀
I bought a few new dresses for a few coming events two weeks ago. Currently I am very much into the brand Missguided. I describe Missguided style as simple with unique sexy style. This dress Silky Strappy Wrap Over Midi Dress is one size larger than my current dress size but it fits on nicely. However it is a silk dress afterall so it tend to get tight when I sweat. I was contemplating if I should return it. In the end I decided to keep it. No regret at all! The dress have a deep V-neck but not revealing, depending on the adjustment of the dress strap. The front of the dress has a split with the fabric end overlapping each other. I am a fast walker with huge foot step. With this dress I have to somewhat walk slower with smaller foot step. It's a silk dress so it flows beautifully as I walk 😉
The main highlight of my favourite look of the week other than the dress that I absolutely love, is this Prada Minimal Baroque Sunglasses. I did an unboxing on my Instagram Stories and a lot of you DM me asking me what is the name and where I got it. I got it at SmartBuyGlasses 😀 . Personally I prefer a large round sunnies as I do have a larger face perimeter. Sunglasses that are this huge suits all face sizes. Prada Minimal Baroque are worn by so many celebrities include Beyonce, Eva Mendes, Ashley Olsen, and many more. The feature that attracts me to the Prada Minimal Baroque is the swirl temples.
Let's do a little unboxing shall we?
My Prada Minimal Baroque was delivered from Hong Kong and it arrived in less than 3 days I believe. It came in a brown box, and on the inside is the main Prada box that is securely bubble wrapped. There is also another sleeve, which I removed and the actual white Prada box was revealed.
We are not done with the boxes yet. After I remove the leather-like square white box, there is another box. Well, it is more like a case as that is the main casing for the sunglasses. A cleaning cloth and a little product booklet.
Look at how beautiful the Prada Minimal Baroque is! The color I chose is Transparent Matte Dark Grey frame with Black temples. I find transparent frame is way better than glossy for people who has makeup on. It does not get slippery or oily and cleaning is way easier. This sunglasses does not have a full on black lens as mine has a Grey Brown Gradient Mirror on it. It is clear even on cloudy days. You know how our weather is these days. It's sunny at one minute and cloudy the next.
SmartBuyGlasses product page will clearly tell you which year the sunglasses are released and what type of frame shape. So you will roughly know how the frame looks like. The Prada Minimal Baroque is a round frame shape. But of course I also did a lot of googling to see how it looks like on real human 😀
I like how a hidden Prada name is embossed on the front top left of the lens <3
Three fashion piece that are my favourite from this week's favourite look. I know, I know. I overkill with using the word favourite lol.
- Prada Minimal Baroque sunglasses
- Missguided Silky Strappy Wrap Over Midi Dress
- Billini Oasis Tan Heels
Hope you enjoyed this new fashion series in the blog. I know the Prada Minimal Baroque sunglasses has been receiving more attention than I do this week so do head over to SmartBuyGlasses to check out all their designer eyewear. They also offer great discount too! Mine retails for RM1,223.95 after discount from retail price RM1,631.93 🙂


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Little baby is 31 weeks old! (and a few days). But not technically, she is nothing until she is born. How does that work? She is alive in there, and growing, yet she has no age. She is not considered "alive" until she exits the body. I guess I never really thought about that before, but that's really strange to me. You should be considered nine months old when you are born. Don't you think?
Maybe it's because they can't determine the actual date of conception? But they go by last missed period. Why couldn't that be the day of how old he/she is?
So she is about the size of a Pineapple, at 31 weeks old. I wouldn't like for a pineapple to be inside me, so pregnant woman, more power to ya. I couldn't handle that.
She is around 16-17 inches long, and weighs anywhere from 2.5 to 4 pounds. By the looks of her chubby cheeks on the ultrasound, I'm guessing she's closer to 4.
Her five senses are also fully developed, and she is getting smarter and smarter everyday as more brain cells develop, along with her nerves.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Week 31 Day 5 - Your baby is the size of a... WHAT?
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Police investigation launched after waste illegally dumped on farms
An investigation has been launched by the police, after waste was found dumped illegally, at three farms across north-east England.
At Bishop Auckland, in County Durham, around forty tonnes of general mixed waste was dumped illegally into a field, out of the back of a truck and a second truck was stopped from illegally tipping its waste by Durham police and has been confiscated by Durham County Council, whilst further investigations are carried out.
Another illegal waste tipping incident happened near Sadberge village, which is close to Darlington. Eighty bales of old processed waste, which was wrapped in black plastic, was discovered dumped on land that the landowner had not given permission for.
On Wednesday, September 7, a third incident occurred at a farm near Northallerton, in which twenty bales of old processed waste, wrapped in plastic, was dumped on the farm's land.
The police are now working with the Environment Agency (EA) and the local authorities, to help find those responsible.
Dave Edwardson, EA enforcement team leader, said: "At first glance, waste that is wrapped in plastic, can be mistaken for hay or silage."
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When you think of a cricketing crisis, you think of men like Allan Border or Stephen Waugh, eyes squinting at the sun and jaw set tight in grim refusal to countenance, leave alone admit, defeat. Closer to home, the subcontinent has produced Sunil Gavaskar and Inzamam-ul-Haq, one a peerless opener, and the other the languid shepherd of a brittle batting order. The chances are, however, that you don't think of VVS Laxman.
Perhaps it's time we did. Starting with that 281 - the defining innings of our age - some of Laxman's greatest contributions have come in times of strife, with the innings a mere nudge away from calamity. Eighteen months on from the innings that ended one of the most remarkable winning streaks in sport, India arrived back at the Eden Gardens to take on a West Indies side that had been hapless victims in the first two Tests. Having conceded a first-innings lead of 139, India had slumped to 87 for 4 when Laxman arrived to lend Sachin Tendulkar a helping hand. They went on to add 214, Laxman finished with an unbeaten 154, and near-certain defeat was transformed into honourable draw.
A year later, there was more potential for embarrassment in front of home crowds as New Zealand piled up 630 at Mohali. Laxman reeled off a composed 104 to almost save the follow-on, and then chiselled out a gritty unconquered 67 to ensure that there would be no innings defeat after India had collapsed to 18 for 3.
The fact that the opposition wasn't Australia, however, meant that those two rescue efforts never quite got the attention they deserved on the crisis-monitoring radars. Laxman needn't have worried though. A couple of months later, he and Rahul Dravid reprised their Eden Gardens heroics at a sunbathed Adelaide Oval, adding 303 runs to alter the course of a game that appeared to be moving irrevocably towards Australia. Laxman's contribution was a picture-perfect 148, an effort that he followed up with a magical 178 at Sydney in Waugh's final Test.
The home series against Australia the following year was a different story, with defensive fields and tight bowling lines reducing Laxman to mere mortal status. Yet there too, he was to have a decisive say in the outcome of a Test match. Promoted to No.3 in the second innings at Mumbai after India had surrendered a 99-run lead, he conjured up a sensational innings of 69, adding 91 with the equally fluent Tendulkar. On an under-prepared pitch where the ball detonated off the surface, it was a colossal effort, and that too from a man supposedly ready for the selector's axe.
On this Motera pitch where batting was no picnic, he was seldom troubled, easing his way to 71 almost as adroitly as he had made 69 in Delhi. A glance at his strike-rate might suggest a dour struggle, but on a sluggish pitch that has already taken dramatic turn, he was more than content to pat back the good deliveries and eschew flamboyance in favour of pragmatism.
Of course, as with any Laxman innings, there were moments of unsurpassed beauty - fine glances, gorgeous drives down the ground, and pulls played with such precision and timing that the fielders didn't even bother to move. From the asphyxiating depths of 97 for 5, his partnerships with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Irfan Pathan allowed India to end the day with a slim advantage. With the two younger men prepared to wind up every now and then, Laxman was more than content to purr along as the Sri Lankans grew increasingly weary.
Pathan had his moments of luck, with two edges evading first slip, but he also creamed some stunning off-drives to disrupt the bowlers' rhythm. The confidence with which he faced the Murali test said much about what that 93 in Delhi has done for his confidence. Dhoni, finally undone by a viciously spun offbreak, was also at his impetuous best, and an inside-out off-drive off Murali defied description.
There was a positive too for Sri Lanka, in the shape of Lasith Malinga. More human catapult than classical fast bowler, he discomfited every batsman with occasional steepling bounce and genuine pace. With his radar not quite functional, he will always be a luxury on featherbeds, but on any surface that offers even a smidgen of encouragement, he can be quite a proposition.
You don't pick up Damien Martyn, Adam Gilchrist and Darren Lehmann (twice) on your debut unless you possess a certain X-factor, and a subsequent nine-wicket haul at Napier in a match of huge scores was ample proof of his shock value against batsmen unprepared for such a bizarre action. But despite his best efforts this morning, even Malinga had to concede the day's honours to a batsman quite unlike any other - someone who can make a crisis look like a Saturday afternoon stroll in the park.


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Started in 1997, Carlos Conde is Spain's fastest growing chain of premium hair salons for men. The salons have been designed to satisfy the styling needs of those looking for quality experience & quick service at best prices.
The salon is targeted at men in the age group of 18-65 years, who are conscious about their personality & prefer a place where they can find hairdressing, barbering & aesthetic services under one roof.
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Was the Mayflower a Sinners' Ship?
I was having lunch with a friend the other week and we came upon an interesting discussion. He made the comment that it might be a good thing for all the Christians to move to one state (he recommended Texas) and secede from the Union, allowing the liberals to have the remaining 49. My initial reaction was to think of the old Geoff Moore song, Go to the Moon. You can find the lyrics here.
I told him that wasn't the right answer to our political situation. We were supposed to be trying to influence the liberals, even though we don't agree with them. He agreed, but it opened a different conversation:
1. Were the Pilgrims sinful to leave England and pursue religious freedom?
2. Were the founding fathers of America sinful to disobey their government and declare independence?
These are interesting topics. As Americans, we are taught from childhood to revere the Pilgrims and the Patriots. It is the tautological argument, because America is such a great place, the people who brought it into existence did great things to bring it into being.
But, our mandate is to influence those around us, not to flee into isolation. There are also clear Biblical commands to pay taxes and submit to the civil rulers in authority over us, including overbearing kings. If Jesus could submit and pay taxes to Ceasar, why couldn't the founding fathers pay taxes to King James? Taxation without representation is a great historical rallying cry, but is it Biblical? I don't think so. Nowhere is there a Biblical exception to the requirement to submit to the king if he doesn't allow you a voice in setting taxes. In fact, the kings during the Biblical era were more tyranical than the British monarch.
As for the pilgrims, I think it might be a harder argument, but the mandate is there to influence those around us and to boldly stand up for what we believe. The pilgrims left England to avoid going to jail for their faith. But, the heros of the faith were willing to face death for their faith. Polycarp, John's disciple comes to mind, standing in the colliseum, threatened with death, he is reported to have said "Your fire burns only for a short time then flickers out; but you are ignorant of the Judgment to come of everlasting fire preapred for the wicked." By contrast, the pilgrims seem like cowards fleeing to a foreign shore.
I am sure that it is not popular to criticize American heroes, but the truth is not centered around America.
Any one else have thoughts on this issue?


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This is another book in my series of The Mystery of…..Solved!. The Mystery of Caring For Your Horse – Solved! devotes a chapter just on the feed. I've learned, from years of owning a horse, that if the horse isn't on a proper diet, he/she won't be happy and weight loss will ensue. Not all feed is the same, or quality horse feed. You will get a lot of help choosing your feed and other horse related information in this book.
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I am the last person I will ever know; the first person to whom I speak;I have been with me all of my life; though I would hope for someone to walk beside, I am not alone and it can be enough - Sehla dor
I am nobody - Emily, the Nun of Amherst
Well, all my pics start with 100% me and end up with the same minimum standard % of animal matter allowable in food. Just think of me as unattractive with a personality, k? I stick to the USD penny for your thoughts...penis is not an acceptable form of currency at this time...my NetherPleasures are currently in hiatus and after extensive research, unable to determine an ETA on granting access to others...please don't worry for me...my neg test result and the creativity allowed by home depot (the hand is an artist, I am the canvas) are quite sufficient...I believe I would be best described as bitter with traces of hope foreseeable in the future...I'm currently haranguing the Google + community if you would like to see my work there...now, I would like to converse with anyone, don't really care about anything except please have SOMETHING TO SAY. 2 word answers don't really count unless it's "I do".


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|Cats and Roosters
Once upon a time in Africa, roosters ruled cats. The cats worked hard all day and at night they had to bring all they had gathered for the roosters. The king of the roosters would take all the food for himself and for the other roosters.
The roosters loved to eat ants. Thus, every cat had a purse hung round its neck, which it filled with ants for the king of the roosters.
The cats did not like the situation. They wanted to rid themselves of the king so that the food they gathered through hard work and great difficulty would be their own. But they were afraid of the roosters.
The roosters had told the cats that rooster's combs were made out of fire and that the fire of their combs would burn anyone who disobeyed them! The cats believed them and therefore worked from early morning until night for the roosters.
One night, the fire on the house of Mrs. Cat went out. She told her kitten, Fluffy, to bring some fire from Mr. Rooster's house.
When Fluffy went into the house of the rooster, she saw that Mr. Rooster was fast asleep, his stomach swollen with the ants he had eaten. The kitten was afraid to wake the rooster, so she returned home empty handed and told her mother what had happened.
Mrs. Cat said, "Now that the rooster is asleep, gather some dry twigs and place them near his comb. As soon as the twigs catch fire, bring them home."
Fluffy gathered some dry twigs and took them to the rooster's house. He was still asleep. Fluffy fearfully put the dry twigs near the rooster's comb but it was no use, the twigs did not catch fire. Fluffy rubbed the twigs against the rooster's comb again but it was no use they would not catch fire. Fluffy returned home without any fire and told her mother, "The roost's comb does not set twigs on fire."
Mrs. Cat answered "Why can't you do anything right! Come with me I'll show you how to make fire with the rooster's comb." So together they went to the house of Mr. Rooster.
He was still asleep. Mrs. Cat put the twigs as near to the rooster's comb as she could. But the twigs did not catch fire. Then, shaking with fear, she put her paw near the rooster's comb and gently touched it. To her surprise, the comb was not hot, it was very cold, and it was just red colored.
As soon as Mrs. Cat realized that the roosters had lied to the cats about their combs, she joyfully went out and told the other cats about the rooster's tricks. From that day on, the cats no longer worked for the roosters.
At first, the king of the roosters became very angry and said to the cats; "I will burn all of your houses if you do not work for me!"
But the cats said, "Your comb is not made of fire. It is just the color of fire. We touched it when you were sleep. You lied to us.
When the king of the roosters found out that the cats knew that he had lied to them, he ran away. Now, whenever roosters see a cat, they scurry away, because to this very day they are afraid of cats.
Reported by Jundub bin `Abdullah (RA): The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, "Once someone said: `By Allah! Allah will not forgive such and such (a person).' Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and the Glorious, said: `Who is he who takes an oath in My Name that I will not grant pardon to so-and-so? I have granted pardon to so-and-so and rendered your good deeds fruitless.''' [Muslim]


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Sometimes life in Ottawa, Ontario can seem a little dull – that's why Narcity has compiled a list of the Top 20 Unexpectedly Fun Things To Do In Ottawa, and naturally, the Backyard Axe Throwing League (BATL) made the list. We brought axe throwing to our Nation's Capital over 2 years ago and haven't looked back. Since day one BATL has been involved with the community, playing host to fundraisers, local sports teams, and more!
BATL Ottawa offers many ways to get involved with our sport (much like all of our locations across North America). Our weekly leagues are what made us world famous, but each of our locations offers private group event bookings (perfect for adult birthdays, bachelor/bachelorette parties, corporate team building, holiday parties, and much more!) and public walk-in axe throwing sessions each weekend – for the more casual axe thrower!
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The Azura has 3100 passengers but doesn't feel like a big ship which is why it has its fans and such a high returning customer base to its 14/19 passenger decks. With some bigger ships having over 6800 passengers and the P&O flagship Britannia having approx 3640 passengers, maybe, the Azura will soon no longer be referred to as large. It no longer makes the top 30 biggest cruise ships. However, it is three sets of corridors long as opposed to the Arcadia's or the even slightly smaller but spacious Aurora's two sets, so it is larger.
Azura is the sister ship to the Ruby Princess and the Ventura. It is said to be the ship that the raunchy romantic novel Her Virgin Voyage was written on during a Canary Islands cruise, but not the ship in the second book which predicted P&O's venture into the first same sex marriages at sea in the second book The Perfect Storm. The Azura is an easy ship to navigate, it offers a lot in the way of fine dining options and entertainment with three large venues as well as quiet areas and a library, so it has the best of both worlds. It also has a pub and casino on the lower decks if you wish to avoid dressing on formal nights but most people seem to dress on this ship.
The Azura loves the Caribbean in the winter whereas its sister ship, the Ventura, loves the Canaries.Take a look at our film of all passenger areas first. Please subscribe to us on You Tube and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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To see the rest of the P&O fleet click here. The Azura is big enough to allow you to customise your cruise. By this we mean you can utilise the cost of the cruise and take free dining and free entertainment and have a ball or pamper yourself in the Retreat Spa and purchase the private area to avoid the main decks during the day, and dine in fine dining restaurants at night like the Glass House and Sindhu. However, the Tranquility pool is quiet without the expense of the Retreat pool area with its mock wicker sun beds and waiters on hand to collect food as well as drinks. The Azura is a family ship, so one on which you see parties, groups or families of multi-generations. The children, parents and grandparents. Each can meet in areas, or separate and have their own totally different experiences. This is what the larger ships offer. For other guests, with such great kid's clubs and youth clubs in specific areas, we rarely saw children on any trip on the Azura we have taken.
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It is important then that you chose your ship, then work out the cost of the customisation. Whilst some people prefer smaller ships, when they have been on the Azura with a lot more on offer, going back to the smaller ship may mean they miss the extra dining and entertainment facilities. Go bigger, the Britannia has the speakeasy nightclub, and the Limelight which has proved so popular it will be on all P&O / Carnival's new ships. Or smaller with the Aurora or adult only Arcadia.
The Azura is dwarfed by the Fjords. See, it is not that big! Whether on the Fjords or in the Caribbean, the Azura is a fun ship with the large two-tier theatre presenting the best acts and top shows, you never know who will surprise you as the entertainment on board.
The Azura has a Sea-screen on the middle top Lido deck for playing films outside and films are played in the theatre. The plasma video wall in the Planet bar draws your attention as much as the view out to sea which looks backwards. (as opposed to the Arcadia's Crows Nest which looks forwards). It is a ship for all the family and never a dull moment.
Click here for more information on the Azura and to see cruises and book. The Azura basic cabin tour is here. If you are off on a cruise, you might like to check our packing list of what to take. If you have some good tips, please add them in the comments of this list. Want to see the Laundry room, click here.