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During a daily asana regime I had a check up in the Drs. I had to get naked and he noticed bruises on my ass cheeks. Couldn't believe it and believe me the only culprit was my Dragon asana.
Takamba wrote:Maybe you are forcing a position, not being relaxed but rigid (they each exist and are different).
gerry456 wrote:Ass cheeks ..,,,,not sphincter.
Jim Eshelman wrote:gerry456 wrote:Ass cheeks ..,,,,not sphincter.
You did say "anal."
danica wrote:maybe choose another asana.
or/and do some basic hatha-yoga prep (=make the body more flexible) before switching to asana-only sessions.
for example, look up the Surya Namaskara sequence.
Jim Eshelman wrote:And Crowley would have anticipated this 21st century problem how? This was not a common problem in 1909.
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I mean, that is what normal sane cake pop makers do. I struggled with this step. So I heated up a can of Betty Crockers classic white frosting in the microwave and dipped the pops in that.
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I said it's more like gardening.
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An injury suffered by Nail Yakupov falling off a treadmill is not as serious as first reported.
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Rock and roll is a form of popular music that emerged in the United States in the late Forties and early Fifties. But rock and roll's roots can be tracked back centuries to drum beats in Africa and Celtic folk music in Europe. As people from these regions immigrated to America, they brought their music with them, and as they were exposed to each other's music, they began to incorporate different styles.
The more immediate roots of rock and roll lay in the so-called "race" music, or rhythm & blues, and "hillbilly" music, or county & western of the Forties and Fifties. Other significant influences include blues, jazz, gospel, boogie-woogie, folk and bluegrass.
The actual phrase "rock and roll" emerged as code words for sexual intercourse in blues songs. In 1922, the words rock and roll appeared on a record for the first time. That record, Trixie Smith's "My Daddy Rock Me (With One Steady Roll)," went on to inspire other blues songs.
In the Thirties, the words were also used to described rhythms and musical beats, as in Duke Ellington's "Rockin' in Rhythm." In 1947, blues shouter Wynonie Harris covered "Good Rockin' Tonight," which went to Number One.
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Offered without comment, mostly because I can't even, but partly because I thought today was Wednesday. That, my friends, is calling winning.
My 13 year old. And his *girlfriend*
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Offered without comment, mostly because I can't even, but partly because I thought today was Wednesday. That, my friends, is calling winning.
My 13 year old. And his *girlfriend*
::hums tunes from Fiddler on the Roof, pretends this isn't happening::
I started working from home about six years ago, after I moved to Canada and got everything I ever asked for. Everything I ever asked for was, of course, to be able to stay home full time with my kids (and not totally suffer for it - I did in fact stay home full time with my sons and we ate sogoddamnmuch Kraft dinner and it was worth every bite). IN Canada, I actually wasn't allowed to work. Visas are weird. So is being a full time stay at home mom in a new country where you literally don't know a single person except the people directly to either side of your condo and you only really know them because that one night that you left the country in the middle of the night with your kids in tow, they'd offered to hold you while the cops beat your door in with sledgehammers to retrieve your children from their deee-runk! father.
Can you tell I haven't been writing in a while? All of that should have been seven words. Man, when the levee breaks, I tell you WHAT.
So there I was, after a year of being a single mother with three very small kids and a potentially-ex husband in an entirely different country while living off of my two nights a week at the bar tips and a pathetic amount of assistance from the kids' dad in an 800 sq ft apartment, standing in the middle of the most gorgeous place on Earth in a quaint townhome and nothing at all do to but take care of it, and those kids.
I hated it, of course.
Thanks to the magic of the internet, the right someone was able to find that post, and he offered me a small little side gig that paid out of America, so Canada could shove it in my house-shoes and smoke it, and my days of working from home commenced.
They quickly expanded beyond the confines of that small little side gig into a real live big girl job with a title and a teency bit of supreme executive power and a'ight stock options and a lunch hour and everything.
Before all of that I waited tables. I loved waiting tables. I was really good at waiting tables. I gave waiting tables a lot of shit, but you know what? Waiting tables was something I couldn't do at home, and my kids never once asked me to stop serving that Côtes du Rhône and help them fold a duct tape wallet RIGHT NOW OR EVERYTHING WILL END.
My family has never really figured out what working from home means. They get mad if I won't let them play games or get on the computer after school because GAH, YOU ARE ON THE COMPUTER. The kids' dad used to expect to come home to dinner and a clean house, and I was like ARE YOU GOING TO COOK AND CLEAN? and he was like I AM WORKING and that my friends is THE POINT. I don't leave, so they don't think of it as work. One of the kids once said that their dad deserved to sit on the couch and watch TV instead of helping me with the dishes because he worked all day every day.
Brains sure are hard to scrub off of popcorn ceilings.
They think I type all day, and that is not an exaggeration I took my two sons to Mom 2.013 Summit with me this year because I wanted, no, I needed them to see exactly what it is I do all day. They were like YOU GET FREE STUFF FROM PRETTY GIRLS IN SUPERHERO COSTUMES ALL DAY?
My plan clearly needs some rethinking.
They did get a bit of a glimpse, or at least some context, into what I do at the computer all day, and I think it may have helped some. Of course, that didn't stop TXU from calling me yesterday to tell me, not ask me, to bring his homework to him that he'd left in his overnight bag from his dad's. This is where you point at the monitor and judge me, because you know that if I bring him the homework, I'm the problem, right? Well, I am, and I did, but only because A) I could and B) he'd worked all weekend on that homework and I have divorce-guilt.
Had he left it on the computer, that may have been another issue entirely. Which is exactly what he did this morning.
So it's 7:38 am and he is ringing my damn phone of it's non-existent hook, and I just keep ignoring his call because he wants SOMETHING and I am not in any state to deliver ANYTHING except coffee to my face at 7:38 am, and he gets the point eventually and hangs up. And then he calls me from the school. And then he starts texting me.
Can you get it to me by 8:03 am? My boss would be hard-pressed to say that to me.
But the thing is, he worked SO HARD on that music. I should know, I listened to him play and replay and note and re-note and play and play and zomgmakeitstop until he had all the music written out perfectly. He's so squirrel! with everything in his life that when he really focuses, when he sits down and does something all the way start to finish, I just want to hold onto it because I know that he must really truly madly deeply love the hell out of it. I knew what would happen if I said no, I wouldn't bring it - he'd panic, then he'd get angry, then he'd get upset, and then he'd have a shitty day. I don't want to be the cause of his shitty days. I also don't want to have to drag my seven year old daughter out of her morning routine to go rescue her brother who could finish his work (bravo!) but couldn't get it from the desk to his backpack (boo!).
So I told him no.
And I heard it. I heard him run through panic, then anger, then sadness. And it broke my heart, but I had to do it. At some point, these kids all have to be let to fall on their own, of their own, and they have to figure out how to get back up on their own, by their own. Their mother isn't going to be there with their homework and a cape all of their lives, and if I keep letting them think I will, then I am the problem.
Turns out, he explained what happened to his teacher and she is giving him until tomorrow am to turn in his assignment. I had nothing to do with this conversation. I'd be willing to bet, however, that he learned a way more valuable life-lesson during that negotiation than the reiteration of my unboundaried love for him would have reaped. And it only hurt us both a little.


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This greater La Crosse, WI hotel is less than six miles from the corporate headquarters of Kwik Trip and Trane Company and close to the incredible medical facilities of Mayo Clinic Health Systems and Gundersen Lutheran Hospital. With the 650-sq-ft Valley View room and free high-speed, wireless Internet access, this La Crosse hotel's amenities are everything you'll need to enjoy your stay.
The University of Wisconsin - La Crosse is just eight miles from the hotel, putting you moments away from your UWLAX events. You could even hop over to nearby Valley View Mall before cheering along with the university's Colbert the Eagle. Be sure to also plan time for a riverboat cruise down the Mississippi before you leave.
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- Black-out Shades
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Separate Hanging Closet
- In-Room Heating and A/C Controls
- Sofa Bed/Sleeper Couch
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- Private Bathroom
- Hair Dryer
- Bathtub
- Whirlpool or Spa Bathtub
- Separate/Walk-in Shower
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- Mini Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Coffee Maker
- Tea Maker
- Flat-screen TV
- Work Desk with Lamp
- Desk-level Electrical Outlet
- Mini Bar
- Cable/Satellite
- Premium Channels
- Phone with Voicemail
- Complimentary Morning Newspaper
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- Connecting Rooms Available
- Complimentary Coffee/Tea Supplies
- Full Breakfast Included
- Breakfast Buffet Included
- Continental Breakfast Included
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- 1 Meeting Room(s) Available
- On-Site Business Center
- Printer
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2 treadmills, elliptical machine, air conditioned and cable tv
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- Hours of Operation: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 11:00 AM
Check-in Age: 18
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Illustration - SavX
Track list:
A: There Must Be Something Wrong With This, Sally
B1: Ideas Are One Thing, And What Happens Is Another
B2: Parasitic Infestation
Ken Hollings is a writer based in London. He is the author of the books 'ÄúDestroy All Monsters'Ä? (Marion Boyars), 'ÄúWelcome to Mars'Ä? and 'ÄúThe Bright Labyrinth'Ä? (both available from Strange Attractor Press); and his work has appeared in numerous journals, catalogues and anthologies. He has written and presented critically acclaimed programmes for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, and Resonance 104.4 FM. He has presented work at the Royal Institution, Tate Britain, Wellcome Institute, the Berlin Akademie der K√ºnste and the Venice Biennale.
The three tracks that make up his 'ÄúWorks for Magnetic Tape'Ä? audiocassette release reflect his interest in how written text differs from spoken word. What makes them so distinct from each other 'Äì and what happens when one is translated into the other?
The text for 'ÄúThere Must Be Something Wrong With This, Sally'Ä? first appeared in volume 19 issue 4 of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac. This version features electronic backgrounds and interludes by Mark O. Pilkington. 'ÄúIdeas Are One Thing, And What Happens Is Another'Ä? was commissioned in 2012 to celebrate the centenary of John Cage'Äôs birth. It contains personal memories of Hollings'Äô time with Cage, its title being a line from one of his early lectures. Graham Massey of 808 State supplied the backgrounds for this reading as well producing and editing the final mix. The readings for both of these tracks were recorded by Simon James of the Simonsound at the old BBC radio studios in Brighton. 'ÄúParasitic Infestation'Ä? was written as an introduction to The Art of Worms, documenting the cover art for The Tapeworm'Äôs first twenty-five audiocassette releases. The book was launched at a special event 'ÄúWorm Eats Bear'Ä? in 2011 at the Bear Pit in London, where this reading of his essay was recorded live.
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Yesterday, Google announced some big changes to its privacy policy that will let the company share information between different services.
Basically, instead of collecting information on Gmail and YouTube and Google+ and storing them in different silos, Google is now acting like a single Internet service. It's doing this to make its products better -- it can suggest search results based on what it knows you like, for instance. It can also help advertisers serve more accurate ads.
This has made a couple of people very angry -- Mat Honan at Gizmodo even trotted out the "e" word.
This is ridiculous. As we've written before, Google is turning into a portal -- a collection of integrated services. Yes, this is quite different from what Google claimed to be a long time ago, but that's the new reality. Larry Page even told employees that they could leave if they didn't like it.
These these new privacy policies are exactly what you'd expect from an integrated portal.
Just about every other Internet service provider shares information to make its own products better and target ads.
Facebook uses your private information to suggest other friends for you. Microsoft will use your private information to display "content and advertising that are customized to your needs and preferences." AOL, Yahoo, you name it.
If you're one of the few people who is really worried about what Google thinks it knows about you, you can solve the problem pretty easily by:
- Signing out of Gmail (or any other Google service) when you're done using it.
- Setting your browser up to clear cookies every time you close it.
This is what I do, and Google knows nothing about my ad preferences. I've been a Gmail user since 2004, and I signed up for Google+ at launch and regularly post there.
Really, the only weird part was that Google announced the changes at the EXACT time that Apple's earnings release crossed the wire, which made it seem like they were hoping to bury the news. Next time, they might be better served by making changes like this when the tech world isn't totally distracted with other news.
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Why Home Buyers Should Understand the Importance of Interest Rate Drops
by Ki Gray www.brokeragentnews.com
Real Estate buyers are usually highly focused on the purchase price of a property. This is a legitimate concern. The purchase price is one of the most important considerations in a real estate transaction. But at the same time home buyers too frequently treat interest rates as a secondary concern. Many buyers will stress over $300 or $400 in negotiations over purchase price. But when told that interest rates dropped half a point, home buyers will often respond with a shrug.
This is frequently because it is easy to understand the difference between paying 200k and 195k for a house. But it's harder to appreciate the difference between an interest rate of 6.5% and 6.0% for a house. But interest rates can have a large influence on mortgage payments. Using a mortgage calculator first let's look at the difference between the mortgage on a 200k and the mortgage on a 195k house assuming a 6.5 percent interest rate.
200k (6.5%) Mortgage $1264.13 per month
195k (6.5%) Mortgage $1232.53 per month
The difference ends up being $31.60 a month.
Now let's look at the difference between an interest rate of 6.5% and 6.0% on a 200k house.
200k (6.5%) Mortgage 1264.13 per month
200k (6.0%) Mortgage 1199.10 per month
The difference ends up being $65.03 a month or $780.36 a year. A simple half point drop lowered the mortgage payment by 5.4 percent.
Interest rate changes are not that uncommon. We wrote a tool that graphs mortgage rates over time based on the interest rates provided by Freddie Mac. In the middle of 2007 we saw interest rates of 6.7%. At the beginning of 2008, interest rates were down to 5.75%. What is a little more interesting is when we switch the toggle on our tool from the interest rate to the mortgage on a 200k house based on the interest rate for that date.
From the middle of 2007 to the beginning of 2008, we saw a drop in the monthly mortgage payment on a 200k house drop from $1290 to $1170, a difference of 9.3 percent. This is why when buyers say they are waiting for prices to drop 5%, it might be a good idea to tell them that the actual mortgage they would get on a house has already dropped by more than 5 percent.
In light of all the mortgage issues over the last few years, it highlights why home buyers should shop around for interest rates. All too frequently home buyers will go with the first mortgage person they meet under the assumption that everyone has roughly the same rates and that a half point isn't really that big of a difference. As we have seen above, a half point can make a significant difference in someone's mortgage payment.
In summary, home buyers should still focus on price because it will always be an important part of the real estate transaction. But if home buyers start to look at interest rates more closely, they will end up with more success in their real estate purchases and lower mortgage payments.


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We are not happy with the current re-design(http://tinyurl.com/czvzlu ) we originally outsourced to a design company, sowe are hoping to find a graphic designer here that can make the web site workfor us, and most importantly, our primary target users; young working professionalsbased in London.
Our Vague Ideas
Space where we can add text: a strongwelcome message (minimum 300 words) for SEO purposes.
An area to add USP's (unique sellingpoints) such as unparalleled service and unparalleled knowledge - Maybe withsome great supporting custom made icons?
Strong visuals relating to our industry
An area where we can add "featuredproperties"
Newsletter sign up box
Prominent position for contact informationsuch as email/telephone
Design must be very easy to navigate with acontemporary feel.
About Colors
We like the colour scheme on the currentre-design, but are also open to ideas for improvements!
Here are a few designs we like:
http://www.central-london-apartments.com –We like the clean design and the the way they added lot's of text in anuncluttered way. The Londonskyline in the header is also cool.
http://www.studiopress.com/demo/agent/ -Beautiful design, but feels too much like a premium wordpress theme.
We will need the full PSD's for all designelements so that our developers can code the design into our CMS. We also needthe winning designer to tweak the home page design so that we have 2 additionalpage templates; one for property listings and one for the blog.
We don't want to limit your own imaginationand design flair, so please use the guidelines here as a rough guide. We arevery open to new ideas and will give feedback on a daily basis with ourlikes/dislikes on each design elements you come up with.
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2009 CAS - Visual Arts Standards Introduction
"Technical skills can be learned by almost anyone who has the determination to pursue it, but innovative ideas and the ability to express them come from some place beyond the material world." --Carole Ann Borges
"Art exists in the space between nature and significance." --Levi Strauss
Exploration of visual arts and design processes is about invention, creation, and innovation. Building on the development of ideas through a process of inquiry, discovery, and research leads to the creation of works of art, and, whether using traditional materials or the latest technologies, prepares students to be independent, lifelong learners. Participation in the visual arts provides students with unique experiences and skills that develop important traits for success in the 21st century workforce. Studying art and design involves inquiry, posing and solving problems, perseverance, re-purposing, taking risks, and persuading and inspiring.
Investigating the ideas and meanings in the work of artists, craftspeople, and designers across time and culture, including present day, allows for the examination of ideas across disciplines. Students make connections about concepts in art and design to history, literature, religion, politics, science, mathematics, and other arts disciplines. An examination of contemporary visual culture promotes critical analysis designed to help students to learn how people are influenced through the mass media.
Students engaged in thoughtful reflection about art and design (aesthetic appraisals) are competent in exhibiting, writing, and speaking about their investigations. Students engaged in visual art and design gain confidence in communicating and defending their ideas and decisions, and demonstrate a strong sense of self-identity.
The visual arts standards help educators to teach their students how to think like a "genius." They provide inherent conceptual frameworks that are integral to higher-order thinking, expression, and experience. These discernments are intrinsic to the promotion, nurture and development of divergence in thought making and processing because they kindle the brain functions that spark innovation. When artists engage in the cognitive and experiential maneuvers provided by the visual arts, they are able to transform, reorganize, and transfer understanding into personal renderings and interpretations of the world around them. Verbal, logical, and number-sense brain functions are enhanced and accentuated by arts experiences, making the arts the "genius" centers for learning in the human brain. Contemporary brain research supports the notion of "genius" generated by arts experiences because of their direct impact on activating these brain functions.
The visual arts standards help students to solve problems and look at quandaries in different ways to find new points of view and perspectives. The arts help students to visualize and "see" the world around them in new combinations and regroupings, whether incongruent or unusual. This conceptual "play" produces new understandings around relationships and connections, thinking in opposites or metaphorically, and engaging in randomness or chance to address potential and opportunity. In this work, the artist develops a personal drive, discipline to work, and perseverance for the possibilities in the creative act in an effort to improve, continue, and transform. Working in space, series, and installation to develop a portfolio, exhibition, or individual work of art pushes the artist to create. The artist's work ethic blooms and forms the pathway and trajectory to the next experience, process, or artifact along the innovation continuum provided by arts experiences. The visual arts help students to think like a "genius" and prepare them for the undiscovered frontiers of the 21st century and beyond.
- Armstrong, Sarah. (2008). Teaching Smarter with the Brain in Focus: Practical Ways to Apply the Latest Brain Research to Deepen Comprehension, Improve Memory and Motivate Students to achieve.
- Gurian, Michael. (2001). Boys and Girls Learn Differently!
- Michalko, Michael. (1998). Thinking Like a Genius: Eight strategies used by the super creative, from Aristotle and Leonardo to Einstein and Edison (New Horizons for Learning) as seen at http://www.newhorizons.org/wwart_michalko1.html, (June 15, 1999) This article first appeared in THE FUTURIST, May 1998
- Michalko, Michael. (1998). Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Set), and Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Geniuses (Ten Speed Press, 1998).
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Sony spent the princely sum of US$380 acquiring cloud gaming service Gaikai, so it'd be pretty surprising if game streaming didn't come to the console. Cloud gaming works by basically having all the processing work done on a remote server and streaming the video to you (obviously a fast broadband connection is a must if you want to avoid controller lag). While it might not make sense for newer games, it could be a nifty way for the PS4 to support older games from the PS3, PS2 and PS1 eras without having to include the extra technology required for emulation. Of course, this means you're probably going to have to pay to play old games you've already bought, and some might consider that a wee bit cheeky...
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Sony has stuck with the DualShock controller design for all the PlayStation models thus far, and we don't see that changing too much when it comes to the PS4: you can expect to see two analogue sticks, four main buttons, a bunch of shoulder buttons and a d-pad. But there's strong evidence to suggest that there's going to be one intriguing new addition to this tried and tested line-up: touch control. Leaked shots, apparently of a prototype controller, show a flat, smooth area above the analogue sticks; this is likely a touch pad, which will offer new ways to control games – and crucially, move around an on-screen pointer, which is hair-tearingly frustrating on the PS3.
Much like the PS3 propelled the HD video format Blu-ray into many people's homes (without them knowing all that much about it), it seems highly likely that the PS4 will support the ultra HD 4K format, both for games and video; if nothing more, it's a way for Sony to encourage the public to go out and buy and 4K television. With these tellies currently priced at oligarch-only levels, though, it's more about laying groundwork for the future than adding something the average person will be using by this Christmas.
A new touch-sensitive controller
No, PS Move isn't any kind of real answer to the controller-free Kinect, and with Microsoft all but certain to step up with some kind of "Kinect 2.0" for the Xbox 720, Sony needs to do much better with whatever kind of grandmother-friendly motion controller it has created for the PS4. According to the latest rumour, there'll be a twin-camera motion-tracker bundled with the console, equipped with two 720p sensors and video calling capabilities and giving you the option to login into your PS4 via facial recognition.
Should Sony reveal the price of the PS4 at the launch (and with the release date likely to be months away, the company may well remain tight-lipped on this matter), but we're definitely expecting a cheaper price tag than the £425 that was slapped on the PS3 at launch. Something in the £300 to £350 bracket would be more appropriate.
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Abstract: This represents an extract from the handwritten minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the American Association of Public Accountants, Monday, May 27, 1889. The extract is the Report of the President John Heins. This version, in typewritten form came to the attention of researchers at the University of Florida in 1971.
To the Members of the American Association of Public Accountants. Gentlemen:
On the occasion of our first annual gathering since the organiza-tion of the Association, I have to congratulate the members on the success it has so far attained — a success which has enabled us to bring the profession of Accountancy prominently before the public as one of the necessary adjuncts of business lending to the com-mercial success and prosperity.
The profession of Accountancy having hitherto been but little known in the United States, and the recognized wants of a well or-ganized body of professional and public accountants, whose ability, character, and strictly business conduct could be relied upon, being called for by the leading commercial and financial representatives of the country, led to the formation of our association — the lines being taken mainly from the older countries — notably England — in the formation of the ruling and conduct of our Order.
The object of our Association being fully laid down in our Consti-tution and the By-laws arranged in accordance with the powers given us in such Constitution, with which you are all conversant, have been adhered to, and acted upon, but it has been an open question whether they are not too rigid and strict in their application regarding the admission of members in the earlier stages of the Association's career, and the Council have had under consideration the advisability of reducing the Initiation Fee, the adoption of local boards, in large cities of the Union in order to regulate its affairs in their respective districts, and with that view certain propositions to effect these objects will be submitted to you.
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Where Do I Start?
Padma Lakshmi was very happy with the food this week. But she can't say the same about the chef's behavior.
Where do I start? How the hell can you behave like that?! I don't care if you want to shave your head or any other body part. No one has the right to touch and manhandle another human being. It wasn't in fun; they weren't all chummy with Marcel. I bet he was very scared being woken up like that from a sound sleep and dragged onto the carpet.
In a previous blog, I said that Marcel was their Piggy in some "Lord of the Flies" scenario, and unfortunately it turns out that I was right. How dare Cliff lay his hands on Marcel? And nevermind human decency -- how stupid can you be? Leaving aside the fact that you're on national television, or that potential investors, employers, and millions of the general viewing public are watching, why would you jeopardize your chance at $100, 000 dollars after you've spent weeks and weeks slaving your heart out with little sleep, away from all your family and friends? Elia, Ilan, and Sam were not innocent in it either. None of them said to stop. In fact, Ilan eggs Cliff on so boisterously off camera and Sam sits there laughing on the couch. I guess Elia was holding the camera? I felt awful when I heard and even worse when I saw the footage. I always thought that our show was better than many reality shows because it was about people trying to be the best at their craft, and that that dedication was compelling to watch, I saw no one trying to be better that night. What a shame. Now, about the food.
This week's Quickfire was simple: Work with chocolate to make a savory or sweet dish. The chefs had 90 minutes to prepare something for Eric Ripert, whose presence they were understandably moved by. Elia turned again to her roots to do a version of chicken with mole sauce. But the poached chicken lacked flavor -- I don't think she added any seasonings to her poaching liquid. The chicken was moist but lacked flavor. Then she poured what tasted like pure melted chocolate over it. It lacked subtlety and I think Eric, while noting this, managed to be diplomatic in telling her so. She would have won hands-down if she'd let her dessert stand by itself. It was fantastic. It was airy, creamy and felt like velvet on the tongue. The ginger added a delicate fragrance, complementing the mousse and the strawberry crumble added the perfect contrasting texture. I loved that she called it a "kiss" because that's what it felt like, soft and sweet in the mouth.
Sam, who seemed to be at a disadvantage because of his diabetes, actually did a dish that was very innovative. Using chocolate as an accent, he created something totally unique. The banana echoed the sweetness in the chocolate chipotle and black bean sauce and the cilantro pesto acted as a peppery counterpoint. I think the shrimp was a perfect canvas to showcase all these flavors. While the chocolate, chipotle, black beans and cilantro were all Mexican ingredients, the dish itself had an unusual character that was hard to place.
Cliff's braised chicken with piquillo pepper, rosemary and chocolate sauce with potatoes was robust and hearty. It felt like a complete meal on the plate, and while it was just fine, I thought that it didn't showcase the chocolate in any particular way. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with his dish, it's just that compared to the sophistication of Sam's dish and Elia's dessert, it lacked a bit of originality. Again, it wasn't that his dish was bad but that his competitors were better.
I'm not sure what Ilan was thinking, but liver imbedded in chocolate? I guess he was trying to do something totally new and different, but I don't find anything sensual or sumptuous about chicken livers. If you watch Eric as he puts it in his mouth, he almost doesn't know if he should swallow it. He raises his hand up as if he's going to spit it out. Maybe if Ilan had done the chicken livers with some type of chocolate sauce it would have been better, but Eric's comment that it felt like a dessert was spot on, I think Ilan did want to do a dessert, or a candy as he put it, but no one wants to bite into a morsel of liver imbedded into their candy or dessert. The meaty aftertaste of the liver fought with the rich chocolate ganache, leaving an awful pasty, salty, muddy feeling in the mouth. Ilan has made some excellent food this season and while he redeems himself later in the elimination challenge, that ganache a stinker! We've all been there. Sometimes you think you've got the cleverest idea and it turns out to be ...well, too clever for your own good, not to mention the good of your diners.
I was proud of Marcel for trying something he's never done before. Those potato cannolis were crispy and perfect. With a hint of salt, they really encased the two fillings well. Both the chocolate mousse and coffee whip cream were light and airy, while still feeling quite rich and luxurious on the palate. His dish was polished, and his sauces were spot on. As always, his presentation looked very professional, clean and pretty.
Chef Ripert chose Sam's dish as the winner and I concur with his decision, but Marcel's dish was very close behind.
The Elimination Challenge: To make a five course romantic meal for couples celebrating their anniversary. Sam was able to choose his course and the protein, and no other chef could use the same protein he did. I think Marcel overreacted when Sam chose his protein and when he chose to do beets; as if Sam would choose to do beets simply because Marcel wanted to. I don't believe Sam thinks like that. Marcel is a good enough cook to be able to adapt to the situation and do something else. Marcel also showed poor sportsmanship when he refuses to help Sam plate and serve his dish. I can see how Marcel would want to concentrate on his own dish, but then he shouldn't expect anyone to help him -- fair is fair.
Sam's organic beets and seared scallops with a lobster and umeboshi plum sauce was a very successful first course. It was delicate and balanced and I loved the plum and lobster sauce. The scallops were voluptuous and silky and cooked perfectly. The magenta juices from the beet slice on top bled down into the scallop with a lovely swirl of color. This was visually impressive and sexy on the plate. The micro greens were fluffy and still crisp to the bite with not a drop of extra dressing. Micro greens are easily wilted and buffering them with a slice of beets to insure the heat from the scallops wouldn't destroy them was a smart move. You could also see the goodwill that Sam had garnered from his colleagues all season long in action. Ilan and Cliff worked diligently on Sam's plates as if they were their own. That kind of teamwork is admirable, and should always be the case in a professional kitchen.
Ilan's fideos and clams with saffron was the best thing I ate all season long. You don't really hear me say that on the edited version, but it was true then and in hindsight is still true. In fact, I think I even finished whatever was left on Eric's plate as well as mine. The fideos were oven-toasted to perfection, the clams were moist and juicy, and the seasoning of the dish as a whole was savory and delicious. I can still recall the taste. It was also a textural winner especially on a date or romantic dinner. I saw couples all around me feeding each other, and smiles of pleasure everywhere.
Marcel's salmon was fine but nothing to write home about. I also thought those mini cut out hearts adorning the fish were a bit literal and cheesy. An easy mistake when you're as young as Marcel, but had his dish been tastier, we would have all forgotten those little hearts. The salmon needed some added flavor, and really needed some tartness to balance the richness of its flesh, especially with the accompanying puree. Any acid would have helped: Yuzu juice, Kafir lime juice, dried green mango powder, tamarind, sumac powder (would have given it not only sourness but great vermillion color), or just a squirt of plain old lemon juice would have helped. While Marcel has great technique, his cooking can sometimes lack soul, and that's when the flavor of the dish suffers. If he had helped Sam, who by the way took the high road and helped out when he didn't have to, Sam may have tasted his dish and told him to add the sourness, because using liquid acid ingredients like vinegars, etc., to flavor food, as we know, is Sam's forte.
Given Cliff's behavior outside of the kitchen, I don't feel I need to comment on his dish, except to say that the lentils were an ugly pureed mess with no flavor, and the rest was forgettable. Elia's dessert was delicious. While the idea may have seemed good when she thought of it, it wasn't well thought out. She realized this in retrospect. The cremeaux (with puff pastry) was good but not as good as what we had in the Quickfire. We did finish the dessert though, and after a five-course meal, that's saying something. Let's hope they behave better in Hawaii, and that the focus is where it should be: on the food.


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Merit badge requirements
- 1. Prepare a notebook to include:
- a. Newspaper and other stories, facts, and statistics showing common types and causes of injuries in the home and in the workplace, and how these injuries could be prevented.
- b. Newspaper and other stories, facts, and statistics showing common kinds of crimes and ways to avoid being a crime victim..
- c. Facts you have obtained concerning the frequency of accidents and of crimes in your local area.
- d. A paragraph or more, written by you, explaining how a serious fire, accident, or crime could change your family life.
- e. A list of safe practices and safety devices currently used by your family, such as safety practices used while driving or working and safety devices that prevent injuries or help in an emergency.
- 2. Do the following:
- a. Using a safety checklist approved by your counselor, make an inspection of your home. Explain the hazards found and how these can be corrected.
- b. Review or develop your family's plan of escape in case of fire in your home.
- 3. Do the following:
- a. Discuss with your counselor how you contribute to the safety of yourself, your family, and your community.
- b. Show your family members how to protect themselves and your home from accidents, fire, burglary, robbery, and assault.
- c. Discuss with your counselor the tips for online safety. Explain the steps individuals can take to help prevent identity theft.
- d. Discuss with your counselor the three R's of Youth Protection and how to recognize child abuse.
- 4. Show your family the exits you would use from different public buildings (such as a theater, municipal building, library, supermarket, shopping center, or your place of worship) in the event of an emergency. Teach your family what to do in the event that they need to take shelter in or evacuate a public place.
- 5. Make an accident prevention plan for five family activities outside the home (at your place of worship, at a theater, on a picnic, at the beach, and while traveling, for example). Each plan should include an analysis of possible hazards, proposed action to correct hazards, and reasons for the correction you propose in each plan.
- 6. Plan and complete a safety project approved by your counselor for your home, school, place of worship, place of employment, or community. Include in your plan an explanation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Advisory System and appropriate actions to take for each threat level.
- 7. Learn about three career opportunities in the field of safety. Pick one career and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this choice with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.
Source: Safety merit badge pamphlet (33347B)
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The Labour leadership has seen off a grassroots attempt to reject austerity measures if Ed Miliband wins the 2015 election.
The party's National Policy Forum (NPF) was forced to vote on whether to commit to the plan set out by Mr Miliband and Ed Balls of sticking with the Government's spending plans for 2015/16.
An amendment calling for an emergency budget and the rejection of the 2015/16 spending plans was defeated by 125 votes to 14, with six abstentions, at the gathering of Labour delegates in Milton Keynes.
After the result, shadow chancellor Mr Balls said: "The National Policy Forum has this weekend agreed a policy programme that is radical and credible and based on big reform, not big spending.
"The Labour Party knows that this Conservative-led Government's failure to balance the books in this Parliament means we will have to make difficult decisions after the next election.
"Party members have endorsed the tough fiscal position Ed Miliband and I have set out. We will match the Government's overall day-to-day spending totals for 2015/16.
"And we will balance the books, deliver a surplus on the current budget and get the national debt falling as soon as possible in the next Parliament.
"But we will get the deficit down more fairly by reforming our economy for the long-term and reversing David Cameron's top rate tax cut for the top 1% of earners."
Party leader Ed Miliband told the gathering yesterday that Labour's "new settlement" meant "not seeing big spending as the answer".
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Year of the Pig, Limited Edition 2019
Mountain Buggy introduces their fourth limited edition print, 'shadow play'; a 2019 celebration for the Year of the Pig ﹘ the twelfth of twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac.
The focus of next year's print, 'shadow play' is in keeping traditions alive - designed by a literal play with light through the millennia-old Chinese art form of paper cutting.
The pig's good fortune and intelligence are shadowed by intricate floral stencils, forming a monochromatic print - an explorative depiction of a traditional art form that compliments our long-standing relationship with the People's Republic of China.
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Arc Rise Fantasia
for those of you that has a wii and has gotten or played this game what do you think of it. i just got it but havent played it yet cuz dont have a wii so id like to hear ppls thoughts on the game
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for those of you that has a wii and has gotten or played this game what do you think of it. i just got it but havent played it yet cuz dont have a wii so id like to hear ppls thoughts on the game
right now i am downloading an iso and going to run to see how the game is, i will let you know.
going black friday shopping tonight at 12am wish me luck everyone.
ok thanx i appreciate it hopefully ill be getting my wii this weekend so ill finally be able to play it >.<
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From reviews and videos of the game alone... it seem pretty much like it sucks, mostly because of the bad voice acting. If it comes in Spain with a decent dub or the original japanese cast, I might get it
I used to be interested in it but the english voice acting killed it for me.
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I must be the odd ball. I love this game. People are always talking about the VA but I dont really care about that. yeah it was odd sometimes but I found it funny more then annoying. I mean I have always liked games most people said suck. If anyone here remembers Vectorman from Sega Genesis or Body Harvest from Nintendo 64 or Quest 64 (also from Nintendo 64) most people said those games sucked but I loved all of them and still play them. I personaly love Arc Rise Fantasia.
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Im bout to buy. IT one hell of a good game from the reviews i researched. the voice suck but the gameplay is great . I heard that its hard to chain the syncs or massive attack mode or something. Also i heard you can use the wii stick as a side controller! I think it will be a better game than the wii shop FF Crystal Chronicles
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It's pretty mediocre. It has that skinner box method of enjoyment that sort of trains you to do something even if you don't want to creating the illusion of fun (sort of like in some MMORPGs). After playing it for a few hours I felt like I wasted my time and brought it back. I was actually pretty upset and wanted my time back ha. The voice acting is terrible, but kinda funny. Some might argue that it's so bad, it's good. With Xenoblade and Last Story out now though I'd recommend you pass on it.
It's defiantly not one of the better games I've played
I basically only picked this game up becuase it was cheap and I thought it looked interesting and had seen some of the gameplay before
On the one hand I find the story great, sure the voice acting isn't that great (at least not in the full cutscenes) but I found the sudden plot twists very entertaining. The combat system was also fun in my opinion but I felt like the level up system was broken.
By 'broken' I mean this: a little into the game you will start encountering bosses who take a HUGE jump in strength and while this happens in most JRPGs or RPGs in general there is one differece: leveling up sucks, the monsters you encounter give you hardly any exp once you are a higer level than them and going on a mass hunt takes way too long to be convient
I actually have yet to beat this game cause I decided to take a break, I will come back to it and while I may hold onto the game not sure how much I'll replay it, but like I said before love the story
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I liked it. But I liked Dawn of the New World better.
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17 children return from China after medical treatment
17 children return from China after medical treatment
KABUL (Pajhwok): Twenty-one Afghan children with congenital heart diseases have been provided free medical treatment in China, a news report says.
According to Xinhua, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) conducted congenital heart disease screenings in Afghanistan in August.
Based on the screenings, 21 children were flown to Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, for medical treatment.
Doctors from hospitals in Shanghai, Beijing and Xinjiang performed surgeries on the children. Seventeen of them have already returned to Afghanistan.
CRCF said the remaining four children, having undergone operations, were likely to leave hospital in a week.
Under a Belt and Road humanitarian aid plan of the CRCF, more Afghan children would get free treatment in China.
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Ian Martin reflects on the lottery of life
MONDAY Call from Rock Steady Eddie, my fixer. 'Congratulations son, we've hit the jackpot. Euromillions mansion here we come, bosh!'
It's a mixed blessing. Sure, who wouldn't want to knock out a dream home for a lottery winner who's clueless about fee levels?
But the prospect of whoring my genius out to a tabloid client who wouldn't recognise a Classical proportion if it bit him in the arse is hugely depressing.
TUESDAY Lunch with Eddie, who gives me a motivational speech in the style of a football manager, or serial killer.
'Get out there, give it some, have it, bring it back, whack it on the table, chop it up, dish it out. All them months of putting it about that you're the go-to designer ponce for posh cribbage, boom, finally paid off.
'Give him the spiel, suck him in, get the thinking money upfront, you know the drill, you having that sausage?'
And there it is. Twenty per cent of my lunch gone. Eddie's some kind of metaphor, and my sausage is like a simile or something.
WEDNESDAY Initial client meeting at the Savoy with 'Gobi', a startled 25 year-old with the body shape and selflessness of a toddler. Incredibly, his name rhymes with 'lobby' and has nothing to do with the Asian desert.
I'm used to crafting epic space for those who appreciate it. Captains of financial industry, hereditary philanthropists, ecological pop stars, etc. Not some ghastly toerag with a fresh neck tattoo (his winning Euromillions numbers in Gothic) and little piggy eyes, deadened by pornography.
I do a quick conceptual sketch in my mind: 'Gobi's head, interior'. I give it a vulgar, comically tasteless look, defined by a psychopathic greed and heedlessness of Art. I grit my teeth, screen out all the irritating stuff. Concentrate. I need to extract as much money from this mouth-breathing lump as possible for my outline design.
His suite is littered with the detritus of sudden wealth. Bottles of booze, their former contents described in cursive script. Expensive, elasticated leisurewear, tags still attached. Eighteenth century French looking-glass, muddled with powder and banknotes.
This is hopeless, I'm never going to intimidate him here. I explain that my specialism is the creation of 'fuxury living' - so far beyond luxury living that even Tony Blair can't afford it. Gobi likes the idea of having it larger, and we arrange to meet in my fuxury studio.
THURSDAY Good old Eddie's booked the Natural History Museum for an hour, and hired in a troupe of RSC moonlighters for cash. Got a good feeling about the Gobi Hypergaff.
FRIDAY 'Fucking hell, that your dinosaur?' says Gobi between burps. Meanwhile in Alfred Waterhouse's vast, magical, vaulted hall RSC 'interns' shuttle to and fro in their boho costumes and understated spectacles.
While Eddie fetches Jägerbombs from the pop-up bar, I outline my initial thoughts to the client, who inevitably is now accompanied by a team of people dressed like contestants on The Apprentice.
Gobi Haitch Q includes the usual features. Twelve bedrooms, each modelled on a different scene from the Bourne movie canon. Swimming pools shaped in plan like a penis and testicles. Snooker room. Microplex cinema. Quad bike jousting area. Dog-fighting hub. Sex pantry.
What's really expensive, and therefore really desirable, is the exterior 'perpetual waterfall and lock screen'. This allows everything to be cloaked at any time in one of several Great Buildings Of The World overthrows. At the languid wiggle of a Wii remote, Gobi Haitch Q can transform in a second from Southfork, say, to Legoland, using complicated fractal harmonics and 'angle management'.
I've even got the perfect site. A laddish leafy retreat but close to town: a small beleaguered council estate in south London.
My plan is to snap it up for a bargain price, then convert it into demonstrably affordable housing. Admittedly for just one lottery winner, but I'm sure it could be a landmark, or at least a benchmark…
Oh no. Bugger. Gobi's stropped off, with Team Jägerbomb in tow. W T actual F?
SATURDAY Apparently Gobi misheard 'angle management' and thought I was winding him up about his temper. He's getting Zaha to do it now.
SUNDAY Sulking in the recliner. Reflect on the lottery of life, and how unfair it is for the rest of us to be supporting the undeserving rich.
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Ryan Warner talks with Adam Aron who has decided to step down after ten years as CEO of Vail Resorts.
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MILPITAS, CA, February 19, 2010 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it will provide a live webcast of its 2010 Investor Day Meeting on Friday, February 26, 2010 starting at 8:00 am, Pacific Time. SanDisk's Investor Day Meeting will include a series of presentations by members of the company's executive team. It is expected that the presentations, followed by a question and answer session, will conclude by approximately 3:00 pm, Pacific Time.
The live webcast will be made available on SanDisk's Investor Relations website at www.sandisk.com/ir and a replay will be available shortly after the conclusion of the meeting.
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About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.