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Microsoft will cut 2,100 more staff as part of a plan to shed 18,000 jobs, some 14 percent of its workforce.
The software giant said 747 jobs will go in the Seattle area, with the rest spread across its global operations, BBC News reported.
Microsoft has already cut 13,000 jobs, with the bulk at the Nokia mobile device unit which it acquired for US$9.5 billion.
In July, chief executive Satya Nadella unveiled plans to move Microsoft away from software to online services, apps and devices.
Microsoft, which has about 127,000 people on its payroll, will take a charge of between US$1.1 billion and US$1.6 billion for costs related to the cuts, according to the BBC.
In an email to staff in July, Nadella said the "difficult but necessary" cuts are part of a plan to bring a new direction to the company.
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Carrie Lam Cheung Yuet-ngor was not her usual self. On Monday the always articulate Chief Secretary made a slip of tongue by describing police use of tear gas on protesters on Sunday night as "appropriate violence", although she immediately clarified that she meant "appropriate force".
It was said a fly buzzing around her during the news briefing was to blame for the slip-up, but it aroused more speculation on what actually happened on Sunday.
Word has it that Lam, who cut short her holiday and returned to work on Sunday, had threatened to resign along with other cabinet ministers if violence (inappropriate violence?) was to be used outside the Tamar headquarters.
That's probably why she made it a point to squelch rumors that she had resigned (but not threatened to resign) during the briefing. One of the few senior government officials who scored high on popularity, Lam looked tired and uninspiring.
However, one can tell from her "bee" dress code, which echoed the protesters' yellow ribbon on a black background, that she clearly has sympathies for the students.
If she had not resigned, what could best explain the government's U-turn on the protesters? Why did the government order the riot police to turn back and let the demonstrators celebrate their first success?
The mood on Sunday night was worse than when the city was under typhoon signal No. 8 as rumors flew around town that China's People's Liberation Army had crossed the border, and the Tamar site would be cleared of protesters the next morning.
What we witnessed was more tear gas was used after midnight but we also saw demonstrators determined to stay and continue the struggle. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying then made an appearance after midnight with two symbolic empty elegant Chinese chairs as backdrop.
Something must have happened that changed the mind of the Chief Executive, who allegedly said Hong Kong should use tear gas to preserve its stability.
The wishful thinking that CY Leung would be replaced was quashed last night after Beijing reiterated its support for the beleaguered Hong Kong leader and its confidence that he could handle the situation.
But it is obvious that the government resorted to backtracking, opening a dialogue with protesters (which it should have done on Sunday), shelving the second round of consultation on electoral reform and canceling the fireworks show.
This was not the first time Carrie Lam had a slip of tongue when it comes to political reform. Not too long ago she said Li Fei, who chaired Beijing's Basic Law Committee, set the tune with one beat of the gong, clearly contradicting the government's open stance on the issue.
Now we hope she will take more rests and remain in good spirit. If she does, she will be more careful with her words because she also knows that one more strike and she will be out.
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2 boneless chicken leg, remove skin, slice to 1 cm thickness and marinate for at least 15 mins with 10 tbsp soya sauce, 2 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp Chinese wine, 2 tbsp vinegar, 4 tbsp cornflour and 4 slices ginger
1.5 cup Niban Dashi or 50% chicken stock + 50% water
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1 yellow onion, chop to strips
Seaweed flakes
Niban-Dashi (optional)
– Cut one 14 inch Kombu (dried kelp) to 3-4cm length
– Soak with 2 cups of water for 15 mins
– Using small fire, heat up till before boiling point.
– Switch off fire
– Add a handful of bonito flakes
– Let it sink into the bottom. Do not stir.
– Cover and let it stand for 5 mins
– Sieve
– Put the stock, Kombu and bonito flakes back into pot
– Add another handful of bonito flakes
– Bring to boil for 10 mins
– Sieve again and discard the Kombu and bonito flakes
– The stock is ready to use
– Add Niban Dashi or chicken stock
– Add onions
– Bring to boil
– Switch to small fire
– Cover and cook for 3 mins or softened
– Add chicken meat
– Cover and cook for 5 mins
– Add eggs
– Cover and cook for 30 seconds
– Switch off fire and leave it on stove for 5 mins
– Serve with rice and seaweed flakes
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Some info about the wedding:
- Bride and Groom: Abby and Kyle
- Colors: Black, white and pink
- First Dance: Love your love the most by Eric Church
- Custom feature: Fully stocked candy bar, it was a hit!
I would say we are in the midst of wedding season, wouldn't you? Check out this article on the do's and don'ts of what to wear.
Being wedding season means summer is also in full bloom. I found the perfect iced coffee recipe from Ree Drummond (yes, I just talked about my new found love for her food and life-style on Friday). The ultimate tip is that you should steep not brew the coffee. Trust me, I've tried it first hand and it replicates Starbucks!
With the wedding this weekend in Madison, I will be going to my hometown next weekend to celebrate Father's day. A cookout and bonfire are on the schedule. Here are my favorite grill recipes right now that we might just have to try:
- kabobs [I would use chicken]
- pork tenderloin
- spicy corn on the cob
Lastly, a quick shout-out to my wonderful Dad! Happy Father's Day!


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Mom vs. Romney
A Boston mom gives it to Romney:
"I am a gay woman and I have children. Your comment that you just made, it sort of invalidates my family," said Cynthia Fish, a mother of a 6- and 8-year-old. "… I wish you could explain to me more, why if we are sending our troops over to fight for liberty and justice for all throughout this country, why not for me? Why not for my family?"
Dan Savage, gay father and writer, also has something to say.


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Raymond G. Hannahs. - A notably important career as a banker is that of Raymond G. Hannahs, who is president
of the Watertown National Bank. All his life has been identified with banking interests, for his father, George
W. Hannahs, of Watertown, was president of the Farmers National Bank, of Adams, N. Y., and is now vice president
of the Watertown National Bank. The son evinced ability in the same direction at an early age and has made banking
his profession.
Raymond G. Hannahs, son of George W. and Helen (Watt) Hannahs, was born at Adams, N. Y., April 25, 1884, and was
educated in the public and high schools. He also attended Hobart College, from which he received the degree of
Bachelor of Philosophy in 1906. He began as a messenger in the Farmers National Bank at Adams, and in 1907 associated
himself with the Watertown National Bank. He has held various offices during his long association with this institution,
and in October, 1919, was made cashier to succeed W. W. Rice. Later, came his election to the office of vice president,
an office he efficiently combined with that of cashier. In January, 1931, Mr. Hannahs was elected president and
is now serving as executive head of the institution.
The Watertown National Bank was organized on April 12, 1882, occupying the site on which was built the first structure
of Watertown by Henry Coffee, on Court Street. The original capital was $50,000 and the first president, G. W.
Knowlton, was elected for a second time as president in 1908 to succeed the second president, N. P. Wardwell, who
died in that year. The building now occupied was completed in November, 1920, and is a handsome edifice, and a
part of the bank's large assets.
Mr. Hannahs has numerous other business and civic interests, being vice president and director of the Northern
New York Acceptance Corporation; a member of the Watertown Chamber of Commerce; a trustee and director of the Y.
M. C. A.; a member of the Rotary Club; treasurer and director of the Jefferson County Historical Society, in whose
work he is greatly interested; and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. During the World War Mr. Hannahs was a leader
in Liberty Loan drives. He is also a member of the Jefferson County Golf Club, and Black River Valley Club. He
holds membership in the Episcopal Church, and is a Republican in politics.
Mr. Hannahs was married in 1911 to Miss Alma A. Gilbert, of Adams, N. Y., the daughter of John H. and Harriet C.
(Clements) Gilbert. They are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Gilbert Hannahs, born March 4, 1919.
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Saturday, February 24, 2018, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Our next Shelter Meal will be Saturday, February 24th. Please check the sign-up poster located in the parish house corridor and think/decide what food you can contribute. Please sign up if you will be bringing food so we don't purchase more than necessary. You can also sign up online here! Monetary contributions are welcome anytime, and will be credited to your personal St. Paul's contributions. Thank you!


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Using videos to get across your marketing messages is a good way to reach people in an effective and intuitive way. If you want to promote your business to this generation in a relevant way, making the investment in a serious video marketing strategy is a wise choice. Here, you will find relevant information to assist you.
Don't be scared by video marketing. You can easily create your own videos with a good camera and a tripod. You could take your audience through the production process of whatever product you sell, or simply talk to them one-on-one in a natural setting.
If YouTube is where you place your videos, use their editing features. For example, you can instantly add annotations on your videos easily through YouTube. This is very effective at sharing links, coupon codes, or additional information on your products.
The way to have your video go viral is to focus on excellent content. There is no need to own the most expensive equipment to attract a huge audience. As long as the content is important to viewers, they'll watch it. However, try to get the best quality video camera you can to make a video of good quality.
Always choose interesting titles for your videos. A relevant and powerful title can help draw viewers to the videos. A really good title can help to draw curious viewers in. Take time to make relevant and creative titles for great video marketing.
An excellent method of creating video content is working collaboratively with others. Work with your colleagues, employees, as well as your friends and family. Credit should be given at the end of the video.
Video Marketing
As discussed, video marketing is really a great method to communication with today's customers. The tips in this article should give you some ideas as to how video marketing can benefit your company. Use this information and get started with your new video marketing strategy.


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Energy-demanding power plant
Research profile
The brain is a resource-demanding organ that accounts for around 20 per cent of the body's total energy consumption. Professor Helle Waagepetersen conducts basic research into the brain's energy conversion to learn more about this our most complex organ. Her own energy levels are boosted by collaboration and student contact, but after six years of burning the candle at both ends, she is now putting a damper on her flaming enthusiasm.
Helle Waagepetersen, 42, holds a PhD and is professor at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. After graduating as a pharmacist, she was soon attracted by research and immersion. Since completing her thesis, she has mapped the complex and energy-demanding signalling systems in the brain – from winding paths to heavily trafficked highways.
For six intensive and inspiring years, she was head of studies for the international Master's programme in pharmaceutical science. Helle Waagepetersen's highly committed approach to this project and the long hours were not without personal costs, and Helle is now back as a full-time member of the research team, allowing her to dedicating more time to the brain's energy conversion. And also giving her more time to focusing on the main driver in her working life: the dynamics in the research team, the collaboration with colleagues and the supervision of PhD students. In other words the human relations that keep the 'research pot' boiling.
Why is your research important to society?
The brain is extremely complex, and we still lack very basic knowledge about the healthy brain. In my research team, one of our key focus areas is the brain's energy conversion, which is essential for the brain's function, but also the cause for many neurogenerative brain diseases.
The brain consumes large amounts of energy to maintain the signalling processes in the central nervous system. Glucose is by far the most important energy substrate for the brain, but glutamate also plays an important role. Glutamate is converted into biological fuel – called ATP – in the brain cells' power plants. The conversion is catalysed by the glutamate dehydrogenase enzyme, which is predominantly present in the astrocytes – the brain's star-shaped helper cells, which researchers assign an increasingly bigger role. They are much more than just helpers for the neurones.
Without astrocytes, the vital communication between the neurones would stop, because the astrocytes help the neurones to produce and convert the signalling substances that drive the communication in the brain. In our team, we have for a long time been pursuing a paradigm shift that recognises that the astrocytes have played a more important role in history.
What was a high point in your career?
It was a groundbreaking discovery when we about 10 years ago were able to show that the brain's sugar store – glycogen – plays an important role for the internal energy balance. It may sound fairly simple, but the brain is a complex research area, and there are many controversies and conflicting theories on, e.g., energy conversion and metabolism. It therefore feels great when you as a researcher can draw a line in the sand and turn accepted rules upside down.
In 2008, I became head of studies for the Master's programme in pharmaceutical science. It was great fun and gave me a lot of energy in the first years. It was exciting to get a new curriculum in place – and a cool experience to be the university's pioneer within internationalisation. I got a kick out of the close contact with the students and the open dialogue with employers. But, in retrospect, I have probably burned the candle at both ends. I am quite young and was early given a huge responsibility as both head of research and head of studies. It was a very busy job and I was highly committed – but in 2014 I needed to slow down (and quite acutely so), and I therefore left the position as head of studies. This means that today I have more time for research and immersion.
Why and when did you choose to become a researcher?
As a young girl, I wanted to be a school teacher – I happily taught the other kids in the street a wide range of topics. My childish ambition was not completely off target – I put a lot of effort into coaching my PhD students, and I really love to teach.
I have always been interested in the body, chemistry and biology – which is why I decided to study pharmacy. I extended my thesis period to dig deeper into the substance of the matter. In this way, I got a taste for research. Random doors opened up along the way, and suddenly a research career emerged.
What is the best thing about being a researcher?
The freedom that comes with being a researcher is a gift. As head of research, you both function as creative initiator, managing director, HR manager and fundraiser. You are – to a certain extent – free to shape the activities, while at the time receiving administrative support from the university. I love the synergies involved with being head of research. It gives me an energy boost to match the right people and let the results grow. I see myself as a coach – both in my role as manager and supervisor. It is first and foremost the fact that I am part of a team that drives me in my everyday working life. It means a lot to have people around me. I cannot live without the dynamics and the creative aspects.
What do you do when you are not working?
I have a husband and two children, aged 12 and 13, and they fortunately take up a lot of my time when I get home from work. We live in the country in Veksø north of Copenhagen, with plenty of elbow room and high skies. My husband works as a nurse at Rigshospitalet, and we complement each other really well. I am ambitious and competitive, while my husband with his calmer nature lets me compete. We have a sailboat and the four of us spend virtually all our summer holidays at sea.
When I was younger, I was an elite-level badminton player. Nowadays I go for the occasional run, but also spend quite a lot of time on my children's sports activities. I am very enthusiastic about my daughter's football.


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Peter W. Currie
A highly experienced senior executive, Peter Currie was appointed to the Board of Directors of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in 2008.
Mr. Currie has more than 15 years of experience as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at two of Canada's largest and most complex global, public organizations. His major successes as CFO have been in transforming businesses through developing strategies, re-capitalizing companies, initiating cost reduction initiatives, mergers and acquisitions and divestitures.
Mr. Currie was the Executive Vice-President and CFO at Nortel Networks Corporation. He also held the position of Vice-Chairman and CFO for the Royal Bank of Canada.
In 2003, Mr. Currie was honoured as Canada's CFO of the year.
He is currently a Board Director of Intelius Inc., Arise Technologies and ViXS Systems Inc. He is a former Director of, amongst others, the Toronto East General Hospital, C.D. Howe Institute and Canadian Tire Corporation Limited.
Mr. Currie has a Bachelor of Economics and a Master of Business Administration from York University.
Dr. Robert Walker
Robert Walker was appointed Senior Vice-President, Nuclear Laboratories, of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) on November 15, 2010.
Dr. Walker has had a distinguished career in the Government of Canada, with more than 25 years experience in science and technology management and 10 years experience in conducting defence research and exploratory development, both at progressively senior levels.
Most recently, Dr. Walker was the Assistant Deputy Minister of Science and Technology at the Department of National Defence and the Chief Executive Officer of Defence Research and Development Canada.
He currently serves as the elected Chairman of the NATO Research and Technology Board, the senior oversight body for cooperative research and technology within the NATO framework.
Dr. Walker earned a B.Sc. in Physics from Acadia University and also holds an M. Eng. in Engineering Physics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from McMaster University. He is a graduate of the National Defence College and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
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Over the course of the last 30 years, I have prepared static and variable budgets on an annual basis and on a rolling 12 month basis. The process is actually quite simple, but it can take a significant amount of effort to get it right in the first place. There is a simple key to doing so – that is to focus on getting the salaries and a couple of other major components "right" and the rest of the budget becomes additional noise.
Salaries generally represent 55-65% of the budget. When you add the Employee Benefits piece (which is a direct function of salaries – in the case of APS approximately 28-30% of salaries) you have accounted for 75-80% of costs included in the budget. If you get this part "right", the rest tends to be a function of what was spent the year before – especially with major contracts that are in place for multiple years.
So what does this mean? If the budget overstates Salaries by even 3%, with a $600 million budget, the error can amount to
$18 $10 million – which for APS represents a substantial portion of the deficit projected for FY14. Please note that I am not saying this is the case, simply saying that a substantial amount of the time devoted to preparing a budget MUST be spent on getting the Salary line item right the first time.
In addition, CFO's tend to be financially conservative and know that "things happen" during the year and it is a wise policy to insert reasonable "budget cushions" to provide for the unexpected events that always occur. We tend to be sneaky with these "cushions" so that they are hidden and available when needed (as they always are). However, except for very minor "cushions" for expected raises, promotions, etc., the Salary line item is not the place to do this as it gets too much scrutiny. And unfortunately for financial officers, once a "cushion" is found it often gets taken away and reallocated to other purposes. However, there are great places to hide "cushions" – but that is a trade secret that non-CFO's will have to figure out on their own!
All that being said, when reviewing an expense budget, it makes sense to spend the most amount of time on the Salary line – understand that and you are 75-80% of the way to making a reasoned judgment on the integrity of the numbers presented.
And that is the process I am going through now – deliberate, detailed and thorough – it is the only way.


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malignantreality.com/images-extreme/baby-blue-philippines-15-10-13 Baby Blue, Philippines, 15-10-13
Among the nearly two hundred killed in the earthquake that hit the Philippines two weeks ago is a baby who, despite having lived a few hours, mobilized all aid around him in an attempt to save him.
Garon – so named after a basketball player – came into the world shortly after an earthquake of 7.4 on the Richter scale, which forced the evacuation of the hospital where he born, on the 15th of October. Along with the other patients, the newborn was taken precisely to a basketball court nearby. Footage aired now, nearly 2 weeks later, show a large medical team around the little baby, who, despite all the efforts of professionals and his own father – who spent the few hours of life of the child holding an oxygen pump to improvised so he could breathe – not resisted and died that night.
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On September 10, 1847, Ernst Theodore Buenger, son of Dr. Ernst Eduard and Amalia (Weber) Buenger, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Two days later, on a Sunday, little Ernst became a member of God's family through baptism. It was the first surviving son of the Buengers. At the end of Ernst Theodore's life, he was buried in Altenburg. Here is how that happened.
The widow, Christiane Buenger, brought eight of her children to America in 1839. They came on three separate ships. Ernst Eduard came on the Olbers, the same ship that carried Rev. Martin Stephan.
As you can see on this passenger list, Ernst is described as a 21 year old physician.
Christiane Buenger (I call her Mama Buenger) brought her family to Perry County and was granted eleven acres of land in the Dresden settlement. Since I now own that piece of property, I was able to attain the land records going all the way back to 1840. Here is where the land was officially granted to Mama Buenger.
This happens to be the same piece of land upon which the Log Cabin College was built in 1839.
In the early 1840's Christiane moved to St. Louis, Missouri with several of her children, not including Ernst Eduard. It is likely that during this time, that Ernst continued to live on the family's 11 acres. On November 7, 1842, Dr. Buenger married Amalia Weber. This was before Trinity had built their first church, so this wedding likely took place at Rev. Loeber's parsonage, especially since the Loebers and the Buengers were good friends.
Exactly on this couple's first anniversary, Amalia gave birth to a stillborn boy. It must have turned what would have been a day of celebration into a day of mourning. About a year later, Amalia gave birth to a girl, Christiane Maria Buenger, who was baptized in Altenburg.
Sometime between the birth of Christiane and the birth of their next child, the Buengers decided to move to St. Louis. This means that there were no longer any Buengers in Perry County. That leads us to the birth of Ernst Theodore in 1847. Ernst Theodore was baptized at Rev. C.F.W. Walther's congregation, Trinity Lutheran in what is now called Soulard. One of his sponsors was Dr. Buenger's brother, Theodore Ernst Buenger, which presents us with the situation where Ernst Theodore Buenger has a sponsor named Theodore Ernst Buenger. I wrote about this event in Chapter 122 of my book, "Mama Buenger: Mother of a Synod".
Unfortunately, Ernst Theodore's life on this earth was quite short. He died at the age of 21 in Altenburg. This means that the Buenger family had returned to Perry County. The Buengers had a child in St. Louis in 1851 and then had another child in Altenburg in 1853, so sometime in between those births, they must have moved. Mama Buenger had died in St. Louis in 1849 during the cholera epidemic. Another of the Buenger children, Clementine, who was married to Gottlob Neumueller, moved back to Perry County about this time also. The 11 acres of land was sold by Dr. Ernst to his brother-in-law in 1856.
The Nuemueller's son, Johann, was the next doctor in Altenburg after Ernst was gone.
Ernst Theodore's death occurred during the "Koestering Hole" in the Trinity church records, so we do not have a record to see what was the cause of his death, but he died on March 3, 1868. This no doubt was one of the first funerals to be held in the new church which was dedicated on October 31, 1867. Here is his tombstone, which lies on the ground in Trinity's cemetery.
Thanks to my new friend in Germany, Lutz Backmann, I have the basic gist of what is said on this stone. It says that the person buried here died too soon, but is now in his heavenly home, and those still here are waiting for the Savior's return…..and hope that it comes soon.
Dr. Buenger died in 1899, and in his will you can find this statement:
"The annual interest accruing upon the One Thousand dollars set apart as a Stipendium at my golden wedding shall be donated towards the education of poor Students first of all to such as are from the Buenger family and if no such students from Buenger family are on hand then to other poor students."
I am thinking that Dr. Buenger was a well-respected member of this community.


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Daily Dinner Specials
Monday – Taco Night
Tuesday – Date Night
Wednesday – Vegan Delight Night
Thursday – Steak Night
Friday – Fish Fry
Soup of The Day 6
Pork Rillette – Pork Confit, Pickled Mustard Seeds, Cornichons, Herbed Goat Cheese, Toast 12
Papas Bravas -Romesco, House Giardiniera, Aioli 9
Cheesy Cauliflower – Tempura Fried Cauliflower, Pimento Cheese Mornay, Scallions 8
Rajas Veggie Tacos – White Corn Tortillas, Avocado Puree, Queso Fresco, Poblano, Roasted Corn, Onion 3 each
Chicken Wings –Sambal Chili & Black Currant Sweet & Sour Sauce, Crispy Garlic 9
Baby Kale Salad – Baby Kale, Crispy Faro, Quartered Figs, Pickled Red Onion, Bleu Cheese, House Sherry 10 {Chicken + 2}
Super Salad – Baby Kale, Farro, Pickled Red Onions, Chickpeas, Chia Seeds, Avocado, Miso-Lime Dressing 10
Chicken Roulade- Harissa Buffalo Sauce, Whipped Ranch, Cola-Gel, Fingerlings 16
Cavatelli– Truffle Cavatelli, Creminis, Pickled Pearl Onions, Crispy Garlic, Garlic Cream 16
Griddle Burger -Double Griddle Patty, Pickle, Lettuce, Onion, BITE Sauce, American Cheese 12
{Add Bacon +2, Fried Egg +1 Each}
Falafel Burger – House-Made Falafel Patty, Tahini Mustard, Cucumber Relish. Served with Fries 12
Grilled Cheese and Tomato Fennel Soup – White Cheddar, Smoked Gouda, Tomato, Sourdough 10
{Add Bacon + 2}
Ribeye – Revier Farms Ribeye, Smoked Cipollini, Chimichurri, Fried Plantains 21
Pork Chop – Bone-In Pork Chop, Butternut Squash Puree, Pickled Apples, Fingerlings, Golden Beets, Tri-Color Carrots 18
Mac and Cheese +4, Mixed Greens +6, Fries +4, Tofu +3
Seasonal Vegetables +5
Served Sunday through Thursday 5pm-12am, Friday and Saturday 5pm-1am
Herbed Biscuit, Jam, Butter 4 {Add Pork or Mushroom Gravy + 2}
Yogurt & Granola – Greek Yogurt, Oats, Farro, Pepitas, Coconut Flakes, Seasonal Fruit 8
Breakfast Taco – White Corn Tortilla, House-Charred Salsa, Scrambled Eggs, Pinto Beans, Queso Fresco, Crema, 3 each {Add Chorizo + 3}
French Toast – Pan Di Mie, Roasted Pepitas, Pumpkin Pastry Cream, Cinnamon Streusel 12
Pork Belly Benedict – Pork Belly, Pimento Cheese, Toasted English Muffin, Poached Eggs, Hollandaise. Served with a Mashbrown 12
The Classic – 2 Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Mashbrown, Toast 10
Mason Poached Eggs – Poached Eggs, Sweet Onion & Poblano Jam, Peppered Slab Bacon, Harissa Butter. Served with Grilled Sourdough 14
Bite Hash – House Hash with Yukons, Sweet Potatoes, Brussels, Baby Kale, Poached Eggs, House Hollandaise. Served with Sourdough. 12 {Add Pork Shoulder + 2}
Migas – Tex- Mex Scramble with House Chorizo, White Cheddar, Pico de Gallo. Served with Tortilla Chips & Salsa Roja 12
Baby Kale Salad – Baby Kale, Crispy Farro, Pickled Red Onion, Figs, Bleu Cheese, House Vinaigrette 12 {Add Marinated Chicken Breast + 2}
Hangover Salad – Romaine, Arugula, Bacon, Crouton, Poached Egg, Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette, Parmesan 10
Super Salad – Baby Kale, Quinoa, Pickled Red Onions, Chickpeas, Blueberries, Chia Seeds, Avocado, Miso-Lime Dressing 10
Turkey Club – House Roasted Turkey, Bacon, Dijonnaise, Alfalfa Sprouts, Marinated Tomato, Served with Fries 12
Grilled Cheese and Tomato Fennel Soup – White Cheddar, Smoked Gouda, Tomato, Sourdough 10 {Add Bacon +2}
Griddle Burger -Double Griddle Patty, Pickle, Lettuce, Onion, BITE Sauce, American Cheese 12 {Add Bacon +2, Fried Egg +1 each}
Falafel Burger – House-Made Falafel Patty, Tahini Mustard, Cucumber Relish. Served with Fries 12
Lox Toast – House Cured Salmon, Leek Cream Cheese, Pickled White Onion, Arugula, Tobiko 14
Avocado Toast – Herbed Ricotta & Avocado Mash, Pickled Vegetables, Sesame & Sunflower Wheat Toast 12
Bacon or Sausage +4, Egg +1, Tofu +3,
Mashbrown +3, Fries +4, Toast +2, Mixed Greens +6,
{Veggie Peoples: We can substitute Tofu for Eggs on dishes above.}
Served Monday through Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am-4pm
Strawberry Shortcake with Whipped Cream and Shortcake Crumble 6
Chocolate Bread Pudding with Vanilla Ice Cream, Butterscotch Drizzle 6
Shakes and Malts – Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry 5
Dark Matter Bite Blend (Hot) 3
Rishi Hot Tea 3.5
Orange or Grapefruit Juice 4
Rotating Selection of Specialty Sodas 3
Other Stuff
Between 9-11am, Monday through Friday, we are serving a delightful array of breakfast sandwiches for $5 each, with the option to add Dark Matter coffee and our famous mashbrown all for $9. Sandwich options include your choice of bacon, sausage, turkey, ham or spinach & tomato served with eggs and cheese on an English muffin.
Every Monday we offer a $5 chicken sandwich topped with pickled chiles, house pickles & aoili as part of the Empty Bottle's Free Monday night shows. Available every Monday starting at 9pm.
We are available for private events! Email email@example.com for more information.
Gift certificates are available for any denomination.
Bite is open Mon-Thu 9am-midnight, Friday 9am-1am, Saturday* 8am – 1am, and Sunday* 8am-12am.
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I've been busy gutting my closet putting together a huge bag of clothes for this weekend's Spins & Needles SWAP edition, which features such lovely local crafters as Laura Twiss, Melanie Yugo and me (!) giving workshops on modifying your clothes - printing, sewing, hacking and refashioning.
It will be a blast, there will be more clothes than you can shake a stick at, and all of the leftovers go to a good cause! Come on out and join us this Saturday at the RIdeau Canal Junior Ranks Mess Hall.
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Ronja Thune-Larsen Yoga Trainer, Level 1
Ronja is a certified yoga teacher in Hatha Yoga, with additional education in Yin Yoga. She also has several years of experience as an instructor in cycling, strength training and yoga.
Ronja helps you practice yoga after your own needs and level, whether you are a beginner or more experienced. Her focus is that yoga will give you better balance both physically and mentally, which leads to other positive effects in your other areas of training and in your everyday life.
Ronja believes yoga is for everyone. Through personal follow ups and a customised plan, she will help you find your own style so you can get more out of other yoga classes and also be able to practice yoga on your own.


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New Year, New Home with Dawn Elise Interiors
The turning of the calendar year is a wonderful time for new beginnings, be it in your relationships, your career, or even your living space. As we pull back the curtain on 2016 and discover all that in store for us, we have the chance to reflect on the year that we are putting behind us. At Dawn Elise Interiors, new beginnings is at the core of what we do. From refurbished bathrooms to entirely remodeled kitchens and beyond, our team is skilled at creating an entirely new living experience for our customers. We are capable of completely transforming your living room or simply making specific minute changes to a room to bring out its best qualities.
Superior Interior Design in Ft. Lauderdale
So whether you are looking to put the previous year behind you in a hurry, or you simply would like to ring in the New Year with stylistic changes that give you a renewed sense of self – the team at Dawn Elise Interiors is here to help. We can work closely with you to erect the perfect room, or series of room. At the end of the day, our emphasis on green design and reliance on high quality materials sets us apart from the competition. Visit our website today to discover all that we have to offer, as we help homeowners usher in the welcome sights of change in 2016!


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Bob & Rox – Correa flew into Montañita on his presidential helicopter. Hundreds gathered under the huge tents to hear El Presidente's address to the nation.
Cuenca Video Life – Thank goodness Lenny had his video camera with him this time. He records a lunch time performance of Diego Jimenez at the Wildhorse Café.
Juntos en el Camino de la Vida – The Yazells discover an up and coming Ecuadorian artist. They commission Tomas Galindo Pazan to create a one of a kind work of art featuring bottles of their favorite wine.
Metamorphosis – Mick hangs out at the Coffee Tree and boy does he hear some ridiculous whoppers. He and Kathy set about busting some popular myths about Cuenca.
So you want to live in Ecuador – Ann has been really busy since they returned from Ecuador; the great purge of possessions has begun. A serious windstorm in Texas has them rethinking renting out their home.
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1689 Confession Study: Practical Errors in Sanctification
Continuing in the 1689 Baptist Confession study, the final lesson in chapter 13 (Sanctification) considers five practical errors regarding sanctification – five doctrinal points which believers may conflate with an unrelated idea. These are fairly common ones among evangelicals, ideas which we may even acquire subconsciously (perhaps due to imbalanced teaching). Hodgins acknowledged his own past experience, of sometimes thinking in these incorrect ways.
- Equating a wisdom-call (application) with the moral law of God (there are many different applications of the moral law to particular situations)
- Equating gifts with graces (even King Saul and Baalam were gifted, and even prophesied, yet were lost men)
- Equating struggle with hypocrisy
- Equating a growing sense of sin with spiritual decline
- Equating our sin-tainted works with God-rejected works.
Some of these I was familiar with, ideas generally mentioned in church from time to time (#4), or from my reading on the subject of sanctification over the last several years—especially #5, my (incorrect) way of thinking after several years of over-emphasis on God-rejected works at a Calvinist Baptist church. One of the points brought out here, is that the well-known reference in Isaiah 64:6 ("all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags") is in reference to the unconverted; this truth has its place in preaching the gospel and evangelism, telling sinners about the need for justification, that our salvation is completely in Christ and we do nothing to merit our salvation; but as believers our relationship is now that of children of God. I recall learning (or perhaps being reminded again after so many years) the comforting truth of the correct teaching on this point, in J.C. Ryle's Holiness several years ago (see this blog post from 2010)
For all this, however, the Bible distinctly teaches that the holy actions of a sanctified man, although imperfect, are pleasing in the sight of God. "With such sacrifices God is well pleased" (Heb. 13:16). "Obey your parents . . . for this is well pleasing unto the Lord" (Col. 3:20). "We . . . do those things that are pleasing in His sight" (1 John 3:22). Let this never be forgotten, for it is a very comfortable doctrine. Just as a parent is pleased with the efforts of his little child to please him, though it be only by picking a daisy or walking across a room, so is our Father in heaven pleased with the poor performances of His believing children. He looks at the motive, principle and intention of their actions and not merely at their quantity and quality. He regards them as members of His own dear Son, and for His sake, wherever there is a single eye, He is well pleased.
I observe that the examples and detail given in this lesson reference various points of the moral law (Ten Commandments), an approach I've only recently begun to notice, through study of the 1689 Confession along with Tom Chantry's series on the Ten Commandments—as contrasted with the standard fare at the New Calvinist / "Sovereign Grace" NCT church which ignores teaching on the moral law, only dealing with Christian living as it is referenced in the New Testament epistles.
For #5 above, the lesson cites some of the same scripture texts from the above J.C. Ryle quote, and the fifth commandment. Examples of people falling into certain wrong ideas are presented from the perspective of believers who have been taught sanctification in terms of the moral law / Ten Commandments summary–those who thus at least think in these terms in reference to their Christian walk. So with #1 above, examples include a person making a specific "rule" to help him follow the tenth commandment (do not covet) or his own application of law regarding whether or not to go to the beach (in reference to the seventh commandment)—and then equating that particular application with the moral law itself and thus imposed on everyone else (the basic issue of externalism and a problem commonly associated with "fundamentalism").
Item #3 (one I had not considered before) is the idea that, if at this moment I don't feel like praying or reading my Bible, then if I do so anyway ("force myself to do so") I must be a hypocrite–so I'll just be transparent and honest instead. The biblical response to this one is No – doing the right thing, even when our heart isn't into it, is called mortification of sin, putting to death the sinful desires. Yes we must deal with our own heart, but it is better to deal with it there, in our own thoughts, rather than bring others into the sphere of our problems by behaving poorly to others.
I especially appreciate the teaching on point 4 (equating a growing sense of sin with spiritual decline), which included the lyrics of a John Newton hymn — one I had never heard before, but which apparently is in some hymnals, including at the church doing this 1689 Confession study. See this blog post (from the Gospel Coalition blog) for the full lyrics, which Hodgins read aloud in this lesson. (Hodgins disliked the tune in their hymnal. From googling, here is a Youtube rendition of the hymn in the familiar tune of another hymn, Psalm 42 As the Hart Longs.) These excellent words from John Newton describe the Christian's prayer to God, asking to grow in faith, and love, and every grace — and the result, how the Lord answers that prayer by bringing affliction —
I asked the Lord that I might grow / In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of His salvation know, / And seek, more earnestly, His face.
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"'Tis in this way, the Lord replied, / I answer prayer for grace and faith.
These inward trials I employ, / From self, and pride, to set thee free;
And break thy schemes of earthly joy, / That thou may'st find thy all in Me."


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Protecting Your Immigration Status if You Are Accused of a Crime
Many immigrants who face criminal charges don't understand the effect that a guilty plea could have on their immigration status. You could face deportation for a criminal conviction even if you end up pleading to a misdemeanor offense or serve no jail time.
What Criminal Convictions Subject a Non-citizen to Deportation?
There are many crimes that would subject a non-citizen to deportation. Here are some examples:
The following chart attempts to show the immigration consequences of select offenses. Please note that Immigration law is unpredictable and constantly changing. The following chart is no guarantee of how individual cases will be affected.
Immigration Consequences of a Criminal Conviction


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We have a new design for the Velo Club Monterey jerseys and cycling kit. Inspired by the original jerseys of the club when it was formed in the 60's, here's what some of the new "Heritage Edition" pieces look like:
We plan to offer both men and women's specific clothing, including:
- Century LX Jerseys (Club Fit)
- Continental Jerseys (Performance Fit)
- Continental Bib Shorts
- Continental Shorts (same graphic design as Bibs)
- Evergreen Lightweight Vests with mesh back
- Breckenridge WX-D Mid-weight Vests with 3 pocket backs
- Evergreen Lightweight Jacket
Unisex items we hope to offer include:
- Cycling Caps
- Arm Warmers
- Cycling Socks
Short Clothing Survey
Our new clothing vendor, Pactimo, has a minimum order size of 5 units of each style of clothing (25 pair of socks minimum). To determine if we will meet these minimums before we begin taking orders, we're conducting a survey to see what pieces you are likely to purchase. If we don't have enough interest in a piece we won't be able to offer it.
It is very important that you visit the New Velo Club Kit Survey Page as soon as you can and complete the enclosed survey so we know what clothing you are interested in. The survey also includes pricing information for each of the different pieces. It should take you less than 3 minutes to complete the survey. This survey is not your order, nor is it a commitment to buy.
Clothing Fit
For a short time (until June 26th) we have a "Fit Kit" from Pactimo with men's and women's jerseys and vests, plus men's bibs and women's shorts that you can try on for size. For jerseys we have sizes from XXS to 4XL. The fit kit will be available to try on after the following rides:
- Tuesday NRJ Ride – (noonish) June 19 at Captain & Stoker
- Thursday Beer Ride – (4:30) June 21 at Alvarado St. Brewery
- Saturday 8:30 C Ride (11:30) – June 23 at Carmel Valley Roasting Co. in Pacific Grove
- Sunday Bocce Ball Party (Noon to 2) – June 24 at Talbott's Vineyard Tasting Room in Carmel Valley
If you can't make any of those, send email to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll try to set up a time for you try things on.
More Details on Clothing
If you want more detailed information on the clothing specifications including sizing, you can find them on the Pactimo website via the following links:
- Continental Collection
- Century Collection
- Outerwear Collection (Vests/Jackets)
- Accessories (Arm Warmers/Team Socks/Caps
- Sizing & Fit Charts
The actual ordering window should start in early to mid July. Any questions send email to email@example.com


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In running, as in life, boredom is the devil.
This is the opposite of boredom.
Introducing Ragnar Trail Relays: overnight team races under the majestic, star-lit skies of Tahoe, Vail Lake, Zion and the Appalachians, taking signups now.
Crafted by a long-running (ha) relay race organizer, RTRs are 120-mile long jaunts across wildly varied terrain — national parks, lush woodlands, maybe a haunted cabin — that are divided into 24 five-mile legs.
Each teammate will run about 15 miles.
They relays start on Friday evenings and roll through the night (bring a headlamp), finishing between 9am-4pm on Saturday.
When you're not on the run, you'll be camping and bonding at Ragnar Village, dubbed "a slumber party without sleep, pillows or deodorant."
There, you'll listen to live music, camp out near a bonfire and even cook s'mores.
Team-Building 101: Everyone loves s'mores.


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All Prom
Couture House is the place to shop for Prom 2018! Visit our showroom in The Woodlands, Texas to try on all of your favorite styles of the season from designers like Rachel Allan, Ellie Wilde, Colors Dress, Madison James, Lucci Lu, Dave & Johnny, Sean Collection and more. We also ship our 2018 prom dresses to anywhere in the United States. Happy Prom shopping!


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San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon will reportedly interview with the Milwaukee Bucks to fill their head coaching vacancy.
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported the update Friday and noted Hammon is set to become the first female to interview to be an NBA head coach.
Fellow Spurs assistant James Borrego is also being added to the Bucks' group of interviewees, per Wojnarowski.
Once she got the Spurs job, I had a feeling she was on track to being the NBA's first female head coach. I didn't think it would be so soon, but she's well-regarded as a coach with a ringing endorsement from Gregg Popovich, so there's a good chance she'll make history with the Bucks.


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If you're considering outsourcing part of your sales and marketing function to an external provider, it's inevitable that you'll have many questions that you need answers to so, to help you make the right decision, here are a selection of our most frequently asked questions.
If there's anything we've not covered here, please do get in touch with us on 0330 20 50 500 or complete our contact form and we'll do everything we can to help.
Do you carry out commission only/paid on results campaigns?
We do. This is currently only offered for companies within IT, Telecoms, Facilities Services and Security. Fees are only payable for successfully qualified sales opportunities, meaning a much lower financial commitment from our clients.
All we would need from you are a few details about your company, what you offer and who you would be looking to target, we will then send you a short email with details of the lead/opportunity and, if you feel the opportunity is of interest, we will arrange an introduction between the two parties and provide assistance and guidance to help give the best possible chance of converting that lead into a sale.
Do you charge a set up fee?
We do not charge a separate set up fee, however, an element of the time for any campaign will be given to the set up and ongoing campaign management – including staff training.
This includes an in-depth initial consultation to help devise the most effective marketing strategy for your company, importing and processing of data, setting up our CRM system, training & development of staff, writing and development of any campaign emails, briefing documents and additional admin required to help ensure a well devised telemarketing campaign is delivered on your behalf
What is the minimum campaign length
It may be a harsh truth but, as with any type of sales and marketing, the more time you put in, the more you'll get out of it. Ideally, a new telemarketing campaign calling from a completely cold set of data will require around 20 days of work to be able to start seeing significant results, however we are able to offer short trial/pilot campaigns starting at 10 days.
These days can be delivered over a period that suits so don't necessarily have to be delivered all in one block. We can also offer hourly work but would still need a total commitment of at least 10 days to ensure we give ourselves sufficient opportunity to make the campaign a success.
Can you supply data?
We have very close relationships with a number of very reputable data providers and can provide accurate, targeted data at extremely competitive rates. We would be more than happy to discuss your requirements further on 0330 20 50 500
How will I know what you've done/do you send me reports or copies of the data you've been calling?
As part of the campaign set up we will populate our CRM with tailored reports that will clearly demonstrate every aspect of the weeks calling/emailing activity. As well as giving you full visibility over every aspect of the campaign, you will also receive a full export of that weeks data, showing all of the call notes, comments and next actions that will be taken to help progress each contact to the point of generating a sales opportunity/meeting for you.
I have a list of data/contacts – can you work with that?
We have absolutely no problem with working with data that is supplied by you, however it is worth bearing in mind that accuracy of data is one of the most important factors in determining the potential success of any telemarketing campaign so we would always recommend purchasing specific data for your campaign to ensure the greatest possible chance of success
Our approach/methods
How many calls will you make over the course of a day?
We will typically aim to make around 80 calls in addition to sending emails and additional correspondence to prospects over the course of a days work although that can vary depending on the campaign and the length of the conversations we're able to have with each prospect.
What results can you guarantee?
There are many variables that determine the potential level of success for any sales and marketing campaign – not just telemarketing however, we will guarantee that we will develop the most effective strategy possible to be able to achieve whatever targets and objectives we agree with our clients.
As long as there is a market for your product or service, we guarantee that we will do all we can to uncover as many new sales opportunities as we possibly can for you and also provide you with valuable market intelligence, a set of accurate targeted data and a pipeline of potential clients.
Can you book appointments/meetings for me?
Securing appointments is one of the most common objectives for any telemarketing campaign that we deliver. Typically we will need access to a shared diary and we will then ensure we secure qualified meetings at a time, location and date that suits you/your sales teams working schedule. It is worth mentioning that we will always fully qualify any meetings we book on your behalf, based on an agreed list of qualification criteria and will never book appointments that we consider to be a waste of your time/resources.
How can I be certain you'll ask the right questions?
As part of the initial set up we will agree with you what you'd like us to ask and what answers you'd like us to give to the most commonly asked questions. If there's anything we don't the answer to, we will handle this in an extremely professional manner, consult with you and either advise a callback from the client (you) or call them back to answer their query ourselves.
Do you carry out B2C (business to consumer campaigns)?
Yes, we have delivered a number of successful B2C telemarketing campaigns and would be more than happy to discuss your campaign on 0330 20 50 500
In essence, exactly the same skillset is required to sell to both consumers and businesses. We can help you uncover sales in exactly the same way.
How will you introduce yourselves to prospects?
We can introduce ourselves in whichever manner you feel is most suitable – typically we will call as if we are representatives of your business. Rest assured that all of our team sound highly professional on the phone – we will be happy to set up a call with any member of the team so you can be reassured that we will be representing your business as professionally as possible at all times.
Do you outsource any of your work to overseas calling agencies?
We never outsource any of our work, either to overseas or other UK based companies. All work is delivered by our personally selected telemarketing staff who have been chosen for their high levels of professionalism and expertise in this field. We believe in attracting and retaining the highest levels of telemarketers possible and would never relinquish control by passing work onto an external provider


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The Clean energy arm of Hindustan Power is the leading India's player in solar power generation. It has developed solar farms across the country and internationally too. It is penchant for generating clean energy while mitigating environment effects has ensured that the company is seen as a pioneer in the field of developing mid-large size solar farms.
Hindustan Power has caused a major change in the scenario of solar power in India and even internationally. India's first solar power plant of 5 MW capacity and the then Asia's first 30 MW capacity was commissioned by the Clean energy arm of the organization . With cumulative installed capacity of around 600 MW and a vision of commissioning 2 GW by 2017. The clean energy arm of the company remains the leading solar power developer in the country .
Today, it is a dominant solar power development company in India with a large presence across the country and strategic international markets like Germany, Italy, US, UK and Japan.
Hindustan Cleanenergy was established in 2008 with the objective of developing renewable energy projects in India and around the world. With its deep understanding of the technology and global expertise, the company aims to establish best in class solar power plants to deliver clean energy.
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New Zealand Web CommunityPart of Kiwiology since: April 7th, 2008
NZWC stands for New Zealand Web Community. It is an effort to draw together the threads of community – blog posts, photos, events, profiles – into a cohesive whole.
So locals who build, nurture or promote the web can find more points of human interaction. Its about spreading and growing the community, not about an in-crowd or technology.
All via one very simple idea – encouraging people to tag their relevant web content with NZWC.
NZWC.org.nz aggregates content with this tag but anyone else can do the same on their own site. Producing different views into the community.
Remember, NZWC is a great pointer, reminder, hinter-at but NOT the actual community – tag, release, meet – get out there!
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The Telekom Austria Group's sustainability strategy is based on an extensive analysis and evaluation of social and ecological aspects along the value chain of its core business.
'For us, responsibility means
investing in the central infrastructure
of today's knowledge-based society,
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In addition to internal perspectives, external stakeholders were included in this process ('materiality analysis'): More than 300 people responded to an online survey on the relevance of various social and ecological issues. The requirements of international standards, rankings and rating agencies and the sustainability activities of other telecommunication companies were also taken into account. At the next stage, the internal and external priorities were combined, the key topics for the sustainability strategy were summarised in a materiality matrix and four action areas and corresponding targets were developed on this basis.
Prize-winning Sustainability Report
For the second year in succession the
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Report 2014 received the first prize in the
Austrian Sustainability Reporting Award (ASRA)
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The past two weeks or so have been victorious, or at the very least, fun and uniting for Qatar-based vegan and aspirants!
Through my recently formed Qatar vegan community Facebook page, I've met Rebecca of Vegan Rawrr who makes the most delicious nut butters (my favourite being the almond butter), has a good supply of Nutritional Yeast Flakes (an important vegan kitchen must-have) and a natural Nutella-type spread (eventually, something nutritious that keeps my sweet tooth well satisfied).
I've also 'cybermet' more than a couple of Doha-based vegans and bloggers. Larissa of Love and Green Juice periodically posts mouth-watering family recipe ideas, while Robyn, an Aussie raw food chef, based in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, launched her Girl on Raw latest e-book this week.
All this online activity has encouraged a handful of Kindnesses, aka 'online Facebook vegan Likes', to actually meet one another over a much-anticipated breakfast at the Four Seasons, this Tuesday.
What's making Doha feel even more hospitable to the green movement, is the current hosting of the UN Climate Conference. Although not open to the public, I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of hours with visiting delegate, Mia MacDonald, a vegan and director of Brighter Green.
Based in New York, Brighter Green came here to share their expertise and findings on the intersection between climate change and the global spread of intensive animal agriculture and higher consumption of animal products. They had a panel at the conference and, for you and I, share a link to a series of policy papers and short videos that forms the foundation of Brighter Green's Programme on Food Policy and Equity.
Mia and I, together with my two curious and enthusiastic vegetarian daughters, took ourselves off to the Sustainability Expo, running alongside the Conference (until the 7th December). Held at the Doha Exhibition Centre, it's open to the public and entrance is free.
There, much to the delight of my children, we signed a big wall to show our support for the environment and sampled an array of vegan exclusive meals and desserts (such fun to have an entire menu from which to select), catered by restaurant chain and exhibitor, Loving Hut. Spreading news of the benefits to a plant-based diet, a group of over 50 volunteers, supported by Loving Hut, are promoting veganism in context to the impact of meat consumption on climate change.
I'll be back there on Wednesday, as Loving Hut's nutritional consultant shares ideas of how a family can adopt healthy vegan eating habits.
All in all, it has been super to experience locally based initiations, support and shared awareness for compassionate living. Right here in sandy Doha, what a treat!


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Here is my transferable spring to summer look. I have to wear my glasses more and more these days. It is a bit of a pain to be honest. However, I can manage without them as long I do not have to read. I like to tie my hair up during the summer months and in this photo I am wearing a scarf but you can not see it. It protects my head from the sun if I am not wearing a hat.
I love peonies in the spring and they are still available towards the summer too. They come in lovely colours and these is my current selection.


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Nearly all individuals have dreams of purchasing their houses. But they are unable to meet them and when they need because of finance shortage. Mortgage loans are a blessing in cases such as this. Best foreclosure defense attorney – Resilientpma.com evaluate the debtor's land regarding location, opportunity and market quotation to assist them in the situation of foreclosure.
With the huge selection of schemes with benefits by many organizations, finding the ideal mortgage application is a simpler job today. Our seniors stayed from mortgage provided that they're for fear of risks.
These days, the situation has changed radically. Youngsters who earn lump sums of money are interested in those strategies to buy their own home and repay in the oldest. To begin with, the borrower is expected to utilize to a loan he chooses. This requires a great deal of homework. Clients will need to do some history research and become familiar with the market situations.
They need to be at least conscious of their business value of their property before providing it as security. There are many sites which guide first-time borrowers concerning the procedures and any risks involved.
There is a simple application process where the homebuyers can fill in a form and meet their expectations. This is surely not obligatory and it is at no charge. This is done as a way to draw prospective loan applicants.
The criteria to employ are equivalent to other types of loans. The mortgage agents can schedule a meeting with prospective borrowers. They evaluate the debtor's land regarding location, opportunity and market quotation.


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The standards which make MMHRC a place for every people to choose where they will be treated with the fullest dedication.
We are always available to answer all your queries and information about your health that you should know.
Get into contact with an expert to know your state better and clear.
Our hospital is providing health care facilities to many people from various organizations.
Our patients have a lot to say about our services and their experience at MMHRC.
We set high benchmarks in healthcare to keep up with international standards. We embrace change and believe in constant improvement.
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Birthday post: Kangta.October 10, 2008 at 11:23 pm | Posted in birthday post, Kangta | Leave a comment
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Happy 29th, Kangta! =)
It's been 6 months since you enlisted into the army; how's life been? You've been looking thinner lately, must be all the physical training. Still looking good, though ^^. Please do take care of yourself. Remember that we're all waiting for your return! Kangta oppa hwaiting ♥.
(I actually never call any celebrities oppa, even the Shinhwa members, but well, I'd love to have an older brother like Kangta, so yeah xP. I had wanted to do a pimp post, but.. school, dieee D:.)
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Why I'm not NaNo-ing this Month
Cupcakes for everyone!
Now, why am I not writing this month? Simple answer, my To Be Read pile.
I was supposed to write Off the Chain, a contemporary YA romance, this month. But as the days to NaNo dwindled, I began to realize I have way too many balls in the air already. So, I've decided to finish reading all the book in my TBR pile by the end of the year. This way, I get a fresh start next year. Why do I need a fresh start? Besides the insane ups and downs this year has dealt me? I plan to make next year a writing year. Yup, you've read it right. I want to challenge myself by writing at least six books. One every other month. Why every other month? Well, after writing, I do need to edit and decompress before starting another novel.
There, I've gotten my secret off my chest. Not NaNo-ing this year. Reading instead. And baking. Lots and lots of baking.
Besides leaving you all with cupcakes, I want to show you the NaNo cover Tirz so graciously created for Off the Chain. Please visit her awesome site A Clever Whatever after you read this post. Totally worth it. :-)
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Good for you - and what a great goal for next year!! Amazing! Also, thanks for the cupcakes :)ReplyDelete
Nice art! And yummy cupcakes. Must NOM!ReplyDelete
Shooting for the Moon
ooh! Another book of yours that I'm looking forward to! :) You have a point. It's better to get a fresh start that to try and rush something. But for me, Nano is perfect. I've been thinking about this novel since last year. I've been plotting and brainstorming and now I'm ready to write. I have a huge TBR too but I'll manage!ReplyDelete
@Coreena = You're welcome! :-)ReplyDelete
@LupLun = I still owe you a Black Forest Cake!
@Precious = I certainly believe that you can manage. Write, write, write!
First off, I'm not a writer (I'm feeling more and more like I'm in the minority in the book blog world, everyone writes!), but 6 books in a year sound SUPER ambitious! I'm amazed you're able to do that! I can't even imagine write a book in a year! I look forward to checking one out!ReplyDelete


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How to Build a Fence
Building a fence sure is not an easy job to do. We have to make up our mind either by contacting the professional one or doing the build a fence thing using our own hands. It will be challenging though. Like we have to do some research first before we do the project? Sure we have to. Do not go randomly building the fence without getting known the process first. You know appearance and construction are two important things that should be considered whenever we are getting ready to build a fence. So you have to know that you have to make plans, measurements first before doing the job.
The first consideration is how you are going to support the fence. It is only as strong as the supports, a fence is. Best is you have to use cement as the supports for the fence. You have to place the posts in cement to make a strong fence you could ever had. A sealer or using pressure treated wood will provide you with a fence to enjoy for many years to come, so do your best do the project! You probably need to follow some basic steps in how to build a fence below here. It is a piece of cake you can do it even using your own hands. Just you probably need a help from someone to hold and lift up the fence.
First, you have to lay out the posts preferably six feet apart from each other before you begin to build the fence. After that you can stick up the string line in order to keep your posts in line. This is important, so make sure you do it properly. Third steps, you have to dig holes 18 inches deep using a post whole digger, and then you can put the posts in each post hole. Fourth steps, you can mix the cement for the post holes and fill all the post holes using cement to level with the ground. Next steps, you have to check each post to ensure that they are level and plum, so they will be ready for the next steps. You should also let the posts set for 24 hours before continuing to build the fence. Sixth steps, once the posts have set up you can cut the top and lower the fence rail, so you can nail them 4 feet apart from each other. Do these steps carefully. After that you can nail up your pickets maintaining a ¼ -inch gap in between them and then trim any excess wood off the top of the post, and voila, you have a brand new fence!


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Friday, October 24, 2008
The Gift
Who do you think came up with the line about the man with the broken neck? My moneys on Alex because I don't suppose Bobby even realised he was doing anything strange :-D
5 comments:
- Lozzie Cap said...
That was clever, that broken neck line. I wonder if it was also a reference to Goren being a little tiny bit dead inside ... ooo, spooky.
- 2:42 pm
- val said...
No, Lozzie, 'cos he wasn't back then, IMHO. I hadn't thought about it, Eliza, but I bet you're right.
Can't we have that scene included?
- 3:05 pm
- PurpleVixen7 said...
Good point Eliza!!
Boby has the gift to be a exstraordinary man in every way!!;)))
- 7:29 pm
Vincent, the 'gift' that just keeps on giving ;0)
I really need to go back and watch some of the older episodes. I vaguely remember that line, but not it's context (oh, the shame!)
- 8:23 pm
- Music Wench said...
Probably Alex came up with that like she came up with Big Foot. ;) LOL
- 11:44 pm
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Thursday, 29 July 2010
The Babel Fish, God, and a Survey
Now for something completely different the Babel Fish!:
(Watch Videos if you don't know what a Babel Fish is) (philistine!)
Oh and and here is the old version:
Orthodox: God can't give us absolute proof of his existence or of Judaism because then we would have no Bechira Chophshit (free will)
Let's say we discovered a Babel Fish. After many years of scouring the oceans scientists finally found a Babel fish i.e. a creature so bizarrely and purposefully designed that it is impossible for it to have arisen from mere natural selection. Let's just say we found such a thing and there was scientific consensus that this was definitive proof for intelligent design.
I'm sure that the Orthodox world would be up in arms! I mean here you have it! Something which destroys free will, a cornerstone of Judaism, gone! I'm sure all the kiruv organizations would be giving long seminars trying to show that the Babel fish is but a product of chance! I'm sure some Rabbi would be put in cherem for even admitting the existence of this peculiar creature. The atheists would be touting this as another proof against God. Fundamentalists of all creeds would be demanding that we "teach the controversy" in our schools and give equal treatment to the theory of how the Babel fish is just another product of natural evolution.
For some reason I doubt it would work out like that. But I guess if you say that "God can't/won't take away our free will" then that's how it should really play out. Right?
I always pronounced it "Bah-bel" they seem to pronounce it "Bay-bel". What is the correct pronunciation of Babel, as in Tower of Babel, in English?
13 comments:
- G*3 said...
The whole free will argument is just a post-hoc explanation of why there isn't obvious proof of God's existence. There is no stand-alone reason to assume that God wants us to be able to choose. He seem mostly to want us to do as we're told.
We probably don't have free will anyway. There's no way to separate our consciousness from all of the influences of our history, genetics, and environment. That we are self-aware doesn't mean we have any more influence over the path our life takes than a ball has a choice about which path to take while rolling down a hill.
- 29 July 2010 at 22:52
- Shilton HaSechel said...
>The whole free will argument is just a post-hoc explanation of why there isn't obvious proof of God's existence.
Yeah that was my (sarcastic) point. If we had a nice Babel fish no one would dream of saying that. (And people would stop giving Israelis weird looks when they tell their kids to "DIE" in supermarkets)
- 30 July 2010 at 00:03
- kisarita said...
I was very enthusiastic about taking the survey until I actually saw it. There's barely any room to express your own point of view, mostly you're just given A-B-C-D choices, all invented by the researcher, to choose from.
(Kind of like growing up frum is all about).
Yeah I know that's what passes for psychological research nowadays but I don't buy it.
- 30 July 2010 at 00:30
- Shilton HaSechel said...
Yeah I kinda didn't like the limited scope of the questions.
(I wanted tons of questions about why you think Orthodoxy is a load of BS and things about intellectual objections to Orthodoxy.)
I added a long explanation in the text box.
- 30 July 2010 at 00:56
- JewishGadfly said...
I'd think a lot of people who use this type of explanation also invoke the "Kuzari argument" for justify Judaism. Aren't the two mutually exclusive? How could the whole nation witness God if God doesn't perform revelations because it would hamper free will?
More to the point is the fact that despite supposedly seeing a clear revelation of God, the people reportedly sinned severely and were punished multiple times through their sojourn in the desert. This is reportedly after direct revelation, manna falling from the sky, etc. And mere evidence for God's existence would take away our free will? (It doesn't answer the question to assert "their minor transgressions were taken more seriously by God because they were on such a high level," because the same could have been true of us.)
>That we are self-aware doesn't mean we have any more influence over the path our life takes than a ball has a choice about which path to take while rolling down a hill.
Well, I'll beg to differ slightly about the choice of words there. A ball can't choose a path to go down, whereas a robot, on the other hand, could choose a path based on what would be best or worst for it. That doesn't mean the robot has "free will" in a purely unconstrained, uncaused way (which I doubt anyone would actually want if they thought it through)--the robot is doing exactly what it was engineered to do--but it also isn't the same level as the ball rolling, IMHO. It's a sort of compromised, compatibilist, everyday "freedom of choice" without literal metaphysical free will.
- 30 July 2010 at 10:00
I pronounce it "Bah-bel"
- 30 July 2010 at 10:12
- MKR said...
Tomayto, tomahto, Baybel, Bahbel,
Let's call the whole thing off.
--Ira Gershwin (paraphrased)
Nearly all Biblical names were introduced into English centuries ago and underwent changes that reflect the shift in English vowels in the 15th and 16th centuries. So we say, e.g., "Abraham" and "Jacob" with "ay" and not "ah," "Isaac" with "ie" and not "ee," and so on. The pronunciation of "Babel" with "ay" follows the same rule. The practice of pronouncing it in English with "ah" is a comparatively recent development.
- 30 July 2010 at 10:39
- Shilton HaSechel said...
'tis the great vowel shift you refer to?
- 30 July 2010 at 10:45
- MKR said...
'Tis indeed, me lad.
- 30 July 2010 at 10:47
- G*3 said...
> A ball can't choose a path to go down, whereas a robot, on the other hand, could choose a path based on what would be best or worst for it.
Yes, the ball has no input at all to the path which it takes, but that's the whole point. The robot following its programming to change its path is really no different than the ball hitting a bump or a twig and changing its path. Both are constrained by laws outside their control, whether those laws are just physics or physics + programming.
- 30 July 2010 at 13:41
- JewishGadfly said...
I don't mean to deny the similarities between the two cases--there is a form of determination for both--but I think there is also a noteworthy and important difference. The ball can only proceed based on causes, whereas the robot or person can proceed based on reasons. This seems like a significant difference to me.
- 1 August 2010 at 17:35
- Puzzled said...
The whole thing is rather silly. What about the whole "Sinai" thing?
- 1 August 2010 at 21:17
- Lisa said...
There is no "proper pronunciation" of transliterations. You should check out "Asimov on the Bible". He has a pronunciation guide in it, to make sure people pronounce the "s" in Isaiah like a "z". It's (unintentionally) hilarious.
- 6 August 2010 at 13:32


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