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OC May Day Coalition Platform 2013
We stand together under the same sun to proclaim, "Another world is possible without borders." We believe that the Earth is the free territory of the Human Family. We have the right to live amicably, peacefully, ecologically sustainably, responsibly and in free association. We have Universal Human Rights, including peace, education, health care, housing, culture, food, water, freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and freedom to organize.
We are a broad Coalition of organizations and individuals based in the local community which uses consensus to make decisions. We call ourselves the Orange County May Day Coalition because we both inherit the legacy of and work in ways similar to the General Strike ofMay 1, 1886. This historic movement won the 8-hour workday which we now enjoy and was a diverse, horizontal coalition of people from many industries, cultures and nationalities.
Migration We have freedom of movement under International Law. Additionally, we live in an age marked by a fundamental imbalance of power expressed in global migratory policies. More freedom of movement is granted to capital than to labor. While products and banks can move throughout the globe with ease, human beings cannot. These policies generally cause the forced separation of families, the obstruction of gainful employment, the criminalization of large sectors of the global workforce and extensive human suffering. We must stop the deportations and sweeps immediately. Accordingly, we demand full legalization for all global workers, and the abolition of all policies that criminalize migration. Specifically, cities inOrangeCounty and throughoutCalifornia routinely and smugly strip safe drivers of their vehicles under the pretext that they don't have licenses. Of course, these same drivers are simultaneously denied the opportunity to renew and/or apply for their licenses under post-1993California law. We want Sanctuary Cities inOrangeCounty and the restoration of families ripped apart by migration sweeps. We demand an end to the criminalization of people looking for work. Specifically, the cities ofOrange andCosta Mesa have passed anti-day laborer ordinances (9.37 and 10-354, respectively) with the intent of denying people of color, often migrants, access to the economy. We stand in solidarity with the Corners of Resistance of the Asociación de Jornaleros deOrange and the Asociación de Jornaleros deCosta Mesa.
Solidarity We understand that an attack against one is an attack against everyone, that no one is free while others are oppressed. Therefore, we want strong, democratic, participatory labor unions. We support the struggle of janitors in OC to secure a living wage for their work. We are the 99% of the global population in resistance against the policies of the 1%. We join in the Coalition of Immokalee Worker's industry-wide demands for living wages for tomato pickers and an end to slavery in the fields. We stand in solidarity with Muslims, publicly attacked by local council members. We stand in solidarity with undocumented students, day laborers, unlicensed drivers, the homeless, the displaced, the uninsured, and the unorganized workers. We oppose all racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and Islamophobic attacks against our community.
Education We demand our right to universal, public and relevant education. We want passage of the DREAM Act for all students to be able to graduate and find gainful employment. We oppose attacks on Ethnic Studies inArizona. Education must be inclusive, accessible, and representative of the needs of the community it serves. We need a coherent system from Kindergarten through doctorate programs. We oppose the current tuition hikes. We are concerned about the corporate dominance of education, seen in the underfunding and privatization of schools.
Housing Housing is a basic human right. We want affordable housing. We oppose gentrification of our communities. We oppose the massive evictions of home owners through bank foreclosures, and the criminalization of homelessness.
Culture We have the right to practice our respective cultures. We want to define our own cultures on our own terms. We reject corporate attempts to commodify and privatize culture and imperialist attempts to exterminate, criminalize, marginalize and/or assimilate indigenous cultures.
Peace and Prison We have a right to peace. We condemn all wars of aggression, military occupations and other Crimes against Peace. We stand in solidarity with the peoples under U.S. and U.S.-supported occupation and demand the withdrawal of U.S. troops, reparations for these harmed peoples and respect for their self-determination. We want the withdrawal of U.S. troops as well as private contractors/mercenaries and settlers. We demand the demilitarization of civil society, especially the U.S.-México border zone. We oppose the military incursions and aid packages that typically accompany extractive economic policies. We oppose the violent eviction of Occupy Movement encampments in the U.S. and the general ability of police to kill, beat and rob civilians with impunity. We oppose the prison industrial complex, unilateral gang enhancement laws and sentencing minors as adults. We oppose racial profiling. Specifically, we demand justice for Jesús Arturo Aguirre, a local minor who was unjustly sentenced to life imprisonment as an adult.
Health and Ecology We believe that all people need health care. This should be available to every human being. We believe that all humans need drinkable water at a time when 1.4 billion people are without this most basic resource. We oppose the privatization, denial and unsustainable squandering of water. We believe that all productive activities should generally be ecologically sustainable, and we stand in solidarity with the future generations. We want a healthy environment and preventative health care. We respect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to maintain their unique relationships to sacred sites and resources from their ancestral territories. We want healthy, fresh, locally-produced food and more functional public transportation. We oppose the displacement of small farmers by neoliberal trade policies and the corporate agriculture subsidized by the ecological destruction caused by the massive damming and diversion of waterways. We live in a time and a place calledOrangeCounty where oranges travel fromBrazil and bottled water travels fromFiji. We need to cut global warming gases and seriously address the increasing anthropogenic dangers upon humanity. We need the restoration of ecological balance.
Rights and Corporate Citizenship We believe that human beings have more rights than fictional business entities. We oppose extending citizenship to corporations. Additionally, we oppose the recent Citizens United decision, which grants unlimited corporate intervention into the electoral process. We live in an era where transnational corporations have full citizenship, while it is flatly denied to millions of humans. We believe that basic human rights, such as water, food, culture, education, peace and health are rights, as opposed to services. Services can be bought and sold, negotiated or denied, and therefore are an inappropriate designation for human needs. We put people and the planet over profits. ₪
The Orange County Peace Coalition is joining with like-minded groups marching in Los Angeles this weekend (Saturday, Oct. 6, noon, Hollywood and Highland, LA) to call for an end to the war in Afghanistan and the illegal use of killer drones. "To protest the continued imperialist wars, and the assaults on our communities to fund them, we will march to shut down the Hollywood Military 'Career' Center on the 11th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan." Initiated by the ANSWER Coalition and sponsored by more than a dozen peace and justice groups, marches will be held in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities. Most of us will be taking the metro train and we encourage participation of individuals, families and affiliated groups. What a great way to teach civil participation and responsible engagement! For those who live around Long Beach and want to meet at the Willow station near Lakewood meet at 10 am. For those in Orange County who want to join us on the metro train, here is the schedule: We will be taking the #661 Metrolink which arrives at the San Clemente Pier at 8:34 a.m. San Clemente at 8:37 San Juan Capistrano at 8:46 Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo at 8:51 Irvine at 9:00 Tustin at 9:06; Santa Ana at 9:12 Orange at 9:17 Anaheim at 9:21 Fullerton at 9:29 Buena Park at 9:36 Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs at 9:44 (Remember to allow enough time to buy your ticket and be ready to jump on the train - they don't stop long.) We will arrive at Los Angeles Union Station at 10:30 a.m. where we will transfer to the Redline, taking the train to Hollywood and Highland (one stop past Vine). The return trip leaves from Union Station (#664) at 4:40 p.m after the march. This is the last Metro train returning south for the day, so it will be important to be on board. To make this, we need to take a Redline from the end of the march no later than 4pm (earlier is better). The ride lasts about 21 minutes, and we'll need time to get from the Redline to the Metrolink trains inside Union Station. It looks like we can get a weekend pass for $10 and that allows us to make transfers, as well. I hope that is correct. If someone knows for sure, can you please verify this information? We will be carrying our Orange County Peace Coalition banner and maybe the "Drones: Nothing Personal" painting that we used at the OC Fair. Wear orange or green, if you can. Please join us for a day exercising our rights to free speech! Questions? Call Karen Riggs at (714)604-3300
Orange County Recruitment Awareness Project leafletting Thursday September 20th, 7-8:30am in Huntington Beach Orange County Recruitment Awareness Project (OC-RAP) needs volunteers at 7am Thursday, September 20th for 90 minutes leafleting in the Huntington Beach area. For more information email email@example.com or call Al White 949-492-0571


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US Republican Congressman John Rutherford has filed a bill that could allow job creators, who have been in the US on an E2 treaty investor visa for more than 10 years, to apply for legal permanent residence. A press release issued by Rutherford's office confirmed that the bill, H.R. 3265, has been filed.
The new legislation could allow the children of E2 visa holders to remain in the United States until the age of 26 and then apply for work authorization. Under current US immigration law, thousands of E2 visa holders are welcomed into communities, establish businesses and employ American citizens, but are ineligible for permanent residency status.
Regardless of how long they have lived in the country or how large a contribution they have made over a decade, E2 visa holders are denied access to permanent residency. Equally, the children of immigrants in the US on an E2 visa are required to leave the country at the age of 21.
Consequently, families are divided and children are forced to head to other countries for education or work, taking their talents elsewhere and leaving the US to lose out on their skills despite being born and raised in the country.
E2 visa offers no pathway to permanent residency
Unlike other US visas, the E2 treaty investor visa offers no route to permanent residency. Rutherford's bill is an attempt to bring the E2 visa into line with other US visas and create equality among visa holders, while keeping job creators and their families in the country.
Following the filing of the bill, Congressman Rutherford said: "E2 visa holders are entrepreneurs bringing their abilities, resources, and jobs to the United States. They pay taxes and invest their livelihood into the communities they serve. They deserve to be able to plan for their businesses, employees, and especially their families."
"I want to change this outdated law so E2 visa holders can continue to create jobs and be fully integrated into the communities they have invested so much in. This bipartisan legislation is a much needed update to current US immigration laws that will provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to establish small businesses and roots in our communities," he added.
Bill unlikely to be passed
However, similar legislation has been filed with Congress in the past with little success. Co-sponsoring the latest bipartisan bill alongside John Rutherford – the Republican representative for Florida - is representative for New Hampshire, Ann McLane Kuster.
The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee and if passed it could help over 100,000 families and businesses nationally.
The bill, titled 'H.R.3265 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain E2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident status', will need to pass the House and the Senate before being passed by President Trump and becoming law.
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The Original "KEEP CALM and CARRY ON" App KEEPS on getting better !!!
Now includes typing your own text, loads of new super cool Crown Icons, adding different colors to each line of text, works with almost Android devices, easy share function and a whole lot more
Simply tap on the text, type your own text and tap the return key, then chose your colour and tap the return key again.
Add your own text, move the text around the screen, change the colour for each line of text and of course choose from all your favourite backgrounds for this now infamous saying.
Create your own unique "Keep Calm and Carry On" images and wallpaper for your Android device. Once you've saved your "Keep Calm..." image you can use it as your wallpaper, lock screen, send to friends, Facebook, Twitter, etc !
During World War II the British Government printed thousands of copies of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster to boost the publics moral during very testing times.
With the recent revival of this iconic poster it is nice to see that this message still holds a place in our modern lives with it's appealing and reassuring message.
Traditionally this poster has a red background with a white type face. You can customise it with a multitude of different background and type face colours while still keeping the original meaning of the poster.
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Not sure what happened to my posted question about the chute suggestions. But here is the problem. Despite being a dachshund that are supposed to love tunnels and such, Seb is scared of the chute. He was very cautious about going into an open tunnel but we worked it through.
Chute even when held open is a different story. He will go in but if the fabric moves ( wind, the person holding it moes, etc), he turns around and runs out. Even if he can clearly see me on the other end. So, any suggestions are welcome.
I ended up buying a chute and taking the sleeve off. I just don't want him to associate that obsticle with a bad thing and lock up on it. So, today I actually took his blanket and draped it over one end. He did fine with it brushing his back and one time even had to push his way out. But that is his blanket that he sleeps under. Now I need to fgure out a way to get him to go in with the regular fabric attached.


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We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that the success of our students requires that they respect and understand the diversity of communities and cultures that surround them.
The Department of Public Policy's programs are committed to providing a climate of education that promotes the diversity of perspectives and experience in public policy development and practice. We seek to achieve this goal through the presence of diverse people, participation of historically excluded groups, and a welcoming and inclusive climate, emphasizing equity, shared power, and responsibility.
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The Department of Public Policy offers several advantages:
UConn is a Top 25 public university. Collaborative research is performed in all 14 schools as well as at our 100+ research centers and institutes. We attract faculty, resources, and attention at a national level.
The University of Connecticut Department of Public Policy is committed to high quality research, teaching, and service in the areas of public policy, public management, public financial management, nonprofit management, and survey research. The Department is committed to providing a climate of inclusion that promotes diversity of perspectives and experiences.
Our Alumni are leaders of public, nonprofit, and corporate organizations in Connecticut, the U.S., and the world.
Our Students are highly qualified critical thinkers.
Our Faculty are nationally and internationally renowned researchers devoted to developing the next generation of public, nonprofit, and private sector leaders.
Our Programs are designed to meet the highest curriculum standards and feature an optimal blend of theoretical and practical knowledge.
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Experience Provided. The use of practical experiences and internships as learning tools, combined with theory, analysis, and case studies in the classroom, make our program job-relevant and intellectually challenging. Online coursework enables greater access and advancement for students.
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Enjoy a range of member benefits and visit us as many times as you like.
We are currently home to a bachelor group of king penguins.
King penguins were one of the very first species to be kept at Edinburgh Zoo. They were first bred at the Zoo in 1919, which was the first captive breeding of this species anywhere in the world. For these reasons, a king penguin can be seen on the Zoo's logo and on the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's crest.
Our king penguin colony can be found at Penguins Rock.
Our king penguins are managed by the European Stud Book programme which is monitored by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) are found on sub-Antarctic islands. They are closely related to Emperor penguins, which live in the Antarctic and are larger than King penguins.
Both species lay only one egg and incubate it on top of their feet, but unlike the Emperor penguin, both the male and female King penguin will share incubation duties and take care of the chick when it hatches.
King penguin chicks are very unusual-looking for the first year of their lives, as they have very shaggy, brown feathers and can appear to be even larger than their parents.
King penguins eat small fish and squid. They normally dive to 50 metres, however they can dive very deeply to hunt their prey—sometimes up to 300 metres, far deeper than any other penguin species other than Emperor penguins.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, they were heavily hunted for oil, blubber, eggs and skins. However following the ban of commercial hunting, the king penguin populations have bounced back, with most breeding locations becoming home to large, secure colonies.
In more recent years, with increased human activity around the sub-Antarctic islands, there is an increasing risk of the introduction of a disease, pest or predator that could do a lot of harm to the breeding populations.
One of the king penguins at Edinburgh Zoo is very special. His name is Sir Nils Olav and he has been awarded an honorary colonel-in-chief of the Kings Guard in the Norwegian army, he was knighted in 2008 and has just been promoted again to 'Brigadier' in August 2016. He is very proud of this and when the guardsman visit him he especially enjoys inspecting the guards and listening to the bandsmen.
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Cub Scouts is a worldwide program with deep history, created to help prepare our children for their future by teaching a variety of life skills including personal and civic responsibility, ethical and moral decision making, and goal setting and achievement.
This program is a wonderful way to bring together families–boys, girls, siblings, and parents/ caregivers, through structured activities which promote: confidence and self esteem building, good sportsmanship, environmental protection and outdoor skills. During the school year families will participate in a number of fun and educational experiences with games, speakers, field trips, and camping oriented activities.
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This is a question that I am frequently asked by adult congregants after I leave the Sanctuary on Sunday mornings. My answer is that it's our children's love offerings, in the form of pink and red felt hearts.
Every Sunday during class time, our toddlers through high school classes hold circle time. Circle time is a weekly ritual that includes an opening prayer, tapping a chime, lighting a Christ candle, a short meditation, a time of personal sharing and blessing each other, followed by a love offering.
While everyone is sitting in the circle, a drawstring bag full of felt hearts is passed around. Each person who is present takes out a felt heart and holds it over their heart. Then everyone recites the love offering affirmation together. After reciting the affirmation, the bag is passed around a second time and everyone puts their love-infused hearts back into the bag.
The bags are collected when the children line up to come into the Sanctuary. I carry the bags and give them to whoever is blessing the children. Then, the children's love offering gets blessed when we bless them, along with the teachers and angels.
A Felt Heart Full Of Love
The ritual of "felt hearts" has been repeated every Sunday since I've been the Director of the Youth Education program at UCOH. Our rationale was that the felt hearts would provide a way for young children who didn't have any money to feel like they were able to give a meaningful contribution back to their spiritual home. Giving something helps them to feel ownership and a sense of belonging to the spiritual family. It tells them that they matter to the community.
I remember when I was a volunteer teacher, I had an angel named Bill Kimbrough. He took such delight in empowering the young children to give money. He would come to class with a wallet full of one-dollar bills. When we circled up for the love offering, he would hand out the dollar bills to all the kids to put into the offering. It warmed my heart to watch their little faces light up as they gleefully put their dollars into the bag. And Mr. Bill, as we fondly referred to him, would smile ear to ear. It was such a joyful experience for all of us!
Giving Is The Key To Happiness
Over the years, our children and teens gradually shifted to relying on the felt hearts and stopped bringing their own love offerings. Upon reevaluating this practice at UCOH, we decided that it was time to provide children's love offering envelopes for the older kids and teens. This will help them to grow into a mindset of tithing as adults as well as enable them to experience the joy of giving. As Dear Abby says, "Giving is the key to happiness. When you're not giving, you're not living!"
We know that some children don't get allowances, and some teens don't have jobs. Thus, giving a small amount like even a dollar may be a stretch for them. However, a parent or grandparent could be the supplier, like Mr. Bill was for his class. As Jesus referred to the widow's mite, it is not the amount that matters most, but the spirit in which it is given that determines its value.
Give And It Shall Be Given Unto You
The golden rule tells us to do unto others as we would have others do unto ourselves. That's because what you do unto others, you do to yourself! Jesus said, "Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over." This is what I call the golden rule of giving, what you give unto others you give to yourself.
If we are truly one, then certainly anything we say or do or give away affects everyone else as well as ourselves. When we give to our spiritual home, we are investing in its future strength and stability. Which means that we are investing in our own spiritual growth and blessing ourselves as we bless our spiritual supply.
The Grace Of Giving
As Charles Fillmore states, giving is a grace that adds to the spiritual growth of all men in all times. Without giving the soul shrivels, but when giving is practiced, the soul expands and becomes Godlike in the grace of liberality and generosity.
Fillmore explains the grace of giving as having a willing mind and being a cheerful giver. Graceful giving recognizes God as the unfailing source of supply and all increase. As we teach our children spiritual principles, let's be sure to teach them how to be graceful givers and receivers. And when they grow up, they will be blessed by the principles they live by.
These love offering envelopes will be distributed in the classrooms on Fly Up Sunday and Welcome Sunday.


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We are made in the UK that's why we have a lot of news from there to you! Today's news are about the Royalty with a very Decor and Syle article regarding the Prince Harry's Pink Palace Rooms. Let's get to know a few more about it?
It's the color we've been seeing everywhere, both in decor and in fashion, of late—pink. And the stereotypically feminine hue is no longer reserved for ladies, not by a long shot. In fact, it's fair to say that pink is the new power color—popping up on the Gucci runway; making a splash at the Instagram-bait Pietro Nolita restaurant in New York; and now, apparently, making a splash on the walls of some of Prince Harry's private living quarters.
According to Joa Studholme, a color consultant for Farrow & Ball, Harry opted to have some of his space painted in a scheme of pinks and grays. "Very strong colors, very contemporary. He had lots of grays and lovely pinks," she said. "You'd be surprised acandbell.comtually."
In case he's still looking for some color inspiration, a few of our favorite interior designers are sharing their top pink paint choices. And yes, Middleton Pink made the cut.
Inspired on this idea of Prince Harry we give you today some inspirations of Pink details in rooms and spaces on the most different ways. Are you ready to know them?
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New Delhi: Facebook announced on Monday that it has appointed former Hotstar executive Ajit Mohan as Vice-President and Managing Director of its India operations. Twitter erupted on receiving this news as Mohan had served the "Sonia Gandhi-led UPA", tweeted the handle @LegalKant.
While the handle has a modest following, the tweet attracted a disproportionately high number of retweets, echoing Facebook users' apprehension of political bias in dealing with posts in the news feed.
So Kochi born and Wharton educated Ajit Mohan who worked with a union ministry and Planning Commission under Sonia Gandhi led UPA will now join Facebook India as managing director and vice-president just before next General Elections of India pic.twitter.com/Xlk5dSYj3N
— Ravi Kant Tripathi (@LegalKant) September 24, 2018
In the newly created role, Mohan will be responsible for aligning teams and driving Facebook's overall strategy in India, the US-based company said in a statement.
The Twitter handle above rubbed it in further by drawing a tenuous link between Mohan and Congress president Rahul Gandhi:
For those who are unaware, new Facebook India head Ajit Mohan's Wharton Connection is interesting since that's where he became friends with Kanishka Singh
Who is Kanishka Singh?
He is political aide and closest man to Congress President Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/zqlCSJbxle
— Ravi Kant Tripathi (@LegalKant) September 24, 2018
The insinuation assumes significance in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal of Facebook. What makes it worse particularly for Indian users of Facebook is the medium's Congress connection via Cambridge Analytica.
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie had revealed earlier this year that the Indian National Congress was one of the clients of Cambridge Analytica.
Ajit Mohan, who?
The wariness of conservatives notwithstanding, Mohan cannot be said to have had an uninspiring professional history. Born in Kochi, he has an MBA in finance from the Wharton School. He worked at McKinsey & Co, the global consulting firm, concentrating on media projects that required him to work closely with film and TV studios, production companies, children's entertainment companies, women's apparel and footwear, and online gaming.
Mohan returned to India in 2008 as a fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute, and in the following years worked with the ministry of urban development and the Planning Commission as well as the International Centre for Research on Women. It was a conscious switch to the public sector, he said.
"It is a unique opportunity to shape the agenda of a company that has brought the world closer together in one of the most exciting markets in the world. I look forward to championing India in Facebook and working with stakeholders across the spectrum to help build deep and meaningful communities across the country," Mohan said.
Mohan's tryst with communities, organisations, businesses and policymakers was one of the key factors considered by Facebook. Mohan will join Facebook India early next year.
Mohan joins Facebook from streaming platform Hotstar, where he was the CEO.
In October last year, Umang Bedi had stepped down from the India MD position and Sandeep Bhushan was named as the interim MD. Since then, the company has restructured operations in India.


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Connor and I spent some time out in the yard today, and once I got most of my small projects done out there I just had to go down to the nursery and get some more plants so I could create twice as many projects as I had before. Because that's how I roll.
With all the outdoor things I was doing today after Connor's bedtime I spent quite a bit of time going in and out our screen door at twilight, and I seem to have invited every bug in the general vicinity in with me. So the cats are going absolutely nuts right now; they take their role as the Bug Destroyers of the house very seriously, and the war is on.
Cricket has been stalking a crane fly for the last twenty minutes, and so she's been alternating between stalking the bug, leaping wildly into the air, and sitting beneath it making little chirping noises to coax it down so she can kill it. She completely ignores bugs on the other side of our windows (unlike Loki, who is convinced he can eat them through the glass) but she will methodically hunt down absolutely every insect that dares venture into our house.
Loki is a bit more direct with his bug catching. His strategy is to run pell-mell after the bug until it either flies too high, he loses interest, or he skids into a wall. Loki is not a subtle creature by any stretch of the imagination, but somehow he still seems to get lucky. Maybe the bugs are laughing too hard to get out of his way.
Seriously-- despite their different strategies, these two are so good at catching bugs that they keep the house pretty much insect free. I have no idea how the heck the gerbil managed to survive not one, but two escape attempts with our cats on the job. Maybe it's because the crane flies aren't intelligent enough to hide under the couch.
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One to watch: Celtic's 19-year-old winger Daniel Arzani
Introducing The Boot Room's 2018/19 One to Watch series…
Not many people saw Daniel Arzani menacing down the flanks of many an A-League pitch in the last 12 months.
Millions of people did, however, see the raw talent that the Australian possesses after three impressive cameos off the bench at this year's World Cup – a tournament at which he was the youngest player.
And now he will head to Celtic on loan, playing in a league that will provide a sterner physical test while still allowing him to develop in the comfortable surroundings of a strong, attacking team.
Play Style
An attribute that will be of vital importance in the fledgling stages of the 19-year-old's career at Celtic is his ability to play on both wings.
At Melbourne City, he constantly changed flanks from game to game – and even during games.
On the right flank, he likes to use his speed to stretch the pitch and make runs to the by-line.
On the left, he enjoys using his incisive dribbling to move inside and head towards the penalty box.
He will be hoping to improve on his production though.
While impressive in the league, his record of two goals and one assist in 1,195 minutes is not particularly stellar.
In saying that, he has shown more than a few glimpses of the underlying raw talent needed to succeed at a higher level.
Season Ahead
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold glowingly endorsed the move, telling reporters this week, "It's a big move for the kid. He's a very intelligent kid. He knows what his plan is".
With the international retirement of Tim Cahill, many in Arzani's native Australia are looking towards the 19-year-old to be the face of the next generation.
Weirdly, he will try to grow into that role out of the national spotlight in the confines of Glasgow, Celtic Park and the Champions League.


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Various schemes have been used or proposed for timekeeping on the planet Mars independently of Earth time and calendars.
Mars has an axial tilt and a rotation period similar to those of Earth. Thus it experiences seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter much like Earth, and its day is about the same length. Its year is almost twice as long as Earth's, and its orbital eccentricity is considerably larger, which means among other things that the lengths of various Martian seasons differ considerably, and sundial time can diverge from clock time more than on Earth.
The average length of a Martian sidereal day is 24 h 37 m 22.663 s (88,642.66300 seconds based on SI units), and the length of its solar day (often called a sol) is 24 h 39 m 35.244147 s (88,775.244147 seconds). The corresponding values for Earth are 23 h 56 m 4.0916 s and 24h 00 m 00.002 s, respectively. This yields a conversion factor of 1.02749125170 days/sol. Thus Mars' solar day is only about 2.7% longer than Earth's.
A convention used by spacecraft lander projects to date has been to keep track of local solar time using a 24-hour "Mars clock" on which the hours, minutes and seconds are 2.7% longer than their standard (Earth) durations. For the Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rover (MER), Phoenix, and Mars Science Laboratory missions, the operations team has worked on "Mars time", with a work schedule synchronized to the local time at the landing site on Mars, rather than the Earth day. This results in the crew's schedule sliding approximately 40 minutes later in Earth time each day. Wristwatches calibrated in Martian time, rather than Earth time, were used by many of the MER team members.[1][2]
Local solar time has a significant impact on planning the daily activities of Mars landers. Daylight is needed for the solar panels of landed spacecraft. Its temperature rises and falls rapidly at sunrise and sunset because Mars does not have the Earth's thick atmosphere and oceans that buffer such fluctuations.
Alternative clocks for Mars have been proposed, but no mission has chosen to use them. These include a metric time schema, with "millidays" and "centidays", and an extended day which uses standard units but which counts to 24 h 39 m 35 s before ticking over to the next day.
As on Earth, on Mars there is also an equation of time that represents the difference between sundial time and uniform (clock) time. The equation of time is illustrated by an analemma. Because of orbital eccentricity, the length of the solar day is not quite constant. Because its orbital eccentricity is greater than that of Earth, the length of day varies from the average by a greater amount than that of Earth, and hence its equation of time shows greater variation than that of Earth: on Mars, the Sun can run 50 minutes slower or 40 minutes faster than a Martian clock (on Earth, the corresponding figures are 14m 22s slower and 16m 23s faster).
Mars has a prime meridian, defined as passing through the small crater Airy-0. However, Mars does not have time zones defined at regular intervals from the prime meridian, as on Earth. Each lander so far has used an approximation of local solar time as its frame of reference, as cities did on Earth before the introduction of standard time in the 19th century. (The two Mars Exploration Rovers happen to be approximately 12 hours and one minute apart.)
Note that the modern standard for measuring longitude on Mars is "planetocentric longitude", which is measured from 0°–360° East and measures angles from the center of Mars. The older "planetographic longitude" was measured from 0°–360° West and used coordinates mapped onto the surface.[3]
MTC is a proposed Mars analog to Universal Time (UT1) on Earth. It is defined as the mean solar time at Mars's prime meridian. The prime meridian was first proposed by German astronomers Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler in 1830 as marked by the fork in the albedo feature later named Sinus Meridiani by Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli. This convention was readily adopted by the astronomical community, the result being that Mars had a universally accepted prime meridian half a century before the International Meridian Conference of 1884 established one for Earth. The definition of the Martian prime meridian has since been refined on the basis of spacecraft imagery as the center of the crater Airy-0 in Terra Meridiani. The name "MTC" is intended to parallel the Terran Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), but this is somewhat misleading: what distinguishes UTC from other forms of UT is its leap seconds, but MTC does not use any such scheme. MTC is more closely analogous to UT1.
Use of the term "MTC" as the name of a planetary standard time for Mars first appeared in the Mars24[4] sunclock coded by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It replaced Mars24's previous use of the term "Airy Mean Time" (AMT), which was a direct parallel of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In an astronomical context, "GMT" is a deprecated name for Universal Time, or sometimes more specifically for UT1.
AMT has not yet been employed in official mission timekeeping. This is partially attributable to uncertainty regarding the position of Airy-0 (relative to other longitudes), which meant that AMT couldn't be realized as accurately as local time at points being studied. At the start of the Mars Exploration Rover missions, the positional uncertainty of Airy-0 corresponded to roughly a 20-second uncertainty in realizing AMT.
Each lander mission so far has used its own time zone, corresponding to average local solar time at the landing location. Of the six successful Mars landers to date, five employed offsets from local mean solar time (LMST) for the lander site while the sixth (Mars Pathfinder) used local true solar time (LTST).[5][6]
Mars Pathfinder used the local apparent solar time at its location of landing. Its time zone was AAT-02:13:01, where "AAT" is Airy Apparent Time, meaning apparent solar time at Airy-0.
The two Mars Exploration Rovers do not use precisely the LMST of the landing points. For mission operations purposes, they defined a time scale that would match the clock used for the mission to the apparent solar time about halfway through the nominal 90-sol prime mission. This is referred to in mission planning as "Hybrid Local Solar Time" (HLST). The time scales are uniform in the sense of mean solar time (they are actually mean time of some longitude), and are not adjusted as the rovers travel. (The rovers have traveled distances that make a few seconds difference to local solar time.) The HLST of Spirit is AMT+11:00:04 whereas the LMST at its landing site is AMT+11:41:55. The HLST of Opportunity is AMT-01:01:06 whereas the LMST at its landing site is AMT-00:22:06. Neither rover is likely to ever reach the longitude at which its mission time scale matches local mean time. For science purposes, Local True Solar Time is used.
The Mars Phoenix project specified timekeeping that matched Local Mean Solar Time at its the planned landing longitude of -126.65°E (the actual landing site was about 0.7° east of that). This corresponds to a mission clock of AMT-08:26:36.
The MSL Curiosity Rover project opted for the use of Local Mean Solar Time at its originally planned landing longitude of 137.42°E (the actual landing site was about 0.2° east of that). This corresponds to a mission clock of AMT+09:09:40.8.
With the location of Airy-0 now known much more precisely than when these missions landed, it is technically feasible for future missions to use a convenient offset from Airy Mean Time, rather than completely non-standard time zones. Although there are currently no official timezone system for Mars other than AMT/MTC, Ares Astronautics has also put forward a solution to this problem based upon the USGS Martian Quadrangles officially known as the Arean Time Zone System.[7][importance?]
The term sol is used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar day on Mars.[8] A mean Martian solar day, or "sol", is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.[6]
When a spacecraft lander begins operations on Mars, the passing Martian days (sols) are tracked using a simple numerical count. The two Viking missions, Mars Phoenix and the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity count the sol on which each lander touched down as "Sol 0", as will the InSight mission. Mars Pathfinder and the two Mars Exploration Rovers instead defined touchdown as "Sol 1".[9]
Although lander missions have twice occurred in pairs, no effort was made to synchronize the sol counts of the two landers within each pair. Thus, for example, although Spirit and Opportunity were sent to operate simultaneously on Mars, each counted its landing date as "Sol 1", putting their calendars approximately 21 sols out of sync. Spirit and Opportunity differ in longitude by 179 degrees, so when it is daylight for one it is night for the other, and they carried out activities independently while both were operational.
On Earth, astronomers often use Julian Dates – a simple sequential count of days – for timekeeping purposes. "For historical utility with respect to the Earth-based atmospheric, visual mapping, and polar-cap observations of Mars…, a sequential count of sol-numbers" the Mars Sol Date (MSD) was proposed starting "prior to the 1877 perihelic opposition."[5] This Mars Sol Date (MSD), is a running count of sols since December 29, 1873 (the birth date of astronomer Carl Otto Lampland). Another proposal suggests a start date (or epoch) in the year 1608 (invention of the telescope).[citation needed] Either choice is intended to ensure that all historically recorded events related to Mars occur after it. The Mars Sol Date is defined mathematically as MSD = (Julian Date using International Atomic Time - 2451549.5 + k)/1.02749125 + 44796.0, where k is a small correction of approximately 0.00014 d (or 12 s) due to uncertainty in the exact geographical position of the prime meridian at Airy-0 crater.
The word "yestersol" was coined by the NASA Mars operations team early during the MER mission to refer to the previous sol (the Mars version of "yesterday"), and came into fairly wide use within that organization during the Mars Exploration Rover Mission of 2003.[10] It was even picked up and used by the press.[citation needed] Other neologisms include "tosol" (for "today" on Mars), as well as one of three Mars versions of "tomorrow": "nextersol", "morrowsol", or "solmorrow".[11] NASA planners coined the term "soliday" at least as far back as 2012 to refer to days off due to time phasing or the synching of planetary schedules.[12]
The length of time for Mars to complete one orbit around the Sun is its sidereal year, and is about 686.98 Earth solar days, or 668.5991 sols. Because of the eccentricity of Mars' orbit, the seasons are not of equal length. Assuming that seasons run from equinox to solstice or vice versa, the season Ls 0 to Ls 90 (northern-hemisphere spring / southern-hemisphere autumn) is the longest season lasting 194 Martian sols, and Ls 180 to Ls 270 (northern hemisphere autumn / southern-hemisphere spring) is the shortest season, lasting only 142 Martian sols.[13] One commonly used system in the scientific literature denotes year number relative to Mars Year 1 (MY1) beginning with the northern Spring equinox of April 11, 1955.[14]
As on Earth, the sidereal year is not the quantity that is needed for calendar purposes. Rather, the tropical year would be likely to be used because it gives the best match to the progression of the seasons. It is slightly shorter than the sidereal year due to the precession of Mars' rotational axis. The precession cycle is 93,000 Martian years (175,000 Earth years), much longer than on Earth. Its length in tropical years can be computed by dividing the difference between the sidereal year and tropical year by the length of the tropical year.
Tropical year length depends on the starting point of measurement, due to the effects of Kepler's second law of planetary motion. It can be measured in relation to an equinox or solstice, or can be the mean of various possible years including the March (northward) equinox year, June (northern) solstice year, the September (southward) equinox year, the December (southern) solstice year, and other such years. The Gregorian calendar uses the March equinox year.
On Earth, the variation in the lengths of the tropical years is small, but on Mars it is much larger. The northward equinox year is 668.5907 sols, the northern solstice year is 668.5880 sols, the southward equinox year is 668.5940 sols, and the southern solstice year is 668.5958 sols. Averaging over an entire orbital period gives a tropical year of 668.5921 sols. (Since, like Earth, the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars have opposite seasons, equinoxes and solstices must be labelled by hemisphere to remove ambiguity.)
Long before mission control teams on Earth began scheduling work shifts according to the Martian sol while operating spacecraft on the surface of Mars, it was recognized that humans probably could adapt to this slightly longer diurnal period. This suggested that a calendar based on the sol and the Martian year might be a useful timekeeping system for astronomers in the short term and for explorers in the future. For most day-to-day activities on Earth, people do not use Julian days, as astronomers do, but the Gregorian calendar, which despite its various complications is quite useful. It allows for easy determination of whether one date is an anniversary of another, whether a date is in winter or spring, and what is the number of years between two dates. This is much less practical with Julian days count. For similar reasons, if it is ever necessary to schedule and co-ordinate activities on a large scale across the surface of Mars it would be necessary to agree on a calendar.
American astronomer Percival Lowell expressed the time of year on Mars in terms of Mars dates that were analogous to Gregorian dates, with 20 March, 21 June, 22 September, and 21 December marking the southward equinox, southern solstice, northward equinox, and northern solstice, respectively; Lowell's focus was on the southern hemisphere of Mars because it is the hemisphere that is more easily observed from Earth during favorable oppositions. Lowell's system was not a true calendar, since a Mars date could span nearly two entire sols; rather it was a convenient device for expressing the time of year in the southern hemisphere in lieu of heliocentric longitude, which would have been less comprehensible to a general readership.[15]
Italian astronomer Mentore Maggini's 1939 book describes a calendar developed years earlier by American astronomers Andrew Ellicott Douglass and William H. Pickering, in which the first nine months contain 56 sols and the last three months contain 55 sols. Their calendar year begins with the northward equinox on 1 March, thus imitating the original Roman calendar. Other dates of astronomical significance are: northern solstice, 27 June; southward equinox, 36 September; southern solstice, 12 December; perihelion, 31 November; and aphelion, 31 May. Pickering's inclusion of Mars dates in a 1916 report of his observations may have been the first use of a Martian calendar in an astronomical publication.[16] Maggini states: "These dates of the Martian calendar are frequently used by observatories...."[17] Despite his claim, this system eventually fell into disuse, and in its place new systems were proposed periodically which likewise did not gain sufficient acceptance to take permanent hold.
In 1936, when the calendar reform movement was at its height, American astronomer Robert G. Aitken published an article outlining a Martian calendar. In each quarter there are three months of 42 sols and a fourth month of 41 sols. The pattern of seven-day weeks repeats over a two-year cycle, i.e., the calendar year always begins on a Sunday in odd-numbered years, thus effecting a perpetual calendar for Mars.[18]
Whereas previous proposals for a Martian calendar had not included an epoch, American astronomer I. M. Levitt developed a more complete system in 1954. In fact, Ralph Mentzer, an acquaintance of Levitt's who was a watchmaker for the Hamilton Watch Company, built several clocks designed by Levitt to keep time on both Earth and Mars. They could also be set to display the date on both planets according to Levitt's calendar and epoch (the Julian day epoch of 4713 BCE).[19][20]
Charles F. Capen included references to Mars dates in a 1966 Jet Propulsion Laboratory technical report associated with the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars. This system stretches the Gregorian calendar to fit the longer Martian year, much as Lowell had done in 1895, the difference being that 20 March, 21 June, 22 September, and 21 December marks the northward equinox, northern solstice, southward equinox, southern solstice, respectively.[21] Similarly, Conway B. Leovy et al. also expressed time in terms of Mars dates in a 1973 paper describing results from the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter.[22]
British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore described a Martian calendar of his own design in 1977. His idea was to divide up a Martian year into 18 months. Months 6, 12 and 18, have 38 sols, while the rest of the months contain 37 sols.[23]
American aerospace engineer and political scientist Thomas Gangale first published regarding the Darian calendar in 1986, with additional details published in 1998 and 2006. It has 24 months to accommodate the longer Martian year while keeping the notion of a "month" that is reasonably similar to the length of an Earth month. On Mars, a "month" would have no relation to the orbital period of any moon of Mars, since Phobos and Deimos orbit in about 7 hours and 30 hours respectively. However, Earth and Moon would generally be visible to the naked eye when they were above the horizon at night, and the time it takes for the Moon to move from maximum separation in one direction to the other and back as seen from Mars is close to a Lunar month.[24][25][26]
Czech astronomer Josef Šurán offered a Martian calendar design in 1997, in which a common year has 672 Martian days distributed into 24 months of 28 days (or 4 weeks of 7 days each); in skip years an entire week at the end of the twelfth month is omitted.[27]
Allusions to timekeeping on Mars in fiction tend to be cursory, meant only as part as the exotic ambience of another world.
The first known reference to time on Mars appears in Percy Greg's 1880 novel Across the Zodiac. The primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary divisions of the sol are based on the number 12. Sols are numbered 0 through the end of the year, with no additional structure to the calendar. The epoch is "the union of all races and nations in a single State, a union which was formally established 13,218 years ago".[28]
Edgar Rice Burroughs described the divisions of the sol into zodes, xats, and tals;[29] he may have been the first to make the mistake of describing the Martian year as lasting 687 Martian days, but he was far from the last.[30]
In Robert A. Heinlein's 1949 novel Red Planet, humans living on Mars use a 24-month calendar, alternating between familiar Earth months and newly created months such as Ceres and Zeus. For example, Ceres comes after March and before April, while Zeus comes after October and before November.[31]
Arthur C. Clarke's 1951 novel The Sands of Mars mentions in passing that "Monday followed Sunday in the usual way" and "the months also had the same names, but were fifty to sixty days in length".[32]
In H. Beam Piper's 1957 short story "Omnilingual", the Martian calendar and the periodic table are the keys to archaeologists' deciphering of the records left by the long dead Martian civilization.[33]
Kurt Vonnegut's 1959 novel The Sirens of Titan describes a Martian calendar divided into twenty-one months: "twelve with thirty sols, and nine with thirty-one sols", for a total of only 639 sols.[34]
D. G. Compton states in his 1966 novel Farewell, Earth's Bliss, during the prison ship's journey to Mars, "Nobody on board had any real idea how the people in the settlement would have organised their six-hundred-and-eighty-seven-day year".[35]
In Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy, clocks retain Earth-standard seconds, minutes, and hours, but freeze at midnight for 39.5 minutes. As the fictional colonization of Mars progresses, this "timeslip" becomes a sort of witching hour, a time when inhibitions can be shed, and the emerging identity of Mars as a separate entity from Earth is celebrated. (It is not said explicitly whether this occurs simultaneously all over Mars, or at local midnight in each longitude.) Also in the Mars Trilogy, the calendar year is divided into twenty-four months. The names of the months are the same as the Gregorian calendar, except for a "1" or "2" in front to indicate the first or second occurrence of that month (for example, 1 January, 2 January, 1 February, 2 February).
In the manga and anime series Aria by Kozue Amano, set on a terraformed Mars, the calendar year is also divided into twenty-four months. Following the modern Japanese calendar, the months are not named but numbered sequentially, running from 1st Month to 24th Month.[36]
The Darian calendar is mentioned in several works of fiction set on Mars:
In both The Martian (Weir novel), a 2011 science fiction novel by Andy Weir, and The Martian (film), a 2015 American film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the Weir novel, sols are counted and referenced frequently.
In Ian McDonald's Desolation Road, set on a terraformed Mars (referred to by the book's characters as "Ares"), characters follow an implied 24-month calendar whose months are portmanteaus of Gregorian months, such as "Julaugust," "Augtember" and "Novodecember."
MSD can be computed from the Julian date referred to Terrestrial Time (TT), as[37]
Terrestrial time, however, is not as easily available as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). TT can be computed from UTC by first adding the difference TAI−UTC, which is a positive integer number of seconds occasionally updated by the introduction of leap seconds (see current number of leap seconds), then adding the constant difference TT−TAI = 32.184 s. This leads to the following formula giving MSD from the UTC-referred Julian date:
where the difference TAI−UTC is in seconds. JDUTC can in turn be computed from any epoch-based time stamp, by adding the Julian date of the epoch to the time stamp in days. For example, if t is a Unix timestamp in seconds, then
It follows, by a simple substitution:
MTC is simply the fractional part of MSD, in hours, minutes and seconds:[6]
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Kaya toast, prata, nasi lemak, noodles… we sure know how to do local breakfast in Singapore. It's cheat day everyday!
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day then it shouldn't be anything less than epic. Consider yourself lucky to be living in Singapore where breakfast is merely a concept. Want to eat rice for breakfast? Try nasi lemak. Need something fried and dough-y? We've got prata and vadai. Here are our favourite dishes we love to start the day with. Just a heads up, look away if you're anti-carbs and gluten. This is how we do local breakfast in Singapore and we're not sorry!
Kaya toast and soft-boiled eggs
Who wouldn't love some toast for breakfast? We level it up by slathering some kaya (a custard jam made from coconut milk, pandan, egg yolk and sugar) on toasted bread or soft warm buns, prepare a simple side of two soft boiled eggs and complete the experience with a cup of hot teh tarik or kopi. You can find this Singaporean traditional breakfast set at any local coffee shop – and it wouldn't even cost you more than $5. You can find us scoffing the kaya buns at Chin Mee Chin Confectionery in Katong often…
Nasi lemak
There's nothing quite like it in cafe cuisine. Nasi lemak is fragrant coconut rice usually served with fried ikan bilis and nuts, fried fish, fried egg and a dollop of sambal. Some places go all out and provide a lot more variety in its side dishes like fried chicken, otah, luncheon meat and fishcakes. Good enough for any time of the day, Ponggol Nasi Lemak exclusively opens in the evenings to long queues but if you're in need of some for breakfast, check out Selera Nasi Lemak in Adam Road.
Fried economical noodles
What is Singapore breakfast if you can't find noodles in the mix. Available in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian versions, the beauty about economical noodles (usually beehoon) is what you can add: crispy beancurd skin, eggs, sausages, luncheon meat, mock char siew and vegetables if you want to keep things healthy.
If there's a dish we'll never get bored of, it's roti prata. A staple of Singapore breakfast (and supper), prata hits the spot every time. Crispy on the outside, soft and dough-y on the inside, there are many variations of prata from the kosong (plain prata) to prata bom (a thick smaller version with sweet filling), the prata plaster (like Eggs Benedict, but prata) to prata tissue (super thin and crispy prata drizzled with chocolate sauce). We love it so much we even attempted making it at home, true story.
If it ain't fried, it ain't breakfast. The best thing about youtiao, a long golden brown sort-of donut, is that it's the gateway to other equally delicious breakfast dishes. The sweet soya beancurd and tau suan (a dessert mung bean soup) is usually accompanied by a youtiao stick. Remember to eat it while it's still hot!
Chwee Kueh
And we're back to the high cholesterol food again. Chwee Kueh is a type of steamed rice cake topped with crunchy and salty fried preserved radish and eaten with – never forget – a side of sambal. Because it's so bite-sized and easy to eat, you'll never stop at just one.
A type of pancake with South Indian origins, thosai is always crisp and made from fermented rice and lentils. It's usually served with a selection of curries and stuffed with a spicy potato filling. Best thing? Thosai is vegetarian and healthy, so not all our breakfasts are heart attack-inducing, alright?
Chee cheong fun
Fun fact: chee cheong fun translates to "pig's intestines", in reference to the way these rice sheets are rolled up and steamed. While it's also a dish in dim sum restaurants, the breakfast version is usually served without any meat or prawns but topped with the sweet-salty hoisin sauce, chilli sauce, and sesame seeds for flavour.
Kacang phool
An underrated dish in the spectrum of Singapore breakfasts, kacang phool is a broad bean gravy with minced beef served with a runny sunny side up egg, chopped onions, fresh green chillies, with a plate of warm bread on the side for dipping . While it's not a native dish to Singapore, it can still be found in some coffee shops for breakfast. Think of it as a sort-of Middle Eastern bowl of chilli. While it's not as indulgent as the rest of the dishes on this list, kacang phool is just as comforting and filling.


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GamerTag News has all the latest updates and developments in the gaming and entertainment world covered! Giving us an exclusive look at the workings behind the microphone, Michael Patrick spoke to us on what makes the show tick.
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My name is Michael Patrick and I am President and Founder of GamerTag News. Some might know me as the host of TIMEOUT! and of the game, gadget, and movie reviews.
Hello! Your show is called GamterTag News, though you do talk about lots of other topics other than video games. How would you describe your show?
I would describe GamerTag as an entertainment, news, and review podcast. We currently review video games, technology, and movies. We are hoping future projects will be in the works.
How did you start podcasting? Had you already been doing it before coming to Spreaker?
The podcast came to be when co-founder Cory and I had a conversation while playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on PlayStation 3. We talked about Playstation Radio and started joking around, then one day we happened to find Spreaker. It started out as Playstation Radio, then branched out and did our own thing as GamerTag News.
Awesome! How do you prepare each show?
When it comes to our micro show TIMEOUT!, our team starts by surfing the internet, and contacting game developers to get the latest news in the industry.
Do you use Spreaker's interactive features to chat with your fans?
We use the built in chat to chat live, although sometimes it's hard because we are in the zone when the record button is on. We are in the process of creating a Skype account for GamerTag and currently answer a lot of question via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, we have Twitter and Facebook accounts.
What video games, movies, or music are you looking forward to coming out?
Currently we are excited for Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, Far Cry 3, and PlayStation All Stars Battle Royal. As far as music goes we are excited for new albums from artists such as, Pitbull, Greenday, Wiz Khalifa, and Bruno Mars. We are also currently supporting XFactor group Emblem3. As movie fans we are excited about Daniel Craig starring in another James Bond Film (Skyfall), the Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph, Red Dawn, and 2013 films Gangster Squad and Man of Steel.
We're keeping our eyes open for all of that, too! What do you do to reach listeners? Do you rely on social media, or do you use other channels of communication?
We do use social media like Twitter and Facebook, but we also like to advertise our show while playing in multiplayer modes, like Call of Duty.
Has this podcast helped you personally or professionally?
GamerTag has helped both personally, to help me grow as a person, and professionally realizing that starting a project from scratch takes a lot of motivation.
Anything else you'd like to share?
I would like to say that we are really excited for the award show this year! For the first time we will be letting the audience vote! We encourage listeners to listen to our show for more information on the date. We also want to encourage everyone to check out our website at gamertagnews.weebly.com and to check out our YouTube Page at GamerTagNews.
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Yesterday, I wrapped up my 11-part David Fincher retrospective, and earlier today I posted my review of his new movie, Gone Girl. I really enjoyed digging into Fincher's work and writing long-form essays about it. Video essays are another excellent way of examining a director's work, and Tony Zhou has created a must-see piece looking at why Fincher is a unique filmmaker and master of his craft. Good narrative filmmaking is about conveying information, but Zhou is right in that Fincher's characters pride themselves on learning specific pieces of information. More importantly, the subtlety in how Fincher conveys information is quite stunning, and this video essay does an excellent job of breaking down the director's methods.
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Most members are based at Bamford, Buxton, Worksop, Ogston, Homesford, Hady and Derby. We are engaged in water treatment, distribution and sewage treatment with lesser numbers in administration and management. We are all part of Chesterfield Number 1 Branch. Our full-time officer is Jon Smith from the Chesterfield Office. We have one shop steward who can be contacted as follows:
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"Setting an example is not the main means
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In the preface to his 2007 book "Get in the Game," Ripken tells about a conversation in the dugout during the 1998 All-Star Game. Derek Jeter, now a perennial all-star for the New York Yankees, was playing in his first midsummer classic. He leaned in to ask Ripken, "What's the secret of playing every day? How do you do it?"
Ripken's answer to young Jeter was the same then as it has been for the last 11 years. "You know Derek, I just...I just play."
As unspectacular as the answer might seem, Ripken says he's grown to realize he has to amend it a little. "I didn't just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work."
The distinction, Ripken says, sitting in the offices of his baseball complex outside of Baltimore, is that he didn't just clock in; he made sure he was getting better at his craft every day. And that is tough to do over two decades in any job.
"I think the numbers will back me up," Ripken says. "I worked at my game, worked on my weaknesses. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't just on the field, but that I was a contributor every time I was out there."
Secondary Story: I really loved the fact that Derek Jeter went over to Ripken to pick his brain. It was his first all-start game and he could've played it cool but he was there with the game's best and wanting to learn and grow -- which is exactly what he's done!


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Episode 84: Team USA's "Mom" Sherry Von Riesen
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The US Olympic Committee's training facility in Colorado Springs plays hosts to hundreds of athletes every year. Some spend a week or two on campus for special training; others live there year round. To make sure the athletes are getting everything they need, the USOC relies on Sherry Von Riesen, athlete services coordinator — or better known as Team Mom. In honor of Mother's Day this weekend, we learn more about how she helps the athletes become their best.
We've also got a lot of Team Olympic Fever news on the docket and some Tokyo 2020 updates (hint: Some International Federations aren't happy with what's going on).
If you liked this episode, you might also like:
- Episode 33: Cross-Country Skiing Olympic Gold Medalist Kikkan Randall: https://olymfever.com/2018/05/17/episode-33-cross-country-skiing-olympic-gold-medalist-kikkan-randall/
- Episode 56: Dawn Harper Nelson's Olympics: https://olymfever.com/2018/10/26/episode-56-dawn-harper-nelsons-olympics/
- Episode 61: Kim Rhode's Olympics: https://olymfever.com/2018/11/29/episode-61-kim-rhodes-olympics/
- Episode 73: Diver Laura Wilkinson's Olympics: https://olymfever.com/2019/02/21/episode-73-diver-laura-wilkinsons-olympics/
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Agenda Item No. 6
Approval was sought for the establishment of a Strong Communities Grant Fund.
In October 2016, Cabinet approved a series of recommendations regarding grants to community and voluntary organisations.
These recommendations included, as a basis for consultation and further development, that the Small Community Grants and Voluntary Action Scheme Grants be replaced with a new Community Grants Scheme from 2017/18. To enable this to happen in a timely way, Cabinet approved proposals regarding the operation of these schemes for the remainder of 2016/17. Cabinet agreed that proposals should be developed with regard to ways of operating a Community Grants Scheme and that the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee should consider options ahead of a further report being brought to Cabinet for consideration in due course. The report provided Cabinet with a description of the work undertaken to date and set out a proposal for the operation of a new Community Grants Scheme, the Strong Communities Grant Fund.
Proposals for the way in which the Strong Communities Grant Fund could operate were referred to the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee in February 2017 as a basis for discussion as to how the fund could operate. The report to the Committee was referenced in the Background Papers of the report. The minutes from the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee's meeting were attached at Appendix A to the report.
The views of the Committee had been considered and reflected in the proposals for the Strong Communities Grant Fund which was described below.
The Strong Communities Grant Fund
The purpose of the Strong Communities Fund was to enable community groups, the voluntary sector and Town and Community Councils to apply for revenue and capital funding that promoted initiatives within the Vale of Glamorgan consistent with the Council's vision of "Strong communities with a bright future".
Eligible schemes would include those which were seeking funding to:
• Improve the resilience of organisations/groups or their activities by funding activities which added value to their work and reduced their reliance on grant funding in the future;
• Provide seed corn funding towards initiatives that could demonstrate longer term sustainability;
• Undertake consultation, feasibility, design and other specialist work to develop proposals for future activity and funding bids;
• Meet the capital costs of schemes by purchasing plant, machinery, equipment or other assets or undertaking maintenance work that would enable viable services to be provided, for example, through increased income generation potential.
Applications solely for the funding of core costs of an organisation would not be eligible. Funding towards activities that generated funding to cover these costs would be considered.
Applications from Town & Community Councils for revenue funding would only be considered where they demonstrated that they were a joint bid with a voluntary/community group.
The eligibility criteria would be developed by the Evaluation Panel and publicised to prospective applicants.
At the meeting, the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Education commented that she was pleased that the various funding streams were being brought together to leverage greater resources and provide more unified support to Community Councils and Organisations.
This was a matter for Executive decision
Cabinet, having considered the report and all the issues and implications contained therein
(1) T H A T the contents of the report and the reference from the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee meeting held on 8 February, 2017 relating to this matter attached at Appendix A to the report be noted.
(2) T H A T the proposed approach to the development and operation of the Strong Communities Grant Fund as described in the report be approved.
(3) T H A T the commencement of the Strong Communities Grant Fund during the 2017/18 financial year be approved.
(4) T H A T a copy of the report be sent to all Town and Community Councils and be referred to the next Community Liaison Committee.
(5) T H A T Cabinet and the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee receive an update on the operation of the Grant Fund at the end of the 2017/18 financial year.
Reasons for decisions
(1) To note the contents of the report and the views of the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee in reaching a decision.
(2) To enable the Strong Communities Grant Fund to be developed and operated as described in the report.
(3) To enable the Strong Communities Grant Fund to begin operation in the 2017/18 financial year.
(4) To inform Town and Community Councils and the Community Liaison Committee of the Strong Communities Grant Fund.
(5) To provide Cabinet and the Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee with an evaluation of how the Fund had operated in the first year and to consider any changes required.
Attached as Appendix – Report to Cabinet – 3 APRIL 2017


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