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Most probably you've heard about Taobao, the largest online marketplace in China - or as TIME magazine put it quite accurately: "The eBay of the East ". You may have also heard that you can find almost anything you can imagine on Taobao, and the prices are much cheaper compared to those similar items sold in your own country. In short, Taobao offers great selection (close to 1 billion listings) and lower prices. It is just a matter of time before Taobao overtakes eBay and Amazon as the largest marketplace on this planet. No wonder you are intrigue to find out how to purchase from Taobao. That's why you read this article, right?
Unfortunately, if you are not living in China, there are at least two main problems that may prevent you from buying from Taobao. Firstly, almost all Taobao store owners only speak and understand Chinese (and let's assume that you don't). Also, most of them can only ship to China. Secondly, let's be frank... there is an issue of trust. How can you be sure you will get exactly what you pay for? The purpose of this article is to help you to alleviate your doubt and fear while navigating into this uncharted territory called Taobao.
If you don't stay in China, the first thing you need to do is to find a trusted friend in China who have some spare time to place an order on your behalf, receive your order, check the quality of the items (and return them if necessary), and then send the package to you. Unfortunately, most of us are not that lucky. That's why you probably have to settle for the second best option: find an honest and experienced Taobao agent. Your Taobao agent will help you to place orders on Taobao, consult sellers if you have questions, do quality checking when items arrive at their office, combine your orders for shipping (if you shop at more than one stores), and finally send the package to your address. You can easily find them by Googling "Taobao agents" on the Web. But, not all Taobao agents are created equally. Some are honest, some are quite OK, and the rest just want to rip off your pocket.
To find a good Taobao agent, do your homework firstly. There are several tips.
After that, you can check and compare the commission fee, exchange rate, and international shipping discount. Remember: only check the fees after you are sure of the agent's reputation.
A small advice regarding to fees: Don't just compare the commission fees. Some agents try to lure you with low commission fees, but then charge higher exchange or shipping rates. If you are not price-sensitive, surely you can disregard the differences. However, if you are price-sensitive or you want to shop wholesale, you might want to calculate further.
In addition to fees, you might need to ask how you should place orders. Some agents only offer you to place order on Taobao using their website interface or by email. In other words, you tell them what to buy, and they will place the order with their own Taobao account. It is the standard practice. However, a few of them go further by creating dedicated Taobao and Alipay accounts on your behalf (Alipay is used to pay all Taobao transaction). If you understand Chinese very well, the advantage of having a dedicated Taobao account is flexible and speedy since you can place any order at any time. Also, if you are a heavy user, you can accumulate shopping points for discounts. If you have a plan to purchase regularly, having a dedicated Taobao account is a better choice (it can be registered although you are not in China).
Agents could help you to make purchase, but you need to find the item by yourself. How could you find what to purchase if you don't understand Chinese at all? Don't worry. Technology provides you with answer: Online translation service. One of the best is Google Translate (https://translate.google.com). No matter what language you speak, you can always translate it to Simplified Chinese. All you need is to type the keywords in your language, and Google Translate will do the rest.
For example, you can type "women's shoes" in your language (English), and Google Translate will give you the translation in Chinese. Please see the screenshot below.
Remember: Google Translate works both ways. You can translate from your native language to Chinese, and vice versa. In case you don't understand the Chinese texts during your Taobao visit, you can always copy the texts to Google Translate and have them translated to your native language.
Using the translations from Google Translate, you can now search Taobao. Let's say, after browsing the search results, you finally find what you want. Job done? Not quite yet.
Remember: one of the main reasons people love Taobao is the potential to find cheaper stuff. The default search results on Taobao is not ranked based on price (lowest to highest). Therefore, you need to dig deeper to find the real treasure (Taobao literally means 'to find treasure').
Fortunately, Taobao has provided you the tool to do that. How? By using the Sort by feature.
After the search results are shown, you can sort the results based on one of those 4 parameters: Comprehensive(综合), Sales(销量), Seller's Reputation(信用) and Prices(价格).
As you can see, the most straightforward way to find the cheapest price is to sort by Price (in ascending order). But keep in mind that things are not that simple. In many cases, the listed price is not the real price for the displayed item. A few 'creative' sellers will break an item into several parts, and list only the cheapest part to represent the whole item. For example, they will put the image of an iPad, but list the price of iPad's data cable to lure you to click into the item page. In other scenario, the listed price is for the cheaper version or smaller size item. For example: the listed price for color black in size 36 is 199 CNY, but if you choose color pink in size 36, the price will go up. So, after you click an item and find several options for the item, be careful. Please consult your agent or use Google Translate to find out what the options mean before committing any purchase.
So, once again, it's very important to pay attention to the Options. Don't buy the item before you understand what the Options mean. If you don't understand Chinese, don't worry. You can use Google Translate to translate the texts from Chinese Simplified to your native language. Or you can also consult your Taobao agent for help. Or you can check Seller's Reputation.
Taobao Shop - it is on the right column.
If TMALL shop, put your mouse on "描述服务物流".
In other words, you cannot rely on the listed price alone. You need additional indicators. Usually we use 2 additional indicators. The first one is to check how many the items are sold (How Many Clients Pay); and the second one is Seller's Reputation. If the item is cheap, but nobody buys it, beware. It doesn't mean the seller is not honest, but there are several reasons: the item is out of stock, the price is not the real price for the item (as described above), or it's a new arrival which has not come out from factory yet. Whatever the reason is, it's a safer bet to choose listings that have been sold several times.
Let's take an example here. You can put the mouse on the item photo, compare the same item of different shops.
Seller's Reputation in Taobao consists of four levels. The levels from the lowest to the highest are: Heart, Diamond, Blue Crown, and Gold Crown. Each level is broken further into 5 grades: 1 to 5. So, the lowest one is 1 Heart and the highest one is 5 Gold Crown. Sellers with reputation of 5 Hearts is higher than 4 Hearts; but 1 Diamond is higher than 5 Hearts, and so on.
Based on our experience, sellers with at least 1 Diamond is quite reliable, but if you want to make an expensive purchase, it's advised to find sellers with at least 5 Diamonds. Since it's not easy to achieve that level, it's safe to assume they will try hard to protect their reputation. The bottom line here is: Find the Cheap Stuff, but Not (Necessarily) the Cheapest. Use other indicators such as Recent Sales and Seller's Reputation, too.
Easy, isn't it? You might be confused for a while, but after several purchases, you will find that things will become easier and easier. You might also learn a few Chinese words along your journey. Bon Voyage!
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Behold the resinous polypore, inspiring chefs around the world with it's seductive, appealing name! Probably not. Either way, this is an interesting mushroom you've probably seen but never thought about eating.
Ischnoderma resinosum a.k.a. the resinous polypore, grows on hardwoods and conifers (I have only seen it on hardwoods in Minnesota). If you've seen it, you've probably passed it by thinking that it looks too hard to even be edible, and you would be correct, if it's mature, and has been growing for a while.
Just like vegetables and animals, the age of mushrooms has a lot to do with how good they will taste. An old lamb will have a much stronger flavor from a young one, and a cauliflower left to bolt and flower will be much more bitter than one that's younger. Our resinous polypore here is the same. Older resinous polypores will be tough, like a wood plank, and pretty much impossible to cook with-I used to think they were a novelty, like Ganoderma applenatum/artist's conch, a mushroom that's only use is pretty much as tinder, or for drawing pictures on.
So one day I was out hiking and I spotted some very young Ischnoderma. I wasn't having much luck hunting other summer mushrooms, and I thought I would go check them out, for the lack of anything else growing nearby. I remember touching some of the young mushrooms just budding from the tree and thinking to myself: "those feel sooo tender". My mouth started watering; I just knew I could eat them. If I know one thing about cooking with polypores, and mushrooms in general too, it's that the younger the mushroom, the more delicious it will be. Polypores in general are more generally safe too, from my experience.
I took the ischnoderma home and got experimenting. After cleaning with a quick rinse, I made sure to trim them just like I would a chicken of the woods-using only the tender young margins, the closer it gets to the tree the more tough it will get.
In the kitchen the first thing I tried was the basic saute, I heated some grapeseed oil and threw them in the pan, added some salt after they started to brown, and finished with a knob of butter. They were ok, slightly chewy, and just ok.
The second way I cooked them was stewing with some salt and herbs to release their juice, then reducing the juice, allowing the mushrooms to gradually caramelize in their own liquid. After one taste of the second method, I was sold. Basically the Ischnoderma, like most mushrooms, has a lot of water weight. when that water is released and then concentrated, their flavor blooms and comes alive. The flavor is much richer than I expected, there's a deep richness to them, a great umami quality.
Taking into account their tasty liquid, I modified my older mushroom conserve recipe for them. The preserved mushrooms are great reheated gently and added to rice, pasta, or on top of a steak, it's one of the most basic and versatile recipes I know. You don't have to add the vinegar to the recipe, but the mushrooms will go bad in a couple days if you don't.
All of that being said"resinous polypore" is not doing it for me. I have yet to come across another common name for this mushroom, so I think we should come up with one. Considering how soft and velvety they were in their young state, "velvet polypore" sounded nice to me. Anyone else have some ideas?
Ischnoderma Mushroom Conserve
- 3 lbs small young ischnoderma resinosum, tender ends only, cleaned and rinsed if needed.
- 3 large cloves of garlic sliced thin
- 1/4 cup flavorless oil for sauteeing such as grapeseed or canola
- 1/4 cup flavorful oil such as extra virgin olive oil, virgin sunflower oil, or a tasty nut based oil, such as hazelnut
- Roughly 1/2 tablespoon of kosher salt
- 1 qts water or vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup champagne vinegar or white vinegar.
- Large sprig of a hard herb like thyme, or rosemary. (You could also finely chop some of either and add it too, which will give it a stronger flavor.)
- 2 fresh bay leaves
- Tiny pinch of cayenne or red pepper flakes
- In a wide pan with high sides, or even a soup pot, gently heat the oil and the sliced garlic until the garlic begins to turn golden.
- Add the mushrooms, salt and herbs, and allow the mushrooms to give up their juice and stop the garlic from getting too brown. Stir the mushrooms to coat them with the garlic, herbs and oil, and season them with a pinch of the salt.
- Continue mushrooms until most of their liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes, then remove and discard the herbs. Add the court bouillon or water.
- Add the vinegar and flavored oil of your choice. Simmer the mixture for a few minutes, then taste the liquid, and adjust with salt if needed.
- Finally, put the conserve into a container and refrigerate. If you will be keeping the conserve for more than a few weeks, make sure to put plastic wrap on top of the conserve to keep the mushrooms under the liquid, to ward off bacteria. Under the liquid though they will keep for a few months. You could also freeze the mushrooms in a container or freezer bag, with their liquid.


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The planets warn you could get a bit too possessive about something this year. Whatever that something happens to be you will need to keep reminding yourself that the tighter you hold on to it the more likely it is you will lose it.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20):
This should be an extremely fortunate time for you and whatever minor obstacles you may encounter along the way you will easily find ways to handle them. The planets are very much on your side now, so show the world what you can do.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21):
The sun in the wealth area of your chart means there is a good chance you will enjoy some sort of windfall over the next few weeks, but you must not let that stop you from making an effort yourself. Strive more to earn more.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21):
The most important thing now is that you leave partners, loved ones and relatives in no doubt how you feel about them – and, of course, you feel only good things. You can never say those two little words "I love you" too often or too loud.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23):
Be careful what you allow yourself to think over the next 24 hours because your imagination is so powerful that you could easily create a reality for yourself that may not be what you truly desire. Control your mind, don't let it control you.
LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23):
Cosmic activity in your fellow fire sign of Sagittarius makes it easy for you to persuade those you live, work and do business with that you know what you are doing and that they should join you in doing it too. You can be so persuasive Leo.
VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23):
There are some strong emotions in play at the moment and if you are not very careful you could get swept away by them. You need to remember that as a Virgo your greatest strength is your rational way of looking at the world.
LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23):
Chances are you will say some pretty outrageous things over the next few days but that's okay – in fact it's good. You will express yourself with such conviction that no one will dare disagree with you. You'll benefit, and so will they.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22):
You must not let others persuade you that you need to buy certain things to keep up with the latest fads and fashions. Don't waste your money on trinkets you don't need and quite possibly will never even use. Be strong enough to say "No".
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21):
No effort is too much for you now and whatever goal it is you are working towards will soon be within reach. You don't have to go it alone though. If you join forces with like-minded people you'll be moving mountains in a matter of days.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20):
You will know instinctively today if what you are being told is on the level, and chances are your sixth sense will warn it's a lie. You are under no obligation to believe what others say – your only obligation is to protect yourself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19):
This is a great time for reaching out to people you may not have been in contact with for a while. Pick up the phone or send them an e-mail and make it clear you want to get together again. It's time to renew a beautiful friendship.
PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20):
Go out of your way to make friends with powerful people. At this time of year more than most you seem to be aware that who you know is every bit as important as what you know, so use your charm and start moving up in the world.
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A turtle shaped airship is perhaps the last thing you might expect to see floating through the sky, but this eco-friendly craft might just be key to the next generation of humanitarian relief.
Powered by solar panels during the day and bio-diesel at night, the airship is an intriguing concept. It cruises at speeds comparable to some airplanes and can take off and land straight up and down like a helicopter. It can even to take on water ballast and act like a boat, enabling it to land just about anywhere – deserts, mountain lakes, swamps or the middle of the ocean – and the first prototype will make its maiden flight in 2009.
The plan is to use the airships to carry humanitarian relief to disaster victims around the world, where they can function as flying hospitals complete with emergency surgery rooms and medical equipment. The craft can also carry large amounts of supplies such as food, water purification systems and medicine, as well as doctors, nurses and search and rescue personnel. There's more in the press release about the company's investment plans ($200 million by 2012) and expected initial public offering ($3 billion in 2015), including dashed plans for deployment by the US Department of Defense as military transport.
Image by Flickr user teamdarfur
And even though it might look like something out of Star Wars, if it works I don't think the people of impoverished regions all over the world will be complaining too much.
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- Mix 1 teaspoon of olive oil with ½ a teaspoon of lime juice and apply on face. Leaveit for ½ hour & then wash off.
- Mix a tablespoon gram flour (besan), add a pinch of turmeric (haldi), ¼ teaspoon powder of orange peel (santare ka chilka) , a teaspoon curd (dahi) & a teaspoon milk. Apply this paste on face & neck.When skin feels taunt, rub it off with finger tips or wash off with tap water. It is very effective for a dry & blemished skin,
- (a) For Dry Skin – Rub a stick of sandal wood in milk and then apply on face. Leave for an hour and then wash with cold water.
(b) For oily Skin – Rub a stick of sandal wood in Rose water(gulab jal) and then apply on face. Leave for an hour and then wash with cold water.
- Apply coconut water (nariyal pani) on faceand leave it for for ½ hours and wash it
- Make a fine paste by grind a few fresh mint (pudina) leaves . Apply it on the face every night before going to sleep. This is very helps in getting rid of pimples along with the blemishes.
- Take 3-4 almonds and grind with 2-3 tablespoon milk and1-2 tablespoon of orange & carrot juice and make a fine paste . Apply it well on face and neck and take a light massage . Leave it for ½ -1 hour, then wash it.
- Take one tablespoon of finely ground raw papaya and apply on face and neck. Keep it for ½ hours and wash it.
- Take one teaspoon yellow mustard (peeli rai) and grind with 1 tablespoonmalai/cream. Apply this paste on face and neck. Leave it for ½ hours and wash it.
- Add a few drops of lemon juice in the pulp of a ripe tomato and mix it . Rub it onthe face and neck. Leave for ½ hour then Wash off.
Scars due to burn
- Boil 100 gram neem bark in 4 cups water. Remove from fire and shake liquid.Apply the emerging froth on the affected area. Repeat several times. andday


text: Home > Sports NBA Finals: Durant out for Game 4 but Thompson to return Agence France-Presse Posted at Jun 07 2019 05:30 AM Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) drives to the basket against Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) during the first quarter in game two of the 2019 NBA Finals at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 2, 2019. Dan Hamilton, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters OAKLAND, United States - Golden State star forward Kevin Durant will miss game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday with a right calf injury, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Thursday, but guard Klay Thompson is expected to return. Both players were absent in Wednesday's 123-109 loss to Toronto, which game the Raptors a 2-1 edge in the best-of-7 championship series entering game 4 Friday in Oakland. Two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Durant, the team's leading playoff scorer with 32.5 points a game, did not have a setback, Kerr said, but trainers will not clear him for scrimmage work before Friday or Saturday. "Kevin will not play tomorrow," Kerr said. "He will continue to get treatment. He will continue to work. "It's about when the training staff tells me he's ready." Kerr had hoped Wednesday that Durant, who has missed the past month with the injury, might return Friday but he has yet to work out with teammates. "I think that's something that will happen in the coming days," Kerr said. "The hope would be he could still make it back for the end of the series." That end might come sooner than Kerr would like after the latest Golden State defeat, which came despite a career playoff high 47 points from Stephen Curry. Five-time All-Star guard Thompson sat out Wednesday with a strained left hamstring, ending a career run of 120 consecutive playoff games without a miss. But Kerr expects him back for game 4. "Klay will plan on playing tomorrow," Kerr said. "We expect him to play barring something unforeseen." The injury-hit defending NBA champions might even get back forward Kevon Looney, who had been declared out for the remainder of the best-of-7 series with a chest injury, according to Kerr. "We're gathering information, second opinion-type thing," Kerr said. "It's sort of an open question. At this point there's not anything to report. We're looking at all our options and his options." For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN Sports website. Share Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn NBA, NBA Finals, Game 4, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors, Toronto Raptors Read More: NBA NBA Finals Game 4 Kevin Durant Klay Thompson Steve Kerr Golden State Warriors Toronto Raptors


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~ Tomnolen MS topo map, 1:24000 scale, 7.5 X 7.5 Minute, Historical, 1966, updated 1967
Tomnolen, Mississippi, USGS topographic map dated 1966.
Includes geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). This topographic map is suitable for hiking, camping, and exploring, or framing it as a wall map.
Printed on-demand using high resolution imagery, on heavy weight and acid free paper, or alternatively on a variety of synthetic materials.
Topos available on paper, Waterproof, Poly, or Tyvek. Usually shipping rolled, unless combined with other folded maps in one order.
- Product Number: USGS-5597822
- Free digital map download (high-resolution, GeoPDF): Tomnolen, Mississippi (file size: 11 MB)
- Map Size: please refer to the dimensions of the GeoPDF map above
- Weight (paper map): ca. 55 grams
- Map Type: POD USGS Topographic Map
- Map Series: HTMC
- Map Verison: Historical
- Cell ID: 45372
- Scan ID: 336577
- Imprint Year: 1967
- Woodland Tint: Yes
- Aerial Photo Year: 1964
- Field Check Year: 1966
- Datum: NAD27
- Map Projection: Polyconic
- Map published by United States Geological Survey
- Map Language: English
- Scanner Resolution: 600 dpi
- Map Cell Name: Tomnolen
- Grid size: 7.5 X 7.5 Minute
- Date on map: 1966
- Map Scale: 1:24000
- Geographical region: Mississippi, United States
Neighboring Maps:
All neighboring USGS topo maps are available for sale online at a variety of scales.
Spatial coverage:
Topo map Tomnolen, Mississippi, covers the geographical area associated the following places:
- Wood Springs - Tomnolen
- Map Area ID: AREA33.533.375-89.375-89.25
- Northwest corner Lat/Long code: USGSNW33.5-89.375
- Northeast corner Lat/Long code: USGSNE33.5-89.25
- Southwest corner Lat/Long code: USGSSW33.375-89.375
- Southeast corner Lat/Long code: USGSSE33.375-89.25
- Northern map edge Latitude: 33.5
- Southern map edge Latitude: 33.375
- Western map edge Longitude: -89.375
- Eastern map edge Longitude: -89.25
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What do you think are the three most important factors to consider when buying a car? Why are these factors important? How has your thinking changed since the beginning of the lesson? Would you still buy your dream car right now or would you choose a different vehicle? Why?


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Interblocks pushes payment solutions
Interblocks will showcase its portfolio of integrated electronic payment processing solutions at MEFX.
Interblocks will showcase its portfolio of integrated electronic payment processing solutions at MEFX.
The company is a leading provider and innovator in the field of integrated, electronic payment processing solutions, which empower banks and financial service providers across global markets to provide their customers with truly pervasive, personalized financial service experiences that dramatically change the way financial transactions are conducted today.
Interblocks said that MEFX provides an opportunity for the company to network with its core client base, within a market that is core to its success, and therefore participation in the event is essential.
The Interblocks stand will feature its streamlined iSuite solutions portfolio, which includes payments, remittances, transaction processing, self-service, cards, mCommmerce, virtual banking and monitoring & management. Having pioneered the use of the IFX-XML standards in their software in 2001, Interblocks has focused on the consumer experience to build a platform for financial transactions that anticipate user requirements for conducting secure and fast financial transactions.


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Coffee pouches?
Who sells coffee in pouches? There's Keurig selling coffee in cups, but you don't make whole pots from those cups. Tea is sold in bags, but I wouldn't even make a whole pot of tea with just one bag.
Meh really destroyed my immersion in the story with this Bob coffee scenario.
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You must be the guy that never makes the coffee in the break room, @MntlWard.
Coffee is widely available in one-pot pouches at office supply stores and warehouse clubs. Next time you take the last cup, just ask somebody ok?
@therealjrn The only place I've seen pouches in is hotel rooms; probably at some diners.
Otherwise it's cups or cans.
@dashcloud How weird. Sometimes they are called coffee packets. You put water in the maker, a coffee filter in the basket, then open up a packet of coffee for the brew basket.
Sometimes they are like the hotel room ones, but bigger, with the filter and coffee together.
@therealjrn Smaller places I've worked had a Keurig or the one place with several people diligent enough to grind and brew a fresh pot (that's where I really started drinking lots of coffee). But any place with a Bunn or similar commercial coffee pot used pouches.
Hotel rooms generally have single cup filter pouches. Office break rooms have pouches with no filter - you add a filter and open one pouch and pour it in. Really couldn't be much easier, and yet… we all have a Bob.
@therealjrn I never make the coffee, because I never drink coffee. I guess that's a big reason why I've never heard of these.
@MntlWard I also don't know about packaging for items I never buy. Cool story.
@mschuette Well, I was raised by coffee drinkers, and many of the friends I've known have been coffee drinkers…
@MntlWard @therealjrn Yep, most every company that sells coffee for Bunn coffeemakers used in restaurants and business breakrooms sells their coffee in one pot pouches. Most will even give (loan) you the machine free if you buy their product…
Reminded me of this (non) event.
@chienfou I've seen a lot of one pot pouches that also act as the coffee filter. So they put the filter pouch that comes pre-filled with coffee in the commercial machine and the hot water runneth through it.
@medz While I have seen these occasionally in my years in restaurants and drinking coffee from break rooms, I have seen the loose coffee you place in a filter much more frequently. In fact, you still see loose coffee in most fast food places and in cafes and diners. Perhaps that reflects more on my age than on the (seemingly) ubiquitous nature of said pouches.
@chienfou @medz Where I work, the Seattle's Best is in pouches you have to pour into a filter. The Folgers is in the filter pouch.
@chienfou @medz @limewater I'm shuddering over here, have mercy
@chienfou @medz @UncleVinny I can't speak for others, but I'm pretty pleased with it. We go through the folgers fast enough that it doesn't have a chance to get stale®, and every pouch of Seattle's Best smells good when I open it.
The Folgers tastes like cardboard, and the Seattle's Best tastes like paint thinner. Things are as they're supposed to be.
Where I worked previously, we just had a normal coffee maker and people would bring in those big 50oz+ containers of grounds. I'm not coffee snob, but that stuff got pretty sour by the end.
Flavia machines use pouches. They're great machines, I really prefer them over Keurigs.
Before K-cups, there were coffee pods.
/image senseo coffee pods
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The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors announced on Wednesday, March 25th that a draft of the slip sizing study report and a draft slip pricing and vacancy study report in Marina del Rey are available for review on the home page of the departmentís Web site at www.marinadelrey.lacounty.gov/.
Highlights of the reports include changes in boat berth distributions, Marina del Rey reconfigured marinas and proposed Marina reconfigurations, boat berth slip demand, pricing trends in Marina del Rey and other Southern California marinas, and vacancy trend and amenity patterns in Marina del Rey.
Public input regarding the reports can be e-mailed to email@example.com/.
When sending e-mails, please write in the subject line ìComments to Draft Slip Sizing Reportî or ìComments to Draft Slip Pricing and Vacancy Report.î
Noble Consultants Inc., which was hired to conduct the study, presented its report at the March Small Craft Harbors meeting.
Comments regarding the reports can also be submitted at the upcoming Small Craft Harbor Commission meeting held on April 8th, 9:30 a.m. in the Burton Chace Park Community Room located at 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey.
Information, the Department of Beaches and Harbors at (310) 305-9503.


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Johnny Wiedefeld
(Obituary ~ 11/28/04)
BENTON - Elmer "Johnny" Wiedefeld, 84, died Nov. 26, 2004, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.
Lillian J. Smith
(Obituary ~ 11/28/04)
JACKSON - Lillian J. Smith, 78, died Nov. 26, 2004, at the Heartland Cape and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 4, 1926, at Advance to the late Comelous Cox and Althea Zimmerman, she was a retired St. Louis school cook and a member of the Johovah's Witnesses...
Morris Hazel
(Obituary ~ 11/28/04)
SIKESTON - Morris Dale Hazel, 86, died at 3:17 p.m. Nov. 24, 2004, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born Feb. 14, 1918, in Springfield to the late Arthur Dale Hazel and Ruby Gale Letterman Hazel, he was a systems engineer with Boeing and served 20 years in the U.S. Navy, including participating in the Battle of Midway during World War II...
Maylinn Harvey
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BERNIE -- Maylinn Harvey, infant daughter of John and Michelle Kiser Harvey, was born Nov. 24, 2004, and died shortly after birth Nov. 25, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. In addition to her parents, survivors include: one brother, Nathan Harvey of the home; maternal grandparents, Robert and Debbie Kiser of Bernie; paternal grandparents, John and Linda Harvey of Aquilla; and her maternal great-grandmothers, Dorothy Carroll of Bernie and Deloris Probst of Potosi...
Ada Stacy
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DEXTER -- Ada Stacy, 85, died Nov. 25, 2004, at Cypress Point Healthcare in Dexter. Born Dec. 18, 1918, at Essex, daughter of the late Albert Eaton and Lois Wilson Eaton, she was of the General Baptist belief. On Dec. 24, 1933, at Charleston, she married Raymond Edward "Speck" Stacy who preceded her in death on March 4, 1997...
Ronny Williams
(Obituary ~ 11/28/04)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Ronny R. Williams, 48, died at 9:55 p.m. Nov. 25, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 20, 1956, at East Prairie, son of Willie and Daisy Willis Williams of East Prairie, he had lived in East Prairie all of his life and was of the Baptist belief...
Hester Ledbetter
(Obituary ~ 11/28/04)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Hester Mae Ledbetter, 90, formerly of Sikeston, died at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 26, 2004, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 17, 1914, in Oran, daughter of the late Harvey G. and Hattie Robinson Crader, she had been a factory worker at the Sikeston Ceramics Manufacturing Company and a cook for the Rustic Rock, the War Drum and the Gaslight Square restaurants in Sikeston. She was affiliated with the Baptist church...
Abstain from funding this federal program
(Column ~ 11/28/04)
I'm no prude nor am I a wild-eyed, free-for-all liberal who believes that everything goes regardless of the consequences. In fact, I truly believe that there are consequences for each and every action we take - both good and bad. I find comfort as a conservative but I also take strong objections with some of the talking points of the Christian Coalition. Paint me a middle-ground conservative with a strong disdain for the freeloaders who cost society far too much time and expense...
Looking back 11/28
(History ~ 11/28/04)
SIKESTON - The hangar at the south field near Matthews, previously occupied by the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, has been sold to interests in Perryville for a reported $5,000 and is being dismantled preparatory to moving it. SIKESTON - The United Fund of Sikeston, with just a few days to go before Dec. 1, the scheduled closing date for this year's campaign, has reached 95 percent of its $37,600 goal, it was announced by Herschel Tyer, chairman...
Speakout 11/28
(Opinion ~ 11/28/04)
You Democrats have had enough play on this silly "American lifestyle change." First it is obvious that it was called in by a Democrat, with the person pretending it was a Republican saying those things. Then you have all these Democrats calling in and beating up on it as if it were for real. ...
Holiday tours: Want to go?
(Local News ~ 11/28/04)
The Sikeston Depot Christmas Homes Tour is set for 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5. This year's tour will include the homes of Kim and Joe Heckemeyer, 927 N. Ranney; Kendall and Roger Elledge II, 608 Laurel Wood; Betty and Vanice Johns, 319 N. Kingshighway; and Karen and Gary Silverthorn, 129 Greenbrier...
'Shape Up Sikeston!' shifts into high gear as deadline nears
(Local News ~ 11/28/04)
SIKESTON - With only a couple of days left to register, about 20 teams with over 100 total participants have signed up for the "Shape Up Sikeston!" fitness competition. Sponsored by Missouri Delta Medical Center's ReStart, the Regal Health Club, the YMCA of Southeast Missouri, Meeks Printing and the Standard Democrat, the contest hopes to help Sikeston residents keep from putting on extra holiday weight and become more fit with some healthy competition beginning Wednesday and continuing through Feb. ...
Home tours spead holiday cheer and decorating ideas
(Local News ~ 11/28/04)
SIKESTON -- Several area residents will open their homes up for some "ooh-ing" and "ahh-ing" next weekend as they display their Christmas decorations in home tours. The Fourth Annual Sikeston Depot Christmas Homes Tour is set for 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5., and the Mississippi County Historical Society's annual home tours will be offered from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 5...
Births (Published 11/28)
(Births ~ 11/28/04)
EAST PRAIRIE - LaToya Terry and Edward Norman are the parents of their first child, a son, born Oct. 27, 2004, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Ethan Lee Norman weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 19-inches long. Maternal grandparents are Adele Clark and Ferrell Terry...
NMCC, Charleston fall in Riverbend Classic
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/04)
NEW MADRID -- The Riverbend Classic tipped off with four games on Friday at New Madrid County Central High School. The Riverbend Classic, in its 10th year, is a two-day shootout featuring eight quality high school teams from Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi...
The 2004 All-Standard Democrat Football Dream Team
(High School Sports ~ 11/28/04)
The 2004 All-Standard Democrat Football Dream Team is a selection of the top high school football players in the SEMO Conference. Since just one player is selected for each position, some outstanding local players were not included. To list as many as possible, two-way players were restricted to just one position. The team was chosen by the Standard Democrat sports staff...
Keeping a Sikeston favorite on the menu
(Business ~ 11/28/04)
SIKESTON - For years, Rodchester's has been a Sikeston favorite. It's namesake sandwich, potato skins, muffins and more draw customers from across town and beyond. New owners Mark and Shawdi Williams, who purchased the local restaurant on Oct. 1, see no reason for that to change. The couple say they intend to continue with what previous owner, Lynn Lancaster, did to make the restaurant so successful...
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Additional features such as the Leadership Cast podcast, Encourage magazine, Monthly Update video, and Find a Conference will provide up-to-date resources for each user. The Live Stream link will allow users around the world to watch streamed services and live events.
Director of Communications Janese Bennett states, "Our hope is that this tool will provide a convenient way for the IPHC family to stay connected with each ministry of the church."
Later this year, the app will expand to include an event module, where users can register for the 28th General Conference and receive important conference information such as schedules, speakers and downloadable reports.
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Evergreen by Belva PlainMonday, March 12th, 2007
¬ÝReviewed by Rosalie Paul
Anna, a young Jewish girl of sixteen, leaves Poland to find a better life in America.¬Ý She lives with her cousin Ruth in New York City and works in a sweat factory sewing.¬Ý The apartment is cramped and has no place to bathe in private; so she takes a job as a maid only to have her own room and a tub.¬Ý
First she learns English at night school.¬Ý She soon falls for Paul Werner, her employer'Äôs son on to find out he'Äôs engaged (pre-arranged by both sets of parents).¬Ý She quits that job and marries Joseph Friedman.¬Ý In 1914 she has a baby boy named Maurice, Maury for short.¬Ý Three years later her husband asks her to go to her old employer to ask for a loan of $2,000.00 to start him off in the real estate business.¬Ý Against her better judgment, she goes to see the Werners.¬Ý No one is home except Paul.¬Ý He gladly giver her the money, then lures her upstairs for a roll in the hay.¬Ý Nine months later her daughter Iris is born.
Anna'Äôs husband uses the money well, and becomes a huge success.¬Ý He moves his family to the affluent West Side and no luxury is spared.¬Ý He does not know Anna'Äôs secret.¬Ý Many of their friends lost everything in the crash of 'Äò29, but Joseph managed to hold his own.¬Ý Maury marries a gentile (big no-no in the book).¬Ý They have one son, and then they are both killed in an auto accident.¬Ý The baby is raised by the mother'Äôs parents.¬Ý When they both die, the boy is then twelve and goes to live with the Friedmans, his 'Äúother'Ä? grand parents.¬Ý Iris marries well and has lots of kids.¬Ý Anna keeps her secret forever.¬Ý Iris never finds out who her real father was.¬Ý¬Ý¬Ý


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How should the EU act differently in tackling the burden of breast cancer?
There is no better time than now to reflect on what individual member states could change in diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Francesca Colombo, Head of the OECD's Health Division, and Rie Fujisawa, OECD Health Statistician present four major objectives for change
Breast cancer imposes a large health and financial burden on individuals and societies in Europe. It is the most common form of cancer among women in all European countries and on average, one in nine women will develop breast cancer at some point in their life. It is also the leading cause of death from cancer among women, followed by lung cancer and colorectal cancer, and one in thirty will die from the disease. Spending on breast cancer care accounts for up to 1% of total expenditure on health while the economic impact of the disease in terms of premature deaths and lost earnings is much higher.
The burden of breast cancer varies across European countries. In 2013, incidence rates were highest in Belgium, Denmark and France, with rates 40% or more than the EU average, while Greece has the lowest rate, followed by Lithuania and Romania. But countries with high incidence rates do not necessarily have high mortality rates and mortality from breast cancer was highest in Croatia, Ireland and the SlovakRepublic, and lowest in Spain, Portugal and Estonia.
These cross-country variations can be partly explained by the differences in how well countries deal with preventing, diagnosing and treating breast cancer. Although average screening rates for women aged 50-69 across the European Union has risen and the gap in screening rates has narrowed across countries in the past decade, breast cancer screening rates still range widely from 23% in the SlovakRepublic to over 80% in Portugal, Denmark, Finland and Slovenia in 2014.
There is also significant international variation in when and how breast cancer is treated. The waiting time between diagnosis and initial treatment for breast cancer varies from a few days in Iceland and Luxembourg to a few months in countries such as Poland and Slovenia. Conservative, breast-sparing surgery is the norm in most countries, but in a few countries, such as Finland, Luxembourg and Poland, more aggressive treatment of mastectomy is more common than other countries.
Even after taking into account differences in the nature of the disease, this may suggest cross-country differences in the application of evidence-based cancer care.
Across countries, survival after the diagnosis of breast cancer, which reflects quality of care based on early diagnosis and timely and adequate treatment, still varies, although it is improving over time. While five-year relative breast cancer survival is above 80% in most EU countries, it is lower than 75% in Estonia and Poland. Poland also shows the lowest relative survival for other cancers such as cervical and colorectal cancers and these low rates appear to be related with limited care access and relatively fewer numbers of cancer care centres and radiotherapy facilities.
However, over the last decade, breast cancer survival has improved across all EU countries, and this increase has been particularly noticeable in Estonia, the Czech Republic and Latvia. This reflects advances in improved treatments as well as public health interventions to detect the disease early and greater awareness of the disease.
Nonetheless, countries can do more in the ongoing fight against breast cancer by pursuing the following four objectives:
• Put adequate resources into breast cancer care – Expensive healthcare is not necessarily the best care: countries need the right policies in place to use resources such as workforce or equipment to diagnose and treat breast cancer effectively and fairly.
• Ensure that breast cancer care is both rapidly accessible and high quality – early diagnosis and treatment is key in the fight against breast cancer. Patients should be able to access evidence-based, high-quality care quickly, with minimal waiting times to see specialists. Ensuring that care is multidisciplinary and delivered in specialist cancer units while putting patients at the centre of care is increasingly being used to improve the quality of cancer care.
• Continuously improve services by strengthening the governance of cancer care – the bedrock of governance is an effective national cancer control plan. These help focus political and public attention on the performance of cancer care systems, attract new resources, and drive debate on difficult topics such as resource allocation. They also offer opportunities to reinforce the common goals and approaches shared by patients, health care providers, researchers and other stakeholders.
• Monitor and benchmark performance through better data – countries need to build rich information systems to monitor outcomes, costs and quality of cancer care. Public dissemination and benchmarking of performance, as well as incentives set adequately around quality improvement can help to reduce variations in breast cancer care and ensure continuously improving quality.
A pre-requisite, however, is a rich and detailed information system which can track patients' diagnoses, treatment and outcomes of breast cancer care.
1. OECD/EU (2016), Health at a Glance: Europe 2016 – State of Health in the EU Cycle, OECD Publishing, Paris; http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264265592-en
2. OECD (2016), Health Statistics, OECD Publishing, Paris.
3. OECD (2014), OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Czech Republic 2014 – Raising Standards, OECD Publishing, Paris, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264208605-en
4. OECD (2013) Cancer Care: Assuring Quality to Improve Survival, OECD Health Policy Studies
5. OECD Publishing, Paris, http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264181052-en


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Editorial Review
School Library Journal - Makers as Innovators
While there are extremely interesting ideas in this series, such as a solar oven and a littleBits night-light, this set is for sophisticated crafters and readers. These offerings are all about decoding written instructions—photos or drawings of the work in progress are scarce. However, pages are easy on the eyes, with an uncluttered design that incorporates sidebars and some photos. This series is worth considering on a title-by-title basis rather than as a total package purchase. Denim includes about 20 projects ranging from quick and easy (steampunk vest) to somewhat challenging (denim mailbag), while there are only two or three projects in Makey Makey, littleBits, and Solar Energy. VERDICT The tech selections fill a gap, but the more traditional craft books may overlap options a library already owns.


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There's a lot to be said for good intentions. Of course they're applauded, of course they're a great place to start, yet, I hear they pave the path to hell. A nightmarish, costly, inefficient, disorganised hell. It's an easy trap to fall in to: setting out with the best of intentions yet tripping yourself up when it comes to following through. You may even get to the planning stage!
However, planning is not quite enough if you want to see desirable outcomes in your workplace. ZircoDATA can help you back up your good intentions, with real results. We can turn your furtive plans in to an effective reality, one that works to make the most of your organisation's processes.
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Failing to manage a successful policy, you are likely to face multitudinous and unnecessary complications. For example, staff may find it difficult to locate the right information, in a timely manner. Or, you may experience a data security breach, which at the very least could lead to reputational loss and at worst could lead to expensive and embarrassing litigation. It's crucial you place your business in the best possible position to handle sensitive information and achieve best practice.
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Retain the right records, for the right amount of time. Doing so will allow you to manage your intellectual property, control record storage costs and assist staff in their productivity. Quite simply, it's easier to find and manage information that is stored sensibly and appropriately. It's important to establish a multi-layered and strategic information retention system as well as a timeline reflective of the retention schedule of all records.
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According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' 2010 Global State of Information Security Study, only 46% of Australian respondents could state their organisations maintained an accurate inventory of where high-value data was stored.
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4. Prioritise privacy, always
As clearly mandated by law, it is imperative for you to take care and manage the privacy of your records. Privacy protection policies must be maintained even when information or sensitive records are due for destruction. Principle 11 of the Australian Privacy Principles requires organisations to take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed for any purpose.
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Reviewing your RIM policy should be a regular and organic addition to your internal audit process. It's important to define, measure, communicate and report the audit requisites to avoid vulnerability or unpreparedness at the time of any external audit or regulatory assessment. Inclusive within your internal audit should be a system of checks and balances.
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New Lead Capture Routines - Credit Applications and Sell My Car
New tools for the Car Dealer Chatbot for Facebook Messenger
Car shoppers are also car sellers. The "Sell My Car" tool allows your customer to supply their vehicle details, asking price, and even upload images from anywhere in the world. Once the information is uploaded, your Staff Members are alerted and can negotiate a deal. Private parties who advertise their used cars, trailers, boats, motorcycles, and even planes, by advertising on classified and social media sites are more likely to sell their vehicles to a dealer when given the opportunity.
Find My Car
Car shoppers know what they want! The "Find My Car" tool engages your customers to self-identify their preferred vehicles of interest instead of shopping elsewhere. When the request is submitted, your Staff Members are alerted and can continue the conversation. Build and move more inventory by stocking what is in demand in your region.
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Car shoppers need financing. The "Credit Application" tool engages your customers to provide important information your dealership needs for the pre-qualification process. Our soft-pull will not ask for social security numbers. Credit applications are securely stored and only Staff Members with elevated permissions can manage them.
Seamless Integration
Tools offered by the Car Dealer Chatbot are seamlessly made available to your clients as they view your inventory. Every click, items read, and all information collected is available to Staff Members on any device by logging into the Chatbots.Systems Control Panel. Staff Members can then join and continue the conversation started by the Car Dealer Chatbot. It's that simple!
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Another Salen Show. This one was the 180th. In one of the tents was a great selection of photographs from previous shows.
It must be one of the prettiest show fields, right beside Aros Bridge, with the river flowing out into a sandy sheltered bay, and Aros Castle ruins sitting on the skyline, the single track road winding along the side of the field, the tide going in and out. The scene feels timeless though obviously it has changed in 180 years, it is lovely that it is still in the same place.
I was helping on the USCA produce stall at the show this year, so was there at 9am. Dropped Daughter and her friends' entries in at the produce tent. Unloaded the gazebo and local produce at our stand and drove the car out of the show field. Farmer gave a neighbour a lift on the condition that he would hold the Garden on A Plate entry to keep it safe on the twisty roads between Treshnish Farm and the Show Field at Aros Bridge.
At that time in the morning, the field was bustling with preparation with an air of excitement in the showing rings. The cattle pens were filling up with shining horned Highlanders being unloaded from livestock floats, the sheep pens filled with different classes and breeds, their keepers working away at final tweaks - polishing horns, brushing coats and cleaning toes.
Giant cabbages and neat rows of potatoes waiting to be judged.
The showing goes on all day. First prize winners then compete for the best in show prize at the end of the day.
It seemed to take hours for the judges to finish, before the doors were open and we could see if our party had won anything. Staying with us were twin 16 year old girls and a French exchange boy of the same age. They had all entered the cupcake class and Theo, from Chamonix, won a Third - he seemed more bemused than delighted, and the girls pride slightly dented. Daughter's pal got a second in the Nursery Rhyme drawing class, and a second in the Garden on A Plate as well!
Great music from Winifred Moir and her band. The sound system is provided by Sam and Rob who make our wood chip.
There were lots of pony and horse classes in the upper show field, plenty of stalls to look at, tugs of war (no accidents this time), demonstrations from Andy Fellows, a talented blacksmith who lives in Dervaig, a prize draw in aid of the Mull Slaughterhouse (I won £50!), and so much more than my photographs illustrate.
Plants were on sale from friends Norrie and Anna at Ard-dariach Hill Garden and Nursery, near Ardgour on Morvern, pictured above, and also from Lucy's wonderful garden, Lip Na Cloiche, at Ulva Ferry. Norrie helped Farmer a few winters ago do some work in the garden at Treshnish, but nature has won the battle over the last few years, and it is gracefully returning to the wild.
Daughter and friend entered Coco for the small dogs class in the Dog Show. We were all gutted that she didn't get a look in. The MC even questioned whether she was a small dog! Anyway Coco was blissfully unaware of it all, and we got over the disappointment - eventually. A dachshund from Dervaig won the overall Champion trophy.
The Show Committee work really hard to make the show happen, and this years Show was no exception - a great day!
Farmer helped put the USCA stall together in the morning, and then disappeared off home to catch up on some solitary farm work. He hates shows, which is a huge shame as Daughter and I love them.


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Closing accounts due to bereavement
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What is the first thing that you look forward to after joining college? New people? New friends? A new environment, possibly away from one in your hometown you have so grown accustomed to? A journey that will make you ride an emotional wave with its fair share of crests and troughs before you reach your ultimate destination?
While all of these answers hold true when looked at from various perspectives, there is one thing that you simply cannot look beyond – the fresher's party!
July 15, 2017: A date that would have been highlighted on the calendar of every student belonging to the F17 batch of LIBA's PGDM program. After all, the much-awaited, much-discussed Fresher's Day of 2017 was finally upon us. And yes, like everything else at this premier b-school, it brought with it the promise of being something beyond awesome!
There was a palpable sense of excitement on campus all through the day despite the event being held at the end of what had been a pretty tiring week. Given the fact that this would be the last instance when each one of us would be having a Fresher's Day organised for us, the situation was very much understandable. A lot of hype surrounded the proceedings for the evening and the theme of Hawaiian beach party (the tagline of #beachplease summed it up perfectly) certainly added an element of zing to it all.
Dressing up for the evening posed a unique challenge, not because I had never attended a "beach party" as such (okay, you can put that down as an excuse) but because my idea of dressing for heading down to the beach involves a sleeveless vest, boxers, and flip-flops – certainly not the attire you can wear to college, Fresher's Day or otherwise! Anyhow, that aspect was soon taken care of and any possibility of a self-inflicted embarrassment was put to bed by a considerable degree. It was time to hit the beach.
The words "Hawaii", designed to reflect the jolly and colorful nature of this beautiful American state in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, stood like a sentry at the entrance to the main college building. The theme repeated itself in the decoration at the main gate of the auditorium, the venue for all the fun and excitement of the evening. The beat of music playing on the loudspeaker was clearly audible from outside and we knew what to expect as soon as the door opened. However, we were not quite prepared for the burst of cold air that accompanied the beats – surely, winter was not due for another 24 hours, wasn't it?
The proceedings of the day involved everything that you would have come to expect from a Fresher's Day celebration – song, dance, some more singing, and a whole lot more dancing. To prevent the atmosphere from falling flat, there was the usual camaraderie in between as certain "lucky" ones got called up on stage for some tasks – tough luck for some of those who had thought they had escaped the fall once the signature campaign had come to an end!
Now, I am going to spare myself the trouble of giving in-detail accounts of what happened over the next couple of hours or so, not because I feel lazy to put so much of information down on paper but because words cannot do justice to the kind of talent that was up on show from both the F16s and F17s – put the superlative degree of every adjective you can think of against the performances and you will still fall short of a worthy description.
Towards the end of the two hours, a sense of restlessness was evident among the crowd. Everyone was hungry and it was close to dinner time for most. Amidst some high-decibel cheering that accompanied the announcement of Mister and Miss Fresher's for 2017, the group dispersed for a sumptuous, lip-smacking, mouth-watering dinner.
So is that it? Are we at the end of the celebrations for the evening?
On the contrary, the star attraction of the evening was still preparing herself in her vanity van!
As the clock inched its way towards half-past-nine, the crowd gathered back in the auditorium – a place that resembled a dance floor for a change. If you have not guessed it yet, this was time for one last hurrah for the evening with DJ Night!
Notwithstanding the consumption of biryani in high volumes just moments ago, everyone was eager to shake a leg. As the night wore on and the loudspeaker belted out one popular hit after another, spanning a multi-linguistic domain comprising Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam songs, the party reached fever pitch. Space was at a premium but nobody took notice for letting your hair down was all that mattered. Finally, after an hour of relentless dancing that at times bordered on the lines of aerobics, the show came to an end.
To say that all of us had a whale of a time and enjoyed ourselves to the fullest would be an understatement – again, words fail to describe the feeling. We retired to our rooms with a feeling of content in our heart, extremely glad in the thought that if this was going to be the last ever Fresher's Day of our lives, it had been a worthwhile experience.
It's about time the members of 360 Degrees – The Student's Affair Committee get a mention for their efforts in organising and conducting the entire event of the evening. As they say in Hawaii, mahalo nui loa 360 from all of F17!


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This recipe for roasted butternut squash is just delicious. It combines the richness and sweetness of butternut squash with a wonderful Moroccan spice mix, for a taste sensation.
Butternut pumpkin has the most amazing flavor. It is sweet and firm and makes a wonderful soup recipe. Today we'll be roasting it to bring out its natural sweetness.
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This recipe is just delicious. The Moroccan spice mix takes away the normal squash flavor which can be quite strong and turns it into a lovely savory side dish. Try it. You will not be disappointed.
Roasted Butternut squash recipe
This recipe for roasted butternut squash is just delicious. It combines the richness and sweetness of butternut squash with a wonderful Moroccan spice mix, for a taste sensation.
- 5 cups butternut squash, peeled and cut into chunks,
- 2 Tbsp olive oil (or slightly less)
- 1/2 tsp. Mediterranean sea salt
- dash of fresh ground black pepper
Spice Mix Ingredients
- Spice Mix (this will make extra but it keeps well in the pantry)
- 2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 tsp. ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder
- 1/2 tsp. ground sweet paprika
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
- a pinch ground cloves
- Preheat the oven to 450 F.
- Put squash in bowl and toss with olive oil, salt, pepper, and 1 tsp. spice mixture. Stir well to get the oil and spices evenly distributed on cut surfaces of the squash.
- Spray roasting pan with a nonstick spray and arrange squash in a single layer. Roast about 40-50 minutes, turning every 15 minutes or so. Squash is done when it is soft and slightly browned. Season with more Mediterranean sea salt, and serve hot.
- This left over spice mix can be used on any other roasted vegetables, such as carrots, rutabagas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 171Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 313mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 9gSugar: 5gProtein: 3g
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A landscaping company and its Director have been fined a total of $95,000 (plus $6000 in costs) after a member of the public died after being struck by a bobcat on a landscaping site in November 2011.
Total Landscape Redevelopment Service Pty Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety of a person who was not an employee, and was fined $75,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court today.
Christopher Lachlan Cantelo pleaded guilty to a related charge as the sole director of Total Landscape, and was fined $20,000 personally.
The City of Stirling was fined $20,000 in August in relation to the same incident.
In November 2011, the City of Stirling commissioned Total Landscape to undertake landscaping works at Morris Place, Innaloo, outside the Innaloo Community Centre.
The landscaping works were to be part of a broader upgrade of the Morris Place precinct, and included the removal of the existing playground, re-levelling the ground and returfing the area.
There was a small shed in the vicinity of the works which was being utilised by a local amateur theatre group, which also had a licence to use certain parts of the community centre.
On November 25, Total Landscape was using a bobcat (Caterpillar Multi Terrain Loader) to lay and mix sand and "back-blade" it to press it down. Mr Cantelo was operating the bobcat, which had a significant blind spot to its rear.
Around noon that day, Mr Cantelo had sent all his workers to lunch, leaving him alone on the site other than a member of the amateur theatre group, who had been removing material from the shed and transporting it to a skip bin during the morning.
Mr Cantelo continued to operate the bobcat nonetheless, and was reversing it up an incline when it fatally struck that man.
Prior to commencing the work, the company had placed a sign and some traffic cones around the workplace, but did not take any further measures for traffic or pedestrian management.
The court heard it would have been practicable for Total Landscape to have simply stopped operating the bobcat unless there was either a designated "spotter" on site or at least somebody else on site to observe pedestrian movements and prevent them from approaching the bobcat.
WorkSafe WA Commissioner Lex McCulloch said today the case once again illustrated the need for thorough assessments of the risks associated with any type of work.
"The City of Stirling has already had its day in court for failing to require Total Landscape to assess the risks before starting the job, and these related charges illustrate that safety is the responsibility of not only the organisation that engages the contractor, but also the contractor performing the work and its company Directors," Mr McCulloch.
"The tragic death of a member of the public on this worksite really brings home the crucial importance of taking basic measures to address serious hazards.
"This is especially important when mobile plant such as bobcats are in use in and around public areas.
"It would have been a simple step for Total Landscape to have ensured there was someone on site preventing pedestrian encroachment.
"The WA Commission for Occupational Safety and Health has published a Guidance Note for the Safe Movement of Vehicles at Workplaces, and any workplace involved in this type of work should keep a copy of the Guidance Note in the workplace at all times."
The Guidance Note and further information on workplace safety can be obtained by telephoning WorkSafe on 1300 307877 or on the website at www.worksafe.wa.gov.au.
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Cubase Elements 10 - the perfect entrance
Cubase Elements 10 is your personal music studio, incorporating professional workflows as used by countless professional artists around the globe.
Using the same technology platform as its larger siblings in the Cubase family, Cubase Elements offers tools for intuitive song-writing, instruments to develop your musical ideas and studio-grade effects.
With Steinberg products, you always receive the most current program version available at the time of registration!
Cubase Elements Key Features
Personal music production system, offering a set of streamlined audio/MIDI recording, editing, scoring and mixing tools
Based on proven Steinberg Cubase technology used by professionals around the world
Supports 64 MIDI and 48 simultaneous audio tracks with up to 64-bit/192 kHz
Includes outstanding virtual instruments: HALion Sonic SE, Groove Agent SE, Prologue
Comes ready with 45 audio effect processors, including Pitch Correct for vocal intonation correction, MorphFilter and the extraordinary VST Amp Rack guitar tone suite
MixConsole provides the stellar mixing experience with full flexibility and integrated EQ/Dynamics channel strip modules for epic pro-console sound
Chord track and chord pads for easy chord composing and management
Includes dozens of presets and thousands of MIDI construction loops
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At Fred Hutch, we believe that quality of life is essential to building a rewarding career — and achieving our shared mission of advancing breakthroughs and saving lives. It starts with a supportive and collaborative workplace culture for all of our employees, from researchers and lab technicians to IT specialists and electricians. It means going to work at a beautiful 15-acre lakeshore campus with state-of-the-art facilities, light-filled workspaces, tranquil courtyards and mountain views. Fred Hutch offers generous benefits that help our employees stay healthy and maintain a satisfying work-life balance.
We offer generous bonding leave, sick leave, paid holidays, vacation and sabbatical opportunities.
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Microbiology Technician, Preservation
United States, Morristown (New Jersey)
Lonza is one of the world's leading and most-trusted suppliers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty ingredients markets. As an integrated solutions provider, Lonza is boosting its value creation along and beyond the healthcare continuum with a strong focus on patient healthcare, consumer preventive healthcare and consumer's healthy environment.
Lonza harnesses science and technology to create products that support safer and healthier living and that enhance the overall quality of life. With the recent Capsugel acquisition, Lonza now offers products and services from the custom development and manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients to innovative dosage forms for the pharma and consumer health and nutrition industries.
Founded in 1897 in the Swiss Alps, Lonza today is a well-respected global company with more than 100 sites and offices and approximately 14,500 full-time employees worldwide.
The Microbiology Technician, Preservation will be responsible for microbiological preservative testing and related activities, for both new product development and technical service projects across the Preservation market areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Able to conduct Preservative Effectiveness Test (PET), Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) Test, Water Activity Test, and Gram Stain Test; and able to operate a Spectrophotometer.
- Able to perform advance procedures/analyses, including the necessary calculations and appropriate documentation of results.
- Able to prepare detailed test reports, and communicate data to Manager.
- Able to perform other duties, take on new assignments under direct supervision, and work on projects at various stages of development.
- Able to operate and maintain laboratory equipment in the Microbiology laboratory.
Key Requirements:
- BS in Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry or related discipline
- 3+ years of experience in a technical role in relevant application areas
- Experience in Microbiology laboratory, Personal Care formulation development, and data analysis highly preferred
- Good time management, adaptability, and excellent communication skills a must.
Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.


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Finding the Stone Hatchet melee weapon in Grand Theft Auto Online will unlock it in Red Dead Redemption 2 once it is released later this year.
In order to find the Stone Hatchet in GTA Online, players must keep an eye out for texts from Maude Eccles. She'll set bounty targets for players to collect, and completing this will unlock the location of the Stone Hatchet.
Once players have it, they can complete a Kills Challenge that will earn them $250,000 in GTA Online and also unlock the weapon in Red Dead Redemption 2 when it is released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 26.
This works similarly to the Double-Action Revolver that players could find in GTA Online late last year. When Red Dead Redemption 2 comes out this October, fans who completed the event in GTA Online can log in to their Social Club account to unlock both as exclusive discoverable weapons.
If you just can't wait for Red Dead Redemption 2, check out the various pre-order bonuses available for the game, our first look at this open-world western, and read about Red Dead Redemption 2's publisher defending single-player games.
On the GTA side of things, check out Grand Theft Auto 5 making it into the top three selling games of June five years after it was released.
Colin Stevens is a freelance writer for IGN, and he's still confused about GTA5 remaining in the top-selling games, but he accepts it. Follow him on Twitter.


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Ramadan prayer – Indonesia
Each weekend, we'll be posting some prayer points focused on several countries with the largest Muslim populations. Ultimately, it is most helpful for us to view the world in terms of individual people groups—so don't lose that perspective while praying over the nations. As you pray for Muslims, missions, and Christians in these countries, ask the Lord to burden your heart for longer than just this day. The world is larger than America. The Church is bigger than American Christianity. May we forever keep our eyes turned toward Christ and His mission to rescue people from every tribe and tongue.
Summary of Indonesia
Islam began in Saudi Arabia, but it traveled via trade routes to Indonesia nearly 1,100 years ago. According to the International Mission Board (IMB), there are now over 220 million Indonesian Muslims. Now, there is enormous pressure for families and individuals to keep hold of their Muslim identity, even when it is mixed with witchcraft and all sorts of indigenous religious practices. The monotheism of Islam is often traded for traditional gods for practical reasons. Daily pressures of tradition and family pull individuals in all sorts of spiritual directions.
Indonesian Muslims practice the 5 Pillars that include Ramadan fasting and the five daily prayers, but their Islam looks vastly different than it's Middle East origins. By God's grace, there are Christians in Indonesia. And, there are missionary teams equipping local believers to plant more churches. The progress is sometimes slow, but Jesus is working in the hearts of our Indonesian brothers and sisters to push back against persecution and cultural barriers with the message of the Gospel.
Capital: Jakarta
Population: 253,609,643 (July 2014 est.)
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Main religions: Islam (more than 80%), Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism
Prayer points
Muslims – There are many Muslims in Indonesia that do not follow Islam from personal conviction, but merely out of familial and cultural pressures. Pray for all Muslims in Indonesia. Ask the Holy Spirit to give them a real understanding of personal sin and a new interest in knowing the truth of who Jesus is. Like everyone else, they are searching for peace—let's pray they find the Prince of Peace.
Christians – Ask the Lord to build up the Indonesian church through an unwavering trust in His Word. Pray that they would rest in Christ deeply, and trust one another in ways that create strong unity among the body of Christ. They already face persecution in various ways, so pray they will remember the glory of Christ is worth suffering in this world.
Missionaries – Pray for boldness among missionary teams in Indonesia. They have many conversations with nationals who believe in the message of Jesus but don't want to publicly follow Christ. Ask the Lord to give missionaries endurance, love, and boldness to call people to repent and trust Jesus with complete faith.
"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God. For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have." (Philippians 1:27–30)
The Largest Muslim County is Not in the Middle East – Rosemary Brackey (IMB)
Photos: Ramadan 2018 Around the World – IMB
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text: Laura speaks with Aaron Tanaka, founder and director of the Center for Economic Democracy (CED) about his longtime advocacy and visionary work for the next system of solidarity economics. To change the circumstances of injustice, we have to build our communities' governance power to take control of their economic resources -- so says Tanaka. Tanaka and the CED are one of the many organizations behind Boston's Ujima program, which is funneling the discourse of democratic economics into the practice we need and helping communities of color direct their resources into the ideas they believe in, through a cooperative model of community budgeting. Music featured comes by way of Tenderflex ft. Dynasty Electric, Ayler Young, Jay Rodriguez and by George Martinez & The Global Block Collective released on Occupy This Album.


text: This is one of a series of books based on the character of Adrian Monk from the TV show "Monk". In this book, Monk and his assistant Natalie travel to a town that was established at the time of the California Gold Rush to solve a murder. While there they discover a 50 year old mystery of stolen gold. Unable to leave something unsolved, Monk decides to locate the missing gold as well as determine who killed the museum security guard. This is an entertaining read and definitely feels like Monk from the TV show. However, he seems even more obsessed with everything around him than the television character which gets a little wearing.


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This Winston Salem, NC homeowner had a failing carbon fiber system along the bowing basement wall. After many attempts at reaching out to the company that originally installed the carbon strips, and finding out the company had gone out of business, no longer honoring the carbon fiber warranty; the homeowner called Tar Heel Basement Systems for professional help.
The Tar Heel Foundation Team installed twelve (12) IntelliBraces™ along the bowing wall where the carbon strips were failing. The patented IntelliBraces™ system will stabilize the wall correctly and the heavy-duty zinc plated steel beams will not corrode like traditional I-beams. Tar Heel Basement Systems was able to completely stabilize this bowing basement wall.