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Cline Cellars Mourvedre Contra Costa County Ancient Vines 2009
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Fred Cline established Cline Cellars in Oakley, Contra Costa, California in 1982. This winery is now well established, but the current trend for all things Rhône-like was not what started Fred down the Rhône varietal path more than twenty years ago. His leap of faith beyond the traditional, well-trodden Cabernet and Chardonnay route stemmed from his belief in the "magnificent old vines in my own backyard", and it is these vines that still underpin Cline's efforts. The 'Ancient Vines Mourvèdre' draws from some of our oldest, most historic and shyest-bearing vineyard blocks. Consistently, this vineyard produces fruit of stunning concentration as the result of sensitive farming practices, the singular Oakley terroir, and a unique cooling band of air that flows in from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers. By naturally restricting yields to 2 to 3 tons per acre, our old vines achieve sublime expression of the dark, dusty berry fruit quality that is so characteristic of this wine. Individual lots of grapes were harvested separately according to ripeness and balance of acidity. The wine was pressed off its skins at dryness before being racked to dark toasted American Oak (approximately 25% new) where it was gently aged for ten months and then stored in neutral cooperage." Charlie Tsegeletos, winemaker . The Ancient Vines Mourvèdre offers distinct chocolate characteristics and a luscious deep plum flavor. Tannins are soft with a substantial mouth-feel. Goes great with Pork Tenderloin and Rack of Lamb.
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Pours a dark violet color with some dark red hues on the edges. Aromas of plums, dark berries, charred wood and currants. Starts off with the dark cherries and blackberries hitting the palate first. In the middle, there is more currant flavors than dark berries and the smoke starts to come through. Finishes with some more smoke, dark berries, currants and a hint of vanilla. Lot lasting taste left on the palate. Lots going on with this wine, probably would do best with some aging. Definitely not a wine to drink on its own, needs food.
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Active Value Advisors is a well-established firm within the management consultancy industry.
Our mission is to assist Boards and the Top Management in defining the conditions to create sustainable value, with respect to 3 main views: Shareholders, Customers, Employees.
Why does a company choose Active Value Advisors?
Our clients appreciate us not only for our skills and expertise but, above all, for the way we are able to apply these qualities to our work.
We are highly specialized in all the services we provide and the enthusiasm we put into each individual project is just one aspect of our commitment to quality.
Trained professionals who are able to contribute with their own ideas and experience, fruit of the ongoing research work conducted in-house, represent a key resource for managers who want to face challenges and opportunities offered by the market in a proactive manner.
Companies have a lot of data and information.
These are typically created (and hopefully fully used) mostly at a functional level.
We observe that the Top Management of majority of the companies fail to use all the data and knowledge that their people and structures have and this because information are not properly collected and organized to facilitate the decisional process.
But solutions that create value have to be crosswise to match the needs of Customers, Employees and Shareholders and, at the same time, easily handled by Top Managers, within coherent managerial frameworks.
Active Value Advisors is a management consulting
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Our fabric is obtained thanks to a warp formed by our core functional competencies and a plot that is realized thanks to the use of up-to-date Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics tools.
Thanks to this unique approach that blends know-how with quick implementations, the economic returns of our interventions are faster and higher.
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Last week I blogged about the amazing find that Jane Austen based Pride and Prejudice on the daughter of William Marshall, the greatest knight. https://doublehistory.com/2015/01/25/jane-austen-william-marshall-and-pride-and-prejudice/
Imagine my surprise when I found the following blog post from whatsitallaboutahakespeare *(for link, see below)
My mouth did the 'jaw drop surprise' thingy that judges on 'Britain's got Talent But it is Not on This Show' and 'American Idle Idol' feign when they hear something that is not abysmal!
I quote from the blog:
"There have been several supporters of Richard III throughout history; men and women who know the last Plantagenet king was 'done wrong' by his Tudor successors. One of these people was Jane Austen, who, at the age of just sixteen, wrote The History of England From the Reign of Henry IV to The Death of Charles I – nobody likes a show-off, Jane! In the book she has this to say about Richard, "The Character of this Prince has been in general very severely treated by Historians, but as he was York, I am rather inclined to suppose him a very respectable Man… "Whether innocent or guilty, he did not reign long in peace, for Henry Tudor E. of Richmond as great a Villain as ever lived, made a great fuss about getting the Crown & having killed the King at the battle of Bosworth, he succeeded to it."
My initial thought was that another of the Jeffs was winding me up, but I checked. It is for real!
Jane Austen was a Bride!
This blog is served with gravy, not sauce. You may choose as an accompaniment fresh green salad or seasonal vegetables.
The History of England is an early work of Jane Austen's, completed in 1791 when she was just 15 years old: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/austen/accessible/introduction.html
* http://whatsitallaboutshakespeare.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-richard.html
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A wide range of RSS readers can be easily downloaded from the Web. Some readers are Web-based while others require you to download a small software program onto your desktop. Most are free to use. (Several readers require Microsoft's .NET framework on your computer. They may be slightly more complicated to install if you do not have .NET.)
Typing "RSS Reader" into any search engine will result in a list of available RSS readers. A few sample readers are also offered below for the purpose of evaluation:
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New Frocks Fashion 2016 for Girls Stylish Long Tail Double Open Shirt Designs
Puzzled! What to wear on a party tonight? If you wear any of the following frock style, you will definitely rock the party as frock is considered to be a perfect wear for an evening festival. Let's check it out the 4 Famous Designer Frock Designs in India and Pakistan. Read on!
Famous Frocks Designs
Frock is the most beautiful and stylish ladies dress. This dress is popular in Pakistan and India. Every year top designers of the both countries launch their new collection 2016 of frocks latest designs. Following is the Four famous new frocks designs in Pakistan and India.
Umbrella Frock Designs for Girls
Umbrella Frock is the perfect dress to wear on the wedding, casual and formal events. Zari work, dabka work, motifs and Kashmiri work is used to give a more stylish look to the Frock. When it comes to the bottom of the frock, laces and ribbons are normally used to beautify it. The flattering cut, wide bottom and upper fitting of the frock will definitely give you a glamorous look.
Regardless of the Umbrella Frock design you will choose, don't forget to go together with the soft color combinations such as red, pink and green. For the wedding ceremonies Umbrella Frock colors should be kept dark and brighter both.
Long Tail Frock Designs
Another unique frock style that has gained huge appreciation among the ladies is Long Tail Frock. To increase the feminine look of the Long Tail Frock, ladies normally wear these frocks with churidar, pajamas, trousers, tights and pants.
Long Tail Gown Type frock style is perfect for the younger girls but it also suits on the women of different age groups. Embellishments on the Long Tail Frock make the frock look more glamorous. You can wear this frock as casual, formal, party wear and also on wedding ceremonies. Different fabrics are used to stick this frock like Georgette, silk, chiffon.
Kalidar Umbrella Style Frock
This frock looks like an umbrella at the bottom but from the tummy and bust, it has a tight stitching pattern. Ladies prefer informal and social adornments works to make Kalidar umbrella style frock more wonderful and stylish dress.
Pishwas Frocks New Fashion 2016
Pishwas frock looks very beautiful and fashionable. It normally wears on the parties and formal occasions. Every single girl wants to look beautiful yet different from other girls that's why Pishwas frock collection is packed with the modern fashion designs that will definitely grab your attention. Want to look more graceful and stylish? Then just team up your Pishwas frock with the heavy embroidered koti.
The frock is consists of a fitting yoke and from the bottom, the frock normally flows down from the bust line to the ankles and appears like a huge flared frock. You can pair it with a Churidar pajama and give a younger look to your personality than your actual age.
Shiny and bright colored fabrics are always preferred to design the Pishwas frocks. Nowadays, a lot of westernized ideas are being combined into this frock style for creating an Indo-western mixture and specially designed by Indian dress designers.
See Also: Latest Anarkali Frock Salwar Kameez Suit Neck Designs 2016
So ladies these are the Top popular and famous Frocks Designs free download HD Wallpaper pics. Mostly bridals and young girls likes to wear these as a modern dress. I hope you like this post. You can write below if you need any further information about frocks.


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A smash repair company owner had bought a new camera after 12 years, the problem was that the photos produced were 10 times bigger to send to insurance companies and very slow over his slow link. The problem was to find a program to shrink photos that is easy enough for a computer beginner to use.
A customer could not get internet on a Bigpond connection. He gave up after an hour talking to Telstra on the phone. When I arrived I noticed that he had installed the bigpond wall phone faceplate to the wall. He then had a line out of the face plate to a splitter filter near the phone and ADSL modem. So the phone was double filtered and the ADSL was filtered. I connected the line to the ADSL output on the faceplate which is not filtered.
Another customer had just upgraded a Vista machine to Windows 7. The problem was that he could not download anything. It found a site not found error, although web surfing worked okay. After trying the usual - netsh, uninstall/reinstall of network driver/stop antivirus programs. I finally twigged that it was a security issue to do with downloading .exe files. I turned off protected mode and the downloads went forward as usual.
A customer, who I visited the day before rang me because their (very ancient Pentium III) laptop was not booting. It was also making a clicking noise. This was a worry as it means the hard drive had or was about to die! I went to the customer and the computer managed to almost boot into windows. I then shutdown the machine and grabbed it to see if I could grab data off the hard drive before it collapsed completely. I'm also going to put the HDD into a freezer for awhile as this might give the computer a little life.
Final job is a computer that kept on throwing system stop errors 0x0000008E, 0x00000050 to name a few. I had tried a few things and the final thing I am about to try is to replace memory. If this doesn't fix the problem, then it is the motherboard and time for a new computer.


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hello all! it has been quite some time. i have been studying for my national examinations. oh well, today i am going to talk about security issues in PHP regarding the $_REQUEST variable.
The $_REQUEST variable is a combination of key and values of $_POST, $_GET and $_COOKIE variables. This is a 'superglobal', or automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in all scopes throughout a script.
The problem with this variable, is that when you are using it, you never know where the value came from. It might come from a cookie, it might come from a GET header request, or even a POST data.
This often allows hijacking of sessions to occur.
1) Hackers gets the Session ID of the user, visitor, or worse of all: Administrators.
2) They inject into the cookies to get into the session of the user/administrator.
3) this allows the server to show the hijacker what the real user sees.
4) and the hijacker is also able to access whatever the user is able to access.
Worse still, if you want to double check the session via a POST and GET, and you use the $_REQUEST variable to check, the hacker can simply put it into cookie and he passes through.
It also allows bots to POST data easily using cookies if you use $_REQUEST. Especially if you have forms using $_REQUEST, the bot can keep bypassing your form using cookies or get headers.
You should use a more specific variable to further secure your application. Well, that's all i have. Goodnights!
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The perfect shot / Elaine Marie Alphin.
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Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn't so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus on basketball. Focus on hitting the perfect shot. Brian hopes that the system will work for Amanda and her father. An innocent man couldn't be wrongly convicted, could he? But then Brian does a school project on Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched decades ago for the murder of a teenage girl - a murder he didn't commit. Worse still, Brian's teammate Julius gets arrested for nothing more than being a black kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. Brian can't deny any longer that the system is flawed. As Amanda's father goes on trial, Brian admits to himself that he knows something that could break the case. But if he comes forward, will the real killer try for another perfect show - this time against Brian?
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New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The government today said post the abolition of the FIPB, ministries will have to decide on FDI proposals within 60 days of the application and any rejection will need concurrence of the DIPP.
India had last month scrapped the 25-year old foreign investment advisory body FIPB as it looks to attract more FDI by providing quick approvals under a single-window clearance system.
In an office memorandum, the Finance Ministry said subsequent to the abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), concerned administrative ministries have been alloted the work of granting approval for foreign investment in the specific sector.
The Industry Ministry, in consultation with the administrative ministry, will come out with a detailed guideline for processing of the FDI proposals and ensure a "consistency of treatment and uniformity of approach".
The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) shall involve the process of inter-ministerial consultation for the examination of FDI proposals, wherever necessary, it said.
"The SOP will also recognise that ordinarily FDI applications, including those related to non resident Indian (NRI)/ Export Oriented Unit (EOU), food processing, single brand retail trading and multi brand retail trading proposals, should be decided in 60 days," the office memorandum said.
All pending applications with the FIPB would be transferred to the administrative ministry and oversight of the FIPB portal shall be transferred to the DIPP from the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) within four weeks.
While FDI approval decisions in majority of the sectors have been relegated to concerned ministry, those relating to private security agencies would be decided by the Home Ministry. The DEA will clear proposals of financial services which are not regulated by a regulator or where there is more than one regulator or there is a doubt about the regulator.
Any FDI proposal in banks will be approved by the Department of Financial Services.
"FDI proposals by NRIs/EoUs requiring approval of the government will be dealt with by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and the DIPP will continue to be the administrative ministry for this purpose," it said.
Also, application for import of capital goods or machinery shall be handled by the DIPP.
However, applications involving investments from "Countries of Concern", requiring security clearance as per the FEMA guidelines and FDI policy, shall be processed by the Home Ministry.
While the Home Ministry will only process those applications coming via automatic route but requiring security clearances, cases pertaining to approval route sectors requiring security clearance will be processed by the concerned administrative ministry.
Besides, the format of security clearance form has been changed and has been made available on the FIPB portal. The government has asked applicants to upload the new form failing which application will not be entertained.
For FDI application in which there is a doubt about the administrative ministry concerned, the DIPP shall identify the ministry where the application will be processed, it said, adding that the concerned ministry will have to seek Cabinet nod wherever required.
"The concurrence of DIPP would be mandatory with reference to the FDI applications which are proposed to be rejected by the competent authority or where approval is proposed by competent authority subject to additional conditions not provided in the FDI policy," it said.
A joint quarterly review meeting will be undertaken by a committee co-chaired by DEA and DIPP Secretary on pendency of proposals with Government.
All past and future litigations and liabilities shall be handled by the administrative department and about 4,500 reference and record files currently with the FIPB secretariat will be transferred to concerned ministry.
Currently, about 91-95 per cent of FDI is coming through the automatic route and only 11 sectors, including defence and retail trading, require the government approval for FDI.
Inflow of foreign direct investment into India increased by 9 per cent to USD 43.48 billion in 2016-17.
Foreign investment proposals above Rs 5,000 crore would continue to be cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
The FIPB was constituted under the Prime Ministers Office following economic liberalisation in the early 1990s. PTI JD ABM


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2014 Kia Forte EX: Economy Class Warfare
You can get a very well-equipped Kia Forte, but only if you're willing to spring for all the options.
Over the past three years, an abundance of well equipped, fun to drive compact sedans have flooded dealerships. That trend seemed to have skipped Kia, where the tired Forte soldiered on unremarkably amidst an otherwise revamped and desirable lineup.
Until now. The Forte is all new for 2014, and it's finally a contender. I got to drive a fully-loaded EX model with the upgraded 2.0L engine, Premium and Technology packages. It's a $25,400 compact that would outclass even a five year old luxury car, with such niceties as a cooled driver's seat and glovebox, heated rear seats, puddle lights, and auto-folding mirrors.
It would also far outclass lesser-equipped Kia Fortes. Yes, the LX starts at $15,900 with a stick shift and no options, but you have to step up to the $19,400 EX trim to even have the privilege of paying more for navigation or leather seats. With so many of the things I liked about the Forte reserved for the upscale trim level, I'll have to reserve my overall judgement about the car until I spend some time with a base model. Though the EX is sure to get most of the airtime, it's the humble LX that most folks will buy.
Tech & Entertainment
Along with the new Sorento, the 2014 Forte debuts the latest version of Kia's UVO infotainment system—at least on the EX trim level. Designed with Microsoft, UVO allows enhanced voice commands and smartphone connectivity, including streaming audio. With my iPhone playing Pandora, it displayed song info on the touchscreen, for instance. It takes awhile for the system to start up, so you'll likely end up listening to the radio for 30 seconds or so when you first get in the car.
For the first time, UVO also includes navigation. The two features used to be mutually exclusive, but now happily cohabitate on a single touchscreen. That nav system also finally interfaces with the color screen in the center of the gauge cluster, which offers pared down navigation, audio, or diagnostic info when the main screen is busy. I appreciated that the nav system could show services at upcoming exits or a route summary in a split screen, and that it automatically zoomed in for tricky turns but zoomed out for long stretches of highway.
In addition to one-shot voice recognition for address entry (it lets you just say, "123 Main Street, Whoville" instead of spelling out a street name or number), the nav system connects with the UVO eServices telematics system. That opens up some cool, free services including a maintenance minder that connects with your local Kia dealer, and a crash notification system that automatically calls 911 if your airbag deploys. Most other automakers charge for similar, but more full-featured, services.
If you sync your smartphone (Android and iOS only, for now), you can also get a reminder of where you parked, or search for an address in Google Maps and send it to your Kia. I found that last one to be a bit clunky—you have to have the eServices app open while you're in the car. It's easier, and quicker, just to type in the address yourself.
As for the LX—well, you get Bluetooth, a USB input, and a four-speaker AM/FM/CD.
Even though it's been reskinned by the talented hand of lead designer (and company president) Peter Schreyer, the Forte looks a little too anonymous to draw in buyers based on style alone. I'd best describe it as a Ford Focus wearing an Optima mask. From the rear, the two cars are virtually indistinguishable.
Inside, things get a little more interesting—at least on the Premium Package-equipped, $25,000+ EX trim model I drove. An angular, straightforward dashboard is canted towards the driver, and touch points are impressive for a car in this price class. There's plenty of room front and rear for four adults to sit comfortably. My only two complaints: Tacky, faux carbon-fiber pattern trim, and three odd lumps over the passenger airbag that looked more like sun damage than intentional design.
Appearance aside, this car is packed with little touches that were formerly reserved for luxury vehicles. With the Premium Package selected, on the EX trim of course, the driver gets a heated steering wheel and a cooled and heated seat, while the front passenger and two rear passengers get seat warmers. On the outside, puddle lights and illuminated door handles add a high end feel, as do mirrors that automatically swing upwards when the car is parked. I'm not sure what kind of space is so narrow that it couldn't accommodate a Forte, but the trick does look cool.
Driving Experience
By now, you've probably figured out that I didn't get a chance to drive the LX model, with its 1.8L, 148-hp inline four-cylinder engine. But the 173-hp 2.4L four-cylinder engine in the EX proved more than adequate. Power on demand was only a bit lacking at high speeds. In real-world terms, that means I wouldn't merge in front of a semi on an incline, but I had no problem keeping up with and passing traffic on a long, empty straightaway.
While far from sporty, the Forte proved entirely competent and occasionally engaging. A long highway slog was comfortable but not coma-inducing. While the suspension kept the car on track over bumps, it didn't exactly damp them, either—not surprising in an entry level car. I'm glad that Kia erred on the side of control over comfort.
The six-speed transmission proved well-mated to the car, only occasionally failing to choose the right gear for the right time. I haven't had a chance to drive a car equipped with a manual transmission, which is only available on the most basic LX trim. The EX model also offers power steering with variable feedback, though I couldn't really detect a difference among the three modes, all of which felt fairly disengaged.
Yes, the Kia Forte is finally a contender, but it still faces some pretty stiff competition. With a window sticker that matches or even exceeds similarly equipped compacts from other manufacturers, I'd recommend you visit Chevy, Ford, Honda, and Mazda dealers before you decide on the Forte, especially if you're aiming for at trim lower than a fully-loaded EX.
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A woman who travelled quarter of the way round the world from Macau to Arran claimed an offer of work and accommodation was a publicity stunt.
The woman, who said she would prefer not to be identified, had exchanged emails with James Clark, the proprietor of the Balmichael Centre on the String road and claimed that she had an offer of free accommodation in exchange for work.
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Editor: Kunstverein Medienturm Graz Edition
Text: David Muth
The term pattern is little short of summing up a graphical and conceptual genre in new media traditionally one might simply say swatch or ornament as well. In electronic arts the term describes a process driven by a structured formula, whereby a fluid matrix emerges through the repetitive assemblage of single elements. David Muth´s video Five Pattern breaks with this common practice, and he does so by working with this story in a pictorial and humorous fashion. Muth photographs patterns of industrially manufactured covers that adorn the seats of public transport and obviously dont promise any additional artistic value to a greater degree their masking abstracted compositions seem to be precondition for diverse usage, resistant against contaminants. In close-ups Muth zooms into the encountered graphical structures and blends them with further patterns, as if he would like to invoke a discursive massacre. Applied arts meets fine arts, abstraction meets the real life.


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Why Schools Should Learn To Use Online Services Like Facebook & YouTube Rather Than Banning Them
from the embrace-and-use,-rather-than-fear-and-block dept
So it's nice to see a sensible opinion piece in Slate arguing that rather than ban or block social online services like Facebook and YouTube, schools should be embracing them and looking for ways to incorporate them into the learning process. There are a variety of strong arguments for why this makes sense, but two that stick out:
- Students already like using these sites quite a bit. Using those sites to make other things more relevant and interesting seems like a good way to reach kids in a manner that they understand, and which doesn't feel quite as much like "education," but more like something fun that they want to do.
- Using these kinds of free tools may be cheaper, easier and much more effective than a number of the super expensive e-learning tools out there, which would require a steep learning curve anyway. But incorporating lesson plans and info and assignments into the tools that students already use would be both cheaper and more likely to actually be used.


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Home > Restaurants >
The Highliner
210 Tenth Ave.,
New York, NY 10011
Official Website
Nearby Subway Stops
C, E at 23rd St.
Payment Methods
American Express, MasterCard, Visa
Special Features
- Bar Scene
- Breakfast
- Brunch - Weekend
- Dine at the Bar
- Good for Groups
- Great Desserts
- Late-Night Dining
- Lunch
- Singles Scene
- Take-Out
- Full Bar
Accepted/Not Necessary
This venue is closed.
This place opened after much anticipation in the old Empire Diner space, and while the surroundings are as cool as ever, the upscale-diner menu disappoints. The burger on a recent visit was overdone despite requests for medium-rare, and almost inedibly dry. Lobster pasta fared better, a nicely briny tangle of noodles with tomatoes and crustacean chunks, though the latter were overcooked too. The addition of farro to a green salad added welcome texture, but the leaves themselves were somewhat overdressed; a chicken sesame salad, though promising-sounding, proved an unappealing inert-looking pile of cabbage in a mayonaisey dressing, with chunks of chicken breast and a few sesame seeds. At least the place got the burrata right though not the best in the city, it hit all the correct creamy notes. Come here for the attractive sidewalk seating area, if you must, but order carefully.Recommended Dishes
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We live in a city full of small cheap-eats miracles,
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Elum Baby Quarterly Updates
Revenues, liquidity, depreciation, ammortization, accrued liabilities - are you still awake? Elum Designs gives new meaning to quarterly reports with their baby updates for the 3, 6, 9 and 12 month benchmarks. So often the flurry of photos and reports after a birth understandably taper off as parents' time is absorbed by the new family member.
Making keeping in touch easier, the baby updates have checkboxes and fill-in-the-blank answers for busy parents. Here are a few examples.
Food most often spit out or otherwise rejected _______________
We've picked the pacifier off the ground ___1,000 times, ___5,000 times, ____let's just say our backs hurt.
Current nicknames_________________________________________
Favorite song______________________________________________
Favorite toy_______________________________________________
After one year if we had to guess baby's profession it woud be_________________________________________________________
Elum Designs Baby Updates are letterpressed and sold in sets of 10 for $16.


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Arjun Rampal works out at SRK's gym
While other actors involve in fighting with one another and making headlines for their rivalry, Arjun Rampal and Shahrukh Khan are exceptional, they are making news for their intimacy. Post Don and Om Shanti Om, Shahrukh and Arjun have become great buddies. Their friendship has set an example for the film industry. They always party together and spend time apart from shooting. Their family also have been bonding big time. Their closeness can be measured from the fact that Arjun and his wife Mehr very often work out at SRK plush gym under his trainer at Mannat.
Arjun is a fitness freak and recently Shahrukh has also developed interest in this arena. He has built a well-equipped gym in his house and it has become an advantage for Rampal too. Every morning Arjun along with his wife work out in King Khan's gym. On the set also Arjun and Shahrukh discuss about their fitness and their strict diet. "Grilled chicken and fish along with veggies is my staple diet. I go easy on carbs after 6 pm," Arjun was heard telling SRK at Yash Raj Studios.
Shahrukh has flaunted his six pack abs in Om Shanti Om and wished to maintain his high voltage body type. He has been overheard taking tips from Arjun as how to maintain his dynamic physique.


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Obituary: Russell Hoban
Author Russell Hoban (b.1925) died on December 13. Hoban's novel Riddley Walker won the John W. Campbell, Jr. Award and the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award, it was also nominated for the Nebula Award. His novels covered a range of genres, including science fiction, historical fiction, magic realism, and fantasy.
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text: On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 02:43:28PM +0100, Peter Corlett wrote: [...] > The Gunmakers > 13 Eyre Street Hill > London EC1R 5ET > http://thegunmakers.co.uk/ > https://twitter.com/thegunmakers > http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Gunmakers,_EC1R_5ET Don't forget, the social is in the Gunmakers *tonight*. I understand Jeff is seting aside the whole upstairs room for us. You're all coming for your free drink, right?


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Business Etiquette Training Course
Chicago, Los Angeles
Displaying good business etiquette behavior will mean clients are more likely to trust and want to do business with you.
Live face-to-face training. All classes guaranteed to run.
Our corporate etiquette training courses for professionals provides adults with the skills they need to quickly adapt, integrate and succeed in diverse business environments.
Course summary
Business Etiquette for Today's Workforce
On this workshop you will learn how to conduct yourself professionally in social situations, proper dining etiquette, how to dress, what to say (or write) and what not to say (or write), meeting etiquette, travel tips and more.
1 Day | $350.00
Learning objectives
- Understanding the importance of business etiquette
- How to meet and greet
- Making a favorable first impression
- Dining etiquette
- Restaurant etiquette
- Email etiquette
- Telephone etiquette
- Thank you notes and formal letters
- Dressing appropriately
- International etiquette
Detailed course outline
- Understanding Etiquette
- Etiquette Defined
- The Importance of Business Etiquette
- Networking for Success
- Creating an Effective Introduction
- Making a Great First Impression
- Minimizing Nervousness
- Using Business Cards Effectively
- Remembering Names
- The Meet and Greet
- The Three-Step Process
- The Four Levels of Conversation
- Dining Etiquette
- Understanding Your Place Setting
- Using Your Napkin
- Eating Your Meal
- Table Manners
- Sticky Situations and Possible Solutions
- Restaurant Etiquette
- Your Arrival
- Ordering in a Restaurant
- Foods to Avoid
- About Alcoholic Beverages
- Paying the Bill
- Tipping
- Email Etiquette
- Addressing Your Message
- Grammar and Acronyms
- Top 5 Technology Tips
- Telephone Etiquette
- Developing an Appropriate Greeting
- Dealing with Voicemail
- Cell phone Do's and Don'ts
- The Written Letter
- Thank You Notes
- Formal Letters
- Informal Letters
- Meeting Etiquette
- 10 Rules for meetings
- Dressing for Success
- The Meaning of Colors
- Interpreting Common Dress Codes
- Deciding What to Wear
- International Etiquette
- General Rules
- Important Points
- Preparation Tips
Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
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Class times: 9.00am to 4.30pm
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* Earnings hit by college closures, contract loss in Australia
* Trump rhetoric hurts U.S. enrolments
* Shares drop almost 10 percent to lowest since Nov. 3 (Recasts, adds quotes from CEO and analyst)
By Tom Westbrook
SYDNEY, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Australian education provider Navitas Ltd's first-half net profit halved, hit by college closures at home and a hard-line immigration policy in the United States that spooked student enrolments in the world's largest education market.
The nation's largest listed private education company, which provides English proficiency courses for foreign students, warned on Tuesday it now expects a "medium term" downturn in U.S. enrolments as students sign up to study elsewhere.
The downbeat outlook contrasts with past statements that promoted the United States as Navitas' next growth leg. Its shares slumped almost 10 percent to a near three-month low.
Net profit for the six-months ended Dec. 31 was A$24.7 million ($20 million), versus A$53.3 million a year ago. That was below a Deutsche Bank estimate of A$34.4 million.
"I was expecting the company to go backwards before it moved forwards, but it was actually a little weaker than I had ," said Philip Pepe, an analyst at stockbroker Blue Ocean Equities, who had expected A$36.4 million.
Navitas' revenue was down 4.6 percent to A$456.7 million and the company booked a one-off A$7.5 million charge after it cut the carrying value of its U.S. assets as a result of tax law changes there.
In Australia, earnings were hit by the loss of lucrative government contracts for teaching migrants English and the closure of two colleges, which although previously flagged bit deeper than the market anticipated.
With operations in Australia, North America and Britain, the West Australian-based company's international footprint makes it vulnerable to changes in student visa regulations and currency volatility, which can quickly change a country's attractiveness to foreign students.
During the 2016 presidential race, U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned for "a total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States. Since his election tighter enforcement of immigration rules has lifted visa rejection rates for students and Navitas last year reported a 23 percent drop in enrolments.
"The rhetoric from Trump has created a whole lot of uncertainly and people are a little bit more nervous about making a commitment," Navitas' Chief Executive Officer Rod Jones told Reuters in a phone interview.
He declined to quantify the drop in enrolments though U.S earnings fell A$6.9 million for the period. That was partially offset by a rise in Canadian earnings, though Navitas' two colleges there are nearing capacity, so the scope for future enrolments is limited. ($1 = 1.2350 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Tom Westbrook in SYDNEY; Additional reporting by Rushil Dutta and Aaron Saldanha in BENGALURU; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Muralikumar Anantharaman)


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|sea of Galilee Israel
There is a small green island where one white cow lives alone,
a meadow of an island.
The cow grazes until nightfall, full and fat,
but during the night she panics and grows thin as a single hair.
"What will I eat tomorrow?
There's nothing left!"
By dawn the grass has grown up again, waist-high.
The cow starts eating and by dark the meadow is clipped short.
She is full of strength and energy,
but she panics in the dark as before and grows thin overnight.
The cow does this over and over and this is all she does.
She never thinks,
"This meadow has never failed to grow back.
What should I be afraid every night that it won't?"
The cow is the bodily soul.
The island field is this world where that cow grows lean with fear
and fat with blessing, lean and fat.
White cow,
don't make yourself miserable with what is to come or not to come.
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- Central
- 29 updates
New Street Station revamp
People using Birmingham New Street Station this week can find out more about the multi-million pound revamp of the train station. An exhibition explaining the stages of the building work is on display.
Live updates
Weekday commuters use revamped station
A new era has dawned for Birmingham New Street, one of Britain's busiest railway stations.
Weekday commuters have got their first taste of Phase One of the redevelopment of the station, which has to cope with up to 140,000 passengers every day.
It is being revamped in two big stages. One half opened on Sunday and the other half is now being upgraded.
Transport correspondent Keith Wilkinson reports.
New giant tablet part of Birmingham New Street revamp
Transport correspondent Keith Wilkinson takes a look at the new giant tablet which provides travel updates as well as other information about Birmingham to passengers at New Street Station.
New Street Station facts: A train leaves the station every 37 seconds
- Birmingham New Street is the busiest station outside London with a train leaving the station every 37 seconds
- It is also the busiest interchange station in the UK
- More then 140,000 people use the station, double the number it was catered for
- 1000 workers are on the site, working 24 hours a day
- There are 36 new escalators and 15 new lifts following phase one of the redevelopment
Your views on the Birmingham New Street Station revamp
Old concourse at Birmingham New Street closes
The old concourse at Birmingham New Street has now closed to passengers following the opening of the new one.
Development of the revamped Birmingham New Street is expected to finish in summer 2015.
- ITV Report
New Street Station commuters largely welcome changes
New Street Station revamp: 60 volunteers helping passengers
60 volunteers are on hand at New Street Station to help guide passengers following the station's revamp says Network Rail.
Network Rail: 'All is going well so far' at New Street Station
Network Rail says 'all is going well so far' as the revamped New Street Station opens to the weekday rush hour for the first time.
Up to 65,000 people pass through the station each weekday.
Commuter test for 'new' Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street's new facilities will be put to the test by commuters this morning. It's the first workday the rearranged station will be used by the public.
Extra staff will be employed to help people find their way around. It's the first phase of a multi-million pound upgrade of the 46 year old building.
Birmingham New Street: the passenger verdict
People using Birmingham New Street's newly opened concourse say although it's confusing, it's a great improvement on what the station was like before.
Latest ITV News reports
New Street Station commuters largely welcome changes
Commuters at New Street this morning have largely welcomed major changes to the station in Birmingham.
Birmingham New Street in pictures from the 1850s
See rare pictures of how Birmingham New Street looked in the 1850s to how things are now as it becomes a 21st century station.


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We will guide you through each formatting tool on offer and also give advice on how best to utilise them. With some care and common sense, you will have everything you need to create documents that stand out both visually and textually.
1 Manipulating images
Once you have imported an image, drag one of the corner handles on the image to resize and position it. Carefully monitor how the text automatically adjusts around it.
2 Move with text
If you like the image placement but plan to add text, select Move with Text in the Format inspector's Arrange tab to keep the text surrounding the image aligned with it.
3 The mask size
Double-click the image to display the masking bar. Click the right icon and drag a handle to adjust the mask to the dimensions that you want the image to ultimately fill.
4 Use the mask
Click the left icon to zoom in using the slider. The image will not overflow the mask, but the text will adjust if you increase the image size to fill the new mask size.
5 Text arrangement
To change how the text surrounds the image, click the Arrange tab in the Format inspector and select Text Wrap. Experiment with the options to see which looks best.
6 Spacing is important
The Spacing option under Arrange lets you define the exact spacing around images. This feature is crucial – use the smallest spacing possible for a professional effect.
7 Surrounding shapes
The right-hand Text Fit icon surrounds non- rectangular images with text on every side, but you need to manage the spacing very carefully. Adjustments will be required.
8 Instant Alpha
If you insert an image with white space around the subject, click Instant Alpha. Click the white background when prompted and text will automatically fill the white space.
9 Protect your work
When you are happy with the image placement and surrounding text, click the lock icon in the Format inspector. No image changes can then be made until 'unlock' is clicked.
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Rangers raid three offices of Zardari's close aide in Karachi
KARACHI: The paramilitary force on Friday noon raided a tech company's offices in Karachi reportedly owned by close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, who is returning to Pakistan after self-imposed exile of 18 months today.
The Rangers personnel raided three offices of the same company located along I.I. Chundrigar Road, Hockey Stadium and Metropole.
Omni Group, whose offices have been raided, is owned by Anwar Majeed, who is said to be a close aide of Asif Ali Zardari.
According to reports, admin manager Omni Group Kashif has been arrested from Hockey Stadium.
Sources said some other arrests had also been made during the raid.
The raiding team also seized several files and records from the offices.


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'Content Marketing' scares people.
Topics: Blog
PEORIA, IL, February 3, 2015 -- Living in a global information age, businesses are constantly bombarded by innovation, the latest gadgets and information. Wading through the noise to make sense of what is the best for one's company can be a web of confusion.
Digital strategy leader OneFire has launched a new website with several components that decipher the latest trends and provide information in a format that is easy to use and easy to understand.
"We are living in a post-PC business environment with everything moving to mobile platforms," said Jason Parkinson, OneFire vice president and chief operating officer. "At OneFire it is our priority to learn everything we can about the latest digital technology and applications, and determine how companies can leverage these innovations to grow their business. With our new website, blog, and podcast, we are taking what we have learned and making it available beyond our client base."
OneFire has also unveiled its new Inside Business Tech podcast. A component of the company's blog, Inside Business Tech is a weekly podcast that covers the latest trends in technology and business, and highlights business headlines in a quick news format.
"The Inside Business Tech podcast is produced so that anyone doing their morning workout, or driving to work can easily listen," said Parkinson, who is also the host of the podcast. "It's short -- no more than five minutes -- and at the end of podcast we provide a ten-second summary that gives listeners a take-away they can apply in their own businesses."
The website's blog is a platform for OneFire's team of digital strategists to dive a little deeper into business and technology trends. A recent blog post provided readers a firsthand look at business applications for technology announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Other topics have included tips on working with Millennials, content marketing, and business strategy.
Topics: Blog, Inside Business Tech, PR


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Are You Psych'd…? …If you're not, prepare to be. I've got some crazy shit for you. Psychedelic soul funk rock or something like that. Starting things off is a beautiful rock track by Ersen. Reissue on Finders Keepers Records. This record is a compilation of numerous 45's and Ep's issued in the 70's by Ersen, a singer and violinist that was at the heart of some of the influential Turkish rock music of the era, having collaborated with some of Turkey's best known rockers-notably Mogollar, who back him up on several of the tracks. The tracks are all great examples of what make Turkish rock from the 70's great: interesting instrumentation including electric saz and violin alongside the fuzz guitars, rocking bass playing, funky beats, expressive vocals that one need not know the Turkish language to enjoy.
Next is Sarolta Zalatnay. Her powerful voice accompanied by electric guitar, organ and all, Prog, Hard Rock, Funk, you did not imagine music from Communist Eastern Europe like that, did you? So it is appropriate that the label, 'Finders Keepers', has compiled and released this compilation as well . The album has some quite excellent breaks & beats and Sarolta Zalatnay sings like no one else. Her vocals, all sung in Hungarian are at times ferocious.
Following is a truly wonderful example of late 60's UK Blues rock with Martha Velez's swamp man.
I'm a fan of Stones Throw Records. Their offshoot record company, Now-Again records is responsible for this one. "Out There" is a great name for it. "Out There" combines everything I love about jazz, hip-hop and funk: heavy grooves, backed by breakbeat-style jazz drums and laced with dissonant abstract-jazz touches.
The opener, "Distant Star" is a perfect example. Strings fly skyward, and then the beat drops in and you just can't help smashing your head back and forth.
One of the coolest African collections I've seen-- a beautiful assortment of untapped grooves from the 70s, African Scream Contest easily joins the ranks of the most essential African funk compilations, partly by covering ground no one else has walked on, but mostly just for relentlessly kicking ass for over an hour. This is some of the best funk ever recorded anywhere, definitely more in the raw and psychedelic territory promised by the title, and filled with hard-edged vocals that surely know how to scream!
"Sitar Blues" an instrumental garage soul monster with psychedelic sitar and eastern vibes that conjures up the groovy summer of love action – in fact it's an exotic and genuine real deal titty shaker! Performed by the Punjabs - a cool bunch of cats from southern California, they cut this instrumental sitar garage soul workout in 1968 for a pimp known as 'Prince' - boss of their sleazy hangout/brothel/go-go club where they used to perform in front of gyrating strippers, go-go girls and their johns! Open your mind and expand your mind – or get down to some nitty gritty, the choice is yours! - jazzman records
Set three is a collection of songs for lovers of that 60's Beat Sound. This set includes a cover of the famous Van Morrisson's song GLORIA by The Hound Dogs who give it a way more raw garage sound then the original. The cover of The Rolling Stones, 'Paint it Black' is done by French pop singer Marie Laforêt. Then there is the underrated and much appreciated Manchester band from the sixties St. Union Station doing East Side Story.
Always hoping to expand some ears and create new listeners! Dig it!
Psychedelic Soul Funk Rock
Set 1
Ersen - Metelik
Sarolta Zalatnay - Hadd Mondjam El
Martha Velez - Swamp Man
Heliocentrics - Distant Star
Roger Damawuzan - Wait for Me
The Punjabs - Sitar Blues
Set 3
John Hammond - I Wish You Would
Bonnie St. Clair - Tame Me Tiger
The Hound Dogs - Gloria
St. Louis Union - East Side Story
Peggy Paxton - It Ain't What I Do
Marie Laforet - Marie Douceur, Marie Colere (Paint it Black)
The artist known simply as Rodriguez was born Sixto (pronounced "Seez-toe") Diaz Rodriguez in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1942. He was the sixth child (the Sixth Prince) of immigrant Mexican parents. He recorded the classic album Cold Fact in Detroit in 1969 and it was released in the USA on the Sussex Label in March 1970. This album was filled with tales of love, poverty, rebellion, and of course "jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane" songs about life in the late 60s inner-city America. Sadly the album sank without a trace. Until a year later the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records, who were now the owners of the Sussex Label. The introduction of this album was such impact to the people of South Africa that it is considered as a beacon of revolution.
Omega One's debut album The Lo-Fi chronicles was released on November of 2005. This albums showcases electric samples with gritty drums and seamless sequencing. After three widely distributed mix CDs, DJ gigs with Method Man and Masta Killa and productions for people like Aesop Rock, The Lo-Fi chronicles proves that Omega One is more than cable of carrying an album by himself. In 2008 Omega One released his second album Postcard From The Third Rock on Johnny 23 Records.
Proud Flesh is a German rock band from the early Krautrock era. The band was formed in 1969 in the former diplomat's city of Bonn-Bad-Godesberg (Germany) and split up in 1972 due to the drummers ruptured lung . The group had been made up of musicians of the local bands Cool Stove, Desperados, Hangmen and Rats. Proud Flesh toured all over Germany, did gigs in Luxembourg and were the supporting act for famous bands such as The Lords, The Rattles, Golden Earring and Brian Auger and The Trinity ("Streetnoise" album). After some pieces of Softrock at the start and melodical Progressive rock songs later on the music of the band became more and more hard rock like. Hence Devil Fight.
Quiet Dawn was first released in 2007 on the label Tru Thoughts. This was Nostalgia 77 third album Everything Under The Sun. In 2008 Bonobo did a exclusive remix of Quiet Dawn, clocking in at an epic 7 minutes. On the album version, the vocal from Beth Rowley is languorous yet pure, sultry yet inviting, bringing every nuance out of Lamdin's beguiling lyrics. It is complimented by purely liquid keys and tenor sax and the finest mist of percussion, capturing a hazy, ethereal atmosphere.
Set 2
Rodriguez - Sugar Man
Maker - Streetstrut (extended)
Omega One - 20 Million Miles
Maker - Live it (pt. 1 & 2)
Sixtoo - Broken Monitor
Shawn Lee's Pinp Pong Orchestra - Montery Jack
Natural Yogurt Band - Voodoo
Hi-Society Bros - Don't Spill the Wine
Bronx River Parkway - La Vala
Set 4
Aloe Blacc - Blind Man (instrumental)
Thanes - Beginning Word
Proud Flesh - Devil Fight
Ersen - Gonese Don Cicegim
Guy Pedersen et son Grand Orchestre - We Love You
Dungen - Mina Damer Och Fasaner
Rosinha De Valencia - Summertime
Nostalgia 77 - Quiet Dawn


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The New York Department of Transportation also plans to re-time the traffic lights on the street so that those who follow the speed limits hit more green lights than speeding motorists.
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At least seven U.S. communities that received stimulus money as part of a $373 million government program to educate Americans about obesity and tobacco use potentially violated federal law by using the funds to lobby for higher taxes and new local laws, according to a report by the nonpartisan group Cause of Action.Hold on. Let me get my shocked face here. I know, I know; it's surprising that communities would misuse funds intended to help educate citizens about obesity and tobacco use. We only had a massive, multi-billion dollar settlement against the tobacco companies that saw massive misuse of funds - and again, CA is at the forefront, with only 6% of tobacco settlement money actually going to programs to help with stop smoking campaigns.
The findings are part of a 19-month investigation by the nonprofit group on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Communities Putting Prevention to Work Program."
What's especially irritating is that we were told, back in the '90s, that the tobacco companies were being sued in part to recover the costs of medical bills incurred by smokers. Supporters of the lawsuit went on and on about the costs of smoking; the drain on health care; etc. - in short, they played on emotions while in reality they had no intention of doing anything to actually fix the problem.
Gee, where have we heard that before?
And now we've got states lining up for a hit at the Federal trough, taking money under stimulus auspices that they instead used for lobbying. Once again, they tugged on heartstrings, claiming to need the money to combat obesity and smoking, and they turned around and used the money however they pleased. How many more times are we going to play the fool, believing the lies about wanting to help smokers/obesity/etc.?
Don't answer that; it's rhetorical.
Just keep this in mind when they tell you they want gun owners to carry insurance to cover the costs incurred by "gun violence". What they really want - just like they did with smokers - is for the number of gun owners to plummet as the cost becomes prohibitive. If it's not insurance - and good luck finding an insurance company to provide a policy against unknowns - it will be a tax on ammunition - or on firearms themselves, like Chicago just did. $25 today; $100 next year; $1,000 five years from now. Once we've established that we'll stand for a tax on a Constitutionally enumerated right, what's next?
I mean, nothing crazy like requiring ID to vote or anything, of course...
That is all.
Another dispatch from...
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1) Alone in my room just back from today's first segment of my work day, I sit down with a can of Coca-Cola, a bowl of fresh guacamole, and bag a fresh tortilla chips. When I am in public, I am careful to not be observed making the sign of the Cross before I consume a meal. I do it, I just do not want to be seen doing it-- too intimate. However, in the privacy of my own room, I overtly sign myself and even speak out loud. For example, today I said (I prayed), "Lord, this guacamole is really good. Join me?" I know how that sounds-- that is why I only do it in private.
I appreciate, but am now past, the sense of an amusing punch line to a joke, "The rich preacher answers, 'In our church, we throw the money from the collection plate up in the air and whatever God wants, He keeps!'" But guacamole is tough to clean up-- I don't recommend throwing it in the air. The truth is, I like to offer the goodness of what I am about to eat. The best gifts I have received are those which I can share with the giver.
Since shortly before my father died (a little over a year ago) along with almost any prayer, I sensed, ever-so-vaguely, the presence of others souls being near me, observing in an engaged sort of way. More than benign, that presence of at least a few is somehow pro-active, but I have no real idea of exactly how that is so. Often, now, I sense my father among them. I feel what I feel and have learned to allow that to negate the worldly accusation of "wishful thinking."
2) Much like my secretive method of making the sign of the Cross when I am not alone before a meal, for over sixteen years I have worn a wooden talisman around my neck on a short leather strap. I wear it inside my shirt, but if it was ever visible, those who might get a glimpse of it would wonder why I wear a wooden initial "T" on a cord. Actually, it is a Cross. It is a "tau cross" to be precise.
A bit of synchronicity from my past will explain:
|Charles Caldwell, Priest
The blessed Father Charles Caldwell, in one of his many profound utterances, declared, "We do not choose our Patron Saints, our Patron Saints choose us." One January 17th, long ago, the story of Saint Antony of the Desert struck me through-and-through. His story would not let me alone, and soon enough I realized that he had chosen me. I had a Patron Saint. One of the symbols of Saint Antony is the tau-cross— shaped like the Greek letter, it is a very ancient form of the Christian Cross—somewhat regional—almost a dialect of imagery.
The Church likes to universalize its images and symbols, but the indigenous ones are equally authentic. A few years later, I had just returned home from being ordained a Priest. Family was there and had brought in food from my favorite restaurant, El Fenix—Tex-Mex of the highest craft (with really good guacamole!). An old friend from my college days and now a brother Priest dropped by just as we launched into the meal, and he brought an ordination gift—two, in fact. The one I have in mind is a wooden tau-cross he had brought back from a recent visit to Assisi. It was on a leather cord with three knots tied into the cord for the three Franciscan vows: Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience. Some Franciscan Brother had burned a tiny and hand written "Assisi" on the back.
I loved it so that I traced it thinking I might make some as gifts. Many years later, in the beginning of this, my present darkness, the cord broke and I lost the gift I treasured so much. I made a replica soon after, blessed it myself in the absence of a Bishop to do so, with Holy Water, knotted a new cord of leather, and prayed over each knot and what it represented. The "poverty" prayer was in a silent half growl and half scream as I was then living in my car, and it was winter.
By-the-way, I was making a modest but livable $30,000.00 a year at one job and moonlighting at another. Highest to lowest, my check was garnished of Child Support for 55%, IRS for 15% withholding, and 11% for insurance was deducted, leaving me a take-home of 19% of Gross—thus, I lived in my car. Begin to understand my advocacy on behalf of the homeless and my outright rage at those who yell at them, "Get a job?"
Last week, the cord on my replica broke, but this time I noticed it when it happened and so still have the cross. I have not taken the time to tie a new cord. Yet, except for the day I sensed a strong need for such a talisman and so kept it in my pocket, a pattern has recurred that I have not seen in many years. Nothing conclusive—not like a lamp across the room suddenly falling over—but little things, dozens a time each day. I trip over things that I did not see, straps of my courier bag, shoelaces, seatbelts and clothing get snagged on things in ways that do not seem natural, things drop from my grasp and things seem misplaced amongst the usual clutter.
Now that I have had lunch, and after I finish writing and a bit of reading before part three of my daily work begins, I am going to locate my spool of leather cord and do what needs to be done.
3) It was almost a year ago that I sat chatting with a very intelligent and amiable man I know. He, rightly, has good influence with and upon a friend of mine who I work with and for. I do physical work for this person, but more importantly and more exhaustingly, it is the spiritual (and therefore unseen) work with my friend that is my focus. In fact, so unseen is this work that I am not certain my friend realizes it completely.
The man wanted to speak privately with me. He said "A__ had been very fortunate as regards to your predecessors; but she and I both realize that you are substantially out of the ordinary—in a very good way. We recognize it even though we cannot define exactly what it is." Those were not words I expected or was even prepared to hear. I did not like the idea of being discovered—when what I do is known, the relationship changes— such has shown to have a tendency or trajectory which is full of false assumptions and false expectations. A crippling secularization takes place.
|Society has its own expectations for you.
A month or so later, I spoke again with the man. A friend of mine had unexpectedly bought me a book as a gift for no reason what-so-ever. I only started that book today which is perhaps a coincidence, but more likely synchronicity or, if you prefer, godly coincidences. He saw the books I had purchased when at the book store with my friend as well as the gift book I had received. He had read it, and asked about my own selections being unfamiliar with those. I spoke of the spiritual themes, artistically imbedded in historical drama. We chatted about such literary methods for several minutes and he ended by saying, "All that is too esoteric for me."
I was disappointed. I had gone from fear of discovery even though it meant some understanding, to wanting to believe that understanding existed— someone who saw (perhaps only dimly) and knew (perhaps only vaguely), even if the understanding was incomplete. The man, left alone in his consideration for a month (as I had been left alone in my own) had come to a very different conclusion. Nine months or so later, I look back on that and do not blame him—it is society. When exposed to spiritual events, most (I want to think, all) sense it, and try to process what they sense. However, without any reassurance, society will seek to deny the spiritual.
4) It has not always been so. Tribal societies have shamans no matter where on the planet and no matter when in history— all societies have some who see and hear with a measure of understanding. There have been few exceptions. Societies nearly always include Priests, Shamans, Pastors, Witch-Doctors, Seers, Diviners, Holy Men, and so on—but almost always providing the same service to the society. That service, in general terms, meaning in universality, is the affirmation that what is sensed by others in the society, but not seen, is most often real. Not merely real, but a super-substantiality: epiousia, in the Greek.
In short,
- The transcendent God shared my guacamole with me, taking it as my thanks, and enjoying it with me while diminishing nothing of the substance remaining here— He took mere matter and brought it with Him to His greater reality.
- The presence I sensed is, in fact, my father and Antony of the Desert, and others I have known in this life and in the other reality.
- The snags, tangles and trips since being bare of by talisman are just enough to present a frustration without a target—a passive aggressive harassment always safely short of an outright attack. To an overt attack, I would of course be prone to react.
- The smart and likable man— he went home and soon dismissed what he sensed and believed for a short time— surrounded by the mundane, he decided the mundane was enough and that he was simply mistaken. It is, after all, supposed to be easier to accept only the one reality. In his world, in his life which is deeply steeped in our post-modern society, the altruistic is laudable but impotent— a mere luxury which can be entertained at leisure as long as it does not preclude sensible acts and decisions.That is what society want of us, so that is what we do.
That good man is wrong, but it is not his fault. While I still have that tau-cross pattern, I wonder if he would accept one as a gift; and if so, not knowing, would it have any effect?
Super-substantial reality: Spiritually pro-active-- having an effect, more than merely benign, yet undefined, not fully understood. Come on, there is nothing "too esoteric" for anyone in that-- you know it is so.
At least go share your guacamole?


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Agnew, Boyle, Fultz, Gaunt, Golden, Mullins, Puniello, Sewell, Soong, Toyama
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- Gaunt
First Deans Council Meeting on September 9, 2002.
Email sent from President Lawrence listing September 11 activities on all campuses; requested that faculty/staff be allowed to attend as scheduling permits.
Planning meeting with Dr. Seneca on September 16, 2002. Will focus on funding and personnel issues in the context of changing roles of university libraries; look at information technology infrastructure, investments in services and collections; and staffing support.
Soong, Toyama, Puniello, and Gaunt met with Kyu Whang and Frank Wong from Rutgers University Facilities and the planning firm, Ayers Saint Gross, regarding the University's Master Plan. A new group was hired to look at the geographic aspects of expansion and the Libraries needs.
Agnew and Boyle involved in statewide committees. Agnew is participating on a State Library task force, along with Tom Frusciano and David Murray of Brookdale Community College as the academic librarians on the task force, to support the creation of a digitization project plan for NJ libraries. Boyle is involved with NJEdge committee whose focus is a faculty development center. Boyle will be providing copyright as well as librarian expertise.
Rutgers University Libraries is the recipient of a gift of $2M from the estate of Edgar Van Wagoner, RC '32 for collections.
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Soong and Gaunt will be reviewing the budget and making some budget adjustments to the units based on replacing staff computer equipment.
Educational Portal Collaborative Grant Discussion
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Agnew made presentation on Building an Educational Repository consisting of overview of involvement, persons and departments responsible, and benefits. The goal would be to build on the anticipated NSF grant for the moving image gateway by expanding the metadata development to educational materials in the Libraries and at the University. Following discussion, it was agreed that for the next Cabinet meeting we should review an outline of how this would fit into an overall plan for developing the information technology infrastructure of the Libraries.
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- Soong
State of the Libraries will be held November 11, 2002 at the Livingston Campus Center. Following Cabinet discussion, it was agreed that in addition to digital demonstrations and introduction of new staff, the program would consist of a presentation and discussion of what it means to build an information technology infrastructure for the Libraries, and a presentation on reviewing workflows using TAS as an example. Soong will send out a request for volunteers who might want to provide demonstrations during the program.
NBL Staffing: NBL is currently operating with 14 staff and 5 faculty vacancies including a half-time position at LSM. Filling all these positions will take some time; contact Toyama on any urgent matters or any NBL matters you do not know where to direct.
Orientation: NBL librarians participated in the fall orientations of the Graduate School of Social Work, the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers College, and Cook College, with more orientations the week of September 3. Several librarians contributed to English 101 TA training.
Music Library: Roger Tarman is working as a part-time voucher employee while we search for a Music/Performing Arts Librarian. We are also looking for a temporary Music librarian for reference/instructional services.
NBL Annual Reports: 5 sets of reports in 2 bound volumes are available at Reference desks of Alex, Douglass, Kilmer, LSM, and UL's office. Please feel free to review.
RRS has become RDS. The new umbrella name Rutgers Delivery Service reflects the growth of our delivery services. The recently launched user-initiated holds process is going well. There have been some bumps, but staff is reporting improvements in workflow.
JerseyCat is not yet available to our users since it includes a patron request form that does not integrate with our services. We have requested the State Library to work with Autographics to make it possible to repress the patron services menu.
Recent communications work has included the Friend's calendar, the RUL Report, the glossy annual report, updating publications and brochures, and a new publication for IJS.
WAC is working on assigning responsibility for Web pages and will now take down outdated pages. A recent example was the music research guide, which had many outdated links but which has now been updated by Stephanie Bartz.
Work on the think tank sessions for the content management system is proceeding, with the invitation sent to the facilitator.
New members are still needed for IPAC.
Julie Still was one of only 240 participants at the August 13 Economic Forum held in Waco, Texas. She was asked by the Secretary of the Commerce to be a part of this Forum. Her remarks were quoted on various wire services and Lou Dobbs Money Line.
Vib Bowman had the following article published: Bowman, Vibiana. "Reading Between the Lines: an Evaluation of WindowEyes Screen Reader as a Reference Tool for Teaching and Learning." Library Hi Tech 20 (2002): 162-168.
RUNet 2000 wiring will begin at Robeson this month.
The new Master of Criminal Justice program began this Fall with 12 MA students.
Working with Chris Sterback, Terry McNally completed a project using a handheld scanner to scan barcodes of books that were having location changes from stacks to folio. The scanner is actually a palm pilot with a built in scanner. Of 1,942 books scanned, there were only 26 errors; 21 were actual errors and the remaining 5 either charged to Missing, In-Transit, or not ours. The handheld scanner gave us the ability to scan books at the shelves and to upload the data to IRIS.
Work continues on Luna; two departments received ASIC grant.
Agnew, Gaunt, Page, and Boyle will be attending the invitational, NSF sponsored National Middleware Initiative/Digital Rights Management workshop in Washington, DC September 9, 2002.
Work on the Annex continues.
Jaws screen reading software has been acquired and installed; Marilyn Wit will be conducting training programs on September 24 and 26.
An IJS donor has agreed to provide financial support for three IJS staff over the next two years.
Opening reception and painting demonstration of Hsu Dan's Chinese Watercolor Paintings to be held on the 4th floor of Dana Library, Thursday, September 4, 12, 2002 from 4 p.m.-7 p.m.
Jazz Jubilee to be held at Dana Library on October 23, 2002.
The Binding Working Group met several times this summer and developed a questionnaire which was sent out to the people involved in binding on all three campuses. The questionnaire looked at what is being bound, why things are bound the way they are, and pricing. In one case, the same binder has different charges on different campus. In the process of developing an RFP to send out to binders. Should wrap up by the end of the semester.
Cancellations: decided to cancel print titles that were redundant with electronic. For ABI titles we will cancel all but one archival print copy and most titles will be in Dana; Gale print publications related to Gale Literary Resource Center are being cancelled, as are Project Muse titles. Significantly below the target of $300K needed to reach last year's level of spending on non-fixed purchases.
Allocations: Made to units early this year. Allocated $50K for outstanding firm orders already committed. Continuing to analyze.
Approval plan is continuing and reserve requests are going through.
Even with the additional shelving in the back bay of the Annex, there is a concern for space. The first levels for Special Collections materials are full, and the Lautenberg papers will go in the next level.
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During the intersession, many libraries were able to conduct emergency drills in order to increase our preparedness and reduce our vulnerability.
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OCLC White Paper on the Information Habits of College Students: How Academic Librarians can Influence Students' Web-Based Information Choices
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Monday, November 15, 2010
There Is A Distinct Audience For The Printed Product
A peek at the rest of the world suggests differently. Are the corporations who have bought up the newspaper market just looking for a scapegoat, because they don't know how to run a newspaper business? Other countries seem to have a healthy print newspaper readership, and are finding a better balance between print and online subscriptions.
Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online
Rates of decline in US newspaper circulation slowed from last year in the same period last year, according to figures released on Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Audit Bureau showed that average weekday circulation at 635 newspapers declined 5 percent compared with the same six months last year. The decline last year was more than twice that, 10.6 percent, as newspapers struggled through the recession and more readers abandoned print copies for the Internet.
Sunday circulation at 553 newspapers fell at a slightly slower pace, 4.5 percent, the figures showed. Last year, it declined 7.5 percent.
The Wall Street Journal reported an average weekday circulation of slightly fewer than 2.1 million, up 2 percent from a year ago. The number of printed copies The Journal distributes each weekday averaged 1.6 million, a figure that has remained about steady in the three years since Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation bought the paper.The Dallas Morning News posted an increase of 0.3 percent to 264,000.
Randy Bennett, senior vice president for business development at the Newspaper Association of America, said the declines in part reflected a decision by newspaper publishers to eliminate low-cost — and less profitable — subscriptions. "There's an acknowledgment that in this multichannel world, newspapers recognize there is a distinct audience for the printed product, and they're going to spend much of their energies to reach that audience."
But what is Canada doing that the USA isn't?
Newspaper readership remains strong in Canada. Print readership is up, print and online readership up even more! The recent survey released by NADbank shows newspapers across Canada holding a very strong readership position.
In the one-million-population-plus Canadian markets, print and online newspaper readership has grown by more than 500,000 readers since 2005. Those top markets show total weekly newspaper penetration levels of between 75% to 80% of the adult population. That's an impressive reach.
In Toronto, Canada's largest market (population 4.5 million), print newspapers reach roughly 70% of adults over 18, online readership represents roughly 25%. Combined, they reach 76% of the adult population, an impressive reach indeed.
Toronto remains one of the toughest competitive markets anywhere, with seven English-language daily publications reaching roughly 3.5 million adults every week. Over the past year, weekly print readership rose 2% in Toronto, online grew 4.5% and combined the print/online combination grew by 3%.
Who says people are not reading newspapers anymore?
The Toronto Star, Canada's most-read newspaper, fared well in this most-recent release, with print weekly readership growing by 4.6% and the print/online combination weekly reach up 5.3% to just over 2.3 million readers per week. That's a nice showing for a large North American metropolitan newspaper.
The emerging story in Canada is the strength of Metro, a free weekly newspaper that is published in seven Canadian markets. Metro Toronto, first published during the summer of 2000, now has more than 500,000 daily readers, making it Toronto's second most-read newspaper after the Toronto Star. Of the seven newspapers published in Toronto, four are paid and three are free. The free publications now represent roughly 30% of total readership in the Toronto marketplace. While some readers are definitely opting for online content offerings, the desire for print in Toronto remains strong.
Across Canada, newspapers remain strong. Also, it appears that while online readership for news continues to grow, it is not replacing the print habit for most newspaper readers.
The challenge for traditional media operations will be in attracting younger users. While the overall readership levels released in this study are indeed impressive, it is an aging demographic. Even the free-distribution newspapers tend to have a slightly older audience. The same can be said for traditional online news sites.
The demise of newspapers is greatly exaggerated.
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I AM PROUD TO BE CANADIAN!ReplyDelete
Great post.
I'm sorry to say my hope is in the other direction.ReplyDelete
The printed newspaper takes too long to bring the news, whereas digital media is immediate. Printed media has necessary space limitations (as does the electronic media of radio and television), while digital media can use all the space it wants.
Take for example your own blog post. There would never be space in newspaper or magazine for a post this lengthy. Not that the post is too long, au contraire, it's exactly the right size for what you had to say, but newspapers or magazines could never afford the space it needs.
When I was in 3rd grade (1971-72...40 years ago I point out) our class went through a period of learning about the newspaper, right down to learning how to read the stocks and bonds on the financial pages. Our teacher pointed out to us that we were of the perfect age of comprehension (8 years old) to drink all that the newspaper had to offer, as newspapers are geared to be understood by the masses and were written to a 3rd grade reading level. At the age of 9 I began looking down my nose at the limited language of the daily paper and the brevity and lack of detail of stories I wanted to know more about.
They don't have the room to do the job.
They don't have the timeliness to bring the "news".
We don't need to continue to clear forests to supply bird cage liners to the masses.
Great post by the way. It's what this is all about. A place to talk about what you care about.
You make some good points, and you may be closer to the mark. I may just have a soft spot for newspapers, or at least the idea of newspapers. Sunday comics wrapped around the outside of the paper, and so big I had to lay them on the floor to read them. Actually reading, in the same paper, Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, The Far Side, Bloom County, and Spider-man honestly by Stan Lee and John Romita. And lots of undergarment ads.ReplyDelete
Ahhhhhhhh I do know what you mean. Imagine living during the days of full page comics...or better yet, imagine Watterson and Schulz working then.ReplyDelete
I too have a soft spot for the paper, as much as I treasure the accessabilty and organization of my accrued digital comics library...there is a visceral romance to holding cheap pulp newsprint between your fingers...and that smell...I love the smell.
I also have high regard for the role the Fourth Estate has had bringing information and discussion and even power to the people. I just feel there are new mediums which make the tired method of print pointless.
The job the newspapers have done for us should never go away, but like the village smithy (once the busiest guy in town, now no where to be seen) it's not practical.
I just hope we can still lay belly down on the floor and get lost in the new the way you perfectly describe how it used to lose us yesterday.
Oh, and whatever form it may eventually take...long live the undergarment ads. ;P