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October 21, 2010
Micromanaged Kids
What do today's kids lack, that kids in the 1950s had in abundance? Breathing room:
Clue: My parents divorced before I was 3, necessitating that my mother get a job outside the home. During my preschool years, I was one of the small minority of children who attended what would today be called daycare.
In this happy place, our teachers fostered creative activity. They taught us nothing academic. Therefore, I went to first grade not knowing my ABCs. I would not trade that for anything in the world.
Clue: In the course of my entire childhood, I engaged in but two adult-directed after-school activities. I was a Cub Scout for a year and didn't like it. I played Little League for a year and didn't like it. In both cases, the source of my dislike was well-intentioned adults. My buddies and I much preferred pick-up games where we ran the entire show. I've never understood why some adults think they are better qualified than children to tell children how to play with one another.
Clue: When I began school, my mother made it clear that my homework was my responsibility. She helped me figure out the answer to the occasional problem, but I was free to determine when I did my homework, in what order, in what posture, and whether the radio in my room was on or off. I don't think my mother ever asked me if I had homework or had finished it. She never checked it either. Therefore, most of the schoolwork I did at home was done imperfectly. I still managed to get through high school on time and go to college, then graduate school. Oddly enough, most people my age report having grown up in my mother's care.
Clue: My mother ignored me most of the time. Do not confuse being ignored with being neglected. I was not neglected. Mom left me alone to figure out how I was going to spend my time. She didn't talk to me much, either. Days might go by when no more than the occasional pleasantry would be exchanged between us. Nonetheless, I always knew that if I truly needed her, she would be there. I never wanted for love or attention, albeit I received little of the latter. Mom did insist that if I was bored, I was to keep it to myself lest I put myself in danger of chores. Again, if the reports of my peers are true, my mother had thousands of children. Where were they?
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I've always loved his writing and common sense attitude.
Posted by: DL Sly at October 21, 2010 08:51 AM
I sometimes disagree with him, but you're absolutely right about the common sense part! Even when I disagree with him, his columns make me think.
Posted by: Cassandra at October 21, 2010 09:37 AM
I agree and disagree with him. Because I'm persnickity that way.
I absolutely agree that adults are too involved in children's lives, that children don't have room to be kids, and that the adulthood mystique has been seriously eroded to our detriment.
The not knowing ABC's until 1st grade... Well, I shuddered. If that is the kid's learning curve, whatever. However, I understand that there are certain periods in development when the mind is primed to learn certain things most easily. My kids were reading simple books (we used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons for all four of ours) at just short of 4, late 4, early 4, and mid 4. It would have been harder for them to learn had we let that window of opportunity pass.
And I kind of wish my kids didn't like their activities. We've got a swimmer, two boxers, and a gymnast still at home, with American Heritage Girls and Boy Scouts thrown in the mix. I'm sick of all the driving.
Posted by: airforcewife at October 21, 2010 09:40 AM
I will say this, though.
Society was very different in the 1950s and even in the 60s when I was growing up. There was considerable pressure on both children and adults to behave in certain ways.
Now, it is different. The single biggest challenge I had in raising my sons was that society not only didn't support but actively sought to undermine the values I wanted to teach them.
So while I agree with giving children the freedom to learn from experience (for instance, if you don't do your homework you will fail and that has consequences), I also found that I had to take active steps to make some of that happen (for instance, putting them in private school where they would actually FAIL if they did a crappy job on their schoolwork, as opposed to being given a B- and passed along to the next grade)!
Posted by: Cassandra at October 21, 2010 09:42 AM
I don't think kindergarten is the place for academics. I really don't.
Most boys are just not ready - what they need is to learn how to work in a classroom setting and participate in group activities. It's more of a social conditioning thing.
My boys could read at 4 and make all their letters by 3 or 4 but that happened fairly naturally - they picked up those skills on their own because we read and drew letters in the sand (Can you learn to write your name for Daddy's post card?, etc). It still took them YEARS to get to the point where they didn't make their b's and d's backwards from time to time and I have to say that I thought the constant writing exercises were really a waste of time.
My daughter in law was a 2nd grade teacher and she used to say it is ridiculous - every year they want to move academic material earlier and earlier on the theory that this will somehow prevent *some* kids from falling behind.
I've seen parents do the same thing with potty training - they're just convinced that they need to potty train their child at 12 months. I used to ask them, "Hmmm... how many kindergarteners do you know who aren't potty trained? If you're spending hours and hours a day on potty training, your child isn't ready."
It never works and only creates a lot of frustration. I think it's better to introduce age appropriate material and repeat it often.
Posted by: Cassandra at October 21, 2010 09:49 AM
I think learning is all about when the child's ready. And if you're paying attention, it's easy to see. Perhaps part of the ease of some of it for us was that we tended to do what you mentioned, Cass - writing letters in the sand, signing cards, etc.
While my kids read early, they ALL had borderline illegible handwriting until at least third grade. And no matter how much practice there was going on, that handwriting did not improve until there was a sudden click for them. I think you are 100% right that if you're spending hours and hours a day on something and it's not getting done, they may not be ready for it.
And I also appreciate your comments about the differences socially between now and when the author grew up. I don't live in a terrible neighborhood, but I also don't let my kids play outside by themselves as often as I was able to as a child. I got one of those lovely notifications of a sex offender living in my area... That's not a risk I'm ready to take. The world is smaller for our kids, and whether that is good or bad - in the end it doesn't matter. It *is*. We have to find a way to function within that reality.
Posted by: airforcewife at October 21, 2010 11:24 AM
I put the blame for my parenting style squarely on my mom's shoulders. Our reasonings for our similar styles were completely different, but the end result is the same. While my mom was as involved as she could be, the fact that she was active duty military determined that there would be a lack of time she could spend engaged with us. Couple that with a nasty divorce during my tween years, and I had to be more self-sufficient than the typical kid. While I had the single motherhood aspect to contend with as well, my kids were MUCH younger, which was almost easier in some ways. But I decided early on that while I would make sure to be involved, I was not going to be one of those parents that revolved around their kids. Both of us had the goal to raise productive and healthy citizens.
As AFW mentioned, the world is much smaller. Its a running joke in our family...after nearly 30 yrs in and around the military, we could go almost anywhere in the world and my mom would run across someone she knows. We've often debated whether it is this "smallness" coupled with the instant access of technology that makes the world more dangerous for our kids; or is it the changed attitudes towards deviance that contributes to the greather threat.
Posted by: tankerswife at October 21, 2010 12:51 PM
One anecdote from my daughter's childhood. I was (still would be) one of those politically incorrect parents who thinks kids need to be given room to make their own mistakes and to learn from them--preferably when they're still at home, as kids, so I can have a chance to influence what they learn from those mistakes (including the decision I occasionally made as a bratty kid--I got thrown out of my Cub Scout pack--that sometimes the misbehavior is worth the punishment).
My 10-year-old daughter was as good a housekeeper as I ever was--which was to say, not at all. However, as a sop to my wife, who is a good housekeeper, I required my daughter to meet a minimum standard of cleanliness in her second floor bedroom: she had to keep a clear path from the bedroom door to her bed, and she had to keep a clear path from her bed to her window, where we had a chain ladder that could be run out to allow escape from a fire. The day I laid down that rule, she moved her bed to be under the window, and she cleared the required path from her door to her bed. You literally could not see the floor for all the stuff she had on it on either side of the path, but the requirement was met, and maintained. Her mother was unhappy, but she had no beef. I was pleased with the solution.
Eric Hines
Posted by: E Hines at October 21, 2010 02:51 PM
I grew up as part of a pack of about 9 kids from the neighborhood. Our houses backed onto a wooded gully that eventually fed a creek at one end. The parents laid down a few laws as to where the borders were, what not to eat or pet (beware of striped kitties and of raccoons) and ordered us not to put our hands into holes. And then just used the telephone to find out who had seen us most recently. It seemed to work pretty well from my vantage point, can't speak for my parents though. No adults ever did more than shoo us on, probably because even Ted Bundy would be afraid of a pack of grade school kids who had nettles and knew how to use them.
Today, the city and adjacent property owners would have an utter cow at the thought of letting 5-6-7 year olds run around in the woods unsupervised except by the occasional "big kid" (12? 14?). The liability potentials alone . . . Sigh. Yes, even the late 1970s were very different, at least where I was. As you say, society was rather different, too.
Posted by: LittleRed1 at October 21, 2010 03:43 PM
The handwriting this isn't just an "academic" issue. It's also related to the development of fine motor skills. Just as with academics, children don't all develop those fine motor skills at the same pace. Guess that's why not all coloring book pictures have the same level of detail. You give the child just starting out the simple pictures in which to try to stay within the lines, then as they improve, you can gradually give them more details outlines to fill in. That's part of what Kindergarten should be for: helping children develop those fine motor skills they'll need for first grade while they are also learning how to behave in school and how to interact with other children.
Posted by: Miss Ladybug at October 21, 2010 11:00 PM
My niece is 2 years old. She comes over almost every weekend to spend time with her grandparents. This past Saturday, I got out a Memory game I had bought while working on my M.Ed. for my Early Childhood course. I started with a small number of picture pairs, with the turning them over, trying to match them. Realized she wasn't ready for that. So, I put down LOTS of picture pairs, all mixed up, and she was able to find all the matches, except she had difficulty with the gray elephant and the gray squirrel. She enjoyed the game and kept wanting to play... All kids will progress at their own pace and the adults in their lives just need to be paying attention to what that pace it. Encourage discovery, but don't try to push it when they aren't ready yet. Of course, I'm probably not telling anyone here anything they don't already know....
Posted by: Miss Ladybug at October 21, 2010 11:09 PM


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Among the many challenges of moving back to New York has been the inability to find decent produce. Having moved to Saratoga Springs from Boston, I was used to having Whole Foods Market, Trader Joes as-well-as the local farmer's markets in Boston and Cambridge. Let's also not forget that I could stop into the North End on a weekly basis to pick up my borrata cheese (fresh mozzarella with cream inside), Italian charcuterie and then go off to Cambridge to Formaggio Kitchen for some specialty produce like framboise from France, hundreds of cheeses from all over the world. Gotta say I miss the joys of Super 88 as well, an Asian supermarket that is the size of most generic supermarkets, but this one also comes with a full variety of Asian fast food stalls in front as well. Let's call it an Asian food court of sorts, which really doesn't do it justice.
So what do we have in upstate New York? Our main grocery store is Price Chopper. Now Price Chopper isn't a bad grocery store. Some locations are better than others, so consistansy of product offerings can be spotty. They are a local company, out of Schenectady, NY and as such it seems they limit themselves to what they think the local market is used to. Once in awhile exotic ingredients pop up, but honestly is daikon, key lime, ugli fruit, or plantain all that exotic? Their selection of organic produce is limited to the most common ingredients like bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and the sort all from a mass production California farm, to me this is one step away from what Wal-Mart is going to do, buy organic produce from China. I have to say though, over the years they have improved, but I think there is quite a bit more room to improve as well.
Hannaford has worked a little harder at making an effort to offer organics and "whole" foods to their consumers by offering a full section that is quite substantial to their customers. Price Chopper has this section in some stores as well, but it is in some stores, not all and in many the section is hidden while Hannaford places the section is extreme prominence in the center of the store or in a section all guests will readily see it. Additionally Hannaford's organic produce is a bit more substantial and labeled well. This may be part of the reason that Hannaford has been certified as an organic grocery store which it shares along with Whole Foods, but they certainly are not at the same level yet. Again though, like Price Chopper, Hannaford's organic produce is the California factory-farmed produce.
Major differences, Whole Foods is clean, it is ALWAYS clean. Hannaford, at least not all of their stores can state this. Trader Joe's is extremely inexpensive, they sell a large variety of organic foods and they are often as inexpensive as most generic grocery store's sale items. The people who work at Whole Foods are extremely excited, happy to be working there (or at least act that way) and are very knowledgeable. I can not tell you how often I go into a Price Chopper or Hannaford and I have to listen to cashiers and employees bitch about their lives and their jobs, just on a whole unprofessional.
So what are the other options, well luckily we have great great farms in this area. We even have a large number of farmer's markets with some of them being year round. The Saratoga Springs' market held at High Rock is a particular joy, and I have heard wondrous things about both the Troy, NY market and even the Albany and Schenectady markets. There is even one in Ballston Spa where one of my fellow chef instructor's daughters displays her wondrous produce. So there is one great option, as long as you are willing to go with their schedules.
I've also been told that there are a number of local farms producing high quality goat meat, chickens and eggs. What is still lacking however is the style of Italian markets found in most major cities, or even just meat markets and seafood markets in general. Yes yes, many will tell me that we have Cousins market in Albany, and no I don't find them all that great honestly. Good enough, is not great and I find them as a whole to be good enough. They get the generic stuff in and if you really want anything Im sure they will get it for you, and charge you up the nose for it as well, and you also can't just buy one or two fillets or small fish either, not a good option for a single person like myself.
So what do I do if I want a special piece of fish, or high quality prosciutto, cheese or otherwise? Do I need to order it from some far reaching producer who will charge me an absurd price, not to mention shipping costs which I have done and won't do again, not worth the price. For now I think the answer is to stick to the local farms, I belong to one local community supported agriculture farm at the moment and will be joining my work colleagues' daughter's farm soon as well (just need to write the check).
We also have a few co-ops and green grocery stores in the area. I shop at the Green Grocer in Clifton Park, NY. In Saratoga Springs, NY there is a smaller shop on Phila Street called Four Seasons while in Albany they have the Honest Weight Food Co-Op which many of my friends have raved about, but I have yet to make it to.
I have also found that there is a Whole Foods Market 77 miles from me in Hadley, Ma so perhaps every other week I may drive out there to pick up better meats, fish and other items which I can not attain locally as most of the "higher quality meats in the co-ops seem to be sold frozen, not fresh.
We all need to do our effort to preserve real food, otherwise we will all be eating generic mass marketed foods with no taste or flavor. One has to worry when Wal-Mart and Target make the claims that they plan to be the largest sellers of organic and whole foods. As much as I have disdained much of the snobbery of the localvore and other movements, I see what many of them are going for i just wish they didn't "preach" so much so that others would find the concept more appealing. I am going to list a number of local farmer's markets in the Capital district area of New York below for anyone who may be interested in seeking them out for themselves.
Farmer's Markets in the Capital District of New York
Capital district Farmer's Market
381 Broadway
Menands, New York 12204
Troy Farmer's market
Hedley Park Place, on River St in Troy, NY
Every Saturday from 9am to 1pm.
Saratoga Farmer's Market
Saratoga Springs
Summer Market: May - October
Wednesday, 3:00pm-6:00pm
Saturday, 9:00am-1:00pm
High Rock Ave.
Winter Market: November - April
Saturday, 9:00am-1:00pm
Salvation Army Building,
Woodlawn Ave.
Clifton Park
July - October
Thursday, 2:00pm-5:00pm
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Another presentation took place at the EICMA and this time it's the Ducati 1199 Panigale R. Like with all the Panigales it has ABS, ride-by-wire throttle control, traction control, engine braking control and features all the amenities on the "S" spec model, like the DDA+ data logging system.
This special version comes with a race exhaust system and ECU that increases the power to a pretty wild 201bhp. It also comes with titanium con-rods, a lightened flywheel, DLC-coated rocker-arms, a four-point adjustable swingarm pivot-point, and a 500 rpm rev boost.
With only 189kg (416lbs) it is the lightest superbike in Bologna's fleet. The price on the contrary will be quite high, with a price tag of $29.995 (€23.539) in the USA.
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Wentworth, Outback NSW
A place that, in 1844, was described as "Magnificent trees droop like willows to the water's edge with evening's mildest radiance in their foliage, throwing a soft haze over the distance...", and has lost nothing of that ethereal beauty, has to be a place to visit. The person who wrote these words was no other than the explorer Charles Sturt, and anyone who has visited Wentworth and sat on the banks of the Murray or Darling.
The person who wrote these words was no other than the explorer Charles Sturt, and anyone who has visited Wentworth and sat on the banks of the Murray or Darling can see why Sturt was moved to describe the river junctions as he did.
Wentworth is located at the junction of the Murray and the Darling Rivers and was originally named Hawdon's Ford, before being surveyed in 1858 and named Wentworth in 1859 after the Australian explorer, journalist and politician William Charles Wentworth.
Before the the inland and the Darling River was opened up, Wentworth was the hub to which much of the wool clip was brought for shipment to either Echuca (for transport to Melbourne) or Morgan (for transport to Adelaide).
Due to the efforts of the early river piorneers in the late 1850's, William Randell (Mary Ann) and Francis Cadell (Lady Augusta), the Darling river was opened-up for trade and Wentworth became the first river port of the Darling - although its early development can also be attributed to the river trade already being developed along the Murray.
By the late 1880's Wentworth was Australia's busiest inland port. In 1895, 485 vessels were recorded as passing through the Customs House (31 in one week alone).
Today, Wentworth is a large and prosperous township with lots for the traveller to see and experience and is an ideal base to explore some amazing sites in the area, especially Lake Mungo in Mungo National Park.
Wentworth is the start (or finish) of the Darling River Run and is the upstream section to Wentworth is great for exploring the central Darling region including Broken Hill and beyond.
Wentworth Weather Outlook
Wentworth Visitor Information
Wentworth See & Do
- Darling and Murray River Junction and Viewing Tower
- Ferguson Tractor Monument
- Junction Island Nature Reserve, Canoe Tree and Walking Track
- Burke & Wills Tree
- Lock 10 & Weir
- PS Ruby
- Perry Sandhills, Wentworth
Visitor Information Centre:
- 66 Darling Street Wentworth NSW 2648
- Website
- Telephone 03 5027 5080
Wentworth - Touring & Experiences
Driving to Wentworth
There are many different routes that can be taken when driving from any of the capital cities to Wentworth. The following is an overview of the routes from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide that may help you in planning your outback experience.
As a general overview:
From Brisbane:
Warrego Highway <> Newell Highway <> Sturt Highway: Distance = 1,666km approx
From Sydney:
Hume Highway >Sturt Highway: Distance = 1,040km approx
From Melbourne:
Calder Highway: Distance = 570km aprox
From Adelaide:
Sturt Highway: Distance = 400km approx


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92 new hydrogen refuelling stations have opened throughout the world in 2016, the largest number of new stations ever. As of January 2017, the total number of hydrogen refuelling stations in operation is 274 including four opened at the beginning of this year. This is the result of the ninth annual assessment by H2stations.org, a website of Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik (LBST) and TÜV SÜD.
A journey with a fuel cell vehicle from Norway to Northern Italy is now possible. Several regions will offer a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure providing a territorial base coverage in the near future", says LBST infrastructure expert Reinhold Wurster. No previous year has seen as many new hydrogen stations as 2016. 83 of the 92 newly opened stations are public accessible. The others are dedicated to refuelling of buses or fleet customers. Top of the list is again Japan with 45 new stations. In North America 25 stations were inaugurated, 20 of them in California.
In Europe, 22 stations have opened, thereof 6 in Germany, increasing the number of public hydrogen refuelling stations there to 22. A further 29 German stations are under construction or will be commissioned soon, surpassing the USA with 24 stations under construction. Worldwide, sites for 90 upcoming stations have already been announced.
Based on information collected by LBST, a total of 106 hydrogen refuelling stations are currently operating in Europe, 101 in Asia, 64 in North America, two in South America, and one in Australia. 188 stations are publicly accessible like any conventional retail station, representing 2/3 of all stations globally. Last year several older stations originating from limited demonstration projects were replaced by modern public stations, showing the increasing commercialisation of the hydrogen infrastructure.
Denmark is the country with the highest density of hydrogen stations per inhabitant and the first to offer a territorial base coverage. Germany, on the other hand, has the largest number of hydrogen refuelling stations in Europe and a North-South hydrogen highway along the entire country. A seamless journey from Norway to Northern Italy is now possible. In the Alps, the opening of the first public hydrogen station in Switzerland, also serving innovative hydrogen trucks, completes a hydrogen highway stretching from Northwest-Switzerland to Vienna.
The H2stations.org (www.H2stations.org) website uses interactive maps to globally list all hydrogen refuelling stations in operation, planned, or already shut down including a summary on recent changes. With its information on already closed stations, H2stations.org is unique in also providing a view on the development history of the hydrogen infrastructure.
The website draws on an extensive database which is continuously updated with new stations as well as with additional information on already existing sites. All in all, it currently contains detailed information on 734 refuelling stations. "In spite of the substantial efforts involved in collecting the data, we provide information free of charge for non-commercial use", says LBST Managing Director Uwe Albrecht. "Professional users are able to license the data including further detailed information, regular reports on new developments, and individual analyses."
Information and services for hydrogen and fuel cells
TÜV SÜD and LBST operate a joint hydrogen and fuel-cell portal offering extensive information and services for professional users and interested members of the public. The portal comprises the websites www.H2stations.org and www.H2mobility.org, the latter offering an overview of all hydrogen vehicles going back as far as 1807, extensive specialist information, and a guide through standards and regulations. Quarterly updated figures on hydrogen refuelling stations in relevant countries, along with up to date news on hydrogen markets and technologies are made available to subscribers on a quarterly basis as part of the "Market Cockpit Hydrogen" service.
Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH (LBST) is an international expert consultant for sustainable energy and mobility. With its expertise bridging technologies, markets, and policy the company supports international clients from industry, finance, politics, and non-governmental organisations in strategy, feasibility, and market assessments, several international blue-chip companies trusting in its reliable judgment. The cutting edge competence of LBST is based on over three decades of continuous experience, and on its interdisciplinary team of leading experts.
All static maps of hydrogen refuelling stations (World, Europa, Germany, North America, Asia) can be downloaded in high resolution from www.tuv-sud.com/pressphotos (search term "Hydrogen"). Further information about Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik and TÜV SÜD can be found on the Internet at www.lbst.de/index_e or www.tuv-sud.com/fuelcell, respectively.


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University leaders express joy, say more hard work remains
By WILL SUTTON / GSU Media Bureau
With a unanimous decision, the Louisiana State Board of Nursing approved Grambling State University's plans for a new undergraduate nursing program, pending a Louisiana Board of Regents meeting. If all goes well, the program would start in fall 2018.
"This is what we have worked hard for these last several months," said Meg Brown, associate dean of nursing in the university's College of Professional Studies. "The work to get to this stage has been the process required by the state of Louisiana." Now, she said, "the work of building the program starts."
Though the nursing board voted to support the new program, the board requires full approval from the Regents, and the Regents approved the program pending support from the nursing board. GSU must return to the Regents to get final approval, then the nursing board will allow Grambling State to move forward with the process. That is expected to be a formality.
Nursing board members said the plans for the planned stringent, academically-rigorous program is what GSU needs. As developed and proposed in the approved letter of intent, the school's new undergraduate nursing program would require specific preliminary general education and other courses and a strong academic history before a student could be admitted as a nursing major. The board, meeting at the Louisiana State University Lod Cook Alumni Center on the LSU campus, urged Brown and GSU President Rick Gallot to continue the good work to get the new program in place.
In essence, the board determined that GSU is well-positioned to move forward with plans for the program for the first full step of a multiple-step process. The board's action authorizes the university to move to another important step — identifying and hiring faculty and preparing, putting curriculum changes in place and establishing regulations and rules before marketing the program. After successfully implementing the next set of actions, the institution hopes to be positioned by spring 2018 to promote a new undergraduate program and recruit students for its first cohort of 30 students for the program to start in fall 2018.
"We're happy to see you moving forward," board president Laura Bonanno told Brown and GSU President Rick Gallot as they sat at a table in front of the board. She said the board was excited that Gallot had taken the position as president in August 2016 and that he made the undergraduate nursing program a priority.
Board member Tavell Kindall made a point of saying that he is a two-time GSU nursing program graduate. Kindall, a board-certified family nurse practitioner who earned a doctorate in nursing practice, works at the Greater Ouachita Coalition Providing AIDS Resources and Education (GOCARE) in West Monroe, Louisiana.
"This was an important next step," said Gallot. "Dr. Brown has done a fantastic job preparing for today, and because of her work we are well positioned to proceed to do what needs to be done to make this happen."
Ellen Smiley, GSU's provost and vice president for academic affairs, is looking forward to the next set of actions as she works with Brown and others to determine the characteristics and qualities needed as undergraduate nursing faculty and staff are identified. "Putting together a team with the right set of values and a commitment to make this program successful is going to be critical," she said. "We have high expectations for the program, and therefore we have high expectations for the people we choose to be a part of building this undergraduate foundation."
Gallot, whose wife, Christy Gallot, is a nurse with three nursing degrees from GSU's nursing program, said it means a lot to the university's first lady and fellow nursing alumni to have a strong nursing program and he's committed to making that happen.
"We didn't come this far to stumble and fall," he added. "We're going to work with Dr. Brown to make sure that her nursing vision leads not only to the implementation of this program but to developing scores of successful nurses practicing across northern Louisiana, this state and this nation."


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National Insurance Contributions and PAYE Settlement Agreements
The legislation put in place for the assessment and collection of Class 1B NICs cameinto effect on 6 April 1999. This means that for 1999/2000 onwards NICs due on appropriateitems included in a PSA are calculated on a global rather than individual basis in linewith the calculation of tax due.
The text of section 10A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, isreproduced below and is followed by an explanation of each paragraph.
Class 1B contributions
(1) Where for any tax year a person is accountable to the Inland Revenue in respect ofincome tax on general earnings of his employees in accordance with a PAYE settlementagreement, a Class 1B contribution shall be payable by him for that tax year in accordancewith this section.
(2) The Class 1B contribution referred to in subsection (1) above is payable in respect of
- (a) the amount of any of the general earnings included in the PAYE settlement agreement which are chargeable emoluments; and
- (b) the total amount of income tax in respect of which the person is accountable for the tax year in accordance with the PAYE settlement agreement.
(3) The amount of the Class 1B contribution referred to in subsection (1) above shallbe the Class 1B percentage of the aggregate of the amounts mentioned in paragraphs (a) and(b) of subsection (2) above.
(4) General earnings are chargeable emoluments for the purposes of subsection (2) aboveif, apart from section 6(2A) or 10(8A) above, the person accountable in accordance withthe PAYE settlement agreement would be liable or entitled to pay secondary Class 1contributions or Class 1A contributions in respect of them.
(5) Where
- (a) the PAYE settlement agreement was entered into after the beginning of the tax year; and
- (b) Class 1 contributions were due in respect of any general earnings before it was entered into,
those general earnings shall not be taken to be included in the PAYE settlementagreement.
(6) In subsection (3) above the Class 1B percentage means a percentage rateequal to the secondary percentage for the tax year in question.
(7) The Treasury may by regulations provide for persons to be excepted in prescribedcircumstances from liability to pay Class 1B contributions."
Paragraph (1) means that a Class 1B NICs liability will arise where an employer is liableto tax in accordance with a PSA
Paragraph (2) means that Class 1B is payable on
- (a) items within a PSA that would ordinarily attract Class 1 or 1A NICs, and
- (b) the total (grossed-up) tax payable under the PSA.
Paragraph (3) means that the amount payable will be calculated as a percentage of theamounts attracting Class 1 or 1A NICs liability, and the total (grossed-up) tax under thePSA.
Paragraph (4) means that Class 1B NICs are payable in respect of all items for which theperson accountable for tax under the PSA agreement would ordinarily be liable or entitledto pay Class 1 or 1A NICs.
Paragraph (5) (a) and (b) means that where Class 1 NICs were due to be paid before a PSAagreement is made for a year, Class 1 NICs must be accounted for in the normal way, andcannot be replaced by Class 1B NICs.
It is not possible for Class 1A NICs liability to arise before a PSA agreement is inplace, because Class 1A liability arises after the end of the tax year, and after the 6July deadline by which a PSA agreement must be made.
Paragraph (6) means that the percentage rate used to calculate Class 1B NICs is set at thesame level as the secondary Class 1 NICs percentage rate.
Paragraph (7) means that in some circumstances, employers may be excepted from Class 1BNICs liability and these exceptions will be prescribed by regulation.


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Di Resta looks set for DTM drive
Paul di Resta is confident he will be in a position to win a championship outside Formula One next season as he weighs up his opportunities post Force India.
Di Resta and 2013 team-mate Adrian Sutil have lost their drives to Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez this year, but while Sutil has been taken on at Sauber, di Resta has been left without a drive in F1. A return to DTM now looks like his best option after speculation that he would move to IndyCar to take over from his retiring cousin Dario Franchitti at Ganassi came to nothing.
Di Resta is remaining tight lipped about his future, but has been in talks with Mercedes who he won the DTM title with in 2010.
"I'm not in a position to say what I'll be doing next year," he told The Scotsman. "But one thing I know definitely is that I'll be in a competitive car, in a series I know I'll be capable of not only winning races, but also the championship."


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Rick Sanchez interviewer speaks out
Pete Dominick says got compliments from Jon StewartPete Dominick, the host of the Sirius XM radio show that last week featured Rick Sanchez in an appearance that got the latter fired from CNN, talked about the situation on his show Monday, saying he got compliments from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert for his interview, Mediaite reports.
On the "Stand Up With Pete Dominick" show on Monday, he said: "Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart both complimented me in the way I handled myself, and it was extremely flattering."
As The Hollywood Reporter reported exclusively, Stewart had addressed the Sanchez controversy at an event Saturday night.
Dominick added that he didn't plan to discuss the incident any further beyond maybe on Stewart's "Daily Show," on Colbert or on Howard Stern's radio show. Dominick explained that the interview with Sanchez from CNN's headquarters in Atlanta came about because Sanchez's executive producer had asked him to be booked on the radio show.
"I didn't really want him to do the radio show," Dominick said. "He's not the type of guest we usually have on this show." Calling Sanchez's comments "career suicide," Dominick argued that the former CNN correspondent came in with a "live grenade in his mouth."
Apologizing to Sanchez's family for his getting fired, he added: "If Rick didn't do it on my show, he would have done it somewhere else."
Meanwhile, Sanchez's colleague Brooke Baldwin anchored the show -- which continued to air as "Rick's List" -- on Monday from 3-5 p.m., according to the Wrap.


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MagneGas Presentation to Fortune 500's And Government Agencies Generates Requests for Meetings & DemonstrationsPress Releases Follow |
Prestigious Construction Industry Institute Presentation Results in New Business Opportunities
TAMPA, Florida, November 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
MagneGas Corporation ("MagneGas" or the "Company") (MNGA) a leading technology company that counts among its inventions a patented process that converts liquid waste into MagneGas2® fuel, announced today that, as a result of the successful presentation of the company's technology to the attendees at the Construction Industry Institute ("CII") Board of Advisors meeting, it has received requests from several prominent member companies to hold further individual, in-depth meetings, presentations and demonstrations. The meeting was held on November 3, 2015 in Bonita Springs, FL with top-level executives from multiple major companies.
The CII is a consortium of over 130 companies from the public and private sectors with a focus on increasing sustainability of capital facility life cycles by researching innovative initiatives across relevant industries. MagneGas was an invited speaker and did not pay for the engagement. While the names of the companies requesting additional meetings must remain confidential by agreement with the CII, they include domestic and international companies, many of them NYSE listed.
In all, executives from over 100 companies are members of CII and those include:
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Energy
Zurich Insurance
Koch Industries, Inc.
ExxonMobile, corporation
Shell Global Solutions US, Inc.
Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation
SABIC-Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
Midwest Steel, Inc.
Phillips 66
DTE Energy
The specific companies that requested additional demonstrations and presentations include industries such as concrete and steel erection, fabrication, structural services; natural gas, pipelines and liquids; heavy industrial construction, engineering and renewables; marine construction and engineering; concrete construction from commercial offices to power plants and renewable energy facilities.
Some of the markets these companies serve include, but are not limited, to the following:
- Aerospace
- Airport Hangars
- Airport Terminals
- Assembly Plants
- Automotive
- Automotive Paint
- Bridges
- Commercial
- Correctional Facilities
- Hospitals
- Industrial
- Offshore Construction, Fabrication & Maintenance
- Pipe Lines
- Power Generation
- Pump Stations
- Rack Structures
- Refinery
- Specialty
- Stadium
- Steel Mill
- Water Purification Systems
- Wind Farms
The CII Board of Advisors is the governing body of the Institute and pre-screens and performs research and activities that are of high priority to its member companies. For a full list of attendees and the agenda, please go to: https://www.construction-institute.org/boa/2015Fall/index.cfm
The CII is an organization whose objectives are to improve the safety, productivity and environmental impact of the Construction Industry by discussing the best and newest techniques, technologies and systems available. The vast majority of their members currently use acetylene and were interested hearing about MagneGas2® as a safer, faster and more economical replacement.
A team consisting of CEO, Ermanno Santilli, Executive Vice President, Jack Armstrong, and Assistant Vice President of Sales, Spyro Vassiliou, conducted the presentation and discussed how MagneGas2® addresses the objectives of CII members with improved safety, productivity and cost reductions.
"We were very pleased to be invited to the prestigious CII Board of Advisors meeting in the first place and frankly, with their focus on improving the safety, productivity and environmental impact in construction and other fields we couldn't have been presenting to a better organization and audience," commented Ermanno Santilli, CEO of MagneGas. "I was impressed that immediately after the presentation several organizations had already spoken with their headquarters about MagneGas and we received numerous requests for demonstrations. The meeting yielded very positive results and many opportunities for the company."
The MagneGas IR App is now available for free in Apple's App Store for the iPhone or iPad http://bit.ly/AfLYww and at Google Play http://bit.ly/Km2iyk for Android mobile devices.
To be added to the MagneGas investor email list, please email email@example.com with MNGA in the subject line.
About Construction Industry Institute
The Construction Industry Institute, based at The University of Texas at Austin, is a consortium of more than 130 leading owner, engineering-contractor, and supplier firms from both the public and private arenas with a focus on increasing sustainability of capital facility life cycles by researching innovation initiatives across relevant industries. These organizations have joined together to enhance the business effectiveness and sustainability of the capital facility life cycle through CII research, related initiatives, and industry alliances. A learning organization with a wealth of knowledge and information, CII is unique in the engineering and construction industry.
About MagneGas Corporation
MagneGas® Corporation (MNGA) . The Company owns a patented process that converts various liquid wastes into hydrogen based fuels. These fuels can be used as a replacement to natural gas or for metal cutting. The Company's testing has shown the fuels are faster, cleaner and more productive than other alternatives on the market. They are also cost effective and safe to use with little changeover costs. The Company currently sells MagneGas® into the metal working market as a replacement to acetylene.
The MagneGas2® fuel production systems can be set-up locally using various types of feedstock. The Company believes this flexibility can give them an advantage in the Government/Military marketplace as fuels can be manufactured on site from raw materials found locally worldwide and eliminates the time and expense of shipping to the specific military theater. The Company is planning to establish joint ventures with third parties to construct these supply facilities worldwide.
The Company also sells equipment for the sterilization of bio-contaminated liquid waste for various industrial and agricultural markets. In addition, the Company is developing a variety of ancillary uses for MagneGas2® fuels utilizing its high flame temperature for co-combustion of hydrocarbon fuels and other advanced applications. For more information on MagneGas2®, please visit the Company's website at http://www.MagneGas.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined within Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements relate to future events, including our ability to raise capital, or to our future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects our current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. We assume no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. The Company is currently using new vegetable oil to produce fuel until the systems can be properly configured to meet regulatory requirements.
For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our public filings with the SEC are available from commercial document retrieval services and at the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
Investor Contacts:
KCSA Strategic Communications
Philip Carlson / Brad Nelson
+1-212-896-1233 / +1-212-896-1217
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by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
DISCLOSURE: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors, and do not represent the views of equities.com. Readers should not consider statements made by the author as formal recommendations and should consult their financial advisor before making any investment decisions. To read our full disclosure, please go to: http://www.equities.com/disclaimer
|MagneGas Applied Technology Solutions Inc.


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A Home for Dragonfly
I have found a home for this lovely necklace:
It is one of my favorite pieces. And I love antique brass. The dragonfly has been hand-patinaed to a lovely blue-green color, and it is clasped by an ornate vintage brass bail. The agate slice further enhances the patina of the dragonfly.
Antique brass oval-shaped links on either side of the pendant for a bit more decorative look than chain alone, and there is an antique brass filigree toggle (not pictured).
I have found it rather difficult to find more agate slices in a similar shape. I guess this one, which just happened to be the perfect backdrop for the dragonfly, was a truly lucky find! I know its new owner will enjoy it!
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Long Live The Queen! Look out boys, because the best female freeski athletes in the world are ready to step up and take the crown at the Suzuki NINE QUEENS freeski event, to be held from March 21st - 25th, 2011 in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, one of Austria's premier ski resorts.
Virginie Faivre, host of the Suzuki Nine Queens.
Led by Her Royal Flyness, Virginie Faivre, the 27-year-old, Swiss-born, 2009 World Ski Halfpipe Champion, the Suzuki NINE QUEENS is a showcase of the best female freeski talent throwing down the best they have against an obstacle that demands every inch of the vast repertoire of skills they possess: "The Chateau".
Built by the immensely talnted Schneestern Crew, one of the world's leaders in snowpark construction, "The Chateau" is a unique jump and jib feature that will test our ladies to the limit, and provide an exceptional atmosphere and environment to showcase exactly how far female freeskiing has come and what the girls can do.
Construction has begun on "The Chateau"
The hostess, Virginie Faivre, will be accompanied by current X Games gold medalists Kaya Turski and Sarah Burke as well as the freshly crowned World Ski Slopestyle Champion Anna Segal from Australia. The full riders list contains the following athletes:
Virginie Faivre
Kaya Turski
Grete Eliassen
Eva Patscheider
Anna Segal
Lena Stoffel
Jen Hudak
Caja Schöpf
Sarah Burke
The Suzuki NINE QUEENS will also feature special guests Keri Hermann and Kim Lamarre, along with nine-year-old Estonian snow princess Kelly Sildaru! There is also one spot open to girls who know they have what it takes to mix it up with the best and can present a video to back it up through our online qualification.
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis, with its three historical villages located on a high plateau above the Tyrolean Inn Valley, and framed by the mighty 3000-metre Samnaun mountains and the Ötztal Alps, provides the perfect backdrop for the event. Expecting big airtime, great style and new tricks, along with amazing images coming from the first ever helicopter follow-cam session at a women's event, the Suzuki NINE QUEENS is an extreme sport athlete and media event unlike any before it and will set the benchmark for female freeskiing now and into the future.
Caja Schöpf
The Suzuki NINE QUEENS owes its inspiration to the NINE KNIGHTS competition that features the best male freeskiers and is the brainchild of Nico Zacek, Germany's freeski legend. In only three years it can be said with no small amount of pride that the NINE KNIGHTS is one of the world's premier freeski events, and that level of excitement, experience and expectation is shared with the Suzuki NINE QUEENS.
A rundown of the program for the week is as follows:
Monday - Thursday: Photo shoots and competitions in different categories.
Wednesday evening: Jump show at the Serfaus Adventure Night Kicker.
Friday: Contest day with public viewing.
Evening: Prize giving and after-party at the PATSCHI.
Wanna be a Queen? Online Qualification still open:
If you are a talented freeskiing girl, pro rider or amateur, and want to join the Suzuki NINE QUEENS to fight for the freeski crown, there is still one wild card spot available. The online video qualification "Wanna be a Queen?" is running until February 28th, 2011.
All you have to do is edit a short video clip showcasing your best park riding, upload it to YouTube and send the link to the NINE QUEENS jury. A judging panel consisting of NINE KNIGHTS stars such as Tom Wallisch, Bobby Brown, Lolo Favre and Nico Zacek will nominate the winner on March 10th, 2011.
For more details on the online qualification and more information about Suzuki NINE QUEENS, check out http://www.ninequeens.com, and be sure to join their Facebook fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Nine-Queens/155970454433228.


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Theory of Quantum Gases, Fluids and Solids
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Physics
Hasbrouck Laboratory
666 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003, USA
We are always looking for good PhD students and postdoctoral research associates.
We are also happy to provide a host for postdocs with overseas stipends.
Please feel free to ask any questions by email to Nikolay Prokof'ev or Boris Svistunov.
Useful linksLink to the page on UMass worm algorith and quantum Monte-Carlo methods
Our papers on the ArXiv


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SOURCE: Audi of America
September 03, 2014 10:09 ET
HERNDON, VA--(Marketwired - Sep 3, 2014) -
Audi achieved the best month ever in AoA sales history in August 2014. This month's record sales increased to 22.1% to 17,101 vehicles, a total that stands as the 44th consecutive month of record monthly U.S. sales for the brand. Audi U.S. sales year-to-date have increased 14.5% to 116,066 vehicles.
Audi has maintained steady momentum throughout 2014, with the best-ever August result. The previous August record was set in 2013 with sales of 14,005 vehicles.
"Audi dealers nationwide are selling new models as quickly as they are delivered to showrooms -- resulting in the best month ever in AoA history," said Mark Del Rosso, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Audi of America. "By accelerating 2015 model introductions we are able to keep pace with this momentum to carry it through the end of 2014 and beyond."
Audi August sales also improved throughout the lineup when compared to year-earlier results. The A3, A4, allroad, A5, and Q7 all posted sales gains.
August results were bolstered by sales of Audi luxury SUVs, with the Audi Q7 crossover posting a 25.8% gain on 1,859 units sold for the month. Year-to-date sales for the Audi Q5 increased 6.1%, while YTD sales for the Audi Q7 increased 25.1%.
After its April U.S. sales debut, the 2015 Audi A3 models have maintained a strong and consistent sales pace. August 2014 brought 2,430 A3 sales to solidify the model's standing among the top three of the brand's best sellers.
August is the 13th consecutive month and all-time record sales for Audi Certified pre-owned. This month marked an increase of 29.6% and a total of 4,733 CPO vehicles sold; CPO sales year-to-date increased 17.6%.
Audi of America, Inc. and its U.S. dealers offer a full line of German-engineered luxury vehicles. AUDI AG is among the most successful luxury automotive brands globally. The Audi Group delivered 1,575,500 vehicles to customers globally in 2013, and broke all-time company sales records for the 4th straight year in the U.S. Through 2018, AUDI AG will invest about $30 billion on new products, facilities and technologies. Visit www.audiusa.com or www.audiusanews.com for more information regarding Audi vehicles and business topics.
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January 21, 2014
On the slopes of Mauna Kea, home of the State of Hawaii's tallest point (4,000 meters), an outfit is replanting more than a thousand stripped acres with indigenous trees. The best part? In a land where locals ask that you take nothing (only photographs) and leave nothing (except footprints), you can spend a day planting a tree of your own. For eternity, you (and your grandchildren) can monitor the tree's growth.
Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods (HLH) began as an effort to replant a historic swath of land with native koa trees""an island hardwood known for its inherent beauty. Once the home of a healthy old growth koa forest that belonged to King Kamehameha, the land was clear cut over a century ago, initiating the rapid decline of native bird species as well endemic plants and flowers. The last decade of replanting here has brought back the native species and plant life that were meant to thrive in the islands.
Now HLH invites visitors to the island to take a tour of the historic lands, and plant a tree (you can "gift" a tree to a family member or friend and share with them photos and a video of the experience). Over 200,000 trees have already been planted, and HLH just announced a new phase in the effort""the introduction of a second endemic tree, Iliahi, or Hawaiian Sandalwood. The variety was on the brink of extinction nearly a century ago when builders prized it as one of the most expensive woods on earth.
Got kids that are more into technology than digging in the dirt? HLH uses RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) embedded in the planted trees to give each a unique computer signature. A GPS system can locate and track the development of "your" tree. It can even find it for you on Google Earth so you can show friends back home, wherever that may be.
Header photo: Mauna Kea slopes with reforestation © Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods
Partnering with Delta allows us to connect you to and from a selection of destinations across the United States and Canada, making it even simpler to book flights to Kona and Honolulu.
Have you visited Hawaii Island? Would you like to plant your own tree with Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods? Share your thoughts with us below.
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I have a question about the recipe "Shrimp and Chorizo Sandwich" from amanda.
Is dry Chorizo different than reg chorizo?And if so where do you buy?Thanks-Carnoroliman42
I believe the dry chorizo would look more like pepperoni where as the regular chorizo would be more like sausage. So yep they are different. I would imagine cooked regular chorizo would be quite tasty in the sandwich as well.
The chorizo used in this recipe is the cured, Spanish chorizo. The other style of chorizo is the Mexican, which is fresh, uncooked, and in casings. (links) The flavors are quite different, but both can be quite wonderful.


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The vases are in excellent condition with minor signs of age related wear mostly seen on the rim, ribs, and base. The painting is very finely executed and they have an impressed signature on the bottom.
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Internet marketing is one of the few industries in the world that have been growing steadily over the past few years. However, while internet marketing has become much more popular (and easier to get into), it's perhaps just as challenging to not fall for a scam or end up losing quite a bit of money to learn the basics.
That being said, the learning process can be made easier if you have access to the right resources. This brings us to the website we will be talking about in this article – KhojIndya.
Don't get deceived by the name, it's just as useful for wannabe internet marketers throughout the world as it is for potential Indian marketers. So without further ado, let's take a look at both the good and bad about it.
The Good
First things first, a good blog, regardless of the niche it's based around, is always considered one that posts quality content on a regular basis. That being said, KhojIndya is more than impressive on this front, posting quite a few highly useful and quality articles every month. While there's some inconsistency, there's usually never a big time gap between two posts which is a very good sign.
Perhaps the second-best feature of the blog is that it covers a really wide range of topics and methods. This means that you may find quality information on pretty much anything you're looking for.
Similarly, it gives an opportunity to beginners to learn about various different methods in order to pick the one that suits them best.
MUST READ: Here's how to pick a camera to become the next YouTube star?
Finally, it's probably worth adding that the blog seems to understand the needs of its readers well. It knows that topics/methods such as affiliate marketing, Google AdSense, freelancing and the likes may turn out to be the most useful ones for most of their readers, and hence is more focused on such topics.
The Bad
Something about the blog that may instantly put off many of its potential readers is its lackluster design. Internet marketing blogs usually look quite fancy and attractive, and have a professional feel and look.
KhojIndya, on the other hand, sports a pretty basic and dull design. While the simplicity may manage to impress some, most others would be disappointed with the look and feel of the site.
Apart from the design, there doesn't really seem to be anything to complain about.
The Final Verdict
Well, though the design is pretty disappointing, you really shouldn't bother given that the quality of information shared seems to be pretty in-depth and detailed. After all, at the end of the day, it's the content that's going to help you learn.


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St. Augustine Breweries Partner for Nights of Pints
St. Augustine breweries will partner for St. Augustine's annual Nights of Lights to host Nights of Pints.
Each brewery will create and pour a seasonal beer for the occasion. With the purchase of a one-of-a-kind commemorative t-shirt, brewery-goers will receive one free draft beer at each brewery.
"We feel this is a great opportunity to have some fun and showcase the wonderful diversity between our St. Augustine craft brewers. We hope that this is the first of many Nights of Pints and the event will continue to grow and introduce craft beer to all of our neighbors here in the state of Florida," said Steve Mendoza, co-owner and brewer of Bog Brewing Company.
"We are really excited to be a part of what St. Augustine is doing on the craft beer scene," said Matt Hooker, co-owner, Old Coast Ales. "It is a great collaborative effort to give people the opportunity to sample the best of what each brewery is doing. We all have a style or niche that we lean to as brewers. With St. Augustine's four breweries opening in just the past couple years, we feel that as a small city, we are now on the radar of craft beer enthusiasts everywhere," said Hooker.
Ancient City Brewing, Bog Brewing Company, Dog Rose Brewing and Old Coast Ales partner for Nights of Pints
Coinciding with St. Augustine's Nights of Lights, local breweries have created "Nights of Pints" for craft beer lovers to enjoy a free pint at each brewery with the purchase of a commemorative t-shirt. Brewery-goers' progress will be tracked on a Nights of Pints Passport.
Saturday, November 18th – Wednesday, January 31st
Each brewery's respective taprooms in Downtown St. Augustine, West King Street Historic District, Lincolnville Historic District and Anastasia Island.
About Bog Brewing Company
Bog Brewing Company is located in the Historic West King Street District of St. Augustine. The Bog features 10 rotating taps and specializes in seasonal IPAs and Belgian-inspired ales as well growlers to-go. The intimate and inviting neighborhood taproom is family and pet friendly. For the most current draft lineup, visit our website at www.bogbrewery.com. Visit the taproom at 218 West King Street.
About Old Coast Ales
Old Coast Ales is located on Anastasia Island's Boulevard just a quarter mile from the historic Bridge of Lions where it is surrounded by some of St. Augustine's most popular attractions and dining. Brewed with traditional old-school ingredients, Old Coast Ales offers a variety of styles with big bold flavors. The friendly, laid-back atmosphere always guarantees a warm conversation amongst locals & visitors in search of great locally crafted beer. Visit the taproom at 300 Anastasia Boulevard or online at www.oldcoastales.com.
About Ancient City Brewing
Since opening the doors in 2015, Ancient City Brewing has been perfecting St. Augustine's finest craft beers. Stop by the Brewhouse (20 taps) to grab a pint and see where the beer is brewed, or check out the newest Taproom (10 taps) in the heart of downtown to sip on some tasty brews. As the city's only distributing brewery, ask for our beers at your local bars, restaurants and package stores. Visit the taproom at 18 Cathedral Place or online at www.ancientcitybrewing.com.
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Chickpea Sliders
These little meatless wonders will amaze you with their flavor along with all the healthy benefits they offer! Even though they are diminutive, these "veggie-burgers" have some serious benefits. Chickpeas, (Garbanzo beans) provide an excellent source folic acid, fiber, manganese, protein, as well as minerals such as iron, copper, zinc, and magnesium. They can help lower cholesterol and improve blood sugar levels, making them a great option for diabetics and insulin-resistant individuals. When served with high quality grains, garbanzo beans are an extremely-low-fat, complete protein food. They also contain molybdenum which is needed for the body to detoxify sulfite's. Sulfites are a preservative commonly found in wine, luncheon meats, and fresh salad in most salad bars. Sulfite-sensitive individuals who are deficient in molybdenum may experience headaches, a racing heartbeat, or confusion. So these teeny morsels of goodness will pack a nutritious punch.
Makes: 20 (1/8 cup) sliders or 5 (1/2 cup) burgers
- 1 Tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray
- 1 Medium Yellow Onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 1 Tsp. Salt
- 1 Cup Carrots shredded (from 3 carrots)
- 4 Garlic Cloves, grated (about 1 tablespoon)
- 1/4 cup Parsley leaf
- 1 Tsp. ground Cumin
- 1/2 Tsp. ground Coriander
- 1/8 Tsp. Cayenne
- 2 Tbsp. Fresh Thyme Leaves, chopped
- 1 1/2 Cups fresh cooked Chickpeas (or 1 [16 ounce] can, rinsed)
- 1 Cup Panko breadcrumbs
- 6 Egg Whites, lightly beaten
- 20 mini Whole Wheat burger buns, toasted (or 5 burger buns) or Whole Wheat dinner rolls (each should total around 110 calories)
Topping Ideas: Best choices in bold.
- Roasted Red Pepper Ketchup
- Spinach
- Cabbage/Cabbage Slaw
- Sprouts
- Mustard
- Dijon mustard
- Cucumber
- Feta Cheese
- Muenster Cheese
- Bolthouse Farms Creamy Yogurt Dressings
- Spray a large frying pan with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray over medium-high heat.
- Add onion, season with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in carrots, garlic, parsley, cumin, coriander, cayenne and thyme and cook until fragrant and just softened, about 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and transfer to food processor or blender and process, 2 to 3 (1-second) pulses.
- Add chickpeas and process, about 2 to 3 (1-second) pulses until broken up but still chunky.
- Add Panko and eggs and process, about 2 to 3 (1-second) pulses just to incorporate.
- *To test if the mix is at the right consistency, grab a small amount of it with clean hands and squeeze. If it is coarse in texture but holds together, you're good to go.
- Otherwise, pulse the mixture a few more times, or, if you want a finer texture, add 1 more egg white and/or just pulse the mixture even more.
- Divide into 1/8-cup portions and, with damp, clean hands, shape into patties about 1 1/2-inches wide by 1/2-inch thick. (Alternatively, shape into 1/2-cup patties about 3-inches wide and 1/2- inch thick.) (The patties can be formed up to 1 day ahead and stored refrigerated until ready to cook.)
- To cook, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. When oil shimmers, add 3 large (or 6 slider) patties and cook, undisturbed, until crisp and golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- Flip and cook on second side. Repeat with remaining oil and patties.
- Serve on a Whole Wheat buns or Rolls with desired toppings.


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Diamond Select Toys has announced that Atom Eve (you know her from Invincible) is getting the Femme Fatales treatment from Diamond Select Toys.
Depicted soaring into action with her signature energy effect, this Jean St. Jean-crafted PVC statue of Invincible's love interest stands 9 inches tall and will come packaged in a window box.
The Atom Eve statue arrives in summer 2013.


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KELOWNA – The rising water in Mission Creek from the spring runoff means two underpasses on the popular Greenway trail have been closed.
The trail under the Casorso Road bridge is fully closed, while the south side of the trail along Mission Creek under the Gordon Drive bridge is closed.
Both sections of the trail will remain closed until it's safe to re-open them.
Barricades and signs are up warning people about the hazards.
Bruce Smith with the Regional District of the Central Okanagan says staff is monitoring creek levels.
"People are reminded that water levels may rise unexpectedly and they, children and pets should stay safely back from creek banks, which may be slippery or subject to erosion from the spring runoff," Smith says.
The runoff is also sending debris into Okanagan Lake so boaters need to watch out.
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A Tie of Two Scandals: Benghazi and the AP Phone Records
Theories swirled at the time that the White House orchestrated the leaks to burnish Obama's desired tough-on-terror image.
"I don't think you have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out what's going on here. You've had three leaks of intelligence that paint the president as a strong leader," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in June 2012, adding the foiled bomb plot story "was about how the Obama administration saved us all." Senators who were furious about the leaks included Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
The Benghazi theory that's gained more traction since a recent wave of whistleblowers appeared before Congress holds that blame was quickly pinned on an anti-Muhammad YouTube video to support the claim that al-Qaeda was on the run. A cornerstone of the tough-on-terror narrative was painting a picture of an organization that had been weakened to the point that it couldn't pull off anniversary attacks such as the underwear bomb to mark the death of bin Laden or the consulate attack to mark 9/11.
And with the AP story at issue highlighting the administration's denials of any credible threat, it adds another reason why the White House would have been irate about the story.
The reaction showed they were eager to bury the news above bragging.
The day after the story broke, Obama headed to New York for a speech at the University of Albany in which he proposed a "to-do list" for Congress.
Carney told reporters en route that the president was "certainly pleased with the success" of the U.S. intelligence community in "foiling" the attempt, but likely wouldn't mention it. Sure enough, Obama didn't mention terrorism at all in the speech.
The Justice Department secretly obtained phone records for April and May 2012 for more than 20 lines used by reporters and editors of the newswire. The AP noted that prosecutors have sought reporters' phone records before, but the scope of the DOJ's request, "including general AP switchboards numbers and an office-wide shared fax line, is unusual."
"Among those whose phone numbers were obtained were five reporters and an editor who were involved in the May 7, 2012, story," the AP added of the actions that could have a chilling effect on their relationships with sources and whistleblowers in the future.
Three days after the story, the House Transportation & Infrastructure and Oversight and Government Reform committees released a report on the TSA's wasted dollars on inefficient screening technologies.
"The CIA uncovered terrorists' latest modified underwear bomb plot, but TSA has repeatedly failed to effectively procure and deploy screening equipment that actually detects threats, and incredible amounts of its state-of-the-art technology is gathering dust in Texas warehouses," Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said at the time.
Much of the fallout from the AP's story consisted of angry lawmakers wanting to plug intelligence leaks, which supports the meme of an administration with little control over its tentacles.
But a lot of the hue and cry consisted of exactly what the Obama campaign didn't want in the news cycle.
Two days after the original AP report, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) called it "odd" that the White House was trying to hold the story yet hadn't informed Congress about the operation as required.
"The problem is, we could have gotten more. It was clearly, I don't know -- this is the funny season, this time of year," he said in reference to campaign time. "…You cannot use your political interest ahead of our national security interest; it's dangerous and that's why you have these third-party oversight provisions in the law."
"I can tell you there are so many potential plots, and it's not just al-Qaeda Central. When President Obama says that the war began in Afghanistan, it's going to end in Afghanistan: He has to know better than that," then House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) also said two days after the AP story broke.
"Now we have al-Qaeda in Yemen, in Somalia, in Iraq, in Morocco; we can go though the whole list of countries where al-Qaeda is spreading. Mali, even Libya we have to be concerned about al-Qaeda."
Four months later, four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens were killed in the attack on the Benghazi compound.