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Track your carrier's daily and monthly cellular data usage on iOS devices iPad and iPhone
What is Data Usage?
Do you have a smartphone? Then you must have to know that what is data usage and how to track your carrier data usage. If you use web or internet or wap then some amount of data transactions will take place. Either you upload data to internet or you download data from internet. Every carrier charges you to provide internet access to your device. Data usage is the total amount of data that you uploaded to the web (requesting an URL, uploading images, uploading videos etc.) and the data that you downloaded from the web. The data usage is measured in kb (Kilobytes), mb (Megabytes) and gb (Gigabytes).
Tracking Data Usage:
Is it really necessary to track your mobile data usage? Yes it is necessary to track data usage to avoid extra bill payments. The carriers will provide you with limited amount of data based on your package. After completion of the package data, you have to pay extra bill for the data that used excessively. For example T Mobile, AT&T, Netflix and Verizon providing data packages. They provides data packages based on the amount that you wish to buy. If you exceed T Mobile data usage limit or ATT data usage limit or Netflix data usage limit then they will list the extra amount in bill based on the extra cellular data usage. So it is necessary to check your usage of cellular data.
How to track cellular data usage on iOS device?
Cellular data used in iPhone can be track using the system application. In settings go to Cellular and then go to Cellular Data Usage to check data used on iPhone. It has a problem in showing accurate data used and it shows usage details irrespective of the billing period, it tracks usage of data from reset to reset period. So better to choose another approach to check usage of data.
In an iPad it shows billing cycle and the data used correctly. To check current bill cycle data usage navigate to Settings then go to Cellular and finally View Account. There it will show the data that is used in current bill cycle.
Many carrier providers have their own apps to show the accurate bills, bill cycles and data used in the current bill cycle. Verizon has an app named My Verizon Mobile , T Mobile has an app named T-Mobile my Account and ATT Mobile has an app named myAT&T to track the usage of their carrier data. You can use apps according to your data provider networks. And also there are many free and paid apps to track data usage in your iOS device. For example there is a paid app DataMan Next to track usage of any carrier data.
There are also some family plans like Verizon data family plan, ATT data family plan and T-Mobile data family plan etc. By using the above mentioned apps you can also track the family data plans and you can set reminders on reaching a certain limit. These notifications alerts you to limit your usage of internet on your iOS device to reduce the bill amount.
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05 Apr Goulburn at Campese
First division first grade (thirds) and first division second grade (fourths) will meet Goulburn at Campese Oval with the thirds at 3pm and the fourths at 1.30pm. All other grades have a bye.
After copping it against Gungahlin thirds and fourths will be keen to get back on the horse and there should be plenty of troops on hand to saddle up.
There are a few colts who require a run and a few returning from injury to fit in. The only issue the coaches face is the lack of depth in the front row. Wade Smith has not ruled out a comeback but that is as unlikely as Mick Dyer putting on the shorts.
Gungahlin accounted for Goulburn 72-0 in thirds and 24-17 in fourths so the Whites should be in with a chance.
All grades will next meet Tuggeranong at Tuggeranong the weekend after Easter.


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Saturday 13th October will see coming to Humph Hall a man who has:
• shared stages with Bob Dylan, Judy Collins & Leon Russell
• filled 1,000 seat venues in The Netherlands
• recorded 20 albums
Songwriter and crooner, Gregory Page weaves a magical dreamworld with his extraordinary tales of love and optimistic melancholy – teetering between tradition and progress, history and fantasy.
Bookings advised as new Council regulations limit audience to 50!
Raised in the USA, Gregory Page was born in North London to Armenian and Irish parents who met while on tour with their bands en route to the Middle East. His mother was a swingin' jazz singer, and Gregory spent his youth listening to 78s, dreaming of the day he would grow up to become a black American Blues singer like his hero Billie Holiday.Currently living in San Diego, he is coming to our shores to launch his new album "Shine Shine Shine".
Performing with him will be the ever popular Liz Frencham. Embracing her double bass like a lover, Liz invites you along a journey through a luminous emotional landscape, reassuring you with a warm, generous voice and a smile which has become her trademark.
Entry by donation ($25/$15).
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As with all concerts in Humph Hall Gregory Page will perform acoustically - no PA system!
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Chicago Small Biz Confidence Rising: Report
"Close to four in 10 Chicago small business owners are confident that their local economy will improve over the next 12 months," according to the inaugural Small Business Owner Report just released by Bank of America. There's more good news, too, though, if you consider 37 percent of the market being substantial enough to help turn the tides.
If that number's too low, then consider this:
According to the Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, 57 percent of Chicago small business owners believe they currently have enough capital to effectively run their business. When asked what their biggest challenge is with managing cash flow, respondents cited not getting paid on time by clients and customers (46 percent) at the top of their list, followed by low profits and lack of business (21 percent).
It's a hefty 10 pages to sift through, though full of information probably more useful to venture capitalists in town than entrepreneurs, per se, but as an entrepreneur, knowing what VCs are concerned about will help you quell their fears.
Give it a read here.
David Wolinsky is a freelance writer and a lifelong Chicagoan. In addition to currently serving as an interviewer-writer for Adult Swim, he's also a columnist for EGM. He was the Chicago city editor for The Onion A.V. Club where he provided in-depth daily coverage of this city's bustling arts/entertainment scene for half a decade. When not playing video games for work he's thinking of dashing out to Chicago Diner, Pizano's, or Yummy Yummy. His first career aspirations were to be a game-show host.


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We talk about our experiences with the Neato BotVac 75 robot vacuum cleaner. We then spend some time talking about the Go Ultra Low campaign, and our experiences driving a fully electric car, the Nissan LEAF. You can read more about this on Ruth's blog. And we also recommend you check out Robert Llewelyn's YouTube channel Fully Charged.
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When you think about bingo, the only thing that you can envision is someone playing for cash prizes. Yet, this extremely popular game isn't all about winning. Bingo is mostly about having fun and, of course, enjoying yourself.
Many will be surprised to hear that playing bingo, particularly on the Internet, has many health benefits. Research says that playing bingo online is the answer to living a healthy life? Should we believe them? Of course, we should. If you are curious enough to learn in which ways online bingo can improve your wellbeing, keep on reading.
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The reason why people all over the world seek Fluffy Favourites free spins is that they love aligning animals and, of course, winning prizes. Playing bingo of Fluffy Favourites online gives you the chance to enhance your memory. What you have to do is keep focused at all times; otherwise, you're going to lose.
Winning doesn't depend on pure luck, it depends on your abilities. This translates into the fact that if you want to win, you're going have to pay close attention to what you're doing. The result is that your mind is a lot more agile and your cognitive abilities are improved considerably. Who would have thought that being competitive can be so beneficial?
Sitting and playing patience
If you're not a patient person, then you should stay away from online bingo. Or should you? Playing games on the Internet can actually teach you how to keep calm and don't get frustrated. Players are required to endure many things and be patient concerning their collectibles.
The point is that you don't make logical decisions, but let your emotions get the best of you, you'll never win. Learning a little bit of self-control won't hurt you. On the contrary, it will make you a better player and a better person.
Prevents apathy and depression
Empathic people are usually very sensitive. They completely dislike being in public places, let alone having to talk to other people. If this description says everything about you, forget about going to old-fashioned bingo halls.
The place where you should be is online. On the Internet, no one knows your identity and you can do whatever you like. Besides the fact that you'll get rid of boredom, you'll get the opportunity to talk to other players, if that's what you really want. However, most online bingo sites allow you to turn off the chat feature. You're probably glad that things are this way.
How to choose online bingo site
No matter if you want to play classic bingo of Fluffy Favourites, you have to sign up with an online bingo site. The question now is which one, as there are countless options out there. To make your decision a lot easier, consider how the website makes the payments. If you win, you should be able to collect your money right away. What is more, make sure that the website is regulated by competent authorities. Basically, make sure that it's reliable.


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Janet Mock is a bestselling author and transgender advocate. She's given a speech at the Women's March on Washington, high-fived Oprah on national television, and written articles for Marie Claire, including a stunning coming-out piece, and for the New York Times — most notably, an opinion piece in which she talks about how "young people overwhelmingly get" transgender rights.
She's also an expert on frizz-proof hair and flawless mascara.
"I believe glam is a gateway to survival," says the 34-year-old, whose latest gig is as a guest columnist for Allure. "As a trans woman specifically, I feel like makeup helped me understand what I wanted to look like and who I wanted to be."
Mock details her journey through womanhood — and the beauty products that she carried along the way — in the new book Surpassing Certainty. A funny, fascinating, brutally honest look at Mock's early 20s, the book chronicles her time as an exotic dancer, a fashion intern, and a master's degree candidate.
Still, while cosmetics may boost confidence, Mock's not a bestselling author and Oprah BFF just because she's a lipstick whiz. Through magazine articles, political speeches, and her groundbreaking 2014 autobiography, Redefining Realness, the 34-year-old has become a pop-culture force that's 50 percent cool big sister and 50 percent serious social conscience. (She's also a front-row fixture at fashion shows for Christian Siriano.)
Yahoo Beauty spoke with the native Hawaiian in New York City, and, yes, we asked for stripper advice. (Her tips are exceptional, because: #overachiever.)
Surpassing Certainty deals with major themes like identity and loneliness. But it also has one of the most genius beauty tips ever.
Oh, the toilet paper seat?
Yes! You describe using disposable toilet-seat covers as blotting paper…
Use what you have available. That's a key beauty tip from strippers!
Did you learn that from the other dancers?
No, I think I just figured it out. One day when I was in [the strip club], I went to the toilet, and I grabbed one, and I just looked at it for a second. I thought, Wait, this has the exact same consistency as a blotting paper. But it's bigger than my entire face. And it's free. So I put my whole face on it like it was a sheet mask. I rubbed my hands across the back, and then I peeled it off — again, just like a sheet mask. And I saw all the makeup, all the sweat, and all the oil just cling to it. I've done it for years. To be honest, I still do it now in the airport.
Please give me more stripper beauty tips.
People think [strippers] and girls who are regulars at the club — not just the strip club, but any club — put glitter everywhere. But the skilled ones, we know that the lights in clubs are very concentrated, and they hit your body and face at very specific points. So we save money and time by only putting shimmer where our "high points" are. That's your clavicle, your cheekbones, the tops of your shoulders.
Even if I use highlighter on my clavicle, it ends up all over my chest and shoulders by the end of the night.
Oh, you should be carrying baby wipes in your purse at all times.
Stripper beauty advice sounds close to second-date advice.
Exactly. [Laughing] Stripper beauty advice is the same thing as second-date advice! You're ready to get close to someone, you're beyond, "Do you have any siblings?" You're ready to share your bodies. You get prepared.
There are many Lifetime movies about cutthroat strippers trying to take down one another. Was that your experience, or was it more of a Coyote Ugly kind of sisterhood?
I had a unique situation, because the club I talk about in the book was owned by a woman, who we called "Mama." And she set the tone that this was not a place to get catty with each other, or to compete with each other for men's attention. Of course, there were some girls who kept to themselves more and weren't as friendly as others. But there was no real infighting. We weren't competing for men's money. We were working together to make the most money for the club, and [therefore] for all of us.
What did you learn about yourself from that experience?
What I loved so much is that I saw all different types of bodies. C-section scars. Stretch marks. Visible ribs. Everything. And I realized that the things women have been taught to Photoshop out of their bodies, if you're interested in attracting men, those "flaws" aren't real. Heterosexual men don't care. I realized that at least in a purely physical sense, they're looking at your entire package, and that includes your attitude. Understanding that is what makes you a successful stripper, and I think it also translates somewhat in the dating market, as well… I learned at 20 years old that nobody gives a f*** about your stretch marks, even in a space of desirability. Nobody's obsessing about it except you. Certainly not the men you want to attract.
You were just a Miss USA judge. You were also a speaker at the Women's March on Washington. How do you reconcile your feminist convictions with a pageant that scores women partly based on looks?
You know, I was having a conversation with Ashley Graham. She's a co-host of the pageant. This is her second year doing it. We share a hairstylist, and she said, "Janet, I heard you're in negotiations to be a judge." And I told her, "I am, but I'm really conflicted about it because I don't think they've ever had an openly trans woman in this space." And Ashley said, "I feel similarly [as a plus-size woman]. I don't see my body up there [as a contestant] either." And we were like, "Is this a part of our mission, to help the pageant as a whole accept more diverse kinds of female beauty?" I think by engaging in the pageant, we're disrupting the pageant. And that's the first step.
Did you ever do pageants in Hawaii?
A lot of my sisters in Hawaii engaged in pageants, but as trans women, the only pageants they could do were drag queen pageants. Because pageants for cis women were not open to trans women. But I mean, I'll tell you, there are cis feminist women who policed my decision to be a part of this pageant. Whereas a lot of trans women were like, "Yes, girl! One of us is going to Miss USA!"
What?! Women are bullying one another on the Internet? Shocking!
I know, right? So for me, it's like, How can I bring my politics and the way I choose to live my life into the pageant space as a judge? That's what I want to do. Yes, beauty and aesthetics are a huge part of pageants, but they're also a part of my own life. And that becomes a gateway to say if I didn't have pretty privilege, and if I didn't have blending in and "passing" [as a cis woman] privilege, I probably wouldn't be seen and heard in the same levels that I'm heard.
How do you rise above those Twitter onslaughts?
For me, I'm always someone that's never policed other women's choices. And as someone who's engaged in activities that have never been "respectable," that have always been outside of the framework of what folks have defined as "womanhood," I'll never judge another woman for doing what she wants or needs to do. Now, is that colluding with the patriarchy? Maybe. But we're all messy. We're all colluding because we exist in a culture that's racist, sexist, anti-queer, transphobic … but we also have to participate in culture to change it. Engaging in this space scares me. It makes me uncomfortable. And when that happens in my life, I challenge myself to say yes and to engage.
You talk in the book about feeling betrayed by the trans women you saw on TV and in movies, that you felt like they were "freak shows." Honestly, I recoil at some people in my own communities. How do we accept others even if we think they're making "the rest of us" look bad?
Your first step is what I call "the Great Unlearning." When I was 20, the only trans women that were visible to me were those on Jerry Springer and Maury who reveal to some guy on camera, "I'M A MAN!" That's the portrait of young trans women that people who watched those shows would get. So low-income families, stay-at-home moms, my friend's mothers, my peers, folk of color who are watching these shows — it was the most immediate, visceral portrait of young trans women. I was like, "I do not want to be that. I have to overcome people's immediate catalog of trans women. I have to be so much better than those people."
Exactly! What's your advice to those who feel we have to be "better" than everyone else in our ethnicity/religion/orientation/political party?
My black grandmother taught me that as a black person, I have to do double or even triple the work to get half as much. You're taught early to "fight back" with exceptionalism. I used to think I had to be a certain kind of woman to prove I wasn't "one of those" trans women. But now I have to reteach myself that I'm not better than those women on TV. They're doing the best with what they have. Instead, I have to ask, "How can I support these women? And how can I offer a different reflection of myself?"
What would you tell your 20-year-old self about those Jerry Springer women?
You can be a completely messy bitch that lives for drama and wants desperately to be Joanne the Scammer. Or you can be somebody that's a talk-show host and an author and wants to be seen as "respectable" and academic. Or you can be neither. You can be whoever the hell you want. But you can't police other people's wants, desires, needs, and how they represent themselves. But of course that's hard! We just have to keep working.
On TV and in books and magazines, you've been very honest about your personal journey. What's one thing you don't want to discuss anymore?
My first book is largely about my transition. And I'm so grateful for that book, but there's a lot of explanations in it. In 2014, our culture wasn't where it is now in terms of trans people. So I had to explain a lot of terms. I also had to go into real detail and explain my own body, my own medical history, and real details about my body in transition. That's the only way people would get a full picture of a young person in transition. It's the first narrative written by a young person. It's the first by a trans person of color. It challenged a lot of stigmas. It made people confront the fact that we're not a monolith. And because it's out there, I feel like we can stop with the Trans 101 questions.
I want to name a punk band Trans 101.
Ha! But you know what I mean when I say "Trans 101." Questions about my body and medical procedures. Questions about gender binaries and spectrums. I can't keep retracing my steps when they're already out there. But also, I'll tell you something, I speak on a lot of college campuses, and these kids, they'd be bored by Trans 101 because they get it. Gen Z is woke. And part of why I wrote Surpassing Certainty is because after my lectures, these kids would come up to me and say, "I already know about feminism and gender constructs and political consciousness. What I really want to know is, how did you bring your full self to your work, and also, what do you use in your hair?!"
I mean, you do have great hair.
I straightened it for the GLAAD Awards, just to mix it up. And everyone there is like, "Janet, this makes you look softer!" I went home to my husband, and I said, "I got so many compliments on my hair and how great I look tonight, and it makes me so angry."
As a fellow curly, I understand. Hearing "you're so pretty with straight hair" feels like getting stabbed.
Right?! I felt like I was being pushed toward a sameness. "If you straighten your hair, you'll get all these compliments from us, and you'll be so much more marketable." It's this tiny shift in aesthetics, but the connotations can feel so big. I find it fascinating, but, yeah, it also makes me mad.
Do you think it's true? Do you think that as a woman of color, and a woman in the media, you need to have straight hair to be marketable?
I mean, I literally had a woman come up to me at the airport and say, "Are you Janet Mock? I bought your book because I saw the cover and I loved your hair." So … I think my curly hair is pretty marketable [Laughing].
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The Crisis in Darfur
The crisis in Darfur is one of the most forgotten and neglected humanitarian crises in the world. Over the past several weeks, some 750,000 people have been forced from their homes and villages; tens of thousands have fled into neighboring Chad; and thousands of others have perished in the fighting. At least one UN official has characterized what is happening in Darfur as "ethnic cleansing." Mr. Gallucci's appearance will provide an opportunity to review not only what is happening in Darfur, but also to consider how the United States and the international community are responding to this crisis and how the continuing conflict in Darfur is impacting on the broader Sudanese peace process.


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How to Freeze Peas
Explore this Article Frozen Peas Freezing Pea Pods Cooking Frozen Peas Questions & Answers Related Articles References
Fresh peas from the garden are delicious as they are. But if you harvest a large crop of peas and need to keep them for other times of the year, freezing them is an option that will still keep a lot of their lovely flavor intact.
Frozen Peas
Part 1: Preparing the Peas
1Select the pea pods. Choose fresh, ripe pods with an even green color. They should be free of blemishes. Discard any which have black spots or mold.[1]
2Shell the peas. As with the pod, discard any individual peas with spots, mold or other blemishes.
- Get some helpers if you have a lot of peas to shell. This is a time consuming job but it's more fun if you can chat with others around the table while shelling. However, work quickly to transfer the peas to blanching, as peas start losing their freshness once exposed to air and the pea skins toughen.[2] If you don't have helpers, shell only a few at a time, blanch, then shell some more, blanch those ones, etc.
3Rinse the peas. Tip the peas into a colander. Wash under running water, picking out any debris that you notice as you're cleaning them.
- Tip into another colander and rinse out the first colander to clear away the dirt that washes off.
- Rinse again. Then tip back and rinse another time.
Part 2: Blanching the Peas
1Blanch the peas. The peas need to be blanched to stay fresh-looking and green. Without blanching, they are likely to go brown and taste bad. To blanch:
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Fill a large bowl with ice cold water and toss in a few ice cubes. Set to one side for dunking the peas into once blanched.[3]
- Add the peas in batches. If you are doing a lot of peas, you'll need to blanch them in batches. The peas should be kept inside a colander with handles that overlap the pan or in a muslin/other cloth bag and lowered into the boiling water. Otherwise, you'll find it really hard to retrieve them all fast enough when the blanching time is up.
- Blanch for 3 minutes. Keep an eye on the pot in case it tries to boil over.
2Remove the peas. Plunge them straight into the bowl of ice water to stop cooking instantly.
3Let the peas drain either in the colander or cloth bag. Gently press down to remove excess water.
Part 3: Packaging the Peas
1Work quickly on this part. The faster the peas get to the freezer, the greater the chance of them staying fresh and whole. If they stand too long at room temperature, they risk turning mushy. Place the blanched peas into resealable bags or suitable freezer containers. Pack them in as tightly as you can, to eliminate the air space. Leave about 1/2 inch/1.5cm at the top to allow for expansion during freezing.[4]
- Gently press down to remove excess air from the packages. Pouring ice cold water over the outside of the package can help eliminate more air.
- Seal, label and date.
2Place the bags or containers in the freezer.
Freezing Pea Pods
Edible pea pods include sugar snap peas and snow peas. These can also be frozen, as follows.
Part 1: Preparing the Pea Pods
1Select the pea pods. They should be a consistent green color, free of blemishes or spots and not molding.[5]
2Rinse the pea pods. Place the pea pods into a colander and rinse under running water. Remove any debris that you see surfacing. Rinse several times to be thorough.
3Remove the ends of the pea pods. Pull away any strings.
Part 2: Blanching the Pea Pods
As with peas, blanching ensures freshness, a good taste and retention of the green color.
1Bring a large pot or pan of water to the boil. Set up a large bowl of ice water with ice cubes reading for dunking the pea pods into when blanched.
2Place the pea pods inside a muslin/cheesecloth bag or a colander/wire basket. Dip the bag or basket into the boiling water. Blanch as follows:
- 1 minute for thin snow peas
- 1 1/2 to 2 minutes for juice sugar snap pea pods.[6]
3Remove from the heat. Plunge straight into the ice water to stop the cooking process instantly.
Part 3: Packaging and Freezing the Pea Pods
1Drain the pea pods. Let them sit in a colander to drain. They can also be laid out on absorbent paper for a short time but don't leave them too long, as delay can toughen them.
2Pack into resealable bags or suitable freezer-proof, airtight containers. Pack tightly to eliminate airspace between them and gently press down to expel more air prior to sealing. Leave a small gap of about 1/2 inch/1/5 cm at the top to allow for expansion during freezing.[7]
- Alternatively, arrange in a single layer across a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cover with a layer of plastic wrap and freeze. Remove and package in their frozen form.
3Label and date the bag or container.
4Place straight into the freezer.
Cooking Frozen Peas
1Remove the peas from the freezer. Select the amount needed, leaving any unwanted peas in the freezer still.
2Cook in boiling water. If cooking them alone, they'll need to be boiled for about 3 -10 minutes, depending on the amount added.[2] Steaming is also an option, allow a little extra time.
- Butter or oil can be added to improve the flavor of boiled frozen peas.
3Add direct to meals you're cooking. Frozen peas can be added straight to soups, stews, casseroles, stir-fries, etc., as you're preparing the dish. Frozen pea pods can be thrown direct into stir-fries and stews.
Community Q&A
QuestionIf I froze peas in bags overnight, can I take them out this morning, blanch them and refreeze them?MicheleTop AnswererNot really. By freezing them the first time, you've weakened the cell walls in the peas, so thawing, blanching and refreezing isn't a good idea. If you can't blanch and freeze right away, store your peas in the refrigerator. They should last a few days until you get around to getting them frozen.
- Frozen peas will keep for up to 8 months.
Things You'll Need
- Bowls for tossing pod shells into
- 2 colanders
- Large pan or pot for boiling
- Water
- Cloth bag (muslin, cheesecloth, etc.) or a colander with extendable or wide handles to fit over the pan or pot
- Resealable bags suitable for freezing or freezer-proof, airtight containers
- Marker for labels
- ↑ https://www.gettystewart.com/how-to-blanch-and-freeze-fresh-garden-peas/
- ↑ 2.02.1http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/CFS/CFS-134-W.pdf
- ↑ https://www.sustainablecooks.com/freezing-peas/
- ↑ https://www.myweekendkitchen.in/frozen-peas-preserve-green-peas/
- ↑ https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/freeze/pea_pod.html
- ↑ https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/freeze/pea_pod.html
- ↑ https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/freeze/pea_pod.html
- http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/Y/YHE-0214/YHE-0214.pdf
- http://extension.oregonstate.edu/fch/sites/default/files/documents/sp_50_305_preservingpeasediblepeapods.pdf
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Español: congelar chícharos, Português: Congelar Ervilhas, Italiano: Congelare i Piselli, Deutsch: Erbsen einfrieren, Français: congeler des petits pois, Русский: замораживать горошек, Bahasa Indonesia: Membekukan Kacang Polong


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by MASTER PAINTERS
On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of resistance against Japanese aggression and the World's Anti-fascist War His Excellency the Ambassador for China in Malta, accompanied by the Director of the Centre Mr. Yanyun Wang inaugurated a magnificent exhibition of traditional graphic art by Chinese master artists at the China Cultural Centre in Melita Street, Valletta on Thursday 15th October 2015. The exhibition will remain open to the public for two weeks. A sizeable collection of graphics represent Jiang Pei, Cui Hong and Wang Youmin.
A monumental work by Jiang Pei fascinates the viewer by its sense of movement. A compact group of volunteers (real portraits) are marching forward, leaning to the left against the wind and snow in a white virgin landscape. Their effort to move forward is counter-balanced by the force of the icy wind but the group's resistance is noble and heroic. Though the scene is one of suffering the smiling faces demonstrate the faith and heroic resistance of a great people that feel that the opportune moment is historic and their sacrifice will result in the birth of a united nation. The artist exploits the folds of the traditional clothes in deep and thick curvilinear graphic movement, an oscillatory one like that of waves breaking on a beach. This pattern of soft sibylline curves creates a poetic and magical music almost irresistible to the eye. The monumental horse in the background seems like Pegasus flying forward on wings. It is a heroic, noble and monumental work! As large as a mural and painted on silk this graphic work stands out in its power and force.
The works by Wang Youmin are powerful, strong and forceful in an explicit 'chiaroscuro' of black against white. His general mounted on a steed demonstrates the bravura of this master. The noble horse moves forward prancing or almost dancing. The artist must surely be a rider himself as he shows true knowledge of how a man on horseback moves in synchrony with the movements of a proud horse. The masculine and vigorous power of his works offer contrast with the elegance, grace and nobility expressed by his female colleagues.
It is a beautiful exhibition that brings out the suffering and pain of a newly born nation. The Chinese, with the acquired self-assertion and pride gained in a heroic defence of the motherland seem conscious of a bright future free from poverty, deprivation and suffering.
This classic art demonstrates that the word traditional is hardly pejorative but creative as it exploits the consolidation of man's experience and the wisdom gained through centuries of experience, bravura and virtuosity. These artists are masters of the genre.
E. V. Borg


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January 23, 2013 – Earlier this month, DuPont submitted a request to consolidate nearly 30 federal environmental tort lawsuits filed over its controversial Teflon manufacturing agent perfluorooctanoic acid (commonly known as 'C8') into a multidistrict litigation (MDL). The C8 lawsuits were filed on behalf of Ohio and West Virginia residents who were either seriously injured or killed after drinking water contaminated with the dangerous chemical, which was released from DuPont's Washington Works Plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia prior to 2004. Recent studies have confirmed C-8 to be a cancer-causing agent, and have linked the chemical to complications including kidney and thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, testicular cancer, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and elevated levels of cholesterol.
What's the problem?
DuPont issued its request with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on January 11 in an attempt to centralize all C8 lawsuits filed on the federal level to either the Southern District of Ohio or the Southern District of West Virginia. The company filed the petition to consolidate the claims so as to reduce duplicative discovery, to avoid conflicting rulings from different judges, and to move things through the litigation process as quickly as possible.
In 2005, a C8 class action lawsuit was brought against DuPont in order to award compensation to residents of Ohio and West Virginia who were injured or killed after drinking water from four districts which were contaminated by the chemical. As a result of the suit, an independent panel of epidemiologists was assigned to evaluate the potential health risks associated with C8. The team examined a cohort of approximately 70,000 individuals who were exposed to the chemical via their drinking water. The results of the study were released in July, confirming many of the ailments linked to C8.
In its motion for consolidation, DuPont noted that all the lawsuits filed against it on the federal level involve plaintiffs who allegedly suffer from one or more of the complications confirmed by the team of epidemiologists. The company stated that since the 2005 class action involved more than 70,000 test subjects, all of whom can independently sue for damages, that it expects the number of complaints filed over C8 exposure to grow substantially in the coming months and years.


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The high-production commercial shows the supermodel applying the mascara, which promises "dangerously bold lashes," as she tries to avoid some men in suits that are after her. But according to the Advertising Standards Authority, it was WAY too manipulated by Photoshop, including airbrushing.
The Guardian reports that Rimmel did actually admit to relying on post-production effects for the ad but they insisted it was still an accurate representation. They also revealed that lash inserts had been used for a more "uniform" look overall.
"Because the ad conveyed a volumising, lengthening and thickening effect of the product, we considered the use of lash inserts and the post-production technique were likely to exaggerate beyond the affect that could be achieved by the product among consumers," the ASA said in a statement.
Rimmel is obviously pretty peeved that their ad was banned and they don't agree with the ASA's decision but they "will of course comply with the ruling and not air the TV commercial again in this state."
Check out the original ad below and see if you can spot where the Photoshop fairy paid a visit...


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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Looking Shiny
6 comments:
- slim said...
Great color scheme and attention to detail. Looks like a late 1800s house. The grass is very lush there still as it is here in Quincy. Happy Thanksgiving!
- November 23, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- cieldequimper said...
Looks good. Especially with the pumpkins. Happy Thanksgiving.
- November 24, 2011 at 2:41 AM
- Nori said...
I love this color! makes us comfortable and we feel their good sense of color combination!
- November 24, 2011 at 3:58 AM
Beautiful, old victorian... love that!
- November 24, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Halcyon said...
I like to see the changes in places like this. I don't personally like that shade of green, but I'm sure it's better than what was there before. Glad that someone is restoring this beauty in any case.
- November 25, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- Lee Spangler said...
As lovely as this house is, the family that lived there for years was even lovlier. It was the "Thiel" home, and Dennie was a music store owner who gave much to the community. I think he was a trumpet player but my memory is failing me. His death was sudden from an illness and unexpected and it was a shock to us all
- November 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM


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No. 10 Wisconsin can focus now on Big Ten West, needs help
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin might be the best team in the country with a losing record in conference play.
But the Badgers take little solace in nearly beating Michigan and Ohio State.
The back-to-back losses to the top-five schools saddled Wisconsin (4-2) with a 1-2 record in the Big Ten , two games back of unbeaten Nebraska in the West Division.
The good news for coach Paul Chryst's team is that there is a still a realistic path to get to the league championship game to get another potential shot at the Wolverines or Buckeyes, though Wisconsin will need a little help.
''I don't think they changed at all,'' linebacker Jack Cichy said about the team's goals. ''It's a bit of a hiccup but we're going to take this adversity and we're going to be better from it by the end of the year.''
Ohio State clawed past Wisconsin after halftime of its 30-23 win, needing a sack on fourth-and-goal from the 4 to finally finish off the Badgers. They dropped two spots in the AP Top 25 poll on Sunday to No. 10.
''That's a great win against a very good team,'' Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said.
In Week 5, Wisconsin lost to Michigan 14-7 at the Big House. The Badgers' signature wins have been against then-No. 5 LSU in the season opener, and then-No. 8 Michigan State in East Lansing.
Wisconsin plays West Division teams the rest of the way, starting with a tough game at Iowa next weekend. Nebraska visits Camp Randall Stadium for a night game the following week. The Badgers face another tough road game in Week 10 at Northwestern.
But that schedule seems easy compared to Michigan State-Michigan-Ohio State gantlet that Wisconsin just had to endure. The tested Badgers just need to make sure that their season doesn't snowball after two straight losses.
''As soon as I leave this room, that's when it ends and we turn the page,'' running back Corey Clement said at a Camp Randall meeting room after the Buckeyes loss.
Clement was a bright spot after rushing for 164 yards for 25 carries against Ohio State's tough defense. It was the kind of breakout night that Clement and the offensive line needed to build confidence for the second half of the season.
But even if the Badgers win out the rest of the way, they'll still need Nebraska to lose at least one more game to draw into a tie atop the division with two losses. That could happen to Nebraska on Nov. 5 at Ohio State.
For now, the focus is just on the Hawkeyes.
''You know what, we got a ton to go forward with,'' Chryst said. ''We're at the halfway point in our season. We got a lot of football ahead of us and some great challenges ahead of us, great opportunities.''
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I am officially done going to bridal shows. I went to my second one yesterday and I think I've seen enough. Not that it was terrible, I love expos really, so I had fun. But I can't imagine seeing or learning about anything new or interesting anymore from these shows. Most of it is stuff that is WAY outside my budget anyway. Sure, its kind of fun to learn about the company that does dueling pianos at rich people's wedding, and to taste that tuna sashimi served in a tiny ice cream cone, but I will never purchase any of this, so why did I spend $7 to go look at it?
Bridal Shows January 10, 2011
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I only go if we get free tickets…and even so, the last one was AWFUL. Like, no free cake awful!


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What do you do when it's Pi(e) Day/Week & Spring Break & you're a food blogger & cool mom? You make a Twinkie pie! This is not a pie with the flavor profile of a Twinkie, it's a pie made with actual Twinkies. An entire box of them in fact! I found this recipe on Pinterest via Wine and Glue. I'm thinking it could conceivably be made with any un-iced snack cake. Stay tuned for ideas on that. I actually made TWO Twinkie pies (since I'm the cool mom) one with traditional Twinkies, the other with banana flavor. Fun fact: banana was actually the original flavor of Twinkies pre-WW2! I was out of vanilla extract, so I used almond extract. It worked out fine & I feel like you could change up different extracts depending on the snack cake used. Example: Devil Dogs with mint extract! The good news is the pies were delicious; the bad news is I only managed to capture one photo of the pies before they were devoured by teens on Spring Break!
makes one 9-inch pie
- one whole box of Twinkies, any kind
- 9-inch frozen deep-dish pie crust
- 3 large eggs
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 C granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (almond works too!)
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Unwrap all your Twinkies and break them into about 4 pieces each.
- Combine Twinkies, eggs, butter, vanilla extract, and vinegar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment.
- Mix on med-low heat until smooth.
- Pour into pie crust on lined baking sheet.
- Bake 35-40 mins or until top of pie is golden.
- Serve with whipped cream, if desired.


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This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of staying at The Nonantum Resort on Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkport, Maine. It had been a long time since I visited Kennebunkport, and I was eagerly awaiting this trip as the months went by. If you are looking for the perfect Kennebunkport hotel and want a relaxing weekend getaway, the Nonantum Resort is the perfect location!
My husband and I pulled up to the Nonantum Resort, and we couldn't wait to see our room and explore the gorgeous waterfront property. As we walked into our room, we were immediately captivated by the beauty of it. I felt like I was walking into a design featured in Coastal Living Magazine. It was picture perfect, which of course, was great for me! As soon as we arrived in our room, we received a call from the front desk; they were checking to make sure everything was ok with the room, and they let us know they were available if we needed anything.
Our room, Room 354 in the Portside Lodge, was a corner room looking out over the Kennebunk River on one side and the docks and Nonantum lighthouse on the other. The room was so cozy that I didn't want to leave to go get dinner. I could have stayed there all night just enjoying the cross breeze, cuddled up, reading a good book on the soft, comfy, duvet covered bed, filled with so many pillows – a dream for me because I love pillows! The room's nautical décor was simple, but perfect. There was artwork by local artist, W. Webster Good, displayed in both the room and the bathroom. An adorable gas wood burning stove sat in the "reading nook" area, and the room also had a Keurig coffee maker, mini fridge, desk, two chairs, Maine magazines, and a flat screen TV. I loved the touch of having the Maine magazines – Down East Magazine, Maine Magazine, and Maine Home + Design Magazine – as an avid reader, I was flipping through them when we got back from dinner that night. The bathroom was also beautifully designed with that coastal feel. I loved the jacuzzi tub, with the dispensers hung up on the wall for soap, shampoo, and conditioner; and the small octagon window above it.
The Nonantum is a green resort, participating in Clean the World, they have been named a Gold GreenLeader by TripAdvisor, and are also certified as an Environmental Leader by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. All around the property, you will find garbage bins, separated for recycling. They also use 100% organic plants on their grounds, prepare local foods, compost, and much more! There is also a focus on local businesses – their gift shop is filled with local items from Maine and New England, including books, jewelry, home decor, clothing, and other charming items.
The Nonantum offers dining on-site at the Carriage House Inn where 95 Ocean and Heckman's Pub are located. 95 Ocean hosts live music most summer nights, and a wonderful breakfast buffet is served in the morning in the ballroom. You also have the option of ordering food for your room. I highly recommend their cheese and fruit tray – there was a sweet cheese on it that was simply delicious.
Outside, you will find beautifully landscaped grounds, a fairy garden by the entrance to the Carriage House Inn, a pool with Latitudes Bar & Grill poolside, shuffleboard, a gazebo, a lighthouse, and of course, spectacular water views of the Kennebunk River. There is also ample parking on a side lot and a lot across the street from the main entrance. The resort was fully booked and had a wedding that day, and we were still able to get a parking spot, which is great. They also offer a shuttle service to downtown, but downtown is close enough that you can walk there if you wanted to. There are also many family and kids activities at the resort starting in June. They offer kayak and bicycle rentals, sailing tours, fishing charters, lobster boat tours, and a host of other activities.
All in all, I would highly recommend this unique resort if you are heading to Kennebunkport. The resort is absolutely beautiful and the staff was amazing, friendly, and really go above and beyond to make your stay nothing short of amazing.
Have you ever stayed at the Nonantum Resort? Share what you love about it in the comments below!
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I know what I'm getting for Christmas from my girlfriend Terri.
I get it every year, and every year I love it! It's a compilation CD of songs released from the radio station I listened to when I lived in Minnesota. (And that I still listen to online, because I like their music but more because I like feeling like I'm not that far away from my great MN friends.)
It's our holiday girlfriend tradition – and I love that.
Often we have family traditions like going to the grandparent's house or special meals together. We have worked parties and neighborhood open houses. They're school concerts and church events. But do you have girlfriend holiday traditions?
The holidays, aka: hectic holidays, actually are the perfect time for girlfriend traditions. Sure, we're all busy – we have girlfriend gifts to buy, wrap, give and more things on our To-Do list than we can check off – and that's why it's perfect to make time and make memories with your friends. We need that 'excuse' to stop and share time with a friend. It actually can de-stress us (as shared in this guest blog on saying no to holiday stress). And it makes the holidays much more enjoyable.
Here're a few ideas for girlfriend holiday traditions. Please share yours!
- 1 – Girlfriend Get-together – Sure the calendar is full of parties, but wouldn't you rather be with your girlfriends?! Plan a happy hour or dinner out with your friends. If you're lucky enough to have a few gourmet girlfriends, bring appetizers and desserts to someone's home. I guarantee that within 15 minutes all your holiday stress will have gone down like that first glass of wine! (-:
- 2 – Ornament Exchange – We just had our annual Book Club holiday party this week and I'd skip any party to attend it! We laughed until way too late on a 'school night' as we did our 'ornament exchange.' Each girlfriend brings a wrapped ornament and draws a number. #1 goes first and takes a gift and opens it. Then #2 can 'steal' her ornament or pick a gift to open. It continues around the room until we all have ornaments and have stolen quite a few from each other. It's a scream – try it!
- 3 – Fireside Chat – For the past three or four years, my girlfriends Allison, Joan and I meet on a Friday afternoon around the holidays to catch up on our lives. We, unfortunately, don't get to see each other very often so it's our way of staying in touch and sharing our lives with each other. It's just a casual conversation but we cover the past year and what we're looking forward to in the year to come.
- 4 – Book Swap (or Gift Swap) – My friend Joan (yes, the Fireside Chat Joan) has an annual party early in January where she invites all her friends who love to read. We all bring the books we've read over the past year and swap them for new (to us) books. She serves coffee and pastries (or has it in a nearby neighborhood coffee shop) and we all spend a Saturday morning sharing books and fun conversations. You could can you buy a generic for nexium also do this with your friends and exchange gifts you got but don't really want! That's much better than putting in the gift drawer and possibly re-gifting to the original gift giver!
- 5 – Cookie Exchange – Another friend invites her girlfriends who love to bake together for an annual cookie exchange. If there are eight girlfriends, each is told to bring eight dozen cookies (bagged by the dozen). Then everyone leaves with dozens of wonderful treats for family and holiday festivities. (They also share the recipes.)
- 6 – Concert or Event Tradition – This one is a wonderful 'excuse' to spend time together over the hectic holidays. What concert or event (or even getting together to watch a movie like Elf or Love Actually) can you and your friends do this year that you can continue in future years? Today, my girlfriends Anne and Jill (along with other friends/family) are going to our favorite holiday tradition/concert. (Over the Rhine is a local band, loved internationally, with the most beautiful music and concerts filled with kind conversations. They do a special 'friends and family' concert in an old, distressed, decommissioned Catholic church that is hauntingly beautiful with cherubs, peeling paint and fabulous stained-glass windows. While the music is generally secular, aside from a Christmas song or two, you leave the concert with the most peaceful, spiritual, wonderful holiday feeling. I love sharing this tradition with my friends!) What holiday event, concert or movie can you experience with your girlfriends this and in future years?
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Harbor Regional Park, Harbor City
The marshy surroundings of Lake Machado at Harbor Regional Park were the stomping grounds of Reggie the alligator for nearly two years. He had been released there by pet owners, then eluded teams of hunters until finally captured earlier this year. Reggie managed to put Harbor City on the map as animal lovers around the world checked in on his status during his stay in the park.
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Emergency Closure
It is rare for Tibshelf Community School to have to close on a day when it should be open to students. However, it is possible that for health and safety reasons such as the failure of the power or water supply we would be unable to remain open. Severe weather such as heavy snow could also cause the closure of the school at short notice.
Hopefully these arrangements will rarely be needed but it is important for you to be aware of how we can keep you informed.
Advance warning of event likely to necessitate a school closure
Once advance warning is received, a message will be displayed on the school website indicating the school is currently open, advising parents/carers to regularly check the school website for updates. Decisions will be taken daily and posted on the school website by 7:00am.
Closing before the start of the school day
Please check the school website – a message will be displayed from 7:00am indicating whether the school is open, part-open or closed.
A text will be sent to all parents regarding the closure. The school's Twitter account will be updated (@tibshelfschool) and PeakFM radio will also be notified.
Towards the end of the day, a further message will be posted on the school website regarding the following day. This will indicate either that school will be open, part-open, closed or that a decision will be taken early the following day with a further message being displayed from 7:00am.
Closing during the school day
For students travelling home by school bus, you may allow them to walk home (if safe/practical), make alternative arrangements for collection, or allow them to wait until the bus arrives if they are still operating.
A text will be sent to all parents regarding the closure and notification of the times of transport departures will be displayed.


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It's been close to a month now since the official release of my Signature Product titled Social Marketing Results. A few weeks ago I told you how and why I created the product, which was just as backwards as they way I have launched it. 😉
You may have noticed that I haven't been actively promoting the product myself. Meaning I haven't been selling it to my email list, adding banners to my blog, or "pitching it" via social media.
Why? There are two main reasons, which I'll share with you in this post. And whether you're launching a product yourself or ever plan to, what you'll learn about leverage and buzz here will be highly valuable to you in your own online business...
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We discussed this recently on Facebook as well:
To keep this post short I'll just hit the highlights, and then if you have any questions you can just leave a comment below...
- Recruiting and helping affiliates is a smarter use of my time, allowing me to increase my reach exponentially - faster and easier.
- Since recruiting affiliates, and leverage, are my top priorities, by not promoting directly myself I am not competing with my affiliates - which gives them an advantage AND an incentive to work with me.
- Instead of spending my time "selling", I get to spend my time "helping" and creating valuable content, which I enjoy much more!
- By doing interviews, webinars, guest posts, presentations, and other things to help my affiliates make more sales... I am not only creating buzz for my new product, but also creating buzz for my blog and brand in general.
- By NOT selling directly to my own subscribers, readers and followers - and using my affiliate's content to bring them valuable free content - I am strengthening my relationship with my readers, instead of alienating them with a pitch. As a special perk to my email subscribers, I also gave them the option to order the product in advance at a discounted rate, before it was ever created.
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- What other people say about you and/or your product is more well-received and trusted than anything you say yourself.
- Working with my affiliates, instead of embarking on an all out self-marketing campaign, frees me up to spend more time with my buyers and more time continuously adding to and improving my product.
- In the Internet Marketing space specifically, I enjoy doing the unexpected. UNselling. Not bombarding buyers with OTO's and backend offers. Not drilling the buyers with hard-sale email follow-ups. All the things that "work" or that we're taught in Internet Marketing - can get exhaustive for the buyers.
Instead, leaving them pleasantly surprised with your process and over-delivering on quality & content, helps you build a better long-term relationship with your buyers. To paraphrase a quote I saw recently: "It's not about Launch Day. It's about the long-term impact on your business." To sum that up - I would rather create an awesome product and have insanely happy customers than to make a quick buck. (Serve your market. It pays back in spades.)
My primary objective here is to spread the word about this awesome new product in the least amount of time, with the least amount of actual marketing (ie work), with the fastest results. And at the same time to build a stronger relationship and a higher level of engagement with my own readers.
Leverage and Buzz are both huge assets to any online business.
I encourage you to consider creative angles you can use to incorporate both into your online business. And if you have any questions about that, just leave a comment below and we can discuss it!
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The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the United States rose to 8.3 percent in July, with the economy adding a net of 163,000 jobs, according to estimates calculated by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of jobs added was more than expected, but was not enough to keep up with new entrants into the job market, reinforcing conclusions that the U.S. economy is stagnant. With overall economic growth slowing, weak employment numbers could indicate that the U.S. is following other industrial economies on a downward path back into recession. June's job number was revised down from 80,000 new jobs to 64,000.
Earlier this week, new claims for jobless benefits had risen to 365,000–slightly lower than expectations–while the private sector added 163,000 jobs in July, well ahead of expectations but down from the previous month. Manufacturing output fell again in July, after falling in June for the first time in three years. Surveys of economists had predicted that the unemployment rate would remain unchanged at 8.2 percent, with 95,000 to 100,000 new jobs created. It was thought that only a positive, unexpected development could lower the rate. Despite the growth in jobs–the highest in five months–the slow economy could not lower the overall jobless rate.


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Interface with DHCP - purpose of "Alias IP Address" field?
When configuring an interface to use DHCP, I've been unable to work out what the "Alias IP address" field is for.
Its description is "The value in this field is used as a fixed alias IP address by the DHCP client.", but this doesn't mean a lot to me.
Could someone explain what the field is for? (Comparing it to my current main installation doesn't help as 1.2.3 doesn't ask for this)
Cheers :)
Wasn't sure if this was the right forum, but it is about a 2.0-only field…
Velociraptor last edited by
perhabs an alternativ static ip if the dhcp does not work?
After going through some source code and finding this in /etc/inc/interfaces.inc: ($wancfg['alias-address'] is the IP Alias variable):
if(is_ipaddr($wancfg['alias-address'])) { $subnetmask = gen_subnet_mask($wancfg['alias-subnet']); $dhclientconf .= <<<eod
alias { interface "{$wanif}"; fixed-address {$wancfg['alias-address']}; option subnet-mask {$subnetmask}; } EOD; }</eod

I looked up what "fixed-address" actually does in dhclient.conf:
fixed-address ip-address;
The fixed-address statement is used to set the ip address of a particular lease. This is required for all lease statements. The IP address must be specified as a dotted quad (e.g., 188.8.131.52).
That doesn't tell me what you're supposed to write in that field.
(Also, on a network where you're asking a DHCP server for an IP address, subnet mask, gateway and other such information, why would you have to specify an IP address… that defeats the purpose of DHCP... doesn't it? ???)
My "guess" is that this could be used when using a CARP setup where you have a cluster of boxes running pfSense. The alias would be the Virtual IP of the cluster and not just the actual IP of the specific box that you are configuring. I've no idea if that's the reason but that's my guess. Don't have a 2.0 box to test yet so I can't look.
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Don't put anything there. Sometimes you need an IP alias in addition to a DHCP lease, that's its purpose, it should virtually always be left blank.
Aha, thanks cmb :)
Perhaps the text should be made non-bold? - I had assumed the field was required as it is bold ;)
cmb last edited by
Perhaps the text should be made non-bold? - I had assumed the field was required as it is bold ;)
Ah yes, I had overlooked that. I just fixed it.
Ah, I misread that this was for the DHCP client and that led me to the erroneous guess.
So is Velociraptor correct?
perhabs an alternativ static ip if the dhcp does not work?
So is Velociraptor correct?
perhabs an alternativ static ip if the dhcp does not work?
After further Googling, it would appear that that field is indeed for assigning a static IP in the event a DHCP server cannot be contacted.
The manpage for dhclient.conf says that a value is required, however I assume that if you don't provide a value, it will simply not assign any IP address to the interface in the event it cannot contact a DHCP server.
Windows' DHCP client does a similar thing; it assigns an IP in the 169.254.0.0/16 range if it cannot contact a DHCP server, unless you've used the "alternate configuration" tab to specify one yourself.
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nice info. thanks much!
Yes, thanks for the info Fr3d! Learn something new every day. Who knows, maybe that will come in useful for me someday!


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It's all go in rugby this weekend with the start of the new rugby league 'summer' season and, of course, rugby union's fabled Six Nations. No prizes for guessing which will dominate national headlines.
Actually I feel sorry for the Southern media mafia when England start their RU campaign in Scotland. If they lose, the critics will have to find somebody else to blame because Sam Burgess, the one player they savaged during the World Cup failure, is no longer there. You can bet there won't be anything like the individual battering handed out that he received.
Another point is the standard of play won't be anywhere near as open with New Zealand and Australia not there, let alone Japan. It will revert to the old head-down stuff among giant forwards and occasionally huge backs. We can only hope one of the smaller players shows up best of the lot and he'll be 14 stone.
Super League's big question is how Leeds Rhinos will cope without key men, Kevin Sinfield and Jamie Peacock. One thing's certain, no prop will stay on the field as long as Peacock used to.
With all the comings and goings at clubs, supporters need sharp eyes and minds to find out exactly who's in their team. It's nice to note that at Leeds, former Dewsbury Celtic youngster Tommy Brierley has had pre-season games in the first team. His dad Mark will be very proud. Another local product, Curtis Naughton is showing up well at Hull.
At least Batley and Dewsbury followers will recognise the same coaches and well done to the Rams for ensuring Glenn Morrison stays until the end of 2017. He and John Kear at the Bulldogs seem well on the way to gold watches for 25 years service. Do they still give them?
Sad note at Batley with the death of that grand old forward George Palmer at the age of 91. Tea ladies will miss hearing that Hull accent: 'Save me a couple of them pars love.' They used to save him two for half-time and two to take home.
George was in the submarines during the war, attended the Cenotaph service and spoke highly of the way the veterans were treated, although no 'pars.'
Another ex-Batley forward Jim Etty has had an operation for a pacemaker. Jim has been told it will 'make him a new man.' His long-suffering wife Joan will be hoping so.
Members of the Ironheart Gym at Dewsbury celebrated five years as owner for Omar Butt and also his birthday. They recently held a press-up competition which was won by Liam Riley with 107.
One member, Robert, who is 24 stone, achieved a remarkable 72. He was annoyed because he took the test half-way through his normal work-out and said he could have done more.
I'm no great fan of Chelsea centre-half John Terry, partly due to his badgering of referees.
After 21 years at the club he's been told he will not be given another season, so no sentiment there, although some will argue he's been well remunerated.


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Very pleased to see that Bill's Restaurants are showing Allergen information on their menus under Dietary Info to meet the new requirements of FIC (Food Information for Consumers) Reg no 1169/2011 for Dec 2014.
You can see the different coding to show dairy, nuts, sesame, egg, crustaceans, molluscs, fish, garlic, mustard, wheat, gluten, celery, soy or soya, sulphur dioxide, vegan
Not sure why garlic is an allergen.
It says 'Please inform your waiter before ordering of any specific dietary requirements that you may have'.
The menu goes on to explain that fryers are used for more than one product so there is a possibility of contamination risk. Allergen information will be kept up to date but should be checked at each visit.
There are some interesting labels – skinny fries may contain dairy and egg – due to frying – but also contain wheat the gluten.
You can do your own allergen labelling using our Food Labeller.


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June 8, 2009
Judge Easterbrook on barbarity and the summum bonum of federal sentencing
A Seventh Circuit panel opinion authored by Judge Easterbrook in US v. Bartlett, No. 08-1196 (7th Cir. June 8, 2009) (available here), is this week's first must-read for sentencing fans. The ruling, which covers lots of issues, gets off to this poetic start:
The distance between civilization and barbarity, and the time needed to pass from one state to the other, is depressingly short. Police officers in Milwaukee proved this the morning of October 24, 2004.
The opinion also includes a number of other profound observations, ranging from "Thrusting a pen into a person's ear canals is torture by any definition." to "The old regime of 'departures' is defunct." And, as this latter sentence highlights, the Bartlett opinion is full of notable sentencing talk. Here are just a few passages of sentencing note (with emphasis in original):
But there is more to §3553 than §3553(a)(6). A judge must respect all of the statutory criteria in order to mete out a sentence "sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with the purposes [of sentencing] set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection." 18 U.S.C. §3553(a). The Court held in Kimbrough, and reiterated in Spears, that a judge need not accept the Sentencing Commission's penological framework. The court may adopt its own. It follows that §3553 permits a judge to reduce one defendant's sentence because of another's lenient sentence — not because of §3553(a)(6), but despite it. Avoiding "unwarranted" disparities (as the Sentencing Commission or a court of appeals defines them) is not the summum bonum in sentencing. Other objectives may have greater weight, and the court is free to have its own policy about which differences are "unwarranted."...
Although the judge need not use the Guidelines as the fulcrum of analysis, the court still needs to understand the relation between the Guidelines and the ultimate sentence. Both Rita and Gall say that the court must construct a Guideline range accurately. A sentence is procedurally unreasonable if the judge thinks it within the range, but it isn't — either because the range was not determined accurately in the district court, or because the judge misunderstood what that range was.
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"Thrusting a pen into a person's ear canals is torture by any definition."
John Yoo disagrees.
Posted by: . | Jun 8, 2009 2:50:07 PM
A lovely bunch of guys. I'd nominate them for 1-dead.
And nice to finally see a judge who realizes that such abuse of authority really does deserve a higher than guideline sentence. Would have been interesting to see how the guideline calculations were made though, what departures were made for instance before the variance was applied.
Posted by: Soronel Haetir | Jun 8, 2009 4:03:00 PM
Jun 8, 2009 2:50:07 PM --
1. Could you please cite (or better yet, quote) the source for your statement that John Yoo does not believe that thrusting a pen in someone's ear is torture? I'm pretty sure your statement is an out-and-out falsehood, but I will stand to be corrected if you can produce the evidence.
2. When you respond, would you please sign your actual name? For as much as you might hate Yoo, at least he signed his real name to the memos he wrote.
Posted by: Bill Otis | Jun 8, 2009 4:21:54 PM
Why are you so hung up on people using real names?
Posted by: Buffalo Bill | Jun 8, 2009 5:08:23 PM
"Buffalo Bill" -- I prefer that people use their real names because writers should be willing to take public responsibility for what they say. Not a few people who post here do exactly that.
Why are you so hung up on hiding behind an alias?
Posted by: Bill Otis | Jun 8, 2009 6:27:47 PM
"Not a few people who post here," or hardly anywhere, on Internet message boards or blog comments would do that that at all. Look at almost any blog or message board anywhere. Pseudonym use is a common practice on the Internet. I don't think I have ever heard anyone call someone out for not using their real name in all the years of my Internet use. I see the value of some bloggers who do this professionally in using their actual names. But, you know, most people don't. John Yoo has to put his name down because he's professionaly responsible for his legal arguments. The Internet, however, is not a court docket. Its strength (far more than its weakness, although I'll acknowledge it can also be a weakness) is based on the uninhibited flow of ideas.
Bill, it doesn't matter to me who you are, and I don't assign more weight to your opinion than, say, an anonymous user like "federalist." Or even just someone going by "anon." I'm more interested in what a person says, than who says it.
Oh, and it's more amusing. I'd get more amusement if you called yourself "Bill Hickock," or "Bill the Cat," or "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." My name allows me to not-so-discreetly promote my favorite sports team.
Posted by: Buffalo Bill | Jun 8, 2009 8:01:17 PM
Latin in a legal utterance violates the Establishment Clause, by endorsing the foreign language of a church.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Jun 8, 2009 8:31:09 PM
And all you left wing wackos who want to end English as the language of this country, tacete up already. This assertion has nothing to do with the English First movement. The First Amendment prohibits the endorsement of a religion by the government, not by people. Feel free to debate, gossip, text, scream during lovemaking, and adopt Latin as your first language spoken at home to your children.
Posted by: Supremacy Claus | Jun 8, 2009 8:37:32 PM
This case seems unremarkable. Weird that all the libs, who constantly whine about fairness, are silent here. Personally, I think the sentences are far too lenient.
Posted by: federalist | Jun 8, 2009 11:20:06 PM
1. This opinion has some excellent, semi-dicta language about the dangers of unreliable eyewitness identification which I think will get a lot of use from the defense bar (with that "(Easterbrook, J.)" notation making a nice, subtle point that it is not only liberal judges who recognize this evidentiary infirmity...).
2. I get confused, but wasn't the "pain on the level of organ failure or death" standard for torture brought to us by John Yoo? If so, I think it is a reasonable deduction that Yoo does not think the pen-in-the-ear treatment is torture. (I mean, I am assuming that organ failure really, really, *really* hurts.)
3. Bill Otis: I sometimes use another moniker on this site, however I am actually getting a perverse enjoyment out of posting anonymously here, because I know it irrationally irritates you :) If I have to endure multiple threads rehashing at length the same argument about anonymity vs. accountability, at least I have my petty comforts.
Posted by: Anon | Jun 9, 2009 11:23:49 AM
What kind of pen?
Posted by: Michael Drake | Jun 9, 2009 1:00:06 PM
There is also a great section at the end of the opinion where Easterbrook explains that requiring an objection to preserve an issue for apellate review is not the same as requiring an "exception," which is not required. Many courts (including the 10th Circuit, for one) frequently confuse these concepts.
Posted by: prairie dog | Jun 9, 2009 1:02:44 PM
Anon -- If you have nothing better to do than spend time -- any time -- irritating me, get help.
Posted by: Bill Otis | Jun 9, 2009 2:06:28 PM
Bill: Another option would be for you to get help -- so you're not so easily irritated.
Posted by: me | Jun 9, 2009 3:10:34 PM
Back to the opinion for a moment--I believe the proposition that "the old regime of 'departures' is defunct" is unique to the 7th Cir. Outside the 7th, it still makes sense to treat USSG-based departures (up or down) as part of calculating the advisory Guidelines range, before moving on to 3553(a).
Doug, if you or any of the posters are aware of other circuits following the 7th on this, I'd be interested to know.
Posted by: Def. Atty. | Jun 9, 2009 5:13:22 PM
As one who took a course in Latin 45 years ago I am always impressed by someone who employs bits and pieces of the dead language to impress the rest of us. Anyone who goes to a Catholic or Episcopal Church gets a fair share of it. The purpose is the keep us in awe. I was afraid that the use of the words "summum bonum" meant what the kids on the playground said it meant back in sixth grade, but alas my dictionary says it means the "chief good". There are fewer letters in the words "chief good" so why not employ the King's English. Chief Good was not such a bad leader. But getting to the point.
The objection which I have to the sentencing guidelines is that Congress is telling a co-equal branch how to be judges. Next Congress will tell judges to employ Latin, or to observe states rights and ignore lynchings. When the Senate grills the current nominee, some nut will get up and ask her about the right of privacy. If she replies that it is groudned in the Ninth Amendment they will be perplexed and move on to the next assault on her judicial activist background. The state legislature in Missouri for example has dictated that the so-called death penalty and execution shall consist of strapping a human being down to a board and injecting he/she with poison until the person is killed. For the likes of judges who bow and scrape to the wisdom of legislators this is perfectly fine and woe unto any judge who might say it was a bit cruel or a mit unusual. If Congress declaimed that a fit mode of execution was to assemble a mob of persons and stone the defendant to death in the town square for the offense of adultry it would be just fine with some members of the judiciary. They would hate to be called judicial activists. If they were to declare an 8th Amendment violation for public stoning they would be branded as "judicial activists". The better practice is to remain sub silentio. (I would italicize the latin but this program does not provide for it).
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009: Augie's Barbed Wire Smokehouse (San Antonio, Texas)
Before heading to the Alamodome for the two 5A state championship football games (with a cigar at the Menger Bar in between), Brad and I decided to hit up a BBQ joint in San Antonio we'd never visited and had only found out about a few days earlier. *Okay, I've gotta pause for a second here. I don't know what your idea of a classic Texas weekend is, but for me, it just doesn't get much better than BBQ, football, and cigars on a Saturday, after going to hear Robert Earl Keen the night before at Floore's Country Store in Helotes. Merry Christmas from the Family live at Floore's 6 days before Christmas: Awe-some.
Augie's Barbed Wire Smokehouse, on N. St. Mary's Street just north of downtown San Antonio, has a unique atmosphere. Of all the places we've visited, this is the first one that has a cigar lounge on site. BBQ and cigars occupy about 47% of my life, so Augie's is right up my alley. You can rent the cigar/wine Tree House for an entire night for just $100, and, Augie's will cater your event, if you want. Basically, if you want a venue to eat some BBQ, have a drink and a smoke, and watch a game, Augie's is for you. They've also got a great beer garden out back, with a 12-foot screen for watching games and movies. Behind the seating is the pit, which is an awesome old pit, complete with a huge tree that goes through the roof of the pit.
What really stands out to me about our visit is how friendly the staff were. The service was wonderful. From the meat cutter who greeted us to the lady at the cash register to the guy who gave us a full tour of the place, we were treated so kindly.
As for the food, the pulled pork was a bit saturated, but I enjoyed it and ate every bit of the huge portion that comes with the 2-meat plate. The chicken was completely dried out and tough, but the sides of corn and baked beans were hot and hearty. Augie's is generous with the portions, so you shouldn't leave here feeling hungry. All in all, the food was all right, but the atmosphere and service were awesome, enhancing the overall experience.
Drew's scores - Pulled pork: 8.2; Chicken: 5; Atmosphere: 9.3; Service: 9.8; Overall experience: 8.75
Brad's scores - Brisket: 8.25; Pork ribs: 7; Beef ribs: 7.25; Atmosphere: 9; Service: 9.75; Overall experience: 8.5
Overall Man-Up Score: 8.625
Posted by Drew Thornley at 12:01 AM
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