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A former star football player for the University of North Carolina and Cummings High School was charged Monday after allegedly starving his dog to death.
Dwight Kenneth Jones Jr., 26, of 1311 Kennedy Court, Burlington, was arrested by the Burlington Police Department and charged with felony killing an animal by starvation. His bond was set at $5,000.
Officers with the police department received �an anonymous report of animal cruelty� occurring at Jones� residence Feb. 19, said Jessica Arias, director of Burlington Animal Services.
The officer who responded located a deceased dog lying half-in, half-out of a doghouse, �and another (dog) apparently malnourished.� Both were pit-bull mixes.
An animal control officer was contacted, who investigated the situation and subsequently removed the living dog because of its condition.
�The sad part was it was 14 degrees,� Arias said. �That was the temperature reading when they were out there that night. It was just too cold.�
She said despite her department putting out bulletins about the hazards of animals in freezing weather alone, malnourishment �makes it even more difficult� for a dog to withstand such temperatures.
A necropsy was performed on the dog at the N.C. Department of Agriculture�s Rollins Laboratory, and an investigation subsequently conducted. Arias said officials were uncertain when exactly the dog died.
Though other people lived at the residence, Arias said, police determined Jones was �the pet owner and person in charge of the care of the dogs.�
Jones previous arrest record also includes an incident in February 2014, when Jones was charged by the Graham Police Department with assault on a female, injury to personal property, injury to real property and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
A four-year starter for Cummings football, Jones also led the high school�s basketball team to two state titles, according to Carolina Athletics� website.
His senior year at UNC-Chapel Hill, Jones was named to the All-ACC second team as a wide receiver and led the conference in receptions.
The Times-News reported in May 2012 that Jones signed as an undrafted free agent with the Houston Texans. In an interview, Jones brought up his character and clean criminal background.
�I�ve never been in handcuffs,� Jones told the Times-News during one of his workouts. �Go back and ask my coaches what kind of person I am and my work ethic. This is what I do.�
After walking away from the opportunity with the Texans to care for his 21-month-old son, who died in June 2012, ESPN reported, Jones was signed to the New York Jets� practice squad in December 2013. He was released in May 2014.

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August 7, 2013
Jackson Scott
"That Awful Sound"
I did an expose' on this fucker three or four months back and since then he's put a record out on Fat Possum and embarked on a tour o' the states so I thought it wise to shove him in yr ear once more. This is the first song I ever heard by him and it has a special place in my heart, along with Bubbleyum, the MA State Police and Chemical Ali.
I said it before and I'll say it again goddamn… a mixture of early Ween, Animal Collective and Xanax.
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A large fetal neck teratoma is a very rare malformation. While the exact cause is unknown, these masses are composed of several types of embryonic tissue and appear on ultrasound and fetal MRI as large masses containing both cystic and solid components. The masses can cause complications during pregnancy as the mass displaces the normal structures of the neck. It can interfere with the fetus' ability to swallow by compressing and obstructing the throat and esophagus. This results in polyhydramnios, increased amniotic fluid volume, and can be associated with higher risks of preterm labor, preterm rupture of the membranes and placental abruptions. These masses can also distort and compress the structures of the upper airway. At the time of delivery, this can make the establishment of an adequate airway in the newborn very difficult.
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Initial management was directed toward the threatened preterm labor. A fetal echocardiogram and ultrafast fetal MRI were obtained. The ECHO showed normal cardiac structure and function and the MRI confirmed the ultrasound findings (see Image 1, next page). The trachea was visible below the mass and was a normal caliber, suggesting there was no obstruction of the airway by the mass. The case was reviewed at The Fetal Center's weekly multidisciplinary rounds and it was determined that the best course of management would be delivery by an ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure. The family was extensively counseled and agreed with the management plan. The threatened preterm labor resolved and the mother remained in the hospital; the surgical team was on call, in case a complication developed.
One week later, re-evaluation on ultrasound showed the mass had enlarged to 861 cc. The polyhydramnios had increased with the AFI now measuring 44 cm. Evaluation of the cervix showed the cervix now measured only 3 mm, with bulging of the lower uterine segment. It was decided to perform the EXIT procedure despite the gestational age of 29 weeks 4 days.
A successful EXIT procedure was performed. It was possible to intubate the trachea from the oropharynx in spite of the distorted anatomy. The fetus was on placental support for 45 minutes. Once the airway was stabilized and the fetus well oxygenated, the
umbilical cord was cut and the newborn was transferred to the NICU for stabilization and surgical resection of the tumor. The maternal recovery was uncomplicated.
Early diagnosis of a fetal neck mass is essential to the development of a strategic plan to optimize the delivery and postnatal management of the newborn. The EXIT procedure is the foundation of that strategy and has been shown to be an effective method for delivery of patients with potential airway obstruction at birth. The fetus is partially delivered but maintained on placental circulation to provide ongoing oxygenation and support. This allows access to the fetal airway in an elective, controlled and secure manner.
Once an airway is secured, the rest of the fetus is delivered, the umbilical cord is clamped and the newborn transferred to the neonatal team for stabilization. While simple in concept, the success of an EXIT procedure relies on extensive preoperative evaluation to determine feasibility, careful planning and the availability of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team.
The Fetal Center is one of the few centers in the world where such expertise exists. The EXIT procedure is a well-organized, multidisciplinary treatment plan; it is the optimal treatment plan for a number of other conditions where problems are anticipated with the baby's ability to breathe at the time of delivery.
The EXIT procedure is not without risk for both mother and newborn. The level of general anesthesia required to achieve uterine relaxation contributes to risks for increased bleeding. Postnatal care of the newborn can involve prolonged hospitalization. In addition to resection of the tumor, many newborns have underlying pulmonary hypoplasia from the neck mass distorting normal lung development. Many are born prematurely and thyroid/parathyroid gland dysfunction is common following resection of the tumor.
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Hair Envy: Downton Abbey
I love a bit of 'era styling' and whilst watching Downton Abbey I always have a bit of a swoon over the hair (I'm a nightmare when it comes to any programme or film and hair. Always my first concern!) From Lady Mary's polished styles, to Rose's more modern 'daring' waves it always inspires me.
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Highlighting examples of how evidence drives public policy and program decision making around the world, members of the research and policy communities convened for a Twitter chat focused on the theme of "Why Being #All4Evidence Serves Public Well-Being." A recap of the December 8 chat is available on Storify.
The one-hour chat, hosted by nine policy research organizations, included a total of nearly 600 tweets and retweets that reached nearly 700,000 Twitter users. Participants offered resources and perspectives on a range of topics, including:
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We're headed into a long weekend in February but before we enjoy no school, warm weather and our one year anniversary of arriving in California, I want to make sure to document our January long weekend.
I love that we have a three day weekend smack dab in the middle of January. I always feel like we're still recovering from Christmas and torn between still wanting to play and wanting to buckle down and get organized. We did a little of both over MLK day weekend.
We began the weekend where we begin many weekends. I thought January was supposed to be the "slow" season at Disneyland but I have never seen so many people in one place in my entire life. It didn't help that there was a marathon that weekend and we were there the same night Elton John was performing in a live concert. I looked down main street at one point and it looked like Times Square on New Year's Eve with wall to wall people.
We opted to head to the beach the next day which was deserted in comparison.
The boys made all sorts of pulley contraptions on the lifeguard stand while they waited for the rest of us to get bikes ready.
Riding bikes along the boardwalk at Newport Beach and then taking the ferry over to Balboa Island has become one of our favorite traditions.
Especially because Balboa Island usually means Balboa Bars.
We love to walk through the book store, candy store and toy store as well. The lady running the toy store entertained Blake and Nash for a good long while with games and tricks before we dragged them away to catch the sunset.
We cruised along the boardwalk and stopped at a playground where we watched dozens of stunt bikers do tricks as the sun slowly disappeared.
We kept the rest of the weekend simple. Troy and I went on a long overdue date and like most weekends, I spent hours preparing to teach music to the children at church. Before Blake's swim practice on Monday, we ventured out to what Crew calls the "putt putt park."
What began as putting practice ended as a competition to see who could make the best presentation of flowers for me.
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Right now is an exciting time for fans of the automobile. Never before has there been this many fantastic looking cars on the road at once. We live in an age where even KIAs look halfway decent. But as with anything, there is always a select bunch that are ahead of the pack. So let's go through the top ten best looking cars in the business.
10. Porsche 911
The 911 has always had controversial styling. It isn't offensive in any way, but it's so different than anything else on the road that most people either love it or hate it. Obviously, its placing on this list shows how we feel about it. The new 991 generation looks simply fantastic. Porsche pushed the rear axle back a bit further than before, creating less of an overhang in the rear and giving it even more of a rear-engined look. The swoopy, iconic sports car look will never get old.
9. Mercedes-Benz S Class Coupe
One look at this car in person and you soon realize how special it is. It isn't a very flashy design, instead it aims to be a bit more reserved and sophisticated. Yet it manages to seduce you, it instills desire. It looks powerful and elegant. It doesn't hurt that it's built upon the S-Class sedan, which already looks quite good, if a bit understated. That may be the best way to describe the S Class-Coupe; understated seduction.
8. Audi R8
An aging design and one that will soon be replaced, but there's still no denying the staggering looks of the R8. It looked so exciting and revolutionary when it first debuted and it still has a bit of that excitement left in it. It manages to be angular and smooth at the same time and has that low-slung nose which gives it the impression that it's hunting for corners. And I'd be remiss if I forgot to mention the famous side blades, which are still cool to this day and have sadly been shrunk on the new model. The new one looks great too, but the first one will always be the design icon.
7. BMW M6 Gran Coupe
All 6 Series Gran Coupe models look great, but it's the M6 that really stands out. These cars are stunners and there's no two ways about it. The M6 GC looks so sleek and menacing, yet still looks elegant. With that carbon fiber roof, dished rear wheels, and low-slung profile it's possibly the best looking BMW currently on sale. It also has the rare privilege of being four-door grand tourer, something that there doesn't seem to be much of lately. The M6 GC is a deeply coveted car of mine.
6. Ferrari 458 Italia
The infamous, and currently suspended, Jeremy Clarkson once compared the 458's fenders to Kristin Scott Thomas' cheekbones. Now, while she isn't the actress that I would think of first, he does have a good point. The 458 evokes a sort of powerful feminine beauty and has a sort of sensual look to it. But of course it does, it's a Ferrari and the Italians put sensual looks in everything they make. But the 458 is one of the better looking Ferraris in a very long time. Soon to be replaced by the 488 GTB, which looks good but not as good, the 458 Italia will be deeply missed. Oh, and it's also the only car to have a mustache, so that's cool too.
5. C7 Corvette Stingray
Corvette's have never really been lookers. Fast, yes but beautiful? No. However, the new C7 look absolutely fantastic. With looks that evoke a bit of Ferrari 599, the Corvette now has the looks to go with the performance. The new taillights, which ditch the old dual circle design, look far better than before and the low-slung hood looks as menacing as ever. Now Corvette buyers can drive around in their car without having to wear a mullet.
4. Mercedes AMG GT
The AMG GT brings back old-school sports car looks. It looks like someone pulled some of the best sports car from the 50's or 60's, mashed them together and modernized it. There are so many classic car design elements in it; some old 911, Jag E-Type and Mercedes' own 300SL can be seen. It's also one of the less flashy AMG cars to date. With reserved sophisticated, yet aggressive looks that evoke sports cars of a different time, the AMG GT is one of the best looking cars on the road.
3. BMW i8
I don't think I've ever seen a car quite like the i8. It looks so futuristic but accurately so. It doesn't look out of control at all. It looks as if BMW hopped in a time machine, went 20 years into the future, stole a car design and brought it back. The i8 is one of the most refreshing and exciting car designs ever made and probably the production car that came closest to looking like its concept. Nothing on the road looks anywhere near similar to the i8 and that makes it a very special thing.
2. Aston Martin Vanquish
In typical Aston Martin fashion, the Vanquish look old-school yet modern, sophisticated yet aggressive and powerful yet understated. Not many companies can pull off sexy cars like Aston can and the Vanquish is their best yet. I love how they've been able to make it look so modern, with the carbon fiber front splitter and sideskirts, yet still look like an old-school Aston. They're the only people that can make a car with that much exposed carbon fiber and without looking too flashy or immature. The Vanquish is one of the few cars you could own as a stationary object and love it just the same.
1. Jaguar F-Type
I remember the first time I saw the F-Type and I needed assistance to pick my jaw up off the floor. It doesn't matter which version, coupe or convertible, both look spectacular. The coupe looks a little bit better in my eyes, but both are magnificent. The F-Type is the most lustful looking car on the road and has possibly the best butt. It's so muscular and powerful yet also elegant. It's on my short list of best looking cars of all time. If the Ferrari 250 California or Jag E-Type didn't exist, I think it might be number one.


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ESPN to Use Cisco TelePresence for 2010 FIFA World Cup
Cisco (News - Alert), the provider of networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, has announced that ESPN (News - Alert) will be utilizing Cisco TelePresence to live and recorded coverage of soccer matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament in South Africa.
The solution will also be used to connect coaches, players and teams to the global soccer community.
With Cisco TelePresence, ESPN can offer televised content more effectively and inexpensively. This will also make the viewing experience of the soccer fans better. For a face-to-face virtual experience, Cisco TelePresence utilizes high definition audio and video. It will improve ESPN's coverage of the soccer matches all throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament.
By utilizing the present Cisco broadband network located in South Africa, Cisco and ESPN will change the sports television industry by allowing a more well-timed delivery of video content. Fans can have better access to game analysis and player footage.
A first for any video communications solutions, the Cisco TelePresence HD real-time video will be used by ESPN for the live coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament. It will also provide ESPN with enhanced flexibility and a broader coverage. This improves the content and coverage of the games.
Unnoticeable latency, no matter what distance, made this excellent experience possible. This eventually leads to a more powerful interview. The use of the Cisco TelePresence in South Africa will also allow ESPN to host remote interviews with visiting country leaders, players, coaches and fans. Soccer fans will then be able to gain access to these remote broadcast interviews obtained through Cisco TelePresence on the worldwide soccer sites of ESPN.
ESPN will be able save a massive amount as measured against traditional remote interviews by using Cisco TelePresence to do exclusive World Cup reports from Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.
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Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man: Homecoming debuted in the U.S. and most of its international markets last weekend, although a newspaper in one international territory is coming under fire for using a parody poster to promote the film. A Reddit user noticed that the Nepalese newspaper The Himalayan Times used a Spider-Man: Homecoming parody poster, which featured a now-infamous photo of U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulazizin, along with DC superhero Batman and actor Pauly Shore, in a section of the newspaper that features movies which are currently playing. The poster was created by artist Mike Mitchell, which he posted on Twitter back in May.
This embarrassing gaffe was first spotted by a Reddit user named "Q-Q_Reddit," which eventually got the attention of Mike Mitchell, who posted that The Himalayan Times had used his artwork. The electronic version of The Himalayan Times newspaper from that date, July 7, the opening day in Nepal and most countries around the world for this hit Spider-Man movie, still shows the parody poster is in place, next to a poster for the Nepalese film Dhanapati and the Indian film Guest In London.
This isn't the first time a parody poster has caused some controversy for a Marvel movie. Back in 2013, a Shanghai movie theater used a parody poster for Thor: The Dark World as a standee, which featured brothers Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) locked in a tender embrace. Still, that was just one theater, and not a national newspaper, so it will be interesting to see when and if this error will be corrected. Mike Mitchell also created a number of other variations of this poster, with another version featuring Spidey holding a can of Pepsi, while Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark has been given an intricate facial tattoo similar to Mike Tyson's with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and King Kong seek lurking in the background.
Other variations of this parody poster feature a crying Tobey Maguire, the "Toasty" character from the Mortal Kombat video games and a random puppy thrown into the mix. It's unclear if this bizarre poster had any impact on the Nepalese box office figures for Spider-Man: Homecoming, since that territory's numbers haven't come in yet, but this new version of Peter Parker, has proven to be popular around the world. Along with the $117 million domestic take, Spider-Man: Homecoming has earned an additional $139.5 million for a worldwide tally of $256.5 million after one weekend, from a $175 million budget.
The inclusion of Batman on this poster is quite humorous for another reason as well. Last week, Tom Holland appeared on MTV After Hours, where he revealed an "exclusive" first look at his secret audition tapes, where he was seen trying out to play Batman. Not to mention that Michael Keaton, who plays villain Vulture in Homecoming, also revived Batman back in the 80s. Sony and Marvel have already confirmed that Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 will hit theaters on July 5, 2019, with a third installment also confirmed recently by Tom Holland. While we wait for details on these sequels, and on the impressive box office performance of Spider-Man: Homecoming, take a look at The Himalayan Times page with the parody poster, along with Mike Mitchell's full posters below.
A newspaper in Nepal used my photoshopped Spider-Man poster. (Via Reddit) pic.twitter.com/kXFBnPonCD— Mike Mitchell (@sirmitchell) July 8, 2017
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Patriot Night
It was appropriate on "Salute To Service" night at Paul Brown Stadium that I felt like we were watching patriots.
As in the New England Patriots.
In their 31-10 win over Cleveland, the Bengals did not have a turnover, only committed two penalties, made great halftime adjustments, had their quarterback post a 139.8 passer rating, and got three touchdown catches from their sensational tight end.
Sound like anybody you know?
To take it a step further, their postgame comments were positively "Belichickian."
"We can play better," said Andrew Whitworth. "We've got to keep pushing ourselves. That performance is not going to be good enough in four or five weeks so we really have to amp it up."
"We know the potential that we have," said Marvin Jones. "It's up to us every week to go out and reach that potential because it's so high and we have high expectations for ourselves."
"We're a tight group and I feel like we're a championship-type group," said Dre Kirkpatrick.
Cincinnati wasn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. When Cleveland ended the first half with a 10-play, 92 yard touchdown drive, the Bengals only had a 14-10 lead.
But the coaching staff made a great adjustment to keep Johnny Manziel in the pocket and the Browns were only able to gain 32 yards while being shutout in the second half.
"I think the defensive coaches and players did a good job of understanding that, 'This is their attack. If we want to win the football game, this is what we've got to do,'" said Marvin Lewis.
And when the defense got three straight three-and-outs in the second half, the offense scored 17 straight points to turn it into a rout.
"We were all talking about it at halftime and saying, 'Dang, we only had three possessions,'" said Jones. "But they were effective. Two of them resulted in touchdowns and we were just playing good, solid football."
"Good" and "solid" are not strong enough words to describe Eifert who put on a show for the nationally-televised audience with a career-high three touchdown catches.
"It's crazy," said Jones. "After he scored his first touchdown, I was like, 'Bro, you're going to get two more.' I called it because we know the talent that he has. He's a match-up nightmare."
"He's a better route-runner than I am," said A.J. Green. "At 250 pounds."
"It feels good to score touchdowns and it feels good to help this team win, but the best feeling is winning," said Eifert. "That's the most important thing, and the guys in this locker room understand that."
At the halfway point of the regular season, Eifert has nine touchdown catches putting him on a pace for 18 this season. The NFL single-season record for a tight end is 17 by Rob Gronkowski. Ironically, Eifert debuted a Gronk-like spike after his first TD on Thursday night.
"I'm just getting into the whole spiking thing," said Eifert. "Growing up, I was always told to just hand the ball to the ref. But sometimes when you have so much time between the score and all of your buddies running up to you, you've got to do something or otherwise you look stupid. I'm definitely not going to dance, so I just went with the spike."
The Bengals are 13-2 in their last 15 regular season games, matching the – you guessed it – Patriots for the NFL's best record during that stretch. The difference between the two teams, of course, is that New England ended last year with the Lombardi Trophy.
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"I know Mr. Brown is up there excited and probably popping a couple of bottles of champagne," said Dunlap after the game. "Hopefully he saves one for me."
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Paula has been working in the Escorts business for three years and she is concerned about the state of play in London. She states that there are fewer girls being tempted into the industry. Despite the business has undergone an improvement, fewer girls are interested in becoming escorts.
Many people still see it as an Extension of the porn of sex sector. Whilst this isn't accurate, Paula says that there's a good deal of misinformation around. Many young girls who are joining the industry are foreign and principles within the escorts industry in their own home country are different. Safety is very important in the British escorts industry but in many other countries that is less important.
Foreign girls who don't Appreciate the importance of safety can quickly give the industry a bad name, and this often happens in major cities like London. Some regions have a particularly badly affected.
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Aubergine, Brinjal, Baingan, Eggplant - Cultivating Tastes
September 07, 2005
Fermina Daza , the heroine of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' " Love in the Time of Cholera'' hated eggplant in any form and, have no doubt about it, Fermina knew her mind.As a little girl she thought they had the colour of poison. As a young wife she was fed the abhorred vegetable every day in Palace Casalduero, where it was cooked out of respect for her dead father-in-law, who loved the wretched stuff.
Aubergine would not rate very high on my own vegetable popularity scale .They do have a rather deadly look about them . I dawdled over the very same vangi cha bhaji as a kid and tried hard to hide it between the vati's on my thali in a rather ineffective attempt to make it disappear from the eagle eyed inspection of parents who insisted that nothing should be wasted. No luck; baingan was inescapable and a regular item on the weekly menu.
The reason for the frequent appearance of baingan on our dinner table, despite our moving house constantly from one end of the country to the other, is that it is commonly grown in all states, coming in varied colours and sizes, and every region here has its own special recipe for this vegetable. Several methods of cooking it are recorded, even in the 'Supa Sastra of Mangarasa ' written in Kannada in the 16th century. Never really liked any of them much.
But back to Fermina... one day, many years after the death of her mother-in-law, Dona Blanca, long after she and her husband had moved to their home in La Manga, after their own children had grown up, Fermina was served a delicious food she could not identify. She liked it so much that she had two huge portions. She found out later, to her surprise, that what she had eaten with such delight was .....eggplant!!!
Have your own notions about hated foods ever altered so drastically as Fermina's ? Well, as regards eggplant...me too, Fermina.
And here is the recipe that did it.
Deccani Baingan
1/2 kg small round aubergines.(Check to see they are not BT Baingan!
1 large onion chopped
3 green chillies slit
1 walnut size ball of imli / tamarind soaked in a cup of boiling water.
1 tablespoon gur/ jaggery
2 sprigs of kari patta /fresh curry leaves
1 tablespoon hara dhania / coriander leaves
1/2 tsp haldi /turmeric powder
6 tbsp oil
Fry the following spices in 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and grind in a blender to make a thick paste:
1 tblsp til /sesame seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
4 dry red chillies
1 tsp jeera /cumin seed
4 lavang/cloves
1" stick dalchini /cinnamon
3 tblsp grated fresh coconut
4 cloves garlic
1" fresh ginger
1 tblsp hara dhania / fresh coriander
Keep the stalks intact and make 3 deep intersecting slits through the aubergine from the bottom to the top without cutting through the end. Stuff them with the ground ingredients.
Fry the onions in the oil till well done. Add the chillies, kari patta and turmeric and fry for a few seconds. Place the stuffed aubergines in the pan, cover tightly and cook for 15 minutes. Strain the tamarind and add the pulp along with the water to the pan. Add the gur /jaggery. Cook for another 10 minutes till the aubergines are done. Sprinkle with chopped coriander leaves and serve.
And so back to the story of the stubborn and lovely Fermina and the Eggplant. After that taste-changing experience she acknowledged defeat and it was served at La Manga so often that her husband, Juvenal Urbino, would say that he would have loved to have had another daughter, if just for the pleasure of naming her Eggplant Urbino.


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Utilities management provider Intermoco (ASX:INT) has won a $3.5 million contract to provide embedded networks to a Melbourne residential property.
Victorian property developer Statewide Developments has tapped Intermoco for the supply of electricity, voice and data services at the in-development Kingsway Towers.
The deal has a five-year term, with the 425 tenant property just now entering the construction phase.
Intermoco provides smart grid style internet-enabled metering and service management solutions, with an emphasis on embedded networks.
Intermoco CEO Ian Kiddle said the company expects to receive an additional $118,000 in capital costs in the third quarter of FY12 once development is completed.
He said Intermoco has a pre-existing relationship with Statewide Developments, and had "now secured a number of long-term contracts in the past 10 months with an increasing stable of strategic partners."
These include a $2.7 million deal with Buildcorp, and one worth $2.5 million from R Corporation – each also for Victorian properties.
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Singapore Gourmet Food Experience
A gourmet supermarket in Singapore, such as Taste is a great way for sg foodies to full fill all their cravings. The product range Taste Singapore offers includes fruits, drinks, dеssеrts, сhееsе, mеаts аnd muсh mоrе.
We need to ask ourselves constantly what separates the regulars and the gourmet foods? Some persons view? Marketing dollars perhaps? Some people make the absurd claim that they don't actually like gourmet foods. To each their own I presume but how can one create such a broad comment? Countless foods come under gourmet foods. Some folks make this claim because they have not tasted enough varieties of gourmet foods. The listing of gourmet foods includes fruits, drinks, dеssеrts, сhееsе, mеаts аnd muсh mоrе.
The moment a mention of gourmet food is made, one thinks of cheese. Remember that not all cheese is equally; gourmet cheese isn't at all like cheddar cheese that you eat at home. The gourmet cheese, Agoura Ossau-Iraty is cheese that is made from sheep's milk in Poland. The 34 Degrees Australian mаrіnаtеd fеtа іs рrоduсеd іn Іsrаеl аnd іs рrоduсеd frоm the milk of goat and sheep. It proves to be rather tough to choose the right cheese to consume as there are many varieties of gourmet cheese. Take a tip and make it a point to smell the cheese before buying it. What smells good to you is probably going to taste good to you also.
Deserts and sweets are another significant part gourmet foods including biscuits, candies, chocolate, and cakes. You find a variety of cakes for you to choose from cheesecakes, lemons, such as chocolate cakes and raspberry cakes. You can also find gourmet cookies that can be plain, decorated by appearance and is available in a variety of flavors. You can create or use your toppings to make your dessert a gourmet dessert. Some suggеstіоns fоr а tорріng аrе sуruрs, hоnеу, јеllіеs, јаms, аnd spreads. These toppings are available at home or can be found in the supermarket but do enhance your gourmet foods' flavor.
Tasting coffee and tea is another kind of well-known food. You can select between beans or ground coffee and tea bags, loose tea or a frappuccino that is cold; you're sure to find out a gourmet drink there. Not these gourmet drinks, they're also the choice for the extra energy that you will have to fight with the cold on a winter's day. Tea and great tastіng соffее аrе grеаt fоr соmрlеmеntіng аn ехсеllеnt mеаl. Yоu саn сhооsе bеtwееn thе соffees you like. Biscotti are a great choice with coffee which taste great or when dipped in wine, milk, coffee, tea or cappuccino. There are several flavors for you to рісk frоm іn bіsсоttі rаngіng frоm hаzеlnut, gіngеrbrеаd, сhocolate and several others.
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Brass is one of the most commonly used metals today. Brass is a deriveative of copper when zinc is the primary alloying ingredient, besides copper.
Brasses may also have a small amount of other alloying elements in order to give it different advantageous properties.
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Brass has excellent electrical conductivity and a high tensile strength. It rewards one with a brilliant shine when polished and there are as many types of brass as there are applications for it.
Brasses are suitable for fabrication via hot forging methods.The free machining grades set the bar for free machining, against which other metals are compared.
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Considering the Ant: Memoirs of Samuel Guardyall
May 7, 2017 by Arnold Kropp
Samuel and his wife have enjoyed vacations to the campgrounds throughout the country, the campfires and strolls through the woods, and then back to technology again. A horrifying event tortures Samuel, a very successful Architect who had questioned his superficial faith. He's presented with a very unusual, unexpected offer, is encouraged to accept the will of God for his new life, so he moves, slowly adapts, recording those new spiritual revelations coming to him from unusual circumstances. One high school student gets his focus, then another and more enter his life.
May 16, 2012 by Arnold Kropp
A well to do farmer/inventor gives up everything he has worked so hard for to pursue a simple life with his family and 2 close friends of homesteading on a new island. Living in a tent, they work to build a new community adjusting to the inconveniences of island living to thoroughly enjoy the beautiful sunsets and a peaceful life. Suddenly that peace is disturbed and they must adjust.
Dec 3, 2013 by Arnold Kropp
Thoroughly enjoying the solitude of island life for six months, they are suddenly surprised as an old friend shows up with an additional 300 like minded Americans. Now what? As the additional people put demands upon them to organize and form a community.
Story Time: An incredible story of faith into the unknown
Dec 6, 2014 by Arnold R. Kropp
The first and the sequel of Montesquieu, New World Island are shortened, edited and combined into this one volume.
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Painful, pointy planking
This instance of planking looks both painful AND dangerous. I can't imagine the planker held this pose for very long, but in planking all you need to do is hold it long enough for a photo. This makes me want to go for a hike in the Austrian mountains.


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Search engine optimization is a progressive field that never stays static for long. With Google being the most visited website in the world, it's no wonder that businesses want to make sure they show up in their searches. But when you have a tough market and are trying to compete with larger competitors who have years more experience, how do you stand a chance?
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There are several dozen different things that search bots look for when they consider your page for ranking. Some of these are things you do on individual pages, such as providing quality, credible content that's related to your target keyword, while other things work in the background such as linking to other credible sources and getting your content shared by multiple users.
Content and design should be primary areas of focus
Your website is very unlikely to be successful without providing users a good reason to stick around. And content and design are the best places to start. Your site should reflect the core values of your business, and these same values should be easy to spot no matter what page a user lands on.
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There are several website builders out there that help you fine-tune your own look and feel—but take these for what they are. While website builders are great to get a site up and running in no time, the free versions don't provide adequate SEO to let you rank in a competitive market. Many of these sites claim that the paid versions do just that, but even with the high monthly fee, they're no match for a human presence analyzing data and adjusting your site accordingly. If you opt for a professional website design, you can often find companies that will not only make a brilliant looking site, but will help with SEO services to make sure others can find it as well.
Off-page SEO might seem outdated, but it can't be ignored
Content and design are crucial and should be the initial focus because not only do they help with SEO, but they help users see the quality in your site and stick around. But that doesn't mean that off-page SEO can be ignored. Linking, metadata, and site structure all serve an important purpose, even if they do it from the shadows.
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When you link to a site, it's known as an outbound link, because the link goes from your site to another site. These links should be to credible sources (and it's always a good idea not to link to competitors!) as they help with your credibility.
Inbound links are often outside of your control and are other sites that link to yours. Sites are ranked based on domain authority—a metric that ranks websites based on popularity and credibility—and higher numbers are better. Getting a link from one of these high domain sites such as a major newspaper or government site can be an incredible boon. If you're able to get one these links, it shows Google that your site is prominent and important.
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Your content should be extremely relevant to users that come across your page. Ideally, Google would be able to see your content and judge its quality from that alone, but that kind of technology is far into the future. For now, crawlerscan make some sense of text, but rely on metadata—data about the information on your page—to make sure that they're accurate.
Metadata can be inputted in several places, such as in videos and images, and also through some HTML tags. It helps to describe to the crawler information that isn't visible, and also relays the site structure so the bot can decide if it's appropriate or not. Schema markup further helps describe the site and gives an extra level of detail and is something many sites don't take the time to do, giving any site that makes use of it a slight advantage.
Your site needs to work on mobile and desktop devices
Now that mobile devices account for the majority of searches, Google is making good on its promise to push its mobile-first initiative by making page load speed on mobile devices a ranking factor in July 2018. New sites should be designed with this in mind, and if you work with a designer, make sure they'll build your site for mobile as well as desktop.
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Erie Personal Injury Lawyer
Erie is the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania, with an estimated population of 98,593 people. The metropolitan area of Erie County has 276,207 residents. Erie has a bustling downtown area with several refurbished factory buildings and mid-rise housing complexes. It's a popular place to live, but it's not without its hazards. In 2014, 2,809 people went to the hospital for injuries in Erie County. The majority of injuries came from unintentional falls, followed by motor vehicle accidents. If you've suffered a personal injury of any kind in Erie, Pennsylvania, talk to an attorney at Dallas W. Hartman P.C.
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Why Seek an Injury Lawyer After an Accident in Erie?
When something bad happens to you, it's natural to seek help. You go to the hospital to tend to your injuries – but where do you go for help with the financial burden of an accident? An Erie personal injury attorney is your best option. Attorneys are advocates for your family's financial future. They use in-depth knowledge of state and local laws to investigate your accident, detect signs of negligence or wrongful acts, gather evidence, and bring claims against responsible parties in pursuit of just and fair compensation. A conversation with a lawyer could lead to recovery for damages such as:
Medical bills. In 2014, Erie County residents racked up $161,801,986 in hospital charges. The median hospital charge was $35,634. After a serious accident, medical bills can be steep. If someone else caused or contributed to your injuries, including the case of medical malpractice, we believe you shouldn't have to pay these bills. All compensation awards include past and future medical expenses.
Lost wages. If your accident and injuries made you call out from work during hospital stays and in recovery, you could qualify for reimbursement of these lost wages. If an injury gave you a temporary or permanent disability and you lose the capacity to earn because of it, this damage is also compensable.
Pain and suffering. The Pennsylvania courts also allow injured parties to fight for noneconomic damages such as physical pain, emotional suffering, distress, and mental anguish. Traumatic accidents often inflict these damages on survivors.
A lawyer's main mission is to make sure your family has everything it needs and deserves to move forward after a personal injury accident. Whether you need to negotiate a fair settlement with an insurance company or bring a civil claim against a person, corporation, or government entity, or negotiation help with a work injury claim, an attorney can help. When it comes to getting the law on your side, there is no better associate than a lawyer. Call us in Erie, PA at (814) 461-8844 or toll-free at (800) 777-4081 or contact us online for a free consultation with Dallas W. Hartman P.C. We can help you secure the financial future you need after suffering a serious injury in Erie.
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According to the Pennsylvania laws, you have up to 2 years after the date of the incident to file a personal injury claim. This is known as the Statute of Limitations in Erie. It is advisable that you don't wait too long, the sooner you submit your claim, the easier it will be for you and your lawyer to collect evidence and present your case. Here are some specific statute of limitation timeframes for cases in Erie and throughout PA:
- Personal injury: 2 years
- Product liability: 2 years
- Legal Malpractice: Up to 4 years
- Wrongful Death: 2 years
- Slander: 1 year
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In today's world of ever-advancing medical technology, the sad truth is that human error still plays a large part in the treatment patients receive. As a result, unnecessary injuries and deaths occur at a sometimes alarming rate. When this happens, patients or their families may seek compensation by filing a medical malpractice suit using a Massachusetts medical malpractice attorney against those they hold responsible. However, there are many variables that come into play when doing so. To gain a better understanding of medical malpractice lawsuits, let's examine some interesting statistics.
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, just over 60 percent of people who file medical malpractice lawsuits are women with an average age of 40. Only about 12 percent of plaintiffs were patients age 65 or older, but slightly more than 20 percent of named plaintiffs were newborns. Of the doctors in the New England Journal of Medicine report who were sued most often, 20 percent were OBGYNs, while general surgeons and primary care doctors were close behind at 17 and 16 percent respectively.
While many people think all medical malpractice suits in Massachusetts (MA) result in the awarding of millions of dollars, that is not always true. According to cases analyzed by the Journal of the American Medical Association, patients suing for injuries sustained during inpatient procedures received an average of $363,000, while those cases involving outpatient stays were awarded $290,000.
Because most MA medical malpractice cases can be very complex, it takes a great amount of time to file suit and have the case resolved. On average, the U.S. Department of Justice found the average patient waited almost 17 months after an injury to file a lawsuit. Afterwards, it was found to take an additional 27 months for the case to reach a resolution, either through a settlement or jury verdict.
Surprising to many people, plaintiffs do not always win their medical malpractice lawsuits in Massachusetts. The New England Journal of Medicine noted that of all medical malpractice lawsuits that went to court, plaintiffs won only slightly more than 20 percent of their cases. However, in cases where an out-of-court settlement was reached, the percentage of plaintiffs winning their cases increased to 61 percent.
While there is never any guarantee as to how a medical malpractice lawsuit will end, those who feel they have been injured due to the negligence of others they trusted with their care should speak to a MA medical malpractice attorney or a Massachusetts medical malpractice lawyer to discuss their options.


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text: Much of the East Coast is snowed in this afternoon, and The Dodo has spent most of this snow day celebrating dogs. But canines aren't the only pets who love playing in the powder -- cats also love to run, jump and play in the snow. In fact, the cat in this video enjoys the snow so much, she tries to stop her owner as he attempts to shovel it from the ground. Maybe she's trying to help shovel, just like the dogs in the video below? Or maybe she's just trying to play, like the dogs who are loving today's snowstorm.


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MONDAY, May 11, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- The swine flu epidemic does have pandemic potential and is likely to be comparable to other 20th century pandemics, at least in terms of its spread, a new analysis concludes.
The report also suggests that the true number of -- largely unreported --swine flu infections in Mexico, the outbreak's epicenter, possibly had already reached 32,000 by the end of April. The World Health Organization's official tally for Mexico currently stands at 1,626 confirmed cases.
The situation could be similar in the United States. During a Monday afternoon news conference, Dr. Anne Schuchat, interim deputy director for science and public health programs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the 2,618 confirmed cases in the United States are likely just the tip of the iceberg. Many people who become ill don't seek medical attention and are never tested for this strain of flu, so "the numbers we are reporting are a minority of the actual infections that are occurring in the country," she said.
The authors of the study, released online Monday in the journal Science, estimated that the current H1N1 swine flu outbreak is likely to wreak less havoc than the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed more than 500,000 Americans.
Instead, it may prove similar to the much less lethal 1957 pandemic of Asian flu, which killed about 70,000 people, according to U.S. government statistics.
For reference, about 36,000 people die in a typical flu season.
However, the authors are basing their conclusions mainly on infection rates, not on severity of the disease or number of deaths, added Dr. Ghinwa Dumyati, an associate professor of medicine, division of infectious diseases at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
"Not every pandemic is severe, and that's the issue," she said. "Severity does not depend on the number of people infected but on the fatality ratio."
Another expert agreed. "The most important unknown is the clinical severity of the illness, although the accumulating evidence is that the severity is no worse than that of the seasonal flu," said Dr. Christopher Crnich, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious disease at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. However, "no mathematical model is going to be able to predict [severity]," Crnich added.
So far, the swine flu does not seem to have the level of sustained human-to-human transmission of a "true" pandemic, Dumyati added.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently raised its global pandemic alert to phase 5 -- just shy of the highest level possible, which is phase 6, signifying a global pandemic.
According to the WHO Rapid Pandemic Assessment Collaboration, which produced the new Science paper, the new analysis supports the phase 5 decision, and indicates a certain level of person-to-person spread.
Another expert agreed.
"The information we have is still incomplete, but this can help lay out a scientific basis for political decisions," said Dennis M. Perrotta, associate director for emerging infectious diseases at the National Center for Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response. "The characteristics of the ongoing epidemic they examined, mostly in Mexico, clearly has sustained human-to-human transmission and we know this is also true in the U.S. It says that, yes, it was an appropriate response on the part of WHO to move the alert to level 5."
But the hallmark of this outbreak has been the large number of unknowns -- including how virulent the virus is and how it spreads -- and that is true of this analysis as well, the authors warned.
Nevertheless, such information is necessary to inform public health decisions, experts say.
Confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States climbed to more than 2,600 across 43 states by Monday, including three deaths, and the United States now surpasses Mexico as the country most affected by the outbreak, according to WHO figures. The vast majority of cases remain mild, however.
So far, U.S. deaths linked to swine flu occurred in individuals with underlying health problems.
On Monday, the WHO was reporting 4,694 confirmed cases of swine flu in 30 countries, with Canada, Spain and the United Kingdom having the most cases outside of the United States and Mexico.
For every confirmed case, however, there are probably hundreds of unconfirmed cases, noted Dr. Gordon Dickinson, chief of infectious diseases at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the Miami VA.
Three influenza pandemics swept across the globe in the 20th century: the so-called Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, the "Asian" flu in 1957 and "Hong Kong" flu in 1968. Pandemics are labeled as such whenever a new flu virus appears and has sustained human-to-human transmission.
Based on an analysis of confirmed swine flu cases in Mexico and its international spread, the WHO researchers estimate that 23,000 individuals (possibly up to 32,000) had been infected in Mexico alone by late April, with a death rate of about 0.4 percent.
That's much less lethal than the 1918 pandemic, which killed 2.5 percent of people infected.
But it may be too early to breathe a sigh of relief, experts said. The swine flu outbreak could be dying down or it could simply gearing up for a deadlier resurgence in the fall and winter.
"It's too early to say," Dumyati said. "At this point, it doesn't look like it has sustained transmission, but you don't know, in the winter, what will happen."
"People need to stay tuned and see what's going on, and the medical community needs to work fast and hopefully, a vaccine will be prepared," Dickinson added. "What bothers me is that, in 1918, the influenza emerged in the spring then sort of melted away during the summer. Then it came back as a very lethal process. This gives one pause as we see this current H1N1 epidemic spreading . . . The cases continue to emerge. It just hasn't hit with a major force yet."
U.S. public health departments are so overwhelmed, Dickinson said, that they are asking facilities not to send samples for testing unless there is a cluster of outbreaks or a particular clinical need.
"They can't keep up," he said.
More information
Visit the World Health Organization for more on the current H1N1 swine flu outbreak.


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In His Own Words: Neil Stephens on Vuelta a España Stage 16Tue 4 Sep 2012
It was the third consecutive summit finish during the second week of the Vuelta a España. After a hard fall yesterday, Daniel Teklehaimanot was in survival mode to make today's time cut. Simon Clarke, who regained the polka dot jersey on stage 14, focused on the mountain classification. The rest of the ORICA-GreenEDGE team looked to get through stage 16, however they could, and make the most of the well-deserved rest day that followed. Neil Stephens describes the day.
After the race yesterday, we took Daniel back to the hotel where the team doctors assessed his conditions. He was sore, especially in his shoulder, but he was fortunate to escape serious injury. There was nothing broken, sprained, fractured and no abrasions requiring sutures.
He got back on the bike today, and it was slow-going but he struggled through the stage within the time limit. Daniel will benefit from a rest day before racing begins again on Tuesday, and he should be able to make it to Madrid next weekend.
Everyone else is feeling as good as can be expected on what was an incredibly difficult day of racing. We all worked really hard to keep Clarkey [Simon Clarke] in the mountains jersey. At first, we tried to get him up the road, but that didn't happen.
Eventually, a two-rider break formed. First category climbs offer points for five riders, so when we hit the second of four ranked climbs, a category one mountain, Simon, Pieter Weening and David Moncoutie (Cofidis) burst from the pack to contest the points. Simon took points for third with Weening behind him, taking points for fourth. Moncoutie had to settle for one point for fifth place. Clarkey and Weening stayed off the front until Euskaltel and Sky brought them back before the next climb.
Having only scored points on one of the four climbs today, it will be really difficult to win the mountains classification. The overall contenders are closing in on us in terms of points, and the riders in today's break – Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) and Dario Cataldo (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)-- are up in the rankings now, too. We'll do what we can to hang onto the jersey, and if we go down, it won't be without a fight.
Tonight we're bypassing the race hotel to stay at a really nice spa resort. One of the team doctors has a relationship with the resort, so that's how we came to make these plans. We'll go for a light ride in the morning, and after that, the boys will be treated to some spa treatments and water therapy. After lunch, we'll transfer by bus. This should be a far more relaxed day than we had last week.
I'm still working on how to get the staff better rest. They deserve a break tomorrow as they've been working really hard all Tour, too. Hopefully, I'll find a way to get them some relaxation mixed in with all the work they do on their rest day.
Oh – and one last thing. We elected to have Cameron Meyer exit the Vuelta yesterday, and he did not start today's stage. We noticed that he was accumulating fatigue during the last two weeks, and we didn't want the final week of racing to hinder his preparation for the Team Time Trial World Championships. Cam is an integral part of our line-up at this trade team event, which is a huge goal for ORICA-GreenEDGE.


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Halifax's greenfield developments have made the city more expensive for everyone but, simultaneously, contribute less tax revenue to pay for those costs.
Since 1996, the length of road per person in Halifax's suburban and urban areas has increased by 5%. For each taxpayer, that means 5% more costs for road maintenance, snow clearing, and garbage pickup. It means providing pipes, sewers, transit and emergency services also become more expensive. Provincial and federal costs, including school bussing and electricity, equally go up. Any service the government provides each house becomes more expensive the further the distance between them. To reduce taxes, we must reduce the burden of infrastructure each of us must carry.
To reduce our road length per person, we need to ensure new developments either use existing roads or, at the least, that they add more taxpayers than roads. Eleven separate areas of the city (census tracts) have, however, increased in population but still ended up with longer roads per person than before. These places, such as Kingswood and Glen Arbour, cost taxpayers money to build, and then increase costs for all taxpayers in perpetuity.
But, do these large new homes pay enough in taxes to make up the difference?
According to our research, it's quite the opposite: the more a neighbourhood costs to service, the less it chips in.
How do we make sense of this? It's not just that land with bigger buildings are valued more, or else density would show an equally high correlation with tax revenue. We found it doesn't.
Here's one way to think about it. The greater the distance between each person, the less likely it is that any amenity—like a park or a grocery store—will be close to a home. Without nearby amenities, properties sell for less, which pushes down their assessment value, and therefore the amount they pay in taxes.
The same mechanism that drives up costs also appears to drive down revenue. Tax-payers are getting hurt twice.
Cross Subsidization
Since costlier places pay less, and efficient places pay more, some places in the city are unfairly paying for others.
We estimated the total residential tax revenue for each area and minused the total cost of road maintenance and snow clearing. We show that many neighbourhoods, including Kingswood and Glen Arbour, only barely break even. That means they cannot chip in for garbage pickup, emergency services or any of the other costs of the city.
Meanwhile, many areas, especially in the core, are paying more than their fair share, including North Dartmouth, North End Halifax, Fairview, Downtown Halifax, and the South End.
In effect, historic neighbourhoods, as well as some older suburbs, are subsidizing new, costlier developments. To put that subsidy in concrete terms, let's compare specific census tracts.
Often, as these examples show, the subsidy is clearly unfair, since some of our least efficient, costliest neighbourhoods also have a higher average household income.
These examples of unfair cross-subsidization demonstrate why it is so important to reform Halifax's growth patterns, and perhaps its residential tax formula. We should emphasize that the underlying mechanism for why some places cost more and contribute less is not household income, but the efficiency of the road network.
These findings show clearly some things need to change:
- To decrease costs for everyone, Halifax should set a goal of reducing road length per resident from 7 meters per person in its suburban and urban area to 6.
- To achieve that goal, a hard maximum of 6 meters per person should be set for new developments, with incentives to achieve less.
- Residential tax reform should be considered so that historic neighbourhoods are not subsidizing costly new neighbourhoods.
- We should use the city's new Green Network Plan to direct growth to existing roads.
The greater the length of road per person, the more the city costs to service. Startlingly, there is also a direct connection between areas costing more and yet contributing less tax revenue. To create a lower-cost and fairer city for everyone, Halifax must grow more efficiently and make better use of the roads it already has.


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Rawhides are BAD!… Here's Why
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14 August 2015
TOChina Business Program
The TOChina Business Program (CBP) has been developed for the benefit of far-sighted players from Europe, China, and beyond – companies, institutions, individual prospective managers: through this program, they can access world-class training in China on how to engage effectively with the new business environment which is being engineered in China through the current wave of economic reforms.
Promoted by the University of Torino (Department of Culture, Politics and Society) and the ESCP Europe business school (Torino Campus), in partnership with Zhejiang University (Center for Italian Studies) and the Torino World Affairs Institute, the third edition of the CBP will take place in Hangzhou (P.R.China) from July 6 to August 14, 2015.
For the past 30 years entrepreneurs and managers from around the world have been engaging China mostly as a destination for investment and a global industrial hub, producing – or, more often, assembling – goods for export. In several key sectors that era is now over, and in many others it will be soon. China is fast becoming itself a prime global investor, and its increasingly mature market is a key driver of global growth.
Those companies – and nations – which get in-sync the soonest with this new reality will make the stronger claim for a share of the next growth cycle. The TOChina Business Program is conceived to train those who seek success in this new phase.
Target group
The TOChina Business Program aims to attract highly qualified applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including – though not limited to – the following profiles:
- outstanding graduate students and young professionals from outside China who have acquired substantial expertise on China and now wish to combine it with essential managerial competences to make a more credible claim for a business career with China;
- outstanding mainland Chinese graduate students and young professionals with excellent command of the English language who aim for a career in international business;
- second-generation Chinese from around the world who wish to benefit from a fresh opportunity to reconnect with mainland China through the dynamic city of Hangzhou, while accessing advanced training for prospective international managers and networking opportunities with top local business players.
In 2014 a vibrant mix of young Chinese businesspeople and outstanding Italian graduate students generated a unique environment. Even greater diversity will be sought in 2015.
Course aim
The TOChina Business Program (CBP) offers a set of 6 crash courses – for a total of 200 hours of intensive training – designed to equip a high-power group of prospective managers with strategic skills in the areas of business internationalization, intercultural management and entrepreneurship, with a China focus.
The CBP curriculum has been especially developed by an international team of scholars of contemporary China together with executive education specialists and China-based professionals. All faculty members are accomplished business executives, legal professionals and academics of international standing.
The program aims to respond to the growing demand for highly-qualified profiles combining substantive competence on China, good command of the basics of international business, and an entrepreneurial spirit free of naiveté.
The CBP is an extremely enriching learning experience, which involves over 30 hours of formal training in class per week, plus a variety of group projects and business development simulations.
The program takes place in the international environment of the historic Yuquan Campus of Zhejiang University, located near the iconic West Lake in the city of Hangzhou.
Fee info
EUR 1700: Fee for current and former participants in the following partner programs:
- Graduate programs (Lauree magistrali) of the Department of Culture, Politics and Society, University of Torino
- CRT Talenti per l'Impresa;
- CRT Talenti per l'Export;
- ESCP Europe (Torino Campus) Master in Management;
- ESCP Europe (Torino Campus) Master in European Business;
- ISES Giovani "Esperienze di lavoro nel mondo"
EUR 2200: Fee for all other participants


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|Sony MZ-R 700, ATRAC 4.5
|Sony MZ-R 900, ATRAC 4.5
|ATRAC IC, Sony MZ-R 900
|According to the Service Manual of the MZ-R 900 a less advanced hardware revision is in use, yet on the PCB itself the 204GA has been printed onto it (on both of my models)
- To prepare for service mode switch the HOLD mode on.
- Then hold down the VOL- button (just like the Shift key on your keyboard), then press the following combination quickly: » » « « » « » « then press PAUSE twice. Release the VOL- button. Should you have been successful the display of your recorder is now flashing its firmware version, my two MZ-R 900 were displaying V1.300 00 2.
- Press VOL+ VOL- VOL- & Keisu 800 should be displayed ("Keisu" on the left, "800" on the right)
- Press PLAY and then VOL+ five times
- Press PLAY seven times. On the right you should now see 867 and on the left three rolling numbers and three steady values. Ignore the first.
- Using the VOL+- keys change the value on the left to S67, then press PAUSE to save.
- Press PLAY to go to the next register 868 (on the right), change the value on the left to S01, press PAUSE again to save.
- Exit Service Mode by removing all the power from the unit.
|Step 3 looks like this on the Display
|Step 5 & 6 should look like this (the XXX indicates the rolling numbers)
|Step 7 should look like this (XXX indicates rolling numbers)
|ATRAC 4.5 Total Harmonic Distortions from MZ-R 900 before hacking
|Typical ATRAC 4.5 DSP Typ-R (MZ-N 510): less distortions all around
|ATRAC IC of the MZ-R 900 after hacking: DSP Type-R performance!
|Sony MZ-R 700: it uses ATRAC DSP Type-R now,...
|... as does this one and finally...
|... so does this one. Wonderful!


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Doris Day's Heaven Tonight
All choreography by Matthew Neff The following videos features clips from various rehearsals for a full length piece that will pay homage to Doris Day. Three of her classic films (April in Paris, Calamity Jane and Lullaby of Broadway) serve as the inspiration for the montage of moments in this piece. One dancer will be featured portraying Doris Day as she dances through the various scenes. This video is not intended to imply that this is the finished product. This is just samples of the choreography motifs the final piece will be based on. The exclusive new track is performed by Doris Day and remixed by Hex Hector. Matthew Neff has exclusive permission to use this music. Full length of the song is 5:38 The professional dancers in these rehearsals include: Kiva Dawson (Boardwalk Empire, Across The Universe) Linds Dunn (Twilight: The Musical, West Side Story) Ian Liberto (How To Succeed..., Billy Elliot) Courtney Jordan (Petrouchka) Kaitlin Mesh (Anything Goes, Twilight: The Musical, West Side Story) Leah O'Donnell (Metropolitan Opera, Peep Show, Across The Universe) Amy Ryerson (Smash, West Side Story) Clifton Samuels (Twilight: The Musical Follies) The piece will have 9 dancers total. Matthew Neff (Choreographer) has performed in Julie Taymor's Across The Universe, Avril Lavigne's He Wasn't video, Clear Blue Tuesday directed by Elizabeth Lucas. Neff's choreography has been seen in The Telluride AIDS Benefit, Oklahoma! at Summer Lyric Theatre, the musical Crazy Head Space, The Who's Tommy at CRT, the music video Worst Texter for MVPLeez. In 2010 Neff wrote, directed, choreographed, and constructed costumes for the NYMF production of Petrouchka that was awarded Excellence in Choreography. He also choreographed the benefit concert for Twilight: The Musical at New Work World Stages.
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Added: May 11, 2012
Event: Capezio A.C.E. Award Competition 2012
Category: General
#7 Looking good
Your description shows how much thought and planning goes into choregraphing and directing a dance. Good luck!
#6 Brilliant
First choice vote!
#5 just awesome!
You're amazing matt!!!
#4 Hats off to you, Matthew!
Matthew Neff's Choreography is suave, saucy, and spot on! My favorite choice!
#3 Amazing Choreography
beautiful work!
#2 Well Done Mr Neff
#1 Capezio Contest-Matthew Neff
My first choice vote!