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Kangaroo Tail Soup
Serves 2This recipe gives a very hearty soup which is a meal in itself. Allow plenty of time to make it as the tail is best marinated for two days before cooking commences. Like oxtail, long slow cooking is essential to extract the full flavour and the bone marrow. Allow 3 hours cooking time.Ingredients
Southern Game kangaroo tails
Marinade 1.2 dl olive oil
Boil all marinade ingredients together for 5 minutes and set aside to cool. Do not use an aluminium vessel for cooking or marinating. Southern Game Meat's packs of kangaroo tail come already into appropriate 3 cm sections. Remove any thick sinews from the meat if necessary, place in a bowl (preferably glass or china) and pour over the marinade.
Kangaroo fillet & Mesclun Salad Stack
Serves 4
Method: This dish is a stack of Mesclun salad garnished with thin strips of kangaroo tenderloin fillet which has been marinated in yoghurt and Tandoori marinade spices and pan-fried. The accompaniment is thin-cut, deep-fried parsnip. The stack is dressed with tomato vinaigrette dressing. Mix I tub yoghurt and 4 tblspn tandoori spices. Marinate Southern Game Meat kangaroo tenderloin fillets in this mixture in the refrigerator for 4 hours. Add 2 tblspn of olive oil and salt and pepper to the marinade, then cook the fillets quickly on a high heat, in a well-oiled frying pan, for 5 minutes and leave to rest on a plate.
Assembly: Whilst the meat is resting, wash lettuce leaves and arrange leaves in a tall stack.Peel then deep-fry parsnips for 5 minutes or until golden brown, slice thinly long-ways.Slice fillets in half, in long strips and arrange randomly across the stack on the plate with the slices of parsnip. Puree tomatoes in blender, add vinaigrette dressing and whisk then dress all ingredients with tomato vinaigrette.
Kangaroo Spinach & Prosciutto Rolls
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Method: In this dish we create a kangaroo fillet, prosciutto and spinach roll which is sliced thinly and presented with brightly coloured vegetables and sauces. Lay 10 slices prosciutto flat for each fillet.Blanch spinach leaves then lie 5 leaves on top of the prosciutto. Put kangaroo fillet on top of the prosciutto and spinach leaves, roll and fix in place. Bake roll in a pre-heated oven at 180° for 10 -12 minutes. Let meat roll rest before slicing (approx. 5 minutes)
Cut purple Congo potatoes into preferred shape and sizes, then blanch in boiling water for 4 minutes and season. Lightly poach fresh baby corn for 1 minute and wrap with chives.Sauté spring onion bulbs with fresh garden herbs and garlic.Assembly: Cut roll into 4 even slices. Present overlapping slices on plate with garnished vegetables to the side. Drizzle red and yellow capsicum sauces over plate in an attractive design.
Frenched Rack with a Compote of Fruits
Preheat oven Season the rack with salt and a grind of pepper from a pepper mill then put it into a chinaware or stainless steel container and set aside. Mix the cinnamon and oregano powder into the juice of two freshly squeezed oranges and one lemon, pour this over the rack. Marinate the rack for at least 4 hours. Boil water and castor sugar to make a light sugar syrup. Cook the prunes and quince in this syrup until the quince is cooked through and is soft to the touch. Put aside while you prepare the orange and lemon segments. Mix all fruits together. Add olive oil to a shallow, thick bottomed frying pan and heat until the oil is very hot. Sear the rack on both sides until brown (approx 2-3 minutes on each side) then bake the rack in the oven on fan-forced for 12-15 minutes, depending on your preference for rare, medium or well done. When cooked set the rack aside and let it stand in a warm place or covered with foil for 59 minutes. Put the fry pan back on the stove over a medium heat until the pan juices caramelise, then deglaze with the marinade and add the veal jus or stock. Let the sauce simmer and reduce until it has a thick gravy consistency. Adjust seasoning to taste. Strain the sauce, add the fruits and bring to the boil quickly. The rack should be divided into portions of three cutlets which would be an average serve, or divided into individual cutlets which are arranged on the plate with the fruit and a generous helping of sauce. Garnish with wild rice mixed with some barley.
Kangaroo Fillet with Spring Vegetables
Method: In this dish we present Southern Game Meat kangaroo fillet marinated in Cajun spices, pan-fried with an attractive selection of new season vegetables.Dip fillets of kangaroo in olive oil to cover well. Roll oiled fillets in Cajun spices then cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 2 - 4 hours. Heat oil in a wok or heavy frying pan to very hot.Brown fillets on all sides at a very high heat for two minutes then set to one side, cover with foil and rest.|
Slice zucchini and blanch in boiling water for 1 minute. Blanch snow peas in boiling water for 1 minute.Sauté spring onion bulbs with fresh garden herbs. Blanch baby corn in boiling water for 1 minute and wrap with chives.Assembly: Serve kangaroo meat and vegetables with red, yellow and green capsicum oil sauces. Add a sprig of rosemary
Medallions with black sesame & mustard seedschampagne, apricot and fresh mint sauce
Method: This dish presents Southern Game Meats long fillets of kangaroo cut into medallions, sautéed with garlic and served with a dusting of black sesame and mustard seeds and accompanied by red wine oil with a parsley garnish. Cut Southern Game Meat kangaroo fillets into small medallions. Place fillets in very hot pan with 2 tblspn of olive oil and chopped garlic and cook for 2 - 3 minutes on each side. Leave to rest.
Vegetables: Slice shiitake mushrooms, sauté with mustard seeds and garlic, then stack on top of each other. Slice potatoes and pan-fry lightly, season with salt & pepper. Blanch sliced zucchini, white turnips and sliced celery in boiling water for 4 minutes. Sprinkle black sesame seeds on celery.
Sauces: Blend 4 apricots in 2 cups of champagne and simmer for 15 minutes. Mix in knob of butter and fresh chopped mint. Drizzle on plate in attractive pattern.
Kangaroo Medallions with Spinach and Champignons
Serves 4
Method: Slice the fillet into 8 portions, pat to flatten. Melt one third of the butter in a frying pan and cook the fillets approx. 2 minutes on each side. Set aside to keep warm. Add a further one third of the butter to the pan, melt, then sauté in it the sliced champignons. Season with salt and pepper to taste, pour over 4 dl of the cream and allow to boil until thickened. Melt the remaining butter in a shallow pan, press out all liquid from the spinach, chop coarsely and toss in the melted butter. Grate over nutmeg to taste and pour in the remaining cream. Bring to the boil and stir until thickening.
Serving: Divide the spinach between the four warmed plates. Place two pieces of meat on each bed of spinach, pouring over the creamed champignon sauce. Ideal vegetables to accompany are roast tiny potatoes, plain boiled cauliflower and grilled cherry tomatoes.
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Athletes put hours into practice. It is not enough just to play the game. In practice a person learns the moves, discovers how muscles respond, trains all aspects of his or her body, and over time becomes so proficient at the selected sport that she or he can intuitively react during play. Practice in sports helps the athlete develop self-confidence. The same holds true for the musician, the salesperson, the new teacher. When an individual takes up something new he or she may initially be a bit shaky at it. Over time, we develop the skills so that something becomes second nature.
In today's Gospel, Jesus is the confident, self-assured teacher. Yes, he works a miracle. But before we get caught up in that, we should look at how Mark portrays him. Right at the beginning of the Gospel, Jesus enters the synagogue in Capernaum and starts to teach. Unlike the scribes who would appeal to the words of Jewish teachers to support their teaching, Jesus comes across as confident in his own authority. He has no need to reference what others have handed on. Instead, his teaching commands respect because he shows its truth through his deeds.
Like the athlete who is confident in his game, we can become confident in our faith by practicing it. As we see in the Gospel from the very first chapter of Mark, Jesus was confident in both word and deed. We can do the same. By reading the Scriptures regularly we become attuned to Christ's teaching. We absorb the knowledge, just as any good athlete memorizes all the plays. And by acting on Christ's teaching through our worship of God and love of neighbor we are performing the deeds of faith. The skills become second nature as we put into practice what we have been taught by Christ.
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The Aquinas Guild will have Cheryl Bagley, Nutritional Therapist and Healing Foods Specialist speak at the February 15th meeting. Cheryl will take the mystery out of making homemade chicken stock. She will also share her expertise on nutrition and offer food advice when grocery shopping. A light lunch will follow the meeting. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the Pastoral Center. There is no charge for the lunch, but a reservation is necessary. Contact Mary Ellen Maher by Monday, February 12 to make a reservation at 412-767-5863 or firstname.lastname@example.com
What's your favorite part of the Christmas story? The Annunciation? The proclamation of the angels to the shepherds? The baby Jesus in the manger? The coming of the Three Kings? In the introductory week of our Bible study,"The Birth of Christ," we took a look at the beginning of each Gospel.
Did you know that Mark's Gospel starts with John the Baptist's preaching, with no stories at all about the birth of Jesus? Or that the Gospel according to John, after its famous Prologue ("In the beginning was the Word . . . and the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us . . .") jumps right to the story of the adult John the Baptist and Jesus as well? Only in Matthew and Luke do we find stories about the birth or childhood of Jesus.
We may also be surprised to see that our idea of "the Christmas story" is a blending of the accounts in these Gospels. We may be used to imagining the star shining above the stable as the shepherds visit, but no such scene exists in the Gospels themselves.
The Gospel according to Matthew begins with a list of the ancestors of Jesus back to Abraham, and then relates stories of how Joseph came to name and accept Jesus as his legal son, how the magi appeared in Jerusalem, how Joseph fled from King Herod to Egypt and eventually settled his family in Nazareth.
Luke's longer account includes stories about the birth of John the Baptist, Gabriel's annunciation to Mary, Mary's visit to Elizabeth, Jesus born and laid in a manger, angels appearing to the shepherds, and stories involving visits to the Temple when Jesus was a baby and later as a child.
Part of what we do in this Bible study will be to look at each of these accounts separately to see the inspired message that they bring us. Watch the bulletin or "Adult Faith Formation" page on our website for more dispatches from the study.
Our call to stewardship includes all of the ways in which we receive God's gifts with gratitude, cultivate them, and share them with others. Find more news in the online version of Stewardship Corner at our parish website: http://www.saintscholastica.com. Look for "Stewardship Corner" in the Quick Links.
Good News!
On the weekend of January 14-15, we collected over 30 boxes of Rice-a-Roni for the food pantry At East End Cooperative Ministry in East Liberty. Thank you for your generosity!
Help Needed!
· The Ministry of Praise is looking for someone to team with the newsletter editor to help with maintaining the mailing list, printing labels, purchasing envelopes & stamps as needed, and emailing the newsletter to members who wish to receive it electronically. Time commitment is not large -- probably about an hour or so per mailing. Contact Mary Catherine Scanlon at firstname.lastname@example.com for details.
· We continue to collect men's heavy winter jackets, size L or larger, packages of toilet paper, blankets, and sleeping bags (zero degree rated ones are best), to be distributed by Nancy Heil and her associates to people who need them in Pittsburgh. Please leave donations in the large non-food items container in the vestibule of the church. Nancy also requests our prayers for homeless persons and needy families.
· We will also continue to accept donations of canned tuna, canned chicken (not soups) or canned fruit in the food-items container, along with cans of regular Pepsi and prepared food mixes (such as macaroni and cheese and hamburger helper). Thank you!
Focus On . . . Music Ministry
Music Ministers are adults and teens who enhance the quality of prayer and worship at our liturgies by leading the assembly in song and by encouraging full participation. Opportunities include: cantor, the 9 a.m. Contemporary Choir, the 11 a.m. SATB Choir, and instrumentalists. If you are interested in music ministry, please contact Sr. Pat Baker at 412-781-0186, ext. 17 or by e-mail: email@example.com.
The Hope for Haiti Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:30 p.m. in the Pastoral Center. All are welcome!
The following text continues a summary of the document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, prepared by the United States bishops in 2007, and reissued by them in 2011. We hope that this summary of official Catholic teaching on political participation will help all of us to root our views in our faith and to form our consciences as we approach our political decisions.
How Does the Church Help Catholics to Address Political and Social Questions?
· A Well-Formed Conscience
The Church equips its members to address political questions by helping them develop well-formed consciences. "Conscience is a judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act. . . . [Every person] is obliged to follow faithfully what he [or she] knows to be just and right" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1778). We Catholics have a lifelong obligation to form our consciences in accord with human reason, enlightened by the teaching of Christ as it comes to us through the Church.
· The Virtue of Prudence
The Church also encourages Catholics to develop the virtue of prudence, which enables us "to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1806). Prudence shapes and informs our ability to deliberate over available alternatives, to determine what is most fitting to a specific context, and to act. Prudence must be accompanied by courage which calls us to act. As Catholics seek to advance the common good, we must carefully discern which public policies are morally sound. A good end does not justify an immoral means. At times Catholics may choose different ways to respond to social problems, but we cannot differ on our obligation to protect human life and dignity and help build through moral means a more just and peaceful world.
There will be a meeting for anyone interested in participating in this year's mission trip to Appalachia on Tuesday, February 7th from 7:30pm - 8:30 p.m. in the Pastoral Center. The deadline for registering for this trip is March 3rd. Contact Jamie Dillon with any questions.
We will host a Catholic Vision of Love meeting for all parents of 6th graders. Our meeting will feature the dynamic speaker Holly Joy Penzenstadler. It will be February 7th from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Pastoral Center. No Rsvp needed, contact Jamie Dillon with questions.
Come and hear a presentation on "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship" by Mrs. Helene Paharik, director of the Diocese of Pittsburgh's Department for Human Dignity. The presentation will be held on Monday, February 6, at 7:00 p.m. in the Pastoral Center. It is intended for Catholics who wish to exercise their rights and duties as participants in our democracy:
· to help them form their consciences, in order to contribute to civil and respectful public dialogue;
· to shape their choices in the coming election in the light of Catholic teaching;
· to develop unity in the Church ALIVE by fostering our Catholic identity.
Please Rsvp to the diocesan Secretariat for Evangelization and Social Concerns at 412-456-3156 by January 30 so we can prepare sufficient seating and materials. A $5 donation per person would be appreciated to help defray the cost of materials. This donation will be collected at the event. Continuing Education credits are available.
That the week of January 28th - February 3rd is Catholic Schools Week? The Theme this year is Faith, Academics and Service. Students from CDTCA will take part in many activities including a service visit to the Sisters of St. Francis and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.
Sunday: Dt 18:15-20/1 Cor 7:32-35/Mk 1:21-28
Monday: 2 Sm 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13/Mk 5:1-20
Tuesday: 2 Sm 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30--19:3/Mk 5:21-43
Wednesday: 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17/Mk 6:1-6
Thursday: Mal 3:1-4/Heb 2:14-18/Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22-32
Friday: Sir 47:2-11/Mk 6:14-29
Saturday: 1 Kgs 3:4-13/Mk 6:30-34
Next Sunday: Jb 7:1-4, 6-7/1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23/Mk 1:29-39
Youth Ministry Appalachia Mission Trip 2012 Hoagie Sale! Please return by January 30 to email@example.com or the Religious Education mailbox in the Pastoral Center. Hoagies are $8.00 each. They will be available for pick after all masses the weekend of February 4 & 5 in the pastoral center. Checks should be made payable to St. Scholastica Parish.
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Saturday, Vigil of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 28
5:00 pm Barbara Zuccaro (Regis Legath)
Presider: Fr. Sean Hogan
Sunday, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 29
7:30 am Parishioners of St. Scholastica
Presider: Fr. Sean Hogan
9:00 am Delfina Marsico (Clara Anzelmo & Family)
Presider: Fr. Sean Hogan
11:00 am Frank Donnelly (Patricia Snyder)
Presider: Fr. Thomas Manion
Monday, weekday, January 30
8:30 am NO MASS
Tuesday, St. John Bosco, priest, January 31
8:30 am NO MASS
Wednesday, weekday, February 1
8:30 am NO MASS
Thursday, The Presentation of the Lord, February 2
8:30 am NO MASS
Friday, weekday, February 3
8:30 am Patrick Flemming (Flemming Family)
Saturday, weekday, February 4
9:00 am Andrea Certo (Family)
Saturday, Vigil of the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 4
5:00 pm George R. Paulick (Paulick Family)
Presider: Fr. Kenneth White
Sunday, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 5
7:30 am Parishioners of St. Scholastica
Presider: Fr. Sean Hogan
9:00 am Celia Mancini (Children)
Presider: Fr. Kenneth White
11:00 am William H. Stewart (Jeanne & Kathy Murray)
Presider: Fr. Kenneth White
Weekday Mass Schedule for Neighboring Parishes
St. Edward, Blawnox: M, W, F, Sat 9:00 a.m.; Th 6:30 p.m.
St. Francis, Harmar: T, Th 8:00 a.m.; W 6:30 p.m.
St. Joseph, O'Hara: M,T, Th, F 9:00 a.m.; W 7:00 p.m.
Madonna of Jerusalem, Sharpsburg: M-F, 7:30 a.m.
St. Scholastica Parish309 Brilliant Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Church Office 412-781-0186; Fax 412-781-4316
World Wide Web: www.saintscholastica.com
Parish Office: Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Rev. Kenneth White, Pastor, M.Th.M.Ed………..…Ext. 14
Director of Music/Bereavement
Sr. Patricia Baker, C.D.P……………………….…...Ext. 17
Director of Adult Religious Education & R.C.I.A.
Andrew Bechman, M.Ed……………………….…....Ext. 18
Director of Religious Education & Youth Ministry
Jamie Dillon, M.S., M.A., R.R.T…………………....Ext. 20
Program Director for Religious Education
Gina Musser……………………………………...….Ext. 21
Organist/Wedding Contact
Thom Bercik……………………………...….412-390-3748
Coordinator of the Protection of Children
Mrs. Mary Swindal…………………………...……..Ext. 10
Toll-free Victim's Assistance Hotline 1-888-808-1235
Church Secretary
Pat Wolfson…………………………………...…….Ext. 10
Office Manager/Parish Accountant
Chrissy Morton ……………………………………..Ext. 24
Facilities Manager
Tom Galda
Bulletin Editor
Amy Condosta
Submissions for bulletin items are due by Noon on Mondays
Sr. Dorothy Dolak S.C.N……………………(412)781-7927

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Seeing the future and finding a mate, the very old fashioned way.
If you grumble that online dating, decadent lounge bars and holidays around the world are still not enough to find the right partner, think how it was for your ancestors. Stuck in one village, they had little choice: would their spouse come from the blacksmith's house or the potter's? To gain insight they would rely on fortunetelling and other forms of divining Mother Nature. And these traditions have become so ingrained with Ukrainians, not even hundreds of years of Christianity or the influence of Communism could get rid of them.
For the most flavourful celebration of pagan rituals, visit Ukraine in the summer for the Ivana Kupala festival of making wreaths, jumping over bonfires and peeking into the future. In December, Saint Andrew's Day is another chance for some quality palm reading while saying goodbye to the sun for the winter. Epiphany, celebrated in January, helps wash sins away - in icy rivers and lakes - but not before another healthy dose of fortunetelling. And when decadent parades sweep European and American streets for Mardi Gras, Ukrainians stand by their forefathers munching on pancakes during the Pancake Week celebrations.
The easiest way to experience the supernatural is booking a trip to Kiev in July. Celebrated after the summer solstice on 6 July, Ivana Kupala refers to the god of the fruits of the earth. Legend has it that if you venture into the forest and find a fern in bloom - although it is nearly a botanical impossibility - start digging. This magic fern allegedly indicates a hidden treasure. The rite has found its way into films, cartoons and children's books, all contributing to its mass popularity across the country.
No one really ventures into the forest any more but 7 July starts off with a church service. With the advent of Christianity, churches adopted some elements of cult and folk tradition to coerce pagans into the new religion. The Orthodoxies celebrate it as the day of John the Baptist, when believers bathe in rivers and lakes. Yet the modern holiday is still associated more with magic than religion. People don traditional embroidered shirts and head to the Pirohovo open-air museum on the outskirts of Kiev. A model of 19th-century Ukraine, the museum sits on some 150 hectares of green land and lakes cuddling thatched roof huts, old windmills and authentic Ukrainian bars.
During the day, women weave flower wreaths and float them on water trying to guess where a future partner will come from. After testing their wreath-making skills, participants are challenged to insert a burning candle in the middle of this natural tiara. Those whose candles burn the longest and whose wreaths float the farthest are believed to have a higher chance of marrying within a year. Men do not bother with making wreaths; instead they attempt to catch them in hope of marrying a particular wreath-maker. In another ritual, couples jump over a bonfire, hands locked, for cleansing the soul and more good luck in life.
If, however, by 13 December your love life has not improved, St Andrew's may lend a hand to tickle the pagan gods. The holiday is celebrated across Europe but while in Scotland, Greece and Romania the saint (one of Jesus's 12 disciples) is honoured in church prayers, pubs or even with a bank holiday, in some remote western Ukrainian villages people will be throwing a boot over a rooftop and whispering chants in candlelight to find a husband or a wife. Before Saint Andrew, there was the sun, and pagans needed a date to throw a thank-you party in its honour before it goes to sleep for the winter. You can book an ethnic tour to a village in the Carpathian Mountains to see the rituals in action.
By Epiphany on 19 January, if you are still not happily married, there are more ways to pear into your romantic future. A popular rite instructs women to go outside and ask passers by their name, which is believed to become the name of their betrothed. Afterward you bathe in the icy water to wash away one's sins. Many Ukrainians, especially politicians who some joke have more sins than most, step inside ice holes - cut in the shape of a cross - to honour the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. Hydro Park in Kiev, the Soviet-built entertainment complex on the banks of the Dnipro River, is the place to be if you want to go for a dip yourself or to watch others.
In February and March the pagan spring is on its way, and so is the church's Great Lent. The holiday of Maslyana usually falls on the last week before the 40-day long fast that precedes Easter. Eating pancakes with meat, mushroom or sweet fillings and watching folk dances and games in Pirohovo museum in Kiev on this occasion is a more authentic alternative to dressing up for Mardi Gras.
Yuliya Popova is the editor of the Kyiv Post, a multilingual online and print newspaper.


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What are the minimum requirements to qualify to be a Pizza Hut franchisee?
- $700,000 Net Worth
- $350,000 Liquid Assets
- Strong Credit Report and History
- Endorsed financial plan for future development
A qualified candidate will have successful retail or restaurant business ownership experience or management experience in the restaurant industry.
Growth Mindset
Passion for Operations:
A Pizza Hut franchisee must be fully "hands-on" with the business, be customer focused with strict attention to detail and have the ability to build a team of people and grow their capabilities.
How much will I pay in royalties and advertising? What fees will I pay when I become a Pizza Hut franchisee?
- Initial Franchise Fee = $25,000
- Monthly Service Fee (Royalties) = 6% of Gross Sales
- National Advertising = 4.25% Gross Sales
The above amounts do not include the initial investment required to construct the restaurant, grand opening expenses or opening inventory. Please refer to the 2016 Pizza Hut, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), Item 7, for more in-depth information on the estimated initial investment and FDD Item 6 for other ongoing fees.
How much money will I make? What will be my profit percentage? What are the profit margins of other franchisees? What kind of return on my investment may I expect?
Pizza Hut provides some key financial performance representations in Item 19 of the FDD. Prospective franchisees are encouraged to conduct their own independent investigation to determine potential sales and profit levels prior to signing any binding agreement. Existing franchisees are also a resource you can use for more information. A list of domestic franchise restaurants, the franchisee's name, and the restaurant phone number are listed in Item 20 of the FDD.
How long is the approval process?
Initial qualification involves a series of background checks and interviews and generally takes 10-12 weeks. After that, identifying and securing an opportunity can take 3 to 9 months depending on size and scope of the opportunity.
Once approved, how long will I have to build my restaurant?
Generally, once your trade area has been approved and you have signed your Development Agreement, you have one year to open for business.
Who will build my restaurant?
You will be responsible for the construction of your restaurant. However, Pizza Hut has a wealth of resources to assist you, including the names of general contractors that work across the United States with significant experience building Pizza Hut restaurants. A new franchisee may, for a fee, secure Pizza Hut's services to complete its construction process.
Will you provide plans and an equipment list? Can I use equipment that I already own or used equipment?
The Pizza Hut Architecture and Engineering team will provide you with standard building plans that you and your contractor (if applicable) can use as well as work with you on any changes to the layout because of city restrictions. You will not be allowed to use equipment or furnishing you already own. You will work with Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions (RSCS) on standards and specifications regarding furnishings, equipment and approved suppliers.
Does Pizza Hut plan to sell any company-operated restaurants in my area? Can I get a list of all the restaurants available for sale?
Pizza Hut may sell existing company owned restaurants to existing or new franchisees. Given that these restaurants are operating today, we do not issue a summary list of what is available. If you are qualified as a franchise candidate and have indicated that you would like to buy restaurants in a specific geographic area, we will determine if we have restaurants for sale that meet your request.
How much will food and supplies cost? What suppliers should I use?
A list of approved suppliers will be provided to you and you are required to purchase your supplies from those companies. Pizza Hut provides some key cost information in Items 8 and 19 of the FDD. Purchasing activities for food, packaging and equipment used in the Pizza Hut system are conducted primarily through RSCS.
Can I use my own recipes and menu ideas?
Franchisees may sell only approved products in their restaurants.
What type of marketing materials and support will I receive?
Pizza Hut is continually working to develop new innovative products and to improve existing products. Franchisees receive a calendar of upcoming events from the Pizza Hut marketing department, as well as order forms for POP and other advertising materials for specific promotions.
What kind of training does Pizza Hut offer?
Before you open your restaurant, you and/or your key operator are required to attend and complete the Pizza Hut operations training program. The training program ranges from 8 – 12 weeks and is conducted in a certified training restaurant in Dallas, TX. Pizza Hut pays for the cost of the training. Franchisees are responsible for all other costs including travel and lodging of the management team. Please refer to Item 11 of the FDD for specific information.
Do you have a quality assurance program? Who enforces quality?
Pizza Hut has a two-tier quality assurance program. The first is a customer based shopper program where restaurants receive customer feedback on their restaurant experience. Secondly, Pizza Hut conducts periodic standards reviews in-restaurant and gives feedback to the operators regarding execution excellence. Franchisees must meet specific operating standards as part of their franchise agreement.
Will I be required to use specific computer software at my restaurant?
The FDD describes the type of computer system and software you must use. You must also prepare and submit detailed financial records as required by the Franchise Agreement.
Does Pizza Hut provide restaurant financing?
Pizza Hut does not provide financing, however, a list of banks/financing institutions that have expressed an interest in lending to Pizza Hut franchisees is provided, upon request. To facilitate financing, Pizza Hut is listed on the SBA registry.
Is Pizza Hut listed in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Registry?
Yes, the franchise registry (www.franchiseregistry.com) is a national online listing of approved franchise systems whose franchisees will receive accelerated loan processing through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Through this process, small business owners are provided with higher levels of service and quicker loans. Franchise systems not listed on the site are not eligible for expedited loan processing through the SBA.
Does Yum! Brands offer a minority lending assistance program?
YUM offers an optional lending assistance program for qualified minorities (the "YUM Minority Lending Assistance Program"). The term "minorities" is defined by the United States Small Business Administration for its business development programs at 15 U.S.C. Section 631(f)(1)(C) and it includes African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, Indian tribes, Asian Pacific Americans and other minorities.
If you are a qualified minority, you may apply to YUM for lending assistance for your franchised business under the YUM Minority Lending Assistance Program. YUM is not obligated to provide lending assistance to your franchised business and it may deny your application for any reason. If you meet YUM's criteria for the YUM Minority Lending Assistance Program and YUM agrees to allow you to participate, then YUM's lending assistance will take the form of YUM guaranteeing 25% of the principal of your franchised business loan up to a maximum of $3,000,000 per loan or franchisee.
More detailed information on the YUM Minority Lending Assistance Program including; individual applicant requirements, initial capital requirements, operational requirements and terms of the loan can be found in Item 10 of the 2016 Pizza Hut, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document.


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Mostly Oriflame's product is not my favorite product. I never been really satisfied with their product. I've ever order Oriflame Press Powder (I forget from which line, Sorry). I ordered for light color, I've checked the code and written there that it's light, but the Color of the press powder is really not light at all, it make me look soooo BROWN!! Then I give it to my brother since he haves dark skin so it suitable to his skin. (Kekeke~… My brother is not a crazy she-male, gay, soft guy, whatever. He is normal, but just little bit metro-sexual -if I can say so- , I think he got too much poison from me :-D )
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Phone: (610) 683-4736
Arizona State University: M.S and Ph.D. in Justice Studies
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Professor Pietro Toggia has been teaching in the Department of Criminal Justice since fall 1998. He earned his Master's and doctoral degrees in justice studies at Arizona State University in United States. He is a full professor and teaches Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminology, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, Ethics in Criminal Justice, and occasionally Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice. He has taught many sections of a graduate course in Advanced Criminology, Comparative Criminal Justice Policy, and Restorative Justice (as a visiting professor in Ethiopia) in the Department of Sociology at Addis Ababa University, in the Faculty of LAW at AAU, and in the Schools of Law at Bahir Dar and Wollega Universities between fall 2011 and summer 2018. He gave invitational lectures on "Transnational Organized Crimes" at the University of Teramo (Italy) in May 2009, on "Critical survey of criminological theories at Kenyatta University (Kenya) in May 2007, on "Ethical Code of Conduct in Criminal Justice" (Ethiopia) in December 2012, on "Global Criminal Justice Policy Transfer" (Ethiopia) in December 2013, and on the "Sociology of Corruption" (Ethiopia) in July 2014. Dr. Toggia also co-organized and conducted a three-day workshop on human rights and policing for a group of high-ranking Kenyan police officers in August 2005. He has co-edited three books as a primary editor (with his own book chapters in each edition) on: Access to Justice in Ethiopia with Addis Ababa University (2014); Ethiopia in Transit: Millennial Quest for Stability and Continuity with Routledge (2011); and The Horn of Africa and Ethiopia: Crisis and Terror in the Horn of Africa: The Autopsy of Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom with Ashgate (2000). He has also published peer reviewed articles, and presented numerous international conference papers with a primary focus on Africa on such topics as modern policing in Ethiopia, constitutionalism and the rule of law, genocide, kidnapping in Kenya, innovative mobile technology and innovative crimes in Kenya, organized crime syndicate (Mungiki) in Kenya, transitional justice in Africa, anti-vagrancy laws in Ethiopia, comparative police systems and police reforms in Kenya and South Africa at the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the African Studies Association annual conferences. He has four encyclopedia entries on: "Kidnapping" and "International Guidelines on Victimization" in The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Wiley-Blackwell) in 2012; "Bail" in Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics (Sage) in 2014; and "Crime and Punishment in Ethiopia" in The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (2015, with Wiley-Blackwell). A co-authored book chapter entitled: "Perspectives on the Correlational and Consequential Factors of Violence against Women in Ethiopia" in an edited book (with Lexington Books, forthcoming 2019): Violence against Women of African Descent: Global Perspectives, as well as a journal article entitled: "Plain Language Use in Justice Sectors in Ethiopia" (in Journal of Ethiopian Law, forthcoming 2019).


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Sarah and me headed off to Les Coches on 19th March for a cheeky last minute ski trip, going on our first ski trip just the two of us.
Chambery airport is truly awful when more than one flight arrives within half an hour of each other, which must rank up there with airport design oversights. The 1920s airplane hanging from the roof does not inspire confidence either – some of the arrival procedures have probably not changed since the plane was in the skies last.
The bus transfer pretty easy, although our driver got lost in Moutiers which subsequently involved some 20-point turning in narrow streets. Our rep was a little disappointed that we did not want to buy tickets and ski hire from him and could not contain his disappointment when we saw him later after having bought said items from a colleague of his – commission payments are are alive and well!
Our accommodation is nicely placed next to the slopes and only a 10 minute walk from the small centre square of Les Coches. A studio apartment that has a bunk bed and two single sofa beds is adequate for our needs but is definitely operating on the "bare minimum" principle.
The lack of hot water on the Friday night put a dampener on our last evening and the lack of staff on reception did not help.
Les Coches itself is pleasant enough but a little on the small side to not get a little tired of it's offerings after a week. As far as we can tell there are three restaurants (one of which is a little out of the way for us and the other has very limited veggie/fish choice), two bars plus a pizza place. That pretty much left us with La Poze which luckily has friendly staff and free wifi so pretty much is the only place we went to when we ate out.
Les Coches is situated between La Plagne and Les Arcs and does give you good access to both areas. Given the lack of snow this week I would guess that you could ski back to it throughout most of the season. Although we have coined the run into Les Coches from La Plagne the "run from hell" as it goes on forever, gets increasingly sugary and energy sapping.
The nicest place we lunched was most certainly the Cafe Verdons Sud in the Champany valley, the place is run with a flare and style that is so often missing at the on piste cafes. The music is great, the free sun hats are fun and the staff seem to be enjoying themselves. We visited it twice, and on the second occasion it did feel very much like the melting snow was going to maroon the restaurant in a sea of grass which would be a shame. The second time round, there was a more decadent feel to the place, we sat next to some garçon beckoning Russians, with a group of large cigar smoking Frenchmen forcing one of their party to down ginape from a bottle the size of a small child ginape and a group of loud English people on the other side. While the ice melted around us and we all indulged, there was definitely a strong metaphor or two kicking around.
On another note the restaurant owner could have been my friend James in another life.
Water skiing…
Jumping into crash matt…
Sarah's mood tends to fluctuate in parallel with the snow conditions – icy slopes bring a chilling in the mood whereas powder on the pistes generally signals a return to powdery loveliness.
Longest sledging run I have ever seen. There were no signs forbidding you to ask your more garrulous friend to lie down on the run while you attempt to jump over them – i looked – so it is Jim friendly.


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We currently have a licence for SPSS installed on a PC and wish to migrate it to a Citrix server and publish it as an app. Could somebody answer the following please:
Is the PC licence valid on the server or do we have to purchase a new licence?
If a new licence is required, what is the cost & who do we contact to action?
How would we migrate the existing licence if it is OK to run on the Citrix server?
Our SPSS version is 21, will this be able to be upgraded to the latest version?
Our current licence / software support has expired. Can this be renewed and what is the cost to renew?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Answer by BettinaW (63033) | Jul 19, 2017 at 07:37 AM
Hi Dean, thank you for your interest in SPSS :-)
I found your account on IBM License key center.
Your customer number is: ICN 386945
The other number you mentioned is your Account ID (0003559646)
On your account I see you have Single user (authorized user) license only. If you want to install SPSS 21 in a Citrix Environment you will need to have a network (concurrent user) license and the installation of a Sentinel license manager on your Citrix Server along with the SPSS 21 client software in order to get this to work.
This means you would need to purchase a new license.
Best thing then is also to upgrade to current release 24 or better to release SPSS 25 which is about to be released on 8. August to be up to date.
However, I cannot provide any cost information for these licenses as we do not know it. This can only be answered by IBM Sales. Also they can tell you about costs for Software support etc.
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The pretty perfection of Palm Springs: Charlize, Sinatra and the timeless sophistication of California's desert classic
Over the years, I've watched Palm Springs grow into a sophisticated city.
In the Sixties, it was just a handful of Indian huts and celebrity compounds where Hollywood stars used to bed their mistresses.
Aptly named: Palm Springs delivers a certain style of leafy elegance in eastern California
In those days, the sand drifted over the narrow streets and tumbleweed clumps bowled into your path.
Now the wide highways are landscaped with shady palms and the once barren desert blooms with everything you could possibly need: restaurants, theatres, world-class shopping, top-notch hospitals and year-round sports facilities for all ages - golf complexes, cycling tracks, quad biking, horse riding and natural thermal springs.
There is also the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which attracts such stars as Charlize Theron. And it boasts a little gem of a tennis stadium, owned by billionaire phone mogul and America's Cup winner Larry Ellison, host to the now famous Indian Wells tennis tournament held every March - of which more later.
Star quality: Palm Springs has long drawn in A-list celebrities - from Frank Sinatra through to Charlize Theron
I like to visit Palm Springs every time I am in LA. You know you have reached the desert when, after about two hours' freeway driving, you go over the pass in the casino town of Cabazon, your ears pop from the change of pressure and the temperature soars by 10 degrees.
On one side is the tallest peak in southern California, Mount San Gorgonio, where Frank Sinatra's mother, Dolly, died in a plane crash. (She is buried next to Frank in the local cemetery.)
On the other is the majestic Mount San Jacinto, with its aerial tramway, from where you can see as far as California's own Dead Sea, the Salton. Between them runs the romantic highway 111 that ends in Mexico but first leads straight into the main street of Palm Springs.
Creature comforts: Once a simple desert pitstop, Palm Springs now boasts restaurants and hotels aplenty
As soon as I arrive, I head for a bar and order a margarita on the rocks, not blended, and guacamole and tortilla chips. Later, I take a pavement table at Ruby's cheap and cheerful diner for chili with extra onions and watch the people go by.
Downtown Palm Springs offers an increasingly lively, young bohemian scene - but drive on and the highway turns into a sophisticated main street lined with opulent winter homes and high-class shopping centres.
The romantic names of the side streets make you think you are in a cowboy movie. Deep Canyon, Shadow Mountain, Indian Trail, all sound like somewhere John Wayne would have known.
For the incorrigibly nostalgic there is a genuine Fifties' roadside diner, Keedy's - serving gloopy milkshakes and crispy hash browns - where Humphrey Bogart would have felt at home.
Five minutes away is Indian Wells. For years I have watched the tennis tournament on TV, marvelling at the cloudless skies as I shivered in the English rain.
Ravishingly rugged: Palm Springs is framed by the San Jacinto Mountains, which like immediately to the west
This year I decided to see it first hand. Gone are the days when you could get up close and personal with the stars at events such as Wimbledon, which are now corporate jamborees.
But even though the top players flock to Indian Wells, competing for a mammoth $6 million purse, the desert matches manage to remain refreshingly intimate.
I spotted some old stars in the stands, including Billie Jean King, Rod Laver and Roy Emerson, and on court some new ones, such as razor-cheeked Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, who smashed every ball as though he was aiming it at Vladimir Putin.
I took some fabulous action shots of Djokovic and Federer, and proved to myself that it is very different seeing events live rather than on TV.
This being Southern California, the commentaries are supercharged and our once polite English game is treated as a blood sport.
If you stay in one of the larger resort hotels, such as the Hyatt or La Quinta at tournament time, you could find yourself checking in next to Andy Murray. I found a quiet motel, the Mojave Resort in Palm Desert, five minutes from the stadium and handy for the boutiques and restaurants on El Paseo, the desert's version of Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive.
Full service: The Indian Wells tennis tournament draws in giants of the game, such as Roger Federer
Run by a cheery Tanzanian called Mash, who used to live in London, it's a little pricey in the season at around £150 a night, but the rate drops to £50 in the summer if you want to experience 100-degree heat - and everything is air-conditioned, so why not?
In any case, you can always retreat to the desert's many darkened cocktail lounges to knock back highballs like Sinatra.
Travel Facts: Plan your own Californian desert odyssey
Virgin Atlantic (0844 2092 770, www.virginatlantic.com) flies from London Heathrow to Los Angeles from £571 per person. Double rooms at the Mojave Resort (001 800 391 1104, www.resortmojave.com) start at £50 B&B.
The next Indian Wells Tennis Tournament (www.bnpparibasopen.com) is March 9-22, 2015.
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Below is the breakdown of the different levels of resources available.
Regional-Level Resources
Valley Venture Mentors provides key support to the entrepreneurial ecosystem by uniting carefully selected start-ups with high quality business mentors at a structured monthly pitch and planning session.
The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network's Western Regional Office provides free and one-to-one business advising to prospective and existing small businesses.
The Western New England College Law and Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship offers legal and business consultation to entrepreneurs and small businesses, as well as informational Seminars and Conferences.
Business Incubator at the Scibelli Enterprise Center, Springfield
The Business Incubator at the Scibelli Enterprise Center (SEC) is a mixed use small business facility located adjacent to the Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) campus. The SEC contains a variety of developed office spaces in a professional office environment, as well as a shared reception area, conference rooms, videoconferencing center, and computer resource room. Support services include a customized mentor team for Incubator clients assembled from the SEC Advisory Board members; training opportunities through in-house small business support agencies, SEC programming, and STCC's Center for Business and Technology; and access to local lenders interested in working with small business clients.
Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce, Springfield
The Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce (MLCC) is located in downtown Springfield, where it operates advocacy programs, small business technical assistance, loan assistance, and a small business incubator center. The MLCC's trainings, technical assistance, and administrative support are tailored to the local community and the needs of individual diverse constituents. The program offers loan assistance, business plans, financial plans and marketing plans to successfully access capital for startups and growing businesses.
Gasoline Alley, Springfield
Gasoline Alley is a business incubator for socially responsible, sustainable start-up businesses. The incubator currently houses existing businesses, meeting rooms, and warehouse and storage space. Professional business support services include assistance with business plan development, financing resources, and marketing plans.
New England Business Associates (NEBA) Business Consulting Center, Springfield
The NEBA Business Consulting Center provides entrepreneurial training and support to individuals with disabilities, from the development of a business concept and the writing of a SCORE-approved business plan, to the implementation of the business. Business support services also include individualized consultations and sales assistance.
Franklin County Community Development Corporation Venture Center, Greenfield
The Venture Center has six light industrial and seven offices, with leases available at below market rate for start-up and growing businesses. The CDC provides services to its tenants as well as to its members, including business planning, business counseling, a wide range of training programs, and financing.
Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center, Greenfield
The Food Processing Center contains a fully equipped modern food production facility that meets federal, state, and local standards and is used by small food enterprises to develop value-added farm products; specialty, organic, natural, and retail products; retail operations such as catering; and contract manufacturing.
Orange Innovation Center
The Orange Innovation Center is a mixed-use business incubator with a variety of spaces available, including offices, studio lofts, and industrial space, as well as an organic and specialty food processing facility. Innovation Center services include assistance with business planning, product development, and distribution resources.
Private Capital
Long River Ventures invests in seed and early stage companies in technology, healthcare and related sectors with a typical initial investment of $500,000 to $1MM,; a partner fund of The Berkshires Capital Investors. (Both are part of the Village Ventures network.)
Longmeadow Capital Partners typically invests between $2 and 20 million, sponsors financial transactions that include management buy-outs and provides post-transaction operational assistance.
Pioneer Valley Capital invests in profitable and growth companies with revenues in excess of $5MM.
River Valley Investors is a group of individual investors who's contact is Paul Silva of Angel Catalyst.
Meadowbrook Lane Capital is an advisory and investment firm formed by serial entrepreneurs and professionals.
Common Capital is a community loan fund serving Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties in Western Massachusetts. We provide financing (up to $300,000) and business advisory services to small and medium sized businesses, startups, and to non-profits for community based projects. We are committed to investing our resources to promote a thriving local economy and to improve the lives of people who live and work in Western Massachusetts. Every dollar that Common Capital deploys is an investment in job creation, opportunity for low-income people, essential community services, neighborhood rejuvenation and environmental sustainability. We focus on businesses that are locally owned and that recirculate local dollars.
The State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) promotes the development of business enterprises and non-profit organizations owned or operated by minorities and women.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) aids with starting, building and growing businesses. A branch office is located Springfield.
State-Level Resources
The Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund grants funds for training current employees and new hires.
The Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation provides financing to small businesses in Massachusetts with the purpose of creating or preserving jobs and promoting economic development.
MassDevelopment offers Tax-Exempt Bonds which provide a very low interest rate financing for capital projects. Projects financed must be eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code. Tax-Exempt Equipment Lease/Purchase Program provides manufacturers, nonprofit institutions, and environmental enterprises with a low-cost alternative for financing $300,000 or more in new equipment needs. This organization was formerly known as the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency before merging with the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Authority and Massachusetts Land Bank.
The Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) of Massachusetts, is a public/private partnership that provides financing to small companies. SBICs are privately organized and managed venture capital firms that are licensed by the Small Business Administration (SBA). More information on SBICs is available here.


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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Nightmare of the Headless Chicken from Uranus
I reach a clearing and stop running. The fog lifts revealing a stump. I recognize this particular stump. I salvaged it from the neighbor's pine tree a few years back. Imbedded in the stump is an ax. A bloody ax.
From my right comes rustling of leaves. "Who's there?" I cry in a feeble voice. I quickly realize how weak that sounded and muster a "WHO'S THERE?" Suddenly I know what is there. I am sure I knew all along.
It's Penny.
The headless chicken.
I wake up...
I knew when I purchased my chickens that one day would bring the need to slaughter them. I'm pretty sure the above scenario won't happen. I mean, I've had to have pets put down before. I've had to deal with the occasional bird or lizard that the cat did not finish off. It's the same thing, right?
If anyone wants to share about their first time, please do. First time slaughtering, I mean. Get your mind out of the gutter people!
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3 comments:
- Simple Summit said...
LOL - loved the link :)
No horror stories for me to tell... yet :)
Great Post!
- April 28, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Joy said...
You will survive the first time. I promise!! Yes, it is gruesome and gross, but it isn't THAT bad. Just keep thinking about all that great fresh meat that you will have!! :)
- April 29, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- Cynthia said...
I am on my way to your house with posters that say "Save Penny" and I plan to camp out until you all become vegetarians.
If you didn't eat meat then you wouldn't have to kill your pets!
Just joking, bro. I get it. Penny understands the cycle of life more than we can since she has no perception of herself outside instinct. It's all good.
- April 29, 2011 at 8:51 AM
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This camera was one of the most popular of its time. Which is around the turn of the century, more precisely August 1895-1913. During this period 257.000 were produced.
Its price was $ 8. For this the photographer got a sturdy and well made little instrument thas was easy to operate and that made 3.5 x 3.5 inch (9 x 9 cm) pictures on a daylight loading spool.
The No. 2 Bull's-Eye Kodak is the successor of the Boston Bull's-Eye and has the same design. (See this camera for more information on its innovative features.)
The camera did appeal to many snapshooting photographers and even the rich and famous were not above buying one. In 1995 I have identified some of the cameras that were used by the Romanov family (last tsar of Russia), and the No. 2 Bull's-Eye Kodak was one of their favorites. If your Dutch is good enough, you can read all about it in The Romanov Kodaks, in Photohistorisch Tijdschrift, issue 3 of 1995.
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According to the researchers, while writers and artists from Byron to Picasso have perpetuated the notion of the amorous artist, the new study may be the first to offer up some real proof.
"Creative people are often considered to be very attractive and get lots of attention as a result. They tend to be charismatic and produce art and poetry that grab people's interest," said the study author Dr Daniel Nettle, a lecturer in psychology at Newcastle University's School of Biology.
The study of 425 British citizens included a sampling of visual artists and poets. The participants were asked about how much poetry and visual art they created, their psychiatric history, and their sexual encounters since age 18.
More sexual partners for creatives
In comparison to an average of 3 for non-creative people, the average number of sexual partners for poets and creative artists was between 4 and 10. The investigators reported in the November 29 issue of The Proceedings of the Royal Society that the more creative a person was, the higher the number of sexual adventures.
Nettle speculated that sexual exploration may be encouraged by the artistic personality.
"It could also be that very creative types lead a bohemian lifestyle and tend to act on more sexual impulses and opportunities, often purely for experience's sake, than the average person would," he said. "Moreover, it's common to find that this sexual behaviour is tolerated in creative people. Partners, even long-term ones, are less likely to expect loyalty and fidelity from them."
The world of cybersex advanced a major step with a new virtual reality sex machine. Adult toy maker Doc Johnson has just released the Virtual Sex Stroker sex machine with 3D cybersex. This male masturbator toy connects with your computer through the USB port and allows you to have virtual sex with Naughty Nurse Nicci.
Nurse Nicci starts off with a sexy striptease just for you. As her clothes slowly come off, you can tease her and make her hotter and hotter. Once she's fully naked, you choose what sex position you want her in.
The software for this virtual reality sex machine allows you to control sexy Nurse Nicci on your computer screen and enjoy 24 different sex positions with her—including kinkier lesbian and S&M encounters. Thrust in and out of the Virtual Sex Stroker cyberskin realistic vagina masturbator while your online 3D avatar counterpart has his way with sexy Nurse Nicci. He matches your strokes so you feel like you're part of the online action.
This virtual reality sex machine uses Plug and Play technology, making it user-friendly even for novice computer users. The Sex Stroker masturbator is 7 inches long x 2.75 inches wide and made of a life-like realistic skin substance called Cyberskin. The sex machine includes the 3D Interactive Game Software, USB connection cable, game instructions, and information to download additional games.
The system requirements for the Virtual Sex Storker sex machine are: Windows 98/ME/XP or Windows2000, Directx 8.0 or higher (included on disk), Macromedia Flash Player (included on disk), Pentium II, 333 mhz or faster, 68 MB Ram or more, one free USB port, and at least 70MB of free hard disk space.


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This error occurs if you sent out a claim that did not have a diagnosis code entered for the patient. Most insurance companies require at least one diagnosis code on the insurance claim.
You an add diagnosis codes to your patient from the edit client form. For detailed instructions, please see: https://therabill.zendesk.com/entries/22030138-adding-diagnosis-codes-for-a-patient
From the error page: You can get to the edit client form directly from the claim error page in Therabill by clicking the edit icon next to the client name on the right hand side of the page. After you have added the diagnosis code and saved the changes, you can then click the Resubmit Electronically button at the top of the claim error page in Therabill.
Error Variations:
- Value of sub-element HI01-02 is incorrect. Expected value is from external code list - ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code (131) when HI01-01='BK'. Segment HI is defined in the guideline at position 2310.
- Sub-Element HI01-02 (Industry Code) is missing. This Sub-Element's standard option is 'Mandatory'. Segment HI is defined in the guideline at position 2310.
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The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University will hold its first Open Mic Night at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in The Loft on the third floor of the arts center.
Isaac Spaeth of Windworks Instrument Repair will serve as moderator that evening.
Music-lovers of all ages from St. Bonaventure and the surrounding communities are invited to bring their instruments to The Loft at the Quick Center, step up to the microphone and play a short work of their choice. The poets in the audience are welcome to step up to the mic and recite their poems.
This will be held in a friendly, non-competitive atmosphere for a fun musical evening. Snacks and refreshments will be served
This event is open and free to the public. Bring your instrument or just listen to the music!
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Hyundai has it's work cut out for it.
I has to get people to notice its midsize Sonata sedan when its rivals are established favorites: Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Altima, Chevy Malibu and Ford Fusion.
And all have had new versions since the 2006 model year, including some hybrids.
With much formidable competition, you can easily get lost in the crowd. That's why Hyundai has performed cosmetic surgery on the 2009 Sonata that's in showrooms now. It gets a new front end and a cabin makeover. And the next generation is due for the 2011 model year.
The midsize Sonata is assembled in Montgomery, Ala., along with the Santa Fe SUV.
No complaints about mileage. Hyundai had the third best fleet mileage rating last year (22.7 m.p.g.) behind only Honda (22.9) and Toyota (22.8).
No gripes about price, either. Hyundai always loads its cars with standard equipment, such as stability control with traction control.
For 2009 Sonata goes upscale. It's offered in SE, GLS and Limited versions with a choice of V-6 for performance or 4-cylinder for mileage. We tested a 4-cylinder Limited.
Sonata owners had asked for is a little more punch when leaving the light or pulling out to pass. In other words, a little more fun. So Hyundai tweaked the 2.4-liter 4 and 3.3-liter V-6, to develop 175 and 249 horsepower, respectively.
Both also are quieter than the engines they replace. The 4 groans a bit when pushed hard, but it doesn't sound as if gasping for breath. Changes in transmission shift points make Sonata feel that much zippier leaving the light or taking the passing lane.
Michael Deitz, manager of product planning for Hyundai, said one of the goals was to have the car get the mileage listed on the window sticker, not just come close. Of course, the EPA changing its testing procedures to achieve the same thing hasn't hurt.
Mileage rises to 22 m.p.g. city and 32 m.p.g. highway on the 4 from 21/30 for 2008, and 19 m.p.g. city/29 m.p.g. highway in the V-6, 1 m.p.g. more on the highway.
The suspension is softly sprung to minimize bumps filtering into the cabin. It helps that seats are not only well cushioned, but also longer and wider and lean back 2 more degrees to relieve pressure on back and thighs. Side bolsters aren't real large, but Sonata isn't designed for darting into and out of corners. It is more a pamperer with its smoothness and quietness. The suspension is firmer on the sporty SE for a focus on handling.
Stability control with traction control is standard on all models to keep you in contact with the road and prevent unplanned detours from a straight line.
In addition to packing more punch, Sonata pays more attention to the cabin. Good fits and finishes without glaring gaps. Textured dash and door coverings as well as nicely textured leather seats provide a fashionable and luxury look.
The cabin is roomy and comfortable. Very nice head, leg and arm room in the back seat, where a pull-down armrest offers two cupholders. The trunk is very large. A small plastic tray in the corner can keep a can of pop from sliding around, but would be nice if it were big enough to hold a gallon of milk or two like the Toyota Corolla does.
Rear seat backs fold so you can slip packages from the trunk into the cabin, but the small opening limits what you can slip through.
Nice touches include covered cubbyholes in the dash to hold CDs or cell phones, rich-looking and eye-friendly blue backlighting on gauges at night, dark carpeting to conceal ugly shoe marks and a USB port and power plug under the center armrest and another power plug in the console.
Sonata Limited starts at $23,970 and much of the charm comes from the fact it's loaded: side-curtain air bags; anti-lock brakes; 17-inch, all-season, radials; alloy wheels; fog lights; power tilt and slide sunroof; AM/FM XM radio with CD player; keyless entry; leather (heated front) seats; power driver's seat; tilt/telescoping steering wheel with audio controls; dual automatic temperature control; and power windows/locks/mirrors. Only option on the test car was carpeted mats at $90.
Excellent looks, room, comfort, mileage and price along with very good performance.
A gas/electric version would help it keep up with the pack. Hyundai is mum but you have to suspect with the new model coming for 2011, a hybrid may be too.
Jim Mateja – Chicago Tribune
June 22, 2008


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Could someone clarify how long a bedbug lives, please? Following is from the Health Canada website:
"Adults usually live for around 10 months, but can live for a year or more in a home where the environment is good for reproduction, with temperatures ranging between 21°C and 28°C, making it ideal for breeding year round.
Bed bugs can live from several weeks up to roughly a year and a half without feeding. Older bed bugs can go even longer without feeding."
If they live only 10 months, how do they live 18 months without feeding? Does it mean that if they go dormant because there is no food source available, it extends their total life length by the length they are dormant/not feeding?
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The strong blue cooperative upconversion luminescence of ytterbium clusters in -doped oxyfluoride glass was studied. The strength of this luminescence was found to be about 100 times greater than that of Yb(3): zirconium, barium, lanthanum, aluminum, and sodium fluoride glass. Such a large enhancement of cooperative upconversion blue luminescence efficiency results from better coupled clusters, less cross relaxation, increased concentration of activators, nonsaturation effect, and better upconversion luminescence efficiency. Interestingly, the quadruple–quadruple interaction or exchange interaction seems to exert a stronger action than the dipole–dipole interaction. Meanwhile there apparently exists a large energy transfer from a single ion or a coupled cluster to a ion, leading to a dramatic decline in the intensity of the upconversion luminescence of clusters in an codoped oxyfluoride glass.
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Accounting class visited by Lakeland alum
Highly successful Lakeland College grad Bob Keebler '82 recently returned to campus and shared some of his vast knowledge during a guest lecture in Brett Killion's intermediate accounting class.
He also told the students how fortunate they are to be attending Lakeland.
"Don't ever lose faith in the great education you will receive here," he told the class. "When you're in a class with 12 people, you will learn so much. I'm not sure you fully appreciate yet being here at Lakeland. The same classes at UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee or UW-Whitewater might have 50 students, even more."
Keebler, senior partner at Keebler & Associates, LLP, gave the students great advice about the industry and how to embark upon a rewarding, successful career. He paraphrased Sir Winston Churchill, stressing to the students that success is gained by moving from one failure to the next with enthusiasm. He also told the class, "The harder you work, the luckier you become."
"Thomas Jefferson said that luck is when perspiration meets inspiration," Keebler added.
Keebler founded Keebler & Associatiates, LLP, a tax advisory and CPA firm in Green Bay, Wis. The firm is nationally known for its advisory, tax and estate planning expertise and counsel.
Individually, Keebler has been named by CPA Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners in the United States" and one of the "Top 40 Tax Advisors to Know During a Recession."
After graduating Cum Laude from Lakeland with a degree in accounting, Keebler earned his master's in taxation from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Among the many interesting subjects Keebler touched on during his hour-long lecture were:
- Loyalty to clientele – "You'll earn a great living in this field, but you don't want to become ruthless. Take care of your clients. It's more important to care about your clients and be responsive to their needs, than it is to make money."
- Take the CPA exam – "If you're willing to put in the hard work and pass it, it will pay off. It's something you want to do."
- Don't be afraid to take chances – "You are going to experience failure. So what. If you take a job that's a little bit of a reach and it doesn't go well, that's not necessarily a bad thing."
- Advice to interns – "A lot of it is common sense, things grandmothers talked about in the 1950s. Be there early. Don't cause trouble. Don't be afraid to fix the copy machine. And dress professionally. Figure out how the most successful people at the company dress, and dress like them. Don't let your cell phone become your enemy. Leave it in the car if necessary. And don't surf the Web."
- Sleep – "No sleep is required. At times early in my career, I was up for 48 straight hours. And that was before Red Bull. You need mental toughness, along with the faith that hard work pays off."
After the class ended, Keebler shook students' hands and offered them helpful individual advice before he headed off for an appointment in Milwaukee.
"You have to create your own luck," he said just before class ended. "If you remember anything from today, it's that hard work pays off."
Career Development hosts lunch-and-learn session
Lakeland's Career Development Office hosted another dynamic event on Tuesday, when more than 40 students joined representatives from 19 top local companies for a three-course lunch-and-learn session.
The hour-plus get-together focused on the do's and don'ts of job interviews that take place over a meal.
Sharply dressed Lakeland College senior Ben Manske, of Neenah, said this was a highly successful endeavor.
"All students should jump at the chance to participate in these great events that Career Development is offering," Manske said. "They are right here, on campus, and are super helpful. I've already collected a handful of business cards and been invited to coffee by some of the business representatives. I'm definitely going to take them up on their offer."
Jess Lambrecht, director of career development, and Kay Voss, assistant director of career development, spoke with the students on Tuesday about everything from what kinds of food items to avoid ordering to how to act during the interview.
Between courses, the company representatives offered tips to the students. Of course, it was also a great chance for the students to network with the business reps at their tables during lunch.
"Lakeland is an important constituent in this community," said attendee Jim Gallimore, senior vice president at BMO Harris Bank in Sheboygan. "These students are our future, and I enjoy the opportunity to share the value of my experience with them."
Added Debra Noyes, IT change management process owner at Johnsonville in Elkhart Lake: "I think this is a very good opportunity for the students and I am happy to be a part of it."
Lakeland Theatre kicks off with Shakespeare - sort of
It's Shakespeare. Scratch that; it's an attempt at Shakespeare.
Lakeland College Theatre kicks off a season devoted to comedy with "The Farndale New Jersey Community College Theatre Guild's Production of Macbeth The Scottish Play."
The play is set for Nov. 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. at the Lakeland Theatre on the college's main campus. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students of any age. Order tickets by phone at 920-565-1536.
The fictional students in the Farndale New Jersey Community College's Theatre Guild believe themselves to be abundantly better actors than they are. They strive to do an adventurous production of Macbeth, but, with missing actors, scenery that falls down and props that sometimes work too often, Shakespeare himself might have struggled to recognize The Scottish Play.
"Sometimes, even though we try our hardest, our best intentions don't always produce a masterpiece," said Lakeland Theatre Director Charlie Krebs. "The characters in the fictitious Farndale Community College Theatre Guild are sure trying, but they might have been better off putting on 'Our Town' instead of Shakespeare."
One of the best-known superstitions in theatre is that you're never supposed to say the word "Macbeth" in a theatre. If you do, all kinds of bad things may happen. Through a series of accidents, the dreaded word is spoken three times by mistake and, of course, disaster ensues.
Everything that can go wrong does, much to the delight of the audience.
Lakeland's production includes nine witches (instead of the usual three) who will be part of a grand musical number filled with glitz, glitter and glam.
"We're taking a trip to the Jersey Shores with this production as the students in the theatre department in the fictitious Farndale New Jersey's Community College try to produce an avant-garde production of Macbeth," Krebs said. "They're trying to think outside the box, but they were obviously a bit confused on the size of the original box."
Krebs had Lakeland cast members chewing bubble gum every night at rehearsal to practice "chewing their words" for the New Jersey dialect they'll use throughout the show.
To make matters worse, as their production of Macbeth is being adjudicated, the Theatre Guild actors are told they have to cut an hour from the show or they will be disqualified. They frantically start cutting scenes from the show, but it soon starts doing more harm than good.
The cast includes:
Witches: Ambrosia Stanbery (Ripon), April Ramirez (Chicago), Becca Elliott (Indian River), Elizabeth Plotka (Sheboygan), Jasmine Butler (Chicago), Jing Li (China), Madeline Pearson (Houston, Tex.), Miranda Miller (Green Bay), Yuge Li (China)
Macbeth: Katherine Zielsdorf (Kenosha)
Lady Macbeth: Matt Troyer (Manitowoc)
Banquo: Skyler Walkowski (Wittenberg)
Macduff: Christians Alexander (Houston, Tex.)
Lady Macduff: Sara Pfile (Sheboygan)
Duncan: Rae Siehs (Kiel)
Murderer: Ben Johnston (Brandon, Wis.)
Doctor: Heather Berry (Blaine, Minn.)
Malcolm/Fleance: Irvin Colon (Milwaukee)
Porter: Kevin Schmitz (Marinette)
Vanessa, Director: Michelle Fromm (Port Washington)
Angelina, Producer: Monica Duplessis
Mr. Abromavotiz: Zach Petrowsky (Belgium)
Stage Manager: Sara Pfile;
Costume Designer: Della Jahnke;
Director: Charlie Krebs
Fall Honors and Department Music recitals in November
Lakeland College will display the talent of its music students this November at the Fall Honors Recital and the Department Music Recital. The Fall Honors Recital is Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m., and the Department Music Recital is Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 11 a.m. Both will be held in the Bradley Theatre on Lakeland's main campus.
Admission is free and open to the public.
The Fall Honors Recital and Department Music Recital both feature a mix of instrumental and vocal music. The concert includes 10-12 performers, ranging from wind instruments, strings, piano and voice. Students involved have been highlighted by their teachers for good work in their applied lessons. All students performing in the honors recital were assigned a solo piece as a part of their applied lessons at 200- and 400-level classes.
The Department Music Recital features all music majors who are not in the Honors Recital.
Lakeland College names new CFO
Lakeland College has named Carole Robertson vice president for finance and chief financial officer. She will manage the college's business operations and oversee several departments including finance, facilities, information technology, financial aid and dining services.
Robertson is an experienced administrative leader with a track record of success in both the public and private sectors. She possesses extensive experience working with boards and senior leadership in developing strategic plans and guiding their implementation. Throughout her career, she has led cross-functional teams resulting in efficiencies, enhancement of services, diversification of revenues, institutional cooperation and goal attainment.
"Ms. Robertson not only has the requisite experience as a chief financial officer in higher education, but we also believe she will be a fantastic fit with our Lakeland community," said Lakeland Interim President Dan Eck. "Her open, collaborative style of leadership will be invaluable as we restructure how we create, implement and manage our budgets and our overall financial operations to support our developing strategic plan."
She comes to Lakeland from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where she has worked as vice president, finance and administration for the past three years. She has more than 30 years in various finance roles, including finance director/treasurer for the Village of Lakewood, Ill., vice president of finance and administration/treasurer at Elgin (Ill.) Community College, and assistant vice president of finance at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, Ill.
She has a master's degree in finance and a bachelor's in accountancy from Dominican University in River Forest, Ill.
She has received a number of honors for her work, including Regional Outstanding Business Officer from the Community College Business Officer Association (CCBO).
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KSCB News - May 18, 2010 12:00 am
For the second consecutive season the Seward County Saints baseball team will play in the Region VI Championship game. Seward will need two wins to clinch it, while their opponent Hutchinson will need just one.
The Saints won two games Monday to make it to the title game. Seward beat Butler 2-1 in 12 innings Monday afternoon.
In the evening the Saints then rallied to top Cowley County 5-4. Seward trailed most of the game, before taking the lead for good with two runs in the eighth inning. The Saints outhit Cowley 15-3.
Seward will look to punch their ticket to the NJCAA World Series for the first time since 2004 on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. against Hutchinson. An if necessary game would follow at noon. GAME ONE will air on Talkradio 1270 WITH GAME TWO (IF NECESSARY) WILL AIR ON B 107.5 OR right here on kscbnews.net. The Sportsguys will air as scheduled, but will be pre-empted at 8:50 a.m. for the Saints Dugout Show.


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INGLEWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Several ceremonies are planned in South Los Angeles Saturday for the space shuttle Endeavour's 12-mile journey home to the California Science Center.
The Forum in Inglewood will be Endeavour's first stop for a welcoming ceremony at 8 a.m.
The shuttle will then pause at 2 p.m. at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for a big celebration with dancers, music and gymnastics put together by famed choreographer Debbie Allen.
"Every kid you see in here and every kid on the street is going to own it. It's our neighborhood, it's our shuttle and it's also a time of pride as an American," said Allen.
The dancers also couldn't hold in their infectious excitement.
"It's like… whoa…it's the LA streets. It's like, the space shuttle. It's fun! I get to boogie down," said Harper Rhimes.
"I think it's very historical that I get to dance in front of the Endeavour. I think it's really awesome that it's coming right past my house," Micah Patterson said.
Meantime, the Los Angeles Police Department reminded residents that there will be street and sidewalk closures in order to ensure the space shuttle can fit on its route.
"We're making all the safety precautions so no power lines get cut down or trees or anything else. Safety is important. We're going to be uncomfortable, but this is historic," said Officer Cleon Joseph.
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