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|ENGG B1A - English for Professional Purposes B1A
Utilizing learner-centered methodology and task-based instruction, learners will be able to understand the main points of radio news bulletins and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly, and follow the outline of straightforward short talks on familiar topics. They will also be able to follow clearly articulated speech directed at them in everyday conversation. They will read and understand longer and more complex texts, and manage a variety of routine and non-routine interactions. They will also be able to write notes conveying simple information of immediate relevance to friends, service people, teachers and others who feature in his/her everyday life, getting across comprehensibly the points he/she feels are important. They will produce longer narrative and descriptive pieces of writing as well. The course is the first of the B1 stage of the CEFR.
Prerequisites:Successful completion of ENGG A2D or appropriate SEPT score.
Part of: English for Professional Purposes Certificate (B1)
Learning outcomes: By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Listening & Reading :
1.follow in outline straightforward short talks on familiar topics provided these are delivered in clearly articulated standard speech;
2.understand the main points of radio news bulletins and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly;
3.understand a large part of many TV programmes on topics of personal interest such as interviews, short lectures, and news reports when the delivery is relatively slow and clear;
4.understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters well enough to correspond regularly with a pen friend;
5.understand clearly written, straightforward instructions for a piece of equipment;
6.follow clearly articulated speech directed at him/her in everyday conversation, though will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases;
7.generally follow the main points in an informal discussion with friends provided speech is clearly articulated in standard dialect;
8.generally follow what is said and, when necessary, can repeat back part of what someone has said to confirm mutual understanding;
Speaking & Writing :
9. give brief comments on the views of others;
10. deal with most transactions likely to arise whilst travelling, arranging travel or accommodation, or dealing with authorities during a foreign visit;
11. cope with less routine situations in shops, post office, bank, e.g. returning an unsatisfactory purchase;
12. describe how to do something, giving detailed instructions;
13. ask for and follow detailed directions;
14. obtain more detailed information;
15. take messages communicating enquiries, explaining problems;
16. write notes conveying simple information of immediate relevance to friends, service people, teachers and others who feature in his/her everyday life, getting across comprehensibly the points he/she feels are important;
17. give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects within his field of interest;
18. reasonably fluently relate a straightforward narrative or description as a linear sequence of points;
19. narrate a story;
20. deliver short, rehearsed announcements on a topic pertinent to everyday occurrences in his/her field which, despite possibly very foreign stress and intonation, are nevertheless clearly intelligible;
21. write straightforward, detailed descriptions on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest;
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1. Applicants must take the Standardized English Proficiency Test (SEPT) and score level ENGGB1A. Term duration: 6 Weeks
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High stiffness flexural frame, 200 kN cap., DUPLEX
Main features
- High rigidity (200 kN/mm), especially suitable for testing FRC and sprayed concrete
- Double testing mode: parallel and orthogonal
- For testing different kind of specimens (beams, flagstones, slab)
- Max span between lower rollers: 1m
- Load measurement by load cell or pressure transducer
- Piston return by counterweights
- Piston travel limit switch included
General description
General description
Parallel mode is meant to be used for displacement controlled testing on advanced construction materials, e.g. fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) and sprayed concrete.
These tests are significantly affected by the actual frame stiffness therefore the relevant international Standards state stiffness limits which are exceeded by this new model (better than 200 kN/mm).
This remarkable result comes from the frame sections but it is also derived from the particular layout which keeps the specimen aligned with the frame crossbeams maximizing structural rigidity.
Orthogonal mode is meant to be used to test long specimens having more than 650mm length.
The horizontal daylight accommodates large specimens (slab, flagstones), concrete beams and kerbs long up to 650 mm.
Two models are available, either with pressure transducer or with load cell, both fitted with piston travel limit switch and connection kit to separate control console.
Frames are available with either pressure transducer or load cell (recommended for FRC testing) and are fitted with piston travel limit switch and connection kit to the control console. Bearers not included. See accessories.
Technical specifications
|Max cap. kN
|Load sensor
|Pressure Transducer
|Load cell
|Horizontal clearance [mm]
|Max. vertical clearance [mm]*
|with 50-C1500/1 (4 points)
|with 50-C1500/1 (3 points)
|with 50-C1500/2
|with 50-C1500/2 + 50-C1500/3
|with 50-C1500/2 + 50-C1500/4
|with 50-C1500/7
|Distance between upper rollers (adjustable) mm
|From 100 to 200, or single roller
|From 100 to 200, or single roller
|Distance between lower rollers - Parallel testing mode (adjustable) mm
|From 150 to 600
|From 150 to 600
|Distance between lower rollers - Orthogonal testing mode (adjustable) mm
|From 550 to 1000
|From 550 to 1000
|Piston travel mm
|Overall dimensions (lxwxh) mm
|956 x 1100 x 1188
|956 x 1100 x 1188
|Weight approx. kg
* The vertical daylight can be reduced by using the distance pieces already included useful to reduce the daylight by: 50mm and 100mm. Additional distance pieces are available as Accessories.
Ordering info50-C1500/FR
DUPLEX - Parallel and orthogonal testing mode - 200 kN cap. high rigidity flexural frame, complete with pressure transducer and connection kit for separate control console. Rollers not included.
DUPLEX - Parallel and orthogonal testing mode - 200 kN cap. high rigidity flexural frame, complete with load cell and connection kit for separate control console. Rollers not included.
Upper and lower roller assembly for centre and third point test of concrete beams up to 200mm height, conforming to EN 12390-5 and ASTM C78, C1609, C1018, EN 14488-3, EN 14651.
Bearers dimensions: 30 mm dia. x 210 mm long
Weight approx: 40 kg
Same as above but 30 mm dia x 310 mm length.
Set of one upper and two lower roller assembly for testing paving flags, conforming to EN 1339
Bearers dimensions: 40 mm dia. x 620 mm long
Weight approx: 45 kg
Swivel jointed loading pad for testing kerbs, conforming to EN 1340. To be used with support bearers of 50-C1500/2.
Weight approx: 5 kg
Upper loading bearers to perform the third point and centre point flexure test to EN 12390-5, including two rollers 210 mm long, 40 mm diameter. To be used with support bearers of 50-C1500/2
Weight approx.: 23 kg
Same as above but 40 mm dia. x 310 mm bearers
Auxiliary testing frame for the measurement of deflection of FRC beams to EN 14488-3, 14651, ASTM C1609.
Accessory for testing sprayed concrete slab to EN 14488-5. Including supporting square base and spherically seated loading element. To be completed with displacement transducers 50-C1500/9 and 50-C1500/8.
Weight approx: 100 kg
Set of lower platen and upper platen spherically seated, 165 mm dia., for compression tests on small and low strength specimens.
Weight approx: 19 kg
Displacement transducer with 50mm travel for reading displacement of sprayed concrete slab centre under concentrated load.
100mm displacement transducer for measuring the piston travel. Complete with attachments.
Weight approx: 1 kg
Distance piece 50mm thickness for flexure frame
Distance piece 80mm thickness for flexure frame
Rulers with graduation in inches
Additional InformationTEST SETS
Energy absorption test on slabs
50-C1501/FR Frame 200 kN cap.
50-C1500/6 Accessory for testing sprayed concrete slab 600 x 600 x 100 mm to EN 14488-5. Including supporting square base and spherically seated loading element. 00 kg
50-C1500/9 100mm piston travel displacement transducer
50-C1500/8 50 mm central slab deflection displacement transducer
Measurement of beam deflection and thougness
50-C1501/FR Frame 200 kN cap.
50-C1500/1 Set of 2 supports and 2 loading rollers
50-C1500/5 Auxiliary testing frame for the measurement of deflection of beams
82-P0331/C High accuracy displacement transducer 10mm travel (2 PCS needed)
82-P0331/2 Electric mean device for displacement transducer 82-P0331/C
Note: not required for Automax Multitest control console
Displacement transducer for measurement of crack opening
50-C1501/FR Frame 200 kN cap.
50-C1500/1 Set of 2 supports and 2 loading rollers
82-P0331/E High precision displacement transducer to measure Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) and Crack Mouth Opening Displacement (CMOD)
Upgrading(To be specified at time of order: these items has to be factory installed.)
Special calibration procedure
The above upgrading is suitable if the frame is connected to automatic testing machines or control consoles.
Special calibration of compression testers assuring Class 1 (EN) and Class A (ASTM), from 1% to full load range. Suitable for models fitted with load cell.
Special calibration of compression testers assuring Class 1 (EN) and Class A (ASTM), from 5% to full load range. Suitable for models fitted with pressure transducer.
Traceable certificate of surface hardness
Supply of the compression deice model 50-C1500/7 complete with traceable certificate of hardness of 165 mm dia. platen surfaces
AUTOMAX MULTITEST computerized control console AUTOMAX Multitest represents a step change in versatility that allows modular upgrades from... more EN - Standard Automatic compression testers for cubes, cylinders and blocks WIZARD AUTO Main features include: Two channels for load sensors Wide graphic... more
EN - Top-of-the-range Automatic compression testers for cubes and cylinders AUTOMAX PRO AUTOMAX PRO is CONTROLS' new top-of-the-range Compact-Line compression machines and is... more Specimen grinding machine The machine is used to grind and polish rock and concrete specimens, natural stones, ceramic... more


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Modern Slavery Statement
Our business, Independence Homes is committed to combatting slavery and human trafficking in its business and supply chains, and we make this statement to assist with compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This statement relates to the financial year ending 31st March 2019. As our business has a turnover of less than £36 million, we do not have a legal obligation to produce a modern slavery statement. However:
- We agree that exploitation within all supply chains ending in the UK is a blight on our society, and we are committed to playing our part in eliminating exploitation;
- We understand that customers with obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 cannot comply with those duties without our cooperation.
To that end, we confirm that we have examined our own business and, to the extent that it is reasonably practicable, businesses within our supply chain and we confirm the following:
- We confirm that within our own business, no relevant offence relating to slavery or human tracking has been committed.
- We have made enquiries of businesses that supply directly to us and we are confident that no relevant offence is committed in that business.
- Insofar as it was reasonably practicable, we have examined our supply chains and confirm that we found no evidence of slavery or human trafficking
Further details about our business and supply chain are provided below.
Our business provides support and care for vulnerable adults within registered and domiciliary care settings.
Our business structure
We employ 350 employees over 16 different locations including our Head Office function. The company is overseen by a Managing Director whom 4 managers report to, with the rest of the employees in the business reporting to those managers via various means. We operate in the UK only.
Our supply chains include procurement of agency staff, clinical consumables, facilities maintenance, utilities and waste management. Where it is reasonably practicable, we ensure that businesses in our supply chain have made a similar statement relating to slavery and human trafficking.
For UK based suppliers, they pay their employees at least the national minimum wage / national living wage (as appropriate) and to ensure that within their own supply chains, where UK based suppliers have overseas supply chains, that their employees pay is consistent with their national minimum wage requirements, working conditions are safe and fair, there is no child labour and working hours are not excessive.
We may terminate the contract at any time should any instances of modern slavery come to light.
We understand that certain industry sectors and geographical regions entail greater risk of exploitation than others. We do not believe that our supply chain is in one of those sectors.
The person in our business responsible for assessing matters relating to slavery and human trafficking is: Andrea Kinkade, Managing Director.
We also encourage all employees to report on any matters relating to slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains of which they become aware.


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The modulation accuracy described by an error vector magnitude is a critical parameter in modern communication systems - defined originally as a performance metric for transmitters but now also used in receiver design and for more general signal analysis. The modulation accuracy is a measure of how far a test signal is from a reference signal at the symbol values when some parameters in a reconstruction model are optimized for best agreement. This paper provides an approach to computation of error vector magnitude as described in several standards from measured or simulated data. It is shown that the error vector magnitude optimization problem is generally non-convex. Robust estimation of the initial conditions for the optimizer is suggested, which is particularly important for a non-convex problem. A Bender decomposition approach is used to separate convex and non-convex parts of the problem to make the optimization procedure simpler and robust. A two step global optimization method is suggested where the global step is the grid method whereas the local method is a Newton method with backtracking based on analytically derived gradient vector and Hessian matrix. A number of test cases are shown to illustrate the concepts. A software toolbox has been developed and is freely available.
For help, see readme.m, or run runme.m in Matlab.
Paper published in IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2013.


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I've learned a lot just in a couple of days about blood sugar. He seems to have a tendency to have low levels which is why they cut the insulin back. The first day it really dipped and tonight before dinner it was a little low but it went right back up again.
I can't hang around the computer too much because, even in this small house, it's hard to hear him with the kitchen separating us. I've read all your comments and emails but may not get back to you until I'm sure he's stable enough for me to be in here for any length of time. Same thing with all your blogs. I'll read when I can but a little at a time.
Right now, we're watching the Cubs and the
I've been talking to Rochelle and Rebecca almost every night and now they can talk to Grandpa too. They were both worried. They've been running the mile. Rebecca came in first in her class yesterday and Rochelle did today. Rochelle has always been the athlete but tiny Rebecca is catching up fast. Rochelle made the Honor Roll and Rebecca came close. She missed one science project and now that she's made it up, her grade may go up.
Rebecca wrote me a poem and wrote an essay about me for her Language Arts class. Rochelle sang me a song she'd composed.
Elcie hasn't had much to say. I hope eventually that will change.
We're doing well, all things considered.
Thanks again to all of you for the support. I'll be back around visiting as soon as I have a little more time.
Take care everyone.


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Ark: Survival Evolved Taming Calculator
Ark: Survival Evolved Taming Calculator
600 points Taming & KO
- Main use for this tame is using the Angler as a "lure" for other anglers kill anglers for their gel. The gel is the longest burning fuel in the game at approx. 6 minutes per 1 gel
- secondly use is a light source underwater
- secondly use is a light source underwater
More Angler Taming & KO Tips
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Be really care when knocking these things out from a distance! Unfortunately they don't look knocked out when they are so continuing to shoot darts at them can be an easy an unfortunate mistake to make.
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They are usually aggressive, but once hurt, they will become skittish and try swim away from you.
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Can be used to pick up 60ish pearls instead of 6 or so by hand. Awesome tame now since the update added this.


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Butterfly & Insect House
Availability: Out of stock
With the world's bee, insect and butterfly population in serious decline, Mr Fothergill's is focused on producing products that will help increase the bee population and keep them pollinating our crops far into the future.
As pollinators, bees, butterflies and insects play an essential role in our gardens. They transfer pollen from one flower to another, fertilising plants so they start forming fruits and seeds. 70 of the top 100 most popular food crops are pollinated by bees, and they pollinate 80% of all flowering plants on Earth!
Unfortunately, bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects are under increasing threat due to pesticides, parasites and climate change – but we can help them by using responsible gardening practices, planting flowers to attract them and providing them with shelter.
Our Butterfly House contains a wooden butterfly house and a sachet of pollinator friendly flower seeds to help attract butterflies and beneficial insects to your garden. The seed mix is made up of the following varieties and covers approximately 2m2:
- Larkspur (Delphinium elatum)
- Aster (Callistephuschinensis)
- Candytuft (Iberisumbellata)
- Catmint (Nepetaracemosa)
- Lavender English (Lavandulaangustifolia)
- Forget Me Not (Myosotis sylvatica)
- Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
- Coneflower (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Pincushion Flower (Scabiosaatropurpurea)
- Butterflyweed(Asclepiastuberosa)
- Bergamot (Monardadidyma)
- Yarrow (Achilleamillefolium)
- Mexican Giant Hyssop (Agastachemexicana)
- Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Native Violet (Viola hederacea).
This butterfly house is coated in a non toxic lacquer/oil for protection making it weatherproof and safe for butterflies, bees and insects. It is also made of FSC timber, meaning it is responsibly sourced and eco-friendly.
Dimensions: 160mm(w) x 285mm(h) x 100mm(d)
How To Grow
To use, simply hook a piece of wire into the back loop of the butterfly and insect house and attach to a tree trunk or branch or simply place amongst the garden.
Sowing your seeds:
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3. Gently rake over the seed bed to lightly cover the seeds.
4. Water well until the plants are established.
- Some perennial varieties may not flower until the second year.
- Once the flowers start to appear, pollinating insects and bees will soon follow, and your garden will be a hive of activity!
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If you are not completely satisfied with these seeds Mr. Fothergill's will gladly replace them for free. Performance subject to growing conditions.


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Pond Lining Film
Pond lining film provides a protective layer to the ponds by forming a barrier between the pond water and soil. It avoids excessive seepage of water to the soil and helps retain water in the pond for longer duration.
SynPack manufactures wide width pond liners, which can be used for both salt water and fresh water applications. These liners are generally used in sumps, small water bodies, ponds, golf ponds, landscaping ponds, lagoons, dams, construction of dams etc.
SynPack manufactures pond-lining film of various thicknesses such as 0.25mm, 0.5mm and 0.75mm.


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The year 2012 will see the end of the almost 2,500 year-old Mayan calendar and is believed to be a year which will witness a major change in the world order. Predicted by many to be a year of great spiritual transformation for humanity, many say that it will see a complete shift in the way we view the cosmos. On the downside, astrologers are predicting the rise in natural calamities with the adverse aspecting of three major planets —
- Pluto,
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Apples and Regret and Wasted Time by Cornelia Grey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A bit sombre for my taste. Some nice symbolism, though, and a lovely last line.
Apples and Regret and Wasted Time by Cornelia Grey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A bit sombre for my taste. Some nice symbolism, though, and a lovely last line.
Photo in the public domain by Jack Kurzenknabe
He arrives back to no ceremony either; he has most of his few possessions in two cases, and the rest is to be sent on. No-one has expected him, nor seems glad to see him, and he has no organised plan of work to occupy himself with. Still, he was bought to make himself useful, and being as it's the middle of a bright afternoon and no feast day or holiday has been granted, he figures that he'd best show willing and find occupation or the seeming of it, whether there's anything that clearly needs doing or not.
So he hies himself to the main library in the north wing: and finds that, after all, he can probably keep himself busy enough. For it's clear enough that no re-organisation nor collation has been going on since he left: and indeed if no-one else gets formally assigned to the duties, it's probably all on him to get the Hottensat family records into some kind of shape.
Well. No time like the present, he supposes.
He's deep in a brown study, when the heavy oak door of the library creaks, and he's too absorbed to take much heed. The Hotstaat family history is labyrinthine, and in many instances scandalous, and really very- He's not alone, that's what he suddenly realises, crouched down to some filing cabinets and looking for a family album that's out of order, in a dusty moted corner. Someone stands over him, behind him, towering over.
He looks back, and knows at least that it's a Hotstaat, though not one he's seen before. There's a strong family resemblance amongst the whole clan, and when a number are gathered together it's like a loud-voiced handsome quarrel of ravens. For they're all tan and black-haired and moody of feature, smooth good-looking surly wolves to a wolf-man.
'You're new,' is the curt greeting he gets. 'I am Renally Hotstaat: identify yourself, man.' It's not aggressive, and nothing like the dismissiveness he's accustomed to from some of the slave-owning class. But still Penn feels about six inches high, and very much a product to be bought and sold: as much something to be classified and catalogued as any of the books and folios he's been dealing with this afternoon, and for months past.
© Copyright Alex Ankarr 2013 All rights reserved to the author. No inspirations for characters drawn from real-life individuals, no resemblance to real individuals intended.
Photo in the public domain by Jack Kurzenknabe
He wonders, now, about his master. Renally, Renally Hotstaat, sometimes going by Ree. Penn's ownership history is incomplete, his paperwork unsatisfactory, which brought down his price a fair whack at auction. He's reliant purely on memory to some extent: and the family name of his first owner family is lost in time. But no, he thinks. It isn't very likely: and it's not such an uncommon name after all.
No doubt this fellow is a fat fifty-something, with a full beard and an air of blustering authority, who will bully and chivvy him on to more and more onerous duties, will perhaps harrass him for sexual favours like his owner prior to the last one, will- Penn manages to depress and worry himself with speculations, then dismisses all such unprofitable mental ambling. He'll meet his new lord and master, soon enough. It will probably be bad news, like most things. He's hardened up to that, by now.
A month, then two, pass. He spends much of them loaned out to a pack in the neighbouring state, for their libraries are in disarray after a fire and a burglary. With the aftermath of these things, and his own duties, and two family weddings being planned for this neighbour pack, the slaves and lower servants have an abundance of gossip to occupy them. Such an abundance, in fact, that no-one is the slightest bit interested in the visiting slave, nor his owner-family, nor the absent head of it. He's forgotten the subject himself in a way: in the way that he's owned, and he knows he's owned, it's just a fact. And he never has his speculation about the name of his owner come so much as to the forefront of his mind. Though if he was reminded he might begin speculating once more. He's busy enough with his own duties, and more besides which are loaded on him: frantic with it.
Then, middle of the afternoon with the etiquette section not yet finished – it needs updating and new volumes ordering in – an estate truck is heading over to the Hotstaat estate, by chance, with goods and messages. And the chief of staff – a dignified freeman, an upper servant with the fullest consciousness of his status – decides that Penn has done sufficient, and can be dispensed with a day or two early. So that's that, and he's bundled off with barely a farewell and no goodbye supper, after two months making at least a few acquaintances and a friend or two. That's a slave's life after all: no autonomy and nothing you can rely on, and any human connections you make can be broken at a moment's notice. And that's the best you can hope for: it says nothing of the worst.
© Copyright Alex Ankarr 2013 All rights reserved to the author. No inspirations for characters drawn from real-life individuals, no resemblance to real individuals intended.
On the Decay of the Art of Lying by Mark Twain
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Less satirical than you might expect from the title, sharp, funny, memorable.
Photo in the public domain by Jack Kurzenknabe
He sits and looks as learned as he's capable of, over them, and lets his mind wander a little. Ree: it's been ever so long since he last heard that name. First he heard it, he thinks – thinking back hard, and his brow furrowing a little – when he was little more than a toddler, perhaps three years old. That was when his mother – slave-born, too – was moved to a new household, and most of his memories begin at around that time. There was another little boy in the household, except sometimes he was a puppy instead. He was one of the master's family, and Penn remembers him still, although not well. His name was Ree.
Most of his memories from that point until he was six are tangled up with Ree: in fact most of them are either of Ree and himself, or his mother and himself, and really precious little else. Almost like brothers, he supposes, they were: or as near as you can get, when one's of the master class, the wolves, and the other is slave and human. The adults, both slave and servant, and wolf, thought them precious: yes, they must have been adorable, he supposes, tumbling and fighting and playing together, mostly in the most perfect amity. Ree had been a little older, a year or two: Penn had adored and followed him slavishly – the irony of it. One of his most vivid memories is of Ree as a wolf, and the two of them playing in an orchard: Ree tripping him up and leaping all over him, play-growling then licking his face until he'd giggled and he'd almost wet himself.
They'd been happy, pretty nearly perfectly so. He hadn't hated wolves, back then: hadn't had the sense or the information to do it. He doesn't think of Ree frequently, now: can't remember the last time he did so. But it's strange to look back, and have it occur to him that one of the people he's loved most in his life, thus far, was a wolf. There's an irony in it.
When his mother was sold and took him with her, he'd kicked up a storm of rage, because leaving Ree behind was clearly unacceptable. The matriarch of the household, normally chilly and distant, had even got herself involved and patted his head, picked up her son and leaned them close enough in together that they could grab each other angrily and wail. 'Poor little brat,' she'd said with rough sympathy. 'That's the way of the world, I'm afraid: they'd both better get used to it.' He can remember it, even now, clear as day. He can remember the anger that swirled inside him, too.
In the new household, with the new masters, they'd been much less happy, and even his mother was unsettled. He'd missed Ree horribly: but wasn't allowed to write, or remain in touch in any way. It wasn't deemed appropriate. Then, six months in, his mother had died, and it was a wolf's fault. So, Penn hates wolves, now: not only for that reason, but it doesn't help any.
© Copyright Alex Ankarr 2013 All rights reserved to the author. No inspirations for characters drawn from real-life individuals, no resemblance to real individuals intended.
A Slippery Slope in an Ad Agency by Yu Sakurazawa
ETA: Damn, posting a review minus the actual review? Senior moment.
I had some issues with this one. It is, on the surface, a cracky romp that addresses trans issues in a fairly superficial way, playing for laughs and yanking the reader along with it. To an extent it succeeds in this aim. But it left me feeling rather uneasy at the complete lack of affect displayed by prominent characters, over their own morally dark, dark grey actions and the damage done to at least one MC as a result. Yeah, it's crack, yeah it's a romp. There's a limit, though. Even in the glossiest most superficial soap, the MC him/herself wouldn't usually 100% treat his/her own sufferings as if casually experienced at one remove. Surgery without consent, medical negligence, assault, deception, lies and fraud are treated as if barely meriting a journal line, still less a page or two.
Beyond that, the author's command of English is not impeccable, and the whole book would have benefited from a professional edit.
I can't give the title an honest rec bearing in mind these issues, although it certainly has a lot of personality and energy, and is a long way from standard fare.
Photo in the public domain by Jack Kurzenknabe
"Typical,' says the young boy, with a resigned eye-roll. 'Can you bring her back out to the hallway? We're supposed to be going out, but she's not co-operating at the moment.'
At this the little girl buries her face in Penn's tunic, then peeks back out again with an expression of utter glee. 'See Ree? Me see Ree. Want to see Ree!' There's an eager question on her round little face, scanty black spikes of human hair sweatily decorating her half-bald head.
'Sorry, Pinks,' says what is presumably her brother, 'Mr Ree's away. You won't see him for weeks.'
'Would that be the master?' Penn asks cautiously, as he carries out a thrashing Pinks to the hallway, where a group of the extended Hotstaat clan who seem to intermittently occupy the estate are gathered, chatting obliviously. (The little girl has not taken well to the absence of her favourite. Her wails are almost enough to alert the wolf-kin adults to her discontent: but apparently not quite.)
'Yep, Renally,' the kid says vaguely. 'He's away on business. Oh, Pinks, don't do that!' For his little sister has switched back to wolf-form and leapt for the door. He goes running after her, and since the group of wolf adults are right there – ignoring his presence like any slave-owners, until such time as they should see fit to express displeasure or orders – Penn figures his work is done. He returns to the library, with an itch under his skin that disturbs him more than it should.
Ree, the child had said. Renally Hotstaat, his master, and it seems that his nick-name, at least to the children of the clan, is Ree. Penn takes a bundle of old folios, dusty and ribbon-bound, and sits down at the long central table of this particular alcove of the huge and burrow-like Hotstaat library. They are already classified and catalogued, but earnestly examining them will provide him with cover, should a member of the Hotstaat clan wander into the environs and demand to know with what he's occupying himself. Being a slave, and all, and his time not his own.
© Copyright Alex Ankarr 2013 All rights reserved to the author. No inspirations for characters drawn from real-life individuals, no resemblance to real individuals intended.
In Catcher's Box or Batter's Box? by Gayle Keo
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I might have rated this three stars, except that it really needs an intensive edit to fix persistent grammar issues, especially a problem with constant tense switching throughout the main story and the additional free stories in the edition I read. It's a pity because the characters in the main story are engaging and have credible chemistry. I was a bit baffled by their early interactions, and had difficulty deducing their motivations sometimes from the information the reader was given, but their attraction was strong and clear enough to override that. I would quibble a bit that the story ends a bit abruptly, and reads more like an intro to a longer book. (Which the characters could probably justify.)
Out of the additional free stories, the one with the fairy threesome was cute with some interesting ideas. But really the standout besides the primary story was 'Jasmine – Life Is Hip, Love Is A Gift'. The charismatic and determined heroine engages the attention and sympathy of the reader, and the credibly sympathetic beta hero is unusual and interesting. (Although given his stated personality and history, his level of sexual experience is a bit of a mystery.)
Overall the tense issue really does detract from the reading experience, and a professional edit might be justified.
Photo in the public domain by Jack Kurzenknabe
They arrive at their destination. Though Penn knows he should pay close attention – he might want, and have opportunity for, a real escape attempt some day – he can't push himself into it. He's depressed, is what it is. All he knows, is that it's a huge estate, green and plush and beautiful, with the lush rolling grounds that every powerful pack aspires to. Then perhaps he nods off a moment in the car: and then, he's waking up, and they're round the back at the servants' entrance.
He meets the (slave) butler, Fionicca. The (slave) cook, Mrs Barrolas. The (upper servant) ladies' maid, Jenelas. After that, he loses track, though he keeps shaking hands and smiling. You have to smile. You have to make friends. It's been dinned into him as part of survival, from day one. And by day one, he means, his entire life.
His role is as a librarian and archivist, as well as lending a hand at pack events and social nights and acting as companion and gentleman's gentleman where sickness or allowed fallow-time make it necessary, he finds. He hasn't yet met the gentleman he's due to largely work for, the alpha of the Hotstaat pack, Renally Hotstaat. That wolf, the head of the pack, is away, currently. But he is shown his narrow chambers, and the library and clan archives, and generally familiarizes himself with the place. If Renally Hotstaat is anywhere near a civilized wolf – if such exist, beyond his old master – then perhaps this won't be such an absolutely intolerable position. Perhaps he won't completely hate his new owner, perhaps.
He's days into his new duties, lost in the depths of the libraries and overhauling the cataloguing system, when he finds out that the new master's not due back for a month. It's a little Hotstaat clan member who tells him: a tiny three-year-old, who scampers into the library chased by her older brother, in wolf form. She's a charming little cub, and though in theory Penn despises the whole race, he's not quite immune to the cuteness of a werewolf pup. When she bounds around his ankles he admonishes her gently, and her older brother rolls his eyes. 'She won't listen. Silly little get,' he says, quite civil to Penn as the younger ones are often enough. He's a young kid in human form, lanky with too-baggy shorts, and reaches to pick her up. But she won't have it, play-snarling. When Penn reaches down to pick her up, however, she's perfectly amenable, jumping into his arms with a pleasant-mannered charm, and shifting instantaneously back to human form.
© Copyright Alex Ankarr 2013 All rights reserved to the author. No inspirations for characters drawn from real-life individuals, no resemblance to real individuals intended.
The Moment by Lawrence M. Schoen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a very densely and complexly written short story, so much so that I had a little trouble following it at times. It was much more about ideas than feelings, when I tend to favour the opposite weighting. But the Marx Brothers mention was very funny, and the closing lines quite poignant.


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Cold in the capital: Mulled wine warms up Berlin's Christmas markets
This article originally appeared on dw.com — Read it here
The holiday spirit couldn't convince DW's Anne Thomas to crawl out from under the covers and venture into Berlin's Christmas markets, but promises of mulled wine did the trick. But was it worth leaving bed?
The snow doesn't seem to have stopped falling for days, who knows how many degrees below zero it is outside, and all I can think of is staying under the covers and hibernating the next six months away.
Even with the heat blasting out of my radiators, I feel like I've already turned into an icicle. When the phone rings and the invitation comes for a trip to the Christmas market I know I'd have to be seriously deranged to voluntarily stand around in the freezing cold, my hands wrapped around a cup of hot alcoholic red liquid, dressed up with a few spices and a piece of moldy orange. And I know my hangover the next day is guaranteed to be worse than if I'd knocked back 15 tequila slammers.
My friend valiantly proposes the traditional snacks of Backfisch and Kartoffelpuffer. Like a lump of fried cod wedged into a tiny roll or fried potato pancakes with apple sauce will convince me to expose myself to the worst Mother Nature has to offer Germany's capital. "Bah humbug!" I hear him mumble.
Scrooge!? Who me? No, I've got nothing against Christmas, just against the cold! Give me a carol concert any day, a cup of nice mulled wine in front of an open fire, a jar of cookies perhaps and I'll be whistling "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" all the way into February - as long as I don't have to step out the door.
Yet somehow the words, "OK, if I really must," escape my lips in a whisper.
This is Germany after all and that means everyone must "do" at least one Christmas market a year, if not two or three. The idea is to wrap yourself in about a thousand layers and drag your reluctant body to the town square.
But that's easier said than done in Berlin. From my place in Neukoelln is no town square in sight, let alone a Father Christmas, string of tinsel or a loudspeaker blaring "Jingle Bells." I'm going to have to brave the cold and leave my neighborhood before finding a warming mug of Gluehwein.
Stumbling because of my partially frozen legs, I get off the tram only to be nearly knocked down by the Siberian wind. Trudging through the snow, I focus on the Ferris wheel at the Christmas market on Alexanderplatz to keep myself from turning around. Its flashing lights are all I can see as even the television tower has disappeared into the fog.
When I find him, my friend is already propping up a kiosk; sipping on his mulled wine and watching excited kids skate round and round on the ice rink. Tourists sing "Away in a Manger" in Japanese or "The Little Drummer Boy" in French. My friend's enthusiasm increases as I order the first of many Gluehweins and join in for the next round of carols.
These markets are not only about song and wine. You're supposed to wander the rows of stalls and buy socks your granddad doesn't need, a wooly hat your mum will never wear, an amusing game for your boyfriend that he'll never play. But it's all so expensive and little of it is even "Made in Germany."
But Holy Shit Shopping is just around the corner. It's a designer Christmas market that aims to open the wallets of 30-somethings who already buy anything they really want and can afford the far-from-cheap prices. But the T-shirts with quirky designs, the cookies and candles with Berlin motifs, the hand-knitted caps, and whacky trousers made out of pullovers have all been created by local artists, who plug their wares with wit. I order another Gluehwein and buy a hat.
It keeps me snug at my next stop: the self-proclaimed "most beautiful Christmas market in Berlin" near the historic thoroughfare Unter den Linden. Tucked between the opera house and the Friedrichswerder Church, the market is indeed lovely. The lights are tastefully arranged, the stands recall medieval times and the Gluehwein tastes surprisingly good.
Yet not as good as the tiny Christmas market in Friedrichshain, where it is positively delicious and the atmosphere is delightful. All around the Samariter Church are charming wooden shacks, where merry people sell mouth-watering home-baked cookies, colorful soft toys, teapots and other gifts friends and relatives are likely to appreciate.
Laden with colorful paper bags, I lumber home and immediately crawl back under the covers.
The next day, the Gluehwein's warming effect has been replaced with a searing headache and burning throat. I sneeze and think I should have followed my instincts. Instead I drank liters of cheap red wine and sang carols in all languages at the top of my voice. Next year, I will know better!
But in the meantime, Merry Christmas!


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I have amazing friends. Friends I can't imagine being without. Friends who help keep me sane. (Which isn't always an easy task. 😉) Friends who have been with me through countless years, some through just a few months. But if you become a friend of mine (and I'm not talking about those "friendly acquaintances" we all have, but a friend that actually knows the real me and STILL hangs around), and we have created that "bond", then the amount of time we've known each other really doesn't matter.
I'd like to think that I am a good friend, and that my friends know I'd be there for them in a heartbeat, just as I know they would be for me (and boy, have they ever been there for me through some crazy times!). I do know that I have a tendency to go overboard (if it's possible) when a friend is hurting, and unfortunately that's the case for a dear buddy right now, hence this post.
While rereading some of my friend's writing I was struck all over again with the beauty of his words in the following line.
The truth is, when I think about Park Slope or its autumn leaves, or its crisp air that smells of antique stone, I feel not only nostalgia but a tremor in my heart that reminds me of just how vital I am to certain individuals' peace of mind.
I hope that while he's going through this rough time in his life, he remembers that he IS vital to peace of mind for more individuals than he probably imagines.
So out of my frustration with not being able to wave a magic wand and make everything alright, I feel the need to go to "The Mushy Zone" and post a video of a song I've always loved, along with a great quote from Thoreau. Call me a dork, a softie, a goof, whatever, but both items really sum up the pretty simple ideas of what constitutes true friendship for me. I hope you all have friends you feel the same way about, too. And to my dear bud, you are much stronger than you realize…LYB.
"The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?" ~Henry David Thoreau
"You've Got a Friend"-James Taylor Tribute (with Carole King)


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To Worship God and Help People - Southwest Harbor and Seal Cove, Maine
Sundays, 9:00 a.m. — Eucharist
Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m. — Meditation
Thursdays, 12:00 noon — Healing Service and Eucharist
Fridays, 1:00 p.m. — Mahjong (teaching available), Common Room
Out of Office: Kathleen will be at CREDO from April 10-17. Michele will also be away from April 11-25. If you need assistance when both Kathleen and Michele are gone, please contact Gen MacKenzie.
Meditation on Tuesdays at 4:00 at St. John's. Please join us for 30 minutes of shared silence and "prayer of the heart," an ancient meditative practice of the Christian tradition. All are welcome! We meditate sitting on chairs, though if you prefer to sit on the floor, feel free to bring a mat or cushion. If you are new to meditation, have questions or concerns, or would like more information, please contact Mother Kathleen.
Joint Worship Service—Sunday, April 29, 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary and St. Jude in Northeast Harbor.
Clean Up Days: St. John, Saturday, May 12; St. Andrew, Saturday, June 2.
Yard Sale — Friday and Saturday, June 8 & 9 at St. Andrew. As you delve into your spring cleaning, please remember that we are seeking treasures for the 5th annual Yard Sale at St. Andrew's. The basement door is open so feel free to drop off your goodies when the spirit moves you. Please NO books, clothing, or electronics. If you would like to join the fun, please let Barbara Campbell or Jayne Ashworth know. There are opportunities to help set up for the sale as well as work on the sale days.
Services at St. Andrew by-the-Lake — Sundays, June 17 through October 7.
Pastoral Care Retreat —Praying in Paint—on Saturday, May 26th 10-3pm at the YWCA in Bar Harbor. The Reverend Susan Berry Taylor, working priest and artist, will be our facilitator. She will lead us in exploring our faith and spirituality though color, paint, and creative expression—no experience needed! Please bring a bag lunch—drinks and snacks will be provided.
For all interested in General Convention
The Provincial Leadership Conference is offering a series of webinars as we move toward General Convention in July 2018. Members from Interim Bodies and task groups as well as those knowledgeable on the issues will present their resolutions in the Blue Book. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions. Details for each webinar will be sent closer to the time of the webinar. Stay tuned.
Web conversations will discuss key issues and resolutions with church leaders, 7:30 p.m.:
April 12 – Evangelism
May 10 – Structure
June 14 – Creation
Dates to Save
Spring Training - a diocesan day of workshops for everyone - Saturday, April 28. Gather with Bishop Steve Lane and Episcopalians across the diocese for a day of learning, sharing, and growth. A church leader? A clergy person? Someone interested in spiritual growth or community outreach? With 20 workshops to choose from, you'll find what you're looking for. There's no cost for this event which will be held at South Parish Congregational Church in Augusta.
Diocesan Adult Retreat at Bishopswood - June 15-17
Confidential Prayer Chain: Unlike our published prayer lists, prayer requests that come into the Prayer Chain remain private to the prayer chain itself, which will pray devotedly for one week unless an updated request is made. If you'd like to know more about this or our Pastoral Care Team, please contact our office administrators or Mother Kathleen.
Families First Community Center Fundraiser – this Friday, April 13th, 6:30 p.m. at China Hill Restaurant, 301 High Street, Ellsworth, hosted by Sip n' Swirl Paint. $35/person. Seating is limited—so sign up TODAY at https://www.picatic.com/familiesfirst041318 Coffee's On! Tuesday, April 17, from 9:30-11:30. Senior Coffee House is held at the MDI YWCA, 36 Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor. Bring a friend and enjoy the refreshments, music and simply catching up with friends while making some new ones. If you need transportation, please call Doreen Willett with Island Connections at 288-4457, or Joan at 244-3227. Stand Against Racism at the YWCA in Bar Harbor: April 19 at 8:00 p.m.—Interactive workshop and webinar "Raising Race Conscious Children" April 25 at noon—"Exploring Whiteness and Anti-Racism on MDI" April 28 at 4:30 p.m.—Public Stand Against Racism on the Village Green in Bar Harbor; 5:30 p.m.—Showing of film "Hidden Figures" with discussion at YWCA.
The Alcyon Center is a place of contemplation and peace, offering a variety of programs including quiet days, a gathering of women to discuss various topics through poetry, personal experiences (Soul Friends), a monthly quiet day and a weekly study of the Gospel for the coming Sunday. The center is located in Seal Cove on MDI. For more information please either email email@example.com or call 207.244.1060.
On the first Sunday of the last month of the distribution season there were many expressions of appreciation and gratitude from our neighbors receiving vouchers. "The Pantry's help has been so important this winter. Thank you." I want us all to hear these words. It verifies what we who spend time with our neighbors on these Sundays during the winter already know--our help is needed and appreciated. When I contemplate the 1,373 vouchers that were each labeled by hand with a neighbor's name, I am aware of just how many contributions--1 voucher for every $10--it takes to sustain this work and to put caring into action each season. I wish that all who have donated to this work could know and feel what we who work closely on distribution Sundays know and feel--it really does matter.
So, a look at the numbers. $13,730 worth of vouchers to 238 adults and 85 children representing 169 households. There were 2 new households registered comprised of 4 people.
The Pantry will be open on Sunday, April 22, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. This will be the final day for the season.
St. Andrew & St. John
Sundays—9:00 a.m. Eucharist at St. John the Divine
Tuesdays — 4:00 pm–Meditation
Thursdays—12:00 noon—Saint of the day & Healing Prayer Eucharist
Church of Our Father
Sundays—8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Eucharist
Wednesdays, 8:00 am—Eucharist.
St. Saviour's
Sundays—10:00 a.m. Eucharist
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:30am—Morning Prayer
Wednesdays, 12:00 noon—Saint of the day & Healing Prayer Eucharist
Cody Van Heerden, Jim Risser, Johannah Camber, Scott Hatcher, Jeff Weisner, Kent Shoemaker, Todd Lear, Anne Degolyer, Marilyn Kitler, Julia Moore Converse, Simone Foley, Ray McDonald, Janet Meryweather, Barbara Loveland, Win Short, Joan Preble, Nicole Burnett, Bob Theriault and Valeria, our sponsored child from Costa Rica.


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Mr. Puopolo advises U.S. and European life sciences companies as general outside counsel on a variety of transactions. In addition to day-to-day representation and strategic advice to his clients, he regularly handles IPOs and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic collaborations.
A selection of Mr. Puopolo's recent representations include:
Representative Matters
- Avadel Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) in its $65 million financing transaction
- Black Diamond Therapeutics in its $231.3 million initial public offering
- HOOKIPA Pharma (Austria) in its $84 million initial public offering
- BioDelivery Sciences International in its $60 million follow-on public offering
- CRISPR Therapeutics (Switzerland) in its $97 million initial public offering and concurrent private placement, $315 million, $200 million and $130 million public follow-on offerings
- Broadfin Capital on its investment in BioDelivery Sciences International's $50 million follow-on public offering
- Surface Oncology in its $119.5 million initial public offering
- Goldman Sachs as lead underwriter in Arvinas' $120 million initial public offering and $115 million follow-on public offering
- Ra Pharmaceuticals in its $58 million public follow-on offering
- BlueRock Therapeutics on its agreement to be fully acquired by Bayer AG for up to $1 billion
- Ginkgo Bioworks on its collaboration with Synlogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBX) to accelerate the expansion and development of Synlogic's pipeline of Synthetic Biotic medicines using Ginkgo's cell programming platform
- CRISPR Therapeutics (Switzerland) in an expanded collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals to enhance its gene editing capabilities to develop novel therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
- Arvinas, Inc. on an agreement with Bayer to jointly launch a new company to leverage Arvinas' PROTAC technology for agricultural applications
- BioDelivery Sciences International in its acquisition of U.S. commercial rights to Symproic from Shionogi
- ProKidney and its lead investor, Pablo Legorreta, founder and CEO of Royalty Pharma, in the acquisition of inRegen and Twin City Bio LLC for $62 million
- CRISPR Therapeutics (Switzerland) in its collaboration with ViaCyte focused on stem cell therapies for the treatment of diabetes
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- Ginkgo Bioworks in its $14 million partnership with Glycosyn to optimize and scale the production of human milk oligosaccharides (hMOS)
- Lysosomal Therapeutics in its exclusive option arrangement with Allergan plc with an upfront payment of $150 million
- Padlock Therapeutics in its sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb with $225 million in upfront and near-term payments
- F-star Alpha (United Kingdom) in connection with its exclusive option agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb with payments of up to $475 million
- CRISPR Therapeutics (Switzerland) in its collaboration with Bayer (Casebia Therapeutics) valued up to $335 million up front
- Alkermes (Ireland) in the sale of its manufacturing facility and the manufacturing and royalty revenue associated with products manufactured at the facility and global rights to Recro Pharma, Inc., for $170 million
- Guerbet (France) in a $270 million acquisition of Mallinckrodt's Contrast Media and Delivery Systems business
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Prior to rejoining Goodwin in 2014, Mr. Puopolo was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in Boston, where he served as co-chair of its emerging technology group. He has been licensed (inactive) in Massachusetts as a certified public accountant.


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Perfect Braised Collard Greens
Mmmmm do I love collards! And lucky me, they're an excellent source of vitamins C, B, K and A not to mention iron, folate, calcium, copper, manganese, selenium and zinc! In fact, I fully attribute my recent excellent lab results from my yearly physical exam to my copious consumption of collards. This is my favorite method of preparation: a long, slow braising, similar to the method of cooking Musalmani, that yields a slightly spicy, melt in your mouth result that pairs well with most anything. The result isn't exactly pretty, and in fact I didn't even bother to photograph the final result for fear its complete un-photogenic-ness would turn you off, but man are they the most delicious thing! Because these take a while to cook, I usually throw them on the stove to braise while I prepare whatever else we're eating with them. If they're finished cooking before the main dish you can easily just add a tad more stock or water and continue cooking them until everything else is finished, to no detrimental effect. So enjoy and toast to your good health!
Perfect Braised Collard Greens
Serves 2
If you wish to double or triple this recipe to serve more people, multiply everything but the water/stock, which should stay the same.
1 bunch collards, washed, stemmed,cut into 1/4 to 1/2 inch ribbons/stips
1 cup stock (water works in a pinch but a flavorful stock does wonders here)
1 onion, halved and sliced as thinly as you can manage
2 cloves garlic, minced
red pepper flakes to taste
Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in a dutch oven or other medium to large pot. When hot add your onion and saute 8-10 minutes until golden brown and a bit stringy. Add garlic and red pepper flakes and cook an additional minute or two, until fragrant. Add your collards and stir to coat in oil. Cook for a few minutes until wilted, then add your stock. Bring the liquid to a simmer, then partially cover, and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for an hour, adding additional stock or water as needed to maintain a bit of liquid for the greens to cook in. When the greens are totally tender and you're ready to serve, uncover and cook off any remaining liquid, then serve!


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The Higher Education Exchange is founded on a thought articulated by Thomas Jefferson in 1820: "I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
In the tradition of Jefferson, the Higher Education Exchange agrees that a central goal of higher education is to help make democracy possible by preparing citizens for public life. The Higher Education Exchange is part of a movement to strengthen higher education's democratic mission and foster a more democratic culture throughout American society.
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