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Whether you're coming with your team, or on holiday in Ibiza and looking for something a bit different to keep you occupied for the weekend, you can be involved in the Ibiza 10s too! Why not come down and watch? Our spectator tickets are just £30 per person for the entire weekend, and gains you access to the site for all games, and for the after parties too!
Your spectator ticket also entitles you to book our discounted accommodation, but please be aware that this will be issued on a first come first serve basis.
We welcome all ages, and it doesn't matter whether you're an avid rugby fan, or never watched a game in your life. Come down and get hooked!"
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I've thoroughly enjoyed my time at the RugbySpy Ibiza 10s! It's a brilliantly organised event with great staff that make Ibiza a home away from home for the weekend. The standard of rugby is good, and the setting is obviously a huge draw too. I'd highly recommend it to any team, whether social team looking for a bit of a getaway, or a touring elite team on the summer circuit.
-- Chester Williams – Springboks Legend & 1995 World Cup Winner
The Ibiza 10's encompasses everything that it should; good rugby on the pitch, quality infrastructure and great entertainment off the pitch. All wrapped up with warm weather and the surroundings of Ibiza. On top of this, there are rugby values galore on show. I have been involved with Rugby Spy Ibiza 10's for a few years now and have seen the tournament grow and would highly recommend it for any club looking for a summer tour destination for women's, men's or vets team. Or even if you fancy a few days in the sun watching some rugby without putting your boots on it is still the destination for you. Run by rugby people for rugby people
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Having met the RugbySpy crew at a rugby event a few years ago now, it was clear from the get go that the Teams vision was one a forward could definitely engage with…10s in the Sunshine….a format of rugby that still provides the opportunity to scrum and occasionally ruck…!!
The tournament has been hosted at other venues in Ibiza but the new venue is a step up and clearly shows the intent of the tournaments direction and the rugby level it is looking to attract. Serious stuff on the pitch but this is knitted together nicely with a number of bars, food outlets and places to chill-out so the Social element has been well and truly catered for. So while the teams prepare for a tough day of rugby they can look forward to a hard earned beverage and a hot tub when the final whistle blows and the sun sets across the pitch. There's the odd after-party too so all in all a pretty decent tour weekend!
I had a fantastic time this Summer and very much looking forward to heading back out next year.
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From a referee's perspective -we love Ibiza: good competition; good pitches; fantastic weather; great company –and an après party to die for…….
I hope to see you there!
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What Happens When You See Regret in Someone's Eyes
Regret is the ultimate poison. If you are thinking about taking the leap and doing whatever it is that you love, you need to just go for it. You will always regret the things that you don't do.
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So easy to tell people to "take that leap" when you're worth $60 million and don't have to worry about how you're going to eat or where you'll sleep.
I hate videos like this. It's always a rich dude telling me to live my life to the fullest, to travel, to basically throw any sense of consistency and safety out the window and do whatever I want because it's my "dream" or so I don't have any "regrets." The one thing they always lack, though, is a realistic sense of duty.
These people can afford to do whatever they want, because they have more money than they'll ever need in their life. How do you tell someone living paycheck to paycheck to "start that business you've always wanted to?" How do you expect a mother and/or father of two to "just go somewhere and see what happens?"
These videos are for the affluent and the speakers themselves, so at the end of the day they can lay their head down on their golden pillow and say "I did something today" and not waste away in obscurity, because money isn't enough for them.1 year agoReplyLink Save10 Replies
I'll give you an upvote because you're adding to the discussion and because of the way you've articulated your viewpoint
I personally disagree and could not disagree more
But well done on making your point and making it well1 year agoReplyLink Save8 Replies
Disagree on what part?
On how easy this guy's life is? On how dreams don't put food on the table? Or about the benefits of "living without regrets?" Or perhaps the motive that these rich people tell us poor people to live under the guise of 'money can't buy happiness?'1 year agoReplyLink Save7 Replies
All of the above1 year agoReplyLink Save6 Replies
I have a feeling you don't really want to discuss it, but by all means, if you'd like to expand on your thoughts on why you disagree that this guy is just full of hot air, I'm willing to read what you have to say.1 year agoReplyLink Save5 Replies
I can post an update later. I need to collect my thoughts into a coherent, non-flaming structure. It's time and effort on my behalf. If you're really interested I will make the effort and create the time
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So on a point-by-point basis:
On how easy this guy's life is? Yes, I disagree. It's certainly easier than someone who lives in abject poverty or dying of famine but life is not easy. Not for anyone. Life is difficult. I disagree that this person's pain of loss or loneliness is easier than anyone else's because he has money to buy distractions. IMO that makes it different but not easier. Pain is pain and loss is loss and loneliness is loneliness whether you think you can buy your way out of it or not they remain an absolute
On how dreams don't put food on the table? I do disagree. I am living my dream and putting food on the table. I have met others who told me the same. I have heard other (like this guy) speak of it
Or about the benefits of "living without regrets?" I have certainly discovered the benefits as a first-hand experience so yes I disagree
Or perhaps the motive that these rich people tell us poor people to live under the guise of 'money can't buy happiness?' What exactly is their motive? I don't follow what your point is supposed to be. That all rich people are banded together in one, homogeneous cabal conspiring to delude you into thinking positively and striving to succeed because that is how they continue to enslave you? Well... that's a little out there, wouldn't you agree? Especially since you clearly don't "buy it" yet you are still "enslaved", not so?
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I made my point absolutely clear and yet you strawmanned me.
He became a motivational speaker so he can lay his head down at night and say "I did good."
Life is easy when you're worth as much as he is. Loss and loneliness? Much easier to deal with when you can afford to miss work.
You are incredibly lucky to live your dream, but you are an outlier, not an average.
It is easy to live without regrets when, again, you're rich enough to be able to do such a thing.
I think we're just living two different lives here. You are somehow able to afford living a life this guy wants you to live so you think his message is genuine. I am living paycheck to paycheck and literally can't afford to do anything he wants me to do, because he doesn't know how it feels to choose between phone service. So to me, his message is callous and tone deaf.
AdelleChattre+5@3rdWheel -
Smug motivational speakers, in their insipid speeches, urge rich and poor alike to sleep on the finest silks, to hire only the most beautiful, and to leave nothing behind for would-be scavengers. Don't let it get to you. When the revolution comes, bourgeois jerks like this will be lined up against a wall and shot.
sashinator+6@3rdWheel -
I live paycheck to paycheck - I just don't dwell on that fact as The Determening factor of the measure of my life
The biggest breakthrough I had is when I embraced my life for what it is and decided to enjoy it
I no longer live in the vicious cycle of berating myself for failure or not being rich enough to be worthy of praise and self esteem. I don't conditionally give myself permission to be happy only once I am successful enough. I don't measure myself by someone else's standards about what I ought to be, or ought to do or ought to feel
Instead, I whistle while I work, when I worry and can't go to sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep
If you don't like making a decision between a phone service and (whatever else was supposed to go there) spare a thought for those among us who have to make that decision between medication and food. And show a little gratitude you don't count yourself among those
I can tell you are bitter about your circumstances and that's bad for you. Nobody else cares if you're unhappy with your life or not. Not internet strangers, not motivational speakers
I offer you this as someone who was were you are and moved passed it. It might not be what you would like to hear but it is a view point that comes from a place of experience and sincerity
You do with that what you will
PS don't fall into the trap of believing an ism will solve your problems. That's a fool's errand
I wouldn't even bother giving that much attention to this video or this kind of video. The message is not genuine, whether that's due to the guy's wealth or not. Insincerity is not the worst thing about the internet phenomenon wherein people give life advice without any qualification other than from having lots of money and comfort. In the case of this particular message, when you try to motivate people to do things by making them fear regretting not having done them at some future date, it is ineffectual at best, and a recipe for serious psychological turmoil at worst. However having said all that, this video doesn't warrant any particular harshness; it's just another one of many stupid YouTube videos featuring clueless, and totally unqualified self-proclaimed saviours. Thankfully we don't have to follow them. May those who do follow them find what they're looking for.


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Meet the Team
Dr Chris Blatchley and Tracy Perkins have known each other for many years and started working together in 2016 to research Daith Piercing for Migraines after it went viral on social media. With over 40 years of experience between them, the team can provide a medical assessment of your migraine and then perform the Daith Migraine Piercing in precisely the right position to achieve optimal results.
Consultations take place at The London Migraine Clinic that Chris set up in 2010
Chris Blatchley
Chris originally trained in Cambridge and London. He started The London Migraine Clinic in 2010 to research improved ways of treating migraines. Botox had recently been registered as a treatment for migraines, though at that time there was no complete understanding on how it produces its effect.
Since starting the clinic he has been researching both how it works and improved protocols on how to inject it to keep the costs down. He works with neurologists who specialise in migraines and headaches and is a member of the Oxford Headache Symposium and the Anglo-Dutch Migraine Association and has lectured and written articles both on how Botox works and how to use this knowledge to improve injection techniques for a better outcome.
He is avid about exploring improved methods of reducing the enormous suffering that migraines can bring and recently he has started to research Daith Piercing for migraines. It only went viral in 2016 and the medical community has not yet caught up with the treatment. He is now pleased to be the first specialist migraine clinic to offer Daith piercings under medically controlled conditions.
Outside medicine he collects art and is sponsoring the Young Masters Prize.
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The British Grand Prix returned to its spiritual home of Silverstone after a three year absence, and on a hot and sunny July day Jim Clark drove supremely confidently to take victory in his Lotus 25, his fourth successive grand prix win.
Although he started on pole, Clark did not have it all his own way at the beginning of the race. In the opening handful of laps he found himself down in fifth as Jack Brabham roared off into an early lead with Dan Gurney just behind him. But it took only four laps before Clark swept into the lead and, once there, he wasn't going to let anyone catch him.
On lap 27, Brabham retired with a broken valve spring leaving Graham Hill and John Surtees locked in a 100mph battle for third - every time Surtees nosed his Ferrari in front, Hill would sit in his slipstream down the straights and swing back ahead of him a lap later.
Gurney eventually dropped out on the 59th lap with engine failure and Hill, having won the tussle with Surtees, set off after Clark, who was 50 seconds ahead of him. Hill started flying around the track and, with only six laps to go, had reduced the gap to 36 seconds.
As Clark took the chequered flag, Hill started losing speed when his BRM began to run out of fuel on the final lap. He just managed to free-wheel across the line, but Surtees took his chance and snatched second place just ahead of the frustrated Hill.
It was another convincing performance from Clark, who now had 36 points in the championship, with Hill a distant second on 17 points.


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Navajo Crystal Rug with Valero Stars and Cross Designs c. 1910-20s, 76" x 69.5" (T5037)
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This weaving is in very good condition. There is a very small hole near one of the corners which is approximately a 1/4" in size. There are no stains, fading or color run, only some very minor spots near the edges. The selvage is good and the corners are intact. The wool is soft. The warp count is 8, and the weft count is 24, per inch. Acquired from a private collection in Wyoming.


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I am writing on behalf of PowerOptions with concerns about the proposed Clean Energy Resources Bill, H. 4187 (previously H. 3968), which mandates electric distribution companies procure and sign long term contracts for a very large amount of energy. The amount of electric energy (18,900,000 MWh or approximately 2,400 MWs) is so great that, from a practical standpoint, the contract will be for large scale hydroelectric power from outside the region, i.e. Canada. The proposed amount of increased energy to the region, coupled with the subsidization of both the purchase and the transmission infrastructure to deliver the energy, will flood the market and result in market distortion, driving competitors out of business and keeping new entrants, particularly other clean resources, out of the market. It will be very costly for ratepayers.
PowerOptions, a 15 year old non-profit, is the largest energy-buying consortium in Massachusetts and possibly the region. We work on behalf of our 500 members, all non-profit and public entities, to negotiate the most cost-efficient supply arrangements for our members, including very favorable terms and conditions. The success of our programs is proof positive that competition in the regional electricity market has been beneficial to consumers. We are concerned that the Clean Energy Resources bill, if passed, will threaten the competitive energy market in Massachusetts and bring significant risk and high costs to consumers.
New England is facing challenges because of our substantial reliance on one energy source – natural gas. Many proponents of H. 4187 boast that it will increase energy diversification in New England and facilitate economic competitiveness; however, this is not the case. In fact it may have opposite effects.
The proposed energy increase is so large that it will have serious unintended, adverse effects in Massachusetts for consumers. The bill encourages a massive amount of hydropower to be transported into Massachusetts for the next 20-25 years. Bringing in an amount of electricity equal to more than 1/3 of Massachusetts' entire demand is unprecedented, unnecessary and will flood the competitive energy market
The generation mandated by the bill is going to result in a power purchase subsidy paid by energy consumers in Massachusetts. H. 4187 requires utility companies to undertake large solicitations and sign long-term contacts with specified suppliers. Therefore, the Canadian hydroelectric generators are guaranteed buyers for their power; they will have 100% cost recovery and no risk. This enables those generators to bid the hydropower into the market at an extremely low price or even no price. If hydropower is bid into the market low or zero, rather than a competitive bidding price reflective of its actual cost to produce, the result will be artificial price suppression driving some economically marginal generation facilities in Massachusetts and the region to close, exacerbating concerns about generation retirements.
This massive energy procurement and subsidization of the hydroelectric generation will upset the competitive market in Massachusetts, resulting in a cornered market with large scale hydropower as the favored source for clean energy generation. By favoring large scale hydropower, the bill will crowd out the existing power generators and make it impossible for new renewable and low-carbon energy in the region to compete.
Even if the strategy in the legislation did not have such a negative impact on the competitive market, it places an unacceptable long term risk on consumers because they are guaranteeing payment for the contract through the rates they pay their respective utility. Once signed, the costs of the contract cannot be avoided by the households and businesses in your district for the next 20 to 25 years. Compounding this risk is the fact that the costs of this bill have not been fully analyzed or considered, in part, because they are unknown. But they are clearly very substantial. We believe that the costs associated with this risk, the energy procurement, and necessary additional infrastructure will be very high for Massachusetts' electricity consumers. To mandate such increased costs without knowing costs would be illogical and bad policy.
In addition to the energy costs, the additional infrastructure costs associated with importing hydropower into the region must be calculated to truly understand the bill's financial effect on Massachusetts' consumers. In her recent testimony, Susan Tierney, a well-respected national energy economist, pointed out such contracts for 20-25 years most likely will require new hydro infrastructure to be built in Canada. No doubt this new hydro will cost more than existing hydro. As a consequence, it cannot be assumed that this power will be inexpensive.
In addition to the Canadian infrastructure Massachusetts consumers will pay, transmission infrastructure must be built in New England to accommodate the huge amount of increased energy. Although it is not included within provisions of the bill, the New England Governors' December letter contemplates that an ISO-NE electricity tariff be used as the mechanism for cost recovery of transmission costs. That tariff will create a second subsidy for Canadian hydroelectric generators.
Moreover, NESCOE, the regional office of the New England Governors on energy issues, recently unveiled the ISO-NE tariff design. But the NESCOE approach has too many unknown components to be considered a fair or reasonable mechanism for cost recovery. The tariff is not to be determined by thorough cost analysis, nor is it determined based on benefits of the increased transmission infrastructure for different states. Rather, the tariff will be determined through "negotiations", which leaves no transparency to calculate how this cost is going to affect Massachusetts' consumers.
In order to comprehensively understand the effects of the bill on Massachusetts' energy consumers, a more thorough cost analysis must be completed. Until this bill and its implementation, including an ISO-NE tariff, have been intensively vetted and serious unknowns addressed, it should not be passed.
While we face issues of fuel diversity, low cost energy and reduced carbon emissions, there is time to address those concerns. They should not be drivers to enact this ill-conceived legislation in the last two weeks of formal sessions of the Legislature. A more analytical, transparent and disciplined process is needed before the Legislature acts. Rushed action today will have serious negative and costly impacts on our state, its consumers and our economy for decades.


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Apricot & Turkish delight mess
Prep: 15 mins
Try a Middle Eastern twist on the British classic Eton Mess, served with fresh mint tea
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal481
- fat33g
- saturates17g
- carbs43g
- sugars41g
- fibre3g
- protein7g
- salt0.22g
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- 100g mascarpone
- 50g Greek yogurt
- 25g icing sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp orange flower water
- 1 meringue nest, broken into rough pieces
- 3 apricots, stoned and chopped
A relative of the peach, nectarine, plum and cherry, apricots are fragrant, with a soft, velvety…
- 2 cubes Turkish delight, orange flavoured if available, chopped
- 25g skin-on almonds, roughly chopped
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Sweet almonds have a subtle fragrance that lends itself well to baking and also works well with…
- 4 mint leaves, shredded, plus extra to decorate (optional)
There are several types of mint, each with its own subtle difference in flavour and appearance.…
Place the mascarpone, yogurt, sugar and orange flower water into a large bowl and whisk until thickened. Fold the remaining ingredients through, then divide the mix between 2 dessert glasses or bowls and decorate with extra mint, if you like.
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26th Oct, 2010
Ok, I had a problem with this recipe because of the amount of orange flower water! I bought it from M & S and it was alcoholic and very strong, so 2 tablespoons in the mix just ruined it. My friends couldn't eat it!!! Maybe I just used the wrong orange flower water? In theory the rest of the recipe would work well.


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|Black Lips
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My personal blog as a 'grown-up' Goth and Romantic living in the Highlands of Scotland. I write about the places I go, the things I see and my thoughts on life as a Goth and the subculture, and things in the broader realm of the Gothic and darkly Romantic. Sometimes I write about music I like and sometimes I review things. This blog often includes architectural photography, graveyards and other images from the darker side of life.
Goth is not just about imitating each other, it is a creative movement and subculture that grew out of post-punk and is based on seeing beauty in the dark places of the world, the expression of that in Goth rock. It looks back to the various ways throughout history in which people have confronted and explored the macabre, the dark and the taboo, and as such I'm going to post about more than the just the standards of the subculture (Siouxsie, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, et al) and look at things by people who might not consider themselves anything to do with the subculture, but have eyes for the dark places. The Gothic should not be limited by what is already within it; inspiration comes from all places, the key is to look with open eyes, listen carefully and think with an open mind..
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Your make up looks great, and I really like the color and style of that wig ^_^ I feel the same way about black lipstick- it can look great when done right (as you've done here) but usually it's too strong for daily wear.ReplyDelete
The wig is a bit darker in real life; I altered the contrast and colour balance on the photos. Black lipstick certainly has its place, but it just seems a bit too harsh a contrast to wear as everyday makeup, for me at least.Delete
Try to use dye that are in shampoo form, scalp friendly and much cheaper ^_^ but only last for one week. Red is much of a classic statement in contrast with the black. So gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Argh, I replied to this, but blogspot ate my comment!
I'll give the non-permanent dye a go - not sure if it would be practical for me to re-dye my hair each Sunday night, but it's certainly something I would consider if, say, I wanted my hair black for clubbing, or similar.
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The black lipstick looks gorgeous on you! Especially with the red wig - super pretty.ReplyDelete
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Altar Serving.
Father Andrew has been in to encourage children from years 4, 5 and 6 to become Altar servers for our parish.
The dates for the training at Christ the King are as follows:
Friday 7 November
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EOGS14 Collection includes
Bergamot (Country of Origin: Italy): Can be used as a natural mosquito repellant, insect-bite salve, deodorant, inhalant, and relaxing massage oil.
Cinnamon (Country of Origin: Sri Lanka): Great disinfectant, mouthwash, bug repellant, helps relieve athlete's foot and kills lice in children's hair. Warm and antispasmodic effect on your body that helps ease muscular aches, sprains, rheumatism and arthritis.
Eucalyptus (Country of Origin: PRC): Anti-inflammatory properties, insect bite relief, eases exhaustion and mental fatigue. Can help with congestion, antiseptic, antibacterial, stimulating and other medicinal and relieving properties.
Lavender (Country of Origin: France): Ability to eliminate nervous tension, relieve pain, disinfect the scalp and skin, enhance blood circulation and treat respiratory problems.
Lemon (Country of Origin: PRC): A powerful cleansing agent that can help purify the air and surfaces. It can be used as a non-toxic cleaner throughout the home. When diffused in water it provides an energizing and uplifting scent.
Lemongrass (Country of Origin: PRC): Insect repellant, helps relieve stress, anxiety, irritability, insomnia and prevent drowsiness. Lemongrass oil can also help relax and tone your muscles as well as relieve muscle pain, rheumatism, period cramps, stomachache, toothache, migraines and headaches.
Mandarin (Country of Origin: PRC): Can help lift your mood when diffused as it has an energizing scent. It also great to add with your all-purpose cleaners for your home.
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Paros is such a beautiful spot.
i remember i had a moment of bliss a couple of weeks ago
just cruising around the spot over sunset.
My God, it's pretty!
So i took my GoPro out to let you see
what i see.
PS: this was a really windy day, i had to depower my 7m and was cruising fast.
So, Ms. Anny Barlow decided to come this season to Paros too.
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The last build of TomatoUSB is a year old. I see that there are some experimental builds after that, but I didn't find any changelog info for what was going into the newer builds. Is there any information about development efforts, changes being made, target dates for a new release, etc?
Or is it just considered "stable" and there is no reason to go past the Nov-2010 release?
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It all started with an envelope. I went to the mailbox today to get my mail of course…and this is what I pulled out. I was totally inspired by my happy mail from Lindsay Ostrom, my creative friend and fellow licensing artist who lives on the other side of the country.
It is not all a happy story. She was mailing something back to me, her goodies from the Popcorn Box Blog Hop because she didn't get her project done in time, including the popcorn. Seriously! She is so sweet and it was so unnecessary. She has lots of fabulous reasons that she didn't get it done and even if she didn't, it was just for fun! She is one of the kindest, most loving creative spirits I know. Ipopped the popcorn and got busy.
I decided to make the best possible use of the amazing artwork on the envelope so this is what I did.
I also received a happy mail box of goodies from Deco Art. I painted a wooden frame black, including the insert for the back. When it was dry, I used Deco Art's Decou-Page to apply the artwork to the insert piece.
While it was drying, I used the Decou-Page to apply my beautifully lettered name to a piece of burlap. I hot glued a painted popsicle stick to the back and a then a piece of burlap trim.
To add a little Laura Kelly touch, I stitched some button stacks with my button collection from Buttons Galore and More to add to both pieces.
I tied my name to a jar and added some fall folliage from the yard. I added a burlap hanger to the frame and Ta-Da…new autumn decor.
I love it. I love Lindsay. I love days where inspiration shows up in the mail. I truly believe in the magic of the postal service and the value of the written word!
Happy Autumn! Go give Lindsay some love. She has a blog too! I promise you will be inspired.


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Start your engines - Funko's Super Racers are coming soon! Super Racers are 2-inch die-cast metal cars that feature characters for fans and collectors of all ages.
Funko Super Racers will launch with Five Nights at Freddy's, including Marionette,
Lolbit, Fredbear, Cupcake, Chica and many more! These vehicles are based on props from Five Nights at Freddy's and are sure to resonate with fans of the game!


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Welcome to GeoghanArt Photography.
This site was created to share my love of the natural world through my photographs. Favorite topics include landscapes, flowers, and wildlife with a particular focus on the beauty of my home state of New Jersey and surrounding areas. I hope that as you browse the galleries, you will experience the wonder that I do in a magical sunrise or sunset, the first blossoms of spring, a close up view of a flower or the rich tapestry of fall colors. These gifts of nature truly warm my heart and nourish my soul.
While nature is my favorite, there is also pleasure to be found in the events, celebrations. milestones and history of our world. Whether it be a spectacular fireworks show, a holiday display, a celebratory event, or a restored historical site or tribute, special places and moments in time and place such as these are included here as well.
If just one of the photographs included here makes you smile or brings pleasure to you in turn, then I will consider it a job well done. If you would like to comment, please click the "Comment" button at the bottom of the gallery page or specific photo. All art is available for purchase as prints, products or licensing. Clicking the "Buy" button will bring you to menus of available print sizes, types and available custom products.
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Bored Stiff
What happens when you have 4 hours to burn and absolutely nothing to do?
Well… This is what I did on Monday, when I had a break from 10am to 2pm.
I turned this…
Into this…
And now, I'm having another 4-hour break. In addition to being bored stiff, I'm currently also bored stupid… To make things worst, I forgot to bring out my earphones, but I brought my iPod… Dang…
Now that I've done blogging about this, I need to go find something else to do… Bummer…
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adapted from Mark Bittman
(Yield 4 servings)
1 baking potato weighing about 1/2 pound
1 1/2 pounds fillet of cod or other mild, delicate white fish
salt and freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 cup peas
2 tsp peanut or other oil
Lime wedges
Boil potato in salted water to cover until it is tender but not mushy, 30 to 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the fish in a skillet that can later be covered. Add water to cover, salt the water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, turn off heat, and set a timer for 10 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the fish to a bowl.
When potato is done, peel it, mash it and mix in the curry powder, cayenne or chile and nigella seeds. Mix the potato with the fish. Add the cilantro and peas along with some of the salt and pepper to taste. Work the mixture with your hands until it is well blended and shape into 8 equal burger-shaped patties.
Preheat the broiler, and set the rack about 4 inches from heat source. Brush the patties on both sides with oil, then place on a non-stick baking sheet. Broil carefully, until nicely browned on top, then turn and brown on the other side. Sprinkle with more cilantro, and serve hot, with lime wedges.
For Pan-fried Fish Cakes: Increase the oil to 1/3 cup or more if necessary. Heat oil in a large skillet (the oil should be at a depth of about 1/16 inch) over medium-high heat. When it is hot (a pinch of the fish mixture will sizzle immediately), add the cakes. Cook, turning once, until brown on both sides, about 10 minutes total.
Notes/Results: Delicious! Full of wonderful flavor and texture, these fish cakes worked on a lot of levels. Between the medium curry powder and the bit of cayenne, it had just enough kick. They were great for dinner and just as good warmed up the next morning for breakfast. I will definitely make these again as they are an easy fix when I am craving Indian curry.


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Orange City, FL - A Holly Hill-based paving contractor gets the maximum penalty under law for an incident which led to the death of one of their employees.
Pavemax Asphalt Services was fined $16,814 recently for safety violations in the May 1st accident which killed 72-year-old Ulysees Tolbert, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Tolbert was operating a paving machine when he was run over by that machine in front of a medical office on Harvey Strickland Boulevard near Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City.
OSHA Jacksonville Area Office Acting Director Buddy Underwood says Tolbert lacked the proper training to use the equipment and that he was standing on the equipment while it was in motion.
"This tragedy could have been prevented if employees were trained properly on operating equipment safely," Underwood added.
Police say Tolbert was reversing the equipment when he fell from the machine. Co-workers were able to stop the machine but had to call for help to lift it off of him.
Tolbert was pronounced dead at the scene by Orange City Fire Rescue. A large, heavy-duty wrecker was brought to the scene to lift the paving machine so that the body could be removed.
Pavemax has 15 business days to comply with the ruling, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings to an independent commission.


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Please i have an idea and i am not very experienced with RTL-SDR , we want to use the RTL-SDR as a mobile network scanner module which can search for (GSM,UMTS,LTE) cells in the area and return information about (Cell-Id,LAC,frequency,rx power, TAC.......etc) and i have some quesations :
1) can that be applicable or not ?
2) which details and knowledge should i get to start
3)which open source boards or Kits can be used and support the SDR module.
4)which Software can be used and areas to be programmed if there is no libraries.
I hope i get your feedback if anyone can help
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Want a great way to enhance the beauty of your Arizona property? Then have fireplaces or fire pits installed. Customized or pre-built, these fire features can definitely transform any landscape from beautiful to magical, especially during the cold winter nights.
Benefits of Adding a Fireplace
Fireplaces are wonderful additions to your home or landscape. They can provide you with:
- Warmth and comfort. What can be more comfortable than the warmth of a lighted fireplace in a cold winter night? Snuggle up with your family and friends and let the warmth seep in, as you share the stories of the day.
- Beauty. These fire features look good any which way you look at them. Light them up and you'll fall in love with the magical effect they have for the area.
- Increase the value of your home. Homes with fireplaces fetch a higher price than those without.
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The intent is to create a warm and inviting outdoor space for entertaining and casual conversation. The fireplace might be the main focal point or be part of a more expansive outdoor area that includes a kitchen and hot tub.
With a fireplace or fire pit installed in your landscape, you'll never have to spend another cold, winter night indoors again. The heat from these fire features can give you a warm, comfy feeling come winter time.
Even hot summer nights can be turned to delightful nighttime, as you and your family play games outdoors. Don't worry about missing out on the fun, because you can even cook your meals on top of your fire pits. Let the air be filled with the delicious aroma of your sumptuous cooking. [Read more…]


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/ Monday, October 6, 2008 / 6 Comments / Malaysian , Rice and Beans , Seafood
Nasi Lemak Anyone?
Well, with the whole day of raining, it seems like a perfect day for nasi lemak. I like comfort food for this type of weather. I am sure everyone has their own preference for comfort food. As for me, I prefer something spicy or just a simple bowl of soup. The rice is cooked with coconut milk, sliced shallots, pandan leaves (screwpine leaves) and salt to taste. I cooked the prawn sambal to go with the coconut rice. To complete the nasi lemak, I pan roasted some peanuts, deep fried some anchovies, sliced some cucumbers and fried eggs! (eggs can be hard boiled or simply fry them) Enjoy!
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Wow! That is easily the best-looking nasi lemak I've seen outside of SE Asia. Bravo!!ReplyDelete
yes, I would like some Nasi Lemak LOL - I would love to have it right now though it hardly rains in SD - and I love soup too!! yummyReplyDelete
taste of homeReplyDelete
Hop on the plane, and come to my place!! Just kidding! Well, I love SD. Will visit again soon.
- AnonymousSeptember 25, 2010 at 6:24 AM
Hey where can I find a recipe for this ?? This looks amazing im craving badly 4 nasi lemak now :(ReplyDelete
@Anonymous: Here is the link for the Nasi Lemak recipe. http://www.seasaltwithfood.com/2010/04/nasi-lemak-with-dried-anchovies-sambal.htmlReplyDelete
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text: In this gritty drama, a woman discovers that her long-lost mother is now her partner in a cutthroat prison gang. Treasure (Yolonda Ross) is a young African-American woman who grew up without a mother and has been in trouble with the law most of her life after falling in with a rough-and-tumble street gang. Treasure has long been told that her mother, a hard-as-nails female criminal nicknamed "Brownie," died years ago, but one of Treasure's best friends and gang-sisters tells her about meeting a hard-core "lifer" named Brownie in an adult lockup, and Treasure wonders if she might be her mother. About to turn 21, Treasure goes out of her way to break enough rules to be sent to the State Facility for Women, where Brownie (Davenia McFadden) is also held. Treasure soon meets Brownie and discovers she is indeed her mother, but finds that the longtime prisoner would prefer to regard her as a gang ally than as a daughter. Treasure also learns that not everyone welcomes her presence in Brownie's gang, especially Kit (Rain Phoenix), a drug dealer who runs with Brownie and feels that her daughter is forcing her to divide her loyalties. Stranger Inside was directed and co-written by Cheryl Dunye, who previously made the controversial independent feminist satire The Watermelon Woman; the film was premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival prior to its telecast on the premium cable network HBO, which financed the project. Mark Deming, Rovi


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I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
A Ghostly Mortality
That ghost sure looks . . . familiar
Only a handful of people know that Emma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, is a "Betweener." She helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after—murdered ghosts. Once Emma Lee gets them justice they can cross over to the great beyond.
But Emma Lee's own sister refuses to believe in her special ability. In fact, the Raines sisters have barely gotten along since Charlotte Rae left the family business for the competition. After a doozy of an argument, Emma Lee is relieved to see Charlotte Rae back home to make nice. Until she realizes her usually snorting, sarcastic, family-ditching sister is a . . . ghost.
Charlotte Rae has no earthly idea who murdered her or why. With her heart in tatters, Emma Lee relies more than ever on her sexy beau, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross…because this time, catching a killer means the Raines sisters will have to make peace with each other first.
"Funeral Trauma." Emma Lee still has it and it's not going any time soon. A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes brings back the zany occupants of Sleepy Hollow for this installment and it just keeps getting better. With the added bonus of a ghostly kitty, Emma Lee finds herself at a loss because of her new "In betweener" client.
Emma's "Funeral Trauma" is still talk of town. Townsfolk think she's crazy, including her grandmother (who in my opinion is also cray cray) and her sister, Charlotte. Personally, I did not like Charlotte, she was a biotch, treating her sister like crap all the time. But there was something happening in Charlotte's life that was clued in to the reader, but we did not find out until later. I did feel sorry for her and especially for Emma, who would have a hard time doing her job this time around.
"Ghost Charlotte is much nicer than living Charlotte."
Too bad it was too late for the sisterly bond, but I guess they did get some in at the end. The elements of humor were still there and I especially loved the cat that makes an appearance. There is another story there and the ending sets the next story up, as it does in the previous books. I wouldn't say it's a cliffhanger, since the main plot is resolved, just think of it as a preview into the next story.
Her relationship with her boyfriend Sheriff Jack Henry pretty much is still the same. There isn't that much drama on that front. It's a sweet romance and we catch glimpses of how sexy Jack Henry can be. He's basically the support character. He knows about her "In betweener" clients and doesn't think she's crazy.
Overall, I thought the build up to the climax of the story was good. Emma's mystery solving leads to some wrong conclusions until she finds her self in danger and of course has that "Oh, now it makes sense" type of deal. I would totally recommend this series to anyone who likes small town shenanigans and funny heroines.
A little note…
- No cliffhangers per se' just a preview to the next book.
- I would suggest reading these in order.


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If you want to add a custom look to our rides we often will turn to removing unnecessary hardware. I decided to do so after I was reinstalling some upgraded items on my bike and discovered I had lost some support. Rather the Lower Saddlebag Support. It turns out at some point the leg that bolts to the rear fender bracket snapped. Luckily I have Brukus Motorcycle Parts Saddlebag Secure installed and I believe this helped reduce any damage that may have occurred. Thankfully we here at K and G Cycles carry a few options to repair my bike so I can be back on the road and start enjoying this beautiful weather we are having.
Replacing the Lower Saddlebag Supports will give me the chance to upgrade to the Custom Chrome supports. I know, you are saying "What difference does it make because for the most part they are hidden?". Well, Chrome is Chrome and when there is a chance to add some to the bike, it is all good. Part # 49-0799 is a Chrome Lower Saddlebag Support Kit. This kit includes Left and Right saddlebag guards in a rich chrome finish. As a side note, this set can only be used in conjunction with front saddlebag guards.
For those looking to capitalize on this opportunity to get a custom look for their bike and ditch the visible supports and guard rails, there are eliminators available in your choice of Chrome or Black. My guess is Black is the preferred color here as the ultimate goal is to conceal the supports and black will blend in far better than Chrome. Eliminator brackets go from the frame to the lower support bracket and replaces the saddlebag guards and upper saddlebag rails. Providing you with a sleek look, these eliminators also remove any bit of protection you once had for your saddlebags.
Should the time come when you need to replace a broken Lower Saddlebag Support or Supports you will be forced with a gut check. Replace the existing style or go with a new custom look that gives your bags a floating effect. Whatever you decide, let the pros at K and G Cycles help you with your decision. I did.


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One day in February, a notice appeared on the website San Francisco Eater. An unknown outfit called Eastside Bagels was hosting a pop-up at a Mission District bar called Dear Mom. One morning only: actual New York bagels, with schmear, lox or pastrami. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.
But even before Sonya Haines pulled out her slicing knife, she was in well over her head. She had 10 dozen bagels (five plain, five everything) overnighted to herself, and by 10:30 a.m. there were more than 200 people standing on the 16th Street sidewalk in the rain. When you offer an East Coast Jewish transplant the possibility of a fresh New York bagel on a Sunday morning, you arouse a lot of yearning. Californians, spoiled by Platonic produce, excellent burritos and fine-art coffee, have a tormented relationship with this particular food item. Even expert local bakers, like Joe Wolf, the owner of Marla Bakery, concede, ''San Francisco has struggled with the bagel.''
Conventional wisdom, at least among former East Coasters and California Jews, holds that you can't buy a good one in the Golden State. On the sidewalk outside Dear Mom, the mood quickly turned from grateful to complaining. Many customers felt disgusted by the line (though, of course, they themselves were the line). Others were outraged by the prices: $6 for a bagel with cream cheese; $10 for a lox or pastrami bagel sandwich, the latter with a poached egg. Half the customers left unfulfilled because of lack of inventory.
The New York bagel, as everybody knows, is an institution. No bagel definition will satisfy all, but for starters, let's just say: A good one requires a chewy interior with blisters, called fisheyes, on a shiny, crispy crust. Making a bagel requires several steps: Hand-roll enriched dough; let it rise, or proof; retard the rising in a refrigerator; boil briefly in malted water; then bake. Mitchell Davis, the executive vice president of the James Beard Foundation — a man who is currently living in Milan and who almost came to tears one recent Sunday morning at the thought of his husband back home in Gramercy Park, reading the wedding announcements and eating an everything from Brooklyn Bagel — believes that the secret to a good bagel is technique, the length of time, say, for proofing and boiling, more than the type of water or flour. Achieving the right crust is foremost. ''That's the hardest thing, that outer crunch,'' Davis told me. He recalled that his father described the bagel as ''a doughnut dipped in cement.''
"So he wasn't a fan?'' I asked.
''No!'' Davis said. ''He loved them.''
The obvious saviors in San Francisco's bagel situation should have been Evan Bloom and Leo Beckerman — occasional chefs at the Hillel chapter at the University of California, Berkeley, and the owners of San Francisco's relatively new and much beloved Jewish deli, Wise Sons, which opened in 2012. Many already believed Wise Sons made the best deli rye west of the Hudson River. The restaurant sold so much house-made pastrami that, after several years of Bloom's transporting the smoky, fatty meat to catering events, his girlfriend could no longer stand the smell and insisted he buy a new car. A disclaimer on the menu reads NOT A NEW YORK DELI. Bloom and Beckerman added the notice just a few months after opening because even though the place was packed, customers groused that Wise Sons' offerings didn't taste like the food they grew up eating on the East Coast. ''Our kugel is definitely not as good as your bubbe's kugel,'' Beckerman told me, sitting on the bench where he used to sleep after working 20-hour shifts. ''The actual food we serve is better,'' he said. ''I'm very proud of our food. But it's never going to match the memory of what your grandmother made you between the ages of 5 and 15.''
Bloom, 29, grew up in Ventura, Calif., the great-grandson of Jewish deli owners from Swampscott, Mass. Beckerman, 31, was raised in Los Angeles, attended Jewish day school for a couple of years and, as a child of a feminist mother, made what he describes as unimpressive dinners for his family once a week. A few years after graduating from Berkeley, the two started working on cooking projects — in particular, on perfecting the kosher pastrami sandwich that Bloom's father remembered from his youth but could no longer find, a sandwich that Bloom eventually realized ''may or may not exist.'' Then, in 2010, Bloom was laid off from his job as a construction manager, and Bloom's brother, who was enrolled in Harvard Business School, started sending Bloom and Beckerman business plans. The two worked up recipes for rye bread, bialys and smoked salmon. Then, in January 2011, like seemingly everybody else in San Francisco, they opened a pop-up restaurant — one that didn't sell bagels.
Wise Sons deli now occupies a former taco joint on the corner of 24th and Shotwell Streets in San Francisco's Mission District. They also have an outpost at the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum. From the start, Beckerman says: ''We knew making a bagel would open us up to so much criticism. There isn't another product as personal as the bagel. It was already struggle enough.''
Still, by mid-2014, Bloom, the more optimistic and heavily bearded of the Wise Sons pair, was lobbying his partner. ''We need a great bagel,'' Bloom said to Beckerman every day for a month. ''How hard can it be?''
The bagel, originally from Poland, has done poorly in the diaspora from New York. In the late 1920s in New Haven, a Polish immigrant named Harry Lender opened one of the first bagel shops outside New York City. Over the years, he grew tired of slow weekdays followed by hectic Saturday nights to meet the Sunday-morning rush. So in the early 1950s, without telling his customers, he started baking and freezing bagels through the week and selling them as fresh on Sunday. Nobody noticed for nearly two years. Lender then started selling them frozen and presliced in grocery stores. By 1984, when the Lender family sold the business to Kraft Foods, they were making more than two million bagels a day. To celebrate with their sales reps, Murray and Marvin Lender, two of Harry's sons, walked Len, an eight-foot-tall Lender's bagel, down the aisle to meet Phyl, his Kraft Philadelphia cream cheese bride.
Further bagel debasement followed. In 1995 Boston Chicken, which owned a string of restaurants, mostly in New England, saw an opening in the breakfast market, to compete with the doughnut. The company started buying mom-and-pop bagel bakeries, and the resulting Einstein Noah Restaurant Group now owns 852 bagel shops in 42 states. A very nice team of marketing and R. & D. people told me that the company, which uses steam ovens for its Noah's bagels instead of boiling and baking separately, prides itself on its innovative flavors, like Cheddar jalapeño, as well as what it calls its ''traditional'' ones, like . . . blueberry.
The San Francisco bagel famine broke for a short time in 2011, when four former Dartmouth students started an outfit called Schmendricks. (The name means ''stupid person'' in Yiddish.) They decided to follow tech start-up protocol — ''to A/B test our way to a perfect bagel,'' says Dan Scholnick, one of the schmendricks who not at all stupidly kept his day job as a venture capitalist. By November 2011 they had a product ready to take to beta. So Schmendricks posted an announcement on Facebook and Twitter and placed a sign in front of Faye's Video and Espresso Bar, across the street from Bi-Rite Market, a sort of Dean & DeLuca of San Francisco. Then, on the appointed morning, they showed up with four dozen bagels — and found a line stretching down the block. The bagel columnist for J., a Northern California Jewish weekly, described the product as ''everything you could ever want.'' But the glory didn't last. Before Schmendricks opened a storefront, its bagel disappeared. ''We were never going to grow the way a top-tier tech company is going to grow,'' Scholnick told me, stating the obvious. Besides, after months of hand-rolling, Schmendricks' primary baker discovered she had a gluten intolerance.
Other bagels emerged, none as beloved. After Dan Graf, 30, quit his job at Saul's deli in Berkeley, he decided to take on the challenge. His boss at Saul's, who trained under Alice Waters, encouraged Graf to go to New York and learn the bagel craft as most chefs learn technique — by apprenticing at a master's knee. But instead, Graf, who majored in genetics, took a scientific approach, turning his apartment into a lab for isolating variables (proofing times, retarding times, baking times, ratio of malt to boiling water). He opened Baron Baking a few months later, when he achieved a dense midsize bagel he liked. He supplies Saul's and does a brisk wholesale business, but when I presented one of his bagels to an East Coast transplant, he looked at it and said, ''I don't even want to taste it — I know it will make me sad.''
Joe Wolf, of Marla, says his partner and wife, Amy Brown, did not refer back to any primary bagel source, either. ''Amy never tasted a bagel and said, 'I want to make a bagel like that!' '' Wolf told me. What she makes now is a truly accomplished round bread product, with a tight crumb and a hint of sourness. Even Beauty's Bagel Shop, which had been supplying Wise Sons, did not try to produce the New York bagel so many California Jews crave. Instead, the owners, Amy Remsen and Blake Joffe, veered toward the Montreal bagel, which is fine but more or less to a New York bagel what Chicago deep-dish pizza is to New York pizza. (A Montreal bagel, which is smaller and sweeter than a New York bagel, is baked in a wood oven and lacks salt.)
All of this makes you wonder if the problem is really cultural, if California bagel bakers are too hooked on innovation and culinary self-expression for the bagel's good. Mitchell Davis of the Beard Foundation believes that the bagel, like ketchup, is a product ill served by current food trends. ''The effect of artisanship does not always produce a better result,'' he told me. What's more, he says, an up-and-coming San Francisco baker may have a hard time realizing his fantasy of learning how to make a New York bagel from an authentic Jewish source. Not that it matters. Bagel baking remains the province of immigrants, even if it's no longer particularly the province of Jews. Among the great bagel bakers right now is Samak Thongkrieng, who owns Absolute Bagel on Broadway near 107th Street. Thongkrieng came to New York from Thailand in 1980 and worked for three years at Ess-a-Bagel, considered by many to produce some of the best bagels in the city.
Late last year, Beckerman finally relented and agreed to make a bagel, much to the relief of Wise Sons' fans. He continued, however, to worry about how those same customers would behave once they had an actual, not idealized, bagel in hand. Beckerman told me that his customers seem to feel entitled to express their disappointment, as if eating at Wise Sons were like eating at a family member's home. About a year after the opening, a woman came in, ordered the matzo-ball soup, asked to speak to the chef and then proceeded to tell Beckerman that though his was O.K., it could be better. She returned a few days later with her own matzo-ball soup, as promised, as well as her specialty white-chocolate-and-cranberry mandelbrot. Beckerman sat down with her and ate.
This insistence on the part of customers to make the Wise Sons experience personal rather than transactional makes sense to Rabbi Michael Lezak, who lives in Marin County, over the Golden Gate Bridge, and leads Congregation Rodef Sholom. ''San Francisco is a radically assimilated community,'' Lezak explains. ''So there's something about being in an out, public Jewish space that's rare here. We don't have a Jewish neighborhood. Wise Sons serves a purpose for people who fled the East Coast."
In New York, where he attended rabbinical school in the late 1990s, Lezak lived on First Avenue across the street from Ess-a-Bagel, which, he says, ''lit me up in beautiful ways and left an imprint on my soul.'' No California bagel, at present, affects Lezak in that way, but he is touched by Wise Sons. ''Their challah is off the charts,'' he says. ''It's a language for Shabbat.'' Connecting to religion through food may be even more important for secular Jews. ''Food is an easy vehicle; it's a great first step,'' Lezak says. ''Religion needs to lead to something bigger, something outside yourself. But food can resuscitate your dead grandmother.'' It evokes the past. ''If we make a commitment to meet for lunch once a week at Wise Sons, you tell me about who is alive in your family and who is not, what your life is about,'' he says. ''That summons us toward something greater.'' Many Jews, Lezak thinks, have arrested religious development — ''their bar or bat mitzvah might be the last great religious experience they had,'' he says. ''They're 13 years old, Jewishly.'' Temple may be intimidating — not so a deli. As Beckerman notes, ''We're not asking about God here.''
Beckerman destroyed two mixers in trying to perfect the bagel. But after just three test batches, Bloom said: ''Go no further! That's it!'' So Beckerman started practicing the production of bagels at scale — first four dozen, then eight, up to his test run of 25 dozen, which he baked in Wise Sons' commissary kitchen, on Mission and 22nd Street the morning of Jan. 28. The following day, Wise Sons planned to drop bags of bagels and cream cheese at its big San Francisco catering accounts, like Airbnb. The day after that, bagels for all.
That evening, Beckerman's and Bloom's phones started ringing. A text message arrived: ''Bakery on fire. Not a joke.'' Bloom set down the chopped liver he was serving to Warriors season-ticket holders at an event on the Embarcadero. By the time he'd raced up and over Potrero Hill to the three-story mixed-use building, he could smell the smoke. On Mission Street, along with a cluster of fire trucks, Bloom found Beckerman and their bakers, still in aprons, watching flames erupt from the building's roof.
The fire, which started elsewhere in the building, was devastating; one of the building's tenants died, and six others were hospitalized. The next day, Bloom and Beckerman came back to salvage a few things. Beckerman grabbed the rye starter and his brother's bar mitzvah certificate. Bloom focused on the shorted-out machine that they had used to shape bagels.
This past spring, I drove with Bloom and Beckerman to look at a potential new space for both baking and selling bagels, near the corner of Geary and Fillmore Streets, a spot much closer to Congregations Sherith Israel and Emanu-El than their original deli. Rabbi Lezak believes a worthy bagel would make Jewish life in the Bay Area more complete. ''My hope and prayer is that someday I'm schlepping into San Francisco on Sunday mornings for a bagel,'' he told me.
The space turned out to be a rundown former sushi restaurant. Beckerman stared at the stained red walls and peeling linoleum floor. Ever optimistic, he said, ''You gotta have vision to feed your dreams!''
But not too much vision. After all, creativity is not the bagel's friend. ''The bagel is the Jewish madeleine,'' says Niki Russ Federman, a fourth-generation owner of the New York appetizing store Russ & Daughters on the Lower East Side. ''You bite into it, and you're reminded of where you came from and who you are.''


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Imagine that with each breath, there's more peace in your heart. Anxiety otherwise could be the antithesis of peace. Whatever the craziness, but, it IS possible to regain and maintain reassurance. I know I would like to feel at peace.
Many times it's hard for all of us to come in the rest and tranquility needed so as to present our minds the peace essential to rest. This really is because a number of the individuals have inner peace whereas others usually do not have it. It can simply be experienced by knowing that there's already peace. That portion of the peace each individual holds is worthless until it's united with the other components. If it's trying to move a warring world towards peace that you're experiencing, then that's what you have created, and you may never experience peace. Thus, the people today are the true power inside this world when they function as a collective group as they can control the circulation of money.
Someone will need to do practice things usually to attain inner peace. Working endlessly to attain the mental satisfaction in a type of peace is useful in removing negativity too. People with inner peace have the ability to do far better in life than many others. Ergo, peace is now paramount and equally hard to obtain.
As a way to develop global peace we must prevent violence and follow morals which are preached by the religions. One must have faith in God and have to be religious minded. Thus, it is very important to have religious tolerance to keep peace among people all over the world. Consequently, it is vital that you have religious tolerance to keep world peace and security. To the degree of awareness that we've that war doesn't work for us, is going to be the degree of peace that we experience. Marston's principal focus wasn't on the idea of peace itself but the true procedure of the Peace Conference.
Should you be wishing for a peaceful planet, then that's what you will experience. Well, within this place of peace you'll need to perform things differently. The 1 thing you cannot deny is this awareness. You can begin here and now, irrespective of the form of life you're living, and irrespective of your circumstances. There is just one person who is able to decide how we think.
All decent individuals want peace. In this manner, I'm creating more peace in the whole world. The way the entire family linked to each other was more authentic.
Inner Peace is really our normal state of health. Living a far more positive everyday living has plenty of benefits that could manifest more peace in your whole life. There are various ways by which you may have inner peace.
When we've got peace, we've got love. Peace will only be accomplished through love. The sole way forward is by way of forgiveness. Peace that is certainly here for no reason. You become happy and get reassurance within the procedure. Violence won't ever achieve peace.
The path to peace starts in your world, the one which you are creating. If what I've written is not section of your philosophy you are going to probably already have a good understanding of way you are feeling powerless to change your world. If you investigate this moment in this way, seeing what's true and what's untrue, you may observe that all thinking is merely that, thought.


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Neenah High School will present four showings of the comedic play, Almost, Maine on Feb. 1-3 at Pickard Auditorium.
Shows will be staged Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. each night. There will also be a 2 p.m. show on Saturday. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. They will be on sale at the Pickard box office beginning one hour prior to each show. Tickets are also available on line at rocketplayers.com (service charge applies).
Almost, Maine is comprised of nine short plays exploring love and loss in a mythical town called Almost, Maine. The play was written by John Cariani and opened in 2004. It was the most produced play in North American high schools in 2009-10 and 2011-12, according to Playbill.


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|Community-Campus Partnership, The Learning Center, and Community College of Aurora
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Home to Children's Hospital of Colorado, University of Colorado Hospital, University Physicians, Inc., the University of Colorado's health sciences schools and research centers, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Anschutz Medical Campus employs approximately 19,000 individuals. However, fewer than three percent of those employees are residents of the surrounding neighborhoods. Immigrants comprise a significant population of these neighborhoods and offer language and cultural skills that are in increasing demand in hospitals and health-care settings. This partnership came together to look for strategic and cost-effective ways to help close the gap between employer hiring needs and the immigrant community's employment aspirations.
Description of the Partners
The Community College of Aurora (CCA) is a public, two-year institution of higher learning in Aurora. CCA serves 12,000 students annually offering ABE/GED, English as a Second Language (ESL), and an array of technical college certificates and associate degree programs.
The Learning Center (TLC) is a community-based, nonprofit organization located in Lakewood, CO that operates over 30 programs in the Denver Metro Area serving over 2,000 students annually. TLC promotes and provides ABE, GED, and ESL educational opportunities through collaborative partnerships for adults and families.
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The three partners came together for the BCPIW initiative in order to learn first-hand from nationally recognized programs about effective services and models to strengthen and expand the ESL Healthcare Bridge program. The team identified five goals that they hoped to achieve as part of BCPIW.
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To improve the effectiveness of the ESL Healthcare Bridge, college staff are exploring effective models, such as the I-BEST model and other models for effectively delivering contextualized instruction in order to improve student success. Currently, discussions are underway about what professional development is needed for staff, and how to effectively create a pathway for students between the ABE and ESL Healthcare Bridge programs and into college certificate programs.
One of the most important outcomes of the initiative has been maturing the current partnerships and adding new partners. The City of Aurora Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs, Colorado Welcome Back, the CO Department of Human Services - Refugee Services Employment Programs, the Asian Pacific Development Center; Aurora – Sister Cities, and the African Community Center have all joined the partnership. These new partners will aid in recruitment efforts, ensure appropriate programming, expand supportive services, and help students establish residency.
Impact of the Initiative and Lessons Learned A key lesson learned was many of our refugees and immigrants did not possess the literacy skills to enter the healthcare programs. Furthermore, many individuals are unaware of all the opportunities available for employment. Additional wrap-around support, including career development and awareness, is needed to address these issues.
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Fuigo from a Different Dimension
Toshinori Kondo
Toshinori Kondo - trumpet, alto horn, mutes
Side A
1. Fuigo
2. Double
3. Cliff
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1. Short-Ichi
2. Short-Ni
3. Alto
4. Slides Out
5. Buriki
Bellows Records 001
Every time I hear Kondo in something new to me, I'm invariably enthused anew by his invention, soul, and breadth of musical compass. This year, it's been Death is Our Eternal Friend – a 1982 collaboration with Paul Lovens and Paul Lytton – and Protocol - posted below by Sotise – that have opened the ears (once again) to Kondo's playing. Almost every time this happens, I ask why I don't have more records of the guy. And I muse to myself that if I hadn't gone through that phase in the early 90's of collecting Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley LPs, I could have been picking up cheap copies of extraordinary albums by ….well, plenty of musicians, but particularly musicians like Kondo.
As it turned out, all those Morgan and Mobley LPs turned up widely available on CD in their time, with bonus tracks aplenty, whereas with musicians like Kondo – a significant amount of recorded documents have slipped through the cracks. . .
Fuigo From A Different Dimension is a solo trumpet album.. 'Solo trumpet' being not 100% accurate, as Kondo too plays Alto Horn – solo, and also simultaneously, with his "solo" trumpet.
There aren't a hell of a lot of solo trumpet albums [or solo brass instruments of any sort]. Leo Smith, Bill Dixon, Axel Dorner and Lester Bowie immediately come to my mind. Stef at freejazz-stef has made a better roundup of solo trumpet albums here
This is Kondo's first solo record – from 1979.
It's inventive, imaginative, creative, concise, weird, wonderful, and – for me – quite cohesive as an album, and not a set of glorified practice exercises or a hot-chops demonstration.
This time round, I'm not going to recommend the felicities of each and every track - or gesture, mood or feel.
And instead I recommend to - Just listen.
It is weird – and things are never as far apart as they seem: - I was prompted to post this by the 2 Kondo records mentioned above – yet this LP is Bellows 001, and Billy Bang's Changing Seasons [below] was the 4th LP on the same tiny Bellows label [Bellows 004].
As far as the label goes - the first and the last.
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Consider the following recent history:
- Ontario Premier-designate Dalton McGuinty, being shown the cabinet room for the first time, has to request that Powerpoint facilities be provided. Ten months later, Premier McGuinty has to request that ministers and central agency staff turn off their BlackBerries in cabinet meetings.
- Justice Gomery restricts the dissemination of testimony at some hearings of his Commission of Inquiry. He is circumvented, with impunity, by a Minnesota-based website.
- MP Garth Turner is expelled from the Conservative caucus for using his blog to post confidential information and criticize the party.
- Bloggers criticize Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte for aligning herself too closely with the entertainment industry position on copyright. She subsequently loses her safe Toronto seat in the 2006 election.
Information technology facilitates immediacy (Dalton McGuinty's problem), transparency (Justice Gomery's problem), free agency (Garth Turner's gain, Stephen Harper's problem), and mobilization (Sarmite Bulte's problem). All are part of a transformation of government and politics that is leading to many such surprises and anomalies.
Put more broadly, not only is information technology responsible for the deaths of time and distance, but also of deference. It's a demise that challenges fundamental operating assumptions in both politics and government.
The new book Digital State at the Leading Edge, charts, and explains, how IT is changing government and politics. Because transformation never happens overnight, the book is based on longitudinal research from 2000 to 2005 on the impact of IT on, and the management of IT in, the federal and Ontario governments – two jurisdictions widely considered to be at the leading edge. It also includes comparative chapters on the US and UK governments.
The transformation we track is not in the essence of politics (seeking office and exercising power) or government (implementing policy and delivering service), but rather in how these activities are understood and performed.
What are the drivers?
Our book identifies the following four drivers of change:
- Channel Choice: The electronic channel has emerged as an alternative to traditional channels for service delivery and political participation. We, as users of services, or as citizens participating in the political process and in policy development, choose among the channels available. Our choices are affected by channel availability and characteristics, which government determines on the basis of both economic considerations (comparative channel cost) and political calculations (visibility to constituents).
- IT-enabled integration: IT can break down traditional political and bureaucratic departmentalism by integrating frontline service (for example, on government-wide portals or call centres), support services (for example, government-wide administrative applications), and policy development.
- Procurement markets: The application of IT requires procurement of hardware, software, systems and expertise. The characteristics of procurement markets influence government decisions about internal production versus outsourcing; government's effectiveness as project manager determines whether or not IT systems will deliver promised efficiencies and service improvements.
- Digital Leadership: Transformation, especially for governments at the leading edge, is not inevitable, but rather the result of public servants and politicians who "get it" convincing their colleagues to put the technology in place. That is why Digital State at the Leading Edge incorporates a set of profiles of digital leaders in politics, the senior public service, and at the frontlines.
So what's changed?
The answer is a lot, especially if we look back to our study's starting point of 2000. The public service has become a fully electronic workplace in terms of the availability and use of IT, and now the political world has caught up: we surveyed federal MPs and Ontario MLAs and over 90% now use their email daily. While few Canadians use party websites as their main source of political information during election campaigns, these websites have become the main medium of communication between the parties and the media. The internet has also become a key forum for political debate, partially through blogging, and partially as the best place for finding, posting, and disseminating information damaging to one's opponents. Five years ago, government departments were hesitant to get involved in online consultation; they have now overcome their reluctance, have made the electronic channel available for virtually every consultation, and have created online consultation portals.
On the service side, the online channel has now become the overwhelmingly predominant channel for making government information available, and an increasing proportion of users of transactional services are choosing the online channel when it is provided. Finally, the number of integrated service delivery initiatives is growing steadily, and the shape of government is starting to reflect the new emphasis on IT-enabled integration. Ontario's Ministry of Government Services, which combines integrated frontline service (ServiceOntario), integrated support service (Ontario Shared Services), the IT organization, and the human resources organization is the most ambitious venture in this area, and the harbinger of things to come.
But is it a transformation?
In our view, these changes do represent a transformation, though not the kind heralded by management consultants and the IT industry, namely a vast reduction in the cost of government. Overhead, the cost of running the government, accounts for only 20% of public spending, and the increased use of IT affects only a portion of that 20%. While the per unit cost of online service is substantially lower than the per unit cost of traditional channels, putting services online requires investments in major projects, which often experience substantial cost overruns (for example, the federal government's Firearms Registry and Secure Channel). The transformation is due to other key factors:
- increased transparency – as governments put more information online, citizens demand more information be put online, and then citizens begin searching and manipulating the information to inform their participation in the political and policy-making processes;
- the heightened immediacy of political and bureaucratic life, now BlackBerry driven, and the greater accessibility of politicians and public servants to a public that now expects them to respond quickly;
- the restructuring of the public sector workforce through substitution of IT capital for relatively untrained (for example, clerical and secretarial) labour and the growing importance of IT workers in particular and knowledge workers in general; and
- the advent of organizational restructuring as a result of the establishment of integrated service delivery and support organizations.
So what can you do about it?
Digital State at the Leading Edge concludes with practical advice to a variety of public sector players concerned with the application of IT to their w