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The training course on "Animal welfare in killing for disease control" will allow participants to:
- have appropriate knowledge of EU regulations and international standards on animal welfare at the time of killing for disease control purposes;
- be aware of the necessity to include AW standards in the management of epidemic and non-epidemic emergencies;
- be aware of the risk analysis value to manage massive killing;
- know how to integrate Animal Welfare policies into emergency preparedness plans;
- have an up to date knowledge of the most effective stunning and killing methods for disease control purposes as concerns poultry, pigs, cattle and small ruminants;
- have appropriate knowledge to assess the effectiveness of animal handling, stunning and killing both form AW and biosecurity perspective;
- know how to communicate effectively on killing in disease control situations.
Targeted audience
Public Veterinary Officers belonging to the NCAs of EU MSs, EFTA, Candidate and Third Countries, involved in official controls on Animal Welfare aspects during killing for disease control operations; development of good practices to improve the implementation of EU legislation and/or international standards (where appropriate).
Please find at this link the 2015-2016 training calendar.


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Setup is critical to get the most out of your vehicle, so start off with our Team Setup Board. This sturdy, tweak-free board is designed for use with 1/12-1/8-scale on-road and off-road chassis. Measuring in at 13.25-inches x 16.75-inches, it has a perfectly flat setup surface that features a full-sized measurement label to get your setup right. We also have a smaller setup board that is perfect for 1/10-scale vehicles, part #C22347.
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The solar industry is leading the way in its digital transformation compared to other energy industries. These are the key findings of DNV GL's report on Digitalization and the Future of the Solar Energy Industry, which surveyed nearly 2000 engineers and senior executives from start-ups to large corporations in the energy sector.
Solar companies are putting a strong focus on blockchain technology to drive their digital transformation, with 12% of respondents stating that skillsets to implement blockchain applications are needed in their industry, which is 50% higher than in other energy industries. The use of this technology is still in its infancy, however blockchain applications provide the opportunity to make an impact on areas such as decentralized energy transactions, renewable energy provenance, metering and billing.
Other digital technologies that are more advanced are already an integral part of the solar industry. Drones for asset inspections, mapping using satellite data and automated resource assessment, for example, are widely used in the solar industry, with 33% of respondents saying these are making an impact on their business, which is 1/3 higher than for the rest of the energy industry.
However, the solar industry also identified a lack of standards in their trade. Although the solar business has made attempts at standardization it isn't as advanced as other industries. Defining a framework based on digital tools will ensure the industry can develop to the next level.
"The solar industry has been traditionally very progressive in adopting new digital technologies, which has been key for much of the industry's growth. Our survey results show that many industries saw the lack of a digital mindset as a main barrier to digitalization. However, only 13% of solar respondents ranked this as their number one concern, which is the lowest of all industries surveyed. We see that the mindset of the solar industry is geared towards embracing new technologies to further advancements in their field, which is a very promising signal that digitalization will play an integral part in solving the challenges the industry will face in the future," said Ditlev Engel, CEO of DNV GL Energy.


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Cedar Band Corporation offers clients significant financial and time savings through proven, well-managed and reliable methods of contracting. We have a solid reputation, excellent client references, and a sizable line of credit to fund large contracts.
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Skiing in the Dolomites
Hotel Adler in Villabassa is a central starting point for the ski centres of the Alta Pusteria valley like: Rocca dei Baranci, Monte Elmo and Croda Rossa (10 min.), Plan de Corones (20 min.) and Cortina d'Ampezzo (30 min.). Skiing and snowboarding on perfect pistes in the Dolomites in the Alta Pusteria valley make winter holidays an unforgettable experience. In addition to the newly created Monte Elmo and Croda Rossa ski link with two new pistes and ski lifts ("Orto del Toro" and "Tre Cime"), the Val Pusteria skiing and winter sports paradise attracts with a further highlight: the Ski Express Val Pusteria. The ski train connects the Sesto Dolomites ski area thanks to the direct connection to Plan de Corones (Ried/Percha valley station). The train station is just 100 m from Hotel Adler in Villabassa.
Superlative cross-country skiing
Dolomiti Nordicski, Europe's largest cross-country skiing area, will make your cross-country skiing dreams come true. In the region of the Tre Cime mountains you can choose just the right trail for you from over 200 km of trails catering for everyone. One absolute highlight is the Prato Piazza route in Braies. Langlauf enthusiasts can look forward to a spectacular start to cross-country skiing through thick snow in natural surroundings. The Alta Pusteria valley has been the centre of cross-country skiing for many years. And the 4-star Hotel Adler in Villabassa is at its heart.
Snowshoeing and winter hiking in unique natural surroundings
150 km of winter hiking trails in and around Villabassa provide plenty of scope for rest and recreation. Starting from Hotel Adler, there are fantastic hikes to choose from, for example Bagni Pian di Maia to Lago di Dobbiaco, returning via Santa Maria, or to the Val Fiscalina in Sesto Moso. A secret tip for winter hikers is Prato Piazza in Braies, which is also very popular with snowshoeing enthusiasts. If you snowshoe up to the Monte Specie, starting from Prato Piazza in Braies, you will be rewarded with incredible views all the way over to Tre Cime, the Cristallo Group of mountains and Croda Rosa. Another particularly recommended trip goes from Monte Croce to Alpe di Nemes and Malga Coltrondo. In addition: for our guests at Hotel Adler we also organise guided winter hikes and snowshoeing trips (no extra charge).
Dolomite ski tours that will bring you a lot of new experiences
The snow that is guaranteed by the altitude of Alta Pusteria also ensures optimum conditions for ski touring. A ski tour really recharges the batteries. There are a host of routes in the immediate vicinity of Hotel Adler in Villabassa in the Alta Pusteria valley: Tre Cime round trip, Oberbacherspitze 2,675 m, Croda del Becco 2,810 m, Cristallo 2,812 m, Forcella Col Freddo 2,721 m, Cresta Bianca 2,932 m, Col de Riciogogn 2,654 m, Giavo Grande 2,480 m, Cima Piatta Alta 2,867 m, Cadini round trip and much more besides.
Tobogganing in the Alta Pusteria valley: leisure fun for the whole family!
The toboggan runs on Croda Rossa (5 km) and on Rocca dei Baranci (2.1 km), to mention just two, have a perfect ski lift connection. Children can really let off steam here. A particular highlight is the reindeer feeding at the summit station of the Croda Rossa toboggan runs. So what are you waiting for? Get on the toboggans, get set, go!


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People undergo medical treatment as a way of curing themselves from certain illness and ailments. They have high hopes of receiving proper treatment and restoring back to normal life. When this hope gets shattered as a result of a negligence on part of the medical professionals, the victim is made to encounter a sea of troubles. However, the right of claiming the medical negligence claims allows a person to overcome the impending crisis. A considerable amount of compensation is awarded to the victim of clinical negligence depending upon the seriousness of the injury along with the intensity of the crisis faced by the victim. Following is an instance of a case, which sufficiently indicates to the active help and guidance of the medical negligence solicitors along with a justification of the existence of the right to claim for compensation.
The 37 years old, Claire Millward from Northampton was awarded £50,000 as medical negligence compensation after she had been made to undergo a wrong operation, one that she did not need. The problem occurred from a misdiagnosis, which reported that the woman was suffering from cervical cancer. Accordingly, a hysterectomy was conducted as it was considered that her problem could be cured only by means of the surgery. Later on, it was found that the test results had been read incorrectly, and her condition could have been well treated by means of oral medicine and without any kind of surgery.
The worst consequence of this tremendous clinical negligence was that Mrs. Millward had been planning to give birth to another child as; she had always hoped to be a mother to two. For any women, irrespective of their desire to become a mother, going through the process of hysterectomy is a challenge in itself. The operation entails removing the uterus of the patient, which meant that the woman could not be a mother again. Undergoing the operation and then realizing the fact that it was absolutely unnecessary turns out to be a real shock to anyone.
Northampton General Hospital took complete liability for the wrong operation and the hospital authorities promised to take further steps to prevent such medical negligence cases from taking place in the future. However, Mrs. Millward consulted with the medical negligence solicitors, who helped her file the claim that already had a strong base to it by means of the witness and evidence.
The claim was processed thoroughly on a no win no fee basis leading to a remarkable culmination of the claimant being awarded £50,000 as compensation. The medical negligence solicitors, by virtue of this case, have been successful in setting an example where the common people could go against established professionals. The solicitors have specialized in knowledge in dealing with this specific type of claim, as they are conversant with the terms related to medical negligence. Medical negligence is equivalent to any crime with its potential to ruin the entire life of an individual. Claiming compensation is the only way of seeking justice and punishing those who have been responsible for the situation.


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The new year brings great, and much anticipated, features to the Mobaro platform.
Customized dashboards
The single biggest wish from our clients have, for quite some time, been the ability to customize the dashboards, to fit the need of you and your users.
We heard your plead, and can now offer customized dashboards!
Furthermore, you can now pre-define filters for your dashboards, allowing you to quickly switch between views, as well as save a custom title for each dashboard widget.
To make sure, that your dashboards are setup to exactly fit your needs, these will have to be setup by your Mobaro representative - Contact them today, to start customizing your dashboards!
Notifications on newly available checklist
Making sure, that everything is done, and done on time, is one of our primary focus points here at Mobaro.
To aid this even further, we have added a new type of push-notification, the Availability Notification, which will be sent to all checklist recipients, once a checklist is made available in the app. This can, of cause, be setup for a chosen subset of your checklists, to avoid overloading the average user with push-notifications.
Simply create a new Availability Notification, choose the affected schedules and you're good to go.
Custom logo in the app
Customization of the app, is another big wish from our clients, and once again, we have made improvements.
You can now use you company logo on top of the app home screen, instead of the Mobaro logo.
Contact your Mobaro representative to update your logo.
Additional improvements
The following improvements/features are now also available:
- Reports now contain assignment-resolutions
- Title, Target and Assignee are now required, when creating an assignment
- Image Questions can now be answered by using the attachment menu, to avoid confusion among users
- Users, pending special privileges, can now delete results
- The image gallery can now be navigated using the keyboard arrow keys


text: Managing Director of Mainstream Energy Solutions, Mr Lamu Audu, has dismissed claims by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, that low water level was partially responsible for the current gross inadequate power supply in the country. Darkness and Buhari He told journalists in Abuja that the issue of low water level did not arise, because, indeed, the level of water in the nation's two main electricity generating dams in Kainji and Jebba were still rising, due to the black flood from Lake Chad. He said: "For anybody to mention water level is unacceptable. It is not true. The issue of water does not arise." According to Audu, of the total generation on the grid of 2,929 megawatts, as at Monday morning, Mainstream operators of both Kainji and Jebba Hydro Power plants contributed about 700megawatts and adding that Shiroro hydro power also had about 300 megawatts. He said the electricity industry was facing grave challenges that needed to be urgently addressed, especially to ensure the evacuation of all the power generated by his plants and that of others. He revealed that the industry had suffered three system collapses since the beginning of the year and that until the current crisis, occasioned mainly by gas pipelines vandalism, electricity generation frequency was too high and damaging plants. "There has been three-system collapse this year alone; two full collapse and one partial within the same month and this is what is causing all these fluctuations. Part of the problem is that when this system collapse happens, it affects our machines and now Jeba is suffering. "We have been having up to this week, high frequency which is as a result of somebody not using the power they are having, that is the only explanation. So, most of these high frequencies cause this system collapse." Electricity generated no being utilised Audu said that it was ironical that power generation companies such as Mainstream were suffering losses due to unutilized power, while Nigerians have no power to run their businesses and for domestic uses. He said: "Our system is feeling it. The problem with generation of electricity is that electrical energy cannot be stored. You use as produced. So, these machines monitor that what it tries to put on the grid is actually utilized, if it is not, the frequency will shoot up and the machine will see it and then begins to de-load and if the machine is not designed to de-load on its own, it will trip to protect itself from the high frequency. "And by the time our machines trip, so many sequence of events happen within that machine and it causes a lot of wear and tear and with the aged machines that we have and by the time you go through one, two, three system collapse, the damage is much." The Mainstream boss challenged the TCN to tell Nigerians why there have been consistent high frequency of above 50, with a record of 51.84 as at Monday morning. He said: "I think TCN should answer because they are the ones taking the energy from us and giving to the DISCOs but if the DISCOs are not utilizing it, they will know better than anybody else. "The DISCOs can deny but TCN should have the records to tell us what is happening to the energy that we are generating. Simple question: why has the frequency been high. Even from the system collapse, it shows from the broadcast 51.48 instead of 50 which means that someone is not taking the power we are producing. "It has been observed recently that the frequency has been on the high side, why? They should tell Nigerians why? Because if you ask the DISCO man, he will deny it, he will tell you there is no generation."


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The benefits of being an apprentice
Find out more how you can benefit from a Coach Core apprenticeship
All apprentices on Coach Core programmes in England gain the NVQ Level 2 Community Activator Coach Standard qualification. This has been specifically designed by practitioners with extensive experience of the sport and leisure sector.
Still not convinced? Apprentices also receive:
- A consistent place of employment with a top sports/physical activity provider
- Additional coaching qualifications, including National Governing Body Awards
- Dedicated Coach Core modules, exploring a more holistic approach to coaching
- Mentoring from experienced, dedicated staff
- Coaching clinics and masterclasses from key sporting figures
- Access to events and opportunities not seen on any other programme.
Whilst on the Coach Core programme, all apprentices will be paid a minimum of National Apprenticeship Wage, which is currently £3.90 per hour. Apprentices aged 18+ at the time of sign up will be paid a minimum of National Apprenticeship Wage for the first 12 months, after which they are entitled to be paid National Minimum Wage, relevant to their age.
In addition to a regular salary, apprentices also benefit from the minimum of a level 2 coach Qualification plus additional CPD opportunities, equivalent to approximately £500 per young person.
The apprenticeship has had a massive impact. It's opened doors to things I didn't even know were available. Coach Core has been great, it set me up on the right path and gave me a clearer view of what is possible


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EY Taps Grinis to Lead Real Estate Practice
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EY has named Mark Grinis to head its global real estate, hospitality and construction practice. The consulting firm announced on Wednesday that Grinis will succeed Howard Roth, the real estate unit's longtime chief, who will retire June 30. Grinis previously led EY's real estate unit in the central U.S. region and ran the organization's global real estate private equity practice.
"Over the course of my 30-year career with EY, I have watched our industry evolve from what was a niche and highly localized business to today, where global capital finds its way into every commercial center around the world," Grinis told Commercial Property Executive.
"Yet in spite of this, the fundamental principles of understanding the local market, demographics and location remains unchanged. I'm looking forward to bringing the next phase of the digital revolution to our industry that advances the ways in which we analyze and understand real estate with exciting new tools and technology."
In his new role, Grinis will coordinate a global network of 15,000 professionals from his New York office, serving more than 6,000 clients.
"The success of any business resides in how teams around the world, work together, share new insights and innovative solutions to help serve our clients," Grinis said. "My first priority is to meet and hear from our teams, and share my views as to how I see our business is changing and how we can best position our firm for the future.
"Our industry is diverse, from shopping centers, construction firms, hospitality and leisure. Each of these areas require distinct strategies. Bringing together the people that lead the 15,000 professionals around the world will be key to our success."
Grinis said he has gained a deep understanding of the services EY provides its clients from a diverse background that encompasses leading transactions, advising investors and serving as an audit partner.
"But I'd like to think I also have an intellectual curiosity that understands there are multiple ways to solve a problem," he said. "While at EY, I've held leadership positions in the Americas and Asia and worked in both the U.S. and Japan. I've served as lead advisor on more than $50 billion of transactions and lead audit partner for real estate funds with assets under management of $250 billion. These roles have prepared me to lead our global team of 15,000 real estate professionals in a time of continuous technological growth and uncertainty."
According to Jill Maguire, global marketing leader for EY's real estate group, cited Grinis' ability to promote the firm's culture and focus on creating a better working world.
"He has the forward-looking perspective that will keep the EY practice focused on the challenges of the future so we can help our clients confront those challenges," she said. "Mark also brings a wealth of diverse global experience, including having led EY real estate practices in Asia and the Americas, giving him the needed perspective for this type of position.
"Furthermore, Mark has worked his way up through the organization in times of great change, so he has learned how to navigate challenging times. In addition, as Mark has already held leadership positions at the firm, this position is a natural evolution for his work."


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For many years, the Coast Guard Foundation held charity golf tournaments to raise money to help support enlisted personnel, reservists and their families who suffered a personal or financial loss.
Two years ago, the foundation changed course by looking at an event that seemed more in line with its mission and founded the Coast Guard Foundation Cup, an overnight race that served as a feeder distance race for the biennial Bermuda Race from Newport, R.I., to the British territory.
The inaugural race attracted 18 boats to Annapolis. This year's event, again managed by the Annapolis Yacht Club and sanctioned by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association, will be held April 27-28. The start and finish will be in Annapolis harbor.
"After years of having those golf tournaments, we thought we should be doing something more in line with the Coast Guard and its mission," Coast Guard Foundation president Anne Brengle said Friday. "We have been sponsoring boating safety seminars at the Naval Academy, and we wanted to promote the ability of crews to work together safely for the Annapolis-to-Newport race, as well as the Newport-to-Bermuda race."
Brengle said that 64 percent of donors to the foundation subscribe to at least one sailing magazine.
"It's a great fit for us, and we're happy to put it on," she said. "From my experience [as a sailor], the more you can practice together as a crew, the better it is and the safer it is."
According to Linda Ambrose, regatta manager for the Annapolis Yacht Club, the Coast Guard is the only branch of the military service that does not have a morale budget to help its enlisted personnel, reservists and their families.
Ambrose said when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, more than 30 of the 100 first-responders were members of the Coast Guard who had lost their homes.
Along with supporting the Coast Guard Foundation, the event is a "great feeder sailing race in Annapolis. … It is a fantastic event for sailors to take part in a competitive race and gain experience before the 2013 Annapolis-Newport race later in the year," according to Jim Muldoon, the Coast Guard Foundation director and co-chairman of the event.
Basics are that it is open to both One Design and PHRF (handicap) classes. Boats will range anywhere from 30 to 90 feet depending on entries and both monohulls and multihulls can enter. The courses are chosen for each class based on the predicted wind direction and strength, the morning of the event.
The race is open to sailboats ranging anywhere from 30 feet and 90 feet depending on entries and both monohulls and multihulls can enter. The courses are chosen for each class based on the predicted wind direction and strength, the morning of the event. Course lengths for the 2011 event ranged from 57 to 178 nautical miles, and similar lengths are planned for this year.
For more information on participating in the Coast Guard Foundation Cup, contact Ambrose at 410-263-9147 or email@example.com. For information regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact Lisa Reed of the Coast Guard Foundation at (860) 535-0786 or email@example.com.


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If you read the Glen Beck article in the New York Times Magazine you didn't learn much beyond that Glen Beck is one hell of a marketer. The rest of it was Glen Beck doing what he does best...selling! Glen is very much like Huey Long in that earnestly believes what he says and all those broadsides at the President, Democrats, even Woodrow Wilson are a recovering alcoholics ping pong enthusiasm that is the hallmark of any addictive personality. And like Huey Long, Glen believes in one thing more than anything else...Glen Beck
The hallmark of any Demigod is the ability to sell for personal gain under the blanket of heartfelt causes. Glen sells and sells and sells. It is very American to con the working man of hard times in America. Butter will not melt in Becks mouth as he plays the conflicted man looking for meaning. But also under the addictive personality is a zeal for perceived enemies. The energy put into fighting demons is projected out on others. In Glen's case it the zealotry to attack anybody who is a progressive or perceived to help others. He draws a line between Woodrow Wilson and our current woes. A self taught man applying the twelve step program to history. Wilson of course started the stillborn League of Nations and tried to create a lasting peace for the War to End all Wars. Go figure.
But to get lost in history or anything else with Glen is ridiculous. It means nothing the way Christine O'Donnell means nothing. The means justify the ends. The NY Times got rolled by the conman. Every salesman worth his salt knows one thing from the preacher in Elmer Gantry to the conman in Paper Moon, the salesman believes only in the sale. It is a bloodless merciless American trait to sell someone down the river to make a buck. Guile is rewarded highly and in the Beck fiefdom he out slicks slick Willie hands down. Glen is busy selling Glen and then playing the nice guy. Watch out for the man who really doesn't know what he's talking about under the guise of hard times populism. Like the alcoholic, if you give him the keys, he will run the car into the ditch every time.
William Hazelgrove's latest novel is Rocket Man due out in the fall


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Emma Roberts
Head of Knowledge & Best Practice (Brand & Comms)
Kantar TNS - Kantar Millward Brown
Disrupt the status quo to sustain brand growth
An analysis of over 2,000 brands measured via BrandZ between 2014 and 2017 showed that fewer than one in 10 brands grew significantly. The key to success for those that did grow? One word: disruption.
The ultimate example of a disruptive brand, Amazon has focused on making people's lives simpler, less expensive and more convenient, and in doing so has grown its brand value by 2,228 percent, far outpacing the BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, which grew, on average, by a creditable 152 percent.
Why do more established brands tend not to be very disruptive? The short answer is: risk aversion. Knowing what works now to generate business success tends to be where most brands place their bets. But this "business as usual" mentality can also prevent them from allocating sufficient resources to the creativity and innovation needed for sustained growth.
The good news is that any brand can be disruptive provided it does something different from the norm that creates new value for customers or unlocks existing potential. To illustrate this further, we need to look at three topline measures of brand equity that Kantar Millward Brown has found relate to financial value growth.
This is the foundation of any brand. Unless a brand is seen to meets people's needs, and is liked, it is unlikely to be bought.
This is the brand's competitive edge that also helps it to justify a premium. Brands need to be different, look different, or behave differently if they are to achieve their full potential.
Growth is unlikely unless a brand can increase its salience. The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute has long championed salience as the only important growth driver, but when we integrated data from BrandZ with behavioral data from Kantar Worldpanel, we found that growing salience on its own did not help grow market share. Meaningful difference was necessary for an increase in salience to successfully deliver growth.
And when we compared 2,419 brands measured over five years, we found that brands with strong meaningful difference grew three times faster than the weak ones when salience increased.
The conclusion is clear: to benefit from growing salience a brand needs to start by being seen as different in some way, provided that difference has the potential to be meaningful to a wider audience. So how do you ensure Meaningful Difference?
A better product designed to meet existing or new functional needs will always be a powerful lever, provided it is marketed effectively. Tesla is reinventing the automotive category and Dyson's vacuum cleaners and fans command a huge premium because of the brand's commitment to efficacy and design.
Related to a better product is a better experience. Brands create a better experience when they make life simpler and more convenient for their customers: Airbnb has offered an easier way for people to book stays away from home; Uber has revolutionized the world of taxi hire.
But category innovation isn't just for the "new kids on the block", and established brands should never stop trying to identify ways to keep ahead of the competition. Take the examples of Nike, Starbucks and Hilton, which have all created apps that either enhance people's lives or make the brand experience more convenient.
And not all meaningful difference is related to a tangible difference in product, service or experience. Remember, it is the perception of difference that matters, and so we come to making a brand more attractive by appearing to be different.
Simply changing the way a brand communicates with potential customers can allow them to see the brand with fresh eyes and unlock new growth potential. Communication can help to present the brand's purpose in a way that is seen as more connective for the target audience, that better aligns with their own values and behaviors, or can better associate a brand with a relevant trend.
Leffe beer reinforced Meaningful Difference by associating the brand with the "aperitif" drinking occasion, launching new variants, and improving recognition by updating packaging and launching iconic drinking glasses. This ensured increased salience for the brand in relation to that consumer occasion.
Over eight years, Leffe grew perceptions that it was different from other beers and, as a result, grew its value market share, whilst managing to successfully justify increased prices at a time when consumers were having to economize.
Now more than ever, competitors are actively seeking to disrupt the status quo, and woe-betide the brand that doesn't stay in touch with the latest consumer needs, trends and ambitions. Yes, disruption is risky, but ask the former senior marketers of brands like Blockbuster or Kodak, and I'm sure they'll tell you the risk of not disrupting can be far more dangerous.


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Subiaco Honoured for Outstanding 2018 Season
Subiaco was honoured this week at both the WA Football Media awards as well as at State Parliament.
A group of 11 Subiaco representatives were hosted at State Parliament at a dinner arranged by Member of Carine and Subiaco Vice Patron Tony Krsticevic.
Meanwhile at the WA Football Media Awards, Subiaco captain Kyal Horsley claimed the WAFL Player of the Year and the Subiaco undefeated season by the league side was acknowledged by members of the WA Sports Media.
Former Subiaco three time premiership coach Jarrad Schofield was an honourable mention in the coach of the year category which was won by West Coast Premiership Coach Adam Simpson.
At State Parliament, Club President Mark Lawrence, Club CEO Peter Capes, Directors Russell Smith and Dwayne Lamb were joined by Beau Wardman, Matt Cavedon, Steve Wasley, Ben Newton, Lachlan Delahunty, Chris Phelan and Daniel Vidovich were hosted.
The group got an inside look at State Parliament before dining in one of the private rooms in a memorable occasion for those involved.
It was a big night for WAFL football at the WA Media Awards, with respected WAFL journalists Russell Reid and John Townsend winning major awards on the night.
Both Reid and Townsend recognised the outstanding and history making season by Subiaco across all three grades.
Subiaco thanks both the WA Football Media Guild and Tony Krsticevic for their acknowledgement of a successful 2018 season.


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The TreeHugger Recap: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered yesterday, Wednesday, June 15.Animals
David shared a list of 10 newly-discovered species with some pretty crazy entries - from a snot-eating leach to a jumping cockroach.
Eating Well
Kitchenware took a design turn with a post highlighting some cool mobile cooking ideas that came out of the recent Electrolux competition. Next, we were taken through some new grilling ideas with recipes for both grilled pear bruschetta and a grilled fruit and cheese plate. Kelly continued the list of vegetarian options with a Weekday Vegetarian recipe for an Italian caprese sandwich. Meanwhile, Sami took us back to the farm and showed us what large scale shiitake mushroom growing looks like. Lastly, Lloyd shared a less-than-appealing food preparation tool - the happy hotdog man. Haven't you always wanted to eat processed meat in the shape of a little person? Gross.
Mike brought us some frightening news as another Brazilian anti-logging activist was murdered defending the Amazon. Next we learned of Michelle Bachman's eagerness to abolish the EPA and what that deregulation could mean.
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The day's posts were rife with green technical solutions such as an iPhone speaker made of nothing but a piece of bamboo. Next, Lloyd contemplated which insulation is the greenest option and why the pick has recently become more difficult. Brian, then, explored the newest label for products made with at least 25% wind power.
Being green turned musical with Sami's post showing the urban farmers and brass bands working to rebuild a green New Orleans and another video expressing the grievances of an organic shopper in the form of a rap. Stephen Messenger, then, took us to a more grave issue with the death of a holy man whose 4-month fast to stop pollution in India's River Ganges went unnoticed by his government.
Art & Style
The art of decorative gardening was explored in an interview with string-garden creator Fedor van der Valk which followed an earlier post explaining the simplest ways to create your own living wall.
Green Thinking
In a post promoting her new book, Jacquelyn Ottman described why eco-innovation is the best solution to greenwashing. This questioning coincided with Bonnie Alter's earlier post which questioned the efficiency of retail activism and explored the question: is it just greenwash? Finally, we took a look at a new Velo Quebec PSA campaign video which emphasized the cohabitation of bikes and cars in a charming way and asked why they can't seem to get along on the roads.
The Digital Environment
Jaymi took a look at Google Earth's newest use as a scientific resource for tracking predator-prey relationships. Next, we saw a massive 6-meter globe made of interactive screens that give a visual perspective on what it's like to live in different areas, everything from the portrayal of wildlife to depicting the effects of the tsunami.
The Great Outdoors
An early post taught us that a huge new urban campground has been planned for Brooklyn in an effort to give a taste of nature's charm. Later, first hand conservation came back with the continued protests on Blair Mountain to conserve it from demolition.
Rachel Cernansky informed us that the sustainable leather company Timberland was just sold for $1.8 billion and analyzed what impact it will have on the green goals of the company. Later, Mat walked us through a report on the voluntary carbon market and showed us why 2010 reached a record high volume.
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Title: Controra: House of Shadows
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House of Shadows
Year: 2014
Genre: Drama / Horror
Language: English, Italian
Runtime: 80 min
Director: Rossella De Venuto
Writer: Rossella De Venuto
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2136847/
When Megan joins her husband, Leo, on his trip back to Italy in order to take care of family business, Megan finds herself drawn to Leo's family home. The young couple eventually decide to stay there during the trip, even with renovations going on. It isn't long before Megan starts seeing ghosts that reside in the family home and soon finds herself having to uncover the mystery that's hidden beneath the home.
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Similar to One Eyed Films' other acquisition, "The Innocents", "Controra: House of Shadows" looks to utilize supernatural themes by blending them in with a less than usual style. In this case, giallo. Rossella De Venuto's feature debut attempts to find a balance between horror and drama as she merges Western supernatural tropes in with the Italian giallo formula.
Megan and her husband, Leo, plan a trip to Italy together when Leo finds out he needs to return to his home country in order to take care of some family business. Once they arrive, Megan decides she wants to stay in Leo's family home — a home that's been in his family for generations and is currently undergoing renovations for historical preservation. Upon their first night, Megan sees a spirit from the past and soon she finds herself trying to uncover a long hidden mystery that resulted in the death of a young woman.
Again, much like "The Innocents", "House of Shadows" is another movie where I find it's tough to say definitively whether or not it was good. I see what Rossella was trying to accomplish with her movie, and there's definitely a lot of great moments in "House of Shadows" but after it was over I couldn't help but feel like something was missing. It also didn't help that I had to revisit the movie since I ended up forgetting a majority of the details not long after I initially watched it. What's more, I had a hard time distinguishing the giallo influence from the standard supernatural mystery setup. The influence was certainly noticeable towards the end, but everything leading up to that felt closer to what you find a movie where our lead has to uncover a location's mysterious past.
What might be the biggest problems "House of Shadows" suffers from is pacing and atmosphere. Both giallo and supernatural mysteries tend to have a slow build until all is revealed in the climax. "House of Shadows" instantly kicks things off when Megan (Fiona Glascott) enters the family home of her husband and is almost instantaneously met with an apparition. Granted, there is a complex plot and the movie has to get through a lot of information. However, once Megan sees that first ghost, you're just hit with one scene after another of Megan witnessing or experiencing something, then her breaking down (usually after her trying to explain what just happened to someone and them not believing her). There's no tension and no atmosphere because there's an overall lack of pacing — watching "House of Shadows" is like watching a movie in chunks. Its off-puttingly choppy; instead of having one scene flowing into the next it becomes a collection of scenes and you're just flipping from one to the next.
There's a good story and a good mystery in "House of Shadows" but from my viewing experience, I was never drawn in due to the pacing issue and that lack of an atmosphere. Because the movie is blowing through the supernatural sequences, nothing seemed developed. The story and the characters progressed but only because that's what needed to happen. To use the character Megan as an example: she goes from mild mannered to bordering on insanity and you don't necessarily understand why. Beyond the fact that she's being plagued by visions of the past. Of course these visions cause Megan to investigate even though there's nothing at stake — there's no motivation for her to solve this mystery. Yes, the visions are thrusting her into the story but there's also nothing keep her there. She could have just as easily walked away from it all.
When the movie arrived to its conclusion I wanted to like "House of Shadows", I genuinely did, but there was something that left me unsatisfied when it was over. As I said before, the characters were good, and I enjoyed the performances from the actors, and there was a solid story to the movie. The overall lack of atmosphere was the biggest hinderance for the film, but all of the issues I have with the movie seems to stem from the pacing. And perhaps it can be related to me being out of touch with today's audience — the fast pace that "House of Shadows" could make it perfect for its intended viewers. For me though, the fast and choppy pace of the movie kept there from being any tension or atmosphere and never allowed for anything to develop properly. Ultimately, I wasn't able to get invested in the movie's story like I needed to. With that being said, I still can't say "House of Shadows" is a bad movie — it'll play well with the right viewer. And the right viewer is someone who enjoys a supernatural mystery that plays more on the drama rather than the tension.
Gore: 0/5
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The recent demise of Clyde Clifford's Beaker Street on KKPT brought to my mind my years of listening to John Peel on BBC Radio 1. And I remembered I had some recordings....
Here's some background and some connections.
The background: from 1979 to 1983, I lived abroad, in Denmark and Britain, doing student things. Late in the evenings, BBC 1 came in loud and clear in Aarhus, Denmark, where I lived in my student dorm. After 10pm on Mondays to Thursdays, I'd tune in to the BBC on "medium wave" (AM), as they called it, to hear this slightly off-kilter, witty DJ named John Peel play music one could not hear anywhere else on the airwaves, let alone anywhere else on Planet Earth. Peel was a legend in British radio, having been born in Britain, done DJ work at KOMA in Oklahoma City (!), recruited back to the pirate radio station, Radio London, on a ship in the North Sea, and eventually hired to do the night shift at Radio 1, where he was allowed to play whatever he wanted, just so the show kept going till the next shift.
The connections: Does this sound a little bit like someone named Clyde somewhere in Arkansas? For sure. Having heard Clyde in 1969-72, I found Peel to be right up my alley. John Peel would play almost anything: R&B, rockabilly, country blues, swing, reggae, punk, tuneless stuff --- anything (but not bop or post-bop jazz, not classical, and surely not Top 40. Oh well --- I guess no one likes everything!). People from round the world mailed him their records, and he tried to play as many as possible, if only because of his dislike of the commercialized nature of popular music in Britain.
There's no way I can properly tell Peel's biography here, but there is an informative summary at this Wikipedia page:
In 1983, I realized that I should tape a few of Peel's shows, if only to remember his incredible monologues between the songs. I threw the cassettes in a box, and didn't think about them for years....
Until last week Sunday. No Clyde Clifford to listen to --- what now? I found the shoebox, and there were a pile of cassettes in there. They played, not at all badly. I've salvaged what I found, and I've uploaded them to a Podomatic account. (My wife's out of town this week; I can do these things without guilt!) These aren't meant to be a substitute for Beaker Street (it's apples versus oranges, here), but they sure are unique.
These shows were broadcast between 1983 and 1985, when Peel was playing post-punk and reggae. This is what you'll hear. There's also a terribly recorded segment from Peel's Festive Fifty broadcast at the very end of 1979; it's glorious "high punk", including Peel's favorite tune, "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones. But if you want just a sample, listen to one of the 1983 recordings.
Here's the link to the recordings:
And here's a montage of John Peel from start to finish:
R.I.P. John.
---Dave S.
P.S. There is an excellent clip of Peel doing a 1967 Radio London broadcast, at
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/13/john-peel-pirate-radio-broadcast-from-1967-mp3.aspx Real flower power here....
Also, there is a good John-Peel-tribute blog at http://fadesinslowly.blogspot.com/. There are a number of audio clips of Peel shows at this blog to download. The downloads are tedious (ads and malware to dodge), but I lifted a segment of a show from 29 August 1977, which reflects Peel's daring and verve to play punk rock on the hallowed BBC at a time when radio management were actively trying to kill the genre. Whether you like the stuff or not (I do), you gotta admire Peel for risking his job to serve his audience.
P.P.S. There is a John Peel Wiki, which has an extensive library of recordings....


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Chennai dance festival
There are various specialty of dance available and the importance for the dance is given in the special occasions and during the dance festivals. Various aspects of the Dance festivals are discussed in this particular post.
Chennai dance festival
The Chennai dance festival is a fusion of classical music and dance which lasts for a period of one month from December to January. The festival is held at various parts of the city by many dance sabhas, melas and communities. It is a cultural and traditional summit of the entire city. It is a festival of classical music and dance celebrated from mid December to mid January. There are many venues around the city for this festival which include well known temples, Auditorium halls, Schools and colleges and cultural bungalows. Dancers and famous artistes from all over India participate in this dance extravaganza.
Margazhi month is very famous for various festivals and many other things and this Chennai dance festival in Margazhi month is very famous among the people of Chennai. The people who are very much interested in dance find it more interesting in this month. The history and the celebration details of Chennai dance festival is explained clearly in this article.
History of the dance festival
The Tamil month of Margazhi starts from mid December and lasts till mid January. It's during this period the dance festival is held in Chennai. The Chennai dance festival has its origin from early 1927. At that time it was known as Margazhi dance festival which was conducted by Madras music academy to celebrate its anniversary. This was later adopted by many organizations. More than 2000 participants from all over India in take part in over 300 concerts. The performance attracts Indians and classical music and dance lovers from throughout the world.
The Tiruvayaru festival
The various performances in the Chennai dance festival include vocal and instrumental music and dance, solo and group both by junior and senior artistes. The musical lyrics include Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. The instruments include flute, Veena, Nadaswaram, Thavil, Mirudangam and Gadham. These are traditional string, pipe and percussion instruments of TamilNadu. During mid January the arena shifts from Chennai to Tiruvayaru where musicians, singers and die hard Carnatic music enthusiast come together to celebrate the birth of one of the greatest carnatic composer Thiyagaraja Bhagavathar. It is a one week long festival where all sing together and also known as Thiyagaraja Aradhana.
The Mamallapuram dance feast
Though there are many dance shows & competitions held throughout the city. One among the famous ones is The Mamallapuram dance festival. It is organized by the TamilNadu tourism board. Though it is a grand cultural event the atmosphere of Mamallapuram itself adds to the ecstasy. The backdrop of Mamallapuram showcases the art, architecture and sculptural works of Pallavas. The festival is conducted outdoors under the sky behind the Pallavas sculptures. Those who come to watch the dance festival also get a rich treat of the Pallava Empire. The participants can perform any of the following traditional dances,
• Bharatanatyam
• Kuchipudi
• Odissi
• Kathakali
• Kathak
Thus this festival not only displays the traditions of TamilNadu but also displays the unity and diversity in the Indian tradition. It emphasizes the secular trend of the nation.
Thus the Chennai dance festival is of rich cultural and traditional values promoting the festivity and the caliber of dance.


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One of the earliest adopters of my project RSS with Images is a company called MOBI. MOBI is an enterprise mobility management company. They help companies manage cell phone and other mobile device usage and billing with their award winning software and staff.
Mobi is using RSS with Images to build a Mailchimp newsletter and include 10 of their most recent posts (and featured images) in a monthly newsletter called The Powerline. Coincidently, I helped them design and build the Mailchimp template they are still using nearly 3 years later! It looks great on mobile devices and serves to keep their clients updated on the latest happenings from the company.
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Beautiful weather we are enjoying right now, which means a busy bike shop. Not to bore you with the details, but we have been repairing buying selling repairing upgrading and even downgrading bikes as fast as we can and trying to get out and enjoy the season on our two wheelers as well. The 30¢ Squad has been out on the roads and trails with appearances at the Gran Gable, Colesburg 40, Sugar Bottom Scramble, Chequamegon 40 and Culinary Ride just this month – whew!
We could explain to you the boring details of how we marked ALL our in stock MASI 2013 road bikes down 10% or even tell you about the exciting preseason helmet orders we are working on but there is simply too much so allow us to sum up instead. Here we go then –
The good, the bad, and the beautiful
This Schwinn Voyager was made in Japan and left for dead in a garage in Illinois but it is getting back on the road with some new tires a chain and freewheel. Lots of miles still ahead for that lugged 4130 cromo frame.
An unfortunate encounter with a long leashed dog took this Bianchi Cortina for a tumble. Dog and rider are okay, handlebar not so much.
We finished the Soulcraft build! A great mix of parts for a super smooth solid superlative cycle.
And last, Steve added a BreadWinner 29er frame to his family of bicycles built in Portland. His current mtb will be for sale as soon as the mud of north Wisco is cleaned off so if you are interested come take a peek!
Well there you have it, up to date! Upcoming excitement includes a probable cyclocross race start on Sunday, tech and trailer support for the Soilmates mobile garden that will be rolling through the UI homecoming parade next Friday, the barely known Gritty Brevet, and an All City Space Horse frame up build. Actually that comes first and need to get back to it!


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If you have been under the impression that your Android device is lacking in the features department, this may be just what you have been waiting for. Your lock screen can be made more useful than ever thanks to support for lock screen gesture that can be used to access a range of handy options.
There's also support for OpenVPN as well as an interesting Phone Goggles feature. In this mode you can place filters on the calls and messages that can be sent from your phone – you can place blocks based on number, time and numerous other settings. Other highlights include an incognito mode that can be used to protect your browsing activity and a graphic equalizer that can be used to control music playback.
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Orienteering, a popular sport in Norway, is about to get better thanks to a technology developed by a small firm in the U.K. A new video shows the winning partnership between the Norwegian Orienteering Federation and a British producer of body monitors. This joint venture was forged with the help of the Enterprise Europe Network, a business support network that helped more than 5 000 companies sign business and technology partnerships across 51 countries.
Jan Kobach is the Norwegian Orienteering Federation's performance analyst. In this exciting sport, athletes race on foot, bike or skis, equipped with a map and have to find the fastest route to a destination revealed at the start. Kobach was looking for ways to improve his athletes' performance when he discovered a body monitor that could be used to guide runners in their choices of track, speed and map use.
The tool is designed by Activeinsights, a Cambridge-based firm that mainly sells this type of product to medical researchers. The company contacted the Enterprise Europe Network to find business partners abroad and enlist new clients.
Joss Langford, technical director, Activeinsights: "We found more than a new client and partner, we discovered a new market application for our product." With 3000 staff members, the Network helps small companies like Joss' bring research and commercial applications together.
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Launched in 2008 by the European Commission, the Enterprise Europe Network already served close to 2.5 million SMEs to find business and technology partners abroad, access EU funding and navigate the maze of EU legislation. Its more than 600 member organisations are located in Europe along with America, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia.
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Archdeacon Grantly talks about his father living for a long time after he was expected to die as a failing of the doctor's "prophecies." This phrasing positions the doctor as an oracle, such as those consulted in the Classical era, except the doctor's predictions are considered unreliable. [EB 2006]
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Mrs. Grantly describes her husband as having this high opinion of Grace Crawley. The image of "all the graces" in one person recalls the portrait of Mrs. Dobbs Broughton portrayed as each of the three Graces. This draws a contrast between Grace, who possesses true qualities of grace, and Mrs. Broughton, who assumes a superficial and contrived appearance of grace. [EB 2006]


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Carthage is specialized in their sword infantry, cavalry, and elephants.
When fighting Carthage their ranks will be filled with her skilled citizens, allies, mercenaries, rebels and terrorizing elephants.
The man who defeated legion after legion, spent years in Italy and made Rome fear her end was near.
From on top of an elephant or in the front of infantry this commander will find a way or make one, through the enemy.
While being less known than his brother Hannibal, Hasdrubal does not lack any skills as a great commander.
Between riders or footmen, this commander will use gold to make them fight harder, but gold can also make enemies less willing to fight.
Unit rundown
Carthaginian sword infantry: Fighting with a sword is dangerous, but the promise of gold turns them into deadly foes.
Carthaginian spear infantry: Taught by the Greeks, they have made the phalanx into their own version but they are just as deadly.
Javelins: Though having a shorter ranged and being few in numbers, they will make up for in damage.
Carthaginian cavalry: No matter where the riders are from, they will turn enemy bodies into a nice payment.
Elephants: With a mighty roar, elephants will break through almost any line and kill anyone in its way.


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Whether you're a reformed carnivore or you're just trying to eat a little lighter, these zesty zucchini meatballs are recipe you'll want to pull out time and time again. They're healthy, flavorful and can be prepared in as little as half an hour using less than a dozen basic ingredients. Just grate fresh zucchini, combine it with flavorful herbs and breadcrumbs and bake until crispy and tender. The end result is a mouthwatering plant-based meal that will have you and your loved ones craving more.
- 3 medium-sized zucchini (about 1 1/4 lbs/560g)
- 1 cup (150g) seasoned breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup (45g) grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 garlic cloves (crushed or minced)
- 3 tablespoons chopped basil
- 1 whole large egg
- 2 tablespoons (30ml) olive oil (use 1/2 cup/120ml for pan frying)
- Kosher salt, ground black pepper and other seasonings (to taste)
- 1 jar sauce for simmering (optional)
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Part 1 of 3:
Forming the Zucchini Meatballs
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1Grate fresh zucchini into a large mixing bowl. Rinse the zucchini under cool water, then pat them dry with a paper towel. Line the mixing bowl with a thin hand towel or cheesecloth. Use a medium or fine grater to reduce the zucchini to small shreds, allowing it to collect on top of the towel.[1] X Research source
- There are lots of beneficial nutrients in the zucchini peels, so leave them on.
- 3 medium-sized zucchini should be enough to make a little over a dozen meatballs.[2] X Research source
2Squeeze the excess moisture out of the zucchini. Gather the corners of the towel and lift the zucchini out of the bowl. Hold the towel-wrapped zucchini over the sink and give it a squeeze. This will help extract any remaining water.[3] X Research source
- You can also heat the zucchini in a pan for a few minutes to evaporate the extra liquid.[4] X Research source
- Zucchini naturally has a high water content, which can ruin the flavor and texture of the finished meatballs.
3Combine the zucchini with the egg, breadcrumbs and herbs. Return the grated zucchini to the mixing bowl. Add one egg, two cloves crushed garlic, one cup seasoned bread crumbs, one half cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, three tablespoons chopped basil and a dash of salt and pepper to taste. Blend the ingredients until they're distributed throughout the mixture.[5] X Research source
- Together, the egg, breadcrumbs and cheese will serve as a binding agent to help the meatballs retain their shape.
- Crush the garlic cloves using a manual press, or pulse it in the food processor along with the basil to save time.
4Roll the mixture into golf ball-sized balls. Grab a small handful of the zucchini mixture and use the palms of both hands to roll them. Try to use roughly one ounce of zucchini per meatball. Make sure each meatball has been pressed firmly to ensure that they'll hold together while cooking.[6] X Research source
- The meatballs will shrink somewhat as they cook.
- If you find that your meatballs are falling apart, add a small amount of flour to the mixture and try again. The flour will soak up moisture and become slightly sticky.[7] X Research source
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Cooking the Meatballs
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1Preheat the oven to 375 °F (191 °C). Set the oven to convection and make sure the center rack is clear. Let the oven begin warming up while you finish preparing the meatballs.[8] X Research source
- Keeping the temperature relatively low will prevent you from accidentally burning the cheese and breadcrumbs.
2Arrange the zucchini meatballs on a nonstick baking sheet. Lay out the meatballs in rows. Leave an inch or two of space between each to allow heat to circulate properly.[9] X Research source
- Use a deep or rimmed baking sheet in case the meatballs slide around while in the oven.[10] X Research source
- If you're not using a nonstick baking sheet, grease it with cooking spray first.
3Brush the meatballs with a coat of olive oil. Dip a basting brush in the oil and lightly go over the tops of the meatballs. Oil will help the meatballs cook up nice and crisp and give them a crusty golden-brown exterior.[11] X Research source
- Olive oil will provide the most complementary flavor to the seasonings in the meatballs.
4Bake for 20–25 minutes. Place the meatballs in the oven and set a timer. Keep an eye on them as they bake so they don't get too done. If you wish, you can turn the meatballs over at the halfway point, though convection heat should help them cook evenly throughout.[12] X Research source
- Remove the meatballs from the oven and use a pair of tongs or fork to gently nudge them over.
- Give the meatballs a few minutes to cool before serving them.
5Pan fry the meatballs instead. If you'd prefer your meatballs to have a crispier texture, or if you'd like to shave a few minutes off the cook time, you also have the option of frying them on the stovetop. Cover the bottom of a large skillet with half an inch of olive or canola oil. Drop in the meatballs and pan fry for 3–5 minutes on each side until brown.[13] X Research source
- Set the pan fried meatballs on a layer of paper towels to absorb excess oil as they cool.
- Panko breadcrumbs hold up better to frying than other varieties.[14] X Research source
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Serving Zucchini Meatballs
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1Smother the meatballs in your favorite sauce. Transfer the hot meatballs to a saucepan and simmer them with tangy marinara or vodka sauce for 5 minutes. Or, enjoy them Swedish-style in a creamy sauce seasoned with black pepper, nutmeg and allspice. There's really no wrong way to savor these marvelous meat-free morsels.[15] X Research source
- Finish Italian meatballs with red pepper flakes or balsamic vinegar to coax more flavor out of the mild zucchini.
- Be careful not to stew or simmer zucchini meatballs for too long, as this can cause them to become soggy.
2Pair meatballs with nutritious pasta. Zucchini meatballs can easily become a complete meal with the addition of spaghetti, linguine or penne cooked perfectly al dente. Top with fresh oregano and extra grated Parmesan and serve with crusty Italian bread.[16] X Research source
- Go with whole wheat pasta to cut down on calories.
- While you're at it, try making zoodles using a mandoline or spiralizer for an all-zucchini meal![17] X Research source
3Offer zucchini meatballs as an hors d'oeuvre. Vegetarian meatballs can make a perfect finger food for your next holiday party or get together. Simply bake or fry them, arrange them on a serving platter and stick a toothpick in each one. Their small sizes makes them easy to eat, and their rich, delicious flavor makes them hard to resist.[18] X Research source
- Experiment with different dipping sauces, as well, such as a spicy currant jelly, smoky garlic ketchup or lemon-dill remoulade.[19] X Research source
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- At the supermarket, look for zucchini that's dark green and firm to the touch.
- Store leftover meatballs in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They'll stay fresh for up to 3 days.
- Add a can of garbanzo beans to make the meatballs more filling and up the protein content.
- If you suffer from a gluten intolerance, substitute blended oats and nuts for breadcrumbs.
- Enjoy zucchini meatballs with a julienne salad for a light lunch or a low-calorie snack to refuel after the gym.
- Pile your zucchini meatballs onto a toasted hoagie roll for a homemade vegetarian meatball sub.
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- Keep your fingers clear of the blades on your grater or mandoline.
- Watch out for popping, splattering oil while pan frying.
Things You'll Need
- Kitchen grater
- Large mixing bowl
- Hand towel or cheesecloth
- Nonstick baking sheet
- Roomy skillet (for pan frying)
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Basting brush
- ↑ http://www.skinnytaste.com/zucchini-meatballs_20/
- ↑ http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a48034/zucchini-meatballs-recipe/
- ↑ http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a48034/zucchini-meatballs-recipe/
- ↑ http://spoonuniversity.com/recipe/zucchini-meatballs-in-under-an-hour
- ↑ http://spoonuniversity.com/recipe/zucchini-meatballs-in-under-an-hour
- ↑ http://www.skinnytaste.com/zucchini-meatballs_20/
- ↑ http://makingthymeforhealth.com/vegan-zucchini-meatballs/
- ↑ http://spoonuniversity.com/recipe/zucchini-meatballs-in-under-an-hour
- ↑ http://makingthymeforhealth.com/vegan-zucchini-meatballs/
- ↑ http://www.skinnytaste.com/zucchini-meatballs_20/
- ↑ http://spoonuniversity.com/recipe/zucchini-meatballs-in-under-an-hour
- ↑ http://www.skinnytaste.com/zucchini-meatballs_20/
- ↑ http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a48034/zucchini-meatballs-recipe/
- ↑ http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-panko-and-breadcrumbs-word-of-mouth-218201
- ↑ http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/swedish-meatballs-recipe
- ↑ http://www.skinnytaste.com/zucchini-meatballs_20/
- ↑ http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2015/09/21/what-are-zoodles/
- ↑ http://allrecipes.com/recipe/15206/cocktail-meatballs/
- ↑ https://delishably.com/appetizers-snacks/Cocktail-Meatballs-Cocktails-Weenies-Cocktail-Sausage
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On Friday the Denver Business Journal broke the news that Trader Joe's would be opening its second store at Eighth and Colorado Boulevard. (The first -- which means the one that also gets to sell liquor under Colorado's convoluted code -- will debut next year in Boulder's Twenty Ninth Street development, in the spot currently occupied by Applebee's.)
The news was meant with general jubilation...and some skepticism.
Says Absolute1:
This is all kinds of wrong.
The location has NOWHERE near enough parking to support the kind of traffic TJ's will draw. As the first Denver store, it will generate lots of interest, even if only from the looky-loo" crowd. Eighth Ave is far too narrow a street to support this, and the 8th/CO Blvd intersection is already a badly congested one. The surrounding neighborhood will suffer.
Mark my words - I'm a TJ's veteran since childhood, have seen this countless times in other cities/states. If there are to be more of them, they should occupy vacant shopping center spaces with PLENTY of parking - like the many abandoned Albertsons sites around town, for example.
How do you think a Trader Joe's will do at Eighth and Colorado? Where would you rather see it?
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In March of 2003, Canada's federal Liberal government broke with its traditional support for US foreign policy by refusing significant pressure to join the illegal bombing, invasion, and occupation of Iraq. Today, in early 2004, the new Martin government is eager to demonstrate its enthusiasm for a renewal of the Canada-US partnership, and the recent crisis in Haiti presented the first significant foreign policy loyalty test for the Prime Minister. Would he return to Canada's usual submission to US "leadership", or would he find a unique Canadian path, as Canada has (historically) on Cuba? Are we heading for "deep integration" or principled independent leadership?
This past weekend, the elected President of Haiti, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was pushed from office. The recent history has been on the front pages: Faced with a February 5th armed insurrection led by ex-death squad killers and veterans of the disbanded Haitian army, Aristide began losing his grasp on significant parts of the country, and this was followed by his complete abandonment by the US and French governments. Aristide's resignation (willing or coerced, we may find out in the coming weeks) on Sunday, February 29th, provides a moment in which to assess the "independence" of Canadian policy. Interviewed on CBC radio March 1st, the Jamaican minister of foreign affairs referred to the forced resignation as the "33rd coup" in Haiti's history.
The stage for all of this was set a little over a week ago by the "peace" agreement reached on Saturday, February 21st, with the involvement of US, Canada, the OAS, and CARICOM – the organization of Caribbean states. The agreement required of President Aristide the nomination of a new Prime Minister (from the opposition, presumably) and the establishment of a new multi-party governing council, to be composed of representatives from the political opposition. Aristide immediately accepted the deal, and then by Tuesday, the armed "rebel" groups (this is the media's term for the convicted killers set on a coup d'état) rejected the "peace" deal outright, because Aristide's resignation was not a part of it.
With this, Haiti was again facing stalemate and the governments of France and the US, who never liked Aristide, unveiled what now appears to be the unstated objective all along. The duo of US Sectretary of State Colin Powell and French Foreign Minister de Villepin began inviting the resignation by Wednesday, and by Friday, Canada followed suit, as Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham suggested Aristide should "look at his responsibilities toward his people and say: 'Look, it would be better that…I leave.'" With Aristide's resignation on Sunday, Graham – and Paul Martin – now have their wish. But by chiming in their agreement with the US/France position, Canada has turned its back on its more independent foreign policy, particularly regarding Haiti, despite it being a country that "Canada has traditionally considered one of its key areas of foreign-policy expertise."
The rationale for this shift, presumably, is the basic acceptance of the outrageously distorted picture of Haiti drawn by the Associated Press – the dominant source of Canadian news coverage, incorporated into reporting from assigned correspondents such as the Globe's Paul Knox and Canwest's Sue Montgomery. That picture, and the story underneath, is a cartoon of civil strife in a desperately poor country, confusing and unexplained political divisions, an "embattled" recalcitrant leader, and the supposedly "humanitarian" role of the international community – the US and Canada in particular. Such misleading images are then complemented by the ugly, racist tinge found in the commentary from far-right cold warriors such as Canwest's George Jonas. In his only recent column devoted to Haiti, he drew an odious comparison of watching events in Haiti to watching "a pack of hyenas fighting over a carcass," – an analogy never made, as far as I know, with the strife Northern Ireland.
This ugly, slightly racist picture was further poisoned on Saturday by the Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren, who sneered that despite past colonial efforts to civilize and democratize the country, "no real progress has been made in creating a people who are susceptible to self-government." For Warren, and no small number of the mainstream "expert" Haiti-watchers, this is the problem – the people. And the people, in this case, are black.
The aid embargo on Haiti
It does not take much digging to discover that this picture is not only racist but profoundly simplistic. For example, while regularly commenting on Haiti's profound poverty, and on Aristide's supposed "failure to deliver the good" that he promised, nowhere in the Canadian press can we find a serious examination of the financial strangulation imposed on Haiti through the four-year US/EU aid and loan embargo. This devastating policy has stalled some $650 million promised through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and other sources since 2000, and to varying degrees prior to that. The human rights group MADRE points out that the US froze transfers designed to "pay for safe drinking water, literacy programs and health services." In effect, this embargo has starved the Aristide government of promised, crucial, life-saving funds, and transformed development finance and humanitarian aid into a vicious political weapon – not very differently from the sanctions that destroyed the social infrastructure of Iraq in the 1990s. A similar humanitarian catastrophe has been brewing in Haiti, with few in the "civilized West" (or North) either noticing, or really caring much.
The rationale for this US embargo draws from a dispute over Aristide's democratic legitimacy – the elections of 2000. The Associated Press, and the right-wing Aristide haters from both the Republican party and the media, sloppily refer to "sham", "rigged", or "fraudulent" elections of that year. Canadian reporting has been marginally better, referring more often to "flawed" 2000 elections, and then providing a quote from the political opposition complaining of fraud and corruption. No one in the mainstream North American press has taken the simple step of explaining the actual nature of the dispute, nor the efforts of President Aristide and his government to resolve it.
There are, however, a number of independent and credible sources that provide this information, including the group MADRE, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), TransAfrica Forum, the Democratic Black Caucus, and several writers for Z Magazine. In summary, the disputed elections were actually the senatorial elections of May, 2000, that had followed years of previous electoral disputes and boycotts. MADRE point out that in 17 of the 18 contested senatorial districts, Aristide's Lavalas Family party candidates were declared the winner, when in fact the method of calculating the winners in 8 of the 18 contested districts (on a plurality, rather than majority basis) was incorrect.
In response, Aristide asked for the resignations of the senators involved, and attempted to establish a new electoral commission, but was stonewalled by an opposition that simply continued to demand his resignation – and continued to do so ever since, with US encouragement, funding, and support. The November 2000 presidential elections were boycotted by the major opposition groups, which meant that Aristide won them handily – and was recognized as the democratically elected leader by President Clinton and the rest of the international community. However, the newly "elected" Bush administration, no stranger to electoral counting disputes themselves, exercised a grotesque hypocrisy by using the controversy as an excuse for a full aid and loan embargo.
What has been the Canadian government's response to this US policy? Interestingly, Canada's Haiti policy has had similarities with its policy on Cuba. In the face of the US-led embargo, Canada has quietly maintained an ongoing bilateral aid relationship with the Aristide government, disbursing over $18 million in 2001/2002. Of course, such modest efforts are likely to have been severely undermined by the embargo – yet this has yet to be mentioned by any Canadian politicians, or the press. This utter failure to exercise moral leadership and independence by exposing the criminal behaviour of the US and shedding light on the nature of this electoral dispute has now drawn international criticism. The Council on Hemispheric Affairs has been one of the few truly independent voices on Haiti, and has condemned Graham for "dragging Canada back to its traditional roost of "me-tooism" when it comes to US-sponsored initiatives." In their analysis of the election dispute, they point out that, contrary to the Canadian suggestion that President Aristide has not lived up to his commitments,
…Aristide has accepted every condition pressed upon him by CARICOM, the US and the OAS. The bedrock problem regarding Haiti is that the country's opposition refuses to negotiate with Aristide and will not consider taking up their seat on the Provisional Electoral Council, without which no elections can be held.
Interestingly, the generally anti-Aristide National Post ran a column that admitted that whatever the "dubious" character of the 2000 elections "few doubt [Aristide] would have won them anyway". The writer notes that direct intervention aimed at "forcing him from office would look a lot like a putsch against a legitimate leader." Of course, this helps us to understand the financial strangulation strategy. The Canadian media has chosen to ignore all of this, presumably because it muddies the simpler picture of Haiti described above – and suggests the possibility of different, perhaps less humanitarian motives behind US and Canadian policy.
Who is the "democratic opposition" in Haiti?
A third serious failing of our media coverage is the scanty detail provided about the character, leadership, and political orientation of the supposed "democratic opposition" to Aristide (as opposed to the armed thugs). One important branch of the opposition movement, the Group 184 that is often quoted on the CBC and in the Associated Press, is led by the American sweatshop owner André Apaid. He and the various elements of his "Democratic Convergence" have long been beneficiaries of direct financial and diplomatic support from the US and France. Neither country ever liked or trusted Aristide's leftwing populism, his demand for reparations from France, or his 1996 decision to extend diplomatic recognition to Cuba. They and the other groups comprising the Democratic Platform are largely derived from the small, lighter-skinned Haitian ruling elite that dominated Haiti under the notorious Duvalier dictatorships. Many were also directly involved in the military coup that unseated Aristide in 1991, following the landslide election win that brought him 67 per cent of the vote. It is worth remembering that the US-supported candidate, World Bank economist Marc Bazin, received only 14 per cent of the vote that year. None of us should be surprised if Bazin, who once served as finance minister under "Baby Doc" Duvalier, and who understands "economics", is once again dragged out as a possible replacement for Aristide within the next few weeks.
Having said all of this, it is important to recognize that there has been growing disaffection with Aristide, and in recent weeks some leaders of popular organizations that were either past supporters or politically neutral began to join in the opposition call for his resignation. This is hardly surprising, given that one of the conditions of his re-installment by US troops in 1994 was the abandonment of his populist and redistributive program, and the acceptance of a World Bank/IMF structural adjustment package. These neoliberal policies included requirements of layoffs of government employees, austerity measures, and devastating cuts to the tariff structure protecting Haiti's relatively efficient rice industry (among others). At the same time, it appears as though Aristide has attempted to retain some elements of a redistributive program. As MADRE argues,
Aristide has tried to walk a line between US demands for neoliberal reforms and his own commitment to a progressive economic agenda. As a result, he has lost favour with parts of his own political base and Haitian and US elites.
When this incendiary brew of discontent caught fire in recent weeks, many quite understandable began to say "enough". Moreover, there have unquestionably been documented human rights problems, reports from the ICFTU of attacks on "opposition" trade unionists (i.e. those working with the opposition to force Aristide's resignation), and other reports that progressives will rightly abhor. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that when a qualitatively higher level of abuses are carried by regimes favoured by the White House (Colombia, Turkey, the list could go on), the response is to send the government more weapons.
Canadian workers know the wrenching effects of so-called "free trade" policies, and the unemployment and dislocation they bring. But bringing these same free market policies to the poorest nation in the hemisphere, and then compounding them with a crushing aid and loan embargo (on a government with an annual budget of some US$300 million), was simply murderous. Paul Farmer, an American doctor who has worked in Haiti for many years, wrote last year that the "embargo has targeted the northern hemisphere's most vulnerable population, the poorest people with the most fragile economy, ecology and society." The need for improvements, he reports, is desperate, given that "there are only 1.2 doctors, 1.3 nurses, and 0.4 dentists for every 10,000 Haitians…And 40 per cent of people have no access to any primary health care, while HIV and tuberculosis rates are by far the highest in Latin America." Of course, genuinely attempting to address these problems through the state would violate the usual World Bank/IMF proscriptions against public services and social expenditure.
Regardless, Aristide had no money with which to attempt such programs anyway, and Canada's feeble, quiet bilateral efforts have been more than undone by the great "partner" with whom we seek "deeper integration." Of course, neither Bill Graham nor Paul Martin have ever mentioned any of this publicly, nor should we expect them to very soon. There is a missile defense program to be joined, and a new Prime Minister wanting desperately to rebuild our pre-Iraq camaraderie.
So gradually, the murky media picture begins to clarify – regime change by social collapse. Many Canadians would probably be surprised to learn that Congresswoman Barbara Lee (of the Congressional Black Caucus, not coincidentally) has spent years denouncing the Bush government's policy of financial strangulation, arguing that the "administration has decided to leverage political change in a member country by embargoing loans that the Bank has a contractual obligation to disburse." Interestingly, presidential candidate John Kerry offered further elaboration last week when he was asked about the motivation behind the Bush Administration's punishing Haiti policy. "They hate Aristide", he answered, in a meeting with the editors of the New York Times. Going one step further, Kerry unveils more bluntly what he thinks has really happened, suggesting that the Bush White House "sort of created the environment within which the insurgency could grow, take root."
History doomed to be repeated?
Watching what has happened to Haiti in the past few weeks, it is hard not to recall obvious parallels from the past, such as the US-sponsored terror campaign of the 1980s against the similarly left-populist Sandinista government of Nicaragua under President Daniel Ortega. After years of "contra" rebel terror, the population of Nicaragua cried "uncle" and voted the Sandinistas out in 1990. Other examples of regime change in Latin America abound: Panama, 1990; Chile, 1973; Guatemala, 1954. More recently, the US moved quickly to try to provide support for the similarly anti-democratic coup against the left-populist Hugo Chavez of Venezuela in April 2002 – but were embarrassed to discover (again) the depth of Chavez' popular support. There appears more reason than ever to watch developments in Haiti carefully, never keeping our eyes too far from the continuing struggle in Venezuela, and – the real prize for Bush – Cuba.
Kevin Skerrett CUPE Research