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The Connecticut State Police Omerta Crumbling?
Arthur L. Spada, former Connecticut State Police Commissioner
Witness Reveals `Secret' Meeting Says Session Involved Public Safety Chief, Father Of Slain Man
June 9, 2006 By TRACY GORDON FOX And ALAINE GRIFFIN, Courant Staff Writers
MERIDEN -- A former state police commissioner went behind the backs of detectives feverishly tracking leads in the 2003 mob-style killing of a Middletown businessman, holding a "secret meeting" with the victim's father and attorney, according to testimony in the larceny trial of former state police Maj. Greg Senick.
Timothy Barry, a former commander and colonel of the state police, made the accusations against his former boss, Public Safety Commissioner Arthur Spada, during testimony Wednesday in Senick's trial in Superior Court in Meriden. The trial has become a fish bowl of the dysfunctional state police hierarchy during Spada's tenure, which ended in 2004.
Through his pointed cross-examinations, Senick's attorney, James Wade, has tried to show that Senick's arrest was fueled by politics from outside and within the department. Under Wade's questioning, Barry, a prosecution witness, disclosed the meeting Spada and Senick held in 2003 concerning one of Middletown's most notorious unsolved homicides, the slaying of Joseph Mazzotta.
It was "a secret meeting that was completely undisclosed and undocumented and after that, Mr. Wade, I told your client if he ever did anything like that again I would run him right out of the state police," Barry said.
"And I told him, don't ever do that again. If that ever occurs where the commissioner is going to do something unethical as that, you have to tell me about that," said Barry, who now works in fraud management for a Hartford insurance company.
Senick, who is accused of charging thousands of dollars in bills to the state while living in state-owned property, had been Spada's chief of staff.
Reached at home Thursday, Spada, a former Superior Court judge, acknowledged meeting with Salvatore Mazzotta, the father of Joseph Mazzotta, who had been shot in the face and neck at point-blank range in Middletown. But he vehemently denied there was anything secretive or unethical about it and said that Barry was bitter and out to get him because he drummed Barry out of the department, after he learned Barry was trying to get his job.
"It's an outrage. It's the mad ranting of a disturbed and paranoid mind," Spada said of Barry, whom he had appointed colonel.
"It was the worst appointment I ever made, and I regret it."
Spada said he frequently met with citizens who wrote to him about cases or problems.
"Mr. Mazzotta is a citizen. He lost a son in a very gruesome killing," he said.
"I conducted hundreds of these sessions when I had a complaint."
Spada said the meeting was held in the library of his office and that state police attorney Dawn Hellier was there.
"It was on the calendar," he said.
Spada said Mazzotta had asked the state police to take over the investigation of his son's death from Middletown police. He said the major crime unit had already completed its investigation and had turned over any evidence to Middletown detectives.
But according to Barry and other sources, the state police Statewide Narcotics Task Force and Organized Crime Task Force were still involved when that meeting took place.
Friends found Mazzotta's body in the offices of the family's equipment-rental business on Boston Road in Middletown on April 14, 2003. Police never determined a motive for the killing.
Mazzotta, 40, was a member of one of Middletown's wealthiest families, prominent in local construction and real estate.
Investigators have examined the family's investments in the Schaghticoke Indian tribe in Kent and Joseph Mazzotta's involvement in Cocktails on the Green, the Cromwell bar in which Mazzotta had a silent interest. The bar was in financial trouble, and police sources said low-level transactions of narcotics and stolen goods took place there. Before his son was killed, Salvatore Mazzotta had hired bodyguards to keep order at the bar. He also paid tens of thousands of dollars to settle the bar's debts so it could be sold.
About a month before the slaying, a severed pig's head was left at the bar's front stoop.
In December 2003, Middletown investigators went to Springfield, Mass., looking for possible connections between Mazzotta's slaying and the Nov. 23, 2003, killing of Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno, a reputed mobster for the New York-based Genovese crime family.
Bruno attended Mazzotta's wake and funeral and is known to have associated with Salvatore Mazzotta, sources close to the investigation have said. Last December, Frankie Roche, a Massachusetts man with reputed mob ties, was charged with murder in Bruno's death.
Salvatore Mazzotta had been meeting regularly with Middletown police for updates, police sources said, but the meetings are now less frequent. Sources have said Mazzotta's involvement has been awkward at times, partially because in 1990, Salvatore Mazzotta was charged and later acquitted in a cocaine-trafficking case.
On Thursday, Mazzotta recalled meeting with state police after his son was killed, but he could not remember meeting with Spada. He said a stroke he had four months ago has affected his memory.
Mazzotta said his greatest frustration has been police officers' insistence that he knows more about this than he is saying.
"Instead of looking for who killed my son, they were looking at me," Mazzotta said about Middletown detectives.
"They go to Springfield, they follow me. I'd be a damn fool if I know who did it and don't tell."
Mazzotta, who had asked for state police help days after the slaying, said he lacked confidence Middletown police could find his son's killer and was disheartened when state police pulled out of the case just months after the slaying. He said no one has contacted him about the investigation in 2½ years.
"They left me hanging. I don't know nothing," Mazzotta said.
"I don't have faith in nobody no more. I lost a son."
Middletown Deputy Police Chief Lynn Baldoni declined to comment on the investigation Thursday.
Spada's name had come up at a March 4, 2004, meeting between state police investigators, Drug Enforcement Administration officials and officers from the Statewide Narcotics Task Force.
At that meeting, state police Capt. Peter Terenzi, then head of the narcotics task force, voiced concern about Spada's involvement in the Mazzotta case
In a report, Terenzi said that Spada had friends and associates in the area who "were also some of the people we were looking at as possible or potential targets."
Terenzi was later transferred and disciplined after allegations surfaced that he disparaged Spada's familiarity with Italians.
In his testimony, Barry said Senick was "obligated" to disclose the 2003 meeting with Mazzotta, which occurred "while an investigation is going out and dozens of officers are trying to solve the case."
"You know, Mr. Wade, as a criminal defense attorney the consequences of actions like that," Barry said, referring to how the meeting may have affected the case.
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"Damn Bloggers!"
Connecticut Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers
Was she making this comment about me when addressing the Bar Association at [this meeting]?:
"You, as a dedicated and committed group of attorneys, have been ardent and vocal supporters in the area of educating the public about the rule of law, and the bench is tremendously appreciative of these efforts. This principle is vital, and it is essential that the public understand precisely what is at stake when our constitutional obligation to apply the rule of law is under attack.
"When judges do the right thing under the law, however, we often make someone angry. And let me assure you, in the no-holds-barred era of the Internet soapbox, the feedback -- often anonymous -- can be brutal. As you know, we as judges cannot, under our Code of Judicial Ethics, comment about our cases. That is why it is so essential that the bar step up and speak up to make sure that the public understands the need for an independent judiciary that will apply the rule of law as opposed to making the popular or less controversial decision."
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What did Rell know, and when didn't she know it?
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell (left) [my post on Moody's conduct], former Governor John G. Rowland (middle)
Rowland was up to shenanigan after shenanigan, taking bribe after bribe while LT. Governor M. Jodi Rell supposedly knew nothing, yeah right!
[click here] for the history of public corruption in Connecticut
M. LISA MOODY, the Governor's Chief of Staff, testifies before the Government Administration and Elections committee about her role in a controversial fundraiser to benefit the governor. (SHANA SURECK / May 16, 2006)
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
The Connecticut Sheriff Scandal Cover-upClick on page for larger view
If you look for discrepancies and know a little about the inside workings of a patronage system of government and of courts, you'll understand the below and clicking on and examining each of the below documents.
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Does Official Connecticut cover up its own public corruption by falsely arresting, imprisoning, and using conspiring doctors to medicate whistle blowers so they can be locked up in mental institutions? Well, the case of Anne Kristine Blake might prove that is the the unofficial policy. [click here for more]
A former Ms. Green told me 7-7-2007 that a "connected" family had there 24o lb, tall, and out of control violent daughter in a group home risking the lives and safety of staff and clients of the DMR. The client should have been in a more secure facility after assaulting other clients and staff. Ms. Green probably has a new last name because she married another DMR high ranking employee after they went to a physical holds and restraining class and teamed up with each other in the class to put holds on each other, and they seem to have liked it ...
So, according to former Ms. Green and her husband exposing abuses, taxpayer defrauding, retaliation, nepotism, the state of fear in the DMR (Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation), the falsifying of reports, and the blanket disregard for rules, procedure, and laws could mean being fired, losing one's pension, and even ending up under arrest and in prison. Ms. Green told me that is how all 3 branches and all official Connecticut departments operate.
Part CT Judicial Branch Scandal, Former Gaming Lobbyist and Connecticut Judicial Marshal Jim Parks speaks out
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Former House Speaker James Amann was hired Friday as a $120,000-per-year senior adviser to his successor, Speaker Christopher Donovan.
In his new position, Amann will help Donovan on both administrative issues and important pieces of legislation. He will also be organizing regional meetings with both business groups and advocates on a variety of legislative topics.
"His skills at negotiation and consensus building will be particularly welcome at a time when we in state government need a cooperative approach to solving the daunting challenges before us," Donovan said. [found here]
Amann and Parks know each other from a young age ...
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DCF and Connecticut's Official Whore House...
Kristine D. Ragaglia
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Power, Intimidation, and the Threat of Death or Serious Injuryis a hallmark of any Mafia-like organization.
Michael Bochicchio, a retired Major in the Connecticut State Police
Someone that can easily obtain large amounts of money and then just waste it, such as losing $176,000 gambling in just 6 months, begs many questions.
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The Connecticut State Trooper Gene Pool?
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Nepotism and Corruption in the Connecticut Judicial Branch?You can be jailed for just driving through Connecticut if judges and lawyers think they can get away with robbing you blind [more]
Comments to an online Newspaper:
Caruso should start with his own cousin, Edna Press, who was given the position of official court reporter in Stamford. The position required that the person be a practicing court reporter. Ms. Press was not. Before being employed only as a court monitor, not reporter, she was a day care worker, check her tax return records. Ms. Press had not done court reporting in years. Ms. Press advised one of her employees in Stamford to move to Bridgeport in order to be able to bill for mileage by being outside of the district. The employee fraudulently stated that she lived in Bridgeport for three months, before actually moving to Bridgeport, and was paid for that mileage. Instead of being fired, Ms. Press has now been elevated to Supervisor of Transcript Services, a top management position, with pay increase, and probably a state car, and yet is still "stationed" in Stamford for her convenience, and not in Hartford, although does have her new title.
Mr. Caruso's cousin's daughter, K Mulvihill, just recently acquired the position as "caseflow coordinator trainee." Ms. Press and Ms. Mulvihill are very close, personal friends with Mr. D'Alesio, the executive director for Judicial, number three in command in the State. The position of caseflow coordinator in Danbury was posted at 58k a year, yet the posting for "case flow coordinator trainee," in New Haven, the job K. Mulvihill just recently acquired, was posted for 38k with an asterisk, stating if you had a law degree, the pay was 68k. Let's all guess what her starting salary will be. Nice wedding present, Joe. Those in positions of authority in judicial continually alter the job classifications and qualifications as they deem suitable for their needs in supplying these upper management positions to their friends and family. It is an abuse of authority, it is corrupt, it is discriminatory, illegal, and abusive, in addition to being a gross waste of funds of Connecticut tax payers.
Hamden, CT
Gov. Rell, Chief Justice, Senators...Stop the corruption in the State Judicial Department. Those in positions of authority have been milking the judicial branch for years now, giving top management positions to their friends and family, all for personal gain...they are bleeding the taxpayers and the State dry...we don't need more deputy directors, program managers, executive supervisors...we need the workers in the courtrooms...CLEAN HOUSE NOW--DO THE RIGHT THING!
As a taxpayer I am outraged. Where is the justice? From the sound of it, certainly not in the Judicial Branch!
Derby, CT
There is so much nepotism in the Judicial Branch it is sickening. If your relative is a Judge, you are a shoe in for the top paying jobs. There are no tests administered for jobs, just send in your application w/resume and a phone call from your relative and you got the job!! High paying jobs are given to people without any college education. What message does this send to young people? No one even checks for high school diplomas!! Wake up Governor and clean house in Judicial.
I think if our leaders continue to fail to deal with these serious issues, then perhaps in November we should remember that when we vote.
Taxes are supposed to help pay for the things we need in our government, not to give a job to someone because they are related to or friends with someone.
I'm very happy this bill finally was passed. But when you take a step back and think about it, it's pretty insane that any public official ever who was removed from office for taking bribes would ever still be paid a pension afterwards.
The allegations of nepotism in our state judiciary made my other commenters are disturbing as well. Does this bill address those sorts of ethics violations? I really wish this article actually stated what the bill that was passed actually does in detail. Is it a comprehensive ethics bill, or just a narrow scope bill to deny pensions to convicted bribe-takers?
It is absolutely disgraceful that judicial workers who do their job and do it well with professionalism and dedication and have the qualifications are unable to attain a promotion not because they don't deserve it but only because someone much less qualified has "the juice" with the powers that be who will ultimately rubberstamp their promotion. Knowledge is no longer a precursor. The old saying It's not what you know but who you know is alive and thriving in the Judicial Branch within the State of Connecticut. To you, Mr. Joseph D'Alesio, and those of you in management enjoying the spoils of your deceipt, your corrupt behavior, and your disregard for those of us who do not matter in your desire to fatten the wallets of your families and friends, when will you have a conscience? I believe you collectively never will until your actions are scrutinized by an outside agency and you're held accountable. Only then will people like myself and the many others who man the wheels of justice day in and day out will truly believe in justice.
I am very troubled by the allegations made regarding Edna Press being a daycare worker prior to her position in upper-level management with the State of Connecticut.
If these allegations are proven to be true, then
it is indeed time to clean house starting with Mr. Joe D'Alessio himself. Can we get the Connecticut Post to follow this growing story???
Signed, a disgusted taxpayer
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Connecticut Judicial Branch Whistleblowers tell of felonies being committed within the branch:
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Should judges and lawyers have a license to steal? [more]
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
"Oops, I crapped my pants"-official Connecticut
Feds Overlooked Hartford Cop's Checkered Past
by James Brewer | April 3, 2007 8:40 AM
Posted to Local Politics
The Deputy United States Attorney that brought down Boston FBI Agents and local cops for illegal activities with federal informants seems to have turned a blind eye to the questionable appointment of suspended Hartford Police Officer Robert Lawlor (pictured) to the Federal Violent Crimes Impact Team ("VCIT") in 2005.
Connecticut's U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor and Deputy U.S. Attorney John Durham remain mum on the topic of Lawlor's involvement in a Federal Task Force operating in Hartford that led to the death of 18-year-old Jashon Bryant and shooting of Brandon Henry by Lawlor. Lawlor killed Bryant and seriously wounded Henry while on duty as a deputized United States Marshal working on the VCIT.
VCIT was a joint operation, federally funded, that utilized Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ("ATF") agents and Hartford Police officers to get guns off the streets.
Who is John Durham?Durham, a well renowned federal prosecutor was hand picked in 1998 by Attorney General Janet Reno to investigate allegations that, for decades, FBI agents and police officers had been compromised by the mob. Durham soon discovered that FBI Special Agent John Connelly had assisted the mob in at least three murders. Durham successfully prosecuted these cases and earned praise from his colleagues for his integrity and perfectionism. [more]
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I Updated My APIs To Use Swagger 2.0
I spent some time this weekend updating a handful of my APIs to the new Swagger 2.0 API definition format. I was already using an older version of Swagger, so the migration wasn't too difficult. I have about five new APIs I want to roll out over the next couple weeks, and I wanted them to up to date, using the latest version, so moving forward my knowledge using my existing APIs was the best way to prepare.
I moved forward the five "core APIs", as I call them, analysis, APIs, building blocks, curated, and tools, to all use Swagger 2.0. These APIs provide access to my monitoring system I use to keep track of the space. I also migrated two of my "stack APIs", image manipulation, and screen capture, which are designed to be general purpose, utility APIs I use across my platform.
To support the migration I wrote a Swagger manager for my API monitoring system, which I use to track on 2794 APIs, from 3215 companies, which API Evangelist is one of these companies. Using this new tool I imported my old Swagger 1.2 versions, and after a little touching up in my new editor, I published brand spank'n new Swagger 2.0 definitions for all seven my APIs.
The process reminded me of how API definitions really can help you describe, see, understand and ultimately communicate the API surface area you posses. I'm going to take this and apply it to a couple of business sectors I'm tracking on as part of my API Stack, and see what the process does for me there. After that I'm going to get to work on the next five APIs I'm designing, and see how Swagger 2.0 contributes to my design of brand new APIs, as well as later on in the life cycle.
I'm using my Swagger API definitions as a central truth for driving server side code, and my documentation. I'm eager to continue exploring how it can further generate my client side code libraries, as well as SDKs, and help me better test, and monitor my APIs. I don't think I'll perfectly automate every step in the API life cycle with Swagger, but it damn sure is making some of the steps much less painful, and following a central design truth, that in this case is a simple Swagger JSON file that I keep in a library, pushing forward my catalog of API resources, at the same time I push forward my own understand of what is possible.

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Lymphoma are the tumours of the lymph glands /nodes and lymphatic system. It is the most common form of blood cancer. The two main forms od lymphomas are Hodgkin lymphoma and Non – Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Lymphoma occurs when cells of the imuune system called lymphocytes (which is a type of white blood cells) that grows and muntiply uncontrollably. The two main types of lymphocytes that can develop into lymphomas are :: B- Lymphocytes (B-Cell) and T- Lymphocytes (T-Cells) in the skin it is Cutaneous B- Cell Lymphomas and Cutaneous T- Cell Lymphomas.
Extranodal lymphomas are the tumours that occur in organs or tissues outside the lymphatic system. When lymphomas occurs in the skin with no evidence of extracutaneous disease at the time of diagnosis they are called primary cutaneous lymphomas.
Primary Cutaneous Follicle Center Lymphoma
It is the most common CBCL. These are the skin lymphomas that develop slowly over months to years. They usually appears on the head , neck or trunk of the body as single or multiple tumors or nodules with a pink or reddish appearance.
Primary Cutaneous Marginal Zone B –Cell Lymphomas
It is a second most common type of Cutaneous Lymphoma CBCL. The lesions are slow growing looks like pink or red nodules and most commonly found on the extremities , although they can occur at any site of the body.
Primary Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma , Leg- Type ::
It is the less common that other CBCLl's , but it is more aggressive and fast growing , devolping over weeks and months. The lesions of this lymphoma are bluish and red on the lower legs. They are usually on the lower legs but may occur any part of the body. These lesions frequently grow into large tumors that extend deep into the body. This tumour may become as open sores and spread outside the skin more frequently than the slow growing CBCLs.
Primary Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Other
This CBCL is described as a group of very rare lymphomas which includes intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. T-cell rich large B-Cell Lymphoma, Plasmoblastic lymphomas and anaplastic B-cell Lymphoma. Although these lymphomas usually appears on the head , trunk and extremities.
The pathology starts due to the formation of "ama" the toxin produced by the faulty digestion. Poor digestion forms immature "rasa" or chyle . This is the main culprit to develop any disease. In CBCL the dosha becomes disturbed due to the faulty rasa dhatu. All the three doshas gets vitiated and produce their symptoms. Deranged vata produces pain . Deranged pitta produces inflammation and heat. Deranged Kapha produced rigidity.
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|Summary Chart ND Bakken/Three Forks Scenarios
The enthusiasm is based on the success in the North Dakota portion of the Bakken/Three Forks play since 2008. The high oil prices over most of the period from 2008 to 2012 has made the high cost oil from North Dakota profitable. Bakken/Three Forks output in North Dakota has expanded from 43 kb/d in Mar 2008 to 719 kb/d in Mar 2013, a 16 fold increase over 5 years. The media believes these increases will continue, but the rate of increase is slowing considerably.
As a cautionary tale, consider Bakken/ Three Forks crude output in Montana (at link click on formation code in left most drop down box and type "bak" in search box, most output is from the Elm Coulee fields (all charts can be clicked to enlarge):
Two reports were used to guide the assumptions about future well productivity and oil prices. The first is from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ( see slides 16-18) and estimates 5.8 billion barrels of oil (BBO) from the North Dakota portion of the Bakken/Three Forks play (F95=3.5 BBO, F5=9 BBO). We use this estimate to create low TRR (technically recoverable resource), mean TRR, and high TRR scenarios where decreases in well productivity are created to match these scenarios. The second report is the most recent Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2013 produced by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) which gives oil price forecasts. We have modified the price forecasts slightly because historically the EIA forecasts for oil price have tended to be too low.
|Figure 1- Future Price Scenarios
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|Figure 3 - Model 3 Avg Well Profile
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|Figure 5
Figure 2 does not account for economics, in order for output to be profitable I determined break even real oil prices in Jan 2013 $ and compare this with real oil prices increasing by 6.68 % per year.
To calculate break even oil prices at the refinery gate, we assume well drilling and fracking costs are $9 million per well, OPEX plus financial costs are $7/barrel, transportation cost is $12/barrel, and royalty and taxes are 25 % of the well head revenue (refinery gate revenue minus transportation costs). Then we use a discount rate of 10 % to find the net present value of the net revenue (revenue-cost) stream from oil output over an assumed 30 year well life. I have calculated the real break even price based on revenue in real dollars (Jan 2013 $), it is assumed real oil prices follow the red dotted line in figure 4, these inflation adjusted prices are used in the break even calculations.
Note that in different scenarios there are different real oil price scenarios, as the oil price scenario changes, the real break even oil price will also change because of both the price itself and the change in the net revenue stream in real dollars.
Mean TRR and Medium Prices
To account for the fact that real oil prices are not likely to reach $2000/barrel and that a 6.68 % rise per year in real oil prices would lead to a reduction in real GDP worldwide, I constructed a more realistic scenario (medium scenario, Figure 1)where real oil prices rise by 3.29 %/year and adjusted the number of wells added per year so that oil production would remain profitable (break even oil prices are less than real oil prices). Prices reach $411/barrel (Jan 2013 $) by 2056 and rise no further (substitutes for oil become cost competitive and demand decreases as a result). Note that the decrease in well productivity is different because it is a function of the number of new wells drilled. If the well productivity decreases by 8 %/year when 2000 wells/year are added, it decreases by 4 % per year decrease if only 1000 wells per year are added. To match output with break even oil prices, fewer new wells were added after the break even oil price was reached, this resulted in a less rapid decrease in well productivity compared with the steady addition of 2000 wells per year.
|Figure 6 Mean TRR (5.8 BBO) Med Price
|Figure 7 - Break even oil price, medium scenario
|Figure 8 - Well Productivity Decrease, med scenario
Low TRR Case and Higher Prices
We will now consider the case where the TRR is at the low end of the USGS estimate for the ND Bakken/Three Forks, which is 3.5 BBO.
If prices can rise to whatever level will cause the oil to be profitable or if we just ignore economics altogether we have the following:
|Figure 9 - Low TRR Case
|Figure 10 - Well Productivity Low TRR Case
The lower oil output would likely lead to higher overall real oil prices so we will consider a higher price path than our Mean TRR/ Medium Price case (high scenario, figure 1). Real oil prices rise by 0.54 % per month (about 6.676 % per year) from Jan 2013 to July 2034. At that point real oil prices have quadrupled from the average 2012 level of $102.5/barrel to $411/barrel. From July 2034 to Dec 2073 it is assumed that real oil prices do not rise above $411/barrel.
|Figure 11- Low TRR, High Price Case
|Figure 12 - Break even Oil Prices, Low TRR, High Price
|Figure 13 - Well Productivity - Low TRR, HighPrice
High TRR, Low Price Case
For those who are opimistic about future US Oil output, we consider the USGS F5 case where the TRR for the ND Bakken/Three Forks is 9 BBO. Well Productivity decreases less rapidly than the mean TRR case, 42500 wells are brought into production and a maximum of 2000 wells/a are added.
|Figure 14 - High TRR (9BBO)
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Now we assume prices will rise less quickly than in previous cases due to the abundance of oil (low scenario, figure 1). Prices remain at $102.5/ barrel (Jan 2013 $) until Sept 2018 and then rise at about 2 % per year until 2065 (where they reach $269/barrel in real terms), at that point 42,350 wells are producing and no more wells are added.
|Figure 16 - High TRR/ Low Price
|Figure 17 - Break even Oil Prices - High TRR/Low Price
|Figure 18 - Well Productivity, High TRR/Low Price
One final note is that these scenarios are not forecasts, they are possible futures based on a set of assumptions. There are several short comings with these scenarios, technology has been assumed not to progress further, any progress might allow higher output, and the model for average well productivity is based on only two years of data and future average well productivity could be higher or lower than shown in model 3. Finally, I have assumed that well productivity will begin decreasing in March 2013, so far there is not conclusive evidence that the average well brought online in March 2013 is less productive than the average well brought online in Jan 2013, a possible improvement would be to hold average well productivity constant until Dec 2013 and then model well productivity decrease from that point. A subject for a future post.


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Unibet Poker
Unibet Android poker has carved itself a small perfectly-formed niche in the mobile-optimised poker market. If your Droid phone supports Adobe Flash Player and Air then it may just be the app for you. But don't jump on this poker boat until you've checked its navigation equipment is working and the emergency radio isn't rusty.
The Android App
As with any Android real money poker app, you'll not find it on Google Play since developers are not allowed to display or link to content that "that facilitate[s] online gambling".
Adjusting Settings
As a result you'll have to head to the Unibet Android poker site itself to download the app. And you'll need to figure out how to allow non-market place apps on your phone (e.g. by following a video tutorial), if you haven't already. There are three basic steps:
- Allow apps from "Unknown Sources" by ticking the box in either the
Settings → Applicationsor
Settings → Security → Unknown Sourcesmenus.
- Find the .apk file in your file management system (get a new file manager if you need one) and double click it to run.
- Disallow apps from Unknown Sources by unchecking the box so that your phone is again secure.
Be aware that a few mobile phone operators (like AT&T in the US) make it more difficult to allow non-marketplace apps and you may need to root your phone. Meanwhile, the process is similar, though subtley different on the Kindle Fire.
Getting Started
Once the app is installed you should find you are immediately directed to a Microgaming mobile poker login screen.
- You will already need a Unibet poker account before you can play.
- Choose between real money poker or playing for fun.
- Select the stakes (up to £1/2) you want to play for.
Note: Currently only cash games are available.
Neither multi-tabling or mobile sit-n-go poker tournaments are currently an option. For these features you will need to try apps like those from mFortune and 888poker.
Depositing and withdrawing money is also best done online to make sure you get your Unibet Poker bonuses.
Unibet Poker iPhone – Not Yet
Unibet has launched a sportsbetting app for iPhone and iPad but so far its poker games are only available on Android smartphones and via PCs / Macs. Just like its mobile poker tournament, Unibet Poker on iPhone is apparently "coming soon" but this as much information as is available currently.
Many other poker operators have launched iPhone apps and compatible websites and competition is already fierce. It will be interesting to see whether Microgaming is serious about launching an iOS poker app in 2013 or 2014. It may be too late.
Poker Bonuses
Unibet Poker offers new players the choice of a £100, £300 or £500 welcome package. Of these the £100 package is the easiest to "earn".
How to Earn
Here are the basic facts for the £100 deal:
- You get 10 loyalty points for each $1 you contribute to rake
- Rake usually works out as roughly 10% of your bets
- You need 400 loyalty points to earn a £10 bonus
So to earn your £100 bonus you'll need 4000 points, which will probably cost you about £250-300 in rake, depending on the exchange rate at the time you play. This is equivalent to a good-value play through requirement of approximately 2.5-3 x rake, which compares favorably with other major brands.
This is a poker app Android-owners will do well to consider, subject to their phone being compatible. The bonuses are reasonable and the getting started is easy, provided you have a PC handy.


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Today I'll be showing you how you can download free android apps, free android games or whatever from the Google Playstore with your PC, Mac smart phones and every other device without log in.
The above means that with this android trick or tip am going to show you, you'll be able to download android apps, android games from Google without:
Log in and download using any device ; You'll be able to download free android apps and games with any device that's that your android, example your PC, your Mac or any device. This means that you don't need to input your Google play details in order to download from The playstore with this android trick.
PROCEDURE; 1; First you have to know the complete name of the free android game or app you want to download or if you don't know the complete(full) name of the app or game, you to The playstore with your browser and look for the app or game and copy the link of the free android app or game(NOTE!; you have to copy the link complete).
2; After the above you go here when you get to the page, you would have something like this picture below
In the page you'll be provided with a space/box where you would have to type in the complete(full) name or the link you copied earlier(as stated in the first procedure) of the free android game or free android app you want to download.
3; finally, after pasting the link in the space provided you click 'generate link' and a link to download the free app or free game would be provided.
conclusion The advantage of this trick is:
1.You no more need your Gmail account details when trying to download from the playstore.
2. you also don't need your android device in order to download from the playtore
3. you can now download any free android app or game from the playstore with other mobile browsers such as UC web, opera mini and other android mobile browsers.
and lots more....
NOTE This trick works for only free android apps and games.
that's just the trick required to download any free android app or free android game without your android device and without logging in.
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Samsung just unveiled the next.. next big thing: the Galaxy S4. And while some might argue it's more Galaxy S III 'Plus' than brand-new, standard-setting flagship, there's no denying Samsung is going to sell a ton of these things. Our question, though, is will Samsung be selling one to you?
If you're in the market for an Android smartphone right now, you've got plenty of options: HTC's One is on the way shortly, there's the Xperia Z / ZL, and of course, the Nexus 4. While it doesn't look like anyone will be dropping a phone to trounce the S4 any time soon, it's also a more cutthroat and competitive era in the smartphone market than ever before. You have real, legitimate alternatives out there, and there are real, legitimate reasons to choose them.
So, what about you? Is the S4 the next big thing headed for your pocket? Vote, and make your opinion known. Also, feel free to have a massive argument about which phone is best in the comments.


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Steve says we have to patient with new signing from Stevenage
Steve Davis is eager to introduce his new summer signing Anthony Grant to first-team action, but says the club will have to be patient with the former Stevenage man as he is being asked to fit into a new midfield role.
The capture of Grant is a major coup for the club and will go some to replacing the huge influential Luke Murphy, who joined Leeds United in the summer.
Crewe boss Steve Davis told the club's official web-site: "It is still very early in regards to Anthony being here. The work is on-going with him and where he is going to fit in.
"He is learning a new role but he has already shown in training that he is a great athlete and has shown that in training. His work ethic is fist class.
"He is a bubbly lad and good to have around the place. He is a confident lad and he is determined to fit and have a good season."


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Last time, we talked about those 10 things that cause small businesses to fail, and zeroed in on the business model as most important of all.
There's usually a reason you got into the business you're in, but whether you love it or just chose it for the money, the math that makes the business work…actually has to work.
It's more complicated than how much you spend and how much you make.
How'd you come up with the prices for your stuff?
If you're a retailer, you probably had someone tell you about keystone. Or maybe you're using manufacturer's suggested retail pricing (MSRP). Or maybe you're 3 cents under your competition because that's what you felt you needed to do to get the sale.
Ever sit down and figure out how much it costs to open the doors every day – even if you don't have a door?
Ever think about taxes, licenses, shipping, insurance, and yes…some money for you to take home?
35 prospects
How much does it cost to get 35 people to call you? How much does it cost to get 35 people to visit your store? How much does it cost to get 35 people to visit your website and opt-in to your email newsletter, subscribe to your blog, your YouTube feed or "Like" your Facebook page (or whatever)?
In fact, each of those ways of getting a new prospective customer (often called a "lead") have differing costs because the advertising (or whatever it took) to motivate them to buy has different pricing and each one convinces different numbers of people to become a prospect.
Note that I said nothing about how many people that advertising reaches. It doesn't matter if it reaches 35 or 35 million. What matters is how many people raise their hand and say "Hmm, I might be interested. Tell me more." and show that by calling, stopping in, going to your website and so on for every dollar you spend.
Those things have a cost. In fact, it'd better be an investment. If it isn't, you're doing something wrong. Divided by the number of people who said "Hmm", you know what a prospective customer costs. Most people have no idea what the number is.
Seems like a number you'd care about.
10 customers
Now let's say 35 of those prospects turn into customers. They buy something.
Each one probably has a different "buying profile". In other words, customers you meet online might buy different things than walk-in/phone customers do, or they might spend more or less, or they might buy more or less often.
If you don't pay attention to these things, you won't know how to deal with them.
You also won't know which source of buyers purchases the most profitable items, which source returns the most items, and so on. Seems kind of important, doesn't it?
If you know how much it cost to get those 35 prospects to call you, stop in or what not, AND 10 of them bought something, then you can also figure out how much it costs you (per media, per ad campaign and overall) to get a new customer.
Seems like a number you'd care about.
42 orders
If over the course of a year, these customers place 42 orders or make 42 purchases, you have another important number: cost per sale.
Not cost OF sale. Cost PER sale…to get the sale.
What'd you have to do to get those folks to order or purchase? Nothing? I hope not, because you're depending on random behavior.
What if that random behavior changes?
If you do expend any time, effort and/or money on marketing, you ought to know which efforts/expenses are working and which aren't. If one is working, you keep using it and try to improve it's performance. If one isn't, you either stop doing it or tinker with it a little and see what you can do to make it work.
Either way, those efforts have a price tag.
Seems like a number you'd care about.
Groundhog Day
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character relives the same day repeatedly. He goes to the same places and buys breakfast (etc) day after day.
What are you doing to encourage that from your customers?
Recurring revenue is a critical part of every (YES EVERY) business model. Maybe not the same person every day, but definitely on a regular basis.
What if you woke up every morning and knew that you'd make 7 sales today, based on some prior effort, history or activity?
What if you knew how much of that effort, history or activity was needed to keep making that happen?
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You may think of tiki masks as a charming way to add a tropical flair to your home's décor, but these carved wooden masks actually have a long, rich history in Polynesian culture.
Tiki masks are used for many purposes, from home and temple border protection to ancestor worship.
A Brief history behind Tiki masks
We will briefly explore the history behind Tiki masks so that you have a better idea of the rich cultural traditions that stand behind one of your favorite home or outdoor decorations!
What are Tiki Masks?
Tiki masks are hand-carved wooden masks that, in their original intent, were used to stand in as front porge guards and protect users from evil spirits or even increase the mask wearers' luck and ferility.
These hand-carved pieces of art served many purposes, both in the privacy of people's homes and in everyday life.
Tiki masks were usually carved to take on the specific characteristic of a particular gods. The artist would shape their facial expressions to resemble that trait. Tiki masks meant to infuse its wearer with strength would figure a large, strong man, while one meant to increase fertility could be carved to look like a fertile woman.
Contrary to popular belief, not all tiki masks represented gods in the Polynesian and Hawaiian cultures.
Not all masks represented gods but also served as a valuable form of folk art and artistic expression.
In Fijian culture
Original Polynesian Tiki art spreaded through the South Pacific to the Melanesian part of Oceania. In Fiji carving was practiced by the men; carving would be used for items of practical use and simple shapes and design were used. A lot of effort was put into well adorned weapons and items for the home and ceremony, today carving is practiced for its use in tourism and no longer plays a major role in Fijian society and life except in the case of the Tanoa used from drinking Kava.


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We are passionate about helping growing businesses with their digital marketing strategy. We love being your partner during the entire process.
We are a full-service creative firm specializing in online marketing, business branding and website videos. We have been in the advertising industry since 2000, This year we are celebrating being in business for 19 years.
Since our humble beginning, we have created and built websites, logos, brochures, videos and other marketing materials for companies in home improvement, travel, housing, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing industries. As the internet has grown we have witnessed websites become a major part of a company's marketing plan and we have added Search Engine Optimization and online marketing to our growing list of services.
We work with companies based on their needs and where they are headed in the future. Each company is unique and requires different tools to complete their marketing puzzle. We create each online marketing campaign to fit each company.
Meet Our Team
Who would have thought that a girl from Northern Minnesota, with no computer background, would end up in the Phoenix metro area in the website design and development business.
I am Julie Cook and here I am.
My background is varied: Beginning with my first real job working in a bakery at the age of 15, then moving to a dental office, a drugstore, college, x-ray technician, retail store, sales, manufacturing, website design & development and direct mail. [Some of these jobs /careers overlapped each other.]
In each case I had the challenge of learning the business I was working in which was very exciting and interesting. The one common thread with all of these jobs is working with people in a Client Service Specialist capacity.
Then one day I realized what made me the happiest was to be my own boss and that is the short version of how I ended up here today.
I am doing what I absolutely love, helping people grow their business with the help of the internet, specifically designing and building a website that showcases and tells a story of the business.
I know that you will like working with us either to build you a new website, revamping your current one, doing Search Engine Optimization, managing your electronic newsletters, creating HD videos and installing them on your site and just generally making your life easier communicating with your clients and potential clients.
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I started my career in digital media doing grunt PhotoShop work at the age of 17 and was just about to graduate from high school. This part-time work continued while I was a full-time student at MCC and then at ASU in the Fine Arts program working towards my degree in multimedia. While going to school at ASU I took a part-time position as a graphic artist for the ASU newspaper; The State Press. I continued creating ads and helping with layout for the newspaper until I graduated with my BA in Multimedia.
Soon after graduating, John & Julie were looking for someone to take over the website portion of their marketing business. Not too long after, Idea Three Creative was born.
I have been creating websites, managing website projects, digital marketing strategy, search engine optimization, and building brands for clients for nearly 20 years.
In my spare time I'm spending time with my best friend turned husband and wrangling 3 kids while enjoying the outdoors. I'm most often found bike riding, camping, playing tennis, practicing yoga, and relaxing at the beach.
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Made this card for my daughter with all piece left over from cutting another card. Missing her as she is finishing up summer classes but will be home soon!
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Stamp sets: Something to Say and Perfect Pennants
Paper: Moonlight DSP stack, Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Whisper White
Ink: Hello Honey and Blackberry Bliss
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It is a well known story that how the Guruvayur Temple came up. As the history unwinds, Lord Krishna, before leaving his mortal coils, predicted to Uddhava, HIS close friend, that Dwaraka will completely be taken over by the sea in a matter of 7 days. He instructed Uddhava to take care of the Lord Vishnu idol and do the prathishta in a very sacred place with the help of Guru Bhruhaspathi and Vayu Bhagavan. Thus Guru and Vayu identified a very sacred place which came to be known as Guruvayur. The idol at Guruvayur temple was salvaged from floods and still going strong even after 5000 years.
The title Pralayapayodhijale, exactly refers to the first verse of Dashavathaara song of Gita Govindam composed by Jayadevar. It goes as follows


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BWSR issues another $5.3 million in flood relief grants to City of Duluth
Two Harbors, Minn. — More financial help is on the way to stabilize bluffs and stream banks in northeastern Minnesota, after last year's storm events dumped more than 10.10 inches in Duluth and its surrounding areas.
Following a tour of conservation projects in Lake County, John Jaschke, Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) Executive Director, announced today the Board will issue an additional $5.3 million to the City of Duluth for flood relief projects.
"Landowners and local communities still have great needs to fix damages caused by last year's storms," Jaschke said. "We want to ensure those needs are addressed through projects to repair properties, to restore damages to the region's rivers and streams and to prevent pollution from entering Lake Superior."
Nineteen total projects will protect human safety, property and infrastructure, and will also stabilize and protect areas that have already been repaired with city funds or Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds.
Some specific projects include:
• Stabilizing stream banks around Amity and Kingsbury Creeks
• Stabilizing stream banks around Keene Creek near Clay and Highland Streets
• Repairing culvert outlets to stream banks around Chester Creek
• Protecting Kenwood Avenue box culvert around Chester Creek
• Restoring stream bank erosion to Miller Creek around two places where it crosses Highway 53
Previously, the City of Duluth received a $1.7 million grant from BWSR for similar projects. The entire region has nearly $7 million from BWSR for flood relief projects.
Recommendations for this funding was provided by the MN Recovers Task Force, a team of federal, state and local agencies working together to prioritize and coordinate disaster recovery efforts by its member agencies.


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I love spending time with my family, including watching our two sons play sports. I also enjoy reading, listening to NPR, walking our dog Daisy, and just hanging out at home!
"The only person you are destined to be is the person you decide to become." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Try to live in the present and not become overwhelmed with all you have to "do." Remember to take the time to just "be." That said, also try to take advantage of the interesting lectures, performances and events that present themselves to you during your college years. At no other time in your life are you likely to have such a broad array of enrichment opportunities right at your doorstep.


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This teacher needs her name written on the chalkboard. With a checkmark behind it.
Two days after being arrested for allegedly rewarding students with marijuana, booze and Zoloft for odd jobs around her home, a math teacher in Fox Lake found herself again in cuffs, this time for intimidating the family of one of her accusers, the Daily Herald reported.
Asst. State's Attorney Steve Scheller says that after Kym Krocza bonded out of jail on Tuesday, she parked and left her car at the end of one of her accuser's driveway so that no one could get in or out.
The 41-year-old now faces harassment charges in addition to the charges filed Tuesday of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, the paper reported.
Since being released, Krocza has been on several radio programs professing her innocence.
"It's unfortunate for these girls that she is playing these games, acting like she is an innocent victim and that the girls trumped all this up about her," Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said. "She confessed in writing that she did this."
She's "narcissistic off the charts," the Chicago Tribune quoted Curran as saying.
Krocza been suspended without pay by the school district and is due back in court Friday morning.


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T.Aldous has had a right dig at Lola about the boxes piled round the Assistant Librarians' desk. Lola is dead narked.
"Don't worry about it," says Salome, "I've had him and Doreen on my back about them all week."
"Let's get shut of the bloody things," says Lola. "What's in them?"
"All that stuff that they brought over from Catty last year."
Last year, when Catty Library was closed for rebuilding works, the Assistant Librarians reluctantly came over to lend Salome a hand (Lola was on maternity leave at the time and we've been carrying a vacant post for a year). What actually happened was that they sent over boxes of stock to be transferred between libraries; tatty old books to be withdrawn from stock; and assorted crap. Then they pretended to be working on this stuff in lieu of actually doing any work. When the time came to re-open Catty Library they decamped and left all this shit behind them.
"That's sorted then," said Lola and Salome.
And they taped the boxes up and sent them back to Catty.


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Sold exclusively through Amazon, Kiss Me Organic matcha powder is USDA certified organic and the company even samples the leaves and soil of the plants the matcha comes from to ensure it isn't picking up secondary toxins from its surrounding environment.
The matcha itself is made from the finely milled leaves of the green tea plant. It's probably most well known as being part of Japanese tea ceremonies, but has become popular worldwide for its health benefits and refreshing taste.
Matcha can take almost a month to harvest and is handpicked from only the best buds of the plant. Different quality grades of matcha can have different flavours, but its generally characterized by its crisp, slightly bitter taste. The taste of matcha comes from the extremely high level of amino acids and antioxidants in the leaves, which is why matcha is renowned for its anti-aging properties. There are also claims that matcha can help with weight loss and even prevent cancer, but the one thing it does do for sure is to keep you awake.
Unlike coffee, which can give you extreme highs and lows, matcha gives you a "smooth caffeine high" that gradually decreases so then you don't have that 3 pm donut craving. To prepare matcha yourself, simply scoop one teaspoon (or more depending on your taste preference) into a cup of hot water and stir vigorously. Ideally, you should get a little tea whisk, which is designed to make green tea with matcha, as just using a spoon often isn't enough to dissolve all the matcha.
Since purchasing my own bag off Amazon, I've taken to drinking green tea with matcha in the mornings and can really attest to its stimulating properties! I feel clearer and more alert and the feeling lasts much longer than black teas or coffee.
Besides tea, matcha is also great for baking and cooking! When you purchase a bag from Kiss Me Organics, they'll email you a free pdf of their matcha cookbook, which includes all kinds of recipes for things like matcha cocktails, muffins, french toast and even gravy, curries, and duck!
While I am curious to see what matcha duck tastes like, today I'll be sharing with you my experiment making matcha mousse. I got this recipe from Angela and found it a quick, easy way to make a delicious, fancy looking dessert.
To make Angela's matcha mousse, you'll need:
- 3 tbsp matcha
- 1/2 c warm water
- 2 tbsp unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 c cold water
- 2c whipping cream
- 2x 8oz packages cream cheese
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 c honey
- 2 eggs
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To start, mix together matcha and warm water and set aside.Then mix together your gelatin in a bowl of cold water and set aside as well. Mixing together the matcha will take some time, so I recommend using a whisk. I used a fork and it took forever to get rid of all the lumps!
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Beat together remaining ingredients (cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, honey, eggs) in a separate bowl, adding in eggs one at a time). By this time, hopefully your gelatin will have "bloomed" (check out this handy guide for how to bloom gelatin), so you can add it and your tea mixture to the mix. Fold in gently using a spatula.
Pour into bowls and chill for at least 7 hours.
The result is a smooth, creamy, rich, but not too rich, mixture. This mousse tastes like 90% cheesecake and 10% matcha and will satisfy sweet-tooths and non-lovers of sweets equally.
In total, this recipe took me about 40 minutes to do and it makes 8 bowls worth. Considering this was just for Mr. Artist and I, that's a ton of mousse to eat, but I am enjoying having to eat all those leftovers. FU diet!
Purchase Kiss Me Organics Matcha Green Tea Powder online via Amazon.
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May Day Sale
Join Cotswold Outdoor for our annual May Day Sale, exclusive to the South Cerney store. It's the perfect location to inspire your next adventure, with plenty of walks, rides, and routes around the local area.
Home of the best brands, Cotswold Outdoor have all the kit you'll need to discover the great outdoors, from waterproofs to insulated jackets, tents, packs and footwear, all paired with specialist advice from our in-store experts. Mountain Equipment, Rab, Columbia, Lowe Alpine and Mountain Hardwear are just some of the high-quality brands to choose from, with something for every adventure.
Meet our partners from the National Trust, enjoy great food provided by a pop-up Relish @ Gateway Café, and shop all your favourite brands at exclusive May Day Sale prices.
The Cotswold Outdoor May Day Sale: 4 days only in the marquee next to the South Cerney store, this May Bank holiday, 4th-7th May. Let's go somewhere.
This sale won't last long, but our high-quality kit and expert advice will.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday announced a string of new rules to strengthen its supervision over foreign banks' operations in the United States and reduce their potential risks.
The measures would require foreign banking organizations with a significant U.S. presence to set up U.S. subsidiary holding companies, which would help facilitate consistent and enhanced supervision and regulation of their operations, the central bank said in a statement.
The U.S. operations of large foreign banking organizations would be required to meet stricter liquidity risk-management standards and conduct liquidity stress tests like U.S. banks so as to make them more resilient to funding shocks during times of market stress, added the Fed.
Foreign banking organizations with global consolidated assets of 50 billion U.S. dollars or more on July 1, 2014, would be required to meet the new standards on July 1, 2015, said the central bank.
"The proposed rule-making is another important step toward strengthening our regulatory framework to address the risks that large, interconnected financial institutions pose to U.S. financial stability," said U.S. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
U.S. Fed Board Governor Daniel Tarullo noted that applicable regulations have changed relatively little in the last decade, despite a significant and rapid transformation in the U.S. activities of foreign banks.
Many of the banks have "moved beyond their traditional lending activities to engage in substantial, and often complex, capital market activities," he said.
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The boost of movie industry started from the end of 1930's. During this period, the humanity had a chance to observe the creation of some iconic movies that brought their directors to the top and conquered the hearts of the audience.
The Disney Golden Age, which was a significant time for the studio, also occurred during this period and was closely related to the release of the first full-length cartoon – the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
These are our top 10 list. Also, there are also many other quirky facts about Walt Disney and his movies that can come in handy if you are engaged in an essay or annotated bibliography writing, and which are just fun to know!
How many Disney characters are there? What stories lay behind the movies that kids all over the world love? There are many fun facts about each movie, each princess, and other characters created by this studio, and in this article, we will share with you the top interesting facts about Disney!
Fact 1: The Real-Life Snow White.
It is not a secret now that almost all of Walt Disney characters have a real prototype, but not many know that the creation of the first cartoons required a live model that would play the required scenes while the artists make sketches of each scene. For example, a living model of Snow White, the main character of Disney's first full-length cartoon, was the 14-year-old Marge Champion, chosen from two hundred pretenders.
Fact 2: The Snow White's Blush.
Back in 1937, there were no technologies that would make it possible to make the blush on the character's face look natural and barely discernible. In fact, one of the animators decided to use her makeup to make Snow White look more natural.
Fact 3: The Unique And Honorable Award.
For the film "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs," Walt Disney received an honorable and unusual Oscar award that was designed as one usual Oscar statue and seven miniature Oscars next to it.
Fact 4: The Quiet Character.
Probably, many of you have never thought about this one, but the thing is that the elephant from the cartoon "Dumbo" is the first and only one among all main Disney movie characters that doesn't speak at all! We all are aware that even animals have voices in the studio's films, but now you know that there was one that could not speak.
Fact 5: Perfectionism In Smallest Details.
Not many know that "Bambi," released in 1942, initially had to become the studio's second film after the "Snow White and Seven Dwarfs" and the work on it had started in 1936. However, due to certain perfectionism inherent to Walt Disney, the final version of the project was not ready for a long time and thus, such movies as "Fantasia," "Pinocchio," and "Dumbo" came out before it.
Fact 6: The New "Alice in Wonderland."
This cartoon's plot is closely tightened with the original book written by Lewis Carroll; however, the studio added a fresh touch to it and added one character that never appeared in the book – the Doorknob.
Fact 7: The Iconic Scene That Could've Not Been Included.
How many of you have seen the famous "Lady and the Tramp"? This cartoon still remains one of the favorite creations of this period in the studio's career, and many of us still enjoy watching it over and over again. And, without a doubt, the most sincere and memorable moment of this movie is the scene where Lady and the Tramp are eating spaghetti, even although Walt Disney at first did not want to include it in the movie.
Fact 8: The Real Life Experience.
Talking about the "Lady and the Tramp" it is impossible to stay quiet about the touching opening scene of this movie when Darling opens her Christmas present – the hat box with a puppy (Lady) inside it. Not many are aware that it is a real situation that happened to Walt Disney. Once, he forgot about a dinner with his wife and, to make amends for his guilt, he prepared a surprise for her – a puppy in the hat box, for which was forgiven!
Fact 9: The Unusual Horn Signal.
The ships of the famous Disney Cruise Line also have a few things to surprise you with, and one of the most unusual ones is that instead of a standard horn signal they have the first notes of the iconic song – "When You Wish Upon a Star."
Fact 10: The Ad-Free Channel.
The Disney TV channel that was launched in 1983 never shows commercials of any other companies except the Disney's brand, just like their junior channel, created for the educational purposes for school pupils.
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Gymnastic accolade
Corey Allen (8D) won the U14 West Midlands tumbling competition as well as the George Finney trophy for highest overall tumbling score. It is a huge achievement to win the West Midlands competition and the George Finney trophy means that he had the best score on the day regardless of age group. This is his second year; he won it at the floor and vault as well so he is having an exceptional year.


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Kandos-Rylstone Rail Heritage reps check on rail car resto | Photos
Members of the Kandos-Rylstone Rail Heritage Precinct recently visited Goulburn to check on the restoration of the railcar that will be running along the rail link between the two towns.
When the line is re-opened they plan to run it as a Rylstone-Kandos-Rylstone shuttle on weekends and a once-a-month Lithgow to Rylstone run through the Capertee Valley.
Members of the Kandos Museum, the Lithgow State Mine Rail board, and the Rail Management Team were invited to the Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia's workshop to check out progress on the refurbishment of the rail cars. While the motors are in Newcastle being rebuilt by Cummins.
"We hope to have railmotor set 623-723 running on the Kandos-Rylstone line within a few months," president of the Kandos Museum, Buzz Sanderson, said.
"The trailer car 723 has just come out of the paint shop and its looking great. We are very excited by the work that has been done by our friends at CFCLA and the support that both our partners, Lithgow State Mine Railway and ourselves have received from Transport Heritage NSW."
Work on the rail line has been underway since late 2017, shortly after the announcement of $1.1 million in funding for the project back in October.
More updates at the Kandos-Rylstone Rail Heritage Precinct Facebook page.


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Live each day like it's your last…it just might be! Your lifetime of choices become your legacy, regardless of the amount of material or length of time you amass during your temporary human experience.
Be authentic in all your actions and interactions…Follow your heart but do so mindfully…Choose Compassion over Apathy…Be Kind to yourself and others…Love Unconditionally…Be Fully Present for all of Life's experiences, accepting all without attaching meaning or preference to any one in particular – Life is a series of sequential moments, each one unique and fleeting; as one passes, another silently follows…
Above all else, Always DO YOU! Make Choices that enable your experience of Manifest Happiness and lessen your experience of Suffering. YOU are the only one who can choose and control your Thoughts, Attitudes, Feelings and Actions. YOU are the Reality Architect – YOU create your personal Reality!
If you choose wisely and live your life authentically…mindfully…humbly, then there will never be a reason for regret. Do not postpone matters of the heart -they are of the utmost importance…do not leave positive sentiment or loving words unsaid, as you may not get another chance to convey them…do not express negative, hurtful sentiment or criticism as you may never get a chance to apologize…Words wield power…they can never be retracted once uttered…they linger in the mind and heart like a moldy scent…their effects echo for eternity, a repetitive loop of cutting edge sound replayed in one's memory like a broken record.
It's ultimately your choice…why not start creating a legacy of Love today?
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interesting issue to read and think about: web 3.0 together with the semantic web (3.0) made an outcome in Wikipedia 3.0??? what is the future of web and google?
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society issues
Statistics on unemployment in Serbia shows increasing numbers (is it any wonder?), as I'm preparing to participate in EU Burlesque troupe coming next week. Paradox is that I'm helping (freelancing again) to some programe of support for the problem of employment in Serbia (someone in Finland had this 'great idea') …
nice start, 5th season
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U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, "National Archives Discovers Date Change on Lincoln Record," 25 January 2011.
Archivists devote a lot of attention to ensuring that researchers don't take records out of our facilities, but we don't always think about what they might be bringing in to our repositories. However, as recent events in the United States and the United Kingdom reveal, theft merely one of a host of malicious threats to the documentary record: fraudulent alteration and augmentation can be every bit as damaging.
Earlier today, the U.S National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) revealed that a researcher clandestinely changed the date on a 14 April 1864 pardon issued by President Abraham Lincoln by changing the "4" in "1864" to a "5" -- and thus giving the misleading impression that signing the pardon was one of Lincoln's last official acts. (Lincoln was shot at approximately 10:13 PM on 14 April 1865 and died nine hours later.)
Researcher Thomas Lowry snuck a pen into NARA's research room and the altered the date [images here] in an effort to bolster his scholarly reputation, and it worked: his "discovery" of the pardon garnered a substantial amount of media attention, resulted in the exhibition of the pardon in the rotunda of NARA's Archives I facility in Washington, DC, and helped to propel sales of his book.
Kudos to Trevor Plante, the eagle-eyed NARA archivist who suspected that something was amiss, contacted NARA's Office of the Inspector General, and did the historical research that confirmed his suspicions, and to NARA's Office of the Inspector General, which investigated the matter and secured Lowry's confession. Lowry's misdeed came to light well after the statute of limitations on prosecution expired, but he has been banned from NARA. Moreover, his scholarly reputation -- which is obviously of great importance to him -- is ruined.
NARA is not the only institution that has had to deal with a researcher seeking to alter the documentary record: in 2008, the National Archives of the United Kingdom discovered that researcher Martin Allen had clandestinely inserted 29 forged documents into 12 separate files documenting the activities of British secret agents during the Second World War. Allen, who used a laser printer to produce the forged records, then cited them in his books, which claimed, among other things, that the Duke of Windsor was a traitor, that Winston Churchill had ordered British agents to murder Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, and that the British had entered into clandestine peace negotiations with the Nazis. Much to the dismay of many historians and archivists, the Crown Prosecution Service ultimately determined that prosecuting Allen, whose health was fragile, would not serve the national interest.
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(A big tip o' the hat goes to Richard Pearce-Moses for alerting me to today's NARA story.)


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Listen to Aram Saroyan's Crickets
Aram Saroyan's poetry may evade any poetry enthusiast reading for a coherent meaning in and between the lines. His one-line poems may seem outlandish and vague to many. When I first came across his oeuvre, I was stuck by the idea of communication through symbol; and they called it poetry.
Poetry, it is.
No matter how much we like to enjoy an art form without delving into its intricacies, It is true, that its impact grows manifold when we relate, understand and "lemon squeeze" it. We are constantly, consciously or unconsciously, on a look out for a meaning.
When I read Aram Saroyan's poetry, I couldn't put my mind to rest until I could decode the symbol, people call poetry. If coding decoding is poetry, as someone at wordpress.org would like to call "code is poetry" ( being technically challenged, I would refrain from commenting on the quote within the implications it is used at wp.org, allow me to take it vice versa), then the best way to enjoy it is to deconstruct the Derridian signifier-signified of the symbol. I wouldn't hesitate to bring critical tenets to poetry, no matter how sacrilegious it may seem. Everything, afterall, is a quest for meaning.
Being an avid pessimist, I yearn for meaning in nullity; nihilism in reason. I guess that's the reason why Saroyan's poem (never mind if you think it isn't one) Crickets drew me to its depths. A one-word poem running repeatedly until the end of the page, it runs beyond an ordinary understanding of a regular poem. If you read the poem, you are likely to shrug and conclude: this is nuisance! It doesn't make sense.
I agree, it doesn't. Yet, I insist it does.
The poem holds in itself a moment of epiphany. It occurs as a spark when you suddenly, for a fraction of second, pull down your hand-me-down glasses and see the world with your own vision. The recitation of the poem makes the experience unforgettable.
Crickets are the symbol of hope. They chirp monotonously after the rains, and even amidst the mundane ear itching sound, there is a message of rain. There is a meaning in recurrence, in monotonous chirping, in every chirp which may sound the same but is different. The rendition of Aram Saroyan's Crickets is a reflection of that meaning. Every next word, even if it is the same, comes to life as an independent entity with its own meaning, as you hear it.
The poem is an art form of Nietzsche's philosophy of 'eternal return'- the belief "that this life as we live it at present, and have lived it; we will have to live it again once more, and also innumerable times; and there will be nothing new in it but every pain and every joy and every thought and every sigh, and all the unspeakably small and great in our life must come to us again, and all in same series and sequence, and that "the recurrence will recur ad infinitum."
It is this recurrence that would occur ad infinitum, that is reflected in the poem. Nietzsche asks "Isn't such a recurrence where you cannot change anything a burden?" With this poem, Saroyan answers that if at all it is a burden, it can be made bearable by opening ourselves to the possible visions of the world, in and about us.
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How to use nextUI feature of beryllium release?
I have downloaded nextui sample apps to run on odl, but i am not able to see topology in gui (what is browser url for that, for eg: for dlux thing we have http:localhost:8181/index.html.... for next UI?????? )
When they will officialy add this feature to odl beryllium. they just announced it but not released it yet.. next ui feature is not listed under feature:list
i downloaded nextui project (source code also) but how to integrate with odl beryllium?
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You automatically know a restaurant is brilliant when all the top Zomato reviewers have the best things to say about it. Hence Lazeez was on my To-Do list for a very long time and I finally decided to take my parents out for dinner here.
I had spent almost an hour on the Lazeez Zomato page, going through its menu and reviews before I could actually head there.
On arriving, we were quite pleased with the fact that the restaurant offers Valet service, since parking could be an issue.
Now unfortunately my first impression about this place wasn't that great, reason being, I disliked the interiors, the sad part is that it was noticeable how they had spent money on the interiors but yet failed to create something neat. The colours used were a mismatch and the accessories used looked slightly cheap, especially the place-mat.
But we went upstairs, got ourselves seated and went through its extensive menu (which I had already read) and decided to call for Gosht Seekh Kebab, Machli Tikka Lasooni, Murgh Kastoori Kebab, Murgh Bharwan Seekh for appetizers and Murgh Lahori and Roomali Roti for main course.
You know how they say first impression is the last impression, Lazeez proves that wrong and how, even though I was slightly negative about the place initially, the food changed it for me. Lazeez is truly a foodie's paradise and I undoubtedly thought it was the best Indian food I had ever tried in Abu Dhabi. It literally blew our minds.
The Gosht Seekh Kebab was wonderfully spicy and juicy; the mutton mince was blended smoothly with the coriander and mint. The Machli lasooni tikka was succulent, yummy and absolutely tender. The Murgh Kasturi Kebab was boneless chicken marinated in some spices and curd, it was grilled in such a way that it melted in our mouth just like the lasooni tikka. But what truly stole the show was the Murgh Bharwan Seekh, this was chicken seekh stuffed with creamy filling of mint, cheese and coriander. This was an out of this world dish that you simply can't miss out on.
|Mutton Seekh Kebab, Murgh Kastoori, Lasooni Tikka Machi
|Murgh Bharwan Seekh
Moving on to the main course, the Murgh Lahori was boneless chicken pieces cooked with spicy masala and garlic/ tomatoes and red chily. The gravy was thick and luckily not too oily (as served in most other places) the chicken was tender and this dish would taste good with any sort of Indian bread.
|Murgh Lahori
Lastly since I had heard a lot about the firni here, I decided to give this a try and absolutely loved it.
There was absolutely nothing I could complain about with regard to the food. It was a perfect 10/10.
The service was good; the server taking our order was friendly and helpful.
Overall the place was quite a huge hit, I decided to ignore the fact that I disliked the interiors and thoroughly enjoyed the food and shall definitely come back and recommend you all to try it out.
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Montage International has announced the appointment of Brian Karaba to the position of executive vice president, chief financial officer, for the company. In this role, Karaba will be responsible for finance, accounting, tax, insurance, asset management, strategic planning, capital markets and investor relations. Karaba will also work closely with the company's acquisitions and development team in identifying, evaluating and securing capital to fund Montage International's growth strategy.
"We are very excited about the addition of Brian to our company. He brings to our already-strong leadership team incredibly valuable corporate finance and financial management expertise," said Alan J. Fuerstman, founder, chairman and CEO of Montage International. "His leadership and talents will further enhance our solid track record of performance and facilitate the growth of our Montage and Pendry brands."
Karaba brings a broad range of financial experience to Montage International, including structuring and executing complex financial transactions, expertise in both debt and equity markets, and deep experience in investor relations, management reporting, treasury, and budgeting and forecasting. Prior to accepting the role with Montage International, he held the positions of treasurer and senior vice president, investor relations and corporate finance for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, where he had worked since 2007. He was responsible for managing a global team of finance professionals and provided leadership within Hyatt's organization in the following categories: treasury, investor relations, development finance/valuation, corporate strategy, capital strategy, and feasibility. Karaba served as a key company spokesperson to the financial community and was responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with analysts and investors. He played a lead role in managing Hyatt's quarterly earnings process, including drafting the earnings release and earnings call script, as well as interacting with investors and sell-side analysts to discuss results. Prior to joining Hyatt Hotels, Karaba worked at Marriott International for 10 years, with the last five years spent as vice president of the lodging finance, business development and global asset management groups.
Karaba graduated summa cum laude and first in class from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Maryland.


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Deconstructed Sushi Salad Bowl
(serves 2)
1 cup cooked rice or cauliflower rice
1 cup asparagus, cut and steamed for a few
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup carrots, peeled
1/2 cup red cabbage, shredded
1/2 cup green onions
1/4 package of seaweed snack package,
chopped or use cut nori sheets
Lettuce of choice
Sesame/hemp seeds (optional)
1/8 cup peanut oil (or flavorless oil of choice)
1 Tbsp (dark) sesame oil (which does have a
rich flavor)
1 stalk celery
2 inch piece ginger
1/4 cup rice vinegar (any kind)
2 Tbsp tamari or Bragg's liquid aminos
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1 Tbsp ketchup
1 clove garlic
Prepare salad ingredients. Using a blender, add all ingredients for the dressing and blend well, set aside. Assemble the salad in sections or by mixing. Spinkle on seaweed snack sheets or mix in. Add dressing. Sprinkle with sesame seeds if using and serve.


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When my son, Óg, was born, he received many beautiful and practical gifts. Many hand knit. Some sweaters, some vests, some booties, and blankets too. One item that seemed most prevalent, yet useful and lasting, was the baby blanket.
From jersey to fleece, flannel to hand knit, each little blanket has its own personality and purpose. I found that when Óg falls asleep in our arms, it is a fleece or thick flannel blanket that needs to take our warm arms' place around him. When he just needs a light layer to keep him cozy, but not overheated, in the car, cotton jersey or flannel is the way to go. For swaddling when he was brand new in this world, we always chose muslin. Out and about in even slightly chilly weather (to full winter cold), we always opt for a layer of fleece or flannel to keep our Ógster comfortable. And in his bed, he enjoys a loving layer of hand knit wool or cotton with plenty of holes in the pattern to keep air flowing (especially important in case the blanket covers his face in the night).
What are my top picks for each of these baby blankets? You're about to find out. I even included a sweet photo of our favorite flannel blanket with Óg modeling it. This is just a partial list.
Chamois Fleece Stroller Blanket from Pottery Barn Kids
Hand Crocheted Cellular-style Blanket Pattern (in original Swedish here)
Hand Knit Cellular Blanket Pattern by Erika Knight in her book, Natural Nursery Knits (available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)
aden + anais Two-Pack Muslin Swaddle Wrap in Jungle Jam Print from Amazon.com or
aden + anais Muslin Swaddle Four-Pack in Mod About Baby from Amazon.co.uk
Jersey Blankets like Organic Jersey Baby Blanket from Amazon.co.uk or BeBa Bean Bamboo Swaddle Blanket-Blue from Amazon.com