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Kanye West has abruptly pulled the plug on his Saint Pablo Tour.
A representative for the rapper said Monday the remaining dates of West's current tour have been cancelled. No reason was given.
The tour, which had dates scheduled through the end of the year, was set to hit Toronto on Dec. 18.
Other shows in Dallas, Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C., are among the cancellations.
The move comes after a complex weekend for the musician, who abruptly ended a concert in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday, then cancelled a performance Sunday in the Los Angeles area.
Saturday's truncated show became a hot topic on social platforms, as amateur videos circulated of a 10-minute tirade by West about Beyoncé, Jay Z, Hillary Clinton, Mark Zuckerberg, the radio and MTV.
Fans in attendance said on social media that West played only a few songs before ending the show abruptly after only 30 minutes. The angry audience booed, and many are seeking refunds for the aborted show. Some paid around $250 (U.S.) for a pair of tickets.
The performer said he was putting his life, career and "public well-standing" at risk by talking to the fans in the audience "like this," adding that his Saint Pablo tour "is the most relevant (expletive) happening."
He continued: "I am here to change things. And things won't change until people admit their own falsehoods. I got the visions, bro. That's what I've been blessed with. My vision. I'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel."
West's representatives did not immediately respond to request for comment.
West has been known for going on tweetstorms, but he remained silent on his social media accounts over the weekend. His Instagram account, which until Sunday only had one photo, suddenly became populated with dozens of blurry fashion photos.
With files from The Associated Press and The Washington Post


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Imagine this. Your story is a Ferris wheel. Have you ever ridden on a Ferris wheel? Do you like when it continually goes around and you get to enjoy the sights and the cool breeze – a nice smooth ride? How do you like when it stops and starts and stops and starts? Well, if you're like me, you don't want that ride to stop until it's time for you to get off. This is how the reader wants to be treated. Give them a ride that doesn't stop, that they will enjoy from the time they get on until it's done. That takes special attention to how you build your story.
Now a slow start is a great thing if you're talking about a roller coaster ride…but not a story. If you make your reader feel like they're slogging through mud, or being jerked up that hill at a torturously slow rate they may never reach the top of the hill where the fun begins.
And don't forget, everybody is a reviewer these days and they're ready to tell the world how good or bad your story is. So start with a hook that pulls them in right from the start. Let them get to know your characters. If the reader is invested in your characters then you're more than halfway there.
So, no syrupy beginnings, but as the story goes on, if it's starting to sag in the middle then it's time to grab hold of the reins and guide that story where it has to go, and reorganize as needed. A big part of what sagging middles need is a good hard proofread/edit. This is the time to get out that proverbial red pen (or highlight and delete…but you might want to save these portions in a separate file – just in case) and get rid of all the pointless meandering that's going on.
So you got lost in the Fun House, well, it's time to find your way out! This is the time when you have to keep the end zone in sight. You know where this story has to get to and it's time for you to direct its course. Maybe you're like me and you write by the seat of your pants and let the story lead you. Well, that's fine as long as the story isn't just wandering and weaving all around. So, if the story seems to be going around in circles, redirect it toward the end and keep that in sight. Remember, edit, edit, edit!
Do not write a single pointless scene! No soggy endings here! Think of your words as a path. You know where you're leading your reader, so make every word count. And when the end is in sight, wrap it up clean and tight and voila! One great story.
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Jared Larou, the construction foreman who helps design and build the coffee house, is a wounded soul with a soft heart.
Once the coffee house opens, Trina and her partner, Laura, work day and night. From coffee in the morning, to gourmet dinners in the evenings, it's a heavy load. Plus Trina performs most nights as the entertainer at the coffee house.
Trina longs to be more than just friends with Jared, she just hopes that's what God wants for her too.


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Major Harold Elworthy, Sgt Roy Parrett and gunner Collins setup a recruiting office in the Brandon Armouries in early 1940,
recruiting for The Winnipeg Rifles, Grenadiers and other units, despatching them off to MD 10 in Winnipeg by afternoon train,
in mufti- no uniforms or equipment available at that time. After a few months, recruiting ceased owing to these shortiges,
and the Recruiting staff proceeded to Winnipeg for eventual posting to the 101st Traing Centre at Fort Brandon Barracks
The Artillery Training Centre (WC) began at The Manitoba Agriculture Centre, Winnipeg- Fort Garry, then moved to Shilo Camp
for the duration. After a gunnery school at Fort Garry, your editor was sent to the Signal Wing and posted to the Canadian
Signal Training Centre in Kingston, in 1940 and 1941, returing to Shilo in 1942, and to Officer's Training Centre at Gordon
Head, Victoria that year. After advanced training at A4 ATC in Brandon, and at A3 ATC, Shilo, it was six months at Debert,
Nova Scotia, then overseas in early 1943.
Heading overseas on the SS Beaverhill in early 1944, your editor went through the usual driving drill "on the wrong side
of the road" in blacked-out and bombed England, survived two motorcycle courses (to keep us "busy") and numerous
firing exercises at the School of Artillery, Seaford Sussex, plus sightseeing in London and visiting relatives, I was posted
to 15th Field Regiment, RCA, of 4th Armoured Division in action in Europe.
After some weeks of Occupation in Germany, the regiment was withdrawn to Holland, but I managed to get home via the Queen
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WASHINGTON, June 30, 2016 — The mainstream media, acolytes of liberals and the Obama Administration, have been digging up plenty of background about Donald Trump, most of it not complimentary, much of at best out of context, at worst, untrue.
While the media have done far more than their due diligence to publicize the dirt on Trump, but for eight years, they've ignored that ocean around Obama.
A bit of Obama's past involves a man named Frank Marshall Davis. In his 1995 book Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Obama writes about 'Frank,' referencing him only by his first name. Stories of "Frank" are only available in the print version of the book, having been omitted from the audio version.
Brexit highlights Obama's otherness
Davis played a significant role in Obama's early years, specifically his adolescent years. According to media watchdog Accuracy in Media:
"However, through Frank Marshall Davis, Obama had an admitted relationship with someone who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA CPUSA). The record shows that Obama was in Hawaii from 1971-1979, where, at some point in time, he developed a close relationship, almost like a son, with Davis, listening to his "poetry" and getting advice on his career path. But Obama, in his book, Dreams From My Father, refers to him repeatedly as just 'Frank.'"
That time frame puts Obama at roughly ages ten to eighteen, an impressionable period in any young man's life. Not only did Davis identify as a communist, the FBI had a 600 page report on him due to his work as a member of the Communist Party of Hawaii.
He was also an atheist, pornographer and racist.
A video has emerged of Obama (reportedly recorded in September of 1995) talking about his relationship with Davis in reference to Dreams of My Father.
In a separate AIM.org article, Cliff Kincaid writes,
"By his own admission, Obama was preoccupied with his own feelings and thoughts about race relations. He saw himself as an 'angry young man' whose father was absent from his life. He said he was "without father figures around who might guide and steer my anger.
"In the passages he read back in 1995, Obama discussed inviting some white friends to a black party and seeing them squirm. 'They're trying to tap their foot to the beat and being extraordinarily friendly,' he said. They are trying to fit in but they are uncomfortable and they tell Obama they want to leave. Obama concluded, 'What I have had to put up with every day of my life is something that they find so objectionable that they can't even put up with a day.'
"The passages that he reads from the book before the Cambridge audience include a discussion of when his own white grandmother was accosted by a black panhandler. Davis told Obama that his grandmother was right to be scared and that 'She understands that black people have reason to hate.'
"In other words, Davis did not encourage Obama to pursue racial harmony or reconciliation. He told Obama that blacks have a reason, or right, to hate."
It seems that Davis did the opposite of encouraging Obama to pursue racial harmony by instilling in him feelings of vexation, doubt and resentment towards white people.
Obama hid and the press ignored all of this prior to the 2008 presidential campaign season. Coverage was minimal when the video of Obama talking about his relationship with Davis surfaced in 2015.
Dreams of My Father was published in 1995. This material was all readily available when Obama ran in 2008. Yet the press, and almost inexplicably the GOP, ignored it.
In November, 2015, Politico penned a story about an inconsistency in Ben Carson's book Gifted Hands.
"West Point has occupied a central place in Carson's personal story for years. According to a tale told in his book, 'Gifted Hands,' the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to Carson's telling, was followed by the offer of a 'full scholarship' to the military academy.
"West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission."
All West Point cadets attend under "full scholarship," and while Carson implies that Westmorland meant that he'd be accepted if he applied, he never claimed to have applied. His report of the episode thus seems benign. Begging the question why did the main stream media and liberal pundits pay so much more attention to Carson's anecdote about, really, nothing, than Obama's report about spending the better part of a decade with a racist communist who was under FBI surveillance?
On March 23, 2015, just 11 days after the video of Obama's speech was posted on YouTube, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, a Washington Post fact checker, reported the following:
"Davis made an impression on Obama, as shown in his memoir. Obama mentions Davis several times in 'Dreams from My Father' as someone who influenced his understanding of his black identity. But there is no evidence Obama was 'raised' by Davis, or that Davis remained a close Communist mentor who advised him throughout his life. We carefully considered the facts underlying this assertion, and the evidence is slim. We may never definitively know one way or another, but it is time to put it to rest."
There's no mention that a video even exists.
Of all the news agencies who report on political matters, WND.com, American Thinker, Western Journalism, Gateway Pundit, Accuracy in Media and Infowars are the only outlets found that disclosed the existence of, and details regarding, the video.
All of these groups are right-of-center. No one who watches only the major networks like CNN or Fox News would have come across any mention of the video.
There is an asymmetry here. If there were a YouTube video of Donald Trump admitting to being mentored by a Klansman who taught him during his adolescence that white people and black people are not equal and that white people had a reason to hate, would it matter?
It would be front page news, for days. The story would sabotage Trump and boost ratings.
There is one basic point here: The mainstream media are biased.
The problem isn't that the media lie, but that they pick and choose what to report. You can't trust them to tell you everything you need to know about a public figure, and what they do tell you is misleading.
Obama was taught to view whites as beneath him during a very sensitive time in his life. Is he a racist? The mainstream media are incapable of even of asking the question while being quick to paint Donald Trump, a man that has provided jobs and positions of management to men and women of all racial backgrounds.
We can't form an accurate picture of the world from a single source, or even from just mainstream sources. Alternative news sources will help us form a more complete and more honest picture.


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Calling all ACE members and interested parties! American Coaster Enthusiasts, Inc. (ACE) requests proposals from qualified and experienced individuals and firms (Contractor) to provide publication layout services for its organization and members. The Contractor shall be responsible for the content and photo layout of RollerCoaster!, one of ACE's publications.
The Contractor plays a pivotal role ensuring regular communication with ACE members through its publications. ACE is seeking a Contractor who can help ACE continue its success in delivering high-quality, attractive publications while working efficiently. Timely communication with members is important to ACE, so its publication layout partner needs to be prepared to meet any challenges to maintain publication schedules while producing appealing publications.
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We present a tutorial for a simple, but highly interesting use of unique PRECIOSA Farfalle™ seed beads. Create an untraditional floral bracelet in bright neon colours by means of a relatively simple stringing on flexible material.
PRECIOSA Farfalle™, unique seed beads from Preciosa Ornela, were first manufactured in 2005 and since that time they have appeared in an increasingly wide spectrum of colours and finishes corresponding to the fashion colours of each given season. In this project, we have used seed beads in neon colours which surround us thanks to the new fashion trends for the upcoming 2013 spring-summer season.
These seed beads, which have a shape reminiscent of butterflies, stand out best when strung on a thread, line or wire so that the seed beads naturally cross and create an interlocking effect Farfalle Sample Cards. This time, we have used an untraditional method. We have strung them on a flexible stringing material and placed them together using the peyote stitch principle so that they cannot overlap one another and remain laid out horizontally next to one another. This method has given rise to the unexpected effect of a compact décor. The combination of two distinctive colours has also allowed the flowers to bloom on the bracelet. Give Farfalle, seed beads manufactured under the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads brand, a chance to stand out from our large family of seed beads types and shapes.
Designer: Jaroslava Růžičková
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Pink Lotus Pages-
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Links - See Links to our friends and associates
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About our Prayer Mala
About Prayer Wheels
About our Silver
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How to Decorate Your Wedding Ceremony Site
Some brides have always dreamt of where they'll get married, whether it's outside, in a church or someplace full of memories. No matter where you choose to tie the knot, you often have to work with some of the decor that's already part of the venue. Check out some of these tips and reminders for taking your ceremony site from dull to darling.
Church Wedding
Most churches have certain colors within their sanctuary that can't be interchanged. For example, if your church has carpet, pay close attention to the color of the carpet in the aisle, which will be a focal point during the ceremony. An aisle runner is an excellent way to cover up a color that doesn't fit your wedding. Look for other colors as well, such asstained glass or the color of the pews and other fixtures. Are they dark or light wood? Do they have a colored cushion that may clash with your color scheme? Will your pew bows match the cushions? Before deciding on any color choices such as flowers or other décor, be sure to take a very close look at your venue in person.
Outdoor Wedding
Of course the beach is a popular local wedding spot, but one of the biggest challenges with having events outdoors is decorating a designated space. Being outdoors means there are few places to hang decorations; however many wedding and event rental companies offer items like archways and columns that can help add beauty and charm to any location. A custom aisle runner can be very useful here, as it draws attention inward toward the ceremony, and creates a central point for the event. Notice the landscaping of the area, especially the flowers growing nearby, and inquire about what flowers might be growing around the time of your wedding, as many locations change out their gardens each season. It's important to know what will be growing so that you can choose flowers for your ceremony to complement the natural landscape.
Hotel or Country Club Wedding
Many large hotels have multiple spaces for ceremonies and receptions. Although you may not be able to change the basic color scheme, linens and floral arrangements can have a dramatic effect on a room. In this situation you will have control over the chairs and chair coverings, unlike you would with church pews. This is an opportunity to select a palette that you like, while complementing your flowers or other colorful décor. If there is room in your budget, pipe and drape can be an excellent way to transform a room into a completely new and elegant space.
Check out some places around Hampton Roads that will help you transform your venue:
Offers services for lighting design, event drapery, audio/video and DJ packages. Chesapeake, Virginia. 757-214-9016.
Includes a host of décor items like arches, columns and other accessories to transform your ceremony space. Yorktown, Virginia. 757-890-4700.
Find everything from carpet runners to gazebos. Chesapeake, Virginia. 757-420-7000.
Offers floral design and eventscaping. Virginia Beach, Virginia. 757-410-3436.
Etsy is also a great place to shop for custom wedding décor such as aisle runners and other accessories!


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Selenium is a most powerful portable software testing framework for web applications. It is an open-source software released under the Apache 2.0 license. Selenium was developed by Jason Huggins and team. It provides a record/playback tool for testing web based applications.
Talking about the disadvantages, Selenium needs very much expertise resources as it demands higher level technical skills. It needs third party tools or custom applications for report generation and script generation. Also Selenium script generation time is bit high and it does not provide file uploading facility. There is no option to verify images.
Although Selenium has some disadvantages in test management facilities, it is an excellent automation tool to improve the quality of web based testing especially shortening of test life cycles due to efficient test automation and of course the low cost.


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SBA delay will have "huge consequences" for calculating small business program eligibility
In an article that appeared in Law360, Mr. Jeffery Chiow and Ms. Deborah Rodin criticized the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for its disagreement with – and its consequent delay in adopting – The Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018.
"The new law should allow growing small businesses to maintain their "small" status for longer," wrote Mr. Chiow and Ms. Rodin. But the SBA disagrees that the change became effective immediately and instead has indefinitely delayed implementation.
The new law extends from three to five years the period for determining a company's size based on annual receipts. The change to a five-year look-back period for small business eligibility was designed to make the transition easier as a small business evolves to other-than-small status.
The change should "have instant effect on companies' size representations for the new year…and on proposals for various contracting opportunities," Mr. Chiow and Ms. Rodin wrote.
For example, a company that has steadily progressed from a small business status under the three-year look-back period could still qualify as small if measured under the new law's five-year period. But it could risk losing set-aside contracts by relying on the law's five-year calculation while the SBA continues to apply the three-year rule.
". . . [In its] seemingly arbitrary rule-making processes… the SBA may disagree with the wisdom of the change, but that is mostly irrelevant," Mr. Chiow and Ms. Rodin wrote. "As far as courts are concerned, changing a look-back period from three to five years would not seem to be the sort of area where agency discretion is even implicated, much less owed any deference."
For the full article on Law360, please click here.
About Jeffery M. Chiow
Mr. Chiow represents clients in litigation and government investigations that usually have some nexus to a government contract. He also provides counsel on business and compliance issues faced by government contractors. He has previously been recognized by Chambers USA®, and has long been listed as a "Rising Star" among government contracts attorneys in Washington, DC by SuperLawyer®. Particular interests include aerospace and defense (he was a U.S. Marine Corps weapons and sensors officer in the F/A-18D Hornet before becoming a lawyer), bid protests, cybersecurity, technology services contracting, and internal investigations.
Contact Jeffery Chiow
Bowen Building
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Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202.777.8950
Fax: 202.347.8429
About Deborah Norris Rodin
Deborah Norris Rodin is a member of the firm's Government Contracts practice group. She has broad experience with government contracts counseling and dispute resolution for clients in a diverse range of industries. She has experience litigating bid protests before the Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and has worked on contract disputes and defense of claims brought against contractors under the False Claims Act. She has also advised clients on internal and government investigations and a variety of compliance issues affecting government contractors.
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Drink Pink! 2017 | A Rosé Wine Tasting
About event
Join us in raising a glass to celebrate all drinks pink!
We'd love to guide you along an exploratory tour of classically-produced, dry rosé while swaying to the sultry sounds of Yacht Rock! We cordially invite you to join us in sampling over 20 of the most delicious rosé wines from around the world during our fourth installation of Drink Pink.
This year's event will be held at the unique and eclectic venue of Finn's Manor in Denver's River North neighborhood. Finn's Manor is a cocktail bar and food truck pod located in the heart of the RiNo district, featuring 16 rotating taps and 369 spirits. Their sexy outdoor space is exactly what you're looking for on a sunny and sultry June afternoon.
This rosé wine tasting event will feature representatives from various local wine companies. They will be present to answer your questions and walk you through the exciting world of rosé.
Come and join us in discovering the new favorite wines you'll be drinking all Summer!
This year Drink Pink has partnered with Love146. Love146 is an international non-profit working both here and abroad towards the abolition of child trafficking and exploitation through prevention and aftercare programs. Proceeds from Drink Pink ticket sales will benefit Love146's mission.
Dress: Pretty in Pink
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
All attendees must be 21+ with valid I.D. No exceptions.
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Parking can be tricky in this neighborhood. There is plenty of street parking, however we suggest utilizing a ride share service such as Uber or Lyft.
What about food?
Finn's Manor hosts several of Denver's most scrumptious and innovative food trucks. They will be onsite and open for your enjoyment. Many of the options available at Finn's Manor will pair wonderfully with rosé. The culinary options at Finn's Manor are plentiful and very affordable.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Biodiversity is required to guarantee proper ecosystem structure and function. However, increasing anthropogenic threats are causing biodiversity loss around the world at an unprecedented rate, in what has been deemed the sixth mass extinction. To counteract this crisis, conservationists seek to improve the methods used in the design and implementation of protected areas, which help mitigate the impacts of human activities on species. Marine mammals are ecosystem engineers and important indicator species of ocean and human wellbeing. They are also disproportionally less known and more threatened than terrestrial mammals. Therefore, surrogates of biodiversity must be used to maximize their representation …
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What are the events Towards The Economy of Francesco?
Meetings in preparation for the international event of Assisi 2020, organized at local or regional level, such as workshops, laboratories, seminars, conferences, promoted by organizations, movements, associations, universities, companies, informal groups etc.
They arise from the need to listen and enhance economic thinking and actions of young people by enabling them to come together and engage in a dialogue involving economists and entrepreneurs inspired by the message of Pope Francis.
In this box you will find all the "Towards The Economy of Francesco" events that have been reported to us
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I should have looked up sooner
I was in a terrible relationship for 5 years. We were off and on the whole time. At one point I met this great new guy, but like an idiot I went back to what was familiar. Now 4 months later, I'm single agian after yet another terrible breakup and the new guy never stopped trying to get to me. It's been 6 days and 3 dates. He is the most amazing man I have ever met. He has a great job, musically artistic, reads the same books, grew up in the same church, incredibly smart. He is the most wonderful gentleman. And he does what the ex never did. He really really kisses me. Like pressed against a wall, hands in hair, ground shaking, purse dropping kisses. He hauled me accross the front seat of his car and snogged my brains out. I really thought men like him were an extinct breed. Thank god I was wrong.
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Sounds like he's persistent, skilled in wooing and a great kisser. Why the h*** hasn't he sealed the deal yet, if you know what I mean?


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Yesterday afternoon the Minch was so quiet and placid
that last evening the dreaded midges arrived.
This morning there was an eerie stillness over the sea
and the midges were pleased and were still here.
Don't they know that it's still May?!
Yesterday afternoon the Minch was so quiet and placid
And I hope you do get some wind to blow your pesky visitors away.ReplyDelete
Thank you Red. Just strong enough to keep the midges down would be good.Delete
Your photos are spectacular, both the scenes and your skill with the camera. I'm not sure what midges are but I am sure they are pesky and probably bite. The naughty things.ReplyDelete
Thank you Terra. I think when I was in California I heard they were called no-see-ums. They do bite but for many like me who are not badly affected by the bite it's as much the fact that they get in your eyes, ears, hair and anywhere else that is exposed. The strange thing is that if I'm bitten in New Zealand or France I react very badly so I assume that over four decades I've developed a certain immunity to the Scottish or at least the Hebridean variety.Delete
It's a shame you have to pay the price for lovely still weather. I think I've seen that plant here, thought it was a weed and it is only a few inches high, maybe a distant relative.ReplyDelete
I suppose Pauline most things in life come with a price of one sort or another but I do think this is a rather high price to pay for a warm sunny calm day.Delete
Yes Graham, wall to wall sunshine yesterday and today. This is summer. There is also a water Bistort that grows in boggy ground.ReplyDelete
Pretty good here today too. Water Knotweed or Bistort is a major problem in some areas. I'd like a little stand for my pond though.Delete
I so envy you that amazing outlook, GB. As for the midges, what do you do about them? I can't stand them, as I attract anything that bites, and it's the one thing that puts me off visiting Scotland.ReplyDelete
Frances, there are swarms of them but they don't bite me at this time of the year, July and August are when the females bite. I have a net bag I wear. Its a pain it doesn't have a smoking tube in it. Cleggs are far worse, they are as big as an eagle and you don't feel them settle on you. Then they sink a damn great proboscis into the middle of your back where you can't reach. Devils they are but wise devils.Delete
Adrian, PLEASE tell me whereabouts on your person you wear this bag, before my imagination goes completely wild.Delete
Fortunately Frances they don't fly if the wind is over about 12mph and as it's usually above that here we are usually midge-free. What you do not want, and what midges do want, is a lovely worm, enclosed, sheltered garden. I wear a midge suit when they het really bad. It's essentially an enclosed hooded jacket of mosquito netting. They are effective but a little hot on a warm day.Delete
If not for the midges, we'd all be green of envy at your stunning view. Every time you mention the midges, though, I think to myself that well, at least I don't have those to fight with where I live... :)ReplyDelete
The midges don't ruin the view Monica. They just ruin life outside the house on a rare calm day.Delete
Oh drat they're back.....I hope the winds pick up soon and keep them at bay while you're outdoors so you can enjoy pottering around in your garden.ReplyDelete
I've lived with them for 40 years Virginia. Another few won't be a problem.Delete
I am always so popular with midges. I just wish the experience was more rewarding for me!ReplyDelete
It won't be of any comfort at all Jenny if I tell you that you are not alone. So I won't.Delete
A rellie mentioned in a comment to a post I'd done on geraniums on facebook that geraniums keep the mosquitoes away. I wonder if that would work for midges too? Might be worth a try....ReplyDelete
DeeDee if geraniums are a deterrent then I suspect that you'd have to have a huge number of them. The few that I have around the garden don't have any effect. Midges are attracted by carbon dioxide (as are mosquitoes) so stopping breathing is an effective way of stopping them finding one.Delete
Do you know it is funny, but I used to get eaten alive by midges and mosquitos...but since developing a blood disorder 23 years ago, they rarely bite me now...I wonder if they can sense it? I am not complaining! I used to come up in huge welts and sores where they had bitten.
Great view, despite the little blighters.


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Saturday, January 20, 2007
10,000 page loads
Today this blog passed 10,000 page loads since I started counting on December 20, 2005. I suppose that's not many relatively speaking -- I'm sure there are plenty of blogs out there that get that many or close to it in one day -- but it seems like a lot to me. So i just wanted to say, thanks for reading. I appreciate it.
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Happy night-before-Halloween! I've been planning all week to show this one today, because it is my favorite :-D! Nightmare Before Christmas nail art 🙂
What I love about this movie is that it (much like Love Actually) is technically a christmas movie, not a halloween move (and similarly not a valentine's day movie). Don't get me wrong, I love watching the Nightmare Before Christmas during Halloween (it, along with Hocus Pocus and Rocky Horror Picture Show are my staple movies for Halloween weekend), but it is a christmas movie! Regardless, it has a wonderful art style.
This mani was inspired by @mypolishworld. I have seen quite a few Nightmare Before Christmas manis floating around, but hers was the first to catch my eye, so I went with it! I do wish I could get thinner lines out of my black polish, but it is beginning to get stringy so poor Jack's teeth look a bit..crooked. I also wished I had thought to paint Zero on one of my nails, he is so cute!
~ Light grey: Wet n' Wild – Sidewalkers
~ Dark grey: WOW – #333
~ Black: Sinful Colors – Black on Black
~ White: Salon Perfect – Snow me White
~ Yellow: WOW – #301
~ Light yellow: Maybelline – Citrus Collide
I hope you get lots of candy, fun costumes, and spooky nail art this weekend! Enjoy!


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Marvel has been announcing new Secret Wars titles pretty much every day and today, they announced one of the awesomest ones yet: Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Kelly Thompson and illustrated by David Lopez.
According to the article:
In Carol Corps, Danvers will lead an elite all-female squadron of fighter pilots stationed at a base called Hala Field, where she is the only powered human; this leads them to "set about helping Carol try and answer a question about where she is from," says DeConnick, "and that puts them in conflict with some of the greater forces of the Marvel Universe."
This sounds so fun and so awesome. Click the link to see more concept art about the Banshee Squadron and Carol.
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When it comes to Trump, Lindsey Graham has a kooky memory
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has criticized Donald Trump repeatedly in recent years, and has on multiple occasions been on the receiving end of angry Trump antics. I imagine we all remember the time he read Graham's cell-phone number aloud to a full audience.
But the Republican senator has apparently had a change of heart, and is now starting to play the role of a Trump cheerleader.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday said he is fed up with the media's portrayal of President Donald Trump. "What concerns me about the American press is this endless, endless attempt to label the guy as some kind of kook not fit to be president," Graham told CNN.
Yeah, American press, what's wrong with you? You'd have to be a pretty obnoxious observer to call Trump a "kook" who's "not fit" for office.
What's that, Lindsey Graham from last year? Do you have something you'd like to add?
"I think he's a kook," he said in February 2016. "I think he's crazy. I think he's unfit for office."
I'm reminded of an anti-drug-abuse commercial from my youth. The dad confronts his son, demanding to know where he learned to do drugs. "From you, all right?" the son says. "I learned it by watching you."
If Graham is concerned about efforts to label Trump a "kook" who's "not fit" for office? From you, senator. We learned it by watching you.


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Last night, my husband said he would go buy "The Godfather" DVD for us to watch if I made an Italian meal to go with it. Since I was only a little kid when the film came out in '72, I - I'm embarassed to admit - had never seen "The Godfather." And since the rain, once again, was coming down, the trade of a meal for a movie sounded like an offer I couldn't refuse.
I returned from Trader Joe's with their unbelievably good prepared dough, some mozzarella, fire roasted tomatoes, basil and a bottle of Italian red wine. After letting the dough sit, I kneaded it into a round, sprinkled on olive oil with pressed garlic, spread on some tomatoes, basil leaves and slices of mozzarella as I sipped some wine, then baked the pizza for a half an hour at 350 degrees. It came out bubbling, golden and crisp, but soft inside...it was, I've got to say, the best pizza I've had in a long time.
While the rain poured, we turned off all the lights, put on "The Godfather," then movie's score swelled out of the darkness. I then became immersed into the life of the Corleones.
I sat silent until baby-faced, ex war-hero Michael Corleone just finished popping bullets into two men in Louis' Restaurant over plates of pasta..."Go, go! Get out-a there! Hurry!" I sat up with clenched fists and yelled at Michael - who stood over the dead men too long.
My husband looked at me like I'd gone over to the dark side. "You realize he just shot two people, right?"
After we turned the lights back on, and pulled the DVD out, I returned to the slightly more rational person he knew. That's also when I remembered we could have had a true mafia meal from a cookbook I picked up at a garage sale called "The Mafia Cookbook," by Joe Cipolla, published in 1970. Inside are recipes with names, such as: Beet It! Pig's Guts dell'Uomo de Fiducia, Bloody Murray, Blood Shots alla Nicola Barone....
Actually, this one - Vermicelli Greaseball - would have been perfect considering it's an initiation dinner and last night I was initiated into the family of "The Godfather." Well, maybe not. But I have been wanting to see that film for thirty years and now I can finally say I have.


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19 Jul 2015
A Stark Example Of The Tail Wagging The Dog
I have to share with you a conversation that I had with a business owner this weekend because I think it highlights just how people in business can really miss opportunities that are right under their noses!!!
I took my son to one of those play venues yesterday - you know the ones where the kids have all this stuff to climb and jump over and "whack" one another with those rubber staffs and what not?!!!
Anyway, there were about 200 people there - that's right, the place is jam packed - and almost half of the visitors are the parents of the kids playing there.
My son is off running around with all the other kids so I decide to get a coffee - only to find that the only coffee available is in a cheap coffee dispensing machine that you have to drop coins into to buy.
I - as is often the case - have no coins with me (I'm one of those weird people who doesn't see much sense in carrying cash around these days when I have a card that I can pay for things with - do you know anyone similar?!!!), so I ask the staff how am I able to buy a coffee to which they reply "You can't unless you have cash".
Needless to say, I don't get a coffee and sit back down and start listening to the other parents around me who are commenting on the fact that you can't get a coffee unless you have cash.
Before I go on, it's probably a good idea to let you know that I do have some knowledge on the subject of these kid's play centres because about 10 years ago I went very close to buying one (we didn't proceed because the insurance costs on these places is incredible) and while we were completing our business plan to purchase a centre, guess where we identified where the biggest income stream was going to come from?
That's right - food and beverage purchased by the adults!!!
Think about it for a minute - the only way the kids get to these places is when an adult takes them there - the kids run around for 2 hours and occasionally come back for a drink before heading off to play with their mates again and while this is happening, what to do the parents do?
They sit there, chatting to one another!!!
Isn't this the perfect opportunity to sell things like coffee, tea and adult "stuff" to them?
I thought so - and our business plan backed it up - so I spot the owner and decide to go up and have a chat to him about it.
So I go up to this guy - have the usual "chit chat" - then I say to him "Want to know how to double your income in this place?" to which he replies "Sure do" and when I say to him "Think about providing the parents with better eating and drinking options" his reply is -
"Why? The parents aren't our customers - the kids are."
It took every piece of self control I had not to laugh in his face!!!
Here's a couple of questions that I would have loved to have asked him -
Who brings the kids to your place?
Who pays for the kids to get in?
Who sits here for two hours bored stupid while their kids run around (that's right, it doesn't cost anything for the parents to be there - only the kids pay for the privilege!!!)?
There were a couple of other not so pleasant things I would have loved to have said to him as well, but my lad was enjoying himself and I didn't want to be asked to leave, so I politely said "Ok" and walked away shaking my head.
If you are looking for ways to increase the revenue in your business, take a moment to make sure that you are really serving your customer and not people who "appear" to be your customer - you could be leaving a heap of money on the table by not doing so!!!
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During the BSHAP project the participating countries agreed on the details of the format required for the earthquake catalogue compilation. The main intention was to harmonize the indispensable fields required for seismic hazard (date and time origin, epicenter location and all the available data for better magnitude characterization, including the database of International Seismology Center-ISC (Ms, Mb), CMT catalog of Harvard, EMMA database, and RCMT catalogues provided by INGV and ETHZ for the BSHAP area (12.5-24.5°E, 38-47.5°N)). Some participating countries were able to convert their national databases to the decided uniform format during the course of the project but some participating countries needed more time for this complicated task. Using all the available data, an initial BSHAP catalogue was generated in the uniform format with lots of empty fields, since many data in the national catalogues were missing. The BSHAP catalogue includes 13341 events bigger than magnitude 3.5 occurred until the end of 2010 in the geographical limits between 38.0° - 47.5°N and 12.5° - 24.5°E.
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Friday, September 5, 2008
Green Chard with Wild Rice
i know people often wonder about what to do with the tall green things in the store... those leafy ones, or the ones that have stalks attached. here's a quick and easy recipe i made the other day with green chard that arrived in my organic delivery. we've changed companies btw since we've moved... this is our new one: Door to Door Organics - they serve CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC, so a pretty wide range and they have a variety of sizes. i must say i prefer our old company, but they don't deliver to our new place :(
anyways, i'm getting off track! i haven't been feeling that well recently, so i've been making a range of 'quick and easy' meals that i'll be sharing soon. in fact, this one was so easy, i'm kind of ashamed to share it! so this is more of a recipe idea than a recipe. anyways, it tasted great and is great for you...
Chard with Wild Rice
After boiling a serving of wild rice, i sauteed an onion and garlic along with some red pepper flakes, salt, black pepper, and peri-peri sauce. i used Galito's Famous Peri-Peri Sauce - Garlic or Nando's Garlic Peri Peri Sauce would be great as well- lots of flavor really quickly. i then added the chopped chard into the pan and cooked for about 8 minutes. i really wouldn't have thought about pairing the two of these, but they went so well together... the slightly nutty taste of the wild rice along with the spice and greens made a great quick meal.
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Yum, it looks so tasty. I'm inspired by all these greens you have been cooking with!ReplyDelete
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The Nexus 7 tablet from Google comes with a limited amount of internal storage and, at least on the surface of it, limited peripheral-handling capabilities (but see my earlier blog on the subject of the CloudFTP device and using that to enable the Nexus to access hard drives wirelessly). I was hesitant to write about this subject before thoroughly testing it – and this is not for people who've never painted their own car, but I can confirm from experience that it IS practical, for free, to enable your Nexus 7 to not only use external USB memory or hard drives, but also to work with external SD memory. Right now I'm listening to music sitting on a 16gig external SD card plugged into my Nexus 7. Here's how.
Firstly you need to ROOT the Nexus 7 using the Wugfresh Toolkit which is entirely free. Essentially this means you are enabling super-user access so that certain programs can gain more in-depth access to the hardware. In my case this did not work straight out of the box – and this is the hardest part of the job, though "hard" is overstating it a bit. You see you need a driver on your PC to work with the Nexus 7 + toolkit and my 64-bit Intel laptop just was not having the automatic install. I won't bore you with the details but I followed the instructions in the toolkit and within minutes had a working driver. All of this, incidentally, in theory invalidates your warranty incidentally but it is reversible.
The next step was to backup all of my programs using the toolkit– I was really worried about this but it turns out that was misguided. I lost only a few settings for email which were readily restored manually. I also had to reload the maps of my Satnav program – again hardly a problem.
And with that, I performed the next steps of unlocking and rooting the Nexus 7 (2 button presses). After a reboot I ended up with a Nexus 7 capable of "root" or super-user actions. In English, I could now load from the Play Store the free STICKMOUNT program. That done I was well on the way to accessing external devices on the Nexus.
You can't use any old USB lead – you need a HOST adaptor – look it up on Ebay, they cost a couple of pounds. They are a micro-usb-to female-usb adaptor with a special configuration (a normally unconnected pin on the micro-usb side is grounded), you'll know you have the right one as you can plug a mouse or keyboard into it and it'll work with the Nexus (after a reboot in my case). So now you can plug in the lead, plug in a USB memory stick – or USB adaptor to SD memory card – and you have full access to the data on the stick/card – so much for restrictions.
If you want to use a memory stick AND a keyboard, you'll need a POWERED USB hub as the Nexus doesn't put out enough power to handle multiple devices – don't be tempted to plug in a cheap un-powered one.
Job done – it works perfectly. For sub-£200 this machine is a no-brainer…worth every penny. I could see these devices appearing everywhere – of course – Apple must be aware of this – but they don't let you access external memory and that, for some is an issue. The Nexus 7 as you can see has no such issue.


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text: Preclinical studies show the inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) by α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and resultant decreases in tissue concentrations of polyamines (putrescine & spermidine) prevents neoplastic developments in many tissue types. skin cancer (mean 4.5 skin cancers) were randomized to oral DFMO (500 mg/m2/day) or placebo for 4-5 years. There was a trend toward a history of more prior skin BMS-754807 cancers in subjects randomized to placebo but all other characteristics including sunscreen and NSAID use were evenly distributed. Evaluation of 1200-person BMS-754807 years of follow-up revealed a new non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) rate of 0.5 events/person/year. The primary endpoint new NMSC's was not significantly different between subjects taking DFMO and placebo (260 vs. 363 cancers p=0.069 BMS-754807 two-sample test). Evaluation of basal cell (BCC) and squamous cell (SCC) cancers separately revealed very little difference in SCC between treatment groups but a significant difference in new BCC (DFMO 163 cancers; Placebo 243 cancers; expressed as event rate 0.28 BCC/person/year vs. 0.40 BCC/person/year p=0.03). Compliance with DFMO was >90% and it appeared to be well tolerated with evidence of mild ototoxicity as assessed by serial audiometric exam in comparison with placebo topics. Analysis of regular pores and skin biopsies exposed a substantial (p<0.05) reduction in 12-0 - tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced ODC activity (month 24 36 and 48) and putrescine concentration (month 24 and 36 only) in DFMO topics. Subjects with a brief history of pores and skin cancer acquiring daily DFMO got an insignificant decrease (p=0.069) in new NMSC that was predominantly because of a marked decrease in new BCC. Predicated on these data the potential of DFMO only or in mixture to prevent pores and skin cancers ought to be explored additional. Keywords: DFMO Chemoprevention Clinical Trial Pores and skin Cancer INTRODUCTION Pores and skin cancer may be the most common malignancy in america with an increase of than 1 million fresh diagnoses of BMS-754807 TRIM13 non-melanoma pores and skin cancer (mainly basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas) anticipated in 2008 (1). While mortality because of non-melanoma pores and skin cancer (NMSC) can be low in accordance with additional malignancies it still poses significant general public health issues. Twenty percent folks residents will establish non-meloma pores and skin cancers (NMSC) which results in an annual price to Medicare that are approximated to surpass $400-500 million (2). Certain susceptible populations e.g. organ transplant recipients have extraordinarily high rates of NMSC (>50%) with markedly worse morbidity and mortality as compared to the general public (3-5). The most important risk factor for NMSC is chronic exposure to UV radiation from sunlight (6). Exposure to UV radiation is expected to increase with ongoing depletion of the ozone layer and the impact of NMSC on health and healthcare costs will likely increase. Although education on the risks of excessive sun exposure and increasing use of photoprotection can be helpful BMS-754807 new strategies to decrease the burden of NMSC are sorely needed. (7). To date attempts at the chemoprevention of skin cancer have been unsuccessful (5 7 Increased levels of polyamines have been implicated in epithelial tumorigenesis starting with early work by O'Brien et al showing induction of polyamine biosynthetic enzymes in response to tumor promoting agents (13). Putrescine spermidine and spermine are polyamines that are derived from amino acids (arginine and methionine) and are present in all mammalian cells. The first and rate-limiting step in polyamine biosynthesis is the formation of putrescine from ornithine by the action of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC). Putrescine is further converted to spermidine and spermine through the consecutive action of two distinct aminopropyltransferases. The three key enzymes that regulate polyamine biosynthesis are ODC S-adenosyl-L-methionine decarboxylase (which insures the availability of the aminopropyl donor for spermidine/spermine synthesis) and spermidine/spermine N-acetyltransferase (the enzyme that initiates polyamine catabolism) (14 15 In epithelial tumorigenesis Verma has shown potent initiator/promoters like UV irradiation strongly induces ODC activity and this induction correlates with tumor formation (15-17). Conversely inhibition of ODC induction correlates with an agent's ability to.


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Pistons center Andre Drummond says team's play during three-game losing streak has been 'inexcusable,' after 118-103 defeat to Pelicans on Monday, Feb. 12 at Little Caesars Arena.
The Detroit Pistons unveiled a partnership with Art Van Furniture company that introduced black seat covers with the Art Van logo over many center-court seats at Little Caesars Arena during Monday's 118-103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Workers removed the covering after the game so the agreement does not include the Detroit Red Wings.
The seat covers were added the same day Art Van Elslander, the company founder, died at 87.
The seat covers numbered in the thousands. The area included parts of the arena along each sideline and went to the top of the lower bowl. The seat covers were not behind the baskets.
The bright, red empty seats have embarrassed the Pistons, although they maintain attendance and revenue are up in their first season at LCA vs. the last season at the Palace.
According to ESPN, the Pistons are 19th in the NBA in tickets sold per game, averaging 17,182. But their 81.8 percent of available tickets sold ranks 29th out of 30 teams.
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The market value of the wine industry wa approximately 9 billion Canadian dollars in 2015 and is forecast to reach almost 11 billion Canadian dollars in 2019. The largest producers of wine in Canada were Ontario and British Columbia, with an accumulated 652 of Canada's 720 wineries in 2016. Whilst approximately 2.27 billion Canadian dollars of wine was imported in 2016, Canadian wine held the largest value of sales in Ontario in 2017, generating approximately 509.84 million Canadian dollars. Canadian white and red table wine accounted for a 14.8 and 10.2 percent share of Ontario's wine volume sales, respectively.
Red wine is the most popular choice among Canadian consumers, with red wine accounting for almost 60 percent of wine consumption in Canada. Among Millennial consumers, a survey found 24 percent of respondents reported drinking wine at least a few times a month. Price and recommendation from friends or family were reported as the leading factors influencing wine purchases among Millennials in Canada.


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California law recognizes three basic types of agreements affecting marital rights and obligations. A premarital agreement is executed between prospective spouses prior to their marriage. Marital "post-nuptial" agreements are signed by husbands and wives during marriage. Marital settlement agreements are executed for divorce or legal separation purposes that resolve the parties' rights and obligations towards each other. Each of these agreements has their own formality and requirements that must be followed to be valid and enforceable and to a certain extent allows the parties to "tailor" their settlement to meet their specific needs. These rights are also available to Registered Domestic Partners.
Premarital agreements executed after January 1, 1986 are governed and must comply with the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act. Generally requirements that must be met are that the agreement must be in writing; that full disclosure of property and financial information be complete and full; that there be at least seven days between the time a premarital agreement is first presented to a party and that the agreement is signed. There are additional formalities and requirements making a full understanding of the law an absolute necessity by the draftsman.


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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Chocolate
Who Went: Chelsey & some girls at a bridal shower, then Chelsey & Owen
Number of Visits: 2
What We Ordered: Kitty Katrina cake, Cazookie with half peanut butter and half white chocolate macadamia nut, Cannoli
What It Cost: $16.00
What We Thought:
We decided to check out this dessert café after it was recommended to us on our Qualtrics survey - I had been there once before for a cute little bridal shower, but it was catered just with sugar and chocolate chip cookies, so I felt like I needed to try more options to get a better perspective.
We started out with the Kitty Katrina cake - one of their most popular options with what they proclaim to have "the best buttercream" frosting ever. As we were ordering, I thought to myself that it better darn be the best frosting I've ever had, because a little slice of cake cost almost $5! You have to pay even more if you want the traditional ice cream with your cake, so I said no thanks to a $1.79 scoop of ice cream, and went for the cake straight. The cake was good, moist and full of vanilla flavor. But was it worth the heavy price tag? No way. If I'm paying almost $5 for a little dessert, it better at least fill me up or be something incredible I would never make myself. Vanilla cake that doesn't even come with ice cream? Not good enough to me.
Then we got a cazookie -- an oven-heated, slightly uncooked and gooey cookie with vanilla bean ice cream on top. We chose to get half peanut butter cookie and half white chocolate macadamia nut (also as per recommendation). Though Owen found this to be way overpoweringly sweet, I think it was actually my favorite dish of the evening. At least you felt like it was satisfying, and it was certainly large enough for two people to share. I really like gooey cookies, so this was right up my alley. The macadamia nuts in the one half were a little too big, but at least I didn't feel like they were skimping out on anything there. If I was ever to go there again, I would probably just order this for two people, and get half peanut butter and half chocolate chip.
We also got a cannoli, which was Owen's favorite. A crunchy almond-flavored pastry with ricotta and chocolate chips inside, and some smashed pistachios on the ends. It was pretty good, tasted better chilled, and at least was something unique and fun. I thought that the chocolate chips inside were a little weird and disturbed the smooth texture of the filling, but Owen was a fan.
What You Should Do: If you're out of dessert places (like we almost are!) and want to try something new, I guess you could give it a try. They do have more options than your typical dessert place, but a surprising lack of chocolate things for a place called The Chocolate...I would recommend the Cazookie to share (though the Sasquatch at Brick Oven is a little cheaper and has a brownie inside too...mmmm), otherwise your dessert option could quickly add up to the same cost as dinner! Overall a cute location but too pricey and not entirely unique.
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These desserts are so scrumptious! Specially the cazookie! However, I can't eat too much sweets because I just had dental implants with my dentist in Omaha.ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking the time to visit and review our cafe!ReplyDelete
If you come in again, I'd personally recommend trying the chocolate chip/white chocolate Macademia-nut Cazookie. That's my PERSONAL favorite, bust also our most popular combo--unless you just didn't care for the Macademia nuts--then go with PB and Chocolate Chips. Definitely a share-able dessert though.
The Cannoli has a riccota cheese filling with chocolate chips, so our goal there has always been to serve a less sweet, more of an East-Coast-style cannoli, closer to what you'd find in DC or NYC. It is definitely our least "sugary" dessert, except maybe our Red Velvet cake.
But again, thank you for coming in and reviewing us! This is a great and much needed website!
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- AnonymousMarch 4, 2014 at 9:13 PM
Haha love the random comments above...I agree with your assessment. I would have given The Chocolate 1 star. Overpriced, mediocre desserts that I could make at home, rude, incompetent staff that would rather text on their phones than serve guests. NEVER COMING HERE AGAINReplyDelete


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For those of you who have watched the Boston College Eagles last two games, you'll know that they have hit their stride. Maybe a little too late or a lot too late, but remember that there is just one senior on this team. The Eagles currently stand at 14-13 (5-8) and 2-0 with Reggie Jackson as the starting point guard.
Coach Al Skinner knew that something wasn't right when his team still wasn't winning at full health. Well after 27 games, he finally decided to give Jackson a shot as the point guard. It has been a theme all year long for the Eagles to fall back early and then storm back by substituting Jackson, only to lose the game in the finals minutes.
It was a gutsy call to insert Jackson at point guard, who has made some questionable plays down the stretch of close games. However, he has also made some amazing plays that have helped shift momentum.
With Jackson in the lineup, the Eagles don't have to worry about shifting momentum because they have had from start to finish in the last two games with Jackson in the starting lineup. With that said, it is clear that the Eagles are playing more inspired basketball and for the first time it seems that they are enjoying playing with each other.
When Rakim Sanders came back from his injury early in the year, he was flat and showed nothing of what we were used to seeing from him. As of now, his numbers don't reflect how he will end this season. Several times earlier in the year, Sanders looked like he didn't even want to be playing basketball.
After watching him the last two games, he has since resurrected from the dead and he is playing better than I've ever seen. He is using his size, his intelligence, and his raw ability. Sanders is playing more aggressive and he is playing like we expected. My hat goes off to the young man for sticking with it and not quitting half way through. Sanders surpassed the 1,000 point mark in the win over Virginia Tech on Wednesday. Next to Sanders is Joe Trapani and Cory Raji.
Both Raji and Trapani are and have been the Eagles most consistent players all year long. But it too seems that they are playing more inspired. Despite Trapani's sluggish shooting performance against UNC, he came out hot against VT and put in 11 of the teams first 15 points, including three threes. Raji was the beast on the boards that we are used to, but he is getting that shot on the baseline that is almost automatic for him.
I can't say enough about Evan Ravanel. His performance in the beginning of the season was subpar, but ESPN's own Andy Katz spread word last summer that Ravanel was improving. We are starting to see that. If you ask me, he is playing better than Southern or Dunn has all year. Sure, Southern deserves to start, but he continuously makes dumb fouls and like Dunn he doesn't finish strong. Southern's rebounding has been solid, while Dunn has been horrible.
Personally, I don't feel that Dunn should even be in the rotation anymore. There was a play against UNC where he was totally dominated on the glass, after one attempt at the rebound; he resumed by watching the play. UNC scored on a put back right in front of him and then he sulked down the court. This lead to Ravanel's coming out party.
Evan Ravanel gives the Eagles more than Southern because he can make his free throws, he is wide, tall, and strong, and his can finish. Ravanel is a great rebounder, he can move the opponent, his foot work is great, and again, he can finish.
Why am I stressing this? Dunn and Southern have missed way to many close shots at the basket because they get interrupted or blocked because they try to lay it in, rather than slam dunking the basketball like Craig Smith once did for the Eagles. Ravanel goes up and hammers it down. He may not be the ideal big man, but at least he used his weight to its full advantage. He has great energy. He is not a shot blocker, but they Eagles don't have a true shot blocker. Ravanel is the Eagles best low post defender. I am really looking forward to seeing him play more down the stretch.
Some would figure that this change has a negative impact on Biko Paris, but I think differently. I've noticed the Paris is playing a lot more aggressive. He is looking for his shot and he offers a nice change of pace, being that he hardly runs the flex. He also allows Jackson to play his natural position when they are in at the same time.
Back to the flex…it seems that the Eagles have finally got it down. It only took the whole season, but the flex has been more efficient for the Eagles the past two games than it has all year. Their possessions have great structure and they are taking good shots.
The past two games have been the Eagles best two games all year, but was one greater than the other? Absolutely. Sure the Eagles beat a lesser UNC team (compared to VT), but the major difference was extending the lead.
Several times throughout the year (South Carolina & Miami to name a few) the Eagles have jumped out to big first half leads and then let the other guys back in it, this time around against Tech, the Eagles kept pushing the lead. The best example I can take from this, was when Rakim Sanders fouled at VT player hard on a breakaway with less than five minutes left and a huge lead.
To me that play is the best example of the difference between the Eagles of late and the Eagles of now. This team is going to play like that from here on out and they will carry it on to next year.
The Eagles have three league games left, two of which are on the road in Atlanta and Raleigh. The final home game splits the two with a contest against UVA. Chances are slim to none that the Eagles will make the tournament, but a bid to the NIT or CBI is still alive.
In my mind, the Eagles will have to reach the ACC championship game if they want any chance at the NCAA's. Notice I said reach. This would give the Eagles 20 wins on the season and if they were to reach the ACC championship game, they'd have to beat some good teams. This would certainly increase their chances, but they would still be slim.
Winning the ACC championship is the Eagles only hope after that. BC would have to win six in a row and eight in a row if you include the past two games. In my opinion, there isn't a single team in this league that the Eagles can't beat when they played the way they did against UNC and VT.
Looking ahead to Saturday, the Eagles probably have their toughest matchup of the year going down to Atlanta to play Georgia Tech. BC will be pressured. They didn't handle VT's pressure to well so there is reason for concern. They need to stop inbounding the ball to the corner and run some set plays off the press. They have to make GT pay for pressing, just like they did to South Carolina.
If they can't beat the pressure, they are done. If they can somehow methodically pick the press apart and slow the game down, it too will work to their advantage. Of any team in the ACC, I think GT is the most dangerous and I have trouble seeing the Eagles pull this one off. Virginia and NC State are games that BC should win. They have played well against these teams in the past and I do expect them to beat them handedly.
From here on out, the Eagles have a lot on the line. Any chance at a postseason tournament lurks every game and credibility for next year as well. People will remember that Jackson started the last several games for the Eagles and if they finish strong they can gain a lot of respect for next year seeing that they lose Tyler Roche, who is fifth on the team in scoring.
The Eagles also have what is probably their best ever recruiting class coming in under Al Skinner. Brady Heslip is at school and getting a feel for the system. He is a guy who can shoot and control the game. Ndao and Noreen both big men promise to bring a lot of versatility to the Eagles front court.
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The African continent is the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to its dependence on rain-fed agriculture but can harness the potential for hydropower, said Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa on Monday.
"The challenge for Africa is to decouple economic and social development from the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation to an extent which has no precedent in the developed world," said Molewa, who is leading the SA's negotiation team at COP17 in Durban.
Water shortages caused by climate change threaten agriculture and human health in Africa, she said. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted yields from rain-fed agriculture to shrink by half by 2020.
"This will spell famine for many," she said.
Water shortages have already affected the agriculture and livestock industries in Kenya, she said, and African nations that currently have water surpluses will shift to water scarcity before 2025.
But Africa's water resources could also rescue the continent from the effects of climate change in the form of renewable energy, she said. The continent currently uses only 10% of its hydropower potential.
"A national, regional and international effort towards unlocking this potential is an example of how African societies could go from being amongst the most vulnerable to become climate resilient," she said.
Molewa repeated the SA government's support of the "polluter pays principle", imploring developed nations to fund green projects in developing nations, since they are responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Africa contributes only 4% of global GHG emissions, but SA is responsible for almost half of that.
Molewa also highlighted the Africa Pavilion at COP17, which presents opportunities for green-development projects on the continent.
The effects of climate change on Africa are "unacceptable" and climate-change talks must "produce a credible, fair, equitable and balanced outcome" in the coming weeks.
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Ventilation is among the most important functions in a mining operation.
Since ventilation directly affects the health and safety of employees working underground, mine owners take the regulation of air flow through a mine very seriously. Yet some may not realize how changes to ventilation practices can significantly – and positively – benefit the bottom line.
An integral part of mine design
According to Kim Trapani, a ventilation and energy engineer at Stantec, factors that determine ventilation design include: the type of mine, its location, the regulations around how much ventilation is required (varies by jurisdiction), and the equipment being used. The latter is especially important because a mine that uses diesel equipment will require more ventilation to dilute the diesel fumes than one that uses electric vehicles.
The mine's location, and its rock conditions, can also be of prime significance when it comes to designing an effective ventilation strategy. For example the ventilation design of a mine under a lake created some challenging restrictions because the fresh air and exhaust shafts had to be installed at very specific locations. Stantec was therefore innovative in their ventilation design to permit sufficient fresh air flow throughout the mine.
At another mine, the ground surface was relatively unstable, so the use of larger-diameter raised vents was not possible. Instead, ventilation was limited to smaller-diameter openings. Stantec resorted to using the ramp opening for much of the exhaust air to flow, while the vent raise openings were dedicated for fresh air supply.
According to Trapani one of the biggest trends in mining ventilation is the switch from diesel-operated equipment to machinery with electric drives. This includes mining trucks and other underground equipment like jumbo drills. Electric machinery not only reduces particulate matter and so the fresh air requirements to otherwise dilute the diesel particulate matter, but also the heat losses generated by the machinery itself.
Trapani estimates that moving from diesel to electric-drive machinery can reduce a mine's ventilation requirements by anywhere from 35 to 50%. Because the electricity required to power the fan is not directly proportional to the flowrate, halving the air flow may result in significant reduction in the fan power. "Ventilation contributes to about 30 to 40% of the total energy operating costs in underground mines. So if you can reduce that by half, you're reducing your total operating costs significantly," she said.
Ventilation system design also include ventilation air heating and cooling. Conventional systems have typically been based on gas burners for provision of heating and refrigeration chillers for cooling. These are ofte big energy consumers on the mine site. Some mines in Canada have designed rock/ice heat exchange systems to cool/heat the ventilation air. Such systems exploit the seasonal cycles by cooling down the rock while warming up the air in winter, and warming up the rock while cooling down the air in summer. In such locations, properly designed systems can eliminate the use of external sources for heating or cooling of the mine's ventilation air.
Another current trend in ventilation is the design of a smart ventilation network which allows air to flow only in the areas that it is required, a practice known as "ventilation on demand." Sensors detect where people and machinery are working and direct air flow to those areas, while shutting off air to levels of the mine not being worked.
"Some mines that have implemented this approach have seen a 30% decrease in their energy consumption for ventilation," says Trapani. While economics are clearly a key incentive for mines to improve their ventilation systems, government-driven programs to reduce carbon emissions like cap and trade and carbon taxes can also move mines to make operational changes, of which ventilation can be an important part.
"Improving existing ventilation systems allow mines to decrease operating costs and comply with the carbon cap and trade, while minimizing the mine's environmental footprint," says Trapani.
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Whether a small business owner intends to grow the business or simply maintain a loyal customer base, the key to success is finding reliable methods of anticipating and meeting customer needs.
Many of the tools available to help companies achieve these kinds of goals are directed at medium to large size organizations. However, there are a variety of CRM solutions for small business that can provide the information needed to develop a successful business strategy.
Many of the top CRM for small business provide the same features and depth as those that target larger organizations.
It is incumbent on the small business owner to identify a CRM platform that will best fit their needs. Small companies rely upon repeat business in order to build an expanding customer base. A customer tracking system that tracks sales information and customer service requests is a crucial part of anticipating the needs of the customer.
In most cases, that should be the intended goal of every business. The ability to produce effective mass-marketing is also a key ingredient. CRM software platforms are designed to aid in these endeavors.
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In order to help business owners and managers find the best small business CRM, small business CRM reviews should try to help identify the features that set a particular provider above the others. These same small business software reviews should take into account the factors most relevant to the small business environment, namely price and accessibility. Here are a few of best CRMs for small businesses.
Infusionsoft delivers all of the standard CRM functionality that is found with providers that focus on larger companies.
That, alone, gives the client a basis for growth in the future. One unique feature found in this platform in called "visual campaign mapping". This feature allows a company to automatically send out marketing information to predefined groups with nothing more than a drag-and-drop scheduling device.
The platform also provides strong sales and customer service tracking analysis, plus an easy-to-use custom report writer to decipher the data.
- The higher priced plans have access to an integrated e-commerce module that allows customer to sell online.
- Infusionsoft offers one-on-one personalized customer service to assist with implementation.
- Infusionsoft is not one of the cheaper options. The base "Essentials" plan is priced at $199 per month, limited to three users, 2,500 contacts and 12,500 emails.
- No mention of social media integration.
For small companies with a dynamic sales cycles, Velocify offers a comprehensive CRM software platform option.
The single most important factor that sets this platform above so many other providers is the real-time processing feature that allows for sales and customer decisions to be made in quick fashion. The system allows for marketing and sales automation that helps drive leads with lightning quick speed.
Extra features such as inbound call handling and lead-routing from phone activity help to create an organized sales environment. Overall, the platform focuses on sales and marketing efficiencies and analysis. Pricing is done by online quote based on users and functionality.
- The software for both computers and mobile devices is compatible with most popular operating systems including Linux, iOS, Windows and Android.
- The combination of the lead initiating and tracking components are designed well enough to keep sales departments well-organized.
- The customization tools are very limited, forcing users to adapt to what is provided in many cases.
The real strength found in Contactually is the focus on customer interaction.
While the software platform offers a comprehensive CRM tool, the concentration on communicating with customers on a regular basis makes this the ideal platform for small sales forces that prefer to maintain an intimate relationship with customers.
The automatic follow-up reminder is a nice tool to make sure customers are contacted on a regular basis. Also, all customer communication is accounted for in the customer service tracking component, whether is was initiated by social media, phone, email or personal visit.
The other benefit that comes with the software is the ability to integrate with other CRM sales tracking modules should the client have concerns about average module offered by this company. The pricing on the Small Business is a reasonable $36 per month per user.
- The bulk messaging tool allows for up to 50 messages a day.
- The user interface is very easy to learn and understand, eliminating much of the need for customization.
- The platform in still relatively new and multiple bugs have been reported, primarily in the automated emailing feature.
- Lack of strength in the sales tracking module.
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As most CRM for small business reviews will point out, many of the CRM platforms discussed will have a singular primary focus such as customer interaction.
Business owners always have the option of trying to scale down some of the larger packages, but they may lose some functionality in the process. Many of the best CRMs for small business tend to keep things simple and affordable. They do this because they have learned that simplicity is essential for small business owners who can't afford an IT department to look after software functionality.
Small business are not looking for scalability, they are much more interested in reliability. As long as a basic comprehensive product is available, the small business owner is free to identify the provider that focuses on the same aspect of a business as the particular owner does.