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It was a decade ago that I sat in front of Prof. Jon Lang in his class People & Urban Space as a student of Graduate Studies at UNSW and through the course he has said a great many things - all of which important and one of which for me, most memorable.
"The role of a critic, is not to judge a body of work by what he (the critic) wishes the work to be but rather what the author, the creator wanted the body of work to be and if he has in fact achieved it, his goal, his dream" - Prof. Jon Lang
Richard Grausman, before being the first US representative of Cordon Bleu to the US, before being a celebrated author, before being the founder of C-CAP, is first and foremost a teacher.
And that my friends makes all the difference in the world.
As most of you know I have been cooking since I was 9 so more than most I understand what it is like to have to be on your own and muddle through a recipe - hoping and praying for the best. Worst of all, after all that effort, the results may either be mediocre or an all out flop! There are a few TV celebrity chefs I admire, who are great cooks but can't write a book. Why? Because they can't teach.
With this book, no more.
French Classics Made Easy is a distillation of Richard Grausman's knowledge, a knowledge that can only be gained through time and true grit experience. If there is a trick to a technique, he shares it, if there is a step that is out dated, he omits it, if there is a method to cut time, he uses it. This isn't a book that was written so it may adorn a book shelf. Here is a book that is meant for the serious amateur - a cook like you and me who wants to create the Classics with that signature French flair without the redundant information from a long lost era.
I came to learn of Richard Grausman through his first book, At Home with the French Classics' - long before he knew of me, long before his comment on my boeuf bourguignon, during my early days of blogging that knocked the breath out of my chest and certainly long before his publisher asked me to do this book review.
Just like Richard Grausman, let me cut to the chase. If you are going to buy a book on French Cooking and you are not Cordon Bleu, Pepin, Escoffier or Alain Ducasse trained, then buy this and here's why -
- Richard Grausman writes simply and with excruciating detail which guarantees that you cannot fail in the kitchen.
- He presents a tutorial on French cooking in an easy-to-follow manner that takes all the mystery out of French cooking.
- What separates his books from the pack is that Grausman's recipes don't require you to search far and wide for some exotic ingredient and he has taken great pains to ensure that virtually everything you will ever need is available at your local supermarket. For example, his brown stock made from easy-to-find beef bones rather than the more traditional and exotic veal bones.
- Along with the recipes, he presents personal anecdotes & sketches of his cooking techniques which means more satisfying 'aha moments' than brain addled confusion.
- If it were possible to write a book on French Cooking for the times, for every household, on every budget and be able to do so without diluting the essence of the traditional cuisine and to do so with respect, then French Classics Made Easy would be that book.
And if you are still unconvinced to run out out and pick up a copy and gift it to your friends and family, then this might just do it for you! It is said, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" and what better way to put French Classics Made Easy to test than with technique ridden, adapted for the modern home kitchen, Bouillabaisse Americaine?
For most people , the very name has them scurrying past the dish on the menu for the fear of having to actually pronounce the word. Those who show courage, save themselves the embarrassment (in front of the stiff upper lipped waiter in the starched white apron) by pointing, using their index finger and saying "I'll have that, please" all the while carefully avoiding the waiter's eyes for the fear of seeing condescension.
I was one of those people - the pointer. Then one day, I grew up and decided life was to short to not make a fool of myself as long as I learned in the bargain so I said to the waiter, "I want to eat this (still pointing) but how do I pronounce it?" There - problem solved!
Bouillabaisse (pronounced bui-aa-besse) has most cooks running for the hills. Imagine cooking a dish where not only can you not pronounce the name of the dish, neither can you pronounce the name of half the fish in the dish nor do you have any idea what the heck those fish are!
Needless to day, for most of us in the real world, Bouillabaisse, takes a back seat.
But thanks to Richard Grausman with his modern adaptation, using ingredients readily available in our neighbourhood supermarket gives us a Bouillabaisse that though makes no claim to being the 100% authentic Marseilles recipe (because unless yours has sea urchin & scorpion fish in it, it's not), comes quite close to the original and in itself makes for one sensational soup!
I think of Bouillabaisse as a tale of 2 soups - It consists of the soupe de poisson (fish soup) which forms the base to the Bouillabaisse. To call the soupe de poisson a fish stock would tantamount to what the stepmother did to Cinderella. And so without further ado I give you Richard Grausman's Bouillabaisse Americaine.
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November, I needed you. October was so fast paced and I felt like I didn't get a minute to myself, but my dairy calmed down in November and I have just been able to relax. I have had a fair bit on at college but overall it has been lovely to chill out and not have something on every day. The calm before the December and blogmas storm.
This month I was invited to experience the new Christmas ranges at The body shop. I have already written a blog post about the evening but I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I would defiantly recommend checking out the new play for peace collection. The whole evening was really nice as I went with my best friend Emily and we went out for dinner beforehand, and made a bit of an evening out of it. I love taking my 'real life' friends to blog events so they can experience it and have a bit of an insight into what I do.
The same weekend we had some family friends come to stay. If you have been reading my blog for a while you will know that there are a group of us that see each other around twice a year, and I always have such a good time when they come. A weekend of good food, drinks and plenty of laughs… just what I needed! It's so nice just to take a weekend off sometimes and just relax with friends.
A blog post is coming all about this evening (I have been so busy that I haven't had chance to upload it yet!) but I also attended the first birthday of The Botanist York this month. Such an amazing night filled with all of my favourite things… cocktails, good food and fantastic company. So many amazing bloggers and instagrammers were there and I also got to take my boyfriend so it was especially nice. Probably one of the best events that I have ever been to!
The last week of November was spent with my head down doing trial exams. I'm sure that most of you know this, but I am currently doing my A levels so a couple of times a year we have mock papers to test our knowledge. They aren't the biggest the deal in the grand scheme of things but in the short term they are pretty stressful. That's partly a reason why this post is so short, because I have spent the majority of November revising! Hopefully they all go successfully and I get my target grades, although my last exam is currently happening when this is scheduled, so I have no idea!
I'm so sorry for how short this post is but I'm sure you are going to get incredibly sick of me over the next month anyway considering I am posting everyday in December. As always thank you so much for reading my blog and I hope that you enjoy what I post ❤

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The visuals of Fruit Slice are simple, with multiple types of fruit like pineapples, oranges, and coconuts flying up in the air.
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Angkor Archaeological Park
Explore the Ancient Temples of Angkor!
Small Circuit
The small circuit takes in all the 'must see highlights; the magnificent Angkor Wat, the world's largest religious structure, the sprawling temple complex of Angkor Thom, including Bayon, Baphoun and the Elephant Terrace, and Ta Promh, the Tomb Raider temple, with spectacular trees growing over the structure.
1 pax $55 / 2 pax $60 / 3 pax 65
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Includes: Jeep, fuel, driver, hotel pickup/drop-off. Entrance fee not included.
The Grand Circuit takes in more of the outlying temples around Angkor Wat, including Preak Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som and the sunset temple, Pre Rup. A nice day for those with time to fully experience everything the local area has to offer.
1 pax $60 / 2 pax $65 / 3 pax $70
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Beng Mealea Temple and Floating Village
Full day tour
This tour takes you through the awesome countryside as you make your way to the mystical 12th century temple, Beng Mealea. After exploring this ancient wonder, you'll stop for lunch before heading to the Tonle Sap Lake to visit Kompong Khleang village.
The fishing village is the largest community on the lake. After parking the Jeep, we go by boat to truly experience the culture and way of life on the water.
1 pax $165 / 2 pax $185 / 3 pax $200
Includes all entrance fees, boat, lunch, Jeep, fuel, driver, hotel pickup/drop-off.
Kulen Mountain
Waterfall/River Carvings/Monastery
Full day tour
Kulen Mountain, also known as Phnom Kulen, is considered by Khmers to be the most sacred mountain in Cambodia.
The area is the birthplace of the ancient civilization and home to the first king, Jayavarman II who proclaimed the Khmer Empire independent and himself as a godlike King in 804.
Enjoy lunch and afterwards cool off in the refreshing waters of the lush tropical waterfall. The tour also visits an ancient site with thousands of fertility carvings etched in the riverbed. Legend has it that the king would bathe in the magical waters and give strength to the Kingdom. Also visit a nearby 16th century Buddhist monastery home to Cambodia's largest reclining Buddha carved into the mountain top.
1 pax $160 / 2 pax $180 /3 pax $200
Includes all entrance fees, boat, lunch, Jeep, fuel, driver, hotel pickup/drop-off.
Duration of tour: approx. 3 hours
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Experience the beauty and tranquility of the Cambodian countryside on our Countryside Cruiser tour. Drive along rice fields and explore the back roads as we go off the beaten path and visit truly local areas.
Along the way you'll pass through villages, meet friendly locals, and drive along rice fields. Gain a better insight into the rural life of the farmers and their families.
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Singapore Youth Arts Overseas Attachment Programme (YAOAP)
In 2016 the National Arts Council Singapore (NAC) and Asialink Arts have partnered to deliver the Singapore Youth Arts Overseas Attachment Programme (YAOAP) for the first time in Australia.
Through an open call, two successful Singaporean youth arts participants, Jasmine Choe and Safiah Sulaiman, were selected to participate in a three-month attachment programme with Melbourne's The Push and Next Wave.
The Singapore Youth Arts Overseas Attachment Programme (YAOAP) is part of National Art Council's on-going efforts to develop Singapore's cultural landscape by identifying the need to look at next generation of arts leaders and Singapore's youth arts community. The aim of the attachment is for Singaporean youth arts professionals to develop skills, knowledge and networks from their Australian counterparts. Through participation in the attachments hosted by participating youth-focused organisations in Victoria, participants will be able to learn from first-hand experience. Following their attachments, participants will return to Singapore to implement youth programs. It is anticipated that new Singaporean programs will reach out to marginalised communities and continue links with Australian host organisations.
Jasmine Choe
Jasmine Choe is an arts manager with an interest in marketing and organisational management for arts groups. With 10 years of experience in various professional roles in performing arts production, Jasmine's desire is to support artists in ways less popular, albeit necessary, among people in the arts.
Jasmine was once part of the National Arts Council, pursuing her passion for the support of budding young people – matching them with professionals for mentorship and providing project management guidance. Beyond that, she is proud to continuously be working with the street art, music and theatre scenes in Singapore.
As part of the Youth Arts Overseas Attachment Programme, Jasmine worked with The Push on a number of projects including 'Walk this Way', 'Squad', and 'Art of Fresh', a hip hop workshop program developed for youths at The Mirabel Foundation, Ringwood.
Jasmine Choe was hosted by The Push from 22 February – 13 May 2016
Choe with The Push, Girls Rock! Melbourne and Martin Foley MP in front of the Palais Theatre St Kilda
Safiah Sulaiman
Passionate in working with art forms of all kinds and with different communities, Safiah Sulaiman's areas of interest include youth arts education, critical discourse on socially engaged art, and exploring themes on cross cultural communication in relation to time-space and environment.
A former Education and Outreach Executive in The Necessary Stage (TNS), Safiah was also part of the organising committee for the annual M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. Most recently, she had assisted in the 10th anniversary of da:ns Festival, one of the key festivals in Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, as Festival Assistant (Arts Marketing).
Safiah was part of the curatorial team for Skammdegi Festival 2016 in Ólafsfjörður, North Iceland, under Listhús Artspace. Her latest curatorial project, i thought about you when i was here, collaborated with artists from UK, Brazil, Spain, and young people from Menntaskólinn á Tröllaskaga, Iceland.
As part of the Youth Arts Overseas Attachment Programme, Safiah worked for Next Wave Festival as curatorial assistant. She hopes her stint in Next Wave, with the guidance from the Artistic Director, would provide her with more insight and experience, as well as to further hone her skills in curating. www.safiahsulaiman.com
Safiah Sulaiman was hosted by Next Wave from 7 March – 27 May 2016
Left to right: Kenneth Kwok (Director Arts & Youth and Strategic Planning, National Arts Council Singapore), Safiah Sulaiman (YAOAP participant), Jau Chern Koh (Senior Manager, Arts and Youth Youth Arts, National Arts Council Singapore), Georgie Meagher (Artistic Director Next Wave) and Meg Hale (Producer Next Wave)
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Dr. László Zopcsák (founder of IWI) obtained his PhD in sport science at Universidad Europea de Madrid. Due to his outstanding achievements, he was invited to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Real Madrid Graduate School (RMGS) and received a teaching assignment at the University. After an accreditation process, IWI became the Hungarian representative of RMGS, which was a highly prestigious acknowledgement for us!
The relationship of Real Madrid Graduate School - Universidad Europea and IWI Fitness School
Real Madrid Graduate School and Universidad Europea university-level sports expert course - supported by IWI!Real Madrid does no have to be introuced, since it is the most successful sport club in the world. According to Deloitte's surveys, this club had the highest revenue in the past ten years and the results of achievements in different championships are outstanding. ("The Best Sport Club of the Twentieth Century" - FIFA)
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Asparagus and White Bean Salad
Although I went to college in the same city I lived, the nature of being a Georgetown grad is that your friends disperse into the wind. For the past 11 years, my friends lived across the country, and even abroad, which has meant a good amount of organization for our annual trips to see each other. When people scoff at hearing my bachelorette 7 years ago took place in Vegas, what they don't know is that it is the only location where all six of us could buy cheap flights. Secretly, the two of us who stayed in DC have been plotting to get our friends back to the East Coast. This summer, we celebrated the return of one couple, which we consider a win, now 4 of the 6 of us live within five hours of our alma mater.
The reason for the celebration? The luxury of spontaneously hanging out. No more planning and budgeting. No more packing and coordinating schedules. Labor Day weekend, our friends drove up from Chapel Hill. The kiddos played and we enjoyed a good meal. I served the salad below as a fresh, easy, and healthy side to a big bowl of pasta. We are looking forward to many future impromptu hangouts.
This salad is made with mache, a butter lettuce, which is wonderful with the lemon juice in the recipe. I highly recommend picking up this salad ingredient for your regular consumption.
Asparagus and White Bean Salad
- 2 bunches of asparagus
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups of Mache Lettuce
- 1 can of cannellini beans
1. Preheat the oven to 375.
2. Break off the dead ends of the asparagus, and chop them up into 2 inch segments. In a baking dish, add the asparagus, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes.
3. Remove the asparagus form the oven, and let cool. Stir in the beans.
4. Place the mache on a plate. Then, pour the beans and asparagus over the mache. Be sure to add the cooking juices for dressing. Serve cool.


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Welcome to uNuSual, the approved fanlisting for the beautiful fanwork called Fanart about Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, from the animanga Naruto!
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Are you feeling as frantic as I am? I haven't finished my Christmas shopping and it's December 23rd. My solution: cookbooks! Here are 10 of my favorites from this past year.
1. First, some shameless self-promotion: You've got to get our Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen ring-binder cookbook. It's an amazing resource with all the recipes you could want. The best part is that we really do triple-test our recipes to ensure that they'll always work at home. Ever try a recipe from online searching only to have it not come out well? That won't happen with our book or any of our triple-tested recipes.
2. Just a little more self-promotion: I spent years working with chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten to put together Home Cooking with Jean-Georges. Everyone always asks me if a regular home cook can actually make the recipes in here and the answer is a resounding yes! They're not necessarily quick, but they're totally doable and really, really delicious.
3. Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook: You're really not meant to cook from this book. You should just sit back and take in the absolutely stunning photographs and marvel at the complex recipes. It's so beautiful, it makes me gasp.
4. The Mozza Cookbook: Chef Nancy Silverton gives us fantastic modern-rustic Italian recipes here. The homemade pizzas and pastas are for serious home cooks, but a lot of fun to tackle.
5. Lidia's Italy in America: For more approachable Italian home cooking, try these decidedly Italian-American recipes. They're so warming for the holidays.
6. Masala Farm: Suvir Saran, a chef best known for his Indian cuisine, takes us to his upstate New York farm to celebrate the seasons. I love his surprising combos, like Deviled Eggs with Cilantro, Chiles, and Spices.
7. Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: This is the perfect gift for DIY cooks. I love the step-by-step instructions for staples like homemade yogurt and graham crackers.
8. Rustica: A Return to Spanish Home Cooking: I have a serious love affair with Spain and this book takes me there with its vibrant travel photos and mouthwatering dishes.
9. Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London's Ottolenghi: For vegetarians and vegetable lovers, this collection of global meatless recipes is truly inspiring.
10. The Food Lover's Guide to Wine: Not a cookbook, but a necessary companion to all of the above. This tome will teach you how to perfectly pair wines with your meals. An invaluable asset to any cookbook collection.
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Todd Caldecott is a clinical herbalist and Ayurvedic practitioner in Vancouver BC. Todd is also author of the textbook "Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life", co-editor of "Ayurveda In Nepal: The Teachings of Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya", and author of "Food As Medicine: The Theory and Practice of Food". Todd is also a former film and television actor guest-starring in several television shows including Wiseguy, 21 Jump Street, Danger Bay, to name a few.
The Spice Mistress is honoured to welcome Todd Caldecott as the focus of this month's Pancha Q.
After becoming disillusioned with the film industry, Todd traveled to India and West Asia in 1990 for a year long trip where he became very ill. Returning to Canada, Todd sought relief from what now had become a chronic digestive disorder, and found success in the treatments of an Ayurvedic physician. This would prove to have an enormous influence on his life path, and shortly thereafter Todd enrolled and graduated from a three year, full-time clinical program in Western Herbal Medicine at the Coastal Mountain College in Vancouver. After graduating, Todd immediately traveled back to India to study Ayurvedic medicine in India over a five month period, and then returned to Canada to begin practicing, writing and teaching.
Todd offers a rich tapestry of information on his website which draws from Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese and Herbal Medicine reflecting his deep study and diverse practice in these healing arts.
He says "Tradition inspires but it is also the confluence of tradition that excites me… As a clinical practitioner I have followed this intertwining of traditions and practices, and the more closely I observed the more clearly I have seen that all medicine has a common root, is born from a common tapestry. But at the same time I have learned that there is no source of medicine, no source of knowledge but perhaps the Absolute itself, which is perfect… "
1. How do you begin your day?
Todd: After attending to the purification of the body and the elimination of wastes, I have a big glass of water. Then a brief oil massage before I perform my daily exercise, including russian kettle bell, sit-ups, push-ups etc., usually just to the point of huffing and puffing and sweating. Then I bathe, eat and get on with my day.
Now, I should also add that I have three kids and do a fair amount of travel, so all of this isn't possible all the time. So, when I wake up, I make an assessment of how I want my day to flow. The closer I can adhere to this schedule the better my day flows.
2. What's one piece of life changing health advice you can share with others?
Todd: Before I had kids I spent time studying buddhism and meditation in both India and Sri Lanka, and when I returned I had a regular practice. I found that regular meditation enhanced my vitality and brought about peace and calm. As Ayurveda indicates, when we quiet the heart through contemplation and active relaxation of the senses, the vital energy naturally increases.
After I had kids however, I stopped meditating and doing yoga. Like most parents, I found that it was just too hard to keep it going regularly. Yoga especially was an invitation to jump on Daddy! But it's a vicious cycle, being a parent and not having enough energy to meditate.
What I saw in myself however, and also my patients, was that when we didn't meditate we needed some kind of proxy, a way to at least discharge if not transmute all of the emotional energy of the day. Unexpressed emotion is the worst of all options because it creates physical disease.And for most people I meet, this proxy is best undertaken as some form of creative release. Music, dance, singing, poetry, drawing: all of it is a form of play, and like children, because we still ARE children, we need to schedule play into our lives. Fortunately as parents, we can also play with our children, and this is a good release too. But having something else is necessary to maintain basic emotional health, and the more it relates to just pure expression rather than refinement and perfection, the better it is. Play is the joyful practice of chaos, what is called 'lila' in Sanskrit. Aligning yourself with this energy is to align yourself with life itself.
3. What's one thing that gives you hope for the future?
Todd: The green growing things always give me hope. I don't fret too deeply about humans, because with or without us, life will continue on into infinity. There is no end to hope, because there is no end to life. And because we too are life, we have a natural inborn hope. We just need to remember this. When we help another, we increase life energy and hope for everyone. This is what is meant by dharma, or the natural way of things.
4. Any lifestyle 'Crimes against Wisdom' (Prajnaparadha) that challenge you?
Todd: In the Ashtanga Hrdaya, Vagbhata discusses the concept of sadvritta, which relates to the proper conduct of thoughts, words and actions. Of these ten elements one is called 'sambhinna alapa', which in Buddhist terms is referred to as 'idle talk', but nowadays could relate to the influence of the modern media. In my case, it means too much time on the internet, even though I am very choosy about what I expose myself to. This also comes under 'asatmya indriyartha', or 'improper correlation of sense with sense object', which is part of prajnaparadha.
This is something I struggle with, as we all do these days, especially when it is part of what many of us do for work. I need to constantly remind myself to stop!
5. A moment of beauty that inspired you today?
Todd: Perhaps the most beautiful thing I saw today was my smiling wife handing me a delicious looking omelette this morning for breakfast. I am not generally food-focused, but upon reflection it was a definite highlight to a busy work day. I feel so very thankful to her for such moments of giving and generosity. And there are so many other similar experiences I had today, in the smile of a friend or an appreciative comment from a student. I am seeing such beauty in all the people around me.
Thank you for the interview, Todd. Om Shanti!
Find out more:
Todd Caldecott.com


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Benny Hinn
False prophets
[2004] The Zionist-Created Scofield 'Bible'. The Source Of The Problem In The Mideast - Part 2 Why Judeo-Christians Support War By C. E. CarlsonReverend Sizer's remark brings to mind another Benny; his name is Benny Hinn, not a British comic, but an American evangelist spouting inflammatory hate-filled words aimed at Muslims everywhere. Hinn was speaking to the applause of an aroused crowd of thousands in the American Airline Center in Dallas when he shocked two Ft. Worth Star Telegram religious reporters covering the July 3d event by announcing, "We are on God's side," speaking of Palestine. He shouted, "This is not a war between Jews and Arabs.. It is a war between God and the Devil." Lest there be any doubt about it, Hinn was talking about a blood war in which the Israelis are "God" and the Palestinians are "the Devil."
Benny Hinn - False Prophet
Benny Hinn is a Fake!


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Technology has the ability to do lots of things, from running the most intense business applications to playing the most diversionary games. But for whatever reason, it's music that has been driving and defining the technology industry for the past decade.
First came the MP3 compression format, which is actually a short form for MPED1 Audio Layer 3. Once conventional hard drives broke through the Gigabyte ceiling, the demand for MP3s went through the roof as people began to digitize their music collections. MP3s, depending on quality, only take up a quarter to a tenth as much space as a full length song on a CD and the difference is virtually indistinguishable for most listeners.
Advances in high speed Internet, near the end of the 1990s, also made it possible to send songs through the Internet, giving rise to the Napster phenomenon. Alanis Morissette herself made about a million bucks when she sold her shares in MP3.com.
Although it lasted less than two years, before being shut down in 2001, Napster had a huge impact on music. Computer sales went up, and the demand for high speed Internet soared. At the same time companies scrambled to make portable MP3 players, which kicked portable CD players and minidisk players to the curb.
Shutting Napster down also had little impact on the amount of music being shared over the Internet. Napster's demise gave rise to LimeWire, BearShare, Kazaa, Morpheus, BitTorrent, and other peer-to-peer services that are still around today.
And then came Apple with a solution for both the hardware and software issues of digital music. The first iPod model was released in 2001 with up to 10 GB of space on a miniature hard drive, far more capacity than other flash-based players. 10 GB can hold about 3,000 songs, and is still more capacity than you can get in any flash-based player.
In the past six years Apple has captured close to 90 per cent of the portable music market, pretty much rescuing the entire company in the process. The success of iPod has allowed Apple to reinvest in their computers and software, capturing market share, and to enter the telecommunications market this year with the iPhone.
Then there's iTunes, which was originally released in 2001 as a digital media player and organizer that was similar to RealPlayer and WindowsMediaPlayer. However, it was more intuitive when it came to organizing music, and as the iPod has become the gold standard for players, so has iTunes become the gold standard for software. The launch of the iTunes store in 2003 was huge, proving for the first time that people were willing to pay for digital music at the right price. As of July of 2007, the store had sold three billions songs.
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So, with Halloween quickly coming up, I wanted to talk about some horror/monster movies that I've seen. But, as I got ready to do so, I realized that most of the movies I've talked about here end with me being very charitable and positive afterwords.
Let's not kid ourselves; I'm not the kind of person that gives praise blindly. I'm merely human and, as a human, I'm very much capable of dislike. And one of the things that I dislike is The Company of Wolves.
Giving a plot synopsis, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it would be a fantastic movie. A young girl named Rosaleen is dreaming about living on the edge of a dark wooded area and living with her grandmother(played by Angela Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote fame of all people) as she spins yarns of supernatural tales with a distinctly lupine focus to them – specifically tales of wolves disguised as men and how she needs to be wary of them. Oh, and in case you couldn't catch the more subtle hints, Rosaleen's most distinguishing feature through most of the film is her red hooded cloak.
Yes, this is a British, horror/fantasy re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood with werewolves. That should be AMAZING.
But, in one of the most frustrating moments in my life as a film lover (second only to counting the number of times I writhed in my seat in rage every time Star Trek: Into Darkness referenced and ruined a line or moment from the original series/movies), what could have been a great example of a fairy tale getting back to it's darker roots through the art of horror cinema devolved into a pretentious, messy jambalaya of amateur metaphors and grade-school symbolism that would make even the most stuck-up art snobs hang their head in shame.
The plot moves at a snail's pace as we spend most of the movie with Rosaleen's go-nowhere, cutesy, burgeoning romance with a young boy that adds almost nothing to the film. Also, bare in mind that this and every other major event in the film is happening via dream sequence (which we are reminded of by occasional cuts back to Rosaleen in bed in modern times) thus removing their sence of agency.
Instead, the main focus is on the short stories that Granny tells which, while absolutely the most interesting parts of the film, seem to happen too far and few between the filler and just make me feel like the writers just really wanted to make a werewolf anthology film rather than waste time with the Little Red Riding Hood plot points.
Besides, the movie finds a way to ruin those moments as well by the end.
Turns out (spoilers for 30+ year old movie), Granny's folk tales were real and were meant to be warnings to keep Rosaleen away from men in an effort to protect her womanhood.
Yep, they went with the single most annoying interpretation of the classic story; Little Red Ridding Hood as an allegory for female sexual awakening. Trust me on this; if you ever want to piss off an English major, just bring this up.
I hate this interpretation of the story and especially in this form. It's incredibly sexist to men and women alike – painting all men as sexual apex predators and all women and their virginity as something frail and sacred to be coddled and protected.
To the movie's credit, it is visually interesting. The sets and costumes are well designed, the wolf transformations are the best I've seen outside of Hemlock Grove, and I'll be damned if Angela Lansbury doesn't give it her all given what she had to work with (seriously, she's the best performer in the whole movie).
That said, it simply wasn't worth sitting through a 95 minute artistic depiction of puberty (Get it. Werewolves. Hair growing in weird places. Hurr hurr hurr) just to get there. If I may be so bold as to paraphrase "The Cinema Snob" Brad Jones, if I want to see Angela Lansbury in a tale of the supernatural, I'll stick with Bedknobs and Broomsticks, thank you very much.


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Dear Fisher
I'm wondering if I can come and visit you during spring break. I have a week off from school during the second week of April. I'm wondering if we can go to a movie or buy a movie and watch it at your house.
I will bring the popcorn [95% fat free SmartPop.]
I would also like to go to a park.
Please check your calendar and see if I can come.


text: National Series 2017 - Points Update Round 15 With just one round left in the 2017 National Series the points race in the country's largest triathlon league is coming down to the wire across most categories.Nearly 2,500 men and women have completed at least one National Series race so far this year in locations that have ranged from Derry in the far north of the country, right down to last week's Lost Sheep Triathlon in south west Kerry.The final race in the National Series takes place next week at Moby Dick Triathlon near Youghal, Co. Cork.We will publish full and final rankings following that event but in the meantime, with one round left, here's the state of play in the 2017 National Series.Women's RankingsA great start to the 2017 season has served women's National Series leader Maeve Maher McWilliams well.The Belpark TC woman earned three quarters of her points with three podium finishes in a two week period in June.McWilliams began her streak by winning City of Derry and by finishing second overall and first NS athlete at Westport Triathlon the following week.Seven days later, she completed her triple score by crossing the line in third at Hell of the West where she was the second placed NS athlete behind Sinead Lynch and and Carolyn Hayes.Maher McWilliams completed her NS qualification by racing Pulse Port Beach triathlon at the start of the month, where her fourth place finish brought her to a total of 471.273 points.Second place by 11.8 points in the women's NS is currently occupied by Jessica Bruton who has done no fewer than seven National Series this season. Of these, Bruton's points come from Tri 795 Carlow where she finished second NS athlete, City of Derry - where she came second NS scoring athlete behind Maher McWilliams; her home race of Jailbreak in Cobh; and last month's Dublin City Triathlon.Just two points separate Bruton in second from Amy O'Keeffe in third place on the National Series points table. O'Keeffe had been in the middle of the NS table until earlier this week when her haul of 111 points from the Lost Sheep saw her reach the four race qualifying criteria and leap frog dozens of athletes to a total of 457.159 points.O'Keeffe's best scoring race of the season came in July from overall victory at Jailbreak Triathlon. Next best for the Cork TC athlete was Lanesborough, DCT and finally last weekend's Lost Sheep where O'Keeffe scored 111.334 points. Race Not OverWhile Maher McWilliams, Bruton and O'Keeffe occupy the top three slots in the National Series, the race for the podium is by no means over. Shona Keane, Esther Bayon and Michelle Brennan all lie within ten points of second place and so could move in to the top three if they race Moby Dick and replaced their lowest scoring race with a strong showing.And there is always the chance of an athlete with just three National Series races to her name completing her fourth at Moby Dick and heading straight to the top.A full breakdown of positions across all the women's age groups is available by heading to the series rankings page.Men's RankingsThe big question in the men's National Series rankings is whether anyone can catch James Hoare?The Piranha triathlete is 15 points clear with an impressive haul of 482.711 points from DCT, The Lost Sheep, Pulse Port Beach and City of Derry. Hoare has had a great season and was either the outright winner or the first NS scorer in all but one of his races.Things get a lot tighter as we travel down the men's points table with less than 10 points separating second from eighth.In pole position to finish in the second step of the 2017 National Series is High Elbow's James Cleland. Cleland has been on the scene for a number of years but doesn't show any sign of slowing down. He raced seven NS events in 2017 and achieved his score of 467.552 points from Carlow, DCT, City of Derry and Belfast Titanic.Three points behind Cleland lies Athlone TC's Mick Fogarty. Fogarty claimed his points from DCT, Two Provinces, Westport and Sligo Hazelwood.One thing to watch in the men's National Series are the relatively large number of high scoring athlete currently lying mid table with three races completed. We won't know until after Moby Dick but there are a number of men who could complete their four race requirement and head straight in to the top ten if they race and race well next Saturday.Club SeriesThe club rankings for the National Series are always highly competitive and 2017 looks to be no exception.With one race remaining, Belpark TC on (2677.539 points) lead Piranha (2666.113 points) in the Mixed Club rankings by the absolutely tiny margin of 11.52 points. With the best three male and best three female athletes counting towards the final score, Moby Dick could easily see a change in the top spot come Sunday evening but it might not just be Belpark or Piranha who are in for a surprise.Pulse TC lie in third 105 points back and just 4 points ahead of Naas TC while the margin between Athlone and Trilogy TC is just .546 of a point with Wicklow TC less than 4 points further back.The women's club rankings show a similar picture with Belpark (on 2539.517 points) leading Piranha by just 21 points, making it highly likely that the battle could go down to the wire. Pulse lie in third place on 2459.663 and currently do not appear to be under threat from fourth placed Wicklow TC on 2362 points.Piranha's grip on the men's club series appears to be a little more secure. With 2716.948 points in the bank, they lead Belpark TC by 72. Special mention here goes to Clonmel TC who with some superb teamwork are in third place on 2510.171 points.QueriesIf you have queries about your ranking on the National Series, get in touch with us by email and we'll chase it up.


text: Richard Etter, Diana Grathwohl and Sigmund Homolya created AwareFashion, clothing that senses and visualizes today's invisible, digital layer of wireless networks that surround us wherever we are. AwareFashion's concept is based on the idea to visualize the digital environment we are living with, which surrounds use. All the radio waves, be it radio or TV broadcast, GSM for cellphones, WiFi, Bluetooth or GPS or other wireless systems. We can't see, smell or feel radio waves but sometimes it would be useful to know what wireless networks are reachable for us at the place we are right now. The team envisions to integrate wireless network sensing into clothing, making us aware of the surrounding digital environment. One of their concept designs suggests the integration of the detection antenna and electronics into a shirt to visualize GSM cellphone activity. The shirt could be worn by staff at venues where cellphones should be switches off for security or privacy reasons. The visualization of the invisible GSM signals is done via a radio wave to light signal converting electronics. The light signals are guided to the end of the shirts sleeves via fiber optics. Richard Etter and Diana Grathwohl created another AwareFashion design concept called AwareCuffs, sensing nearby WiFi signals. We like the AwareFashion concept as we are very much in favor of using our future clothing as replacement of the senses we would usually have via our skin and to add new senses, making us aware of benefits or danger in our environment of things that did not exist in our evolutionary history long enough to be sensed by any of our body parts to sense them, to make us aware of the digital dimension that surrounds us.


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One of the benefits of dragon fruit is to maintain the health and beauty of skin. Dragon fruit is rich in vitamin B3, E, C, beta-carotene, provitamin A and all of which have remarkable properties for the skin. So what are the benefits dragon fruit for skin care? How do I use it?
The benefits of dragon fruit is already known to be very efficacious, not only for the health of course, but very good for beauty skin women. The fruit has a dominant red color and has a shape like a dragon scales, therefore called dragon fruit.
Dragon fruit contains antioxidants which turned out to be much higher. The more red the color of skin of the fruit, the higher the antioxidant content contained therein. As we know, antioxidants are not only good for the fight against cancer, but also can counteract free radicals cause premature aging.
Dragon fruit to prevent premature aging
It is very useful for people who live in big cities, where air pollution levels are so high, unhealthy lifestyle, as well as the demands of life that affect the high stress level. All of it is a trigger factor of premature aging. Dragon fruit has the properties to prevent it all happening.
Dragon fruit to soften and moisturize the skin
Dragon fruit contains vitamin B3 useful to moisturize and brighten skin tone. Besides this fruit also contains vitamin C and other compounds that are excellent for overcoming inflammation of acne. Therefore, in addition to soften and moisturize the skin, dragon fruit can also be used to treat acne.
Dragon fruit to overcome skin sunburn
The tropical climate is most likely to have this experience. Especially for those of you who live in small islands or on the coast. Although it is not too dangerous, skin sunburn would diminish its beauty. Dragon fruit effective enough to restore the beauty of the skin.


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Sometimes doors open for me. Mostly I open them myself. This is how I have survived, and thrived, as a Deaf person.
Let me tell you about one way I've opened my own door, a while ago. I wanted to study an online course that would teach me how to sell my paintings more effectively. The course was advertised with a limited time to apply, and a limited number of students would be accepted. I emailed the teacher and asked him if it would be accessible to Deaf people. I know he usually teaches using videos, and sometimes has transcripts as well.
I didn't hear back, and I didn't want to pester him. Unfortunately I let too much time go by and applications closed. I'd missed out. I was really disappointed. I decided that I'd try to create my own course, and use the internet to answer the questions I wanted answered about selling artworks. I devised my own curriculum.
But unfortunately the finer points of the stuff I wanted to know, I couldn't glean from Google. No go.
Some months later, the course was advertised again. I didn't waste any time. I put in my application right away. this time I included the question in my application, 'Will this course be accessible for Deaf people?'
I got a reply immediately. 'I'm sorry, but this course is not suitable for deaf.'
There was no mention of how we might find a way to make it work. Sigh. I emailed back, suggesting some ideas. Perhaps I could buy the transcripts from the earlier course, at a reduced price? No, they weren't available yet. None of my ideas was met with any juice. He pointed me towards another of his courses, one which I felt I already had a pretty good handle on and didn't need to take.
Nevertheless, I put in the application form for it and described in detail all the achievements of my art business to date, the goals for my business, and exactly how I felt he could help me.
To my surprise, that changed everything. Suddenly the door was open. I sounded hardworking and focussed (yep.. maybe he assumed that Deaf people aren't?), and I've got some momentum happening (yes.. did he assume that I didn't?)…. From there we were able to negotiate. We'd do type-skypes, and because he was a little slow at typing, he'd throw in an extra one. I really appreciated that. Instead of just me busting a gut to get this information, he was prepared to extend himself too.
I'm most of the way through the course now and the results have been amazing. My art business is going from strength to strength. My teacher has described me as one of his hardest working students, which doesn't surprise me. I've always had to work very hard to get what I want. Because those doors, they don't open easily. They take a fair bit of prising.
But I'm glad I've got the guts to do it, because that's what's gotten me where I am today, with a fabulous career, a stack of published books, and a mudbrick eco-home that I built myself.
This painting is for everyone who needs a bit of inspiration to work at their own doors. It's especially for those of us with some extra challenges to get them open. The original is in a museum in a Deaf school in Delaware, but prints are available in my shop.
If you'd like to do your bit to help raise awareness, feel free to share this post. Thanks!


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Seraphin Gallery presents Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine, a collection of recent works by Hiro Sakaguchi. The exhibition will run from January 29 - March 6, 2016, with a public opening reception on Friday, January 29, from 6 to 8 pm.
Sakaguchi's work breathes life to an imaginary world set at the atomic level. Focusing on the four nucleic acids that together form DNA, the artist evokes themes of togetherness, interconnectedness, and political statements on modern culture-- using scenes of domestic life, coupled with warfare and destruction. "In coming to terms with my subject, I question, avert my attention, try to escape, and ultimately cope with these realities through the creation of the work. I respond with my memory, imagination, understanding, or misunderstanding of topics as an artist of this time."
Sakaguchi also thinks of the small planet or asteroid of Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, in attempting to illustrate the contradicting complexity and naivety of a world where human emotion is at the epicenter. In creating this cosmos, Sakaguchi induces a big bang-- a clear starting point where matter and imagery is generated exponentially. "The molecular images float in front of a color explosion, which could be thought of as my painterly interpretation of the beginning of the universe." Each of Hiro Sakaguchi's pieces form a narrative through the exploration of separate entities that are linked to interpret the 21st Century zeitgeist.


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Variational Image Analysis on Manifolds and Metric Measure Spaces
Scope. We exploit basic statistical manifolds to devise variational models of low-level image analysis that exhibit favourable properties in comparison to established convex and non-convex models: smoothness, probabilistic interpretation, efficiently converging parallel and sparse Riemannian numerical updates that scale up to large problem sizes.
The current focus is on the assignment manifold and image labeling, and on learning from image assignments in large-scale unsupervised scenarios, within the mathematical frameworks of information geometry and regularised optimal transport. A novel smooth dynamical system evolving on a statistical manifold, called assignment flow, forms the basis of our work.
Mathematical aspects. The assignment flow evolves non-locally for any data given on a graph. Variational aspects, extensions to continuous domains and scale separation are investigated. A preliminary step concerns a more classical additive variational formulation that provides a smooth geometric version of the continuous cut approach.
Parameter learning. We study how weights for geometric diffusion that parametrize the adaptivity of the assignment flow can be learned from data. Symplectic integration ensures the commutativity of discretisation and optimisation operations. We currently investigate this approach in connection with more general objective functions.
Unsupervised label learning. Our recent work concerns the emergence of labels in a completely unsupervised way by data self-assignment. The resulting unsupervised assignment flow has connections to low-rank matrix factorisation and discrete optimal mass transport that are explored in our current work.
We extended the assignment flow to unsupervised scenarios, where label evolution on a feature manifold is simultaneously performed together with label assignment to given data. This paper sketches a special instance of a more general framework, the unsupervised assignment flow, to be introduced in a forthcoming report.
Geometric numerical integration. We conducted a comprehensive study of geometric integration techniques, including automatic step size adaption, for numerically computing the assignment flow in a stable, efficient and parameter-free way.
Evaluation of discrete graphical models. We applied our approach to solve in a novel way the MAP labeling problem based on a given graphical model by smoothly combining a geometric reformulation of the local polytope relaxation with rounding to an integral solution. A key ingredient are local `Wasserstein messages' that couple local assignment measures along edges.
Kick-off paper that introduces the basic approach:
Estimating Vehicle Ego-Motion and Piecewise Planar Scene Structure from Optical Flow in a Continuous Framework
We propose a variational approach for estimating egomotion and structure of a static scene from a pair of images recorded by a single moving camera. In our approach the scene structure is described by a set of 3D planar surfaces, which are linked to a SLIC superpixel decomposition of the image domain. The continuously parametrized planes are determined along with the extrinsic camera parameters by jointly minimizing a non-convex smooth objective function, that comprises a data term based on the pre-calculated optical flow between the input images and suitable priors on the scene variables.
Researchers: Andreas Neufeld, Johannes Berger, Florian Becker, Frank Lenzen, Christoph Schnörr
Minimum Energy Filtering on Lie Groups with Application to Structure and Motion Estimation from Monocular Videos
We investigate Minimum Energy Filters on Lie Groups in order to reliably estimate camera motion relative to a static scene from noisy data. In addition to properly taking into account the geometry of the state space, we also deal with nonlinearities of the observation equation. A long-term objective concerns the estimation of accelerated camera motion in connection with scene depth from monocular videos.
Researchers: Johannes Berger, Andreas Neufeld, Florian Becker, Frank Lenzen, Christoph Schnörr
Details: Paper
Partial Optimality in MAP-MRF
We consider the energy minimization problem for undirected graphical models, also known as MAP-inference problem for Markov random fields which is NP-hard in general. We propose a novel polynomial time algorithm to obtain a part of its optimal non-relaxed integral solution. For this task we devise a novel pruning strategy that utilizes standard MAP-solvers as subroutine. We show that our pruning strategy is in a certain sense theoretically optimal. Also empirically our method outperforms previous approaches in terms of the number of persistently labelled variables. The method is very general, as it is applicable to models with arbitrary factors of an arbitrary order and can employ any solver for the considered relaxed problem. Our method's runtime is determined by the runtime of the convex relaxation solver for the MAP-inference problem.
Researchers: Paul Swoboda, Bogdan Savchynskyy, Alexander Shekhovtsov, Jörg Hendrik Kappes, Christoph Schnörr
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A SELECTION of Sydney drinkers mixed raw eggs with their beers recently, and most of them enjoyed the flavor.
A reporter bought a bag of eggs and asked drinkers in hotel bars if they would like to mix one with their beers.
American poultry farmers have persuaded hotel proprietors and bartenders to put raw eggs in beer. They say that eggs in beer give better health and that the hotels would profit by being able to serve less beer in a glass.
Some Australian poultry farmers are following up the idea.
Many drinkers told the Sydney reporter they "would rather die than waste a good beer," even if his paper paid for it.
Most Liked It
But a few said they would try it, and apply for compensation if they felt ill afterwards. Most of them liked it.
One said: "Not bad at all. If the publicans want to do their best customers a good turn, they should take this idea on.
"I don't suppose everyone would like it, but it suits me. In fact, I feel better already."
Another stirred his egg-beer for more than 5 minutes before drinking it, "ust to make sure that gooey stuff is all dissolved."
When he had finished the glass he said: "I think I could do another one if the paper will pay for it."
He didn't get another one.
Third drinker said: "The egg makes the beer rich… you really get something for your money.
"But I don't think it is as good as plain beer." Fourth didn't like it, and said so.
"Are you sure it's egg in this?" he asked.
"I'll have to have about 10 beers to take the taste away.
"These Yanks must be mad."
– Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), Thursday 31 March 1949.
Categories: Sydney Beer, Sydney hotels


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RDS Certified European Goose Down
While duck and goose down are some of the warmest natural materials known to man, the practice of procuring it can often be harmful to the animals involved. The Responsible Down Society is an independent standard agency that oversees safe, responsible farming (eg. No live plucking and quality animal welfare) of ducks and geese so we can feel warm without feeling guilty.
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Babst Calland Opens Washington, D.C. Office
Energy Attorneys James Curry, Keith Coyle Join Firm as Shareholders
WASHINGTON and PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --�The law firm of Babst Calland today announced the opening of a new office in Washington, D.C., and the addition of two experienced energy attorneys, James Curry and Keith Coyle. Attorneys Curry and Coyle represent clients in the energy industry on a variety of matters, particularly in the areas of pipeline safety and the transportation of hazardous materials, and are joining the Firm's Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group as shareholders.�Adding to the Firm's energy and environmental capabilities, these new attorneys bring deep experience in compliance, regulatory and legislative affairs, strategic counseling, enforcement, litigation, and audit preparation.
Attorneys Curry and Coyle are joining Babst Calland from a prominent D.C. environmental and energy law firm, where they played a critical in role in developing and expanding a nationally-recognized pipeline safety practice group. Both previously served as attorneys for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the federal agency that oversees the safety of the country's growing network of gas and hazardous liquids pipelines. Active in several pipeline trade organizations and a frequent speaker at industry events, Curry counsels clients throughout the United States on PHMSA compliance matters and other transportation-related issues.�Coyle, a member of the Pennsylvania Governor's Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force who also specializes in PHMSA and transportation matters, is returning to Babst Calland, where he was an associate attorney earlier in his career.
The opening of the Firm's new Washington, D.C. office, its sixth location, marks a significant event in Babst Calland's 30-year history. The new office will be located at The Southern Building at 805 15th Street NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC. Founded in 1986, the Firm has a nationally-recognized environmental practice and is a leading provider of legal services to the energy industry in the Appalachian Basin and beyond.
Commenting on these developments, Chester R. Babst III, managing shareholder of Babst Calland, said, "We are expanding the capabilities of our nationally-recognized energy and environmental practice through the addition of Jim Curry and Keith Coyle, and the creation of a Pipeline and HazMat Safety practice with a new office in our nation's capital. We are very pleased to welcome these well-regarded attorneys to our Firm as they share similar values, experience and philosophy for serving clients, some with whom we have shared business relationships," said Babst.
"It is an exciting time for us to join Babst Calland, a firm with a significant energy and environmental legal practice and reputation that will complement our Pipeline and HazMat Safety practice in support of clients across the United States," said Attorneys James Curry and Keith Coyle.
About Babst Calland
Babst Calland was founded in 1986 and has represented environmental, energy and corporate clients since its inception. The Firm has grown to more than 130 attorneys who concentrate on the current and emerging needs of clients. This team of lawyers has focused practices in energy and natural resources, construction, employment and labor, environment, land use, litigation, and transaction and business services law. Babst Calland was ranked as the Pittsburgh region's largest energy law firm by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2013.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Babst Calland also has offices in State College, Pa., Charleston, W.Va., Canton, Ohio, Sewell, N.J. Babst Calland and now Washington, D.C. Babst Calland's attorneys have been acknowledged by various organizations, including:� U.S. News & World Report's "Best Law Firms," "Best Lawyers in America," "Pennsylvania Super Lawyers," and Chambers USA's� America's Leading Lawyers for Business.� For more information, including attorney profiles, visit babstcalland.com.


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Morningstar Market Commentary - Q4 2016
Morningstar® Indexes combine the science and art of indexing to give investors a clearer view into the world's financial markets.
What the report covers:
- Intro: U.S. Presidential Election Boosts Equities; Fed Raises Rates
- Sector Indexes
- Style & Cap Indexes
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- Commodities
- Market Commentary Conclusion
- Quarterly Data Review
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To mark the release of A Dangerous Method, we've teamed up with Tailor Made London to offer one reader the chance to get kitted out in a tailor made suit.
Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen, play Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud in the David Cronenberg-directed A Dangerous Method, which explores the ideas and relationships behind the birth of psychoanalysis.
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Geographically located between the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades, it makes sense that the Trinity Alps look and feel like a mixture of the two mountain ranges, yet the sum of the parts creates something distinctly unique. The Trinities are a granite playground with glacier sculpted canyons, rugged spires, gushing waterfalls, clear lakes and wildflower meadows. The diversity of conifers is among the most in the world (36 by one count) with several species at the limit of their respective ranges resulting in species from the north and south coexisting, and including several that are endemic to the region like the Northern Foxtail Pine and Brewer's Weeping Spruce. While the Trinities are a "pocket" range that are only a tiny fraction of the size of the vast Sierra Nevada to the southeast, there are so many hidden gems in these mountains that keep me coming back to explore more. Papoose Lake is one such gem. Surrounded by a nearly perfect circular amphitheater of cliffs, snowfields and waterfalls, it's a spectacular sight and a place that I had wanted to visit for some time. The remote lake is trail accessible by around 12 miles each way from the Hobo Gulch Trailhead and up Rattlesnake Creek (apparently aptly named due to the healthy rattlesnake population along the creek). The long drive to the trailhead and many miles of lower elevation trail contribute to the fact that Papoose Lake is not visited very much, especially when compared to the ultra popular Canyon Creek Lakes or the Four Lakes Loop. You can likely find solitude (or close to it) at this lake and I was the only person there on a Sunday. However, instead of taking the trail to Papoose Lake, I decided to combine it with a visit to the Canyon Creek Lakes and climb up and over the rugged ridge that separates the Canyon Creek drainage from Papoose Lake via Gray Rock Pass. While Papoose Lake itself was magnificent, the route to reach Papoose Lake was even more scenic and included excellent views of the heart of the Trinity Alps and stellar "aerial" vistas of both the Canyon Creek Lakes and Papoose Lake that were likely the highlights of the day. Photo album here.
For the scenic off-trail route to Papoose Lake, take the popular trail from the Canyon Creek Trailhead to the beautiful Canyon Creek Lakes. Backpackers and hikers at Canyon Creek Lakes are likely the last people you'll see for awhile. Follow cairns up and around Lower Canyon Creek Lake to Upper Canyon Creek Lake. At the Upper Lake, instead of traversing around the upper lake, a convenient talus gully provides a shortcut up to the ridge above. Traverse the west shoreline of the upper lake and as you approach the vertical cliff that descends right into the lake a steep talus gully presents itself. Ascend this mostly stable talus gully. Toward the top of the gully the talus transitions to steep dirt between firs. Virtually all of the brush can be avoided. From the top of the gully one is treated to a magnificent view of Canyon Creek Lakes below, particularly if one descends slightly on the granite arm that plunges precipitously down to the upper lake. This area contains a stellar grove of Brewer's Weeping Spruce (Picea breweriana), which is endemic to the Klamath Mountains of northwest California and southwest Oregon. The common name is fitting as this large coniferous tree has drooping twigs from each branch that form curtains of needled foliage. While one of the rarer conifers with its small natural range, the weeping spruce is highly prized as an ornamental in gardens. However, nothing can beat seeing these trees in their rugged mountainous habitat and this bench above Canyon Creek lakes is one of the finest stands that I have seen with weeping spruces of all shapes and sizes. Moving up the granite arm, a steeper step has some scrambling on granite slabs before the terrain eases. Continue ascending up the arm and then veer to the right when spires block progress on the crest of the ridge. Here the Brewer's spruce transitions to mountain hemlock and ultimately to wide open granite slabs. This beautiful granitescape enables relatively easy off-trail travel and one can make an ascending traverse around the cirque aiming for Gray Rock Pass. The rugged ridgeline is serrated and contains numerous spires and unnamed peaks, but Gray Rock Pass provides a relatively easy and safe passage over the crest. The pass was named as such due to an identifiable strip of gray rock that passes right through the col. Unlike the solid white granite that surrounds the col, the gray rock is incredibly brittle (annotated photo of pass location coming soon). If snow covered, the final slope up to the Gray Rock Pass becomes steep so traction device and ice axe may be required in early season.
Gray Rock Pass has an amazing view of the surrounding terrain including Sawtooth Mountain, Little Granite Peak, Caesar Peak and Mount Shasta. From the pass to Papoose Lake is a nearly 1500 ft descent and attention is required to avoid brush and cliffs. First, descend down a gravel and talus gully to friendly slabs. From the slabs the main idea is to trend skiers right and aim for the outlet of Papoose Lake. At about 7600 ft cross over from slabs into a strip of trees and descend through these trees before trending right once more to make the final descent down boulders and slabs to the outlet of the lake. Numerous flat granite benches provide many camping options, but there's sparse wood here so please don't make fires. Ascend above the lake along the ridge for an excellent vista of the Papoose Lake amphitheater and marvel at the impressive cirque of cliffs and spires that surround the lake. If visiting in early season, hanging snowfields fill the upper cirque and feed waterfalls that bounce off the cliffs into the lower cirque. It's a beautiful spot! Photo album here.


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"The 2014 Pinot Noir Lone Tree Barrel Select is just that – a choice of the best barrels by the winemaker from this complex site for Pinot. Concentrated and slightly more restrained aromatically than its siblings, the wine is deep, rich and promising, with blackberry, raspberry and dark cherry fruits, spice, forest floor and underbrush. It is a beauty of full body and symmetry that should drink well for 10 or more years."
Pairs with: Molded Cranberry Relish, Cranberry and Pear Galette, Trio of Crostini, Salad of Grassfed Beef, Spiced Maple Glazed Ham, Whiskey Glazed Corned Beef, Pulled Rotisserie Chicken Sandwiches, Grilled Pork Chops
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There are a lot of different values, and a lot of different opinions about each value. There are people who, when they feel strongly abut their values, make sure everyone knows how they feel by voicing them loudly and repeatedly. This is one way a counselor can influence clients with their own beliefs, a couple of other ways counselors can influence clients to adopt their values would be talking about how they feel about one subject over and over again and also with their body language. Body language can portray how a counselor feels when a client is talking about a subject the counselor feels strongly about.
Then there are people who, even when they feel strongly about their values, are able to live by them and explain how they feel only when asked. These people let their values be known through their actions and attitude. I believe a counselor should be one of these people.
When you live by your values people can get to know you and get a sense of what you are about. When they become curious about how or why you live your life this way, that is the appropriate time to say, yes I believe in Jesus, I am a Christian. In a counselor/client relationship, I believe after you have matter-of-factly given your belief you should then bring the conversation back around to the patient by asking what religion are you, or even, do you have a religion. I don't think any session should dwell on the counselor's beliefs or values.
There are counselors who feel it is a good idea to talk about religion with your clients but, my first instinct is to refer a client to a church counselor when the session became to deeply encompassed by religion. If you can stay objective and are knowledgeable about the different religions being investigated by the client, then it is probably ok to discuss religion in a session.
By communicating with the client and investigating the different aspects of the religion(s) he or she is interested in, it opens the door to something that wasn't there before. The conversation can become a very useful tool in helping clients better themselves, even if it isn't through religion.


text: There was quite some interest during the first press conference of the new season. With new acquisitions Theo Janssen and Derk Boerrigter, coach Frank de Boer looked ahead to the new football season. De Boer expects that champion Ajax, Twente and PSV will be the main contenders for the title.


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April 27, 2006
Contact: Lauren Cruse (505) 272-3690
(UNM, Albuquerque) - On Friday, April 28, the University of New Mexico College of Nursing (UNM CON) Faculty Practice Nurse Clinic (FPNC) will be recognized at a New Mexico Immunization Coalition awards dinner for achieving an immunization rate above 90 percent.
The awards dinner is part of New Mexico's events commemorating National Infant Immunization Week, Vaccination Week in the Americas and Childhood Immunization Awareness Month in New Mexico.
Located in Albuquerque's North Valley at the Los Griegos Community Center, the FPNC is completely managed by CON faculty and is a teaching site for CON students. The clinic is a general family practice center that sees all ages with 60 percent being infants and pediatric patients.
Family Nurse Practitioner and day-to-day manager of the FPNC, Jim Stapleton, MSN, FNP, said the clinic faces some challenges in getting children vaccinated, but felt that most of the families that visit do a good job of keeping their children updated.
"Most of the population that comes to our clinic makes sure to keep their children updated on vaccinations," said Stapleton. "Our providers also make a direct effort to update children every time they come in for regular appointments."
To also help bolster the immunization rate, the FPNC offers a free immunization clinic twice a year. In its last free clinic on April 1, the FPNC saw at least 73 children and gave out over 200 immunizations. The next free clinic is expected to be held in late September or October.
The 90 percent rate for immunization is a state and national goal. Stapleton said the Department of Health's yearly audits is a big help to keeping the clinic on track toward the goal as it shows which vaccinations need to increase its numbers.
The FPNC is the only advanced practice nurse clinic in a medically designated underserved area in the greater Albuquerque area. The free immunization clinics held twice a year are primarily coordinated by undergraduate nursing students in their senior years and mostly staffed by CON students. Stapleton views immunization awareness as a big part of a nurses training.
"As nurse practitioners, the key to our training is to prevent health problems," said Stapleton. "With these immunizations we're talking less illness, less disease and less death. Immunization is a definite key part to early childhood health."
The New Mexico Immunization Coalition (NMIC) is a statewide public/private partnership committed to improving New Mexico's immunization rates. The goal of the NMIC is to achieve on-time age-appropriate immunization of 90 percent of all people living in New Mexico by the year 2010.


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- Actions that involve movement of the muscles. Motor skills are divided into two groups, gross motor skills, large movements of the arms, legs or entire body, and fine motor skills, smaller actions such as grasping between the thumb and forefinger.
The Farber Law Group represents people with serious personal injuries and wrongful death claims. Our practices areas include: wrongful death; serious personal injuries; motor vehicle accidents; malpractice; nursing home neglect and abuse; burn injuries; traumatic brain injury; spinal cord injury; dangerous products; slip, trip and fall; foodborne illness; construction accidents. Contact us today for a free case consultation.


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Appointments – December 19, 2013
His Excellency, the Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt, has announced the following appointments in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Effective November 25, 2013
- The Reverend Lawrence Blake appointed "ad nutum episcopi" as Coordinator of Hospital Chaplaincy. This is in addition to his current assignment as chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Effective December 2, 2013
- Accepted the resignation of the Reverend Mark Huberty as pastor of the Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Maplewood.
- The Reverend Michael Sullivan, Dean of Deanery 15, was appointed December 9, 2013 to serve "ad nutum episcopi" as parochial administrator of the Church of Saint Margaret Mary in Golden Valley.
Effective December 9, 2013
- The Most Reverend Andrew Cozzens appointed "ad nutum episcopi" as vicar general. This is in addition to his current assignment to the faculty of the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, which he will exercise through the end of the year. Bishop Cozzens serves the Archbishop as vicar general along with Father Charles Lachowitzer (Moderator of the Curia) and Bishop Lee Piché.
Effective January 1, 2014
- Deacon Sherman Otto appointed "ad nutum episcopi" to exercise the ministry of a permanent deacon at the Church of Saint Albert in Albertville and the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Dayton. This is a transfer from his current assignment at the Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Buffalo.
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Peels. Let's be honest. The first thing that likely springs to mind is celebs getting snapped with red faces, and Samantha from Sex and the City after that incident. Well, that might be your preconception if you're not a beautician, model or cosmeceutical professional, that is…
Peels are ultra-effective treatments, and the beauty industry's first choice when it comes to our own skincare essentials. But if you're like 99% of the population and a little bit scared and yet to try a peel, read on. In reality, peels are a powerful, flexible addition to your beauty regime, whether you want to cleanse deeply or effectively treat everything from fine lines to acne. Isn't it about time to learn a bit more about them and how they work, then debunk a myth or two.
What kind of peels do DestinationSkin offer?
We offer a range of peels specially formulated to boost radiance, hydration and improve the overall tone and texture of your skin.
Entry level peels
Agera Vitamin C peel – our gentlest option, ideal for your first peel. It offers a really deep cleanse, for a fresh, glowing complexion. You'll see an improvement in tone and texture, reduced redness and pigmentation and an improvement in acne and fine lines. Even though this peel is gentle it's also powerful and you can see the results in an instant. This peel can also be tailored to your skin type and level of active ingredients can be increased to make it a more advanced peel.
DermaQuest Pumpkin Peel – is our intermediate peel, ideal for most skin types. Glycolic, salicylic and lactic acid are the active ingredients – they deep cleanses and dissolve tired skin cells – plus pumpkin pulp which strengthens collagen beneath the skin surface.
Obagi Blue Radiance Peel ¬– this peel is a great 'all-rounder'. It's suitable most skins, and works very quickly to exfoliate, tighten, refresh and brighten skin. You'll also notice an improvement in fine lines and on many cases, pigmentation.
DermaQuest Glycolic Stem Cell Peel – this peel is perfect for aging and acne-prone skin. It heals from within, stimulating the production of collagen and elastin and in the dermal matrix to smooth away wrinkles and lines, and improve acne.
Advanced peels
DermaQuest TCA peel – an advanced option, perfect for deeper pigmentation and comedonal acne. It gently dissolves the top layer of the stratum corneum (very top layer of the skin), revealing fresh, new skin cells underneath, leaving your skin soft and smooth with flaws visibly improved.
Epionce Corrective Peel – this peel is ideal for anyone who suffers hyperpigmentation. It deeply cleanses pores and lifts away old skin cells, smoothing the skin and improving the appearance of fine lines as it evens your skin's tone.
What's right for me?
It's best to have a chat with your practitioner about what will suit your skin best, though did you know that peels can be combined? That way, you can target different problems simultaneously for beautifully radiant results! We offer free consultations where your practitioner can discuss which peel is right for your skin type and what kind of results you can expect.
How do they work?
Different peels work in different ways, though the process is similar for all. After prepping and protecting delicate areas like around your eyes, your specialist will gently brush on the peel solution. You might feel a little tingly and it will feel warm on your face – this is the active ingredients getting to work. After the peel, your practitioner will cleanse away every trace of the peel, then to be sure there's nothing active left on your skin, using a specially formulated neutralising solution. They'll then moisturise, sooth and protect with appropriate products, and recommend an after care routine including cleanser, advanced B5, anti-oxidants and that always-essential SPF.
Will it hurt?
Absolutely not. Many customers say they really enjoy their peels – the process has been described as 'a bit like an intense facial'. Whilst the solution gets to work, you might feel tingling and your face will get warm, but it's not uncomfortable.
Won't my skin, well, peel?
The peel bit of the peel is at a cellular level, depending on what level peel you go for there might be some mild peeling. This generally occurs with the more advanced peels such as TCA and Epionce. If you have any concerns please speak to one of our expert practitioners within your consultation.
Will I be able to go to work?
All our peels are 'no down time', and there's no need to worry about skin shedding, redness or irritation. In the case of intermediate and advanced peels, your practitioner will prescribe products to prepare your skin before hand. In all cases, they'll recommend an aftercare routine to keep your fresh new skin looking and feeling gorgeous.
So now you know all about peels, are you ready to take the plunge, refresh and revitalise this Spring? Join the likes of happy customer S.Ali, who's now a peel convert:
"I was nervous having my first skin peel, but after walking into such a beautiful clinic and meeting my practitioner, I felt at ease straight away. My skin felt soft, smooth and revitalised. I've recommended it to all my friends."