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Week in review
Starwood will move headquarters to city
More than 36 months of perseverance and negotiations have paid dividends with the announcement that Starwood Hotels and Resorts is moving its headquarters and 800 jobs from White Plains, N.Y., to Stamford.
In separate statements Wednesday, Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy welcomed the hotel and leisure company that operates 982 hotels in nearly 100 countries under nine brands, including Sheraton, Westin, St. Regis and W hotels.
The company's move to 250,000 square feet in of an existing building at 333 Ludlow St. owned by Building and Land Technology, developer of the Harbor Point project, is planned for January 2012, joining Pitney Bowes and Deloitte & Touche as major employers in the city's South End.
Starwood is expected to fill about half of a 500,000-square-foot building on the parcel, which also will be the site of 200 units of housing.
Wednesday's disclosure was a long time in coming, according to Malloy.
"It's one of those things I've been talking about for several months. We've been working on it for more than 3 1/2 years with Starwood," Malloy said, recounting untold meetings, discussions and extensive negotiations. "I am pleased that Gov. Rell was able to assist us to secure a deal with Starwood Hotels. It's a vote of confidence in the city of Stamford that I'm sure will continue with the new mayor," Michael Pavia.
Additional announcements of significant economic deals could be made in the near future, Malloy said.
Stamford's Old Town Hall renovation complete
Old Town Hall, considered one of Stamford's greatest architectural achievements, was opened Thursday as part of a rededication ceremony that drew local and state politicians.
Thursday's event was in part designed to honor the efforts of Mayor Dannel Malloy, who made restoring Old Town Hall one of his administration's priorities. The building will not officially open to the public until spring.
"This is an emotional moment," Malloy said. "I deeply wanted to see this job done."
The mayor, who leaves office at the month's end, said renovation of Old Town Hall had begun with "laserlike dedication" to its preservation, spending millions of dollars to fix the building's drainage and roof.
He spoke on the building's steps to an audience of about 100 people, many of whom played a part in the roughly $15 million renovation project, which began in 2007. Since 2001, a total of about $20 million -- a combination of a city loan, along with city and state grants, and federal tax credits -- has been spent on Old Town Hall.
The city is seeking tenants to occupy the remaining portions of the building, and help pay for its upkeep, which is estimated to cost between $250,000 to $300,000.
The Ballet School of Stamford is thus far the only committed tenant, but the city is in discussions with a law firm, an architectural business, and an organization that does counseling business, according to Michael Freimuth, Stamford's economic development director.
Subway gets service plaza contract
The state has signed a 35-year contract with a regional Subway restaurant franchiser and private equity firm to supply food and fuel and overhaul the state's highway plazas, an agreement that will include for the state a combined $500 million in revenue and investment to make over the 23 properties on Interstate 95, the Merritt Parkway and I-395, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Thursday.
The state Department of Transportation awarded the contract to Doctor's Associates-Paul Landino of North Haven, which develops Subway restaurants in Fairfield, Litchfield, New Haven, and Middlesex counties, as well as New York City, and will be taking over the plazas in partnership with the Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group, a large private equity firm, according to the governor's office.
The Carlyle Group and Doctor's Associates will invest $178 million to modernize and upgrade the 23 plazas, according to the governor's office. Doctor's Associates will formally take control of the plazas Dec. 7.
Last year, the DOT said it began seeking a firm to fund the upgrades and run the plazas, which are outdated and have not been substantially improved for more than 25 years.
Paul Landino, who in addition to operating the Subway franchise is also president of Subcon Inc. in North Haven, said that the 23 plazas would undergo a series of renovations starting in 2011, with three of them, including the north and southbound I-95 plazas in Darien, which will be replaced with new 24,000-square-foot buildings.
No pesticides found in Scofieldtown tests
Recent tests do not show evidence of pesticides in streams and ponds near the former dump at Scofieldtown Park, an environmental consultant told a city task force Monday.
TRC Environmental Corp. Vice President Carl Stopper said water tests conducted by the company showed low levels of benzene, zinc and barium in the surface water around the park, but none of the types of hazardous pesticides the city has found in dozens of nearby wells. None of the chemicals or metals found "raise a red flag in terms of exposure" according to state water quality standards, Stopper said.
"The positive of that is that we are not seeing anything emanating to the streams from the landfill proper," Stopper told the Scofieldtown Area Remediation Task Force at its first meeting Monday. "We found no detection of any chlordane, pesticides or herbicides."
The city hired TRC Environmental to help it develop a response plan to soil and groundwater contamination in and around the former industrial dump after a federal test showed hazardous levels of chemicals in the park. The city has since found 27 private drinking wells with hazardous levels of pesticides on eight nearby streets to the east, west and south of the park.
Stopper said the company does not yet have enough information to advise the city what steps should be taken to clean up the pollution.
"We have not been discussing with public works any next steps at this point," Stopper said. "Right now, the plan is to complete the investigation."
More than 50 city residents attended the meeting to get more information about the city's response to the problem.
One resident asked whether it is true that people can undergo medical tests to determine whether their bodies have absorbed pesticides.
City Health Director Johnnie Lee said such tests do exist, but that the city does not have the capacity to do them. The tests usually involved sampling fat cells, Lee said.


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Introduction: 3D Printed Mini Robotic Gripper (TfCD)
This instruct able is about a mini robotic gripper suitable for small robotic applications. This project was part of a assignment for the TfCD course in TU Delft.
The Gripper M.K.2 is designed to be used in small robotic applications to grip "small" objects up to 40mm in size and relative "light weight" up to 150g. It is relative small in size with dimensions about 48,5mm in length, 38mm in width and 41mm in height. The grippers max opening is 42mm.
Materials and design:
The gripper is composed mostly from PLA (Polylactic Acid) plastic, it's designed so it can be 3D printed from a FFF (Fused, Filament, Fabrication) 3d printer. The design to account for the 3d printing imperfections utilizes bigger dimension tolerances and clearance between components.
Mounting and use:
It is designed to be mounted with a single M2 screw on the back or mounted directly on the horn of a ES08A mini size servo.
The M.K.2 gripper is composed from 17 parts: 6 plastic parts, 2 steel pins, 1 mini servo (ES08MA) and 8 M2 screws for plastic.
Mechanism and operation:
The mechanical operation design principle is one of the arm's gripper is directly screwed on the servo horn with an M2 screw and by having a geared end it actuates the second arm to mirror its movement. The gripper's arms uses free moving "pad" on their ends to conform to the objects shape and to increase surface area contact with the object that is gripped.
For this project a dedicated servo controller is used, Pololu Mini Maestro Servo Controller due to its high performance and ease of use.
Parts required:
1) Pololu Maestro Servo controller x 1 https://www.pololu.com/product/1353
2) ES08A x 1 http://www.emaxmodel.com/es08a-ii.html
3) AA batteries x 4
4) 3D printed parts of the gripper
5) 2 x 13mm (d,L) metal rods x 2 or (M2 x 13mm screws can be used too)
6) M2 x 5 screw for plastic x 8
7) General workshop tools, (screwdrivers, small drills 2mm, 2.5mm, soldering iron, etc.)
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Step 1: CAD Model Design
First a 3D model of the gripper was made in parametric CAD modeling software in Solidworks.
The parts of the 3D model were saved in STL format to be 3D printed. Remember when saving an assembly of parts as STL in Solidworks, to go to Options and uncheck the option save all components of an assembly in a single file.
To get the STL parts download and unzip the file, Mini Servo Gripper
Step 2: 3D Printing
Orient the parts for 3D printing as shown in the pictures for better part quality, with support structure and 100% infill.
Step 3: Assembly
Assembly is pretty straight forward you will need a Philips screw driver and a small drill will be useful to clean the holes from the 3D printing. Do not over tighten the screws other wise the gripper won't have smooth motion and the servo will have to do extra effort to move the jaws.
If you pick the partial kit of the Mini Pololu Maestro servo controller you will need to do some soldering work.
For soldering a Sn60 Pb39 Cu1 solder was used and a soldering iron with medium tip at a temperature of about 350 degrees.
If you are new to soldering I recommend watching the following video tutorial. It is excellent to get the basics.
Step 4: Wiring
The wiring is straight forward you just have to connect the servo cable as shown in the diagram and the power connection in the lower right, Important remember the outer rail of pins is the ground.
The Working voltage of the EMAX ES08MA servo is from 4.8V~6.0V.
Connect the 4 AA batteries in series to get a combined voltage of 6V to power up servo.
The maestro board gets powered by the USB cable.
Download and install the Maestro Servo Controller software. (link bellow.)
Connect the Maestro with the PC and start the Maestro Controller Software and then enable the corresponding servo channel for your servo (in my case Servo channel 0).
The control of the servo is very easy just slide the slider and the servo moves. This software has many more advanced features such as servo sequencing but this is not going to be covered in this tutorial.
Step 5: Results
*(Some changed were made to the CAD model. The claws have a slightly different design now, so they are more flexible and can be easily attached to the servo horn. Also the gripper was 3D printed in white PLA to show better in the photos).
The gripper works as expected and has enough power to grab and hold small servos as show in the video.
It can be used as an attachment to many robotic application projects such as humanoid robotics, or robotic arms etc.
All in all it was a fun project that sets the basics for more advanced robotic projects, since the scaling up is pretty easy. Next project is a full 5 axis robotic arm, stay tuned :)
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Looking good!
I really like this design. Great work man!
Need to get some printed :-)
Neat design, it looks great :)
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Republicans unite around a push to ban the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Republicans are more united than they have been in years on a national strategy to roll back abortion rights, using state legislatures and the new GOP Congress to push for banning the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy — a platform that also has the backing of the party's presidential candidates.
January 22, 1973 is ingrained in the minds of pro-lifers because on that infamous historic day the Supreme Court invalidated 50 state laws and made abortion legal and available on demand throughout the United States in the now-infamous decisions in Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton.
Pat Corcoran, a long-time pro-abortion campaigner and activist with Choice Ireland, has been convicted of possessing more than 7,000 images of child pornography. Although pro-abortion groups have moved to scrub most traces of Corcoran from their web histories, there are still many photographs showing him attending abortion events over many years. Choice Ireland, with whom he had a long association, has issued no statement on their connection with the convicted child-porn user.
More than 870 children were placed on family violence intervention orders in Victoria last year, Childrens Court statistics reveal, with 183 also found guilty of breaching an order and continuing their domestic abuse.
Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau received a record 5600 complaints about television ads in 2014, topping the previous record of 4044 from 2006. But the figure doesn't necessarily show that more ads in 2014 were offensive than in other years. Ad Standards is attributing the high number of complaints to increased awareness of how to lodge complaints online, sparked by a public awareness television campaign it launched in March.
Health professionals, alcohol experts and campaigners have attacked plans to review Sydney's lockout laws. The father of one-punch victim Thomas Kelly said NSW Premier Mike Baird had "categorically" assured him the laws wouldn't be changed before 2016, amid claims the government is buckling to the powerful alcohol lobby by undertaking a review in June.
A NSW man who died in custody after being tasered was reportedly battling an addiction to ice and had been on a bender. Police officers used capsicum spray and then a Taser to subdue 38-year-old Kevin Norris at a McDonald's restaurant in Mittagong in the Southern Highlands on Sunday night. The roof tiler was then taken to Bowral police station where he later slumped to the ground and died.
A woman has been charged after allegedly ingesting more than 250 pellets of heroin before boarding a flight from Cambodia to Sydney. The 50-year-old was stopped by Customs officers at Sydney Airport on Thursday to have her luggage examined after arriving.
Former Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has forced the issue of ACT Labor's ownership of the Canberra Labor Clubs back on the agenda, putting a motion to his party sub-branch calling for the clubs to be sold. Mr Stanhope's move has upset the party hierarchy, which is not impressed at him raising an issue that caused such trouble for the party in 2009, when a sale plan was eventually shelved.
Facing a revolt from Greens Minister Shane Rattenbury and opposition from the Liberals, Chief Minister Andrew Barr has reversed the move to allow $50 notes in poker machines, backing down on the change made in the days before Christmas.
While John no longer goes near poker machines, he is left with a deep disgust at an addiction that resulted in the loss of his wife and family, his career, and about $60,000 over two years. "I was just so ashamed of it all. I hated it," he said on Monday, speaking to The Canberra Times after news that the ACT government has changed rules to allow gamblers to feed $50 notes into poker machines.
Human rights commissioner Tim Wilson has joined calls for changes to racial discrimination laws, arguing many of the cartoons published by French magazine Charlie Hebdo would be banned in Australia under existing legislation. Citing concerns from the Muslim community, the Federal Government last year dumped plans to remove section 18C from the Act making it illegal to offend, insult or humiliate based on racial grounds.
A US Christian leader has described the redefinition of marriage as a "vast social revolution", as Florida became the 36th US state to introduce same-sex marriage. Albert Mohler, who leads one of the largest Bible colleges in the world, described marriage as the "most basic molecular structure of civilization itself".
January 5 was this year's "divorce day"— the first Monday after the holidays, when the number of people seeking a divorce jumps one-third. Couples who decide to suffer through one last Christmas and New Year together—whether for the sake of children, or because they can't bear the thought of telling family of a split right after carving the Christmas turkey—jump on the phone first thing Monday morning.
A man accused of the New Year's Day murder of a Sydney woman whose body was found in an Adelaide hotel room will apply for bail next week. Chungaung Piao, 27, has been charged with murdering Sydney sex worker Ting Fang, 25, whose body was found in a room at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in the city centre on January 1.
For the 13th time the annual World Watch List published each January by Open Doors, the organisation that campaigns for persecuted Christians, has North Korea at its head. It is once again judged to be the most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian.
Hundreds of Tanzanian schoolgirls returned home Monday after spending three months hiding in safe houses to escape genital mutilation, state television said.
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Celebrating 70 Years of Ringo Starr (videos)
On July 7th, 1940, Richard Starkey was born in Liverpool, but from 1959 on, he would mostly be known to the world as Ringo Starr. Here's an up-to-date video flashback of his entire career.
On July 7th, 1940, Richard Starkey was born in Liverpool, but from 1959 on, he would mostly be known to the world as Ringo Starr. He gained that stage name while he was a drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes because of the many rings he liked to wear, and the country and western sound to it. In 1962, the Beatles were looking for a new drummer to replace Pete Best. When they asked Starr, who had previously worked with them, what he thought about drum solos, he reportedly said, "I hate 'em!", which was the right answer for them.
Things didn't go smoothly at first; some fans began chanting "Pete forever! Ringo Never!" at their shows and Ringo was convinced that producer George Martin was against him. In fact, on the version of "Love Me Do" released in America, session drummer Andy White was used instead.
However, when the Beatles made it big in the US, Ringo arguably became their most popular member. On every one of their albums at this point, he sang lead on one song, which was either a cover or a Lennon-McCartney original. "I Wanna Be Your Man", which the Rolling Stones later covered, became his signature concert number.
In 1964, the Beatles' first movie, A Hard Day's Night was released. The film got its name from something Ringo said after a long day of filming, and critics praised the quality of acting he showed in his role. This popularity led to his almost-starring role in the Beatles' next movie, Help!
The Beatles got their own Saturday morning cartoon series in 1965. Despite the fact that the band members were not involved in it whatsoever, the group's music was routinely used. Ringo's character was the central figure of most episodes, and he was portrayed as unlucky and naïve, but the most likable of the four.
George Dunning, who worked on that series, was the director for Yellow Submarine, the 1968 animated film starring a fictionalized, animated Beatles. It was loosely based on the song of the same name, which featured lead vocals by Starr.
The first composition that Ringo wrote that appeared on a Beatles album was "Don't Pass Me By".
Ironically, "Octopus's Garden" is the only other song by the Beatles that he solely composed.
He could be considered as the first member to leave the group, as he walked out of recording the Beatles' 1968 self-titled album for several days. However, Starr's last hurrah with the Beatles was his impressive drum solo on "The End", which he had to be talked into doing.
In 1970, the year of the Beatles' break-up, Starr released two albums. One, Sentimental Journey, had him singing the hits of his parents' generation, and the other, Beaucoups of Blues was country & western flavored.
The '70s saw Ringo releasing seven singles that hit the US Top 10. One of these, "Photograph", was co-written by and featured vocals and guitar playing from former bandmate George Harrison. His albums released from the late '70s onward didn't do as well commercially.
In the '80s he mostly took on an acting career, appearing in roles ranging from a caveman in Caveman, the Mock Turtle in a BBC version of Alice In Wonderland, and himself in the film Give My Regards to Broadstreet.
He also became involved in several children's projects, serving as the narrator on the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends animated series, and the live-action role of Mr. Conductor on the children's show, Shining Time Station.
In 1989, he organized the first "Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band" tour, a concept in which an ever-changing group of celebrity musicians perform in concert together as a band. Previous band members have included Billy Preston, Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Todd Rundgren, Eric Carmen, Shelia E., Edgar Winter, Billy Squier, and many, many more.
In the '90s, he returned to recording, releasing albums like 1992's Time Takes Time and 1998's Vertical Man, which featured guest appearances from many notable musicians.
Despite the fact that Starr has released three albums of original material during the past ten years, he was mostly in the news for controversy. A floral sculpture in his likeness was vandalized in Liverpool after he remarked that he didn't miss his hometown. He also vowed that he wouldn't sign any more autographs after October 20th, 2008, because he was too busy.
However, Ringo Starr recently released Y Not, which is his highest-charting US album since a 1976 release. Its lead single, "Walk With You" is a duet with former bandmate Paul McCartney.
Starr recently filmed an episode of PBS' Live at the Artists Den, which will be aired tonight in certain areas. He is currently on tour with the latest incarnation of the "All-Starr Band".


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International Mermaid Day 2018: Celebrate the Siren Series Premiere
March 29th, put it in your calendar.
In a packed room of nearly 1,000 fans during their New York Comic Con panel, it was announced that our new original drama Siren will premiere on International Mermaid Day 2018, Thursday March 29th. Make sure to find out where to watch the Siren season premiere, and take a look at the cast page right here.
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Also announced during today's panel was the casting of two recurring roles:
Aylya Marzoff ('Grandfathered') will portray Katrina, an alpha leader of the mermaid colony.
Sedale Threatt, Jr. ('Hap and Leonard') will portray Levi, a warrior merman with an imposing presence.
What if there was something sinister swimming beneath the sea's surface?
In Siren, the coastal town of Bristol Cove, known for its legend of once being home to mermaids, is turned upside down when a mysterious girl (Eline Powell) appears and begins wreaking havoc upon the quaint village. Using their resources, marine biologists Ben (Alex Roe) and Maddie (Fola Evans-Akingbola) must work together to find out who and what turned this beloved mythical creature into an primal hunter, and are there more like her out there?
Siren is based on a story by Eric Wald and Dean White who both serve as executive producers. Emily Whitesell ("Finding Carter") is serves as showrunner and executive producer. Brad Luff, Nate Hopper and RD Robb also serve as executive producers.
Tell us how you're going to celebrate International Mermaid Day.
And don't forget to find out what channel Freeform is on Fios, Xfinity & more, so you don't miss the Siren series premiere.


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Birthday UnicornPosted by J on Thursday, April 26, 2012.
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I'm feeling awful today, actually the past two days. I woke up nauseous, which hasn't happened to me in nearly two years, since my last flare.
You know where this is going right?
So now I'm getting upset that I'm going into a flare, we have plans to travel this weekend, I feel like crap. I'm nauseous, my stomach hurts, my head hurts, and I just want to sleep all day.
Confession: I've been cheating on my diet since Easter. Yes, since Easter. What have I been eating? Candy. Jelly beans and chocolate. I knew it was wrong while I was doing it. I only had "a couple pieces a day" and that's how I justified it. I would have been fine had I just had a couple of pieces on ONE day but every day for two weeks, well here we are now. Yesterday was the first day that I did not have an ounce of sugar and right now I'm probably going through withdrawals honestly, which accounts for the headache, and the stomach issues are probably due to a die off that is/going to occur. I'm a mess and I'm so pissed at myself!
I knew what I was doing was going to end up hurting me but I just kept doing it like an addict! I got cocky because I had felt good for so long!
I wrote that big long post about how I didn't want to jeopardize my health with candy, which is why I filled by basket with non-edible goodies, well that was true, but I just went ahead and dug through my kids baskets! This makes me a hypocrite, and if there's one thing I can not stand it's a hypocrite.
So I have a choice here, I can beat myself up about it (which I've been doing for the last two weeks, honestly) or I can stop and get back on track. Hopefully I have not screwed myself up to the point where I need to start SCD completely over, I would like to still be able to enjoy a salad but if I can't right now, I know I'll get back to that point again.
Easter is this weekend! What?
Every year when I was little, my family would gather at my Great Grandma's house. We'd have a huge Easter Egg hunt, we'd fly kites, and we'd eat pie. I don't remember having any actual food there (I'm sure there was) I just remember the pie, so many kinds of pie.
So for the past couple years we've invited my cousin and her three kids over to have an egg hunt with my three. I filled over 200 eggs (bought the candy after Valentine's day and stashed it, hey I'm cheap). The yard was littered with brightly colored eggs, they looked like candy scattered in the grass. I love that. It reminds of me Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. It was so.cold. and wet and muddy but no one cared and we had a great time. I hope we can keep doing it year after year.
Even though we are adults now, my mom still always gives my brother and I (and my dad) Easter Baskets. The past couple years has been difficult for me when it comes to candy-sentric holidays I can't actually eat that stuff (sugar) so last year I made my own baset filled with body wash and yarn, it was last minute and I just used things I found around the house. It was cute and I was glad I had something to sit on the table with the other baskets, I hate feeling left out but I'm not willing to risk my health for some chocolate.
This year I started early! This is what I have for my basket so far:


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Companies, new businesses and service providers in New Zealand, need some sort of the financial support and this support can be given either through the cash flowing toward it, the assets and in case if they are not enough, you can see people getting the loans for their business.
Many people think that when businesses go broke, they need to get the loans. Though in most cases it does happen but not all the time companies get the secured business loans, small business loan, fast business loans or business finance after getting broke or getting into trouble.
Sometimes the causes of taking loan maybe different and this includes starting new ventures in NZ, and take small business loans to support new business. It could help in supporting financial needs so that the business owner may not be in left in trouble.
For this purpose, people use commercial loan calculator, to know more about business loan interest rates as business loan repayment calculator.
It is better to understand how to get a business loan and it can help in a lot of cases to find out the best forms and tenures of business loans which suit the needs of a particular business.
The most common causes of getting loan may also include improving the ROI by investing more and increasing the baseline of the company or the business.
So it doesn\'t always mean that the company is in trouble, this could be used as a betterment options if you are going good and still need more to come.
It is always a good idea to figure out the possibilities and make sure to analyze things so that you know which things are necessary and who much loan and which type of loan would be the best options to take advantage and use the amount for better business development.


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My No. 1 item for Wyoming to have success Saturday against Texas State:
Defensive improvement: The Cowboys have to play better at all 11 positions. Fans are already losing patience with this unit after giving up 541 yards last week to Weber State. A particular area of interest will be in the secondary.
For more keys to the game, and how playing Texas State means more to UW junior safety Luke Anderson more than just a game, see Saturday's Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang. Also check back to the blog Saturday morning for a video interview with Anderson.
Also wanted to get your thoughts on what Weber State football coach Ron McBride said about UW as he prepares his team to play Utah State Saturday. Remember, UW and Utah State play each other Oct. 8 in Logan, Utah. Here's the link to the story.


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Invacare HomeFill
Invacare HomeFill Oxygen Filling System
The Invacare HomeFill Oxygen System allows users to fill their HomeFill compatible cylinders in the comfort of their own home. No more waiting all day for a delivery of portable oxygen tanks as this provides an unlimited refillable ambulatory oxygen supply. The HF Compressor only must be used in conjunction with a HomeFill compatible Oxygen Concentrator (not included) and HomeFill Compatible Oxygen Cylinders. The HomeFill compressor comes with a 3 year manufacturer's warranty through Invacare.
We offer 3 options for purchasing - HomeFill Compressor Only, HomeFill Kit, and Refurbished.
Compressor Only - This option includes the HomeFill compressor and power cord.
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Hey everyone! I hope you all had a restful weekend and also some time to craft. I was unfortunately ill with an ear infection since Friday and couldn't really get much done other than editing photos and videos here and there.
However, I have been very excited to have started a fun series on my YouTube Channel for the month of July and had to stop by and share it with you guys.
I was inspired both by myself and other crafters to dedicate July to be full of festivity!
So I am having a Christmas In July Series!!!
I am joining the #scrappychristmasinjuly gang by sharing all the process I recorded this past December of my December Daily Mini Album.
I didn't get a chance to edit and post the videos as I recorded them last year, so I decided to save them specifically for this month!
I've already got a few awesome things up on my channel and a few more lined up through the end of the month.
I invite you all to check out my Channel and find the 3 videos that have already been live for a few days now.
Like I said, there will be a few more coming through the month, so don't forget to subscribe to my channel to stay up to date!
Thanks for stopping by today and I wish you all a wonderful week!


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Two years ago, The Magic Circle Museum in London identified a tarot deck in its collection that was hand-painted around 1906 by occultist/artist Austin Osman Spare. I'm delighted that my old friend Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor Press is publishing the tarot deck as a full-color hardback book, titled Lost Envoy, for all the world's weird to enjoy this winter.
Lost Envoy: The Tarot Deck of Austin Osman Spare


text: OK, I just came across the grossest makeup for sale ever on eBay: "slightly used" makeup testers! Who'd want to buy that? It just reminded me that as tempting as it is to buy makeup on eBay at cheap prices, it's a little like buying a used car—you don't know what you're getting until you own it, and then you're stuck with it. And if you go for a really bargain-basement price, you usually get what you paid for. I'm sticking with retail.


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Dr Owen Arthurs
UCL Institute of Child Health
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
NHS Foundation Trust
Great Ormond Street
London WC1N 3JH
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Dr Owen Arthurs PhD FRCR is an Academic Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London, funded by an NIHR Fellowship. He holds a PhD in brain imaging, and trained in both paediatrics and academic radiology in Cambridge, London and Paris.
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I came across this book Latvieša Cimdi in the Knit Like A Latvian group at Ravelry in November last year. I could not afford the book then, but have bought it as a birthday present for myself ;)
There are so many beautiful mittens in this book I don't know which one I shall knit first... Erlend asked me to knit him a pair of new mittens, so there might be a pair for him first.
I think the group is going to have a kal next month, so I might join them as well. I bough my book from here.
Here's a video were the author talks about the book. I don't understand a word, but there is so many beautiful mittens in it so you have to watch it!


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Two Pacific Northwest cities. Three burgers in three categories. Only one can be victorious!
First round: Diners, Drive-Ins and Divers – Dick's Drive-In (SEA) vs Red Coach Restaurant (PDX)
Dick's Drive-In – Capitol Hill neighborhood
Back in November, I had the pleasure of visiting Seattle for the first time. I was told I couldn't leave the city without eating at Dick's Drive-In, a burger institution since 1954. With their simple menu of 100% fresh burgers hamburgers, cheeseburgers, a special (lettuce, mayo & chopped pickles) and the deluxe (a 1/4 lb version of the special with cheese), it seemed like the logical choice. Further motivation was the fact that it was right around the corner from my hotel. Catering to the hungry and drunk alike, Dick's prepared all their burgers and wraps them in advance to stave off long lines and crowds. They also have fresh, hand-cut fries and, as both a nod to environmental friendliness and taste satisfaction, charges 5 cents a cup per condiment; reason being that everything tastes better dipping into a cup instead of out of a foil packet. I grabbed a Deluxe and fries and was not disappointed.
On this trip I knew we'd be stopping at Dick's no matter what. That "no matter what" happened to be at 11:30 AM right after eating brunch and fro-yo. I opted for the Special this time since I wasn't sure if I could fit any more food inside me. Despite being stuff, the first bite brought back all the nostalgia of my first Seattle trip. It was just a simple, no-nonsense burger – and it certainly wasn't hyped up to be the "best burger you've ever had" – but it was 100x better then any other fast food burger you could think of. (And at $1.80, you're not breaking the bank either.)
Just a 2 & 1/2 hour train ride away from Seattle was Portland, "the Rose City". Their long standing burger institution is the Red Coach Restaurant, family owned for over 50 years and through three generations. While this isn't their original location, they still manage to channel 50's diner vibes with vinyl booth seats and a dining counter in their current space in Downtown Portland, location inside the lobby of the Historic Charles F. Berg Building. A "blink & you'll miss it" sandwich board out front indicates their presence and a neon sign above the doorway warmly welcomes you inside. All their burgers are made with free-range beef from Montana with no hormones added (How 'Portlandia', right?) and served on a soft, kaiser bun.
(Photo credit: http://redcoach.biz/)
I opted for the Classic Karl's special: cheese burger, fries and a drink. The burger had that perfect little bit of grease without being too heavy, but a sign that it came off a well-seasoned grill. And you could just tell that the meat was very fresh and not just some ground chuck blend from your typical greasy spoon.
So who's the winner in this round?
Hands down, Red Coach takes the gold medal! It was just leaps & bounds above Dick's slightly overcooked, dried out fast food patties. (A result of leaving them laying around ready-to-go) There's a reason people go to Dick's when they're drunk; it's the perfect food to shove in your face at 2 AM when you're looking to soak up alcohol. But if you're looking to satisfy your appetite, then Red Coach is the place to go.


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Actually, it all began with Death to Smoochy. The green light had been given to proceed with Death to Smoochy 2 on the strength of the first weekend grosses, as well as some unexpected merchandising feedback. It seemd that "Smoochy the Rhino" items weren't selling nearly as well as those based on the evil network executive "Marion Frank Stokes," played by John Stewart. This applied across the spectrum—mouse pads, lunchboxes, T-shirts, McDonald's tie-ins (the Happy Meal being briefly eclipsed by the Anxious Meal, served in a takeout bag bearing Mr. Stewart's likeness)—you name it. Kids started showing up at school in business suits and wearing the same peculiar fringe haircut as the Stokes character, provoking peer commentary and vice-principalistic perplexity.
In the course of reviewing star availability for DTS2, however, one of the producers suddenly recalled that toward the end of the first picture it was strongly implied that "Frank Stokes" had been done away with in a violent manner, rendering perhaps problematic his apearance in Part Two. Options such as resurrection, identical twins, and the extensive use of flashbacks were entertained and discarded. Meanwhile the Frank Stokes Armani Edition action figure was outselling G.I. Joe, Darth Vader, and eventually even Barbie herself. Focus groups began to hint at class action suit if "M.F.S.", as he had come to be known, did not appear in Death to Smoochy 2.
Well. Talk about dilemmas! Script development sessions became notable for long and gloomy silences, until one day, down at the far end of some all-but-forgotten conference table, a screenwriter, just back from a weekend seminar in Canoga Park entitled "Disrespect—Make It Work For You," tentatively rasied his hand.
"Yes, I forget your name, you had your hand up?"
"Let's say that in life, in his career as a network slimebag, Frank Stokes acc*mulatied a huge pile of truly horrible karma. So next time around, to work off this karmic debt, he gets to expose, mock, ridicule and otherwise invite contempt for the very behavior he was once guily of in his former life. Lying, corruption, the abuse of power, and so forth."
"Hmm. If we could pitch that in shorter sentences..."
So it came about that, though the studio still owned the character of Frank Stokes, the premise of John Stewart as a reincarnated evildoer persisted somehow as a negotiable script element, passing from one corporate entity to another, undergoing mutation at each step, till it finally ended up at Comedy Central. Where it was welcomed with a scream of recognition.
And one thing led to another....


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Editor's note: NFA President Gregory Brown made the following statement to the Committee on the Funding of Higher Education during its meeting Feb. 29, 2012.
I am Gregory Brown, chair of the UNLV Faculty Senate, and I am pleased to welcome the committee to UNLV and grateful for this opportunity to address you today. I speak today on behalf of the NSHE Council of Faculty Senate chairs and by extension the faculties of all 8 NSHE campuses.
I'm particularly honored to be able to speak to you in this role, in conjunction with my colleagues, Professor Tracy Sherman of the College of Southern Nevada and Joanna Shearer of Nevada State College, because it allows me to make a point that is essential for all involved in this process : NSHE faculty do not see this committee's important work -- nor do we want others to see it -- as an expression of regional rivalry or political score-settling.
Indeed, after decades of working within the constraints of a structurally flawed formula, and in the aftermath of the past four years of unprecedented cuts in public support, we faculty cannot afford to withstand further the cost to our collective credibility and to our academic mission that would result from any attempt to "deliver" for one region or institution over another.
The existing formula has become a labrynthine black box widely perceived to be politicized and which has cost us, as faculty, dearly in terms of our System's credibility with our students, with the state, with local governments, and with the community. Faculty have seen our programs and students bear the burden of the credibility crisis brought on by the old formula, and we urge you to seek as the highest priority for a new formula to restore to the System of Higher Education the credibility that our collective academic achievement deserves.
We as academics deal with each other by making our evidence known and subjecting our work to rigorous peer review; we believe the formula should be approached in the same way -- with transparency, clarity, comprehensibility as credibility as the utmost goals.
Credibility means in the first instance dealing honestly with our students – and their parents – when it comes time to pay tuition and fees. Considering money paid by students as "state support" for purposes of formula accounting has led to significant confusion. This can be ended by letting the formula distribute state dollars in support of only Nevada students – letting campuses determine how many non-residents should pay their full fare and how many should be on scholarship without impact on formula funding -- and then, letting all students from in-state as well as out of state distribute their share of the cost of the education by their choice of campus and program.
Credibility also means prioritizing academic issues over the political. And indeed, the faculties of NSHE do not oppose, indeed we welcome, a formula that promotes educational attainment and degree completion. Despite what is often presumed, faculty do not fear these goals will create irresistible pressure to inflate grades (though such a fear, if it exists, is likely to be felt among contingent faculty on part-time or non-continuing contracts). We take seriously – every week of every semester – our responsibility and our ability to be the guarantors of academic rigor and degree quality and of precise and nuanced assessment of student learning outcomes. (Indeed, at the suggestion of our UNR colleague David Ryfe, the Council of Senate Chairs have formed a faculty task force to advice the Chancellor on ways to measure degree quality for purposes of the formula and beyond.)
Above all, we welcome these new principles precisely because the perverse consequences of the old formula were so deleterious to our work as faculty. The old formula led campuses to push to grow enrollment above all goals; there were no incentives towards or safeguards of degree quality built into that formula whatsoever. So a new formula that encourages degree completion also represents an opportunity to improve our focus on rigor and quality -- rather than diminish it.
Another way in which the formula can restore credibility is to address, reasonably and realistically, but empirically, the cost of degree programs to determine adequate levels of funding. The purpose for which funding formulae were introduced in other states that have multi-tiered systems of higher education, beginning in Texas which remains the model nationally, was to determine the real cost or at least the ratio of costs among different degree programs on different campuses.
The flaws of our old formula are evident in that even in the best of years, Nevada provided only about 85% of what the formula calculated to be the cost of our programs. A credible new formula would not be one that simply presented a bill to the state for the costs of our programs. But a process that finds a way to begin studying real costs on an empirical basis, or at least builds the study of cost into how the formula will operate once in place, is a crucial step towards long-term credibility. Only in that way can the state, can local governments, can students and can the community understand what the faculty know – that we are operating highly efficiently, at lower cost than comparable institutions in many other states. We know that because our course loads and advising and research work loads are higher than national averages, at costs (primarily faculty compensation and infrastructure) that are slightly lower.
Determining empirically the cost ratios of our programs is essential to achieving another cardinal goal of the faculty for the new formula – ensuring each of our campuses can pursue and fulfill its distinct mission within the System's strategic plans, both current and future. The actual costs of research universities, of an urban access college that serves largely high-risk students, of one of the nation's largest community colleges that stretches across three campuses, and of two institutions that serve large rural regions, all have distinct costs associated with those missions.
(On behalf of the UNLV faculty, I can say there is significant hope that the new formula will better express the real benefit, and the real cost, that a research university brings to its students at all levels and to the region and the state.)
Finally, a formula that respects and reflects mission differentiation is also crucial, because it is essential to our work together as a coherent System. We faculty do not fear or recoil from competition and indeed, a formula that allows each campus and program to retain student tuition and fees would reward excellence and prominence, by allowing programs that attract regionally, nationally and internationally to thrive and serve more students, both Nevadans and non-residents.
But as we compete among programs, we do not want performance-based funding to undermine the work we do together across campuses. We work on curricular issues such as course catalog articulation; we collaborate across campuses on research grants and contracts; we support joint efforts to facilitate faster degree completion; and we do not want the current process to become a competition among campuses. We believe that performance-based funding need not and should not pit campuses against each other in a fight to divvy up a smaller pie, but rather encourage collaboration and strategic partnership through additional investment, as reward for achieving an individual campus' mission.
A new formula cannot do everything to address the challenges facing higher education in our state, but a new formula can and, faculty believe, should be a platform from which a future blueprint for higher education in Nevada can emerge. The current strategic plan, suited to the current environment, is entirely about increasing the number of degrees conferred in Nevada; however, the are other imperatives for the state in higher education including research, including personal development opportunities, including rural and urban access.
The new formula can, and we hope, will allow future NSHE strategic planning to be based not upon one-sized-fits-all goals but to be based upon our multi-tiered, differentiated missions. Investment in higher education can, and we hope will, come to be seen not as a burden to be avoided or as political patronage; with a new formula, it will come to be seen for what faculty know it is: an investment in student learning, in innovative research that leads to economic development, and in an enhanced quality of life and a stronger civic engagement for our state.
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1,700 Child Profiles Exposed in Alleged uKnowKids Hack
Today, MacKeeper reported it was able to infiltrate the uKnowKids database to expose 6.8 million private text messages, nearly 2 million images and more than 1,700 child profiles, which included first and last names, email addresses, birth dates, GPS coordinates, social media credentials and more.
MacKeeper's security researcher, Chris Vickery, claims on his blog that uKnowKids.com, a child activity tracker, has violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by not maintaining strong security safeguards.
COPPA, established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has created rules for how companies must store kids' personal information. One of the requirements is to "establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected from children."
Vickery said the uKnowKids database did not meet this standard, was configured for full public access and required no "level of authentication or password," and provided "no protection at all for this data."
uKnowKids allows parents to monitor their kids' activities on the Internet and social media networks. The company claims to make "parenting easier, and keeps kids safe online."
Steve Woda, CEO of uKnowKids, posted a response on its website, saying it had patched the vulnerability, reconfigured all encryption keys to mitigate any previously breached data, and updated their internal security policy.
This breach comes after the December VTech and Hello Kitty hacks, and has called into question whether companies are doing enough to protect children's personal information.


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On first listening this album really surprised me. Unlike anything else I had heard by Neil Young, Trans featured synthesizers, vocoder effects and drum machines. Released in 1982 it was a bitter pill to swallow for many fans who dismissed it, being a far cry from earlier rock based works. However, it contains some gems, most notably Sample And Hold where NY sings about ordering an android wife "I need a unit to sample and hold, but not the angry one, a new design"
Neil Young – Sample And Hold
A Neil Young album released in 1973 as the follow up to his hugely popular Harvest. Much darker in character, it followed the death of guitarist and friend Danny Whitten and was the first of his so called Doom Trilogy which included the albums Tonight's The Night and On The Beach. It was only ever released on vinyl and has never been reissued on CD. I managed to find a bootleg download on the web. What can I say? An amazing album consisting entirely of live recordings featuring that classic 70's NY sound of rock fused with country vocal harmonies and an amazing back up band. The album features eight songs most of which are full band numbers but two solo affairs, Journey Through The Past and Love In Mind. The album finishes with the epic "doom rocker" Last Dance where the song builds up until the whole band sing in unison "No, No, No" over and over, the vocalised despair of Modern Life profoundly expressed before Young launches into another wall of sound guitar solo. An essential addition to any NY fan's collection. 5/5.
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Twin potholes on A452 Flyover
Reported in the Pothole category anonymously at 16:17, Sun 15 December 2019
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On the A452 as it crosses the A46 on the SE bound flyover, there are 2 adjacent potholes (18"?) in the left hand lane.
Please inspect and arrange repair as appropriate. Thank you.
Warwickshire County Council has received your report which will be reviewed accordingly. There are no automatic updates to the status of this report - this is something we are working on as part of the improvements to fault reporting.
Posted anonymously at 13:41, Mon 16 December 2019
Many thanks for the swift repair.
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When the grocery store clerks at Albertson's offer to walk you to your car, say yes.
Sunday night, three men assaulted a clerk collecting shopping carts. A Hispanic male and two black males attempted to steal the clerk's wallet. He fought off all three and managed to get away. The trio then left the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.
The clerk was able to give a description of his assailants to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department deputies. A search of the area revealed a vehicle matching the clerk's description in a nearby apartment complex parking lot. Three men matching the clerk's description were located in the apartment complex and arrested.
Walter Bradford, 28, Dennis Hardeman, 19, and Henry Ortega, 28, all of Hesperia, were charged with attempted robbery and booked into Victor Valley Jail.
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This week, Anne and Gabby sit down with Rob Sciglimpaglia, coach, author, voice actor, actor, director, producer AND attorney! With a 27-year law career, Rob brings some much needed clarity to the legal side of VO. He clears up some common misconceptions, breaks down the differences and benefits between corporations and spells out what could happen to YOU legally as a voice actor.
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The improvement in tire rolling efficiency is one of the key elements to optimize the fuel economy and thereby reduce the vehicle emissions. Earlier efforts to reduce the rolling resistance have mainly been focusing on new materials in the tire compounds. The overall research aim of this study is to present the potentials ofimplementing innovative chassis concepts with the focus on Wheel Corner Modules (WCM) by describing thepossibilities in affecting rolling resistance and relating them to previous research findings. The core idea of theconcept is to actively control and actuate all degrees of freedom in the wheel i.e. implementing steering,suspension and propulsion functions into a unique module which can be implemented in each corner of the vehicle. Using this concept the limitations of traditional wheel kinematics can be resolved extensively. This article presents the first step towards creating a vehicle simulation model that can show how the WCM functionality can influence the rolling resistance. A model of loss is chosen after analysing the behaviour of three different rubber models and then implemented into a brush tire model. An effective way, but less complicatedcompared to current methods, to introduce the loss into tire model is presented. In conventional suspensions, thedesign is compromising between for example safety, comfort and rolling resistance, etc. at all drivingconditions. However, using the WCM, the possibility of achieving a better compromise between those objectivesis possible. Finally, based on WCM functionalities a plausible control architecture is proposed.
Due to environmental and economic challenges road vehicles need bettersolutions to reduce energy consumption. Improvement in tyre rolling e-ciency is one of the key enablers for lower energy consumption. The shifttowards electrication and intelligent driving creates new opportunities todevelop energy-ecient vehicles. For instant over-actuated vehicles whichenables dierent objectives such as safety, performance and energy e-ciency to be fullled during a manoeuvre. The objective of this thesis is todevelop a simulation environment to simulate the energy dissipated fromthe tyre in order to investigate the potential to controlling dierent chassisparameters to reduce rolling losses during driving.The rst part of the thesis is dedicated to develop a high-delity semi-physical non-linear tyre model called the Extended Brush Tyre Model(EBM) to be used for energy studies in vehicle dynamics simulations andlater answer whether it is reasonable to believe that there is any potentialto reduce the rolling loss, and thereby energy consumption, using over-actuation.In the second part of the thesis the benets of over-actuation are invest-igated to enable rolling loss reduction. A control strategy using camber-sideslip control (CSC) is proposed. The allocation problem is solved in the formof an optimisation problem using Dynamics Programming (DP) and ModelPredictive Control (MPC). Exploiting the function for a chosen vehicle ina simulation environment shows a signicant improvement of about 60% inrolling loss reduction while maintaining path tracking. Also by using thisfunction the tyre forces can be distributed more evenly while maintainingthe global force, which results in an increase in the available tyre forcesthat is especially benecial when driving at the limit. It is revealed thatoptimising the vehicle manoeuvre from an energy perspective is sometimesin con ict with the safety demand, thus the energy and safety criteria needto be considered simultaneously during optimisation.Finally, experimental studies using an over-actuated concept vehicleconrmed that the CSC function can reduce overall energy consumptionduring low velocity manoeuvres up to about 13%. By increasing the speed,the saving potential decreases but the contribution is nonetheless of signi-cance. The developed simulation environment, including the EBM, willenable future studies of dierent solutions using over-actuation to reducerolling losses in dierent types of vehicles and driving tasks.


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The classes offered by Independance reflect current training practices for New Zealand dancers and choreographers. Class content is both physically demanding and conceptually orientated.
We offer a variety of drop in classes at both advanced/professional and open level.
Please note that because these are drop in classes, very occasionally if there are low numbers the tutor may choose not to run the class.
We offer a variety of drop in classes at both advanced/professional and open level.
Please note that because these are drop in classes, very occasionally if there are low numbers the tutor may choose not to run the class.
Contemporary Technique
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Contemporary dance developed during the middle portion of the twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant performance genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world.
Independance contemporary dance classes reflect current professional practices for contemporary dancers in New Zealand.
Classes reflect the current teaching approaches, research, choreographic and /or performance practice of the selected tutor.
Classes consist of warm up, core work and stability exercises, floorwork, standing exercises into phrasework and spacial locomotion.
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Class 6.30pm Thursdays - 90 minutes
Level: Open (16+)
Independance is introducing a new curation of classes based around physical inquiry and somatic practices for the mind and body.
Classes include Contact improvisation, yoga, Qigong and much more!
Each class will run over a four week block.
Keep an eye on the timetable for class announcements
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The Contact Improvisation class welcome all kinds of bodies and levels of experience. The class provides a focused container for exploring technical information and also guides participants' movement researching in the development of skilled and sensitivity partnering.
Contact Improvisation is about respectfully engaging with other movers to discover the physical possibilities of moving together.
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10 Class Cards must be purchased upfront with full payment.
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These classes are at a level aimed at the professional dance community, tertiary dance students and graduates of dance training programmes. Participants are assumed to have a high level of experience and strong understanding of dance technique.
Age Restriction: 16+ years
Open Level: These classes are open to all levels of experience, suitable for beginners and professionals alike.
Age Restriction: 16+ years
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10.00am Saturdays - 90 minutes
Level: Open (16+)
M&B (Muscle & Bone / Mind & Body) is a vigorous, rhythmic, dynamic movement and spatial training system; encouraging participants to experience the limit of their flexibility, endurance and spatial expansion. The M&B workout is about understanding the depth of relation to the ground, working space together and the communal body.
The classes are designed to be fast paced, physically rigorous and are structured for participants to experience full expansion of their external body in the space. Regular M&B training is an excellent source of overall fitness and strength.
M&B movement approach is one part of the Body Weather Laboratory (BWL) is a research forum, founded in 1978 by Min Tanaka; a demanding and thorough reexamination of the body and movement is a main theme in all aspects of the training.


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Connect your posts with a plugin that internally links, so that your readers see more information to read on your website. These types of plugins add several links at the end of every post, depending on how relevant the tags of your posts are in your website.
No one manually approves comment any longer. Akismet is a helpful plugin that you can use. You can receive an email each time someone leaves a comment, but it's more efficient to just forgo manual approvals. If you don't, you're wasting time.
Is it hard for you to consistently stay on your posting schedule? It is possible to get a story or blog post written in advance and then schedule it to post whenever you want. Once you have any new post page open, look for the choice to set a publication in the future. Now you can write when you can and post when you need.
There are quicker ways to add a header to your post than using the menu. You should use keyboard shortcuts instead. To use, simply use CTRL and the numbers 1 through 6. This will save you time if you're constantly using headers.
If you're trying to find hosting for your blog, select a host with tools capable of installing WordPress with a simple click. Using one of these tools will save you the trouble of creating your own individual database. The host will also be able to make you a blog domain.
Enable comments so that visitors will want to return. Comments provide a community for your visitors and will allow you to see who is visiting your site. You can moderate comments before you approve them so that you prevent spamming on your blog.
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Use a second folder that contains a duplicate database to test changes to your site without having them go live. This reduces the risk of visitors being ran off by bad performance.
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Research available WordPress resources before you attempt to create your site. One thing you can do is look for good social media forums where you can get your questions answered. Whether your question is about themes or plugins, you should be able to find viable answers.
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The statute of limitations is the time period set by law in which someone can sue you. In the debt collection context, a creditor or bill collector cannot sue you for payment of a debt after the applicable statute of limitations period has run. It's important to understand what the statute of limitations is in your state and for various types of debts, how you might unwittingly restart the time period to sue, and what you can do if a collector or creditor tries to sue you after the statute has run.
Time-Barred Debts: When Creditors and Collectors Cannot Sue You for Unpaid Debts
After a period of time, creditors lose the right to sue you forunpaid debts.
Debt Scavengers and Zombie Debt
Learn how to avoid the horror story of debt collection harassment over old "zombie" debt.
Learn when you might get sued for delinquent credit card debt, steps in the lawsuit, and how to defend against it.
Know the time limits for filing a lawsuit (statutes of limitations) in your state.
The statute of limitations ran out on my credit debt. Can the collection agency still contact me?
If the statute of limitations has run out, the collector cannot sue you but can contact you about payment.
I settled with a creditor on an old debt. Does the statute of limitations prevent it from suing me?
If you agree to make payments on an old debt, you may revive or extend the statute of limitations.


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SecureNotesTree is a notebook with data presented in the form of an unlimited nesting level tree. Data security is provided based on AES (Rijndael cipher). The main features include graphical and text data input, text data search, capability of alarms setup, export/import with Memo Pad, Read-only mode.
Palm OS 3.5 and later
150K of free RAM


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A Drive For Good Or A Source Of Worry?
Figuring out what expertise will form small biz development in a 10 12 months interval will higher make it easier to plan for the long run. Future Technology has been concerned with a mess of initiatives varying, in measurement, nature and complexity. Our goal is to usefully predict and analyse the lengthy-range trajectories and limitations of transformative applied sciences, and establish how finest to arrange for the societal impacts – each positive and damaging – that they'll bring.
From predictive couponing to groceries delivered by robots straight to the trunk of your self-driving automotive, twenty first-century shopping could offer serious improvements. With SmartThings you can get your smoke alarms, humidity, pressure and vibration sensors to detect changes in your own home and alert you via your smartphone!
Data offers the fundamental ingredient of systemic change as properly, since you cannot have an extended-lasting impression on anything with out realizing what is going on on. So, if you do not perceive why your performance in tennis, swimming, golf or just about any sport is decrease than you anticipated, start amassing your data.
Originally developed for blind people, it is a label that starts out easy to the touch but will get bumpier as meals decays. Nevertheless, innovation is an achievement, consumerization is the headache, as Google at the moment face the problem to forge the system into an affordable gem that each worker with a mean wage may benefit from.
The UN predicts there will likely be two billion extra folks in the world by 2050, creating a demand for 70 per cent more food. If we actually want to perceive the potential future interplay between people and technology, we first want to understand what prevented Nikita Khrushchev and John F Kennedy from blowing the world to smithereens on the top of the Cold War.


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RT @seewaynewhite: A new painting by my son, the brilliant Woodrow White. https://t.co/d1ziP14WtH
Robot on your desk
The most depressing email I received this Valentine's day was from a robot vaccuum cleaner company:
'Show your robot some love!' it read.
However, here is a robot it would be easy to love...
It's a tiny robot to clean your desk
and/or rollerskate about the place in what is, frankly, an ostentatious manner.
And it only costs £2000 pounds. Oh well
I didn't know that...
Random facts gleaned from here and there:
- One of the two brothers who founded the Laphroaig distillery, Donald Johnston, died two days after falling into a vat of partially made Whisky.
- Stewardesses is the longest English word you can type with your left hand only, Lollipops the longest with solely your right.
- The male Duck Billed Platypus has a venomous spur on its hind leg
- The Human body on average contains ten trillion cells. In those ten trillion cells, there are seventy five trillion foreign cells. Yes that's seven and a half times more cells of different creatures living in or on you right now. So how can you call yourself you? (from Weirdimals)
- Albert Einstein's last words were lost to posterity as the night nurse attending him did not speak German (from Time magazine, 1955)
Good things about existence
The Robin that perches on the bench where I meditate at lunchtimes. In my stillness, it comes and watches me, and when I open my eyes it is there by my side. Head tilted, chest puffed. I have taken to leaving, in the colder weather, little morsels for it to eat.
One time, I stood up from the bench and looked back to see my shadow cast down on the ground by the persevering winter sun, and the Robin then flitted down from the bench into the shadow, to rest on the place where my heart would be. Having just come out of the serenity of meditation, this moment struck me as poignant, and has remained with me.
There are also a couple of squirrels. The squirrels, in my unthreatening stillness have been known to play with my shoes in their curiousity.
The sheer silent magic of night time falling snow on the quelled streets of Soho - normally bustling with noise and traffic, instead frozen into stillness as if enchanted. The thick white crunch of fluff beneath one's feet. The search lights of a theatre revealing in their sweeping beams the flurrying butterfly swarm of fat flakes.
David Bowie
When I was six and watching Top of the Pops, I saw him dressed as Pierrot walking in front of a bulldozer in the Ashes to Ashes video, and I was utterly mesmerised. It was like seeing another planet. Inspiring, otherworldly, weird, brilliance.
Poetry. There is lots of terrible poetry in the world, a little more thanks to my occasional efforts, but when poetry is written well, it is sublime. From the anonymous voices of the past who have left their experiences writ in dead languages to the modern age, poetry is the complexity of human experience conveyed in language. Or, to be reductive, the most apt words in the most pleasing form to convey the thoughts and feelings of the poet. Some of my favourite poets, and poems, are: ee cummings; Pablo Neruda; TS Eliot; WH Auden; Apollinaire


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Years ago I thought plain yoghurt was just for eating if you were on a weight loss diet and was about as exciting! More recently I discovered Greek style yoghurt (I have not been to
yet but hope to one day) and the taste and creaminess was nothing like the yoghurt of my youth. Greece
These days it is unusual for me not to have Greek style yoghurt in the fridge and it seems appropriate that a good tablespoon or two gets into a large proportion of the food I prepare.
When the samples arrived from Total Greek Yoghurt (TGY) the first thing I did was try each flavour. They sent me Honey, Blueberry, Strawberry and Tropical Fruits. My favourite is definitely the plain yoghurt with honey. The quality of the honey is extremely good and mixes with the plain yoghurt to produce a creamy, rich, luscious dessert.
Recently when I made a cake with this flavour it brought to mind middle eastern images so I added pistachio nuts and chopped dates. The recipe for this cake is:
100g Self Raising flour
100g Castor sugar
100g Unsalted butter
2 large eggs
1 pot TGY Greek yogurt with honey duo pot
100g chopped dates
50g chopped pistachio nuts
3 Tbsp Demerara sugar for topping
- Grease and line a 20cm square baking pan.
- Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy (I used the new Russell Hobs hand mixer that I received to review – this will be a further post to watch out for)
- Add the eggs and a little bit of the flour to stop the eggs curdling.
- Add the contents of the duo pot of yoghurt, the chopped nuts and the chopped dates (it is a good trick to coat the dates in a little of the flour to stop them sticking together and to stop them falling to the bottom of the cake)
- Mix well together and pour into prepared baking pan.
- Sprinkle a little golden Demerara sugar over the top of the cake which will add a crunch to the finished cake.
- Bake for approximately 35-45 minutes till the top is golden brown and a skewer stuck in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool completely, cut into squares and serve sprinkled with icing sugar on top and a little frozen Total Greek Yogurt on the side.
This cake did not last long in our house!
The next TGY duo pot I tried was the Blueberry. I was visiting my daughter and decided to bake blueberry muffins with my two year old grandson Logan helping me! I weighed out the ingredients but let
put them into the bowl and help with the mixing. I did however have to explain that we do not put the whole egg, shell and all into the mix, and that we need to open the egg first! He got that OK and cracked the second egg on the counter top! Logan
We followed the recipe I got from the 'I Love My Lunchbox' event which was demonstrated by Nick Coffer aka 'My Daddy Cooks'. This is a simple recipe and a very good one to make with the children or grandchildren as the exact quantities are not so important. The Greek yoghurt gives the muffins a light effect and you can add fresh or frozen blueberries if you like as well.
Whilst I liked the Strawberry flavour duo pot my least favourite was the Tropical Fruits. I could not really identify which fruits were used when I tasted it but perhaps it would come into its own if you were to bake with it and add some tropical extras to the mix.
There are so many ways you can use Greek style yoghurt and here are just a couple of my favourites:-
- mix in the fruit/honey pot, stir then pour over breakfast cereal or fresh fruit. The strawberry duo pot is excellent poured over fresh, sliced strawberries and raspberries. The tropical fruit or honey duo pots work well mixed together and poured over kiwi fruit and passion fruit mixed or sliced bananas.
- I made potato salad and for the dressing to pour over the cold potatoes I mixed 3 Tbsp mayonnaise, 3 Tbsp plain Total Greek Yoghurt, My Secret Kitchen (Heidi's Secret Kitchen Facebook page or www.mysecretkitchen.co.uk ) Lemon Chipolte Sea Salt, 2 garlic cloves crushed (www.pamperedchef.biz/partieswithHeidi), 2 tsp creamed horseradish or wasabe and 2-3 Tbsp My Secret Kitchen Thai Dressing with Kaffir Limes. I mixed this through the potatoes and added chopped chives. Lovely!
Keep checking back to this blog to see what I do with the plain yoghurt from Total Greek Yoghurt.
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407 How Real is Real Enough in AR/VR and Screen-based Simulations?
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Tuesday, June 25
When facilitating a simulation-based activity, do you sometimes hear participants say, "Yeah, but in the real world, I would do this…"? How real do you need to get with AR, VR, and screen-based simulation activities? In our world of emergency nursing students, realism is critical to meeting the learning outcomes of the program. In order to increase competence and confidence, our emergency nursing students need to be exposed to a multitude of patient cases in simulation form. So which simulation modality (AR/VR/screen-based) provided the most realism and was the most practical—in terms of design, development, and delivery— for on-campus and distance students?
In this session, you'll hear about one nursing program's journey of designing, developing, and delivering three simulation modalities: AR, VR, and screen-based. You'll hear about the lessons we learned when increasing the levels of realism (something as simple as adding a blanket to a seizing patient) to 3-D characters, and the balance between realism and practicality. You'll have an opportunity to see for yourself how a nursing student is immersed in an emergency room scenario, and how the use of VR helps promote feelings of empathy towards patients and improve clinical reasoning skills. You'll leave this session with a better understanding of how realistic your simulations experiences need to be, and which modalities may work best for your situation.
In this session, you will learn:
- Which modality (AR/VR/screen-based) is best for your learning objectives
- What needs to be considered when increasing the fidelity of your simulation
- What are the deployment considerations for each of the modalities
- What are the considerations when buying or developing your own application
- What is the overall impact of each of the modalities in improving the competence and confidence of the learners
Designers, developers, managers, senior leaders (directors, VP, CLO, executive, etc.), educators
Technology discussed in this session:
Unity, Oculus Go, 360 Video, HoloLens
Vincent Farquhar
Faculty, Specialty Nursing
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Vincent Farquhar started his emergency nursing career 21 years ago in Scotland. Since leaving Scotland he has traveled the globe, working in emergency departments in Abu Dhabi, Australia, and Saudi Arabia, which is where he completed his masters in medical education. Vincent is currently on faculty with the emergency nursing advanced specialty program at British Columbia Institute of Technology, and is the lead subject matter expert for the virtual simulation project. His work in this area contributed towards the 2018 Sim Innovator Award. When not at BCIT, Vincent works at Vancouver General Hospital as an emergency nurse.
Kathy Kennedy
Program Head, Specialty Nursing
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Kathy Kennedy has been in nursing and nursing education for over 20 years, and is currently the program head for BCIT's emergency and pediatric nursing programs. She also leads the virtual simulation and specialty nursing simulation strategy projects. Kathy is very passionate about the advancement of simulation and simulation technologies in order to create a more realistic and engaging environment for learners. Her work in this area created opportunities for government funding and contributed towards the 2018 Sim Innovator Award.
Michelle Kearns
Project Manager and Instructional Designer
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Michelle Kearns has been in education and training for over 30 years in the roles of learning specialist, facilitator, instructional technologist, project manager, and instructional designer. She is currently the project manager and instructional designer for the virtual simulation and simulation strategy projects. Her passion for games and simulations comes through in the courses she develops and facilitates. Michelle was the instructional designer and project manager for projects awarded the AMTEC's Award of Excellence for Instructional Interactive Media, WebCT's Exemplary Course Award, and the 2018 Sim Innovator Award.


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You know that feeling you have when it's just time to clean house? Well, I was there yesterday. After weeks of a busy event schedule, we needed a thorough, get-every-germ cleanup. I caught a wild hair while I was dusting the bedroom and wound up following through on an idea I saw on Emily Freeman's Instagram. Now it might not look like much to you, but well, as an avid book lover, I think a … [Read more...] about Jesus Calling Devotional Duet Giveaway
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Devotionals So Good Your Chocolate Will Seem Sweeter
After prayer and awesome time with God, the only other way to improve a great devotional is to add chocolate to your reading session, right? I mean, the best devotionals will take your Dove (or Fannie Mae or...) to a whole new level. So today I have an awesome list of devotionals so good your chocolate will seem sweeter. ;) Bon Appetit!1. My Utmost for His Highest: Updated Edition by Oswald … [Read more...] about Devotionals So Good Your Chocolate Will Seem Sweeter


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In the scant remaining time before Christmas arrives, there can sometimes seem like there are a million and one things to do. In the next posts, The Christmas Countdown Begins. This Blog 2 Day Series is a helpful guide to tying up those last loose ends of year end holiday preparation. Adding (and remembering to complete) some of these ideas to our holiday tradition can take off lots of unneeded pressure. Watch the first part here:
CARING: The holiday season is supposed to bring much joy and happiness. However it can be the most stressful time of year. It is statistically, the highest time for suicides depression and despair. Being aware that what you see is not what may really be going on with the various people you meet this season can be a step towards compassionate spiritual growth. Each and everyone of us experiences sadness. Mindfully making the choice to not cause despair by being sensitive and sympathetic to the fact that no one is perfect can help. In my work, I hear a lot about people feeling as if they will never measure up. There is frustration in living with this thought as a mindset. One way to begin to turn this around is to know that we are not alone. Joy is available to us with the right formulas and actions we can begin to begin to live in a more joy filled way. Watch Part 2 for more on this idea...
NEXT: Stay tuned for PART 3 and 4, where some more tips and detailed Holiday How-To's coming up next.


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Victims of exploitation or victims of the media: Rethinking media coverage of human trafficking
Dowman, Scott (2013): Victims of exploitation or victims of the media: Rethinking media coverage of human trafficking, Ethical Space Vol. 10 Issue 2/3.
During the past decade there has been increasing media coverage about human trafficking. In most cases the victims are depicted in stereotypes. For example, once freed from their abuse they are referred to as being 'rescued', usually by a foreigner, or they are presented as being vulnerable people, sold by greedy or drug-affected parents with little regard for their children. This simplistic presentation of complex transnational crimes inaccurately depicts human trafficking and stigmatises the survivors of human exploitation. This paper is based on eight years of research, including four as a community development worker in Southeast Asia with anti-trafficking non-government organisations.


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Is your name Danielle? Courtney? Julia? Kim? Jim? Emily? Then you get to drink for free at No Idea Bar this month!
Is your name Dan? Jessica? Paul? Justin? Then you get to drink for free at Antarctica this month!
Yes, one of my favorite deals in the city has always been "name night" at these two fine establishments. Every night they pick a different name. If yours is selected, you drink for free. Pretty simple, eh? Click on the links above for a full August calendar at each place.
Let's just hope it's not Amy night anytime soon...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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Lamy 2000 Fountain Pen, Bold Nib
Lamy 2000 Bold Nib
Test ink is Pilot Iroshizuku, Kon-Peki.
There are many reviews of this pen, as well there should be. A design as timeless as this deserves to be scrutinized. I found my example and purchased with my own money a broad nib example via isellpens.com for a very good price considering what these pens go for.
The appearance of this pen is one of a minimalist nature. The brushed Makrolon® not only makes the pen light but gives it a quality feel. The combination with stainless steel just gives that extra high tech oomph. I admit that it is hard to come to terms with the fact that the design is 47 years old as of this writing. A design this old yet still looks futuristic and high tech is an amazing accomplishment.
I have read some reviews that refer to the barrel material as fiberglass. It is actually a poly-carbonate material reinforced with glass fib… okay fiberglass. 😛 The clip is stainless steel and spring loaded. This makes for very easy clipping to clothing/cases. Being a piston filler, I am very happy with how the seam between the piston knob and the barrel just disappears when the piston is fully retracted. There is an ink window that seems to melt into the barrel when the pen is full of ink.
Just below the ink window are two metal tabs that protrude slightly from the section. This is the basis of the best slip cap mechanism I have used. It slides into the cap effortlessly and clicks solidly in place. The click is very satisfying. Some people do not like the protruding tabs on the section. The way I hold the pen has my thumb right over one of the tabs but it does not bother me.
The platinum plated 14 karat gold nib is semi hooded. I admit I am not fond of semi-hooded or full-hooded nibs. This one changes that for me. My main issue with hooded nibs is that I have a hard time seeing the nib position. This, in turn, results in improper nib to paper contact. This is not an issue with this pen. There is enough of a view of the nib that it does not matter. Very Nice!
When we move to nib performance, things go a little south. I had read that some people had start-up or skipping issues with this pen. My pen is not immune. It seems the pen has a very small sweet spot making holding the pen at the proper angle very crucial to nib performance. One other issue I noted on my pen was poor tine alignment. That was sorted easy enough. The slight skipping issue should be a non-issue soon. You see, my main reason for getting a bold nib is to stub it.
The 2000 is Lamy's flagship pen and it is always a bit of a let down when their are nib issues. In my case, I am not going to let it be an issue. I did find that the nib is a bit springy. (See the written portion)
Even with the negative, the pen is worth owning. Did I mention that the L2K is on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art? Yeah, I like this pen.
Thank you for reading.
The Fountain Pen Sith Lord.
See what other people have to say about the Lamy 2000
And the hand written portion of the review:


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|Today, we prepared an Indian-inspired nut desert for a potluck picnic. First, we boiled milk to half its original volume, added sugar, then cashews ground in a food processor, and finally cardamom. We cut the fudge into diamond shapes and decorated each piece with a blanched almond (because we ran out of cashews). Here is the Cashew Milk Fudge recipe.
Archive for Vegetarian
Cashew Milk Fudge (Barfi Kajoo)
Lentils with Garlic Butter (Masar Dal)
Today, I flavored orange lentils (masoor dal) with a fried garlic oil. It was a nice change from the Masala Dal, or lentils spiced with caramelized onion and cumin seeds that we have been preparing regularly. Here is the Lentils With Garlic Butter recipe.
Shahi Sabz Korma (Royal Braised Vegetables in Cardamom Nut Sauce)
This week, we prepared two dishes that use milk.
Earlier in the week, we made paneer, an Indian cheese, with just boiled milk and lemon juice. We also prepared a cardamom spice mixture called Mughal garam masala.
Then today, we cooked potatoes, carrots, and turnips in a rich liquid mixture of sautéed onions, garlic, ginger, jalapeño peppers, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, almonds, yoghurt, the paneer, cream, and Mughal garam masala. The dish is called Shai Sabz Korma. The term "Korma" refers to "braising" in Indian cooking.
For desert, we boiled shredded carrots in milk and cardamom, pan-fried the carrots with a buttered oil and sugar, and then mixed in golden raisins and pistachio nuts. The dish is called Carrot Halva. The term "Halva" refers to a sweet confection.
Here are the recipes for Paneer, Mughal Garam Masala, Royal Braised Vegetables, and Carrot Halva.
Today, we stir-fried vegetables and chicken.
|First, we prepared bell peppers, lightly seasoned with salt and sugar,
|then, spinach with garlic,
|and finally, a medley of vegetables with chicken.
Here are the recipes.
|Today, we deep-fried several vegetables with chickpea flour batter.
Here is the recipe.
Sweet Potato
|Today, we prepared sweet potato Japanese-style in soy sauce and mirin, a sweet rice cooking wine. For color, we used two kinds of sweet potato – a yellow variety that looked like potatoes, and an orange variety that looked like carrots.
Here is the recipe.
Tim and Mary Indian Party
We prepared an Indian dinner with Tim's and Mary's family to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. The centerpieces were Chicken Tikka Masala, a tomato-based curry, and Andi's Chicken Curry, the classic yellow curry with carrots and potatoes.
We also prepared Lentils With Garlic Butter, Cauliflower Fritters, Whole Eggs In Tangy Tomato Sauce, Plain Steamed Basmati Rice, and Yoghurt Sauce.