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Brent and Nicole Keryluke tragically lost their lives in a motorcycle accident in May of this year, leaving behind 3-year-old son Liam and 6-year-old daughter Arielle. Grandparents Ben and Marilyn Keryluke were given guardianship of the kids and now need to figure out ways to support them.
Ben was semi-retired and has now gone back to work full time to support the kids, who have severe hearing impairments and will require hearing aids. In light of the circumstances, the guardians made the decision to sell Brent's 1973 Pontiac Parisienne, a car he had been restoring and planned to give to the kids when they were older.
It was a tough decision. Ben recalled his son saying, "He said he wanted a four-door, so the whole family could ride around in it."
The classic car went to auction at Electric Garage Auctions and something incredible happened that made everyone in the room emotional.
The auctioneer explained the circumstances of how the car came to auction before starting the bidding. When the bidding commenced, the car received many bids before it hit $29,000 and was auctioned off to Rod McWilliams from Red Deer Motors.
Then McWilliams put the car back up for auction to raise more money for the family.
The bidding had already been emotional, with people tearing up and personally pledging money to help the family. The re-auction showed a tender and loving community.
In the second auction, the car was sold for $30,000 to Danny Fayad from Edmonton, and he decided to put it back on the auction block, too.
It was then sold for $20,000 to Bob Bevins from Bulldog Metals.
He didn't put the car back on auction. Instead, he gave it back to the family.
Lyndsay Payne, co-owner of EG Auctions, explained to Global News what happened. "He didn't want to be recognized for it," she remembered. "He just went up to Ben personally after the auction and said, 'You know what? I want your family to have that car so I'm giving it back to you.'"
In addition to the money raised from the car auctions, members of the community were calling in donations throughout the auctions. According to BuzzFeed, the money raised from the event was around $100,000.
"There was not a dry eye in the place," Rod Burnett, a staff member at EG Auctions said in a Facebook post.
The staff continued, "It was [Brent and Nicole's] dream to keep Brent's car for Arielle and Liam but circumstances led to the decision to sell his car. We wanted to offer our support as they prepared to send the car to a new home. And then ... the loyal EG Auctions family of buyers and sellers came together to overwhelm everyone with their generosity and compassion."
Marilyn Keryluke wrote on Facebook, "Thank you from the Keryluke family! We were totally not prepared for what happened, and each time the car was donated back to sell and money added, was completely overwhelming and beyond anything we could imagine."
She added, "When the car was donated back to the family, there are no words for the emotional impact of so much love, support, kindness and incredible people of our city and expanding out. We picked up the car, took the kiddies on a drive and we all were smiling!"
A GoFundMe page has been started on behalf of the family to help support them. It has a goal of $100,000 and has already raised more than $81,000 in four months.
A Plus has reached out to Marilyn Keryluke for comment.
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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that it will ensure the availability and performance of the destination site for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, as well as deliver hours of high definition (HD) video content on demand. During last year's event, more than 1 million people visited the festival's site, and organizers expect an increase in site visitors this year.
With a global audience of international film fans and an aggressive plan for video coverage of the event, the Cannes Film Festival is leveraging Akamai's global platform in order to provide a high-quality, scalable site experience. Available at www.festival-cannes.com, Akamai will be streaming movie trailers for many of the films being screened that day. The site also features coverage of photo calls, press conferences, red carpet appearances and other events occurring throughout the competition.
Akamai recently worked with IDC Research on a whitepaper that outlines the HD video online tipping point. One of the key findings in the whitepaper is that it is imperative for publishers to introduce variable bit rate streaming in order to ensure an optimal experience for users. Content owners and publishers noted in the report that when video is offered in HD, they see user retention time and time spent per user on a site increase, allowing for more monetization opportunities. Effectively, variable bit rates create custom video experiences that allow publishers to reach the widest possible audience with HD without degrading delivery quality for users who access the Internet through slower broadband connections.
Akamai and the Cannes Film Festival have also launched a showcase website to complement the festival's day-to-day coverage. This companion site - https://www.festival-cannes.com/hd/en/ - will offer a collection of movie trailers in true 720p HD resolution using dynamic streaming with Adobe® Flash® Media Server 3.5 over Akamai's global distribution platform. The HD showcase videos will be shown in both English and French languages. In addition, daily footage of events will be highlighted in a range of variable bitrates to maximize the viewer's experience.
"The Festival de Cannes is a global event of great interest across the film industry," said Troy Snyder, Executive Producer, Digital Media, Akamai. "The Internet is a perfect medium to enable a worldwide audience to get a closer look at the films being screened at this year's event, as well as enable them to get a first look at expanded coverage direct from the festival at this exciting international entertainment event."
The Cannes Film Festival is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the world and should receive considerable media coverage. Due to the global interest of the event, Akamai is working with Cannes Film Festival organizers to deliver a smoother video viewing experience that is reflective of the high-artistic standards the festival has come to represent.
Akamai combines proprietary streaming technology with the reach and capacity of the Akamai platform - the world's largest fault-tolerant network including 48,000 servers in 70 countries - to stream content both live and on demand in any format. For on-demand requests, Akamai identifies the optimal server closest to the user, routes the streams and delivers them from the "edge" of the Internet.
Dynamic streaming is a new feature in Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5 delivered over Akamai's streaming platform that seamlessly switches between different quality versions of a single video stream to deliver the optimal viewing experience for the consumer. Dynamic streaming allows Flash-based video players to dynamically shift to end-user machines with different capabilities, such as lower processing power, or slower Internet connections. This solution enables delivery of a true HD Internet experience for users whose local environments can support it, while offering a dynamic, buffer-free experience that delivers the best picture quality possible when conditions are less than ideal. These breakthroughs improve the quality of video delivered over the Web and offer richer interactive experiences for users, encouraging viewers to spend more time online and enabling publishers to more effectively monetize content.
Akamai encoding technology partner, Inlet Technologies, was the first to provide VoD support for Adobe Dynamic Streaming after integrating the functionality of Flash Media Server 3.5 with Armada, Inlet's fully-automated media transcoding and workflow solution. In addition to supporting VoD functionality, Inlet also supports live Dynamic Streaming with Inlet's SpinnakerTM family of live encoding appliances. Inlet's products are being used to encode all content on the showcase companion site. "This endeavor is a compelling opportunity to team with Akamai to bring the highest quality online viewing experience to a global audience," said Neal Page, Inlet CEO. "We are committed to working with our technology partners to improve all aspects of the online video business by applying advanced technology solutions to real-world applications."
Akamai® provides market-leading managed services for powering rich media, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online. Having pioneered the content delivery market one decade ago, Akamai's services have been adopted by the world's most recognized brands across diverse industries. The alternative to centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai's global network of tens of thousands of distributed servers provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance for businesses to succeed online. Akamai has transformed the Internet into a more viable place to inform, entertain, interact, and collaborate. To experience The Akamai Difference, visit www.akamai.com.
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Helping employees maintain or improve their physical health is important to employers for several reasons:
Workplace well-being initiatives have grown and expanded significantly over the last several years in response to the growing prevalence of lifestyle-related chronic diseases and their associated costs. As a part of these initiatives, most large employers have a variety of strategies in place to promote weight management, encourage healthy eating, increase physical activity, eliminate tobacco use, and help employees appropriately manage chronic conditions.
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The women of BPTO organized an amazing event. And a hometeam secured victory! Congrats to Cunning Stungs, and to all the players and organizers, for an awesome weekend.
Here are a bunch of photos from the weekend, more to come for sure.
Photos from Sam Bennett
Photos from Day 1 by Brandon Carter
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H&M; Clothing to Boost Organic Cotton Use by 50 Percent in 2009
A selection of H&M;'s spring 2009 line made with organic cotton and recycled materials. Image via: H&M;
If you're a fan of H&M;'s organic cotton clothing, get ready for more!
H&M; is increasing their use of organic cotton in 2009 by 50 percent over last year, when they used an estimated 3,000 tons. Which means, if we do the math, we can expect they'll be using about 4,500 tons of the good stuff this year!
Why is organic cotton so important?Time and again we've mentioned the benefits of using organic cotton, but it really can't be said enough: conventionally-grown cotton uses 10 percent of the world's pesticides and 25 percent of insecticides—but it only occupies 3 percent of arable land. And those pesticides and herbicides pollute our water and our air.
And as if the huge boost in organic cotton weren't enough, H&M; is also making clothing with recycled materials this year: polyester recycled from PET bottles and recycled fabric remnants, as well as recycled cotton from production fabric remnants. (Personally, I cringe at the thought of any polyester against my skin—it's made from oil!—but people buy it, so it's at least better that companies like H&M; are making use of plastic bottles in their recycled polyester blends.)
What will be available? Women's organic and recycled clothing including shirts, t-shirts, blouses, skirts and dresses. While men can get organic or recycled suits, shirts and sweaters. Youths and kids collections will include t-shirts, pants, shorts, skirts, vests, jeans and more. Add to those items a bunch of accessories, and H&M; is taking long strides to green their clothing.
Now if only my bank account balance would expand by 50 percent...


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Tarkovsky's Mirror Set to Arvo Pärt's Mirror in the Mirror
I think I keep looking for these beautiful little spots to rest my eyes and mind and this is a particularly lovely one.
Hope you all a a wonderful weekend.
*via flor de papel
also really worth the visit.
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Joni Sternbach
Joni Sternbach's
wet collodian plates.
Images like these give my mind a place to rest. A moment of peace. A monasitc mini-vacation daydream.
They're like a mug of tea alone on the back porch in the afternoon.
Drink it in.
wet collodian plates.
Images like these give my mind a place to rest. A moment of peace. A monasitc mini-vacation daydream.
They're like a mug of tea alone on the back porch in the afternoon.
Drink it in.
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Sick Day
I'm going to try my hardest to stay quiet and restful today. It's a sick day.
It's been an exhausting week and at the center of it have been the trials of raising a strong willed and determined teenage son.
You rarely see teens blogged about on lifestyle blogs. Always toddlers, or under twelves.
Their messy and trying is cute.
Teens' messy and trying is not.
How do parents survive these years with any sense of humor intact?
Then he gives me this.
His high school poetry assignment.
A page from Napoleon.
Such complicated creatures.
at 19.2.10 Posted by elan 4 comments
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The Loveliness of Lark Press
In spite of the lack of sleep, which is not due to active debauchery, but a, hopefuly temporary yet inconvenient sleeping disorder which has set in the last few days, my long weekend in Portland has been good.
Lots of good girl-family time, which is rare and prized.
And a bit of shopping.
The most satisfying of which was here. Lark Press is my dream shop and this time I had the good luck to meet Nik of Bittersugar, who has a show just across the street of a phonetic alphabet at Ristretto Roasters at 3808 N Williams. You can see more photos on her blog.
You can snag these here.
My plan is to get one for each letter in my family: PEAQ. I'm very excited about this, though I have no wall space in my home yet, so I will have to clear a wall first.
So happy that I gave my son a Q name, because that quail is so perfect he makes my teeth hurt.
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Archive for the 'coffee' Category
Cycle the world over
Hot beer? Not hot any more
'Then,' said Mr Codlin, [waiting to get food, informed that it would take some time] 'fetch me a pint of warm ale, and don't let nobody bring into the room even so much as a biscuit till the time arrives.'
Nodding his approval of this decisive and manly course of procedure, the landlord retired to draw the beer, and presently returning with it, applied himself to warm the same in a small tin vessel shaped funnel-wise, for the convenience of sticking it far down in the fire and getting at the bright places. This was soon done, and he handed it over to Mr Codlin with that creamy froth upon the surface which is one of the happy circumstances attendant on mulled malt.
From Charles Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop, chapter 18.
I have read a lot of English classics which describe this and that from daily life in the 18-19th centuries. Many kinds of more or less forgotten food and beverage are thus remembered by me.
Still the above scene struck me unusually when I read it the other day. Actually there was a habit of heating the ale on request, not just serving it luke-warm as it still sometimes is done? I have not noticed such an instance before, not in Dickens, Scott, Austen, Gaskell or others of their kind. Compare with mulled wine which was and is still well known!
Most people like a hot drink when feeling cold, wet and tired. Before the industrial age wine, tea and coffee were expensive, I believe, so what could people of lesser means get, if they were not content with just hot water? In the countryside they might collect local herbs to make a tea substitute, but in town? Beer.
Some more practical information here, to complete what is told by Dickens, who is always eager about visual details.
Starbucks konnichiwa!
It is winter in Sweden now. Snowy, windy. I will not be surprised if the temperature switches to plus in a few days, but right now it feels really cold. This calls for more hot drinks! Tea or coffee? I like them both.
At work I have more coffee than tea, and at home more tea than coffee. Why is it so? Because in our country coffee is the social thing. The "coffee break" is a firm institution at workplaces. Of course you are not obliged to drink coffee, but it is called coffee break all the same. Those who prefer tea at such occasions are an almost invisible minority. Also after lunch there is the kaffe på maten, "coffee on top of the food". All lunch restaurants offer both coffee and tea, but coffee is the common choice.
At home I always have a stock of 1) black tea, excellent with the breakfast, 2) green tea, mild and soothing in the afternoon when I tend to feel tired, and 3) red tea, that is rooibos (which is not a tea in the narrow sense, but you use it as if it were!), the proper choice for a calm evening. I consume some coffee at home too, but very little, simply because it would be too much coffee for me, considering the habits at work.


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Posts Tagged 'sage erp labs'
Sage ERP Labs
The pace of technological change seems to really be accelerating these days. Here at Sage we want to ensure our products can utilize or integrate to all these new advances. We want to ensure we are ready for any new disruptive technologies that come along.
Product Management normally gathers features by studying the market, by talking to customers, evaluating the competition and generally learning what the market is asking for. This works well for adding business functionality and accounting features, but it tends to not work so well for predicting the impact of disruptive technologies. This is because most of the market isn't aware of what is coming and describing it can be quite difficult.
What we need is a method to present disruptive technologies to the market in a manner that is understood in the context of their ERP and CRM business applications. Many times, these days, new technologies are presented in how they can benefit say Facebook users, but then it isn't clear how these ideas can apply to the Enterprise.
Sage ERP Labs is an initiative of the Sage North America Mid-Market ERP (MME) group to provide framework for doing this. We are providing a forum for gathering and sharing ideas, and then a framework for developing Proof of Concept (POC) demos that can be used to evangelize and showcase new technologies in an Enterprise framework. These POCs will be developed across all our products including Sage ERP Accpac, Sage ERP MAS 90 and Sage ERP MAS 500. We will also be considering ideas around our connected services initiative.
We will then take these POC's and present them to customers, staff, and analysts to get an idea from the market whether we should then add these to our release roadmap to productize and include in a future release. The goal is to start a conversation with our various stakeholders on how these often esoteric ideas can benefit them. Often the initial ideas won't work directly, but with some work and lots of feedback can be translated into truly innovative features with real ROI.
To some degree this has been going on already informally in people's spare time (see the examples below). What we want to do is to nurture this innovation and be able to allocate people's time to develop these ideas. Basically to become much more enterprising in our endeavors. To make innovation become much more a part of our Normal Operating Rhythm (NOR).
The official Sage ERP Labs initiative is new, but it sprang out of a few POC's that we did over the last year around Sage ERP Accpac 6.0A.
Accpac Mobile
We created an Accpac Mobile POC which I blogged on here. This was to showcase that the GWT based HTML5/JavaScript/SData technology being used to develop the new Accpac Web based User Interfaces could run on mobile devices as well as on Desktop Computers. Demoing some basic ideas now lets us go out into the market and get feedback on what features various people in the Enterprise need to access from their ERP via mobile devices. We can talk to CFOs and show them a few ideas to get their creative juices flowing and then discuss the types of data they would like to receive this way, or what they would like to enter for mobile devices.
Social Media
Social Media is a huge topic these days. So much marketing and corporate customer connectedness is happening via Facebook, LinkedIn, Quora and Twitter. Companies are asking how they can leverage that from their ERP. What does that mean? We created an integration to the Accpac 6 Portal which I blogged on here. This was just done via customization, so people can use this now if they wish. But the main point was to provide some context to start a conversation on what people really want. It's easy to just add a feature to satisfy a feature sheet check box, but to provide real value takes a deep understanding of people's problems and how to solve them in a real and meaningful way. So this is just a starting point, and then as we add Social Media to the core product going forwards it should be a much more integrated, holistic and valuable feature, than just adding some links and connections to random web sites.
Eclipse Plug-In
These innovations don't need to just target end users. They can also target the developer community. Sage ERP MAS 90 has a plug-in for doing ProvideX development in the Eclipse IDE. Originally for Accpac 6 development you did your coding inside Eclipse, but then a number of other activities in other tools like our screen designer in IE. So why not take the expertise we had from creating the MAS 90 Eclipse plug-in and create an Eclipse plug-in for Accpac? Which was done as a POC and is now part of the standard SDK and blogged on here.
We are currently in an idea generation phase, once we have a good selection of ideas, we will select the best ones to proceed to POC stage. Once we have the POC Demos, we will begin socializing these to get feedback on what really needs to be done (or not done) and then hopefully start including these innovative ideas as real useful features in our core products.
If you see one of these demos, please provide some feedback. You can have a real impact on future releases and a say in the direction.
This initiative has been rolled out to members of our R&D team but if you have an idea, feel free to e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I can enter it into the system.


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In Town (GRT/ iXpress)
If you are taking a Greyhound bus, or are downtown, most GRT and iXpress buses leave from the Charles Street Bus terminal. You can generally get to campus under half an hour from there.
Highlighted in darker blue on the Campus Map are the GRT bus stops. Busses enter campus either off of Columbia or University, onto ring road, the road that loops around campus.
If you are coming from downtown, or uptown, from King Street take the Number 7D, which is the only bus that will drop you directly in front of the EV buildings.
7D, 7E, the number 9 AND the iXpress will bring you onto campus. If you get off the bus and you're not in front of the EV(environment) buildings, but you're at the university, follow ring road and eventually you will find the big green, newer EV 3 building.
The number 8 will drop you off on University, near the Seagram drive entrance. This entrance is very close to the EV buildings.
Buses announce their stops, and it's also displayed at the front of the bus before the stop.
Leaving campus, take note of which number 7 bus you are taking:
7c goes towards Conestoga Mall, which is probably the opposite direction than what you're going. All number 7s eventually take you to Charles Street Terminal, so if you happen to get lost, that's your best bet.
Fares: 3 dollars. They don't give change, so if you're using cash, take note. We will have bus tickets available at the welcome table, just remember to ask!
There are no subways or in town trains. All in town buses are wheelchair accessible.
There is an express bus route that makes fewer stops and gets to campus quicker. Most of the iXpress bus stops run the King Street Corridor. Main stops are at Ottawa Street at Charles, Charles Street Terminal, Victoria Street, Grand River Hospital, Uptown Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, then University of Waterloo Davis centre. Fares are also 3 dollars, and the tickets are the same.
See www.grt.ca for more detailed maps and directions for navigating the bus system here. Maps will also be available at the conference.
If you are feeling ambitious, and don't want to take transit, there is a trail that runs between the University of Waterloo through and past downtown (past the terminal, past the Pavillion) called the Iron Horse trail/ Laurel creek Trail. If you take it from the University:
1) Turn left on Ring Road (towards plazas)
2)Cross at the first cross walk.
3)Follow the main path through the park, and it will take you to Erb and Caroline.
4)Follow Bridgeport/Caroline a few blocks until you find the trail on your right (by a construction site).
5)Follow the trail to Victoria Street. The trail cuts off here, so either go left towards the lights and cross there until you see the trail across from Lai Lai's, OR, cross towards the bus stop, through the parking lot behind City Cafe/ Lai Lai's, and the trail will be across the street.
6)You'll go over a bridge eventually, and then you'll find the train tracks. The park is on your left, where you'll find the Pavillion. If you go through the park, over the "lake", there is a clock tower and the bus terminal is on the other side of the clock tower.
7) If that's not where you're heading, you can follow the trail until it ends at Ottawa Street.


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'It prevents wrinkles around my eyes and stretchmarks over my body,'.
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Stop your whining!! Why are you not writing right now? What's wrong with you?! You've been putting off that story of yours for far too long. So get off the internet and start writing!
|Quote from Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman
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Chantel+Mike Maternity
My best friend is having a baby!! I could not be more excited for Chantel+Mike's baby girl to arrive. Chantel and I have been friends since Grade 4 and have been through all the highs and low's that growing up bring's. I am so happy that not only did her and Mike find each other but that they are bringing a beautiful soul into this world. It makes me smile just writing it. I can't wait to spoil her and come along on this journey.
Chantel is rocking her pregnancy and looks gorgeous. I was so excited for these photos. We were able to take them in their gorgeous backyard, along with their new fur baby, Hunter. My favourites are below.
Congratulations Chantel+Mike
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ISA Releases Quarterly Economic Report
Examines future trends and market shifts in the sign industry.
ISA has released the Sign Industry Quarterly Economic Report - Q3 2017, an economic analysis evaluating upcoming market shifts by key segments and future trends in the sign industry. Compiled by HIS and Vandiver Associated and sponsored by the National Association of Sign Supply Distributors, the report assesses the printing and electrical/digital signage supplier markets and the electric/digital signage and architectural signage end markets with commodity forecasts into 2019. Forecasts detail market size, sales data, and key business drivers.
Highlights from the report include:
• US economic growth is reported, with real gross domestic product (GDP) rising at a 2.6 percent annual rate – more than double the first quarter's 1.2 percent.
• The recent economic expansion was fueled by growth in personal consumption, business fixed investment, and net exports.
• Sign, graphics, and visual communications companies stand to benefit from the economic growth with an increase in business investment driving an increase in the supply industry.
• Increased production of large-scale LCD, LED, and OLED displays has driven an increase in the end market for digital signage.
• The report expects architectural signage to dip through the rest of 2017 before seeing a rise in 2018.
The full report and a webinar providing an overview of the report are available at signs.org/quarterlyreport.


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Absolutely scrumptious pie! Surprise your family and make Pumpkin Goat Cheese Pie for dinner. Crust Graham Cracker Crust, 1 tsp each cinnamon and ground ginger (for added spice). Filling 8 ounces goat cheese, 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, 11⁄2 cups sugar, 11⁄4 cups canned pumpkin purée (one 15-ounce can …Read More »
Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust
Do you like a classic pumpkin pie? Why not taking it up a notch by adding a zing of ginger? As you may know, ginger is an aphrodisiac, used in ancient Chinese medicine. So, what do you think? A gingersnap crust and a scoop of lavender ice cream on the …Read More »
Chai-Spiced Pumpkin Pie
This Chai-Spiced Pumpkin Pie is an absolute winner. It was at the top at the Iowa State Fair as well as at the National Pie Championships. The recipe is somewhat simplified. You just have to try it. CRUST Basic Pie Dough for a single-crust pie FILLING Ingredients: 2 teabags black chai spice …Read More »
Pumpkin Pie
This is the best, most reliable recipe for pumpkin pie. For this pie, you can use canned pumpkin or cook your own pumpkins to make the purée. Many people don't feel any difference in taste or texture, and therefore there's no real need to make the effort of the baking, scraping, and sieving to get a great …Read More »


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by Jayson King, RN, BS, NCTMB, HNB-BC
In 1985, Nancy Azara, a New York based artist, introduced me to the idea of "Art as an Act of Healing" at a workshop in Duluth.
At the time, I was the classic struggling artist living in Minneapolis – working part-time jobs to get by and support my art, trying to forge relationships with galleries, and creating art in a shared loft space in Northeast Minneapolis with a group called Art Attack.
Nancy's idea – that art is an act of healing – filled an essential part of my art education. During late-night discussions with other students at art school, we decided art is created purely as an extension of the ego. Through Nancy's week long intensive workshop, including daily guided meditations and circle discussions, it dawned on me that this wasn't my ego speaking on the canvas, but it was an expression of my own healing journey.
Since that workshop, I've continued to look at all forms of art through this "Art as an Act of Healing" lens. What does the artist's statement and expression tell me about their own healing journey? What can I learn about healing communities?
There are many examples that show how art serves healing and community:
- a Somali immigrant whose work is a link to her culture of origin and a way to support herself
- an artist who rediscovers her passion to paint after a cancer diagnosis
- a recent exhibition of seminal work from the 1980s at the Walker Art Center which revealed how intensely AIDS has affected all our lives.
This holiday season, my family went to see a variety show featuring Kevin Kling with Dan Chouinard and the Brass Messengers at the Guthrie Theater. Through their graceful humor, stories and music, the artists reminded me once again of the power of art to mirror culture, overcome personal obstacles and differences, and exemplify hope and light.
Managing the Art of Healing program at the Penny George Institute allows me to come full circle with my life art experience. The Art of Healing program is designed to answer the question: "How can creative expression heal?"
Through inpatient art care, hospital-wide exhibitions and community outreach, the Art of Healing program can use art not only as a personal healing force but also as a bridge between clinically-based healing, the holistic nature of all healing, and healing of the greater community.
My invitation to you: the next time you see a piece of visual art, listen to a piece of music, or watch a play or film take a moment to witness it as an act of healing.


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My favorite new product, possibly my favorite product in a long long time, is the Blossom Cardmaking Workshop on the Go Kit. The stamp set that comes in this kit is A-DOR-ABLE, and the cards it makes are super cute!
Many times, with the Cardmaking Workshop kits, I will create one or two of the cards as directed, then change up the stamps, flip the patterned paper over and make the cards different. Not this time, I created all 15 cards as directed!
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In Hanoi, it is very easy for you to find the simplest corner bar on Earth with small tables on the ground, tiny plastic stools on the sidewalk, laden with glasses of beer. You should come to Vietnam to try Vietnamese beer and see how Vietnamese men drink beer with favorite refrain such as "drain your glass of every drop", "tram phan tram" (100 percent) and so on.
Bia Hoi (draught beer – Fresh Beer )
Bia Hoi (draught beer) is one of the things that you shouldn't be missed when you come to Hanoi. There are plenty of local as well as imported beer brands in Hanoi such as Carlsberg, 333, Tiger, Hanoi, LaRue, Saigon, Heineken and San Miguel. Nevertheless, Bia Hoi is the most popular beverage throughout the country and the cheapest beer in the world (only 2,000 VND for each glass). It accounts for more than 30 percent of total beer consumption in the country. It may be an unpasteurized beer with low alcohol content (approximately 3%) and is sold in mugs in simple street restaurants of Vietnam. Bia Hoi is an integral part of the North Vietnamese beer culture. Most men drink it at least 4 or 5 times a week during peak season.
Being a developing nation, Vietnam's per capital beer consumption remains relatively low at roughly 12 liters a year, particularly compared with such giants of the suds-swilling world as Germany, which consumes more than 120 liters each person per year. However, Vietnamese people tend to drink beer in large quantities. That is true! It isn't uncommon to see a group of 4 or 5 men with 24 empty bottles on their table at lunchtime. Humorously speaking, as their drinking capacity increase, their business prospects seem to be bright.
Ta Hien Street – Bia Hoi (draught beer – Fresh Beer )
That is the reasons why bottled beer market of Vietnam has been enjoying double-digit growth for many years. Upscale brew pubs are starting to crop up with more than a dozen openings in Hanoi in the last year. "It is an attractive industry – a quickly growing industry," said Van Dinh who opened a brew pub in a Hanoi discotheque.
When opening Red Beer brand in Hanoi a year ago, Truong Viet Binh expected to sell about 200 litres a day. Nowadays, he is selling 300 to 400 daily and planning to open a new branch in Ho Chi Minh City where at least 4 brew pubs have already been opened.
Despite all the changes in beer industry of Vietnam, the most popular drinking establishment of Vietnam remains the traditional Bia Hoi. Those ubiquitous establishments are regularly on the sidewalk where clients will raise their voices over the clouds of diesel belch over the plastic tables from a passing bus or the din of motorbike traffic. The clients have no need for the sleek furniture and fancy entertainment that they could find in a brew pub.
No one minds whether the sidewalk is littered with paper napkins or the tables are dirty or not. It is simply the place where everybody comes to unwind: truck drivers returning from a stressful shift or college professors who use Bia Hoi as a sort of street-side salon. "We usually come here twice a day," said a 67-year-old man, sitting at a Bia Hoi in the shadow of the central Hanoi train station. He is a retired doctor whose drinking pals include a filmmaker, a retired soccer star, a newspaper photographer and finally an engineer. They gather for 1-2 hours at lunch, and of course, convene again at the end of the day. They said that they shared their ups and downs.
Snack Food – Bia Hoi (draught beer – Fresh Beer )
At Bia Hoi Viet Ha which is a humble stall just down the Lang Ha Street, 5 friends are gathering after a hard-working day at a Hanoi print shop. They have been coming to this place 4 times a week for 6 years. They suck down 8 glasses as soon as sitting but claim they are sober. "Our wives will be furious if we come home drunk" one of them explained. "If we drink less than 8 glasses, we are fine," said Tien Anh, while picking at a plate of fried tofu with his chopsticks. "Chuc suc khoe!" (Here is for your health), they cheered and then ordered another toast.
Vietnam is a country which has a unique beer culture, said Nguyen Hong Linh, the director of planning for Hanoi Beer, which has recently doubled production capacity. "When customers go to a Bia Hoi, it will promise a unique atmosphere", "Everybody is very pleased. That is all", Linh said.
Nowadays, when wondering on a particular street in Hanoi, you can easily accidentally hear the sentence "Bottoms up!" and question yourself "what is the only thing that makes those men forget their homes and wives?" The answer is "beer only".


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Comprehensive plan for a full month of play activities and cross-curricular links on the topic of The Farm, with a focus on child-led play. All of the activities have been tried and tested by myself in an infant classroom.
Included are play hour suggestions for:
- Role Play
- Small World
- Art
- Play-dough
- Construction
- Sensory / messy play
Also included:
- Structure of the daily play hour
- Curricular links for free play
- The writing table
- Topic vocabulary
- Discrete lesson ideas in a variety of subjects
- Picture book suggestions


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Karbonn has listed a new smartphone in its official website of India, dubbed as A108 Plus. There is no pricing and its availability details are available.
The Karbonn A108 Plus features a 3.5-inch (480*320 pixels) touchscreen display and runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS out of the box. The handset measures 116*63*10.4 mm and weighs 115g with 1,100mAH Li-ion battery, that is rated for 4 hrs of talk-time and 122 hrs of standby life.
The A108 Plus comes in black and white variant colours. It houses a 2MP with LED Flash. It comes with 256MB of RAM and also 512MB internal memory is further expandable (up to 32GB via memory card). It has also bluetooth and micro-USB connectivity options.


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E20 Cycle Club This group has been setup to support the foundation of the new, free Cycle Club for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the communities surrounding E20.
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yo m80s im making a neu clan c4ll3d UWOTM8. I strted noscoping fools last sUmm3r, but wh3n sch00l strted, i d3cId3d to tke a brake. After 8 munths, i finully gawt bak intu the g4m3. recintly, i have been noscoping weak armured TDs. I decided to m4ke a clan with my h0mi3s.
In all seriousness, I am inviting people black or white into this clan. I don't expect to win many wars or anything atm, but we can platoon and noscope fools together.
-skillz to pay the billz
a somewhat good win rate (I'll judge)
somewhat good stats
high tiers (8 or above, I might make exeptions)
if anyone wants to join, dm me or something until clans come out we can platoon and go on ts3 idk
i quit for a quite a long time so don't expect great performance from me


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While historically, the majority of my coaching work has been delivered to mid-career professionals with 10-20 years or more of experience under their belt, I'm getting an increasing number of inquiries from young professionals and recent graduates who are just kicking off their occupational adventure. Or perhaps more accurately, I'm getting contacted by the parents […]Continue reading
Book Review: So Good They Can't Ignore You (Cal Newport)
Sick of your current occupational path? Looking to make a change? Racking your brain trying to figure out what you're passionate about, so you can build a successful career around it? If so, I've got news for you — Georgetown University professor Cal Newport, author of So Good They Can't Ignore You, thinks you're going […]Continue reading
Book Review: Secrets of Self-Starters (Dr. Julie Miller)
Do you consider yourself proactive? A self-starter? Good at taking initiative? Most importantly, can you prove it? In today's marketplace, where many companies (by choice or economic necessity) seem hell-bent on getting more things done with fewer resources, they tend to prize people with "can-do" personalities and will often ask candidates to demonstrate these traits, […]Continue reading
Book Review: The Start-Up of You (Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha)
This book, in a word, rocks. In fact, I might even say it's the most interesting and important business book I've read in the last 10 years — which would be an appropriate characterization, given that its primary agenda seems to be to help people catch up to speed with how the whole notion of […]Continue reading
Book Review: Self-Promotion for Introverts (Nancy Ancowitz)
In my last blog article, I outlined what I felt were the "5 core competencies" of self-promotion and made the case as to why I feel these skill sets are no longer optional for career-minded professionals today to learn — or better yet, master. Time and time again, in fact, as I work with people […]Continue reading
Book Review: The Coming Jobs War (Jim Clifton)
Most of my readers, I suspect, are far more interested in "micro" economic topics these days than "macro" ones. In other words, I don't tend to write much about big-picture issues and what the job market might look like 10-20 years from now, given my hunch that most of my blog followers are more concerned […]Continue reading
Book Review: StandOut (Marcus Buckingham)
As many of you know, I'm not a terribly huge fan of most personality assessments — at least not for "career planning" purposes — since I find that many of them are either 1) extremely out of date, in terms of the career options they suggest or b) ridiculously boxy, in terms of suggesting that […]Continue reading
Book Review: Making the Jump Into Small Business Ownership
Have you, like millions of Americans, dreamed about being your own boss or pursuing self-employment of some kind? Have you always felt you had an entrepreneurial streak in you, but been held back from acting on it by fear and uncertainty? Or have you noted (possibly the hard way) that the one-time "stability" corporate positions […]Continue reading
Book Review: Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift!
Quick quiz. For those readers of mine located, as I am, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, what comes to mind when you think of the town of Leavenworth, Washington? Lederhosen, perhaps? Bavarian architecture? Picturesque beer gardens nestled in an alpine setting? Love the little town or hate it, Leavenworth is a terrific example of "branding" […]Continue reading
Book Review: Powerful Unemployment (Sheila Boddy)
Do you know what's more powerful than an uplifting story about somebody who got laid off, faced the job hunting challenge head on, and fought through their fears/doubts/confusion to land a new opportunity? It's when this story comes from somebody who accomplished this feat right in your own backyard! That's the case with Powerful Unemployment, […]Continue reading


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Daily Scan for 04.07.09 – Howard Laments Iron Man Snub, Carter Showcases Terminator Face
• io9 puts together a remarkably good list of potential superhero roles for The Chronicle of Riddick's Vin Diesel. Kraven the Hunter is the best suggestion of the bunch, I think.
• Helena Bonham Carter talks to The Daily Mail about her role in Terminator Salvation. The interview includes this groovy picture of her with half her face ripped off.
• So why exactly was Terrance Howard's role as Iron Man sidekick James Rhodes recast? Basically, the actor has no idea — he claims he was inexplicably fired. To be fair, I didn't think he was very good in the first movie.
• Timothy Zahn, one of the better writers to tackle the Star Wars Expanded Universe, will be releasing a new novel that takes place during the orignal trilogy.
• SF Signal laments Indiana Jones's 2008 bust-up with the Saucermen. The nuking of a fridge, indeed.
• Some fantastic scifi posters by Bradley W. Schenck.
• A good primer on the Freudian types of superhero secret identities.Read More


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At the 2018 North American International Auto Show, currently being held in the U.S., Lexus announced it will introduce its automated driving technology on the LF-1 Limitless.
The LF-1 Limitless is a concept car that embodies the next generation of Lexus crossovers. It offers exterior dimensions of 5,014 x 1,986 x 1,605mm (total length x width x height) and a wheelbase of 2,974mm. In comparison with the LX570, Lexus' current top-of-the-line SUV measuring at 5,080 x 1,980 x 1,910mm (length x width x height), the LF-1 Limitless is 66mm shorter, 6mm wider and 305mm lower. The spindle grille at the front features a three-dimensional design while the roof offers a split spoiler at the rear.
Inside the cabin is Lexus' latest interface featuring motion-activated controls, which operate through detecting the driver's gestures, and minimalist displays. In addition, the steering wheel consists of buttons for operations such as park and reverse.
The LF-1 Limitless' automated driving technology includes Chauffeur mode, in which full control of driving operations is transferred to the vehicle. This concept also comes equipped with a four-dimensional navigation system that incorporates the element of time by taking into account road and traffic conditions, suggesting resting areas and restaurants, and making hotel reservations. This information is displayed on the in-dash monitor and rear seat entertainment system as well as the passenger's smartphone or tablet.
Written by Minoru Moriwaki
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Last Thursday, it was one of those 'I am so anxious' days. Hubby wanted to go to Abhur (that is a very famous beach with all sorts of sea sports here in Jeddah). I agreed to go… with the condition that he take me to Heraa Mall so that I can go have a look at Nawari – the thread shop. I have been wanting to check out more crafts shops in Jeddah.
Oh Yippee Yie Yay! It really does have a lot of thread. LOTS of it! They have wool and cotton thread and all kinds of crochet, knitting and tailoring accessories. They have TATTING SHUTTLES!!! Yay! To me, if a shop has tatting shuttles and they have samples of tatting to show customers what a shuttle is for..they are super duper! 🙂
Anyway, they had small clover shuttles and they had turkish thread (they have Altin Basak!!). I am definitely going there a lot of times. It is really difficult finding good thread here in Saudi Arabia. They do have a lot crochet and knitting here but I had yet to find a shop where they had tatting stuff. In the past three years that I had started tatting, I have been constantly in search of shops that had good thread. Tatting is all about good thread and most of that I found here was anchor or cotton that wasn't that good. I had bought myself some silk threads from India but I didn't like them that much. Anyway Nawari has HDT too.
For those of my readers who are still wondering where all to go to buy threads and crafts supplies in Jeddah. Here is my list.
1. There is the Hindawiyyah Area. That is the place where they sell whole-sale crafts stuff. You can find some retail shops too. I have found threads -cotton and wool, needles, embroidery stuff, hardanger stuff, Nylon flowers stuff; They also have a lot of artificial flowers, decorating stuff, decoupage, buttons, beading stuff, scrapbooking accessories and almost everything in whole sale and retail. (Although some guys there speak english but mostly it is arabic. You'll need a translator or your driver.) Hindawiyyah is the Area behind the Abarr Company on the intersection of Hail Street and the King Fahad expressway. When you turn under the bridge around the round about, go down straight and take the first or second right (the alleys are one way so check which one you need to take) then go straight till you staet seeing the market for decorations and household items. You will need to take a left turn and find Souk al Khiyatah. It is a whole big complex that houses all these sewing needs shops. You can ask around easily too. There is also the shop Samaa for part and crafts needs right opposite the Souk.
2. There is a small shop on Falasteen street called Maktaba al Ghumri. The shop name is in arabic and they have a lot of needle craft, painting and stationary stuff. The exact address is East Falasteen ( That is Palestine) Street, after you pass The Marriot, a few bulidings later is a petrol pump. It is one or two buildings later. That is the only shop where I found some really good crochet and tatting books and looms too. They also have hardanger cloth and different kind of wools. I brought my first DMC Cebelia thread from them. 🙂 (The old man and his pakistani helper, both speak English)
3. Tamer Tamara is at the beginning of Khaled bin Walid street (The first shop on the left when you turn off Falasteen street.. you can't miss it. It is big). (UPDATE: Tamer Tamara has closed down on Khaled bin Waleed. It is a little shocking because it was a big shop. I am sure they have relocated. I am still trying to find where they are!) They hd a lot of DMC and other branded threads. They are basically tailoring needs so you can find a lot of lace and threads and stuff. It is a good place to buy rings and earring rings for crafting too. They are little expensive though… (Speaks a little English)
4. Then there is Nawari. Heraa International Mall, Gate no.2, second or third shop on the right! 🙂 (UPDATE: The gate has closed so you may have to use either Gate 1. or another. A little searching you may have to go. It is still there!)
5. There is a shop off Quraysh street towards the Falak round-about too. On the right… they have embroidery thread… I don't remember the name. But they only have embroidery threads – DMC and Anchor. If you need details, I can show directions. (Filipino shop keeper… I am not sure if he speaks English) (UPDATE: This has closed down too!!)
6. There are two shops on Tauba street. It is near the Eskan housing project. I can't recall the name but it is in Arabic. Small shop with really good wool. They import from Germany, they said. 🙂 Really nice for knitting and Crochet. (Closed!)
UPDATE (March 14th 2015)
I have located a new shop and it has become my favourite! I will continue with the numbering because I am sure the above shops have relocated and not really shut down.
7. Arts and Crafts: This is a yarn store with lots of crochet, embroidery and knitting material. They know nothing about tatting but they have some really nice imported stuff. They have books, a fantastic collection of DMC Yarn and Boye hooks. They also have some really good collectors items. They conduct some training classes too. I haven't asked in detail but they have a lady at the counter who speaks English! This shop is in Sultan Mall. That would be on Sultan Street intersecting Batterjee Street. Yes, that same mall that houses EXTRA Electronics and Star Markets. The shop is on the top floor near the food court. (When you enter the mall, turn right on the first turn and up the escalator) It is called A&C or Arts and Craft.
8. Macarona Bridal Market. There are a few sewing and tailoring needs shopzs there. I am sure you can find some really good lace and embellishements kind of stuff there.
Ok girls, that is all I know. Anywhere else, you know about? Do comment. I love hearing from you all!
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accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
Pronunciation: (ak-SEH-leh-ray-ted fayz KRAH-nik MY-eh-LAH-jeh-nus loo-KEE-mee-uh)
A phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia in which the disease is progressing. In this phase, 10% to 19% of the cells in the blood and bone marrow are blast cells (immature blood cells).
Source: NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsDate last modified: 2008-04-14


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Popular Mechanics has posted a round-up of 18V Impact Drivers. These extremely versatile tools can be used for anything from installing a garage door opener to building a deck. Although many folks don't see the point and will continue to use a regular cordless drill, once you use one of these guys you'll never go back. The prices in the Popular Mechanics round-up ranged from the $395 Bosch 26618-01, to the $170 Ridgid Fuego R86030. The Makita BTD144 proved to be the winner, earning 4.5 stars, but at $350 its not cheap. The best buy is the Ridgid earning 4 stars and only costing $170. The Porter Cable PC18ID also deserves a mention, only costing $20 more than the Ridgid, but having a battery that lasts almost twice as long. Sadly the article lacks significant detail beyond the specific likes and dislikes, but its worth checking out if you're in the market.
Source: Popular Mechanics


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Apples£0.00 per KG
We grow apple varieties which we like to eat, rather than ones that look good on a supermarket shelf or are valued simply because they are 'traditional.'
Apricots£0.00 per KG
Apricots from the tree are delicious, but our climate is marginal for growing them and crops are not always good.
Blackberries£4.00 per KG
Our selection of mostly thornless types have good flavour and are easy to pick mid July to September.
Blackcurrants£3.00 per KG
We grow about 150 tons of blackcurrants for Ribena every year, most of them on sites a few miles from the main farm.
Cherries£4.50 per KG
Dark red varieties which we like to leave on the trees as long as possible so that the full flavour develops
Cobnuts£3.50 per KG
Kent cobnuts are traditionally eaten green and the ones we grow are selected to have large tasty nuts at this stage
Damsons£2.00 per KG
Not all damsons are the same, and our variety, Shropshire Prune, has the most damsony flavour!
Gooseberries£3.60 per KG
Gooseberries are so easy to freeze and add a great tang to your nutri-bullet drinks!
Loganberries, Tayberries, Tummelberries£4.50 per KG
These hybrids of blackberries and raspberries have deep distinctive flavours which make unique preserves.
Morellos£4.50 per KG
Anyone who cooks with fruit must try morellos. Lots of stones, but the flavour is superb.
Pears£0.00 per KG
Red Williams look spectacular and are ripe to eat in September.
Plums£2.00 per KG
All plums preserve well including freezing and jamming, and we are getting great results with drying!


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36 Best Potato Salad Recipes to Make for Your Next Cookout
Because potato salad is the perfect summer side dish.
There's nothing like cool potato salad to complement barbecued meats at your summer cookouts. And now, the classic side dish is getting a delicious upgrade with these recipes bursting with unique ingredients such as jalapeños, bacon, and even dill pickles. Your guests will definitely be asking for seconds.
Hard-boiled eggs, Dijon mustard, and fresh lemon juice give this salad recipe a dose of classic summer flavor.
Here's proof that not all potato salads have to be super rich and creamy. This recipe, flavored with red wine vinegar and dijon mustard, is light and tangy.
Tools you'll need: 16-quart stainless steel pot ($12, walmart.com)
Cajun seasoning adds a touch of heat to this dish packed with Southern flavor.
Get the recipe at Lemon Tree Dwelling.
Tools you'll need: nested mixing bowls ($14, target.com)
Charred sweet corn adds unexpected and delicious flavor to your everyday potato salad. This Mexican side dish can be served all summer long, especially on taco Tuesday!
Get the recipe at Tasty Ever After.
Tools you'll need: OXO corn stripper ($14, amazon.com)
Choose fresh parsley and thyme o make this simple yet delicious potato salad for your next potluck.
Get the recipe at Cooking Classy.
Tools you'll need: salad servers ($9, amazon.com)
Sneak some greens in your kids' dinners with fresh, crunchy green beans. This recipe is so tasty, they won't even realize it's full of vegetables.
Get the recipe at Girl Gone Gourmet.
Tools you'll need: stainless steel slotted spoon ($6, amazon.com)
Cream cheese, bacon, and of course, jalapeños make up this potato salad that's bursting with flavor.
Get the recipe at Spicy Southern Kitchen.
Tools you'll need: Calphalon nonstick pan ($30, bedbathandbeyond.com)
A mustard vinaigrette (rather than mayonnaise-based dressing) makes this potato salad a lighter alternative to the traditional creamy side.
Tools you'll need: large serving bowl ($13, amazon.com)
Thanks to a little extra pickle brine, this potato salad recipe is all the more refreshing.
Tools you'll need: sauce pan ($18, amazon.com)
This potato salad gets a delicious spin with the help of another classic.
Tools you'll need: stainless steel serving set ($11, amazon.com)
Tossed with a creamy, smoky dressing, this dish will be the star of your summer party buffet.
Tools you'll need: large mixing bowl ($22, target.com)
The two-step process of cooking the potatoes transforms this summer salad from same-old to sublime.
Chock-full of 'Gigante di Napoli' parsley, anchovy fillets, and capers, this version has a sweet taste to it.
The fresh flavors of the season, including parsley, marjoram, and sugar snap peas, star in this easy and healthier version.
This potato salad hybrid also features the zesty flavors found in egg salad.
Roasting the potatoes for this rosemary-scented potato salad gives the classic summer dish a surprising new texture.
Give traditional potato salad a twist with exotic flavors like salty green olives, fresh basil, and tangy red wine vinegar.
With flavor that's creamy, crunchy, and tangy all at once, this recipe will be a favorite at your next barbecue or picnic.
This creamy potato salad only calls for five ingredients: baby red potatoes, celery, chives, crème fraîche, and extra-virgin olive oil.
No kidding! (And no peeling!) It's all about the red potatoes; their waxy texture keeps the spuds intact as you mix everything together in this recipe.
Barbara Kafka, author of The Intolerant Gourmet, updates the basic potato salad by adding fresh green herbs, salty, smoky bacon, and briny capers, creating unexpected bursts of flavor in this usually bland side.
Red bell pepper, cider vinegar, and sweet pickles add to the zest of this flavorful salad.
A "must have" for easy summer entertaining, this potato salad tastes best when made ahead and refrigerated overnight. Garnish with crisp crumbled bacon just before serving.
This sour cream and cheddar cheese variation is going to become a staple at all your backyard BBQs.
Get the recipe at Swanky Recipes.
Are you drooling yet? Because we are.
Get the recipe at She Wears Many Hats.
Add some sweetness to your side dish by using sweet potatoes instead of regular ones.
Get the recipe at Averie Cooks.
Ranch seasoning mix adds zest to this easy-to-make salad.
Get the recipe at Spicy Southern Kitchen.
This healthier potato salad only uses a dab of mayo—it gets the rest of its flavor from the homemade dressing.
Get the recipe at Chew Out Loud.
The beloved flavors of a classic Waldorf salad are mixed here with tender new potatoes for a creamy, crunchy masterpiece of a picnic dish.
Get the recipe at Woman's Day.
Smoky bacon and fresh, sweet summer corn are two easy-to-get ingredients that really wake up a classic potato salad.
Get the recipe at Woman's Day.


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By Mark Melin
Investors who bought into the uncorrelated, liquid alternatives managed futures message have been disappointed recently, noted Matt Osborne of Altegris Advisors, co-author of the recently released white paper "Is the Trend Your Friend?"�� Written with Lara Magnusen, a director at Altegris, the white paper studies the long term performance characteristics of managed futures and perhaps most significant explains the beta market environment that contributed to managed futures relative under performance.
Matt Osborne is director of Altegris Funds. Altegris was among the early managed futures brokerage firms to offer the investment in a mutual fund product structure. Previous to Altegris he was Director of Research for Managed Investments at Man Financial.
Mark Melin (MM): How important is an understanding the market environment in terms of setting appropriate performance managed futures expectations?
Matt Osborne (MO): It's critical.�� Understanding not only the current environment as well as having a historical framework is key to developing a long -term perspective.�� All asset classes go through cycles, ensuring investors understand these cycles helps investors to better understand the diversification benefits of managed futures as well as manage their performance expectations.
MM:�� On a historical basis trends have always been a component of market environments.�� How important is the mean reversion aspect of trends appearing and not appearing in markets.�� Winton's David Harding is quoted as saying: "Trends come and go and we can't predict when they will come next, but we know they will come."�� Could managed futures be set for a period of mean reversion?�� IE: is the strategy "due" for a resumption of trends?
MO: Mr. Harding is correct; we can't predict.�� Based on experience, however, I think trend following managers are potentially poised to capitalize on future breakout movements in the markets. We witnessed significant market reversion post May 22nd - when Bernanke hinted that QE tapering was on the horizon.�� It appears as if we may be moving from a mean-reverting phase of prior years to a trending phase-providing a ripe environment of opportunity for trend followers over the remainder of 2013.
MM:�� In the white paper, you mention markets "Whipsawing between risk-on and risk-off environments constrains trend persistence."�� What will it take for this type of non-productive trend following environment to change?
"When will things improve? A bedrock principle of managed futures is that they simply require persistence of trends-in either direction-in order to potentially deliver strong returns."
MO: We've essentially had a perfect storm for trend following managers. Thankfully, the damage has been minimal in our view vs. drawdowns in long only asset classes.���� When will things improve? A bedrock principle of managed futures is that they simply require persistence of trends-in either direction-in order to potentially deliver strong returns. We've seen some signs of increased price persistence already.�� The true catalyst could be a number of things, from increased volatility, a persistent rise in interest rates, to less government intervention in financial markets.
MM:�� With the potential for the Fed to pull back from manipulating the yield curve, does this have potential for market trends to re-emerge?�� What has been the impact of QE on the managed futures industry at large?
"With tapering potentially on the horizon, you can see by just looking at a chart of the 10-year, that trend looks to have reversed. QE has also hurt trend followers because it has created a domino effect of global deleveraging."
MO: QE has both helped and hurt.���� The Fed bond buying program has helped interest rate trends, pushing yields to historical lows - creating the ultimate "don't fight the Fed" trend.�� With tapering potentially on the horizon, you can see by just looking at a chart of the 10-year, that trend looks to have reversed.���� QE has also hurt trend followers because it has created a domino effect of global deleveraging.�� As various countries essentially manipulate their currencies, FX markets have become increasingly choppy and difficult for trend following managers.�� In general, I think as the Fed and governments become less involved in introducing new or continuing existing policies, it will create the potential for trends across markets to re-emerge - since markets will rely more heavily on historical market drivers and not having to try and navigate and interpret what certain policies mean and don't mean and the impact those policies may or may not have.
MM:�� Altegris is known as traditionally allocating assets heavily in the trend following category.�� There is no doubt it is the most predominate strategy with a valid beta market environment.�� What degree of value, if any, do you find in relative value or volatility strategies not dependent on the market environment of price persistence?
MO: There is a great deal of value; these strategies take a different approach to finding alpha, the merits of which is a much deeper discussion.
MM:�� What is the difference between a trend and momentum strategy?
MO: Not everyone may answer this same way, but in our view, momentum strategies are a type of trend strategy that is seeking directionality.�� They are agnostic as to whether markets have momentum on the downside or upside.
MM:�� What's the key point, the drop dead line, you want people to take away from this report?
MO: We want to acknowledge that it has been challenging for managed futures managers and those invested in managed futures.�� At the same time, we hope that readers understand that no one can time a market's top�� and bottom perfectly-and those who maintain�� a long-term allocation to managed futures, in our view, have the opportunity to experience the most�� complete range of potential benefits offered by the strategy.


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There are many reasons that a logistics operation like yours might want to increase your forklift's capabilities – maybe you're handling new, more difficult material, or maybe you're just getting a lot more business these days (what a happy problem) but you can't justify the cost of a brand new forklift.
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Considering that brand new 5,000 lb. forklift machines can range from $20,000 to $25,000 (that doesn't even count the battery and the charger) and even buying used can still cost you well above $15,000 (depending on the make and model of the lift) our extensions make more sense than ever. As long as you've got a working forklift, you'll save more than 95% over the cost of replacing it by outfitting your current machines with our fork extensions.
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Category Archives: the vote
Who voted for Mukasey….
The final tally was 53 to 40, with six Democrats and one independent joining Republicans to vote in favor of Mukasey, which was the lowest level of support for any attorney general since 1952.
To see who the turncoats were, besides DiFi and Chuckie Schumer..click here. Let me save you the time..here they are:
Bayh (D-IN)
Carper (D-DE)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Nelson (D-NE)
Schumer (D-NY)
I am looking at my blog buddies from Indiana..you know who you are..you better turn Bayh's ass out the next election..he is a scumsucking waterboard-supporting man. I will be working to get DiFi's ass out of her seat..she has been there long enough, Damn DINO's.
Tags: Mukasey Vote, DINO


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Flexor Digitorum Brevis Muscle: Pain In The Ball of Foot
The flexor digitorum brevis muscle is located on the bottom of the foot. It can cause a sharp stabbing pain in the ball of the foot that becomes a deep ache when resting.Read More
Extensor Digitorum Brevis Muscle: Pain In The Top Of The Foot
The extensor digitorum brevis muscle can cause pain it the top of the foot. It is also a contributor to hammer toe and claw toe.Read More


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In the build up to VSAT Global 2015 we contacted Aditya who is the SVP of Connectivity Systems and CTO Company GEE.
Please tell us about your role?
My company, Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), is one of the world's leading providers of inflight content and connectivity (IFE&C). We provide content to more than 150 airlines and connectivity services to 10 major airlines around the globe. And of course, both these numbers are continuously increasing. Inflight connectivity is one of the hottest, most exciting markets on the planet today and as the business owner of GEE's Connectivity Systems division, and also as it's Chief Technology Officer, I lead the company's connectivity engineering team, with a focus on the organization's technology roadmap, research and development initiatives, and network engineering and support operations for our connectivity customers.
How have you seen the industry change over the last 12 months?
Although I have an extensive background in connectivity systems, and primarily Satellite based ones, I have been with GEE for only 15 months. And yet, during this brief period, I have seen our industry change continuously. A fundamental change is our growing awareness of the power and potential of satellite based connected systems. More and more airline operators are gaining interest, and getting extremely excited about the satellite technologies available for the commercial aviation industry. Satellite solutions are being regularly addressed in all aviation circles, and discussions on Ku/Ka/L-band, HTS technologies and various modem and antenna technologies have become the norm.
What are your priorities for the year ahead?
My priorities are always driven by our customers, and invariably centers around providing our users with the best and most cost effective connectivity solutions. At GEE, we are launching multiple Next Generation products, working with our technology and service partners to integrate new satellite modem technologies to the aviation industry. We are also diligently working to introduce HTS satellite systems to our global coverage. Specifically, we are developing ournew GLOBAL AIRCONNECT antenna system with QEST, integrating the next generation Jupiter Satellite Modem technology with HNS and helping our Satellite partner SES to help launch the SES 12, 14 and 15 HTS satellites so that we, as an anchor tenant can start providing these enhanced services to our customers. All of these programs are fundamentally focused on providing our airline customers with the best, cost effective service for their passengers.
In addition to these efforts, we are also extremely focused on converting all our hardware technologies to become Boeing and Airbus Line fit and ARINC 791 compliant. This will help airline operators maximize their return when ordering new aircraft in the future.
What are the key challenges facing the industry over the 5 years? What needs to change?
The demand for inflight connectivity continues to grow, as more and more airline passengers want to be connected in the sky, the need for capacity is ever increasing. Affordable bandwidth and superior satellite technologies will be the drivers of the next generation of inflight connectivity services over the next five to ten years. The airline passenger will expect, realistic or not, that the broadband experience inflight, be similar to what they experience on the ground. And since the experience on the ground is continuously improving, this will be a natural expectation for our users in the air.
To prepare for such growing expectations, it is imperative for aviation service providers such as GEE to establish well founded partnerships with satellite, product and teleport providers.
What burning question would you like to see answered / debated at VSAT Global?
GEO, LEO, MEO – what satellite infrastructures are best positioned to deliver the next wave of inflight connectivity well into the future?
Finally, in your opinion, why should people attend VSAT Global in September?
Whatever is happening in the satellite and VSAT industry has a direct impact on our business – providing connectivity solutions to the aviation industry. So, it is very clear why I attend. And of course, the pleasure of getting together with all my colleagues and friends in this industry of which I have been a part of for over 25 years!
Stay posted as we will be reaaching out to to many more of the industry professionals to gain their insight. Visit VSAT GLOBAL to find out more.


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|some new backwater on the Des Plaines River
|the best Des Plaines River pike of the day
|some new backwater on the Des Plaines River
|the best Des Plaines River pike of the day
Not a bad DPR pike at all! Those Sims Spinners are great, arent they?!ReplyDelete
yup, nice pike. loving those sims spinners. they are made well!ReplyDelete
Any fishin hole that close to work that produces numbers of fish like that is nothin to sneeze at. Given enough time, I'm sure you'll get a wall hanger (photo).ReplyDelete
Fun to chase those toothy critters, something I, I miss a ton from living in MN. Well done.ReplyDelete
One fish can make your trip, and in your case it was a good fight and one you want forget. Do you get any twist in your line with the inline spinner on this lure? It is a great looking lure and looks like it would be good for crappie in a smaller version. Thanks for sharing
Glad to hear your new spinner worked like a charm. Beauty pike. Sounds like a sweet 2 hour adventure. Nicely done. Tight Lines.ReplyDelete
john- im sure ill get one with enough time on the river
sanders- the midwest certainly has some serious diversity
bill- i try to always use a nice swivel. hate twisted line
TM- thanks man


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Charlie Wheeler Band
Rock, Blues
From: Ridgway, PA, United States
Band Members
- Charlie Wheeler - Lead Guitar and Vocals
- Dave Fink - Bass
- Rad Akers - Drums
About Band
Northern PAs rock trio, the Charlie Wheeler Band, delivers rippin guitar jams that make their bad-ass live shows a high energy experience where fans party hard all night long. The bands hard-driving, blue-collar soul music is reminiscent of the Black Crowes and The Allman Brothers Band, coupled with the blunt force of Pearl Jam. With lyrics that can at times be light, heavy, deep, and even funny, the bands songs tell stories of life, love, and living life on the edge. Hailing from a small town called Ridgway, PA, the Charlie Wheeler Band exudes a toughness that can only be cultivated in the working class environs from which theyve emerged. Powered by the rhythm section of Rad Akers on Drums (Big Leg Emma) and Dave Fink on Bass (That Dog In Egypt), Charlie Wheeler describes the band as a song first type of band. Fans and critics alike appreciate the bands balance of sharp songwriting, engaging vocals and skilled musicianship. With songwriting that is entertaining, even a little irreverent at times, the Charlie Wheeler Band never disappoints with a powerhouse show and sick guitar jams. While expansive, improvisational jamming is a key component to their live show, their third album Rewind is a solid group of structured songs which allow Wheeler to tear into his vocal and lead guitar work with reckless, pent up hostility. Raves Lou Lombardi of Blue Rock Review, While Charlie is a great guitarist and vocalist, what really makes Rewind work is the songwriting. Strip away the crushing rhythm section, smoking guitar work, snarling vocals, and we are left with a set of very beautiful and touching songs. Michael Greenblatt of the Aquarian Weekly said of the album that he was excited to find some good rock n roll again after almost giving up! The summer of 2016 promises a new release and touring up and down the East Coast and into the Midwest.


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Antequera Dolmens Archaeological Site
The Antequera Dolmens Archaeological Site is an ensemble of megalithic monuments comprising the Menga and Viera dolmens and the tholos of El Romeral. It constitutes one of the greatest megalith examples in Europe. These were the first forms of monumental architecture in Prehistory. According to the available information these constructions date back to Neolithic times, and are more than 6,500 years old. The complete Megalithic ensemble has recently been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The Antequera Dolmens Archaeological Site has two areas. First is the Visitor Centre and the Menga and Viera dolmens, and in the second area you can find the tholos of El Romeral.
Instead of being positioned facing the sun, as was customary at the time, these temples were positioned towards the natural landmarks surrounding them. The Menga dolmen is positioned facing the Peńa de los Enamorados (Lovers Rock). The unusual form of this mountain is reminiscent of a human figure. The Tholos of El Romeral is positioned facing the karst landscape of El Torcal de Antequera, whilst the Viera dolmen is the only one positioned towards the sun.
The combination of the spectacular landscape of the Antequera Dolmens with El Torcal and the Peńa de los Enamorados is known as the Site of the Dolmens. An unmissable visit for anyone who wants to discover Prehistoric culture and enjoy a unique natural setting.
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- Located in an urban area
- Inland area
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Shaharyar Ashraf
Education & Credentials
University of Colorado; Denver, CO
Physiology, University of Arizona; Tucson, AZ
Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona; Tucson, AZ
Youre not gonna find someone who cares more about teeth than I will. Dentistry is exciting to me and Im going to make sure your oral health reflects it. I do this by ensuring the highest quality of care with the best treatment possible. So lets work together; come in, smile for me, and let me see your grill!
Dr. Ashrafs favorite sports are basketball and football. He enjoys keeping up with the latest movies and TV shows, especially comedy. His favorite foods are white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.
Volunteer/Service Experience
Global Dental Relief Guatemala
Dr. Ashraf was born in Pakistan and raised in the Tucson area, where he eventually attended the University of Arizona. He is a big supporter of all Arizona sports and enjoys traveling, going to the gym, and staying fit and healthy. As the oldest of three sons, his family values have instilled in him a strong sense of honesty, integrity, and character.
Professional Associations
American Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, Arizona Dental Association