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In a mowed lot very near the airport in Windsor, CT.
Sara and her son
My son really knows how to enjoy a geohash. As we were walking from our car to the hashpoint, he got interested in a hubcap and a piece of asphalt. He got so excited about finding a good rock that he insisted we take it home, and wouldn't even let me use it to mark the hashpoint.
This hashpoint was in a vacant field in a commercial area. We were there at lunch time on a beautiful day and there were quite a few people walking around the streets. I was too shy to ask them whether there was some kind of organized corporate walking program, but I bet there was. About half of them were wearing green for St. Patrick's Day, by the way.


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House Republicans Want a Vote!
Posted by Ryan on August 1, 2008
After the Dems decided to start a five-week vacation, about 40 or so House Republicans, led by Mike Pence, stayed in the House chamber after the Dems adjourned to make a point about the Republican's determination to get a drilling bill up for a vote. On her way out San Fran Nan had the lights turned off, the microphones turned off, and the C-SPAN cameras to be turned off as well. Classy broad, that Pelosi!
The House Republicans sent a letter to President Bush to call the Congress back into session until a vote is taken. President Bush was busy around 12:10pm this afternoon calling in to the Rush Limbaugh Show, congratulating Maha Rushie on 20 years of broadcast excellence. Bush 41 and Jeb also got on the line.
The House Republicans are showing leadership, demonstrating good politics, all while looking like the victim of Pelosi's hard-handed tactics which are getting in the way of the people's business. I hope they can keep this up until Election Day; this is good stuff!
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August 1, 2008 at 2:37 pm
GOP On House Floor Demanding Action On Gas Prices,…
He then said "I am a Democrat and here is my energy plan" and he held up a picture of an old VW Bug with a sail attached to it. He paraded around he house floor with the sign while the crowd cheered….


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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
I've always loved maps because learning street names will tell you a lot about a place. From the Cherokee "Hiwassee" Street and River in Georgia/North Carolina/Tennessee; the Algonquin "Montauk" Highway in Long Island; the Shoshone "Shoshone Drive" existing in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming; the "charming," quaint New England tendency to add old to common things like "Old Barn Road;" to all the damn Peachtree streets in Atlanta, Georgia; you can start to imagine the history of a place instantly.
Ten years ago, if you drove down Dickerson Road in Nashville on a hot summer night you would see the throngs of prostitutes, junkies and pimps and you might wonder if the name begets the action of the place, or if the actions begat the name. Today, the "victimless crimes" are not so blatant, but still there and it had me researching the origin of the road because the innuendo has always been a real high-brow joke in Nashville…
While its roots are disappointingly not lascivious, they are nonetheless entertaining. It starts with Tennessee's pride and joy; Old Hickory himself. To you folks ain't from around here, we're talking about Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson had a real reputation for his temper and rumor had gotten back around to him that prodigy sharpshooter, Charles Dickinson, had basically been running around town calling Rachel Jackson a slut. Andrew challenged Charles to a duel, but clever as he was, decided his only real shot of living was to let Charles go first in the off chance the wound would not be fatal. He hedged his bets correctly, and once taking two shots to the chest, he turned around and aimed true at Charles; killing him point blank.
People in Nashville were not pleased about this effrontery, especially because Charles was such a talented and promising young man. It was proposed that a main thoroughfare in town be named after him, Dickinson Road, but a clerk wrote the name down as "Dickerson," sealing the fate for the its future glory.


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Just so that we're 100 percent clear: This is why Michelle Obama is pushing her Let's Move! campaign so hard. Lil TerRio was at a Drew League game earlier this week and…wow. Just wow. This isn't even funny anymore.
Eff a caption. Anybody got any good suggestions for what TerRio's family should be doing for him right now?
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Will the Petro-yuan Replace the Petrodollar in Global Oil Trading?
Oil is like a coin: one side is Economics and the other is geopolitics and the two are inseparable.
The petrodollar came into existence in 1973 in the wake of the collapse of the international gold standard which was created in the aftermath of World War II under the Bretton Woods agreements. These agreements also established the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world.
The Nixon Administration understood that the collapse of the gold standard system would cause a decline in the global demand for the US dollar. Maintaining that artificial demand for the US dollar was vital for the United States' economy.
So the United States under Nixon struck a deal in 1973 with Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the deal, the Saudis would agree to price all of their oil exports in US dollars exclusively and be open to investing their surplus oil proceeds in US debt securities. In return, the United States offered weapons and protection of Saudi oilfields from neighbouring countries including Israel.
In 1975, all of the OPEC nations agreed to follow suit. Maintaining the petrodollar is America's primary goal. Everything else is secondary.
The petrodollar system provides at least three immediate benefits to the United States.
- It increases global demand for US dollars.
- It also increases global demand for US debt securities and it gives the United States the ability to buy oil with a currency it can print at will.
Moreover, the petrodollar has since elevated the United States economically and politically throughout the world, but after years of unprovoked wars and geopolitical belligerence, US influence is beginning to fade.
China and its long-term plans
China hopes to replicate this dynamic. A rising China is eyeing the benefits of having its own currency play a larger role and to supplant the petrodollar's role in global trade. The initial focus of that trade is oil trade.
There are indications that the Chinese are now accelerating their long-term plan to dethrone the petrodollar. Right now, China is the number one exporter on the globe, the largest crude oil importer in the world and also the world's largest economy with a GDP of $19.42 trillion in 2015 (compared to $17.95 trillion for the US), based on purchasing power parity (PPP).
The Chinese scored a major success for their currency last year when the IMF included the yuan in its Special Drawing Right (SDR) basket along with the US dollar, the euro, the yen, and the British pound sterling.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the US accounted for 50% of the global economy. But by 1980 this has declined to 22%. Three decades of double-digit Chinese growth has reduced that US share to 16% today.
Meanwhile, China's share of the global economy has soared from 2% in 1980 to 18% in 2016. China is currently growing three times faster than the US.
Challenging the petrodollar
Since the 1970s, the global oil trade has almost entirely been conducted in petrodollars. Beijing hopes to challenge the petrodollar by launching a crude oil futures contract on the Shanghai Energy Exchange (INE) denominated in Chinese yuan (petro-yuan) and convertible into gold, potentially creating the most important Asian oil benchmark and allowing oil exporters to bypass US-dollar denominated benchmarks by trading in yuan. This could have devastating effects on the US economy. Demand for the US dollar and US debt would drop like a rock, and prices would soar.
But it won't be easy to unseat the petrodollar. Without some major countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia participating, it will be difficult for China to create a futures oil market that is deep and liquid enough to make a difference. Between them Saudi Arabia and Russia account for 23% of global oil production and 25% of oil exports.
A more significant development was Russia agreeing to some yuan-based oil trade in 2015. Angered by the US sanctions, the Russians began undermining the petrodollar by settling more oil contracts in Asian currencies, especially the Chinese yuan, the Hong Kong dollar and Singapore dollar.
And while China pushes for the petro-yuan, Russia is also making moves which could have serious implications for the petrodollar. In addition to the Russian Miner Coin, the Kremlin announced that it will be creating a new state-endorsed cryptocurrency backed by gold. The goal of this coin is to allow free exchange between the cryptorouble and the rouble and to reduce dependence on foreign currency while stimulating the domestic online economy.
China is now trying to persuade Saudi Arabia to start accepting the yuan for its crude oil. If the Chinese succeed, other oil exporters could follow suit.
Saudi Arabia currently sells a little more than 1 million barrels of oil a day (mbd) to China. Russia is still the top supplier to China, exporting 1.55 mbd and in fact, Russia has been taking market share away from Saudi Arabia in China. If Riyadh wants to avoid losing more ground, it may have to agree to yuan-denominated sales. Recent reports that China's large state-owned oil companies are considering an outright purchase of 5% of Saudi Aramco, a move that Saudi Arabia is rumoured to be considering in lieu of the Aramco IPO, should be seen in this context.
Moving oil trade out of the petrodollars into the petro-yuan will take right now between $600 billion and $800 billion worth of transactions out of the petrodollar. This will also mean stronger demand for Chinese securities, goods, and services.
And if China, having built massive gold reserves in recent years, allows any trade partners to exchange their petro-yuan revenues from oil directly into gold, it would likely vastly reduce the interest in holding foreign exchange reserves in US dollars, increasing the interest in holding gold and yuan.
For China, there are a lot of upsides to this gambit. An oil futures market based in yuan will stimulate demand for the Chinese currency, which China believes will lend it strategic clout. That money is also more likely to be recycled back into the Chinese economy. The US has been able to run huge budget deficits, borrowing money at extremely low rates because of the demand for its currency. Petrodollars continuously flow back into the US economy, creating investment and economic growth that might not otherwise occur. The dollar has also long been one of the premier safe havens for investors around the world.
For Saudi Arabia, it would be a difficult choice – lose the Chinese market or spark the ire of Washington.
The launching of the crude oil benchmark on the Shanghai exchange could mark the beginning of the end of the petrodollar.
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*Dr Mamdouh G. Salameh is an international oil economist. He is one of the world's leading experts on oil. He is also a visiting professor of energy economics at the ESCP Europe Business School in London.
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Entering all this change into the machine was no small feat in itself. It took about 20 minutes to load it all up. Once or twice the machine actually asked me to slow down so that it could catch up. To quote Rollins "that's a lot of … change." I finally got all the change into the machine, and had a small audience consisting of one wide-eyed kid, a lady who was curious about how the machine worked and two guys who were waiting to get their turn with their one jar. One jar, thats all they had, the amatures!
Alright, so I had what boils down to 3 1/4 gallons of change piled up, one of the bottles was all quarters, no kidding. So many a person has prompted me to go ahead and bring the change to a coinstar machine to get it changed over into "real" money, and last night I finally broke down and did it. I must say this experience left me with mixed emotions. On the one hand I've got a bunch of cash in my pocket which is great after yesterday's car maintenance costs, but on the other hand, coinstar took 8.9 cents on the dollar, so I'm a bit bitter about "the man" getting a piece of my earnings. The other sore spot is that it was always comforting to look at the collected change and think "that'll be nice for a rainy day".
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I only write about wildfires occasionally. This is because I am so far removed from their work being from an urban department. That isn't to say that Hotshots and other Wildland Firefighters aren't an aspect of the Fire Service. This video I originally saw on Firefighter Nation shows the 2012 season for the Entiat Hotshot crews.
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Introduction: Premature birth (<37 weeks of gestation age, GA) occurs during a critical phase of skeletal muscle development and may induce permanent alterations in the structure and function of this organ system. We have shown that young adults born <29 weeks of GA have reduced aerobic capacity, which is dependent on the integrity of the skeletal muscles. Thus, we postulate that young adults born very prematurely (PT) have impaired skeletal muscle function compared to young adults born at term (T).
Methods: This prospective observational cohort included PT (<29 GA) and T controls aged 18 to 29 years. Muscle strength was characterized by grip strength (Linear Dynamometer, MedUp, Atlas Medic) and vertical jump. Muscle oxygenation was measured continuously by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS - Oxymon pro, Artinis medical) on the vastus lateralis and gastrocnemius during a cardiopulmonary exercise test. Between-group comparisons were performed by the Mann-Whitney U-test for non-parametric data and are presented as median (IQR).
Results: 16 young PT adults and 35 T controls were included in the study. There was no difference in grip strength (PT: 56kg (51 – 75); T: 62kg (53 – 82), p = 0.46). Performance on the vertical jump was significantly reduced in PT versus T (PT: 22cm (14 – 27); T: 27cm (22 – 39), p = 0.02). Using NIRS, we did not detect any differences in the relative change in oxygenated, deoxygenated and total hemoglobin in both muscles.
Conclusion: Although premature birth appears to affect the integrity of the skeletal muscle, we did not find between-group differences in its oxygenation during exercise in this small sample of PT and T born adults.
Camille Bastien Tardif– Master Student in physical activity sciences, University of Montréal
Camille Girard-Bock– PhD Candidate, University of Montréal
Anik Cloutier– Research Associate, CHU Sainte-Justine research center
Mathieu Dehaes– Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Institut de génie biomédical, Université de Montréal
Thuy Mai Luu– Clinician-scientist and Pediatrician, CHU Sainte-Justine
Anne Monique Nuyt– Full Time Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and neonatologist, CHU Sainte-Justine
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I'm just back from SNAP Innovation, the developers of the Primebase XT (PBXT) storage engine, here in Hamburg / Altona. What a pleasure to visit a company that, despite its closed-source roots, has understood and embraced what Open Source is all about and how it can open up business possibilities!
Left: Paul McCullagh
PBXT is a pluggable storage engine that fits in with MySQL 5.1. It is fully transactional, and supports MVCC. That makes it a good fit for many purposes, but the area where it is an especially good fit is for the industry that SNAP has been serving for the past decades: the publishing industry. No matter whether print or web, they have fairly similar needs, where BLOBs are a common denominator.
While MyISAM has supported BLOBs since the 1990s, and while the inventor of the concept of BLOB is Jim Starkey developing the Falcon engine, I can see PBXT satisfying needs beyond the mere moving the storage of pictures, films, MP3 files and other such data off the file system, into the database. Although PBXT isn't there yet, Paul McCullagh (the PBXT author and SNAP CTO), Ulrich Zimmer (their CEO) and Volker Oboda (their director of Mktg & Sales) presented an interesting vision of PBXT as the engine for scalable BLOB streaming. While most access to the PBXT based data will be through MySQL, SNAP seeks to develop a dedicated API (over a separate protocol) accessing the streaming aspects of the BLOBs more efficiently than can be made through a SQL constrained interface.
I'm happy to note that Paul McCullagh will present at the MySQL Conference & Expo 23-26 April 2007, with a session PrimeBase XT: Design and Implementation of a Transactional Storage Engine (Wednesday 10:45-11:45 in Ballroom F), and on the panel in Lightning Rounds: State of the Partner Engines (Thursday 10:45-11:45, Ballroom H). I'm sure Paul will take advantage of the opportunity to integrate with not just MySQLers but also top PHP & Ruby developers, since I think there are some joint interests between PBXT and several development environments.
We talked about various aspects of better integrating PBXT into MySQL and our community activities. Let's see if Paul manages to put up a task for MySQL's Summer of Code page, for benchmarking of the PBXT engine.
Read more about PBXT in Robin Schumacher's article "A look at the PBXT Storage Engine". If you want to follow the ongoing development of PBXT, consider reading Paul's blog (which is also aggregated on Planet MySQL) and take PBXT for a test drive yourself by downloading it from http://www.primebase.com/xt/.
It seems to me that SNAP intends to build up a sizable community of users of the PBXT storage engine under MySQL, and that they're in it for the long run, aiming for their scalable BLOB streaming backend.


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Spending two weeks onboard a Disney cruise ship is little more than a dream for those of us with school-age children. But my in-laws have no such limitations. They recently returned from a two-week Disney Cruise Lines (DCL) sailing on the Wonder from San Diego through the Panama Canal to Galveston, Texas. I got to live vicariously through them and learned these Disney cruise tips for longer Disney cruises.
Disney Cruise Tips for Longer Disney Cruises
My in-laws booked this cruise while sailing with my family on the Disney Wonder Alaska cruise we did back in 2014. This was their second cruise on DCL. Seeing as this one was on the same ship for 7 days, I was curious to see what they thought. I came away with several Disney cruise tips for anyone considering this or the other longer Disney cruises.
1. You're Not Going Back to Where You Came From
Both Panama Canal sailings are unique among most Disney itineraries because they depart from and arrive into two completely different locations. That means it involves complicated airline reservations, but Disney rewards you for that in the pricing on the voyage.
The bottom line is that overall, these are the two DCL offerings that give you the most value for your money. If you book ahead of time, you can maximize that benefit, and if you book while on another Disney cruise, you can do even better with a 10% discount and a stateroom credit that are often offered to those who book another cruise while onboard their current voyage.
Just a rough example…if you booked on January 15th 2018 for a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise in April 2018, it would cost approximately $4067 or $581/night. If you booked on January 15th 2018 for a 14-night Westbound Panama Canal cruise in April 2018, it would cost approximately $6248 or $446/night.
2. Crowds? What Crowds?
On any of the holiday or summer DCL sailings from New York or Florida, the ships often are quite crowded. Nothing like the theme parks at Walt Disney World, of course, but you do still wait on line for characters, getting into the theater for shows, etc.
On the Disney Panama Canal cruise, apparently not the case. In fact, I was dying to know how many children were on the Wonder for the Panama Canal cruise, and apparently so were others since my mother-in-law promptly told me "only 200." Only 200 kids on a ship that can accommodate 2,400 passengers is amazing. I'm sure those kids had free reign in the kids' clubs and elsewhere. She also told me that it was more younger children than older, but that there were middle and high school aged kids there as well, diligently doing their homework between activities.
3. Cool Port Visits!
On this voyage, the Wonder made stops in Cabo San Lucas, Puerta Vallarta, Cartegena, Cozumel, and Grand Cayman. There were the typical Caribbean style offerings, like scuba diving and snorkeling in many ports, but there were also some unique cultural experiences.
A boat tour of the beautiful sandstone cliffs and arches in the harbor in Cabo, for example. In another port, my in-laws visited ancient Mayan ruins with a detailed tour presented by a guide of Mayan descent. In Colombia, they could have taken advantage of a tour of the cacao fields with a chocolate tasting experience or an emerald jewelry making class.
For those looking for something vastly different from the normal DCL Caribbean offerings without having to travel across the Atlantic, this is it.
4. Welcome to Galveston. Don't Plan on Leaving Anytime Soon.
Having sailed on several DCL cruises, I'm generally very impressed by their ability to disembark so many guests when the ship arrives at its final destination. Apparently, the same can't be said for Galveston. The guests on this sailing waited hours in the lobby to disembark, and many missed their departing flights – problems caused by port authorities and not DCL. My in-laws mentioned that other guests said that is typical for any sailings in or out of Galveston. Not a great way to end a fantastic vacation.
The Panama Canal cruise also sometimes transits via Miami instead – perhaps a better way to enjoy all this great cruise has to offer!


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Overall Winner …. 37pts
Bert Damsteeg
Overall Runner up …. 35pts
Liam Glennie
Overall 3rd …. 35pts
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To be able to be noticeable on the list of packed market for living features that are assisted, you should have a marketing strategy set up. There are lots of marketing ideas from when promoting your attention center, to select. It's crucial that you target caregivers and patients together with your advertising, about putting loved ones into living amenities because caregivers frequently make decisions. Industry for Online Retain a graphical custom should you not actually have a web site on your assisted living capability and copywriter to help one is built by you. There are a variety of free advertising instruments you need to use online, once you've a website. Publish your internet site to free sites for example dmoz.org ,. Individuals searching for living amenities will be able when Net searches are conducted by them to find your company. Create a Referral Marketing Program A marketing plan permits you to promote your assisted center that is living through "term-of- mouth advertising," which is when other folks aid market your providers foryou.
Third, a streak of humor runs through american literature from most early instances to the current.
Supply bonuses to your sufferers as www.fastessaysonline.co.uk/ well as their households when they direct an individual to your assisted living center. For example, offer 20-percent discount on lodging fees for a year, 6 months value of meals for free or a cash incentive for present patients at your ability who recommend additional sufferers. Create a Newsletter Updates will help you stay in regular contact with clients and caregivers who could possibly be contemplating your services. Consult every possibility who visits with needs info or your assisted living service for their mailing address. Deliver a regular newsletter via email or postal mail that covers important subjects for your customer base, such as the approach for enrolling a loved one into an assisted living home; monetary factors and assistance; and different health issues and how your team is trained to manage them. Purchase Lists Associate having an email list company, that may allow you to create a qualified listing of caregivers and people who may need your services. For example, a company might help you develop a set of caregivers who currently offer take care of an elderly parent. After you have your number all set to go, send a brochure that describes the benefits of your assisted living service plus a delightful notification. Give your contact data, as well as a page with "often asked queries" about your service.
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Sponsor a Openhouse Another strategy to market your living center that is assisted will be to host a house that is open. Spot an advertisement within your local newspaper to announce your event. Supply rewards for people keynote speakers or in the future, including free food and beverages, massages. While individuals take them on trips of your center get to your house that was open and remedy any questions they've about assisted living.


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|Cartoon of Charles Guiteau by Miriam Leslie, 1881.
Melville's Ahab cannot stop hunting the white whale, even as the quest takes the lives of his crew, his own sanity, and eventually the entire ship. Guiteau insisted that he was on a divine mission when he shot Garfield, because God wanted Garfield replaced.
The question of the relationship between God and society was central in American intellectual life in the early republic. America's Puritan divines insisted that their followers must have a personal relationship with God, but then got around the problem of divinely inspired antisocial acts by insisting that anyone operating in unorthodox ways was conspiring not with God but with the Devil. By the antebellum years, the country's writers—Hawthorne and Melville, especially—had picked up the theme of the tension between God and society and explored it in the emotionally charged pages of their books. In the 1850s this question exploded into politics, with leaders like William Henry Seward claiming that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution that required their allegiance.
Seward's argument horrified Abraham Lincoln, who insisted that the nation was one of laws, and who fought the Civil War according to the Constitution. Both Lincoln's adherence to the Constitution and the sheer carnage of the Civil War effectively ended the idea that American society could accommodate the actions of those who believed themselves divinely inspired. By the time Guiteau tried to justify his actions to a jury, he was a figure of derision and disgust.


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Italy bans the use of neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees.
"Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT. I don't care about spots on my apples. Just leave me the birds and the bees, please." Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell
Did you see this little news item that ran back in May: "Italy Bans Pesticide for Bee Health"? I honestly thought at the time that it would generate more … um … buzz than it ultimately did in the media and among beekeepers, farmers, gardeners, nature lovers, as well as everyone else who likes to eat. I'm not surprised, though. We were likely all distracted by the 24/7 coverage of another end-of-times scenario playing out in slow motion in the Gulf of Mexico. It has lately been a very intense news cycle, and I guess colony collapse is so very 2006.
In case you missed it, it seems that last year as a "precautionary measure" the Italian Agriculture Department banned the use of nicotine-based pesticides (known as neonicotinoids) that coat or are infused into crop seeds – in particular corn, sunflower, rapeseed seeds — and their precautionary bet paid off. Bee populations were restored! There were no significant bee losses in the apiaries around the corn fields. In southern Italian citrus groves and vineyards where these neonicotinoids were not banned, bee losses continue unabated.
Okay, I think I'm with the Italians on this one. Let's do it! What's the harm in banning these pesticides in the United States (or even in just a state or two) and simply see what happens? To me, it's not unlike those times my mom used to tell me to "Put a hat on or you'll catch your death!" before I went out to play in the snow. I grumbled about it for sure, but a hat, too, was a precautionary measure. While not wearing a hat did not guarantee I'd catch pneumonia, there wasn't any harm done by putting the hat on either. Anyway, grumbling or not, I didn't win this argument too often … On the other hand, I never did catch pneumonia.
More support for banning neonicotinoids comes in the form of the documentary, "Nicotine Bees," which explores the possibility that seeds coated with the pesticides might be, if not the main cause of CCD, that last straw that is breaking the proverbial camel's back. I haven't seen it yet, but it's on my viewing list. The Sierra Club has seen it, and is convinced, too. Late last year, they launched the Pollinator Protection Program to demand that the EPA ban neonicotinoids.
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In 2014, Wolfenstein: The New Order was released to critical acclaim and there is no reason to believe that MachineGames latest effort, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, will receive the same warm appraisal from the gaming community.
In a game that primarily revolves around killing as many Nazi's as possible in increasingly inventive and brutal ways, you would be forgiven for thinking that the plot isn't exactly going to impress, but that's where you'd be wrong. The story in Wolfenstein 2 is by far and away the greatest offering yet from the long-running series. One moment the tone is extremely serious, dealing with issues as sickening as racism, violence and sadism. The next, the tension is swept away and we experience the brighter side of Wolfenstein 2, the side with the wacky but very likeably characters and the genuinely laugh-out-loud moments.
Wolfenstein 2 manages to pull off without feeling jarring purely on the back of its impeccably acted and voiced cast. Without bogging itself down with excessive exposition, the game manages to let us know enough about the characters early on that we find ourselves forging a meaningful connection with them right off the bat.
Gameplay this time around is even more boisterous than in its predecessor, while always maintaining a fun and fair balance. While your character can dish out an inhuman amount of firepower, you are pretty weak from a defence point of view, something that encourages the incredibly fast-paced gameplay that the series is known for.
Wolfenstein 2 even introduces a smattering of stealth gameplay should you choose to make use of it. Fortunately, going in all-guns-blazing is also perfectly acceptable for the most part. Along the way, you will be picking up upgrades for your (admittedly meagre) selection of weapons, unlocking perks by completing certain acts.
Aesthetically, there can be no denying that Wolfenstein 2 is a serious looker. Although a little drab and grey and first, the game will eventually come out of its shell and reveal the often beautiful world that Wolfenstein 2 is set in.
While not being the greatest first-person shooter on the shelves, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is certainly a contender for the best story in a shooter today. It is an expertly crafted title from a studio who seem to struggle to put a foot wrong.
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Discussion: War and the Future of Peace in Sri Lanka: A Public Discussion with Nirmala Rajsingam
Fri, February 27, 2009 7:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
In the face of an unfolding human catastrophe in Sri Lanka where a repressive state fights a fierce non-state force, how can accountability be determined and demanded, peace imagined, and a just political process sought?
Learn about the specifics of the current situation, while at the same time posing questions about how Sri Lanka can shed light on other contexts of secessionism, nationalism, militancy and state power in South Asia and beyond, particularly in the context of a global "war on terror"? Furthermore what is role of diaspora/exile communities in shaping, funding, and brokering national aspirations in contrast to those who have remained?
Discussing these questions will be:
Lead Speaker: Nirmala Rajsingam [Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, London]
Opening Remarks: Ahilan Kadirgamar [Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, New York]
Moderator: Bhavani Raman [South Asia Solidarity Initiative, New York]
Performance by NYC-based artists YaliniDream and Varuni Tiruchelvam
About the Featured Speaker
Nirmala Rajsingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil activist who lives in exile in London. She was the first woman to be detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in the early eighties. A survivor of the government engineered Welikade prison massacre, Nirmala was subsequently freed from prison by LTTE guerrillas. She left the LTTE as a result of the total lack of internal democracy within the movement and its serious human rights abuses. Nirmala is the sister of Dr. Rajani Thiranagama, founder-member of the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), who was assassinated by the LTTE for her outspoken views. They are the subjects of the documentary film "No More Tears Sister" by the National Film Board of Canada.
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At the beginning of the month, I was asked to be take part in a survey from CVS . In the survey I had to compare the CVS Ad vs. the Walgreens Ad. Now that they've had time to tally the results and read all the feedback, it seems as though CVS heard the public voice! It is rumored that the 4/15 CVS ad will contain CVS coupons! I don't have the details yet as to if they can be stacked, but I can't wait to find out 🙂
You may wonder how was I invited to take the CVS survey in the first place. Well, I'll tell you 🙂 I'm a member of the CVS Advisory Board, and you can be too! All that you have to do is apply! It's worth it. The survey took maybe 10-15 minutes to complete and I got $10 in ECBs for completing the survey! Click HERE to apply today.
Here's CVS' description of the "CVS Advisory Board":
"Throughout the year, we will send you invitations to participate in online surveys about CVS products and services. If you choose to participate in our surveys, we will thank you for your time by providing you with a self-printable CVS ExtraBucks coupon immediately after completing our survey. Becoming a member of ExtraCare and the CVS Advisor Panel is FREE."


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Up to 11 bodies found in train car in Iowa
DENISON, Iowa — Up to 11 badly decomposed bodies, possibly belonging to immigrants who were being smuggled into the country, were found in a Union Pacific rail car parked at a grain elevator outside of town, authorities said Monday.
All the victims boarded the train in Mexico, but their nationality was unconfirmed, said Jerry Heinauer, district director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for Nebraska and Iowa.
Heinauer said he was told by the Mexican consul that the car left Matamoros, Mexico, in June. It was parked in Oklahoma before heading to Denison, about 60 miles northwest of Omaha, Neb.
Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican Consul for the Dakotas, Iowa and Nebraska, said railroad officials had given him the impression that the bodies had been in the rail car at least four months.
Cuevas and Heinauer said they didn't know if the victims were men, women or children.
"We have notified our government and they will advise if they have people whose whereabouts are not known and that might have been heading this way," Cuevas said.
Workers were opening up a long line of rail cars Monday and noticed bodies inside a covered grain car parked at a grain-handling facility, said Karla Miller, spokeswoman for ADM, a grain processing and food products company based in Decatur, Ill. She said the cars, which had been in storage for several months, were being cleaned and prepared for grain shipments.
"As the workers were opening the cars up, they discovered several badly decomposed bodies," Miller said. "As soon as the bodies were found, we called the authorities."
Crawford County Sheriff Tom Hogan said the bodies were left in the rail car, which would be shipped overnight to Des Moines for examination by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the state medical examiner. He also said it did not appear foul play was involved.
Heinauer said authorities do not yet know whether the occupants were being smuggled but said it fit the pattern of smuggling operations.
"Unfortunately it does happen occasionally that smugglers lead migrants into the United States and then they lock them in cars so that authorities wouldn't check the cars," Heinauer said.


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Example problem that OverOps helped resolve:
We developed a custom time-based application service that often had strange edge cases. Without OverOps, finding those edge cases took weeks, now we're able to solve these problems in a matter of hours.
What is so unique and compelling about OverOps?
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Last night while in bed watching umpteen episodes of 'Shameless' (DAMN YOU SHOWTIME FREE PREVIEW WEEKEND…. sucking me in and FORCING me to subscribe!), I frigged around on Pinterest looking for some low-carb snack ideas. What did I learn? Low carb snacks are just all stupid and boring.
-Have a handful of nuts (YEAH!! THAT would be SO satisfying!)
-Make this 18 ingredient dessert or bread made up of bizzare chemicals. (GREAT IDEA!! Eating healthy should ALWAYS involve filling your body with lab created "food.")
-There is a bizarre obsession with these things called "FAT BOMBS." The name is disgusting. As is the premise. It just seems SO necessary! Like eating something just to…. eat something?
So basically my search was a waste of time. I have no idea what "normal" people that don't eat sugar snack on. Fruit I guess. Dumb.
Also I read an article lately extolling the evils of artificial sweetener. Which I have already known forever, but right now just seems like the last fucking thing I want to hear. Now I feel like an asshole when I drink my beloved morning coffee (because I use 2 squirts of Torani sugar free syrup). And then I feel like an asshole again when I have a diet caffeine free soda later on. I DO NOT LIKE TO DRINK PLAIN WATER. My daughter has been doing this lately….
She claims it is delicious, but it seems like a lot of work and a lot of wasted fruit to me.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1953
An average issue. The gender roles in most stories were more than a little quaint, the stories were entertaining nevertheless.
Made in U.S.A. • novelette by J. T. McIntosh [as by J. T. M'Intosh ]
A man sues his new wife for divorce as she didn't tell before marriage that she is an "android". (an android in this story means what a clone today means, the androids are completely human, they just are artificially grown and have a stamp "made in USA" in their navels. ) For some undefined reason androids cannot have children and that is the grounds for the divorce. in principle the androids have exactly the same rights as humans, they don't ever have to tell if they are androids or not. A pretty good story which addresses racism and intolerance. Well written, but the gender attitudes in this future are extremely fifties like. ***½
Seventh Victim • [Victim] • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
It is common and legal to murder someone if you want. The only catch is that if you want to kill someone, you must later be a voluntary victim, and it is up to you survive the murder attempt and be able to eliminate the would-be murderer. A man who has already done six murders (and survived six attempts against his own life) gets a name of his seventh victim, and it is a woman! Not fair! An amusing story with a nice end twist. A woman is very beautiful, seems to be helpless and is very afraid. The "hunter" can't help himself and naturally falls in love with her and drops his guard. Then the woman shoots him in cold blood – it was her tenth case already. A very readable story in spite of the "slightly" old-fashioned gender roles. ****-
University • novelette by Peter Phillips (1920-)
A spaceship with multinational crew is travelling its' destination: another planet. The members of the crew are suspicious and are watching each other closely. They are apparently afraid that a member of the crew would plant a flag of his nation and claim the planet for that country. Apparently that would be an irreversible and legally binding and effective procedure for all time. The crew is then kidnapped by an advanced civilization so that humanity's maturity could be evaluated. The result isn't a surprise. A pretty clichéd story, the writing wasn't too good. Was a struggle to read. Might be suited for reading aloud in a convention.., **-
Origins of Galactic Law • [Origins of Galactic . . .] • shortstory by Edward Wellen
Short "amusing" case studies how the law is interpreted in different galactic cultures. Better that most of the episodes in this series, but these vignettes would be better suited as space fillers between real stories. **+
Unready to Wear • shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
A part of humanity has become "amphiphious" which means they are able to leave their bodies at will. They have a reserve of very healthy are good looking bodies which can be used at will, most of time they spent as incorporeal happy beings. Those humans who haven't left their bodies consider them deserters. A fairly good story with a nice ironic tone running through it. Nice writing as could be expected from Vonnegut. ***+
The Sentimentalists • novelette by Murray Leinster
Two aliens in love stop to an outer planer of a solar system. In an inner planet is a human colony, where a man is slaving to keep his farm. The company which owns the planet is scheming to take over his farm and to force him to be a day laborer at a cut rate wage. The female observes this and starts to pity him. The male alien starts to feed the man's mind with some nice inventions. A fairly nice story, but might have been a lot more tightly written. A fair amount of things happen in the story, but pretty slowly. ***
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Star Wars Movie Masterpiece Action Figure Princess Leia
Star Wars Movie Masterpiece Action Figure Princess Leia – The strong and fearless Princess Leia holds a very special place in many Star Wars fans' heart. With her courageous personality and dedication to ending the tyranny of the Empire, she ranks among the galaxy's greatest heroes and one of the most beloved heroines of all time.
Sideshow and Hot Toys are proud to officially present the Star Wars Movie Masterpiece Action Figure Princess Leia collectible figure from The Empire Strikes Back! The highly-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the appearance of Princess Leia in the film. Featuring a newly developed head sculpt with stunning likeness, sophisticated tailoring of Leia?s outfit as seen in the battle of Hoth, an assortment of weapons and accessories, and a specially designed snow-theme figure stand, this collectible captures all of the details of the great Rebel leader.
A long time in the making, the sixth scale Princess Leia collectible demonstrates undoubted quality. The dearest princess will surely become a cherished addition to all Star Wars fans' collection!


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South Tarawa a city in Kiribati
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Just like for the Sun, moonrise and moonset are computed for South Tarawa location and actual timing may vary with viewer's actual location and altitude. While lunar phases remain constant for any location on Earth and depend only on relative positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun.
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The Kind of Chinese Currency Manipulation the U.S. Likes
In recent days, the Chinese central bank has been intervening in currency markets to drive up the value of the yuan against the dollar while other currencies have been falling against the dollar. This is the kind of currency "manipulation," that the U.S. Treasury likes -- and has taken note of privately. But it's wary of patting the Chinese on the back. That's because the only safe political position in Washington on Chinese currency issues is that Beijing isn't doing enough.
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- Writing China: The Limits of the Yuan's Global Rise
- Chinese Students in the U.S. Fear the Yuan's Fall
- A New Yuan Trade: Target Short-Sellers, a Group Says
- Cold Feet: China's Experiment With Freer Yuan Again Gets Cut Short
- 5 Things to Know About China's Yuan Policy
- China Challenged to Keep Yuan Stable as Dollar Rises
Indeed, expect to see speech after speech on the Senate floor lambasting the Chinese for keeping the currency undervalued when the Senate considers a bill to penalize China for currency manipulation, which now has a more politically neutral name, "currency misalignment."
With the euro zone seemingly in disarray, the dollar has once again become a safe haven. Since Aug. 31, the dollar has gained 7% against the euro, nearly 9% against the South Korean won and 5% against the Malaysian ringgit. But it continued to depreciate against the yuan at a modest 0.5%.
Since China agreed to let its currency float somewhat against the dollar, it has risen at a nearly clockwork pace of 0.5% a month -- no matter what the market conditions. That's because the government minutely sets currency policy, and has reached a consensus that a 6% or so annual appreciation works for China as a way to fight inflation and, eventually, lift the currency to a point where it could float freely and halt the build-up of reserves for which it has no real use.
With the government undergoing its own leadership change in 2012, there's almost no chance that politicians will make a substantial change to that policy. The U.S. Treasury recognizes that political reality but can't say so publicly for fear of political backlash.
But sometimes China's steady, plodding currency policy works to the U.S. advantage. For a few days before China's week-long national holiday that began on Oct. 3, the central bank set the daily reference rate for the yuan stronger against the dollar, but market purchases pushed the yuan downward to the lower bound. The yuan is allowed to trade within a 0.5% band compared to the reference rate. The next day, the central bank set the reference rate for more appreciation.
Wang Tao, a UBS economist in Hong Kong says that some traders may have been trying to cover short position in dollars, by purchasing greenbacks and putting upward pressure on the dollar. As the final buyer of currency, the central "can decide how many [dollars] to buy to determine the exchange rate onshore," Ms. Wang says. In other words, it bought enough to keep the dollar heading downward.
Stephen Green a Standard Chartered economist in Hong Kong figures that the central bank "wants to assure markets of their intentions [and] provide some kind of floor under China risk" that the government will reverse course and let the yuan devalue as a way to protect its export industry during global economic turbulence. Continuing with the pace of yuan appreciation vs. the dollar "next year will be tougher for them to do." China is widely expected to try to goose its economy somewhat as inflation fears ebb and growth concerns mount.
Senate supporters of the currency bill may also argue that only congressional pressure keeps China on the path of appreciation. China may be doing "whatever it can to tamp down anti-China rhetoric in Congress," says Brookings Institution China expert Eswar Prasad, although he's dubious. "The market continues to get excited about small moves in the yuan, but I see the data as confirming a stable yuan policy" despite turmoil in Europe, Mr. Prasad says.
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19 May 2009
Mari Rockett
Each painting will be featured on the "Mari Wall" in the gallery this summer. The proceeds from the sale of these paintings will generate monies for a sculpture -- to be installed in Ecola Square in memory of Mari.
My small painting is what i believe Mari gave to everyone.... Mari shared her light -- her wisdom.... her joy.
The world was a brighter place with her presence.
Mari's Gift
11 " h x 11" w
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- Unknown said...
What a beautiful tribute to any person - that they shared their light, wisdom and joy. Your painting is so fitting - open hands reaching out to give. I am sure she would have been so pleased to think her life had made an impact and difference to so many. Beautiful.
- May 19, 2009 at 7:28 PM
- Carol Carter said...
hi joanne!
thanks so much for your beautiful comment. i thought the idea of an "offering" was so appropriate for mari. mari was always giving.... she did make an impact... on so many people.
thank you for sharing with me... your lovely, thoughtful message.
- May 19, 2009 at 8:25 PM
- Arti said...
What a beautiful painting...very well crafted and befitting tribute.Loved it on first glance!
- May 20, 2009 at 12:10 AM
- Elizabeth Seaver said...
This is just stunning!
- May 20, 2009 at 4:26 AM
- Carol Carter said...
thank you elizabeth and arti!! i am appreciative of your support!
- May 20, 2009 at 5:35 AM
- MB Shaw said...
This is lovely and such a perfect way to honor her memory. I didn't know her, but imagine she would be touched by this work.
- May 20, 2009 at 6:26 AM
- Joan Sandford-Cook said...
Beautiful idea to create artwork in honour of a wonderful lady. I agree with Joanne, the sharing of light with open hands is such a wonderful image.
- May 21, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Carol Carter said...
thank you joan and mary beth... i do cherish your comments! mari would appreciate knowing too.. that so many people care/cared about her!
best.~~ carol
- May 25, 2009 at 11:07 AM


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Harry Potter inspired Magical session in Poole
I LOVE Harry Potter and was so happy when I was asked to create some Magical images for these amazing children. I had so many ideas floating through my
I LOVE Harry Potter and was so happy when I was asked to create some Magical images for these amazing children. I had so many ideas floating through my
Lawson's Mum mentioned how her beautiful son has adored the Little Mermaid since only a few week olds, so I thought it would be a great idea to do
I first met Lawson and his lovely family almost a year ago when I did his Newborn and Family session. He is even cuter than I remembered and I
I met this beautiful little Angel called C'anna-Marie when she came for her Newborn photography session at 3 weeks old. She is perfect in every way. We managed to
I met this beautiful little newborn boy when he was just a few days old. He was an excellent sleeper and we managed to get through quite a few,
I met the beautiful Annabelle yesterday for her newborn session. At 6 days new, she was just so tiny and so adorable. It took a while to settle her,
I first photographed this beautiful girl when she came for her newborn session. She was such a good sleeper and I managed to get so many different poses. This
My beautiful daughter, Dakota loves all things Magical. She also loves the Polar Express movie, so I surprised her with this image. She was absolutely amazed when she saw
I met this beautiful bundle of cuteness at only 4 days new. Oliver had me wrapped around his adorable little finger the moment I cuddled him. He was an
Welcome to the world, beautiful baby Olivia. I was lucky enough to photograph this beautiful newborn baby girl, at 22 days new. It felt like just yesterday that I


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Some times your heart thinks, whom do you really love?
You love someone but you like someone else,
Your mind speaks, but your heart denies,
Someone listens, but someone else comforts,
Someone prays, but someone else consoles,
Someone says but someone else"s action speaks,
Someone laughs, but someone else understands,
Someone just tells, but someone makes you do,
Someone is there, but someone you want is not,
You search for someone is someone else,
Is this the beginning of love, or is it the end,
A time comes in life when you think what love really is?
What you think is love or it is something else,
Listen to your mind but follow your heart.
Some times your heart thinks, whom do you really love?
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- Shamasis said...
Is it ur work?
- 2:43 AM, July 23, 2006
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Triangular Shaped Card by Sheila Weaver
If you have any problems with this project and are a member of the Joanna Sheen forum, please contact Sheila W. via YUKU mail. If you are not a member, please come and join us and message me.
8" x 8" white scalloped card blank.
2 A4 sheets of JS Elegance 300gsm Card or JS Elegance 160gsm Paper.
Approximately 1mtr JS Dotty Lilac Satin Ribbon.
Sticky Stuff – I used, Double Sided Tape, Red Liner Taper, Foam Pads and Pinflair Glue Gel.
JS House Mouse Project Book and CD Rom.
Step One
Print out the decoupage and matching backing sheet. The topper over sails the card and if you are using 160gsm paper you will need an extra sheet of card to mount the topper on, before sticking it to the card.
Step Two
Open out an 8" x 8" scalloped card and cut in half along the score line. With the plain edge of the card at the right-hand side, score diagonally as shown.
Step Three
Cut out the number of decoupage layers you wish to use, and if you have printed the decoupage using 160gsm paper, mount the largest topper onto a piece of 300gsm card to reinforce it.
Cut a piece of backing paper 7.5" x 7.5" and cut in half diagonally to create a triangle.
Step Four
Mount the backing paper on the front of the card.
Using foam pads attach the bottom layer of the topper to the front of the card.
Step Five
Using Red Liner tape position and attach to the card as illustrated. Do not remove the backing strip. Remove the backing strip as the ribbon is positioned. If you wish to pleat the ribbon, a pokey tool will help to make the pleats.
Attach the remaining layers of decoupage to the card.
Step Six
To make a rosette cut a piece of ribbon 10cms long and gather along one edge using a running stitch. Commence the running stitch approximately 5mm from the side edge.
After gathering the ribbon, sew together the raw edges at the back of the rosette.
Attach the rosette to the bottom left-hand corner of the card.
This card will fit in an 8" x 8" envelope, which comes with the card blank.


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Each Wednesday at 12 noon we have a half hour act of worship in the sanctuary. As with our Sunday services we have praise and prayer, and the Word of God is read and preached. We promise a warm welcome to our building that is wheelchair accessible and dementia friendly. The mid-week setting, the later start and the shorter duration in the comfortable setting of our refurbished premises all combine to make Wednesday Worship something that is suitable for everyone.
After our worship we warmly invite you to join us in the hall where we will serve a light lunch of home made soup with crusty bread. This gives everyone the opportunity to enjoy fellowship in the relaxed atmosphere of our church family.
During July and August we meet for half and hour of prayer and praise before sharing a tea and sandwich lunch.
Everyone is welcome.
Any questions?
phone Douglas on 0141 563 4815 or use our contact form


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Press release
Amadeus announces that it expects 70% of the tickets issued through its system will be electronic (e-tickets) by the end of 2006. The current figure is 64.5%
Madrid, 30 August 2006: Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, announces that it expects 70% of the tickets issued through its system will be electronic (e-tickets) by the end of 2006. The current figure is 64.5%.
Amadeus is the world leader in e-ticket distribution having enabled e-ticketing for 153 airlines and 138 countries, far ahead of the nearest competitor. Amadeus has already implemented e-ticketing for 39 airlines this year and expects to implement a further 20 by the end of the year.
Antonella Vecchio, Alitalia's Manager Distribution and Revenue Management comments, "91% of our routes are now e-ticket-enabled and we expect to reduce the remaining 9% to 4 by the end of 2006, with a view to having 100% e-ticketing by 2007. We are very confident to reach this goal, not only because of the extensive and unequalled market coverage Amadeus e-ticketing offers, but also due to the continuous quality of their training and support. Together we will drive industry initiatives forward."
José Arribas, Iberia's Vice-President, Commercial Logistics says: "As a result of our partnership with Amadeus, Iberia is very well positioned to reach IATA's 2007 objective. Amadeus is a very quick and efficient solution to deploying e-ticketing all over the world. The majority of Amadeus travel agents can now issue an Iberia e-ticket and enjoy corresponding special fares".
Henri Hourcade, Air France Vice President Distribution & Internet says, ''With its network of deployed countries, Amadeus electronic ticketing provides unparalleled opportunities to decrease our ticketing costs. In order to meet the IATA deadline, Air France is currently implementing numerous electronic interline agreements with its partners, which Amadeus is able to deploy efficiently and rapidly to its travel agencies. Electronic ticketing provides additional services to our passengers with the possibility to check in at airport kiosks or online.''
Amadeus' rate of implementation of e-ticketing for airlines is getting faster through the year. The company is an IATA preferred supplier for achieving paperless travel by 2007, and is well on track to complete its part in this key milestone for the industry.


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PAUL Wedgwood is Scotland Now's guest chef for January.
Here Paul, head chef of Wedgwood the Restaurant on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, shares the recipe to one of his favourite dishes: Lamb's tongue, beetroot, coffee roasted carrots, mushrooms, vanilla oil, cocoa nibs.
(Serves 4)
4 lamb's tongues
1 carrot
1 heritage purple carrot
6 coffee beans crushed
2 cooked beetroot
75g mushrooms chopped
Teaspoon cocoa nibs
Salt and pepper
Vanilla oil
Bay leaf
For the tongues: place in boiling salted water with a sprig of rosemary, 6 black peppercorns, a bay leaf and 3 crushed cloves of garlic. Cover pot and reduce to a simmer for around two hours until the tongue is cooked and very tender. You can check this by piercing both ends of the tongue with a skewer, you should feel very little resistance. When cooked allow to cool slightly and peel. Refrigerate.
For the carrots: place the carrots on a baking tray with a little oil and dust with the crushed coffee beans, cover with foil and roast in a hot oven for around 20 minutes or until starting to soften. Set aside to cool and then chop into required shape and size.
For the beetroot puree: blitz in a food processor with a little rapeseed oil, using just enough until you get a nice smooth paint like consistency.
To Serve
Melt some butter in a heavy bottom frying pan, dice each tongue into six even cubes and add to the pan, begin to brown the meat then add the mushroom and carrots and toss in the butter. Place in oven 180c for three minutes.
On the plate put some of the beetroot puree in lines using a spoon and when the tongue is ready remove from oven, season well and place the tongue, mushrooms and carrots evenly between the plates, sprinkle with cocoa nibs, drizzle with vanilla oil and serve.
Scotland Now Guest Chefs
Read more about chef Paul Wedgwood here .
Visit our Scottish food and drink section here .
You can check out some of our other weekend recipes here .
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Since school ended, I've been spending a lot of time in my car.
It's not that I work every day, but my time off from work seems to fly by. I'm happy to fill the off-days with hobbies, families, appointments and obligations, but before I know it, I find myself between lanes on the highway.
Back on the road.
And since school ended, I feel like I've been living out of that same car.
Sure, I have places to stay, but having divorced parents has always left me feeling a little… Divided. Between Mom's, Dad's, my Grandparent's place, and overnight stays in various friends' apartments, I never really know where I'm going to end up when I hit the highway after work.
Most nights I end up at my Grandparent's house because theirs is 15 minutes closer to work than either of my parent's. However, I have, since first making that claim, found it to be inconsistent.
I don't think I have a speeding problem, but I suppose it would all depend on who you asked.
But when I do go to my Grandparent's, I always know that I'm in for some delicious food (yes, contrary to what I may or may not have lead you to believe, I do not live off of cake and cookies!). It's rare that I know what I'll come home to, but it's always a good surprise and I honestly can't think of a time when I went to their house and was served anything that was less than awesome. She says she doesn't like to cook anymore, and she says she's no good, but she still makes food everyday and is totally wrong about her cooking skills. Plus, she even stocks her pantry with Maple Nut Goodies (my weakness. I don't know why, but I can't get enough) for me and packs me a lunch for work the following day.
I am SOOOO spoiled.
But last Tuesday, when my rattling muffler sounded my arrival to their house, Grandma greeted me with a dinner that I never would have expected. As Lulu, their dog, bobbed excitedly between her feet, Grandma informed me that dinner that night would be different. Dinner that night would be…
As in raw fish.
"I tried a piece before you got here. I didn't think I would like it, but it's actually really good!"
How awesome is that? My Grandma ate sushi! Of her own accord! And she even liked this sushi – the remains of my packed lunch – that I brought home and was worried about wasting.
She's great 🙂
And so is my Grandpa – even though he was afraid of the sushi and ate Grandma's chili (yum!) instead, he's not afraid to put himself and his beliefs out there in order to make a difference.
They're both so strong, so caring and so giving… Maybe it sounds strange of me to say, and I'm sure that it's evident by how much I talk about them, but I am so proud of my grandparents and I am so fortunate to have people as awesome as them in my life.
Especially because they always appreciate what I make for them!
Tuna and Roasted Red Pepper Roll adapted from Use Real Butter
This makes two rolls and is no where near as difficult to do as you might think! I was able to find sushi grade tuna at an Asian grocer, but I'm going to make some more tomorrow with scallops I purchased at Whole Foods. I had a nice conversation with the woman working the counter about my plans and have no fears!
Printable Recipe
1 c (160 g) sushi rice (uncooked)
1 c (235 ml) water
1 Tbsp + 1 tsp rice vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp sugar
1 package of sheet nori
1/4 lb (maybe less) (115 g) tuna, cut into thick slices
1/2 red pepper, roasted and cut into matchstick-sized pieces
1/2 cucumber, cut into matchstick-sized pieces
1 ripe avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced thinly
Rinse, drain, and soak the rice in (non-measured) water for at least 30 minutes, then drain. Combine the rinsed rice and measured water in a saucepan and cover, then bring to a boil over medium high heat, reduce the heat and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow the rice to steam undisturbed (don't take off lid!) for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the vinegar, salt, and sugar in a small bowl, then stir until salt and sugar are dissolved.
When the rice is nearing the end of its steaming period, wet a large mixing bowl that is big enough to hold the rice. Wipe off excess water and wet the tub a second time with vinegared water (1 cup water + 2-3 tablespoons vinegar). Wipe off any excess. Heap the cooked rice in center. Allow rice to cool in the tub for 10 minutes. Pour the dressing over the rice and mix the dressing evenly with a large spoon or rice paddle. While mixing, fan the rice to cool it. The rice is ready to use when it reaches body temperature.
Assembly: On a sheet of plastic wrap, set down one sheet of nori. With wet hands, grab a handful of sushi rice and evenly spread across the top 3/5 of the nori sheet, pressing the rice down to ensure it sticks to the seaweed. Arrange sliced avocado on plastic wrap and carefully flip the nori over so that the rice faces down onto the plastic wrap and avocado. Place a line of tuna at the non-rice end of the nori, leaving a little room on either end. On top of that, repeat with lines of red pepper and cucumber. Roll the fillings up from the non-rice end of the nori (like a carpet) and continue to roll tightly, but not too tightly until the rice encompasses the entire outer part of the roll. Use the plastic wrap to help maintain shape without letting the roll stick to you. Use a bamboo mat to firm up the shape and compact the roll. Remove the bamboo mat and the plastic wrap from the roll. Dip a very sharp knife in water and cut the roll in half. Repeat until you have 8 pieces. Serve with wasabi, gari (pickled ginger), and soy sauce, if desired.
*Just as a note, I rolled mine in a different way. This makes much more sense than what I did, but the battery on my laptop died and I improvised.


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Rfid Asset Management
Mobile Technology
Fixed assets, also known as a non-current asset or as property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), is a term used in accounting for assets and property which cannot easily be converted into cash. This can be compared with current assets such as cash or bank accounts, which are described as liquid assets.
Fixed assets management is an accounting process that seeks to track fixed assets for the purposes of financial accounting, preventive maintenance, and theft deterrence.
Many organizations face a significant challenge to track the location, quantity, condition, maintenance and depreciation status of their fixed assets. A popular approach to tracking fixed assets utilizes serial numbered Asset Tags, often with bar codes for easy and accurate reading. Periodically, the owner of the assets can take inventory with a mobile barcode reader and then produce a report.
Off-the-shelf software packages for fixed asset management are marketed to businesses small and large. Some Enterprise Resource Planning systems are available with fixed assets modules.
Some tracking methods automate the process, such as by using fixed scanners to read bar codes or - better - by attaching a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag to an asset.
For this purpose we developed RF-INVENTORY
The system - fully developed by ID EST - uses RFID HF or UHF smart labels that allow to store much more infos than traditional barcode one.
We can encode infos such as: acquiring data, depreciation, owner, supplier, price and so on.
RF-INVENTORY is built by 3 parts:
1. Asset classification and record
2. Rfid label Print-Encode and Apply
3. Inventory
Phase 1: Asset Classification
In this phase, the asset manager has to register every asset in a database or inside the Company's informative system. Any records must be put in a row of a Excel table or Sql one, filling with the information field of interest. For example we can add for any asset an "asset-id" a "price" a "date-of-purchase" etc. etc...
RF-INVENTORY is capable to import data from any existing database such as text, MS Excel table, MS ACCESS, SQL, Oracle, Postgres or any other DB manager of commercial use.
Phase 2: Rfid Label Printing and Encoding
Once we have put our data in our informative system, the RF-INVENTORY is ready to make a Rfid tag for any asset. Thanks to a RFID label printer, that's able to print the graphic layout of our label, the variable data such as barcode, id, name of the asset and so on, the printer can encode the same information in the RFID chip inside the smart label.
With a unique printing&encoding process we build a mini-database on the RFID label, that is going to be attached on every fixed asset.
Phase 3: Inventory
The Inventory procedure is made up using a Consumer PDA equipped with RFID Reader or with a Rugged PDA with Mobile Operating System, Wi-Fi, Barcode scanner and RFID reader.
The RF-INVENTORY is able to:
- collecting and inventoring any asset
- create a new asset
- logically manage the movement from one building/office to another
- updating information with central DB, with Wi-Fi or Gprs
- performing query for building, asset description, cost, owner....
- delete an asset
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Let's discover beautiful flower streets through photos below. Surely, these photos make you feel excited when experiencing a fully colourful space.
Roads covered with purple flowers in Molyvos, Lesvos, Greece. Molyvos is a tourist village on the island of Lesvos. This romantic village is a great place that many couples choose to go on their honeymoon.
North Coast 500 (Scotland) is one of the most spectacular roads in the world. Those of Scotland's most beautiful scenery that stretches hundreds of kilometers to make up the best driving route in UK.
North Coast 500 is not only a paradise for those who love driving or sightseeing, but also attracts more visitors by cuisine, culture, heritage sites and excellent hotels.
Charming autumn road in Kałuszyn, Poland.
Spring road in Spencer Smith Park, Burlington city, Ontario province, Canada. From Perth to Albany (Australia). This beautiful routes pass many blue beaches, vine – growing areas and many other historical attractions.
Cherry blossoms floating like clouds in Kyoto, Japan.


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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Eating Good in the Neighborhood
In an effort to be more like my hippie Madison friends, I joined a CSA (community supported agriculture). I signed up for a half share of veggies through the Good Earth Food Alliance. Every other Tuesday for the next 20 weeks I'll go pick up a box of locally grown vegetables, herbs and occasionally fruit. My first pick up was yesterday and I'm overloaded. The haul included green onions, scallions (rare to see true scallions in the store), chives, rhubarb, asparagus, Napa cabbage, salad greens, radishes, and broccoli rabe. We grilled up the asparagus last night and tonight I downed the broccoli rabe. Can't say I loved the broccoli rabe, but that is the nature of the CSA. You just have to roll with what you get and embrace eating seasonally and being adventurous. I'm quite excited about it. Tomorrow night will be a Thai shrimp soup to use up the green onions and cabbage and there will probably be a raspberry rhubarb tart this weekend. Hopefully I can keep up this level of enthusiasm all summer :)
Posted by Vanilla Bean Counter at 5/25/2011 06:30:00 PM
2 comments:
- LMC said...
Finally got your rhubarb!! :) sounds fun
- May 26, 2011 at 12:50 AM
- Mandi said...
Indeed, veggies galore. I'll bring the Velveeta if necessary.
- May 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM
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