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Earlier this month, we rounded up several of the instances of recognition for Game of Thrones, but it was early yet, and there are many more! Critics are making their best-of-2016 lists, and GoT has made the cut on quite a few. Here are some of the highlights!
Game of Thrones takes the number one spot on Flickering Myth's list of The 5 Best TV Shows of 2016. FM's Samuel Brace says, "This is the show and this is the place to be. We are deep into the back nine of this epic journey of kings and queens, dragons and ghouls, the end is very nearly insight. This is sad but this very depth, the very history the show now has helps propel this always exquisite series to being top of the pile once more."
In their list of The 11 Best TV Shows of 2016, Nerdist says that season 6 delivered "some of the biggest and bloodiest battles, the most shocking twists, and absolutely bonkers theories we've seen to date."
Maureen Ryan of Variety names Game of Thrones to her list of The 25 Best Returning Shows of 2016. Ryan says that "thanks to this show's cast, its visual poetry, its perceptive moments and its complicated take on the costs of gaining and losing power, this HBO tentpole is unmissable."
The show lands at number two on io9's list of The 10 Best (and Five Worst) TV Shows of 2016. Katharine Trendacosta says, "After a lackluster season five, Game of Thrones season six not only proved that the show could rebound, it proved that show might even be better untethered from the source material."
The AV Club has published their annual best TV of 2016, with Game of Thrones sliding into the number seventeen spot. AVC's Caroline Siede says, "For the first time ever, Game Of Thrones worked entirely outside the pages of George R.R. Martin's novels, putting readers and non-readers on the same foot. That collective sense of unknown made its surprises all the more satisfying. From a major character return to an emotional sibling reunion, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss began to offer concrete narrative momentum after several seasons that frequently felt like they were spinning their wheels."
Additionally, season 6 scene-stealer Bella Ramsey appears on The AV Club's list of The 35 best TV performances of 2016 (and one worst). They say that Ramsey, who played Lyanna Mormont, "steals every scene she's in not just because of her youth, but also because her small size belies a commanding presence and impressive verbal dexterity, matching (and at times arguably doing better than) the rest of the cast when it comes to stirring speech-making."
Game of Thrones grabs the number five spot on Gothamist's list of The Best TV Of 2016. Among the highlights of the season they include are, "the resurrection of Jon Snow, the tragic origins of Hodor, the reunion of Jon and Sansa, the surprise return of The Hound (as a pacifist lumberjack), Tormund Giantsbane flirting with Brienne of Tarth, the incredible Battle Of The Bastards, and the thrilling finale."
Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter places Game of Thrones at number nine on his list of The Best TV of 2016. Goodman says, "What do you say about a drama that has been ridiculously ambitious and dense from the jump and has dominated television for much of its existence? That its sixth season was one of its finest and that it never, even for a second, lost its magnetic watch-this-immediately pull."
The season 6 finale's explosive opening scenes make Empire's list of The Best TV Moments of 2016. According to Empire, the opening where Cersei eliminates all her enemies with a cache of wildfire, was "perfectly scored by Ramin Djawadi, as a haunting piano refrain built to something trailer editors will be using for years to come."
Paste salutes The 25 Best TV Performances of 2016, including Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton on the list. Paste's Jacob Oller says, "Rheon manages to pull the monster off like a maniac rather than a cartoon. When he sheds his convincingly sadistic smile, it's as heavy and frightening a transformation as Andy Serkis's Gollum. With a true human villain to face in the midst of the 'force of nature' evil of the White Walkers, Rheon gave this series' sixth season a chance to bring off some much-needed catharsis, thanks in large part to his unrelenting performance."
GQ names "Battle of the Bastards" as one of The Best TV Episodes of 2016 in their year-end roundup. Critic Scott Meslow applauds the "tense, bloody battle sequence" that is "exceptionally well-executed by director Miguel Sapochnik" and notes that "the episode also makes time for character moments, with particularly memorable moments for Ramsay Bolton, Jon Snow, and Sansa Stark. As its best, Game of Thrones is like nothing else on television, and this episode stands alone."
Meredith Blake looks back at the best of television this year for the Chicago Tribune and discusses Game of Thrones season 6. Blakes says, "Resurrected Jon Snow may have gotten most of the attention, but this was truly the Year of the Woman in the Seven Kingdoms, the season that Cersei Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen and Sansa and Arya Stark rose up to enact spectacularly gruesome acts of vengeance. After five seasons of misery, it felt cathartic."
TVLine awards the season 6 finale "The Winds of Winter" the title of Best Single Episode of a Drama, and gives the show a shout-out for Best CGI for "Battle of the Bastards." Melisandre's (Carice van Houten) shocking reveal from the season 6 premiere "The Red Woman" makes the list of the Biggest TV Plot Twists of 2016. Poor King Tommen (Dean Charles Chapman) is among the TV Characters Who Had an AWFUL 2016, while Walder Frey (David Bradley) wins the dubious honor of Most Enjoyable Murder of 2016. In less enjoyable deaths, Hodor (Kristian Nairn) lands at number three on the list of 2016's Biggest TV Deaths.
TVLine also has a fun collection of the Best TV Quotes of 2016 which includes a familiar line. The devastating verbal origins of Hodor's name that foretold his fate- "Hold the door! Hold the door! Hold the door!"- became a pop culture phenomenon this year, appearing on door stops and much more after "The Door" aired.
Game of Thrones lands at number nine on Screen Crush's list of The Best TV Shows of 2016 (According to Kevin Fitzpatrick). Fitzpatrick says of the latest season, "Battle of the Bastards" will likely prove the foremost memory of anyone's look back on Season 6 – and with good reason, given the unpredictability and production value – but the sixth year started paying off investments in the series like never before. Not only were years-long character arcs like Arya's training or Cersei's humiliation finally blossoming into major shifts in the status quo, but the series seemed to recognize some of its own past missteps in the process."
Whatculture includes one of Thrones' leading ladies on their list of the 10 Best TV Performances of 2016. Lena Headey wins the number two spot on their list for her performance as Cersei Lannister, with the website saying, "Throughout Season 6 we get to witness her quiet devastation, her desperation, her harrowing revenge, and tarnished joy. On this show, Headey really is the Queen."
The Boston Globe places GoT at number five this year on their Best TV Shows of 2016 list. Critic Matthew Gilbert says, "This season felt different as the story careened ahead of the book series. The cast began to shrink, the players for the endgame became clearer, and the story encompassed both epic battle moves and, with much-needed warmth, redeemingly intimate moments."
Brian Lowry of CNN says in his look back at The Best TV of 2016, that when it comes to Game of Thrones, "simply nothing rivals its mix of feature-film-quality spectacle and serialized storytelling. Handsome new dramas like 'Westworld' and 'The Crown' generated ample buzz with intriguing but somewhat flawed first seasons, but even with plenty of pretenders, 'Thrones' remains in a class by itself."
GoT earned a spot in EOnline's list of favorites in And the 10 Best TV Shows of 2016 Are…. They compliment the epic Battle of the Bastards, and note that "season after season, the HBO hit manages to leave us breathless and captivated with its epic storytelling, especially in season six, which finally set the stage for the final battle (and two seasons)."
The Atlantic names "The Winds of Winter" as one of The Best Television Episodes of 2016, citing the episode's many major moments. The Atlantic's Lenika Cruz says the episode" made for breathtaking television, thanks to the magic of the director Miguel Sapochnik and the composer Ramin Djawadi, whose work on the opening sequence was nothing short of virtuosic."
JoBlo names GoT to their list of Top 10 Best Shows of 2016, saying season 6 is "probably the most satisfying season of the show so far." JoBlo's Paul Shirey says, "Daenerys' return in the Battle Mereen was straight up dragon fantasy bliss, while Jon Snow's fateful throwdown with that son of a bitch Ramsay Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards is simply one of the best action sequences ever seen on television."
Yahoo's collection of The 30 Best TV Moments of 2016 includes another moment full of fire but this one is all Daenerys. As Yahoo points out, "She's not called the Unburnt for nothing. Daenerys re-earned that title after her capture by the Dothraki." The khaleesi torches the khals, acquires a khalasar and wins a spot on the list.
Game of Thrones is at number nineteen on Alan Sepinwall's 20 Best TV Shows Of 2016, for Uproxx. Sepinwall has some criticisms for season 6, but says "the finale — particularly its explosive opening sequence in King's Landing — was the show's best-crafted episode ever, and in other moments like Tyrion talking to Dany's dragons or Hodor's devastating origin story, Game of Thrones felt the weight of its own history more beautifully than even its most ardent fans could have imagined."
"TV has never been better than it is right now – these 16 shows are proof," Mashable's headline declares. Naturally, Game of Thrones is part of that proof, with the critics observing, "Beloved characters died, hated characters died, that fan theory was confirmed, battles were won — and now the stage is now set for a perfect Season 7. Winter is officially here."
Vox's list of The 39 best TV moments of 2016 includes Cersei's fiery victory from the finale. They note, "It was a horrifying, callously executed move, but it was hard not to feel a thrill of triumph along with Cersei as she surveyed the wreckage with a sip of wine and a smirk."
And finally, Game of Thrones has once again topped the Most Popular TV Shows list at IMDB, for the fifth year running! IMDb's senior film editor, Keith Simanton, says to CBSNews, "Game of Thrones has demonstrated unparalleled and enduring popularity over the last five years. Not surprisingly, its lead actors are beloved as well. Emilia Clarke for example, is IMDb's No. 2 top star of 2016, a spot she also occupied in 2015."
Kudos to the creators and stars of Game of Thrones, and to everyone who works hard on putting this amazing show together!


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Art Works in Miami
February 2, 2010
Miami, Florida
Rocco received a warm welcome (pun intended) yesterday as he and NEA Senior Deputy Chair Joan Shigekawa toured Miami, the fifth stop on the national Art Works tour. Focusing on Miami's thriving design culture, stops included the city's renowned Design and Architecture Senior High School (DASH), the New World Symphony campus, and several local arts organizations, including the Little Haiti Cultural Center and the De La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space. The chairman also joined local leaders for a roundtable discussion on Miami's architecture and design heritage.
Featuring programs in a range of disciplines, including architecture, industrial design, fine arts, and fashion, DASH ranks in the top 15 of U.S. high schools according to the most recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Located in the heart of Miami's design district, the school was the perfect place for the NEA chair to announce the agency's release of a Request for Proposals for a new Art Works logo. Photo by Yamila Lomba
Haitian-born artist Edouard Duval-Carrie acted as tour guide as Rocco visited the Little Haiti Cultural Center with Michael Spring, Director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. Photo by Yamila Lomba
New World Symphony President and CEO Howard Herring showed off the construction site for the Symphony?s new campus, designed by Frank Gehry. The New World Symphony is an orchestral academy that prepares gifted graduates of distinguished music programs for leadership roles in orchestras and ensembles worldwide. Photo by Yamila Lomba

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The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Rogers met expectations on revenues and missed slightly on earnings per share.
Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased. Non-GAAP earnings per share increased. GAAP earnings per share shrank significantly.
Gross margins grew, operating margins grew, net margins dropped.
Revenue details
Rogers reported revenue of $132.5 million. The three analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ wanted to see revenue of $132.0 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 4.6% higher than the prior-year quarter's $126.7 million.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.
EPS details
EPS came in at $0.53. The three earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $0.54 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.53 for Q2 were 13% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.47 per share. GAAP EPS of $0.32 for Q2 were 16% lower than the prior-year quarter's $0.38 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures are normalized by S&P Capital IQ and may vary to maintain comparability with normalized estimates.
Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 33.5%, 350 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 9.5%, 80 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 4.2%, 90 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)
Looking ahead
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $140.1 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.68.
Next year's average estimate for revenue is $535.9 million. The average EPS estimate is $2.33.
Investor sentiment
The stock has a four-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 99 members out of 107 rating the stock outperform, and eight members rating it underperform. Among 37 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 33 give Rogers a green thumbs-up, and four give it a red thumbs-down.
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Upholstered desk chair with wheels make moving furniture around the house less hassle. When one of the wheels stops rolling or breaks inside the chair, you must replace the caster. A complete caster set contains the link wheel and the link sleeve that the wheel fits in. Most large box hardware stores carry caster kits. Remove your wheels and take one to the store to buy wheels that are the same diameter.
Upholstered desk chair with wheels the wrong caster on its side. When replacing one wheel it is a good idea to replace all four wheels. This will ensure that the wheels are level and roll evenly. Pull out the castor wheel from the bottom of the chair. Depending on the wheel, you may be able to pull the wheel straight or thread the wheel spindle if you have a threaded caster. To remove a threaded caster, use a wrench to rotate the link wheel shaft counterclockwise. Inspect the caster sleeve inside the seat for damage. If there is damage to only one of the link sleeves, change all four. Insert a screwdriver between the lip of the caster sleeve and the bottom of the chair to bend up the sleeve. Pull the sleeve out of the chair with pliers.
Upholstered desk chair with wheels check the hole for debris left by removing the caster sleeve. If the hole is very tired or broken in areas, you must fill the hole with a wooden stick. Take one of the link sleeves with you to a hardware store. Buy a new set of wheels, including the sleeves. If you need to repair the holes for link sleeves, buy control rods slightly larger in diameter than link sleeves. Drill the hole with a drill bit and the same diameter as the plug. Cut the wooden pin the length of the whole depth using a saw. Place a few drops of wood in the hole and spread the wood around the outer diameter of the wooden stick. Put the wooden stick in the hole and tap the plug using a club. Allow the glue to dry for 24 hours.upholstered desk chair with wheels ideas


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Wolf Issue Underscores Need for ESA Reform
OP-ED by Congressman Mike Simpson
Washington, September 13, 2011
Tags: Endangered Species Act
"As the debate about the Endangered Species Act rages in Congress and around the country, the one thing everyone seems to agree on is that a decision to list or delist a species should be based on science, not on politics. I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, the ESA, which was originally enacted in a successful effort to save the iconic bald eagle from extinction, has been hijacked by those whose goal is not to recover species but to control public land and water. As a result, wildlife and land management decisions that should be made by biologists at the Department of Interior have instead been forced into the courts where judges are making public land management policies. The Endangered Species Act has become so highly contentious, political, and litigious that it has become a policy failure.
"If we want the ESA to work, wildlife managers need to be able to delist recovered species. Hunters, fishermen, ranchers, and landowners play an integral role in conservation, but they don't feel empowered to participate when advocates force decisions to be made in court.
"Wolves are a case in point. The Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) wolf population has, by all reasonable counts, fully recovered, vastly surpassing even the most optimistic recovery goals. The population has grown so large it has spilled out of its original recovery area, with wolf packs showing up in Oregon, Washington, and Utah. Recognizing a recovered species when they saw one, the Fish and Wildlife Service delisted the NRM wolf population in states with approved management plans in 2009. Yet in spite of it being clear that wolves would continue to flourish, activitists went to court to force them back onto the list in 2010.
"Keeping a strongly recovered wolf population on the endangered species list is in no one's best interest except those who benefit from ongoing litigation. On the other hand, providing a long-term solution to the management of these animals serves the interest of the states, the federal agencies, ranchers and hunters, and those whose true goal is sustainable wildlife populations in the Rocky Mountain west. I included language in the fiscal year 2011 budget bill instructing the Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue their delisting rule in an effort to bring the ESA back in line with what Congress originally intended.
"The recovery of the gray wolf should be considered a success under the ESA. What the debate about wolf delisting has revealed is that some groups will persist in keeping species like wolves listed in spite of all the evidence that they are recovered, proving that their end goal is not to recover species but to usurp the public process by forcing land and water management decisions to be made in court, not by Congress.
"Hunters and fishermen are strong advocates for protecting our public lands and preserving wildlife, but they are not fooled by groups that claim to share their interests but instead make a living suing the government in an effort to keep fully-recovered species listed. We desperately need to reform the Endangered Species Act so that it encourages key partners to participate in the work of preserving and recovering species and making reasonable, science-based decisions regarding wildlife management. As hunting season gets underway in Idaho and the wolf hunt is finally reinstated, Idahoans know that the state is more than prepared to manage our wolf population."


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As Sushi has become world popular fancy food, there is a big demand that wants to enjoy the authentic Japanese food, which is especially made by Japanese chefs. Of course, even in Montreal, there are lots of sushi restaurants springing up everywhere, but unfortunately, most of them are all-you-can-eat restaurant. So, is it that hard to find real Japanese restaurant?
Near McGill University, There is one of hidden treasures, Osaka.
Osaka is even more popular place among the Japanese immigrants in Montreal, who want to deal their homesickness with food. There is only one chef in Osaka. So, it might take little more time to get your food, but if you understand 'Patience' is the one of virtues that Japanese admire, it will be also interesting cultural experience.
My Choice :
Sushi & Sashimi (assorted combination)
Sake (small)
Over all, the food was excellent and exactly same as what I had in Japan few years ago. The deep-fried pork cutlet on Katsudon was crispy enough and the Katsudon sauce, which is based on Japanese soya sauce, was also well mixed with egg, so it could go very well with rice and the pork cutlet.
The assorted sushi and sashimi combo seemed overpriced a little bit as comparing the quantity of the dish, but once you have a bit of sashimi, there is no doubt about the price. It is worth!! Tuna, salmon, and octopus sashimi almost melt in my mouth as I had a bite.
Moreover, for sushi, no need to mention about the sashimi on the top of balls of rice, and the kick was the rice balls. The special blended vinegar and sugar sauce made a perfect mixture with steamed rice for sushi.
The finishing touch was a small bottle of warm sake. It helped me to enjoy those decent dishes slowly so that I can appreciate the flavor and the atmosphere in the restaurant together. After a sip of warm sake with a bit of sashimi, it will take you to feel Japanese family atmosphere.
Reservation must be needed.
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Price : $-$$
Location : 2137 rue de Bleury, Montreal,QC.
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Nicole Sebille
Sebille's background as an interior designer provides her with the graphic tools her painting demands. One can find the design profession qualities of clarity, warmth, color, space and light; all essential to painting. Moreover, Nicole admits that she can only paint in moments of bliss, which she then attempts to translate through still-lifes, landscapes and floral compositions.
Spontaneity, stark synthesis and creative power sum up Nicole's art. Her technique is mainly oil applied with a knife. A palette of intense colors and a theme of abundant flowers are her distinct trademark. Nicole says she paints because it allows her to believe in a better future, and it soothes the stress of everyday life. Her technique has allowed an exploration of new possibilities and the opportunity to look for new styles and compositions.
Nicole Sebille is constantly renewing herself, to the pleasure of her collectors. Every aspect of her work brings out an energy and joy of life that can be shared with her viewers.
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1993 Salon des Beaux Artes1994 Mairie d'Anthony1995 CastelletPorto-VecchioGrand Marche d'Art1996 Bastille a ParisBar a Huitres1997 C.E. Des N.M.P.P. a ParisL'Art dans la Rue a Versialles1999 Galerie d'Art Francais in New OrleansCritical Acclaim & Praise
"Nicole Sebille is an artist of feeling: after revealing the color and the atomosphere of a landscape, it remains to her to make her work speak its sensitivity- which is such that it slows each viewer the pleasure of finding his/her own perceptions of the colors, space, and diversity…" -T. Demaubus
"Sensitivity and generosity… are found in Nicole Sebille's warm palette and constructive build which makes it possible to begin to escape into her subjects to an imaginary world or mentality in which a whole environment is made of a reign of peacefulness and love." -C. Grente


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Business Name: Creative Music
Phone: 757-236-2609
President's Name: Chris Pickett
President's Title: Owner/Executive Director
Website: www.CreativeMusicVa.net
What are your business's core values, goals, and overall mission?:
At Creative Music & Entertainment, our core value is people! We believe that each person was created differently. Yes, you read that right; equally, yes, but differently. We each have our tastes in music, our own physical make up, our own pursuits and desires and so forth. Therefore, our mission is for everyone to experience and to explore music and the arts according to how they were created! We don't take a cookie-cutter approach; meaning, we don't force people into our own pre-set model in anything we do.
Share some unique facts and business history? What makes your business stand out?:
We began as one person teaching music lessons going from house to house on the Peninsula several years ago after teaching on and off for 20 years. After relocating to Chesapeake and going full-time in teaching in 2014 with 35 students in one location, Creative Music has exploded into 5 locations, offering instruction in voice and every instrument, as well as providing DJ and Karaoke services and live entertainment for all events. We now have a staff of about 12 instructors.
What makes us stand out is that we take a positive, people-first approach, rather than try to sell people products or mold them into how we think they should be.
What products or services do you offer companies or individuals?:
We offer music lessons in singing, guitar, piano, drums, ukulele, bass, woodwinds, brass, and strings. We also offer instruction in drama and acting as well as painting, drawing, photography and interior design.
In the summer of 2016, we expanded from Creative Music to Creative Music & Entertainment, offering DJ & Karaoke services as well as live entertainment for parties, weddings,
anniversaries, reunions, corporate picnics/events, and any kind of other ceremony or event that one could imagine. We had already been doing these type of events for years and now had the personnel in place to offer it in the public arena.
What are the greatest obstacles and/or challenges that your business has faced? How have you and your business overcome them?:
The greatest obstacles we have faced are getting the word out about us. We offer the best and lowest prices out there by far. The message of who we are-positive, encouraging, and affordable-has been a slow one to spread. We are in competition with some pretty established music schools and entertainment companies. Many people are likely to go to the "established" organizations because they are there or because the come up in the Google searches.
We have overcome them by our great reviews on social media and through our extremely satisfied customers referring others to us. We have grown the way we have because people who come to us love what we do and how we do it.
What accomplishments are you most proud of?:
I am most proud of the students we work with and how they have grown personally and musically. We don't just invest in the musically, but want to help them grow to be better people. We don't just teach kids, by the way. We teach from 3 to 103! Our goal is to create the best people that we can. We have seen such incredible development in some that it would go far beyond the scope of this article.
I am also proud that the web company Thumbtack.com has voted us "Best Of" for Lessons two years in a row for 2015 and 2016. Those are based on customer reviews! That means people are happy with how we are instructing them and caring for them.
What do you see for the future of your business?:
I see a continued, positive emphasis on teaching and caring for the future musicians of America as we move forward. As the word spreads of our encouraging approach and our reasonable prices, people will be drawn to our business.
Why are you a member of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce?:
We are a member of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce because Creative Music believes in supporting and promoting local businesses. From the beginning, we have encouraged our local business clients to leave their cards on our front display. On our websites, we promote local businesses. The Chamber is the best way to gather and promote each other. The synergy created between each other can only help spark great things between us!


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A fascinating U.S. case on this subject, from 1806, is Thorne v. White (D. Pa. 23 F. Cas. 1132). The opinion, by Judge Hopkinson, contains much more in the way of instructive material than I could possibly quote here. As in many other cases brought by seamen, the issue was wages -- specifically, whether the bad conduct of the seaman bringing the case entitled the owners to withhold his pay for the voyage. This gave Judge Hopkinson the opportunity to discuss at length how the behavior of sailors and captains must be weighed to determine who was most at fault.
It is the duty of seamen to bear even the ill-temper of the master, and to get out of his way, when instances of passion occur. ... Some of the maritime laws are particular in adjusting how a mariner shall demand [sic] himself when the master is enraged, and when he may stand on his defense. A master must not pursue (as was done in the case before me) a mariner, who flies from him when enraged. ... When the crime of a sailor is too great for the master's authority to punish (which should be evident on the trial, to justify severe measures) the master and his officers are to seize the criminal, put him in irons, and not take the law into their own hands, but bring him to justice on their return. But the contract for wages is not affected. ...
I have generally thought myself warranted to give a latitude of construction to the words "moderate correction," where chastisement was salutary and merited, and in this I have never been overnice. The safety of a ship sometimes depends on promptly checking disobedience, and stimulating exertion. Subordination is peculiarly essential to be enforced, among a class of men whose manners and habits partake of the attributes of the element, on which they are employed. ... [But] instances have not been rare in this court (and they have not been overlooked) where the most enormously cruel, and unjustifiable acts of tyranny, and wanton abuses of power, have been exhibited by masters of ships. ... The sea laws enjoin on the master a temperate demeanor, and orderly and decent conduct, towards seamen. By several of these laws, he is finable for abusive expressions[!], or misconduct, towards mariners. ... When a mariner is incorrigibly disobedient, and will not submit, and offer to do duty and make amends, the master may discharge him. He may correct and confine him on board the ship, or dock him of his provisions.
There is much more worth reading, but I fear I have already tried the reader's patience. One footnote, however, needs to be quoted in full, because in it the judge describes an earlier case that bears some similarity to the Town-Ho's story:
In a case wherein confinement on board the ship, of two disobedient seamen, appeared to me proper, and indispensable, and where frequent endeavors to reclaim were ineffectually tried, for almost the whole latter section of the return voyage, I held the confinement in irons, so justifiable and necessary for the safety of the ship, that I refused to allow wages for that part of the voyage. The two seamen were influential characters, and atrocious leaders of a rebellious crew. [As] they had not misbehaved on the former part of the voyage, I considered it to be a partial breach of contract, and not a forfeiture in toto. These seamen complained, I thought without cause, of high-handed and cruel treatment. I left them to their remedy at common law, by action for false imprisonment, or any other mode of redress.Ishmael's Rights, Part I
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Ep 78: Xan's Bizarre Adventure Part 2- Return of The Ripple
In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan takes a look at the legend of the second member of the joestar family in his review of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" 's second story arc "Battle Tendency" by Hirohiko Arakii
The second story arc in this long manga, "Battle Tendency" takes place 50 years after the 1st story and focuses on Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar the protagonist of the first story arc. Listen as Xan continues describing the use of musical talent in this violent adventure manga.
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Creamy with sweet notes of vanilla, banana and berries – like a fruity piña colada
Big banana chips take centre stage, with a supporting cast of coconut, cocoa, almonds, sweet apple and strawberry pieces. Who could ask for more? One sip and you'll see why this caffeine-free fruit infusion is the hottest tea north of Havana. It's sweet, creamy and deliciously exotic. So go ahead and try a cup of Copabanana… you'll fall in love.


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Are you looking to retire in 2014?
If you are considering retiring or reducing your working hours this new year but are concerned about having enough money to retire on, it's not too late to seek some professional advice to give you peace of mind.
For anyone approaching retirement, especially those who are worried about their finances, it's never too late to seek professional financial advice. Your financial circumstances change as your life changes, so getting some advice, whatever age you are, is always worthwhile. "We often find that it's only as they near retirement people really start thinking about their finances," says ."Especially when they start looking at everything that retirement offers, like making time for a hobby, more travel, volunteering projects or spending time with family." "We suggest that seeing a financial adviser well before you retire, rather than trying to do it all yourself, is the best option. Not only will this give you peace of mind but it will also give you options for when you do need to make financial decisions." So even if you've never received any financial advice before, here are just some of the things a financial adviser could help you with that could make a real difference to the quality of your retirement.
• Working out the best time to retire. This depends on how much money you have in super and other investments to live on in your retirement.
- "We often find there is a real difference between people's expectations around the income they'd like to retire on" , "and the investments they have that can actually generate this income."
- "What we can show people is the positive impact that working another couple of years can have on their final super balance, and what this could mean for their retirement income."
• Increasing your final retirement amount. Are you feeling overwhelmed about how to increase your savings as retirement gets closer?
- "We can suggest a number of tax-effective ways to fast-track your savings" says , "some of which may not impact your cashflow that much at all."
- "Saving as much as you can in the last few years before retirement can make a significant difference in how much income you'll have in retirement, and also how long this income will last."
• Avoid making a rush decision. In an effort to increase your savings right before retirement, it can be very easy to make financial decisions that, at face value, look quite reasonable but may cost you a whole lot more.
- "Rather than rushing in and making immediate decisions" , "we encourage people to take their time and assess their whole situation before doing anything."
- "When people approaching retirement come and see us, we always spend time upfront with them to understand their situation and their goals so that we get things right."
• Make sure you're invested appropriately. Having the right investment mix for your age and risk profile will help build your funds and give you the opportunity to increase your savings ready for when you retire.
- "We see some people that have been invested too conservatively for much of their life" . "Often their super has been put into cash and fixed income investments at some point, and they've never actually changed it. So that's something we would look at."
- "And for those people that are closer to retirement, we'd look at whether or not they are over-exposed to growth assets, as the impact of negative returns can be felt more deeply when you have a limited amount that needs to last a long time."
• Consider different types of income. Many people planning for retirement often see term deposits as the only way to generate a consistent, stable income.
- "However, falling interest rates has made term deposits less and less attractive" says , "especially when you take inflation into account, which make things even harder for people with fixed incomes."
- "We can look at income options available, for example, transition-to-retirement pensions, annuities and credit funds, and structure things to make the most out of the amount of income each person receives in retirement."
- "We can also look at whether they would be eligible for any Government entitlements, as these can make a big difference too."
To find out more about the benefits seeing a financial adviser before retirement, contact Peter Stewart at Benchmark Consultants on 92932922.
*Peter Stewart is an Authorised Representative of RI Advice Group Pty Limited (ABN 23 001 774 125), Australian Financial Services Licence 238429. This editorial does not consider your personal circumstances and is general advice only. You should not act on the information provided without first obtaining professional financial advice specific to your circumstances.


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The RBC FANFIT Challenge is a unique opportunity to challenge yourself and compete alongside top level Canadian athletes in a multi-exercise challenge. FANFIT is designed to test your overall fitness level; power, speed, agility, strength, core stability, and endurance. The athletes that compete, coach, and encourage you at FANFIT include world champions, Olympians, and even Olympic medalists! Some of our alumni include Tamara Tatham, Jayna Hefford, Sarah Conrad, Custio Clayton, Martin Reader, Katie Tsuyuki, Ben Russell, Mark de Jonge, and Nicole Forrester. These athletes all have one thing in common, they represent the highest level of amateur sport.
Participants will also have a chance to give back and champion our athletes through donations to the Canadian Olympic Foundation (COF). With the generous support of RBC, in 2017, registration at FANFIT is by donation (the amount to be chosen at the discretion of the participant), and all donations are 100% tax receiptable.


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Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product Security
Our Product Security team supports the following tenet of Slack's mission: to make people's working lives more secure. We're serious about protecting our infrastructure, operations, and most importantly our customers' data. We take a systematic approach to security and strive to ensure we provide low friction high-impact security across everything we do.
You care about shipping secure products and ensuring that the way in for the bad guys is never through the front door. You are passionate about understanding the threat landscape in which web services and client applications must excel in order to protect user data.
In this role, you will provide strategic technical leadership to Slack's product development. You will collaborate with Security, Product Management, Customer Success, Platform, Business Development, and Engineering teams at Slack. Your work will directly impact the way millions of people, teams, and businesses get things done using Slack.
What you will be doing
- Use data to identify emerging areas of risk to Slack products and infrastructure.
- Help build a multi-year strategy for improving the security of Slack's web service and client applications.
- Partner with Product Security leads and other product engineering technical leaders to identify intrinsic product weaknesses, build component-specific security roadmaps to address them, and assist with the execution of those roadmaps.
- Mentor Product Security engineers to be more effective, impactful, and reach their goals.
- Recommend partnerships that could accelerate the evolution of Slack's security posture; participate in the vetting of those relationships.
- Articulate Slack Product Security strategy, vision, and initiatives in external and internal venues.
What you should have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
- 5+ years experience in software development.
- Deep understanding of web application architecture and design principles.
- Knowledge of internet security issues in software design and code.
- Experience in writing understandable, testable, secure code with an eye towards maintainability.
- Background in software engineering and common development practices in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
- Knowledge of common security flaws and resolution as published by OWASP, SANS, etc.
- Experience with Amazon AWS services and familiarity with Slack products is a plus.
- Several years of professional experience ensuring privacy and security of web applications is a plus.
Slack is registered as an employer in many, but not all, states. If you are not located in or able to work from a state where Slack is registered, you will not be eligible for employment.
Slack is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Slack will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Slack is a layer of the business technology stack that brings together people, data, and applications – a single place where people can effectively work together, find important information, and access hundreds of thousands of critical applications and services to do their best work. From global Fortune 100 companies to corner markets, businesses and teams of all kinds use Slack to bring the right people together with all the right information. Slack is headquartered in San Francisco, CA and has offices around the world. For more information on how Slack makes teams better connected, visit slack.com.
Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to Slack's values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a pleasant and supportive place to work.
Come do the best work of your life here at Slack.


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Beeville Main Street 1914
Description: View of Washington Street in 1914 looking north. The red brick three stories building on the left was the first "skyscraper" for Beeville. It was the Grand Opera House, built by A.F. Rees and E.J. Kinkler at the corner of Washington and Bowie Streets in 1907, and opened in 1908. Many Broadway stage plays, musical comedies, and light operas were presented in the opera house. The building was destroyed by fire in 1919. The building to the left of the Grand Opera House was Beeville's first bank, the First National Bank of Beeville, which opened in 1890, and moved to this location by 1894. This postcard shows the modes of transportation available in the early 1900's, a buggy, automobile, wagon and horse. By 1908 automobiles were owned by several individuals in Beeville.
Date: September 29, 1914
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission


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With the finale of the second season of Downton Abbey just hours away, TIME has published an interview with Downton costume designer Susannah Buxton. Buxton discusses how fashion changed during the war period and how the characters' costumes reflected this. Skirts began to relax, becoming less constrictive and more practical. Colors were more somber for the most part. The ladies still would have dressed in their finery in the evenings, because, as Buxton states, "they would have lasted. They would have two or three and repeat in real life." Thus the reason you see the Crawley sisters with just a few different evening gowns during the second season .
Buxton discusses some of the costumes from the first series as well, including Lady Sybil's infamous harem dress. The bodice was made from original fabric of the period, and Buxton describes how delicate it was. "She came down for the first scene and after the third take the whole panel started to split at the back. Fortunately we did have another piece of it, but watching a dress part from itself in front of your eyes on camera is pretty scary."
Also interesting is the information she reveals about the staff costumes. The pink striped dress that we often see Daisy in is an Edwardian original, one that had never been worn before.
It's a great interview with some excellent insight into the costumes of this smash hit series. Read the article here, and be sure to click on the slideshow of photos from the series.


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Riverdale Season 4
Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam is an episode of Riverdale starring K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, and Camila Mendes. As the residence of Riverdale prepare for its upcoming Independence Day parade, Archie receives a phone call that will...
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Actor: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse
Director: Gabriel Correa
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm starting to think that cannabis is actually going to get decriminalised. Over the last six months, I have noticed a significant swing in the reporting of all debates around drugs, from the moral to the practicable. Particularly where cannabis is concerned, the reporting has changed from "if" to "when". There have been changes to the social presentation of cannabis, as well as the moral and political discussions around drug use per se, and even discussions in the professional and academic arenas have started to reflect that this not only should but also might actually happen.
Yes, we know that the Tories are digging their heels in when it comes to making changes. But gigantic intra-party rifts (and an overall lack of charisma) pretty much guarantee that they won't be getting in next time. The Lim Dems have voiced their more liberal approach to these matters, and whilst Labour have remained diplomatically quiet on the matter, the bunch of Guardian readers will not have been able to avoid the swing in public and press opinions. Plus by the time the Tories have deconstructed the NHS, the next Government will inherit a bunch of uni drop-outs instead of proper drug workers (because untrained, inexperienced workers are ever so cheap, you know), progress at tackling the issue will be reversed, and the drug problem the Tories so confidently state is currently under control (ahem) will be rearing its ugly head yet again, forcing a new course of action. And really, if the Tories actually thought about it, regulating and taxing cannabis would be an excellent capitalist move and revenue generator.
But when I take a step back and stop wrangling with the current political debate, I am in total awe of the social shift we are witnessing. If cannabis does become decriminalised and therefore a marketable product and commodity, and it becomes widely accepted that it does not cause the same level of physical and social harm as alcohol, the social laws that have existed throughout our lives so far will change.
Let's take as an example the British institution – the public house. We can pretend that the Government has appeased the alcohol companies by giving them licenses to sell cannabis, hence reversing the demise of the good old boozer. People crowded into smoking areas outside pubs will now be passing round spliffs – a much more social activity than smoking cigarettes, and one which tends to spark discussions and create a sense of community. When these people go back into the pub they will probably feel a bit stoned (especially if they've already had a drink) and won't feel like drinking as much. With less alcohol being consumed, and a more general state of relaxation taking prevalence, these punters will be feeling way too chilled out for the usual fight or sexual assault.
So there you have it – my solution to the main target for alcohol services over the last three years – if you want to reduce alcohol-related hospital admissions and A&E presentations, legalise pot. Seriously, with policies like that, I should totally work in public health.
However, what genuinely entertains me about this huge social shift is the looks on our future generations' faces when we tell them what life was like under prohibition.
Futuristic young person (scanning screen implanted on palm): "So drugs used to be illegal?"
Old me (hopefully donning a jet pack): "They did. You could go for prison for having them in your possession."
FYP: "What?! Seriously?! So did everyone go to prison then? Did you go to prison?"
OM: "No – we used to hide our drugs in air-tight containers called Tupperware and drive out into the countryside to take them without anyone knowing."
FYP: "Plastic and petrol? That's not very ecofriendly! You'd get arrested for that now."
OM: "And the Police used to drive out into the countryside to to try and catch us."
FYP: "That is totally wasteful of public money."
OM: "Well think how much it cost to convict the people they caught and keep them in prison – then have to maintain them on state benefits when they were released because no-one wanted to employ a convicted drug user."
FYP: "So if drugs were illegal, that means they weren't taxable – so who paid for drug treatment?"
OM: "Most of the money for drug treatment came out of criminal justice and health budgets."
FYP: "So money was taken away from catching rapists and treating cancer?! That is crazy!"
OM: "You lot don't know you're born. I bet you've never even been to a criminal's house. You'd arrive at the dealer's, completely shitting yourself, fearing unreportable violence, or, even worse, a Police raid, until the minute you left the dingy, fortified shit-hole, with a bag of godknowswhat, no doubt weighing less than you'd paid for."
FYP: "Why would I have anything to do with criminals? You lot were bonkers, it's only weed, as if I'd risk getting arrested for something so boring."
OM: *shameful lowering of eyes at own stupidity* then *nostalgic state into space at memories of the old days when we thought drugs were cool*.


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Royals in Vancouver Ahead of Games Opening
The Princess Royal, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and the Prince of Orange have all flown to Canada ahead of today's Winter Olympic Games.
The three royals are each members of the International Olympic Committee, and thus arrived earlier this week to attend the 122nd IOC Session prior to the Games' Opening Ceremony.
Princess Anne was seen yesterday attending the British flag raising ceremony at the Athlete's Village, as well as having attended two receptions in conjunction with the Games. One was hosted today by HE the Governor-General of Canada, Michaëlle Jean; the other was yesterday at Terminal City Club where the flag bearer for Great Britain was announced (skeletor Shelley Rudman).
Crown Prince Frederik enjoyed himself with the Danish athletes, spending some time with them yesterday at the Athlete's Village. The Prince of Orange, Prince Willem-Alexander, was seen posing briefly for photos outside the IOC Hotel in the host city earlier today. Both Princes have been joined by their respective wives, Crown Princess Mary and Princess Máxima, for the seventeen days of the Games. Willem-Alexander and Máxima will also be bringing along their three daughters; Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane.
Multiple others royals have also arrived in Vancouver to attend the Olympics, beginning with tonight's Opening Ceremony and lasting until February 28th. King Carl XVI Gustav, Queen Silvia and Prince Carl Philip will represent Sweden; King Harald V, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon will cheer on Norway and Infanta Pilar de Borbón will be there for Spain. There is also a chance that other European and Middle Eastern royals will attend, as several are members of the IOC and avid sports fans.
The Winter Olympics have begun on a sad note however, with 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili passing away after a horrific accident during a final practice run on the luge track at the Whistler Sliding Centre earlier today. The President of the IOC, Jacques Rogge, told how the tragedy has "cast a shadow over these Games." Kumaritashvili will be honoured at tonight's Opening Ceremony.
The following thread, Royals attending the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, 12-28 February 2010, is where you may find all information and photos regarding the Games at TRF.Filed under Denmark, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom
Tagged Canada, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, International Olympic Committee, King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, The Princess Royal, Vancouver 2010.


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- The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 4, Issue 2, 1 Mar 1955, p. 249 - 253
Human Trypanosomiasis in Northeastern Liberia
A total of 5,214 patients from the Sanoquelle District of Liberia, registering with the outpatient department of the Ganta Dispensary during the 10 years 1944–1953, were treated for trypanosomiasis. This number represents roughly 10 per cent of all patients visiting the Dispensary during this period. Trypanosomes were found in the lymph node juice, the blood, or in both, in 43 per cent of the patients. Information is presented on the age and sex distribution of the trypanosomiasis cases, and the relative incidence of infection in the different areas is discussed.
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Month: April 2018
Youth Intervention Coordinator – HIV/STI/Tb Unit (GMG/AM 3)
Responsible for strengthening HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care efforts for vulnerable adolescents and youth by providing support to programmes designed to increase national prevention coverage and improve treatment outcomes, monitor the implementation of interventions to promote responsible sexual behaviour among adolescents and youth, thus improving the quality of care for young people living with HIV.
- Assist with the development of interventions and activities targeting youth.
- Work closely with Prevention and Care teams to visit intervention sites and assist in the process of:
- Providing HIV testing
- Timely linkage to care
- Reducing loss to follow up
- Coordinate team visits to targeted communities.
- Coordinate special activities in targeted communities targeting at risk youth (e.g. party events and empowerment fairs).
- Identify and sensitize youth influentials on basic sexual reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS prevention education.
- Assess the uptake of condoms, HIV testing and materials via consultations with contact person at site (influential)
- Manage social media platforms, content and distribution for the Adolescent component of the National response
- Liaise with media partners on youth related activities and develop content for promotion of Youth activities such as media launches and specially observed dates: World AIDS Day and Safer Sex Week.
- Develop with the assistance of the team, interventions/activities for the target population.
- Assist other Field Co-ordinators to conduct 'special events' at assigned sites to promote rapid HIV testing and counselling and consistent condom use.
- Assist the BCC Co-ordinators with the oversight of the procurement of Youth Intervention activities.
- Assist with coordinating and conducting research amongst the target population.
- Collaborate with/support coordination of the work of the Youth Intervention team.
- Provide oversight of implementation of field related activities
- Provide weekly and monthly reports as per template on sites being monitored
- Basic knowledge of sexual and reproductive health issues
- Working knowledge of Behaviour Change, Public Health and Health Promotions
- Experience in working in community settings with youth
- Ability to communicate effectively with peers and with people in authority
- Working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet
- Ability to work effectively in tem setting.
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good problem solving skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field
- Two (2) years' experience in social work
Interested persons may apply in writing accompanied by resumes. Applications must be submitted no later than April 23, 2018 to:
Human Resource Management & Development
Ministry of Health
10A Chelsea Avenue
Kingston 10
Please note that responses will be sent to short- listed applicants only


text: Complex challenges innovative cities is a three-year project funded under the European Commission's INTERREG IVC programme. CCIC project focuses on the role of local authorities in medium-sized and big cities in driving innovation to contribute to Europe 2020 strategy goals for economic modernization and increased competitiveness. In their efforts to improve the effectiveness of the regional innovation policies all public authorities face a set of interlinked challenges like: public finance for innovation, public authorities as innovators, public attitudes to innovation, public procurement and innovation. Building on CCIC partners' experience in public innovation support and on the good practices of other EU regions for promotion of innovation, research and technological development, the project aims to implement new ideas relating to the challenges defined in the partner regions. 14 partners from 10 cities/regions will aid the understanding of public sector innovation and lay the grounds for successful transfer of good practices into the regions.


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Maine Coast Sea Vegetables
Maine Coast Sea Vegetables was founded in 1971 by Linette and Shep Erhart in Franklin, Maine. Word quickly spread around the surrounding area about their delicious discoveries.
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Maine Coast went from producing 200 pounds in 1971, to around 40 people harvesting around 100,000 pounds of each sea vegetable annually. They offer 8 certified organic North Atlantic varietes: alaria, dulse, laver, sea lettuce, Irish moss, rockweed, and bladderwrack. The sea vegetables are harvested at low tides and sun, wood forced hot air dried, some are milled and then they are packaged. Their mission is to provide excellent quality North Atlantic sea vegetables that are easy to consume, and supported by reliable information. They hope to build long relationships with their customers, suppliers, employees and of course the environment. They practice sustainable harvesting, leaving more than they harvest. They are enthusiastic and passionate about the rediscovery of this ancient food source from the ocean.


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Employee referral program initiatives are key for companies looking to find the best talent, however employees are largely unaware that this is the case.
From medium scale enterprises to large multinationals, employee referral programs are playing an increasingly important role in many organizations' talent acquisition strategies and are consistently ranking as the most effective way to hire top talent.
However, a recent survey by Talentboard has found that many candidates are unaware of how much success they could achieve through gaining referrals from their friends and acquaintances. Of 8,953 respondents, they found that:
49.9% were aware that those companies they applied to had an employee referral program
Of these, only a third actually used the referral program
But what is most interesting about this survey is how successful those candidates who applied via referrals were. Of the 8,953 respondents:
17.7% were hired
Those candidates that were referred for positions were offered 27.9% of all the available jobs.
Based on these numbers, the probability of being hired was 27.9% where a referral was used and 2.8% without a referral. These figures are the clearest example yet of how referrals benefit candidates as well as employers, and it is why we are so passionate about employee referrals.


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It's like the Asian version of Starbucks, except three times cheaper with ten times the variety to choose from. Bubble milk tea has been a global trend since its origin in Taichung in the early 1980s. The icy cool drink consists of a mixture of brewed tea and milk, topped with chewy black balls of tapioca (also known as boba).
However, the original boba milk tea drink may not be suitable for everyone; for it may be a bit sickly sweet to a firstcomer's tastebuds, or even a little too cold for comfort for others. The great thing about Taiwan beverages is that the sugar and ice content of your drink can be tailored to your liking. Here's a breakdown of the options that many shops offer:
Full Sugar: 100% (全糖)
Less Sugar: 70%~80% (少糖)
Half sugar: 50%(半糖)
Some sugar: 20%~30% (微糖)
No Sugar: 0% (無糖)
Regular Ice: (正常冰)
Less Ice: (少冰)
No Ice: (去冰)
Warm: (溫飲)
Hot: (熱飲)
A number of boba tea franchises, including Come Buy, Coco, and 50 Lan (50嵐), also sell different variations of the boba tea drink. You can mix and match from a variety of fresh juice, tea, and coffee into the toppings of your choice. Tapioca balls are just a start — here are some of the most common toppings:
These pearl shaped toppings are most commonly associated with milk tea. The soft chewy texture is what adds to the fun of drinking this beverage; it gives you something to chew on while enjoying the cold refreshing brew of tea.
Photo Credit – CoCo Official Site
As you first bite down upon one, you can taste the sugary burst of flavor let out by the clear rectangular jelly. Konjac jelly comes in white and red colors, and is also used in other Taiwanese desserts such as jello and shaved ice.
Photo Credit – Gong Cha Official Site
Grass Jelly is liquidized from the leaves of Mesona chinensis (a plant believed to have cooling properties) and then solidified to create a black jelly-like appearance. This topping can also be served alone, drizzled with sugar syrup or cut up into squares to put into beverages.
Photo Credit – CoCo Official Site
Traditionally a popular cold desert that could be found at your local convenience store, egg pudding is a yellow solid of a jello consistency. It is preferable added into milk tea drinks.
Photo via CoCo Official Site
Custom tailor a drink perfectly accustomed to your taste, whether it be a passion fruit tea with grass jelly and konjac jelly, or a boba milk tea with no ice and half the amount of sugar. The possibilities are endless with your own preference of sugar content, iciness, and topping choice.
What's your favorite custom drink?


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We spent a chunk of Wednesday, Thursday, and today sprucing up our kitchen. It wasn't "bad" before. It just wasn't us. The cutesy wallpaper and yellow paint to match the counters just made me feel kind of icky inside. Our friends Cindy and Andrea stopped in to help out. We couldn't have gotten it done so quickly without their help. Thanks! So here are a couple of before pics.
This is the color scheme that I pretty much haphazardly decided on the day before we started painting. That's just how I roll.
Here's one during the wallpaper removal process. Mikey "helped" Cindy. And no, I'm not wearing white granny panties up higher than my waistband. That's just how white my flesh is. I wish I could tell you that it were granny panties. Anyway…
Today Phillip and I (mostly Phillip) refinished the drawer and cabinet pulls to match the light fixtures that are already in our kitchen. Before they were a lovely gold. After they are kind of a dark bronze. This is exciting stuff right here.
And here is the finished kitchen/dining room. It's finished but we still need curtains and other accessories. That room through the kitchen is my office. It's the same yellow that the dining room was before. It looks like it's some awful green in this picture. It's just the light. That room will get a new coat of paint soon.
We're really happy with how it turned out. I'm envisioning a big dark red framed mirror on the wall in the dining room and maybe some kind of dark red curtains of some sort. In the next couple of years we hope to pulverize the 1950's yellow tile and replace it with granite or quartz. Some people may prefer the before pictures and not understand why we changed it. And if that's the case then I'm sure you can find some quaint wallpaper with flowers on it at Lowe's that will make your heart skip a beat. The previous yellow is called "sunbeam."


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- 1 Tb. butter
- 1 Tb. olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 carrots peeled and diced
- 3 stalks of celery diced
- 1/2 C. pearl barley
- 1 tsp. fresh sage (or 1/2 tsp. dried)
- 1 tsp. Mediterranean seasoning
- 1/4 c. wild rice
- 1/2 c. white wine
- 5 c. stock
- 1 c. boiling water
- 1/4 C. dried mushrooms (porcini)
- 1 C. cooked white beans (optional–I used butterbeans, because I had them around)
Melt butter and oil in heavy pan and add onions. Saute over medium for 5-10 minutes, until translucent. Add garlic cloves and saute for one minute. Add in celery, carrot, sage, and other herbs and saute for a minute. In the meantime, rinse barley and rice under water in sieve, shake to dry and then add to pan. Coat grains with oil and butter andmix thoroughly with other ingredients. Add the wine and stir over medium until absorbed.
Add the stock to mixture and cover with lid and bring to simmer. Simmer halfway covered and bring 1 C. water to a boil. Soak mushrooms in boiling water for 15 minutes. Drain mushrooms, reserving soaking liquid and add liquid to simmering soup. Dice the soaked mushrooms and add to the soup, along with cooked beans, if using. Simmer entire mixture for 1 hour, or until all is done.


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Nelson Mandela's Death: Bono Writes, 'He Could Charm the Birds Off the Trees'
"As an activist I have pretty much been doing what Nelson Mandela tells me since I was a teenager." Bono's essay on Nelson Mandela, published by Time mere minutes after news of the South African leader's death on Thursday, is filled with reason upon reason why the U2 frontman has spent the better part of 34 years as a follower.
In the 1051-word piece titled "The Man Who Could Not Cry," Bono calls Mandela a "forceful presence" in his life since 1979, when he says U2 made its first stand against apartheid, a system of de facto racial segregation practiced for decades in South Africa. "Irish people related all too easily to the subjugation of ethnic majorities," he writes. "From our point of view, the question as to how bloody South Africa would have to get on its long road to freedom was not abstract."
PHOTOS: 13 Hollywood Portrayals of Nelson Mandela and Apartheid
Bono lauds his friend's "deft maneuvering" as South Africa's leader, which included -- but was of course not limited to -- battling the AIDS epidemic and extreme poverty around the globe. "It certainly fell to Mandela to be great," he writes, rattling off advancements in access to AIDS meds and decreasing child deaths.
"Without Mandela, would Africa be experiencing its best decade of growth and poverty reduction? His indispensability can't be proved with math and metrics, but I know what I believe ... "
He was a "hardheaded realist"… someone whose "principles and pragmatism were not foes"… an "idealist without -naivete, a compromiser without being compromised" and many more lyrical plaudits, according to the rock and roll hall-of-famer.
STORY: Hollywood Mourns Nelson Mandela
Bono also talks about the humor and humility of Madiba, Mandela's clan name, and recalls a funny story about confronting the leader on accepting money and fellowship from former foes:
"He could charm the birds off the trees -- and cash right out of wallets. He told me once how Margaret Thatcher had personally donated £20,000 to his foundation. 'How did you do that?' I gasped. The Iron Lady, who was famously frugal, kept a tight grip on her purse. 'I asked,' he said with a laugh. 'You'll never get what you want if you don't ask. Then he lowered his voice conspiratorially and said her donation had nauseated some of his cohorts. 'Didn't she try to squash our movement?' they complained. His response: 'Didn't De Klerk crush our people like flies? And I'm having tea with him next week … He'll be getting the bill.' (On other occasions, I heard Mandela praise the courage of F.W. de Klerk, the last President of apartheid South Africa, who had his own prison to escape: the prejudice of his upbringing. We should not forget his role in this historic drama)."
He also correctly points out that Mandela was friends with business magnate Sol Kerzner, whose Sun City resort in South Africa was the target of an anti-Apartheid group of rock stars led by Steven Van Zandt called Artists United Against Apartheid. Bono's U2 was one of the artists that answered Van Zandt's call to action against Kerzner's resort.
VIDEO: U2 Releases 'Mandela' Song 'Ordinary Love'
Bono closes his essay with a story calling back to the article's title -- referencing Madiba's inability to shed tears. "Laughter, not tears, was Madiba's preferred way -- except on one occasion when I saw him almost choke up," he recalls.
"It was on Robben Island, in the courtyard outside the cell in which he had spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. He was explaining why he'd decided to use his inmate's number, 46664, to rally a response to the AIDS pandemic claiming so many African lives. One of his cell mates told me that the price Mandela paid for working in the limestone mine was not bitterness or even the blindness that can result from being around the bright white reflection day after day. Mandela could still see, but the dust damage to his tear ducts had left him unable to cry."
Bono adds, "For all this man's farsightedness and vision, he could not produce tears in a moment of self-doubt or grief. He had surgery in 1994 to put this right. Now, he could cry. Today, we can."
This story first appeared on billboard.com
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Aw come on guy, the protocol at this point is to start ranting about how myisam support should be implemented right now because it's popular also because you can't and should not be bothered with minor technical details such as these.
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feedster search plugin for Mozilla Firebird
If you use Moz Firebird you'd probably agree that one of the coolest small features it has is the search box that is at the top-right. Built-in, that search box supports Google and a mozilla search engine of some sort that I've never used. Its workings are a bit opaque, but once you've got a handle on it it's not bad.
That box is in fact an easily extensible mechanism. Since I find myself depending on weblogs to find stuff that I want (and google is returning weblog results all over the place anyway) I spent a bit of time this morning creating a plugin for feedster search. So here it goes!
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PS: This is actually a format that Mozilla (the original) uses for search plugins--it might work on Mozilla too. Haven't tried it though. If anyone does try it, let me know the results.Categories: soft.dev
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With the heat of summer upon us, and looking at the stats for water use in the Okanagan, this valley's mayors and councillors are asking residents to "Take the Pledge to MAKE WATER WORK" this season.
Make Water Work (www.MakeWaterWork.ca) is an effort by the Okanagan Basin Water Board's Okanagan WaterWise program, and local government and water utility partners throughout the valley, to encourage outdoor water conservation during our hot Okanagan summers, when most water is used. Several valley mayors and councillors gathered this morning to take the pledge, invite residents to learn more about the water of the region and take the pledge too.
After making their pitch to citizens, mayors and council members – from Armstrong to Osoyoos – lined up to take the pledge at www.MakeWaterWork.ca. To sweeten the deal, residents who take the pledge are entered for a chance to win $5000 in WaterWise yard upgrades. This year's contest partners are KelownaGardens.com, Bylands and ProSource Irrigation – all known for their commitment to quality and water conservation.
The electeds are also hoping that the more pledges their community gets, the better their hometown's chances at winning the "MAKE WATER WORK Champion" title.
"We're having fun with this contest but the message behind it is serious," noted OBWB Chair and West Kelowna mayor Doug Findlater, noting some of the stats behind water use in the Okanagan.
- The average Canadian uses 329 litres of water each day. In the Okanagan, the average is a whopping 675 litres when averaged out over the year. The summer average in the Okanagan climbs to almost 1000 litres.
- 24% of all Okanagan water is used by residents outside – mostly on lawns and gardens.
- There is less water available per person in the valley than anywhere else in Canada.
"Some residents use less water, especially if they're on a meter, but we still are using more than what is sustainable. It's for this reason we launched Make Water Work – to show that there are simple ways to save water and make it work more effectively and efficiently," added Findlater.
Make Water Work provides residents with tips to get the most from their water, such as watering between dusk and dawn to prevent evaporation, and putting where it's needed – on plants, not pavement. Many are simple tips that can make a huge difference, saving water for the things that matter to us most as residents of this valley – water for crops, for fish, and even firefighting.
Today's news conference was held at H2O Adventure & Fitness Centre in Kelowna – the site of the Okanagan Xeriscape Association's UnH2O demonstration garden and City of Kelowna's drought-tolerant turf project – both funded in part by the OBWB, showing water conservation at work.


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Ydrai is a Kymellian sorcerer; one of the few members of the Kymellian race who has learned to master his powers. He is a member of the Force Four and has been trained as a warrior from young age. Unlike his fellow Force Four members however, he mostly relies on technology in combat, like a battle armor and various gadgets.[1]
The young heroes Power Pack met him and the other Force Four members when they visited Kymellia II to attend the funeral for the Smartship Friday (who later turned out to be fine though). They had been ordered to hang around with the human children during their stay at Kymellia II. At first, the Force Four acted friendly towards the kids, showing them around Kymellia II and, along with Byrel Whitemane, teached them more about Kymellian history.[1]
Later however, it turned out Power Pack had been set up by the Kymellian technocrat to face the Force Four in combat, under the guise of a training session. Despite their opponents only being children, Force Four did not hold back and attacked the team with all their strength. Ydrai managed to capture Julie while she was in her cloud form, and trapped the other Power Pack members in a force field. However, after an initial defeat, Power Pack was able to turn the tides on them and eventually defeated the Force Four. Alex personally took down Ydrai, destroying his armor. [1]
Afterwards, the team sought out Power Pack to congratulate them on their victory and apologize for the fighting, stating they had no idea Power Pack was being tricked.[1]
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I spent all night last night painting my nails (and er...drinking a bottle of wine) so I should hopefully have lots of posts coming up for you soon!
Today I'm showing you some glitter polishes I was sent from BeautyUK. BeaultyUK is a British brand that produce colourful and affordable cosmetics. You may have seen them in your local Superdrug :)
The polishes I was sent for review were glitters from the Posh Polish collection. Today I'm showing you Intergalactic and Twinkle Twinkle, and you'll have to pop back later this week to see what else I was sent!
Rather than saving the best until last, I've decided to start with my favourite! Intergalactic is a multicoloured glitter, made up of both square and hex glitters.
Intergalactic contains large hexes in gold and red, large squares in purple, green and red, medium hexes in blue, red, green and gold, as well as teeny little purple glitters. It's pretty hard not to love a multicoloured glitter, and this is certainly no exception. I love the little twist having some square glitters in it (and it also means you can totally justify buying it if you already own something like Technic Carnival).
Application was great - I used my normal two coat method here for this glitter gradient over OPI Skull and Glossbones. The consistency was good, and the glitter's really dense. Happy nail painter here.
Next up is Twinkle Twinkle. From the bottle this looked like it was just going to be silver bar glitter, but I was totally wrong.
It's actually primarily silver holographic microshimmer, with a sprinkling of silver holo bar glitters. Again, great consistency and glitter payoff. I used two coats here - one was pretty enough for the microshimmer, but two gave a nice amount of bars I thought - over Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream.
Overall, I'm really pleased with these polishes - the quality is great and I think they're a bit different from what most high street brands offer. It's nice to see brands coming up with new ideas rather than just recreating what the bigger brands have done!
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A marriage that begins with a missing Bible, airplanes drowning out the ceremony, and the cake falling might seem destined for, well, something less than longevity…
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Time was when a man wouldn't have admitted to imbibing Chardonnay if his life depended on it. Public disapprobation of an accused ax murderer would have paled by comparison to the humiliation of a guy drinking the main ingredient of something called a "wine spritzer." At least you know an ax murderer has a good, manly arm. But girlie muscles are enough to lift a glass of Pinot Grigio…
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Things change, and so do people. I got to thinking about how my husband K— has evolved over the years I've known him. Or rather, he kind of forced the issue. Read all about it here, and comment to share your stories of how your husband (or wife) has made you stop and wonder, "Whatever happened to the (wo)man I married?"Read More
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"…a hidden gem that needs to come to the surface for others to find and enjoy" is how reviewer Tricia C. of www.booksbargainsandpreviews.com described The Marriage Files: Cheaper by the Three Dozen when she read it. "This book is HILARIOUS," she enthused. "The stories [Holly Alani] tells are short, well-written, and a quick read, which makes this book attractive in today's busy world." See amazon.com or bookbargainsandpreviews.com for the full review.
As a nod to the upcoming holiday, I've uploaded "A Valentine's Day Primer" [this story has been retired—Holly] a "classic" TMF story that also appears in Cheaper by the Three Dozen. It would make a great Valentine's Day gift for your single women friends, if only to remind them that being single has its good side, too!Read More
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For some bizarre reason, human beings want the mate selection process to be scientific, even though we know it's not. That's why online dating services all ask you to fill out onerously long questionnaires that only function to identify one personality trait: tolerance for filling out onerously long online questionnaires.
But we still need ways to separate the wheat from the chaff, and here's my best effort… [this story has been retired—Holly]
Since this is my first NEW story on the relaunched website, I could use your help. Share it with your friends, subscribe to the new mailing list, send me feedback by making a comment, and follow me on twitter @tmfwebmistress.
Plus, don't forget to check out my online Amazon Store for funny movies, books and other "Cool Stuff." Thanks!Read More