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Fel orc
- For orcs in general, see Orc.
|Fel orcs
Fel Horde (Illidari)
|Character classes
|Racial capital
Hellfire Citadel
|Racial leader(s)
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Fel orcs (or blood orcs)[1] are corrupted orcs created by the continual consumption of pit lord blood, which has caused them to be completely consumed by madness and bloodlust.[2] Most could be found in Outland as members of the Fel Horde, loyal to the Illidari. After the alternate Gul'dan took control of the Iron Horde and bound it to the Burning Legion, many orcs of the alternate Draenor became fel orcs as well.
The fel orcs were originally created by the former ruler of Outland, Magtheridon. When Illidan Stormrage overthrew him, he took control of his Fel Horde and imprisoned the pit lord, using his blood to produce more fel orcs. They are easily distinguishable from regular orcs by their red skin, glowing red eyes, longer tusks and the spiky growths all over their body. The alternate Draenor fel orcs are the result of orcs drinking the blood of Mannoroth and have similar features to the Outland ones, albeit with black and grey skin and glowing green eyes instead of red.
When the pit lord Magtheridon took control of Outland, he created fel orcs by corrupting them with his blood. Fel orcs made up the backbone of Magtheridon's armies.
This section concerns content related to The Burning Crusade.
After Magtheridon was defeated by Illidan and imprisoned, the fel orcs stayed in Hellfire Citadel, keeping guard over the captured pit lord as servants of Illidan. Illidan has continued using the blood of Magtheridon to create more fel orcs to follow him. A letter recovered from one of the orcs has revealed that Illidan is not pleased with the orcs' progress with the defense of the Blood Furnace.[3] They are capturing many orcs, and Mag'har, then experimenting on them to create fel orcs.
Caza'rez of the Horde is working on a cure for the fel orcs converted by the Illidari.[4]
Twilight Highlands
A group of Dragonmaw fel orcs, led by the former Illidari lieutenant Mor'ghor, traveled from Outland to the Twilight Highlands to enslave the Dragonmaws who had remained on Azeroth. However, Mor'ghor and his fel orcs were defeated by the forces of Garrosh Hellscream, Warchief of the Horde, and Warlord Zaela of the Dragonmaw.
Alternate Draenor
On the alternate Draenor, Gul'dan and his followers were described as fel orcs, but had green skin rather than red skin and mutations. Sean Copeland clarified that these orcs are fel-corrupted but not true "fel orcs."[5]
After the Iron Horde suffered devastating losses, Gul'dan took control of the faction by capturing Warchief Grommash and convincing Kilrogg Deadeye, Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow clan, to drink the blood of Mannoroth (who had much earlier been slain by Grommash) and transform into a fel orc. Thousands of Iron Horde orcs then accepted the blood of Mannoroth, transforming them into fel orcs as well, but none grew as powerful as three champions: Dia Darkwhisper, Gurtogg Bloodboil and Blademaster Jubei'thos. Tainted with fel sickness, the three began serving Gul'dan as both Highguard and Council of War, becoming known as the Hellfire High Council.[6]
Fel orc forces can be found serving the Legion throughout Tanaan Jungle — mainly at the Iron Front, the Fel Forge and atop the Throne of Kil'jaeden — and in the halls of Hellfire Citadel. The Hand of the Prophet draenei forces stationed in the jungle argued that if their leader, Prophet Velen, were there to guide them, he would not simply give up on the entire race, and while the draenei's eredar brothers are seemingly lost forever, the orcs of Azeroth did manage to break free from the Burning Legion. Thus, Alliance heroes were sent out to gather vials of fel orc blood for draenei scholars to study in the hopes of finding a way to reverse the corruption process.[7] Similarly, Lady Liadrin and her Blood Knights believed there to be a way back for the fel orcs and also asked for blood samples from freshly turned orcs. However, not every member of the Horde forces in Tanaan had as bright of an outlook on the fel orcs' chance at redemption.[8]
While much fewer in number, some fel orc members of the Shadow Council resembling the ones from alternate Draenor can be found on the Broken Isles, such as Lord Malgath in the Assault on Violet Hold.
Other fel orcs from Outland can also be seen imprisoned in the Vault of the Wardens.
Gul'dan turns into a truer fel orc during his boss fight, with red skin and larger spikes growing from his back.
Appearance and characteristics
The consumption of pit lord blood results in a blood haze, uncontrollable bloodlust, and physical changes as well.[2] Even those who were transformed unwillingly end up exhibiting these traits, and end up forced to obey the supplier of the blood. The Illidari fel orcs are produced using an elixir. The procedure is extremely painful, and tends to drive subjects mad.[9]
The standard Outland fel orc has red skin, and a ridge of long sharp spines coming out of its back. Bony horns grow from its arms and hands. Its eyes are bloodshot and glow red, and six long and thin fangs grow out of its mouth. Its ears are stubbier than orc ears, coming to a blunt point. These features signify a fel orc as much as its maddened lust for destruction.[2] Fel orc blood is described as bubbling, as if full of rage.[10] Most fel orcs have lived for years in Outland with the corruption, and this has led to greater mutations. These fel orcs are formidable foes, with even the weakest among their number being just as powerful as any normal green-skinned orc.[11] They are also larger, meaner, and more cunning than the average orc.[12]
The fel orcs of alternate Draenor instead feature gray skin with black, horn-like growths, glowing green eyes, and glowing green "cracks" on the skin and aforementioned growths. The reason for this difference in appearance is unknown, as Gul'dan himself, who had previously drunk the blood of Mannoroth, only gained green skin and red eyes, without the gray skin and mutations. According to Vindicator Krethos, Gul'dan's poison turned the already ferocious orcs into "hateful, vicious creatures with no soul"[7] while Shadow Hunter Denjai describes the fel orcs as "monsters", "fel beasts" and "soulless savages".[8] The blood of Draenic fel orcs remains warm to the touch long after the orc is killed.[13]
Fel dire orcs of the alternate Draenor instead have red skin like their main universe counterparts.
|Guard of Magtheridon
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Guard of Magtheridon
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Defender of a dimensional gateway
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Commander of the Horde of Agony
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Defender of a dimensional gateway
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Commander of the Legion of Torment
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Commander of the Horde of Pain
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Commander of the Legion of Anguish
|Magtheridon's Forces, Burning Legion
|Kilrogg Deadeye
|Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow
|Iron Horde, Bleeding Hollow clan, Burning Legion
|Various Locations
|Blademaster Jubei'thos
|Member of the Hellfire High Council
|Iron Horde, Burning Blade clan, Burning Legion
|Court of Blood, Hellfire Citadel
|Dia Darkwhisper
|Member of the Hellfire High Council
|Iron Horde, Burning Legion
|Court of Blood, Hellfire Citadel
|Grand Warlock Nethekurse
|Overseer of the fel conversion pits at the Fel Forge
|Iron Horde, Burning Legion
|Fel Forge, Tanaan Jungle
|Gurtogg Bloodboil
|Member of the Hellfire High Council
|Iron Horde, Bleeding Hollow clan, Burning Legion
|Court of Blood, Hellfire Citadel
|Magril the Seer
|Shadow Council warlock
|Shadow Council, Burning Legion
|Dark Portal, Tanaan Jungle
|Siegemaster Mar'tak
|Commander of the Hellfire Assault
|Iron Horde
|The Iron Bulwark, Hellfire Citadel
Known clans in Outland
Here follows a list of known clans that, at least parts of which, have allied with the Fel Horde:
- Bleeding Hollow clan — Serve as archers, warriors, and casters. Uncorrupted Bleeding Hollow orcs have instead joined the Mag'har in Garadar.
- Bonechewer clan — Serve primarily as warriors and casters.
- Dragonmaw clan — Enslave nether drakes for the Illidari.
- Laughing Skull clan — Serve primarily as rogues and enforcers.
- Shattered Hand clan — Serve as warriors and enforcers, though a small number of casters have been seen around Hellfire Citadel.
- Shadowmoon clan — Serve primarily warlocks and channelers of the blood of Magtheridon.
In the RPG
Fel orcs, also known as chaos orcs, are the creation of Mannoroth, who "blessed" the orc race by infusing within them fel energies and binding their will to the Burning Legion. While Grom's sacrifice freed most of his race, many orcs remain loyal to Mannoroth and worship the demons, gaining tremendous strength in exchange for their service. While not all demon-worshiping orcs are fel orcs, more than enough still partake of demon blood for the strength it grants them.[14]
- Among the fel orcs in Outland, only males are seen. An unfinished female fel orc model exists in the game files. Both males and females are found amongst the Iron Horde fel orcs.
- Many Outland fel orcs actually just use the model of a normal male orc with red skin. It seems to be related to the apparent fact that the fel orc model cannot display most helmets.
- Rokgah Bloodgrip and Gor'drek incorrectly describe the fel orcs as the orcs transformed by Mannoroth's blood.
- Lava Guard Gordoth a red skin dire orc is stated in the Adventure Guide to be transformed by energies pulled from the Firelands. Kor'kron Dire Soldiers are red skin dire orcs in the Secrets of Ragefire scenario.
This article or section includes speculation, observations or opinions possibly supported by lore or by Blizzard officials. It should not be taken as representing official lore.
The chaos orcs who resulted from Grommash Hellscream's Warsong clan drinking Mannoroth's blood from the Chaos Well during the Third War were possibly fel orcs. As seen above, in the non-canon RPG, "chaos orc" is treated as just an alternate name for "fel orc".
It's also not known if the Slave Master and Jubei'Thos that appeared in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos campaigns in Lordaeron (who are the first red skin orcs to appear) can be considered fel orcs, chaos orcs or something different.
Quartermaster Dekrok and some Horde Portal-Sentries are members of the modern Horde that are red skin orcs and as such could be fel orcs.
Shadow Lord Fel'dan appears as a red skin orc after Cataclysm is said to be more demon than orc in a quest, it's unknown if he is a fel orc or something different.
A possible explanation for the difference between the alternate Draenor's Gul'dan and the fel orcs, who both drank Mannoroth's blood but gained vastly different appearances, may be the "freshness" of the blood; Mannoroth had been dead for some time before the fel orcs of alternate Draenor drank his blood, unlike Gul'dan.
An Outland fel orc without spikes prior to the model revamp.
Gurtogg Bloodboil, an Outland fel dire orc.
- Art
An orc warlock fighting a fel orc.
- Warcraft III
See also
- ^ [70] Wanted: Keli'dan's Feathered Stave
- ^ a b c Ultimate Visual Guide, pg. 39
- ^ [Ominous Letter]
- ^ [63D] Make Them Bleed
- ^ Sean Copeland on Twitter (2014-07-03)
- ^ Adventure Guide entry for Hellfire High Council
- ^ a b [100 Daily] Breaking Their Fel Bonds
- ^ a b [100 Daily] Blood of Fallen Brothers
- ^ World of Warcraft: Illidan, pg. ??
- ^ [Fel Orc Blood Vial]
- ^ [61] Fel Orc Scavengers
- ^ [61] Know your Enemy
- ^ [Vial of Fel Blood]
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment. Monster Guide, 20. ISBN 9781588469366.


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When was the last time you saw a lot of controversies related to a film? It must not be very long ago. Here in India movies get the most of their publicity through controversies themselves. It is very hard to recall name of a movie which was always in news due to controversy and still did not turn up as a commercial success on box office. Just an Indian thing. Isn't it? Padmavati, a movie by Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been in news ever since it was in the shooting phase and as the time progressed the rage only increased and things got more and more complicated.
Peoples who are really leading the charge against the movie Padmavati are coming with attractive bounties for those who happen to behead Deepika Padukone or Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Government has been silent on the matter and no responsible actions have been taken on its part to ensure that situation is under control. While people are free to have their own set of opinion and are free to express them but they must ensure that they never ever cross the limits. Threatening to behead someone just because you have different set of opinions is very dismaying.
People are bound to have their own set of religious sentiments but it is saddening to see people making out a matter of almost nothing. Problems that Karni Sena(Group opposing the movie) stated is regarding the dream scene of Allaudin Khilji where Rani Padmavati is seen romancing with him. One other scene that was objected was the one when Rani Padmavati was dancing (Ghoomar song) in front of a crowd because it is believed that Rani Padmavati was refrained from showing her face. It is alright for people to show dissatisfaction but it is not at all acceptable if this dissatisfaction is taking form of extremely violent and life threatening actions.


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The increase in the number of female professionals at Top Management has really been an important topic in the world of business. The dearth of the fairer gender at the top echelons of organizations isn't a matter of stagger anymore. This ubiquitous problem has been a constant subject of debate for years, with no definite answer yet. The roots of this problem are so penetrated into the mix of organizations, just hacking the leaves of existing societal norms won't effectuate any change. A turnaround would take place by reorienting mindsets and modifying organizational setups. There is no single reason for women shortfall at senior level positions but solutions can be strategized by analyzing those prevalent issues only.
One issue which hurts the most and even harder to rinse is the apparent and outright discrimination. The discrimination may not just be in the form of overt hostility but patronizing attitude and preference for men over women in the organizational structure. Compelling evidence are the numerous studies which show the significantly higher compensation received by male corporates than female ones. When a woman joins an organization predominantly with a male-driven culture, her values and perspectives may face a predicament whether to adapt or get smothered in the new environment. Is that the answer – women corporates transforming their thought process and approach more like their male counter-parts?
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The most obvious challenge for female corporates is the greater struggle for work-life balance. While they are at the peak of their careers in their 30s, they normally have an added responsibility of childcare. Thus they have an obvious detachment from work, which results in a halt in career growth. After this period, some lose interest in their work sue to shifted priorities and some lose the Midas touch which kept them going. Few who return to work take time to re-establish their feet and move on again with same vigor, ultimately go on to add value proposition like never before.
Another study that is shocking to comprehend is the conservative nature of women corporates towards investment opportunities. They are more risk-reluctant when it comes to high gain, quick fire investment strategies but are more inclined towards long term investments which have less volatile returns. This may be figured as a deep-dyed result of the intricate stature-saving approach of female corporates to keep in terms of the male dominated market structure.
One way or the other, it comes down to one dimension – equality and optimistic attitude to bring it on. Countries have started finding measures to enact and policies to implement to take this issue seriously. European countries have a strict quota system with Germany targeting around 30% females in corporate boards by 2016. Countries like UK and Japan probing on to bring more female executives on board by setting target goals by uniform corporate policies throughout the country.
The equity measures can be best initiated in the vertical of remuneration outcomes throughout the organization by first identifying and rectifying areas where women have fallen behind, and anomalies and systemic differences in fixed and variable remuneration including those that arise from systemic gender differences in performance ratings, a female's apparent lack of direct experience for a new role, despite having won the role over a more experienced male due to her other more pertinent attributes and competencies for the role, the undervaluing of some roles, in particular 'feminized' roles, lack of visibility or transparency about what will be rewarded and differences in the relational access of women to male decision-makers.
Yes, policies are guidelines for decision making – routine, repetitive and recurrent in nature. When these guidelines are practiced in modified terms of better women representation, people would get used to it out of compulsion, which would have its own repercussions. Some would eye this with a conviction for change, some with patronizing attitude and some with even more hostility. Thinking, policy changes would change the scenario for good, is just a mirage, scratching the surface of this all-pervasive issue.
For increasing the number of women at top management levels, we have to think beyond policies into more concrete layers of an organization – its structure and culture. A successful organizational structure isn't a recherché these days, going with the prescriptive and normative approaches organizations follow. But a successful structure with equal female representation calls for a circuitous planning regime. This kind of structure requires empowering women at every level by involving them in decision making processes. For assessing every task allocated at every level, potential conversion attitude should be rated in equivalent to exhibited performance. For example – if a female corporate is a good performer, still not better than other male corporates, but has the relevant work attitude and leadership strand of DNA, then transforming her into a leadership role would lead to a more settled structure. This kind of plan can be executed by priority-garrisoned-competency based interviewing. This kind of interview gives few competencies like leadership and team player attitude primacy and other competencies flexibility.
But there is a fine line between equality and favoritism. The organizations shouldn't recruit and promote female corporates just because they are female. Rather than increasing women, priority must be to increase competent women at top management positions.
The ruling theme though comes crashing down in the form of a distorted organizational structure. The strands of legacy passed on through generations by norms, practices and values are hard to metamorphosize with a single stroke of policy change. The culture which treats female corporates the way it does, would take twice the time to extricate the existing one and re-establish a new one. That's where the most possible advantage boasts in the form of startups. These potential future MNCs have the distinct authority of hiring the people with broader sense of comprehension and apprehension of the issue and starting an organizational culture feasible for career growth of female corporates. Judging by the meteoric rise in the number and quality of startups and few years from now, when these startups would constitute a substantial share of global market, they may recast the scenario of this flawed setup.
This article has been authored by Abhisek Sarangi & Abhisek Nanda from XIMB
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Marketing and Millennials
Millennials get a bad wrap. They have been defined by other generations as lazy, entitled and immoral. The reality is that millennials are one of the most rapidly-growing target demographics in the content marketing landscape. The purchasing power of this digitally-inclined generation is expected to reach $1.4 trillion by the year 2020. There are certainly rules when it comes to marketing to millennials, and many brands that aren't paying attention are going to fail miserably. Let's review exactly what you need to know when it comes to getting your brand in front of millennials by using content marketing.
Don't Try and Pull Off the Hard Sell The most important thing you need to know when marketing to millennials is that they do not have an inherent trust for your brand right right off the bat. That is something your brand will need to earn. If you're generating content and you are trying to sell them throughout the content, you're not going to win them over. In fact, you are going to make enemies of this ever-important generation. A recent study that surveyed adults, ages 18-34, shows that millennials are very put off when they feel deceived by any advertisers.
Make sure that the content you're putting out there serves your audience more than it serves your brand. Look at some of the most shared content on Facebook by brands. Lay's potato chips has come to see much success by engaging the millennial generation on Facebook and allowing them to submit and vote on new flavors. Instead of selling potato chips, Lay's found a way to make user-generated content sell their product for them.
Understand Your Audience Up until recently, a big advertising mantra was to "KYA" or Know Your Audience. Now, there is a significant need to understand your audience, especially millennials. You need to understand their needs, preferences and passions. When it comes to content marketing, millennials live and breathe digital content. They are the "First to Know" generation, where breaking news is no longer relevant two hours after it's been announced. It's on to the next.
This short attention span and the need to consume "snackable" content makes it even more challenging for a brand to generate content that can stand out in a sea of content available on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram BuzzFeed, HuffPo, Tumblr, Snapchat, Periscope, etc. A recent study conducted by Yahoo about content marketing in 2013 found that the three core elements to branded content are that content should be brief, entertaining and funny.
Comedy & Nostalgia Engages and Entertains
There are two full-proof components of content marketing to millennials that are sure to work if executed properly: comedy and nostalgia. Comedy is more of an art to the millennial generation, and it can help to win over lifelong fans. Brands that are self-deprecating, down to Earth and humorous can grow an audience faster than any other brand. The iHOP Twitter feed is chock-full of pop culture references, and it seems to have embraced the personification of an actual millennial with a top-notch sense of humor using brief sentences without the use of grammar or punctuation.
Nostalgia also tends to perform well, especially using #tbt (Throwback Thursday). By referencing pop culture, specifically from the '90s and '00s, can draw engagement and brand loyalty from millennials. J.Crew uses #tbt to generate aspirational nostalgia through their fashion-forward, trendy campaigns for collaborations with brands like LaCoste.
While generating a new content marketing campaign, don't forget that millennials are the fastest growing market to target your efforts. Make sure to keep up with this market because they are always on to the next, and that means that your brand needs to be that way as well.


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The Importance of Your View
An "ombudsman," or a viewer advocate, is a link between you, the viewers, and KOMU news, and your access to KOMU news is more important than ever.
"We owe the public an explanation. We need to be accountable to them, " said Jeffrey Dvorkin, Goldenson Professor of Local Television.
Recently, we visited with two MU School of Journalism experts on this topic. We asked them why TV stations need ombudsmen projects.
"It develops that relationship with the public. It says 'look- we know we don't get it right. We know we make mistakes. We know we overlook things but we've got this for you to help us see those mistakes,' " said Bill Kovach, Co-Founder of the Committee for Concerned Journalists.
"The more we can explain to the public why we made the choices we did and how the story came to be, the better it is for the public who we should consider citizens first and consumers of the news commodity second," said Dvorkin.
So, as consumers of the news, KOMU wants to hear from you. Vicky from Lake Ozark wrote:
"I do not agree with the opinions expressed in your news stories about our city. There is major developement going on & we are glad to see it. This is not "negative" news and probably not of interest to the public. I just wanted you to know that your story did not tell the whole story. There are a lot bigger, more positive things, going on in Lake Ozark!"
And this from a viewer named Sarah:
"So I would like to say thank you for the flood coverage. It is a sad story, but also a story of great courage in the face of a raging giant. It is a story that needs to be told. We will survive."
Journalism is a complicated process and we value your opinions. If you'd like to comment on KOMU news, click on the Your View tab, write us your opinions and watch Sunday nights as we report your view of the news.


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Once again, the Times is on it, but in this case there will be no making fun. They've actually revealed a juicy bit of Williamsburg-related real estate news that we can appreciate.
According to the paper of record, a brand new music venue is coming to the neighborhood's North 6th Street next year.
The venue is called Original Music Workshop and for a while now the folks behind it have been putting on performances in a 100-year-old factory on North 6th Street. Now, the non-profit has secured $16 million in investment to turn the former sawdust factory into a state of the art "acoustically sound concert hall, recording studio, nightclub and center for composers."
OMW will have 170 sitting capacity (~350 standing capacity), room for a full orchestra and a high-quality audio system.
Owner Kevin Dolan has made an unusual arrangement with workshop investors, each of whom will be a part owner of the building and allow OMW to use it free of charge. After some time, investors will be invited to give their shares to the workshop, sell them to the workshop or, in the worst case scenario, sell the building altogether. Hopefully, that last one will never come to pass.
OMW will be located at 80 N. 6th Street at Wythe Avenue and should be open by Fall 2015.
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I was started to desesperate to find any other good pastry shop except Sadaharu Aoki, but it came that i was worrying for nothing. Actually, Alléno Yannick, the 3 stars Michelin chef of Le Meurice, has opened a restaurant in Taipei 101 this year, and he also created a tearoom/pastry shop called Sweet tea. So as i really wanted to try something new (i've tried everything i wanted in Sadaharu Aoki and truthfully, i prefer classics to "asian" flavor like tea in pastries).
One of the best Financiers i've eaten. The almond flavor isn't too strong and the cake is not dry and stodgy as some can be. The best thing is the salted caramel cream which makes the cake even meltier. It's not too salted, and the cream is also really good.
Saint-Honoré, the parisian pastry…The piece is small (pastries in Asia are so small…but if the taste is here, that's ok, however that's not often the case), but awesome. What i love is that it really has the French pastry flavor (can't really explain what it is) that i miss so much here. The puff are nice and look, the caramel on the puffs is so well-done that you can see my camera lents through it! The only "bad" point i would say is the vanilla. I think it's another kind of vanilla than usual or they add a different flavor to it, but i didn't like it as much as usual. I mean it's good, but not to my personnal taste.
The Raspberry-pistachio tart. The tearoom sells it in a very big (10 people) and rectangular shape, just like Michalak does in his restaurant, and then they only cut you one piece of cake (small too). I am not a fond of fruit tarts but this one… You have the raspberries with the pistachio, some drops of liquid sugar on them, a raspberry cream and a almond cream to finish by the dough. The pistachio here gives not only a contrast in colors but also some light crispy in the mouth that goes really well with the raspberries.
I had never eaten any Tropézienne before, but actually i was disappointed. Not by the way it's done but by the cake in itself. I didn't know it was done with bun. The vanilla cream has the same "different vanilla" flavor as the Saint-Honoré that i am not really fond of. I just think that there is too mush bun for the cream and that it's a little too heavy. I won't take any Tropézienne.


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A bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy can be implemented when policy, education and technology are aligned and when the business is prepared.
At a debate this week following the publication of the Juniper Trusted Mobility Index, it was claimed that a BYOD policy should depend firstly on the business, and collaboration and education need to play a part.
Nushin Hernandez, analyst at Canalys, said that to enable a BYOD policy, businesses should take a holistic view to enterprise security and compliance and need a content-based policy that is user-, device-, location- and application-aware.
"You can add security to protect the intellectual property on the device, and that is important in terms of identity and access management and in terms of appropriation of applications," she said.
"A holistic view will cover mobile device management (MDM), mobile and network security, and ensure that what enters the perimeter, and connections between devices, are secure."
John Smith, ICT network manager at Settle College, said he had implemented a BYOD policy for his sixth-form students so they are able to use, and learn from, new technology.
"With security covered, you can track the device down and know what it has accessed, and we have had no issues at all; we understand the analogy and our students say it helps them feel like young adults rather than kids," he said.
"With BYOD, you have got to have it there; our students enjoy it and parents report a good experience of it."
Asked if he felt that BYOD was a complicated process to roll out, he said Settle's was led by the ICT manager, who requested the policy be implemented.
"It has taken a couple of years to get there – some parents still believe, after the wireless scares from a few years ago, that radio waves will turn their kids into bug-eyed monsters. Our latest project is on biometrics and they are taking to it quite well," he said.
"Work together is what I say; we are seen as the flagship school and I contribute to the EduGeek website. Other schools have come to see what we are doing. I won't say ours is perfect but it works for Settle College."
Paul Gainham, senior director of solutions EMEA at Juniper, said companies must first determine their approach and implement as appropriate.
He said: "Define your approach, define your policy and choose the right direction for you and technologies. If you are working in a sensitive industry, say the Ministry of Defence, it may be that your policy is 'no way will we support any non-approved devices' and if people breach that, then they are fired.
"On the other hand, there is the more proactive and embracing approach; the challenging one is in the middle, where they are denying that it is happening. The evidence is in their face, it is happening and people are doing this. A hard policy is a dangerous place to be as that is fertile ground for all the breaches and challenges."
At a recent roundtable, Captain Simon Wise, deputy head of service operations at the global operations security control centre at the MoD, said it does not allow BYOD. Commenting on this, Gainham said: "That is perfectly reasonable, it is impossible to stop people doing unnatural things, but you make it harder for them and for me; having a prohibitive and restrictive policy is not the right approach and a more embracing and open one is better."
A survey released this week by Juniper found that almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of businesses believe employees are not accessing corporate data on personal devices, when in fact 42 per cent are doing so without permission.


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Joshua Harker (credit: Denver District Attorney's Office)
DENVER (CBS4) – A man accused of soliciting an undercover officer for sex with the knowledge of being infected with HIV/AIDS has been formally charged.
According to Lynn Kimbrough with the district attorney's office, Joshua Harker, 24, was charged on Tuesday with prostitution and prostitution with knowledge of being infected with HIV/AIDS.
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The Offering was announced on January 6, 2016 when Pembina entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Scotiabank, BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets. A total of 6,800,000 Series 11 Preferred Shares, which includes 800,000 Series 11 Preferred Shares issued pursuant to the partial exercise of the underwriters' option, were sold under the Offering.
Proceeds from the Offering will be used to reduce indebtedness under the Company's credit facilities, as well as for capital expenditures and working capital requirements in connection with the Company's 2016 capital program.
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Concurrently with the closing of the Offering, Pembina's Board of Directors has declared the initial quarterly dividend for the Series 11 Preferred Shares in the amount of $0.1812, for the period of January 15, 2016 to March 1, 2016. The dividend will be payable on March 1, 2016, to shareholders of record on February 1, 2016.
All of Pembina's dividends are designated "eligible dividends" for Canadian income tax purposes.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a leading transportation and midstream service provider that has been serving North America's energy industry for over 60 years. Pembina owns and operates an integrated system of pipelines that transport various products derived from natural gas and hydrocarbon liquids produced in western Canada and North Dakota. The Company also owns and operates gas gathering and processing facilities and an oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics business. Pembina's integrated assets and commercial operations along the entire hydrocarbon value chain allow it to offer a full spectrum of midstream and marketing services to the energy sector. Pembina is committed to working with its community and aboriginal neighbours, while providing value for investors in a safe, environmentally responsible manner. This balanced approach to operating ensures the trust Pembina builds among all of its stakeholders is sustainable over the long-term. Pembina's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under PPL and PBA, respectively. For more information, visit www.pembina.com.


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I was recently interviewed by The Doctor and Daughter, an online site dedicated to all things pregnancy and birth. What you need to know and what to expect before, during, and after pregnancy, brought to you by a leading consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with over 40 years experience, and his eldest daughter, mother of two. A pretty good combination I think?
The Doctor and Daughter is a great place to be if you are an expectant new mum (or dad) and want an honest and real insight into pregnancy that is something other than Babycentre.
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Thank you for joining me as I delve into the paper arts and experiment with techniques and conjure up handmade cards, altered art pieces, and other crafty items. Here you can find samples of my work and tutorials for projects and cards. Feel free to leave comments and links back to your stamping sites.
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Vintage Faces
Another art swap this month with the England Stampers has a theme of Vintage Ladies, made as a card or ATC.
My creation is a card, but smaller than usual at 3.25 x 4.25 inches. I had a particular Magenta stamp of a woman's face that I wanted to use for this project. Instead of stamping onto cardstock, I used 2 x 2-inch cardboard tiles.
Before stamping the image, I dabbed the tile in Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, which has great coverage. The tiles were allowed to dry naturally overnight.
In the morning, I stamped the face with Memento brown ink, which provides very nice detail and dries quickly. The lips and eyes were colored with alcohol markers, but the rest of the tinting was accomplished with SU chalks. Crystal Effect was used to seal the tile when finished. This takes quite some time to dry; don't force it! When dry, the gold edge was applied. a gold acrylic paint works great.
While everything was drying, that was a perfect time for me to use a die stencil to cut out and emboss the keys using SU gold cardstock. The keys were distressed with brown ink afterward.
Flowers were adorned on the side of the tile to give an illusion of a flower behind the girl's ear. While one flower was purchased, the other five-point flower was made with a SU punch and grunge cardstock. It was colored with stamp ink, coated with clear crackle paint, allowed to dry, distressed with brown ink, and enhanced with crystal glitter. A pink rhinestone was added, too.
Posted by Kathy the Teawife at 18:28
Labels: Rubber Stamping, Vintage
2 comments:
- Germaine Ferrao -Lenn said...
Gorgeous cards Kathy, I wonder if I am one of the recipient of this wonderful card! TFS! Talk to you soon! HUgs always!
- 22 March 2010 at 11:42
- Crafting Queen said...
Great card. Anesha
- 2 April 2010 at 08:41
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I heard an interesting interview on KMUW this morning while driving in to work. They were talking to Kansas Governer Kathleen Sibelius about her health care reform package.
One point she kept making is that providing basic coverage to the uninsured eventually reduces costs for everyone. They are no longer showing up at the expensive ER for everything, and a lot of costly illnesses get prevented by having good regular medical care. This translates into lower insurance premiums. That argument makes a lot of sense, and I wonder why it has taken people so long to realize it. And it also benefits the uninsured, who get better care.
She is also proposing ways to reduce overhead — "paper shuffling" in the system. Apparently 1/3 of the cost of health care is for administration.
On the more mundane side, she is combining several state agencies — including the one to run this new program — into a single health care office in the state government to reduce bureaucracy and expand negotiating power.
And part of the program is encouraging personal responsibility — expanding education programs targeted at both children and adults to encourage healthy lifestyles. She says that will give us healthier citizens down the road, which translates into reduced medical costs.
She plans to pay for it with a $0.50 increase in tobacco taxes. Fitting, somehow.
There's also an article in the Wichita Eagle.


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Update: Kerry Hutchins dies on Aug. 28
A Sparta mom who has been waiting for a double lung transplant has been taken off the organ transplant list, her father says, after her doctors said she's no longer strong enough to survive a transplant.
Kerry Hutchins, 33, was featured in a recent Press story about her wait for a transplant and how Michigan lags far behind other states in its number of registered organ donors.
Hutchins, who has cystic fibrosis, has been on the transplant list for three years. She's been hospitalized at the University of Michigan Health Systems since April, when a helicopter brought her there from Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids, her lungs chronically clogged with mucus brought on by her disease.
"She has struggled for the last couple weeks," her dad, George Roby, said Wednesday. "Her medical team decided she's no longer strong enough to take a transplant.
"I'm in denial," says Roby, of Cascade Township, his voice catching. "Now they're going to make her as comfortable as possible and try to let her die with dignity."
Roby says the family is working to get Hutchins' brother, Lee, here from Montana.
"She wants to see him while she's still alive," Roby says, "instead of him just seeing her at the funeral."
The family is struggling with the news, Roby says, but taking comfort that by Hutchins sharing her story, and putting a face to the issue of organ donation, more people may have signed up to be organ donors.
"I'm sad," Roby says, "but if she passes, at least she's left a legacy."
Michigan ranks 42nd nationwide in the percentage of registered drivers who have officially expressed their wish to be organ, eye and tissue donors. Many residents are not aware it isn't enough anymore just to sign the back of their driver's license or state ID. You have to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry by going online or visiting a Secretary of State office.
"I told her I'm sorry there won't be a transplant," Roby says of his daughter. "And she said, 'Oh, there'll be a transplant.'" Roby has to pause. "But she means the other way -- she'll be giving her organs." Hutchins is a registered organ donor.
"She's an angel," her dad says.
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Health special: Decoding diabetes on World Diabetes Day
Living with diabetes may not be easy but it isn't impossible either. A few lifestyle and dietary changes is all it takes to keep the disease in control. Nikshubha Garg speaks to experts who suggest simple ways to deal with it
According to the International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Atlas sixth edition, 2013, the number of diabetics in India has grown from 50.8 million in 2010 to 65.1 million in 2013. The scary news, if the Federation's 2012 report is to be believed, is that India will cross the 100 million mark by 2030. The picture is far from rosy. With World Diabetes Day around the corner on November 14, we take a look at what we can do to combat the disease.
Apart from a healthy mix of cereals and pulses, diabetics should have fresh vegetables every day
Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a medical condition where the person has a high blood glucose level (blood sugar), either because the body doesn't produce enough insulin (Type 1 diabetes) or body cells do not respond to the insulin in the body (Type 2 diabetes). According to Dr Manoj Chada, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist at Hinduja Healthcare, the common symptoms of diabetes include frequent urination and hunger pangs, fatigue, unusual weight gain/loss, cuts and bruises that do not heal and numbness in hand and feet. "However, any Indian above 30 years, especially with a family history of diabetes, should get himself/herself tested because most symptoms of diabetes are silent and tend to be ignored," he adds.
Diabetics who are non-vegetarians can opt for grilled chicken at restaurants
Living with diabetes
Six years ago, 35-year-old Rajnish Sehgal got himself examined after a wound on the leg refused to heal for long. His blood sugar level stood at 390 (the normal range is 80-110) and he knew that life wouldn't be the same again. Like most patients suffering from diabetes, Sehgal turned over a new leaf and began maintaining a healthy lifestyle. "I have had a sweet tooth since I was a child, and could easily consume half a kilo of sugar in a day. I stayed away from family for five years, which contributed to the high sugar level, as I would eat anything and everything at any time. The year before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I used to consume a lot of alcohol," says Sehgal.
A diabetic should exercise regularly to keep his or her weight in check
The father of one now ensures that he limits his intake of tea, coffee, aerated and hard drinks. He also makes it a point to eat minimal amount of potatoes, as the vegetable significantly increases the carbohydrates in the body. A normal day for him comprises sleeping for at least eight hours, eating early meals and exercising for at least one hour in the day. "Weekends are my cheat days. However, I compensate for it by keeping a check on what I eat during the week and exercise more to burn those extra calories," says the media professional.
Maulik Kotak, 64, was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 29 and has been living with the disease for 35 years now. "When you suffer from diabetes, you need to control what you eat. I love sweets but now I make it a point to share them. It helps suppress the craving," says the media professional.
Kotak too goes for an hour-long walk to Juhu beach every morning and eats home-cooked meals. Diabetes makes him feel hungry frequently and he snacks on chivda while at work. "I have also started including black methi (fenugreek) in my diet and that has helped improve my condition," says Kotak, adding that every diabetic patient must go for an eye and kidney check up at regular intervals as they are at a higher risk of suffering from ailments related to the eye, kidney and nerves.
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While most vegetables form an important part of a diabetic's diet, fruits such as grapes, mango, chikoo and custard apple must be avoided as they have a higher sugar level as compared to other fruits. "While preparing meals, add extra turmeric, ajwain (carom seeds), fenugreek seeds or black sesame to the vegetables. This will help in digestion and also enhance the nutritional value of the food," suggests nutritionist Swati Singh. "A diabetic patient must have three types of cereals and two types of pulses in a day. For instance, consume rice, wheat and jowar/bajra/ nachni/wadi along with various forms of dals," adds Singh.
Food for thought
Singh advises that diabetics should never consume oily snacks such as samosa, ragda patties or vada pav when hungry. Instead, they should opt for puffed jowar or bajra, sprouts, roasted chana, peanuts or Bengal gram chivda, which are easy to carry and packed with nutrients. "When a patient eats outside, masalas used in restaurants are never the problem. The culprit is the oil. One must always try and visit a popular place as serving many people would mean that the chef replaces the oil frequently, whereas a chef at a less popular place would use oil kept for months," she concludes.
Customising food according to one's needs is possible at home but choosing what's right to eat while one is travelling or out with friends, is a huge task. Dr Rajiv Kovil, Diabetologist suggests sticking to simple meals. "While at a restaurant, always order grilled/roasted food. For instance, eat paneer/chicken tikka instead of a paneer/chicken tikka masala. Similarly, order for steamed rice instead of biryani or pulao and stick to chapatis instead of roomali roti or naan," he recommends.
"If you are travelling, and are unable to have a proper meal, stick to a simple dal-chawal diet or eat salads. Don't try and experiment with food, specially when you're travelling," concludes Dr Manoj Chada, endocrinologist and diabetologist at Hinduja Healthcare.
>> Ensure that you sleep for at least eight hours in a day
>> Avoid aerated drinks
>> Stress is a common cause for diabetes. Ensure that you surround yourself with a positive environment
>> Exercise is a must. Younger people should couple it with suryanamaskar and aerobics
>> Stick to roasted/grilled food items while travelling. For frequent hunger pangs, keep chanas, peanuts, puffed jowar/bajra, Bengal gram chiwda handy
>> Get your eyesight, kidney and heart checked regularly
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Netflix announces broadcast of its documentary on the City of Joy in DRC
24 August 2018
Netflix will broadcast on September 7 "City of Joy", a documentary about a center eponymous welcoming women survivors of gender-based violence in the DRC. The information has just been provided by a press release from the American giant video-on-demand.
The documentary is based on the improbable friendship that develops between the Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege (photo), nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues, and a charismatic Congolese rights activist. humans. The film will follow their fight for the creation of a safe haven for women survivors of the atrocities of war.
The launch of this film comes as Netflix begins to have a more stable audience on the African continent. We can therefore expect the American company to launch more and more original content targeting the continent.


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(Licensing barbers: Just a snip off the top http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120411/OPINION01/704119946)
What is the point of licensing barbers?
That is not an absurd question when one has a look at the State of New Hampshire's barber license requirements. The state requires that barbers take 800 hours of classroom instruction or 1,600 hours of apprenticeship for at least 12 months and pass an exam. Once those hurdles are leapt, a barber must practice for a year before being legally allowed to open his or her own shop.
Supposedly, the point of licensing barbers is to protect the public health. There is merit to the claim. Sanitation is as much a concern as competent techniques. It does not follow, however, that the state's current requirements are essential to protect the public health. Might someone learn to be a safe and competent barber through a shorter apprenticeship combined with self-study? Of course.
And it is hard to see how the public is made safer by requiring a licensed barber to work for someone else for a year before opening his or her own shop.
Earlier in this legislative session, the House caused quite a bit of outcry among barbers and cosmetologists with a proposal that would have abolished state licensing for those occupations. It did not pass.
Instead, the House approved an amended version of House Bill 1431. It would maintain the state licensing of barbers, but allow people to learn by alternative methods. Anyone who can demonstrate competency by passing the state exam after undergoing the current requirements or "equivalent training and experience" could obtain a license. And any licensed barber could open his or her own shop immediately. It also would allow people to cut hair for money in their own homes without performing extensive and unnecessary renovations.
The bill is not perfect. It would allow a license to those "demonstrating the minimum skills needed to perform the art of barbering." It might be better to read "the minimum skills and knowledge needed to perform the art of barbering," although "skills" is open to interpretation and could include basic safety and sanitation requirements.
On the whole, this bill would maintain public health protections while reducing barriers to entry, which makes it worthy of passage.


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As we pack up the robots and kites and magnetic blocks for this weekend's roving A+R Toy Lab at the Technicolor camp for kids and parents in the desert that is Crafting Community, we're also rolling out a designated Crafting Community page at our online shop. All the cool toys we've collected for Toy Lab from far-off lands of frolic such as Tokyo and Berlin, Lisbon and Brooklyn will be showcased here, too. We'll be posting new items daily through the weekend. So visit often. Imagine: even if you're not joining us at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs for this colorful caper, you can play at home.
The A+R Toy Lab happens Oct. 4-6 as part of the Crafting Community. The Crafting Community page on A+R lasts only through Oct. 20!
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The Board Of Directors of the Musical Arts Institute invite you to the 5th Annual "Electric Fire" Gala Concert. Please join them for this very special event. This concert will feature performances by the incomparable R&B vocalist, Maysa , as well as the Musical Arts Institute Students and ensembles. You can also go to www.musicalartsinstitute.org for even more info. This Gala will sell out so we urge you to get your tickets soon. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Visiting 2017, Wolfgang Tillmans's recently opened exhibition at Tate Modern, London, one gets particularly impressed by the portraits included.
Tillmans's models often look slightly awkward, uncomfortable in front of a camera that ruthlessly registers blemishes, attitudes, and feelings. Whether these portraits portray friends, youngsters clubbing, the singer Frank Ocean, the architect Oscar Niemeyer or the artist himself, they manage to present people in their human fragility and ordinary nature. Because of this reason, these photographs carry an unusual openness, deeply engaging with the visitors.
The concept of "Einfühlung", translated in English with "empathy", is most commonly used to describe the engagement of the viewer in front of an artwork. When this happens, thanks to an emotional correspondence, an invisible movement between the artwork and the viewer takes place: the work, so to speak, is "felt into" the viewer. The primary condition to these dynamics is openness. Before receiving the artwork in himself, the viewer needs to find a crevice in it, to get into it. In Tillmans's portraits, little anxieties, sudden recollections that make us smile, ideas too often dismissed… they can all be found behind the gazes of the artist's models, opening small fissures to the viewer, who recognizes him- or herself in them.
Etymologically, the word "vulnerable" comes from the same Latin root of "wound". And wounds are always breaches, putting in contact the unknown fragility of the inside with the infectious reality outside. (Although Tillmans acknowledges the ephemeral nature of his prints when exhibited in a show, usually taped directly on the wall or attached to it through binder clips, paradoxically, he never pins his photographs, thus avoiding to puncture the surface of his images).
Very often, the focus in the picture is pushed from the centre to the edges, catalyzing a centrifugal movement that once again emphasises the openness of the image.
Look at Collum, 2011, a portrait of Tillmans' former assistant, Karl Kolbitz, which is a great example of openness and a very sensual photograph at once.
Everything that one would expect from a traditional portrait is denied. With the exception of one ear, Karl's facial features are somewhere else that is outside the edges of the images. (To stress this point, on the bottom right corner, even the logo on the hoodie worn by Karl is cut off, although we are still able to recognize it, picturing it in full in our mind. A quick look back at the ear reveals that even that is slightly trimmed at the top).
With this first expectation frustrated, the eyes are drawn to the delicate architecture of diagonal lines created by Karl's neck. The contrast between the dark colour of the sweatshirt and Karl's pale skin is reinforced by the similarities in texture between the nubby inside of the hood and the sharply shaved nape, both titillating tactile memories. In between the brightest point of light and the darkest area of the image, the veins in Karl's neck emerge, modulated by shadows, gently affirming the sensuality of a body whose identity is denied.
In a delicate analogy, the portrait sits on the wall next to an almost pictorialist photograph of a solitary white chrysanthemum on a black background.
Indeed, it is through analogies like this one and thanks to the visual complexity of his set-ups that Tillmans preserves the vulnerability of the pictures, their ability to be "felt into".
2017 is a masterful example in this sense: iconic pictures and old favourites have been re-arranged in new combinations, grouped in clusters carefully organised on the walls, enlarged, mixed together, paired with newspaper clippings, magazine spreads and catalogues. The images float in the exhibition space in the same way memories and thoughts flow in the mind, constantly coming back, always re-presenting themselves in different configurations.
In times of division and mistrust, Tillmans keeps on talking about inclusiveness and empathy. A gentle reminder that beauty can be found even in vulnerability.
Featured image: Wolfgang Tillmans, Juan Pablo & Karl, Chingaza 2012 © Wolfgang Tillmans, Courtesy Tate London.
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Ground-breaking ceremony for HUB + Neuland logistics site27. September 2016
Construction starts on Hamburg's biggest industrial estate
Ground-breaking ceremony for HUB + Neuland logistics site
Construction starts on Hamburg's biggest industrial estate in Harburg
Construction on the HUB + Neuland logistics site west of the A1 motorway has begun after an almost three-year planning phase and Frank Horch, Senator for Economics, Thomas Völsch, Head of the Harburg District Administration and Dr. Rolf Strittmatter, Managing Director of the HWF Hamburg Business Development Corporation (HWF) are to attend the ground-breaking ceremony Monday (September 26th). Horch said: "Hamburg is one of the most dynamic logistics sites in northern Europe and from a logistics and property point of view, Germany's most attractive location. HUB + Neuland's new logistics site will help ease the tense market for logistics sites in the city state of Hamburg."
Location to start operating in 2020
The site at the gates of Hamburg and at the entrance to the district is particularly suitable because of the direct link to the A1 motorway and the proximity to the container terminal in the port of Hamburg. The planned area is around 34 hectares of which 26.6 hectares are to be used – 266,000 square metres overall make it the biggest connected property site currently available in the Hanseatic city. Habitat restoration will commence inside and outside the planned area to compensate for the impact on nature and landscape. Now, work on the drainage system, infrastructure and development for traffic is due to begin in time for the start of operations scheduled for Summer 2020. A call for tenders to use the site has recently concluded and is being evaluated.
Völsch said: "Planning and developing this attractive, urban, high-quality and image-enhancing logistics site with a modern demands for sustainability and on commercial properties was a special challenge and we are delighted to be building it in Harburg."
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The HUB + Neuland logistics site is based on a decision by the senate in 2007 to develop land and attract logistics' companies. The HWF and ReGe Hamburg were appointed to develop the project. Strittmatter said: "HWF will soon be able to offer one source for marketing and developing logistics sites. Developing the HUB + Neuland site is a first step in that direction. The aim is to supply expanding companies with logistics sites faster than hitherto. The demand for sites especially in the logistics sector is higher than the supply at present."
Hamburg as a logistics location
Hamburg is the key logistics location in northern Europe with over 12,600 logistics companies including many global players. The city is a leading hub in global goods transport. The sector employs around 380,00 people making it one of most employment-intense business sectors in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.


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This is a post in collaboration with Britmums and the Dolmio #ThankGoodness challenge.
We all love a good meal but sometimes inspiration can be a bit lacking, particularly in the middle of the week. We recently received a lovely box of goodies on behalf of Dolmio to take part in the #ThankGoodness challenge. I was absolutely amazed with the amount of food I received in this midweek shop and with two huge jars of Dolmio I started thinking about the tasty meals I could create.
Even though it's two jars of bolognese sauce I felt I could actually use this to create a few different dishes. We are a family of three so I found spreading the jars out created four meals for us. I love the fact that the sauce is full of goodness and contained lots of veggies and is all natural. Using this sauce means I'm giving all the members of my family lots of goodness in their meals. One of my favourite midweek meals to make is a Thai Style Chicken and Coconut Soup which I forgot to take a photo of!
We made a tasty spaghetti bolognese with the shopping included making use of the mince, onions, spaghetti, sauce a few mushrooms and some shavings of fresh Parmesan cheese. In fact we all liked it so much we ended up having it twice!
Another midweek favourite of ours is a big hearty chilli with a tasty jacket potato and chedder cheese on top. We mixed a few spices like cumin, cayenne pepper and mild chilli powder to some Dolmio sauce along with onions, peppers and mushrooms. It was so filling!
The Dolmio sauce also makes a nice base for some super tasty chicken wraps with cheese and avocado. Perfect when you want something quick, filling and very yummy.
Dolmio Bolognese Original 500g sauce is 100% natural. In each jar, you'll find at least 10 juicy diced tomatoes, a dollop of tomato puree, half an onion, a tablespoon of sunflower oil, a couple of cloves of garlic, a handful of herbs including basil, a teaspoon of cornflour, a teaspoon of salt, a pinch of pepper, two teaspoons of added beet sugar for taste, a squeeze of lemon juice, a splash of water and nothing more. In fact, a jar provides a family of four with one of their 5-a-day each and that's before you add any further veg to the meal! For more information visit www.dolmio.co.uk/thankgoodness or if you're looking for mid-week meal inspiration check out the label on Dolmio jars.
Disclaimer: I received the pictured goods so that I could take part in the Dolmio #ThankGoodness challenge.


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Richie Sambora – Aftermath of the Lowdown
(2012, Aggressive Music/Dangerbird Records)
1. Burn That Candle Down
2. Every Road Leads Home to You
3. Taking a Chance On the Wind
4. Nowadays
5. Weathering the Storm
6. Sugar Daddy
7. I'll Always Walk Beside You
8. Seven Years Gone
9. Learning How to Fly With a Broken Wing
10. You Can Only Get So High
11. World
Richie Sambora – Lead Vocals, Guitar
Rusty Anderson – Guitar
Curt Schneider – Bass
Aaron Sterling – Drums
Luke Ebbin – Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – Keyboards
Matt Rollings – Organ, Piano
Producer: Richie Sambora & Luke Ebbin
Richie's third solo effort but 14 years since the previous release, Richie Sambora has seen fit unleashed Aftermath of the Lowdown on the world. Probably an outlet for songs he knows Jon would never allow on a Bon Jovi album though there are a few tracks here I could see making it like the lead single "Every Road Leads Home to You", "Learning to Fly with a Broken Wing" and the ballad "Seven Years Gone".
The album is kind of all over the place in terms of style. "Burn That Candle Down" has a 1970s Hendrix/Deep Purple vibe to it, "Every Road Leads Home to You" is pure Bon Jovi (you can definitely hear Jon singing this one), "Taking a Chance on the Wind" is rock 'n' roll with some soul behind it, "Nowadays" is somewhat punky & poppy, "I'll Always Walk Beside You" sounds like Coldplay, "World" sounds like Bowie, etc.
"Weathering the Storm" is another song that sounds similar to modern Bon Jovi. Richie even seems like he's trying to sound like Jon so I'm assuming maybe this was written with Bon Jovi in mind. It was co-written with Bernie Taupin though, who is a long-time collaborator with Elton John.
Don't get me wrong though, I like Jon Bon Jovi's voice but Richie is a better singer. "Every Road Leads Home to You" and "Seven Years Gone" wouldn't be nearly as good without Richie's powerful, emotional soulful performances.
Even if the sounds may have been inspired by other acts, some of these songs just have to be autobiographical lyrically such as "You Can Only Get So High" and maybe even the album title itself. Richie had some alcohol issues in recent years so other than recording songs that may have not been recorded anywhere else, I'm sure this album was very cathartic for him in dealing with his alcoholism and relationship troubles.
It's a good album and while there are some similarities to Bon Jovi with a couple of songs, there's enough variety here and true bluesy emotion coming through Richie so that the album doesn't come off like a bunch of unreleased Bon Jovi tracks.
Highlights: "Burn That Candle Down", "Every Road Leads Home to You", "I'll Always Walk Beside You", "Seven Years Gone", "You Can Only Get So High", "World"
Buy the album at Amazon.com


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|At the Western Wall
|Riding on a camel
|Riding on a donkey
|With my two tour guides
|Overlooking the Sea of Galilee
The primary reason I wanted to go on this trip and visit Israel (and a special bonus was that it was free, so I did not have to run it by my parents for much of a financial green-light) was that, in my journey towards greater Jewish involvement and observance, I had heard many people referencing specific places in Israel and I had no way of referencing them. Even if I were to research them or look them up on a map, I still had no way of really connecting with them, aside from actually visiting Israel and getting a sense of what it was like. So, the primary reason I wanted to go was to connect with this piece of my heritage.
The trip on which I had decided to go was being led by NCSY and the rabbi who was the trip leader was Rabbi David Felsenthal, whom I had know from my time in Columbus, who is a jovial and kind rabbi. Also, since it was being an Orthodox-run trip, it would be single-sex, so it was an entirely male trip, with no females, whatsoever.
There was another interesting element to our trip: since the Second Intifada had started, there were many people who, due to the increasing amount of terrorist attacks, either decided not to go, or their parents decided for them not to go, so we ended up with a very small trip attendance. We ended up with only 16 participants on our Birthright Israel trip, since everybody else had decided not to come on our trip. This, of course, made for a much more intimate trip, with such a small number of participants.
Since the trip I attended was over 13 years ago, I sadly don't recall much about our trip. However, there are some aspects I do recall. When I visited the Western Wall, I had expected to have an epiphanic emotional moment as I had heard so many people previously experience, yet I was sorely disappointed when I did not experience it. Nevertheless, I was glad that I got to be there and visit it, myself.
|Sitting on a tank at Latrun
|At a waterfall at Ein Gedi


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Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Muffins
My first muffin recipe in quite some time! Only proceed if you like chocolate, coffee and breakfast.
Sometimes I wake up on weekend mornings, and something like this has already happened:
I married one of the most industrious, crafty, talented and amazing people on the entire planet. Not just because of this cinnamon raisin bread. But it's a good microcosm.
I like this cinnamon raising bread because it's a little cakier than you'd expect. I might not like that as much if it was a savory treat, but for me that just made this loaf perfect for breakfast.
Plus, the amount of cinnamon-sugar is quite large and very delicious. I recommend leaving it in larger swaths if you can, because it makes some really delicious cinnamon goo.
Here's what you need:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cups sugar, divided
1 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 eggs
1 cup milk
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
1/4 cup canola oil
Generous 1/4 cup raisins
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, 3/4 cups sugar, baking soda and salt. Separately, whisk the eggs, buttermilk and oil. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until moistened, and then fold in the raisins.
In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon and remaining sugar.
Spoon about half of the batter into a greased loaf pan (eyeball it). Sprinkle in half of the reserved cinnamon-sugar on top of the batter; them repeat both layers. Cut through batter with a knife to swirl.
Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for ten minutes in the pan, and then remove to a wire rack to cool the rest of the way.
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My first muffin recipe in quite some time! Only proceed if you like chocolate, coffee and breakfast.
This disappeared from our kitchen *so* fast. You'll love this Christmas - or any day- ready candy.
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Anna Del Rio, ARTN MyTravelResearch.com Young Tourism Professional Winner and Peter Cahalan, ARTN board member
The award was presented to Anna by ARTN Chairman David Sheldon and MyTravelResearch.com Director Carolyn Childs, who told the audience that the judges had been "wowed by Anna's can-do attitude in building tourism from the ground up in her region by engaging the broader community".
Said Childs: "So many managers sit back and bemoan a lack of budget. But it seemed to spur Anna to greater efforts demonstrating the true spirit of local and regional tourism in Australia."
Childs said that the judges had found it difficult to pick a winner in an outstanding field of finalists. Said Childs: "These five amazing young people are all winners – and so is tourism with them on our side.
MyTravelResearch.com is proud to align our brand with these future leaders of our industry."
(LtoR) Carolyn Childs, MyTravelResearch.com; Anthea Hammon, Scenic World,NSW; Natassia Wheeler, The Whitsundays, Queensland; Victoria James,
Margaret River WA; Timothy John Witherow, Lindenwarrah, Milawa, Victoria;winner Anna Del Rio, Coorong, SA; and ARTN Chair David Sheldon
Margaret River WA; Timothy John Witherow, Lindenwarrah, Milawa, Victoria;winner Anna Del Rio, Coorong, SA; and ARTN Chair David Sheldon
A spirit of co-operation was evident as the five young finalists – Victoria James from WA, Anthea Hammon from NSW, Tash Wheeler from Queensland, Tim Witherow from Victoria and Anna Del Rio – all joined in a spontaneous group hug as the results were announced.
A surprised Anna said: "I feel very proud. I never imagined that I would be recognised in this industry for doing something that I love. I'm very proud of the Coorong too!"
Anna added: "A big thanks to MyTravelResearch.com and ARTN who made this happen and for being advocates for tourism development and attracting young professionals to this industry, which is what Australia needs."
Anna said that she was looking forward to using the momentum from the awards to increase the tourism potential of the Coorong District Council. She said that she would continue to work with the community and businesses to achieve sustainability and attract increased visitation to the region through a range of new initiatives.


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Grocery stores are full of ideas. Every aisle has hundreds of them. Each product on the shelf started as an idea. Someone somewhere had a passion for it, and cultivated it beyond his four walls to bring it to stores, where it sits among other ideas.
That someone somewhere is in Sarasota, and these four foodie entrepreneurs share how their ideas have grown into businesses.
Beans are good for the heart
As a young couple, Dimitry and Holly Erez had busy jobs in consulting. She'd travel between Manhattan and Boston, and he was gone for weeks all over the world. It was exciting because they could fly to interesting places for a weekend, but both were ready to settle.
Whenever Dimitry Erez was in town, Holly Erez knew where to find him — he was always at the local coffee house working.
So in 2003 it was natural they open a coffee wholesale business, Latitude 23.5 Coffee and Tea. Back then they started the foundation with another couple and simultaneously opened five retail coffee shop locations. In 2006, they bought out the other couple and shifted out of retail — they wanted to focus on wholesale distribution.
The beans are roasted in-house in a little roaster off Tallevast Road, where they roast more than 2,000 pounds of beans a day. They work directly with distributors who distribute the beans under private labels such as Island Joes out of Key West or C'est La Vie on Main Street.
You can, however, find beans under the Latitude name at all 20 Whole Food Markets in Florida.
"Growth (is our goal)," Holly Erez says. "And working with some distributors on a more national level. It would be great to have a nationwide account."
Inspired by family
James D'Esterre's mother, Annalida D'Esterre, used to make big batches of homemade bloody mary mix in her brownstone for her neighbors to congregate, eat drink and be merry (pun intended).
That's where the name for his business comes from, and why his mom's face is on the label.
Annalida's Gourmet Foods carries everything from mustards and relish to 100% lump crab cakes but is most famous (at least locally, for now) for its two bloody mary mixes and hot sauce.
It started in 2004 when D'Esterre and a partner opened a booth at the farmers market selling sausages, hot dogs and breakfast wraps. D'Esterre made the sauces for the booth, and they were enough of a hit that he could start his own separate venture. Now, each week he sells 300 bottles of his Absolutely Without A Doubt The Best Bloody Mary Mix.
And he sees more in his future. He's working on creating a pasteurized version of it so he can expand nationally.
"I'd like to have a little place in an industrial park where trucks go in and go out," he says.
Hobby to wholesale
For 25 years, James Urbaniak bought sausage from a Hungarian butcher in Pennsylvania. When the butcher said he was retiring and going back to the old country, Urbaniak asked him, "But where am I going to get my sausage?" The butcher took six months teaching Urbaniak, a management consultant working in energy, how to make sausage.
When Urbaniak retired to Sarasota, he continued making authentic Eastern European sausage for friends and family. He rented a kitchen and set up a booth at Sarasota Farmers Market — and in 2008, TransAtlantic Sausage Co. was born.
Urbaniak developed recipes to suit people's demand. When one woman asked him to make seven-spice Lebanese lamb, he met her request. When Javier Arana of Javier's Restaurant wanted chorizo, or Nancy Krohngold wanted Texas-style hot links for Nancy's Bar-B-Q, Urbaniak obliged.
The demand led to opening a retail store for two years.
"It got too big for myself and my wife to have as a hobby — we were working around the clock all the time," he says.
Instead, Urbaniak turned to Geier's Sausage Kitchen — a USDA approved facility that produces wholesale sausage to clients such as Ikea and Disney World — to make his sausage under his label.
He went from producing 25 pounds of sausage weekly to more than 100. He sells wholesale to places such as Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Javier's Restaurant, Nancy's Bar-B-Q and Sarasota Polo Club.
"What started as retirement boomed into a business," he says.
And now, the 68-year-old is hoping to retire from retirement and pass his business and secret recipes on to the next interested sausage enthusiast.
Sights set overseas
Kristine Insalaco-Gaioni is a nurse. Shortly after she met her husband, they founded an Italian import company, Sapore Della Vita. In April, she decided to start making her own line of all-natural and organic confections sold under the name "Lick My Spoon."
Insalaco-Gaioni is self-taught from her family and from her husband's Italian mother. She's been making jams for 13 years — the first was an orange marmalade, and it burned.
Since her start a few months ago, she's already received much success. Seedling Projects, a national organization focusing on sustainable food, recently bestowed her with its Good Food Award for her caramel sauce confection. She also offers flavors such as a chocolate raspberry spread, RazzaMa Tazz; a coconut banana spread, CoCoNaNa; and a pistachio cream, Crema di Pistacchi. A curated sweet box shipped monthly from Treatsie.com carries her line. And in September, Zingerman's food-by-mail catalog will carry her products.
Everything she makes is small batch and she even hand labels and cuts all the ribbons on the cute packaging — the most she makes is 12 jars at a time. She sells 200 Lick My Spoons products a week, but expects that's about to change.
Ideally she hopes to bring it overseas and sell them in her husband's hometown village in Italy, Lago Maggiore.
Where to get the goods:
Annalida's Gourmet Foods:
-Pepperonata Pasta, 4141 S. Tamiami Trail
-Morton's Gourmet Market, 1924 S. Osprey Ave.
-As Good As It Gets, 49 S. Palm Ave.
-Liquor Locker, 5403 Fruitville Road
-The Butcher Block, 3242 17th St.
-Siesta Market, 205 Canal Road
-Sarasota Farmers Market
Transatlantic Sausage Co.
-Call Geier's Sausage Kitchen, 923-3004
-Call Transatlantic Sausage Co. 921-2253
Lattitude 23.5 Coffee and Tea
-Whole Foods, 1451 First St.
Sapore Della Vita's Lick My Spoon
-As Good As It Gets, 49 S. Palm Ave.
-Morton's Gourmet Market, 1924 S. Osprey Ave.
-The Short Giraffe, 1412 State St.


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Anna Mudeka Band [Afrorock/Afrofunk, Zimbabwe]
GENRE: Mbira Music, Afrorock, Afrofunk from Zimbabwe
The Anna Mudeka band is Rocky, Funky, Reggae and African all at the same time.
THE ANNA MUDEKA BAND is a five peace band playing a fusion of music driven from the Mbira music of Zimbabwe. Their sound is simply know as sunshine music by their followers. The bands sound is refreshing and original, lead by Anna Mudeka, singer, dancer and Mbira player from Zimbabwe.
Anna lead vocalist and Glynnis offer powerful harmonies with wild dance moves which sends their audience into a crazy dance frenzy wherever they perform.
This matched with the lead Guitar's reefs, a six string bass played with attitude and a driving drum beat makes this band one of the best on the world music scene.
Available for all kinds of occasions including arts venues, festivals, parties and weddings.
Anna Mudeka, Lead vocalist, dancer and Mbira (Thumb Piano)
Glynnis Masuku Backing vocals, dance and Hosho (Shakers)
Joe Button: Guitar
Tom Eagle: Drums
Jay: Bass
Anna also offers as part of the package if needed, Mbira singing or African dance workshop. Anna has more than twenty years experience in teaching people of all ages and abilities. Her work is engaging, educational a truly life changing experience for those who attend her workshops. Having been nominated the most influential Woman in Africa in the Arts and Culture 2013. Here work and recognition really speaks for itself.
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Born in Indonesia, raised in Australia and now living in Canada, David Susilo is a technology freak who is a big fan of anything Canon, Disney, PSB and Pioneer.
His love for Canon equipment started ages ago from watching his uncle, Antonius Lo - a professional photographer, uses Canon camera equipment at his studio in Bojong Indah, Indonesia. His first Canon camera was the Rebel 1000F (Canon Rebel w/ flash, 2nd gen of 35mm Canon Rebel camera) back in 1992. It was then accompanied with Canon APS Elph in 1998 and Digital Powershot in 2002. In 2004 David Susilo tried to move to Olympus dSLR which turned out to be a very bad move due to its severe limitation in Auto Focus in low-light condition. After 2 weeks battling the foolishness of Olympus dSLR, he went back to Canon. This time it comes to full circle. From Canon 35mm Rebel to Canon Digital Rebel. With this he started his career in photography and as he progresses, David upgraded his dRebel to Canon 20D, 30D, 40D and now 7D.
David Susilo's love for Pioneer home electronics started way back when in the 80's when surround sound was in its infancy. He started with the Pioneer SP-101 Surround Processor which later on exchanged with VSX-5900 Dolby Surround Receiver.
At that time, the popular media for videophile was LaserDisc and what company other than Pioneer offer a better LaserDisc player. David went through so many different players (about 8 different models) including LD-S1 (first LD player that can do frame-by-frame on CLV disc), a bunch of Karaoke versions, LD player with 5-CD changer, Hi-Vision LaserDisc (Pioneer is the ONLY Hi-Vision LD manufacturer that can playback Hi-Vision media without any green tinge whatsoever), to the LD/DVD combo player.
Within the same period of time, David used Pioneer 27" 4:3 CRT (the first CRT with 3D comb filter), Pioneer's 16:10 rear projection TV (the first projection TV that produces deep blacks due to the black-painted internal housing so there is no internal reflection which tend to wash-out the picture), to a couple of their plasma TVs including their 8th gen PRO-1150 and 9th gen PRO-111.
Other Pioneer pioneering products David had used also includes a cassette changer, a 50+1 car CD changer, a 3-way Berrylium speakers, PC-based DVD recorders (about 12 different models - currently using 4 of them), and several standalone HDD+DVD recorders (currently using 3 of them, the DVR-640, DVR-650 and DVR-660)
With all the silliness of technology, David doesn't only plunged as a hobbyist, but also as a professional.
As a professional photographer David photographs mostly for concerts, products and culinary and have been published by various publications and entertainment industries including Australian Women's Weekly, International Caterer's Association, Home & Decor, and Canadian Living; Walt Disney Corporation, Paramount Parks and Roy Thompson Hall.
In the audio/video world David is an ISF and THX certified professional, Control4 certified installer and sales, plus an HAA, CEA and CEDIA member. He does A/V seminars, Home Theatre Designs, Consulting and Display Calibration across Canada for Audio Excellence, Mass Fidelity, Pioneer Electronics; in Indonesia for InFocus / Control4 / Sonos / GrandviewScreen sole distributor, and have been published by various publications such as Quebec Audio Video's TED Magazine, Home & Decor, Condo Living, Canadian Living, ICA Annual, Audio Lifestyle and AUVI Indonesia.
David is also a recipient of multiple photography, electronics sales and home theatre design award from around the globe.