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Course choices include Banchory, Aboyne and Ballater. Cost per person for a 2 night stay including 2 rounds of golf is £210. Additional rounds of golf can be arranged for an additional fee.
BANCHORY GC – This golf club is only a mile or so from the hotel. Set above the banks of the River Dee, the picturesque par-69, 18-hole golf course offers a challenge with its strategically placed bunkers and mature native trees providing a test for even the most accomplished players can embrace. www.banchorygolfclub.co.uk
ABOYNE – The oldest golf club on Royal Deeside and proud host of the 2016 Scottish Women's County Finals. This immaculately maintained course, set in beautiful Highland surroundings and presents one of the finest tests of golf in Aberdeenshire and north-east Scotland. www.aboynegolfclub.co.uk
BALLATER – Founded in 1892, this golf course has breathtaking scenery and an interesting and challenging golf course. Several holes lie close to the River Dee. The course lies within a circle of hills with glorious views all around. www.ballatergolfclub.co.uk


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Brenda believes that optimal health comes from balancing one's vital force, also known as Qi, or energy. She combines the principles of qigong with Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, and Bodywork Therapeutics to assist her patients in reaching their vitalized potential. Treatments and classes are designed to prevent, as well as to overcome ill health and disease.
Brenda is a Licensed Acupuncturist and a board certified Diplomat of Oriental Medicine. She has a Masters degree in Oriental Medicine from National College of Naturopathic Medicine and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington. She enriches her passion for Eastern healing practices by studying with master teachers of Chinese Medicine Classics and by teaching Eastern wellness principles through the practice of Qigong.


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Software Acquisition Survival Skills
This three-day course is designed for program managers and their staff members. It presents an integrated, unique acquisition perspective on key topics in software system acquisition, including risk management, requirements management, pre-award activities, systems engineering, software architecture, technical evaluation, project metrics, and process management. The course provides a broad overview of the skills needed in a program office to manage software acquisition, enabling program managers to recognize the needs of their programs in relation to the skills of their staff. More in-depth knowledge of many of these topics can be obtained through related SEI course offerings.
During the course, participants are presented with common problems that affect real acquisition programs. The course explores the nature and the impact of each problem, along with ways to recognize the symptoms, avoidance methods, and recovery techniques. Composed of lectures and class exercises, this course allows ample opportunity for questions and discussions and provides actionable tips and a set of tools and reference resources to help in the management of current and future projects.
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other government program managers and their staff members responsible for projects and programs requiring the acquisition of software-intensive systems
- program managers, project managers, and project staff of contractors providing software-intensive systems to the government
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The course helps participants to
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Two hours of homework is assigned on the first and second evenings of the course.
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Participants receive a course notebook, various tools to help manage software acquisition, and additional readings.
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Dr. Inna Berin, a Reproductive Endocrinologist at the Fertility Institute, chose the advanced guided imagery and relaxation programs from Circle + Bloom to offer as part of their patient treatments.
Circle + Bloom announced today that their programs will be offered to patients while in treatment at the offices of The Fertility Institute of New Jersey and New York. All of Circle + Bloom's programs are audio-based and patients will have the choice to listen to the programs while undergoing infertility treatments, such as intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization.
"We are pleased to be working with Circle + Bloom and offering their advanced mind-body programming to our patients," said Dr. Berin. "Being able to fully relax during treatment and using guided imagery techniques can make an incredible difference with the patient's experience and outcome. The programs that Circle + Bloom offer are extremely comprehensive and allow for the patient to experience a powerful mind-body connection. I will recommend this protocol to all of my patients."
"More and more we are developing relationships with infertility specialists who see the importance of addressing the emotional elements along with the medical elements of infertility treatments," said Joanne Verkuilen, Founder and Partner of Circle + Bloom. "The mind-body connection is being embraced by a growing number of physicians, particularly in the infertility community, and our programs give them an easy and powerful resource to incorporate mind-body science into their treatments. Clearly, this is a win-win for everyone involved, most especially the infertility patient and our valued customer," continued Joanne Verkuilen.
Circle + Bloom's fertility programs are comprised of daily sessions which use a unique combination of music and words to help guide the listener into a deep relaxed state and leverage the powerful mind-body connection. Guided visualizations has been used to help people fight cancer, lower blood presser and address back pain for many years. Circle + Bloom has brought mind-body guided visualization to fertility that tracks to each cycle day, and guides the listener to visualize what should be occurring physically to help the body to reach optimum reproductive health, or help prepare the body and mind for a medicated cycle.
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The Fertility Institute of New Jersey and New York, located in Westwood, New Jersey, provides patients with the most advanced medical technologies in an environment of warmth and support. They believe that success in reproductive medicine requires an inseparable combination of technology and compassion, and successful fertility treatment must focus both on the scientific and human elements. The doctors and staff treat the patients as part of their Fertility Institute family – they are happy that patients experience the professionalism, expertise and warmth of the clinical team, and always participate in developing a concrete plan of care. This plan is always meant to bolster hope and optimism in the patients' journey toward building their dream family.
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Incorporated in 2009, Circle + Bloom is a women-run business seeking to passionately bring mind/body solutions to women's health and well being. The programs are doctor recommended and have a full money back guarantee. They offer a general health program, along with programs that address specific health issues including fertility, energy, sleep, PCOS and sexual health. They also offer a fertility journey e-book, 28 Ways to Rethink your Fertility in 28 Days, on Amazon. More information can be found at www.circlebloom.com


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HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam and Timor Leste held huge potential for co-operation, especially in agriculture, tourism, services, energy, healthcare and education.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai made the comment while receiving the Timor Leste Minister of Commerce, Industry and Environment Constancio da Conceicao Pinto, in Ha Noi yesterday.
Hai said he expected the Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group and the Timor Leste National Oil Group to implement future co-operation activities.
In response, Pinto said that Timor Leste was focusing on developing agriculture, fisheries, mining and tourism and wanted more investors from Viet Nam to visit and seek business co-operation opportunities in the country.
Earlier yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Timor Leste's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment signed a memorandum of understanding on rice trade.
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How to Increase Immunity?
- How to Increase Immunity with Folk Remedies
- Bee Products Guard the Immune System
- Immune Boosting Foods
If your child sneezes on the slightest breeze, touches all conceivable infection, eats poorly, and his life was gradually transformed into a series of visiting the doctors. And they, as with one voice repeat, that need treatment and prescribe drugs to enhance immunity. But the child, and so is drinking medicine almost continuously, and an extra tablet to give him does not want. And there is a great variety of information about how to raise the immune system without taking medications.
How to Increase Immunity with Folk Remedies
A large number of herbs and plants are natural means, raises immunity. Among them are particularly well-known uses ginseng, Echinacea, lemon, garlic, onions, nuts, St. John's wort, nard, aloes, Astragalus, licorice, celandine, red clover, dandelion and goldenseal.
With the preventive or therapeutic purposes grass taking in the form of decoctions and infusions. Increased immunity folk remedies has clear advantages – less side effects occur, and the cost is low grasses.
The most common recipes include several natural products, each of which operates as a means, strengthens the immune system. Here are a few recipes that contain the most affordable and plant products:
Aloe leaves (0.5 kg) for 5 days in a refrigerator, and then passed through a meat grinder. ? cup of juice mixed with? cup of honey and 1.5 cups of Cahors. Take 3 times daily before meals for 1 st. spoon. It should be added that the most useful in the aloe juice when the flower is not less than 3 years and not watered until cutting leaves within 2 weeks.
The leaves of the walnut (2 tbsp. Spoons), pour half a liter of boiling water and insist in a thermos for 12 hours. Take? glasses per day.
Finely chopped onion (250g) was mixed with sugar (200 g) was poured with water (0.5 L) and simmered for 1.5 hours. The mass was cooled, Honey (2 tbsp. L), all mixed thoroughly , filtered and poured into a glass bottle. Take 3-5 times a day for 1 st. spoon. An important point: the honey is added only in the cooled mass – otherwise it loses its medicinal properties.
To mashed cranberries (0.5 kg), add the crushed walnut kernels (1 cup) diced green apples with the peel (2-3 pcs.) And a pound of sugar. The resulting mixture add half a cup of water and bring it to a boil over low heat. The mixture shift into a glass jar and store in the refrigerator. Take several times a day for 1 st. spoon, drinking tea or boiled water.
Bee Products Guard the Immune System
We must not forget about the healing properties of bee products – honey, propolis, pollen. Their popularity is due to the unique, unparalleled composition, which reproduce by artificial means impossible. For example, more than a hundred propolis kills bacteria and fungi but, unlike antibiotics, the microorganisms are not addictive, and means is fighting with them much more efficiently.
On the properties of bee products, as well as the possibility to raise the immune system with their help, people knew a long time ago, and preserved for a long time recipes of traditional medicine, a clear confirmation.
To prevent influenza and the common cold mixed juice of radish and carrots (to 0, 5 cups), add honey and lemon juice (1 tbsp. Spoon). Take 1 tbsp. spoon several times a day during seasonal epidemics.
The crushed propolis (10 g) was added 100 g of water and heated for one hour in a water bath. Take 1-2 times a day for a quarter of a teaspoon.
Immune Boosting Foods
Nutritionists are better than others are aware of how to raise the immune system, because all the products in a particular amount contain vitamins, minerals and other nutrients.
Increase the body's defenses unsaturated fatty acids, and contains them in fish and seafood.
If you need to lift immunity, then never forget to include in your diet vegetables and fruits. Extremely useful live juices, ie, not those held in banks and Tetra Pak cartons for several months, and even years, and prepared immediately before use.
Of course medicines to improve immunity has not been canceled, and the treating physician believes it is necessary to listen, but do not forget at the same time about the medicines donated to us by nature.


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PICS: There's a herd of wild horses roaming not too far from St. Louis
PICS: These horses have been roaming Shannon County for nearly 100 years.
(Written by Elise Rich at KMOX)
EMINENCE, Mo. (KFTK) —A herd of wild horses has been roaming the Ozark hills for nearly 100 years.
It's believed the ancestors of the Shannon County wild horses go back to the Great Depression era, with farmers releasing their horses in search of better jobs.
In 1991 the National Park Service threatened to remove the horses which motivated local citizens to start the Wild Horse League. After about five years of legal battles and even a congressional hearing the horses gained federal protection in 1996, as long as the herd stays below 50 horses.
The Missouri Wild Horse League is responsible for adopting out some of the horses when the herd gets over 50.
There is a Missouri Wild Horse League Facebook page where people share their stories and photos. The site was helpful in connecting KMOX with the photographers who took the photos in the slideshow above.
Speaking with different League members this week, they're enthusiastic to share the story of the wild horses.
They just ask two things: don't get too close and let the wild horses stay wild.
Photos by Holly Ross, Tammi Elbert, Sandy Brooks and Paula Perkins
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Originally published on Examiner.com June 2010
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Renee O'Connor is going Beyond the Farthest Star
Native Texan, Renee O'Connor, whom you Xena fans will remember as the feisty blonde sidekick Gabrielle, is co-starring with fellow Texan, Todd Terry in a film Written and Directed by Andrew Librizzi.
Renee portrays character Maureen Wells in the independent, faith-based film, "Beyond the Farthest Star". In the movie, Maureen is a spiritually embattled preacher's wife with a deep family secret.
Also at the helm of this film is another Texas actor, Benjamin Dane, known for his roles in TV shows like Friday Night Lights and the recent, short-lived ABC series, The Deep End. Ben has extended his charm and good looks into Hollywood with additional roles in multi-award winning Echoes of Innocence, Sweet Hideaway, and Significant Other and now has stepped in the producer's role with Beyond the Farthest Star.
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Most firms don't have a 'full' cloud strategy
Companies not coming up to the mark on multi and hybrid cloud strategies
Over half (57 percent) of organisations do not have a full cloud strategy. While the common assumption is that the cloud represents reduced costs and better application performance, many organisations will ultimately fail to realise those benefits, according to research.
VMTurbo, the application performance control firm, conducted the research and says a multi-cloud approach, where businesses operate a number of separate private and public clouds, is an "essential precursor" to a true hybrid cloud – now seen as the ultimate cloud goal in many quarters.
Yet in the survey of 1,368 organisations, 57 percent had no multi-cloud strategy at all. Similarly, 35 percent had no private cloud strategy, and 28 percent had no public cloud strategy.
"A lack of cloud strategy doesn't mean an organisation has studied and rejected the idea of the cloud, it means it has given adoption little or no thought at all," said Charles Crouchman, CTO of VMTurbo. "As organisations make the journey from on-premise IT to public and private clouds, and finally to multi- and hybrid clouds, it's essential that they address this."
He said: "Having a cloud strategy means understanding the precise costs and challenges that the cloud will introduce, knowing how to make the cloud approach work for you, and choosing technologies that will supplement cloud adoption."
Without a full strategy, said Crouchman, organisations will be "condemning" themselves to higher than expected costs, and a cloud that never performs to its full potential.
SMEs in particular were shown to massively underestimate the costs of cloud implementation. While SMEs planning private cloud builds gave an average estimated budget of $148,605, SMEs that have already completed builds revealed an average cost of $898,508: six times the estimate.
Not quick
Adopting the cloud is not a quick, simple process. Even for those organisations with a cloud strategy, the majority (60 percent) take over a year to plan and build their multi-cloud infrastructure, with six percent taking over three years.
Private and public cloud adoption is also relatively lengthy, with 66 percent of private cloud builds, and 51 percent of public cloud migrations, taking over a year.


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I was able to take my kids on a homeschool field trip to an apple farm with a homeschool group. They had pumpkins too. The kids got to learn about bees, apples and pick a pumpkin, eat an apple off the tree and have a hay ride.
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Don't Mess With Poland
Warsaw's military may be the only thing standing between Putin and Europe
Four years ago, Poland was set to become the staging ground for advanced U.S. ballistic missile interceptors. But after the plan collapsed—and seeing defense budgets in the rest of Europe on the decline—Polish political leaders decided they needed their military to fend for itself.
And now with an aggressive Russia bearing down on Ukraine, Warsaw is getting even more worried—and prepared.
"The world stands on the brink of conflict, the consequences of which are not foreseen," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said shortly after Russia's Feb. 27 invasion of Crimea.
Most of all, this means that Poland's steady military growth—an outlier in Europe—could grow even more in the years ahead.
The Poles are taking their already sizable tank force and making it bigger. They're buying new fighter planes. And Poland wants to develop an anti-air and anti-missile system of a kind the U.S. would have installed before the Obama administration attempted to restart relations with Russia—and failed at it.
There's another reason for Poland's emphasis on defense: a traumatic history. During the lifetimes of some of the country's political leaders, and certainly during their parents' lifetimes, Poland had—for a time—ceased to exist.
Last month, Ukraine experienced a Russian invasion. There's a possibility Ukraine could experience another one, but much larger and involving the east or even the whole of Ukraine.
"Although few in Poland would argue that there is an imminent threat of aggression from Russia, Poles continue to see Russia as the principal threat to Poland's security and sovereignty," noted Andrew Michta, a professor of international studies.
If you were the prime minister sitting in the Warsaw chancellery, would you be worried?
Mo' money, mo' weapons
Poland is a unique member of NATO, where defense budgets among most member states have either stalled or declined in the past decade.
But during the same time, Warsaw doubled its annual military spending—emerging as one of the continent's leading military powers in terms of funding compared to gross domestic product. Not necessarily in terms of equipment, though. Much of Poland's military technology is old and dates to the Soviet era.
Poland spent about 1.8 percent of its GDP on its military in 2013, according to data compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
This is higher than most European countries. It's nearly twice that of Ukraine. The United Kingdom, Estonia, France and Greece spend more relative to GDP—although this amount is declining in most cases. Russia, of course, spends enormous sums on its military by European standards.
But in 2014, Poland's defense spending is expected to rise to around 1.95 percent, or roughly $10.4 billion as required by a 2001 law. Poland's GDP is much smaller than Britain and France, of course, but that amount puts it in the same per-dollar league as Taiwan.
However, these numbers conceal Poland's extra funds for new weapons. According to Defense News, the country set aside more than $28 billion for "new helicopters, air and anti-missile defense systems, vessels, submarines, UAVs and other types of armament" through 2022.
That's twice Israel's entire annual defense budget just being spent to modernize its equipment.
Poland is also planning to reduce its overseas presence. Warsaw deployed some 2,500 troops to Iraq—but withdrew in 2011—and also stationed around 1,600 troops in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.
This second group of soldiers are now coming home. In its place is an ambitious—and territorial—strategy known as the "Komorowski Doctrine," named after current Pres. Bronisław Komorowski.
This is a plan to structure and train the armed forces in the event of another conventional war against Poland. This means Poland factors another major European conflict—and a potential invasion of its territory—into its defense plans. "There'll be no more easy sending of our troops half a world away," Komorowski said in August.
Instead, it means fighting Russians.
Lots of tanks
Poland has huge numbers of tanks. Its armed forces is one of the few in Europe—the Russian army being another one—that still invests a substantial sum maintaining, upgrading and buying tanks.
This might seem antiquated in age of counter-insurgency warfare, precision weapons and drones, but in short, Warsaw still believes in armored beasts.
To be precise, Poland has 901 tanks as of December 2013. More than half of this number—541 tanks—are older T-72s dating to Poland's membership in the Warsaw Pact, when it had the second-largest military in the communist alliance.
Poland also has another 232 PT-91 tanks, which are considerably more modern Polish-designed versions of the T-72. The army's remaining 128 tanks are modern German-made Leopard 2A4a.
Altogether, this means Poland has the largest tank force in Europe west of the Bug River. In comparison, France has around 400 total tanks and has plans to reduce its armor force to half that size. Poland's armor force is also twice the size of the British Army's tank force.
Poland also has nearly 1,800 armored fighting vehicles, mostly aging BMP-1s and 500 modern Polish-made KTO Rosomaks. These are not tanks, but fast, light-weight vehicles designed to both carry soldiers and shoot.
Poland also wants more tanks. Warsaw has cut deal with Germany to deliver 119 Leopard tanks in two variants. It's developing a new light tank called the WPB Anders to replace its BMP-1 fighting vehicles. This vehicle is capable of being fitted with a large 120-millimeter gun, packing much more firepower than the BMP-1. The Polish military could end up buying the Anders in the hundreds.
There's also the PL-01, dubbed by the media as a "stealth tank" for its distinctive, angular appearance designed to hide from radar. The PL-01 also has adaptive armor which can adjust to the temperature of its environment, which help conceal the tank from heat sensors.
It's also considerably lighter than a conventional tank, at only 30 to 40 tons, meaning the PL-01 is closer in weight to a BMP-1 than a heavy main battle tank. More properly, it should be called a light tank.
But there's no guarantee the Polish military will buy it. The tank is still a concept, developed by domestic tank-maker Obrum and BAE Systems. But if PL-01 works as promised, it could be one of the most advanced ground warfare vehicles in the world.
If there's one area where Poland is hurting, it's aircraft and—more importantly—air defense.
There's a troubled history here.
In 2008, Poland and the U.S. agreed to a deal that would place 10 American ballistic missile defense silos in Polish territory. The plan, crafted by the George W. Bush administration, was intended to provide a defense against long-range missiles launched from Iran. Obviously, these interceptors could also be used to counter Russian missiles.
After the election of Pres. Barack Obama and a shift to "reset" relations with Russia, the U.S. scrapped the plan, replacing it with a scaled-down version putting an Aegis missile-defense battery in northern Poland by 2018.
But Warsaw never gave up on the idea of a more expansive system. The result is a new anti-air and anti-missile system called the Shield of Poland. And there's no doubt who—Russian president Vladimir Putin, of course—it's designed to defend against.
First, Poland has been developing shoulder-fired Grom missiles, based on the Russian SA-18 missile launcher. Shield of Poland also calls for creating an anti-aircraft and anti-cruise missile system called NAREW. This won't be able to stop ballistic missiles, let alone intercontinental ballistic missiles. That kind of defense is incredibly difficult—if not impossible—and expensive.
But Poland is also shopping around for weapons to serve in the planned WISLA system, which is intended to defend against short and medium-range ballistic missiles. The U.S. Patriot missile is rumored to be one contender.
In the meantime, Poland also needs fighters. Warsaw has some obsolete Su-22 fighters dating to the Cold War—no match for modern Russian planes. It does have considerably more modern F-16s and MiG-29s, and the air force is considering buying advanced fifth-generation fighters. One idea? Possibly acquiring Eurofighter Typhoons.
It's certainly much more ambitious. It might be too ambitious—bordering on paranoia. But is it paranoid if you're within striking distance of Russia?
Correction 3/29: I incorrectly described the Polish air force as mainly using Su-22 fighters. These planes are not Poland's primary fighters—the air force also uses F-16s and MiG-29s.
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How gratifying for me personally, to finally engage in one of the main activities that the My Castle of Quiet radio program was designed for, to discuss horror and exploitation films in depth, and with one of the American masters, no less—Frank Henenlotter. For someone who makes "real" movies, Frank was quite personable, very approachable, a gentleman and a bona-fide scholar of sleaze. The Michaels, Hunchback and Diana, provided further input, chuckles, and good company.
Were that I could mix in directors, writers, archivists, and enthusiasts of horror several times a month with the soundtracks, noise and metal, I'd be sitting pretty. Ten million thanks must go to Mike Hunchback for setting up the meet, and to Frank Henenlotter for showing up, with his wealth of knowledge and friendly, gentlemanly ways (though the director curses like a longshoreman when not on mic, haha.)
After a year-and-a-half's worth of extending invitations to film people, give or take, it's terrific to have someone of Frank's stature show up, shoot the shit, and represent as a local boy to boot. It was great, great fun, as the archive and listener comments will attest, and I wore a shit-eating grin pretty much the entire time. You can hear the whole kit and kaboodle, making up approximately the first half of the weekly horrorcast™, the entirely of which is accessible by clicking on the very-gingerly placed assault victim above (taken from the title sequence of Herschell Gordon Lewis' Something Weird; she also seems to be turning blue a bit quickly, considering.)
Remember, those screenings of Frank's latest work, Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore, begin March 10 at Anthology Film Archives in NYC, and continue for four consecutive nights, each night accompanied by two Lewis classics (including the rarely celebrated Scum of the Earth); Frank and fellow B-movie enthusiast and historian Joe Bob Briggs appear in person at the 3/11 screening.
I can only hope that Marina de Van, Damon Packard, Holly Woodlawn, John Waters and/or Asia Argento warm the Castle's guest chair in the near future.
Onto other matters, there was much love on and off the playlist for that classic Darkthrone track, and new work by Coprophagic Substratum (whose membership aligns with that of Sesso Violento and Cthulhu Youth, all from Complexo do Alemao, Rio, Brazil; blog links to come.)
Monday begins the 2011 WFMU fundraising marathon, with thrills, chills and surely some spills. I'll be co-hosting for Sue P.'s Solid Gold Hell week 1 on the Tue./Wed. midnight-3 overnight, as well as hosting my two usual slots (with illustrious co-hosts Nat Roe week 1, and Pseu Braun week 2) where you'll have a chance to win unique prizes, including, but not at all limited to, custom ringtones by Chromaa, a wonderful, eclectic art book compiled by Toronto native Davis Weir (dw from our playlists), a 3-pack of Physical Demon releases, a 3-pack of Anarchymoon Recordings' releases, and much, much more.
A pledge of $75 or over during my shift will automatically earn you a copy of the limited CDr collection Demo Hell, featuring exclusive tracks by Bob Bellerue, Physical Demon, Husere Grav, Skulleraser, Ungoliant (Joseph Curwen of T.O.M.B.) and Explosive Improvised Device, as well as classic black-metal demo tracks from Black Witchery, Hungary's Whisper, Helvette, and Demon Sword, all packaged in a gorgeously horrific watercolor sleeve by Sarah Zahn (aka Sarzan from our playlists.) Tune in and pledge! Support WFMU, and let everyone know that you LIKE noise, horror, and black metal on the radio.
On a personal note, I was moved to tears at the news of the loss of Clare Amory. My deepest condolences to Clare's fellow players in Excepter, including friends Jon, Lala, and JFR. You can read more about Clare's life at Jon's blog, here.
Cinema, Music, and the Sorrows and Joys of Everyday Life
The Final Ascension of Wm. M. Berger
Friday, February 25, 2011
I like this fucking track..
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One half chance was the difference between Forest and the Blades in a game of few opportunities.
Lewis Grabban's deft, flicked header from Joao Carvalho's cross found the corner of Dean Henderson's net in the second half.
It took less than two minutes for United to create a chance, following Coutts winning a throw on the right but Norwood's low, powerful drive was wide of Pantilimon's right post. An effort from Coutts was blocked at the edge of the box after Sharp laid off a Stevens cross on ten minutes.
The opening half hour was even, Lolley half-volleyed after a free-kick was partially cleared and Egan was well placed to get United out of trouble on a couple of occasions. Henderson was also off his line quickly to prevent Grabban latching onto a long pass from Carvalho.
Before the break, confirming the half was even, both sides had one more chance each. Egan headed wide from a corner and Forest's Robinson tried his luck with a half-volley from outside the box but Henderson comfortably saved.
Forest's Cash created the first chance of the second half for himself but he faded a shot wide after getting the better of Cranie and Freeman. For United, Stevens fired wide after good work from Clarke, before McGoldrick replaced Coutts.
Freeman blocked brilliantly to deny Cash after an enterprising run from Lolley, whilst a good spell of possession saw Sharp head wide following Norwood's cross.
The decisive goal arrived on 69 minutes and came from the home side. A cross from the right was recycled by Carvalho and his delivery was flicked in by GRABBAN, the ball nestling just inside the far post.
United were unable to put pressure on Pantilimon's goal and boss Wilder made a double change on 80 minutes, plus altered the formation.
The only opportunities, however, came in added time with a free-kick and a couple of corners. From the first, Woodburn had two chances but was unable to find the target and from the second Henderson was added to the attack and launched himself at the ball but he was unable to bring the Blades a late leveller.
Forest: Pantilimon, Figueiredo, Guedioura, Grabban (Ansarifard 90), Carvalho, Cash (Dias 82), Robinson, Dawson, Lolley, Yacob, Darikwa.
Unused: Osborn, Steele, Janko, Tachtsidis, Hefele.
Blades: Henderson, Stevens, Fleck, O'Connell, Clarke, Sharp, Egan, Coutts (McGoldrick 55), Norwood, Freeman (Baldock 80), Cranie (Woodburn 80).
Unused: Stearman, Johnson, Moore, Washington.


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In the light of the morrow, the darkness of today is but the black in the blink of an eye.
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We are in a de-evolution stage;
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I stared this project almost two years ago but never got the patience to write it down, despite Mario asking for it a zillion times. I've decided to upgrade the first version, so I though it would be a great idea to go through the first design to remember what I did then. So let's see how my memory works…
First time I saw a Nixie tube I was captivated by the glow coming out of its segments and right away I decided to build something with some of them. There are several kinds of Nixies, most of them displaying digits, so I had to come with a project a bit more ambitious than the standard "Hello World!". A clock! that would do it. Simple but with enough elements to have fun for a bit of time. Also, Christmas were close so I thought it would make a hell of a present.
There are multiple kinds of Nixies with different sizes, with numerals, letters or symbols. Here there is a big list with most of them including datasheets. All of them work under the same principle called Glow Discharge. Basically, they are tubes filled with low-pressure gas and two (or more) metal electrodes. When a voltage is applied to two of this electrodes, and such voltage exceeds a certain value called the striking voltage, the gas in the tube ionizes, becoming a plasma, and begins conducting electricity, causing it to glow with a colored light (depending on the gas filling the tube, for tubes with neon this color is red-orange). The Nixie glass tube contains a wire-mesh anode and multiple cathodes, shaped like numerals or other symbols. Applying power to one cathode surrounds it with an orange glow discharge.
For this project I chose the IN-12 Nixie tube, which is fairly cheap (~15€ a pack of 6) and easy to find online (ebay). There are two variants, IN-12A and IN-12B, both with ten digits and a decimal point for the later. When I got them the cheapest I could find were the IN-12B, although I won't be using the decimal point for the clock. Its striking voltage is around 170V, with a voltage drop across it in the range from 130V to 150V. The specs indicate that the tube current should be in the range from 2mA to 3.5mA, which could be achieved with an anode resistor in the range from 15k to 30k (the math is simple R_a = V / I, where V=Vin-Vdrop). Also, I got a couple of INS-1 neon lamps for the two dots in between the hours and minutes digits. This lamps have a striking voltage around 65V and the indicated current is 0.5mA.
Common circuits to drive a Nixie tubes could be found here. Basically a BJT transistor capable of sustaining voltages around 200V would do the job (e.g. MPSA42/92). The problem comes from the fact that we want to drive 10 lines per tube and a minimum of 4 tubes (HH:MM). Although there are MCUs with that amount of ports available an easier solutions (in terms of hardware) is to connect all cathodes in parallel and to do multiplexing on the anodes. This way we go from 40 control lines to just 14 (10 cathodes+4 anodes). There is also a bunch of devices capable of driving Nixie tubes like the vintage IC 71414 or the modern Supertex HV5812, which also includes a shift register to make driving tubes even easier. For this project I have chosen the Supertex HV5812 in the configuration described here. Although the circuit works perfectly I should note that if we want some sort of dimming through PWM, this approach requires us to implement some PWM mechanisms over the shift register, which in theory is possible (an example) but that so far I have not success at yet.
To drive the Nixies, apart from the driver circuitry, we need a high voltage power supply able to produce 180V at between 10mA and 50mA. I guess there is no need to say that this could be dangerous, but just in case: you should be extremely careful when handling high voltages!!. There are several solutions such as feeding the circuit directly from the mains (which scares me a lot!) or using some DC-DC converter such as boost/flyback converter. Given that I'm a complete newbie at electronics I decided to by an already made DC-DC converter to start, although I'm looking forward to work out this nice tutorial on the matter to understand better how they work. I got this one at ebay: Nixie tubes / Magic eye tubes high voltage power supply module kit DIY which do the work perfectly.
For the clock logic I'm using an Arduino Nano plus an DS1307 RTC module with a cell battery that keeps the time event when the main power is disconnected. The code is straightforward and it can be found here (sketchbook/NixieClock folder). The TimedAction library adds a very simple scheduling mechanism for the main two tasks: The display task and the serial comms task. The former updates the Nixies according to the current time and the later handles a very simple protocol through the serial port to set the time using a simple app written in Processing (sketchbook/NixieTimeSync folder). In addition to the tasks running in the main loop, there is a timer1 is set in CTC mode and it generates an interrupt at 500Hz to run the digits multiplexing. Given that the display has four digits, their update rate is 125Hz, which is more than enough to run the nixies without any flickering.
After everything was working on the protoboard I decided to put all together on a PCB. It was my first time using a tool like Eagle by Cadsoft, needless to say it was a hard trip… But after reading/watching several tutorials I was able to draw the schematic, and short after that lay everything on a two layers PCB (schematic and board files are also hosted at github, check hardware folder). To keep things easy I put the arduino nano, the RTC and the power supply as if they were discrete components. At that time I wasn't confident enough to put all that circuitry together at once. The drawback is that the board came a bit bigger that I was expecting, but after all this was just a prototype. To produce the PCB I used the Seeedstudio Fusion PCB service. I was very pleased by the result: 6 8×10 (mm) boards for around 20$ including shipping. They arrived in 3 weeks. After putting all together the result was like that:
Everything worked as expected, although I realized about a couple of mistakes. First the Nixie footprint I used lacked the hole in the middle for the little protuberance at the bottom of the IN-12s. I had to drill those myself. Also, the footprints were a little too close to each other, but luckily for me they fitted perfectly. On the electronic side, I realized that the power connector had the polarity inverted (negative inside, positive outside) in relation to standard power supply connectors (positive inside, positive outside), so I had to modify the adapter I bought for the clock. I also realized that the arduino voltage regulator can work backwards as shown here (method #8) when only USB power is applied, which happens if I have the board connected to the computer to program the micro. 5V appear at Vin and that is enough to run the DC-DC converter. Although the load is very small, this could lead to a failure at the voltage regulator. I'll fix that for the next revision. And last, the neon lamps have a weird flickering after a while on, I couldn't figure out what was the problem. I read some forums with similar problems, but so far I didn't find an answer to the problem.
Anyway, despite some minor problems, the final thing working is awesome!


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Carousel Carnival Horse Tattoo on the Ribs
By InkedInspiration | March 24, 2012
I adore the style of this design. the simple yet controlled black line work and use of colours, really make this design pop. It's not overly shaded which gives it almost a children's storybook illustration type feel that goes well with the design. I'm a huge fan of rib tattoos and this is an example of one that is very well done. The shape of the horse and the pole also flows well with the shape of the ribs so this is the perfect placement for a tattoo design like this one.
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i would go to the tattoo shop and have them draw it up. they rlleay know what they are doing and they can customize it for you and them. when i got mine..i gave him 2 pics and told him how i want certain things then told him to go with what he feels is best. he did an amazing job and i won't ever regret letting him do it. he did it flawlessly. and im the only person who has this ink. well that is until someone sees it and asks for it. but it was the best thing to do i would go for it..go to the shop and have them draw it up. chances are if you have someone draw it up and they don't entirely know the whole tattoo process the artist will have to change something on it depending where u get it.


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TEXAS WESTERN SWING HALL OF FAME. The Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization founded in 1988 in Buda, Texas, by Al Dressen, leader of the popular 1980s western swing group, Al Dressen's Super Swing Review. Dressen openly acknowledged the important influence so many western swing pioneers had on his career, and he often invited them onstage to perform with his band. By the mid-1980s Dressen decided to join with other musicians in creating the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame (TWSHF) to publicly recognize and honor the contributions of individual artists to the development of western swing.
In 1988 the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame held its first public event at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin. Bob Wills was the TWSHF's first and only inductee that year. Since then inductees have included Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies, Cliff Bruner, Smoky Dacus, Tommy Duncan, Johnny Gimble, Adolph Hofner, Laura Lee McBride, Eldon Shamblin, Hank Thompson, Floyd Tillman, Johnny Cuviello, Paul Glasse, the Light Crust Doughboys, the McKinney Sisters, the Sons of the Pioneers, the Seven Rowe Brothers, and many others.
In the early 1990s the TWSHF Board (which consists of up to twenty previous inductees) moved the event to the Austin Opry House and then in 1994 to the campus of Texas State University in San Marcos (then known as Southwest Texas State University). At first the TWSHF held the event inside the university's Strahan Coliseum until there was a scheduling conflict, and the city of San Marcos offered the use of the downtown square for the festivities. Since the 1990s the event has been part of the Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival (also known as Swing on the Square), co-hosted by the city of San Marcos. The event is free and is held on the third weekend in May both on the courthouse square and other downtown venues. Every year western swing artists come from across the country to participate in the festival. Western swing pioneers such as Johnny Gimble, Tommy Allsup, and Johnny Cuviello, have joined with a variety of younger musicians including some children who are just learning to play.
In the early days Dressen exhibited a small collection of western swing artifacts at the Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin. In 1991 Dressen donated the collection to the Southwestern Writers Collection at Texas State University where it was still housed in 2015. The collection consists of photographs, costumes, posters, awards, and newspaper clippings, dating from the 1930s through the 1990s, featuring prominent western swing musicians. Some items of note include a hat worn by Bob Wills, as well as a fiddle Wills is said to have played.
Al Dressen Telephone Interview by Georgia Ruiz Davis, November 1, 2007. "A Guide to the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame Collection, 1930s–1990s," The Wittliff Collections, Albert B. Alkek Library, Texas State University (http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/research/a-z/txswing.html), accessed August 29, 2015.
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The 19th century was the time of renaissance and constant revolution in the history of the pastel. Whereas the generations which followed Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788) for the most part turned away from this medium and its suspect charms, the Romantics and the first Realists took it up again. About 1850, pastel painting came back into its own. From the sketches by Millet and Puvis de Chavannes to the voluptuous women of Aman-Jean and Paul Helleu, observers of Proust's world, pastel went from success to success.
Degas and Manet found they could achieve perfect unity between subject and medium, while Redon adapted the technique to render his subjects radiant, and thus more mysterious. So, with pastel came the fusion of drawing and pure colour, of form and its dissolution, of the image and its infinite vibration.
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When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for "real life" monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite the three subjects to share their haunting, personal experiences. Working on the crew is a recovering drug addict who suffers withdrawal and paranoia. As a person of faith, he fears his friends underestimate the dark powers they are summoning. When the interviews turn deadly, he must battle the demons, inside and out, to escape the house and defeat the rise of evil incarnate.
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For several years, the Minnesota Legislature has been exploring the potential of increasing speed limits on existing rural highways that currently have 55 mph speed limits. Currently, state law sets statutory speed limits on all public roads.
As recently as 2013, legislation has been introduced that would have changed the statutory speed limit in statute 169.14, Subd. 2(3) from 55 mph to 60 mph. This would have applied to all roads, including county roads, city streets, township roads, and any other roads that don't fall into one of the other speed limit categories in statute 169.14 and don't have a different speed limit that was set by the commissioner of the Department of Transportation as a result of a traffic engineering study.
Ironically, the trunk highway system, which has been the primary focus of legislative interest relative to speed limits, is comprised entirely of sections that have speed limits authorized as a result of engineering studies and therefore would not be directly affected.
Fortunately, MnDOT and local representatives have been able to make the case that a blanket increase in speed limit would not be safe.
In 2013, as a result of legislative interest and after performing engineering studies, MnDOT increased the speed limits from 55 to 60 mph on some 700+ miles of two-lane, rural trunk highways, primarily in western Minnesota.
Legislative interest in speed limits remained strong. 2014 Regular Session Laws, Chapter 312, Article 11, Section 36 was enacted, which required MnDOT to perform engineering and traffic investigations on trunk highway segments that are two-lane, two-way roadways with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour. Speed limits are expected to be increased on those roadway segments where studies find that the speed limit can be reasonably and safely increased.
The statewide review must be completed by 2019, with approximately 20 percent of the roadway miles studied each year. This includes over 7,000 miles of trunk highway. Stonebrooke Engineering was selected to assist MnDOT in performing studies and writing select speed limit authorizations on more than 5,000 miles of trunk highway in five MnDOT districts.
Data collection efforts began in mid-November, with 18 study segments selected for 2014. Including these studies and others performed by MnDOT personnel in three other MnDOT districts, about 340 miles of highways in northern and western Minnesota were authorized for 60 mph speed limits in early 2015.
The process for determining whether a roadway can safety support an increased speed limit from 55 mph to 60 mph is made up of three components:
• Spot speed samples.
• Field investigations.
• Analysis and reporting.
If the determination is that the highway can safely support a 60 mph speed limit, the final steps include writing speed limit authorizations and coordinating swapping out existing 55 mph speed limit signs with new 60 mph speed limit signs.
Spot speed studies will be performed for each of more than 350 study segments. Spot speed studies measure point travel speeds of a representative sample of vehicles in the population. Speed studies will be performed using either pneumatic tubes or radar units. Tubes will be used for all segments with ADT values of less than 1,000 vehicles per day, while radar units will be used for segments with ADTs in excess of 1,000. The tube locations will include between 24 and 48 hours of data, including the following data elements for each vehicle: time stamp, travel speed, and vehicle classification. For the locations with greater than 1,000 ADT, manual speed samples will be collected with a radar unit. A minimum of 100 vehicles will be measured and classified as either a passenger vehicle or commercial truck.
Field investigations are needed to assess the general environment of the roadway. These elements were chosen not because they necessarily have a direct or indirect impact on travel speed, but rather to provide a general snapshot of the environment of the study segment to the MnDOT District Traffic Engineer.
Along with speed sample data and crash analysis, results of the field investigation will be considered in determining whether a roadway can safely support a 60 mph speed limit. Measurements are taken at a point location that is considered to be representative of the entire section.
Stonebrooke's role is to perform speed studies and field investigations, analyze speed and crash data, and provide reports to MnDOT. The ultimate authority to determine whether 60 mph speed limits are appropriate remains with MnDOT.
Analysis of crash data includes calculating overall crash rates and Fatal + "A" severity crash rates for the study segment and comparing to average and critical crash rates. A critical crash rate is a statistically adjusted crash rate to account for random nature of crashes. If segment's crash rate exceeds the critical rate, it is not a good candidate for an increased speed limit without other structural improvements.
Speed data from both tubes and radar will be analyzed. The primary calculations will include 85th percentile and 10 mph pace. "Good" speed samples are considered to be those that have the 85th percentile in the upper range of the 10 mph pace. The 85th percentile is the speed that is not exceeded by 85 percent of the population. This value is generally considered a good starting point for setting speed limits. The 10 mph pace is the 10 mph range of speeds that include the highest percentage of vehicles from the sample.
When all the data collection, field investigations, and analysis are complete, Stonebrooke staff will assemble a report for each study segment. The reports are organized such that the front page provides an at-a-glance look at crash rates, speed sample results, and field investigation findings. Field investigation findings are reported with either green shading or no shading at all.
Green shading indicates that the particular data element measured in the field likely would be conducive to an increased speed limit. No shading indicates that a deeper look into that particular data element may be warranted.
The first page will provide the MnDOT district traffic engineer with a good indication of whether this corridor is a good candidate for a 60 mph speed limit – a high 85th percentile speed coupled with a low crash rate and lots of green shading would like be a good candidate. The second page provides a more detailed description of the study, and subsequent pages provide pictures and other additional information. If desired, MnDOT personnel can dig further into the raw data.
When executed properly, rural trunk highway speed limit increases from 55 mph to 60 mph provide more efficient travel without compromising safety. This strong focus on safety is reflected in each study task, from field investigations through to final reporting.
The structure and formatting of study components allows for these speed increases to be made in an informed, accurate, and responsible manner.
As legislative interest in Minnesota speed limits continues, this type of study provides the necessary documentation to provide speed limit increases that are based on usable data and documented safety measures.
And as with any speed limit change, drivers will need to continue to practice safe driving techniques and situational awareness.
Mark Briese is transportation business development manager with Stonebrooke Engineering. Phone: (952) 402- 9202. (First two photographs courtesy of MnDOT.)
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This Prize is intended to recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in the physics of particle accelerators. The Prize consists of $7,500, an allowance for travel to the meeting at which the Prize is awarded and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The deadline for the nomination is July 1, 2010. The nomination should include a vitae and a description of the accomplishments of your nominee. At least two but not more than four supporting letters will help the selection of a worthy candidate.
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In my latest travels out West, I had to make a stop at a small eatery in Cave Creek Arizona where they serve what I think is the worlds greatest bowl of beans. More a bean soup than anything else, the dish simply burst with the flavor of beans. Sitting there enjoying my big bowl of beans in their own gravy, I made a vow that when I got back home I'd re create this recipe. The menu at the place simply said, "Cowboy Beans" so I was left on my own to discover their recipe.
Within a few days of returning home, I dragged out my heritage recipe collections to see if any I had came close to the recipe they served up there in Cave Creek. Nope.
I discovered that all my recipes were of the variety that made thick, brown sugar and molasses style beans. Similar to the popular Boston Baked beans or store bought Bushe's or Campbell's Baked beans. These, I am positive, were not the same style found whipped up by trail cooks from their Chuck wagons.
I had never thought much about what kind of beans those Cowboys really ate and that got me thinking. Exactly what kind of beans did they really eat while out on the trail?
They surely didn't do the molasses style since that would have meant traveling with loads of brown sugar and jars of molasses. The sugar would have quickly hardened into a rock and the molasses , being rare out west, would have been worth its weight in gold.
Since many trail drives started out in or around Texas, it made sense then that the spices, beans and cultural taste would be indigenous to the Mexican influence.
I scoured the Western cooking blogs and web sites and found to my amazement, most posted nothing but common syrup thick pork –n-bean recipes and even at that, they used canned rather than dried beans.
Now I have a slight sugar problem, not bad mind you but enough to make me alter my cooking habits a bit in order I don't fall over dead before I complete my personal bucket list.
So I went about searching through every type of cook book from Western to Vegan for a healthier, non sugar recipe and still I could not find what I had in mind.
Then I found it. When I had been camping out in Texas, I ran across a State of Texas sponsored history attraction that was dedicated to the Texas Trail drives. There amidst the Charles Goodnight collection, was an old Chuck Wagon showing how it was set up. Alongside it in a glass and wooden case, was the reproduction of a few common recipes used back in the day. I photographed them closely and then immediately forgot about them.
Suddenly remembering this, I opened up my Kodak collection of photos and found what I had been searching for. Their recipe for 'beans in gravy' eaten on the trail.
Well, I immediately converted the recipe into today's amounts and whatnot. I changed the sautéing of the veggies in butter and oil versus a "a good hand sized glob of suet" (it sounds worse than it is, suet was a homemade tasty unfiltered lard .
While the beans stayed the same, I had to guess on what a ' Mexican pepper' was, so I used a combination of one Poblano and two Cubano peppers. There are many I could have used but these are common down here. I charred them up on an open fire like written but changed from canned to fresh and roasted, my diced up tomatoes. All in all, the new recipe was near as possible to that of the real Chuck Wagon one.
Let me say this. I was thrilled with my beans, they were absolutely delicious!
Sometimes heritage recipes aren't as tasty, well formed or as good looking as those of today, but a heritage recipe whether good or bad does something a modern recipe can never do. It lets you literally touch the past by using your tongue.
2 cups of dried (not canned) red beans
2 cups of dried (not canned) pinto beans. Some folks advise to pressure cook these guys before hand to get 'em soft
1 large yellow onion (Spanish or Sweet is fine) chopped up fine
3 Tbl chopped up garlic
3 green chili, Cubano, Poblano (your choice of Mexican ) peppers. Grill or roast them up for a minute then then chop them up
3 ripe tomatoes, grill them up for a minute then remove seeds and chop them up
1 Tbl vegetable oil for sauteing veggies (if using olive oil, use light to reduce the olive flavor)
1 Tbl of butter added to sauteing oil
7 quarts of water (for added flavor use 2 cups of vegetable stock and 5 quarts of water)
1 large ham bone with meat attached, pig foot or large slab of salt pork or suet. (Add extra pork fat if using ham bone for taste and
for added ham flavor, add 2 packets of Goya Ham Concentrate to the mix)
1 1/2 tsp coriander seed (toast them up first in a small skillet for bursting flavor, toast until you smell them)
1 whole unbroken bay leaf (remove after cooking)
OPTIONAL, Add 2 dried hot red chili peppers (1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper can be used instead if you ain't got chilli peppers)
1 tsp of black pepper during simmering
1 tsp of salt during simmering. (Salt to taste, add more salt if desired when almost finished cooking)
Cooking instructions
Soak beans overnight in water to cover, changing water once; drain.
When beans are ready, saute onion, garlic, green chiles and tomatoes in butter and oil in a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Add water / stock and ham bone then bring to a boil.
Add beans, toasted coriander seed, bay leaf and dried chilies.
Continue to boil for 30 minutes, then lower heat, cover and simmer for three to four hours.
After a few hours of simmering, remove the lid, leave it off, and season beans with salt again to taste.
Continue to cook until beans are soft but not mushy.
Remove ham bone and bay leaf before serving.
Makes about 16 servings
Old west ditty.
"Beans, beans the musical fruit,
the more you eat the more you toot!
The more you toot, the better you feel,
So eat your beans at every meal!


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I am have been craving falafel. It is not like an anticipated hunkering for pizza, which was the foundation of my juvenile food pyramid. I do not remember having falafel until I was eighteen on my first big adventure. It had to be the messaging I got for watching the Israeli prime minister address Congress in the weeks leading up his national election, and all the post election analysis. I have always been fond of the foods and flavors of the Middle East, and made regular forays into Brooklyn to sample mezze plates of Syrian, Lebanese and Egyptian restaurateurs who set up in the borough.
I was raised to be a Zionist (what a disappointment I turned out to be), and every year the synagogue we affiliated with held an annual drive to plant trees in Israel – I still don't understand that one. And, the Passover Haggadah, which celebrates liberation and freedom closed with the proclamation, "Next year in Israel." I was well schooled in our ancient, and more recent history, and living in the New York area it was frequently impressed upon me that our people are only about 3% of US population. So, we are in fact a minority, and should therefore embrace all the other minorities that made up the US. Isn't there strength in numbers?
I always viewed the people of the Muslim faith as a first cousin. Our stories started in the same part of the world; the opening chapters of our scared books share a plot line until that horrid family dinner when two brothers quarreled. Never again has the family sat together to break bread. Yet, as I have dined in restaurants and in friend's homes of various Middle Eastern backgrounds there is great commonality to the meal. I could not trace back when my family followed the diaspora out of the Middle East into northern Europe, and subsequently the US but the mezze table, in my own family, can be seen in the array of pickles, chilled radishes and celery stalks along with chopped liver that ran down the length of our dining room table. Dinner at an Assyrian friend's the table was crowded with herbs, cubed feta, pickled beets amongst other nibbles that I immediately understand. You may go into a church, mosque, temple or dance rhythmically to the changes of the seasons in order to connect to an idea greater than ourselves. We can all recognize the divinity in the labor and love in a meal laid out, and offer up. Perhaps, it is time we started going to dinner together again and talk just of the quality of the pita bread; the creamy, smokiness of the hummus or, the magical lift a bit of anise hyssop adds to a za'atar blend.
As the vernal equinox descends lets celebration more than the liberation from winter's grip but that fact we are one people in a multitude of incarnations with a hunger to feed our souls and our families. Invited a cousin to dinner this season.
Falafel – yeilds 12pieces
1-cup dried chickpeas
1-teaspoon ground cumin
1-teaspoon ground coriander
½-teaspoon ground anise seed
1-teaspoon ground black pepper
3 scallions – roughly chopped
½-cup cilantro – roughly chopped
1-tablespoon salt
¼-cup chickpea flour
1½-cup oil for frying
Soak the chickpeas in 4-cups of water for 14 to 16 hours, at room temperature.
Drain the chickpeas through a sieve, and then rinse the chickpeas. Transfer the soaked chickpeas to the bowl of a food process, fitted with the steel blade. Add the cumin, coriander, anise seed, black pepper, scallions, garlic cloves, cilantro and salt.
Process the chickpea mixture until well brokendown, not so much so that it becomes a creamy, smooth paste.
Transefer the chickpea mixture to a work bowl and incorporatre the chickpea flour. Let the mixture rest at room temperature for an hour or two.
Form the chickpea mixture into 12 balls, which will be slighlty smaller then a golf ball.
Heat the oil in a wok to 325 degrees. If you don't have a candy/frying thermometer use the dool end of a wooden spoon – inserted in the heat oil the oil will immediately start to bubble around it.
Gently place 6 of the falafels into the oil, and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes, until crisp and dark golden. Remove to paper line plate to drain. Fry the remaining 6 falafels. Serve warm with pita bread and Tahini Sauce.


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One of our Year 10 pupils has taken part in what can only be described as an opportunity of a lifetime. RAF ATC 435 Squadron had many events scheduled but one in particular was the opportunity for selected cadets to attend a flying experience at RAF Cosford.
Alfie Jennings (Year 10) put his name forward along with several other and was then chosen to take part!
The day started with a safety briefing. The weather was dry and fine and Alfie was chosen to go up first in a Grob Tutor - a single propellored aircraft used by the RAF for cadets and to train pilots for their private Pilot License.
Once taken off, Alfie was allowed to take control of the plane under direction from the pilot and navigated his way around the local area flying at around 3000 feet!
"I took off from RAF Cosford and moments after it was up to me to control the plane. It was a cloudy and windy day. My pilot took me above the clouds so we could do some aerobatics but it was determined too dangerous. After flying for 25 minutes it was my task to control the plane back down to 600ft, and once on the fground I was given the opportunity to speak to the Air Traffic Controller".
"It was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget and I got to do it because of the cadets".
Well done Alfie!


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UAE ranked 8th globally for introduction of autonomous vehicles
The United Arab Emirates is among the top 10 countries in the world when it comes to readiness to accommodate driverless vehicles, revealed KPMG's Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI). The study, which evaluates the preparedness ofcountries globally, places the UAE at number eight, ahead of South Korea and New Zealand.
The KPMG AVR Index, a first-of-its-kind initiative, highlights global best practices to help countries accelerate their adoption of autonomous transport, capacity for adapting autonomous driving technology, as well as highlights the progress achieved in making driverless cars a reality. The Index places the UAE after the Netherlands, Singapore, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada.
The study carefully evaluates every country's ability according to four pillars: policy and legislation; technology and innovation; infrastructure; and consumer acceptance.
Each of these pillars considers a number of variables that reflect the wide range of factors that can impact a country's autonomous driving readiness –from the availability of electric vehicle charging stations, to autonomous transport technology R&D, the public's willingness to adopt the technology, and the regulatory environment.
The Netherlands, which earned first place on the Index, ranks consistently high—in the top four across all four pillars—with strengths including widespread acceptance of electric cars and a high density of charging stations; a robust telecommunications network, vital for directing AVs; and large-scale AV road tests planned.
As the world's most innovative countries have started the journey to make driverless cars a reality, the UAE consolidated its dominance as number one among the 20 countries for roadquality-- a critical factor in infrastructure readiness. At number six on the policy and legislation pillar, the UAE is also credited for having a dedicatedand autonomousfunction within its transportdepartment, for quality of regulationand for government capability inKPMG's Change Readiness Index,which assessed countries' ability to manage change and cultivate opportunity.
The AVRI ranking reaffirms the UAE's vision to become one of the most technologically advanced nations on the planet. As part of a wider vision, some specializedprojects, such as the Dubai Autonomous Transport Strategy, have been unveiled, under whichone quarter of the cars on Dubai's roads are set to become driverless by 2030. The past year has also witnessed the successful testing of the world's first urban aerial taxi in Dubai.
This strategy is expected to bring AED22 billion in annual economic revenues, via a reduction of transport costs, carbon emissions and accidents, and hundreds of millions of hours wasted in conventional transportation.
"The UAE's desire to excelin the field of technology-led innovation, which itoverlays on its existing'hard' infrastructure willensure that the nation is at the vanguard of the urban autonomous mobility," says Ravi Suri, Partner and Global Head of Infrastructure Finance, KPMG Lower Gulf.
The KPMG AVR Index reveals that a country's economic maturity can be demonstrated by its preparedness for autonomous vehicles. Looking deeper, however, the AVRI highlights some consistent attributes among the most prepared countries. These include public authorities'involvement in supporting AV development, roads and mobile network infrastructure, and private sector investment and innovation.
"The learnings from itssuccessful implementationof self-drivenvehicles and itsintention to introduceflying taxiswill ensure that the UAE maintains its leadingposition in autonomous mobility. Byensuring its investments in theInternet of Things, Data and Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, and reinforcing its commitment to Smart City transformation, the UAE epitomizes an innovation culture and will aim to lead the world in this field," Suri concludes.


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I'll cut my favorite bank a bit of slack this week and get back to passing along sage advice.
This week we'll turn to Laura Stack, who is president of The Productivity Pro Inc., for some tips about how to navigate social media — which she says is a double-edged sword.
"On one hand, it can help you make connections and expand your professional network faster than ever before," Stack said. "On the other hand, you can dump countless hours into social networking sites and see little return on the investment. It's like digital quicksand: sucking your time into the abyss."
So, in the interest of not falling into the abyss, Stack recommends the following to help us neophytes "avoid obsessive compulsive social media disorder":
1. Separate your business life from your personal life. Not only is this a good idea in terms of maintaining professionalism and not boring your friends, but it also has big implications for productivity. If you comingle your personal social networking with professional social networking, you are basically inviting your friends and family into your workday and your clients into your personal life.
That means that when you are at work and decide to focus, for example, on marketing yourself, that you will almost certainly be distracted by updates and messages from family and friends. Just glancing through those personal posts is going to make your social media activities take a lot longer than they need to.
2. Get into a regular social media routine. It's easy to spend the better part of an afternoon reading blog posts and checking status updates, but generally speaking, that's not what you're there for.
In fact, the things that eat up the most time for social media users are typically not things that add value at all; they are just another form of procrastination, like lingering at a coworker's desk or surfing the Web.
The best way to approach building a social media routine is to establish dedicated blocks of time to handle social media. This might be a single 15 minute session each morning or maybe a few quick sessions spread throughout the day, whatever makes sense with your needs and situation.
3. Embrace third-party applications to automate manual processes. Rather than posting to multiple places, sites like Ping.fm allow you to go to one place to make updates to all of your social networking sites. That will save you the trouble of jumping from site to site and streamline the experience across the board.
To get even fancier, load your future postings into hootsuite, and have that update Ping, which updates Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. So, while you are sitting in a meeting, it can keep your account looking alive.
4. Decide what you're really trying to do with social media. The biggest reason that otherwise productive, well-intentioned people end up wasting a ton of time on social networks is that they never sat down and figured out what they were trying to accomplish with social media. It isn't just about how many friends/followers/readers you have. It's about what your business has to gain.
That might mean interacting with existing clients, reaching out to new prospects, or simply building your online reputation. Whatever makes sense for you, be sure to have a goal in mind whenever you commit yourself to another online profile. Otherwise, you could spend 40 hours a week bouncing from thing to thing without ever adding real value to your business.
5. Connect, listen and contribute. This is the easiest one to forget. You've already decided that you are going to invest time and energy into social networking, don't forget that you aren't there to simply broadcast your sales pitch to anyone who will listen.
Just like you make time to Tweet, update Facebook or post on LinkedIn, you need to set aside a few minutes just to see what other people are saying. This will give you great insights into the needs of the community and help you better focus your message when you do have something to say. Even just carving out five minutes twice a day to pop in and see what others are saying can add tremendous value to your social networking activities.
Mike Boyd is editor of the Colorado Springs Business Journal. He can be reached at email@example.com or 329-5206.


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