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Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (C.O.S.C)Not to be confused with the word 'Chronograph'…
A chronometer is a watch that has passed strict tests for accuracy in an observatory, or testing bureau, of the Swiss official chronometer testing organisation and has been issued with an official rating certificate by the " Controle Officiel Suisse des chronometres " (C.O.S.C.)
It's tested for 15 days and 15 nights under a variety of different conditions designed to mimic the effects of the watch being worn at 5 different 'wearing' positions at 3 temperatures: cold, normal & warm.
To pass and gain a Chronometer certification, the watch must maintain an accuracy of between minus 4 and plus 6 seconds per day.
|Reasonable accuracy expectations by movement type:
|Modern mechanical watch, Non-Certified
|+/- 10 seconds a day
|Modern mechanical watch, Chronometer Certified
|-4/+6 seconds a day
|Modern quartz watch
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If you've known about God already for some time, when you read this Bible verse you might think, why would I need to find God? However, even if we've known God in the past, there is always much more that we can experience and learn about Him. He wants us to experience Him in a deeper way and know about His ways so that we can experience more of His love and goodness in our lives.
In order to really find God, this verse is saying that we must seek Him with all of our heart. This is saying that we cannot casually try to seek God a little here and there and expect to really find Him. We must dive in and seek Him with everything we have in order to really find Him and get to know Him.
This type of seeking doesn't happen on a Sunday at church. This doesn't even happen if you are able to crack open a Bible once a week. This happens when you lay aside other things and place all your focus on finding Him that you truly get a breakthrough.
It's not that God is holding out on us and is only willing to reveal Himself to us if He sees we are seeking enough. This Bible verse is simply saying that our hearts were never designed to be able to focus on several things at once. We must choose to place our focus on one thing and that one thing alone to really get results.
Today, decide that you're going to daily take time to seek the Lord. This verse assures us that when we do, we will find Him. You'll never regret taking your time and focusing on the Lord.

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MINSK, 17 February (BelTA) – Famous opera singer, Belarusian-born French citizen Arkady Volodos was awarded a Francysk Skaryna Order in Paris on 17 February, BelTA has learned from Belarus' Embassy in France.
In accordance with Belarus President's decree, Arkady Volodos was presented a Francysk Skaryna Order by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France Pavel Latushko at Belarus' Embassy in Paris.
The opera singer was a leading baritone of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint-Petersburg, later studied at La Scala. Since 1979, Arkady Volodos has been living in France, performing in the major operas of Europe and the USA and winning many international contests.
In Paris, Arkady Volodos founded the association "Exchange: France-Belarus" to establish Belarus-France cooperation in culture and business. Since 1992, the opera singer has regularly organized exchange trips between students of the Nancy Conservatory and the Belarusian State Academy of Music.
In 2015, Arkady Volodos suggested organizing the Belarusian pavilion at the prestigious art fair Art Capital in Paris where Belarusian artists Valentina Shoba and Sergei Portenkov won the Prix Taylor.
In 2016, Arkady Volodos suggested an idea to hold a concert to mark 110 years since the birth of Dmitry Shostakovich at the composer's great-grandfather's native place, the village of Shemetovo in Myadel District, Belarus. The concert was held at the Virgin Mary Cathedral and gathered many foreign guests.


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DIY Natural Easter Egg Dye
DIY Natural Easter Egg Dye – Here's my shot at a fun little project. It's simple, fun and does take a little more patience than the traditional dyes, BUT on the other hand, I'd take that in a heartbeat in order to know what's absorbing into these eggs is actually good and very safe!
There are 2 ways to make these DIY natural Easter egg dyes come to life.
- MUGS: I made these ones by soaking hard boiled eggs in my dyes for hours, even overnight. I liked the speckled look it gave them. For this method, I mixed my dyes in mugs by placing 2 teaspoons of ground color (see below to see what you can use to make the colors) into the mug, add 1 tablespoon white vinegar, and enough HOT water to cover the egg. NOTES….with this method, make sure to hard boil the eggs beforehand.) , also Dehydrated "colors" that are finely ground will work best.
- PANS: If you want to make the color more even or just want to color them faster, you can actually place your "colors" into small pans. You can use any of the "colors" fresh or in dehydrated powders (the dry powders work best usually). Add enough water to cover the eggs, and turn heat up to high. Add 1/4 cup of color, and 1/4 cup white vinegar, and boil away for about 15 minutes.The options for dying Easter eggs naturally are huge. My rule of thumb is that any richly colored fruit, veggie, spice, garden flower or vegetation will work if it is rich enough in color to leave color on your knife when you cut through it.
Here are a few ideas of items that will make great color for your DIY Natural Easter Egg Dye colors…
RED – beets, beet juice, organic beet root powder, tarte cherry juice concentrate, cranberries, cherries, raspberries, ground annatto seed, saffron powder, ground sumac
BLUE – blueberries
YELLOW – turmeric, saffron
ORANGE – carrots, chineese star anice, Ground Korintje (Makara) Cinnamon, Ground Mace
GREEN – Spinach Leaves, Spirulina, Grape Leaves
PURPLE – Purple Grapes, Purple Pansies
Here is a basic color wheel. You can use any produce or garden vegetation with these colors or if you want more colors, you can mix them to get the color you want.
Just remember that red, yellow, and blue are the primary colors. So to make secondary colors, just look at the color chart and you can see that the secondary colors are made by mixing the primary colors on each side of it together.
SO for
1. green–add yellow and blue
2. purple–add blue and red
3. orange–add red and yellow
- You can also use a wax crayon or wax pencil so kids can draw faces or names or cute designs on the eggs before they're cooked
- The longer you leave the eggs in the dye mixture, the darker they will be. Can you tell which one I kept in the solution overnight? lol! 🙂
We'd LOVE to see your eggs! If you want, post them to our facebook page, we've set it up so you can, and that would be a lot of fun!
Here are links to both of our cookbooks that we think you'll LOVE!
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Let us know how it goes and what your plans are for those left over eggs–stay tuned because we have some super yummy ones coming that we're sharing too!
Comment here, or on our instagram, facebook or twitter, and let us know what you try, how your day goes, how you liked it, or whatever is on your mind. And if you have questions, please ask, we love to help!
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Leading world exhibition of the textile machinery industry organised since 1951, ITMA is owned by CEMATEX (European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers), which comprises the national associations of the following nine countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Organised every four years in Europe, ITMA is considered as the "Olympics" of the textile machinery industry, a showcase of the latest technological innovations and a place where suppliers and customers from the whole world can meet.
The French exhibitors' participation is organised by:
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|20 November 2015
|Sustainability agenda drives attendance at ITMA 2015. Exhibitors delighted with visitorship of almost 123,000 from 147 economies.
|13 November 2015
|Levi Strauss & Co. is first ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award winner
|12 November 2015
|ITMA 2015 chalks up new milestone with biggest participation in 64 years
|22 September 2015
|ITMA 2015 Speakers Platform to feature 43 presentations on sustainable innovations and technical textiles applications
|25 August 2015
|First ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award finalists revealed
|28 May 2015
|Textile Colourant and Chemical Leaders Forum an Nonwovens Forum at ITMA 2015 draw strong industry support
|13 May 2015
|World Textile Summit 2015 reveals first speakers
|18 March 2015
|ITMA 2015 online visitor registration opens; registrants can enjoy early bird rates
|27 November 2014
|European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing in the spotlight at ITMA 2015 Research and Education Pavilion
|20 October 2014
|ITMA 2015 expands to an eleventh hall due to heavy demand for space
|23 July 2014
| World Textile Summit 2015 to explore the business benefits of an effective sustainability strategy
|17 July 2014
|ITMA 2015 over 95 per cent sold at close of space application
|18 June 2014
|CEMATEX launches ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award to recognise industry and research achievements
|14 April 2014
|ITMA and EDANA sign memorandum of understanding
|3 April 2014
|ITMA becomes Headline Sponsor of Future Materials Awards
|12 March 2014
|CEMATEX continues to promote Research and Education with grant to institutes participating at ITMA 2015
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|Space application opens online for ITMA 2015
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The Definitive Turn-In Technique
Commitment. Takes commitment to succeed at an endeavor, whatever it may be in your life. Performance driving at a high level does require decisiveness and commitment.
You may recall our "Separation of Controls" technique where you use one control (steering, brake, and throttle) at one time; this article discusses 'steering'. Assuming you've progressed from novice and have at least one performance driving (or racing) school behind you, the technique you use on the steering wheel must be refined.Proper 'turn-in' technique takes commitment and conviction
All beginners—and nearly every intermediate level performance driving student I've coached—turn in to the corner too slowly. Causes are many; a big one is being unsure regarding choosing one particular point to initiate the corner. Fact is that as you're learning this technique, or you're learning a new circuit (or blowing cobwebs out post-winter) you must choose a point to initiate the turn. Use your vision, look well beyond this corner, pick a point….THEN TURN WITH CONVICTION!
Novice drivers are frequently told to "Slow your hands" on the steering wheel; which is correct for that stage in your learning, you simply don't have the quality seat time to gain the muscle memory, the experience, to know precisely when, where and how-much to turn the steering wheel. Now that you have at least a few hours (if not many days) on track with an experienced driving coach, you're more familiar with 'when' and 'how much' to turn the wheel when turning into the corner on the racetrack. Here's what to do:
- Choose your turn-in point using visual reference and sense of preservation
- Transition from straight steering to full commitment to the corner in about a tenth of a second or so
- The amount of steering input to be no-more/ no-less than what the Largest Possible Radius (LPR) is for driving a large arc: set steering angle once with minor corrections
The "definitive turn-in" technique makes best use of your tires, transitioning to maximum efficient slip angle in the shortest time (reducing lap time). It also improves your LPR (or arc) through the corner, hence allowing maximum G's through said corner.
Taking too much time to transition to full cornering—crabbing into the corner, double turn-in—costs time if you're a competition driver, costs efficiency and increases chances for mistakes if you're just out for a fun day at the track.
You can practice this technique on the street, use the 12 foot wide lane; pick a turn-in point and go! Practiced every day, you'll find yourself doing it instinctively at your next track day.


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Recently, Rocks Off looked at the most difficult song lyrics to understand in all of music, period. While that was fun, my editor brought it to my attention that virtually all of modern death-metal could qualify for that list. Since the advent of screaming, including metal in a list like that is like playing Mortal Kombat with cheat codes on.
So with his blessing, I embarked on a much more challenging route: discovering the most difficult song lyrics to understand in all of pop music, where understandable lyrics are part of the appeal. Almost all popular music in the last 50 years has focused on the same lyrical content for a reason.
A pop song with incomprehensible singing is a rare beast indeed, but I have tracked down some of the most difficult in existence. If you can recite the following lyrics from the top of your head, you are probably a true karaoke master.
REWIND: The Five Most Difficult Song Lyrics to Understand
U2, "Numb" This seems like one of the less popular songs in U2's catalog, and its video is routinely listed amongst the worst ever. I don't really understand that, as I find the video easy to relate to: it expresses feelings of numbness and isolation brought on by the hectic overstimulation of the modern world. The song is an interesting construction too, showcasing how U2 was stretching their legs a lot in the early '90s.
Oh, but the lyrics. Yeah, that's the Edge mumbling his way through reciting them, reading them off a sheet like he has a mouth full of marbles. Then Bono comes cooing with that falsetto, and I don't know if he's even singing real words. Conceptually it gets the point across, but if you aren't focusing in on it, or reading along, "don't" may be the only word you'll catch.
TIE: R.E.M., "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"/Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire" In a way, these two songs are very similar. They both came out in the late '80s, and the words are recited hyper-quickly by the respective singers. Michael Stipe is a little bit more incomprehensible than Joel, whose superior enunciation leads "We Didn't Start the Fire" to be relatively easy to understand.
The reason they tie here is that you are my party hero if you can keep up with either song word-for-word without looking at a lyric sheet. This is a great trick to bust out for your friends if you can actually do it; a huge embarrassment for you if you fuck it up. Either way, how Joel or Stipe pulled these off in the studio or live on a regular basis is a mystery to me, and I don't think I'll ever know every word to either song.
Fall Out Boy, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump has started singing much more clearly over the years, but during their breakout years most of his lyrics were pretty much indecipherable, aside from stray lines and words. Back in 2005, that led to a lot of teenagers singing along to portions of choruses and humming the rest.
My Bloody Valentine, "Only Shallow" My Bloody Valentine might be stretching the boundaries of pop, but their music falls under the category of "dream pop," so I'm counting it. I've never understood as single word of Kevin Shields' or Bilinda Butcher's million-miles-away mumbling. Thankfully, they wrote such enjoyable songs that their practical wordlessness didn't keep them from being massively successful.
List continues on the next page.
The Cranberries, "Zombie" Dolores O'Riordan's thick Irish accent contributed a lot to many people's difficulty understanding the lyrics to the Cranberries' classic alt-rock hits. Aside from "what's in your head -- zombie," I'm just shooting in the dark as to what she's saying most of the time in this song.
Elton John, "Bennie and the Jets" This one is tough partially because of the heavy reverb on Elton's voice, and partially because he sings part of the song in a very high falsetto. I honestly never knew a single word of this growing up, aside from the title of course, so I would always sing along in complete gibberish.
Blur, "Song 2" Truth be told, this song was suggested to me for this article, and I honestly didn't remember there being lyrics aside from "woo-hoo!" Having listened to it for the first time in a while, I still don't know what the fuck is being said here. I can make out a few words, but mostly it's unintelligible British-ese, followed by "WOO-HOO!"
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Beirut International Film FestivalBeirut International Film Festival The Beirut International Film Festival is one of the biggest events in the Middle East and will this year once more become the meeting point for major productions.
Set in a city where you will never tire of exploring, and packed with films you can never have too much of, the Beirut International Film Festival is now ready to charm cinema lovers for its sixteenth year. The festival places an emphasis on Arabic and French films, and alongside eagerly awaited productions, it also offers the chance to watch films that are competing in the competition. As well as having prominent names from the world of cinema sitting on its jury, the Beirut International Film Festival is sheduled for October, when the city is particularly beautiful - just another reason for you to make it to the festival. It's not difficult to make Beirut's incomparable atmosphere even more unforgettable, thanks to the addition of films from across the world.
For everything you want to know about the Beirut International Film Festival, please visit the festival's official site www.beirutfilmfestival.org.


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How To Cope With Anxiety Caused By Homework: Vital Advice
It is a concern for many students to cope up with the ever increasing home assignments. The burden of these assignments is too much because they deal with several subjects at a time. Students not only work on academic papers but also have many other routine tasks that they are looking after. In such a situation, it gets hard to manage and organize their time properly for each task. Most of these assignments are repetitive in nature that can kill the productivity and creativity of the students. It is essential to break the monotony to ensure efficient learning but teachers and institutes hardly realize that. Due to the ever increasing stress and burden, home assignments may become a cause of anxiety and panic in different students. If you are having the pressure of pending home assignments and the stress to maintain your grades in several papers, then you need to avoid taking tension. Anxiety will lead to continuous panic and stress which is not a good thing for anyone
It is common for students to suffer from anxiety due to homework and high time to revise the homework policy for teachers. If you are facing such an issue then you need to keep the following advice in your mind to cope up with anxiety and stress
- Realize your circle of control
- Take a break
- Get organized
- Know your capabilities
- Set a limit
- Work in small intervals
- Talk to your parents/ teacher
Some things will always be out of your control no matter how much you worry about them. You need to realize that there is certain level to which you can manage or change things but beyond that circle you cannot change anything. This is important if you do not want to become a control freak
If you think there is too pressure on you then your brain can handle then you definitely need to take a break. Do anything you love but get away from the monotonous routine
Organize your tasks so that you never have to face the same problem in future
Be confident about your skills and know that you can do it
Do not exhaust yourself working beyond the mental and physical limits
Divide your work in intervals to stay productive and finish early
Discuss the problem with your parents or teacher whoever you are comfortable talking to


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Biographies of famous people buried in the Greater Susquehanna Valley Region are the focus of this localized edition of the Keystone Tombstones. Farrell and Farley have combed Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania to bring you the most entertaining tales about interesting people buried in Pennsylvania. Included in this volume:
Adams County
- John Burns
- Gettysburg National Cemetery
- Amos Humiston
- Eddie Plank
- Ginnie Wade
Berks County
- Joe Toye
- John Updike
Cumberland County
- Babes in the Woods
- Lincoln Colored Cemetery
- Molly Pitcher
Centre County
- Andrew Gregg Curtin
- Joe Paterno
Dauphin County
- Simon Cameron
- John White Geary
- Milton Hershey
- Vance Criswell McCormick
Franklin County
- Nellie Fox
Lancaster County
- James Buchanan
- Robert Hess
- Thomas Mifflin
- John Fulton Reynolds
- Thaddeus Stevens
- General John Sutter
- Dick Winters
- Zion Hill Cemetery
Lycoming County
- Carl Stotz
Perry County
- Billie Cox
Union County
- Christy Mathewson
York County
- William Franklin
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Fringe Benefits
Melissa McCarthy has hit us again with a beautiful summer collection available through Penningtons! The Melissa McCarthy Seven7 clothing line debuted last year to loads of hip hop hoorays.
When I laid eyes on this kimono on the Pennington's website, I was literally salivating. I just adored the print and colours and that fringe….oooo wwweeee!
This kimono would make for an amazing swimsuit coverup as well being a great layering piece to give a little extra kick to a casual outfit.
Now these flared cuffed jeans are the bomb.com. What I adore about them is that the fabric is so soft. They don't feel heavy at all. I must confess that I'm not really a denim jeans type of lady but these jeans are the truth. The jeans have a ton of stretch so I was able to go down a size.
Now for those of you who are plus size and short like me, you will need to pay a visit to the tailor to get those hemmed to the right length for you.
To complete my look I haded some dangly earrings and some cool shades – and with that I'm sitting pretty enjoying a beautiful summer day!
Fringe Kimono (courtesy of Penningtons): Melissa McCarthy Seven7 for Penningtons // Flared jeans (courtesy of Penningtons): Melissa McCarthy Seven7 for Penningtons (currently sold out online) similar here // Tank: Forever 21 Plus (sold out) similar here
For my tall sistahs here is an option for you – Kimono // Jeans
Tah Tah for now,
*Special thanks to photographer Roseline Bonheur
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Cody Park deer takes a stroll across North Platte
When Officer Matuszczak of the North Platte Police Department was patrolling near West 21st Street on Wednesday, he came across a deer which he knew was not native to Nebraska. He called Lyle Minshull, Director of North Platte Parks/Cemetery for the City of North Platte, right away.
Minshull met with the officer, but the Skia deer, native to China, was making her way across a field on the North side of town.
Minshull was confident she would make her way back to Cody Park. He says that historically, when animals sneak out, they make their way back because they know where their food is.
And she did. The doe was back home by morning, but not after causing several people to call in their sightings of the deer. Minshull attributes the deer's escape to a gate being left open on accident.


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By David Joel Miller, MS, Writer.
The Internet is sure changing writing and e-books.
I live in the United States of America, California to be more exact. I've noticed that a lot of Americans seem to be very ethnocentric. It would be easy to forget that not everyone, everywhere, has the same experiences that you have.
California, the part of America I live in, is ethnically diverse. But California's ethnic diversity is nothing compared to the diversity on the Internet. Because I write in English it would be tempting to believe that most of my readers lived in the United States, or maybe the United States plus one or two other English-speaking countries. I know it's possible to translate web pages automatically, but I still suspect most of my blog readers are reading counselorssoapbox.com in English.
The diversity of my readers continues to amaze me. Thanks to all of you in the over 130 countries who have read counselorssoapbox.com. Thank you to all the people in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand who have read this blog on a regular basis since the very beginning.
Recently I've noticed a measurable increase in the number of posts read by people from China, Hong Kong, Nigeria, India, and Germany. From the stats, I can't tell if these are a few people in each country who read every post I write, or if there are one or two posts that were read many times in these countries. I suspect it's a mixture of regular readers and a few posts that resonated with readers in a specific country. Either way, I wanted to let you know I appreciate readers wherever you may live. Sorry if I didn't mention your country, but to mention all of you would resemble the roll call of the UN.
So that brings me back to my question. Where you buy your e-books?
In the US Amazon is undoubtedly the largest seller of e-books. Amazon has certainly done an excellent job for me, and I continue to enjoy publishing my books on Amazon. I can tell from the stats I see on Amazon that they sell my books not only in the US but also in the UK and several other English-speaking countries. As good a job as Amazon does in the US and the UK; I suspect that they are not likely to be the primary bookseller in all those 130 other countries.
Recently I took two of my books, the novels, Casino Robbery and Sasquatch "wide." Which means those books are now available on several other platforms.
To celebrate the addition of these other distributors one of my books Sasquatch is currently available free on each of the new e-book distributors platforms.
Using e-book aggregators.
To make those books available on all those other platforms, and to reach more of the countries in which I have blog readers, I've used two aggregators, who do the work of making the books available on various platforms.
The first aggregator I tried was Drafts2Digital, who makes my books available on Kobo, Apple iBooks, and Barnes & Noble
The second book aggregator I have used is PublishDrive who distributes my books to Google Play Books and some smaller European distributors.
Through these two aggregators, my books are also available on several other platforms.
My book Sasquatch will not be free forever.
So, if you get books from any of these other e-book distributors, you might want to grab a free copy of Sasquatch while it's still available. If you do read one of my books, I would really appreciate you leaving an honest review. Reviews help me evaluate the job I'm doing of writing books my readers would like to read. Reviews also help others decide if they want that book.
If you read e-books, please leave a comment below and let me know where you get the books you read. Till next time, thanks for reading.
Staying connected with David Joel Miller
Three David Joel Miller Books are available now!
Bumps on the Road of Life. Whether you struggle with anxiety, depression, low motivation, or addiction, you can recover. Bumps on the Road of Life is the story of how people get off track and how to get your life out of the ditch.
Casino Robbery is a novel about a man with PTSD who must cope with his symptoms to solve a mystery and create a new life.
Sasquatch. Wandering through a hole in time, they encounter Sasquatch. Can they survive? The guests had come to Meditation Mountain to find themselves. Trapped in the Menhirs during a sudden desert storm, two guests move through a porthole in time and encounter long extinct monsters. They want to get back to their own time, but the Sasquatch intends to kill them.
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Cancer Home > Precautions and Warnings With Dasatinib
Before undergoing treatment with dasatinib, it is important to know that this medication may increase your risk for fluid retention, low blood cell counts, and heart damage. Also, this medication should not be taken by people who are taking certain medications or who have certain allergies. Other warnings and precautions with dasatinib extend to women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
What Should I Tell My Healthcare Provider Before Taking Dasatinib?You should talk with your healthcare provider prior to taking dasatinib (Sprycel®) if you have:
- Liver disease, such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, or liver failure
- A heart condition known as QT prolongation or long QT syndrome
- Heart disease, such as congestive heart failure
- Problems with your immune system
- Been told you have low blood magnesium or potassium levels (hypomagnesemia or hypokalemia)
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs)
- A history of a bleeding problem, such as bleeding in the stomach, intestines, or brain
- A lactose intolerance (an inability to digest dairy products)
- Any allergies, including to foods, dyes, or preservatives.
Also, let your healthcare provider know if you are:
- Pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant
- Breastfeeding.
You should also tell your healthcare provider about all other medications you are taking, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.


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We can legalise by apostille all UK education documents.
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There is technically no official apostille office in Wales. Within the UK there is only one version of the apostille certificate.
Within the UK there is only one official apostille certificate. There are some documents that in England look different to those issued in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
We can legalise your name change deed polls. The apostille certificate can be issued on your deed polls and related documents.
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Meet Fran Capo
Fran Capo: Well, besides being the Guinness book of World Records fastest talking female, I'm also a stand up comic...the stand-up comedy gig lead to my gig at a radio station which lead to my fast-talking world record by coincidence. You see I live by the philosophy of "just say yes and figure it out later...this is what happened."
A fellow stand up comic, Alan Chan and myself were hired by WBLS-FM (NYC) radio to write perform comedy skits. One day I said the the host, Sergio Dean that I could do a mean Mae West impression, but I called the character June East, Mae's long lost sister. Sergio flings the weather and traffic copy at me...the red tally light in the studio goes on, and I start doing my rendition of the report. Little did I know that a Daily News Reporter, Dinah Prince, happened to be listening that 30 seconds that I did my first report. She called the staion and said, she was doing a story on weather and traffice people and wanted to include me in the story. She asked how long I had been doing the weather. I wasn't going to tell her 30 seconds, so I just said "A while." After she had finished interviewing me for the article,she asked, "What are you planning to do next?" Next? Well at the time there was nothing I was planning on doing next, so I asked her what she meant, stalling for time. She said she really wanted to follow my career. Here was a woman from The Daily News telling me she was interested in me! So I thought I'd better tell her something. What came out was, "I'm thinking about breaking the Guinness Book of World Records for the Fastest Talking Female."
The newspaper article came out the next day, and she included my parting remarks about trying to break the world's Fastest-Talking Female record. At about 5:00 P.M. that afternoon, I received a call from CNN asking me to go on the Larry King Live Show. They wanted me to try to break the record. They told me they would send a limo to pick me up at 8:00. That was only three hours. Talk about pressure! I had never heard of Larry King Live, and when I heard the woman say she was from a cable Channel, I thought, "Hmmm that's a porn channel, right?" She patiently assured me that it was a respectable national television show and that this was a one-time offer and opportunity - it was either that night or not at all.
I managed to find a replacement for a gig I had in New Jersey. I next sat down to figure out what on earth I was going to do on the show. I called Guinness to find out what the rules were to break a fast-talking record. They told me I would have to recite something from either Shakespeare or the Bible. Suddenly, I started saying the ninety-first Psalm, a prayer for protection that my mom had taught me. Shakespeare and I had never really gotten along, so I figured the Bible was my only hope. I practiced over and over again, timing myself with a stop- watch to see how fast I could do it. I was both nervous and excited at the same time.
At 8:00, the limousine picked me up. I practiced the entire way there, and by the time I reached the New York studio I felt as if my tongue was going to fall off. I asked the producer, "What happens if I don't break the record?' She replied, "Larry doesn't care if you break it or not. He just cares that you try it on his show first." So I asked myself, What's the worst thing that can happen? I'd look like a fool on national television! Aminor thing, I could live through that. Then I asked myself , And what happens if I break the record?" MMMM, a world record, Now that would be great.
So I went for it. I broke the record, becoming the World's Fastest Talking Female by speaking 585 words in one minute in front of a national television audience. (I broke it again two years later at the Guinness Museum in Vegas with 603 words per minute.) My career took off.
Shelia: You wear multiple hats as a comedienne/author/motivational speaker. Which one do you prefer over the other?
Fran: Wow, that's a hard one, because I really enjoy all that I do. I love making people laugh, so stand up feels great. I hopefully make people
forget their problems at least for that night. I love inspiring people, so I get a real kick out of doing my keynote motivational talk for people called, "Dare to Do it!" Especially when they come up to me and hug me, or when I get an email that they went out and did something they've always wanted to do because they, "Dared to do it." I love doing my adventures, because it challenges me personally and makes life exciting. I love writing, so nine books later it feels awesome to see my books in store windows, on websites, and especially when I catch someone reading it on the bus or subway. I just love communicating with people. As long as I am making them laugh or inspiring them, I'm happy.
Shelia: Tell the readers why you're in the Ripley's Believe it or Not Planet Ecccentric book, 2006 and why you will be in the next one in 2007?
Fran: Well I broke two more world records. The first came about while I was doing research for a chapter in one of my books, Adrenaline Adventures: Dream it, Read it, Do it. I read that an 83- year old women climbed Kilimanjaro. (I didn't know she had been airlifted there in a wheel chair...just kidding)...Anyway, So I figured if she could do it, so could I. I enlisted my son, Spencer into the effort, contacted a top outfit,
CorbetBishopsafaris.com in Africa (the same guy that lead the IMAX
movie team up the mountain.) Then I figured if I was going to train, climb and do this feat, I might as well make it memorable at the top. So I decided to do a book signing up there. (See picture) Yup, 19, 340 feet up...the top of the world.
I managed to get two sponsors, my publisher Authorhouse and Snickers Marathon Energy Bars. Ripley's put it in their book as the only author to do a booksigning at the top of kilimajaro. That record happened July 10th, 2004.
The picture of me doing the book signing circulated around the world,
and it led to Brian Day O'Conner (Supreme Court justice Sandra Day
O'Conner's son) contacting me. He told me he loved my spirit of adventure and mentioned that he was invited to go down to the wreck site of the Titanic. I got on board, got some more sponsors, the title sponsors being; Authorhouse, Ripley's Believe it or Not and Goldenpalace.com along with several other sponsors. I decided why not also do a booksigning down there as well. So Ripleys gave me the title...as the "only author to do a book signing from the Top of the World to the Depths of the Sea". That record happened exactly a year later on July 10th, 2005.
They did a cartoon on me as well that appeared in their weekly strip nationwide. (all these pictures can be seen btw at my website, www.francapo.com)
Shelia: What are you doing presently?
Fran: Still doing my stand up comedy and my two keynote talks around the country called, "Dare to Do it" and "Creativity in Marketing"
Presently I write a weekly blog for the WB network called, "Fran's World and welcome to it" (about all my crazy adventures, personal life, etc...at www.mysweetconnection.com.
I am pitching four tv shows through Letnom Productions (Montel Williams Production Company), am the spokesperson for Auntie Anne's Pretzel National Tongue Twister contest, have an upcoming appearance on CBS this Morning, and have my book, It Happened in New York coming out again in October.
I am also helping to raise money for a small village in Africa with the help of Kiwi Publishing through our photos of shoots from Kilimanjaro.
Shelia: What's next on your agenda?
Fran: I am working on my next adventure book, "Adrenaline Adventures 2 - The dreams continue", have my next big trip planned (don't want to reveal it just yet), and am doing a "Nothing is Impossible Tour" for corporations and schools which talk about my adventures, and shows people how to break all barriers to achieve their goals.
I am also in the planning stages with both Nik Halik (International Millionaire & Motivational Speaker) and John Basedow (The fitnessmadesimple) guru about an all day lecture in which all three of us will talk about a different section of : Finance, Fitness and Fun.
Shelia: How can readers learn more about you and your books?
Fran: By going to my website, www.francapo.com and clicking on the bookstore.
Also if your readers are interested I invite them to email me at email@example.com and put
"GET CAPO UPDATE" in the subject line. THey will then get the monthly newsletter that I send out.
Thanks again ...this has been fun! ANd remember we are in control of our lives sooo create a great day and remember...live everyday as if it's your last and one day you'll be right.
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This morning I closed comments on the previous post. There were 98 comments. I used a random number generator online to pick a number from 1 through 98. The winner was 23, which was posted by gs-elf. Please send me your mailing address! elizabethmorriso (AT) gmail (DOT) com! I'll put your copy of Sock Yarn Studio in the mail as soon as I get it.
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Thursday, November 01, 2012
Sock Yarn Studio Book Give-Away!
In January, 2011, I got an message from Carol Sulcoski asking me if I wanted to contribute something to a book she was putting together. I was just starting work on my Tenney Park design, which was eventually published in Knitty™. At that point, though, it kind of fit her general description of projects for the new book: featured a sock yarn, not a sock. So, I made a little proposal package out of my preliminary sketches and sent it off to her. Carol said she liked the idea, but it was a little more than she planned for the scope of this book. Would I, maybe, put entrelac on something else? Like fingerless mitts? Well, sure, I thought. No problem. So I made another proposal with a sketch and a few vague details.
Carol said yes and we ironed out yarn choices. Before too long, I got a little bundle in the mail from Crystal Palace and it was time to start knitting. This was a very fun little knit. The only disappointment for me was that my hands are bigger than most men's hands, so I was unable to try on the sample pair as I worked. In Sock Yarn Studio, the Thornapple Mitts are in the 2-skein section. This is only because of needing two different yarns to get the effect. You should be able to get two pairs of mitts out of one each of the Mini Solid and Sausalito, and you'll still have more Sausalito to make more entrelac panels!
For a lot of years, I didn't want anything to do with entrelac. It seemed like a lot of fiddly fussing for dubious rewards. So often, it seemed, that when designers got into entrelac they really got into it, if you know what I mean. But I had to admit that I liked the way it could be used with yarns that featured long color changes. I wondered if I might like it better if it was used in a more restrained way. That was what led me to my Tenney Park sweater and also to the Thornapple Mitts.
One thing that really helped me embrace entrelac was learning how to knit backwards, that is, to work from left to right across the row, right-side facing, so I didn't need to constantly be turning to purl. If you you are reasonably comfortable with seeing the structure of knitted fabric, it isn't hard to work out the process, and then it's only a matter of practicing enough to develop the muscle-memory. For those who need some guidance, there are many tutorials online. Here's one from Knitty.com. Knitting backward is also handy for making bobbles or just any knitting that involves a lot of turning from right to wrong side of the fabric and back again.
So, about the give-away... leave a comment on this post. On November 4, I'll do a random selection and pick one of the commenters to get a free copy of Sock Yarn Studio. The rest of you can order one from Amazon or Barnes and Noble or even go to a bricks'n'mortar store near you and buy it in person! Be sure to catch the rest of the Blog Book-Tour, too!
Photo reproduced with permission from Sock Yarn Studio by Carol J. Sulcoski, © 2012 Lark Crafts, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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Since I've recently been making more of an effort to find time to read, I wanted to share our favorite 2018 summer beach reads. Reading is something that I truly LOVE to do! When I was younger I would tear through books faster than my library card would let me. Sure now I'm facing lots of distractions with family and work, but taking time to do what I love is important. I've been turning off the TV and diving in to good books more lately and it's been great! Taking time to nurture myself and spark my creativity is what reading is all about.
Favorite 2018 Summer Beach Reads
This favorite 2018 summer beach reads list has something for everyone. Whether you like romance, thriller or autobiographies we've rounded up nine great books that are perfect for your beach bag! I've personally read several of the books on this list and are making my way through all nine. Watch out world. I've got big goals people! Below are Amazon links to each but your library would love a visit too (don't tell anyone but it's free!).
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13-year-old Pierre-Anton refuses to go to school, sits provocatively in a plum tree and claims that nothing in this world is of any importance. The girls in his class want to convince him of the opposite and start to "sacrifice" all the things they value – from their favorite bicycle to their prayer rug, down to their virginity. Janne Teller's novel is a precise parable which radically questions the meaning of life and exposes depths of humanity.


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In December the Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay traditionally organizes one of the biggest technology and science festivals in the world, Techfest with more than 160.000 participants from all over the globe. This year VanderSat presented their work to the technical audience as one of the few non-Indian organisations. We were invited by the Dutch Consulate in Mumbai to showcase VanderSat's ability to create useful applications with satellite data. The water resources in India are under pressure due to the growing population and VanderSat has extensive knowledge on the topic of remote sensing of water and the role water plays in natural cycles across the globe.
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The ABS backpack helps to make safer what we love to do: riding powder in the backcountry, enjoying nature,express ourselves by drawing lines on mountain faces. For me it became a mandatory equipment whenever I go off-pistesnowboarding or touring. When I tried it the first time I was surprised by the light weight of the ABS which did not feeldifferent than a normal freeride bag.
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Did you know the railway is a commuting route for bats?
Bats follow the landscape using echolocation – finding objects through the reflection of sound – to identify their route of travel, and the railway provides a linear pathway through towns.
The railway differs from roads in that busy motorways are so wide and brightly lit that they can provide a barrier to the movement of bats through and across the landscape. The vegetation along the railways may also provide good foraging and roosting habitat for a variety of species.
Here are some other things you might not have known about bats on the railway.
Bat facts:
- There are 18 species of bat recorded in Britain. Of these species, 17 are known to breed here.
- All the UK bat species are insectivorous. A single common pipistrelle bat (one of our smallest species) can eat more than 3,000 midges in a night!
- Bat species that can be found on the railway include Natterer's, common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle, noctule and brown long-eared bats.
- Noctule bats prefer to roost in trees but don't like tunnels. The other bats mentioned above can be found both in trees and structures (such as station buildings and tunnels).
- Bats are protected by European and UK legislation. They are European Protected Species but are also protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Bats are most likely to be found in railway tunnels in the winter during hibernation. During the colder months they rest in a state of inactivity in crevices and cracks that provide a relatively stable temperature and good humidity level. They can also hibernate in trees. In the summer they are more likely to be found in trees along the railway, roosting in cavities, rot holes and beneath flaking bark.
Ecology surveys are undertaken as a routine measure before any work to structures or trees. However, if under unforeseen circumstances bats were found during the course of our work on the railway, the work would have to stop immediately and an ecologist would assess the situation.
We would need to apply to the environmental regulator for a European Protected Species mitigation licence and mitigate the effect of the work in the unusual event we plan any work on the railway that might impact bats.
Since such work is often minor or associated with repair, this mitigation would comprise a strategy to avoid impacting the bats or the roost – for example, doing work at a time of year when the bats are not there. If necessary, we would seek advice as to whether we should provide replacement or additional roost sites. Licences are also needed for surveying and some other conservation activities.
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Please do point out any corrections, refinements, etc. I do have a couple of notes in places where I'm confused. Thanks!
PD4045 Step by Step
Disclaimer: I am not an electrician, and the sources of this information may not be electricians either. Use at your own risk - I'm using at my own risk.
Why this guide: The installation manual provided by Progressive Dynamics may not have been intended for layperson use. Regular people have not found it particularly enlightening, and thus forums and blogs are full of Q-and-A style advice on this topic. I need something a bit more systematic and orderly than Q-and-A, so I'm compiling this guide for myself.
This guide does not include:
- Solar power generation
- Inversion from DC to AC
- Charging a battery from a tow vehicle
- Integrating a generator
This guide does include:
- 120v AC circuits
- 12v DC circuits
- Charging a battery from AC
- Shore power inlet
- Circuit breakers - single or tandem
Fig. 1 - Compatible types of breakers.
- Fuses
- Devices, appliances, fixtures, etc.
- Wires
- Larger (lower gauge) wires to battery and shore power, typically 8 or 10 AWG
- Smaller (higher gauge) wires to fixtures, typically 12 or 14 gauge for AC, smaller for DC
- Battery (optional)
Fig. 2 - The wiring diagram provided with the installation guide.
Fig. 3 - Zac's much clearer diagram with an addendum.
- Hopefully you planned the AC and DC circuits before this point, evaluating the load needs and power sources. This would have been how you decided on the PD4045 in the first place.
- Obtain a PD4045 distribution panel. Be careful, there are dangerous counterfeits on the market. Ask around for a reputable source. I got mine from Vintage Trailer Supply.
- Connect the shore power inlet to the PD4045.
- The shore power inlet is a topic for another guide. You'll be running appropriately gauged hot, neutral, and ground wires from it to the PD4045.
- Shore power hot (black) goes into the bottom of the main breaker. When this breaker is clipped in, the clip in the back of the breaker makes contact with a metal bar; it's a different sort of bus bar than the ones for neutral and ground. This is how power is distributed to the other breakers.
- Connect the white and green wires to their appropriate buses as shown in the illustration.
- Connect the wires from the breakers to the fixtures.
- Single breakers serve one circuit per gang (breaker location). Tandem breakers serve two - and each breaker in a two-breaker tandem unit can have same or different amp ratings.
Fig. 4 - Two tandem breakers vs. a single.
- One of the breakers needs to send current to the converter. You can also run fixtures and such off this same breaker, if you like. This is what's going on in the Fig. 3 above, where hot from the 15 amp breaker goes to a bus bar before going to the converter. Other fixtures can then be attached to that bus bar. The black (hot) wire that goes to the converter is already installed by default, along with the white (neutral) and green (ground) wires. White and green are already attached to their respective buses, while the black is loose due to waiting for me to install the breaker for it.
- Connect the other breakers in the same way. Run hot wires from the bottoms of these breakers to their various circuits. Run neutral and ground wires from the fixtures to the appropriate buses.
- Single breakers serve one circuit per gang (breaker location). Tandem breakers serve two - and each breaker in a two-breaker tandem unit can have same or different amp ratings.
- Connect the breakers. Clip them into that aforementioned bus bar in the back.
- Connect the fuses. Hold onto the edge of the board while pushing each fuse in. These clips are pretty tight.
- Connect the wires from the fuses to the fixtures. One wire is already provided for each fuse to make its corresponding circuit. (Some people use a bus bar to combine fixtures into the same circuit. It is important to consider the draw of all of these together, along with the capacity of the wire and the fuse.) The other wire from each fixture should come back to a bus bar. This is your DC negative bus bar. More on that in just a moment.
- If no battery, run a wire from the negative bus bar you set up in Step 7 to ( … where? I haven't found this answer yet.)
- Connect the battery, if any.
- Connect the black battery wire from the negative pole of the battery to the negative bus bar you set up in Step 7. Connect another wire from the negative bus bar to the lug marked in Fig. 2 as BATTERY NEG. -.
- Connect the red battery wire from the positive pole of the battery to the positive lug marked in Fig. 2 as BATTERY POS. +.
- Test with multimeter. I have no idea yet how to do this.
- Test with live power. Plug in shore power and test all fixtures. Look for smoke and/or funny smells.
Cutoff Switch / Breaker / Fuse to Battery
If you are connecting a battery to the converter side to charge it, then you need at the very least a fuse close to the battery, between the battery and converter. Some people (8ball_99) use an external breaker, so that the breaker can be reset, and also because a breaker can be used as a cutoff switch. Some (MtnDon) use a type T fuse that blows quickly in case of overload, for greater safety.
It is important to be able to cut power to the battery when not in use, in case of a short. Whether to do this with with a fuse or a breaker or a switch is a matter of convenience and personal preference.
The PD4045 provides a way to wire the battery cutoff into the unit. There's an L-shaped jumper that connects the positive lug to an additional lug. If you are using a cutoff switch, you remove that jumper and put the switch in place of the jumper to connect those lugs together. You've just added a way to shut off the connection between the lugs.
I don't see the benefit of putting the switch in this way, though, as opposed to putting it in the line coming off the battery, which should work just as well and which some people prefer.
Grounding the Frame
There needs to be a path from the frame to AC ground, in case a hot wire contacts the frame. Without such a path, a person entering or leaving the trailer could become the path to ground and be electrocuted. Run a green wire from the ground bus to the frame.
Grounding DC
This is controversial. Because all the DC goes through the converter, which is grounded via the AC ground wire, some say there is no need to ground the various appliances and fixtures to the frame. Others say that it is a must, but I'm not clear on why.
(Some discussions refer to running DC negative back to the converter as "grounding" or use "negative" and "ground" interchangeably. I find this very confusing. See item #7 above. I would love to straighten this part out.)
- Make sure the unit has adequate ventilation.
- There is a right side up. Don't mount the unit sideways or upside down.
- Don't mount the unit in the same compartment as gas or a battery.
- Mount the unit in an interior and dry location, not in a wet or damp location.
- When connecting to shore power, first test the pedestal or outlet you are connecting to. It's important that the outlet be wired properly, and sometimes they're not.
- Common faults are reversed polarity and open neutral. There are testers for this purpose.
- When connecting to shore power, it's also good to use a voltage regulator and surge protector. AC power supply can be dangerously unstable, so it helps to have a buffer.
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Choucroute Garnie à l'Alsacienne, the perfect French winter comfort food dish.
A good place to enjoy a good traditional one while in Paris is La Brasserie de l'Isle Saint Louis.
I always had a particular fondness for this hearty dish based on fresh cabbage shredded in thin strips then fermented for several days in vats with coarse sea salt, juniper berries, cloves, black peppercorns, and bay leaves. This very long process (sometimes up to 3 weeks), which involves several stages of water rinsing, allows the cabbage to ferment and acquire its sour fragrance, but it can be tedious and smelly. If you want to make your own choucroute garnie from scratch it is better to buy ready-to-cook bulk already brined sauerkraut. In France the best one comes often from the area of Krautergersheim, a small town in the French Eastern province of Alsace).
It is sautéed in lard or goose fat and onions, and then slowly cooked in dry white wine, preferably Alsatian, over some kind of pork meat, with juniper berries, cumin (coriander or caraway seeds), black peppercorns, clove, bay leaves, and a touch of garlic.
The cooking time varies from 3 to 5 hours, depending whether you prefer a slightly crispy and acidic ''choucroute' 'or a smooth softer but very fragrant one. In any case when it reaches your plate it should retain a very light off-white pleasant color. A brownish looking sauerkraut was either kept too long in the fridge or outside of its original container and most probably re-heated several times, or of a poor industrial quality. Unfortunately in a few Paris brasseries and chain restaurants this industrial approach has become too often the case. Better to stick to small family-owned Alsatian restaurants. But they slowly disappear from the market.
An authentic choucroute garnie is topped with a small mountain of various samples of good artisan charcuterie, essentially pork and sausages.
A good choucroute garnie à l'Alsacienne must have some or all of the following components: Smoked lean pork shoulder, salted pork shank, a thick slab of ''lard de poitrine'' (thick slice of bacon), a couple of poached Frankfurters or yellow colored saucisses de Strasbourg. A piece of cervelas (knackwurst). A smoked boneless pork chop is often a nice addition. A small link of blood sausage. And also sometimes a small link of saucisse blanche (a variation of white boudin) or a saucisse de Montbéliard, a very flavorful small smoked sausage from the Eastern Franche-Comté region. Some restaurants add a slice of jambon de Paris (white Paris ham) and a slice of garlic pork sausage.
But there are many variations on this main theme.
This specialty is always served with a few freshly boiled and peeled small white potatoes.
You will usually find 2 or 3 types of mustard (Dijon, Meaux, and brown) on the table along with a small porcelain container of ''raifort'' (a traditional horseradish condiment)
Traditionally French amateurs of Choucroute garnie à l'Alsacienne order a bottle of dry but fragrant Alsatian Riesling, or Sylvaner, or drink ''pots'' (50 cl) of Alsatian beer.
The origin of the choucroute itself is not proven with certainty. It is very probably the Chinese, at the time when they were building the Great Wall who got the idea of fermenting cabbage in brine. This technique was exported by the Mongols and perhaps by Marco Polo all over Eastern Europe. And it was first introduced in Western Europe in Switzerland, where it is still considered a part of the national culinary heritage, before reaching Alsace.
My Swiss grand-mother, in Geneva, used to make a fantastically rich and tasty choucroute garnie. But it took her a couple of days to make it from scratch and her whole apartment building would keep the pungent smell for days. As far as I know, none of her neighbors ever complained. In fact, it is in Geneva where you can find several good brasseries serving it, and also a few great artisanal charcuteries, that I developed my first love for this dish.
The tradition of Choucroute garnie in Parisian ''Brasseries''
(To know more about French brasseries, read my piece on that subject posted on this blog in 2008)
You find choucroute garnie in practically every brasserie all over France. But I am sad to report that for many years now, it has too often become a very inferior product, assembled from industrially produced and processed components in large food plants in various areas of the Northern part of France.
If you want to eat a great authentic Alsatian choucroute, you have to get closer to its original French headquarters, the beautiful city of Strasbourg, capital of the Alsace region and, for that matter of Europe since it is the seat of the European Parliament.
You will also find great choucroute and spectacular Vins blancs d'Alsace, in Colmar, a nice old charming city which is the other gastronomy center of Alsace. There you will enjoy it in noisy but beautifully decorated ''winstube'' (wine rooms). Alsace is also an area where traditionally some of the best French beers have been brewed in ''brasseries'' (breweries) which very often had small cafés where they served beer of course and also typical Alsatian food to their employees as well as to the local population.
The tradition of choucroute garnie in brasseries in Paris goes back to the late 1800 s. When the Germans captured Alsace back from the French after the disastrous Prussian invasion of 1870, several fortunate Alsatians, who did not want to become Germans decided to flee their now occupied cherished province and moved to Paris. Many of them were cooks and restaurant owners. And when they arrived naturally worked in the field they knew the best, making beer, serving it, and cooking Alsatian specialties.
Some Alsatians had already been successful in the restaurant business earlier in Paris:
Wepler (1892, but originally bought by Mr. Wepler in 1810)
Bofinger (founded in 1864 by Frederic Bofinger)
The brasseries that the newcomers launched after 1870 became very rapidly popular and some of them still exist in 2012. Many were named after their Alsatians owners:
Lipp (started by Leonard Lipp in 1880),
Café Runtz (1880)
Café Zimmer
Zeyer (1913)
Flo (1915) (founded by Mr. Floderer)
Chez Jenny (founded by Robert Jenny in 1930)
Most Alsatian brasseries rapidly expanded and started to serve other dishes such as steaks, omelettes, blanquettes, escargots, chicken, etc. from morning to late night, and a lot of fresh seafood. Nowadays almost all major brasseries also offer a full service of '' fruits de mer, crustacés et coquillages'', such as oysters, mussels, and other shellfish, crab, and prawns, opened and prepared on an bed of crushed ice by a man outside in front of the of the restaurant called "L'écailler''. He is recognizable by his high rubber boots, large fisherman yellow apron, Briton fisherman cap, and protection gloves.
After the 2 world wars many other Alsatian brasseries became famous for their choucroutes garnies. Among them L'Alsace, Le Terminus Nord, Bauman, La Brasserie Alsacienne, La Brasserie de l'Est, L'Alsace à Paris, la Strasbourgeoise, L'Alsaco.
Many of them either were closed in recent years or acquired by large restaurant Groups such as Groupe Flo, which now owns dozens of brasseries all over France.
Some of them occasionally serve a decent choucroute, but those that I used to like a lot from the early sixties to the late seventies, Bofinger, Terminus Nord, Chez Jenny, and Flo, even though they are still beautiful places to eat and drink with friends, have become commercial food factories, which nevertheless are still very popular
I understand that one of the best place to eat a good Alsatian choucroute garnie is Le Bec Rouge, Boulevard du Montparnasse in the 15th. But I never had an opportunity to eat there.
Until its closing in 2007, my favorite choucroute garnie in Paris was found at ''L'Alsaco'' 10 rue Condorcet in the 9th arrondissement. It was a relatively small winstub owned by the charming, very talkative, often a bit eccentric and sometimes borderline aggressive with people he did not like, Claude Steger . An authentic Alsatian, he was bringing his fresh choucroute from Krautergersheim. And all his delicious ''garnitures'' whether sausages, boudins, or pork, were made by authentic artisans charcutiers either Alsatians from Paris, or directly from Alsace. He offered more than 100 great Alsatian wines from small vignerons, and an impressive collection of fruit brandies. Talking with him was like attending a class on Alsatian gastronomy.
6 weeks ago, the weather was rather grey, humid, really gloomy. On November 13, around 1:00 PM, I had a sudden craving for a good choucroute garnie to lift my spirits.
But since my favorite place L'Alsaco now longer exists, I did not know where to go to find a decent one. In the past 20 years I have been disappointed so many times by the choucroute at Chez Jenny, Place de la Républqiue, or at Chez Flo, Passage des Petites Ecuries, that I did not want to get back there. Suddenly I remembered that last February I had read a piece in the excellent and always reliable ''Hungry For Paris'' blog of Alexander Lobrano about this good old Alsatian brasserie located at the end of the delightful Ile Saint Louis at 55 Quai de Bourbon in the 4th.
Lots of warm memories about this place immediately came back to my mind. In the very early 60s, when I was a student at La Sorbonne, I did not have much money but I was lucky to live in a comfortable room in the apartment of a friend who lived at 11 Quai aux Fleurs, in the Ile de la Cité, just behind Notre Dame. My bedroom windows were facing the mansion of the Aga Khan and the Seine river. And just a few yards from there, there was a little ''passerelle'', a mini bridge of sort, that crossed the Seine into the Ile Saint Louis. At the end of this bridge was La Brasserie de l'Isle Saint Louis, which in those days did not have the charming "terrasse" it has now.
At the time, it did not take me long to discover that I could have a pair of juicy frankfurters with a boiled potato and fragrant warm sauerkraut for a few francs if I ate ''au comptoir'' in the mini bar area at the entrance of the restaurant. There was an Impressive old shiny metal percolateur (an ancestor of the coffee machine) at the end of the massive wood comptoir (bar counter, perhaps covered with Zinc or copper, I do not remember exactly), that is still there. By the way, if my memory is correct, the percolateur that was installed on the bar in 1913 when the restaurant was known as La Taverne du Pont Rouge, was still able to produce a strong coffee in 1959, the first time I went there when I was spending a week at the home of a couple, friends of my parents, who lived in Paris. The waiters in traditional ''serveurs'' outfits including white shirts, black bow ties, black pants, black vest, and a white apron, would come to the bar to get their orders of draft beer, an excellent and foamy Mutzig from Alsace served in half-liter stoneware (grès) steins, called ''pots'', and get their food orders from the kitchen through a hole in a door at the end of the bar. Sometimes the chef, a tall blond German guy name Otto, would exit the kitchen and sit a moment at the bar to drink a beer and smoke a cigarette. He would fix for me marvelous omelettes baveuses au lard (runny omelets with lardons). One of the most active and funny waiters was named Yvan, and he was always joking and making funny comments to attract the attention of the many American young ladies who visited the restaurant. He called his regular customers, including me, ''l'ami'' (the friend). But he could get moody sometimes when things did not go the way he wanted.
There were a couple of tables in the bar, and many times when the place was packed, which has been the case since the place opened, I would sit there and have quick lunch before going back home to study, usually a potato salad with a knackwurst, a piece of cheese and a stein of beer.
Everything seemed the same when I entered the restaurant last month. The ambiance with a blend of reserved traditional older Parisian customers discussing family matters or real estate deals in a soft voice, much noisier and lively out-of-town visitors, including a few American and German tourists, and some young couples, was about the same as 50 years ago. The smells reflecting the good hearty food that is slowly cooked in the kitchen every day, was the same. The photos and posters on the walls, the collections of ancient beer mugs and steins, the hunting artifacts, the arrangement of the wooden tables with their checkered red and white cloth were still there. But a few things were different: The stuffed stork is now at the back of the restaurant, there is no longer the smoke of the cigarettes and cigar permeating everything, and I could not recognize more than one waiter.
Besides, I did not know the dapper young man who was standing in front of the old wooden desk near the entrance which is the command center and the billing and cash registering station of the operation. In the early days, it was Monsieur Paul, the owner, or his wife, who were sitting there.
Besides, I did not know the dapper young man who was standing in front of the old wooden desk near the entrance which is the command center and the billing and cash registering station of the operation. In the early days, it was Monsieur Paul, the owner, or his wife, who were sitting there.
Fortunately the waiter who was assigned to my table just behind the bar, the only one I had recognized, had been working there for more than 20 years, and he was gracious enough, besides providing good old service, to answer my questions. Unfortunately he told me than Yvan, who had been fighting in the Algerian war, and had health problems since, had passed away. Otto, who had been a cook for Marshall Rommel during the Tunisian campaign in 42-43, and had acquired the French nationality after the war, had also passed away.
The elegant young man, Paul-Emmanuel was obviously managing the restaurant the day I was there. He is one of the 2 sons of Marcel and Michèle Kappe the owners of the restaurant since the father of Madame Kappe, Paul Guépratte, whom we used to call Monsieur Paul, as I just said, when I was a regular there in the early sixties retired.
Paul Guépratte, the young man's grand-father, purchased the restaurant in December of 1953, at the time it was called L'Oasis, from an another Alsatian man, Monsieur Lauer. Guépratte had an apartment nearby that he used when he was in Paris. This is how he learned about Lauer's intention to sell his restaurant. As it was customary at the time, the deal was made with a handshake at the bar. Paul Guépratte, and his wife Marthe, who was often standing behind the front desk preparing checks and greeting customers, gave the restaurant its present name.
After I finished my meal I asked Paul-Emmanuel Kappe a few questions and congratulated him on the quality of the choucroute garnie I had just finished. I told him that it was even better that I remembered it. I asked him if they still bought their meats from Schmid, a well-known Parisian supplier of Alsatian charcuterie, but his answer was that they had after many years changed suppliers. I believe the new one is Jund. He told me that they still cooked themselves their choucroute every day, and that they might be the last brasserie in Paris to do so. In fact all their hot dishes are home-prepared and cooked according to the old traditions of their brasserie.
The excellent Mutzig beer, the brand thta ws already served 50 years ago, and their Munster fermier au cumin (a delicious creamy and slightly pungent Alsatian cheese served with caraway seeds), are both as good as ever.
They still serve the delicious sorbets from Berthillon, an internationally famous family-owned maker of ice cream and fruits sorbets established in1954 and located a couple of blocks away.
When I discovered the place in 1963, they were still I believe selling charcoal bags in the store.
The choucroute garnie I ate in November was one of the best I had in years. It is served on a pretty porcelain plate engraved with the name of the brasserie. The white cabbage was cooked to perfection, aromatic with just the needed touch of acidity. It was at the same time moist and still a bit crisp. There were plenty of juniper berries and enough peppercorn left in the cabbage.
Now, the best part was the incredible quality of the generous sample of pork and charcuterie. I will try to remember its components but my memory is sometimes unfaithful.
One link of deliciously aromatic boudin noir (blood sausage). One link of very delicate white sausage, perhaps veal and pork based, that seemed to be flavored with small fragments of truffle. One piece of palette (lean part of the pork shoulder). One piece of pork knuckle. One frankfurter sausage. One slice of lard de poitrine (thick bacon). One piece of knackwurst. One slice of garlic sausage. And pehaps one slice of Jambon de Paris (white ham), but I am not certain about this last component.
As I said, the artisan Munster cheese was very good with its cumin (caraway) seeds on the side, and so was the sorbet.
I limited myself to one stein of beer.
Too bad the weather was not more pleasant since I would have finished that meal sitting outside on the beautiful terrace, facing Notre-Dame cathedral, drinking a cup of their excellent espresso with a tiny glass of kirshwasser.
Maybe next time since this experience was so pleasant that I cannot wait to return.
55 quai de Bourbon 75004 Paris
Telephone: 33 (0)1 43 54 02 59
Open from Noon to 11:00pm
No reservations
Closed Wednesdays
Subway (metro) Stations: Pont Marie, Cité, Maubert - Mutualité
Open from Noon to 11:00pm
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