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Feast Your Eyes on Cooperstown Distillery's Latest American Whiskey
by Theresa Christine Johnson on 01/10/2017 | 2 Minute Read
When it comes to whiskey, it often feels like a choice between an old classic or a new craft spirit. But who says you have to choose? With Cooper's Classic, enjoy a premium handcrafted spirit that pays homage to the traditional American whiskey. Pavement designed this gorgeous packaging for the latest from Cooperstown Distillery, complete with gilded, ornate details that truly enhance the consumer experience.
"When Cooperstown Distillery created Cooper's Classic, it was deemed the finest, smoothest whiskey to come from their distinctive line of handcrafted, artisanal spirits. The branding of this whiskey also needed to reflect the company's deep appreciation for American history and more than a passing admiration for a local boy made good: author James Fenimore Cooper. The name pays homage to the author, while the gold embossed lettering, deep indigo blue background and classic design on each individually numbered bottle speaks to American craftsmanship at its highest levels. This is the debut of a new American classic."
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Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay have withdrawn their criminal libel claim against the Times's editor and media editor.
The brothers, who own the Telegraph group, had brought an action in the French courts that was due to be heard later this year.
Today, the Times printed a clarification about the article that sparked the litigation.
"In an article on November 3 2004 entitled 'Twins who swoop on owners in distress' we stated that 'rather than specialise in businesses in distress, the Barclays often take advantage of owners in distress to pick up assets on the cheap'," the Times said in an article in today's business section.
"It was not our intention to suggest, as some people may have understood it, that the Barclays frequently exploit vulnerable people in financial difficulty in an underhand and unfair way for commercial gain or to impugn their business ethics or integrity.
"We are happy to make the position clear and regret any distress caused. We are pleased to report that the Barclays, in return, have agreed to withdraw all the French proceedings which they brought against us."
The Barclays had claimed they were defamed by the article and named the Times editor, Robert Thomson, and the paper's media editor, Dan Sabbagh, as defendants in the action.
The case went through preliminary hearings in Paris, and a judge had ruled that the French courts did have the jurisdiction to deal with it.
Lawyers for the Barclays argued they were seeking redress in France rather than in Britain because the legal system was "quicker" and more "efficient".
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I told you in my DragonCon 2014 recap about the question I asked at the Lost Girl cast panel on Monday at DragonCon. It was:
"How do Canadian culture and politics influence the stories you tell on Lost Girl?"
And here is the brief summary of what Rick Howland, Ksenia Solo and Emmanuelle Vaugier answered:
Rick Howland: There's such a thing as Canadian culture? What is it? We say "sorry" a lot.
Ksenia Solo: The writing on the show isn't really influenced by anything from the outside – the writers and producers are telling the stories they want to tell.
Emmanuelle Vaugier: I was out late at a rave last night, so I'm not even going to try to answer this one. Nope.
Rick was very funny in his answer, and Ksenia was very earnest as she tried to figure out what to say – she even paused to tell me that she wanted to give my question a serious answer. Emmanuelle was honest about how she was feeling and what she didn't want to tackle – which was funny, and I appreciated. You can watch the entire cast panel from Monday on YouTube – thanks to YouTube user ukyoXD for recording and uploading the panels, and Drinks at the Dal for compiling the playlist.
I also told you that upon reflection, I think that I intended to ask a different question. The answers that Rick, Emmanuelle and Ksenia gave were funny and thoughtful, but made me realize that the use of the word "politics" especially may have given them a different impression than I had intended. I think they may have thought I was asking about how current events weaved their way into the Lost Girl storylines, or how the watchful eye of Parliament, the Governor-General and the Queen caused them to censor the more radical storylines they might have otherwise explored.
Here's the question I wish I had asked instead:
"How are Canadian values reflected in the stories you tell on Lost Girl?"
First: what are values? Values (says Google dictionary) are "A person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life."
Okay, so what are Canadian values, then? I asked a real Canadian person. She said that Canadian values are:
- love of Tim Hortons
- a somewhat obsessive preoccupation with the weather
- pride in everything that sets Canada apart from the U.S.A.
- a self-deprecating sense of humour
Let's examine these self-stated values, which on the surface might seem tongue-in-cheek but I think point to some larger truths about Canadian values, when you peel them back.
1. Love of Tim Hortons. Started by a retired Canadian hockey player in 1964, Tim Hortons has twice the number of restaurants in Canada as McDonald's. It's the largest seller of baked goods (76%) and coffee (64%) in Canada. This is especially impressive considering that Tim Hortons didn't accept credit cards until 2012 – I have many memories of scrounging for change in the dusty crevices of my car in the early mornings to get a box of Timbits and a large black coffee while on vacation. (Worth it!)
Canadian pride in Tim Hortons should be in no way diminished by the recent news that the company was purchased by Burger King and that the majority owner is a Brazilian investment firm called 3G Capital. In fact, this is a great opportunity for Tim Hortons to put on a sign "Over a brazilian customers served!" Ha ha? No?
Side note: some Americans are not so thrilled with Burger King's acquisition of Tim Hortons, since the holding company that owns both BK and TH's will be in Canada, which has a lower corporate tax rate than the USA. (Evading taxes – a quintessentially American value.) You'd think that acquiring a delicious, wholesome chain of Canadian restaurants would help to improve the image of a greasy American fast-food company, but not in this case, I guess. Only in America!
2. Somewhat obsessive preoccupation with the weather. As compared to the USA, Canada is colder, on average. If you've ever suffered through a summer in the American South, then that might not be a bad thing. The summers in Canada are truly lovely, and the winters are truly cold. Now, that's no impediment to enjoying yourself – maybe you've heard the old chestnut "There is no bad weather – only bad clothing." Regardless, Canadians make the most of the nice weather while it lasts. We'll return to this topic later.
3. Pride in everything that sets Canada apart from the U.S.A. Canadians have fierce pride in their country, which is all too often assumed (incorrectly) by others to be an extension of their loud and boisterous neighbor to the south who dominates the conversation at the party and eats all the canapes without ever offering to help clean up the dishes.
4. Self-deprecating sense of humour. I think this point sums up the three previous. And yet, there's more to it, though good luck getting a Canadian to tell you what that is straight out without making a joke about it. After all, humor can be a way of keeping people's at arm's length. As Bruce McCall says in this article about Canadian humour, which is well worth a read: "Canadians are, by history and temperament, the opposite of aggressive, and so, unsurprisingly, their humor is defensive; they beat up on themselves before anybody else—i.e., Americans—can do it."
It seems to me that underpinning this list are some deeper truths about influences that are woven into Canadian culture, and that have become an unspoken part of the fabric of their belief system. Things that might be harder to articulate when you're inside the fishbowl, or are difficult to speak about in great depth when confronted with an out-of-the-blue question at a fun-filled urban fantasy panel.
So I'm going to tell you what I think Canadian values are – but first, I have to tell you a little more about myself.
My perspective on Canadian values is ultimately an outsider's perspective. I was born in the United States and have lived here all my life. I believe in the concept of American-style democracy – including, as Winston Churchill said, that "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." I'm simultaneously optimistic about public servants who want to make public policy for the greater good, and cynical about politicians who seek power to enact laws that enrich themselves and their peers. I'm so proud of my country and our grit, determination, generosity, ingenuity and indomitable spirit – and also appalled and embarrassed by what goes on here in America. Gun violence, worship of money and capitalism, no real social safety net, policies that don't nurture the things we pay lip service to as important…I could go on and on.
So most of what I'm going to say about Canadian values will be held against the backdrop of American values and my own experiences. I'm not setting out to contrast Canada and the USA, but anything that I say about Canada will necessarily be informed by my being a product of my upbringing.
Canadian value #1: Keep a stiff upper lip, and carry on.
Canada is still part of the British Commonwealth, I think mostly because they're too polite to revolt or formally sever ties with Great Britain, since their government is entirely autonomous and the British approval of Canadian laws is in name only. During World War II, Canada waited an entire week after Great Britain declared war on Germany to declare war – mostly to hammer home the point that Canada would make its own decisions and not blindly follow.
I think Americans also have a strong carry-on spirit too, don't get me wrong – we just give ourselves much more permission to carry on about things while we carry on, if you catch my drift.
Canadian value #2: Mind your own business.
There's also a strong French influence in Canada, and when I think of French values, what comes to mind is the ending of Voltair's Candide. For those not familiar with the satire (spoiler alert!), Candide is a naif who enters the world, encounters all variety of evil, and ends up concluding that he must tend his own garden. There's great controversy about what the ending of Candide actually means, but I think it means Candide decides to mind his own business – the 18th century version of "think global, act local." And Canadians are great ones for minding their own business.
In America, we mind our own business – and we feel free to mind everyone else's too. My Canadian friend observed "For a country so obsessed with freedom, they sure do like deciding who's entitled to it." Touche.
Here's an example. In the early 2000's, when Ontario legalized marriage for same-sex couples, it was big news in the USA. I was working at an LGBT rights organization at the time, and the news really threw our government into a tizzy. Belgium and the Netherlands had already legalized gay marriage, but Canada was different. They were right next door! They talked like us (mostly!). Europe was across an ocean, far away, but we shared a border and a language with Ontario – and much, much more.
(Typical America, something happens somewhere and we immediately make it all about us. Congratulations to all the happily wedded couples in Ontario, by the way!)
That summer I was talking with my cousin in Canada about the court decision and what it meant. We were in her small town sitting by the lake enjoying the summer weather, and I asked her "What's going to happen? Who is collecting signatures for the referendum? Are we going to see protestors around town? How are people trying to overturn this decision?"
My cousin looked at me and said "We don't really do that here." I pressed her, not understanding. She finally said to me, "There might be some people who don't agree with it. But they don't try to force their views onto everyone else. We're more live and let live here."
Canadian value #3: Be happy. Enjoy your life. Have fun. Don't worry so much.
I could see what my cousin meant – it was a nice, sunny warm day. We had a lot of important things to do – swimming, sitting around talking, food to be eaten, drinks to be drunk. Why would someone want to waste their precious time worrying about what other people are doing – something that probably wouldn't even really affect them?
In America, the concept of laissez faire is much more of an economic concept of free trade than a social one of live and let live. I think we can trace this to the origins of American society as a group of property owners and religious emigres – people who wanted the government to quit taxing them and the freedom to worship as they chose (and to force everyone else to worship as they chose, too).
Beneath that sentiment is the knowledge that life can change in an instant, and we have to make the most of the time we have here on earth.
4. Canadian Value #4: Family, the ties that bind.
To be fair, family is a strong value in most cultures, and not uniquely Canadian – but it's definitely Canadian.
Canadian Values and Lost Girl
I've told you that I think Canadians keep a stiff upper lip, mind their own business, and have fun. Do we see any evidence of this in Lost Girl?
I think so. Let's take a look at some of the characters.
First, Bo. Bo is the ultimate example of stiff upper lip (no succubus jokes, please). She's undaunted by the task in front of her – helping people, finding out the truth about her origins. We've seen her wallowing in self-pity once or twice after a breakup with Dyson or Lauren, but never for too long. Even if it once took Kenzi sticking a popsicle in her ear to get her out of bed, that wasn't a common occurrence – and more often, we see Bo taking the anger she feels and letting it fuel her quest instead.
Kenzi also is pretty stiff-upper-lippy – even more so than Bo, I would say. She's never really revealed whatever it is that her stepfather did to her that caused her to leave home. She also never really talked with Bo (to our knowledge) about how traumatized she was by her kidnapping and imprisonment by the kitsune. And even though she was devastated by losing Hale, she didn't check out – she kept her head in the game, figured out how she could contribute, and sacrificed herself to save Bo and save the world. Kenzi has the strength to endure. She also uses humor to great effect, not the least effect of which is to keep people at arm's length.
The Light and Dark Fae system does not mind their own business. In fact, they want to keep a tight rein on the behavior of all the Fae – they force the Fae to choose Light or Dark, and once a Fae has chosen, there are many rules that govern their behavior about where they can go, who they can talk to or fraternize with. As our protagonist and hero, Bo might end up taking down that system. She's a Canadian agitator.
Faemily. The concept of family, both families of birth and our chosen families, is a very strong theme in Lost Girl, so much that I wrote a whole other blog post about it already. Tres Canadian!
Outside of the characters, I think that Lost Girl's treatment of sexual orientation as a non-issue by never mentioning the words "lesbian, gay, or bisexual" reflects an aspirational value that takes minding one's own business to the next level. Wouldn't it be great to live in a world where sexual orientation really was a non-issue? Canada is probably closer to that reality than the USA and many other parts of the world, but it's going to take time.
Having fun. Bo and Kenzi certainly knew how to have a good time together, and they had several close calls. Bo also has been no stranger to taking joy where she finds it – enjoying her shit, as Kenzi advised her in the first episode of the first season. Bo's journey through four seasons (so far) of Lost Girl was as much about her own emotional maturation as it was about learning about her origins and living the life she chooses. After both Hale and Kenzi's death, I think Bo has a new appreciation for how fleeting life can be – even her loved ones in her inner circle aren't immune. We might very well see a graver, more serious Bo in Season 5, but I think we'll also see her hold on to some of her epicurean values too.
What Do You Think?
You might agree with me, you might disagree, or you might have additional thoughts – so please add them in the comments. Let's talk about what it means to be Canadian. If you're Canadian, what do you hold dear? If you're not Canadian, what do you think Canadian values are? How has Lost Girl informed or altered your understanding of Canadian values?
And guess what, folks. I'm not as non-Canadian as I made myself out to be. My mother is a Canadian citizen who immigrated to the USA when she was 19. She married my father, a US citizen, and they had some kids. We visited Canada every year and my sisters and I loved it all, and we still do. I had originally thought that since I hadn't claimed my Canadian citizenship by age 28, that I had lost it, but an act of Parliament in 2009 restored citizenship to people like me.
I spent most of my childhood wishing I were Canadian, only to realize at age 40 that I have been all along. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Maybe the lesson is that we should all embrace our inner Canadian – not make such a big deal out of things, keep our noses out of everyone else's business, and have a wonderfully good time while we're here with our friends and families – including our chosen families. Maybe that's exactly what Emmanuelle Vaugier was doing at DragonCon on Sunday night – having an awesome time at a late-night rave with her buddies.
In fact, maybe Emmanuelle's answer to my original question is the ultimate object lesson about Canadian values.


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As for memory, the 600MHz (1,200MHz effective) GDDR3 RAM is employed with a 256-bit wide bus interface between it and the core. This produces a maximum theoretical memory bandwidth of 38.4GB/s, up from 35.2GB/s for a 6800 Ultra.
But it isn't just these increases that are responsible for the performance boost. nVidia's architectural byword is 'efficiency', and the company claims to have redesigned and tweaked the architecture of the new card with this aim – creating what it calls the CineFX 4.0 engine.
The pixel pipelines have lower latencies, the vertex units have been rebuilt and the texture engine redesigned, fetching textures much more speedily than before. The GPU can also cull redundant pixels more efficiently than ever before. Since the introduction of programmable pixel shaders, nVidia has looked to see which were the most popular actually used by developers in actual games and has implemented these in hardware to greatly speed up their operation. The most popular shaders are multiply-add (MADD) operations, and these work twice as fast as on 6800 Ultra per pixel pipeline, which can't be bad.
Next is a newly introduced anti-aliasing method called transparent super-sampling and multi-sampling. This enables certain things in a 3D scene that would have previously been blurred to be rendered more clearly, such as a series of wire mesh fences as seen in the opening of Half-Life 2. nVidia claims that most games should see less than ten per cent performance hit with transparent super-sampling. Borrowing a trick from ATI the new chip now supports the compression of Normal Maps at 2:1 and nVidia claims that the 3Dc compression format will work too.
But the most significant supported feature is High Dynamic Range (HDR). This is a system that applies highly realistic lighting effects and although it's early days yet, the effect with it enabled is really quite astonishing. To give an example, when you move from a dark area into a blazingly bright area, the whole scene is filled with bright light before settling down to more even levels. But all surfaces reflect light in a way that makes a non-HDR lit scene seem quite flat by comparison. If you have the latest 1.3 patch of Far Cry it's possible to manually enable HDR in the console.
"'Far Cry without HDR enabled."'
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Now technically, this isn't actually new as it was fully supported on the 6xxx series. However, the performance delta associated with HDR enabled was so high that it was barely worth running due to low frame rates. But thanks to the speed of the new cards, it's now a real possibility, essentially making it seem like a new feature.
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Congratulations to our team at Clinipace Worldwide! Triangle Business Journal revealed its 2013 Fast 50 list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in the Raleigh-Durham area.
The Fast 50 winners were selected and ranked based on a formula that counts revenue growth and profitability in the preceding three years (2010-2012). The numbers are crunched and analyzed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a Fast 50 partner.
"These winners represent organizations who have been champions of growth in the Triangle," said Bryan Hamilton, publisher of Triangle Business Journal, in their announcement. "These leaders are doing all they can to add jobs and inject cash into our community, and we're so thankful for it.
The rankings won't be shared until the Fast 50 Awards dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Stay tuned for our final ranking!


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Regular readers will know that Museum Roulette is a game that the Cultural Wednesday family love to play (for a fuller description of the game click here) and the V&A is one of our favourite places to play it. Imagine our excitement when Breadcrumbs got in contact with us and asked if we would like to try out a treasure hunt at the V&A. YES we cried and scurried off to South Kensington.
Everything is electronic on this Treasure Hunt, you go to the website, click on the trail that you want, pay £3.99 and choose whether you want the clues to come via Facebook messenger of text message. If you need help you can ask for a clue or even for the answer. We were taken on a meandering tour of the museum far away from the crowded main galleries.
The clues directed us to many objects that I have never seen before. As we puzzled over the clues, lots of other fabulous things caught our eye. You will have to guess which ones were answers to clues and which were chance discoveries.
This rather fine lady is part of a tapestry showing a boar and bear hunt that was made in the early fifteenth century. I rather like the expression on her face.
We took my mother with us, so the clues had to appeal to everyone from eighty to the teens. Everyone of us stood for ages gawping at this tiny book. It is Leonardo da Vinci's notebook. He carried it around with him and wrote those words!
Luckily when we got to the furniture gallery we found this unusual chair to sit on.
Sometimes it was the actual fabric of the museum that caused our jaws to drop. This ceramic staircase was designed by Frank Moody and is simply a rather fantastic way for making your way from the ground to the first floors.
Our treasure hunt took us four hours in total but we did eat lunch and enjoy tea and cakes in the magnificent cafe, as well as being distracted by things not on the hunt. We asked for a few clues and were only truly stumped by one question. Best of all we strayed away from the crowds and saw some amazing things that we would have otherwise missed.
- Victoria and Albert museum is free, for opening times click here
- Breadcrumbs Treasure Hunt cost £3.99 to download click here.
- South Kensington is the nearest tube, there is a tunnel from the station to museum meaning no roads to cross and shelter from the rain.


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With this film I want to explore the essence of the Serbian/Albanian dispute, which resulted – fifteen years ago – in war, destruction and crimes. But I want to raise the following question: is coexistence still possible between these two communities in a reality marked by the presence of enclaves, isolated islands of Christian minority surrounded by a sea of Muslim majority?
My answer is crystal clear: hated based on fear of what's different and diverse still lingers between the two ethnic communities.
And fear is the absence of love…
That's why the hero in this story is a ten-year old boy who dares to do something unimaginable for both communities in Kosovo – Christian and Muslim: to gain a friend on the opposite side!
I wanted to make an antiwar film based on the eternal and edifying story about forgiveness and love.


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Finally, I've begun to tackle a design project that, quite literally, looms over me every single day - finishing my studio space at Grove House. More specifically, the lounge seating area. You know how the saying goes - the cobbler's children have no shoes. That's me, in a nutshell. The "busy" excuse has been used frequently in an effort to ease my slight guilt over not getting my act together with the project. But enough already, the time has come to mark this one off my to-do list. Step One - Share my design plan with the internet.
As you know, neutrals are my jam, so the color palette will encompass various shades of whites and grays, earthy tones like burnt sienna and sand, with touches of black to ground the space. The color inspiration was found in two handmade pieces of pottery I recently found while antiquing. I think they make a dreamy combo.
The seating area is flooded with natural light. There are four corner windows and a set of French doors, making it the sunniest spot in the studio. It's also the perfect place to curl up during those afternoon slumps when a coffee break and book are on the agenda. I purchased a simple white slipcovered sofa bed (handy for guests) and a large comfy rattan chair from IKEA and have plans of adding a natural jute rug, modern black marble coffee table, lots of soft textile layering, and of course, antiques. Here's the design plan to help me create my vision.
1 Tassel Pillow | 2 Natural Throw | 3 Blush Throw | 4 Sienna Pillow | 5 Graphic Lumbar | 6 White Sofa | 7 Kilim Pillow | 8 Lamp | 9 Brass Vase | 10 Tulip Table | 11 Coffee Table | 12 Rattan Chair | 13 Stripe Pillow | 14 Jute Rug | 15 White Vessel | 16 Planter
I hope to have this project finished in the next few weeks! Everything is on it's way to the studio and I'm excited to pull it all together and share it with you. When I'm not on location, I'm in the studio every day and it will feel nice to have a finished space that's inspiring and relaxing to work and be creative in. And hey, thanks for being my involuntary accountability partners! I probably wouldn't have done this without you. Or in the very least, would certainly have found another excuse to put it off a bit longer.
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Caption: RLHH 597 slowly eases through the switch at Nanticoke with the HEPX transformer move. They are on their final leg of the journey to Franklin Yard for offloading.
200!!! Good grief.
Photo time was 1:58. Shutter click number 200
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The comic strip "Marmaduke" has been a staple of newspapers since 1954, leaving the producers of the film adaptation over 50 years of canine antics to help build a screenplay. So, naturally, they invent a series of urine and fart jokes to best service the enduring legacy of the rascally Great Dane.
In all, "Marmaduke" isn't quite the bleed-from-the-eyes moviegoing experience the heinous marketing suggests, but there's an overpowering amount of laziness here that detracts from the core of good-natured mischief the character should be displaying.
Living it up in Kansas with the Winslow family, including parents Phil (Lee Pace) and Debbie (Judy Greer), dog Marmaduke (voiced by Owen Wilson) enjoys a certain freedom palling around with kids and his feline sidekick, Carlos (George Lopez, of course).
When Phil is offered an amazing job with an organic pet food company run by stern boss Don (William H. Macy), he uproots the Winslow household and takes the gang to California, where Marmaduke befriends a few helpful strays, including lovesick Mazie (Emma Stone). Trying to find his footing in this alien land, the Great Dane unintentionally upsets bully Bosco (Kiefer Sutherland), who's fiercely protective of his neighborhood and his girlfriend, Jezebel (Fergie).
Coming from the team that scripted "Smother" and "License to Wed," it seems "Marmaduke" never stood a chance against assured mediocrity. It's a robotic picture for undiscerning family audiences, mindlessly working through the motions of doggy tomfoolery and domestic melodrama (Phil's hounded by neglectful dad issues) before everything's wrapped up with big action finale, doling out the canine comeuppance with the least amount of effort possible.
There's a substantial amount of negative to "Marmaduke" that often drags the film to a dead stop, with a labored screenplay that barely smuggles any imagination into this world of talking dogs and cats that occasionally surf and ingest magic mushrooms. You already know "Marmaduke" isn't a stellar movie, so let's focus on the positive.
The voice cast here to help cartoon the live-action movie along is a bonus, with a likable range of tones and comedic speeds to add some sparkle to an otherwise dreary film. Wilson is basically Wilson as Marmaduke, but his energy level is uncharacteristically high, matching the dog's building-sized frame with a commanding bit of vocal quirk.
Also charming is Stone as friend-zone pooch Mazie. The actress has killer rusted pipes for animation, supplying needed spunk and concern while everyone else is allowed to carry the merriment. Sutherland also enjoys his time as the baddie, growling (and drooling — the dog, not the actor) up a storm.
It's an amusing cast (including Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, and Sam Elliot as the feared "Chupadogra") shoving some much needed personality into the film, making the dog interaction sequences the highlights of the picture. Director Tom Dey ("Failure to Launch") makes something of an effort, trying to sneak in a few Adult Swim-style gags (like the aforementioned drug-ingesting dogs) to counteract the bodily function humor, but it's a lost cause.
Once "Marmaduke" switches over to sitcom mode for the finale (which, uncomfortably enough, features a sinkhole threat), the formula swallows what little passes for fun. With a tank of a dog causing trouble, occasionally wisecracking, and frequently dabbling in neuroses, it seems "Marmaduke" could've been something, if not great, at least winningly odd. Instead, it's dull and conventional, turning a half-century of mischief into 80 minutes of yawns.


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It's that time of year again.... The dreaded time of year when the weather starts to get colder and football season rears its ugly head to reclaim the heart of my boyfriend. Zach is a huge sports fan. I'm not opposed to sports, I enjoy going to Orioles baseball games … [Read more...]
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Another great day for a run today! Since today was a cardio-only day for me and the weather was nice and cool, I skipped the gym and planned on a 4 mile run outside. However, when I got to my turn around point at mile 2, there was such a pleasant breeze and I … [Read more...]


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38 Funny Faces Hiding In Random Objects… #17 Is Hilarious.
Have you ever taken a stroll in the city and notice a face formed by the buildings' windows? Or have you ever stared up at the sky and see various familiar shapes in the clouds – whether it be faces, objects, or even animals? Well if you have, don't worry. You're not as crazy as you think you are. There's actually a term for it: pareidolia. It's all psychological, our minds recognize a familiar pattern of something where none really exists.
Well I don't know about you, but I definitely have a case of pareidolia every day – always seeing faces in different places. Rather than feeling crazy, I feel amused. Hopefully you do too when you take a look at the collection we've gathered of faces in unusual places.
#1. Who dares to enter my grounds?!
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#3. I'm sinking, I'm sinking!
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In my last two columns, I explained how Pakistans economy was set to meltdown. Come 2007 and as of today, the meltdown continues with complete contempt to national security. Even the national security managers choose to look the other way. The principal dynamics that acted, both as precursors and trigger points, are summarised and listed below. The water managers within the Government of Pakistan, despite being the biggest recipients of foreign loans till 2000, did not exercise vigilance on the Indian water development projects mainly because they were guilty of corruption, negligence and technical insufficiency. The seizure of FCAs in 1997 however negative proved that a weak rupee was not a pre-requisite to boost exports. Under the pricing mechanism of 1994, IPPs with tax exemptions had recovered investments and begun remitting profits and outsourcing costs abroad. They were the new energy manipulators to earn windfalls. The imposition of GST as a VAT was abandoned by CBR in 2000-1 converting it into an easy to collect levy. The incomplete GST regime did not help in documentation of the economy, and rather served to jump start inflation and discourage small sector domestic production. After 9/11, despite $13 billion in the system and an appreciating rupee, the Central Bank ignored the lesson of 'Weak Rupee vs. Exports and devalued the national currency. The government also ignored the basic theory that any country in a trade deficit must regard unexpected and non-fundamental appreciation of domestic currency as a boon to be used for cheaper imports and resetting of import priorities. Also to restore the rupee-dollar parity, the government left Rs 1 trillion at the mercy of the banking sector, an equivalent of Pakistans entire national savings from 1965 to 2001. Agriculture growth and pricing mechanism was deliberately discouraged and loopholes created for proliferation of cartels. The circular debt issue in the energy sector was the mechanism that set off all the triggers for meltdown. Within the corridors of the government, many alternatives were also discussed, but set aside by the Finance and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Steadily, all critics of such policies were either sidelined or made OSDs. Musharraf and his team were convinced that Shaukat Aziz offered the best solutions to revive the economy on lines of the Asian Tigers and become an economic challenge to India and Dubai. Critics, who pointed out that the high growth rates were attributable more to the circulation of loose money in the economy rather than tangible sustainable growth, were dismissed as cynics and disruptive. But the fact remains that the Musharraf era economic policies have backfired and all critics including myself stand vindicated. So what was that the government could have done? GST/VAT: The FBR and PRAL should have developed cash machines for receipts of sales tax. The cost of this system could have been met through the GST revenue. Cell phone companies with their expertise to provide value added services could have provided another method of documenting the GST paid by each individual. All consumers at the fag end of the GST cycle should have been encouraged to claim refunds for items like households, fuel, electricity, gas and telephone bills. As envisaged earlier, the Income Tax Department could have picked up all this data and worked out the profit margins of the entire manufacturing and trading sector and then challenged the tax returns of the business community. As per the simulations carried out in 2000, the direct taxes would have grown exponentially. This mechanism was discouraged and a shortcut adopted. But better late than never, this method can still be implemented rather than an incomplete and impractical mantra of imposing a new regressive VAT on a sinking economy. Rupee-Dollar Parity: If the domestic private sector could not absorb the surplus money, the state could. With the increase of FCA remittances the Rs 1 trillion windfall should have been easily absorbed in the state sector through issue of government securities at market rates to the holders. This would have appreciated the rupee, discouraged consumerism sponsored by banks and hedged national savings. Inevitably, the imports and therefore the value added exports would have become cheaper. Privatisation: The justification that it is not the states job to run commercial business is a lie. The foreign enterprise which bought PTCL is a state enterprise itself. Instead of privatising the infrastructural assets, Pakistan could have built more state enterprises instead of getting rid of the existing ones at throwaway prices. If management expertise was an issue, it could have been easily imported. Instead of giving the state sector away to foreign businessmen, who would slash employment for profitability alone and to remit dividends in dollars, the state could have instead imported the management expertise with a task to expand and justify the manpower employed. Unfortunately, Pakistans large scale consumer sectors like communications and energy are now foreign controlled. Sorry to say, even the reversal of Pakistan Steel Mills by the Supreme Court was not taken in this spirit and conditions created to run it dry. Agriculture: The easy access to windfalls and mantra of privatisation obscured the importance of the agriculture sector. The government ignored that all along it was the agriculture sector that through value addition was the major component of the GNP. This effect is clearly visible in the Economic Survey of 2010 where the manufacturing growth has only picked up in the consumer sectors. Moreover, the marketing strategy of Dr. Zafar Altaf through limited intervention of imports of agricultural products had always stabilised domestic pricing and kept the pricing cartels in check. Dr. Zafars exit was the biggest disaster for the performing agricultural sector. Considering that the government never and even now refuses to set a correction course, where does the future lead us? Even if the indicators given in the Economic Survey are to be taken at face value, the economy and social conditions are set to plummet to the lowest levels before the societal dynamics set in for a revolution. The question that still intrigues my mind and was raised repeatedly in all my columns is, why must we commit this suicide bombing on ourselves? There are two explanations. First, Pakistans elites that include militarymen, politicians, bureaucrats, technocrats, big business houses and dirty rich all have their money stacked in overseas accounts. It is neither in their financial interests, nor wherewithal to challenge the equilibrium, and downslide to restore Pakistan towards a performance criterion. Their only stakes in the system are political intrusions to ensure the status quo. Secondly, the Government of Pakistan chose and continues to choose this path not because it is stupid, but because it wants to do it deliberately. Consumption has to grow in all the exporting countries reliant on the US as the major trading partner; otherwise the entire global monetary system will collapse along with the West and Breton Woods. The emphasis therefore has to be on 'consumption, and not 'self-reliance. As long as the world produces and West consumes, the system is not sustainable. Others need to consume as well. This is why a country that survived sanctions for a very long time, despite massive influx of remittance continues to plummet to the dungeons of poverty. 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Terrell returned to Texas in 1866 and resumed the practice of law in Houston, but the following year, disgusted with the turmoil of Reconstruction politics, he temporarily retreated to his plantation in Robertson County. Here, for four years, he experimented with scientific agriculture and studied. In 1871 he and Judge A. S. Walker formed a partnership in Austin, and five years later he entered the Texas Senate, where he served four terms (1876-84). Later he served four years in the state House of Representatives (1891-92, 1903-05). During his years in the legislature, he authored several acts: a bill requiring jurors to be literate; the enabling legislation for the Railroad Commission; the Terrell Election Law, which required candidates for public office to be nominated by direct primaries instead of by state or local conventions; and the measure which pledged the resources of three million acres in the Panhandle to the Chicago-based Capitol Syndicate to construct the Capitol. Terrell's reputation as an advocate of the small farmer and consumer spread beyond the state. At the invitation of the University of Missouri, he returned to the campus of his alma mater in June 1885 to address a social problem of his choice. In a notable speech, he criticized private corporations that had too much power in politics and threatened independent labor. Two years later he failed to secure legislative nomination for a seat in the United States Senate. In 1893 President Grover Cleveland appointed Terrell minister plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, a post he held for four years. In 1897 he returned to Austin to reenter private practice and state politics. After Governor Thomas Campbell appointed Terrell a regent of the University of Texas in 1909, Terrell led the campaign to raise funds for a new library building and helped design it.
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I'd like to welcome Michael Mazza to the blog today to celebrate the exciting release of That Crazy Perfect Someday from Turtle Point Press!
Welcome to Books � la Mode, Michael! Let's get this interview started.
Will you please share a brief introduction with us?
Welcome to Books � la Mode, Michael! Let's get this interview started.
Will you please share a brief introduction with us?
Michael Mazza is a fiction writer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. His stories have appeared in Other Voices, WORDS, Blue Mesa Review, TINGE, and ZYZZYVA.
He is best known as an internationally acclaimed art and creative director working in the advertising industry. Along with being named National Creative All-Star by Adweek, his work appears in the Permanent Collection of the Library of Congress.
He has lectured throughout the country and abroad, most notably at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He has attended the Iowa Summer Writers� Workshop, the Stanford Creative Writing workshop, and the Wharton School Executive Education MBA program.
It's amazing to get to feature you today! Readers, here's a bit about the book, which hit shelves earlier this month:
The year is 2024. Climate change has altered the world�s wave patterns. Drones crisscross the sky, cars drive themselves, and surfing is a new Olympic sport.
Mafuri Long, UCSD marine biology grad, champion surfer, and only female to dominate a record eighty-foot wave, still has something to prove. Having achieved Internet fame, along with sponsorship from Google and Nike, she�s intent on winning Olympic gold. But when her father, a clinically depressed former Navy captain and widower, learns that his beloved supercarrier, the USS Hillary Rodham Clinton, is to be sunk, he draws Mafuri into a powerful undertow. Conflicts compound as Mafuri�s personal life comes undone via social media, and a vicious Aussie competitor levels bogus doping charges against her. Mafuri forms an unlikely friendship with an awkward teen, a Ferrari-driving professional gamer who will prove to be her support and ballast. Authentic, brutal, and at times funny, Mafuri lays it all out in a sprightly, hot-wired voice.
From San Diego to Sydney, Key West, and Manila, That Crazy Perfect Someday goes beyond the sports/surf clich� to explore the depths of sorrow and hope, yearning and family bonds, and the bootstrap power of a bold young woman climbing back into the light.
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What was your inspiration for the book?
My son took to surfing at an early age. On occasion, we�d ride waves together. But then he started to surf big and left me behind. When he began to compete in the NSSA, the contest schedule dictated long and tiring trips up and down the California coast. I became a surf dad, carting him to each contest for nearly a decade. This is where I absorbed surf culture and witnessed the talented men and women competing first hand. I�ve never come across a novel about a professional female surfer and thought how much I�d like to write a smart portrayal of one living in a world of high-stakes competition and the family drama that comes with it.
As a huge fan of first lines, I'd love to hear the first line of That Crazy Perfect Someday. Can you give us a commentary on it?
My Charger clocks eighty-three miles an hour up North Harbor Drive, past the airport, headlights blazing, tachometer red-lining, the V8 roaring as if heading into war.I wanted a quick sprint out of the starting blocks, a piece of action that created both intrigue and narrative velocity that plunged the reader into the story. From there I kept the character�s voice moving at a clip that mimicked the speed of her car. My hope is that the first chapter hooks the reader.
Out of all the fantastic books out there, what makes That Crazy Perfect Someday stand out from the rest?
To my knowledge, this is the first novel to give voice to a professional woman surfer. It chronicles what it�s like to compete in a male-dominated sport, the frustrations women face, the rigors and hope. It also exposes the reader to a surfing subculture many know little about and attempts to tell it authentically.
Give aspiring writers a piece of advice you wish you had known before getting published.
Brace yourself for an onslaught of rejection. It�s part of the gig. I asked T.C. Boyle this same wide-eyed question at a book signing. He swept his arm in a wide arc as if to describe the enormity of the room where he just lectured and said. �I could paper this entire place with my rejection letters.� Go online, and you�ll find lists of rejection letters to now famous authors. Read them for inspiration and then get back to work.
Readers, click "Read more" to find out Michael's favorite novels, his goals as a writer, and how he reacts to harsh reviews. We're also hosting a giveaway for a finished copy of That Crazy Perfect Someday, so you don't want to miss that either!
Name the top six books that have had the biggest influence on your writing, or on your life in general.
The first isn�t a novel but a book of short stories: Thom Jones's The Pugilist at Rest. It�s the book that set my writing in motion. It so impressed me that I immediately began pecking away at a keyboard. Even into adulthood, I still hear Holden Caulfield�s voice from The Catcher in the Rye. Both these books have voices so accessible it�s as if a live person is right there telling you the story. They�re immersive and unforgettable.
Two novels that also floor me are by Nobel Laureate, J.M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians and Disgrace. In my opinion, they�re about as perfect novels as you�ll ever read.
Finally, I�d like to point out two recent books that knocked me out�Viet Than Nguyen�s, The Sympathizer and Paul Beatty�s outrageous The Sellout. I cannot believe The Sympathizer is a debut novel. The level of craft is masterful�so deserving of the Pulitzer Prize. And The Sellout? This novel is so audacious, and laugh-out-loud-funny that it not only deserved the Man Booker Prize but it should get the Mark Twain Prize for comedy. I guess you can tell that I like novels with distinctive voices. Perhaps that�s how I arrived at Mafuri�s voice in That Crazy Perfect Someday.
The Catcher in the Rye is one of mine also, and the rest are going on my to-read list! What are you involved in when you aren�t writing?
I began my career as a graphic designer but segued into a much longer career as an advertising art and creative director. Chances are that you�ve seen my stuff. Lately, I�ve come full circle and concentrate my day job on design. On my website, you can see a set of nine vintage surf posters that I designed for That Crazy Perfect Someday. I�ve also designed the novel�s social posts on Instagram.
Those look amazing! It's so fortunate that you can have creative control over your own covers and promotional materials�and it looks so professional. How do you react to harsh or negative reviews to your books?
That brings me back to my advertising career. The campaigns I�ve created were always subjected to testing. I�d often sit behind a two-way glass window watching a dozen people in a focus group shred my work mercilessly. Over that time I�ve grown elephant skin. Negative comments don�t bother me, but rather, help me better understand what I�m not getting right.
In regards to negative book reviews, let me answer it in two ways: First, just like a movie, the story won�t be for everyone so I�m anticipating that. Second, the fact that I have a published debut novel that people can criticize is an absolute blessing. When one considers the alternative of not being published at all, well.
That's a very good way at looking at it. What would you say are the most important attributes to remaining sane as a writer?
First, and I hate to keep stressing this, accept rejection. Second, keep developing your craft. Third, if you hit a concrete wall with agents and publishers, if it�s driving you nuts, then the self-publishing route may be the way to go. I have an advertising copywriter friend of mine who is self-published. He�s a great writer and now has eleven novels to his credit. He also has a huge fan base and is immensely successful. It�s a new world, and self-publishing is now widely accepted.
What are your goals as a writer?
I hope to sell enough books to publish a second novel.
What�s next for you?
I have two other novels in the works: one is in its fourth draft the other is half done. We�ll see where they go.
Lots of great content to work with. Where can you be found on the web?
Before we conclude this interview, is there anything you'd like to ask our readers?
What are the top three things about a novel that will make you give it a one-star review?
It was a pleasure to be able to get to know you better today, Michael! Thank you again for dropping by, and best of luck with future endeavors!
Books � la Mode is giving away one print copy of That Crazy Perfect Someday�woohoo! To enter, all you have to do is answer Michael's question in the comments below:
I rarely give one-star reviews, so generally I do give them, it's because I couldn't finish the book. The most common reasons for this are because:
Please make your comment MEANINGFUL. Comments solely consisting of stock responses or irrelevant fluff like "Thanks for the giveaway!" will not be considered for entry. Michael and I really want to hear your thoughts! :)What are the top 3 reasons you would give a book a one-star review?
I rarely give one-star reviews, so generally I do give them, it's because I couldn't finish the book. The most common reasons for this are because:
- The writing quality is terrible, and it is obvious the novel hadn't been revised or proofread by an editor. Sometimes this isn't even biased, but rather, I simply can't cognitively process the poor sentence structure or redundant style
- I can't stand the characters; either they're inconsistent, talk in a weird/stilted way (not as a character trait but when ALL characters are this way), or are entirely one-dimensional and it shatters my suspension of disbelief
- The plot doesn't seem to be going anywhere and finishing the book would be dissatisfying or a waste of time
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To struggle roughly; scuffle.
- noun A rough or vigorous struggle; a scuffle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A struggle; a conflict; a scuffle.
- To struggle; wrestle confusedly; scuffle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. A struggle; a scuffle.
- verb colloq. To struggle, as in sport; to scuffle; to struggle with.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
physical fightor struggle.
- verb To have a tussle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
- noun disorderly fighting
- verb make messy or untidy
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Some have voiced the opinion that the Europa League - with its Thursday night schedule and knock-on effect of increased Sunday games - may prove a burden to Celtic in their title tussle with Rangers, who have no such distraction.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Milan: Inter Milan landed a massive blow in the Serie A title tussle on Sunday, going nine points clear when they beat AC Milan 2-0 in a high voltage derby which they finished with nine men.
Okay, so it's not going to be Kobe versus LeBron from the tip-off on Thursday after the Orlando Magic spoiled the highly-anticipated showdown by upsetting the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to a title tussle with the Los Angeles Lakers.
It is a big week for Liverpool, who have a title tussle with co-leaders Chelsea on Sunday.
But when the tussle is successful, a male will mount, often riding his mate for up to an hour.
But when the tussle is successful, a male will mount, often riding his mate for up to an hour.
The tussle is about two cliques fighting over power and not secularism.
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Button foresees seven-way title tussle in 2010 photo: Creative Commons/Mark McArdle
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World Cup lifting gloom to raise hope for a united South Africa sport to bring people together may have found its apogee in South World Cup final, when Nelson Mandela donned a green Springbok shirt and League title tussle, a different battle emerges on Sunday when Arsenal visit a
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It never ceases to amaze me that vacation can be over in a mere blink.
Steve and I planned our latest cruise for the usual 2 years and before we knew what was happening-we've been back almost a whole week!
This cruise was a bit different. First-we couldn't get our "free" point-driven airline tickets for only one day prior to our sailing date. It was 3. We did go to Miami-but trust me, it wasn't the "beautiful" part.
Nope. That's another thing about making reservations from a website-you never really know what you're getting into until it's too late! Where as last year we had a beautiful hotel in an industrial tract and we were gated in like animals in a zoo and close to absolutely nothing-this year, well, the hotel was mediocre (staff was very nice), we still couldn't really go anywhere, but we did have a few chain restaurants within walking distance. Plus, we had the added bonus of this hotel being on the "route" of the "Orange Shopping Shuttle" which takes you to the Dolphin Outlet Mall and Entertainment Center.
We choose these hotels (by the way for your understanding) because they have shuttles to the cruise ships port and the pricing.
So, while we had 2 full days to fill we did have something to do: shopping, seeing the world's worst movie (we each wanted to watch different films so this was the compromise which we both groaned at-ugh) and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory in that mall. By the hotel, we thankfully took our BOGOs for Denny's and had a breakfast and a dinner there.
Once on the ship, we met up with one of the couples we made friends with on last year's cruise.
We also met another great couple from Canada who joined our trivia group. We, again, swept the week! Okay, we lost 2-but only by a point! Came home this year with 3 t-shirts, a baseball cap and a few decks of cards for using our brains on vacation!
We enjoyed the walking, the talking and the new island! We'd never been to St. Kitts before, we still just walked around the area off the port, but the four of us had a great time.
Our only hitches this year we unfortunate. The day before our flight, Steve was rear-ended on the freeway. Thank goodness the car wasn't badly damaged and while he is now in physical therapy for whiplash, both are in one piece. Hence the reason for us NOT going on any tours!
Poor Steve also got hit by a stomach virus on our anniversary. We were going to one of the specialty restaurants to celebrate, but hearing he was sick, they easily changed the reservation to a couple of days later. Then, poor guy, he mixed too many foods together on that last night and was really hugging the porcelain bowl until we left the ship for the airport.
Thankfully, again, he was doing much better by the time we got on the plane. It was a very long day in the getting back home. Adam picked us up around 7:30-ish Saturday night. By the time we unpacked we collapsed at 11:30 p.m. Steve had to be at work early, I had to go get our pups out of "puppy prison" (so happy to hear that they did well) and spent most of the day doing laundry, a bit of shopping and trying to catch up with other little pesky chores.
Rest of the week? Lots of time watching the grand kids, errands, doctors appointments and tests.
Before I could know what had happened, here I am 19 days later writing up this blog for you all!
Now, it begins again: counting down for our 37th anniversary cruise next year, same time, same anticipation!
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Audit Protocols
Audit Protocols
Audit protocols assist the Medicaid provider community in developing programs to evaluate compliance with Medicaid requirements under federal and state statutory and regulatory law, and administrative procedures issued by New York State Office For People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). The protocols listed are intended solely as guidance in this effort. This guidance does not constitute rulemaking by OPWDD and may not be relied on to create a substantive or procedural right or benefit enforceable, at law or in equity, by any person. Furthermore, nothing in the protocols alters any statutory, regulatory or administrative requirement. In the event of a conflict between statements in the protocols and statutory, regulatory or administrative requirements, the requirements of the statutes, regulations and administrative procedures govern.
The audit protocols do not encompass all the current requirements for payment of Medicaid claims for a particular category of service or provider type and therefore are not a substitute for a review of the statutory and regulatory law or administrative procedures. A Medicaid provider's legal obligations are determined by the applicable federal and state statutory and regulatory law.
Audit protocols are applied to a specific provider or category of service(s) in the course of an audit and involve OPWDD's application of articulated Medicaid agency policy and the exercise of agency discretion.
Protocols are amended as necessary. Reasons for amending protocols include, but are not limited to, responding to a hearing decision, litigation decision, or statutory or regulatory change.
OPWDD strives for consistency with the audit practices of the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG). As such, OPWDD will apply OMIG audit protocols in evaluating those services in which the OMIG has established protocols (Residential Habilitation, Day Habilitation, Supported Employment Services and Prevocational). When necessary, OPWDD has developed audit protocols to incorporate regulatory and administrative requirements that postdate OMIG protocols (i.e., Daily Residential Habilitation, Hourly Supported Employment Services, and Site/Community Based Prevocational Services). The appropriate protocol will be used depending on the criteria in effect for the date of service being reviewed.
OPWDD's Office of Audit Services follows Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards when performing its audits (issued by the United States Government Accountability Office). Those standards require that auditors obtain an understanding of internal control within the context of the audit before they begin their work. In addition, learning about internal controls provides auditors with an opportunity to develop recommendations that will improve organization performance and governance.
In each OPWDD audit, we assess internal controls using guidance provided by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission, which provides a framework for understanding internal controls. Agencies should understand that auditors will be using the COSO framework as a basis for evaluation on each engagement and including the results of our evaluation in our reports.
Links to OPWDD audit protocols are listed below:
Respite (Excluding Self-Hired Staff)
Daily Residential Habilitation
Pathway to Employment Services
Individual Directed Goods and Services
Live-In Caregiver Audit Protocal


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Living the Legacy
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in the power of service to strengthen communities and achieve common goals. Through his words and example, Dr. King challenged and empowered individuals to take action and lift up their neighbors and communities by volunteering.
This annual event honors Dr. King's legacy and provides an opportunity for all people to renew their own personal vows of citizenship through service to others. As a volunteer, you can assist with a variety of projects throughout Williamson County while joining in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country in volunteer service.
Volunteer on your own, with your family or with a group from work or school. See individual projects for age requirements.
The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President's national call to service initiative.
General Information
Date: January 21, 2019
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Locations: Projects are available in Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Round Rock, and Liberty Hill.
Volunteer on your own, with your family or with a group from your work or school. See individual projects for age requirements.
In the event of inclement weather, we will notify participants by email, social media or text regarding the cancellation of affected projects or the entire event if necessary. Search for us using @UnitedWayWilco or #HelpingInWilco.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are the contact person for a volunteer group, your group registration must be finalized no later than Friday, January 11. Please update your online registration form with each participant's name and email address. If you know your group will not be able to fill all volunteer slots for a project, please notify us ASAP so we can find other volunteers to complete the work.
Investing in Volunteerism
Your investment of financial resources is needed in order to provide meaningful volunteer opportunities in the community. Here are a couple of ways you can invest in volunteers and service to our community.
- Click here to invest in volunteerism.
- Does your company offer a volunteer grant program? Click here to Double the Impact of your time by registering for a volunteer grant from your employer.
- Provide in-kind donations for projects and volunteer events organized through United Way of Williamson County. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (512) 255-6799.
For more information, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (512) 255-6799.


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Audrey Leather Travel Wallet
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This accordion style travel wallet is the perfect gift for the woman who is always on the move. Part of the vintage-inspired Audrey Collection, this beautiful leather wallet is designed to fit all your most important travel items with double snap closures that can be adjusted depending on how much you store inside. The interior compartment is lined with natural linen and has two open sections with four card slots, while the back of the wallet features both an open slip pocket and a zippered pocket. Add her initials in gold foil debossed monogramming for a thoughtful gift she will love to use every time she travels.
• 9.75"w x 5.75"h x 1"d
• Leather, linen lining, gold hardware.
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• Monogramming is foil debossed.
Standard delivery in 5 to 7 business days. Rush delivery in 2 to 3 days.
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The Audrey Leather Travel Wallet is designed to store all of your most important items while you travel. It has the following features:
• Envelope snap closure with double snaps to adjust when full.
• Back open slip pocket.
• Back zip pocket with leather pulls: 8"w x 2.75"h
• Two internal open sleeves.
• Four card slots.
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text: Posted January 10, 2016 · Original PosterOP So I was wondering today what kind of (if any) backup plan do you guys use. I only have about 20GB of critical data I need to backup (photos, my school documents) so my backup plan is very complex but doesn't take up a ton of space on each individual device. Here goes: First I use this program called bittorrent sync that copies all my data across my 4 computers (my desktop, laptop, work machine, file server) so that is 3 backups already (if you count my desktop as where my data is stored primarily). Second I have an external HDD plugged into my computer and another external HDD plugged into my file server downstairs. Both these machines back up to their hard drives so there is two more backups. If all else fails and my house burns down or something I have TWO more fail-safes. My file server also uploads my data to google drive and my very critical documents that I can't afford to lose to Dropbox. There is two more backups. OK so that totals up to uhh (one... two... three...) SEVEN backups. The reason I am so paranoid is because last year my hard drive died and I lost ALL my data (photos, videos, my school documents) everything. What do you guys do for backups, or do you just keep everything on one HDD and choose to live dangerously? B) Budget PCs from used and salvaged parts are my passion. Have any question about the best price/performance combo possible? i'm your go to. Why you should be buying an X99 motherboard RIGHT NOW How to get used PC parts cheaper than Ebay or Craigslist Why you may want to consider an ATX style build How Much are my used Computer parts worth? My Dual Xeon Server build Build A $500 (possibly?) VR ready gaming PC share Link to post Share on other sites


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Shrimp Scampi with Chickpea Mash
6 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 15-ounce cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup warm chicken stock or broth
1 1/2 pounds extra-large shrimp, shelled and deveined
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 cup white wine
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon butter
Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add half of the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the chickpeas and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Using a potato masher or fork, mash the chickpeas. Add the chicken stock and mix in. Taste, and season with salt and pepper if necessary. Keep warm while you cook the shrimp.
Heat a large skillet over high heat. Sprinkle the shrimp with salt and pepper. Add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil to the pan along with the remaining garlic and the red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute. Add the shrimp and cook until pink and lightly browned on the edges, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the white wine and cook for 1 minute. Add the parsley, butter and lemon juice and cook for 1 minute. Taste and add more salt and pepper if necessary.
Transfer the chickpea mash to a serving dish. Pour the shrimp and sauce over top, drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and serve immediately.
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Growing up in rural County Tipperary, Ireland, Jack was surrounded by the customs and traditions of his homeland and developed a live-long appreciation for them. Nowhere are life experiences better chronicled, than in the songs, stories and music of everyday people.
Although he emigrated to the U.S. at an early age, he brought with him a memory and fondness for these stories and songs so much a part of growing up in Ireland at the time.
Over the years he has sung Irish ballads around New York's Irish pubs and later around the Boston area and Cape Cod. For over 10 years he wrote a music column about the New England Irish music scene for the national weekly Irish Echo newspaper, published in New York.
Currently a resident of Peterborough, NH, Jack still enjoys singing and keeping these songs alive. He feels that most of these songs came down to us, conveyed through the oral tradition which has to keep going and the best way to do that is by singing them….


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PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Democrats caucused Saturday morning, Feb. 16, at the Portsmouth Public Library and elected their officers and convention delegates for the next two years.
The delegates were elected for the New Hampshire Democratic Party's 2013 Midterm Convention and 2014 State Convention. The approximately 25 attendees also heard reports of the recent activities of the Portsmouth Democratic Committee as well as their plans for the rest of 2013.
"Portsmouth Democrats are energized by the results of last November's elections," said Larry Drake, chairman of the Portsmouth Democratic Committee, who was re-elected. "We intend to stay active to support the important work of President Obama, Governor Hassan, and all the other Democrats we helped to elect. We encourage the people of Portsmouth to work with us to keep moving New Hampshire and the country forward," he concluded.
Here are the results of the caucus: Chair — Larry Drake; First Vice Chair — Laurie McCray; Second Vice Chair — Judy Stadtman; Treasurer — Sharon Nichols; Secretary — Rahul Sivaprasad; Convention delegates — Judy Stadtman, Peter Somssich, Nancy Brown, Josh Denton, Kimberly Meuse, and Robin Read; Ward 1 Chair — Lisa Bellanti; Ward 1 Vice Chair — Norm Patenaude; Ward 1 Treasurer — Anne Gabel; Ward 1 Secretary — Eva Powers; Ward 2 Chair — Kris Scherr; Ward 2 Vice Chair — Janet Polasky; Ward 2 Secretary — Robert Padian; Ward 3 Chair — Debbie DiFranco; Ward 3 Vice Chair — Ray Mullaly; Ward 4 Chair — Tom Slater; Ward 4 Vice Chair — Matthew Hancock; Ward 4 Secretary — Pat Rowe; Ward 5 Chair — Sue Hubbard; and Ward 5 Vice Chair — Judy Ullman.
Portsmouth Democrats caucus, elect officers and delegates to state convention
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Democrats caucused Saturday morning, Feb. 16, at the Portsmouth Public Library and elected their officers and convention delegates for the next two years.


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Medical marijuana bill stalls in Illinois House - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register
Had it passed, Illinois would have became the 16th state to legalize medical marijuana, but if fell short by just seven votes.
Our very own local State Representative in the 97th district, Jim Watson was one of legislators who voted "no." Thanks Jim for giving us another reason not to re-elect you, when the time comes.
Even though the Illinois senate passed the bill last year, the Illinois house voted it down today. It needed sixty votes to pass an only got fifty three. Click the link above for full story and how local legislators voted.
Supporters of the failed bill even brought in former talk show host Montel Williams to lobby for legalizing medical marijuana. Williams says he uses medical marijuana to help ease the pain caused by multiple sclerosis. Montel left Springfield and headed to New York a little disappointed. (source).
Here is one of State Rep. Lou Lang's passionate pleas on the house floor for medical marijuana in Illinois. The awesome speech is under four minutes and worth watching. Educate yourselves!