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"All European organisations, both in the public and private sectors, are facing new challenges. The increasing pressure to compete on a global stage with limited resources means we all have to work together to secure our future prosperity, and that of generations to come. The EFQM Excellence Model provides a framework that encourages the cooperation, collaboration and innovation that we will need to ensure this goal is achieved."
Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council
Whilst there are numerous management tools and techniques commonly used, the EFQM Excellence Model provides an holistic view of the organisation and it can be used to determine how these different methods fit together and complement each other. The Model can therefore be used in conjunction with any number of these tools, based on the needs and function of the organisation, as an overarching framework for developing sustainable excellence.
Excellent organisations achieve and sustain outstanding levels of performance that meet or exceed the expectations of all their stakeholders. The EFQM Excellence Model allows people to understand the cause and effect relationships between what their organisation does and the Results it achieves.
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MONTREAL – When Linda Cohen met her husband, she was bemused by his poor grasp of Yiddish expressions. Born to a wealthy Jewish family on the Prairies, he was apt to misuse phrases like "langer lucksh" – meaning long noodles or a tall, thin person.
"He would say, 'Oh he's such a langer lucksh!' I can't remember exactly to what he was referring but it had nothing to do with something long, lean and lanky," says Cohen, who teaches English and drama at Bialik High School.
"It was like, what? It was actually funny."
Yiddish has faded to a distant memory in some parts of Canada, but its cadences still permeate the humour and lore of Montreal's vibrant Jewish community.
Once Montreal's third language, Yiddish has left an indelible imprint on the way many Jewish Montrealers talk, says Professor Charles Boberg, a sociolinguist at McGill University who has studied ethnic dialects in Montreal English.
"Ethnic differences are really pronounced in Montreal English," says Boberg, who analyzed the speech patterns of 93 Montrealers of British, Jewish and Italian heritage.
He found marked differences between the three groups. For example, Jewish Montrealers tend to pronounce the "I" sound in "sigh" as "soy".
Most Jewish Montrealers pronounce the hard "g" in words like "hanger" and "singer" – a trait shared with Italian Montrealers. Both groups also pronounce final consonants in words like "skirt" and "joke" more forcefully than Montrealers of British ancestry.
It's not unusual for the speech patterns of ethnic minorities to reflect the influence of their language of origin, Boberg says. What makes English-speaking Montrealers a distinct society is that these differences carry on over many generations.
The cohesiveness of Montreal's 90,000-member Jewish community is one reason why. About 77 per cent of Jewish Montrealers are Ashkenazi Jews with roots in eastern Europe while the remainder are Sephardic Jewish from the Middle East, of whom most speak French.
More than 90 per cent of Montreal Jews marry within the faith and half of the community's children attend Jewish day schools, notes Jack Jedwab, executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies.
"It's almost unparalleled anywhere else in North America," he says.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Quebec's religious-based society allowed the Jewish community to develop a separate network of community organizations, he says. "When you have institutional boundaries, there's less mixing," Jedwab says.
The fact that Jews are a minority within the anglophone minority has also buffered the community from outside influences. "That double minority status reinforced Jewish identity," Jedwab says.
Two-thirds of the 3.6 million Montreal-area residents speak French as their mother tongue, 12.5 per cent English and 22 per cent another language, according to the 2006 Census. The Jewish community is the city's sixth-largest ethnic group after people of French, Italian, British, Arab and Caribbean origin.
The Yiddish-speaking immigrants who started thronging to the city in the 1880s were Montreal's first and largest influx of people who spoke neither French nor English, according to Jews and French Quebecers: Two Hundred Years of Shared History by Jacques Langlais and David Rome (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1991).
They opened businesses, started labour unions and founded community organizations, parochial schools and the Jewish Public Library.
Yiddish theatre and newspapers thrived, including the daily Canadian Adler, which appeared for more than 70 years beginning in 1907.
Artists like Sam Borenstein, Rita Briansky, Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, Harry Mayerovitch and Louis Muhlstock and writers like Mordecai Richler, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton and A.M. Klein changed Canada's cultural landscape.
Jewish specialties like smoked meat and bagels became staples of Montreal fare.
Richler immortalized the Plateau neighbourhood where the community settled from the 1920s onward in novels like The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, which captured the intonation and rhythms of Jewish parlance:
"A Yiddish song they couldn't sing? It would be against the law?"
Half a century later, the speech of many Jewish Montrealers retains a special flavour, says Cohen.
"I think there's more of a lilt when Jewish people speak," she says.
"I think maybe it almost seems we talk as we think. It's sometimes more familiar, more friendly. And the familiarity and friendliness is spiced with so many expressions that we share."
Marsha Lustigman, the school librarian at JPPS-Bialik, noticed that lilt when she moved to Montreal in 1992.
"I notice that many of the children here have a singsong," she says. "They push the syllables."
Lustigman says she first realized there was such a thing as a Montreal accent while dating a Montrealer before moving away from her native Toronto in 1974.
"He used to say 'gaz,' " she says.
"Nobody speaks like that in Toronto, it's 'gas!' "
Brenda Fayerman, IT director at JPPS-Bialik, can hear the Jewish intonation in her own speech. "I use very Jewish expressions," adds Fayerman, who grew up in Côte des Neiges and lives in Côte St. Luc.
In the post-war years, Jewish Montrealers migrated west to Côte des Neiges and later to Côte St. Luc, Hampstead, St. Laurent, Chomedey and, finally, Dollard. The community has remained close-knit. Boberg says a majority of Côte St. Luc and Hampstead residents claim Jewish roots and that proportion rises above 80 per cent in some census tracts.
Just as bagels and smoked meat have become symbols of Montreal, Yiddish words like chutzpah, putz, kibbitz, macher, schmooze, shtick and schmatte have become part of mainstream vocabulary across North America.
"Schlep: I hear that used by francophone teachers," says Cohen. "I hear it on television. It's actually funny to hear, when a broadcaster has a certain persona, and then in a lovely sentence there's this 'schlep.' "
Argyro Saitanis, 52, a Town of Mount Royal resident who was born in Greece, says living side-by-side with Jewish neighbours has led her to pick up expressions like "come on, already!"
"We kind of adopt each other's little words and phrases," she says.
While Jewish identity in Montreal remains strong, the community faces sobering challenges. The Jewish population has been in decline since 1971, when it peaked at 112,000, subsequently losing out to Toronto as Canada's largest Jewish community. It is also aging much faster than the general Montreal population, with 22 per cent of members over age 65, compared to 12 per cent for the general population.
Once solidly anglophone, the Jewish community has made great strides in integrating into mainstream Quebec culture, says Fayerman, who learned French at school but describes English as "my mother tongue and my heart and soul."
"I see from my own children that they're perfectly comfortable in both languages," she says.
"They're more interested in integrating. They're more open to bringing in other cultures. They definitely want to stay in Montreal. They love it here."

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Europe Follows Grokster's Lead
The directive actually goes further than the U.S. ruling, in that it makes indirect copyright infringement a crime, while Grokster was a civil case.
The European Commission proposal would also set the maximum criminal penalty for piracy by a "criminal organization" to four years in prison and a 300,000-euro fine. Additionally, it seeks to address disparities in anti-piracy criminal penalties across Europe by obliging different EU member countries to draft uniform maximum prison sentences into their sentencing guidelines.
According to the international recording industry, the proposed criminal sanctions do not go far enough.
"The (proposals) contain some useful elements, such as increased maximum fines and enhanced cooperation, but overall there is not much added value to existing national legislation," said a representative for the International Federation of Phonographic Industries. "Most EU member states already have maximum prison sentences for intellectual property offenses that are higher than the four years proposed by the commission. The proposals also fail to tackle a key problem for the creative industries -- the failure of courts when applying the law to impose truly deterrent sentences."
However, if adopted, the directive could help facilitate the task of a U.S. firm seeking to prosecute a company or individual for indirectly infringing on its copyright in Europe. As it stands now, it would be difficult for a U.S. plaintiff to sue someone in Europe by using the Grokster ruling.
A programmer who wrote software in a European member state, for example, might be liable under Grokster if the program was created for the sole purpose if inducing and promoting illegal downloads, and most of the acts of infringement take place within a U.S. jurisdiction. But pressing a trans-Atlantic lawsuit would still pose problems for copyright owners, especially when it comes to the physical act of serving someone with process, which must be done in person.
"One of the problems you have with a lot of internet cases is finding the defendant," said attorney Don Conwell, former chair of the Computer and Internet Committee for the American Bar Association and head of the computer law practice group at the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker. "Sometimes they can be mom-and-pop shops. And it will be difficult to find them without the rules of discovery in the U.S."
Meanwhile, U.S. courts will likely soon decide the boundaries of Grokster, while the Europeans ponder their definition of what indirect copyright infringement means -- a particularly daunting task when it comes to technology used for both legal and illegal purposes.
For his part, Gasser supports the European Commission's overall intentions to legislate criminal sanctions against large-scale and commercial-grade copyright violations for profit. What is needed, he said, are more precise definitions of what is legal and illegal, especially when it comes to the software and IT fields. "I think we need to decide what 'commercial scale' means and to find wording that is much more specific," said Gasser.
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The roast was presalted the day before and left to air dry in the fridge today. I brought it to room temperature before roasting in a 500°F oven for about 45 minutes.
Yorkshire Puddings
Source: Barbara Kafka
3 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup cool milk
1/8 cup fat, reserved from roast
Put the eggs in a large bowl and beat with electric beater for one minute.
Add salt. Alternating the flour and the milk, add to the eggs. Beat only until all ingredients are well combined. Cover tightly and refrigerate.
Pour reserved fat into the hot deglazed pan and place in the 450 oven. Let heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Pour cold batter directly into pan. Cook for 15 minutes.
TIP: The secret to the perfect Yorkshire is to make sure that there is sufficient fat in the bottom of each cup. The fat should be at least 1/8 of a inch deep and should be smoking hot before pouring in the batter.
Yorkshire Pudding for large size roast
9 large eggs
1 tablespoon kosher salt
3 cups all purpose flour
3 cups milk
1/4 cup fat
Make same way and pour into larger heated roasting pan. I usually make the smaller recipe and sometimes make the Yorkshires in a muffin tin. I can get 12 large Yorkshires from the small recipe.


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DHPA Jewish Historical Resources
Wayne County
Wayne County Jewish History Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County) is particularly rich in Quaker history and is the home of Earlham College, founded by Quakers in 1847. Even before the establishment of this institution of high learning, the first Jew settled in the county. In 1834 William Brady, a harnesser and saddler, became the first permanent Jewish resident of Richmond; he died in 1872. He was not the only Jew living in the county, but at the moment is the only identified individual. Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, the leader in American Reform Judaism, reported in his German magazine, Die Deborah, on October 14, 1864, that there were Jewish families living in Richmond:
In the State of Indiana there is until now only one (synagogue) in Fort Wayne and a building planned for Evansville; however, communities are found in Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Terre Haute, many Jewish families reside in Vincennes, Logansport, and Richmond.
Over the next several decades, a variety of families from not just German, but also East Europe began arriving. The development of a community, rather than just individuals living in the same town began at a meeting sponsored by the American Jewish Relief Committee in 1919.


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Exhibits open this Friday, at 3 pm, in the San Jose Convention Center. Be sure to arrive and get your badge in time to join the excitement! CLA exhibitors, of course, include a variety of businesses providing library-specific goods and services. But there are also nonprofits that provide essential library and library staff services year round and provide valuable presence in the exhibit hall as well.
How often, for instance, do you get the chance to walk up to representatives from California Center for the Book to see just how your new branch based discussion group can tap into their book club box program? Or get a guided hands-on experience with OCLC's up and coming utilities?
And then, there's the ever popular Infopeople booth ( that's Booth#314) where each year the theme itself can help you revisualize the possibilities contained in the phrase "library staff development." This year, the Eureka fellows have been tapped to put some of their rare and wonderful innovative talents to work in designing the booth theme. Eurekans will be staffing it as well, so be sure to come by and talk to some of the folks at California libraries' cutting edge.
Now that's an exhibit hall treat that won't leave you thirsty or wondering if you could work a better deal elsewhere.
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The main criterion for becoming an partner in Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP) is that the candidate company should work internationally out of Norway through a Norway-based office, resulting in adding value creation in Norway.
Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP) is an effective vehicle for promoting the Norwegian offshore and energy industry's capabilities to key clients in overseas markets and providing market information to its partners. The focus on global opportunities is increasing, not only amongst large Norwegian companies but also amongst small and medium-sized enterprises.
Corruption and other unacceptable business practices may represent a challenge in markets where Norwegian Energy Partners and our partner companies operate. Norwegian Energy Partners disapproves of corruption and works continuously towards its prevention during the course of its business.


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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Illamasqua Skin Base Foundation
The foundation is inspired by the cult Asian market Beauty Balm creams, although I've not yet tried a BB cream, from what I can tell I would class this as a foundation as on me its does not contain a lot of the common attributes of a BB cream such as priming the skin, providing SPF and giving skin care benefits such as brightening and moisturising.
The texture is a medium consistency and feels smooth, it blends quite well and does not settle into pores. It gives medium coverage with a small amount of product. I'd say the finish is neither matte nor luminous, just natural.
Swatches below:Illamasqua on Left, MAC NC15 on right:
They are a few reasons this is not working for me, firstly its not moisturising enough on my dry skin and it really does accentuate dry areas. Secondly its not long lasting, by mid day its really faded and thirdly I do have skin issues every time I use this (I have to mention that my skin is hugely acne prone).
Even though I have a very poor foundation success rate with most brands, I do feel this product just didn't perform.
I bought this from www.illamasqua.com
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So glad I can skip this! Pity though since Illamasqua has such a great shade range. No matter. I can't get it in Canada anyways LOLReplyDelete
This doesn't do much for me either. I was surprised you said this doesn't settle in your pores. This is certainly a problem for me and it makes my skin quite greasy feeling. The plus points are that it makes my skin look good on camera and it has a wide range of lighter shades.ReplyDelete
I do sincerely think this a product that would appeal more to a makeup artist rather than a general makeup wearer.
Jane x
Too bad! I have dry skin too so I'll avoid it. Everyone always seems to love Illamasqua products.ReplyDelete
There seems to be a consensus now that perhaps this product might be having a few issues. I am so glad I decided to wait for the reviews before investing...I absolutely hate it when I get it wrong with a foundation, and not just because of the usually high price.ReplyDelete
It just seems like a totally wasted purchase, as I generally am wary of mixing it with any other product (ie another foundation or moisturiser) and it just ends up in the bin.
Nina x
Thanks for this review! I'd been hearing a lot of press about this one, but it seems most reviewers aren't giving it much love. I'll abstain until they get some kinks worked out and pull together a better formula.ReplyDelete
Wasn't impressed with it either, first couple of applications were okay but after that I noticed it just sat on my skin and looked mask like.ReplyDelete
Hi PerilouslyPale,ReplyDelete
Yes, I think its one you can walk away from, like you say it is a shame as I have always thought their shade range impressive.
Hi Jane,
My pores showing is a problem for me but I do think my Snowberry cream creates a better base so foundations apply better, so that might be why I didn't have that problem with it?
Your right, it is greasy as well, I had read great reviews before I bought it, but the not so good ones seem to surface after I have it, typical ;) x
Hi Vintage Makeup,
I was expecting great thinks from this, I do like a lot of Illamasqua products but this was a no go for me.
Hi Nina,
I wish I had waited for more reviews, but as you know I'm not so good with that!
I know what you mean I've had to get rid of a lot of foundations, although if ones are too dark I always give them to my Mum, she has a load of my cast offs x
Hi Shannon (Lipstick Musings),
I do like the idea of it so it would be good if they improved the formula at some point, although probably won't be for a while ;)
Hi PinkSparkle84,
Yes, it just wasn't what I was expecting, I think I need to do a bit more research in future when getting foundations :)


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6 things every sailor should know how to do
Don't head out to sea without knowing what to do when emergencies—both small and large—arise
2 How to fire a flare
The most important part of firing a flare is to know when to do it. You want to maximize the chances of it being seen, so wait until you see a boat or plane before firing.
When you do see someone who may be able to help, it is recommended that you fire two aerial flares, one right after each other. The idea is that the first flare will catch their attention and the second flare will help them confirm the sighting and direction of the signal, according to Orion Signals.
Parachute flares burn for 25 to 30 seconds and do not need to be fired in pairs.
Once you have caught the attention of a would-be rescuer, do whatever you can to continue signaling. This includes using a flashlight or mirror or waving clothing. Orion recommends that sailors have enough handheld flares onboard for 12 minutes of burn time. Use these flares to help rescuers pinpoint your position as they home in on your boat.
A few other tips will help maximize the effectiveness of flares:
1. Stay with the boat if at all possible. A boat is much easier to find than a person in the water or a life raft.
2. Read the instructions on flare operation before you need them. You may waste critical time figuring out how to use a flare and miss a prime opportunity to use it.
3. Remember that search and rescue missions often use grid patterns, which means the same aircraft may fly over multiple times. If you miss your first opportunity to signal to them, wait to see if they pass again rather than firing a flare after they've passed and are unlikely to see it.
4. Carry more flares than you think you will need.


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Step by step
All users have the ability to revert to a previous version of a page.
One edit reversion
If you would like to undo just one edit you simply need to:
- Go to the history of the page
- Next to the edit summary is a link that says Undo, click on this and you will be brought to the edit window, which shows the difference in edits on top.
- Leave an edit summary and then hit save, and the edit will be un-done.
Multi edit reversion
This allows you to return to a specific version of the page, undoing multiple edits.
- Go to the history of the page
- Click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to.
- Then when that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Aug 15, 2002)" below the title.
- Verify that you've selected the correct version, and click to edit the page, as you would normally.
- You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision.
- Important: in the case of vandalism, take the time to make sure that you are reverting to the last version without the vandalism; there may be multiple vandal edits.
- Once you are sure the revision you are looking at is good, save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" to the edit summary. On some wikis it is common practice to mention the date/time of the version of the page that you're reverting back to in the description as well.
- You should always explain why you are reverting an article. This helps the reverted person to fix whatever problem it is that you've identified and explains to other people whether they need to even view the reverted version. If your reasons for reverting are too complex to explain in the edit summary, explain it on the talk page, and add "See talk page" in the edit summary.
- Revert wars - where two or more editors revert each other's edits over and over - are a bad idea. High-frequency reversion wars make the page history less useful, make it hard for other people to contribute, and flood recent changes, followed pages and Wiki Activity. Unless it's simple vandalism, when someone undoes a reversion you've made, you should stop and talk to them using the article talk page or their user talk page before reverting again. Assume good faith, communicate the problem you see in their edit, and you will almost always be able to find a compromise that allows editing on the article to move forward without further disruption.
What is rollback, and how do I use it?
Administrators, Content Moderators and users with rollback rights have an extra "rollback" link on history, diff and user contribution pages that lets them revert vandalism faster, without the extra steps of going to the page history and opening an earlier revision. The feature is especially useful in the case of a known vandal, whose edits don't need to be checked before being reverted.
- Clicking on the link reverts to the last edit not authored by the user concerned. An edit summary will be added automatically stating that a reversion was made, and the edit will be marked as minor.
- Only use this for reverting vandalism. It should not be used to revert an edit that you merely disagree with.
- If between loading the user contributions page and pressing rollback, someone else has edited or rolled back the page already, the message "Rollback failed" will display with an explanation of the problem.
- If the page has been created by a malicious user and nobody else has edited the page, clicking the rollback link gives the message "Cannot revert edit; last contributor is only author of this article". In this case delete the page, or replace the content with something appropriate to the page name if possible.
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A "flood" occurs when a vandal makes edits to many pages very quickly in an attempt to make the recent changes page unusable, by filling it with their own nonsense edits (and the reversions which fix the damage). In these cases, admins can choose to hide vandalism from recent changes. To do this, add ?bot=1 (or &bot=1 if the URL already has a question mark in it) to the end of the URL used to access a user's contributions. For example, https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/SomePersistentVandal?bot=1. When the rollback links on the contributions list are clicked, the revert, and the original edit that you are reverting will both be hidden from the default recent changes display.
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Lots of crochet patterns start out with a foundation chain followed by the instructions to make a single crochet into each chain. The problems are manifold: we lose count of our chain stitches, we recount, we rip out, we start over; we end up with an ungainly edge of chains that were too loosely constructed, or we discover a taut, unforgiving edge from chains that were too tightly constructed! It's very hard to get right!
Enter the Foundation Single Crochet, an ingenious way to simultaneously create the foundation row and the first row of single crochets in one easy foundation row. Isn't that amazing? Yes, it is!
Here's how to do it…
Make a slip knot and chain 2.
Insert the hook from right to left under the top strands of the first chain. The pink here indicates the "top strands"…
And this is what inserting the hook under them looks like…
Yarn over and pull a stitch through. There are now two loops on the hook.
*Yarn over and loosely pull a stitch through the just the first loop. There are now two loops on the hook.
It may be a good idea to mark the chain you just made with a removable stitch marker or piece of scrap yarn since you'll be coming back to it.
Yarn over and pull through both loops. There is now one loop on the hook.
Mark the stitch you just made with a removable stitch marker or piece of scrap yarn. It is your first single crochet!
Now locate the first stitch you marked. Remove the stitch marker and put the hook into the middle of that stitch, splitting the top strands and making sure the back strand of the stitch is on the left side of the hook. There should be two strands on the left of the hook and one strand on the right. Here's where the hook will go…
And here is the hook in that place… Notice that there are two strands and one loop on the hook.
Yarn over and pull through the two strands. There are now two loops on the hook.
Repeat from * (eliminating the step where you mark the first single crochet) until you have as many single crochets as you need! Here's a start:
The Foundation Single Crochet might be a little tricky the first time, but once you get the hang of it, it'll be your new best friend!


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Recently I've been lucky enough to get my hands on an old Cona Rex. It looks like a lovely piece of kit and I can't wait to try it out. However, first it needs a bit of a clean and the tiniest bit of restoration. The last thing I want to do is damage this beautiful item, so I would appreciate some advice if there's anyone out there who has experience of these things.
I've given it a general wash to start off.
The rubber seal that attaches to the bottom of the funnel has come off and it needs to be glued on again. I'm not sure what type of glue should be used.
Under the pot sits a little metal bit that holds the wick and has a hinged lid for snuffing out the flame. This also has a rubber seal under it which has come off and, I presume ought to be glued on again?
In the bottom of the stand is a space which should, I presume, be filled with fuel. This area is full of old powder/ash and looks like it should be cleaned but I'm not sure. Should I try to rinse it out with water? Is there a better way to clean it? Or should I just leave it as it is? It looks to be usable as it is, but I'm not sure if its good to let stuff build up in there.
There was a wick in the holder when I got it, but it was very old and turning to powder. I'll need to get some more. I saw a pack of 5 or 6 for sale on eBay priced at around a tenner. Does that sound about right? Roughly how long should a wick last? Is there another place I should be looking for them?
Thanks very much in advance for any help with these questions. I really hope I can save this wonderful old device and put it into use again after so many years of neglect.


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Christine O'Donnell: Tax Law Didn't Protect Me.
A federal law intended to protect the privacy of personal tax information has become a "shield" to protect tax agency employees, says tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell, whose tax data was accessed immediately after she announced her Republican Senate candidacy in Delaware nearly three years ago.
"What was written as a well-meaning law to protect taxpayers has inexplicably transformed into a shield for the perpetrators," O'Donnell wrote in the New York Post Saturday under the headline "Christine O'Donnell: I was a victim of the IRS."
"Unless the law is changed, there will be no public accountability for those who committed this crime, no one will be brought to justice — and there will be no deterrent preventing such crimes from being committed again."
O'Donnell defeated former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, in a 2010 primary for Vice President Joe Biden's old seat, but lost the general election to Democrat Chris Coons.
The day she announced her candidacy the Internal Revenue Service placed an $11,744 tax lien on a Wilmington home O'Donnell had sold in 2008.
"On March 9, 2010, around 10 a.m., I announced my plans to run for the Senate representing Delaware," O'Donnell said in her Post column. "Later that same day, my office received a call from a reporter asking about my taxes.
"It's since come out, after a halting and unenthusiastic investigation, that a Delaware Department of Revenue employee named David Smith accessed my records that day at approximately 2 p.m. — out of curiosity, he says.
"That these records ended up in the hands of the press is just a coincidence, the IRS claims," O'Donnell said.
"The tax records given to the reporters weren't even accurate," she continued. "I had never fallen behind on my taxes, and a supposed tax lien was on a house I no longer owned.
"The lien was highly publicized and used as political ammunition by my political opponents. The IRS later withdrew the lien and blamed it on a computer glitch but, at that point, the damage — and the invasion of my privacy — was done," O'Donnell said.
She noted how the IRS has admitted to targeting tea party, conservative, and religious groups in their applications for tax-exempt status and acknowledged how "opponents of President Obama have been subjected to audits soon after criticizing the administration."
In fact, former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz and other conservatives have charged to Newsmax TV that last month's indictment of Obama critic and best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza on campaign-finance charges "smacks of selective prosecution."
"What we all have in common," O'Donnell said. "No answers."
A Treasury Department official told O'Donnell in January 2013 that "my tax records were compromised and misused," she said, but since then, "no one has been called to testify, no more answers given.
"How did Smith's curiosity become an erroneous tax lien? How did the material end up in the hands of a journalist?" O'Donnell asked. "Neither Smith, nor anyone else in the Delaware Department of Revenue, nor anyone at the IRS, has never been placed under oath to explain this."
The House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee are investigating the IRS targeting — and Iowa GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley has discussed O'Donnell's case.
Just this week, Grassley and three other Judiciary Committee members called on FBI Director James Comey to answer specific questions regarding the "routine review" of campaign filings, IRS records and other data that led to the D'Souza indictment.
But "in a brutal irony, even if Congress does track down answers, they may not be able to share what they discover with me," O'Donnell said.
That's because of the law requiring the privacy of personal tax information.
"Too bad it didn't protect mine," O'Donnell said.
"It has already been 10 months since Sen. Grassley and I were told by Treasury Department officials that we would be given information about my case," she added. "What is taking so long?
"The only way people will be confident the government is truly on their side is if these cases are resolved with the perpetrators held accountable and brought to justice," O'Donnell said. "Until then, any taxpayer is a potential target."
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Merle Park began her ballet training with Betty Lamb in Rhodesia and in 1951 went to England, where she studied at the Elmhurst School for three years. In 1954, after only six months of study at the Royal Ballet School, she joined the company and made her debut as a mouse in Carabosse's train in The Sleeping Beauty.
Although still in the corps, from 1955 she danced numerous solo roles including a carefree milkmaid in Façade and a sparkling Bluebird pas de deux. Her small, light frame and fleet, sunny style made her a natural soubrette, as was seen in her first Swanilda in 1958. She was promoted to Principal in 1959, becoming ever more confident in La Fille Mal Gardee, The Sleeping Beauty, and the sweet romance of the Two Pigeons. Ever more accomplished, she textured her vivacity with emotional details to portray Cinderella and Titania in The Dream and in dancing her first Swan Lake in 1973.
In Symphonic Variations and as Nikia in La Bayadere, her musicality and classical precision glistened, while her Kate in John Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew twinkled with roguish humour. Inspired to highly dramatic performances by modern dramas such as Romeo and Juliet and Manon and by dynamic partners such as Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Dowell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and David Wall, she also created the unearthly Celestial in Antony Tudor's Shadowplay and the child-woman Clara in Nureyev's The Nutcracker. Capping her multi-faceted career with a theatrical triumph, Park created the Countess Marie Larish in Kenneth Macmillan's Mayerling (1978) and the title role in his Isadora (1981).
She was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974, opened her own school in 1977, and in 1983, while still the Senior Ballerina of the Royal Ballet, became a Director of the Royal Ballet School. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Award in 1982 and was honoured with the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1986
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Grammy-award winning Pacific Boychoir of Oakland, California, presents Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 on Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 pm at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Anybody who has ever known Denyse Jolie Walls, knows she wanted to act since she was a very young child. When she was a student at Pomona College she had the privilege of working with directors Shakina Nayfack and Arielle Brown in the play For Colored Girls
Greystone Mansion is one of only a few nationally registered historic landmarks in Southern California and on May 5 the entire Mansion will be open to attendees of the 2013 Greystone Mansion Concours d'Elegance, including seldom-seen wings such as the speakeasy and billiards
Westside Connections 3 Music and Story, started with author Mona Simpson telling us a little about the pieces we would hear
On the heels of her breakout appearance on South by Southwest® (SXSW®), 16-year-old California singer-songwriter Maddie Miller hit the stage last weekend at a star-studded fundraiser for Women's Campaign International
Brenda Dickson, Daytime Television's ultimate villain as "Jill Abbot" from the glory days of The Young & The Restless, finally reveals the hidden story on what really happened to her. Her book takes you through her life in Hollywood from age 17 until the present
From the big stage to the big screen, Hollywood's newest "it guy", Andrew Lander has time and time again proven that he was born to act
Anna Easteden is a Finnish –born farmer's daughter, an international model and a Los Angeles –based award nominated actress. Anna started her career as a teenager after receiving a large modeling contract with a Japanese modeling agency
You may be wondering how this "emerging international star" got her start. Well, in the most unlikely of all places, a farm. Anna Easteden was born and raised on her parents' dairy farm in Finland. Her life was drastically changed at the tender age of twelve when she entered and won a national modeling contest
Samira's Show is a variety TV Talk Show that airs in the USA and internationally to over 100 million viewers, every Thursday morning Live at 11:00 am Pacific Standard Time
In celebration of Earth Day, April 22nd, here is a quick "green" recipe that will help you eat cleaner and greener right from your own kitchen
The youngest Fellini Star Bella Antonella Ponziani and the man that inspires Tarantino, Enzo Castellari, appearing at the Bibbiena Film Festival
The Seeing Eye 5th Annual Online Auction will open at 9 a.m. on April 22 and close at 9 p.m. on May 1. All items in the auction catalog are donated by generous individuals and organizations, and all proceeds from the final sale price of each item go directly to support The Seeing Eye's mission of enhancing the independence and dignity of people who are blind and visually impaired through the use of Seeing Eye® dogs
Start this spring to renovate or improve your weather-worn lawn. Remember that water is critical to get newly seeded and sodded lawns to survive. So be prepared to help nature along with the recovery effort
Join the millions of seasoned gardeners who already know the satisfaction of picking a perfect tomato at its peak, serving up salads from greens just grown right outside the back door, or harvesting home-grown peppers and specialty herbs never even seen at the grocery store
The 11th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) concluded on Sunday evening (April 14) with a red carpet and gala fete that included the Los Angeles premiere of Deepa Mehta
Coming to Los Angeles, on Friday, May 31st 2013 from 5 pm – 10 pm Shecky's Girls Night Out!! It will be a consumer experience event inviting women to empower themselves, socialize and celebrate all things pleasurable
The perfect L.A. weather; sunny, warm and a light cool breeze. There was a mixture of live music, and a D.J. giving it a fun atmosphere
Connected Celebrity Gift Room for the Children's Choice Awards 2013 started off with a fun filled, and tasty gift lounge. It was decked out in fashion, food, candy, and a great DJ
For filmmaker Walter Dominguez, preserving the memory of his beloved grandfather, Emilio Hernandez (known as "Tata") was the initial impulse behind the remarkable documentary "Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery"
A Restaurant Guide listing some of the finest Restaurants in the World
More and more people are becoming aware of the relationship between their health and well being and what they eat. A part of this awareness is avoiding gluten which is why we have put this Gluten Free Guide together
Fight for Kody Benefit Concert Will Be A Star Studded Event for A Good Cause
Great gifts for the Children in your life
Men's Fashion Gift Guide is full of great ideas for Men's Fashion Gifts over $50
Women's Fashion Gifts from $50 to $80 keep you and those you loved in style
New Hot Handbag Collections for you to get excited about
Our Gift Guide team has some great gift ideas for Lingerie & Sleepwear for yourself and the ones you love
Swim-wear and Accessories Gift Guide for everyone on your summer gift list in 2013
The Beauty Gift Guide is everything you and your loved ones need to complete your beautiful looks between $30 and $70
Everything you need to work off that winter weight is in our 2013 Fitness Gift Guide over $35
Our Gift Guide team has some great gift ideas for all of your Health needs for over $50 in 2013
A Home Gift Guide to expose you to great Home Ideas for yourself or a loved ones between $40 and $150
A Garden Guide to expose you to great Gardening Gift Ideas for the year 2013 for those you love or for yourself
Earth friendly gifts, for those that love to live Green above $25
Our Gift Guide team has some great gift ideas for your furry 'Best Friends'
Beverage Gift Guide for 2013 - Beverage Gift ideas for the ones you love as well as for yourself
A Food Gift Guide over $15 featuring great food gift ideas - Perfect for those you love or for yourself
Great Cookie Gift Ideas for the Cookie Lovers
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Phoenix Stanna is a California girl; born in Newport Beach, CA, she spent a lot of time at the beach. She landed the title of Surf Shop Hottie in the BODYBOARDING magazine. Shortly thereafter she was voted as, "All-American girl" on SURFILLISTRATED.com
Style FashionWeek hosted my first fashion show! Going in I didn't know what to expect. I had been to a fashion trade show with my mom a couple of years ago, and we saw a floor fashion show, but this was definitely different
I was looking around to find the best deal, and best quality for a car rental. I came across Rent-a-Wreck car rental
Holli Starr grew up as a performer. Always being on stage: Holli developed a skill of creating the emotions of her characters through hair, makeup and wardrobe. The constant atmosphere of hairspray and glitter expanded her interest in the world of beauty
Mark's latest invention is called CONSUMERON and it connects customers with a network of hyperconnected "grabbers" who are delivery personnel at your service in any given city
Originally from Northeast Georgia, Caroline became active in sports, theatre, leadership groups, and more. She worked hard to get through school and enter the world a few steps ahead. After graduating early, at age 17 Caroline moved to New York City
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Bernadette Green is a hard working 21 year old. She was born and raised in Southern California and currently resides in the OC. She has been a dancer since the age of 3 and has been continuing to pursue her dance career
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Mariah Bonner was born in Baltimore, Maryland and brought up in Paris, France. Spotted on the Champs Elysees by a model scout from the prodigious Madison Models. She began modeling and posed for magazines such as Elle, Vogue and The Black Book
Ally Carter, young adult author, came to sign her new novel "Perfect Scoundrels." She started out the evening by answering fan questions. Her answers were a good combination of witty and serious


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Water Impact Fees
Assisting New Development Projects
In July 1995, the Brea City Council adopted Ordinance 967, establishing Water Impact Fees for certain new development projects in Brea and annexed portions of its sphere-of-influence. In March 2003, the Brea City Council adopted an updated Water Master Plan. Water Impact Fees were modified according to the updated plan. These fees are necessary to ensure that adequate water infrastructure and facilities are provided to new development projects.
Payment Requirements
All new development projects are subject to the Water Impact Fees, except:
- Alterations to an existing building
- Reconstruction (within two years), when a building has been destroyed by fire, wind, earthquakes, vandalism, or other natural or man-made disasters
- Additions to a single-family or multiple-family residence and construction of public schools
The required Water Impact Fees must be paid prior to the issuance of any building permits.
The amount of fee per dwelling unit varies depending upon a project's geographical location and elevation. In some instances, the exact amount of fee will only be able to be determined when the actual elevation or pressure service zone is precisely defined by the proposed development improvement plans.
Please contact the Engineering Division for assistance in determining an estimate of Water Impact Fee. The Water Impact Fee shall be automatically adjusted annually and without further action of the City Council to account for inflation. The adjustment is based upon the Engineering News Record (ENR) 20-City Construction Cost Index (CCI). The adjustment shall be applied and the fees shall be effective annually on July 1. Please call 714-990-7667 for more information.
Calcucating Fees
- Determine the fee district and zone in which your project is located
- Multiply the number and size of water meters your project requires by the fee amount in your district and zone as noted in the Water Impact Fee Schedule
- This is your total Water Impact Fee payable prior to issuance of building permits. Water Impact Fees in District 2 and 3 cannot be accurately determined and/or finalized until the grading / utility plan has been developed
View a map for impact fee districts.
Additional Information
In some cases, a developer may be required to make certain water improvements in addition to or in-lieu of paying Water Impact Fees. In this case, however, the total cost of water improvements and/or fees will not exceed the development's fair share of providing the water infrastructure or facilities.
Please consult with one of the city's planners or engineers to discuss whether your project will require water improvements, in addition to, or in-lieu of Water Impact Fees.


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Superman takes to the skies once more as acclaimed actor Henry Cavill (The Tudors, Immortals) dons the suit, cape and S-shield of the MAN OF STEEL.
With an all-star cast that includes Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as John and Martha Kent, Clark's earthbound parents; Oscar® winner Russell Crowe as Superman's Kryptonian father Jor-El; The Fighter's Amy Adams as intrepid Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane; The Matrix's Laurence Fishburne as editor Perry White; and Boardwalk Empire's Michael Shannon as Superman's otherworldly archenemy General Zod, populations from Smallville to Metropolis are psyched for Superman. With the directorial stylings of 300's Zack Snyder and the superheroic production team behind Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, the sky's the limit for the last son of Krypton
This movie is still a loooong ways off, so sit tight and do your best to cover your eyes as the world plots to tell you every detail before the movie is released. GOOD LUCK, SOLDIER!!


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Item #4545
Grow these practically care-free, drought tolerant flowers wherever the sun shines brightly but the water is scarce. Give young seedlings a little TLC to get them started, then watch them thrive!
(A) Bluebells California Bluebells (1 Gram)
(P) Chocolate Flower (150 mg)
(P) Coreopsis Double Sunburst (800 Mg)
(P) Gaillardia Goblin (300 Mg)
(P) Grass Little Bluestem (500 Mg)
(P) Lavender Hidcote Dwarf (35 seeds)
(P) Penstemon Rocky Mountain Blue (350 Mg)
(A) Portulaca Double Blend (250 Mg)
A=Annual P=Perennial
*Please note that substitutions may apply.
"I live on a hot street in Brooklyn with no shade. We have big flower pots behind the front gate where the garbage is stored. These seeds are great. Once they are established in Spring, you don't have to worry about then getting fried if you go out of town for the weekend." - A. Lippard
Item #4545
64.25 grams
You may have nestled your dormant vegetable beds down for a good winter's sleep with a nice blanket of mulch. But, don't forget your perennial flowers…More…


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TAP Portugal operates around 2,000 weekly flights and has a route network covering 80 destinations in 36 countries worldwide. Award titles TAP has won include World's Leading Airline to Africa, World's Leading Airline to South America (World Travel Awards), Best Airline (Condé Nast Traveller) and Best European Airline (Global Traveller).
Emirates Skywards members can earn Miles with the national airline of Portugal, which offers convenient schedules and easy connectivity. Skywards Miles can also be used to pay for travel across Europe, the Americas and Africa.


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Tech Specs
Vita tech specs laid out
Want to know what's on the inside and outside of Sony's snazzy new handheld? Gaze upon numbers and measurements within.
Tech Specs headlines
Alleged PS Vita RAM cut could be "good for developers"
Dani Sánchez-Crespo, CEO of PSP games studio Novarama doesn't seem to concerned with the rumoured halving of RAM in the Wi-Fi model of PS Vita, because if true, it wouldn't have any affect on his company's projects.
Wii U details emerge - 25GB media, single controller support, no classic controls, more
Nintendo finally revealed its new console during the E3 press conference last night, however details are still pouring in about Wii U, which features an innovative new controller among other things.
Sony outs tech specs for NGP
Sony's just released the tech specs for NGP, the next-gen successor to PSP that was announced this morning. Get them below.