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I was going to pay for my monthly subscription, it was aboy 24 dolllars a month, but my ccredit card did not accepted the charge so I was going to use another card and the price raised to 29 with no explanation. Can anybody tell me why is that? What can I do to have the price initially offered?
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I responded to your support ticket regarding this. Please log into http://help.sparkol.com/support/tickets for further information.
Quería saber si los estudiantes también se tienen que suscribir para hacer uso del videoscribe ya que solo lo voy a utilizar una vez para realizar un trabajo del Instituto.
The first time you install videoscribe, you get a 7 day free trial with some limitations, but only one trial period can be used on any computer, so you will have to use a computer that has not had videoscribe installed before. Otherwise you will be told to pay for a subscription.
-Mike (videoscribe user)
Не работает подписка. оплатил на месяц. что происходит вообще?
You should probably raise a ticket and describe the problem for customer support. For example: Are you unable to pay? Are you unable to login? Do you see any error messages? Are there any other specific symptoms?


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Deb's Energy Bites
Planning on heading out to use up some energy this weekend? Going out for a hike or a bike? Got long day of gardening ahead of you?
Heading into Advantage for an action packed workout maybe? 🙂
Whatever you are planning on doing, plan on making a batch of these to take with you.
Last week Deb brought these in for Kelley's going away party and they were a huge hit. (so much so that Kelley smuggled Debs Tupperware home so she could finish them)
Now, these are ENERGY bites, so they are calorie dense. But the peanut butter is very slow to digest, and there is no sugar so it's not going to give you a sugar rush.
Roll up a batch of these for your next hike or for a snack between ice sessions. You will thank Deb for it!
- 1 Cup Rolled Oats
- 2/3 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup cacao nibs
- 1/2 cup ground flax seed
- 1/4 cup honey (unfiltered if you can)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Put everything in a bowl
2. Mix it with your hands
3. Shape into whatever sized balls you want, store them covered in the fridge for up to a week.

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Rutgers coach Kyle Flood speaks to the media following the Scarlet Knights first football practice of spring camp:
Daily Archives: March 27, 2012
Huggins ready to build on rough freshman campaign
PISCATAWAY — Technically, Savon Huggins is still a freshman and will remain so until this spring semester ends.
But the running back is anything but a rookie when it comes to figuring his role is on the Rutgers football team.
"At first, as freshman with my expectations it's like I had to prove myself,'' said Huggins, who arrived at Rutgers last summer with the distinction of being New Jersey's top-rated recruit and a top-5 ranked national running back prospect. "Now that you're established, everybody knows what you can do. You just have to go out there and do it. You don't have to worry about what people think. If you mess up, flush it and go on to the next play. Don't worry about what people think about you or that you have to impress people.
"Everybody freshmen goes through that phase at first. But I'm past that. So now I just have to worry about playing.''
Huggins did just that Tuesday morning during the first practice of spring camp, refusing to worry about where he stands on a running back depth chart that includes 2011 leading rusher Jawan Jamison and fellow freshmen Paul James and Ben Martin. Huggins appeared to run with a confidence level rarely seen as he battled fumble issues and chalked up just 2.6 yards per carry last fall.
And more important to a Rutgers football team desperately seeking more production in the run game, Huggins declared himself physically fit after missing the final four games with a knee injury and ready to compete for the featured-ballcarrier duty.
Rutgers' 2012 football schedule released
PISCATAWAY — A trip to New Orleans to kick off the season and six home games, including an ESPN primetime affair against a top league rival in the regular-season finale, highlight the Rutgers football team's 2012 slate.
The 12-game schedule, which begins Sept. 1 at Tulane, was finalized Tuesday after the Big East released its full conference slate.
2012 Rutgers Football Schedule
Sept. 1 – at Tulane
Sept. 8 – Howard
Sept. 15 (subject to change) – at USF *
Sept. 22 – at Arkansas
Oct. 6 – Connecticut *
Oct. 13 – Syracuse *
Oct. 20 – at Temple *
Oct. 27 – Kent State
Nov. 10 – Army
Nov. 17 – at Cincinnati*
Nov. 24 – at Pittsburgh*
Nov. 29 – Louisville* (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.)
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I could see the courses once I cleared my cache. However now I have request a new google form to get access to the server. This is not a user friendly experience and cannot accomplish much in a short 1-2 hr sessions.0
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Since I'm doing that, I thought I'd ask: Are you backing up your data?
Backups are the only way to protect yourself from a virus or hard drive failure or just accidentally erasing something. :/
I posted about this previously with geek-tastic detail. I've updated it slightly since then, so here's the short version.
- Mac OS X's Time Machine for automatic back ups of my main system. I can immediately recover everything that was on my MacBook Pro if the laptop dies or the hard drive fails. It also keeps files that I've deleted up to a certain point. So it saves me if I've accidentally deleted something.
- Drobo for protected, long term storage. That's where I store my photos. Since it's redundant, one of the 4 hard drives can fail and I'm still ok.
- Off Site hard drive that mirrors the Drobo. This is in case I somehow accidentally delete something on the Drobo or something catastrophic happens, such as my house burning down. I'll still have a copy of my important data somewhere other then my home. I bring this off site drive back once a month to sync everything up.


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The last U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program was from late 2010, several Iran experts said Friday.
The question over whether there is a new NIE on Iran arose this week after Israel's Defense Minister told Israel Radio Thursday that a new U.S. intelligence assessment shares Israel's sense of heightened urgency about Iran's nuclear program. A U.S. intelligence report "making the rounds" in Washington "comes comes very close to our own estimate…It transforms the Iranian situation to an even more urgent one and it is even less likely that we will know every development in time on the Iranian nuclear program," Ehud Barak told Israel Radio Thursday, CBS News reported. His comments echoed a report in Israeli daily Haaretz the same day that said the more alarming American assessment was contained in a new U.S. NIE on Iran.
But current and former American officials said that the Israeli claims are unduly alarmist.
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Application date: 28th Sep 2018
An Operations Manager is required to join a leading specialist supplier of high performance surface treatments.
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• To develop, direct and control the sales and operation activities of the Leeds site.
• Control and monitor day to day production activities of the site to ensure customer orders are processed to agreed delivery dates and appropriate quality standards
• Establish KPI's for all key functions of the business and provide regular, relevant reporting against these to the Monthly Executive Committee.
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Most of you will know that I am new to the blogging world and thus far I have been very lucky to receive nothing but pleasant and encouraging comments, in fact I am so naive that I hadn't even heard of trolling. Of course I knew there were some lonely nasty people in the world who like nothing more than to belittle or denigrate other people's feelings, but I didn't expect to find them taking the time to comment on other peoples blog posts. One thing I have learnt in the last few weeks is that it takes enormous courage to write about yourself and your family, or to share opinions and circumstances that might not be to everyone's' taste. I never feel concerned sharing a funny post, but those where I lay my heart open leave me at risk of being hurt by these awful people.
I was first alerted to 'trolls' by a fellow Mummy who congratulated me on my review of the Tommee Tippee Perfect Prep, she asked if I had received any negative comments. I was surprised until I read her perfectly innocuous review and the follow-up comments. One lady was belligerent, she just kept coming back, throwing comment after comment at this poor blogger. Telling her she was endangering her child and that she was basically a terrible mother! WTF I thought, how can this awful woman be so vehement over something that in all honesty has nothing to do with her? Would she be this rude to this Mum's face if she met her? I doubt it very much, but the internet and social media has provided a platform for this type of abuse. Whilst I love social media and blogging, I can't stand the fact that people can hide behind their computer and spit bile at people with no recourse for their actions. When did it become acceptable to speak to people with such disrespect and anger?
I then found myself climbing on my moral pedestal a few days later when a lovely blogger linked up to #PuddingLove with a post describing how someone she had considered a friend begun to abuse her over the internet. This lovely mum had merely commented her opinion of immunisations and that sparked a huge backlash from the non-vaccinator corner, calling her an awful mum, saying she had caused her sons autism and generally horrible remarks. One even stated she should 'get off the planet'. I could feel myself start to rage for this Mum, how dare anyone say such terrible things. As mothers we carry round enough guilt as it is without being cyber-judged by other people. Are people so passionate about the things that they believe in that they have forgotten how to treat other people? What happened to a moderate society and free speech? Everyone is living in fear of terrorists and fundamentalists, yet I can see everyday people so wrapped up in their own beliefs that they can't see another's point of view or they just plain forget how to be kind to each other. The point of free speech is that everyone has the right to talk and be heard without being squashed and silenced by others.
My last case in point was when a fellow blogger explained that she was upset that one of her followers was complaining about how many times she shared her blog links on twitter. OK not a big deal, quick apology and an explanation should suffice yes? No, this other twitter user had to make a big deal out of it and make this blogger feel like they were grabby and attention seeking when in all honesty they were just doing what we all do and that is advertising their latest post, because in most twitter feeds a tweet only has a short life span because everyone has loads of followers. Don't we all get annoyed about things? But is it society these days that we just have to say we are annoyed? Can't we just turn a blind eye? Learn to accept the things that cannot be changed or in all honesty don't matter? Why have we become a society where we feel its acceptable to be rude and unappreciative of another persons hard work. I can't imagine my parents or grandparents behaving like this, and not just because they didn't have the technology but because they knew that it is fundamentally wrong to be mean to someone just for the sake of being mean.
We have to teach our children about living in a world that is over run with social media and communication apps. A world where everything can be shared in seconds and that once it is out there it is there forever. Just because you can't see that persons face or you don't know them in the flesh doesn't give you the right to be unkind or unfair. If you don't like what someones written, you don't have to be compelled to comment or join in the debate in a malicious way. I am not saying don't have an opinion, but going back to that early teaching from your own mother 'if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all'. Criticism can be helpful, lively debate is fun, but meanness for the sake of it is unnecessary and just makes you a coward. If you wouldn't say it to someones face then don't write it down, just because it's in text form it doesn't make it ok.
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Issues and Trends for Food and Agriculture 2016
U.S.-Cuba relations, TPP approval and GMO labelling are set to take center stage this year
In an election year, especially a presidential election year, congressional and executive branch activity slows down and often comes nearly to a complete stop. This year will be no different, although there are several important food, agriculture, trade and environmental issues that will likely receive significant attention before activity wanes after Memorial Day. These issues include normalizing relations with Cuba, approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, labeling of bioengineered (otherwise referred to as GMO) food products, precision agriculture, use of drones and implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Low prices and incomes for U.S. agriculture
Commodity prices and incomes for growers and for most agribusinesses along the agriculture/food marketing chain have come down from the highs of several years ago. Commodity markets can of course change very quickly, and unexpectedly, but most observers believe the low prices and low incomes of 2015 will continue in 2016 with no significant recovery, possibly for several years.
Contributing to this is the rapid growth in world production — three years of generally good crops around the world — resulting in growing supplies which have finally caught up and overtaken growth in world demand. Growth in the world economy, particularly in China, is slowing. At the same time the growing strength in the value of the U.S. dollar compared to the value of the currencies of many other countries of the world has made U.S. agricultural products less competitive in world markets.
Key issues with Cuba: Normalization of relations
A little more than a year ago on Dec. 17, 2014, President Obama surprised nearly everyone by announcing the beginning of normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States.
Although there are no immediate prospects that Congress will lift the trade embargo, much has been done by the President, using his executive authority, building upon the trade embargo exception for food, agriculture and medical products approved by Congress in 2001. More than 50 years after Fidel Castro came to power in the Cuban Revolution, embassies have reopened in our respective countries. Travel by Americans to Cuba has been expanded with no specific license required so long as the travel activity fits within 12 broad categories. Direct mail service is being restored, and an aviation agreement allowing daily scheduled flights between the two countries is nearly finalized. The Obama Administration in the months remaining before leaving office will likely keep pushing forward with additional talks including discussions about settling property claims which could help build additional political support for overturning the trade embargo.
Direct banking with Cuba is also now possible. Stonegate Bank in Florida has developed a correspondent banking relationship with a Cuban bank, Banco Internacional de Commercio SA. This means that a U.S. exporter of agricultural products may receive a letter of credit for payment of U.S. goods from the Cuban bank, negotiate the letter of credit through Stonegate Bank in Florida, and receive U.S. dollar payments from the Cuban bank.
For authorized goods, including food and agriculture products, U.S. businesses can now "do business" in Cuba. This will most likely mean that the Cuban government would allow joint ventures with Cuban government-owned businesses. The businesses could hire employees, lease offices, open warehouse and distribution networks, open Cuban bank accounts and other normal business activities. In fact, Sprint and Verizon are now providing mobile phone roaming capabilities in Cuba.
With these recent announcements from the Obama Administration, there is reason for a little more optimism with respect to sales of U.S. commodities to Cuba, and for more optimism for gaining support during the coming months for the eventual lifting of the trade embargo.
Transpacific Partnership Agreement
In early October 2015, the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations — Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam — reached final agreement on the landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The TPP is the largest regional trade agreement ever negotiated, comprising nearly 40% of the world's economy, and accounting for more than 42% of U.S. agricultural exports in 2014. It is projected to increase world incomes over time by billions of dollars, which in turn, will increase the demand for U.S. agricultural products across the board. Importantly, the agreement also includes provisions that will improve sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) measures to help establish and preserve stability in the global trade of commodities and food products.
Japan, one of the largest U.S. agricultural export markets, has agreed to lower or phase out tariffs on most U.S. products. Some highlights include a phaseout of tariffs on most beef products over 16 years. Specifically, on fresh, chilled or frozen beef, tariffs will be phased down from 38.5% to 9% over 16 years. For pork, most tariffs will be phased out over 11 to 16 years, in addition to a reduction in the mandatory gate price specific duty from 482 yen/kg to 50 yen/kg over 11 years. Japan will establish a new duty-free quota for 50,000 tons of U.S. rice, which will grow to 70,000 tons in 13 years. Tariffs on soybean meal of 4.2% will be eliminated immediately. Tariffs on soybean oil as high as 13.2 yen/kg will be eliminated within six years.
Other TPP countries have also agreed to lower or phase out tariffs on most agricultural products. Some highlights include:
- Corn: In Vietnam tariffs as high as 30% will be eliminated in four to seven years.
- Wheat: Tariffs as high as 35% in Vietnam will be eliminated within four years; and all tariffs in Malaysia and Brunei will be eliminated immediately.
- Soybeans: Tariffs as high as 30% in Vietnam will be eliminated within 11 years; and all tariffs will be eliminated immediately in Malaysia and Brunei.
- Rice: Tariffs will be eliminated in Vietnam and Malaysia within eight and 10 years, respectively, and eliminated immediately in Brunei.
The congressional approval process for the TPP agreement is set out in the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation that Congress passed earlier in 2015. This process requires the President to notify Congress of his intention to sign the agreement at least 90 days before doing so, which he did on Nov. 5. The President could sign the agreement as early as Feb. 3. Once he does, the President must submit to Congress the final text which he and the other TPP countries signed. This must be done 30 days before he submits to Congress a bill to implement (approve) the agreement. The timing for the introduction of the implementing legislation is at the complete discretion of the President. He could try to push Congress to consider the legislation beginning in the spring of 2016, though most signs point to the "lame duck" period following the November 2016 elections as the earliest that Congress will consider the agreement.
Nonetheless, President Obama is expected to continue to make this a priority in his final year in office, and will continue working to secure support for the agreement. Most major U.S. Food and Agricultural trade groups have evaluated the merits of the agreement and have publicly stated their support for early approval by the Congress.
Genetically modified organism (GMO) food labeling
A Vermont law to require mandatory labeling for food products containing GMO ingredients sold within the state takes effect July 1, 2016. Other states in the Northeast have approved similar laws that could take effect if their neighboring states approve mandatory GMO food labeling laws. This threat of a patchwork of state laws on food labeling has caused the food and agriculture industry to ask the Congress to approve legislation to preempt states from labeling GMO containing food products. The House of Representatives has approved a federal preemption, but the Senate so far has been unable to do the same. Time is quickly running out. The Senate is expected to continue its effort to approve a federal preemption early in 2016 to prevent the Vermont law from taking effect.
Precision agriculture and drones
The ability to collect large amounts of agriculture production data; to then analyze the data; and to use the analysis to fine-tune the production process to minimize input use/maximize profit is accelerating rapidly. This is of course good for business and good for the environment.
The use of drones (unmanned aircraft systems) as tools of precision agriculture to gather timely information for crop production holds great promise. Although, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted many individual exemptions for agriculture and other industries, the use of drones for commercial applications remains prohibited. An FAA proposed rule which would allow limited commercial use of drones is pending but not yet finalized. It has been expected the rule would be finalized in 2016, but there has been a sharply growing number of reported near misses between drones and piloted aircraft along with more public awareness of privacy concerns. The FAA finalized a rule in December 2015 requiring all drones to be registered so that drone operators causing safety and privacy concerns could be identified by the FAA. Public concerns over safety and privacy may continue to grow, especially if the information obtained by the FAA through the registration rule confirms the public safety and privacy concerns. Any further delay by the FAA in issuing the pending rule allowing the commercial use of drones will delay the expected rapid development of the use of drones in U.S. agriculture.
Food Safety Modernization Act rule implementation
Congressional approval of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in late 2010 was the first major rewrite of food safety laws in more than 70 years. It changed the approach from responding to food safety problems to preventing the problems.
The Food and Drug Administr-ation (FDA) has issued five final rules implementing the law, and a sixth final rule on sanitary transportation is set to be finalized in 2016. The rules include; preventive controls for human food; preventive controls for animal feed; the produce safety rule; the third party accreditation rule and the foreign supplier verification rule. The effective date for the rules on preventive controls for human food and livestock feed is generally Nov. 16, 2015, with compliance dates phasing in over several years with the largest companies needing to be in compliance one year after the effective date. The effective date for the produce rule is Jan. 26, 2016, once again with compliance phasing in over several years with the largest firms needing to be in compliance one year after the effective date. In coming months, food, feed and produce companies will need to be making any changes for compliance with these FDA FSMA rules.


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GUEST POST By: A'Driane, mama of three, wife to a nerdy futurist, and a color addict who gets a rush from putting paint to canvas. A PPD & PPA survivor, she now strives to find the beauty in living despite the chaos of Bipolar Disorder Type II & OCD. An ardent believer in the power of transparency and vulnerability, she owns her story by writing (and dancing) it all out on her blog, Butterfly Confessions. She survives the joys and madness with a carefully constructed cocktail of Lamictal, Twitter @addyeB and Jesus.
TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of PPD and Suicidal Ideation.
Alex's pediatrician told me I had to choose between taking meds and breastfeeding-so I chose meds and quit breastfeeding because I felt like I was grasping at air to survive what was overtaking me, which I couldn't name or find anyone to talk to about it. The pediatrician also implied choosing to take meds over breastfeeding my newborn would be very selfish, and that I just needed to pull myself together so I could be a good mother to my baby.When my symptoms got worse and my OB said to see my primary care doctor to address the issue further, she told me ALL moms are tired and feel "insane" the first few months. She didn't think I needed anxiety meds or an antidepressant. I begged her for a refill anyway and thankfully she did.
I saw 2 different therapists during that first year who told me that as a single mom I was just "stressed" because of my "situation."Alex was born in April of 2010. In July of 2011 I was sitting in the mental health clinic at the VA hospital in Philly telling a psych that if they didn't help me RIGHT THEN I would end up killing myself within the next two weeks. I just couldn't take or understand what was happening to me, and I wanted to die to spare myself and my kids any more pain.
I walked out of that clinic with a mood stabilizer in my system, medication to help with my anxiety and sleep, and a new diagnosis of rapid cycling bipolar disorder type II & OCD.
Since my son Austin's birth 8 weeks ago, I have been screened for PPD 6 times. Once by our insurance company when he was 2 weeks old, once by my OB at my 4 week check up, and FOUR times by his pediatrician at 1 week, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and just last week at 8 weeks. With each screening I've been able to get a clear picture of how I'm coping, ask questions about what's "normal" in regards to adjusting to life with a newborn, gauge if I need to seek additional help or increase my self-care, and be heard without judgement. Every time, the screening has given me a chance to stop for 5-10 minutes and focus on my mental health and overall well being–something that can quickly be forgotten or brushed aside during these early weeks and months because BABY. KIDS. LIFE. I NEED SLEEP. EXHAUSTED.
My point? Had I gotten screening like this 4 years ago (during and after my pregnancy) by doctors who felt it was important, who talked to me about how *I* was doing mentally, and gave me real facts about PPD, I probably would've gotten effective help sooner; well before ending my life seemed like the best option for me and my kids.
4 years later, I'm on the right medications, and took them during this last pregnancy. I'm taking them now as I'm breastfeeding. My baby is healthy and perfect. I'm healthy. Am I struggling right now? Yes, some days. But am I in control this time? Do I have people to talk to, meds that can be adjusted, doctors to monitor me, friends who understand, and a husband who's aware of what to look for? YES, I do, and it's what's making this postpartum experience 100% stronger than my last.
Can you imagine if this were the case for all mothers? It should be. The fact that it isn't is appalling. This is why I'm a mental health advocate. This is why I do anything I can to help grow the advocacy of organizations like Postpartum Progress.
If you have a friend or family member who's a new mother, do her a favor and give her 5-10 minutes of your (judgement free) time and ask her how she's REALLY doing. And even if she says she's ok? Point her to Postpartum Progress and tell her a stigma free community and resources can be found if she should she need it.
You just might end up saving a life. So do it. Please.


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Chorizo-stuffed pork with roasted roots
Serves 6 | prep 40 mins | total time
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Serves 6 | prep 40 mins | total time
This Spanish-inspired roast pork is rolled with a chorizo, Manchego and sourdough stuffing and served with a sherry gravy – a delicious new idea for Sunday lunch
Nutritional information (per serving)
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 red onions, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ½ x 150g pack diced chorizo
- 125g sourdough bread, made into breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves
- 70g Manchego cheese, grated
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 1 pork loin joint, about 1.2kg
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
For the roasted roots
- 4 large carrots, cut into chunks
- 4 large parsnips, cut into chunks
- 2 red onions, each cut into 6 wedges
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ x 150g pack diced chorizo
- 1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves
For the gravy
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 50ml sherry vinegar
- 400ml fresh chicken stock
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar
Step by step
Get ahead
Prepare to the end of step 3 the day before, cover loosely with baking paper on a plate; chill in the fridge. Bring back to room temperature an hour before cooking.
- For the stuffing, melt the butter and oil together in a large frying pan, add the onions and cook over a medium heat until soft but not coloured, 5-10 minutes. Add the garlic and smoked paprika and cook for 2 minutes, stirring, then scrape into a mixing bowl.
- Put the pan back on a high heat, and brown the chorizo for 2-3 minutes until crispy. Add to the bowl, along with the breadcrumbs, thyme, Manchego and sherry vinegar. Mix, season well, then cool to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 240°C, fan 220°C, gas 9.
- Pat the pork loin dry with kitchen paper, then score the fat with a very sharp knife, making sure you don't cut down to the meat. Remove the strings, then unroll the meat on a board, skin-side down. Make an incision down the centre of the meat, lengthwise, cutting about 3⁄4 of the way through, towards the skin, taking care not to cut any holes. Now slice horizontally through the meat from the centre cut, towards each side, so that you can then open it out like the wings of a butterfly.
- Spread the stuffing over the meat, then roll up again so that the skin stays outermost. Tie securely with kitchen string. Rub sea salt well into the pork skin, including into the score marks.
- Sit the pork in a large, deep roasting tin. Roast for 15-20 minutes, until the fat puffs up and the edges are golden brown.
- Meanwhile, toss the carrots, parsnips and red onion with the oil and some seasoning. Add to the tin around the pork and reduce the oven temperature to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas 5. Cook for 1 hour, stirring the veg halfway through. Mix the chorizo and thyme through the veg, and cook for a further 15 minutes or until the pork is cooked through and the vegetables are slightly caramelised.
- Remove the veg and chorizo to a serving dish and keep warm. Turn the oven back up to 240°C, fan 220°C, gas 9 and add 100ml water around the pork. Return to the oven for another 20 minutes to allow the crackling to puff up and crisp. Leave to rest for 15-20 minutes before carving.
- For the gravy, mix the flour into the juices left in the roasting tin. Return to the hob and add the sherry vinegar, stock and sugar. Bring to a simmer, season to taste and cook for about 5 minutes. Serve with the pork and veg. Creamy mash is a lovely accompaniment.


text: Dr Mumbo Virgin Australia tells Kanye to 'EAD' February 16, 2016 6:45 If there's one person you don't want to get into a Twitter flame war with right now it's probably rapper Kanye West, who's been in the news of late for his controversial tweets.Which is why Dr Mumbo feels Virgin Australia might not have been in full control of its Twitter account when a tweet was sent telling Mr West "EAD (eat a dick) you douche".Twitter immediately started speculating it a was a rogue employee accidentally tweeting from the company account, which has some 210,000 followers. The airline quickly shot that suggestion down:The claim that their employee was not responsible is certainly an interesting one with Virgin adding for extra impact:ADVERTISEMENT While some were suspicious: Many on social media were far more accepting than Virgin might have expected them to be:And others blamed Ansett:Who said social media always rises in outrage?Updated 8:45am 17/2:It seems Virgin has opened the floodgates to brands having fun at Kanye's expense.After the squillionaire's bleatings that he needs more money after financing his clothing range and album, Pizza Hut UK put together a resume for him, bur decided he didn't reach their standards for a delivery boy: topics Pizza HutTwitterVirgin Share Tweet Share Got a tip? Send Mumbrella your thoughts or provide us with more information by filling out this form. Any tips or comments will go straight to the Mumbrella editorial team. You don't need to include your details, but if you want us to reply, please include a valid email address. NameEmail Message*CAPTCHANameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Comments: 6 Erika Coles 17 Feb 16 Go Virgin – Love it! Reply Steve 17 Feb 16 Considering not flying Virgin now because they removed the tweet. Post it again and promote the 'employee' or at least give them their job back. Reply Richard 17 Feb 16 In the words of Kayne: People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try. Reply Tim Bennett 17 Feb 16 I wonder if "not published by a Virgin employee" is an evasive way of saying "published by the social team at our agency Eleven PR." Reply Tim Bennett 17 Feb 16 Though that would be odd since the operations centre manages the Twitter account. Reply Adam 20 Feb 16 Gold, pure gold! 🙂 Reply ADVERTISEMENT Latest Isentia enters trading halt following urgent cybersecurity incident WPP AUNZ reports earnings of $24.6m for Q3 2020, predicts weak outcomes in Q4 Shannon Noll belts out 'Drive' as Greyhound Australia hits the road again Vegemite gives unusual cooking tips to celebrate its new squeeze bottle Woolies' Cartology appoints director of operations


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Swoon Authors and Staffers: Memories From Our Own Proms to Remember!
In celebration of A Prom to Remember by Sandy Hall (on sale now!), we asked a few of our Swoon Reads authors and staff members to share their favorite memories from prom and their cutest/dorkiest prom photos. Keep reading for a wave of prom nostalgia and be sure to share your own prom memories with us in the comments!
Sandy Hall
My prom dress was pink with silver brocade running through it and these thin beaded straps that I thought were the prettiest things ever. But as I was getting out of the car to go take pictures at my friend's house, one of the straps popped and beads flew EVERYWHERE. Everyone quickly scrambled around to find the beads and somehow my dad managed to fix the strap without any sewing equipment, just through sheer dad fortitude. Disaster averted and the dress stayed put for the rest of the night.
Kat B.
I had an amazing time at my junior prom. I went with a group of my friends, two of whom are still my best friends today. My friend Amber's aunt paid for a limo, so we had to take this staged photo of us being excited when Amber appeared (we were then and are now huge cornballs). I had a date, but he was one of my best friends, so it wasn't at all romantic (he since went on to play the Mad Hatter in an Alice in Wonderland cover band at Disneyland. He won at life). I would do it all again the same way today—it was really, really fun.
Lauren F.
The limo driver my friend hired took us to the wrong prom and we didn't realize for about 15 minutes. Still had a great time though!
Maggie Ann Martin
Let's travel to a not-so-distant past where "Starships" by Nicki Minaj was blasted at my official "school sanctioned" prom where we all promised not to dance provocatively. I'm not kidding, kids at my school hosted a second prom where they could bump and grind without any fuss.
Truthfully, I had the best time with my friends at Real Prom, and I made one of those cool wax hand figures in the shape of the Mockingjay salute to commemorate my girl, Katniss Everdeen. And look at that gorgeous pink dress! I still remember feeling like a princess in it.
Jordin S.
Senior prom was always built up to be this big to-do in movies and TV, but mine was a bit like any other dance, just with higher expectations. Both me and my now husband got our hair done, which looking back on photos, he regrets to this day. Even though the dance itself didn't feel all that special, I still love looking back on these photos as it's just one of those times that all your friends got together, did something silly like get a bus, and just goofed around alot.
Holly W.
I was not socially advanced enough in high school to get a date to Senior Prom and most of my friends were a couple of years younger than me, so they couldn't go. But my family was adamant that it was an important part of high school that I couldn't miss, so I went for a bit, met up with the two friends who were actually there, danced in a group for a few songs, and then I think I left to go play board games with the rest of my friends! Here I am in my vintage yard-sale black velvet dress (complete with a giant white bow on the back!) with the corsage my dad bought for me as a surprise (which was really sweet of him) and my commemorative champagne flute that got given out with the tickets (despite the fact that the school was in a dry county and alcohol was illegal there).
Kelly Zekas
I went to my "Senior Dance" in a vintage dress I had bought a year before for a different event and brought my dearest friend's older brother. He danced every song and was generally a VERY good sport about the whole evening. I've ended up having very fond memories of the dance—something I wouldn't have expected before it occurred!
Emily S.
My junior prom was my favorite! Shortly after this picture was taken I think I may have accidentally stabbed him trying to pin on his boutonniere, but we're still close friends to this day, so it can't have been that bad. Also, my mom MADE that dress!!!
Kathryn L.
This may sound shallow, but what I remember most about prom is my dress. My high school runs a fundraiser fashion show about a month before prom, where the seniors walk the runway in dresses from local stores. The dress I wore was the most beautiful I had ever seen. It was a periwinkle, floor-length gown with spaghetti straps, completely covered in sequins. I didn't have a date yet, and didn't really care, because I knew if I had that dress it would be the best prom ever. As I walked down the runway, I found my parents in the crowd and mouthed, "Can I have this?" My dad broke out in a huge smile and nodded enthusiastically. My mother shook her head just as enthusiastically and mouthed back "No way." Dad and I ended up splitting the cost of the dress and my mom agrees now that it was worth it. (Also worth noting: prom was way before I had a digital camera, so the photo of a photo does NOT do my dress justice!)
Tarun Shanker
My prom wasn't anything extraordinary, it just felt like another one of those senior year summer nights, except in a fancy setting with fancy clothes. But I did take full advantage of the fancy clothes part, opting for the top hat and cane, which, come to think of it, is probably the origin of my Mr. Kent love.
Teresa F.
Prom for me was all about getting dressed up and enjoying a fancy night out with my best friends to celebrate before graduation later that weekend. We went shopping for our dresses together and by chance all gravitated towards ones that were in a similar color scheme, which went from being cute and coordinated to us looking like bridesmaids when one of our friends showed up in a poofy white dress straight out of a bridal catalog.
Julia G.
I showed up to prom and almost immediately ran into someone wearing exactly the same dress as me—a little black number with pink embroidered roses that I picked out specifically hoping that it would be "unique." We laughed about it, took a picture for posterity, and politely avoided each other for the rest of the night. That small snafu aside, I ended up having an all-around blast.
Kelsey M.
High school really repressed my inner fashionista (for starters, our dress code was maroon and khaki), so prom was my shot at finally making a sartorial splash. My mom took me shopping at South Coast Plaza, where the Laguna Beach cast frequented (vs. my neighborhood's scary mall with criminal activity in the parking lots), and it was there I entered the Jessica McClintock boutique—a beautiful store for the beautiful Californian I so desperately wanted to be! I found a pale yellow, strapless dress that I eventually accessorized with a chunky black necklace and gold eyeshadow (oof), which at the time I thought was chic. As cringey as the photos are to me now though, I still kind of smile at them. Kind of. While also covering them. With both hands. Wait, why am I posting this again?
Share your fondest (and/or most cringe-worthy prom memories in the comments! And don't forget to pick up a copy of A Prom to Remember by Sandy Hall, on sale now!


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Head, Technical Services
UBC Library, Vancouver Campus
(Full-time, ongoing Librarian position with 5 year renewable Head term)
Anticipated Start Date: September 8, 2015
The University of British Columbia Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Canada and consistently ranks among the top university research libraries in North America. UBC Library has 14 branches and divisions, two campuses (Vancouver and Kelowna), one off-site hospital library, and the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – a multi-purpose teaching and learning facility.
The Library's collection of over 7M items includes 1.4M ebooks, 229,020 electronic journals, 850,000 maps, audio, DVD/video and graphic materials, and 1,703 bibliographic and fulltext databases.
More than 300 knowledgeable employees – librarians, management and professional staff, support staff and student staff – provide users with the excellent resources and services that they need to further their research, teaching and learning. The UBC Library Strategic Plan 2010-2015 can be viewed at www.library.ubc.ca/strategicplan/. To learn more about working with UBC Library and to explore our aspirational values visit UBC Library – Why work with us.
Overview of the position:
The University of British Columbia Library seeks a creative and forward-thinking professional to develop a unified library-wide Technical Services approach across UBC Library units in order to address the rapidly evolving and changing services in support of library collections. This position represents a key opportunity to steward an integrated collection philosophy across the library and to lead, shape and oversee the work of staff and librarians engaged in acquiring, selecting, managing and making accessible research resources in many formats for the UBC Library community.
Reporting to the Associate University Librarian (AUL), Collection Development and Management Programs, this role will oversee the operational management of UBC Library staff engaged in technical services activities, including acquisitions, receiving, cataloguing, e-resource management, collection management, storage management, preservation and metadata creation. This role is also responsible for the overall administration and coordination of work and for establishing and implementing technical services policies, standards and procedures for the entire library system. In addition this role will:
- Liaise with division heads, who manage any decentralized technical service operations, in order to ensure consistency and best practices implementations across the Library.
- Manage, empower, motivate and lead colleagues and staff.
- Contribute to Library-wide strategic planning, and unit goal setting, and to all initiatives and projects that advance the Library's evolution as the preeminent research library of the 21st century. Communicate the unit's priorities, accomplishments and achievements by sharing and disseminating information on a regular basis within the TS unit and library-wide.
Support and adhere to the Library's aspirational values as a staff member and supervisor.
- A graduate degree from an accredited school of Library, Archival and Information Science.
- Demonstrated supervisory and management skills.
- Demonstrated leadership and creativity in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and fostering a positive environment of innovation and continuous improvement and skill development within the unit.
- Effective problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills.
- Demonstrated leadership and innovation in a team environment
- Familiarity with recent developments and trends in technical services and academic research libraries in North America.
- Familiarity in one or more of the key areas in Technical Services such as cataloguing, acquisitions, descriptive metadata services, storage, collection management, preservation or e-resource management.
- Experience in negotiating with suppliers and vendors regarding terms and conditions of contracts for the acquisition and delivery of library materials.
- Experience in financial planning, analysis and management of a complex budget.
- Ability to resolve conflicts, provide disciplinary measures where needed and have an understanding of a unionized environment.
- Ability to monitor multiple projects that serve a range of stakeholders.
- Commitment to creativity, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrable experience leading progressive initiatives and projects preferably within Technical Services related areas.
- Proven track record in leading high-performing teams and in spear-heading transformational change.
- Experience in leading, developing and implementing strategic priorities, preferably within a large academic research library.
- Working knowledge of academic institutions, academic calendars, varied planning cycles and experience responding to faculty expectations.
Working Relationships:
Works under the general direction of the Associate University Librarian (AUL), Collection Development and Management Programs. Works in cooperation with the Library Administrators (AULs and Directors), Digital Programs, Library Fund Managers, Library Finance, Library division/branch heads, and colleagues. Supervises a team of librarians and support staff.
- Provides vision and strategic direction for technical services functions across the Library – as directed by the Library's strategic plan. Responsible for planning annual and multi-year projects across the library system and securing support from key constituents and stakeholders.
- Oversees all activities relating to the ordering, receiving, description, management, preservation, storage and processing of library materials.
- Prepares and monitors budgets, allocates and is accountable for the use of resources.
- Leads the planning process within the unit; coordinates the work-flow between departments as well as between Technical Services and other library departments; oversees the process of evaluating and improving workflow efficiency.
- Promotes and facilitates the coordination of technical services across the Library; ensuring the programmatic integrity and cooperative planning that strengthen access to the collection.
- Ensures regular reviews of best practices; undertakes continuous improvement of stakeholder-focused services and technical services practices across the library system. Formulates and recommends to the AUL, Collection Development and Management Programs, policies for the administration of the Library's technical services activities.
- Ensures high quality, productivity, and adherence to standards for acquisitions, preservation, resource access and descriptive frameworks for all formats throughout the Library. Works with colleagues to agreed levels of service and ensures that agreed standards of technical services are provided. Coordinates the identification and implementation of opportunities to both improve service to stakeholder groups and increase efficiency within all Technical Services areas on a continuous basis.
- Stewards the Library Wide Technical Services review recommendations and leads staff in the operationalization or completion of work associated with these recommendations.
- Fosters a creative and innovative approach to the implementation of strategic change
- Participates in the selection and recruitment of faculty and staff for the unit. Manages workforce planning, performance management reviews, assessing and recommending training and learning opportunities, performing annuals reviews of staff, making merit recommendations and engaging with employees through open dialogue and discussion.
- Assists in guiding the administration and operation of the Library's integrated library system
- Communicates about unit priorities and activities regularly to Technical Services staff and library-wide through various communication channels including in-person meetings and presentations.
- Contributes and may lead in the negotiations with suppliers and vendors regarding terms and conditions of contracts for the acquisition and delivery of library materials and bibliographic utilities.
- Participates in the regular meetings of the Library Operations Team as well as in other general Library, university, or professional committees as requested.
- Represents the Library's interests through active participation nationally, provincially and locally in groups relating to technical services. Maintains informal contacts with counterparts in other academic libraries. Represents the Library as its Chief Technical Services officer in external forums at the provincial, regional and national levels.
Terms of Appointment and Salary:
This position will be filled as a full time ongoing position with a five year renewable administrative term as Head, Technical Services. If eligible and qualified, the successful applicant may be appointed with a confirmed appointment. Otherwise, there will be an initial three-year probationary appointment. Normally, such an appointment is reviewed by the end of the second year of the appointment, and a recommendation is made at that time to grant or not to grant a confirmed appointment.
Salary will be commensurate with experience and academic/professional qualifications.
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. The University especially welcomes applications from visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. However, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Applications will include: a detailed and current curriculum vitae; and a letter of application that includes a statement of citizenship/immigration status and indicates the candidate's education, training and work experience in the areas listed above.
To view the complete job description and to submit an application, please visit the UBC Careers page at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php by midnight on July 27, 2015.


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Welcome to Ridiculous Rebadges, a series of articles in which I go through and examine the details and circumstances surrounding some of the more infamous and some of the more esoteric vehicular rebadges throughout automotive history.
This week's RR has another truck related article, not unlike last time's Japanese-American relationship between Ford, Mazda, and International. As with that joint venture, this one concerns a cab which has emigrated overseas, in this case, from the Netherlands/France. This is the Kenworth K270/370 and Peterbilt 210/220. For two generations now, the DAF LF cabin has been used atop an American chassis for these two U.S. cabover delivery trucks. Much like the Mazda/Ford/International, they are assembled in Mexico. However, what is interesting is that the DAF LF is an evolution of the Leyland Roadrunner, a truck which is only notable for a very odd front window. Anyways, this means that the cabin is painted and trimmed in Great Britain at the old Leyland plant, and built in France (or at least was at some point) by Renault, who uses a similar cab in the Midlum. Finally, as if not confusing enough, Volvo also makes this cab theirs by using it in the FL. However, none of these is quite as relevant because they do not share the striking similarity that the American twins have to their Dutch cousin. Because of PACCAR's purchase of Leyland and DAF in the late '90's, they have been able to use DAF technologies to improve their engines and meet more stringent emissions regulations, as well as occasionally steal cabs when they need a new medium delivery truck. So, if you, like me, are an avid player of Euro Truck Simulator 2 and have seen these Kenworths and Peterbilts around town and thought they looked familiar, you're not wrong. This is international commerce at its finest.
First Generation DAF LF Euro 5
First Generation Kenworth K270/370 - Peterbilt 210
DAF LF Euro 6
Second Generation Kenworth 270/370 - Peterbilt 220


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Unified Products and Services Incorporated Morong Rizal offers the Hottest ONE STOP SHOP Business in the Philippines. We are now open for local and international franchise. We have the Best and Cheapest ALL IN ONE Home Based Business (Home Based Negosyo) in the country.
We have Two (2) Online Home Based Business Package which is at 8K pesos (Pinoy Dealer Package) and 15K pesos only (Global Dealer Package). Our home based DEALER package is a one-time entry payment but a lifetime business opportunity or lifetime use of our ecash pay system.
Our Cheapest Franchise Package is our Ecash Pay Center Package which is at 65K pesos promo / discounted price at the moment. Hurry, it will go back to its original price package of 125K pesos very soon!
Below are the franchise and home based dealer packages we offer:
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We (Unified Morong Rizal) offer not only ONLINE SERVICES but we also have PRODUCTS like, beauty, household, health and wellness products.
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Being transplanted to Tampa over 20 years ago has opened my eyes to the culinary wonders of Cuban food: black beans and rice, Cuban sandwiches, arroz con pollo (chicken and rice), café con leche, and this dish, Picadillo. Tampa's Cuban community originated in the late 1800s in what is now Ybor City, named after its founder, Vicente Martinez Ybor, and continues to be a huge cultural and culinary influence on the City of Tampa.
I found this history of picadillo from Tampa's Junior League, a philanthropic and social organization that, among other things, is famous for its locally-based cookbooks, which have graced Tampa kitchen counters since 1961: The name comes from the Spanish word "picar," meaning "to chop" or "to mince," and it seems that many Latin American countries have their own twist on the basic ground beef recipe. In Mexico, it's sweetened with honey, giving it a teriyaki-like taste. In Puerto Rico, it is used as the filling for empanadas and can include cheese, ham and rum-soaked raisins. In the Dominican Republic, picadillo can include hard-boiled egg and a bouillon cube. The Cuban version is a balance of sweet-salty due to the pimento-stuffed olives, capers, vinegar and raisins.


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Classic Bombers
The LVT Classic Bomber is our best-seller and most loved design. In the early days of Lisa Von Tang, the mens and women's Classic Bombers were actually the only thing we offered! Lisa believed that style and comfort shouldn't have to be sacrificed at high altitudes! The jacket can now be seen on jetsetting global citizens from Shanghai to Milan.


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- She knew in her heart that she had hit rock-bottom this time.
rock-bottom (third-person singular simple present rock-bottoms, present participle rock-bottoming, simple past and past participle rock-bottomed)
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- 2010, Johann Hari, How Goldman Gambled on Starvation:
- By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.
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Is That Right? Rice Krispies Boost Immunity
They snap. They crackle. They pop. But do they support immunity?
Kellogg's has reformulated its Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies cereals, fortifying them with vitamins A, C, and E and a bunch of B vitamins. The boxes and ads now tout that "each and every box" of Krispies has ingredients that "help support your child's immunity."
It's a potent message in these days of swine flu fear. But can eating a bowl of Rice Krispies really help keep you from getting sick?
Some of the added nutrients are believed to help strengthen your immune system, but it's not clear whether they work as well when isolated from the whole foods that naturally contain them, as they are here, as when you get them from, say, an apple or an orange. In any case, they haven't added all that much: the Rice Krispies nutrition facts panel shows that the cereal provides 50 percent of the daily value for iron but only 25 percent to 30 percent of most of the other nutrients listed. Oddly, there's hardly any fiber in a serving. And a quick glance at the ingredient list isn't encouraging: The first ingredients are rice, sugar, salt, malt flavoring and high fructose corn syrup.
Those are not the first ingredients to pop to mind when I think of boosting my immunity.
At least there's no nonsense here about "as part of a complete breakfast," which cereal companies have long used to mask the fact that their products alone provide little nutrition; pair 'em with a banana and a glass of milk to get some real goodness. But it does seem strange to see in the ads that kids are having just cereal for breakfast; you'd think they'd stick a few strawberries on a plate for good measure.
It's interesting to see that Kellogg's promotes Cocoa Krispies not as a breakfast item but as an after-school snack. But check the ingredients and you might not want to serve them even then: In addition to the sugar, salt and HFCS heading the Rice Krispies ingredient list, the Cocoa variety sports partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, a source of artery-clogging trans fats.
As has been noted elsewhere, Rice Krispies aren't the worst cereal in the world. They're pretty low-calorie and less sugary than most. But to suggest to parents that feeding them to kids will help protect the little ones against disease -- and that's what they mean when they talk about "boosting immunity" -- seems absurd.
Jennifer LaRue Huget
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text: Big event Sunday afternoon february 7 at the lorrypark of Nkoranza. We wish you would all be there to help launch the Clear Mind Foundation for Alcohol Addiction Care in Nkoranza. Interesting testimonies, auction of art and gifts and much more. Let Nkoranza and Ghana experience that there is hope after addiction.


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A Jonny Howson wonder goal secured Norwich City a surprising but deserving 3-2 win over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
Howson ran from inside his own half, skipped past three players, and calmly placed home in the 65th minute for the fifth and ultimately final goal of the match.
It was the third time Norwich went in front in the match – Anthony Pilkington (26′) and Grant Holt (54′) twice gave them the lead but City equalised soon after on both occasions from the unlikely source of Jack Rodwell.


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Cases of West Nile virus are on the rise in the United States. This year, every state in the country, except Hawaii and Alaska, have recorded cases of the mosquito borne illness, which is carried by birds. Alaska has never documented a case of the sometimes deadly disease being contracted in the state.
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Black Panther
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. After participating in the legendary Civil War that pitted Tony Stark and Steve Rogers against each other, Prince T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home to his technologically advanced and off-the-grid African nation of Wakanda. The Black Panther carries a heavy heart; the death of his father T'Chaka (John […]Read More Black Panther


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Do you have something on your heart to share with the AfC community?
If so – the AfC blog is currently looking for guest writers for one off articles or perhaps even regular contributors.
On the AfC blog, we aim to cover articles on all creative topics, including Music, Art, Design, Dance, Theatre, etc. In particular we are looking for helpful articles including How to's, Reviews, Relevant Biblical teaching/study, etc.
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First test of Supreme Court's new face-veil rules imminent
Testifying without a veil over closed-circuit TV is one option being considered in Toronto sex-abuse case
It is a long way from the grandeur of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa to the grey, gritty neighborhood in north Toronto where a courthouse shares space with a Swiss Chalet chicken restaurant, the office of an MP and a catering company.
Yet it is here, near busy highways and interchanges, that an important legal precedent may be set in the next few days in the wake of a ruling from Canada's top court.
The issue: Can a Muslim woman be ordered to testify without her face veiled?
This week, six years after it all began, a Toronto woman known only as N.S. was back in court with those she accuses of sexually abusing and assaulting her as a child, and with the same judge who ordered her to remove her face veil — or niqab — to testify.
Justice Norris Weisman is promising a decision soon, as the case is set to start on April 29. One of the options he proposed is having the woman testify without the veil over closed-circuit television.
However, her lawyer says her religious beliefs mean she must leave it on, closed-circuit TV or not, while the lawyers for the accused say they cannot get a fair trial unless they, and the court, can see her facial expressions as she testifies.
Judge Weisman's 2008 order — that N.S. had to remove her niqab while on the stand — was appealed all the way up to the Supreme Court in Ottawa. In December, it delivered a split decision, handing the dilemma back to individual trial judges to determine on a case-by-case basis.
The majority ruled that trial judges, in this case Judge Weisman, must conduct a four-part test in order to decide whether a Muslim woman can be allowed to wear her niqab while testifying.
- Does she have a sincere belief in her religion?
- Does wearing a veil create a serious risk to trial fairness?
- Is there any other way to accommodate her?
- If no, does what the court called the "salutary" effects of ordering her to remove her niqab outweigh the "deleterious" effects of doing that?
N.S. case to resume April 29
Courts in Canada have long dealt with competing rights and religious freedoms, but this particular case has led to a vivid clash of basic principles, and that clash was on display again in courtroom number 210 earlier this week.
The complainant, N.S., arrived wearing her niqab and a black floor-length cloak known as an abaya. The two accused, one wearing a Muslim prayer cap and the other a black leather jacket, sat on the other side of the small courtroom, a Hindi-language interpreter between them.
For this hearing, N.S. was allowed to wear her veil as she took the stand to testify about her religious beliefs.
She has worn the niqab for almost 10 years, the 37 year old said, saying it is something she must do as part of Sunnah — a way of life based on the teachings of Muhammad.
The judge, unfamiliar with the concept, asked N.S. to spell the word.
"Islam is not a religion of extremism," she said, so she had felt comfortable removing the veil when she suffered from morning sickness or allergies.
She has also removed her niqab for her driver's licence and passport photos, and for police and border guards, she added, calling it acceptable because she did not have a choice.
She also allowed that she lifted it when driving, though put it back in place when she was stopped in traffic.
Yet to remove the veil in court to testify about sexual abuse allegations would create a "sexual environment" that would be prohibited by her religion, she said.
Visual clues
During the hearing, defence lawyers argued that her willingness to remove the niqab in some circumstances suggested her religious belief was less than sincere and certainly not enough to warrant interference with their right to a fair trial.
Her lawyer though, described her as forthright and sincere, calling her a "straight-up gal" at one point.
But how can a judge or a jury assess N.S.'s credibility if no one can see her face and her expression, asked defence lawyers.
With the niqab in place, "the set of a jaw, a smirk, a smile, all these visual clues are eliminated," said defence lawyer Douglas Usher.
The judge asked the lawyers to consider a compromise, testifying via closed-circuit television.
The defence agreed, but the lawyer for N.S., David Butt, said no as it would still lead to her "objectification and sexualization" just as much on television as in person.
Now, it is up to Judge Weisman to once again decide whether the niqab stays or goes.
While the stakes are high for N.S., the decision will also be studied across Canada.
Some advocates for abuse victims say a ruling forcing N.S. to remove the veil will discourage other Muslim women from seeking justice, while others contend that allowing the veil will invariably damage the right to make full answer and defence against charges.
As the judge adjourned to prepare his ruling, he told both the complainant and the accused that he was sensitive to the stress they were facing, given how long this case has taken.
For him, this ruling will likely amount to a judicial swan song. About to turn 75, Judge Weisman is set to retire on May 1.


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Argentina benefits from rich natural resources, a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. although one of the world's wealthiest countries 100 years ago, argentina suffered during most of the 20th century from recurring economic crises, persistent fiscal and current account deficits, high inflation, mounting external debt, and capital flight. a severe depression, growing public and external indebtedness, and a bank run culminated in 2001 in the most serious economic, social, and political crisis in the country's turbulent history. interim president adolfo rodriguez saa declared a default - the largest in history - on the government's foreign debt in december of that year, and abruptly resigned only a few days after taking office. his successor, eduardo duhalde, announced an end to the peso's decade-long 1-to-1 peg to the us dollar in early 2002. the economy bottomed out that year, with real gdp 18% smaller than in 1998 and almost 60% of argentines under the poverty line. real gdp rebounded to grow by an average 9% annually over the subsequent five years, taking advantage of previously idled industrial capacity and labor, an audacious debt restructuring and reduced debt burden, excellent international financial conditions, and expansionary monetary and fiscal policies. inflation, however, reached double-digit levels in 2006 and the government of president nestor kirchner responded with "voluntary" price agreements with businesses, as well as export taxes and restraints. multi-year price freezes on electricity and natural gas rates for residential users stoked consumption and kept private investment away, leading to restrictions on industrial use and blackouts in 2007.
Environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution note: argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets
40.482 million (july 2008 est.)
Southern south america, bordering the south atlantic ocean, between chile and uruguay
Total: 2,766,890 sq km land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 30,200 sq km
Slightly less than three-tenths the size of the us
Conventional long form: argentine republic conventional short form: argentina local long form: republica argentina local short form: argentina
Name: buenos aires geographic coordinates: 34 36 s, 58 40 w time difference: utc-3 (2 hours ahead of washington, dc during standard time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first sunday in october; ends third saturday in march; note - a new policy of daylight saving time was initiated by the government on 30 december 2007
18-24 years of age for voluntary military service (18-21 requires parental permission); no conscription (2001)
Argentina continues to assert its claims to the uk-administered falkland islands (islas malvinas), south georgia, and the south sandwich islands in its constitution, forcibly occupying the falklands in 1982, but in 1995 agreed no longer to seek settlement by force; territorial claim in antarctica partially overlaps uk and chilean claims; unruly region at convergence of argentina-brazil-paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations; uncontested dispute between brazil and uruguay over braziliera/brasiliera island in the quarai/cuareim river leaves the tripoint with argentina in question; in 2006, argentina went to the icj to protest, on environmental grounds, the construction of two pulp mills in uruguay on the uruguay river, which forms the boundary; both parties presented their pleadings in 2007 with argentina's reply in january and uruguay's rejoinder in july 2008; the joint boundary commission, established by chile and argentina in 2001 has yet to map and demarcate the delimited boundary in the inhospitable andean southern ice field (campo de hielo sur)


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Equity futures are considerably lower this morning already erasing all of yesterday's gains. Below is a 60 minute chart of the DOW on the left and a 5 minute chart of the S&P on the right showing the overnight action:
The dollar and bonds are higher, oil and gold are both lower.
Durable Goods orders came in better than expected for January, largely on transportation orders. Ex-transportation, the number was actually negative. Here's Econoday:
HighlightsThe weekly Jobless Claims jumped back to nearly the 500K mark, coming in at 496,000, the consensus was for 460,000.
The durables report has lived up to its reputation as one of the most volatile indicators. Taking into account upward revisions to December numbers, January numbers look decent. At the headline level, new orders for durable goods in January posted a healthy 3.0 percent gain, following a revised 1.9 percent rebound in December. The December increase had previously been estimated to be 0.3 percent. The latest number topped expectations, compared to analysts' forecasts for a 1.5 percent boost. But we have a different picture for January excluding transportation. Excluding the transportation component, new durables orders fell 0.6 percent after a 2.0 percent gain in December. But the ex-transportation component was revised up for December from the original 0.9 percent rise. Overall, the headline number exaggerates strength but the core number is OK for such a volatile series after the upward revision to December.
The number of jobless filing for initial unemployment claims increased in February, pointing to trouble for the February employment report and sending equities and commodities lower in immediate reaction. Initial claims jumped to 496,000 in the Feb. 20 week, the highest level since November. The four-week average, up 6,000 to 473,750, is also the highest since November and is more than 15,000 higher than January levels. In an ominous note for the monthly jobs report, claims offices said heavy weather increased the number of claims in the week. Continuing claims, where data lags by a week, were slightly higher at 4.617 million and are little changed from January levels. The unemployment rate for insured workers is unchanged at 3.5 percent.
What's there to say about that? Can't you just see the A,B,C wave action in that chart? It's a tragedy for every single one of those people. Millions have gone all the way through their benefits and are now no longer counted. Oh yeah, the "recession" is over, remember? Still no talk and understanding of debt saturation and the role DEBT plays in squeezing out productivity and workers. These are real people who are being damaged by their own government's incompetence and greed. Throw the Central Bankers out on their asses and take back the money power! No sustainable fix will occur until that happens.
Is everyone shell shocked again? No one has the guts to take action? How about spreading the word about Freedom's Vision? Please place links to http://www.swarmusa.com/vb4/content.php/125-Welcome and let people know that there is a way out but that it is THEY who must make it happen.
Did everyone catch that the FDIC admitted they were bankrupt? $20 Billion in the hole in December. Have to beg to Congress and scratch what they can from the zombie banks just in order to keep shutting down the ever growing list of "troubled" banks, now numbering more than 700 by their own account. Of course this means that functionally you are left with only the government standing behind deposits, that would be you and your money system. By the way, the FDIC was actually never solvent! You see, the money they collect in "insurance" was actually immediately SPENT by the government leaving the FDIC only an accounting credit. That's right, all the FDIC insurance money was never actually there to begin with, and now we're just catching up to the reality. How can you fix the still insolvent banking system without money? Simple, you perform the special bankruptcy procedure within Freedom's Vision, but first you return taxpayer money to the taxpayers for the express purpose of paying down debt and making their balance sheets healthy first.
Okay, if the markets break below SPX 1,090 it is your queue that wave 3 down is underway. Wave 3 should take 1,000 points or possibly more off the DOW. The next lower pivot is down at 1,061.
Folks, it's time to take action if we are going to have any chance of preventing the "other events" that are coming quickly. We are going to have the Grand Opening Swarms soon, but you can help by sending others to the site so they can register and start leaning more about the issues. The Hive is there for discussions and I appreciate everyone going there and on Facebook to get the discussion going for outsiders who may not understand the issues like you do. PLEASE, when you are reading articles at other sites, drop a word about how the issues can be solved by Freedom's vision and provide the link to www.SwarmUSA.com. It's past time that we stop all the bull, all the infighting, and we simply come together to effect meaningful change!
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The KSU Foundation Board of Trustees gives time, treasure, and energy to advance K-State.
Every year, some 5,000 school-aged children ride buses to the K-State campus, from as far away as 60 miles, to take in a performance at McCain Auditorium. The free student matinees at McCain provide elementary and middle school students live arts education experiences. These performances are designed to nurture a lifelong appreciation of the performing arts and generally contain themes, messages and other curricular connections in a variety of subjects, enhancing students' studies in the classroom. The program relies entirely on private funds and could be expanded with additional funding.
For 70 years, K-State Rodeo Club and Team members have been representing K-State while gaining valuable leadership and organizational skills. They compete in rodeos around the region and also host numerous events and clinics. The K-State Rodeo Club hosts one of the highest-attended National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association rodeos each February in Weber Arena on campus. Rodeo team members use their own horses and equipment and plan their travel and lodging to and from competitions themselves. Donor support helps with scholarships, as well as practice facilities and equipment.
One of K-State's winningest teams wears suits for uniforms, and the only equipment they require is their wits. Founded in 1976, the K-State Forensics team has won 30 individual national championships, won the state tournament 18 out of 20 years, and has been ranked in the top 20 in 22 of the last 24 years. Team members travel to competitions at least five weekends a semester. This makes holding a job to help pay for school expenses very difficult. Scholarships empower students to participate on the team, learning valuable educational and life skills such as critical thinking, dealing with criticism, knowledge of a variety of topics and finding and using their own voice.
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Investigators probing the disappearance of Flight MH370 have discovered possible new evidence of tampering with the plane's cockpit equipment which experts believe could be part of an attempt to avoid radar detection, according to a media report.
A report released by Australian air crash investigators shows that the missing Boeing 777 suffered a mysterious power outage during the early stages of its flight, The Telegraph reported.
The plane's satellite data unit made an unexpected "log-on" request to a satellite less than 90 minutes into its flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, according to the report.
The report says the log-on request — known as a "handshake" — appears likely to have been caused by an interruption of electrical power on board the plane, which experts believe could be part of an attempt to avoid radar detection.
"A log-on request in the middle of a flight is not common," the report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said.
"An analysis was performed which determined that the characteristics and timing of the logon requests were best matched as resulting from power interruption," the report was quoted by the British daily as saying.
David Gleave, an aviation safety expert from Loughborough University, said the interruption to the power supply appeared
to be the result of someone in the cockpit attempting to minimise the use of the aircraft's systems.
The action, he said, was consistent with an attempt to turn the plane's communications and other systems off in an attempt to avoid radar detection.
"A person could be messing around in the cockpit which would lead to a power interruption," he was quoted as saying.
"It could be a deliberate act to switch off both engines for some time. By messing about within the cockpit you could switch off the power temporarily and switch it on again when you need the other systems to fly the aeroplane," Gleave said.
Inmarsat, the company that officially analysed flight data from MH370, has confirmed the assessment but says it does not know why the aircraft experienced a power failure.
"It does appear there was a power failure on those two occasions," Chris McLaughlin, from Inmarsat, told the daily.
"It is another little mystery. We cannot explain it. We don't know why. We just know it did it," he said.
The Beijing-bound Flight MH370 — carrying 239 people, including five Indians, mysteriously vanished on March 8 en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The disappearance of the plane is one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.
The mystery continues to baffle aviation and security authorities who have so far not succeeded in tracking the aircraft despite deploying hi-tech radar and other gadgets.
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