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This Peppermint Bark Recipe is one of the quickest and most delicious holiday treats you can make! Dark Chocolate and white chocolate infused with peppermint is the perfect dessert combination. You'll love this candy!
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Easy Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark Recipe
This layered peppermint bark recipe is a delectable blend of dark chocolate, white chocolate, and peppermint. It's a holiday tradition, everyone loves.
Not only is it delicious to snack on, but it also makes a scrumptious gift for friends and neighbors. Peppermint just screams holiday 🙂
Holiday traditions revolve around baking up adorable Christmas cookies, almond roca, and peppermint bark during winter break each year.
How to Make A Peppermint Bark Recipe
This Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark is an insanely simple candy to make!
Step 1
First, line a 9×12 pan with foil or parchment paper.
Next, melt dark chocolate, infuse it with some peppermint extract, place it in a prepared baking pan and let it set in the refrigerator to harden.
Step 2
Then, top it with melted white chocolate (whatever method you prefer for melting – stovetop or microwave) and finish with a sprinkle of candy cane pieces.
Step 3
Finally, break into pieces and enjoy! The layers of the dark and white chocolate and the pop of peppermint from the candy canes are the perfect combinations.
It's important to note, this recipe is best using high-quality white chocolate (dark chocolate, too) Brands like Ghirardelli, Lindt, Callebaut or Valrhona work well. Although they're great for recipes like Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies, we don't advise using white chocolate chips in this Peppermint Bark recipe.
Should Peppermint Bark Be Refrigerated?
Yes, Peppermint Bark should be refrigerated. Both to harden it once it's first made, and then to keep it fresh. You can refrigerate your chocolate bark for up to one month–which is perfect during the holiday season!
Peppermint Bark Helpful Tips
- This recipe is very versatile. You can use semi-sweet, milk chocolate, or dark chocolate…it all tastes delicious!
- To make sure the chocolates "stick" together, it's best to not let the dark chocolate harden completely before layering on the white chocolate. (Room temperature should be good.)
- Although I haven't tried it, you should also be able to use semi-sweet or milk chocolate with this recipe.
- To break the candy canes into pieces either pulse in your food processor or place them in a Ziploc bag and smash with a kitchen mallet or rolling pin.
Also, if you want a more polished look for your peppermint bark, after you break the candy canes into small pieces, use a fine strainer and remove all the candy dust. The larger pieces make a more attractive topping.
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Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark
- 12 ounces high quality white chocolate (broken into pieces)
- 12 ounces high quality dark chocolate (broken into pieces)
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract (more if you prefer a strong peppermint flavor)
- 3 regular size candy canes (crushed)
- Line a 9x12 pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Smooth out any wrinkles and set aside.
- Melt the dark chocolate (use the method you prefer, either double boiler, or microwave.) In microwave, cook 30 seconds in a heat-proof bowl, stir and repeat until you have a smooth consistency. Stirring occasionally, until completely smooth.
- Mix in peppermint extract, then spread the melted chocolate in an even layer in the prepared pan. Place the pan in the refrigerator while you prepare the white chocolate.
- Place the white chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl and follow instructions for melting as above.
- While it's still slightly soft, remove the pan from the refrigerator and spread the melted white chocolate in an even layer on top of the dark chocolate layer. Immediately sprinkle the crushed candy canes on top of the melted white chocolate and gently press into the chocolate to make it stick. Refrigerate until complete hard and set, at least 30 minutes. Store the bark in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
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This Peppermint Bark is so easy and fun to make! It tastes great and looks pretty, especially if you're giving it for gifts!
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Providing funding for the fire and rescue system is serious business for Supervisor Jim Burton (I-Mercer).
"We're establishing a process and procedure so those guys know they have something they can count on," said Burton, chairman of the finance and government services committee, at Tuesday's meeting. "It's a symbol to volunteers we're serious about providing funding."
Burton said the county has two choices, funding the system from its general fund or creating a special tax district. The committee favored a single countywide tax district, funded by a levy on real property, to support the county's fire and rescue system and 17 volunteer companies. The county currently finances the system with local tax revenue and the funds the volunteer fire and rescue companies raise on their own.
"What we're funding is the current level of services. It's basically keeping business as usual until we have that level of service defined," said Supervisor Chuck Harris (D-Broad Run), adding that the tax rate will keep fire and rescue services "afloat for next year."
The county hired a consultant last year to develop a strategic plan for the delivery of fire and rescue services. The consultant, EMSSTAR Group, recommended the county establish a dedicated funding source for the services, namely a single taxing district. The county's draft fiscal plan for 2003 allows for the creation of that district and proposes a tax rate on real property of $.06 per $100 assessed value to generate $23 million for the system.
County Administrator Kirby Bowers said the creation of the tax district would establish a "protected account," with the taxes that are raised mandated to remain in the fire and rescue fund.
FUNDS FROM the taxing district will be supplemented with a $1.09 million transfer from the general fund and nearly $300,000 in departmental revenue, as proposed in the 2003 fiscal plan. Expenditures in that year are expected to be $24.4 million.
"The vast majority of taxes raised would be going to the overall system," said Ben Mays, budget officer for the department of management services. Mays said $.065 of the 2002 fiscal year tax rate supported the administration and career staff with the volunteer subsidy at $.02 to $.04.
"Action on this has to be concurrent with setting of the tax rate on April 1," Mays said, adding that the tax rate can be changed. "Next year, it's going to be more than 6 cents. In the long run, it's going to be 10 cents."
Board Chairman Scott York (R-At Large) asked why the county needs to rush to set up the tax district.
"We're in the middle of creating the plan," York said. "We're creating a tax district before we fundamentally have that plan in place. … I would disagree we need to do this next year."
"In my own mind, we're 90 percent there, except the administration part of getting things moving," Burton said. "Trying to bring together two sides to make one system has not been easy. It's the right thing to do to let everyone know we have an established, integrated system. … I don't think you understand how fragile the relationship between the two sides of the house."
The finance and government services committee agreed 2-0-1 to forward to the Board of Supervisors its recommendation to create a single tax district. Drew Hiatt (R-Dulles) abstained from the vote.


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Avoid using HCG. Dylan highlights what is needed.
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Rest with proper diet and sleep. Throw in some nutrazol to help increase sleep length.
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By Bill Wine
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Naomi Watts' leading-lady résumé is lengthy and eclectic.
In a wide array of genres, this British-Australian actress has starred in Mulholland Drive, The Ring, Le Divorce, King Kong, The Painted Veil, We Don't Live Here Anymore, Fair Game, 21 Grams, and The Impossible, among others; was Oscar-nominated for the latter two; and appeared in support in dozens more.
So her casting as lonely and alienated Princess Diana in the real-life royal soap opera Diana, described as the "most famous woman in the world" if not "Princess of Our Hearts," seems like — and turns out to be – a good match.
Diana is a romantic biographical drama that covers the last two years of Princess Diana's life, during which the recently divorced princess campaigned against land mines as part of her humanitarian efforts and engaged in a surreptitious and problematic romantic relationship with a Pakistan-born heart surgeon, Dr. Hasnat Khan, played by former "Lost" regular Naveen Andrews.
She hopes for a fresh start, but a combination of her nosebleed-high public profile, the relentlessly invasive paparazzi who follow her everywhere (although she tries to use that to her advantage at one juncture), and family disapproval render their long-range union impossible.
Thus does her rebound relationship with Dodi Fayed come about.
Watts is both graceful and commanding in the role, capturing the Princess of Wales' body language and speech patterns and bringing to the iconic figure three-dimensional nuance: she's seen as a vulnerable, empathetic and understandably needy outcast, true, but also obsessive and capable of large-scale manipulativeness.
Taking an earnest and respectful approach that is consistent with Stephen Jeffries' uneven screenplay, which is based on the book by associate producer Kate Snell, Diana: Her Last Love, and contains plenty of two-people-behind-closed-doors invention, director Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, The Invasion, Five Minutes of Heaven) leaves most of the royal family off screen, perhaps deferentially, and pretty much ignores larger political or historical context.
That keeps things on the tabloid-simplistic superficial side, to be sure, but it also keeps the film relatively free of runaway speculation and sensibly anchored in documented material.
Although the film tries to take us into a lesser-known portion of her life, British viewers will undoubtedly be relatively familiar with the events and conflicts depicted.
But for an American audience, much of the narrative is, if not news, then at least an eye-opening refresher course on the drama of her life.
Throughout the film, we get an obvious and ominous foreshadowing of the tragic circumstances of her eventual 1997 car-crash death in scene after scene where she is hounded by the paparazzi, and the narrative's Paris bookends lend the film a dying-too-young poignancy throughout.
So we'll reveal 2½ stars out of 4 for this respectable romantic docudrama. The central performance is Watts best about Diana.


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People often ask me how they can donate money to the PLA, to pay for all the years of entertainment we've provided. The problem is that while I do like money, I kind of feel like a jerk taking people's money and not giving back anything in return. So this page is going to list a bunch of ways that you can give back a little to the PLA, by giving us your support without giving us your money.
Tell everyone you know about PLA
Tell your friends, your family, your church, your school, the police, your pizza delivery man, and complete strangers about our website, our pranks, our book and our YouTube. Even people who aren't into prank call humor can appreciate some of our shenanigans.
Share our stuff on social media sites
After you've run out of people in real life to tell about PLA, start sharing our videos and pranks on every social media site you can think of. Share us on your Facebook, your Twitter and your Tumblr. Post our stuff on Reddit and Fark and Digg and Ebaums and Funnyjunk and Cracked and College Humor and 9gag and Break and anywhere else you can think of. The more people that know about us, the happier I am.
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A really good way to help our podcast content get noticed is to leave a review on our iTunes page. This shows iTunes that people listen to us and makes it more likely that we'll end up in the Comedy charts or on their other lists. You could also give the PLA book a review on Amazon.
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There are a few PLA flyers in PDF format that you can print out and hang up. Post these on every bulletin board and telephone pole you can find. Hand them out in crowded places. Put them on car windows. Glue them to the front windows of your local police station. Take a look at our page of PLA flyers and print out no less than 1,000 of them.
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Use Our Material In Your Creations
If you make music or videos or art or anything else creative, feel free to use any of PLA's stuff in your creations. You don't even have to credit PLA for the things you use, though it's always nice when you do.
Buy PLA Merchandise
We've been selling shirts and stickers for about as long as PLA has existed. There's also a PLA book (both paperbacks and e-books), pencils, buttons and other miscellaneous things in the PLA store. So buy a thing or two. Then buy some things for all of your friends and family. Then start buying shit for complete strangers. Click here to look around the PLA store.
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Unblocking our ads on YouTube would be nice too, since we rarely run the 30 second ads before the videos, but I realize that you'd have to manually choose not to block the ads on each individual video and that's a lot of hassle just to help us out. Mostly we just have the ads on the bottom of the videos and occasionally a video ad will play AFTER our video is over, so if you can figure out an easy way to unblock us on there, that'd sure be nice of you.
Do all of your Amazon shopping through PLA
Whenever you want to buy something from Amazon, come to phonelosers.org and type your product into the Amazon search box in the right sidebar. Doing this doesn't cost you anything extra, but it gives me a small percentage of whatever you buy. I've set up a page at phonelosers.org/amazon, which has the Amazon search bar and some other useful Amazon widgets.
If you only do one thing on this list, you're helping to keep us going. But if you do everything on the list, you are guaranteed a spot in Heaven. If you can think of anything else I should add to this list, please let me know in the comments section below. Thanks a ton for your support of PLA!


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In the time of the Renaissance, artists had to be practical and versatile. They had to make things people really used. That's what the team at Artech Studios does. They make art that people can really use. Funny, practical and all made by hand. From them to you.
Artech Studios is a traditional glassblowing studio nestled in the Highlands of Ontario, Canada. They produce great upcycled glass tableware and handmade barware. They are known for their recycled beer glasses, a repurposed beer bottle that still holds a full beer!


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Canada is a beautiful part of the world and is one of the best places to take your RV and see some of the sights that the country has to offer. You will see landscapes that will blow your mind away and wildlife that you may not have seen before. RV Parks and Resorts in this beautiful place are aplenty so you have a big choice when it comes to accommodation.
Here is a list of RV Parks in Canada
*Apple Valley Orchard and RV Park, located at 1980 Union Rd, Kelowna BC, V1V, 2E8, (250)763-9840, is set in a beautiful spot. You will find yourself surrounded by apple, cherry and peach orchards. This is just 15 minutes away from beautiful lakes and golf courses. They have a playground as well as laundry facilities, wireless internet and picnic facilities. Rates start at $45, depending on the season. This is definitely one of the resorts in BC, which can be recommended.
*Tunnel Mountain Trailer Campground - This park is rated as one of the top ten in the whole of North America and Canada combined, so you can see why it is so popular with Canada RV. They charge $38.20 per site per night. You can reserve a place here and that will probably be wise. You will find clean wash rooms, but there is no laundry in the park. You can phone them at 403.762.1550 and their mailing address is 224 Banff Avenue, Town of Banff.
*Bonavista Campground - One of the beautiful Ontario RV parks, with nice big shady trees to pitch your tent. However you can also enjoy a sunny spot as well. There are also fire pits and picnic tables on your site. This place will appeal to those who love the water. There are boat docks as well as tubing and water skiing facilities. Sites include sewage as well. It is also wheelchair friendly. A new salt water swimming pool and one that is heated was built for your enjoyment. There are different rates, depending on the length of your stay. You can find them at 18070 17 Hwy, Cobden, Ontario. You can also call them at (613) 646-2716.
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*Camping La Cle des Champs RV Resort - RV camping can be enjoyed on to the French part of Canada. Quebec is not a place to be missed. It has its own set of characteristics and certain charm. Their mailing address is 415 Montée Saint-Claude, Saint-Philippe, Quebec, JOL 2KO. You can also phone them at 450.659.3389. You can find peace and tranquillity here, surrounded by nature, but you can also find some friendly people. In the area you will discover some delicious baked pastries. You can stay here for $42.00 per night. Pets are allowed here as are bicycles and campfires, but you have to be in by 11pm.
*Bras d'or Lakes campground - Nova Scotia is definitely a place you have to put down on your list if you are on the road in Canada. It is only 35 minutes to the ferry at Newfoundland. The Cabot hiking trail is very popular here. You can also participate in golf as well as boating and fishing. There is a playground, a clubhouse, a laundromat, a camp store and you are allowed to make camp fires. You can find them at Box 595, 885 Hwy 105, Baddeck, BOE1BO (902) 295-2329. Their daily rates vary from $28-$44.
*Vacationland RV Park family campground - this is located in the beautiful Prince Edward Island, and it is no why Canada campers love coming here. The site will provide you with a laundromat as well as plenty of hot showers. There are a total of six garbage bins to help keep the park neat and tidy. There is a convenience store where you can buy the basics as well as supplies for your RV. You will also get a free coffee when you come and visit the store. Their mailing address is PO Box 74, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada CIA 7K2. Rates start at $35.00.
*Brookdale Country Inn - This park in Newfoundland provides you with a quiet place to relax. The park here is clean and well maintained. It is a couple of minutes from the river where you can catch some salmon. There is a laundry, clean washrooms, a pool and a play area. You are allowed pets, but they should be on a leash. Phone them on 709-258-7377. They have a variety of packages and special offers available.
*Nugget City - Yukon is another fascinating place in Canada and this park is a nice place to stop over. It is one of the more modern parks out there. It has a shop, WiFi, a laundromat, RV wash and even a non-denominational church. If you are looking for adventure then you will find it here with lots of fishing, hiking and biking to take part in. If you are having problems with your R.V, don't worry because there is a mechanic who will help you out. Phone them on 1-867-536-2307. You can reach them by mail at P.O Box 850, Nugget City, Watson Lake, Yukon, Y0A 1C0. You will have to contact them to find out the rates.
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Many states across the US have legalized weed with some even allowing recreational use of it.
But that doesn't mean you can drive while stoned.
Dr. Matt Francis, Chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, has spent the last year and a half trying to figure out how to detect pot in the system, like detecting alcohol in the breath.
"We had to develop some new chemistry that can actually be done. It was not obvious when we started that we could tag this," Francis told FOX40.
It might be obvious to street cops when someone is driving stoned.
But being able to make an arrest and being able to get a conviction are two different things, Sergeant Davis Dowty told FOX40.
Dowty is with the union that represents highway patrolmen.
"Because they don't have a tool, like with alcohol, it's very difficult for them to say 'OK. All these things that you saw and you may be right, officer. But we need to be able to convince a jury,'" said Dowty.
This is where Hound Labs comes in with an answer.
It's a breath test that can identify both alcohol and pot when the user exhales.
There are plenty of ways to test for pot in the system but this breathalyzer can detect if someone has recently smoked pot or is currently stoned, breath is much better than testing urine and blood.
"THC resides, its metabolites reside in those media for a long time -- sometimes days, sometimes even a month," explains Francis. "So you cannot use those methods very well to determine if someone has recently ingested marijuana or smoked marijuana. You can't tell how long it's been."
While Doctor Francis has been working on a fix for a year and a half, Mike Lynn, the CEO of Hound Labs has been at it for much longer.
"We have tremendous interest from not only law enforcement, employers, who are struggling with this problem, but also the cannabis industry who knows you can't be driving stoned. Everybody really accepts that," says Lynn.
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"Good evening, Kraftwerk, good evening, Stuttgart!" On 20 July 2018 at 21:50 local time, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst welcomed the legendary electronic band Kraftwerk and 7500 visitors to the Jazz Open Festival on Stuttgart's Schlossplatz – live from the International Space Station ISS, where he will live and work until mid-December 2018.
"I am one of only six people in space, on the outpost of humanity, the International Space Station ISS, 400 kilometers above sea level. The ISS is a Man Machine – the most complex and valuable machine humankind has ever built," he told the astonished audience.
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"Here in the European Columbus laboratory, the successor to the Spacelab, the European Space Agency ESA is researching things that will improve daily life on Earth. More than 100 different nations work together peacefully here and achieve things that a single nation could never achieve. We are developing technologies on board the ISS to grow beyond our current horizons and prepare to take further steps into space, to the Moon and Mars," Alexander said.
However, as Kraftwerk founding member Ralf Hütter emphasised, Alexander's appearance was not only about greeting Kraftwerk and the audience in Stuttgart but also about "music as the universal language of the world". After addressing the crowd, he and Alexander played a special duet version of the track Spacelab, for which Alexander had a tablet computer configured with virtual synthesizers on board.
After Kraftwerk had finished the track and Alexander bid farewell to the audience from the ISS with a "Good Night Earth", the band continued their brilliant set while the audience probably wondered a few more times whether what they had just seen and heard was really live and real. We can assure you it was, and for everyone involved the partnership truly was out of this world.
About Kraftwerk
The multi-media project Kraftwerk was started in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. They set up their electronic Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they conceived and produced all Kraftwerk albums. By the mid 1970's Kraftwerk had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electronic 'sound scapes' and their musical experimentation with robotics and other technical innovations. With their visions of the future, Kraftwerk created the soundtrack for the digital age of the 21st century.
Their compositions, using innovative techniques, synthetic voices and computerised rhythms, have had a major international influence across an entire range of music genres: from Electro to Hip Hop, from Techno to SynthPop. In their live performances, Kraftwerk – Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert, Falk Grieffenhagen – illustrate their belief in the respective contributions of both man and machine.
About the European Space Agency and Alexander Gerst
Alexander Gerst is a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut. In 2014 he spent six months on the International Space Station for ESA's Blue Dot mission. He is now back in space on his second mission called Horizons where he will take over as Station commander for Expedition 57. Alexander is a geophysicist and volcanologist. https://alexandergerst.esa.int/
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ESA develops the launchers, spacecraft and ground facilities needed to keep Europe at the forefront of global space activities. Today, it develops and launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the Solar System and cooperates in the human and robotic exploration of space. ESA also has a strong applications programme developing services in Earth observation, navigation and telecommunications.


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A good friend and fellow coach on my team Erin Traill started her journey with me 14 months ago. She was working full time as a nurse, had 2 beautiful baby girls, and from the outside, she had everything going for her!
But something was missing. She did not feel the way everyone else viewed her. She was suffering from severe post-partum depression, anxiety, and struggling with hypothyroidism. When she would go to the doctors, they didn't even believe in her that she could overcome her obstacles in her way...
I am excited to let her share a little more of her story:
My daughter Kate was born in late January of 2014. She was my miracle baby, the baby we hoped for for over a year. So when I had her, I expected to feel this deep connection, because I had longed for her all that time. But I didn't have it. My friends would come and visit and say "I told you that you could love another baby like your first" and I would fake smile and nod, immediately sensing that something was wrong. Kate's birth turned our world upside down. My 3.5 year old, Aubrey regressed - potty accidents, up all night, anger issues at school and behavior issues at home. Kate was difficult to nurse, resulting me having to take several rounds of antibiotics which she did not tolerate well. She stopped gaining weight, and ultimately I had to make the decision to stop nursing her. I felt like a failure. I would look in the mirror and say "what did I do?" and "I can't do this." Postpartum depression is a lonely, guilty place to be, I felt like I should be happy and I wanted to be - but I wasn't.
I went to my doctor and we discussed the anxiety, depression and he never brought up my weight. But I could see on my chart that my BMI was 33. I was disguisted. I told him I felt like I needed to lose weight and that it would really help. He turned to me and said, "well good luck - you are not a spring chicken anymore and you have hypothroidism." I was devistated - not even my dr believed in me! I left there feeling helpless and alone. I was the girl who seemed unbreakable but I was broken. Everyone thought I was super mom with this perfect life, but every ounce of me was hurting.
The moment that changed everything… Aubrey was at preschool and I needed a dress for an upcoming event. In the dressing room, there was an angled full length mirror and while I was undressing I caught a glimpse of myself. All I could think is, "this can't be" - I broke down and with tears streaming down my face, I studied my body… the stretch marks, the dark circles, the cellulite, double chin… and I said "you are disgusting, ugly and fat. I hate you" and I continued to sob. I ended up waking Kate up, who was in her car seat. In the refelction of the mirror I could see her playing with her car seat toys and cooing. My flood of emotion quickly changed to anxiety - I realized I was killing myself in front of them. They were watching me self hate, self destruct and destroy myself every day. How could I teach them to be confident, vibrant, independent, happy girls when I couldn't be? Finally, my Ah-Ha moment - I needed a hero, and I was going to be that hero.
I collected myself, the whole way home I thought about how I would do this. Couldn't go to a gym, too much time, no babysitter. Couldn't run, lets face it Pittsburgh weather combined with two young kids - it would never last.
My husband, got me in contact with my coach, Deidra. With knowing very little about the program, I went with T25 - because I could do anything for 25 minutes! But honestly when I got the price of the challenge pack - I quickly backed out… but i thought about it constantly, until one day I thought "screw it, im not going to let 200$ get in the way of changing my life." So I stole my husbands credit card and joined my first challenge.
And so it began, I cried every workout because I knew how hard it was going to be. But I did it with the mindset that each day I would eat cleaner, modify less and push harder. I embraced my challenge group and shakeology. And as I invested in my wellness the weight, anxiety, and depression all started melting away. And as I shared my journey, I accidently fell into coaching. When I realized how many women probably felt like me, I continued my journey but now with a new motivation of helping others along the way and being accountable to them.
It wasn't always easy, but it was a way of life. As I looked in the mirror, I no longer felt ugly and disguisted - I started to feel proud and honored. After losing 30 pounds in 60 days with T25, I went on to do the 21 Day Fix, insanity max 30, a little more T25 and the 21 Day Fix extreme with a sprinkle of turbo fire, piyo and pump.
Today, I am 8 pounds lighter than the day I got married and went from having a BMI of 33 to a BMI of 21! Which is pretty cool. But what is the best part of this whole journey is that my girls got their mom back and the role model they deserve. I went from taking 13 pills a day to just one. And my thyroid medication has not needed adjusted since I started this journey. I have been anti-anxiety and depression med free for 10 months. So yes, I lost 75 pounds and that is great but regaining my life is priceless and unbelievable. Without a doubt this journey changed the future of these girls and because of that, I am forever thankful.
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SF mayor vows that clearing homeless tents from the Mission just a start
An army of cleaners, counselors and police descended upon the Mission District at dawn Wednesday — and by lunchtime, they had rendered the gentrifying district entirely free of homeless tent camps for the first time in recent memory.
And with that, San Francisco's mayor had fired the first shot in what he said will be unending salvos of enforcement efforts in the coming weeks to try to rid city streets of tent encampments.
The clearance was actually the culmination of an intensive street counseling and police patrol operation that began in July, with the aim of emptying the Mission of what were then 287 tents by this summer.
That effort had trimmed the number of tents to 40 about a month ago, but so many had begun filtering back that Mayor Mark Farrell ordered Wednesday's operation.
Earlier this week more than 100 tents — along with needles, trash and desperate campers — dotted the Mission's sidewalks, but as city workers spread word of the coming push, about half of the homeless people had left on their own before Wednesday morning.
"This is just the beginning," Farrell said. "Tents should not be part of the permanent landscape in San Francisco. If, at the end of the day, a person resists everything we offer them in counseling, housing and other services, they shouldn't be allowed to keep tents on the sidewalk.
"Maybe it takes a mayor not running for office to do it, but we need to clean up our streets throughout the city. We haven't been pushing hard enough. We will now."
Making this push, he said, is just part of what he characterized as a "sprint to the finish" of his short term as mayor, before someone wins June's special election to fill out the late Mayor Ed Lee's term. It is not, he insisted, part of positioning for a full-term run for mayor in 2019 — which he has repeatedly said he will not do.
Homeless advocates called the operation a nasty sweep, forcing destitute people to pack everything and flee to a new camping spot. Ramping up sweeps in other districts will be cruel, they said.
"People actually want help, they want to get into a Navigation Center (full-service homeless shelter), but there aren't enough Nav Center beds and there isn't enough housing," said Kelley Cutler, a Coalition on Homelessness organizer who monitored Wednesday's operation. "The mayor is putting not just the people in tents at risk by doing these sweeps, but the city workers at risk, too, because he's pushing people to the brink."
She said proof of her point came a few hours into the morning when a homeless woman apparently stabbed her boyfriend after they were forced to move their tent from 13th Street. The woman was apprehended nearby, the victim was taken to a hospital, and as Cutler watched the ambulance pull away, she said, "See, this is what you get when the tensions come up like this."
Farrell, told of the stabbing shortly afterward, took the opposite tack.
"Please," he said. "This is exactly why we need to take tents down. It's not healthy for anyone to live that way. Stabbings, arson, rape, all other sorts of crime — you are more vulnerable when you're living outside."
He added, "'Sweep' is a bad word," and he characterized Wednesday's effort as a ramp-up of counseling outreach combined with enforcement of existing laws that prohibit tents from blocking sidewalks.
The head of city homelessness programs — who has consistently preferred steady street counseling as a tool over dismantling camps en masse — agreed with that assessment.
Jeff Kositsky, director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, said his Homeless Outreach Teams ushered two-thirds of everyone who had been camping in the Mission over the past 10 months into shelters or onto buses for rides home to family or relatives. For Wednesday's operation, his department opened 50 temporary shelter beds and about a dozen more in Navigation Centers — but only a few took them.
"We always lead with our services, and we are doing consistent and loving outreach, but at some point we need to let people know that what they're doing by keeping tent camps on the sidewalk is not legal, safe or healthy," he said.
For the tent people, Wednesday was simply the end game for what they knew had been coming.
Fifty-year-old Fernando Veloso just moved a few blocks away.
"I love this lifetime cleaning company they have here," he cracked as he shoved his heaped cart of tents, clothes and tools away from his spot on 13th near Bryant Street. Behind him, street cleaners were hosing down the newly empty sidewalk with cleaning agents.
"This is just what happens around here," Veloso said. "They move us. They clean. We just set up somewhere new. Then it happens all over again."
But Wednesday for Angel Brown, 28, was salvation day. She sat with her bags on the sidewalk alongside a Homeless Outreach Team crew, her boyfriend packing up their tent a few blocks away on 16th and Bryant streets, and her eyes teared up.
"I just want to get off the streets. I'm so tired of it," she said. "We're supposed to be family out here, but people are fighting all the time. I get beat up. Every time I get clothes, someone steals them."
She's pregnant with her sixth child, she said. Getting inside and kicking methamphetamine is now her biggest priority.
"I went into the Nav Center more than a year ago, but I didn't stay more than a day or so," Brown said. "I was just out of it then. Sometimes it takes a little push to change. Maybe that time is now."
Kositsky heard her mention pregnancy and walked over. "Have you talked to a doctor?" he asked. Brown shook her head no. Kositsky got on the phone and summoned one.
"Angel, these guys are in your corner," Kositsky's deputy, Randy Quezada, told her while his boss made the call. "Don't give up on them, and they won't give up on you."
Brown hung her head. "Yeah, I'm going to try this time," she whispered.
Kevin Fagan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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I don't respond constructively to change. Never have. And this arguably is the most monumental change I've encountered thus far in my 25 years. Becoming not just someone's partner, but their most significant relationship on earth—hello…pressure!
Now is a good time to state for the record that I'm a perfectionist. Like the most perfectionistic perfectionist you'll have the discomfort of meeting.
I think too fast, and I think too much. I enforce impossible standards and crave the competition—the intoxicating rush—of pushing harder, going further, reaching higher, being greater. I use independence and individuality as defense mechanisms against the indelible wounds that trust can leave behind.
Nobody's gonna tame this free spirit or crush this spitfire persona. That's been my attitude for longer than I care to admit. Not exactly the conditions you'd associate with marriage material.
But I've realized something: when I approach the altar next weekend, I'm changing more than my last name, street address or relationship status on Facebook. I'm casting aside over a decade's worth of deluded—and because why pretend otherwise, isolating—thought patterns.
This union doesn't just signify a circumstantial shift…but a heart shift. Or in my case, overhaul.
The guy I'll soon call "husband" is about a hundred traits I don't deserve. Patient. Gracious. Romantic. Sincere. Devoted. Understanding. And then there's me. Compulsive. Rigid. Obstinate. Snarky. Unemotional. I'm a complicated wreck of a human, but he accepts those complications without hesitation.
My anxieties have driven other men away, and still he remains. My sarcasm would be a deal-breaker for the average person, and still he forgives. My stoicism can alienate even the thickest skins, and still he gazes past the facade. These barricades don't dissuade him, so why this power struggle to relinquish them?
That's the million dollar question—with a deceptively basic response.
I've never considered myself lovable. Which makes receiving love an awkward proposition. But only two options remain: force him to the brink with my neuroses…or invite him into those chaotic, imperfect spaces most people don't know exist. And believe he's prepared to take that plunge.
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The performances on "American Idol" may be erratic and the plot twists on "Lost" may be unpredictable, but one facet of television is certain: the costs just keep going up.
On New Year's Day, the News Corporation , the media empire controlled by Rupert Murdoch, wrangled new payments from Time Warner Cable, including subscriber fees for the Fox Broadcasting network, which is free for viewers with over-the-air antennas.
The high-stakes deal reflected the scramble by media companies to reduce their dependence on advertising.
Something else also happened that day: Time Warner Cable put another rate increase into effect.
It will not be the last time. Along with Fox, other broadcasters say they deserve a share of the cable and satellite bills that roughly 100 million American households pay each month. At the same time, the cable-only channels that have lured viewers away from broadcast, with shows like "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "The Closer," are lining up for further fee increases.
Viewers usually do not notice until the price goes up, but their pay TV bills are a battleground for media companies. "Content providers are testing the limits — hoping to raise the bar as high as possible," said Steve Ridge, the president of the media strategy group for the consulting firm Frank N. Magid Associates.
These battles are playing out just as the television industry is coping with the wrenching changes brought on by new competition from the Internet.
Broadcasters have long envied the fact that their cable channel competitors are paid two ways, through advertising and subscriber fees. So now, the television networks are fighting for every penny they can.
Several years ago, CBS started asking for fees, and the News Corporation followed in negotiations last month, demanding a dollar for each subscriber every month from Time Warner Cable. The average digital cable customer already pays nearly $75 a month, the research firm Centris found last year.
The companies will not reveal what compromise they reached, but that figure will most likely become a benchmark for future deals. Disney is expected to ask for sizable fees for its ABC stations in negotiations this year.
In a twist, Comcast , the country's largest cable provider, will soon own NBC Universal, if its acquisition is approved by the government, putting it in a position to pay out as well as collect fees for NBC.
Cable and satellite distributors are resisting the demands, but a "power shift," as Mr. Ridge put it, is under way as broadband Internet becomes pervasive, putting a seemingly infinite variety of choices in front of consumers. Of course, broadband is not free, either, and it is often provided by the same companies that distribute television programming.
The News Corporation fight was unusual because it played out in public, with Time Warner Cable arguing that it wanted to hold the line on further fee increases. That looks impossible, however, as newly powerful cable channels seek to cash in.
They argue that they deserve more money for having invested millions in their original programming. Cable executives say privately that the demands, and resulting fights, are increasing in frequency. And every time they clash, there is a chance that viewers will miss out.
The sports network Versus, owned by Comcast, has been off of DirecTV's satellite service for three months in a fee battle. More prominently, the Food Network and HGTV disappeared from Cablevision's lineups in New York and New Jersey on Friday after talks broke down with the owner of the channels, Scripps Networks.
The Food Network costs distributors 8 cents a viewer on average now; Scripps wants a roughly 300 percent raise, according to people briefed on the negotiations. That might seem drastic, but 30 other channels, some with lower ratings, already earn that much. "We were really, really undervalued," said Brooke Johnson, the president of the Food Network.
For ardent fans of "Iron Chef America," the Food Network is undoubtedly worth 25 cents a month. But that logic, applied to dozens of channels, can become pretty expensive for viewers. For example, the owners of Oprah Winfrey's cable channel, set to begin one year from now, are hoping that her star power will be worth 50 cents for each subscriber a month. The channel it is replacing, Discovery Health, gets only 12 cents now.
Consumers already pay dimes or quarters for most cable channels each month, whether they watch them or not. ESPN earns the most by far, $4.10 on average, and is forecast to receive more than $5 a month by 2012, according to the research firm SNL Kagan. Fox Sports Network gets $2.37 on average.
The next-highest paid channel, TNT, gets 96 cents. The Disney Channel, NFL Network, Fox News, USA and ESPN2 each get more than 50 cents. For every channel, the price per month is expected to rise each year.
"We hear from consumers that they are paying too much and getting too little for it. And there seems to be no end to the rate hikes in sight," Mindy Spatt, a spokeswoman for The Utility Reform Network, said.
Even as consumers recover from the recession, there is little evidence that people are canceling cable en masse, although some know that calling up their local provider and threatening to cancel can quickly earn them a big discount.
Time Warner Cable is not alone in raising rates; higher prices go into effect for DirecTV and AT&T's customers next month.
In Washington, where proposals for "à la carte" cable pricing were popular in recent years, some lawmakers and regulators now look to the Web as a more attractive, market-driven solution. Viewers will increasingly be able to bypass pay TV service and watch whatever they like online.
Distributors are trying to put a system into effect that will offer some TV shows online to existing subscribers only.
Time Warner Cable asserts that the power ultimately rests with the consumer. "They're the ones who are going to resist these price increases that the programmers are trying to push," said Alex Dudley, a spokesman for the company. "One need look no further than the music industry for an example of what happens when consumers feel taken advantage of by an entire industry."
Lest anyone doubt that Americans, who watch an average of five hours of television a day, cannot part with their sets, look no further than Orange County, Fla., where two football fans sought an emergency injunction to avert a Fox blackout of their alma mater's bowl game on Friday as the dispute with Time Warner Cable persisted. No one, not even Mr. Murdoch, was going to interrupt their viewing of the Sugar Bowl.
The fans lost the case but won their Fox, as the two companies committed to a new contract about 45 minutes before kickoff. Soon enough, though, those fans will be paying for it.


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- By Steve Kavokos, Iceland Explorer at large @stevechristopher__
I have finally made it to Iceland. It's everything I hoped it would be and more. When my plane dropped below the clouds to reveal Iceland's famous volcanos, my emotions got the better of me. Getting here has been no easy task. From geographical challenges, time and money constraints, and personal circumstances I found I was finally resting my eyes on a promise I had made myself over a year ago: to see and write about orcas in the wild.
That's why the moment I descended toward Iceland's Keflavik airport, my heart and body were twisted in a tight knot. The past year was flashing before my eyes and I became excited to know my solo journey was in the hands of Iceland's sweeping landscape and people. While I am very keen to see a place I have waited to see since I was a child, home to an animal I have dreamt about for years, uneasiness lingers in the back of my mind.
As much as I have fallen in love with Iceland's breathtaking exterior, the country is hiding something disturbing. Just recently, on the 7th of July, a whale was slaughtered here.
To my horror I found out it was not just any whale but a Blue Whale – a rare, endangered species, fundamental to our ecosystem. The whaling company, Hbalur hf, could face an ugly penalty pending DNA results of the slain whale, as articles 3 and 10 of the 'Icelandic Whaling Act' prevent the hunting of Blue Whales. But what is more concerning is Icelandic whalers have slaughtered over 35,000 whales since the late nineteenth century.
Fin whales are endangered, yet hunted all the same. Iceland still allows a 'quota' for killing these beautiful animals, who face a real threat of extinction. In bizarre contrast with its long-standing whaling program, the majority of Iceland's foreign tourism depends on 'whale watching', and Iceland's landscape appeal.
What makes matters more confusing is eating whale meat isn't a tradition to Icelandic people. Whale meat is predominantly eaten by tourists. It's estimated that over 350,000 people come to Iceland to go whale watching, yet the government hasn't changed its laws surrounding the slaughter of the whales people want to see. A survey taken this year showed the country was torn right down the middle when taking a vote to stop or continue whaling.
My first day in this country has left me speechless. There is a reliance on the marine landscape and its inhabitants for tourism, yet it seems there is a rather obvious disconnect. A country divided over this serious issue is concerning, and I look forward to having conversations with locals and marine biologists over the coming weeks about the complicated relationship Iceland has with whales and the ocean.


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The four of us arrived at the Café around 10:30 on Sunday and put our name on the list to be seated. There is no real waiting area so we waited outside in the cold watching all the diners inside enjoy their breakfast and coffee. One of the owners Michael kept us updated as to the progress of our seating. He was very warm, professional, and entertaining. People kept coming in and checking on wait times, many choosing not to wait. There was no sign of a bad economy in this place!
I am a stickler for service. You can have an average meal, but the service is what can make or break an experience. The service here did not disappoint. From the moment we arrived to the time we left, everyone was top notch in the attention to detail, and response to any needs.
At first glance you think the menu is a bit on the small side. Go with the flow here and recognize that while we have been conditioned to see lots of choices on a menu, it does not always translate to quality food. In fact from an operational point of view it is a sometimes detraction from quality if the kitchen cannot focus on doing a few things really well. Here is a sampling from the menu, caramelized banana pancakes, egg dishes with all fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables. Fresh squeezed blood orange juice, amazing homemade breads including English muffins, cornmeal molasses, and decadent fluffy biscuits. They have a few verbal specials daily to complement the menu.
My wife ordered the twice baked potato, stuffed with ham, fontina cheese, and vegetables, two eggs over medium, and excellent homemade bread. Her eggs were perfect, and I mean perfect. No dark color or lacy edges on the whites, and the yolks were at just the right amount of firmness. Our friend K had one of the specials, a scramble with trout, capers, and cream cheese. She commented that it was nice the way they place the cream cheese on the warm plate, and then put the scramble on top. It was a light taste, and the flavor of the trout came through. I wished I had ordered it after tasting hers. But I was in a Sunday morning, pancake mood. I had the Caramelized banana pancakes with a side of scrambled eggs and G had plain pancakes. This is the real deal; two big, fluffy scratch-made cakes, with real butter and yes, real maple syrup. I love that they caramelize the bananas. We were both very impressed. It is apparent that everything is made on the premises, and they shop local farmers markets as often as possible for their ingredients.
Even though the place was busy we never felt rushed. If you do not like to wait, get there early. You will get seated right away. This is on the top of our breakfast place, and I cannot wait to work my way through the menu. I have only one issue and that is they use Boyd's high end coffee. I am a coffee snob, so it does not work for me. I asked Michael about bringing in a local coffee. The problem stemmed from the service and consistency they had gotten from the small roasters they had tried. In the end it was a business decision and a good one based on the idea that consistency is the key in the restaurant business. I just don't order coffee, and don't miss it since everything else is off the charts.
Apparently Danny, and Michael the owners, had a place in San Francisco, and the influence shows here in the experience, décor, menu and overall quality. They are winning the hearts and minds of diners, one dish at a time.


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HEC gets degree-verifying status back
Islamabad, May 16: The blame game between the Ministry of Education and Training (MET) and Higher Education Commission (HEC) has finally come to an end.
The caretaker Minister of Education and Training Sania Nishtar told the HEC chairman on Wednesday that her ministry respected the autonomy of the commission, an initiative which was appreciated by the chairman.
She made a telephone call to the HEC Chairman and assured him that the commission would continue verifying degrees and that the ministry would not interfere in this regard.
The recent dispute between the ministry and the commission arose after the issuance of a notification by the government on May 9.
According to the notification, standards of higher education and external examination including equivalence of degree and diploma had been transferred to newly established Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (MNHSRC).
Besides, Ministry of National Health Services was instructed to get all the relevant record transferred from the HEC to its office.
She then sent an Email to chairman HEC which said that there was misunderstanding due to an inadvertent lack of clarity in the notification.
On the other hand, former HEC chairman, Dr Atta-ur-Rahman has decided to move Supreme Court for the commission's autonomy, Dawn has learnt.
An officer of HEC requesting not to be identified said because of the previous experiences the HEC took that notification seriously.
He said HEC Chairman Dr Javaid R. Laghari, written a letter to Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, on May 13, stating that notification was against the rules and also contempt of court.
The official said although the government had established the HEC as an autonomous organisation, three futile attempts had been made since 2010 to bring the HEC under a ministry. Supreme Court and Sindh High Court had come to the rescue of the HEC, he added.
The minister in the email said: "To give you a background, the
caretaker government decided to consolidate health functions at the
federal level under a unified division and renamed the National Services
Regulations Division (NRS) as the National Health
Services, Regulations and Coordination Division (NHSRCD) on May 3.
"When the division was renamed, it was noted that there were three businesses under the new NHSRCD, which did not belong to health and therefore they were moved out from this ministry.
"These included film censor board, external examination and equivalence of degrees, and commission for standards of higher
"The censor board was given under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and the latter two businesses were moved from NHSRCD to the education ministry," she said.
"Since the mandate of 'higher education' and 'degree equivalence' is already with the HEC, and HEC is presently attached to the Ministry of Education, there is no change in the status. Let me reiterate that we respect HEC's autonomous status," she said.
While talking to Dawn, Ms Sania Nishtar said that she made a phone call to chairman HEC and said that HEC would continue
verifying degrees and its autonomy would not be disturbed.
Dr Atta-ur-Rahman told Dawn that he respected the intention of the minister for education but the fact was that the Cabinet Division had approved to hand over the department of degree verification to MNHSRC so she (minister) could not do anything about it. Dawn
Dr Atta urges suo moto by SC on HEC issue
Islamabad: Expressing grave concern over caretaker government's shocking move to withdraw degree verification powers from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), noted scholar and founding former Chairman of the Commission Professor Attaur Rahman has appealed to the Supreme Court to take suo moto notice of the issue
In his application to the chief justice of Pakistan, a copy of which is available with The News, the former HEC chairman maintained that the caretaker government's notification is not only a violation of the Supreme Court orders but also against the provisions of HEC Ordinance 2002.
The noted scholar urged the apex court to revoke the government notification and all such orders and communiqués of the ministries and divisions that interfere with the autonomy and functioning of HEC in a manner other than prescribed by the Supreme Court. He also called for action against those responsible for defying the apex court orders.
The former minister said the move is aimed at stopping the HEC from verifying degrees of politicians as the commission had exposed dozens of fake degree holders in the former Parliament. "Misinterpreted and unwarranted rearrangement has been added to the prevailing uncertainty and perplexity looming over this premium and proven public sector organization," he said.
The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination issued an office memorandum (OM) on May 9 regarding transfer of degree verification function from the HEC to the ministry and creation of another body named Commission for Standards of Higher Education.
According to Dr Rehman, the caretaker government's move was in violation of a Supreme Court order dated April 12, 2011, which says that HEC's functions could not be allocated to another organisation until a fresh legislation is promulgated.The apex court has also declared that HEC is the only body in the country which can verify the veracity of educational degrees.
Apparently unhappy with the HEC for exposing fake degree holders in Parliament, the former government of Pakistan People's Party had also tried to clip the HEC's wing by a similar move, but the same was challenged in the Supreme Court.
The apex court in its order dated April 12, 2011 under CP Nos 33-35 of 2011 directed that "HEC shall continue discharging its functions and duties as it has been doing in the past unless and until a fresh legislation is promulgated". But the caretaker government has ignored this clear order and modified HEC's functions without any amendment moved in Parliament.
In his application, Attaur Rahman said the OM issued by the government regarding HEC's autonomy is clearly in conflict with the section 10 (o) of HEC ordinance which explicitly says that the function of determining the equivalence and recognition of degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded by institutions within the country and abroad to the HEC.
The Government of Pakistan established the Higher Education Commission in 2002 as an autonomous organisation under Ordinance No LIII of 2002. Under the ordinance, the prime minister is controlling Authority of HEC and the Commission's chairman has the status of a federal minister.
In view of its self-governing status, it is neither an attached department nor a subordinate office of any ministry or division. The previous attempts by the government to undermine HEC autonomy had been strongly opposed by vice chancellors and faculty associations of various universities throughout the country. The news
AIOU schedules exams from 22nd
Islamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has scheduled the final exams for PGD, MA and M Sc level programmes for the semester Autumn, 2012 which will start from Wednesday May 22 across the country simultaneously.
The schedule was announced by Controller exams Dr Hamid Khan Niazi. The Roll no. slips, he said, have already been sent to all the enrolled students. The students who have not received their roll no slips so far, are advised to contact the nearest regional office of the university or Deputy Controller exams Abid Hussain Satti.
For duplicate roll no slip students are required to bring two attested passport size photographs. Roll no slips along with date sheet have also been available on AIOU website for the convenience of students. All students are also advised to read the instructions mentioned on roll no. slip carefully before entering into the examination centre.
OUP event to promote reading habit
Karachi: The Oxford University Press (OUP), Pakistan, will organise a programme "Dosti Kitabon Sey" here on May 17.
An official of OUP Pakistan said here on Wednesday that the event is meant for youngsters in the age group of four to 10 years and aimed at promoting reading habit among the children.
The programme would be held from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm at the Oxford Bookshop, Park Towers, in Clifton.
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Prasoon Joshi not to attend JLF due to Padmaavat row
Censor board chief Prasoon Joshi has pulled out of the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in the wake of the Padmaavat controversy, saying he wished to avoid any discomfort to the organisers and fellow writers due to the row
Censor board chief Prasoon Joshi has pulled out of the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in the wake of the Padmaavat controversy, saying he wished to avoid any discomfort to the organisers and fellow writers due to the row. The 46-year-old poet-lyricist's statement came following threats from the Rajput group Karni Sena which had attacked Joshi for clearing Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial film 'Padmaavat' and had protested the JLF's invitation to him. Joshi said he does not want the "dignity" of the prestigious event to be compromised by the Padmaavat controversy. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman was scheduled to be in conversation with writer and filmmaker Anu Singh Choudhury tomorrow in a session titled `Main Aur Woh: Conversations with Myself.
"I will not be attending JLF this year and must say will miss sharing great moments with literature and poetry lovers," Joshi said in a statement. "I am doing this so that the dignity of the event does not get compromised or discomfort caused either to the organisers, fellow writers or the attendees. And also so that the lovers of literature get to focus on creativity and not controversy," he said. Joshi was to be provided with Z level security during the JLF after Karni Sena had said last week that it would not allow him to attend the five-day festival which began on Thursday at the iconic Diggi Palace here. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmaavat" starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh finally released on January 25 amid protests and vandalism by disgruntled groups which accused the filmmaker of "distorting historical facts" and wrongful portrayal of Queen Padmavati. However, Bansali has repeatedly denied the allegations. Joshi said he did his job "sincerely" and took a "balanced" decision on the period drama and condemned the violence across the country. "Speaking of which, the issue around the film Padmaavat - I did my job and sincerely took a sensitive and balanced call.
"As I have said earlier, certification was done with due processes, incorporating valid suggestions whilst staying mindful to the concerns of the society as well as to the canvas of cinema," Joshi said. "It¿s sad that we are not relying on genuine peaceful dialogue. It's important that we keep mutual trust and faith in each other and our institutions so that the issues don¿t reach this far," he added. The censor board had given a U/A certificate to the film and suggested five modifications, including title change to "Padmaavat" from "Padmavati". The film is based on 16th century poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi's "Padmavat". Historians are, however, divided on whether Padmavati actually existed. The CBFC had also suggested modifications in disclaimers, pertinently adding one regarding not glorifying the practice of sati and also relevant changes in the song `Ghoomar¿ to befit the character portrayed. Earlier, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, a regular at the event, gave a miss to the inaugural ceremony.
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High on the mist-shrouded slopes of the Pyrenees, Ryder Hesjedal was poised to make his mark on Canadian professional road cycling. Stage 17 of the 2010 Tour de France had him pushing hard up the western side of the Col de Tourmalet, one of the race's most torturous ascents. As the newly minted front man for Garmin-Transitions—team leaders Christian Vande Velde and Tyler Farrar withdrew due to injuries suffered in stage two—Hesjedal steeled his resolve and met the punishing 18.6 kilometres climb head on.
Canadian cycling fans a continent away held their breath as they watched him battle cold, rain and fog to reach the summit in fourth place, just behind frontrunners Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador. His finish vaulted him from tenth to eighth spot in the overall standings. Three days later, he would sprint down the Champs-Élysées to complete the Tour in seventh spot, the highest finish by a Canadian since Steve Bauer's fourth place in 1988.
Headlines touting Hesjedal's monumental Tour de France showing were splashed across the front pages of Canadian newspapers last summer, easily the most media attention that any homegrown professional cyclist has received in over two decades. "A lot of people thought I came out of nowhere," he says. "It was only my third consecutive Tour. I'd finished 49th, 47th—and then all of a sudden, seventh." Yet despite the recent accolades, his much-feted Tour de France finish was but the latest in a long list of accomplishments over the course of his 15-year cycling career.
Born and raised in Victoria, B.C., Hesjedal cut his teeth on the Vancouver Island mountain bike racing circuit at the tender age of 12. His first foray into elite-level international competition was in 1996, followed swiftly by a silver medal in the 1998 Junior Mountain Bike (MTB) World Championships. Hesjedal turned pro in 1999 and notched win after win, amassing a total of seven MTB World Championship medals over the next six years. And a 2002 World Cup final victory in Les Gets, France, set him up for the Under-23 World Cup Overall that year. Clearly, he was at the top of his game.
Hesjedal was a heavy medal favourite at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. It was the worst possible time for his winning streak to come to an inopportune end. "I was in the best shape of my life and knew I was capable of winning the Olympics," he says. "I put everything into it only to get a flat five minutes into the race. I didn't even get a chance to compete." Stunned and disappointed, he focused on winning that year's MTB Worlds as a consolation. Yet it was not to be. "I crashed in Spain on the last training ride before the Worlds. [The accident] left me with a huge hematoma on my quad and I had to drop out."
The sobering events of 2004 were a turning point for him, motivating his transition to full-time professional road racing. "I had already seen the highest level of mountain biking, but there was still so much to go for on the road," Hesjedal reflects. "When things kind of came apart in the Olympics and the Worlds that year, I decided to focus solely on the road in 2005." It didn't take long for Hesjedal to establish himself as a talented climber and strong time trialist. He took third and fourth spots for time trial (TT) and road racing respectively in his first crack at the Canadian National Championship, eventually winning Canada's TT title in 2007. And he's one of a select few Canadian riders who have competed in all three of cycling's Grand Tour races, notching first-place finishes with his team in the 2008 Giro d'Italia Team TT and solo in one of the most mountainous sections, stage 12 of the 2009 Vuelta a España. Yet securing a place in the limelight isn't his only motivation.
Hesjedal recognizes the role of Canadian cycling ambassador that accompanies his cycling success, striving "to do his best for the sport both on and off [his] bike." "I'm committed to cycling as my profession but also as my passion," he affirms, "and I do what I can to help people get excited about getting on their bikes." To raise awareness of and generate enthusiasm for his hometown's cycling culture, he led a field of over 1,500 cyclists on the inaugural Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria in late May. The gran fondo–style ride was the marquee event of the Victoria International Cycling Festival, and allows participants to tour their choice of three courses—140 kilometres, 90 kilometres and a 20 kilometre community ride—along the roads Hesjedal grew up riding on, through Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula. "I'm pretty proud and honoured to be a part of this ride and support my city's cycling community," he says. "Cycling as a sport is more popular than ever now, and mass-participation rides like this one are a fun, casual way for everyone to take part."
All proceeds from the Tour de Victoria's community ride benefitted the Power To Be Adventure Therapy Society, a program facilitating outdoor education for youth, adults and families facing significant life challenges. Hesjedal also backs an initiative called Wheelmen Ride Bicycles supporting the development of young competitive cyclists in Canada. "I came up from a junior-level cyclist to where I am now. I know what I needed to get to this point in my career, and I want to help that cause. If I'm motivating kids to get into biking, there needs to be opportunities available to them, and I'm doing what I can to open those doors. The more kids we can get excited about biking, the more chances we have of developing future Canadian cyclists to cheer for."
Hesjedal cautiously looks ahead to this year's Tour de France and speculates on what lies beyond. "I'm trying to be in good shape. Just making it to the start line is huge, and then the rest just kind of sorts itself out after that. A few years back, I thought that if I could get to the Tour de France and do it five times, that'd be pretty decent as far as my personal timeline was concerned. I'm close to accomplishing that already—I'll see where it goes from there." He acknowledges that he's at the top level of his sport and in the best years of his physical conditioning. And obstacles be damned, it's not in his nature to succumb. "There's not really that option to not push through or give up or whatever you call it," he says. "It's just who I am. This is what I've chosen to do, what I work towards. Being in the hardest of moments, when I'm at my absolute limit, is almost a comfort zone for me."
And so Hesjedal bears the cycling hopes of a nation on his shoulders. Because "It's where I know I've been working to be," he says. "It's what it's supposed to be." Allez, allez, allez!
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Q: Has New York State enacted new estate and gift tax laws to follow the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, signed into law on January 2, 2013?
A: No. The State of New York has its own estate, gift and GST system. While based in large part on federal tax laws, New York's exemptions and rates are significantly different from the federal law, which include the following important differences:
• Federal law provides a $5,000,000 lifetime exemption from estate, gift and generation-skipping tax, indexed for inflation (the inflation adjusted exemption in 2013 is expected to be $5,250,000).
• While New York repealed its gift tax effective January 1, 2000, New York's estate tax exemption is only $1,000,000 and the law does not include an inflation adjustment provision.
• Under federal law, the "portability" provisions enacted into law in 2010 now permit a surviving spouse dying to use his or her deceased spouse's unused gift and estate tax exemption.
• New York has not adopted any spousal "portability" provisions.
While New York's top estate tax rate is lower than the top rate imposed on federally taxable estates, the substantially lower exemption of $1,000,000 and absence of spousal portability necessitates additional and separate estate planning for many New York State taxpayers, regardless of whether they anticipate having to pay federal estate taxes.
In 2004, Nathaniel L. Corwin was named a Member of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. located in Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. Previously, he held the position Of Counsel from 1999 in the firm's Trusts and Estates department. From 1989 to 1991, he was an associate in the firm's Corporate and Securities Law practice. While Mr. Corwin's practice now centers on the area of trusts and estates, he also performs legal work in the areas of corporate law, real estate, municipal law and contractual matters. His work includes the drafting of sophisticated wills and trusts, formation and organization of limited liability companies and limited partnerships for a broad spectrum of business ventures, the administration of estates, and handling of residential and commercial real estate and leasing transactions for the firm's trusts and estates clients.


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