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A man was slashed with a knife after he was attacked in his Norwich home in the middle of the afternoon.
The 53-year-old man had to be taken to hospital after he was cut in the forearm and stomach, after his attacker knocked on his door and went into his Magdalen Street flat.
Police said the attacker had cold-called at the flat and had demanded money of his victim, before attacking him with a knife.
The attacker then fled, while his victim had to be taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Detective Constable Andy Vinsen, from Norwich CID, said: "We're following several lines of enquiry and while there is no evidence at this stage to suggest the victim and suspect were known to one another, we do not believe there was any threat to others members of the community."
The suspect, who ran from the scene, is described as mixed race, around 6ft and of medium build, with a moustache and dreadlocks.
He was wearing grey jogging bottoms, a three-quarter-length khaki coloured coat and white trainers featuring blue and red stripes on the side.
DC Vinsen added: "We're keen to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or noticed a man matching the description in the area at the time."
The attack happened at about 3.30pm on Monday.
Anyone with information should contact DC Vinsen at Norwich CID on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


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Pennsylvania Credit Union Faces Lawsuit Over ATM Disclosures
If you don't know the answer to that question, now might be a good time to find out because a credit union in Pennsylvania faces a class action suit claiming it has illegally collected ATM fees from at least one of its machines that did not carry the required warning.
According to court documents, Daniella Helkowski withdrew cash from an ATM at the headquarters of the $591 million Clearview Federal Credit Union in Moon Township, Pa., and she alleged that Clearview charged her $2.25 for the transaction.
Helkowski charged that the credit union did not have a notice posted about the fee on or at the ATM as required by the Electronic Funds Transfer Act. Without such a written notice, Helkowski argued, the credit union is forbidden to charge a fee for the transaction. She has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of herself and everyone else who was charged a fee for a transaction at the ATM.
Helkowski's complaint quoted the EFTA to the effect that a notice about an ATM's fees "shall be posted in a prominent and conspicuous location on or at the automated teller machine at which the electronic fund transfer is initiated by the consumer."
The EFTA also requires, according to Helkowski's complaint, that any fee notices "shall appear on the screen of the automated teller machine or on a paper notice issued from such machine, after the transaction is initiated and before the consumer is irrevocably committed to completing the transaction."
A spokesman for Clearview declined to comment on the allegations, pointing out that the CU had only recently learned of the litigation and referred all questions to the credit union's attorney, Rhonda Sudino, a lawyer with the Pittsburgh firm Robb Leonard Mulvihill. "We are only at the very beginning of this litigation, so it would really be inappropriate for me to say anything about it," Sudino said.
Connie Trudgeon, vice president of operations of CO-OP Financial Services, expressed surprise that a credit union would be named in such a suit because, as a rule, credit unions take consumer disclosure requirements very seriously.
"This is a regulation put into place to protect consumers who are not members or customers of the institution that deployed the ATM," Trudgeon said. "The presumption was that consumers or customers at the deploying institution would have already learned of their institution's ATM fees when they opened their accounts, but consumers from other institutions would not be able to do that."
Jim Hanisch, an executive vice president with CO-OP Financial Services, speculated that the law and regulation might need to be changed to keep up with technology.
He argued that the original regulation had been put into place when the amount of information an ATM could display on a screen was limited by the screen's small size. Since then, he explained, the newer ATMs have begun to carry much larger screens that could adequately notify consumers about any potential surcharge. He also suggested that industry standards have begun to drift toward an interpretation of the law that would make the notices on machines obsolete-even though such an interpretation might not be supported in the law.
Court documents show that Helkowski has also filed almost exactly the same complaint against the Sewickley Savings Bank, headquartered in Sewickley, Pa., alleging that on May 6 she withdrew cash from an ATM at the bank's headquarters branch that did not carry a disclosure.
Phone calls to Helkowski and the firm that represents her, Carlson Lynch, were not returned by press time, but Bruce Carlson, a lawyer with the firm, argued in an article in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that such lawsuits are part of what Congress intended when it passed the EFTA.
"The overwhelming majority of financial institutions and ATM operators are in compliance with the law," the paper quoted Carlson as saying. "But the law speaks for itself. The requirements are unambiguous."
Carlson argued that legislators encouraged lawsuits as an enforcement tactic because the government lacks the resources to make sure each machine complies with the law, the story reported.
"These lawsuits and publicity will make sure everyone soon is in compliance," Carlson said.


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Doug Rubin, the former chief of staff to Gov. Deval Patrick, warns Washington Democrats that privately besmirching the current field of challengers aiming to knock off Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown isn't helpful.
From his column in Monday's Boston Herald:
The speculation from D.C. hurts the existing field, which is already filled with strong, talented candidates. It keeps donors who are loyal to the party on the sidelines, and forces some very important grass-roots organizers to hold off from making a commitment to a candidate. It also creates media stories about the supposed weakness of the field, which is a disservice to those candidates who have chosen to run.
If Democratic Party officials in D.C. have a preferred candidate, let us know who it is and get him or her up here to start doing the hard work it will take to win.
Talk right now is not only cheap, it's hurting our chances of winning this Senate seat in 2012. Democratic Party leaders in D.C. need to go all in, or get out of the way.
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Doohan's Ashes Finally To Be Lauched This WeekendBy Michelle
April 26, 2007 - 8:56 PM
When James Doohan (Scotty)'s ashes are launched into space this weekend, it will represent a triumph after several months of delays for the commercial rocket carrying his remains.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that after a crash last September, UP Aerospace has been conducting dry runs for launch procedures for the company's second launch attempt, scheduled for Saturday morning by the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. If successful, UP Aerospace will become the first company to launch from the site of the first commercial spaceport in the world.
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You can zoom in to almost one tree. Bullshit has nowhere to hide now.
The technical team behind Google Earth have partnered with US government boffins to produce dramatic satellite maps showing how the area of the world covered by forests has changed across the years 2000 to 2012. The red speckles are forests lost from 2000-2012 In the year 2000, some 32,688,000 km2 of the planet was covered …
You can zoom in to almost one tree. Bullshit has nowhere to hide now.
It's bearshit in the woods, I believe.
Human overpopulation is the #1 ecological problem facing the planet today... & if you say one word about it the Politically Correct Police will label you a Racist... all is lost... Gang Green Members suck!
Brazil was indeed doing well up until last year, then... whoopsy!
"Brazil says Amazon deforestation rose 28% in a year" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24950487
Well if they reduced it by half, but then it increased again by 28% of that:
Then the current rate of deforestation is 64% of the rate in the year 2000, which is still a 36% improvement and not to be sniffed at.
If it was averaging .06% and suddenly increased by 28%, that would make it 0.768% for 2012, or have I got that wrong?
Its been a topic of debate for a while now, what gets is that unlike PC industry, the numbers go down, we end up with less forests, like smokers destroying their lungs, a bit at time, until they do too much damage, and entire system fails ....
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While I do not claim any that is truly accurate, I would like to see it worked out like that, a hour rate, to see what our "advanced society" costs us ....
Forrest surrounding the Chesapeake Bay here in Maryland continue to shrink... mass immigration is more important to Governor O'Malley than the health of the bay... Go Gang Green!... morons... :(
So is the increase in density solely down to different forestry management, or is more CO2 in the air leading to bigger and bushier trees sucking more CO2 out of the atmosphere?
Negative feedback, anyone?
Are they really trees or differences between summer Vines and the winter cut back?
Seems there's loads disappearing up there, to the West of the A1(M).
You can also see how Thetford Forest has loads disappearing and loads being re-planted.
Interesting. (locally)
our green and pleasant land doesn't look very, well, green.
Are things that bad or did we plant the wrong kind of forest?
Most of our land is open farmland, really..
Wasn't Britain MOSTLY forested millennia ago?
Despite the seemingly cheerful tone of the article, I find losing 5% of the world's forests in 12 years is extremely worrying. Unless a huge effort to reverse the trend is done, there won't be any forests left in just two centuries.
I would really not be comfortable with kicking the can and just say "our grandchildren will take care of that in a hundred years".
Quick energy companies: raise prices to fix it!
200 years left before it's all gone, that's alright then. Who needs oxygen or soil anyway?
(BTW, can't replicate 0.6%: 1.5/32/12 ~= 0.004)
It isn't infallible - our local area has tree loss in an arable field which has always been an arable field, so perhaps a change in crop has fooled the algorithm.
It doesn't seem to have coped very well with the moorland vegetation in the UK, either.
However, as a broad brush to spot the major problems - pretty good!
The survey doesn't say which of those forests are low biodiversity monoculture for pulp or palm oil replacing ancient forest with high biodiversity. So there is still a crisis in the world's forests.
Indeed. And you don't need to cut down a forest to harm it to turn into a degraded husk, just build a one road through a forest, and soon enough loggers, cattle ranchers, gold miners and civilisation arrive, and they divide a forest into a patchwork of degraded forest fragments. This in turn alters the weather, which degrades the forest further because of high temperatures, low humidity and drought. What's left is has limited biodiversity.
That's what happened to the Amazonian rainforest in Rondônia State, Brazil beginning in the 70s. And you don't have to be a tree hugging environmentalist to see what a disaster this was, because thousands of Native Americans Indians lived uncontacted there until the late 60s early 70's, they suffered catastrophic losses to disease and violent conflict with gold miners, cattle ranchers and peasant farmers. Some groups that once numbered in the thousands are now down to a few hundred living in poverty and addiction on government settlements. Even the peasant farmers didn't fair well either, the soil in the Amazon rainforest is thin and it's underlain by leached sand, the ecosystem evolved over millions of years to recycle the limited nutrients, the farmer's crops soon failed and they starved.
Adrian Cowell spent 30 years documenting the deforestation in Rondônia from the 70s to the 90s. He produced the amazing series of documentaries.
Carbon sequestration is apparently the only viable pretext for the existence of Forest. "Forest management" should include glyphosate and clothianidin application to the edge environments to settle any last remnants of the ecology seeking refuge. Plowing up the last of the Prairie for ethanol production is also an important component in our final solution for this planet.
Counter intuitive? Maybe, but think through the economics: http://voices.yahoo.com/go-green-more-paper-8586561.html
In my opinion, the article you quoted is FOS. Trees used for paper production have usually nothing to do with the original species that populated the area, and often are also invading species, that cause great harm to local ecosystems. Here in the sunny Spain - and AFAIK in the rest of Europe- they're using eucalyptus, a fast growing invader species that makes the ground toxic for most other plants and trees, but grow almost as fast as bamboo*.
They make 'interesting'** forest fires too, and tend to cause lots of erosion***. Add to that the usual problems with monocultures and the picture gets yet a little bit darker. As for the carbon sequestration angle, paper production needs lots and lots of energy and produces lots of CO2 and other contaminants, so growing trees for making paper is far less efficient as a carbon sink than, e.g. growing trees for quality wood and some nuts . Anyway, I agree with you that the main problem is the economy. Sigh...
*Note: Yes, I'm exaggerating a little bit.
**Note: Where 'interesting' means 'really fucking difficult to put down'. I can tell you from personal experience that those fires are like an open window to hell.
***Note: I think eucalyptus is the Aussie's revenge against the rest of the world for sending them all those rabbits. ;-)
See even the fucking trees here will kill ya. :)
There are 32 million square kilometers of forest. We lost 1.5 million of them in the last decade. Imagine you're in a lifeboat and you have 32 gallons of water and you've used 1.5 gallons in the last week. That's 5% gone in a week!
Sure it seems bad at first glance, but let's use the magic of PERCENTAGES and SHORT TIME INTERVALS to make things better. If you think about things on a daily basis, that's only 0.71% of our original water supply per day, or only ZERO point ZERO ZERO SEVEN ONE waters per day!! We are saved!
a net loss of 1.5m km2 from only 32.6 km2 is kind of a whole lot for only 12 years, i don't think a cheerful headline is warranted here
This article might break The Register's own record for trite use of the word "boffin", one of the more annoying British colloquialisms.
The Earth has lost nearly 5% of its forested area in the last 12 years, so I guess things being not-as-bad-as-feared (though still bad) counts as good news. :'(
This is the worst thing that we can do to Earth. A world wide catastrophe that might end life as we know it. We can't screw around. The oxygen that need to sustain the planet is in grave jeopardy. We need a world policy, like the using chemical weapons on your own people type policy. When any country or any company cut down trees, they have to replant the whole field after they cut them down. A world organization will monitor the regrowing process. If a country or corporations fail on the replanting, the responsible party will pay for the replanting cost by the world organization. It is everyone's responsibility because it affect every person in the world.
Malaysia lost 14.4%, Paraguay 9.6%, Indonesia 8.4%, Guatemala 8.2% and Cambodia lost 7.1% of their forests in 12 years.
For what used to be an interesting train trip, try the one from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Not much variety these days; palm oil plantation followed by palm oil plantation as far as the eye can see. Just because it looks green from a distance doesn't mean it is good. Some of the locals will tell you the palm oil plantations are just replacing the old rubber plantations, but I don't think that's the half of it.
Map includes sites where trees have been recently harvested as "loss" even if they are immediately replanted. So then they show us as "gain" at some later point as the trees grow. Including managed forest in the loss/gain calculation skews the results. Hopefully the map would better indicate where forest has actually been lost due to conversion to some other use.
There appears to be some error in the computerized calculations. Olympic National Park, just north of my western Washington State property, shows some loss of forests in the middle of a heavily timbered rough terrain. There is no logging or habitation in those areas. So why the forest loss? Perhaps the Google Earth colors aren't quite as accurate as presumed.
It's not good that forest loss is almost one percent per year.
Forests do nothing for bottom lines and campaign donations. Hard to expect something else.
So 0.6% in one year is not a big deal.
And yet people were up in arms over a .1% reduction in GDP growth in Australia from a carbon tax.
Wait until Drax, currentlyEurope's largest powerstation 3,960 megawatts starts in earnest using wood pellets instead of coal. There it is sitting on 100 years of coal seams and instead the intent is to change to wood burning - 70,000 tons per day. Wood pellets will be shipped in from the USA. This equates to approximately 70,000 trees PER DAY, at ~250 trees per acre that is ~280 acres per DAY of huggable trees being felled so that Drax can be 'green'
I posted a comment which was moderated out. It was not offensive, and I see only one possible reason why it would have been rejected*, so I am going to resubmit it below without that.
It's almost funny that these figures can be represented in 2 completely different ways.
The BBC's article was "Oh no, look how much the forests are shrinking!"
This article is "Meh, the forests are barely shrinking."
No voicing an opinion either way, but it's a good reminder of how data can be manipulated to support your own political agenda.
* The only part I could see which would have reasonable grounds for rejection was a famous "quote" about statistics.
Tends to help if you don't insult El Reg when commenting. You're a guest in our house, remember - we reserve the right to hoik you out if you upset us.
I'm sorry if what I said came across as an insult. It was not meant to.
I was merely pointing out how a set of results can be interpreted in 2 completely different ways, as this is an extreme example of such happening.


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Though the 24-year-old defensive end failed to make the St. Louis Rams' final 53-man roster for the 2014 regular season on Saturday, sources have revealed the Dallas Cowboys will host Sam at Valley Ranch on Wednesday. The defensive end will take a physical, and the Cowboys expect to sign him to the practice squad if all goes well during his visit.
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Sam said in a statement: "I look forward to continuing to build on the progress I made here toward a long and successful career. The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues."
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School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
J Environ Sci (China) 17:249-55. 2005..Gas-phased absorb of CO2 effectively reduced the alkaline consumption, hence avoided excessive cation into the reactor...
- DNA damage in mice treated with sulfur dioxide by inhalationZiqiang Meng
Institute of Environmental Medicine and Toxicology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
Environ Mol Mutagen 46:150-5. 2005..These data also suggest that detecting DNA damage in blood lymphocytes, using the Comet assay, may serve as a useful tool for evaluating the impact of pulmonary SO2 exposure in human biomonitoring studies...
- The Genomes of Oryza sativa: a history of duplicationsJun Yu
Beijing Institute of Genomics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Genomics Institute, Beijing Proteomics Institute, China
PLoS Biol 3:e38. 2005..More important, ongoing individual gene duplications provide a never-ending source of raw material for gene genesis and are major contributors to the differences between members of the grass family...
- A genome sequence of novel SARS-CoV isolates: the genotype, GD-Ins29, leads to a hypothesis of viral transmission in South ChinaE de Qin
Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100071, China
Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics 1:101-7. 2003..It provides a new avenue for the exploration of the virus-host interaction in viral evolution, host pathogenesis, and vaccine development...
- [Prediction of the spatial distribution of Oncomelania snails in marshland of Jiangning County using the Ordinary Kriging]Zhi Ying Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an 710032, China
Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 22:170-2. 2004..To explore the methods to predict the distribution of Oncomelania hupensis in the marshland of Jiangning County...
- [Development and application of geographic information system of Aedes vector in Chaozhou city, Guangdong province]Bin tang Yi
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an 710032, China
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 25:134-7. 2004..To explore the spatial distribution character of dengue fever and the change of Aedes' population, so as to provide macroscopical decision-making evidences of prevention and supervision on dengue fever...
- Aspiration of dead space in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with respiratory failureYou ning Liu
Department of Respiratory Medicine, General Hospital of the Chinese People s Liberation Army, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing 100853, China
Respir Care 49:257-62. 2004..We hypothesized that ASPIDS would allow lower tidal volume and thus reduce exposure to potentially injurious airway pressures...
- [Application of satellite image for surveillance of vegetation landscapes of Oncomelenia-snail habitats in marshland using unsupervised classification]Zhi Ying Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Prevention Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an 710032, China
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 24:261-4. 2003..To explore the vegetation landscapes in marshland snail habitats using satellite image...
- [Study on the relationship between Terra-MODIS image and the snail distribution in marshland of Jiangning county, Jiangsu province]Bo Zhang
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an 710032, China
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 24:257-60. 2003....


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The Soviet Government will make no additional allotments to the development of Bira Bidjan, the Far Eastern territory which, it has announced, it is ready to aid in developing.
Before the departure for America, the American Commission headed by Professor Franklin Harris, which studied the colonization possibilities in Bira Bidigan submitted questions as to whether the Government would not like to increase the colonization tempo of Bira Bidjan, adding to it an industrial angle. A reply has just been issued by Rykov, Soviet leader declaring: An increase in the tempo of the work for Bira Bidjan is desirable. However, the Soviet Government has not the possibility now to assign new funds to it, Rykov explains that "the interest of the Soviet industry as a whole demands that the Government should spend funds firstly in those regions where there are natural resources and communication is better. This principle will be applied to Bira Bidjan as well, insofar as its rich, natural sources are concerned.
"Bidjan is already included in the five year plan according to which twelve thousand Jewish families are to be settled in Bidjan during five years."
Replying to the query: "What national prospectives can the Jews expect in Bira Bidjan," Rykov declared: The question of proclaiming there a Jewish autonomous territory depends entirely upon the success of the Jewish settlement work. The general national minority policy of the Soviet Government is such that no hindrances exist for creating national autonomous districts as long as there is ground for it."


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If you thought 2013 was a great year to be in London then the coming 12 months are set to be even better, with a huge number of fantastic events taking place across the capital throughout the year.
So, even those who recently paid the city a visit will find it's well worth coming back in 2014, as there's always something new to discover here, while anyone who has never been before will surely not want to miss out any longer.
For example, London has gained something of a reputation in recent years for its wonderful summer music festivals, which take place in the city's many iconic parks.
The fact that the British capital has more green space than any other major capital in the world is certainly put to good use, with a range of fantastic outdoor concerts and other live events held at various time of year.
To experience this for yourself, why not book a ticket to Field Day or Lovebox Festival, both of which will be taking place once more in Victoria Park next summer, and will feature stellar line-ups with some of the biggest name in music set to perform.
Alternatively, O2 Wireless Festival will be held in Hyde Park in July, providing yet another chance to take in an outdoor concert in the heart of the city.
If you prefer indoor gigs, however, then you'll find loads of venues throughout London, many of which will be hosting the biggest stars on the planet in 2014.
Justin Timberlake, for example, will be playing the O2 Arena in April, while boyband One Direction are set to appear at the iconic Wembley Stadium in June.
Of course, there's much more than just music to enjoy in London, and a night out at the theatre in the West End is a must for visitors to the city. As with all years, 2014 will see a number of world-class productions beginning in Theatreland, with Miss Saigon making its highly anticipated return to the capital while I Can't Sing! The X-Factor Musical will be debuting in March.


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new 991 GT3 and GT-Rs of this world, mind - but a respectable effort for a grown-up GT car.
Changes over the regular XKR-S include revised suspension with much fiercer spring rates - +68 per cent front and +25 per cent rear - and an extra 52mm in the front track. Eibach supplies the hardware, complete with compensator springs, and the GT features Jaguar's first carbon ceramic discs, developed with Brembo. The F-Type returns the favour of the XK's donated hardware too, giving its faster steering rack and revised front suspension knuckles back to the older car. Engine and transmission are as per the standard XKR-S, the 550hp supercharged V8 and six-speed auto deemed 'adequate' and, we're told, the in-gear punch sufficient to make the expense of adding the F-Type's eight-speeder unneccessary. Wider 305-section Pirelli Corsa tyres (plus 10mm) help get the power down better though, trimming the 0-60mph from 4.2 seconds to 3.9.
Overall weight savings are minimal, with the carbon ceramic discs saving about 25kg in unsprung weight. The cars being built for the US market will ship with the standard every-which-way electric seats but UK cars - if there's enough demand for such a thing to be built - could be supplied with fixed racing seats, which would bring the overall weight saving to 75kg.
Ah yes, that UK supply. Currently Jaguar has committed to 30 cars, 25 for the US and five for Canada. Will they make any for the UK? Yes, if there's demand. So shout up if you're interested. You'll need around £130,000, which is asking quite a lot. But it looks like a whole load of fun and we'd wholeheartedly support anyone taking the plunge!
An earlier version of this story quoted the new price of the XKR-S GT as being around £175,000. That's thanks to some early misinformation; the car will in fact cost $175,000, which will equate to around £130,000 if it's sold in the UK.


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Blackened Chicken w/ Creole Mustard Tasso Sauce
Though not technically Cajun cuisine, it's still mighty good! Spicy blackened chicken with a creamy Creole mustard sauce...just for kicks.
Chicken, Bacon, & Green Chile Pizza
My favorite way to top a pizza
Chicken Breasts Baked with Green Chilies and Onion
One of my Top Fives from Madhur Jaffrey. Really good.
Chicken Diane
A fancy dish with very little trouble
Chicken Florentine
My favorite recipe from Giada De Laurentiis. Great for a nice restaurant style meal.
Chicken Fricassee
Great comfort food
Chicken Garlic
A restaurant recreation...maybe?
Chicken Korma
From Jamie Oliver. But not for us.
Chicken Jalapeno Popper Crostata
Just yes.
Chicken & Leek Stroganoff
from Jamie Oliver. Loved it!
Chicken Marsala
Marsala wine and mushrooms--can't go wrong
Chicken with Mustard and Brandy Gravy
From Donna Hay.
Chicken in Mustard Sauce
From Rick Bayless. Huge hit here.
Chicken alla Pizzaiola
from Twelve by Tessa Kiros...delicious!
Chicken Sauce Piquante
A spicy tomato-based chicken stew
Chicken & Zucchini con Queso or Zucchini con Queso
From The Border Cookbook. A cheesy side dish or main.
Chilli Cashew Chicken Noodles
From Donna Hay.
Coq au Vin
A classic from Tyler Florence.
Crispy Turkey Cutlets w/ Pecan Sage Sauce
I love the pecan sage sauce.
Crockpot Chicken Creole
Slow-cooked Creole flavors w/out heating up your kitchen
Crockpot Smoked Sausage
A family favorite
Flat-roasted Chicken with Almond and Mint
One of our favorites from Donna Hay
Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken
My "company" chicken
Greek Chicken Casserole
A pantry recipe
Gremolata Seared Chicken
From Donna Hay--under 30 minutes
Mexican-Style Chicken w/ Penne
An easy family-pleasing stove-top casserole
Poblano (and banana pepper) Chicken
Roasted peppers, chicken, and beer. Oh...and potatoes too.
Post Holiday Turkey Gumbo
Don't throw out that carcass!
Saturday Sandwiches
My husband's lunch specialty: chicken sandwiches on focaccia w/ rosemary dijon
Silken Chicken
From Mudher Jaffrey.
Smoked Turkey and Okra Gumbo
Use that leftover Thanksgiving turkey.
Spatchcocked Chicken with Spinach Couscous
From Nigel Slater.
Spicy Grilled Chicken, Yogurt w/ Tomato and Cucumber
From Mudher Jaffrey. Loved the yogurt with the chicken.
Turkey & Artichoke Stuffed Shells w/ Arrabbiata Sauce
Unexpected filling with a great sauce. Bonus: makes enough to freeze
Turkey Tetrazzini Style Casserole
What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers
Turkey and Zucchini Burgers with Green Onion and Cumin,
Sour Cream and Cumin Sauce
I don't normally like turkey burgers. These were good!
Who Dat Hot Wings
Made with a special Who Dat sauce.
Black Eyed Peas in Sauce Piquante
A mix of black eyed peas cooked with tasso and tasso sauce piquante
Breakfast Hash
from Nigel Slater
Cajun Pork Roast
Two words: velvety gravy
Cajun Smothered Potatoes
Potatoes cooked down with smoked sausage and onions...c'est bon!
Creole "Sauced" Sausage Po Boys
Sausage Po Boy with a rich, velvety Creole-beer sauce
Dirty, Dirty Rice
Dirty rice without liver & gizzards
Dirty Risotto
From Giada De Laurentiis, reminds me of pizza
Grillades & Grits
A New Orleans brunch favorite
Adapted from Food From Many Greek Kitchens, a fantastic dish.
My Favorite Stuffed Shells (aka Jamie's Stuffed Shells)
Creamy, gooey, cheesy
New Year's Jambalaya
Need some luck?
Pan Fried Pork Chops w/ Parsley Mustard SauceLove this sauce!
Penne alla Senese (Penne w/ Sausage, Walnuts, & Cream)
From Tessa Kiros...excellent.
A Cajun delicacy.
Puff Pizzas w/ Collard Greens
Grown-up pizza that can serve as an appetizer or main dish.
Red Beans & Rice
A New Orleans classic
Risotto Stuffed Tomatoes
A family favorite
Saucy Pork Chops
Pork chops in a Creole style gravy
Sausage Etouffee
You can make etouffee with anything
Sausages and Mustard
From Nigel Slater
Shrimp & Andouille Baked Potato
Shrimp & andouille...one of my favorite pairs
Smothered Pork Chops
Just about everything gets smothered in the South
Smothered Potatoes w/ Andouille & Tasso
A different Cajun twist on meat & potatoes
Spare Ribs in Smoky Tomato Gravy
Spare ribs simmered in red gravy loaded with onions, peppers,and smoked sausage.
Sweet Cherry Tomato & Sausage Bake
From Jamie Oliver...made me break some rules.
White Beans & Rice
Cooked with pickle meat and dried thyme, just like my mama likes 'em.


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Hey, This is my Numpad for Laptop fix Update. It's got new features like Emergency Shutdown for Engine.exe. It's kind of the same as the other release but you can press ALt+Function keys to use the function keys and F1-10 to use Numpad keys. I'll be putting a list later so wait.
Screenshots:Code:f12 = Stop all hotkeys.. Must restart when you close though f1 = Numpad1 f2 = Numpad2 f3 = Numpad3 f4 = Numpad4 f5 = Numpad5 f6 = Numpad6 f7 = Numpad7 f8 = Numpad8 f9 = Numpad9 f10 = Numpad0 Alt+Function keys 1-12 = Function keys 1 - 12 Alt+Escape = Emergency shutdown of Engine.exe
This only happens when you start this. Just for the credits
If you liked this Please press please or give me advice on what features to add in my next release


text: Hi, I just poked around the newly created files, and here they are: The dmg: http://friedrichromstedt.org/numpy/Release/10-10-16/01-numpy-2.0.0.dev-py2.5-python.org.dmg (just to be sure: PRELIMINARY) The test file of the numpy 2.0.0 on the build machine: http://friedrichromstedt.org/numpy/Tests/Vincent-i386-Core2Duo/py2.5/Logs/10-10-15/test.log Test result file on another ppc PowerBook G4: http://friedrichromstedt.org/numpy/Tests/Rick-ppc-G4/py2.5/10-10-16/01-10.5-test.log Notice that both tests FAILED, but not very strongly. The errors are different on both machines. Some things to note: 1) The docs still say they are for 1.5.0rc1. Might be my mistake, but I remember the docs being rebuilt completely when it made the dmg. 2) The installer has no customised background image. (Intended?). The dmg anyway has very nice layout, it works. Friedrich


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iStory Animation Studios, a spin-off of Laser Pegs Ventures LLC, announced that it signed an agreement with DQ Entertainment International to produce a 52-episode Peg Heads CGI-animated series that will be proposed to international broadcasters. The characters will also be available as a line of toys that are compatible with other Laser Pegs building sets. [Read more...]
Laser Pegs' iStory Animation Teams Up with DQ Entertainment for New TV Series
DHX Media Signs Golden Bear Toys as Twirlywoos Master Toy Partner
UK broadcaster CBeebies has commissioned a brand new preschool series, Twirlywoos, from Ragdoll Productions. The series, set to air next year, will revolve around the Twirlywoos: four small, bird-like characters who are inquisitive, enthusiastic, and constantly looking to learn something new about the world.
Twirlywoos will combine stop-frame animation and live action sequences set in the real world. It will be produced in association with DHX Media, which will handle global distribution, merchandising, brand management, and marketing. DHX Brands, the consumer products arm of DHX Media, has signed a global master toy deal with Golden Bear Toys, which will launch product in 2016, with a key focus on plush and plastics (play sets/figurines), bath toys and games, and activity products.
Saban Brands, Jakks Pacific Team Up for Emojiville
Saban Brands and Jakks Pacific Inc. have collaborated on a multi-platform property, Emojiville. Saban Brands will launch Emojiville as an original web series this fall, and is developing a TV series for the brand. The new series will follow five emoji friends in the town Emojiville.
Jakks Pacific will develop consumer products, a toy line, and technology products for the property. Saban Brands will lead the content, distribution, marketing, promotion, and other licensing for the brand.


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Saturday, April 17, 1999 Published at 02:10 GMT 03:10 UK
World: Europe
Serbs 'emptying Kosovo'
Three quarters of Kosovo Albanians are said to have fled
The UN refugee agency has accused the Serbs of accelerating the clearance of Kosovo, and says it fears there will soon be no ethnic Albanians left in the province.
Nato is holding its first prisoner of war since the start of its campaign against Yugoslavia.
According to the Pentagon, fighters from the Kosovo Liberation Army captured a Yugoslav soldier during a night operation in Kosovo earlier this week.
The prisoner was taken across the border and delivered to the Albanian Government, which in turn handed him over to US military authorities.
US reservists mobilised
Washington also confirmed that military reservists - possibly numbering more than 30,000 - were being mobilised to support the Nato campaign against Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia has rejected a United Nations proposal aimed at resolving the conflict over Kosovo, again ruling out the deployment of an international force.
Video evidence
A videotape handed over by a Kosovo Albanian refugee shows six men in civilian clothes, including three members of the same family, who were said to have been killed by Serbs for refusing to leave their home.
There is no independent confirmation of the allegations.
Some 6,000 refugees crossed into Albania on Friday and eye-witnesses spoke of a 15km (10 mile) column heading to the border.
Another 5,000 crossed into Macedonia, and 7,000 have arrived in Montenegro.
(Click here for a map showing refugee movements)
Some said the Serbs had shelled and shot at them as they left.
He added there was a ''significant mass'' of graves and the US was working with the war crimes prosecutor to investigate, but he refused to elaborate further.
According to the US, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's forces have damaged or destroyed more than 400 villages and towns in Kosovo.
'75% of Kosovars in exile'
Refugees say entire towns are being emptied by Serb forces on the rampage. Tales of execution, torture and arson are common.
"The expulsions which were put on hold or slowed down over the last two weeks have now resumed with full force,'' said Mr Janowski.
Nato gagged over convoy attack
BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Marcus says Nato's military command had prepared a detailed briefing document but at the last moment, Nato's political authorities refused to allow this to be made public.
The alliance has said one of its planes bombed one vehicle in a convoy. The Serbs said on Wednesday that more than 60 refugees had been killed in at least two attacks.
Nato cast doubt on whether footage broadcast by Serb TV showed their attack or another incident, or incidents, elsewhere.
The alliance said its aircraft had later attacked a second convoy, but had hit only military targets.
But Nato spokesman Jamie Shea said on Friday there was no new information, and a video of the attack would not be made public until Nato had finished its investigation.
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Call for Proposals & Guidelines
The deadline for submission to this round has passed. Please watch for the next commissioning cycle following the Nov 2018 premiere of Tom Cipullo's Mayo.
The Domenic J. Pellicciotti Opera Composition Prize seeks proposals from composer/librettist teams for a $25,000 Opera Commissioning Award for a November 2018 premiere.
Approximately four finalists will be selected from the proposals received who will be awarded $2000 (per team) to write a 15-20 minute piano/vocal excerpt of their proposed work. The excerpts be work-shopped in a final round in September 2016. The winning team will be awarded the commission to complete the proposed work of 60-80 minutes in length for a November 2018 premiere at The Crane School of Music, State University of New York, Potsdam.
Preliminary Proposals should include:
- Project description including its artistic impact and how it reflects the theme of the Pellicciotti Prize.
- Proposed Synopsis & Scene breakdown.
- Character breakdown with vocal types.
- Proposed orchestration (modest forces suggested with creative instrumentation encouraged).
- Composers: Three samples of previous work (total maximum timing of 30 minutes).The works should demonstrate both vocal and orchestral writing appropriate to the proposed forces. MIDI renderings are acceptable, but it is preferable to have at least one of a live performance. Scores (PDF format) and audio/video recordings (URL to media file) must be included for each sample.
- Librettists: Three excerpts of work samples (at least one piece must be a text that has been set to music). Submission of texts must be in PDF format. Audio recording(s) of works set to music (URL to media file) for at least one of the samples are requested, if available. Excerpts of texts not set to music should reflect the author's ability to write for a dramatic setting.
- Bio for each Composer & Librettist (500 words max each) should include a statement of relevant collaborate activity.
- A PDF scan of either: a) a letter from the copyright holder of any source material indicating permission has been secured for the creation of this work and its premiere performances in November 2018, or an option or purchase contract demonstrating that said rights have been secured (financial details may be redacted for the purpose of confidentiality), or b) a signed statement from the composer and/or librettist indicating their belief that no source materials under copyright or for which other rights would be required for stage adaptation will be used in this work.
- Electronic applications only. Please ensure that linked media files will be available to play through Feb. 1, 2016, without need for a password. Submissions of physical media will not be accepted.
- The narrative or overall theme of the proposed opera should explore a subject related to tolerance, inclusion or diversity within an inclusive community.
- Proposals reflecting collaborations between a composer and librettist are strongly encouraged.
- Proposed operas should be appropriate for students (vocal and instrumental) in an undergraduate music program to perform.
- SATB or some sort of mixed-voice ensemble (should not be over 16 voices) is desirable.
- Total length of winning project is expected to be 60-80 minutes in length.
- Engraving and part preparation will be the responsibility of the award recipients.
- For projects not in the public domain, permission for stage adaptation as an opera must be obtained, in advance, by the composer or librettist from the relevant copyright holder(s) for the work's creation, its premiere performances through November 2018, and non-commercial recordings thereof for educational and promotional purposes. Any applicable fees related to licensing, optioning, or otherwise related to the acquisition of underlying rights are the responsibility of the applicant. For any projects based on living people, or for which life rights would be required, applicants must demonstrate that the appropriate rights have been secured. Applicants will be required to submit proof of permission in the application.
- Winners will agree to work collaboratively during the process with the school?s creative team (music director and stage director) as well as the dramaturg contracted for this round.
- Persons may only submit or be part of one application.
- Persons directly associated with SUNY Potsdam or The Crane School of Music, or previous winners of the Pellicciotti Prize are not eligible to participate.
- Only proposals for new works (i.e. projects which have not yet proceeded beyond initial planning stages) will be considered.
Questions should be directed to Kirk Severtson (music director) or Carleen Graham (stage director) at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- December 1, 2015 Preliminary Proposals Due
- February 2016 Finalists Announced
- June 1, 2016 15 - 20 min PV Sample Due
- September 2016 Work-shopped Readings & Winner Announced
- December 2016 Final Draft of Libretto Due
- September 2017 Final PV Score Due
- Jan/Feb 2018 Workshop Selected Sections with student performers
- June 2018 Full Orchestration & Final PV Score Due
- November 2018 Performance at The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam


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Short bit about me. I guess let's start at the very beginning. It all started when I was in grade 3 and I got my first A cup bra, every year after that I grew and grew. Grade 3: A. Grade 4: B. I was a D come 13 years old and today at 25 years old I'm a 36 J, however, I think a 34K would probably fit better but I can't find K cups in my city.
I have always had a "bad back", usually because I have always been an active person, I love to walk and walk everywhere and I'm usually working in places where I'm on my feet all day. So, I was re-ended last year just before my 24th birthday. This catapulted my back pain into a whole new category, headaches and back pain escalated. My doctor said it would have to just phase itself out but it got me thinking, maybe I should look into a breast reduction. I looked up "reasons you should get a breast reduction" and there were so many things that I never knew were connected to my breasts being so large.
I promptly made an appointment with my general practitioner and told her let's look into it. I soon found out my government thinks it's necessary and pay for it in full. WOOHOO!!! Weight off my shoulders! I ended up seeing a surgeon I did not like, so I made an appointment to see one of the most sought after in my city, 5 months later we had an appointment, I said "Let's do it!" and she said "I already put you on the wait list." I walked out dazed, confused and super excited. I added side lipo so that I don't get that side boob staying there, I'm ready to go.
I already have shopping lists for supplies, food that helps healing, tips on sleeping, tips on milesones. I'm feeling really ready. In the process I lost 75lbs, this lead to me adding a tummy tuck to my list of "to dos" for my surgeon. It's terrifying, a long road but I'm incredibly excited and scared all at the same time.
Excitement, Anxiety and Fear, Oh My! - Vancouver, BC
Hello!! Short bit about me. I guess let's...
Wow! As of December 1st I'm on my last pack of...
I have now purchased my cooler (that will hold my waters, milk to go and snacks--while I'm home alone) that will sit beside my recliner that I will sleep in for the first few weeks and my digital thermometer. Still have lots to pick up, I have decided on a solution for my cat, one of those wrap around lap breast feeding pillows! They're about $20. My cat hates obstacles and uneven sleeping spots, so even when I'm sleeping she'll avoid my incisions from the TT because of that pillow. My cousin also just announced a new bundle of joy will be joining us a few months after my surgery so I'll be able to pass it on, I feel it's less of a wasted purchase because of that little bundle.
To the ladies just starting this journey, you feel it's so far away but you have no idea how fast this all happens, I started my BR journey over a year ago, saw different PS's finally settled on one in June, added lipo to shape my breasts and a tummy tuck and now I'm 2 months and 2 days away from my surgery. December is my busiest time of year and then January I work 3 weeks, cook freezable meals and clean for a week and the day after Superbowl Sunday I go in for the big show!
19 days until my big day! I have now lost 86lbs. I...
I'm afraid of waking up in pain. Feeling like my body was torn apart. Also afraid because my surgeon prescribed me a self injection anticoagulant because she doesn't expect me to be able to be up and about the first 5 days. THANK GOODNESS. That was my other fear, having been on birth control 3 years non stop blood clots are a reality, so being able to move enough so I don't get any blood clots. Size...I'm not worried. I feel like she gets what I want. We didn't even talk about it at my most recent appointment. Of course I'll be reminding her as she's marking me up. The only thing I forgot to ask about is my belly button. I can ask when she's marking me too. Seems silly to call her up just to ask what my belly button will look like. LOL.
In other news, I have lost my cord to upload pictures. So I'm still 5"7(and a half but who's counting), medium build. 36J+. 35" ribs and high waist. 42" at the biggest part of my stomach. My stomach is pretty much all sagging skin. Not ok at 25 years old. Not going to happen again!
A bit more about my weight gain history, I didn't touch on it. I am having a Tummy tuck done at the same time and really don't want to do two reviews and it's a shame there isn't an area to review both because it is commonly done together. Anyway, so all my life, I'm been a medium boned girl, I would say you would probably call it an athletic build. Never scrawny but never chubby, solid and girly. That all changed in grades 11 and 12 (16/17 years old). I was starting to come to terms with the fact that I lived in an abusive home. I didn't want to grow up and be a broken adult, I didn't want people to take pity on me, I wasn't going to be a product of my beginnings. So I started really trying to be my own therapist and I google researched, blogged, read stories, watched shows and spoke with friends and adults about my experiences in childhood. I definitely lived with stress a lot of it and the weight started packing on. It wasn't too bad initially I became chubby.
At the beginning of my grade 12 year one of those adults I had spoken to called child services. The stress of interviews, depression, fear and coping with my family ignoring CPS's suggestions feeling fairly more abandoned (no bruises, they can't come into the home, only can refer to a counsellor). At that point I got up to my heaviest, 230lbs from stress (I am not an emotional eater, I actually stop eating when stressed or upset and I wasn't eating a lot at this point in my life, which is why I say it was stress). 230lbs, never gained or lost and that is where I stayed from 2005 until Jan 2nd 2012. I finally decided to do something about it because obviously I was active enough to not gain/burn the calories I ate but wasn't eating low calories to lose the weight in the first place. So I started weight watchers. Lost 65lbs in the first 6 months and then basically just tried to maintain my weight up to date but slowly lost another 21lbs. Now, I feel like I just need to tone my muscles in my back, which will be much easier without 36J+ boobs.
That's my story on why I'm getting a Tummy Tuck. Getting very excited.
She is known for clean incisions, perfect symmetry and amazing bedside manners. Very excited to see her work for myself!