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Clarified: The WGA's Leno Monologue Position
January 4, 2008 6:18 PM
Jeff Hermanson, the WGA West's assistant executive director, phoned to clarify the guild's position moving forward regarding this whole Jay Leno monologue feud.
"Our position is that we have strike rules," he says. "When there's an allegation strike rules were broken by a member, the strike rules compliance committee investigates and makes a recommendation. If there's a recommendation of disciplinary action … a trial committee is set up to hear evidence. It's a formal process with all the elements of due processes that are required by law."
Ah. So the WGA is launching an investigation on Leno's alleged monologue violation. Got it.
"I'm not saying this process is going to go anywhere with regards to Jay Leno," he continues, "but that we have a process and we have strike rules and they apply to everyone equally."
Uh, okay. But if the WGA's public stance has been that Leno broke the rules, shouldn't that process happen?
"It would be premature to say complaints were made," he says. "We know he did monologues. We don't know he wrote the monologues. The first step would be to find out whether those monologues were written by him. If they were ad libbed, there is no violation."
The accusation that Leno violated strike rules by doing a monologue has been by the WGA itself. And the biggest proponent of the theory that Leno wrote his own monologue has been Leno himself, who mentioned he composed it during his first night back. So aren't those the two facts – that Leno wrote his monologue and the WGA says he violated their rules – the only two things that have been clear and agreed upon in this whole business?
"The first night he said that," Hermanson says. "The next day [WGA president Patric Verrone] spoke with him. Leno said he wasn't aware it was a violation, he didn't think it was a violation. We clarified. We don't carry this process out in the public eye. We act with discretion and try to give the person the benefit of the doubt. You're always innocent until proven guilty. If somebody breaks a rule through a misunderstanding, that's an extenuating circumstance and we take that into account. We're not going to start making accusations and allegations against him publicly."
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Book: Explains the Washington State's workers' compensation program. Suggests ways to protect workers' safety and health and describes L&I programs to help employers control premium costs.
Pamphlet/booklet: A step-by-step guide to hiring independent contractors in Washington State. This publication is a general guide to help you understand how and when the Department of Labor & Industries applies workers' compensation laws to independent contractors.
Pamphlet/booklet: Explains the benefits of 'return to work' from the employer's perspective, describes RTW options, and provides resource and contact information.
Pamphlet/booklet: Explains to employees of self-insured businesses their rights and responsibilities under industrial insurance law. Describes benefits and how to file a claim.
Pamfleto/folleto: Explica a los empleados de negocios autoasegurados sus derechos y responsabilidades bajo la ley de seguro industrial. Describe los beneficios y como presentar un reclamo.
Packet: Contains eight quick reference cards covering topics related to workers' compensation record keeping and reporting. Topics include: computering worker hours, standard exception classifications, excluded employments and corporate officers.
Book (loose-leaf manual): Helps contractors properly classify for workers' compensation insurance purposes the work being performed by their employees on new wood-frame building construction projects.
Used by L&I to assign industrial insurance classifications for workers of temporary help agencies. The first file is a PDF of the Temporary Services Guide to Workers' Compensation Insurance. The second file is a 2003 Excel file. This file is a cross match of non temporary help classifications and the temporary help risk classification associated with that risk class. The third file is a 2003 Excel file. This is a reverse look up for temporary help risk classification and the non temporary classes associated with a temporary help class. File contains an instructions worksheet for the reverse look up worksheet.
Pamphlet/booklet: For workers covered by L&I (the State Fund). Describes benefits if you have a work-related injury or illness and how to file a claim. Explains a worker's rights and responsibilities under Washington State's industrial insurance law. Note: Previously titled, Workers' Guide to Industrial Insurance Benefits.
Folleto: Explica los derechos y responsabilidades de los trabajadores bajo la ley de seguro industrial. Describe beneficios y cómo presentar un reclamo. Aviso: Anteriormente titulado, Guía de Beneficios del Seguro Industrial para los Trabajadores.
Booklet: Explains Stay at Work, a financial incentive program that encourages Washington employers to find light-duty or transitional jobs for workers recovering from on-the-job injuries. Provides information on reimbursements, what is covered and how to apply. Detailed Q&A section included.
Manual: Provides assistance to retro groups in determining if a prospective employer qualifies for their retrospective rating group program.
CD: Contains workplace safety and health rules for Washington State and links to policies and related laws. Also contains guides covering accident prevention programs (APP) and personal protective equipment (PPE). Note: Order CD or view rules online.
Pamphlet/booklet: Provides an overview of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA), worker and employer rights and responsibilities, enforcement of WISHA rules, and consultation and education services L&I provides. Previously titled A Guide to WISHA
Pamphlet/booklet: This advisory pocket guide reviews 14 workplace risk factors that can lead to soft tissue injuries such as back strain, tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. Suggests ways to identify the risk factors. Lists helpful resources from L&I.
Booklet: Gives information needed to prevent nail gun injuries for construction employers.
Pocket guide: Provides links to online information, including safety and health consultations, how to develop a safety program, reporting hazards and injuries, other safety training, and information for teen workers.
Provides information health-care providers need to bill the Crime Victims Compensation Program for medical services.
Manual: This manual is for providers who bill the Crime Victims Compensation Program for mental health services for crime victims.
Used by the employer as a quick reference guide to explain which maritime jobs may or may not be covered by L&I.
Used by drywall employers as a guide to completing quarterly and supplemental reports. This includes filled out samples of F212-050-000 and F212-051-000.
Quick reference card: Explains the criteria to allow a corporate officer to be exempt from industrial insurance (workers' compensation) coverage. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference card: Identifies the type of records employers, including construction contractors, need to keep to allow L&I to compute premiums. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference card: Provides information to help determine whether a "subcontractor" working for you meets the legal requirements to be an independent contractor, or whether he/she is actually a covered worker for workers' compensation (industrial insurance) purposes. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference card: Provides a list of employments excluded from workers' compensation coverage, including those eligible for optional coverage. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference card: Shows employers how to figure workers' compensation premiums for different types of employees: hourly employees, salaried employees, commissioned personnel or employees paid for piecework. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference card: Provides basic information about standard exception classifications, which can be separately rated from the basic business classification for determining industrial insurance (workers' compensation) premiums. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference card: Reviews the requirements for members or managers of limited liability companies to be exempt from workers' compensation (industrial insurance) coverage. This information is part of the publication, Workers' Compensation Record Keeping and Report Guides.
Quick reference guide: Used by drywall contractors to get answers to questions about being a drywall contractor and how it relates to L&I.
Book: A publication for independent medical examiners, attending doctors and consultants, this document contains guidelines, sample reports and billing procedures for preparing and conducting impairment ratings and independent medical exams in Washington's workers' compensation system. Beginning July 1, 2012, free Category I CME credits are available for completing the self-assessment associated with this handbook. Go to www.Imes.Lni.wa.gov and click on Medical Examiners Handbook for information on the exam. L&I and the authors have no financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider of commercial services discussed in this document. Find a medical examiner.
Booklet: A pocket-sized bilingual guide to encourage agricultural workers to keep track of their daily work hours, units and earnings.
Book: Explains the technical requirements for participating in SIEDRS, the Self-Insurance Electronic Data Reporting System.
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ASU's Washington earns academic honor
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Appalachian State wide receiver Tony Washington is one of 54 student-athletes nationwide to be named to the 15th-annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team presented by KP Sports, the FCS ADA announced on Thursday.
Washington was one of 98 nominees for inclusion on the FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team. To be considered for the honor, an NCAA Division I FCS student-athlete must have a minimum grade point average of 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale) and be a starter or key player with legitimate athletics credentials.
A junior, Washington carries a 3.77 grade point
average in architectural design. On the field, he ranked 10th in the Southern
Conference with 39 receptions and 11th with 472 receiving yards in 2012.
He was also one of the nation's most explosive kick returners, ranking 11th nationally with a 27.4-yard kickoff-return average and tied for 21st nationally with a nine-yard punt-return average. His 1,316 all-purpose yards were good for ninth in the SoCon and 66th nationally.
On the field, Washington was named second-team all-conference as a return specialist while off the field he garnered first-team academic all-district recognition.
Washington is just the third Appalachian State student-athlete to be honored in the 15-year history of FCS ADA Academic All-Star team. He joins Pierre Banks (2007 and 2008) and Orry Frye (2010) in earning the award.


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MPs reject amendments to EU bill
By Ian Dunt
MPs overwhelmingly voted against amendments to the European Union bill this evening, after a lengthy debate in the Commons.
Veteran eurosceptic Bill Cash led the debate by putting forward a series of radical changes designed to defend the sovereignty of parliament for the EU and the courts.
His amendment was defeated by 39 to 314.
Tory backbencher Douglas Carswell branded the bill, which would ensure a referendum in the case of a "significant" EU treaty, "smoke and mirrors".
Analysis: EU storms on Cameron's horizon
"This bogus EU bill is no substitute for the referendum we were promised. Nothing in this bill will cause the permanent British representatives in Brussels, who really decide Europe policy, to change course," he wrote on his blog.
Mr Cameron originally promised the referendum lock in opposition, when it became clear that his promise of a referendum on the Lisbon treaty would not be possible.
But Tory backbenchers have been dismayed by the moderate tone adopted towards the EU from the prime minister and his foreign secretary, William Hague, since they arrived in office.
European Union bill: Full details
Combined with the unconcealed pro-European credentials of the Conservatives' Lib Dem coalition partners, many eurosceptic backbenchers have become uncomfortable with the way Britain's relationship with the EU is being managed.
The bill allows for ministers to decide when a treaty is "significant" enough to warrant a referendum, although that decision would be subject to judicial review.
That measure has been subject to criticism for various reasons. Some critics say that ministers will go out their way to deny that a treaty is significant, while others, including Ed Miliband, argue that the judiciary should not be making decisions meant for parliament.
Europe minister David Lidington tried to placate Troy backbenchers this morning.
"We are saying any future change to EU treaties, however minor, will be subject to a full act of parliament," he told the Today programme.
"Any extension of EU competencies, [such as] a decision like joining the euro, would have by law to go with a referendum. There would be no wriggle-room for the government.
"And we have two clauses which make it clear that parliament has the final say in deciding whether EU law has effect in the UK.
"The wriggle-room for ministers is narrowed down to the smallest margin possible."
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Hague insisted the bill would protect Britain from any further expansion of EU jurisdiction.
"The truth is that only in a few minor areas does it give the ministers of the day any discretion at all about the calling of a referendum - and then only if they can persuade parliament and the courts that they are right," he wrote.
"When it becomes an act this will be the strongest defence of national democracy put in place anywhere in Europe. It is a massive advance for national democracy."
But Labour was unimpressed by the law, especially the judicial review aspect, which they said hands power to judges which should be in the hands of elected representatives.
"Even the foreign secretary must know this bill is a dogs dinner," said shadow foreign secretary Yvette Cooper.
"This bill is about failed Tory party management not the issues that matter for Britain in Europe. Instead of concentrating on things like growth, exports or cross border crime, William Hague is wasting time trying and failing to keep his eurosceptics happy.


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If you rent a house you may want to come a couple days early, and get a hotel for a night, or two while you check out the northern, or southern areas. This will allow you to check out the outermost lighthouses with a minimum of travel time.
If you would like to make this a learning tour, or just find out more information about the area, check out the following sources:
The first stop on the tour is the Currituck Beach Light Station, which is located in Corolla, and was built in 1875. It was the last of the tall lighthouses built in the Outer Banks. The Outer Banks Conservationists worked very hard to restore this rustic lighthouse to it's original splendor. You can climb this lighthouse during the day if you visit between March and Thanksgiving. Enjoy the spectacular view of the beach and ocean from the top of the lighthouse.
While you are here check out the nature reserves, and the local beaches. Currituck County's northern beaches are majestic, and relaxing. They have been listed by USA Weekend as ''one of the 10 best undiscovered beaches on the East Coast.''
If you enjoy nature visit the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, or the Currituck Banks Coastal Estuarine Reserve. The Coastal Estuarine Reserve is only accessible with a four-wheel drive vehicle. If you can access this portion of the island it is worth the effort, to see the natural, untouched, rustic environment.
The next spot on the map when you are traveling through the Outer Banks is the town of Duck. Like its name implies, Duck is famous for it's abundance of water-fowl. It is listed as a natural bird sanctuary. If you enjoy bird watching check out the beaches, woodlands, inlets, and ponds around this small town to find the best birding locations.
The town of Kitty Hawk is famous for being the home of the Wright Brothers while they were working on the discovery of flight. Kitty Hawk is also famous for its delightful beaches on both the ocean, and sound side. While you are there visit the Albemarle Sound, and submerge yourself in the rustic town, of this quaint fishing area.
Kill Devil Hills was the location of one of the Wright Brother's earliest flights, this flight has been immortalized by the Wright Brother's Memorial. The Memorial was constructed in the 1930's it is located at the top of the Kill Devil Dune. This famous landmark can be seen for miles. Stop by, take a hike to the top of the dune, and check out this piece of history.
Just down the road from Kill Devil Hills you will find the town of Nags Head. Nags Head features several unique shops including the artists shops in Gallery Row, where you can purchase a beautifully framed print, or painting of your favorite lighthouse. Another great find is Jennette's Fishing Pier, it is the oldest fishing Pier in the Outer Banks. You and your family can enjoy an afternoon of fishing, or just check out the coastline view from the pier. http://www.jennettespier.net/
If you enjoy flying kites pick up a new kite at Kitty Hawk Kites, and visit Jockey's Ridge State Park. Here you can enjoy kite flying, hang gliding or go hiking in the sand dunes. When you are done flying kites, drive over to watch the charter fishing boats come in, and unload their catch. It may inspire you to take your own charter-fishing trip, when you see all of the interesting catches others haul in.
Continue through the islands in the Outer Banks, to the Bodie Island Light Station built in 1872. While they were building the Bodie Island Light Station five ships wrecked on the coast nearby, reinforcing the need for a lighthouse in this location. This lighthouse is located in the center of a natural wildlife preserve. While you are visiting the Bodie Island Lighthouse, take a walk along the grass pathway, and check out the bird observation decks. Cross the road to Coquina Beach, and discover a unique, beautiful beach where you can spend the afternoon with your family.
The Cape Hatteras Light Station, located in Cape Hatteras is the next lighthouse on the trail. This tower was built in 1870, and is the second tower built in this location, the first tower was built in 1803. The Cape Hatteras Light Station is the tallest lighthouse made of brick in the US.
The Ocracoke Light Station, built in 1823, is located on Ocracoke Island. This rustic lighthouse can only be reached by ferry. Ocracoke is a wonderful island to visit. To get the full affect of the island you will want to put on your walking shoes. It is a quaint little island with a unique collection of specialty shops, take a walk around the town, the lighthouse and the museum. You can dine outdoors at an open-air dockside bar, or check out Blackbeard's Museum, and immerse yourself in the life of a pirate.
Cape Lookout Light Station was built in 1859, and is the most remote; and difficult lighthouse to travel to. From Ocracoke Island, take the Cedar Island Ferry. This ferry requires an advance reservation, call 1-800-BY-FERRY to reserve your spot. After your ferry ride you will need to travel another thirty minutes by car, and take another 20-minute boat ride to reach your final destination. While you are visiting the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, check out the impressive, remote beaches, and the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum.
This lighthouse tour does not cover every activity there is to do in the Outer Banks, but it gives you a great start on planning a wonderful vacation. There are several fine restaurants to check out during your stay, and unique shops to stop at along the way. If you are not concerned about sunbathing, check out the islands during the off season. There are still many activities, and you will get the full affect of the rustic history of this natural historic area.END AKISMET -->
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Hyde Park has long been one of the highlights of trips to London during UK & Scotland tours, and the famed destination is especially appealing once the weather turns cold. From late November through early January, Hyde Park is home to the Winter Wonderland festival, which boasts rides, food and events or the entire family.
The festival, which kicks off this year on November 23, certainly lives up to its name. There is a wide variety of attractions strewn throughout the park during the Winter Wonderland that make it more than worth it to venture out in the cold.
For instance, this year's festivities include a new place to visit - The Magical Ice Kingdom, which offers an experience like few others. Not only does this unique creation feature many awe-inspiring ice sculptures, it also allows guests to walk through the stalagmite forest and ice castle, which has everything from bears to wolves to stags, and even a slide, made entirely of ice.
There are also many more traditional festival elements that feature a bit of a winter twist. Along with a large observation Ferris wheel - something not uncommon to London - there are many classic carnival rides. Additionally, one of the Winter Wonderland's most popular attractions is its ice rink, which is illuminated with more than 100,000 pea lights.
Since it began in 2006, the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park has become a staple of the holiday season in London. Whether you're looking to take in the sights of the capital from atop its popular Ferris wheel, do a few laps around the rink or visit the Christmas markets to pick up a few gifts, the festival is certainly worth braving the cold for.
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- Surprising Place to See a Rocket Launch
- Earth's Near Miss from Solar Storm
- 80 Percent Of Light In Universe Is Missing
- Voyager Leaves Solar System
- Mars Curiosity Rover Shows UFO?
- Could Salt Melt Martian Ice
- Hubble Observes Worlds Past Pluto
- NASA Tests 'Flying Saucer'
- Planet Capable Of Supporting Life Discovered
- NASA To Send Message For Aliens
- NASA to Capture Asteroids in a Bag
- Could this Replace the Space Shuttle?
- Something Incredible Found on This Beach
- What It Will Take To Reach Mars
- NASA and Google Developing Floating Robots
- The Next Leap in Weather Satellites
- Saturn Moon Hides 'Great Lake'
- Two Asteroids in Two Days?
- Picking the Right Telescope
- New Images of Fatal Launch
- The End of the Greatest Telescope?
- The Sun as Art
- WHY Was Beyonce DISSED By NASA!?
- Best Space Moments of 2013
- Strange Object in Night Sky
- What's THAT on the Moon?
- Earthrise: 45 Years Later
- EARTH: From 'Outside My Window'
- A New Way to Explore Earth
- The World Through an Astronaut's Eyes
- MUCH Greater Asteroid Threat
- Olympic Torch Rockets to Space
- Comet Outlives Predictions
- Crater Turns Out to Be a Supervolcano
- Is This View Worth $75,000?
- Life In Our Solar System?
- About to Catch a Comet!
- New Views of Amazing Landmarks
- Could This Destroy Earth?
- The Future of Our Sun
- What is That Over the Sun?
- Could It Destroy Everything?
- Beer in Space!
- Europe Eyes Mars with New Rover
- How We Could Survive on the Red Planet
- Astronauts Training WHERE?
- Space Disaster Possible?
- Rare Meteor For Sale
- Volcano in Space?
- Coming: Forecast for the Sun?
- Comet of the Century!
- Three New Additions to ISS
- Proof of Water on Mars?
- Trouble on the Space Station
- No Life on Mars!
- Telescope Captures Astounding Image
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The cosmos has saved a special treat for the final eclipse of 2013.
On Sunday, Nov. 3, a "hybrid" solar eclipse will be visible from the eastern coast of North America to Europe all the way to parts of Africa and the Middle East, according to an EarthSky.com report. The eclipse will begin over North America at sunrise and will move east through sunset on Sunday evening.
(MORE: Is This the Coldest Place in the Universe?)
This eclipse is known as a hybrid because it will start as an annular eclipse before the Moon's orbit gets close enough to Earth to become a total eclipse, reports Universe Today. Of the nearly 12,000 solar eclipses that have occurred since 1999 BC, fewer than five percent are hybrid eclipses, the report also states.
You can see an animated image of the eclipse's shadow below.
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
According to the Washington Post, Washington, D.C. residents can expect to see the eclipse begin at 6:38 a.m. and will last for about 30 minutes. Areas to the east can expect the eclipse to last a few more minutes, and they will see slightly more of the sun's area covered by the annular eclipse.
(MORE: Next Five Solar Eclipses in the U.S.)
Also, remember to turn back your clocks on Saturday night with Daylight Saving Time ending early Sunday morning, before the eclipse begins, to ensure you don't miss the celestial event.
This will be 2013's fifth eclipse overall and the second solar eclipse of the year, Universe Today says.
MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Solar Eclipses as Seen From Space
The Mir Space Station captured this eclipse in 1999. (NASA Photo)


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November 30th, 2009 at 12:07 amI would use a picture of my husband and I from our first Thanksgiving as a married couple.
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Crocodile Dundee - Video Clip #01Video
February 11th, 2011
Ostensibly the reason that America fell in love with Australian culture, there's a lot of things that'd be different nowadays if it weren't for Crocodile Dundee. Would there be Outback Steak Houses? Would we all know what's "Austrailian for beer?" Is it possibly there'd never have been a career for Steve Irwin? All are most assuredly due to the folksy and charismatic portrayal of Aussie hunter Mick Dundee by excellent Paul Hogan, who for a time was the face for the tourism bureau of Australia inviting American's to "slip another shrimp on the barbe."
It's lingo such as this, combined with a likeable rough-and-tumble exterior and a clever screenplay that is essentially two fish-out-of-water stories, which made Crocodile Dundee not only an 80's phenomenon, but also a movie audiences can still appreciate today. A simple, old-fashioned tale of a blossoming love affair between Mick Dundee, an Aussie bush man who supposedly fought of a crocodile attack, and Sue Charlton, a New York City reporter, (played by the fetching Linda Kozlowski) the movie draws upon the characters' strengths in their respective settings to provide some nice laughs when both are displaced into the other's environment.
If you haven't seen it in a while, do be sure to consider it the next time your looking for something innocuous and fun to kill a couple of hours.


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Gallery artists Charles McCaughtry (watercolors) and Brooke Schnabel (oils) have created fine artworks that depict some of the heart and soul of the Simsbury beauty as we know it. The images are uniquely presented and may be acquired as soon as they arrive at the Gallery. You are encourage to visit the Gallery and purchase a view of Simsbury while they are available.
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The Gallery is pleased to have Jason Berry on board. The experience Jason brings from years in New York in marketing and sales of high-end products will serve us well. Please come meet Jason at the receptioon on the 9th and also view some of the finest art scenes of beautiful Simsbury.


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A plan to reduce District 15's budget deficit by increasing class sizes garnered the support of the school board but brought concerned comments from some parents in attendance.
has been grappling with how to close a projected $9.6 million budget deficit for the 2012-2013 school year. School officials scaled back their first plan – – .
The final proposal presented by Superintendent Scott Thompson to the board did not balance the budget. Rather, Thompson proposed a little more than $6 million in cuts, with the remaining $3.6 million deficit being covered with reserves.
Thompson's final proposal still includes an increase in average class size and the elimination of full-time staff positions. The Wednesday school board meeting was moved into the gym at Walter R. Sundling Junior High to accommodate the large crowd in attendance.
"These actions come with deep emotional angst. Individuals losing their income, benefits and professional status is no light matter. We have struggled with this and have never forgotten it," Thompson said. "The recommendations being brought to you tonight were created in an attempt to impact students in the least possible manner."
The district would strictly adhere to class size targets, resulting in the elimination of 13 full-time staff members for a savings of $715,000. In the past, if a school was on the border of needing another teacher, the district would round up and add the staff member. Under the new policy, the district would round down.
The district also would increase class sizes for kindergarten to sixth grade to 26 while class sizes for seventh and eighth grade would rise on average to 28 to save another $715,000.
The district is in the midst of contract negotiations with its teacher's union. Thompson said that depending on how those negotiations go, several of the planned cuts could be reinstated.
Inverness resident Claire Miller said because the class size figures were averages, District 15 could have some classes in the mid-30s, adding that class sizes do make a difference in the quality of education a child receives.
"I moved from the city to the suburbs to have great schools," she said. "Is this what we think is excellent? I don't think so. I don't think having children in a class of 31 children is excellent."
However, several residents who spoke focused not on the proposed cuts, but on teacher salaries and pension costs.
"The reason we are here today is because our finances are out of balance. Expenditures are currently exceeding revenues at an alarming pace," Palatine resident Jennifer Zold said. "Make no mistake the rate and rise of expenditures is the root of the great divide in our budget."
The district also would eliminate four other positions related to art, music and PE staff for a savings of $220,000. Also, all program assistants in regular education classrooms would be converted to part-time, saving $1.258 million.
Palatine Patch has uploaded Thompson's entire presentation, and it is attached to this story.
"This doesn't solve our problem," Thompson said. "It's the first step in getting us to a solution. So we're going to need to find other ways to save money to fix the structural deficit."
Without the budget cuts Thompson is proposing, the budget deficit would erode district reserves from about $49 million to about $3.8 million by 2016. Thompson said with the cuts he is proposing the district's reserves in 2016 only fall to $28 million.
"Using the fund balance is OK, if we have a long-term plan to fix the structural deficit," school board member Manjula Sriram said. Overall, school board members were supportive of the plan.
The public will have another month to vote on the plan before the school board will vote on it.


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By Marie Mitchell
Register Columnist
There are so many reality shows on TV, but so few worth watching. And even fewer that I'd want to be on.
First of all, if my family ever pranked me on national television, I'd disown them. Permanently. Disney's "Code 9" is all about committing a supposedly "harmless" practical joke against a parent and capturing all the fun on a hidden camera.
In one commercial tease, Dad and the sons decided it would be hilarious to trick their wife/mom into believing that she'd destroyed a large, expensive snow-globe in a store and would have to pay for it. Are you laughing yet? I'm not. Especially after the police show up. There are better ways to bond with my family than trying to raise money to get out of jail.
Once the shock wears off, the pranked parent seems to take it all in stride — at least while the cameras are still rolling. Not me. I'd go home and change the locks on my house. And I'd have the only key. My own practical joke.
My niece, Shannon, works for Powderhouse Productions in Boston. They pitch ideas to the TV networks and are the creative mind behind such shows as "Dogs 101," "Build It Better" and "Making Stuff: Smarter."
Their mission is to produce entertaining shows that are also "delicious and nutritious." The kind where you actually learn something and no one is harmed—mentally or physically—while taping the program. Sounds like a winner to me.
I've been surprised by the snippets of information I've retained from shows like "American Pickers," on the History Channel. Mike and Frank, from Iowa, dig through people's yards, garages and barns seeking "antiques, collectibles and relics." It's a form of time travel to rediscover vintage lunch boxes, carnival games, bikes and other stuff. I was touched by the trip through an old steam engine graveyard on an elderly man's property. He wanted to preserve the engines rather than let them become scrap metal. Turns out he was also an artist whose amazing drawings captured the majesty of these machines in their heyday.
I grew up in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, home to the Midwest Old Thresher's Reunion. It brought back memories of Labor Day weekends, walking through clouds of smoke as the steam-powered threshing machines strutted their stuff, whirring and purring and emitting ear splitting whistles that punctuated the three-day event.
None of this poses any danger to the participants, unlike strange shows like "Hillbilly Handfishin'." The producers preach safety, but how smart is it to wiggle your fingers around a hungry fish, pretending to be bait? Or to plunge your hand into a hole that could be a catfish's nest? Or there could be a snapping turtle or snake waiting there to bite your finger off or sink its poisonous fangs into your flesh. Then once you catch the 80-pound prize, and risked a limb to do it, you're supposed to toss it back into the water? What's the point?
One of the few reality shows that I would consider being on is "What Not To Wear," on TLC. It promises to convert fashionably challenged participants—women like me—from "dowdy to dashing" without magic. Just common sense tips.
You have to be nominated by someone who recognizes that you simply can't dress yourself properly to be seen in public. If the two TV fashion stylists agree, they'll watch videos of all the mistakes you make in assembling your wardrobe, peek inside your closet, talk to you about long overdue changes that must be made, then help you transform yourself from "frumpy to fabulous." Plus hand you $5,000 to restock your closet.
Most tips make sense. Don't worry about the size on the clothing label. Buy something that fits NOW, not after you lose those 10 pounds you plan to shed. Pair bold colors with neutral ones to make the outfit pop. Invest in some classic pieces like a white blouse, knee-length pencil skirt, wide leg trousers, trench coat (honest!) and a black dress that you can dress up or down with blazers and accessories like jewelry, scarves and purses.
My only problem is the high heels they insist upon. My motto is practical shoes with low or no heel. The better to walk in, my dear — and to avoid back problems in the future.
With my luck I'd get a call to be on "What Not To Wear," only to find I was being pranked by my family on "Code 9." I may start shopping around for a good locksmith—just in case.


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Automation and Ethernet Combine for 3D Disney Attraction
Toy Story Midway Mania debuts Disney's extensive use of automation and controls over Ethernet.
Core to the idea of Disney's new "Toy Story Midway Mania" ride are the recreation and updating of the classic midway games such as the ring toss, dart throwing, and plate breaking, along with integration of the well-known "Toy Story" characters. Disney Imagineers developed the idea of making it all happen in a 3D environment as guests are transported from game to game in vehicles crafted to look like amusement park ride cars from the early twentieth century. And just like in the original midway games, points are calculated and prizes are won. But now it all happens virtually.
To take the idea from storyboard to reality, Disney engineers had to devise a way to seamlessly combine traditional ride control and show control with advanced gaming techniques, scoring technologies, and practical show gags (including bursts of air and sprinkles of water).
To handle the expected crowds, 20 vehicles move guests through the attraction on two tracks, with each vehicle holding eight people (two, double-sided carts are positioned on each vehicle and hold 2 riders per side). The vehicles stop in front of a screen displaying a 3D moving image of a midway game featuring "Toy Story" characters--one screen for each 2-person cart--for guests to take aim and do their best to score as many points as possible.
Guns, which look like small cannons, are mounted on lapbars to allow for positioning at the correct level for each guest, regardless of size. The guns are operated by a pull-string mechanism rather than a button or trigger due to the pull string's ability to better withstand high volume of use. Objects ranging from darts and rings to paintballs and baseballs--dependent upon the game being shown on the screen--appear on the screen as if propelled from the guns when the pull strings are tugged by guests.
Two sets of control systems--a ride control system and a game control system--are required to manage the vehicle movement through the attraction as well as the interaction between the guests and the action on screen.
Ride control
Each vehicle is equipped with Siemens Simatic power supplies, a Simatic S7 315 PLC with centralized I/O (32 channel discrete input and 32 channel discrete output modules) for vehicle control, Simatic CP343-1 lean communications processor, Simatic FM350-2 counter module, and a Scalance W client module for wireless communication. An industrial PC IL43 running WinCC Flexible 2007 Runtime 2048 Tags and Step7 v5.4 Professional is used for diagnosis and visualization of the ride. The S7 315 PLC controls the vehicle's profile (speed and spin direction to assure orientation with the screen) and communicates the position of vehicle along the track throughout the ride.
An S7 319 PLC with remote I/O is used for wayside control. Distinct vehicle movement, such as run, jog, and stop, is handled by the wayside controls for each zone of the attraction. There are some 400 zones total in the ride--one of the largest zone counts ever deployed by Disney. The vehicle identifies itself at each scene through a signal sent to the wayside computer. Each zone has its own unique communications signals to manage ride progression, which are handled by 49 Siemens ET200S-PN remote I/O stations, each with several four channel discrete input high feature modules, four channel 0.5A discrete outputs, and a few two channel RO NO relay outputs.
Communication between the onboard and wayside computers is handled over Ethernet via Profinet cabling and protocol using Scalance X208 switches. In addition, Ethernet is used for all communications throughout the ride--within and between the ride and game control systems.
Olaf Scheel, Siemens Energy & Automation OEM program manager for Disney, notes that Disney has used Ethernet before, "but not as the control bus system to collect I/O data to control a ride."
He adds that the ride and game control demands of the "Toy Story Midway Mania" attraction, in addition to the broad acceptance and understanding Ethernet, made its use a simple choice. "Everyone understands Ethernet," he says. "It's easy to install and easy to diagnose if there are problems."
"This is the first time Disney has used Ethernet throughout a ride," says Jody Gerstner, executive director, Show Systems Group, Disney. "We've watched many of our commercial systems move from proprietary to Ethernet over the years. We started using it in our audio systems and then moved it into show control.
"With ride control, we tested several different fieldbuses, but as rides became larger in scale, they demanded that we use remote I/O. As we looked at the Siemens product line, the ET200 with high feature I/O enabled us to complete our suite of subsystems using Ethernet. This gave us an Ethernet-based Profinet system with smart diagnostics at the far end of the system that could report back broken wire detection, short circuits, and any other fault detection for quick recovery."
Four Pepperl + Fuchs proximity sensors in each vehicle read absolute position of the car in the attraction by reading binary codes along track. In addition, a Banner laser sensor is used as a fine positioning sensor by reading strips placed on the floor along the track. Scalance W access point modules couple sensor communications onboard and offboard through a leaky coax cable installation along the track to the vehicles' onboard Scalance W client modules. A Weidmuller unmanaged 8-port Industrial Ethernet switch handles connectivity in the vehicle gun turrets, linking the wireless system, the PLC, and game control computers.
The ride control room houses just two cabinets with systems for handling power distribution and safety. Also in the cabinet is a Siemens WinCC Flexible Runtime HMI so operators can "see" where vehicles are at in the attraction from the control room and determine what fault happened, when it happened, and where it happened.
Onboard each vehicle are two SEW Eurodrive motors for propulsion. According to Gerstner, a basic master/slave arrangement is used for running the motors and drives.
Game control
To recognize how each gun is being pointed in order to interact in a realistic way with the game being projected on the screen, each vehicle's seating compartment houses a small Windows XP vehicle game computer. These computers gather data from the encoders in the gun to determine pitch, yaw, and height, as well as the position of the turret on which the gun is mounted. These four measurements are summarized into a data packet that is sent offboard to the gaming system.
A distribution system in the control room receives all this data (20 vehicles x 4 computers per vehicle = 80 computers all streaming data continuously into the system) over Ethernet into a wayside game computer, before being communicated to the nearly 200 computers in game system room that operate the on-screen games.
"Every screen in the attraction has a Hewlett-Packard game computer that receives data from the wayside computer," Gerstner says. "At that point, mathematics takes over. An algorithm takes all encoder values and calculates a position on the screen where the projectile should emanate from the gun that the guest is pointing and firing. It even calculates for the arc of the gun. A computer-generated image is then created and sent via fiber link to the projector and to the 3D active polarizer to produce the image and project it on the screen."
An image for the left eye and the right eye is produced by the game computers. Screen polarization synchronizes images sent from the computers so that a 3D image is rendered and perceived by the guest in 3D thanks to the special glasses we're all familiar with from viewing 3D movies.
Points are collected along the way by the game system and communicated back to the onboard PC to display scores in the vehicle so guests can see how they're doing. They are also told how accurate they are.
The game system also sends signals to the show control system to fire air cannons and other effects during the ride. If you pop a water balloon, for example, you get hit with a squirt of water.
All game and show system communications are handled by 100baseT Ethernet, says Gerstner, who adds that only about 10% of the Ethernet system is used at any one time.
"It's actually less data being transmitted than you would imagine," he says. The high-end computers handle it all. Nothing had to be custom designed."
- Greenfield is editorial director of Control Engineering. He can be reached at david.greenfield(at)reedbusiness.com
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Perhaps no where else in the world is one's appearance tied to their profession quite like Hollywood. And for male and female celebrities, the right hairstyles can shape careers and set the latest trends. Remember the "Rachel" haircut on Friends made famous by Jennifer Aniston or Don Johnson's slick-back look from Miami Vice? These popular hairstyles sent thrones of fans to hair salons in search of these mod locks.
But while glamorous hair is common among Hollywood's elite, some celebrities are making headlines for their lack of hair - mainly thinning hair and receding hairlines. Even some young, A-list actors - we won't name names, but you know who they are - seem to be losing their hair in areas typical of male pattern hair loss (see About Your Hair Loss), the most common form of genetically predisposed hair loss in men.
So what's an actor to do if he notices more hair in his comb and less on his head lately? Actually, the same thing anyone should do - consult a physician specially trained in hair restoration (see Finding a Hair Restoration Doctor) for the latest treatment options for all types of hair loss.
When it comes to hair loss, celebrities are just like everyone else in that they value their hair and are concerned when they lose it. The difference though is that in their line of work, their appearance is vital to their earning potential. So any flaw, such as hair loss, is magnified for celebrities and almost forces them to seek treatment.
Even people not in the spotlight report being concerned about how hair loss could impact their careers. A recent consumer survey commissioned by the ISHRS found that 77% of adults polled said they would be very or somewhat concerned if they were in their twenties and just starting out in their careers and experienced unexplained, noticeable hair loss.
Fortunately, recent scientific breakthroughs have made hair restoration an option for almost everyone (see Surgical Hair Restoration and Medical Hair Restoration). In fact, today's hair restoration surgery safely and effectively creates natural-looking, permanent results that are virtually undetectable. A big plus for anyone, but especially for those in the public eye.
While rumors abound about celebrities who reportedly have sought treatment for hair loss, cosmetic surgery is still a "don't ask, don't tell" topic in Hollywood. However, some celebrities and public figures are coming forward and speaking about their hair restoration. Most notably, American baseball hall of famer Wade Boggs and former Major League Baseball player Joe Niekro count themselves among the thousands of successful hair transplant patients treated every year. In Europe, British celebrity Shaun Williamson - a popular character who played on the BBC television soap Eastenders - has spoken publicly about his follicular unit hair restoration (see Glossary of Hair Restoration Procedures and Terms), and UK rock star Francis Rossi and the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, admitted to having had a hair transplant.
The good news is that cosmetic surgery has evolved and is no longer reserved only for celebrities. Now, hair transplant patients can be treated and back to work in a couple of days without spending weeks of their vacation time healing after surgery. Performed by the right physician, surgical hair restoration can consistently produce natural-looking results.


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A wise quote from the musical genius of Mumford and Sons.
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Saturday, 16 February 2013
I Heart Quotes # 55
This quote is very 'fitting' as I have just collected the keys to my very first 'solo' apartment!
More details to follow...
Thursday, 14 February 2013
I Heart Quotes # 54
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Sleepy Eyes
Two weeks into my new job at Golf de Saint Junien and the 9-5 routine has finally caught up with me. Tired.com. Looking forward to my Heinz Tomato Soup (which I discovered at the English shop in Confolens) crusty French bread and putting my feet up in front of the telly! Aaaaahhhhh, bliss!
Monday, 7 January 2013
I Heart Quotes # 53
How many times have I started over? I feel like I've lost count. But I know that everything happens for a reason and this time... it feels right.
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Turning a Page
Listening to: Turning Page - Sleeping at Last
As well as being from one of my favourite *cringe* movies, Twilight, this song is 100% beautiful.
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
This Year...
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Procrastination is an Art Form!
Okay, so it's been nearly two months with no updates. I am so sorry to anyone who has been patiently waiting (that would be... oooh my nan!) ButI have been busily working like one of the seven dwarfs (most probably Grumpy) and before you know it; time has flown by, summer has turned into autumn and the ironing has mounted up so much that it has finally toppled out of the basket!
Keep looking below for some new posts!
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Latest Tooooon
Listening to: Off to the Races - Lana Del Rey
I have a passing obsession with Miss Del Rey... I can not get this song out of my head. As annoying as I do find her, her album Born To Die is pretty cool.
Sunday, 30 September 2012
I'm a bit of a Hopeless Wanderer
Listening to: Hopeless Wanderer - Mumford and Sons
It's official, the new album is out and it's just what we'd expect from these four boys. Bloomin' marvellous!
Friday, 21 September 2012
Healthy Obsession
Listening to: Wildest Moments - Jessie Ware
I am so obsessed with this lady right now that I'm not only posting one song... but two! Great 'before drinks' listening material.
Listening to: 110% - Jessie Ware
Thursday, 20 September 2012
It's all about 'les Petits Erreurs'
Now I feel the need to start this month's column by stating that I consider myself an averagely smart person. I wouldn't go as far as to use the word 'intellectual' as demonstrated recently when I named Johnny Wilkinson as a famous cricket player!? Admittedly, sport isn't my area of expertise. However, give me a mathematical dilemma to solve, ask me any question about computer technology or get me to write an essay on the abstract meanings of World War One poetry and I am your lady.
So, it came as quite a surprise to me recently when I discovered that I had been making repetitive errors with my French language. For example, I have been working at the local Golf Club since May. After the initial horrors of trying to ask for food orders in the kitchen, deciphering what a 'jeton' was (metal token for the practice balls) and answering the telephone with a posh French accent, I now feel that I'm not just 'that new English girl' and even more my French vocabulary has expanded enormously.
I was recently speaking with some friends about my colleagues and their roles… "Jean-Marie the chef, Cantal and Michael the stagier and sous-chef..."
"Wait." said my friend.
"He's called Cantal?"
"Yeah I know!" I responded. "Just like the cheese hihi."
We laughed a little and I thought no more of it until last week when I was looking at the staff rota and I saw that we had a new stagier named Quentin in the kitchen. I went in to introduce myself when I bumped into Cantal.
"Who's this new stagier in the kitchen?" I asked.
"Huh?" He responded.
I went on to explain that his name was Quentin, when he looked at me and blankly said "I'm Quentin." To my horror, I had been calling my co-worker a lump of cheese for the past four months! I may as well have been saying 'Yo fromage, what's on the menu today?' or 'Hey fromage, can you slice me some more ham for the morning?' It turns out that Quentin is pronounced, not all that differently to Cantal might I add, as Can-tan with the final 'n' being a nasal letter! Oops.
My second major fault is with the verb 'éteindre' meaning to turn off. I struggle enormously with the pronunciation of this word however I use it a lot at work being that in my average working day I have to turn off coffee machines, computers and light switches etc. So, after four months of using this word to train fellow colleagues, one colleaugue turns to me and says:
"You do realise that you're pronouncing éteindre as entendre which means to hear? "
I stared back at her in dismay as I thought back at all the times I had trained my new colleagues to 'hear the computer', 'hear the coffee machine' and 'hear the lights'. They must think I'm a tree-hugging spiritualist!
The result of these blunders is that I have learnt to laugh in the face of my errors and as my smart granddad used to tell me; sometimes the best way; is to learn the hard way!
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
New Lancome Advert - coming soon
What a lady. What a pout!
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Decisions, decisions.
I know that life has a plan for me. I know that I came to
to discover something &
I have done so much, met so many amazing people & have made some great
achievements but I'm just not sure what 'my' discovery is yet. I can feel its
coming, something is heading my way. It's just beyond my reach right now but I
feel it. I wake up & I wonder "Is today the day?" What great things will
befall me today?" & when the day is all done & dusted & I fall into
bed exhausted, I close my eyes & I say "Tomorrow. What will be of
tomorrow?" France
I think that we all came to
for a reason. Whether
that reason was clear as soon as we landed on foreign soil… a quieter way of
life, to spend more quality time with loved ones or whether, like me, it was to
make a life change that was not yet discovered. I have always been a great
believer that it is not the destination that is important but the journey. However
I feel that my beliefs of 'yesterday' are failing my days of 'tomorrow'. I no
longer live everyday as it comes. I want to know what tomorrow holds in store.
I need to know where I am heading & I need that destination in order to
enjoy the journey. France
I feel like a red, white & blue chameleon. Transitioning from the
to UK hasn't needed me to
change my colours at all but my camouflage is still there. So what now? Do I
continue my daily journeys until that 'something' appears to me or do I look to
make my own journey? It is said that we make on average 5000 decisions a day.
Not all of these decisions are ground breaking but they are decisions that get
us from A to B. For example, whilst writing this article I decided what I
should write about, should I listen to music or will that distract me? Should I
put the washing on so that it will be ready to dry when I have finished? What
shall I cook for dinner tonight? Will my readers find my article interesting or
disheartening? Will they relate or turn the page? That's 5 decisions all in the
space of ten minutes & I haven't even finished the article yet! So if we
can find the time to make so many day-to-day decisions, how come many of us
fail to make the decisions that will impact our lives for the better? France
I say, leave the washing until later & go take the time to catch up with a friend. There is food in the fridge & I can cook later, so go read an inspirational book. There are so many decisions that I make each day but just how many of them am I making to better my life? Instead of laying idle like a chameleon in camouflage I'm going to flash my rainbow colours & go in search of something better. Today it will be to catch up with a missed friend in the
. Perhaps not earth shattering
for some, but it be little quake beneath my
feet. What will be your one decision
for you today? With 5000 decisions for everything & everyone else, you can
spare one for you. So close your eyes & make it a good one. UK
Monday, 23 July 2012
Soft Summer Sounds
Listening to: Mat Kearney - cover of Dancing in the Dark (original by Bruce Springsteen)
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Saturday, 21 July 2012
Friday, 20 July 2012
Viva la Vintage
My darling friend, Jimi, sends amazing vintage images from time to time just to remind everyone to keep rock n' roll and to never follow the trend. Here are a few of my favourites:
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Original 1977 Poster
Original poster for the Motobecane M7.
I'm not blonde and I certainly won't be riding around the Haute Vienne in my lilac leotard but the mobylette itself sure is class ;)
Monday, 16 July 2012
Call Me Penelope Pitstop
Say hello to Barbara or Bab's for short. Me and this candy floss pink 1977 Moytobecane M7 will be riding together this summer. IF I can get her started!?! Wish me luck!
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Feeding Friends
In celebration of my dear friend Aimee passing her bac exams and shortly heading off for a 6 week stint in Spain before leaving us to study in Rennes aka bloomin miles away (selfish brainy girl) I am holding a very petite soiree tomorrow evening for the girls.
Being that she is Irish (we can't all be perfect) I am going to attempt to cook a Guinness and Onion Soup with Cheddar Croutons. Now the image above is the perfect scenario however my version may turn out a little more like watery gravy with sinking burnt toasts on top. Watch this space. But for now, here's the recipe courtesy of Michael Chiarello via The Food Network :
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 cloves garlic, minced
8 cups thinly sliced yellow onions (about 2 large onions)
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, chopped
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 1/2 cups Guinness (not Extra Stout)
6 cups beef stock
1 bay leaf
Country bread loaf, cut into six 1/2-inch thick slices, then toasted
1/2 lb Irish Cheddar, thinly sliced
Heat the olive oil over high heat. Stir in the garlic and cook until just fragrant. Add the onions, season with salt and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring often. Reduce the heat to medium-low and saute' the onions for another 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until they are a deep amber colour.
Add the thyme, vinegar and beer. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half, then add the beef stock and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer and continue to cook for 20 more minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat the grill and set out individual oven-proof soup bowls. Discard the bay leaf, then use a ladle to transfer the soup to the individual bowls. Top with toasted bread slices, then 3-4 slices of the cheddar cheese. Grill until the cheese is bubbly and slightly browned. Serve piping hot.
Monday, 9 July 2012
I Heart Quotes # 50
Monday, 11 June 2012
Mondays Are The New Sundays...
Listening to: Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me A Tale (Later with Jools Holland)
Monday, 7 May 2012
Sunday, 6 May 2012
H&M - Fashion Against Aids
This year, H&M is launching its fifth collection for:
'Fashion Against Aids'
to help raise funds to fight against AIDS, raise awareness and educate youths.
It's a summer collection full of at-the-minute trends including Global Sports, Bralets and Neon!
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Tuesday, 1 May 2012
Kool Kids Klub
When did kids (I can say 'kids' without being patronizing as I am over 25yrs old) become so cool? I was on the train yesterday heading to London when a couple of teenage girls walked into the carriage, dressed in full school uniform and sat beside me. I was minding my own business, watching the rat race outside the window, when I heard one of the girls (no older than 14) tell her friend about the health benefits of Greek Yoghurt.
14years old... Greek yoghurt... health benefits!?!
Not only did she discuss how Greek yoghurt was the best product "EVER" but she went into immense detail about where she bought her particular brand, in what quantity, about the fact that it tasted best with a little bit of honey and that she didn't know what she'd do without it "because I've lost 2Ib this week and noticed a remarkable improvement in my skin."
When did teenagers become, well, adults? At their age I considered a cheese and crisp sandwich to be nutritious and I scoffed at my mum's attempts to get me to eat vegetables or anything remotely healthy!
Not to criticise the girls for looking after their health but long live the days of worrying about which pencil case to buy for the new school term and cheese and crisp sandwiches!
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Leaving on a Jet Plane...
... but it's only for two nights and one day.
One day in which to fit it all in. How is than even possible? I imagine it'll be something like a game of Mario Kart... me being Mario, of course, and the aim being to reach the finish line whilst dodging banana's and collecting as many gold stars as possible along the way.
Land at London Stansted and race over to Costa to collect a large vanilla latte (+10 gold stars). Scoot to the bus station (+2 stars) and make my way to Nan's house, avoiding rush hour and banana's (boy racers) in the road (another 2 stars). Chit chat with nan over a lovely cup of English tea (+5 stars).
Sleep (recharge). Wake-up on time (+8 stars). Speed over to Tesco to change my Euro's into big large-looking pounds (+3 stars). Grab train to London town (2 stars). Bonus Star Round.
Buy a large cup of something at Starbucks (Ding. Ding. Ding +20 star bonus). Make hospital appointment (-5 stars for dullness of task). Grab bus and the train back to Leigh on Sea (+10 points if arrival is before 7pm). Slide across the finishing line with a beer in hand. WINNER!!
I'm out of breath just writing about it! See you in two days :D
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hey Gram, was there also pride in there? pride that your son works for our country? and if he's going off "to sea" then, pride that he's fighting for our country, that he's putting his life in danger for all of us back here on the shore?
do you know why my great uncle fought in WWII, invaded Normandy, Sicily, Naples, fought, and lived and Monte cassino? do all of you know why he did this? it's so that we could grow up, so that we could live in peace, but i think he realized while he was fighting that he was also doing this for people like me. people who would grow up and do exactly what he's doing. who put their lives on the line, so that others can grow up and do the same thing. this is why we fight, this is why we die. some must die so that others can live. i don't know about you, but i'm going to be one of the ones who is willing to die. because i value freedom, and not just my own, but also the freedom of people around me.
sorry about the lecture guys, but i just had to get that out.
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TN Republicans Comment on New RNC Chair
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - Today, members of the Republican National Committee elected Reince Priebus as their new Chairman at the RNC Winter Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. Attending the meeting were Tennessee's three voting members, Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney, National Committeeman John Ryder, and National Committeewoman Peggy Lambert. Their statements are below:
"There were some quality candidates today, but I am very encouraged that our Party is unifying behind our new Chairman Reince Priebus. Chairman Priebus will help lead the fight in restoring conservative principles in our country, and that begins with firing Barack Obama next year," said Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney.
"Chairman Priebus has an impeccable track record of maximizing the grassroots arm of our Party in order to win elections. We look forward working with Reince over the next two years to continue the progress we have made," said Tennessee National Committeeman John Ryder of Memphis.
"Today is a new beginning for our Party with the election of Reince Priebus as the new RNC Chairman. I'm eager to work with our new Chairman to spread our conservative message across the country," said Tennessee National Committeewoman Peggy Lambert of Maryville.
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The Haps: Share in a taste of Milwaukee's past with samples of Pabst, Blatz, Schlitz and Old Milwaukee. Join the staff of the Pabst Mansion for an evening of grilled brats, fond memories and great history. There will also be a Retro Silent Auction featuring new, retro and antique items.
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The Haps: Attend this event to raise funds to feed the hungry in our community! Guests choose from more than 2,000 ceramic bowls handcrafted and donated by local artists, teachers and students. Soups prepared by local chefs are served with bread and other refreshments. Some of the area's top musicians entertain guests throughout the day.
Saturday, October 13: Pink Banana's 2nd Annual Fall Fundraiser
Time: 7p.m.
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Freshman Tristan Smith netted a season high two goals for Penn College
JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. – Freshman Tristan Smith (Bermuda, FF) netted two goals to lead the Pennsylvania College of Technology men's soccer team to its first victory of the season over Davis College 3-1. Senior Nick Grasso (New Columbia) scored the other goal as the Wildcats improve to 1-1 overall.
Grasso scored off a pass from junior William DeAngelo (Dallas) in the 10th to put Penn College on the board first. Davis would equalize in the 33rd to send the teams in the break at a tie.
Smith kicked off the second half with a goal in the 49th off a cross from junior Patrick Kehoe (Oley) and then added the cushion in the 67th from a pass off of freshman Chris Brennan (New Hope).
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Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1892 – October 28, 1951) was an Austrian actress who achieved a successful acting career in theatre and film, in the United States until she was blacklisted during the McCarthy period.
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Mady Mesplé (born 7 March 1931) is a French opera singer, the leading high coloratura soprano of her generation in France, sometimes heralded as the successor to Mado Robin.
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Families dressed dressed in a variety of costumes Sunday and descended on Blossom Heath Park for the annual St. Clair Shores Activities Committee Halloween Fun Fest.
Local organizations and businesses handed out candy and other prizes to attendees, cider and donuts were handed out by Lakeview High School Huskies With Heart organization and St. Clair Shores firefighters were on-hand with a smoke house to teach proper fire safety.
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The town of Oxford has posted the following information on its website about road repairs. Officials have also posted a PDF that is attached here detailing the road improvement projects that have been completed and those that are in need of repairs.
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Road improvements continue in Oxford despite the downturn in the national economy. Of the 120 miles of roads in Oxford, some are in need of repair, and others require new safety features such as traffic lights, stop signs, turning dirt roads into paved ones and implementing new drainage systems for water flow issues. Dangerous curves, narrow roads, shoulder ditches, new warning signs and road patching also continue at the same rate as the budget year 2008, at no extra cost to tax payers...
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• Accident-reduction grant received to allow the town to remove dangerous curve on Governor's Hill Road outside of Old Church Road. Spring: 2011
• ARRA funds used to reclaim and repave Christian Street between Airport Access Road and Robinson Lane – 2010/2011
• Town of Oxford applied for State (STEAP) funds to begin reclamation, drainage and paving on portions of Great Hill Road.
• Connecticut DOT will use STP funds to reconstruct a segment of Christian Street between Jacks Hill Road and Robinson Lane. The $2.0 million project will improve the contours and widen the Christian Street roadway to meet industrial standards. Construction is expected to be completed by year-end 2012.
• Oxford continues to pursue federal, regional and Connecticut-State grants and funds to assist in improving our local road conditions.
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Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari questioned Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi for not making any reference to 2002 riots in state and said he was trying to "mislead" the people.
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VGS of January 2009 and January 2011 had seen Gujarat's share in total new investments go up from an average 8.7 percent during the period April 2002-December 2008 to 37.2 percent in the March 2009 quarter.
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The Gujarat government clarified Sunday night that the 11-member Pakistani delegation participated in a pre-event buyer-seller meet here as per their scheduled programme.
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"What is important is that it should be a growth-oriented Budget. What is badly needed for the country is growth. Anything that encourages growth is welcome," Godrej Group Chairman and President CII, Adi Godrej, who is here to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, said.
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In a sharp reaction to the praise showered by industrialists on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Congress on Saturday sought to draw a parallel with German corporate sector`s fascination for Adolph Hitler in 1930s.
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As Mistry's name was announced for delivering his maiden public address since taking over the helm of the salt to software conglomerate at the valedictory session of the sixth 'Vibrant Gujarat' summit here, a thunderous applaud resounded at the packed Mahatma Mandir auditorium.
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" ... Thai Airways International will begin the first direct flight from Ahmedabad from April 1," he said at the valedictory session of the sixth edition of 'Vibrant Gujarat' summit, the state government's showpiece biennial event for attracting investment.
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Citing statement of a central government official, he said, "In the last five years, of the total jobs created in the country, 75 percent employment was generated by Gujarat and in that SMEs have played a vital role."
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First day of the sixth edition of 'Vibrant Gujarat' saw investment commitments of Rs 28,000 crore from corporates such as Essar, ABG Shipyard, Jubilant Lifescience and Adanis.
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Terming Gujarat as "global gateway to India" CM Narendra Modi on Friday asked captains of industry to utilise the Vibrant Gujarat Summit as a platform to send a "positive" message to the world.
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The Royal Flying Doctor Service was selected as the Charity of choice for the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island in October 2010. As part of this selection they held at a men's initiaitive called PitStop. PitStop is an event that takes place in community settings where men are encouraged to undertake a number of preventative health tests. PitStop uses a mechanics workshop environment to encourage amd foster men to think and act as proactively about their health as they do their vehicles.
The NRHSN had members from LARHC, MARHS, NOMAD, OUTLOOK, RAHMS, SHARP & WILDFIRE participate in PitStop by conducting the men's health checks.
Rebecca Taylor is a SHARP member who has written up a report on her involvement in PitStop:
"The tests consist of the chassis test, the torsion, the exhaust, fuel additives, oil pressure, spark plugs and duco. The chassis test is waist measurement. The torsion test is flexibility. The exhaust is smoking. Fuel additives relates to alcohol intake. Oil pressure is blood pressure. Spark plugs are testicular cancer and duco is skin cancer. Each test consisted of either a number of questions or a few measurements. To start, each male was given a work sheet and would then make their way around to each station. Once they had either answered the questions or had their measurements done they were issued with a pass or fail. Once they had been to each station they would then go onto to the finish line, where the number of fails and passes were added, if they had more than six passes they were issued with a registration sticker. If they had less than six passes they were issued with a yellow and are advised to visit his regular GP.
The four days spent at PitStop in Phillip Island were a great experience for all involved. It was also a big success for the RFDS, raising $63,332.85. It was extremely exciting to be able to work as a team member alongside the Royal Flying Doctor Service. It wa sa good experience to see how other people worked, as well as being great for my communication skills as I had to deal and work with a wide range of people. Overall, PitStop was a great experience and fun was had by all. I cannot wait to head back there to do it all again."
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I like to serve this fruit pudding as a simple side or as a dessert with dinner guests. You can even impress your friends by baking the pudding in individual ramekins, which makes for a great presentation.
Recipe inspired by Elana's Pantry.
16 apricots, sulfur-free
8 prunes, pitted
6 eggs
2 cups water
1/2 cup raw pecans, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
Pinch salt
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add in the apricots, prunes, cinnamon stick, and salt. Allow the mixture to simmer over heat for 30 minutes.
Remove the cinnamon sticks and dump the remaining mixture (liquid as well) into a blender. Add the eggs and vanilla to the blender and puree until smooth.
Pour the fruit mixture into an 8 X 8 glass dish. Sprinkle the top with chopped pecans and bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes.
Remove from the pudding from oven and allow to cool and set for 10 mintues before serving.