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LONDON (BNO NEWS) — The British government on Sunday accused Iran of blocking access to a foreign office website it launched earlier this week to reach out to the Iranian people. The Iranian government also blocked a similar website in December.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Iranian government blocked access to its 'UK for Iranians' website on Saturday, just three days after the website was launched in hopes of direct dialogue with the Iranian people. The website is similar to one launched by the United States last year, which Iran also blocked.
"I condemn this action by the Iranian Government," Hague said on Sunday, adding that the website was launched to reach out to Iranians to explain and discuss UK policy. "We have no quarrel with the Iranian people and regret that the Iranian authorities fear their own citizens' interaction and involvement with the outside world."
In late December, the Iranian government added the 'UK in Iran' website of Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to its list of censored websites. It contained information about British government policies and statements, including criticism of the human rights situation in Iran and the country's controversial nuclear program.
Hague on Sunday said the Iranian people have had to endure an 'ever-tightening stranglehold of censorship'. "The blocking of our website is only a very small part of what Iranians undergo daily: millions of websites blocked, access to e-mail services denied, international television channels jammed, films and theater productions closed down, books unpublished, traditional Persian literature rewritten and newspapers banned," he said in a statement.
Diplomatic relations between Iran and Britain reached a new low when hundreds of Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy and another British diplomatic compound in Tehran in November. Britain claimed the attack could not have happened without consent from Iranian authorities, and in response closed the embassy.
Hague also ordered the closure of the Iranian Embassy in London and expelled all its diplomats. Iran warned that Britain's closure of its embassy in London would have consequences, but it is unknown if the blocking of the UK websites are the direct result of the diplomatic crisis.
After the blocking of the 'UK in Iran' website in December, Britain's media regulator Ofcom in January decided to revoke the license of Iranian news channel Press TV. Ofcom, the government-approved regulatory authority for the TV and radio sectors, accused the English-language channel of breaking licensing rules because its editorial base is located in Tehran, not in London as had been indicated when it was granted the license.
Press TV called the move a "clear example of censorship" and pointed out that Ofcom, which calls itself independent, receives aid from the British government and the Secretary of State has the power to appoint or remove Ofcom's chairman and its members. Nonetheless, a spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office said the British government was not involved in the decision to revoke the license.


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Doe Memorial Library
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Doe Memorial Library
Berkeley Landmark #148
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|Classical Revival
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The Doe Memorial Library is the main library of the UC Berkeley Library System on the UC Berkeley campus. The library is named after its benefactor, Charles Franklin Doe, who was persuaded by the then President of the University of California, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, in 1904 to bequeath funds for its construction. It is located adjacent to the Bancroft Library. In 1900, Emile Benard won an architectural competition for the design of the library, and the Classical Revival style library was completed in 1911. The Doe Library houses both the Undergraduate and Gardner (Main) Stacks collections.
Gardner (Main) Stacks Collection[edit]
The Gardner Collection, acquiring its namesake from the 15th President of the University of California David P. Gardner, is a four-story underground structure consisting of 52 miles of bookshelves, housing some of the University's most prized collections. The Main Stacks were constructed in 1997 with four large skylights to allow for natural lighting of the underground structure. The Gardner Main Stacks connect the Doe and Moffitt Libraries by means of an underground hallway, this is the only way to enter the Main Stacks after hours.
Within the bookshelves of the Gardner Main Stacks one may find numerous study spaces such as carrels and tables with electrical outlets and wireless network access for student use. This is one of the most popular locations on campus for student study hall. Each semester, the week prior to and during finals, Gardner Main Stacks is open 24 hours in order to provide a safe study hall for the student body.
Prior to the construction of the main stacks, books were held in an eight story structure inside the main building. Called the Doe Core, this space has been used for temporary libraries displaced under seismic retrofitting on the Berkeley campus. Doe Core is 70 feet tall and is illuminated with street lights. [1]
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The main reading room is open to the public. To access the main stacks, however, a valid student identification card from UC Berkeley (or another participating institution) is required. California residents with proof of residency may also purchase a library card in order to gain access to the Main Gardner Stacks. Access to some of the rooms, such as 308, is restricted to faculty and graduate students.
Libraries, collections and services[edit]
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- Art History/Classics Library
- Data Lab
- Government Information
- Graduate Services
- Morrison Library
- Newspapers & Microforms
- Reference & Instruction
- Current Periodicals
- South/Southeast Asia Library
- Study spaces
Popular culture[edit]
The Doe Library was featured in the 2000 Abercrombie & Fitch Back-To-School Catalogue.[citation needed] The North Reading Room inside the Doe Library was also featured in 2007 online advertisements for Apple Inc.[citation needed] The library and its name appeared in the January 7, 2011 Nukees comic strip.[link 1]
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text: Cruising with Disney! View full-size image < previous next > Is this photo a winner? "Celebrating a birthday on board the Fantasy with my Bingo loving hubby! Thanks for helping with a great design!" - TJacobson (Oct 06, 2012) Share this photo on: Twitter Facebook Pinterest Similar Photos: bingo | birthday | cruise | event celebratory | fun | green | husband | vacation Feeling inspired? Visit the CustomInk Design Lab to start your own group order. Design Your Own comment by Guest - Oct 27, 2012 - back to the top I started a small trinkucg company (1 truck, 1 employee) in the North Dakota Oil Fields. I live in California and want to either incorporate or get an LLC for liability protection and tax help. I heard I have to pick one state as the domestic corporation state and one as the foreign. What would you recommend, LLC or S-Corp and what state as the home state. The income is made in ND but spent in CA. My home office and payroll is in CA. I want to keep it fairly simple but want the best benefits. My wife and I will be the owners. If it helps, I will be making anywhere between $300K and $600K a year before taxes and expenses.


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Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street)
Doug Wright
Doug Wright joined the company in February 2014 to serve as President of Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street). Mr. Wright has more than 35 years of management experience in the aerospace industry. Before Triumph, he served as Vice President of Engineered Systems for Curtiss-Wright Controls. Prior to this Mr. Wright held a number of executive positions with Goodrich Aerospace including Vice President and General Manager of Operations for the Landing Gear Division, Vice President of Integration for the Actuation System Division, and Vice President of Business Integration for their Customer Service Division. He has also served in management roles in the DeHavilland and Canadair Division of Bombardier Aerospace.
Mr. Wright holds an MBA from the University of Toronto, is a dual citizen of the USA and Canada, and is functional in the French language.
Greg Prince
Greg Prince is responsible for day-to-day operations at Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street). He started working for LTV, a Triumph Aerostructures heritage company, right out of college, spending a good share of his career as a Lead Production Technology Engineer at the company's Jefferson Street facility in Dallas. In 2002, he moved into a Project Manager position at Jefferson Street, overseeing all capital projects for the site. From 2004 to 2007, he served as the site's Manager of Machinery and Equipment Maintenance, and from 2007 to 2009 was the Facilities Manager. Mr. Prince was promoted to Operations Director, overseeing C-17, V-22 , Global Hawk and C5 assembly programs, as well as detail fabrication (machine, sheet metal, composites, paint and processing). In 2012 he was assigned to his current position at Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Commercial Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street).
Mr. Prince earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M. He also is a Lean Six Sigma Certified Green Belt.
Matt Turner Operations
Matt Turner is responsible for day-to-day operations of empennage sections, facilities, maintenance and tooling at Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street). He assumed this role in September 2013 and previously managed quality assurance at the site. Mr. Turner's aerospace career began in 1986 when he was hired by LTV in Dallas, a Triumph Aerostructures heritage company. Over the years he served in numerous leadership positions, including Technical Operations Manager, Tooling Quality Assurance Manager, and Facilities and Tooling Manager. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Turner was the Director or Sales and Engineering for Southwestern Gage. He returned to the company in 2004 and was appointed the Quality leadership position in 2010.
Mr. Turner holds a bachelor's degree in software engineering from the University of Phoenix and is a Six Sigma Certified Yellow Belt.
Donna Fox
Donna Fox joined the company in 2012 and is responsible for directing and managing all finance and accounting activity for Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street). She brings extensive industry experience to her position at Triumph, having worked at a number of prominent aerospace companies. Ms. Fox's career began in 1988 as a Business Analyst for Boeing Aircraft and Missiles (formerly McDonnell Douglas) in St. Louis and served as the Cost Policy Manager from 1997 to 1999. She then moved to Huntsville, Alabama to become the Assistant Controller for Boeing Space Group, returning to St. Louis to be a Strategic Analyst for Boeing. From 2002 to 2007, she was employed by Northrop Grumman, holding leadership positions in several locations, including O'Fallon, Illinois; Tysons Corner, Virginia; and Atlanta. Ms. Fox then joined Raytheon in McKinney, Texas, serving as Senior Finance Manager and Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager before joining Triumph.
Ms. Fox earned her bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, and her MBA from Maryville University, St. Louis, Missouri. She also completed the Darden Executive Program through the University of Virginia. She obtained several leadership and distinction awards from McDonnell Douglas during her tenure with the company, and in 1997 received the St. Louis Area YWCA Leadership Award.
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Nabeel Khan was named to his current position in 2013 and manages all quality assurance functions at Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Grand Prairie (Marshall Street). His responsibilities include inspection, quality engineering, supplier quality assurance, digital inspection, tooling quality assurance, MRB and Liaison engineering. Mr. Khan joined the company in 2003 and has worked in a variety of technical roles, including Tool Quality Engineer, Metrology Engineer, and Supplier Quality Engineer. He also has experience in NC programming and as a Reliability Engineer for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
Mr. Khan earned a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is certified as a Lead AS9100 auditor and is a member of the ASME and SAE organizations. In addition, Mr. Khan is an active volunteer in Baylor Hospital's emergency room.
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Here are the top five reasons for and against celebrating the coming heir to the British throne.
1. For:
For the first time the child will be third in line for the throne after Charles and William regardless of sex.
If he/she is silly enough to marry a Catholic and convert they cannot become king or queen (Act of Succession).
2. For:
Will be head of state over sixteen countries.
About half of which wish the Brits and the royal heir would bugger off for good.
3. For:
Will be the first royal birth to be announced by Twitter.
Against :
Be alert for mindless media madness multiplied by millions because of internet age.
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Kate and William,a likeable couple become parents.
Battle axe Camilla becomes a step-grandmother right out of the wicked witch.
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Lady Di's revenge ---her progeny will take over the crown one day.
Lady Di will never see her grandchildren.
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Craig Weller Interview
New Ideas: Why Your Workouts Don't Need To Hurt
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Michelle Magnan: So what would eustress training look like to an everyday gym-goer?Craig Weller: A fixed volume type of workout is a good example. If you're using that model, you can play math with it and look at improving every workout based on intensity, density or volume. Say you do 50 reps of a deadlift with 100 pounds in 20 minutes. You can look to do that same amount of weight for the same number of reps faster, or you can do the same weight in the same time for more reps, or you can do same time, same reps but more weight. You can basically hit a personal record every workout.
At first it's going to seem kind of slow, if you're used to distress-based training, but if you're really looking for improvement with every workout and you're training frequently, you can improve through intensity, density or volume in every workout. Within a few months, you're pulling or moving quite a lot of weight for a lot of reps, sometimes very quickly, but you're still making it look easy and it's not taxing your body in a way that breaks you down. There's no significant stress response. Your cortisol levels don't get jacked up.
Otherwise, you can just apply the same perspective to almost any workout and go through it as fast as you can with the heaviest weight you can, regardless of the set/reps scenario or frame of the workout, and you just do it without making it distressing on your body. You do it as hard and fast as you can, without pain or distress.
MM: Guys who are used to working out hard will read this as you telling them to take it easy. What do you say to that?CW: It's not going easy. You just have a different constraint. In training this way, you can make adaptations really quickly, because it allows for very frequent training because you're not breaking yourself down. You don't have the stress response you have with distress training. You can do relatively heavy squats, deadlifts and compound movements much more frequently, like up to every day. Once you grasp that and can really work on progressing the workouts, you can do incredible things. So, eustress is not a way to limit your strength or your workload, it's re-framing how you work towards your goal.
MM: How should a guy start incorporating this into his program, if he's already working out?CW: Try a simple math workout, like the 50-rep workout, and repeat it somewhat frequently using a pattern that's not going to break down with fatigue. For example, do two total workouts like this a week -- one lower, like a deadlift, and one upper, like a pull-up or overhead press. If a guy's doing a normal Men's Health-y bodybuilding or strength-training program, remove a lower body training day in the normal sense and replace it with a eustress front squat or deadlift workout, and you can alternate the two if you want. Spend a month or two at it and look for improvement in one of those variables every time. You'll be lifting more weight than you thought you ever would, quicker or for more reps -- and it's going to feel easy.
Also, monitor your movement quality. Sometimes, people will improve in strength or volume or whatever, but they do so by sacrificing movement quality - they don't squat as deep or their deadlift gets all hunchback-like. In the things that matter, they're actually sliding backwards, so monitor that carefully.


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10-4-05 - Friends and former colleagues describe Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers as a quiet, even cautious member of the Dallas City Council who chose her words carefully and preferred conciliation to showboating.
Miers visits Dallas several times a year and spends much of her time at the bedside of her elderly and ailing mother, who lives in a Dallas nursing home.
Most recent Supreme Court nominees have been judges or politicians, but Harriet Miers has never sat on the bench and her career as an elected official was limited to three years on the Dallas City Council.
Miers was already a prominent Dallas lawyer when she was elected to the council in 1989, then the latest in a long string of candidates who came out of the city's big law firms. Friends said she ran almost as an obligation.
At the time, the council was split by a redistricting fight that carried racial overtones, was struggling to decide the fate of mass transit in the city and sparring with the Justice Department to settle a dispute over public housing.
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I'm feeling cranky. Not enough sleep. Working with an event that is going to bring a crowd, possibly two - won't be enough seats to go around. People will be snippy. I'm choosing not to be cranky, though it will take a little work. :)
Happy Monday all!
I have a renewed sense of "You can do this, Mar" - and I intend to!
I need to re-focus on getting my veggies in --- in a healthy --- not hiding in fried goop.
THis day is going to be okay. That's the spirit. :)
People do stupid things. Don't take it personally.
That is what I am telling myself.
A student worker was s'posed to start last week. Told me she needed more time. OK. It puts me behind, but I give it to her. She emails me today to "introduce" me to her roommate who she wants to take her place as she took a different job. Really?
It is a reminder to me to always trust my instincts. I had a weird feeling about this girl the first time around and did not hire her. Then, I kind of felt sorry for her and offered her an office position, different than most of the other workers.
I am not hiring the roommate either.
I work with a lot of amazing kids. Well, I guess they are really young adults. Not all of them are going to work out perfectly. Oh well. I just wanted to get that off my chest.
This angst shall pass.
When you have a moment (or moments) of weakness, get ready to make a u-turn. I felt like I was slipping away, and I did grab a lifeline.
When you think you can't - think again. You can. and if you really want to --- you REALLY Can.
Thanks to SP, I know personally know dozens of people who have lost and kept significant amounts of weight off.
They have done what I am doing. They remind to stop wishing away the weight and make myself healthier, and then weight will drop off. (It is ...slowly, but surely).
Do not give up under any circumstances. You are born to win. You are an amazing beautiful person. If you can remember how others see you, you would remember how freaking amazing you are. Superstar!
The going is going to get tough. Yup, absolutely. There's going to be days,...weeks,...months - where you will have to be very creative with your time. Limit your TV to 2 hours or less a day. You're going to have to exercise when you don't feel like it and load up on the fruits and veggies and forgo junk. Guess what - you can handle it. You are as tough as nails.
You might even find you like it. ha! It would serve you right. :)
Congrats to you on everything you have done so far. I am so proud of you for forging ahead, and not using your size to give up and be a hermit as it is sometimes tempting. Remember who you are, what you have done, and what you can do. Don't deprive the world of the special blessing you are.
For those of you who have tuned in, thanks for joining. If you take a minute to think about yourself, I am sure you will see you have so much to give. I had a rough week and wanted to leave myself a trail of breadcrumbs for the future. You can get right back to it. Love yourself a little more.
Happy day, sparkies! Keep sparking!
The kids are back. School is back in session. I'm an administrator of sorts at a university. I work with kids. They are among the most brilliant and coolest kids I could ask for. Love them,...but they do take a lot of work. Some are geniuses, truly, but also just kids. Funny how those 2 things match up.
I am so busy - I can barely turn around. I need to be an uber planner to make everything work well together. I am having some start-up issues with staying on track. I am so tired, and so bogged down with work, and also training new staff, under deadlines, and trying to keep a smile on my face while I do all of the above.
I am not a mom --- and perhaps if I were, this would all come naturally. It doesn't and I need to work on it. I consider myself blessed to work at such an inspiring place with good benefits, and I do give it my all, and thensome. I need to balance out the home aspect and especially now while I am trying to take care of myself too. Oy!
Need to stay focused and get to bed and get to gym in a.m. --- not only does it help me feel oodles better, it keeps me from wanting to kill one of the kids if they neglect to show up on time, etc. Patience is a virtue, or so they say!
Going to the gym will help keep me sane --- if I can get some sleep. Geez! I am off to bed now --- hoping I can pull this off in the a.m.
Have a happy night, sparkies!
It took me 9 years to get here. I went on a news blackout today.
A few days ago as the Anniversary of 9-11 was approaching, I realized I didn't have to feel bad about it anymore. Two of my friends (plus thousands of others) died that week when the towers came down. I've felt bad about it for a long time. Of course, I remember the richness they brought into my life. I am just finally ready to let it all go.
I'm no longer stuck in the moment.


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Naples, Almalfi, and Sorrento in September, Advice Please!!
My wife and i are travelling to Italy in mid September and for the the first week of our trip we'll be staying in a Villa in Praiano on the Almalfi coast. I'm looking for lunch, dinner, and travel destination advice for this and the surrounding area.
I'm sure we'll be taking a day to visit Pompeii and Herculaneum and another to visit Sorrento of course. Other possibilities are Capri and the historic center of Naples; we usually like to do day trips to sight see every other day so this should give us 3 full days of outings.
I sugget doing a search, using the names of all three destinations, making sure that you spell Amalfi correctly. You should turn up lots of good ideas. This forum is for food-related information only, though.
One of the best days we had during our recent stay in Positano was to take Da Adolpho's boat to Laurito beach, where we sunbathed and swam in the water, then had an amazing lunch. Elizabeth Minchilli has a great post on her blog about her similar experience.
If you do the Pompeii/Herculaneum trip, Viva Lo Re is a great dining choice (Slowfood recc) in Ercolano.
Even with a car, its an awfully ambitious/tiring itinerary from Praiano, though, Id comment you can see Herculaneum in 1-1/-2 hrs, Pompeii is bigger and takes longer just to get around. both are wonderful. there have been other posts on eating in Pompeii (you will have to look at the older threads.
We love Naples, but again, its a long trip in there - check to see if there are boats running, maybe there is info on the fodors forum about the travel logistics, since I havent checked this year, and there have been boat issues in the past, especially out of season. If you do go to naples for heavens sake get away fast from the area around the station, its totally unappealing. Maybe even just take the metro to Cavour (next to the Arch. Museum, though I think the old parts of the city itself and the Capodimonte are even more interesting) Lots of good food and recommendations if you search
We spent four days on the Amalfi Coast last fall. We have always loved the scenery here -- particularly the Amalfi drive and the area around Positano, but we have struggled with the food, It often is dreadful and when not, terribly overpriced.
For starters, I suggest you skip Sorrento, which even in September and October is overwhelmed with tourists, many from the cruise ships that anchor there. If you want to meet people from Teaneck, you can see them in New Jersey! While we did our best to find decent food in Sorrento (three meals), we failed miserably each time. If you must, however, try Il Buco, which is okay, but stunningly expensive for what you get.
Along the south coast of the Amalfi Peninsula, there are three very good restaurants. One is at the Hotel San Pietro, near Positano. Expensive but worth it for the terrace views -- go for lunch. You also might wish to consider Locanda del Capitano in Marina del Cantone and Relais Blu in Masa Lubranese. We enjoyed the food at both of these Michelin starred restaurants -- but be prepared to pay $100 or more per person.
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Just a small correction if you don't mind: Both Marina del Cantone and Massa are on the Sorrentine peninsula, not on the Amalfi Coast.
In my opinion, the best eating town on the Amalfi Coast is Cetara, with at least three renowned restaurants. I've written about my meals at these place in reports here that you can find with a search.
This is the most recent; the Amalfi Coast is the last bit:
re: erica
I should add that Ravello and Amalfi are unmissable (I particularly like A'Paranza in Atrani, next village over from Amalfi, via a footpath; there is also a beautiful walk down from Ravella); there are lots of discussions, if you search, on eating in Ravello, I favoring Cumpa Cosimo as a lunch stop.
Also recommend walking on the wonderful paths up in the hills - its great for the views and to stop in the villages along the way for refreshment and even lunch. The Sunflower Guide is excellent in this connection, for walks all around the Amalfi coast and the Sorrentine Peninsula, and there are also maps in the tourist offices. You certainly do not need to go to Sorrento when the AC is full of wonderful things itself - each town along the coast has lots to offer. and restaurants where you can enjoy the local sea and land specialties.
Here's one of the better trip reports on eating in the Amalfi coast. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/666370 I suggest putting individual town names into the search engine - there are quite a number of reports.
We recently returned from the area. Two good casual lunch ordinner options for Sorrento:
Inn Buffalito. Great mozzarella salads, pastas and grilled meats. Excellent gnnochi.
Trattoria da Emilia, at Marina Grande. Right on the water. Very casual. Had some of the best mussels marinara i have ever had. Good spot and a great comfy feel, though fast paced, etc.
re: comiendosiempre
i've only been to Naples and then not long enough because we fell in love with it and can't wait to return. At a minimum I'd recommend the Capidomonte and Archaelogy Museums if you love art and history and dinner a Palazzo Petruccia which we thoroughly enjoyed. Pizza at La Notizia (only open for dinner alas) and a walk through Posippilli and some sfogliatelle at any of the fine pastry shops you'll pass sauntering through town. IMO, best food in Italy in Naples though Sicily holds its own nicely.
It's been a few years but last time I stayed in Praiano we ate at Trattoria Da Armandino, which is down at the tiny Praiano harbour and sets up only in the evening right on the quay. The seafood pastas were outstanding, especially the mussels (cozze). The place does not focus on restauranty ambiance but what they do with the seafood far outweighs that.
Just up from Da Armandino is Il Pirata, at the time we were there the service was very good but the food was a bit pedestrian. I'd recommend it for the views and a sundowner or two before going to Da Armandino for dinner.
Getting around the Amalfi Coast can be challenging as others noted, we skipped the rental car and suffered on the local government run SITA buses. They are convenient in the respect that they run regularly and terminate in Sorrento at the train station where you can catch the TransVesuviano commuter train (stops in Herculaneum, Popmeii and Naples), but the hordes of school children on the bus can be very annoying. The buses also terminate at the Amalfi town end of the coast drive and can be convienent for getting to Amalfi and connecting to the buses that run up to Ravello.
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We are staying in Praisano and, based on Hound recs, went out of our way to try Da Armandino. Maybe it was a bad night. Maybe it was different season, but our dinner was - at best - mediocre. Two microwaves visible in the kitchen. The food was "fine." I had a zucchini flower (which I love) that was stuffed with ricotta and sausage that I didn't finish. The sausage just tasted off.
We left and came to Il Pino to finish dinner, which was wonderful. Don't know what went off, but I could never recommend it. If it's close, why not. If it's a ways away, don't bother. Il Pirrita was much more interesting.
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Sad to hear Da Armandino has gone downhill... I guess over time all good things change, not always for the best.
I highly recommend a day in Naples. Check www.napoliunplugged.com for all kinds of recommendations about what to do/see/eat. I am fan of the famous Da Michele for pizza.
In Naples we had wonderful pizza at one of the most celebrated pizza places in town, Pizzeria Gino Sorbillo. It is a two-story restaurant in the old city in a university area and is packed with tourists and students. They create and sell 400 pizzas a day here!
Neoopolitan pizza is not to be missed. Classical Neapolitan pizza is cooked in a very hot wood-burning oven and has a thin, chewy crust and very simple toppings, such as just a margherita or pomadoro sauce, but we went with one speck with mushrooms and one artichoke & cherry tomato.
But the highlight of our visit was a restaurant about two blocks away from Gino Sorbillo, called Tandem. It is tiny and basically does one thing: modernized Neopolitan ragu. It was extraordinary, dirt cheap and I am desperately trying to deconstruct and re-create the recipe. Do not miss it.


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Internal migrants in Indonesia have
shifted land arrangements, resulting in both social and ecological damage: land
conflicts increase along with deforestation. This complex relationship has been
underplayed in the REDD debate, say Gamma Galudra,
Meine van Noordwijk, Putra Agung, Suyanto and Ujjwal Pradhan
By Masayu Vinanda
Conflicting claims over land
ownership have occurred in most parts of Indonesia, according to Gamma
Galudra and colleagues, writing in Mitigation
and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. They describe one such
conflict and its implications for reducing emissions from deforestation and
degradation (REDD) in Senyerang village, Tanjung Jabung Barat district, Jambi
province on the island of Sumatra.
Agroforest on peat in Tanjung Jabung Barat. Photo: World Agroforestry CentreThe recent background to the
conflict in Senyerang starts in 1997, when the Ministry of Forestry granted a
permit for a pulp-and-paper company to expand its concession area. About 1500
people—long-settled migrants from other parts of Indonesia—protested over the rights
to the land in question, resulting in one person shot dead and two wounded. The
migrants argued that the area was their communal land that had been used by the
Banjar people since the 1920s. A land licence granted by the pesirah (the chief of the territory),
active since the Dutch colonial period, was used as their advocacy tool.
However, the company did not stop the conversion and continued planting the
area with acacia.
The Senyerang situation clearly demonstrated
the tenurial interaction between a group of migrants and a concession-holding
company. However, interaction between the migrants and the government
institution that issued the permit to the company was also part of the problem.
Historical, informal negotiations between the pesirah and the migrants dated back many years and provided a more
comprehensive context.
In their study, Galudra and his team
analysed relations between four key groups: the state, local communities,
migrants and state-sanctioned concession holders in the peat forests of the
district to reveal complex, 'underlying land ownership, power struggles and
strategic positioning among stakeholders across scales'. Those three aspects are crucial to the
effectiveness of any REDD scheme in the district, they argued.
Inhabited by approximately 280,000
people, nearly half of the population of the district are migrants from other
parts of Indonesia. Practically, the district is divided into two parts: the
inland villages on mineral soil inhabited by people from western and northern
Sumatra; and the lowland peatland inhabited by Malay people from Riau. Peatland
occupies 40% of the district and half of the land is state domain, with the
largest area classified as 'production forest'.
In the 1970s, the Ministry of
Agriculture issued concessions to log the forests, leaving behind huge
logged-over areas in many parts of the region. These areas were easily
accessed, thanks to the roads built for timber extraction, which resulted in
further land clearing, particularly for oil-palm and pulp-and-paper
plantations. Fifteen years later, the Forest Allotment Consensus provided a
stronger legal basis to issue more permits.
'Both permit regimes marginalized
migrants and local communities', said Galudra. 'Interaction began between
migrants and local communities in the form of land sales. Local communities sold
land—to which they might have had customary but not state-sanctioned rights—to groups
of migrants who expanded the crop area. Those migrant-controlled areas would
sometimes then be occupied by customary landowners who claimed that the land belonged
to them. To resolve the conflict, the migrants had to undertake a second
transaction, paying extra amounts to the customary landowners'.
Additionally, interaction between
migrants and local communities resulted in changing how land was used. For
instance, one migrant group, the Banjar, had much experience in clearing and
draining peat forests, land which was then transferred to the pesirah (the chief of the territory).
'The local people of the district lacked
this knowledge', said Galudra, 'but the Banjar people were able to extend the
village's claims over territory in the peatland. The migrants did this to build
a better relationship with the locals. The clearing was seen as an initial
investment in easier access for all to use the land'.
Often, an even more complex situation
appears when analyzing interactions between migrants and the private sector. Competing
claims over land between migrants, local communities and private concessions
arose owing to changing policies after decentralization took place, affecting
the power relations between the central and local governments. For example, local
people and migrants understood that the land they claimed was classified as 'non-forest
area', a belief justified by such a designation in the District Spatial Plan of
1993. However, private companies believed the area was classified as 'conversion
production forest' as shown in the records of the central government's 1985
Forest Allotment Consensus. The conflicting land-use policies have seen an
increase in concession permits and the status of forests changed to 'conversion
production forest' to meet the demand for expansion by the palm-oil and
pulp-and-paper industries.
Galudra and team argue that examining
the complexities of tenurial interaction—particularly how migrants balance
power with local communities, businesses and government authorities at the
local level—will help ensure an effective implementation of REDD.
Clear and secure land and forest
ownership is required if any progress is to be made. If forest or land tenure insecurity
has been resolved, there is no doubt that the benefits or incentives generated
from REDD initiatives can then be equally and fairly distributed.
Read the article
Galudra G, van Noordwijk M,
Agung P, Suyanto, Pradhan U. 2014. Migrants, land markets and carbon emissions
in Jambi, Indonesia: Land tenure change and the prospect of emission reduction.
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for
Global Change 19(6).
This work is
linked to the CGIAR Research
Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
In 2014, the ASB Partnership celebrates twenty years of high impact
scientific research on options to combat deforestation while improving
livelihoods in the tropical forest margins. It is a partnership that has
consistently championed the issue of deforestation and has had far reaching
effects and contributed to global debates and initiatives on environment,
particularly on climate change.
Over the years, ASB Partnership has worked with local communities, governments and scientists in finding compromise between livelihood needs, development and environmental conservation
More than 50 institutions through multidisciplinary and long-term
co-location of research in benchmark sites across the humid tropics have published
more than 1000 scientific publications, including articles, books and book
chapters; as well as over 40 signature ASB policy briefs that have become
popular with various audiences and especially policy and decision makers.
"The evolution of ASB can well be compared to the story of the phoenix
bird that rises after earlier incarnations crashed and burned in the sense that
the partnership has had to change and renew focus after challenging afresh old
and existing theories," says Dr Meine vanNoordwijk, Chief Scientist at the
World Agroforestry Centre who was among pioneers of the ASB Partnership.
During phase I of the partnership, the hypothesis was to stop
deforestation through agricultural intensification, maximizing on yields in
available agricultural land in order to spare forests. With time however it was
realized that this could actually lead to more deforestation as agriculture
became more profitable. Phase II was an effort to explore whether
intensification would work if integrated with appropriate policies, technology
and institutional reforms through a win-win hypothesis. This approach
encountered challenges on implementation particularly across scale from local to
national government. This led to Phase III of incentives hypothesis where
environment and development needs could be met with the right mix of incentives
supported not just by the governments in developing countries but through
global investments such as payments for ecosystem services.
The partnership is currently at Phase IV -sharing-sparing-caring
hypothesis- where emphasis has been on a multifunctional landscape approach to
emission reduction. Through the Reducing Emissions
from All Land Uses project, ASB is among pioneer institutions to provide
evidence on the need for a landscape approach to reducing emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), as it overcomes implementation
challenges related to a narrow focus on forests. This has been picked up in
various forums with negotiators at the last United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 19) saying that a
landscape approach is the next best alternative to REDD+. A global forum on
landscapes was also held for the first time at the margins of COP 19.
"The success of the ASB Partnership lies in the diverse, dynamic,
multidisciplinary team of scientists drawn from national and international
research institutes, universities, community organizations, and farmer's
groups," says Dr Peter Minang, ASB Partnership Global Coordinator.
The ASB approach provides the right mixes of disciplines to test
various theories and working with communities informs their practicality and
application on the ground.
"Going forward, ASB will continue to work on issues around the
agriculture-forest interface," says Dr Minang. "Shifting cultivation remains a
huge challenge in the Congo Basin and more attention would thus be given to
that part of the world. Overall, research will focus on promoting
multi-functionality in landscapes along tropical forest margins in the context
of green economic development."
Over the next 20 years, ASB Partnership hopes to continue reporting
positive impact on lives, livelihoods, forests and ecosystem services.
The ASB Partnership for the Tropical
Forest Margins held its inaugural 20th Anniversary celebration in
New Delhi, India on Thursday, February 13 2014 as a special event during the World
Congress on Agroforestry.
Key highlights of the celebrations
included the release of a new book Partnership in the Tropical Forest
Margins: a 20-year Journey in Search of Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn which consolidates the ASB twenty year
journey as documented in the ASB policy brief series. A video with a narration of the ASB story within
the framework of a twenty-year timeline was also screened.
In his opening statement, Prof Tony
SimonA panel of ASB Partners and scientists who have worked with the Partnership over the 20 year period give their reflectionss, the ASB Partnership Chair and Director General at the World Agroforestry
Centre (ICRAF) noted that, "There is no other single partnership agency that
has stayed the cause in working with all of those issues at the agriculture
–forestry interface in the tropical forest margins."
In attendance at the celebrations were ASB
partners, some who have been working with the partnership since its inception
in 1994 and were part of even earlier discussions leading to its formation. These
included: Dr Dennis Garrity, Senior Board Fellow at ICRAF and former ASB Chair;
Dr Tatiana Sá, former Executive Director, Embrapa and now a senior researcher
with the same institution; Prof Fahmudin Angus of the Indonesian Soil Research
Institute (ISRI); Dr Vu Tan Phuong, the ASB Partnership national facilitator in
Vietnam; Dr Jofel Feliciano, ASB national facilitator in the Philippines,
working with The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural
Resources Research and Development.
Dr Peter Minang, the current ASB Partnership
Global Coordinator indulged them in a panel discussion on their work and
reflections with the partnership over the years.
They acknowledged ASB's impact over the
years in shaping policies and debates both at national and international
levels, training of farmers and government officials at local level and
producing high impact scientific publications, manuals and other resources that
have widely been used by decision makers. But they also mentioned some of the
challenges and work areas within the Partnership's mandate that still need to
be tackled. "There still remains a need to explore options for sustainable
agriculture among the poor farmers practicing shifting cultivation in the Congo
basin," said Dr Dennis Garrity. New Book: Partnership in the tropical forest margins: a 20-year Journey in Search of Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn released at the inaugural ASB 20th anniversary celebrations
The celebrations concluded with a virtual
tour of the ASB benchmark sites in form of a poster session and an art gallery
that illustrated various activities on shifting cultivation as practiced in
Southeast Asia.
By Elizabeth Kahurani
At the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, two
recommendations made under agenda 21 to combat deforestation are of
significance to the genesis of the ASB Partnership.
Here, the
global community agreed to develop policies and gather efforts that would
support actions to:
This international policy framework gave
impetus to an ongoing process within the then Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) of initiating a system-wide
programme on Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (ASB) agriculture, an idea forged
at the 1990 CGIAR International Science Week.
The idea developed and process continued
through 1991-1993 and involved workshop discussions on feasibility of a "global,
coordinated effort on ASB agriculture in tropical rainforest areas." This was
followed by discussion papers on methodological guidelines on site
characterization used to determine and identify appropriate locations for the
ASB benchmark sites. Initial donor support for this groundwork was through
ASB was formally endorsed as one of the first
system-wide programmes of the CGIAR in March 1994 and Phase 1 of the
alternative to slash and burn project commenced. The programme was governed by
a Global Steering Group comprised of representatives from twelve (12)
international research institutes mainly from the CGIAR. Beyond the governance
group, ASB comprised of 40 other partners spread across the tropical humid
belt. Phase I of the programme was implemented through four thematic groups
with support from GEF.
The book Slash
and Burn Agriculture: Search for Alternatives covers the first decade of ASB work and
explains that the programmeThe ASB Global Coordination Office staff together with the Global Steering Group, the main policy and decision-making body whose primary role is to provide overall governance and guidance to the ASB Partnershipprovided "rigorous science, new conceptual and
empirical tools, and thoughtful policy analysis" that contributed to "identifying more sustainable
land use practices and enabling policies that help conserve environmental
functions of the tropical forest margins while increasing household income and
food security for millions of poor people."
Among key successes in the early
years of the program include a research framework that established the basis
for integrated natural resource management research of the CGIAR centers, the
ASB matrix and tradeoff analysis that was taken up in government programs as a
way to tackle complex problems and reconcile the interests of different
stakeholders (see ASB Policy Brief 05). In addition, the program spearheaded the
Tropical Forest Margins sub-global assessment (SGA), the first crosscutting SGA
in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA).
"ASB has also shown how the
disciplinary strengths in climate change, biodiversity, agronomy, policy
reform, and adoption can be used in a balanced and positive way, with combined,
mutually accepted standard methods."
To celebrate its achievements, ASB received
the CGIAR Science Award for Outstanding Partnership for its contribution towards
"developing more environment-friendly farming techniques and slowing
to Slash and Burn evolves into ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
Since 2008, the program has
rebranded from Alternatives to Slash-and –Burn to ASB Partnership for the
Tropical Forest Margins and is no longer a system wide program of the CGIAR.
It is a global partnership that
includes non-CGIAR partners such as National Agricultural Research Institutes
and International Research Institutes with work both in and outside the CGIAR
system. However, ASB still aligns its
research to contribute to and partners strongly with CGIAR institutions.
The scope of work and research
mandate has also widened from reducing the threat of slash-and-burn farming
systems to the world's humid tropical forests and exploring viable and
profitable land use alternatives for smallholder farmers to reducing emissions
from land use change, including forestry, agriculture, while ensuring viable
livelihoods and enhancing social and environmental co-benefits.
About 1000 publications have been
produced under the auspices of ASB to date. This includes 300 refereed journal
articles, 25 books, 100 book chapters and more than 50 policy briefs. In 2005,
the External Programme review panel for ASB found that ASB publications have
been well cited by specialists and relevant policy documents globally (Clarke
et al 2005). Table 1.1 highlights key ASB publications.
Tools, methodologies, guidelines
and resources that have seen the most number of downloads from the website and
have been used to train relevant stakeholders including national government
officials to date include:
Stay tuned on our anniversary events here
By Josephine Njoroge, edited by Elizabeth Kahurani
Ahead of tomorrow`s Forest
Day 6 discussion forum on drivers of deforestation hosted by the World
Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Dr Peter Minang', a Senior Scientist and Global
Coordinator of the ASB Partnership said
that causes of deforestation are unique to regions and that there is no 'one
size fits all' approach to ending the problem. "For instance, in Latin America, forests are lost due to establishment
of cattle ranches while in Africa, smallholder farmers continue to engage in shifting
cultivation. There is also a widespread trend to establish vast industrial
plantations for oil palms in Asia and in other parts of the world," Peter
explained with caution that history is a poor predictor of future drivers of
REDD+ could provide a huge
financial boost to forest conservation plans in developing countries like the
Philippines. A new study titled, Reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus (REDD+) in the
Philippines: will it make a difference in financing forest development? shows that if the country was to reduce
the rate of forest degradation by 5 to 15% and at the same time increase reforestation
rate by 1.5% annually, Philippines could approximately sequester up to 60million
tonnes of carbon by 2030.
Agustine Mbugua is reaping the benefits of conservation agriculture
in his single acre piece of land in the Ngata Division of Nakuru
County, 170km west of Nairobi. "Not only have I stopped using fertiliser
on my farm because the manure from the crop cover provides enough
nutrients to the crops, but the labour costs have gone down.
This is the third book in a series of
highly recognised REDD+ volumes from CIFOR. It provides an analysis of
actual REDD+ design and early implementation, based on a large research
project – the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCS), undertaken by
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Repurposing your cooking disasters...
- Das Ubergeek Mar 2, 2008 03:12 PM
I searched and didn't find any threads quite like what I intend...
So it occurred to me that when I've managed to break mayonnaise (and it is possible to break mayonnaise beyond all return), I make fish stew and just stir the broken allioli into it.
When I am making caramel and it starts to smoke (at which point it's useless as dessert), then it's time to mix it with sugar and fish sauce and garlic and pepper and make Vietnamese claypot fish (or chicken, or squid, or tofu...)
What other thrifty "using my mistakes" are out there?
I bought $9 worth of shelled, roasted pistachios for a pistachio shortbread last Christmas and promptly ruined it by doubling the butter (I was using a pound block and messed up the stick-to-ounce conversion). I dumped it in a bag and put it in the freezer and will use it as a crust for some kind of lemon tart down the line.
Just last night my friend's husband knocked her bunt cake onto the floor-- we re-purposed it as a caramel-chocolate-whipped cream "trifle." Recently my MIL accidentally used 1 lb. of cornstarch instead of 10x sugar for a dessert recipe-- that was unsalvageable. It just kills me to throw things away so I was bummed...
My first attempt at flourless chocolate cake was so dry that I decided to break it up, re-press and re-bake it with more butter to make bases for a peanut butter mousse pie and a cheesecake.
I attempted to make chocolate meringues for the first time, and they completely flopped - literally. Didn't puff up, they just spread out all over the cookie sheet in flat blobs - looked horrendous. However, they still tasted good! I crumbled them all up over vanilla ice cream and served them to a crowd who ate it all up, happily.
overcooked rice can always e salvaged in the form of rice pudding, congee, or a breakfast casserole.
dry baked goods become crumbs for pie crusts. or toppings for yogurt.
i once had a batch of hummus that just wasn't hitting the right flavor note...so i thinned it out with yogurt, added some extra lemon juice, roasted garlic & pepper, and turned it into a fantastic creamy salad dressing.
We were having several people over for dinner and I was sauteeing garlic for scampi, but forgot about it and it turned into little garlic charcoals (brown, but not black). I chopped two more fists and sauteed them for the shrimp, but I had all this wasted garlic, so I put it on the table in a bowl with a spoon next to the parmesan. People started sprinkling the crispy fried garlic over the scampi and raved about what a great crunchy flavorful touch it was for the whole dish.
my mom's go-to Greek dessert isn't baklava, but ravani, the semolina-almond cake, because it's so much less time-consuming. I remember one time she forgot to add the egg whites, and ended up with dense, flat, sweet almondy goodness. she spread it between phyllo dough and called it "ravaka". it was actually quite tasty...
re: Sophia.
And if you are baking a souffle and it falls, just serve it as a savory pudding.
re: Sophia.
didn't know what to do with the two packages of puff pastry in the freezer that I'd taken out way too soon of making the desired dish I had planned. too late for it as the main ingredient wasn't in my kitchen so now what to do with the PP that is thawed and needs to be used up and quick.
our DIL's mom's dessert idea came to mind and all was not lost. instead of tossing it, I can cut into squares bake it off and stuff centers with premade pie fillings. she uses always, it's her thing, vanilla pudding pie filling. my husband likes lemon anything so made lemon curd or pie filling insert into slit in each baked off puff and squeeze small amount in.
can even freeze the puffs after they bake off if you made too many.
my attempt at mayonnaise just now is a good one but don't need mayonnaise as I have plenty on hand. only made it to see if my immersion blender would.
so tonight I'll rub down my bl/sl pork chops and bake them off.
can't see why it wouldn't add flavor somehow.
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so i have 3, yes 3 high end PC's
lets talk about just one though i have the same issue on all 3.
I just built one with a:
AMD 8320 4 core proc 3.4mhz (8 Logical Cores)
ATI Radeon HD 7970
With no addons running i get 0-3 FPS in a LFR
Would anyone know whats going on. I am a fairly technical person as i do work for Microsoft. All 3 of the PCs have more than adequate HW to run on ultra but i cant raid even on LOW video settings.
I have done my due diligence as far as checking the normal stuff:
drivers updates
system requirements
64 and 32 bit modes
played with the settings of ati
played with the settings of WOW itself
I have been on the verge of just quiting wow, and going to marvel heroes, but i like WOW and i play casually since starting at Microsoft. no way i could be a HC raider again if my FPS don't hold up. I have even reformatted one of my PCs that I use to build virtual labs on its got a server processor in it over 1TB of ram and a ati radeon HD 7870. same issues though LFR and 25 mans I DC are 0-5 FPS a sec.
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Search the Internet and you won't have a difficult time coming across Heidi Klum nude pictures. This is one super model incredibly comfortable with her (ridiculously hot!) body.
But Klum is anything but comfortable with photographers infringing on her privacy, which is what went down during a recent vacation in France with her boyfriend/bodyguard, Martin Kristen.
Images of Klum topless have popped up on various websites, all snapped without the former Project Runway host's permission.
It's unclear which French tabloid took the originals, but Klum's reps are in the process of tracking them down because Heidi was on a secluded, private beach and may want to sue over the invasion.
Sources tell TMZ that Klum is likely to wait until the Kate Middleton topless picture scandal is sorted out to determine whether or not she has a legal case to make.
In the meantime... Heidi Klum half-naked pictures are out there, fellas! Go get 'em!
Who cares?
she just hope people see her as some kate middleton?
I don't care how you see her! She has been painted Black! She is done! It's over! Nobody wants her skanky ass anymore!
Klum, please do not compare yourself to Kate. You are very far away from her. You are a professional prostitute, sleeping with whoever you want. Shame on you. I am expecting you to have five more kids with your bodyguard. Then, another bodyguard will take over, and so on. You will end up to have a large community in your family. For your birthday, thousand of man will ligne up to say KLUM happy birthday our slut, our prostitute
Stupid Klum. She said that she has no problem being shoot naked. Klum should be proud of her topless photos being published everywhere. It is a good promotion for her as professional SLUT. Seal was right when he said his ex-wife was fornicating with the family bodyguard before they separated. Klum should compare herself to Kate. Kate is not a SLUT like her. Shame on Klum. Low standard life. Sleeping with family's bodyguard.
I mean, u guys said it yourself that she has no problems being shoot naked... So why now?! Gush! I so sick and tired of people pretending and using privacy as an excuse.
She is branded- so pack it n no 1 wants you anymore
I'd be pissed to crap she's gotten old, she should hook up with K.K. plastic man, a little touch up would'nt hurt.


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Some people drown their sorrows in tubs of ice cream. Others draw attention to themselves by frequenting clubs, looking sullen and earning sympathy from the celebrity gossip blogosphere.
Guess which category Paris Hilton falls into.
Th newly single socialite was spotted at Los Angeles hot spot Crown Bar last night, but multiple sources say she wasn't her typical, happy, wasted self.
"She definitely didn't seem like her usual party girl self tonight," said a witness. "[She was] way more reserved and distracted, like her mind was elsewhere. She was trying very hard to appear carefree, but it was clear she didn't want to be there and was waiting for the right moment to make her exit."
First, she needed every photographer in a six-mile radius to snap her picture, of course.
Added another onlooker: "Hilton looked distraught and completely lonesome. She wasn't her usual prim and proper self."
Paging Stavros Niarchos! Insecure, lonely reality TV needs a bedmate!
Please tell me this GIRL is NOT feeling sorry for herself. Why don't you just GET OVER YOURSELF and actually do something meaningful with your life instead of stand in front of cameras all day telling the world how "hot" you are. You pretty much discust me and i can't stand looking at your face anymore. You are NOT god's gift to the world, SORRY HUNNY!


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I will be hosting a special roundtable luncheon at the City Club, on Thursday, January 10th for Brian Pretti, Senior Vice President of Mechanics Bank and head of investment management. Brian will discuss the state of the economy and his outlook for 2013. This is an opportunity to discuss our very challenging economy with one of the Bay Area's leading experts. Brian's analysis is always entertaining and penetrating.
Brian is a Senior Vice President with the Mechanics Bank and heads the investment management group responsible for managing nearly $2 billion of client assets. He has been with Mechanics for over 20 years and has been involved in the investment management business for over 30 years. Brian currently manages assets for high net worth individuals, qualified plan pensions and profit sharing accounts, trusts and charitable organizations.
Before joining Mechanics Bank, Brian ran an institutional asset management firm, specializing in value oriented equities, whose clients included the State of Oregon, City and County of San Francisco, and the Contra Costa Employees Retirement System. Prior to that, Brian worked for Transamerica Corporation as part of a three person Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team responsible for corporate wide capital planning, forecasting and strategic competitor analysis.
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We moved to Franklin based on the reputation of the school system and have been highly disappointed. A very watered-down experience based on "this is what we have done for years." Little emphasis on fun and character development. Gifted students don't have much, if any, opportunity to excel. Unfriendly leadership. Principal does not try to know the students or parents unless there is a problem. Kids leave in the afternoon looking defeated. We left the system.
Excellent school, we were relocated in the middle of the school year and the principal, secretary, teachers, etc. have been amazing! My son is really happy in this school and has a lot of new friends! Thanks everybody for making this transition a lot smoother...
My daughter attended this school. She studied in school for 2 and 1/2 years.It couldn't have been better!All the teachers there are extremely passionate. Everyone works hard and is always going above and beyond to make a difference in students' lives. e had to leae the school boz of our move to nother state. My daughter misses this school, techers and her friends very badly.wonderful school!!!!
All the teachers there are extremely passionate. Everyone works hard and is always going above and beyond to make a difference in students' lives.
My daughter attended this school. It couldn't have been better! She has moved on to the Remington side now, but this was a really great elementary foundation for her to grow.
I have nothing but good things to say about the Jefferson experience my two children have received. Cumulatively I have had 9 years total experience with this school so feel I can comment accurately. The best part about Jefferson are the teachers. They are outstanding, caring and dedicated professionals who have helped my children flourish. The principal, Mrs. Hyman, runs a tight ship and keeps the bar high, even during these tough economic times. The full day kindergarten for all children was fabulous, the specialist teachers (Music, Gym, Spanish, Art) also contribute to a well rounded experience. It saddened me to see the recent fiscal cuts that included the loss of the school librarian; I hope our difficult economic times are behind us and we can begin to restore funding to our schools.
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PHILDELPHIA (AP) - Heat and humidity draped the Northeast for
yet another day Wednesday, pushing power companies to crank up
power to cool the sticky masses and keeping the mercury hovering
around 100 from Virginia to New Hampshire.
The crux of the heat was situated over the Philadelphia area,
where an excessive heat warning was put into effect until 8 p.m.
The National Weather Service said high humidity levels could make
it feel as hot as Tuesday.
It was already 71 degrees, hazy and humid before 7 a.m. at a
golf course in suburban Albany, N.Y., where gardener Sarah Breglia
was bracing for another sweltering work day. She said her strategy
for getting through the day was to drink lots of fluids and place
bottled water at several locations around the Guilderland golf
"I try to stay in the shade in the afternoon," she said. "We
do all the areas in the sun, all the sweeping, cleaning up, as
early as possible. In the afternoon, we try to keep it cool."
Scattered power outages have affected customers up and down the
coast and usage approaches record levels. In the Washington, D.C.,
area, nearly 2,000 customers were without power Wednesday, while
New Jersey's largest utility, Public Service Electric & Gas,
reported about 6,500 customers without electricity.
Tatiana Solis, 17, was getting ready to deliver newspapers
Wednesday in New York City, where forecasters predicted a high of
up to 99 degrees.
The hot weather has made her work difficult.
"I have asthma and when it's hot, it's too exhausting," she
said. "I can't breathe."
It was so hot Tuesday that even machines had to slow down.
Transportation officials cut the speed of commuter trains in
suburban Washington, D.C., and New York when the tracks got too
hot. Extreme heat can cause welded rails to bend under pressure.
Some train service to New Jersey was canceled.
Rail riders in New Jersey were advised to expect delays again
In Boston, the sweltering temperatures pushed a window washing
company to adjust its hours to prevent employees from working
during the hottest part of the day.
Victor Cruz, 24, usually starts his day with Cliffhangers Inc.
at 6:45 a.m. But on Wednesday, he was washing ground floor doors
and windows at Boston's Intercontinental Hotel starting at 4 a.m.,
so his day would end at noon, instead of 3:30 p.m.
"It's just exhausting," Cruz said, pining for the days he used
to work in an air-conditioned bank. "I actually took Tuesday off
because it was just too hot. When it's like this we'll sit in the
van every so often with the air conditioner on for a few minutes
just to cool down."
Tuesday's hot weather broke records for the day in New York,
where it hit 103, and in Philadelphia, where it reached 102.
The record-breaking cities and other dense, built-up areas are
getting hit with the heat in a way their counterparts in suburbs
and rural areas aren't. Cities absorb more solar energy during the
day and are slower to release it at night.
Scientists have known for years about these so-called heat
islands, urban areas that are hotter than the less-developed areas
around them. They say cities, with their numerous building surfaces
and paved roads and lack of vegetation, just aren't well designed
to release summertime heat.
With people cranking up the air conditioning Tuesday, energy
officials said there was tremendous demand for electricity but the
grid didn't buckle. Usage appeared to be falling just short of
records set throughout the Northeast during a major heat wave in
Meteorologists in some places began calling the current hot
stretch a heat wave, defined in the Northeast as three consecutive
days of temperatures of 90 or above. New Jersey's largest city,
Newark, handily beat that threshold, hitting 100 for the third day
in a row. Temperatures throughout the Mid-Atlantic region were
expected to be in the high 90s to 100 again Wednesday.


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I also put up an embroidered purse for sale I can't deny the fact I like larger purses and I can't see myself using this one, it is really unique and lovely I am sure it will find a good home.
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Aww I love that your customer sent you that photo of all her bridal accessories. It's such a good feeling when someone takes time out of their day to connect to you personally as a seller. I love your little shop, regardless of how many items you have. You've got great taste, Daphne!ReplyDelete
The photo your customer sent you is so pretty! I agree - the shoe clips look great! Nice to have something you picked for your shop be part of someone's big day.
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I first read "The Dying Earth" in the early 60s. Vance's capricious characters, distinctive dialogue, strange settings, and astonishing action enthralled me for decades afterwards. I have found few other writers whose work rewarded repeated reading over such a length of time. While his work always carried an unmistakeable flavor, his invention spanned many people and worlds.
If there is a heaven for those who do their work well and bring delight to others, he is there.
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Rhetoric Police!
Step away from that metaphor! NOW!
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I, for one, welcome our perfidious, shopkeeping overlords.
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The market already offers large inorganic LED displays. If I need a durable display, and I do not need it to bend, why do I need OLEDs?
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