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Collect and Remit Sales Tax on Commissary Sales in State Prisons and County Jails
State prisons and county jails should collect and remit sales tax on commissary sales of soft drinks, candy and other taxable food products to inmates.
State prisons and county jails maintain commissaries to provide inmates with personal amenities such as toiletries, cigarettes, food, candy and soft drinks. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice s Institutional Division operates commissaries in all state-run prisons. The four privately run prisons operate their own commissaries.
To purchase items from prison commissaries, an inmate completes an order form. Commissary personnel fill the order for the inmate and charge his trust account using a debit card. Debit cards are issued to all inmates and serve as personal identification cards.
Operating profits from prison commissary sales are deposited in the Educational and Recreational Fund and are used first for the purpose of meeting court-ordered requirements for construction, maintenance, equipment and operations of recreational facilities. Any balances remaining after meeting these requirements may be spent on non-court-related activities. 1
Currently, commissaries are not collecting and remitting tax on the sale of soft drinks, candy and other taxable food products sold to inmates. The commissaries are charging tax on these products when sold to prison or jail employees.
Section 151.314(d)(3) of the Tax Code, states food, meals, soft drinks and candy for human consumption are exempted from the taxes imposed by the chapter if served to a patient or inmate of a hospital or other institution licensed by the state for the care of humans. 2 The Comptroller, in issuing Rule 3.293, Food; Food Products; Meals; Food Service, has interpreted this provision to include the retail sale of soft drinks and candy to inmates in jail and prison commissaries. 3 Attorney General Opinion No. H-639, issued in July 1975, ruled that food and food products (including soft drinks and candy) served in county jails were not taxable when served to inmates. 4 The Attorney General essentially adopted the Comptroller s interpretation in issuing its opinion. In turn, the Comptroller is now basing its interpretation on the Attorney General s opinion.
The opinion, however, only addressed the issue of food and food products, such as soft drinks and candy, being served to inmates. It did not address the issue of those products when sold to inmates.
All state prisons, county jails and other correctional facilities should collect and remit sales tax on commissary sales of soft drinks, candy and other taxable food products sold to inmates.
Section 151.314(e)(3) of the Tax Code should be amended to make soft drinks, candy and other taxable food products taxable when sold to inmates by prison and jail commissaries.
The primary advantage of this change would be an increase in the General Revenue Fund from increased sales tax collections. Making these items taxable would be consistent with the manner in which the items are taxed in the free
world. Treating retail sales to inmates and employees the same would result in simpler accounting procedures for the commissaries and taxpayers.
Another advantage is the benefit to the local economies from an increase in city, metropolitan transit authority and county tax collections.
One disadvantage might be an increase in the price of these items. Current retail prices, however, are substantially lower than those outside the prison system.
Fiscal Impact
The change in the statute would result in a gain to the General Revenue Fund of $2.9 million during the next five years.
Fiscal Gain to the Gain to Change in
Year General Revenue Fund 001 Local Governments FTEs
1994 $420,000 $101,000 0
1995 580,000 140,000 0
1996 604,000 145,000 0
1997 622,000 150,000 0
1998 642,000 154,000 0
1 State of Texas, General Appropriations Act, Seventy-second Legislature, First and Second Called Session (Austin, Texas, 1991), p. I-83.
2 Tax Code Section 151.314 (Vernon 1982), pp. 184-185.
3 Comptroller of Public Accounts, Sales Tax Rule 3.293, Food; Food Products; Meals; Food Service, November 29, 1991.
4 Office of Attorney General, Opinion No. H-639 (1975).

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Ottawa city commissioners voted unanimously this week to approve a development agreement with the Ford dealership in the city's South 59 Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District. A TIF is a special financial tool that can generate money for economic development in a specific geographic district.
Advantage Ford, 402 N. Main St., Ottawa, plans to build a 26,645-square-foot dealership and service center next year on 3.9 acres of land southeast of the intersection of East 23rd and South Oak streets in a commercial district on Ottawa's south side.
With an estimated construction cost — including landscaping and parking lots — of about $2.2 million, the project's total cost would be about $3 million, according to a city report. Advantage Ford's TIF request is for tax increments totaling $750,000 — to be paid out over eight years — to recoup most of the land acquisition cost for the construction project.
The three parcels of land where the dealership would be built are located at 2330 S. Oak, 2320 S. Oak and 244 E. 23rd streets — within the 604 acres of developed and undeveloped tracts that comprise the South 59 TIF District, established by the city in 2008.
TIFs are created by local municipal governments to provide incentives to lure private investment and help finance infrastructure improvements. TIFs work by capturing new property tax revenues from a specific area and re-investing those revenues in that area.
"A TIF is a program that allows new property tax increments, created by a new project, to pay for approved project costs within the TIF District," Wynndee Lee, the city's director of planning and codes administration, told city commissioners earlier this month regarding Ford's proposal. "Generally that's infrastructure, but TIF funds also are eligible for acquisition costs and limited site development costs."
Love's Travel Stop, 203 E. 27th St., used TIF dollars to recoup some of the cost of putting in a sanitary sewer system at its location in the South 59 TIF District, Lee said.
"We are writing the check for the land acquisition," Pyrant said. "We are not asking the city for one dollar to purchase the land."
Jeff Richards, city commissioner, also stated during the hearing the city would not be out any money under this TIF proposal.
"We would still collect property taxes on the site, and we would collect 5 percent of the TIF [monies] to cover our administrative costs," Richards said. "There is no financial risk on the part of the city."
The city's financial advisor Bruce Kimmel, a senior financial adviser with Ehlers, a Roseville, Minn.-based firm that specializes in public finance issues, estimated the TIF-captured assessed value of the Ford project to be $672,232 — which would be paid out to Ford in annual TIF reimbursements of $96,011, up to a total amount of $750,000.
Pyrant said at the public hearing these tax reimbursements would help the business generate enough cash flow to make the venture viable.
Lee said the reimbursements would be paid out to Advantage Ford through the course of about eight years. A TIF project plan is set for 20 years, Lee said, so tax increments collected during the remaining 12 years of Ford's project could be reinvested in other projects within the TIF District.
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Once upon a time~~blah blah blah, maybe a blip or glitch or two, then it's Cinderella time~~and, she lived happily ever after! I remember these kinds of fairy tales when I was a little girl~~and, now even as a kid in a big body, I admit I have probably fantasized more as I've watched movies, yes, 'Pretty Woman' 'An American President' 'Mama Mia,' depicting this kind of storyline.
My weekend at the 2013 DOLE California Cook-Off falls into this fairy tale time for me. And, my feet still have reached the ground as I sit here in 34C Delta flight #1654 cruising at 35,000 feet. Just what happened and how it happened has happened to some, not many, and there's where the magic comes in! It's knowing that it CAN happen for you, if you just believe, create, work and dream.
Stepping into the pit~~
I'd kept my eyes and ears peeled for news about the 2013 Dole contest after meeting last year's winner, Jeanette, at the 2012 World Food Championships. Just a precious and adorable little girl, well, a mama of three, she immediately captured my heart because she is from West Virginia—we Hillbillies have a certain bond with one another especially if you share the passion of food! When the 2013 contest opened, I did what I do first—read the rules and guidelines, several times making sure I understood what was expected. Then for a couple of weeks my brain was subconsciously spinning with ideas—lucky me, I hit Kroger one day when almost all the Dole products were on sale, so I loaded up on various types to experiment and have handy just in case a lightning bolt hit me!
Since I'd been on a global search for months with new spices and found many I loved, I decided to incorporate in whatever I created something Middle Eastern, Moroccan, and North African—this would be the cornerstone of my recipe—it would drive every other product that went into it and determine what the combination of flavors would be. Over several more weeks, my head went into coma mode about this contest—so many other things needed attention—but, I knew my subconscious was constantly sifting through ideas even when I was sleeping, so I wasn't really concerned. That's the best way to have ideas germinate—just let it go, relax, and it will come to you.
When inspiration strikes~~
And, one morning it did! My bestest friend, Nan (another WV girl!), who's truly a sister, and Noni, her feisty and delectable Italian mother nearing 90 were coming for our weekly get-together…it's always unscripted, happens in the kitchen where each sit on either side of my stainless steel restaurant style prep table, and we talk, laugh, drink cappuccino, taste food, drink wine, and they watch me cook! I have a stack of small tapas plates that each new dish or treat goes on, fully designed and ready for photographing, and they taste and review! When they arrived this particular day, they'd brought Mary—another WV girl—the more the merrier! It was my and their lucky day—what was I creating—my entries for the Dole California Cook Off! They were the first mouths, other than mine, that actually tasted this dish, and it got rave reviews, hands down, a winner!
Letting time pass~~
After submitting a recipe to a contest, other than putting it in a virtual file, I always just forget about it. Oh, yes, I mark my tangible calendar letting me know the time that the company might announce the winner(s), but other than that, it's put to bed, done, over—if something happens, that's great—if nothing happens, well, I'm well on my way to entering other cooking contests.
Getting the fateful email saying that I was one of the three finalists (Eastern, Western and Central U.S.) shocked me! Wow! I even had to ask the promotional representative which recipe won because I'd submitted two. I was going to be going to California, doing a cook off, and competing for $25,000!! I knew of my competitors, both seasoned, talented, creative and tough opponents—not doubt I had my work cut out for me! I approached this contest like none other before—it's not often you get into the arena, like the Gladiator, and have a chance to win this kind of money. I knew it would not be bush league—every second of my recipe execution had to be perfected, timed exactly and there was no room whatsoever for error.
Going into training mode~~
Over the next few weeks I had to get everything I needed down to wipes or paper towels outlined and listed for the cooking event. So many things you do automatically in your own kitchen, so you don't realize what you're using or grabbing to use—maybe a rubber spatula, a pair of snipping scissors, or a pastry brush. Now, I needed to write down everything as I worked. The same went for my ingredients—not only listing them, but helping source brands and types ensuring the best and highest quality ingredients would go into the recipe—of course Dole Tropical Mixed Fruit was the star!
I was training for a competition, not just cooking, but a competition that had time limits, was not on my home court (my own kitchen), in a place where I'd have none of my family, hubby, Ben, with me, and where I'd need to have execution down to a science. I'd learned from so many of my previous competitions the mistakes I'd made from getting distracted by others, including spectators, to not paying attention to the big picture—errors and mistakes that'd cost me money in the past and probably some winnings!
The week before departing for California I did intense 'scrimmages'—setting the timer, working under the time constraints, making mistakes in the recipe preparation from not using enough Italian bread crumbs to hold the meatballs securely together (you have to get the 'feel' for this!) to making the meatballs too small or too large! Things like this affect the end result, especially cooking time. I felt good because I was making these mistakes in practice not in the actual game—this increased my confidence immensely!
Taste testers extraordinaire~~
Critical to any food competition is having others taste and critique your food. Yes, a cardinal rule of cooking is taste taste taste, but sometimes my palate can be skewed, so having my 'food seekers'—Matthew, Whitney, Nan, Noni, Mary—gave me a diverse range of palates. And, believe it or not, our palates do change as we age, so I had taste testers that ranged in age from their 80s to 30s! Male and female. Single and married. Those who love to cook. Those who love to eat. Those who love both.
Watching someone's eyes as they look at your dish you put in front of them gives huge clues. Did their eyes light up? Did you hear a quiet 'wow' or loud 'WOW'? Visual presentation—eating with your eyes—I knew with this recipe even little seemingly inconsequential things like the grill marks on the meatballs, the charring on the fruit, the golden brown and creaminess of the Greek yogurt sauce, small flicks of fresh mint scattered about, and snow white creamy goat cheese crumbles would start the saliva glands pumping! And, that, I knew, was one of the judging criteria for the cook-off—visual presentation—what would those judges be thinking as my plate of kabobs was passed along their eyes for visual inspection!
I made this recipe at least five times the week before going to the cook-off. I was honestly sick of meatballs! But, what I got from all of this concentrated work was good honest feedback. Suggestions and comments that helped me, without a doubt, bring home a win! These comments were instrumental in making very small adjustments to the recipe, fine-tuning to perfection, and this is what a winning recipe must have—no flaws, perfection among all the layers of flavors from the time you bite into it then chew, then swallow and just let your palate savor.
Now, head on over and read #2~~it's time to compete!
Come enjoy some of the fun with me~~The Dole Photo Gallery compliments of my girlfriends, Jennifer & Sara~~
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Netherlands - Summary of Requirements
The Netherlands is a Member State of the European Union. The Netherlands accepts English-only health certificates. For species/commodities is not listed below, please refer to the European Union website.
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Pet dogs, cats, and ferrets must be identified with a microchip compatible with ISO standard 11784 or 11785 or the appropriate microchip reader must be provided along with the pet. Microchip implantation must occur PRIOR to rabies vaccination. Any rabies vaccination that occurs prior to microchip implantation is not considered valid regardless of whether the animal was up-to-date on its previous rabies vaccines. In this case, the animal must be revaccinated. 21 days must have elapsed after the first (primary) vaccination after implantation of the microchip before the animal is eligible to enter the European Union. A rabies vaccination is considered primary if either: (1) an animal was up-to-date on its rabies vaccination but vaccination occurred prior to microchip implantation, (2) vaccination was not carried out within the period of validity of a previous vaccination, or (3) the animal was vaccinated for the first time.
Pet Passports: Dogs, cats, and ferrets returning to Netherlands after traveling to the United States may be accompanied by an EUPet Passport issued prior to leaving the EU. An EU health certificate is not required, and APHIS should not endorse the Passport.
If an animal needs a rabies booster while in the United States, this information cannot be entered into the EU Passport by a US veterinarian. A regular EU health certificate must be issued by the accredited veterinarian and endorsed by APHIS.
Animals under the age of 3 months exported from the United States can enter the Netherlands without a rabies vaccination. The owner must make a written declaration that the animal stayed in the place in which it was born since birth without contact with wild animals likely to have been exposed to the infection.
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TV Fanatic Round Table: Best Villain of 2013by TV Fanatic Staff at . Updated at . Comments
We can be heroes? Sure, possibly.
But these folks can be villains.
In our latest staff Round Table discussion - join in our debates of Best New Show and Best Comedy of 2013 now! - various writers gather below to answer the simple, scary question:
Kate Brooks: Hands down, Moriarty on Elementary. It was a huge plot twist that Moriarty was not only a woman but Sherlock's love, Irene Adler, as played by the magnificent Natalie Dormer. I am still fangirling about it!!!
Miranda Wicker: The Governor from The Walking Dead. He slaughtered his own people! The man was straight evil!
Lisa Palmer: Hannibal. He eats people! And he's a psychopath - there is no one like him on TV!
Carissa Pavlica: Mickey Donovan from Ray Donovan. While not a villain in the traditional sense, because of his self-centered behavior and inability to parent, his children suffered horribly while he looked elsewhere and they are still suffering as adults; even more so now that he's thrust himself into their lives once again.
Sean McKenna: I'm gonna go back to early in the year for this one. King Joffrey from Game of Thrones is despicable, depraved and fantastically villainous. His every action is repugnant - and I can't wait to see him get what he deserves.
Christine Orlando: I'm going to go with Red John on The Mentalist. Some fans loved the big reveal of his identity this season while others hated it. Either way, up until that moment the debate was as intense as I've ever seen in any fandom. Viewers kept lists on things as mundane as hand shakes and dissected the meaning behind William Blake's classic poem "The Tyger." After six seasons of watching Patrick Jane hunt the man who murdered his family, I'm glad Red John is finally dead but I certainly enjoyed the chase to the end.
Leigh Raines: I'm gonna represent the teen vote here for a minute, even though I'm almost 30, cough cough, whatever. For me it was Ezra on Pretty Little Liars. Somehow I really didn't see it coming, maybe because Marlene King created such a convoluted crazy ass show. Talk about sleeping with the enemy.
Also gonna throw a vote up here for B613 and Command as a general villain on Scandal. Olivia was being stalked by this omnipresent, powerful, dangerous organization and then it turned out to be dear old dad in the finale. Mind. Blown. Also they put people in holes and tortures them! You don't want to cross B613.
Carla Day: Arrow's Malcolm Merlyn, the Dark Archer, was an incredible villain in 2013. He kicked ass, was manipulative, destroyed the Glades, was responsible for his own son's death ... and he looked hot doing it! Oh, and he survived.
Gabrielle Moss: Queen Catherine from Reign. Arch campiness + poison + constant scheming + more poison + horrible secrets that make you empathize with her even while being appalled by many of her actions + even more poison = my favorite villain to watch in action each week.
Doug Wolfe: I think the slightly-smiling Amanda on Nikita typifies the kind of dangerous passive-aggressive homicidal villain most of us can appreciate. Nikita's attempts at trying to understand her has only proven that there is absolutely nothing redeemable about her - despite her horrible past. As much as she has served as Nikita's foil, at the end of the day the woman has to be taken out. And not in a good way.
YOUR turn, TV Fanatics: Who do you think was the best villain of 2013?
Gemma from Sons of Anarchy. The b*tch is brutal!
Peter Pan on Once Upon a Time because he was so evil and took out the whole town of Storybrook.
Hannibal Lecter. He was coldly and chillingly manipulative, destroying Will's life without blinking an eye.
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Pan from Once Upon A Time.
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'King' Joffrey! Never have I wanted to kill a character off so badly, that's why can't wait for s4.
Tywin, Walder Frey, Roose Bolton from GOT too. Also, Moriarty from Elementary, Rumple's father/Pan from OUAT, HR from POI..
Pan as biggest villain.
Joe Carroll from The Following.
Victoria grayson from revenge. that slippery eel wreaks havoc and always manages to worm her way out of all the consequences.
Why nobody puts Walder Frey or Roose Bolton? I know they seem secondary chars but still, their actions will remains in the memory of the Got fans


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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo come into Wednesday's 'el clasico' clash in Madrid in the Spanish Cup semi-final in fine form and full of goals. Messi has hit 16 and Ronaldo 12 in their last 10 games, and the four the Argentine got against Osasuna on Sunday makes it 33 in the league while Ronaldo has 21 after his hat-trick against Getafe.It will be the fourth time Real Madrid and Barcelona have met this season.Madrid took the Spanish Super Cup on away goals over two legs and managed a 2-2 draw in Barcelona in the league, the only points Barca have dropped at home, so there is little to choose between the two up to now.In the league Barca enjoy a 15-point advantage over their rivals but that will all be forgotten when Madrid seek to avenge last season's quarter-final defeat in the same competition that Barca eventually won.Messi's goals at the weekend meant he became the first player in history to score in eleven consecutive La Liga matches and he can equal or break another record on Wednesday.One goal would level Alfredo Di Stefano's long-standing 18 goal tally in games between the two sides.
'Complicated game'
Meanwhile, Ronaldo will be walking a yellow card tightrope.He has already picked up two in the Cup, another on Wednesday will mean he misses the second-leg scheduled to take place in Barcelona in almost a month's time on the 27th of February.The Portuguese star also has goalscoring form in recent games with the Catalans, hitting seven in the last six meetings, and he has told his club's TV station that the game can't come quick enough."It's an important but complicated game for us against one of the most difficult teams in the world, but it should be a big night. We're at home and have a good chance but we'll have to play well, we know Barca have a great team but I'm looking forward to it," he said.
"We're at home and have a good chance but we'll have to play well, we know Barca have a great team but I'm looking forward to it"
Real Madrid go into the game with important players missing. Most of all club captain Iker Casillas, who fractured a bone in his hand in the previous round against Valencia.The club reacted quickly to sign Diego Lopez from Sevilla last Friday as cover, for $3.5 million, and he will come into contention for his debut.However, Antonio Adan kept a clean sheet at the weekend with Lopez sat on the bench, and he may continue to deputise.Also out for Madrid are the suspended trio of Sergio Ramos, Angel Di Maria and Fabio Coentrao, plus the injured Pepe.Jose Mourinho will have to choose between Raphael Varane, Raul Albiol and former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho for his centre-half partnership.
Mourinho was able to rest Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira, Karim Benzema and Alvaro Arbeloa on Sunday against Getafe and all should start.Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets sees the tie being tight despite Madrid missing players."It will be an even game, it doesn't matter who is out for them, we must focus on our own game. The tie won't be decided in the Bernabeu so a good result for us would be a win, not a draw" he said.His side don't share Madrid's selection headaches and key midfielder Xavi Hernandez will be celebrating the signing of a new contract that ties him to the club until 2016, when he will be 36.
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PHOENIX, October 29, 2012 — In 2004, Ohio was the decisive swing-state that gave President George W. Bush four more years in the White House. As the Obama vs. Romney campaign enters into the final eight days, Ohio is once again ground zero to the presidency.
President Obama currently has states with 201 electoral votes likely or leaning in his column; Mitt Romney has 191 on his side. The leaves 146 toss up votes to put either candidate over the top.
In the race for those remaining 146 electoral votes, Obama and Romney are statistically tied, as the margin of error could award either candidate the electoral votes.
Ohio has 18 electoral votes and has voted with the ultimate winner in the last 10 presidential elections.
The latest Ohio polls show Obama leading Romney by one to four points. However, a poll released Monday showed Mitt Romney leading the president by two points, the first time Romney has lead there since early October. The Real Clear Politics average has Obama winning the state by 1.9%. While Obama and Romney are still within the polling margin of error, meaning the state could go either way, Ohio has often been considered a safer bet for Obama.
With that in mind, the spotlight now turns to Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Colorado. All three states voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008.
Assuming that Mitt Romney wins Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina, as the polls indicate he will, the governor will have 248 electoral votes. That's 22 shy of the White House.
All Romney has to do at that point to get over the 270 mark is to win Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Colorado.
The latest poll in Colorado shows Romney beating Obama, 48 percent to 47 percent. A Rasmussen poll from last week shows Romney beating Obama, 50 percent to 46 percent.
The latest Rasmussen poll of New Hampshire voters, finds Romney beating Obama by two percent.
Wisconsin is the most likely state of the three to swing into Romney's column. Wisconsin first came into the spotlight as a swing state when conservative Supreme Court candidate David Prosser defeated liberal and union-backed candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg in the 2011 Supreme Court race. Then in June, Governor Scott Walker won the recall election, garnering an even larger number of votes than he did when he was first elected governor in 2010.
As we look toward the 2012 presidential race, the latest poll from Wisconsin shows the race is tied between Obama and Romney at 49 percent.
If the Republicans in the Badger State have kept the same campaign structure that they've had in the past three years, Romney can win Wisconsin, a state that hasn't voted for a Republican since 1984.
If Romney loses Ohio next week, he has to win Wisconsin to win the White House.
Nation wide, Romney leads Obama by five percent in Gallup's Daily Tracking poll. Any candidate with that kind of lead is favored to win the electoral vote no matter what.
It won't be an easy task for Romney to accomplish, but it isn't impossible. We'll know in just eight short days.
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Griddled haloumi and aubergine/ eggplant salad
What we need:
1 large aubergine/eggplant
salt and black pepper
6 plum tomatoes
40 gr Kalamata olives, pitted ( I used a combination of Turkish black and green olives)
small bunch of mint
olive oil
500gr haloumi
2-3 tbsp of plain flour
Olive dressing:
75gr Kalamata olives, pitted
3 tbsp of red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
75ml olive oil
75ml groundnut oil
What we have to do:
1. Cut the aubergine/eggplant into thin slices. Place in a colander, sprinkle with salt and leave to stand for 20min. Then pat dry with kitchen paper.
2. Cut the tomatoes into wedges and put into a large bowl with the olives and mint. Set aside while you make the dressing.
3. For the dressing, put the olives, vinegar, and dried oregano into a blender and blitz to a smooth puree. Gradually add olive and groundnut oil and season well with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Before serving, put a griddle pan over a high heat. Brush the aubergine slices with olive oil and griddle for about 2 minutes on each side until softened and slightly charred. Add to the bowl of tomatoes, pour over some of the dressing and toss to coat.
5. Thinly slice the haloumi, and coat with flour. griddle the slices until they are turning golden brown around edges and just starting to melt.
6. To serve, arrange the griddle aubergine on a larger platter and top with the haloumi. Spoon the tomato and olive salad on top and drizzle over a little more olive dressing. Sever at once, while the haloumi is still warm. Enjoy!
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Oi, halloumi, kaip aš mėgstu halloumi... Salotos puikuoliškos :)ReplyDelete
Tikrai puikios! Kelias dienas is eiles gaminausi! :)))ReplyDelete
Tik norėjau pasidalinti, kad vakar vakare gaminau šias salotas, truputėlį pakoreguotas, ir gavosi nuostabiausiai. Tas halloumi tikras atradimas!! Ačiū!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 February 2011 at 20:41
Stai valgau sias salotas... geriau nei tikejausi eigoje, bet man tas haloumi jose visai nereikalingas, jos ir be jo puikuoliskos :) Nu ka dar su tuo likusiu haloumi gabaleliu reiks daryti...ReplyDelete
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"What about my marriage? I'm worried we'll turn into sex-starved zombies who never discuss anything but the baby."
"Babies have a tendency to be wonderful, joyful, big old sex killers," Dr. Saltz admits. "So this one you really do have to fight." But, she adds, you can -- and should! -- carve out time for your relationship. Before my son was even born, my husband and I vowed to have regular Saturday date nights. We also made it a rule (this is key) to talk about baby stuff as little as possible. Sometimes days go by where you feel like you haven't said two words to each other, and that can quickly chip away at your closeness. Not ready to leave your baby yet? Then have a date chez vous. Order a nice dinner after baby goes to bed, bust open a bottle of wine, and chat by candlelight. "Whatever you decide to do, remember that it needs to be a regular deal," Dr. Saltz advises. "It's hard to keep a relationship strong on a couple of hours a month."
As for sex, well...that can be a tougher issue. Hey, you're exhausted! The only thing you likely want to do in bed is sleep. "And if your baby is literally on you most of the day, cuddling and nursing," Dr. Saltz says, "by nighttime you may be 'touched out.'" Her suggestion: Ask your hubby to take some of the physical load (giving the baby a bottle, holding him when he's fussy) so you don't get burned out. And, as unromantic as it sounds, "pick a night when, darn it, you're going to have sex no matter what," Dr. Saltz adds. "Even if you have zero interest, the desire will follow once you start. Many new parents find that once they get their sex life back on track, it becomes a haven, something they seek out because it's just about the two of them."
Originally published in the July 2008 issue of American Baby magazine.
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The seventh annual Celebration of the Suds will have an expanded lineup of Garden State-based craft brewers and bands .
ATLANTIC CITY — When the atmosphere is festive if not a bit offbeat, everybody's acting like this is the place to be and you're wondering "Why didn't I think of that?" — it could be because event organizer Jon Henderson thought of it first.
Henderson's got his hands in more conventional events like the Atlantic City Seafood and A.C. Food and Wine festivals later this year, but more often his name is linked with the popular Atlantic City Beer & Music Festival slated for this weekend — or anything else involving beer, rock 'n' roll, hot rods, hot chicks or tattoos. The beer and music fest may become Henderson's most enduring Atlantic City legacy if you consider how popular it's been since he started it seven years ago.
Presented by 100.7 WZXL-FM radio, the A.C. Beer & Music Fest has grown in size, scope and status since it began, and this year includes a vastly expanded musical lineup featuring punk rock legend Marky Ramone, whose band closes out the first of three sessions Friday night (10pm).
There will also be 14 other bands, many locally based, playing on two stages throughout the weekend, culinary demonstrations from local chefs, and beer seminars featuring local author and beer expert Gary Monterosso (conducting an Artisan Beer seminar Friday at 9:45pm, Saturday at 2:45 and 8:45pm) and others.
Of the nearly 80 breweries represented, about 10 are in-state including Carton Brewery (Atlantic Highlands), Kane Brewery (Monmouth County), Cape May Brewery and Tuckahoe Brewing (both Cape May County), Turtle Stone (Vineland), Flying Fish (Cherry Hill), River Horse (Lambertville), Cricket Hill (Fairfield) and the N.J. Beer Company (Bergen County). Several of these craft breweries are newly licensed within the last year, according to Henderson, among them Kane Brewery, founded by former home-brewer Michael Kane in August 2011.
"We launched with two year-round beers — Head High, our West Coast-style IPA, and Afterglow, a rye pale ale — and we also had a summer seasonal called Single Fin, a Belgian-style blonde ale, that will return this year around Memorial Day," says Kane. "Our current limited-release beer is an Imperial IPA called Overhead. Head High, Afterglow and Overhead will all be available to sample at the A.C. Festival, along with our American Extra Stout that was a limited release for St. Patrick's Day."
Turtle Stone owner Ben Battiata also started as a home brewer. Turtle Stone will have an American stout called Red Rye (its flagship brew along with Jasmine Green Tea Blonde Ale) and its Chocolate Milk Stout available at the festival.
Fans of all things freakish, frightful and horrifying will be in hog heaven this weekend, as Friday the 13th kicks off three days of devilish fun and frolic at the Tropicana in an unconventional convention that event organizer Jon Henderson has dubbed Bizarre AC.
Horner created a 40-bottle craft beer menu while GM at Mia, schooling the staff on the different beers and how they might be paired with meals. Since taking on a broader role at the property, he extended that to include the entire service staff as advocates or "beer ambassadors" for all the craft brews, bottled and draft, on the entire property.
The festivities include beer tastings and pairings, live music, beer-related specials at multiple venues throughout the property, and educational elements hosted by beer experts Gary Monterosso and Tara Nurin.
"All and all I'm excited to bring the festival back — I think it was a piece missing from Atlantic City."
For years at Gardner's Basin and in 2007 at Sandcastle Stadium, locals and visitors alike gathered to enjoy the bounty of the sea at the popular Atlantic City Seafood Festival. After four years away, Good Time Tricycle and the City of Atlantic City have announced the triumphant return of the Atlantic City Seafood Festival, to take place on Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16.
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In celebration of this weekend's Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival — which is promoting craft beers and the brewers who create them, we're going to hop back in our hot tub time machine and explore the start of micro brewing. From the 1920s Prohibition era to 1970s England, there's a sudsy story that's led up to this weekend's Beer Festival.
MY MOM SAID THAT IT TOOK her 30 years to realize the meaning of the saying, "you are only as strong as your weakest link." And although we may understand it, life's actual experiences give it an even deeper meaning. The topic came up when my mom and I were in the car and had to merge into one lane on the Parkway due to road work. I noticed after going around a bend that the first car in the line was moving extremely slow and therefore was causing the rest of the line to go the same speed. It was quite frustrating, especially because it was during morning rush hour and we had to be somewhere on time. But we could only go as fast as the cars in front of us. I turned to my mom and said,...
"It's steers and beers in the city this weekend," laughs Henderson. "You know you hear so many negative things about the city, but really, look at what we have here and these attractions. This is an amazing April Fool's weekend that's scheduled and we're really happy to be part of it."
""Let's face it, there are numerous beer festivals throughout the year and throughout the country — probably one going on every week somewhere and Anheuser-Busch has really thrown their support behind the one in Atlantic City. That's the respect they have for a show like the one we have here."
'I didn't want to do the Ramones clones thing. The guys I play with sound like themselves. We have Michael Graves from the Misfits, who doesn't sing like Joey. He sings like himself. We do 34 Ramones songs.'
One of southern New Jersey's ... heck, one of the East Coast's foremost authorities on all things beer, Gary Monterosso, was joined by a packed house of local and national brewing and culinary personalities Tuesday night, Nov. 29, at House of Blues' Foundation Room.
This year's event runs in conjunction with the inaugural "Lightning on the Water" powerboat racing competition co-sponsored by Geico and Trump Entertainment Resorts, which will have a preview of the boats and racers at Trump Marina on Saturday from 10am-5pm.
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Tri-edre has released its latest issuing of its OS X back-up software, Back-In-Time 3. Optimizing users' experience of Apple's Time Machine, Back-In-Time displays the number of different versions of each file backed up and their respective backup dates, as well as whether items have been deleted and their availability within backups. The latest offering includes a new user interface, and improved navigation and search features. Virtual disks can be created for Time Capsule or for other Macs. Additionally, Back-In-Time 3 includes the ability to use the software without the need for administrator privileges. Back-In-Time 3 is available for download in full for $30, or as an upgrade for $10.


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Walton Family Foundation Is State's Richest Nonprofit
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The state's nonprofit organizations continue to shoulder the burden of a down economy while maintaining their commitments to philanthropy.
Despite an $82 million reduction in assets last fiscal year, the Walton Family Foundation Inc. in Bentonville still reigns supreme on Arkansas Business' list of largest nonprofits.
The foundation had $366.9 million in assets in 2001, the most recent year for which tax records were available. It reported $448.9 million in 2000.
The next four positions are filled by the same organizations as on last year's list — the University of Arkansas Foundation of Fayetteville, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation Inc. of Bentonville, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Little Rock and the CommunityCare Foundation Inc. of Springdale.
The list of the largest nonprofits ranks statewide organizations whose assets are above $20 million, based on information gleaned from data reported on the Internal Revenue Service Form 990 for either the 2001 or 2002 year. The IRS permits a one-year extension on filing 990 forms.
The list doesn't include hospitals and private universities, which are ranked in other lists Arkansas Business publishes each year.
Perhaps the biggest upset on this year's list is the disappearance of the Razorback Foundation of Fayetteville. It was ranked No. 10 last year with $60.1 million, based on its IRS 990 form from fiscal 1999 — the most recent available at the time that list was compiled. In fiscal 2000, the foundation reported $30.2 million. On its 2001 IRS form, then, it reported having $18.8 million in assets, pushing it below the list's $20 million cutoff.
Chuck Dicus, president of the foundation, declined to explain the drop in assets, other than saying the foundation "made a major investment" in improvements to the Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
Its 990, however, was only slightly more specific. It indicates that nearly $20 million was used as "payments to and on behalf of the University of Arkansas athletic department for scholarships, facilities, construction and renovation and operational funding."
Dicus isn't worried about the decline in assets nor how the foundation will recoup.
"It will most definitely be a gradual thing trying to build back the reserves we had. Our purpose is to support the athletic program any way we can," he said.
Likewise, the Fayetteville-based foundation saw its income fall from $36.6 million in fiscal 1999 to $13.1 million in fiscal 2001 tax return.
Another extreme position change belongs to the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation in Little Rock, whose assets rose from $20.9 million on last year's list to nearly $41.4 million. This raises the foundation from 20th (out of 20) on last year's list to 12th this year. The group's income also rose from $10.1 million to $25.6 million over the year. All this, of course, comes as the Clinton Presidential Library and Park is under construction in downtown Little Rock.
Organizations bearing former Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's name boast a total of $335.8 million in assets, down from $340.3 million the previous year.
The largest, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, had $143 million in assets as listed on its Form 990 from 2001, but also listed a negative $12.4 million income. This is comparable to the negative $21.9 million income that it reported in 2000.
The Winthrop Rockefeller Trust rose from seventh to sixth with $108.9 in assets, up from $107.5 million in fiscal 2000, and its income increased from $4.3 million to $5.03 million during the same time. Winrock International reported $83.6 million in 2001, bringing it to seventh on the list from No. 8 last year. But its numbers are actually down from the previous year, when it reported $89.6 million in assets and $55.8 million income.
The Schmieding Foundation of Springdale fell from 14th to last on this year's list with just over $22 million in assets, down from $32.1 million in 2001. But the foundation reported a negative $5.8 million income in 2002, which is well below the $24.5 million it reported in 2001.
L.H. Schmieding, foundation president, couldn't be reached last week for comment.


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Chaka Khan returns on a weekend with meaning
By DAVE HOEKSTRA email@example.com July 25, 2013 7:30PM
Chaka Khan performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on Sunday, July 8, 2012. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision/AP)
When: 6 p.m. Sunday
Where: Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph
Admission: Free
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chaka Khan headlines a free concert Sunday in Millennium Park. Funkadesi opens.
The last time Khan appeared at a free, late-July outdoor concert downtown, the headliners made headlines.
On July 27, 1970, Sly Stone failed to show up for a Grant Park concert (he had previously cancelled three other Chicago shows that year). The Sun-Times reported that that 40,000 people attended the concert on the hot, muggy day. Sly and the Family Stone were scheduled to play at 4:45 p.m., but reports said the crowd began surging forward at 4:15 p.m. The mob sprawled from the park across the Outer Drive, bringing traffic to a standstill. Khan was there as part of the Ask Rufus ensemble ( who went on to have a 1974 smash with "Tell Me Something Good").
There were 90 people hurt and 148 people arrested in the riots that followed Stone's no-show. Sun-Times columnist Tom Fitzpatrick called the riot "tougher and more vicious" than anything at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention.
Sunday's free show is part of a weekend celebration in Khan's honor, which includes the 2 p.m. Saturday naming of "Chaka Khan Way" for the strip of Blackstone Avenue between 50th and 51st streets.
Khan, 60, was born and raised as Yvette Marie Stevens in Hyde Park and attended Kenwood Academy. While she was in the Black Panthers, an African shaman changed her name to Chaka, the feminine pronunciation of Shaka Zulu, the warrior.
"I remember the [1970] riot," the 10-time Grammy winner said in a recent phone conversation. "Sly was in a helicopter, but the helicopter did not land. When he saw the police let loose with the canine units it was too late. It was awful.
"Those were turbulent times. Those were my post-Panther days. I wasn't really surprised that happened."
Khan will front a 13-piece band and will cover her catalog, ranging from "Tell Me Something Good," written by Stevie Wonder, and 1975's infectious "Sweet Thing," on through her latest single "It's Not Over," which features hip-hop artist LeCrae.
Will there be any Sly Stone covers?
"That's not a bad idea," she said. "I worked with Sly many times. I love him dearly and he's still very capable. He's one of the people that affected me musically in a big way. His music crossed over to everybody, and that's how Rufus was."
Khan said, "It's just a way of me saying thank you for the city naming a street after me."
Khan canceled a July 20 show in Miami in protest of the George Zimmerman acquittal. After Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, Khan did a remake of her 2007 hit "Super Life" that included a video with guests Angela Bassett, Eric Benet and Eva Marcille. The stars wore T-shirts that read "Fear kills and love heals."
Lyrics included: "A mama's cryin' 'Cause another young man has gone and died / He's not some statistic / He's another awesome destiny denied."
"Violence in Chicago has been going on forever," said Khan, whose parents were research analysts at the University of Chicago. "Many of our great minds are incarcerated right now. Chicago is a very progressive, artistic city; on the other hand, it is extremely racist. 'Fragmented' is a good word for Chicago, when it comes to social issues and boundary areas. I was very affected by that. But the city has so much to offer."
Khan will appear Saturday at Operation PUSH headquarters to announce the partnership of the Chaka Khan Foundation with the Chicago chapter of the nonprofit organization Dress for Success. Mothers will be engaged to help change gang violence in the city.
"Children are our greatest assets," Khan said. "We've found that going through the mothers as first teachers we help the children."


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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Leaving a gang is a complex process, but it is not impossible – just ask Isaac Dubón.
"When I was 9 years old, I began hanging out with members of the Mara Salvatrucha. By the time I was 11, I was a member," said Dubón, 28. "You have to do everything they ask you to do in a gang, you live for the gang."
Dubón said growing up in a gang was traumatic.
"What I can tell you is that my life was destroyed," he said. "I lived submerged in an environment of drugs, violence and death. They were looking to kill me."
He said there had to be more to life than being in a gang.
"My life went on amid [flying] bullets," he said. "I wanted to leave [the gang] on my own, but I couldn't. When I was 18, God sent some people to take me to the Proyecto Victoria, where I started rehabilitation 10 years ago [toward the end of 2000]. I was in rehab for eight months, but I went back to San Pedro [Sula] and got back into drugs. However, a few weeks later I decided to go back because I wanted a new life."
Dubón is from a broken family. He was born in San Pedro Sula, 244 kilometers (151 miles) north of the capital and the third-most violent city in the world, according to the 2010 ranking by the Citizen Council on Public Safety and Penal Justice, headquartered in Mexico.
34 years rescuing children
The Proyecto Victoria is located in the village of Cepate, in the community of Cofradía, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the nation's capital of Tegucigalpa, on the old highway that goes to the department of Olancho. It was founded in 1977 by Cuban-American pastor Mario Fumero.
Rosa Amalia Aguilera, director of Proyecto Victoria, said "entry into the program is voluntary and the process takes from six months to a year. We attend to 100 people in this locale and 50 in San Pedro Sula."
Aguilera said the families of the youths enrolled in the program pay $81 lempiras (US$4.20) per day for food, "but not everyone can afford to do so, because they are low-income. The ideal budget to work with is $250,000 lempiras (US$13,235) per month. Currently, we run on a deficit because we get $200,000 (US$10,587) per month."
The Honduran government allocates $40,000 lempiras (US$2,118) to the institution monthly. The rest of the funding comes from donations by churches and individuals who benefitted from the program.
Financial constraints have hindered the organization, which is committed to keeping its doors open to those in need.
"Pastor Fumero had considered the idea [of closing], but when he saw the ripple effect, he realized it had to go on no matter what," Aguilera said.
And the results show Fumero was right.
Melvin Flores, coordinator of the Proyecto Victoria Prevention program, said "we have one of the highest rehabilitation rates in Latin America: 45% of those who enter the program are reintegrated into society."
Flores added the participants learn work skills by participating in classes that teach carpentry, computer skills, welding, baking and silk screening.
"The therapy we offer has three phases: detoxification, weaning [off drugs] and social reintegration," he said.
Dubón said the program works.
"Reintegration is just the beginning because we come from a different world," he said. "But when we want to be included in society, we discover that the system is different because we are stigmatized for having belonged to a gang. That is when the desire to show yourself you can be someone new starts."
Violence and drugs divide Honduran society
Dubón said the public stereotypes former gang members.
"Society is hurt," he said. "The system has been damaged by the violence brought on by the gangs. Parents who lose their children, children who lose their parents, husbands who lose their wives… all these deaths are because of the gangs."
He has worked for the past nine years as an educator and social coach for the Child Prevention Program at the Instituto Hondureño de la Niñéz y la Familia (IHNFA – Honduran Institute for Children and Families).
"[IHNFA Director] María Suyapa Núñez and I visit jails and marginalized neighborhoods to work on gang and drug addiction prevention," Dubón said. "In addition, the institution attends to 7,000 children."
More than 500,000 children nationwide, including 10,000 living in Tegucigalpa, are at risk of joining a gang, according to IHNFA.
There are 3.954 million between the ages of 1 and 19 in Honduras, which represents about 49.1% of the nation's 8.045 million residents, according to the country's National Statistics Institute.
Maj. Ramón Martínez Hernández, head of the Community Police Department, said "by 2000, we counted approximately 412 anti-social groups and 36,000 gang members" but added that his organization hasn't been able to update its data.
The department's Gang Prevention Unit, established in 1999, has taught 1,913 children and adolescents nationwide about the perils of gang life and using narcotics.
"We don't have a federal budget, therefore our task is carried out through workshops and training in schools, as well as by permanent patrolling based on reports from the areas with the highest number of incidents, which are Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula," Martínez Hernández said.


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Date parameter in Concurrent programs-FND_DATE
Normally when ever we want to use date parameter for pl/sql stored procedures we ecounter a common error saying that format string doenst match...
then we do a data conversion to_date(p_date,'RRRR/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS') and then use it..
The better way of doing it is define the data parameter as varchar2 and use the function FND_DATE.date_to_canonical(p_date).This will direclty convert the text string comming from the concurrent programs to date value
ln_processing_date := NVL (fnd_date.canonical_to_date (p_processing_date), SYSDATE);
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A population gorws according to the equation P(t)= 6000-5500e^-0.159t for t> or equal to 0, t measured in years. This population will approach a limiting value as time goes on. During which year will the population reach half of this limiting value?
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(B) Third
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(E) Twenty-ninth
What is a limiting value?