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Total Effects 7-in-1 Anti-Aging Moisturizer, Mature Skin Therapy is Olay's answer to the needs of women whose skin is suffering from the changes it endures during and after menopause. The seven benefits in one product claim to intensely moisturize skin, reduce wrinkles, enhance skin tone and color, minimize pores, provide free-radical defense, and lift skin. Wow, all this for under $25? Sarcasm aside, this moisturizer for normal to dry skin contains several state-of-the-art ingredients that can improve the appearance and healthy functioning of skin at any age, but without a sunscreen a major necessary benefit is missing!
Antioxidant-wise, this bests all of the other Total Effects products, propelling this to the top of the list. Much of the skin appearance enhancement has to do with visual trickery—the mineral pigments add a subtle soft-focus, brightening effect to dull skin, while niacinamide encourages ceramide production for a smoother surface, which reflects light better. This isn't one-stop shopping for menopausal skin because most of the claims are at best farfetched, but it definitely has many strong points.
With menopause, the signs of aging accelerate up to 2x faster. For those experiencing these effects, this daily facial moisturizer provides the benefit of 7 anti-aging therapies in 1 essential product with more intense moisture for menopausal skin.
Water, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Isohexadecane, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Isostearate, Coconut Oil, Panthenol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Soybean Seed Extract, Ginger Root Extract, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Sucrose Polycottonseedate, Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide, Polyacrylamide, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, Polymethyl Silsesquioxane, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Dimethiconol, Laureth-7, Cetearyl Glucoside, Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-100 Stearate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Ammonium Polyacrylate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Fragrance, Yellow 5 Red 40
Olay offers a fairly large selection of skin-care products sold at drugstores and mass-market stores. Although Olay's products are not as diversified as Neutrogena's or as attractive as L'Oreal's, Olay has come a long way from its star product being a soft pink lotion designed to make skin younger (yet it was and is just a badly formulated product that was out of date almost from the moment it was launched). Today's Olay lineup for those concerned about staving off the effects of aging skin is impressive, comprising their Regenerist, and Total Effects lines. All of these (and several other Olay products) contain the B vitamin niacinamide. As you might expect, the claims made for it are inflated, but, as explained in the various reviews below, niacinamide is a very helpful ingredient for all skin types, capable of exerting multiple benefits. It isn't the best ingredient out there (no single ingredient has that title yet, and it's unlikely that just one ever will be) and as such doesn't deserve the prominence Olay gives it (a bit of variety would have been far better, such as a mix of antioxidants and skin-identical ingredients).
Olay's sales are expected to reach $4 billion annually in the next few years, and given their global presence in stores and constant advertising in magazines and on television, that's not surprising. Much of this advertising is focused on their best products, which is attention well deserved. Just to give you an idea of the expenditure involved for these ubiquitous ads, Olay spent over $50 million to promote Regenerist in 2003. The good news is that each new range of Olay products generally improves on what came before it, offering results that, while not as impressive as the claims, are noticeable in the mirror.
For its ongoing commitment to understanding consumers and formulating products that, while not perfect, definitely offer more proof than puffery, Olay deserves consideration by any savvy skin-care shopper. And it also deserves mention that Olay is one of the few lines in this book whose entire collection of products with sunscreens provides sufficient UVA protection! (Sources for the financial figures above: The Rose Sheet, July 10, 2006, page 5; September 11, 2006, page 4; and January 1, 2007, page 5).
Olay began 2009 with the launch of Pro-X, their most expensive products to date. Not only are these products considerably more expensive than any others from Olay, the packaging, color scheme, advertising campaign, and claims have all been turned up to "max" on the cosmetics marketing dial. The amount of hype and budget thrown at these products easily explains why our Beautypedia product request e-mail inbox has been inundated with requests for me to review these products!
Whenever something this sleek-looking and pricey debuts in the mass market, lots of consumers wonder whether the extra expense is worth it. They also want to know if Olay's "Professional" designation makes these products a cut above the numerous other products they sell, including those with similar claims.
It turns out we had the same question after surveying the ingredient lists for all of the Pro-X products: How are they different from those available in Olay's Total Effects and Regenerist? Supposedly, all of those other sub-brands also have the answer to improving the telltale signs of aging, from dryness and wrinkles to loss of luminosity and unwanted discolorations. In fact, the claims on the label of these three lines are virtually identical.
It is clear from the get go that there are far more similarities than differences among Definity, Regenerist and Pro-X. All of them contain niacinamide, the B vitamin that has almost single-handedly re-energized Olay as a formidable skin-care brand. One of the Pro-X products contains acetyl glucosamine, just like several from Definity, and many Pro-X products contain peptides, just as Regenerist products do. Why should someone consider Pro-X over those other lines?
Interestingly, the folks we spoke with at Procter & Gamble didn't have a clear answer either, which isn't surprising, at least not from a formula superiority standpoint. Rather, their explanation was all about a marketing decision. This "cosmeceutical" –oriented line is supposed to give women who think that a line that looks medical must be better even if it's available at the drugstore. Pro-X was also designed to appeal to women who typically seek professional skin-care products, meaning those that are sold or recommended by a dermatologist or cosmetic surgeon.
Of course there is no standardized definition for "professional skin care" and "cosmeceutical" is a bogus term. The dermatologists who consulted Olay about these new products are well-respected, but the formulas still come up short in terms of a cocktail of antioxidants and skin-identical ingredients that can repair damaged skin. As it turns out, despite the Alliance for Skin Care Innovation that Olay speaks of in their promotional materials for Pro-X, its creation had more to do with marketing than with bringing anything new to the cosmetics table.
Don't get me wrong: the Pro-X products have some commendable attributes and certainly offer multiple benefits for aging skin, but the truth is they're not different enough from Olay Regenerist or Definity products to warrant the higher price.
Pro-X's packaging is indeed sexier, the claims are more enticing, and the prices speak to a high-end consumer, but, to borrow a popular catchphrase from the 1980s, we were left wondering "Where's the beef?" The beef, as it were, is merely Olay creating products whose differences are much stronger from a marketing standpoint than from a formulary standpoint. That's not breakthrough news for your skin, and it's a fact that anyone considering Pro-X should know that other Olay products offer comparable benefits for less money. The only significant difference between Pro-X and Olay's other sub-brands is that Pro-X is fragrance-free; that's great, but you would think that leaving out an ingredient as opposed to adding one would lead to a price decrease rather than an increase. It's up to you if that point is enough to make the higher prices worthwhile.
For more information about Olay, owned by Procter & Gamble, call (800) 285-5170 or visit www.olay.com.
I have noticed in the 6 weeks plus I've been using this moisturizer, reduced pore size, sun spot fading, blackheads disappearing and more overall even skin tone.
I initially gave this a very good rating because this was an emollient moisturizer, however the fragrance (the zinc oxide and titanium dioxide) have much to do with this is too overwhelming.
I was using this as a night cream and I can't stand the smell of it any longer
I am just wondering which product you are referring to. I found two different product online, one is called Olay Total Effects 7-In-1 Anti-Aging Daily Moisturizer 1.7 Fl. Oz. Another one is called Olay Total Effects 7-in-1 Moisturizer + Mature Therapy - 1.7 fl oz. Please clarify! Thank you!
It's the Mature Therapy one.
Don't like alcohol at all. But twice? This is not hydrating enough for any age group. Not worth the break outs. I'm more impressed we the original total effects atleast that evened out my skin tone. But that has alcohol too. This product makes me worry for my skin.
This product actually contains two sun blocking agents; zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Thank you Olay for omitting the damaging chemical sun screens!
My skin has definitely changed this winter as I have aged. This is the first winter my normal to oily skin has become dry! I use this at night over top a retinol product. It moisturises and softens my skin. I like the pump bottle and the $, and that it is easy to find, often on sale or with a bonus. I would like Olay to remove the scent, though it dissipates quickly. I think more people would buy it if they removed the 'Mature' label. It's for every age group!
Great array of ingredients for a 20 dollar moisturizer. On par with some of Paula's best and a wonderful option for those who are looking for something in the drugstore.
My very dry skin loves this moisturizer. Very soothing and hydrating and I like the sunblock free formula to use at night. It does have fragrance and that's the only negative, but It is still a favorite.
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CIFC Corp. Announces Stock Ticker Symbol Change To "CIFC"
NEW YORK, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CIFC Corp. ("CIFC" or the "Company") today announced the intention to change the Company's stock ticker symbol. Effective Monday, March 25, 2013, the Company's common shares will commence trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the trading symbol "CIFC" (NASDAQ: CIFC). The previous trading symbol was "DFR" (NASDAQ: DFR).
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Founded in 2005, CIFC Asset Management (the "Firm" or "CIFC") is a fundamentals based, relative value credit manager with $10.9 billion under management from corporate loan based products as of September 30, 2012. Our senior management team averages 30 years of credit experience in having managed credit businesses in every cycle since the 1980's.Headquartered in New York, CIFC is a SEC registered investment adviser and a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:CIFC). We currently serve over 200 institutional investors globally in providing access to the credit space. CIFC's primary shareholders include Charlesbank Capital Partners, Columbus Nova, GE Capital, CIFC management as well as public shareholders. For more information, please visit CIFC's website at www.cifc.com. Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements, as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements regarding future results or expectations. Forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking language, including words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "intends," "may," "plans," "projects," "will" and similar expressions, or the negative of these words. Such forward-looking statements are based on facts and conditions as they exist at the time such statements are made, various operating assumptions and predictions as to future facts and conditions, which may be difficult to accurately make and involve the assessment of events beyond CIFC's control. Caution must be exercised in relying on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and CIFC undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events, new information or circumstances arising after the date hereof. SOURCE CIFC Corp.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court looked back Tuesday at the collapse of energy giant Enron to determine who is protected from retaliation after blowing the whistle on a company's misdeeds.
The justices heard arguments in an appeal brought by two former employees of companies that run the Fidelity family of mutual funds. The workers claimed they faced retaliation after they reported allegations of fraud affecting Fidelity funds.
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NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that Trace Adkins will perform at the Hard Rock Cafe New York in New York City for SiriusXM listeners, members of the Red Cross and the USO, on Wednesday, May 15 as part of the "SiriusXM Sounds of Summer."
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In 2008, Trace's integrity and wry humor served him well as a finalist on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice and for NBC's All-Star Celebrity Apprentice on behalf of the American Red Cross. Trace has played a tough as nails biker in The Lincoln Lawyer (starring Matthew McConaughey), he developed and hosted GAC's "Great American Heroes" honoring every-day Americans doing great things and he has hosted the American Country Awards on FOX for three consecutive years. In 2011, Trace's album, Proud To Be Here debuted atop the Billboard Country Chart with the Top Ten hit, "Just Fishin'." His eleventh studio album, Love Will... debuts May 14, 2013. Contact for SiriusXM: Samantha Bowman212-901-6644 firstname.lastname@example.com SOURCE Sirius XM Radio
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Remodeling our estate plan
You know you're getting older when you catch your adult kids walking around with a tape measure envisioning the remodel after you're dead. Actually, in our younger son's case, he's sort of hoping for the remodel
we're dead.
"You could really do something with this place," he enthuses hopefully when he and his wife and the kids and dog are down for the weekend. He envisions, at minimum, a second-story master suite angled to maximize what would be an unobstructable ocean view, a wrap-around front porch for waving to the neighbors in our family-friendly neighborhood, and reconverting the ill-considered 1955 garage remodel back into a garage (amen to that). We're very clear that his fantasies include a remodel to his specifications on our dime.
We couldn't agree more that this tiny house on a prime lot could be morphed into a really fantastic place. It's had a lot of interior upgrades over time, but it is still the original 1947 footprint. Its 1,600 square feet (including the nasty-wood-paneled converted garage) felt enormous when my ex and I bought it in 1973, much smaller when we added two kids, positively palatial when the kids departed, and now totally sardine-ish when both kids and families show up. We think it will make a wonderful remodel for someone. But we're not those someones.
I'll confess that a part of me has always regretted that the timing was never right for that view remodel (divorce, college bills etc.). As we've explained to the kids, the house, the cars, and their educations are finally all paid off. Definitely not looking for more debt, except at tax time when we realize our deduction-less tax burden singlehandedly supports several branches of state and federal government.
We've told our younger son that we think all of his remodel ideas are wonderful and that we will be happily looking down (or up) on them when the time comes. He actually owns his own house in L.A. so it's not like he and his family don't have a very nice roof over their heads. But I think if you grow up in La Jolla, you never lose the draw to this place.
Of course, the other way you know you're getting old, besides the kids standing on the roof with a sketchpad, is you have to set up those nagging Living Will instructions. (It's pretty much all downhill once you wake up on your 50th birthday and find both an AARP card and an appointment for a routine colonoscopy in the mail.)
But one does have to decide at some point who will make decisions for one's healthcare once neither you nor your spouse are able to. Did we want to appoint our older son, the clinical social worker who runs programs for the homeless and has done hospice care? Or should we go for the younger son who has an MBA?
In our fantasies, the social worker kid is sitting by our bedside adjusting our blankets and patiently listening to our endless repetitious stories as he quietly strokes our hands. The MBA kid, we envision, is parked on the other side, iPod earbuds cranked up to 120 decibels to drown out the annoying stories, comforting us with one hand, and calculating the negative cash flow of long-term care on the estate on his Blackberry with the other. Next thing we know, Pffft! Someone accidentally trips over the plug and we're buried in the backyard.


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Mas de la Bousquette Apartment Lussan
Official Contact Details - Mas de la BousquettePhone: 0033 466 727160
An ancient Provencal ' Mas' with 2 luxurious gites and heated pool set in 7 acres of lovely grounds at the foot of the medieval village of Lussan.
- Price from 570 EUR / Week
- Capacity up to 6 people
- 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms
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Last updated: 06/24/2009
This is your property ?
Set in 3 hectares of lovely gardens and natural meadowland, Mas de la Bousquette looks out onto rolling countryside to the foothills of Mont Bouquet and the mountains of the Cevennes. With its tranquility and sense of timelessness the mas has been superbly and lovingly restored with every care taken to preserve its unique character. With its heated pool it is an idyllic place to stay at any time of the year.
Our gite Le Grenier has two double bedrooms both with en-suite bathroom. It is furnished with style and is equipped to the highest standards and rental is inclusive of absolutely everything. An adjacent bedroom can be taken with this gite giving a maximum capacity of 8
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This is the Gard Provencal and is the unspoiled, undiscovered Provence. The climate is wonderful all year and the countryside is utterly unspoiled and lovely. We are within easy reach of Avignon, Nimes, Montpelier, Arles, the Camargue and the beaches. All within an easy day trip. The area is full of roman and mediaeval history.
Be warned one week is not enough!
UZES / LUSSAN area
Lussan is a charming unspoilt Heugonot village situated on a hilltop. Our Mas sits at its foot a few minutes walk away. We have a shop, a post office 2 cafes and one excellent restaurant nearby.
Uzes is one of France's most beautiful towns. Mediaeval with roman roots it is completely unspoiled and utterly charming. It has plenty of shops and restaurants and its twice weekly market is deservedly famous.
Plenty of activities nearby include balooning, climbing, canoeing, riding and cycling
- Address:
- Mas de la Bousquette, 30580, Lussan, France
- Accommodation located in:
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It's rare, but some helpful hints to watch out for with regards to fraud:
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- If at all suspicious of fraud, ask to see their website, or any other literature they can provide or send to you. Ask them for contact details for guests who have previously stayed on their property insisting on telephone numbers. Be suspicious of emails that originate from free email services (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc)
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|Thu, 08-19-2010 - 8:24pm
So today I found out insurance made mistakes in processing my fertility claims. A huge $8000 dollar mistake. I was only going to have to pay 1000 for my FET and now it will be over 3000. I am just plain sick today. I have done everything I am suppose to do and I get the short end of the stick. So I go from having 10000 left in my coverage to having 2000. It would have been different if I knew I was going to have to pay that for my cycle awhile ago but I have to pay for it Monday. Thank god I have the money in the bank to pay for it but my savings is drying up fast with all of this. If the FET does not work next round will be 5000 I have to pay up front for. I will have to get a second job just to save up the money faster. I am so stressed and sick. The sad thing is I work for the insurance company so I just cannot call and yell and scream at them like I want to. This is so frustrating. Why oh Why does this have to be so complicated. I have thought about if this does not work of looking into another clinic that does not cost so much and transferring my eggs there for my FETs. I am not even sure if I can transfer my eggs to another clinic. Sorry I am just rambling on. I am beside myself today and stressing over all this.
Me ~ 31 DH ~ 33 TTC #1 since August 2002. Dealing with mild Endo, PCOS, Diabetes, and MFI.
DD ~ 5/97 previous marriage
2 rounds of Clomid 2004 – BFN
First RE consult 2008 but was not the right time financially.
IUI #1 with Bravelle 2/10 – BFN
IUI #2 with Bravelle 3/10 – canceled do to low response. Timed BD = BFN
IVF #1 July 2010 ~ 30 Eggs retrieved and 23 frozen. OHSS so no transfer. :(
FET #1 1st week Oct 2010
|Thu, 08-19-2010 - 9:54pm
I'm so sorry, and I feel your pain. I found out that my "pre-approved" surgery (which not only treats IF but helped with the pelvic pain I got around O and during BD and was coded as such) was rejected by my insurance company. Suddenly, an out patient procedure that lasted all of 2 hours (5 hours total in the hospital) comes to $19,000!!!! I about had a heart attack. My dr is pissed though- he believes I needed the surgery regardless of if I wanted to have kids and he is doing an appeal. I'm nervously waiting to here what happens next. And I live in, and WORK FOR, a state with mandated IF coverage! But, my employers worked out a deal to be a "self insured" group so they wouldn't have to follow the mandate.
I don't believe that every last drop of IF treatment should be covered- there should be caps on it, but the way we are treated by our insurance and employers is abhorrent. I am so sorry you are dealing with this stress. As if trying to get pg w/IF wasn't hard enough...
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Thanks everyone for all your support. I am still not happy but the RE office did not pull another Insurance qoute so looks like I will just get a bill and I will pay it that way. Payments always seem easier to handle vs shelling out the big chunk. Another issue I am having with this clinic is with the other RE. They know I prefer not to see her but it is hard to completely avoid when the RE rotate schedules. When I had my overstim I was confused why I was being charged 1 fee from 1 RE and charged a different amount with the other. Well I got my answer today. The other RE (one I do not prefer) felt my visit from OHSS were longer than 10 min so she felt charging me 180 over 73 was acceptable. The other RE kept me at the same charge. How can a clinic run like this? I would think it should all be uniform. ugh.. this is why if the FET does not work I am looking at changing to anther RE in Minneapolis and having my frozen eggs transfered out of my current clinic. They are beginning to work my last nerve at it will not be long before it snaps.
Thanks for listen to my vent. I am sure glad I can


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Morning walk: We'll carpool to Whitewater Draw, about an hour away where we should see many of the waterfowl we discussed the night before, plus sandhill cranes and a variety of songbirds and possibly owls. We'll finish the program at a restaurant in Bisbee for lunch, go over what we've seen and answer questions.
Early bird bonus, Fri, Nov 21: watch the feeders with Kathe Anderson from 4:30-5:15pm to identify and discuss the birds that stop by.
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## Ingredients
* romaine lettuce
* thick-cut bacon
* Granny Smith apple
* walnuts
* dried cranberries
* blue cheese
## Dressing
* apple cider vinegar
* orange zest and juice
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* olive oil
## Ingredients
* romaine lettuce
* thick-cut bacon
* Granny Smith apple
* walnuts
* dried cranberries
* blue cheese
## Dressing
* apple cider vinegar
* orange zest and juice
* Dijon mustard
* maple syrup
* olive oil
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* romaine lettuce
* red bell pepper
* cucumber
* kalamata olives
* artichoke hearts
* feta cheese
## Dressing
* lemon zest and juice
* balsamic vinegar
* olive oil
* Dijon mustard
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### Ingredients
* 1/4 C corn starch
* 1 lb beef, sliced thinly
* 2 T oil
* 2 T ginger, grated
* 2 T garlic, minced
* 1/4 C tamari
* 1/4 C water
* 1/4 C brown sugar
* oil for frying
* 1/4 C San-J Szechuan sauce
* 1/4 C water
* 1 carrot, peeled and sliced
* 1-2 ribs celery, sliced
* 2-3 napa cabbage leaves, chopped into 1" squares
* 1/2 of a yellow onion, sliced
* 1 bunch of green onions, chopped into 1" long pieces
* 1 T salt
* cornstarch
### Procedure
1. Toss gently together to coat beef and cornstarch.
2. Heat oil; add garlic and ginger and sauté until garlic is golden. Immediately add tamari, water, and brown sugar. Stir and bring to a brisk boil; reduce heat and simmer the brown sauce for a few minutes to thicken.
3. In a wok, heat an inch of oil. Fry beef in small batches until crisp and browned on the edges; add to a bowl containing Szechuan sauce to marinate once cooked.
4. Remove wok from heat and discard oil. Return the wok to heat and add 1/4 C of water to deglaze. Using a metal spoon, scrape up the fond from the bottom of the wok.
5. Add vegetables to the wok and cook until carrots begin to soften, 5-7 minutes.
6. Add back to the wok the beef, the Szechuan sauce marinade, and the brown sauce. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Add salt to taste. If the sauce needs additional thickening, use a few teaspoons of a cornstarch and water slurry.
Recipe for homemade candy canes.
### Ingredients
* 1 T olive oil
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 1 bunch green onions, finely chopped
* 8 oz cream cheese
* 2 T lemon juice
* 2 T hot sauce (or to taste)
* 1 T Worcestershire sauce
* 1/4 C parsley, chopped
* 1 ts paprika
* 1 ts kosher salt
* 1/2 ts cayenne (or to taste)
* 1 lb canned crab (I used claw meat), picked over and shell remnants discarded
* 1 C + 1/4 C shredded cheddar _or_ Mexican cheese blend
### Procedure
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. In a large saucepan, sauté garlic in olive oil until golden. Add green onions and immediately turn off the heat.
3. Mix in cream cheese; stir until melted. Add lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, parsley, paprika, salt, and cayenne. Stir until combined.
4. Gently fold in crabmeat and 1 C cheese. Spoon into an oven-safe casserole or pie pan; top with remaining cheese.
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IRB chief demands action over spitting incident
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April 8, 2013
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The International Rugby Board has called for Stade Francais scrum-half Jerome Fillol to feel the full force of the law if found guilty of spitting at Bath's Peter Stringer during their Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final clash on Saturday.
Stringer complained to referee Nigel Owens following the incident that occurred in the first half of the Premiership side's 36-20 defeat but he did not see it and therefore did not act with the tournament not one of those trialling the extended Television Match Official powers that allow input for incidents of suspected foul play.
However, TV replays appeared to confirm the worst with independent citing officer Eugene Ryan set to act as a result. "That's as low as you can probably go," Stringer said following the game. "When you are on the end of something like that you are rattled by it, but try not to dwell on it. It's out of my hands now."
Stringer has since received the support of IRB chief executive Brett Gosper who took to Twitter to call for firm action. He wrote: "Spitting on Stringer should be punished to the full extent of the law."
Under the IRB disciplinary code, the sanction for spitting ranges between four and at least 11 weeks, depending on the severity of the offence with the maximum ban being 52 weeks.
The incident soured the game that saw the French side book a final four clash against Top 14 rivals Perpignan later this month. Leinster will tackle defending champions Biarritz in the other semi-final having seen off the challenges of Wasps and Gloucester respectively.
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The following is a tip on saving a Send Email component as your default or as part of your Workflow Library for future use. Whenever you add a new component of that type, the component will be a mirror-image of what you previously saved, in both the text and the settings. This will serve in a manner similar to the Outlook function of creating and saving an email template.
(This may be a trick known to all of you Workflow experts out there, but I figured I'd post it for my fellow novices!)
- Double-click the Send Email component that you want to modify in order to edit the configuration.
- On the Email Contents tab, the From Address can be changed to a constant value or something referenced within the process or your Project Properties.
- Set up the To, CC, and BCC address fields as applicable. You can also have a confirmation email sent to a specific address/entity.
- You may need to change the Subject and HTML Content to better correlate to the purpose of the email. Click the ellipse next to either option to access the text editor. For the HTML Content area, drag variables from within your process into the editor screen so that data will automatically populate in your email. Be certain that when doing this, or removing any of the variables currently within the text editor, you are not compromising any data. If your mail server allows for rich text messages to be sent and received, you can modify the formatting of your message.
- If you need to send a file with the email, for example, in a new hire process, you may need to send a blank W-2 form to a prospective candidate, click the ellipse next to File Attachments. Select Constant Value, then click Add. Clicking the ellipse next to Contents will allow you to browse for the file you need to send.
- Click the Email Settings tab of the Send Email Editor window. From here, you can specify the SMTP server and port that you need to be connected to in order to send emails from your process. You can also change the priority level of the email, so that, if necessary, an email can be marked Urgent.
- Once you have modified the component to suit your needs, you can save the component as a default one of two ways:
- Right-click on the component and select Save As Default Configuration; or
- Right-click on the component and select Save Component to Library.
- If you selected the first option, any time you add a new Send Email component to the workflow project, that component will contain the settings, text, and any attached files of the previous/saved Send Email component. This is useful if you have a process where the same standard email will need to be sent out at various stages. You can create a default, then drop the component onto the appropriate lines without having to worry about retyping the body or selecting the From and To addresses. The component is still configurable, should some modifications need to be applied.
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The Young Naturalists Club focuses on learning about nature and stewardship of a natural area. Outdoor activities include crafting nature boxes and pinecone feeders, nature scavenger hunts, hiking the trails, gardening, and maintaining bird-feeding stations. Indoor activities include examining birds' nests and feather displays and special presentations on subjects such as the Northern Bobwhite Quail, local marine creatures, and bird watching. For details on upcoming Young Naturalists Club activities, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 631-581-1731. More information...
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Today we did our annual walk at the Elizabeth A. Morton Wildlife Refuge in Sag Harbor. The weather was a little overcast but no wind and moderate temperatures. As soon as we stepped onto the path the birds were hollering at us to start feeding them. We wonder who is trained, us or them?
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On Sunday, November 9, 2014, a cool cloudy fall morning to start, GSBAS's Wertheim Nature Walk took place with 15 plus/minus attendees including Co-Trip Leaders John Gluth and Alice Heller. After our group assembled and met up with Ranger Rebecca Hutton at the Visitor Center, we proceeded to car pooling into Wertheim's Impoundment Area to begin our Nature Walk/birding.
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On Sunday, November 2, 2014, the Young Naturalists Club of the Great South Bay Audubon Society met at Brookside County Park in Sayville to enjoy the splendor of Autumn. The children gathered around a large wooden table which was liberally strewn with leaves of oak, maple, sassafras and dogwood, pine needles, acorns, pinecones, bark, and moss. The children were introduced to the variety of shapes, colors and scents that Nature offers. Hard, oval pitch pinecones were compared with the slender, arcing cones of the white pine. Clusters of pine needles were counted to identify whether they were pitch pine or white pine. The gnarly bark of the pine trees was compared to the smoother bark of birch and sycamore. The bright yellow maple leaves, palmate in shape, were held in contrast to the orange and red of the mitten-shaped sassafras and the scarlet of the round-lobed oak leaves. The children then set out on a scavenger hunt to find the various objects of our lesson. Darting across the grass and scurrying along the edge of the woods, the children collected leaves, pine needles, pinecones and acorns. Not certain if they had a sassafras leaf, they remembered to crush the leaf to release the citrus-like aroma for validation. The children filled their paper bags with all of the items on the scavenger list. Returning to our great table, they let the spoils of their search tumble out for closer inspection. Through their newly acquired knowledge and direct observations, the children were able to connect the information they had learned with Nature's Bounty.
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Once again shirtsleeve birding in November. With temperatures in the sixties nineteen birders set forth to see what nature can give us. We started by heading to the boardwalk to scan the sound. The water was flat, hardly a ripple as the wind was coming from the south. We some of the sea birds that are expected at this time of year. There were Horned Grebes, Common Loons, Long-tailed Ducks, Black and White-winged scoters. On the shoreline there were Sanderlings scurrying around.
After that we headed around the park to see some land birds. The "dump" was somewhat quiet with Savannah, Swamp and Song Sparows. At the tidal water ponds we saw a variety of Ducks. At the Bridge between the two tidal ponds we had a flock of Cedar Waxwings feeding in the mud flats. for the day we had over forty species of birds. This is our last Tuesday trip of the year. We will resume Tuesday trips in March of 2015.
Thanks to all who participated and made for an enjoyable fall Tuesday birding season.See you next year.×
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Everything thing this morning was just "ducky." We started our walk at Blydenburgh by going out on the dock in the lake and checking out the waterfowl. The first ducks we saw were a couple of pairs of wood Ducks. The morning sun was striking the ducks a very low angle and lighting them up to display all their brilliant colors. What a treat. There were other ducks as well, we saw Northern Shovelers, American Wigeon, Ring-necked, Scaup, Gadwall and Hooded mergansers.
Then we walked through the woods and saw many of the woodland species of birds, Titmice, Chickadees, Juncoes, Sparrows and Woodpeckers and White-breasted Nuthatches.
On a beautiful fall day the weather was just perfect. No wind, temperatures very mild and bright sunshine. Add in a nice mix of birds and you have a very nice morning spent outdoors appreciating nature.×
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Our trip today was to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. It started off being another Sparrow seminar. Right out of the visitor center we encountered a flock of feeding sparrows. They continued all morning long along all the paths we walked. We eventually wound up with six different sparrow species. We had Song, Savannah, Swamp, Chipping, White-crowned and White-throated.
There were Yello-Rumped Warblers everywhere. A guess would put them at over a hundred plus. The day's final tally was thirty one species on a really beautiful fall day at Jamaica Bay.×
Last month, Audubon filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers to protect rare nesting habitat for the threatened Piping Plover in New York.
Fewer than 3,600 Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers survive today, with 20 percent of them relying on the shores of New York for nesting and breeding. With work on the well-intentioned but misguided Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet Stabilization Project slated to begin imminently in September, Audubon New York stepped in and was granted a Temporary Restraining Order to protect this critical and rare plover habitat.
Audubon supporters like you have been pressing for an improved plan to ensure the plovers are protected and the plan is in compliance with federal law. Unfortunately, the Corps has ignored us and government scientists who recommended that the project be revised. The US Army Corp of Engineers has a responsibility to make sure this project is done right from the start.
You can still help urge the Corps to modify their plan. More than 20,000 Audubon members have already stepped up to help out, and it's not too late for you to send a letter to the Corps!
The case is being reviewed by the courts, with the next conference with the judge scheduled for December 16.×
More than a year ago, Hurricane Sandy breached the freshwater West Pond in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (JBWR) located in Queens, New York City. JBWR is part of the National Park Service's Gateway National Recreation Area and is a very popular destination because of its diverse wildlife and the opportunity to see many of the 330 species of birds that have been recorded there. Now salt water flows freely from the bay into the West Pond, and has utterly destroyed its prized freshwater ecosystem. Before Sandy, the pond teemed with a diversity of birds and other wildlife at all seasons, but now it is virtually devoid of interesting wildlife. The National Park Service has not acted to restore the pond and is making decisions that could potentially result in the permanent loss of this avian oasis!
The 45-acre West Pond, situated along the Atlantic flyway, was the only significant freshwater habitat in the coastal ecosystem of New York City. It is listed as an international Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International and the National Audubon Society.
The West Pond used to be home to many breeding and migratory waterfowl and coastal birds. Several of these species are listed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as Species of Greatest Conservation Need. In addition, the area around the West Pond had been critical nesting habitat for the threatened Diamondback Terrapinand a great variety of butterflies and other insect life.
The NPS and Gateway National Recreation Area are considering restoration options, and there is a real risk that they will decide not to restore the West Pond at all (see The New York Times, February 10, 2014). The time for action is now. Tell the National Park Service that you want the West Pond restored, to support freshwater habitat for birds and other wildlife. By signing this petition, you will help to restore this local, national and international treasure.×
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The Iron Lady crumbles to rust: Thoughts on the passing of Margaret Thatcher
By Ayom Wol Dhal
I grew up in London in the 1970s and 80s, under Thatcher. We first noticed her (long before she was Prime Minister), because she abolished free milk in schools for poor kids like me and everybody I knew. We called her 'Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher'. As a Dinka, I should perhaps have paid more attention to an attack on milk. However, as I personally disliked the quarter-pint of English pasteurised milk, which didn't taste like the back-home milk with which I'd had no problem, I wasn't too upset, to be honest.
Thus, her first claim to fame was as an anti-poor activist. She was a figure of hate.
She built upon this reputation over the years, snatching important benefits from those who needed them most. She destroyed entire industries, such as Northern English and Welsh coal mining, destituting the communities which had depended upon them for generations. Many of us marched against her ("Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, Out! Out! Out!" was our cry, when I was a teenager).
She laid waste to the public sector, replacing crucial public sector infrastructural responsibilities with a private sector free-for-all. Professional water management in London and the Thames Valley, having begun in the 1600s, was privatised in 1989 under Thatcher, and has been owned, since 2001, by a German corporation and an Australian bank, which clearly have little local stakeholdership, but do have deep commercial interests. This is a direct corollary of Margaret Thatcher's insanely doctrinaire, pro-private sector, sell-off-the-family-silver-cheap attitude. It is well to remember that it was under Margaret Thatcher that the deregulation of the banking sector began, a trend directly connected to the current financial crisis.
She prosecuted the ridiculous 'Malvinas/Falklands War', on shaky, pro-colonialist grounds, the repercussions of which are still reverberating across the Atlantic Ocean. 957 people died over a period of 74 days, hardly a skirmish in global terms, but the conflict was exploited to maximum effect by Mrs. Thatcher. We the Thatcher Generation will never forget that notorious footage of her in a middle-aged-middle-class-lady-headscarf on a tank (in England far away from battle of course). Nor will we forget the racist rhetoric which the British press employed in support of this 'war'.
In a post-script which is particularly ridiculous to South Sudanese, the Falkland Islands conducted a comic (and essentially rigged) referendum this March, in which 1,513 British settlers voted to remain British. Racism writ large, and the persistence of the British Empire in one tiny corner of the world.
And as we're speaking of racism and colonialism, let us not forget Margaret Thatcher's deep and obstinate support for Apartheid-era South Africa, which was by then more or less a pariah state. It was the target of almost universal sanctions as a result of its unapologetically racist, brutal and exploitative system, which had bought a luxury life for the tiny white settler elite at the expense of the huge majority of black and brown people. For those too young to remember, perhaps only North Korea is somewhat comparable in terms of international notoriety (though very very different). Yet, while political prisoners were being tortured, killed or jailed, Thatcher was steadfastly and openly supportive of the criminal regime responsible. I boycotted apartheid gold for so long I eventually decided I just didn't like it any more; meanwhile, Thatcher's crass and rapacious cronies invested in sanctioned minerals with glee.
We hated her. And I probably hated her more than most of my generation.
And yet, and yet… the rise of the entrepreneurial private sector, under her sponsorship, has had long-reaching effects, many of them positive. I'm not talking about her sell-off of public housing, which has led to chaos and impoverishment, once more, for the most vulnerable (though it brought in plenty of dodgy cash for government).
No, I'm thinking of the impact of those deeply Thatcherite bodies (despite their liberal-lefty veneer), Virgin Records and the Body Shop. We who were there all remember the narratives of planning a world-beating business on the kitchen table. Anita Roddick and Richard Branson have served as a template for many, many entrepreneurs who were inspired by their examples. Many of them were from poor or immigrant communities, who persevered despite the usual difficulties of obtaining start-up capital. Many lives were bettered by the realisation that it was possible to jump off the daily grind and start something for yourself.
For high-achieving women, she was a model of sorts. She undoubtedly stormed a bastion of male privilege and power with singular strength of mind. She rose through class barriers which had previously seemed impenetrable, taking on ancestral, born-to-rule aristocrats (the Grandees), who despised people of her middle-class origins. She famously divested herself (through voice coaching) of her naturally squeaky, womanish voice in favour of deeper tones, more masculine and therefore more worthy of attention by those in and out of authority. She certainly displayed admirable single-mindedness in achieving her goals, such as they were. However, regardless of her status as a powerful woman, she appeared deeply unwilling to promote women to her Cabinet. Having climbed a hard ladder, she pulled that ladder up behind her.
She was a working woman of strong if inconsistent maternal instincts. The mother of twins, Carol and Mark, she notoriously favoured the boy. Daughter Carole is a fairly well-known media personality in the UK, and an open lesbian. Sir Mark, the second Baronet Thatcher, is not so well loved by the public, having developed a reputation for stupidity and moral laxity. During 1992, whilst competing in the Paris-Dakar rally (that prime pastime for rich white boys), he managed to get lost for 6 days, prompting the kind of public tears from his mother which she had never shed for the miners and other poor British people whose lives she had wrecked.
In a particularly notorious episode, Mark Thatcher was caught red-handed while attempting to change the regime in resource-rich Equatorial Guinea, with the help of a motley crew of South African and British ex-forces mercenaries. He claimed, during the resultant 2005 South African court case, that he was under the impression he had been investing in an air ambulance service to benefit needy African children… despite this touching plea, he was fined $500,000 and given a suspended jail sentence of four years.
All of us who experienced that period of history are infected by Thatcher. She was an enormous figure; icon for many, bete-noire for many others. When she was eventually assassinated (politically) by the very pretty-boys and yes-men she had promoted, she exploded into a million pieces. We all, like it or not, carry a shard of Thatcher in our souls.
So now she is gone, after a lengthy and demented twilight, long-bereaved of her beloved and allegedly hen-pecked husband. What do we make of her? I am told that street parties were held yesterday to celebrate her passing in a few places in the UK, including my former hilla, Brixton. The chant of my long-ago days of youthful activism has now become "Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, Dead! Dead! Dead!" This is going too far, one should not dance at the death of even a deadly enemy.
Ultimately and undeniably, Margaret Hilda Thatcher was a towering figure. She broke the mould of British politics, re-defining the class and gender barriers which were still powerful when she began her rise to power. She changed the expectations and aspirations of all British people, like it or not. She was a remarkable woman, a remarkable human being. We should all wish her bon voyage on this new journey of hers, and admit that we will never forget her.
Ayom Wol Dhal is an independent consultant specialising in the areas of media and civil society and is currently volunteering as the head of communications for the South Sudan National Reconciliation Campaign. All views in the preceding article are hers alone and do not reflect the policies or views of any organisation or body. She is based in Juba and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com
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