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IF YOU WANT TO SEE A VIDEO WALK-THROUGH OF OUR APP PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.panoptik.tv/Timecode by Panoptik is the professional choice for performing fast, ultra-precise timecode calculations and film unit conversions. Using Timecode, you can calculate and convert any timecode into any other timecode or unit at the touch of a button. Timecode displays four user-definable units at once, allowing you to view 24 fps, 25 fps, rolls of film and frame results at the same time.
Calculating timecodes used to be a chore but no longer, thanks to Timecode's peerless combination of precision software engineering and clear, contemporary design. Its unique interface and fluid animations will impress you with every single calculation. And don't let Timecode fool you into thinking it's just a toy - packed under the hood of this deceptively simple interface is one of the most robust timecode math engines on the planet, designed by a team of filmmakers, editors, designers, technicians and developers.
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- Mix any units you desire. From feet to frames to HD to PAL to NTSC to IMAX and beyond!
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Losari Coffee Plantation Resort & Spa
Voted the top Spa Resort in the World by 70,000 Conde' Nast Readers, Chiiva-Som International Health Resort provides guests with the opportunity to enjoy life more fully, and very likely longer, by taking what they have to offer.
The secluded world of Chiva-Som – which means "Haven of Life" – is private, luxurious and exclusive. Whether it is pampering or weight loss, stress reduction or relaxation, every facet is catered for here. In fact, the tri-part logo represents the body, mind and spirit, the combined health of which is vital for a good quality of life.
Outstanding facilities include indoor and outdoor salas, a bathing pavilion for aqua aerobics, outdoor pool for relaxing and sunbathing, multi-level steam rooms, plunge pools, hydro pools, a high-tech airconditioned gym, Watsu Pool and more. The medical and complementary therapies and facilities offered allow full attention to be given to the mind, body and spirit to help you achieve overall health and wellnessSpa cuisine of Asian and Western specialties prove that low calorie, nutritious food can be a gourmet experience. Fruit and vegetables from Chiva-Som's organic garden feature on the delicious menu. Should you need to lose weight, a qualified dietician can recommend a realistic programme in order to help you achieve your target. Cleansing diets are also available.
Situated right next to the Chao Phya River, Ban Ing Nam Health Resort & Spa - literally meaning Home by the River - is the place where you find home away from home, luxurious comfort in a village like atmosphere. Soak in the real life of the friendly Thai village folks whilst you relax and nurse your tired souls from the doldrums of everyday life.
Ban Ing Nam is the place for anyone concerned with fitness and well being and in learning how to look after themselves as they provide a series of programs for guests with particular health needs such as fitness, weight management, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, heart ailments and stress.
Various fruits like Mangosteen, Mangoes, etc are for you to pluck and enjoy during the season. Healthy sumptuous cuisine is one of their priorities for you to indulge in whilst you're at the resort or you could pick up a tip or two from the chef in their cooking classes.
Bask in the sunshine by the pool or simply soak in the jacuzzi to relieve your tired muscles, work out at the Gym with the Fitness Instructor or have a quiet moment to meditate or rejuvenate at the Spa centre whilst at Ban Ing Nam.
There is a farm at a little barangay in Lipa, Batangas, where one can breathe more freely, where the greens sustain personal health and where water that springs from underneath a volcanic mountain is healing. It is an idyllic haven sheltered from noise and pollution by a green canopy of coconut trees and a lush landscape of flowing water and garden walks designed to enhance optimum wellness.
This is not your typical farm where animals are raised for food. What is raised on The Farm at San Benito is the level of health consciousness, and what is cultivated is a change in outlook. It is a realization that regaining or improving health is possible, and that natural methods are effective in restoring balance and vitality..."
The Salus per Aqua Spa is the homage to the immediate physical and spiritual needs of the body.
The dominating feature of the Spa is an infinity pool with a majestic view of Mount Malarayat. This grand panorama stands in stark contrast to the womb-like private massage pavilions, which stand within their own gardens and water features.
The Spa provides a peaceful and soothing atmosphere designed to help their guests relax and heal and temporarily forget the world around them. Two Thai massage pavilions overlook the swimming pool and a unique "massage under the stars" is available in the evenings for that perfect romantic nightcap.
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11 For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— | 11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong-- |
12 or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine. | 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. |
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One of the more recent third party solutions is the Kiano 4 iPhone keyboard. It's available in your choice of black or white and, well, it effectively turns your iPhone 4 into a slider phone with a full keyboard. It doesn't make a wired connection to the iPhone, however, relying on Bluetooth 2.0 instead.
Yeah, that's going to cause some battery concerns, not to mention that you'll need to charge it separately from your smartphone too. I guess there's a purpose, but if you really must have a keyboard, you're probably better off ditching the iDevice in favor of something like the HTC Desire Z instead. In any case, the Kiano4 is $99 from some random HK e-shop.
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Mahdi, al-
biographical name(born Aug. 12, 1844died June 22, 1885, Omdurman, Sudan) Sudanese religious and political leader. The son of a shipbuilder in Nubia, he was brought up near Khartoum. After orthodox religious study, he turned to a mystical interpretation of Islam in the Sufi tradition, joined a religious brotherhood, and in 1870 moved to a hermitage with his disciples. In 1881 he proclaimed a divine mission to purify Islam and the governments that defiled it, targeting the Turkish ruler of Egypt and its dependency, Sudan. In 1885, after he defeated Charles George Gordon to capture Khartoum, he established a theocratic state, but he died the same year, probably of typhus. See also mahdi; Mahdist movement; Sufism.
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There's a new princess in town! Princess Sofia is becoming more and more popular each day and I think she's great for back to school supplies! The color scheme couldn't be more perfect for girls - pink and purple what's not to love?
Your girl will go back to school in a royal style (with princess Sofia on the back).


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It's always a pleasure for us to meet lovely blogger-colleagues and this time it should be better than ever! We had the chance to invite a hand full of our beloved blogger-friends to the first MCM blogger makeover in Germany. After a successful debut in London last year, we wanted to have at least as much fun as they had. Stay tuned for the official photos and the rest of the coverage, coming very soon. In the meantime, take a look "behind the scenes":
We ordered so many different MCM bags, Sushi and some clothes to make the day as special as possible. What was the plan? MCM and we, the German Blogger Ambassadors, wanted to have a professional photo shoot with our favourite bloggers from Germany and of course, with our most favored MCM bags!
It was such a fun day filled with friends: David from Dandy Diary, Katha from IlovePonys, Sarah from Josie Loves and the supercool Bonny Strange who runs the blog Strange Ambition - a potpourri of Germany's most popular bloggers.
But without our lovely photographer Katja Hentschel, you might know her from the blog "Glamcanyon", we wouldn't have had such a relaxed atmosphere. She made us feel comfortable in front of the camera, and gave us the power to be confident.
Another important person of the day: Marcus! He taped a video and documented the whole day. We love to watch the result of the German Blogger Makeover as soon as possible and of course, we will share it with you, guys!
But let's not forget our superstars from the SS 2012 collection: Tracy, Ivana Patent, Sophia, Grace, First Lady, the Shopper bags, and the most popular models belonging to the Cognac Visetos Heritage Line.
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6-month-old dies in house fire
UPDATED 8:37 AM CDT May 12, 2014Video TranscriptUPDATING BREAKING NEWS WE BROUGHT YOU LIVE AT 10 LAST NIGHT. A COUNCIL BLUFFS HOME CATCHES FIRE, KILLING A BABY GIRL. THE SURVIVORS ARE AT SAINT ELIZABETH A TODDLER AND A 70-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S TONY CORNETT WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE TODAY, WHERE WE LEARNED MORE FROM NEIGHBORS. STEVEN KNIGHT LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S FIRE AND SMOKE SCENE...HE THOUGHT HE WAS WITNESSING COMMON COMMOTION...(Steven Knight, Neighbor, "Every so often, you'll hear all kinds of yelling and screaming, slamming doors.")RECOGNIZING THE MAN DESPERATELY TRYING TO BREAK THE HOME'S FRONT WINDOW, HE REALIZED IT WAS ALARMINGLY UNCOMMON...(Steven Knight, Neighbor, "It was a pole of some kind and tried... Threw it once, it didn't break, threw it a second time, it finally broke, and it just started, you know, coming out.")THICK, SMELLY SMOKE BOILED OUT.POLICE ARRIVED AND FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, WHO FOUGHT TO SAVE FOUR LIVES... THREE, THEY DID...(Connie Zander, Neighbor, "They brought the grandma out first, and she was on the gurney right here in front of the windows, and her face was MAYCI COLBURN-LERETTE, THEY COULD NOT...AND THEN HER MOTHER CAME HOME... TO FACE A MOTHER'S DAY EVE'S UNIMAGINABLE MOMENT...PLEADING WITH FIREFIGHTERS THAT IT NOT "Mayci...Mayci...")(NATS!!! --on knees, sobbing--)CONNIE ZANDER LIVES NEXT DOOR... AND SAYS IT'S TRAGEDY VISITED ON AN ALREADY-TROUBLED HOUSEHOLD...(Connie Zander, Neighbor, "You see'em coming and going, or not getting along, you know, there's some dissension there. It's just a sad situation.")PAIN ENOUGH US FOR EVERYONE... UP AND DOWN MILL STREET...(Steven Knight, Neighbor, "Children, they've got a long life ahead of them. It hurts.")CONNIE ZANDER'S PRAYER FOR THE VICTIMS IS ONE A MOTHER WOULD PRAY...(Connie Zander, Neighbor, "There isn't anything more precious than their family and their kids.") TONY CORNETT, KETV NW7. COUNCIL BLUFF'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNIT AND THE TOGETHER..WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THEIR FINDINGS.
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WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Tange, Inc, of Osaka, Japan is voluntarily recalling 808 EXP 120 front suspension forks. The fork crown may crack during use, which could cause the fork to separate from the bicycle. As a result, riders could lose control of the bicycle and fall, causing serious injury or death. To date, Tange has not received any reports of injuries associated with cracked forks.The silver-gray forks are identifiable by decals on the front sides of the fork legs which read "Tange EXP 120 Suspension." Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) stores and mail-order catalogues sold the suspension forks nationwide from October 1994 through November 1995 as original equipment on 1995 REI Novara Ponderosa mountain bikes.Consumers who own 1995 Novara Ponderosa mountain bikes with Tange EXP 120 forks should stop using the bicycles immediately and call REI customer service at (800) 828- 5533. REI and Tange will send consumers a new Manitou suspension fork free of charge and provide information on free installation. For more information, consumers should contact REI.Media inquires should be directed to Michael Collins, REI Public Affairs Manager, at (206) 395-5956.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
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Mental Health Partners began in 1962 as a clinic, received non-profit status in 1964, and was federally designated as a comprehensive community mental health center in 1971. Since then, we have expanded to meet the growing needs of the community in both counties, with locations in Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont. We are the only agency in Boulder and Broomfield counties that provides comprehensive psychiatric services to county residents regardless of their ability to pay. People served by Mental Health Partners generally do not have access to services in the private sector because they cannot afford to pay the significant fees, and most do not have insurance.
Mental Health Partners has 24 hour emergency psychiatric services and outpatient offices for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and families. Many programs and services are available including school-based programs, substance abuse treatment, rape crisis counseling, advocacy, and education. Mental Health Partners offers bilingual/bicultural services and an in-house pharmacy.
It is estimated, that of the 360,000 residents of Boulder and Broomfield counties, over 60,000 individuals suffer with a form of mental illness. This number is only compounded when family, friends, and co-workers are affected by the disabling conditions of a person who is struggling with a mental illness. Annually, Mental Health Partners serves over 18,000 individuals and our Emergency Psychiatric Services Team responds to 10,000 calls. We serve more women than men and thirty-six percent of our clients are multicultural.
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Celebrating ten years! View our Camp Video.
Magic for Muggles has been featured locally on Montclair Patch and Baristanet, and nationally on ivillage.com. Magic for Muggles was visited by Montclair resident and Harry Potter Book Series Editor, Arthur Levine, Summer, 2012.
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The Cloves Restaurant's menu showcases the cooking techniques and ingredients that have come to define the cuisine from both the country's northern and southern states. A clay tandoor oven bakes marinated meats, skewered vegetables, and soft naan, and liberal doses of saffron, fenugreek, and ginger paste add their distinctive south asian piquancy to entrees. These flavor combinations inundate multiple taste buds, oftentimes in the same bite, as in the case of the tomato-based vindaloo sauces laced with fiery chilies and tangy vinegar.
Immense floor-to-ceiling windows flood the dining area with natural light, helping the curvaceous track lighting and dangling pendant lamps illuminate the dangling uvulas of laughing diners. Taupe-hued walls stand in stark contrast to the dark tables and flooring, and they remain relatively unadorned except for a smattering of Indian-influenced paintings.
Fashioned after Jaipur, a gem of Rajasthan, Jaipur Royal Indian Cuisine excites the senses with aromatic spice mixes prepared separately each day for each dish. Among an interior of authentic figurines in elaborate dress and strung beads baring images of vibrantly colored birds, they serve a menu of traditional dishes rooted in North Indian cuisines. That includes rich grilled lamb, chicken, and seafood, as well as complex curries and plenty of fresh vegetarian dishes. They welcome guests to pair such variety of tastes with flavorful beverages such as aam ki lassi, a whipped mango and yogurt drink.
Udipi Cafe's traditional Indian ingredients and recipes form the basis of its expansive menu of flavorful vegetarian delights. Serenade taste sensors with appetizers such as a delectable potato-cauliflower duet of aloo gobi ($8.50) or the broad tasting board of the assorted sampler platter ($7.95). Dry and spicy chickpeas swim in a pond of piquant curry sauce in the chana masala curry ($8.50), which pairs pleasantly with a side of paratha bread ($1.95). Indo-Chinese specialties transport diners to the northern climes of the subcontinent with flavor combinations such as vegetable hakka noodles ($7.95), and dinner specials fill traditional platters with offerings such as the royal madras special thali and royal south indian thali ($13.50 each).
The culinary traditions of Pakistan and India blend together on Agha Restaurant's menu, whose dishes are made with Zabiha Halal meat and Abu Adnan chicken cut by the chef's own hand. Samosas hiding seasoned veggies kick off meals of butter chicken and goat paya, a Pakistani breakfast soup flavored with curry-based spices. The eatery's signature dish, the hunter beef sandwich, is comprised of beef brisket sautéed with green chilies and topped with chutney. Diners can finish meals with specialty desserts including fruity shakes, creamy kulfi, and faloodas—milky concoctions filled with nuts, dessert noodles, ice cream, and fruits.
The Palace's staff unfolds an extensive menu bustling with Northern Indian fare as well as a variety of Indo-Chinese dishes. Appetizers tantalize taste buds with platters such as the seekh kebab masala ($14) and the Veggie Manchurian, consisting of dumplings dressed with a chili-garlic sauce and Polaroids of Frank Sinatra ($7). Custom entrees such as chicken ($13), goat ($14), and paneer ($12) are served with a choice of rice or naan and are concocted with one of a dozen flavors, including curry and jhalfrezi, which swirls with veggies, spices, and The Palace's special sauce. Noontime munchers can mix and match lunch-buffet dishes into a multi-course feast or use a selection of sauces to paint Ganesh's profile on their napkins ($9.99).
The skilled foodsmiths at Bhojan Market, nestled beside its sister Indian restaurant Bhojanic, forge prepared meals, freshly roasted spices, and house-made pickles that package up the essences of Indian cuisine for at-home enjoyment. The market's expansive menu whisks palates away to the forests of the Indian subcontinent, where sweet mango chutney ($3.99/small; $6.99/large) seeps from trees and boneless jewels of chicken tikka masala ($4.99–$8.99) await discovery in pools of tomato cream sauce. Piquant sauces pour like heavy rains over wheat chapatis ($4.99 for six) and paratha flatbreads stuffed with ginger and potato ($6.99 for five), the spices of which wash down to bellies in steaming streams of tea. Elephants trumpeting their hunger from inside tummies can quietly chomp on vegetarian dishes such as punjabi kardi-onion dumplings swimming in a yogurt-based curry sauce ($3.99–$6.99). Intricately woven tapestries and exotic plants join with the sharp aromas of freshly roasted spices to draw visitors in to Bhojan Market. Though not included in this Groupon, the market also regularly hosts cooking classes and leads expeditions to retrieve tongue-soothing coconut milk from the summits of Mount Everest.


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Capcom released Street Fighter IV on iPhone/iPod Touch yesterday (sure we are a day behind, takes time to put together a nice news post rather than just copying the Press Release and posting that, like other sites). Street Fighter IV makes use of an innovative control scheme that is tailored for the fighting games' debut on the controller-less handheld.
Capcom hasn't forgotten the modes, a staple of fighting games, and is bringing along Tournament Mode (for the extremely old school out there this is what we grew up with knowing as the normal game), Free Sparring Mode (if you are having trouble with a certain fighter, just go here and practice to your hearts content) and Training Room Mode (just you and the harder moves in the game, waiting for you to hone those skills).
Street Fighter IV by Capcom – website
Platform: iPhone/iPod
Rated: 12
Price: $9.99
Available: Now
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Best Buddies Wofford matches individuals with intellectual or developmental disorders into one-to-one friendships with college students. These mutually beneficial friendships aim to promote acceptance and understanding by breaking down socially induced boundaries and appreciating each other for who we really are.
Currently, Best Buddies Wofford is comprised of approximately 20 dedicated, genuine college students looking to leave an impact on the community. We spend time with athletes from the Area 6 Special Olympics individually in our Buddy Pairs and also together when we hold large group events.Best Buddies Wofford is dedicated to service. We plan to volunteer at numerous Special Olympics events, the Carolina Miracle League, and similar organizations throughout the year.


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Martin Brodeur Heading Toward Unceremonious Ending in New Jersey
Brodeur not one of the lucky ones…
In sports rarely are there happy endings. There is no eluding the forces of father time and very few athletes get the chance to walk away from their respective sport on their own terms. New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera was one of the luckier ones, as he completed one of the most decorated farewell tours in sports history a few months back.
In his nineteenth and final season the 43-year old marvel was still as good as ever, notching 44 saves and even taking home the All-Star game MVP honors. All season long the greatest closer ever was showered with standing ovations and lovely parting gifts at each ballpark he entered for the final time. This season his longtime teammate and core four buddy, Derek Jeter, hopes to follow the dream blueprint into retirement after he recently announced that 2014 will be his last.
However, farewell tours are strictly a matter of personal taste and like Rivera a long-form genius of the save, New Jersey Devils net-minder Martin Brodeur is winding down his own Hall of Fame career across the Hudson, amid considerably less hype and completely different circumstances. This season was supposed to be Brodeur's swan song, a victory tour for the goaltender who backstopped New Jersey to three Stanley Cups since debuting back on March, 26, 1992, second in the metropolitan area only to the Yankees' five.
But with the Devils not having an obvious heir apparent in the organization and a 41-year old Brodeur entering the final year of his contract longtime general manager Lou Lamoriello acquired Cory Schneider from the Vancouver Canucks on draft day for the ninth-overall selection. Like the good citizen he is, Brodeur, welcomed the 27-year old goalie into the kingdom he has helped build over the last two decades.
Nothing lasts forever and it was only a matter of time before the aging icon would have to pass the baton over. But that moment seemingly happened sooner than expected when Schneider was given his third straight start in late October and Brodeur acknowledged it as the changing of the guard.
"I think he's in the net now to stay," the winningest goalie of all-time said back on Oct. 19. "I hate not playing. That's the bottom line. I play hockey to play hockey, not to watch and practice. I'm happy it happens at 41 and not 27."
At the time Brodeur was the owner of an unsightly 0-2-2 record, 3.40 goals-against average and .865 save percentage. He would sit out three games in a row and four of five. And at the time many people began to wonder if this was the beginning of the end, or if even worse, Brodeur, was destined to become another sad-case of an athlete who hung around too long.
One of the most difficult decisions for any player is knowing when to walk away and unfortunately many stay past their expiration date. For every John Elway or Ray Bourque that goes out on top, there are twice as many guys who leave the game as a shell of the player they once were. The Bambino played his final 28 games for the Boston Braves. Willie Mays was last seen stumbling through the outfield in Flushing and Johnny Unitas took his last snap as a Charger.
Brodeur was so close to the former in with his great playoff run in 2012, but the latter is now looking like the more likely option. It's not just that he isn't the goalie he once was, though, it's that he is statistically one of the worst goalies in the league right now. There are 60 goaltenders who have over 500 minutes of even-strength ice time in the NHL right now and Brodeur ranks dead last amongst that group in 5-on-5 save percentage. He has a very sub-par .899 SV%, worse than most backups in the rest of the league and gave up six goals in that debacle of a Stadium Series game
He still has flashes of brilliance here and there, but those moments have become rarer and rarer. The Devils' net now belongs to Schneider, who started the final six games heading into the Olympic break, eighth of the last nine and 12th of the team's previous 15 matches. It's become increasingly evident that Brodeur will finish his NHL career someplace other than New Jersey if he wishes to play next season, but not so clear at all where he will finish this season.
"I don't know," Brodeur told The Star Ledger's Richard Chere a few days ago. "I haven't thought about it until I talk to people, and there is nothing planned yet. I'm probably going to wait."
On Wednesday, Renaud Lavoie of et Journal de Montreal reported on that Brodeur met with Devils GM Lou Lamiorello to discuss his future with the team and it's assumed that the greatest Devils of them all wants out of Jersey, preferably to a destination where he can regain the starting role. Minnesota and Chicago have been mentioned as possible destinations, but the notion of seeing Brodeur wearing a different NHL uniform is almost unimaginable.
A few weeks in a different uniform wouldn't diminish what he's already accomplished in New Jersey, but it would deprive fans of a proper send-off, as they deserve the right to watch Brodeur's final weeks and salute him the way Yankees fans did for Rivera. However, it looks like they wouldn't get that chance, as Brodeur appears on the verge of waiving his no-trade clause and goodbye to the only City he has ever known.
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AbstractThe author characterizes the time when the first castles were built in the North of Portugal during the last three decades of the 9th century (circa 870-900) and correlates this event to the Christian conquest process. The earliness of this process in the valley of river Douro is emphasized and the major evolution of the "encastelamento" (castle building) in the North of Portugal is presented, with identification of the 50 castles documented until the year 1000. Two major groups of military structures are identified: castles built by the Counts and castles built by the local communities. The author also characterizes the military process of the "Reconquista" (reconquest): first the progress up to river Mondego and the formation of the County of Coimbra (878); then the campaigns of al-Mansur and the Christian retreat to river Douro (986-997); finally, the definitive conquest of the Beiras (1057-1058) and Coimbra (1064). At last, the Author describes the new territorial organization of Terrae, due to Fernando Magno, which had crucial importance in the development of the Romanesque castles.
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Welcome to the Salem High School
ATTENTION: SHSAA Scholarship RecipientsSecond-half scholarship checks have been available since December 10, 2014. You must provide a copy of your final first semester grades and show a photo ID. Office hours are weekdays from 9 am until noon. |
Upcoming Salem Ohio Day in Southwest FloridaThe 9th Annual Salem Ohio Day in Southwest Florida |
$326,125 Given to Salem High School Seniors, Alumni, and Current Students |
Share in the Salem High School Alumni Association's pride in awarding 104 scholarships this spring. On an annual income basis, SHSAA is ranked first among Ohio high school alumni associations.
A Century of Memories
The Salem High School Alumni Association in conjunction with the Salem Public Library is proud to make available more than 100 years of Salem High School documents. Search Yearbooks for students, teachers, clubs, and organizations. Read Quaker Newspapers from the early 1900's Learn about the early days of education in Salem (written 1876). |
Alumni Association Annual Reunion and Banquet Held on May 24th |
On Saturday, May 24, 2014, the SHSAA held its 133rd Annual Reunion and Banquet with a record amount of scholarship money, $326,125, given to 55 seniors, 37 alumni, and 4 current students. One new scholarship, the Lois A. Peters Memorial Business Scholarship, was presented along with three new awards--Leon H. Colley Award, Doris Tetlow Award, and Florence C. Schafer Award. Reunion classes attending were the Class of 1944, 1949, 1954, and 1964. Dr. Randy L. Hanzlick '70, as this year's Honored Alumnus, was the featured speaker. |
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Salem High School Alumni Association is proud of the rich military experience of our alumni. Click HERE to read local newspaper articles about the heroics and sacrifices of our graduates in the military during World War II. |
Dr. Randy L. Hanzlick Is 2014 SHS Alumni Association Honored Alumnus |
SHSAA has selected Dr. Randy L. Hanzlick as the 2014 Honored Alumnus. A medical doctor, Hanzlick has been the chief medical examiner in Fulton County, Georgia since 1998. He has received numerous professional awards for his national efforts to improve forensic pathology practices and death investigation systems based on his work as the medical examiner for the county that covers the Atlanta metropolitan area, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and at Emory University. Both the CDC and Emory are in Atlanta. Hanzlick was the featured speaker at the Salem High School Alumni Association's 133rd Annual Reunion and Banquet |
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What does it cost to educate our children? The escalating costs of college attendance adds urgency to our mission to help provide more scholarships to new Salem High School graduates and alumni. The alumni association is proud to have been able to give approximately $250,000 in scholarships annually in recent years. However, even while trying to help as many students as possible, the association's current funding allows for only about one-third of each graduating class to receive a Salem High School Alumni Association Scholarship. Though the majority of these are substantial scholarships of several thousand dollars each, SHSAA scholarships cover only a portion of college costs. |
The Mission of the Salem High School Alumni Association is to recognize and award scholarships to deserving Salem graduates who are expected to continue their education in a manner that will bring credit to Salem High School. The organization strives to keep alive memories of high school days and friendships through the association newsletter, yearbooks, and archived records and memorabilia of Salem High School in the association office. |
Our History: The Salem High School Alumni Association was one of the first high school alumni groups in Ohio and is one of the most generous in the country. Thirty-three Salem High School alumni met with several of their former teachers on June 14, 1882, and the following year began the tradition of holding an annual reunion banquet. Several years later, association members decided that they wanted to do more than keep alive memories of high school days--they also wanted to help outstanding graduates attend college. On June 20, 1903, the association established the first high school alumni scholarship fund in Ohio. Salem High School graduates and friends were contacted to raise funds, and within four years the group had enough money to buy a $1,000 bond. The $60 interest generated by the bond was awarded as the first alumni scholarship to Walter French when he graduated in 1908. Now in its second century of granting scholarships, the association awarded fifty-five 2014 graduates, thirty-seven alumni, and four current students, a record-setting total of $326,125 in scholarships on May 24, 2014 at the 133rd Reunion Banquet held at Salem High School.


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Coachella Valley Unified School District, a few dozen miles east of Los Angeles, is a proud leader in tablet learning. Last school year, 5,000 iPads were distributed to students in a pilot program. This school year, their mobile learning initiative project went much further. Bond-funded iPads were distributed to every of its 18,000 students, from preschool to high-school.
While this has been great for many low income students who wouldn't have afforded a tablet on their own, two other school districts in the county, in Palm Springs and Desert Sands, were not so happy. The quality of their internet access went down. So much that the county education office had to cap the Internet consumption of the East Valley schools last Friday.
Now, Coachella Valley's students receive delayed emails and can hardly watch videos. The superintendent of Coachella Valley Unified told The Desert Sun that students can still use iPads… to takes notes and read preloaded books and documents.
Coachella Valley's students are now just sharing the pain they inflicted, for many months, to students in other districts. In Palm Springs Unified, a connection slowdown was noticed soon after the beginning of the school year. It got worse after January. Internet access was very poor. Schools even went off the grid for hours.
Teachers at James Workman Middle School, a technology-heavy school in Cathedral City where students have been using Chromebooks, had to adapt. The Desert Sun says teachers formed the habit of preparing two versions of each lesson: One version using online resources, if they were lucky enough to have a decent internet connection, and another backup offline lesson.
Bandwidth figures tell why. Riverside county schools share a 1 gigabit per second Internet connection. During this school year, Coachella Valley Unified's consumption grew from 30% to 85% of this available bandwidth, leaving other school districts with just 15% of the bandwidth.
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If anyone should wonder what wives of graduate students do in their spare time, they might want to consider the example of Keiko M uraoka. W hile Takamitsu Muraoka was writing his doctoral dissertation at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, his wife, Keiko, converted 30,000 page/column references in the indexes of A Concordance to the Septuagint and the Other Greek Versions of the Old Testament, edited by Edwin Hatch and Harry A. Redpath (published 1897-1906). In 1971 the Muraokas submitted Keiko's 508 legal-size pages of manuscript to a number of publishers who repeatedly turned the work down. About the same time Emar Camilo Dos Santos's handwritten manuscript, An Expanded Hebrew Index for the Hatch-Redpath Concordance to the Septuagint, was published (Jerusalem: Dugith, 1973). In 1997 Baker Book House showed an interest in Muraoka's manuscript in conjunction with a proposed reprint of Hatch and Redpath. The Santos index was no longer available and involved no critical interaction with the Hatch and Redpath Hebrew-Greek equivalents. Muraoka revived his wife's manuscript and proceeded to develop the project beyond what she had produced (7).
The current index "represents a partial and critical revision of Hatch and Redpath" (7). He researched especially those passages that Hatch and Redpath had marked with an obelus (†), indicating that there was some degree of doubt about the identification of the Greek and Hebrew, or that the readers should examine the passage for themselves (8). Also, Muraoka undertook to refine the Septuagint text employed by Hatch and R edpath. He relied heavily on the Göttingen edition's textual-critical apparatus while also considering the textual decisions evidenced by the editions of Rahlfs and the Cambridge Larger Septuagint (8). In the realm of the Hebrew text, Muraoka expanded and revised Hatch and Redpath's utilization of the Cairo Geniza fragments (8).
Muraoka's index begins with a concise but carefully arranged explanation of the background and purpose of the index (7-8) and how to use it (8-10). The lexemes of Hebrew and Aramaic are listed alphabetically in a user-friendly format in which each Hebrew or Aramaic stem is listed separately and each Greek equivalent has its own entry in alphabetic order below the Hebrew or Aramaic (13- 160).
Hatch and Redpath's own index has vexed several generations of students by its listing of only page and column references in the main concordance for each Greek equivalent. It is not possible to know what Greek terms it is citing without turning manually to those page/column references to locate the term. Such an exercise is time-consuming. Muraoka's index, by contrast, makes the necessary information immediately available. Consider the following examples for the Qal stem of גָּאַל(gā'al) and פָּדָה(pādāh), the verbs meaning "he redeemed":
Hatch & Redpath
גָּאַלqal 18b, 18c, 110c, 435a, 438a, 449c, 484b, 890a, 891a, 1254b, 193c
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This index will prove to be a tool of great value to all students of the Septuagint. It is the reviewer's hope that it will replace the older index when Hatch and Redpath is reprinted.
Takamitsu Muraoka is Professor of Hebrew at Leiden University and an internationally recognized Septuagint scholar. He is also the reviser and translator of Paul Joüon's Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, vols. 14/I and 14/II in Subsidia Biblica (Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1996).


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READING IN BED: Teen Vogue wants to put teens to sleep. The title has signed its first licensing deal, a multiyear agreement to launch a line of fashion bedding and room decor that will land at retailers in time for the holidays. Condé Nast has been exploring more licensing opportunities in an effort to tap into new revenue streams. And during the past few years, the teen title has launched a few other business ventures, including a pop-up concept store, an iPhone app and publishing the "Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider's Guide to Careers in Fashion." "Teen Vogue chose bedding as a first foray into licensing because to a young woman, her room is a direct reflection of her personal style: much like fashion," said vice president and publisher Laura McEwen. "We realized that in selecting fabrics, colors and patterns, Teen Vogue was in a unique position to develop bedding that was based on fashion trends."
Teen Vogue is working with Idea Nuova Global on the line, inspired by editorial features such as "A Room of My Own." Bedding designs will come from fashion trends, as selected by the magazine's editors, and will be offered in the range of $250 and below. "The Millennial bedding market represents $8.2 billion," McEwen noted. "There is nothing directly targeted to a fashion-forward young woman. We see this an incredible business opportunity." Sweet dreams.
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Geneseo Christmas Open House
Kick-off the holidays and visit Geneseo to start your Christmas shopping season, with extended hours by local shop owners. Candlelight shopping downtown Geneseo will light your holiday spirit.
CITY: Geneseo
The Quilt Box
Celebrate the art of quilting and visit the store to become inspired. Visit the showroom offering over 2,000 bolts of fabric, quilt, embroidery and notion supplies. Join in the sit 'n sews, pick up a block of the month or shop for locally handmade gifts.
CITY: Kewanee
A delightful shopping experience awaits you! Choose from home decor – home scents – crystal – gourmet foods and coffee- jewelry and much more. Heartfelt also offers custom floral creation, framing and gift baskets.
CITY: Kewanee
Breedlove's Sporting Goods
The drive will be worth it when you visit with the engaging sales associates, view their vast name brand apparel and shoes, and hear the "locals" story. They also personalize sports clothing upon request. It's all about the sports lore and offerings.
CITY: Kewanee
Victorian Grace Antiques & Accents
Offering a wide variety of antiques & collectibles and home accent pieces.
CITY: Prophetstown
Reiman's Harley Davidson
If motorcycles are your thing, check out Reiman's Harley Davidson. Roger Reiman, the original proprietor, is a 1998 inductee into the American Motorcycle Association's Hall of Fame and a three-time winner of the Daytona 200. A top competitor in the AMA's Grand National Circuit during the 1960s, Reiman cut back on his racing schedule to manage the family Harley Davidson dealership in Kewanee during the 1970s. It was during this time that he became famous as motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel's head mechanic. Since Reiman's death in a racing accident in 1997, the Packee family has owned and operated the dealership. One of the top Harley Davidson dealerships in the Midwest, Reiman's can meet every motorcycle enthusiast's needs and desires. Stop by and visit the Racing Museum and check out the history of Roger Reiman and Evel Knievel. Axle will be there to greet you!
CITY: Kewanee
Good's Furniture Showplace
Start your exploration with a visit to Good's Furniture. America's Furniture Showplace is one of the oldest and largest family-owned furniture stores in the Midwest and is the centerpiece of Kewanee's downtown. The 250,000 square-foot showroom spans two city blocks and encompasses twelve restored buildings that feature over fifty furniture brands. It's a complete shopping experience: visit Good's Market Square Gift Emporium with unique gifts including upscale clothing and accessories, fine luggage, gourmet food and wine, and much more! Grab a bite to eat at the Wine Cellar Restaurant on Good's lower level. For an afternoon pick-me-up, stop by the Coffee & Wine Bar. A skywalk, glass elevators, and a Koi Pond add to the ambience. Visit for the day and pamper yourself with an overnight stay at the in-store European Bed & Breakfast.
CITY: Kewanee
The Bishop Hill Gallery
Located at ground level below The Gallery Inn, the Bishop Hill Gallery specializes in artwork and framing. As you enter the gallery, you will notice a great selection of Abraham Lincoln and Civil War photographs and documents, as well as other artwork. You can purchase your art and have it framed by skilled crafts people in the same location.
CITY: Bishop Hill
Flashbacks for You
Flashbacks For You is a Quality Consignment store selling antiques, vintage and handmade purses, a wide variety of collectibles, dishes, comics and so much more! We sell local treasures worldwide. Go to our website for more information.
CITY: Prophetstown
South Park Mall
If you love it, we've got it! Over 130 specialty stores, five department stores, two sit-down restaurants and a 500-seat food fair. There is something for everyone at South Park Mall!
CITY: Moline
The Little Owl Shoppe Inc
We sell antiques and great gifts including jewelry, wine accessories, flower arrangements and every day and collector knives. We also sell fine cigars. But mostly, we are about wine. We sell good wine and have tastings when we are open. Our wine is not something that you can buy locally. We have worked hard on wine that tastes good but is nice and you will be very happy with the prices!
CITY: Prophetstown
College Hilltop District
Visit this small, unique little shopping district located near the campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. This two-block district offers wonderful little antique shops, a quaint coffee shop, wine shop, pub, and several locally-owned restaurants. Check out some of these small businesses for great treasures and wonderful finds. Vintage Rose - antiques, estate jewelery, costume jewelry Fred & Ethels - vintage and retro antiques, clothing, and collectibles Jackson's Antiques - collectibles and seasonal holiday gifts and decorations Estate of Grace - gifts, antiques, and collectibles Gendler's Wine Cellar - National and International wines Cool Beanz Coffee Shop - coffee, tea, lunch, dinner and music on weekends. You will also find a collectible comic book store, more antiques, and quaint neighborhood-style pubs.
CITY: Rock Island
Bishop Hill Colony Store
Experience an old time mercantile with shelves brimming with Swedish gourment foods, confections and souvenirs.
CITY: Bishop Hill
Hathaway's Gift Barn
There are many eclectic country treasures featuring dinnerware, table linens, purses and home decor specialty items. Along with the gift barn visit the Christmas Shoppe filled with trimmings for the Holiday season.
CITY: Galva
John Deere Commons/Moline Centre
Enjoy a variety of gift shops, restaurants, antique stores and hotels throughout this corridor of downtown Moline and situated around one of Illinois's most visited attractions, the John Deere Pavilion.
CITY: Moline
Enchanted Forest
Choose and cut your own Christmas tree here. On weekends, caboose rides help transport your tree out of the Enchanted Forest.
CITY: Prophetstown
Sunnyfield Greenhouse & Garden Center
Professional growers offering 1200 varieties of annuals, perennials, grasses, vegetables & vines. Heirloom tomatoes a specialty. Visit the expanded display gardens to gather ideas and shop a variety of unique gifts and planters for your garden. Landscape design and installation available. Open April 1 through October 31.
CITY: Galva
The Feathered Nest at Windy Corner Farm
A delightful artist haven offering a mix of Victorian eggs, feathered masks and wreaths, floral arrangements and intimate miniature portrait silhouettes. Windy Corner Farms and The Feathered Nest gardens and studio are an experience soon to be a cherished memory.
CITY: Bishop Hill
Lavender Crest Winery
Lavender Crest Winery features a wine tasting room, gift shop, an espresso bar that serves lunch, entertainment, tours and more.
CITY: Colona
Bishop Hill Prairie Arts Center
Enjoy watching the potter in an open air studio creating artwork on the potter's wheel. The center also features rug, broom, weaving and spinning artisans.
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The task of balancing a household budget is never easy, and certainly has not been made any easier by the recent increases in energy prices. While you may feel overwhelmed by mounting cost pressures, there are ways to modify your everyday spending to ensure your money goes further.
An easy way to save is to make sure you're informed about the best deals before you sign up to any contracts or make big purchases. Also, don't be afraid to exercise your consumer power when it comes to negotiating with service providers. The simple act of moving your saving to a online savings account or low fee account can make plenty of difference to your household savings bottom line. We've also found that a bit of creative planning and investing can go a long way in cutting back ordinary living costs. Here are 10 tips from CHOICE, with links to some of our tests and investigations, to help you get your finances back on track.
Our supermarket price survey (2009) found you can stretch your food and basics budget by buying some or all of your staple items at an Aldi store — sometimes by as much as 56%. In our most recent survey, we found that, for a total basket, Woolworths is cheapest in 42 of 61 regions in Australia while Aldi has the cheapest staples basket in all 40 regions where Aldi operates. Also, think twice before you fork out on expensive produce. For example, our experts found that some of the top scorers in our sparkling wine tests came from Australia, not France.
Also, think before you buy: do you really need it and will you consume it? An unused product not only costs money to purchase, the process of production and transportation requires energy consumption and only serves to adds to landfill if thrown away.
You can save hundreds of dollars by shopping around for your comprehensive car insurance. We found average annual savings across all states of $1500 for a young driver, $1030 for a family with a young driver, $495 for an adult driver and $440 for an older driver. Also, don't just renew your compulsory third-party (CTP) insurance. You can save hundreds of dollars every year on Greenslip renewal by using the Motor Accident Authority's Greenslip comparison page for NSW, and the Motor Accident Insurance Commission's CTP Premium Calculator for Queensland. The floods and bushfires of 2011 reinforced the importance of home insurance, and it pays to shop around. CHOICE found average price differences of up to $380 for home insurance and $410 for contents insurance policies.
National energy bills are set to soar, so make sure you're getting the best deal. See our energy efficient home guide for more information on a range of energy-efficient appliances and whitegoods. By shopping for a cheaper retailer, you could potentially cut your energy bill by almost half, depending on your electricity consumption, where you live and which retailers are available. If you've been with your phone or internet provider for a long time, you may get a better deal by shopping around. It also pays to check current deals being offered by your own mobile phone or internet provider, as they don't always let their existing customers know when they're offering a better plan, with say faster internet or more calls on your mobile for less money. We've also found that switching providers to get a bundled package can make great savings.
Prepare cheap, easy-to-make winter warmers using a slow cooker. It's a great way to turn relatively inexpensive cuts of meat into hearty stews, soups and casseroles. And in summer, they'll cook a pot roast or one-pot meal without heating up your kitchen like an oven.
Banks, credit unions and building societies charge fees of up to $40 when consumers exceed their credit limit, pay their credit cards one day late or fail to have sufficient funds in their account when a direct payment is due. However, you can contact your bank and ask for penalties to be reversed. One reader sent the 'Fair go on fees' letter to her bank after discovering it charged her penalty fees totaling $195. Shortly afterwards she received a call from the bank advising that they had agreed to refund the full amount and offered her the opportunity to go into a local branch and speak to the manager about the fees. Many consumers have been successful at getting their penalty fees reversed or waived as a result of our Better Banking campaign.
Save on fuel by doing your homework on when and where to fill up your car. For example, based on fuel price survey results from MotorMouth, on 15 April 2009, you could save 12c a litre on unleaded petrol in Sydney City if you went to the cheapest service station. For an average-sized tank of 60 litres, this translates to a saving of $7.20 each time you fill up. It takes only 14 refills to save $100. You can also save by filling up when petrol prices are lowest. To find out what day of the week is typically cheapest for your area, see the ACCC website. The Rudd government tried to improve fuel price transparency by proposing the implementation of a national FuelWatch scheme, but the initiative was rejected by the Senate in November 2008. Western Australia's Department of Commerce has been running a state-wide FuelWatch scheme since 2001. The scheme requires petrol retailers to 'lock in' their proposed prices for the next 24 hours so that consumers are able to make informed fuel-purchasing decisions.
Clothes Buy clothes from factory outlets – if you're prepared to spend some time looking, you can make serious savings on most clothes. Footwear You can also save big on footware. Opt for mid-price running shoes ($150-$200) that suit your foot type rather than fancy top-range joggers (up to $260). And make sure you find out the complete story on design and quality before investing $400 on a pair of high heels.
Insulating your roof or ceiling will save you money on energy bills, and pay for itself over time. To find out more about buying insulation and how to avoid being ripped off, see our Insulation buying guide.
Greening your home with energy-efficient appliances and whitegoods is just one of the ways you can save money on outgoings. To find out more about some of CHOICE's best Green Buys – as well as a range of other, simple ways you can begin to green your home – see our Energy efficent home guide.
The federal and state governments offer various rebates for energy efficient initiatives, so be sure that you can claim them. Some statewide eligible initiatives include:
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If anyone's reading this from Gary, Indiana that graduated or were in HS school in 89 and 90- those buttons that you guys were wearing with your boo's name on them- or the ones with the mirror backs so that you could check your hair and makeup; was a creation of yours truly... I was the CEO/President and was meet with opposition over the mirrored buttons- and I told the Board of Directors and the Executives that the mirrored buttons would be a hit, even though no other people had heard of them or seen them before- I was like males are going to spend money like the females- they didn't believe me until we had to re-order stock on the mirrored buttons several times!
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Hey everyone it is that time of year again when the IBS helps the United Special Sportsman Alliance & the IDNR put on the Illinois Dream Hunt. This is the 5th year for our hunt & it will once again be held at the Sahara Woods State park, in southern Illinois. The DNR has set aside 2,000 acres, at this park, that is only hunted by these 12 special hunters, during the dream hunt. We will have 12 volunteer helpers, in each blind, with a hunter. These special hunters will be mostly critically ill and disabled youth from all over the US.
Here is a link to USSA's web site that can give you a lot more info, on what this is all really about. http://www.childswish.com/index.php
Jim Mcfarlane, our IBS Pres., will be the Hunt Coordination, as usual. Jim has done this every year, does a great job & can not be thanked enough for taking on the lions share of the work.
This will be my second year to get to help take a kid hunting. Other IBS members that are helping, that you guys know from this message board, are Alex McAdams, Ron McCarthy & Kory Brink. Alex & Ron have helped from the beginning. While Kory/fulltimehunter, along with IBS member Robby Pruitt, are helping for the first time. Duane Hopp/ Silbowhunter/flatlander will be coming by & helping out again this year, since he is from that neck of the woods. We have a lot of other great helpers. To many to mention them all now, but we will try to include more of them, in the stories next week.
We will be hunting Fri the 26th through Sunday the 28th. This is usually firearm hunt, but we may have one disabled person using a crossbow this year. There are a lot of deer in the area, so we hope these kids get to harvest a few nice deer & have a lot of fun doing it. I am sure we will do just that & we hope to have a lot of great pics & stories to share with you all next week.
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I did some graphic work for an old client and didn't charge him. So he sent me a huge box of food as payment (he lives in a place with lots of ethnic markets and knows we can't get a lot of that kind of stuff locally). I wanted to make some jams or something as a "Thank You".
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Small Batch Canning has a recipe for Peach Lavander jam that has gotten raves from friends. |
Found this link for the elderflowers and the Strawberry-Apple Elderflower Jam sure sounds good. Most recipes seem to be cordials. Check out the Elderflower Fritters recipe too. The sugar - FAIK you should be able to use it just like any brown sugar but I'd wonder if you might want to use less of it since it is unrefined. Chamomile Pear Jelly (from unknown source on the Herbal Forum here) 1 1/2cups chamomile tea, strongly brewed Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Elderflower recipes
- Posted by four_season_annie 6 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 26, 12 at 16:47
I have been eyeing a recipe in Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning for elderberry flowers. It's more of a suggestion than a recipe. Toss a handful of dried elderberry flowers into a container do dried apples. Supposedly it infuses the apples with a pineapple flavor. If true, might be interesting to boil some up with apple cider to make a jelly. Would love to hear if that worked. Next spring I'm planting elderberries in my insectiary garden space, so I'll be curious to here what you do with them. If panels is like canela, it might be good with butter as a quick pancake syrup alternative with some cinnamon. Canela has a strong molasses flavor, find it In the Mexican section of the grocery. As for dried chiles I'd make a freezer mole sauce out of them unless they were nuclear hot. You can also pulse them in a blender for a chile powder if you use that for chili or to perk up a paprika. Lavender - bury it in white sugar and use it like vanilla sugar in jams or baking. Would be yummy in whipped cream too. |
- Posted by MissRumphius 4b (My Page) on Fri, Sep 28, 12 at 21:15
Christine Ferber's Mes Confitures, has recipes for two jams using elderflowers: Raspberry and Lemon jam with Elderflowers and Strawberry jam with Elderflowers. Wrong time of year I'm afraid for good strawberries or raspberries but I have never had a bad result from her book. She also has a plum jam with chamomile. If you would like any or all recipes, let me know. Elaina |
Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm still pondering, but I'll let you know what I decide to experiment with! Elaina, thanks for the offer of the recipes - I do have the book. I'll try the raspberry one next spring when I pick fresh elderflowers. |
I grow lavender. So far I have only used it for its aromatic properties. I crush some of the leaves and flowers and scatter them on the carpet. I put a new bag in the vacuum cleaner, and thereafter, each time I vacuum, the room is scented with a fresh, clean, light lavendery smell. The fragrance is reactivated each time I vacuum. Stores sell products like this for several dollars a package. Mine's free! |
Jill, I *did* grow lavender. DH thought it was a weed (I guess) and it didn't survive the weed whacker... I forgot to buy some plants this spring to replace them (in the new "safe zone" that's off limits to DH :-) It is absolutely my favorite smell in the garden and the house, too. |
malna - good luck with the lavendar next year. I lost the top of a pepper plant to the weedwhacker - DH was whacking the aisles between my raised beds and the string broke and decapitated a serrano plant. At least he didn't do it on purpose (and at least it wasn't an exotic)! I think you could use the dried flowers in jams - they should rehydrate, as long as you can figure out how much to substitute for fresh. Have been lurking to see what you decide to do with your goodies... |
- Posted by irenecalgary (My Page) on Tue, Oct 2, 12 at 0:07
I have steeped lavender in apple juice I made myself and then strained it. I then added sugar and made a lavendar jelly. I added a tiny bit of purple food colouring to give it the lavender colour. It's quite a hit. |
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Common Trees of Bangalore
Our favorite Bangalore canopy tree is the Rain Tree (Samanea Saman). Unfortunately this fine shade giving tree has fallen completely out of favour with city officials and residents. We can't imagine why. Widely planted as an avenue tree in Bangalore until recently - this is the tree that ensured that walking the streets of Bangalore remained a cool and pleasant even at the hottest times of the hottest months. The Copper Pod is another large beauty. It flowers in about April each year with its bright yellow flowers interspersing the green of the canopy Tabebuia Argentea is a flaming brilliant yellow spectacle in its flowering season. Generally pretty small in size (at least the Bangalore specimens seem to be small) it can truly light up a drab street or neighbourhood. Tabebuia Rosea flowers are a pale pink & in season the branches are laden with these beautiful papery flowers. Purple Bauhinias seem to be in favour these days. Newer parts of the city have been extensively planted with these by the BDAs horticultural department. They have large cleft leaves and the flowers are a lavendar. African Tulip is a tall stately tree with large orange flowers that intersperse its crown in season. Lagerstroemia Regina or Speciosa - also known as Pride of India and Crepe Myrtle, also called Jarool. Has rose like 6 petal flowers that blossom early in summer followed by oval fruit. Valued for it's tough red timber, medicinal uses and ornamental beauty (description source: http://www.rainseed.com/flowers.htm) Jacaranda Pongamia Pinnata
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The waiter came quickly over to the bar with a combined look of stress and perplexity upon his face.
"That guy over there," he said pointing back over his shoulder, "wants to see our wine connoisseur."
Now I had the confused look.
"Our what?"
"Our connoisseur," he repeated.
In a business where the mantra is "the customer is always right," the biggest challenge sometimes can be making that customer right.
"I think he means sommelier."
"Really?" said the waiter with more sarcasm than humor.
Sommelier is one of those terms that sound like it means something, but in reality, its meaning is subject to interpretation.
In France and Italy the term sommelier has a legal definition, is subject to enforcement and is supported by extensive training in state-certified organizations, much like a college degree. Here in the United States the definition has no legal standing. Anyone may call thimself a sommelier, and trust me, many an inexperienced wine manager, wine waiter or simply the guy or gal who buys the wine does. But typically in the bar/restaurant industry, the only people acknowledged as actual sommeliers are certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers, an independent examining body established in 1977. To give you an idea of how strenuous the education is, since its introduction nearly four decades ago only 214 people in the world have risen to the top ranking of Master Sommelier.
"You're the wine expert," he said, using a term I loathe. "Why don't you go over?"
Wine expert is also one of those terms that has very meaning. The world of wine is vast. It is worldwide, multinational and multilingual just for starters. Even more disconcerting, the information is constantly in flux unlike spirits or beer, which seek to preserve the status quo, meaning that the same product should taste exactly the same year to year. Wine can change drastically, sometimes even within the same vintage year. Add to that dilemma, the fact that once in the bottle, the wine also undergoes change, meaning even the exact same wine from the exact same vintage can taste differently from year to year as it ages.
To illustrate, Trebbiano is one of the most planted and most utilized wine grapes in the world. However not all Trebbiano is Trebbiano. Trebbiano Abruzzo is a different grape altogether. In France Trebbiano is known as Saint-Émilion when used for wine and Ugni Blanc when used to make the brandies of Cognac and Armagnac. Trebbiano is also known as Clairette Ronde or Clairette Rose, but should not be confused with regular Clairette. which is also an entirely different grape. In Portugal it is known as Thalia and in the U.S. it goes by a multitude of names, not the least of which is known as Saint Emilion (minus the accent). This doesn't even take into consideration the multitude of Trebbiano clones out there. And that is only one grape.
"What can I do for you?" I asked after I reluctantly wandered over.
"I just wanted to tell you about my wine," said the customer in the corner.
Leaving me with these thoughts:
• Sometimes people just want to talk at you, not to you. As a server you eventually learn the difference.
• Wine enthusiast is the best term, unless of course you are one of those special 214.
• "I have lived temperately ... I double the doctor's recommendation of a glass and a half of wine each day and even treble it with a friend," said Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, president, vice president, governor of Virginia, ambassador to France and well-known wine connoisseur.
• "Dined at the President's ... There was, as usual, a dissertation upon wines; not very edifying," wrote John Quincy Adams, secretary of state, about then-President Thomas Jefferson. Adams later serving as a member of the House of Representatives after being both the president and a senator. Clearly not impressed.
• Congratulations to all the minimum wage wait staff out there (certainly most of them in this county), as of July 1 you just got a dollar an hour raise. This might not seem like much, but if you work 40 hours a week that's an extra $2,080 a year. Yay!
Happy Independence Day weekend!
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For most of us, exposure to figure skaters is limited to watching them spin, jump and flip in a dazzling whirl of sequins on televised specials or the Winter Olympics.
But you can see them up close at "Holidays Around the World," Polar Ice Gilbert's annual holiday show.
Skaters ages 3 to 70 will perform routines choreographed to cultural and holiday tunes, says Johnathan Barksdale, director of figure skating at the ice rink.
"We've picked roughly ten countries with various holiday traditions, and some of the holidays we highlight are Christmas, Diwali — which is a festival of lights — Chinese New Year, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. The skaters are in costumes that reflect the holiday traditions, and the music matches up with that," he says.
Spectators with tickets to either of the Saturday shows may "skate with the stars" in the hours between the performances for an additional $5. The fee includes skate rental, and access to the ice will be limited to ticketholders and performers.
"We want you to enjoy seeing what we do, but we also want you to come out and skate and get a feel for what it takes to be a skater. We'll have instructors out there to give you a hand," says Barksdale.
If you would like to skate on Saturday, he recommends registering in advance at the Polar Ice Gilbert guest services counter, so they can be sure to have enough skates ready.
The show lasts about 50 minutes.
DETAILS >> Dress rehearsal performance is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Performances are 6:30 p.m. Friday, and 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Polar Ice Gilbert, 2305 E. Knox Road. $10 for a show ticket; $8 for a dress rehearsal ticket. $5 to skate with the performers between shows on Saturday. (480) 503-7080 or www.polaricegilbert.com.