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Today could be the day.
Both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are in town this morning. Both head out to the West Coast this afternoon (on separate trips).
So there's a window of opportunity.
As of late last night the president had not made a final decision.
Top Senate leaders had not been given a heads up. But the rollout out team is ready to go when Obama pulls the trigger, and administration official tells me "stay on your toes."
Watch my chat on this with Diane Sawyer from GMA this morning.
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Ingrid Alexandra's 6th Birthday
Today, on January 21st 2010, Norway's little Princess Ingrid Alexandra turns 6 years old.
The Royal court published pictures of the birthday girl, like they do every year.
The pictures show official portraits of Ingrid Alexandra as well as pictures of her posing on skis. All photos were taken by photographer Jo Michael at Skaugum in Asker.
An employee of the Norwegian Royal Court's Information Department told the press that there will be a private celebration to mark Ingrid's special day.
The little Princess is the first female who was born with right of succession to the Norwegian throne.
A gallery with all pictures in HQ can be found here.
You can find a birthday thread at TRF here.
Filed under Norwegian RoyalsTagged Birthday, Portraits, Princess Ingrid Alexandra.
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5 Responses to Ingrid Alexandra's 6th Birthday
I see a lot of her father in her.
What a doll! I agree with Marilyn; little I-A strongly resembles Haakon.
What a lovely young lady…Happy Birthday to you.
Cute child she has her late grandfather's glare and her mother short smile.
These are the first photos I've seen that I actually can see some of her mother in her–something about the spacing of her eyes and that smile–but she still looks a lot like her dad


text: Okay, I'm going to take the problems I know about and solve them one at a time, with explanations as to why... Sorry for the delay in posting this... (note that there will be a distinct lack of code in this email, see previous email) #1. Netfilter needs to implement a deny-by-default policy, but currently no hook exists in the init.d scripts. Seeing as how this is atomically tied to the initialization of the network, I suspect the best place for this is simply going to be by patching the init.d/network script to execute the seven or so lines it takes to set the default policy to deny, to dump all rules and wipe all chains (in that order) before going on to initialize any interfaces. (The same thing should also be done when bringing down the interfaces). This *would* be a problem for service daemons, since we'll need to have rules for them, but when the interfaces are down, many of them crash and/or die the next time they look at their sockets, so it's not as if doing an init.d/network stop && init.d/network start is as trouble-free as it would first appear. (People who do this by using telinit to change to runlevel 2, and back again will not have this problem, which is the cleanest way to do that anyway). The only inobvious thing here is that at this time we should also (on multiple interface boxen) build a chain for each interface for INPUT, FORWARD, and OUTPUT for the sake of optimizing filter flow. (I should probably break this last bit out into it's own justification bullet-point) #2. We may have interfaces which need to be initialized using DHCP and a default drop policy will prevent this from happening (although there are circumstances with older kernels in which this wouldn't actually happen with some DHCP implementations). Well, since I scribbled together the service/dhclient script in about two minutes and we know the interface name at that time, there's no reason we can't add a hook into service/dhclient to add the two allow rules necessary to facilitate DHCP requests and responses, tied to that interface. Since we'll have already added our chains in init.d/network, the rules can be dropped into the proper chain. The script should also flush and destroy the custom chains after a dhclient -r for network stop. (*1) #3. Handling service daemons is slightly more complex in that each is likely to need a few rules of it's own. While it might seem more convenient to lob all of these rules into one script so they are all in the same place, their existence is atomically tied to the active presence of a service daemon. For this reason we're better off putting rules to allow each activity into the init.d script for that daemon. Starting them at this time means that all our IP addresses should be available (and identifiable) allowing us to be more specific in our rules. It doesn't appear that we will run into trouble with windows of opportunity since our default policies will still be DROP from before the interfaces are brought up. #4. Admins may use the kill command to stop daemons, or they may die, and be started (quite properly) by invoking init.d/whateverservice start, while firewalling rules are already present to allow their traffic, duplicating existing firewalling rules. Since there is no case in which the daemon should be running before the init.d/whateverservice start script is invoked, until we start adding surefire checks into these to avoid starting the same service when it's already running, the simplest (and probably best) solution to this is to run a set of rule deletions for that service prior to adding the allow rules for it. #5. Something may have broken and netfilter may not currently be available for the kernel on boot-up (administrator error, filesystem corruption, malicious user, etc), leaving the possibility that services may start without firewall rules to limit their access. This is a pretty serious issue. For this reason, we should probably be checking the exit status of all rule insert/appends (although not for any rule deletions or flushes, since these can exit with non-zero status without actually indicating a show-stopper) and bail with exit status 1 if an error occurs. Lack of in-kernel firewalling (even for a particular type of traffic, for example, if someone oopses and forgets to add TCP support to netfilter) when the configuration expects netfilter to be available should be considered a show-stopper and require immediate administrative intervention ...however the machine should not _stop_ booting entirely, but continue so that the administrator can login to a console to fix things. #6. Even though a service daemon may be chrooted, it could still be compromised and the uid used to make connections to other machines on our network or on other networks. Thankfully netfilter has a facility that allows it to see which uid/gid is tied to traffic on the local machine. We can use this to our advantage in the case of things like bind, where we can not only add allow rules to let it query external nameservers, but limit it so that it _only_ be used to talk to external nameservers. This is going to require a little more complexity than some people are used to, but is good stuff for implementing mandatory controls. If the default policy is to DROP packets, then using "--uid-owner named" when we add the allow rule will prevent say, squid's role account from being used to exploit remote nameservers either externally or internally on our network without a complete root compromise. Obversely, a nameserver making queries to the internet and serving queries to the intranet might not have any reason whatsoever to be initiating nameservice queries to anything on the intranet. This specific a rule can also be applied to the localhost interface to (for example) restrict service daemons ability to access other service daemons (again, squid would have no business talking to portmap, but could be allowed to make nameservice queries on the localhost interface). -m owner should be used whenever we can do so cleanly. (...although this seems really anal-retentive, it still appears to add value to the configuration. Don't think these kinds of exploits don't happen. I've seen all of this in the past year at least once.) Note that what I'm laying out here is _not_ as simple as the use of fwbuilder would be compatible with, but since we're hardening existing systems (and services) and not just throwing stuff in, we can IMHO afford to be quite a bit more precise about in what order and when things get done. I will attempt to create patches against BLFS for as much as I can, but in the case of some services, BLFS isn't as anal about things as we can probably get away with and it may make sense to simply publish replacements for some of their init.d scripts. Once I'm totally satisfied with the way my service firewall is functioning I'll start posting my versions of the actual code that implements these directives. Something that's also bugging me at the moment is that LFS puts ifconfig into /usr/sbin (or so it seems) in net-tools. After double-checking that I've not overlooked something, we should get them to change that so it goes into /sbin (functionality increase being that remotely mounting /usr is then doable, same goes for iptables in BLFS) and for the meantime assume that iptables and friends are in /sbin instead of /usr/sbin. This would also be more in accord with the FHS. (Nevermind, I'll take care of this now) *1 - At some point, some right-thinking person might wish to simplify some of this by putting together a wrapper script that takes less arcane options to create filtering rules, like `scriptname allow echo on eth0`. If they want to see it adopted by lots of people, the surefire thing will be to add something a bit more complex than the norm so that a new /etc/service-groups file can be scanned to facilitate something like service *groups* named http-server, http-query, dns-server, dns-query, ping, etc which would need otherwise require multiple rules at a time. hint hint *kof*I'm too qlazy*kof* hint hint -- The email address above is phony because my penis is already large enough, kthx. AIM: evilDagmar Jabber: evilDagmar at jabber.org


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CTS Dome Update:
September 2014 update
Controversy has again been stirred by interim school board trustee Briony Glassco who has supported the CTS Dome in a TDBS Newsletter. Click Here to see the TDBS Newsletter.
To see a copy of the HVRA response to the TDSB Newsletter, click here.
To see a copy of the PARA EBlast of September 12, click here. To see PARA's response letter that was attached to the EBlast, click here.
March 26/2014 Committee of Adjustment decision
PARA's submission to the Committee of Adjustment in January, 2014 outlines our objections to the TDSB proposal. This C of A instructed the TDSB and Councillor Adam Vaughan to convene a working group to find a viable solution for the CTS field. Two PARA board members, Paul MacLean and Paul Unterman, were members of this working group. In our view, the working group did not address satisfactorily the issues in our submission, or other issues raised by HVRA. If anything, as we learned more about the scope of the TDSB proposal, we became more alarmed by the impact it would have on our neighbourhood. We participated in the subsequent submissions to the C of A in March, which denied the TDSB applications for minor variances.
March 26 2014 at the Committee of Adjustment, after hours of waiting, speaking, and debating, the committee voted to REJECT the proposal to change the variance of the field from "educational" to "private". The committee "refused on the grounds that it is not a minor variance and is not an appropriate used of the land." said the Committee of Adjustment chair.
January 2014 – PARA opposes CTS dome
PARA has reluctantly decided to oppose the application of the TDSB to the Committee of Adjustment (C of A) to use the Central Technical School playing field for commercial use. For full details on this decision please read our letter here.
Honest Ed Property Sale:
October 29/2013
Listen to PARA Board member Ian Scott being interviewed by Metro Morning's Matt Galloway about the sale of the Honest Ed property.
Liquor license conditions created by PARA:
The recent advent of risk-based licensing by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has made possible the creation of a series of conditions to be appended to liquor licenses that will continue to apply to subsequent operators. PARA developed a list of conditions for ICI Restaurant (538 Manning Avenue). That list of conditions which PARA initiated and built on has become the basis of all subsequent discussions with businesses applying for liquor licenses in the area. For the full story "Liquor license conditions help businesses become good neighbours" please see the PARA Fall 2012 Newsletter".
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Aizen, Aizen. That name was familiar. She remembered it was in one of the monthly e-mail updates some time ago. So, he was the one who made the Darklings. Yes, she remembered bits and pieces of the e-mail now. She'd have to call him soon and question him about a few things.
Nagi brought her attention back to Faris. "I may give you some anastasia just so you can get some sleep and regain your strength. Otherwise, you'll just be killing yourself, hallucinating, and risking the chance of the Darkling taking control." She didn't mention that the Darkling said he didn't need Faris to be asleep to take over. "Besides, the more rested you are, the better defense you'll have against it. If you can, try and get him to talk to you more often. Get him to expect and look forward to conversations so he'll be more open and less likely to harm those you care about, simply for your own sake. Everything has emotions, even animals. When they become used to something and then are deprived of it, they seek it out, even if they once disliked it. Humans are famous for this."
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Tuesday, July 16 2013
Barenaked Ladies + Ben Folds Five + Guster: 6 July 2013 - Cincinnati, OH
Having successfully found the space they so avidly looked for, Ben Folds Five are back to show us you really can go home again. Their live set seamlessly blends classics with their new songs, showing there's plenty more hit material to mine with this threesome.
Thursday, December 2 2010
Barenaked Ladies + Jukebox the Ghost: 3 November 2010 - Houston, TX
BNL still knows how to put on a show, but they are definitely struggling to deal with the lack of Steven Page onstage, even after a year of concerts as a four-piece.
Wednesday, January 16 2008
Barenaked Ladies: Talk To The Hand
Listening to a Barenaked Ladies concert CD can sometimes be a little like Evening at the Improv, only with music.
Monday, November 5 2007
Barenaked Ladies: Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan [DVD]
Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan is, at its heart, a perfect synopsis of the Barenaked Ladies live experience.
Wednesday, June 20 2007
Various Artists: Northern Stars: A Canadian Singers & Songwriters Collection
Is there someone out there thinking "if only I could find a CD that features both 'Complicated' by Avril Lavigne and Leonard Cohen's 'Suzanne', my world would be complete?"
Thursday, May 3 2007
Barenaked Ladies: Barenaked Ladies Are Men
Barenaked Ladies Are Men, apparently.
Tuesday, October 3 2006
Barenaked Ladies: Barenaked Ladies Are Me
This disc won't win over any converts, and probably won't grab any teenage fans, but if you've loved them for this long, you definitely won't be disappointed by this album.
Wednesday, December 8 2004
While this silly Christmas disc is very much for fans only, quite a few of them will probably enjoy these free-spirited renditions of a lot of Christmas and Hanukkah standards as well as some quite-good, tuneful new cuts.


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As the final chapter of the Agency Campaign Lifecycle, we discuss the process for using ForSight to help prove the ROI of social data in your advertising campaign.
At SMW NYC 2015, Crimson's own Mitch Brooks spoke about the significance of networks in the larger conversation of influencers for marketing your business. Translation and Elite Daily were also contributors on the panel discussion, which was hailed as one of the most successful panels held at the event this year.
In Romania, social media became a major factor in influencing the presidential election. Andreas Perlato, a customer of Crimson Hexagon, tells the story of social's power and influence of the most important political campaigns in Romania.
As television fans prepare to view their final episodes of Parks and Recreation, one of the most popular shows on NBC today, we decided to take a look at some of those audiences who will be tuning in for the farewell season. We found that there are many unique qualities and insights surrounding a Parks & Rec fan, and you can even compare the interests of those who love characters like Leslie Knope and the infamous Ron Swanson.
We analyzed and compiled insights to explain more that just the basics about who watched the Oscars and what those movie fans were thinking, before, during, and after the awards show aired. With deeper insights from Affinities and Opinion analysis technology, we are able to explain which films drew audiences with other interests, and specifically what topics of conversation were the focus of social chatter around this years' Academy Awards.
We analyzed the social conversation surrounding gas prices over the last few months, as global prices for oil have dropped. What our social analysis found was despite differing sentiment, everyone is significantly more interested in buying a new car.
As we move forward as a company, we look to partner with some of the most innovative companies in the world. Our Strategic Partnership Manager, Marian Cramers, speaks to the importance of building business relationships to improve the value and spread the wealth of Crimson's social data knowledge.
We analyzed the social conversation of the series of blizzards that have affected the greater northeastern area of the United States. What's clear? Sentiment has changed…significantly.
"The implications for politics at the General Election, and beyond, are clear: we can learn from online engagement and the profiles and interests of online communities. We can use these insights to look at election strategies and methods for keeping core voter groups happy while attracting all important swing voters."
With Valentine's day around the corner, we analyzed the conversation surrounding a favorite holiday brand this season: Sweethearts conversation hearts. The results? We can see that the most social response is coming from a very specific demographic.
As #MuseumSelfie Day draws to a close, we decided to analyze the conversation to see what effect social media can have on museum participation and viral marketing. It's clear, selfies are a successful strategy for promotion, and we have to data to prove it.
Our next webinar in the SocialCEOs series focuses on the top brand performers from 2014. Crimson Hexagon's own Stephanie Newby will host, with special guest Tania Yuki from Shareablee as they discuss best practices on increasing engagement from top brands. Please join us, on February 17th at 12pm EST!
Social listening is a great tool to gauge the effectiveness of a campaign. For the rebranding of a company like Pizza Hut, it's equally as important to know who would respond to your new look. What we found was that the intended audience is not always the audience that responds to your campaign.
It's important to discuss the other massive sporting event that overtook social media last week: The Winter X Games. Located in Aspen, Colorado this year, we compiled this infographic to find out who was talking about the games, what their other interests are, and what their favorite sports winners of the games were.
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It is, in some ways, a dry run for the big event the next week, but they know in their hearts that contact with UFOs and aliens can happen at any time. Ardila, for one, publishes approximately 200 copies of a bimonthly newsletter containing the messages she says she and others receive from extraterrestrials and holy figures, including Jesus. ("He works with the Ashtar Command," notes Coila Bega, a Peruvian-born waitress who is a loyal member of the 45-member group Ardila leads, Unidad Diamante de Las Americas, which translates loosely as the United Diamond of the Americas, a name that evokes a diamond crystal summoning celestial energies.) In their publications are messages promoting the need for greater harmony on earth in preparation for a new era of cooperation between humans and aliens. The question the Diamante members face now is whether their latest predictions will come true: Will spaceships come to Tropical Park?
Some of those here in Barnes Park today, and others in the Miami area, say they've already been visited by aliens; they claim to have seen UFOs or to have made direct contacts with the E.T.'s themselves. They are part of a growing subculture, among both Anglos and Hispanics, of buffs, spiritual seekers, and alleged contactees who have become enthralled by the labyrinthine world of UFOs, with its dark hints of government coverups, the brief but generally unproven glimpses of discs and spacemen, and the bizarre visitations that feel real to them but might just be dreams.
But among Hispanics those feelings often take on particularly fervent and religious overtones, akin to the sightings of the Virgin Mary by cultlike votaries. "They share in common a belief in the supernatural and the marvelous," notes Manuel Figueroa, a Miami-based author who studies paranormal events. For believers in both UFOs and appearances by the Virgin Mary, he points out, the sightings "are different aspects of the coming of the divinity." Many acolytes, in fact, link the two beliefs together. "For Christians who believe UFOs are here, it validates the idea that Christ is real, that heaven is up there, and that the UFOs are trying to save us," observes Robert Baker, a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Kentucky who has studied UFO zealots. The UFOs are, some believe, portents of the approaching millennium that surely will transform their workaday lives. And so events such as the April 8 UFO watch in Tropical Park take on a special importance, part of an ongoing search for signs of a great change, the beginning, perhaps, of the end days, right here in Miami.
Since last fall, reported UFO sightings have increased, according to Virgilio Sanchez-Ocejo of the Miami UFO Center, a small hobbyist group the retired Cuban-born lawyer and salesman founded. But proof that will satisfy him is harder to come by. "We need physical evidence and data," he stresses.
Here in Barnes Park there is someone who claims to offer proof. A man displays clear-as-day photos of flying saucers that look just like those depicted in 1950s sci-fi movies, red and silver and circular, suspended over homes in Kendall, plus another disc photographed, he says, from an alien spaceship. With his blond hair, gold chains, and T-shirt emblazoned with stars and an alien ship, he looks more like a strip-club doorman than the metaphysical teacher he says he is. He won't disclose his name, nor will he provide the names of the witnesses he says also saw the ships, but he talks about his purported encounters with a surprisingly casual air: "They told me telepathically they were going to come to my house."
Snapshots proffered by devotees, however, haven't been enough to convince mainstream science to accept the reality of alien spaceships. And in recent years some of the most highly publicized cases of sightings and alien "abductions" that were supposed to give new credence to "UFOlogy" have been discredited by fraud and sloppy methodology. These include flying saucers photographed from the back porch of Ed Walters's house in Gulf Breeze, Florida (after Walters moved, new occupants found a model of a spaceship in the house's attic), and the gruesome alien contacts described in last year's book Abduction, by Harvard psychiatry professor John Mack. (Mack, it turns out, while researching alleged E.T. encounters, plied his subjects with abduction literature before hypnotizing them.) The prospects for UFOs ever being taken seriously by U.S. government authorities may be as remote as a faraway star.


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Safety and carbon monoxide warnings regarding Blueray heating systems: this document contains the recall notice for unsafe Blueray heating equipment, and continues to add additional history, technical details, and photographs to aid consumers and home inspectors in identifying this equipment. Blueray blueflame furnaces and boilers have been recalled by the US CPSC as unsafe equipment which can cause fatal carbon monoxide poisoning. In an earlier, now obsolete notice, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in October 1987, warned that lack of proper maintenance of Blueray "Blue Flame" furnaces or boilers could lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. Blueray Systems, Inc. of Schuylkill Haven, Pa., issued an alert to oil heat technicians, distributors, and to homeowners of the importance of careful maintenance of the units. Also see BLUE vs YELLOW COMBUSTION FLAMES - the Blueray history and blue flame vs. yellow flame combustion, flame color & combustion efficiency, & how oil competes with gas as a heating fuel and see CARBON MONOXIDE WARNING. Green links show where you are. © Copyright 2015 InspectApedia.com, All Rights Reserved. Blueray Safety Recall Notice from CPSCCPSC Warns of Potential For Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Involving Blueray "BLUE FLAME" Furnaces And BoilersAccording to the Commission, since 1979 there have been seven deaths from carbon monoxide poisonings that have been linked to improper maintenance or servicing of the Blueray "blue flame" furnaces or boilers. The firm is working through oil heat distributors and organizations servicing these distributors, to notify all persons living in homes where these furnaces have been installed, Consumers are being reminded that annual maintenance of the equipment is necessary for safety and efficiency. The need for this specialized maintenance is due to the design of the equipment for high-efficiency heating which requires annual servicing. Each household is also being supplied with a label to permanently attach to the furnace/boiler which alerts the home owner and the servicer of the necessity for strict adherence to all service and maintenance procedures prescribed by the firm. Consumers can determine if their furnace/boiler is one involved in this alert program by looking for a blue and white label on the equipment which reads "BLUERAY by Blueray Systems, Inc." The model number, BR 60/75, appears on a white label. Consumers having these furnaces should immediately contact Blueray Systems, Inc., to receive their free safety label, as well as copies of publications which describe the proper procedures for maintenance and service. Blueray can be reached by calling collect on 215-789-6224 or by writing to: Blueray Systems, Inc., 8301 Lansdowne Avenue, Upper Darby, Pa 19082. To report unsafe consumer products or to receive safety information, call the CPSC toll-free hotline number at 800-638-CPSC. A teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is 800-638-8270. Wanted: photographs of BlueRay heating systems & field failure case reports. CONTACT us. Additional Data about Blueray Heating EquipmentDuring the U.S. heating oil shortage in the 1970's many heating companies began marketing "high efficiency" heating equipment to allow homeowners to save on heating oil costs. One model, the Blueray boiler, marketed by Blueray systems, the "blue flame" boiler (or furnace) was particularly tricky to tune. In adjusting the air mixture one had to follow a very precise procedure specified by the manufacturer. If the procedure was not followed in the right order, even though the ending system setup appeared the same and test measurements appeared proper, the system would produce carbon monoxide - a potentially lethal hazard. Heating technicians didn't necessarily know that it made a difference to adjust to the proper combustion air mixture by coming up from lean to rich rather than from rich to lean. By 1979 at least seven people had died from carbon monoxide poisoning (I believe deaths occurred on Long Island, in New York), A safety recall notice was issued by the U.S. CPSC. In a move that seemed too little too late, a special safety warning label was provided by Blueray. I include that safety warning label image here in the off chance that it may help readers identify a Blueray or "Blue Ray" Blue Flame heating boiler or furnace. The Thermodynamics Boiler Company's Version of Blueray or Blue Ray Blue Flame Heating EquipmentLater models of the Blueray heating boiler (Blueray furnaces were also manufactured) attempted to correct these safety concerns but the company did not survive its image as dangerous. The Thermodynamics Boiler Company purchased the remains of the defunct "Blueray Systems", redesigned the heating equipment, and marketed it under several names which included the "Blueray" appellation. Those service people "in the know" realized that the Thermodynamics version of Blueray was a different animal and did not have the same safety concerns as the original. But many home inspectors and home owners saw only the "Blueray" label and immediately called for replacement, even if it was a "Thermodynamics" Blueray heater. Most Blueray's are now long gone from most homes as they were steel boilers most of which have by now rusted out of service, regardless of which model. But occasionally you may come across one of these which has been preserved in use. If the boiler is a Blueray manufactured by Blueray Systems, it is dangerous and should not be used. List of Blueray Model Numbers RecalledThese model numbers appeared on a white label such as the Blueray label shown above.
More Details about Blueray Heating Boilers and Furnaces and the Safety RecallThe following was a consumer handout which we provided to home inspection and heating system clients from 1975 to present. CPSC Original Warning Issued on Blueray BoilersThe notice which follows is obsolete - this equipment has since been recalled. This information is provided below for technical research only. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in October 1987, warned that lack of proper maintenance of Blueray "Blue Flame" furnaces or boilers could lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. Blueray Systems, Inc. of Schuylkill Haven, Pa., issued an alert to oil heat technicians, distributors, and to homeowners of the importance of careful maintenance of the units. Even if the model number of your system is different from the specific ones for which the warning was issued you should have your service person check this system for proper operation promptly. The check itself should be an inexpensive service call. Annual Service ImportantThe CPSC reminds consumers that annual maintenance of these units is necessary. The units can be identified by a blue and white label reading "Blueray by Blueray Systems Inc." The model number BR 60-75 appears on a white label. Long Island home-heating industry sources said the more complex Blue Flame system requires special adjustment equipment. It also employs a more sensitive fuel consumption method more likely to produce the deadly gas if regular maintenance is ignored. According to CPSC seven deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning have been linked to poor maintenance of these systems. Blueray sold 21,000 of these systems between 1974 and 1983. Consumers who have these furnaces or boilers can obtain additional information by calling Blueray collect at 215/789-6224 or by writing Blueray Systems Inc., 8301 Lansdowne Ave., Upper Darby, PA., 19082. Sources: Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs, reported in Newsday, 10/30/87; Blueray Systems, Inc. Safety Notice letter indicates that copies of Blueray's Operation, Maintenance and Installation Procedures, its Technical Training Guide, and its recent Field Service Bulletin may be obtained free of charged by calling Blueray Collect at 800/338-9681. Blueray Field Service Bulletin NotesService departments receiving calls from Blueray owners complaining of odors and/or pulsation should instruct homeowners to turn the emergency switch off until a serviceman arrives. Hand held carbon monoxide analyzer should show no measurable carbon monoxide in the flue gases. (CO2 should read 12.5-13.5%). The bulletin offers added detail for assuring that measurements and adjustments are done properly. When setting the unit for proper air mixture always start with the air band fully open, close it until proper CO2 reading is reached. Close it further - if CO2 continues to climb you are on the "right side of the curve" and should then re-open the air band to proper CO2 reading. If it does not continue to climb you are on the "wrong side of the curve" in air-starved mode and are producing carbon monoxide (CO). The unit should not be operated until corrective steps have been taken and there is no measurable CO in the stack. Blue Ray or Blueray Safety Warning Update (January 2007)OPINION: the following comments are provided in response to correspondence from some readers who have observed that the original US CPSC warnings regarding this equipment are difficult to locate at the US CPSC website: It is possible the US Government has decided to remove some of its product safety recall information (regarding Blueray Heating Systems) from the market, either because of the age of the issue and the relatively few original BlueRay heaters which remain in use or perhaps for other more obscure reasons such as industry pressure - after all, a dangerous boiler is bad press for the heating equipment industry and the heating fuel folks too. The reason we have the listed data such as model numbers (see above) is that we have been tracking this issue and keeping all of the information that was originally released. Heating service technicians don't want to service your BlueRay furnace or boiler, if it's one of the problem ones (originals) because they know about the hazards and don't want the responsibility of touching a system that is tricky to tune, has a dangerous reputation, and is vulnerable to modification by an untrained person after the heating service technician has left the site. In use of the words "recall" versus "safety warning" it is possible that in our original description (and repetition of the original text) a "CPSC Product Recall" was never put into effect, and instead, a safety warning was issued. For example, it is possible that the CPSC and companies involved agreed that the two CPSC consumer warning notices were sufficient. When Blueray systems were in widespread use, people working in the heating industry as independent service and repair contractors were in agreement that the boiler had to be replaced, or had to be serviced and adjusted ONLY by someone who was well trained and who followed the service procedure precisely. A real fear among heating service people is that even if they do precise and correct work, nothing prevents a homeowner or someone else from coming along after them and changing a setting or component to make the system unsafe. The additional level of care needed and the risk of a possible fatality was enough to cause most service people to refuse to service the boiler at all, and to call for its replacement. Building owners who have one of the original Blueray boilers or furnaces installed (which should be rare given their present age) should replace the boiler. For ethical reasons however, we can't however, recommend a specific replacement brand of heating boiler or furnace. Other Blueray Boiler Service Notes and Contact InformationFor information about Blueray systems more than 5 years old contact Blueray Corporation, 1/800-338-9681. (Jim Salls is one of the engineers there.) For information about more recent Blueray Systems, for example the VTF models made by Thermodynamics Corp. contact that company at 717/385-0745. (John Minchoff is one of the engineers there.) These newer boilers are referred to in the trade as having a "yellow flame" burner rather than the "blue flame" units mentioned above, and generally use burners provided by Beckett(TM). According to the CPSC's compliance officer consumers can also try contacting Thermo-Dynamics Boiler Company (Blueray or Blue Ray Blue Flame Heating Equipment) Rob Glinskas, Route 61 - P.O. Box 325, Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972, Phone: (570) 385-0731, Fax: (570) 385-5304, http://www.thermodynamicsboiler.com/ [Email T/D Potts to DJF 9/29/2006] On some Blueray VTF models we've found (Daniel Friedman) sooting and burnout or burn marks inside jacket covers (not always visible without disassembling the system). This problem may be caused by loss of an internal cap seal at top of the fire chamber and may be evident only if the system is run dirty or improperly adjusted so as to have positive backpressure in the fire chamber. It can be checked for by removing covers during service. Repair, provided the fire chamber is not damaged, should not involve significant expense, but can be important for fire safety. ...
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Wow, if anyone has never tired this, it's amazing. Last night was the first time I had done it. Racked a 1.098 quad from the pot onto a yeast cake of wlp530 from a beer I just racked to secondary and it had taken off in about an hour. Blowoff tube needed in my 7.5 gallon bucket. I was very amazed. I always do starters with liquid yeast, but that's nothing compared to the massive amount of yeast that were on the bottom of the bucket. Just kind of excited, the airlock is going like a machine gun. I wonder how long it will take to get it down to a FG...
I am doing this tonight. Instead of using the whole yeast cake, I just filled up a coffee cup with trub. I want to re-use the yeast, but save some headspace. I still will let it sit for three weeks before bottling. I am using the trub from Edwort's Haus Pale Ale recipe and adding it to a Rye Pale Ale.
I haven't done this -- but only because the timing hasn't been right for me (right yeast at right time with freshly emptied fermenter). I was listening to Jamil's Saison episode last night in which one of the guys from White Labs happened to stop in. The group was saying that they didn't recommend pitching on an entire yeast cake because (as I understood it) you can deny your beer the flavor characteristics that are generated by the parts of the yeast cycle that come before "sugar-processing", e.g. growth, multiplication. It sounded like Jamil was saying that he would get some of the yeast out of there and pitch onto a smaller part of the cake. I heard (and kind of followed) some other advice given during Jamil's IPA episode where someone was saying they liked to grab yeast from the top of a beer in full Krausen to make a starter. I was brewing the next day and had no yeast on hand. However I did have an IPA brewed the week before that had started kind of slow and had a healthy krausen on top. I popped the lid on the ale pail and used a sterlized measuring cup to pull 3 scoops onto the top of my chilled and aerated wort. (No, I didn't make a starter as was suggested on Jamil) That was definitely one of the quickest and most impressive starts to a ferment that I've seen. Fully churning airlock within 1 to 2 hours. Maybe not the "correct" or even the best way -- and could likely be a challenge to repeat consistently -- but I still find it satisfying :P
Is there any flavor/bitterness from the reused yeast cake that will work it's way into the next beer? I plan on brewing an IPA and I think I may use that cake for my stout. If I pull 1-2 cups of slurry, will that affect my stout bitterness?
Primary: 20 min IPA (14oz cascade/5gal), partigyle pale Secondary: Mead Bottled: Orange Cream Ale, Big Red Ale, RIS, American Stout, Nut Brown Ale, American Amber Ale, Brown Porter
If you're worried about that you can try washing the yeast. There's a good primer on yeast washing that bernie brewer posted here: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=41768 Haven't done this either but it seemed pretty simple and would separate the yeast from the original beer.
Well I went from a Dubbel to a Quad, so they are somewhat similar to start with. Next, I figured I needed a ton of yeast since the gravity was so high. Washing the yeast just to have to make a massive starter seems very counter productive.
When I last pitched onto a cake I did something new. As I was racking the beer off to secondary I put a HEPA air filter on the other stem of the carboy cap. (The one that came with my oxygenation kit). That way all the air that was being drawn into the primary carboy was sanitized. This might be overkill... but it didn't take any extra time, and keeping all the potential bugs out of your brew will help it store long-term (as in the case of the bigger beers you normally want to put on a yeast cake)
I've done this several times. I have used the same carboy and yeast for 4 beers in a row. The yeast was WL001. On one occasion, I racked from Primary to Seconday on Tuesday. I left about an inch of beer over the yeast cake. Then I put the carboy in my chest cooler (38 degrees) and then pulled it out on Saturday when I brewed again. I let it come up to room temperature. Poured off the beer. And put the wort right on top. Made a great IPA. Yeast is the most expensive ingrediant per pound. I don't mind saving $8 per batch. That one vial made 4 beers. I finally poured it out and cleaned the carboy. My next beer is going to be an English Mild and I am going to use WL002 yeast.
It does seem like a great money saver, and a great way to get a batch going FAST. I did it for the first time a couple weeks back for a hefeweizen. Actually the second batch was for a buddy. Batch 2 was krausening out the airlock of the 6.5 gal brew bucket! I also attempted the yeast washing thing (per the wiki) with it after that, so hopefully I'll have hefeweizen all summer long on that single yeast purchase (Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan).


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Tinley Park Brew & Fest
The Brew & Vine Festival is the Tinley Park Chamber of Commerce's signature event that draws 4000+ attendees from the Southwest Suburbs, Chicagoland, and from across the Midwest. Sample brews, wine and food from more than 65 vendors. Enjoy live entertainment and a great night out.
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Mid American Junior Golf Tour Event
This is a Junior Golf Tournament hosted by the Mid American Junior Golf Tour. Any young golfers interested must join through the MAJGT website.
CITY: Homewood
Lockport Chamber 2015 Community Expo
The Lockport Chamber 2015 Community Expo features health screenings, local business booths, children's activities, performances, DJ, food court, raffle with prizes and more! Fun and healthy awaits you.
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April Food Day
April Food Day is an event to promote awareness of food pantries by bringing your local community together to participate in a local food drive.
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Old Mill Fall Fest
This event gives the public a chance to see the 70 foot Mill which was built in 1872 and view the unique construction inside on the first two floors. Participants will be demonstrating all old time crafts.
CITY: Peotone
Wiffle Fest
Wiffle Fest is an annual wiffle ball tournament held in Homewood. Teams compete in two divisions, fast pitch & recreational, in a round-robin format. Come join us and have a ball!
CITY: Homewood
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Festival 2015: The Power of Music - Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
The Power of Music is a dynamic, weekend-long exploration of the powers derived from music. The festival opens with the screening of a powerful new film documenting the use of Beethoven's 9th Symphony to affect change in different cultural and social contexts. Day two starts with an afternoon lecture by renowned musicologist, Jason Geary, on the power of music to persuade and its uses in mass media, and finishes with an evening recital by acclaimed Venezuelan pianist, Gabriela Martinez. The festival concludes on day three with a showcase of the power of music to enrich and enhance the lives of young area musicians, with a showcase of local talent. Festival passes are $50, and include admission to all events.
CITY: Frankfort
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9th Annual Red Carpet Corridor - Joliet Area Historical Museum
The 9th Annual Red Carpet Corridor including activities at the Joliet Area Historical Museum. It is all about family fun on the most famous road in America - Route 66. This year's event will be Saturday, May 2, from 8 AM to 5 PM, and Sunday, May 3, from 8 AM to 3 PM. Sponsored by the twelve communities which make up the 90-mile linear museum from Joliet to Towanda, the annual festival invites everyone to experience the good life in the slow lane. Each community will produce its own events. From full-blown festivals to antique and craft sales, art sales, car and motorcycle shows, live entertainments, and plenty of yard, garage, and sidewalk sales along the way, everyone is sure to discover something unique. Food, snacks and treats will be in abundance, and there are plenty of historic sites, outstanding free museums and unique mom & pop businesses to help create a nostalgic journey for all to enjoy. Visitors can simply enjoy the drive, stop and have their picture taken with Elvis, or do a little shopping in any of the great stores along the Mother Road.
CITY: Joliet
First Midwest Bank Half Marathon & 10K
Be a part of the 7th annual First Midwest Bank Half Marathon and enjoy one of the Midwest's finest events of its kind. Proceeds will benefit American Cancer Society for Prostate Cancer and Research, The South West Special Recreation Association and Lake Katherine Nature Center & Botanic Gardens.
CITY: Palos Heights
Painting with Wine
Join us at the Joliet Area Historical Museum for an evening of flavorful wine and fun as you create your own masterpiece with the help of a local professional artist. Special admission price of $40 for Museum Members and $45 for Non-Members includes all materials, as well as free access to the Museum exhibits & galleries. Register online to reserve your spot now.
CITY: Joliet
Oak Forest Fleadh
The Oak Forest-Crestwood Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of Oak Forest, will host the 4th Annual Oak Forest Fleadh (pronounced "flah") on Saturday, March 9 on Cicero Avenue between 151st Street and 159th Street. Oak Forest Fleadh will include customer appreciation parties, a 5K race, an open bike ride, a family parade, and the 5th annual pub and restaurant open house.
CITY: Oak Forest
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra- Let The Music Move You!
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra- Let The Music Move You! A Collaboration with Chicago Mulit-Cultural Dance Center. John Adams- The Chairman Dances, Lee Actor- Dance Rhapsody Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, Shostakovich- Symphony No. 12. Featuring high-energy dances choreographed for live orchestra.
CITY: Joliet
The Priests
The Priests are a classical musical trio made up of three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland. Frs. Martin O'Hagan, Eugene O'Hagan and David Delargy are amongst the most recognized and successful acts in both the religious and secular worlds. Their debut album, sold at such a pace, it secured them a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling classical debut ever.
CITY: Joliet
The Buddy Holly Story
Now in its 25th amazing year, the "World's Most Successful Rock 'n' Roll Musical" continues to thrill audiences on tour in the U.K. and around the world. Viewed by more than 20 million people over 20,000 performances worldwide, Buddy opened in London's West End in 1989, and has been seen on Broadway, throughout Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Scandinavia, South Africa, the Netherlands and Singapore; wining numerous awards along the way. Buddy tells the story of Buddy Holly through his short yet spectacular career, and features the classic songs, "Peggy Sue", "That'll Be The Day", "Not Fade Away", "Oh Boy", Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba", The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" and many more!
CITY: Joliet
28 - 29
Kid's Expo
Checkout everything there is to do with kids! Toddlers to teens can enjoy crafts, face painting, costume characters, climbing wall, cover search and much more. Enter to win tons of prizes and giveaways. Over 150 Booths.
CITY: Tinley Park
Manhattan Irish Fest
This annual event includes a parade, 5k run, Irish Breakfast, Irish Mass, craft fair and evening entertainment. Lots of kids activities and of course, kilts! Downtown Manhattan comes alive!
CITY: Manhattan
St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival
Be sure to line-up by 12:30 p.m. at Lemont Safety Village on Stephen Street. Parade Route: South on Stephen to Main, West to Lemont VFW Hall. Plenty of free parking at the Metra Lot or the downtown parking garage. Featuring: Lemont's Own Irish Queen, The Chicago Stockyard Kilty Band & Hughes Academy of Irish Dance. Bring your family and friends and join the Parade! Visit the VFW Hall following the parade for refreshments, entertainment and fun!
CITY: Lemont
Get the Led Out (Tribute to Led Zeppelin)
Dubbed by the media as "The American Led Zeppelin," Get The Led Out brings what the audience wants…a high energy Zeppelin concert with an honest, heart-thumping intensity. From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage.
CITY: Joliet
Dec 31
Village of Robbins Open Air Market
Year round, each Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday. Thinking of going into business? Let us be your testing ground. Become a vendor or shop til you drop. We have new and used merchandise.
CITY: Robbins
Earth Day at the Oaks
Celebrate the Earth with activities, presenters, games, lunch, and more!
CITY: Olympia Fields
14 - 17
Shamrockin St. Pat's Weekend Party
Weekend of St. Pats Festivities- 4 Days of Irish Entertainment, Irish Fare, Raffles, St. Pats Day Gear and South Side Irish Parade bus trip. Family friendly all weekend. Family owned and operated for 27 years. 12PM-close.
CITY: Lansing
Active Aging - An Expo for ages 50 and older
This free event will offer information to baby boomers and seniors on financial planning, real estate, health, travel and more. 9AM-2PM.
CITY: Orland Park
20 - 29
Jesus Christ Superstar
Come out for this great production! Show dates are 3/20, 3/21, 3/22, 3/27, 3/28 & 3/29.
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TRAGEDY IN MISSOURI — "Missouri gubernatorial candidate dead in apparent suicide," by Campaign Pro's Kyle Cheney and POLITICO's Nick Gass: "Missouri state Auditor Tom Schweich, a leading Republican candidate for governor in 2016, died Thursday in 'an apparent suicide,' police said. Schweich, 54, was hospitalized earlier Thursday following a single self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in suburban St. Louis. He was pronounced dead at Barnes Trauma Center, according to Clayton, Mo., Police chief Kevin Murphy … The incident sent a shudder through Missouri government and political circles. Schweich had been in the early stages of an already-tense primary against Catherine Hanaway, a former state House speaker and U.S. attorney. http://politico.pro/18qGCVT
— The circumstances surrounding Schweich's demise are still being unearthed. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Schweich had been planning to meet with local reporters shortly before his death to discuss what he characterized as anti-Semitic statements being spread by a state GOP chairman John Hancock. Hancock has denied the suggestion: http://bit.ly/1vDE6p4; and the AP reports that Schweich seemed agitated during a recent conversation about the allegations and had planned to make them the subject of an interview with the outlet shortly before he allegedly shot himself. http://apne.ws/1FDchxc
TODAY ON CAMPAIGN PRO — Democrats not certain they can compete against the Iowa octogenarian: http://politico.pro/1LOXeTr
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MY NOMINEE VINNY — "Democrats select Gentile for NY-11 special election," by Capital New York's Colby Hamilton: "[New York City] Councilman Vincent Gentile of Bay Ridge [Brooklyn] officially received the backing of the Staten Island Democratic Party on Thursday at a meeting of the county organization. … In a statement from his campaign, Gentile said he plans 'to ensure that the thousands of hardworking New Yorkers finally get the representation they deserve in Congress.' Gentile went on to highlight both his time serving Brooklyn, which he represents in the Council, as well as his previous elected position in the State Senate, where he represented parts of Brooklyn and a portion of Staten Island. … The decision to back the Brooklyn legislator came after options dwindled for the party, as it searched for a credible challenger to run against Staten Island district attorney Dan Donovan, who weeks ago secured the backing of Republicans and has already built up a formidable position in the race." http://capi.tl/1FBEW5O
POLITICO CAUCUS — "Democrats are ready, if impatient, for Hillary," by POLITICO's James Hohmann: "Hillary Clinton doesn't seem to be in any hurry to launch her presidential campaign, but most Democratic insiders in key early states want her to jump in sooner rather than later. This week's survey of The POLITICO Caucus — a bipartisan group of key activists, operatives and thought leaders in Iowa and New Hampshire — finds general consensus that the former secretary of state is wise not to rush into a race when she has no serious challenger and will have no problem raising money. But relatively few Democrats think she should wait until July, the timeline her team has reportedly been considering in lieu of a previously expected April announcement. 'Even some diehard supporters are getting impatient and want her to announce,' said a pro-Clinton New Hampshire Democrat, who — like all 85 participants — completed the survey anonymously in order to speak candidly."
We also asked our Caucus participants about Supreme Court cases on gay marriage and Obamacare, and who's made the biggest mistake so far: http://politi.co/1wuq6yT
CPAC DISPATCH — Updates from National Harbor, Md.:
— "Hawks fly high at CPAC," by POLITICO's Ben Schreckinger, with Jonathan Topaz, Daniel Lippman and Katie Glueck: "At the podium and in the halls, much of the talk at the raucous gathering focused on the need for a more muscular U.S. foreign policy — one that takes a harder line against Islamic State militants, doesn't compromise with Iran, stands up to Russia and does even more for Israel. The sentiments were especially notable for an event that tends to draw a strong libertarian contingent wary of foreign intervention … There were plenty of CPAC attendees who were not happy with the hawkish tones struck by speakers Thursday. 'It's been a lot of saber-rattling and everything. I just came from Ted Cruz's speech and he said that we need to go attack them and we need to destroy them, but what's the plan behind that?' said Owen Myers, 18, an Army reservist and freshman at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis." http://politi.co/1838mhY
— "CPAC to Walker: 'Run, Scott, run,'" by POLITICO's Jonathan Topaz: "Scott Walker on Thursday railed against Washington and told conservatives his experience taking on labor unions in Wisconsin has prepared him for the role of commander in chief. The Wisconsin governor, facing questions about his foreign policy inexperience, suggested his time fending off public-sector unions in his home state has given him the toughness to take on foreign threats such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during a fiery speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference that received multiple standing ovations. 'If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world,' he told the crowd of conservative activists." http://politi.co/1Gz2jya
— "Jindal hits Hill Republicans on Obamacare, Common Core," by POLITICO's Kendall Breitman: "Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal may be a stone's throw away from the capital, but he's not afraid to throw stones at Congressional Republicans. 'We don't need a second Democratic party, we don't need to be liberal, we don't need to be cheaper liberal Democrats, we need to be principled conservative Republicans,' Jindal said Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference." http://politi.co/1Dw25GX
— "Christie tweaks Bush before CPAC crowd," by POLITICO's Gabriel Debenedetti: "Chris Christie on Thursday dismissed criticisms that he's now a long shot for the Republican presidential nomination — but missed no opportunity to critique likely GOP rival Jeb Bush. 'Is the election next week?' the New Jersey governor said at the Conservative Political Action Conference when radio host Laura Ingraham pressed him on early poll numbers that show him lagging." http://politi.co/1aqcJWc
— "Cruz at CPAC: Beware the 'squishy moderate,'" by POLITICO's Katie Glueck: "Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday warned activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference not to trust 'squishy' moderates who talk about conservative principles but don't have a record of activism — a veiled jab at likely presidential rivals such as Jeb Bush … As he frequently does, he likened the 2016 election to that of 1980, noting that Ronald Reagan was no favorite of the establishment — an implied parallel to Cruz's own political standing." http://politi.co/1MVMQfR
MORE TROUBLE FOR SCHOCK — "Schock didn't report gifts, meals in London," by POLITICO's Anna Palmer and John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman: "Rep. Aaron Schock attended dinner and drinks in 2011 at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and at a swank nightclub London — and never disclosed receiving a single gift on his financial disclosure form. This past September, the Illinois Republican held a golf fundraiser — the 'Aaron Schock Golf Classic' — at Anne Arundel Mannor in Maryland, but never reported a payment for use of the golf course and facilities on his campaign finance forms … On the multiday trip to London in June 2011, Schock attended several elaborate dinners as the guest of a person invited by the Prince of Wales Foundation. Guests were also given a customized china plate with a personalized inscription on the last day of the festivities. http://politi.co/17CfmTh


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" by lucy
20cm Loose-Based Round Flan Tin
pastry usualy causes me ALOT of hassle to make, but with this flandish the process of placing the pastry into it with out it breaking, and getting the finnished job on to a plate was Easy!!! i was a brilliant purchase and i would 100% reccomend! :)