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Employment Lawsuit against Restaurant Chain Claims Employees Were Underpaid
Once again, Darden Restaurants is in the news as employees allege that they are not being paid fairly. Darden Restaurants is a huge company, best known for its Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants that are located in Kentucky, Indiana, and throughout the United States.
Only two plaintiffs have been named in the unfair pay lawsuit, one in Florida and one in Virginia. However, the attorney who filed the lawsuit sees it becoming a class action lawsuit that could potentially cover thousands of previous and current Darden employees that were employed by the company anytime between 2009 and 2012. The unfair wages lawsuit was filed in Florida, where Darden is headquartered.
The lawsuit is based on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). FLSA was passed in 1938 and established minimum wage and the 40-hour workweek. It also stated that employees were entitled to time-and-a-half for every hour they worked over 40 hours. FSLA also states that tipped employees are allowed to keep their tips and they will not become the property of the employer. A tipped employee may be required to put their tips in a "tip pool." The tips in the pool are then shared among the employees that regularly receive tips as part of their compensation. An amendment to the Act in 1946 stated that an employee should be paid for any time spent doing work specifically for the employer, even if it was not during the employee's scheduled shift or regular work hours. Another amendment relevant to this case occurred in 1996. Up until this time, employees who received tips regularly were paid 50% of the current minimum wage. But in 1996, the tipped employee's hourly rate was frozen at $2.13 per hour by the federal government.
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Nurarihyon no Mago's Blu-ray release is uncensored as expected, yet the abundant amounts of breasts to be found fully unadulterated as a result is quite over the top, in terms of topless female action.
One wouldn't think a regular anime series would need uncensor oppai to begin with – as quite simply, they wouldn't have any shown in that matter. Nurarihyon no Mago is an "action" series also dubbed under the genres of "supernatural" and "shounen", however from all the bare skin it shows on Blu-ray, it's difficult to accept the series for what it claims to be.
For an average anime not under the labels "ecchi" or "hentai", it certainly does have a lot of oppai.

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Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, and PAS, a leading provider of software for process safety, cyber security and asset reliability for the energy, power and process industries worldwide, today announced a technology partnership and integration. The partnership is part of the Tripwire NERC Alliance Network program that has been designed to foster collaboration on critical infrastructure compliance and security solutions that help companies efficiently and effectively achieve NERC CIP compliance.
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Google unveils Web-based calendar app
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The beta version of Google Calendar, which can be accessed without a Gmail account, enables users to search for and add events from within the program or through Web sites that use open standards for calendars. Such sites are invited to add Google Calendar buttons next to events they list.
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CNET News.com's Elinor Mills looks at some features of Google Calendar.
Users of the new Google application can also access events from friends' shared calendars and import events from Microsoft Outlook. Once they add events, they can use a "Search My Calendars" searchbar to find them. Events can also be created by typing simple messages like "Lunch with Kate 11:30 a.m. Wednesday" in the program's "Quick Add" bar.
Taking a page from sites such as InterActiveCorp's Evite, Google also built invitation management into Google Calendar. Users can create event invitations to be sent to anyone with an e-mail account. They can also send event reminders via e-mail or cell phone text message, and keep track of RSVPs from within the program. People can see their schedules by day, week, month and four-day views, highlight any period from a monthly calendar for a customized view and display only certain events at a time on their calendar view.
Like it is doing with other applications, such as Google Local, the company is opening up the application programming interface so that outside developers can use it to build third-party programs that will work with Google Calendar data, Sjogreen said.
Several analysts said they were impressed with the product.
"Google, in the past six months or so, has put things out there that were good, but not the typical wow, and I think the Google Calendar has that," said Chris Sherman, executive editor of Search Engine Watch. "The interface is classic Google--clean, crisp and relatively uncluttered."
Privacy concerns should be quelled by Google Calendar's default settings, which designates all events in a person's calendar private unless the user makes them public, Sherman said. "The one down side to the program is, you have to be online when you use it," he added.
"I'm intrigued," Gartner analyst Allen Weiner said. "If it becomes successful, then it can also be the place to schedule a lot of content delivery. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to go to your calendar and say 10 a.m. every morning, 'I would like to listen to a podcast'...and you listen to it through your calendar."
The major search and portal companies are in a race to offer the most useful Web-based applications to a growing Internet-savvy population that is increasingly moving its life off paper and onto the Web.
Microsoft is planning a major calendar upgrade for its Outlook 12 release later this year.
"The obvious competition (for Google Calendar) is Microsoft Outlook," Sherman said. "Microsoft recently purchased Groove Networks, which also has strong collaboration. Rumors are they've incorporated Groove-like features into the next version of Windows Vista. If that's true, this is kind of a pre-emptive strike."
Yahoo has said it is looking to integrate features from social-events calendaring site Upcoming.org--which it acquired last year--into Yahoo Calendar, the market-leading program in the United States, according to ComScore Media Metrix. Yahoo said it plans to open up the APIs for Yahoo Calendar, which integrates with e-mail and the company's instant-messaging service.
Last month, screenshots of Google Calendar leaked out. Rumors of the application's existence, however, have been around for at least a year.
Some Google watchers had expected Google to launch its calendaring application at a conference late last year, at which executives speaking on panels predicted that calendaring would be the next killer app for the Web.
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- Another non-Google Event
- It is always interesting to see the hype around Google. Hotmail, Yahoo, and even AOL have had online calendars for 5+ years. Why is the Google Calendar interesting?
Right now, Google is a one trick pony with search. It is an insanely profitable trick, but still, just one source of revenue. GMail is a San Fran/Silicon Valley thing and hasn't penetrated. The desktop search and GTALK are flops. The sidebar is nowhere to be seen.
It is nice to see a web-based calendar. I much rather have a rich client application that has offline capability. A web-front-end is nice, but not the priority. Being able to store iCal files on a WebDAV server is much more interesting. Having Outlook interop and the new Windows Calendar interop would be what is needed. For mail and calendar they should just create an opaque store in the cloud. The web front end is nice, but only needed when someone is at an internet cafe. But, everyone is carrying laptops now so that is even uninteresting. I guess real sync to my Treo 650 or Windows Mobile device is more important. Also, supporting Nokia, Samsung and other devices is more interesting.
Nothing here. Move along... yet another non-Google event.
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- Agreed
- I was hoping for something more interesting. Automatic sync, mobile gateways, etc. Unless this is a very early step in a larger project I'm disappointed.
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- Disagree
- Google has the attention of regular people, most of whom by the way don't walk around with a laptop. And even if they did, they aren't looking for offline access to their calendar. iCal files on a WebDAV server... are you serious? Do you think users of online calendaring users care about the underlying technology? They want to quickly get access the schedules of themselves, family and friends.
The interesting news here is that Google is opening the doors yet again for developers to latch on. Go Google! Sorry Microsoft, there's one less reason for me to use Outlook now.
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- Rather see better search results...
- I would rather see Google work on what they do best, search.
Instead of spending time, capital and brain power doing what has
been done already, they should work on a way to categorized the
search results further. News and Local work somewhat. But what
about by date posted, blog, education, government, commerce,
etc. Now that would be interesting.
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- Finally!
- Title says it all. I've been waiting for a good, free calendar app for awhile. Outlook doesn't cut it when you want to access your calendar from the web.
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- Finally!
- Title says it all. I've been waiting for a good, free calendar app for awhile. Outlook doesn't cut it when you want to access your calendar from the web.
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- It doesn't work
- Ok, it's hanging after i submitted my timezone info. Nice buggy software there...concurrency issues?
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- One stall and you blast it?
- Works ok for me...its a BETA that was announced today...sheesh.
Hopefully will work with my older Palm device to get my calendar online.
Thanks Google. I like free.
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- Who cares about another Calendar program!
- Who cares about another Calendar program!
Specially one that does not add any new features!
Why is it that everything that Google does a news?
Why this incredible Hype by main stream media
about Google?
Is it because Cnet parent company has lots of
Google stocks or they have got marching order
from valley VCs and Investment Bankers to hype
Google more so they can dump their stock on the
What I care about is a better search engine.
Not a search engine that enters business after business and does not innovate in regard to any of them. Please stop the Hype about Google, Yahoo and other Silicon valley VC funded companies.
Tell us about real news, that is companies that are really innovating and not just those that are VC funded or public.
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- this IS news
- This is news for me and my family. I was very excited to hear about the introduction. We will be using this app because it is free, easy, and it works well. I would not have known about google calendar as quickly without cnet's article. ...and bitterness will get you nowhere.
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- Makes my PC crash :(
- It did not work for me either!
Another 1 hour wasted trying nothing new software from Google!
ooooh :(
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- Always aplologizing for Google
- I have noticed this person always aplologize for Google.
Must be either a Google stock holder, or click fraud webmaster or brain washed by Google media hype :(
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- About time
- I've been waiting for this... I've used Yahoo's calendar since the beginning and really rely on it. I'd even have paid for it if their interface didn't suck. It's very 1997. The competition needs to realize that they have to keep up with Google's so-far unmatched ease of use.
For those who are having problems, remember, this is a beta. It works great for me. I'm about to erase that Yahoo calendar.
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- Re: Another non-Google Event
- You're awfully quick to use the word "everyone." I've used Web-based apps exclusively since 1995 to the extent possible, meaning for everything personal. I guess you're still writing and mailing checks for your bills?
As I said before, the usability of Google apps is light-years ahead of the other web competition, and you're not tethered to a desktop or some manual synchronization crap.
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- still behind yahoo
- Yahoo has a full blown pim online. It's intergrated into their email offering so on top of getting your mail, you can add your appointments, todo list and notes all in one place and you can reach it from any internet connected pc or device. On top of that, they have intellisync, so you can sync it with your pda! What does google have? A calendar? Oooo, pretty!
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- Where is the cohesion?
- Seriously. Google has all these wonderful apps and is going ahead with new crap without fully integrating all these things together. Google needs to for a new division. Application integration planning and implementation because right now from where I'm sitting all they have are a bunch of apps that play well in some instances, not so much in others, and not at all in some cases.
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- What google doesn't have...
- ... that Outlook does, is the ability to allow security add-ins that allow users to set encryption and/or access controls to their outbound email, such as Essential Taceo. Be wary of doing all your business via your free online Goggle account, real security is relatively lacking... more on Taceo Outlook add-in: http://www.essentialsecurity.com/products.htm
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- Go Google Go!!!
- According to the market needs currently,Google is taking every possible right step- thanks to the wonderful world-wide support and stock holders :)
A Calendar and invitation management system is a great way to enhance the existing stuff.
-Siddharth parakh
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- so sweet
- I'm not a big-G employee, shareholder, tech-news sap, or MS hater. I just like really good software and services. Google has been kicking the pants off everyone else for stuff that I use everyday. I have talked my friends into gmail, maps.google, froogle, etc, etc. Now I finally have a simple but powerful calendar app I can share with my tech-using but non-programmer family. Hat's off, Google!
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- nothing special...
- Google Calendar is nothing that hasnt already existed for months. They havent added anything new to the online calendar market. Companies such as 30boxes, HipCal, Kiko, and Spongecell have been offering all of the features that Gcal has for several months now, and in many cases even significant features that Google Calendar is missing. Its important to point out that the Heavy Gmail integration is not in fact even working yet, they havent bothered to flick that switch apparently.
Overall I am quite disappointed in the lack of any type of innovation on Googles part. They didnt even bother to borrow some of the best features of existing web calendars, they are just another one of the masses of options out there that is not very different than the competition.
The only reason people are excited about this is because its Google. Is it a good product? Sort of, its a half-baked product like everything else Google has been releasing lately.
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- google business model
- detailed at
http://blog.tallsails.com/2006/04/10/the-google-curves.aspx
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- notes from Carl's presentation
- I have notes from Carl's presentation here:
http://www.centernetworks.com/future-of-web-apps-carl-sjogreen
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- You can try
 this app.
It is a web based calendar system where you can include your customer's agenda.
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This sunscreen is identical to Banana Boat's Natural Reflect Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50+, save for it being marketed for use on babies. Otherwise, the same review applies: This thick, somewhat creamy sunscreen provides broad-spectrum sun protection with the gentle mineral actives titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Another plus is the lack of fragrance, making this an excellent choice for use on children and adults with sensitive skin, including rosacea. You'll notice when applying that this must be thoroughly blended to avoid a telltale white cast, but it leaves skin feeling smooth with a subtle, moist sheen rather than a greasy appearance or slick feel. We take issue with Banana Boat's natural positioning for this sunscreen because it contains plenty of synthetic ingredients. None of the synthetic ingredients are bad for skin, but it does make the marketing slant of this line misleading (to its credit, though, the sunscreen actives are natural). Unless you were expecting an all-natural sunscreen, this is worth considering. It would've earned a Best product rating had Banana Boat included more than a token amount of vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate) for an antioxidant boost.
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Tampa Democrats celebrate Obama victory
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Hillsborough County Democrats celebrated President Barack Obamaâs reelection at the Museum of Science and Industry last night. The evening started quietly with a bit of cautious optimism. But after Iowa and Ohio were called for Obama putting him over the necessary 270 electoral votes to win the election, more than 1,000 supporters burst into uncontrollable cheers.
It took a good two minutes for the crowd to stop screaming, but even then Obama supporters were hugging complete strangers, crying and jumping up and down on chairs.
"Delighted. Magnificent, it's magnificent. I'm so relieved. I've been feeling sick all day and now I can say, 'oh, I'm great. I'm feeling awesome."
About 20 minutes after Obamaâs victory was announced, people stepped into a hallway to make phone calls and order celebratory drinks. Mack Frank, a volunteer with the Obama campaign nearly spilled his as he described what it means to have all the hard work pay off.
"When I think about the effort put forth. All the hard work and all the different people. Different representatives of the different ethnic groups in this country. The brawling part? All came together with a super effort to put the president back in."
But across town at the Republican Party of Florida election night reception the mood wasnât so upbeat. Tampa resident Mary, who didnât give her last name, sobbed after Obama was announced as the winner.
"I'm just shocked. I thought Ohio would have gone for Romney. It's just a disappointment. I don't know, it's just the economy is not going great. We'll see what happens. I'm not happy."
And Zachary Winters, a Stetson Law student who held a shirt that said âI'd rather shower at Penn State than vote for Obamaâ said he just hopes Obama wonât screw up the economy too much more over the next four years.
"Please don't spend another $7 trillion in the next four years and hopefully we can pull ourselves out of this economy after your out of office. Please just don't do anything that taxes us more than we're already taxed."
Since before the Republican National Convention in August there has been a White Mitt Romney flag along the side of Interstate 275 near Lois Avenue in Tampa. This morning that flag was at half staff.
In other election news, independent candidates for president did not fare well in the swing state of Florida. But several of them did much better in the Tampa Bay area than they did anywhere else in the state. For example, more people voted for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in Hillsborough than in any other Florida county. Similarly Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein had more votes in Pinellas and Hillsborough than in any other county. And more voters picked Roseanne Barr in Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco than elsewhere in the state.
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Scarborough (1782 ship)
|Career (Great Britain)
|John, George & Thomas Hopper
|Port of registry:
|Scarborough, North Yorkshire
|1782, Scarborough
|Foundered, 1805
|General characteristics [1]
|Tons burthen:
|411 (bm)[Note 1]
|109 feet 3 inches (33.3 m) (overall)
87 feet 0 1⁄4 inch (26.5 m) (keel)
|29 feet 10 inches (9.1 m)
|Depth of hold:
|12 feet 5 1⁄2 inches (3.8 m)
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Scarborough was a transport ship in the First Fleet, assigned to carry convicts for the European colonisation of Australia in 1788.[3] Also, the British East India company chartered Scarborough to take a cargo of tea back to Britian after her first voyage transporting convicts.[4] Her masters included John Marshall.[5]
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Scarborough was a square-sterned, three-masted barque of 411 tons, 111 feet 6 inches (34.0 m) long and 30 feet 2 inches (9.2 m) wide and with an initial height between decks of 4 feet 5 inches (1.35 m).[2] She was built in 1782 in the port of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, and was owned by Yorkshire merchants John, George and Thomas Hopper.[2]
In 1787 Scarborough was contracted for the First Fleet voyage by south London shipbroker William Richards, who selected her after consultation with Royal Marine officers Watkin Tench and David Collins.[6] Both marine officers would sail with the Fleet to Australia, Tench as a captain of marines and Collins as judge-advocate for the new colony. She was the second-largest transport selected for the Fleet after Alexander[2]
After selection, Scarborough was sailed to Deptford dockyard to be refitted for convict transportation under the supervision of Naval Agent George Teer.[7] The height between decks was increased to 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m) amidships and between 6 feet 1 inch (1.9 m) and 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) fore and aft, and two windsails were brought aboard to improve the flow of air in the convict quarters.[8][9] Bulkheads were also fitted to separate convict quarters from those of the marines and crew, and space set aside for stores and a sick bay. An Osbridge machine was also installed to filter Scarborough 's drinking water during the voyage to New South Wales.[9][Note 2] Teer was entirely satisfied with Scarborough 's fitout; in December 1786 he advised the Navy Board that she and her fellow First Fleet transports. were "completed fitted [with] provisions and accommodations .. better than any other set of transports I have ever had any directions in."[11]
Scarborough 's crew as a convict transport was approximately 35 men including her master, three mates, a boatswain and a ship's surgeon.[8]
Voyage with the First Fleet[edit]
On her first convict voyage, as part of the First Fleet, her master was John Marshall and her surgeon was Dennis Considen. She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying 208 male convicts, and arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, on 26 January 1788. On leaving Port Jackson on 6 May 1788, in company with Charlotte, she traveled to China.[12] On 17 May 1788 the two ships landed at Lord Howe Island for birds and vegetables, then sailed for Whampoa.[13] En route, the ships became the first European vessels to pass among the Marshall and Gilbert islands.[13] Further north, they made landfall on Tinian in the Northern Marianas, where both ships were forced to anchor. The long sea voyage had depleted Scarborough 's stores, and scurvy had become rampant among her crew. Fifteen of the sickest men were brought ashore on Tinian and housed in tents on the dunes, while the remainder of the crew foraged for food. While anchored off Tinian, both vessels were nearly blown onto shore by strong winds, but disaster was averted when their captains decided to cut the anchor ropes and raise sail to move off shore.[13]
After several weeks recovery on Tinian, Scarborough″s crew had returned to sufficient health for the voyage to resume. In easy sailing weather, Scarborough and Charlotte reached Macau on 9 September and Whampoa shortly afterward. There the EIC chartered them as an "extra ship". They received cargoes of tea, and made ready to sail to England. Departing Whampoa on 17 December, the ships reached St. Helena by 20 March 1789 and arrived in England on 15 June.[13]
Voyage with the Second Fleet[edit]
Scarborough returned to New South Wales with the notorious Second Fleet. In company with Surprize and Neptune she sailed from England with 253 male convicts on 19 January 1790. Her master was again John Marshall and the surgeon was Augustus Jacob Beyer. She arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on 13 April 1790, and spent 16 days there, taking on provisions, and 8 male convicts from HMS Guardian, which had been wrecked after striking an iceberg. She and Neptune parted from Surprize in heavy weather and arrived at Port Jackson on 28 June 160 days out from England. During the voyage 73 convicts died (28%) and 96 (37%) were sick when landed. She returned to England in 1792.
Later service[edit]
Scarborough 's Pacific voyages had left her increasingly decrepit and in need of repairs to her hull. In 1792 she was resheeted to remove damage caused by shipworm, and was then set to work plying a trade route between London and St.Petersburg.[14] Further repairs were undertaken in 1795 and 1798.[14] Between 1800 to 1803 she shuttled back and forth between London and the Caribbean, carrying trade goods and provisions for British colonies including St. Vincents, with extensive repairs between voyages.[14] In 1804 and 1805 she plied a route between London and Tobago.[14]
In 1805, Scarborough began leaking heavily while at sea, and foundered off Port Royal, Jamaica.[15][16]
An Urban Transit Authority First Fleet ferry was named after Scarborough in 1986.[17]
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Notes, citations, and references[edit]
- ^ The 411 tons comes from the Register of Transports 1774-1794", Admiralty 49/127. Cited in Bateson.[2] Contemporary Admiralty surveys also record a figure of 418 36⁄94 tons (bm), based on design. Another informal source, First Fleet Lieutenant Phillip Gidley King estimated Scarborough at 430 tons (bm).[2]
- ^ Osbridge machines: a rudimentary means of circulating water to remove sediment and reduce the incidence of bacteria. Naval surgeon William Turnbull described their operation as follows, "This machine consists of a hand pump which is inserted in a scuttle made at the top of the cask, and by means of it the water, being raised a few feet, falls through several sheets of tin pierced like colanders, and placed in a half-cylinder of the same metal. The purpose of it is to reduce the water into numberless drops, which being exposed in this form to the open air is deprived of its offensive quality."[10]
- ^ National Archives - Scarborough (3),[1]
- ^ a b c d e Bateson (1969), p.96
- ^ Spennemann, Dirk H.R. "Historic Ships Associated with the Marshall Islands No. 2". Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Farrington, Anthony. Catalogue Of East India Company Ships' Journals & Logs (1600-1834). Ms. British Library.
- ^ "Entries from the log book - Convict Ship Scarborough 1788". The settler or felon?. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Keneally 2005, p. 49
- ^ Frost 1984, p.112
- ^ a b Gillen 1989, p.430
- ^ a b Bateson 1969, p13
- ^ Turnbull (1806), p.40.
- ^ Captain George Teer to Navy Board, 7 December 1786. Cited in Frost 1984, p. 113
- ^ Letter from Newton Fowell, midshipman HMS Sirius, to John Fowell, 12 July 1788. Cited in Irvine (ed.) 1988, p.81
- ^ a b c d Cavanagh 1989, p.4
- ^ a b c d Lloyd's Register, 1793-1805
- ^ "LLOYD'S MARINE LIST. - June 1". Caledonian Mercury (13072). 22 June 1805.
- ^ "Ship News". The Aberdeen Journal (2999). 3 July 1805.
- ^ Sydney Ferries Fleet Facts Transport for NSW
- Bateson, Charles (1969). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson (Glasgow). OCLC 11085505.
- Cavanagh, A.K. (1989). "The Return of the First Fleet Ships". The Great Circle (The Australian Association for Maritime History) 11 (2). JSTOR 41562684. (subscription required (help)).
- Frost, Alan (1984). Botany Bay Mirages: Illusions of Australia's Convict Beginnings. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0522844979.
- Gillen, Mollie (1989). The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet. Library of Australian History. ISBN 0-908120-69-9.
- Irvine, Nance, ed. (1988). The Sirius Letters: The Complete Letters of Newton Fowell. Daniel O'Keefe. ISBN 1862900000.
- Turnbull, William (1806). The Naval Surgeon; Comprising the Entire Duties of Professional Men at Sea. London: B. McMillan. OCLC 822815824.


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International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP)
Funded by U. S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by IREXThe International Leadership in Education Program brings outstanding teachers from the Near East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Western Hemisphere to the United States to learn about the latest advancements in educational methodology and policy, and to develop the leadership skills necessary to implement and promote change within their schools and home communities.
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
It is the fifth time that Kent State was selected to work with the International Leaders in Education program! This year, 16 secondary educators from 8 countries in the Middle East, South Asia, Central and South America, and Africa have come to Kent for spring semester.
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Hanan Sidani - Lebanon; Comfort Molete – South Africa
2009 - 2010
For the fourth year in a row, Kent State University was awarded the ILEP grant. Kent State University is the only institution that has had the honor of receiving this grant every year since its inception. In the 2009-10 academic year we are honored to host 16 scholars from 11 different countries including Sub-Sahara Africa, Northern Africa and the Middle East, South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and South America.
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2008 - 2009
Kent State was once again selected to host ILEP ($150,000) for 16 secondary school educators from 12 countries including Sub-Sahara Africa, Northern Africa and the Middle East, South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and South America. Once again these scholars were cultural ambassadors as they are in graduate classes, public schools, and generally contributed to the internationalization efforts at Kent State University and in education in northeast Ohio. They also featured as a part of two events to help internationalize K-12 schools in NE Ohio.
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From Left to Right:
Bayu Widyatmoko - Indonesia; Zulfa Sulaiman - Indonesia;
El Ismaila Diouf - Senegal; Assia Benamara - Algeria;
Alexandre Olivera - Brazil; Kazi Rashid - Bangladesh;
Ebed Sulbaran - Venezuela; Monte Pariat - India;
Yaser Abuhmaid - Jordan; Houssin Zayri -Tunisia;
Marwa Saleh - Egypt; Badrun Nahar - Bangladesh;
Jose Santos - Brazil; Mercy Labial - Philippines;
Ana Mirana - Philippines; Patrick Mnisi - South Africa.
2007 - 2008
Kent State was selected for the second time to work with the International Leaders in Education program ($150,000) which brought 18 secondary educators from northern part of Africa, southern Asia, and southeastern Asia in an exchange program for spring semester. These secondary educators audited classes, conducted internships in public schools, and received specialized technology, English and special academic seminars.
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From Left to Right:
Wael Shaker - Egypt; Ghizlane Razak - Morocco;
Mamoun Alzoubi - Jordan; Shaji Choorapuzhayil - India;
Noureddine Boutahar - Morocco;
Sharmin Akther - Bangladesh; Mohamed Bassyouni - Egypt; Fahmida Sharmin - Bangladesh;
Suharyadi Suharyadi - Indonesia; Ashraf Abdalla - Egypt;
Ahmed Abdelhady - Egypt; Joyce Mitri - Lebanon;
Nuraini Ibrahim - Indonesia; Nurhalis Lauselang - Indonesia;
Mary Chan - Malaysia; Isna Shobrin - Indonesia;
Mehnaz Choudhury - Bangladesh;
Abdesalam Zouita - Morocco
2006 - 2007
Kent State University was awarded $70,000 to host 16 secondary educators from the northern part of Africa, south Asia and southeastern Asia in an exchange program for spring semester. These secondary educators will audit classes, have internships in public schools, and receive specialized academic and cultural programming. This is funded through IREX by the US State Department.
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From Left to Right:
Iyad Abdel Rahman - Jordan; Haji Nurhayati - Indonesia;
Ghada Itani - Lebanon; Latifa Brahimi - Morocco;
Keltouma Guerch - Morocco; Valsa Balaji - India;
Abeer Khalaf Barakat - Iraq; Ahmed Mekkaoui - Algeria;
Yousef Mahmoud - Egypt;Socy Yap - Malaysia;
Rumuthamalar Rajaratnam - Malaysia; Muhammad Yusran - Indonesia; Adel Henein - Egypt; MD Khan - Bangladesh
Kent State University and the Center for International & Intercultural Education would like to thank the following Ohio School Systems for their participation in this project:
- Aurora City Schools
- Crestwood High School
- Hudson City Schools
- Kent City Schools
- Lakewood City Schools
- Orange city Schools
- Shaker Heights City Schools
- Spring Garden Waldorf School
- Streetsboro City Schools
- St. Patrick's School
- Stow - Munroe Falls City Schools
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The goals of junior hockey are to promote, develop and administer the domestic USA Hockey program for junior-aged players, teams and leagues.
USA Hockey's Junior Program is available to athletes who are 20 & under as of the 31st day of December of the current season of competition.
The program is available to high school students and graduates who seek a greater or different challenge than that which might be available through their prep school team, high school varsity or club team or area 18 & under teams. The principal purpose of this development program is to prepare the athlete for career advancement either in a collegiate program or a professional opportunity.
Junior hockey leagues/teams are certified, annually, by the Junior Council, in the following classifications: Tier I; Tier II Junior A; Tier III - Junior A, B, C and D; and provisional for any of the foregoing classifications.
The North American Hockey League is the only Tier II Junior A League in the country, and teams provide a competitive opportunity for the elite player in a non-pay-to-play environment.
The purpose of Junior hockey is essentially two-fold:
The goals of Junior hockey as a program of USA Hockey are as follows:


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Tag: Coral Reefs
Can Traditional Agriculture Restore the Reef?
Ninety percent of the land was covered with invasive weeds. But that degraded land could hold the key to restoring the reef on the island of Oʻahu. Just add agriculture.
Doubling Down on Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are just the canary in the coal mine – reminding us in a very dramatic way that things are changing and swift action is required.
Meet the NatureNet Fellows: Joleah Lamb
Learn how NatureNet Science Fellow Joleah Lamb is tackling one of Earth's biggest unsung problems: disease & coral reefs.
Eating Lionfish: Effective Conservation, or a Cure Worse than the Disease?
Around the Caribbean, there are lionfish safaris, lionfish fritters, even lionfish jewelry — all aimed at stopping a particularly damaging invasive species. But is this really effective conservation, or just lionfish hysteria?
Innovation: Drone Mapping of Coral Reefs and the Coastal Zone
Join the Conservancy's Steve Schill and an enterprising student in northern Haiti as they use an amphibious drone to monitor marine habitats — above and below water.
Protect Parrotfish, Protect the Reef?
A recent report argues that the path to saving Caribbean reefs starts with protecting parrotfish. That's undeniably an important step, but that alone won't save the reefs. A conversation with NatureNet Fellow Stephanie Wear on parrotfish and reef health.
Coral Reefs & Climate Change: What the New IPCC Report Says
The IPCC's new report on climate change puts coral reefs front and center. Is there still time to save them? The Nature Conservancy's Mark Spalding walks us through the science.
When is an Ecosystem Service Not an Ecosystem Service?
If no one uses an ecosystem service, is it still a service? Marine scientist Mark Spalding examines the different ways we value nature.
Meet the NatureNet Fellows: Stephanie Wear
Marine scientist Stephanie Wear is on a conservation mission: to save coral reefs and, at the same time, improve the lives of the people living in coastal areas.
Ocean Acidification: The Next Big Threat to Coral Reefs?
As if the long list of threats to coral reefs weren't enough, we can now add ocean acidification to the list.
Perhaps you've seen the gloomy headlines like "Ocean Acidification: 'Evil Twin' Threatens World's Oceans, Scientists Warn."
Perhaps it is no wonder that folks think coral reef scientists are never finished "crying wolf" about the next global challenge threatening to wipe out coral reef ecosystems.
How serious is this threat and what can we do to address it? To answer these questions, we decided to enlist the help of some global acidification experts. But first, we have to understand the problem.
Flushing Out the Truth About Sewage and Coral Reefs
I never expected to be so intrigued and excited about poop, until a paper in PloS ONE came out in 2011 that demonstrated that a common human pathogen found in human wastewater, Serratia marcescens strain PDR60, caused white pox disease in elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), the foundation species in Caribbean coral reefs.
Caribbean reefs have been plagued by disease in recent years and figuring out the source of the pathogens has been a challenge. Human sewage has long been a suspect, but the science behind this suspicion was always tenuous. I think most people would assume that exposing reefs to partially treated or untreated sewage couldn't be a good thing, but there were no clear data that made the connection of human sewage to the degradation of corals so clearly until this paper.
Unfortunately, there is plenty of untreated sewage making its way into tropical seas.
In the Caribbean, most sewage isn't actually treated, rather it is put into containers that sit in the ground — the ground being comprised of porous calcium carbonate rock (limestone) that is characteristically leaky.
In many places in the Pacific, the ocean is the toilet.
Marine Protected Areas: Tokens or Treasures?
It's a little hard to get your head around what Australia did last November. I live in a country, the United Kingdom, that covers 250,000 km² – not a huge country for sure, but not tiny. Australia declared new marine protected areas that cover almost ten times that area – some 2.3 million km².
Well, as you might imagine, there have been some pretty big celebrations about this, certainly among conservationists, but also among a public that widely supported the declaration.
I'm delighted that Australia has upped the ante for marine conservation everywhere in this way. This sort of move should excite and inspire, in much the same way that Australia's Great Barrier Reef has already done.
They have shown us that large-scale conservation can be done, and can be done with full participation and broad support, and that it can be income-generating – good for people as well as nature.
But not everyone's happy. Some – including Bob Pressey, a highly regarded conservation scientist in Australia – has called these new sites "residual protected areas."
He suggests that these sites are not in the best places either for averting threats or protecting diversity. He also says that they don't really have teeth, and it's true that, on declaration, the new parks required no immediate changes "in the water" – that ongoing activities such as fishing, and even mineral extraction can carry on.
That's worrying of course, and might lead to a sense that they aren't going to do as much good as might be hoped. But it's an important first step.
Oceans and Climate Change: Protecting the "Invisible"
Coral bleaching, increasing storms, the loss of polar bears: many impacts of climate change are already vivid in our minds. We naturally worry about the things we can see. Huge waves and the loss of big fish and colorful corals get our attention.
But what about things we can't see, like the tiny creatures called plankton? They are also poised for dramatic changes.
A recent dive in the sapphire waters of the Caribbean offers a close encounter with plankton. While most of my dive buddies hurry to reach the bottom, I linger as I usually do, pondering the "blue" and looking out for the visible and the invisible.
Suddenly, clouds of tiny filaments come sharply into focus. It's blue-green algae–Trichodesmium–a type of phytoplankton that plays an important role in these nutrient-poor waters. They essentially break gaseous nitrogen's tough triple bond and convert it into a form other phytoplankton can feed on.
What would these waters look like without them?
The Life and Death of a Majestic Old Coral
In July, I introduced via The Nature Conservancy's photo of the month what may then have been the world's largest living table coral (pictured above).
I found it on a reef in Nusa Laut, Indonesia. I also indicated that the coral felt like an old friend to me and that I would develop a knot in my stomach on visiting the reef in anticipation of finding my "old friend" dead or damaged.
Table corals are not as long lived as some of their massive boulder forming community members.
The reason is that table corals grow by dividing horizontally away from the center after reaching a certain thickness.
The central polyps stop dividing vertically and eventually get old and die from natural senescence. The center of any very large table coral colony usually is dead.
Massive corals on the other hand, like some we've seen in our Indo-Pacific seas, may be hundreds to over a thousand years old.
These corals grow by dividing vertically and thus are constantly renewing themselves as they grow upwards and outwards.
Table corals are also vulnerable to toppling by storm surges and breakage of their narrow pedestals when shaken by earthquakes and tremors in seismically active areas like those in the West Pacific and Coral Triangle.
How these corals respond to the stress of being shaken and toppled is a great indicator of their resilience. Some simply give up and die. Other more resilient ones seem to shrug off the stress and reorient their plane of growth, contributing dramatic new architecture to the reef community.
I exhorted friends who visited the Nusa Laut reef in November last year to measure the majestic table coral precisely and report on its well-being.
The news wasn't good.
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As President Obama has said, "our Nation's doers, makers, and entrepreneurs have proven time and again that, in America, it takes only a single good idea and the courage to pursue it to change history."
Women-owned businesses are one of the fastest growing segments of the small business community, but women continue to face challenges, including access to capital and lack of opportunities to grow.
Ask questions and learn more about the federal government's policies and programs that are designed to help women entrepreneurs at our upcoming "Open for Questions," session with Christine Koronides of the National Economic Council, and the U.S. Small Business Administration's Associate Administrator for Small Business, Ana Harvey.
- What: Open for Questions: Women's Entrepreneurship
- Who: Christine Koronides, White House National Economic Council, and SBA's Associate Administrator for Women's Business Ownership, Ana Harvey
- When: Tuesday, December 20, at 3 p.m. EST
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Visual Lease's management team, along with Grant Thornton recently hosted a webinar to address the impact on corporate real estate under the FASB/IASB's proposed lease accounting changes.
The presenters include some of the country's top real estate lease experts, Marc Betesh and Lou Ferro, as well as Gary Illiano, National Partner at the CPA firm Grant Thornton.
If you were not one of the hundreds who attended, and would like to watch the replay and download the slides, it is now available. Please click here or on the image below.


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Main navigation | Main content
This year, we're offering two types of sessions: stand-alone, practical discussions of timely teaching topics, and a series of four one-hour sessions that take you through the course design process.
We also offer ongoing Just in Time teaching tips here.
This workshop took place on Apr. 17, 2013
As instructors how do we choose appropriate activities for the classroom? In this last workshop in the JITT Course Design series, we will discuss how situational factors, learning outcomes, and assessment goals can guide your planning of class sessions that support student learning. We will introduce and describe multiple classroom activities to engage and motivate your students. You will leave this workshop with concrete suggestions that you can apply immediately to your own teaching.
This workshop took place on Mar. 26 2013
Perhaps the story is familiar. You stay up very late, correcting mid term exams, carefully reading papers - all the while providing lots of thoughtful comments. Then you watch the next week as students flip straight to the back page for the grade. What's up with that?
Join us to explore the unintended ways assessment and grading practices can work against us, costing hours of time while missing opportunities for improved student learning. In this one-hour interactive session we'll discuss practical strategies to make assessment and grading efficient for you and clear and useful for your students.
This workshop took place on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013
The Art of Hosting and Harvesting: Conversations that Matter is a facilitation practice that is being used globally. Many of the techniques and activities that comprise this practice can be used in the classroom. Experience the practice and learn about its pedagogical applications in this workshop.
This workshop took place on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013
Whether you're new to student presentations or just looking for tips to improve their quality, this session will provide an interactive look at this often used assignment. Workshop topics will include strategies for ensuring that groups function well and produce good work, methods for grading group and individual presentations, and techniques for making presentations a learning experience for your students--rather than something to dread.


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A family that nerds together stays together. I love this series. It would be great to frame these for a kids room.
Marvel Super Families Series Will Unfreeze Your Jaded Nerd Heart
We could watch a double feature of Schindler's List and Requiem for a Dream without feeling a thing… but thanks to the Marvel Super Families Series, seeing the way baby Cyclops looks up at Xavier with love and admiration… it's just so… like, Scott Summers had a rough childhood, and… excuse me, I need a moment…
We never heard of French artist Andry Rajoelina until we published his DC Super Families Series in May. But clearly the man is one of the greatest artistic geniuses of our time! Not only are his Super Families Series creative concepts executed with originality, but the man knows his comics. The best part is the little nuances he threw in (Galactus holds hands with no one).
Andry Rajoelina, also known as El Shango, is currently at work on a third super family series. To see more of El Shango's amazing work, check out his blog.
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The new Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX opens today with an impressive piece of technology. Airplanes will use an advanced visual guiding system – instead of workers with giant glow sticks – to make their way to gates.
Made by a company called Safegate Group, the system guides pilots using lights and a digital screen. The system can even tell pilots if they are off course. It's supposedly as accurate – or even more accurate – than the old system, which relies on humans to tell the pilots where to park.
As I understand, these systems are more common outside the United States, though we might see more of these in the coming years. I believe part of the reason for the lack of use here, highlighted in this story, is that the marshals are generally union workers with relative job security. Safegate says its systems are used at more than 700 gates in North American, including in Chicago, Las Vegas, Dallas and Houston.
American Airlines is the company's largest customer in the United States, with 181 gates outfitted with the system, according to company officials.
Here's a cool, if slightly dark, video of a similar system at Seoul's major international airport. The point of view is from the cockpit of an A330.


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'The Originals' first look: Davina attacks Klaus in 'Girl in New Orleans'Add to Favorites | The Originals
Looks like a showdown is coming on "The Originals," and sooner than you think.
Klaus' main goal in "The Vampire Diaries" spinoff series is to regain control of New Orleans from his former protege, Marcel, and in order to do that, he needs to destroy Marcel's secret weapon: ultra-powerful witch Davina. That's a little difficult to do, since Marcel is keeping Davina locked away in an unknown location for her own safety.
In episode 4, airing Oct. 22, these two formidable adversaries are finally going to meet, and Zap2it has your exclusive first look at their explosive introduction in the photo above.
Read the full synopsis of the episode, "Girl in New Orleans," below:
With the annual Dauphine Street music festival around the corner, Davina, itching for a night out, convinces Marcel to let her attend. Marcel cautiously obliges but asks Cami to keep a watchful eye on Davina. Agnes (guest star Karen Kaia Livers) convinces Hayley to visit a mysterious doctor in the bayou where she makes a shocking discovery. Meanwhile, Klaus takes a special interest in Cami, who reveals some alarming information about her past, and a determined Rebekah is on a mission to get to the bottom of a recent strange encounter involving Elijah.
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Hi there hope your well.
Yea that was one twist I never saw coming with Rick and I too hope that she does'nt lose him or Jeremy but someone I think is going to die as according to the net the last episode in this season is called ' The Departed' so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's not a main charector, can't wait for Jeremy to come back I think that Steven McQueen is great as Jeremy and certainly hot looking.
I will agree that there is chemistry between Damon and Elena but I think that he is still as impulisive and at times reckless like he was in season 1 and does'nt like it when Elena does'nt do what he wants and then goes off and sleeps with Rebekah which I get why he did but that's what puts me off wanting the writer's to put her with him full time. I have always been a stefan fan first and then stefan and elena and whreas yes he has hurt her in this season it was when he was compelled and since not being maybe not in the right way but he has tried to keep her at arms lenght because he does'nt want to hurt her again but he has'nt gone off and slept with other women he has focused ion himself which is what I think Elena should do for now. Ian does a amazing job as Damon and he cracks me up with his one liners sometimes and when they do show his vunerable side which he tries so hard to hide I do think ' aww give hima cuddle' but I would still pick Stefan/Paul.
Whoever did the casting certainly picked a brilliant cast in whole for the show as they all have their good points and there is dam good eye candy for the women and eye candy for the men to.
I know that they aren't followering the books excatly but I do hope that like in the books Stefan and Elena get together but also that Stefan and Damon get that brother bond back that they both really want.
The episode we had in the UK last night was when they opened the coffin and Elena slightly annoyed me when she asked Stefan if he was the seriel killer which okay I can understand to a degree considering his behaviour lately but I loved his come back line of ' Have you asked Damon' becuase if she believes that Stefan is capable of it which he is then so is Damon. And will admit at the end when they both admitted to each other that they loved Elena I was like with Stfan ' Thank god it's about time' as anyone can see that he still does but at last he's admitted it out loud.
Sorry for the long rant but I kinda get carried away when talking about the VD I just love the show so much. Hope to talk soon as I like our little chats.
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TopGear man thrashes Alfa's 147 replacement
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Objectively, grown-uppedly, this engine is excellent. It'll do 0-62mph in just under eight seconds and, equipped with stop-start as standard, will manage 49mpg and 134g/km of CO2. Those are impressive figures, and it's an impressively refined unit: power delivery is smooth and progressive, the boost barely noticeable.
But - and yes, here's the 'but' - it's a little soulless. There's a defiant lack of rasp and crackle from the exhaust, a slight unwillingness to charge headlong to the redline. And that's our only gripe with the Giulietta overall. It is, undoubtedly, a fine, grown-up car, but on first impressions it's just lacking that final dollop of Alfa's trademark fizz.


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WNY outshoots Reign 20-1, only score Williams' 81st minute goal
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The #2 overall pick in this year's draft leaves Boston University for the NHL.
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Ryan has been a Taylor fan dating back to the quarterback's time as Joe Flacco's backup in Baltimore.
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Eight shutout innings in final rehab start
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Herbed Meatball Minestrone
Fennel adds zing to the herbed meatballs in this hearty, minestrone soup.
- Prep Time : 5 min
- Cook Time : 45 min
- Ready Time : 50 min
- 1/2 tablespoon:fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon:oregano
- 1/2 pound:very lean ground beef
- Salt:and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon:olive oil
- 1/2 medium onion,:sliced
- 1 carrot,:sliced
- 1 stalk celery,:sliced
- 2 medium:cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 cup:canned whole tomatoes (including juice)
- 1 cup:tomato juice
- 4 cups:chicken stock
- 1/2 cup:very small pasta
- 1/2 cup:canned chick peas, rinsed and drained
- 2 cups:spinach, shredded
- 1/2 cup:chopped fresh basil
- In a bowl combine the fennel seeds, oregano and ground beef. Add a little salt and pepper and form the mixture into small meatballs. Heat oil in a stock pot. Brown meatballs on all sides, about 5 minutes. Set them aside.
- In the same stock (don't clean) pot saute the onion, carrot and celery in the olive oil. Saute for 5 minutes without browning the vegetables.
- Add the garlic and saute for another 30 seconds. Add the whole tomatoes, including juice, and break them up with a spoon.
- Add the tomato juice and chicken broth. Bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook gently for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice.
- Add the chick peas, spinach and basil to soup. Add the meatballs to the soup and cook to heat through, about 4 or 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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In India, a wealthy young man and a woman who works at a resort fall for each other and move to Mumbai together, but family issues endanger the young couple's happiness. With Frieda Pinto, Riz Ahmed and Roshan Seth. Written and directed by Michael Winterbottom. Sundance Selects
The Queen of Versailles
This documentary follows a billionaire family on a quest to build the largest house in America when the economy takes a nosedive. Directed by Lauren Greenfield. Magnolia Pictures
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An overworked manager at a fast-food restaurant receives a call from a police officer accusing one of her employees of stealing from a customer, leading to a situation that quickly spirals out of control. With Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy and Bill Camp. Written and directed by Craig Zobel. Magnolia Pictures
The Dark Knight Rises
The masked vigilante Batman must save Gotham City from dangerous new threats, including the mysterious villain Bane. With Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy. Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. In Imax. Warner Bros. Pictures
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A young novelist who was successful early in his career finds himself struggling until he invents an inspiring new character — who shocks him by appearing in the flesh shortly thereafter. With Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas and Annette Bening. Written by Kazan. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle (R) joined Bill Hemmer to discuss what he witnessed on a trip last summer to Israel, where some House lawmakers swam in the Sea of Galilee. Kansas Republican Kevin Yoder has apologized after reports surfaced that he swam naked in the revered body of water during the trip. Quayle, however, said he witnessed no inappropriate behavior, explaining that he went into the Sea of Galilee
with the proper attire and took a small vile of water to use in his daughter's baptism.
Quayle, the son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, also accused his Republican primary opponent, Rep. Dave Schweikert, of intentionally lying about his role in the incident.
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Fierce rivalries inspire fierce devotion, and Edward vs. Jacob in the "Twilight" saga is the latest example.
Although fans of Stephenie Meyer's popular series of novels know how it ends - whether tormented teenager Bella ends up with vampire Edward or werewolf Jacob - they root as hard as ever for their favorite as the hotly anticipated third film based on the books, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," arrives in theaters Wednesday. What does it say about people if they wear a T-shirt emblazoned with "Team Edward" or "Team Jacob"?
Jeremy Clyman, who writes about film in his "Reel Therapy" blog on the Psychology Today website, says just wanting to belong to a group is a fundamental human desire. Which side you choose in "Twilight," though, could stem from personal factors beyond merely thinking Robert Pattinson as Edward is cuter than Taylor Lautner as Jacob - or vice versa.
One of the main things that's exciting about Edward, Clyman said, is that he has a secret: He's a vampire. And that might allow audience members with secrets of their own to identify with him.
"The other appealing thing is the character strength that defines him, his self-control. He's very good at refraining from giving in to his impulses and that could be an appealing trait to see in a person," Clyman said.
Clyman thinks of the more adventurous and muscular Jacob as the underdog in competing for Bella's affection. "She wants to spend time with Edward, and Jacob's stuck in the friend zone."
Kristen Terry of Los Angeles, a self-proclaimed member of Team Jacob who works in photo production, says she can relate to his underdog nature.
"I know I've been in a situation where I was really good friends with a guy and started liking him as more than a friend, but I didn't say anything because I didn't want to ruin the friendship," the 30-year-old Terry said. "Edward was this amazing guy who caught her eye and from the very beginning she was smitten with him."
Jacob also comes in second in fan popularity. In an online poll at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), Edward fans have been outnumbering Jacob fans by about a 2-to-1 ratio.
"Edward personifies that kind of romantic hero from Gothic novels of the 19th century," said Mark Englehart, senior editor of IMDb editorial.
"He's kind of a little like Mr. Rochester in 'Jane Eyre,' the moody, attractive, mysterious man on horseback who comes to sweep the heroine away."
Author Cleolinda Jones, who's written sarcastically funny recaps of the "Twilight" books on her blog, says much of the allure of Edward is that he's a good boy and a bad boy simultaneously.
"He comes from a family with lots of money, lots of stability, lots of security. He goes to school over and over so he's sophisticated, educated. Compared to Jacob he's very calm, very well-read, very clean-cut."
Jacob, meanwhile, is more impulsive, more spontaneous, and comes from a poorer community on the reservation.
"He was probably going to be a mechanic... before he found out he was a werewolf. He's hulky and hairy as opposed to being a clean-cut, elegant figure, so you have the physical contrast."
Marianne Evensen of Norway, a 35-year-old delivery manager who's been attending "Twilight" conventions while visiting the United States, thinks people on Team Edward probably are hopeless romantics, like her.
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Preliminary Jeeves Farming Report
I've always had this perverse obsession with being waited on hand and foot, not sure why that is. It may have something to do with being the Mom (aka House Slave) in RL that drives me to covet slaves in WoW. When I was level 60 I used to force my guildies to run me through The Last Barov so I could have a Barov Peasant Caller on every toon (I still have them). I loved Children's Week because I could drag that kid around with me everywhere, just like a personal minion. And when the Argent Crusade came around I made a point to do the quests so I could have my own Squire (each of my 80 girls has one). So naturally, I need a Jeeves!
One of my big projects on the Test Realm was to find out more about this guy. The patch notes weren't very helpful, so I went to WoWHead to find out where the mechanicals were hanging out. Unfortunately, there are only two groups of them outside Ulduar: Storm Peaks and Borean Tundra. Most of the comments about Jeeves focus on the Storm Peaks mobs, which is obviously fine for level 80 folks. But what about us youngsters who maybe haven't leveled our Engineers yet? Since my Engineer was only 75 on the PTR (she's 77 now on Live) I decided that my project was to figure out how to farm Jeeves for low level peeps.
First I went to Fizzcrank Airstrip to try farming there. I recruited a level 80 DK to AOE groups for me while I skinned. We killed 100 or so mechanicals before we quit and we didn't get a recipe drop. On the other hand, I got 2 stacks of cobalt bolts, 1 stack of volatile triggers and 5 froststeel tubes, which I thought was pretty good for skinning loot. But they don't seem to be a reliable source for the Jeeves recipe. Either it has a really low drop rate from them or I was just terribly unlucky. We won't know for sure until this goes Live, but for now I'm gonna call this plan not worth it.
I guess this leaves us with Plan B - get to Storm Peaks. You're probably thinking this is a terrible idea because the mechanicals are at the Terrace of the Makers and you can't get there without a flyer. And you're right, you can't get there without a flyer... now. But in 3.2 you'll have a way to get there if you are at 435 in Engineering and can make yourself the Wormhole Generator. I talked about this item a few weeks ago, it makes a portal that you can use to get to five different places in Northrend. One of them is Storm Peaks, which takes you right to Ulduar. From here it gets a little tricky and you have to be willing to die for the project. As long as you're ok with that, you can get to the Terrace of the Makers without flying.
First you Wormhole yourself to Storm Peaks and walk over to the Halls of Stone. Go around the circular ledge at the Halls of Stone, the lower ledge is preferable. Partway around the building you should see a black walkway that leads southwest. You want to jump down onto that and be aware that you'll lose a good chunk of health in the process. If you have some sort of 'safefall' ability, this would be a good time to use it.
Now you take the black crosswalk to the Temple of Wisdom. At the southwest corner of the Temple of Wisdom, you're going to jump again. This time you're planning to die, so don't jump onto the little snowbank that's nearby. Make this a glory jump, not a wimpy flop. Once you're dead, you'll be able to rez at the Snowdrift Grave Yard. You'll probably want to wait out your rez sickness, but you can still kamikaze up to Boulderfist if you don't want to stand around that long.
Assuming you're ready for the final push - head west from Boulderfist's Crag and go around Narvir's Cradle. Run between the mountains at Narvir and Grom'arsh and on the other side is the Terrace of the Makers. I made a nifty map to show the route for you visual types:
These mobs are 79, so you might have trouble soloing them if you're not 75+. They were orange to my 75 warrior and she killed onesies without too much trouble. I was having to bandage after each fight so I probably wouldn't be able to kill more than one at a time. If you are 70-74 you might not be able to do much damage at all, since they'll probably be red to you. But if you can at least get here, you might be able to recruit a buddy to kill them while you skin.
I would like to thank my daughter "Emy" for her discovery of the HoS path and the death jump. Tasked with nothing more than "figure out a way" from A to B, she did a great job! If you have a warlock buddy who's willing to summon you to Storm Peaks, you could certainly avoid all of this mess. But I'm going to assume that you don't have a warlock at your beck and call - if you do then feel free to disregard this post :P
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I will never, ever use the Wormhole Generator without checking I have my parachute cloak equipped at least twice. :DReplyDelete
I wonder if it is finally time to break down and level my little green haired engineer... say no to altoholism.ReplyDelete
- AlazasthasAugust 4, 2009 at 2:41 AM
Well, the pain of having to do this will only be needed if the engineer is your first toon to get close to 80. As in 2.3 you can buy Cold weather Flying on a BoA tome that you can send to your other toons so they can fly in Northrend at lvl 68. It still cost you 1,000 gold to do this but then you can safely fly around with all of your toons.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tip Alaz, that will certainly help some folks with their alts. Sadly, I know all too many people who are fiscally challenged and can't manage to keep more than 500g in their pocket. I guess this post will be catering to them =)ReplyDelete
- AlazasthasAugust 4, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Well, I need to clarify that the tome is consumed when you use it, so you will need to dish 1,000 gold for eaach of your toons to get them all with Cold Weather Flying. If you are like Kaliope that has a gazillion toons @ 80 that can easily build up really quickly.ReplyDelete
If you are planning to do this it will be advisable that you start collecting money. Right now the room is open as epic gems are starting to get into the Auction House, jump into the bandwagon and start mining titanium, prospecting it and sell the gems in the Ah while the prices are up.
Also if you can make enhacements like leather kits, buckles or the like, a new PvP season will mean more oportunities to sell your stuff in the AH and trade channels, start to stock up for it.
I agree, the boom after a big patch is a great time to cash in with your crafted consumables. Especially with all the new tournament gear flying around, I fully expect people to be upgrading gear and buying enhancements to go with it. I also wouldn't be surprised to see the glyph market shifting. Some classes got major tweakage - which could impact which glyphs they use or even force some folks into a different spec entirely.ReplyDelete
If you are a miner, just sell the titanium. On Korialstrasz it was going for 500g a stack.ReplyDelete