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I woke up very early in the morning. I hadn't unpacked anything yet. I thoroughly scrubbed my body African style complete with a stone (my mum packed it for me). I wanted to wash out what happened yesterday. I wanted to call a cab so I could leave this wretched house. Anywhere but here was fine. Problem is I didn't know where I was except that this was Lonehill in Fourways. It was just after seven in the morning. I went to the kitchen. Maybe I could find an envelope with an address or something but nothing. I think Gorilla must have heard me because he also walked into the kitchen. He was already bathed and dressed for Monday morning work. I had my back turned to him when he told me where the ingredients were. When I turned to look at him that's when he saw my face.
He saw that I had been crying and immediately asked what was wrong. He stepped forward I think to hug me and I stepped back. He looked at me and asked me what he had done wrong? I had tears in my eyes when I told him that last night he made me feel like a prostitute. He had paid me for a handjob and the fool just looked at me as though he didn't even see that what he did was wrong. I asked him why he had done that because I had been nice and attentive to him. At first he seemed totally confused by what I was saying. I guess he had expected me to question him.
He asked me if he could explain and I told him to go ahead. He told me that when he first came to South Africa he had courted a girl. For two weeks he took her out to restaurants clubs the works. Everything was perfect he said. Eventually they slept together. Three days after he had slept with the girl, the police had come to his house as she had accused him of rape. As a foreigner it was even harder for him to be heard by the police. He said he had been so humiliated. He said eventually someone came and rescued him from the situation. He was angry at the girl and one day he bumped into her at Sandton City. He said he went to her and asked why of all the crimes she could falsely accuse a man of why had she chosen rape. I wanted to ask him why not rape because I didn't really believe his story. He said she told him that its the easiest to get the polices attention. He asked her why she had done that though for they had had neither quarrel nor argument. He said she told him point blank that he had not given her money afterwards because with all the shopping and outings he had given her then she had reasonable expectation that he would give her money. When he had not called her for two days she felt used and that was her revenge. What a ridiculous story! No woman ever falsely accuses a man of rape! Even back in Mooi rape though sadly common is a big thing. I asked him if he then thought that giving a girl money after sex would prevent her from accusing a man of it. He told me that it lessens the charge because wants she accepts the money it becomes a case of a paid agreement. I didn't want to hear more! He had just told me I had been paid for the handjob to ease his conscience. You know how when you are angry you fill in the blanks with your own conclusions. Well I was angry. He wasn't a monster to be fair but FUCK IT at this moment he was.
He tried to convince me to stay and told me it would never happen again. He apologized profusely and said he had never thought I would ever think like that. He said he was many things but not that kind of man. He said it was self preservation neither malice nor him cheapening whom I was. He told me he would not hold me here against my will and gave me keys to his house. Wow. He gave me the address after I refused his offer to take me wherever I wanted to go. I wouldn't accept his help. I called the taxi. I went and took my bags. The money was on the dressing table. I took it. It was mine after all and according to him I had earned. Take what you can and give nothing back right!!! My taxi arrived and I asked it to take me to Braam. I was going to call Ayanda and go to her place. It was Monday morning and there was so much traffic. The taxi driver could see I was in a bad state. See why I appreciated a weave. On a bad day you can hide your sorrows behind your hair and big glasses. With short hair you are exposed like a kwaZulu Girl in Johannesburg for the first time.
I got a call and it was my aunt. She told me she had come to check up on me that morning on her way to the police station and I wasn't there. I told her that yesterday umalume had kicked me out and told me to get my stuff. She asked me where I had slept and I started crying. I couldn't help it. She told me to forget everything he had said he was wrong and he had vented it the wrong way. She reminded me that family sticks together and after the police station when she comes back she must find me at the flat. She wanted to go see N later as well. Bravery. For a moment there I could smile in between the tears. I needed to get my life back in order. When I got to the flat I didn't really feel like it was home anymore. I was grateful though that I had my space. My aunt didn't take more than an hour to get to me from when I arrived. She was with my uncle and he looked like a kid who had been caught stealing sugar.
You know there is nothing harder than making a Zulu man apologize, let alone apologize to a child and a girl child at that. He said he was sorry and had over reacted about this whole thing. He told me that blaming me was wrong and having put me in the middle of it was wrong. I tried to picture my own father apologizing to me. It was a funny thought because I swear his teeth would probably fall out not before Shaka arose from the dead. I accepted the apology but with a side eye. Problem with having rich cousins is that they treat you like the poor cousin you are and always have a way of reminding you of it. It was his flat so I was at the mercy of his tantrums.
My aunt told me that Benny would be moving in with me for a while whilst they tried to fix all this mess. As he was writing his matric soon he didn't need all these distractions and already he drove so it wouldn't be a problem. These people have faith neh! Letting me and Benny live together! They told me that since I had passed matric so well it would also be handy as I would help tutor him. Kinda made sense but wow me and Ben 10 living together was the only thing that I heard.
As we walked into the hospital there were N`s parents. You don't need to be told some parents can never deny their kids because the resemblance is so strong its creepy. I was kinda struck though by the clear large age difference between her parents.
The mother looked at my aunt totally pissed. I think they had met before the recognition and disgust was in her eye.
Its funny how things turn out. Coming behind us was Python and the cop who had taken the details of the case.
What was going to happen next?
Maybe coming here was a bad idea!
****The End****
PS: A lot of people say that cant reach me. Here is my facebook name Michael Nkululeko Maphoto. Invite there


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Colloquial Bulgarian
2nd Edition
By Kjetil Ra Hauge, Yovka Tisheva
Routledge – 2008 – 1 pages
Series: Colloquial Series
Routledge – 2008 – 1 pages
Series: Colloquial Series
Colloquial Bulgarian provides a step-by-step course in Bulgarian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Bulgarian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
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Henia Belalia is a former organizer for Greenpeace who currently works for Peaceful Uprising. The following is an excerpt from her reflections on the sentencing of Tim DeChristopher, a climate activist currently serving two years in prison for peacefully disrupting a federal gas and oil lease auction.
Two weeks after his sentencing, I feel as though I'm finally emerging from a state of shock. Speaking to him through a monitor at the local county jail, seeing his strong smile, I finally accepted the fact that my friend is behind bars and will remain there for another 102 long weeks.
With every supportive message, email and phone call I've received, I'm gratefully reminded that this IS what love looks like. Love is an entire community crying, raging, screaming, breaking down, and holding one another. Love is the tough conversations that ensue, the restorative gatherings, the gardening and digging up dirt together, the willingness to stand for one another – despite our mistakes and shortcomings. Even when my knees go weak, even when my body won't sustain its own weight, I know that someone is there to catch me.
Reverend C.T. Vivian, a civil rights activist, once said that you do not walk away from a movement. A fervent admirer of that era, Tim has often daydreamed of a Climate Justice movement in which every single one of us feels empowered to act, knowing that someone somewhere would have our back.
Tim never ran from the punishment he faced, knowing that his sacrifice could stir something up in us, in our community, in our movement. It has. Witnessing the massive out pouring of support that his unjust sentence has generated, my heart swells and I smile, knowing that it now feels as real as ever.
Our hearts are broken today, as we witness our industry-ruled justice system attempt to alienate us from one another, but we can choose our response – because only WE govern our principles. The best gift we can offer Tim today is a Climate Justice movement that acts on its ideals, committed to an authentic nonviolent resistance.
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Debut full length States from Australia's The Paper Kites is one of those great finds that you'd like to keep all to yourself. Originally founded as the singing, songwriting duo of Sam Bentley and Christina Lacey, the Melbourne-based twosome expanded to a quintet to fill out their instrumental sound and have released two fine EP's -- Woodland and then Young North -- while two of their videos, "Bloom" and "Featherstone," have had youtube traffic topping six million views. States, just out now on Nettwerk, finds the band stretching beyond the amiable, harmonious folk pop of their EP's and heading into darker territory, lyrically and musically, and featuring what Bentley terms "strange little noises." "We really pushed our soundscapes and composition," he adds. "I'm interested in the things beyond a song: textures, adding strings, brass, touches like that." For a taste of the band's new "states," check out the dramatic art/pop underpinnings (and stinging guitar lines) of "A Lesson From Mister Gray" and then click through below for the pitch-perfect, Lacey-led "Cold Kind Hand."
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Organize.com Inc is a well known online retailer for products that offer storage and organization solutions for homes, offices and businesses . With a philosophy of making one's life simpler and more organized, the company is today, a leading web retailer and has been rated among the top 500 web retailers in their latest edition .
The company, founded in 1998, started out as Organize Everything, a retail store in Riverside, CA. With a floor space of , the store sold all kinds of products for kitchen, bath, laundry, garage, and other home and office related products. All products were designed to provide better storage and help organize things, whether in home or office. Terry Shearer, who is the founder of this company, always had a passion for gadgets and in being 'neat'. According to the company's website, Terry got interested in the world of storage and organization. After a fulfilling career in the insurance industry, he decided to come up with his own store which would sell storage and organization products and thus Organize Everything came into existence.
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ResearchNo signs that Microsoft is killing Yammer
Yammer is pitching an open graph-like platform for integration, and using it on software that doesn't just come from new parent Microsoft. Read more »
Yammer is pitching an open graph-like platform for integration, and using it on software that doesn't just come from new parent Microsoft. Read more »
Social media technologies continue to permeate marketing and enterprise collaboration, even if investors felt let down in the third quarter by their consumer-facing businesses. So B2B technology offerings in support of… Read more »
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In a clash of enterprise social collaboration, Salesforce has the bigger announcement, but product doesn't ship till the second half of 2013. Salesforce says it will be getting into the hosted… Read more »
Facebook and, to a lesser extent, Google continued to dominate social and online media in the second quarter. Activity in the social-enterprise space picked up as well. Key highlights from the… Read more »
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Our organic harvested oregano spice (Origanum vulgare, Common and Wild Marjoram, Greek Oregano and Winter Oregano) will make any pizza taste better! Taste the difference! As a close cousin to marjoram, oregano seems to stir up a great deal of controversy. No one knows quite what to call it but we all know it tastes good.
Botanically speaking, oregano and marjoram will make you nuts. Although they are different in flavor and appearance, they are known by the same name. For years both plants were referred to as Origanum majorana L. Botanists now identify oregano and marjoram as Majorana hortensis but are quick to point out that this name really belongs to the "sweet" marjoram of the Mediterranean.
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The feature finds more entertainment in Jessica's personal troubles than her music career. I would say the article is a personality profile, since the journalist interviewing Simpson exposes more about the celebrity apart from her music. He inflects his own opinion of her so the reader is better able to understand Simpson as a person--not performer.
The surprise of the feature is that for the most part, it is largely unflattering to Simpson's credit as a singer or a human being. Everything from her weight, dating life, and a failed movie career are targets to criticism.
Simpson acknowledges that she feared her personal life was outshining her career. Tommy Mattola, head of Sony Music, advised Simpson to take a new direction.
"I think she absolutely needs to re-invent herself," said Mottola.
Mattola was first to sign Simpson to a major-label record deal. Since then she's taken his advice and the former pop princess embraced her inner Texan when she released her first country album last April.
But the album release couldn't hide the "danger signs" that Simpson's star could be burning out. The singer's album sales have been decreasing since 2003. Simpson acknowledged she has always been fighting to compete with the top female pop stars, calling herself the "Hardeez" of the industry in comparison to big name "Burger King" Britney.
The feature is most interesting perhaps in the information it lacks. It makes little mention of why Simpson merits her own profile. There is mention of her recent album, but that's overshadowed by the constant criticism of her failures. The journalist finds Simpson's pretty face and personal life more interesting than her music, and isn't shy to say it's why she appeals to the reader, too.
The Atlantic reports that if you're a Facebook user, chances are you've heard of "farming" on the social networking site.
The trend story credits "Farmville", a virtual farming simulation, as "the most popular game on Facebook". Players can create their own farm and plant crops in hopes of achieving healthier fields, bigger buildings, and decorations.
Interest in this genre of fake "farming" started in 1996 with the introduction of the successful Harvest Moon series from Super Nintendo. Even Harvest Moon representatives were surprised by the game's popularity.
"The game consisted of mostly simple, repetitive tasks and a lot of waiting," the representatives said. "For some reason, gamers really wanted to do this."
While the farm animals and vegetables in Farmville are virtual, the money is very real. The most interesting aspect of the feature is the fact that the Farmville application generates a sizeable amount of income.
Players are willing to pay real currency in hopes of improving their farms and advancing in the game. Zynga reported the transactions from Farmville gamers made up a third of their annual income.
The structure of the article is particularly efficient in that it relies heavily on visual graphics to help the reader understand the topic. There's a freeze-frame photo from a typical farm in Farmville below the heading and a pop-out quote mid-feature that offers a better understanding of why people would pay for a product only available in a virtual world.]]>
Esquire features an interesting article in the July issue of one woman's first-person account of nearly drowning in her car.
The woman is Colette Deusing, a 51-year-old wife and mother of a son. Deusing retells her misfortune of going out on an errand last April only to find herself trapped underwater in her car after she ignored blocked roadway signs.
What makes Deusing's brush with death interesting is her use of comedy in her storytelling. She describes the way her silver Chrysler Sebring "went down like the Titanic" as water filled her car. Still, Deusing describes the terror she felt when she couldn't open her windows or doors.
"I thought of my son and my husband," she said. "I thought about how I'd never see them again."
By the time a man finally noticed and reached Duesing's car, the front was "completely submerged". The man used a sharp object to create a hole in the convertible top large enough for Deusing to escape.
This article is a personal narrative because it is a first person account of one person's bout with disaster. This feature form is the best way for Deusing to recreate the drama of what it might feel like to be trapped in a car underwater.
I found the most unique aspect of the article to be the author's light humor about the disaster situation. Adding little comedic quotes sets the article apart from any other disaster story.]]>
Wcco News reported that a mother and her daughter were convicted on charges of manslaughter Wednesday after a child died at their in-home day care in Bloomington, Minn., in August 2008.
The child, 22-month-old Demar Hicks, started choking when the seat belt straps of his car seat wrapped around his neck after he was placed in a playpen. Demar was treated at Children's Hospital but died two days later.
The Dakota County attorney's office revealed in a statement to The Star Tribune that the child died from "being deprived of oxygen for an extended period of time."
Police were uncertain in the month following the toddler's death if any charges would be filed against the day-care providers. The case was turned over to the Hennepin County Attorney that prosecuted Doris D. Meeks, 48, and Harmony S. Newman, 21.
Demar's parents are still struggling with the loss of their child.
"He was my baby," said Alexia Coleman, Demar's mom. "He was my life."
Meeks and Newman were found guilty of second-degree manslaughter and child neglect and endangerment.
You simply can't leave a child of that young of an age unattended in this manner," Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said.
Court reports showed that Meeks violated her daycare license that required both providers to be present to look after the 14 children. Meeks had left Mama D's Day Care when Hicks died.
Both Meeks and Newman have been taken into custody and will be sentenced Dec. 21 at 1:30 p.m.]]>
U.S. Department of Commerce released a statement Wednesday that showed
consumer spending increased by .7% in October with comparison to the previous
rise in spending raises hope that recovery is in progress for the economy
despite the country's high unemployment.
President of ClearView Economics Ken Mayland told BBC news that the increase in consumer spending is promising.
count consumers out, they are making a contribution to the recovery," he said.
BBC News reported consumer expenses make up more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy. The Commerce Department data showed that consumers made greater expenses on both durable and nondurable goods in October.
spent more money on cars, household appliances, clothes, and food despite the
highest rate of unemployment in October since April 1983.
Ghriskey, cofounder of Solaris Asset Management, said the increased
spending is necessary for an economic upturn.
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The New York Times reported that two foreign journalists were freed in Somalia Wednesday after a ransom was paid for the pair's release.
Australian Nigel Brennan and Canadian Amandia Lindhout were kidnapped in August of 2008 when they were working as freelance journalists for Western media organizations in Somalia.
Ms. Lindhout told Canada's CTV that she was tortured and kept in various houses during the 15 months of captivity.
was extremely oppressive," she said.
"I was kept by myself at all times. I had no one to speak to."
Brennan worried the pair would be sold to other militants after they were
""Being pistol-whipped is sort of
torture, being completely stripped of everything and then locked in a room,
no-one to speak to, is a form of torture really," he said.
Somali MP gave little details of the ransom amount but said the hostages were rescued by militiamen.
BBC News reported that Brennan and
Lindhout are believed to be staying at a hotel in the capital, Magadishu. The pair will fly to Kenya
Journalists have been frequently seized in Somalia since 1991, the last time the country had a stable government. British journalist Colin Freeman was released in January after being held captive in Somalia for nearly six weeks.]]>


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It is a very nifty set, and works well.....except that the lid will melt into your pot if exposed to the slightest flame.
As someone who enjoys remote camping, I need my gear to be durable, so I set out to upgrade this pitiful plastic lid to something that will stand the test of time.
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My husband collects knives. Once a year, he takes them all out to apply oil and fondly gaze at them. He looks like a kid again, like a small boy counting his marbles or matchbox cars. If I happen to be around, he eagerly invites me to adore them, too.
I hang around to watch, all agog with sagging jaw, but not because I'm impressed by knives. Rather, I'm annually amazed at the amount of money that went into that pile of flashy metal. My husband glances up, sees the gleam in my eye, and says, "Don't even think about it. I'm not selling."
My husband's collection is not worth much, if you don't count memories. He has knives from all over the world, some of which he bought from craftsmen in the poorest countries. His favorites are those made in the USA. When I ask him why he doesn't use that particular knife, because it seems very handy, he looks alarmed and puts it back in its original packaging. Practical use is reserved for the cheapest knives. All the rest he stores carefully, and for all I know, he doesn't think about them for the rest of the year.
I don't understand collections, unless they come in my shoe size, or happen to be free. And now that the economy is tanking, my penny-pinching side takes issue with spending money on pieces of metal that are tucked away in a box, safe from moisture, to be viewed and enjoyed once a year.
That's the knee-jerk reaction most of us are having to tighter budgets and the threat of worse times to come. Save, save, save your money! Stop splurging on frivolities! This is the mantra penny pinchers have repeated for years, before the economy tanked. However, experts say that one reason the economy will not recover quickly is a Catch-22: the public is having a financial anxiety attack. Unfortunately, local small businesses, self-employed moms, craftsmen, and artists will suffer the most.
Maybe we need to rethink what splurging means, because unless you are two dollars away from living on the street, you are going to splurge on something from one payday to the next. In hard times, you might boost your morale with a donut, a magazine, a designer coffee, or the latest techno-gadget, none of which will last very long, improve your life, or pad your savings account. If you are going to splurge to feel better, wouldn't it be better to have something to show for it ten years down the road, besides an expanded waist line?
Splurging does not have to be selfish. My husband is proud of his knife collection, and though he would never sell them, occasionally he gives one away because it makes him feel good. You might feel great after contributing to Ducks Unlimited or the local food pantry, or spending the day making memories with your kids at the zoo.
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The opening pages of Past and Present describe a moment of sudden insight. A "picturesque Tourist", out to admire "this bounteous realm of England", finds only the St. Ives Union Workhouse, surrounded by workhands, ready and willing to work, but for all that unable to do so. What, he demands, is the "Enchantment" that can compel such work-ready men to languish, reducing potentially productive bodies to such a state of needy dependency? The answer, of course, was "the invisible hand" of . The first law of Laissez-faire economics, or what Carlyle here renames the "cash-nexus", has it that if it is not immediately profitable to have work done, then no work shall be done until sufficient demand for the relevant …
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There is really progress going on in the field of electric engines. Electric engines are already four times better than internal combustion engines. The technology to bring pure plug-in electric vehicles to the road does already exist. The only restrain is the presence of efficient battery solutions; batteries allowing recharging to be done at an affordable cost. The upcoming years, will see a drastic change in the composition of cars on the road. Most automobile companies are already developing special electric car models.
An advantage of electric engines is that they make use of the energy generated from braking. This heat is usually wasted. This means that these vehicles are perfect for urban distances where lots of braking is done.
In addition, there are fewer mechanical components – this reduces the operation cost of the vehicles. The cost of driving electric vehicles has for the first time in history decreased to a highly competitive cost. Electric vehicles are even more cost-effective than typical diesel and gasoline vehicles. This motivates the development of the electrification of the transportation sector.
Of course, transforming the road system will take time and requires creativity. Irrespective of the amount of effort required to realise the introduction of greener cars has a phenomenal profit potential.
Plans have already been proposed in Australia, Portugal, Israel, Ireland, Denmark, France and New Zealand. In other areas such as in Japan, Germany and in states of US like California and Hawaii, pilot programs have already been introduced. Spain is planning to progress with pilot programs in 2012. The U.S, Obama's administration is steadily promoting plug in hybrid and electric cars to the market – news is expected soon -.
To charge electric vehicles, there are two feasible solutions – a single large electric plug-in engine or several smaller engines placed to each wheel. The use of one engine in the electric vehicles will make the cars more powerful and alike to contemporary cars. However, they have a downfall, related to its inefficient reaction to friction.
The electric vehicles could have engines in the tires. This would reduce the loss of energy (friction) in respect to the single engine solution. Unfortunately, several small engines would only be appropriate for small cars as larger vehicles need more power and thus a larger engine.
The problem of electric cars might come in the motivation to transform and redefine the way these cars are re-filled. Instead of recharging cars for hours, the batteries could simply be changed. It would practically take the same degree of time to change a battery to that of re-fuelling.
The focus is to provide low battery costs. One solution is to provide batteries at a monthly fee or even the car itself for a periodic fee. This would make the car industry alike to that of the phone market. Vehicles could be purchased cheaply in this way. Battery charging, maintenance, replacement infrastructure and support would be provided for a monthly fee.
On average in Europe approximately 12,000 Euros are spent to buy a car and 30,000 Litres of fuel are needed over a year. This brings the cost to roughly 30,000 to 35,000 Euros per year. Research suggests that fuel is three times as expensive as the car itself. On the other hand, an electric car battery would merely cost 7,000 Euros. The electricity cost of charging the battery would amount to 2,000 during the operation life of the battery. In other words, it is only 30 percent of the cost of fuel consumed by typical cars.
In addition, the cost of electricity from renewable sources of energy and battery tend to fall year on year. This mean that the cost of electric cars will experience a diminishing cost in all it senses – the vehicle, electricity and batteries –
For an electric car to drive 100 kms, it will need roughly 10 to 20 kilowatt hour. This is tantamount to 2 Euros. A gasoline or diesel car would make this distance at the cost of 8 Euros. This makes electric vehicles extremely competitive. The only drawback is the high fixed cost of the battery. In order, to deal with these problems formulas used in the cellular phone sector, is currently a competitive option. The battery could be leased similarly to subscription to various phone networks or internet packages. The battery companies will then only change battery at the re-charging stations.
The introduction of electric cars needs a new environment. The solutions lie in either battery replacement stations or charging spots on parking areas (near to cars). Unfortunately, these things aren't available yet. The transport electrification plans need to be introduced effectively to make sure that the market for electric cars strives.
Strong collaboration between manufacturers and governments are fundamental. Countries like Australia, Iceland, Portugal, Ireland, Denmark, Israel, and in the U.S. San Francisco and Hawaii are taking critical steps. Besides, pilot projects are steadily progressing on countries like UK, France, China, Italy and Germany.
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A wall with one long window separates the Timonium office of Michele's Granola from its bakery space, but neither glass nor drywall can keep out the intoxicating smell: a mix of vanilla, coconut and sunflower seeds, among other ingredients.
When complimented on the aroma, the business' founder and owner, Michele Thornett, smiled knowingly.
"We get that a lot," she said.
Wearing earth-toned clogs and a peasant skirt (which match her green eyes and red hair), Thornett looks like someone who should be into healthy snack food. Instead of an office chair, she sits on a yoga ball.
Yet Thornett, 34, didn't know how to make granola before she started experimenting in her house eight years ago. Now, her 25-member staff churns out 1,500 bags per day, distributing to grocery stores such as Wegman's and Whole Foods but also Goucher University, Under Armour, the Four Seasons hotel and smaller, local coffee shops.
The motto of Michele's Granola is "Profits, People and Planet." The company's working on becoming certified organic, which requires using 70 percent organic ingredients. Thornett said the company has already reached this standard; pending the approval of the Department of Agriculture, Thornett will be able to add a label to the package stating, "Made with organic ingredients," hopefully by summer 2013.
Thornett grew up in the area (she went to Winston Churchill High School in Montgomery County), in a family where food was a "community event." On Saturday mornings, her grandparents made pancakes and the whole family sat down at the table to eat them, as WTOP radio played in the background. She was always the one who baked the birthday cake and clipped recipes from magazines.
"I loved making people happy through food," she said.
She only became fascinated with granola after college, when she spent the summers of 2002 and 2003 on Martha's Vineyard. She'd graduated from Duke University in 2000, and friends who she'd met in Ireland during her post-college travels frequented the island and convinced her to spend a few months there as a waitress to make some extra money.
The Black Dog bakery on the island made bread, muffins, pastries and other goods from scratch — including large, crunchy granola bars.
"I was just obsessed; it was the perfect food," Thornett said. "It had everything I needed in it, and I loved the flavor."
When she returned home in fall of 2003, Thornett began making her own granola and giving it to friends and family as a gift. By 2005, she found a job working for a bakery called Takoma Kitchens, which sold goods at the Takoma Park Farmers Market on Sunday mornings. The bakery's customers would ask for granola, but it was one of the few items Takoma Kitchens didn't make.
In April 2006, Thornett began selling her granola in partnership with the bakery, and began leasing her first commercial kitchen space from the company. There, she introduced her "original" flavor — a recipe she uses to this day. Pumpkin Spice wasn't far behind.
"I tried to take it away because I wanted to do a seasonal thing," Thornett said. "Customers kept coming back and asking for it, so we make it year-round."
Michele's Granola now produces five year-round flavors — original, pumpkin spice, cinnamon raisin, cherry chocolate and ginger hemp — but only makes three per day to ensure freshness.
"I knew how to make something at home, but learning how to then multiply the volume of that and maintain the homemade integrity of the product, that's been an ongoing learning process," Thornett said.
She hired her first full-time office employee a year and a half ago and now has three production managers and three people in sales and distribution, which lets her focus more on the company's business side. But she still loves to get her hands in the granola.
Morning is the busy, good-smelling time. From 7 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., the ingredients are mixed and laid out on giant baking pans, which then go into even larger ovens, affectionately named Hobart and Baxter, after the manufacturer.
"I won't tell you which one's our favorite," Thornett said.
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Boosaba Sunanta never imagined that a tiny social enterprise could stand alongside giant local and global companies in winning a major Asean award for energy efficiency.
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Botox Cosmetic is a non-surgical, dermatologist administered treatment that temporarily diminishes frown lines producing a smoother complexion. Approved by the FDA, Botox is a purified form of botulinum toxin that is injected in miniscule amounts into the appropriate muscle to relax and thus diminish or eliminate the dynamic wrinkle line or furrow. Botox has been used for over ten years and is becoming the most chosen non surgical treatment to reverse signs of aging. The injections are safe and require no downtime.
Additionally, Botox is also used to treat hyperhidrosis, excessive sweating of armpits and hands.
Botox before and after images.
Chemical Peels
A chemical peel is a chemical solution applied to the skin's surface to reduce fine lines, wrinkles, and discoloration of the skin such as sun and age spots and refresh skin texture and color.
At the Skin and Laser Center we use medical strength glycolic acid and Obagi Blue Peel® System. A consultation with one of our dermatologists will decide which chemical peel is right for each patient.Cosmetic Fillers
Cosmetic fillers are substances that are injected through small needles into the skin to smooth depressions caused by wrinkles, folds, scars or facial volume loss. Areas amenable to treatment with fillers include lips, wrinkles, folds and fine lines around the mouth and eyes, and depressed scars caused by the likes of acne and chicken pox.
Over the years a variety of filler agents have been successfully designed to create a more youthful appearance. Each filler is composed of different materials which produce different aesthetic affects and have different durations. By way of consultation, our dermatologists will detect the best filler option for each patient.At the Skin and Laser Center we utilize the following filler agents
Restylane Lip Injections
Laser Treatments and Procedures
The use of lasers in dermatology has advanced rapidly over the past 30 years. Today, lasers have a broad range of dermatologic applications, including: removal or improvement of wrinkles, lines and other effects of aging and photoaging, treatment of superficial brown pigmented lesions such as age spots, and deep pigmented lesions such as port wine stains and birthmarks, removal or improvement of scars, removal of some skin cancers, removal of tattoos, removal of warts, and removal of unwanted hair to name a few. At the Skin and Laser Center, we utilize numerous lasers to treat specific conditions of the skin. A consultation with one of our dermatologists is required prior to any laser therapy to determine which laser is most beneficial to treating the patient.
Microdermabrasion is a skin-freshening technique that helps rejuvenate the skin and improve acne. Tiny particles are passed through a vacuum tube to gently scrape away the aging skin and stimulate new cell growth. As with other skin rejuvenation techniques, more than one treatment may be needed to reduce or remove fine wrinkles and unwanted pigmentation.
Photodynamic Therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a procedure that utilizes the application of a photosensitizing drug to skin and intensed-pulsed-light therapy selectively to target pre-skin cancers, acne and sun damage. PDT can help clear the skin of actinic keratoses which are premalignant growths in sun-exposed areas, mainly the face, chest, arms, and hands. It is also effective for moderate to severe acne. A series of treatments can put acne into remissions for months as well as reversing some scarring without taking oral medications.
Spider veins are small enlarged superficial blood vessels that appear red or blue. They commonly occur on the legs, but frequently occur on the face or elsewhere. These dilated blood vessels may be short, unconnected lines each about the size of a large hair or connected in a matted, "sunburst" pattern. Sometimes, they occur in a small area and aren't very noticeable, or they can cover a large area of skin and be quite unattractive. Larger dilated blood vessels called reticular veins may be appear blue/green through the skin's surface. They may occur along with spider veins.
At the Skin and Laser Center we offer number treatments to improve the appearance of spider and varicose veins including schlerotherapy and laser treatments.
Sclerotherapy is injection therapy for spider veins (small red and purple veins) and larger reticular surface veins of the leg. The procedure is rather simple. Veins are injected with a sclerosing solutions which causes the veins to collapse and fade from view.
The injection solutions available are slightly different, and the choice of which to use depends on several factors including the size of the vessel. During an initial consultation, our dermatologists will choose a solution and treatment plan that is best for your particular case. The number of treatments depends on the amount and severity of your veins and the results that you hope to achieve.
Laser Treatment
Lasers have been used for more than twenty years to treat the appearance of spider and varicose veins . Wavelengths of light are absorbed by the hemoglobin in the blood vessels to destroy them. Many types of lasers, pulsed dye, long-pulsed, variable-pulsed Nd-YAG, may be used, as well as a non-laser intense pulsed light technique. During a consultation, our dermatologists will recommend the best type of laser for you.


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Your correspondent Michael Matthews should go to France or Belgium to buy his pigs' intestines (18 September, p 59). Living in Kent, that should be easy for him. Most butchers in France, and certainly in the pig-rearing regions like Brittany, will supply pigs' intestines, and many restaurants serve them in the form of
In fact, markets in France and Belgium will sell you many items of food not usually seen in Britain. These countries don't seem to bow so deeply to the edicts of the European Union, and don't impose strict regulations on consumers in the way Britain does. Take a cool box with you and have a pleasant day's shopping.
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47 Name: SODIUM HYDROXIDE, CAUSTIC SODA CAS No.: 1310 - 72 - 2 Chemical Formula: NaOH Description: NAS/CWTC 0 21/82 Formula Weight: 40.1 Sodium hydroxide solutions are available in nominal con- centrations of 50% sodium hydroxide and 73% sodium hydroxide. m e solutions are clear or slightly turbid, colorless or slightly colored, and when exposed to the air they absorb carbon dioxide forming sodium carbonate. The alkali equivalent of 100% sodium hydroxide is 77.5% sodium oxide. Use: Used for pH adjustment. Purity Requirements: The RMIC are based on a maximum dosage of 100 mg of sodium hydroxide/liter of water and are to be compared to impurity concentrations obtained by using sample proce- dures described in this monograph. If the actual dosage is other than 100 mg/liter, the user is cautioned to consult Table 2 for appropriate RMIC values. ImPur its Mercury Bulk Sample Collection: RMIC mg Impurity/kg Sodium Hydroxide 2 Sample in accordance with Standard for Sodium Hydroxide, AWWA B501-75, American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado (1975).
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