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Three of today's most celebrated designers offer unique books reflecting personal style and sharing ideas for frustrated DIYers. Friend of Oprah and nationally known designer Nate Berkus offers a twist on the traditional decorating book in The Things that Matter. This beautifully illustrated title combines his life story with a diverse tour of homes, including his family and some celebrity friends. His message regarding the value of the things we cherish is clear since these objects reflect our personalities. This will appeal to collectors and those who keep it simple, since it's all about how the things we love and choose to surround ourselves with fill us with comfort and joy.
Carter Oosterhouse, the popular host of several of HGTV shows, is known for his simple design style. In Carter's Way, he offers homeowners an inside look at his successful home design process. Each chapter covers a different room or area of the house and highlights the diversity of layouts in homes today. He recognizes the intimidation experienced by homeowners when tackling design projects, but his laid-back attitude provides encouragement. Oosterhouse focuses on environmentally friendly, inexpensive, and readily-found materials, and the specific examples and striking photos illustrate his philosophy.
Thom Filicia is a respected professional designer and former star of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. American Beauty is homage to his two year renovation of a vacation home in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Filicia fell in love with the Lakes as a vacationing child, and the beauty of the area and the Skaneateles Lake is showcased here. Readers are treated to information about the history of his home and also given smart tips on making the right design choices. After two long years, Filicia created the house of his dreams and the 300 stunning photographs will appeal to anyone dreaming of the perfect retreat.
Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland, by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, chronicles the life of one of the world's most important stylemakers. Born into a wealthy family, Diana was designed for greater things. Her younger sister Alexandra was the beauty of the family, a fact that was revealed to Diana constantly by their mother, Emily. Often Diana felt unloved and unappreciated at home, and used creativity and imagination to escape her dull, drab world. She discovered an ability to surround herself with beautiful things, wonderful clothes and interesting people. In 1936, Vreeland joined the staff at Harper's Bazaar as a fashion editor. While the editor-in-chief was concentrating on Paris couture, Vreeland concentrated on American fashion and design, often spotting new and fresh designers and photographers and pairing them together to create magic. She was able to keep the pages fresh and inviting throughout the WWII era and well into the Fifties. Times changed drastically again with the arrival of the Sixties, and Diana soon found herself at editor-in-chief of the American edition of Vogue. Here she was able to deal with rising hemlines and a youth movement that would change the world of fashion. By 1971 she was fired from Vogue, but Vreeland never stopped. She joined the staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a Special Consultant to the Costume Institute, and was able to create exhibits featuring the fashion that she loved.
Vreeland is a fascinating character with an unusual yet powerful voice. Readers who would love to learn about fashion will find much to like in this book. Vreeland's life is captivating, as are the many stories of the designers, photographers and models of that period. It is fascinating to read how world events and the economy shape the ways people look at fashion and determine what is worn. Empress of Fashion is sure to please readers, even with the most discerning tastes.
Always Looking: Essays on Art, by John Updike, is an invaluable collection of fourteen eloquent discussions that examine Western painting and sculpture. Although Updike was an acclaimed writer of literature, many readers might not know that he was also an art connoisseur. His skillful nonfiction reveals an astute perspective which masterfully dissects art in a way that will gratify the seasoned appreciator, as well as the casual observer who is just curious to learn more.
John Updike's lifelong passion for visual art began in childhood when discovered comics, like Mickey Mouse in the Treasure Hunt. Into adulthood, he continued to seek out pieces that fascinated him and curiously described familiar pieces in a new way. While considering Gustav Klimt's "The Dancer", Updike questioned if the painting is "a bold and necessary step in the direction of modernism, or an uneasy half-step, a cheaply bought glamour, a kind of higher kitsch?"
Much more than a conversation of art, Always Looking offers rich and vivid images of the very works Updike is discussing. From René Magritte's unnervingly sensual "The Lovers" to Roy Lichtenstein's loud pop of "In the Car", the short essay format makes this a perfect book of leisure. You might dip in for a bit and read on a topic or discover the pleasure of flipping through its pages to take in the richly dynamic selection. This stimulating reconsideration of classics will change the way you look at art.
We've all heard the warnings from Mom and Dad. Wait an hour after eating before you go swimming or you'll get a cramp. If you swallow gum, it will sit in your stomach for seven years. Chewing on pencils will give you lead poisoning. In his new book Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales & Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, record-breaking Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings searches for the truth behind the myths that parents tell their children. Using case histories, scientific research, and statistics, Jennings investigates the warnings passed down to us from our parents in a book that both informs and entertains.
Do you really need to wait for your parents to check your Halloween candy for poison or razorblades? Jennings says probably not. You're more likely to have octuplets or die by elephant stampede than you are to eat poisoned Halloween candy. Will you really get arthritis from cracking your knuckles? Knuckle popping may be annoying, but it doesn't cause arthritis. Is chewing ice really bad for your teeth? According to Jennings, yes, it actually is. The cold causes the tooth fibers to contract as you chomp down on the hard ice cube, making you more likely to break or chip a tooth. Because I Said So! is a perfect read for fans of Discovery's Mythbusters, trivia buffs, and those of us who simply want the right to say "I told you so."
Good things come in small packages this time of year, as this delightful trio of recently published stocking stuffer-sized books demonstrates. From pondering the idiosyncrasies of domestic life with man's best friend (dog or cat) to a quirky collection of curious tidbits about our world, here are some lighthearted, quick reads to enjoy or give.
Feline lovers will cheer for Toby Jug, the enterprising black and white kitten in Denis O'Connor's Paw Prints in the Moonlight: the Heartwarming True Story of One Man and His Cat. Set in rural Northumberland, O'Connor rescues the badly injured kitten one snowy night and brings it back to his 18th century cottage, where he keeps the kitten in a large cotton ball-cushioned pitcher. The kindhearted nature lover and his Maine Coon form an inseparable bond through many of Toby Jug's escapades. Lovely descriptions of the English countryside and delicate color illustrations enrich this poignant and charming tale for young and old.
Unfortunately, it's not all domestic bliss for Richard Cohen when the family pet gets in the way. His new book, I Want to Kill the Dog, chronicles in jest the master-versus-canine tug of war. The author is married to television journalist Meredith Vieira, definitely the animal lover of this long married couple. Jasper is the "dog of many flavors," whose many annoying habits (ear splitting bark, for one) threaten marital harmony. Pet peeves aside, Cohen's story belies what is really important: marriage and family come with good and bad and even the dog.
A potpourri of trivia awaits readers of Alex Palmer's Weird-o-pedia: the Ultimate Book of Surprising, Strange, and Incredibly Bizarre Facts about (Supposedly) Ordinary Things. For instance, did you know that mosquitoes prefer people with Type O blood, or that humming is good for your sinuses? In 12 humorous chapters, each containing alphabetized entries, Palmer focuses on food and drink, friends and family, work, play, and so forth. A useful list of sources is also included. Parents beware, though; some mature topics are presented.
Audiences continue to be fascinated by the life and work of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. He is the subject of the new theatrical film based on Stephen Rebello's Hitchcock!: Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. Rebello begins with the story of Ed Gein, whose grisly crimes inspired Robert Bloch to write the novel Psycho. Hitchcock's selection of Bloch's gruesome novel was an abrupt departure from the expected, eliciting doubt from everyone including the studio. When Paramount made it clear that they wouldn't back Psycho, Hitchcock offered to finance the movie himself if Paramount would distribute the finished product. Rebello pulls together details about the production of the film and explores the public reaction after its record-breaking openings in Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago in June 1960. Hitchcock, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Helen Mirren, brings to life Hitchcock's relationship with his wife Alma and their collaboration during the production of Psycho.
Audiences looking for more Hitchcock will also want to see HBO's The Girl. The film focuses largely on Hitchcock's dark and often abusive relationship with Tippi Hedren, leading lady in his iconic films The Birds and Marnie. Hitchcock and Hedren, played by Toby Jones and Sienna Miller, create unforgettable films together but at a steep price to Hedren's well-being.
What do frying pans, spit-jacks, and molecular gastronomy have in common? They are all kitchen technologies that have affected how humans accomplish the very basic task of feeding themselves. Some are ancient, like the wooden spoon, which has been around for thousands of years. Some are complex, like the SousVide SVK-00001 Supreme Water Oven, which can hold a vacuum-sealed package of chicken breast at a constant temperature of 137 degrees Fahrenheit until the meat becomes succulent, juicy, and somehow safe enough to eat. And some, like the basic cooking pot, are more influential than others. They all have a place in Bee Wilson's insightful and entertaining new history, Consider the Fork: A history of how we cook and eat.
In a work that spans time from before the development of agriculture through today's high-tech kitchen gadgetry, it is impossible to be comprehensive. Wilson, instead, focuses on certain culinary implements that have had an impact on what we eat and how we go about preparing to eat it. Each chapter explores a different kitchen tool or concept, with charming hand-drawn illustrations of the various equipment sprinkled throughout the text. Wilson also includes short spotlights on particularly useful, unique, and interesting examples of kitchen technology that punctuate the end of the every chapter.
Witty and filled with wonderful obscure facts about famous and long-forgotten kitchen equipment, Consider the Fork is perfect for anyone who has ever looked in their kitchen drawers and wondered, "Where did all this stuff come from?" Food history enthusiasts and fans of Mark Kurlansky's Salt: A world history will devour this delightful read.
As Susannah Cahalan waited in the doctor's office the painting of Miro's Carota, with its twisted, unnatural grin, seemed to smile down at her. She would revisit the colorful and distorted face over the next several months as she battled a mysterious neurological illness that almost permanently severed her connection with reality. In her candid and gripping new memoir, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, the New York Post reporter reconstructs in a riveting fashion the journey that carried her to the brink of lunacy.
For twenty-four-year-old Cahalan the illness crept up innocently enough. She believed her flu symptoms were the result of bedbugs in her Manhattan apartment. Once she began experiencing numbness she sought out a doctor. Soon she was missing deadlines at work, and her increasingly erratic behavior now included paranoia and hallucinations. Cahalan and her family worried she was having a nervous breakdown. It was her first blackout at her boyfriend Stephen's house that "marked the line between sanity and insanity," she recalled. Doctors were baffled, and on March 23, 2009 she was admitted to the hospital. Eventually, a prominent neurologist's hunch followed by a brain biopsy confirmed that she suffered from rare autoimmune encephalitis. Recovery would take months. Her zombie-like behavior scared people who wondered what was wrong with her. She described running into an old high school friend as a "soul crushing moment." Her rock remained her family, Stephen and her parents, who never wavered.
Cahalan admits writing her story was difficult. With only flashes of memory intact she relied on interviews, medical records, journals, and hospital video footage to complete the picture. Absorbing and fast paced, the book's short chapters read like a medical mystery that takes an eye-opening look inside the misfiring of the human mind and its ability to repair and emerge from the abyss.
Care for a stroll down memory lane? How about a local history lesson? Check out this trio of books focusing on Bawlmer and its 'burbs. Baltimore Beer: A Satisfying History of Charm City Brewing joins Days Remembered: Iconic Photography of the Baltimore Sun and Baltimore County: Historical Reflections and Favorite Scenes in a remembrance of things past.
Local author, former Sun food columnist, and founder of Baltimore Beer Week, Rob Kasper knows his food and drink. In Baltimore Beer, he traces the growth of the brewing industry beginning with the influence of the German immigrants who brought their craft with them from Europe. Loaded with anecdotes and moving from early biergartens to modern brewpubs, Kasper explores the breweries' social and economic influence on the Baltimore area. "Ain't the beer cold?"
Baltimore residents Barton and Elizabeth Cockey teamed up to produce a charming look at ye olde suburbia in their book Baltimore County. Divided into sections such as Transportation, Public Buildings and Schools, and Wars, this book takes the reader on a tour of county peoples and places and offers an informative narrative laced with personal recollections. Instead of photographs, the book is illustrated with artist Elizabeth's paintings of the area.
2012 marked the 175th year anniversary of the Baltimore Sun. While no longer a "penny paper," the power of its photographs to inform and inspire remains a constant. Days Remembered is a collection of images from the Sun spanning from the 1901 debut portrait photograph of Judge Sherry of the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Blue Angels flight over Fort McHenry this past summer. Grouped by decade and including pictures of Babe Ruth, marble step-scrubbing, Blaze Starr, the Berrigan brothers, and the integration of Southern High, this visual history perfectly captures the past one hundred-plus years of Maryland living.
Purpose: An Immigrant's Story by Wyclef Jean is both the biography of Jean and the life story of the Fugees, one of the most successful hip-hop & R&B bands of the 1990s. Originally from Haiti, Jean is the son of a pastor and the grandson of a Voodoo priest. In this revealing new memoir, Jean recounts his early life – from his early years in the LaSerre slum to international superstardom in the 1990s. And finally, he describes his humanitarian work in Haiti and his unsuccessful bid for Haiti's presidency.
After his early childhood in Haiti, he joined his parents in New York, where he was raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the family matriarch. It took quite some time to get accustomed to his new life in America. He grew up in tough neighborhoods, often ravaged by drugs and guns. He also faced anti-Haitian prejudice throughout his youth in New York. Jean grew up in a very musical (and religious) household. He refers to his family as the "Haitian-American Partridge Family." Because his father would not allow him to play secular music, his first band was a Christian rock group. He immersed himself in classic funk and rock songs and modified the lyrics so that the resulting song was a Christian one. Once he finally embraced secular music, there was no looking back. As one of the founding members of the Fugees and successful solo artist, Jean has sold millions of records. Perhaps the most compelling section of the book is the story of the Fugees and the recording of their mega-hit, The Score.
He says The Score is essentially the soundtrack of his relationship with Lauryn Hill. Although the relationship ended badly, it became an all-consuming affair that inspired the beautiful, soulful songs on The Score. After the Fugees broke up, Jean set out on his successful solo career, almost ran for the President of Haiti and is now focused on his family and music. Purpose: An Immigrant's Story is highly recommended to biography readers. but also anyone interested in the history of hip-hop.
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USF students audition to be "MADE"
For some, the childhoodmessage of You can become anything you want when you grow up, resonated more strongly than with others, and now those few have the opportunity to act on it.
The popular MTV self-improvement realityshow MADE held auditions in the Communications andInformation Sciences (CIS) building Tuesday in hopes of finding interesting subjects for their 14th season. Students came from across campus and from all majors in the hopes of
being made into the brightest, fastest, most famous and best.
Kayla Whitten, a junior majoring in advertising and studio arts, was sitting in one of the old, wooden waiting room chairs outside of the
conference room where an interview was in progress, anxiously holding her casting call questionnaire. Her neat handwriting under the
bold-faced, typed questions gave hints to what her audition tape would consist of.
Im just trying to become more professional, she said. Im not really sure what to do when it comes to trying to achieve my goals on my own.
Whitten said she was being held back from her dreams by her own perception of herself an issue many college students face daily.
Im thankful that I have this opportunity, and even though Im self-conscious, Im willing to be watched because it would benefit me, said Whitten.
By 4 p.m., 23 students had interviewed with MADEs casting producer, Nathan Johnson, who videotaped candidates speaking about their lives, goals and past.
Ive heard everything from becoming a singer, to an actor, to losing weight and becoming a football coach, Johnson said. If you want to be made into a librarian, Im already bored. But regular goals that everyone can relate to are what will draw people in.
The interview process seemed intimidating to students such as anthropology sophomore Joseph Snell, who said he wanted to become a better public speaker.
Speaking in front of a camera and exposing his past and treasured dreams to a complete stranger though mildly frightening wasthe first step. I have to kind of brace myself to open up, he said.But Im willing to give it a shot.
This wasnt the first visit the three-time Emmy award winning series made its way to USF. Last March, Johnson made his first visit in the hopes of finding some big dreamers. This year, he was eager to return.
I specifically requested that we come to USF, said Johnson.
I had one of the best experiences with the students here last year.
Ultimately the student most likely to be made, is the one with the most interesting background story, he said. That is what draws audiences to any type of reality TV, and makes the viewer want the shows subject to improve and change for the better.
Though Johnson has several more visits for casting calls, he said some of the stories at USF are already among his favorites and final casting decisions will be made in the near future.
While the first phase of living their dreams may be done, the auditioning students still have to live their regular lives. For the 23 USF students ready to be anything they want, the waiting game for their life goals just begun.
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"Big Data" challenges for the grid: EPRI survey results and analysis
By: SGN Staff
By Doug Dorr, Christina Haddad, Alberto Del Rosso
Data analytics and challenges associated with data management represent two new challenges for electric service providers world-wide. In fact, a recent industry survey by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has identified the pending "big data" inundation as one of the larger smart grid-related research and development gaps in the electric industry.
This particular gap is widening as the power grid evolves from a very basic (minimal data needed) system - mainly focused on reliable and affordable electricity - to an even more affordable and reliable system - that can supply end-to-end visibility, configurability and flexibility.
While power system hardware and operations innovations have been continual and incremental over the past century, the modernization in terms of grid analytics and diagnostics is relatively new and is changing faster than the industry can keep pace. Surprisingly, the ability to aggregate and manage these new data sets is not the challenge. Getting quantifiable value out of the data and defining the most effective ways to map this value to specific business areas is the emerging opportunity.
Likewise, it is not a stretch to envision line crews and subject matter experts controlling inspection, splicing, and fabrication robots using heads up displays and tablet PC's. However, before those kinds of innovations proliferate, the industry needs to get its collective arms around the most pressing concern today - big data management - and associated analytics.
Along with the general consensus that big data and analytics are on the radar screens and the research agendas for the power industry - the EPRI survey also revealed some other interesting findings. For example, nearly three quarters (72%) of the respondents believe they have a unique data-oriented application that may not yet be utilized across the electric industry and they believe that other utilities could benefit from these behind the fence analytics efforts.
These "pockets of innovation" within utilities suggests that there may be a significant value proposition for an industry-wide collaboration to demonstrate the benefits of data intensive applications where utilities have common data sets and systems and results from one utility are likely applicable to many.
Additional results included the two most important anticipated benefits are improved operational efficiencies and improved reliability. The biggest challenges identified were cyber security followed by data integration issues. These two challenges are connected to another issue - "speed to market."
In today's digital age, there is a growing expectation to be able to access any information at any time and an increasing frustration with delays in the ability to rapidly implement a data-oriented application when it is known the data exists.
EPRI believes the value proposition of an international multi-year collaborative demonstration initiative can bring tremendous benefit for the industry-at-large and ultimately to the public to help accelerate the application of high-value data-oriented applications within the industry.
Doug Dorr, Christina Haddad and Alberto Del Rosso are employed by the Electric Power Research Institute.
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Irving vs. Team USA
Submitted by nadams on August 9, 2012 - 9:36am
Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving spent a portion of his summer competing against Team USA as part of the Select Team.
Cavalier Girls Audition Journal: The Finals
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The final installment of the Cavalier Girl Audition Journals introduces the 2012-13 squad.
Cavaliers Sign C.J. Miles
Tristan Interviews Tyler Part II
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As you could tell from that intro, I'm feeling a little flaccid today. Like one of those mushy softballs people play with without mitts. And I'm asking you guys right now not to shout any comments out or chew you gum loudly during today's column. I'm really hungover from last night's Barry Manilow concert at Blossom. I'll never do some of that stuff again. Geez.
2012-13 Scream Team Auditions
Auditions are set for August 11th at Quicken Loans Arena
The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for the perfect combination of the best hip-hop dancers and most enthusiastic entertainers in Northeast Ohio to be members of the dynamic Scream Team for the 2012-13 season. With their tumbling and break-dance stunts, head spins and dance moves that seem to defy gravity, the Scream Team is a central part of the Cavaliers high-energy game entertainment repertoire.


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for some reason my game crashes to desktop after about 10 mins. today is the first time this happens. i get the message every time i start "it appears something has been changed, blah blah, do you want to start in safe version". I have been getting that message ever since i built my computer in the summer, but the game never crashed. I am using the 186.13 driver and i have had no problems with any games. TF2 and CSS run fine. Cod4 is my fav mp game now so its kind of a big deal for me. If you think a better driver would help, please list which one and where to get it.
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New MMC Layer Announced for Kernel 2.6.24
Kernel 2.6.24 has kicked off with the announcement of a new MMC Layer. The new layer will support the SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) and SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) standards.
The MMC Layer will become available when the Kernel 2.6.24 merge window opens. In his posting on the Linux Kernel mailing list (lkml) developer Pierre Ossman writes that the subsystem has been reworked and that two major milestones, and many minor changes, have been achieved. The new subsystem is the first to provide native support for the SDIO and SPI standards – added incentive for deployment on mobile and embedded devices.
SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) is based on the SD memory card standard and gives users the ability to connect external devices such as mass memory, NICs, or GPS receivers via a SDIO slot. The new SDIO stack provided by the MMC Layer currently supports three drivers. Standard GPS devices can be accessed using the "sdio_uart" driver. In theory more UART devices (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) should be accessible in future. The "libertas_sdio" driver supports WLAN cards with Marvell's 8686 Libertas WiFi chip. However, it will not be introduced until shortly before the merge window closes due to unresolved dependencies between the SDIO maintainer's tree and the original "libertas" tree. The third driver, "hci_sdio", is for Bluetooth devices and will integrate with the kernel's Bluetooth subsystem.
Maintainer Ossman warns that the new stack design may make porting of more drivers a complicated process: on a brighter note, this may lead to more stable drivers that remove the need for hacks and workarounds.
The second major feature is SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) support. This will allow users to address and use SPI controllers for MMC, SD and SDIO, as long as they keep to the standard. Pierre Ossman admits that many controllers do not do so. Developer David Brownell is working on the SPI branch, but not on a permanent basis. This is why Ossman is looking for a new maintainer with sufficient experience of the Linux SPI interface, and time to spare.
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"Build: 10/10 Sturdiest pair of headphones I have ever bought. You would be hard pressed to find a better build despite its mostly plastic parts. They may look cheap at a glance but in person they do not. Very well planned build. Also for those who like high listening volumes you can expect them not to fry easily. Comfort: 7.5/10 These do clamp decently but I actually..." --grizzlybeast
Philips SHE8000/28 In-Ear Headphone (Black/Red)
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When pondering a visit to the "Garden Island," golfers have to be aware of a general lack of real value. Frankly, there is little or none unless you play Kauai's fine municipal course on a weekday. Weekends are just plain uninviting due to hordes of kama'aina (local) golfers who convene on the layout. Resident monthly unlimited golf cards from the county range from $9-$60 according age breakdown, so there's good reason for the crowds. Visitors pay $48 to walk on a weekday, which is still a good deal for this engaging seaside course.
The now only three resort courses (since Princeville's Prince Golf Club has shuttered) have AM off-property rates ranging from $205-$250 with noon to 1:30P rates in the $125-$160 range. Play any later and you are unlikely to finish. The two daily fee courses are in the $105-$110 range for AM play. Just a few years ago, Kauai had five resort courses.
Yes—say it ain't so! Late in 2014, word kind of crept out that The Princeville Prince Golf Club had closed. The resort's website doesn't say so, but it has no links to any information about their former course. But there is a nice photograph (of a course and hole you can't play).
Add to that the high cost of Kauai's resort hotels, the lack of fine dining options, road congestion in the Wailua/Kapaa area on the east coast, as well as the unprecedented lack of good golf deals (and fewer courses), and you have to ask the magic question…
Just how important is it to visit and play golf on the lovely Garden Island?
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Granny'S Apple Crunch
5 Sep 2009
|Quick oats
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Uncooked)
|Sunflower seeds
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Brown sugar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Ground cinnamon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Ground mace
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|6 Tablespoon
|Granny smith apples
|4 , cored and thinly sliced
|Chopped dates
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Orange juice
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Light cream
|3 Tablespoon
Combine oats, sunflower seeds, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, mace and salt in a medium size bowl; mix well.
With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Arrange half the apple slices in a 9 x 9 inch baking dish.
Sprinkle with half the chopped dates; sprinkle with half the oat mixture.
Layer the remaining apples, dates and oat mixture.
Pour orange juice over all.
Bake, uncovered, in preheated 375° F oven 35 to 45 minutes.
Serve warm with light cream if desired.
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Side Dish, Fruit Dessert
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Kingston's Accounting and Finance MSc is an intensive, practical and research-based course, designed to create job-ready graduates with extensive theoretical and and practical knowledge. It aims to equip you with the skills necessary to gain high-level positions in the accounting and finance industries.
This programme is taught by a highly qualified staff using up-to-the-minute data and research. If you have a degree in any discipline and would like to significantly enhance your career prospects in accounting and financial management, our Accounting and Finance MSc course is ideal.
This globally recognised masters is a rigorous and challenging programme that will provide you with a well-integrated knowledge of financial accounting, finance and investment, and management accounting. At every level you will also relate this to the wider issues of management and corporate strategy.
During your Accounting and Finance MSc, you will develop your understanding of the purpose and nature of financial accounting, modelling and reporting. You will look at how theoretical and conceptual issues combine in the operational and practical activities of management accounting.
You will also look at the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors which influence an organisation's social responsibilities and how they integrate with a company's strategic decision-making processes. In addition you will examine the core theories of finance and investment and how they can be used in practical decision-making contexts.
Assignments, case studies, formal examinations and dissertation.
"I achieved a Distinction on the course and my dissertation received a prestigious Grand Prize Distinction in the 2013 international competition of the Centre des Professions Financieres in Paris. Much of my success is due to the excellent teaching and supervision of the academic staff at Kingston. Particular credit is given to my supervisor Dr Salma Ibrahim, who encouraged and guided me throughout my studies." Muhammad Tahir, Accounting and Finance MSc (with Distinction) graduate
"From my first phone call to arrange an interview with my present employer, it quickly became apparent that without my Accounting and Finance MA it was very unlikely that such a large investment bank would respond to my application. When the interview came, I elaborated on the knowledge gained at Kingston – my interviewers were particularly impressed with the diversity this qualification contained." Matthew Spencer, UBS Warburg
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.
This module introduces financial accounting and financial management in a business context. It will provide you with a mix of practical 'know how' as well as a theoretical underpinning. The module explains the principles for constructing the key financial statements which will enable you to produce financial statements from transaction records using double entry principles. You will learn how to conduct an appraisal of an organisation's financial statements. You will look at companies' financial statements and their regulation. This module has an active-learning approach which is adopted in the lectures with informal feedback through discussion and practice questions. The financial management section of this module aims to equip you with the skills required to fulfil a senior financial management position in a modern organisation.
This module will enable you to understand and prepare management information to support the decision-making in an organisation. You will be able to calculate the costs associated with both the manufacturing of products and the provision of services and to determine their price. This module will expand your understanding of budgeting approaches and how budgets are produced. This module also covers effective performance management systems such as performance measures, to assist management-decision making.
Market-based accounting deals with the interrelationship between capital markets and accounting information. In this module you will become familiar with important issues in empirical accounting research and then apply the underlying accounting and finance concepts in capital market settings. The module builds on the knowledge gained in the Financial Accounting and Financial Management module and provides the skills necessary to both the accounting and finance professions.
This is a core module which takes place in two parts, the first and second terms. Part 1 will give you an underpinning and understanding of numerical techniques used in the business and finance world to help strategic decision-making. It will give you the accounting, mathematical and statistical foundations you will need in accounting and finance over the course of your masters degree. Part 2 is about understanding research methodology and the methods and skills that you will need to complete your research project over the summer.
This module will teach you about a unique combination of major contemporary theoretical and empirical developments in corporate finance, and the analysis and valuation of companies from both an accounting and financial perspective.
The corporate finance section will help develop your critical knowledge and understanding of the core theories and concepts in the field of corporate finance. It aims to develop your skills and ability to apply this knowledge and understanding in real corporate cases.
The financial statement analysis section will develop your critical knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and enable you to analyse financial statements and reports using financial ratios and other metrics. You will assess corporate profitability and financial stability and to critically evaluate the corporate reporting choices.
This module will be especially useful for students interested in careers in the corporate or financial services sectors, as well as those interested in working as financial advisers, consultants or analysts.
The module aims to develop critical knowledge and understanding about international risk management around foreign exchange and interest rates. It covers evidence around foreign exchange and interest rates. The module will focus on how firms utilise risk management techniques and source debt on the international financial markets.
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This module looks at the general objectives of tax assessment and the types of tax that apply in the UK. At the end of the module you will be able to:
The module also covers ethical considerations and the administration of taxation.
This module deals with corporate financial reporting. It considers the principles and application of various reporting requirements and standards such as IFRSs, as well as alternative methods of accounting. The focus of the module then considers and evaluates financial reporting in a wider business and social context.
This module will begin in Semester 2, and is completed over the summer. It is an independent research project which you will work on with the supervision of an academic staff member with expertise in your chosen area. To complete this module you will need to identify an issue or problem to investigate, analyse the issue and structure your approach. You will need to examine relevant source material, carry out your own research (including the collection and analysis of original data, or you will need to analyse existing data in an original way) and produce an action-oriented report based on your findings.
You will have the opportunity to study a foreign language, free of charge, during your time at the University as part of the Kingston Language Scheme. Options currently include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
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| janetchapman chapter 1 . 1/2/2013
What a treat to read this *feel good* story. To see a more personal softer side of Cowley, that lurks just beneath the tough outer exterior of this magnificent Scotsman!
| Sylvie Orp chapter 1 . 1/1/2013
Not sure Cowley would have let them have a month off either, particularly since Macklin had been dragging them to the peak of fitness. It was lovely to have a story from Cowley's POV - nostalgic, thoughtful, caring. I think the Lads know how much 'Father' cares for them underneath. Perhaps a story about how Cowley's best men spend their time 'wisely'?
| Halcris chapter 1 . 1/1/2013
Very pleasing. I have a picture of the three of them playing football, so it was easy to visualize this. I'm not sure that Cowley would have been that generous with leave time, but it was a pleasing thought, nevrtheless, And stimulated the imagination as to what Bodie and Doyle would do with their break.


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The non-skid sole on this boot provides extra traction in slippery conditions, and the natural rubber exterior is durable. However, we found some leakage near the toe during testing, and there are no pull-on handles, which could pose a challenge for younger children. In brown/pink plaid and sizes Youth 11-5. striderite.com.
Reviewed: March 2010
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The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes
Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever. But after moving across the country with her family, Christy must begin her sophomore year of high school uncertain where she ll fit in. A red-headed new best friend, a try at cheerleading, a job at a pet store, and expectations for the prom fill Christy's high school years with a string of laughter-and-tears moments. Fireball Katie keeps everyone guessing what she ll do next, and surfer Todd keeps showing up while popular Rick has determined to get her full attention As these memorable years unfold, Christy and her God-loving friends find out what it means to be a peculiar treasure. Follow Christy Miller as she stays true to her identity in Christ, drawing closer to God for help in realizing her dreams and dealing with her disappointments.
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Cheerleading tryouts are coming up, and Christy Miller is giving it all she's got. The competition is tough and some of the girls are just rude, but Christy thinks she has a good chance to make the squad. Meanwhile prom is just around the corner, and Christy hopes her parents will make an exception to their no dating until sixteen rule. She d love to go with Todd to his prom But nothing turns out as Christy had planned. As the surprises keep coming, can Christy respond with grace...and maybe even spring a surprise of her own?
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Christy Miller is spending her sixteenth birthday on Maui with her family, Todd, and Paula, her best friend from Wisconsin What could be better? But Christy soon finds that she and Paula don t have as much in common anymore. Paula's obsessed with having a boyfriend...even if it means stealing Todd from Christy Will he choose Paula over her? Or will the islands send Christy dreaming in new directions?
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Christy Miller is sixteen, and that means she can finally date Rick has waited months for this, and he has a whole list of dates planned. He's not happy about her early curfews and weekend job, but Christy knows her parents aren t about to negotiate on those points. Really, she's dazzled to be pursued by such a thoughtful guy. So why does she feel overwhelmed? Where does Todd fit into her life now? And can any guy really fulfill all her hopes?
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Robin Jones Gunn has a passion for communicating God's love to young hearts. She began writing story books for toddlers when her children were little. Her husband, Ross, has been a youth minister for over twenty years. While on a camping trip with teens from their youth group, Robin found some of the girls hiding away in their tent reading a stack of novels they'd brought with them from the library.
Curious as to what could keep these girls away from the sun, surf and guys, Robin borrowed three of their books. As she read them, her heart broke. They were not the kinds of stories these girls should be reading! After the camping trip Robin went to her Bible bookstore and bought every book she could find that she thought would be interesting for the girls and have a good influence on them. The teens read all the books in a week and asked for more. "There aren't any more," Robin told them. "That was all I could find." The teens challenged Robin by saying, "Then you write some for us. We'll even tell you what to write!"
She has now written over 50 books, including THE CHRISTY MILLER SERIES, which has sold more than one million copies. A storyteller at heart, she is also a popular speaker and an active youth worker. Robin lives with her family in Hawaii.


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Mixed signals, does he just need space or is it really over????
My boyfriend and I had just had our 1 year anniversary. I have PMDD and just found out. He said he will be there for me while I go through this and... Show More
Most Helpful Opinion
I do believe that if you give him time, he will come around.
But my question to you is, do you really want a life time of this kind of treatment?
If he's doing this now, he's going to do it later. It's part of his personality, and it's ingrained into his behavior.
Do you want to be 15 years into a marriage, with small children when he decides to yell that he's done, it's over and storms out of the house in front of them?
Do you understand how traumatizing that would be for them?
I'm all for love and long term, comitted relationships, but sometimes when we evaluate our partners and they fit the mold that we envisioned, we have to think about the things they bring with them that we didn't envision.
And understand, this isn't my plea for you to leave him, I'm just trying to present something for you to consider. If you're ok with this, then by all means go for it, but understand he is who he is. Me personally, I'm nobody's victim.
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So what is your decision?
I haven't made a decision, I am getting kind of mad though, like he can just drop someone out of his life, we talked and it sounded good, but I haven't made or had any contact with him in a couple of days, when we did talk, he said he loved me and miss me "A LOT" but didn't know what to do, he said he's always been in relationships and hasn't had any time for himself, I told him that I never hold him back, and if he wanted to be with someone he would be able to accomplish his goals with me there
It's not that he can drop someone out of his life necessarily.
This kind of problem that he has, typically is a "in the moment" reaction. Afterwards, the person is aware that they over reacted and they feel bad and want to fix the relationship. Most of the time, they don't know how to. People who react this way typically don't have emotional coping tools, or the ability to empathize. Therefore, in the wake of their tyrade, they don't know what to do.
Well sweetheart you learned a lesson about men.
Here's the secret men will sweet,and whisper sweet nothings into a woman's ear.
From time to time men need a little time alone.
Give him some time and he'll start missing you.
Call me old fashion,but some old fashion advice is still better than the now advice.
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First of all never ask if its over because when a guy is insecure he will try to find the easiest way out.
Try to see him again and tell him it's really important. Make sure its someone alone. When he gets there tell him how you feel about him. assuming that you love him alot. " (name) I love you so much, and I cannot picture living without you in my life, I know that we've had a few fights but fights can only make us stronger because If you love someone enough then you will always forget about the fights and think about the good times you've had with them. I don't want you to go because I know that if we keep going now that we can make it everything better."
something like that.
then open the door to talking about things and asking questions on how to improve how you contribute to the relationship. Like say he says that you don't say I love you enough or your never there. you can fix that, and so can he. I wish you he best of luck!
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Andrew MacKinlay
|This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (August 2014)
|Andrew MacKinlay
|Member of Parliament
for Thurrock
|In office
10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
|Preceded by
|Timothy Janman
|Succeeded by
|Jackie Doyle-Price
|Personal details
24 April 1949
London, England, UK
|Political party
|Ruth Segar; 3 children
|Roman Catholic
Andrew Stuart MacKinlay (born 24 April 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election.
Early life[edit]
MacKinlay was educated variously at St Joseph's School, Wembley; Our Lady Immaculate Primary School, Tolworth; Salesian College (a private Catholic school at the time, now a comprehensive called Salesian School, Highfield Road, Chertsey), and Kingston College. He worked from 1965 as a committee clerk with Surrey County Council until 1975, when he served as a union official with the National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO). He joined NALGO in 1965. He joined the Labour Party in 1966. MacKinlay was elected councillor in 1971 in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and served for seven years.[1]
Parliamentary career[edit]
He stood unsuccessfully for Labour in the following elections:
- February 1974 General Election: Surbiton
- October 1974 General Election: Surbiton
- 1983 General Election: Croydon Central
- 1984 European Elections: London South & Surrey East division
- 1987 General Election: Peterborough
In 2003, MacKinlay famously described Dr David Kelly as "chaff" during Dr. Kelly's appearance before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. His question was:
- I reckon you are chaff; you have been thrown up to divert our probing. Have you ever felt like a fall-guy? You have been set up, have you not?[2]
so in this context "chaff" is a reference to the radar countermeasure rather than to something of little value.[3]
It emerged during Kelly's subsequent inquest that Kelly had been deeply upset by his treatment before the Committee and had privately described an MP, assumed to be MacKinlay, as an "utter bastard".[4][5] MacKinlay reportedly apologised to Kelly's widow for the remark.[6]
According to one report, in May 2007, MacKinlay made the nomination that resulted in Gordon Brown having enough nominations to be certain of not facing a contest over the leadership of the party.[7] However, another report states that the decisive nomination was made by Tony Wright[8] with MacKinlay yet to nominate at that point.
Notice of resignation[edit]
On 24 July 2009, he announced that he would not stand at the next General Election due to disillusionment with the way he felt other MPs had caved in to party pressure rather than standing up for their beliefs.[9] He said that the final straw was the failure of a number of Labour MPs who had expressed support for Gary McKinnon, awaiting extradition to the U.S. on computer hacking charges, to vote for a review of the extradition treaty.[10]
Damages win[edit]
On 1 October 2009, MacKinlay accepted a public apology and libel damages from the BBC over allegations made on BBC2's Newsnight programme that he proposed an amendment to a Government motion on expenses of MPs so he would benefit financially.[11][12][13]
Afghanistan war[edit]
On 4 September 2009, MacKinlay supported the views of Eric Joyce on the Afghanistan war. [clarification needed][14]
Personal life[edit]
He is a keen researcher on World War I history, travelling and discovering Ireland, and is an honorary patron of Tilbury Football Club. He married his wife Ruth (née Segar);and they had three children. While an MP, he employed his wife as his personal assistant.[15] He is a member of the editorial board of Total Politics, a political magazine,[16] of which his daughter, Sarah, was editor until August 2009.[17][18]
Political views and controversies[edit]
Mackinlay publicly supports the abolition of the monarchy and is identified as a republican.[19]
On 28 June 2008, he was reported by the Mail Online to have received a warning from Downing Street after MI5 discovered that he was holding meetings with a suspected Russian spy Alexander Polyakov, officially a counsellor at the Russian Embassy in London. It was also claimed that MacKinlay had been targeted by aides of Russia's richest man, Oleg Deripaska, as a 'stooge' for use in a High Court battle.[20]
- ^ Thurrock Labour Party profile; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Minutes of Evidence Q167
- ^ "Hutton inquiry witness", 29 August 2003; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ Neil Tweedie and Sandra Laville "'Dad said interrogator MP was utter bastard'", The Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2003; retrieved 29 April 2009.
- ^ Andrew Sparrow, "Why Mackinlay the Grand Inquisitor hit a raw nerve", The Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2003; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Committee MP defends relentless grilling of Kelly", telegraph.co.uk; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ Nick Robinson It's official. It's Brown", 16 May 2007; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Brown will enter No 10 unopposed", bbc.co.uk, 16 May 2007; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Andrew MacKinlay Quits Parliament", iaindale.blogspot.com; July 2009.
- ^ Matthew Moore (25 July 2009). "Andrew MacKinlay MP quits over hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ BBC Andrew MacKinlay MP - an apology
- ^ "Labour MP wins apology and damages from BBC", basildonrecorder.co.uk; accessed 6 Uagust 2014.
- ^ Oliver Luft MP paid 'substantial damages' over Newsnight slur, pressgazette.co.uk, 2 October 2009.
- ^ BBC "Joyce quit letter was 'right'", bbc.co.uk, 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Family jobs and parliamentary passes", timesonline.co.uk, 31 January 2008.
- ^ "Total Politics - The Team". Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
- ^ "From the Editor", totalpolitics.com, 21 August 2009.
- ^ Ask Aristotle: Andrew Mackinlay MP, politics.guardian.co.uk; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ List of supporters, republic.org.uk; accessed 6 August 2014.
- ^ Owen, Glen (28 June 2008). "Labour MP pulled before chief whip for inviting 'Russian spy' to tea in the Commons". Mail Online. Daily Mail. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
External links[edit]
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Voting record at Public Whip
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Alta Ski Area - 1.4 km / 0.8 mi
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Wasatch Mountain State Park - 15.1 km / 9.4 mi
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