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Malik releases newsletter 'Chinar' of GDC Ganderbal
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Srinagar, November 17
Government Degree College, Ganderbal releases its newsletter "Chinar" today at an impressive function, presided over by Minister for Higher Education, A G Malik.
Earlier, Principal of the College, Prof Nasreen Malik and senior faculty members welcomed the chief guest.
On the occasion, the Minister honoured meritorious students who have shown their excellent performance in debating, painting, sports and NCC with trophies and certificates. He also encouraged and honoured the Class IV employees of the college for their dedication and hard work in performing their duties in the college.
Later, addressing the staff and students of the college, the Minister asked teaching fraternity to work hard for the
betterment of students.
He said that government is committed to extend higher education to the students of not only urban but rural and remote areas of the state and for this purpose; a network of colleges has been opened in length and breadth of the state.
The Minister appreciated the Principal GDC Ganderbal and her staff for earning laurels in the field of academics as well as extra-curricular activities.
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She put the sex back into New York City and became the fashion icon of a generation as the Manolo Blahnik-loving Manhattanite Carrie Bradshaw, but Sarah Jessica Parker hasn't always led a 'designer' life. As a youngster she grew up wearing 99 cent dresses and sharing clothes with her seven siblings. And while these days her image is New Yorker through and through thanks to hit series Sex And The City, it wasn't in the Big Apple that the aspiring actress started out.
She was born on March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville Ohio to parents Stephen, an aspiring writer, and nursery school teacher Barbara. The couple divorced while Sarah was a baby and she and her three siblings were brought up by their mum. When Sarah was three Barbara married for the second time, to the man SJP now calls her father - lorry driver Paul Forste - and four half-siblings followed.
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FSU launches new research vessel, the RV Apalachee
The R/V Apalachee, Florida State University Coastal & Marine Lab's new research vessel, is the only one of its kind in this region of the Gulf of Mexico.
The custom-built, 64-foot catamaran-hulled boat was a nearly two-year project completed in January with $1.6 million of funding approved by FSU Vice President of Research Kirby Kemper.
Associate Director of Research Dean Grubbs said the vessel will be "a huge boon for us and really increase our research footprint in the region."
Wet and dry laboratories, sediment coring gear and a remotely-operated vehicle are among its features used to study the chemistry, geology and biology of the Gulf.
Grubbs, a 20-year marine researcher, said the vessel fills the needs of all types of researchers in the region and at the marine lab - work ranging from physical oceanography, micro-biology and research geared toward larger fish.
Initial projects aboard will be aimed at BP Deepwater Horizon spill-related research. The Coastal Marine Lab, with FSU in the lead, is part of the Deep-C Consortium research group, 10 research institutions assessing the 2010 oil spill.
April 2 the R/V Apalachee's seven bunks will be filled with fish ecology researchers for its 10-day maiden journey into the Gulf.
Graduate students from several universities will be using the samples collected on the trip for their thesis or dissertation projects.
Biological science graduate students Cheston Peterson and Johanna Imhoff stood dockside last week, anxious for the upcoming research trip.
"I'm looking forward to breaking it in," Peterson said. "It's going to be huge for us to be able to work right out of the lab."
Imhoff said she would be conducting research for her dissertation. She said being able to work on a boat with the lab's specific needs in mind was something she was excited about. "It'll be a really cool platform to work off of," she said.
Though new, demand to use the boat is already high. The Coastal Marine Lab has booked four trips to ensure access to its advantages, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and a number of universities all have inquired about the ship's availability.
"We anticipate there's going to be a lot of people interested in using it," Grubbs said. "It also opens us up for a lot of other projects."
Those include work with the only fish on the U.S. endangered list, the smalltooth sawfish, monitoring deep-sea corals and populations of grouper that live on the edge of the continental shelf.
The Apalachee replaces the R/V Seminole, a 47-foot long-standing research vessel once used by FSU's Marine Lab at St. Teresa Beach since 1981. (It was captured in a U.S. Customs drug bust before FSU acquired it.)
That boat has been sold, and in its place sits the brushed aluminum Apalachee. With a top speed of 23 knots, the Apalachee outpaces what used to be a grueling trip 70 or 80 miles offshore, or further, into areas of the Gulf the lab has been testing since 2011.
"You're not going to do that in the Seminole," Grubbs said.
Wet labs, dry labs and deck space are hot commodities in the research-vessel world. The Apalachee's custom design allowed researchers to fill all of those needs. The 21-foot wide aft deck provides ample room when the time comes to haul specimens aboard.
The ship is a joint effort between building company Geo Shipyard in New Iberia, La., and design company Dejong and Lebet Inc. in Jacksonville, who personally delivered the ship in late January. Marine lab faculty and other oceanographic researchers developed the unique design in conjunction with the builder and designers.
Grubbs and other marine lab staff watched as the ship rounded the eastern end of Dog Island after a 24-hour journey from Louisiana. Until then, they'd only followed its progress through pictures.
"When it first came around and you saw just how big it is," Grubbs said, his first thought was, "it looks like a big battleship. It's an impressive research vessel."
Most of the critical components to start research work are already on the boat, but the lab does have a list of items it would like to add to properly round out is capabilities.
"We're hoping donors will help us fill out," Grubbs said.
Grubbs said grants will support the vessel's operational time, but adding capital equipment to the boat is something that cannot be funded in the same way. "Things that we can't write into a grant, those are things we're looking for," he said - things like marine lab nodes for Ship-to-Shore Wireless Access Protocol, a way to provide constant Internet access while at sea.
Already, the ship has an autopilot that is keyed into radar, a crane that will pick up close to 20,000 pounds when the arm is close to the boat and 5,000 pounds when it is fully extended.
"The capabilities are pretty broad with this boat," Grubbs said.
Grubbs said the lowered cost of running the Apalachee compared to other ships they have used in the past is one of its major advantages. "Everything I could do on a 300-foot vessel, I can do on this 65-foot vessel and it costs much less to run it," he said.
The building of new research vessels like the Apalachee is on the decline in the scientific world. Old ships are decommissioned, but new ones are not being built to replace them.
The Apalachee and the FSU Marine Lab fill that niche.
"You don't get many chances to help develop a new research vessel," Grubbs said. "I see this as one way to deal with less and less support for oceanographic work."


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Anthony Asadullah Samad: It seems the Republicans need to pump themselves up every couple of months or so these days. It's not so much that they are meeting that troubles me. It's sorta like an AA meeting except here it's where "ideologue-holics" come together and try to sober up on their 2008 Presidential defeat with new rhetoric that gets more and more extreme with each outing. This time, it was at the 2010 Southern Republican Convention in New Orleans that the more "radical" elements of the party come together to try to micromanage the Presidency and give a demented spin on the course of current affairs.


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Eko Yuli Irawan has delivered for his country in the Olympics once again.
The 23-year-old weightlifter secured Indonesia's first medal at the London Games after finishing third in the men's 62-kilogram division on Monday night.
North Korean lifter Kim Un-guk took the gold with a world record total lift of 327 kilograms. Eko's total was 317 kg, the same as Oscar Figueroa, but the Indonesian had to settle for bronze because he was 13 grams heavier than the Colombian.
Eko was nevertheless proud of earning his second Olympic medal. His first, which was also bronze, came at the 2008 Games in Beijing in the men's 56-kg division.
He became the country's third athlete to medal in two consecutive Olympics after women's singles shuttler Susi Susanti (1992 and 1996) and women's weightlifter Raema Lisa Rumbewas (2000 and 2004).
"That was my best lift ever. Unfortunately, I had to settle for bronze," said the Lampung native, who has yet to fully recover from a right shin injury sustained during a training session before London.
"Every Olympics has been tough for me," he added. "In Beijing I was suffering from a hamstring injury just before the Games started and now this. That's why I'm very grateful to have this chance to compete in the Olympic and win another medal."
For his bronze, Eko will earn a Rp 250 million ($27,000) cash bonus from the government. "That will be a gift for my wife, who will deliver our baby in the next two months," he said.
Eko, who now resides in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, said he hoped his medal would inspire other athletes.
"They have to set their sights high and work very hard," he said. "Being just an athlete would just be a waste of time."
Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng praised Eko's achievement.
"He's been showing great determination to win the medal despite the injury," Andi said. "I believe more medals will be coming in London after this, hopefully gold."
The country's best hope for gold is still badminton. On Tuesday, men's singles shuttler Taufik Hidayat beat Spain's Pablo Abian 22-20, 21-11 to set up a tasty round of 16 match with China's Lin Dan, who won gold in 2008. Taufik won gold at the Athens Games in 2004.
"I'm ready for him," Taufik said of Lin. "It will be an exciting match."
Lin has dominated Taufik of late, beating him in their last 11 matches.
However, this will be Taufik's last Olympics, and his fans are hoping for a great send-off.
"Winning or losing happens every day in sports," the 31-year-old Indonesian star said. "I'll just try my best."
Simon Santoso also qualified for the round of 16, locking up his spot with a 21-11, 21-7 win over Austria's Michael Lahnsteiner. He will play against Malaysian ace Lee Chong Wei in the knockout rounds.
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Dan Walter, Performensation
As I mentioned in an earlier post, performance equity instruments still get lumped together like a bowl of mixed nuts. Of these instruments, Performance Accelerated Units (PAUs) are one of the easiest for participants to understand. Essentially, they are time-based RSUs with vesting that accelerates if certain goals or triggers are met. It is important to note that PAUs are not strictly pay for performance because value is built in from the start and vesting will occur based on service if the goals are not met. This makes them nearly the polar opposite of the Performance Equity Units (PEUs) were covered in my last equity compensation post.
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, Senior Compensation Consultant at PayScale
I had the good fortune to attend the World at Work Total Rewards Conference last week. In addition to the great group of exhibitors, there to support compensation and HR professionals, there were also some stellar presentations that got me thinking. Here are the top four things that piqued my interest at the conference.
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Companies are often looking for new, interesting and effective ways to retain employees. Getting employees' pay right, and rewarding them for performance go a long way towards employee satisfaction, but there are also many additional incentives companies can offer to keep their people smiling.
Laleh Hassibi, PayScale
Price the same job in any market, not just major metros Market Differential Analytics, a new application developed by PayScale, can help your company more accurately determine compensation for your employees located in various cities and geographies. PayScale's innovative approach goes beyond the common methods of consulting firms which are often limited by geographic differential data in only large metropolitan markets. By applying sophisticated analytics to its massive database of 36 million compensation profiles, PayScale allows users to quickly determine competitive salary matches in any employment market: small, medium, or large. In addition, Market Differential Analytics allows companies to compare salaries by many other criteria — not just geography — to provide the most accurate results for a specific industry or size of company, for example.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, blogging4jobs
It can be easy to get caught up in the benefits rat race. You know, keeping up with the Joneses, or in this case, the Joneses, Inc. You probably spend a fair amount of time thinking about what's in your benefits package, how it measures up against your competitor's, how to market it to potential employees and more.
At the end of 2012, most businesses were very optimistic about job and economic growth in 2013. The trends from Q4 and early Q1 supported the fact that we were in fact rebounding quite nicely from the recent economic recession. There was a small worry that the impending doom of sequestration would occur, but most business leaders skipped optimistically into 2013 with confidence that Congress would come to an agreement, thereby avoiding indiscriminate, across-the-board spending cuts.
Dan Walter, Performensation
Pay ratios are the most commonly used tool when discussing the unfairness between executive pay and that of the rank and file. Recently, on the PayScale Career News blog which caters to individuals managing their careers, there was an article showing CEO-worker pay ratios at several well-known companies. Ratios like 1,034:1 (Walmart) and 0:1 (Google) are attention grabbers. The question is whether this tells all, or even a significant portion, of the real story.
Sean Conrad, Halogen Software
What's wrong with this scenario?
"Hey, everyone, here's a pay increase just for showing up at work. Oh, and another thing — everyone gets the same amount."
Admittedly, it's not all that fair but it sure is easy. Unfortunately that easy route can also lead to bad feelings, diminished morale and lower productivity in the workplace. i.e., why should I go the extra mile if she does the minimum and received the same pay raise as me? The downstream effects can be even worse, including loss of your top performers as they seek greener (and fairer) pastures elsewhere.
While each of us has probably interned for free at one point in our lives, we also all know how much it sucks. As an intern, you're not only the low man on the totem pole, you're probably also working your butt off trying to impress your boss and not getting paid to do it. So what gives with the unpaid internship gig?
There comes a point for every growing company when you must begin evaluating how to make the best use of your time and resources. You might first look to the revenue generating areas of your business to see how you can streamline processes or outsource certain duties, but don't forget that as your company grows, your HR department will require quite a bit of attention as well.
You may have heard about this little thing called Obamacare that's headed our way. It's made up of about 1200 pages of law, will affect millions of people and is estimated to raise costs for employees by as much as 73 percent. So really, this is clearly minor, unless you are an employer, an employee or oh, an American.
After three straight quarters of rapidly rising wages across almost every industry, job category and company size, Q1 2013 brought the first wage decreases since early 2011. Although decreases were minor, wages are still up year-over-year across the board. It's an interesting development since just recently, when PayScale's Compensation Best Practices Survey was conducted in December 2012, businesses were overall expressing optimism about growth this year. Is this quarterly drop a blip on the radar, or an unexpected change on the road to economic recovery?
All too often the myriad types of truly performance-based equity get muddled together into a stew. Like other great equity compensation ingredients (RSS, RSU, ISO, NQSO) each type of performance equity should first be tried as an independent ingredient before being thrown into your LTI pot and hoping for the best. Performance Earned Units (PEUs) are a fairly pure form of Pay for Performance (P4P), so I figure we should start with them.
There's lots of talk out there about the
latest trends in compensation, which benefits you should add, how you can save
money and how your benefits measure up. But what about what's going to get you
the highest return on your investment? The secret to making the most of your
company's benefits package may be right in front of you, not to mention that it
might not cost you an extra penny.
Evan Rodd, PayScale
You're shivering, scared, and an overwhelming feeling of doom has suddenly washed over you. Your palms are sweating, your knees are shaking, and your mouth has suddenly run dry. As you creep slowly towards the door, your mind is suddenly racing with terrible thoughts of what fate has in store for you on the other side…
PayScale's Spring 2013 software release includes several
updates that improve user experience and provide advanced analytics unavailable
anywhere else. To follow are the highlights from PayScale's Spring 2013
proxy season and Say on Pay is once again on the minds of anyone involved in
executive compensation. As of this past week, about 170 companies have reported
their results and less than 2% have failed. When we are at the end of this
season, it looks like it will be somewhere south of 3% failures, about where we
were the past two years. Let's start with the positive, what I like to call the
97% rule. 97 out of every 100 companies have executive compensation practices
that meet or exceed the desires of their shareholders.
Jessica Miller-Merrell, blogging4jobs
Our economy has come a long way in the last couple of years. Things
are definitely looking up, but some companies are still feeling the pain. If
you're experiencing the pressure to cut costs, you're not alone. The recent
sequestering on the federal budget is the perfect example of making difficult
decisions to make ends meet. When those tough decisions need to be made,
chances are, you're the one your company turns to.
Mykkah Herner, MA, CCP, PayScale
As an employee, I'm often concerned with my own value and
therefore worth to the organization. As a manager, I was often trying to
determine the value of each job to the organization. Now as a comp
professional, I focus on a little bit of both: the value of the job itself, but
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Definition of bean counter
bean counter
- a person involved in the finances of an organization - e.g. an accountant. Mildly derogatory, this term implies that the person is concerned only with financial figures and not the larger concerns of the organization.
Citation from "Good Advices", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
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|Definitions include: a prostitute who doesn't work at a brothel.
|Definitions include: acronym for "Power on, power off."
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Tottenham to raise Bale's price from 65 to 100 million pounds
Tottenham Hotspur has raised the stakes for the clubs wishing to buy star Gareth Bale, with prices ranging from 65 million pounds to a whopping 100 million pounds, according to various English media reports.
According to the Sun, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has slapped a record 100 million-pound price tag on Bale, hoping that the mind-boggling sum will frighten off the chasing pack, which includes Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain .
However, the Mirror said that it will take a 65 million-pound bid to prise Bale out of Tottenham.
The reports further said that Levy wants to keep the Welsh footballer for at least another year even though new Bayern boss Pep Guardiola is determined to make Bale his first big signing.
According to the reports, Bale, who returns from an ankle injury today as Spurs host Manchester City in a must-win game for the Londoners, may change his mind if his side fails to land a lucrative Champions League spot for next season. (ANI)


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Conference attendees can choose from more than 30 different workshops that offer the latest information on crop production and protection technology in Iowa and surrounding states. Workshops are offered by ISU faculty and staff and invited speakers from around the Midwest. The conference is hosted by ISU Extension and Outreach, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the departments of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Agronomy, Economics, Entomology and Plant Pathology and Microbiology.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Limited Edition 3 Musketeers Marshmallow
For the past few years Mars has been trotting out their seasonal flavors of 3 Musketeers. This year they have a new one, Limited Edition 3 Musketeers Marshmallow for Easter.
The banner across the bottom of the logo says that this is Whipped Up, Fluffy Chocolate with Marshmallow Taste.
I don't think they come in a full bar format, just this package of Minis. The bag weighs 9 ounces, but looks like it has a lot in it, probably because of all the teensy wrappers.
Mars thinks it can get into the marshmallow game. Actually, they're not getting into the marshmallow game, they're getting into the marshmallow flavored game. The one thing these have going for them is that they're safe for vegetarians. There are egg whites in there, so it'd have to be lacto/ovo vegetarians. And those vegetarians would probably be better off never having tried a real marshmallow, so they won't be quite as disappointed.
The pieces are tiny squares (almost cubes) - about three quarters of an inch at the base and a little over a half an inch high. They're milk chocolate, though the chocolate coating is so thin it's translucent in spots. The center is light and fluffy, though not quite foamy like marshmallow. The over-riding flavor is salty for me. There's no malt to it and really no vanilla, so I was left with something that was trying to be less sweet but not quite succeeding. Though the salt covers up the sweetness on the tongue, it doesn't disguise it in the back of my throat where it burns.
Plain marshmallows are airy and not quite sweet and are usually a generic vanilla flavor. These are just sugar flavored, I got no vanilla notes in there, and no toasted notes either.
Personally, a regular 3 Musketeers bar needs more flavor to please me. I even rechecked my 3 Musketeers opinion by eating some Minis side by side with the marshmallow version - there's not enough cocoa or malt flavor and the texture is just too underwhelming. If you're the kind of person who thought the classic needed less flavor, this is the candy for you.
The packaging says that 1 mini has only 25 calories, so it's pretty easy to parcel out a portion of 100 calories. It also says that there's 45% less fat than leading chocolate brands. Well, the calories per ounce are 124 by my calculation, so that's more than a York Peppermint Pattie (113 per ounce) but less than a Twix (140 per ounce). I prefer both when it comes to taste.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dove Milk Chocolate Coconut Creme Eggs
For those who haven't already noticed, it's American Chocolate Week, and I've been featuring candies with American chocolate in them. You can read more about chocolate at the National Confectioners Association's special website. Today I have something from Mars, who also makes their own chocolate for their candy products including the Dove Chocolate brand.
I picked up the new Easter product, Dove Silky Smooth Coconut Creme Milk Chocolate Eggs at RiteAid now that they've finally gone on sale. They were regularly priced at $4.99 for less than a half a pound, so I felt a little better picking them up at $2.99.
The bag contains about 18 foil wrapped eggs (well, half eggs). The back of the package exhorts me to Indulge yourself this Easter season with the taste of Dove Pure Silk Chocolate.
The eggs are wrapped in two different shades of light green. They're about 1.66 inches long
The outside of the eggs is rather dull. They're a molded egg with a cream filling (deposited). But the surface isn't shiny, it has a very slight pebbled texture to it (I guess real eggs have that).
The eggs have a sweet, milky and coconutty aroma. It's much more complex than the standard suntan lotion smell of some coconut candies, so I was encouraged. The creme center is smooth and thick with a similar texture to the milk chocolate shell. It's all very sweet with a thick and sticky melt. I want to love them, because the textures are so nice. But there's something missing ... actual coconut. There's coconut oil in there, sure, which is nice. It means these little candies clock in at an amazing caloric density of 161 calories per ounce. The center is just smooth cream without any chewy coconut. I miss it.
I've noticed with the coconut flavored items that Mars has been introducing (Coconut M&Ms and Coconut Twix Bars) that none of them actually have coconut flakes in them. It's like Mars is afraid of the stuff. But I suppose there's a demographic out there of people who like the milk chocolate products with the flavor of coconut added to it. Personally I prefer the combination of coconut and dark chocolate and feel like this could have been greatly improved with a Dove dark chocolate shell.
If you're one of those people who prefers the actual stuff though, you might want to stick to the Hershey's Coconut Creme Kisses (which are also back for Easter), the exceptional Russell Stover version (which is a great value) or Mounds/Almond Joy.
Sugar Pressure also gave these a whirl.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Peeps Milk Chocolate Dipped Marshmallow
Last year Just Born launched Chocolate Covered Peeps. It was a natural evolution, as Peeps were already made in a variety of shapes and colors and even flavors. But the one thing lacking in that new product was an essential part of the Peeps experience: the sugar crust.
This year we have another new version, Peeps Milk Chocolate Dipped Marshmallow. It's exactly what it sounds like. A single Peep partially dipped in milk chocolate. They're packaged in a tray of three, similar to the way the Sugar Free Peeps are sold. They come at a premium price, I paid $1.99 for my 1.5 ounces of new newness.
Each Peep is about a half an ounce. They're fully formed, not formerly conjoined like the row of Peeps that usually come in a tray. They have a squat and wide base and just the very bottom of the base has a light coating of sweet milk chocolate.
They're well protected by the overpackaging of the deep plastic tray. They're also very fresh, though I prefer mine a little tacky and chewy. (I didn't wait for some to get stale to post this review.)
The chocolate sticks well to the marshmallow, so even though it crunches when bitten, it doesn't flake off easily. The flavor is quite milky and sweet and it's passably smooth. The grain of the sugar crust would probably ruin any appreciation of a silky smooth chocolate anyway. The marshmallow is soft and chewy and relatively flavorless aside from the sweetness. They were probably some of the best Peeps I've ever had though I don't care much for them ordinarily.
The proportion of chocolate to marshmallow was pretty good. Most of all I wanted something to cut the sweetness of the sugar crust and though the milk chocolate did a bit, it really wasn't enough to warrant me buying these again.
I would love to try them with a really good dark chocolate dip. And I wouldn't be adverse to seeing them in different flavors either. (Peppermint and dark chocolate? Especially if it wasn't colored.)
UPDATE 3/28/2011: Oh, yes, they do make Dark Chocolate ones and Milk & Dark Dipped Mousse!
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:11 pm Candy • Peeps • Review • Easter • Just Born • Chocolate • Marshmallow • 7-Worth It • United States • Rite Aid • Comments (3)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Peeps Peepsters (Milk & Dark Chocolate)
Just Born has been steadily expanding the Peeps line of products for the the past five years or so. Beyond just new colors and shapes for the iconic sugar crusted marshmallows, they've also delved into flavors and more recently, the addition of chocolate.
The newest member of the Peeps repertoire is Peeps Peepsters Chocolate with Marshmallow Flavored Creme. They come in two varieties, milk and dark chocolate and sound like an interesting new version, more about the chocolate and less about the marshmallow.
I found them at the drug store before Valentine's Day, so I paid full price for my bags - $3.99, which I found startling for 11 ounces of candy whose first ingredient was sugar and contained palm kernel oil.
I'll start with the Peepsters Milk Chocolate with Marshmallow Flavored Creme which are enclosed in an easy to spot yellow bag with brown and green trim. The pieces inside are visible through a little window and foil wrapped in a matte pastel assortment of yellow, orange and pink.
The pieces are a little bit bigger than a Rolo. They feel solid and firm. Even without unwrapping them a vague soft vanilla flavor wafted from the bag. The little domes on the pieces have a little Peep on them, but that's the only chicky thing about them. There's really nothing that otherwise makes these feel Peepy except that the packaging tells me so.
The chocolate is smooth and has an excellent snap (however, it is rather cold in Los Angeles right now, they've been sitting in the unheated Candy Blog studio, which is about 58 degrees right now). It's quite sweet but what's most notable about the creme center is how firm it is. It seems to have the same density as the chocolate. So biting into it is like biting into a thick chunk of chocolate. As you can see from the cross section, there's a lot of chocolate and not much filling.
The chocolate is sweet and milky, which adds to the marshmallow notes. The cream center does melt a bit on the tongue, kind of like a white chocolate but without the extra milk notes and malty flavor. Instead it's all vanilla and sweetness. I didn't get marshmallow at all. If this was served to me without a name, I don't think think I would have come up with marshmallow as a descriptor. The essential elements of marshmallow are missing. (Lightness, fluffiness and smooth melt.)
The Peepsters Dark Chocolate filled with Marshmallow Flavored Creme are similar to the milk counterpart. They come in a blue bag with white polka dots and the same brown trim. The foil wrapping on the pieces is blue, green and lilac. (So you could mix these in a bowl and knowing the key, pick out your preference.)
The dark chocolate contains milk fat, so it's not suitable for vegans ... but the creme center has milk products in it anyway. There is no gelatin in it though, so lacto-ovo vegetarians can indulge if they want to. The thickener used for the center is gum arabic.
The caloric density on the dark version is slightly higher, there are two more grams of fat per serving in this version.
Again there's nothing Peepish about these. They have a much more pronounced vanilla smells to them, and less of the milky notes.
The chocolate is deep and rich, though not entirely well rounded. There are bitter, woodsy notes of charcoal and a lack of fruity notes to balance it all out. So it's a very rough sort of flavors in combination - the one note sweet vanilla flavored center and then the cocoa powder outside. The balance of sweetness in this was much better though, so I definitely felt much less throat-searing on this version.
It's an interesting brand extension from a company that I've never really though of much more than a sugar candy manufacturer. The foil is cute, but the ratio of center to chocolate was a bit off for something that I thought was going to have the lightness of marshmallow. The attention to detail on the production though is much better than my recent experiences with the Chocolate Covered Peeps. The pieces were well made and protected appropriately by their wrappings. I like that there's no unnecessary food coloring used in the centers to make them violently yellow - so parents can feel better about giving these to kids. And for once vegetarians can enjoy a Peeps product.
But if I were to pick up an Easter themed cream, I think I'd stick with the Russell Stover eggs line, even though the ratio of chocolate to cream is pretty much the opposite.
UPDATE 11/29/2012: Just Born updated the packaging look for Peepsters this year, though the product remains the same. They also introduced a Christmas-themed version with red and green foil wrappings.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
RM Palmer Peppermint Patties
I've often made fun of R.M. Palmer as a maker of horrible candy. I do my best though to keep an open mind whenever I approach a candy from them that I've never had. Sometimes I'm rewarded.
I picked up their Peppermint Patties since they were on display as a "great value" at RiteAid. It was only $1.00 for a 5 ounce bag of individually wrapped patties. Each little pattie is about 1.5 inches in diameter.
They're molded instead of enrobed, which is kind of odd. (More like the Russell Stover version I mentioned last week in construction than the Haviland.) The molding has ripples on it to make them look liked they've been enrobed, but it's easy to tell around the edge that they're made in a mold. (And they look nothing like the image on the package, which I seem to have lost.)
The big difference between these and most other peppermint patties is the coating. This is not chocolate, it's mockolate. The first ingredient on the list is sugar and the second is partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel, coconut and/or palm oil). It's really evident upon biting into them. The coating has a decent melt and the whole thing has a cool and fresh minty scent. The cocoa flavors are just that, plain old cocoa, like I'm eating that paste that you make with water and hot cocoa mix, not actual chocolate. The minty center is creamy and smooth and has a very subtle flavor, almost like peppermint bubble gum instead of a strong breath mint style.
Since there's more coating than filling, these are very high on the calorie count for a peppermint pattie. York Peppermint Patties are about 115 calories per ounce, which is great for a product that contains real chocolate. These clock in at 152 calories per ounce. For that you can have an actual chocolate truffle (sure, it'll cost more) and enjoy the real fats instead of this partially hydrogenated artery clogging crud.
They're not horrible, they're just not that good. I don't plan on finishing the bag.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:48 pm Candy • Review • R.M. Palmer • Kosher • Mints • Mockolate • 5-Pleasant • United States • Rite Aid • Comments (8)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Head to Head: Haviland Thin Mints vs. Maxfield's Cream Sticks
Last week I reviewed the new Haviland Signature Dark Chocolate Thin Mints. As I mentioned then, Haviland makes several other varieties, the Orange and Raspberry. While shopping I also found these Maxfield's All American Raspberry and Orange Cream Sticks. Since they're similar prices and similar candies, I thought I'd compare them.
The Haviland are patties and come in a long rectangular box of 21 that weighs 5 ounces. I paid $1.59 for one box and got the second half off. I'm going to hazard that the normal price for Haviland's is going to be about $1.35. The Maxfield's are sticks that come in a flat box with 13 sticks and weigh in at 3.15 ounces. I got both boxes for $1 on sale with a coupon. But let's just say that these are normally about $1.00. So the price per ounce at my "regular" price estimates are 37 cents per ounce for Haviland and 32 cents per ounce for Maxfield's.
Maxifield's little book shaped box is just a sleeve. It's covered in a clear shinkwrapped plastic that seals out moisture. Once that's off though, the sleeve does a good job of protecting the little tray inside that holds the sticks (because it meets up with the box very well and has wide edges.
The tray holds 13 perfect looking sticks. I wouldn't say that the flimsy brown tray is great for serving from, except in the most casual company.
I don't know much about the Maxfield's All American chocolates. This is the first year I can recall seeing them in stores at Christmas. I saw a lot of boxed chocolates on the shelves most a lower prices than the standard Russell Stover which was in the same aisle. Maxfield's is based in Utah and is part of Dynamic Confections (which also makes Kencraft candy which creates those fanciful panoramic sugar eggs at Easter).
The Maxfield's Raspberry Cream Sticks look great. I honestly didn't expect much for the price and the fact that I hadn't heard of the company before.
Each is nicely molded, fresh and looked like it just came off of the factory line. Each stick is about 2.75 inches long. They smell lightly of raspberry, like the seedy part of jam or perfume, not so much like the fresh berries.
The chocolate is smoky and pretty mellow, it's not overly creamy or even sweet. The fondant center is moist and not quite crumbly, it's softer than a York Peppermint Pattie but on the grainy side like the York. The raspberry flavor is all scent, there's a light dash of pink food coloring in there.
The flavor was okay, not something I would just sit around eating. They'd be good, I suppose, to add to a plate of cookies or other desserts, but I wouldn't just eat these without an accompaniment. They're far too sweet for me without enough of a bonus of texture - the chocolate isn't good enough and the fondant just lacks an authentic punch.
The Maxfield Orange Cream Sticks were a bit more promising, mostly because I think it's easier to do a cheap but good orange flavor than it is to pull off rasbperry.
The orange sticks were just as lovely as the raspberry. The orange scent from them was an excellent citrus zest. The fondant was moist and had a gentle chew to it, or I could let it dissolve. The zest wasn't too strong, not harsh bitter note to it. It overpowered the chocolate completely though, the only thing the chocolate did was give me a break from the throat searing sweetness.
Again, with some very bold coffee or tea, I don't think I'd mind the sweetness quite as much. Each stick has about 28 calories.
The Haviland patties really do no better in the realm of packaging. The box is nicely designed and the tray certainly does its job of protecting the candy, but I wouldn't serve from them. It's also sealed in cellophane.
The patties in my fruity versions were in a little bit better shape than the Peppermint ones I mentioned last week. These had no sign of bloom and even fewer scuffs on the tops from shuffling around in the box. The box boasts that they're 63% cacao and are all natural.
The Haviland Raspberry Creme Dark Chocolate Thin Mints box shows that the center is pink, but in actuality they were uncolored. That's fine with me, I could tell them apart by smell alone. The raspberry scent is similar to the Maxfield's sticks, like a puree that includes the woodsy notes of the seeds.
The patties are beautifully rippled and are about 1.33 inches around. The break is crisp but the filling is slightly flowing and has a little pull to it. The fondant is smooth with a light confectioners sugar sized grain to it The darker chocolate balances out the sweetness. The raspberry flavor is all scent and no tartness or true berry bits. It was a clean flavor and would go best with tea or perhaps some strong hot chocolate. The ingredients mention a touch of peppermint oil, and at first I thought that was a typo, but it's true, there is a subtle minty finish.
The Haviland Orange Creme Dark Chocolate Thin Mints are strong. Even with my seasonal allergies, I could tell that these were orange. Biting into them it's even more apparent that they're too orange. Orange oil can be caustic at high concentrations and I think that may be pretty close here. The zest was overpowering, I got a hint of the chocolate texture and at the very least the change in the sweetness, but the orange oil too over everything else.
Each pattie has about 27 calories.
I like the change up of the standard thin mints or mint stick with these. Fondant is certainly a flexible element for a candy and I certainly support different flavors being combined with dark chocolate. In this case the sticks didn't have the quality of chocolate that they should have and the fruity thin mints didn't quite have the same balance of elements that the peppermint version had.
All were good values and in a situation where you just want to have something for folks who aren't that discerning (perhaps drunk on your spiked wassail or have frostbitten tongues from screaming at a northern bowl game).
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 4:03 pm Candy • Necco • Chocolate • Fondant • Kosher • 7-Worth It • United States • Head to Head • Rite Aid • Comments (2)
Monday, December 13, 2010
Russell Stover Assorted Wrapped Chocolates
For the past few months I've noticed this king sized bag of Russell Stover Assorted Fine Chocolates {individually wrapped} at CVS and RiteAid. It's a rather simple looking bag and perhaps this photo doesn't convey the massive size of it. It holds 20 ounces (1.4 pounds), so it's kind of like picking up a gallon of milk.
The price wasn't bad, both places were selling them for $9.99. But I didn't really want them, so I didn't buy them. Then I saw them on sale at Rite Aid for $7.88 and thought this was as good an opportunity as any ... especially when the price was down to a little more than $6 a pound for American made candy that uses real chocolate.
Inside unassuming bag are individually wrapped pieces of some of Russell Stover's most popular "handcrafted in small batches" pieces of candy: Pecan Delight, Caramel, Mint Patty and Coconut. The wrappers are pretty subdued as well, just a plain white plastic with a picture of the candy and the name. They're also a bit color coded, so it's easy to pick them out.
The Pecan Delights really are delights. Sure they're sweet and not terribly complex, but I get the impression that this package is all about comfort candies that satisfy a wide variety of people.
The milk chocolate coating is sweet but very smooth and has a good sticky milky quality. There caramel inside is stiff and chewy without being too hard or a danger to dental work. The pecans aren't quite as dense as I would like, but they were fresh and crunchy.
I've tried the organic version of these before and thought they were good but not great. These were actually better as far as I was concerned than the DeMets Pecan Turtles, which I find sweet and lacking a strong toasted sugar flavor from the caramel.
The Caramel is a small patty, with an appealing artisan look. The milk chocolate forms pleasing ripples on top and smells milky. The piece is about an inch and a half around.
The caramel is firm and has a good chew to it without being too tough or stiff. The flavor is salty and has adequate burnt sugar notes to it. It's a nice size, about two bites for me, but I could eat it all at once if I wanted to. The caramel reminded me of Milk Duds, but of course with a much better, real chocolate coating.
The Coconut piece is simple. If you're a Mounds fan, this will be very familiar. A moist little log of sweet coconut covered in dark chocolate. It's not as sweet or creamy as the Easter fare, which is fine with me. The coconut is chewy and not too sweet. The dark chocolate had just the lightest haze of bloom on it, but I find that's not uncommon with coconut products because of the moisture/fat content. The flavor of the dark chocolate is good, it's not as chalky and rough as Mounds though not completely decadent, it holds its own.
The pieces are small but easy to pop or savor slowly as two bites.
My Mint Patty I photographed has a slight bloom on it. I opened three for the photos and found them all in a similar state. Then I started eating them for review and found the rest to be pristine - dark and glossy and nicely molded.
The chocolate takes the center stage here because of the proportions. There's a lot of chocolate and it has a strong woodsy and smoky flavor. The mint center is smooth and a little runny but also a bit salty. The mint flavor is subtle and has an almost toothpaste combination of both peppermint and spearmint.
I have to say that doing Candy Blog has really made me look at brands like Russell Stover again. I don't think that I was wrong about them back in the eighties, I just think they're a bit better than they used to be, at least they taste fresher. It's pure luck that this assortment has all of my favorite combinations. Half the pieces are dark, there are some good quality nuts in there and for the sale price, I thought these were a good value.
The packaging isn't really sexy or nifty, but it gets the job done. They're a step above the Hershey's, Mars or DeMets, so expect to pay for that. This is an assortment I plan on sharing at the office - a little something for everyone.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 5:13 pm Candy • Review • Russell Stover • Caramel • Chocolate • Coconut • Mints • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Rite Aid • Comments (3)
Friday, December 3, 2010
Peeps Dark Chocolate Covered Mint Marshmallow
Just Born introduced Chocolate Covered Peeps for Easter 2010. They also made an appearance in the pumpkin shape for Halloween. But the most interesting of their new chocolate covered version of the marshmallow shapes is the Christmas introduction of the Peeps Dark Chocolate Covered Mint Flavored Marshmallow.
The candies come individually wrapped and weigh 1 ounce exactly. (There's also a milk chocolate version, but both that I bought were crushed & sticky so I'll have to find more.) Like the other chocolate covered versions before, they're not just a chocolate covered classic Peep, they lack the sugar crust so the chocolate is the cloak it gets instead of the grainy coating.
The tree shaped minty Christmas Peep is just shy of three inches long and pretty tall at about an inch thick. The dark chocolate shell contains a bit of milkfat but is otherwise has a pleasing dark sheen and makes a convincing tree shape. The package says that they're gluten free, but of course aren't vegan (gelatin & milk) and may contain peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and coconut.
They actually smell more like sweet dark chocolate out of the package than mint, which I thought was a good sign after the overly sweet and underwhelming Easter and Halloween versions.
Biting into it, I found what I expected, which was a bright green, soft and moist marshmallow flavored with peppermint. The marshmallow is interesting, it's fluffy without being foamy or latexy. The mint flavor is appropriately strong - strong enough to have a distinctive taste but not so strong to overwhelm the chocolate chip qualities of the dark coating. The smooth dissolve of the marshmallow is better than the slightly grainy and chalky chocolate.
I don't generally get an aftertaste from green food colorings (blue & yellow), so my repulsion at the color was aesthetic, not technical. It did go far to convince me that this was something flavored like Creme de Menthe.
The product idea is sound, a flavored marshmallow in a festive, seasonal shape covered in chocolate. There aren't any other mass-marketed candies like that. I still question the necessity of the strong food colorings (and maybe some sprinkles on there would serve a similar purpose of the tree "decoration." I'm still not much of a marshmallow fan, so these don't suit me, but I'm sure there are some fans who will enjoy these. They could benefit from higher quality chocolate and eschew the strong colors.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:23 pm Candy • Peeps • Review • Christmas • Just Born • Chocolate • Marshmallow • Mints • 7-Worth It • United States • Rite Aid • Comments (6)
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The Evolution of a Field and a Magazine
Animal Sheltering turns 35 this year, and to celebrate, we talked to shelter veterans to find how out they started, what changes they've witnessed, and what advice they'd offer newcomers in the field of animal welfare.
November 1, 2012
News from the HSUS
The HSUS recognizes animal welfare and law enforcement agencies from across the country that recently assisted with various rescue operations. A summary of new resources from The HSUS is also provided.


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Senad Lulic scored against Fenerbahce, but could not take Lazio through to the Europa League semi-finals. "We're very angry, because they are weaker than us."
The 10-man Biancocelesti were beaten 2-0 in Istanbul in controversial circumstances and the second leg in Rome ended 1-1. [12]
"We are angry. Very angry," snapped Lulic. "We were eliminated by a side that is not stronger than us. In fact, we deserved to go through.
"We dominated the match and played better in both the first and second legs. At this moment what we feel is extreme disappointment with a lot of anger, because we did not deserve to be eliminated.
"There is little we can say – we went out against a side that is weaker than Lazio."
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October 28, 2006
Climates."Although the film's provenance and the calamitous distribution climate for foreign-language cinema in America mean that it's destined for eye-blink runs at a handful of art-house theaters, Climates isn't difficult or obscure," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York Times. "Its metaphors are transparent, its narrative structure uncomplicated. It's a satisfyingly adult film about men and women and relationships that might seduce audiences more easily if it were French, though in that case it would probably be three times as chatty." Anthony Kaufman: "[T]he film is a quiet stunner, and for me, most likely the best movie of the year." "[W]hat's exciting about it has more to do with Nuri Bilge Ceylan's inventive use of high-definition video than the rather familiar plot," writes Steve Erickson in Gay City News. "His work suggests that he's intimately familiar with the current canon of festival auteurs, to the point where some cynics have suggested he's deliberately making films for the international arthouse circuit." Updated through 10/30. Nick Pinkerton at Reverse Shot: "Ceylan is not Pialat, not Antonioni, and certainly no 'master.' But he is a diligent artist who squints and picks and digs and waits for tonal specificities in scenes (aided by hyper-crisp foley sound), he has a fine eye for dolorous landscapes, and he has more of a sense of humor than you might expect... And if you're willing to drift out and get a little lost, you may find his very sad, slack movie inhabiting you for some time to come." "[T]he messiness of the world intrudes only rarely," notes Bilge Ebiri in Nerve. "Ceylan's work must be seen in a theater, because its tactile quality couldn't be reproduced in the average household," pleas Scott Tobias at the AV Club, so if you get the chance... Earlier: Cannes reviews. Update, 10/30: "It is fair to ask if Climates would be as effective if it were set in a country from which we expect films of this tenor," writes the New Republic's Stanley Kauffmann. "Admittedly, the setting does heighten interest, but this film is much more than an ideational travelogue. Like all good art, it evokes a supranational affinity. And there is an unsurprising paradox: this drama of personal uncertainties is lodged in a certainty of form."
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Licking Heights graduate Taylor Curtiss plays quarterback during practice Monday for the Licking County-Muskingum Valley All-Star Game.
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Coastal Bend society calendar: 02.03.12
CORPUS CHRISTI - Sunday: Third annual Touch Down Chow Down, 5 p.m., Lexington Museum on the Bay. Cost: $50. Proceeds benefit Children's Advocacy Center of the Coastal Bend. Information: 855-9058.
Wednesday: Executive Women International of Corpus Christi presents "An Affair of the Heart — Casino Night," Katz 21-Steaks and Spirits. This event supports EWI's annual Reading Rally and Women in Transition Scholarship Fund. Cost: $50/per person; $75/at the door; $400/table of 8 or sponsorship opportunities available from $100- $1,000. Information/RSVP Christine Salch at 883-8151 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday: 15th annual State of the City, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., American Bank Center. The Chamber of Commerce event features Mayor Nelda Martinez as keynote speaker. Cost for members: $55/ticket; $500/table of 10; nonmembers: $65/ticket; $600/table of 10. Sponsorships available. Information: 881-1800.
Friday: Fiesta de los Niños, 6:30 p.m., American Bank Center. Sponsorship levels start at $1,800. Cost: $200/ticket. Information: 694-6405 or visit www.driscollchildrens.org/giving
Saturday: The Order of the Sparkling City's ninth annual Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. Cost: $75 each or $700 for table of 10. No tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets can be purchased at www.orderofthesparklingcity.org. Information: 361-777-0437 or email@example.com
Feb. 14: Texas State Aquarium's 2nd Annual Valentine's Dinner, the aquarium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. Event includes three-course meal at a private table located in front of exhibits. Cost: $150 for a table of two; $275 for a table of four, or $400 for a table of six. Information/reservations: 881-1244 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Feb. 14: St. Valentine's Casino Night, 5 to 10 p.m. KC Hall, Robstown. The event features a dinner, DJ entertainment, $5,000 in playing chips, door prizes, photos, Valentine Queen/King and Princess/Prince coronation, early bird drawing, and prizes. Proceeds benefit St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church in Robstown. Cost: $50. Information: 361-387-5600.
Feb. 14: The Texas Jazz Festival Society presents a Valentine's Day dinner and dance fundraiser, 6:30 p.m., Crystal Ballroom. Cost: $50 presale, $60 at the door. Information: 688-1296 or www.texasjazzfest.org.
Feb. 15: 20th annual Stage Door Canteen, 7 p.m., Lexington Museum on the Bay. The event will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the commissioning of the vessel. Cost: $30/ticket; $55/couple. Reserved tables of 10 available for $325 or $425. Reservations/Information: 888-4873, ext. 307 or 800-523-9539, ext. 307.
Feb. 16: American Heart Association's annual Heart Ball, 6 p.m., American Bank Center. Cost: $250. Information: 361-692-0606.
Feb. 23: Mad Hatter's Ball, 7 to 10 p.m., KSpace Contemporary. Dancing, drinks and food. Proceeds benefit Corpus Christi Concert Ballet's Educational Outreach programs. Cost: $50/ticket. Dress in Mad Hatter theme. Information: 854-7969, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.concertballet.net.
Feb. 28: 15th Annual Leadership Corpus Christi Alumni Association Roast honoring Mark and Carol Scott, 7 p.m., Omni Bayfront Hotel. Event includes dinner and silent auction. Cost: $75 per person. Tables of 10 start at $750. Information: Pam Arredondo at 881-1800, ext. 261 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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March 2: The Cotillion Club's La Merienda, 5:30 p.m., Islander Art Gallery. The event raises funds for the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Art Department. Information: 834-8138.
March 7: YWCA's 33rd annual Y Women In Careers Awards Banquet, 6 p.m., YWCA.
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March 16: Chapter AV P.E.O. presents 19th Style Show and Luncheon, 11 a.m., Corpus Christi Country Club. Cost: $40/ticket. Tables of 10 available. Event also includes a silent auction. Information: Paula McKinney, 512-644-1039 or email email@example.com
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May 2: Las Doñas de la Corte presents "The Court of Triumphant Dynasties"; 7:30 p.m., American Bank Center Selena Auditorium.
April 6: The Rotary Club of Corpus Christi's Harvey Weil Award Dinner, Welder Wildlife Foundation Refuge, Sinton. Information: 882-8672 or www.rotarycc.com/harvey-weil-banquet/.
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Optimal age at motherhood. Theoretical and empirical considerations on postponement of maternity in Europe
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The age at which women become mothers has increased to an all time high in most European countries in the past decennia. This increase of age at first birth is the main explanatory variable for the rapid decrease in fertility in European countries which has occurred at different points of time earlier in North and West Europe than in South Europe. To understand the development of the period fertility rate it is therefore crucial to understand the determinants of optimal age at maternity. This paper reviews empirical and theoretical literature and tries to give suggestions on future research directions. The econometric so called timing and spacing literature has used current female wages and male incomes as the main explanatory variables. However, theoretical research identifies on the one hand consumption smoothing, and on the other hand career planning of the woman as the main explanations to the postponement of maternity.
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- Optimal age at motherhood. Theoretical and empirical considerations on postponement of maternity in Europe
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Journal of Population Economics
Volume 14, Issue 2 , pp 225-247
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- 2001-06
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights is the perfect starting point for anyone wanting to get into human rights, with plenty to interest the seasoned activist. Written by experienced practitioners and human rights educators, this is a power-packed pocket handbook of history, philosophy, politics, law and more - all the essentials to understanding and using our knowledge of human rights, from the basics of what our rights are, to how to beat world leaders at their own game.
It examines important critiques of human rights, from feminists and Marxists to cultural relativists and tackles contemporary controversies making headlines. Should rights be sacrificed in the fight against terrorism? Can torturers perform a public service? Should human rights take precedence over the environment? What good are rights for famine victims, or tsunami survivors? What do rights have to say about the misery and injustice caused by corporations? What about rights violated in the home? Do refugees have rights? Why should Donald Rumsfeld consult his lawyers before holidaying abroad? Is a just peace possible? Or a just war? Moreover, how can rights be made real?
This guide for the 21st century examines the emerging terrain of global civil society, covering cutting-edge approaches to activism as well as the tried and true techniques - and their pitfalls. You will find out how to take a complaint to the United Nations, where to find the treaties your government has signed but might wish it hadn't, and to compile a shadow report when your country's human rights performance is assessed at the highest levels. Read about how to secure international support for your campaign and successful ways activists have avoided being killed. The text is enlivened with real-life stories from around the world: the voices of peopleliving the daily reality of human rights violation and those who take on the abusers. An activist's and owner's manual of compelling importance to today's world.
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The New Internationalist brings to life the people, the ideas and the action in the fight for global justice.
As books on human rights proliferate, this slim volume stands out as a sensibly condensed guide on the subject, reducing such iconic works as Steiner & Alston's International Human Rights in Context to readable proportions.
In tracing the historic development of human rights, the authors note that they existed long before they were recognised by international law in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In particular, the authors identify historical examples of human rights principles in all cultures and religions, taking the reader back to the contributions of the ancient Greek philosophers, Aquinas, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson and Karl Marx.
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While this scholarly volume does not claim to add anything new to the existing literature, it is by far the best condensed summation of the modern human rights movement anywhere. In addition, the foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu reflecting on the human rights struggles of his South Africa makes moving reading. With human rights legislation in place in the ACT and Victoria, and the current proposal to introduce a Federal Human Rights Act, there is a growing need for awareness and understanding of human rights. This book will be a useful tool in that quest for greater knowledge.
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