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3 Simple Yet Powerful Steps How to Get Him Back
How to get back with your ex means taking three steps only. These steps are simple to do yet powerful enough to get you the results you want in getting your ex back. You just have to learn how to remain in control of the situation. Controlling your emotions can prevent you from unnecessary mistakes that can only worsen the breakup. Follow these steps to get your ex back.
Step 1: Get Away
From the situation, you will be able to learn something valuable when you rest your heart. This means to detach yourself from the breakup and stop thinking about it even for a day. You may be riding high in your emotions and this may cloud your good judgment. Stop, rest, and allow your emotions to subside. This will help regain your control over the situation and think about what to do how to get back with your ex.
Step 2: Abstain from Your Ex
It is natural to want to see and talk your ex back into the relationship. This is especially true when the breakup is not mutual and initiated by your ex. No matter how much the temptation is, you have to gather all your strength to resist any contact or communication with your ex for the meantime.
Here are some of the reasons it will do you more good to abstain from contact, and bolster your chances on how to get back with your ex:
- Your emotions are still running high and communicating may just end up with more conflicts.
- Your ex needs the time and space to realize your value.
- Seeing or talking to your ex may lead to begging for a reconciliation but getting an adverse effect.
- Your constant effort to communicate may lead to your ex's annoyance and trigger your ex to end your relationship for good.
- Without the control of your emotions, you may say or do things that will work to your disadvantage. There is a high possibility to lose your self-respect and the respect of your ex.
Step 3: Strategize
While you allow time to mend your broken heart and to let your ex enjoy the privacy, you can think the right ways on how to get back with your ex. Come up with an effective strategy that will attract your ex back into your life. Here are some examples:
- Know when it is the right time to see or talk to your ex. Meet him in a place you used to hang out frequently as a couple.
- Say the right words that will appeal to the emotions of your ex and elicit affirmative response.
- Learn how to take cue from the gestures of your ex. You will know your chances of getting back as your ex will drop hints.
- Become a better person. This applies to all aspects such as how you look (physical), how you act and behave (attitude), or how you handle yourself and deal with your emotions (maturity).
Watch this video where Ashley Kay from Ex Recovery System talks about on How to escalate attraction with your ex:
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You no longer have to keep on worrying how to get my ex back. These three (3) simple yet powerful steps should already show you the correct path on how to get back with your ex and enjoy the positive results thereafter.


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Small Space IKEA Hack: Milk Crate Ottoman/Chair & Instant Dining Table
Talk to any glassblower in my industry and you'll hear all sorts of ingenious DIY stories from camera tripod torch stands to skateboard wheel bench rollers and beyond. This kind of mindset lends itself well to the creativity required when living in a small home. Since our house doesn't have a dining room, I've been trying to figure out how to maximize the space and make our tiny living room play double duty. This was the (incredibly cheap!) solution:
This little setup fits our living room comfortably despite the size of the room (12×12). It helps to have one of those coffee tables with an expanding top. When we need to sit six, we grab a large table top leaning against the wall and set it on top. We managed to sit 8 this past Thanksgiving!
The LIDAN woven baskets just barely fit around the milk crates, so you'll have to shimmy them on bit by bit and fold over the extra cloth. PROTIP: keep the horizontal lines even otherwise it'll look all askew. Also, it's better to use a thick chair cushion vs a normal pillow. (Your bum will thank you later.) Here's what it looks like under the ottomans:
With an extra four inches on this coffee table, the ottomans/chairs fit neatly underneath. Although it feels a bit short at first, we hardly notice it once the food hits the table.
When it's just us at home, the minimized coffee table fits the space perfectly. Indeed, a comfortable 12×12 living/dining room is possible!


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"What other ways do women have to prevent pregnancy?"Just say "no"? ;0)
I heard an amazing fact; I think it was Wednesday,from a female attorney who was raped at one point in her life and now evidently specializes in representing rape victims. This was on a network TV interview and wasn't challenged so....This attorney stated that in like 33 or 34 of the states the male rapist retains his full parental rights. So for ex the rape victim could potentially have to coordinate all manner of child-rearing details/ scheduling etc etc etc and you haven't seen etc until you've been around divorced or separated parents working out child rearing details........ with the perpetrator until the child reached adulthood?If that's not mind-boggling I don't know what is. I guess those rights could be terminated by a court action but such termination is not automatic by any means and evidently the retention of those rights is the standard in those states....which obviously the attorney didn't read out the 33/or so states. Imagine the having to coordinate visitation rights with your rapist. This reminds me of another famous saying; I forget by whom: "If males had a uterus abortion would be a sacrament."
I think Jimmy Kimmel (late night comic) got it right. The American Presidential election will be a 2 billion dollar "Comedy Central" Roast of both Romney and Obama with all that money flying around.I still think both sides should compromise in the near term for the Average Joe/Jane in the "here-and-now" especially since Treasury interest has been very cheap; if the American voter is comfortable privatizing SS, Medicare vouchers, blah, blah, .. vs. government healthcare, retirement pay-as-u-go, blah, blah ... then so be it.(ed/br.)
Edited by hknewman on 08/25/2012 08:55:05 MDT.
@ jerry"If we subsidized education like that today, we could create another boom that is hard to imagine what it would be today.Where does the money come from? Make everyone pay their fair share." I didn't want to qoute the entire thread but how would you feel if I kicked in your door, stole all your stuff, and passed it out to the less fortunate? Why people think that voting for someone, that will do just that, is any different, baffles me. Gov't spending is always less efficient because of the middle man. This country has prospered in spite of the gov't, not because of it. For the people that want to toss out the constitution and move to a more socialist form, there are plenty of examples floating around to study.
FredTake the period after WWII - cooperation between government and private - amazing resultsAnd people patriotically paid their taxes, maybe with a little grumbling. The wealthy paid a bigger percentage of their income.We need to get back to that "American Exceptionalism" that we had between WWII and 1980.Government spending is not always less efficient. Sometimes private spending is inefficient - take Enron or the big banks a few years ago or ...
@ jerry"Government spending is not always less efficient. Sometimes private spending is inefficient - take Enron or the big banks a few years ago or ..."The model of FED gov't redistribution is always less efficient because the collection and payout creates an additional expense. There is no way around it. Taxpayers PAY for it. A traded company involved in accounting fraud? Yep, I feel sorry for the honest people that lost their shirts, and I wish only the worst for those responsible, but evil exist. Companies also fail for all the right reasons. Not everyone makes it, and not everyone should get a participation medal. I wish everyone was prosperous but it's just not human nature. When you invest in a company or buy their stock, it's a risk. A better analogy to federal redistribution would be for you to send me your paycheck, I'll cash it and send you 57% back with a note telling you how much good I did with your money.This country was never designed to have the fed's decisions impacting us all as it does now. Creating false economies, propping up the ones too big to fail, and subsidizing the ones they hamstrung... it's insanity.
"Imagine the having to coordinate visitation rights with your rapist. "Up to half of those rapists are also the father,uncle, grandfather or brother of the victim. Requiring parental notification takes on a whole new meaning.
Fred"Redistribution" is the focus group tested word that you guys use for "taxes"I get it. You're using Phsycology/Propoganda/Orwellian techniques to get people to vote against their own best interests.The cost of the collection and payout is an insignificant portion of the budget.The federal government has always made decisions that affect us like they do now. Obviously there are more people now and there are different problems now. You just want to re-write history to support your extreme position.
Then you pick a word. I'm tired of being taxed, and seeing it pizzed off like it's not really hurting anything and our debt doesn't matter. Whatever you want to call it. I could give two cents about a focus group or what you care to call it, but pick an accurate word. And...If you can come up with an efficient government program, as stated, I'd be glad to hear about it. We probably both want the same things, we just have different ways to get there. I don't have an agenda really, I've got questions. Why are we going down this road when it's already been tested? I continue to be amazed and confused.
"We probably both want the same things"I think you're rightThe right wingers that are in control of the Republicans and partly in control of Democrats just want to increase the wealth of themselves - super-wealthy and big corporation - redistribution of wealthThey want us to be polarized arguing about abortion or homosexuality or whatever while they pick our pocketsI think every dollar the government spends should be scrutinized - there is a lot of wasteHalf the federal budget is spent on social security and medicare. We can discuss if that's too muchQuarter of the federal budget is military. We should quit making weapons we don't need, getting into indefinite wars that actually make our security worse but enrich contractors, having bases all over the world,...The other quarter is spread across many smaller programs so it's harder to come up with meaningful cuts. It's easy just to emotionally talk about "lazy welfare mothers"...
"The right wingers that are in control of the Republicans and partly in control of Democrats just want to increase the wealth of themselves - super-wealthy and big corporation - redistribution of wealth"Reading between the lines, it sounds like you consider wealth a bad thing. I enjoy seeing people prosper and succeed. I wish I made more myself. I don't have anything against people who have hit home runs or inherited a load. As long as they do it legally and ethically, I don't care. It's none of my business what they do with it. I've never really understood why someone who worked their tails off and succeeded owes more, than the guy that decided to take life easy. Anyway, so we're clear: My beef is with the size, power, and inefficiency of the federal government. Social experiments with taxpayer money, as each state sees fit is fine by me. Just don't expect a conservative, fiscally responsible state to bail out a failure and let the voters vote with their feet, if need be.
Most people don't under stand the *magnitude* of wealth. If you lived 100 years, and "earned" $0.10 every SECOND ($6/min, $360/hr) of your 100 year life, you would not be in the club of people with the wealth needed to influence States. If you lived a thousand years, you still would not have the wealth of this club, but if you saved for generations, you could get there eventually.
Edited by redmonk on 08/27/2012 12:51:29 MDT.
FredNothing's wrong with being wealthy - you are incorrectly reading between the linesBut when people buy off the government to change rules to make a few super wealthy and the vast majority poorer, that's wrongFor example, why do Romney, Obama, and Buffet pay 15% tax rate? Average person pays 30%, but it's more like 40% when you include the employer portion of social security.Why do oil companies get special subsidies and tax breaks so they pay zero federal tax? Actually get money back.Why did they abolish Glass Stegal so big banks could make big bucks? Which eventually brought down the economy.etc.When I was working I always saved 10% or 20% of my income so it bugs me when the government pays out too much to people that squandered their income. I can see why people make bad decisions with all the sophisticated marketing we're barraged withEvery government program should be scrutinized to make sure it's efficient and effectiveBut, the reality is that politics is inevitable - there will be ineffective programs that are more because a politician is getting something for his district
"And...If you can come up with an efficient government program, as stated, I'd be glad to hear about it."Well, I think you only have to look at the vast majority of western countries that have universal health care to see that this is, at the very least, one area of government intervention where it can actually save the country as a whole a LOT of money, compared to the US.
Thanks for helping my point. If the Fed would have been limited to the size of its intended use, any influence on it, wouldn't provide much benefit. As it is, the effects typically hit us all and hit often.
Edited by BFThorp on 08/27/2012 16:02:26 MDT.
"For the people that want to toss out the constitution and move to a more socialist form, there are plenty of examples floating around to study."+1 Maybe we could start with countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark? They seem to be at least as free as we are and still manage to take pretty good care of their people. Some might even say they take better care of their people overall. What do you think, Fred?
"Up to half of those rapists are also the father,uncle, grandfather or brother of the victim."For whom the Republicans don't want to make an exception to their proposed prohibition of abortion. Gotta luv them "Family Values".
"I'm tired of being taxed, and seeing it pizzed off like it's not really hurting anything and our debt doesn't matter."Including the defense budget? Do $500 toilet seats pizz you off? $2,000,000,000 aircraft carriers when we've already got more of them than all other nations combined? Or a total "defense" budget bigger than the next 10 nations combined. I'm just curious about which areas of government spending pizz you off. Is it all government spending, or just entitlements and other programs that benefit the less fortunate?Oh, I almost forgot our $3,000,000,000 in aid to Israel, an advanced, prosperous nation if ever there was one. Does that pizz you off?
Edited by ouzel on 08/27/2012 17:30:43 MDT.
A huge +1 Tom on all three of your posts. Well said
Tom - Do you see any potential pitfalls in attempting to deploy programs that seem to work in countries of 5-10 million people to a country of 330+ million? How realistic is it really for us to emulate Sweden? The Nordic countries have strict policies that would never fly with the Left here.Plus, everyone knows that the money raised from $500 toilet seats is diverted to fund secret alien indoctrination centers.
Edited by davidlutz on 08/27/2012 17:48:09 MDT.
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Why are square bottles better than round?
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Why are square bottles better than round?
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Well, round bottles fit in the extra large cup holders of my car better, but I don't own a car, so square is better.
Buying a square bottle to share with your date shows you really care.
Fits better in a case box. Doesn't roll around in the bottom of my canoe.
Me being on Chuck's ignore list, he won't see this, but what the hell.
Speaking from experience, I'd have to say it's because the empties don't roll around as much on the pickup bed.
Square bottles don't roll away from me when I'm on the floor. :smiley_acbt:
Square bottles seem to fit tighter on the state store shelves- hence why they have about 8000 per store.
A couple of you got it. The formal answer is, "because square bottles don't roll around on the floor of your pick-up." Before everyone else copied the square bottle from Jack Daniel's, that was the customary explanation for why JD was in a square bottle.
Because when you work behind a bar and a fight breaks out, as a bartender you want to grab the square bottle to crack someone over the head with. He'll go down like a sack of potatoes and the bottle will still be intact as opposed to a round one. :lol:
Interesting you mention JD Chuck about that Chuck. When I was at a Johnie Walker tasting/promotion they menioned that his unique square bottle was made because it was easier for packaging and transport. He could transport more whisk(e)y that way with less breakage, that's what I heard.
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The federal bailout for Wall Street may also bail out financial analysts who've lost their jobs. If the $700 billion package goes through, Wall Street will need people to make sense of the troubled mortgage-related assets that are crippling the economy. WNYC's Lisa Chow reports.
REPORTER: Steve Lesser works at a company called Right Management. He's been helping workers laid off from Lehman Brothers, and other companies, find new jobs. He says everybody's going to be watching the bailout program very closely.
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WordNet [license wordnet]「a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes」
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- pumpkin vine, autumn pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo
WordNet [license wordnet]「usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn」
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A pumpkin is a gourd-like squash of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae (which also includes gourds).[1] It commonly refers to cultivars of any one of the species Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita mixta, Cucurbita maxima, and Cucurbita moschata, and is native to North America. They typically have a thick, orange or yellow shell, creased from the stem to the bottom, containing the seeds and pulp. Pumpkins are widely grown for commercial use, and are used both in food and recreation. Pumpkin pie, for instance, is a traditional part of Thanksgiving meals in the United States, and pumpkins are frequently carved as decorations around Halloween. A pumpkin that has a little face carved in it and hollowed out and decorated with candles inside is known as a jack o'lantern; these are often used at Halloween, for example, to decorate windows.
In Australian English, the name 'pumpkin' generally refers to the broader category called winter squash in North America.
The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon (πέπων), which is Greek for "large melon". The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion and later American colonists changed that to the word we use today, "pumpkin".[2] The origin of pumpkins is not definitively known, although they are thought to have originated in North America. The oldest evidence, pumpkin-related seeds dating between 7000 and 5500 BC, were found in Mexico.[2][3] Pumpkins are a squash-like fruit that range in size from less than 1 pound (0.45 kilograms) to over 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms).[4]
Since some squash share the same botanical classifications as pumpkins, the names are frequently used interchangeably. In general, pumpkin stems are more rigid, prickly, and angular (with an approximate five-degree angle) than squash stems, which are generally softer, more rounded, and more flared where joined to the fruit.[5][6]
Pumpkins generally weigh 9–18 lbs (4–8 kg) with the largest (of the species C. maxima) capable of reaching a weight of over 75 lbs (34 kg).[7] The pumpkin varies greatly in shape, ranging from oblate to oblong. The rind is smooth and usually lightly ribbed.[7] Although pumpkins are usually orange or yellow,[6] some fruits are dark green, pale green, orange-yellow, white, red and gray.[8]
Pumpkins are monoecious, having both male and female flowers on the same plant. The female flower is distinguished by the small ovary at the base of the petals. These bright and colorful flowers have extremely short life spans and may only open for as short a time as one day. The color of pumpkins is derived from the orange pigments abundant in them. The main nutrients are lutein and both alpha and beta carotene, the latter of which generates vitamin A in the body.[9]
Pumpkin is the fruit of the species Cucurbita pepo or Cucurbita mixta. It can refer to a specific variety of the species Cucurbita maxima or Cucurbita moschata, which are all of the genus Cucurbita and the family Cucurbitaceae.[1]
Distribution and habitation
Pumpkins are grown all around the world for a variety of reasons ranging from agricultural purposes (such as animal feed) to commercial and ornamental sales.[10] Of the seven continents, only Antarctica is unable to produce pumpkins; the biggest international producers of pumpkins include the United States, Canada, Mexico, India, and China.[11][12] The traditional American pumpkin is the Connecticut Field variety.[2]
Cultivation in the United States
As one of the most popular crops in the United States, 1.5 billion pounds (680,000,000 kilograms) of pumpkins are produced each year.[13] The top pumpkin-producing states include Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California.[14]
According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, 95% of the U.S. crop intended for processing is grown in Illinois.[15] Nestlé, operating under the brand name Libby's, produces 85% of the processed pumpkin in the United States. In the fall of 2009, rain in Illinois devastated the Nestlé crop, resulting in a shortage affecting the entire country during the Thanksgiving holiday season.[16]
Pumpkins are a warm-weather crop that is usually planted in early July. The specific conditions necessary for growing pumpkins require that soil temperatures three inches (7.6 cm) deep are at least 60 °F (15.5 °C) and soil that holds water well. Pumpkin crops may suffer if there is a lack of water or because of cold temperatures (in this case, below 65 °F (18.3 °C); frost can be detrimental), and sandy soil with poor water retention or poorly drained soils that become waterlogged after heavy rain. Pumpkins are, however, rather hardy, and even if many leaves and portions of the vine are removed or damaged, the plant can very quickly re-grow secondary vines to replace what was removed.[4]
Pumpkins produce both a male and female flower; honeybees play a significant role in fertilization.[13] Pumpkins have historically been pollinated by the native squash bee Peponapis pruinosa, but this bee has declined, probably due to pesticide sensitivity,[citation needed] and today most commercial plantings are pollinated by honeybees. One hive per acre (4,000 m² per hive) is recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. If there are inadequate bees for pollination, gardeners often have to hand pollinate. Inadequately pollinated pumpkins usually start growing but abort before full development. An opportunistic fungus is also sometimes blamed for abortions.[citation needed]
Giant pumpkins
The largest pumpkins are Cucurbita maxima. They were cultivated from the hubbard squash genotype, crossed with kabocha-pumpkin types by enthusiast farmers through intermittent effort since the early 19th century. As such germplasm is commercially provocative, a U.S. legal right was granted for the rounder phenotypes, levying them as constituting a variety, with the appellation Atlantic Giant. Eventually, this phenotype graduated back into the public domain, except now it had the name Atlantic Giant on its record (see USDA PVP # 8500204).
Weigh-off competitions for giant pumpkins are a popular festival activity. The world record held at 460 pounds (208.7 kilograms) until 1981, when Howard Dill (of Nova Scotia) broke the record with a pumpkin weighing 493.5 pounds (224 kilograms). Dill patented the seeds used to grow this giant pumpkin, deeming them Dill's Atlantic Giant seeds, and drawing growers from around the world. Dill is credited for all of the giant pumpkins today, most of which are borne from crossing and re-crossing his patented seed with other varieties.[17] By 1994, the Giant pumpkin crossed the 1,000-pound (453.6-kilogram) mark. The current world record holder is Chris Stevens's 1,810-pound Atlantic Giant pumpkin, which in October 2010 surpassed Christy Harp's previous 2009 record of 1,725 pounds.
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|109 kJ (26 kcal)
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|- Sugars
|2.76 g
|- Dietary fiber
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|0.1 g
|1 g
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|426 μg (53%)
|- beta-carotene
|3100 μg (29%)
|- lutein and zeaxanthin
|1500 μg
|Thiamine (vit. B1)
|0.05 mg (4%)
|Riboflavin (vit. B2)
|0.11 mg (9%)
|Niacin (vit. B3)
|0.6 mg (4%)
|Pantothenic acid (B5)
|0.298 mg (6%)
|Vitamin B6
|0.061 mg (5%)
|Folate (vit. B9)
|16 μg (4%)
|Vitamin C
|9 mg (11%)
|Vitamin E
|0.44 mg (3%)
|Vitamin K
|1.1 μg (1%)
|21 mg (2%)
|0.8 mg (6%)
|12 mg (3%)
|0.125 mg (6%)
|44 mg (6%)
|340 mg (7%)
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Pumpkins are very versatile in their uses for cooking. Most parts of the pumpkin are edible, including the fleshy shell, the seeds, the leaves, and even the flowers. In the United States and Canada, pumpkin is a popular Halloween and Thanksgiving staple.[18] Homemade pumpkin purée can serve the same purpose.[19]
When ripe, the pumpkin can be boiled, baked, steamed, or roasted. In its native North America, it is a very important, traditional part of the autumn harvest, eaten mashed[20] and making its way into soups and purees. Often, it is made into pie, various kinds of which are a traditional staple of the Canadian and American Thanksgiving holidays. In Canada, Mexico, the United States, Europe and China, the seeds are often roasted and eaten as a snack.
Pumpkins that are still small and green may be eaten in the same way as squash or zucchini. In the Middle East, pumpkin is used for sweet dishes; a well-known sweet delicacy is called halawa yaqtin. In South Asian countries such as India, pumpkin is cooked with butter, sugar, and spices in a dish called kadu ka halwa. Pumpkin is used to make sambar in Udupi cuisine. In Guangxi province, China, the leaves of the pumpkin plant are consumed as a cooked vegetable or in soups. In Australia and New Zealand, pumpkin is often roasted in conjunction with other vegetables. In Japan, small pumpkins are served in savory dishes, including tempura. In Myanmar, pumpkins are used in both cooking and desserts (candied). The seeds are a popular sunflower seed substitute. In Thailand, small pumpkins are steamed with custard inside and served as a dessert. In Italy, it can be used with cheeses as a savory stuffing for ravioli. Also, pumpkin can be used to flavor both alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages.
In the southwestern United States and Mexico, pumpkin and squash flowers are a popular and widely available food item. They may be used to garnish dishes, and they may be dredged in a batter then fried in oil. Pumpkin leaves are a popular vegetable in the Western and central regions of Kenya; they are called seveve, and are an ingredient of mukimo,[21] respectively, whereas the pumpkin itself is usually boiled or steamed. The seeds are popular with children who roast them on a pan before eating them.
Pumpkin seeds, also known as pepitas, are small, flat, green, edible seeds. Most pumpkin seeds are covered by a white husk, although some pumpkin varieties produce seeds without them. Pumpkin seeds are a popular snack that can be found hulled or semi-hulled at most grocery stores. However, roasting pumpkin seeds (usually scooped out of jack-o-lanterns) is a popular Halloween treat. Per ounce serving, pumpkin seeds are a good source of protein, magnesium, copper and zinc.[22]
Pumpkin seed oil
Pumpkin seed oil is a thick, green-red[23][24] oil that is produced from roasted pumpkin seeds. When used for cooking or as a salad dressing, pumpkin seed oil is generally mixed with other oils because of its robust flavor.[25] Used in cooking in central and eastern Europe, it is considered a delicacy in traditional local cuisines such as for pumpkin soup, potato salad or even vanilla ice cream. Pumpkin seed oil contains fatty acids, such as oleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid.[26]
Phytochemical research
Preliminary research indicates that phytochemicals found in pumpkin may favorably affect insulin and glucose levels in laboratory diabetes models.[27] Two compounds isolated from pumpkin paste and then fed daily to diabetic rats over six weeks, trigonelline and nicotinic acid, caused significant reductions in blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides, indicating improvement in the diabetic condition.[28]
Other uses
Canned pumpkin is often recommended by veterinarians as a dietary supplement for dogs and cats that are experiencing certain digestive ailments such as constipation, diarrhea, or hairballs. The high fiber content helps to aid proper digestion.[29]
Raw pumpkin can be fed to poultry, as a supplement to regular feed, during the winter to help maintain egg production, which usually drops off during the cold months.[citation needed]
Pumpkin phytochemicals and nutrients remain under preliminary research for potential biological effects.[30]
Activities involving pumpkins
Pumpkins are commonly carved into decorative lanterns called jack-o'-lanterns for the Halloween season in North America. Throughout Britain and Ireland, there is a long tradition of carving lanterns from vegetables, particularly the turnip, mangelwurzel, or swede.[31] The turnip has traditionally been used in Ireland and Scotland at Halloween,[32] but immigrants to North America used the native pumpkin, which are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips.[32] Not until 1837, does jack-o'-lantern appear as a term for a carved vegetable lantern,[33] and the carved pumpkin lantern association with Halloween is recorded in 1866.[34]
In the United States, the carved pumpkin was first associated with the harvest season in general, long before it became an emblem of Halloween.[35] In 1900, an article on Thanksgiving entertaining recommended a lit jack-o'-lantern as part of the festivities that encourage kids and families to join together to make their own jack-o'-lanterns.[35]
Pumpkin chucking is a competitive activity in which teams build various mechanical devices designed to throw a pumpkin as far as possible. Catapults, trebuchets, ballistas and air cannons are the most common mechanisms. Some pumpkin chuckers breed and grow special varieties of pumpkin under specialized conditions to improve the pumpkin's chances of surviving a throw.
Pumpkin festivals and competitions
Pumpkin growers often compete to see whose pumpkins are the most massive. Festivals are often dedicated to the pumpkin and these competitions.
The Ohio towns of Barnesville and Circleville each hold a festival every year, the Barnesville Pumpkin Festival and the Circleville Pumpkin Show respectively. The town of Half Moon Bay, California, holds an annual Art and Pumpkin Festival, drawing over 250,000 visitors each year and including the World Champion Pumpkin Weigh-Off.[36] Farmers from all over the US compete to determine who can grow the heaviest pumpkin.[37] The winning pumpkin regularly tops the scale at more than 1500 pounds. Leonardo Urena, from Napa, California, grew the winner of the 2011 Weigh-Off with a 1,704-pound Atlantic Giant, setting a new California State record.[38] The record for the world's heaviest pumpkin was broken September 30, 2012, at the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts.[39] Ron Wallace of Greene, Rhode Island, entered a pumpkin weighing 2,009 pounds. A few days earlier on September 27, a pumpkin grown by Steve Geddes of Boscawen, New Hampshire, weighed in at 1,843.5 pounds at the Deerfield Fair in New Hampshire. That one held the world record for just five days. Prior to that, Guinness World Records had the world's heaviest pumpkin set in 2010 by Chris Stevens, at a weight of 1,810 pounds, 8 ounces, at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in Stillwater, Minnesota.[40] The town of Morton, Illinois, the self-declared pumpkin capital of the world,[41] has held a Pumpkin Festival since 1966. The town, where Nestlé's pumpkin packing plant is located (and where 90% of canned pumpkins eaten in the US are processed), held for several years a record for the number of carved and lit pumpkins in one place, before losing it to Boston, Massachusetts, in 2006. A large contributor of pumpkins to the Keene Pumpkin Fest in New Hampshire is local Keene State College, which hosts an event called Pumpkin Lobotomy on its main quadrangle. Usually held the day before the festival itself, Pumpkin Lobotomy has the air of a large party, with the school providing pumpkins and carving instruments alike (though some students prefer to use their own) and music provided by college radio station WKNH.
Ireland's only Pumpkin Festival takes place each year in Virginia, County Cavan to find Ireland's biggest pumpkins. This year the biggest pumpkin topped 1300 pounds. The event takes place over a holiday weekend, along with other entertainment and festive parades.
The city of Elk Grove, California, has held an annual Pumpkin Festival since 1995.
Folklore and fiction
There seems to be a strong connection in folklore and popular culture between pumpkins and the supernatural. Famous examples include the following:
- A commonplace motif of people being turned into pumpkins by witches.
- The jack-o-lantern custom discussed above, which connects to Halloween lore about warding off demons.
- In the folk tale Cinderella, the fairy godmother turns a pumpkin into a carriage, but at midnight it reverts into a pumpkin.
- Linus' belief in the Great Pumpkin in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.
- Juice from a pumpkin has magical effects in the short story "Pumpkin Juice" by R. L. Stine.
- The Harry Potter novels, in which pumpkin juice as a favorite drink of the students of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a recurring element.
- The pumpkin hurled by the "Headless Horseman" in Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
- Jack Pumpkinhead, a character in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, with a pumpkin for a head on a wooden body, brought to life in the second book.
- In Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, the main character, Jack Skellington, is "the Pumpkin King."
- Precious Ramotswe, the fictional detective from Botswana in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, often cooks and eats pumpkin.
- In a short fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Feathertop from 1852, a witch turns a scarecrow with a "pumpkinhead" into a man.
See also
- List of culinary fruits
- List of pumpkin varieties
- Pepitas
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- ^ a b "Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Itis.gov. 2009-12-0se1. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ^ a b c The Pumpkin Patch. 2007. Halloween Online. 19 Feb. 2008 http://www.pumpkin-patch.com
- ^ "Pumpkin." The Columbia Encyclopedia. 2004. Credo Reference. 19 Feb. 2008 http://www.credoreference.com/entry/4294972
- ^ a b Michael, Orsolek D., George L. Greaser, and Jayson K. Harper. "Pumpkin Production." Agricultural Alternatives (2000). Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. 19 Feb. 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20080625165325/http://agalternatives.psu.edu/crops/pumpkin/pumpkin.pdf
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- ^ Pumpkin Nook: Color Me Pumpkin.
- ^ Susan D. Van Arnum (1998). Vitamin A in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (45). New York: John Wiley. pp. 99–107. doi:10.1002/0471238961.2209200101181421.a01.
- ^ Wolford, Ron, and Drusilla Banks. Pumpkins and More. 2008. University of Illinois Extension. 19 Feb. 2008 http://urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/
- ^ '"The Pumpkin Patch'," 2007. Halloween Online. 19 Feb. 2008 http://www.pumpkin-patch.com
- ^ "Pumpkin Seeds." World's Healthiest Foods. 2008. The George Mateljan Foundation. 11 Feb. 2008 http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=food&spicedbid=82#healthbenefits
- ^ a b Michael, Orsolek D., George L. Greaser, and Jayson K. Harper. "Pumpkin Production." Agricultural Alternatives (2000). Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, 19 Feb. 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20080625165325/http://agalternatives.psu.edu/crops/pumpkin/pumpkin.pdf
- ^ Wolford, Ron, and Drusilla Banks. Pumpkins and More. 2008. University of Illinois Extension. 19 Feb. 2008 http://urbanext.illinois.edu/pumpkins/
- ^ Illinois Department of Agriculture, "Illinois Leads Nation in Pumpkin Production". http://www.agr.state.il.us/newsrels/r1022041.html
- ^ Jerry Hirsh, "Pumpkin pie may be scarce on Thanksgiving Day". LA Times (2009). http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091119/BUSINESS01/911190366/Pumpkin-pie-may-be-scarce-on-Thanksgiving-Day
- ^ Raver, Anne. "In the Pumpkin Patch, an Orange Thumb." New York Times, 18 Oct. 2007, p. F6.
- ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Thanksgiving. Eds. Cutler Cleveland & Peter Saundry. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
- ^ Roberts, Tammy. "The Many Uses of Pumpkin." Food & Fitness, 7 Aug. 2006. 10 Feb. 2008 http://web.archive.org/web/20060923090620/http://missourifamilies.org/features/nutritionarticles/nut107.htm>
- ^ Stavely, Keith W.F. and Fitzgerald, Kathleen. America's Founding Food: The Story of New England Cooking. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. ISBN 0-8078-2894-7
- ^ http://ngishili.com/?p=282
- ^ "Nutrition facts for pumpkin seeds, whole, roasted, without salt". Nutritiondata.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ Kreft S and Kreft M (2007) Physicochemical and physiological basis of dichromatic colour, Naturwissenschaften 94, 935-939. On-line PDF
- ^ Kaernbach C., Dörre C. (2006). On the color of transparent substances, in Current Psychological Research in Austria. Proceedings of the 7th scientific conference of the Austrian Psychological Society (ÖGP), Ed. B. Gula & O. Vitouch (Klagenfurt), [1]
- ^ Tyler Herbst, Sharon. The New Food Lover's Companion, 3rd ed. Barron, 2001. Pumpkin-Seed Oil. 14 Feb. 2008 [2]
- ^ Bavec F, Grobelnik Mlakar S, Rozman Č, Bavec M (2007). "Oil Pumpkins: Niche for Organic Producers". Issues in new crops and new uses. Purdue University Agriculture, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Pumpkin May Cut Injections for Diabetes". Daily Telegraph (London, UK: Telegraph Group). 9 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- ^ Yoshinari O, Sato H, Igarashi K (2009). "Anti-diabetic effects of pumpkin and its components, trigonelline and nicotinic acid, on Goto-Kakizaki rats". Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 73 (5): 1033–41. PMID 19420712. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Tip 75 – Pumpkin for cats – pumpkin for dogs – Pumpkin for diarrhea or constipation". Pets.ca - Canada's Pet Information Centre. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ Yadav M, Jain S, Tomar R, Prasad GB, Yadav H (2010). "Medicinal and biological potential of pumpkin: an updated review". Nutr Res Rev 23 (2): 184–90. PMID 21110905.
- ^ They continue to be popular choices today as carved lanterns in Scotland and Northern Ireland, although the British purchased a million pumpkins for Halloween in 2004. "Pumpkins Passions", BBC, 31 October 2005. Retrieved on 19 October 2006. "Turnip battles with pumpkin for Hallowe'en", BBC, 28 October 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
- ^ a b The Oxford companion to American food and drink p.269. Oxford University Press, 2007. Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ^ Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Great Carbuncle," in Twice-Told Tales, 1837:
- Hide it [the great carbuncle] under thy cloak, say'st thou? Why, it will gleam through the holes, and make thee look like a jack-o'-lantern!
- ^ Daily News (Kingston, Ontario), November 1, 1866:
- The old time custom of keeping up Hallowe'en was not forgotten last night by the youngsters of the city. They had their maskings and their merry-makings, and perambulated the streets after dark in a way [that] was no doubt amusing to themselves. There was a great sacrifice of pumpkins from which to make transparent heads and face, lighted up by the unfailing two inches of tallow candle.
- ^ a b The Day We Celebrate: Thanksgiving Treated Gastronomically and Socially, The New York Times, Nov. 24, 1895, p. 27. "Odd Ornaments for Table," The New York Times, Oct. 21, 1900, p. 12.
- ^ [3] History of Half-Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival
- ^ [4] Gargantuan Gourd Weigh-Off
- ^ "2011 Results - The Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off". Miramarevents.com. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ^ Pumpkin Nook, World Record Pumpkin. accessed 21 Oct 2012
- ^ Clarke, Suzanne. "World's Heaviest Pumpkin Record Falls Twice". Yahoo News. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Morton Pumpkin Festival". Web.archive.org. 2008-01-15. Archived from the original on 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- Notes
- Pumpkin seeds on The worlds Healthiest Foods, The George Mateljan Foundation.
- Illinois Leads Nation in Pumpkin Production, Illinois Department of Agriculture.
- The Largest Pumpkin Ever, bigpumpkins.com.
- Keene Pumpkin Festival, list of world records.
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Ministerial Advisory Group
In September 2007 DCAL established the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for Architecture and the Built Environment (A+BE) in Northern Ireland. MAG's primary role is to advise the Minister responsible for DCAL on the implementation and development of the A+BE policy.
The Chair, Arthur Acheson was appointed September 2010 and the following members were appointed May 2014:
Collectively they will bring a varied range of expertise to MAG, to include architecture, architectural conservation, landscape architecture, procurement, sustainable development and town planning.
The Chair and Members of MAG are Ministerial appointments.
A Call-off List of expert advisors was recruited in February 2009 to support the MAG in the key area of design review and on an ad-hoc basis to assist in other areas where the MAG requires additional specialist expertise.
MAG Information Leaflet MAG Information Leaflet (pdf 121KB)
Consultation Toolkit
You may view the toolkit website by using the following link http://toolkit.creativityni.org
The MAG has developed guidance on Creative Consultation for the Strategic Investment Board
The on-line toolkit will provide NICS departments and agencies with the methodologies and support to develop and implement more creative and innovative approaches to community engagement and consultation.
Creative Consultation aims to inform and inspire all those tasked with the creation and management of a consultation process. It relates specifically to medium to large capital projects, undertaken for the public sector in Northern Ireland.
Going beyond the minimum requirements of consultation brings many benefits. Not only does it greatly reduce risks asssociated with project delivery it also contributes to the sustained success of its outcome.
To be effective, consultation must be integrated throughout a project timeline, rather than confined to one specific stage. This should include consultation at the earliest inception stage.
All successful consultation processes share a number of common principles. These should be kept constantly in mind whilst creating a consultation and through every stage of delivery.
Creating a consultation needs careful planning and preparation. These steps should be used to help guide this process.
Civic Stewardship
Final ReportMAG Civic Stewardship Report - Doing more with what we've got
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MAG Reports
MAG Paper 'Meanwhile Uses' MAG Position_Paper_-_'Meanwhile_Uses' (pdf 961KB)
The Principles of Sustainable Design Guidance prepared by the MAG The Principles of Sustainable Design (pdf 1.53MB)
MAG 'Well Into The Second Term Report (pdf 362KB) 'Well Into Second Term'
End of First Three Years Report
MAG The First Three Years Report (pdf 381KB) mag_first_3_year_published_pdf.pdf
Mid Term Report
In June 2009, half way through MAG's initial term of appointment a report detailing MAG's activities was published entitled 'Raising Expectations' (pdf 419KB) Raising Expectations
MAG Responses to Public Consultations:
MAG response to DFP Rating Policy Proposal Paper - Commercial Window Displays Rating Policy Proposal Paper - Commercial Window Displays (pdf 217KB)
MAG response to Fermanagh and Omagh Council Fermanagh & Omagh Council: Draft Corporate Plan (pdf 262KB)
MAG response to DRD Draft Bicycle Strategy for Northern Ireland Draft Bicycle Strategy for Northern Ireland (pdf 633KB)
MAG response to DSD Consultation: Draft Comprehensive Development Scheme, Laganbank Quarter, Lisburn Draft Comprehensive Developement Scheme, Laganbank Quarter, Lisburn (pdf 206KB)
MAG response to Belfast City Council Procurement Strategy Belfast City Council Corporate Procurement Strategy (pdf 204KB)
MAG response to DOE Consultation on Planning Reform and Transfer to Local Government: Proposals for Subordinate Legislation Planning Reform and Transfer to Local Governemnt: Proposals for Subordinate Legislation (pdf 180KB)
MAG response to Consultation: Urban Strategies Paper - Belfast City Centre Directions Urban Strategies Paper - Belfast City Centre Direction (pdf 255KB)
MAG response to DRD Consultation Roads (Speed Limit) (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 Roads (Speed Limit) (No.3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014 (pdf 424KB)
MAG response to DRD Consultation Off - Street Parking (Function of District Councils) Bill Off-Street Parking (Function of District Councils) Bill (pdf 177KB)
MAG response to a Strategic Planning Policy Statement A Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland (pdf 1.40MB)
MAG response to DOE Consultation on Revised Draft Planning Policy Statement 15 Review of PPS15 - 'Planning and Flood Risk' (pdf 313KB)
MAG response to the Northern Ireland Committee on the Local Government Reorganisation Bill Local Government Reorganisation Bill (pdf 93.2KB)
MAG response to Belfast City Council Belfast City Masterplan Review Belfast City Masterplan Review (pdf 181KB
MAG response to DSD Consultation Community Asset Transfer (pdf 39.8KB)
MAG response to Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment Call for Evidence Questions (pdf 282KB)
MAG response to DSD Consultation on: Design Guide for Travellers' Sites in Northern Ireland (pdf 193KB)
MAG response to DRD Consultation on Future Railway Investment: A Consultation paper (pdf 87KB) Future Railway Investment April 2013
MAG response to DSD Consultation on: Facing the Future: Housing Strategy for Northern Ireland 2012-2017 (pdf 463KB) Facing_The_Future: Housing_Strategy_For_Northern Ireland_2012-2017__
MAG response to DSD Public Consultation on Urban Regeneration and Community Development Framework (pdf 81.4KB) Urban Regeneration and Community Development Framework
MAG response to the Belfast City Council's consultation on the Draft Cultural Framework for Belfast 2012-2015 (pdf 151KB) Consultation on the Draft Cultural Framework for Belfast 2012-2015
MAG response to Belfast City Council Draft Investment Programme Consultation (pdf 459KB)Belfast City Council Draft Investment Programme Consultation
MAG response to DOE Consultation on Demolition and Development (pdf 305KB) Consultation on Demolition
MAG response to DRD Consultation on Active Travel Future for Northern Ireland (pdf 395KB) Active Travel Future for Northern Ireland
MAG response to OFMDFM Consultation on the Social Investment Fund (pdf 3MB) OFMDFM Consultation on The Social Investment Fund
MAG response to the DRD Consultation on Route Options for Belfast Rapid Transit (pdf 4MB) Route Options for Belfast Rapid Transit
MAG response to the public consultation on the draft supplementary planning guidance to PPS21 "Building on Tradition, A sustainable design guide for the Northern Ireland Countryside" July 2011 (201KB ) PPS21
MAG response to the Review of the Regional Transportation Strategy (pdf 2.24MB) Review of the Regional Transportation Strategy
MAG response to (Draft) PPS24 Economic Considerations (pdf 91.1KB) Draft PPS24
MAG response to (Draft) PPS23 Enabling Development and Best Practice Guidance Assessing Enabling Development (pdf 121KB) Draft PPS23
MAG response to the Public Consultation 10 Year Review of the Regional Development Strategy (Shaping Our Future) (pdf 228KB) 10 Year Review of the Regional Development Strategy (Shaping Our Future)
MAG response on Local Government Reform Consultation on Policy Proposals (pdf 1.65MB) Local Government Reform Consultation on Policy Proposals
Planning Bill: - Oral Evidence from MAG Chair to the Committee for the Environment Official Report (Hansard) Link (356.30KB) planning_bill_web_link.doc
Response to DOE Committee for the Environment on the Planning Bill Northern Ireland 2010/2011 (pdf 294.48KB) Planning Bill Northern Ireland 2010/2011 pdf
Response to DRD Consultation 'Belfast on the Move' 29 November 2010 (pdf 254KB) Belfast on the move pdf
Response on the Public Consultation Document relating to Draft Planning Policy Statement {PPS} 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside March 2009 (pdf 318KB)draft_planning_policy_statement__pps_21_sustainable_development_in_the_countryside.pdf
Response on the Consultation on Reform of the Planning System in Northern Ireland 02 October 2009 (pdf 175KB) reform_of_the_planning_system.pdf
Response to the Consultation on Criteria for Listing Proposed Revisions to Annex C of Planning Policy Statement 6 05 July 2010 (pdf 118KB) criteria_for_listing_proposed_revisions_to_annex_c_of_planning_policy_statement_6.pdf
Response to Antrim Coast and Glens AONB Draft management Plan 4 February 2008 (pdf 85KB) Antrim Coast and Glens AONB Draft Management Plan
Design Reviews
Design Reviews form a major role and activity for the MAG. To date three forms of review have taken place; Pre-planning application, Post Planning application referrals and referals by Government Funders.
Links to the Design Review :
Registration Form(Word 52KB )Register of a Scheme for Design Review
Client Satisfaction Survey (Word 104KB)Design Review Client Satisfaction Survey
Design Review Guidance is currently being updated
MAG Symposium
Civic Stewardship Symposium Ligoniel Activity Centre 21 November 2013
Academy of Urbanism Event Summary Report (11.2KB) Civic Stewardship Symposium -AoU Event Summary Report
Civic stewardship techniques have been offered to all district councils during 2013 – 2014 by the MAG.
Study visits were specially tailored by the MAG with individual Councils to reflect particular places, issues and opportunities in each district.
The work was further developed in the first Civic Stewardship Symposium on 21 November 2013 which is supported by the Interim Report. The Symposium was held in a Neighbourhood Renewal Area and offered Councils and local community groups a further opportunity for action learning and exchange of experience between participants.
The symposium was organized by the MAG and the Landscape Institute of Northern Ireland, with assistance from the Academy of Urbanism, Belfast City Council and Architecture + Design Scotland. The full day symposium was a diverse and active day consisting of two presentations by inspirational and challenging speakers, structured round room discussions, walking action learning visits around the local area in groups hosted by community leaders, an interactive lunch, conclusions and resolutions.
Presentations may be assessed below:
Frazer Macleod, Glasgow City Council
"All places matter – The Local Authority as Facilitator"
Pauline Gallacher, Neilston Development Trust
"An Ordinary Passionate Place"
'Planning for Places' The Navan Centre, Armagh, 7 September 2010
Report and Resolutions (pdf 69.5KB 'Planning for Places'
The MAG believes that by working with councils it can raise expectations for good design in buildings and places across Northern Ireland.
Supported by the Armagh City and District Council, the MAG held a symposium 'Planning for Places' 'in The Navan Centre, Armagh on 7 September.
Those invited to attend included senior council and government officials, community representatives and professionals
The programme involved a number of presentations by local and national speakers including CABE, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. CABE has been working with English local authorities to see how design quality can best be embedded in emerging strategies.
Presentations can be accessed below:
Kathy MacEwen, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) (pdf 1.68 MB) Kathy MacEwen Presentation
Jim Thompson, Planning Manager Development Plans The NI Planning Service (pdf 385KB) Jim Thompson Presentation
Trevor Osborne, The Trevor Osborne Property Group (pdf 1.83MB)Trevor Osborne Presentation
John McGrillen, Belfast City Council (pdf 2.24 MB)John McGrillen Presentation
Henry Johnston, Department for Social Development (pdf 385KB)Henry Johnston Presentation
Trevor Martin, Belfast City Council (pdf 833 KB)Trevor Martin Presentation
Peter Carr, Belfast Metropolitian Residents' Group (pdf 54.9 KB)Peter Carr Presentation
John Murphy, Department of Environment Local Government Reform Division (pdf 43.0 KB) John Murphy Presentation
Emily Smyth, Member of the MAG (pdf 3.97 MB) Emily Smyth Presentation
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MIDWEST CITY — A Midwest City High School senior who crashed his motorcycle while driving to school early Friday has died. Kittrick Denone Johnson Jr., 17, of Oklahoma City, died Saturday morning, said Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes. Johnson was westbound on NE 10 about 7:15 a.m. when the motorcycle struck the passenger door of a 2009 Chevrolet Impala that had turned left in front of him near Lee Drive, Clabes said. The motorcycle caught fire and Johnson suffered third-degree burns, Clabes said. The driver of the Impala, James Griffiths, 63, of Midwest City, made an improper left turn in front of the motorcycle, but he has not been cited, Clabes said. The accident is under investigation.


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Q. I retired recently but need to go back to work. Will I get a higher Social Security benefit amount because I'll be working and paying into the system?
A. Possibly. Your Social Security benefit is calculated by averaging the salaries you've earned in your 35 highest-paid working years. If your work history did not cover 35 years, zeros get averaged in and lower your benefit. If going back to work replaces zeros or low-earning years with higher salaries, then your benefits will go up. You can check your earnings history in the Social Security statement that is mailed every year to workers and former workers over age 25. If you don't want to wait for that statement, you can request one online or call Social Security's automated information line at 1-800-772-1213 to get SSA-7004, the mail-in request form.
Source: Social Security Administration
Carole Fleck is a senior editor at the AARP Bulletin.


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|April 4th, 2011, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
Good: Finally had time to get some more non-university stuff done...
Good: it has plus degrees yay XD
Good: Finnish lesson went well
Bad: didn´t sleep well at all last night
Bad: felt kinda sick in the first half of the day
Bad: it is raining and all grey >.<
|April 5th, 2011, 09:16 PM
|#52 (permalink)
JaKoo-Zee MC
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wilmington, DE - USA
Posts: 501
Bad: I just realized I haven't been on the forum in a while
Good: Now I came back on the forum
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
yo yo yoooo, this is JaKoo-Zee Doctah Big G Double LL Kool-Aid BlingBling BB Gun T-Stain Dawg in da haus!!
|April 7th, 2011, 05:59 AM
|#54 (permalink)
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
Good: got awesome feedback on the project I work in
Good: i feel fit after 10h of very good sleep
Bad: No liverpool trip for me >.<
Good: then I can plan my holidays somewhere else now
Good: it´´s sooooon weeeeeekend
Bad: that game still needs a name >.<
Bad: I think my Turisas-Spain plans just died
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|April 10th, 2011, 06:46 AM
|#56 (permalink)
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Kajaani, Finland
Posts: 54
Bad: I have had very bad headache for 3 days now and nothing can stop it.
Bad: I feel so sick already but I still don't have fieber. I wish I had so this could end soon.
Bad: It's very sunny and warm outside and I'm just lying in my dark room because sunlight makes me feel worse and worse.
I blow my head up if this won't end..
|April 10th, 2011, 10:23 AM
|#57 (permalink)
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
Do you have migraine? :S Hope you´re getting well fast!
Good: Weekend was awesome
Good: had fun photographing yesterday
Good: Had fun at the game-event Levels today
Bad: My legs hurts >.<
Bad: Didnt get anything useful done ha ha XD
Bad: had to face the fact that may and june will mostly suck. i even consider summer studies >.<
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|April 11th, 2011, 04:22 PM
|#59 (permalink)
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
Good: survived my maths exam
Good: most likely will have passed the course
Good: Figured out which courses I wanna do as summer studies
Good: Crimfall will support Turisas on the two finnish gig dates <3
Bad: neck and shoulders hurt again
Bad: I feel somehow...weird...
|April 15th, 2011, 05:27 PM
|#60 (permalink)
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Chile
Posts: 46
Good: this awful week finally ended
Bad: my internet is with PMS, it likes to work when it wants
Bad: next week is as awful as this one
Only the good die young
|April 20th, 2011, 06:19 AM
|#61 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 54
Good: Getting in charge of all lights and security stuff in rave party, can't wait!
Good: I'll most likely get my studies finished by May after all
Bad: Way too much to do and way too little time
Bad: Probably not getting to see the gig in Nosturi on Saturday
//edit: Oh, f-it, going to Hel today after all. Yais!
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|May 2nd, 2011, 08:32 AM
|#63 (permalink)
Senior Member
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Location: Vantaa, Finland
Posts: 218
Bad: It's cold again. :/
Good: I learned to growl/scream xD yay!
Good: Taido in the evening
|May 2nd, 2011, 09:13 AM
|#64 (permalink)
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
Bad: some people´s attitude towards working and contributing to teamwork
Bad: cold. so much about spring. fml.
Bad: the wound on my finger still hasn´t healed >.<
Bad: need to wash dishes. ran out of clean ones. shit.
Good: have been offered to do a cross-cultural minor that starts in autumn
Good: got loads of work done last night
Good: semester is soon over hahahaha XD
|May 4th, 2011, 05:52 AM
|#66 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
good: not much to do
good: stockholm calling somewhen soonish for one day of sightseeing with some gift voucher from vikingline
good: only one exam and one presentation left till the semester is over
bad: tired as hell
bad: no spring weather -.-
bad: much press-work to do
EDIT: forget about everything above. ultimate disaster.
I just had to start facing the fact if everything rally is as bad as it seems I can forget about finally getting my Cello from germany to Finland in August. Even when I´d skip all coming Turisas gigs/festivals I had planned I most likely couldn´t afford it. -.-
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|May 4th, 2011, 12:03 PM
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Miss Wise-ass
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 54
Bad: Too much to do in too little time
Bad: Feeling tired
Bad: General hassle
Good: Nice weather
Good: Good food
Good: Got finally all except the last of my grade works checked, best possible grade from photography and Photoshop, which means that so far I have best grades from all grade works but one, from which I have the second best. Damn I'm good!
|May 21st, 2011, 08:12 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 988
I'll put the bad first because it will make the good much easier to understand.
I had all four of my wisdom teeth taken out this morning.
I look slightly like a monkey/like I'm pouting because of the swelling.
I can't open my mouth too much and sound utterly retarded when I try to talk.
No solid food! What did my parents have for lunch? Pizza. Dinner? Pork chops! Bah!
I was knocked out completely for it.
My surgeon was very handsome.
I had chocolate yogurt for lunch.
I had an amazing day of sleep. I've been far too busy last few weeks with uni and work to ever get more than 3 hours sleep a night.
I had cold potato mash and gravy for dinner (I adore this dish, but prefer it hot).
I had chocolate yogurt and ice-cream for desert (don't have ice-cream all too often).
|May 21st, 2011, 09:52 AM
|#71 (permalink)
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
ooooh hope it gets better soon!!
1. I have holidays
2. I just handed in my HRM essay
1. Have shitloads of stuff to do
2. The weather is rather like april weather than may, at leats partly -.-
3. Still don´t know about my press-passes
4. No idea what I have to do for my other summer studies >.<
|May 22nd, 2011, 07:48 PM
|#72 (permalink)
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 988
Thanks Cari!
Slept in. Again!
Parents left for Vietnam for two weeks this morning.
Woke up with excruciating pain in my jaw.
Now that the parents are gone, I can't party. I have to study for exams coming up.
Must do the pre-study clean of my room.
|May 31st, 2011, 05:00 PM
|#74 (permalink)
Miss Wise-ass
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 54
Bad: Waking up after 5am every morning
Bad: No idea if I'm going to see the ice hockey world championship games in HKI next Spring
Bad: Hassle & hurry
Bad: Still missing my dorm family
Good: Realized just today that goddamnit, I've actually graduated. Woo-effin'-hoo!
Good: Summer
Good: Our dog
Good: Being able to do just what I like for a while. Feels good.
We could ask Konstantin? IIHFWC 2011 with love.
|May 31st, 2011, 06:20 PM
|#75 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 3,861
Bad - problems with my journey from GER -> FIN with my cello
Bad - allergies
Bad - the weather making my head ache again and again
Bad - problems with a uni-meeting
Bad - still no place where to sleep during SOA
Good - I have holidays
Good - I dont meet anyone when doing my nighttime walks and can enjoy the silence and the smell of spring
Good - I got good grades for my courses from last semester
Good - in general I don´t have to see anyone if I don´t want to.
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Ayla has much to learn from the Zelandonii and much to teach them. She is intrigued by their clothes, their crafts, and their home, and wants to learn their customs and the ways that they live, so that she will fit in. She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni, the spiritual leader of the people, a fellow healer with whom she can share medicinal skills and knowledge. The Zelandonii are surprised to learn she was found and raised by the Clan, the ones that they call flatheads and think of as animals, and are skeptical when she tells them they are people.
After the rigors and dangers that have characterized her extraordinary life so far, Ayla yearns for peace and tranquility, to be Jondalar's mate, and to have children. But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be ignored, and even as she gives birth to her eagerly-awaited child, she is coming to accept that she has a greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii.
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I'm on my 315th audiobook since 2007. I only discovered Audible in 2010 and I find it's a great way to manage my audiobook budget.
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I just got the 5th book in the Earth's Children Series read by Sandra Burr. The others were amazing, I just don't understand why Ms. Burr decided to voice Ayla as though she were a Russian Spy with a speech impediment in this one. Jondalar doesn't sound the same and she doesn't even pronounce the names of the Sharamudoi, Kreb, and Durk the same. It's very hard to deal with since I am listening the books back to back.
"Why was Ayla changed?"
Been listening to the whole set of books 1 - 4 from audible.com since Audible just made them available. Then just started this audiobook #5 The Shelter of Stones, and found that they changed Ayla's voice, adding an accent. Why was Ayla changed from how she was portrayed in the other four audiobooks? It's hard to understand the accent, and sorta ruins the reading of this book. Please don't have an accent for Ayla on the last audiobook!
"The accent...please!"
I read the first three books as a teenager and wanted to listen to all the books now/again before the last book comes out this year, but after listening to the first 4 books in the series with a 'normal' voice, why the need for Ayla to have an accent? Why after 4 books was it necessary to give her a bad accent now...like russian? It is very hard to listen to her in this book with the horrible accent. The books are still incredible though!!
Book is okay, but could have used some major editing. Auel repeats herself too often. Can be annoying. Even more annoying is that suddenly the reader has made Ayla speak like she's Natasha the Russian spy on "Bullwinkle and Rocky." Bizarre.
"shamelessly repetitive; waste of time and money"
NOTHING NEW happens in this part of the series. I am not exaggerating: Jondalar and Ayla repeat their adventures from the previous books over and over again to every person they meet and sometimes even to each other! There is absolutely nothing going in this part that can possibly constitute a new book. There's no purpose to the book: it could never stand on its own to spark interest in those who had not read the previous installments, nor could it possibly hold any interest in those who are familiar with the story. The author should have been ashamed to cheat like this, and the editors never should have agreed to publish it.
And yes, the newly added accent is annoying.
The constant retelling of the same story on previous books gets into your nerves. And why the sudden change of Ayla's voice like an Irish girl. Fire the editor for too many filler notes.
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Exactly what the first reviewer said. Far too repetitive. It's not unusual for an author to make references to her earlier books to refresh people's minds, but this is beyond that. The Plains of Passage was the same way. It feels a little bit like cheating to me, using that much of her earlier books as filler. And in this book it's even worse, because each time Ayla and Jondalar meet new people they go through the same 'getting to know you' scenarios, with the same 'getting to know you' reactions that have already been done a few times earlier in the SAME book, let alone series. And each time it happens in great detail, as if it had never been written before. It's cheating. And the narrator suddenly sounding like Natasha in book 5? YES!! I was JUST telling my friend that, right before I read the review! I keep expecting her to say 'moose and squirrel' instead of Whinny and Racer. I'm still listening to it because I've invested time and money into the first 4 audio books, so I have to finish it out. But I still feel cheated by the author, her editors should feel ashamed.
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A California University of Pennsylvania basketball player is accused of raping a fellow student Saturday after a party at her apartment, police said.
Jeremy Posey, 19, of 2540 Holland Ave., Huntingdon, is in the Washington County Jail on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual assault, indecent assault, reckless endangerment and aggravated assault.
California Borough police said Posey was invited to a gathering at the woman's residence at the Vulcan Village Apartments, which are university housing units on the upper campus.
As the party dispersed, the hostess went to her bedroom around 4 a.m. Saturday. Posey followed, but the woman told him she was trying to go to sleep, police said in an affidavit. But Posey tried to kiss her and fondle her, she told police.
The woman, whose age was not indicated in the affidavit, told Posey several times she was trying to sleep and eventually pretended to do so, police said.
Posey then sodomized her as the woman continued to pretend to sleep, police said. She then jumped out of bed, pretended to vomit as she ran out of the bedroom and contacted police.
Posey, who is 6 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds, left but sent the woman a text message saying, "You know you were awake, but if that's how you wann roll," police said.
The woman went with an officer to Mon Valley Hospital for a sexual assault exam while other officers attempted to locate Posey, who is a sophomore sports management major. He did not answer the door at his California residence on Second Street. When police called him, he hung up and let subsequent calls go to voice mail, police said.
Police officers then contacted the university's basketball coach, who contacted Posey and had him turn himself in, police said.
University spokeswoman Christine Kindl said an advocate from the university accompanied the woman to the hospital, and the university has offered her counseling.
"Cal U's first concern is for the victim, and we will continue to provide support for her and her family, as needed," Kindl said. "This is a serious matter that must be resolved through the criminal justice system. Because the suspect is a student, the situation will be addressed through the university's disciplinary process."
Kindl said Posey has been barred from campus while his case is heard at both the criminal and university levels.
"Student-athletes, like all Cal U students, are expected to abide not only by the law, but also by our Student Code of Conduct," Kindl added. "The university's disciplinary process treats them no differently than any other students."
Posey faces a preliminary hearing on the charges on March 20. Bond has been set at $30,000.
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05/23/2014 - Your Questions Answered - Webinar on Ending Family Homelessness - Part One
Yesterday, more than 600 providers and stakeholders from across the country joined us for a great discussion about what ending homelessness among families means and what achieving it will require. We were joined by Laura Zeilinger, USICH Executive Director; Ann Oliva, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs and Director of the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD CPD/SNAPS); Ali Sutton, Policy Advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (HHS ACF); and Debra Rog, Associate Director at Westat.
At the end of our discussion, we received a lot of really great questions, many of which we didn't have time to answer. In this post, we provide responses to two of these questions and will be responding to more of these questions over the next few weeks.
05/14/2014 - Join Us for an Important Webinar on Ending Family Homelessness
By Lindsay Knotts, USICH Management and Program Analyst
Every day, providers in rural communities and shelters in our largest cities work skillfully and passionately to respond to the needs of families experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Whether it's for a young mom with two small children and one on the way who just lost housing or for a family on the verge of homelessness because dad just lost his job, front line workers and community planners across the country are always working to improve the care for families seeking homeless services. As a provider before joining USICH, I can attest.
05/07/2014 - In One Year, New Orleans Reduced Veteran Homelessness by 43%, Chronic Homelessness by 30%
By Robert Pulster, USICH Regional Coordinator
Over the course of just one year, New Orleans has reduced homelessness among Veterans by 43 percent and chronic homelessness by 30 percent. In one year, New Orleans reduced unsheltered homelessness by 21 percent, 85 percent since 2011.
Since 2007, New Orleans has reduced overall homelessness by 83 percent, showing steady annual decreases since 2009. The number or people experiencing homelessness in New Orleans is now three percent below the number of people counted before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This is a stunning achievement.
05/05/2014 - The Chance to Grow Up to Be Whatever You Want: Expanding Access to Services for Children and Families
By Brock Grosso, HHS, Administration for Children and Families
Recently, I got to experience the intersection of policy and field work first hand when I took a trip to Baltimore with ACF staff members to see the great work being done in Baltimore by Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), an HHS funded health care grantee. HCH is doing everything it can to make sure that every young child who experiences homelessness has the chance to grow up to be whatever they want.
05/02/2014 - Houston and Phoenix are Proving that Ending Homelessness is Possible and Within Reach
By Jay Melder, USICH Director of Communications and External Affairs
USICH invited two community leaders to come to DC and discuss the impacts that Federal partnerships have had on local efforts to end homelessness. Mandy Chapman Semple from the City of Houston and Amy Schwabenlender from the Valley of the Sun United Way in Phoenix are working to end homelessness in their communities by taking strategic actions to maximize Federal, State, and local resources, increase evidence-based housing and services models like permanent supportive housing, and focus on outcomes. The results are clear: ending homelessness is possible and within our reach.
05/01/2014 - Federal Partners Release Final 2014 HMIS Data Standards
By Eric Grumdahl, USICH Policy Director
Today, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released the 2014 HMIS Data Dictionary and HMIS Data Manual, with an effective date of October 1, 2014. This joint release demonstrates the significant collaboration between the three agencies to support data collection on homelessness across their programs and systems.
05/01/2014 - The True Cost of Doing Nothing
By Richard Cho, USICH Policy Director
President Obama has requested an increase of $301 million in HUD's Homeless Assistance Grants. At a time of budgetary and fiscal challenges, $301 million sounds like a lot of money. In my view, it's a small price to pay to achieve an end to chronic homelessness and save the lives of roughly 100,000 people. It's especially small when compared to the cost of doing nothing, not only in terms of human lives, but also in real taxpayer dollars.
The cost of doing nothing is simply too high.
04/23/2014 - Promising Starts: School-Based Homelessness Prevention Services
Sparky Harlan, CEO of Bill Wilson Center, talks about the impact of the Center's Family Advocacy Services on preventing homelessness among students while assisting both students and their families.
04/21/2014 - Opening Doors Works: USICH Releases Annual Update to Congress
By Laura Green Zeilinger, USICH Executive Director
The Obama Administration, in partnership with communities across the country, is changing the trajectory of homelessness through the implementation of Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. USICH is proud to release our Annual Update to Congress on the progress of Opening Doors.
04/15/2014 - Creating Meaningful Alternatives to Criminalization in Our Communities
In March, I had the privilege of going on a ride-along in the HOT van with Sergeant Schnell and his partner, Officer John Liening. I've known Sergeant Schnell and Officer Liening for about 10 years or more. The HOT and SIP teams are profiled in USICH's publication Searching Out Solutions, and they have provided training to police departments in many other parts of the country. But this was my first chance to witness, in person, their daily efforts to create meaningful alternatives to criminalization for the vulnerable men and women who are living unsheltered on the streets of my hometown, San Diego.


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So I'm working on a few tracks for Ironix and I have a multiplayer based track surrounded by Die Another Day which has part of the songs melody and parts of the soundtrack mixed into it so it has an official Bond feeling towards it. If you have any requests of movie or video game soundtrack in the Bond Universe, let me know and I'll work what I can into a track.
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