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GREENSBURG, La.- The St. Helena School Board plans to ask for another extension for submitting a plan to the state detailing how the troubled school system's finances will be fixed.
School administrators already are operating under a 90-day reprieve so they could hire a new superintendent. School board member Alton Travis told The Advocate that he will push for another 30 days extension.
The plan must be submitted to a special state review committee that could appoint a fiscal administrator.
The committee began studying the district after federal court testimony revealed the school system could be headed for bankruptcy. The board hopes to select a new superintendent on May 5.
The fiscal plan is currently due on May 25.


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Mike and Kathy Duffey celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary October 28th. They celebrated with a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada.
The former Kathy Osborne and Mike Duffey were married October 28, 1978, at Trinity Lutheran Church by Pastor Robert S. Kinsey.
The couple has two children: Steve (Jessica) Duffey of Mansfield, Ohio; and Rachael (Mark) Ward of Mansfield, Ohio. They also have two grandchildren.
Kathy is currently employed by the State of Ohio. Mike is retired from Pentair Pump (F.E. Meyers).


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As long as Ian Kinsler crosses the plate, Rangers' Washington won't worry about plate approach
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ian Kinsler's walks are down and his strikeouts are up, but as far as Rangers manager Ron Washington is concerned, he is doing exactly what he needs to do as the Rangers' leadoff man.
He is scoring runs.
Kinsler ended the fourth-longest walk drought of his career — 42 at-bats over parts of 10 games — with a two-out walk in the fifth inning Tuesday. He also had 73 strikeouts, two more than he had all of 2011 and 10 fewer than his career high set in 2007.
But he also had 91 runs scored at the start of his 130th game Tuesday. A year ago, he entered his 130th game with 92 runs.
"He's crossing the dish," Washington said. "I'm not worried about anything else. He is a catalyst for us.
"Yes, his walks are down. But he's not a guy who is just known for his walks. It's a part of his game, not his whole game. When the year is done, he'll be responsible for something like 170 runs [between runs scored and RBIs minus home runs]. That's good for a leadoff man."
Kinsler had a rough sequence Tuesday, doubling in the third inning, then getting picked off third after being bunted over. It was the fifth time this season he's been picked off, the most in the AL. In the bottom of the inning, he bobbled and kicked Lorenzo Cain's grounder, leading to a pair of unearned runs. It was his 15th error of the season, most by a second baseman in the majors.
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Maisie Williams, who plays Arya in HBO's Game of Thrones, stars alongside Stephen Dorff and Svetlana Metkina in Heatstroke, a screen adaptation of the novel "Leave No Trace", directed by Evelyn Maude Purcell for Bold Films.
Maisie plays Josie, the wilful teenage daughter of Paul, a research scientist, who is murdered in the desolate African desert. His girlfriend, Tally (Svetlana Metkina), a female aid worker, is put to the ultimate test of survival when she is tasked with traversing the harsh terrain in order to protect Josie and evade Paul's killers.
Maisie has just wrapped on filming the third series of Game of Thrones, and will next be seen in BBC One's Halloween chiller The Secret of Crickley Hall.
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South Africa's Junior Motocross team finished a creditable fifth - out of 35 countries taking part - in the Junior Motocross World Championship in Sevlievo, Bulgaria at the weekend.
Consistent results throughout the weekend put the Netherlands at the top of the points standings, ahead of Italy, the United States, Australia and South Africa.
Conditions were tough: the Gorna Rositza circuit in the northern Bulgaria has 18 corners and 28 jumps - and temperatures soared to 46 degrees on race day.
Fourteen-year-old Brad Cox from Cato Ridge on KwaZulu-Natal, finished a remarkable seventh overall in the 85cc Pro-Mini class and was the highest individual points scorer for the South Africans.
Nicholas Adams (15) from Umhlanga in KwaZulu Natal finished eighth overall in the 125cc class - a remarkable result given that this is his first season on a 125. Team mate Bradley Fenton (17) was less fortunate as he crashed in the first race and broke his hand.
The youngest member of the team, Cayle Dromehl (11), finished a reputable 17th among a full field of 54 riders in the 65cc class.
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2 Italy
3 United States
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  The state of Massachusetts, always on the cusp of societal change for the worst, is now in the teenage sex and abortion advice business and shilling for Planned Parenthood. Some of the advice offered by the state-sponsored website, MariaTalks.com, includes presenting abortion as a piece of cake and advising teens on how to get one on the sneak.
A teens "sex hotline" is also available.Â
The Bay State's Department of Public Health has been funding MariaTalks.com to the tune of $100,000 a year since 2008 and has finally been called on it by an anti-abortion group, the Massachusetts Citizens for Life.  That organization's VP for educational affairs, Linda Thayer, says, "The commonwealth is using taxpayer money to tell kids how to get a secret abortion, and that's wrong.â€Â
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The site, produced by the AIDS Action Committee. contends abortion is "more common than you might think†as well as "safe and effective, though some people may experience temporary discomfort." It minimizes the risks while adding, "The reality of getting an abortion is much easier than it seems here" and oversimplifies the procedure as, "when the contents of the womb (uterus) are removed,â€Â sort of like an abscessed tooth.Â
"Maria's" most insidious advice to teens goes beyond what even Planned Parenthood, publicly, advises. Maria counsels kids, "It may be really hard for you to imagine talking to either your parents or a judge about getting an abortion, but there are people who can help you through it." Then "Maria," who doesn't really exist, advises there are ways to get around state law and shuffles them off to PP.Â
Lest anyone thinks this is a pro-abortion scam, Maria also gives her advice in Massachusetts high schools. As Charles Skidmore, principal of Arlington High School, says, "I'm assuming because it's from the Department of Public Health, it's balanced information. There's so much information available now, at least this has someone standing behind it that is a state-sponsored organization:†http://bit.ly/fq6Rj1Â
Yep, "standing behind it" are AIDS activists, the disgraced and busiest abortionists in America, Planned Parenthood, and a Massachusetts health department that wants to push abortions and push kids to PP to get them done.Â
  While Massachusetts is pushing abortion, some colleges are keeping it on the hush hush, restricting freedom of speech in the process.
Being pro-life isn't PC on campuses. Pro-life students at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio figured that out when Ethel Borel-Donohue distributed, after class, some 15 flyers that discussed studies linking birth control and abortion to breast cancer. Nothing inflames pro-abortionists more than the truth and Sinclair came down on her like a ton of condoms.Â
Borel-Donohue was called on Michael Bregner's carpet, (he's the chair of her program and county domestic relations judge), "and told that her flyers had offended someone in the class who had an abortion and that she had no right to pass out any materials in the classroom, notwithstanding the fact that class was over."Â
Judge Brigner refused to confirm his finding in writing.Â
The real issue at Sinclair goes far beyond a pro-life student's effort to inform her fellow students of the known perils of abortion. The issue goes to Borel-Donahue's First Amendment rights and the right of colleges to censor freedom of expression views contradicting prevailing opinion.
Judge Brigner's decision could be related to a finding at Princeton Theological Seminary. There, "literature comparing the abortion rate in the African-American community to genocide sparked outrage among students, calls for punishment, and a declaration from the seminary's dean of student life that from now on, literature could no longer be distributed without administrative approval:" http://bit.ly/eFZGvX
Whatever happened to colleges and universities as exemplars of intellectual inquiry and free expression, of objective learning, of American colleges and universities as the last best hope for America's future?
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The SandBar: Trendy & casual west coast cuisine with a view!
The SandBar is a newer restaurant in Vancouver, attracting a unique crowd of hipster urbanites, cougars, and tourists. It's quite large spacially, with a nautical/west coast wood beam decor, three floors and a gigantic 3rd floor deck, an outdoor bar, live seafood tanks, fireplaces, a sushi bar, and a live DJ setup for the evening. It combines Vancouver's west coast cuisine of local seafood and Asian recipes together quite eloquently.
Not surprisingly, the SandBar is owned by Sequoia Restaurants (ie: Cardero's, Sequoia Hilltop Bistro, etc) - a company whose strength lies in its ability to find scenic locations, and open up restaurants with Vancouver-inspired cooking that caters to locals as well as tourists. While some of the wording on the menus looks similar (ie: Wok Squid and Wok Mushrooms is definitely Cardero's lingo), they maintain a unique identity in the Vancouver restaurant scene. For one thing, the SandBar is frequented for its nightlife as well as for its food!
When I first went to The SandBar, it was for lunch on a sunny May afternoon. The restaurant was packed, but not full to capacity. We sat outside on the deck, between 2 outdoor fireplaces, just over from the bar. We had a nice view of the downtown skyline, but the most prominent structure was the massive Granville Street Bridge directly overhead. The beams from the bridge almost weave into the architecture of the restaurant. The view is quite unique!
As for our lunch, the menu was a lot smaller than I expected, but there was still plenty to choose from. Worth noting is that if you arrive later, their dinner menu doubles in size once they start serving sushi.
Service was perfect - friendly without being fake, and always a step ahead - we never had to wait for anything! The SandBar is definitely a place I'd like to return to, though perhaps next time with a group of friends. I'd also like to check it out in the evening, to see how this restaurant turns into a popular nightlife spot!
Favorite Dish: We shared the Tuscan Flat Bread ($4.50) which was a plate of about 8 pieces of what looked like a pizza, except it was topped off with caramelized onions,
goat cheese, and cracked pepper.
My boyfriend ordered the Wok Squid ($8.50), made with chilies, garlic, cilantro, and ginger. It was presented in an oval dish and tasted very, very spicy!
I had a craving for something casual, so I ordered the Salmon Burger ($11.50) made with wood grilled wild salmon filet, homemade bun, and tartar sauce. It came with a choice of salad or fries. I opted for salad. The salad was delicious - made with mesclin greens, a homemade vinaigrette, topped with roasted pumpkin seeds.
The Sandbar: Good Seafood, Great Ambience
The Sandbar is a popular hangout for Vancouver's yuppies and tourists alike. It's situated right underneath of Granville Bridge. Try to get get a table by the window so you can watch all the comings and goings in False Creek. In 2005 they raised an old fishing boat up on pillars to make a more interesting view than the grey wall that had previously covered the bridge support pillar. It was then restored (at least on the surface) to pristine condition.
Favorite Dish: They offer a wide selection of seafood, with a number of fresh items.
The Sandbar: Popular Choice on Granville Island
This is a popular place on Granville Island. Food is contemporary with lots of seafood options. Quality of the food was high but everything tastes a bit sweet from the chowder to the salads.
Prices are competitive though and it has a good view of the surroundings. The wine menu is exstensive and the beer comes from the brewery next door.
The Sand Bar: Seafood haven becomes cougar bar
Ah yes my new place of employment. Better not say anything too bad as I have been in the kitchen. I kid! It's agreat restaurant and Chef or Jason to his close friends his phenomenal. They have a great list of fresh seafood in the summer (a briefer one during the winter). But they also have affordable dishes. The restaurant architecture is awesome huge windows in the dining room, a patio with a fantatic view as well as a mezzanine and a lounge downstairs. The weird thing about Sand Bar is that the afformentioned lounge attracts trendy, yuppy singles in their 40's and 50's on friday and saturday night and they come out in droves. It is really quite the site. I have never seen so much grease and silicone in one place (in Canada) in my whole life! Ridiculous but definately fun to watch.
Favorite Dish: The food here is great. I like the Escolar and the crab and lobster are also awesome! For those of us who can't afford the above the daily pizza is usually a good buy and is usually a creative combination (yesterday was chorizo sausage sundried tomato, artichoke hearts and aioli...fantastic) and only sets you back 12 bucks. drinks aren't that cheap so the price per person goes up but all in all this place is great.
Oh ya be sure to smile back at that blonde busser serving your complimentary bread...he's probably me!
SandBar, the: Salmon Burger
It is a nice restaurant on Granville Island with a great view on the water.
Favorite Dish: Ending up here three evenings of six I really enjoyed my Salmon Burger after a long day with lots of walking in town.
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how come thanksgiving doesnt get carols? does christmas get a parade??
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1. Because Thanksgiving isn't profitable enough.
2. I'm sure there are somewhere. But not here. Usually too cold.
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The two seniors were presented their certificates Nov. 12 by Shippensburg Lions Club President Lisa Kemp at Premier Events, Shippensburg.
Keller is the daughter of Brian and Cindy Keller. She is a member of many school clubs, including Key Club, Environmental Club, SHINE, National Honor Society and FFA. She is also a member of the basketball team.
Each Tuesday, Keller volunteers at a homeless shelter with SHINE Club.
She plans to attend college to major in environmental science.
Hubert is the son of John and Barbara Hubert. He is president of the Technology Student Association at SASHS and a member of the school's National Honor Society and president of God Squad Youth Group at Our Lady of Visitation Church, Shippensburg.
He plays football and is on the track and field team.
Hubert plans to study computer security with Air Force ROTC Detachment 538 at Rochester (N.Y.) Institute of Technology.


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IBM, Vodafone develop platform for smart home energy management
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IBM and telco Vodafone are collaborating in a smarter home initiative to develop mobile management platforms for home appliances.
The two companies have combined mobile communications and cloud computing in a platform their calling Machine-to-Machine or M2M technology. This technology connects more appliances wirelessly to the internet.
The M2M initiative could allow smartphone users to remotely control the energy use of their home and appliances, using it to monitor their home's utility consumption as well as activate or deactivate home appliances and control security, heating and lighting systems.
The M2M initiative will also allow manufacturers and service providers to collect data from appliances which can then be used in product development and maintenance to provide better service.
The initiative combines IBM's SmartCloud Service Delivery platform and Vodafone's Global M2M platform. The IBM platform provides a way to manage appliances and introduce related services, while Vodafone's platform connects the appliances wirelessly to the internet to allow the user to control them remotely.
"The smart home market is now a reality and Vodafone is committed to delivering to it," said Marc Tastayre, Vodafone M2M Global Business Development Manager.
Vodafone is one of the world's largest mobile communications company with over 406 million customers.
"This collaboration is a great example of how cloud computing can be used for business innovation versus solely for IT efficiency purposes," said IBM Telecommunications Industry General Manager Scott Stainken. – EcoSeed Staff


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Huntsman Presents Novacron® Navy C-BN And FN-BN
Switzerland-based Huntsman Textile Effects — a manufacturer of chemicals and dyes for finished
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Navy C-BN and Novacron Navy FN-BN performance dyes for navy and dark shades.
According to the company, the dyes — which feature newly developed chemistry to provide deep shades — have high fastness levels and tinctorial strength and build-up, as well as good reproducible effects for pad-batch, continuous and exhaust applications.
Huntsman also reports the new dyes enable production flexibility, shortened production cycles and high productivity, therefore offering cost savings in the form of time, resources and labor.
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The Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) is a semi-autonomous body affiliated to the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Its objectives are to promote advanced education and professionalism in management in Sri Lanka through the provision of postgraduate instruction, training, research, and development in the various branches of management and administrative studies. Today, it serves the national interests of professional management education and training on a wider scale providing challenging opportunities for learning and skills development to thousands of senior-level managers and administrators. Being the pioneer of advanced management education in Sri Lanka, PIM provides leadership to those who are in the business of innovating and disseminating management know-how as well as to those who are in search of higher learning alternatives.
PIM Full-time Faculty
Over a period of nearly two decades, PIM has accumulated a wealth of experience in adult learning, research and consultancy. Most of the teachers of the Institute today have been at the task for many years and hence they form a core team of academics who set standards, integrate locally-found knowledge into regular curricula, and coordinate among the many faculty members with speed and flexibility.
Our faculty team comprises permanent teachers, teachers on contract (full-time and part-tune), and visiting academics/professionals.
The Institute and the University
PIM, established in 1986 by Ordinance under the Universities Act 1978, is one of the six postgraduate institutes in the university system of Sri Lanka. Though it is relatively young, it has the largest student population among the Institutes, and it is the only self-financing higher learning institution in the university system of the country.
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura, to which PIM is affiliated, was established in 1978. In fact, it is much older if one counts the long years of its history as a seat of learning. The history of this Institute dates back more than a century to 1873, when the Ven. Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala NayakaThero laid the foundation of this distinguished centre of learning as a pirivena (Institute of Buddhist and Oriental Studies) named Vidyodaya (meaning "awakening of knowledge").
In 1958, it was reconstituted as the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon by an Act of Parliament. Under the Universities Act of 1978, it was re-named "University of Sri Jayewardenepura" in the new administrative capital of Sri Lanka. Today, its full-time student population is over 4,500 enrolled in the faculties of Arts, Management Studies and Commerce, Applied Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Graduate Studies.
International Cooperation
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany (KAF) has been an active supporter of PIM's activities. Since 1991, it has supported education, training, research and publications in public administration, local and provincial government, and general management. It will continue its assistance in the years to come with a greater emphasis on comparative management and business practices, local government, and collaborative research.
The Institute is looking forward to collaboration with institutions of higher learning in the region, East Asia and Australia for the purpose of promoting research in comparative management, doctoral studies and development of specialization in such areas as Banking, Finance, Technology Management, Hospitality Management and Entrepreneurship.
Cooperation with foreign universities and foreign management institutes has been a principal means by which the groundwork for PIM has been laid over the past two decades. PIM gives high priority to the development of links with reputed educational institutions abroad. The desire to develop expertise and promote disciplinary development in the international context is the driving force behind the quest for cooperation. The policy of the Institute is to cooperate with centres of higher learning worldwide. In particular, PIM looks forward to establishing links with centres of excellence in the Asia-Pacific Region (such as the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), and Universities in Australia.
Collaborative research into local and regional phenomena, both fundamental and applied, is one of the primary purposes of PIM. The staff of PIM, both regular and visiting, are involved in research, and the current projects cover areas such as socio-cultural foundations of management, development of industrial policies and industry competitiveness, and administrative reforms in the public sector.
What can PIM offer to the visiting foreign faculty? PIM classrooms provide a forum for the meeting of minds. PIM's postgraduate students, with their extensive experience in local business, differing approaches and attitudes to work, people and organizations, present a rich and stimulating learning environment. In fact, it is such classroom dynamism that the visiting foreign faculty enjoys most.
As a matter of policy, PIM offers to the visiting foreign faculty a remuneration package which includes professional fees, accommodation, transport, and secretarial and IT communication facilities.
Strategic Directions
Guided by Our Mission, the Institute consciously adopts a series of strategy-driven policies and programs in four key result areas of management education and research:
Higher Degrees
Quality in outputs: All our Graduates in business, public sector management and doctoral programs are expected to demonstrate higher levels of achievements in three areas:
Relevant education: Courses of study, areas of specialization and majors, and research priorities in all programs of study will reflect the Institute's response to the priority needs of industry, government, and national development as perceived by the Institute. In this process, the Institute also gives priority to the study of international business and issues of globalization.
Research in Management
Proudly continuing our tradition: PIM is the leading higher education institution in the country that conducts research in the discipline of management. This is amply reflected in our claim that our MBA is one of the few, and best, MBA programs in the world where research is an important and essential component of the degree. While many MBA programs elsewhere have conveniently abandoned the most precious learning activity of research, we proudly continue to improve upon the quality of our research activity in the MBA program . And, we have done so over two decades. Research interests developed at the Master's level are promoted through the doctoral program of study.
A research fund: Consistent with the above tradition, the Institute operates from the year 2002 a Research Fund that supports large research projects which focus on management issues, industry competitiveness, public policy, and comparative management including cross-cultural studies. In this direction, we promote joint research projects with scholars from overseas particularly IIMs and other institutions in India, Asian Institute of Technology, and institutions in South-east Asia. Sri Lankan Journal of Management, the quarterly Journal of the Institute started in 1996 continues to provide a forum for publication and discussion.
A National Conference with substance: PIM's national conference of management is truly a pace-setting event in the country. It presents the best research work of graduate students, faculty and academics that represents the state of the art of management and development issues in Sri Lanka. Many foreign scholars do participate in this event.
HRD for companies: We will continue to offer management development programs that are tailored to meet professional development needs of individual companies or organizations. These are of medium term duration covering approximately 100 hrs of training and field projects. For senior level management we offer short courses on specific issues of organizational improvement or personal professional enhancement.
General management issues: The other important component of our training activity is issue-centered training workshops for managers across industry and public services.
Core Competency Development
Faculty development: We recruit new faculty members who have credentials in academic work and industry experience and evidence of academic excellence. There are schemes that encourage professional development of full-time faculty, and they are unique in the university system of Sri Lanka.
Foreign faculty: To augment the faculty requirements, the Institute recruits faculty internationally for short-term assignments (one month onwards). It offers attractive schemes for local and foreign academics who are looking for places to spend their sabbatical leave productively.
Integration of IT with teaching: An important direction of program quality improvement will be the integration of IT software with teaching courses and delivery of selected course work through the Internet.


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Fear runs in the familyComment on this story
London - If you're a parent who is petrified of flying, you can add another fear to your list: passing your irrational phobia on to your children.
More than one million British children aged eight to 12 have inherited their parents' fears of heights, birds, spiders, snakes, dentists or flying, according to a new survey.
Dr Arthur Cassidy of the British Psychological Society says: "A growing body of research indicates a strong correlation between specific anxieties, fears and phobias present in adults and those in their children."
Does that mean phobias are passed on genetically? Not necessarily, says Dr Cassidy. "If parents are obviously nervous around, say, spiders, then children mimic their behaviour."
To overcome your phobia, Cassidy suggests picturing the source of your anxiety in your mind, until you can face the reality without terror. - Daily Mail
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Twenty-two police stations which receive over half of the Western Cape's crime reports will get special attention, provincial community safety MEC Dan Plato said on Friday.
"I will be conducting my own oversight visits to assess the improvements made at these stations... in the gang-affected communities, and will continue to visit these communities to assess (their) shortcomings and needs," he said.
"Many of our police officers risk their lives to protect our communities, but will be limited in their ability if they do not have the necessary resources or support."
In a briefing on Thursday, provincial police commissioner Arno Lamoer said he had recently identified the most active police stations as well as the five most crime-infested blocks for each station.
It was hoped that by focusing resources in these areas, crime rates would drop significantly, he said.
Plato said he would conduct the visits as soon as Lamoer had sent him a list of the stations. - Sapa
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I adore this recipe! It's a really pain to turn on the oven in the summer heat, so this is a great alternative! Also makes a cute gift in a decorative mug or jar.
Amount Ingredient I box any flavor box cake mix (devil's food, yellow, etc.) 1 box angel food box cake mix 2 tablespoons water (every time you use it)
1. Pour both boxes into a large tupperware or a gallon size zip-top bag.
2. Mix well.
When ready to make…
1. In a microwave safe container (I use a mug), add 3 tablespoons of the mix.
2. Add in 2 tablespoons water, and combine.
3. Microwave on high for one minute.
4. Enjoy!
It's called the 3, 2, 1 mix because all you need to remember is 3 tablespoons mix, 2 tablespoons water, and 1 minute in the microwave.
josefina20 Says... 2012-07-27 06:09:54
sound cool, i will try it
jgifford Says... 2012-07-27 20:14:35
I've had this and it's really good.
ailika Says... 2012-07-29 16:26:50
I'm going to try this recipe, thanks
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I had this and is not good
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On the third January of each year, the United States celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement was an iconic figure in American history, known especially for his non-violent methods of inspiring change and revolution. It's fitting, then, that the holiday honoring MLK be marked […]More
The folks over at Grantland have their fingers on the pulse of pop culture, so it's no surprise that they kept a keen eye on the course of music over 2011. What's the consensus? "It got real weird." We'll let you be the judge of that, but if you're looking for an interesting cross-section of […]More
New Year's Eve is one of the biggest party nights of the year, and music is an integral part of that revelry. Our 12th day of playlists features a mix inspired by Spinner's Party Rock Anthems (that aren't "Party Rock Anthem"). As you reflect on the trials, tribulations, and successes of 2011 and get ready […]More
As 2011 draws to a close, it's the perfect time to reflect on all of the new music that made its way into heavy rotation throughout the year. Our day 11 playlist is a compilation of the top 25 tracks of 2011 according to the charts at Billboard.com. Spotify users can subscribe to the playlist […]More
As Rhapsody Editorial so astutely points out: Holiday music is not just reserved for the fair crooner. In fact, many an indie artist has been struck with yuletide fever–or has at least shivered enough through a December day to be inspired to sing about hard winters and white snow. So this isn't strictly hall-decking, bell-jingling […]More


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The display you can depend on! The LCD Display screen on the MXT™ displays information according to which mode you select. The top screens, here, show the coin/jewelry mode and the relic mode. Each have a VDI number, a target identification and a signal strength vertical bar. The third screen is in the gold mode. It shows the VDI number, the ground balance number and the iron probability percentage. Squeeze the "trigger" and the bottom screen shows target depth and pinpointing of the target under the loop.
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The Katinas are a group of five brothers born in American Samoa, located about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. Their music reflects their faith in the Lord as well as their love for their mother, who died shortly after the Katina family moved to Washington State in 1988; the family moved again to Nashville following this tragic event. The Katinas began singing together while still children, and ...more


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Ten Hut! The Gayest Characters of 'G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'
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In honor of Veterans Day today, we're looking back at the characters of the original G.I. Joe animated series who were most likely to be getting in some rainbow-hued rack time between missions.
Rocking a sleeveless vest as his uniform of choice meant Gung-Ho was always ready for a mission — or a circuit party.
Of course, his fighting style — which consisted of bear hugs and headlocks sprinkled between punches — also made it clear this Marine was more of a lover than a fighter.


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Women's Match Race Country Qualifier, run by Sail Sheboygan, WIMRA and Key Biscayne Yacht Club, is being held between 2nd and 5th February 2012.
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The 2011 Women's Match World Championship qualified eight countries to send a team to the Olympics. Those countries are Australia, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Russia and USA. GBR, as host country, is also given a berth. That leaves three open slots.
Teams from nine countries will come together to compete to qualify their country for one of those final spots. The countries still vying to qualify are Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Spain and Slovenia. Seven of the nine countries have already nominated a skipper, while Canada and Brazil will use the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta to determine their skipper.
Representing their countries will be:
Argentina - Martina Silva, ranked 29th in the latest ISAF rankings
Brazil - Either Renata Decnop, who finished 17th overall at the Perth Worlds, or Juliana Senfft, who is ISAF ranked 16th in the world.
Canada - Sharon Ferris-Choat, currently ranked number 36 by ISAF or Jinnie Gordon
China - Ru Wang, currently ranked number 32, and finished 21st in Perth
Denmark - Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, a veteran on the women's match race circuit, finishing 16th in Perth, and currently ranked number 30 by ISAF
Finland - Silja Lehtinen, 14th in Perth, and ranked number 9 by ISAF
Germany - Silke Hahlbrock, ranked number 20 by ISAF and finished 18th in Perth
Spain - Tamara Echegoyan, finished 12th in Perth (9th country overall), ranked by ISAF at number 8
Slovenia - Vesna Dekleva Paoli, ranked number 24 by ISAF, finishing 19th in Perth
The race format will be a single round robin (everyone races each other once), cutting the nine to six. Any ties for the cut off will be determined by sail-offs on the water to make sure the tie breaks are made by racing. After the cut, there will be a double round robin (skippers race each other twice), to narrow the field to the final four.
The final four will then race in a knock-out series to determine the final four places, the three countries who will qualify, and the first alternate.
The qualifier promises to deliver spectacular racing. Most of the teams will have just come off seven days of racing in the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, so they will be at the top of their game and familiar with the boats and the waters.
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The Penguins can't be satisfied - not with qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs, and certainly not with entering as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed.
Sure, if push comes to shove, they'll take that No. 6 slot and their chances against third-seeded New Jersey and Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, the NHL all-time wins leader. After all, previous Penguins clubs have never lost a first-round playoff series to the Devils, and these Penguins whacked New Jersey, 6-1, only a few weeks ago.
Still, all things being equal, the Penguins would really like to open the playoffs at Mellon Arena, where they are 16-4-0 in 2009 after a 6-1 victory Thursday over the New York Islanders.
The win assured the Penguins (44-28-9, 97 points) of no worse than a sixth-place finish in the East.
They are tied with Philadelphia (43-26-11, 97 points) and Carolina (45-29-7, 97 points) for fourth place. The Flyers have two remaining games: Saturday afternoon at the Islanders and Sunday night against the New York Rangers. The Hurricanes play Saturday afternoon at New Jersey.
The Penguins will know Saturday night before they play at Montreal if they can move ahead of Carolina. That will happen with a win or non-regulation loss against Montreal and a regulation loss by Carolina, or a win over the Canadiens a non-regulation loss by the Hurricanes.
A win by the Hurricanes over New Jersey would prevent the Penguins from passing them because a team's wins are the first NHL tiebreaker.
The Flyers are in control of home ice. They can secure the No. 4 seed without help by earning three points in their final two games.
Tiebreakers (wins or points earned in the season series) will allow the Penguins to pass Philadelphia if the teams finish tied in total points.
In terms of individual points, Penguins center Evgeni Malkin moved to a comfortable lead - though not insurmountable - on rival Russian and Washington Capitals left wing Alexander Ovechkin for the Art Ross Trophy.
With two assists against the Islanders, Malkin pushed his league-leading point total to 112. Ovechkin did not record a point last night in the Capitals' win over Tampa Bay and remains second in overall scoring with 108 points.
The Capitals play Saturday night at Florida.
Malkin's assists were on goals by defenseman Philippe Boucher (at 14:15 of the first period, in his first game since Jan. 31); and defenseman Sergei Gonchar, at 12:36 of the third period.
In between those tallies, wingers Pascal Dupuis, Matt Cooke and Bill Guerin scored their respective 12th, 13th and 21st goals. Right wing Tyler Kennedy scored his 15th goal late in the third to cap the Penguins' scoring.
Goalie Mathieu Garon, making only his third start since he was acquired Jan. 17 from Edmonton, made 28 saves.
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National Wellness Conference attendees listen to a speaker Tuesdayon the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus. Next year, the conference will be held at the University of Minnesota's West Bank campus in Minneapolis. National Wellness Institute Board of Directors President William Baun said the organization needs to rotate conference locations in order accommodate attendees from across the country.
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Opening Doors
Presented to the Office of the President and Congress on June 22, 2010, Opening Doors is the nation's first comprehensive Federal strategy to prevent and end homelessness. The Plan includes 10 objectives, five themes, and 66 strategies that guide the nation toward accomplishing all four goals of the Plan. Opening Doors serves as a roadmap for coordinated, joint action among the 19 USICH member agencies that make up the Council, along with local and state partners in the public and private sectors.
In June of 2015, Opening Doors was amended to reaffirm the strategies that continue to prove effective in preventing and ending homelessness and add additional strategies that we have learned in the last five years are critical to success. The 2015 Amendment encompasses much of the original Plan, but with some additions and clarifications that further strengthen its value as a living blueprint for action.
Take a closer look at each of the key updates of the Plan:
- Updating the timing of the goal of ending chronic homelessness from 2015 to 2017, which reflects the need for additional resources to achieve this goal nationally
- Clarifying the role of Medicaid in financing services in permanent supportive housing, including the impact of the Supreme Court ruling on Medicaid expansion as a State decision
- Providing clearer guidance and adding new strategies to support the retooling of homelessness programs into effective crisis response systems
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People like to feel beautiful and healthy, and often feel like being pampered. The Byron Bay region offers a rich mix of, at times alternative, practitioners and products to help you with all your beauty, health & healing needs. Please have a browse through our list of massage, yoga, day spas, retreats and more.
The Kiva Spa
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The only Day Spa on Byron Bay with tropical gardens, heated plunge pool and sauna complimentary. Experience Byron's best massage in Balinese-inspired surrounds. Buddha Gardens has soothed and nurtured locals and visitors for over ten years and is truly one of Byron Bay's hidden gems.SHORT LIST »
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The BYRON BAY HEALTH RETREAT is a Natural Day Spa in gorgeous country side, only 5 min. drive from Byron CBD. We offer a whole range of massages and organic facials. Our special is psychic massages and psychic readings. We offer 4 or 6 days MEDITATION & PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT RETREATS.SHORT LIST »
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The award winning Spa at the Byron at Byron Resort exists to restore balance, health and youthful beauty. With its six treatment rooms crafted from rich timbers, a steam room, spas and relaxation areas, the Spa has earned an international reputation.SHORT LIST »
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Cardinal Cupcakes offering late hours
Cardinal Cupcakes is offering late night hours Thursday, Friday and Saturday at its location at 412 N. Martin St., in the Village near Ball State University.
The location will be open 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and welcomes Ball State University students.
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The results of Dr. Timothy Townsend's research into the economic and environmental impact of C&D recycling were revealed at C&D World 2015 in Nashville. Click the link below for an Executive Summary of Townsend's White Paper that was commissioned by the CDRA.
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Corey Zucker, 49, of Freehold works out at CentraState Medical Center's Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Fitness Center to help reach his weight-loss goals, including having a slim waistline.
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Like an estimated two-thirds of all Americans who, according to a recent Gallup poll, say their actual weight exceeds their ideal weight, Freehold resident Corey Zucker had always struggled with the scale.
"I tried a lot of things over the years - Weight Watchers, gym workouts, etc. - but I never saw any results," Zucker, 49, said. "I guess I was really good about lying to myself."
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In a turn of events stranger than the weirdest Guns N Roses video, beverage company Dr. Pepper has offered to give away a free can of the drink to everyone in the world if the band comes out with the extremely long-awaited album, Chinese Democracy, this year. Yesterday, Axl Rose responded:
We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr. Pepper with our album Chinese Democracy, as for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead's performances are on our album, I'll share my Dr. Pepper with him [Rolling Stone]
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The minimal number of trials depends on how successfull you are.
How quickly you are sucessfull shows how confident in yourself you are.
The time & number of sucessfull trials are tied, you should never separate them when judging an ABX log.
With F2K ABX component, 8 sucessfull trials in a row (& if all successfull in a row, it usually means quick) trials is the minimum for me.
As soon as you begin to fail you can easyly increase to 10 or 12 to try to "erease" your failures.
In this case if you fail once or twice you can usually still get a signifiant result although it usually means the ABXing was hard, & by consequence longer as you begin to hesitate.
Usually if you begin to fail more than 3 times on 12 trials, it begins to be so hard & you have so much hesitation that it begins to take forever to ABX. At this stage I usually give up by myself & declare that I cannot ABX as in general it means I am not sure that the audio part I am focusing on actually contains any real artefact.
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Well there is the theory & there is real life practice. I agree that chosing the number of trials before the test & chosing a higher number of trials to avoid randomness is better ... but just try to organize a real test with several samples, several encoders (& maybe even several bitrates) ... you will quickly realize that the time it takes goes exponential very quickly specially as the part when you actually decide what to test also takes time & usually goes unoticed for beginner who read the test ...
To be short theorical perfection is indeed better, but time is the ennemy. If you cannot take the necessary time to ABX correctly, you'd better prevent yourself from making any quality claims.
That's why serious ABXing on a large scale is rare.
It''s been years that I wanted to re-ABX Apple AAC & CELT & so far I have always been unable to run the test as it would need 3 days in a row of work, which is discouraging as I use 100% lossless anyway.
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Albany resident and LPGA Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lopez made another return to professional golf Thursday at the LPGA Championship.
But it didn't go so well.
Lopez, a three-time LPGA Championship winner, shot an 87 and had three double-bogeys and 10 bogeys. She is in last place and recorded her only birdie on the 15th hole.
Lopez retired in 2005, but although she has played several LPGA events in the last few years, she has failed to make the cut in any of them.
As for the leaders? Well, with Lorena Ochoa out of the picture, Cristie Kerr began her quest to take over top spot in the women's golf rankings.
What better time to start than Thursday at the LPGA Championship, the tour's first major since Ochoa announced her retirement in April.
Relying on her clutch putting, and untroubled by a heavy downpour that briefly stopped play early in the afternoon, Kerr shot a 4-under 68 to match Stacy Lewis and Seon Hwa Lee for the lead at the Locust Hill Country Club outside of Rochester.
Though admittedly "punchy" after a weather-delayed round that lasted nearly 6 hours, Kerr was not hiding her desire to go from being the top-ranked American to No. 1 in the world before this year is over.
"I feel that as far as Number 1 goes, I'm right in there," said Kerr, who opened the week ranked fifth.
Referring to Ai Miyazato, who took over top spot after winning the ShopRite LPGA Classic last weekend, Kerr added: "Ai's been really hot winning four tournaments. I'm going to have to do some special stuff for the rest of the year, but it can be done."
She'll get plenty of challengers after the first round of the $2.25 million event in which no one was capable of separating from the pack.
Inbee Park, the 2008 U.S. Women's Open champion, Mika Miyazato and Lindsey Wright were a stroke back, leaving a logjam of 16 players within three shots of the lead.
It's a group that includes Juli Inkster, who showed that turning 50 doesn't mean she can't compete for yet another major title. The 31-time LPGA tour winner celebrated her birthday by shooting a 71.
Inkster proved to be the crowd favorite as she was serenaded at least four times on the course by fans singing "Happy Birthday.
"It was nice to be loved," Inkster said, before dismissing a question of whether she feels old. "It didn't feel any different than it felt yesterday."
Trouble is, her age showed through just a little as she struggled by finishing with four bogeys -- sandwiched between a par and a birdie -- over the final six holes.
Kerr, in her 14th season, showed no signs of letdown in a round that featured five birdies and only one bogey. She was particularly solid in saving par on her final hole -- the 172-yard par-3 ninth -- by two-putting from 35 feet on a tricky green.
"This is what I wanted starting the first day," Kerr said. "You get kind of a taste of the blood in the water. It kind of motivates you and you look forward to getting up to play tomorrow."
The weather played havoc with shots along the narrow tree-lined, 6,506-yard course that demanded accurate shots off the tee.
The early afternoon downpour had just begun when Lewis reached the green at No. 9, her final hole. Facing an 8-foot putt for birdie, Lewis acknowledged she had plenty of incentive to sink it before quickly escaping to the dry confines of the scorers' tent.
"I was glad to hit the tee shot before it started to pour," Lewis said. "I knew I was going to get soaked. And I knew I could go inside and dry off. I just didn't worry about it."
The 25-year-old Lewis is finally beginning to play to the potential she showed in tying for third at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open -- a tournament she had led after three rounds. This year, her second on the LPGA Tour, Lewis is coming off a pair of top-16 finishes, and also earned a career-best second-place finish at the Tres Marias Championship last month.
Lee was relieved to make it through the elements with a 68 in what proved to be an up-and-down round.
After opening with a three-putt bogey on No. 10, she responded by chipping in a 127-yard shot for eagle at the 386-yard par-4 12th. She then followed with four birdies and a pair of bogeys before closing by holing out of the bunker for birdie.
"The rain had stopped, so it was not a very hard up and down," Lee said. "I just had a lot of confidence in my bunker shot, so I just did the right thing."
Paula Creamer, competing in only her second tournament since having surgery to repair ligament damage in her left thumb, was among those at 1 under. Creamer struggled with her putting, and played with her left thumb wrapped.
Yani Tseng, who won the Kraft Nabisco, faltered down the stretch in her bid to win two straight majors. After getting to 4 under through seven holes, Tseng had five bogeys on her next seven holes -- including four in a row -- and finished at 3 over.
Anna Nordqvist, the defending champion, opened with a 73.
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard says seven South Dakota students have been chosen to receive scholarships aimed at helping Native Americans pursue degrees at schools in the state.
The Hagen-Harvey scholarships are named for the late state lawmaker Richard Hagen from Pine Ridge and Minerva Harvey, who left her estate to set up the scholarship program.
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Surrounded by photography from an early age, Brandon Schulman's love for the photographic process comes from a lifelong respect for passionate craftsmanship, storytelling and how subjects' identities and environments inform their narratives. Brandon splits his time between Brooklyn and the Catskills, where he shares a mountain farmstead with his wife, Japanese photographer and food enthusiast Chiaki Hara. Brandon graduated from the Brooks Institute of Photography with a focus on advertising and has earned international honors such as a Hearst Biennial, a Px3 and a Pollux Award.
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How did you get started in photography?
My father was an avid amateur photographer. He saved up to buy a Rolleiflex in the fifties and built a makeshift darkroom in his childhood bathroom. When I was born, there was already a darkroom in my home; I was six when I got my first camera. He is the reason I am a photographer today. By the time I was in high school, I was already shooting concerts for small music magazines and printing wedding albums in a color darkroom.
Where did you travel in your A Portrait of America Left Behind series?
I realized I was not going to be able to pull off the original project financially. Initially, I was looking at abandoned amusement parks overtaken by nature in China, Ukraine, Chile and Japan.
At the same time, I was shooting America along the way and loving the photos. I decided to go on the road for three weeks through West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. I followed my gut wherever it took me. I drove down small, dirt roads, in the spirit of the great road trip photographers Bresson, Frank and Evans. The project grew into a social commentary on Main Street USA and the way we disregard our communities to get savings from large corporate stores, which were also shuttered in some of my pictures. Ironically, I slept mostly in Wal-Mart parking lots.
What inspired you to start Project Handmade, a video and photography series spotlighting modern artisans?
This was a great way to immerse myself in motion. I'm in the early stages of my career, and I didn't want to become obsolete by the time I am 50. In my eyes, we all need to be content providers or creators to stay viable in tomorrow's workforce.
I have always been an appreciator of fine objects—I'm actually a watch freak. I really loved documenting Fitzgerald Jewelry because they were making my and my wife's wedding bands. It was such an amazing experience to film every moment, from the wax carving to the casting of our wedding rings. I also documented the making of our wedding Ketubah by an incredible artist named Stephanie Caplan. Now I have something to remember each person by.
How do you balance personal work with assignments and commissions?
In the beginning, all I had was personal work. Then I started to get commissions, but still not enough to make a living. Eventually, I stopped doing personal work outside of Project Handmade and focused mainly on creating my business and really starting my career. After a couple years of that, I am now starting to focus again on personal projects and balancing the two. I am about to start a new fine art series, but we'll leave that a secret for now!
Your String Theory series focuses on a group who rarely get the spotlight: physicists. What made you interested in photographing these rarely glamorized scholars?
Several years ago, when I decided to stop pursuing fashion photography, I realized that thematic photo series were the way for me to go. At the time, I was really into Brian Greene and his book about string theory, Elegant Universe. When I traveled to Santa Barbara for a wedding, I called their physics chair, David Gross, who was also a Nobel Prize winner. After that, I started contacting physicists at Harvard, Princeton, M.I.T., École Normale Supérieure and Fermilab. So far, I have photographed 22 physicists and three Nobel Prize winners. It got my foot in the door for editorial work by showing photo editors how I think and shoot portraits. The series got me a meeting at New York Times Magazine and my first portrait gigs shooting for CITY magazine and Barnard Magazine.
Who you would love to photograph?
Leonard Cohen. He is one of my mentors in life and spirit; I dream of just having a conversation with him. The image would be secondary.
What concerns you about photography right now?
I am tired of sexuality being used in a cheap way. It is too easy and slightly sad when people play off of female sexuality to make an image. I'm not saying nudity and sexuality don't have their place, but they can't be everything.
Where do you see photography industry headed?
I do not see photography going away like some might believe. Right now, there is a niche in the marketplace for photographers who can also do video, and the challenges of motion are really quite exciting to me at times.
But I am a lover of the still image—it creates a quicker, more cerebral interaction with the viewer than motion. Its potential to create a narrative in the viewer's mind is very powerful. Americans saw thousands of hours of Vietnam War footage, but it was an image of a little girl running down the street naked, burning from napalm, that brought the American populace to a standstill and ended the conversation on the war. The photograph will have a very special place, I hope, for generations to come.


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The Role of the Book Importation Regulations in Canada's Market for Books
Operating under the Copyright Act, the Book Importation Regulations contain provisions regulating the distribution of imported titles in Canada. Since the Regulations came into effect in 1999, the environment for book distribution in Canada and internationally has changed dramatically, and it continues to evolve in a number of important ways, especially with respect to online commerce and the rise of digital reading.
The Role of the Book Importation Regulations in Canada's Market for Books (2012) presents the findings that resulted from two separate research studies commissioned in 2011 by the Department of Canadian Heritage. These studies addressed the role of the Regulations in Canada's English- and French-language markets for books and were led, respectively, by Turner-Riggs and Édinova inc. These independent consultants based their findings on extensive quantitative and qualitative research that they conducted from July to December 2011.
The full report also contains a background section and an international comparison annex based on research conducted internally at Canadian Heritage. The complete text of the Book Importation Regulations is also annexed.
It is hoped that the full report will serve as a useful resource in any examination of the Book Importation Regulations and their effectiveness and utility in the market for books in Canada as it continues to evolve. Please contact us to obtain a copy.
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Background: Origins of the Book Importation Regulations
Part I: Role of the Book Importation Regulations in Canada's English‑Language Market for Books
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- 3.0 Canadian book imports
- 3.1 Import pathways
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- 3.21 Number of titles in the Canadian market
- 3.22 Share of market: Domestic and import
- 3.23 Volume and composition of imports to Canada
- 3.24 Exchange rate and inflation effects
- 3.25 Price behaviour over time
- 3.26 Current price differentials: Trade titles
- 3.27 A closer look at textbooks
- 4.0 Market effects of the Book Importation Regulations
- 4.1 Market effects with regard to library procurement
- 5.0 Critiques and issues
- 5.1 Critique: Removing the Regulations would reduce the cost of Canadian books
- 5.2 Issue: The Regulations are not enforceable
- 5.3 Issue: The Regulations do not apply to digital books
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