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Steam Machine prototypes will include Metro: Last Light
300 people will be really happy
Nov 07
Joshua Derocher
Deep Silver have announced that Metro: Last Light will be included with the 300 Steam Machine prototypes that will be shipping to lucky people soon. Just the other day 4A Games released the game for Linux, and now it makes a ...
4A Games has ported Metro: Last Light to Linux
Will support SteamOS and the Steam Controller
Nov 05
Jordan Devore
The Linux version of Metro: Last Light is now available and, if you own 4A Games' post-apocalyptic shooter on Steam, it's all yours at no extra charge. A welcome addition to the platform's library of Linux titles, particularl...
Metro: Last Light's first downloadable content is now out
Three new single-player missions from three perspectives
Jul 18
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Faction Pack, the new story based add-on content for Metro: Last Light is now available. This pack features three new single-player missions, with each mission focusing on a different faction from the game. So you'll be on t...
Metro: Last Light 'Faction Pack' DLC is out next week
There's more single-player content on the way
Jul 10
Jordan Devore
The first of four planned add-ons for Metro: Last Light drops on Tuesday, July 16 for Xbox Live, Steam, and PlayStation Network in North America. European PSN and everywhere else will get the Faction Pack ($4.99 / £3.99...
Metro: LL first-week sales surpass 2033 lifetime sales
May 31
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Deep Silver revealed that Metro: Last Light has been kicking some serious ass. In its first week alone, US retail sales eclipsed 2033's lifetime sales. Last Light sales on the PC tripled Metro 2033's worldwide, and across all...
First of four Metro: Last Light DLC packs hits next month
Details on the DLC rollout
May 22
Jordan Devore
Four downloadable content packs are in the works for Metro: Last Light, starting with the Faction Pack in June. It and the Chronicles Pack will introduce further story content, followed by "a unique solo challenge to Metro ve...
Metro: Last Light update allows FOV customization
Better performance on AMD cards as well
May 16
Jordan Devore
The lack of a customizable field-of-view is understandably a sticking point for certain PC gamers. It was no surprise, then, to see a big release like Metro: Last Light take some heat for not having a FOV slider. Today, an up...
Metro: Last Light on sale for $48 via PlayStation Plus
How much is that in bullets?
May 13
Kyle MacGregor
On a budget but looking to pick up a copy of Metro: Last Light? Well then, look no further. Sony is offering Deep Silver's scary shooter at a discounted price for PlayStation Plus members. Subscribers can grab 4A Games' latest effort for $47.99 (20% off) starting tomorrow as a part of this week's PlayStation Store Update. Happy hunting, comrades!
Review: Metro: Last Light
Tunnel vision
May 13
Jim Sterling
Metro 2033 is a game so good, Destructoid reviewed it a year and a half after its release, finally giving it a scored assessment after the original reviewer made it to chapter three and gave up. The claustrophobic Ukrain...
You are the last hope in Metro: Last Light
So what's up with that black monster at the end?
Apr 30
Hamza CTZ Aziz
The latest trailer for Metro: Last Light is called Redemption, and sees the character Anna talking about protagonist Artyom. Anna is the top sniper of the Spartan Order of Rangers, and daughter of the underground's lead...
Get acquainted with Metro: Last Light's weapons and items
Light is your ally? Whoa...
Apr 23
Chris Carter
4A Games continues its "Metro: Last Light Ranger Survival Guide" series today with Chapter 3: Weapons and inventory. It highlights a ton of in-game footage, specifically survival techniques that you'll use on a constant basi...
Optimum Metro: Last Light specs recommend an NVIDIA Titan
Minimum specs it is!
Apr 17
Jordan Devore
Metro 2033 looked impressive on PC years ago, and if you've been keeping up with its sequel, you'll know that it is similarly going to require a powerful system to achieve those coveted maxed-out settings at a decent res...
These are the enemies you will face in Metro: Last Light
Are you one tough cookie?
Apr 17
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Who knew that hearing the phrase "one tough cookie" would be hilarious said with a Russian accent? Anyway, here's the latest survival guide to Metro: Last Light. This time we see the some of the enemies players will have to ...
How to survive in the world of Metro: Last Light
Get a taste of the post-apocalyptic world
Apr 10
Hamza CTZ Aziz
We're just over a month away from Metro: Last Light releasing on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. As we get closer to release, the Metro YouTube channel will be releasing a series of survival guides explaining what players can expect. The first chapter here details how players will underground, and how to deal with the various factions controlling the different parts of the metro.
Get some salvation in this Metro: Last Light trailer
Trouble in the tunnels
Mar 19
Jim Sterling
Here's a new trailer for 4A Games' Metro: Last Light. It's called "Salvation" and it's all about the forces struggling for dominance in Russia's post-nuke subterranean tunnels. Expect some plot hints and lots of images of men in masks shooting other men. The game's out May 14, under its new publisher Deep Silver, and I'm quite looking forward to giving it a go.
Metro: Last Light sale didn't waste too much dev time
Transition from THQ has been 'kind of quite banal'
Mar 14
Jordan Devore
When THQ's properties were auctioned off earlier this year, it was easy to become worried about some titles -- especially those that had been shown publicly before and weren't terribly far off from being completed -- despite ...
Metro: Last Light releases May 14 in North America
Europe gets it May 17
Mar 01
Jim Sterling
Metro: Last Light is still in development despite the demise of THQ, and is now on track for a May 14 release date in North America. Europe will be able to sink back into the post-nuke depths on May 17. "The new release...
Metro: Last Light Limited Edition announced
Includes hardcore "Ranger Mode" difficulty
Dec 14
Jim Sterling
Those who enjoyed the challenging "Ranger Mode" setting in Metro 2033 will have to get Metro: Last Light's Limited Edition -- announced today -- to get it in the sequel. The good news is that it's not one of those extrav...
Metro: Last Light new trailer: Genesis
More like Metro: No Available Light
Dec 11
Dale North
I'm really looking forward to Metro: Last Light, and this lovely and somewhat haunting new "Genesis" trailer turns that up another notch. The trailer does a nice job of showing off the game's environments and some beasties ...
Metro: Last Light developer hates Wii U's 'horrible' CPU
No Metro sequel on Nintendo's hardware anytime soon
Nov 20
Jim Sterling
Hoping to get Metro: Last Light on the Wii U? Keep dreaming, because according to 4A's chief technical officer, Nintendo's system is no good. Criticizing its slow CPU, Oles Shishkovtsov said the Wii U could be a detrimen...
Three major THQ games delayed including South Park
Don't shoot the messenger
Nov 05
Jordan Devore
In reporting its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results, THQ announced the delay of South Park: The Stick of Truth. Originally scheduled for March 5, 2013, the Obsidian Entertainment-developed role-playing game is now looking to ...
Metro: Last Light scraps multiplayer, focusing on story
Disposable mode is disposable
Oct 13
Jim Sterling
Metro: Last Light will be abandoning the multiplayer aspect of its game, taking out the frankly unnecessary mode to concentrate on a polished single-player campaign. 4A Games admitted on its blog that the announcement was pro...
Here's 13 minutes of Metro: Last Light gameplay
Jul 19
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Remember my preview of Metro: Last Light from E3? Well here it is in video form straight from developer 4A Games. Here's a summary of what you can expect from the video: Lots of f*cked up things. Seriously. Monsters, ghosts, planes falling out of the sky -- I'm going to have so many nightmares while playing this game.
Metro: Last Light rides last train out of Wii U line-up
May 29
Allistair Pinsof
Sad news for all you Wii U owners: Metro: Last Light may not be coming to Nintendo's console after all. What's that you say? You don't own one yet? Ha, losers! A Wii U release is not currently in development and, as y...
Preview: Metro: Last Light will give you nightmares
May 29
Hamza CTZ Aziz
It's been a full year since we last saw anything of Metro: Last Light. And unfortunately, just like last time, developer 4A Games only showed off a new section of gameplay rather than letting us go hands-on. While it is worri...
See how it ends in this scary Metro: Last Light trailer
May 24
Hamza CTZ Aziz
It's been way too long since we've last seen anything of Metro: Last Light. So isn't it great how THQ and developer 4AM Games have come out of hiding by trying to scare the ever living sh*t out of us?! This live-action short...
Metro: Last Light delayed to 2013
Feb 03
Jim Sterling
Metro: Last Light has slipped to a 2013 release date, according to THQ's latest release schedule. The Metro 2033 sequel is slated for first quarter -- sometime between the beginning of January and the end of March. With...
Here are some new Metro: Last Light screens
Sep 16
Jim Sterling
THQ has offered up a neat little bundle of Metro: Last Light screenshots for your amusement. Just like the last game, this thing looks utterly gorgeous, so make sure to check it out if you're one of those sultry graphics whor...
Metro: Last Light gets some hot new screens
Aug 17
Liam Fisher
Last year's Metro 2033 was a sleeper hit for a lot of folks, but it seems THQ is bent making sure the sequel, Last Light, doesn't suffer the same fate. They've released a bundle of screens for the shooter straight out of GamesCom, and they look damn fine. As a fan of 2033 (despite its...quirks), I really can't wait to see how this one pans out.
Metro: Last Light gets third and final E3 gameplay video
Aug 10
Jim Sterling
Here is the last part of that Metro: Last Light gameplay footage I got to see (and cream over) at E3. You can watch parts one and two if you've missed them. In this video, Artyom and his pal concludes their escape from...
Metro: Last Light gets second gameplay video
Jul 28
Jim Sterling
Here's the second part of that Metro: Last Light gameplay footage released a while back. In this video, Artyom and Kahn must infiltrate a Nazi encampment. Metro's twisted take on the Third Reich was only hinted at in 2033, a...
Metro: Last Light gets first public video demonstration
Jul 14
Jim Sterling
THQ has started to release the Metro: Last Light gameplay demo is kindly showed us behind closed doors at E3 this year. I say "started" because it's been broken into three parts and is getting drip-fed to the Internet. Becau...
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Covering the principles of radiographic technique and interpretation for dogs, cats, and horses, Textbook of Veterinary Diagnostic Radiology, 6th Edition helps you develop proficiency in diagnostic skills. High-quality radiographic images accompany clear coverage of diagnostic radiology, ultrasound, MRI, and CT, as well as patient positioning, radiographic technique and safety measures, normal and abnormal anatomy, radiographic viewing and interpretation, and alternative imaging modalities. New to this edition is a chapter on MR spinal imaging and updated information on digital imaging. Written by radiology educator and expert Donald E. Thrall, along with a group of highly qualified, board-certified radiologists, this bestselling reference is a one-stop resource for the latest advances in veterinary diagnostic radiology.Table of Contents
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Caspases (cysteine-aspartic proteases or cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed proteases) are a family of cysteine proteases that play essential roles in apoptosis (programmed cell death), necrosis, and inflammation.[2][3]
Caspases are essential in cells for apoptosis, or programmed cell death,[4] in development and most other stages of adult life, and have been termed "executioner" proteins for their roles in the cell. Some caspases are also required in the immune system for the maturation of lymphocytes. Failure of apoptosis is one of the main contributions to tumour development and autoimmune diseases; this, coupled with the unwanted apoptosis that occurs with ischemia or Alzheimer's disease, has stimulated interest in caspases as potential therapeutic targets since they were discovered in the mid-1990s.
Types of caspase proteins[edit]
As of November 2009[update], twelve caspases have been identified in humans.[5] There are two types of apoptotic caspases: initiator (apical) caspases and effector (executioner) caspases.[6] Initiator caspases (e.g., CASP2, CASP8, CASP9, and CASP10) cleave inactive pro-forms of effector caspases, thereby activating them. Effector caspases (e.g., CASP3, CASP6, CASP7) in turn cleave other protein substrates within the cell, to trigger the apoptotic process. The initiation of this cascade reaction is regulated by caspase inhibitors.
CASP4 and CASP5, which are overexpressed in some cases of vitiligo and associated autoimmune diseases caused by NALP1 variants,[7] are not currently classified as initiator or effector in MeSH,[8] because they are inflammatory enzymes that, in concert with CASP1, are involved in T-cell maturation.
Caspase cascade[edit]
Caspases are regulated at a post-translational level, ensuring that they can be rapidly activated. They are first synthesized as inactive pro-caspases, that consist of a prodomain, a small subunit and a large subunit. Initiator caspases possess a longer prodomain than the effector caspases, whose prodomain is very small. The prodomain of the initiator caspases contain domains such as a CARD domain (e.g., caspases-2 and caspase-9) or a death effector domain (DED) (caspases-8 and caspase-10) that enables the caspases to interact with other molecules that regulate their activation. These molecules respond to stimuli that cause the clustering of the initiator caspases. Such clustering allows them to activate automatically, so that they can proceed to activate the effector caspases. The core interaction of caspases may be regarded as a positive feedback.[9]
The caspase cascade can be activated by:
- granzyme B (released by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and NK cells), which is known to activate caspase-3 and -7
- death receptors (like Fas, TRAIL receptors and TNF receptor), which can activate caspase-8 and -10
- the apoptosome (regulated by cytochrome c and the Bcl-2 family), which activates caspase-9.
Some of the final targets of caspases include:
- nuclear lamins
- ICAD/DFF45 (inhibitor of caspase activated DNase or DNA fragmentation factor 45)
- PARP (poly-ADP ribose polymerase)
- PAK2 (P 21-activated kinase 2).
The role of caspase substrate cleavage in the morphology of apoptosis is not clear. However, ICAD/DFF45 acts to restrain CAD (caspase-activated DNase). The cleavage and inactivation of ICAD/DFF45 by a caspase allows CAD to enter the nucleus and fragment the DNA, causing the characteristic 'DNA ladder' in apoptotic cells.
In 2009, Queensland researchers announced caspase 1 and 3 in macrophages are regulated by p202 (a double-stranded DNA binding protein) reducing caspase response, and AIM2 (another double-stranded DNA binding protein) increasing caspase activation.[1]
Discovery of caspases, functions[edit]
H. Robert Horvitz initially established the importance of caspases in apoptosis and found that the ced-3 gene is required for the cell death that took place during the development of the nematode C. elegans. Horvitz and his colleague Junying Yuan found in 1993 that the protein encoded by the ced-3 gene is cysteine protease with similar properties to the mammalian interleukin-1-beta converting enzyme (ICE) (now known as caspase 1), which at the time was the only known caspase.[10] Other mammalian caspases were subsequently identified, in addition to caspases in organisms such as fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Researchers decided upon the nomenclature of the caspase in 1996. In many instances, a particular caspase had been identified simultaneously by more than one laboratory, who would each give the protein a different name. For example, caspase 3 was variously known as CPP32, apopain and Yama. Caspases, therefore, were numbered in the order in which they were identified.[2] ICE was, therefore, renamed as caspase 1. ICE was the first mammalian caspase to be characterised because of its similarity to the nematode death gene ced-3, but it appears that the principal role of this enzyme is to mediate inflammation rather than cell death.
For the discovery of caspases and other aspects of apoptosis, see articles by Danial and Korsmeyer,[11] Yuan and Horvitz,[12] and by Li et al.[13] in the January 23, 2004 edition of the journal Cell.
Recent studies have demonstrated that caspase proteases are also regulators of non-death functions, the most notable ones being those involving the maturation of a wide variety of cells such as red blood cells and skeletal muscle myoblasts.[14]
See also[edit]
- apoptosis
- apoptosome
- bcl-2
- metacaspase
- paracaspase
- pyroptosis
- The Proteolysis Map
- Programmed cell death
- ^ Wilson KP, Black JA, Thomson JA; et al. (July 1994). "Structure and mechanism of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme". Nature 370 (6487): 270–5. doi:10.1038/370270a0. PMID 8035875.
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- Eukaryotic Linear Motif resource motif class CLV_C14_Caspase3-7
- Apoptosis Video Demonstrates a model of a caspase cascade as it occurs in vivo.
- The Mechanisms of Apoptosis Kimball's Biology Pages. Simple explanation of the mechanisms of apoptosis triggered by internal signals (bcl-2), along the caspase-9, caspase-3 and caspase-7 pathway; and by external signals (FAS and TNF), along the caspase 8 pathway. Accessed 25 March 2007.
- Apoptosis & Caspase 7, PMAP-animation
- Caspases at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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On an evening where the big news of the week was still a live talking point, there was precious little sympathy in a famed back room in Glasgow. "Did you hear what Frankie Boyle said about Thatcher?" asked Steve Mason, sometime Beta Band singer and now the proud-owner of an alias-spattered solo career which has recently taken a turn for the incisively political. It's the old gag about spending the public money earmarked for the late former PM's funeral on spades, then "everyone in Scotland can dig a hole and deliver her to Satan in person."


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But the political wake-up call, apparently, didn't hit him until Republican Scott Brown won Ted Kennedy's seat in Massachusetts with a campaign agenda of lower taxes, reduced spending and a "no" vote on Obamacare.
Suddenly, Bayh was issuing fire-breathing denunciations of his party's left wing, calling on Democrats to reset their agenda and backing away from some of his previous positions.
Democrats had pushed their agenda too far to the left, driving away independents and moderate voters, Bayh said. "Whenever you have just the furthest left elements of the Democratic Party attempting to impose their will on the rest of the country, that's not going to work too well."
The lesson to be learned from Massachusetts is that independents and middle-of-the-roaders "just don't believe the answers we are currently proposing are solving their problems. That's something that has to be corrected," the shaken Indiana senator told ABC News.
Now Bayh is attempting to politically rehabilitate himself, even to the point of trying to scrub his own leftist votes from his record.
To wit, there he was on "Fox News Sunday," telling Chris Wallace that he no longer would support trying terrorists in federal courts.
"So you would not support $200 million to cities for civilian trials in federal court?" Wallace asked him.
Bayh: "No. If there's somewhere we can try them without spending that money, why spend the money? We've got a lot of other fiscal problems."
But last November, he voted with his Democratic colleagues against a bill that would have prohibited any federal funds being used to prosecute anyone involved in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in federal civilian courtrooms.
"No amount of political posturing can change the fact that Bayh voted for his party's foolish attempt to try terrorist killers in American cities -- a terribly misguided plan that was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Scott Brown's recent victory in Massachusetts," the National Republican Senatorial Committee said in a campaign broadside this week.
Coats' presumed entry into the race is another big recruiting victory for NRSC Chairman John Cornyn, who now has a lot more reasons to think that a bigger political wave is building against the Democrats and rapidly expanding his list of potential upsets.
Coats, a four-term congressman, former senator and an ambassador to Germany, "is a credible alternative for voters who are dissatisfied with the direction of the country and the party in power," Rothenberg said.
But he is starting late, has yet to get his fundraising going, and faces an incumbent with $13 million in the bank who has won many statewide races, including two terms as governor.
On the other hand, Bayh also has a long voting record that supported Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and that in the end may be more than enough to beat him.
Donald Lambro is chief political correspondent for The Washington Times.
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History: It came into exsistance a long time ago but never did anything till recently. Copy felt rather lonely, by itself, so it decided to go out and actually do something. And so Copy left the realm of imagination, where blanks are stored until made into whatever imaginative people wanted them to be, and came to the human realm. It was so excited, this place was so different. So much more interesting. It wanted to see everything but it was also afraid to. It didn't know what to expect. And so, Copy came to the closest school it could find, Brookview, to see what it could learn of the world.
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- Copy, in it's default form, is 5'1"
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Copy: *meeps, falling over. Looks up* Hi hi ^^
Bayo: *smiles* Happy Valentine's Day Copy-san. *face palm* Whoops forgot to introduce myself. Im Bayo,Bayo Woolley, Nice to Meet you!!
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It's Friday(!) - not breaking out into song here, a la R. Black -
and that marks the end of Ben & Jerry's free scoops of their new ice cream flavor, Clusterfluff!
To raise awareness, as well as attention, for their spankin' new addition,
they launched their CowMobile around Singapore to deliver/give out free scoops
and even had e-vouchers as reward for playing a short mini-game on their Facebook page.
So, armed with a handful of neatly printed vouchers - yea, I'm Singapore like that -
I headed down with some pals to enjoy that sugar high.
Clusterfluff: Peanut Butter, Mashmallow and Caramel.
Flavor out for sale in all their shops from April 12th!
The ice cream was surprisingly sweet, main part of which came from the embedded peanuts,
which seemed to be slightly caramelized.
There wasn't any telltale hint of mashmallow, which even the staff agreed on.
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Meet the men cashing in on Australia's aged care crisis
Take two vulnerable groups of people: toddlers and the aged. Throw in large amounts of government funding, a handful of extreme capitalists with pre-GFC form, and sharemarket investors looking for constant profit growth. Stir.
It's a recipe for disaster. Two recent raisings — the $450 million float of nursing home operator Japara and a $100 million capital raising by the G8 childcare group, still underway — are another sign we have failed to learn the lessons of the financial crisis, and that irrational exuberance may be returning to the sharemarket.
Soft business coverage is one dead giveaway. Japara Healthcare, the first pure aged care company on the ASX, which made a stunning debut last Thursday, got a dream run in the media, with underwriter Macquarie apparently "inundated with calls" ahead of the float at $2 a share. After Japara shares jumped 35% on day one, to close at $2.70, The Sydney Morning Herald quoted analysts from (who else but) Macquarie! The Japara float was so successful, it is expected to lead to copy-cats, with private equity-backed Allity lining up for some easy money.
It is easy to be bullish on aged care. We all know about the ageing population. The government forecasts we need another 74,000 nursing home places (on top of the existing 186,000) by 2022. That will cost $25 billion, so private investment is necessary. The previous Labor government's "Living Longer, Living Better" reform package, enacted last year and coming into force from July 1, will abolish the distinction between high-care and low-care beds in nursing homes and make it possible to charge all residents an accommodation bonds.
Accommodation bonds are the key to investing in nursing homes, and provide just the kind of complexity and opacity that financial engineers like Macquarie love to exploit. The policy framework was set up in 1997 under then-prime minister John Howard with close involvement from the private sector, particularly the late Doug Moran. It is a fairly one-sided arrangement: the aged care provider gets the interest generated by the bond, for working capital or any other purpose (sometimes including cross-subsidising parts of the operator's business, outside aged care) and can deduct a regulated amount each year (currently almost $4000 annually).
It is effectively free money; providers can charge whatever bond they think the market will bear, relative to local house prices given most residents sell their homes to raise the bond. Bonds were not expected to exceed $100,000 originally, but are averaging about $275,000. There are fears they may go higher.
Japara's prospectus explains that bonds of existing nursing home residents are generally paid out — on average, after a 29-month stay that ends either in death or relocation to acute hospital care — with bond money deposited by new residents, which have generally risen in the meantime in line with property prices. At the risk of being alarmist, paying out earlier entrants with money deposited by later investors is one of the defining characteristics of a pyramid scheme.
Indeed, although the bonds are backed by a government guarantee — which has been called on to cover $25 million in bond repayments to date, out of a national pool north of $12 billion — Japara's own prospectus canvasses the risk that "a major issue at a facility … could require Japara to repay a large number of bonds that cannot be replaced immediately".
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The costs of bonds is fraught and while people may prefer to stay in their own home it is easier for family members to manage a good placement if it isn't left to a crisis situation when poor homes offer places because the good ones are full. The bonds are often far more than the suggested figure. The float sounds like ABC in childcare which turned out so well at first as children were placed in plastic environments, toys were cycled around centres to arrive just before inspection and good was not adequate for growing children.
by Tom Jones on Apr 24, 2014 at 1:21 pm
The Retirement Home "Spivs Charter" continues it would seem.
by tonyfunnywalker on Apr 24, 2014 at 1:51 pm
My family paid a bond of $450,000.00 and a monthly payment of $2,500.00 to get our mother into aged care. There is no greater rort in this country than aged care.
by Drew Missly on Apr 24, 2014 at 1:51 pm
I think the bond for the newest aged care home in my area is closer to $750,000 than the $250,000 mentioned in the article.
(Western Australia, Metro area)
by Tinatoerat on Apr 24, 2014 at 3:55 pm
As a general principle I am of the "spend the kid's inheritance" tendency.
Approaching this Last Frontier, I am appalled that some thrusting entrepreneur has not yet started providing rock'n'roll retirement homes, for those of us with no intention of going quietly into that dark maw.
Coz, even if the body is failing, the will remains and suitably lubricious and/or virile attendants cojuld give many a new interest in life.
Oh, I see the problem, the preference for a quick turnover.
by AR on Apr 24, 2014 at 4:59 pm
Why did n't you take her into your own home and give back to her some of what she sacrificed for you all those years?
If so many siblings were not so selfish and wrapped up in their own life-style cocoons then maybe it would n't be such an age care financial drain.
by Carol Bayer on Apr 24, 2014 at 5:01 pm
Thanks Paddy. Look forward to follow-ups by Crikey!
Meanwhile - anyone game to raise the issue of home care for the aged, and at the last, euthanasia?
An entirely FOR-profit company where (to be fair) attempts are made to assist the aged and their relatives, but whose purpose is ultimately FOR profit Vs Quality of life at home until a humane and peaceful death.
Anyone want to venture which will triumph?
I for one would rather 'step off calmly' than endure months or years in any such establishment.
by PDGFD1 on Apr 24, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Absolutely appalling! High time the aged care sector was properly regulated to stop the aged, and their families, from being ripped off.
Why can't we look at how aged care is managed completely by government, as in the Scandinavian countries? Surely a higher rate of taxation is preferable to this abomination!
by CML on Apr 24, 2014 at 6:02 pm
CarolB - PING! At both ends of life.
It is often said that a society can be evaluated by its attitude to.. animals, children, woen ,,and other minorities.
That the two lowest paid, lowest esteemed (by $ociety)are the start & end of life, is strange given that we will all taste the 'arrangements' at the bottom end of the scale.
by AR on Apr 25, 2014 at 11:41 am
@ Carol Bayer. You have no idea do you, of the reality of caring for the aged. Simplistic solutions smack of ignorance. I can speak from experience. My mother was bedridden, incontinent, diabetic and with a range of other medical problems when she was in aged care. Tell me how even the most devoted family member might cope with that in the family home. As it was, I shifted from full-time to part-time work so that I could ensure her needs were met within the aged care facility which was woefully understaffed. Despite having a Health Care directive stating that she wanted a quality of life death, and despite my attempted advocacy, she had a shitty death, dying in pain and discomfort because the medical staff were overwhelmed. This was in 2013. I'm in my mid 60s now, and terrified of ageing and ending up in a similar situation.
And on that note, if we aren't as a society willing to fund humane aged care, and provide appropriate regulation of the sector, then at least let us have access to euthanasia options.
by Suziekue on Apr 25, 2014 at 2:55 pm
Ah Australia- you sweetie darling of a country- throwing the most vulnerable and least articulate to the mercy of the market. The youngest and the oldest- little ability to complain- grist for the mill.
Governments and regulatory instruments can avert their gaze as the dollars roll in.
Ah Australia what promise you had with your simple mantra- fair go for all.
by Pamela on Apr 28, 2014 at 1:14 pm


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SAN ANTONIO - Mike Golic grew up around Notre Dame football and his father, Mike, Sr., and uncle, Bob, played for the Fighting Irish, so when a college decision had to be made it was not all that difficult.
Mike Golic, Sr., graduated from Notre Dame in 1985 and enjoyed a nine-year NFL stint. Bob Golic was drafted in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft. Golic, who verbally committed to Notre Dame on Feb. 19, said his family allowed him to make his own decision but the Irish always had an edge.
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Golic, who will play center in Saturday's U.S. Army All-American Bowl, took an unofficial visit to Florida and was also recruited by UConn, Maryland, Virginia and others. Rivals.com rates him as the sixth-best center nationally. The stories he heard growing up and the family tradition pulled him to the Irish early on.
"I had heard a lot of stuff from my dad when he went there and what went on then," Golic said. "I had been raised and had always been a Notre Dame fan. I had been other places but at the end it was a special place for me and had a special feel so it always felt right to me. It was good to know what I wanted early."
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When Continuuity came out of stealth recently I was a little dismissive of a press release that was full of buzzwords and lacking significant details about what they're actually doing. To their credit the Continuuity team reached out to me and spent some time talking about what they're seeing in the marketplace and why they […]
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Forrester Confuses "Best" with "Most Accessible"
By Ben Kepes on November 8, 2012
I've got a love/hate relationship with the traditional analyst firms. Their people are incredibly smart and very thorough, but sometimes in their search for massive levels of details, they miss the very point of technology. A good case in point is the recently released Forrester Enterprise Cloud Database Wave report.
Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, Customer, database, forrester, larry ellison, Multitenancy, Oracle Corporation, Oracle Database | 1 Response
Ping Identity – Managing and Monitoring Through Cloud Outages
By Ben Kepes on November 7, 2012
For anyone who has been living under a rock for a few weeks, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had an outage a week or so back which was the latest in a relatively long list of outages that has plagued their US-East region. Commentary has generally been voiced in two areas – the naysayers have come […]
Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged Amazon Web Services, automation, Boundary, monitoring, ping identity, Puppet Labs | 3 Responses
Newvem Introduces Native iOS App For AWS Cost Visibility
By Krishnan Subramanian on November 5, 2012
Newvem (disclosure: Ofir who works at Newvem is a fellow CloudAve blogger but this is my independent opinion), San Francisco based company offering visibility into an organization's AWS deployment, Called Cloud Smart Meters, it helps CIOs and IT managers to gain detailed visibility into their AWS costs, risks and assets using their iPads or iPhones. As […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aws, cost management, insights, iOS, mobile, Newvem
TwinStrata CloudArray Now Supports NAS for Heterogeneous Storage Management
By Ben Kepes on November 5, 2012
I've written previously about TwinStrata – a company whose CloudArray storage gateway is designed to enable organizations to deploy cloud SANs which combine public and private cloud storage providers along with their existing storage infrastructure. It's a logical play – while pure cloud may be the holy grail and the
Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, cloud storage, CloudArray, Computer data storage, IBM, ISCSI, Server Message Block, TwinStrata
Actual Cloud – The One To Chose
By Ben Kepes on October 31, 2012
I've been a part of, or at least a witness to, a huge number of battles about what constitutes the "real cloud." These battles seem to generally be fought on a Sunday afternoon U.S. time – that kind of suits me fine because it means the Monday mornings in my time zone have enough entertainment […]
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We're Still Waiting for a Cloud That Just Works
By Jason M. Lemkin on October 30, 2012
SaaS entrepreneurs shouldn't need a TechOps team until they hit $20m in revenue. I'm willing to write a piece of the Series A check to whoever can really fully solve this problem so that TechOps becomes a side issue.
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged cloud computing, data center, saas, salesforce.com, TechOps | 2 Responses
GreenQloud and Xeround Launch Cloud Database on 100% Renewable Energy
By Ben Kepes on October 29, 2012
A year or two ago a minor storm circled around the cloud community after a report was published questioning the environmental impacts of cloud computing. The report was pretty flawed – it omitted to take into account the generally lower per-unit impact of cloud as opposed to traditional IT, but that didn't stop some hand […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged aws, cloud computing, Giza Venture Capital, greenqloud, Iceland, Information Technology, verne global, xeround
Open Discussions On Open Cloud
By Ben Kepes on October 26, 2012
As I go from conference to conference, I'm seeing more and more examples of people talking about the "open cloud." Proponents talk about choice, flexibility and the inherent safety of the open cloud. Opponents, on the other hand, point to fragmentation, immaturity and concerns about anything that is available without
Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged cloud, Jonathan Bryce, Krish, Krishnan Subramanian, opensource, openstack, Rackspace Cloud, Rishidot Research | 2 Responses
Gartner's Latest IaaS Magic Quadrant Released–Meh With a Bit of Interesting
By Ben Kepes on October 22, 2012
I'm not usually big on Gartner's crystal-ball-gazing Magic Quadrant methodology – some people claim it's pay-for-play writ large. I don't know about that, it just seems to be a somewhat hokey, albeit scientifically-based, prediction of what might occur or, more often, hat already is. Anyway – with that said, the latest IaaS MQ is pretty […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged Bob Gill, cloud computing, dell, fujitsu, gartner, magic quadrant, OpSource, platform as a service, simon wardley | 1 Response
Google Compute Engine Is Gonna Change The Public Cloud Game
By Krishnan Subramanian on October 18, 2012
During the last Google I/O, Google's user conference, Google announced Google Compute Engine (GCE). GCE was Google's answer to Amazon EC2 and they opened up their private beta to handful of people. I was not lucky enough to get into the list but I recently got an opportunity to check it out myself. Before I talk […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged gce, google, google compute engine, infrastructure, Infrastructure as a service, Infrastructure services, insights, public cloud, service providers | 2 Responses
Gridstore Announces Funding With An Aim To Disrupt Storage Market
By Krishnan Subramanian on October 16, 2012
Gridstore, the Mountain View based distributed storage vendor, today announced Series A funding lead by GGV Capital and Onset Ventures along with participation from their existing investors. Gridstore will use this to expand their sales efforts, possibly, in new market segments. Taking advantage of grid architecture and virtualization, Gridstore is hoping to disrupt the storage […]
Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged briefs, distributed storage, gridstore, storage
OpenStack Summit – Fall 2012: My Expectations
By Krishnan Subramanian on October 15, 2012
As I travel to San Diego to attend the OpenStack Summit (Fall 2012 edition), I am thinking about what to expect from the event. I wrote about the enthusiasm I saw in the community after the April 2012 Summit. Even though I expect to see the same (more) enthusiasm in the community, I also want […]
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Private Clouds Must Be Agile
By Ben Kepes on October 12, 2012
I recently read a well reasoned post by HP's Cloud CIO Christian Verstraete. In the post Verstraete reflected on a Twitter exchange he'd had responding to the claims by someone that private cloud was a myth. The private/public debate has raged for a few years now and the two sides go something like this: Opponents of private […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Infrastructure | Tagged Chief information officer, cloud, cloud computing, Scalability, self-service, twitter | 5 Responses
Nothing Stops the Box Bunny
By Zoli Erdos on October 7, 2012
OK, so I 'm abandoning my pictorial post schedule, as Box-mania just broke out, and I feel compelled to jump in. But the skipped NetSuite post is coming soon… I've been following Box longer than probably most observers and some of the old memories are worth sharing – from an admittedly subjective point of view. […]
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That Morgana is my favorite champion of the League of Legends.
Ah, lovely work! Really like how you drew her body, and the coloring is great : D
nice work
So amazing Morgana's my favourite too, love it. Fear the Q, die from W
Excellent work,gets a fave from me
diggin' that dress
Awesome artwork !
Stunning ☆
if you play add me
lol id is edgarluv.
if you play add me
lol id is edgarluv.
Morgana loose weight !
Nice one
love the lol art
Ah Morgana....good times....the first champion I played, bought, bought a skin for and the only champion I own with 2 skins lol...btw perfect work on this picture I love it
My fave too! Fantastic job by the way.
thr Morgana so great
you made a beautiful morgana, i really like the soft look combined with this dark colors
Morgana is my too favourite champion Art is perfect
Nice version!!!
Stunning work. It's really amazing. Keep it up! <3
mmmmm'm i love this ; w ;
wow i like it^^
fave gown there
Ulquiorra's wife? And she's pissed off!!
Morgana is my favorite champion too. Thanks for the awesome picture, you definitely did our badass fallen angel justice :3.
This should be the art ingame! it's 100 time better! great job
yeah *_* she is soooo nice
Also my favorite, she looks awesome here!
awesome! she's my fave too xD
This is beautiful!
This is beautifull
I know many people said it efor, but have to do it anyway: the frilled (ruffly) skirt is a great idea! |>
Although I'm worried about the talonless hands... ;>
Although I'm worried about the talonless hands... ;>
Morgana's my favorite too, love the ruffles
OMG!!! This is amazing!!! She is so extremely feminine. This must be one of the best lol fanart pieces I've ever seen <3
Gorgeous! What is your summoner name? I'd love to feature this in the Summoner Showcase!
Amazing! And i like how you changed her skirt. It suits her


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All In Together Now Lyrics by J Live
All In Together Now by J Live
Gonna, gonna, gonna-gonna-gonna blaze the cold rock stuff
Yo, with all due respect, not trynna toot my own horn or nothing
But, I'm pretty good at this shit man
Yo, even with a half assed style knowimsayin
Even with a half assed style matter fact, for all y'all niggas
I'm a do this shit real slow are you read?
[Verse One]
Every now and then you... see it on the menu
Grab that shit kid... everybody else did
J-Live records... stay respected
That's that old shit... now it's just hot kid
Save it for the flavor... do your self a favor
Don't hold back now... ain't it just wack how
So hard to come by... and the sound done fly
Heads used to slay that... I dare you not to play that
Bring it back
Every now and then you, save it for the flavor
See it on the menu, do your self a favor
Grab that shit kid, don't hold back now
Everybody else did, ain't it just wack how
J-Live records, so hard to come by
Stay respected, and the sound done fly
That's that old shit, heads used to slay that
Now it's just hot kid, dare you not to play that
All in together now (no, not yet) (X8)
[Verse Two]
There's so many of these... wack ass emcees
Try as they might... they just can't get it right
Family traditions... require me to diss'em
Don't even really miss'em... they keep me in they system
Cuz I got the true school rhyme style... shouldn't even speak on it
The way that I freak it... is kinda top secret
Handed down to me... the microphones and crowds
After they gone... J-Live rocks on
Cuz there's so many of these, true school rhyme style
Wack ass emcees, shouldn't even speak on it
Try as they might, the way that I freak it
They just can't get it right, it's kinda top secret
Family traditions, handed down to me
Require me to diss'em, the microphones and crowds
Don't even really miss'em, After they gone
They keep me in they system, J-Live rocks on
All in together now (no, not yet) (X8)


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Down There in Alligatorland With Avey Tare
Animal Collective member Avey Tare (aka David Portner) is in town tonight promoting his swampy new album, Down There. Besides keeping the animal association rolling—his website is called Alligatorland and the creature is a motif in his music and visuals—Avey Tare explores themes in his solo work that run parallel to Animal Collective. In a recent interview, we talked about his totem, some of those themes, and how he transports himself and his fans via sound. He performs with Eric Copeland and Insect Factory at U Street Music Hall. 8 p.m. $10.
Washington City Paper: Animal Collective seemed to hit the nail with the need for protection and a sturdy shelter with your hit "My Girls." The theme of home comes around again in "Oliver Twist," with your stanza, "to live in a house and have breathing/is a luxury when you understand its meaning." As domestic themes crop up in your lyrics, does it make you identify with the uncertainty of a comfortable living?
Avey Tare: I suppose. I guess from what I've seen in my life so far, all of the elements of life are so uncertain that it's hard to be able to grasp onto something and say, "This is it" or, "This is how it's gonna be for awhile." "Oliver Twist" for me is more about understanding how fortunate I am at this point. A lot of darkness went into some of that realization. But I think anyone in my position, a musician, for example, or someone who gets to live by doing what they love on a day-to- day basis, should thank the universe every day. I believe in a certain balance that has to happen in the world, though, a balance between everyone and maybe even everything. "Oliver Twist" to me is about wondering if I'm "doing my part," so to speak. If I'm giving back as much as I'm receiving. As a musician part of that is understanding that I make people happy with music or performing. But I wonder a lot if there's more to what I have to do than that.
WCP: This brings me to the second part of your stanza, "But even in a box am I dreaming?/A galaxy of stars above our ceiling?" There's a craving for connection to the natural and celestial world that becomes barricaded or concealed by modern living. How does that separation effect your psyche and your music, and how do you cope with it, or try to improve upon it? After all, your band has almost a shamanistic feeling to it, from the name Animal Collective to the nature of your compositions…
AT: That can mean a lot of boxes to me. Like if I was so poor I lived in a box what would I dream about? Or the way people choose to live in somewhere like New York. "In a little box at the top of the stairs," as Neil Young put it. I dwell a lot on nature versus "anti-nature," or the way a lot of humanity chooses to live. I wonder about the things I would get out of living outside with almost nothing. I watched the Human Planet series that the BBC did recently and it blew my mind. The things and the ways people live by all around the world. It just makes me look at my life even more. What am I learning and what am I gaining from doing all this? My house is still quite artificial, though I do more and more to make it feel more connected to the earth. But if I lived in a house that was breathing. If I was as much a part of the earth as a tree or something...would it be more of a luxury then poverty? It's really just me thinking out loud.
WCP: And on the topic of animals, tell me more why you gravitate toward the crocodile—correct me if I'm wrong—on Down There, from your PR photos to your music videos.
AT: Well, aesthetically I like them a lot. Which is how a lot of decisions are made with my music or AC's music. I really like the texture of crocodilians, and they are very old and ancient. This must give them a knowledge that goes way back.
WCP: The crocodiles in your video "Oliver Twist" almost remind me of Indian gavials, or gharials. Ever heard of them, or seen one? They're crocodiles with long, tapering snouts that end with a bulbous nose, and their teeth look like a dangerous zipper that should never be messed with. Out of all of the crocodilians, the gavials are by far my favorite.
AT: I do know them. I may have seen one in a zoo, but never in the wild.
WCP: In regards to "Glass Bottom Boat," I feel like the name is appropriate to the piece. It's as if the listener is going on a stimulating tour through ambient sound, able to witness all that they pass by. Except the sound is gargled and mucky, just like what swamp water would be like. What do you want listeners to envision during this piece?
AT: My friend told me that the record was like putting your head into a pool covered in wet leaves in the autumn. That's exactly what I'm going for in many ways. The whole glass bottom boat ride thing goes back to when I was a kid. I spent a lot of time in Florida on vacation with my family. I think that's probably one reason I like swamps so much. There were always these brochures you'd see for glass bottom boat rides. I've never actually been on one. I went to Peru sometime just before I recorded the record and I went on a boat out on this lake with a small group of Peruvians. I think I recorded some of the boat sounds on that trip. I guess I'd like this to be a glass bottom boat ride filled with ghosts though. Perhaps the boat is almost broken and real rickety. I like the word rickety.
WCP: Boats seem to be another recurring symbol on this album, between "Glass Bottom Boat" and the video of "Oliver Twist," when the figure steers his way through a swamp on a wooden Huckleberry Finn raft. Have you spent much time on boats, or in swamps at all? Do you view this idea of boats as a means of slow-moving transportation for your listeners through your album?
AT: I wrote this short story in college about a skeleton ferryman taking someone on a trip down this haunted canal cavern way. I guess I've had these kind of visions in my mind for a while now. This is a much more humid trip, though. I do think a lot about transportation when I write music. A lot of my music is about moving in cars or just moving, period. I think when I write music or when AC does I always think about it going somewhere. I grew up listening to music in cars a lot and watching or soaking in the environment as it went by. For me, songs or albums start somewhere and then move to somewhere else in such a way that it feels like it's all a part of the same movement. I guess that's why I write a lot of songs where parts don't repeat or are like traditionally verse-chorus verse.
WCP: Your music and visuals remind me of a project by John Cage called "Indeterminancies," where someone would tell a story but there would be ambient sound interferences throughout it. What do you hope to create, besides a distorted effect, with warped and layered music and art?
AT: I guess it's about imbuing the music with some kind of "otherness." It's kind of supernatural to me and I think it's hard for anyone to explain or put a finger on. But it's almost like you just feel it. It's like knowing somethings haunted or knowing there are ghosts around but not being able to see them. I think there is a warped element or a warped ether around that we can't really see sometimes; maybe I just wish it was more visible and so I'm trying to bring it out more in sound.


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It has long been established that you don't have to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick's Day. All you need is a penchant for a good time and a higher-than-average tolerance for over consumption. It will also help if you are an Orange County resident, or fortunate visitor. The OC goes green and goes big on St. Patrick's Day. The taverns will be open for business, naturally, though a great number of family events will take center stage. Come out for a parkland stroll, an educational tour and a fun run. OC has all you need in hangover-free family festivities.
Leprechaun Leap 5K
Tustin Hangar/The District at Tustin Legacy
2437 Park Ave.
Tustin, CA 92782
(714) 544-5341
Date: March 15, 2015 at 8am
Join thousands of fellow Orange County residents as they take part in the Leprechaun Leap 5k Race. The 4th Annual Leap 5k will take place near the Tustin Hangar and is fun way to take part in the day. Runners can either run, walk, or bring your strollers and/or dogs. In addition, you can be sure that people will be wearing green for the festivities. Post race activities include an expo, live entertainment, an award ceremony and much more. Proceeds from the run will benefit Heroes and Healthy Families as well.
Hermosa Beach 21st Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade
South Bay
1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
(310) 376-0951
Date: March 15, 2015 at 11am
For a St. Patrick's Day tradition involving pageantry and community, pay a visit to glorious Hermosa Beach. On hand, nearly 100 local businesses, as well as school marching bands will march down Pier Avenue during the seven block parade. Bagpipers, floats, and dogs from the Irish Setters Club of Southern California will also join in on the fun. Even better for kids, there will be a Kiddy Carnival, a petting zoo, as well as international foods, and Irish music galore. Want to dance? There will be that too!
St. Patrick's Day Dinner Dance
San Clemente Community Center
100 N. Calle Seville
San Clemente, CA 92672
(949) 498-3602
Date: March 15, 2015 at 5pm
If you're in the mood for an Irish feast, visiting San Clemente's St. Patrick's Day Dinner Dance is the place to be this year. Irish is the theme this year, and you'll enjoy traditional foods like corned beef and cabbage with all the fixings. The event benefits local charities too, so what's better than that?
St. Patrick's Day Festival & Green Celebration
Orange County Market Place
88 Fair Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(949) 723-6616
Date: March 15, 2015 at 10am
What's free and honors the Irish? The Orange County Market Place Saint Patrick's Day Festival on March 15! With performances of traditional Irish dance and music, as well as a magical leprechaun, face painting, green foods and much more, this festival will be all you need to put a smile on your children's face.
Related: Best Parent Gathering Places In OC
St. Patrick's Day at Pretend City
Pretend City
29 Hubble
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 428-3900
Date: March 17, 2015
Visit Orange County's best children's museum for St. Patrick's Day for an exciting day celebrating all things Irish. With a leprechaun visit, a hunt for pots of gold, Irish art, and other activities, your children will be begging to come back next year. Make sure to dress your kids in green!


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· Tim Walsh brought concerns to the Board and provided reference materials.
· Heather Hurlock offered comments in regard to the tone and content of recent communications
3. Tempus Conference report: Kris Keller reported that about 100 students attended Tempus, the second annual young social entrepreneurs hosted by KWS.
4. Drug & Alcohol Committee policies and procedures: Deb Merroth-Ahola provided an update from the Drug & Alcohol Committee on KWS policies and legal requirements.
5. Status of plans for a third kindergarten: We have a waiting list of kindergarten families and are exploring the feasibility for adding a third kindergarten classroom to the existing building.
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Ghirardelli, Sweet Ground Cocoa, 10.5 oz (298 g)
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The deep, rich flavor of Ghirardelli Sweet Ground Cocoa creates the intense chocolate experience bakers prize and chocolate-lovers cherish. The cocoa is alkalized through the Dutch process for a product perfect for either baking or chocolate beverages. We then blend just the right amount of sugar and real vanilla, and add real chocolate for an intensely rich and perfectly balanced chocolate taste.
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Ghirardelli Chocolate Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
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- Dash salt
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Combine butter, milk, and Sweet Ground Cocoa in saucepan; stir over very low heat just until butter melts. Remove from heat. Add confectioners' sugar, salt, and vanilla; beat until smooth.
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|Serving Size: 3 Tbsp (35 g)
|Servings Per Container: about 9
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|% Daily Value*
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|Saturated Fat
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|Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|50 mg
|Total Carbohydrate
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|Dietary Fiber
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|27 g
|1 g
|Vitamin A
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It wasn't until I closely looked at the package that I realized that this is 50% sugar. If you're using this in a recipe calling for cocoa powder, you'll have to use twice as much, and then reduce the sugar accordingly (at least directions for this are on the bag). This is not really a good deal, realizing that it's half what the label says it is.
will go for a not sweet one next time


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