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Bourjois Flamme Perfume by Bourjois, This fragrance was release in 1935 . It is a classic floral fragrance that women have loved for years and years. Experience its magic with a bouquet of notes that will marvel your senses. The top notes are bergamot, aldehydes and hyacinth. The heart notes are relaxing lavender and geranium. The bottom notes are patchouli, oak moss, sandalwood, amber, vetiver and tonka bean. All products are original, authentic name brands. We do not sell knockoffs or imitations. ... Read More
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History and background of Bourjois. The year was 1863, and stage actresses in Paris were bemoaning the state of makeup as they knew it - greasy, thick, uncomfortable to wear and damaging to the skin. Monsieur Alexandre Napoleon Bourjois knew there must be a better way and devoted his time creating a superior quality theater makeup for his muses. It was in this pursuit that he created the world's first powder blush, Read more about Bourjois
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Pregnancy takes your mind and body through an ongoing stream of changes. On a basic level, your body is making unusual amounts of hormones. At certain times, this can make you feel exhausted, forgetful, or moody. On top of that, it is normal to be preoccupied with how your body is quickly changing, how to manage symptoms, how different your life is becoming, worry about the pregnancy going well, finances, and keeping up with everyday life.
It is common to go through many of the following changes in a pregnancy:
- First trimester. Extreme fatigue or morning sickness can color your daily life. Moodiness (as with premenstrual syndrome) is normal. Happiness and anxiety about a new pregnancy, or feeling upset about an unplanned pregnancy, are also common.
- Second trimester. Fatigue, morning sickness, and moodiness usually improve or go away. You may feel more forgetful and disorganized than before. Looking heavier than normal, then looking visibly pregnant and feeling the baby move, can make you feel any number of emotions.
- Third trimester. Forgetfulness may continue. As your due date nears, it is common to feel more anxious about the childbirth and how a new baby will change your life. As you feel more tired and uncomfortable, you may be more irritable than before.
For some women, serious anxiety or depression problems improve during pregnancy. For others, they do not. If you find no pleasure in daily life, or suffer from a lot of sleeplessness (insomnia), sadness, tearfulness, anxiety, hopelessness, feelings of worthlessness and guilt, irritability, appetite change, or poor concentration, talk to your health professional. Without treatment, mental health problems can get in the way of a healthy pregnancy.
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Descriptions of final capstone projects completed by former Master of Applied Positive Psychology students are provided below. The project abstracts below provide you with a sense of the breadth of topics that can be explored through the culminating capstone process. If you are interested in exploring more capstones, you can browse project abstracts, or download full projects.
Soaringwords Empirical Research to Measure the Well-being of Hospitalized Children
by Lisa Honig Buksbaum
Positive psychology interventions can potentially significantly enhance the quality of life for pediatric patients and their loved ones. This study was designed to empirically measure the impact of a positive intervention on the well-being of pediatric patients. In a one-time 30-60 minute session, 220 patients received an inspirational SoaringSuperhero® message and artwork (from a stranger) and then were invited to create a superhero message/artwork for someone else. Before and after, participants completed a questionnaire, compiled from reliable, accredited survey instruments, administered by hospital employees, child life specialists and hospital volunteers. For every emotion, both adolescents and children were significantly more positive and less negative after the intervention than before the intervention. Findings suggest that these positive interventions should be part of pediatric healthcare to encourage patients to take active roles in their own healing and the healing of others. Future endeavors include expanding the study to other hospitals and testing the efficacy of other Soaringwords' positive interventions. Altogether, this study suggests that the power of the Soaringwords' intervention comes from impacting both physical and psychological systems in a measurable way to allow the child and his or her support system to SOAR (Somatic response, Outcomes, Agency, Reciprocity), despite the many challenges of illness.
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Thirteen Universal Assessments Which May Contribute to the 'Good Life'
by Jeremy D. W. Clifton
Beliefs matter. This paper examines the "biggest" of all possible beliefs, universal assessments (UAs), which consist of our "take" on the whole universe. UAs are a subset of worldview, which is in turn a subset of schema. After discussing the development of Weltanschauung in continental philosophy and the capacity of schemas to generate expectancy, three previously researched UAs are identified (universal benevolence or safety, universal meaningfulness and belief in a just world). All have been shown to influence life outcomes, but three is only a beginning. Moreover, the focus of research thus far has been on alleviating the "miserable life," so we do not yet know which UAs lead to the "good life." A speculative analysis is conducted that identifies 13 UA continuum opposite pairs that might influence the "good life," defined here as the development of strengths and positive emotions. The 13 pairs include is the universe good/bad, beautiful/ugly, malleable/unchangeable, improving/declining, safe/dangerous, just/unjust, comprehensible/incomprehensible, subject-centric/not subject-centric and intentional/mindless, as well as should it be accepted/changed, explored/avoided and experienced with others/alone? This list, though only preliminary and based on the intuitions of the author, can be a point of departure for what comes next. A call is made for a coordinated and systematic UA classification program that would catalyze future research.
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The Awe Instinct: The Search for Self-Transcendence in a Secular Age
by Emily Esfahani Smith
This capstone is about self-transcendence and the related emotions of awe, admiration, inspiration, wonder and elevation. Self-transcendent experiences are those ecstatic moments when we step outside of ourselves and merge with something bigger than ourselves. In so doing, our petty day-to-day concerns become less pressing (Haidt & Morris, 2009). Different self-transcendent experiences can evoke different self-transcendent emotions. These emotions are all related. They orient an individual's thoughts, emotions and actions away from the self and they fall into what psychologists call the "awe family" of emotions (Jonathan Haidt, MAPP class lecture, December 5, 2012). Awe occurs when people perceive something so vast that it overwhelms their current mental faculties and therefore leads people's minds to try to accommodate this new information (Keltner & Haidt, 2003). With the rise of positive psychology, interest in self-transcendence has increased in recent years. In this capstone, I present four preliminary chapters of what will be a book on awe and transcendence. The awe emotions, I argue, are social emotions. They arose in a social context. Their biological, physiological and emotional consequences enhance social ties. And experiencing them increases well-being.
Banking on Empowerment: The Why, What and How of Strategy for High Performance
by Andrew Soren
Organizations striving to create high-performance strategies often look to the empowerment of employees in hopes of increasing innovation, engagement, customer experience and financial results. This paper applies more than two decades of empirical research from positive psychology, positive organizational scholarship and positive organizational behaviour about empowerment. It explores the veritable benefits a financial institution can achieve by engaging in an empowerment strategy, what psychological empowerment is and how to build it within large organizations. Specifically, this paper explores the HR structures, individual characteristics and leadership qualities that are the foundation of empowerment, as well as opportunities for further research.
The Well-Being Index: A Landscape of Worldwide Measures and the Potential for Large-Scale Change
by Karen Warner
Around the world, across a spectrum of disciplines and by many different pathways, measures of well-being are emerging as a means for institutions and individuals to join forces in their efforts to balance material growth and development with the rights of humans to preserve, protect and pursue those interests that lead to well-being, for both individuals and for society. Well-being indices are an important and innovative addition to the global conversation about the economics of happiness. Their rising viability with nations, communities, Nobel laureates, ordinary citizens, academics, economists and policymakers, speaks to a growing questioning of the validity and adequacy of traditional measures of national progress — notably, the gross domestic product. Through the lens of positive psychology, this capstone provides an overview of the landscape of well-being indices, identifying in one place who is measuring what, by what indicators and why. As scientific interest in the measurement of population well-being and national performance begins to deliver and document empirical results, this capstone makes a case for the well-being index as an instrument of massively disruptive and contagious change — a grand-scale positive intervention that has the potential to change the world.
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The knives (and forks) are out as a group of strangers compete for the title of ultimate dinner party host. And the £1000 on the table adds spice to the proceedings...
Series 30 Summary
More competitive cooking and intriguing entertainment as strangers compete to win £1000 - and to be crowned best dinner party host.
Episode 1 - Southend - Julie-Ann
This week's competition is in Southend-on-Sea and first to host is dog-mad executive PA Julie-Ann Rayner. She has high hopes that her Taste of the Sea menu will have her guests hooked.
Episode 2 - Southend - Carol
It's Carol's turn to host. She's pretty confident in the kitchen, and her menu includes scallops and roast lamb. Her dress code is 'Dress to Impress,' and everyone's making a special effort.
Episode 3 - Southend - Damian
It's night three of the competition in Southend, where science teacher and self-confessed geek Damian Loneragan hosts. But how will his guests take to his chilli-heavy menu?
Episode 4 - Southend - Steph
It's the penultimate night of the competition in Southend and all eyes are on barmaid and self-confessed airhead Steph Barrett as she hosts in the hope of winning the £1000 prize.
Episode 5 - Southend - Scott
International DJ and Jack-the-lad Scott Langley has decided to serve fried pigeon for his main course. His dress code is 'outrageous,' and the guests go to town with their outfits.
Episode 6 - Inverness - Gillian
First to host is proud Scot Gillian Sutherland. Gillian's hoping her Touch of Tartan theme, with traditional Scottish menu and bagpipes galore, will win over her guests.
Episode 7 - Inverness - Melissa
It's the turn of Melissa Kirby, in Inverness, who has not only taken cooking lessons from one of the best local chefs, but has also got him to make her gravy and crumble.
Episode 8 - Inverness - David
In Inverness, property tycoon David Edes hosts a nautical evening. David is a teetotaller and plans a menu of 'basic but wholesome food' - making his guests wary.
Episode 9 - Inverness - Zarina
Rock 'n' roll hairdresser Zarina Ainslie is the latest to host in Inverness. The tattooed party girl claims to be an amazing cook. Could she be the dark horse of the competition?
Episode 10 - Inverness - Jamie
It's the final night in Inverness and ex-professional footballer Jamie Tulloch has gone to town making sure his ingredients are all as fresh and local as possible.
Episode 11 - Lincolnshire - Amanda
First to host is university lecturer Amanda Sherratt, who is taking a risk with a full Japanese themed evening, including a raw fish starter and sumo wrestling for entertainment
Episode 12 - Lincolnshire - Ali
It's the turn of retail manager Ali Roberts, who is confident that her night of gourmet cuisine and elegant fine dining will win her the prize
Episode 13 - Lincolnshire - Chris
Farmer Chris Moore plans to win over his guests with his beetroot themed dinner party, managing to inject beetroot into every part of the night
Episode 14 - Lincolnshire - Jack
Jack Stone's 'creative' evening in Lincolnshire, including self-catering for the guests, is overshadowed by Alex's shocking outfit
Episode 15 - Lincolnshire - Alex
The week of competitive dining concludes with proud Geordie Alex Coxon taking a turn as host. Alex's menu includes dishes called 'wey-aye-man!', 'a taste of toon' and 'a canny little dessert like'.
Episode 16 - Lichfield - James
First to host is business consultant James Herbert, who has high hopes for his complex Italian menu. He also has some fun photo frolics planned.
Episode 17 - Lichfield - Ronnie
Ronnie Imlah hosts, with a menu inspired by dishes she's eaten at friends' parties. But a revelation about her past leaves the guests in shock.
Episode 18 - Lichfield - JP
JP Goodyear-Martinez is the latest to host in Lichfield, treating his guests to a mix of Jamaican food, tight lycra outfits and a drag queen.
Episode 19 - Lichfield - Tim
It's the turn of football coach Tim Travers to host, and Tim is determined to prove his worth in the kitchen, with his mum on the other end of the phone to help him out with his American-themed menu
Episode 20 - Lichfield - Amanda
It's the final night, and there are high hopes for Amanda's evening. But an accident at the table has the guests in hysterics, with straight-talking Ronnie describing it as her 'worst nightmare'.
Episode 21 - Harrogate - Jane
Fifty-two-year-old fun farm-girl Jane Steele is the first to host in Harrogate. She plans a meal featuring twists on classic dishes and some fancy wine to wash it down.
Episode 22 - Harrogate - Cassy
Horse enthusiast Cassy Bell hopes her jockey-themed evening will put her in the running to win the £1000, confident that her gastro-pub food is just the ticket
Episode 23 - Harrogate - Cathy
Veteran punk turned cupcake seller Cathy has decided to go back to her Irish roots, with a menu including homemade soda bread, cockle soup, oysters, roast lamb and stout-infused toffee pudding
Episode 24 - Harrogate - Simon
Photographer and all round cool cat Simon Meyer takes a laid-back approach to hosting in Harrogate. Simon's chicken soup starter goes down almost too well.
Episode 25 - Harrogate - Alasdair
On the final night from in and around Harrogate local toff Alasdair Moore tries to impress his guests with smart wines and 'proper' dinner party food
Episode 26 - Winchester - Ptol
Livewire Ptol Slattery is first to host in Winchester and is convinced his high quality food and fine wine make victory inevitable. Sadly Ptol's menu leaves his guests underwhelmed.
Episode 27 - Winchester - Patricia
It's the turn of DJ Francis Leigh to try and dazzle his guests. Francis plans a Thai meal with a twist, including sunburnt chicken curry and a dessert simply called 'sticky'.
Episode 28 - Winchester - Francis
It's the turn of waitress Patricia to see if she can win over her guests with her Peruvian food and Latin-themed dinner party, including a traditional dance that involves a candle and a donkey jaw
Episode 29 - Winchester - Georgia
Care-home worker Georgia Groves plans a black tie affair for her evening in Winchester, with red carpet, posh frocks... and a spray-tan booth
Episode 30 - Winchester - William
William Tilsley plans a vegetarian menu and a blind food-tasting game for the last night in Winchester. Later on, Patricia does an impression of Ptol and spits her wine all over another guest.
Episode 31 - North Kent - Yvette
Clairvoyant and medium Yvette Tamara is first to host in this competition in north Kent, where the night gets off to a spooky start
Episode 32 - North Kent - John
Data analyst John Tower is latest to host in North Kent. What will his guests make of John's Filipino fatty pork stew and psychedelic dessert?
Episode 33 - North Kent - Yemi
Project manager Yemi Christopher-Soares hopes her guests will lap up her Nigerian-inspired menu and share her fondness for spice.
Episode 34 - North Kent - Jono
Jono Simm is convinced his wholesome and hearty menu is a winner. Sadly, two of his guests aren't convinced by the cooking.
Episode 35 - North Kent - Lisa
It's the turn of cheeky, party-loving Lisa Townend, with her menu full of mysterious French fancies - including coq surprise. Her innovative entertainment is human roulette.
Episode 36 - Merseyside - Danielle
First to host is Danielle Greenwood, who has high hopes for her down-to-earth menu and her warm welcoming style of hosting
Episode 37 - Merseyside - Steven
Pastoral care manager Steven Booth is a mega Tina Turner fan and has named each of his courses after one of the diva's songs
Episode 38 - Merseyside - Jade
Glamorous PR lady Jade Chantelle is convinced her guests will be blown away by her night as host, which features a high class menu, lashings of champagne and a game of roulette.
Episode 39 - Merseyside - Anna
Primary school teacher Anna plans a fairy-tale evening, featuring a Mad Hatter's soup, a pork dish cooked three ways, and baked cheesecake. Will her menu prove too childish for grown up palettes?
Episode 40 - Merseyside - Jamie
As the week in and around Merseyside draws to a close, it's the turn of 36-year-old Michael Bublé impersonator Jamie Somers to host. Can Jamie and Jade put their differences from last night aside?
Episode 41 - Cardiff - Nicola
On the first night in Cardiff, dog-mad shop manager Nicola Steele serves prawn cocktail and meat-free lasagna. She also has some doggy surprises and unusual entertainment up her sleeve.
Episode 42 - Cardiff - Jerry
King of the name droppers Jerry Lockett is second to host in Cardiff. Jerry holds his night at his cousin's mansion and serves up dollops of food with a huge side order of celebrity.
Episode 43 - Cardiff - Rachael
No-nonsense army wife Rachael Smith is third to host in Cardiff. Competitive Rachel fully intends to win the prize, and things might get ugly if she doesn't.
Episode 44 - Cardiff - Sam
Flamboyant costume designer Sam Clarke hosts a Mexican themed night for an evening that is full of sizzle and spice. Two of the guests fight, while a game leaves everyone crying.
Episode 45 - Cardiff - Andrea
Child-minder Andrea Grainger plans a traditional Welsh menu and a warm welcome. And if this doesn't work she has some fun and games lined up to help her win the prize.
Episode 46 - Rochdale - Tanya
Fitness instructor Tanya Manock hosts a stylish Mediterranean feast for her guests at the start of a week of competitive dining in Rochdale
Episode 47 - Rochdale - Rod
Business coach and passionate foodie Rod Tonge is determined to impress. But he has already offended glamorous fitness instructor Tanya, and HR manager Claire Lemon predicts fireworks at the table.
Episode 48 - Rochdale - Claire
HR manager Claire Lemon hopes to compensate for 'imperfect cooking skills' with her bubbly personality and superior hosting ability on day three in Rochdale
Episode 49 - Rochdale - Dean
Psychic medium Dean Fox plans to put his supernatural skills to good use on Day 4 in Rochdale. His main goes down very well, even with Tanya, only for the pudding to bomb.
Episode 50 - Rochdale - Sadiya
It's the last night in Rochdale and the turn of feisty mum Sadiya Hussein to host. Will the tension between Sadiya and Tanya finally explode?
Episode 51 - Northamptonshire - Jules
Makeup artist Jules Osmany hopes that her Indian/ Moroccan fusion menu and laid-back attitude to life will win her the prize
Episode 52 - Northamptonshire - Peter
Funeral service manager Peter Pickering is dead set on hosting a traditional dinner party reminiscent of the 1920s. But his guests don't much like the thought of his bread-and-butter pudding.
Episode 53 - Northamptonshire - Stephanie
Stay-at-home mum Stephanie Reeder's nerves are evident from the outset on her night in Northamptonshire. She's planning to serve classic fish and chips with a glamorous swishing session for fun.
Episode 54 - Northamptonshire - Lauren
Tweny-six-year-old business planning manager Lauren Oxlade is an organised and passionate cook and has a few surprising friends who she's invited along to her party. Could she be the dark horse?
Episode 55 - Northamptonshire - Carl
Managing director and proud Northerner Carl Johnson plans a menu that includes gammon cooked in two litres of cola. But what will the guests make of his lumpy chocolate mousse?
Episode 56 - Exeter - Steve
New Zealander Steve Levy is first to host and has gone to town with his home inspired menu, cooking prawns, fish and two desserts.
Episode 57 - Exeter - Richard
Music-mad foodie Richard Kaye is second to host in Exeter and is confident he can impress his guests with his culinary know-how. He especially hopes to dazzle one guest in particular.
Episode 58 - Exeter - Glen
Self-assured PR/marketing bod Glen King is confident she will be the 'hostess with the mostest' in Exeter, and has gone all out to impress, even co-ordinating her dishes with her surname.
Episode 59 - Exeter - Sarah
In Exeter, Sarah Wallis is ready to explode out of her shell with a hilarious evening including a terrifying greeting and some rather unusual cocktails.
Episode 60 - Exeter - Estelle
It's the final night in Exeter and singleton Estelle Macrow is keen to discover whether she has it in her to successfully host a dinner party.
Episode 61 - Dundee - Bill
First to cook in Dundee is alarm company owner Bill Black, who plans a belt-busting menu for his guests
Episode 62 - Dundee - Alex
Architectural technician Alex Pithouse is second to host in Dundee and plans on giving his guests an education in fine dining with a complex menu and some fine wines
Episode 63 - Dundee - Hannah
Vegetarian cat lover Hannah Wilson is cooking Italian in Dundee and has a cunning plan to win over her carnivore guests - dish up some meat with her starter.
Episode 64 - Dundee - Phil
Fourth to cook in Dundee is self-styled food critic Phil Petrie, who has been less than impressed with the standard of food so far...
Episode 65 - Dundee - Kim
On the final night in Dundee, Kim Gillespie plans a 'Yorkshire-themed' menu featuring dishes from Spain and Thailand, accompanied by a Scottish choir singing American songs!
Episode 66 - Peterborough - Warren
First to host in Peterborough is salesman and wannabe rapper Warren Temple, who believes his Spanish menu is good enough to win him the prize
Episode 67 - Peterborough - Donna
Hippy entrepreneur Donna Trafford is second to host in Peterborough and plans a colourful evening of delicious food and relaxed fun.
Episode 68 - Peterborough - Susie
On the third night in Peterborough, glamour model and columnist Susie Hutson is out to prove she's not the dizzy blonde some of the guests assume she is
Episode 69 - Peterborough - Vicki
It's the turn of straight-talking business woman Vicki Culverhouse to host in Peterborough. She surprises the group when she unleashes some poetry at the table.
Episode 70 - Peterborough - Robin
Veterinary nurse Robin Hills is the final host in this new competition in Peterborough and hopes his animal-themed night will be a big hit with his guests, as well as his well-presented cuisine.
Episode 71 - Yeovil - Emmy
First to host in Yeovil is 28-year-old PR manager Emmy Webster, who hopes to impress her guests with locally sourced produce and a main course of Somerset pork
Episode 72 - Yeovil - Steve
Disc jockey Steve Carpenter is second to host in Yeovil. Raconteur and quick wit, Steve hopes that sourcing the finest ingredients for his 'country style' cooking will secure him the prize.
Episode 73 - Yeovil - Mel
Hosting the third dinner in Yeovil is diminutive fork-lift driver Mel Dunford. With an exotic menu, Mel hopes to prove her doubters wrong. And if the food doesn't work, there's always her singing...
Episode 74 - Yeovil - Alan
Business owner and muscle man Alan Bunter hopes that his enthusiasm for all things Japanese will brush off on his guests and propel him into the lead
Episode 75 - Yeovil - Andy
Last to host in Yeovil is 50-year-old used car dealer Andy Neil, with a swanky home and a selection of six amuse-bouches for his starter. But who will win the £1000 cash prize?
Episode 76 - Cheltenham - Oli
First to host in Cheltenham is hotel consultant Oli Delaunoy, 46. Oli plans to wow his guests with his posh scallop starter and meaty main, but it's his loud and vivacious personality he's banking on.
Episode 77 - Cheltenham - Jan
Nurse Jan Blomer hopes to impress with her good honest home cooking: chicken with sun dried tomatoes for her main and home-made ice cream for dessert
Episode 78 - Cheltenham - Zak
Super-competitive events director and body building fanatic Zak Roby cooks Thai tien of crab served with fashionable micro herbs and a duo of duck main
Episode 79 - Cheltenham - Kimberley
Aussie admin assistant Kimberley Thomas aims for a sophisticated evening, and hopes to impress with her meaty starter of pork belly and apple salad and her pie main course
Episode 80 - Cheltenham - Paddy
It's the final day of the competition in Cheltenham and the turn of stay-at-home dad Paddy Castledine to host
Episode 81 - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - Andrea
First to host is marketing manager and proud village dweller Andrea Nichols, whose garden has been decked out with straw and stuffed chickens. Will her cottage cheese mousse prove her undoing?
Episode 82 - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - Penny
Kitchenware saleswoman Penny Peklivanas is confident her majestic house will impress her guests. But her croissant-based main and bragging prove controversial.
Episode 83 - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - Tim
Twenty-five-year-old IT analyst and music producer Tim Lawson plans to wow his guests with ingredients brought back from Morocco.
Episode 84 - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - Nicola
Dance instructor Nicola O'Donnell plans a Caribbean-inspired night. But while her guests are expecting very little from the night, Nicola's determined to prove them wrong.
Episode 85 - Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire - Andy
It's the turn of DJ Andy Harvey, who plans to pull out all the stops in his house in Stevenage, with extravagant food and mind-blowing entertainment, including a luminous underwater disco.
Episode 86 - York - Rachel
It's the first day of Christmas in York and host Rachel Speight-McGregor plans to wow her guests with a full-on Christmas night including carol singers on arrival.
Episode 87 - York - Gyles
The second Christmas host is laid back junior doctor Gyles Morrison, who serves up a uniquely Caribbean take on a traditional Christmas dinner.
Episode 88 - York - Nicola
It's the third day of Christmas in York and vegetarian host Nicola Gregory hopes to convert four carnivores with her completely meat-free festive menu.
Episode 89 - York - Harry
It's the fourth day of Christmas in York and 23 year-old host Harry Baines wants to prove to his fellow contestants that his youth doesn't mean he can't hold his own in the kitchen.
Episode 90 - York - Estella
It's the fifth and final day of a festive week in York, and pub landlady Estella Nicholson hosts Christmas dinner in her own boozer. But who will win the prize?
Episode 91 - Come Dine with Me Christmas
This celebrity special features former Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding, Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, TV personality Jennifer Ellison, actor Alex Carter, and Mrs Moneypenny from SuperScrimpers
Episode 92 - Come Dine with Me Christmas
This festive celebrity culinary competition features Rav Wilding, Rebecca Adlington, Jennifer Ellison, Alex Carter and Mrs Moneypenny from SuperScrimpers
Episode 93 - Come Dine with Me Christmas
This festive celebrity special features former Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding, swimmer Rebecca Adlington, TV personality Jennifer Ellison, actor Alex Carter and Mrs Moneypenny from SuperScrimpers
Episode 94 - Come Dine with Me Christmas
This festive celebrity special features presenter Rav Wilding, Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, TV personality Jennifer Ellison, actor Alex Carter, and Mrs Moneypenny from SuperScrimpers
Episode 95 - Come Dine with Me Christmas
Festive celebrity competition features Rav Wilding, Rebecca Adlington, Jennifer Ellison, Alex Carter and Mrs Moneypenny
Episode 96 - Welsh Valleys: Kerry
Dog lover Kerry Bolwell-Williams keeps the food simple while welcoming her guests with a full Welsh choir. But how will Kerry respond when a guest alleges that her home has a whiff of dog?
Episode 97 - Welsh Valleys: Dave
Confident foodie Dave Morris hopes his home-grown herbs, hand-picked fruit and complicated menu will win him the prize.
Episode 98 - Welsh Valleys: Tasnim
Shop owner Tasnim Sardar hopes her Pakistani-inspired party will bag her the prize. Financial advisor Gill Leonard likes her curries - and her men - to be hot and spicy...
Episode 99 - Welsh Valleys: Ryan
Man about town Ryan Woodward has put a lot of thought into his dinner party and yet each of his courses goes wrong. From a bread blunder to a clam crisis, his cooking goes from bad to worse.
Episode 100 - Welsh Valleys: Gill
It's the final night and the turn of financial advisor Gill Leonard to don the oven gloves. Later, Gill makes a remarkable revelation to her shocked guests.
Episode 101 - Eastbourne - Kirsty
First to host is 27-year-old trainee teacher Kirsty Davenport. Will opting to keep her food simple prove a wise move by Kirsty? And will she and the other guests tire of Russell's constant jokes?
Episode 102 - Eastbourne - Anne-Marie
Ann-Marie Hamilton plans to reveal her fun side by singing in her garden. Joker Russell Turnbull can't resist throwing in some funnies, but serious foodie Adam Holt isn't amused.
Episode 103 - Eastbourne - Becci
It's Day 3 in Eastbourne and hairdresser Becci Moloney's outdoor bar is a hit with Kirsty and Ann-Marie. Russell and Adam don't know what to make of Becci's collection of recycled toilets.
Episode 104 - Eastbourne - Adam
Food aficionado Adam Holt takes his turn at hosting in Eastbourne, and expectations are high. But some guests are surprised by a menu that doesn't amount to much more than posh bangers and mash.
Episode 105 - Eastbourne - Russell
Funny man Russell Turnbull hosts the final night in Eastbourne. Russell's played his cards close concerning his culinary skills and some of his rivals are intrigued to discover he plans a fancy menu.
Episode 106 - North Devon - Hector
Eco campaigner Hector Christie hopes to wow everyone with a selection of raw food delights and home grown produce. However the guests are more amazed by Tapeley Park, the stately home he lives in.
Episode 107 - North Devon - Kirsten
Former cabaret queen and make-up artist Kirsten Brend hosts a Danish themed night. Her traditional Danish menu goes down a treat.
Episode 108 - North Devon - Damion
Slate salesman Damion Fearnley aims to impress his guests with a carefully crafted menu of restaurant quality food
Episode 109 - North Devon - Jenny
Theatre nurse Jenny Fox hopes to execute her evening with medical precision. But eco-campaigner Hector takes exception to her choice of main course and bad feeling between Viv and Kirsten continues.
Episode 110 - North Devon - Viv
It's the final night in North Devon and hosting this evening is retired housekeeper Viv Foster. She's going all out to impress with a butler, silver service and her favourite recipes.
Episode 111 - Essex - Tony
First to host is 43-year old trucker and keen foodie Tony Houston. He's hoping to wow his guests with his scallops on black pudding with pea puree.
Episode 112 - Essex - Anthony
Second to host is cheeky sandwich shop owner, Anthony Street. After annoying everyone with his cutlery obsession and questionable table manners, Anthony's got his work cut out impressing his guests.
Episode 113 - Essex - Claire
The host is no-nonsense driving instructor Claire Kelly. The flirty mum-of-two is a bit of a 'chuck it all in and see' type of cook, but this doesn't dampen her confidence.
Episode 114 - Essex - Richard
It's the turn of entrepreneur Richard Harris. But not everyone's impressed to discover he's had professional help with his foraging. Can a choral performance soothe the atmosphere?
Episode 115 - Essex - Kerrie
It's the final night in Essex, and teacher Kerrie Brinkley-Whittington's hosting is under fire. Her rhubarb dessert could be just as controversial. Can she still walk away with the prize?
Episode 116 - Wigan - Geoff
It's Viva Espana in Wigan as the competition kicks off with first host, hospital theatre practitioner Geoff Conway, who is attempting to wow his guests with an epic nine-course tapas feast
Episode 117 - Wigan - Natalie
In Wigan and the second host is 27-year-old hairdressing salon owner Natalie Crompton. Natalie loves a party and she has high hopes for a fun-filled evening, with some very special treats in store.
Episode 118 - Wigan - Alan
Music teacher and funeral singer Alan Gregory attempts the performance of a lifetime with an evening of what he hopes will be great Greek grub
Episode 119 - Wigan - Simon
Simon's hoping for a celebration, because not only is it his turn to host but it's also his birthday. Simon's hoping his posh menu will be enough to dazzle his guests.
Episode 120 - Wigan - Caroline
Nurse practitioner Caroline Heaven is hoping to end the week with a bang by showing her Wigan guests a 'proper' Lancashire night
Episode 121 - Woking and Weybridge: Vincenzo
Ice cream man Vincenzo Ferlita stays true to his Italian and Sicilian roots, creating a home-made feast. With a wealth of family recipes, including a big Sicilian sausage, what could go wrong?
Episode 122 - Woking and Weybridge: Sarah
Canadian craft-maker and housewife Sarah Maynard is second to host, and her guests are in for a bit of a surprise as she won't be serving up maple syrup pancakes, but a three course Turkish feast
Episode 123 - Woking and Weybridge: Steve
Steve Carvill hopes a night of fine food and fun will score him big points and is taking no prisoners with his menu, making home-made pasta and white chocolate panacotta from scratch
Episode 124 - Woking and Weybridge: Sara
It's the turn of dog-mad gardener Sara Gilding to host, for what will be her first dinner party for over 20 years
Episode 125 - Woking and Weybridge: Kelly
It's the last dinner and the turn of children's entertainer Kelly Cummins to host. The guests are hoping that dog-loving Sara Gilding does not return to her critical ways.
Episode 126 - Dumfries and Galloway
Dairy farmer's wife and self-confessed Disney princess Charlene Fry-Henderson kicks off the competition in south west Scotland
Episode 127 - Dumfries and Galloway
It's the turn of carefree, horse-mad banker Olive Melville to show off her culinary skills. Can Olive impress with her risky crab starter? Or will it be a claw too far?
Episode 128 - Dumfries and Galloway
Local radio DJ and funnyman Tommy Jardine tries to impress his guests with chicken stuffed with haggis
Episode 129 - Dumfries and Galloway
It's the fourth night in Dumfries and Galloway, and the turn of trainee teacher and DJ Josh Jones to take to the kitchen. If the food doesn't blow his guests' minds then the entertainment might.
Episode 130 - Dumfries and Galloway
Can Tammy Rice's traditional Scottish fare and a side order of straight talking help her secure the top spot on the last night in Dumfries and Galloway?
Episode 131 - South London: Michelle
Divorce lawyer Michelle Camacho plans a 1970s menu including duck a l'orange, 'psychedelic coleslaw', groovy veg and bloody Mary sorbet
Episode 132 - South London: Matt
Pub manager and artist Matt Wren struggles with disasters in the kitchen. And while Michelle and Licia spat, Raphael Steele finds himself charmed by Charlotte.
Episode 133 - South London: Licia
Print manager and livewire Licia Snow plans a laid back evening with a few rustic and homely touches. But there's fat chance of this happening, the way she and Michelle bicker.
Episode 134 - South London: Raphael
It's Raphael Steele's first ever dinner party and he plans some ackee, saltfish and curried goat, with steel drums for entertainment
Episode 135 - South London: Charlotte
Swedish businesswoman Charlotte Sundberg hopes a night of schnapps, Swedish folk song singing and some classic Swedish cuisine will win her the prize on the last night in South London
Episode 136 - Vale of Aylesbury: Natalie
Natalie Dixon plans an Asian fusion menu. Her guests are cabbie John Feore, food regulation lawyer Greg Pearson, football club MC Mike Botto and sales manager Bekki Jones.
Episode 137 - Vale of Aylesbury: John
John Feore treats his guests to a taste of Ireland, cooking a traditional roast with all the trimmings, but has he bitten off more than he can chew with the challenge of timing his meal?
Episode 138 - Vale of Aylesbury: Bekki
Competitive sales manager Bekki Jones is determined to win with her perfect hosting and delightful dinner
Episode 139 - Vale of Aylesbury: Greg
Greg reckons his foodie knowledge will help him bag the grand. But Bekki's out for revenge after Greg caused a fuss about her lemon tart.
Episode 140 - Vale of Aylesbury: Mike
Mike Botto hopes his Italian evening will be a winner, including spag bol and a Pavarotti impersonator to sing for his guests.
Episode 141 - Boston: Annika
In Boston, Lincolnshire self-confessed hippy Annika plans country fayre and game for her guests - farmer's wife Carolyn, electrical engineer Adrian, Polish national Sylwia and glamorous mother Katy
Episode 142 - Boston: Katy
Competitions fanatic Katy is convinced her organised approach will help her bag the prize. But what will Katy's guests make of her savoury profiteroles?
Episode 143 - Boston: Adrian
Adrian is on the charm offensive with some impressive spicy food. But his final surprise of the evening could be one step too far.
Episode 144 - Boston: Sylwia
Polish-born carer Sylwia plans some top notch cooking that takes her guests on a tour of all the places she's lived in the world. There's also some strangely European entertainment in the pipeline.
Episode 145 - Boston: Carolyn
The fox hunting hard to please Carolyn plans on bringing her nice side to the table after a week spent criticising her fellow contestants


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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA9) -- Spores of dangerous mold in a family apartment send a 9-month-old baby and her mother to the hospital, but it may still be impossible to get the landlord to clean up his act.
Father Karim Evans would do anything to keep his little girl safe, but he couldn't protect her from dangerous mold that made her and her mother sick.
One morning, the family rushed 9-month-old Sarai to the emergency room. The diagnosis was mold exposure. Her rash was treated by her pediatrician. Her mother was prescribed an inhaler.
In a week's time the family moved. Most of their furniture was destroyed. Their mattresses, clothes, and shoes were covered in mold.
The complex they lived in is the gated community of The Reserve at Eisenhower, owned and operated by Equity Residential. We stopped by to get some answers and were given an off-site manager. We called and still nothing.
Emails obtained by WUSA9 show management finally sent a maintenance crew to the first floor apartment, admitted it was damp and offered a de-humidifier but failed to remediate the mold.
Equity Residential has agreed to dry clean most of the family members' clothes but the family just wants life to get back to normal. Above all, Karim Evaa ns worries about long-term effects for mom and their 9-year-old and the 9-month-old daughters.


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Top Ten Must-Reads on IBM Networking Strategy
There's been so much going on in the world of data networking lately that I hardly know where to begin. It feels like I've been living on Internet Time this year (maybe you have, too); it's hard to believe it's already most of the way through first quarter. So, while I usually don't take this approach, I thought that the fastest way to get everyone up to date on all the latest networking news would be to let you pick your favorites from the list of my recent presentations, podcasts, and webinars.
For starters, I recently got back from the Open Network Exchange meeting in New York City, sponsored by Network World magazine in mid-February. I gave a talk on how software-defined networking is being used as part of the ODIN network architecture, including some thoughts on finding a standard definition for SDN (something even Bob Metcalf hasn't been able to do). I also spoke about how SDN disrupts existing markets, reviewed IBM's early client adopters & the benefits they have realized, and offered a few thoughts on what the future holds. You can see my presentation, plus others from the conference, at this site:
Of course, there's still a lot of debate among different parts of the industry regarding what SDN really means. In particular, the datacom and telecom worlds have surprisingly different perspectives on this issue. I recently participated in a roundtable discussion on this topic, along with representatives from Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, MRV, AT&T, Verizon, Orange, Ericsson, Rad Data Communications, and the ONF; you can listen to the discussion here In the future we plan more of these round table discussions, leading up to the 2013 MPLS/Ethernet World Congress, so keep watching as the debate continues.
I still feel that network virtualization is the next big thing in our industry, and software-defined networking has become one of the hottest topics since the creation of Ethernet 25 years ago (if your memory doesn't go back that far, read the first chapter in your CCNA qualification guidebook to see how the world used to be made up of private networks from IBM, DEC, Xerox, and others). While SDN is almost certainly over-hyped right now, I believe it's nearing the peak of the Gartner Group hype cycle, as evidenced by some early adopters who have found high value use cases for this technology. To hear more, listen to my podcast with Lippis Group on SDN enablement of next generation data centers, recorded December 2012
If you're a regular reader of my blog and Twitter feed, then you know that I'm passionate about open standards. In fact, if somebody tries to tell you they have SDN working in their data center today, but it only runs on their equipment, don't believe them…SDN only works when it's part of a larger, standards-based data center strategy. If you'd like to read about that larger strategy, and how it relates to big data, analytics, and other workloads, there's a nice, short introduction in the new IBM RedPaper Point of View (PoV) article series. Sponsored in part by the IBM Academy of Technology, these new Redpapers bring you all the key facts for a quick tutorial on a subject, and refer you to the much longer Redbooks for a step-by-step cookbook on how to make them work for you. Redpapers are available on a wide range of topics; for data networking, start with my PoV on data networking IBM Redbooks PoV publication, #redp-4933-00 ,
Late last year, the governor of New York State announced the creation of a new, $3M Center for Cloud Computing and Analytics, based at Marist College. IBM has funded an SDN research lab which is affiliated with this group, and which will also be taking advantage of Marist's membership in the Internet 2 consortium (regular blog readers will also recall that Marist is the first academic institution to endorse ODIN). While this program is still in its early days, Marist has successfully built an SDN testbed using the Floodlight controller, made contributions to the Floodlight distro, released an open source SDN dashboard tool called Avior, and begun to prototype SDN in a mainframe enterprise environment. The college recently presented a 90 minute, sold-out presentation on their SDN work at the TIP 2013 conference in Hawaii; if you didn't get a trip to this tropical paradise to hear them, you can still find their presentation and summaries of their recent work.
Did I hear someone ask how Google is using optical
technologies to add value in their data center networks? (yes, I have the technology to hear you
through my blog page, but if I told you how it works I'd have to kill
you). Anyway, some of my colleagues at
Google recently weighed in on this topic for Laser Focus World, and I was
subsequently invited to present a
webinar based on their work (with a few of my own recent accomplishments thrown
in). You might not agree with everything
they have to say (after all, very few of us are running a data center with
Google's requirements), but it's always interesting to hear one of the biggest
network operators on the planet talking about optical technology. You can listen to an on-demand playback of my webinar, which cites the original Google article.
You can find out more about speakers on these and other related topics by visiting the OFC cloud/datacom landing page
Also, I'll be doing a live daily blog from OFC starting March 17, so be sure to check this site for regular updates during the conference. Or you can stop by & visit me in person, either during my presentation for the OIDA workshop on metrics for aggregated networks or my tutorial on optical interconnects for datacom on Tuesday, March 19. I'll also be stopping by the Elsevier booth on the trade show floor to check on plans for the fourth edition of my book, the Handbook of Fiber Optic Data Communication, coming out later this year (but that's another blog….)
As I've said before, this is a very interesting time to be an optical network engineer. I hope that some of these recent articles appeal to you, and if there's another topic you'd like to see me cover, drop me a line or send me a tweet (@Dr_Casimer). And if anybody would like to get together at OFC/NFOEC in Anaheim, be sure to let me know!


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A California Twist on Tuscan Sunshine
I was lucky enough to spend 2 days in California's wine country. As I sat sipping a chilled white wine on the Sterling Vineyard terrace, looking out over the Napa Valley, I felt gratified (and maybe a tiny bit smug.) "See, Frances Mayes, we can live your Italian paradise right here in our backyard!"
Frances Mayes' Latest Book
Frances Mayes recently authored Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life. She sings the praises of Bramasole, the Tuscan home and gardens she and her husband Ed have painstakingly restored over twenty years.
If you want to see pictures of those beautiful plantings, go to her slick website (funded by her Random House publishers). "Jasmine is narcotizing!" is her last entry on the website; Mayes' sensualized take on life shines through here.
Recipes, Too!
On both the Frances Mayes' website, and in the pages of Every Day in Tuscany, you'll find scrumptious recipes, not only of Tuscany, but sometimes of Mayes' Georgia upbringing. She raves about fresh flavors and local produce simply cooked, the chant of a "locavore."
Sonoma Parallels
So there I was in The Girl and the Fig, eating outdoors in the balmy night air, sampling goat cheeses, and fig cakes, and local wines. One of the reasons our family was visiting Sonoma and Napa counties is that we had an out-of-town guest.
Napa Surprises
The second reason was that we had recently enjoyed the DVD Bottle Shock, filmed at the Chateau Montelena winery in the Calistoga area. It's a funny, fictionalized version of 1976 events when Napa Valley vintners stunned the French wine industry by taking top awards in a blind tasting.
Photo Credit: K. Kitada
Author Bio:
As a member of two book clubs, Karen Y. reads frantically, looking for structure, meaning, and the author's intent. Materials related to Japan, food, arts and crafts, travel, and style attract her like a magnet.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- Talks continue in Washington Wednesday on the so-called Fiscal Cliff, a mix of tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect next year if lawmakers don't stop them. Republicans and Democrats have less than 50 days to come up with that agreement.
Today, President Obama will meet with top American CEOs. Yesterday, labor leaders went to the White House to share their position on what should be done.
If the nation is allowed to "go over the Cliff," the Tax Policy Center estimates the average household faces a tax increase of $3,500. The Center estimates that overall taxes could get hiked by more than $500 billion next year. Nearly 90 percent of Americans would pay more in taxes, mainly because of the expiration of a cut in Social Security taxes and many of the Bush era tax cuts going away. Low-income households would pay more due to expiration of tax credits in the 2009 stimulus. High-income households would be hit hard by higher tax rates on ordinary income, capital gains, and dividends and by the new health reform taxes.
Americans don't have a lot of faith that Congress will get the job done. A new poll shows many Americans think lawmakers are too far apart. Half told Pew Research they think the lame-duck Congress won't reach a deal.


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Rev. Thomas Lee Thompson
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The Rev. Thomas Lee Thompson, 66, of Fair Street, died Friday, March 21, 2014, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Lexington Senior High School Lee Mabe Auditorium. Burial will follow in Lexington City Cemetery with full military honors.
Visitation will be an hour before the service.
A public viewing will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Friday at Roberts Funeral Service.
He was born Nov. 30, 1947, in Pinewood, S.C., to Elder Willie Thompson and Tisha Mae Hilton Thompson. He was last employed by the State of North Carolina as a truck driver and served in the U.S. Army. He was a faithful member of Good Hope FBH Church as an associate pastor. He served as pastor of Good Hope FBH Church, Gray's Chapel FBH Church, Mount Holly FBH Church, Athens FBH Church and Zion FBH Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; son Paul James Thompson; mother-in-law Margaret Norman; and brother-in-law Marty Burns.
His memory will forever be cherished by his wife, Mary L. Norman Thompson of the home; grandson Paul Jordan Goll; daughter-in-law Tangela Thompson; seven brothers, Gerald (Delma) Thompson, Gary (Terry) Thompson, Joe (Tracye) Thompson, Jerry (Audrey) Thompson, Daniel (Alvita) Thompson, David Thompson and Johnny (Tia) Thompson; four sisters, Mary (Chenner) Smith, Geraldine (Eddie) Little, Brenda (Timothy) Holt and Catherine (James) Galloway; brother-in-law Eugene (Marie) Norman; two sisters-in-law, Carolyn Burns and Gwen Norman; and a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.robertsfuneral.com.
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|Peekin' into the Past
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
|Wednesday, 03 October 2012 10:55
Five Years Ago
John Ayoub has been offered a contract for the CEO position at Melissa Memorial Hospital after serving as interim administrator since March 1.
Phillips County Commissioners voice concern that time is running out to raise funds for the challenge grant awarded for the proposed Phillips County Event Center. In April 2006, the Gates Family Foundation agreed to give the project $307,000 if the rest of the funds are provided by the county by Nov. 1, 2007. The county has raised $2,458,737, but still needs $603,000 before the deadline.
After weeks of studying the potential benefits of consolidating all of the law enforcement entities into a single agency, Phillips County Commissioners reported Monday it looks like that discussion will cease for now.
New postcards of the Heginbotham Library are now available for purchase. The cards feature a photo of the library, taken by Joanie Groshans, winner of the recent photo contest sponsored by Friends of the Library.
"Shades," a multimedia presentation on the subject of peer pressure, is being sponsored in Holyoke by the local PACT group. The presentation will be shown to the public Oct. 13 and to the junior high and senior high students Oct. 14.
Melissa Memorial Hospital has instituted a new credit policy in order to stem the rising tide of money it loses by writing off unpaid bills. Beginning Oct. 1, the hospital required patients to pay for services when they are rendered unless other arrangements have been made with the hospital's admission or business departments.
The Holyoke Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a sugar beet tour of acreages in Colorado and Nebraska on Oct. 12 to give local residents the opportunity to see the actual digging of beets and the type of equipment being used.
The free watermelon feed sponsored by the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce and the merchants will be held in the business district tomorrow, Oct. 6.
Digging of sugar beets started last Monday, with L.E. Smith and Sons of Imperial, Neb. delivering the first load of beets to the Holyoke station of Great Western Sugar Co.
Holyoke Boy Scouts will distribute large Goodwill bags here Saturday, Oct. 6 and will collect the filled bags one week later, Oct. 13. Scouts in seven towns in this area will participate in the project for Goodwill Industries of Denver.
Darrel "Red" Sullivan, lessee of the local Conoco station, recently purchased the Conoco bulk plant from Leo Dittemore of Julesburg. He took over the business last Thursday, Sept. 25.
The Venango High School band, consisting of 56 members, plus chaperones, will attend Band Day in Lincoln, Neb. on Saturday, Oct. 13.
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I have install Zimbra without any problem.. Everything went well, but its not working.. or probably I don't have clue how to make it work.. Any help will be greatly appreciated... I am really frustrated with whole smtp server thing..
So here is my configuration.. I got Cent OS 4.0 and install zcs-3.0.1_GA_160.RHEL4.tgz (so I guess version 3.0.1). Besides I already have sendmail running on port 25, I got my own Apache (port 80) and Tomcat running (8080). I have name based virtual hosting in Apache and for jsp application Apache forward request to tomcat using jk2.
So now having said all these, when I installed zimbra.. How do I know it installed and working fine? I read admin guide document and it asking me to try https://server.domain.com:7071, but it doesn't work..
Offcourse it won't work in my setup because my server is not running at that port 7072.. So here are few millions question for you pros and creator of Zimbra.. (thanks for your help)
1. I saw Zimbra have its own Apache and tomcat, does it create problems with existing one. ( while installation, I have chosen different port for http and https)
2. How do I know Zimbra is installed and working fine
3. How will it resolve port 7071 admin webpage
4. How do I use that cool email client shown in the website demo?
5. I had to get rid of Zimbra from automatic CentOS boot up services, because if I keep it my CentOS won't bootup.. (WHY) I did manual startup with command "/etc/rc.d/init.d/zimbra start"
5. And many more, but first I wanna understand and resolve this problems so that Zimbra starts working
Thank you so much.. Please help me!!


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A shrub that blooms in the middle of winter? That's right. Imagine a barren winter landscape with snowdrifts and grey streets brought to life by plants covered with small flowers that look like mini-firecrackers or tiny party streamers.
That's witch hazel (Hamamelis spp.), a large shrub that blooms in late fall or late winter, depending on the species, with unique yellow, gold, orange or red flowers. Witch hazels are outstanding landscape plants, particularly in the eastern part of the country from Ontario to Nova Scotia. The flowers are one to two centimetres long, and most cultivars have a delightful spicy fragrance. During the summer, small, horned, capsule-shaped fruit grows at the base of the flowers, eventually splitting to eject two to four shiny black seeds, usually in fall. Foliage is not as showy during the summer months, but as fall approaches, the dark green leaves turn yellow with hints of purple and red. The alternate, oval-shaped leaves are six to 15 centimetres long and are slightly tooth-edged with hairy undersides.
Witch hazel species to plant
There are four main species and one hybrid (H. x intermedia), which is a cross between H. japonica and H. mollis, and almost 100 named varieties, mostly cultivars of H. intermedia. The two species native to North America are common witch hazel (H. virginiana, Zone 4), which blooms in late fall, and vernal witch hazel (H. vernalis, Zone 5), which blooms in early spring. Both are loosely spreading shrubs with an open habit and grow from 4.5 metres tall (vernal) to 10 metres tall (common witch hazel).
Native witch hazels grow in shade but tolerate some sun. Although they can be grown in all kinds of soil, they prefer moist, well-drained conditions. Little pruning is required except to tidy their shape; errant branches should be cut off during flowering.
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What do you make of Skoda's new Atero concept?
Skoda's design students invent a Rapid coupe. We need to know your thoughts
Our latest road tests of this car...
SQ5 Plus? I had enough of algebra at school, thanks.
It's not so much an equation as simple addition, this new Audi SQ5...
Most beguiling Q50 in the range, but not the car of choice in its sector.
Mid-life overhaul keeps the Q5 towards the top of the SUV class. Avoid the petrols and stick to diesel
This is Audi's first ever 'S'-badged diesel model. School-run mums, rejoice!
Facelifted last year, Audi's X3 rival does most of what the Q7 can do without being offensive or OTT
Decent small SUV which fits into Audi's range neatly between the Q3 and aging Q7. It's good, but strangely bland. Like motoring mashed potato.
The Q5 has a long wheelbase for its size thanks to a bit of clever packaging that stuffs the diff behind the engine and ahead of the clutch. That makes for a surprisingly capable tall car that could actually surprise lots of stuff. But it's not fun and not exciting. What we have here is a supremely well-engineered car that doesn't revel in going fast, it just does so cleanly and with the minimum fuss. Top points for ability, less for not caring what it feels like.
Audi bangs on about the Q5 being a 'sporty' SUV, which it isn't really - it's just a bit stiff. It rides well on the smaller wheel sizes, but drop a set of dubs on the thing (they look the best) and the ride quality deteriorates dramatically. Still, the engines are all rather lovely, there's plenty of space and you could use a Q5 everyday and still have a cheeky grin left over.
Most people (77-percent in the UK according to Audi) will plump for the 2.0-TDI with 168bhp, 0-62mph in 9.5 and a top end of 126mph. And you can see why - it just works, smooth, surprisingly revvy, quiet enough. If you want quicker, then you can go for the all-new TFSI petrol with 211bhp, 0-62mph in a Golf GTi-matching 7.2 and 137mph top end. Top of the tree is the 268bhp 3.2-litre TFSI petrol. A fun new model is the SQ5, using Audi's corking BiTurbo V6 diesel.
Not as humongously crap to park in a multi-story carpark as the Q7, the Q5 is actually very, very useful. Plenty of room for four, enough for five, 540-litre boot with the seats up, 1560-litres with them folded. We hate to say this, but you really can stow plenty of stuff and still get there if you like more 'active' sports…
The little diesel will return mid 40s mpg, the bigger V6 diesel late thirties and the 2.0-litre petrol low thirties. Insurance is relatively high too.
The fastestSQ5 Quattro 5dr Tip Auto
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Current AnnouncementsFROM: Dr. Mary Randall RE: 75 good reasons to study French!!!
Sent: 11/4/2013 8:23:06 AM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff
There are 75 good reasons to study French!!!
Here are just a few:
--After English, French ranks as the most used global language; although Chinese is a major economic power, their 3,000-4,000 character writing system precludes the language from bring a major global language;
--More than 50% of English words have an origin in French which makes French easy to learn for native English speakers.
--French is spoken on every continent;
--France is renowned for the quality of its high tech;
--France is the world's major tourist destination with 75 million tourists a year;
--France is in 4th position in terms of world power and does not have the debt problems facing many other major industrialized nations. (A positive sign for joint projects, business and scientific co-operation.)
--Learning French can bring you to an international career. Two French-owned multinational corporations have offices and plants in your backyard—ALSTOM Grid (manufactures high voltage circuit breakers for worldwide distribution) has a plant in Charleroi. Visit their web site at: http://www.alstom.com/careers. Industrial Scientific was recently named one of Pittsburgh's 100 fastest-growing companies. With the recent and continued growth of the company's portable gas detection business, they are looking for people that share a vision of ending death on the job, in this century.. Visit their web at: http://www.indsci.com.
--Learning French MAKES YOU SMARTER!!
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1953 Ford F-100 Cab Corner Replacement - Cuttin' CornersWritten by on October 1, 2009 Filling An F-100 Filler Neck
All in all, the '53 Ford F-100 we rounded up as a body donor to drop on top of the '56 F-100 chassis we've been covering in a continuing tech series was in pretty good shape. That said, the '53 did have rust damage typical of any '53-56 F-100 pickup exposed to the elements for over half a century. Once one begins to familiarize themselves with this series of Ford truck they learn where to look for rust. The first area to rust is on the passenger side cowl, right below the fresh-air intake louvers. The deterioration process begins as soon as the louvers draw in air. The dirtier the air, like encountered on dirt roads or blown in a dust storm, the faster dirt accumulates in the area below the hinge pocket. Then when the rains come the louvers allow water to enter and the dirt turns to mud. The moisture in the mud typically lasts for months before it dries thoroughly and that's all it takes to invite rust. Next in line to rust out are the cab corners. It's basically the same situation, first dirt gets trapped at the bottom of the corners and then water leaks in. If the truck spent its life in the rustbelt where the roads are salted in the wintertime the rust problem probably began to rear its ugly head over four decades ago.
In this segment we are replacing the driver side cab corner first. On 1953-55 Ford pickups this side houses the filler neck for the gasoline tank sandwiched between the framerail and the running board. Because of the filler neck's location and the protective grommet that seals the area shrinks and cracks with age, this side is the first to go and usually rustier than the passenger side corner. The first thing we did to get the show on the road was to place an order with the folks at Dennis Carpenter Ford Restoration Parts in Concord, North Carolina, for a pair of cab corners and the cowl pieces to fix the right side lower hinge pocket. When the order arrived shortly after it was placed we noticed the left side cab corner matched the one-year only design of the '56 F-100. Because the gas tank on the '56 models were relocated to inside the cab and the filler neck was relocated to the upper right side of the cab the '56's driver side cab corner is sans the filler-neck hole. Well they don't call us Custom Classic Trucks for nothing, it only took a few seconds before we seized the opportunity and decided to shave the filler neck and opt for a rear-mounted gas tank. With the cab already at Super Steve's in Anaheim, California, it was just a matter of having Steve allow us to follow along as he did the deed.
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This cab corner is really not all that bad. If we were going to retain the filler-neck hole we would have only used the bottom portion of Dennis Carpenter's cab corner repair section.The first step to shaving the filler-neck hole was to remove the filler-neck tunnel. "Super" Steve used a sharp center punch to mark a pilot hole on the center of each spot weld.Next, Steve drilled the spot welds out with a spot-weld drill bit. This is tricky business for someone who can't distinguish where the top and bottom layers of sheetmetal begin and end.Then Steve laid the new cab corner replacement panel from Dennis Carpenter into its proper position and marked the location with a pencil.With the boundaries indicated in lead, Steve knew where he had to separate the two layers of sheetmetal. After drilling out the spot welds, the next step was to use an air-chisel.Where the air-chisel proved ineffective, Steve used a 3-inch cutoff wheel on a pneumatic die-grinder to cut apart the two layers and separate them.
Wearing protective eye gear Steve braced himself to pull the die-grinder in a straight horizontal line to make the longest cut first.To make the short, vertical cut, Steve repositioned himself to pull the die-grinder downward in a straight line along the 3/4-inch masking tape guideline.This allowed Steve to make a close inspection of what needed to be done to the inner structure before the new cab corner could be welded in place.First, a patch panel would need to be fabricated to cover the old filler-neck's hole. Steve traced the outside diameter of the filler neck with a pencil.Next, he cut out the filler-neck patch piece with a pair of tin snips. A plasma cutter would have made the job easier.Next on the agenda was to make a repair patch to splice in where the original inner panel was rusted out by measuring the (rust) afflicted area.
After grinding off the excess area to ensure the repair patch fit properly, Vise-Grips were used to clamp the patch into place.Keeping the heat down while MIG welding produces a nice tight heat-zone as can be evidenced in this photo. Discoloration of the metal indicates how far the heat traveled away from the weld.Steve used a body hammer backed with a dolly to ensure the patch panel wasn't bent, and laid perfectly flat like original area did.
Steve held the cab corner into place and checked it for alignment. Satisfied, Steve then clamped it into place with Vice-Grips.To determine where the panel needed to be trimmed at the top, Steve moved to the inside of the cab and marked it with a pencil.He then used masking tape to indicate the cut line and used the die-grinder to cut the excess area off.The hole punch was used to poke out holes for the tack-welds, and the paint (primer) was ground off where the welds were to be done.


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Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Anthony Rizzo's three-run double in the top of
the 10th inning lifted the Chicago Cubs over the LA Angels of Anaheim, 8-6, in
the finale of a two-game series.
With the score tied at five, the Angels sent Robert Coello (2-2) to start the
10th. Dioner Navarro walked, Darwin Barney singled and Luis Valbuena walked to
load the bases with two outs. Rizzo then cleared the bases with a double down
the right-field line. Jerome Williams recorded the final out to keep it an 8-5
Mark Trumbo homered off Kevin Gregg (2-0) with one out in the bottom half. Los
Angeles went on to put runners on first and second, but Gregg got Hank Conger
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First of all, I have to defend this show from what it was accused of in another review. It does NOT mock people who follow their path to enlightenment. Read more
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Maybe I just don't like Laura Dern..but I found this show tasteless, unfunny, unmoving and demeaning to those of us who are on a spiritual path of enlightenment: I felt that this show made fun of that way of life. From the stereotypical way she dressed for her "meeting" to the way she "like" had to speak so cool. I was just about to turn it off and vomit when lo and behold a vision of unbridled hotness came into view, Luke Wilson! Other than him, this show is repulsive and offensive. Read more
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I waste an hour watching this ,nothing happen The pilot did the opposite of what it should do, will not waste my time on this again. Read more
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (WUSA/Statter 911) -- Wednesday, an explosion blew the roof off a private ambulance that was on fire at 38th Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Mt. Rainier (Md.), according to Dave Statter from Statter 911.
Bladensburg VFD Chief Randy Kuenzli was at the scene at the time, and shot a video of the incident. After a number of smaller blasts, the private ambulance suffered a major explosion, causing the roof to detach from the car. In Statter's opinion, this was most likely due to an oxygen tank letting loose.
The car caught fire within spitting distance of the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, Station 855, Bunker Hill. According to Statter, Station 855 was assigned elsewhere, and the call was handled by Station 809, Bladensburg VFD. Its engine responded with seven on board, and got there after the explosion that blew the roof off the ambulance.


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Most people have a vague idea that their health is linked to the environment but few understand just how important and intricate the connections are.
This issue of World Conservation explores the many ways our health challenges are linked to the environment and the profound impact we are having on the planet.
A broad range of articles explore how communicating the human health message can boost support for conservation and engage new partners. They look at what's needed to ensure the sustainable use of medicinal plants, how to address the increasing spread of disease in the face of climate change, and the importance of nature to our spiritual and mental health.


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Westminster's Political Science Program
Why Study Political Science at Westminster?
Are you interested in doing an internship with the FBI? How about working as an ESL teacher in Japan? Westminster Political Science students have participated in these and many other impressive programs and careers. This major stresses an understanding and analysis of the American political system as well as the examination of changing global political conditions. Your course work will focus on the study of political behavior, organizations, theories, research methodologies, and governmental institutions.
With political science as its core focus, the curriculum includes relevant courses from a number of disciplines, including communication, economics, environmental studies, globalization, history, management, philosophy and pre-law. The major prepares students for further study in law or graduate school; to enter public service careers in government; to work in the private sector, the policy arena, and/or the political/legislative process; or to conduct research.


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Since he took over:
Price and Pacioretty signed long term, reasonable deals.
Held the line on Subban and got him in under a good number.
Drafted and signed Galchenyuk.
Signed Brandon Prust and Francois Boullion.
They've gone from close to worst to close to first very quickly.
And now the Ryder deal.
I see this as he traded a slumping 35 year old with a publically stated bad attitude and two years left on his contract for a not-slumping 32 year old with an expiring contract...and a third round pick. Huge win for Montreal there.
Love or hate Montreal (hate!), there is no looking past this performance by Bergevin so far. He's doing an incredible job.


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I've seen you on the library computer, using it for various nefarious things. I've seen you. I've seen you playing chess.
Chess is a popular subject in literature, showing up most famously in the book Through the Looking Glass. Why? Likely because chess is an easy metaphor for war, logic, puzzles, madness, and life in general, and allows writers something to draw on for memorable imagery.
It's Stuck Around for a Reason
Traditional chess has been around for over a thousand years, with variations and embellishments added to create the modern game, but its evolution has still not ended. Today, enthusiasts of the game love to explore and create new ways to play the game (as if it wasn't already hard enough), and they've come up with some very interesting changes.
Here's One
It's called Alice Chess and draws its rules of play from Lewis Carroll's book. The players begin with two boards, setting up their pieces on one board just as they would in a normal game. The trick is this: whenever a piece is moved, it is teleported to the same position on the second board, as if it had been pushed through the looking glass. When a piece on the second board is moved, it teleports back to the first board, creating a whole new dimension to attacks and strategies. An opponent's bishop, for instance, can appear without warning behind your line of pawns if you are not careful.
The Finer Points of the Rules
There are a few stipulations to these rules. For one, a move on board A must be a legal move. But also, the square that it is transferred to on the opposite board must be vacant. This means that you cannot capture a piece by teleporting onto it.
Sample Moves
Here are some sample moves to help you get the idea:
This is the game's position after the moves 1.Nf3 e6 2.Ne5 Bc5 which means that the white knight has moved from board A to board B and back again in two moves. The black bishop has moved to board B. On the next move, shown here:
the white knight has taken a black pawn and then transported to board B, while the black bishop sneaks behind enemy lines.
Got the basic idea? Excellent.
Here's a Chess Problem For You to Work On:
Good luck, and let me know if you figure it out, because I sure can't.
Read information and explanations on algebraic chess notation. For more chess resources, read Nicole Pasini's Chess blog.
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I have installed the connector, and it works great from syncing the zimbra calendar down to iCal, but when I create something anything on iCal, it doesn't sync the new information to the Calendar on Zimbra.
i also have another issue issue that not connector related, but when I setup iMail to imap with zimbra, it pulls the folders, but on some machines it doesn't link the sent folder to the one on zimbra. I have a folder it shows called sent that linked with it, but the main sent in iMail doesn't link to it at all on some machines. I sat there removing and re-adding the account and it worked, but this didn't work on other machines.


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I'm going to pretend I'm Stanley, and think that I will be the GM this off season.
I do one of these two things.
1. (both options start with this) Call everyone in the league tonight and try to find a taker for Peverley and Kelly. See if I can get a 5th or 6th rounder for one of them.
2. If no one will take those players, buyouts.
3. re-sign Tuukka. Contrary to ESPN, I think it'll be around 6M as opposed to their generous 8.5 per season.
4. re-sign bergeron. whatever he wants, 8 years.
5. re-sign horton. Has to happen, and before free agency. First try to see if he'll go short term short money to try to cash in the next year. Tell him he'll get paid when the cap goes back up, if not, give him the 5/25 it'll take to sign him.
6. sign, or trade for a decent third line RW that can be a good penalty killer. 1 or 2 year deal.
You get a lineup that looks like this
Marchand (4.5) Bergeron (5) Seguin (5.75)
Lucic (6) Krejci (5.25) Horton (5)
Spooner (.87) Soderberg (1.008) xxxxx
Paille (1.3) Campbell (1.6) Thornton (1.1)
Chara (6.916) Hamilton (1.494)
Bartkowski (.65) Seidenberg (3.25)
Krug (1.704) Boychuk (3.366)
McQuaid (1.566)
Rask (6)
Svedberg (1)
2.795MM in cap room to sign that one RW, with 1.822MM in bonus cushion room that could be used.
option 2.
repeat steps 1-5
6. trade boychuk. This is because i think Hamilton, Krug, Bart, and McQuaid should all be in the lineup every night. I would prefer to keep Seidenberg and Chara over Boychuk in there. I also think the guy is 29, at the peak of his value, and would get significant return.
7. sign Redden, or another D man for depth.
8. sign one of the following. clarkson, dupuis, or iginla for around 5-5.5 mill
lineup looks like this.
Marchand (4.5) Bergeron (5) Seguin (5.75)
Lucic (6) Krejci (5.25) Horton (5)
Spooner (.87) Soderberg (1.008) Clarkson/Iggy/Dupuis (5)
paille (1.3) Campbell (1.6) Thornton (1.1)
Chara (6.917) Hamilton (1.494)
Bartkowski (.65) Seidenberg (3.25)
Krug (1.704) McQuaid (1.566)
Redden or whoever (.8)
Rask (6)
Svedberg (1)
cap room 362K with 1.822 in bonus cushion room.
My two cents. I'm sure most will think I'm stupid. Luckily I'm not the GM


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Problems With Commonly Used Waters
Tap water is a healthier option than soft drinks. But according to the Environmental Working Group, there have been 315 pollutants found in America's tap water since 2004, and over half of these pollutants are completely unregulated and can legally exist in any amount. Bottled water is not necessarily healthier than tap water and yet it costs much more! Although associated with healthy water, bottled water is not guaranteed to be any healthier than tap water. Often the only difference is the added minerals which have no proven health benefits.


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Nike LOVES them some Roger Federer, though you wouldn't know it by the way they dressed him at Wimbledon this year. Anyway...
On June 24 the brand is launching a special Nike Tennis website to commemorate the Swiss' 14 major titles and his attempt at a record-breaking 15th at The All England Club over the coming fortnight. The site includes interactive, historical information on each of his 14 wins.
Fans, especially those infamous Fed fangirls/boys out there, can also leave him personal messages through the site, via Twitter by including #goroger in the tweet, or through Facebook Connect.
More screen captures below. Visit the site at http://niketennis.com/rf.
(images via nike tennis)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Nike Tennis launches new Fed-centric site, fangirls (and boys) rejoice
Labels: Nike, Roger Federer, sponsorship, sports marketing, tennis, websites
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- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Double barf.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 1:43 PM
That was EXACTLY my very first thought!ReplyDelete
Oh Nike, why are you making this guy even stranger and less in-touch!
I say more power to him....tennis players only have so many years when they can cash in on their fame so any and all endorsements and product repping he can do is his perogative...plus, I actually think his new outfit looks pretty cool. Maybe that's just me.ReplyDelete
Speaking of endorsements, has anyone seen the brand new Gillette ad with Roger, Tiger, and Derek Jeter? I just saw it for the first time yesterday…it's a little more serious than the earlier "Staying Alive" spot, probably because of the different musical selection – it's "Dream Within a Dream" by Action Action. Anyway you can check out a video of this ad at : http://displacedbrett.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/actionaction-gillette/
Meh... I like his facebook page and his twitter, but this is just too much! He's fantastic, but I don't need to watch is over and over and over again!ReplyDelete
I'd rather see a website dedicated to all the magic Santoro did over the years. Now THAT would be a website I would add to my faves for sure!
- AnonymousJune 23, 2009 at 9:01 PM
That's awesome.ReplyDelete
I think I might throw up. Seriously, this is what happens if Rafa can't play. TRIPLE BARF.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2009 at 10:56 AM
QUAD BARF!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 24, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Fed was just on ESPN telling us how amazing he is. And now I'm projectile barfing out of my mouth AND my nose. This guy should have married himself.ReplyDelete
It's almost June 25th and the website is still not running! *taps foot impatiently*ReplyDelete


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The fiscal cliff debate has been a gift that keeps on giving — at least to fact checkers. And before it fades to a distant, bitter memory, we thought it useful to sort out a couple of bigger claims made by political leaders.
President Barack Obama has crowed about the deal passed on New Year's Day, boasting it spared middle class taxpayers about $2,000 a year in taxes and reduced the deficit. Both claims stretch the facts.
While it is true that the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $400,000 a year saved an average middle class taxpayer about $2,000 in income taxes, the deal ended a second taxbreak on payroll taxes for Medicare and Social Security. About 77 percent of Americans are facing a higher tax bill in 2013 because of that change.
For families earning between $75,000 to $100,000 the new impact is estimated around $1,200 in 2013, while those in the $40,000 to $50,000 range, the new tax is about $600, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. Obama makes no mention of that tax hike in his rosier assessments.
And as for the deficit claim, Obama is on even shakier factual ground. A report issued by the Congressional Budget Office this week concluded that the fiscal cliff deal increases deficits by $4.6 trillion over 10 years, compared to if the Bush tax cuts were simply allowed to expire. It's hard to call that deficit reduction, though White House aides say they believe the president deserves credit for the deficit effect of eliminating the Bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest sliver of Americans.
On the other side of the political aisle, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., viewed by many as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, raised some political eyebrows when he cast one of the few votes against the bipartisan fiscal cliff deal in the Senate.
It turns out, a tweet he blasted out a few hours before the vote managed to furl the eyebrows of more than a few political truthwatchers, too. Here's the tweet:
"Report that #GOP insisting on changes to Social Security as part of #fiscalcliff false. BTW those changes are supported by @barackobama."
Well, it turns out that claim is a bit too absolute for the facts.
During the early negotiations, Republicans did in fact request a concession called the "chained CPI," a formula that would have slowed the growth of future Social Security payments to seniors. But it was dropped as the final deal was struck.
And it is true that at various times in both the 2011 and 2012 fiscal cliff negotiations, Obama's negotiators embraced the "chained CPI" as a possible concession to Republican, but they too dropped the idea in the final negotiations.
So what Rubio did in his tweet is absolve Republicans of any blame for an idea they had supported and dropped during fiscal cliff negotiations, while trying to make Obama own the idea even though his team had considered but also dropped the idea. And that deserve a penalty flag on the football field of political truth.
Marco Rubio and Barack Obama are unlikely to share many of the same sentiments going forward. But for their efforts of fostering half truths to mislead the public during the fiscal cliff debate, they get to share a rare bipartisan award of the Whopper of the Week.
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