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Ella Single Sconce
A rich rippled texture on the iron base adds visual interest to our beautifully crafted Ella sconce. It's accented with a mouth-blown milk-glass shade for a striking contrast.
- 5.5" wide x 9" deep x 11" high
- Cast of brass and iron.
- Milk-glass shade.
- Ceramic socket.
- Damp UL-listed.
- Hardwire; professional installation recommended.
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Dimensions & Care
- Overall: 5.5" wide x 9" deep x 11" high
- Shade: 5.5" diameter, 6" high
- Back Plate: 3" wide x 6.75" high x 0.5" thick
- Bulb: 40 watts, type A (not included)
- Weight: 3 pounds
- Wipe clean using a soft, dry cloth or static duster.
- To protect the finish, avoid household cleaners and abrasives.
- Do not exceed specified wattage.
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Since its founding in colonial times, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has had close ties to Europe; indeed, the university's seal and motto are derived from those of the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Today, those connections are stronger than ever. Students and faculty from across the university – from the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and professional schools – are deeply engaged in the study of Europe and work with collaborators and institutions across Europe – from the Atlantic to the Urals and from the Mediterranean to the Barents Sea. Rutgers is also host to hundreds of European graduate students and faculty members whose presence strengthens the bonds between Rutgers and numerous universities and institutions in Europe.
At Rutgers, the Center for European Studies (CES) serves as a focal point for students and faculty interested in Europe. The CES supports faculty and graduate student research on Europe across the disciplines and sponsors an interdisciplinary undergraduate major and minor in European Studies. CES director R. Daniel Kelemen holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics. Funded by the European Commission, the Jean Monnet Chair supports teaching, research, and public events on European integration. The CES is also active in outreach throughout the state – in 2010, the CES was awarded a Getting to Know Europe grant by the European Union (EU) Delegation in Washington, D.C., to promote awareness of the EU in communities across New Jersey.
Across the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS), over 100 faculty conduct cutting-edge research and pursue writing on European history, politics, economics, and culture. Among them Belinda Davis writes on social movements in Germany, Bonnie Smith on European women's history, and Nicholas Rennie on European and German intellectual history. Jan Kubik pursues research on civil society and memory in central and east Europe and Susan Martin-Marquez on cultural studies and Spanish-speaking film. A wide range of minor, major, and graduate degrees are offered in English, French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese, Germanic, Russian and East European Languages and Literatures, History, and Medieval Studies. These programs allow our students interested in European studies to focus on every period from Ancient Greece to the present, explore classical Greek drama or modern French film, investigate the history of medieval monarchies, or consider the future of the European Union. In addition to the activities on campus, hundreds of Rutgers undergraduates participate each year in 40 study abroad programs throughout Europe. A recently launched Rutgers study abroad program in Brussels allows students to focus their studies on the European Union and to participate in a wide range of internships.
Rutgers has a long tradition of strong relationships with central and east Europe. Throughout the 1990's Rutgers offered its expertise and resources in support of emerging democracies in the region, especially Poland, through its Local Democracy Partnership program. For those contributions, Rutgers received in 2009 the Laurel of the Foundation from the Founders' Council of the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy. Rutgers faculty with interests and expertise in central and east Europe present numerous fields including comparative literature, history, political science, geography and women's and gender studies among others.
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) finds solutions to global issues that touch the continent of Europe. Departments involved in research and teaching in Europe include Nutritional Science, Meteorology, Marine Science, and Animal Sciences, among others.
In partnership with Babes-Boylai University in Romania, the School of Social Work (SSW) provides an international service learning program focusing on comparative perspectives of social work and social welfare structures in emerging democracies. This study abroad opportunity gives students first-hand experience, working in the emerging programs and services. Fulbright Scholars Shari Munch (2010 - Babes-Boylai University, Romania) and Michael LaSala (2007/08 - Tallinn University, Estonia) provide clinical practice instruction and curriculum development for the ISL program in Romania.
The European Studies Program on the Camden campus offers a minor in European Studies. The program believes that by learning about Britain or Europe as a whole, students are able to learn more about themselves and learn how to view the world from a different lens than the one they once used. Most recently, the Program and Rutgers community celebrated the award of the MacArthur Fellowship to Jacob Soll for insights into the histories of the birth of information culture in European tradition.
Rutgers' links to Europe reflect the broader ties between New Jersey and the region. As a whole, the EU is New Jersey's largest trading partner and its main source of foreign direct investment. Past and recent waves of immigration have left millions of New Jersey residents with strong cultural ties to Europe. Looking to the future, Rutgers will remain engaged with Europe – just as Europe will remain connected to New Jersey.
Over the last decade, faculty at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have developed strong academic ties with several countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Through collaborative research and faculty visits, new contacts and linkages have emerged with scholars in Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Armenia.
Key to Rutgers University involvement in the region has been a long-standing relationship with a variety of the Open Society Institute (OSI) initiatives and programs. Through the Academic Fellowship Program (AFP), fourteen visiting scholars from six countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan) visited Rutgers over the last decade. The AFP program allows visitors to spend one semester every year for three years at the host institution. While at Rutgers, visitors had an opportunity to meet faculty, present their research, teach and visit classes, and work on their own research projects and curriculum development.
Through an OSI funded doctoral studies program in social sciences and humanities, several Ph.D. graduate students from Tajikistan and Moldova have joined Rutgers. Since 2008, when the program was first established and Rutgers accepted the first cohort of Ph.D. students, additional students have arrived at the university every year. Currently, they pursue their degrees in political science, sociology, economics, and geography.
The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) is active in researching the natural resource rich environment of Central Asia. The International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) Program, a multi-disciplinary research group, addresses issues of drug discovery, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable economic growth in Central Asia.
Rutgers faculty enjoys especially strong ties with two countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

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Evan's subconscious intuition led him to stab his girlfriend during a live news report which she was brodcasting from Times Square. That was not a smooth move; It landed him 20 years of solitary confinement.
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Frank Gore 12 carries
Kendall Hunter 4 carries...That's not 49er football....
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The one time they were playing all game from behind, they did not run the ball.
Somehow you are saying this exact thing, but dont believe it. Which is odd. Teams run the ball when they feel comfortable, either their defense is playing great and the game is very close, or they are comfortably in the lead. When they are behind, they press and throw the ball more. Can see this with nearly every team every week. Especially with run first teams.


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For the past several years, Elizabeth Peyton has focused her artistic activity on the genre of portraiture. Her subjects are often historical figures such as Napoleon, Queen Elizabeth, or Ludwig II of Bavaria. The majority of her portraits, however–and those for which she has gained the most recognition–pay homage to icons from popular culture such as Marlon Brando, John Lennon, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, and Kurt Cobain, the late lead singer of the rock band Nirvana, who took his life in spring 1994. These small-scale paintings and drawings, which are often based on publicity photographs or music videos, are rendered as private, idiosyncratic images that resonate with a sense of love-struck teen angst and nostalgic mourning.
Peyton's drawings first gained recognition with an exhibition at the infamous Chelsea Hotel in New York, an establishment that has long served as a home to artists and celebrities and sometimes been the site of notorious deaths. Viewing Peyton's show at the hotel involved obtaining a key to Room 828 from the concierge and entering a small room with a single bed where 21 small drawings in found frames decorated the walls.
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In the Spotlight: Storyworthy Holidays with The Moth

Six ways to beef up your true stories for the holidays.

The Moth has been spinning yarns for a very long time. Not as long as, say, the Greeks or the Romans, but the New York nonprofit has become legendary over the past 17 years for its enthusiastic love of and dedication to the art and craft of storytelling.
Calling on anyone with a true story to share and the guts to tell it in front of a live audience—with no notes!—The Moth has transformed from an informal gathering of friends to an epic event with a cult following.
Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has toured all over the world to collect the most incredible stories for people to perform in front of others, attracting big names from all walks of life, like Run-D.M.C.'s Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, Reverend Al Sharpton and 22nd White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, to share their incredible stories along the way.
Artistic Director Catherine Burns talks to us about the art of telling the perfect story and how we can apply some of The Moth's tried-and-true story workshops to the tales told around the dinner table or punch bowl this holiday season.
Start in the moment. A lot of the best raconteurs or storyteller winners will do this. "It's 1973, I'm in the first grade and my teacher has just called on me." It's very powerful.
One of the basic Moth rules is that in most great stories, there is some sort of a change that takes place in the storyteller's life. You should ask yourself who you are at the beginning of the story and who you are at the end. Even if it's just a bit about having an accident on the way to your SATs, something crucial has to have changed. The story will mean more if we know that you're sort of conflicted about taking the SATs anyway because you're being pressured by your parents to go to some crazy school you don't want to go to. At the end, even though you've totaled your car, you're in a lot of trouble and you've bombed the SATs, maybe you're secretly relieved. There's usually some bigger truth about you in lodged in those anecdotes. And ultimately, when we tell a true story, we're doing it to reveal something about ourselves. Or we should be; that's the mark of a great storyteller.
People tend to race through their stories at the same tempo, giving every part of the story the same emphasis. A really simple thing you can do to break your story down is to try to slow down your voice when you come to the big moments in order to really pull those listeners in. When you do that you're signaling to your audience that what you're about to say is particularly important. People will tend to lean in to hear that.
Details can bog a story down, so choose them carefully. People tend to throw in way too many details and then it becomes unconvincing, or as they say at The Moth, it "gets a little thick." The best storytellers only include details that matter at the end of the story. If you're telling the story about how your friend left their car in first gear when you didn't drive standard and ended up causing a car to drive over a cliff with you inside, it doesn't necessarily matter that it happened on a Tuesday and that it was 60 degrees out. It probably does matter that it was raining, it was rush hour and you were disrupting traffic. If you mention in the beginning that it was pouring rain, and then all of a sudden you're trying to get out of a car that's standing on its nose in the middle of rush hour traffic, the rain matters. Whereas it doesn't really matter that you were coming from Philadelphia. People tend to lose listeners in the details.
Another thing that they say at The Moth is "know your first line and know your last line." People tend to stumble into their stories, especially if they're telling them socially. People tend to trail off to something like ". . . annnd that's my story." Knowing your ending gives you time to have people react with you, as opposed to having people trail off when you trail off. We don't need to know about the car ride home. End it with you guys standing there high fiving with the cops! End when you're still in the moment.
Something Burns is lately obsessed with is playing with tenses while telling a story. People tend to tell a story in the past tense, but if you switch to the present tense at the big moment of conflict, it draws people into the narrative with you. So if you're in a car going over a cliff, it's very powerful to say, "So me and the car Dukes of Hazzard it and land in the middle of rush-hour traffic." Saying "landed" takes you out of the big moment. The present tense brings the listener into the story with you; they are there with you in the car as opposed to sitting with you at the dinner table.
If you live in New York you already know that getting a seat at one of their StorySLAMs is a hot ticket, but for those who don't live in the big city, take a peek inside The Moth's main stages through their weekly podcast on iTunes or their new App. And pick up their new curated collection The Moth: 50 True Stories! The stories for the collection were handpicked from their 10,000-story-deep archive. Find out more about The Moth at TheMoth.org.


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Top: UTSA players Monica Gibbs (left) and Vivian Ewalefo
Bottom: Coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair
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UTSA women's basketball opens in Nov. 5 exhibition game
By Carlos Valdez III
UTSA Assistant Sports Information Director
(Nov. 3, 2006)--UTSA women's basketball begins its 26th season in 2006-07 with head coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair back for her seventh season at the helm. With seven letter-winners back and a promising recruiting class on campus, the "winningest" coach in school history has many reasons to be optimistic about the squad she will put on the floor this season.
The women's basketball team hosts Dallas Diesel in an exhibition game at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Convocation Center. The regular season opener is at Texas Tech at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 10.
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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UTSA looks to build upon an 18-12 season in 2005-06 that ended with the program's second appearance in the Southland Conference (SLC) Tournament Championship Game in the past four years. The Roadrunners hope to pick up where they left off last season, but with a different ending.
Despite the loss of three veteran players -- Nicole Dunson, Lacy Mingee and Katie Sandefur -- that combined for a total of 283 games played during their careers, Blair welcomes back an experienced ball club with seven letter-winners, headlined by 2005-06 SLC Newcomer of the Year Vivian Ewalefo, a senior forward from Las Vegas, Nev., and 2005-06 SLC Freshman of the Year Monica Gibbs, a sophomore point guard from Stillwater, Okla. That list also includes senior Ana Oliveira, junior Terrie Davis and sophomores Tia Bogan, Andrea Garcia and Kara McKay.
Joining the current Roadrunners are four freshmen -- Regan Burks, Ashley Freeman, Lynsey Freeman and Courtney Laing -- and senior Amanda Foster, a transfer from Oklahoma State who will sit out the 2006-07 season per the NCAA transfer rule.
The Frontcourt
With the losses of Mingee and Sandefur down low, Ewalefo is the only post player with playing experience heading into this season. She averaged a team best 12.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, while in conference play she upped her scoring to 15.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game en route to earning SLC Newcomer of the Year and first-team All-SLC honors.
Ewalefo led the team with seven double-doubles last season. She also hauled in 10 or more rebounds 17 times and scored in double figures 12 times, including 20 or more points in six contests last season.
A trio of post players looks to provide support for Ewalefo in the frontcourt. Redshirt sophomore Tia Bogan and freshmen Regan Burks and Courtney Laing should see plenty of playing time this season.
Bogan, a 6-0 forward, missed all of last season due to a leg injury. The Livingston native appeared in 11 contests during the 2004-05 season, averaging 2.5 points per game. She dropped in a career-high 17 points against Prairie View A&M that season.
A pair of high school teammates from Wylie High -- Burks and Laing -- will split playing time in the post. Burks, a 6-0 forward, lettered four years at Wylie, where she helped her team to a runner-up finish in the state finals a year ago. She received all-tournament honors at the Polk-Key City and Catclaw tournaments.
Laing, a 6-1 power forward, averaged 14.4 points and 8.0 rebounds per game during her senior year. She was a three-time first-team all-district selection for the Bulldogs and a two-time TABC/TGCA all-star member. In 2006, she was named to the Texas Basketball Magazine All-State Team.
Foster played in 27 games as a junior at Oklahoma State last season, posting 2.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game for the Cowgirls. She was also a Junior College All-American at Seward Community College.
The BackcourtDespite the loss of sharpshooter Nicole Dunson, UTSA returns a plethora of guards, including SLC Freshman of the Year Monica Gibbs. She made 22 starts in 28 games played last season, leading the team in assists with 4.9 per game, which ranked second in the league. Gibbs was second on the team with 7.1 rebounds per game and ranked fifth on the squad with 7.1 points per game.
Junior Terrie Davis steps into the shooting guard role this season. She has plenty of game experience with 28 starts last season. Davis ranked second on the team with 39 3-pointers and averaged a career-high 7.8 points per game, while in conference play she upped her scoring to 8.9 points per game. Currently, Davis stands eighth in school history with 59 career 3-pointers.
Senior Ana Oliveira will provide an offensive boost this season for the Roadrunners. Last season, the Eixo, Portugal, native saw action in 29 games, while making eight starts. She averaged 10.9 minutes per game and averaged 1.5 points per contest.
Also looking to see playing time are sophomores Andrea Garcia and Kara McKay.
Garcia saw limited action during the 2005-06 season. She played in 17 games, including eight during SLC play. McKay played in 20 games and averaged 1.5 points per game last season.
Twin sisters Ashley Freeman and Lynsey Freeman, who starred at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, will see action off the bench.
The Schedule
With one of the toughest non-conference slates in recent memory, UTSA plays in three holiday tournaments and has games against Big 12 Conference member Texas Tech, Big Ten Conference affiliate Purdue and four Conference USA schools (Memphis, SMU, Tulsa and UTEP).
The Roadrunners open the season with two exhibition games at home on Oct. 29 and Nov. 5) before officially tipping off the campaign with four consecutive road games: Texas Tech (Nov. 10), SMU (Nov. 12), UTEP (Nov. 17) and New Mexico State (Nov. 19).
UTSA returns to the Convocation Center for the UTSA Thanksgiving Classic on Nov. 24-25, with NCAA Final Four participant LSU, Tulsa and Eastern Washington comprising the field.
UTSA opens December at Arkansas-Little Rock (Dec. 2) and returns home to face Cal State Bakersfield on Dec. 8. The Runners then travel to Las Vegas for the Duel in the Desert Tournament, with Purdue, Boise State and UNLV completing the field. UTSA returns home to host the annual Wells Fargo New Year's Classic the last weekend of the year. Taking part in the classic will be Kent State, Kentucky and Memphis.
The Runners open Southland Conference play on Jan. 6 at Lamar, then host new SLC member Central Arkansas and Northwestern State on Nov. 11 and 13, respectively. UTSA hits the road for a single game against Texas-Arlington on Nov. 18, then comes back to San Antonio to play I-35 rival Texas State two days later.
UTSA opens February against Sam Houston State (Feb. 1), then travels to SLC Tournament Champion Stephen F. Austin two days later. The Runners make their only trip to Louisiana for a two-game road swing against Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 8) and Nicholls State (Feb. 10).
UTSA closes out the month by hosting three of its final four regular season games. This year's SLC Tournament will be played March 7-10 at the Campbell Center in Houston.


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Sweet to the body and planet! Fair trade & organic sugar gives this Organic Pump Soap a rich caramel color and sweet scent. The sugar combines with organic white grape juice to keep your skin nourished' hydrated and smooth. Organic coconut-olive-hemp oils blend for a creamy castile lather – Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps soapmaking tradition!
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These Fair Trade and Organic Pump Soaps are excellent for washing hands and face - place by your sink or in the shower! The organic shikakai powder and organic sugar in this soap not only make it an ideal facial cleanser' but also perfect for washing hair. When using any of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps to wash your hair' it is recommended you follow up with a lightly acidic condition rinse' such as Citrus Organic Hair Rinse (diluted apple cider vinegar works too!).
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Dem strategist: Conservatives like Herman Cain because he's a black man who knows his place
posted at 8:00 pm on October 28, 2011 by Allahpundit
Makes sense. What better way to keep blacks down than by electing a rich, self-made black businessman president of the United States? I appreciate the fact that he's willing to sit in the back of the bus, and by "the bus" I of course mean "his own limousine." Such cheery subservience deserves a pat on the head and a treat of some sort. How about we give him the nuclear launch codes?
Cathy Young wrote an article for Reason a few days ago about the left's endless race-baiting of Cain, but I don't know what she was thinking in rushing that piece out now. There's literally months of this to come, and it'll be ten times as obnoxious if he pulls the upset in Iowa and suddenly looks poised to make a real run at the nomination. The Standard points out a few recent examples — Elijah Cummings, Garofalo's endless "enlightened" demagoguery on Olbermann's show, etc — but that's the tip of the iceberg. Remember this bareknuckle punch thrown last week from Time magazine's, ahem, "Ideas" section? How about the NYT story on Cain's use of humor that sought out a professor to comment on his "minstrelsy"? One of the worst offenders, in fact, is responsible for the reedy voice you hear at the very end of this clip unctuously thanking Finney for affirming that the path to racial authenticity lies through liberalism. Within the past three weeks alone Bashir's accused Cain of betraying the civil-rights movement and more or less hating his own race. And he'll get worse, I guarantee it. Why shouldn't he? The lower he sinks, the more the left will appreciate him for it. He'll be MSNBC's biggest star in no time.
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|Rue Saint Sabin, 75011 Paris, フランス
The sunlit apartment features a mezzanine with a double bed. The living room includes a single sofa bed, exposed wooden beams and high ceilings. The stylish kitchen is fully equipped including coffee maker, dishwasher and microwave, and there is a full bath in the tiled bathroom.
The Pompidou Centre is just a 20-minute walk away from the apartment. Bréguet - Sabin Metro Station is 200 meters away and offers guests direct access to Paris' incomparable metro system.
Featuring many bars and a lively atmosphere, Rue Oberkampf is just 15 minutes' walk away. Guests can also discover several restaurants in the rue Saint Sabin, including the famous Café de l'Industrie known for it's atmosphere and Amici Miei and it's renowned pizza. Le Marais is also just 5 minutes away on foot. The twice weekly farmer's market around the corner should not be missed.
Linens are provided and the complete cleaning of the apartment after your departure is included.
Arrival and departure times are flexible and can be tailored to your needs.
Baby bed available free of charge.
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My wife and I had a great five days holiday in this extremely well situated apartment. Everything was as described and expected. Further should be mentioned that from the first day after the reservation we had personal contact with the landlady (Mitty). This always gave us a good feeling of a serious landlady and also Windu as professionals. On arrival we were well received and was handed the key to a lovely well equipped apartment, which was our home for five days. Absolutely amazing it was to come "home" after a pulsating day of Paris' city life. When we came through the gate and the door shut on us, it was like coming into a completely different world of silence and tranquility. A fantastic experience which we can recommend to all Paris loving people.
Very nice and well equipped apartment! Although situated in a very lively area (abundant with cafés, restaurants, bars ...), it is absolutely quiet and hence allows for a unique mix of fascinating city-life and possibilities for relaxing. Mitty is extremely reliable and helpful. Altogether an absolute recommendation!
Beautiful apartment in a quiet side street near the Bastille. We enjoyed every second of our 7 days vacation. The apartment is clean and has everything you need. Together with its perfect location and the market close-by it is the perfect place to stay while a trip to Paris.
Thank you very much Mitty!
This apartment is just as advertised: charming, convenient, clean and comfortable. It is well situated just a couple of minutes walk from buzzing Bastille, with a good variety of local shops, bars, restaurants and well-stocked supermarkets, but once the heavy blue entrance door closes behind you, all is quiet in the courtyard, where you can sit just outside your front door in the sunshine and enjoy your breakfast. Joelle, who welcomed us on arrival, was very helpful and available for advice.
There are excellent transport links two minutes walk away for tourists who want to see all the sights on a short visit. We walked easily into the heart of Paris, past Notre Dame and along the Seine in about 25 minutes; a pleasant walk passing lovely architecture, leafy squares (don't miss Place des Vosges!) and some very interesting shops. The area around the apartment is busy and safe to return to in the evenings. There is some building work going on in the courtyard as the units, which seem to be old workshops, are restored and updated, but this did not detract from our enjoyment. The trees and bushes give a sense of privacy, even though the units are very close. We had neighbours upstairs, but rarely heard them.
The apartment is well equipped, plenty of hot water and a very comfy double bed on the mezzanine. Suggestion for improvement: a more comfortable, perhaps deeper sofa bed in the lounge area. All in all, though, a very enjoyable stay, and we would return. Thank you!
A great apartment with all you could need. Situated in a cozy area with good restaurants/stores and located near the Metro. Excellent and flexible reception from the owner!
This was a wonderful flat,så nice in its design, so light, sunny - and very quiet. The kitchen so nice to cook in, the living room with it's 5 meter up to the roof! We really enjoyed our stay, to have lunch directly outside the flat (very unusual for Paris). Yes, it was like coming into the countryside - and that in the middle of Paris. In Bastille! We want to return! Agneta and Bengt Erik Ginsburg
Great apartment with everything you could need! Very comfortable and spacious. Super location for metro and lots of great shops, bars & restaurants in the immediate area. Fantastic market on your doorstep every Thursday and Saturday. Very quiet location despite being in a busy area. Local supermarkets close by for all your food and wine! Our host Mitty was very helpful and friendly. Highly recommended!
A little gem in the heart of Paris! If you're looking for a quiet, spacious and comfortable appartment in Paris, then you've found it! It's amazing how quiet it is when you close the heavy wooden doors that access this place, when you know the buzzling Bastille is just at the end of the street. The appartment is close to the most wonderfull market of Paris (sunday's and thursday's), an exquisite patissier and it's also convenient that there are a lot of supermarkets in the neighbourhood. Place des Vosges in the Marais is only a few streets away and the fabulous Mercy store and the Aligre market are also in walking distance. The kitchen is well equipped, the bathroom is spacious, the bed is comfortable and you have your own little terrace with plants and trees where you can enjoy the sun and -if you like- the presence of some lovely cats. You really feel like part of a Parisian community for a few days: all the people living there were very friendly. The Bastille metro station is very close by as well as the parking garage of Opera Bastille. Mitty is a very welcoming host: when we arrived the street was blocked and she helped us find our parking garage in the 'challenging' Parisian traffic. We would definately go back to this appartment and we recommend it warmly!
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Prom Dresses & Gowns
There are so many prom dresses to choose from. Finding the perfect dress is often the hardest part of planning for prom. With expert guidance from the stylists at Jovani, you will find the perfect prom dress .
A designer gown is more than a dress. It is a work of art that can transform your everyday look into a stunning ensemble. This will take you away to a world of glamour and romance.
Just like your own personal stylist, use this guide to find the prom dress of your dreams.
Best Dress Styles For Every Body Type
If you're slender and petite wear colors like silver and gold. Also wearing a longer dress will create an illusion of stature and shimmer.
Other styles that enhance curves are bold patterns. Favoring styles include petite prom dresses, two pieces, mermaid and short cocktail dresses .
For curvy figures, the best looks are form-fitting prom dresses in solid colors. Black prom dresses create a classic and flattering look. These are also versatile for a variety of special occasions.
Wearing solid colors creates a vertical line that has a slimming effect for an elegant style. Jeweled embellishments are also flattering and add a dash of classic Hollywood glam.
For voluptuous figures, the sheath dress is perfect. This will give you a sleek shape whilst showing off your curves.
Stay away from bright patterns and look for colors such as nude and shades of pink.
The little black dress is also an ideal choice for its simple elegance and tailored sheath cut. If you're full-figured, look for dresses to highlight the bust. Prom dresses that have a plunging V-neck or striking sweetheart or off-the-shoulder necklines.
Other styles that work well are classic ball gowns with full skirts and solid colors in subtle shades.
If your body type is more boyish focus on detail. Look for ruffles, embellishments, metallics, and red sexy prom dresses to add femininity.
Best Colors For Your Skin Tone
If you have fair skin, light pink and blue work well, such as jewel-toned shades of sapphire and ruby.
Other colors that compliment this skin tone are bright pastels. Colors such as blue and green as well as black and white. Subtle colors like silver and violet also pair great with pale, soft undertones.
Other colors that compliment this skin tone are bright pastels. Colors such as blue and green as well as black and white. Subtle colors like silver and violet also pair great with pale, soft undertones.
If your skin is earthy and peach toned, the best colors to look for are bold patterned prints. Also striking red and green shades, and metallic gold are complimentary tones.
If your skin is dark with gold or red tones, look for prom dresses in lighter shades or shimmery gold. Other colors that look fabulous with this skin tone are bright orange, red, and yellow shades.


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Hey waht about Gavin Escobar?! He seemed really solid catching the ball for me. I didn't watch the whole combine, but what do you guys think?
Hey waht about Gavin Escobar?! He seemed really solid catching the ball for me. I didn't watch the whole combine, but what do you guys think?
he's a giants type pick, good value in a later round, probably could use some refining.
Very impressed with Ogletree's 6ft 3in 242lb frame.. I remember people saying he was to lean to play middle LB, but he prooved that wrong, and on top of that, hes got the HT, Speed, sideline to sideline range, instincts..etc Hes my guy, if he wasen't such a idiot, but man i'd have a hard time saying no to this kid.. I can't wait to see em RUN, and his Vert..
Also, Sio Moore coming in at over 240lbs is impressive to me.. He has pass rush capabilites, and i wonder if he could play SLB in our 4/3 look? I know most think WLB, but the way he can get behind the line, and make plays in pass game, and at over 240lbs, and us having J-Will at WLB, maybe Sio Moore could step over to SLB? A J-Will, Ogletree, Moore Starting LB core would be insane!
Do defensive backs get measured up tomorrow? They're the only ones that haven't done so
Yeah I'm can't wait for DL and DBs. DB's are the best every year I think, I'm stoked to see hoe fast Banks, Rhodes, and Amerson runs. For DL I can't wait for ANSAH!!!!
Anyone else want to see Armstead line up a few times as a Jumbo TE and receive some passes now? That would be fun to watch.


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#1 Mon 12 Nov 12 8:28am
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How do I cook a "jointed rabbit"?
Hi everyone. I have just bought a "joined rabbit" but I'm not sure what it is.
What's the best way to cook a jointed rabbit? I'd like to roast it or do a stew but I've no idea how to de-bone it?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
#2 Mon 12 Nov 12 8:46am
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Re: How do I cook a "jointed rabbit"?
Well, my favourite way is to soften some onions in either butter or lard in an oven-proof saucepan. Whilst those are cooking, dust your rabbit pieces in seasoned flour, then add to the pan and allow to brown. Add some chicken stock, some red wine and a few whole garlic cloves, maybe a bay leaf or two, cover, bring to the boil then stick in a medium oven (about 150-160C) for a couple of hours. I tend not to worry about de-boning it before cooking - just do it before serving.
#3 Mon 12 Nov 12 11:58am
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Re: How do I cook a "jointed rabbit"?
I do something similar to Olivia's recipe, but I use white wine, french grainy mustard and tarragon. I sometimes add a little creme fraiche at the end of cooking time to enrich the sauce.. but the process is the same..
Most of the meat is really in the legs... love rabbit!
#4 Mon 12 Nov 12 8:27pm
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Re: How do I cook a "jointed rabbit"?
You can roast the saddle, if the butcher has left it whole. But you'd have to bone it out, and on its own the saddle won't go very far.
So unless you have some fancy butchery skills, you're better off stewing it - maybe cacciatore-style, if you like Italian food, and served with grilled polenta.
Or even better, make a rabbit pie. I made this one at the weekend, and it was lovely: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/ … ttingstall (look for 'Rabbit pie with mushrooms and cider', towards the bottom of the page).
#5 Tue 13 Nov 12 11:26am
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Re: How do I cook a "jointed rabbit"?
if you want the perfect taste then before you cook it make sure you got it from the right person, so make sure its fresh! if you are unsure where to get it from so it is 100% fresh then go to food britain and they will get you in contact with the correct people e.g. farmers etc.
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Blue Jays Press Releases
Kevin Pillar named Honda Player of the Month for April
Outfielder Kevin Pillar has been selected as the Honda Player of the Month in online fan voting. Kevin along with RHP Marcus Stroman and RHP Marco Estrada, was named a finalist by the Toronto Chapter of the Baseball Writers of America Association (BBWAA). Honda will donate $1,000 to Kevin's charity - Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of Ontario.
Jays Care announces more than $1 million in infrastructure investments
Jays Care Foundation, the charitable arm of the Toronto Blue Jays, today announced $1,176,882 in infrastructure investments through its Field Of Dreams grants program. Thirteen organizations spanning four provinces will use grants of up to $150,000 to build, enhance or refurbish safe spaces for children and youth to play baseball, develop life-skills and learn from positive role models.
Blue Jays announce enhanced security measures at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium
The Toronto Blue Jays will have new security measures in place for all home games at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium to help ensure a safe, family-friendly ballpark environment to all visitors of the stadium.
Blue Jays introduce new 6-Game Packs; on-sale beginning tomorrow
The Toronto Blue Jays today unveiled its new 6-Game Packs for the 2017 season, featuring six exclusive & customized pre-set pack options, available beginning tomorrow at 10:00 am ET.
Blue Jays unveil new 'Canadiana' uniforms
In celebration of being Canada's team, and just in time for the Canada 150 festivities, the TORONTO BLUE JAYS today announced the team will don a new red and white uniform for select games throughout the 2017 season and beyond. The announcement was made as part of the BLUE JAYS 2017 WINTER TOUR presented by TD currently taking place in Toronto, featuring Blue Jays players and alumni.
Blue Jays announce Minor League appointments
The Toronto Blue Jays are pleased to announce the minor league field staffs for the 2017 season. Former Major League Manager Eric Wedge will lead the Player Development Team as Field Coordinator following his inaugural season with the club in an Advisor role, with Mike Mordecai being promoted to Assistant Field Coordinator from his previous position as Coordinator of Instruction. Among other notable additions, Jeff Ware is promoted to Pitching Coordinator after three seasons as a Pitching Coach in the Blue Jays system and Devon Whtie joins the coaching staff as Hitting Coach with AAA-affiliate Buffalo. White previously served as outfield and baserunning coordinator for Washington (2008-10) and baserunning coordinator for the Chicago White Sox (2011-12).
Blue Jays comment on induction of Tim Raines to National Baseball Hall of Fame
Blue Jays comment on induction of Tim Raines to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Blue Jays sign Bautista
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have signed OF JOSE BAUTISTA to a one-year contract worth a guaranteed base salary of US $18 million, a US $17 million mutual option for 2018 and a US $20 million vesting option for 2019.
Blue Jays announce 2017 promotions and events, single game tickets on-sale date
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS today announced its promotional schedule for the 2017 season, featuring more than 40 giveaways and events for fans of all ages, including the return of Jr. Jays Saturdays presented by Boston Pizza and Friday Fan Festivals presented by Bacardi.


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Ok I am building a TBH and putting on a screen bottom so varroa mites will fall out of the hive and to aid ventilation.
my instructions-a pdf download from biobees says to use a screen with 8-10 holes per inch. Is that per square inch or by linear inch?
maybe someone can give me an idea of the type of screen they use and where did you buy it? been all over my little town and can find 1/4 inch hardware wire but really nothing smaller except window screen which would keep those darn mites inthe hive where I dont want them.
since I am new to beekeeping---exactly HOW small a hole can a bee go through.


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I recently joined "the dark side" after I left the public sector as a fire marshal to become a fire investigator for Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance. While we collectively banter and joke about people leaving the public sector and starting their private sector careers, the reality is we all have the same needs and motivation. Ask any first responder, and they will likely tell you they love what they do because they get "to help people." Ask any private fire investigator why they investigate fires and they will also answer "to help people."
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The branch of science called thermodynamics deals with systems that are able to transfer thermal energy into at least one other form of energy (mechanical, electrical, etc.) or into work. The laws of thermodynamics were developed over the years as some of the most fundamental rules which are followed when a thermodynamic system goes through some sort of energy change.
The history of thermodynamics begins with Otto von Guericke who, in 1650, built the world's first vacuum pump and demonstrated a vacuum using his Magdeburg hemispheres.
Guericke was driven to make a vacuum to disprove Aristotle's long-held supposition that 'nature abhors a vacuum'. Shortly after Guericke, the English physicist and chemist Robert Boyle had learned of Guericke's designs and, in 1656, in coordination with English scientist Robert Hooke, built an air pump. Using this pump, Boyle and Hooke noticed a correlation between pressure, temperature and volume. In time, Boyle's Law was formulated, which states that pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
The laws of thermodynamics tend to be fairly easy to state and understand ... so much so that it's easy to underestimate the impact they have. Among other things, they put constraints on how energy can be used in the universe. It would be very hard to over-emphasize how significant this concept is. The consequences of the laws of thermodynamics touch on almost every aspect of scientific inquiry in some way.
A publication of The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering Online at www.aidic.it/cet
The evolution of fires in confined space such as chemical and pharmaceutical warehouses is characterized by the complex interaction between the combustion process, the enclosure and occupants, which has to be managed when coping with fire emergency and, more in general, for fire safety. This paper proposes a quick, decision-making tool based on adversity scenarios and more specifically through the definition of four main elements: i) the potential fire spread categories, which describe the potential paths and extents of fire propagation; ii) the thermal load expressed as hot gas layer temperature; iii) the available safe egress time (ASET) for people to leave the enclosure, which is essential for organizing people evacuation; and iv) other specific hazards. The proposed tool can be usefully adopted to improve the level of information to interested stakeholders (building owner, fire service, etc.) concerning both the fire hazard and the building fire performance. 1. Introduction Fires constitute one of the most important hazards from chemical and pharmaceutical warehouses. They can give rise to serious damage to people as well as to the environment and they can cause extensive economical losses. For these reasons, in order to assist the management to identify the most suitable countermeasures (both organizational and technical), it is useful to have a tool that allows identifying in advance the potential adverse situations that could characterize the analysed system. In the present work, two indicators describe the potential fire-induced adverse situations, the first is a qualitative description of the potential fire, and the second is a quantitative evaluation of the thermal load on sensible targets, based on Hot Gas Layer Temperature (HGLT). The assessment process is based on the inspection of the workplace (Dusso et al., 2015): the workplace is divided into cells, i.e. single rooms or enclosures, or in more in general, subsections of the same workplace separated from those adjacent by physical elements as walls or floors and - in the open - barriers or separation distances. Then, important information regarding the characteristics of the stored materials, the storage conditions and the features of the enclosure such as floor area, ceiling height, openings should be collected.
Successful Litigation Relies on Proper Analysis
by Roman Kickirillo, P.E., CFEI, CVFI, Donan Engineering Company, Inc. Nashville, Tennessee
The investigation into the cause and origin of motor vehicle fires should be considered a separate field of study than structure fires. Although the basic Fire Science remains the same, there are important differences in the interpretation and analysis of fire patterns and other evidence. An understanding of these differences before litigation begins can avoid lost time and expenses later in the process. There are very few absolute rules in vehicle fire investigations, but one always holds true: If your expert's analysis is incorrect, the opposing side will be more than happy to let you know about it - at the worst possible time.
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From Out of the Abyss...
This week's article from the past is titled Incendiary Fires Can Be Spotted and was written by Benjamin Horton, CPCU, who was President of the National Adjuster Traing School in Louisville, Kentucky.. It is taken from the Decembe 1968 Vol. XVI No.5 issue.
Incendiary Fires Can Be Spotted
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Study by: Albert Simeoni, Zachary C. Owens, Erik W. Christiansen, Abid KemalExponent, Inc. USAMichael Gallagher, Kenneth L. Clark, Nicholas SkowronskiNorthern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, USAEric V. Mueller, Jan C. Thomas, Simon Santamaria, Rory M. HaddenSchool of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, UK
Two experimental fires, with contrasting intensities, were conducted in March 2016, in the Pinelands National Reserve (PNR) of New Jersey, United States in order to provide a preliminary assessment of the reliability of the fire direction indicators used in wildland fire investigation. The experiments were part of a larger project intended to measure firebrand production in a forested ecosystem. As part of this project, fire behavior, as well as the environmental and fuel conditions were also measured. Two burn parcels, covering an area of approximately 30 hectares each, were ignited from unimproved forest roads which delimited them. The forest canopy was comprised primarily of pitch pine with intermittent oaks. The understory contained a mixed shrub layer of huckleberry, blueberry, and scrub oaks. In order to explore a wide range of indicators, objects such as bottles, cans and small fence elements were planted in the burn area, and photographed before and after the fire. To obtain an accurate measure of pre- and post-fire fuel properties, fuel load, fuel bulk density, and fuel moisture content were also measured. In addition, environmental data (wind velocity and direction, air temperature and humidity) were recorded. The fire behavior can be reconstructed using measurements of fire rate of spread, fire front temperatures, fire front geometry, and heat fluxes. Video and infrared cameras were used to document the general fire behavior in selected locations. This paper represents the first step in the analysis of the fire indicators and focuses on the more intense of the two burns and on the appearance of the macro- and microscale fire pattern indicators. A majority of the indicators were assessed, although the configuration of the burn parcels, the ignition technique, and precipitation immediately following the fires limited a full study. The results show that some fire direction indicators are highly dependent on local fire conditions and fire behavior and may be in contradiction with the general spread of the fire. Overall, this study demonstrates that fire pattern indicators are a useful tool but must be interpreted in the frame of a general analysis of the fire, combined with a good understanding of fire behavior and fire dynamics.
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The Cleveland Indians Wives Association has teamed up
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The Cleveland Indians Wives Association works in collaboration with Cleveland Indians Charities to support and coordinate outreach initiatives throughout the greater Cleveland community that focus on women and children's needs.
For more information on the Wives Association and how you can help support its initiatives, please call 216-420-HITS.
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The Cleveland Indians Wives Association hosted a silent auction at Progressive Field on Saturday, May 18th vs Marlins. Mystery Balls signed by current Indians players were available for purchase.
The Cleveland Indians Wives Association hosted an in-game jersey auction on September 15th, featuring game-worn Indians jerseys. Mystery Balls were also sold.
A Susan G. Komen presentation took place on-field during pregame ceremonies on May 20th and included a larger than life-size signature pink ribbon. The Progressive Field pregame festivities are a precursor to the September 10 NE Ohio Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure throughout downtown Cleveland. Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
On May 3, Cleveland Indians front office associates and members of the Indians Wives Association battled the Cleveland Browns front office during this exciting rivalry, "The Cleveland Sports Bowl", with funds supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland. Over the 10-year partnership, nearly $50,000 has been raised for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland.


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A Donkey Shot or "Don Quichotte" is when someone's doing a chick from behind and as he's about to bust, punches the chick in the side so she clenches up.
I was having a hard time finishing so I gave her a DONKEY SHOT and that tightend her up enough for me.
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#11 Sun 10 Feb 08 6:13pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
Haven't heard of or seen (but havent looked) for Jamie's pasta machine.
Have an Atlas pasta machine which is 25+ years old.
As fond as I am of Jamie and a fan of his recipes, am not going to replace something that works fine, just because Jamie's name is on it.
My problem is, with almost zilch bench space and an "open-designed" kitchen/living/dining room", where the heck do I dry my pasta (add into that a small dog). Bought pasta drying rack at Macy's in NYC and have bought from King Arthur a similar product. Better from the dowling I was using but, since I cant shut off the kitchen from dog, it's a problem.
#12 Sun 10 Feb 08 7:06pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
I use a clothes airer to dry my pasta on coz it stands up securely & theres loads of rack space., & above all its plastic coated so it wipes down dead easily. I place it over my sink & drainer so anything that falls etc doesn't fall on the floor.
#13 Sun 10 Feb 08 8:21pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
minerva wrote:
Very useful gadget, Jen. Not sure if I would really use it enough to get my money's worth (I'm the original tight-fisted northerner!!), & I like the satisfaction of all that handle turning action (very aerobic for a lardy-****! Ha!)
I found it a life saver when making enough pasta for lasagnes to feed 250! It is great having 2 hands free to manage the pasta.
#14 Wed 31 Dec 08 1:58pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
A few people have asked about the Jamie Oliver Pasta Maker. My son was given one for Christmas and has been bitterly disappoointed with it. Managed to use it twice before it broke. The handle mechanism is not robust enough to turn the roller smoothly, rendering it unusable. We worked with small batches of dough, 100g flour plus 1 large egg for each batch so machine should have been able to cope.
Did not come with a customer care leaflet, so difficult to tell if problems could have been avoided.
Sorry Jamie - JO Pasta Maker is not a good purchase as it doesn't seem to be up to the job. Very surprised that you have put your name to this product.
#15 Sun 24 Apr 11 10:46am
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
Hi, Unfortunately I do not like pasta at all, preferring vegetables, but considerd buying a machine to try it out to see if home made pasta was better.
I searched the web for two hours trying to find one that exactly matched Jamie's demo machine - having made out the word restaurant on it I discoverd Jamie was using an --Imperia "Restaurant Manuale" Pasta Machine. It is very expensive to buy - manual anything from �550 up and an electric one - over �1000 but I did eventually manage to find a manual one for under �400. My family say it is a tad too extravgant - even for me - as I love gadgets - so this time I have to pass. Lewis
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#16 Wed 14 Dec 11 4:46pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
I bought a Kitchen Craft Pasta maker that broke after the first "run". I took it back to Debenhams and they exchanged it for a Jamie Oliver one.
That broke after the third run...
Neither of those machines (are they from the same manufacturer?) were robust enough. The JO one was better but not by much. I would not buy either
I'm getting an Imperia 150 for Chrimbo. It looks like the Imperia is the one all the chefs recommend from what I've found on the interweb. If that doesn't work, I'll resort to only buying ready made pasta - even though the freshly made stuff (particularly with only semolina) is so much better.
I too am very surprised that JO has put his name to this product. Mind you I also have a set of his non-stick saucepans where the non-stick surface is peeling off (I kid you not). They were a wedding present just under 18 months ago.....
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#17 Wed 14 Dec 11 7:52pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
replied on your other thread about the pans.
With the pasta machine , do be aware that Imperia is the make that many of the chefs use but they often have a model that is of a proffesional standard rather than one for home use.
#18 Wed 14 Dec 11 8:49pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
thanks for share such a nice food community i really love that
#19 Wed 14 Dec 11 11:12pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
it just got a bit better with you joining in Mikejean!
#20 Sat 31 Dec 11 7:29pm
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Re: Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine
I feel compelled to sign up and express my displeasure at this product.
It was bought for me as a Christmas gift and broke during the first use.
It looks great and has a satisfying heft to it however the mechanism is simply not up to the job. The gears inside are obviously made from some weak materials that break too easily and result in the handle jamming.
It seems I'm not alone because a google search for Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine not only brings you here but also takes you to some pretty damning reviews.
Normally I wouldn't bother registering on a site just for a moan. I got my money back from Sainsbury's no quibbles so it was really just a matter of being inconvenienced for a day. However I am a big Jamie fan and I'm saddened to see his name attached to such a shoddy piece of equipment. Sort it out!
I've since ordered an Imperia machine and if the swathes of positive online reviews are to be believed it'll be as good as I was expected a JO product to be.
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Ear surgery, or otoplasty, is a type of cosmetic plastic surgery procedure aimed at setting prominent ears closer to the head, or reducing the size of larger ears. However, there are other ear problems that can be helped with surgery. Surgeons can even build new ears for those who were born without them or who lost them through injury.
The operation is usually performed on children between the ages of 5 and 6; however, ear surgery for adults does occur.
Possible complications associated with ear pinning may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Blood clots on the ears
Infection in the cartilage, which can cause a formation of scar tissue
Although each procedure varies, generally, ear pinning surgeries follow this process:
Location options may include:
Surgeon's office-based surgical facility
Outpatient surgery center
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text: What an underwhelming finale. After such a promising group of singers at the outset of the season, it ended up very boring. I think Scotty still has the strongest fanbase, but I did think Lauren did a decent job last night though her voice was obviously not 100%. Well, hopefully tonight's show will have some fun surprise guests like they usually do. I think Ryan helped Lauren down the stairs because her dress was so long and he looked worried that she would trip.


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In the beginning...
In 1915 Alaska was still a territory and a territorial government that was only three years old. The Klondike Gold Rush put Alaska on the map, but gold fever had waned by this point in time. Fairbanks, a mining camp in decline, was a lousy location due to a sparse population.
After James Wickersham's laying of the cornerstone of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines on July 4, 1915, it took two years before the legislature would meet again. Andrew Nerland, a senator for the Fourth Judicial District in which Fairbanks was located, introduced two bills.
On May 3, 1917, Alaska's appointed governor, J.F.A. Strong signed Senate Bill 14 and Senate Bill 15 that established the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines.
The first eight
In the fall of 1917, Governor Strong appointed the initial board of eight trustees and established the Board of Trustees. Five of the trustees were from Fairbanks. The five Fairbanks appointees were Harriet Hess, Anton J. Nordale, Henry Bradley Parkin, Albert R. Heilig, and Richard C. Wood. Others were Philip Ernst of Nome, Leo Francis Shaw of Anchroage, and Louis Scott Keller of Skagway.
The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was on August 15, 1917 in the office of Albert Heilig. Mr. Heilig was appointed Chairman of the Board and Mrs. Hess was appointed Secretary of the Board. At the first meeting Heilig had doubts that this Board could legally act until the appointed members were confirmed by the Legislature. Confirmation came at the next meeting of the Legislature.
Trustees to Regents
On March 12, 1935 Governor John W. Troy signed the bill which changed the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines to the University of Alaska.
House Bill 97, which became Chapter 49 of the Session Laws of Alaska, 1935, provided provisions for the university including a Board of Regents to replace the Board of Trustees of the College, and defined the duties and powers of the Regents and the President of the University.
Eight became eleven
In 1974 the Board of Regents appointed Ronald W. Wendte, the first Student Regent.
In 1975 the Board created two more seats. Margaret J. Hall and Christopher R. Cooke were the first to be appointed to the newly created seats.
Regents Today
As of January 2011, the Board of Regents has had 145 members. The Board has had bankers, politicians and lawyers, but the Board has had schoolteachers, fishermen and miners.
The Board of Regents continues to grow and adapt to an ever changing environment, but the purpose has always stayed the same. Develop and advance the University of Alaska.


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I would have done this sooner but had camera problems.
Well first a big thank you goes to 1Biggun for his excellent work he did with the barrel. So if you need some lathe work done get a hold of him and see if he can help.
He had a barrel for another project that didn't work out and he made it work for mine "wants". Originally my PPSh rifle had an original barrel with a steel tube welded to it to bring it out to 16"+, now thanks to him I have a 16"+ barrel.
Here's a pic of an original barrel & the one he made for me, the main part of concern was the chamber end that had to fit the trunnion, he made it a few thousandths over and just a few minutes with some emery cloth got it fitted.


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Founded in 1996, Wenzhou Huaxing Silk-Screen Printing Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer located in Wenzhou China. After ten years' development, we now have over 60 sets modern machines and facilities; have 258 stable workers with rich vocational experiences and specialized skills; 20 professional design and develop employees. We mainly produce kinds of products in printing and advertising trade, such as stickers (self-adhesive), decal kits, epoxy stickers (labels or decals), trade mark stickers, billboard, badges, and labels. Our products can be used in decorating and drumbeating for automobile, motor and E-bike, electrical equipment, and furniture, all in high quality, favorable price, selling to all China cities and exported to East-Northern Asia, the Middle East, Europe, America. Our annual sales volume last year exceeded USD3,000,000. For greaten the first class brand, we leaded into advanced technology and equipment of domestic and foreign country. Production is strictly according to the requirement of ISO9001:2000. Faithful the quality and keeping promise, diligent Huaxing's people would like to make mutual benefit, great good achievement! We believe honesty and production quality are the basic factors for an enterprise to survive in markets from beginning to end. We would like to establish long-term, perfect relationships with reliable clients and companies worldwide. Choose "Huaxin", you had chosen the right supplier and cooperator in your real needs!
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The ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence program recognizes surgeons and facilities that demonstrate an unparalleled commitment and ability to consistently deliver safe, effective, evidence-based care. The program is structured to help bariatric surgery providers continuously improve care quality and patient safety. The ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence program's objective requirements and evaluation processes were developed in conjunction with leading bariatric surgeons, hospital administrators, health plans, researchers and patient advocates. A commitment to long-term patient care and success necessitates that the requirements be comprehensive, research-based and verified through a rigorous site inspection.
Truly excellent patient care is the result of both the individual surgeon and the facility at which the surgery is performed. The BSCOE designation is therefore awarded to both the surgeon and facility, which enables patients to distinguish specific providers who have met the requirements for delivering high-quality perioperative and long-term follow-up care from those who do not.
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Women's Issues in the Workplace Summit explores issues encountered by working women
The summit features local news anchor Cammy Dierking discussing the power of keeping a postivie attitude | November 17, 2009
The Women's Issues in the Workplace Summit is a half-day professional development conference that explores issues unique to working women. It includes an etiquette luncheon and WKRC-TV evening news anchor Cammy Dierking as the keynote speaker addressing the power of having a positive attitude—especially in a difficult economy.
The conference takes place at the Cintas Center on campus on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. It is sponsored by a grant from the Women of Excellence Giving Circle. Topics being addressed at the conference include:
• Making the most of your mentoring relationship
• Achieving work/life balance
• Negotiating a job offer: For women, it's more than just negotiating salary
• Being a woman for others
• Making your contacts count: The importance of networking to women in the workplace
The summit concludes with a professional etiquette luncheon presented by Mary Starvaggi of The Etiquette Advantage. This event is free for Xavier students, alumni and mentors. Please register by Wednesday, Dec. 2. More information about each session is available online.
For more information, contact co-chairs Valarie Jacobsen at 513-745-4877 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Bethany Kilgore at 513-745-3764 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sport this bold cap with style. Special Blend Lego New Era Cap offers a style of simplicity with one solid color and one bold logo embroidered front and center. With a touch of modernism, it's simple to go with everything. It's made of 100% wool providing a thicker feel in comparison to the ordinary cap. Rock this cap out with confidence on a day out with friends whether it's to the park, ball game, or to the beach. Wear it all season long and it's sure to last a long time.Key Features of The Special Blend Lego New Era Cap: 3d embroidery 59/50 100% wool - $16.95


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Bend room tax reversal: Proposed hike tabled
Visit Bend faces backlash from lodging operators
BEND, Ore. - Central Oregon hotel operators said at a private meeting Monday they didn't want a room-tax hike, causing the proponents, Visit Bend, to back down and table a proposal that was headed to the city council later in the week.
Visit Bend had planned on formally proposing a 2 percent tax increase on the city's transient room tax. That would have bumped it from 9 to 11 percent.
"(Hotels') customers care about every dollar now, and by increasing the overall cost to their customer, by increasing the room tax, which would take it up to 11 percent, they're very, very concerned that that's going to cost them business," Wayne Purcell said Monday.
Purcell is one of the owners of The Riverhouse in Bend, and he put together a meeting for area hotel operators and Visit Bend after he said not enough lodging officials knew of the tourism agency's plans.
Visit Bend officials said they went to the meeting confident that their proposal would be supported by most, as it would have paid to boost tourism marketing to residents in Washington and Northern California.
"We were very excited about this," said board member Ben Perle. "We thought this would be a very positive thing, kind of the next step in the tourism evolution for Bend."
Perle is also regional vice-president of operations for the Oxford Hotel Group, which has a hotel in Bend. He said many operators Visit Bend approached were on board -- but it turns out more hotel officials were not.
Visit Bend decided to drop the proposal after the hotel meeting, deciding as a board shortly after.
"We just didn't feel that we had the support of the lodging partners," Perle said of the decision.
About 40 people attended the private meeting, and Purcell told NewsChannel 21 that most of them were against the tax hike and felt they had been left out of the loop by Visit Bend.
"Some hoteliers were part of the process, but there wasn't an open meeting among hotel operators to really get their feedback," Purcell said.
Purcell said that's why he decided to hold a meeting for everyone in the industry, saying he hoped the city wouldn't rush into any sudden decisions.
For Visit Bend, the outcome was surprising and disappointing.
"People are very passionate about this issue," he said. "It was clear that some of these lodging operators had heard about it through the grapevine. We had talked to many, we didn't get to everyone. They didn't want to support it, and we have to listen to their voice."
City councilors were expected to take up the issue on Wednesday, and would have ultimately decided whether to put it on the May ballot.
Perle said the additional tax would have raised nearly $600,000 for tourism marketing and another $250,000 for the city's general fund.
But to Purcell, it's not the right time to put an extra burden on visitors.
"We've been in a difficult time, and we're still in a difficult time, and I would not like to increase the cost to my customers right now," he said.


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America's Future Depends on Jobs
I have a program on Sirius XM radio called "American Voices" in which I interview people about their lives. Each show, I talk to someone who has an unusual job – a boat captain at the mouth of the Columbia River, a groundskeeper at Fenway Park, a public health nurse in the Aleutian Islands, or a man who washes the windows of New York City skyscrapers. Each conversation is about the dignity and nobility of work. When you work at something you love, whatever it is, your chances for self-fulfillment and prosperity dramatically increase.
Today there are 22 million Americans who want to work but can't find a job. And 46 million people live in poverty. That's the highest number in history – higher even than during the Great Depression. Real median per capita income in the United States in 2010 was the same as it was in 1996, which means that the middle class is stuck and losing ground.
In the last decade alone, 40,000 American factories have closed, and 6 million manufacturing jobs have disappeared. This is not only an economic tragedy, but a personal tragedy for the millions of people who now have to worry if they can in fact ever provide a better life for their kids.
That's why Create Jobs for USA – started by Starbucks and Opportunity Finance Network – is so important. It won't solve the problem of unemployment, but it's an example of what one company, a group of citizens and each of us as individuals, can do to help. That's why I'm contributing all the royalties for any sale in a Starbucks store of my new book, We Can All Do Better, to the Create Jobs for USA Program.
America's future depends on us creating more jobs paying higher incomes. We can do that by passing laws which ensure if a company hires an additional worker and lays no one off, the federal government will pay 30% of that person's salary for two years. And we can do that by funding significant infrastructure projects that generate 5 million jobs. We can do this by reducing the uncertain future represented by the budget deficit, thereby encouraging non-financial U.S. corporations to use some of the $1.8 trillion in cash and liquid assets they now have on their books to actually hire U.S. workers. If just 20% of that money was spent on hiring at the median yearly income of $49,000, our unemployment rate would plunge to 5%.
But as Create Jobs for USA shows, government and the private sector can't do it all alone. It takes individual citizens to step forward and contribute too. At root, we have to ask ourselves the basic question: What do we owe another human being, just because he or she is a human being? One of the things we owe them is the chance to express the dignity of work. To make that a reality for more people once again will take farsighted political leadership, committed corporate leadership and dedicated citizens to make America what America can be.
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But Jack of Maine, whether people like it or not there are folks who think same sex marriage is right and okay and there are people who don't think it is okay and right. Each side has their individual opinions that they fight for under the freedom we have in America. Gays have used the American system to gain what they have gained. So too, if people think it is wrong, then they can use the American system to try and turn it back around or not. It's America.
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- astavisky
Bill, you've got some of this wrong. You never want the government to hand out money (my money) for anything. When a politician gets and dollar in his pocket he likes where his hand is.
The whole idea of the American dream is not just the right to work but to follow a life-path as one wishes; knowing that some people will make poor choices, it's the job of the politician to stomach the outcome and to remove the impediments for the rest of us. Just keep the country safe, we can handle the rest
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- jennifermoore89
How can individual citizens to step forward and contribute when alot of jobs out there are looking for ether experience or a colledge education if you as person are just graduating high school alot of jobs are not avaible to this group, Alot of jobs in the US if you dont have some form of colledge education wont even look at your application for EX Mcdonalds they are now looking for individuals with a colledge background because the one where i live and others that i personaly have applied to
- jennifermoore89
(continued) want that icing on the cake so to speak it is not enough that a capable citizen is looking to work at the astablishment no now you need a colledge education to flip a f***ing buger it is outragous what componies want and this was in 2009 fresh out of high school daploma and everything and it wasn't enough unless more entry level jobs can be made and we as a whole cut back shipping our products to be made over seas this ecomoney will never get better there will always be a high
- jennifermoore89
(continued) number for unemployment a high number for poverty a high number for people of the US who want to work but cant seem to find a job and just stop looking. Then there are the People that do have experience alot of the times companies will say you have to much and wont hire them do to that reason.for EX my mother who is 51 years of age as enough work experience to get any job she wanted and companiese will not hire her do to this reason she has entery level and managerial experience and
- jennifermoore89
(continued) companies simply will not look twice because of this reason she has a job and has had one for years it was the fact that personal cercumstances are changing and she wanted something closer to her home. So unless companiese all over are willing to lower thier standards and are willing to pay a little more for their products to be made simple fact of the matter at hand is this cumbling job economey will cease to existed.
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How about hiring customer service reps who actually provide customer service?
I have had an unresolved issue with YOUR customer service department for FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have contacted your company via email (so that I would have a paper trail) to no avail. Your company has blatantly stolen my money and will not return it. I need this issue resolved TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's a shame that, while publicly cheerleading for the creation of high-quality jobs, Starbucks itself doesn't offer those jobs. I worked at a Starbucks and the pay was $8.24 per hour--nice as a second income or for insurance, but woefully insufficient to raise an American out of poverty. It'd be nice if Starbucks put its money where its mouth is.
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Bill...be honest, this is about getting the working class to subsidize lower labor costs for corporate entities. Why in hell should taxpayers subsidize salaries? Here's an alternative idea...why doesn't every CEO in a U.S. registered company whose salary exceeds 1 million USD per year contribute 25% of that salary to a fund that provides free academic or vocational educational programs for America's youth as long as they reciprocate with 1000 volunteer hours for every year they get free educati
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Here's another idea...why don't we reform the curriculum in every MBA program to include material on the coop model as a viable alternative to investor own businesses? Coops can not only create jobs, but create jobs with true equity participation in the net profits of the entity they work for....and please don't call this socialism. COOPs offer true participation in a companies success.
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Oh yeah...and maybe corporate America could kick in another 5% of their gross revenues to American schools so that people like jennifermoore89 above can post in a public forum and actually sound literate. No wonder she's having a hard time...she can barely speak the English language. Our schools are failing our youth...where exactly are they to draw courage and inspiration from when they're fundamentally illiterate.
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Democrats push gun control except for violent felons
In Minnesota the 2012 election put the DFL back in the majority at our state Legislature, so along with the governor, they are the party in charge.
Emboldened by these results, the gun control advocates swiftly introduced new legislation to put limits on the law-abiding gun owners in our state. The four bills now pending in the House are HF 241, HF 242, HF 243 and HF 244 and they're all authored and sponsored by Democrats. No Republicans have their names attached to any of them.
Meanwhile, as the DFL wants to tell non-criminals what guns they should be allowed to own and how many bullets the magazines should hold, they also want convicted violent felons to be able to have guns.
What? Yes, HF 486, also authored by Democrats, would allow rapists and murderers to get their guns back. Does this make any sense to you? The hypocrisy is astounding. Let's take legally purchased firearms away from law-abiding gun owners and give them to convicted violent felons. Amazing!
If you voted for Democrats in the last election, are you surprised by this? I'm not. Even if the DFL representative or senator in your district says they're pro-gun rights, the party they belong to is not. When you put them in the majority, this is what you get.
Elections have consequences, and the DFL in Minnesota is just getting started. Don't expect your governing body in St. Paul to give a fig about your 2nd Amendment rights here in the northern part of the state. They seem to care more about criminals having guns than you.
Hopefully, in the election two years from now, you'll think a little more about what the party stands for when you mark your ballot.
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Ugly architecture, crazy traffic patterns and parking in the hinterlands. Confusing signage, endless corridors, torn carpeting and uncomfortable seating. Not to mention endless delays, lost baggage and I-have-to-take-a-what-to-get-there gates. Airport terminals can seem soulless, sapping the joy from a trip. And the biggest offenders have made it onto Frommer's list of the 10 worst airport terminals.
At the top of the list (or should we say the bottom?): JFK Airport's Terminal 3 in New York City. Built in 1960 and now Delta's international hub, the eyesore is set for demolition. Frommer's describes it as having "a sense that the cleaning crew gave up in despair a while ago." Perhaps they were given a different tear-down date.
Poor Terminal 3. Its neighbor, JFK Airport 'sTerminal 5, made it onto Frommer's earlier list of the World's 10 Most Beautiful Airport Terminals. It's not easy being the ugly house on the block.
Smack in the middle of the worst list is Amman Queen Alia Airport. Tell me how an airport named for a woman can receive such a bad rating for bathroom cleanliness. Sad but true: Skytrax, a global consulting firm, ranked it low on such basic necessities.
Chicago's Midway Airport, which the U.S. Bureau of Transportation recently ranked as the nation's worst for on-time departures, was only 10th on the Frommer's list. (They decided the Windy City's notorious winter weather should take the lion's share of blame.)
Except for three hours stuck on the tarmac in Philadelphia with a stranger squeezing my hand (she was seriously afraid of flying and her meds had worn off), I've had fairly good luck in airports. I do remember nearly missing a flight out of Orlando International Airport years ago, just barely catching that ridiculous train to the gate in time. While the airport's Web site insists it's only about a 68-second ride, it seemed interminable as I worried that my attempt to reach my flight in time would be, well, terminal.
Which airport is at the top of your worst list?
— written by Jodi Thompson