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It is an exciting time to be a rheumatologist. With the development of self-injectable and oral medications, disease "remission" is an increasingly attainable goal. There have been numerous therapeutic advances over the last ten years in treating autoimmune inflammatory arthritis diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, as well as, rarer vasculitic diseases such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly known as Wegeners granulomatosis). As our understanding of the intricate complexities of the immune system expands so does our ability to isolate new potential targets in the inflammatory cascade that fuels rheumatologic diseases.
We now have multiple biologic therapeutic options that work upon specific immune system targets. They are used to treat many rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). Biologics are infusible medications or self-injectable medications that act upon one of these specific targets and are given at varying intervals.
In the year to come, drugs with an entirely new mechanism of action are expected to be approved by the FDA: these are called Jak-Kinase inhibitors. These will be the first biologic medications for rheumatoid arthritis that can be taken orally. To date, all of the biologic medications are self injectable or infusion medications. In the preliminary studies, their efficacy is comparable to the current injectable biologics.
The treatment of Lupus has also seen recent advances in therapeutic options. Last year, the FDA approved a biologic called belimumab for treatment of lupus. It was the first new drug to treat lupus after 56 years, and is being tested for use in other autoimmune diseases. In the last several years, rituximab has been increasingly used in a subset of these disorders with excellent results. It is the first medicine in more then 30 years that has shown significant benefit to these often devastating diseases.
While biologics hold much promise including improved quality of life and overall improved disease control, they are always used with caution given potential serious side effects. All in all, we have clearly not reached disease eradication or cure for many of these inflammatory processes, but disease "remission" is an increasingly attainable goal.
In addition to medication advances, ultrasound is transforming rheumatology practice to aid in diagnosis and treatment. We are happy to announce that Sansum Clinic's Rheumatology Department has recently acquired a portable ultrasound machine. Ultrasound can be used as part of the physical exam to aid in detecting subtle inflammation within the joint. It can demonstrate bone erosions in such diseases as rheumatoid arthritis and this can be accomplished immediately with the patient during the office visit.
In rheumatoid arthritis, early detection of aggressive disease is vital so that appropriate medications can be started to prevent joint damage. Ultrasound may help to facilitate this early detection. We look forward to continuing to expand our skills and technique in this rapidly evolving and exciting new area of rheumatology.


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Headline News from PaymentsNews.com - March 30, 2015
On the Web:
- Payments on Fire Podcast #17 – Aligning Bitcoin with B2B Remittances - PaymentsViews.com (George Peabody) - "In this Payments on Fire episode, Marwan Forzley, CEO of Align Commerce, talks with Glenbrook's George Peabody about how his firm moves value for its SMB customers from the sender's currency to the receiver's over bitcoin rails."
- Interest in Bitcoin Grows on Wall Street - Wall St. Journal Moneybeat - "The interest is most evident on Wall Street, where there's a sense that the bank-dominated, centralized pathways through which international finance passes are long overdue for the kind of Internet-driven cost savings that have affected other industries."
- We May Have Just Uncovered Amazon's Vision for a New Kind of Retail Store - Re/code.net - "A recently filed patent application by Amazon reveals details about a new kind of retail establishment that would allow shoppers to pick items and leave without stopping at a cashier station or kiosk."
- Mobile Payment Startup MyCheck Raises $5M From Santander's Innoventures Fund - TechCrunch - "Initially launched as a consumer app in 2011, MyCheck has since pivoted to more of a B2B model, offering a platform that enables mobile payments/loyalty for big restaurant chains (such as Busaba and Prezzo in the U.K. and Blockheads and Aroma in the U.S.) and the hospitality industry more generally."
- New publication on cross-border mobile money remittance models in West Africa - GSMA Blog - "This paper draws insights from two early examples in the West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU), where member states are socio-economically integrated and adoption of mobile money has been rapid in recent years."
On the Wires:
- Contactless Card Payments enabled on Vodafone Wallet with Visa and Carta Worldwide - "Vodafone customers will soon be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals, it was announced today. Following new agreements with Visa and Carta Worldwide, bank card payments via Vodafone Wallet will be enabled in European markets from the second quarter of 2015 onwards."
- MasterCard Expands San Carlos Center of Excellence - "MasterCard today announced the expansion of its San Carlos Center of Excellence and the relocation of senior vice president of Emerging Merchants, Les Matthews, and his team to the company's West Coast office. MasterCard will also add global communications support in San Carlos with the relocation of vice president, Worldwide Communications, Brian Gendron. The moves enhance the company's presence on the ground in Silicon Valley – an important market for continuing to deepen MasterCard's footprint with the tech community."
- GTCR Announces Sale of Fundtech to DH Corporation - Aaron Cohen, Managing Director at GTCR, added: "This transaction marks another successful example of GTCR's Leaders Strategy™, as we worked in partnership with an exceptional management team to execute this complex transformational merger. We are pleased that those efforts have resulted in building a market-leader in transaction banking software."
- According to New Chase Slate Credit Survey, Checking Your Credit Score Correlates to Financial Aptitude – Yet Gaps in Consumers' Credit Health Awareness Still Exist - "The survey reveals that Americans who have previously checked their credit score consider a "good" score to be 719 on average1. This is 51 points higher than what is considered to be good by those who have never checked their score (668). What Americans may not realize is that even a score of 719 might not give them access to credit at the best rates."
- TimesofMoney Announces Launch of 'Movit' - Talking about Movit, Avijit Nanda, Chief Executive Officer, TimesofMoney, says, "TimesofMoney has several success stories to its credit. We have engaged with international clients for Movit and in fact are in the process of deploying it in Africa currently. Since Movit's primary delivery channel is the mobile phone, it gives a huge thrust to the financial inclusion agenda of governments in emerging economies of India, Asia & Africa where there is an ever-increasing mobile penetration."
- Powa Technologies and Merchant e-Solutions Partner to Support POS Application Developers' Go-To-Market Strategies - "PowaPOS has a unique position in the tablet-based payments market right now. Its fully integrated hardware and universal OS support makes it particularly attractive to POS software developers and to us," said Tom Bell, CEO, Merchant e-Solutions. "By partnering together, we'll be able to provide developers with the best payments processing and hardware solutions on the market today."
Glenbrook's 2015 Payments Education Update!
- Our payments education schedule for 2015 is now available. Our next spring Payments Boot Camp session is scheduled for New York City on April 14-15. We're also holding a one-day Insight Workshop on April 16 following the New York Boot Camp on the topic of Faster Payments. On May 19-20, we will be holding a Payments Boot Camp in Menlo Park, California followed by a one-day Insight Workshop on May 21 on the topic of The New Point of Sale.
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In 2012, Google's street view team traveled to the world's least-populated continent to capture historic sites such as the South Pole and the insides of buildings that have battled the elements for more than a century.
Taking a virtual look inside places that provided shelter for Antarctica's earliest explorers is like stepping back in time. "They were built to withstand the drastic weather conditions only for the few short years that the explorers inhabited them," says Google. "But remarkably, after more than a century, the structures are still intact, along with well-preserved examples of the food, medicine, survival gear, and equipment used during the expeditions."
For Google to create a 360-degree image of a certain area, it basically needs to snap multiple photos from multiple angles at the same time. Starting with a special camera with 15 lenses, each lens snaps a photo that overlaps somewhat with the two lenses on either side of it. Then, the resulting images are stitched together into a panoramic shot.
Street View photos are normally gathered using specially modified cars, trikes, and even snowmobiles with a custom camera. But the crop of immersive imagery from the icy continent was collected using only "a lightweight tripod with a fisheye lens," according to Google. In an area as unforgiving as Antarctica, Google says it "worked with this technology because of its portability, reliability, and ease-of-use."
The end result may not be quite the same as being there in person, but it's definitely a historically interesting step forward. And it's a lot warmer, safer, and less expensive, too.
A virtual tour of the interior of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's hut displays the host of supplies used in early 20th century Antarctic expeditions—everything from medicine and food to candles and cargo sleds can be found neatly stored inside. Click here or on the image below to view a 360-degree panorama of the hut.


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The Cyprus Institute in realizing its educational mission it offers Doctoral Degrees to a small, highly selective group of young scientists aspiring to become tomorrow's leaders in academia and research.
In The Cyprus Institute Doctoral Program students, can expect to experience:
- An educational environment where excellence in education and research are fostered through interdisciplinary collaborations addressing regional problems of global significance.
- Cooperation with prominent scientists and researchers who excel in their disciplines and who are committed to promote regional and global cooperation and understanding through education and research.
- A collegiate spirit which understands the Institute as a locus of excellence for students and scholars from all countries regardless of race, religion or nationality.
- Tutorship in exceptional and demanding curricula that will provide them with the theoretical and applied knowledge necessary to equip them to lead tomorrow's knowledge frontier.
- Be challenged with a wide variety of concepts and approaches and enforce international standards of excellence in their relevant field of studies.
The Cyprus Institute admits students with intellectual drive and capabilities matched to the demanding goals and requirements stated above. Those who expect to be admitted ought to:
- posses excellent analytical skills and are able to understand problems and propose solutions;
- have good communication skills and be able to explain their ideas;
- be capable of working diligently on difficult original projects;
- have the ability to set their own goals and manage their own time;
- have shown promise that they can perform well in a very demanding intellectual environment and be inspired by the vision and the goals of our program so as to commit to its requirement and rigor.
The Cyprus Institute Graduate School was awarded the ERASMUS Charter for Higher Education 2014 - 2020 and the Institute agrees to comply with the following fundamental principles of Erasmus mobility:
- Mobility shall be carried out only within prior inter-institutional agreements (in the case of student placements: within prior agreements between the Institution and the organizations where the placements are carried out);
- No university fees for tuition, registration, examinations, access to laboratory and library facilities are to be charged to in-coming Erasmus students
- Full recognition shall be given to students for satisfactorily completed activities specified in the compulsory Learning Agreements and Placement Agreements.
The Institution also agrees:
- to ensure the highest quality in the organization of student and staff mobility
- to ensure the highest quality in the organization of student placements
- to ensure that curriculum information is up to date, easily accessible and transparent
- to ensure that an academic credit transfer system (ECTS or similar) gives transparency to the recognition procedures
- to ensure equal academic treatment and services to home and Erasmus students
- to support the integration of visiting Erasmus students in the Institution's activities
- to provide incoming Erasmus students and their home institutions with transcripts containing full, accurate and timely information at the end of their mobility period abroad


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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: pākehā
Maori pākehā.
pakeha (plural pakehas or pakeha)
- (New Zealand) A non-Maori, especially a European New Zealander.
- 2003, "RK", Maori TV (on newsgroup nz.general)
- i.e. they'll spend the first four hours enthusiastic as can be, then get bored, want some kai, go down to the local fish and chip shop & bottle store & spend the rest of the episode telling drunken stories of how they used to steal from the "pakeha that owned the store on the corner" and about days spent down at the social welfare office.
2004, David Mitchell, A Cloud Atlas:
- Henry asked if missionaries were now active on the Chathams at which Mr Evans & Mr D'Arnoq exchanged looks, & the former informed us, 'Nay, the Maori don't take kindly to us Pakeha spoiling their Moriori with too much civilization.'
- 2003, "RK", Maori TV (on newsgroup nz.general)


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A fire that broke out at an Otara bitumen plant earlier today is now out, but fire crews are still keeping watch on hot spots.
Fire communications spokesman Jaron Phillips said although the fire had been extinguished, nine fire trucks were still on site monitoring hot spots.
He said the crew was likely to be scaled down to four trucks throughout the night, who would continue to supervise the scene into tomorrow.
The Otara Bitumen Plant makes building wrap products.


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Friday, February 14, 2014
white wine cheesecake cupcakes
White Wine Mini Cheesecakes (makes 7 generously filled or 8 medium filled cupcakes)
What you will need:
1/3 cup graham crumbs (the safeway no name brand are the best imo)
1 tbsp butter (melted)
1 tbsp sugar (optional, vanilla sugar would be great)
1-8 oz package of cream cheese (I used light)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp white wine of your choice
1 egg
How to make:
Melt 1 tbsp butter in a small microwave safe bowl and add in the sugar and graham crumbs. Mix well and spoon into cupcake liners, pressing firmly into the bottom.
Soften your cream cheese.
This is how I do mine: In a large microwave safe bowl microwave for 30 seconds take out and mash with the beater attachment from a hand mixer (fancy I know) return to the microwave for another 30 seconds. Take out and stir the warmed cheese it should be warn and smooth with no lumps. The beater attachment works better than a spoon or whisk so I have found.
In another bowl mix the wine, sugar and beat in the egg. When the cream cheese has cooled a bit mix into the cheese stirring well so there is no lumps. If you do not wait the egg will get cooked in the hot cheese and make lumps...
Spoon into your cupcake cups and bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes depending on your oven.
Decorate as you please. I made flowers out of slivered almonds and chocolate chips
Baking lessons learned:
* Once out of the oven allow to cool shortly then place in the fridge to cool completely, do not cover they will get wet from the steam. Cheesecake can crack and I have found placing it in the fridge helps this. Once chilled they can be transferred to a tin and covered in the fridge until ready to eat.
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Oh my goodness! These are so beautiful! I'm sure your co-worker loved them. :)ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend!
omg!!! these are adorable!!! :D great job!!ReplyDelete
have a great long weekend, dear!
The decorations you put on these are fab! They look delicious.ReplyDelete
Too cute! I love the little floral details on each one!ReplyDelete
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Used to be tswiftfan13 I changed it so it matched my instagram, twitter, kik, snapchat, etc.
Hi! Thanks for checking out my profile! I'm Laura! I'm 16. I'm in French immersion so you can talk to me in both French and English.I took an eight week Spanish class this year to expand my languages. I'm really bad at Spanish, haha. I have green eyes and frizzyish curly brown-blond hair. I'm usually seen either with a guitar, book or my iPhone. I love animated pictures(GIFS I think they're called?) as I could watch them for hours! I like taking picures of 13s all over and post them on Instagram. I recently got this because Taylor had it and I'm sort of addicted1 There are so many great Taylor Swift pictures on there! I'm tswiftfan13gppigger if anyone wants to look at my pictures. When I'm on TC I'm usually watching TV with either some food or a guinea pig in my lap. TC is my relaxation almost everyday.
I am a huge Swiftie(like everyone else on here), About a month ago, i made a massive Taylor collage of all individual cut out pictures and I hung it on my wall. I'm extremely proud of it as I've been collecting magazine clippings for over two years. Everyday, I'm doing something Taylor-related, listening to Taylor's music, playing it on guitar or I'm on here! Taylor isnpired me to play guitar, and I really hope I can build up the courage to Speak Now to someone I've had a crush on for 10 years. Yes, that's right and I know it's pathetic. 10 years. I love talking girly things like boys and clothes and stuff because my friends are never there for me when I have a problem. I find Taylor's songs extremely relatable to anything! When I'm having a bad day, I go and find a song that suits my mood and I feel a bit better. My favorite song is I'd Lie. I really wish she would release it! I love it so much! I have went to one Taylor concert, but even one is good enough for me! I spoke Now on August 19th in edmonton. I went with my dad, and had a blast! I have never met Taylor, or even touched her hand, but being the same room as her made me feel special. That night was amzing and I hope to see her again and hopefiully meet her! I also was lucky enough to see Taylor on the RED tour in Edmonton on June 26th. I was able to meet some other Swifties before the show and it was incredible as I actually fit in :) Then the show was so amazing! I still can't believe I was so close to the most wonderful person alive! I cried the whole time :)
I live in Alberta, Canada. I haven't found any Swifties in my area, let alone my school or city! So I'm eager to meet some here!
About my life, I have a nice house with a big backyard and near a lake. I have two younger twin sisters. I have both my parents that live with me, so I'm glad there's no family issues in my household. Besides the typical sister arguments over useless stuff and me getting in trouble with my parents, we get along all right.
I play guitar, piano, cornet, trumpet, I used to play tuba in grade 7 band, I'm learning 12 string guitar. I bought a beautiful Koa ukulele and I love it SO much! I definately recommend trying ukulele because it's super fun. I'm eager to learn more instruments! I really wanted a banjo for Christmas this year and my wish came true! I'm a proud owner and horrible player of a low-end model 5-string banjo! It's so much fun even though I find it the hardest string instrument I've played so far. Why do I keep learning all these instruments? because Taylor plays them. She plays a big part in my musical dedication. I used to not be as devoted, but Taylor inspired me. :) I went to Alberta honour band for cornet and learned alot! I'm kind of a band geek. You belong with me? Yeah I'm Taylor. I'm a member in the jazz band at my school. Out of 1500 students, there's two members in it. I finally got my braces off! I'm very happy about this. Guitar is my new passion. I'm just learning but I enjoy it so much! Taylor inspired me so much to play!
I love animals. A lot. Horses, marine life and guinea pigs are my favorite. I've wanted a horse since I was 2, and still haven't gotten one. Waiting patiently... Marine life fascinates me. I love all the different species down there! Too bad I live on the prarie. It's pretty dry there. I have cactuses growing near the lake I live by! I have two guinea pigs, Rocky and Brownie. Both were adopted and I love them so much! I foster young guinea pigs from my local animal shelter since they are low on space and could use the help. My house is a zoo! At least, that's what my dad calls it. We have a dog(Buttons) and our cat (Mustang, but I changed it to Meredith ;) ), passed away on Easter Sunday late at night. Some careless neighbour wasn't paying attention and hit him with their car. It was quite tragic and ourfamily is having a tough time. Not to mention the foster guinea pigs and my two younger twin sisters.
I am an avid reader and I will read just about anything someone requests to me! My favorite series are The Hunger Games(I read them years before they were even popular, still love them to this day), Percy Jackson (awesome,awesome,awesome books everyone needs to read them!),The Chronicles of Narnia (I know they're for kids but I used to be obsessed with them and they mean a lot to me from all the memories I had reanacting the books). I also love reading romance novels particularily Nicholas Sparks (my favorite is Dear John, not just because Taylor has a song but because I love the story and that horses are involved). I enjoy Harry Potter as well as simple feel good books with animals or family.
I'm not really what people call athletic and when we pick teams in gym, I'm always last. I'm super skinny and uncoordinated, but I'm a pretty good runner. I do long distance runs and I do well :) I'm supposed to be running everyday, but I'm lazy so I just kind of show up for the track meets/cross-country meets and welll... run! I like walking the dog with my headphones on low volume (I'm super securitywise..Is that even a word?) and pick up garbage. I LOVE the lorax project! I've become obsessed and people at my school think I'm weird rooting through garbage cans for plastic or paper that can be recycled. I know I'm weird. I like running for long distances and picking up garbage! That doesn't make many friends...Too bad. I like doing it so some of my good friends are on here living across the world! It's awesome :D
tswiftfan13 from the old TC so I haven't changed much! Just my familarity with the new site. I'm kind of having problems with it. I'm very talkative so don't be shy to say hi! Hey that rhymes, hehe :) Oh yeah, I like rhymes all the poems in school I need to write, rhyme.
Anyway, Thanks for looking at my profile and reading through that. Feel free to add me as your friend or leave a comment! I'll always accept your request or reply back!
lovelovelove, Laura :)
Awesome signature thingy made by my draw something buddy SparklyFearlessGirls13 ! Isn't it lovely?!
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Hiii!! I know this is kind of annoying and a bunch of people post similar links, but I would reallllyyyy appreciate it if you could click this link as many times as possible and share it with any and all friends on any social media sites or in person to help me meet Taylor!! Any help would be super appreciated!! Please and Thank you! Thank YYOUU!!
it does count:) and awwww it will be fine i promise! at least you know u have a taylor song to describe your whole situation aw its so amazing knowing shes been through exactly what we're going through:) she sounds awful to be honest:( ill try not to give up aw thankyou for your help! thats so cute it will work out for you:) thankyou<13
Hey! :D still no package from you yet :( what's taking them so long?! Oh my gosh I wish I could get the ecard app but it's not available for Android phones yet! Aww, I'm glad to hear you have a little more free time now :) and yaaay for Rocky's eye getting better :D English weather isn't too bad at the moment actually, just very chilly. But no more snow I don't think :) my birthday is March 14th - next thursday!
Mine is about 4 hours away not including stops. I'm going to be a mess when she comes on stage, I know it. Is Alberta west coast Canada? (sorry for my lack of geographical knowledge). I agree with you though like when I was texting my friends about how sad I was that Liz, Claire, and Al weren't going to be on tour this year they were like its not that big of a deal. Which it really isnt but that is not what I wanted to hear at the time and then on here everyones so different and gets into it more and I love it!
You can't be too bad at running, you're definitely are better then me at it! Yea, my hands probably would not be able to maneuver a 12 string guitar. I love to sing when I'm alone and have pretty much all the singing apps on my phone but I will never sing in front of anyone. Even when I did my schools chorus I would lip sing. THAT IS AWESOME!!!! I'M EXCITED FOR YOU! What city/province are you going to? I'm going to Pittsburgh and it'll be my first Taylor concert so I am beyond stoked about it!
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Having feasted on Thanks-giving dinner just a day or so ago does not give the cook dispensation from preparing three meals a day the following weekend. Enter leftovers, my favorite part of Thanks-giving cooking.
Leftovers in my house don't result from poor judgment. I plan carefully for those extra amounts of stuffing, vegetables and cranberry sauce.
While all leftovers usually find their way into the weekend menu, the turkey takes the spotlight: turkey soup, turkey chili, turkey salad and, of course, a bounty of turkey sandwiches. If your leftovers create leftovers, store slices of turkey in plastic wrap and then in foil, and freeze for another delicious turkey meal in the future.
Don't forget the turkey carcass. Break it down into several pieces and simmer with vegetables for a delicious turkey stock that you can use now or freeze.
Turkey Salad with Dried Cranberries and Arugula
Serves 4-6
1 Tbs. Dijon mustard
2 Tbs. rice vinegar
1⁄2 cup olive oil
1⁄2 tsp. dried tarragon
4 cups diced cooked turkey
1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
4 cups arugula, torn into bite-size pieces
salt and pepper to taste
In a small bowl, whisk together mustard and vinegar. Slowly add the oil and whisk until mixture is emulsified. Stir in tarragon.
In a large bowl, combine turkey, cranberries, celery and arugula. Toss with dressing and salt and pepper to taste.
Turkey and White Bean Chili
Serves 6
3 Tbs. olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 jalapeño peppers, seeded and chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
3 Tbs. chili powder or to taste
28-oz. can tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped
3 cups diced cooked turkey
2 cups cooked white beans
salt and pepper to taste
1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
In a large shallow saucepan, heat oil. Cook onion, garlic and peppers until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in chili powder and add tomatoes. Bring to a boil and add turkey and beans. Simmer 10 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper. Sprinkle with cilantro.
Turkey Sauté with Autumn Vegetables
Serves 8
4 Tbs. oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 large red pepper, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 Tbs. curry powder or to taste
28-oz. can tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1⁄2-inch dice
2 cups corn kernels
3 cups diced cooked turkey
1 cup golden raisins
1 tsp. dried thyme
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup toasted slivered almonds
chopped cilantro
In a large skillet, heat oil. Add onion and pepper and sauté until vegetables begin to soften. Add garlic, cumin and curry powder and stir 1 minute. Add tomatoes and cook until bubbly. Add butternut squash and cook about 5 minutes. Add corn, turkey, raisins and thyme and cook another 10 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper. Sprinkle with almonds and cilantro.
Louise Fiszer is a Palo Alto cooking teacher, author and the co-author of "Jewish Holiday Cooking." Her columns alternate with those of Faith Kramer. Questions and recipe ideas can be sent to j. or to email@example.com.


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Tim Sherwood did all we could have expected of him this season. Under "Tactics Tim", as he was sarcastically (and unfairly) nicknamed, Spurs beat the teams below us (with only two exceptions in Norwich and West Ham) and lost to those above us.
Sixth is a fair representation of where we are as a club. It is certainly not where we want to be, but realistically it is about right following the mistakes in the transfer market made by chairman Daniel Levy and technical director Franco Baldini in the summer; the stubborn refusal of previous manager Andre Villas-Boas to change his system when it patently was not working in the autumn; and a dearth of talent in the back four.
Since Sherwood took over we have performed in line with the quality of our squad and our resources. It is, of course, a shame not to make the top four, but to lay any of the blame for that at Sherwood's door is unfair. He deserved a full season to show whether he could deliver the holy grail of Champions League football and oversee a badly needed recalibration of the squad to give us a decent chance of doing so.
Sherwood haters will point to the humiliating defeats to Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea – and these were indeed tough to take – as reasons why he had to go, but we went for broke in those games – as we had to do against extremely tough opponents – and came up short.
It would not have made any difference to our season if we had played cagily and lost those games 1-0, we would still have finished sixth and it is unreasonable to suppose that another manager would have seen us overcome the three sides that battled it out for the title.
But that is where we are: looking for another manager, our 11th since Arsène Wenger took over down the road at Arsenal back in 1996. It is likely to be a foreign coach with little understanding of Tottenham Hotspur's proud heritage and, probably, no idea of quite how much pressure and expectation come with the job. Good luck to him. He will need it.
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Well camel or sit (along with upright) are the three basic spinning positions therefore it demonstrates the basic skating skills of a skater and every skater should demonstrate the ability to do all of the above three spins to a very high standard. The layback is a separate skill that the woman all have to demonstrate but technically it is a variation of an upright spin.Originally Posted by passion
The Biellmann spin is a variation of the upright spin and i think people complain because eveyone is doing it because of the level enhancer it gives to an upright spin and the fact that many people are not doing it very well, just barely managing it in order to get the points bonus.
I more comparable complaint might be to complain about the number of pancake spins rather than a sit spin etc.


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Steve Trovato's Beginning Blues: Rhythm and Lead Guitar Methods Released by Alfred Music Publishing
Los Angeles, CA — August 2011 - Alfred Music Publishing, the leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, releases Steve Trovato's Beginning Blues: Rhythm and Lead Guitar, an easy-to-follow approach to playing authentic blues by the award-winning guitarist, author, and instructor, in collaboration with guitarist, songwriter, and producer, Terry Carter.
Steve Trovato's Beginning Blues: Rhythm and Lead Guitar method series teaches staple guitar licks and rhythm patterns essential to building solid blues guitar chops in the styles of Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, and B. B. King. Perfect for the beginner seeking to learn how to play the blues style or the professional who wants a solid reference guide, the book and DVD set is designed to have guitarists playing authentic blues style guitar right away—all in a friendly-paced and fun setting.
Steve Trovato's Beginning Blues Rhythm Guitar teaches more than 50 rhythm patterns, including the medium shuffle, uptown blues, slow blues, blues-rock, mambo, and more—all transcribed in standard music notation and TAB. The companion DVD features video lessons of every music example in the book, clearly demonstrated by host Steve Trovato, to reveal the essentials to mastering the art of blues rhythm playing.
Steve Trovato's Beginning Blues Lead Guitar method teaches guitarists via signature blues licks—transcribed in standard music notation and TAB—that are positioned as jump-off points to develop a guitarist's own lead guitar voice. Providing a concise yet informative explanation of soloing techniques such as slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, bending, vibrato, and rakes, guitarists are quickly led in to playing 18 great blues solos in the styles of blues guitar legends. The accompanying DVD dissects every solo with clear and concise instruction by host Steve Trovato.
Steve Trovato's Beginning Blues: Rhythm and Lead Guitar Book & DVD sets are now available for $16.99 each and can be found at music retail stores and at alfred.com/guitar.
Alfred Music Publishing is the world's largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Alfred's home office is located in Los Angeles, with domestic offices in Miami and New York as well as offices around the world including Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Since 1922, Alfred Music Publishing has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach, and play music. Alfred currently has over 90,000 active titles. Alfred represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred's Basic Guitar, Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Green Day, Michael Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Eagles, Cole Porter, and George and Ira Gershwin, to brands like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Rolling Stone Magazine, and Billboard.
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