text:
Many years ago, a friend offered me an opportunity to purchase an Automated Teller Machine. He was the manager of a new mini-mart in the area and had already been asked by several customers for the location of the nearest ATM.
"It's easy money!" he said. "All we have to do is keep it stocked with cash and collect fees. The bank does everything else!"
He really thought he was onto something and was doing me a huge favor by sharing his investment advice. He thought he'd found "easy money". I thought he was nuts! Why would I want to leave thousands of dollars of my own money, cash mind you, in a machine at the back of a gas station just in case the opportunity to collect a few little fees might present itself?! Who would be dumb enough to pay a fee to get their own cash out of my machine? No, thank you.
I politely turned down his offer. However, many times over the years, I've wondered if he might have been onto something.
It turns out that many, many people are paying ATM fees. According to an analysis verified by SNL Financial, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo … America's three biggest banks … earned more than $6.4 billion last year from ATM and overdraft fees! That works out to more than $25 in fees annually for every American adult!
I rarely carry cash. When I do, it's not because I've gone to a bank and it's almost never because I've gone to an Automated Teller Machine. According to Bankrate, the average fee for using an "out-of-network" ATM in the United States is $4.57. WHAT?!
Who's paying these fees?!
Almost any establishment where a Debit Card is accepted will allow customers to receive a minimal amount of cash back at the time of payment. Many retailers and grocers allow customers to receive as much as one hundred dollars cash back. That's what I do when I need cash! It's convenient, safer than an isolated ATM and it's FREE.
Had I realized back then that American are willing to pay BILLIONS in fees to access their own cash, I might already be retired after years of traveling from machine to machine filling each with crisp twenty-dollar bills.
Do you pay ATM Fees?
Like this post? Follow the blog and get involved in discussions! Find "Follow via Email" on the right side of the page. There's also an opportunity to follow on Twitter and/or LIKE our page on Facebook so you won't miss a daily post. Click on buttons at the end of each post to share on other social media sites, too! Thanks for reading!
Copyright © 2017 www.DiatribesAndOvations.com
I love a good margarita! Come to think of it I enjoy bad ones, too. At this very moment, there's a bottle of pre-mixed Jose Cuervo ready-to-drink goodness chilling in our kitchen refrigerator. Always be prepared, right?
Today is National Margarita Day!
For the uninitiated, the margarita is the most common tequila-based cocktail served in the United States. It consists of tequila, triple sec and lime or lemon juice. There are many legends associated with the origins of the cocktail but two things are certain … margaritas always include tequila and the bartender edges the rim of the glass with salt.
One of my favorite margaritas is a simply mixture found at our local Mexican restaurant. The drinks they serve there aren't particularly fancy but they're always cold, they're affordable and they serve them quickly! While many variations of the classic margarita are available, including fruit flavors and frozen concoctions, I prefer the "classic" recipe.
According to Mexican tradition, when drinking straight tequila (particularly if the quality is bad), the best course of action is to down it in one swallow, suck on a wedge of lime and lick a dash of salt off the back of your hand. It's not surprising that the lime and salt followed tequila to the margarita glass.
In the December 1953 issue of Esquire magazine, the margarita was the "Drink of the Month" and the recipe was printed, perhaps for the first time, on a large scale. The cocktails popularity was further popularized in 1977 when Jimmy Buffett released his signature song, "Margaritaville".
National Margarita Day is claimed to have been founded by a few dozen bartenders, so it's hard to trace its exact origin. But February 22nd is the day to use the #NationalMargaritaDay hashtag to share your love of this thirst-quenching favorite!
Do YOU like margaritas?
Like this post? Follow the blog and get involved in discussions! Find "Follow via Email" on the right side of the page. There's also an opportunity to follow on Twitter and/or LIKE our page on Facebook so you won't miss a daily post. Click on buttons at the end of each post to share on other social media sites, too! Thanks for reading!
Copyright © 2017 www.DiatribesAndOvations.com
Any basic financial life plan will include provisions for your children. Most parents, when thinking about how and when to invest, will focus on basics like paying down debt, setting up retirement, estate planning, and allocating funds for their children's endeavors.
Usually, the biggest single expense in a child's life is their education. 529 plans are the most-used savings plans for college. If you want to reap the benefits of these tax-advantaged plans, it's best to start early. But before you start investing, it's important to make sure that they are right for you and your kids.
What is a 529?
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged savings plan that is specific in its purpose – future college costs. 529 plans, also known as "qualified tuition plans," are run by states, state agencies, or educational institutions. Prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans are both types of 529s.
Here's how the federal government defines the two:
Prepaid tuition plans generally allow college savers to purchase units or credits at participating colleges and universities for future tuition and, in some cases, room and board. Most prepaid tuition plans are sponsored by state governments and have residency requirements. Many state governments guarantee investments in prepaid tuition plans that they sponsor.
College savings plans generally permit a college saver (also called the "account holder") to establish an account for a student (the "beneficiary") for the purpose of paying the beneficiary's eligible college expenses. An account holder may typically choose among several investment options for his or her contributions, which the college savings plan invests on behalf of the account holder. Investment options often include stock mutual funds, bond mutual funds, and money market funds, as well as, age-based portfolios that automatically shift toward more conservative investments as the beneficiary gets closer to college age.
529 plans are exempt from federal taxes, which make them an attractive option for parents looking to stow away money for their children's education.
For more information on the basics of 529s, check here.
US News & World Report also offers a great guide to understanding 529 plans. Their guide will walk you through the different types of investments offered and their specific risks. Most state-sponsored 529s give investors choices on how their money is managed, but it's important to know that once your money is in a 529, it's somewhat locked up.
The SEC offers a solid bit a starting advice for anyone considering investing in 529 plans.
"Before you start saving specifically for college, you should consider your overall financial situation. Instead of saving for college, you may want to focus on other financial goals like buying a home, saving for retirement, or paying off high interest credit card bills. Remember that you may face penalties or lose benefits if you do not use the money in a 529 account for higher education expenses."
This means that you need to be pretty sure that you want the money you invest to be used for college specifically – not just random expenses in your children's future.
If you're unsure about where you want the money used 10 or 20 years down the line, there are other investment options that give parents more control.
Jackie Waters lives on a three acre hobby farm in Oregon, where she juggles between raising four energetic boys, having a healthy lifestyle and being Hyper-tidy!
Top Photo Credit: Pixabay.com
Like this post? Follow the blog and get involved in discussions! Find "Follow via Email" on the right side of the page. There's also an opportunity to follow on Twitter and/or LIKE our page on Facebook so you won't miss a daily post. Click on buttons at the end of each post to share on other social media sites, too! Thanks for reading!
Copyright © 2017 www.DiatribesAndOvations.com
Museums are a staple in many communities. Almost every town has a museum devoted to something whether it is furniture, teacups, dolls, dinosaurs, or simply local history. While museums may conjure imagery of dusty mannequins in powdered wigs, they actually provide an enriching experience that makes for a positive family outing. Of course, there's no need to travel to the Louvre; odds are your area already has its own museum. Here are a few reasons to take the family to your local museum.
1. It Teaches Your Kids that Learning is Fun
There is a distinct difference between lecture-based learning and hands-on learning. Most kids who dread school do so as a result of dull, static learning.
Museums create an entirely new form of learning that includes visual aids, audio tours, short lectures, hands-on exhibits, and even mobile apps. Regardless of how your child learns, there will be an option that excites them. The teaching tactics may even help you learn other hands-on, engaging ways to educate your children.
2. Museums Appeal to People of All Ages
No matter what age you are, learning interesting tidbits about history, art, animals, or any number of potential museum themes is fun. Many child-friendly outings are enjoyed at the cost of the parents. A trip to the park leaves parents sitting on the bench. A museum, however, provides entertainment for the whole family. Furthermore, kids watching their parents get excited about learning new things sets a great example.
3. Museums Preserve and Spread Cross-Cultural Knowledge
Museums hold some of the last remaining artifacts of past cultures and a wonderful array of items from existing cultures. Learning about diversity and cultural differences is critical in raising a 21st-century child, and a museum is a great place to start.
By educating your child on your culture as well as other cultures around the world, you are teaching your child tolerance, acceptance, and the skills necessary to navigate an increasingly diverse environment. It is never too early to start instilling cultural values and positive traits like acceptance and embracing diversity in young children.
4. By Supporting a Local Museum, You Support Education
When you patronize a local museum, you put money into maintaining the establishment. You are essentially funding the preservation of history, of art, of rare items, or whatever else you might find in a museum. You simultaneously educate your child about the world and pay to ensure that other children reap the same benefit.
Furthermore, by helping a local museum stay in business, you are also increasing tourism to your town, benefitting the local culture, and even aiding the local economy.
5. There Is a Museum for Everything
Regardless of what you want to teach your children about, there is likely a museum with exhibits on that theme. Even better, each type of museum is family-friendly, educational, and enjoyable for all involved. While small towns may only have a small exhibit on a specific collection, larger towns likely have several types of museums including science centers, art exhibits, and natural history museums. Start with one variety and you may find your children asking for more.
Museums are wonderful educational opportunities for both you and your children. They make learning fascinating and fun while teaching important like skills such as intercultural acceptance and diversity. When you visit local establishments, you not only help them stay in business but also ensure that other children will receive the education your child did while aiding town tourism and boosting the local economy. Yes, a trip to the Smithsonian is nothing to turn your nose up at but it certainly doesn't hurt to start locally.
Delores Santos is an information junkie. She enjoys writing about a variety of subjects based on diligent fact-checking.
Like this post? Follow the blog and get involved in discussions! Find "Follow via Email" on the right side of the page. There's also an opportunity to follow on Twitter and/or LIKE our page on Facebook so you won't miss a daily post. Click on buttons at the end of each post to share on other social media sites, too! Thanks for reading!
Copyright © 2016 www.DiatribesAndOvations.com
Are we living in the future? No, this is not an existential question … Think back to your favorite cartoons, science fiction movies and cult television shows. You likely remember self-driving cars, hoverboards, personal computers and other cool tech. Now look around you. We're living in a world that has some of those same cool inventions. Here are a few examples.
Star Trek's PADD and Today's iPad
It seems as if the sci-fi series foresaw the invention of the modern-day tablet. Think about it. There are some crazy similarities between the handheld computer PADDs we first saw in "Star Trek" and Apple's first iPad. There was one difference, however. Apple's iPad is much larger than Star Trek's personal handheld. The Apple iPad Pro measures at 9.7-incheswhile the PADD is just a four-by-six-inch tablet. Otherwise, these personal computers are surprisingly similar to the smartphones we all know and love today.
The Jetsons and Self-Driving Cars
While our cars don't drive in the sky like they did in the classic cartoon "The Jetsons," tech developers are working on perfecting the technology of self-driving cars. The technology is very much in its beginning stages, but it is progressing rapidly. Google, Tesla and other automakers like Hyundai are driving this innovation and creating cars like we have never seen before. Tech experts predict that in the not-so-far-off future we will have cars that are 100 percent self-driving, built with lounge cabs where "passengers" can take a nap, make a phone call or bring out a laptop to get work done. These cars of the future are even assumed to be safer than the cars that we have on the roads today.
Star Wars Imperial Walkers and Today's Robots
"Star Wars" fans know what we are talking about here. Imperial Walkers are only the coolest type of combat vehicle that we've seen in the "Star Wars" movies so far. When we first saw these battle bot-like weapons, we never dreamed that we would see them in real life. But now, our dreams have come true — kind of. While not nearly as grand in size as Imperial Walkers, the modern robot created by Boston Dynamics called BigDog Robot is not too far off. BigDog is about the size of an average mule, and it can run, climb and carry 300-pounds of cargo. Although it's not used by Imperial Ground Forces, BigDog is eerily similar.
Back to the Future and Hoverboards
Ah, hoverboards … the future's go-to mode of levitating, quick transportation. We can presume that people of the future don't like to walk, apparently. We first saw these levitating boards in "Back to the Future," but late in 2015, we saw a surge in hoverboard-like technology. The invention of the self-balancing scooter led some manufacturers to claim they had invented "hoverboards." While they don't hover above the ground like their name implies, they do get people from place to place rather quickly. However, they aren't as easy to operate as you might think. And they aren't safe. There were dozens of fires started when these things imploded on the spot. So, it's safe to say the hoverboard is still in beta.
Iron Man and Projection Screens
Leave it to the folks from MIT to create Tony Stark's transparent projection screen. Iron Man is one of the most badass superhero characters to date, so why wouldn't we want to emulate him? By using tiny nanoparticles, laser projectors can cast images that are reflected back at the user's eyes, which enables an image to be seen on a transparent glass screen. The International Business Times reported that this technology might be available for widespread public use in the near future.
Lauren Topor full-time freelance writer and alumna of Arizona State University. Her professional work has appeared in a variety of publications from lifestyle mags to business websites. Follow Lauren on Twitter @laurentopor.
Like this post? Follow the blog and get involved in discussions! Find "Follow via Email" on the right side of the page. There's also an opportunity to follow on Twitter and/or LIKE our page on Facebook so you won't miss a daily post. Click on buttons at the end of each post to share on other social media sites, too! Thanks for reading!
Copyright © 2016 www.DiatribesAndOvations.com
I would have to say that there is simply no joy like the joy of owning your own business. That is just the American dream at its very best. The thrill of the life of an entrepreneur, the ability to make decisions for yourself on how you achieve financial success, and to not have to answer to anyone really does say something for the success and the intelligence and the voracity of the American spirit. It is something to be proud of, and it really speaks to the character of an individual when they go out on a limb to make sure than they can have a decent life and a decent income while doing exactly what it is that they want to be doing with their lives.
With the recovery from the recession in 2008, now is one of the best times possible for starting and owning your own business. In the last couple years and this year too in fact, many entrepreneurial-minded Americans will undoubtedly be preoccupied with starting their own business, and I am quite happy to see this. I have been starting, running, and owning my own businesses year after year since the 1980s. I have never in my entire life seen a better time to start and own your own business as I have been seeing now. The market is just perfectly primed for it and so many more are jumping on this bandwagon and not without good reason too.
Which Fields to Go Into
I truly believe that it is important to invest in and start your own business when you have what you think will be a lucrative idea. However, if you are on the fence about what you want to do then there is nothing wrong with taking a look at what businesses are doing the best and which ones people are having a tendency to go into the most.
Many entrepreneurs already have a business idea in mind for themselves. This is good and I like to see it when this happens. But if you're looking for industries where it might pay to start your own business and you are pretty open-minded about what you do, then here are the four most successful business categories right now:
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
- Software Design Publishers
- Computer Designers
- Investigation and Security Systems
If one of these suits you then I would jump at this opportunity and get on the bandwagon. If not, know that you can be successful at anything you set your mind to, you just have to work at it.
Now more than ever is the time for the American worker to rise up and finally realize his or her dream of being an entrepreneur. You can accomplish this. It will take a bit of work to pull this off successfully but if you pick a business model and a subject or product or service that you feel very strongly about, then, it won't really feel much like work.
Per Wickstrom is the founder and CEO of Best Drug Rehabilitation, one of the top holistic rehabilitation centers in the country. He found sobriety after a decades-long struggle with addiction and has since dedicated his life and career to helping others find the same life-affirming success he has. His program is based on natural and holistic methods and has helped lead hundreds to recovery. Connect with Per via his blog, Twitter or Facebook.
Like this post? Follow the blog and get involved in discussions! Find "Follow via Email" on the right side of the page. There's also an opportunity to follow on Twitter and/or LIKE our page on Facebook so you won't miss a daily post. Click on buttons at the end of each post to share on other social media sites, too! Thanks for reading!
Copyright © 2016 www.DiatribesAndOvations.com


text:
Exploring the cutting edgeNationwide Children's Hospital leads its industry from the forefront
Cover Story
Research and staying at the industry forefront is the lifeblood of elite organizations like Nationwide Children's.Read Full Article
Nationwide Children's Hospital leads its industry...
Who to Watch: Central Ohio
Cover Story
A look at the men and women poised to shape Central Ohio in 2017 and beyondRead Full Article
Who to Watch: Central Ohio
The Medical Mutual 2017 Pillar Award for Community Service, Central Ohio
Cover Story
Recognizing businesses and individuals dedicated to making Central Ohio a better place to live, especially the tie between the for-profit and nonprofit worlds.Read Full Article
The Medical Mutual 2017 Pillar Award for Community...
25 Central Ohio organizations demonstrate the keys to longevity
Cover Story
25 Central Ohio organizations share how to adapt changing times and how culture factors into their business longevity.Read Full Article
25 Central Ohio organizations demonstrate the keys to...
Adaptive golf program gets new life as OhioHealth Fore Hope
Tips for taking the customer experience to the next level
The speed of getting information and providing service has accelerated at an unbelievable rate — and with rapid advancements in technology come higher customer service expectations. Nationwide's Jasmine Green shares how to make strong customer service even stronger in today's world.
Health Care
How to help employees reduce the risk of health care fraud and identity theft
Health care fraud costs everyone money — providers, health insurers, employers and consumers, says Veronica Hawkins, Medical Mutual vice president of Statewide Accounts. Here's how employers can play a role in helping decrease this risk.
Workers' Compensation
What Ohio employers need to know now that medical marijuana is legal
Stephanie McCloud, government/industry relations counsel at CompManagement, talks about Ohio's medical marijuana laws and what employers should do now.
Health Care
How EOBs help employees understand their health care costs
For many people, explanation of benefits statements can be somewhat confusing and difficult to navigate. But Amber Hulme of Medical Mutual, says by helping employees understand what's in their EOBs, organizations can avoid overspending on health care.
HR Consulting
Close the leadership gap with a knowledge transfer strategy
The rapid pace of baby boomers retiring has threatened the transfer of organizational knowledge from one generation to the next. That's forcing many companies to address the growing gap in their leadership pipeline. Sequent's Midge Streeter discusses organizational leadership trends and how companies can prepare and retain its next generation of leaders.
Competing with leviathan
Being an entrepreneur starts with belief in yourself
Early-stage VC can catalyze your innovation
Top CEO Interviews
Prev | Next

subset: commoncrawl


text:
E.J. Josey
The Impact of Brown vs Board of Education on Libraries
Copyright © E.J. Josey. Used with permission.
Date of Speech - October 24, 2003.
Length - 105 minutes
Format - RealAudio®
Listen now
The Library Colloquium Committee presents Dr. E.J. Josey, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh. An activist librarian and founder of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, he served as president of the American Library Association in 1984.
About the Presentation: Dr. E.J. Josey will speak about the impact that Brown vs Board of Education had on libraries as part of the campus-wide commemoration of the landmark Supreme Court decision.
Additional Resources:


text:
Sustainable software: the community way
- Gianugo Rabellino
- Wed, 25 March 2009 15:00
- No Materials Available
This session aims to look at software from an economics angle, showing how Open Development and community-based software can be powerful drivers towards building sustainable software and making money while at it. Now that Open Source is fully gone mainstream, there a still quite a few open questions on the table, such as how can Open Source beat real world economics rules (i.e., "who's footing the bill"), and whether the Open Source community will be able to build durable ecosystems that change the industry for good, proving it is not just a passing fad. The community model is paramount to building sustainable software, as this session will demonstrate by looking at hard industry numbers. Case studies from leading communities (Apache, Eclipse, Mozilla, Debian, and more) will be paired with the evolution of old-school business models from leading IT players, providing a reality check on the nascent Open Source industry, and how Open Development can be your business' best friend.


text:
Perhaps obviously, George W. Bush didn't grant an interview around his memoir Decision Points to National Public Radio, since they described his presidency daily as the Triumph of the Dark Side. But when they touched on the new book, the hostility was still there.On Tuesday's Morning Edition, Don Gonyea, who covered the White House for most of Bush's presidency offer a brief summary of Bush's interview with NBC's Matt Lauer. There was a little bit on Iraq, and then more time on the drinking problem:
GONYEA: Part of the book is personal, with stories it's awkward to hear him talk about. There's his history as a serious drinker. Again, from NBC. [NBC clip]
BUSH: So, I'm drunk at the dinner table at mother and dad's house in Maine, and my brothers and sister are there, Laura's there. And I'm sitting next to a beautiful woman - friend of mother and dad's - and I said to her, out loud: "What is sex like after 50?"
MATT LAUER: Silence.
BUSH: Total silence -- and not only silence, but, like, serious daggers.
GONYEA: Mr. Bush quit drinking at age 40. He calls this book an honest look at key points in his life and presidency. It's hardly the final word, but it's the 43rd president's first take on things as he looks for history to be kinder to him than public opinion was when he left office. Don Gonyea, NPR News, Washington.
That was all NPR summarized about the book: Iraq and the drunken foolishness. This is not the way NPR remembered Teddy Kennedy when his posthumous memoir True Compass came out. NPR interviewed his widow Victoria in syrupy tones, and they headlined the interview as "Ted Kennedy, Family Man." On Wednesday night's All Things Considered, NPR turned to historian H.W. Brands for a book review of the Bush memoir. Brands sounded like America just barely survived Bush:
But he admits to no major blunders, and he avoids the larger issues his time in office raise. Chronologically, Bush's was the first presidency of the 21st century, but historians may well view it as the last presidency of the 20th century — of the era when America's economic power invited, almost compelled, an ambitious foreign policy.
That era has ended — not least because of what happened during George W. Bush's presidency. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan strained the federal budget; the Bush tax cuts, the financial crisis and the ensuing recession have nearly broken it. There will be no more elective wars like Iraq, not for a long time. Before Bush, Americans could have guns and butter both; after Bush, we'll be lucky simply to have butter.
Bush closes by saying he's comfortable with the fact that history's verdict on his presidency won't come until after he's gone. That's just as well, since history isn't likely to be as easy on him as he is on himself.
That's just a snotty editorial, not much of a book review. Is Brands a liberal? Of course, otherwise he wouldn't be in NPR's Rolodex for book reviews. Brands gladly accepted an invitation to dine with Obama with other liberal historians in June of 2009. He told a correspondent at the University of Texas he was impressed:
Brands is unaware of any other president who has hosted a group of intellectuals at an intimate, two-hour affair.
"I was trying to imagine what other presidents would have been inclined to do it and been comfortable doing it, spending a couple of hours with a bunch of intellectuals," Brands said. "Not very many presidents would."
...Brands described the Obama as a "very competent guy." He seemed to have a very clear sense of what he wanted to accomplish in his administration. "And the reason we were there, I gathered fairly quickly, was not to offer him advice on what to do, but perhaps how to do it," he said.
...A major way of restructuring the social safety net in the United States, Social Security provided pensions to elderly people at a time when most of them did not have pensions, Brands said. Health care reform was — or maybe is if it passes — going to provide health care for people who do not have health care.
"And it's going to make America a kinder and safer society for the people who live here," he said. "And from a political standpoint, Social Security was very controversial when it was passed, and has become the most popular federal program in American history."


text:
I just move to Germany via us army and I was looking for other collector to trade, show, etc.. I live in grafenwoehr. maybe we'll meet one day! Thanks Robert
What part of Germany you live at?
u get cards yet? if so close out trade in trade manager
lmk when u get cards so we can close out trade.
i had to redo it because after 30 days it doesnt list anymore, so except and i'll send. i recieved cards today
can u tell me when u sent so i know when to look out 4 it


text:
I'm using the snoopy (http://sourceforge.net/projects/snoopy/) for mimicing a browser and logging into a web portal. But to do so securely, it's asking for the curl location (default is /usr/bin/curl). I can find it on my linux box, but how do I find this on my windows box? I'm using xampp. I can find the php extension php_curl.dll but that doesn't seem to help.
Any suggestions?
Uncomment the curl line in php.ini and restart XAMPP. Your package might not be detecting curl running from the INI.
Oh yes I forgot to say - curl is running fine from normal php scripts. It's just that snoopy seems to be wanting the curl binary. Do I even have the binary using xampp?
Is it in the PHP directory for xampp? Can you do a file search on the name of the dll?


text:
Fire-hit firms reopen
Businesses next to a Chinese restaurant gutted by a blaze are reopening.
Wongs on Sandford Road in Ranelagh was badly damaged when a fire broke out in the offices above the restaurant on Tuesday evening and firemen battled the blaze for hours.
The adjacent McSorleys pub escaped serious harm and reopened after a major clean-up effort. The Wild Goose Grill, which is also next to Wongs, will open again today.
Cancer rate warning
THE lung cancer level among Irish women is the sixth highest in Europe, according to the Irish Cancer Society.
The data was released as it launched a lung cancer awareness campaign, urging people to be aware of the signs and symptoms and to contact their GP or call the National Cancer Helpline (Freefone 1800 200 700) if they are concerned.
Car sales hit bump
CAR dealers enjoyed a late surge in sales last month, but they were still 12pc down in the year.
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show 76,256 new private cars were licensed during 2012, which was over 10,000 less than in 2011. December sales were up 30pc on a year earlier.
Irish Independent


text:
Get ready for 2016!
The Underfunded Film Festival is merging into the FilmQuest Film Festival, Utah's 2nd largest film festival! UFF will start FilmQuest off with screenings the evening of June 16th at Jordan Commons in Sandy. Filmmakers who's films are nominated and screen on the 27th will also receive free passes to attend film screenings on the first weekend of FilmQuest!
This year's festival is in support of A Child's Hope Foundation. All proceeds to the festival will go to this amazing charity as they work with orphans in Mexico who are losing their home in 2016. Check out their website to learn more.


text:
Sporty cool looks and go-anywhere comfort combine in the Skechers Flex Appeal Pretty City shoe. This women's shoe is made of soft heathered jersey knit fabric upper in a lace up athletic sporty training sneaker with stitching accents and memory foam insole.
Please note that store inventory is updated online every 24 hours. As a result, do not hesitate to contact the store before going to confirm product availability.


text:
(if this is a private computer)
Yes please, register now!
Start a Conversation
Add A Photo
When you purchase a digital subscription to Cake Central Magazine, you will get an instant and automatic download of the most recent issue.
Two friends fishing and the other one fishes the pipe out of his friends pocket :) Made this for a person that wanted to give his friend a birthday cake for his 70 birthday but they share their interests in fishing and smoking pipes :)
Fishing/beach Cake
Fishing Basket


text:
Weather Forecast
Weather Maps
Weather Radar
Sponsor the Sea Coast Echo Weather! Call Jace at 228-467-5474
Local family sues Bay over 'worthless' beach property
By Dwayne Bremer
Jul 3, 2014, 19:23
A prominent Bay St. Louis family has filed suit against the city of Bay St. Louis claiming that a city zoning ordinance made its beach-front property worthless.
The suit lists several living and deceased members of the Gex family and others as plaintiffs.
It was filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport.
In September 2010, the city adopted a zoning ordinance which placed several beach front properties in an R-5 "Open Beach District."
The R-5 classification's purpose was to "preserve the sand beach and the lands located to the south of the seawall protective barrier," according to section 608.1 of the zoning ordinance.
It states that no structures can be built on the properties, according to the suit.
On April 4, 2014, the estate of Ethel H. Gex submitted a request to change the zoning to a C-1 commercial business district.
The city's planning and zoning commission denied the zoning change and on June 3, the city council upheld the planning and zoning commission's recommendation.
On June 9, the Gex family filed a Bill of Exceptions in Hancock County Circuit Court and also filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction and declaratory judgement.
"The city, through regulation, act, acts omissions, violated the plaintiffs' constitutional rights and took their property without payment of just compensation," the suit said. "The city rendered their property valueless, stripping it of all economic and functional use."
The Gex family property is located three lots north of the new municipal harbor, which is also in the new R-5 district, the suit said.
"The city is allowing the property use of a marina without the city having submitted any zoning change application on the property or going through the required hearing process," the suit said.
The Gex family is represented by local attorney Gary Yarborough, who is also the attorney for Waveland and Hancock County.
Bay St. Louis filed an answer to the federal complaint on Tuesday.
In the answer, the city denied any wrong-doing.
City Attorney Donald Rafferty said Thursday that he believes the city had a right to construct the harbor, but he did not wish to make any specific comments about the ongoing litigation.
He said the city has obtained clearance from the Secretary of State's office to construct the harbor.
Last year, a group of residents unsuccessfully sued Hancock County over construction of a bathroom complex on the beach front at Washington Street.
The harbor property falls under the city's zoning, but under the county's Sand Beach Master Plan the bathroom and the marina are deemed acceptable uses.
No trial date for the lawsuit has been set.
Copyright © 2004 - present seacoastecho.com


text: Happy Olympics! Today marks the grand opening of the 29th Olympiad. Beijing China welcomes the world with their slogan "One World, One Dream" (love it!). You can check out the Official Site For Photos and Live Feed. Or, read Bob's great day-to-day Beijing blog. I love the Olympics, both summer and winter. When I was young, and obsessed with … Continue reading


text:
Phuket Fire
The story behind Phuket Fire, the creative mashup between Gregory Gourdet of Departure Restaurant, and Smith Teamaker, as told by Tony Tellin, head tea master. The limited edition product is now sold out.
August 18th
I came into the first meeting with Gregory with great excitement to hear his thoughts and inspiration for what we would make for the third Maker's Series. I am a huge fan of his cuisine and it was an honor to have him join our series.
We began our conversation by chatting about Thailand and the meals we have both had there. We discussed the bold and assertive Thai flavors balancing acidity, sweetness, floral and heat - the same flavors that Gregory has embraced to put himself and Departure on the map for culinary genius. I loved this direction and had a feeling that this could truly be something special. We planned to launch this tea in December- a perfect time for a bold flavor that is bright, fresh, and a touch indulgent with warming heat.
September 8th
We went to the lab and tasted some teas and ingredients together, discussing what we liked and didn't like. By the end of our first meeting, we had a few directions for us to explore on our own before reconvening. I started going through the Smith pantry and thinking of ingredients to provide the backdrop to the blend. We wanted a rich color in the cup and I started investigating black and oolong teas from various origins.
Tasting some teas and ingredients
One ingredient we zeroed in on from the start was toasted coconut. The coconut is absolutely delicious by itself but when toasted, it becomes nuttier and richer- perfect for this occasion.
So I toasted some coconut, sifted it down to size and tasted it with various ingredients. I also chopped up dried chilies of different types to see how their flavor and spice translated to the cup. I even explored dehydrated beets for the liquor color, and many, many other ingredients. Several of the concept blends were good, but not great.
October 21st
Gregory invited me to his kitchen at Departure to explore his pantry. I love this part of my job: seeing the ingredients and spaces of other creators and makers- from small kitchens to large factories. I live for it and this trip proved very inspirational. Gregory first showed me candied and dehydrated pineapple that had been infused with lime. The finished pineapple is a beautiful color and could easily be diced to an optimal size for our tea. This was a no brainer and a perfect fit for our project.
He also brought out Thai chilies and pea flowers. The pea flowers are really cool, beautiful and something I have not seen before. I had also brought with me a blend, or a roux, made from a jasmine green tea, toasted coconut, smoked chilies and lemon myrtle. We chopped up some of the pineapple and threw it together with the blend I brought and steeped it in a cup. The tea was delicious and it became evident that this maker's series was starting to take form but we still wanted a bigger presence.
On the outdoor patio of Departure
I was excited and on a mission and walked away with enough ingredients to play around with. I went right back to the lab, starting deseeding and dicing chilies and then cut the pineapple, sifting them both to steeping or the ideal or the optimal size. That's when the idea for the perfect backdrop hit me. Hibiscus. And it turned out to be the winner.
I blended the toasted coconut and pineapple with hibiscus and nothing else. At first taste, I knew this was the foundation from which we will build the finished product. I threw away all of the previous concepts- this had the acidity, body and texture to perfectly highlight the coconut and balance the sweetness of the pineapple.
From here I added spice with the Thai peppers, more floral sweetness and aromatics with osmanthus blossoms, a little bite and flavor of ginger root and some bright citrus notes from lemon myrtle. It needed lime as well and Gregory suggested Kaffir lime leaves, a staple of Thai cuisine, which worked out wonderfully.
Candied pineapple, chilies, toasted coconut, and hibiscus, among others
October 27th
Gregory and I got together a few times over the next couple weeks to taste and adjust the recipe ever so- pushing for the perfect balance of heat, acidity, aromatics and sweetness. The finished result is something that gives us both a lot of excitement and pride. At this point, we can now calculate how much of each ingredient we need. So we roll up our sleeves and start getting to work.
Gregory takes on making the pineapple and toasted coconut and drying the Kaffir lime leaves. Over 100 pineapples were prepped, infused with lime and then dehydrated. He drops off the final ingredients to our facility and I get to work.
November 12th
I start dicing and sifting pound after pound of Thai chilies. I de-stem and chop the dried lime leaves and then sift all of the ingredients to remove any dust and smaller particulates. Sizing the ingredients is critical for the right extraction, for loading the blend into our sachets and for the visual appeal of the finished product. It all comes together nicely and a small pilot run in our facility proves just how stunning this blend is once placed in our unique sachet.
November 25th - Game day
Gregory is arriving today to make our tea. I sit down with Dan who is our lead blender to go through the sequence and process for making this blend. The ingredients have to be folded into each other in a specific order to help break up pieces of the pineapple and to assist in dispersing the heat of the chilies. I hand over the hand-cut and sifted ingredients and Dan starts working on the first batch.
Gregory arrives and after a cup of white tea, we get started signing each of the 575 labels needed to complete this run. We discuss this project along with the food and drink being served at Departure and some of his other projects he is working on. A few ideas surface about other ways to utilize our newly-created tea, which we are both excited to explore further.
Signing just a few labels
Dan brings us a sample of the first batch and we cup it in the lab. We taste it a few times before confirming the current blend is perfect and that we are ready to proceed in packing. Dan hands over the blend to Joe to get started.
The visually stunning final blend
One of Smith Teamaker's strongest attributes is our team- the experience we have on staff is world class. Joe is one of the best FUSO (the machine that creates are unique sachet) technicians in North America. Joe dials in the machine and starts packing our blend to the specifications, continually tweaking and monitoring the variables to ensure each sachet is perfect. Custom blends of materials with wide ranges of densities and particle sizes require special attention- as does most of the Smith Teamaker line. Our products are designed to deliver in flavor, aroma and color, NOT optimal production.
Gregory getting involved with production
The sachets roll off our line and our talented crew hand place each one in our signed boxes and finish each package with love and care. The sachets are visually striking, perhaps the most beautiful blend we have created to date.
We named this blend Phuket Fire. We were inspired by the flavors of Thailand and the adventurous and beautiful land in Phuket felt fitting as we tasted the product. It has a beautiful red color and is full bodied, juicy, sweet and tart with tropical and floral notes to go with a lingering heat that warms the body from the inside out. It is a fireplace for your mouth. Perfect for cold weather, for pairing with sweets and holiday delights as well as mixing with liquors for a stronger holiday treat.
The finished product and finished pose
Gregory and I are both very proud of the flavor we created together. It was a fun experience and a perfect reflection of what the maker's series is about. Getting together with like-minded folks of various disciplines to create something special, to inspire and learn from one another and to have fun. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and enjoy our blend with friends and loved ones.


text: On Sat 21/08/10 2:38 PM , Jesse Smith <jessefrgsmith at yahoo.ca> wrote: > I installed the latest version of Amarok (2.3.1) from FreeBSD Ports > and > it works okay. I think this indicates there is something going wrong > with the way the PBI is building. Maybe the module isn't pulling in > the > codecs it needs? I'm messing with that one here, it looks like its missing the phonon parts it needs for multimedia playback or something... > In other PBI news, I tried building a PBI module for logwatch. It > builds > okay, but installing from the PBI doesn't work out so well. It looks > like logwatch is having trouble dealing with not being in /usr/local. > I'm getting error messages from logwatch saying it can't run because > it > can't find the directory "/programs/logwatch/var/logwatch" on line > 751. > Note the "p" in /Programs is lower-case in the error message. So I > think > it's not respecting a Makefile setting, such as prefix or localbase, > but > I'm not well versed enough to say for sure. Suggestions? > - Jesse > _______________________________________________ > Pbi-dev mailing list > http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/pbi-dev > > That is interesting, not sure why it would get switched to lower. Do you have a module you can send me? I'll be happy to test it out, see if the port itself is broken in respecting localbase. -- Kris Moore PC-BSD / iXsystems Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/


text:
VT Edition: Sen. Leahy says Lieberman should not be chair
11/14/08 1:25PM By Bob Kinzel
| Download MP3
Sen. Leahy says Sen. Joe Lieberman should not be rewarded with a major chairmanship in the next Senate. Leahy also comments on Vice President Dick Cheney's email and records and the need to ensure they are saved and not destroyed. VPR's Bob Kinzel talks with Senator Patrick Leahy about the last session of the current Senate, and the issues that the next Congress will need to tackle.
AP Photo/Toby Talbot


text:
Time Schedule:
Joann L Kelly
Seattle Campus
British literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Study of literature in its cultural context, with attention to changes in form, content, and style.
Class description
In How Novels Think, Nancy Armstrong writes that "wherever novels are written and read they are, in all likelihood, reproducing the modern individual in both fiction and fact" (9). The claim that novels not only describe, but help construct, the subject, necessarily leads to more questions about the work of the novel and the nature of individuality itself. In this class, we'll limit the scope of our inquiry to British literature written between the mid 19th and early 20th centuries, a time-period in which the novel became the dominant form of literary representation. We'll further refine our focus by considering the role emotions play in the novel's articulation of the subject. Different representations of how emotions work – from, say, depictions of deep psychological interiority to instinctual, animalistic responses – create radically different claims to subjectivity. To contextualize the work that novels did in defining and creating the feeling subject in this time period, we'll turn to contemporary works from other disciplines that also significantly contributed to this conversation, such as the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin and the psychological work of Sigmund Freud. Literary texts will include: Villette, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, and What Maisie Knew. Additional reading selections, including critical texts and literature from other genres such as poetry, will be in a course packet.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
Course requirements will include short response papers, a class presentation, and mid-term and final exams.


text: 2009-09-13T16:02:01Z PunBB http://www.iredmail.org/forum/topic234-ldap-problem-with-disabled-domain.html I tried to tested it as much as possible and the problem didn't occured any more. I think it could be ldap cache related problem. Right now it works like a charm.]]> http://www.iredmail.org/forum/user258.html 2009-09-13T16:02:01Z http://www.iredmail.org/forum/post1144.html#p1144 You didn't tell us what you did and more details such as SQL/LDAP data of this domain, etc.And are you sure that mail is not sent by your users?]]> http://www.iredmail.org/forum/user2.html 2009-09-10T01:55:44Z http://www.iredmail.org/forum/post1099.html#p1099 I've installed iRedMail at one of my servers. Everything works great but ...IRedMail is trying to deliver email into setted domain even if it is disabled. Am I doing something wrong ?]]> http://www.iredmail.org/forum/user258.html 2009-09-09T22:12:46Z http://www.iredmail.org/forum/post1096.html#p1096


text:
Join our newsletter for new products, special offers, and more!
Enter email address
Sell your stuff or turn those old games into new!
Don't see what you're looking for? Create a Want List!
Partner with the Knight!
Psychosis is a unique in that the players' perception and understanding of reality shifts constantly and can never be trusted. Unlike most games, it is not a competition between the players, but is more like a cooperative effort at uncovering a complex mystery buried within the enigmatic plotline of a story. The course of the storyline, and even the object of the game, are not clear at the beginning. The challenge of Psychosis is to explore this fictional world and discover the objective.


text:
No Items Yet
Peep the footage, grab a copy of "Through the Chaos" today!
Tags: north america promo promotion through the chaos TV
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
Join 1 other subscriber
Email Address
Copyright © 2016 Narnack Records Group / All rights reserved.


text:
A tangent from this thread. Instead of keeping up with links via the "Quick Links" dealie, how about having having a link that links to an external "cloud" based bookmarking system available to all RZ members? It could be delicious, Google Reader, whatever.
It would be nice to link to reference sites like BR, Fangraphs, etc. Player sites, articles about the Reds, baseball in general, etc.
I personally use delicious bookmarks for but maybe other members have suggestions for something else.


text: International Macrobiotic Education Center Volunteer in the Netherlands If you are interested in macrobiotics you are welcome to live and work with us. Experience macrobiotics in daily life in our family and natural food company. help in our stall at the organic food market bake pies, cookies and cakes without sugar produce pesto, humus and tofuspreads deepfry samosa's and spring rolls fill grains, beans & seeds in consumer bags assist in preparing macrobiotic meals clean the house prepare tempeh, natto & seitan improve your health enjoy nature in the dunes and at the beach Meet people at the organic food markets in and around Amsterdam. free bed & 3 macrobiotic meals per day share a room with an other volunteer enjoy working 5 days a week minimum stay 3 months work as a volunteer we do not accept any drugs or medicines We are inviting you to stay in our family and to share life with us. Registration If you are interested to volunteer in Peaceplanet in the Netherlands,please complete the form and click the send button at the end. First name: Family name: Address 1: Address 2: Zip code: City: Country: Phone (daytime): Phone (evening): Mobile: E-mail: Date of birth: Place of birth: Sex: Female Male Nationality: Religion: Marital status: Single Married Divorced Name of partner: Number of children: Age of children: What is your education? Do you have a driving licence? What is your profession? Which languages do you speak/write? Do you have any particular skills? Please mention you hobbies. Are you able to work 40 hours a week? Yes No Do you have any health problem? Yes No Do you use drugs and/or medication? Yes No If yes, what kind? Do you have any experience in macrobiotics? Yes No If yes, please describe. Do you have any experience in natural food? Yes No If yes, please describe. Do you have any experience with food production? Yes No If yes, please describe. What are your personal strengths? How would you like to improve yourself? What are your goals in life? What do you expect from your stay with us? Do you have enough money for a ticket to Holland? Yes No Can you accept a simple room? Yes No Are you willing to share a room with someone else? Yes No Which kind of activities would you like to take part in? Cooking Cleaning and laundry Home production of macrobiotic food Filling grains, beans, seeds, etc. Working at the market From which date you can come to Holland? How long do you want to stay? Do you want to come with someone else? Yes No If yes, who? (please provide their name here and send a second form). Please write a short account of your life story so far. Do you have any questions that have not been answered on this site?


text:
A MAN is pushing himself to his limits to raise money for charity in memory of his father-in-law.
Paul Starkie, 44, has signed up to take part in an Everest base camp trek, starting on March 22.
The chicken farmer, from Back Lane, Baxenden, aims to raise at least £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation after his father-in-law Peter Ashburner died five years ago, aged 73, from a heart attack.
Peter, who said he was being supported in his efforts by wife Anne, said: "I'm doing the climb with Neil Sarsfield, a friend of mine from Accrington, who emigrated to Australia.
"We're going to be meeting in Kathmandu and joining a group of 10 others on the organised trek in Nepal.
"I lost my father-in-law five years ago. He had a couple of heart attacks and while he was in hospital he had a major heart attack and died.
"I have run the family business since his death and I felt like I needed to do something challenging while I am still able to.
"I have been training for the last six months, doing lots of cycling and treadmill work. I have lost a stone so far. I have been watching DVDs of other treks and speaking to others who have completed the trek.
"Life is short and if you're in a position where you can do something, do it while you can.
"The trek should take around 10 days to get to the base camp, and that's walking six or seven hours a day.
"We will start at 10,000ft at Luklar and climb to around 18,000ft. The only thing that concerns me is altitude sickness.
"I'm really looking forward to the challenge. Some people have said I'm nuts. Others have said good on me for doing it in memory of my father-in-law."
Paul hopes to raise more than £1,000 for the British Heart Foundation. He is also planning a trip up Ben Nevis, Scotland, in June in aid of the Alzheimer's Society because his father has the disease.
To donate log on to www. justgiving.com/poultrypaul.


text:
Ask Experts & Get Answers to Your Questions - ASAP
We need more information. What information can you provide about the maker, model and age of the clock?
Hello again...
Are there any markings? Look on the back, bottom and the clock face. If there is an access to the works from the face, back or bottom, the name and model may be in small print. Without some information or atleast a picture, it will be near impossible to help.
I really do not like to leave our customers without an answer. I look forward to helping.
After I sent the top response, I did a search on enfield and found this. It was a response to someone else under different circumstances. Let me know if it helps...
. . . If the strike mainspring had wound down during a strike, that would be the cause for only 2 strikes. Winding it first would have completed the strike sequence, but the time would have probably advanced anyhow, so you did not do any damage. And I want to make sure the minute hand wasn't taken off at any time before it went out of sync. I'm not sure if the Enfield has a self correcting chime but let's try this. Gently run the minute hand just past the hour. If it does not chime the 16 notes of the chime and strike the hour, run the minute hand back up to as far back as 15 minutes until the hour, or until you hear a faint click ( You can do this if it is a "Safe back" clock, meaning that the hands can be safely turned backwards. If you feel it come to a stop and won't turn any more then it isn't a safe back.) If it turned back and you heard the click, run it forward until it chimes. Repeat these steps until it chimes the full 16 notes of the Westminster chime and strikes. If the number of strikes is not the same as the hour the hour hand is pointing to, GENTLY slip the hour hand to the hour that just struck. If this doesn't work, you can email me you phone number and I'll be glad to call you and walk you through the sync (for confidentiality, don't put your number on the forum.)
On timing, there should be a little nut one the pendulum, usually below the pendulum bob. It is called the rating nut. If you tighten it a little, the clock will run faster, loosen it and it will run slower. Try that to get the clock to keep better time.
there are several numbers on the back of my clock they are d.r pa d r g m n 2(NNN) NNN-NNNN968155 968156 968157 also if i turn the hands manually to each quarter of an hour it chimes correctly
Second opinions are your choice, and if you have tried what was demonstrated in my response and it did not work, then I will opt out, but befor you do, check out this site -
- www.Horology.org Horology is the study of clock and watch repair - There may be a world of help here if you wish to contact them - The School of Horology is licensed by Pennsylvania State Board of Private Licensed Schools and accredited by Accrediting Commission of Career and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). Copyright © 2008 National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, Inc. ::XXXXX, Columbia, PA 17512 Phone:(NNN) NNN-NNNN Fax:(NNN) NNN-NNNNbr />Email: School Registrar


text: #300: Better not show non-created partitions ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: yerenkow | Owner: kris Type: System Defect | Status: new Priority: minor | Milestone: 8.1 Component: Installer | Version: 8.0-BETA Keywords: | ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ If I have empty da0; I created da0s1; At slices wizard, I see da0s1 and da0s2 (which is similar to 'create new partition for full size, and create there slices') At partition wizard there is now possibility to create partitions. User can now create any count and flavors of partitions. How about remove there da0s2 (un-created) from slices wizard, and properly explain to user, if he want to create slice, he need to create partition in the first time; -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.pcbsd.org/ticket/300> PC-BSD <http://trac.pcbsd.org> PC-BSD Project Management


text:
for the new President-elect.
for the new President-elect.
I've been rather busy trying to pretend to write, so things like blogging and, really, drinking tea the usual way, has taken a bit of a back seat.
That doesn't mean I'm not drinking tea — plenty of it, in fact. I've been downing my aged baozhongs in a mug, which has all the benefits of an easy to brew tea that will never get bitter, while having none of the problems of, say, a black that will make my head hurt.
Now all I need is a tea that will make me work faster….
Before I get married…. shared with some friends and family.
See you all on the other side 🙂
According to sitemeter, this blog has gotten its 70,000 visitor sometime yesterday. Those of you who use RSS, you don't count 🙂
I guess that's a large number, since when I first started it was really merely a way for me to keep track of my tea drinking, not expecting more than maybe the average 7 daily readers for your average blog. Over time, it grew into something else. I've gotten to know people who I otherwise would never have met. I have also learned more about myself, and my tea drinking.
So, a thank you to all of you who read this daily ramble, and to all those of you whose comments and correspondences make all this more enjoyable.
I neglected to do it last time because I was caught up trying to finish some urgently needed work, but this time around, I have no such excuse.
There is an online magazine out there, if you haven't heard, about tea. Aaron Fisher puts it out, and it can be found at www.the-leaf.org. Take a look. It is advertising free and has some pretty interesting articles. Don't read the ones by yours truly though, it's not very good.
After my recent housecleaning (more specifically, tea closet cleaning), I've finally gathered all the stuff that I realized I have in excess. I am now offering them on sale. Everything in the below pictures (including the tray) are on offer.
As you can see, cups make up for most of these. Many are small tea or wine cups. Some are Japanese guinomis. There is also a pot, a gaiwan, and a chahe. Most of these cups I have somehow bought or got through one source or another over time. Some I don't even remember when and where I got them. Others I acquired fairly recently. Some are brand new — never used or almost never used, while others are old when I got them. It's too complicated if I try to list them all here in detail. If you are interested in anything, please email me at marshaln (at sign here) gmail dot com for more details and we can talk.
Happy Chinese New Year to all of you — and I hope the coming year will bring you many, many cups of great tea! 🙂
May every one of you have lots of great tea this coming year!
Internet at my place died two nights ago, and is still being restored.
So I'll be taking a short break until whenever it gets fixed, hopefully within a day or two.
Today's entry is going to be a little long… but it'll include a little contest, so read on 🙂
It was a nice day in Taipei today. The weather's gotten a bit cooler, with drier air blowing in from the north. I figured I haven't gone tea shopping for quite a while, and it's time to explore some more.
Instead of going to the posh and nice Yongkang area, I went a section of old Taipei where it's said there are a number of older tea stores. I only have the address of one, the Youji. I should note here that "X-ji" is a typical way of naming a store back in the day. It's function is sort of like the English usage of the "'s" in "xxxx's". So…. lots of these older stores have names like this. The Hong Kong tea store, "Ying Kee", is actually "Yingji" in pinyin. There are other famous establishments in Hong Kong that also have such names.
Anyway, that was a digression. I got off the subway at Shuanglian station and started walking towards Chongqing N. Rd, where, I'm told, some of these older stores are. I passed by a store that sells both incense and puerh — an odd combo, seeing the incense will probably infect every cake they sell. It consisted of mostly cooked cakes, fake Dayi, and wet stored stuff of questionable provenance. I passed, and kept walking. I eventually ended up near the Youji store, and in front of it, there's a park
But this isn't an ordinary park, because it tells you about how Taiwanese tea is made!
It has educational routes you can walk along this park that measures something like 40m by 15m
With relief carvings set in the ground of the processes in question
It's kinda cute.
On one side of the park is the store for Youji
It actually says "Wang Youji Chahang", but it seems like they just refer to themselves as Youji. The building is actually quite big. The front end of the ground floor is a store — you can sort of see from the picture above that it is somewhat renovated and newish looking (more pictures on their rather weird website). The back half though is their factory — where they process the teas. They do their own roasting, packaging, and what not. Business is obviously not as good as way back in the heyday of Taiwanese tea export, in their case perhaps dating back to the pre-1945 colonial period, but nonetheless… business goes on.
I tried two teas there — an aged baozhong that is a bit sour, and a roasted tieguanyin that is quite reasonable. I liked them both, although the aged baozhong needs to be finished relatively quickly or it can get too sour. I think it's time they re-roast that one again.
After trying the teas though, I asked for a tour of the premises, which they apparently do. So…. through the door in the middle of the building and into the back we went.
The first thing you see when you walk through the door is this
These are the templates they used for the boxes that they packed the tea in — you paint over them so the words are painted onto the boxes. These are various brand names, from the "Tea Pot Brand" to the "Mitomo Kabushikigaisha" (Three Friends Corporation, bottom right, probably dating from the colonial period). Then, there are a bunch of machines — used for sorting, drying, etc, but nothing too exciting, and none were in action today. The more interesting stuff is the roasting room.
I've seen these individually before, but not in a room like this and certainly not this many at once. Since I think many tea makers these days are using electric roasters (I'm guessing they're more consistent, less room for error, and probably more economical), this is going to be an increasingly rare sight. These pits are like this
They fill them with big pieces of charcoal
Then they ground them down
Using these tools (specifically the right-most long stick)
Then you cover the pit with what he said are something like burned grain husk
When these burn down, they become the powder you see on the left of the picture. This covers the fire so that you are not directly burning the tea. I always knew you cover the charcoal with a dust like thing. I always thought that's used charcoal that's disintegrated into powder. This grain husk thing is new to me.
Then…. you roast the tea for hours….
You can also see other things going on, like in the picture of the tools — look on the left, and you see a guy picking leaves. He's sorting the tea, presumably readying it for sale, or roasting, I'm not sure. I had a good conversation with the guy, who is running the family business. He said it's really hard these days to find young people who want to do this, especially the roasting part. It's just not pleasant work (high temperature, having to deal with charcoal, leaves, etc) and nobody is interested. Why do it when you can sell non-roasted tea for the same price, or even more? They insist on it, and even lightly roast their baozhongs, but that doesn't always happen anymore. I can't agree more — this is something that, I think, needs to be preserved because I personally feel a lot of these teas can't be drunk without ill effects for one's health without some roasting. (Sidenote: this is also why I don't drink a lot of the really green Taiwan oolong these days, in answer to Julian's question a week ago)
I picked up a little tea, and plan to be back here for more. I walked out, and wandered around a little more. I couldn't find more tea shops… they are hidden somehow. Some of the stores are closed. This part of Taipei is no longer important, economically — the center of action has moved eastward, leaving this area behind. There are some older stores here, definitely, but they are only dealing with locals, and not the big exporters they once were. So it is somewhat fitting that there were some antique shops around here that look rather run down. One, though, sells some teapots…. so I went in for a look. He had about 20 of them on display, which was all he had. They were of various levels of authenticity and craftsmanship. One, though, caught my eye, and I eventually came home with it.
It pours well, the lid is well fitted, the patina is very nice and it felt good enough for me to buy it despite its funny smell inside. I tried brewing some of the cheap aged oolongs in it to get rid of the smell, and it seemed to have worked. I'm going to let it sit around some more and see if the odd smell comes back (probably because of where it was stored for a while). We'll see what happens.
Which gets us to the contest part:
In trying to make this blog a little more interactive (I have a, relatively speaking, very quiet set of readers), let's play The Price is Right. Submit your guesses to me via email regarding how much this teapot cost me. The person who comes closest (either high or low is fine, in deviation of the rules of the gameshow) will get samples of all the aged oolongs I tasted the last week, good and bad. If there's a tie (say, one person guessed 1.1 and the other 0.9) the lower one wins.
Please submit guesses to (my username) at gmail. Please quote the prices in Taiwan Dollars (currently about 32 NTD for 1 USD). I am going to announce the answer on the 23rd when I blog. You have lots of time to ponder 🙂


text:
Gwyneth Paltrow on Marriage With Chris Martin: It's Not All Rosy
From her music to her marriage, the Country Strong star gives a in depth look inside her life with her Coldplay hubby Chris Martin.
"Sometimes it's hard being with someone for a long time," Paltrow tells the publication. "We go through periods that aren't all rosy. I always say, life is long and you never know what's going to happen." She added to Elle:
"If, God forbid, we were ever not to be together, I respect him so much as the father of my children. Like, I made such a good choice. He's such a good dad. You can never be relaxed or smug and think, I've got this thing. That's also part of it — keeping yourself on your toes. I'm not going to take this for granted."
As for her reasoning on keeping her marriage out of the spotlight: "He makes music for his fans, and he doesn't want people to conjure a lame famous couple when they're getting into his music. I get it."
Gwyneth has been public in talking about how influential good pals Beyonce and Jay-Z have been to her musically, and she says there is a reason why she hasn't turned to Chris as much for music advice. "[He's] a musical genius. It's like living with Picasso, and being like, 'Should I make a little something-something?'"
Check out more of GP in the September issue of Elle!


text:
Should the city of Hudson allow bow hunting for deer on its 428-acre property on Hines Hill Road?
City Council and staff members will discuss that possibility at Council's workshop Nov. 27. The meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall.
The property houses the former Cuyahoga County Youth Development Center and acres of undeveloped land.
The city only allows bow hunting on properties 5 acres or larger with the landowners' permission. The hunter and landowner must have Hudson permits.
Council will also discuss what to do with the 14 buildings on the property at the Tuesday workshop.
Other items on the agenda include the city's recent audit, storm water management, and a tree-planting grant.


text:
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: new mexico
Posts: 106
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
|Thread Tools
Our children make a study of us in a way no one else ever will. If we don't act according to our values, they will know.~Starhawk New User Agreement! http://www.mothering.com/articles/user-agreement
I don't think you should come up with an agreement! He sexually abused his child and he wants an agreement??? He needs to be in Prison and shouldn't have any contact at all with his son.
I don't think you should come up with an agreement! He sexually abused his child and he wants an agreement??? He needs to be in Prison and shouldn't have any contact at all with his son.
Agreed. Also, it's obvious his IL's are defending him, so personally I would have no contact whatsoever with ANY of his relatives or friends.
I'm so sorry you and your sweet son have to go through this.
I don't think you should come up with an agreement! He sexually abused his child and he wants an agreement??? He needs to be in Prison and shouldn't have any contact at all with his son.
|Just a warning, don't let ANY new men near you while this stuff is going on. Do not give his investigator anything to report except that you are Saint TigrLily. I know you are thinking I am crazy, but I have heard too many women on MDC jumping into a new relationship because they are lonely or need help and then it hurts them with judges (who hold us to a higher standard than men).
Just a theory here, but did he ever date other women with young kids? These guys don't usually suddenly start this. He may have done it before and if you could find someone it would bolster your custody case and help out the prosecutor on the criminal case. Also, less likely for prosecutor to let him plead it out to some pathetically small sentence.
Oh, and I would cut all contact with the inlaws. You can't let your ds see them cause they would try to confuse him and you don't want them to build a relationship with new baby and then go for grandparent rights. The fact that they are supporting a molestor makes them unlikely to win a judge over unless YOU give them anything that makes a judge think you trust them.
Don't give one inch to any of them. I would not even send a picture of the baby. Let this all play out with the courts and the CYFD folks, who seem to be doing a good job so far.
I just want to say I really admire you. So much grace under such horrific circumstances.
Lisa, lucky mama of Kelly (3/93) , Emma (5/03) , Evan (7/05) , & Jenna (6/09)
Loving my amazing dh, James & forever missing Aaron Ambrose (11/07)
I have been thinking of you since reading this thread ages ago, and I hope that things are getting better. I haven't contributed, but I want to step in now.
Do NOT email him or his relatives. Do NOT come an "understanding" with this man. This will all come back to bite you in court. And please, please, PLEASE try to make sure that there are criminal charges leveled against him. You might think that not doing so will be better for your son, but I think that there should be real closure here: not that he'd understand it now, but in the future. Also think of how many single moms there are out there with young sons who would think that your ex was quite a catch, and might not be nearly as wonderful a mama as you are and believe their sons.
But mainly DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING, even email.
mama to ds2/03 ds2/05 dd4/07 and expecting someone new in the spring!
|Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Show Printable Version
Email this Page Email this Page
|Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off
Online Users: 15,974
|33 members and 15,941 guests
|a-sorta-fairytale , awill , climeranious , Deborah , e.cospedal , emmy526 , Fluffer , greenemami , hakunangovi , happy-mama , hillymum , jamesmorrow , janny77 , Katherine73 , lhargrave89 , lisak1234 , MamadeRumi , Michele123 , NaturallyKait , NCIS4Ever2001 , redsally , rightkindofme , rocky , RollerCoasterMama , samaxtics , scaramouche131 , shantimama , Shmootzi , Skippy918 , sren , TheChainedAngel , thefragile7393
|Most users ever online was 449,755, 06-25-2014 at 12:21 PM.


text:
Diabetes Prevention in Prediabetic Patients (DPEP)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified August 2012 by Meir Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Meir Medical Center
Clalit Health Services
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Meir Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 5, 2012
Last updated: NA
Last verified: August 2012
History: No changes posted
- Full Text View
- Tabular View
- No Study Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study
|Study Status:
|This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)


text:
The breech face marks, as well as the individual imperfections in the firing pin.
I didn't want you finding out that I'd taken out the firing pin.
It forms the hole through which the firing pin comes out of the breech face.
Each pistol was fired in a recoiling rest one round, in which the primer had been thinned so as to be pierced by the firing pin.
If the firing pin hit the cartridge with that amount of force, do you believe the cartridge would be fired?
Turning it over slowly in his fingers, he looked at the mark of the firing pin on the base.
It had a sliding breech block carrying the main spring and firing pin.
By frequent practice in this exercise, each man may come to know the exact instant his firing pin will be released.
He grasped it as the hammer fell a second time, and the firing pin pierced the web of his hand between thumb and finger.
The process of the burst is about as follows: The firing pin strikes the percussion primer, which explodes the detonator.


text:
A court-approved adoption while a biological parent is appealing his loss of parental rights is illegal and void, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
In a somewhat split ruling, the majority of the three-judge panel said a Mohave County Superior Court judge was wrong in allowing the foster parents, identified only as Jimmy S. and Tracie H., to adopt the two children without the issue of the father's parental rights finally resolved. The appellate judges reversed the adoption order.
In a separate concurring opinion, Judge Patricia Norris said she believes the trial judge could proceed with the adoption while the rights of the biological parent were still at issue on appeal. But she concurred with the decision to void the adoption, saying once the father gained back his rights then the adoption had to be dissolved.
Court records show the biological father, identified as Roberto F., was stripped of her parental rights in 2011. But while he was appealing, the Department of Child Safety, acting on behalf of the foster parents, sought court permission for them to adopt the children. The adoption was granted, with the biological father provided no notice of the petition or the hearing as he no longer had parental rights.
Last year, however, the appellate court overturned the order terminating the father's rights. But the judge rejected his motion to set aside the adoption.
Appellate Judge Kenton Jones said the court rules are clear. He said juvenile judges cannot act on other new matters involving children while there is an appeal pending in a related case. In this case, he said, the adoption was a new issue, divesting the juvenile court — and any juvenile judges — from moving forward with the adoption.
Jones also pointed out that by allowing the adoption, the juvenile court "completely severed ... all the legal rights, privileges, duties, obligations and other legal consequences of the relationship." In doing so, Jones said, the juvenile judge "effectively terminated his parental rights a second time, and did so without his knowledge or consent."
And what that did, Jones said, is prevented the father from actually getting the relief the appellate court had granted him: his parental rights.
Jones said the ruling stems from a basic issue.
"Parents have a protected, fundamental liberty interest in the care, custody and management of their child," he wrote. "Although this interest is not without limits, the interest does not evaporate simply because they have not been model parents or have lost temporary custody of their child to the state."


text:
pili cabello
About Me
Keanera, poet, friend, the biggest fan of KEANE on the planet.
Latest Comments
Happy birthday Tom!!! I wish I could give you a big hug and a kiss personaly, but, distance's fault, I can´t so I send you all my love by the internet....and a massive lot of kisses. All the best to you.
pilibelleza 2011-03-08 13:44:51
Holis Pili! :D gracias x agregarme keanera! :D espero q estes d 10 :D besos! :)
leonela 2010-08-25 22:41:19
A poem inspired on a depress day and Tom's arms...
I come down
To the floor
With wide open eyes
And there is no excuses
For me
It seems
That I want to fall down
And again
But I doesn't want.
The only place
In earth
Where I want to drop myself
Is in your arms…
pilibelleza 2010-08-23 16:14:06


text:
(November 1993)
Is there a way of making majordomo act so that it packs all the messages for a day into a single file and then this email is mailed out in the middle of the night? Some other email list managers have this feature and its called digests. -- James Andrews, Computer Development Officer, Exeter University Maths Dept


text: Concerto In A Minor Look Inside Concerto In A Minor Orchestra, Violin, Piano Accompaniment (Violin) - Difficulty: medium-difficultScore and Parts. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by E Herrmann. Arranged by Eduard Herrmann. String Solo. Baroque. Set of performance parts. With standard notation, piano reduction and solo part. 23 pages. G. Schirmer #LB1401. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50258980). Usually leaves our warehouse: Within 24 hours More info Add to Cart { "catalogRefId":"3145124", "productId":"prod3145124", "quantity":"1" } 1 Review


text:
Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes (Ch 1, p 17) Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 22) Narayan v. EGL, Inc. (Ch 2, p 37) Solis v. Laurelbrook Sanitarium and School (Ch 2, p 42) Zheng v. Liberty Apparel Co. (Ch 2, p 51) Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools
BA370 Case Analyses 1
Case Analyses: select TWO court cases (from different chapters) from the list below, and respond in writing to the case questions. The written analysis of both cases should be approximately 2-3 pages total; use parenthetical citations and a corresponding works cited list when referencing specific information from the text or other sources, and follow other prescribed guidelines for APA format.
Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes (Ch 1, p 17) Nino v. The Jewelry Exchange (Ch 1, p 22) Narayan v. EGL, Inc. (Ch 2, p 37) Solis v. Laurelbrook Sanitarium and School (Ch 2, p 42) Zheng v. Liberty Apparel Co. (Ch 2, p 51) Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools (Ch 3, p 77) Hasan v. Foley & Lardner, LLP (Ch 3, p 80) Collazo v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing (Ch 3, p 89)
Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes (Ch 1, p 17) Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the Supreme Court decide?
2. What things must be shown in order to achieve class certification in a class action lawsuit? What did the Court say was lacking in this case?
3. What complications do class action suits present when deciding the damages to which class members are entitled? Why does the Court reject the method proposed by the lower court?
4. What are the practical consequences of this decision for plaintiffs in discrimination and other employment law cases? What would the consequences have been for employers if the court had ruled that the class action could proceed?
Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools (Ch 3, p 77) Case Questions
1. What was the legal issue in this case? What did the court decide?
2. How is the plaintiff able to establish a primafacie case of disparate treatment?
3. What reasons did the employer offer for its decision to reassign the employer offer for its decision to reassign the employee? What is the evidence that these might be pretext?
4. What does the court mean when it refers to a "pretext-plus standard"? How did the district court err in applying this standard?
5. What does it mean for age to be a "but-for" cause? Do you think that Jones will be able to prove age discrimination at trial? Why or why not?
BA370 Case Analyses 1
BA 370 Case Analyses 1
BA/370 Case Analyses 1
BA370 Employment Law Case Analyses 2
BA370 Case Analyses 3 Solution Click Below Link:
BA370 DQ Solution Click Below Link:
Selected TWO court cases: (1) Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes and (2) Jones v. Oklahoma City Public Schools (***** Answered All questions + APA + References *****)
body preview (11 words)
(1) Wal-Mart xxxxxx v. Dukes xxx xxx xxxxx v. Oklahoma City xxxxxx xxxxxxx
file1.docx preview (1395 words)
xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
(Wal-Mart xxxxxx xx Dukes xxx xxxxx v. Oklahoma City Public xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxx Name:
xxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxx
x xxxx xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxx case xxxxxxx for present discussions are xxxxxxxx Stores xx xxxxx xxx Jones v. Oklahoma xxxx Public xxxxxxxx The xxxxxxxx xxxx xx about xxx issue xxxxxxx to sex xxxxxxxxxxxxxx by xxxxxx women xxxx than xxx xxx xxxxx v. Oklahoma xxxx xxxxxx Schools xx about xxxxxxxxx xx xxx xxx Discrimination in Employment.
Wal-Mart xxxxxx v. xxxxx
1. What was the legal issue in xxxx case? xxxx xxx the Supreme xxxxx xxxxxxx
The xxxxx xxxxx in xxxx case xxxx x group of xxxxx xxx worked xx Wal-Mart xxxxxx xxxxx a xxxxxxx alleging xxxx their employer engaged in xxxxxxxxxxx xxx discrimination by paying xxxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxx women to management positions, and xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxx more xxxxxxxx
In its decision, xxx Supreme xxxxx xxxxxx a high hurdle for xxxxx xx xxxxxxxx to xxxxxxxx
- - - more text follows - - -
Try it before you buy it


text:
Phone: --
Office: Online
E-mail: email@example.com
Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) Certification through the National Development Council
Copyright © Chadron State College. All Rights Reserved.
Member, Nebraska State College System • Employment Opportunities • Equal Opportunity Employer • Title IX Reporting/Resources
Accreditation Information • Website Feedback
1000 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337 • 1-800-CHADRON


text:
Results 1 to 2 of 2
Thread: Article: Daimler developing a three-cylinder motor but says small three-cylinder motors are not good enough for larger Mercedes vehicles
Daimler developing a three-cylinder motor but says small three-cylinder motors are not good enough for Mercedes vehicles
BMW developed a small 1.5 liter turbocharged three-cylinder motor and it is used in front wheel drive products including Mini (and the BMW 2-Series Active Tourer) as well as the top of the range and the $135,000+ BMW i8 hybrid sports car. Mercedes-Benz intends to produce a small three-cylinder motor as well but unlike BMW they will not be putting it any car with all wheel drive or powering the rear wheels.
Head of engine development Bernhard Heil stated, "We have looked at three-cylinder engines, but there are too many compromises, such as refinement and the savings aren't that significant." Essentially, he isn't a fan and believes the efficiency gain over a small four-cylinder is not worth the compromises. That is why Mercedes-Benz will not replace four-cylinders in their sedans but will develop a three-cylinder for the front wheel drives with a hybrid drivetrain.
If Mercedes developed the i8 you can bet it would not be powered by a puny 1.5 liter three-cylinder as Berhard Heil believes the layout creates too much vibration requiring balance shafts, is noisy, and is inferior to a four-cylinder layout. Mercedes-Benz gets it.
04-04-2014, 02:11 PM #2Member
- Join Date
- Jun 2011
- Location
- Denver, CO
- Posts
- 766
- Rep Points
- 650.2
- Mentioned
- 5 Post(s)
- Rep Power
- 7
What is the story with the motor in the rendering? 2 smaller 2-valve cylinders and a larger 4-valve cylinder?


text:
Le Bernardin, Midtown West, NYCFebruary 14, 2014
There aren't enough superlatives for Le Bernadin, the internationally acclaimed four-star seafood restaurant. It is — for sure — the special occasion place to dine in Manhattan.
For those who haven't had the pleasure, the restaurant offers three menu options — two tasting menus with or without wine pairings (a 7-course $155 per person – $246 with wine pairing per person; an 8-course $215 per person – $360 with wine pairing per person), and one price fixe 4-course menu ($135). The only requirement, says the waiter … is that the entire table must agree on one option. A little confusing at first, but the wait staff is patient and accommodating, explaining everything with the finest of detail.
Le Bernardin received its four-star review from The New York Times only three months after opening and is the only New York four-star restaurant that has maintained its status for more than 20 years. It also won many James Beard Awards ("Outstanding Restaurant" in America, "Outstanding Chef," "Outstanding Wine Service," and "Best Restaurant Design."), and received the highest rating (3 stars) from the The Michelin Guide. The list of accolades and awards goes on and on.
This night I was there, my table opted for the 4-course menu, the final course is a dessert that a green salad may be subsituted. Almost everything was perfection. I selected the charred octopus "a la plancha" garnished with a green olive and black garlic emulsion, and a sun-dried tomato sauce; the seared New Zealand langustine, seared finished with creme fraiche, with chanterelle mushrooms and Jamón ibérico, and the wild striped bass over Bhutanese red rice and a green papaya salad with a ginger-red wine sauce. The bass was wonderful, until I got about half-way through it and then strangely, it was horribly "fishy." The staff immediately offered to replace it, but by that time I was full and just left that fishy fish on my plate. I wanted to save a smidge of room for dessert. I was glad I did so I could indulge in the dessert plus the extra plate of treats that included a decadent cinnamon caramel bonbon, chocolate fudge with sea salt, passion fruit macaroon, and fig and muscovado financier!
Julio (our wonderfully attentive and knowledgeable captain) also served us an extra dessert, I figured as a nice gesture because of my fishy bass. The Madagascan chocolate ganache, with candied peanuts and popcorn ice cream was worth the indulgence.
Le Bernadin is dining how dining should be. I highly recommend it for your next splurge!
- bonnie
Follow @BonnieBOTB
Le Bernardin
Midtown West
155 W 51st St
New York, NY 10019
(212) 554-1515
Rate This Product
Mouseover the crowns to highlight your rating and then click to record your rating. The rating shown is the average of all the user votes. You can only rate each product once.
Leave a Comment or Write a Review
Posting Policy
Bite of the Best encourages our readers to comment on and review any products that we write about. Please express your opinions in a mature and civil tone of voice. We will not post rude or otherwise inappropriate material on Bite of the Best. We look forward to your comments and reviews!


text:
|Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods; Public Meeting
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Ms. Sharon Lehwalder
|Date & Time:
|09/20/2005 05:09:05
|Organization :
|Ms. Sharon Lehwalder
|Category :
|Individual Consumer
|Issue Areas/Comments
| Dear FDA:
My mother and grandmother both died at a young age from celiac sprue--a time before the connection was made with gluten. Both of my adult children and I have been diagnosed with celiac sprue, and our attempts to maintain a gluten-free diet are often thwarted by incomplete labeling of processed products. Consequently, we unnecessarily avoid many products to protect ourselvs from the damage done by gluten. All three of us have called companies to find out if the "modified food starch" used in their products--from yogurt to chili--contains gluten. Often companies cannot answer the question-- sometimes even their chemist cannot answer the question.
Therefore, we encourage you to adopt a regulation on the use of "gluten-free" on product labels that is in line with that which has been used in Europe and other countries (including the USA via the Codex Alimentarius) for many years--20 PPM for products that contain naturally gluten- free ingredients, and 200 PPM for products that have been rendered gluten-free such as those that may contain Codex Alimentarius quality wheat starch. The formal adoption of these existing regulations will allow for the continued importation of excellent, safe European products that are labeled "gluten-free."
It is very important that you do not adopt a "zero tolerance" regulation in this matter because doing so will cause many gluten-free food companies to discontinue their use of the term "gluten-free" on their labels out of fear of litigation--which is counterproductive for all people with this disease (most, if not all, gluten-free food companies do not grow, transport or mill the gluten-free grains that they use as ingredients--a fact that will make them vulnerable to litigation if a zero tolerance level is adopted). Last, the inclusion of trace levels of gluten in the diets of those with celiac disease have been shown to be safe in many scientific studies, for more details please see:
Sharon M. Lehwalder


text:
The Anti-Social Network
A Doctor goes into a hospital ward to see a pregnant lady, who has had terrible stomach cramps and fears for the unborn child..."Well, my dear, there's good news and bad news. We've run some tests and the bad news is that your baby has ginger hair.""Oh no!" she replies. "What's the good news?"The Doctor replies, "It's dead."
© 2017 Created by Gary Glitter.
Powered by
Badges |
Report an Issue |
Terms of Service
Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator.


text: << Back Header Content Marketing Game Show Night The AMA students invite business school alumni to join them for Game Show Night! Come watch your favorite professors team up with current marketing students as they try and win AMA's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" and raise support for Heather's Haven. Following the event, there will be a reception with light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments in the Lecture Hall 2 of Rockwell Hall. RSVP to Amber Walker. Details below. Hope to see you then! Contact InformationAmber firstname.lastname@example.com Date & LocationDate: 10/17/2012Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PMLocation: Peter Mills Auditorium - Rockwell HallDuquesne University


text:
Look at the railway line running from uskub to Mitrovitza and find the pass of Katchanik.
In uskub is concentrated the whole problem of the Balkans and of Macedonia.
If you had been here a few weeks ago you could have gone to uskub, and met the newspaper correspondents.
These must have been the regiments I saw coming along when I was staying at uskub.
We reached uskub at dusk, found a hotel, and went out to dine.
No doubt the railroad to uskub would in time render such concessions extremely valuable.
News came of the fall of uskub, and that Lady Paget had been captured with all her staff.
Our chief city in the olden times was uskub, which we regained from the Turks in the first war.
ThePg 187 paths were made of Turkish tombstones, which were always used in uskub for road metal.
"It is exceedingly unlikely that uskub can fall," said the other.


text:
Contact Us
Contact Boston Mills & Brandywine
330-467-2242, or
PO Box 175, Peninsula, OH 44264-0175
Email Us using the form below. Have a question, comment, or suggestion? We love to hear from our customers!
Please keep in mind that we receive dozens of emails each day, and it will take at least a day or two for us to get back to you. If you require an immediate response, please call us using the number above, or use any of the following quick links for answers to your questions about:
Snow Tubing at Polar Blast
Directions to BMBW
Hours of Operation
Snow Passes and Rentals
Current Specials
Group Rates
Refund Requests
Charitable Donations
For media and press inquiries, please contact our Marketing Department.
They can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
• Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
|Stack-based buffer overflow in the animated cursor code in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 through Vista allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (persistent reboot) via a large length value in the second (or later) anih block of a RIFF .ANI, cur, or .ico file, which results in memory corruption when processing cursors, animated cursors, and icons, a variant of CVE-2005-0416, as originally demonstrated using Internet Explorer 6 and 7. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-1765; if so, then CVE-2007-0038 should be preferred.
|Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
|Date Entry Created
|Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
|Phase (Legacy)
|Assigned (20070103)
|Votes (Legacy)
|Comments (Legacy)
|Proposed (Legacy)
|This is an entry on the CVE list, which standardizes names for security problems.
You can also search by reference using the CVE Reference Maps.
|For More Information: email@example.com


text:
Pear-Shaped Lab-Created Emerald and Diamond Accent Drop Pendant in Sterling Silver
Item# 20083278
Elegant and dramatic, this captivating drop pendant is a statement look any woman would adore. Fashioned in sleek sterling silver, three pear-shaped lab-created green emeralds in graduated sizes alternate with shimmering diamond accents to create this lovely linear drop. Additional diamond accents adorn the bale, completing this eye-catching look. Polished to a brilliant shine, this pendant suspends along an 18.0-inch rope chain that secures with a spring-ring clasp.
Typographic errors are subject to correction. Merchandise enlarged to show detail and may not always be exactly as pictured. Promotions, prices, styles and availability may vary by store and online.