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NEA's announcement is not expected to influence a crucial videogame case that is now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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6 large egg whites
1 1/2 heaped teaspoons cream of tartar (or 2 teaspoons white vinegar)
250 grams caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1 1/2 heaped teaspoons cornflour
1/2 cup icing sugar, for dusting, plus a little extra to serve
250 grams mascarpone
250 grams sheep's milk yoghurt
Berry Salad
1 1/2 punnets ripe strawberries, sliced in rounds
1 1/2 punnets raspberries
10 basil leaves, shredded
3 tablespoons aged balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1 vanilla bean, splintered
1. Preheat oven to 165°C.
2. Line a tray with paper, cut to approximately 32 x 24 cm.
3. To make the meringue, place the egg whites in a mixer and whisk to soft peaks. Add the cream of tartar then gradually beat in the caster sugar until the mixture is thick and glossy. Add the vanilla and cornflour, and vinegar if using. Beat on low until combined.
4. Spread the meringue over the baking paper in a flat rectangular shape. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes. Turn onto a tea towel that has been dusted with the icing sugar.
5. Combine the berries, basil, balsamic vinegar, caster sugar and vanilla bean. Let macerate for 5 minutes.
6. Place the mascarpone in a large bowl and soften it with a whisk. Whisk in the yoghurt and then spread the mixture over the meringue. Roll it up like a Swiss roll, using the tea towel as you go. Place on a platter and spoon over the berries and their juices. Dust with extra icing sugar if desired.
Pavlova is a summer celebration in itself, sweet and decadent but with lots of seasonal fruit as well. I often find it too sweet so I came up with this version. Instead of whipped cream, I use mascarpone and sheep's milk yoghurt, which gives this dessert a lovely sharpness.
Rolling your pavlova gives an impressive finish to the presentation and adds a lovely, unusual chewiness to the texture. It also makes it easier to transport if you're bringing a plate or having a picnic. Just pour over the berry salad and icing sugar when you arrive.
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By Skip Wood, USA TODAY
No playoffs?
No problem.
Sure, the 9-7 Houston Texans were bummed after they were eliminated from postseason contention late Sunday night when the New York Jets grabbed the AFC's final wild-card spot with their 37-0 domination of Cincinnati, but at least they put themselves in position.
POWER RANKINGS: Texans close to top 10 in final ratings
That's saying something for a team that never even had a winning season before, a campaign that ended at home with a pulsating win against the New England Patriots, no less.
And if there's such a thing as momentum heading into a new season that's still more than eight months away, that would be a good example.
Fourth-year Texans coach Gary Kubiak told reporters he sensed just such a mood when he arrived at team headquarters the day after the game.
"It was different than it has been," he said. "(General manager) Rick (Smith) and I were talking about how upbeat (the players were) and talking about things. It's almost like they would've loved to have gone right back to work tomorrow on next year.
"That's important because I feel like they think they belong now, but we've got a lot more work to do. We've got to be honest and can't think that we're OK. We've got to go get better. They were very upbeat today. I could just feel it from them. I think it was still a lot of carryover from the game but I think they're excited about the future and excited about the team."
And why not? Despite a midseason slump of four consecutive losses, the Texans responded with four consecutive wins to close out the season.
Kubiak's job is secure after doing just what owner Bob McNair requested before the season, which was to have a winning team and a playoff contender.
And with players such as quarterback Matt Schaub, wideout Andre Johnson and rookie linebacker Brian Cushing, the future looks a lot better than it has in previous seasons.
Cushing, named the league's Defensive Rookie of the Year on Tuesday, certainly views the late-season surge as a distinct positive.
"I definitely think so," he said. "I think that's just momentum. We know what we need to do next season now. We know about the abilities. We know there is a lot on the line."
The Texans might be in the market for a new offensive coordinator if Mike Shanahan becomes the new coach of the Washington Redskins and beckons for his son, Kyle Shanahan, who served in that capacity in Houston this season.
Kubiak said he would be fine with that.
"Obviously it looks like Mike's coming right back into the business here real quick," he said, "and I know it's something he's always wanted, to have his son work for him. And I know I'd be the same way, so I understand that."
Regardless, from the owner to the front office to the coaches to the players, the Texans appear pumped, as well as hopeful the first-ever winning record will serve as a boost going into next season.
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From: Geoff Hutchison (email@example.com)
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 05:57:54 PST
At 9:35 AM +0100 12/6/00, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
>Is there anything wrong with our db files? htsearch seems to be able
>to use them, though. Am I missing something?
No, but I don't think you want to use the db_dump programs to deal
with them. In particular, ht://Dig "serializes" the documents in the
document DB and can compress the excerpts, so large parts will come
out in binary.
>Why do I want to "edit" the db files at all? The reason is that we have
>a large database with quite a number of things we'd like to exclude
>from the search results. The obvious solution would be to exclude them
>from the dig in the first place. But I don't consider this possible
>because a) this would make the config quite bulky
You can always include a file in the config file, e.g.:
exclude_urls: `/path/to/patterns`
In the 3.2 code, you can do limited editing with the new htdump and
htload programs. On the other hand, if you just want to delete URLs,
it's much easier with the new htpurge program instead.
>PS: How does htdig handle the case where a document is in the docs database
>but the corresponding URL is added to the exclude list? Will the document
>be deleted from the db on the next update run, or would I have to delete the
>db and run a "full index" again?
The exclude_urls pattern set is only used when considering whether to
index a new URL. So if a URL is already in the database, it will not
be removed. There is a similar, but more serious problem, if a
document is added to the robots.txt file. In both cases, the code is
upholding the "letter of the law," but it's a bit hazy.
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Broder falsely suggested that Clinton was given "free hand" trade authority that Bush wants Congress to renew
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In his May 17 column titled "Can Democrats Take Yes for an Answer?" The Washington Post's David Broder asked whether congressional Democrats will renew President Bush's trade promotion authority (TPA), which Broder wrote is the "same free hand that [Bush's] predecessors have enjoyed." But in fact, President Clinton was deprived of trade promotion authority for the majority of his time in office. The authority, which expired in 1994 during Clinton's first term, was not renewed by Congress until 2002 -- after Bush entered the White House.
Broder wrote:
The issue of trade policy -- as critical to the nation's future as Iraq and every bit as divisive -- is now squarely before the Democratic Congress. It will almost certainly provide a huge challenge to its leadership.
The stage was set by a painfully negotiated deal between the White House and Democrats, announced last week, on the terms of trade in pending agreements with Peru and Panama. Those agreements with two small nations are just the overture for a much larger debate involving tariff-cutting deals with Colombia and South Korea. And then comes the monumental question of whether to give President Bush the same free hand that his predecessors have enjoyed in negotiating global and regional trade agreements, not amendable by Congress but subject only to an up-or-down vote.
But Bush's "predecessors" have not always enjoyed trade promotion or "fast track" authority, which allows the White House to negotiate trade deals that Congress must vote up or down without the opportunity to make amendments. According to a 2003 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, Congress had granted presidents with TPA "almost continuously from 1974 to [April 16] 1994. After that, the authority lapsed." The CRS noted that the Clinton administration proposed a reauthorization of fast track trade authority during the 104th and 105th congresses, but was rebuffed each time.
According to a 2006 CRS report:
Several reasons may explain the failure of the Clinton Administration and Congress to get fast track procedures re-authorized. For one, both the Republican congressional leadership and the Clinton Administration wanted fast-track authority; however, the two sides could not agree on how labor and environmental issues should be addressed in trade agreements negotiated under a new negotiating authority. Republicans wanted limited coverage while the Clinton Administration and many Democrats in Congress preferred broader coverage. In addition, the WTO failed to launch a new round of negotiations at the 1999 Ministerial meeting in Seattle, and therefore, no major trade negotiations were underway that might have made the adoption of a fast-track statute a political priority.
The Congress did not reauthorize the TPA until 2002, after Bush took office.
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The White Album [Remix Project] is a bold leap into the contemporary sounds of dance music, showcasing completely remixed worship songs previously released by Hillsong UNITED.
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The Australian worship collective are on the forefront of a modern expression of worship, stating on their website that they are "committed to creating a musical expression that is almost uncomfortable in its uniqueness... our mission is to write songs that awaken churches and individuals to the fact that we are redeemed and called into the story of God."
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The BT Tower panorama of London currently holds the world record of the largest panoramic photo. The photo shows the city in incredible detail and allows viewers to zoom into the image to reveal cars, pedestrians, and even legible street signs.
The 360-degree panoramic photo is 320 gigapixels in resolution and consists of over 48,000 individual photos stitched together. Photographers Jeffry Martin, Tom Mills, and Holger Schulze spent three days on the rooftop of the BT Tower to take the photos.
The photographers had set up four Canon EOS 7D cameras fitted with telephoto lenses. The cameras were also attached to a Clauss Rodeon VR Head ST robotic panorama mounts. Around $100,000 of gear was used to capture the shots.
Post-production took months as the photographers had to manually put all the photos together into one. Martin commented that:
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Business Law by Tom Ramsey
December 18th, 2012 – The process of purchasing a going business generally includes deciding whether to purchase the capital stock or the memberships of the seller (if the seller is a corporation or a limited liability company) or only the assets of the seller. The determination is traditionally influenced by the following: On the one hand, the purchase of corporate stock or limited liability company memberships comes with it the existing corporation or limited liability company with a possible history of problems that the buyer will eventually be required to resolve. On the other hand, the purchase of only the assets of the seller is probably less risky to the buyer since the ownership of the selling entity (the corporation or the limited liability company) stays with the seller.
Although this should be considered when purchasing a business, a successor business can also become liable for the actions of a predecessor business which the successor did not purchase and with which the successor had absolutely no relationship, as illustrated below.
Auto Spa operated a carwash on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Auto Spa was indebted to Sunset Alvarado Investors LLC, a lender. The debt was secured by a trust deed on the property where Auto Spa operated its carwash. Auto Spa defaulted on the note. The lender foreclosed and ended up owning the property. Once Auto Spa was history, the lender then leased the property to Sunset Car Wash LLC.
It is important to note that Sunset's connection to the business location was based only upon its being the lessee of the lender. There was no contractual nexus of any kind between Auto Spa and Sunset.
However, once Sunset opened its business, the California Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Sunset. The attorney general claimed that Auto Spa, the predecessor business at the location and not remotely related to Sunset, failed to pay its employees minimum wage and overtime, and denied its employees rest breaks. The attorney general's action sought to hold Sunset liable for the sins of Auto Spa.
The claimed basis for the lawsuit was a rather strange section of the California Labor Code. Apparently, the California legislature had determined that the car wash industry followed practices that sometimes resulted in violation of the state's labor laws and that previous attempts to enforce the law had been ineffective.
The legislature dreamed up Labor Code §2066, which provides as follows: The successor to an employer engaged in the car washing/polishing business that owed wages and penalties to its former employees is liable for those wages and penalties if the successor meets any of the following criteria: The successor uses substantially the same facilities or workforce to offer substantially the same services; the successor shares with the seller the ownership, management, control of the labor relations; the successor employs, in a managerial capacity, the person the seller used to control employee wages, hours or working conditions; the successor is an immediate family member of the seller. This approach would appear as an attempt to impose successor liability based on some kind of business, family or contractual relationship with the predecessor. Of course, no such relationship existed here.
Sunset tried to convince the trial court that it was not a successor as defined in Labor Code §2066. That argument fell on deaf ears. The court ruled that inasmuch as Sunset operated at the same location and performed the same services as Auto Spa, notwithstanding the fact that it purchased absolutely nothing from and assumed no liabilities created by Auto Spa, Sunset was determined to be a successor under the Labor Code and therefore liable.
Sunset appealed the trial court's decision. It was unsuccessful.
The Court of Appeal concluded as follows: "In the context of the car washing industry, section 2066 provides the necessary notice of the potential for successor liability for labor law violations. Any entity commencing business in the industry is presumptively aware of the requirements of section 2025, et seq. 'California law attributes to all citizens constructive knowledge of the content of state statutes [citation to a California Supreme Court case].' Presumptively aware of the potential for liability, a person or entity considering commencing a car washing business is placed on notice in section 2066 of the liability potential and may protect itself by the exercise of due diligence, indemnity agreements, or insurance."
Of course, the only other party with assets was the lender. Unfortunately, it was only Sunset's lessor. It never operated a carwash on the premises. Assuming that an indemnity agreement with Auto Spa had been made, Auto Spa was more than likely judgment proof. That conclusion probably played a role in the attorney general's decision to go after Sunset rather than Auto Spa.
One must wonder how many other draconian measures can be found lurking in one of the approximately one hundred volumes containing the various California codes. As stated in the opinion above, all citizens have at least constructive knowledge of their content.
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Much has been said about loneliness recently: a national 'epidemic' that it doesn't just affect the isolated. Young and old, rich and poor, successful or famous alike can be affected by this debilitating sensation of not mattering where it matters.
As a society, we ought to be able to include everyone in meaningful activity, to stop for a chat in the supermarket or notice if our colleague is a little down in the dumps.
So, throughout autumn 2016, we will run a fantastic social quilting project Come Quilt With Me (Thursdays in October, 10.30am – 12.30pm. free of charge, open to all). We are also delighted to be collaborating with Cine Club for the first time on a season of brilliant and life affirming films.
Cine Club: Wrinkles
Thu 29 September 7.30pm . £7 (£6 conc, £4 members)
At an elder-care facility, a geriatric con artist tries to prevent his new friend with early Alzheimer's symptoms from being transferred to the 'lost causes' floor. Martin Sheen, Matthew Modine and George Coe lead a cast of eccentric characters who rebel against authority in this wonderfully animated and poignant comedy for adults. Cert 15 89 min.
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Thu 20 October 7.30pm. £7 (£6 conc. £5 child, £4 members)
In 1983, days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping an audio diary. With exclusive access to these original recordings the film encompasses dreams, memory and imaginative life, excavating the interior world of blindness. Cert. 15, 97 min.
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A man crippled by the mundanity of his life, experiences something out of the ordinary. Nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year's Oscars. Cert 15. 88mins.
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Lars is an introvert whose emotional baggage has kept him from fully embracing life. After years of almost solitude, he introduces Bianca to his family – but Bianca is a life-size plastic woman. His family go along with his delusion and embark on an emotional journey. Nominated for Best Original Screen play at the 2008 Oscars. Cert. 12A, 104min.


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We sailed on the Carnival Inspiration on October 3-8, 2011 to the western caribbean, leaving from Tampa. This was the first cruise for both of us and we are late thirties business owners. We left the teenagers at home!
Check in was very easy. From curb-side to boat was less than 30 minutes and all the staff we encounted in port and when entering the ship were friendly and knowledgable. Finding the port was somewhat difficult as our GPS insisted on sending us over a bridge that was closed for repairs!
Food was very good, the staff were mostly great and most of the cabin stewards knew our names by the second day! We only ate in the dining room for one meal (the one formal night) and service was not as expected for that meal but the food was very good. Buffet was good most meals, salad bar was great, More pizza is exceptional and mongolian wok was very good.
The ship was very clean, although it did have an occasional odor on the port side hallway on the Empress deck that was very unpleasant. The pool area is a bit too small for the amount of passengers and was packed to capacity at all times. The serenity area is great for adults only and would be even better with a pool!
Standing at the front of the ship, on the top deck, became our favorite place as we entered and left ports and a covered deck on the rear of the ship, outside of the buffet, became our favorite outdoor area during general cruising. This trip was mainly about relaxing and that was best accomplished by not planning activities but taking things one minute at a time. Just sitting in the fresh air, watching the wake from such a huge ship, viewing the sunsets and enjoying a few drinks was how we enjoyed this journey.
Valerie Storm, the female comic, put on a great adults only show but we did not attend any other shows or activities. We did visit the casino and played some slots, blackjack and roulette. We enjoyed the casino but did not win. The shops on board were interesting, but strangely hidden. The only one that is overtly visible is the package store which you must travel through to reach the other shops.
Overall, this was a great experience and a great value! We loved the cruise and will be looking for more great deals to book again!
The weather was great for most of the trip but became rough on the last day as a storm began to move in. Even so, the boat remained stable and I felt safe. We loved the overall feel of the ship and will miss the Inspiration as she moves to California in December. We are looking forward to giving her sister Paradise a try! Less
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|A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT: Ribbon-cutting at new Lowe's store marks $12.5 million investment and promise of 124 jobs
|Kerry Craig | News-Telegram Assistant Editor
Feb. 13, 2004 -- For anyone familiar with traditional chamber of commerce ribbon-cutting ceremonies to officially welcome a new business to the community, the event at the new Lowe's store Wednesday was a new experience.
A store full of Sulphur Springs residents was greeted with a pep rally by store employees and introductions before 8th District Judge Robert Newsom was invited to cut a ribbon-wrapped 2x8 piece of lumber with a hand saw rather than a simple ribbon.
The welcome from Lowe's manager Erika Nelson also took official openings to a new level as the store presented a check for $1,000 to Sulphur Springs Independent School District Superintendent Mark Henry and assistant superintendent Patsy Bolton as a symbol of the company's commitment to the community.
While the Sulphur Springs Lowe's may not be as large as stores closer to Dallas, Nelson said the store will stock more than 32,000 different items to help customers build, improve and beautify their homes.
"We're one of the smaller stores they are bringing on," Mrs. Nelson said. "We're 94,000 square feet. In the Metroplex you will see them a little bigger."
The Rockwall store, for example, is 114,000 square feet.
The Sulphur Springs store represents an approximately $12.5 million investment for the company and Nelson said the number of employees will make a significant impact on the local economy.
"A great impact," she said. "More than anything, on the economy of Sulphur Springs, because we are adding jobs. In this store, when we get done, we will have 124 employees, and right now I am sitting at about 96 employees, and over 90 percent of those employees live in Sulphur Springs."
The financial impact from the new jobs at Lowe's will be significant, as well. According to Nelson, more than half of the projected sales will go to payroll.
"In our first year, we are scheduled to do a little over $2 million," she said. "A little over 60 percent of my sales, $1.2 million, will go to payroll."
The opening of the new store came as a result of several years of planning, during which time the company has had an eye on Sulphur Springs watching its growth potential.
Perhaps more significant than the growth potential were the people of Sulphur Springs, who provided the main attraction for the company, Nelson said.
"We like the people. The values of the people here are so different from what you see in the Metroplex - that people actually care about each other," she said. "Lowe's is looking for that close-knit family place, which is why we like to hire from within a community, because we know if we hire from within the community, we will get the type of customer service we're looking for."
Nelson cited a new trend in which people are starting to move away from bigger cities as one of the reasons for the local growth.
"We have a lot of people that are getting away from the city and want to move out a little further, mainly because of property and the value of family these days - they're going back to family values," she explained. "Instead of living in the Metroplex and having a huge home, they are wanting to come back to a smaller community where they feel safe, and Sulphur Springs is one of those places where people can feel safe."
The community values normally taken for granted in Hopkins County will, in the future, continue to have an impact on the growth of the area.
"I can see this area growing, and it's going to continue to grow, to keep the values you guys already have here," she said.
On her first day in town, Nelson said there were people coming up and speaking to her, something that doesn't happen in Dallas.
Following ribbon cutting ceremonies, Lowe's opened the doors to the families of the new employees to give them the first look at what has been accomplished in just more than a month.
"When we walked in here on Dec. 31, there was nothing but a blank slate ... concrete, four walls, that was it," Nelson said. "It is just so good to see the smiles on their faces and the pride these people have when they bring their families in and show them, 'This is what I did.'"
Lowe's will open to the public Friday, Feb. 13, and grand opening festivities are planned for Wednesday, Feb. 18.
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Will Jefferson believes Notts are only a step away from finding the formula that can win them a one-day trophy - and aims to prove he's the missing link when the NatWest Pro-40 League gets underway.
NatWest Pro-40 League Division One
July 24: Warwickshire Bears v Notts Outlaws
Start time: 4.40pm
The Outlaws travel to Edgbaston for their opening fixture in the competition, with Jefferson likely to start only his seventh game for his new county after a frustrating time out with injuries followed by the appalling weather which has swept across the country in the past few weeks.
And the 27-year-old thinks Notts are ready to make a real push for the Division One title after a summer of near misses in the coloured kit so far.
He said: "Any cricket we can get at the moment would be fantastic. We've been playing some good one-day cricket all summer and yet haven't got anything to show for it.
"We just missed out on the Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals and losing to Kent in the Twenty20 Cup was extremely disappointing.
"I've spent a lot of time either on the sidelines watching the rain fall or in rehab getting fit. I'm just dying for a run of matches in any form of cricket and am confident we can be challenging in the 40-over competition."
Jefferson is expected to open the batting with skipper Stephen Fleming after a spell lower down the order in the Twenty20 Cup.
And while he fully understands the reasons for the change, he's looking forward to returning to his favoured position in the order.
He added: "I do prefer playing as an opener and I think that's where you will get the best out of me. In Twenty20 we wanted to go with Graeme Swann at the top of the order and it proved a success as he usually got us off to a flying start.
"But in 40-over cricket there's a lot more time to build an innings and I'm confident I can have some big partnerships with Flem."
Injury news:
AJ Harris is expected to open the bowling as the seamer is now over his knee injury.
Paul Franks has recovered from his ankle problem but will be rested ahead of the Championship match with Northants later in the week.
Charlie Shreck is now off crutches but is not expected to be back in contention for several weeks yet following his badly bruised shin.
Fleming (capt), Jefferson, Wagh, Patel, Hussey, Shafayat, Read (wkt), Ealham, Swann, Clough, Ferley, Hogg, Harris.
Will Jefferson believes Notts are only a step away from finding the formula that can win them a one-day trophy - and aims to prove he's the missing link when the NatWest Pro-40 League gets underway.
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Penetration. More than nine out of 10 people eat cheese, with consumption by ABs significantly higher than average.
Value. Over the past five years, volume has increased 15% and value 30% (to £2.5bn this year); similar growth is expected over the next five years.
Price. The average price of cheese increased by more than 12% between 2007 and 2012.
Promotional activity. Many shoppers cite 'low price' and 'on promotion' as purchasing factors. However, while promotions help cheese brands in the short term, they are hitting value growth and margins in the long run.
Demographics. It is predicted that the number of ABs, C2s and over-55s in the UK will increase between now and 2017.
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Types of cheese. Cheddar dominates, accounting for more than half of both value and volume sales. There is also strong growth in recipe cheese (such as feta) and blue cheese.
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Brand shares in the UK cheese market, by value, 2011/12*
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Sam Mitchell, category and strategy director, EU cheese and grocery, Mondelez International (formerly Kraft Foods)
Mitchell began his career as a buyer with UniChem, before joining Kraft as a trade marketing manager.
He recently moved to Zurich to take up his current role, managing Mondelez' cheese and grocery business in the UK and Ireland and leading strategy for cheese and grocery across the EU.
Alastair Jackson, marketing director, Adams Foods
Jackson began his career as a marketing assistant with the Milk Marketing Board and has almost 25 years of experience in the dairy industry. He worked for the North Downs Dairy Company and Irish Dairy Board before taking his current role.
Laura Downey, head of marketing, cheese, Dairy Crest
Downey has held the top cheese marketing role at Dairy Crest, which owns the Cathedral City and Davidstow brands, since 2006. She was previously senior brand manager at Britvic and started her career at Unilever.
Winners and losers in the cheese sector
Cathedral City. The leading cheese brand, value sales have grown by more than 20% (yr to July 2012).
Philadelphia. Kraft has invested in both NPD (chocolate Philadelphia with Cadbury in February) and ad support to keep this brand in the second spot with 5% share. It has promoted expanding its use with lenticular lids showing dishes that can be made with the cheese.
Own-label. Accounts for more than half of all sales and appeals to price-focused shoppers. More than three fifths of consumers think own-label tastes as good as branded cheese.
Seriously Strong. The Lactalis McLelland brand lost almost 17% (yr to July 2012) in value sales when it reduced promotional activity. It has looked to NPD to help boost the brand such as Seriously Strong's Cheese Sauce launched in August.
Dairylea. Sales dipped 4% (year to July 2012) but a relaunch with an 'all natural' claim should help boost sales.
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WASHINGTON (AP) CBS asked a federal appeals court on Friday to set aside the $550,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission against the broadcaster for airing Janet Jackson's breast-baring performance during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
The television network argued the fine was "unconstitutional, contrary to the Communications Act and FCC rules and generally arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law."
The petition for review was filed in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. CBS agreed to turn over the fine money, a prerequisite for filing the appeal.
CBS noted in a statement that it had apologized for "the inappropriate and unexpected" episode and had put in place safeguards to prevent a recurrence. "However, we disagree strongly with the FCC's conclusions and will continue to pursue all remedies necessary to affirm our legal rights."
The FCC said it would fight to uphold the fine.
"CBS' continued insistence that the halftime show was not indecent demonstrates that it is out of touch with the American people," said FCC spokeswoman Tamara Lipper. "Millions of parents, as well as Congress, understand what CBS does not: Janet Jackson's 'wardrobe malfunction' was indeed indecent."
The halftime show aired on Feb. 1, 2004, to an estimated audience of 90 million. During a musical number, singer Justin Timberlake pulled off part of Jackson's bustier, briefly exposing one of her breasts.
After a flood of complaints, the FCC issued a fine against the network and each of 20 network-owned stations that aired the show, totaling $550,000.
The breast-baring episode kicked off a record year for indecency fines imposed by the agency and led Congress to pass a tenfold increase in the maximum fines for indecent broadcasting.
The FCC already was embroiled in court fights over fines it issued on March 15 penalizing foul language in a number of television shows. Several major broadcasters asked federal courts in New York and the District of Columbia to overturn the fines.
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Boris, now a tropical depression after losing some of its punch, nevertheless was potent enough to prompt evacuations of thousands of inhabitants Wednesday along Mexico's Pacific coast.
The season's second named storm -- downgraded overnight from a tropical storm -- Boris brought "extraordinarily" heavy rains that led disaster officials to evacuate some 16,000 people.
On his Twitter account, the head of Mexico's National Civil Protection office, Luis Felipe Puente, said Boris so far has caused no loss of life, although it continues to carry the risk of potentially lethal flash floods and mudslides.
Officials from the US National Hurricane Center said that at 1500 GMT, Boris was 80 miles (130 kilometers) east of the town of Salina Cruz, with maximum sustained winds of 30 miles (45 kilometers) per hour.
It was moving north at two miles (four kilometers) per hour, a leisurely pace ensuring it will linger, continuing to dump up to another 10 inches of heavy rain in some areas, including the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz and Tabasco, the Miami-based NHC said.
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For a little slice of Israel, look no farther than the Valley
There's nothing worse than feeling homesick, especially when home is more than 7,500 miles away.
So it's natural that the estimated 200,000 to 250,000 Israelis who are thought to live in the greater Los Angeles area — most of them in the San Fernando Valley — would take up the task of transforming their new city into a little slice of home.
From market shelves stocked with shampoo from Jerusalem to restaurants offering fresh laffa hot out of a tabun oven (served with hummus, of course), the familiar sights, sounds and smells are everywhere. Over the course of a typical day, it's easy for sabras to feel like they've been transported back to Israel when shopping, living and eating along the Ventura Boulevard corridor.
9:15 a.m.: Gan Israel Preschool and Kindergarten, Tarzana
If you find yourself knee-deep in bouncing, ringlet-crowned 4-year-olds wearing "Blue's Clues" kippot, you've probably stepped into Chabad of the Valley's Gan Israel Preschool and Kindergarten. The school, founded in 1978, has roughly 180 students — more than a quarter of them Israeli.
Israeli mothers decked from head to toe in Lululemon workout gear stand alongside Orthodox women donning long skirts and headscarves as they drop their children off before beginning their day.
"They really let everyone know that Israel and the Jewish calendar are beautiful," said Sarah Ribuh, a mother who came to the United States from Israel three years ago. "This school and community have such a big heart, and I wish it continued for my daughter beyond kindergarten."
Orli Hershtik, an Israeli teacher whose adult children attended the school, thinks it's as close to being in her childhood home as any place in Los Angeles.
"We really feel like we're in Israel," Hershtik said. "We have a lot of parents from Israel. We sing songs in Hebrew, talk in Hebrew and have Israeli food like falafel and fresh-squeezed orange juice — just like in Jaffa."
The teachers bring Israeli culture to the classroom every day. For instance, Gila Solomon, another Israeli mother-turned-educator, teaches the children all the Hebrew songs she grew up singing. Gan Israel also has a special Israel week every May.
"We take an 'airplane trip,' create our own shuk [market], our own Israeli restaurant … have a salute to Israeli soldiers and an outdoor expo museum where all the kids and teachers bring something from Israel," Hershtik said. "We celebrate Israel, but we're welcoming to everyone here. It's really a melting pot."
Noon: Capella Salon, Studio City
This hair salon run by Shai Amiel is a hidden haven catering to curly haired girls — which often means Israelis and their daughters. Young women with cascading coils occupy the chairs, while subtle music plays in the background and mirrors reflect polished concrete floors.
On a recent day, Amiel's client was a millenial Orthodox woman, nervous about finding a stylist who might be able to handle her long, brown curls. Before long, though, the two were engaged in the the easy chitchat of salon culture, and Amiel — twinkly eyed with a salt-and-pepper beard and beige bowler hat — had her at ease.
The more they talked, the more they realized how much they ran in the same circles. Not only had Amiel, 42, dated the woman's cousin in high school, but he's worked with her husband. What's more, her father was the cantor in the Orthodox synagogue that Amiel's father and uncle ran, Yosef Haim Congregation in Valley Village.
Amiel realized he hadn't seen her for years, not since she was a little girl. This wasn't just "Jewish geography," it was "Israeli geography" at its finest.
The salon owner's American story began in 1985, when he arrived in Valley Village from Givatayim, near Tel Aviv, with his family to celebrate his bar mitzvah. His father's family had lived in the area since the early 1920s, and his mother's brother had been in Valley Village since 1973. Somehow, the vacation never ended, and the family ended up moving to the Valley permanently.
In some ways, what he found here doesn't feel all that different from what he left behind.
"I love being here. I love going to the kosher market and waving at friends and clients and people I know from synagogue. It's a big community, but it's tightknit. I really love it here."
1:30 p.m.: Super Sal Market, Dr. Sandwich, Encino
The aroma of the shawarma wafting through the air is intoxicating. Though the Dr. Sandwich restaurant is just a nook inside the Super Sal Market on Ventura Boulevard, the spread of condiments is enough to bring about visions of Israeli beachfront cafes: tahini, chug, Israeli salad, pickled vegetables, marinated turnips — all ready to be piled high on a baguette with sizzling curry-scented chicken.
Outside, a covered patio awaits, along with conversation about food — and whatever else — with the likes of customer Samuel Blum, an Israeli who fell in love with the States after falling in love with a girl. (The love affair with Los Angeles has lasted 26 years; the other did not.) He spoke of his American-born son who currently is considering joining the Israel Defense Forces.
"I'm personally not very involved in the Israeli community here," he said. "[But] when I had my son, I took care of the Israeli side and made sure he got a Jewish education. In eighth grade, he was in Chabad school. He was praying and all of those things. And he asked me, 'Daddy, you send me here, but you don't do what they say. Why not?' I told him I was living my life, but that I wanted him to know that part of his identity so he could choose how to live his life from knowledge — not indoctrination. Whatever form you want your God to take is fine by me. Just don't kill each other over it."
Then a pause.
"Can you believe we started to talk about shawarma, and now we're talking about Jewish philosophy?"
Inside Super Sal, new employee Avi Brombart likes to boast: "Everything is kosher here, even the shrimp."
The shrimp are imitation — made from fish — but they illustrate the varied and wonderful wares stocked on the shelves of this market that could have come straight off Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. Somewhat dimly lit, with Israeli folk music playing over the speakers, Super Sal is overflowing with imported Israeli goods, kosher meat and produce neatly piled like brightly colored gems — an Israeli microcosm in the Valley.
Brombart, who has lived in this country for more than 30 years, left Israel to go to college at the University of Washington. Eventually, a graphic design job offer brought him from Seattle to L.A., and he's been in the Valley ever since.
"I've had a lot of businesses here. Israelis are very productive and entrepreneurial," Brombart said. "And this community — everyone knows everyone."
Gal Kalderon, a 17-year-old Taft High School student and part-time employee at Super Sal, said working there enriches her life.
"I'm Israeli. I moved here when I was 6; we were from Haifa," she said. "I really like how it's a Jewish market, because at school I don't really get to be around a lot of Jewish people. Here I get to speak Hebrew all the time, and it makes me feel really at home."
The Israeli food is an added bonus.
"I'm a sucker for tahini and chocolate Bamba with the chocolate filling. I could go on for hours about how much food I eat here each day!"
6 p.m.: Itzik Hagadol, Encino
It would be hard for the sensory aspects of Israel to be more explicit than they are at Itzik Hagadol.
First, there's the smell emanating from the casual dining restaurant — authentic kebabs, hummus and other delicacies.
Then there are the sights. Upon entering, your eyes are drawn to a wall-sized mosaic of the Port of Jaffa (Yafo) made of small, brightly colored pieces of glass and rope — an homage to the location of the flagship restaurant.
Although the original Itzik Hagadol opened its doors in Jaffa nearly 20 years ago, the Encino location, now open for five years, offers a nearly identical dining experience, according to Yuri Stein, a full-time managing partner at the restaurant who married into the Israeli family that co-owns both locations.
"It's as authentic as it can get. If you come to our Encino location, it will be 99 percent the same experience — less the yelling and chaos of Yafo," he said.
Those telltale sounds — lively discussions of patrons chatting in Hebrew — still act as a constant reminder that you are in an Israeli establishment, however.
Stein, who is Russian, has found it somewhat culturally challenging to successfully cater to the Israeli community, but rewarding when he gets it right.
"You learn with time, because the Israeli clientele is very specific and particular," Stein said. "But it's fun."
Arsenio Galvez, a cook who expertly works the fiery clay tabun oven, enthusiastically shouted out that the lamb chops on the menu here are the best. Stein agreed.
"I'm not saying this because it's my restaurant, but I love to eat out, and I have yet to have better lamb chops or a tastier hummus anywhere else."
Unless, maybe, you include Israel.
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You can reach bulandsahar from Noida by road in about using a cab upon driving using a cab.
bulandshahr is a town located in the bulandshahr district, in the indian state of uttar pradesh. it is a municipal board and also the administrative headquarters of the district. bulandshahr is considered to be dense in minority population and lacks in socio-economic development and elementary facilities. it is located at a distance of 77.5 km from the national capital-new delhi. nearby regions to the city are indraprastha and hastinapur which have a historical significance related to the pandavas. the previous name of the city used to be baran and recently changed to its present name. in the olden times, the place was a booming trade centre and was also famous for its arts and commerce culture. you can easily find the remnants of the old times in bulandshahr viz. inscriptions, coins, ancient objects etc. the main language spoken here is hindi and majority population is of hindus..


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Google Dots
September 7, 2010 by staff
Google Dots, Multicolored dots were dispersed by passing the mouse over it, then re-generated when the cursor is kept away. Google still has not told anyone why the logo is different today, giving rise to speculations of the mass media (and tons of PR). From The Christian Science Monitor:
Others say that drawing is to celebrate the 12th birthday Google, which traditionally is not. Google's birthday or just the 4th of September (the day Google has admitted), seventh (when the company opened its doors in Menlo Park, California), or 27 (the day Google usually celebrates his birthday).
Search Engine Roundtable has a different opinion:
We know that Google is to search a big event tomorrow and we suspect that is why Google is showing Google logo balls today. Google said "Today's drawing is not related to a birthday, but it's fast, fun and interactive, just the way we think of search should be."
Possible changes, according to Search Engine Roundtable, search results include AJAX power, 30 results per page, and streaming the results as you type.
The Washington Post has more theories:
Monday was the birthday of John Dalton and the logo is a nod to his "Atomic Theory."
The logo marks the 83rd anniversary of the Farnsworth dissector tube camera image and the transmission of its first picture.
This is all code language on display. As The Guardian reads: "The target of the logo seems to be to draw attention to the importance of CSS3, an emerging standard that is being developed as the next version of HTML web, called HTML5 is being ratified by the World Wide Web Web Consortium. "
Everyone should know during the press event in Google search, which takes place tomorrow. Once again, the company has done an excellent job building hype about their new offerings.
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Classic Reviews Round-Up #2 (continued)
Meet Me in St. Louis
(released on DVD by Warner Bros. on April 6th, 2004)
Long an object of desire for classic DVD enthusiasts in general and Judy Garland devotees in particular,
Meet Me in St. Louis
has finally arrived in a gorgeous two-disc package. The film was a production of MGM's Arthur Freed unit and the one that really kicked the period of the classic MGM musical into high gear. The plot was based on twelve short stories by Sally Benson that appeared in "The New Yorker" magazine under the collective title "5135 Kensington". They were vignettes of her early family life growing up in St. Louis at the start of the 20th century before the time of that city's World Fair and MGM felt they had potential for a musical film. How right MGM was!
The film is of course a showcase for the singing talents of Judy Garland. For many, her efforts on "The Trolley Song" represent the film's highlight, but I prefer "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", one of the Christmas season's most wonderful and enduring popular songs. Garland's rendition is sublime. Garland was at first reluctant to play the part of the teenaged daughter, Esther Smith, preferring not to return to a juvenile role after several more adult ones. Eventually she was persuaded by studio boss Louis B. Mayer and director Vincente Minnelli, and she later came to view the part as one of her favourites. The rest of the cast is a delight as well, with young Margaret O'Brien standing out as Garland's little sister, Tootie. (She won a juvenile best Oscar for her efforts.) The parents, Anna and Alonzo Smith, are warmly portrayed by Leon Ames and Mary Astor, with Harry Davenport turning in his usual reliable performance as Grandpa. The film is briskly directed by Minnelli and showcases Garland with great care and affection, reflecting the growing relationship between the two that would soon lead to their marriage (and eventually daughter Liza Minnelli). Using Technicolor to advantage, the production is a sumptuous-looking spectacle that offers the highest level of entertainment.
Warner Bros. has made its two-disc 60th anniversary edition of
Meet Me in St. Louis
the centrepiece of its April DVD focus on Judy Garland. The Ultra-Resolution process that rendered such fine transfers of
Singin' in the Rain
The Adventures of Robin Hood
has been employed and the results are gorgeous. The Technicolor images are so crisp and colourful, they just jump off the screen. Flesh tones are right on and there are no edge effects.
Meet Me in St. Louis
's transfer (correctly presented full frame) does not quite eclipse either of the previously mentioned films, however, because it's just a tad too dark at times. Still, that's a minor quibble and doesn't prevent me from giving Warners very high marks for its efforts. The original mono sound and a new Dolby Digital 5.0 mix are offered and you won't go wrong with either. The original is in great shape with no evidence of age-related hiss, while the new one sounds very natural. English, French, and Spanish sub-titles are provided. Supplements on the first disc include an introduction by Liza Minnelli and an audio commentary featuring mainly Garland biographer John Fricke along with occasional comments by Margaret O'Brien, composer Hugh Martin, screenwriter Irving Brecher, and Barbara Freed-Saltzman (daughter of producer Arthur Freed). There's also a gallery of eight trailers for various Vincente Minnelli films (including a reissue trailer for
Meet Me in St. Louis
). On the second disc, we get a very good half-hour making-of documentary hosted by Roddy McDowall (originally made for the laserdisc box set), an informative 50-minute MGM studio profile narrated by Dick Cavett (
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
), the pilot episode of the 1966
Meet Me in St. Louis
TV series, the Vitaphone short
with an early Garland performance as one of the Gumm sisters, a vintage Soundie of "Skip to My Lou" featuring songwriters Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, the deleted song "Boys and Girls Like You and Me", a stills gallery, and the 1946 Lux Radio Theater broadcast adaptation. It all adds up to a typically-thorough, high-quality, Warner two-disc edition. Very highly recommended.
Mutiny on the Bounty
(released on DVD by Warner Bros. on February 3rd, 2004)
The 1935 production of
Mutiny on the Bounty
was one of many given the typically classy MGM treatment under the guidance of producer Irving Thalberg. Extensive research was undertaken to ensure the film's accuracy in look and in the general framework of the mutineers' actions. Two replicas of the original H.M.S. Bounty were constructed, one of which was actually sailed to Tahiti for use there and the other to Santa Catalina Island where it was used for interiors. Two expeditionary trips to the South Seas were made in order to shoot background material. The resulting film is still the definitive "Bounty" version despite expensive remakes featuring Marlon Brando in 1962 and Mel Gibson in 1984.
Robert Montgomery, Wallace Beery, and Myrna Loy were initially envisaged as the film's leads, but saner heads prevailed with the eventual selection of Clark Gable as Mr. Christian and Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh. The latter duo provides one of those enduring images of casting from Hollywood's Golden Age. Laughton is the embodiment of the heartless Captain Bligh, however inaccurate the presentation of the real character may be, while Gable gives a very adroit performance mixing strength with compassion, tinged with occasional hints of his trademark humour. Franchot Tone offers a solid interpretation of midshipman Byam and among the supporting cast are such reliables as Donald Crisp, Henry Stephenson, Dudley Digges, Herbert Mundin, Spring Byington, and Ian Wolfe. The scenes in Tahiti are sensitively handled (without becoming cloying) by director Frank Lloyd, with Movita and Mamo providing nice portrayals of two island women. The film offers a fine blend of action, adventure, exotic locales, and romance, and eventually was awarded the Best Picture Oscar for the year against strong opposition that included
Captain Blood
David Copperfield
The Informer
Les Miserables
Ruggles of Red Gap
, and
Top Hat
Warners' efforts on the DVD don't translate into quite the same level of excellence that some of their classics exhibit. That's not to say that
Mutiny on the Bounty
doesn't look substantially better than any previous video incarnation. It does, including the remastered laserdisc effort. Contrast particularly is a characteristic in which the DVD is markedly better than previous efforts I've viewed. Much of the correctly-presented full frame image looks very nice indeed - crisp with deep blacks and good detail, but there are sequences that look a little ragged with scratches and speckling evident and substantial grain from time to time. Inevitably, it is generally the stock footage sequences that are most at fault in this respect. The film's mono sound track (English and French) betrays some slight hiss, but otherwise provides a solid audio experience. English, French, and Spanish sub-titles are provided. Supplements include the vintage documentary
Pitcairn Island Today
which gives a feeling for the life of Christian and his supporters' descendants, a newsreel for the 1935 Academy Awards, and trailers for the film and the 1962 remake. Highly recommended.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
(released on DVD by Warner Bros. on March 30th, 2004)
Warners' new release of a couple of filmed versions of Neil Simon plays (T
he Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Sunshine Boys
) reminded me of Paramount's release of four filmizations of Neil Simon plays last fall. Those all had fine transfers although the actual films offered little to write home about. Happily, Warners' offerings duplicate Paramount's transfer efforts, but have better films to show off as well.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
is the very well-known Neil Simon play in which advertising executive Mel Edison and his wife Edna are suffering through a New York heat wave when everything goes wrong. Mel loses his job, the couple's apartment is robbed, and Mel suffers a mental breakdown. Meanwhile, Edna becomes increasingly frustrated as she tries to deal with Mel while keeping the family afloat by going back to work herself.
This is a typical bitter-sweet Simon play with the emphasis here on bitter. The subject matter is quite relevant to present-day concerns and accurately zeroes in on how easy it is for a comfortable life to go quickly awry. Simon is right on in the touches of humour that he identifies in even the gravest of circumstances, but the overall tone is one of mixed bitterness and melancholy. Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft are both very well cast as Mel and Edna, with Bancroft's efforts overshadowing those of Lemmon in my opinion. Perhaps it's just me, but I often find Lemmon's characterizations of characters such as Mel Edison a little too abrasive and unsubtle, so that I lose some of the sympathy that they are meant to have. Look for Murray Abraham and Sylvester Stallone in small early roles (as a taxi driver and alleged pickpocket respectively). Despite my difficulties with Jack Lemmon, this is sharply-written and well-performed entertainment that has good repeat-viewing potential.
The film is presented in a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer that looks excellent. Colours are bright and accurate; blacks are deep and pure; and shadow detail is very fine. There is little evidence of dirt and debris, and edge effects are non-existent. The Dolby Digital mono sound is clear and free of age-related hiss or distortion, so that dialogue is always easy to understand. English, French, and Spanish sub-titles are provided. Supplements include a short but interesting vintage making-of featurette, a less than scintillating segment of the "Dinah!" show featuring Anne Bancroft as Dinah Shore's guest along with a gag reel from the film, and the film's theatrical trailer. Recommended.
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NEW YORK (Aug. 4)
Dr. Yudi Mark, foremost Yiddish lexicographer and Editor-In-Chief of "The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," died Friday in the hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, after suffering a stroke. He was 78 years old, Interment took place today in the family plot in Toronto. Dr. Mark made his home in Israel since 1970 but had been here on a visit the past few weeks and had just arrived at the home of his son, a scientist in Wilmington.
Born in Polonge, Lithuania, Dr, Mark attended the University of Petrograd (now Leningrad) and from 1921 to 1927 was director of the Jewish Secondary School at Wilkomir in Lithuania of which he was also the founder. From 1927-1930 he taught at the Jewish secondary school at Riga, Latvia and from 1930-1936 he was the editor of the Yiddish daily newspaper in Kovno, Lithuania, in the latter year, he came to America where he taught in Jewish schools until 1940 when he joined the staff of the Jewish Education Committee of New York (now Board of Jewish Education) as educational consultant for the Yiddish schools. He retired from this position in 1968.
From 1940 to 1970, Dr. Mark was also professor of Yiddish language, grammar and literature at the Jewish Teachers Seminary-Herzliah in New York. He was the author of numerous books, principally grammars and other text books in Yiddish, and teachers' manuals.
"The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language" represents his life's work in collecting Yiddish words and phrases. Together with his associates, he amassed more than 250,000, and it was his ambition to have published a dictionary that would do for the Yiddish language what the Oxford dictionary is to the English language, Three large volumes have already been published and a fourth has been sent to the printers. This will complete the entries under "Aleph," the first letter in the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet.
The headquarters of the Dictionary Committee are at 1048 Fifth Avenue, New York. It is associated with the Institute for Yiddish Lexicology of the City College of New York and with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


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Various berries and fruit types of less common fruit species are known to contain antioxidants. Consumption of high amounts of antioxidant flavonoids, which display a variety of biological properties, including antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory activity, may have a positive impact on human health, particularly for the prevention of cancer and other inflammatory diseases. In these studies, based on the hypothesis that the fruit extract with the highest content would possess significantly higher health benefits, flavonoid-rich extracts were obtained from some less common fruit species – Blue Honeysuckles (
Fruits and vegetables are examples of a dietetically important group of foodstuffs. These components of human diet are not adequately replaceable by any other products. Plant tissues are naturally rich in nutritive or therapeutically active products of plant secondary metabolism. The consumption of fruits and vegetables has been inversely associated with morbidity and mortality from degenerative diseases [
The antioxidative activity of plant tissue functional substances plays an important role amongst the positive biological effects of foodstuffs on human health and welfare. Because plants contain many different classes and types of antioxidants, knowledge of their total antioxidant capacity (TAC), which is the cumulative capacity of food components to scavenge free radicals, would be useful for epidemiological purposes [
Because different antioxidant compounds may act
To verify correlation among methods, Pearson's correlation analysis was performed using statistical software (
2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl DEPTH•, liquid nitrogen, 96% ethanol (Dr. Kulich Parma Czech Rep.), 80% methanol (Sigma Aldrich, Chemical Corp. St. Louis, USA), acetonitrile for HPLC (Sigma Aldrich, Chemical Corp. St. Louis, USA), other chemical substances used (Sigma Aldrich, Chemical Corp. St. Louis, USA) were of ACS purity.
Automatic spectrometric analyzer BS-200 (Mindray, China), centrifuge (Eppendorf 5804R, Germany) and microfilters 0.45 μm with Teflon membrane (Metachem, Torrance, CA, USA) were used in our experiments. HPLC-ED chromatographic system consisted of DGU-20As vacuum degasser (Shimadzu Corp., Japan), two Model 582 ESA chromatographic pumps (ESA Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA), a Zorbax C18-AAA (150×4.6 mm, 3.5 μm particle size, Aglient Technologies, USA) reverse phase chromatography column, a control module (Model 5600A, ESA, USA) equipped with three flow cells (Model 6210, ESA, USA), gradient mixer and repulser. Each cell consists of four analytical cells. One analytic cell contains a working carbon porous electrode, two auxiliary and two reference electrodes. Both the detector and column were thermostated at 30 °C. A sample was injected using autosampler (Model 540 Microtiter HPLC, ESA, USA). The data obtained were processed with the CoulArray Data Station Program 3.01 (ESA, USA).
HPLC-ED conditions were as follows: volume of injected sample was 30 μL. A flow rate of the mobile phase consisted from 0.2% (v/v) formic acid and acetonitrile was 0.35 mL min-1. A gradient profile starting at 12:88 (v/v, formic acid: acetonitrile) was increasing to 22:78 during first twenty minutes, then increasing to 50:50 during 5 minutes, then increasing to 55:45 during 5 minutes and finally decreasing linearly up to 15:85 from 30 to 40 min.
Three genotypes of Blue Honeysuckles: i)
Fruits were homogenized in the dark room at 4 °C. Weighed fruits (app. 5 g) were transferred to mortar, and liquid nitrogen was added. The frozen sample was grinding for 5 min. Then 10 ml of 80% methanol (prior to HPLC) or 10 ml of 90% ethanol (prior spectrometric analysis) was added to the mortar, and the sample was grinding for 10 min. The homogenate was transferred to test-glass. The mixture was homogenized by shaking on a Vortex-2 Genie (Scientific Industries, New York, USA) at 4 °C for 30 min. The homogenate was centrifuged (14.000 g) for 30 min at 4 °C using a Universal 32 R centrifuge (Hettich-Zentrifugen GmbH, Tuttlingen, Germany). Before the analysis the supernatant was filtered through a membrane screen disc (0.45 μm Nylon filter disk, Millipore, Billerica, Mass., USA). Filtrate (150 μl) was filled up with 150 μl 80% methanol or 90% ethanol.
The sensitivity and selectivity of these procedures is higher in comparison with the methods using conventional principles. Analytic evaluation of antioxidative capacity in foodstuff based on accurate quantification of majority antioxidants has high predictive value. Thanks to ED analyses it is possible to observe reactive kinetics of antioxidants in applied potentials, evaluate the structure of antioxidative complexes and their concern in total antioxidative capacity, whose different functional basis was determined in examined samples in this work.
Financial support of the research from MZE ČR under project 28/2008-2199 is greatly acknowledged.
HPLC-ED chromatograms of fruit samples. The potentials applied on the electrode were -80, 0, 80, 160, 240, 320, 400, 480, 560, 640, 720 and 800 mV. Other experimental conditions see in "Material and Methods" section.


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He was flying to the writing-desk, but aleck stopped him and put him back in his chair.
As I was opening the garden-gate—it was night—aleck laid his hand on my shoulder.
And Thad believed every word of the explanation made by aleck.
Perhaps he expected aleck Douglas to introduce him, but he did not wait for the formality.
Half an hour spent with us in the school-room the next morning convinced my mother that aleck's work had been well done.
You and aleck are to be as like brothers to each other as may be.
In fact, aleck commented duly upon his own sagacity in conceiving that idea.
They wondered what aleck would say when he got back to the farm.
"If that was a guess, you hit the nail square on the head, aleck," chuckled the scoutmaster.
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The International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) says suppliers of goods and services in the marine industries are increasingly turning to shipmanagers for
On December 12, the 100th ABB Turbocharging service station opened in Rijeka, Croatia.
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The European shipbuilding and marine equipment industry, and also the Turkish government, look forward to the start of the new shipbuilding fair SMM Istanbul.
After successfully completing the submerging test and sea trials, MV Triumph has been delivered to the owners on 16 December 2008.
The heavy transport vessel is designed to transport complex,
Last month saw the encounter of two Chinese ships of a very special kind at the Port of Hamburg. On 19 November 2008 the recently built 10,000 TEU vessel Cosco Indian Ocean,
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered its fifth high-speed water taxi, Gene Flatow, to New York City-based New York Water Taxi.
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