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Cuban Black Bean Soup
Recipe by Manami
Chef Douglas Rodriguez of DeLaCosta restaurant in Chicago was born in America, but this recipe is inspired by his mother's black bean soup, which offered robust flavor for people who didn't have money to spend on meat for stock. Here we use both fresh and dried oregano because each imparts a different flavor to the final dish. The ham is listed in the ingredients but since I have always made my black bean without "meat" I made it that way again. This was in Cooking Light, 01/01/2008! Just another take on black beans that I think are great!! Cuban cooking reflects the influence of Spain and Africa as well as other Caribbean countries. Spicy heat is not as pronounced in Cuban cuisine as in other Latin fare.
Top Review by mdpfirrman
This has become my "go to" recipe for Black Bean Soup. Had to play around with the water level on the beans the first time or two. I also originally out thought the recipe and figured that it had to be a type or something with that much green pepper and onion in the recipe. I finally understood you're making a sofrito essentially to thicken the soup with all the green peppers and onions / shallots. I've ended up reducing the cups of water I start with to 10, not 12 and add as I need to (just enough to barely keep the beans covered). When you then add in the sofrito, it's really wonderful. Also, I sometimes skip the pumpkin seeds and garnish with tortilla strips and sour cream. I add the jalapeno right into the rest of the peppers in the sofrito versus using as a garnish. We sometimes also skip the meat, it's perfect as a vegetarian dish or using chicken bouillion as a cooking stock.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 bay leaves
- 453.59 g dried black beans
- 2957.37 ml water, divided
- 14.79 ml canola oil
- 828.06 ml chopped green bell peppers (about 3 medium)
- 591.47 ml coarsely chopped onions
- 78.07 ml chopped shallot (about 2 small)
- 14.79 ml ground cumin
- 29.58 ml dried oregano
- 29.58 ml chopped fresh oregano
- 22.18 ml sugar
- 9.85 ml kosher salt
- 473.18 ml diced peeled avocados
- 29.58 ml fresh lime juice
- 473.18 ml thinly sliced red onions
- 354.88 ml chopped chopped 33% -less-sodium smoked cooked ham (optional) or 354.88 ml bacon (optional)
- 236.59 ml chopped fresh cilantro
- 236.59 ml light sour cream
- 49.29 ml unsalted pumpkin seeds, toasted
- 78.07 ml finely chopped seeded jalapeno pepper (about 2 medium)
- lime wedge (optional)
Directions See How It's Made
- Place bay leaves and beans in a Dutch oven.
- Add 12 cups water to pan; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, and simmer 2 1/2 hours or until tender, stirring occasionally.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add bell pepper, chopped onion, and shallots to pan; cook 10 minutes or until onion is tender, stirring frequently.
- Stir in cumin, dried oregano, and fresh oregano; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Remove from heat; let stand 10 minutes.
- Place vegetable mixture in a blender; add remaining 1/2 cup water; puree until smooth.
- Add vegetable mixture, sugar, and salt to beans; simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Discard bay leaves.
- Combine avocado and juice; toss gently.
- Ladle 3/4 cup bean mixture into each of 10 bowls; top each serving with about 3 tablespoons avocado mixture, about 3 tablespoons red onion, 2 tablespoons ham, about 1 1/2 tablespoons cilantro, about 1 1/2 tablespoons sour cream, 1 teaspoon pumpkinseed kernels, and about 1/2 teaspoon jalapeño pepper.
- Serve with lime wedges, if desired.


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Subject: [ASHCRAFT] Re:Russell's ASHCRAFT line
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 09:40:39 EST
In a message dated 11/8/99 9:38:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
<< Here is our ASHCRAFT line. I have not added to it since I received Martha
Neal's Book on ASHCRAFT. (A bargain at twice the price.) I have more
that I have not entered.
Descendants of Ichabod Ashcraft
Generation No. 1
1. ICHABOD1 ASHCRAFT He married RACHEL ASHCRAFT.
Children of ICHABOD ASHCRAFT and RACHEL ASHCRAFT are:
2. i. JEDIAH2 ASHCRAFT, b. Abt. 1765.
ii. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#1 ASHCRAFT.
iii. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#2 ASHCRAFT.
iv. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#3 ASHCRAFT.
v. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#5 ASHCRAFT.
vi. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#6 ASHCRAFT.
vii. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#7 ASHCRAFT.
viii. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#8 ASHCRAFT.
ix. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#9 ASHCRAFT.
x. ICHABOD/SARAH CHILD#10 ASHCRAFT.
Generation No. 2
2. JEDIAH2 ASHCRAFT (ICHABOD1) was born Abt. 1765. He married SARAH //.
Notes for JEDIAH ASHCRAFT:
The area of Campbell Co. where Jediah and Sarah lived became part of
Pendleton Co. in 1799 and Grant Co. in 1820.
Children of JEDIAH ASHCRAFT and SARAH // are:
3. i. AMOS3 ASHCRAFT, b. 1788; d. 1859.
4. ii. JAMES RICHARD ASHCRAFT, b. 1790; d. 1867.
5. iii. JACOB B. ASHCRAFT, b. 1792. ******Russell's line******
iv. ICHABOD ASHCRAFT, b. 1793.
v. RACHEL ASHCRAFT, b. 1797.
vi. ELIZABETH ASHCRAFT, b. Abt. 1798.
vii. MARY ASHCRAFT, b. Abt. 1800.
viii. JEDIAH ASHCRAFT, b. 1801.
ix. JOB L. ASHCRAFT, b. 1802.
x. GEORGE W. ASHCRAFT, b. 1808.
xi. WILLIAM MOUNTJOY ASHCRAFT, b. 1809.
Generation No. 3
3. AMOS3 ASHCRAFT (JEDIAH2, ICHABOD1) was born 1788, and died 1859. He
married JOANNAH CLEVELAND Jun 12, 1809. She was born 1793, and died Bef.
Children of AMOS ASHCRAFT and JOANNAH CLEVELAND are:
i. SARAH JANE4 ASHCRAFT, b. 1813.
ii. MARGARET ASHCRAFT, b. 1816.
iii. MARY ANN (POLLY) ASHCRAFT, b. 1820.
4. JAMES RICHARD3 ASHCRAFT (JEDIAH2, ICHABOD1) was born 1790, and died
He married ELIZABETH WORTMAN Jan 28, 1808. She was born 1785, and died
Children of JAMES ASHCRAFT and ELIZABETH WORTMAN are:
i. MARY4 ASHCRAFT, b. 1808.
ii. HENRY ASHCRAFT, b. 1810.
iii. MAHALA ASHCRAFT, b. 1812.
iv. LYDIA ASHCRAFT, b. 1814.
v. JEDIAH R. ASHCRAFT, b. 1816.
vi. ELIZABETH ASHCRAFT, b. 1817.
vii. RACHEL ASHCRAFT, b. 1820.
viii. RICHARD JAMES ASHCRAFT, b. 1821.
ix. ROBERT WILLIAM ASHCRAFT, b. 1827.
x. AMANDA ASHCRAFT, b. 1828.
5. JACOB B.3 ASHCRAFT (JEDIAH2, ICHABOD1)1 was born 1792. He married SALLY
NORTON Mar 16, 1817. She was born 1796. *******Russell's line*****
Children of JACOB ASHCRAFT and SALLY NORTON are:
6. i. MARY ANN4 ASHCRAFT, b. Abt. 1823, , , KY, USA.
ii. NIMROD KENNISON ASHCRAFT1, b. 1818; d. 1904; m. (1) ELIZABETH
ASHCRAFT, Jan 11, 1841; m. (2) AMANDA DAUGHERTY, Jan 13, 1867.
iii. SARAH ANN ASHCRAFT, b. 1821.
iv. JACOB/SALLY CHILD #4 ASHCRAFT.
v. JAMES HENRY ASHCRAFT, b. 1828.
Generation No. 4
6. MARY ANN4 ASHCRAFT (JACOB B.3, JEDIAH2, ICHABOD1) was born Abt. 1823 in
, KY, USA. She married DOTSON THORP BAKER2,3 Oct 01, 18494, son of ANDREW
BAKER. He was born Abt. 1815 in , Rockcastle, KY, USA.
Children of MARY ASHCRAFT and DOTSON BAKER are:
7. i. EASTER LUVINIA(LULA)5 BAKER, b. 1865; d. 1947, Falmouth, Pendleton,
ii. LOUELLA (ELLA) BAKER, m. JAMES TOMLIN.
iii. ELIZA BAKER, b. Abt. 1859.
iv. JOHN WILLIAM BAKER, b. Abt. 1851; m. JANE LOCKHART.
8. v. DOTSON PORTER BAKER, b. Dec 19, 1854, Grassy Green, Grant, KY, USA;
d. Mar 07, 1929, Bellefontaine, Logan, OH, USA.
vi. ANN BAKER, m. WILLIAM H. (DAWK) MCMILLIAN, May 31, 1888, ,
vii. JACOB BAKER, b. Abt. 1853; d. Abt. 1863.
viii. FRANCIS MARION BAKER, b. Abt. 1857; m. BELLE YORK.
Generation No. 5
ICHABOD1) was born 1865, and died 1947 in Falmouth, Pendleton, KY, USA. She
married (1) WILLIAM HENRY MCMILLEN, son of GEORGE MCMILLAN and RUTH
MIDDLETON. He was born Feb 02, 1872 in , Pendleton, KY, USA, and died Abt.
1893 in , Pendleton, KY, USA. She married (2) JOHN VASTINE5. She married
(3) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WOLF 1895 in Cynthiana, Harrison, KY, son of GEORGE
WOLF and SARAH DUNN. He was born Dec 05, 1867 in ,Tipton, IN, USA, and died
1953 in ,Pendleton, KY, USA.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WOLF:
B.F. (aka Red Ben) and Lula ran the Pendleton County Infirmary *"The
Poorhouse" ca 1900. This was told to Pat WOLFE by "Uncle Charlie" on
different occassions between 1991 - 1997. As of 9/1997, she has found no
Child of EASTER BAKER and JOHN VASTINE is:
i. FRANK6 VASTINE.
Children of EASTER BAKER and BENJAMIN WOLF are: ********Russell's
paternal grandparents*************
ii. VIRGIL LEE6 WOLFE, b. Jul 26, 1897, ,Clark, KY, USA; d. Mar 18,
Falmouth, Pendleton, KY, USA; m. KATHRYN MARIE WOLFE, Sep 21, 1916,
Cynthiana, Harrison, KY, USA; b. Aug 01, 1898, Durbintown, Harrison, KY,
d. Jun 20, 1995, Towson,Batlimore, MD, USA. **********Russell's
Marriage Notes for VIRGIL WOLFE and KATHRYN WOLFE:
Marie and Virgil were married at the Harrison County, KY Courthouse. Her
father, James Wolfe and Virgil Wolf signed the marraiage bond. the bond was
valued at $100. Pat Wolfe has a picture of Marie and Virgil on their
day. She has seen their marriage bond but can't locate it at this time.
got it so that a mention of the 75th anniversary could be placed in the "75
Year Ago" column in The Falmouth Outlook.
Marie used the E on WOLFE but Virgil did not. Marie convinced him that he
didn't know how to spell his own name so he added the E.
iii. JOHN W. WOLFE, b. 1899; d. 1940.
iv. VIOLA FRANCES WOLFE, b. Jul 10, 1902.
v. LONNIE WOLFE, b. 1904; d. 1905.
was born Dec 19, 1854 in Grassy Green, Grant, KY, USA, and died Mar 07, 1929
in Bellefontaine, Logan, OH, USA. He married DORA VASTINE Nov 11, 1879 in
Knoxville, , KY, USA, daughter of ABE VASTINE and ELIZABETH RACE. She was
born Jul 27, 1861 in , Pendleton, KY, USA, and died 1939 in Bellefontaine,
Logan, OH, USA.
Notes for DOTSON PORTER BAKER:
Middle name could be Porter.
Marriage Notes for DOTSON BAKER and DORA VASTINE:
Nov 11, 1879 marriage date given by their g-granddaughter, Phyllis HUGHES
Children of DOTSON BAKER and DORA VASTINE are:
i. EMMA6 BAKER, b. Aug 09, 1880.
ii. LEWIS FRED BAKER, b. Mar 14, 1892.
iii. LEATHA PEARL BAKER, b. Feb 06, 1889, Dry Ridge, Grant, KY, USA;
d. Aug 18, 1958, Bellefontaine, Logan, OH, USA; m. MARION FRANCIS (FRANK)
HENNING, Aug 11, 1909, Bellefontaine, Logan, OH, USA; b. Mar 19, 1872, , ,
OH, USA; d. Sep 01, 1956, Toledo, Lucas, OH, USA.
iv. OLLIE BAKER, d. as infant.
1. Grant County News 19970109, 6.
2. Death Certificate for Easter Lavinia WOLFE.
3. Jim Baker .
4. Grant County News 19970109, 6.
5. E. E. Barton Papers, Information given by Viola F. WOLFE STRAUB
6. Phyllis HUGHES FRAZEE. >>
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Liveblogging "Jersey Shore"!
Check back to this post starting at 10 pm EST — I'll be liveblogging the second episode of "Jersey Shore," the greatest, trashiest show since I don't know what. In tonight's episode, my beloved Snooki gets sucker punched, Ronnie catches Sammy givin' her digits to another guido, and, like, Jager shots are done.
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In a purist sense,
Individual contracts, in the form of Australian Workplace Agreements, were not widely used outside the mining industry. But they had existed since the major package of changes pushed through by then industrial relations minister Peter Reith in 1996.
AWAs became controversial because the Howard government's Work Choices laws in late 2005 removed the no-advantage test. High-skilled workers like miners and IT contractors still commanded market rates, but AWAs were widely used to cut the pay and conditions of low-skilled workers in shops and food services.
The Howard government belatedly reintroduced a "fairness test" in the lead-up to the 2007 election, but the political damage had been done.
Jumping forward to 2012, Opposition leader
Abbott can do this through changes to the individual flexibility arrangements, or IFAs, that Labor requires to be included in awards and collective enterprise agreements. This is meant to allow individual agreement on things such as working hours and rosters, provided they meet a Better Off Overall Test (BOOT).
Unions will run a "son of Work Choices" scare campaign in the lead-up to the next federal election, which will put Mr Abbott under pressure to promise to keep a no-disadvantage test.
The Gillard government's own review of the Fair Work laws has found there are problems with the existing system of IFAs, as claimed by employers but denied by the ACTU.
Employers now argue that IFAs are of little use because they can be terminated by either side with 28 days' notice. The Fair Work review says the notice period should be extended to 90 days while making some other tweaks in favour of employers.
But the review's recommendations do not address the problem that militant unions fight to allow only narrow IFAs that allow little flexibility, while industries with less union presence often use a model flexibility term suggested by the government.
One irony of Howard's intervention in the debate is that it will increase scrutiny of Abbott's intentions. It will also increase scrutiny of what Labor does in response to its own review.
Unions will argue in favour of "product differentiation" so that there are marked differences between the major parties on IR policies. But Workplace Relations Minister
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College Football 2014: 5 Big Questions for Week 1
We have survived another long off-season, and college football is once again upon us in all its glory. Here are five burning questions as we enter Week 1:
We have survived another long off-season, and college football is once again upon us in all its glory. Here are five burning questions as we enter Week 1:
A Vine user named Ian Padgham (@origiful) took a series photos of his wife during her pregnancy, resulting in this stunning final project.
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one, right?
The lesson here, clearly, is don't put stupid stuff on your head in a desperate, misguided attempt to get on television. Your plan just might work.
Three new movies hit theaters this coming weekend—a comic book sequel (yes, another one), a teen tearjerker and an inspiring high-school football tale.
Our long national nightmare is almost over and we are down to just a few more days until college football returns. Here are some of the burning issues we can't wait to see play out in the coming weeks.
Defending champion Florida State picks up right where it left off last season, on top of the college football rankings.
Oxford Dictionaries has announced the latest words that it is adding to its database, and if you're a teenager who's spent his life on the Internet, you'll recognize many of them.
Police in Clarksville, Tennessee arrested a man for throwing a car seat -- with his baby inside -- at the child's mother last week.
The Chicago Cubs are so bad their fans make better plays than the players.
A recent study showed a link between heavy drinking in mid-life with severe memory loss later in life.
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I totally got the inspiration to do this post from another writer. I'd love some honest thoughts on it.
This has a great voice - it's different than what I typically read, which is a good thing because it stands out! Good luck with the contest. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Ghenet. I've rewritten the first page several times already. It seemed better each time, but I was never quite happy with it. I hope this version sticks.Delete
I agree with Ghenet; great voice. :)ReplyDelete
Hi, I'm new to your blog. I love the voice as well, it kept me reading from the beginning. It's also not a voice I'm used to reading but a voice that is very familiar...especially the beginning when the main characters talking to her mom. :) Great writing.
Thanks for following, Kristina. Beginnings are hard, so I'm happy you enjoyed it.Delete
I think it's GREAT to enter things and put ourselves out there. Always makes us stronger. And I LOVE that pic!ReplyDelete
That's what I'm hoping for. Thanks, Morgan! :)Delete
Hey Tracey! Did I miss the first page?? I couldn't find it here. But the pic is great. And you should totally enter ABNA, even if you don't get far, the feedback the judges give is excellent!!
BTW thanks for stopping by my blog with warm wishes. :)
Hey, PK. I took it down recently. I didn't realize more people would be interested. The feedback is what I'm looking forward to the most. Thanks for stopping by my blog as well.Delete
I couldn't find the first page either :/ Would be happy to read it though if you want another opinion. Shoot it to me in an email sugaropal @ gmail dot com And either way GOOD LUCK!!ReplyDelete
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What an amazing pic!!! And good for you. Enter as many contests. Put your work out there. It seems brilliant from what I read on here, so why not share it? :)ReplyDelete
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Listing Courtesy of Pamela Walker Weiner of Lighthouse Realty-Manistee
Listing information
- Beds: 4
- Stories: 0
- Foreclosure: No
- Lot Area: 4.88
- County: Manistee
- Style: Single Family
- Baths: 3 (Full: 3 3/4: 0 1/2: 0 Other: 0)
- Parking Type Description: Attached 2 cars
- Total Square Footage: 2,024 ($116.11 per sq. foot)
- Lot Size: 165 x 1320
- School District: Manistee
- Year Built: 1955
- Status: Active with Contingency
- New Construction: No
- Above Ground Sq. Feet: 1,387
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $1,853
- Subdivision: O80 - Manistee Brown Filer Stronach
Access Feat: Accessibility Features No
Additional Items Ceiling Fans, Ceramic Floor, Garage Door Opener, Gas/Wood Stove, Water Softener/Owned, Wood Floor
Appliances Dishwasher, Dryer, Range, Refrigerator, Washer
Basement Yes
Design Ranch
Driveway Paved
Exterior Material Vinyl
Fireplace Living, Other, Yes
Garage Type 2, Attached
Garage: Garage Yes
Heat Source Propane, Wood
Heat Type Forced Air, Wood/Pellet Furnace
Kitchen Features Garden Window, Snack Bar
Landscape Flower Garden, Ground Cover, Shrubs/Hedges, Terraced Yard
Lot Description Level, Recreational, Rolling Hills, Wetland Area, Wooded
Manufactured: Manufactured Y/N No
Mineral Rights Unknown
Other Basement Rooms: Basement Bedrooms - 0, Basement Rooms: Basement Finished SQFT - 637.00, Basement Rooms: Basement Full Baths - 1, Basement Rooms: Basement Half Baths - 0, Basement Rooms: Total Basement SQFT - 874.00, Lower Rooms: Lower Half Baths - 0, Lower Rooms: Lower Bedrooms - 0, Lower Rooms: Lower Finished SQFT - 0.00, Lower Rooms: Lower Full Baths - 0, Lower Rooms: Total Lower SQFT - 0.00, Main Rooms: Main Bedrooms - 4, Main Rooms: Main Full Baths - 2, Main Rooms: Main Half Baths - 0, Main Rooms: Main Level SQFT - 1387.00, Road Frontage - 165.00, Waterfront Options: Water Frontage - 165.00
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Water Type River, Well
Waterfront Options: Water Access Y/N Yes
Windows Replacement, Screens
Bedroom 2 M 11x10
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Kitchen M 13x9
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The intent will be to give more visibility to planning and execution of the quality functions at the project level.
Winchester, VA (PRWEB) October 22, 2012
Strategy Bridge International, the leader in Systems Engineering Professional Development, reports that Chief Executive Mark Wilson has been selected as an author for the Systems Engineering Handbook version 4.0 (SEHv4). "With over two decades of experience in Quality Management, including designation as a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence by the American Society for Quality and service as a member of the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Mark is well suited to author this topic area of the handbook," commented Paul AmRhein of Strategy Bridge.
"Quality Assurance is a new process in the SE Handbook. My intent will be to give more visibility to planning and execution of the quality functions at the project level. Unlike Quality Management, which is focused at the enterprise level, the Quality Assurance Process will assist project teams in the integration of Quality Processes through out the project life cycle," described Wilson.
The significant revision to the SE Handbook will affect all topics areas, while ensuring consistency with the recently released Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) as well as ISO/IEC standards affecting Systems Engineering. The goal is to have a draft of version 4 by year-end and a document ready for final review at the 2013 INCOSE International Symposium in Philadelphia, PA.
Strategy Bridge International enables clients to bridge the gap between strategy development and desired operating results through systems thinking, systems engineering, decision analysis, and project management. Strategy Bridge offers facilitated planning workshops and focused consulting to guide strategy and systems development, project planning, and decision-making. Strategy Bridge master instructors average over 25 years of practical on-the-job experience running complex projects and teach a full portfolio of tailored courses designed to improve organizational performance in systems engineering, project management, and leadership.


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Located in Cortland, Best Western Plus Finger Lakes Inn & Suites is within the vicinity of State University of New York-Cortland and Tompkins Cortland Community College. This hotel is within the region of Cornell University and Ithaca College.
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Grab a bite from a grocery/convenience store serving guests of Best Western Plus Finger Lakes Inn & Suites.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Karate chopping, tattooed, vegetarian and a little bit clumsy. I like to learn alot of stuff about alot of things- knowledge is AWESOME (and you'll find out more about my passion for this below.)
-Hearing a song and figuring out how to play the music a few seconds later.
-Nutrition. And on a similiar note- cooking vegetarian treats.
"You're super bloody tall"- everyone, all the time.
'Baraka' was the last film (even though some would argue it's not strictly a film) which really caught my attention. However, I do also have a bit of a penchant for tacky old school horror movies...those films that are just so utterly terrible that they somehow become irresistibly good again.
Tv- Peep Show, American Horror Story, Parks and Rec, Workaholics, Spaced, Brass Eye, Modern Family, The Office (US), Friday Night Dinner, etc.
Music- Have Heart, Jehst, Between The Buried And Me, Saetia, Medeski Martin & Wood, Integrity, Gorgoroth, Modeselektor, Laurent Garnier, Russian Circles, Magrudergrind, Phuturistix, The Haarp Machine, Glass Cloud, Jackson & His Computer Band, Mac Lethal, Hour Of Penance, Isis, Pg.99, Kaki King, Iron Chic, Jeff Mills, Marduk, Braintax, Behemoth and the list goes on...
-My music collection.
-Whatever book I currently happen to be reading.
-The pocket full of change that I carry around nonsensically.
-Something to draw on/with.
I'll think of one more...
-You're up for going to some gigs- I have quite different musical tastes to everyone else I hang out with.
-We can discuss mid 90's hip hop, late 90's hardcore and/or Scandinavian metal at length. Bonus points for history/documentary discussion too.
-You know anything about Göbekli Tepe and can tell me more about it.


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Catholic school raises funds
Nick Todaro, [email protected]
St. Joseph Catholic School, which a number of local students call home, is hosting its biggest fundraiser of the year this weekend.
Oktoberfest at the Waxahachie Civic Center offers family fun and a chance for the school to augment its tuition for operational funding, said Principal Debbie Timmermann. "Our school has a lot of students from the Ennis community," Timmermann said.
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MEMBERS of the scandal-plagued Health Services Union are stumping up more than $1000 a day in legal fees for the head, Michael Williamson, who is still collecting an estimated $500,000 a year in union salary and board-related positions.
Mr Williamson has been suspended on full pay since September when Strike Force Carnarvon was established to investigate allegations of systemic corruption in the union, including that Mr Williamson and Craig Thomson, the former national secretary, received kickbacks from a supplier to the union. Both have denied wrongdoing.
Union sources claim Mr Williamson's legal bill has already reached $150,000.
The legal bill of $200,000 which Mr Thomson, who became an MP in 2007, has so far incurred has been picked up by the NSW Labor Party. Its administrative committee voted unanimously in September to meet Mr Thomson's legal expenses.
''We sorted out his defo [his dropped defamation action against Fairfax Media, the publisher of the Herald] and then for a couple of months we had our lawyers Holding Redlich keep an eye on him,'' a Labor powerbroker said yesterday.
''It is pretty obvious we gave him legal assistance because he was facing bankruptcy, and if he was bankrupt there would be a byelection, and the government
would fall. A collective decision was made to keep him alive,'' the powerbroker said.
But party officials were angry later when they discovered Mr Thomson had received a confidential payout of $160,000 from the union in settlement for claims, including that he had not taken annual leave for years. ''We had no idea about that payment,'' the official said yesterday.
Of Mr Thomson's interview on the weekend with Laurie Oakes of Channel Nine, the powerbroker said: ''The guy is just a bald-faced liar.''
In the interview Mr Thomson sought to blame unnamed union officials for the $6000 that appeared on his union credit card for the payment of prostitutes.
The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, said yesterday: ''I understand many Australians would have seen Mr Thomson's interview and they will have drawn their own conclusions, but ultimately the only way this matter can be resolved is properly before the courts.''
It is lawyers who stand to reap the biggest benefits. Apart from the costs of dealing with the police investigation, the union is budgeting for $150,000 in legal costs for the possible appointment of an administrator.
The union has agreed to meet Mr Williamson's legal expenses, which will cease only when he resigns or if he is charged.
And $500,000 has been budgeted for the union's internal inquiry, headed by Ian Temby, QC.
Several officials were concerned at the pressure the legal costs were putting on depleted coffers. Despite the estimated $30 million in membership fees, cash reserves have dwindled to $1.5 million, one insider said.
Only the whistleblower Kathy Jackson is out of pocket. The national executive has refused to pay her $40,400 legal bill for the Fair Work Australia inquiry.
Her legal team, which includes the union-busting barrister Stuart Wood, SC, is representing Ms Jackson pro bono.


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NOLANVILLE — City Council members unanimously approved a proposed ad valorem tax rate lower than last year's for the 2015 fiscal year.
By adopting the effective tax rate, the city will achieve the same amount of revenue as last year from 50.54 cents per $100 of property valuation, Finance Director Stephen Peters said.
"It's going to be a reduction to the citizens of a few pennies," Peters said.
The council had the option of keeping last year's rate, which was 51.18 cents per $100 valuation.
However, due to an $8.6 million increase in property values, taxpayers would actually pay more if the rate remained constant, Mayor Christina Rosenthal said.
"If we keep the same tax rate, we have to tell (taxpayers) that their taxes have gone up," she said at a workshop held before Thursday's council meeting.
Another option was adopting the rollback rate, which would generate 8 percent more revenue than last year, but since the area is growing, officials decided to adopt a lower rate.
"There will be new property taxes next year," Peters said. "That will impact next year's discussion."
With $40,000 in expenditures not coming out of taxpayers' money, Peters said the city is doing well financially. He added that if the city does not hire a replacement for former city manager Stephen Pearl until November, it will be able to add $20,000 to its reserves.
"When I got here in 2009, the city didn't have two nickels to rub together," Peters said. "Now we're in good shape financially."
Public hearings on the tax rate will be held Aug. 21 and Sept. 4 before a first reading to adopt the tax rate and FY 2015 budget Sept. 18.


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A total of 95 per cent of union members at the Department of Veterans' Affairs have voted in favour of industrial action which increases the pressure on the Abbott government in its stand off with the federal bureaucracy.
The ballot which could lead to disruption of work at the department dealing with military veterans and their families follows Prime Minister Tony Abbott's reinstatement of Australian Defence Force allowances on Monday. The ADF's latest pay and conditions arrangement was being looked at as a ceiling for the rest of the public service during negotiations.
Department of Veterans' Affairs staff were facing the prospect of a 1 per cent annual pay rise - well below inflation - and cuts to rights and conditions, the Community and Public Sector Union's national secretary Nadine Flood said.
Ms Flood said Veterans' Affairs was one of more than 80 Commonwealth agencies unable to make a deal because of the "inflexible and harsh" bargaining policy set up by the Prime Minister's spokesman on public service issues, Senator Eric Abetz.
"Eric Abetz is forcing agencies to strip conditions from workplace agreements and cut workplace rights in exchange for low-ball pay offers," she said.
"This result should be a wake-up call for Mr Abbott and Senator Eric Abetz – you can't treat your staff like this and get away with it. Isn't it time for Senator Abetz to admit he has got APS bargaining wrong and agree to talk to the CPSU about finding a sensible way forward.
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"The Prime Minister has declared that he has listened to the Defence community on ADF conditions, so it's high time that Minister Abetz listened to public servants. Pay is an issue but it is not the most important one. They are worried about their rights and conditions and they will not be bullied into submission."
Ms Flood said the government, not Veterans' Affairs clients, would be targeted during industrial action.
"Our members have made a commitment not to disrupt payments to veterans, widows and their families," she said.
About 15,000 Department of Human Services staff, who work in an organisation dealing with millions of Australians via Centrelink and Medicare, were also readying for industrial action after a similar 95 per cent vote in favour of action.


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The Titan has received considerable praise since it was introduced for its power, towing capacity and work-truck capability. The 305-horsepower, 5.6-liter V8 engine is very impressive with its 379 lb-ft of peak torque at 3600 rpm. That beats any other standard engine in a half-ton, crew-cab pickup, but how does it compare with top-of-the-line engines from the competition?
Combined with a smooth-shifting 5-speed automatic, we had plenty of power to haul our load over canyon roads on a 400-mile round trip. Manually downshifting for hills was a breeze with the gated shifter: just tap it to the left for 4th Gear. But the electronically controlled transmission did an excellent job on its own of reducing gear hunting when the engine was asked for a little more power. We averaged just over 16 mpg on our trip. EPA fuel economy estimates are 14 city/19 highway.
Driving the mid-trim SE was quite comfortable. The bucket seats are large and easy on the back for long cruises. The adjustable pedals and tilt steering wheel accommodate just about any size driver. The dash layout is functional with large knobs and generous vents. Interior lighting was also exceptional with sufficient candlepower from map lights and IP lights that are easy on the eyes during nighttime cruising.
Our test model had two impressive entertainment options. The $1800 Rockford Fosgate package featured a pounding 350-watt audio system with 6-CD in-dash changer and 10 speakers, including a subwoofer. Even though it's pricey, sound quality was outstanding at every level and with all types of programming. We also had the $1450 DVD rear video theatre system with a 7-inch color monitor and wireless headphones. The DVD player was located in the center console, allowing access by either the driver or rear-seat passengers. A dual-media capability allowed driver and passengers to listen to different CDs or radio and CD.
We rate overall ride quality high, even though the cab is not as quiet as the Ford. Our only real problem was visibility. The A-pillars are huge and the high profile hood makes judging the curbs a little tenuous. The good news is that Nissan offers large, extendable mirrors matched with a separate, smaller convex mirror for wide-angle viewing.
Our 5019-pound 2-wheel-drive Crew Cab SE had a base price of $26,700 but that includes a stunning list of standard equipment:
Besides the entertainment and utility options already listed, our test truck had a $950 Off-Road Package (Rancho shock absorbers, lower 3.36:1 rear axle ratio, fog lamps, tow hooks and skid plates), $850 Tow Package (Class IV hitch, tow mirrors, heavy-duty battery, transmission temperature gauge and Vehicle Dynamic Control w/ active-brake limited slip), $100 splash guards and $110 floor mats. Total MSRP: $34,260. The only other option we would have preferred is the $850 side airbag package.
Nissan's fullsize truck sales haven't reached early goals yet, despite impressive features for the cost, strong engine, max towing capacity of 9500 pounds, spacious crew cab cabin, glowing reviews and winning a few multi-truck shootouts. Word is spreading, although not as fast as Nissan would like, about the value and capability of the Nissan's first fullsize truck. One problem, according to a Nissan official, is that many owners of Big 3 trucks who want to switch are "upside down" on their current loans. That means they owe more on their loan than their truck is worth, so working a trade-in deal is more difficult. Those owners find it easier to fold in the balance with another purchase from the first dealer and finance company and forget about the Nissan showroom.
Our test vehicle was a 2004 model but we hear of some interesting improvements and options for 2005, including:
By entering the fullsize truck market, Nissan isn't trying to reinvent a true American icon. This truck was built with extensive American input and matches the Big 3 in half-ton capability while promoting Japanese virtues of fit 'n' finish and a little bit of technology (the Toyota Tundra is the only other fullsize truck that offers a vehicle stability control option). The Titan offers snappy throttle response, solid handling, comfortable ride, generous interior dimensions and a respectable 6486 GVWR. It deserves a look by anyone cross-shopping half-ton crew cab pickups.
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In last week's poll we asked…
Are you sending fewer Christmas cards this year because you stay connected with people throughout the year with social networking sites like Facebook?
The results show social media is having a significant impact on the number of Christmas cards people are sending.
- N/A – I don't use social networking sites or I've never sent Christmas cards. (36%)
- Yes, I've cut my cards way back. (27%)
- No, I still send just as many. (27%)
- Yes, I've cut my cards back somewhat. (9%)
- Yes, I've stopped sending cards altogether. (0%)
36% of those responding indicated they are sending fewer cards because of social networking. I have a few friends who work at post offices and they say the amount of mail they're delivering at Christmas is nothing like it used to. What do you think of the poll results.
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Editor's note: This commentary is by Shawn Shouldice, the Vermont state director for the National Federation of Independent Business.
The centerpiece of President Obama's "inequality agenda" is a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 and an automatic annual increase tied to inflation. It isn't going anywhere in Congress, but a number of governors have picked up the flag and they're charging ahead. Gov. Peter Shumlin, who joined the president recently at a minimum wage rally in Connecticut, is among them.
But what the governor isn't discussing is his willingness to break the 2007 agreement he made with Vermont's small businesses. Advocates on both sides, then, wanted to move away from the annual debates over minimum wages and as a result agreed to an automatic inflator, establishing that in no one year would there be a minimum wage increase of more than 5 percent.
Every year since 2007, Vermont's minimum wage has automatically increased with inflation. We currently have the third highest minimum wage rate ($8.73) in the country, with only Washington at $9.32, and Oregon at $9.10, being higher. Despite arguments by proponents, Vermont is not an outlier, but rather has been a leader on this issue; states match the federal rate of $7.25, four states have rates below the federal rate, five states haven't adopted a minimum wage and one state repealed the state's minimum wage and left the reference to the federal rate. Three states have scheduled future increases that would exceed Vermont's current rate: New York to $8.75 on Dec. 31, 2014, and to $9 on Dec. 31, 2015; Connecticut to $9 on Jan. 1, 2015; and California to $9 on July 1, 2014 and to $10 on Jan. 1, 2016.
Raising the minimum wage might not affect larger corporations, but it sure would hurt the smaller businesses that already provide more jobs to Vermonters than big businesses and also help to eliminate barriers to employment for many Vermonters who need entry-level jobs to gain experience that ultimately enables them to climb the economic ladder.
More than 95 percent of employers in Vermont are small businesses. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, percent of all businesses in Vermont have fewer than 20 employees. Many small businesses, like family restaurants and Main Street retailers, are heavily dependent on entry-level, hourly workers. Most already pay more than the state minimum wage of $8.73 per hour, but many, out of necessity, pay less.
The governor's and the Legislature's proposal flagrantly breaks our agreement by inflating wages for small employers beyond agreed upon limits. This comes at a time when Vermont's economy is growing at less than 1 percent annually. It would also come as health care premiums and out-of-pocket costs are rising and just ahead of a 15 to 18 percent payroll tax increase that will almost certainly be floated as a way to finance the governor's new health care system.
Further, the Legislature's lead economist, Tom Kavet, recently reported the governor's proposal will result in 250 fewer jobs and a $30 million annual cost increase to Vermont employers. This, combined with higher health care premiums, co-pays and deductibles, higher property taxes, and higher health care taxes due to single payer, is unreasonable and unsustainable for small business. Raising the minimum wage might not affect larger corporations, but it sure would hurt the smaller businesses that already provide more jobs to Vermonters than big businesses and also help to eliminate barriers to employment for many Vermonters who need entry-level jobs to gain experience that ultimately enables them to climb the economic ladder.


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Everyone is always looking for training content on how to learn software products like After Effects. It's one of my most common questions I receive when I'm meeting customers. It doesn't matter if it's the guy who is editing his baby videos as a hobby at night or its ABC in NY – they're hungry to learn more.
The real problem in my opinion (based on my highly scientific methods and procedures…not) is one of time. More often than not, we don't give ourselves enough time to sit thru the videos, digest what they're teaching and then apply the technique ourselves. It's a bummer, I don't have any clear answers for you.
However, I do have another resource that I stumbled on to yesterday and it's one that you should check out. The site is called wonderhowto.com and it's all about answering those kinds of questions. Now, I should say that this is not just about animation but about everything and I mean EVERYTHING so be warned! So, you might start by typing in something like After Effects or Photoshop in the search field. What you'll find is quite a diverse set of tutorials including some you already know about like CreativeCow.net and Andrew's Videocopilot. The fun stuff is the ones you discover like Indy Moguls. I sat through their entertaining video on how to blow up people in half and while it didn't cover After Effects, it did give me an idea of what to do for such a visual effect. So, give it a whirl and tell me what you think.
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Game 1: Penn 1, Dartmouth 0
Game 2: Dartmouth 6, Penn 2
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania softball team (29-18, 16-4 Ivy) began its day with an outstanding performance from pitcher Alexis Borden for the Game 1 victory – the sophomore tossed a one-hit shutout – but finished the afternoon with a Day 1 Ivy League Championship Series split with Dartmouth (26-19, 15-5). The Big Green got to Borden for four earned runs to take the second half of the twin bill, 6-2. Penn will now face Dartmouth for a winner-take-all Game 3 at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Penn Park.
Game 1
WP: Alexis Borden (16-10), 7 IP, H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K
LP: Kristen Rumley (22-8), 6 IP, 4 H, R (0 ER), 0 BB, 5 K
It was a story of two top-notch Ivy hurlers in Game 1 of the ILCS. The game finished with a combined five hits, 16 strikeouts, and an outstanding zero earned runs. Borden started out the game on a mission, striking out the first three Dartmouth batters swinging in the top of the first and continued her success throughout the rest of the contest. The Quakers would get on the board in bottom of the second inning, scoring one run – thanks to Borden, that's all they would need.
Brooke Coloma led off the inning and reached safely courtesy of a fielding error by the Dartmouth shortstop. Kayla Dahlerbruch would move her over in the next at-bat, reaching safely on a single to center. Coloma would then steal her 18th base of the season, advancing to third – Dahlerbruch would advance to second on the throw. With one out and two runners in scoring position, the Big Green's Kristen Rumley bounced a pitch that would get away from her catcher. Coloma saw a window and attempted to score from third, but got caught in a rundown when the Dartmouth catcher recovered – she would get thrown out at third, but Dahlerbruch would reach third safely on the play. With two outs and a runner at third, Georgia Guttadauro slapped a single to left for the only run of the game.
That would be all Borden needed as the sophomore finished the game with an astounding 11 strikeouts. She would seal the deal in the top of the seventh with another couple of strikeouts, cementing the victory for her 16th of the season.
Game 2
WP: Kristen Rumley (22-8), 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 7 K
LP: Alexis Borden (16-10), 5.1 IP, 7 H, 6 R (4 ER), 2 BB, 3 K
There was much more offense in the nightcap on Saturday, ending in a Game 2 victory by the Big Green courtesy of a huge bottom half of the sixth inning. Things got started with a very convoluted situation at third base in the bottom of the first inning.
With Dartmouth runners on first and second with two outs, Borden would be charged with a wild pitch, advancing them to second and third. On the same play, Jessica Arneson had a shot to get the runner out at third, and threw to Dahlerbruch, but the runner was called safe. The ball would then get away from Dahlerbruch, who would recover and throw the runner out trying to score, or so it appeared. The home plate umpire would call obstruction on Dahlerbruch, meaning that, in the process of chasing the ball that had gotten away from her at third she obstructed the Dartmouth runner's path to home plate. The Big Green runners were each awarded a free base on the call, scoring one run and charging an error to the Penn third baseman.
Dartmouth would score again to take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third. With two outs and a runner on first, the Big Green shortstop would double up the middle. That gave the runner on first enough time to scoot around the bases and score the run.
Penn would not go quietly though, and would even things up quickly in the next half inning. Dahlerbruch led off with a single up the middle. Leslie King then made the call to her bench, subbing in Kanani Datan as the pinch runner. It would be fruitless though, as Jessica Melendez was the next to step into the batter's box for the Quakers. The senior took Rumley deep to left-center for the two-run homer to knot things up at two apiece.
Things would stay relatively quiet until the bottom of the sixth where Dartmouth would take a four-run lead that it would not relinquish. With two on and no outs for the Big Green, its rightfielder would smack a three-run bomb to left-center to take the 5-2 lead. Borden would strike out the next batter, but then surrender another Dartmouth solo shot. Trailing 6-2, King would make the change in the circle, subbing Lauren Li into the game. The freshman would get two groundouts to end the inning, but the damage had already been done.
The Red and Blue would not recover in the next half inning, sealing their fate as well as guaranteeing another day of play in the ILCS. Borden was charged with her 10th loss of the season, but will most likely get a chance to avenge that defeat in tomorrow's Game 3.
The action is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Penn Park tomorrow afternoon. Live stats and live video will be available at IvyLeagueSports.com. Also, make sure to follow @UPennSoftball for live in-game updates and conversation during the contest. Penn will look to continue a streak that has existed since the institution of the ILCS and division play, which is that the home team has never lost the title.
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NEW YORK (Oct. 20)
Israel persists in her demand for direct peace negotiations with the Arab leaders, despite their insistent rejection of such proposals, but the Jewish State also demands immediate freedom of shipping through the Suez Canal "whether there is peace or not," Israeli Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir declared here today.
She spoke on a coast-to-coast television interview over the National Broadcasting Company's network, replying to questions posed by the program's head, Dave Garroway, and by NBC's United Nations correspondent, Pauline Frederick.
Asked what Israel's "constructive ideas and proposals" would be, to make Arab-Israeli peace talks "fruitful," Mrs. Meir replied:
"Well, you see, maybe this is a weakness in the position of Israel–that we are not asking anything from the Arabs. We are not asking any additional territory. We are not asking anything except peace, and we realize that that's weak. If we were asking something of them and they were asking something of us. there would be more possibility of a compromise, probably. But this is our position and we cannot change it.
"You know that we said to the Arab countries over and over again– I mean from the United Nations or from Parliament–that we are prepared. and we suggest to them that we meet without any preconditions, so that if they have any demands, and if they have any grievances of any kind, let them put them on the table when we are negotiating. We are so convinced that it is in the common interest that we have peace, that we know that, if once we meet and begin peace negotiations, there is no doubt that we will end up with a piece agreement between us."
Summarizing the Arab reactions to the peace proposals she laid before the UN General Assembly, the Israeli Foreign Minister said: "There have been reactions in two quarters. First, quite a few of the heads of the Arab delegations immediately asked for the right of reply, as though the asking for peace was an attack upon them. And then Mr. Nasser. in a speech in Aleppo the other day, said that never would he meet Mr. Ben-Gurion, and never would he acquiesce to the existence of the state of Israel. But we will keep at it."
"You can exist without his acquiescence, I believe," commented Mr. Garroway. "Yes." Mrs. Meir replied, "but we are conscious of the fact that it would be much better for us and everybody concerned–as much for the Arab states as for us–if there was peace in our area. But our existence does not depend upon Mr. Nasser's wanting as to exist or not."
On the Suez question, Mrs. Meir stated: "As to the shipping through the Suez Canal. that we demand whether there is peace or not, because, according to the decisions of the Security Council, both in 1951 and in 1956, the Canal, being an international waterway, should be free for shipping of all countries irrespective of any political situation whateso ever. So, whether there is peace or not, we stand on our right that we should be allowed not only to send our cargo, which Mr. Nasser does not allow now, but even our boats. The situation has become worse since 1958 because, until then, at least Israel cargo could go through the Suez Canal. Now he doesn't even allow that- not only Israeli boats but on boats of other flags."
The Israeli Foreign Minister had this to say about the disarmament problem: "Our proposal was for disarmament–absolute disarmament both of Israel and the Arab states. Send the armies away so that they can do the work in the fields and factories–and, of course, with mutual control. That is what we suggested, and suggest, because we believe that there is no country in the Middle East that really can afford this arms race. At any rate, we do not want it, and we suggested it to the Arab countries. We are prepared; at any moment that they are prepared to disarm–we will disarm."
Asked by Mr. Garroway whether Israel was prepared for partial disarmament and the banning of outside weapons, Mrs. Meir affirmed: "No, we are prepared to disarm–absolutely. We're in a world of tension, and we have a little world of tension of our own, and that is the tension between Israel and the Arab countries. At least if we take this tension away from the world, it seems to us that it would be a contribution to world peace in addition to the value that it would mean to all the people in our area."


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From: "Johan van Zyl" <>
Subject: Re: READING STAIRS DISKS
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:35:40 +1100
Hmmmmm yes .....
Whoever told you that About DOS SHELL is talking through his/
hers ears, that the biggest lot of balony I've heard!!
To open something under a DOS SHELL means....
Open a command prompt window to run the prog, or restart
the PC under DOS
| Hi All
| I have now received the STAIRS disks per the kind and unselfish
| gesture of Delia Robertson (once again, many thanks Delia!).
| The instructions accompanying the disks say that it should be
| openened under DOSSHELL. Apparently it was Microsoft's first
| experiment with a windows-type operating system, released when
| Bill Gates was still working to accumulate his first billion, and was
| not very successful (being withdrawn almost before it was
| available).
| I am now opening the disks under Windows Notepad so as to read
| the info, but it is a rather laborious taks (having to go through
| thousands of individual files!).
| Has anyone come up with a more structured and easier way to
| read the information on the STAIRS disks, and perhaps to search
| through them using a search word(s)?
| Kind regards
| Christo
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In the interest of saving time, how about just across the border. Mongolia might be nice.


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Since Kate Middleton joined the Royal family, the money raised by the Royal Collection has shot up.
And as membership has declined, public distrust of unions has shot up.
Earlier this year, army Apaches shot up several convoys that refused to stop while navigating mountainous dunes near the border.
A radio car pulled up to the building and the cops heard a shot up above.
By last week, however, his unfavorables had shot up 20 points to 42 percent.
He was a passionate romantic, and his body had shot up into a fitting temple for such an inhabitant as his soul.
As the jib and foresail were taken off her, she shot up to the buoy.
You have shot up in one direction and I have grown in the other considerably.
He shot up to the ceiling and, in spite of all I could do, seemed inclined to stay there.
Against the light, for a second time, a ragged arm had shot up.
Old English sceotan "to hurl missiles, cast; strike, hit, push; run, rush; send forth swiftly; wound with missiles" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, past participle scoten), from Proto-Germanic *skeutanan (cf. Old Saxon skiotan, Old Norse skjota "to shoot with (a weapon); shoot, launch, push, shove quickly," Old Frisian skiata, Middle Dutch skieten, Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan, German schießen), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (cf. Sanskrit skundate "hastens, makes haste," Old Church Slavonic iskydati "to throw out," Lithuanian skudrus "quick, nimble").
In reference to pool playing, from 1926. Meaning "to strive (for)" is from 1967, American English. Sense of "descend (a river) quickly" is from 1610s. Meaning "to inject by means of a hypodermic needle" is attested from 1914. Meaning "photograph" (especially a movie) is from 1890. As an interjection, an arbitrary euphemistic alteration of shit, it is recorded from 1934. Shoot the breeze "chat" first recorded 1941. Shoot-'em-up (adj.) in reference to violent entertainment (Western movies, etc.) is from 1942. Shoot to kill first attested 1867. Shoot the cat "to vomit" is from 1785. To shoot the moon originally meant "depart by night with ones goods to escape back rent" (1829).
O, 'tis cash makes such crowds to the gin shops roam,
And 'tis cash often causes a rumpus at home ;
'Tis when short of cash people oft shoot the moon ;
And 'tis cash always keeps our pipes in tune.
Cash! cash! &c.
["The Melodist and Mirthful Olio, An Elegant Collection of the Most Popular Songs," vol. IV, London, 1829]
"young branch of a tree or plant," mid-15c., from shoot (v.). Also "heavy, sudden rush of water" (1610s); "artificial channel for water running down" (1707); "conduit for coal, etc." (1844).
1530s, "an act of shooting;" 1852 as "a shooting match or party," from shoot (v.).
"young branch of a tree or plant," mid-15c., from shoot (v.). Also "heavy, sudden rush of water" (1610s); "artificial channel for water running down" (1707); "conduit for coal, etc." (1844).
1530s, "an act of shooting;" 1852 as "a shooting match or party," from shoot (v.).
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Two new polls out today show Rick Santorum leading Mitt Romney in Michigan, the state where the former Massachusetts governor was born and believed to have an advantage.
An American Research Group poll shows Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, leading Romney 33% to 27% among likely GOP voters. Santorum's lead over Romney is 15 percentage points in a Michigan survey by Public Policy Polling.
The Michigan primary is Feb. 28.
Romney has close ties to the state, where his father was head of American Motors Co. in the 1950s and governor in the 1960s. Romney even kicked off his 2008 presidential campaign in Michigan and easily defeated Arizona Sen. John McCain in the GOP primary there four years ago.
Santorum routinely stresses his blue-collar roots, which could play a key role as the GOP race moves to Rust Belt states like Michigan and Ohio. After his three-state victories last week, Santorum said he believes he could do "exceptionally well" in Michigan and Arizona, the next two states to vote.
Newt Gingrich is at 21% and Ron Paul is at 12% in the American Research Group survey. They are flipped in the Democratic-leaning PPP survey, with Paul at 12% and Gingrich at 11%.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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PORT ALLEN — After a long and somewhat emotional discussion Thursday, the West Baton Rouge Parish Council decided to name a new street connecting Oregon Avenue to William and Lee Park after Eddie Payne III.
Eddie Payne III is a local pastor who advocates and works for the betterment of disadvantaged children. Council member Charlene Gordon opened the discussion by telling the council she had polled her constituents personally and through social media, and Eddie Payne III Street was considered the favorite.
"Mr. Payne is a role model and a father figure to some kids who had no father," Gordon said. "To this day, he is still considered a role model. He is a great man."
But council member Edward Robertson favored naming the street after Isadore Cohn, a deceased landowner who donated land for Cohn High School during the time of segregation.
"He built a school for us, and it was the only school we could attend," Robertson said. "I'm a graduate of Cohn High School, and I'm proud of the teachers who turned out good students. We need something to represent Cohn High School so we won't forget it."
Deano Moran, the parish's emergency preparation director, advised the council that 911 dispatchers would have trouble directing responders to Isadore Cohn Street because the parish already has a Kahns Road and a Cohns Alley.
"We really try not to name new streets with names that sound like existing streets," Moran said. "Safety is my only concern."
Council member Chris "Fish" Kershaw objected to a street named after a living person, while Council Chair Gary Spillman and council members Barry Hugghins and Phil Porto Jr. expressed wishes that the street name vote be unanimous.
Spillman said he assumed the street would just be an extension of Oregon Avenue.
"Sometimes politics is strange, and we have to be careful," Spillman said. "There are a lot of great people from that area, and I've considered abstaining.
"It would be a shame if this ended up in a tie vote or a 3-2 vote. That may be the wrong message to send."
In the end, it was a 3-2 vote in favor of Gordon's Eddie Payne III Street motion.
Voting with Gordon were Hugghins and Ricky Loupe.
Robertson and Kershaw voted no while Spillman, Porto and Naomi Fair abstained. Council member Randal Mouch was absent.
In another matter, Moran recognized the work of emergency dispatchers Jillian Henderson and Derek Sarradet and Brusly Police officer Tom Southton.
Moran said a woman from Houston, Texas, called the 911 office because she had not heard from her sister in seven days and asked them to send someone to check on her.
"The caller said her sister lived on East Main Street in Brusly," Moran said. "There is no East Main Street in Brusly."
Moran praised his dispatchers for researching landmarks and using Google Earth to find distinguishing features about the house and directed Southton to a location. Southton found a woman who had been immobilized by a fall and suffered a broken hip. The woman had been immobilized for several days.
"We do special things at 911 every day, so it's rare that we recognize our people," Moran said.


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Lukaku scores 2, Chelsea beats Sounders 4-2
Young Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half, Chelsea newcomers Eden Hazard and Marko Marin scored deflected goals, and the champions of Europe opened their American tour with a 4-2 win over the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday night.
Young Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half, Chelsea newcomers Eden Hazard and Marko Marin scored deflected goals, and the champions of Europe opened their American tour with a 4-2 win over the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday night.
One of just two strikers currently part of Chelsea's tour roster, Lukaku muscled his way to a goal in the third minute of the international exhibition then scored his second goal in the final minute of the first half. It was the first match for Chelsea since the Blues beat Bayern Munich in May to win their first Champions League crown.
Seattle's Fredy Montero scored a pair of goals in the first half, but the Sounders missed a number of good scoring chances early and had few offensive opportunities in the second half.
Lukaku scored his first goal on a pass from Josh McEachran, one of the youngsters getting a chance to play for Chelsea coach Roberto Di Matteo while some Blues regulars are either resting from the European Championships or going to the Olympics. Lukaku forced his way past defender Jeff Parke to score his first then added another in the 44th minute as Seattle's defense continued to leak.
Chelsea's two biggest offseason signings - thus far - also scored in the first half with Hazard, coming over from Lille, scoring in the 11th minute after his shot deflected off defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and past goalkeeper Bryan Meredith. Marin, who picked up a pair of first-half assists, also scored in the 40th minute when his shot deflected off Parke.
Unlike last year's 7-0 rout at the hands of Manchester United, the Sounders made this match respectable and at times controlled the offensive chances. Alvaro Fernandez and Eddie Johnson both had missed headers off corner kicks and Fernandez's open shot in the 24th minute was punched wide by Henrique Hilario.
Montero's first goal came off a poor giveaway by McEachran in the back end. Montero patiently waited and beat Hilario in the 14th minute, the first goal scored by Seattle in any of its previous exhibitions against European powers Chelsea, FC Barcelona and Man United. Montero made it a pair in the 32nd minute when Mauro Rosales cross field pass fell to Montero's feet and his left-footed shot beat Hilario again.
Chelsea brought on regulars Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Ramires and Gary Cahill at halftime and controlled more of the play but was unable to tack on additional goals.
The Blues were without five of their biggest names for the first stop of a four-game American tour that will feature the first soccer match at the new Yankee Stadium against Paris Saint-Germain, a match with the MLS All-Stars in Philadelphia and a final exhibition versus AC Milan in Miami.
Spanish star Fernando Torres, who helped Spain win the European Championship earlier this month, and Portugal's Raul Meireles will join the tour later. As will French midfielder Flourent Malouda and the English defensive duo of John Terry, just cleared of racial abuse charges last week, and Ashley Cole. Terry is expected to join Chelsea in New York this weekend.
Wednesday night was the final match for retiring Seattle midfielder Roger Levesque. The fan-favorite spent nine seasons with the USL-1 Sounders and the MLS Sounders and entered in the 66th minute to a standing ovation from the more than 53,000 in attendance.


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Okay, it has been a while since I have critiqued anything, but the Deviant Art message thingy said this was wanted, and here ya go.
This is a well done early sketch for either character development, or for a finished piece. The line work is sketchy, but it is a sketch, so that is also good. I like the style of the character, and the attention to details (checks on the shirt, stitching on the pockets, heels on the boots, "Cutie Marks," etc...). I also like the attitude displayed in the character, even at this initial stage, it is easy to tell that she is not that happy about being disturbed.
My largest problem with it is the tail placement, I think this is a fox, or similar creature, and they tend to have large, fluffy tails, but it kind of gets in the way of the hand and legs. You took the time to give the limbs interesting poses, but the tail covers them up a bit, and blocks the object in the left hand. Also it may be due to the tail, but the left leg looks a little off, both perspective and pose wise, and could use some clearing up. Finally I would bring up the right arm more, show the hand, maybe resting on the hip. I know it's a bit cliche of a position, but it will help in portraying the over-all mood of "Annoyance" I am getting from the work (unless she is holding something that you have not rendered yet, and in that case go right ahead.)
This is really well done, and ready for ink, color, and what not, and I would truly enjoy seeing what becomes of it.
Also I didn't mark the "Vision" rating, because I don't get what that means, tell me and I will revise my rating on it. Well never mind I gave you 2.5 because the thing makes me list all of them, but send me a bit of back story, and I will change that (if I am allowed to.)
Thank you! The character is actually someone else's and things just went weird on tumblr at the time. Yeah the tail kind of blocked a whole bunch of details I already put down there, which also explains why the leg placement seems off... The legs aren't supposed to be human like in a ways, they were supposed to be oriented like this (warning: half-naked) [link] and the left leg was supposed to be a little bent.
The way it was bent didn't look too well when I finished so I opted to hide some part of it with the tail, but I forgot to anticipate how huge the tail would've been and covered up too much. >_>
Her left hand was supposed to be holding a gun, and it was covered up, sadly. I'll keep this in mind next time, Thanks again! (yeah I have no idea what "Vision" is)


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A comparative investigation of the induction of double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs) in the Chinese hamster V79 cells by γ-radiation at dose rates of 1, 10 and 400 mGy/min (doses ranged from 0.36 to 4.32 Gy) was performed. The acute radiation exposure at a dose rate of 400 mGy/min resulted in the linear dose-dependent increase of the γ-H2AX foci formation. The dose-response curve for the acute exposure was well described by a linear function
The majority of cellular DNA lesions caused by ionizing radiation (IR) significantly differ from those caused by endogenous sources in their physical and chemical properties [
The goal of this study was to measure and compare the formation of DSBs in Chinese hamster V79 cells after the exposure to γ-radiation at various dose rates. The immunocytochemical analysis of the phosphorylated H2AX-histone (γ-H2AX) foci was performed to estimate the cellular DNA DSBs formation. ATM, ATR and DNA-PK, are the major kinases that phosphorylate H2AX following DSB [
Here we demonstrate that the exposure to IR at a lower dose rate (10 mGy/min) leads to a reduced number of γ-H2AX foci per cell nucleus. The foci number increases at the dose of 1.44 Gy and reaches "plateau" at doses ranged from 1.44 to 4.32 Gy (
Interesting results on cells exposed to IR at the dose rate of 1 mGy/min have been obtained. There was only a slight increase of the γ-H2AX foci number (up to 7) during all irradiation time (up to 72 h) (
Thereby, we propose that an effective DSBs repair and H2AX-histone dephosphorylation take place in normal mammalian cells (without DNA repair deficiency) exposed to low dose and low dose rate sparsely IR. This speculation is based on the results of the comparative study on the cells exposed to IR with different dose rates. As shown earlier in TERT-immortalized human fibroblast, the cytogenetic lesions frequency as well as an elimination of cells irradiated at a low dose rate (0.3 mGy/min) were significantly lower than those in cells irradiated at a high dose rate (2000 mGy/min) [
According to the calculations made by Vilenchik and Knudson, the yield of endogenously-induced DSBs in proliferating human fibroblasts is the same as for the cells irradiated at a dose rate of 5 mGy/min (~8 DSBs/cell/h) [
Chinese hamster V79 lung fibroblasts obtained from the American Type Culture Collection were maintained with twice weekly subculture in DMEM supplemented with 10% foetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 mg/mL penicillin/streptomycin and 1%
Exponentially growing cells in concentration of 2 × 105 cells per milliliter of medium were plated down into T-25 flasks and maintained at 37 °C in the presence of 5% CO2 for 24 h prior to irradiation. Irradiation with Co60 rays was performed in the specially designed facility for cell culture irradiation (guided temperature conditions with the presence of 5% CO2) with measured dose rates of 0.1, 1, 10 and 400 mGy/min. The total absorbed doses were 0.36, 1.44, 2.88 and 4.32 Gy. The IR exposure times of 0.9, 3.6, 7.2, 10.8 min at the dose rate of 400 mGy/min, 0.6, 2.4, 4.8, 7.2 h at the dose rate of 10 mGy/min and 6, 24, 48 and 72 h at the dose rate of 1 mGy/min were chosen respect ively.
To analyze γ-H2AX foci, the method previously described was used [
The level of DNA fragmentation as a result of DSBs formation was estimated by a modified neutral version of the comet assay. [
Fluorescent dye SYBRGreen I was utilized to visualize DNA. Analysis of comets was performed using the Axioscop-40 FL microscope (Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany) equipped with the high-resolution digital camera AxioCamMRc 5 (Carl Zeiss) and AxioVision 4.8 software (Carl Zeiss). Images were analyzed using the specially designed CASP 1.2.2 software (CASPlab, Wroclaw, Poland).
Statistical errors were calculated as the standard error. All the experiments were performed at least three times and the data was presented as the mean value ± standard error in each case.
The present study of the radiation-induced DSBs level in Chinese hamster V79 cells exposed to IR at various dose rates showed a significant decrease in the DSBs level per IR dose in cells irradiated at a lower dose rate compared to a higher dose rate. Evidently, current findings support the threshold hypothesis on the biological effects of IR. The dose rate appeared to be an essential factor in cellular response to IR determining biological effects induction and realization, probably more important than the absorbed dose. It is therefore advisable to consider the dose rate factor in the radiological protection standards.
The studies were partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant #12-04-01733-a. We thank Dmitry Klokov for English proofreading of the manuscript. The authors also acknowledge the anonymous reviewers and editor for constructive comments.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
The yield of γ-H2AX foci in Chinese hamster V79 cells exposed to γ-rays at high (400 mGy/min), medium (10 mGy/min) and low (1 mGy/min) dose rates.
Changes in the DNA fragmentation level in Chinese hamster V79 cells exposed to γ-rays at high (400 mGy/min), medium (10 mGy/min) and low (1 mGy/min) dose rates.


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|Woodley, Norman
Submitted to: Diptera of Seychelles Islands
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/28/2008
Publication Date: 2/3/2009
Citation: Woodley, N. E. 2009. Family Stratiomyidae. In: Gerlach, J., editor. The Diptera of the Seychelles islands. Sofia, Bulgaria and Moscow, Russia: Pensoft. p. 431. Interpretive Summary: Many species of soldier flies are beneficial to agriculture in that the larvae help to decompose plant material, although a few species are known to attack living plants, such as grass roots. The information contained in this publication provides a taxonomic synopsis, with an identification key to species, of the soldier flies found on the Seychelles Islands. This information will be of interest to those working on the biodiversity and conservation of these fragile and endangered island faunas.
Technical Abstract: The Stratiomyidae of the Seychelles Islands are reviewed. Fourteen species are briefly discussed, and a key to the species known to occur in the Seychelles is provided. Specimens examined are itemized and earlier records noted.