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There's so much going on in Talk and the comments week to week that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.
If you had to eat one nationality...
"In the words of Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba "there are no borders to ingredients." That said: Italian, obviously."—msecondo
"is cannibalism finally trendy?"—hollymayberry
Horse meat, Should we worry about our own ?
"On any processed meat (slim jims, cheap hot dogs, my favorite SPAM) I am a firm believer in "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Swampyankee is right, it's probably roadkill intestines and raccoon tails, but I'm still eating them."— missmochi
"I bought some smoked horse meat slices when I was in Holland, and I sure hope it wasn't adulterated with beef!"—Lorenzo
Fish Sauce...What's the Turn Off?
"The only way to convert people into loving a certain food is to lie to them; don't tell 'em it's in the dish. Then, after they ask for seconds and the first serving is settling into their lower intestine, tell them what's in it. Morally wrong? Yup. Effective...definitely. "— Mr. Nick
"@Mr. Nick: I was about to say the exact same thing. I've got all kinds of opinionated family members that would be pretty shocked at all the foods/ingredients they claim to hate but I use them in my cooking all the time.
I definitely get a sick sense of satisfaction from this! ;-)"— bobcatsteph3
What is the paddle attachment actually *for*?
"'Thank you sir...May I have another' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdFLPn30dvQ .... and the dough hook is for holding onto with your hand pulled up inside your sleeve and shouting arrrrgggggggh shiver me timbers. Ever since baking class in culinary school that's what I've used them for."— Pavlov


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Zach Clark, 23, of Corinth, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 at his home.
Survivors include his parents, Bud and Susan Clark of Corinth; a sister, Britney Clark of Williamstown; maternal grandfather, Willie Cheeks of Dry Ridge; paternal grandparents, Arthur and Barbara Weber of Amhearst, N.Y.; paternal grandfather, Harry Acosta of Louisville.
He was preceded in death his biological father, Darrell Weber.
Funeral services were held on Aug. 26 at the Williamstown Senior Center.
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The Urban Institute released this report [1] to present findings from a research study on the intersections of cyber abuse and cyber sexual coercion with other forms of teen dating violence. Study findings include an increased risk of experiencing sexual coercion when a teen is abused or harassed online.
See the report [1].
View the infographic [2].
Enlaces:[1] http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412750-teen-dating-abuse.pdf
[2] http://www.urban.org/digitizingabuse/infographic.cfm
[3] http://www.nsvrc.org/es/publications/taxonomy/term/20
[4] http://www.nsvrc.org/es/publications/reports


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GOLDEN oldies of Penhill Secondary School's past have been called to arms by schoolmate Freda Milne as the guest list lengthens for another reunion.
Classes from 1963 to 1968 are being invited to break cover and reacquaint themselves with old faces from the school they once shared in Cricklade Road.
Freda, 65, a retired retail assistant of Penhill Drive, has been at the forefront of the past two reunions for this gang of pupils in 2004 and 2008.
At their last gathering, more than 90 students and staff met up to reminisce, though it's a number which could be surpassed with the aid of social media.
"At the last one we had two from Australia, two from Canada – that was lovely," said Freda. "E-mails, Facebook and Friends Reunited have all made my job so much easier.
"It's lovely for putting the word out. There's the local paper, the magazine here in Penhill, I wouldn't be able to do it without them."
The reunion has been planned for Saturday, August 9, at The Gas Club in Gipsy Lane.
It may well have been 50 years since they set foot into the school for some of them, but Freda said it does not feel like any time has passed when the group comes back together.
At their first get together there were even two teachers present, with another four added to that in 2008.
"When we meet up it's like the time's gone. They have all progressed in their lives, but with one conversation we catch up and it feels like we've never been apart," said Freda. We even have a Sir who turns up. Sir Keith Porter was knighted for his work in the medical profession.
"We have people that come back, who have run companies or really progressed in their careers.
"I call us the golden oldies now that we are all over 60. Most of us will be retired by the time this next one comes around."
Although social media and the internet has come to make it easier to bring her and her friends together, Freda is adamant the online world will not come to replace their reunions.
"We are not virtual friends, we are real friends," she said. "On Facebook there are so many people trying to like you who you have no connection with at all.
"Those that come to our reunion have not seen each other for the 40 years and are still friends. They were friends then and they are friends now. These reunions bring people together from all over the world. You can't trade Facebook for real contact."
l If you would like to attend the reunion, contact Freda via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or via telephone on 01793 334883


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A timely apology or mea culpa is not a magic elixir, but it's worked wonders for some public figures, frequently restoring or even boosting their standing in the community.
Former president Bill Clinton was a master.
For others, including Mayor Sam Katz, sorry seems to be the hardest word.
The mayor is an unapologetic man, and he makes no apologies for it.
In fact, as Free Press columnist Gordon Sinclair recently reported, the only time Katz has apologized for a personal error over the last 10 years was in a letter to a woman who was angry after witnessing him toss his chewing gum onto the ground. The mayor initially denied the infraction, but eventually came clean.
Littering is hardly the worst accusation the mayor has faced, so it's a bit of a mystery why he went the extra mile over this incident, while stubbornly denying any other mistake or error in judgment.
The mayor also made an implicit apology -- without using the word -- when he returned a valueless shell company to Phil Sheegl, the city's chief administrative officer, who had sold it to the mayor for $1. Katz called criticism of the transaction a "witch hunt," but he later agreed the optics were bad, which isn't quite an apology.
Unfortunately for the mayor, he seems unaware some of his political problems over the years might have vanished if he had just uttered the hardest word, but it's like he can't get it out.
When he was confronted with accusations of conflict of interest over a $3,000 bill at a restaurant he owned, he should have apologized, pleaded ignorance and paid back the money.
The issue likely would have disappeared, but Katz simply could not say sorry. As a result, he faced a conflict-of-interest challenge in court, where he was cleared of the accusation, but found to have exhibited poor political and ethical behaviour, a damning judgment that will forever be on his record. The case is under appeal.
It's unclear if the mayor doesn't understand the perception factor in politics, doesn't care, or simply has a hard time admitting an error.
He still doesn't grasp the idea, for example, that it was a gross abuse of power for him and deputy mayor Russ Wyatt to spend $70,000 on a political campaign that had not been endorsed by council or any of its committees, including his inner circle of supporters on executive policy committee.
Katz has resorted to the famous "mistakes were made" line, whereby the blame is somehow redirected to others, but at least he hasn't used the non-apology apology, where the public figure admits he's unhappy you're unhappy.
Apologizing can be an act of cynical political expediency, or a moment of genuine self-cleansing where the apologist throws himself or herself at the mercy of the public. It was never clear which option applied to Clinton when he was explaining his problems with serial adultery.
Lance Armstrong's apology over drug-use issues, after years of denial, seemed too little, too late, but at least he was freed from the need for persistent lying.
Even Prime Minister Stephen Harper was able to bring himself to say "sorry" over the Senate expense scandal, but it was a rare moment for a man who also doesn't like admitting a mistake.
Henry Kissinger should have a lot to apologize about, but his mantra was and is: "No apologies, no regrets."
Rob Ford? Forget about it.
The proliferation of apologies and admissions of personal wrongdoing by politicians and celebrities have started to attract the attention of psychologists, who are trying to figure out why some people are sorry, while others are in denial.
There's no definitive judgment yet, but some psychologists believe refusing to apologize is actually good for the self-esteem.
Australian psychologist Tyler Okimoto conducted several experiments on the subject, including one involving about 300 people who were asked to explain why they did or did not apologize for an error or wrongdoing.
He found those who had refused to apologize felt "greater power and greater levels of self-esteem" than those who had made an apology.
"There can be beneficial psychological consequences for individuals who refuse to provide an apology to the victims of their harmful actions," Okimoto said.
If that's the case, then Mayor Katz's self-esteem may have suffered a minor setback over a piece of gum.
Otherwise, in his mind, he's got nothing to apologize for.


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It has been a long time since I finished my harvest of dried beans. They have all been shelled, sorted, and weighed.
All the pole beans are planted under tripods and trained to climb on twine. Each planting consisted of 9 beans, planted 3 on a side.
In addition to the pole beans I have planted other years, this year I added 6 new varieties. They where selected based on their bean size. (It is easier to shell large beans.)
Here is their yield and some basic characteristics.
- True Red Cranberry = 1 lb, 10 oz
Similar to kidney bean flavor
from the Abnaki Indians of Maine
- Good Morning Stallard = 2 lbs.
Sweeter meaty flavor, great for soups
- Speckled Cranberry = 10 oz.
From England, a triple purpose bean,
(snap bean, green shell, dried bean).
- Hidatsa Shield Figure = 2 lbs. 3 oz.
From the Hidatsa tribe of North Dakota.
- Brockton Horticulture = 1 lb., 14 oz.
Took longer to cook,
nutty flavor, from Brockton, Massachusetts.
- Sunset Runner Beans = 2 lb., 5 oz.
Smooth inner meat, chewy skin.
All total I harvested over 13 pounds of dried beans to be used in soups and other recipes. For storage they where sealed in vacuum bags.
While separating some of the beans to be used next year for planting I discovered that the beans I harvested are not the same shade as the beans I planted.
In this picture of 2 varieties, the beans on the left of each group are the beans that I planted. The beans on the right of each group are the beans I harvested. For some reason they have lost their dark tan coloring. Next year I will plant some of the original beans and some of my harvested beans. It will be interesting to see what I get. Is the change because of my growing conditions or have my beans cross pollinated and changed.
The seeds I planted came from http://www.seedsavers.org/ .


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Moore Irwin Patrick Sharpe
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My father, Patrick Moore, Irwin Sharpe, was born 10 Aug 1840 in Moaghan County, Northern Ireland, the son of James Joseph Sharpe (1813-1888) and Elizabeth Irwin (Sharpe) (1819-1884). Father's clan of Sharpes originated in Scotland and because of the constant internal disorders between the Scots and the Engish in which the various religious sects fought for control, many of the Scots, particulary those of Presbyterian Faith, found it necessary to leave Scotland to save their lives. These Scots immigrated to the North part of Ireland, among them the Sharpes'.
Father told my brother John Sharpe many times that his ancesty could be traced bck to Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scotland. Stuart has been a family name (with variations in the spelling to Sewart) for generations back. We are also connected with the Moores and the Irwins, both Scotch and Irish names. Thus father's name of Moore Irwin Sharpe were family names.
Ten children were born of this family:
Susan M (Parriott) 1837; William 1838; Patrick Moore Irwin, 10 Aug 1840; Emma (Giggs) 1842; James 1846, (believed died in infancy); Margaret Jane (Wilson) 1850; Jemina (or Jane or Marky Jane) 1856; Samuel Stewart 1858; Joseph James 1859; Elizabeth (Stockdale) 1860.
Moore was educated in a school that taught Arithmetic and Reading, base on the Bible, so he was an exceptional student. Each student in school had to bring thier own peat to school, otherwise they couldn't be near the stove to keep warm, which was in the center of the classroom. They only text books were the Bible and the arithmetic book. In his earlier years, used to walk to Monaghan and carry his shoes and socks with him and put them on when getting to town as was the custom at the time.
Moore and two Aunts. One of them "Auntie Sharpe", possibly Aunt Nancy, the wife of Stewart Sharpe, who were resideing in a borough of Mercersburg, Pa.; according to the 1860 Census, gave him and his brother William, the necessary funds in gold to purchase two 3rd class steerage tickets on a boat sailing for American, the land rich in gold and full of opportunities.
My sister Emma wrote, Jim Sharpe under date of 11 Nov 1918 at father's dictation, "that he left Dundalk Port Ireland, Saturday, 8 May 1864 and sailed for Liverpool, England, leaving there 18 May 1864, arriving at Philadelphia, Pa., 23 Jun 1864."
The potato famine in Ireland forced further immigration. America, with it vast resources, offered opportunities for these Irish and our clan of Sharpes went on move again, this time to the States. It is believed most of this family came to America before James Joseph and Elizabeth Sahrpe migrated in 1872, James settling in Butler County, Iowa, then to section 22 of Hamilton Townshipe, Franklin County, near Hampton, Iowa, in 1875 where his son Joseph James had bought had bought an eighty acre farm. They raised Durham Cattle, having fifty head of stock, besides five horses and a graded Norman horse. James was a presbyterian, a republican, Elizabeth a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church and son Joseph a Presbyterian.
Back to Mercersburgh, Pennsylvania, where Moore and William had come to live in the home of thier uncle Stewart Sharpe, a person of great means, and wife Nancy, who were without children, Stewart decied in 1864 to "bind them out" to learn a trade, for three years of apprenticeship. Father was "bound" to learn carriage blacksmithing and William to learn the carpenter work required to making buggies. They were set thus to work there in or near Mercersburg. The Civil War was then on, in its last stages.
Now William did not exactly like the thing for some reason, and after a while, he quit. He came to father one day, maybe at a picnic, clothes in a package in his hand and declared he was running away. He wanted father to go with him the worst kind, but father refused and stuck it out, learning his trade, and it was a good trade in those days, and father became a skilled work man. Father once related that a carriage commanded a price of $250.00. Apparently Uncle Stewart figured that his two nephews could work together and make these high priced carriages. Father was leaning the trade when President Lincoln was shot (1865).
Since father was over 18 years of age, he had to be naturalized. His declaration to become a citizen of the United States was filed at Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 14 Dec 1870. He was sworn and admitted as a citizen of the United States, according to a statement given Jim Sharpe 15 Nov 1918, by W.S. Kolb, Prothonotary, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Incidentally, nothing was ever thereafter heard of Uncle William, and what became of him, non of us ever found out. Father thought he went to Georgia.
After father learned the trade, he worked at different places: Mercersburg, Newville, New Castle, Waynesboro, Saint Thomas. In Waynesboro, he worked in the Frick Machine Shope and learned a trade that became very useful thru his entired life. Mother told Jim Sharpe that father wore laundried white linen pants, while at work in the blacksmith shop. In or near St. Thomas, he worked for a similar proprietor.
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Children from around the county were handed a 'moment to shine' when encouraged to take part in various sporting activities.
Keen to make the most of the euphoria and enthusiasm ignited by the Olympic Torch Relay, a variety of 'come and try' sports sessions were held at Sir Thomas Picton School and Fishguard Leisure Centre to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic torch on Sunday, May 27th.
The sessions were organised by Sport Pembrokeshire, along with Pembrokeshire Leisure —the leisure services team at the County Council — and local voluntary sector clubs.
The events, which received sponsorship from 'Valero's 'Leading Partners in Sport' programme, attracted over 300 children to take part .
Big crowds and uninterrupted sunshine added to the possible once in a lifetime occasion Councillor Elwyn Morse, Cabinet spokesperson for Culture, Sport and Leisure said: "We are hoping that by introducing children to a range of sports on this momentous day, that they will join one of the clubs and continue their sports participation."
The clubs that contributed to the success of the day were: Haverfordwest Hockey Club, Haverfordwest Judo Club, Neyland Judo Club, Tenby Tennis Club, Pembroke Men's Hockey Club, Pembrokeshire Harriers, Crymych Boccia Club, Haverfordwest Hurricanes Wheelchair Basketball Club, The Fort Archers, Fishguard Flyers Swimming Club, Fishguard Gymnastics Club and Fishguard Hockey Club.
Councillor Morse added: "It was a perfect way to round off the torch relay in Pembrokeshire and even more children will now hopefully be inspired to take part in sport during this very special Olympic year."


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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Dell's ( DELL) leveraged buyout is looming, according to media reports, a move that could spell good news for the struggling tech titan. Citing people familiar with the discussions, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that a deal to take Dell private could be finalized within days, adding that shareholders will be offered a price of $13 to $14 a share. On Monday CNBC reported that the buyout talks are "coming to a head" with an announcement anticipated early this week, possibly as soon as tomorrow morning. CNBC added that the deal value could be close to $13.50 a share. Dell shares surged dramatically last month after Bloomberg reported that the No.3 PC maker was in buyout talks with private equity firms. Deal chatter has grown even louder recently, with Dell reportedly nearing an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by CEO Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Last week Reuters reported that the Dell chief is expected to take a majority ownership in the firm, with Silver Lake and Microsoft ( MSFT) becoming minority investors, adding that a deal could happen today. Dell, which has a market cap of $22.95 billion, declined to comment on this story when contacted by TheStreet. Nonethless, a buyout would help Dell re-invent itself, say analysts, boosting its push into lucrative areas such as enterprise services. The company has suffered in the face of stiff competition from the likes of Apple's ( AAPL) iPad and ongoing weakness in the PC market. "Assuming the transaction is consummated, Michael Dell would be free to execute his turnaround without the scrutiny of the public market and his majority ownership stake would provide him flexibility to do what he sees fit in order to drive long-term value," wrote Greg Poole, an analyst at Deutsche Bank, in a note released on Monday. "Going private would enable Dell, who has faced a reduction in PC demand, to re-invent itself away from the public eye and the pressure of shareholders," added analyst firm Canaccord Genuity, in another note. Dell shares dipped 3.12% to $13.20 in early afternoon trading on Monday. Microsoft's stock was down 1.25% at $27.58.


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Wimbledon, England – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have a common nemesis when it comes to Grand Slam finals, where they always seem to find themselves playing Rafael Nadal.
Their own rivalry goes way back as well, but rarely gets as much attention since it has largely taken place in semifinals of the major tournaments. They'll go at it again at Wimbledon on Friday – their ninth meeting in the last four of a Grand Slam since 2008.
Federer and Djokovic easily set up another highly anticipated match-up Wednesday as the Swiss six-time champion wrapped up a dominating 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over Mikhail Youzhny of Russia just a few minutes before the top-ranked Serb finished off a 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Florian Mayer on Court 1.
It will be the 27th meeting between the two, but the first at Wimbledon.
"It is our first grass-court match. We don't know quite what to expect," said Federer, who leads their head-to-head series 14-12. "I feel it's a bit of an even ground."
It should certainly be more evenly matched than their quarter-finals.
Playing in front of Prince William and his wife Catherine in the Royal Box, Federer looked every bit the 16-time Grand Slam winner against Youzhny, a player he has now beaten 14 times in as many meetings.
At one point, with the frustrated Russian running out of ideas of how to stop the onslaught, Youzhny looked up in despair toward the Royal Box to jokingly ask Andre Agassi – who was also sitting in the front row – for advice. Not even Agassi could help him, though, and Federer wrapped up the win in 1 hour, 32 minutes.
"It was pretty funny," Federer said. "Mikhail is a great guy."
Djokovic didn't need much longer than Federer to beat Mayer despite getting off to a shaky start, trailing by a break in the first set. He broke right back, though, and held his serve the rest of the way to set up another meeting with Federer.
"Roger has been on the top of the men's game for so long," Djokovic said. "This is where he won six titles. He definitely wants to prove himself and to everybody else that he can win it once again."
The good news for the winner of that semi-final is that Nadal will not be waiting in the final this time.
With the second-ranked Spaniard having been eliminated in the second round, either Andy Murray of Britain or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be playing in their first Wimbledon final.
Murray rallied from a set and a break down to beat No. 7 David Ferrer of Spain 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (4), while Tsonga ousted first-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
As always at this point in the tournament, "Murray Mania" is setting in at Wimbledon.
Murray is in the semi-finals for the fourth straight year, giving him one more chance of becoming the first British man since 1938 to reach to the final. The last British man to win the title was Fred Perry in 1936. And with Nadal out of the way, the expectations on Murray are higher than ever.
"Subconsciously I'm probably extremely stressed out right now, but I try not to feel it," Murray said. "If you think too much about it and you read the newspapers and you watch the stuff on TV that's said about you, it would become far too much. But if you shield yourself from it all and get into your own little bubble, only listen to the people that are around you, then it's something you can deal with."
Murray looked to be in serious trouble against Ferrer but broke the Spaniard when he served for the second set at 5-4, and then saved a set point in the tiebreaker before seizing the momentum.
Next up is Tsonga, who knows a thing or two about playing under pressure as the top "home" player at the French Open. Although Tsonga said the level of hysteria doesn't compare, since there are more elite French players around.
"Here for Andy it's difficult because he's alone," Tsonga said. "In France it's okay. We have many players and that's fine, but here for him it's really difficult because every eyes are on him and it's tough for him." – Sapa-AP


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Did you know?
About 30 000 people live in Fouriesburg and the neighbouring township of Mashaeng.
'If you're looking for an outdoor adventure in the mountains, you will not run out of things to do in this area,' says Fouriesburg resident Lucinda Hooley, who has an excellent knowledge of the region.
Hooley moved to the small town in the Free State province over a decade ago when she was looking for a place in the country with beautiful scenery but not too much tourist glitz.
'There are superb hikes and horse trails, or you can simply sit under a tree and take in the scenery,' she says.
For those interested in horse trails, there are excellent options. One of them, Shumba Valley Farm, operated by Di Armour, offers anything from one-hour rides to trails lasting several days.
Hikers have several routes from which to choose, ranging from 2km paths to multi-day hikes, including a trail to see dinosaur footprints at the Mafube Mountain Retreat.
Fouriesburg is about 30km from the popular town of Clarens, and many visitors enjoy the drive through the mountains to spend the day in Clarens or the nearby Golden Gate Highlands National Park.
Winter is a particularly popular time in Fouriesburg, when the surrounding Maluti, Rooiberg and Witteberg mountains are covered in snow.
Cherry season, in November, is also popular, when Fouriesburg and nearby Ficksburg offer visitors the opportunity to see a working cherry farm, where they can walk through the orchards, ride on tractors and pick their own cherries.
The food and accommodation in and around Fouriesburg is an adventure in itself. Visitors can stay at a guest farm, working farm, in one of the nature reserves or in one of the B&Bs in town.
A novelty in town is Issy's Supermarket, one of the last remaining old-style general dealers where you buy anything from a bag of maize to a bicycle.
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Who to contact
Fouriesburg Info
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Fouriesburg Country Inn
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Tel: +27 (0)58 223 0207
Lucinda Hooley (resident with an excellent knowledge of the area)
Tel: +27 (0)58 223 0429
Cell: +27 (0)58 223 0429
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How to get here
Fouriesburg is an easy 330km drive from Johannesburg.
Best time to visit
All-year round. If you would like to see the cherry blossoms, visit in spring (October), and if you would like to pick your own cherries, go in November. For those who enjoy snow, it frequently snows in winter.
Around the area
Take the 30km drive on the R711 from Fouriesburg to Clarens for a wonderfully scenic drive. The Caledonspoort border post between South Africa and Lesotho is 10km from Fouriesburg if you would like to visit Lesotho.
Tours to do
You'll find a choice of trails on horseback and on foot in the area.
Get around
It's best to drive your own vehicle, or explore the area on foot or on horseback.
Length of stay
At least two to three days.
What to pack
Outdoor gear.
Where to stay
Visit the Fouriesburg Info website for a choice of accommodation in and around the town.
What to eat
The town has a couple of restaurants and many of the accommodation options offer meals. Try eisbein and spare ribs at Die Plaas Stoep Pub and Grill; try the steaks at The Windmill; or enjoy a buffet at the Fouriesburg Country Inn, which also has a wine cellar.
Best buys
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Sapphire, like the Essence of a Clear Sky
de Sarah Cohen
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I photographed the only three synagogues in Mumbai, India; Keneseth Eliyahoo, Magen David, and Magen Hassidim. Very few Jewish people remain in India - 4,000 in Mumbai and 1,000 elsewhere. The majority of the population left when India gained its independence and Israel became a state in 1948. In 2006, "about 20 people attended services, mostly visitors" at the Keneseth Eliyahoo synagogue (Schoenberg).
All three synagogues I visited in Mumbai were painted blue either on the exterior, somewhere in the interior, or both. The color blue has several significant meanings in Judaism. The Talmud writes that there should be blue thread on the tzitzith, " 'The blue wool resembles the ocean, the ocean resembles the color of the sky, the sky resembles the purity of the sapphire, and the sapphire resembles the throne of G-d' (Chullin 89). Along similar lines, Israel's leaders get a vision of G-d on His Throne during the revelation at Sinai. The throne room is seen as being paved with 'sapphire brick, like the essence of a clear sky,' (Exodus 24:10) and the Midrash writes that the two tablets themselves were sapphire" (faqs.org).
The synagogues reflect the influence of colonial European and Indian architecture, layout, and decoration of the time.
My original plan in Mumbai was to photograph Israeli tourists visiting India, and the large majority who passed through the Chabad House or Nariman House, as it's called in India. Unfortunately, the Bank of India took the building that the Nariman House occupied, and now, consequently, there is no Chabad community in Mumbai. I photographed the Jewish synagogues instead. My affinity towards my religion, Judaism, has familial cultural and historical heritage. I like being Jewish, but I don't feel it necessary to practice. As long as I marry Jewish and have Jewish babies, then I feel Jewish. Photographing synagogues is my way of practicing Judaism; my way of praying. I think it's my duty to document, so that the images can live on; it's my way of preserving the religion and my heritage.
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PTDI - The Professional Truck Driver Institute
is North America's foremost advocate of truck-driver
training standards, driver professionalism, and safety.
Since 1986, the PTDI has been working with the carriers, truck driver training
schools, insurance industry, and government to make safety a national #1
priority in the trucking industry. PTDI is the first nonprofit organization to
develop uniform skill performance, curriculum, and certification standards for
the trucking industry and to award course certification to entry-level truck
driver training courses and motor carrier driver-finishing programs. Our goals
are to advance truck driver training, proficiency, and professionalism and to
put quality drivers on the roads. PTDI works with carriers and schools
throughout the certification process to obtain national recognition that their
programs meet these standards. PTDI has been certifying entry-level truck driver
training courses since 1989.
"I have to believe that the
things we did and the current methods of truck driver training schools as a
result of the standards we put together have led to improved, safer drivers out
there, and this began with the PTDI."
Ed Kynaston,
PTDI(A)'s first president
"All of us say the same thing: how good the training was and how
lucky we were to have landed there rather than somewhere else. After being out
here on the road and talking to guys that have been through other programs, I
know I got a lot more experience than they did. There wasn't a single day I didn't
think back on the practical experience I received and say 'man, those guys knew
what they were doing.' Their program was right on the money."
Bror Lindgren,
graduate of a PTDI-certified course, driver since January 2000
"If you can improve the knowledge and ability and skills of the driver,
then you're going to drastically improve the overall safety record of the trucking
company, which means lower insurance costs and greater productivity and safer roads for
the motoring public... I am very candid when talking to insurance companies about
their need to support PTDI and the dedication of those people involved in raising
the standards of drivers in America."
Terry Burnett,
President, Burnett Insurance Corp., Little Rock, Arkansas
"PTDI has had a positive effect on a lot of schools, even those who haven't
gotten PTDI certification. I think companies have seen the value of these standards.
PTDI's most significant contribution was to establish the amount of hours required
and topics covered for entry-level driver training and to make the schools acccountable.
It's a tough industry for an individual as a career, and sometimes I think there's
a tendency to settle for a lesser quality employee."
Kerry Kearl,
Vice President of Company Fleets, Crete Carrier, Lincoln, Nebraska
"PTDI is the STANDARD when it comes to ensuring the future professional
truck driver is trained and educated to help move America. Over the past 35 years, I
have witnessed many schools come and go; however, PTDI firmly stands behind the
performance and outcome standards within its network of truck driving schools.
I am a card-carrying CDL holder who know what it takes to be a professional."
Kevin W. Burch,
President-Jet Express, Inc. Dayton,Ohio; 2009-2010 Chairman , Truckload Carrier Association


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Delphine Arnault, aka the woman who is doing all that designer wooing/moving at LVMH (think Nicolas Ghesquiere to Vuitton, and J.W. Anderson to Loewe), is not the only tall, blonde, smart daughter of a luxury brand founder to be making an impact on the creative side of luxury; now Virginie Courtin-Clarins, aka the granddaughter of the founder of beauty group Clarins, aka the new Director of Development, Marketing and Communications of Mugler Fashion, has just announced the appointment of David Koma as Artistic Director. Like Mr Anderson, Mr Koma is part of the new wave of Hot Young British designers. And like Ms Arnault, Ms Courtin-Clarins, who is in her late 20s, is part of a new generation of luxury scions entering the business and reshaping their brands. Read more
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MINEHEAD'S iconic Beach Hotel is open and ready for business, almost a year since YMCA Somerset Coast announced plans to take it over.
The hotel is also home to a café, the Minehead Museum and the town's information centre, all of which have been opened for a few months.
But now the hotel itself – and a restaurant – are ready to start taking customers.
Manager Dave Jackson said: "We've already had our first few guests this week and we're looking forward to welcoming more.
"It's exciting to see it all taking place."
The YMCA wanted to take over the building to provide jobs and accommodation for young people in the area.
They have been working hard to get everything in order since the green light was given in November.
West Somerset College is working in collaboration with the YMCA to provide the training element for staff.
MP for West Somerset, Ian Liddell Grainger said: "The YMCA has worked very hard to put this project together to help young people in Minehead and to provide employment and training in the tourist industry which is so important in the area."


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I purchased the How to Grill book and Santa gave me a weber kettle grill. During my time off, I made the smoked beef brisket and was absolutely amazed with the outcome. The meat was very tender and had a great smoky flavor. The only fine-tuning I had to make was to lightly salt the sliced pieces.
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Yelich setting tone atop lineup
ATLANTA -- As the Marlins slogged through an awful April in 2013, Miami outfielder Christian Yelich honed his skills with Double-A Jacksonville. One year later, Yelich has helped revitalize the Marlins offense atop the lineup.
Yelich extended his career best hitting streak to 15 games in the first inning Monday against the Braves at Turner Field. Although Miami suffered a seven-game losing streak early on in Yelich's streak, his hot bat has helped the Marlins win four of their last five.
"Hitting streaks are good, but I'm definitely happier about us winning," Yelich said.
Should Yelich maintain his reliability as Miami's table setter, the Marlins can continue to rebound from a 100-loss season. The Fish entered Monday with a 9-10 record, which is already one win better than last season's 8-19 April.
Yelich entered Monday tied for fourth in the Majors with 15 runs scored, tied for 17th with a .333 (24-for-72) batting average and ranks 18th with a .407 on-base percentage. In 2013, Miami's leadoff hitters batted .229 (155-for-678) with 63 runs scored.
Yelich chalks up his success to simply doing what is required of a leadoff hitter. Miami's team batting average of .279 (48-for-172) with runners in scoring position, which was tied for fourth-best in the Majors entering Monday, also helps.
"That's basically your job when you hit at the top of the lineup -- get on for those guys behind you to drive you in," Yelich said. "They've been able to do that this year."
Marlins manager Mike Redmond described Yelich's impact in the leadoff spot as "huge," but he is also impressed by how well Miami's entire crop of young players have performed so far this season.
Marcell Ozuna has tallied 10 RBIs and 12 runs and is tied with Yelich for 17th in the Majors with a .333 (23-for-69) batting average. Adeiny Hechavarria ranks 25th with a .310 (22-for-71) clip, and he has already scored 11 runs. He did not score his 11th run last season until June 9 on his 186th plate appearance.
"They have a lot of confidence, which is great," Redmond said. "No panic. That's the beauty of our young guys. Probably because we got them some experience last year. They came into Spring Training kind of understanding what the big leagues is all about, and the comfort level for them is much better."
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
More companies are rewarding high-performers with travel experiences — and for good reason group of two dozen salespeople who were gathered for a conference in Minneapolis last June were enjoying a pre-conference dinner together when the subject of incentive travel trips came up. Picture the table full of comedians swapping stories in "Broadway Danny Rose," only more diverse in terms of age and gender.
"Whatever happened to those incentive trips we used to go on?" asked one rep fondly. The tone in his voice and faraway look in his eyes revealed his desire to have his company revive the more generous incentive budgets of yesteryear.
That single question ignited tales of incentive trip memories from around the table (and around the world), most more than a few years old. If there was ever a question as to the staying power of incentive travel experiences, it was quashed that night.
Even more impressive was the fact that this group of old-school road warriors — men and women who spend 150 nights or more on the road — were talking fondly about their companies taking them away from their homes yet again.
But these trips were different. These trips were to exotic locations and designed solely to recognize their stellar accomplishments. They were spending time with high-performing colleagues as well as top-level executives. There was gourmet food, grand galas and perhaps a cocktail or two to be had.
Climbing Back
The concept behind incentive travel in sales departments is as timeless as giving workers a holiday turkey or a gold watch at retirement. Through the years, the format has hardly changed: Bring your significant other, get a pat on the back and have your picture taken with the CEO, and then go back and earn another trip again the following year.
Only the following year's program disappeared for a number of companies. For some, they disappeared as many as 10 years ago; for most, however, it was after the economic collapse of 2008 and the media mashing of American International Group and other corporate giants that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on extravagant trips while simultaneously laying off thousands of employees.
Don't look now, but incentive travel programs are slowly but steadily finding their way back into corporate budgets.
"It's not the heyday of 2005-07, but studies over the past two years show that budgets are stable," says Melissa Van Dyke, President of the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF), a nonprofit group that funds research and develops products that serve the global incentive industry. The IRF sent questionnaires to 2,461 incentive providers for its 2012 Pulse Survey and received 246 responses (nearly a 10 percent return rate). While most respondents indicated they would remain conservative with their incentive travel spending (see box on page 42), there were positive signs.
Almost 32 percent of respondents planned to increase their incentive travel budget. Looking at it from the other end, less than 20 percent of companies expected to decrease their incentive travel spend. "That's a far cry from where we were five years ago when everyone was decreasing their budget," Van Dyke says.
Does it motivate?
As with everything in the tightly controlled, post-recession business environment, the bottom line rules the day. If you can prove return on investment, they'll find money for your program.
"Pervasively, the thing that we get questioned from a research standpoint is, 'What is the evidence that this stuff works?' People always need fresh data on building a case for incentive travel. That never goes away," says Van Dyke.
She is confident that some of the latest research, compiled in conjunction with Aberdeen Group, is more compelling than ever. In 2012, top-performing organizations averaged 88 percent customer retention, had a 12 percent year-over-year increase in the sales team's attainment of quota (versus 1 percent for average companies), and an 8 percent increase in average deal size (versus less than 1 percent for all other companies).
What other characteristics did the top companies of 2012 share? All of them — that's 100 percent — used group incentive travel and company-sponsored events. Among those businesses that fell into the "average" category, 81 percent used group incentive travel and 57 percent used company-sponsored events.
Those numbers ought to impress even the biggest of non-believers. But despite all of the talk about corporate incentive travel use falling off a cliff, a number of companies have remained avid believers of the motivational capabilities of travel even during the down economy.
CooperVision Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of contact lenses, has regularly sponsored an annual incentive travel trip for its inside sales team — about 104 field reps and 20 telephone salespeople along with 12 regional directors.
Mary Rothermel, Vice President of Sales, says CooperVision's U.S. division has sponsored the spring trip for all of her 20 years at the company except for 2008, when executives canceled a planned excursion and distributed cash bonuses to top performers instead because it felt "it wasn't in the company's best interest." The fact that the trip was back the very next year is all you need to know about CooperVision's belief in incentive travel, she says.
The top 20 percent of CooperVision's field reps in terms of hitting annual quota and percent increase to quota earn the trip along with their significant other. About two dozen make the trip each year (usually less than half are repeat winners, Rothermel says) along with a single regional director. They have been to Italy and the Dominican Republic in recent years; this year's trip (which will actually occur in spring 2014) is to Costa Rica.
"We know it's a huge driver of sales performance," Rothermel says. "We don't have metrics that I can formally tell you it drives sales by 10 percent. It's just knowing that people want to win this trip. If (management) took it away, I'd have a meltdown. It would do a lot more damage if we did not have this kind of incentive for our overall morale and performance."
Research conducted jointly by the Site International Foundation (the research arm of the Society of Incentive Travel Executives) and the Incentive Travel Council (a strategic industry group within the Incentive Marketing Association) supports Rothermill's instinct.
Interestingly, the difference between earners' and non-earners' view of the motivational impact of an incentive travel program did not differ greatly. A survey of program participants showed that 95.5 percent of those who earned the reward said they were "a little motivated, motivated or extremely motivated" to earn the reward while 90.7 percent of non-earners were similarly motivated.
Asked how their level of motivation will change when working toward the next travel award, 54.1 percent of earners said it would "increase or increase significantly" for the same destination, while 47.5 percent of non-earners agreed. Nearly 69 percent of earners expressed that opinion for a different destination, as did 47.4 percent of non-earners. This supports the concept that a significant number of program participants who don't earn a spot on an incentive trip one year will work harder to be included the next. It also validates the strategy of changing destinations from year to year, as CooperVision does.
Structuring sales incentive travel programs so that every participant feels it's within grasp is critical to the overall success. Respondents to the Site/Incentive Travel Council survey gave management high marks for their fairness and clarity in setting goals.
When asked if the performance goal required to earn a travel reward was clear, 72.6 percent agreed or strongly agreed that it was. Only 8.9 percent had a negative view of the goal. Similarly, 77.7 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the goal was achievable, and almost 70 percent agreed or strongly agreed that it was fairly determined.
Mercury Insurance Group, a California-based provider of home, auto and business insurance policies, brings 100 of its top independent agents in selected states on a four-night trip each year. Winners are selected based on sales growth and other metrics. Last year's group went to Hawaii. Min Choi, Mercury's Director of Sales and Marketing Operations, says there are repeat winners, but fewer than some might suspect.
In fact, Choi, CooperVision's Rothermill and other incentive travel sponsors are encouraged to see different faces from year to year on the award trips.
Clearly, creating an incentive travel program that is rewarding for the participants and sponsor alike is a daunting task. Rothermel, Choi and others advise against tackling it without professional assistance. Both CooperVision and Mercury Insurance Group use BI Worldwide to structure their annual incentive travel programs, which includes everything from program launch and promotion, to communications before and after the trip, and even selecting and sourcing room gifts.
Rothermel says it wasn't always such. CooperVision used to put everything together in-house with leadership provided by the company's conventions manager. When the company doubled the size of its sales force, the incentive trip became too large of a project to handle alone.
"You really need to understand the travel industry," Rothermel says. "There is so much coordination of effort that needs to be put into these programs to make it rewarding and memorable. We want people to come back, share stories and drive sales behavior."
Choi says if there are any cost savings to be had from handling planning internally, they are not significant enough to counteract the increased risks of leaving professional planners out of the picture.
For organizations, it is basically a set of financial outcomes that exceed all related costs and result in positive return on investment (ROI). It is crucial to get agreement in advance on not only the primary objective of the program, but also on how performance will be measured. Otherwise, business stakeholders from one organizational area to another may disagree on value.
Continued evaluation is essential to improving results and creating win/win events. As the Site report states, "When organizations connect participant insights along with past program experience and design team instincts, that is when the program's effectively defined meaningfulness can make the difference between good and great outcomes."


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My last post discussed how managers can collect information to spot emerging opportunities in turbulent markets and illustrated these points with the case of Brazil's Banco Itau's acquisition of privatized banks in the 1990s. Information are most likely to reveal new opportunities to the extent it is real-time, combines first-hand observation with statistical data, shared across silos in the organization, and drawing on multiple data sources within and outside the firm.
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Player InformationFlames Home > Track & Field Home > Track & Field Roster > Roster Detail
Shelley ParkerClass: Senior
Position: Pole Vault
Height: 5-5
Previous School: Brookville HS
Hometown: Lynchburg, Va.
2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll for the third year in a row
• Came in sixth in the Big South pole vault
• Season-best clearance of 11-11.75 came in her outdoor season opener at the Coastal Carolina Invitational
2011-12 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Vaulted an indoor personal-best 12-1.5 twice, including at the ECAC meet where she tied for seventh place
• Tied for sixth place in the Big South pole vault final
• Honored as Big South Women's Field Athlete of the Week on Jan. 26, after her first of three 12-foot pole vault clearances on the season, at the Hokie Invitational
2011 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Included on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Captured the Big South outdoor pole vault crown, with a third-attempt clearance at a personal-best 12-7.5
• Became the No. 2 women's pole vaulter in program history with that performance
• First Lady Flame since Aimee Riley in 2005 to sweep the Big South indoor and outdoor pole vault championships in the same year
• Finished 11th in the ECAC pole vault final
• Joined the 12-foot club for the first time at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational, sailing over 12-1.5
2010-11 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Won the Big South pole vault title, thanks to a first-attempt clearance at 11-9.75
• Tied for 13th in the pole vault in her first appearance at the ECAC indoor meet
2010 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member
• Big South pole vault runner-up with a season-best 11-8 clearance
2009-10 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Earned her first All-Big South award by tying for third place in the pole vault final
• Graduated from Brookville High School
• Won five state titles during her final two seasons, including four in the pole vault
• Swept the Virginia Group AA state crowns in the indoor and outdoor pole vault as both a junior and senior
• Helped Brookville win the Group AA 4 x 100 relay championship in 2008
• Daughter of Dr. Michael and Donalyn Parker
• Exercise science major
• Birthday is on July 3
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
200 – 27.97
PV – 12-7.5 (3.85m)
Big South Individual Titles (2)
2011 Indoor Pole Vault
2011 Outdoor Pole Vault
All-Big South Honors (5)
2010 Indoor Pole Vault – T-3rd
2010 Outdoor Pole Vault – 2nd
2011 Indoor Pole Vault – 1st
2011 Outdoor Pole Vault - 1st
2013 Indoor Pole Vault - 3rd


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Dark Purple Izumi Paper Lantern
Check out this beautifully purple Chinese lantern. Lanterns are my favorite type of light and I have numerous ones of all kinds hanging in my abode, they give off such a soft and earthy light and a great calm feeling. <3 This one is cylindrical and so kawaii!!!!


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AS far as debuts go, Bradley Orr's Blackburn Rovers bow was almost as bad as it gets.
Now, a little more than a year on the Liverpudlian right back returns to the scene of the crime looking to exorcise a few ghosts and earn a place in FA Cup folklore.
Rovers' 7-1 Premier League defeat at the Emirates Stadium last season was a glimpse of Arsenal at their best, as the likes of Robin van Persie, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott tore Steve Kean's men to shreds.
Arsene Wenger's class of 2013 may be without Van Persie, now plying his trade at Manchester United, but Orr knows from first hand experience the damage some of the other squad can inflict.
Rovers travel to the Emirates for this afternoon's FA Cup fifth round tie on the back of a four-match unbeaten streak and looking to spring the latest shock in this season's competition.
Orr said: "That was a rude awakening to the task ahead. What can you say? We got battered on the day. We went down to 10 men and they just ran amok. Van Persie was unplayable as were probably six or seven others.
"It's devastating, because it's a massive dent in your personal pride, because you want to do as well as you can.
"You don't mean to go out and get on the end of a batterring.
"Sometimes you are just chasing shadows like we were in that game and hopefully it's not more of the same. We can adapt and do a lot better than we did when we played there last time."
Rovers are hopeful the Gunners will have their minds elsewhere tomorrow, with a Champions League meeting with Bayern Munich just a few days away, but Orr knows whoever plays will be the toughest yet for Michael Appleton's men.
"They are a top club," he said. "With top European players who have all won a lot throughout their careers, so it's going to be a massive test.
"But it's in the middle of the Champions League games so you don't know what team they are going to play. They have a lot of talent and strength in depth even if it's young lads that come in.
"They have the top young lads in Europe because you know the scouting network that Arsenal have got.
"It will be tough but it's a nice distraction from the league, something that we can go and enjoy playing at a fantastic stadium at a top club and see how we adapt and adjust to that."
Arsenal's FA Cup final misery in 2001, when they lost to Liverpool in the final, was a sweet moment for Orr, in the crowd as fan that day.
And he travels to London dreaming of inflicting more cup misery more a decade on.
"The Owen final in 2001, I remember it very well," he said. "I went, it was in Cardiff. They had the invincibles team with Henry and Vieira.
"Being a Reds supporter it was great on the day. We got battered for most of the game and Owen pops up and wins it for you."
As a Rovers player, Orr is hoping that the midweek draw with a Brighton side who share a similar style with Arsenal, will reap its benefits.
Orr added: "We're looking forward to Saturday against another team that likes to keep loads of possession and make you work so it's another big test for us.
"A win? That's the dream scenario. Why would we want another game, a replay?
"I think we've got eight games in 30 days so we don't want to make it nine."


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April 21, 2012 by in Business News | Legal
On Tuesday, April 10, Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill which reforms voting rights and guardianship laws in Arizona. House Bill 2377, sponsored by Representative Eddie Farnsworth (R-Gilbert) now permits the Courts to determine, by clear and convincing evidence, that a person can retain sufficient understanding to exercise their right to vote. "Previously, under a… Read More →


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The simplicity of a fresh salad is one of the hallmarks of all our meals. Regardless of what is on the menu, a simple seasonal salad is our favorite way to start the feast. Fresh, crisp lettuce, a bright addition of fruit and tangy vinaigrette is the perfect starter to please the palate.Our Southern California weather is so kind to us, allowing our garden to explode with edibles year round. With fresh pomegranates still clinging to their branches and our first batch of Meyer lemons ripening on the tree, we're rushing to make this salad before they disappear. Fresh lettuce is abundant in the garden too, so, yes, we're spoiled.
We're fortunate to have such a fantastic citrus growing region too, allowing us to relish in many citrus varieties, especially the Meyer lemon. The bright, floral beauty of the Meyer lemon lends perfectly to a vinaigrette. Just a simple squeeze of the yellow fruit and you'll have a terrific perfumed and appetizing dressing for even the simplest of salads.
The wonderful thing about this salad is that it truly is simple, with three-star ingredients that make it perfectly complete. Lettuce, the tart bite of pomegranate seeds and a bright Meyer lemon vinaigrette and you've stimulated the appetite and can appreciate three stellar flavors combined in one bite.
Pomegranate Salad with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette
For the Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette:
• 4 tablespoons fresh Meyer lemon juice (approximately 1 large Meyer lemon)
• 4 tablespoons good-quality olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
For the Salad:
• Fresh lettuce, torn
• 1 medium pomegranate, shucked
1. Combine all vinaigrette ingredients in a medium bowl. Whisk together well.
2. Toss lettuce, pomegranate seeds and vinaigrette together before serving.
Todd Porter and Diane Cu are professional food and travel photographers who publish the popular food blog White on Rice. Their lives have always been about love, family, friends, sharing, exploring and food.
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L'Oréal RevitaLift Miracle Blur
L'Oréal RevitaLift Miracle Blur Reviews
L'Oreal, What Were You Thinking?I like the intent of L'Oreal's "Miracle Blur," as it contains Opti-Blur Technology to make your complexion look flawless. And I love the fact that it contains an SPFof 30 for protection. But there are far too many silica- and oil-based ingredients to expect women to wear it over a moisturizer and possibly under foundation. It's far too heavy and I was very aware of it being on my skin. It did ...read morenothing to improve the look of my skin; I couldn't wait to wash it off! I was surprised at such a disappointing product from such a reputable company. — 3 years, 9 months agoGigiSD | 1102 reviews
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Not!I'm not so sure about this one! It's very greasy, thick, nasty! Feels like a satiny vaseline when applied to the skin. There's no way the skin can breath with this on. I'm going to try the oil free one but if it's anything like this I'm going to throw it away! Way too expensive to ad! — 3 years, 9 months agoEricaC123 | 458 reviews
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EwwI still can't figure out if I got a bad sample, or what, but this stuff is gross!! I got a sample and coupon in my Allure magazine and was so excited to try this Miracle "skin smoother." The packaging says to apply to face after it has been washed and you have put moisturizer on. After having done these two things, I opened the sample and squeezed some into my hands. EWW. The consistency is w...read moreaxy, but it looked like wax that had been sitting out for years...A whitish gray lump of disgustingness. I can't even describe how gross this stuff looks and feels. The consistency was awful. I was actually scared to put it on my face because I thought the product had been expired...Out of pure stupidity, I rubbed it into my hands, or attempted to rub it into my hands as it started sloughing off and flaking into little balls. Upon rubbing it on my face, the same thing happened. No matter how much I tried to rub this product into my face, it would just make more and more little waxy balls that I ended up just using a makeup remover towelette and wiping it all off. I love Loreal products but I'm in shock that this was put on the market. The consistency is DISGUSTING, and I can't even get it to stay on my face...How does it possibly smooth your skin!? If I could give this negative stars I sure would...BEWARE — 3 years, 11 months agoLamexicana1 | 221 reviews
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When working with namespaces in the SetValue and Script objects in LC7, you may receive an error saying the "path" is unreachable, or similar errors pointing to problems in the expressions, after migrating to LC ES.
These errors can occur in LC ES when using namespaces such as in the following example:
LiveCycle ES now validates XPath expressions more strictly than it did in LiveCycle 7. LC ES requires you to define the namespaces in the process, whereas Lc7 did not have this requirement.
Adding the namespace to the process properties will fix the issue. You only need to add these namespaces once for each process, and all the Script and SetValue activities in that process will be able to reference those namespaces.
To add the namespaces:
Open the process properties and go to the Advanced > Registered Prefixes for Namespaces used in XPaths and enter the prefix (i.e. soap), and the namespace (i.e. "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/").


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Dive Downbelow Get Swimming to End Shark Finning
One scuba divers idea has inspired a worldwide movement to get swimming to end shark finning with dive centres across the globe hosting Finathons to raise much needed funds for shark conservation.
Dive DownBelow, Sabah, Malaysia is FINatical about sharks and swimming to end finning this November.
"We think it's a great fundraising and awareness campaign and are very excited about it. This is a perfect way for local schools to become involved and we're excited to have both the Shangri La Hotels, the Rasa Ria and Tanjung Aru on board," said Joanne Swann, Dive Downbelow.
"We're encouraging all participants to raise AUD 100.00 equivalent to the cost of a bowl of shark fin soup," added Joanne.
The challenge at Gaya Island is a 1km swim but swimmers can choose a shorter distance. The 500m return route starts in the Bay and follows the reef along to Turtle House site. The top fundraisers for this event have a chance to win BARE Chillguards & Vaude Speedy Drink belts donated by A & L, Adventure & Leisure Kuala Lumpur.
All funds raised will help Project AWARE:
- Fight to stop shark finning
- Insist on full protections for critically endangered sharks
- Negotiate stronger policies to ensure a brighter future for all sharks
"Finning kills thousands of sharks every day. This cruel and wasteful practice involves slicing off the sharks' fins and throwing the body overboard. Unable to swim, the shark bleeds to death or drowns. Shark fishing is largely unregulated in most of the world's oceans," said Alex Earl, Executive Director Project AWARE Foundation.
With the clock ticking for vanishing shark species the time to act is now. Together divers have a powerful, collective voice to secure protection for endangered shark species worldwide.
If you're Finatical about sharks host a Finathon in 2013. To get involved contact email@example.com


text: The latest jobs report may have been controversial, but at least it was good news. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced on November 2 that 171,000 new jobs were created in October. This is higher than the average rate of monthly job creation so far this year, and on top of that, there were significant upward revisions to job creation figures for August and September. The BLS now estimates that 192,000 jobs were created in August (up from the original estimate of 142,000) and that 148,000 jobs were created in September (up from the original estimate of 114,000). The combined strength of these numbers helped pull this year's pace of job creation up to 157,000 jobs per month, compared to 153,000 per month last year. Why the controversy? With all this good news on employment, why would there be any controversy? Timing is everything. This employment report happened to be released just days before a presidential election in which jobs were viewed as the single most critical issue. A month earlier, former GE CEO Jack Welch had stirred up controversy by casting doubt on September's employment figures, which showed the unemployment rate dropping below 8 percent for the first time during Barack Obama's presidency. Welch raised the prospect that a politically motivated conspiracy was behind the sudden drop in unemployment by posting on Twitter, "Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers." If numbers released a month before the election could be considered controversial, then it's easy to see why an increase in job growth less than a week before election day was a real lightning rod for conspiracy theories. It should be noted, however, that many commentators found the numbers credible simply because they represented only a moderate improvement in job growth, not an implausible breakthrough. Also, given the election's eventual outcome, it's unclear whether weaker October jobs figures would have swayed the election results significantly anyway. Potential impact on savings account rates What matters most is that employment growth is good news for the economy. If more people are going back to work, it helps not only those people, but potentially several other aspects of the economy -- including savings accounts. Extraordinarily low savings account rates have been a function of a persistently slow economy. If job growth is picking up, it may be the beginning of a long process toward seeing savings account rates rise again. More than the usual caveats Any discussion of the relationship between job growth and savings account rates has to be accompanied by a number of caveats. For one thing, conspiracy theories aside, monthly employment numbers can be somewhat fluky, so not too much can be discerned from any one reading. Also, there are many steps in the chain reaction that would link faster growth with higher interest rates, so no change is likely to be seen right away. Finally, these numbers deserve one special caveat. The October employment readings do not reflect the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which struck at the very end of the month. That storm could have a very dramatic -- and potentially negative -- impact on the next round of employment numbers.


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Evolutionists' inability to find any of the intermediate forms that they claim must once have existed led them to come up with new theses. One of these is the theory of punctuated evolution, which hypothesizes that the mutations necessary to form a new species took place, or that some individuals were exposed to intense, consecutive mutations.
One law revealed by Fisher, one of the century's best known geneticists, on the basis of experiment and observation clearly invalidates that hypothesis. In his book, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, Fisher states that "the likelihood that a particular mutation will become fixed in a population is inversely proportional to its effect on the phenotype."25 In other words, the greater the effect of a mutation, the less chance it has of becoming permanent in a population.
In addition, mutations cause random changes in living things' genetic data, and do not improve it. On the contrary, individuals exposed to mutations typically suffer serious diseases and deformities. Therefore, the more an individual is affected by a mutation, the less that individual's chances of survival.
Being bombarded by mutation-causing radiation, would be like shooting a new car with a 30-caliber rifle . . . Similarly, it would be highly unlikely that mutations would do anything other than damage you or an animal. Mutations caused by DNA copying errors would have a similar result . . . Mutations are harmful by a ratio of at least 10,000 to one. Radiation and copying errors do not produce new features that are beneficial.26
The overall factor that has come up again and again is that mutation remains the ultimate source of all genetic variation in any evolutionary model. Being unsatisfied with the prospects of accumulating small point mutations, many are turning to macromutations to explain the origin of evolutionary novelties. Goldschmidt's hopeful monsters have indeed returned. However, though macromutations of many varieties produce drastic changes, the vast majority will be incapable of survival, let alone show the marks of increasing complexity. If structural gene mutations are inadequate because of their inability to produce significant enough changes, then regulatory and developmental mutations appear even less useful because of the greater likelihood of nonadaptive or even destructive consequences. . . But one thing seems certain: at present, the thesis that mutations, whether great or small, are capable of producing limitless biological change is more an article of faith than fact.27
Experiment and observation show that mutations do not improve on genetic data but rather, damage living things. So it is clearly inconsistent for the proponents of punctuated evolution to expect great successes from mutations.
25. R. A. Fisher, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930.
26. Walter L. Starkey, The Cambrian Explosion, WLS Publishing, , 1999, p. 158.
27. Lane Lester, Raymond Bohlin, The Natural Limits to Biological Change, Dallas: Probe Books, 1989, pp.141-142.


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PUTNAM COUNTY — The Putnam County Boxing Club took three boxers to
the Ringside World Championships in Independence, Mo. Over 1600 boxers
from all over the country and world attended this tournament that
started July 28 and ended Aug. 2.
Waylon Lathrop was our first
boxer to box in the tournament. On July 31 in ring 3 bout 15 of the
first session of the day he lost his bout to a tough McKinny Texas boxer
in the 125-pound intermediate division. Waylon had 11 boxers in his
division and finished seventh .
Kyle Lathrop took on a boxer from
West Texas in the 65-pound peewee division and lost a heart breaking 3-2
split decision. Kyle had 10 boxers in his division and finished fifth
over all.
Their third boxer to compete in the tournament was Ryan
Santana . This was Ryan 12th bout of his career. He was boxing in a
tough division the 132-pound open. He did very good against a very tough
Denver, Col. boxer and finished the tournament sixth out of eight
Their 2014-2015 season will be starting very soon. If you want to join the team call Coach Walt (419)302-8041.
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TOP of the table Team Dudley lost out 2-1 at AFC Ludlow in West Midlands League Division Two.
The match took place on Ludlow's 3G pitch - but was still under threat of being abandoned when the game had to be halted for over 10 minutes owing to a severe outbreak of hailstones!
Ludlow took a fourth minute lead when Nathan Hodge, who has attracted interest from both Hereford United and Shrewsbury Town, caught Team Dudley napping in defence.
James Hill hit back to level for Dudley just before half time when he capitalised on a goalkeeping error to rattle home his 20th goal of the season.
Weather conditions worsened in the second half but that didn't stop Sam Pearson providing Ludlow with a 65th minute winner.
Team Dudley boss Stewart Holmes claimed: "We didn't really threaten them in the second half and Ludlow deserved to win. They were very well organised and very competitive and it was only some excellent goalkeeping from Liam Jones that kept us in the game at times".
Despite the defeat, Team Dudley remain four points clear at the top but Holmes added: "We're only top by virtue of the fact sides below us have played fewer games.
"However, we've made giant strides this season, Ludlow are a good side and I'm sure had we played them last season, we would have buckled".
One blow for Dudley was the loss of ever present Steve Whitehouse who fractured his toe and could miss the remainder of the season.
Dudley have no fixture this Saturday.


text: I'm telling you, it's ridiculous to even make these claims until this line gets addressed. They got man-handled most of the night, even the pass protection. TRich was still managing positive yards. And he's really good in the open field. You're drawing some very ill-advised conclusions if you're not acknowledging the line is getting owned, and basing the rest of your conclusion off TRich's stats. And again, you're not even acknowledging the very different formations we're lining our backs up in. TRich gets these power sets, and DBrown gets these receiver formations. The only two runs I remember TRich getting stuffed on last night was the last drive, and you tell me where he was supposed to go on those plays. Our line got owned on those plays. He was met instantly.


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On 11 March, 2007, CBC, Canada"s national TV and radio news broadcaster, carried a report headed "Scientific community mobilizes defence of evolution." The report in question dealt with evolutionists' fears regarding the collapse of their theory and the mobilization of their forces. It described the impact of Atlas of Creation in these words:
... What else worries scientists? … In Europe, people used to scratch their heads over the furious evolution debate in the United States. Now they have their own alarums and excursions. The creationists have opened so many fronts that last fall a study by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe warned [against them].
… It"s [what alarms the council is] also Islamic scientific creationism. The report describes how a Turkish book titled The Atlas of Creation had been sent to schools in France, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain. The author, Islamist preacher Harun Yahya, calls Darwinism a "ruse of Satan," which, he writes, "is collapsing and causing panic in the Darwinian global empire." … Major concern? Yes. …
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ON YOUR marks, get set, bake!
Whilst that phrase may be most remembered from the well-loved Great British Bake Off, this week students from Eastleigh College tried their hand at the culinary art.
As part of National Apprenticeship Week, which ran from Monday March 3, to Friday March 7, three teams pitted against one another in a bid to be crowned Bake-Off Apprentice Champions.
One group of Level 2 Catering Apprentices battled it out against two teams of Level 1 Catering Students in a heated competition of technical cake decorating based on the theme 'apprenticeships'.
Each team was given an identical sponge cake, and just 40 minutes to transform it, before it was judged by fellow students and classmates.
Whilst technical decoration isn't part of the courses they study, the apprentices took the opportunity to showcase their skills, with one group focusing on catering apprenticeships and another on the skills required.
The winning team however, Donovan Malone and Hayley Barnes, chose to top their cake with the apprenticeship tag-line 'earn while you learn', and said they enjoyed the event.
They said: "We're really surprised to have won, especially as we've never done anything like this before."
The bake-off style challenge was to highlight the creativity and skill gained through undertaking an apprenticeship, and to make other students aware of the opportunities on offer.


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Carl D Hannemann, 321stBG,447thBS, MTO B 25 Mitchells
2009 — Prescott, AZ
12thAF, 57th Bomb Wing, 321st Bomb Group, 447th Bomb Squadron in the MTO - WW II
The B-25's that endured, the Men who flew them and the Missions that helped to win the War.
T/Sgt Carl D Hannemann, Radio/Aerial Gunner, was in WW II ,having enlisted in the Army, after basic having being sent to learn Radio at the Army Air Corp Radio Academy at Scott Field, Ill. Then met his life-time friend, Walter Cantrell at Gunnery School, Harlingen TX. Joined the *newly* formed 321st BG, the 447thBS, in Columbia, S.C. and was one of the originals in the Group. It was discovered that Carl was great at short-hand and like-duties and was kept really busy there for a while ! Carl went to Africa by boat (USS Stanton) to meet up with his Flight Echelon. (Col Bob Knapp's fameous Flight over the Atlantic) Carl was assigned to Lt Ernie Fineman, and flew his 50 Combat Missions mostly in the B 25 Mitchell "Spare Parts" #41-12961... Most all of Carl's Missions were with his regular Crew. He finished up in Africa, with dozens of other Flight Crew, including Walter, they went HOME from Africa to the ZI. in Oct.. 1943. (All on the Empress of Scottland) Carl Hannemann and Walter Cantrell became life-time Family Friends :) Carl also made it into many of the towns and saw all the sights, carried water in Arabic Clay Jugs that would keep the water cool all day, saw outdoor "Movies", etc. Africa was primative by our standardsm but Carl and the men's ingenuity was one of the most amazing parts of their every-day lives.
Carl earned the Air Medal with 8 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct, EAME Theatre Ribbon with 4 Battle Stars.
Story from Jeanne Hannemann, Walter Cantrell, Walter and Carl Life-Time Friends) and edited by Barbi Ennis Connolly 321st BG Historian and friend of the families. xo -B.


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• labor •
Pronunciation: lay-bêr • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun, mass
Meaning: 1. Work for wages. 2. Difficult or exhausting work. 3. The process of childbirth. 4. (Labour) The liberal political party in Britain and certain other countries (capitalized).
Notes: Keep in mind that today's is one of those words, like color-colour, favor-favour, spelled with a [u] outside the US (labour). The adjective is laborious everywhere. Liberals in some countries are referred to as the Labor Party or just Labor, since Liberals have historically worked for the rights of workers.
In Play: The first Monday in September was designated Labor Day by Congress in 1894 to divert the attention of the US labor movement away from the May Day demonstrations in Europe. These demonstrations were organized by socialist parties in support of the 8-hour workday. They began in Paris on May 1, 1890, and that day eventually became International Labor Day, celebrated throughout the rest of the industrialized world. The 8-hour workday became law under Roosevelt's New Deal in 1938, after most major manufacturers had adopted it. Today we continue to celebrate the most productive labor force on Earth on Labor Day.
Word History: English labor is a perfect tracing of Latin labor "work", a word that went on to become Italian lavoro "work". The Latin noun underlies the verb laborare, visible in laboratorium "workplace", the source of laboratory. Elaborate comes from Latin elaborare "to work out" from ex "out" + laborare "work". All of us here at The Lexiteria wish all of you a happy and relaxing Labor Day weekend with your family and friends.


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positively impact people and the world around us. At UB, we strive
each day to create a better, more sustainable future. That's
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Sustainability begins with knowledge. We're fostering a
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