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STEINBACH -- As she rolls out puff pastry on a friend's kitchen counter, Charlotte Penner reveals her secret ingredient for successful home cooking: don't be religious about sticking to the directions.
"Notice how I don't really follow a recipe," explains the only Winnipeg-based author of cookbook Mennonite Girls Can Cook and blog of the same name (www.mennonitegirlscancook.ca) as she sprinkles a handful of cheese before rolling up the dough and slicing it into pinwheels.
"None of these recipes have to be so exact."
While Penner employs a use-what-you-have attitude in cooking, she's much more precise when it comes to the recipe for hospitality, the underlying theme in the recently-released Celebrations, authored by the same 10 women who run the blog.
"For me, it's come as you are, and then you have to take me as I am," explains Penner, 51, of welcoming short notice guests to her East Kildonan home.
"I think it is more about simplicity and honesty and generosity."
After selling 33,000 copies of their first cookbook, which featured traditional recipes from their shared Russian Mennonite heritage, the 10 women turned their attention to developing a cookbook for the special events in life, including baby showers, weddings, summer barbecues and even funerals. The 118 recipes have not appeared previously on their daily cooking blog, which has had more than six million hits since 2008.
"It is more about our faith than it is our culture. In this book, this is very little about our culture," Penner says about the new collection, which features the special recipes the authors turn to for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and family celebrations.
Five years ago, Lovella Schellenberg of Abbotsford, B.C. invited her friends and readers to contribute to a cooking blog celebrating their common culture and religious heritage. The virtual cookbook caught the eye of a publisher, and now the authors, most who live on the West Coast, have shared their favourite family recipes more widely than they ever dreamed.
"Some of them are definitely recipes our moms have made for many years," Schellenberg explains in a telephone interview, just days before embarking on a whirlwind of media appearances to promote the new book.
Along with the recipes, the women include meditations and reflections about entertaining, family life, and their Christian faith. Penner writes about how the tables were turned on her understanding of hospitality when health concerns curtailed her activities for more than a year. Fellow Manitoban Betty Reimer urges readers to consider being generous with their time by sharing a meal or some fresh baking.
The Steinbach resident recalls a time in southern Manitoba Mennonite culture when Sundays were reserved for visiting friends and families, and stopping by for coffee or afternoon faspa (light lunch) was the norm.
"The trend was people would just drop in," says Reimer, 65, now famous in her hometown for her work on the blog and the cookbooks.
"Everyone knew that's what you did. No one waited for an invitation. No one felt bad if they dropped by."
While cultural practices around guests may have changed, the spirit of generosity continues. The Mennonite Girls donated all their royalties from their first book to the Mennonite Central Committee for the construction of a greenhouse at the Good Shepherd Shelter in the Ukraine. Earnings from their new book will support safe water programs in Kenya.
"Right from the start we said we'd never take money for ourselves," explains Reimer, a grandmother of four.
"We have more than enough," says Penner, adding that the women cover all their own costs associated with the book, including an upcoming trip to B.C. for a series of launch events in early May.
Sharing -- whether an elaborate meal or just a cup of coffee and cookie -- is the always the best recipe for getting to know others, says Schellenberg.
"Food and conversation go hand in hand. It opens up so many doors for conversation," she says.
"It's a way to invite relationships and friendships and make people feel celebrated."
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WHEN a Mennonite girl -- ah, woman -- interviews members of the Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog, it's a sure thing there will be more than just talk of food.
So I tucked my apron in my bag along with my notebook and pens before I head out to Betty Reimer's home in the southern edge of Steinbach, prepared to attempt whatever recipe Reimer and fellow Mennonite Girl Charlotte Penner have chosen for the day.
"There's no need to be intimidated," Penner assures me as I join them in the kitchen. "We're just regular people and we don't have all the answers."
Both admit the fame of collaborating on a best-selling cookbook has elevated their status slightly among friends and strangers, and some longtime friends might be slightly reluctant to cook for them, says Reimer.
"It's almost like they don't want to invite you over for a meal," she says.
As the pair prepares two dishes from their hot-off-the-press Celebrations cookbook, they assign this Mennonite girl to shaking together oil, vinegar, maple syrup and seasonings for a salad dressing.
When we sit down at Reimer's dining table to eat a late lunch of puff pastry pinwheels and pear salad, she invokes the memory of her father as she pauses to speak a blessing on the meal.
"My dad always said if it was worth more than 25 cents, it was worth saying grace," Reimer quips.
"It's worth far more than 25 cents," adds Penner.
What is invaluable about this meal is the easy conversation that follows, ranging from cameras to pet projects and passions, interspersed with compliments to the cooks and talk of even more recipes.
Yes, these Mennonite women are really great cooks, but they're even more skilled at putting their guests at ease around the dinner table. That's a menu worth serving up again and again.


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In the last update, I explained how Tim Duncan had had his contract modified, but Zach Randolph had not. And yet what I could not explain was why Tim Duncan had had his contract modified, but Zach Randolph had not. Was it because simply no one had noticed, or because of some other technicality I could not otherwise foresee that made the otherwise identical situations different? Couldn't say.
Can now, though. It certainly wasn't the former.
Apparently the reason why Duncan's contract (which he has opted into, thus transitioning this whole endeavour from being an interesting aside into something with a palpable if not exactly massive affect on the NBA landscape) was modified, but Randolph's was not, is because Randolph's was "too old".
This does not however mean that the fact it was signed under the 2005 CBA (and not the 2011 CBA like Duncan) played a part in this differentiation. Instead, I am told it instead merely means they took that as a legitimate reason for looking the other way, through avoiding the issue altogether, rather than having a technical reason for addressing it in this way. So, yeah.
Zach, if you're out there, and you're planning on opting in and signing an extension.....start chasing this up. There could be a million dollars in it for you.
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Johannesburg - A series of complicated bank transfers were used to "disguise" the source of the R4 million that paid for the farm that former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and his business partner Lesiba Gwangwa bought, allegedly with money from Limpopo government contracts.
The transactions are contained in a forensic audit, which was used this week as the basis for the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) to seize the 139 hectare Schuilkraal farm in Limpopo.
The unit obtained a preservation order for the farm, preventing the property from being sold pending the finalisation of a forfeiture case.
In an affidavit submitted to the Pretoria High Court, unit head Willie Hofmeyr said the farm "was acquired with the proceeds of fraud and corruption" perpetrated against the Limpopo Roads and Transport Department.
The unit based its case on the report of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on the activities of On-Point Engineers.
Malema and Gwangwa each own 50 percent shares in Guilder Investments, a company that wholly owns On-Point.
A forensic report compiled by auditing firm PwC, commissioned by the National Treasury, reveals that even though the farm was officially bought by Gwangwa's company Gwama Properties, Malema allegedly personally managed part of the transaction.
The payments were made between March and July last year.
According to the affidavit, Gwangwa and Malema got money for the farm by allegedly devising a scheme in which On-Point, as the company managing roads projects for the department, would allegedly receive kickbacks from companies that won tenders.
The companies were employed by the department to do drawings and designs for road projects – work for which On-Point had already been paid, Hofmeyr says in the affidavit.
"The companies then, after making minor alterations, used the same designs and drawings and submitted them to the department."
The department then paid the service providers, who allegedly paid On-Point for a second time.
They also used Malema's Ratanang Family Trust.
According to the forensic report by auditor Trevor White, the R4m for the farm allegedly originated from companies that were awarded contracts by the provincial government.
Two companies, which benefited from Limpopo government roads contracts, allegedly paid R1m each into On-Point's account. The money was then allegedly used to pay conveyancers.
An engineering company, which also won a provincial contract, allegedly paid R1.2m to Segwalo Consulting Engineers.
Gwangwa resigned as a director of Segwalo, but he was allegedly a signatory to the company's bank account at the time of the transaction. Segwalo is said to have paid R1m to On-Point, which then made another R1m payment for the farm.
Qualis Health, also owned by Gwangwa, allegedly paid R986 418 into Malema's Ratanang Family Trust. Malema, according to the report, allegedly instructed his attorneys to transfer the same amount into the account of Gwama Properties to pay the balance on the farm.
In his affidavit, Hofmeyr said the initial purchase agreement for the Schuilkraal farm was concluded in the name of Ratanang, but "for no apparent reason the agreement was cancelled".
"Malema then instructed KTP Attorneys to utilise the funds held on behalf of Ratanang for the transfer to Gwama… The procurement of the property constitutes evidence of a money laundering scheme," Hofmeyr says.
According to court papers, the forensic report will be used in Malema's criminal trial next year.
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Martin Schwartz looks like he's about to pass out from exhaustion. The CEO of $2-billion consumer products manufacturer Dorel Industries Inc. got back from China last night. Schwartz can be combative when faced with questions he doesn't like. But on this day in late April, it appears, during an interview in his office in Westmount, Quebec, that the fight has gone out of him.
That changes once the subject turns to Dorel's trophy asset, Cannondale Bicycle Corp., which it purchased in 2008 for $202 million. It seemed like an odd match at the time: Cannondale was a maker of elite, high-performance bicycles; Dorel sold mass-market high chairs, infant car seats, assemble-it-yourself furniture—and cheap bikes. Cannondale customers were typically hard-core types who spent thousands for state-of-the-art riding machines at expert-staffed independent bike dealers; Dorel customers walked into Canadian Tires and Walmarts looking to buy a bike for $100 with little help from teenaged store clerks.
Industry players worried Dorel would drag Cannondale down-market and move units by the millions at Walmart. After all, Dorel was already the biggest peddler of bikes to U.S. mass merchants—including its Schwinn brand, which had been banished by many independent bike shops when the brand started selling for Every Day Low Prices.
When I tell Schwartz there are those who still suspect Dorel will start churning out $100 Cannondales, he becomes feisty. "I'm not surprised," he snaps. "I think we're going to get this forever—'Dorel is not a high-end bike company, when is the axe going to fall, when are they going to find it in mass merchants,'" he says mockingly. "All of that stuff is just not going to happen."
You can't blame Schwartz for resenting the second-guessing. By most measures, Dorel has had a successful run—it's one of the last significant Canadian-owned consumer products manufacturers, boasting top brands including Safety 1st car seats, Cosco high chairs and Sugoi athletic apparel. Free trade killed a lot of Canadian companies, and cheap Chinese imports wounded others; Dorel, by contrast, grew stronger by moving big time into the U.S. market and offshoring production to China early.
But when it comes to the stock market, Dorel seems to wear the "kick me" sign. Dorel barely registers with investors. It recently traded in the $25 to $30 range—which is where it was in 1999, when it was a much smaller business. Schwartz, who manages and controls Dorel along with two younger brothers and a brother-in-law, has complained for years that people don't appreciate his company.
Even when it adds a new business, Dorel gets no respect. Take Cannondale. In the past four years, Dorel has consistently acted like a company that wants to excel in the specialty bike business and to restore Cannondale's name as an innovation and performance leader. Indeed, Cannondale is the best news coming out of Dorel these days. In 2011, Dorel's bike-focused recreation and leisure division posted a stellar 11.2% revenue gain and a 17% operating profit increase. Strip out the stagnant mass-merchant brands such as Schwinn, and the results are even better: Sales to independent dealers grew 25% last year. The division earned a first-quarter operating profit of $21.4 million, up 20%, making it Dorel's most profitable business.
But the success has done little to shake Dorel out of a seven-year funk. It started with problems in its furniture business. Then mass-market bike sales softened. The recession hit, plastic prices rose, and its children's products business has suffered ever since. Profits have bumped along—$104.6 million net income last year on $2.4 billion in revenue—which is less than any of the prior three years, and barely ahead of the $100.1 million Dorel earned in 2004.
So what to make of Dorel? It's both a low-margin supplier to mass merchants and a high-margin supplier to specialty stores—and, since buying a chain of juvenile products stores in Chile and Peru last fall, it's also a retailer. That makes it hard for investors to value. Would it be better to break it all up and unearth the value analysts say is buried within? For that matter, could Dorel be sold? "If someone comes with the right deal, we'd definitely look," says Schwartz. "For me to say, 'No, we'd never sell,' I'd be lying to you."Report Typo/Error
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Bill Cosby wasn't talking about affirmative action when he made his remarks late last month, criticizing the failure of some African Americans to meet standards of decent behavior. But it should surprise no one that those most unhappy with Cosby's criticism are the people most enamored of preferences based on race and ethnicity.
There are really two principles at stake in the current debate over racial and ethnic preferences or, more broadly, civil rights, or, more broadly still, racial and ethnic relations. The first is whether we ought to encourage discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity; the second is whether we ought to allow discrimination on the basis of merit.
Once upon a time, the Left opposed racial discrimination. It argued that it was unfair to let racial considerations trump qualifications based on merit. The principle of nondiscrimination carried the day in the 1960s, and it was enshrined into law in various statutes. But these statutes have not resulted in proportional representation for some groups, particularly African Americans, at the upper reaches of our elites. And so now, ironically, it is the Left that pushes racial preferences and denigrates merit.
There are both charitable and uncharitable ways to explain this. The charitable explanation is that the Left cares so deeply about integration that it is willing to sacrifice or bend considerations of merit. If you insist on integration, and merit stands in the way, then you must sacrifice merit. The less charitable explanation is that the Left has never been comfortable–or, perhaps, with the ascendancy of deconstructionists and other certain kinds of Leftists, it has become less comfortable–with the whole notion of merit.
As African Americans disproportionately failed to succeed, in any event, excuses were made. Once upon a time, segregation and institutionalized discrimination were serious, formidable, ubiquitous obstacles. Removing them improved blacks' status and opportunities, but other obstacles remained, or grew, like illegitimacy, crime, substance abuse, and failing to make the most of the greater opportunities given. To attack these problems, however, was not in the Left's repertoire; it was "blaming the victim." It was easier to continue to blame discrimination, present and past–even if present discrimination is dramatically and undeniably less, and even if the legacy of past discrimination must be exaggerated. And the Left also started to attack merit itself.
I am using "merit" broadly to mean "standards" of all kinds. I am not saying that reasonable people cannot differ about whether high-school grades are more or less important than SAT scores in predicting academic performance in college, to give an obvious example. The Left likes to paint the opponents of preferences as wishing to make university admissions mechanically. This is not so. Choose whatever standards you like, but do so honestly and apply them equally to all. But one suspects that a significant part of the Left really doesn't want standards, period.
They don't like the SAT, of course, and they really don't like the whole notion that some individuals are thought to be smarter or to work harder than others. They love making it illegal for employers and educators to use selection criteria that have a "disparate impact" on minority groups–having a high-school diploma, for instance–no matter that the criteria are neutral on their face, as applied, and as intended, and were adopted for nondiscriminatory reasons. They don't like laws that say convicted criminals can't vote, even those still in prison.
They love multiculturalism. The relativists favor multiculturalism because they don't believe that one culture can be superior to another. They oppose assimilation for the same reason. Assimilation can be favored only if we believe that one culture is preferable to others and ought to be dominant.
So long as applicants meet "a minimum test score," liberal civil-rights professor Lani Guinier is happy to have university admissions made by "what is in effect a lottery for admission among the applicants who meet the minimum standard." Of course. This makes it statistically certain that no group will be "underrepresented" or "overrepresented," whether that group is racial, ethnic, sexual, whatever (so long as they all apply in the right proportions). The only problem is that the less qualified are as likely to get in as the more qualified. But if you reject the whole concept of qualifications, then what does that matter?
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It is wrong to discriminate on the basis of race and ethnicity; it is foolish not to discriminate on the basis of merit. And so the Left's program of favoring the former and opposing the latter is both wrong and foolish. Whatever Cosby's views on affirmative action, he believes in merit, and that is enough to make many people uncomfortable.
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If forages are ensiled when they are too wet, Clostridia bacteria convert the lactic acid needed to preserve the forage into butyric acid. This results in a "rotten-egg" smell, and can make cows go off feed. Clostridia bacteria also break down proteins in the silage.
Producers can wilt forages to an ideal moisture concentration (65–55%) before ensiling, but factors like high humidity, rainfall, thick plant cell walls, and high plant moisture concentrations often delay the drying rate of forages.
These challenges led researchers at the University of Florida to do a study that tested if herbicide application could be used to increase the drying rate of ryegrass and sorghum without reducing the nutritional value of the forages. The research was funded by the Southeast Milk Inc. Dairy Check-off.
In the Spring 2013 issue of Dairy Update from the University of Florida Dairy Extension, the researchers report their findings. They say that increasing the rate of herbicide application increased the drydown rate of ryegrass but did not reduce the nutritive value.
"These results need to be confirmed in a second year and we need to confirm that herbicide treatment leaves no harmful residues in the forage and does not reduce the performance of cows," they caution.
For more study details, read Using Herbicides to Accelerate the Drying Rate of Forages on page 4 in the Spring 2013 issue of Dairy Update.
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CCTV images have been released by police after two designer watches worth more than £5,000 were stolen from a Blackburn pawn-brokers.
The watches including a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date- just watch and a Cartier Santos 100 watch were stolen from Cash Converters in Blackburn town centre.
The thief asked to see the watches, valued at £5,400, before grabbing them and running from the store, down Darwen Street and up Mincing Lane.
It is believed that the man, described as speaking in a local accent, may have got in a blue VW vehicle along Mill Lane, Blackburn.
It is the second incident this month where a thief has targeted a pawn brokers and stolen high value watches.
A shop worker was attacked at Accrington town centre's Cash Converters when a man took two Rolex watches worth £6,000 on May 11.
Police have now released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to about the Blackburn theft.
The man is described as black, in his late twenties to early thirties, of medium build and around 5ft 6'ins tall.
He was wearing a navy baseball cap, a black top with a zip at the collar and blue denim jeans.
Sgt David Clarke from Blackburn Town Centre Neighbourhood Policing team said: "We are treating this as a serious and high value theft and I appeal for anyone who may have information regarding this incident, or anyone who has seen a man matching this description at the time of the incident in and around Blackburn town centre to come forward.
"I am also keen to speak with people who believe they may know the identity of this man or have been approached to buy such a watch in the recent days."
Police have only just released the details of the incident which happened on May 1 shortly after 11.45am.
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Roberta J. Chrystal, 87, a long-term residence of eastern Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 3, in Alpharetta, GA. Visitation on Wednesday, Dec ember 11 from 5-7 pm at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Services at 11 am Thursday, December 12, 2013 at Golden Congregational UCCChurch in Ryan.
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Former world number two Colin Montgomerie blew his chance of taking part in this month's British Open after a second-round 76 left him three over par in qualifying today.
The 2010 European Ryder Cup captain was one shot off the lead after an opening-round 69 during Local Final Qualifying at Gullane in Scotland before a round of 76, featuring four bogeys and a double bogey, saw him miss out by four strokes.
''I got to five under and threw it away - never mind,'' the 50-year-old Scot said in a news release. ''It's not my schedule. I just played badly this afternoon. I didn't get going at all.''
Montgomerie, who won a record eight order of merit titles on the European Tour between 1993 and 2005, has never won a major despite several close calls with five runner-up spots among a total of 10 top-10 finishes.
There were three qualifying spots up for grabs at Gullane with amateurs Ben Stow and Matthew Fitzpatrick joining Sweden's Oscar Floren in securing their places at the July 18-21 major at Muirfield.
At the qualifying event at The Musselburgh, Steven Tiley dominated the field to win by three shots to book his berth along with Scot Lloyd Saltman and Tyrrell Hatton.
At Dunbar, amateur Grant Forrest shot 67 and 65 for an eight-under-par aggregate and was joined in The Open field by Indian Shiv Kapur and Australian John Wade, who finished a stroke behind.
In the event at North Berwick, amateur Jimmy Mullen, Gareth Wright and George Murray took the coveted qualifying places.


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The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has been one of our favorite Android phones, as it ushered us in the new era of Ice Cream Sandwich – the Android OS version that reinvented the platform and aspired it to a whole new level. Of course, almost all new Android phones nowadays come out with ICS, and the Galaxy S III is probably the brightest example at the moment. Being the successor of last year's hit Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S III has yet to prove that it is the ultimate ...
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I have one of them quad core phones in my hand as well.
63. Bignosebob (Posts: 1; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
The Galaxy SIII has 2 gigs of RAM actually. The UK version has 1 gig with a quadcore. S3 poops on the nexus. :)
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It's not a "UK" version, it's international. Only US and some random parts of the world got the 2gig model with a dual core Snapdragon S4 SoC.


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Wall Street analysts now say the proposed merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius should have little difficulty winning approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice. That could spell trouble for buyers of aviation weather datalink gear.
Most datalink weather receivers work over the XM satellite network. Data provider WSI has bucked the trend by teaming up with Sirius for a competing service. Deliveries of WSI's new InFlight AV-300 series datalink weather systems started in September. The series includes the Sirius-compatible AV-300 and -350 models as replacements for the former AV-100 and -200 series products, which WSI no longer supports.
Assuming the XM/Sirius merger goes through, the combined company is unlikely to continue offering weather data services on both satellite platforms. While the deal is being billed as a merger of equals, analysts say Sirius technically is acquiring XM for $4.57 billion in stock. That could have an impact on which services and channels are retained after the dust from the merger settles. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin would retain his title with the new company. XM CEO Hugh Panero has already stepped down.
While it's too soon to say how the merger would affect current owners of aviation weather data-link receivers, there is no guarantee that a particular service will continue to be supported after the companies become a single entity. But it could take time–perhaps years–for any decision about the satellite weather portion of the services to be made. Neither company views weather data delivery as a priority.
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A DOJ decision on the merger could come as early as this month, analysts say. "Everything we're hearing is that the merger will go through and it will happen in the next 30 to 45 days," said Bear Stearns managing director and senior analyst Robert Peck, speaking at the ICSe Satellite Investment Symposium on October 9. XM and Sirius filed their merger petition with the FCC in March. At the time, many analysts were bullish about its chances for success, citing FCC rules and recent instances where similar types of merger were scuttled. Analysts, however, say that if the DOJ gives its blessing, the FCC will be unlikely to move to block an XM/Sirius merger.
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Benefits set to rise by 3.6%
BENEFIT payments could rise by 3.6%, if the States agrees to the Social Security Department's recommendations.
BENEFIT payments could rise by 3.6%, if the States agrees to the Social Security Department's recommendations.
But the Treasury and Resources Department has warned that the increase could take money away from other areas.
The proposals, which will be discussed by the States in the October meeting, could see benefits for unemployment, sickness, maternity and industrial injury rise from £136.99 a week to £141.89. Supplementary benefits would rise by 3.1%.
It is predicted that the supplementary benefit budget, which helps give extra support to a variety of people, including jobseekers, people who are pregnant, carers and single parents, will rise to £20.2m. next year.
Treasury and Resources Minister Gavin St Pier, pictured, warned that government was trying to cut costs.
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Whilst I do not have a handle on the figures any more than I can see on this page, £20.2 million a year for just one element of the social security budget seems a massive figure.
I wonder what % of the population is receiving any one of these benefits if not a fair shake of them.
May need to take a good hard long look at how payments are made and review the justification of some from a point of view of introducing a sliding scale of payment where there might be multiple payments for the same support. I am thinking of child support here, maybe the implications of any saving might not be that huge, but if there is a payment per child then it could be looked at to reduce for subsequent child claims. It would need to be introduced in such a way that people could adjust to the change and not applied in one sudden change.
This is the whole social project that needs to be looked at to help ensure those that need are provided for and those that make choices to not make changes are supported out of that choice and off being supported.


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Although there is not a single government in the world today which can be said to be Jewish, however, various symbols of Jewish culture have recently found expression on eight different postage-stamps used by various countries, according to a study of the subject by the Judische Rundschau of Berlin. Sometimes the Jewish idea is expressed in the picture shown on the stamp, sometimes only in the lettering, and sometimes in both, but in all cases the Jewish character of the stamp is unmistakable.
Sometimes the Jewish character of the stamp is not intentional. This is true of the Hungarian postage stamp brought out in 1932 with a picture of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Jewish physician and a great benefactor of Hungary. In this case the postage stamp pays homage to Dr. Semmelweis the physician.
Somewhat different is the case of the Russian stamp of 1929, which bears a picture of Ludwig Zamenhof, the Jewish inventor of Esperanto, the international language. Another Russian stamp, issued in 1933, represents the Russian state of Birobidjan and shows a Jewish worker at a dredgingmachine. It bears the Russian inscription "Birobidjan Hebrew at his Dredger" and is plainly an attempt on the part of the Soviets to recognize the role of the Jew in the Soviet state.
Especially Jewish are the representations on two postage stamps used officially in Palestine, which are closely identified with Jewish traditions. One of these pictures is the grave of Rachel and the tower of King David in Jerusalem, both symbols of the antiquity of Jewish civilization.
Other stamps receive their Jewish character from the use of Jewish characters, although the illustrations may be non-Jewish. Among such are the postage stamps issued some years ago in Poland, where part of the text is in Yiddish. Another was issued by the Czechoslovak government at the time of the Zionist-Revisionist Congress in Karlsbad in 1930. Even in Germany we find a stamp with a Jewish inscription. But that was in the days before the advent of Hitlerism to power in 1928, when Germany honored the Jews of Breslau with a Rosh Ha-Shona stamp bearing the inscription "Shnah Tovah"-Happy New Year-in Hebrew-and the Jewish Year "5638."
The old Turkish government of Palestine and the former Austro-Hungarian government also made use of Hebrew inscriptions on their stamps. Particularly worth mentioning are the Austrian stamp with the "Petach-Tikvah" lettering and the Turkish issue for use in Palestinian mails with the Hebrew inscription "Rishon-le-Zion."


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Last month I pondered whether President Barack Obama will turn out to be Bill Clinton II or Jimmy Carter Jr. At that time, I thought that he was leaning more toward the Carter presidency model, and it seems that he's continuing in the footsteps of our hapless 39th president.
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Liberals and "Democratic" Party activists are doing their best to portray the legislative standoff in Wisconsin as Republicans fighting against working people. In reality, it's the result of a democratically elected governor and a democratically elected legislature with a Republican majority standing up for all the people of Wisconsin against well-organized special interests.
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Hey all, im the newest addition to this great union of SG-1 fans, and im glad to be apart of it all. I love stargate, new and old, and im sure that everyone here does just as much.
But i have a wish that hours of seaching has not satisfied, and i wish to ask the best and most well informed of where to get a download of a stargate sg-1 wormhole screensaver. I have looked and found only one that was close enough to what i wanted, but it was a simple loop of the same 5 second tunnel. And you could tell where it cut in and cut out....No offence if the person whom made it is reading this, but it even had the "sky" channel logo in the bottom right hand corner. IT WAS ALSO ATLANTIS WORMHOLE AND NOT SG1!!!!! I dont like that green wormhole much.....go the old blue one!!!!!
But anyways, there is alot of threads and posts in this forum, so much i would deem it impossible to find something so insignificant compared to disscussing plots, characters, and upcoming events in all of our favourate television show.
But does anyone know of a really good Stargate SG-1 wormhole screensaver? And if so can you posts it's current location so myself, and others that read this thread, can get it and enjoy.
I deeply apologize if this is a past thread, and you guys are all like "Meh stupid n00b, been here posted that..." But as i previously stated, i am the newest member since 5 mins ago and i am so desperate for this, if it exists, screensaver.
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Price Induction, a startup company based in Anglet, France, is studying a 560-lb-thrust high-bypass-ratio turbofan that would establish a new thrust class. Applications of the DGEN380 would be four-seaters, allowing pilots to upgrade from piston singles to twinjets. Another market could be airline-pilot training. The company told AIN talks are under way with an unnamed airframer, and the development schedule calls for the first engine to run early next year, and a proof-of-concept aircraft may fly late next year.
"We have now found the right cycle for the engine and aerodynamic studies are almost completed," said Bernard Etcheparre, Price Induction's chairman and CEO. The company should have three employees (all engineers) by March. At the Paris Air Show in June, Etcheparre's project received much interest from an airframer as the powerplant for a 3,300-lb mtow airplane that would seat four or five people. He would not name the company but revealed, "this led us to focus on 560 pounds instead of the 450 pounds we intended previously."
According to Etcheparre, "A DGEN380-powered twinjet would cruise at 220 knots at 18,000 or 20,000 feet." Range would be around 700 nm, the aircraft would be able to climb at 2,000 fpm and takeoff distance would be close to that of current aircraft of similar performance. "The twinjet would be able to take off over a 50-foot obstacle in about 1,600 feet–comparable with a Socata TB21 GT piston single," Etcheparre said.
Price for two engines should be about $157,500. They should suit an aircraft priced "between $480,000 and $550,000," Etcheparre told AIN. An aircraft designed around the DGEN engine would also provide better comfort and crashworthiness than current four-seat piston singles," he added. "Such an aircraft would be a high-end four-seater more than an entry-level business jet."
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The engine is a twin-spool, two-shaft, Fadec-controlled turbofan. The single-stage high-pressure turbine is linked to a centrifugal, single-stage compressor. The single-stage low-pressure turbine runs the fan through a gear. The combustor is a conventional one, with a reverse-flow design. "We went to great lengths to get an easy relight even under difficult conditions," Etcheparre noted.
Price Induction's first design was a single-spool engine with variable fan blades. "But this was too complex and certification would have been too difficult," Etcheparre told AIN. Engineers also dropped a lateral hot gas exhaust, which was making the design simpler but would have compromised efficiency.
Length of the DGEN engine is 3 ft 11 in. and maximum diameter is 1 ft 7 in., including the nacelle, according to Etcheparre. Bypass ratio is 8:1 and total dry weight should be around 90 lb. "Our target total weight for two engines and accessories is 220 lb," Etcheparre added. The engine weight appears to be close to that of the Williams EJ22 engine, which has a thrust of 770 lb. "This relatively higher weight is due to the higher bypass ratio, which increases the size of the engine," Etcheparre answered. The Eclipse 500 engine's bypass ratio is 4.6:1.
Specific fuel consumption for the DGEN engine would be 0.49 lb of fuel per pound of thrust per hour, whereas it would be about 0.75 lb of fuel per pound of thrust per hour at Mach 0.30 and 10,000 ft, according to Etcheparre. This puts fuel burn at around 180 pph for a twinjet aircraft. Etcheparre would not assign numbers to noise levels, but he stressed that the high-bypass ratio should keep them low.
The engine has no accessory gearbox but features an integrated alternator-starter. "It starts the engine and then becomes a current generator that charges a battery," Etcheparre explained. He said that it was easier to design such a small engine this way than with a conventional gearbox. On the maintenance side, Etcheparre said the designers have only defined that the engine will be able to fly 3,500 cycles before a major overhaul.


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Spring is the season of optimism. And for the Pinellas' 16 public and private school participating in the county's three spring tournaments, there still is reason to believe they can make a run to the postseason. It all starts this week. Here is the breakdown of the tournaments:
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Schedule: Monday — Clearwater vs. Northport, 4; Osceola vs. Berkeley Prep, 7. Tuesday — Boca Ciega vs. Pendleton, 4; Northside Christian vs. Seminole, 7. Wednesday — Loser's bracket games, 4 and 7. Thursday — Semifinals, 4 and 7. Friday — Loser's bracket games, 4 and 7. Saturday — Third-place game, 4; championship, 7
Early matchup to watch: The best one is Tuesday when the host Warhawks play Northside Christian. Both teams made the playoffs last season with Seminole bowing out in the Class 5A region quarterfinals and Northside Christian advancing to the Class 2A region finals. Both are off to strong starts this season.
Matchup we'd like to see: A final between Osceola and Seminole. The teams are crosstown rivals and would draw a huge crowd. And two weeks ago they played one of the best games in the county this season, a 3-2 Osceola victory in 12 innings.
Players to watch: Clearwater — Andrew McCormick, Sean O'Brien; Northside Christian — David Edwards, Ryan McDonald, Kyle Turner, Robbie Williams; Osceola — Mike Boriboun, T.J. Glessner, Taylor Layner, Adam Lewis, Winston Rivas; Seminole — Mike Carlin, Joe Lamoureux, Tim Lamoureux, Mike Martello, Gabe Martello.
Dunedin Tournament (at the Englebert Complex)
Schedule: Monday — Clearwater Central Catholic vs. Tarpon Springs, 5; Countryside vs. Pinellas Park, 5; St. Petersburg Catholic vs. St. Petersburg, 8; Palm Harbor University vs. River Ridge 8. Tuesday — Loser's bracket games, 5 and 8; Tampa Catholic vs. Countryside-Pinellas Park winner, 5; Dunedin vs. SPC-St. Petersburg winner, 8. Wednesday — Winner's bracket games, 5 and 8; loser's bracket games, 5 and 8. Thursday — Loser's bracket games, 6. Friday — Third-place game, 5; championship, 8.
Early matchup to watch: Countryside and Pinellas Park have been among the surprises in the county this season. The Cougars have just one loss in the county. And Pinellas Park has some impressive victories, the biggest against East Lake and Palm Harbor University.
Matchup we'd like to see: The Falcons have made a habit of getting to the championship game of their own tournament. To do so again, they might have to get past Tarpon Springs if both can get through their first-round games. The Spongers are starting to put things together and beat Dunedin by a run this past week.
Players to watch: Clearwater Central Catholic — James Dowdell, Zack Olson, Cody Slaughter; Countryside — Andrew Brodbeck, Sawyer Wilson, Spencer Wilson; Dunedin — Alex Libby, Alex Norris, Ryan Reedy, Casey Turgeon; Palm Harbor U. — Joe Dhani, Zach Sobel, Kyle Westwood; Pinellas Park — Don Norris, Richard Wisniewski; St. Petersburg Catholic — Tim McKay, Justin Tedder; Tarpon Springs — Tommy Orgon, Bobby Woods, Alex Young.
Shorecrest Rally Tournament
Schedule: Wednesday — Largo vs. Lakewood, 1:30; Gibbs vs. Shorecrest, 4. Thursday — Lakewood vs. Gibbs, 1:30; Largo vs. Shorecrest, 4. Friday — Gibbs vs. Largo, 1:30; Lakewood vs. Shorecrest, 4.
Best matchup: The tournament has just four teams and there is no true championship. The big game appears to be on Friday when the host Chargers face Lakewood. They are the only teams in the tournament currently with winning records.
Players to watch: Lakewood — Jordan Lindsay, Brian Replogle, Trayton Thomason; Shorecrest — Marc Brakeman, Spencer Heath, Jon Oorlog, Brent Rasmussen.


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Would you pay $10,000–$45,000 to have your company's name on a coffee cup sleeve? Or $45,000–$70,000 to have your company's logo emblazoned on a hotel key card? According to an exposé-style piece by the investigative journalists at ProPublica (the story was copublished in USA Today), medical device makers plunked down that kind of serious cash for various forms of advertising and marketing at the Heart Rhythm Society conference in San Francisco.
The piece is part of an ongoing series examining the financial influence that companies exert (or try to exert) over doctors, called "Dollars for Docs." Until recently, the series had focused on drug companies, but this week's coverage of the HRS conference brought device makers under scrutiny. According to the article, last year's HRS conference drew $5 million in advertising fees, including $769,000 from Boston Scientific, $386,750 from Johnson & Johnson, $677,500 from St. Jude, and $995,400 from Medtronic. As illustrated by a nifty interactive graphic, the companies saturated the conference with advertising on things like shuttle buses ($50,000 each from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and St. Jude), newspaper wraps ($20,000 from J&J), and turndown service ($25,000 each from Sanofi-Aventis and Boston Scientific).
The article focuses on how the amount of industry funding that goes to the society (almost half of the HRS's funding came from industry sources in 2010) might lead to a conflict of interest. A related ProPublica article says that the HRS does not mention the risks associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators in its tip sheet for patients who might consider having the device implanted.
ProPublica also posted the HRS's response to questions about industry influence, and noted that the society has a policy requiring board members to disclose industry ties.
What do you think? Is this kind of marketing fair game? Do device companies really have undue influence over physicians? Or is all of this part of the natural collaborative relationship between societies like the HRS and industry? Do you feel like industry is being unfairly maligned?
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