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Hiring a new police chief, updating the city website and changing the sidewalk snow removal policy are a few of the city of Isanti's goals for 2014.
During the Isanti City Council meeting Feb. 5, the council adopted its 2014 goals and approved resolutions relating to some of those goals.
One of the goals for 2014 include a police chief search due to the retirement of Police Chief Ron Sager.
Sager's last day of work will be Feb. 27. Lt. Gene Hill will be appointed acting chief of police until a new police chief is appointed and reports for duty. Hill will be compensated an additional $1 per hour for taking on the police chief duties in the interim.
The city's 2014 goals also included updating the city website. The council approved a resolution awarding a contract to Linden Web Design to update the city's website for an amount not to exceed $6,500.
The council also approved a new snow removal sidewalk policy, which also was a 2014 city goal. The new policy states the city will remove snow from all public sidewalks during 2-inch or more snowfall events.
Sidewalk systems in private association areas remain responsible for snow and ice removal in accordance with city code.
Downtown sidewalks from the railroad tracks on the east and traveling west to the intersection of Main Street and Second Avenue will be given priority, followed by sidewalk routes leading to schools.
Other 2014 goals include creating joint planning meetings with Cambridge and Isanti townships regarding compatible land usage and common control boundaries; County Road 5 (Heritage Boulevard) traffic study; street light infill (phased plan for budget consideration); Community Center and parking lot improvements; economic development efforts to diversify and increase the tax base and maintain city standards.
In other action, the council:
• Accepted a $400 donation from John and Bonnie Schlagel to be used toward the Sales Force Partner Communities License (Greater MSP).
• Approved the purchase of city shirts, the replacement of shirts for select employees and the allocation of costs to the applicable departments.
• Approved a local gambling permit to the Rotary Club of Cambridge-Isanti, or Rotary International District 5960, for a raffle to be held at Spectacular Events Banquet Center in Isanti March 27.
• Approved a resolution offering the part-time code enforcement-zoning technician position to Sean Stevens. The position will not exceed 20 hours per week, and Stevens started in the position Feb. 7.
• Approved a resolution authorizing the advertisement of one maintenance technician position for the Public Works Department.
• Approved management training for the finance director and community development director. The classes will be offered through Anoka Ramsey Community College- Cambridge Campus.


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Sabine Gruffat - "I Have Always Been a Dreamer"
Sabine Gruffat - "I Have Always Been a Dreamer"
Premiere date: Jul 13, 2012
I Have Always Been a Dreamer is former UW professor Sabine Gruffat's travelogue and film portrait of two cities in contrasting states of development: Dubai, UAE and Detroit, USA. Within the context of a boom and bust economy, the film questions the collective ideologies that shape the physical landscape and impact local communities. Dreamer serves as a visual documentation of these two cities as indexes of political, cultural and economic change while tracing the ways each city's development is tied to technologies of communication, production, labor, and consumption.
Sabine Gruffat| Sabine Gruffat is a film, video, and new media artist living and working in Madison, WI. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Currently Sabine is an Assistant Professor of Art the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Prior to that, she taught at the University of Wisconsin - Madison for four years. Sabine's films and videos have screened at festivals worldwide including the Image Forum Festival in Japan, the Split Film Festival in Croatia, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the PDX Film Festival in Portland OR, the Dallas Video Festival, Migrating Forms in New York, The Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, and The Gramercy Theater in New York. Her photographs and video installations have been shown at the Zolla Lieberman Gallery in Chicago, Art In General and Hudson Franklin in New York, Brissot-Linz Gallery in Paris, the Rochester Art Center, the Centro Cultural Telemar in Brazil, and P.S. 1 in Long Island City, NY.
The Wisconsin Film Festival screened the World Premiere of her new feature film "I Have Always Been A Dreamer".

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Africa First Initiative Brings Djiboutian Vendor Promise of Opportunity
Camp Lemonnier
Engaging employment from local businesses helps shape the environment of the U.S. and its regional partners through relationships and agreements, which builds trust, dependability and shared security interests. The Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Contingency Contracting Office plays a major role in this in Mogadishu, Somalia.
U.S. Navy Sailors with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One, assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and French rescue and medical personnel stationed in Djibouti participated in the first bilateral medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) exercise at a Seabee humanitarian assistance construction site in the Djibouti's Arta region on July 19 and 20.
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs awarded Mr. Scott Ticknor, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD), with the 2017 Robert D. Murphy Senior-Level POLAD of the Year Award July 19.
A project several months in the making finally came to fruition July 30 with the help of a few equipment operators from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One, assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
U.S. military members conducted a physical training test at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 5, 2017. The test was in preparation for an upcoming multi-day French Desert Commando Course that will challenge participants physically and mentally through land and water obstacles, combat scenarios and extreme endurance exercises while surviving in austere field conditions.


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Nice shots, I like the light and composition of all three.
Below are three photos of shells at the beach at Mt Maunganui. They were taken last month during that little windy period you had (i.e. all of our holiday). We believe the wind did us a favour though with these photos.
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Nice shots, I like the light and composition of all three.
#1 is magic! Looks like its rolling through the sand... well done :-)
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All are good pics but the first with the ligting and framing is just spot on.
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they're gorgeous, I particularly like the first one, the light is stunning.
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cool light and textures, I like them all but something about that wave like sand form under #3 that I like the most
Thank you all for your comments. The sunrise was pretty poor, but the early morning light on the shells made getting up early worthwhile. The funny things was I didn't even give them a second thought to well after we were back in Aus and then when we looked at them we were pleasantly surprised.
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Very nice set, nicely framed small details of the beach at the Mount! The wind sculpting the sand is lovely.


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Willing Spring Into Being
It is precisely this time of year when we in the Northeast begin to suffer from winter doldrums: the winter boots begin to feel like cement, the layers of clothing like ropes of bondage, the cold like a dagger in our hearts. I'm being dramatic, I know, but anyone living under a perpetually gray sky with the hovering threat of a blizzard knows I'm not exaggerating that much. So, this week I've chosen five photos that will help to switch gears in our minds, reminding us that the season of birth and renewal is nearly upon us. Dare to open a window on a mild day. Promise to open the blinds despite the sleet outside and browse your favorite garden magazines for backyard inspiration. Bring the new season into being through sheer will! It will be here before you know it.
What's the first thing you will do when Mother Nature warms the air? Tell us in the comments section below.
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By: Heather
Eat all my meals outside!
Thank you for all the great comments! I'm so glad you enjoy the photos.
Your photographs are beautiful Andrew. Thanks for sharing!
By: Jane
Beautiful pictures, I enjoyed them so much ……..13 days and counting!
By: RAY THARP
Amazing photos….Spring is almost here! Thanks for sharing these wonderful beautiful things. Blessings.
Tonight for dinner I made your amazing Pasta, Cabbage recipe from your cookbook. WOWSER…it was delish and my guests all loved it. Our family adores your cookbook and we appreciate you boys and everything you do. Hugz to all!!
By: Dr. Brent
That is such a perfect winter meal, Ray
When nature warms the air, I will be OUTSIDE! There are lichen covered branches and brush to clear after a blustery fall and winter. I will be tending my surrogate babies in the greenhouse…heirloom tomatoes, eggplant, onions, and many others….I will be digging the sandy soil surrounding the lavender…and perhaps planting an additional 2 or 20…one can never have enough lavender! I will be gently removing the leaf mulch from the garlic beds…allowing the green scapes to grow…I will be making BIG decisions…"plant this here…plant this there"…..I will be watching my daughter (a young gardener herself) gently picking daffodils with a smile upon her face. I will rejoice in the buds of the lilacs, the sprouts of the bleeding hearts and host. I will tip my head up and smile, reveling in the warmth upon my face. I CANNOT wait.
Those photos were breathtaking 😉
Oh my!! Thank you on yet another blizzardy, too high tides and hurricane gusts New England day. First warm day, I go out the door, turn my face to the sun , breath and get my hands dirty. Cannot wait!
Thanks for posting this beautiful pictures.Loved this too!! 🙂
Thanks for the boost. Love the pictures.
Living in San Diego, I complain when it gets in the 40's, my Birds of Paradise are in full bloom in the back. Climbing rose starting to bloom on the aviary. I am lucky!
No snow here in Alpharetta, GA. The birds are singing and spring is not far. How I would love to walk the brick path in photo #2
On the prairie of South Dakota, Spring won't be here for a long time. Your pictures make me hopeful! The first calf on the ranch was born yesterday, another sign. Will do my best to will Spring here!
By: Rhonda
We will ride horses right after breakfast, ride until we are tired. Then, release the growing herd of baby goats into the yard. They can experience their first spring day, while their mothers have a well deserved, grazing fest. All of this, as we open our first bottle of Chardonnay, of the year, and enjoy the goodness of home made goat cheese, and fresh, hot, home made bread !!!!!!!!
Spring is my fav time of the year….It's like a new beginning, everything starts out fresh/clean!! I can't wait to feel the warm sun on my face, take long walks on the beach and smell the salt air.. I can't wait to start on my plant/flower garden…I love the colors of spring!!!
No snow in Alpharetta, GA. Spring is starting to appear and the birds are singing. I would love to walk down the brick path in the second photo.
I am in Ga. so I have Spring a little earlier then some….I love to sit and have breakfast outside listening to the animals around my(rescue) farm.
By: Mary
We should really celebrate the "New Year" when spring arrives. When everything is beginning to blossom and we are full of the anticipation of what's to come.
I can't wait to go for a long walk OUTSIDE and retire my treadmill until next winter!
By: MC
First thing I'll be doing is diggin' in the dirt!
My daffodils are so confused. They have popped up, got cold and they went dormant. Poor things, they've done this about 4 times.
By: Donna
Loved it! I'm really Itching to feel the warmth of the Sun and to smell the newness of the Spring and get my hands into that warm Spring soil……


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Melania Trump. She is a legend in the making, and well worthy of attention. Unfortunately, she is tough to write about for any number of reasons. Melania is a political spouse, with a legendary husband and a legendary step-daughter Ivanka and lots of other political things going on, and once you start writing about political types, people get very particular about what they feel is appropriate.
However, Melania Trump is the First Lady of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. So... let's learn about her.
Given that she now is a appearing on the front pages of newspapers for absolutely no reason whatsoever, Melania must be someone that people are interested in. I mean, there's the proof.
|Melania with The Donald on the night he clinched the Republican nomination for President, 3 May 2016. Many people commented on how wonderful Melania looked. She appears to favor white during political appearances.
Choices must be made about what to post here. Everyone has to have a bias, right? Don't want to offend anyone.
Well, screw it. Let's learn a little bit about Melania and just stick with the facts. There is a lot of misinformation about Melania, but the facts are there. Buckle up, bucko.
Melania has her own page that discusses her basic life story. In essence, she was born April 26, 1970 in Sevnica, Slovenia as Melania Knavs (Melania later changed the spelling Knauss). At that time, Slovenia was a province in Communist Yugoslavia under Marshal Tito.
|Victor and Amalija.
Her father, Victor, was a Communist Party functionary of some sort, and also held other jobs. Her mother, Amalija Ulcnik, was not in the Party but was some kind of fashion designer. They are still very much with us, incidentally, and he bears a striking resemblance to Donald Trump.
Melania began modeling at age 16, and moved to Milan at 18.
People in Europe tend to learn a lot of languages. Melania speaks Slovenian, Serbian, Austrian English, French, Serbo-Croatian, and German (I think those are all different languages). Anyway, she speaks all the languages in that neck of the woods and English, too.
|Melania in high school, 1984. She is the girl in the front row on the left.
Melania studied art and architecture at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, but left before graduating because her modeling career was taking off.
Melania has been on numerous fashion magazine covers. A partial listing:
Bulgaria: 'Harper's Bazaar' - August 2010
France: 'Paris Match' - March 17, 2005
Italy: 'Vanity Fair' - December 23, 2015
Spain: 'Hola' - January 27, 2005
UK: 'GQ' - January 2000
US: 'Ocean Drive'; 'Vogue' - February 2005; 'InStyle Weddings' - Summer 2005; 'Avenue' - March 2010; 'Philadelphia Style' - December 2011
In addition, she has been on tabloid covers a lot, especially recently. In fact, Melania is certain to be on a whole boatload of covers in 2016.
Melania currently designs jewelry.
Melania was in the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. That is pretty much the pinnacle of pretty model aspirations, and it solidifies her credentials as a supermodel. She moved to New York in 1996.
Melania reportedly was at the Kit Kat Club during the New York Fashion Week in September 1998 when Donald Trump showed up with another woman. The story goes that he asked her for her number, but she refused to give it to him because he was with another woman. That didn't stop her, though, from taking his number - actually, he gave her several of his numbers.
By 2000, Melania was campaigning with Donald Trump as he tentatively ran for the Reform Party nomination. He ultimately did not pursue it.
Melania did some television ads. In one Aflac spot in the early 2000s, she appeared with comedian Gilbert Gottfried.
Donald proposed to Melania in 2004, and they married on January 22, 2005.
The wedding at The Episcopal Church in Palm Beach and reception at Mar-a-Lago was a high society event. Attendees included Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Rudy Giuliani, Heidi Klum, Star Jones, P. Diddy, Shaquille O'Neal, Barbara Walters, Conrad Black, Regis Philbin, Simon Cowell, Kelly Ripa, and then-Senator Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton. Billy Joel sang "Just the Way You Are" and "The Lady is a Tramp" (with altered lyrics).
Melania became a naturalized US citizen in 2006. She also gave birth to a son, Barron William Trump, in March of that year. Melania has taught him Slovenian. Melania calls Barron "Mini-Donald."
Melania has done a lot of charity work which is relatively a-political. These include The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She was Honorary Chairwoman for Martha Graham Dance Company in April 2005, and she supports the Police Athletic League, which honored her with Woman of The Year 2006. Other charity work:
- Honorary Chairwoman for The Boy's Club of New York for five consecutive years;
- In 2005, The American Red Cross awarded her with the title of Goodwill Ambassador.
- In 2008, she rang the closing bell at NASDAQ to commemorate the Fifth Annual National Love Our Children Day and the beginning of National Child Abuse Prevention month.
In addition, Melania has helped out her home town. For instance, she and Donald donated nearly $30k so that the local hospital could buy two cars to aid its neonatal services. Donald has never been to Sevnica, but did fly with Melania to see Lake Blatt nearby.
Melania long ago told the New York Times how she would approach the role of First Lady:
"I would be very traditional, like Betty Ford or Jackie Kennedy."
Melania was not in the Communist Party. Only about 5% of the population actually enrolled in the Party. It was considered somewhat prestigious and party members were known and noticed. Melania's father, as a party member, always had a job. He and Melania's mother worked at the local clothing manufacturer, Jutranjka. She was a pattern maker, Victor was a driver for a director. He later opened a shop selling car parts.
Melania was not religious. She was not baptized, and she did not practice Catholicism. Whether she has done anything in that regard since is unknown.
Melania was discovered by Stane Jerko at a modeling fashion show for Jutranjka catalogs. She appeared with sister Ines, and it was a big deal because it was held in Belgrade. Jerko asked if he could take some pictures of Melania, and she agreed. Some of those are the black and white shots above.
|Melania in 2006. Well, Melania and Barron.
Melania has done some daring photo work, and fairly recently, too. She posed pregnant in front of Donald Trump's plane, which is in line with a longstanding tradition of celebrities posing whilst pregnant. That trend began decades ago with Demi Moore.
|And add Donald Trump to the mix.
Melania also did a controversial photo shoot for GQ. Considering what top models do, it was rather tame and tasteful, but did involve suggestive poses. That's part of the job. Melania herself has said:
"I was a very successful model and I did some photo shoots. Yes, they were a little risky, (but) nothing more than you see each year in Sports Illustrated."
Melania wanted to become a model from a young age. She sketched designs for clothes, like her mom, and took art classes.
In New York, Melania's career took off after she met agent Paolo Zampolli.
Melania's parents are comfortable and do not impose on their son-in-law's wealth. The live in the same one-car garage riverside house that they built in the 1980s. They do spend a lot of time in the US helping Melania with Barron.
Melania has commented about her becoming a citizen:
"I went through a whole long process [to become a citizen]. It didn't even cross my mind to just stay here. I think people should follow the law."
Melania has an earthy attitude about her husband. A contestant on "The Apprentice" said Melania: "You're very, very lucky."
"Thank you," Melania, holding a glass of champagne, replied, smiling. "And he's not lucky?"
Melania has commented about her relationship:
"We don't have fights. We disagree but that's OK. That's very good in the relationship," she said. "I tell him my way and he accepts that, and I tell him what I think and he's the same. He thinks what he thinks."
Melania has appeared on billboards for Camel cigarettes, Lord &Taylor and Bergdorf Goodman. She continues to have a keen fashion sense, always is perfectly coiffed, and retains the sleek elegance of a top model.
The 2016 Presidential campaign brought Melania a brand new spotlight.
She gave a speech at the Republican National Convention that included some quotes from somebody else's speech, for which the campaign had to apologize. As the campaign explained, it was the fault of a veteran speechwriter who had not properly vetted the speech. Mr. Trump and Melania forgave the speechwriter because everyone makes mistakes and she meant well.
Late in the campaign, Melania gave a well-received speech in Pennsylvania. Huge lines snaked across the parking lot of people who wanted to see the future First Lady.
Melania promised to work on making the Internet a nicer place.
Melania Trump has proven to be a key asset of the campaign as it climbed steadily in the polls as the year moved forward.
Melania kept a fairly low profile during the 2016 campaign, but then, the Trump family is large and vocal, and Melania didn't really need to go on the stump to spread the family's message. Everybody looked forward to her elegant appearances.
Melania wore an elegant powder blue ensemble by Ralph Lauren with her hair swept in an updo. Many found it reminiscent of another legendary First lady of exquisite taste and grace, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
|Fuente: THE STAR.
Melania and son Barron will remain in New York City so that Barron can finish out the school year, then apparently move down to Washington. They were the "Big Apple" of President Trump's eye as he took the oath of office.
|Credit: Andrew Harnik, AP.
Melania had a very simple but effective upswept hairdo for the inauguration.
|(Photo: Getty Images).
Later, Melania changed into a stunning Hervé Pierre creation.
|Courtesy CNN.
Melania showed off a variety of looks during the week.
|On Thursday night before the Friday inauguration, Melania wore a sequined champagne gown by Reem Acra for the Indiana Society Ball. She showed the dress off as well as any (other) model in the business (AFP).
There is no question that Melania now is the pride of her hometown village of Sevnica and, really, her entire homeland of Slovenia and the entire world. She carries herself in a way that casts her upbringing and background in a positive light. At the most basic level, it reflects positively on the immigrant experience. It also shows that models are more than just clotheshorses, they can be refined and radiant. Really, anyone associated with Melania should be proud of her.
|(Courtesy CNN).
Hers is the American fairytale, the spunky immigrant who comes to America and changes the world.


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Crown Princess Masako on the occasion of her 52nd birthday on Wednesday looked back on this year, which marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, calling it "an important year to think about the preciousness of peace."
"Taking care of my health, I have tried to fulfill my public and private duties as much as possible this year," the Crown Princess, who has been receiving treatment for a stress-induced illness for 12 years, said in a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency.
"With the help of people around me, I would like to continue making efforts to recover."
In a separate statement, a medical team for the Crown Princess said she has made various efforts to be physically fit and increase her engagement in official duties. Such progress should give her more confidence in carrying out her duties, it said.
Crown Princess Masako traveled in July to the South Pacific nation of Tonga with Crown Prince Naruhito to attend the coronation of the country's new king.
In October, the couple made a day trip to Fukushima Prefecture to observe its recovery from the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami, before traveling later in the month to Kagoshima Prefecture, where they stayed overnight to attend an opening ceremony for a cultural festival.
Last month, she took part in a biannual garden party hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko for the first time since 2003, talking with some guests.
"Although Crown Princess Masako is making a steady recovery, there are still ups and downs in her health," the team said, asking the public not to expect too much of her.
She attended a total of 52 events at the Crown Prince's Palace where she lives, including meetings with ambassadors to be dispatched overseas, sharply up from around 30 over recent years, according to the Crown Prince's Household.
The Crown Princess also expressed her hope that her 14-year-old daughter, Princess Aiko, will have a fulfilling life in Gakushuin Girl's Junior High School. The couple's only child was sometimes absent from class during her elementary school days.
A person close to the Crown Princess attributed her recovering health to fewer worries over Princess Aiko's school life.


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John W. Noble, Yale '51, Secretary of the Interior, spoke at New Haven last Thursday.
L. Bliss of Yale will not be able to play football for a week on account of an injury to his knee.
The Yale Democratic Campaign Club has invited Governor Russell to speak at the Hyperion October 18.
Tim Keefe has refused an offer to coach the Yale nine this year, but will have charge of the Harvard team.
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In a story published this afternoon, Reuters reported that Ameriprise Financial "may" let its independent broker-dealer Securities America go out of business due to hundreds of millions of liabilities to clients who bought $400 million of allegedly fraudulent private placements.
Reuters based its story on an unattributed source, who said that "Ameriprise is willing to walk away (from Securities America). It is a public company with shareholders, and Ameriprise has to look out for their interests."
It is unclear if the source has inside knowledge of the mediation efforts currently underway between Securities America and investors who are suing the firm.
On Thursday morning and afternoon, a retired federal judge led the meeting between lawyers for investors who bought the failed private placements and the two brokerage companies involved, Securities America and Ameriprise, which owns Securities America.
The notion that Ameriprise would let Securities America go under probably wouldn't hurt the besieged B-D at the negotiating table. Certainly, such a report would undoubtedly put a scare into attorneys who want to get 100 cents on the dollar back for their clients.
As of 2:00 E.S.T, sources involved in the mediation tell me that the plaintiffs lawyers are about to make their first offer. Ameriprise has not had time to come back with a hard number in response.
But keep this in mind: Earlier this week, I had a conversation with a high ranking executive in the brokerage industry who said he would be shocked if Ameriprise would let Securities America collapse. Indeed, the executive said he had had a discussion with a source who is very familiar with Securities America's situation – and he claimed that the source said Ameriprise would not let its indie B-D go down the tubes. Such a fiasco would be a black eye for Ameriprise, a publicly traded company which pitches itself to investors as a firm of financial planners.
What's more, broker-dealers just don't shut down overnight. It takes time, sometimes weeks or months, to close or unwind a firm. And Finra, the industry's leading regulator, also takes a very dim view of firm's closing swiftly to avoid the cost of litigation. At the very least, Finra would probably take a hard look at any maneuver that left clients of Securities America out in the cold. And that is an embarrasment Ameriprise most likely would want to avoid.
Who knows how this story will play out. Securities America is most assuredly in a fix. But at this point, reports of Securities America's demise — if not greatly exaggerated —seem a bit premature.


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You were a cute blonde dressed up to go to the Library Square Public House, but your phone died on the train and you didn't know how to get there. I was wearing a green jacket with a hoodie and had my phone on me. You asked if I could give you directions to get there, and we found we were getting off at the same stop. I was able to get you on the right street and send you down the right path but didn't get your name. I want to make sure you got to the Library Square Public House okay and maybe grab a drink with you sometime.
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The Camp Pendleton Historical Society is recruiting volunteers to join its board or serve in administrative posts. The nonprofit group of several dozen military and civilian members formed in 2005 to help the Marine Corps preserve and tell the history of the land known today as Camp Pendleton.
The group works with the Marine Corps to restore and maintain historic sites, including the Santa Margarita y Las Flores Ranch House and chapel built in the early 1800s and Las Flores adobe, dating back 150 years. It also purchases and donates old military vehicles for restoration by docents at the Camp Pendleton Mechanized Museum.
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Internet voting faces the music. SC voting machine bugs. Ireland trashes EVMsOct 6 2010
About the DC Internet vote hack, Dr. David Jefferson says "Let there be no mistake about it: this is a major achievement, and supports in every detail the warnings that security community have been giving about Internet voting for over a decade now."..The U. of Michigan team changed cast ballots to write-ins like HAL 900 of "2001: A Space Odyssey" ...MAJOR writeup about SC's voting machines, computer scientist says machines would get an 'F'..Election expert testifies at trial on Shelby Co TN election irregularities..Ireland scraps EVMs, tired of paying storage fees...
All this and more in today's voting news below...
CA: County's mail ballot will need 61¢ postage
Sacramento County's registrar of voters is warning that extra postage is required to return vote-by-mail ballots.
CT: Ann Coulter to Face Vote on Voter Fraud Charges in CT by State Elections Enforcement Commission http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8110
"This case is scheduled to appear on the October 14, 2010 public session. We expect the Commission will vote on this matter at that time."
KS: Should the state require you to show ID?
MD: Early votes to be tallied earlier
Early-voting totals must be processed and submitted two hours before polls close on general election night, according to an emergency regulation the state elections board approved last week.
Former candidate seeks Bings immediate removal due to massive irregulaties in vote
http://voiceofdetroit.net/?p=923 This law suit is not sour grapes or a refusal to accept an election loss, rather its about 59,135 of 114,718 ballots which the public does not know were un-recountable and irregular...."
ND: Benson County wont have polling site on reservation
MINNEWAUKAN The Spirit Lake Reservation will be the only reservation in North Dakota without an on-reservation polling site this election.
http://www.nbc40.net/news/14916 /
NY: Voter was right to be skeptical
66e3e840177490.txt http://tinyurl.com/2vgnvwa By Virginia Martin, Democratic Commissioner of Elections. I and my counterpart, (Republican) Commissioner Nastke, believe that the only way we can be confident that well know how the voters voted which we must know before we can certify the results is by counting every single vote on every single paper ballot that was scanned. Therefore, while what the scanner might show the voter on its screen might be interesting, no voter should be reassured by what that screen reveals, because it could be wrong.
NY: Libertarian Party, and Anti-Prohibition Party, Sue New York Over Refusal to Print Nominees Name Twice on Ballot http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/10/06/libertarian-par... /
NV: RNC mails 200,000 absentee ballot request forms to wrong county, has to do
robocall to inform voters* http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2010/oc... / The Republican National Committee recently mailed an estimated 200,000 absentee ballot request forms into Clark County but a warning on the form instructs people who have never voted in Washoe County that they can only use the mail ballot under strict circumstances. (form and flyer posted)
OH: Morgan County suit seeks money to pay for election
ATHENS, Ohio - The Morgan County Board of Elections, worried that it won't be able to pay for the election Nov. 2, has sued the county commissioners for more money.
OH: Election board in hitch over trailer
Republicans don't want Democrats to park signs near early voting site
SC: Gambling with Democracy
Experts Question Quality of South Carolina Voting Machines
http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=199291206422740... After Buell had finished his presentation during which hed called the voting machines buggy, unstable, exploitable and not professional quality stuff, among other things he told the commission that hed wondered why the kind of knowledge hed just dropped on them hadnt ever been presented before.
This is not conspiracy theory; this is simply looking at this as a computer system and doing an analysis, Buell told the Election Commission Sept. 25. I think and what I tell people and am willing to tell the world is we should be voting on a machine that at least passes muster as an undergraduate computer science effort. And it doesnt. If I got something like this from a graduating senior my inclination would be to grade them an F.
SC: Citizen's Audit of South Carolina's Voting System
Obviously, the State Election Commission has been put in a difficult position, preferring not to admit we spent the majority of our $48.5 million in HAVA and state funds on a shoddy product to run the most important function in our democracy.
TN: Election Expert Testifies at Trial on August Election Irregularities*
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/100610-elect... MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An expert on election procedures testified in Chancery Court she believes more than 10,000 ballots cast in the August Election could be questionable due to alleged mistakes in the voting process.
TX: Woman, 81, jailed in vote-fraud case
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Bexar County deputies Monday night arrested a woman accused of using her long-dead sister's identity to vote twice in the 2008 general election.
Mary Ann Comparin, 81, was released from Bexar County Jail on Tuesday after posting $10,000 bail, officials said. She faces one count of illegal voting.
WI: Early Ballot Mailer Upsets Voters http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/104376809.html
Terry, a Milwaukee resident, got a mailer with City Hall's address and a big plea to cast an early ballot.
"I thought this was being sent by the elections commission," Terry told TODAYS TMJ4 reporter Tom Murray. "When I opened up it up, that's when I was surprised."
Internet Voting Watch
Hacked Voting System Stored Accessible Password, Encryption Key *
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/voting-system-... /
An internet-based voting system that was hacked last week by researchers at the University of Michigan stored its database username, password and encryption key on a server open to attack.
The hack left lots of traces that an intrusion detection system should have caught. Nonetheless, it went unnoticed for two business days until Friday afternoon when several testers directed election officials to the Michigan fight song playing on their $300,000 voting system.
Michigan prof explains how D.C. online voting system was hacked
The University of Michigan computer science professor who led the team that successfully infiltrated an Internet voting trial held by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has stepped forward to describe how he did it.
The researchers, once inside, changed the ballots that had already been cast to select their preferred write-in candidates -- famous real and fictional computers, including HAL 900 of "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the Master Control Program from "Tron." They also installed a "back door" that allowed them to view votes that came in.
Internet Voting Faces The Music: Hats off to D.C. and Michigan
http://www.ctvoterscount.org/internet-voting-faces-the-... /
Testers submitting votes complained of the annoying music playing on their computer after voting...
There are several states planning Internet voting pilots under the MOVE Act. We and others have warned of the theoretical risks of Internet voting and specifically the pilot provisions of the otherwise valuable MOVE Act. Will this clear demonstration of vulnerabilities cause states and Congress to sing a different Internet voting tune? We hope so, yet we doubt it.
Hacking the D.C. Internet Voting Pilot - By J. Alex Halderman
The specific vulnerability that we exploited is simple to fix, but it will be vastly more difficult to make the system secure. We've found a number of other problems in the system, and everything we've seen suggests that the design is brittle: one small mistake can completely compromise its security.
The meaning of Alex Halderman's successful attack on the DC Internet voting system
by Dr. David Jefferson Computer Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chairman, Verified Voting http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=...
It is now clear that Halderman and his team were able to completely subvert the entire DC Internet voting system remotely, gaining complete control over it and substituting fake votes of their choice for the votes that were actually cast by the test voters. What is worse, they did so without the officials even noticing for several days.
Verified Voting Lauds Successful Test Hack of Internet Voting Pilot
http://blog.verifiedvoting.org/2010/10/06/973 Verified Voting applauds the decision of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics to suspend their plan to offer overseas voters the dangerous option of returning their voted ballots by a digital vote by mail Internet voting system. The Districts plans to continue other Internet-based ballot return methods (including email and fax) for the Districts military and civilian overseas voters still raise concerns among voting security experts.
D.C. Internet Vote Scheme Hacker: 'Within 36 Hours We Had Total Control of Server, Ability to Change Votes, Reveal Secret Ballots'
University of Michigan's J. Alex Halderman fesses up...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8109 ..your Congress has allocated millions of federal tax-dollars via the Military and Overseas Voting Empowerment (MOVE) Act to pay for these Internet Voting pilot project experiments which use real voters in real elections as guinea pigs to test this unoverseeable technology.
Details Of How The DC Online Voting System Was Hacked: Small Vulnerability, Huge Consequences http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101006/01583711306/d...
They also changed all the votes to write-in candidates they liked and set the system to automatically change all future votes to the same candidates. You can see the ballot that they used to replace all of the votes below.
Boing Boing: Alex Halderman's totally epic hack of the DC internet voting system pilot program http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/05/alex-haldermans-to...
DC tries online voting system, only to have it hacked to death. Instantly.
http://sayencrowolf.net/2010/10/dc-tries-online-voting-... /
Why don't Hispanic registered voters vote?
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/co... /
archive/2010/10/why_dont_hispanic_voters_vote.shtml http://tinyurl.com/34b4sm9
Exclusive: Foreign-Funded U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/05/foreign-chamber-com... /
Former Attorneys General and Law Professors Call on Congress to Examine Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United
Erbe: Ramifications of mail-in balloting
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/56985 It's already changing the way campaigns are run and TV ads are bought and placed.
Federal Voting Assistance Program, DoD If you haven't received your ballot by now, you should be using an electronic alternative to get the ballot, fill it out, print and then send it in. Go to FVAP.gov today!
Rock the Vote The Varsity Girls out of New England, decided on their own that they would put together a video to encourage their fans to register to vote. If you haven't yet registered and live in a state that still has voter regitration for the 2010 Election, watch this video and get registered to vote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5HhGPGAH4c
51m e-voting machines to be disposed of
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1006/evoting.html Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said that the e-voting machines in storage are to be disposed of, after costing the Exchequer 51m.
51m euro voting machines scrapped
The government was advised the 7,000 machines could be open to manipulation
The Irish government is to write off more than 50m euros it paid for electronic voting machines eight years ago and which have remained unused.
The government was advised the 7,000 machines could be open to manipulation.
It has had no serious offers to buy them and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has said they are now to be disposed of.
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ST. PETERSBURG — As much as the Rays hoped Jonny Gomes wouldn't be suspended for his actions in Wednesday's incidents with the Yankees, they accepted Friday's ruling that he got docked two regular-season games.
But they had a harder time understanding how the Yankees' Shelley Duncan, who started things with a spikes-high slide into second base, and Melky Cabrera, who punched Evan Longoria in the back of the head during the benches-clearing scrum, only got one more.
"That does not make any sense to me whatsoever," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "What Jon did was reaction to what they had done, and we did not start a thing. I've addressed that point already — they perpetrated the entire situation. And then to have the punishment doled out almost on a similar basis, to me is unjust. And it's not right."
The Rays said the disparity in intent should have made for a bigger difference in the punishments, because Gomes was defending teammate Akinori Iwamura when he came charging at Duncan, while the Yankees were instigating trouble.
"Those guys are trying to inflict injuries, those guys are trying to inflict pain, and I don't know how much room there is for that in this game," Gomes said. "Granted, there's the old 'we hit you, you hit us' type of deal, but it's different with spikes high and punches being thrown."
The Yankees, not surprisingly, also didn't seem to think much of the with-pay suspensions, which go into effect on opening day, but can be appealed (which seems likely for Gomes) and held in abeyance until a hearing.
Duncan said, "Initially, I feel it is pretty unfair," then he offered reporters in Sarasota what sounded like a heart-tugging soliloquy on his passion to play hard all the time, "scratching and clawing" to get to the majors and leaving his "heart and soul on the field every game."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi, fined along with coaches Kevin Long and Bobby Meacham, said: "It is what it is and you move on. … Obviously we're hurt missing two guys for three games."
Girardi continued to back his players, saying he finally looked at a video of Duncan's slide and, while allowing that his spikes were a bit high, didn't consider it malicious. "I don't believe Shelley was trying to hurt anyone."
And he said he didn't know anything until the 1 p.m. MLB announcement about Cabrera's actions, which were reported Friday by the Times. But the Rays had been upset for days and felt gratified that MLB officials looked at the video and saw it their way.
Although both managers say they want to move on from the two high-profile, emotionally charged incidents of the past week, there is the little matter of the schedule, with the teams meeting again this afternoon in Tampa.
The Rays are taking preventive action, switching Gomes to their split squad that is playing the Braves near Disney (along with Elliot Johnson, who started all this with his collision at home plate March 8), with Maddon (who, in turn, changed his plans because he felt he "needed" to be in Tampa) saying the "intensity of the situation" was "a little bit too hot, and I want it just to cool down."
But Girardi insisted Duncan will play at Legends Field rather than go to Lakeland with the Yankees' other squad, saying: "He's got to play against the Devil Rays one day."
That certainly creates the opportunity — though likely under heavy scrutiny and possibly another pregame warning from the umpires — for retaliation and potential closure today, but Maddon said that wouldn't be the case.
"Our plan is to go play baseball," he said. "I've spoken to our team about it; we're going to go out and play the game properly (today). … We're just about playing it hard. If something comes up and it's a hard play, it's going to be a hard play. But we're not going out there looking to hurt anybody."
One prominent Yankee agrees. "If something happens (today), it'd be stupid," shortstop Derek Jeter said. "It's got to the point where it has to end."
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The 'Jenny From the Block' singer also says at the 'American Idol' panel during the Winter TCA press tour that her boyfriend Caspert Smart is 'fantastic with the kids.'
Although Casper Smart is wonderful with children, Jennifer Lopez is unsure if she wants to get married again. The singer, who has got divorced three times, talked about her private life at the "American Idol" panel during the Winter TCA press tour on Monday, January 13.
When asked about possible fourth wedding, Lopez admitted that she did not know if she would marry Smart. "I don't know. We'll see. I don't know," she answered, as reported by E! News. "I always believe in that institution, my parents were married for a very long time, they were married for 35 years. I believe in it, it's difficult. I've had my challenges but at the same time I believe in love and I think that that's the main thing."
The "Jenny From the Block" singer additionally gushed over her boyfriend, saying that he helped a lot with her work and twin children, Max and Emme. "I don't like the word father figure, but he's fantastic with the kids and he helps me very much with my work," she answered a reporter who asked if Smart was a good father figure.
"It was his idea, he knew I had the idea to do 'Same Girl', and go shoot that in the Bronx and he was like, 'When are we going to be in New York again? Come on I'll do it with you, let's go do it. Let's put that dream down for you.' And he basically produced it with me, so he's fantastic in that way," she explained.


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and acquired 67,768 Units on the same terms as the other purchasers.
The participation by the officers in the Private Placement constitutes
a "related party transaction" under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 and
is exempt from the minority approval and valuation requirements under
such instrument.
In connection with the Private Placement, a finder's fee was paid
consisting of (a) a 6% cash commission on the gross proceeds raised
under the private placement relating to purchasers introduced by the
finders, and (b) broker warrants to purchase Units at a price of $2.54
per Unit equal to 6% of the number of Units relating to purchasers
introduced by the finders.
"This financing allows us to further advance our immunology program and
provides us a stronger balance sheet going forward," said Dan Chicoine,
Nuvo's Chairman and Co-CEO. "We will now be in a much stronger cash
position when we obtain the results of our Phase 2 study of WF10 for
the treatment of allergic rhinitis expected in Q4 this year."
The gross proceeds raised from the Private Placement will be used by the
Company to further advance the development of the WF10 program for
allergic rhinitis, and for working capital and general corporate
The securities issued under the Private Placement are subject to a hold
period expiring on August 1, 2014.
About Nuvo Research Inc.
Nuvo (TSX:NRI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on
improving patient's lives by developing and commercializing innovative
products that address unmet medical needs. The Company has a diverse
portfolio of products in the areas of topical pain and immunology.
Nuvo's marketed products include Pennsaid (a topical treatment for the
signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee), Pennsaid 2% (a
topical treatment for the pain of osteoarthritis of the knee), Pliaglis
(a topical local anesthetic) and the heated lidocaine/tetracaine patch
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BANGALORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Shares of Woodward Governor Co WGOV.O fell 28 percent to a two-year low on Thursday, a day after the maker of energy control systems and components forecast fiscal 2009 earnings below analysts' consensus view.
The company's outlook seemed "cautious" and implied a negative-to-up-slightly growth over 2008, said Kevin Dann and Partners analyst Michael Casas, who downgraded the stock to "neutral" from "buy."
"For a company which is pretty much considered to be a growth-oriented one, it's not all that much growth," Casas said, adding that it seemed like Woodward did not know what was going to happen over the next year.
The rapid weakening of the euro and the British pound is having a "pronounced impact" on the outlook for 2009, the company, which serves the aerospace, energy, transportation and military markets, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Woodward, which counts General Electric Co (GE.N) and Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) amongst its clients, also said its business jet activity has seen an order slowdown with the reduced production outlook.
"It is a risk going forward, whether or not the company's business jets division could sustain itself given that airlines are following through on some of their announced plans to withdraw less efficient aircraft from service," William Bremer, an analyst with Maxim Group, said.
For fiscal 2009, the Fort Collins, Colorado-based company forecast earnings between $1.65 and $1.90 a share. [ID:nWNAB5544]
Shares of the company fell 13 percent to $19.21 in afternoon trade on Nasdaq. The stock had touched a low of $15.88 earlier. (Editing by Deepak Kannan)


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By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
LEASBURG, Mo. – Rob Mies is coming to Missouri's first ever Bat Festival on Saturday, April 21, at Onondaga Cave State Park. And he's bringing a few of his furry friends.
Mies is the director and founder of the Organization for Bat Conservation, the largest grass-roots bat conservation program in the United States, with headquarters at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The organization presents some 1,500 live shows a year to educate people about one of the world's most unique, and misunderstood, animals.
Mies, pronounced "my-ess," has become somewhat of a celebrity; his work has been featured in television documentaries and he has made appearances on shows hosted by Ellen Degeneres, Conan O'Brien and Regis and Kelly. Mies does the talking, but his friends are the stars.
"We'll be bringing to the festival a variety of bats, including big brown bats, which are found locally and are critically important because they eat a lot of garden and agricultural pests," Mies said. "We'll have straw-colored fruit bats from Africa, which are large and kind of look like a Chihuahua with wings. They have a really beautiful yellow color. We'll also have the largest bat in the world, the Malayan flying fox. It has a 6-foot wing span, and weighs three pounds."
His talks will range from how a homeowner can humanely evict bats from the attic, to how a gardener can attract them to eat bugs.
Missouri State Parks got the idea for holding a bat festival after U-Haul, the truck rental company, decided to feature Onondaga Cave and its bats in graphics on the sides of some 1,900 new trucks scheduled to hit the road in mid-October. The "Venture Across America" graphics program includes little known facts and mysteries found in the various states.
The Missouri graphic will explain echolocation, the method by which bats communicate, for travelers who go to uhaul.com. The graphic features a bat flying over a map of the state, with a star pointing out the location of Onondaga Cave State Park. A second bat snoozes upside down. Both are red bats, which are found in the woods of the state park.
"We chose the red bat because it's a very friendly looking bat," said Joanne Fried, a spokeswoman for U-Haul, who met Mies and his friends in preparation for the unveiling of the first Missouri truck at the Bat Festival. The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, with the unveiling at noon.
"He will definitely make most people change their minds about the perception of bats," Fried said of Mies. "They have personalities. I went home and told my husband, 'We're getting a bat house in our backyard'."
Bat houses – along with bat jewelry, bat puppets, bat mobiles and all things batty – will be available for purchase at the festival. The event also will have barbecue, bluegrass music, volunteers from caving organizations and booths manned by master gardeners and naturalists. Onondaga Cave, one of the state's most stunning, will be open for tours during the festival.
The festival actually starts on Friday, April 20, but is open that first day only to some 600 pre-registered school children, who will be treated to their own show with Mies and to free cave tours. On Saturday, cave tours will be discounted for the public. The tours will be $10 for adults, and $5 for kids 6 to 12. The regular price is $12 and $7. All other programs at the festival are free.
Bats are an integral part of the chain of life, and play an important role in the entire ecosystem by eating insects that can be pests to people and agriculture. Onondaga Cave contains up to 1,000 bats, which are among the 68 species found in the cave, from tiny invertebrates to grotto salamanders.
"People coming into the cave should be able to see bats, mostly little browns and eastern pipstrelles, which are also called tri-colored bats," said Maria Potter, superintendent at Onondaga Cave State Park. "They usually are on the ceiling near the air-lock entrance. Because it's early spring, they're starting to really wake up and move around. You may see them flying near the boat dock area or the Lily Pad Room."
And, as one of the many myths that Mies and his group try to dispel, bats do not get tangled in your hair and do not attack people. You may even find they have a pleasant personality.
Onondaga Cave State Park is located seven miles south of the Interstate 44 Leasburg exit on Highway H in Crawford County. For more information about the park and the event, contact the park at (573) 245-6576 or visit mostateparks.com. Missouri State Parks is a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.


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- 1 cup soymilk or 1 cup rice milk
- 4 black tea bags or 2 tablespoons loose black tea
- 1⁄4 cup canola oil
- 1⁄2 cup vanilla soy yogurt
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 pinch white pepper or 1 pinch ground black pepper
- 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg or 1⁄4 teaspoon ground mace
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- Preheat oven to 375 and line tin with cupcake liners.
- In a small saucepan heat soymilk until it is almost boiling. Add tea bags, cover and remove from heat. Let sit for 10 minutes.When ready to use stir teabags and thoroughly squeeze to insure as much tea is dissolved in milk as possible.
- In a large bowl wisk together oil, yogurt, sugar, vanilla and tea mixture until all yogurt lumps disappear. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves, and pepper into wet ingredients. Mix until large lumps disappear; some small lumps are okay. Fill tins full and bake about 20 to 22 minutes until a sharp knife inserted comes out clean.
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- To assemble, sift confectioners sugar over cooled cupcakes first, then mix cocoa, cinnamon, and nutmeg together and sift onto each cupcake. Enjoy!


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A CAMPAIGNER against forced marriage is urging schools in Lancashire to work proactively to combat the issue.
Alex Jones, who founded a nationwide campaign dedicated to murdered Shafilea Ahmed, said his organisation, 'It's my right – No Forced Marriages', is looking to establish a series of long-term progressive measures that will directly enable schools and the community to be proactive in tackling Forced Marriages.
The measures will take the form of a dedicated 'Shafilea Ahmed education programme'.
Shafilea, 17, ran away to Blackburn before being killed by her parents in Warrington because she was Westernised, and refused to obey them.
The organisation is calling for the schools, colleges and youth centres to be a part of the education campaign.
Mr Jones also wishes to establish an official 'Certified Forced Marriage training course' for teachers and community leaders, to help them spot the signs of forced marriage and know how to help victims.
Mr Jones said his organisation is also looking for a law firm to help establish a law scholarship in Shafilea Ahmed's name, which he said is a direct investment into those who will potentially save lives.
Mr Jones said: "With the commitment of all aspects of society to building the long-term infrastructure we can effectively break the cycle that Forced Marriage is untouchable and save more lives like Shafilea from being lost "The biggest area that must be tackled is in the continuing perception that forced marriage is untouchable because it is cultural.
"It has to be realised that 'forced marriage, shame, honour' have to be seen for what they all really are, terminology of further attacks on human rights.
"The prevailing barrier, 'that we can't act because it's culture' only goes to give this heinous crime a strengthened voice."


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Barbra Streisand's 'Partners' Album To Be Released September 16th [Video]
If you're a Barbra Streisand fan, here's good news. Columbia Records has announced the upcoming release of Barbra Streisand's "Partners" album, to debut on September 16th, 2014, featuring 12 new Streisand duets with the world's greatest male vocalists. Streisand fans can pre-order "Partners" now. All those who pre-order the album will receive a new downloadable song "New York State Of Mind," with Billy Joel. The Lionel Richie duet of the classic "The Way We Were" will be also be made available to pre-ordering fans on August 26. The third Instant Grat track, the Michael Buble duet "It Had To Be You," – will be downloadable via pre-order on September 2.
The PR Newswire reports that the "Partners" album includes duets with Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, Jason Gould, Josh Groban, Billy Joel, John Legend, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Blake Shelton, Stevie Wonder and a breathtaking virtual duet with the King of rock n' roll, Elvis Presley. The new album, which is executive produced by Ms. Streisand and Jay Landers, is produced by 'Babyface' and Walter Afanasieff.
"Partners" is comprised of 12 songs, many of which are regarded as Streisand classics. Among the songs included are "New York State Of Mind," with Billy Joel, "It Had To Be You," with Michael Buble, "Come Rain Or Come Shine," with John Mayer, "Love Me Tender," with Elvis Presley, "The Way We Were," with Lionel Richie, "What Kind Of Fool," with John Legend, "People," with Stevie Wonder, "I Can Still See Your Face," with Andrea Bocelli, "Evergreen," with Babyface, and Ms. Streisand's first studio-recorded duet with her son Jason Gould, on "How Deep Is The Ocean."
This new release is wonderful news for fans, since it's been awhile for a duets album. Remember the blockbuster duet with Celine Dion?
Barbra Streisand is currently the best-selling female recording artist in history, according to RIAA, and the only woman to make the All-Time Top 10 Best Selling artists list, an honor which includes "Partners" duettist Elvis Presley. Ms. Streisand has recorded 51 gold, 30 platinum and 13 multi-platinum albums in her career, including nine #1s, and is the only recording artist to have accomplished #1 album in five consecutive decades.


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I was pretty sure that I'd like to read books on my iPad. I'm a gadget guy and the idea of having a library of books and manuals at my disposal is just too geeky to pass up. Here's the thing, I have a small stack of books (Blink, Under Heaven, Anathem, and Under The Dome) in the queue for reading (as well as a few business books I was given for review). As much as I want to read them, I want to read them on my iPad.
I think it's the fact that I switch between them without carrying all of these giant hardcover books. I think it's the, hmm, I'll just read for a moment (yes, my iPad is close by almost all the time), that I like.
Unfortunately, I don't really want to buy these books all over again (fine Under The Dome was a gift) so I can read them on my iPad. Then it hit me.
What if I could go to Chapters and turn in the books for credit towards buying the book through Kobo? Sure, I'd love a one-for-one trade, but I think that is hoping for a bit much. Now, Chapters could resell the books (unlikely) or donate them to the library. Think of how many new books libraries might be able to get!
In my mind, I think this could be a great way for Kobo to get more folks using their reader (maybe the credit could go to buying a reader) or the iPad/Android/iPhone versions of the app. Myself I really like the Kobo iPad app. Until the recent updates to iBooks, I thought it was a better eReader app.
So, let's see if Kobo thinks this is a good idea.