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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Nine members of the Jacksonville community are now authorized to begin work as the first board of directors for the new Downtown Investment Authority.
Mayor Alvin Brown signed the resolutions Monday to enact the nine appointments. The City Council confirmed all of the selections Oct. 9.
In addition, Brown announced that Donald Harris will serve as chairman of the authority's board. The first meeting is scheduled for Wedenesday at 2 p.m. in City Hall.
"The DIA marks an important step in making Jacksonville the most vibrant and competitive city it can be," Brown said. "We already have a great deal of momentum that's increasing our city's heartbeat. I'm excited to see this talented group engage with stakeholders to build even more jobs, launch more special events and refine the brand that shows who we are to the rest of the world."
Harris is the general manager of the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel on the Southbank. Harris has more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has been active on the boards of Visit Jacksonville, Downtown Vision Inc. and Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce.
The DIA resulted from Brown's plans to refocus the city's economic development functions, according to a city news release. City Council approved the creation of the DIA by a unanimous vote on Aug. 15. The legislation establishing the nine-member board includes five appointments from the mayor, with the remaining four coming from the council president.
Brown has charged the DIA with carrying out an action plan for downtown, according to the release. The authority is a key component of the mayor's economic development strategy and will be responsible for creating and managing business development, recruitment and marketing plans in the downtown area, according to the release. The legislation gives the DIA powers, established under Florida law, to use Community Redevelopment Area resources to revitalize downtown.
The DIA continues the Brown administration's economic development reform efforts after the City Council, the Florida Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott each approved a transformation of the former Jacksonville Economic Development Commission into the Office of Economic Development and the DIA.
Guidelines established in the DIA legislation specify that members of the board have substantive ties to downtown and be Duval County residents. Six of the nine members must be either a downtown resident, a downtown retail operator, a downtown property owner, a member of the banking or finance industry, a person with business management experience, a practicing attorney, a person with commercial real estate experience, an architect or an urban planner.
Brown's selections for the DIA board are:
- Melody S. Bishop –- An architect with Akel, Logan & Shafer who serves on the AIA Florida Board of Directors and the Florida Foundation for Architecture Board of Trustees. Her firm is located in the downtown area.
- Robert M. Clements –- Chairman and CEO of EverBank, which recently relocated 1,500 employees to the new EverBank Center in downtown.
- Kamaria (Kay) Harper –- A practicing attorney with the Harper Law Firm and a downtown resident.
- Paul Perez –- Former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida and current Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity National Financial, which is located in the downtown area.
- Donald Harris -– General manager of the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel, which is located on the Southbank.
Council President Bill Bishop's selections for the DIA board are:
- Antonio Allegretti -– Southbank resident with business management experience as the founding director of the Riverside Arts Market and a partner in downtown's Burrito Gallery restaurant. Currently serving as the Director of Downtown Engagement for the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce.
- James F. Bailey Jr. -– Downtown business and property owner as the President of Bailey Publishing and Communications and Publisher of The Financial News & Daily Record.
- Oliver Barakat –- A senior vice president for CBRE who represented EverBank in the company's recent move of 1,500 employees downtown to the former AT&T Tower.
- Donald A. Shea –- Urban planner who serves as the executive director of the nonpartisan Jacksonville Civic Council and has extensive experience in economic development, including service as the executive director of the Shreveport Downtown Development Authority and President and CEO of the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership.
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This pumpkin chili recipe started out in a mysterious way on the blog back in 2010 when I edited these photos, loaded them into a post, and then accidentally hit publish instead of save. For the short time until I noticed my mistake, the photos and no words were published on the blog, and one sweet reader even left a very tactful comment saying "I don't see where the ingredients are listed." But once the actual recipe was there, this recipe quickly developed quite a few fans, and it's a fun idea for family dinner during October, or even on Halloween!
I spiced it up quite a bit from the inspiring recipe, switched most of the kidney beans for black beans, added more garlic, and added diced green chiles. My version has what may seem like a lot of spices, but I think crockpot recipes can be pretty bland without extra seasoning and the result was a chili that's full of flavor.
I think beans are a wonderful low-glycemic food, but if you're wanting a lower-carb dish I'd recommending doubling (or even tripling) the amount of beef and only using one can of beans. Either way, this chili will be delicious!
Spicy Mexican Slaw would make a great side dish for this chili if you wanted a heartier meal.
Crockpot Pumpkin Chili with Ground Beef, Black Beans, and Kidney Beans
(Makes 6-8 servings, recipe adapted from Pumpkin Chili at Eclectic Recipes.)
I originally used a 3.5 Quart Slow Cooker and said a 4 or 5 Quart Slow Cooker would also work, but I heard from one reader who said their 4 Quart was full to the top and he recommended a Six Quart, so that size might be best.
2-3 tsp. olive oil (depending on your pan)
1 lb. ground beef (use ground beef with 10% fat or less for South Beach Diet)
salt and fresh ground black pepper, to season meat
1 medium onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 T minced garlic
1 T ground cumin
1 T chili powder (I used mild chili powder from The Spice House, note this is a blend of spices and not ground chile pepper.)
2 tsp. ground Ancho chile pepper (or use a little more chili powder if you don't have this)
2 tsp. dried cilantro or 2-3 T chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
1 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. Spike Seasoning
2-4 oz. diced green Anaheim chile peppers (I only used 2 oz, but if you like it spicy use the whole 4 oz. can)
3 cups homemade beef stock (or use 2 cans beef broth)
1 can (15 oz. can) red kidney beans, rinsed with cold water
2 cans (15 oz. cans) black beans, rinsed with cold water
1 can pumpkin puree (15 oz. can, not pumpkin pie filling!)
2 cans petite diced tomatoes with juice (14.5 oz. cans)
grated cheese for serving if desired (I used Mexican 4 cheese blend, a mixture of low-fat cheeses)
sour cream for serving if desired
Heat a small amount of oil in a large heavy frying pan, add ground beef, season with salt and fresh ground black pepper, and cook until the beef is well browned. Add browned meat to the crockpot.
Add a little more oil to the frying pan, add diced onion and green bell pepper and cook 2-3 minutes, until the onion and pepper is just starting to soften. Add minced garlic, ground cumin, chili powder, ground Ancho chili pepper, dried cilantro, dried oregano, Spike Seasoning and diced green chiles and saute a couple minutes more. (Sauteing the spices and chiles helps release the flavor, so don't skip this step.) Put the onion mixture into the crockpot, then deglaze the pan with the beef stock and add that to crockpot.
While onions and peppers are cooking, drain the beans into a colander placed in the sink and rinse with cold water until no more foam appears. (This removes excess starchiness and makes the beans easier to digest.) Add beans to the crockpot. Add canned pumpkin and diced tomatoes with juice.
Stir the mixture to combine ingredients, then cook on high for 4-6 hours, (or 8-10 hours on low) stirring a few times if you're home. (I cooked my chili about 4 1/2 hours on high and it was perfect, but crockpots can vary greatly as to how hot they get, so adjust the cooking time depending on your own slow cooker.)
Serve hot, topped with grated cheese and sour cream if desired. This chili will be even better after it's been in the fridge overnight, and also freezes well.
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Do you have that hollow feeling, too? That feeling that after months, no, years of build-up, after the arrival of the final climax, there is something oddly underwhelming about the fact that Kevin Rudd has finally reclaimed the throne? It's not that this isn't a momentous development. It is. But after the incessant focus on whether or not this would happen, we're left with the question so many Labor MPs couldn't answer while they were vainly denying anything was going on: what exactly was that about?
It certainly wasn't about integrity. Julia Gillard's magnificent concession speech revealed the person the public so rarely saw, but that her loyal colleagues clearly knew. This is very much unlike Rudd's axing in 2010, which we now know was mainly about Rudd's impossibly dysfunctional style of governance, which led much of the caucus to detest him. Gillard's colleagues like and respect her, but in the final act simply couldn't abide her diabolically bad polling. No doubt the data reflected her constant political missteps, but they also reflected Rudd's constant undermining of her. Now the man who contributed so much to making her prime ministership impossible, who has done so much to put Labor in this catastrophic position, has been rewarded with the leadership. He held the party to ransom, and ultimately got paid.
This was sheer, bloody pragmatism. There's no central policy dispute or matter of principle at stake. Listen carefully to Bill Shorten's statement half an hour before the ballot: ''I have now come to the view that Labor stands the best chance to defend the legacies of this term of government, and to continue improving the lives of millions of Australians if Kevin Rudd is our leader,'' he explained. The emphasis is mine, but if you think about them, the italicised words are astonishing. The legacy he's protecting is Gillard's. His support for Rudd was, paradoxically, all about his admiration for the woman he helped eject from politics, a prime minister who has "accomplished remarkable things'' - ''once-in-a-generation reforms'' no less, and ''in very difficult circumstances in a minority government''.
That's one of the great ironies here. For now, the electorate clearly prefers Rudd to Gillard, and that's the only reason we now have him. But in policy terms, Gillard has the more impressive record. Rudd's time in office was frantic, but barren. Beyond his great symbolic moments (the apology and Kyoto), his biggest initiatives, such as the emissions trading scheme and his mining tax, fell over. His education revolution amounted to little - far less than Gillard's Gonski-inspired initiative. Gillard has her name on the national disability insurance scheme, the carbon tax and a newly negotiated, if deeply flawed, mining tax. She achieved a health funding deal with the states where Rudd couldn't. She has established a landmark wide-ranging royal commission on child sex abuse. Some of these (health, mining tax) were renewed, compromised versions of Rudd's failures. Others, (carbon tax, royal commission) were not her idea and were forced upon her. Still, her legacy is far more concrete than Rudd's.
Rudd's one virtue is that he gives Labor the spectre of a chance in this year's election. Not necessarily even the chance to win so much as the chance not to be utterly destroyed. That's why his caucus supporters rarely have glowing things to say about him. Foreign Minister Bob Carr was more spirited on Lateline, celebrating Rudd as ''the leader who saved us from the GFC''. No doubt, that was Rudd's great practical achievement in office. But that was a response to circumstances, not an agenda.
What is his agenda now? We know Rudd has long wanted the leadership, but to what end? The most emphatic reason he gave was to ''do what I can to prevent Mr Abbott from becoming prime minister''. Then came Shorten: "I believe that Tony Abbott and his conservative Coalition represent a once-in-a-generation risk to the advancement of this nation and its peoples''. Then came Carr: "Too much is at risk … [it's] overwhelmingly in Australia's interest that Tony Abbott not be our national leade''. It's no longer about what Labor will do. It's a little bit about what Labor has done - almost entirely under Gillard. But it's mostly about their stopping their opponents. Umpteen Labor voices have declared the importance of offering the Australian people a choice this year. But it's not yet clear exactly what that choice will be other than a choice between a man named Tony Abbott, and someone who isn't.
The upshot is this: we're now witnessing a contest between two opposition leaders. More than that, it's a contest between the two best opposition leaders we have seen in decades. Rudd's 2007 dismantling of Howard was so clinical and thorough that he looked destined forever to be a Labor hero. Abbott hasn't so much dismantled Rudd and Gillard as destroyed them. But the fact both men are skilled in opposition is scarcely encouraging. It means both excel in the symbolism and sharply crafted critique that opposition rewards. But as Rudd so spectacularly demonstrated after 2007, opposition and government are entirely different enterprises.
What we don't have is a leader. We don't have a government that can run energetically on its record, because while his colleagues might celebrate the NDIS and Gonski, Rudd simply doesn't own them, and will surely look ridiculous spruiking them. This is, in some ways, a re-run of 2010, when Gillard had no way of owning Rudd's economic management, so we didn't talk about it. The result that time was perhaps the most substance-free election campaign we've ever seen; one characterised by small ideas and mutual scare tactics. We might just be headed there again.
Columnist Waleed Aly hosts RN Drive on Radio National.


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Shakugan no Shana III Final (review)
June 14, 2012Posted by on
Impression – the end of a legend that unfortunately, may not endure (8/10)
Fall 2011 to winter 2012 (24 episodes) (title literal translation – Shana of Burning Eyes, English synonym – Shana the Fire-Eyed)
After Yuji recovered Reiji Maigo from Bal Masque he, Shana and Kazumi resumed their Christmas Eve. It was to be Yuji's responsibility to choose between the two girls in order to settle their rivalry in romance once and for all. But something happened that neither of his wooing ladies expected. Yuji just disappeared. It was as if his existence as a torch had been snuffed out as all of his possessions and remnants of him through the memories of others simply vanished. But Shana sensed that he still existed…somewhere. So they had no choice but to resume their lives as best they could and wait for his return.
For all of you who were put off by Shana II much more than I was, let me start by saying that Shana III is undeniably better. Gone is the love triangle between Yuji, Shana and Kazumi…as well as pretty much everything else to do with school life in general. It's back to the much more action-packed style we saw in the first season that favors story progression. Please do try to ignore the first three or so recap episodes that start Shana III in a pitiful attempt to get new viewers up to speed. Rest assured that the old format is finally back, but it's much colder and calculated—fitting of two worlds on the brink of war.
Although it tries its best to bring back everything that made season 1 awesome, there are a lot of new problems in Shana III that just can't be overlooked. The most difficult for me to grudgingly accept was probably unavoidable because of where the story needs to go—the ever-expanding cast that seems to grow by about five characters each episode for the first half of the series. It gets really hard to keep track of names and loyalties after a while, especially when they only get about a thirty second introduction and then reappear a few episodes later to finish the tasks they've been given—major, plot-altering assignments at that. Occasionally, I had to just sit back and let them do their thing and most of them are so poorly characterized their presence hardly seems necessary.
Yes, I understand that this is war and there's a hierarchy of commander and subordinates all playing their part in the big picture that needs to be established. But a lot of this is fine details that I feel could have been done without. It leads to getting things spread too thin and I wish Shana and Yuji could have had a stronger presence. Either that, or some of the bigger players should have been allowed a more gradual introduction so we could get to know them better and care about why they're taking part in this endeavor—even if they're just going to die in a few episodes. At least then it wouldn't have felt like such a waste.
But as I said in my Shana II review, the amount of dead time back in the second season starts to show very clearly in the third because so much material is getting crammed in to make a mad rush to the conclusion. So while Shana II was painfully slow, Shana III has the exact opposite problem of being almost too fast to keep up.
But there's a lot of high points, too. The psychological attributes of season 1 that had been mostly absent in season 2 have made a strong comeback. It's also managed to up the ante from Shana I and push the limits a lot higher. Shana I simply dealt with the nature of existence on a very platonic level. But Shana III addresses a deeper theme in the purpose of existence. There are some very strong concepts dealing with loss of direction in one's life as everything you devoted yourself to becomes irrelevant and a future full of nothing but aimless emptiness is all that waits after several lifetimes devoted to a single-minded cause that has suddenly disappeared. But if freed from this burden, there is also a chance to discover a new, greater cause if you manage to not despair and broaden your focus to look at the big picture.
One thing that has always endured through the Shana story is the very clear understanding that the Crimson Denizens are not all evil. Just as you wouldn't call a lion evil for killing a zebra, the bad guys have always been simply acting on their nature, even if at times the terms excess and greed could be applied to their methods. Particularly in Shana III we are given a difficult-to-handle dilemma of just who is actually on the right side during this war—the Denizens attempting to achieve their own, personal paradise or the Flame Hazes who zealously deem such a paradise nothing but a dangerous delusion.
The ending manages to find a compromise between these two extremes, but it doesn't feel half-hearted or conciliatory. It instead goes for a tone of understanding and inevitability even if that isn't something that adequately ties up every loose end. And as much as I like the characters of Shana and Yuji as separate entities, the two could have avoided a lot of pain and suffering they inflicted on each other unnecessarily if they had just sat down and talked things through honestly, which is a sad little detail that undermines a lot of the dramatic strife of this series.
I'll say it again, Shana III is better than Shana II because it takes a lot of cues from Shana I, making itself into a nice wrap-up to a really great franchise. The battles are suitably epic in the smart, well-composed flow that is a hallmark of the action sequences in the Shana series. It's let down by a few writing and pacing problems, but overall is a solid and thought-provoking anime.
Shakugan no Shana II Second (review)
May 28, 2012Posted by on
Impression – an epic fumble that does manage to recover a little (7/10)
Fall 2007 to winter 2008 (24 episodes) (title literal translation – Shana of Burning Eyes, English synonym – Shana the Fire-Eyed)
Picking up right where Shana I left off Yuji, Shana and Kazumi are confronted by a new classmate whose appearance so closely resembles Hecate—a powerful Crimson Lord they recently faced—that it goes beyond mere coincidence. However, after their suspicions turn out to be unfounded, Fumina Konoe is found to be a rather nice, if simple-minded girl from a wealthy family who needs a friend. Much to the dismay of Shana and Kazumi she attaches herself to Yuji and the four friends indulge in enjoying the summertime youth of their first year in high school. But a few other strange occurrences surrounding Fumina keep them on edge and only time will reveal her true nature.
After such a spectacular first season, it was always going to be hard for a sequel to live up to that kind of quality, but to fall this far was truly sad. It goes from a psychological, action series with romance elements to a low-key aimless high school drama (at least for the first half). Season one dealt with big issues such as the nature of existence and season two's change of tone is so jarring it doesn't even feel like the same anime anymore. The characters have also taken on such a wishy-washy passive-aggressive attitude it's hard to believe the half-baked romantic rivalries that dominate much of this second season. It's clear that Yuji wants to be with Shana, but combined with his gentle nature and Kazumi's home wrecker attitude that just won't let him go, there's no shortage of frustration in the direction of the plot. And if this love triangle that's already been well established wasn't bad enough, Hecate's way-to-obvious clone Fumina Konoe turns the triangle into a pyramid with the all-too-trusty Yuji being exploited left and right because he can't find his backbone.
The second half of this series does manage to head back in the right direction and attempts to recapture the spirit of its predecessor, but by then it's really nothing more than a simple matter of too little too late. To its credit, the ending is spectacular; crowned by an epic battle that really satisfies with its brilliantly constructed flow and amazingly intelligent strategy as characters on both sides take advantage of the changing battlefield. Also satisfactory is the final scene that, while a bit of a cliffhanger, at least gives the distinct impression that the indecisive romance that plagued the rest of this season has finally come to an end.
The most telling failing of the second season really gets revealed in the third season because it highlights how little actually happened in Shana II, making everything feel empty and futile. What was the purpose of this series in the grand picture of the whole Shana franchise? If it was to establish Shana as Yuji's official love interest, we pretty much already figured that at the end of season one. The cool, insightful Yuji of the previous season who was Shana's greatest pillar of support also stagnates horribly—making him into a football that the characters good and bad pass around and occasionally punt to satisfy their own objectives.
All this negativity could easily be misinterpreted that Shana II is a bad anime, when it is absolutely nothing of the sort. It's just…well…a little above average…and that makes it pale in comparison to the awesomeness that was Shana I. It's really just an unacceptable fall from grace that highlights the wasted potential that deserved much better than this.
Shakugan no Shana (review)
March 29, 2012Posted by on
Final impression – a triumphant beginning (10/10)
Autumn 2005 to winter 2006 (24 episodes + 1 OVA) (title literal translation – Shana of Burning Eyes, English synonym – Shana the Fire-Eyed)
High school has started and Yuji Sakai is already making the most of his youth. But on his way home one day he steps into a sealed zone that is separated from the normal flow of time. In here, he is attacked by monsters intent on devouring this strange human who can move within their trap. But at the last second he is saved by a beautiful girl with flaming red hair; easily overpowering his attackers. But despite protecting him from the monsters, it turns out Yuji Sakai is already dead. His existence was eaten by a denizen of the Crimson World some time ago and all that remains of him is a tiny spark that will soon burn out. He decides to spend his last few days before he disappears in the company of his savior, aiding her in any way that he can before he is gone without a trace. However, a fortunate turn of events may give him an unexpected reprieve from oblivion.
Shakugan no Shana is a spectacular story. It starts with the initial, horrifying concept of the enemies of humanity consuming people's very existence as energy, leaving nothing behind to remember them by. It's a feeling of hopelessness and helplessness that is dramatically mitigated by Yuji's ability to keep a positive attitude about the whole situation. He never despairs and is always thinking about how he can best make use of his limited potential. It's a testament to the tremendous strength of character people can exhibit when cornered by the most trying circumstances. The series expands on its intellectual, action-filled beginning and moves into a more romantic theme as the steely Shana realizes that she's not an emotionless killing machine and her feelings for Yuji go beyond mere camaraderie. Even the final battle is more than it superficially appears to be because the plot never misses a chance to include a thought-provoking discussion about the characters' inner motives. And then to top of the amazing writing is the gorgeous art style of Ito Noizi and excellent music courtesy of Mami Kawada, KOTOKO and several other bands and singers who knew just the right style to set the mood for this epic series. In short, the first season of Shakugan no Shana struck a perfect balance between fighting, philosophy, artistic tone and romance to create an amazingly profound first season.
Shakugan no Shana III (ongoing)
February 2, 2012Posted by on
Impression – finally living up to its legacy
Autumn 2011 to winter 2012 (24 episodes) (more info)
For Shana fans who endured the disappointment that was season two, the third and final season started pretty rocky and didn't look very favorable as a contender to redeem the series. There was a lot of really confusing, unnecessary summarizing of the previous season that I'm fairly certain didn't succeed at getting new viewers up to speed and only served to delay new content for a couple episodes. But once that got out of the way the story really started to take off and there wasn't any sign of the romantic quagmire that stifled season two's first half. Once again we get treated to the thought-provoking scenario of existence itself being a harvestable resource and the continuation of the secret war that is to determine the fate of not only lives but memories as well. The changes that have happened in the characters' personalities are huge and could have had disastrous consequences if they hadn't been so carefully constructed to match the growing ambitions of the young people as they begin to find the adults they are to become. There's a lot of names and faces to remember as the war reaches its crescendo, but if a slow start is my only other complaint, then I'll gladly give Shana III my seal of approval.


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AS a tool-room manager for a manufacturing firm, you'd think the last thing Mark Angus would want to do when getting home is head back to the workshop in his overalls.
But for the last eight years that's exactly what he's done, with the result of his labour being a 6" scale model of a the 10hp McLaren traction engine.
The project of piecing together the now fully functional steam engine, which was last manufactured in Leeds by J&H McLaren in 1910, was born out of Mr Angus's life-long passion for steam.
And the task was made yet more enjoyable thanks to the help of Mr Angus's two daughters Tilly and Jessica, aged eight and six respectively.
Working from their home in Scampston, the trio built everything from scratch, aside from the drawings, some castings, and the boiler.
Weighing in at a hefty 3,000 kg, the engine uses 60kg of coal on a full day and 300-litres of water.
Mr Angus, 41, who has previously built four miniature engines before moving on to the bigger challenge of the 10hp McLaren, said: "I've been fascinated by steam and engines ever since I was at school, and building my own one has always been a dream.
"Sensibly I started out small, but after four miniature successes I wanted to go for a one that I could take to the roads on – and now that it's complete and fully operational I'm absolutely over the moon."
With his daughters' efforts commemorated with a plaque on the engine that reads "M Angus & Daughters Engineers – Scampston" Mr Angus and the girls now travel around nearby country shows and steam rallies showing of their handiwork to admiring audiences.
Mr Angus, who works for cable cleat manufacturer Ellis in Rillington, added: "You do need to plan ahead when taking the engine anywhere. For example, the two mile trip from my house to work here in Rillington took 30-minutes as opposed to the usual four in the car.
"We also went to a show at Duncombe Park in Helmsley, which turned out to be a ten hour round trip – needless to say, we had sleeping bags in the caravan and made a weekend of it."


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It's hard to blame Alex Smith for feeling like he got a raw deal.
Smith said as much Thursday when asked how he felt about losing the San Francisco 49ers' starting quarterback job to Colin Kaepernick.
"I mean, it sucks," Smith said via CSNBayArea.com. "I don't know what else to say.
"This is such a great team, such a great a group of guys in this locker room. There's something special going on. Yeah, it's a tough pill to swallow, for sure."
Smith's situation also raises the issue of players being forthcoming about concussions. The door was opened for Kaepernick to take Smith's job after Smith suffered a concussion Nov. 11 against the St. Louis Rams. Smith left the game in the second quarter after complaining of blurred vision, despite throwing a touchdown pass on his final drive. Kaepernick finished the game, then started the following week against the Chicago Bears after Smith was not cleared to play. Kaepernick played superbly against the Bears, started last week against the Saints and will make his third consecutive start Sunday.
Asked if he regretted informing the 49ers of his concussion symptoms, Smith said, ``No, I'm not looking back on that – no, no.''
But Smith was also asked if he thought his situation might have a negative effect on players revealing symptoms.
---SN player poll: Some players do feel pressure to play hurt
"It's a good question," Smith said. "I'm not sure. I mean, that's kind of the deal with all injuries. The thing with the concussions and the brain, I think we're going to be finding out a lot more in the years to come."
Smith said he harbored no resentment toward coach Jim Harbaugh, but that the demotion still hurt.
"You sacrifice and you invest so much time," Smith said. "Like I said, I really feel like I hadn't done anything but get a concussion."
Nobody has to tell Smith that life isn't fair. Harbaugh said he was going with the ``hot hand'' in Kaepernick. And Smith is the quarterback that feels burned.


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Matt Damon Arrives at JFK With His Four Daughters
Matt Damon Brings His Wife and Four Kids Back to NYC
Matt Damon and his wife Luciana touched down at NYC's JFK Airport last night with their four daughters. The oldest, Alexia, kept close to Isabella, while Matt carried Gia, and Luciana held Stella. The gang's back in the Big Apple after work brought Matt east earlier this month. Matt and Luciana premiered Promised Land alongside Matt's costar and cowriter John Krasinski. The film opens in limited release later this month on Dec. 28.
Matt's heading into the holidays with his five leading ladies. As part of his press tour for Promised Land, Matt spoke to Playboy about both his career and his family. He only had sweet things to say about his life as a husband and father. Matt told the magazine, "When I turned 40, I had my whole family and some friends together. I realized I had to make a toast and hadn't thought of anything to say. I stood up, and what came to me seemed incredibly true in the moment and even more so as time has gone by. I said, 'I think I might actually be the luckiest guy on earth. I really might be him.'"


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Aramis inches toward spring game action
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Still recovering from offseason surgery, Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez said Saturday that while he was seven to 10 days from appearing in Spring Training games, he remained on schedule to be ready for the start of the regular season.
The 35-year-old had a procedure in early January to remove a non-malignant polyp from his colon.
"We're going to take it easy at the beginning," Ramirez said. "But I told [manager Ron Roenicke] that towards the end, I want to play a lot. I'll probably be playing three [games in a row], one off, four, one off. I'm going to play a lot."
Ramirez indicated he had plenty of Spring Training to prepare for an important season. He is entering the final guaranteed season of his contract with the Brewers and has said he wants to continue his playing career beyond 2014.
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Revision – Apocalypse II a film by Edwin Brienen premiers next week in Europe. Berlin kicks it off on Thursday, February 23. Utrecht, The Netherlands shows the darkness Friday, September 24th with another showing on the 27th. Yours truly as The Horrorist performs Sex Machine in one of the bar scenes.
"The film, starring Eva Dorrepaal, Clayton Nemrow and Jacob Dove Basker, is set in a futuristic world where terrorist attacks rule daily life, forced chip implantation is commonplace and government control is routinely exerted through manipulation of the media."
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This cake was bought for me as a Birthday cake as I love French Fancy cakes, but what a misleading product - this is not a giant French Fancy!The icing is completely different (normal fondant icing without the strawberry flavour) and the 'cream' topping was not the same either - all in all, apart from appearance, this bears no resemblance to a Frency Fancy - if you want a very sweet sponge birthday cake then buy this, but if you want a giant French Fancy dont waste your money :-(
It was my boyfriend's birthday last week, and I was determined to make it a fantastic day. He isn't very picky and was happy to do whatever I had planned, and with his only demand being: I want a French Fancy birthday cake. This was an easy demand to meet, as they are available in most of the local supermarkets. I made a special trip to Asda's (I hate shopping there) as Tesco were out of stock at the time I needed one. It cost £6.99 and looked amazing in its brightly coloured box.
The cake is sat on a square, silver coloured cake board and is packaged in a simple cardboard box with a plastic window so you can see what you're getting. I inspected each of the cakes on the shelf to make sure I was getting the one with the prettiest icing drizzle pattern! When I lifted it down off the shelf I was surprised at its weightiness, but looking at the packet it states that the cake weighs 950g, that's almost a kilogram!
The cake looks superb; it's literally a giant version of the well known and loved miniature French Fancy cakes. It was only available with pink coloured icing, unlike the minis where you get a selection of pink, brown, and yellow cakes. It is drizzled with white icing on the top and looks very pretty and yummy. The serving suggestion on the box shows a picture of the big French Fancy birthday cake surrounded by a cluster of small French Fancy cakes around the edge of the cake board. I thought this looked absolutely adorable and it makes more of an impact to look at, so I had to do it this way when I served it. As it was for my boyfriend I also cut up some mini Battenberg cakes and alternated them with a pack of mini French Fancies, as they're his favourite cakes. It looked really effective and he was really happy with it when I carried it through. I think this would work equally well for children's parties, or just for cake lovers!
As for the taste, it was very near to being blissful. The cake is a basic sponge layered with cream and jam in the middle. It's then coated in a thick layer of fondant icing. I find icing to be very sickly, and as it covers the sides and the top it was a bit too much for me and I only got half-way through the icing on my slice before deciding to peel the rest off and not eat it. The sponge is gorgeous, really sweet and there is a taste of vanilla that gives it a bit more depth than just a plain sponge. It was really lovely and moist, and I was surprised as this has a reasonably long shelf life and I had expected it to be a bit dry, especially with being smothered in all that icing. The texture was divine and this sponge is one of the best pre-made cakes I've ever tasted. The layers are really tall and you get a good helping per slice. The jam was lovely and sharp and provided a good contrast to the sweetness of the cake and icing. It is raspberry flavoured which is a bit more of an interesting flavour than strawberry, and it made an excellent filling along with the soft butter cream icing. The butter cream was simply sweet and creamy, it did not have much of a flavour but the texture of the cream and jam went with the sponge very nicely and was an all-round delicious cake.
The cake is supposed to provide 12 servings, and being a square shape there are different options for how you could cut it. We opted for the same way you would cut a circular cake - from the centre, slicing into wedge shaped pieces. This gave us 9 slices in total, but these were very generous adult sized portions, and if you were serving for children you could get away with cutting smaller slices and having more of them. Alternatively the cake could be slices horizontally and vertically to produce square chunks rather than slices, I think this would be nice as you would end up with a smaller amount of icing and it would be a little less sickly tasting. Of course, it is full of sugar, fat, and calories but this is a special treat and not something you're likely to have unless it's a special occasion so live a little and just enjoy it!
I was hugely pleased with this cake, it tasted fabulous, looked gorgeous and lasted well to serve a good amount of slices. The boyfriend loved it as well and he was definitely happy that it had met his expectations. I would recommend this cake to anyone and as it's not specifically birthday themed, it would make a fun addition to any party.
Ingredients: Icing Sugar, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Margarine (Vegetable Oil, Salt), Reconstituted Egg White, Vegetable Oil, Raspberry Jam (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Raspberries, Sugar Syrup, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Citric Acid, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Flavouring, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Salt, Humectant (Vegetable Glycerine), Milk Protein, Modified Maize Starch, Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Whey Powder, Salt, Maize Starch, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Potassium Carbonate), Dried Egg White, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Stabilisers (Disodium Diphosphate, Xanthan Gum), Acetic Acid, Colour (Cochineal), Locust Bean Gum
Nutritional values per 100g:
Energy 1641 kJ 390 kcal -
Protein 3.0 g
Carbohydrate 69.6 g -of which Sugars 51.8 g
Fat 11.0 g -of which Saturates 3.9 g -
Fibre 0.7 g
Sodium 0.16 g
*Equivalent as Salt 0.40 g
Mr Kipling has been producing delicious, or should I say "exceedingly good" cakes for many years. According to statistics, 60% of UK households buy them every year!
Well I am sure you have all heard of Mr Kipling French Fancies? Tiny little sponge cakes with coloured icing. Well multiply the size by goodness knows how much and you will have the Mr Kipling The Big French Fancy Cake!
This is basically designed to be a large scale and no doubt birthday cake version of the smaller cakes. It is available in yellow or pink and is designed to be big enough for 12 portions.
This cake is pretty much square in shape and is mounded at the top. The interior is a 2 part golden sponge. The sponge has been stuck together with a thin layer of mallow and raspberry jam. You may think that this resembles your average birthday cake but it doesn't! That mound at the top is full of succulent white mallow! The cake is then covered in the coloured icing (in our case pink) and there is a drizzle of white icing over the top.
The pink cake is placed on a silver base and slid into a yellow box. I do not have the box with me at the moment but will describe as best I can from memory (I've had a few drinks hehe).
The box is fairly sturdy and made from cardboard with the exception of a perspex (I think) window where the inside treat is visible and tempting. The box has the familiar Mr Kipling logo, cake name and information. The nutritional information, ingredients and allergy warnings are also there. The serving suggestion recommends surround this cake with the mini French Fancies for decoration!
*Ingredients and Allergy Advice*
Icing Sugar , Sugar , Wheat Flour , Glucose Syrup , Vegetable Margarine (Vegetable Oil, Salt) , Reconstituted Egg White , Vegetable Oil , Raspberry Jam (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Raspberries, Sugar Syrup, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Citric Acid , Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Flavouring, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Salt) , Humectant (Vegetable Glycerine) , Milk Protein , Modified Maize Starch , Emulsifier (Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids) , Whey Powder , Salt , Maize Starch , Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Potassium Carbonate) , Dried Egg White , Preservative (Potassium Sorbate) , Stabilisers (Disodium Diphosphate, Xanthan Gum) , Acetic Acid , Colour (Cochineal) , Locust Bean Gum .
The cake is suitable for vegetarians.
It contains gluten, wheat, eggs and milk and may contain nuts.
The cake is free from artificial colours and flavours.
*Nutritional Information*
If it is for a party then let the diet go but I feel it is my obligation to warn you of the following nutritional information but look away if you wish!
1/12 of this cake will set you back :
308 calories
41g sugar
3.1g saturated fat
0.33g salt equivalent
*Availability and Price*
The cake can be picked up in Asda or Tesco for a few pennies short of £7.00!
*My Opinion*
A few days ago, my sister turned the grand old age of 30. Today we had a BBQ with just the family and this was the birthday cake. My sister has had her eye on this cake since it was released but always settled for a small homemade cake on her birthday. As it was her 30th, I decided to treat her and bought this pink French Fancy cake from Asda for £6.97. It had a best before date of 20th July which is excellent but no way didi it last that long!
I am not personally a fan of the mini size French Fancies...well I only like the pink ones. My sister regularly buys them and enjoys them. I expected this to be a plain cake but got rather excited when I read the fillings! I have always had a normal Asda party cake so the idea of mallow as a replacement for buttercream was appealing.
The cake doesn't look very big but it is chunky especially where the mallow is on the mound at the top. The pink icing screams girly and the white icing drizzles on perfectly to add a touch of texture to the cake. We popped some candles in and sang happy birthday before my sister sliced the cake up.
The knife went through the cake effortlessly. The icing didn't crumble and held together well. We had slightly more than 12 people at the BBQ so cut smaller sizes and managed to get about 15. The slices weren't huge but they were plenty. If you were lucky enough to get a middle piece, you got more mallow but if you got an outside piece, you got more icing so you win either way!
The sponge was moist and very melt in the mouth. The layer of jam and mallow which held it together was adequate despite only being 7% mallow and 4% jam. You could taste the sweetness of the raspberry and mallow and its was just enough. The mallow filling on top was soft and very creamy. It had a sort of icing sugar sweetness to it and I feel it was overly sweet. The icing was soft but firm and deliciously sweet.
I managed to get a middle part. My sister offered me two small parts but I felt one was enough. The filling and topping aswell as the icing proved to be far too sweet and it was aplent. I did really enjoy the sponge part though. You really couldn't eat a very big slice of this cake as it is toothachingly sweet and others at the BBQ agreed. A small part was left sitting at the window and 10minutes later the mallow had disintergrated into mush due to the heat outside!
This cake was certainly a bit of a novelty and looked the part for a French Fancy lover but as far as cakes ago..there was just too much sweetness going on. The mallow would have tasted so much better had it been buttercream but I suppose this would take some of the originality away from the cake.
I personally would opt for a normal Asda birthday cake which for the same price, would provide a delicious sponge with jam and buttercream filling and the right amount of icing for bigger slices for around 16people!
Thanks for reading :)
As it was my birthday recently my Mum decided to treat me to a nice birthday cake, this Mr Kipling Big French Fancy Cake. The cake comes in either yellow or pink and I received the pink one which I was very pleased about as it just looked gorgeous in the packet.
This French Fancy comes provided in a nice cardboard box that is sturdy enough to protect the cake and it has a silver covered stand on the bottom that looks quite luxurious and means the cake is ready to be served or placed out at a party.
The cake itself is a vanilla flavoured sponge with jam and marshmallow in the middle of the two layers, marshmallow on the top and a giant layer of icing. This is not exactly the same as a small French Fancy but I don't mind as I find the little French Fancies aren't my most favourite cake anyway & initially I was a little worried that I was not going to like this at all.
The cake has quite a thick layer of icing and though it says serves 12 we have already had around 8 or 9 servings from half of the cake and while these were not the biggest servings ever they were certainly enough to satisfy my sweet tooth and everyone agreed that it was the perfect size due to the amount of icing on the cake.
The sponge is quite thick and has a lightly vanilla flavoured taste to it which is delicious on it's own or a fantastic compliment to the rest of the cake. There is a layer of sweet jam in the middle that is fairly thinly spread and just enough not to spoil the taste for me as I'm not the biggest lover of jam. There is also a light layer of marshmallow in the middle of the sponge on top of the jam which brings a nice flavour to the jam and takes the edge off any bitterness from the fruit jam. There is a thick dollop of marshmallow on the top of the cake which is then finished off with a thick layer of pink, sweet icing that is all thick all over the cake and just down right greedy at the corners of the cake.
The layers work very well together as each of them bring a different sweetness to the cake and while one person did remark that this cake was very sweet this is just what I would expect with something like this and it made a change from the usual chocolate cake I would have on my birthday.
The icing was definitely the best part of the cake for me as each slice got a lovely generous helping and it was so sugary sweet and delicious and definitely not what my healthy eating needed but it was my birthday so I was allowed to indulge for one day! The sponge was lovely, a little heavy but very well flavoured without being too dry & the jam & marshmallow in the middle were sweet and delicious and brought a little extra moisture to the layers of sponge.
I loved the appearance of this cake as it really did look like a giant French Fancy with little lines of white icing on the top and the wonderful dollop of marshmallow under the icing creating a fantastic dome shape.
Another wonderful thing about this cake is that it has been designed to have a long shelf life so if you need to get everything a few days before a party or a birthday then this is ideal as it's designed to last up to 28 days and while mine was nearing the end of this time period when I received it the cake still tasted delicious and lasted for a good day or two after I received it before it was all snapped up in my household.
I was very pleased to receive this cake and I loved the fact that it was not loaded with disgustingly sickening artificial cream and had a lovely whipped marshmallow in it instead. There was just the right amount of everything to compliment the cake well and a small slice is just enough. This cake is designed to serve 12 people but you could easily get 16-18 servings out of this as a small sliver is enough due to how sugary everything is.
Yes my obsession of French fancies is evolving well, being the second review of them, the thrid is coming. Both little and large have gone through their paces and been tested ruthlessly.
This massive French fancy was only bought to my attention when I was looking for a birthday cake of some description. When I stumbled upon the gigantic thing! They come in two colours, pink and yellow, with white piping details over the top.
Now the box it comes in has a massive see-through window for you to see the cake and then loads of pictures around the sides. The box is pink and yellow, so it stands out quite well. The cake sits on a silver reflective foil base. Bling to make more people oooohhh and ahhhh at its superiorness.
So the large French fancy looks identical to its smaller siblings, but the unfortunate thing is that it is not made in the same way. The sponge is not light and fluffy, it is more in the league of birthday cake cake, heavier and solid. There is also as you can imagine a massive blob on fondant icing on top of the sponge which is really nice, being similar to that of the normal sized cakes. Although there is a lot of it, could be way too sickly for some. Then we have the icing on the outside which is nice, but not as sweet again as its smaller brethren.
So overall I can say that it looks impressive, well it looks amazing actually on a table. A huge French fancy is sure to bring a few gasps. But when it comes to the taste it falls below the smaller versions of itself. It should have been the BIG French fancy instead it's a little bit of a French floozy. However with this said, Mr Kipling has done an excellent job and I would buy one again. I really enjoyed eating it. Yes it has some minor issues being less moist but acceptable problems for the sure genius and smiles this cake brings.
Every visit to the supermarket with my kids involves them looking at the birthday cakes deciding which one they want for their birthday even when the big day's 11 months away...so a few months ago when I first saw the Big French Fancy I was quite excited and told the boys that was mummy's cake!! Last week the big day arrives and the cake was presented, it had been put out with the original little ones all around the edges - and it looked gud. "Happy birthday" was sung and I had the knife ready to cut and taste the cake, and well it wasn't quite what I thought it would be. It didn't really taste like the little ones (well proper size ones I suppose). From the botttom up there's a layer of sponge, then a jam and cream layer, then more sponge with a blob of some cream like substance on top. This is all covered in a think layer of icing, but it's not the light fluffy icing you would get on the original fancies, it's much heavier. However I think it was much nicer than other shop bought cakes I've tasted before. The sponge is quite light and the jam is fruity. I probably won't be asking for one again next year, but I'm glad a tried it.
It's my granddaughter's 13th birthday today and although her mum had already bought her a cake I decided to treat her to one of the Big French Fancy Cakes as I'd seen her looking at them in Tesco recently.
We all adore French Fancies and the cake looked big enough to serve all seven of us, there was the choice of yellow or pink so I went for the pink as I think this colour is always the tastiest in the box. When we got it home I took it out of the box and served it straight from the silver card base, which by the way is rather flimsy so be careful how you pick it up!
I must say the cake was a big disappointment. It didn't really taste like a French Fancy at all as the proportions were all wrong. There was too much sponge for a start and the cream used in the dome wasn't the same as I would expect from a normal sized French Fancy. The icing seemed to be normal birthday cake icing, not the more dense icing normally used on the cakes, which was tasty but ultimately too sweet as the cake is so tall and wide that you get a lot of icing per slice.
In the end I stopped looking at it as a French Fancy, it's simply a supermarket bought birthday cake in a French Fancy shape. It made me feel a little cheated if I'm honest, even though the cake itself was actually surprisingly tasty.
The sponge has a lovely delicate vanilla flavour, it's a little drier than I would have liked but is still just on the right side of being a nice consistency. This big cake is not at all moist and airy like the smaller French Fancies which almost melt in your mouth, it's much denser in consistency and certainly is not fluffy as I had been expecting. The cream at the top is more like a synthetic whipped cream and is not buttery like the cream inside a regular sized French Fancy, it's pleasant enough but doesn't really taste or feel anything like the butter cream it's supposed to resemble.
Wrapped in the sweet and stodgy icing, this ends up being a very sickly cake indeed. The cake is supposed to serve twelve but we shared it between four adults and three children so perhaps this is why we all felt so queasy afterwards, although to be honest if you tried to share it between twelve you'd have very thin slices indeed.
It's just all round too sweet for me. It's just a shop bought birthday cake only with even more sugar than usual. I did find it a fairly tasty cake but honestly there are better available at a much cheaper price than the £6.50 I paid.
I recently went to a birthday party and I was really excited when I saw that the host had purchased one of these Mr Kipling The Big French Fancy cakes. I had seen them before in supermarkets and thought that they were really cool and looked awesome, so I was looking forward to tasting it.
The smaller French Fancies are available in packs of 6 and have very soft, sweet sponge that is as light as air, plus sweet cream in a little mound on the top, all covered by tasty icing. So I expected the larger version to be much the same. Unfortunately this wasn't the case.
Although the big version looks almost exactly like a large French Fancy, it tastes absolutely nothing like it. And not only that, but it doesn't even taste as nice as most normal birthday cakes that you buy from supermarkets. The sponge is dry and too crumbly and tasteless. The icing isn't sweet and just tastes waxy and unpleasant. And the cream is completely synthetic tasting, so much so that I actually scraped mine out.
I wouldn't recommend this because although its looks will impress, its taste is not at all nice and not at all similar to the original product. However if you do want to buy one you can pick one up from most of the major supermarkets for between £6 and £7.
If you have been reading some of my reviews recently you may know that I have been sampling French Fancies from Mr Kipling as well as their better and more enjoyable cousins available from the Waitrose patisserie. However it came to my attention recently that Mr Kipling had made a giant version of his French Fancy and as it is the festive season I decided to sample one to see if it was as good or better than the boxes of 8.
The French Fancy still remains one of the best sellers in the range in the small boxes and although personally I won't be buying them anymore (after a fellow Dooyooer pointed me in the direction of Waitrose where I bought and enjoyed some beautiful fresh ones) they still have the ability to stir up fond childhood memories.
I purchased this larger version cake from Ocado but it is in Tesco and Asda all the same price at £6.47. Available in lemon or pink I chose the pink version on which this review is based.
In a word the cake can be summed up simply as a disappointment- not for the cake itself which is a typical birthday shop bought sponge, but for the fact that apart from looks it simply does not taste like a Mr Kipling French Fancy in any way. It is a large cake which serves 12 and yes just like the small cakes it is domed in the middle so unlike the small ones which have little peaks this is the Matterhorn. The icing is a pastel pink but tastes a lot like it could be candle wax and is drizzled with a white fondant. Inside the cake there is a thin layer of cream and cheap jam and of course under the dome is a thick layer of cream. The sponge was a little dry and the filling sickly and very synthetic.
It is served on a silver board so is good for a party. I don't think I would buy it again for a celebration and really I can't give it more than 2 stars as it is no better than any birthday cake and is nothing like the cake it is pretending to be. Personally I think it is a waste of money and a misreprestation of the facts.
I was disappointed in this as it promised to be a larger version of an old favourite and failed to deliver anything remotely similar. If I was looking for a birthday cake or celebration treat I wouldn't choose this and hope Mr Kipling would note and make something closer to what many of us enjoy- a real French Fancy!
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[MDP] A Soapbox not a Pulpit
Long story short, I wrote a long winded and elegant article about the future of eCanada. I wrote about where we've been (like in my history of the MDP article), where we are now, and what needs to happen in the future.
I started by saying that if eCanada's tumultuous and mercurial past were to be summed up into only a handful of words those words would be theft, deceit, disappearance, collusion, and betrayal. I spoke about how those words have been able to do whatever we have never been able to accomplish. They have found a way to work together and it has cost us all greatly.
I made allegories about eCanada being a ship lost at sea that has sprung leak. How it's quickly filling with water and that we need people who are willing to throw away the past and help bale more than we need people who are more concerned about their baggage then they are about doing any real work to help us save the ship.
I wrote about my own transgressions and how walking down that dark path has allowed me to better see the forest for the trees, rather than be blinded by a devotion and love for a black and white society that could truly never exist.
I asked for the MDP to elect me on the 15th so that I could take the dictator's throne and transform it. Not into a pulpit from which I would preach doom and destruction to anyone that refused to listen but into a soapbox so that anyone who could hear what I was saying would see the truth behind my words and by adding their own voices to mine make the message stronger.
I finished the article by saying that on November 15th I hope that people agree with my message and my goals so that I can get to work and start handing out buckets.
Then I clicked the preview button to see if my image links worked. As a result eRepublik refreshed my page and all of my writing was gone. All of those words which I had written were gone. So much dust in the wind.
But instead of getting mad and giving up, I decided that my frustration wasn't going to stop me. So I wrote what you just read. It's not as flowery as before or nearly as well written, but the message is the same.
Your part in theft, deceit, disappearance, collusion, and betrayal are qualifications for the job. And Mary Chan agrees. Many others as well. Your article demonstrates those qualifications well.
Or: you just want to write nonsense 'cause its fun to do and the reactions, like this one, are predictable.
I've never had any part in thefts or betrayals. I my self am guilty of the other 3.
The deceit was the sham court case for Rolo in which I took part.
The disappearance was when Rolo was impeached and I became CP even though no one talked to me first to see if I was actually going to be present and my RL plans had me AFK for a majority of the remainder of the term.
And being an architect of Project Mayhem more than covers collusion.
I have however never stolen anything, nor have I betrayed anyone that I have given my word.
dear Light of Palearo: I'm not going after anyone. I quoted Mug's own description. It is an honest and fair one. He deserves credit for that. To honestly and fairly describe one's role in hurting the community doesn't qualify as good credentials for a position of trust and authority however.
sub # 100 Hopefully you can give the party its much needed direction and boost to activity.
That's ironic coming from a person who followed one of the most destructive and corrupt people in the history of our country. Your fearless leader is guilty of committing four of the sins I listed that I'm personally aware of, and in all likelihood he's probably guilty of theft as well.
But I digress.
To get back on topic, I feel it makes me more fit to lead. Like former addicts making the best drug councillors, or former gang leaders being the best peace negotiators between rival gangs, I have the perspective of both sides required to get the ball rolling on putting this country back together.
Should always write the article off line then paste it into erep. Now your work of genius is lost forever and I have to vote for this less then perfect work.
Normally I copy it in case it gets lost. I didn't do it because I didn't think that hitting the preview button would refresh my screen. But now I know.
¿Qué es esto?Estás leyendo un artículo escrito por un ciudadano de eRepublik, un juego de estrategia multijugador inmersivo basado en países reales. Crea tu propio personaje y ayuda a tu país a alcanzar todo su esplendor mientras tú te consolidas como un héroe de guerra, un reconocido editor o un gurú de las finanzas.


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The University of Colorado Boulder will hold its spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Folsom Field.
Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into Boulder, early arrival is strongly advised. Gates open at 7 a.m. and guests should plan to be seated by 8:15 a.m. The ceremony will be held outdoors in the stadium regardless of the weather. In the event of heavy rain or snow an abbreviated ceremony will be held.
For the safety of all guests, only soft-sided bags or containers no larger than 12x12x12 (the size of a purse or small backpack) are welcome at Folsom Field. Clear, plastic grocery-type bags are strongly recommended to facilitate security screening at the gates. All persons and packages are subject to screening prior to entry into the stadium. Please report unattended or suspicious bags to police immediately.
The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will honor candidates for 6,084 degrees, including 4,687 bachelor's degrees, 903 master's degrees, 171 law degrees and 494 doctoral degrees.
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Contributions to the Joshua Gonzalez-Perez Memorial Fund can be made in any denomination at all Bank of the West branches, to account No. 028884239, bank staff said Wednesday.
Friends found the 21-year-old Gonzalez-Perez in a large green trash can in front of their home about 6:30 a.m. Sunday. He was unconscious, and died later at a hospital.
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- Teresa at Splendid Sass said...
I love all of these bags, and no I don't change mine out. I am good about cleaning the bag out, but rarely change.
I like the Hamilton Beach too, and my daughter has those shoes. Not my favorite, but she loves them.
Happy Tuesday, Jennifer.
- February 19, 2013 at 10:50 AM
- Kerry Steele- Design du Monde said...
Yes please! I'll take one of each Tory Burch bag. I like colorful bags but I am sporting a saddle color bag at the moment.
My older daughter is nearly 16 and we are in the conservative camp when it comes to her attire. She used to argue about it but now she really wants to be original and not trashy looking.
She recently bought a pair of gold sparkly oxfords and loves them.
- February 19, 2013 at 11:09 AM
- Kathysue said...
Yes I would and do carry bold bags. I have a cobalt bag that really does go with everything and I had a bag very much like the first image, A very bright magenta that was my Spring bag for years. I now have a gold dipped Kate Spade bag that goes with everything and is very fun to carry in the Spring and summer. I analyzed my wardrobe and it works with everything. I have been on the hunt for a bright yellow bag for about 3 season and did not find one other than a Kate Spade, which I will have to wait to go on sale. The gold will transcend the years very well, but for you I think the bright pink or cobalt would be the way to go!! IMHO
xo Kathysue
- February 19, 2013 at 12:23 PM
- pam {simple details} said...
Jennifer they're all gorgeous, the first pink is my fav! I have a bold yellow that I love, and a bright pink & brown. I do change mine out, but use an organizer from the Container Store so I just have to transfer it. I have a teen son and appreciate the moms who encourage a little modesty! :)
- February 19, 2013 at 4:43 PM
- Raina Cox said...
I'm worthless with handbags. I have an enormous caramel-colored Foley & Corinna tote I carry 365 days a year.
The one handbag rule that's served me well is choosing a color you never wear to avoid clashing. I've owned bags in mustard gold or olive because I can't wear those colors. The bags were usually a fab compliment to whatever I wore.
- February 19, 2013 at 4:59 PM
- Molly said...
Change my bag depending on what I'm planning for the day. If the bright green Minkoff was to show up on my doorstep, I would be a very happy camper.
- February 19, 2013 at 5:13 PM
- My Crafty Home Life said...
I just bought a french blue colored one for Spring. I usually wear a bag per season. I just can't be bothered, otherwise.
- February 19, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- Julie Taylor and Danni Greenwalt said...
I have a hard time finding bags that don't hurt my neck and shoulder...so I always carry the same one...If I could I would change out purses...love these trendy cute bright purses...
- February 19, 2013 at 7:38 PM
- Janna McCalley said...
I'm stuck with a diaper bag (but it's a nice one!) for a while, but for the few times I go out, I like my Gigi NY bag! They have some fun colors and the products I have from them are so well made. If you find something you want from them, I have a discount promo on my blog you're welcome to use.
- February 19, 2013 at 10:48 PM
- Elizabeth @ The Little Black Door said...
Love your umbrella! :) And those purses...I want them all!
- February 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
- christy said...
Love your new umbrella. I have a daughter and do not really approve of what is being worn to dances these days. Way too short and way too high, we normally have arguments then meet in the middle.I think the bold bags are fun but I would personally not carry one, it would make me crazy that it doesn't match with my clothes!
- February 20, 2013 at 5:46 AM
- Nancy said...
I have your same taste in handbags! I love the Nancy Gonzales ones and the Kate Spade blue bag. Good for you Jennifer for providing the most stylish dress and fun shoes for your daughter. She will not look like the others that wear very little, but that's a good thing! She will be enviable I bet. Best of luck this week on your projects.. it is looking so fantastic...love the fabric combo!
xo Nancy
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Phase I/IIa Trial of Folate Binding Protein Vaccine in Ovarian Cancer
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
COL George Peoples, MD, FACS
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COL George Peoples, MD, FACS, San Antonio Military Medical Center
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First received: April 16, 2012
Last updated: November 16, 2015
Last verified: November 2015
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Folate binding protein (FBP) is highly over-expressed in breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers and is the source of immunogenic peptides (E39) that can stimulate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) to recognize and destroy FBP-expressing cancer cells in the laboratory. The purpose of this study is to test whether a peptide-based vaccine consisting of the E39 peptide mixed with the FDA-approved immunoadjuvant granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is safe and effective at inducing an in vivo peptide-specific immune response. Furthermore, the investigators intend to determine the best dose of the vaccine to utilize to produce this immunity most efficiently. The investigators will determine whether immunity to FBP will prevent clinical recurrence. Additionally, the investigators will compare these results with results from a trial utilizing the E75 peptide (from the HER2/neu protein) in ovarian and endometrial cancer patients in preparation for studying a combination vaccine.
|Ovarian Cancer Endometrial Cancer Fallopian Cancer Peritoneal Cancer
|Biological: E39 peptide vaccine Other: Clinical tracking for disease progression/recurrence
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase I/IIa Trial of Folate Binding Protein (FBP) Peptide (E39) Vaccine in Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer Patients
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MedlinePlus related topics: B Vitamins Folic Acid
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Further study details as provided by COL George Peoples, MD, FACS, San Antonio Military Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety and Local/Systemic Toxicity [ Time Frame: Duration of the vaccine series ]Standard local and systemic toxicities will be collected and graded per the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, v4.03 toxicity scale. For the vaccine series (one vaccine/month for six months), patients will be monitored closely for one hour after vaccine inoculation with questioning, serial exams and vital signs every 15 minutes to observe for a hypersensitivity reaction. Patients will also return to the clinic 48-72 hours after each inoculation for questioning regarding systemic toxicity and to examine and measure inoculation site local reactions.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Disease-free survival [ Time Frame: Disease-free survival up to 36 months ]Disease-free survival (DFS) for all patients regardless of randomization will be determined by the patients' own physicians at the individual study sites during routine follow-up screening. This will occur every three months for the first 24 months after diagnosis and then every six months for an additional 36 months.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Non-vaccine clinically matched control group
Patients who meet all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be HLA typed. HLA-A2+ patients will be offered the vaccine. HLA-A2-negative patients and HLA-A2+ patients who decline the vaccine will be followed clinically as matched controls for disease recurrence/progression.
Other: Clinical tracking for disease progression/recurrence
HLA-A2-negative patients or HLA-A2-positive patients who decline the vaccine will be followed clinically as matched controls for disease recurrence/progression. No experimental treatment will be administered to this group.
Experimental: E39 peptide/GM-CSF vaccine
HLA-A2+ patients receive E39 peptide/GM-CSF vaccine intradermally every 3-4 weeks for a total of up to six inoculations.
Biological: E39 peptide vaccine
100mcg, 500mcg and 1,000mcg of lyophilized E39 peptide is suspended in bacteriostatic water for injection in individual cryovials and frozen. At the time of vaccine administration, the suspended peptide is thawed and mixed thoroughly with 250mcg GM-CSF in the syringe. This constitutes the E39 vaccine.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients will be included in the study based on the following criteria. (Enrollment may commence 1 month from completion of standard primary therapies and up to two years after completion of treatment.)
- Ovarian or endometrial, fallopian and peritoneal cancer
- Completion of primary first-line therapies (i.e., surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation therapy as appropriate per standard of care for patient's specific cancer)
- Stage I-IV but no evidence of disease (NED) after completion of primary therapies
- Post-menopausal or rendered surgically infertile
- HLA-A2+ patients will receive the vaccine; HLA-A2- patients will be eligible to participate in the control group
- Good performance status (Karnofsky > 60%, ECOG ≤ 2)
- CBC, CMP, and CA-125 within 2 months of enrollment
- Capable of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients will be excluded from the study based on the following criteria:
- Receiving immunosuppressive therapy to include chemotherapy, steroids, or methotrexate
- Not post-menopausal or not rendered surgically infertile
- Pregnancy
- In poor health (Karnofsky < 60%, ECOG > 2)
- Tbili > 1.5, creatinine > 2, hemoglobin < 10, platelets < 50,000, WBC < 2,000
- Active interstitial lung disease; asthma requiring more than as needed bronchodilators for management; or other autoimmune lung disease
- Involved in other experimental protocols (except with permission of the other study PI and completion of the other study dosing regimen)
- History of autoimmune disease
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01580696
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01580696
|United States, Virginia
|Mid-Atlantic Gynecologic Oncology & Pelvic Surgery Associates
|Annandale, Virginia, United States, 22003
Sponsors and Collaborators
COL George Peoples, MD, FACS
|Principal Investigator:
|John C Elkas, MD, JD
|Mid-Atlantic Gynecologic Oncology & Pelvic Surgical Associates
|Study Director:
|COL George E. Peoples, MD
|Brooke Army Medical Center
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Keywords provided by COL George Peoples, MD, FACS, San Antonio Military Medical Center:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|COL George Peoples, MD, FACS, Chief, Surgical Oncology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Director and Principal Investigator, Cancer Vaccine Development Program, San Antonio Military Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01580696 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 16, 2012
|Last Updated:
|November 16, 2015
Keywords provided by COL George Peoples, MD, FACS, San Antonio Military Medical Center:
Folate binding protein
E39 vaccine
Stage I-IV ovarian cancer
Stage I-IV endometrial cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Neoplasms
Endometrial Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Uterine Neoplasms
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Uterine Diseases
Folic Acid
Vitamin B Complex
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Substances
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017