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Date: 01.09.2014
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As part of the Green Backyard's annual Overground Arts Jam, Love Local put on a Ready-Steady-Cook event. This involved two teams working together to come up with original dishes using fresh, local ingredients and outdoor cooking equipment. Karen and Emma from PECT were on two opposing teams, recruiting members of the community to take part in the challenge. The teams were then given 20 minutes to come up with ideas and rustle up a meal using the ingredients provided.
Both teams created some mouth-watering dishes, including ratatouille with poached eggs, a vegetable omelet, stuffed peppers and even eggy bread!
Spectators were then given the chance to sample the dishes before casting their vote, with comments being made on how impressive the food tasted.
Emma, the Love Local Project Officer at PECT said, "Using events like these are a fantastic way of engaging the local community, whilst demonstrating how quick and easy it can be to create healthy dishes from scratch".
The event was a great success and we look forward to doing it again soon. Our special thanks go to the Green Backyard for hosting the event and to Ikea who gave us the funds to buy prizes.
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The Federalist Society hosted a discussion of the recently decided Raiche case (Medical Marijuana) by U.S. Attorney William J. Leone. In Gonzales v. Raich case, the Supreme Court, Justice Stevens, held that application of CSA provisions criminalizing manufacture, distribution, or possession of marijuana to intrastate growers and users of marijuana for medical purposes did not violate Commerce Clause. Following his presentation, the current Colorado Solicitor General and CU Law Professor, Allison Eid made comments on the case and the possible implications for Colorado residents.


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Neighborhood of the week: Atlantic
A close-in Seattle neighborhood is undergoing dramatic change as a variety of new and old homes attract younger buyers who like the location and amenities.
Special to The Seattle Times
AtlanticPopulation: Approximately, 9,335
Distance to downtown Seattle: About 2 miles.
Schools: The Atlantic neighborhood is served by Seattle Public Schools.
Recreation: Jimi Hendrix Park, 2400 S. Massachusetts St. The grounds of the former Colman School was transformed into the park it is today. The school building houses the Northwest African American Museum: http://naamnw.org
Fundraising is currently underway to design and develop the park, and construction is slated to start later this year: jimihendrixparkfoundation.org
— Seattle Times news researcher Miyoko Wolf
Oh, the tales they can tell about the old days in the neighborhood.
There was that Christmas Eve when Jenny Peterson and her partner discovered a man, intent on breaking into their home, spread-eagled against the glass window of their back porch.
"Don't shoot!" he cried before tumbling into a rose bush below.
Those were the days when erratic redevelopment efforts and construction of the second I-90 bridge left the neighborhood looking like a war zone. Abandoned housing. Dirt piles as big as a house. A main thoroughfare — 23rd Avenue South — closed to traffic.
Today the neighborhood is rapidly becoming a trendy locale for youthful homebuyers who appreciate its proximity to light rail, downtown Seattle and the Eastside as well as amenities like extensive bike trails and parks — even a dog park.
"The location can't be beat," says Redfin real-estate agent Allie Howard. She says the neighborhood's prices appeal to homebuyers who may prefer Capitol Hill or Columbia City, but can't afford those areas.
And the Atlantic neighborhood has an enviable system of green belts and trails that let residents bike or walk to Lake Washington in minutes.
The Atlantic neighborhood is considered "very walkable" and got a rating of 73 (out of 100) from Walk Score, a Seattle-based company that provides automated walkability ratings.
As far as housing stock goes, there's something for most everyone — new homes and condos, renovated vintage homes, fixer-uppers.
"It's totally a buyer's market," says Windermere Real Estate agent Kenny Pleasant, who grew up in the neighborhood in the 1990s.
The Atlantic neighborhood (which has also been referred to as Yesler/Atlantic and Judkins Park) started to look promising about a decade ago, about the time she moved in, says Casey Smith, managing broker of Windermere's Capitol Hill office.
She had found a nice, new town house at a good price. So after analyzing the situation closely, she bought the town house — to the consternation of her entire family.
Then, a couple of years later, two of her daughters bought town houses in the same neighborhood. They now live two blocks from their mother.
The median value of all single-family houses in the neighborhood, not just those recently sold, was $284,200 in February, down 2.2 percent year-over-year, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. The median value of all condos was $241,600, down 2.9 percent over the past year, according to Zillow.
The median rent for houses in the neighborhood was $1,674 in February, up 8.2 percent year-over-year, while for apartments it was $1,521, up 3.2 percent over the past year, according to the Zillow Rent Index.
Despite the newfound feeling of stability, however, it remains a neighborhood in transition.
"It's still a service community," says Pinkey Warner, who owns Pinkey's Style Crafters, a beauty salon at the six-corner intersection of Rainier Avenue South, 23rd Avenue South and South Hill Street.
The area has a number of social-services agencies that attract a steady stream of clients — those struggling with homelessness, with addictions, with blindness, with broken homes and poverty. Some are clients, like the foster kids with vouchers for haircuts at Pinkey's.
From the wide windows fronting her salon, Warner and her staff see a bustling world with plenty of opportunities to lend a hand. And they do, running out the door to help a blind man who can't find his way or an elderly pedestrian whose grocery bag has burst.
In a more-tranquil section of the neighborhood, members of the Japanese Presbyterian Church are working to reach out to their neighbors.
The church is making its presence felt with neighborhood block parties, barbecues, Easter egg hunts and movies for the kids. While the events don't attract the neighborhood's longtime residents, they are popular among newcomers like Steven Dangerfield.
A photographer who moved to the U.S. from Scotland when his wife was recruited by Nordstrom, Dangerfield marvels at the area's international flavor — Japanese and Eritrean restaurants, an Italian bakery and neighbors hailing from all corners of the world. The couple enjoy unleashing their English boxer in the dog park and taking strolls to Lake Washington.
And last year, they attended the church's block party, where they met neighbors and church members.
"I like meeting people from different walks of life, different backgrounds," says Dangerfield.


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Police have been searching an area close to a sports centre as part of their investigation into the disappearance of a North Lynn woman.
Asta Bertasiene, 49, was last seen at her home in Browning Place at around 8pm last Saturday, July 12, but has not been seen or heard from since.
Police are understood to have been searching an area of the Lynnsport car park during the weekend as part of their investigation.
However, a spokesman has stressed the search is part of routine inquiries into Ms Bertasiene's disappearance.
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Cowboys and ATVs
by Julie CarterFor 150 years, cowboys have ridden horses. It didn't always turn out well, but generally it has been the perfect combination for the job.
Then along came the motorized "horse" in various versions of wheel count - two, three and four.
Dirt bikes, the rugged slower model of motorcycle, made a stab at offering an easy "saddle up" for the cowboy along with the promise of covering lots of country in a short amount of time.
Hunkered over his iron steed, hat pulled down tight, the cowboy did indeed find he could take the outside circle, bring the cattle at a high trot from the farthest corners and never have to let his "horse" have a breather.
If he could still walk at sundown, he might make mention how that bike like to have beat him to death on the rough terrain.
But as is his way, he would cowboy-up and do it again the next day.
Like with great bronc stories, this screaming machine created many a tale.
"Man, you shoulda seen it. I was watching ole Roy headed down the top of the ridge when all of a sudden he just disappeared! He flat just dropped out of sight."
The storyteller, who happened to be proudly mounted on a real horse, would then tell about loping over to find Roy and his iron mount at the bottom of a sink hole. Roy and "Trigger" were in need of some serious help that would come only with a rope and a pull from a real horse.
Then along came the three-wheeled ATV followed by the somewhat more stable four-wheeler.
There are cowboys in cowboy country that will tell you, "Give a cowboy an ATV and in a year, you will have a dead cowboy." It sounds harsh, but the phrase was born from a sad truth.
For every comical tale about the new generation of motorized cow herders, there are twice as many proving the danger of the machines.
While accidents happen and accidents are accidents, there is something menacing about mixing the wild-side nature of the cowboy with something mechanical.
They truly cannot resist pushing the limits, testing the parameters and making every effort to prove something that never needed proven.
If fast is good, faster is better. If gradual is safe, straight up or down and all out is better. "Hey Maw, watch me rope that sick yearling, dally to the tool box and turn off hard enough to bring him to Jesus."
Convenient, step-saver, fuel-saver, time-saver and man's best tool when conditions warrant it, the ATV has unequivocally become standard equipment for ranches and farms.
There isn't anything better for the job when you need it. Handy as a pocket on a shirt and likely to be around just as long, but still very dangerous.
I had a teenage cowboy in the house who ended up sporting a neon-orange leg cast. His recipe for a wreck that could have been oh-so-much worse was a rope and four-wheeler.
He was headed out to rope something -- the rope coils thrown over his shoulder while he moseyed the four-wheeler to the corral. The tail of the rope got hung up in the rear axle and in a flash, the rope cinched down tight around the lad's shoulder and arm. He was jerked off the seat, slammed to the ground and drug a short way until the machine came to a stop.
There was a lot that could have happened but thanks only to God, it didn't. He was uncomfortable and inconvenienced for a few weeks but he soon was up and running again.
I wanted to hope that he became a little wiser because of the event, but then again he was 13-years-old and a cowboy. I realized the futility of my thoughts.
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Oh, no! Don't mention ballet and tap. You'll give the producers ideas!
That is interesting about tap and Liz. I swear she looks so heavy legged and clunky when doing the ballroom dances. Maybe tap is her thing.
Good Luck to Elizabeth and Val tonight! Val is a little under the weather so I hope they smash the Cha Cha.
I'm very happy for Elizabeth and Val last night. I thought the dance was sharp, content rich, and sexy. I thought the intro package was so sensitive to the fact that although last week there were missteps she was going to make no excuses and just work harder. It also introduces Elizabeth's vulnerability in that she shouldered a movie disaster that hurt financially and emotionally, and unable to perform dance in front of an audience again. And yet there's a nod to Showgirls in the Cha Cha, since their are lots of fans who love that movie for it's camp. It was understated and yet still sexy. Bravo Elizabeth, and bravo Val, great choreography.
I really thought their dance last night KILLED IT! I've grown to appreciate Val and his choreography (wasn't a fan at first!) over the past few seasons and last night was no exception.
I'm not crazy about Elizabeth - don't really "know" her, but there's no denying her talent and I enjoy watching her dance. It's a little puzzling to me the level of dislike towards among many on the board. I wonder if it's because she is partnered with Val. Would people like her better this season if she'd been put with Derek? Just curious!
The funny thing is, I often feel that Amber's scores are inflated! I don't enjoy her as much as some of the others (*cough* Bill Engvall *cough*) and she seems to be a little "one note" to me. I don't get a lot of range in her performances. I also wonder if the crazy love many on this board feel for her is due to Glee - which I've never watched so it may make it harder for me to feel the love.
I would say all the contestants left have some performing talent, with Leah, perhaps the least amount when it comes to dancing - though I enjoyed her last night as well.
For me, Elizabeth seems to have a slight edge on dance ability - with it close between her and Corbin. (Who had a great dance last night, just not a Viennese Waltz!)
All in all I'm glad I'll get to see them all one more night.
She has Chynna Phillips vibe about her( especially the face) . I can honestly say I have never cared for her, can she dance :mmm ( she is a ringer) she cannot act , except for many tears. If she was paired with Derek, I still wouldn't care for her. I remember not caring for Joanna Krupa or voting for her, when she was with Derek -so no, it's EB I don't like, not that she is paired with Val .I think Val is a better than Maks as far as choreography goes.
I am not puzzled at the level of dislike, because -I have seen that for Mark and whoever his partner has been ( on this board) .We all like and dislike some pros and their partners. jmho. I also don't like Tony, and Leah was worse than Brant last night - but scored higher
I get the vibe you feel(or don't feel) towards Elizabeth. I feel nothing whenever I watch her dance. I don't see a connection between her & Val. Perhaps it really was just Showgirls that I find annoying but I just don't see what the judges see. I couldn't imagine her with the "golden boy" but that is just my opinion.
I am also on the same page with you about posts. I don't have a favorite this season. I vote for the couple I enjoyed the most that night. IDK the more someone promotes a couple to the point of excess I tend to vote for anybody but that couple. I am not naming manes nor am I trying to pot stir. That is just my feeling. Heck I thought I would not enjoy Snookie as much as I have.


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Born in Athens, Greece, Dr. Sadis Matalon came to the United States in 1966 as an undergraduate Fulbright Scholar and subsequently received a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Macalester College, cum laude with Special Departmental Honors (1970), followed by a Master of Science in Physics from the University of Minnesota (1973). He continued with a Ph.D. in Physiology (1975) under the mentorship of O.D. Wangensteen and entitled his dissertation "Water and Non-electrolyte Solute Transport across the Pulmonary Capillaries in Newborn Rabbits." While at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Matalon embraced the opportunity to work with Dr. Arnold Leonard and Dr. Carl Hunt to quantify abnormalities of gas exchange in premature infants with hyaline membrane disease using mass spectrometry. After spending a year as an Associate in the Department of Pediatrics (Children's Hospital) and Department of Physiology at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, he moved in 1966 to the Department of Physiology at the University of Buffalo as a Research Assistant Professor. While working with Dr. Leon Farhi on gas exchange, ventilation perfusion abnormalities, and pulmonary oxygen toxicity, Dr. Matalon was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1977 and to Associate Professor with tenure in 1982. He worked closely with Dr. Robert Notter and Dr. Bruce Holm from the University of Rochester during this time, studying physiological, biochemical and biophysical injury to pulmonary surfactants when breathing 100% oxygen in vivo and in vitro.
In 1987 Dr. Matalon collaborated with the laboratory of Dr. Bruce Freeman at the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, for studies on free radical biochemistry while on sabbatical and has remained at UAB since. While at UAB he collaborated with Dr. Dale Benos (deceased) to elucidate the biochemical and biophysical nature of ion channels in lung epithelial cells and has concentrated on identifying basic mechanisms by which reactive species alters lung ion channel and pulmonary surfactant structure function relationships in vivo and in vitro. He was named the Alice McNeal Endowed Chair of Anesthesiology in 1999, appointed Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education in 2001, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Assistant Provost of Research in 2002, Acting Associate Provost for Research in December of 2002 and Acting Vice President of UAB in July 2003. In 2012 he was named Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and currently serves as the Vice Chair for Research of the Department of Anesthesiology and as the Director of the Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center, School of Medicine.
Dr. Matalon has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1978 and received a Career Investigator Award by the American Lung Association (1987–1992), a NIH MERIT Award (1997–2007), a Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishment by the American Thoracic Society (2002), and various awards for teaching from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, including the Joint Health Sciences Presidential Teaching Award (1997), Argus Society Award for Instructional Excellence (Best Instructor, First Year Medical Class; 1997, 1998, 2001) and the Caduceus award for Best Basic Science Professor by the 2004 School of Medicine Class. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece.
In both 1997 and 2000, Dr. Matalon (in collaboration with Dr. Jacob Iasha Sznajder from Northwestern University) organized two Advanced Study Institutes on acute lung injury (sponsored by the Scientific Affairs 3718Division of NATO;) in Corfu, Greece; and also served as Co-Director (along with Dr. Lester Kobzik, Harvard School of Public Health) of two workshops on Environmental Lung Disease: Environmental Chemical Threats and Lung Injury (Limassol, Cyprus, 2009–2010).
Dr. Matalon has served as Associate Editor of News in Physiological Sciences (1997–2003) and Associate Editor and Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (2003–2011). He has been on the Editorial Board of AJP-Lung since 1994 and has been a member of the American Physiological Society since 1975. His current research interests include redox modulation of lung ion channels and implications on lung fluid balance, viral (RSV and influenza) induced injury to the mammalian alveolar epithelium and developing countermeasures against oxidant gas injury to mammalian lungs. He is the Principal Investigator of an R01 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute currently in its 27th year, Co-Principal Investigator of two R21 grants (with Dr. Timothy Ness and Dr. Victor M. Darley-Usmar, respectively) and a Co-Principal Investigator of a U01 (with Dr. Rakesh Patel) funded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the CounterACT Network. He has trained a large number of fellows who are now independent investigators and continues to be involved in day-to-day experimental design, data analysis, grants writing and manuscript preparation, training graduate students, and teaching pulmonary physiology to graduate students, medical and dental students, and residents.


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Preeta Samarasan
"When my writing stagnates, I do occasionally turn to fiction for motivation or inspiration: I might read a favorite passage, say, the epilogue to A. S. Byatt's Possession, or a random page of Bleak House. But I'm actually much more likely to read poetry—Yeats, Eliot, Auden, e.e. cummings, and Seamus Heaney are favorites—or listen to music to unstick myself. I love the baroque period—J. S. Bach, Telemann, Scarlatti—and folk/acoustic music from the 1960s and 1970s: Simon and Garfunkel (which won't come as a surprise to anyone who's read my novel!); Joan Baez; Peter, Paul and Mary; Bob Dylan; the Mamas and the Papas. There's a kind of nostalgia this music awakens in me, a sharp longing for a past I never even experienced, that is a crucial element of my writing 'zone.'"
—Preeta Samarasan, author of Evening Is the Whole Day (Houghton Mifflin, 2008)


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Fans of the "I'm a Mac" "I'm a PC" campaign will be delighted to learn that Justin Long (aka "Mac") will appear in the upcoming Bruce Willis blockbuster "Live Free Die Hard" in which, we presume, he will be reprising his role as "Mac" opposite Bruce Willis's grizzled Windows Vista-based PC. Per previous installments in this now venerable series, you can expect a lot of explosions, screaming and reasoned discourses on the philosophical basis of end-user empowerment. Now that's what we call an operating system shootout.
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Now that the U.S. World Cup team is USA's team, it needs its own anthem. Kathleen McElroy suggests that Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" should be the song
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"What kind of cosmetic solutions are we going to provide? ... The very modesty of these goals is shameful."
"Great discoveries and improvement invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself."
"Humility, modesty, nonviolence, forbearance, honesty, service to guru, purity (of thought, word, and deed), steadfastness, self-control; and / Aversion towards sense objects, absence of ego, constant reflection on the agony and suffering inherent in birth, old age, disease, and death."
"Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered."
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Walk of the Week: Ards Peninsula
This enjoyable walk will lead you around Ballyquintin Farm on the southern tip of the Ards Peninsula, a beautiful spot which shows how environmental enhancement can go hand in hand with modern farming.
The route takes you through Ballyquintin National Nature Reserve and to Bar Hall Hill where you can enjoy fantastic views over the Strangford Narrows in one direction and across the Irish Sea to Scotland and the Isle of Man in the other.
Wildlife to spot includes seals, porpoises, Irish hare and a multitude of farmland birds such as yellowhammer, tree sparrow and skylark.
Ballyquintin is located at the very southern tip of the Ards Peninsula approximately four miles from Portaferry along the Shore Road. There are bus services from Newtownards as far as Portaferry and Downpatrick to Strangford.
From the car park, set off down the hill, following the signs to Port Kelly. Go through the stile on your left and follow the path through the field. After the next stile, turn right which will lead you down to the shore at Port Kelly. After exploring Port Kelly for a while, retrace your steps for a short distance and carry on past the previous stile following the signs in the direction of Bar Hall Bay.
This will eventually lead you down a grassy lane and through a field and two more stiles before coming out onto the shore at Bar Hall Bay. Turn right and follow this path northwards along the shore, looking out for seals basking on the rocks as you go. When you reach the road, turn right.
Two hundred metres along this road there is an optional detour through a gate to the left which takes you along the side of a field to the top of Bar Hall Hill. From here, you will be rewarded with breathtaking views across the Strangford Narrows and back out across the Irish Sea.
Go back down the hill and turn left to rejoin the road, taking the first turning on your right. This follows the access road along which you arrived and will take you back to the car park.
Once back at the car park, a worthwhile additional walk is to go through the gate and along the path to the Second World War lookout hut. From here, you overlook the Ballyquintin National Nature Reserve. Either return directly to the car park or take a detour through the gate and down the slope to explore the lower reserve.
The National Trust purchased Ballyquintin Farm in the year 2000 with support from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Since then, the charity has acquired further land and now looks after over 160 acres within Ballyquintin and Bar Hall farms.
Ballyquintin National Nature Reserve is owned and managed by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. Not only is this a great location for watching wildlife but it is also a fine example of a raised beach created during times of higher sea levels. From the top of Bar Hall Hill, visitors are treated to panoramic views for miles in every direction. To the north is the vastness of the internationally important wildlife refuge of Strangford Lough.
Ballyquintin is a bird watcher's dream. In the summer, the air is full of the sound of skylarks and yellowhammers and birds such as terns, kittiwakes and gannets can be seen diving for fish off shore.
The winter months see flocks of hundreds of farmland birds such as Linnet and Stonechat. Wildfowl and waders can be seen along the shore including Brent Geese, Shelduck, Redshank, Greenshank and Dunlin. Birds of prey including Peregrine, Merlin, and Hen Harrier have all been recorded.
For further information on walking or any other outdoor activity, please contact Countryside Access and Activities Network at 028 9030 3930 or walkni.com .
Countryside Access and Activities Network (CAAN) in association with Belfast Telegraph have provided this information. Every care has been taken to ensure accuracy of the information. CAAN and Belfast Telegraph, however, cannot accept responsibility for errors or omissions but where such are brought to our attention, the information for future publications will be amended accordingly.
Walk Name: Bar Hall and Ballyquintin Farm
Area: Ards Peninsula and Strangford Lough Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
Nearest big town: Portaferry
Distance: 2 miles circular route
Time: This walk should take approximately 1 hour to complete.
Terrain: The route is partly on a surfaced road, rough track and grassy field edges.
Access Restrictions: Visitors should note that this is a working farm. Please keep to paths to avoid damage to crops and close gates to contain the cattle. Dogs should be kept under control to prevent disturbance to livestock or wildlife. Refreshments: The nearby towns of Portaferry and Strangford have several popular pubs, restaurants and cafes.
Publications: A Short Guide to Ballyquintin Farm (leaflet) produced by The National Trust and available by phoning 028 4488 1411.
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Disco Queen Donna Summer has died at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. She was in Florida at the time of her death. Summer has a summer house near Venice, Florida. Donna Summer's family has confirmed her death.
She was known as the Queen of Disco. Summer won five Grammy awards and is best known for songs like "Last Dance," "Hot Stuff," and "Bad Girls." She was married to Brooklyn Dreams singer Bruce Sudano. They had two daughters together.
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Senior men's tennis player Sven Poslusny willcompete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) All-American Pre-Qualifying Tournament held in Tulsa, Okla., at Tulsa University's Case Tennis Center. The tournament begins Saturday, Sept. 29.
This is the eighth-straight year the University of Tulsa will be the site of the ITA Men's All-American Championships. The tournament kicks off with pre-qualifying matches starting on Sept. 30, while the main draw is set to begin on Oct. 4. Some of the nation's best will be taking part in the tournament.Comment on this story
The senior is one of four Western Athletic Conference players to take part in the pre-qualifying championship. Luis Fernando Ramirez, Marc Westgate and Daniel Fernandez from New Mexico State will also take part. Denver's Enej Bonin has already earned a spot in the main draw.
Poslusny took part in the ITA All-American Pre-Qualifying Championship in 2010, falling in the first round.
The complete Utah State men's tennis team will be back in action at the Utah Intercollegiates, Oct. 11-13, in Salt Lake City.
Doug Hoffman is the assistant athletic director for Utah State University Athletic Media Relations.


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Kuwait's Health Awareness is Awesome
People actually started to ask, read & count !!! seeing all this happening lately i'm really impressed with the level of awareness that we have reached.
In the old days, if i stood in our local co-op reading the back batch of a product i could easily attract gazing eyes, some help to find the expiry date!! or even an old lady "al7mdela wel sheker" humming on my back.
I could easily spot this enhancement on awareness during Diet's Care last week event (health & Fashion). the hall was FULL! no place to set & people are actually listening carefully to the presentations knowing and appreciating how much knowledge they can walk away with at the end of the lectures.
Diet Care is actually doing a great job paying back for the society with all those free awareness events & video's on their youtube channel.
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Topshop's Photo Me photo booth will be located at Avenues Mall on the 1st floor in front of BHS this weekend on Thursday the 2nd, till Saturday the 4th . Dont miss it if you like posing & modeling & when you are in the Photo booth sing
tutto piccolo: From Spain To Kuwait
Tutto piccolo opens their first store in Kuwait
And presents to u Tutto piccolo, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada and Cricri
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Enjoy our Autumn winter collection
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Burberry Prorsum – Milan Menswear A/W 2012
Milan.. the city of fashion.. had arranged menswear fashion week (MFW) with a huge program of runway shows. I've chosen few of Burberry Prorsum Collection where the season of "suits" is ruling.. Check them out and enjoy "The Gentlemen's" show.
Claudia Shiffer Collection
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer launched her cashmere collection with the hope of bringing her own brand of yummy mummy glamour to other busy mothers. 'Effortless chic. That is the idea, 'Claudia' said.
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"iPhone Closet" offers you an assortment of Marc Jacobs & Juicy Couture iPhone cases.. so if you are looking for stylish iPhone case for yourself or a gift for someone, then check out some of these gorgeous cases.. there's a limited quantity.. so hurry up and get yours now 🙂
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Kardashian sisters are collaborating with Sears department store and presenting a collection of tight dresses, jumpsuits, jackets, heels and even lingerie. Kardashian Kollection also includes accessories like rings, necklaces, bracelets and bags. You could order them online by Sears website which is displaying the items in Kuwaiti Dinars and is willing to deliver to Kuwait.. Here's some of the Kardashian Kollection.


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RELATED: Mahoning commissioners blast SB5, approve county land bank
Gov. John Kasich said he's in no rush to legalize slot machines at the state's horse racetracks.
Kasich, a Republican, said Thursday that the state wants to hire a "gambling expert" to review gaming in Ohio, including casinos being built in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo and the possibility of slot machines at the state's seven racetracks.
Penn National Gaming Inc. wants to relocate a harness track from Toledo to Austintown. The company says it would invest $200 million in the facility if slots are legalized at tracks.
"We're not the people who are qualified to deal with people who are in the gaming business," Kasich said. "I want someone who is a brilliant analyst of the gaming business to get hired to come in and help the people of the state of Ohio."
Kasich said he supports businesses making money, but "I'm also in favor of taxpayers getting a fair shake."
"Gaming is fine," Kasich said, but added "the economy in the Mahoning Valley is not going to be built on the back of gaming."
As for a time frame for a decision on legalizing slots, Kasich said, "Haste makes waste. I want to make sure we do everything we're doing and make sure it's being done right."
He told a Vindicator reporter that he won't "set a time limit" because he would then be held to that schedule.
State Sen. Joe Schiavoni of Canfield, D-33rd, said it is "shocking" that Kasich isn't embracing slots at racetracks as it would stimulate the state's economy.
State legislators from the Mahoning Valley are working with Republican leaders in the General Assembly to get a bill in place to legalize slots at racetracks.
Kasich spoke to about 500 people Thursday at a hangar at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna. The event was sponsored by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber.
About 700 protesters lined state Route 193 near the airport to protest a Republican-sponsored bill, which Kasich supports, to end or limit collective bargaining for public employees.
Kasich said he understands that they're "hopping mad," but he supports the bill because it provides significant financial benefit to the state and taxpayers.
Chanting "kill the bill," and "the idiot's got to go," meaning Kasich, the protesters stood on either side of the narrow, two-lane road to show their anger at the bill, Senate Bill 5.
"This is a direct assault on organized labor and working families," said Deborah Bindas, representative for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Ohio Council 8.
"I have to thank the governor. He touched the nerve of organized labor and united us stronger. He's awoken a sleeping giant."
Other unions with members who are primarily in the private sector joined the protest.
"If the bill passes, [Republicans] will come after the private sector," said Ted Karapetsas, human resources development director and assistant to the chairman of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers—Communications Workers of America Local 717.
"Injustice to one is an injustice to all," added Karen Krolopp, Local 717 president.
"We're standing and fighting for public workers across America," said Gary Steinbeck, subdistrict director of the United Steelworkers of America District 1. "We're not going to let someone destroy years of collective bargaining."
There were about two dozen supporters of Kasich and the Republicans pushing the bill.
One of them, Donovan O'Neil, president of the Mahoning County Young Republicans, said the size of the union crowd was "impressive. Obviously there are a lot of people concerned about what's going on. But we need an honest discussion on what brought us to this point."
Some of those inside the hangar could hear the protesters outside during Kasich's speech.
Kasich said the collective-bargaining proposal is just "one piece of an overall agenda" to reduce the state's expenses. When his budget is unveiled March 15, Kasich said people will see a "restructuring" of Ohio.
State Rep. Ronald V. Gerberry of Austintown, D-59th, said when Kasich comes to the Youngstown area, he praises the region.
"Everywhere else he makes Youngstown seem like an undeveloped Third World country," Gerberry said.
The chamber event was supposed to take place at Leo's Ristorante in Howland.
But because of anticipated protesters, the location was moved at Kasich's request.
Several people still had to get past the protesters to get to the luncheon. Others parked in the airport's main lot and were bused to the hangar.
Gerberry said he arrived to the airport hangar about 11:30 a.m. and had to wait for about 30 minutes — for Kasich's plane to land — to get inside.
"Are we here for the pope or the governor?" said Gerberry, who added that he thought it was ridiculous to change the location and for the increased security for Kasich's visit.
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Bucks County (New Hope, PA) and Pocono Playhouses (Mountainhome, PA) are casting two separate companies for their 2001 season. Season includes "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," "They're Playing Our Song," "Nunsense…A-Men," "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," "Footloose," "Cabaret," "Anything Goes," "Sound of Music," "Kismet," "Guys and Dolls," and "Phantom." Company members will perform at both theatres throughout the summer. Salary and dormitory housing provided at both. Salary ranges: principals, $300-$400; secondary leads, $250-$300; ensemble, $200-$250; interns, $100-$175. Auditions will be held Mon. Feb. 26 from 10AM-2PM for male singers and from 2-6PM for female singers and Tues. Feb. 27 from 10AM-1PM for male dancers who sing and 2-6PM for female dancers who sing at Nola Studios, 250 W. 54 St. (btwn. B'way & 8th Ave.), 11th fl., NYC. Callbacks will be scheduled by appointment. Those auditioning are encouraged to sing material from the shows listed above. NON-EQUITY PERFORMERS.


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I definitely love the business of reviewing CDs. It's such an indescribably satisfying and rewarding experience. We reviewers get acquainted with some of the most remarkable and interesting projects imaginable. Not all endear themselves to us, but I doubt that any of my colleagues would argue that the projects always contribute to our total experience. Some are truly stellar, some o.k., some not-so-o.k., and some are real eyebrow-raisers. Where do I begin with Funk 'n Gandhi?
Track 1, maybe representative of the entire album, truly caught me by surprise. Its Eastern influence (evident throughout the CD) and chant-like vocals made me utter "Whoa! I need time to catch up and get my head around this one!" The CD has a distinct pulse. I just had trouble measuring that pulse! Some of the most welcome contributions came from the melodic flute of Deepak Ram, nice back-beat, finessed--though sometimes subdued--sax work by Gregg Mazel, and a moderately thick bass, played by Ron K. As a whole, however, "funk" it is not. Vocals (chants)? I'm not so sure. It's simply not clear to me how they fit into this vivid puzzle of sound. For the sake of comparison and identification, it's a bit of the melodic group, Yulara, but largely turned on its ear and taken through another dimension.
There were moments when a particular tune simply got away from me (e.g., the first cut, "Dipped in Ghee"). Other cuts had nice rhythms, complemented by the Bansuri wooden flute, providing the dominant Indian influence, and clear Western guitar work (check out the title track). This album is definitely a world music project with heavy Indian touches. Therefore, if you're not sure as to whether or not you're into this type of music--but you are inquisitive--it would behoove you to approach this album with a very open mind. You may not be able to otherwise fathom this atypical undertaking.
The various diverse couplings and collaborations in the wide world of jazz obviously have genuine appeal. This one, however, may well find a home with those who thrive on experimentation with the diverse cultures in the universe of world music.


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It seems everywhere I look there's someone bashing Skyrim these days. Apparently, the story is really bad and the NPCs are terrible.
Funny thing, as I actually enjoyed both those aspects immensely while playing. Might not be quite at Witcher level - but I'd put it up against any Bioware game or any other open world game any time.
Skyrim was declared as GOTY by many sites. But to me, TW2 and DX:HR deserved GOTY more than it did. Still I can't complain, when any RPG gets GOTY recognition, I'm happy.


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DANNY GRAHAM is still expected to sign for Sunderland before tomorrow night's transfer deadline despite being subjected to a barrage of abuse at the Stadium of Light last night.
After the Swansea City striker was introduced as a late substitute during the tame goalless draw on Wearside, at the final whistle he walked over to a young Black Cats fan and handed over his shirt.
Before that he had to deal with a number of derogatory chants including 'you'll always be scum' from the fans who he could be playing in front of when Sunderland head for Reading on Saturday.
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Graham's Geordie roots, he was born in Gateshead and raised a Newcastle United fan, have led to many Sunderland supporters criticising his possible arrival from the Swans.
But Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill said: "I think he is himself reportedly a Newcastle fan. I think the reaction as we stand at this moment was quite a natural reaction.
Bob Stokoe (a Geordie FA Cup winning former Sunderland manager) ... was looking down at him. Things can get better."
Sunderland are believed to have increased their initial £4m offer to £5.5m for the former Middlesbrough striker, who was used as a second-half substitute by Swansea boss Michael Laudrup.
Laudrup said: "One of the teams (to have lodged a bid for the striker) is Sunderland and that's why I took the decision not to start him but he's a great professional. I don't know what's going to happen, we will see in the next few days."
Sunderland failed to have a single shot on target last night and struggled to cope with Swansea's possessionstyle football – with the men from South Wales recording 12 shots to the hosts' two.
It provided a reminder to O'Neill that something is required on the transfer front, with tomorrow's 11pm deadline approaching.
"I'm hopeful we might be able to do something. Until it is signed and sealed there is no reason to be optimistic," he said.
"We have scored some goals in the last few weeks, but I think we have an over-reliance on Steven Fletcher. He played great again but we need to do better than we did tonight overall.
"If we don't get someone in, and we have made bids for a couple of players. We are not the only team in that position with January 31 approaching." "I don't think we'd have won that game without the signing of Sissoko, I really don't. That's how important that signing was."
The jubilant reaction of Newcastle's players at the final whistle underlined the importance of the result, both in terms of improving the club's position in the bottom half of the table and fostering a renewed team spirit.
Every Magpies player celebrated in front of the travelling fans, a number of whom were wearing French-style dress.
Some observers have claimed this week's events will create divisions within the Newcastle squad, but last night's events suggest the group is in a much better shape than it was a couple of weeks ago before four of the five new faces arrived.
"We worked really hard this week on integrating the players," said Pardew.
"They're not here to save us, but they are here to help us and that was the message to our established players.
"We had a nice night (on Monday) in the hotel. We had a nice meeting and you kind of sensed there was a good feeling amongst them all.
"We had a bit of a laugh with the French translations.
It's been a terrific couple of days."
The mood was certainly triumphant at half-time, but after Christian Benteke halved Villa's arrears from the penalty spot at the start of the second half, Newcastle were forced to dig deep to maintain their advantage.
With Krul and Steven Taylor at the fore, they repelled a series of Villa attacks, and while much of the post-match attention was focused on Newcastle's new boys, Pardew was quick to praise Taylor as he made his first start for more than two months.
"We've paid 8m Euros for Mapou (Yanga-Mbiwa), but Steven got the nod over him so that's how highly I rate him,"
he said. "The trick with Steven is that he needs to stay away from injuries and protect himself.
"He needs to learn now.
When he got injured last time, he was running up for freekicks, sprinting here and there and wanting to do this and that. He needs to learn that he needs to manage himself in a game.
"He's got a genuine enthusiasm, but sometimes that's to his detriment. He needs to learn. He's at an age now where he needs to push on.
"Potentially, I've always thought he could be an England centre-half because he can pass, he can jump and he's quick enough.
"He's certainly got confidence to play at that level, but injuries have always knocked him when he's playing well."
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The TIMESTAMP function fails if the string argument specifies the number of nanoseconds. It works if the argument is limited to microsecond resolution.
ij> values timestamp('2010-04-21 12:00:00.123456');
2010-04-21 12:00:00.123456
1 row selected
ij> values timestamp('2010-04-21 12:00:00.123456789');
ERROR 22008: '2010-04-21 12:00:00.123456789' is an invalid argument to the timestamp function.
Since Derby (and JDBC) supports nanosecond resolution, the TIMESTAMP function should also support it.
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fixing released version for the backports. mistakenly picked released versions rather than unreleased versions.
backported fix to 10.5 and 10.6. resolving and resetting original owner.
All the regression tests ran cleanly.
Committed revision 999479.
Thanks, Nirmal!
The patch looks good to me. The new test case in DateTimeTest was commented out. I've commented it back in and started the regression tests suites. I'll commit the fix if the tests pass.
Patch #2 is addressing Knut's latest comment!
Hope this issue is solved now!
> I am wondering whether there are test cases which is addressed this
> setValue(..) function. If so since I did not find any regression
> failures regarding that, can't we conclude that the calculations of
> SQLChar are still correct?
It seems that the calculation in SQLChar changed, but in a way that
DERBY-4626. So that's actually a good thing!
However, the change also makes the code in SQLChar a bit
confusing. Take for instance this fragment:
int micros =
(theValue.getNanos() + SQLTimestamp.FRACTION_TO_NANO/2) /
After the patch, the micros variable will actually hold the nanosecond
value, so we should change its name to nanos. Also, since the above
code now transforms nanoseconds to nanoseconds (that is, it doesn't do
anything), we should probably simplify it to:
int nanos = theValue.getNanos();
I have attached a patch to
DERBY-4614 which is intended to address this issue as well.
Since both issues are co-related to some extent, it's difficult to provide a separate patch.
Hi Knut,
Thanks for reviewing the patch.
>The constant SQLTimestamp.FRACTION_TO_NANO is used in SQLChar.setValue(Timestamp,Calendar). I think changing it from 1000 to 1 may make the calculations in >SQLChar become wrong. (If we fix
DERBY-4626 that code will probably go away, though.)
Without changing 1000 to 1 we can't get the expected result. I am wondering whether there are test cases which is addressed this setValue(..) function. If so since I did not find any regression failures regarding that, can't we conclude that the calculations of SQLChar are still correct?
Thanks, Nirmal.
Perhaps the change in DataTypeUtilities is better to leave out for now to make the impact on the tests smaller. If I understand correctly, it doesn't seem to be strictly necessary for getting the TIMESTAMP function to accept nanoseconds, it helps IJ display the entire value. Maybe that change could be made as part of
DERBY-4614 instead?
The patch seems to make an unintended change to the license header in SQLTimestamp.java.
The constant SQLTimestamp.FRACTION_TO_NANO is used in SQLChar.setValue(Timestamp,Calendar). I think changing it from 1000 to 1 may make the calculations in SQLChar become wrong. (If we fix
DERBY-4626 that code will probably go away, though.)
It would also be good to have a test case (for example in DateTimeTest) that verifies that the function now accepts nanosecond resolution.
I'm attaching a patch which solves this issue.
This will probably break some tests since some properties have changed.
I'm running tests now, and will attach a patch which will address updates
to those tests soon.
Hi Thiwanka,
At compile time, calls to the TIMESTAMP function are represented by the TimestampOperatorNode class. At run time, the parsing of the timestamp string is performed by SQLTimestamp.parseTimestamp().
Hi Knut,
What are the classes that are used to call the timestamp functions?I referred mechanisms in UnaryDateTimestampOperatorNode.java class to some extent.


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As interest rates climb, credit unions should expect a strong lending season ahead.
Loan originations are down and HELOCs are up, according to a new report.
A partnership with investment management firm Apollo will lead to a private, secondary market for the vendor's CU clients.
From refinancing to new money mortgages but market overall continues to struggle.
Credit unions and other mortgage lenders faced an economic pinch in 2013 as rising interest rates began to squash demand for refinanced mortgage loans while demand for purchase money loans still struggled to grow.
The 13.000-member, $103 million Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union expressed support Sept. 24 for Richmond, Calif., to obtain and restructure some mortgages even if the Bay Area town has to use eminent domain.
The fight between the City of Richmond, Calif. and 624 mortgage lenders continues, as the city attempts to obtain the loans through eminent domain.
Berkeley, Calif., credit union states support of idea passed by Richmond, Calif., council members.
Eminent domain plan wins Richmond City Council approval but remains in limbo in face of state law.
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" Brand: Sainsbury's / Type: Biscuits "
Sainsbury's white chocolate chip cookies
Price £1.05 but sometimes you can get them on offer for 50p. The price isn't bad for freshly baked cookies.
I was shopping today before my shift and really fancied something from the bakery section but not bread something for my lovely sweet tooth I came across these cookies in a brown and blue paper bag. In total you get 5 large freshly baked cookies.
I saw they are chocolate chip cookies but they are more like chocolate chunk cookies. They are delicious I have naughtily eaten 4 of them already (oops) they are not too hard and not too soft. I found that I could break a section off without getting covered in crumbs. The white chocolate is delicious. My favourite type of chocolate.
The expiry date is 22nd October which gives me two days to eat them, being freshly made I expected an early expiry date. This was not a shock.
Unfortunately I cannot comment on the calories or ingredients because they are not listed on the packet which is a down fall for me. I like to know how many calories so I can justify eating more than one. It does however say, please contact a member of staff to find out about the allergy and ingredients.
I would recommend these for a treat every now and again and I'm sure children will love them as well but living on my own I think I'm going to stick to buying them when they are on offer as eating 5 large cookies in 2 days isn't good for me.
White chocolate chip cookies are my favourite. I buy them at least once a week, much as I try to resist! We do the majority of our shopping in Tesco so I tend to buy them from there either at 99p for 5 or 1.39 for 4 of their Finest cookies. However, when I went into Sainsburys the other day to pick up a few bits, their bags of cookies were on buy one get one free! This meant two bags of cookies for £1.00, bargain I thought and grabbed a bag of these and the double chocolate variety (review to follow!). The cookies are from the bakery section of the store.
The cookies come in a primarilly paper bag, with a plastic peep hole. The bag is light blue in colour, with chocolate brown coloured sides and writing. The writing tells me the packet contains 5 white chocolate chip cookies. Each cookie is a really generous size and I was really happy with them, they were about 4 inches wide and probably about 3/4 centimetre tall. They were quite a light brown colour and appeared to have plently of white chocolate chunks in them. They were quite bumpy in appearance and had a home made look about them.
So onto the taste test. These cookies tasted really really nice. The biscuit itself was soft and chewy, it tasted sweet but not as though there was too much sugar. The cookie mix had been mixed well and the biscuit was quite smooth with no bits. The white chocolate chunks were everywhere and in each mouthful I found at least two or three. The chocolate was of really good quality, it wasn't sickly and it went really well with the biscuit. It was smooth, creamy and light. I think Sainsburys have been extremely generous with the helping of chocolate in these cookies as there is a vast amount and plently to please any chocolate fans!
One downside to these cookies is that they are very moreish and I will often eat two back to back meaning I am left with stomach ache! There is no nutritional information on the packet as they are from the instore bakery but I imagine they aren't the healthiest snack in the world!
I will certainly be buying these cookies, I even intend to go into Sainsburys especially for them! They have a lovely texture and taste making them a perfect snack for just about anyone. I also thought they were really good value for money, especially on the buy one get one free offer. These cookies are highly recommended!


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cute little girl , she looks kinda like Cindy Brady. you probably would'nt be familiar with the" Brady Bunch" though.
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Website: http://www.taylorscafe.com.au
Entertainment Voucher 13/14: 25% off (up to a value of $30)
Taylors Art & Coffee House is located on Great Northern Highway in the iconic Swan Valley region. We dropped by for lunch on the way home from Bindoon last weekend. It was Father's Day that day so the cafe was quite packed. We asked whether we could use the entertainment book voucher as it was a special day and they said yes! Bonus!
I love the rustic outlook of the cafe! It has a huge outback area for dining with a sandpit for the kids to play in. Perfect setting for families with children! I noticed that dogs were allowed in as well.
I found this item laying on our table indicating that the table had been reserved. How cute!
The menu at Taylors is quite simple, with a selection of paninis, pancake, tarts, soup, salads and burgers. We had the following:
- Homemade soup (Small $9) – the homemade soup that day was Mushroom Soup. It was served with chunky foccacia bread. I had a small spoonful to taste, it was hearty!
- Savoury Tart with homemade pastry ($9, with salad $17) – the special that day was Salmon Tart.
- Taylor Burger ($21) – Dandaragen beef patty, melted cheese, caramelised balsamic onions, tomato relish and aioli, served with salad and chips. Looked great!
- Tasting Plate ($38 – enough for 2 to share). I ordered this to share. On the plate, there were Beersyne cheddar (locally made pale ale cheddar), double brie; organic meatballs in a tomato braise with sour cream, mini savoury tarts with smoked salmon, marinated olives and dips with toasted foccacia bread. The highlight of this dish was the meatballs, they were well marinated and tasty!
The drinks … Mocha, Cappuccino, Flat White, Iced Coffee, Iced Chocolate. I had a recent addiction to Iced Coffee and this hit the spot!
Lastly, we couldn't resist ordering a couple of slices of the freshly baked cakes displayed at the counter. There were so many to choose from! We had the Mixed Berry and Mango Friand Cake ($7) and the Strawberry and White Chocolate Mousse Cake ($7). They tasted so so good especially the Strawberry and White Chocolate Mousse Cake – normally not a fan of white chocolate or mousse, this blown me away! I loved it!
Overall, it was a nice and simple lunch up in the valley, with friendly staff, fresh food and a very unique Australian outback setting! The highlight for me was definitely the desserts! 🙂
On a side note, there is a art gallery adjoining the cafe showing wildflower and landscape artworks which I failed to visit this time round. I must do so the next time I'm there!


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Cannot Access Web Apps Behind Router
I have W7 Ultimate sitting on a LAN with some other PCs.
I have published a WebApp for use with Terminal Services on one of these PCs
On the LAN I can enter the IP address of the PC with the Web Apps (192.168.x.x) and get a page in the browser with links to the Applications; click the link and the web app will start - Works surprisingly well:-)!
In the router, I have forwarded port 3389 to the PC with the web app.
Then, connected to the internet ( but not to the LAN) I enter the external IP address of the router into a browser page but all I get is server at x.x.x.x is taking too long to respond
If I try IP addressort I get a different message "Connection reset while page was loading"
The win7 standard Remote Desktop Connection feature works fine.
So what have I missed out with the Web App?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
If you on a LAN, why can't you just enter the LAN IP. I am only asking since it doesn't appear your giving enough info as to what and how your doing it. Are you on the LAN while accessing this or away from the LAN trying to access through a WAN? I am almost certain you don't have something enabled on the router like PnP or NAT or somethig and my head hurts too much tonight to try and guess.
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|02 May 2014
Thanks for the reply. I managed to solve the problem and should have reported back in case others are interested.
It seems that Web Apps behind a router require extra ports to be forwarded on the Router.
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There is a pesky fear that pervades the marketing world around the testing of digital marketing content. The perception is that testing will somehow replace or limit the creative brainstorming and "gut instincts" of a marketing team or ad agency, and their desire to push the boundaries of engagement. That somehow "content determination" or uncovering what works best with different customers will make cutting edge campaigns less desirable.
On the contrary, it allows companies to quickly try new engagement styles and methods, and see what "clicks" with their customers immediately, rather than wasting time with material that doesn't. Optimization tools such as Adobe Test&Target have also become extremely user friendly; they can be controlled completely by a non-technical marketing team, with IT involvement at an advisory level (freeing up resources and offering efficient control by the business owners.) In terms of investment, many companies are seeing impressive lifts in conversion (10s to 1000s of percentage lifts and beyond!) with minor adjustments to their web experiences, within months and weeks of starting, recouping yearly investments quickly. This is why optimization and marketing managers have quickly become evangelists of the testing process within their organizations, and it's always a blast to meet with them at different events throughout the year to "geek out" over their latest findings.
I spent 3 inspiring days at the Hudson Hotel in Manhattan last week at an optimization event called Click Summit. For those of you who are not familiar with it, I highly recommend signing up: It is hosted by Brooks Bell, a company which specializes in assisting enterprise-level companies and SMBs with organizing, building and perfecting their online testing programs within their current infrastructure. Owner and President Brooks Bell has a true passion for testing and has been a strong evangelist for the optimization process for a decade. For the past 3 years, she has gathered folks from the tech, media, retail, and finance industries and other verticals, as well as industry analysts, for testing roundtable discussions at Click Summit. It calls into question why we all don't get together more often: "A-ha" moments occurred every few minutes at the event (no, we were not singing music from the 1980s rock band.) It was immensely helpful to identify common obstacles in test administration, and how others are working towards resolving these issues. We also shared best practices in terms of building momentum and being a good advocate for a testing culture within our organizations.
Here are some of my "a-ha" moments, that "won't be goooooooooone in a daaaaaaaaayyyyyyy" (OK, so now I am singing 80s music – couldn't resist):
1) The State of the Testing Union: First and foremost, I was extremely intrigued by Forrester analyst Joe Stanhope's "State of Online Testing" survey presentation, in terms of current adoption of testing practices and what the future will hold. On average, most companies are just beginning to appreciate the importance of testing and targeting in terms of improving customer engagement and lifetime customer value. 50% of survey participants were new to testing, but a substantial number were willing to spend upwards of $100K per year on a testing budget. Most are only running 2-3 non-concurrent tests per month, and 16% of those that are testing are unclear as to what a multivariate test is. This points to the need for greater education on more effective testing practices, beyond the single A/B test at high traffic locations. Looking to the future, Joe also mentioned that there is a surge towards behavioral targeting, or targeting content based upon highly predictive anonymous variables relative to a customer's behavior. This allows for greater personalization of content to the individual based upon their statistical preferences. Behavioral Targeting capabilities are now being offered in an automated fashion, such as within Test&Target 1:1, which allows predictive delivery of the most engaging content to anonymous customer profiles on highly trafficked webpages.
2) Data is only useful if it's actionable: whether we're talking analytics, or 3rd party customer information accessed through your own data warehouse or a third party vendor, this data is only useful if you can use it to build out your user profiles and make your segmentation and targeting more refined, improving your accuracy when delivering relevant content. A strong majority of this data can be customized for aggregation with the 1st party data within your testing tools, to bolster user profiles and make them more complete.
3) Take risks: rather than limiting your creative content in terms of executives' or marketing team's "gut feelings", create hypotheses that test new engagement approaches and see if they click with your customers. With testing, you often have the ability to "fail fast", or see what doesn't work relatively quickly, and results don't lie (as long as your tests are administered correctly.) Look for a tool that allows flexibility and scalability in terms of the quantity of content and how you test it (it was great to hear that a lot of attendees felt that there is a lot of freedom and flexibility with Test&Target – its open platform and scalability allows for a larger quantity of variables and segments, vast opportunities for integration, as well as multi-page, onsite/offsite testing capabilities.)
4) Take into account ancillary/adjacent content or KPIs around your test: it can be easy to overlook the impact of our content decisions further down the conversion funnel or customer experience. While an offer can be optimized and targeted for a particular customer segment, the next page or process on your website may be impacted negatively, and customer behavior should be measured and tested to optimize around your test event.
5) Determine what not to test: don't waste your time with material or locations on your webpages that don't move the needle. Instead, set up tests (multivariate tests are exceptional for this) which show you what areas or content elements are not critical in terms of user engagement, so you can focus on testing and targeting the material that is. Time and budget savings!!!
6) IP addresses offer powerful information: an IP address can tell you a lot of information about your visitor, even if their cookies do not. For example, a static IP address can identify that this person is accessing through a company account and information about that company. It is very important to respect a customer's privacy, though; the data you are gathering should be evaluated in terms of maintaining and respecting a customer's anonymity. Good rule of thumb: keep abreast of standard practices and rules and regulations surrounding privacy, and how you might feel if particular data were gathered by a company you were engaging with.
7) Free trials can be doubly useful: free trials offer great incentives to new customers to experience and ultimately purchase your product, but they also have the added bonus of allowing you to target customers at particular stages in the trial process. This targeted content can be tested to see what offers or information are the most engaging for different groups. "Did you know you can do this?" emails can give additional information on overlooked features of your product, as well as subscription notifications, renewal info and updates as their trial is coming to an end.
My final "a-ha" moment from the event was underscored in Brooks Bell's opening remarks and described in depth by marketing guru Seth Godin's keynote address. Seth made allusions to "Mad Men", how advertisers and marketers in the past would mark success by how much they could get an ad out there; the more it played, the more people saw it, whether the material was relevant or not. He also spoke to how the traditional bell curve of customer consumption has now shifted outwards, as customers' desires and expectations are pushed to the extremes due to the heightened competition for attention, the desire for personalized experiences and the viral nature of the web. With so many content choices and channels, the traditional methods of marketing and advertising are no longer adequate, as witnessed by the precipitous fall of the record labels when music found its way on the web.
So, what's the solution? How can a company quickly find its audience, compete in terms of creative approach and style, and deliver the best customer service across all digital devices in the Wild West of the web? One of the best investments of time and money when rolling out a brand new cutting edge campaign is in testing and optimization. I'm thrilled to see so many companies, involved in Click Summit and other testing events, making so much headway in terms of building their testing programs and lifting their customer satisfaction and conversions to new heights. The freedom offered by "content determination" through testing and targeting will allow them to adapt to the changing trends of customer needs, as our digital world continues to evolve at such a rapid pace.


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Pa. Senator: If women need ultrasounds for an abortion, then men need prostate exams for ED pills
Apparently, Democratic state Senator Larry Farnese's mother didn't teach him basic lessons. Or, more likely, Farnese didn't listen. He wants invasive tests for men seeking ED pills, just because Republicans proposed ridiculous tests for women who want an abortion.
Among the many lessons that your mother taught you, or at least should have taught you, is that two wrongs do not make a right. And, you shouldn't act like a child when you're 43 years old.
But not all mothers teach their children these lessons, apparently – or, more likely, not all children listen to their mothers. Among those "children" is a local politician – surprise, surprise – Democratic state Senator Larry Farnese.
Farnese, who has been representing the state's 1st district, which includes parts of Philadelphia, since 2009, apparently thinks that the best way to show those crooked Republicans how ridiculous their ideas are is to propose an equally ridiculous idea of his own. Here's the gist, courtesy a story in The Morning Call:
The House is considering legislation, sponsored by Republican Rep. Kathy Rapp, that would require women who want an abortion to undergo a mandatory ultrasound 24 hours before the procedure. Under this requirement, these women would most likely be forced to undergo an invasive transvaginal ultrasound – where a probe is inserted into her vagina and maneuvered to produce an image.
As if getting an abortion doesn't seem fun enough!
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Hi, I found this spider in my outhouse, was very dosile, didn't run or flinch much when cupping and removing..bit worried as my 2 year old plays in the outhouse and loves spiders unlike myself :-/ I'm from south east Uk
Hi Jellyneansme,
This is a very common spider in the S & SE of England, especially on the exterior of buildings & outhouses/sheds. It's Steatoda nobilis, one of the false widow species. Like all British spiders it is not dangerous, nor deadly. It does, however, have an unpleasant bite, but in normal circumstances this is very unlikely to happen (as you note, they are typically docile). Usually the spider is crushed against the skin in bite events.
Given your concerns about your 2yr old, you might feel better removing any from the outhouse, but bear in mind that as they are probably established in your area, they may eventually be replaced by new individuals. Though it is prudent to excercise caution, bees, wasps, peanuts are more of a worry, relatively speaking.
Thank you!! Any ideas on how to deter but not kill!! Does clover oil work lol
Sorry, no idea! I don't try to deter them.
If she is easy to catch, then removal makes sense. But, I tend to find if you have a predictable & sedentary, adult female established, she will tend to chase off others...they're very territorial.
I put her next to my shed about 4 metres from
The outhouse so I'm guessing she has made herself comfy in my shed!!
She was very easy to catch, in fact she practically handed herself over!! Maybe she was old and dying! She was not in a web! I wished I wasn't petrified of spiders, I honestly do as I love all animals! But anyway thanks for all your help!!


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If you think newspaper coverage of visual arts in Fort Worth stinks, you're not alone, and the Fort Worth Art Dealers Association has got a crusade for you. It's more constructive than what one local artist suggested. "We could make used-gum sculpture and place it on every single Fort Worth Star-Telegram and FWWeekly paper rack," he says, to protest the lack of dedicated visual-arts writers in Cowtown-based media. But more effective and less likely to result in arrest is the association's soon-to-be-announced letter-writing, fax-sending, e-mailing barrage. Association President Don Hicks says the 14 member organizations will show their displeasure beginning in mid-April. "None of the local media can hold their head up high about supporting the arts," Hicks says.
The new campaign is the second step in an approach the association took last November, when it summoned Star-Telegram arts staff, including former features editor Eric Celeste, now associate editor at the Dallas Observer; theater critic and occasional visual-arts contributor Mark Lowry; and new art critic Andrew Marton to a meeting to discuss visual-arts coverage. One Fort Worth gallery owner says Marton told the assembled, "If you have an artist who's a paraplegic, then you call me." She says Marton seemed to prefer writing human-interest stories over gallery reviews, but another gallerist says he did "not much of either." A flustered Marton did not deny the remark, but said he couldn't comment on the issue and referred Blink to senior features editor Julie Heaberlin, who was out of the office. In Marton's defense, one source at the Fort Worth daily says the new art critic recently spent a month in Japan doing research for a feature on the life and work of Modern Art Museum architect Tadao Ando. Variously described as "arrogant" and "extremely arrogant," Marton, who was lured to the Star-Telegram from Washington, D.C., has seen considerably fewer articles in print so far than predecessor and 13-year-veteran art critic Janet Tyson and her sidekick, freelance gallery-reviewer Suzanne Akhtar. Tyson was fired last August, and Akhtar reportedly quit her Sunday "In the Galleries" feature to make time for a teaching job at Texas Christian University shortly after Marton was hired. Another gallerist quoted a Star-Telegram staffer as saying, "Give us six or seven months, and things may change," citing two problems that half a year could remedy: a tight budget and a search for a new arts editor.
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