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* Nonresidential permits decrease by 3.6 percent
OTTAWA, June 5 (Reuters) - Widespread plans to build apartment buildings and condominiums lifted the value of Canadian building permits in April by 10.5 percent from March, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday, defying market expectations of a 4 percent drop in permits.
It was the fourth straight month of gains in building permits, an early indicator of construction activity, after a downturn that began in mid-2012. Statscan revised its March data down to a 6 percent rise in permits from 8.6 percent previously.
The unexpected strength in permits issued in April, reaching C$7 billion ($6.8 billion), comes as other data suggest the country's once-hot housing market is cooling.
The overall value of residential permits jumped 21 percent. Multi-family housing projects surged 51.9 percent, led by plans to build apartments and condominiums in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, home to cities with the hottest condo markets.
Permits for single-family homes edged up 1.1 percent as gains in those three provinces were offset by declines in seven others.
The condo market in some of Canada's biggest cities has been a source of concern for policymakers who have repeatedly warned of overbuilding. Forecasters in a Reuters poll last Thursday predicted, on average, a soft landing for the Canadian housing market and expected home prices to fall 5 percent in the next few years.
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CULPEPER — The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is reporting 37 secondary roads and one primary road in Central Virginia are closed at this hour due to Hurricane Sandy. Twenty-four are flooded and another 14 are impassable due to power lines that have fallen.
Route 28 in Fauquier County is among those closed due to fallen power lines; that is the only primary highway in the region closed at this hour. Both Interstate 66 and I-64 are open.
For the latest information about road closures check VDOT's traffic web site, www.511Virginia.org.
Although the wind and rain are less severe than earlier travel remains extremely hazardous due to the wind, areas of high water and the danger of trees and debris in the roads. The hazard is greatest during nighttime hours when visibility is limited. Many roads that are not closed are nevertheless hazardous due to tree limbs and other debris that has fallen into the road. VDOT continues to advise drivers across Virginia to postpone travel until after the storm has passed.
VDOT crews worked overnight across Virginia to clear debris and reopen roads. In many cases they are coordinating their work with utility crews because power lines are involved and the road cannot be reopened until those lines are removed. VDOT will continue working around the clock to reopen roads and repair damage after the storm passes.
Residents should continue to monitor local news media for the latest weather information. Anyone who must drive on Tuesday should observe the following precautions:
• Watch for tree limbs and other debris in the roadway. Even small branches can damage a vehicle or cause the motorist to lose control.
• Assume all fallen power lines are electrified and dangerous. Never attempt to drive across or step over downed lines.
• If a traffic signal is out, treat the intersection as a four-way stop.
• Never drive around barricades. Remember, the road has been closed for your safety.
• Expect the unexpected. Reduce speed and be prepared to stop without warning.
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The government has finally loosened its purse strings for former soldiers. The cabinet on Monday approved a Rs. 2,300-crore proposal to raise the pensions of ex-servicemen, their wives and physically challenged children, in what is being described as "near-implementation" of the longstanding demand for one rank, one pension (OROP).
The windfall, which is expected to benefit close to 25 lakh ex-servicemen, comes at time when some reform measures such as the hike in fuel prices and rationing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders are expected to hit household budgets.
The government also softened the hike blow for its employees and pensioners as it increased the dearness allowance (DA) of central employees by 7%, effective July 1.
Around five million employees and three million pensioners will benefit from the move.
The military pensioners' proposal was moved by a committee formed under the cabinet secretary in July to look into pay and pension-related issues.
A chunk of the monetary package will be used for reducing the disparity in pensions drawn by ex-servicemen.
Pensioners have been demanding equal pension for the same rank and duration of service as successive pay commissions have created disparities. The difference in the pensions of same-rank pensioners is because of the number of increments earned by them.
Officers who retired before January 1, 2006 will see their pensions go up. Likewise, the pension gap between the non-officer cadre of pre- and post-January 1, 2006 will be narrowed.
"These are expected to largely meet the demands of the defence pensioners on one rank one pension," an official said.
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Dr. Bain has been CEO of Immune Network Ltd. since 1999. He was also the Chairman and CEO of BC Research Inc., a 100-employee contract research and science incubator that Immune Network acquired and later divested. Dr. Bain was a co-founder and President of the cardiac ion channel drug discovery company Nortran Pharmaceuticals Inc. (now Cardiome Pharma, trading as COM on the Toronto Stock Exchange). He has started and served as a director on the boards of various drug discovery and related companies, including Magic Bullets Enterprises (an investment company), and Pneumo Labs Inc. (a contract service company). Dr. Bain has been an honorary lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia, where he received his doctorate in pharmacology in 1994 for his work in neuroscience.
TERRY E. BIBBENS, Director
After retiring from a very successful 34-year career as a CEO of defense intelligence and electronics companies and as a member of the venture capital industry in Silicon Valley, Mr. Bibbens was invited to serve as the Entrepreneur in Residence in the Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration. He served a record six and one-half years in this role in both the Clinton and Bush Administrations. In this position he provided senior-level national policy guidance on issues affecting high-technology industries and growth companies.
He was assigned the lead role in the Clinton Administration for ensuring the SBIR program was renewed. In this capacity he worked closely with all of the national SBIR program managers at all agencies and established the annual Tibbetts Award program to recognize the best SBIR companies and support agencies in all 50 states, and the best federal agency program mangers. This resulted in landmark legislation in December 2000 that included new intellectual property and production commercialization protections for SBIR technologies developed by small entrepreneurial companies. Mr. Bibbens' national prominence on these programs provides Homeland Venture Partners, L.P. immediate access to all of the SBIR and STTR programs. His work in the Office of Advocacy included streamlining the national securities laws to simplify the sale of securities by small businesses that resulted in the ground-breaking SEC no-action letter for the Internet site for ACE-Net (Angel Capital Electronic Network). He received a number of awards during his public service.
Mr. Bibbens spent 34 years in the defense electronic warfare business, including 10 years as a CEO of his own firm, Antekna, which returned over 15-30:1 to initial investors (45-60:1 to founders). This entrepreneurial experience included three rounds of financing (one angel round and two VC rounds) and a tax-free acquisition by a Fortune-500 firm. He then served 10 years as division president for two divisions of Loral Corporation--a Fortune- 500 defense electronics company at that time (1982 to 1992). His division leadership included guiding the fastest growing and most profitable Loral division ($8 to $30 million in three years with 25 percent pre-tax profit); and then a major turn-around in 1985 on the largest Loral acquisition of that time, the $100 million ROLM Mil-Spec Computers. He also served as Director C3I at the Loral Corporate headquarters during the acquisition of Goodyear Aerospace in 1987 which doubled the size of Loral from $750 million to $1.5 billion. Mr. Bibbens currently sits on the boards of emerging technology companies developing leading-edge businesses in the areas of Cybersecurity, GIS, and Intelligence. He is also Board Chairman of ACE-Net. He is a board member of the Small Business Technology Coalition (SBTC), the primary trade organization supporting the SBIR program.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – On Thursday, November 15 from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m., top craft brewers will come together at the National Constitution Center (5th and Arch Streets) for Bathtub Beer Fest, a Prohibition-era beer-drinking party and fundraiser for Philly Beer Week (PBW) 2013. Tickets are available online (click to purchase) for $40 per person ($45 per person after October 12), and include samples of both old-fashioned beers and modern favorites from 20 top craft breweries, plus free admission to the Center's new exhibit, "American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" (normally $17).
"Waiting for Philly Beer Week to roll around every year is exciting – but sometimes, we need a great beer event to tide us over," says Executive Director Don Russell. "The Bathtub Beer Fest is it: a suds-filled celebration of beer and beer drinking with some of the best in the business bringing special and unusual brews that we'll serve out of sixtels chilled in bathtubs full of ice, in a fun homage to Prohibition-era home brewing."
The event will include beers from PBW brewery participants including: Boston Beer; Dock Street; Dogfish Head; Evil Genius; Fegley's Brew Works; Fifth & Blake, featuring its pre-Prohibition-style Batch 19 Lager; Flying Fish; Free Will; Great Lakes, featuring their era-appropriate Eliot Ness amber lager; Harpoon; Neshaminy Creek; Nodding Head; Prism; Saranac; Shawnee Craft; Sly Fox; Victory; Weyerbacher; and Yards. Guests are encouraged to don Prohibition-era duds, including fedoras and flapper attire.
While sampling beers from top breweries, attendees will be able to observe an on-site "bathtub brew" that will utilize an open fermentation style of brewing, an homage to the way beer was made (illegally) during Prohibition. The beer will be available exclusively during PBW 2013.
Also on hand for the event: author Daniel Okrent, whose Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Scribner, May 2012) is the inspiration for the exhibit and was featured in Ken Burns' comprehensive PBS documentary.
Philly Beer Week 2013 will be held from Friday, May 31 until Sunday, June 9. PBW is a 10-day celebration of "America's Best Beer-Drinking City," and kicks off on the first Friday in June annually. Established in 2008, it's the largest beer celebration of its kind in the United States, featuring hundreds of festivals, dinners, tours, pub crawls, tastings and meet-the-brewer nights throughout greater Philadelphia. PBW highlights the region's diverse beer scene – its world-class breweries, neighborhood taverns, trend-setting restaurants and rich beer culture and history.
For more information about Philly Beer Week, including the ever-expanding schedule of events both during PBW and throughout the year, a list of participants and other details, please visit www.phillybeerweek.org and follow them on Twitter (@PhillyBeerWeek). PBW tweets should include the hashtag #PBW. You can also like them on Facebook.


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On this quarterly trip to Tucson I tried something new, something old:
1. Delicious fish tacos at B-Line: small pieces of fish, but very fresh ingredients and quality Mexican rice and beans. ~$10
2. Charred octopus salad at Primo was actually blackened, but very tender; crab cake was huge and delicious. ~$15 each
3. Sunflower Farmer's Market at 1st and Limberlost is finally open and has fabulous selection of yogurts and fruits. I forgot the name of the frozen yogurt store at the corner, but their tart yogurt is perfect - not too creamy nor too icy, and the mochi is slightly sweeter (and therefore more flavorful) than the versions in the SF Bay Area. $3.40 for the small cup
4. Jax Kitchen is very stylish, and although the tuna nicoise salad was overdressed, the shallot dressing was terrific. While I loved the Spanish anchovies in it, the rock-hard pink tomatoes should have been omitted. Overall, it's more interesting than the ahi salads at Pastiche and ZinBurger. ~$15
5. The Jax Kitchen cheese plate was okay: Port Salut (yawn), Parm Reggiano (too grainy for a cheese plate, IMHO), a French Blue (great with the grapes), and Irish Porter (cheddar and Guiness - tasty but milder than it sounds).
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David Moyes, whose first season as Manchester United coach has been a huge disappointment, has written to Manchester United fans, thanking them for their support after a season more difficult than he imagined. The defending English Premier League champ is seventh in the Premier League, out of both domestic cups, and needs to overcome a two-goal deficit to avoid UEFA Champions League elimination.
"While I knew that this job would be a challenge when I took it on, the difficult season we have experienced was not something that I envisaged, which I am sure is the case as
well for you supporters - and my players, staff and I are desperate to compensate for that," Moyes wrote in the club's 12th Man magazine read: "You are accustomed to seeing a successful Manchester
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"Everywhere we turn people outside the club have a lot to say about Manchester United, but we have all stuck together through some tough times this season and I firmly believe that, in the long run, we will all come out at the other end, stronger for the experiences." ...
He finishes off with: "Over the years you have seen great winning sides here and, in time, I have absolutely no doubt that we will see great winning sides here again. A big step towards that will be transforming Old Trafford back into the fortress it has long been renowned as, and we will do everything in our power to get the positive performances and results to do that, so that we can give you season ticket holders and all of our supporters something to shout about."


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A New York man died while apparently "subway surfing" on top of a train, the New York Daily News reports.
Isabel Rios, 45, was found unconscious and unresponsive atop a No. 6 train Wednesday night.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police told the newspaper Rios suffered fatal head trauma when he slammed into an overhead barrier as the train pulled into a station near Elder Ave. in the Bronx.
The Daily News said Rios was an architect who managed a project to rebuild parts of Staten Island destroyed by hurricane Sandy.


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|National Seasonal Rainfall Outlook: probabilities for Winter 2004, issued 18th May 2004
Winter rainfall odds mostly neutral
The Bureau's winter rainfall outlook shows a pattern of generally neutral odds with no strong swings towards either wetter or drier conditions. One exception is over central SA where the odds tend to favour below average falls. This outlook pattern is a result of the combined effects of above average temperatures in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
For the June to August period, the chances of above median rainfall are mainly close to 50% right across the country, with the exception of some districts of SA (see map). So with climate patterns like the current, about five winters out of ten are expected to be drier than average over most of Australia, with about five out of ten being wetter.
In SA, the chances of above median winter rain are between 35 and 40% over parts of the Western Agricultural, Northwest Pastoral, and Northern Agricultural districts. This means that a drier than average winter could be expected in about six seasons out of ten with the current climate patterns. However, the outlook reliability is patchy in this region (see below).
Outlook confidence is related to the influence of Pacific and Indian Ocean temperatures on seasonal rainfall. During winter, history shows this influence to be moderately consistent across much of Queensland, the NT, NSW, and Victoria, but generally weakly consistent elsewhere across the country, reaching moderate only in patches (see background information).
Both the Indian and tropical Pacific Oceans remain mostly warmer than average, although the eastern Pacific has cooled. For more detail see the the El Niño Wrap-Up.
The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) has been trending downwards over recent months with an April value of 15, following zero in March and +9 in February. The approximate SOI for the 30 days ending 15th May was +8.
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|The following climate meteorologists in the National Climate Centre can be contacted about this outlook: Grant Beard on (03) 9669 4527, David Jones on (03) 9669 4085, Felicity Gamble on (03) 9669 4256
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THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE SEASONAL OUTLOOK IS EXPECTED BY 17th JUNE 2004.
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To help incoming students transition to college life and introduce them to academic and campus life on the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University campuses.
The candle lighting ceremony during the CSB President's Dinner is always a highlight for new Bennies.
We are excited to announce that the CSB/SJU cable TV system has new digital channels!
See our channel line-up (In order to receive digital channels you will need a TV with a QAM digital tuner or a QAM digital-to-analog converter box)
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Manchester City [2] plan to hold an open exhibition to garner views of fans, local residents and stakeholders regarding a possible expansion for the Etihad Stadium [3].
The club will provide two options, the first of which would see the south stand revamped to increase capacity to approximately 54,000, with the second proposing work to the south and north stands simultaneously to take it nearer 60,000.
Certain members of the public will attend the function at the ground, where their opinions will be taken under consideration via a short questionnaire.
City's head of infrastructure and corporate responsibility, Pete Bradshaw, said on the club's website: "Manchester City strives to provide its supporters and visiting fans with one of the best possible matchday experiences in the Premier League and European football.
"Games are selling out frequently prior to going on open sale and there is rising demand from supporters for more season tickets, matchday tickets and premium seating. This is why we are considering these expansion proposals."
Initial public discussions will run throughout July and August, before formal proposals will be put forward later in the year ahead of the club submitting their planning application in December.
City moved into the stadium in 2003 after it was initially used for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
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During the summer's usual glut of group shows, it's always refreshing when an art space treats the format less as a mandate and more as a generative opportunity. This summer, Interstate Projects is embracing this challenge. Run by gallerists Tom Weinrich and Jamie Sterns, the Bushwick gallery is currently in the middle of debuting "U:L:O," an annual, six-week curatorial program inviting emerging artists and curators to organize concurrent group shows in three very different environments.
"U:L:O" is named for Interstate's three spaces: the upper room, which is a roomy white cube; the lower space, comprising a comparatively unfinished basement; and outside, which is an open-air concrete courtyard. The program pairs a curator or curating group with each space.
"Interstate is unique for a younger gallery because it's so large. We want to share that space with our peer group," Jamie Sterns told A.i.A. According to Sterns, "U:L:O"'s objective is to "create a convergence of what is happening 'now' within various art groups." Its curators and artists come from around the country—a long-standing commitment of Interstate's programming.
This year, "U:L:O" is occurring in two sessions. "U:L:O: Part I," which closes July 13, is organized by artists who run (or have recently run) galleries outside of New York, and who work with "overlapping communities of artists with shared aesthetics and themes," according to Sterns. Visitors first encounter Zachary Davis's outdoor show "Infinite Border," which features installations by Sol Hashemi, Sara Ludy and Cameron Rowland so discreetly woven into their courtyard environment that it's hard to pin down exactly where they start and finish. According to Davis (formerly a curator of Appendix, a now-closed project space in Portland, Ore.), he "wanted works that could appear to mobilize the entire built environment around them, or, alternately, disappear. That it was the gallery's entry and exit area too seemed to fit." Passage, permeability, and disappearance do unify these works' effects. Rowland's contribution, a disconnected power conduit hanging high above Interstate's entryway, is essentially camouflaged within the courtyard's Bushwick brutalism; in a far corner, Ludy projects a video which, during the daylight of visiting hours, is so slightly visible that it seems a hallucinatory impression. Hashemi's piece is the most concrete and elaborate of the three. It runs a wire along the far wall of the courtyard and through several situations: on one end, the wire dangles a container of coffee beans into a heat vent, in the middle it runs through a log slice propped up by metal armatures, and on the other end it is weighed down by some of the courtyard's potted plants.
Passing from the courtyard to the interior, in the upper space is "Now Feel Bad," a much louder exhibition organized by Chicago gallery Queer Thoughts. Jared Madere contributes parts of a Suzuki racing motorcycle resting on a flower-strewn tarp, along with a refrigerator that, when opened, turns out to be full of acrid mold. Looming over the bike are two metallic prints by Darja Bajagić, which appropriate images from a pornography website. In one, a squinting, smiling woman looks down at the viewer, exposing her breasts. In the other, the same woman looks down with the same expression, pointing a plastic submachine gun at the viewer.
Downstairs is Oakland gallery Important Projects' "psy•cho•so•mat•ic•ad•dict•in•sane," packing sculptural and two-dimensional works from 13 artists into the basement. Of particular note are Eric Veit's three glass tea kettles, steeping materials like rose and ginseng with goat knuckles and fingernails; as well as a flat-lying quilt by Erin Jane Nelson, "Princess Loko" (2014), which incorporates photography, clipart, and stitched-in earbuds.
"U:L:O: Part II," which will run from July 18 through August 3, will feature very different artistic communities, as well as a thematic focus on archives. CAVE, a collectively organized exhibition space in Detroit, is filling the courtyard more robustly than Davis: their show, "Paper for the Sky," will expose works on paper from 41 artists to the elements, enacting a kind of anti-conservation. Blonde Art Books, a New York publishing organization run by Sonel Breslav, will turn the basement into a cinema that will screen a "preview reel" of trailers made for books, featuring 11 previews in all. The corresponding publications will also be on display.
Lastly, New York artist Ben Gocker will present "INSIDE OUT," featuring Jamel Shabazz and Armand Schaubroeck—two artists whose work deals with their lives' involvement with the American prison system. According to Gocker, "for Schaubroeck, that means taking the harrowing experience of his incarceration and turning it into art and music; for Shabazz it means being a vigilant observer of his workplace and creating a document of that time in his life and in the lives of all those he worked beside as a corrections officer." "INSIDE OUT" will feature music, paintings, and ephemera from Schaubroeck's experience of the late 1960s and early '70s, including his quadrophonic, 1975 triple-LP rock opera A Lot of People Would Like to See Armand Schaubroeck...DEAD, as well as never-before-exhibited photographs by Shabazz documenting the African American community throughout New York in the '80s and '90s.


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EUR/USD (a 4-hour chart)
General overview
Recently, the dollar takes a strong position, but we need the truly high retail sales rate to meet the expectations for the monetary policy normalization in the early to mid-2015. The FOMC meeting will be held this week to confirm or refute these assumptions. Also this week, the ECB is launching its new target lending program and a strong demand will be bullish for the euro.
The price is finding the first support at 1.2930, the next one is at 1.2850. The price is finding the first resistance at 1.3000, the next one is at 1.3070.
There is a confirmed and a weak sell signal. The price is under the Cloud and it is under the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen and the Kijun-sen show an upward movement and form a «Golden Cross". The downward movement will be until the price is under the Cloud.
The MACD is in a negative territory. The price is correcting.
Trading recommendations
After the trend line 1.2930 breakthrough down the way to the support 1.2850 will be opened. We do not exclude the level of 1.3000 retest.


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Food and serivice was great at NY Steakhouse. went for valentine's day, it was very organized and they only took people w/ a reservation that night. we did not wait for a table, we sat right away. reasonable prices for a nice steakhouse. wait staff was on top of everything. we were not rushed at all. after dinner we received a coupon for our next visit for a free dessert or appetizer.
Best steakhouse i have ever been to. we had stuffed mushrooms to start, which were amazing. i had sparkling wine and my fiance had bluemoon beer. i had the stuffed chicken and he had a porterhouse. the sides are large enough to share. we had asparagus w/ hol sauce and mashed potatoes. dinner was great. for dessert we shared warm apple tart w/ vanilla ice cream. the desserts are very large, so i suggest you share. we also both had after dinner coffee drinks. everything was perfect!!!! Everything is timed well, so you dont feel rushed or too stuffed. Only bad point is its located inside the citi bank building which we were not aware of so we had a hard time finding it and had to call. the website should say its located inside the building.
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European Journal of Mineralogy
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Hydroxyferroroméite, ideally (Fe2+1.5☐0.5)Sb5+2O6(OH), is a new secondary mineral from the Correc d'en Llinassos, Oms, Pyrénées-Orientales Department, France. Hydroxyferroroméite occurs as yellow to yellow-brown powdery boxwork replacements up to about 50 μm across after tetrahedrite in a siderite–quartz matrix. No distinct crystals have been observed. The empirical formula (based on 7 (O + OH) per formula unit, pfu) is (Fe2+1.07Cu2+0.50Zn0.03Sr0.03Ca0.01☐0.36)Ʃ2(Sb5+1.88Si0.09Al0.02As0.01)Ʃ2O6((OH)0.86O0.14). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to determine the valence states of Sb, Fe and Cu. Hydroxyferroroméite crystallises in the space group with the pyrochlore structure and hence is a new Fe2+-dominant member of the roméite group of the pyrochlore supergroup. It has the unit-cell parameters: a = 10.25(3) Å, V = 1077(6) Å3 and Z = 8. A model, based on bond-valence theory, for incorporation of the small Fe2+ cation into a displaced variant of the A site of the pyrochlore structure is proposed.


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The first day of the Sochi Olympics was nothing short of exciting.
Some local athletes flourished, and some did not.
In case you missed it, here's how local athletes fared Saturday:
Speed Skating
The Americans weren't close in this one. Seventeen-year-old Emery Lehman of Oak Park, Ill., was the top American finisher, placing 16th in his Olympic debut. Jonathan Kuck of Champaign, Ill., was 19th, one spot ahead of Patrick Meek of Chicago.
Read more here.
Women's Hockey
The Americans, featuring Buffalo Grove's Megan Bozek and Kendall Coyne of Palos Heights, took the Sochi opener 3-1, thanks in part to what their Finnish rivals called "an 'oops' goal."
For a recap of the contest, click here.
Ice Dancing
The Americans got what they needed Saturday from Midwest ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White: a commanding performance in the ice dance portion of the team figure skating competition that pushed them into medal contention. The U.S. entered the day in 7th place after a disappointing first-round performance by Jeremy Abbott in the men's short skate. To advance, they needed a strong performance by Davis and White, the favorites to win gold in the individual ice dance later in the Winter Games. The pair delivered.
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The Children's Hospital Trust can help you distinguish corporate style and identity and meet specific objectives. We have extensive experience in creating and working on original and memorable occasions. We can offer guidance and advice on sponsorship, programme advertising, purchase of corporate hospitality packages or donation of goods, services, auction and raffle prizes.
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April is Autism Awareness Month. Some of you may have a child who has been diagnosed with autism.
Penny Hunt has a lot to say about the topic. She's an author and public speaker who has been called the "change speaker" and the "Bloom Lady".
Penny has a granddaughter who is severely autistic and she has written a book dedicated to her titled "Little White Squirrel's Secret – A Special Place To Practice".
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You're a gorgeous boy Buddy!!! It sounds like you're very friendly.
Congrats on being POTD!
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Congratulations on being Pet of the Day.
I'm glad your owner knows about snakes and you have a variety of places to explore.
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I can certainly see warming up to Buddy! What an extraordinary snake, spectacular! Hope his day is filled with all the things he loves to do!
You are indeed very handsome, Buddy! I had a corn snake, too, like your devoted guardian. I am so glad you were rescued from the pet store and now are well taken care of . . . I hope you have a happy POTD celebration slithering outside in the grass (with supervision) and that you enjoy a healthy, long life dearest Buddy!
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Path of the Beast Trailer (1980)
17 year old Saki lives in a run-down hack with her mom who survives by pushing a food cart from dawn to dusk. Saki has dropped out of school, and when she's not helping her mother selling noodles in the streets, she's playing flesh-games with boyfriend Sotoo. In her spare time, the girl also entertains a truck driver named Ataru. She believes her promiscuity is a trait inherited from her mom. Determined to improve her lot in life (she doesn't want to grow up like her mother), Saki decides to stop seeing the two guys. The sizzling Japanese Tatsumi Kumashiro's erotic drama 'Shoujo Shofu: Kemonomichi' (aka 'Whore Girl - the Animal Trail' distributed internationally as 'Path of the Beast'), offers a venue for sex kitten Ayako Yoshimura to reveal choice areas of her nubile frame.
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Photosynth demo
on Jun 17, 2007
Reader Telas sent this link along. It's a demo of some new software. As a professional software developer myself, I feel I need to add my own unique viewpoint and share my expert opinion: Oh holy crap wow!
That really is cool. The ability to visually cruise through different media and zoom in and out looks like something truly useful. I've seen many misguided attempts to visualize a bunch of files, but I've never seen any that looked like more than a gimmick. They don't give the system specs for the machine performing the demo, so I suspect it's some overpowered monster with a hojillion kabillion megabytes of memory, but if such a thing could ever run that smooth on a machine owned by mortals, I'd get it in a second.
(I will say that things like this make me want to hang up my hat as a programmer. There are some frighteningly brilliant people out there, and if I dedicated the rest of my life to honing my skills I doubt I could come within cruise missile range of something like this.)


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by Portfolio Grader | May 14, 2014 1:00 pm
Healthcare stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.1%, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 was down 0.1%.
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Discussion in 'Sights, Optics and Lasers' started by Stuntman22, Jan 3, 2012.
I agree... I would like to hear this one.
This is probably not the place (I think there is no correct place) to start a "Lets bash various suppliers of sighting systems based on whatever internet stuff we can Google up." discussion.
I agree, but your reference quote wasn't starting the "let's bash", it was asking for rationale behind the already existing bash.
Ok, you are correct, but nothing in this sort of more technically oriented thread (I haven't read every post from day one though).
But I don't think that there is a rationale in general.
I basically agree with you Mark, I just was pointing out the poster you quoted certainly didn't start the "derail" if you will. I would much rather learn about the OP topic as well.
I see the value of the milled slide with red dot. Since I work my gear hard, I need a rugged sight. The RMR seems to fit that task. I'll be sending in my slide within the next few weeks for the service. I do quite a bit of point shooting, and I look forward to running the RDS equipped slide.
I'm sure I'd be speaking for others too in saying I'd love to hear your feedback once you're up and running.
Tex Grebner does.
Wow! (Gee, I'd do an installation for half that. Oh, If my price wasn't about 10% of that! )
+1 just change once a year.
I am still waiting on my G34 to get finished. I think they were late getting a shipment of the 6.5 moa RMRs. I wish the supplier would hurry..... threads like these get me itching for mine!
Yes, the 6.5 MOA RMR's seem to be in short supply. I've been waiting for them with no ETA for a while now. ;-(
Just got a G30 back from Bowie Tactical.
Sweet shooter!
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For many years, Maimonides dreamed about going to Eretz Israel ¹, but the King of Egypt did not allow him to do so. Before his death, he called his disciples and told them that as soon as he died, and the purification rites were completed, they must put his body on the back of a camel and allow the camel to wander as it pleased. They were to follow the camel, and where it would stop and refuse to continue -- they should bury him right there.
The disciples obeyed. For one day, morning to night, the camel walked until it reached the town of Tiberias in Eretz Israel. The camel stood near the grave of Rabbi Johanan ben Zakai, and would not budge any further. When the disciples saw the great miracle, they removed the body and buried Maimonides there.
The distance from Egypt to Tiberias is extensive, but the disciples knew they had experienced Kefitzat ha-Derach ². Indeed, the way back to Egypt lasted a few weeks.
¹ The Land of Israel in Hebrew.
² Literally, the phrase means "The Jumping of the Road." In Jewish myth, there is a recurring miracle that allows a traveler to cross long distances in unnaturally short time.
Ilil Arbel. Maimonides: A Spiritual Biography. New York: Crossroad Publishing Company. (To be published September 2001).
Yitzhak Avishur. Shivhe ha-Rambam. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University. 1998.


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Favoritism was the practice.
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Starring John Woodvine, John Carlisle, Michael Turner, Clive Francis, Colin Rix, Ray Lonnen, Peter Miles, Ken Barker, Dennis Blanch, Barry Warren
The complete first series of the early 1970s London police drama.
The show follows two members of the New Scotland Yard Criminal Investigations Department, Detective Chief Superintendent John Kingdom (John Woodvine) and Detective Inspector Alan Ward (John Carlisle), as they dedicate themselves to bringing some of the city's most troublesome criminals to justice.
The episodes are: 'Point of Impact', 'The Comeback', 'Memory of a Gauntlet', 'The Palais Romeo', 'Hard Contract', 'Shock Tactics', 'The Wrong 'Un', 'Fire in a Honey Pot', 'The Banker', 'Ask No Questions', 'Reunion' and 'And When You're Wrong'.
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A major security breach at Global Payments, which does transaction processing for Visa and MasterCard, has exposed the credit card data of millions of customers to potential theft.
The breach, which was first reported in a blog at Krebs On Security, has been acknowledged by Global Payments, though neither the exact origin of the breach nor the scope of the compromise have been revealed.
In a published statement, Global Payments Chairman and CEO Paul Garcia said the company found the compromise itself in early March.
"Global Payments Inc., a leader in payment processing services, announced it identified and self-reported unauthorized access into a portion of its processing system," the statement says.
"In early March 2012, the company determined card data may have been accessed. It immediately engaged external experts in information technology forensics and contacted federal law enforcement," the statement says. "The company promptly notified appropriate industry parties to allow them to minimize potential cardholder impact. The company is continuing its investigation into this matter.
"It is reassuring that our security processes detected an intrusion," Garcia says in the statement. "It is crucial to understand that this incident does not involve our merchants or their relationships with their customers."
Some experts estimated that the compromise may be in the range of 1 million to 3 million accounts. This is the second time that Global Payments has been breached in the last year, according to news reports.
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" Brand: Milka / Type: Milk "
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This is now easily one of me and my mums favourite chocolate bars. It is great and very sweet!
The packaging:
The packaging has that recognisable 'Milka' lilac background the the iconic 'Milka' white and purple cow, wearing a rather fetching bells around its neck. To one side is a picture to tell you its re-sealable (which is handy when eating over a period of days) and to the other is wording saying 'cream' on a creamy coloured background with 2 chunks of the chocolate and a dollop of cream next to them. lovely packaging and really unique.
The Taste:
Upon opening the bar, you will see that each row has 3 chunks, unlike Cadburies which has around 4 to 5. This is because the chunks are bigger but still fairly thin. On each square are the words 'milka'
When taking a bite of a chunk, the flavour hits you straight away. Its SO creamy, SO light, SO delicious.
The cream flavour really is lovely and tastes different from the milka chocolate which is creamy on its own, but it does taste different and dosen't just hide its flavours away in the chocolate. You do get quite a thin layer of cream filling, but it really is enough. Anymore filling would be just a bit TOO much. They have nailed just the right amount of filling.
My rating:
I reccomend this chocolate bar 100% and obviously give it a 5 out of 5 rating. They have recently bought out 2 new flavours: Cookie and cream and a popping candy one. I bought theese 3 for £2 (which is GREAT) and have already tried the cookies and cream bar. It is just like this with chocolate cookie pieces in and it is also lovely!
If you ever see a offer on this fantastic choccie, buy it and even if it isn't on offer, for around 97p to £1, i still totally reccomend it!
I've come to the conclusion that no matter how many times I say it, I am probably never going to go on a proper diet and lose all of the weight that I want to. I came to this conclusion while eating a whole 100g bar of Milka chocolate today which contained a whopping 600 calories and realising that if the bar had been any bigger, I probably would have eaten the rest of it too. And so to appease my guilt and to get some good out of my indulgence, I have decided to review the chocolate bar in question to make some cash that I will undoubtedly spend on yet more chocolate.
Milka Cream is a variety of the very popular Milka chocolate which I have only started to see recently. On looking at the tempting purple wrapper there's nothing that really explains in what way this variety is different to a standard Milka bar and it is only the name of the bar and the picture of whipped cream which suggests that this is simply a creamier version of traditional Milka chocolate.
On eating it, however, it's easier to see where the differences lie. The squares of this chocolate are considerably bigger than normal, and on biting into one I discovered that instead of being a solid piece of milk chocolate they were in fact slightly softer on the inside. The inside looks indistinguishable from normal chocolate, but is of a much softer consistency and has a creamier taste which undoubtedly gives the bar its name. The chocolate is still unmistakably Milka as it has that same soft milkiness that is definitely different to Cadbury's, Galaxy and all other chocolate brands, so it should still appeal to fans of the original chocolate.
Unlike normal Milka, however, I would have to say that Milka Cream is a little bit too sickly for my liking. Yes, I finished the whole bar, but it took me several hours to do so, whereas I could have eaten 100g of traditional Milka within about 40 minutes. The taste was very nice but I have to say that it is not as good as its Milka cousins or the chocolate of other brands such as Hotel Chocolat, Cadbury's or Ritter Sport.
I bought this 100g bar in a two for £1.50 offer at a newsagent's, which is a fairly reasonable price to pay in my opinion. While I would recommend it if you adore Milka, I would also say that there are nicer chocolate bars available and doubt that I would buy it again if any of my preferred bars were available. For 600 calories per bar it's probably best that I don't have it again, anyway!
Ahahahaha! What have we here? Why, it appears to be a Milka bar. With, ooh my, a CREAM filling. Milka is awesome. Cream is also spectacular. Is there any way this was going to be anything short of a sexual experience? I think not dear friends, I think not.
I have noticed this bar merrily popping up all over the freaking shop lately. Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda etc etc have all recently embraced this particular Milka variant into their collective bosom. And why the hell not? Milka is clearly the shizz.
Indeed, locating this bar will be of supreme ease. Merely take yourself off to the confectionary supermarket aisle, kindly labelled in the interests of maintaining the sanity of easily startled shoppers such as myself, proceed down it in calm manner, and look for purple. No not Cadbury you fool! Milka wrappers are a gentler lilac hue, with a jolly little purple cow on the front. Really rather natty actually. The cream bar is definied as such by a (and this is the masterstroke) cream-coloured strip and a picture of an alarmingly perfect blob of cream (photoshop much?). You really would have to be a complete simpleton to miss it.
Are you thrifty? You are?! Well this may just be your new bff (in the chocolate scheme of things anyway, I cannot vouch for your social life in its entirety). Milka, despite being a rather quality continental brand (30% cocoa solids, put that in your pipe Cadbury et al) is one of the most bargainlicous chocolates going (always less than a £1 for a 100g bar, often cheaper still!). There is, I think, a fine line between getting value for money and just buying plain crud, of which it is very easy to fall over the cusp. Milka truly does allow affordable indulgence in every which way. Isn't that splendid? You feel warm inside now don't you? I sense it.
Once in its naked glory, the bar does take swish and sophistication to new levels. Through the magic of sight, you will see the bar is split into 15 pieces (I won't say chunks, they are far too elegant for such abrasive terms) each with a Milka logo etching. It's quite a flat bar, but then flat can be good (and no I don't mean it won't have to worry about bras). Flatter pieces somehow provide a better eating experience. Our good friend the cadbury button has shown us the way.
Consulting the wrapper, each piece is filled with a 'cream flavour filling'. 50% apparently. Get them being all technical. I find this to be a rather perplexing precis actually. Infact if I had a beard (I don't) I would be twirling it thoughtfully at this point. 'Cream flavour' is a bit vague for my liking, would it be white like cream? Would it have a cream-like consistency? The questions! The unknown! Gosh don't I live life on the very periphery of sanity.
Since we're dithering over the wrapper, I would also like to point out the insane nutritional information. Now I'm not naive, I know chocolate is not exactly a beacon of healthy eating, but this bar has over 600 calories and 44g of fat! Holy moses. Suffice to say, we really shouldn't be eating this very often. But cripes, every so often you've gotta live!
And blimey, this bar is definitely worth it. The chocolate covering is milka's epic alpine milk chocolate, super creamy and a touch nutty. The filling is where it's at though, a bit truffley/lindor-y, it instantly melts and melds with the chocolate imparting an intense creaminess and a slight cooling sensation (all that fat's been put to good use then). Aside from some intense dairy flavours, you get a taste of milk and hazelnuts and a bit chocolate ice-cream. All round silky, melty, super-creaminess. It's just fatty enough to be decadent and satisying in a few pieces, but no so much that it makes you feel ill. My my, what a divine melty-chocolatey experience this turned out to be.
All in all, this chocolate bar is crazy-yum and the very peak of sweet and creamy ecstasy. It somehow manages to be both delicate and intense at the same time. It works on all levels! What a thrill! What a pleasure it was to have known this bar. It could get sickly if you hammered it, but that would be your own silly fault and thus I can't sympathise. Also, it packs a hefty sugar rush, something I can vouch for having just eaten some (you may have noticed this).
I must suggest, nay, INSIST that you sample this at some point in life. Hard day at the office? Wife a nag? Troubled by the mundane trivialities of life? Hush my pretties! Milka cream will be there for you, always and forever.
Milka chocolate bars are sold in the majority of supermarkets and are often on offer for just 50p which is really good seeing as these are pretty large 100g bars. I was introduced to them by my dad a few months back and I only seen an advertisement about them the other day for the first time, boasting about the fact these chocolate bars are made with Alpine milk.
There are a few different versions of Milka chocolate but I have only tried the Daim version and the Cream version. Despite their being differences in the chocolate bars the wrappers remain the same being a pale purple in colour, the only differences in the wrappers being the information provided such as the filling this chocolate holds.
The 'Cream' bar is the usual purple colour but one corner is in fact cream, clearly telling us that this is Alpine Milk Chocolate Cream. Underneath this is a picture of two chunks of Milka Chocolate with a dollop of cream next to them, a real appetising picture.
This 100g bar contains;
605 calories
44.5g sugars
44.5 fat
25.5g saturates
This particular bar is Alpine Milk chocolate with a cream flavour filling, which to me sounded delicious. The chocolate itself comes in square chunks, although not thick chunks, it is enough though. The chocolate is incredibly smooth and as I'd expected extremely creamy. Don't be fooled though the cream inside is not your typical 'double' cream etc, it actually blends in perfectly with the chocolate just making it an extra creamy, and velvety bar of chocolate. It is a rich and indulgent chocolate that I could only eat in moderation. The taste of this chocolate is so rich and deep it became quite sickly after only 3 chunks yet it was very tasty nonetheless. Of course though for such a rich tasting chocolate that makes a stunning, occasional treat you do have to pay the price, and I'm not talking about the pennies as when on offer these bars are quite cheap but look at that nutritional info above, ouch!
I tried a Milka bar today after printing of a free coupon, and I'm glad I tried it because it's delicious!
Milka is made by the Germany company Kraft Foods, a lesser-known brand in comparison to the popular choices like Galaxy and Cadburys. It's therefore not normally available in smaller convenience stores, but most good supermarkets seem to stock it.
Milka is available, to my knowledge (from seeing what's in my local Tesco at least), in 3 varieties:
Milk Chocolate
Milk & White Chocolate
Alpine Milk Chocolate Cream
This review is for the latter. I was tempted by the sound of creamy chocolate as I prefer rich and silky to the drier chocolate bars. The milk chocolate cream is sold in a 100g bar which comes in a purple and cream coloured plastic wrapper.
The chocolate slab is a fair bit thinner than what I associate with Cadbury's bars and other similar chocolate slabs, but the squares it's divided into are slightly larger. The bar consists of 5 rows made of 3 squares, so if you consider the 3 squares to be a 'serving' size then they'll be gone quite quickly!
The wrapper is reclosable for freshness, but I only realised this after tearing into it from anticipation. You can smell the chocolate, which is very tempting, and has a creamy sense to it before you even eat any. The chocolate is smooth and the squares break off very easily because it's fairly fragile.
Each square has 'Milka' engraved on the top, which is a nice finishing touch, and although it feels quite thin the square is slightly wider than average. Biting into this, you'll notice just how soft and smooth it is. You don't actually see any cream - the 'cream' in the description to the cream flavour filling that is mixed into the milk chocolate, which is made with Alpine milk. I'm not sure that Alpine milk makes any difference to me or many others buying this chocolate, but it does make it seem that bit more special and unique. Then again, I guess I would fall for anything!
The chocolate has a rich, quality taste which is delicious, and it's very velvety, creamy and delicate. It reminded me a bit of Lindt Lindor chocolate, because they're 'slabs' are also quite thin and delicate. As a rival, Milka is a strong contender.
Each 100g bar contains 605 calories and 44.5g of fat. The serving size is suggested to be 25g, so per each ¼ of the bar you'll be taking 152 calories and 11g of fat; quite a steep amount considering this chocolate goes down so well and effortlessly!
At 95p per 100g bar, it is a bit pricey. Then again, most big brand chocolate slabs are rather pricey so this is probably about average for something which is of such good quality.
Although I wouldn't buy this regularly, this is definitely something I will buy soon as something indulgent and that bit extra special. Delicious!!
I recently purchased a 100g bar of Milka Cream from Sainsburys for 47p. It is currently on sale from its recommended retail price of 95p.
The marketing team behind Milka Cream have produced an excellent product. The sleek, glossy purple packaging features an idyllic image of a grazing cow, complete with a flourish of milk, which creates a rather luxurious consumer experience before the packaging is even opened.
The chocolate bar itself is remarkably thin, approximately half the depth of its main rival, Cadburys Dairy Milk. The bar consists of a sweet creamy centre, enveloped in soft milky chocolate. On a hot summers' day, this chocolate bar is a glorious treat.
However, on refrigeration the quality of the experience is somewhat ruined. After the bar has been removed from the fridge it can be difficult to distinguish between the chocolate coating and the creamy filling: it simply is not as sweet and satisfying.
Also a word of caution should be sounded: the bar is so long and slender that consumers can be forgiven for thinking that they are probably eating about the same weight of chocolate as in a standard Dairy Milk. Milka Cream is in fact considerably larger, at 100g in weight.
The result is that it is quite easy to eat all or most of the bar across the course of a day. If this product is made a regular addition to your diet, it could spell disaster for your waistline: each bar contains 44.5g of fat, 25.5g of which is artery-clogging saturated fat.
It is also best to supervise children whilst eating this product, as it can become sickly very quickly if too much is eaten in too short a period of time.
Overall, Milka Cream would make a pleasant occasional treat in its unrefrigerated form. However, be wary of the high fat content.
Today my daughter came rushing in with a bar of chocolate from Milka that she claimed was as good as Lindt Lindor only a little lighter in texture, just to let you know I adore Lindor chocolate but find it so unbearably sickly that I don't tend to buy it anymore. I remember eating Milka chocolate years ago, I recognised the purple wrapper and recall enjoying it although it wasn't a brand I came across or bought often.
This particular bar, the Milka Cream, is absolutely delicious and is sure to become a firm favourite. My daughter's description of a Lindor type chocolate was accurate and so was the comment about it being lighter, I think it's a fantastic bar of chocolate and tastes much more luxurious than it's cheap price tag of less than £1 a bar.
The milk chocolate is wonderfully creamy, it's moulded to be fairly thick around a filling that seems to be a kind of very soft chocolate fondant. It's a very sweet bar of chocolate but the consistency of the filling is less oily than the filling in a Lindor bar, it's a far less sickly fondant and feels very creamy on my tongue as it's melting. The texture of Milka Cream is very soft and smooth, the chocolate has a rich flavour which absolutely satisfied any chocolate cravings I had and then the sweet filling gave the bar an added touch of elegance.
You might think, as I did, that Milka is a fun brand - but it's so much more than a playful looking cow and cheap looking wrapper. This bar is as luxurious as any of the more prestigious brands available in the supermarket, it's of surprisingly high quality and extremely moreish. It's very chocolatey in flavour, the milk chocolate works well with the creamy chocolate filling to provide you with an intense chocolate hit that lingers for a while so you can make the bar last and savour every last chunk. I imagine it would work well melted down with some double cream and used as a fondue to dip strawberries or chocolate Fingers in.
As expected, this bar of chocolate isn't low in calories even though it is lighter in taste than Lindor. 100g contains 605 calories and an amazing 44.5g of fat - bear in mind that the chocolate comes in 100g blocks and is so delicious that you'll probably eat the whole thing before you know it! That is an awful lot of calories for something that lasted me half an hour at best; add to this the 44.5g of sugars and this is certainly not a bar to be indulging in too often, luckily I am definitely back to my diet tomorrow so I shall just pretend it doesn't exist until next time I am having a bad week!
I have to admit if you haven't noticed by now I am a bit of a food junkie, I am prone to leaving the house walking into town and if the pennies will allow it coming back with a bag full of goodies to try, pass around the family and then review for you..
I am a chocoholic and I cannot deny it, anything remotely chocolate based that has fallen into my hands I have happily devoured without really thinking about it - that is until I spot in on here and think whooo lets write!!
Well today is no exception although this is not something I have bought today and fallen in love with.. I have been eating this for weeks and I just love it so much I have to keep buying it.. Especially as it is reduced in Tesco at the moment..
~*~ Packaging ~*~
Milka products have a distinctive pale purple packaging, about 20 centimetres long with the purple cow on the front.. I have always associated cows with this chocolate and I am waiting to see a purple and white cow - however I have a feeling I will be disappointed for a long time..
Anyway the actual packet apart from holding a purple cow has a great feature on the back, to take it a resealable packet it can be pulled apart and re-stuck, but as you may have guessed I haven't really used this feature considering I am in love with this chocolate..
~*~ Smell and Taste ~*~
Well after giving a slab of chocolate a sniff I come to the conclusion that it smells sweet, in one word.. Which for being a bar of chocolate is not always a bad thing considering the idea of a chocolate bar is that it is a sweet treat.. From the first smell sometimes things smell sickly, but thankfully this doesn't! The chocolate is meant to be infused with cream but that isn't something you can smell, which is nice because it gives you something nice when you pop it in your mouth..
The taste well, as I begin munching through a slab I am reminded why I like this chocolate so much, even after being in the fridge this chocolate still has a warm taste to it when you first bite into it, the chocolate on its own is creamy regardless of the softer creamier slab in the middle of a chunk of this chocolate.. For those of you who are a fan of Lindt Lindor, the centre of one of those is similar to a bit of this chocolate, except it is a whole lot cheaper.. Thankfully despite this being a cheaper brand on the market you do not loose out on a quality that you need for a chocolate to enjoy...
~*~ Nutritional Information ~*~
Per 100g Bar of Milka Cream Alpine Chocolate...
605 Calories..
5.4g of Protein..
44.5g of Carbohydrates of which sugars..
25.5g of Fat of which saturates..
1.8g of Fibre..
0.12g of Sodium
~*~ Overall ~*~
Well this chocolate is probably the favourite at the moment maybe because it is only 58p a bar in Tesco, when it goes up to a normal price I may not be so inclined to buy it, actually I think I'm lying to you there really this chocolate will be a permanaent feature in my fridge for the foreseeable future.. However I don't think I will be buying so much because if you look at the amount of calories that is in even half a bar, it is a high amount, and considering the amount I've eaten I'm feeling a little bad about it! So this is good for a quick sweet treat, if you are caught out and fancy something small but I do not recommend eating a whole bar in one sitting because it is just not healthy.. But it is a very tasty bar of chocolate..
As you may or may not know, I'm a big fan of Milka and have been slowly working my way through as many of their blocks of chocolate as I can get my hands on.
Milka Cream features the new easy to open packets which also ensure extra freshness, I found the packaging a little deceptive as it featured some white cream on the front of it, when opening and biting into the chocolate it became apparent that the cream was not white but instead brown, not that the colour really mattered as it still had a very soft and subtle creaminess to it.
This is tasty, particularly when a few pieces are eaten rather than the whole block as I imagine it would get sickly, having noticed that after a few pieces but one piece here and there is definitely a satisfying treat. Personally I prefer a bit of crunch in my chocolate, so would prefer to aim for the Hazelnut or Earth version but those that like creaminess, this is definitely one you should check out.
As with most of their range, a 100g block consists of about 520 calories.


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Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 | 11:57 p.m.
Pop princess Selena Gomez took a dozen girlfriends to Marquee in the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for the sounds of DJ Dash Berlin and then into the Boom Box Room to get their hip-hop fix.
Rapper T.I. dined at Tao in the Venetian feasting on specialties including chicken satay, tempura, lobster and sushi.
Rapper Sage the Gemini fueled up there before going into
Tao nightclub to host the Worship Party. He wowed the crowd with hits "Gas Pedal" and "Red Nose" from his debut album, with mini-skirted fans doing the "Gas Pedal" dance from the video, which has become a hit with more than 21 million views on YouTube.
Also at Tao: retired tennis legend and former world No. 1 Andy Roddick (minus gorgeous supermodel wife Brooklyn Decker) and, separately, Maxwell Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers celebrating being a finalist for the American League Cy Young Award.
Over at sister hotspot Lavo in Palazzo, Sir Mix-a-Lot enjoyed the sounds of DJ OB One.
Also at Lavo: Bevy Smith and Derek J from Bravo's "Fashion Queens" celebrating their birthdays.
Bobby Valentino, Flavor Flav, Craze and DJs Nice and Mark Stylz partied at Body English in the Hard Rock Hotel after the 2013 Soul Train Awards at the Orleans.
Also there: Jillian Rose Reed of MTV's "Awkward" celebrating a friend's 21st birthday. Her group enjoyed lunch at nearby Culinary Dropout and dinner at Pink Taco before heading to Body English, where Cali Swag District performed "Teach Me How to Dougie."
D.J. Ashba, lead guitarist for Guns 'N' Roses and Sixx A.m., watched Tournament of Kings at Excalibur with wife Nathalie and friends celebrating his 41st birthday.
Actor Chace Crawford ("Gossip Girl") dined at Hakkasan in MGM Grand and enjoyed the Hakka steamed dim sum platter, Jasmine tea-smoked beef short ribs and black truffle roast duck.
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett watched "Rock of Ages" at the Venetian, and after the show, which includes his hits "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and "Nothin' But a Good Time," met the cast backstage.
"Top Chef" Season 7 runner-up Angelo Sosa celebrated the grand opening of second-story ultra-lounge the Den above his restaurant Poppy Den in Tivoli Village. Chef Angelo has created a dim sum menu that he serves until 2 a.m.
The elevator there is lit up with Asian movie starlets, but it's the stunning 6-foot-6 West African hostess Joyce who is winning all the applause at Angelo's indoor-outdoor lounge with red accents and swanky decor, as vintage Asian black-and-white films were projected onto the wall. DJ Tatiana holds court for dancing in the Opium Room and on the patio overlooking Tivoli Village's decorated streets.
Bally's headliner vocal impressionist Veronic DiCaire joined forces with Hard Rock Cafes in Las Vegas as part of the 14th Annual Pinktober campaign to raise funds to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Collectively, they raised $6,069.39 through pink-ribbon sales, a Night School 4 Girls class and collections at her show.
Pro tennis players Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones attended the Ultimate Ringer launch party in Queensridge Place hosted by Randy Char. They enjoyed Perrier Jouet champagne, sushi by Kabuki and a performance by The Jeremy Cornwell Project.
Women's Tennis Association championship tournament director Melissa Pine flew in from Istanbul to attend the event, which kicked off the Ultimate Ringer Doubles Events, a cancer charity tournament held at Spanish Trail.
The LPGA Tour's Natalie Gulbis was on the greens for the 22nd annual Wendy's 3 Tour Challenge golf tournament benefiting adoption at Rio Secco Golf Club. Also tee-ing off: Fred Funk, Jason Day, Kenny Perry, Billy Horschel and Christie Kerr.
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Asking the Clergy about resolutions
Is there a scriptural basis for New Year's resolutions and turning over a new leaf?
Rabbi Glenn Jacob, Temple Am Echad, Lynbrook:
In our Jewish tradition, yes, there is a basis for turning over a new leaf at the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah. But, no, not for the secular New Year. There's always a reason to turn from destructive ways to a more positive path. It is not ritual but is written in the liturgy itself. We have requirements during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur of seeking out those whom we have wronged and making good on the damage we've done and the mistakes we've made.
A traditional secular New Year's resolution can be something as simple as losing weight. The Jewish practice is taking responsibility for the past before taking on the challenges of the future. That is a different emphasis. One, the Jewish practice requires more focus. Two, it requires individuals to participate in the community, regardless of their choices. Three, it raises what can be a most selfish act to be more selfless. It is easier to fail at either type of resolution (secular or Jewish) if you do it by yourself without family or community support.
Pastor Scott Kraniak, Centereach Bible Church, Centereach:
Yes and no. If you're going to do it between you and yourself, that's fine. There's nothing in the Bible that says we can't. Yet, if you add God into the picture, the Scriptures give a warning (James 4: 13-16 and James 5:12). We are warned by God to think twice before we make a promise or swear to anything. It is clear that God knows us better than we know ourselves, as he knows that we humans are, by nature, promise breakers. He says that if you make a promise in his name, he will hold you to it.
When you're praying to the heaven, you're making a promise. It is like when you get married, the vows "till death do us part." By bringing God into the ceremony, you introduce that higher power that holds us accountable. With the promise comes accountability.
Nathan Erb, youth pastor, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection:
No, not specifically New Year's resolutions, but there are passages that talk about rebirth and renewal. There's a passage (Ecclesiastes 3:1-22) that talks about there being a time for everything. There are passages that talk about helping you keep things you've resolved to do (Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through He who strengthens me.")
You do often need God's help to keep you focused. Say you want to resolve to lose weight. As you read God's word, he reveals to you that he loves you just as you are, and with that love of self you're able to pray and ask for assistance to be in better health.
I think people rely on themselves too much. It is not a bad thing to rely on yourself, but you need to have God as a constant in your life (Isaiah 41:10: "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
I think you shouldn't resolve to do something unless you're determined to do it. If you really want to make change in life, that's where prayer comes in. It doesn't have to happen with the New Year, but it can.
Pastor Jeff Laustsen, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Rockville Centre:
Absolutely, maybe not about resolutions, but about rebirth and renewal. A lot of the Scriptures talk about new life and new creation, not necessarily about these changes at the New Year. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Ephesians 4:24, Paul talks about a new creation and one's rebirth. Martin Luther, in the Small Catechism, talks about not just New Year's Day but every day living a new life. In fact, in our order of confession and forgiveness, we are to go forward renewed and to live a new life. We should look at this as the way we live our lives and the way we conduct our relationship with God and with each other each day. This renewal is much deeper than those annual New Year's resolutions.
With prayer, you can strengthen those resolutions. God created us to be in a community. It is in that living together where we gain our strength and support. You can't do it on your own. The best way to lose weight is to have someone with you to exercise and keep you on track. It is the same with our faith. I think the basic problem with New Year's resolutions is the "I" part, that I'm going to do it on my own. There is great worth to the making of resolutions - spiritual, physical or otherwise. One of God's greatest gifts is the gift of others. We fail when we fail to reach out.


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Two men who chased down a suspected armed robber identified him to Athens-Clarke police early Friday, Athens-Clarke police said.
According to police reports, the Jefferson men were walking downtown about 4 a.m. when they were approached by a man who pulled a gun and demanded money.
One of the men complied, and the suspect ran toward Bethel Homes off College Avenue. The men then ran after the suspect, following him to an apartment. They called 911 and when police arrived, identified the suspect.
Leon Antony Horton, 21, of 240 Sycamore Drive was arrested and charged with armed robbery.
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Members of the Athens-Clarke Police Drug and Vice Unit carried out a search warrant at 211 Coleridge Court Thursday, police said.
An undisclosed amount of cocaine and marijuana, and a handgun, were found in the search, police said.
Crystal Jean Burton, 19, of 211 Coleridge Court, and Waymon Davenport, 41, of 72 Morrison St., Watkinsville, were arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
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School finance bill aims to halt another round of cuts to public education
April 25, 2012
By the numbers
State funding per student
District, Current, HB-1345, Change
Steamboat Springs, $6,467.04, $6,456.99, -$10.05
Hayden, $8,193.25, $8,360.90, +167.65
South Rout, $8,421.15, $8,469.97, +48.82
Source: Colorado Department of Education
Steamboat Springs — Routt County school district officials breathed a sigh of relief this week after a bill that would stop cuts to K-12 education cleared the state House, but the educators were quick to remember that state funding still is far less than it was four years ago.
"Any little help we can get is certainly a relief," South Routt Finance Director Dina Murray said. "We certainly are glad we're not looking at the cuts we have seen in past years. But at this point, we hate to celebrate because a lot can happen between now" and the time the budget is finalized.
If passed by the state Senate, House Bill 1345 in its current form would increase total program funding to public schools by $57 million next school year to essentially keep state funding at its current level, according to a news release from the Colorado House Republicans. The bill easily was approved by the House on Tuesday.
According to figures provided by the Colorado Department of Education, the Steamboat Springs School District would lose about $10 per student under the bill, the Hayden School District would gain about $167 per student, and the South Routt School District would gain about $49 per student.
The change in per-pupil funding at each district is dependent on the number of economically disadvantaged students, the district's size and cost of living, among other things.
Despite the slight cut his school district would see from HB-1345, Steamboat Finance Director Dale Mellor called the bill a positive step.
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"I think it's great," he said "It'd be nice if the finance formula was going up, but this is better than the massive cuts we've had for the past four years. I really kind of thought this bill would fall apart."
Mellor estimated the bill's passage would result in a cut of about $23,000 for his district. He noted that's far less than the $1.8 million Steamboat trimmed from its budget for this school year and from previous cuts that stemmed from the nationwide recession.
Although South Routt is projected to receive more state dollars for each of its students, Murray estimated her school district still would lose about $18,000 in state program funding even with the increase in per-pupil funding.
"We still look at that (cut) as pretty flat," Murray said.
South Routt's budget has been cut by an average of $250,000 each of the past three years.
Battling inflation
Steamboat Springs School Board President Brian Kelly said level funding next school year likely would allow his school district to take some of its programs off the chopping block, but not all of them.
"There are too many costs that still are going up in price," he said, referring to the increasing cost of district contributions to its employees' public pension funds, fuel and energy bills and health insurance. The $10 cut per student "quite honestly isn't the end of the world one way or another. More concerning is you have the increased cost of (pensions) and your energy costs and health insurance. The hard reality of it is if (level funding) happens again next year, we'll be at 96 percent budget next year."
Steamboat administrators are expected to meet next week and put together a preliminary budget recommendation to present to the School Board on May 7.
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By the numbers
State funding per student
District, Current, HB-1345, Change
Steamboat Springs, $6,467.04, $6,456.99, -$10.05
Hayden, $8,193.25, $8,360.90, +167.65
South Rout, $8,421.15, $8,469.97, +48.82
Source: Colorado Department of Education


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- Course Number: ARTCR-GE 2235
- Hours: 40
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- Description: This course surveys developments since the 60s in video, performance art, film-installations, digitized photography, CD Rom, computer art or art on the internet. New Dance, New Music, Visual Theater & the Spoken Word will be also discussed in this broad understanding of the term new media, as it applies to the history of fine arts.
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