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Attaching Purse Accessories Just Got Easier With Our New Handy Tabs
Lazies, I'm excited to announce our new Handy Tabs product line!
Handy Tabs are ready-to-sew fabric strips used to attach accessories (handles, 'D' rings, etc.) to your purse and bag creations. Simply stitch the tabs into a seam to make a loop and you're done. They are the little pieces of fabric connecting the handle to the purse in the logo below.
Problem Solvers
Every time I need to attach fashion handles or another accessory to my project, I have to cut, fold and press the perfect piece of fabric. It's tedious and I need to be accurate. And all those folded layers of fabric add bulk to the project. I'm tired of it and wanted a better option.
Designed For The Job
Handy Tabs are just the right length and width, they're strong, and finished on all edges. They offer convenience as well as reducing bulk during sewing.They'll work with all sorts of accessories and are perfect for making hanging loops for small quilts or other projects, too.
Ten scrumptious colors of Handy Tabs. Click to enlarge.
Blendable Colors Yummy Enough To Eat
I put together a collection of basic and trend colors that work with our quilting fabrics. Handy Tabs are woven, offering depth and dimension, making them blend with a wide range of colors. The array of colors reminded me of my spice drawer, so I chose colors names from the kitchen.
#701 – White Rice
#702 – Peppercorn Black
#703 – Soup Can Gray
#704 – Dark Chocolate Brown
#705 – Cookie Dough Tan
#706 – Blue Berry Blue
#707 – Roasted Red Pepper
#708 – Oregano Green
#709 – Gingersnap Gold
#710 – Plum Purple
Details: Available Now!
Quantity: 4 tabs per package
Suggested retail: $3
Tab size: 3/4″ x 4″, (folded to 2″)
Convenience and Consistency
Handy Tabs are folded in half, ready to be sewn into a seam, or onto your project, to create a loop. And they are all the same size, so things hang evenly.
How To Choose A Color?
How to choose? Think of your shoes. Handy Tabs will be used in a place that will need to blend or compliment the project. Much like the versatility of your shoe wardrobe. I have lots of black, a few other earth tones, a few fashion colors, etc.
Package back. Click to enlarge.
Dress 'Em Up
Handy Tabs are great as is, but you can dress them up, too. I'll have more about this in future blog posts, but you can do all sorts of things to Handy Tabs to personalize or embellish them. They can be stitched on, glued, painted, pressed, embroidered and more.
Gotta See Em?
If you are attending Quilt Market in Portland, OR, this week, look for this Handy Tabs display in your favorite distributor's booth. It's a half-sheet poster with one of each color tab along the sides.
I'll have more about choosing and using Handy Tabs in future posts. Handy Tabs are in stock and shipping now.
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12 Responses to "Attaching Purse Accessories Just Got Easier With Our New Handy Tabs"
What a wonderful and simple idea. The colors are bold and beautiful. There is something to go with everything. It is such a simple and much needed addition to purse and bag making. Keep up the wonderful products.
What a clever idea! Joan, you ROCK! Great colours, too!
Joan — OUTSTANDING. I am getting ready to order about 40!
Thank you.
I can't wait to get these babies in my hands. It is the greatest idea and very clever of you!
Penny D
So, where can I buy them today!? Does anyone have them in stock yet? Love this idea. I have tons of handles and am always looking for easier ways to attach them to my creative bags.
Yippee!!! I can't wait to get them!!! Thanks Joan for coming up with yet another great idea!
Do you ever sleep? Great idea.
I think this idea is great! It's just one less thing to do when you can't wait to complete your purse and use it tomorrow.
Great idea Joan. I would never have guessed.
Cool idea – now I can spend the time decorating the tab instead of MAKING A TAB. Lori
I just ordered several colors and can't wait to get them. Am anxious to try them in a purse. Will posgt more after I try them.


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First ferry service from France and Spain introduced to Ireland
A brand new ferry service from western France and northern Spain is being introduced to Ireland.
Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar confirmed the news, which comes on the heels of last month's Cherbourg to Dublin route being announced.
The LD Ferries Service will arrive in Rosslare, Co Wexford, connected with St Nazaire on the west coast of France and Gijón in northern Spain.
"This is a very welcome announcement and provides a valuable new landbridge from France and Spain into Ireland," Mr Varadkar said in a statement today.
"It's the first service of its kind to Ireland, and it's great news for our tourism industry.
"This is the second positive announcement of a new ferry service in a matter of weeks. Last November a new route from was announced.
"We are already well serviced in terms of air access, but this new route will help us to grow ferry tourism into Ireland. Driving holidays encourage visitors to spend longer in Ireland and to explore more of the country. It's very good news as we build on the success of The Gathering next year."
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Center'd, with its friendly winking apostrophe, seems an apt name for a Silicon Valley start-up with the ambitious goal of becoming the go-to Web site for what it calls "local planning." It bills itself as a useful place for today's harried multi-taskers to become, yes, "centered."
Whether it soars or flops, Center'd represents a twist on a powerful business trend. Dozens of so-called "vertical search" companies have sprung up in a time when Google has firmly established itself as the default go-to-first search engine.
Two years after Merriam-Webster formally recognized "google" as a transitive verb, consumers are recognizing the limitations of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft or Ask.com, whose "horizontal" searches deliver vast breadth of information but not much depth. Increasingly, people are "drilling down" into highly detailed and structured sites like Retrevo for consumer electronics; Trulia and Zillow for real estate; SimplyHired and Indeed for jobs; Kayak, Farechase and Farecast for travel, and so on.
Vertical search has become more popular as the Web grows ever more cluttered with data. The respected Netcraft survey counted more than 173 million Web sites in June – roughly double the number of two years earlier.
Vertical search sites share a two-step methodology, employing technology that constantly crawls the Web to aggregate relevant information, and then "putting structure on unstructured data," as Retrevo Vice President Robb Lewis puts it.
"There's a realization that there's too much information out there," said Yen Lee, founder and chief executive of Palo Alto-based UpTake, another new "vertical" start-up aiming for its own niche in the travel industry. "The key to dealing with the information overload is less about aggregating. The key is to organize it in a way that understands what the consumer is looking for."
Collectively, the vertical sites illustrate how entrepreneurs are trying to harness the Web's stupendous growth – by cribbing and repurposing information initially collected by other sites.
Individually, the sites offer insights on the Web's role in the global consumer culture.
Consider consumer electronics. Silicon Valley veteran Vipin Jain, former executive at Extreme Networks and Telseon, said his passion for electronic gear led to his recognition that consumers needed a site that would consolidate and make sense of the expanding amount of data on an expanding number of goods. The industry now churns out 20,000 electronic products each year, he said, each with their individual complexities, prices and user reviews.
Retrevo, based in Sunnyvale and backed by Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners, bills itself as a "matchmaking" service for people and electronics. It developed a system that aims to aggregate the data and employs "artificial intelligence" to sort through products and help consumers find best values. A recent deal links Retrevo to PCWorld, enabling readers to compare PCWorld's reviews to those of its rivals.
Similarly, Connecticut-based Kayak was launched in late 2004 as a one-stop search destination for travel information. Its founders included key executives of travel sites Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity, as well as Intuit, with venture funding from Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners. Competing travel search engines also sprouted; one Silicon Valley rival, SideStep, was acquired by Kayak in late 2007 in a deal reportedly valued at $200 million.
By launching UpTake, Lee is betting the travel market has room for another search engine. UpTake's aim is to become the first site people visit when puzzling over vacation plans. It compiles and organizes data about destinations, as well as ratings based on user reviews from TripAdvisor, RealTravel and hundreds of other sites. It makes money through advertising and by providing leads to book travel and lodging at other travel Web sites.
Mountain View-based SimplyHired, like Kayak and Retrevo, has established itself as one of the top job sites on the Web, its traffic trailing only such giants as Monster, CareerBuilder and Yahoo HotJobs. By scouring those and other job bulletin boards, as well as company sites, SimplyHired, which launched in 2005, now features more than 6.3 million job listings.
"If you want to find that perfect needle in the haystack, you've got to have the haystack first," said Chief Executive Gautum Godhwani. The only job board SimplyHired doesn't "crawl," Godhwani said, is Craigslist – at Craigslist's request.
SimplyHired's aim, Godhwani says, is to help people find their "perfect job." It's the only site that could, say, tell an engineer about telecom industry openings within 10 miles of home that would allow him to bring his dog to work.
Now comes Center'd, the "local planning" start-up that might be described as a mash-up of local search, event planning and social networking – sort of a Web 2.0 version of Evite. Parents planning a children's party, for example, may scout options close to home, read reviews from Yelp and other sites, make reservations and send out invitations.
Very much the start-up, Center'd has an 11-member staff that operates out of a Menlo Park incubator. It is led by founder and CEO Jennifer Dulski, a former group vice president at Yahoo, and founder and Chief Technology Officer Chandu Thota. Backers include Norwest and angel investor Bill Harris, former CEO of Intuit and PayPal.
To get the word out, Center'd recently set up a booth at a PTA conference in San Diego. If all goes well, Dulski and Thota said, the Web's self-perpetuating power of "viral marketing" will drive traffic to Center'd – much as it has for other vertical search leaders.
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If nature and natural methods do not help your baby settle into a proper pre-birth position, you have a medical option at 37 weeks. The Manual Version or External Cephalic Version (ECV) is a medical procedure (we do not do them here!) used to guide your baby from breech or other non-headfirst presentation to headfirst (vertex). The medical doctor pushes on your baby through your abdomen, either creating a forward roll like a somersault or a back flip. Whether or not to do an ECV is a personal decision that you should make with your partner and your doctor. To help you make an informed decision, we offer a brief description of the procedure below. All information should be confirmed with your medical doctor.
Since all transverse babies and most breech babies are born by cesarean, moving the baby to cephalic presentation increases the chance of having a vaginal birth. Research has shown that offering ECV to all mothers with breech babies at 37 weeks gestation decreases the cesarean rate for that group of women. The success rate for rotating a baby to headfirst position appears to be about 65%. Many factors affect your individual chances of success including how close you are to your due date, how much fluid is around the baby, how many pregnancies you've had, how much your baby weighs, how the placenta is positioned and how your baby is positioned. For example, the procedure is more successful in women who have had other children, since the baby can move around more easily, than it is for a first-time mom whose baby sits low in her pelvis. We suggest the Webster technique immediately prior to an ECV so that we can try to relax your pelvic bones and muscles to create more room for the maneuver.
Like all procedures (including natural ones) the ECV is associated with possible negative side effects. Often the baby's heart rate will slow during or immediately after the version, especially when it is successful. The heart rate usually comes back to normal within a few moments, and there is no evidence that these short-lived heart-rate changes harm the baby in any way. In very rare situations, the heart rate stays slow long enough that practitioners will start the initial preparations for a possible emergency cesarean section. Although preparation is sometimes necessary, emergency C-sections are extremely rare under these circumstances.
While it's rare to have a serious complication of ECV, it may be uncomfortable or even moderately painful. You always have the right to stop the procedure for any reason. (Remember, it's your body!) If you can keep your abdominal muscles relaxed, you might be more comfortable and the procedure may be more likely to succeed. You may feel sore for a few days. Ideally, you will want a support person with you during the version, and you'll need someone to drive you home afterward.
The procedure usually is not done earlier than 37 weeks, since there is a remote possibility that the baby will need an emergency delivery as a result of the procedure--and you don't want to risk the baby being born that early if possible. Certain factors, such as premature rupture of the membranes, contraindicate the use of an ECV. Your doctor will tell you if you are a candidate for the procedure. Although the risk of complications is small, some doctors prefer not to try an external cephalic version.
Much of the information contained herein comes from familydoctor.org and drspock.com.


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Analysis of treatment response data from eligibility designs
In this paper, we develop and compare two alternative approaches for calculating the effect of the actual intake when treatments are randomized, but compliance with the assignment in the treatment arm is less than perfect for reasons that are correlated with the outcome. The approaches are based on different identification assumptions about these unobserved confounders. In the first approach, which stems from [Sommer, A., Zeger, S., 1991. On estimating efficacy in clinical trials. Statistics in Medicine 10, 45-52], the unobserved confounders are modeled by a discrete indicator variable that represents subject-type, defined in terms of the potential intake in the face of each possible assignment. In the second approach, confounding is modeled without reference to subject-type in the spirit of the Roy model. Because the two models are non-nested, and model comparison and assessment of the approaches in a real data setting is one of our central goals, we formulate the discussion from a Bayesian perspective, comparing the two models in terms of marginal likelihoods and Bayes factors, and in terms of inferences about the treatment effects. The latter we calculate from a predictive perspective in a way that is different from that in the literature, where typically only a point summary of that effect is calculated. Our real data analysis focuses on the JOBS II eligibility trial that was implemented to test the effectiveness of a job search seminar in decreasing the negative mental health effects commonly associated with job loss. We provide a comparative analysis of the data from the two approaches with prior distributions that are both reasonable in the context of the data and comparable across the model specifications. We show that the approaches can lead to different evaluations of the treatment.
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Volume (Year): 144 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 (June)
Pages: 465-478
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(Reuters) - One of Canada's largest beef-packing plants may reopen this week, as Canadian food authorities continue to track down millions of pounds of meat potentially tainted with E. coli bacteria.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is getting closer to locating all the beef products that were made at the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alberta on five dates from late August into early September, CFIA spokesman Guy Gravelle said on Tuesday.
Privately held XL has to make changes to the plant to comply with six requests for corrective action from the CFIA before the agency will consider reinstating its operating license, Gravelle said.
"From everything I've been told, it could open up this week sometime," he said.
The plant's temporary closure starting last Friday has left ranchers with fewer options to sell their cattle, and prompted rival Cargill Ltd to boost production at its High River, Alberta plant.
In the meantime, the agency widened its list of recalled products as recently as late Monday, and more items could still be added, Gravelle said.
The affected food stores across Canada and most U.S. states include Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Costco Wholesale Corp, Safeway and Loblaw Companies Ltd.
E. coli can lead to illness, permanent kidney damage or death.
Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Dale Hudson


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Llanelli Rugby Business Network
Leighton Davies
Tuesday, 11 February 2014 from 18:00 to 22:00 (Gulf Standard Time United Arab Emirates Time)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Llanelli Rugby Business Network will again be holding its regular monthly meeting at the Heart and Soul Café, Parc y Scarlets. The purpose of the network is to promote and enhance business in Wales, particularly within the local area. All attendees will be provided with the opportunity of introducing their business, the services they provide and the type of leads and introductions they are seeking, plus there will be plenty of opportunity for informal open networking.
The speaker at the event will be Dai Nicholas, owner Director of Nicholas Marketing. Dai's talk will be in two parts. Firstly he will share with us his experience in obtaining grant assistance for SME's and update us on current local, central government and European funding that is available to Companies. The second part of his presentation will be very hands on and he will be inviting one of the attendees to take part in an exercise demonstrating how to construct a marketing plan!
There will be a small charge of £10 for attending (which will include the cost of light refreshments) and is payable on the night. Members of other networking groups are welcome to join us at our events for which there are no annual membership fees involved.
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 11th February, registration is between 5.30 - 6.00 for a 6.00 p.m. start, for what again will hopefully prove to be a productive Networking event.
Leighton on behalf of the RBN team
When & Where
Heart and Soul Café
Parc y Scarlets
Parc Pemberton
SA14 9UZ Llanelli
United Kingdom
Tuesday, 11 February 2014 from 18:00 to 22:00 (Gulf Standard Time United Arab Emirates Time)
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Leighton Davies organises the Llanelli RBN and is an HR Consultant for Davies Associates. If you'd like to contact him please find his details below.
Leighton Davies
HR Consultant
Davies Associates
Tel: 01269 841573 or 07817 454235


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Don't Want To Work At It? Fake It!
I'm talking about your lawn maintenance. I know I hate mowing the lawn and trying to keep the flowers alive, I usually forget to water them. We are well into Spring and planting season and we are in one of the worst droughts we've ever had. So how do you get that beautiful green lawn and keep it all summer long? Read on..


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The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that while bad faith claims against workers' compensation carriers are not permissible under the state's Insurance Code, claims made under the Code against insurers for policy misrepresentation are allowable.
With its decision in Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. Timothy J. Ruttiger, the state Supreme Court strengthened the state's Workers' Compensation Act by finding that a bad faith cause of action is inconsistent with the current workers' compensation system, according to Texas Mutual.
The Court also clarified that in Ruttiger it found no evidence that the insurer attempted to misrepresent the terms of its policy.
In 2004, Texas Mutual disputed Ruttiger's claim for an on-the-job injury because his employer reported that he was hurt at a non-work related softball game, the company explained. Texas Mutual ultimately entered into a compromise agreement with Ruttiger over the claim.
In 2006, a trial court found that Texas Mutual's adjuster had acted in "bad faith" by believing the employer instead of Ruttiger. The court awarded money to Ruttiger in excess of the amounts Texas Mutual had already paid him to cover his medical costs and replace his wages. He was also awarded extra money for his "mental anguish over having his claim disputed."
The First Court of Appeals in Houston upheld the original decision and Texas Mutual appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court reversed the Houston Court of Appeals and rendered judgment that Ruttiger take nothing on his Insurance Code and Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims.
"[If the plaintiff were to prevail, the precedent would build] additional costs into the system by increasing litigation expense to employees, insurers and employers," Justice Johnson wrote, presenting the opinion of the Court. "The way the dispute was resolved after Ruttiger initiated the dispute resolution process is the way the Act is designed to function."
Justice Johnson explained that Ruttiger's "allegations as to Insurance Code violations were that [Texas Mutual] (1) failed to adopt and implement reasonable standards for promptly investigating claims, (2) refused to pay Ruttiger's claim without having conducted a reasonable investigation, (3) failed to promptly provide a reasonable explanation for denying his claim, (4) failed to attempt to promptly and fairly settle the claim when liability was reasonably clear, and (5) misrepresented the insurance policy to him."
Ruttiger also asserted that violations under the Insurance Code authorized recovery under the DTPA.
The Court's finding that Ruttiger's claim was not consistent with the Insurance Code negated his claim under the DTPA, according to Court's written opinion.
Ruttiger also presented a common law claim that Texas Mutual breached its duty to properly investigate his workers' comp claim and denied necessary medical care and other benefits, according to court documents.
The justices acknowledged that Ruttiger was free to pursue his common law claim and remanded the case to the court of appeals to consider the issues as to the common law claim.
Source: Texas Mutual, Supreme Court of Texas


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If you need one more excuse to make the trip to visit Mariposa Baking Company in Oakland, here you go:
The Wine Mine, next door to Mariposa, now carries Green's Beers. I have written about Green's in an earlier post, and they are terrific (albeit expensive) choices for gluten-free beer lovers.
Mariposa remains the one spot in the Bay Area that I can sit and have coffee and a pastry and feel like a normal human. While there, I noticed three bottles of Green's sitting on the counter with a note stating that they were available for sale next door. I asked about 'em and they said the Wine Mine would open at 11. I'd definitely wait around for that.
I'm a fan of good, cheap wine finds, and it just so happens that The Wine Cave specializes in this realm. Awesome – I now have two reasons to come to this part of Oakland now. Met Dave, the proprietor, and he gave me a brief description of where things were at in the shop. Saw some of my favorite Shiraz varietals and picked up a Cab/Shiraz blend from Jip Jip Rocks of Australia on Dave's recommendation plus a few bottles of Green's of course, and had a nice look around. The shop is full of great finds, and a quick scan found many of the excellent and inexpensive wines that I have identified through prior trials.
Apparently Dave is hosting wine tastings from 2 to 5 on Saturdays. This sounds like a good opportunity to discover some new wines and maybe grab a slice of gluten-free pizza and a week's supply of bagels next door beforehand. Time permitting (cough, cough), I'm going to try and make some of these events.
It occurs to me that when one business advertises the relevant products for a business next door, both benefit. A symbiosis is created – a hyperlink from business A to business B – and I now have all the more reason to visit both stores. I think more of these "real world hyperlink" techniques should be employed in neighborhood business networks, because I think there is a model here to help small businesses thrive through active cooperation. Brick-and-mortar shops are almost by definition stovepipe solutions for commerce. Active cross-pollination of each others' relevant products could rekindle the local small business concept. Even direct competitors could benefit: Highlight what each other is lacking and fill in the respective voids to build and refine your niche markets. [How's that for a bunch of annoying, vapid marketing buzzwords?!? Get out your Bingo cards… ;-)]


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As much as we enjoy pointing out funny photo fakeouts and breaking down bundles that turn out to be awesome deals (and sometimes not-so-awesome deals), we like to bring it all back to the basics every now and again to kick it with some good ol' hotel stuff that we actually like. And towel swans and fresh fruit are great and all, but we want to take you into the short work week slowly with some memorable and creative hotel room touches (that don't qualify as creepy hotel art) that we're totally down for...because most of it is stuff we can play with.
The Hotel: W Hotel, South Beach The Amenity: A hookup-friendly matchbook. Purple, even.
The Hotel: Tribeca Grand, New York City The Amenity: A goldfish (who, along with a new ebony-hued bestie from the SoHo Grand, now lives at Oyster HQ)
The Hotel: The Townhouse, Miami The Amenity: A beachball. Who doesn't love beachballs?
The Hotel: Affinia Dumont, New York City The Amenity: Exercise gear. Or fun-colored things to throw at your younger siblings.
Do your kids even know what this is?
The Hotel: Ace Hotel, New York The Amenity: A record player, something you haven't seen for years -- and your children have never even touched.


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Taylor Swift's unimpressed bodyguard was the true star at Disneyland
(FOX 11) - Taylor Swift went to Disneyland this weekend with her pal Lily Aldridge and the model's 3-year-old daughter.
Ran into Taylor Swift and lily Aldridge at Disney pic.twitter.com/frGgKRjvnH— Sierra Saenz (@sierrasaenz_) April 2, 2016
It looks like a fun time was had by all, except Taylor's bodyguard -- who was clearly not amused.
His stoic expression at the Happiest Place on Earth is absolutely perfect.
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Beijing, Nov 10 (IANS) China won't find it unusual if Myanmar develops its ties with the US following the country's general election in which the Aung San Suu Kyi-led opposition NLD claimed victory, a state-run daily said on Tuesday.
An editorial "Power shift won't hurt Sino-Myanmese ties" said that Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) conceded defeat on Monday in the country's general election and the opposition National League of Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, claimed it had won more than 70 percent of the seats being contested in the parliament.
"…Myanmar will witness a milestone shift of political parties."
The daily said that such shifts "used to be accompanied with difficulties and risks in the country with a flaccid economy and an influential military. It's laudable that the USDP and military have responded to the opposition's likely victory calmly, but what's more complicated is to gain coordination from the national system".
It added that there is also a focus on "possible adjustments to Myanmar's foreign policy, particularly its relations with China".
"The Sino-Myanmese relationship has seen a swing in recent years from tilting toward China to a middle point between China and the West. Myanmar can continue to fine-tune the position, yet its strategic significance will be framed," the daily said.
Global Times noted that "no observer deems that Myanmar will completely tilt toward the US as such a witless move would ruin the strategic space and resources it can obtain from China's amicable policies. Some analysts even predict some backswing in China-Myanmar relationship. The disruption of large programs between the two sides does not serve Myanmar's interests".
"The NLD is more persuasive to the public than the current regime and Suu Kyi has never publicly spoken ill of these large projects, which partly prepares the two countries to resume cooperation on the large projects."
The daily went on to say that during the transition of bilateral ties from "special to normal, China has been strategically magnanimous and kind".
"It neither finds fault with Myanmar nor obstructs its other diplomatic options. Keeping a friendly and cooperative relationship with China serves the long-term national interests of Myanmar. Why should Myanmar limit its choice to the US only?"
"…Myanmar will only seek to maximize its national interests rather than make strategic sacrifices to court China or the US. In her June visit to China, Suu Kyi already sent signals as to what attitudes Myanmar will hold toward China."
It added that in these globalized times, powers' spheres of influence are diluted.
"Some Latin American countries in the US backyard have become important partners for China. Similarly, China won't deem it unusual that Myanmar develops its ties with the US. Maintaining friendly and cooperative ties with China will be a rational choice for all its neighboring countries.
"China should have full confidence in this respect and not be hoodwinked by Western opinion."


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Choir Concert at Crazy Horse
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Crazy Horse Monument
The choirs of Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN, will be performing on their spring tour. The 70 student musicians in the Concert Choir, Mary Martha Singers, Men's Choir, Chamber Choir and Handbell Choir will sing (and ring) works by Luther, Bach, Haydn, Brahms, Handel, Elgar, Parry, Fauré and others. The groups are directed by Dennis Marzolf and Ann Fredrickson. The concert is free.
Crazy Horse Monument
12151 Avenue of the Chiefs
Crazy Horse, SD 57730-8900


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Cards eliminated from contention
Mets victory over Cubs ends St. Louis' playoff chances
By Robert Falkoff / MLB.com
The quest didn't completely die until game No. 157 on Tuesday when the Mets knocked off the Cubs, officially eliminating St. Louis from the National League Wild Card race before its game against Arizona was concluded.
Two years removed from their 2006 World Series championship, the 2008 Cardinals will be remembered for fighting the good fight under trying circumstances. They were 74-60 on Aug. 28 before finally buckling under the injury avalanche in September.
"Our September record has not been good, but we played so well for five months," right-hander Todd Wellemeyer said.
It has been a year in which injury news stalled the hopes of longtime accomplished pitchers such as Jason Isringhausen, Chris Carpenter and Mark Mulder. In addition, prize right-hander Adam Wainwright missed significant time because of a sprained finger.
The late-inning bullpen crew had a particularly tough time finding a consistent groove without Isringhausen being the type of reliable closer St. Louis fans had come to appreciate over the years. Going into Tuesday's game against Arizona, the Cardinals bullpen had 30 blown saves. That was the second-worst mark in the Majors. The Seattle bullpen had 31 blown saves.
But the Cardinals stayed in the race over a long, hot summer with less heralded starting pitchers stepping up. Kyle Lohse, Braden Looper and Wellemeyer continued to to deliver consistent, workmanlike outings and the hitters, led by MVP candidate Albert Pujols, showed a flair for the dramatic.
Pujols is having another remarkable season and manager Tony La Russa has jumped on the Pujols MVP bandwagon in a big way. Locked in a late-season battle with Atlanta's Chipper Jones for the batting title, Pujols was hitting .350 with 34 homers and 108 runs batted in through Tuesday.
"With all due respect, I don't think anybody else is close," La Russa said, reflecting on Pujols' MVP credentials.
Ryan Ludwick was the man entrusted with protecting Pujols in the batting order. With five games remaining, Ludwick is hitting .294 with 35 homers and 106 RBIs.
Catcher Yadier Molina, who has always been known for his defensive prowess, turned it on at the plate in 2008 with a .305 batting average through Tuesday.
Outfielder Skip Schumaker has been a .300 hitter in everyday duty and third baseman Troy Glaus had 25 homers and 93 RBIs through Tuesday while delivering solid defensive work.
Despite being limited to 413 at-bats because of injuries, outfielder Rick Ankiel finished his season with 25 homers and 71 runs batted in.
In the end, the Cardinals couldn't overcome the consistent losses of key personnel, especially in the pitching department.
But they battled and stayed in the race until the final week. Those who went through that process are eager to find out what a Cardinals club with better health and a few key additions could do in 2009.
Bob Falkoff is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sweet Chili Kale Chips
This recipe name and the ingredients don't match…. At all. But somehow, in some magical food alchemy, the garlic/spice mix in these suckers along with the cheesy-tasting cashew mix, end up tasting strangely like the sweet-chili sauce that is slathered on chicken wings all over North America….. Super odd, but super delicious! A kitchen experiment gone right.
We make this recipe for kale chips all the time. Soooooo good. Taste just like sour cream and onion chips. I was all ready to make a batch, and realized we didn't have any onion…. hmmmm….. looked through the pantry, and threw some random spices in the blender, and voila! We actually liked them more than the usual recipe!
I used an ingredient that most may not have in their spice cabinet: Epicure's Roasted Garlic. It has just one ingredient: Garlic. I assume it has been roasted (duh), and dehydrated. But it's good in my books! We throw it in soups, and assorted other recipes, and it has great flavour. If you don't have it, I would just replace it with freshly roasted garlic. Or even just regular ol' garlic. But because I have it, and roasting garlic takes time, I just use this stuff!
These are ridiculously addictive. We filled a whole dehydrator with them, and ate them all in probably 20 minutes flat. Even the 3 year old loves them!
Sweet Chili Kale Chips
1 bunch of organic kale
1 cup of raw cashews, soaked in water for 2 to 3 hours
2 Tbsp Epicure's Roasted Garlic
4 Tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp ground cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 cup water
Set cashews to soak in a bowl of water for at least 3 hours. Wash the kale well, dry, and rip into pieces. Do not use the middle rib or stem as it is too tough.
In a blender mix the soaked cashews and the remaining ingredients (not the kale!). Blend until smooth, then pour onto the kale in a large bowl. Using your hands, toss the kale, evenly coating it with the cashew mixture.
Place kale in a single layer in a dehydrator, separating the pieces so they dry evenly. In my dehydrator they take only 3 to 4 hours, but mine is a little on the hot side.
You can also make these on a cookie sheet in the oven set really low (200 F?), but I haven't tried that.
Enjoy! Try not to eat them all in one sitting! Actually, what they heck – they are good for you, so go ahead!
Sagey Spiced Butternut Squash
Squash time once again! I"m always looking for new ways to use squash at this time of year. They're plentiful, cheap, and delicious – and such a comforting food. My husband isn't a huge fan of a sweetened roasted squash (which I luuuv), so I went looking for something savoury. This recipe is inspired by Jamie Oliver's recipe here, which looks delicious but includes ingredients I didn't have on hand.
I think these would be absolutely delicious with pan-fried buttery sage leaves crumbled on top – next time I have sage leaves I will definitely try….. If any of you give it a whirl, let me know!
Sagey Spiced Butternut Squash
1 small butternut squash, halved and de-seeded, then cut into chunks (skin still on)
3 Tbsp coconut oil
1/2 tsp ground sage
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp ground allspice
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 350 F
Melt coconut oil, add spices and mix. Place squash pieces on a cookie sheet, pour spice-oil mixture over them, and toss with until the oil coats the squash pieces evenly.
Cover cookie sheet with foil, bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 10 .
Enjoy! I served ours with italian sausage in tomato basil sauce, which was fantastic, but I think this would pair deliciously with any number of items….. pork chops with apple sauce come to mind…. mmmmm
FYI – I don't believe you are supposed to eat the skin – correct me if I'm wrong. I didn't. But my husband ate some and he's still alive.
Almond Butter Breakfast / Energy Bars; Paleo/Primal-friendly, Grain free, Gluten free
I'm back! After quite the break (4 months?!), I have finally come back to a point where I have time/energy to cook, bake, and blog. I have a good excuse, though – I promise! I'm 6+ months pregnant with our second child, and feeling good! The first 3 to 4 months I felt so nauseous all the time, the kitchen was not a great place for me to be. But I'm here again, and that's what matters, right?
This is a recipe for something that I made a lot when I was pregnant with our first, and for the first few months after she was born. As most new moms, I had little time to think about what I was going to eat, and breakfast was usually the meal that took the lowest place on the totem pole. I would make double recipes of these, cut them into bars, and freeze them for a quick breakfast-on-the-go. The recipe I used previously was similar, but had grains and such things that I have now eliminated from my diet. So, anticipating the same time-crunch predicament for myself in a few months' time, I set out to modify this recipe to be primal-friendly. And I am pleased to say, that after my first attempt, this recipe is a smash hit! My husband said that he greatly prefers this recipe to the one that I used to make, as this one is much more moist. That's all the approval I need!
Almond Butter Breakfast/Energy Bars
Yields 16 bars (2″x2″)
1/2 cup Coconut Sugar
1/4 cup Almond butter
1/4 cup Coconut milk
1/4 cup honey
2 Tbsp melted coconut oil, or melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup almond flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/2 cup raisins / dried cranberries
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (70%+)
1/4 c. sliced almonds
1/4 cup sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
2 Tbsp ground flax
Preheat Oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, stir together the coconut sugar, almond butter, coconut milk, honey, oil/butter, egg, and vanilla. In a small bowl, stir together the almond flour, baking soda and salt.
Add the almond flour mixture to the liquid bowl along with the remaining ingredients. Stir until well mixed.Spread the batter into a greased 8″x8″ pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 F, then reduce temperature to 325 F for another 10 to 15 minutes. Allow bars to cool completely in the pan before cutting into bars. I had the best results waiting until the next day to cut them apart, as they will fall apart if they are even the slightest bit warm (because they have so much yummy stuff in them!).
Roasted Stuffed Acorn Squash
Poor little acorn squash, being so patient. It IS summer…. and you ARE kind of a "fall" thing…… but I bought you! And now I need to be a responsible produce consumer, and eat you.
I searched for a stuffed acorn squash recipe, and found this delicious-looking one here, from Whole9. I followed it quite closely, but made a few substitutions.
Squash tip #1: They can be challenging to cut open, so word to the wise: save your fingers, and soften them up first! Stab the little guy about 6 times with a chef's knife – make sure you get through to the middle, so any steam can escape (and avoid an explosion). Pop it in the microwave for about 3 minutes, then (carefully!) take it out and let it cool off a bit. Then you can easily slice 'er open, and scoop out the seeds and gross stringy bits:
Preheat your oven to 375. Put the cleaned-out squash halves on a cookie sheet, and put a tsp on water in each. Tent them with aluminum foil, and pop them in the oven for about 35-40 minutes. Check them at 30 to see if they are soft/tender when you poke them with a knife.
Meanwhile, melt 1 TBSP coconut oil in a skillet, and brown 1 LB of grass-fed ground beef. Season with salt and pepper, and add 4 or 5 minced garlic cloves about half-way through.
If you have any fresh herbs (sage, rosemary, thyme would work), throw them at the end of cooking. Otherwise, sprinkle in 1 tsp dried sage and/or whatever floats your boat. While the meat is browning, chop up 1/2 cup of pecans. I pre-roasted mine in the oven for just a minute or so until they start to darken and smell "nutty". Watch them closely – they can burn fast! This step isn't necessary if you are in a rush, but the roasting contributes to the flavour. Chop up a crisp, juicy apple; I used a Gala, which worked well.
Chop the pecans roughly. After the ground beef has finished browning, add the apple and the pecans, with about 2 Tbsp of liquid. I just used water, but beef broth, vegetable broth, or even wine would work well. Taste the mixture and season to your liking. Cover, and let it simmer for just 1 minute. Then scoop the mixture into your pre-roasted squash halves, and throw them back in the oven (un-tented) for about 10 minutes. I had extra stuffing, which was wonderful scrambled with our eggs the next morning!
When they are lightly browned on top, they're ready to go!
Roasted Stuffed Acorn Squash
1 acorn squash
1 LB grass-fed ground beef
1 TBSP coconut oil
salt and pepper
1 Tsp dried ground sage (or whatever medley of herbs you have/like)
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 cup pecans, roasted and roughly chopped
1 apple, chopped
2 Tbsp broth/water/wine
Pierce the acorn squash 6 times with a chef's knife (make sure you go through to the centre). Put the squash in the microwave on high for 2 to 3 minutes and allow to cool. Cut open the squash and scoop out the seeds and associated stringy-ness. Put a teaspoon of water in each half, and place on a cookie sheet. Tent the squash with aluminium foil, and place them in the oven for 35 – 40 minutes. Check the squash after 30 minutes; see if they are tender when pierced with a knife.
Meanwhile, brown the ground beef in coconut oil in a skillet. Salt and pepper the meat, and add the minced garlic about 1/2 way through cooking. Roughly chop roasted pecans, as well as one apple. Once the meat has browned, add the pecans, sage (or other herbs), apple and broth. Cover and simmer for 1 minute.
Scoop the mixture into the roasted squash halves and place in the oven, uncovered, for about 10 minutes, or until lightly browned on top.
This soup tastes like summer. Delicious, sunny, chicken soup with lemon.
Avgolemono is a traditional Greek soup that uses eggs to thicken chicken broth. It most often has orzo or rice in it, but that just wasn't going to work for me. I have used zucchini a number of times as a pasta replacement, and I gave it a try for this recipe – what a success! I love it 🙂
A mandolin is so fun to use, and makes cutting large amounts of veggies/fruits easy and quick. For this recipe, I set the mandolin to 1/4″ julienne, to get little "orzo-like" zucch's. Like this:
Avgolemono Soup
8 cups chicken stock
4 egg yolks
2 small-ish zuchinnis, cut into 1/4″ thick "orzo" shapes
1 cup roughly chopped roasted chicken
3 Tbsp lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
zest from one lemon
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Bring chicken stock to a boil in a large stock pot. In a small bowl, whisk the yolks together. You are going to temper the egg yolk (slowly add a hot liquid so you don't end up with scrambled eggs). This step involves two hands and a little coordination: take a ladle full of hot stock, and slowly drizzle it into the yolks, while whisking your little heart out with the other hand. Add another ladle full, and whisk well. Now you can add the yolk mixture to the stock pot (while whisking vigorously). Continue whisking the stock for approximately 4 to 5 minutes, and you will notice the egg yolks beginning to thicken the soup.
Add your zucchini "noodles", chopped chicken breast, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt and pepper. Serve warm with a sprinkling of fresh parsley on top.
For the Love of Coffee
A simple post; today I wanted to share how I start off most mornings. This is my absolute favourite way to make coffee.
First, begin with whole organic beans that have been stored in air-tight conditions. This is an important step; after you open a sealed bag of beans it is quite important to expose the beans to the least amount of air and moisture possible. Air = dried out, crappy beans. You know when you open a bag of coffee beans and they are all glossy and oily-looking and beautiful? That oil is magic. You want to preserve the magical beany properties.
Secondly, we grind the beans. No pre-ground beans. Just No. For the longest time, we had a little cheap-o blade grinder. These are pretty good (and you can pick one up for close to $10), but you need to have a good eye for the type of grind you need. What do I mean? Well, different brewing methods require different coarseness of grind. It all comes down to the surface area of the ground up beans. The finer the grind, the more surface area is exposed. A fine grind is perfect for when the grinds have very little contact time with the water; for example with a shot of espresso. In an espresso machine, hot water is pumped at high pressure through a compressed "puck" of finely ground coffee beans; the water moves through quickly, and therefore you want to maximize the amount of bean surface area. For a run of the mill coffee maker, the water drips through the grinds and via gravity makes its way into the carafe below; more contact time with the grinds and therefore you use a grind somewhere in the middle (sometimes known as "Universal" grind).
As we increase the coarseness of the grind, we get to my favourite brewing method: the French Press. In my opinion, a French Press makes the most flavourful coffee. The coffee isn't run through a paper filter, as it is with your average coffee maker, so you retain a lot of the natural oils from the bean (and oils contain heaps of deliciousness.) Most recently I busted my cheap-o blade grinder, and upgraded to a "burr" grinder. These types of grinders have a dial that you simply set to the desired coarseness, and the little "burr" thingy grinds the beans at the touch of a button. No stop/starting to check on the coarseness of the grind, as I always had to do with the blade grinder.
A "French Press" is usually a glass carafe with a push-down stainless steel filter. Mine is made by Bodum; I have had other brands before, but they often contain plastic parts that eventually break. You put your grinds in the carafe, pour in your boiling water, give it a stir, and set your timer for 5 minutes. After 5, you slowly press the filter down, and there you have it – the BEST cup of coffee you've had in a while, I guarantee it!
I love mine with a few ounces of coffee/table cream – which here in Canada is about 18% MF. Delicious!!
Muffins, muffins, muffins! Although loved by most, the beloved muffin is often misunderstood….. Many a muffin recipe has left the average person to think of muffins as essentially CAKE. Cake in a small package, for breakfast. Over-sized, sickeningly sweet, super soft, filled with questionable add-ins; if you ordered a muffin in any local coffee chain, that is what you would get.
Muffins have gotten a bad rap! Muffins are not meant to be a cupcake without icing! Muffins are their own category! Let's stand up for the integrity of muffins!!
Here's a Primal/Paleo-friendly muffin recipe, modified slightly from Dr. Bruce Fife's great book, "Cooking with Coconut Flour". I really like this book, as it's got dozens of lovely-looking recipes that I am eager to try. Those that I have tried have been great; all grain-free, gluten-free, and almost all have low-sugar options. It's a super resource for Paleo/Primal folks, and those that just like the idea of healthier baked goods.
Of course, muffins (nomatter how healthy) probably aren't something you should be consuming in mass quantities every day. But, I say they're a great treat. And what I say goes! So grab your whisk and your muffin tin, and get going!
Cherry Almond Muffins
Set oven to 400 F (205 C). Makes 12 muffins
6 large eggs (preferably organic and free run)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup whole milk or coconut milk
1/2 cup honey
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sifted coconut flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped dried cherries
In a large bowl, combine eggs, butter, milk, honey, salt, vanilla and almond extracts
In a small bowl, whisk together coconut flour and baking soda
Blend coconut flour mixture into wet ingredients, whisking until there are no lumps. Stir in chopped cherries.
Grease muffin cups and pour in batter.
Pop into the oven for 13 to 15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.


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The San Francisco Jazz Organization, or SFJAZZ, was founded to utilize the creativity of the Bay Area to encourage the development and appreciation of jazz. To do this they created the SFJAZZ Collective in 2004, a group of eight performers/composers who are all bandleaders in their own right. This recording of their 4th annual concert tour shows that they have kept this concept in mind. The two-disc set is a combination of old and new, influences and products. While one disc is composed of works by the great Thelonious Monk arranged by the band members, the second disc is entirely new compositions.
Each member of the band arranged 1-3 of the Monk tunes on the album, a task which most of them describe as challenging at best. As pianist Renee Rosnes comments: "When you're learning to play, as a matter of course, you imitate the masters. The problem with Monk is that his style is so starkly original, there's no way to imitate him without sounding completely derivative." While these tunes still bear the Monk mark, they all have a new twist that makes you listen carefully for what's coming next. In "Epistrophy", arranged by alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, the melody line is played as a harmonized horn soli. He then inserts an extended interlude so that the rhythm section can build up a driving bass line until the horns come back in with the melody. Through out the head, there are constant interjections from piano, bass and drums to keep the energy level high. By the time solos come around, the music isn't as frantic but still has all the drive of the interlude. Compared to the "Epistrophy" recording from, say, Thelonious Monk Quartet at Carnegie Hall, Zenón's version utilizes the rhythm section for more than just keeping an even, straight ahead feel. The horn harmonies have a very Monkish sound to them, and Zenón's solo utilizes the same simplistic, melodic ideas found in much of the composer's music. Overall, this arrangement has all the elegance of Monk's original composition, but with the added energy created by the rhythm section. Very good listening.
Disc two is full of more surprises as the band members exhibit their own compositional skills. Each is a very unique piece. Renee Rosnes' "Lion's Gate" utilizes harmonized horn soli to give the music a flowing, lyrical sound. "Haast Paas", written by bassist Matt Penman, begins with a vibraphone feature, but evolves into a Latin beat with an almost bossa nova horn melody led by trumpeter Dave Douglas. "Life at the End of the Tunnel" starts out as a trumpet/trombone duet where the rest of the band gradually adds back in. The piano and vibraphone background at first creates an abstract feel, but this grows into a punctuated rhythm driven by the horn lines.Overall this whole album has an extremely high degree of musicianship and sophistication. Not only is the playing top notch, but one can also learn textbooks from the arranging and composing used here. Definitely looking forward to next year's tour.


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March 30, 2005 - The blue jerseys looked like those of the Pusch Ridge Christian Academy baseball team but the red caps may have caused the casual passerby of the Class 2A school's diamond to wonder, 'have the Lions changed their school colors?' The answer is no. PRCA is still blue and gold. The red hats belonged to Eagles of Canton Galva High School who took five days away from their home state of Kansas to get some spring training in Tucson. Twelve players from the Kansas squad worked out with the Lions on March 22 at PRCA. The team squeezed its players and equipment into two trucks and set out on the 19-hour trip to Tucson. While in the Old Pueblo, the players and coaches took in some Chicago White Sox spring training at Tucson Electric Park and managed to get in a few workouts of their own at PRCA and Central Arizona College. Eagle head coach Dennis Toya is a former student at Amphitheater High School and hopes to be able to bring a team back to Tucson every three years.
AIA rules wouldn't allow the Lions and Eagles to scrimmage.
No Cactus
For the first time in more than eight years the Cactus Classic Inline Marathon will not be bladed. The annual marathon for all ages has been skated the first Sunday in November since 1997. Although the first one was held in Southeast Tucson, subsequent races have taken place in Marana and Oro Valley. A lack of funding is to blame for the postponement of this year's race, which was to be held Nov. 6 in Oro Valley.
Those looking to play the complete Cañada course at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador's Country Club, 10555 N. La Cañada Drive, will have to hurry. The course will close holes seven through 15 in May to overhaul the grass. Last summer, holes one through six and 16 through 18 got the same treatment. The process is expected to take the entire summer to complete. Golfing at the El Conquistador won't grind to a halt, however. Golfers can still play the other 27 holes offered by the country club.
Long journey home
It may be a long journey, but fans made it. The Arizona Interscholastic Association has announced that its first year of hosting "February Frenzy" in Glendale Arena drew more than 80,000 spectators to the high school basketball, wrestling and spirit line state championships held at the new facility located north of Phoenix. The Northwest was well represented in Glendale. The girls basketball team of Pusch Ridge Christian Academy won the Class 2A state title, while Ironwood Ridge's Joey Crandall took home a wrestling state championship in the 145-pound weight class.
Ball Two
Also in AIA news is a change in playoff format for high school baseball. Starting with the 2006 season, the Class 5A will change its playoff format from single to double elimination. The switch puts regional playoffs on the chopping block. A power point system, similar to the one the AIA already uses for football, will determine the top 16 teams to compete for the state's top honor.


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I suppose that we both love the combination of blues, purples and pinks with the more vibrant colours of orange, green and yellow. Another beauty to hang on the wall with it's frame and all. You have got a wonderful talent with bending texture, colour and shapes together. It really is a pity that I didn't find all these images earlier. :))
Toodles301 - that is the highest compliment anyone can pay! Thank you so very, very much!! :))
Beautifulllllllll! Would love to have this in my home. Thank you for your creations.
Thank you so much, Hanne! I'm glad you liked this unusual one. Some of these are not necessarily great puzzles, but are so pretty and fun to make!
Ohhhh, another wonderful one, Jan!! I LOVE it!! Thanks so very much!!
Michelle - you have the most vivid imagination. I love your description! Thank you!Katie - thank you for the high praise! I appreciate it!Pat - I am so pleased that you enjoyed it, too! Thank you!Sissel - I am so glad you had fun! Thank YOU!
Love this - thanks for sharing :-)
Fabulous and gorgeous, and the descriptions have been magnificent as well--I second all of them! :-)))
This is stunningly gorgeous Jan!
Beautiful, Jan! I can't really describe this one..it's almost like seeing veins in a cavern wall with the light refracting back off and fluorescing under my halogen headlamp...tanzanite and amethyst and ...
Thank you so much, Bizarra! BTW - I LOVE your avatar!Ardy - Thank you! This is actually one of my favorites!
Beautiful, Jan. This reminds me of the children's story, The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. Little fairy folk diving through pond weed and water hyacinths. Thankyou for this very special creation. :-))
Beautiful, Jan. Love the color combination and the wood grained frame is delightful. Thank you so much for this creation. It is truly lovely.
Beautiful picture!! thank you


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I have what may be a stupid question or even a pointless one. But here goes anyway. For high end dining (Charlie Trotters, French Laundry, Inn at Little Washington, etc) is it in some way poor manners (not sure if that's the exact word I am looking for) to pay for your meal in cash? I honestly have never seen someone pay with cash at a place like this and haven't paid with cash myself.
Sometimes I'd rather just pay cash instead of putting the meal on the credit card, but wasn't sure if in some way it would be frowned upon. I would think cash would be preferred so the restautant wouldn't have to pay the credit card fee, but at the same time, cash is considered "dirty" and full of germs by many.
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Zed Rengel
After PhD from Louisiana State University and postdoctoral work in the Adelaide University, Zed moved to the University of Western Australia in 1996, where he is Professor of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Over the course of his career, Zed studied various aspects of plant ecology and physiology (from the cellular to the whole plant level), molecular biology and gene cloning, soil fertility and plant nutrition, land rehabilitation, soil microbiology, etc. The emphasis has been on abiotic stresses (acidity, heavy metal and arsenic toxicity, nutrient deficiency, salinity, waterlogging) and biotic stresses (rhizoctonia, take-all) in crop germplasm and native plant ecotypes. Zed also works on chemical and biological interactions in the rhizosphere soil and modelling of 3-D root growth and function in heterogeneous soil environments. The unifying feature of Zed's research is the study of the dynamics of the soil-water-microbe-plant continuum, aimed at improving profitability and sustainability of the farming systems, as well as rehabilitation of degraded land. Zed supervised 30 postdocs and 32 PhD students. He hosted 35 visiting scientists from many countries (eg. Germany, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan, etc). Zed was awarded 7 prizes, 7 awards, 12 fellowships and 6 Visiting and 3 Honorary Professorships and was elected to one national academy of science. He is serving on international discipline committees (Plant Nutrition Council, Phosphorus Cycling in the Environment, Phytoremediation & Ecosystem Health, Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH, etc). He was invited to give 30 keynote addresses at international conferences. Zed is the author/co-author of 237 publications in peer-refereed international journals and 24 invited book chapters. He edited 6 books and 4 Journal Special Issues. He is on the Editorial Board of 10 international journals (J Exp Bot-UK, J Plant Nutr-USA, Crop Res-India, J Soil Sci Plant Nutr-Germany, Tree Physiol-Canada, etc).
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Employers returning from the Memorial Day weekend were on the receiving end of bad news as they learned that the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals became the third federal appeals court to strike down mandatory class action...more
This past week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important decision addressing two on-the-bubble workplace confidentiality policies – one which made the cut, while the other one made its way over to the legal...more
As our regular readers already know, the Supreme Court is poised to decide one of the most contentious issues facing the wage-and-hour world—namely, whether class- and collective-action waivers render workplace arbitration...more
Supreme Court to Decide Validity of Class Action Waivers -
Why it matters -
After multiple petitions, and amidst a broadening split of the federal appellate courts, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed earlier this month...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide an important issue that has deeply divided the Courts of Appeals—are arbitration provisions in employment agreements that waive an employee's right to bring or participate in class...more
The NLRB's new focus on non-union employment has been well–chronicled here. Employment contract provisions thought to be governed only by state contract law principles are now subject to the federal National Labor Relations...more
This year, the federal government is challenging contractual provisions that regularly appear in private employment agreements. Both the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") and the Obama administration have challenged the...more
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Check it out, ya'll! It's a new, longer International trailer for Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers", ya'll! Stop being so 'spicious and enjoy the sight of two former Disney princesses parading around in skimpy bikinis and cussing like sailors while robbing people so they can fund their Spring Break getaway. Hey, don't judge them, you know you were doing the exact same thing at their age. Word! (And such.)
(And of course, the whole "former Disney princesses gone wild" thing is purely incidental. You're obviously interested in this movie because it's from wacky director dude Harmony Korine. Yeah, that's the ticket.)
Brit, Candy, Cotty, and Faith have been best friends since grade school. They live together in a boring college dorm and are hungry for adventure. All they have to do is save enough money for spring break to get their shot at having some real fun. A serendipitous encounter with rapper "Alien" promises to provide the girls with all the thrill and excitement they could hope for. With the encouragement of their new friend, it soon becomes unclear how far the girls are willing to go to experience a spring break they will never forget.
Starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Vanessa Hudgens, Heather Morris, Rachel Korine, Ash Lendzion, and Emma Holzer.
Ya'll'ing it up March 22, 2013 Stateside and March 6 in France.
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06-24-02, 19:04 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: DCount - are DCount and 'Distinct' incompatible?
I would like to use 'Distinct' in the DCount criteria.
If i am correct the function works like this...
DCount(expr, domain[, criteria])
where the criteria is optional and the syntax is like the 'where' statement of an SQL without the word 'where'.
I would like to have the criteria chose distinct records. For example, give the number of cities in North Dakota that have had temperatures over 90 degrees this summer. A city may have had several days over 90 degrees, but I only want to count it once.
Gurus of Secret Syntax have any ideas?John
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You could base your dsum on a query to work like this.
Or alternatively write the SQL code directly into code and not use dsum at all.
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I wanted to avoid making queries so as you suggested, I ended up writing the SQL statement directly into code creating a recordset and then getting the count from that.
Thanks for the input!John
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Change can be a scary word with a ton of negative connotations, but it can also be a reason for renewed hope.
Let's say you've had the same fantasy team name for several years and have won nothing. You liked the name, but maybe a new name for your team will bring new luck, new life. So, consider changing from Enrico Polanco's to Call Me Maybin. Change it from Lemon Harang Pie to The Utley Ducklings. Change it from A Streetcar Named Cuddyer to Trout and About.
With any change, there is risk involved, but it can be very exciting and beneficial. Here's a look at some players who changed teams and their draft value for 2014 (projections based on a 10-team league):
Staying local
Jacoby Ellsbury, of, Yankees: Scratch your head at this move all you want, but the Bombers landed one of the premier (albeit injury-prone) fantasy outfielders. Roto Files has the speedster among the top 5 outfielders (12.0 average draft position, according to fantasypros.com, which averages a players draft position from ESPN, Yahoo, CBS and MockDraftCentral) and he should be drafted early in the second round.
Curtis Granderson, of, Mets: Health is not the concern with Granderson — he suffered two freak injuries last year forcing him to miss a substantial amount of time. The main thing to be cautious about, outside of his ugly batting average, is half his games are at Citi Field. It won't kill his power numbers, but it won't help. Look for him around the 10th round.
Brian McCann, c, Yankees: The former Brave has a powerful swing that should benefit from the short right-field porch at Yankee Stadium. Injuries are a concern, but he's a top 10 catcher (105.0 ADP) worth grabbing around rounds 9-10.
Carlos Beltran, of, Yankees: He's an oldie, but a goodie. He'll put up solid numbers in The Bronx and should be drafted with confidence between rounds 9-11.
Masahiro Tanaka, sp, Yankees: Tanaka is a bit of a wild card, especially after all the innings he has logged in Japan. While he has looked great in his spring appearances, it's still far too early to say he will be the next Yu Darvish. But, with a 99.2 ADP, people are putting trust in his record in Japan as well as the money paid to bring him here.
Bartolo Colon, sp, Mets: The portly right-hander was a huge surprise last season. Will the 40-year-old hurler defy the odds and be a huge acquisition for the Amazin's, or will he just be huge? Late-round flier at best.
New place, same story
Robinson Cano, 2b, Mariners: It may be weird not seeing him in pinstripes, but Cano's new location can't diminish that he is still, by far, the best second baseman available. He is a top 10 fantasy player, and should be drafted in the first round.
Prince Fielder, 1b, Rangers: Last year may have been disappointing, but Fielder still hit .279 with 25 homers and 106 RBIs. Expect a bounce-back season for the durable first baseman, who should benefit from playing in hitter-friendly Arlington. Roto Files ranks him third at his position (behind Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt and Baltimore's Chris Davis), and should be drafted in the first two rounds.
Ian Kinsler, 2b, Tigers: The second baseman can call anyone "sleazeball" and fantasy owners won't care as long as the numbers are there. Look for him in the fifth or sixth round.
Mark Trumbo, 1b/of, D'backs: Trumbo has hit a combined 95 homers and driven in 284 runs in his first three big league seasons. He's worth adding to your roster by the fifth or sixth round.
Middle men
Doug Fister, sp, Nationals: With an average draft position of 138.8, Fister is the perfect middle-round pick.
Matt Garza, sp, Brewers: A perennial mid-round pick who consistently disappoints. The trend continues.
Ubaldo Jimenez, sp, Orioles: Not an ace, still a solid mid-to-late round pick.
A.J. Burnett, sp, Phillies: Originally said he'd pitch for the Pirates or retire. Well, he found $16 million reasons to keep pitching.
Better late … or never
Justin Morneau, 1b, Rockies: Don't jump the gun and draft him too early (229.8 ADP), but definitely give him a look late in the draft for depth.
Marlon Byrd, of, Phillies: Became a huge surprise for owners (and the Mets) last season, but that doesn't raise his value any higher (236.0 ADP).
Phil Hughes, sp, Twins: Being out of the New York spotlight may be great for him. Take a wait-and-see approach.
Jason Vargas, sp, Royals: Just because the Royals decided to give him a $32 million deal, doesn't mean you have to draft him.
Johan Santana, sp, Orioles: His arm is still attached. That's a plus … for him.


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USN-864-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-864-1
4th December, 2009
linux, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.10
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- linux
- linux-source-2.6.15
It was discovered that the AX.25 network subsystem did not correctly
check integer signedness in certain setsockopt calls. A local attacker
could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
Ubuntu 9.10 was not affected. (CVE-2009-2909)
Jan Beulich discovered that the kernel could leak register contents to
32-bit processes that were switched to 64-bit mode. A local attacker
could run a specially crafted binary to read register values from an
earlier process, leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2009-2910)
Dave Jones discovered that the gdth SCSI driver did not correctly validate
array indexes in certain ioctl calls. A local attacker could exploit
this to crash the system or gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2009-3080)
Eric Dumazet and Jiri Pirko discovered that the TC and CLS subsystems
would leak kernel memory via uninitialized structure members. A local
attacker could exploit this to read several bytes of kernel memory,
leading to a loss of privacy. (CVE-2009-3228, CVE-2009-3612)
Earl Chew discovered race conditions in pipe handling. A local attacker
could exploit anonymous pipes via /proc/*/fd/ and crash the system or
gain root privileges. (CVE-2009-3547)
Dave Jones and Francois Romieu discovered that the r8169 network driver
could be made to leak kernel memory. A remote attacker could send a large
number of jumbo frames until the system memory was exhausted, leading
to a denial of service. Ubuntu 9.10 was not affected. (CVE-2009-3613).
Ben Hutchings discovered that the ATI Rage 128 video driver did not
correctly validate initialization states. A local attacker could
make specially crafted ioctl calls to crash the system or gain root
privileges. (CVE-2009-3620)
Tomoki Sekiyama discovered that Unix sockets did not correctly verify
namespaces. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-3621)
J. Bruce Fields discovered that NFSv4 did not correctly use the credential
cache. A local attacker using a mount with AUTH_NULL authentication
could exploit this to crash the system or gain root privileges. Only
Ubuntu 9.10 was affected. (CVE-2009-3623)
Alexander Zangerl discovered that the kernel keyring did not correctly
reference count. A local attacker could issue a series of specially
crafted keyring calls to crash the system or gain root privileges.
Only Ubuntu 9.10 was affected. (CVE-2009-3624)
David Wagner discovered that KVM did not correctly bounds-check CPUID
entries. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system
or possibly gain elevated privileges. Ubuntu 6.06 and 9.10 were not
affected. (CVE-2009-3638)
Avi Kivity discovered that KVM did not correctly check privileges when
accessing debug registers. A local attacker could exploit this to
crash a host system from within a guest system, leading to a denial of
service. Ubuntu 6.06 and 9.10 were not affected. (CVE-2009-3722)
Philip Reisner discovered that the connector layer for uvesafb, pohmelfs,
dst, and dm did not correctly check capabilties. A local attacker could
exploit this to crash the system or gain elevated privileges. Ubuntu
6.06 was not affected. (CVE-2009-3725)
Trond Myklebust discovered that NFSv4 clients did not robustly
verify attributes. A malicious remote NFSv4 server could exploit
this to crash a client or gain root privileges. Ubuntu 9.10 was not
affected. (CVE-2009-3726)
Robin Getz discovered that NOMMU systems did not correctly validate
NULL pointers in do_mmap_pgoff calls. A local attacker could attempt to
allocate large amounts of memory to crash the system, leading to a denial
of service. Only Ubuntu 6.06 and 9.10 were affected. (CVE-2009-3888)
Joseph Malicki discovered that the MegaRAID SAS driver had
world-writable option files. A local attacker could exploit these
to disrupt the behavior of the controller, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2009-3889, CVE-2009-3939)
Roel Kluin discovered that the Hisax ISDN driver did not correctly
check the size of packets. A remote attacker could send specially
crafted packets to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2009-4005)
Lennert Buytenhek discovered that certain 802.11 states were not handled
correctly. A physically-proximate remote attacker could send specially
crafted wireless traffic that would crash the system, leading to a denial
of service. Only Ubuntu 9.10 was affected. (CVE-2009-4026, CVE-2009-4027)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 9.10:
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-powerpc-smp 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-server 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-powerpc64-smp 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-lpia 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-386 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic-pae 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-sparc64-smp 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-virtual 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-sparc64 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-ia64 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic 2.6.31-16.52
- linux-image-2.6.31-16-powerpc 2.6.31-16.52
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-imx51 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-virtual 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-server 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-versatile 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-iop32x 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-generic 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-ixp4xx 2.6.28-17.58
- linux-image-2.6.28-17-lpia 2.6.28-17.58
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- linux-image-2.6.27-16-virtual 2.6.27-16.44
- linux-image-2.6.27-16-server 2.6.27-16.44
- linux-image-2.6.27-16-generic 2.6.27-16.44
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-mckinley 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-generic 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-hppa32 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-386 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-sparc64-smp 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-openvz 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-powerpc 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-itanium 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-lpiacompat 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-xen 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-lpia 2.6.24-26.64
- usb-modules-2.6.24-26-sparc64-di 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-powerpc-smp 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-virtual 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-rt 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-server 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-powerpc64-smp 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-hppa64 2.6.24-26.64
- linux-image-2.6.24-26-sparc64 2.6.24-26.64
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-hppa64 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-mckinley 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-powerpc-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-hppa32-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-686 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-amd64-k8 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-amd64-server 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-386 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-sparc64-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-k7 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-sparc64 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-server 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-powerpc64-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-hppa32 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-mckinley-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-server-bigiron 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-itanium-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-amd64-xeon 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-powerpc 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-amd64-generic 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-hppa64-smp 2.6.15-55.81
- linux-image-2.6.15-55-itanium 2.6.15-55.81
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change (except for Ubuntu 6.06)
the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires
you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you
might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to
update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel
version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system
upgrade will automatically perform this as well.