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Catering event planner experience letter
Catering event planner experience letter Below are 2 experience letter/certificate samples for Catering event planner. You also ref...
Catering event planner experience letter
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1. Catering event planner experience letter sample 1
I hereby certify that the person named (name of the applicant) was employed by our company, (name of the company), during the period starting from …………. to ……………
He/she started in our company at the position of a trainee, but with his/her excellent performance and good abilities, he/she quickly got officially employed as a full time employee. For ….. years of working for us, he/she demonstrated as a diligent and truthful person. His/her leadership skills were outstanding and very helpful and highly appraised by our staff. By the time he/she was leaving, he/she had been nominated to the position of Assistant Manager.
Anyway, all of us wish his/her the best in his/her career path and future and would like to thank him/her for his/her excellent contribution.
Yours faithfully,
Your Signature
Your Name
Organization Name
Organization Seal
2. Catering event planner experience letter sample 2
We are pleased to write this letter to inform you that the applicant named ……………… had been working for us, [name of the Organization], in his/her capacity as [position] for ………….. years/months (from ……….. to …………..).
During his/her tenure in the office with our Organization, he/she participated in performing the work with determination and sincerity. As we observed, he/she was an active and very qualified person and he/she could perform all of assigned tasks effectively. Besides, in my opinion, he/she was a motivated, devoted, professional, hard-working, and innovative person. He/she contributed much to our organizational goals and targets and his performance was proven to be among the most effective in our organization.
Moreover, Mr./Mrs./Ms. ________________ demonstrated excellent behavior and attitude during his/her service with us. We found him/her be sincere, truthful, reliable sociable. He/she was also a pleasant person to talk and work within a team.
His/her decision to leave our organization was his/her sole decision, however, we still hope she will succeed in any path of career.
Yours faithfully,
[Name and Signature of HR personnel/manager]
[Company Seal]
[Name and Address of the Company]
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Stanczyk, writes about Pacanów and Biechów … a lot! These are my ancestral villages. I have never been there, but they are in my very bones.
Today's picture is from the World War I era of Pacanow and its church area. Today Sw. Marcin is now a minor basilica. The church is such a part of Poland and its history. It is also a major part of its families' histories. Without the Church, there would be very little in the way of genealogy. As you can see the image is from Poland's National Digital Archive (NAC). Remember I wrote about these archives, right?
I write about these two parishes, each of which has many villages that comprise their individual parishes. My reason is simple. I am always in search of others whose family history is also from these two parishes.
I have had some success in seeking out these people. For example, I met a good friend Jacek (from Krakow) at a Polish Genealogy website: genealodzy.pl . I also met the wonderful, Elzbiety (Heliasz nee) Kapusta. She spoke no English and I am NOT fluent in Polish, but armed with Google Translator and some determination, I made my way to NaszaKlasa.pl (a Polish Facebook social network website = "Our Classes/Classmates"). This wonderful woman was born in the Biechow parish where my grandparents(dziadkowie) were married ! She took it upon herslef to get the church record of their marriage and even a copy of the civil record too and mail these documents to me. Bless Her Always for that kindness — which I did not even ask her to do!
But that was an active search and it also led me to find a second cousin (whom I have never met face-to-face, who was born in Pacanow and now lives in TX). So active searches of Polish websites are a must, if you cannot actually visit Poland and its churches and/or archives. But this BLOG is an overt attempt to draw (i.e. a passive search) others related to me or connected to these parishes to seek me out. So this is an inverted search process. Hence, all of the material on names of people or places in hopes that someone someday Googles my blog and contacts me. So that is my latest tip to Polish Genealogists — write a blog and post items on your family so distant cousins far and wide can reach you.
Coming Up …
In the next week or two, I will be writing about other research that I have collected on these two parishes including:
Historical Census of the Pacanow deaconate, Census of the Jewish Population in this area, Church Archive holdings of Biechow / Ksizanice / Zborowek
Please join me. Blessings For Your Sunday!

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In California, a legal skirmish has erupted over strawberries — or rather, over strawberry breeding.
To be absolutely precise, the battle is about strawberry breeding at the University of California, Davis. This is more important than it might sound. More than half of all strawberries in the supermarket trace their ancestry to breeding plots at UC Davis.
The strawberry breeders at UC Davis, who've led that program for decades, are leaving the university to carry on their work at a new private company.
The California Strawberry Commission, which represents farmers, is now suing the university, accusing it of betraying a public trust. The commission wants assurances that UC Davis will keep this public breeding program alive, and not hand it over "to private financial interests."
Before getting into the details of this dispute, it's worth a little background on strawberry breeding itself, and where the modern strawberry came from.
"It's a pretty amazing story," says Jim Hancock, a professor of horticulture and a berry breeder at Michigan State University. It begins with two different berry plants growing in completely different parts of the world a few hundred years ago.
One plant in Chile produced nice big fruit that were kind of bland. The other, in the eastern United States, had berries that were bright red and bursting with flavor, but tiny.
Both species were picked up by European collectors — in the case of the Chilean plant, by a French spy — and ended up close to each other in a French botanical garden.
There, they made babies. "It was a perfect combination," says Hancock. The accidental hybrid that resulted from this cross-pollination produced fruit that was big, red and tasted great. The strawberry was born.
It could still be improved, and that's where plant breeders came in, crossing different plants, selecting the best offspring, and creating ever-better berries.
"The No. 1 thing is probably having the ability to be picked, packed and shipped all the way across the United States and still arrive in good condition," says Tom Sjulin, another breeder, who worked for many years for Driscoll's Strawberry Associates, one of the best-known names in strawberries.
There's one thing that Hancock and Sjulin don't mention at first: taste.
That's a bit of a sore subject in the strawberry community. "Being a strawberry breeder, I shouldn't admit this, but I think for a long time, taste was going down," says Hancock.
Yet he and Sjulin both insist that strawberry taste has made a comeback in recent years.
He shows me one that's big, firm enough to travel thousands of miles, and has amazing flavor. It's the Albion variety, and it was created at UC Davis.
Which brings us back to that controversy.
California has the perfect climate for growing strawberries, and UC Davis, as the leading agricultural university in the state, began breeding strawberries almost a century ago. It's still the most important center of strawberry breeding in the country, although private companies, such as Driscoll's, have gotten into the business, too.
The UC Davis program actually operates a lot like a private company, patenting new varieties and collecting millions of dollars in royalties from strawberry growers. (I'll have more about that in a later post.)
On the other hand, says Sjulin, private companies often don't provide their varieties to everyone. UC Davis does. Any strawberry grower can buy them and grow them. "There are still a lot of growers in California who really depend on that University of California program continuing as is, and anything that would disrupt that is cause for great concern, as you can imagine," he says.
As the current strawberry breeders at UC Davis prepare to leave, some fear that this program will falter, interrupting the supply of new varieties to strawberry growers.
The man at the center of this controversy is Douglas Shaw, who has been in charge of UC Davis' breeding program and now plans to go private.
In an e-mail to NPR, Shaw wrote that he is not leaving the university to earn more money. He's already paid very well. He and a handful of co-workers get about 30 percent of the royalties earned by the UC Davis strawberry varieties. In recent years, that inventor's share amounted to more than $2 million each year.
Shaw wrote that he is leaving because the university no longer cares about the kind of practical, commercially valuable breeding that he does. "We do not fit here any longer," he wrote in the e-mail.
Strawberry growers also worry that the university's priorities are changing.
"We got a phone call from the University of California," says Carolyn O'Donnell, communications director at the California Strawberry Commission, an industry group that has helped to fund the UC Davis breeding program. "They said that we no longer needed to send them money because they were going to discontinue the [breeding] program" when the current breeders leave.
This set off alarms. Farmers feared that future varieties, from the private company, might cost more and might not even be available to all growers.
O'Donnell says the commission tried to convince the university to maintain the breeding program, but "we kind of felt that the university wasn't taking us very seriously," she says. So the commission sued.
The commission is asking the courts to stop the university from "privatizing" strawberry breeding. It also wants to ensure that the university's collection of strawberry varieties stays in public hands.
Mary Delany, an associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis, says the lawsuit is based on a misunderstanding. "We never said that we were going to close the program. We said that we are evaluating the program," she says. The university has now decided to continue breeding strawberries, and is now looking for someone to replace Douglas Shaw.
Shaw and his colleague Kirk Larson, who is also planning to leave for the private sector, did ask for permission to take copies of the strawberry collection with them, Delany says, but that request was denied. "This is University of California property," she says.
O'Donnell says that this is all good news, but before dropping its lawsuit, the commission wants more guarantees that the university will maintain a healthy, vigorous breeding program, aimed at creating that next great strawberry variety.
There is a legal skirmish in California over strawberries. More than half of the strawberry varieties that Americans eat were created by breeders at the University of California Davis. And those strawberry breeders now say that they're leaving the university to go into business for themselves. Well, the state strawberry growers are suing the university, hoping to keep that public breeding program alive. NPR's Dan Charles has this story.
DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: Before we get to this juicy controversy at UC Davis, you should know a little about where the modern strawberry came from.
JIM HANCOCK: You know it's a pretty amazing story.
CHARLES: Jim Hancock, a strawberry breeder at Michigan State University, says it starts with two different berry plants growing in completely different part of the world a few hundred years ago. One plant in Chile produced nice, big berries that were unfortunately kind of bland.
HANCOCK: And the other species is a really, very small-fruited thing with really bright red color.
CHARLES: Those tiny berries bursting with flavor grew in the eastern United States. The two species got picked up by European collectors, and they ended up next to each other in a French botanical garden. There, they made babies.
HANCOCK: And it was a perfect combination.
CHARLES: Their offspring had berries that were big, red, and they tasted great. The strawberry was born. The story didn't end there. Over the years, Breeders like Jim Hancock kept on cross-pollinating plants, creating new varieties - better berries.
HANCOCK: So a gradual, steady improvement in size - a gradual, steady improvement in storability and firmness.
CHARLES: Another breeder, Tom Sjulin, worked for many years for Driscoll's Strawberry Associates in California.
TOM SJULIN: I think the number one thing is probably having the ability to be picked, packed and shipped all the way across the United States and still arrive in good condition.
CHARLES: Maybe you noticed there's one thing that Hancock and Sjulin have not mentioned - taste.
HANCOCK: Being a strawberry breeder, I shouldn't admit this, but I think for a long time taste was going down.
CHARLES: But the breeders say that's really changed in recent years. Sjulin brought some evidence with him - some strawberries.
SJULIN: They were picked locally here in Whatcom County, Washington - just picked this morning.
CHARLES: Look at this one, he says. It's a variety called Albion. It's big, firm enough to travel thousands of miles, and you know what? It has amazing flavor, too.
SJULIN: I'm sitting here, smelling this - the wonderful aromas coming off this Albion variety. It's a nice piece of fruit.
CHARLES: This variety came from the University of California Davis, which brings us to the controversy. California has the perfect climate for growing strawberries, and people at UC Davis have been breeding them from almost a century. Private companies are now doing it too, but UC Davis remains the most important center of strawberry breeding in the country. It operates a lot like a private company, patenting new varieties and collecting millions of dollars in royalties from strawberry growers. On the other hand, says Tom Sjulin, unlike private breeding companies, the UC Davis program sells their varieties to everybody. Any farmer can grow them.
SJULIN: There are still a lot of growers in California that really depend on that University of California program continuing as is. Anything that might disrupt that is cause for great concern, as you can imagine.
CHARLES: And now there is disruption. The two breeders who run the program are leaving and setting up their own private strawberry breeding company. What's more, they'd like to take their strawberry plants with them. The leading breeder, Douglas Shaw, declined a request for a recorded interview. In an e-mail he wrote that he's not leaving to earn more money. He's already paid very well. He and his coworkers get a chunk of the strawberry royalties. In recent years, that inventor's share has been more than $2 million a year. Shaw says he's leaving because the university no longer cares about the kind of practical, commercially valuable breeding that he does. In any case, strawberry farmers are alarmed. Carolyn O'Donnell from the California Strawberry Commission, which represents the farmers, says they tried to tell the University that this public breeding program is really important.
O'DONNELL: We kind of felt like the University wasn't necessarily taking us very seriously, and hence, the lawsuit was filed last Fall.
CHARLES: The Strawberry Commission is asking the court to stop the University from what it calls privatizing strawberry breeding. Now, Mary Delany, an administrator at UC Davis, says this is all a misunderstanding.
MARY DELANY: I mean we never said we were going to close the breeding program. We said we're evaluating the program.
CHARLES: And we've decided the program will continue, Delany says. The University is now looking for a new strawberry breeder. As for the breeders who are leaving, Delany says they will not get to take any plants with them.
DELANY: This is University of California property.
CHARLES: The Strawberry Commission, representing farmers, says that's good to hear but before dropping it's lawsuit, the commission wants more guarantees that the University will keep working to create the next great strawberry. Dan Charles, NPR News.
You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Thursday, October 1, 2009
You's a Cornbred Fed Vegan Mofo!
White beans, collard greens, tomato, and some spices. Mmm-mmm. I'm rubbin' my belly just thinkin' about it. I tested her recipe this week, and it's delicious. And healthy too! Of course, a bowl of beans ain't nothin' without a hunk of cornbread. That's where my recipe for Jalapeno-Corn Cornbread comes in:
Another cookbook tester, this cornbread is one of my favorites from the book. I've been tweaking it for ages, but I think it's ready for lift-off. It's sweet like Jiffy, minus all those hydrogenated oils and crap. And I add frozen corn and chopped pickled jalepenos for a kick.
Some folks down South like to crumble their cornbread into their beans and stir it all together. But I prefer to plop a whole slice right on top of the bowl, douse it in hot sauce, and cut into it with each wholesome bite:
35 comments:
- IsaChandra said...
I love that your granny developed a recipes for you. Brings a tear to my eye, actually...
- October 2, 2009 at 12:24 AM
- nora said...
Giant piece of bread in your bowl. So bold. haha but I love it.
- October 2, 2009 at 1:42 AM
- Susan said...
That looks great. I agree - a big piece of bread is much better than crumbling it into the bowl.
- October 2, 2009 at 2:12 AM
- The Voracious Vegan said...
Jalapeno is such a necessary part of a good cornbread. Yours looks delicious, just right for dunking!
- October 2, 2009 at 2:56 AM
- Mihl said...
That looks so wonderful!
- October 2, 2009 at 4:02 AM
- T said...
Yum yum yum! That looks amazing! I love jiffy cornbread, I have to say, so can't wait to have your healthier version. Its weird how difficult it is to find vegan cornbread recipes/ mixes.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:38 AM
- jessy said...
beans 'n' cornbread sounds like a combination i cannot wait to test out, Bianca! so awesome on your Granny making some deeeeelicious beans 'n green soup - it looks hearty & fantastic. your jalapeno cornbread looks amazing, and i love that you combined them both and topped it all with hot sauce. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
- October 2, 2009 at 5:52 AM
- miss v said...
i totally love the bread *in* the bowl. so rebellious!
- October 2, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- River said...
Your Granny keeps coming up with awesome recipes! The whole soup and cornbread combo looks so comforting. This will be next on my testing list! :-)
- October 2, 2009 at 8:10 AM
It's so funny that you posted this. I was just thinking to myself today that I needed to make some chili and cornbread for dinner real soon. I love that your grandma is creating recipes for you, that's so cool.
- October 2, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- Knit-Picky Veganista said...
the soup is incredible, all of it is - the month of MoFo has begun beautifully with The Crunk!! Yo Go, Mo Fo!
- October 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Deborah said...
hi, i have been reading your blog for awhile now but couldn't access the tester page to be able to try the recipes you keep posting fantastic pictures of. could you invite me to be able to see it?
- October 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Veg*n Foodie said...
Looks delish, and you can't go wrong with cornbread ever!
- October 2, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Jenn said...
I'm freeezing. Soup and corn bread sounds delicious and warming! Granny rules.
- October 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM
- The Vegan Food Snob said...
what a booootiful bowl of soup!
- October 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM
- Gina said...
I love when my cornbread actually has pieces of corn in it. That soup looks completely fabulous and warm and yummy.
- October 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Bianca said...
Hey Deborah! If you wanna be a tester, shoot me an email on my profile page. I can set ya up. I tried clicking through your profile, but it said I didn't have access. :-)
- October 2, 2009 at 4:36 PM
- KTBuns said...
Ooh, jalapeno cornbread sounds so tasty! :P
- October 2, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Cornbread with hotsauce on a hot soup. Comfort food Bianca whoohoo. I love corn bread.I use to by Jiffy in Barbados and I found it too sweet. I love a coarse cornbread that is slightly sweet; Your grand mother is great to be helping out with the book and it is good because the authentic old time touch will be coming out in a lot of those recipes
- October 2, 2009 at 5:13 PM
- Cyn said...
That soup looks freaking delicious. I cannot wait to try it. And I love jalapenos in corn bread.
- October 2, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- The Tofu Lush said...
when is your cookbook going to come out??!! I *need* it! :)
- October 2, 2009 at 10:32 PM
- Megan said...
Ohmygod. That looks like it would hit the spot right about now.
- October 2, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Debra said...
This looks so good! Thank you for sharing.
- October 3, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Looks so good, Bianca! Grannies always do it up best, don't they?
I'm bummed I can't participate in Mofo this year; my schedule is WAY too crazy to be such a good blogger.
I'm excited to read your posts though. Happy weekend!
- October 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Sal said...
yummy. i love cornbread and that soup souns so good!
- October 3, 2009 at 1:59 PM
- Cookie said...
That looks soooooo delicious!!!!!
- October 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- Rita said...
that looks amazing. I love cornbread, but I've never had it in soup before. I'll have to make some next time I cook soup.
- October 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM
- Monique a.k.a. Mo said...
Yum! I am also a fan of sweet cornbread. Mine has to be almost cakey. That soup and cornbread action looks awesome!
- October 3, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- Kelly said...
I want your cookbook. NOW. :)
- October 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM
- Carita said...
Me too :)
- October 4, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Lauren said...
the cornbread looks great!
and i love that you added hot sauce to the top after, i feel like i add hot sauce to everything...haha definitely one of my top five condiments..
- October 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Sarena Shasteen said...
I love the whole slice in there with more hot sauce on top! YUM!!!
- October 4, 2009 at 1:36 PM
- Tiffany said...
That's my go-to winter-spring soup but with kale instead of collards! I'll have to add the cornbread now - looks awesome!
- October 4, 2009 at 8:07 PM
- aTxVegn said...
Your cornbread looks delicious and that is THE best way I've ever seen to eat soup 'n cornbread!
- October 5, 2009 at 8:33 PM
- Melisser; the Urban Housewife said...
What a rad granny & I LOVE cornbread!
- October 7, 2009 at 2:12 PM


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Finding a decent Chinese take away where I live is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It cannot be done. To get good Chinese I have to go to Baaahston into Chinatown for the real stuff. And for good Italian I go to the North End. Do I go into Boston a lot? Hell no. I'm lucky if I cross the bridge to leave the island. So that leaves me with recreating some of my favorite Chinese dishes at home. If any of you are General Tso chicken lovers then have I got the perfect dish for you. This was so so so so good. I'm a fussy eater of my own cooking creations, I have to have perfection or I will not eat it. I scarfed this one down. It was way better than PF Chang's--and that's saying a lot from me. Sorry PF Chang's, I still love you and will still come for the shrimp with candied walnuts & melons.
general dawn's spicy tso chicken
by Dawn
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Vegetable oil, for deep frying
4 boneless chicken breasts (you can use dark meat)
3 eggs
2 ts cayenne pepper
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup plus 2 TB cornstarch
1 – 1 ½ cups of panko crumbs
1 large orange, zested
1 ¼ cups orange juice (with pulp is best)
½ cup dark brown sugar
3-4 TB plum sauce
1 stick of unsalted butter
2 ts hot pepper flakes
2 TB Worcestershire sauce
1 – 2 TB cornstarch
1 red bell pepper, cut into small strips
¼ - ½ cup of sweet & spicy pecans (I found at Trader Joe's)
In a large heavy-bottomed pot, use about one bottle of veggie oil or enough oil to cover your pot about 1/3 of the way full. Heat pot over medium heat until oil reaches 350 degrees F.
Cut chicken into 2 or 3-inch pieces.
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, cayenne, salt & black pepper, set aside.
In another large bowl mix the flour, cornstarch and salt & pepper, set aside.
In a medium bowl put the panko crumbs in.
Dip the chicken in batches, first in egg mixture, then in the flour mixture and shake to coat. Then coat in the panko crumbs, making sure to push down and get them nice and coated. Line them up on a tray to get ready for frying. It's best to let them sit for a few minutes to absorb all the dry coatings.
To prepare sauce use a large sauté pan, melt 6 TB of the butter, then add in the orange zest, orange juice, dark brown sugar, hot pepper flakes and Worcestershire sauce. Stir, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and add in the 3-4 TB of plum sauce, bring to a boil again and sprinkle on the cornstarch (use your hands or a sifter to avoid any cornstarch clumps). Stir well, let cornstarch dissolve, taste as you go, it might need a pinch or two of salt. Let simmer a bit till thickened—maybe 10 minutes? Add the last 2 TB of butter, stir until melted.
Carefully place chicken in hot oil and fry in small batches until golden and crispy; should take about 5 - 8 minutes. Transfer cooked chicken to paper towels to dry a bit. (this recipe belongs to dawn finicane)
Add the cooked chicken to the sauté pan with the sauce and toss until evenly coated. Then add in the red pepper strips and pecans, toss again and serve with white sticky rice.


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Why you should add Verona to your long-term trip
- The City of love is one of the most romantic destinations in the world thanks to the legend of Romeo and Juliet.
- Verona is the fourth Italian city for historical relevance, called "the little Rome" for its monuments.
- The Opera Season in the Arena di Verona, a hundred years of tradition for one of the most fascinating stages in the world; Arena now is the venue of big rock/pop concerts too.
- Food and wine; this region of Italy is one of the most important ones for its red famous red wines like Amarone and Valpolicella, an old tradition since roman times; even Verona typical dishes like Bollito con la Pearà and Risotto are something you can't miss.
- Verona is not just a city, nearby there are many historical sites, the biggest italian lake (Lake Garda), mountains, hills and a unique landscape rich of history and cultures.
Indie travel tipsVerona is less famous abroad as in the same region there is Venice that is most of the times inserted by big tour operators in the main tourist tours to Italy. Many travelers that don't want to stay in crowded tourist places choose to stay here to discover northern Italy by train, in fact, the position of the city is perfect to visit many other destinations that are just 1 hour away (Venice, Milan, Bologna, Mantua just to cite a few).
- Start in Verona city center and get lost among narrow streets, tourists often visit the Arena square and they leave, but the best part of town is the anse of Adige River, Piazza Erbe (the formen roman forum) and Piazza dei Signori.
- Have a walk to Castel San Pietro and Roman theater where you can enjoy one of the best panoramas in town.
- Visit the Giusti Gardens and Villa Giusti, an example of the italian style garden and nearby have a drink at San Giovanni in Valle, a little borgo inside the city, climbed on the Verona hill.
- Have a dinner at Sottoriva, where under the porches locals use to drink wine and specialities with Donkey and Horse (fore example bigoli col muso or pastisada de caval).
- If you like wine have a drink in the Quartiere Carega area, near Portoni Borsari, a fascinating street full of bars and shops.
OverviewShakespeare said "here is no world without Verona walls, but purgatory, torture, hell itself". Thanks to the great poet now the legend of Romeo and Juliet lives in Verona, but even if many tourists come here to see Juliet's balcony (it is a legend, the monument is not the real Juliet's house) Verona is a masterpiece of italian history and art, now in the UNESCO heritage list. In the city you can see how during centuries different cultures were able to maintain the old important monuments and integrate perfectly their owns. For romans Verona was the most important city of northern italy, on the way to the alps, during medieval times Scaligeri Family donated beautiful monuments to the city and magnificent churches were built, Venetian domain during renaissance gave to Verona a touch of the greatness of the republic of Venice and finally Austrian Emperor with its fortresses and walls gave a lot to the city. Even after two world wars Verona was preserved and in some cases rebuilt respecting traditions.
What to seeMain monuments of the center are: Arena and Piazza Bra, Gran Guardia Palace, Castel Vecchio, Porta Borsari and Porta Leoni, romans ruins, Piazza Erbe and Piazza dei Signori, Lamberti tower, Ponte Pietra, the Roman Theater, Castel San Pietro, Giusti Gardens, Scaligeri Graves, Juliet's house and Juliet's grave, the Dome and the church of San Zeno. Near Verona don't miss:
- Lake Garda (Sirmione, Peschiera and Malcesine)
- Valeggio sul Mincio, Sigurtà gardens and Borghetto
- Valpolicella
- The Dolomites
TransportationAirport Valerio Catullo is just a few kilometres from the city center and it serves all the area around, here you can book flights from all the main european cities. Verona Porta Nuova railway station is where you can get fast trains and regional trains too. Car rentals are at the airport or at the station but traveling by car in Italy is often hard and stressful, there are many traffic limitation areas and restrictions.
Where to stayThere are a few options for who wants to find an accommodation in Verona:
- Beautiful elegant hotels like Hotel Due Torri and Hotel Accademia
- Charming apartments in the center like Juliet House apartment or Romeo Apartment
- Cheap b&b from 60€ for a double room
- Hostels from 18€ per person
Holiday Verona is the first blog entirely dedicated to travelers that want to visit Verona. Here they can find info about monuments, traditions, food and people of Verona. Thought for tourists, written by locals.


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Police scientifique
Forensic expertise and the exchange of forensic data is vital to international investigations.
At INTERPOL, we maintain databases of fingerprints and DNA profiles, allowing police across the world to make connections between crimes and crime scenes. We also provide training to police in our member countries, to ensure that frontline officers have the knowledge and skills necessary to assess, preserve and share evidence in line with best practices.
Our three main areas of forensic expertise are:
- 1 Fingerprints
- 4 Facial recognition
- 5 Forensic Symposium
Fingerprint evidence plays a crucial role in criminal investigations. Since a person's fingerprints are unique and do not change during the course of their life, they can be used to quickly and efficiently confirm or disprove a person's identity, for example, in checking a suspect at a border crossing.
In addition, finger marks can be collected at a crime scene and have the potential to link a series of crimes together, or to place a suspect at the scene. Fingerprints play an equally important role in identifying victims following a disaster such as a cyclone, earthquake, bombing or other attack.
INTERPOL's fingerprints database
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Meanwhile, Miller is taking care of his new wife, who he hit in the eye with a golf ball Wednesday.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Monday's "NASCAR Now" Cancelled By Baseball
Update: The rain-delayed baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox will start on ESPN2 at 5PM and that will cancel the afternoon airing of the Monday NASCAR Now roundtable show. Originally scheduled for 5PM, NASCAR Now was moved back to 6PM and has now been cancelled.
The only airing of the Monday show will be at Midnight Eastern Time, 9PM Pacific. At 5PM Around The Horn and then PTI airs on ESPN. A college football game repeat started at 5PM on ESPN Classic for three hours.
Monday's program features Allen Bestwick hosting Rusty Wallace, Brad Daugherty and Ray Evernham talking about the Kansas weekend and previewing Talladega.
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32 comments:
- Anonymous said...
yeah! Now I can actually watch the beginning of the show since I don't get home until 5:30 at the earliest. I wish it was on later every night. It's not something I'm going to bother to record. I certainly don't have an issue with ESPN carrying a live sporting event and re-arranging, even though I have no interest in baseball.
- September 29, 2008 at 1:50 PM
- SonicAD said...
Actually, the situation is now getting even messier... it's raining in Chicago, and will be most of the day, so who knows if there even will be an early edition of NASCAR Now, now.
- September 29, 2008 at 1:53 PM
- SonicAD said...
Also, ESPN2 has a live WNBA playoff game at 7PM, so if the baseball game is delayed by 2 hours, I wouldn't expect NASCAR Now until the midnight repeat slot.
- September 29, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- red said...
sonicad said...
"Actually, the situation is now getting even messier... it's raining in Chicago, and will be most of the day, so who knows if there even will be an early edition of NASCAR Now, now."
oh, well, just . . . hell's bells! even when espn tries to do the right thing, it blows up on their face.
as young mr busch is discovering. karma extracts a heavy price.
- September 29, 2008 at 2:40 PM
- SonicAD said...
Looking at the radar right now, we're in for at least another hour of rain... the question now is if they'll do whatever it takes to get the game in today, or be willing to delay it until tomorrow. The forecast for today shows rain until 9PM Eastern.
If they really have to, they probably can postpone it until tomorrow, since the Rays/AL Central winner series doesn't start until Thursday (remembering that if the Sox beat the Tigers, they need another game with the Twins to decide the division), but there's also a chance of rain on Wednesday, so I don't think they want to take the chance of delaying the start of that series. I'm guessing they'll do whatever they can to get it in today.
- September 29, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- alex said...
I'll echo what everyone else is saying... I've been watching ESPN2 trying to see the baseball game. They've been doing updates every 10-15 minutes, so they're committed to the whole game.
This is ESPN's last baseball game of the year, since all playoffs are on TBS and FOX. They'll do whatever they can to make sure the whole thing is shown.
If there is a WNBA game later, it's possible that Nascar Now moves to ESPN Classic. Classic just has an old football game on, so it would make pretty good sense to put it over there.
- September 29, 2008 at 3:15 PM
- alex said...
On WGN, they've said the game is scheduled to start at 2:30 central, 3:30 eastern. If they start on time and it's a quick game, Nascar Now still has a chance.
- September 29, 2008 at 3:23 PM
- SonicAD said...
Well, USA Today just said the start time is now 4:05 Eastern, so unless the game is still being rained on at 5, I say NASCAR Now is a wash... unless it's still raining from 5-6PM, where I expect they'd still show NASCAR Now at its scheduled time.
- September 29, 2008 at 3:28 PM
- alex said...
WGN just said another 45 minutes - 1 hour for the rain, then another half hour to remove the tarp and prepare the field for play. Looks like they'll start at 4:45-5:00, and even cut into the WNBA game. Oh well...
- September 29, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- SonicAD said...
The tarp's off, start time right now is 5PM Eastern.
- September 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
This from ESPN: The afternoon showing of NASCAR Now has been cancelled. The only airing of this Monday program will be at Midnight Eastern Time tonight.
There ya go folks! That was at 4:52PM.
- September 29, 2008 at 4:54 PM
- SonicAD said...
No problem then. I'm glad ESPN picked up this game nationally, since it's of such huge playoff importance (granted, WGN has it too and can be seen nationally anyways, but ESPN had the chance to grab it, so I can see why they did.). Would've rather watched it on FSN Detroit, but they decided not to carry it, probably since it's meaningless for the Tigers.
- September 29, 2008 at 5:02 PM
- Vicky D said...
Guess we know where ESPN's priorities lie now, don't we? I know we live in a national league city, and don't know much about these teams even and is it a playoff game or regular season game, I don't know. I thought the season was over already I can't keep up with anything anymore. Nascar is way too late tonight for me to watch too. JD give us a rundown of it tomorrow. Thanks!
- September 29, 2008 at 5:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is a big game. If the White Sox win, they'll be tied with the Minnesota Twins for the AL Central lead. The Twins will then have to play the White Sox tomorrow in a tie-breaker game. If the White Sox lose today, the Twins win the AL Central.
I'm a Twins fan and the last week has been kind of stressful. The Twins have had ups and downs during that time. Now I've got to sit through this game and potentially another game tomorrow.
I'm a NASCAR fan as well but I'm glad ESPN picked up this game.
- September 29, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- penny said...
I just checked out the NASCAR TV line up for this weekend and the only thing that ABC/ ESPN is covering is the race on Sunday on ABC. Practice and qualifying are going to be on SPEED. Great, wish it was that way all the time.
- September 29, 2008 at 6:17 PM
- majorshouse said...
I guess again we should not be surprised at anything that the four letter network does to racing. It is abundantly clear that they hate NASCAR and really wish that the powers that be in Daytona Beach would find a way to end the contract with them. I hate this since I don't have dvr yet and will not stay up to see it and will just have to read the blog tomorrow to find out what went on there.
- September 29, 2008 at 7:46 PM
- alex said...
That had nothing to do with ESPN's like or dislike of Nascar. The game was scheduled for 2pm. Normally it would have been over by 5, and Nascar Now would have have gone on without a problem. This is exactly the same as when a Nascar race is rain-delayed, the network still sticks with it when it may go past the scheduled time.
And since the game had playoff implications, the channel needs to stick with it. Especially since they had advertised it all day. Maybe the rain hates Nascar, but not ESPN. (in this case, anyway.)
- September 29, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- SonicAD said...
This is like if a NASCAR race got rained out, and canceled other programming when it ran the next day. The game is a rain makeup that had to be held after the end of the season, (and as such, it was a very, very important game) and they still planned to play NASCAR Now afterwards, if this game hadn't gotten delayed by rain further today. Yes, they picked up the baseball game at the last minute, but that's not anything against NASCAR, they did not plan to bump NASCAR Now any further than to 6PM today, that's just how it happened due to rain. I totally agree with them on this one, it's going to happen occasionally on a network that has multiple sports contracts, and the same thing could've happened in reverse.
- September 29, 2008 at 8:37 PM
- Lou said...
I can understand the schedule change. I usually only watch NN on Monday only. And I will either record it or watch it at midnight. No big deal. And I did watch the baseball game.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Perhaps, using ESPN Classic to show NASCAR Now might have been a nice touch.
The re-air of an early season college football game from Saturday vs. NASCAR Now was really the question.
We got the answer.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:25 PM
- PammH said...
Even tho alot of Nascar fans do not get Classic, I have to agree w/you here. At least a few of us would have seen it. Just shows once again we need a Nascar channel.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:33 PM
- alex said...
Actually, it wasn't even a replay of a Saturday game. It was a 1997 Nebraska game. So, less important than current games, yet more important than Nascar Now.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- Tracy said...
We just changed our cable provider so we could get ESPN Classic just on the chance Nascar would get shifted over there in a pinch.Also, we wanted to see the classic race they were showing the other day. I would have liked to have seen NN on it.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM
- majorshouse said...
Since that was not even a current game, it goes back to what I said earlier about how the four letter network thinks about NASCAR. I don't see why they could not have used the classic channel to show NASCAR Now at 5:00, I really do not think anyone would have missed the game from 1997.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- haus20 said...
Honestly, I don't even care that it was bumped. I DVR it anyway and fast forward through most of it. I now get most my info from Jayski and TDP. I am down to basically watching the racing only on TV.
For those who are upset that NN got bumped for live sports, I hope that happens no matter what show is on. I want ESPN to show a live sporting event over a taped recap show.
As JD said, it would have been nice for them to move the show over to Classic.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:38 PM
- haus20 said...
I guess I should clarify my lack of caring...I have lost interest in the program...I understand for those who don't have a DVR that midnight can be late to stay up to catch the show, but for me the show simply does not provide any new info for the day.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
I *could* tape at midnight but probably won't. Rain and such will always screw up a schedule, whether it's racing or baseball, I have no issue with ESPN other than the lack of using Classic. I'll never understand watching a game or race or match from 10 years ago. Who cares.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
This wasn't a poor decision by ESPN and the decision to show the baseball game instead of Nascar Now is a good one.
However, since these types of things have happened all season long with ESPN and Nascar (usually for delayed Nationwide races or canceled prerace shows because of college football), the network loses a lot of the "benefit of the doubt" feelings from most fans.
- September 29, 2008 at 11:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wonder if ESPN tries to reserve ESPN Classic for live overflow, though? The deciding game of the WNBA Eastern Conference Championship was moved to ESPN Classic this evening when baseball had the rain delay. When baseball was finished, WNBA came back to ESPN2. (Sound familiar, Nationwide Series fans?)
Just seems to be the way ESPN runs these days, and no fans are happy.
WNBA fans were just as upset tonight as NASCAR fans get when the races are moved to Classic, because so many people don't get that channel and it was a playoff game. ESPN is going to make everyone mad eventually until they officially turn ESPN Classic into ESPN3 and make it available in most homes. If they make Classic into the NFL Network instead as was rumored earlier this year, they'll just be inviting trouble.
- September 30, 2008 at 12:07 AM
- alex said...
What WNBA fans?
I kid, I kid....
- September 30, 2008 at 12:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
What WNBA fans?
That's actually code for "the players' parents."
- September 30, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
What WNBA fans?
That's actually code for "the players' parents."
September 30, 2008 9:54 AM
Laugh all you want, but realize that many people have the exact same view of NASCAR that you do of the WNBA - apparently including many at ESPN. Not a good time to be taking a superior view that your sport is better than another in the eyes of TV networks.
Fans of niche sports in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...
- September 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM


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Clinical Trials
Improving Blood Safety and HIV Testing in Brazil
Blood Systems Research Institute
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First received: February 29, 2012
Last updated: January 16, 2018
Last Verified: January 2018
History of Changes
Conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the hypothesis that offering client-centered HIV counseling and testing (HCT) to blood donor candidates will reduce the risk of HIV contamination in the blood supply and also increase appropriate referrals to preventive and care services to persons in need in São Paulo, Brazil.
Herpes Simplex 2
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Chagas Disease
Behavioral : HIV Counseling and Testing
Behavioral : Blood Donation
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Improving Blood Safety and HIV Testing in Brazil: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Further study details as provided by Blood Systems Research Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures
HSV-2 Prevalence in Blood Donors
[ Time Frame: Up to three years. ]
As a biological marker for elevated risk for HIV, we will compare the prevalence of HSV-2 among donors choosing testing to those choosing to donate when offered the choice.
Intervention Impact in Blood Donors
[ Time Frame: Up to three years. ]
The impact of the intervention will be measured as an increase in persons receiving their test results, disclosure counseling and referrals.
- Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections in Blood Donors
[ Time Frame: Up to three years. ]
Differences in prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections (HIV, HCV, HBV, syphilis, HTLV I/II, Chagas disease) between arms.
|Study Start Date:
|August 1, 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|January 31, 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 31, 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Approved Intervention Counseling
Approved blood donors randomized to intervention and choosing HIV counseling option with no donation.
HIV Counseling and Testing
HIV counseling and testing in lieu of blood donation.
Approved Intervention Donation
Approved blood donors randomized to intervention and choosing donation with no HIV counseling.
Blood Donation
Blood donation without HIV counseling
Deferred Intervention
Deferred blood donors randomized to intervention with HIV counseling.
HIV Counseling and Testing
HIV counseling and testing in lieu of blood donation.
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Although all donated blood is screened for HIV antibodies, a residual risk of contamination
persists due to the immunological window period before antibodies are detectable. Deferral of
donors with behavioral risks for HIV is one means to reduce window period contamination;
recruitment of voluntary donors from the community (versus family replacement donors) is held
to be another. Contrary to expectation, a shift to community donors has not resulted in a
decrease in HIV prevalence in units of blood collected by the investigators transfusion
service. The investigators preliminary research indicates that some persons at elevated risk
use donation as a means of testing for HIV. These test-seeking donors have high trust in the
blood bank, do not know other places to receive testing, have low understanding of the
immunological window period and believe it is acceptable to deny risk in order to be tested
through donation. The test-seeking phenomenon may therefore threaten the safety of the blood
supply. Test seeking at blood banks also ill serves persons who need risk reduction
counseling because they cannot disclose their true behavior during the donation process and
still be tested. Donors also have a low rate of return for test results and therefore do not
receive confirmation or referrals to care.
To assess whether HCT at the time of donation will improve blood safety and address prevention and care needs, the investigators will randomize donor candidates to be offered this service on-site. As a biological marker for elevated risk for HIV, the investigators will compare the prevalence of HSV-2 among donors choosing testing to those choosing to donate when offered the choice (Aim 1). The impact of the intervention will be measured as an increase in persons receiving their test results, disclosure counseling and referrals (Aim 2). Secondary outcomes include differences in prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections (HIV, HCV, HBV, syphilis, HTLV I/II, Chagas disease), donor motivations (e.g., test-seeking vs. altruism), donor deferral rates, use of confidential unit exclusion, satisfaction with procedures of the blood bank and volume of blood available for use. RCT results will provide rigorous evidence for or against the provision of on-site HCT as an effective means to improve blood safety and link individuals to needed health services.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Study subjects will be Portuguese-speaking persons age 18-65 years (determined by Brazilian law to be the age of donation), who present to donate blood at our center during the study period and who provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- All those not meeting inclusion criteria.
Contacts and LocationsChoosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision.Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01681420
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|Fundação Pró-sangue Hemocentro de São Paulo
|Sao Paulo, Brazil, 05403-000
Sponsors and CollaboratorsBlood Systems Research Institute
|Principal Investigator:
|Thelma T. Goncalez, MD, PhD
|Blood Systems Research Institute
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|Blood Systems Research Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01681420 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 29, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 16, 2018
Keywords provided by Blood Systems Research Institute:HIV counseling
Blood donor HIV testing
Blood banks
Blood donors
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Herpes Simplex
Chagas Disease
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With the end of the Fall Cup series vastly approaching, racers have been bringing their "A" game these last few rounds. A ton of awesome prizes on the line, which will be awarded at round six of the series, have riders stepping things up in hopes of bringing home more than just another race weekend memory. Round five of the Fall Cup was hosted at Glen Helen Raceway and the notoriously rough track did not disappoint, once again. Showers have been hitting the San Bernardino, CA based motocross track over the last day or so and upon arrival, it was clear that the day was going to be an interesting one.
Rain clouds lingered over-head all day today, but thanks to the sponsors on vendor's row, everything needed for a rainy day of racing was at the riders disposal for the day's racing. BTO Sports was on hand supplying racers with everything from motor oil to grips and levers. BTO Sports was even selling the very canopy that they were using to keep their products out of the rain. EKS Brand Goggles were keeping things clear for the racers, which was a crucial aspect of the day's racing in the thick and sloppy mud. Again, the Factory Connection crew was helping racers with tech support and suspension setup, which was also of major importance because of the rough track conditions. Also, Aflac Insurance was preaching to riders the importance of an insurance policy in the case of a bad accident. Vendor's row had everyone covered in just about every way possible, but a special thanks goes out to the staff at Glen Helen Raceway for doing a great job with the track in such treacherous conditions.
It's safe to say that racing in the mud can really separate the good riders from the better riders, but when the mud turned into rough and deep ruts, which were littered everywhere, the really talented racers were able to shine. Amongst some of the day's fastest was Colton Aeck who made it look like just another practice day in the soupy conditions. Aeck would walk away with a few moto wins in his respected Pro motos. Another rider making everything look easy was Max Sisco. Good starts were key in the mud and Sisco started his day off on a good note by getting a holeshot and a moto win for his first race of the day and continued that momentum into the rest of his motos. Another top guy was Honda rider Wesley Parker. Parker was a moto winner on more than one occasion in his respected Open(non-pro) and 450B class motos. Although Parker suffered from a little bobble in the mud, he was able to rebound and make it another good day of racing.
Unfortunately for everybody, the sixth and final round of the Fall Cup series had to be cancelled due to weather conditions, but stay tuned to TWMX.com for a rescheduled date of round six. We hope to see you at the final race of 2012 for the Muscle Milk/ TWMX Race Series tour. Check out the photos below for some of round five's action in the mud.


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|Travel Document for Maria Gereken 1867
I know this because I soon found details from my trees (details that only I knew) published elsewhere, with no link back to me and no mention that I was the source. It wasn't gratitude or thanks that I wanted. What I wanted was the connection with other descendants! I wanted the opportunity to share information and photos, and to find out how this new "cousin" fit in to the family.
It was also distressing to see my trees merged with other trees and the resulting mess that often ensued. Many family tree researchers don't look at the facts and assess them to see if they fit with their ancestors. One of the worst I ever saw was a tree that was a compilation of other trees, complete with "sources". But the "sources" when checked, did not match the facts for the individual! I hated seeing my careful research mangled into something unrecognizable. And no, I'm not saying I am infallible. My research can lead my astray. But I'm methodical and cautious and I analyse the sources and facts within before adding them to my tree.
So I deleted my online trees in favour of "teasers" on my Olive Tree Genealogy website. These "teasers" were just a brief summary of my tree, and a prominent email link for descendants to contact me. They work well and they provide me with new cousins with whom I can share information and stories.
But last year I grit my teeth and put my youngest son's family tree on a third party website. I did this because I wanted to share the information I had on the family. It was proving difficult to research, as the immigrant ancestors were from Germany and settled in Yorkshire England circa 1869. I also hoped that the broader exposure than my website could give the family would result in a descendant or two finding me.
Yesterday it paid off. I was contacted by a man who is descended from the sister of my son's great-grandpa Schulze. And best of all his family has the Family Bible! Soon I was looking at scanned images of three pages of the births and deaths of the children of the immigrant ancestors Henry and Mary Schulze. I also learned their German names - Georg Heinrich Christian Schulze and Maria Catharina Friederike Gereken. The Bible entries are in beautiful ornate script, no doubt written by Maria herself at the birth of each of her children.
This new-found cousin is a wealth of information. He also shared the scanned Travel Documents issued to Mary Gereken in 1867 when she planned to leave Germany for England. I asked his permission to share these records with other family members and it was quickly granted. This is a very exciting find and one I'm anxious to share with my son and his Schulze aunt.
But I'm still not going to put my entire family tree online. This encounter was a wonderful example of the best that can come from putting your tree "out there". But I believe it's atypical and as happy and excited as I am, I don't trust that I will be lucky enough to have that good experience again. The ugly part of online trees have scared me off.


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Despite a furious lobbying effort by the Catholic Church, the Obama administration today said it won't weaken new rules that will require most health insurance plans to offer women prescription contraceptives at no additional out-of-pocket cost.
The final version of the rules will give religious-based hospitals, universities, charities, and other organizations whose primary purpose is not religious, an additional year to come into compliance with the contraceptive requirement. Churches are exempt.
But even a face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office last November between President Obama and the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops failed to change the administration's position to allow a broader exemption.
"This decision was made after very careful consideration, including the important concerns some have raised about religious liberty," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement. "I believe this proposal strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services."
That is not, however, how the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sees it. "To force American citizens to choose between violating their consciences and forgoing their healthcare is literally unconscionable," said the group's president, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, in a statement. "It is as much an attack on access to health care as on religious freedom."
And the additional year? "In effect, the president is saying we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences," Dolan said.
But while the bishops — and many of the Republican presidential candidates — have accused the Obama administation of waging a war on religion, women's groups are hailing the decision.
"This is a health care issue," said Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood. "It was based on what's good for women's health."
Richards also pointed out that, despite the bishops' claims, many religious organizations currently offer birth control as a covered health benefit. "It hasn't been an issue before," she said.
The decision has broad ramifications. "Virtually all women from all religious backgrounds use contraception at some point in their lives to protect their health and plan their families and their lives," said Laura W. Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's legislative office in Washington. "With today's action, the administration refused to give religious employers the right to discriminate."
But while the rules are now final, the bishops say the fight is not over. They are vowing to fight, in court if necessary, to have the administration's decision overturned.
The Obama administration announced today that it would not weaken new rules that require insurers to offer women contraceptives at no additional cost. That's despite a furious lobbying effort by the Catholic Church. As NPR's Julie Rovner reports, the decision has won praise from women's health groups, but it opens the administration to charges that it's hostile to religious freedom.
JULIE ROVNER, BYLINE: The decision to require nearly all health insurance plans to cover prescription birth control without requiring women to pay a deductible or co-payment actually came last August. Here's how Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius put it at the time.
SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS: Since birth control is the most common drug prescribed to women ages 18 to 44, insurance plans should cover it. Not doing it would be like not covering flu shots.
ROVNER: The administration exempted churches from the contraceptive coverage requirement, but not religious-based hospitals, universities, charities and other organizations whose primary purpose is not religious. That launched a furious backlash, primarily from the Catholic Church, which claimed its members would be forced to choose between offering contraceptives which violate its teachings, or not offering its workers health insurance at all. Last November, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, took his complaints directly to the Oval Office. Sister Mary Ann Walsh, the spokeswoman for the bishops, confirmed reports that the talks seem to go well from their point of view.
SISTER MARY ANN WALSH: I think that the president has said he wouldn't do anything to hinder the church's ministry.
ROVNER: Which is why, says Walsh, Dolan was not pleased when the president called him personally this morning to inform him of the decision not to substantially alter the requirements.
WALSH: It's an unconscionable decision, really. It's unconscionable to force citizens to buy contraceptives against their will. This is an assault on religious freedom.
ROVNER: Of course no individual will be required to purchase contraceptives. She's talking about the employers who will have to offer them as part of insurance coverage. The final version of the rules, announced today, does give religious universities, hospitals and the like an additional year - until August of 2013 - to come into compliance with the contraceptive coverage rule. But it does not provide them an exemption, which the bishops find unacceptable.
WALSH: A year to decide how to violate your conscience?
ROVNER: That's no solution, she says. But while the bishops - and many of the Republican presidential candidates - have accused the Obama administration of waging a war on religion. Women's groups are hailing the decision.
CECILE RICHARDS: This is a health care issue that's based on what's good for women's health.
ROVNER: Cecile Richards is president of Planned Parenthood. And Richards says it's not just about health, but also economics.
RICHARDS: A lot of women are still paying, even with insurance, are paying $50 a month for birth control. And at a time where women, families are struggling, this is an enormous advance.
ROVNER: Richards also points out that despite the bishops' claims, many Catholic institutions already offer contraceptive coverage as part of their health insurance package.
RICHARDS: It's the most common medicine women use, and this will mean that women, regardless of their - you know, where they work, what their religion is, will have access, equal access, to birth control coverage. And that's really what this is about.
ROVNER: But while the rules are now final, the bishops say the fight is not over. They are vowing to have them overturned, in court if necessary. Julie Rovner, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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There must be some reason that the Fascist religious crackpots at FetusFetishOnline are flogging this collection of abortion polls as a "Prolife Polling Resource", but I'll be damned if I know what it is. Painstakingly assembled by the Evangelical Fellowship and datamined from years of polls, it's generally good news for prochoicers. Good old news, since it only confirms what we already know: that Canada is a vehemently prochoice country. It can't be a relief to fetus fetishists to know that in this great country of ours the wearing of animal fur is considered more morally unacceptable than abortion.
Not that there isn't the occasional ripe-sounding data to be cherrypicked, like the one indicating that about half the country would favour gestational limits on abortion. Far be it from me to rain on their parade — oh, shit on that, who am I kidding? I take great pleasure in noting that while this gestational limit thing might sound good for antichoicers at first blush, unpack it a little and what it really shows is support for abortion rights, just not as framed in the question. Any respondent who answered "No" to "Should women be able to have abortions any time during pregnancy?" would go in the "favours gestational limits" column. And — oh no, somebody stop me, I'm about to take the Mighty Pinprick of Truth to a few more of their party balloons — with so many fetus fetishists preferring the brain-damaged "All Or Nothing, Egg Personhood, Stop Embryo Oppression" approach, the idea that half of Canadians would accept gestational limits under 9 months must be cold comfort.
Then there's the data we've already seen in poll after poll, but which I'm only too happy to see again: like the clear plurality of Canadians that think abortion is "morally acceptable" and do NOT want the so-called "abortion debate" re-opened, or don't give a shit either way. Can you say "MASSIVE ProChoice Majority"?
Why Lifesite would choose to publish this less-than-encouraging data at the height of the battle of words & wits over Motion 312 is a mystery. But then again, why not: it's in line with the haphazard and utterly clueless way the rest of the M312 campaign has been run, a confused and riotous crusade of Twitterspam, fetusmobiles, inconsistencies, transparent lies and general dumbness. For an initiative thought by some to be the last kick at the anti-abortion can for a long, long time, the ineptitude of its handling has been breathtaking to behold.
And fun to watch. Did I mention fun to watch?
(h/t fern hill on Twitter)


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In one of the eight stories in Karen Russell's new collection, a group of dead presidents has been reincarnated as horses. Rutherford B. Hayes, a skewbald pinto, frantically licks the palm of a girl in a secret code that he's worked out, revealing his true identity and asking her to alert the authorities. "Ha-ha!" the girl laughs. "That tickles."
I know, you're probably thinking: "Dead presidents reincarnated as horses? Oh, come on, Meg, that sounds like the plot of so many short stories."
I'm kidding, of course. I'm well aware that it sounds like the plot of no other short story on earth, because Russell's work is original. "Original" is a word that gets applied to books as frequently as a 20-percent-off sticker at Barnes & Noble, but in this case it's accurate. I admired the access that she seems to have to the dense and dreamy material that lies deep inside the brain. I found myself wondering whether more writers, given the same access, would let themselves write so wildly and freely. I hope they would; I know I'd like to.
Consider the title story, in which two vampires have installed themselves in a lemon grove in Italy. They've found that burying their fangs in lemons offers a brief release, or at least a distraction, from the constant, eternal hum of their blood lust (the narrator accomplishes this by disguising himself as a harmless old Italian nonno). But that itch, that ache, won't go away, and the craving starts to resemble an existential longing.
The story could easily have had another title, borrowed from Nathan Englander's famous collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. Much more like Englander than, say, Stephenie Meyer, who started this current literary vampire trend that just won't die, Russell is highly invested in language. Her writing is linguistically complex and witty, not to mention dense with ideas, weird, and often profound.
Those qualities inform all the stories in this volume, but the most observable strand running through them is Russell's interest in transformation. Actually, "interest" is maybe too weak a word. She seems to be hammering out her preoccupation with the idea that we aren't securely fixed in space and time, but that we might just change at any moment, even against our will. And, worse, we might change into something disgusting, or violent, or powerless, or shameful.
In the story "Reeling for the Empire," girls who've been imprisoned in a silk factory start to turn into silkworms. And in the dead presidents story, "The Barn at the End of Our Term," even the most establishy establishment figures aren't safe. The poor vampires of the title story are forced to change and adapt over time to survive. In their monstrousness is a kind of terrible helplessness, and in this, Russell, like many writers, owes a debt to Mary Shelley.
The transformation is subtler in my favorite story, "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis." It's about a group of boys who, owing to the requirements of masculinity and a cruel culture, become predators. Their prey? The eponymous Eric Mutis, wearer of Hoops sneakers. "At school, we made a point of stealing Hoops from any kid stupid enough to wear them — Hoops were imitation Nikes, glittered with an insulting ersatz gold, and just the sight of a pair used to enrage me. The H logo was a flamboyant way to announce to your class: Hey, I'm poor!"
The narrator and his friends are relentless in their torment of Eric, who is ugly, graceless, charmless and never fights back. But Eric allows himself to become his own kind of monster, to adapt to the unspeakable cruelty at school but also, hinted, at home. And so, when a scarecrow appears, bound to a tree, the boys realize it is in the image of Eric Mutis. Could it even somehow literally be Eric Mutis himself? And if so, what is Russell trying to say?
She's a writer who leaves a wide berth for ambiguity in all her work, so it's not always easy to tell. But what's obvious is that the atmosphere created here is one of tension and even, eventually, well-earned fear.
From time to time, the combination of supernatural and lyrical makes it read a little bit like Ray Bradbury with a creative writing degree. But while Bradbury was a master of suspense and surprise, he tended to have easily understandable intentions. Russell doesn't. Just when you think you know exactly what she's thinking, she goes somewhere deeper and more unusual. In Russell's world, horses in a barn were once leaders of the free world; vampires seek solace in citrus fruit; and scarecrows can be people. I left this book excited by the transformations that take place not only in a great book, but also in its reader. I'm not a monster — at least, not yet — but I'm a fan.
Meg Wolitzer's upcoming book is called The Interestings.
Karen Russell's first novel, "Swamplandia," made a splash when it was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Russell's latest book is a collection of short stories called "Vampires in the Lemon Grove." Meg Wolitzer has this review.
MEG WOLITZER, BYLINE: Karen Russell's writing is original. I know, you're thinking, oh, come on, Meg. Calling a writer original is like saying a book was 20 percent off at Barnes and Noble. But in this case, it's true.
In one story, a group of dead presidents are reincarnated as horses. One of them tries to talk to a girl by licking her palm in a secret code. He is Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th president of the United States of America, he says. She should alert the local officials. But the girl just laughs. That tickles.
This is why I love Karen Russell. All the stories are premised on these really bizarre, complex ideas. It makes you wonder if other writers out there have this kind of imagination and they don't tap into it because they're afraid no one will know what they're talking about. Maybe she's just the only one who is brave enough not to worry about that.
In another story, two vampires are living in a lemon grove in Italy. They've realized that if they bite lemons, they get a little relief from their constant bloodlust, but it never really goes away. It's an existential thing.
Another theme that keeps coming up in this collection is the idea of transformation. People could change at any minute, and worse, they - or maybe we - could become disgusting or violent or embarrassing.
One story is called "Reeling for the Empire." It's about these girls who are trapped in a silk factory, and they start to turn into the silkworms. The "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" have to adapt over time in order to survive. In "The Barn at the End of Our Term" - which is the one about the dead presidents - even the most establish-y establishment figures aren't safe. They all have this kind of terrible helplessness.
And then there's my favorite story: "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis." It also has a transformation, but it's more subtle. It's about a group of boys who are bullies. Their prey is Eric Mutis, and the narrator explains that they beat him up in part because of his sneakers.
At school, we made a point of stealing Hoops from any kid stupid enough to wear them. Hoops were imitation Nikes, he says. The H logo was a flamboyant way to announce to your class: Hey, I'm poor. He disappears, and no one notices. Then the boys find a scarecrow tied to a tree, and they realize it looks just like Eric Mutis. But could it literally be him?
Karen Russell leaves a lot of ambiguity in her work, and it's not always easy to tell what the facts are. But what's clear in this story is the atmosphere: The boys are terrified, and the reader is, too, and that's the product of a skillful writer. In Karen Russell's collection, horses are presidents, vampires suck lemons and scarecrows are people. I finished it feeling transformed myself. I'm not a monster - at least not yet. But after reading this collection, I'm a fan.
SIEGEL: The short story collection is called "Vampires in the Lemon Grove," written by Karen Russell. Her newest fan is reviewer Meg Wolitzer. Wolitzer's next novel, out soon, is called "The Interestings." And for our younger listeners who love to read, a Backseat Bookclub reminder: Keep reading "Okay for Now," by Gary Schmidt, and then send in your comments or questions to email@example.com, and stay tuned for our conversation. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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- 1 Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
- 2 Features
- 3 Running XBMC
- 4 Configuring File Shares
- 5 Xlink Kai
- 6 Xbox Media Center Online Manual
- 7 References
Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
Xbox Media Center (XBMC)[1] is a feature-rich open source media player for the Xbox -- a software program which plays video, music and displays pictures/images from the Xbox DVD-ROM drive, built-in harddisk drive, local-area-network or the internet. XBMC is the successor to Xbox Media Player (XBMP) (XBMP). XBMC is a complete rewrite of XBMP by the same developer-team. XBMC was publicly announced in October 2003.
XBMC can play media from CD/DVD media using the Xbox's built-in DVD-ROM drive. It can also play media from the Xbox's built-in harddisk-drive, stream it over an SMB/SAMBA/CIFS share (Windows File-Sharing), Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) share, XBMSP (XBox Media Stream Protocol) share, or stream iTunes-shares via DAAP. XBMC takes advantage of the Xbox ethernet-network-port and broadband internet if available, using the IMDb to obtain thumbnails and reviews on movies, CDDB (via FreeDB) for Audio-CD track-listings) and album-thumbnails via AMG, stream internet-video-streams, and play internet-radio-stations (such as SHOUTcast). XBMC also includes the option to submit music usage statistics to Audioscrobbler and Last.fm, it has music/video-playlist and picture/image-slideshow functions, a weather-forecast (via Weather.com) and MP3+CDG karaoke function, plus many audio-visualizations. XBMC can also upconvert all 480p/576p standard-resolution videos and output them to 720p or 1080i HDTV-resolutions. In addition is a frontend for an Xbox Live alternative (called "XLink Kai") integrated, enabling you to control the engine running separately and play system-link/LAN-enabled Xbox games online without leaving your television.
Running XBMC
XBMC requires a modchip[2] or softmod[3] to run. For the software exploit you can use a USB Thumbdrive instead of the Action Replay device. [4][5][6] The T3CH distribution seems the most stable.[7]
There are four alternatives for streaming media from the LinkStation to the XBMC[8]
Using Samba
Windows File Sharing (SMB/SAMBA/CIFS) is the most capable method of sharing media. It is is capable of streaming all types of media and gives the option of sharing individual folders or entire drives, (including CD/DVD-ROM drives).
UPnP Sharing
XBMC also supports UPnP[9] (short for "Universal Plug and Play") shares. This is an extremely easy, user-friendly way to stream your media over your network. Like SMB/SAMBA/CIFS it is capable of streaming all types of media and gives the option of sharing individual folders or entire drives. Note that you must be using an XBMC build from 10th of July 2006 or newer in order to use this functionality.
- TwonkyVision UPnP MediaServer
- GMediaServer - GNU UPnP media server (MIPSel)
- Ushare - UPnP Media Server for Linux
- MediaTomb - Free UPnP MediaServer
- DLNA compliant Mediabolic Mediaserver in LinkStation HS
The XBMS Protocol
XBMSP (XBox Media Stream Protocol) or XBMS for short is another way of sharing media, supposedy it is faster than Samba. It is capable of streaming all types of media and gives the option of sharing individual folders or entire drives. XBMS is very bandwith efficient and it is a routable network-protocol which means that it is also ideal if you wish to stream over the internet, (just make sure you open the TCP/IP network-port 1400 in your firewalls on both both the server-side and the client side). For linux XBMSP support is provided by ccXStream.[10] Once you install ccXStream on your LinkStation all you have to do is configure your XMBC to use the media share.[11]
Ccxstream - compile from source
- Install the Precompiled C development environment, running on the LS
- Get the source tarball and compile
wget http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xbplayer/ccxstream-1.0.15.tar.gz tar -xvzf ccxstream-1.0.15.tar.gz cd ccxstream-1.0.15 make cp ccxstream /usr/local/bin mkdir /usr/doc/ccxstream cp COPYRIGHT /usr/doc/ccxstream/ cp ChangeLog /usr/doc/ccxstream/ cp PORTING /usr/doc/ccxstream/ cp README /usr/doc/ccxstream/ cp TODO /usr/doc/ccxstream/ cp xbmsp-xml.txt /usr/doc/ccxstream/ cp xbmsp.txt /usr/doc/ccxstream/
README file
|-l address
|Listen only given local address. Only one -l flag can be given. By default all local interface addresses are listened.
|-p port
|Listen given port (default is 1400).
|-r directory
|Use diven document root (default is current dir). If -S flags are present, it's often the best choice to use an empty directory as a document root. With option -r -user can create a virtual root directory into which the directories can be added with -S flag.
|-u user
|Run as given user. Give up the user privileges and run with as given user instead. You need to have root privileges in order to use this flag.
|-P password
|Require password authentication from the client. Only clients supplying the given password can use the server. The client can also pass an user name in the authentication
step, but it's ignored.
|Follow symbolic links in the data directories. Normally symbolic links are not followed because of security reasons. This option overrides the default and more secure option.
|Fork process to background.
|-F pidfile
|Save pid number to given file. This is especially usable if the server is running in the daemon mode (-f).
|-S mountpoint=dir
|Show dir in the root of the fileserver as mountpoint. Multiple -S flags can be present.
ccxstream -f -F /var/run/ccxstream.pid -P s3cre7 -r /u/documents -S video=/u/videos -S audio=/u/mp3
Run server in background and show directory /u/documents as a root directory of the server. In addition show directory /u/videos in as directory video and directory /u/mp3 as directory audio in the document root. All clients need to authenticate with password "s3cre7"
For security reasons symbolic links are not followed. Document root can however be a symbolic link. If you want to use symbolic link to point to a shared directory (-S flag) you can circumvent the symbolic link by adding /. to the end of the path. If for example /u/videos is actually a symbolic link pointing to a real video directory, you can use flag -S video=/u/videos/. instead of plain -S video=/u/videos that would not work with a symlink.
Create a startscript
#! /bin/sh # # CCXSTREAM - see /usr/doc/ccxstream/README for options # # Set SHAREDIR to directory you want to share # Set OPTIONS to other command line options you want SHAREDIR=/mnt/share OPTIONS="-f -F /var/run/ccxstream.pid" # if [ -n "`pidof ccxstream`" ] ; then killall ccxstream 2>/dev/null fi sleep 2 /usr/local/bin/ccxstream -r $SHAREDIR $OPTIONS
Ccxstream daemon
Change the script you just created into a executable file
chmod a+x /etc/init.d/ccxstream
Add to startup and shutdown if you want it to start on system startup
cd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d ln -s ../init.d/ccxstream S75ccxstream cd ../rc0.d ln -s ../init.d/ccxstream K02ccxstream cd ../rc6.d ln -s ../init.d/ccxstream K02ccxstream
Start the ccxstream daemon
iTunes (DAAP)
XBMC has the ability to stream audio files that you set up to share through ITunes. This method is extremely easy to set up and configure, although it is limited to audio files. It will not allow you to share videos, photos or other types of media. It also does not allow you to share entire folders or drives. The Linux implementation of this protocol (previously called Mt-dappd) is Firefly.
Xlink Kai
Xlink is a method (developed by Team-XLink) of online-gaming whereby system-link enabled Xbox games can be 'tricked' into being played across the internet instead of a normal LAN (Local Area Network). For more information see: KAID - XLink Kai online gaming for Xbox, 360, PS2 and PSP
Xbox Media Center Online Manual
- Introduction
- About this Manual
- Features and Supported Formats
Setting Up XBMC
- Installing XBMC
- Bookmarks
- Sharing Media from your PC
- XBMC Settings
- Using Profiles
- The UserData Folder
- Advanced Configuration
General Usage
- Default Controls
- The User Interface
- General
- My Programs
- My Music
- My Pictures
- My Videos
- My Files
- Weather
- Settings
- The Web Interface
- Using Scripts
Inner Workings
- Video Players
- Audio Players
- The XBMC Database
- Skinning XBMC
- Creating Python Scripts
- Appendix A: References
- Appendix B: Troubleshooting
- Appendix C: HOW-TOs / Tips & Tricks
- Appendix D: Development Notes
- Appendix E: Popular Modifications to XBMC and the Xbox
- ↑ Wikipedia: Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
- ↑ Xbox-Scene.com:Modchips for the original Xbox
- ↑ ProductWiki™:How to Go from Xbox to Xbox Media Center in 30 minutes
- ↑ Xbox Linux:USB HOWTO
- ↑ Xbox Linux:Xbox USB Compatibility List
- ↑ Xbox Linux:USB Storage To Xbox Memory Card HOWTO
- ↑ Google Search:T3CH XBMC
- ↑ Xbox Media Center Online Manual:Configuring PC Shares
- ↑ Xbox Media Center Online Manual:UPNP Sharing
- ↑ ccXStream 1.0.15 for Linux
- ↑ Xbox Media Center Online Manual:How to Configure XBMS on XBMC
- ↑ Xbox Media Center Online Manual