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Do you want to make your holiday dining really special? Take a look at our private catering services. Grapevine Catering offers two main ways for you to enjoy our delicious Turkish/British/International catering, all homemade from scratch and fresh for you.
Eat With Us – Private Parties
Get a small group together and come and dine at Villa Cennet Bahcesi. You can enjoy delicious homemade food whilst watching the sun set over Patara. Both indoor and Al Fresco dining options are available, as well as pre and post dinner relaxation in one of our seating areas. We can also arrange transport to and from the villa from Kalkan and the surrounding villages. These evenings are great as a special treat or perhaps as a special celebration.
Eat With Us – Theme Days/Nights
From time to time we organise themed food events, so maybe an English Afternoon Tea, a Curry Night, a Turkish BBQ night, or even a traditional Sunday Roast afternoon. We open these up so smaller groups, couples and individuals can join us without having to find people to make up numbers. They are very popular in summer, so do keep an eye on our Facebook page for upcoming events and book in as dates are announced.
Private Catering Services at Your Villa/Apartment
Kalkan is not short of fabulous restaurants, but about 75% of the accommodation in the area is self-catering. Here at Grapevine Catering we provide the answer on those evenings when you want to eat great food, but going out seems like too much fuss when you are settled in your own space, and cooking is too much effort. Very simply, we come to you, cook you a fantastic meal and can even do the clearing up afterwards. All you have to do is move the few short steps to your dining table, and enjoy.
Cookery Lessons
If learning to cook new dishes is on your wish list, then we can offer you a range of cooking experiences. Deborah can teach on a one2one basis or small groups, British, Turkish or Mediterranean menus, a single dish or a full dinner, meze buffet, etc. Get in touch to chat to Deborah about a bespoke package to suit your requirements.
Below is a list of just some of the dishes we can incorporate in your meal, but the list is not exhaustive and if there is something else you fancy, just ask. A lot of the produce we use is sourced locally and always very fresh.
Turkish Starters
- Green beans in tomato sauce (Zeytinyagli taze fasulye)
- Aubergine salad (Patlican salatasi)
- Fried cauliflower, pepper and onion
- Mucver ( Courgette Fritter)
- Bulgur salad (Kisir)
- Carrot and garlic yoghurt salad (Yogurtlu havuç salatasi)
- Turkish chickpea dip (Nohut ezmesi)
- Muhammara (Roasted pepper ,bread and walnut dip)
- Sigara borek (Cheese and Parsley spring roll)
International Starters
- Tomato tart
- Chicken liver paté
- White fish Goujons with Tartar sauce
- Homemade dips with crudités
- Old-fashioned egg mayonnaise with a twist
- Chicken goujons and chilli dip
- Curry puffs and yoghurt
- Fresh figs with prosciutto and feta.
- Herby stuffed mushrooms
International Mains
- Parmesan chicken
- Lemon chicken
- Stuffed Roasted leg of lamb with apricots and walnuts.
- Baked chicken breast, stuffed with white cheese and mushrooms, coated in sesame seeds
- Slow cooked Chilli con carne(chunks of lean beef)
- Chicken Kiev
- Classic penne Carbonara
- Roasted Chicken legs with Pomegranates and Spinich
- Lamb Shanks cooked with fresh Plums
Turkish Specialities
- Stuffed red peppers with meat and rice (Biber dolmasi)
- Stuffed aubergine with minced beef
- Moussaka
- Sebzeli kofte
- Meatballs cooked in the oven with a rich tomato sauce, potatoes, green peppers, peas, carrots, tomatoes and onion
- Turkish-style grilled chicken with yoghurt and cumin
- Foldover tortilla bake
Comfort Food
- Neapolitan-style meatballs with pasta in tomato sauce
- Lasagne
- Shepherd's Pie
- Toad in the Hole
- Selection of curries
- Roast dinner
- Steak & kidney pie
- Chicken & leek pie
Special Dishes
- Slow roasted shoulder of lamb
- Beef Wellington
- Individual Salmon en Croute
- Chicken Cennet Bahcesi – chicken breast stuffed with a mango & feta stuffing wrapped in bacon
Vegetarian dishes
- Flageolet bean casserole with garlic croutons
- Red onion and feta tart
- Baked spinach risotto
- Courgette, feta & pinenut borek
- Grilled aubergines with spicy chickpeas & walnut sauce
- Glazed carrot, mushroom & hazelnut tart
- Mediterranean baked fish with tomatoes & olives
- Oven baked sea bream stuffed with Buttered leeks,peas and goats cheese.
- Fish with carrots enveloped in paper (Kagitta havuclu balik dolmasi)
- Local trout stuffed with mountain herbs
- Salmon & green bean lasagna
- Apricot and apple lattice tart
- Lemon tart
- Lemon Meringue pie
- Chocolate Pavlova with poached pears and vanilla cream
- Fresh fruit Pavlova
- Chocolate & vanilla fig cake
- Double chocolate muffins
- Baked fruit cheesecake
- Baklava
- Turkish cheeseboard & grapes
- Chocolate pots with Strawberries
- Deep filled Apple and Apricot pie and Vanilla Ice cream
- Orange drop cookies and bitter lemon icecream.
All main dishes are served with a rice/potato side and two seasonal veg or salad. For each group we can offer up to two different mains, two different desserts, whilst starters are a choice of three.
Prices start at £20 per head for a 3 course meal, but as certain special dishes cost more than others, please contact us for more information on pricing based on your exact requirements. There will also be occasions when certain dishes may not be available simply due to unavailability of a main ingredient locally at the time. We can advise on any such issues at the time of booking.
We can also organise extras such as celebration cakes, homemade juices and lemonades, tea and coffee and so on, just ask.


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OEC Mentoring Program 2019/2020
Advanced Bachelor, Master and PhD students of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics
Former students of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics who already have relevant professional experience; members of the alumni associations
From September 9 to 27, 2019
Matching of mentors and mentees is carried out by the Head of Alumni Office Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics. Whether a suitable match is found depends on the number of applications and matches between profiles.
After reviewing the application, the mentor decides on the proposal. If the mentor confirms the suggestion, the mentees will be informed and can commit to participate.
The program starts with a kick-off on November 13, 2019. All registered participants will receive a personal invitation. The event is obligated for mentees.
Agreement has to be filled out and handed in by the end of January or after your first meeting with your mentor.
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Advantages for mentors
- Exchange with students
- Share your personal experiences
- Receive new ideas and fresh knowledge from students
- Expand your network and benefit from the exchange with other mentors
- Reflect your own way of working
Advantages for mentees
- Benefit from our alumni's professional experience
- Gain insight into everyday professional life
- Discuss career ideas and career planning
- Build and expand your professional network
- Invest in your personal development and assess your own abilities and competencies
Commitment as a mentor
Are you an alumna or alumnus of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics? Would you like to support students with regards to career start and career planning?
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As a medical specialist, the orthodontist's work is very much technically inclined. And yet the technicians associated with the orthodontist canton ma clinic are able to put back the smile of so many grateful patients. But many people seem to forget that the application of cosmetically inclined orthodontic features is anything but. More importantly, it is all about providing affected teeth with a veneer of protection if you will.
Veneer shields are, in any case, required to look after recently doctored chipped teeth. And just remember that while yellowing teeth may look pretty darn awful it will be a healthy practice anyhow to have them cleaned to almost near-perfect white by the orthodontist. In fact, the orthodontist has this much to say about allowing him to clean your teeth with his hand pieces every few months. One of the important features of this cleaning practice is that it is going to be a form of preventive medicine.
During the cleaning work, the dentist is able to detect all early warning signs. And when that happens he is able to nip the issue in the bud long before it becomes a really serious and expensive problem. If you are currently looking out for a new practice to see to a first appointment, it is always a nice idea to check out the practice's credentials. And if you happen to notice that the orthodontist has done some extra post-degree training with an American Dental Association approved school then you are probably on the right page.
Regular orthodontics work is going to ensure that your teeth and gums are always relatively free of bacteria and plaque. There is also going to be less of a chance that you will be contracting diseases like diabetes, strokes and the heart.


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|New research suggests that southern Africa's interior climate was much wetter almost 20 million years ago. Photo by NASA/UPI | License Photo
By Brooke Baitinger, UPI
Almost two million years ago, southern Africa's interior climate was far from the desert it is today -- new research shows it was much wetter.
In a paper published this week in Nature Ecology and Evolution, lead author Michaela Ecker, along with an international team of scientists, recreated the environmental change in the interior of southern Africa that occurred over a span of almost two million years.
Ecker is a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Toronto's department of anthropology. Her team studied Africa's Wonderwerk Cave, which preserves a record of human activity spanning almost two million years.
East African research shows increasing aridity and the spread of grasslands. But Ecker's study showed that during that same period, southern Africa was considerably wetter and hosted a plant community unlike any other in the modern African savanna. That means human ancestors lived in environments other than the open, arid grasslands of today.
Ecker's team discovered the evidence from the teeth of herbivores from the cave. Using carbon and oxygen stable isotope analysis, the team reconstructed the vegetation from the time the animal was alive.
The research provides valuable insight into the environmental conditions our human ancestors lived in, Ecker said.
"Understanding the environment humans evolved in is key to improving our knowledge of our species and its development," Ecker said in a press release. "Our work at Wonderwerk Cave demonstrates how humankind existed in multiple environmental contexts in the past - contexts which are substantially different from the environments of today."


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At PVS we want to make sure my students have the materials they need to succeed, so we just created a request for our P.E. Class at DonorsChoose.org: Strong Bodies, Strong Minds!.
Give to our P.E. classroom by September 8 and your donation will be doubled thanks to DonorsChoose.org. Just enter the code LIFTOFF on the payment page and you'll be matched dollar for dollar (up to $50).
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October 2, 2018 – Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) witnessed the turnover of two Outlander PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and two i-MiEVs (Pure Electric Vehicle) to the Office of the President (OP) and the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (DOST-PCIEERD).
The ceremony took place at the Department of Energy (DOE) in Taguig City and were attended by Embassy of Japan Minister of Economic Affairs Mr. Makoto Iyori, DOE Assistant Secretary Leonido J. Pulido III, DOE Director and OIC for Energy Utilization Management Bureau Jesus T. Tamang, Office of the President Deputy Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration Ms. Rizalina N. Justol, DOST-PCIEERD representative Ms. Emelita AS. Dimapilis and MMPC President and CEO Mr. Mutsuhiro Oshikiri.
These vehicles were part of the agreement between Japan International Cooperation System (JICS) and Sojitz Corporation. It forms part of Japan's Non-project Grant Aid for the introduction of Japanese Advanced Products and Its System (Next Generation Vehicle Package).
During his speech, DOE Assistant Secretary Leonido J. Pulido III mentioned that the donation is very timely and that these vehicles could be the future due to the increasing prices of crude oil in the country.
Commenting on the event, MMPC President and CEO Mr. Mutsuhiro Oshikiri said, "Our partnership with the Philippine Government provides a clear demonstration of how, we, at Mitsubishi Motors are working together with policy makers to come up with a roadmap towards quick adoption of these next-generation vehicles in the country."
Under Japan's Grant Aid program, four Mitsubishi Outlander PHEVs, four Mitsubishi i-MiEVs and three Quick EV Chargers were handed over to DOE and then distributed to its beneficiaries, OP and DOST-PCIEERD.


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Swine Flu - One point of view
I have watched 2 of Dr Horowitz's health DVD's and have a book by him called "Death in the Air" after my dealings with the "research" doctors and their morals,,, and others nothing would surprise or shock me anymore. I don't know the truth but this makes as much sense as anything else I have heard.
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Are you in your 60s or 70s and caring for your parents?
Are you in your 20s or 30s and caring for your parents of grandparents?
Either situation is not that unusual today in the realm of caregiving.
I had the dilemma of being relatively young and having older parents to take care of–I was adopted and my mother was exactly 50 years older than I am.
My dad died at 78 and I grew up in a house where doctor visits and hospital stays were common–Daddy had back surgery, intestinal surgery and heart surgery (several) all while I was a child. I never remember there not being pills to hand Daddy. I remember singing in the hospital stairwells for hours as my pre-teen voice belted out Michael Jackson and Donny Osmond hits that echoed down ten flights of stairs.
I was a caregiver kid.
As much as I spend time sharing about caregiving and my mother who had Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, it was my dad's passing that hit me the hardest. I was 24 (Daddy was 54 years older than me, my mom, 50). I adored him. He called me his little sweety-pie and we had one of those special bonds that went beyond words. I grieved his passing immensely and yet feel that he will always be with me.
Then, I became my mother's sole caregiver.
Her 70s and early 80s were pretty good even though she developed Parkinson's. I went to her house a couple of times a week and did things she couldn't do by herself–my husband kept her gutters clean, did man chores. She enjoyed church and friends, and then the issues started: driving, the falls, the forgetfulness, the financial mismanagement, the paranoia of being robbed. I now see that while some of these fears and issues are normal, hers were exasperated by the early stages of Alzheimer's.
Her late 80s were not as easy as dementia/Alzheimer's set in and Parkinson's began to take its cruel and twisted toll.
I became her full-time caregiver and eventually had to move her into my home while I was still in my 30s and raising kids. I wanted to, not that I knew what I was getting myself into, but by that time I loved her even more and knew she needed me.
This isn't so unusual with people marrying and having kids later, so many sandwich generationers will face this age factor–and I know of so many wonderful granddaughter's and grandson's caring for their grandparents. They're from divorced or dysfunctional families and their grandparents represent family and stability they didn't have any other way.
The other scenario is the situation I will eventually face–I was in my 20s when I started having kids, so when I'm in my 90s, my kids will be in their 70s.
Will they be able to care for me?
Do we saddle the grandkids with two generations to care for?
Family care is still the best form of care (most times) because of the love, loyalty and commitment, but it has to be supplemented with lots of community and state resources both financially and in the form of adult day cares, home health care, and hospice. I also believe in the proper amounts, family caregiving is good for the family–it teach patience, sacrifice, commitment, integrity, and allows the generations to get to know each other on an intimate level that visiting a care home once a week for a couple of hours can never foster.
But what about the throngs of young adults who will choose not to get married or not have kids?
Nursing, psychology, sociology and anthropology classes will have to add a new chapter to their text book as society morphs and we face these new issues both individually and collectively.
~Carol D. O'Dell
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You can get A Special Place ON SALE through Mother's Day!
Digitals * Gotta Pixel * Divine
How about a free page right now? This is for YOU!
I hope you love the quality when you see it, that you just HAVE to have the whole kit! :)
Wonderful new kit for Mother's Day! Love the colors!
very pretty new kit and TY for the QP.
Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 05 May [LA 07:00pm, NY 09:00pm] - 06 May [UK 02:00am, OZ 12:00pm] ).
Thanks for the great quick page. We are in the process of moving right now so this will be a quick way to make something special for my Mom.
Thanks for the Qp, Kathryn. (I owe you a response to your email about my Name Games... I'll do that soon). Thanks! Sarah (littlemelch)
I will miss your numbers game - have to try the bingo!
Thank you so much for this Freebie. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Scrapbook Freebies Search List, under the Quick Page(s) post on May. 06, 2009. Thanks again.
What a beautiful kit. Absolutely perfect for scrapping myself and my mother.
I love the colors of your new kit. thank you for the qp
I love your new kit, Kathryn. The colors are so pretty.
This is just gorgeous. I can't wait to make something with it!!
This kit is gorgeous, Kathryn!!
Thanks so much for the wonderful freebie!
The Mother's Day QP is beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait to use it.
Sweet kit. Love the lily and fancy paper clips.
Oh how awesome and such a blessing on mothers day - two million dollar gifts! I am so very happy for you all!
Blessings to you all
Thank you for the freebie. It's perfect! Congratulations on the fabulous Grand baby news. Children are such a blessing.
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On July 24th, 2014, Google released an update the industry has code named "Pigeon", which affects search engine results with a regional or local intent. Examples of queries might be "oil change York PA" or "auto repair" alone where the search engine recognizes the location of user and returns...
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Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England Secondary School educates students from 11 to 18, drawing from several London boroughs. Ethnic diversity is a significant feature with more than three quarters of students from minority ethnic groups; a high proportion of them have a first language other than English. A majority of students have Christian backgrounds, associated with a variety of churches. Social and economic deprivation measures are high. An above average proportion of students are identified as having learning difficulties or disabilities, with a small number having statements of special educational needs.
The school is in a federation with a high-achieving Church of England School in the London Borough of Wandsworth and has rapidly improving public examination results and a much-improved reputation in the local community.


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Your home should be a safe space, but there are a few hazardous materials that are commonly found in homes throughout the United States. These hazardous materials should always be removed by certified professionals, as they can make you extremely ill.
We have all heard about asbestos and mesothelioma, but is it really that hazardous? Yes, asbestos is one of the most dangerous fibers in the world. It can cause cancer and death. Unfortunately, you cannot see asbestos. You must have an asbestos test completed on your home to see if it contains asbestos fibers. If your home does contain asbestos, it must be removed as soon as possible, and by a certified and licensed asbestos removal specialist.
While mold is not as dangerous as asbestos, it is still hazardous and can make you ill. Mold causes a variety of respiratory illnesses. If the conditions are right, mold can quickly grow and infest your entire home. Mold should be removed by professionals, as all mold spores must be removed, or you will have another mold infestation.
Lead poisoning is severe and can happen to young children, the elderly, and pregnant women. If your home contains lead paint, the lead must be removed from your property if any of the above are living or visiting. Lead poisoning can cause developmental and cognitive delays.
Soot can happen from the smallest of fires but leave a long-lasting effect. If you have had a recent fire in or around your home, there is likely soot inside. Soot is hazardous and can damage your property and make you ill. Soot can cause respiratory problems and must be removed by professionals with the proper equipment.
Rodents love to live inside your basement, attic, or between your walls. While you may not see the rodents, you will see the damages. Rodents will tear up your home's walls, wires, and structure. They will also eat your food and leave urine and feces throughout your property. Rodent urine and feces contain harmful bacteria and viruses that can make you extremely ill.


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October 19th, Friday, 8PM
On this matter, everyone seems to be in agreement. Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected and entertaining comedians in the country. His rave reviews include Entertainment Weekly describing him as "your favorite comedian's favorite comedian" and Vanity Fair declaring him "the funniest stand-up alive." His 30-plus years in the business have been founded on the strength of his material alone. Regan can be seen in his Netflix special, Brian Regan: Nunchucks and Flamethrowers and has a second Netflix special slated for release next year. Now he comes to the Warner Theatre so you can see what all the fuss is really about, and I promise, you'll be in agreement too. $40-$60.
Warner Theatre Main Stage. 68 Main Street. Torrington CT. 860.489.7180
October 19th, Friday, 7:30PM
Tom Nichols is a professor, a Sovietologist, author and a five-time undefeated Jeopardy! champion. He was a fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has been described as one of "the most eloquent conservative voices against President Trump" and wrote a 2018 USA Today opinion piece titled "I'm Still a Republican, But My Party Needs to be Fumigated." No matter your political views, this lecture presented by the Salisbury Forum is about "The Campaign Against Knowledge — The Threat to Democracy." As the Washington Post prints at the top of each edition of their paper, "Democracy Dies in Darkness" no matter which way your political leanings. Free
Housatonic Valley Regional High School. 246 Warren Turnpike. Falls Village CT. 860.824.5123
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October 20th, Saturday, 1- 4PM
After last year's success, the town of New Preston is hosting its 2nd Annual Dog Day Benefit—a fete dedicated to the love of dogs. The Puparrazi will be there snapping glamour shots for the 2019 Dogs of New Preston Calendar. Get everyone ready for close-up portraits as your dog's face could end up in the calendar that benefits the wonderful Little Guild Shelter in West Cornwall.
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October 20th, Saturday,
The Aglet Theatre Company, under the direction of Thomas Gruenewald, is presenting Edward Albee's play Occupant, a touching, humorous and honest tribute to the unapologetically flamboyant New York sculptor Louise Nevelson. A pioneer for free-thinking females everywhere, and one of the greatest artistic minds of the 20th century, her life was one marked by intrepid artistic triumphs as well as deep inner turmoil. In the play, both her public accomplishments and private emotional conflicts are examined by an unnamed interviewer who questions the posthumous Nevelson with unabashed scrutiny. From this unique vantage point, Nevelson answers with clarity as Albee explores one of his most common themes: our unreliability as narrators of our own lives and the place where language, illusion and truth collide. $30 Adults, $20 Students. Cash or check only.
Dewey Memorial Hall. 91 Main Street. Sheffield MA. 860.435.6928
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October 20th - 28th, Saturday - Sunday, Times Vary
FilmColumbia offers film buffs an incredible array of film screenings, many of which will not be released in theaters for months, and filmmaker events at great venues around Chatham. Past festivals have featured many films that have gone on to garner industry and critic awards and nominations. This year's films including a Palme d'Or nominee at the Cannes Film Festival and the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary, World Cinema at Sundance. Kicking off the festival will be four international films showcasing the award-winning work of actor and Columbia-country resident Brian Cox. Just a few highlights from the exceptional and extensive line up include: an insider's look at the shady truth underneath all the glamour of Studio 54 that includes present-day interviews with club co-founder Ian Schrager in what Variety has called a "thrilling and definitive documentary;" the ever-popular Shorts Program; and Everbody Knows, the new film by the masterful Iranian filmmaker, Asghar Farhadi, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem that opened this year's Cannes Film Festival. General Admission for most films is $13. See Crandell Theatre Website for more information.
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The halibut's smooth, buttery texture is accented here by the sharp brininess of the clams. Be sure not to overcook the halibut; its texture is best when the fish is just barely cooked through
To make it a complete meal, serve with a green side salad and Steamed Jasmine Rice.
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This really is a wonderful dish. Being a few days after Thanksgiving, I was looking for something light and "Brothy" yet savory and satisfying. We love all of the ingredients in this recipe so I decided to make it. It was delicious - everything I wanted it to be. The broth is rich and flavorful and the mushrooms and leeks really do blend well with the fish. The only change I made was to add about a half cup of Pinot Gris and reduce it by half before I added the chicken stock. The steamed jasmine rice was a delicious addition to the dish. The steaming method was so simple and the rice was fluffy and light. I don't think I'll ever boil rice again! An added bonus to this one is that clean up is a breeze - one pan and the steamer (from the rice) - that was it!
We really enjoyed this dish. The leeks and mushrooms are a perfect compliment to the fish. Our grocery store was out of Halibut so we used Mahi Mahi. I think any thicker mild white fish would work well in the dish. The only complaint I would have is that the recipe recommends rice which we made. The rice diluted the dish and I would not recommend adding it. We did add crusty bread to go with the sauce which was very good. The recipe is a definite keeper and very quick to make.
This is a wonderful recipe. I made it several times and it always works perfectly. It's even possible to reheat it the day after and it still turns out delicious.A bit expensive given the price of halibut but so worth it.
This is amazing! The combination of halibut, mushrooms, clams, and leeks makes for a very nice flavor and texture profile.
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Tagging Improvements as easy as 1-2-3 with BlackLight 2018 R4
This year BlackBag has been releasing new features and user suggested improvements at a rapid pace. From our industry-leading APFS support to simplified reporting, we've been busy providing you a tool that meets today's needs. Our latest release, BlackLight 2018 R4, includes several updates to support devices released this fall as well as the new picture and video formats examiners are encountering more frequently. Based on user feedback, we've also included significant improvements to users ability to tag files that we will cover in more detail below.
Updated Support
Starting with BlackLight 2018 R4 we now support the following new device and artifacts
- Apple's latest picture and video formats (HEIC/HEVC) support
- iPhone XS, XR, and iPad Pro device support
- Parsing "Recent Items" on macOS 10.13
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Tagging Improvements
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Tag Column
In most views in BlackLight, examiners will have a new column that will show if a file or item has been marked by any of the current case tags. This column allows examiners to see at a glance if a file is included in the report. The Tag column and the Evidence reference number are both fixed to the left-hand side of the table.
Viewing Tags for an Item
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Removing a Tag
Whether an examiner inadvertently tagged a file or the file is unable to be included in the report, users can choose to now remove one or more tag groups using the right-click contextual menu. To clear all applied tags select All Evidence Tags from the Remove options.
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And I know you're going to love ClickFunnels a lot more than I do.


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Atiku Abubakar houses are very beautiful and lovely to behold. Come with us as we show you his many homes.
Atiku Abubakar was born on 25th November 1946, from Adamawa state. He was the only surviving child of his parents. Atiku is a businessman, a politician and also the PDP presidential aspirant for 2019.
Due to his lonely life growing up without a sibling, Atiku for this purpose married five women, he divorced his second wife and now left with four wives. Atiku has 26 children from all five women, and also a grandfather of more than five children. Atiku is currently 70 years old, a very interesting and hardworking man. He is a Muslim, and he was the former Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007 where Obasanjo was the president.
Atiku Abubakar House
ATIKU ABUBAKAR started property investment business in 1984. It began When he applied and got a loan from federal staff housing loan where he got a loan that amounted to his five years' salary in customer service. He got a suitable plot of land in Yola GRA and hired a foreman that help in the construction of his first house which is a bungalow. He rented out the house.
Then he used the money he earned from the rent and purchase another plot of land in the same area, this second house he also rented out. And then he used this strategy to build eight beautiful houses in choice areas in Yola. According to Atiku, he invested also in Kaduna and built residential houses which he bought six plots of land to build.
These residential houses were also rented out to interested individual and institutions. property investment business started progressing, in 1981, he started an agricultural business, he acquired a maize and cotton farm where he works so hard to earn from. After five years due to the massive loss of income he experienced from the farm, he closed it down, that was in 1986.
After so much effort to pull through, Atiku Abubakar began a business with an Italian businessman known as Gabrielle Volpi, they established NICOTES (Nigeria Container Services) currently known as INTELS (Integrated and Logistics services).
This business idea was brought by Volpi, who was a director in a shipping company known as MED Africa. When Volpi was convinced that the future of Nigeria is in oil and gas, so Volpi and Atiku partnered together to establish NICOTES.
They registered the business and it started to operate, though Atiku was not among the people running the business NICOTES business is based locally and internationally, today NICOTES is a multimillion company, providing massive job opportunities for youths in Nigeria and Africa at large, reasonable dividend is paid to the company's shareholders.
Atiku who is a man of dreams and had eyes for success even though he is from a poor background became a successful Entrepreneur, through NICOTES company, Abubakar became one of the wealthiest men in Nigeria.
ATIKU in 2004 foundered American University of Nigeria (AUN), this university is a private university in a northeastern part of Nigeria that offers American style in higher education programs to undergraduates, graduates, and professional level. The university is the only American style university in sub-Saharan Africa. AUN has been accredited by the Nigerian universities' commissions, it is one of the best schools in Nigeria and Africa at large.
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Atiku Abubakar Wealth
According to the findings, the net worth of Atiku Abubakar is estimated at 1.4 billion US dollars.
Atiku Abubakar Life Before Politics
ATIKU whose educational life would have been ruined by his father before he was rescued by his community began schooling when he was eight. In 1960 he got admitted into Adamawa provincial secondary school In Yola where he graduated in 1965 with WAEC certificate.
In 1966 he worked as a tax officer in a ministry of finance and also continued his education where he attended the school of hygiene in Kano.
He graduated from there in 1967. In the same year of his graduation, he proceeded to study a diploma in law under a scholarship in Ahmadu Bello university where he graduated from in 1969. After school to this level, Atiku got employed to work in Nigeria Custom service where he worked for 20 years achieving the second highest rank in the service. He retired in 1989 and then ventured into business.
Atiku is a successful Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and a retired officer of Nigeria Custom service.
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Atiku Abubakar Political Life
Atiku's political career started in 1980, though he did not start contesting immediately but focused on campaigning for people while he was still in customer service. like Bamanga Tukur, who was a governorship candidate, that he helped to get a reasonable number of votes from his campaign. Also, he campaigned for Shehu Musa Yar'Adua when he ruled as the second in command of the military government.
In 1989, Atiku became the vice chairman of the National body known as people's front of Nigeria. This position he held was made possible by Shehu Musa Yar'Adua because he is the leader of the political association.
In 1992, he ran for the presidency under PDP which was unsuccessful. Atiku started contesting for Governorship for Adamawa in 1999 under the Nigerian political party known as Action Congress, which is now APC. He won the election but was called upon by the PDP presidential candidate General Olusegun Obasanjo, who choose him to be his running mate as the vice president.
Atiku became the vice president under PDP, He became the 11th Vice president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. During the presidential election in 2006- 2007, he ran for the presidency which was won by Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
He ran again for the presidency in 2011 which was won by Goodluck Jonathan, and also for the presidency in 2015 won by Buhari. Currently, Atiku is the presidential candidate from PDP, whose running mate is Mr. Peter Obi, for 2019 presidency.
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Dave, Jackie, Richard, and Ferg hike the CPR Trail from Cameron Lake up Mt. Arrowsmith.
Posted by davidjgilbert in British Columbia, fitness, Hiking, Port Alberni, training on February 2, 2016
It's been very dark and wet in Port Alberni so when our friend Richard called and suggested hiking up Mt. Arrowsmith we jumped at it! And a nice rare clear day too!
This is a 1000 metre climb, and since Jackie is in training for an upcoming race, she opted to go with her full water bottle vest she is trialling. As you can see, the trail is not easy to find when everything is covered in snow.
The scenery was very nice being snow covered once we got high enough. We saw fresh cougar tracks crossing our trail about half way up.
There was no snow at the Cameron Lake trailhead, but after a couple of hundred metre elevation gain the snow started and got deeper and deeper until it was about a metre deep with higher drifts.
We ended up, at the far side of the loop, not being able to clearly find the track. So we took the safe option, rather than risk wasting 15 minutes at a time, over and over again trying to find the trail, and just retraced our tracks back down. A very fun and beautiful day.
And if you have a couple of minutes and want a laugh, check out this video of Fergus (Yorkie-Chihuahua cross), with icebergs hanging off his fur, after four hours of hiking through the snow, still full of energy and having a good play:
The Golden Ultra Day 2: A 55 km mountain ultramarathon with 2700 m cumulative gain/loss
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, Canada, events, races, ultramarathon on October 5, 2015
I woke up Saturday morning feeling amazing! I had got plenty of sleep – which is rare on multi-day races – and my legs felt great in spite of the previous day's big uphill. My summer spent climbing mountains around my Vancouver Island home was really paying off. Today I would find out if my downhill training was also sufficient, as the 55 km route was basically one big mountain climb: starting in the town of Golden at 785 m, hitting the summit at 2365 m at our 31k mark, then descending over 1500 m back to town.
A few days previous, the forecast was for rain, but luckily that had mellowed to a total expected precipitation of only 3 mm for the day, with expected temperatures at town-level of around 8C. Of course things can change quickly in the mountains – but that had me make a last-minute decision to not carry my rain jacket after all, and just take a light nylon shell instead. Jacket, hat and gloves were all required gear: all things that I think any of us would have carried on this route anyway, required or not.
Three of the three-day racers who had run the previous day chose to DNS, so the field was now down to 48 attempting the full distance. It was just getting light in Spirit Square, downtown Golden, as we headed out: first for 3 or so km down the road alongside the river, then veering left to start the climb through the forest.
There were a fair few locals in the field, but the rest of us had no idea of what to expect from the route. What a surprise to find that we were rising along the lip of a spectacular canyon! Its irregular lip was on our immediate left – a completely jagged and eroding edge, and from there a 500 m (1500') dropto the rushing river below. Don't stumble! Signs warned that this was sensitive mountain goat habitat – I sure wished I had time to hang out here with my binoculars. But the race clock was ticking… I snapped some pix and kept going.
I climbed for a while with a nurse named Jen from Golden- nice to have someone to chat to as we plodded upward. I was faster uphill than her, which gave me the opportunity to get a bit ahead of her and then stop to take pictures (nice when I can actually have people in my photos!) It got colder and windier as we ascended, now along a forested ridgeline, and I soon stopped to rug up, very glad that I had chosen a thick fleece toque for my required-gear hat.
The terrain got rougher and rockier, and by around 1pm Jen and I were in the clouds. You've all been there, you know the routine when climbing a new mountain: :this one has got to be the real summit." Around the third false summit, nearly 2pm, Jen said "We're gonna be tight to make the aid station cut-off."
What?? I hadn't even looked at the cut-off times because I had just assumed I wouldn't be chasing them! "Yes," she said, "It's a 6:30 hour cut-off to Aid Station #2"- which was around the 33 km mark. We were 6:20 into the race, and we could actually see some figures silhouetted in the fog at the next summit (which, hopefully, was the real one). I pushed hard – do NOT want to be DQ'd up here! – trying to balance the need for not generating too much lactic acid in my quads as I ascended with the need not to miss the cut-off.
And we made it! And there was a race volunteer up there with both bad news – the aid station is another 2 km ahead – and good news – it's an 8-hour cut-off. We still had an hour and a half! ("Oops, sorry!" laughed Jen!). This was at least the actual summit. From here, we followed a very narrow, rocky (and somewhat scary) ridgeline. Jen was much faster than me on that type of terrain. I caught her momentarily when I made the aid station, but then didn't see her again for the rest of the day.
I was very cold when I hit the aid station – which was the top of the same gondola we had finished at yesterday. My core temperature was actually totally fine, but my hands were cold to the point of barely being able to use them. I needed to eat, but I knew that I could not stand still or I would chill instantly.
Fortunately, there was a little room there, toasty warm, where we could sit to eat! There were two racers already in there recovering from mild hypothermia, and the safety director looked at me, worried, when I entered, asking me all the proper questions to assure that I was OK and not in need of aid. One of the racers was still very cold, unsure if she would continue or not, and the safety director was monitoring her, taking her pulse. The other racer gradually warmed up, and he headed out as I ate.
I spent maybe ten minutes in there, eating as many chips and pretzels and drinking as much water as I could stuff in. The icy wind shocked me when I stepped back out – had I really been running in such cold? But I knew that I would be losing altitude very quickly from here, so I started to run. Down rocks, then eventually down a switchbacking gravel path below the gondola, down down down to the resort we had started at yesterday, then through the parking lot (waved on by race volunteers cheering us on and directing us) and into the forest and down and more down.
Later that night, at dinner, everyone I talked to agreed that this section – between the aid station at 33 km up top, and the next aid station at 44 km, was much longer than 11 km! (I think several km longer). But the terrain was pretty fast – some mud at lower levels, nothing too bad.
And then abruptly I emerged at the same bridge where we had crossed over the Kicking Horse River that morning: just 3 road km and I would be done! I still had pretty good running legs (well, maybe "jogging" is the better word here). A local woman on a bike rode with me and encouraged me the last 500 m, pointing out the finish tent (I thought I was much further out) and motivating me to pick up the pace for the finish – and, to lots of cheering, I made it in.
It was the multi-day racers who killed it today! In all four categories, multi-day racers took top place, finishing ahead of runners who were "only" doing today's 55k. Notable were the two Open category (under-40) winners.
California's Jorge Maravilla tore the course to shreds, finishing in an incredible 5:53:37. "It was hard," he told me. "I've never done a race with so much vert." And the women's winner, Ailsa MacDonald of St. Albert, AB, put out an equally impressive performance, finishing in 6:18:33 to take second overall! Apparently Ailsa is new to trails, currently making the switch from running road marathons – so I think we will be hearing a lot more about her! Full Day 2 results can be found at https://timing.zone4.ca/results/21166f7b-91f4-8d83-c871-2d7caa6d1559/.
There's nothing like that feeling when you cross the finish line after a tough race and the tears well up just a bit in your eyes. But no time to dwell on that – I was a good hour longer than I had expected, finishing in 11:25 (cut-off was 12 hours!). Time to get warm clothes on, enjoy dinner with my fellow runners at the adjacent Island restaurant, then get back up the hill to sleep before tomorrow's final stage
Heading to the Golden Ultra, mountains of British Columbia, in a few days: How I trained
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, fitness, Hiking, races, training, ultramarathon on September 15, 2015
I'm leaving in two days for the Golden Ultra. Multi-day staged races are definitely my favourite ultramarathon format, and this one intrigued me as soon as I heard about it. Most multi-day ultrarunning events are kind of the same from day to day – usually between 20 and 50 km of hilly running per day for five or six days (and sometimes with a 70 or 80 km overnight stage thrown in). But the three-day Golden Ultra (aka Blood, Sweat and Tears) is different:
Day 1 (the Blood) – 5 km, but with 1000 m vertical gain
Day 2 (the Sweat) – classic 55 km mountain ultramarathon (2500 m vertical gain and loss along the way)
Day 3 (the Tears) – a 20 km trail run on rolling, relatively flat, trails (total 400 m vertical gain and drop)
So this is more like three completely different races, each one suited to different types of runners: hill-climbers OR ultrarunners OR half-marathoners. Few people are all three! (And there is the option of entering for just one of the days… but of course it is the full three-day event that captivates me).
So, for me, my main goals are:
- Don't blow my legs out on the first big-uphill day, because there is still a long way to go.
- Don't let my feet swell after the 55 km ultramarathon day – or I won't be able to run the final day.
- Try to train well at running so I won't be embarassingly slow on that third, supposedly very runnable day.
- Don't get injured – because I am racing the 7 day Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon, in South Africa's Kalahari Desert, only 4 weeks later!
So, now, how have I gone with my training to achieve those goals?
1. Well, I've done a real lot of hill-climbing (as well as a little bit of leg weights) so I think I am in the best climbing shape I have ever been. In the last two or so months I've done Della Falls (still waiting for Dave to do that blog post), Mt. Arrowsmith, Mt. Adder, Mt.Klitsa, Mt. Albert Edward in Strathcona, the Castle Crag/Mt.Frink/Albert Edward loop in Strathcona and – the highlight of the summer (blog post not uploaded yet, sorry!) – the Buttle Lake to Mt. Washington Augerpoint Traverse! These hikes all have elevation gains of 1000 m or more. And I have also trained on our usual "back yard" uphill hikes a lot too, like the CPR trail, and up the start of the Alberni Inlet Trail (same hike I did with Nikki Scott last year, when we were prepping for the Squamish 50k. Coincidentally, Nikki is one of the organizers of the Golden Ultra!).
2. I've trained as well as I can so my feet won't be "shocked" by the effort and swell. I've done a lot of really long days – in particular, those three big Strathcona days three consecutive Tuesdays: 8.5 hrs then 9.5 hrs then 13.5 hrs. I've also done a lot of back-to-back days – either two big hikes in a row, or a big hike followed by a hilly run. So my body is pretty accustomed to that kind of thing: the amount of hours and the fatigued muscles. And I will have electrolyte pills along (and use them) for the race. And I've just ordered new Injinji compression socks for running and recovery too. Those are the things you can do to try to minimize foot swelling. Beyond that, there still is a little bit of a luck-of-the-draw component there. But I think I am set up pretty well.
3. Well… I am still not a fast runner. I was really good with my long hikes training… but probably could have done a bit more with the long fast runs. I did get going on some HIIT (high intensity interval training) which supposedly helps with speed… also have been taking iron supplements these last two months. Low iron is a very common issue with female runners, and I definitely have problems with that.
4. And then I will just have to go safe and smart. I am probably in the best shape I have ever been in my life (at age 51!!) – maybe not my fastest ever, but definitely my strongest, and recovering really well and quickly after big days. So I am in good shape in that department. I'lljust have to be careful, and make sure I don't get hurt.
So there you go. I leave here Thursday, flying into Calgary and then driving out to Golden. The race starts with that first short but steep leg on Friday afternoon, so I will have some time up my sleeve to relax and get a good sleep there the night before. I'll be staying at the official host hotel, Kicking Horse Lodging's Glacier Mountaineer Lodge (which has a hot tub and sauna!) – so many thanks to the race organizers and the host hotels for arranging this! What a treat, to have such luxurious accommodation while running such a wild and rugged multi-day ultramarathon. Wish me luck!
Another big day in the mountains of Strathcona: Castle Crag Mtn., Mt. Frink and Mt. Albert Edward
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, Canada, Hiking, Mt. Washington, Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island on August 12, 2015
Well, the previous week I'd run/hiked to the top of Mt. Albert Edward and back – a total distance of around 32 km. I had considered adding on the side-loop that would go over Castle Crag Mountain and Mount Frink as well – but after receiving some advice that the navigation was pretty tough on this loop, I decided to bypyass it. That day. But this week, I was back!
Other than this first shot, all the pix were taken on my phone, so they are not that great. And then my phone died before I made my first summit. Stupid thing. Anyway, Read the rest of this entry »
Jackie's solo hike-run to summit Mt. Albert Edward, Strathcona Provincial Park – 32 km with >1km elevation gain
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, Canada, Hiking, Mt. Washington, photography, Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island on August 5, 2015
Wow, now this was fun! It has been a very hot and dry summer – not great for the garden or the salmon, but very good for getting up in the mountains, with little or no snowpack. (Dave and I did that Della Falls/Love Lake run back in June, and there was no snow at all up there – whereas when we did that same Della Falls route in September, late summer, a few years earlier there was not only snow up there, but Love Lake was still totally frozen!) So, while Dave was away in Iceland, I decided to head up to Strathcona Provincial Park (less than a 1.5 hr drive from here) and do a run/jog up to the peak of Mt. Albert Edward. Read the rest of this entry »
Hiking the Arrowsmith CPR Regional Trail, lookout and loop – in a dress!
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, Hiking, Port Alberni, training, Vancouver Island on August 2, 2015
Oops. Well I did not mean to do this hike in a dress. I had dropped Dave and his daughter, Valerie at the Nanaimo ferry that morning (they were flying to Iceland for a week of hiking!) and figured I would hike the Arrowsmith CPR Trail loop on the way home, since I would be driving right past the trailhead. That would make for perfect training for my upcoming three-day ultramarathon, The Golden Ultra, which I would be running in less that two months – lots of Read the rest of this entry »
I've wanted to do this hike for years – Mount Klitsa!
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, Canada, fitness, Hiking, lifestyle, Port Alberni, Tofino, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island on July 29, 2015
Dave and I had a great mid-July hike with Ron and Brett up Mount Adder. They were planning a trip a couple of days later to Mount Klitsa, and invited us along on that too. I was totally excited about that – I've wanted to do Klitsa for years. My old Tofino friend, artist Mark Hobson, had told me about it, but somehow I never had a chance to get up there. Dave couldn't go this time – he was packing, leaving for Iceland the next day – but I jumped at the chance! Read the rest of this entry »
Summer hike up Mt. Adder – between Port Alberni and Tofino
Posted by Jacqueline Windh in British Columbia, Hiking, Vancouver Island on July 25, 2015
This was fun – hiking with new friends! We had met Ron through Dave's sister – he is a trainer and runs a gym here in Port Alberni. Ron invited Dave and me, along with his friend Brett, to hike up Mt. Adder – one of the many mountains up near Sutton Pass, halfway between Port Alberni and Tofino.
You never know what you are up for when you do a tough hike with Read the rest of this entry »
Run to the top of the China Creek, Port Alberni's watershed.
Posted by davidjgilbert in Canada, Hiking, Port Alberni, training, ultramarathon on April 23, 2015
Jackie raced her ultra yesterday in Patagonia and I needed a long run and the weather was awesome so I headed up the China Creek Watershed. I parked on the Cameron Mainline at the yellow gate and started up the long hill.
I ventured off the main road to Read the rest of this entry »
Mt. Horne hike with Rich and Xhosa.
Posted by davidjgilbert in British Columbia, Canada, fitness, Hiking, lifestyle, Port Alberni, training on April 15, 2015
Jackie just finished a 132 km hike in Patagonia before her ultramarathon so I'm wandering the mountains here with Rich.
We parked at the yellow gate at the Port Alberni side of Cathederal Grove and walked down the road to the flagged trail start. Read the rest of this entry »


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"Drop the coin right into the slot…..
You've gotta hear somethin' that's really hot" (Chuck Berry – School Day – March, 1957)
The Jukebox was invented back in 1890 by the duo of Louis Glass and William Arnold, a machine which required a nickle in order to enjoy a tune. When the nickel was inserted a mechanism permitted the listener to turn a crank which in turn would activate a spring motor causing a stylus to position into the starting groove.
1918 witnessed the arrival of automation which would automatically change records. Then in 1928 the "Automated Musical Instrument" machine permitted the listener to make multiple selections.
Jukebox history is rich with ingenuity genius and creativity and jukeboxes were the center focal point for the recording industry with jukebox owners receiving very high priority for advance (promotional) record releases. In fact, the record popularity charts which were based on many factors with ever-evolving measurement criteria – but that unto itself will be the focus of a future Post.
Along came Justus Seeburg (actual name Sjoberg) in 1928 with his initial automated offering – a machine that played up to eight recordings. The term "jukebox" stemmed directly from "juke joints" with "juke" having its roots referring to "disorderly, rowdy or wicked" behavior (associated with the behavior I suppose of juke joint patrons).
Seeburg introduced the 45 RPM record playing model in 1950 which would lead to the displacement of 78 rpm jukeboxes.
The Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation was founded by David Cullen Rockola.
SIDE NOTE: (The Rock-Ola web page credits David's last name with being the inspiration behind the genre description "rock an roll" – which of course is a far stretch.)
Rockola started off in 1919 manufacturing penny gumball machines and in 1927 moved on to pinball machines and slot machines, then parking meters and even firearms before introducing their very popular line of jukeboxes in 1935 introducing the "Model A" 12-play 78 rpm record jukebox. During WWII the Rockola plant converted to carbine rifle production and in 1954 introduced it's own "bubbler" to compete with Wurlitzer.
The first Wurlitzer appeared in 1946 (Rudolph Wurlitzer Company). Rudolph started off manufacturing brass instruments, moving into piano production, then carnival rides, kitchen appliances, and even opened a large chain of retail stores. Wurlitzer's classic "bubbler" model was the model 1015.
In 1952 Wurlitzer introduced a model called "The Brain". The machine played 100 selections but amazingly intermixed 78 RPM and 45 RPM singles!
Farewell to Malt Shop Days……
For years jukeboxes were of the highest priority for record publishers – making certain that jukebox owners were the first to receive new releases. It was the advent of portable radios from the 1950's and then cassette tape decks which spelled the downfall of jukeboxes. Jukeboxes thrive today as sentimental and nostalgic collector's treasures (original Wurlitzer model 1015 bubblers are being listed today from around 25,000 dollars down to 10,000!)
All of us boomers had at least one spot we would frequent where the jukebox reigned supreme. For me it was the Tastee Freeze on North Sheridan Blvd. and about 3rd Avenue on the Jefferson County side of the street.
Whether or not past times were as simple and innocent as usually is presented, in our memories – they just were…
The Mills Constellation
The Tel-O-Matic – 1947
The Manhattan by Packard – 1947
The Fiesta by Aireon – 1947
The Wurlitzer 1080 – 1949
The Rock-Ola – Models 1434 and 1542 – 1952
Wurlitzer Ad – 1952
Wurlitzer – The Brain – 1952
The Wurlitzer Wall Box – 1952
The Wurlitzer Fifteen Hundred – 1952
The Seeburg Select-O-Matic – 1953
Seeburg Dual Programming – 1958
The United UPA-100 – 1958
The Jupiter – 1967
The Rock-Ola Concerto – 1967
The Rowe Super Jukebox – 1967
The Wurlitzer Modern "One More Time" Jukebox (CD Format)


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Europe's Crisis Starts at Home
According to conventional wisdom, the biggest threat to the European project is "illiberal" saboteurs on the periphery of the European Union who have decided not to play by the rules. But what this narrative misses is the even deeper divide within EU member states, including bastions of liberalism such as France and Germany.
LONDON – Deep divisions within Europe are increasingly threatening the values upon which the European project of "ever closer union" is based. In 2015, during the refugee crisis, many commentators saw a divide between German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Willkommenskultur (welcoming culture) and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán's vision of ethnic purity: a Western Europe of bridges versus an Eastern Europe of walls.
But another threat to European unity comes from within individual countries. In Germany, talks to form a center-left, center-right coalition have broken down. In the Netherlands, it took Prime Minister Mark Rutte 208 days to form a new government after elections in March. In the United Kingdom, the political establishment is in disarray over Brexit. And in Poland, white nationalists and neo-Nazis recently staged a massive march through the streets of Warsaw.
Which gulfs are wider – those between member states or those within them? The answer to that question matters a great deal. If Europe's biggest problem is that it is divided along national borders, then liberal-leaning countries like France and Germany could try to change the balance of power within increasingly illiberal countries.
Every EU country agreed to a set of liberal-democratic standards (part of the so-called Copenhagen Criteria) when it joined the club. But, over time, the governments of Hungary and Poland have decided that they no longer want to abide by the rules. One solution could be to create a smaller club with better benefits. Countries that wish to join this privileged inner circle would have to agree to a new – or rather, the original – set of rules; and countries that break the rules would be left out. There would finally be a cost to breaching EU standards.
But this solution could work only if the biggest problem is the divide between member states. As for the divisions within member states, consider Germany. After the federal election in September, Merkel embarked on a fascinating experiment, in which she tried to unite her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its more nativist sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), and the left-wing Greens.
Merkel is a talented negotiator, and far better suited to write about "the art of the deal" than others we won't bother mentioning. But it remains to be seen if she can heal the divisions in her own country.
While the Greens would like to uphold the Willkommenskultur, the CSU's position on migration is closer to that of the Visegrád Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). In fact, at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015, the CSU hosted Orbán at one of its party conferences.
Moreover, while the Greens are European federalists who support greater economic solidarity with Greece and Italy, the FDP channels the fiscal discipline of the Finns, the Dutch, and German Swabians. They are staunchly opposed to deeper European economic integration.
Many hoped that Merkel would succeed in forging a "Jamaica" coalition (named after the colors of that country's flag). But, in the end, the experiment failed. The FDP abandoned the talks out of frustration that, as its leader Christian Lindner put it, "The four discussion partners have no common vision for modernization of the country or common basis of trust."
Even without a Jamaica coalition, Germany still has a stable liberal majority in the Bundestag. The same cannot be said for the rest of the EU, where almost every other member state is now a "50-50 society": half cosmopolitan, half communitarian. In these countries, the government at any given time represents whichever side won the latest round in an ongoing culture war.
In the UK, for example, 52% of voters opted to leave the EU. The country is now hurtling toward an isolated state of provincialism and xenophobia, but its leaders keep telling the public that Britain will be better off on its own. For those who believe it, the fact that the UK will lose a say in EU decisions affecting its economic environment doesn't seem to matter.
France, on the other hand, has an energetic new pro-European president, Emmanuel Macron, who is committed to preparing his country for the years ahead. And yet France is not much more cosmopolitan than Britain. In the first round of the presidential election this spring, the nativist campaigns of Marine Le Pen, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan collectively won 46% of the vote – almost as much as the UK's "Leave" campaign.
Clearly, the EU is both a society of states and of citizens. That means intra-national divides are as important as the diplomatic spats between countries.
Earlier this year, a Brookings Institution report tried to determine if Europe is an "optimal political area," a concept borrowed from economist Robert Mundell's theory of "optimal currency areas." The report concluded that cultural and institutional differences between EU countries have not changed much over the past three decades of European integration. But it also found that the divisions between countries are far smaller than the differences within countries. Or in other words, on the issue of freedom of movement, there is greater polarization between London and the British Midlands than between the UK and Poland.
Creating a flexible or multi-tiered Europe could solve some short-term problems, by bringing together coalitions of the willing to address specific issues. But it could also introduce new dangers. After all, most European countries, regardless of what tier they are on, will still be 50-50 societies that could opt in or out of deeper integration with a single election or referendum. In the future, one cannot rule out the possibility that Le Pen will be elected president of France, or that the anti-EU Five Star Movement will come to power in Italy. By the same token, the more moderate Civic Platform might return to power in Poland.
Confronting the intra-societal challenge to the European project will not be easy. It is a deep, generational problem that goes to the heart of national identity, history, and geography. No quick institutional fix can solve a problem like that.
A Europe of Citizens
A genuine and legitimate shift in sovereignty to an EU executive requires a stronger connection between the people and those acting on their behalf. In other words, the EU needs a transnational constituency.
MADRID – Last month was another cruel one for Europe, culminating in the horrific terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22. The aftermath has seen a new round of soul searching, with Europeans mulling over the European Union's institutional failures and sheer incompetence, not to mention the existential challenge it currently faces.
Such considerations seem to arise frequently these days, as Europe encounters a seemingly endless series of emergencies, from the Greek crisis to the influx of refugees. Yet complacency remains the order of the day, with EU leaders adopting to a crisis-response mentality that privileges reaction over action and perpetuates the cycle of destabilization.
The fact that crises have become the EU's new normal has reinforced the notion, already ubiquitous among Europhiles and Eurocrats, that we will simply continue to muddle through. This approach is both misguided and dangerous.
As it stands, European unity is disintegrating rapidly. The just-concluded referendum in the Netherlands, in which Dutch voters overwhelmingly rejected an association agreement between the EU and Ukraine, is merely the latest example. If the EU is to survive this slow-motion train wreck, let alone thrive in the long run, bold action – not just valiant rhetoric – is urgently needed.
It is time to decide whether the EU is a truly transnational undertaking or merely a vessel for inter-governmental arrangements. If it is the latter, we should call a spade a spade. But, in that case, we should understand that we – both the EU and individual countries – are effectively resigning ourselves to increasing irrelevance. Paying little more than lip service to a common approach in critical areas leaves problems unaddressed and opportunities unexplored. Simply put, with an "every man for himself" approach, everyone will sink.
A transnational undertaking is the superior option. But it is also the more difficult one, because it demands deep and fundamental changes in how the question of European integration is approached.
The original sin of the European project is that, Brussels notwithstanding, there is no European constituency. Events, policies, and challenges are all viewed through a national lens. The refugee crisis has brought this into sharp relief; but every stress on the European system brings to the fore nationalist perspectives.
And why shouldn't this be the case? After all, political accountability – not to mention tax money – flows from citizens to the national capitals. But the split between the EU and national governments is a false one. Subsidiarity, properly applied and understood as decision-making power at the appropriate level of government, is and must remain a guiding principle of European action. There are, however, times when collective action is needed. For such action to be effective, the EU level cannot be a place for scapegoating and bloviating.
National political figures cannot continue to claim that Brussels or the European Commission is the source of all their problems, and pursue self-centered and shortsighted measures that ultimately exacerbate crises. Nor can EU officials continue to shrug their shoulders and blame national politicians for failing to implement proposed EU-wide measures. Instead, the EU needs real authority to execute policy.
One Brussels insider recently noted to me that the EU, propelled by its crises, is already entering a new phase of empowerment, where it, not its member states, has real implementing authority. And, indeed, there are assorted examples of the EU assuming something of an executive position; notably, the EU is expected to play a leading role in implementing its recent deal with Turkey to resolve the refugee crisis.
But a genuine and legitimate shift to an effective EU executive requires a stronger connection between the people and those acting on their behalf. In other words, we must create a transnational constituency.
This is not a new idea. There has long been support for the idea of European citizenry, and the EU treaties include provisions that could serve as stepping stones to this end. But limited progress on this front reflects popular sentiment. In the five years since Eurobarometer began asking survey participants whether they feel like citizens of the EU, the number responding positively has increased by only 2% (from 62% in 2010 to 64% in 2015).
Deepening the political links among Europeans requires institutional reform based on collective action, awareness, and ownership. The seeds of such an endeavor – from replacing the elegant but bloodless Spitzenkandidaten system with direct EU-wide elections for European Commission President to considering a limited but direct EU tax to establish a clear line of accountability – are already available.
Such efforts would certainly face serious political headwinds; the current system is, after all, quite comfortable for many. But the process of unraveling is already underway. Only a conscious European citizenry can weaken the centrifugal forces that emerge in every crisis, because only such a citizenry can ensure accountability at the EU level, compel officials to formulate and execute effective policy, and thereby break the cycle of blame that has become entrenched in European decision-making. Creating this awareness would be a long-term process, but it is essential.
At a time of such difficult challenges, strengthening transnationalism might seem extreme and unachievable. But unless we recognize the real reasons that we continue to be battered by crises, we will be doomed to continue muddling through until there is no EU left.
The Renewal of Europe's Center?
Despite their differences, British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have one thing in common. All are building a new type of politics – a kind of centrist populism – that is increasingly filling the gap left by the waning of traditional political parties' influence.
PRINCETON – British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are different in many ways. May unexpectedly assumed her position last year after the Brexit vote, when her predecessor, David Cameron, resigned. Macron has even less experience: the presidency, which he just took over last month, is his first-ever elected position. Meanwhile, Merkel has served as chancellor since 2005 (and a parliamentarian since 1991), making her Europe's longest-serving head of government.
But these three European leaders also have a lot in common. They are all in a relatively strong position domestically. Indeed, May and Merkel both appear likely to win their countries' general elections this week and in September, respectively, and Macron secured a decisive victory in France. More important, they are all building a new type of politics to fill the gap left by the decline in traditional political parties' influence.
The new political paradigm is founded on a kind of centrist populism, which blends support for globalization with a healthy dose of social protection and a generous pinch of patriotism. And it is highly personal. May is unambiguously the key attraction in the British election, and her divided Conservative Party is now downplaying the party label. Merkel, too, has become the central figure in a changing Christian Democratic Union party, which lacks alternative leaders. Macron created his own party.
This particular political revolution has been largely missed by commentators, who have tended to misinterpret the weakness of traditional parties, particularly those of the center left, as a fundamental threat to democracy. The rise of right-wing and illiberal populism in almost every major industrial country over the last year has reinforced this perception.
But the right-wing populist tide may now be on its way out, having proven less contagious and less easily internationalized than many expected. The explanation probably lies partly in the United States' experience since electing Donald Trump as its president – an experience that Europeans seem to have little interest in emulating.
In fact, Europe's Trump-supporting nationalists, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen in France, attracted far fewer votes than opinion polls anticipated. This suggests that Europeans are not eager to go to political extremes so much as they are frustrated with a particular mode of political behavior.
In the second half of the twentieth century, a stable pattern emerged in most developed countries, with power alternating between center-right and center-left parties. The parties may have looked like bitter rivals, but they resembled each other in that they did not appeal to extremes, but fought for the political center. Their tax policies, for example, involved some redistribution, but nothing too radical in either direction.
By the 1990s, however, that dynamic was strained by the impact of globalization and voters' fear of job losses to cheaper labor abroad. In response to the challenges raised by greater economic openness, center-left parties linked globalization with liberal stances on social issues.
But that updated form of social democracy – called "New Labour" in the United Kingdom – had little to offer center-left parties' traditional core voters, who began to look for alternatives, just as some of their center-right counterparts did. Yet they were not, it now seems clear, necessarily seeking a radical approach. After all, when offered a new version of moderate politics, many embraced it.
The new centrist political mix harkens back to the days before hyper-globalization. Indeed, as May, Merkel, and Macron remake politics in their respective countries, they are all standing firmly on national tradition.
May's Conservative rejection of extreme economic liberalism as "untrammeled free markets" and "selfish individualism," for example, recalls traditional British paternalism. Her promises to improve the health system, curb exorbitant pay packages of top executives, and deliver more social housing (which tenants could then purchase) looks reassuringly familiar, even old-fashioned (especially when viewed alongside her pledge to let Parliament vote to lift a nearly two-decade-old ban on fox hunting).
Macron represents a different tradition, deeply embedded in the French national psyche but largely lost in recent presidencies. He focuses on France's tradition as a modern and dynamic country with high-quality engineering schools and prestige infrastructure projects. The French president he most closely resembles is Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who also tried to style himself not as a Gaullist, but as a modernizer who would (literally) speed up the national anthem.
Merkel is traditional in a characteristically German way: she deliberately emphasizes pragmatic action over ideology. She is most like Giscard's counterpart among German chancellors, the social democrat Helmut Schmidt, who also broke with his party and emphasized management and competence.
In fact, the promise of individual competence is a critical element of this new European politics. May is portrayed as the only person who can be trusted to negotiate Brexit. Macron is uniquely qualified to work with Germany and the European Union. Merkel is a safe pair of hands.
But the challenges facing May, Macron, and Merkel would be difficult for even the most competent leader. They begin with Brexit negotiations and, for France and Germany, continue to difficult reforms of the eurozone and the EU. While Brexit, by removing an anti-integrationist country power from the EU, may well give a greater impetus to Franco-German cooperation, it will do nothing to remove many formidable obstacles to progress.
The reality is that the new politics that has taken over three major European countries remains fundamentally fragile. It lacks institutional support, in the form of a strong political party, which it may be incapable of acquiring, given its focus on heroic leaders. And, given the combination of complex agendas and high expectations, those leaders may fail. Europe's political center, now masterfully riding a wave of confidence, could suddenly find itself high and dry.