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Italy Tour Operators
Artviva is one of the most highly recommended organisations for cultural tours and is a popular tour operator in Italy. A tour with Artviva is like an apprenticeship with a master artisan from the Renaissance. World renowned as a theatre and tour company, their guides are masters of their art. Explore all the major cities, streets, canals and secret passageways of Italy with Artviva, in a group setting or even one on one. Artviva teach their guests to paint, cook and live the Italian way.
Website: italy.artviva.com
Eating Italy Tours
Eating Italy Tours is a tour operator in Italy that specialises in food and cultural tours for travel in Italy. Eating Italy Tours is the best way to see the heart of the Italian kitchen and is described as a 'moving feast on the streets of Rome'. Tours explore the lesser known parts of Rome and meals are interspersed with historical anecdotes or participation in local events and traditions. Travellers can also learn to cook Italian food with local chefs, right in the heart of Italy. This is the tour for those seeking an 'off the beaten path' tour, away from the tourists, to learn about real Italian culture and experience the everyday lifestyle of Italians.
Website: eatingitalyfoodtours.com
ICNOS Adventures
ICNOS Adventures is a leading tour operator in Italy, hosting popular tours for adventure travel in Italy. ICNOS Adventures specialises in organising guided and self-guided tours throughout Italy for small groups and offers bespoke options for discerning travellers. ICNOS Adventures leaves no stone left unturned when it comes to service and their variety of touring options. Adventure tours include urban and rural destinations, and combine outdoor activity, leisure, and cultural and historical tours of Italy's famous locations and hidden gems. ICNOS Adventures offers an authentic experience for new and returning visitors alike.
Website: icnosadventures.com
Italia Tours
Specialising in a range of independent package holidays and tours, escorted and semi-escorted packages, Italia Tours is a popular tour operator in Italy that has got something special for all kinds of travellers. Enjoy Tuscan gastronomy, Chianti wines, the breathtaking Amalfi Coast or historic and romantic Venice on your holiday. With all these options and so much more, look no further than Italia Tours for all your Italian holiday sightseeing needs.
Website: www.italiatours.com
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Thot, who will walk in this year's Victoria's Secret fashion show for the first time, said the industry has made progress but there is still more to do.
"The industry has definitely made strides in terms of representation recently.
"And I'm so glad to be a part of this change. Have we made enough progress? Not necessarily. We can still do more and I'm certainly up to the task of creating more opportunities for those who have been underrepresented," she told Vogue Australia.
An advocate for inclusion in the fashion world, Thot previously revealed that at the beginning of her career she had to bring her own makeup to shoots and shows as makeup artists often did not have the skills or products for her skin tone.
"Diversity is important because beauty and fashion are such integral parts of culture, and the runway should represent what's actually happening in the world. If the representation isn't there in the shows and marketing, it can be problematic in making marginalised communities feel like they don't belong. Setting an inclusive standard helps younger girls realise their own potential and visualise themselves in similar spaces. Seeing models of colour in previous shows had a similar effect on me. I want to do the same for other young women," the model told the magazine.
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Milwaukee County sledding guide
Note: The contents of this guide were checked for accuracy when this article was updated on Nov. 29, 2009 at 11:19 a.m. We continually update the thousands of articles on OnMilwaukee.com, but it's possible some details, specials and offers may have changed. As always, we recommend you call first if you have specific questions for the businesses mentioned in the guide.
It's another Wisconsin winter, and love it or hate it, there's no denying that gathering the family or a group of friends to hit the snow-covered hills is one of the perks that we Midwesterners can enjoy, most years, well into the months that other states call "spring."
Milwaukee County does not skimp on sledding spots, go grab your tube, toboggan - hey, we've seen people take the slope on a lunch tray -- double up on socks and try to hit that sweet jump.
Take to the hills!
Brown Deer Park
7835 N. Green Bay Rd.
Columbus Park
7301 W. Courtland Ave.
Currie Park
3535 N. Mayfair Rd.
Dretzka Park
12020 W. Bradley Rd.
Greene Park
4235 S. Lipton Ave.
Hales Corners Park
5765 S. New Berlin Rd.
Humboldt Park
3000 S. Howell Ave.
Kern Park
3614 N. Humboldt Blvd.
Lafayette Hill
Next to the tennis courts across from McKinley Marina
LaFollette Park
9418 W. Washington St.
Maitland Park
6001 S. 13 St.
McCarty Park
2567 S 79th St
McGovern Park
5400 N. 51 St.
Mitchell Park
524 S. Layton Blvd.
Pulaski Park
2677 S. 16 St.
St. Mary's Hill
2323 N. Lake Dr.
Sheridan Park
4800 S. Lake Dr.
Valley View Park
5051 S. Sunnyslope Rd., New Berlin
Whitnall Park
5879 S. 92 St.
Wilson Recreation Park
4001 S. 20 St.
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1st graders began by painting colorful stripes onto a long piece of paper. We talked about how the colors used in Kente cloth represented different things, as an example blue represents 'peace' and green represents 'growth' and 'food.' We also discussed how Kente cloth has patterns of color.
The next art class we made our looms using rulers, paper and scissors. The painted paper was cut into strips and we began to weave. The warp are the strips going up and down on the loom and the cut strips of painted paper are called weft. 1st graders weaved their weft under and over their warp. This was not an easy task, weaving for the first time!
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So, where to begin....
Mallory and I recently responded to a help wanted ad for Red Badge a company that provided event services for the local stadium; WestPac Stadium. They were looking for help for the upcoming NZI Sevens tournament. It is staged over two days and nights, the NZI Rugby Sevens involves 16 international teams competing for points that go towards the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens series. Eight tournaments make up the IRB Rugby Sevens series.
The tournament is played under the laws of the game of rugby with some Sevens variations which are framed by the IRB. The 16 teams are split into 4 pools. Play on the first day of the tournament consists of pool matches on a round robin basis. Points are awarded for wins, losses and draws and go towards each team's final points tabulation. Following completion of all the pool matches in day one, the first and second placed teams in each pool progress to the Cup Championship. The third and fourth placed teams of each pool progress to the Bowl Championship.
So all good? But it is less about the sport and more about a two day party where people like to dress up in costumes and drink as much as humanly possible. Look at the proof:
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I'm not going to lie, while the rest of the city enjoyed to two day party, Mallory and I spent most of our time on our feet asking these good people to keep the stairs clear - it was like herding cats. And where there is lots of beer there are lots of arrests. "Isolated acts of stupidity and severely intoxicated young women kept Wellington police busy during the NZI Sevens. Police arrested 43 people in the central city last night. The majority of these were for disorder and assault.At the stadium yesterday, 28 people were arrested for a variety of offences including disorder, offensive behaviour and pitch invasion. A further 40 people were evicted. On Friday, 16 were arrested at the stadium and 76 evicted, with a further 18 people arrested in the central city overnight."
This is what our walk home looked like. This is about two blocks from our flat.....
Next year were are definitely dressing up and going ourselves - costumes and all!
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Students are becoming increasingly selective when it comes to pursuing higher education options, it has been suggested.According to Johnny Rich, editor of student information website push.co.uk, many students are considering CV prestige and potential earnings when they choose which universities to apply to.He added: "Almost all students take the question of what they study, where they study or whether they study at all very seriously and they should. I would encourage students to take where they study as seriously as possible."Mr Rich commented that students had gradually become "customers" rather than "consumers" of higher education.He added that they wanted to have a degree which they could be proud of on their resume.The NUS Student Experience Report 2008 indicated that 53 per cent of students applying to university did so in order to improve their chances of securing a graduate job.Some 44 per cent were most concerned about maximising their earning potential.


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We believe if you're going to kick off the party of the year, you kick it off right.
So this year's Alternative Press Expo after-party APE Aftermath starts as only the Isotope would dare… with the return of the Top Shelf Happy Hour! This annual APE celebration here at the Isotope features Top Shelf Productions co-publisher Brett Warnock behind our bar from 8pm til 9pm making his world famous hand-shaken margaritas! Come worship at the alter of Herradura Tequila with us and have your chance to schmooze with one of the best publishers in the comics industry.
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Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 – Two gubernatorial races were decided Tuesday, Nov. 6, as were elections in three statehouses. Other issues of relevance to transportation also were decided.
Voters in Kentucky ousted Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The Republican lost with 41 percent of the vote. Democrat Steve Beshear, a former lieutenant governor, claimed 59 percent of ballots.
The candidates shared many views on transportation. Both said they were opposed to tolls and increasing the state's fuel tax rates for generate revenue for roads. They said establishing local authorities with the power to issue bonds for transportation needs warrant further consideration.
In Mississippi, Republican Gov. Haley Barbour defeated Democrat John Eaves, an attorney and evangelical Christian, by a 58 percent to 42 percent margin. Barbour rode a wave of support following his handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The same storm led Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco to bow out of this year's race in her state. The Democrat was criticized for her handling of devastation in New Orleans.
Instead, voters cast ballots Oct. 20 for Republican Bobby Jindal. The U.S. representative from Louisiana garnered 54 percent of the vote – more than the 51 percent needed to win outright under state law.
Jindal is the nation's first politician of Indian descent to be elected governor. He also will become the youngest sitting governor at 36.
The Election Day results allow Democrats to hold a 28-22 margin in gubernatorial suites.
In state legislative races, Democrats appeared to gain at least four seats to wrestle control of the Virginia Senate. Republicans had held a 23-17 edge in the chamber coming into the day.
Despite losing three seats, Virginia House Republicans were able to hold onto their advantage in the chamber. When the 2008 session opens in January, Republicans will account for 54 seats while Democrats will have 44 seats and independents will fill two seats.
New Jersey Democrats kept control of both chambers. In the Senate, the party gained one seat to widen its majority to 23-17. Democrats in the Assembly appear to have lost two seats but will continue to hold a 48-32 margin.
In Mississippi, Republicans were unable to keep control of the Senate giving Democrats the majority in both chambers. The GOP held a majority of seats in the Senate for the first time since 1873 when a Democratic lawmaker switched sides this spring. But Democrats appear to have reclaimed majority status with at least 27 of the 52 Senate seats.
Louisiana voters will head to the ballot box Nov. 17. Thanks to term limits that threaten more Democrats than Republicans, the GOP could take control of the House for the first time since Reconstruction. Democrats now have a 63-42 advantage. In the Senate, Democrats hold a 24-15 margin.
Heading into the 2008 presidential campaign, in addition to holding the majority of the nation's governors seats, Democrats continue to have the upper hand in most statehouses. The party holds 23 legislatures while the GOP controls 14. A dozen legislatures are split between the parties, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Ballot issuesIn addition to electing state officials, ballot issues of interest to the trucking industry also were decided in several states across the country.
In Washington, voters rejected the biggest transportation tax proposal in state history.
Proposition 1 was intended to improve traffic congestion in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. By an overall margin of 45 percent in favor and 55 percent opposed, voters opted not to increase sales and vehicle taxes for transportation improvements.
The proposition combined a $30.8 billion Sound Transit proposal to add 50 miles of light rail during the next 30 years and a $16.4 billion plan to add 186 miles of new lanes and ramps in the three counties, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported.
Statewide, Washington voters approved a measure that makes it more difficult to increase state taxes. Initiative 960 passed by a 52-48 percent margin. It requires a two-thirds vote from the Legislature, or a public vote, to raise taxes.
Texas voters overwhelmingly approved a bond issue for highways. Proposition 12 authorizes up to $5 billion in tax-backed bonds and allows the debt to be repaid with general revenue.
Also in Texas, Dallas voters opted not to get in the way of a proposed toll road through a city park along the Trinity River.
Dating back to 1995, city planners launched a $1 billion environmental restoration project for the Trinity River Corridor that included a low-speed boulevard meandering through it.
With projected costs increasing every year, and downtown Dallas traffic continuing to grow, community planners and elected city officials proposed to upgrade the Trinity Parkway to become a toll road with a speed limit of 55 mph.
The Election Day results allow the city to continue with their plans to transform the corridor.
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Jackson County Officials Express Concerns About Coal Plant's Potential Full Closure
JACKSON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Jackson County officials are expressing concerns to the TVA about the potential full closure of the Widow's Creek coal plant.
Most of the units at the plant are idle and have been for months. That's because of a clean air agreement TVA has with the EPA.
In the next year or so TVA has plans to shut down one of the two remaining units in operation.
Jackson County Commission Chairman Matthew Hodges says that's concerning.
"The main concern obviously is the jobs we will lose once that has closed down completely," Hodges says. "Another concern is that is an asset for TVA currently and what will happen with that asset once it does close, and how that will affect the in lieu of taxes."
In lieu of tax funds is the money counties get from their local TVA properties.
Part of the reason why Jackson County officials are concerned about the plant's possible closure is because of those in lieu of tax funds.
They're afraid if that plant closes, those funds could potentially decrease substantially, and they say that's going to affect everyone in the county.
Those funds go to things like the Sheriff's Office, schools, volunteer fire departments and every incorporated municipality in the county.
County leaders are discussing different options with TVA. One of those would be to convert it to a gas plant. Another would be to just keep the two remaining running units operational.
"The two units that remain actually meet the requirements of the EPA so they could continue to operate, based on my understanding, outside of any agreements TVA may have made," Hodges said.
County officials say they are willing to explore any opportunities to keep it running or replace it with another industry.
County leaders say so far TVA officials have been open to their discussions.


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HOUSTON — The Sixers definitely could have used Jrue Holiday in their lineup Wednesday. Especially when Evan Turner limped off the floor in the third quarter of a 125-103 loss, their worst of the season.
But even with their quick start to the season currently in free-fall with five defeats in a row, it was an easy decision to keep the budding young star Holiday under wraps, at least for one more night. Holiday, who averages a team-best 18.4 ppg and 8.9 apg, sat out his fourth game in a row with a sprained left foot.
"He's 22 years old," coach Doug Collins said. "We have a huge investment in him. We've just signed him to a long-term deal and there's no way in the world right now we're going to be short-term foolish. It just makes no sense."
Not when the first third of the Sixers' season has been played in limbo waiting on Andrew Bynum's ailing knees. The 7-foot center is scheduled to have an MRI and get another update today.
Though there is no indication at this point that Holiday's problem is serious or has long-term implications, if any team should be wary, it is the Sixers. Through their history, Philadelphia has seen the careers of All-Stars Andrew Toney and Collins, himself, shortened by foot injuries.
"I don't think this is an injury that you would say is chronic unless you tried to do it too soon," the coach said. "The one thing I've always gone on … people questioned whether I was hurt. My father had just died. They couldn't find anything on an x-ray, it was all in my head. And I had stress fractures in both of my feet.
"So when a player tells me he's hurt, he's hurt. I will never ever question that. To me, when a guy's ready to go, he'll go. I know Jrue wants to go more than anybody."
The situation is made worse by Turner's injury and that rookie Maalik Wayns, getting his first start of the season, hurt his right foot and played just 14 minutes. Backup guard Royal Ivey got a DNP-CD in Houston and has seen his minutes seriously curtailed since early in the season. The Sixers are also in grueling stretch of the schedule where they're playing 10 of 11 games away from home.
Collins said after Wednesday night's thumping by the Rockets that Holiday could return on Friday night against Atlanta.
"It is tricky," Holiday told Bob Cooney of the Philadelphia Daily News. "I feel like we could win a lot of games and I could help my team and, obviously, that's a lot of pressure to put on me to come back. At the same time, I think I just want to be able to play basketball and walk and run and jump and all that stuff you have to do to be able to compete. I'm going to try and get back as quick as possible."


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A special note I will treasure: My mom is brilliant and the most determined person I know! Successfully defended her dissertation today! Despite five moves to four different states, university changes, and other hurdles along the way she has completed her PhD. You are such an inspiration Mom, and we are all so proud of you. Congrats, soon-to-be, Dr Jacque Nyenhuis!
This message really humbled me. On the other hand, we all laughed when I told my kids that getting a PhD was thankfully more about my determination than brilliance.
My dissertation title is: Political Ideology, Beliefs and Values as a Framework for Nutrition Preferences.
A PhD is suppose to signify that I am now an expert at something. I thought about taking a poll to see what I am an expert at, but polls have been really off lately with the 2016 Presidential election so I decided to just think about it on my own. PhD's are suppose to be able to do that really good, too!
Nothing shows my determination like a PhD unless it is sourdough that made it through every single one of those moves– 4 different states in 5 years. I carried my college backpack in one hand and my sourdough starter in the other. Can you imagine the determination of those pioneer women to keep their starter alive through their moves? Yep, that's the kind of determination I am talking about.
Paige has some of that determination. She wanted to help her mommy bake and wanted to make sure she got in on the fun.
So what am I an expert at. It is where I have put my passion. My kids and grandkids. Also, as a food scientist I am likely a bit obsessive compulsive about determining what works for sourdough. 50 years of bread baking and 1000's of loaves later this is what I know for sure…..
Keep it simple. Don't stress. It always comes back to life. But we all need a little renewal:
I have spent hours and hours on a loaf. And I have spent 5 minutes on just as great a loaf. But it is all good. Even after months of neglect, add a teaspoon of cider vinegar and a tablespoon of instant potato flakes along with 1 cup of flour and a cup of water, and it is all good…. Let it sit on the counter, covered for at least several hours. It will float in water when it has the power to make a crusty, light loaf of bread. Ashley has proven this renewal works since she keeps a neglected bit in the frig that only sees a feeding when I visit several months later.
I have worked through every complicated sourdough process, I have tried every method known. More importantly, I visited with cooks across the country in their own kitchens to learn even more. Wow, this is starting to look like how I earned my PhD….I traveled across the country talking with people about food, nutrition and politics. That is another thing that I am good at. Talking to people and learning about food.
I am a foodie in a really down to earth kind of way. I love local dives. Expensive restaurants can't hold a candle to a hole in the wall with great local cuisine. I will go way out of my way to eat at one in just about any corner of the world. My kids have been known to say "We are not going to eat there, are we?" But when Coulter's deployment with the US Marines was completed he needed his truck. So I loaded up the F-150 and headed west. Through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. And no one was with me to refuse a stop at all of these amazing little nooks where some of the best cooks and chefs serve their food day in and day out. I learn so much from all these folks, about cooking, about new foods and yes, life too.
So, this is also how I learned about bread baking: Gram on the farm in Iowa taught me the sponge method. My mom taught me that some things like yeast bread can be done even when when you have 6 kids, work full time and go to school. The native Alaskan women, stooped with age, first taught me less flour is more. The North Dakotans have such a long history of wheat bread baking that it was ingrained in their souls and they shared recipes handed down several generations. And then there was my experimentation. I literally can not stop. I tell myself after the 20 loaves in as many days, to get on with my life. I then find myself back in the kitchen because in the middle of the night I woke up with one more experiment to try that meant another 20 loaves in the next few days. OK, you get the picture. And here is a fabulous apple bread to celebrate all this knowledge and expertise I have gained in sourdough baking and in working towards a PhD. It takes very little hands on time, about 5 minutes if you are fast and sloppy like me. I make the bread between classes, work, playing with Carson and Paige and even between chapters of a dissertation.
Sour Dough Apple Bread
1 cup flour
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups starter
1 cup starter (it is perfect when a bit of it can float in water)
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups fresh or dried apple pieces, dusted with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Combine all the ingredients, adding more water or more flour to make a dough that is very wet but can still be a handled. Knead it for 5 minutes or until smooth. Place in a greased bowl. Cover with a towel and let stand in a very warm place if you want it in 3 hours or at room temperature 68 degrees if overnight.
Go to work. Write a dissertation. Play with the kids. Go to sleep for the night…. ahh yes sleep. That is what I do. I mix it up right after supper and it proofs overnight on the counter.
After you are done with what you are doing and the bread is double. Form it into a loaf. Place it on parchment paper and gently place it in a cast iron pan or clay cooker. Cover with the lid.
Go to work. Take a walk with your sweetheart. Spend the day with the grandkids.
As soon as I get home from work, I put it in the oven. Turn the oven on: 425 degrees. Spray the top of the bread with water. Sprinkle with seeds. Slash a cool design on the top. Bake for 30 minutes with the lid on. Take the lid off and bake another 20 minutes or until a thermometer placed in the center of the loaf registers 200 degrees.
Tip: The bread can be placed in the oven before it is preheated when using a covered baking dish. To bake in a regular loaf pan, preheat the oven. Coat the pan with cooking spray and place dough in the loaf pan. Let rise until double and then bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes total.


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"To Reno, beautiful emblem of the great divide."
Two toasts to Reno from George Cukor's 1939 film, The Women, as a train filled with women from New York head west to Nevada, the divorce capital of the twentieth century. The ONE has a great article on this Reno phenomenon, written by historian and anthropologist Mella Harmon. As she explains, "journalists and gossip columnists called it the 'Great Divide,' a destination for divorce seekers who wanted to take 'the cure,' get 'Reno-vated,' and according to legend, throw their wedding rings into the Truckee River from the Virginia Street 'Bridge of Sighs.'"
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Ever dreamed of living in your very own farmhouse? Fantasized about leaving the hustle and bustle of the city and escaping to a quieter country retreat? Well, you are in luck! Silly Goose Farm is available to rent from September 16-19, and also Columbus Day Weekend.
If you are a fan of this show, you'll definitely want to take advantage of the September opening. Harvest Festival in Sharon Springs is guaranteed to be a good time! Read more about it here and here. Silly Goose Farm is located about 25 minutes East of Sharon Springs, and the famous Beekman Mansion (home to Beekman 1802).
Fall is quickly approaching, and the first blush of apples is in sight. What better way to celebrate the season than to pick apples in your very own orchard?
Or take leisurely strolls along the pastures and woods of the property?
Enjoy a quiet meal at home, or indulge at local restaurants, including this one, this one, and this one.
Start your morning of exploration with a cup of coffee from the kitchen...
Or, just lounge about at home.
Either way, sleep deep and soundly at night.
If you are interested in renting Silly Goose Farm, please email us at email@example.com.


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We had long planned to explore the islands in our inflatable kayak, so despite our tiredness we began to get ready with a sense of anticipation: inflating the boat, assembling paddles and so on. We were only part-way through our preparations when a convoy of vehicles roared into the carpark in a cloud of dust, the tail-ender towing a trailer. The sound of "I was born under a wand'ring star" blared from a car window, and this seemed strangely appropriate for this western filmic entrance. The cars disgorged their passengers; five middle-aged guys with Geordie accents, who proceeded to produce an inflatable kayak each and a mountain of camping gear. This was no lightweight expedition: each had a large frame tent, complete with folding chair and camp-bed, plus a bewildering and heavyweight array of accessories. They bustled busily and noisily around the car park. We admired each other's boats and compared plans. Our boat was the trusty Sea Eagle Fast Track; theirs were three Pak a Yaks, a Sevylor, and, interestingly, an American import AlpackaRaft on its maiden voyage. Their plan was to establish camp at a suitable spot on an island; ours simply to have an afternoon's exploring.
We all slept well that night.
The next day we were again late getting on the move, partly due to laziness and party due to counselling our new canoeing friends about possible destinations for their next paddle. They had resolved to drive all the way down to Loch Voil in the Trossachs to camp there and break the journey back to Newcastle. We let them have a look at our maps, and told them about the new anti-camping bye laws in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. I made the suggestion of a trip across Rannoch Moor by way of Loch Laidon as an alternative. Our plan for the day was to visit our friends Ade and Jo on their recently acquired croft at Inveralligin, and perhaps go climbing.
When we reached their place a couple of their friends, Claire and Lynn, were working on the strip of land that runs up the hillside behind their house. Unfortunately, while digging a ditch one of the girls had punctured a water pipe and a miniature geyser was spouting into the air. We affected the best repairs we could and dug like demons to clear a ditch to drain the excess water away. Jo and Adrian contacted both their neighbours and Scottish Water to try to resolve the problem.
After lunch, Jo opted to stay home to meet the Water Board repair people, while Adrian, Mhairi and I headed five minutes uphill in the car to the Beginners' Slabs on the road to Diabaig.
Although the climbing is easy, protection is tricky to arrange, so these gave Mhairi excellent practice in getting back into leading mode.
We'd decided that our plan for the Sunday, our last day in the northwest, would be to climb Fuar Tholl, which would be the fifth Corbett of the week.
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Workshops Involve Teachers and Students in Connecting Engineering and Biology
Professional development workshops initiated by the BioBuilder Educational Foundation (TBEF) and the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC), an NSF-funded center headquartered at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, engage teachers with the BioBuilder curriculum that connects biology to an engineering framework. In summer 2012, new models were introduced at three workshops.
The overarching goal of the workshops is to create better and more enthusiastic bioengineers. BioBuilder takes cutting-edge research projects and transforms them into teachable modules for teachers and students to investigate together. Each module begins with online animations to set up the challenge, and then moves offline to the classroom or lab setting. After completing the modules, teachers and students then return to the online community forum to share their data, findings, and thoughts.
Workshops were held at Purdue University, UC Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all SynBERC core partner institutions. At Purdue, the workshop emphasized teacher/student collaboration as well as the nuts and bolts of running a high school International Genetically Engineered Machines competition (iGEM) team. A pair of faculty leaders, Professors Kari Clase and Jenna Rickus, teamed up with expert high school teachers Sherry Annee and Rebecca Schini in training eight new teachers and their students at the same time.
Using a "flipped classroom" format, the Purdue workshop trained the high school students in the lab portions of the curriculum in advance of the teachers. Students were then asked to teach their teachers how to measure the intensity of banana smell from E. coli, for example, or how to transform different chassis with color-producing genetic programs.
Kelly Bozoian, a high school teacher who completed the Purdue workshop with a student, wrote, "These labs should be a fun start to our school year and a great introduction to synthetic biology."
Started in 2007 at MIT, BioBuilder was created in response to countless requests for synthetic biology learning materials from policy makers, environmental groups, and members of the media needing to know more about the basic biology involved, as well as scientists wanting to know more about engineering aspects of the field. BioBuilder is now an independent non-profit foundation.


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Yes, it's still Lovecraft's poem. God that man was hilarious.
Before this past week I had never flown before. My preferred method of describing the experience now is that it is like a roller coaster that turns into a bus ride after the first five minutes and then it keeps going for seven and a half hours. Unless, of course, there is a delay due to light snow and the bus ride lasts for eight hours. And then you arrive at Heathrow after midnight and your cab you reserved has left and so you have to spend an arm and a leg on a black cab to take you to your house. Well.
I have arrived safe and sound in foggy (or as it happens snowy) Londontowne. I'm sure you'll forgive me for missing yet another Friday, as I was out in Kensington all day for completely useless orientations. That may sound petulant on my part but I mean it, they were pretty useless — my college is working in conjunction with an international education organization which provides its own dorms for students. However, each program is also tailored specifically to the wishes of each college, and my college in particular wanted us to stay with English host families rather than in dorms. It was made so.
Most of the orientations, then, turned out to be about how to live in the dorms, deal with neighbors, and so on. There was also a bit on our eventual internships, which start in about seven weeks, and how we will have to travel; we were warned quite solemnly that we could expect a daily commute of up to 45 minutes, which I suppose might be somewhat harrowing for all the students living in the dorms, but the entire group from my school has to take a commute of 45 minutes or more just to get to the damn classrooms, so it wasn't exactly a productive evening for us.
Don't misinterpret that as me not liking the host family situation. I'm actually enjoying myself so far — the family is very pleasant, and there are plenty of interesting shops nearby. Of everyone in our school's group, my roommate and I actually have the shortest commute into Kensington for class (we're the lucky 45-minute bastards) and while that's pretty cool, it also means we have to work a little bit to meet up with the other people we know. Our first attempt at this was last night, when we all went out for drinks at a pub, and while the journey in was okay, on the journey back we ended up on the wrong bus line and rode in the completely wrong direction for a while before finally getting turned around and falling into bed at about 1:00 this morning.
Then we woke up at 8 today and, because it was Saturday and the tubes were running slowly due to weekend travel/closings we had to run about four blocks to catch a tour bus we were scheduled for.
The tour itself was neat enough; we briefly stopped by all the famous monuments, took some pictures, and nearly froze to death.
That strikes me as a good transition for talking about my strongest first impression of this city: the snow. There is not normally snow here, which is not a fact I was previously aware of, but which I have been informed ceaselessly since I arrived. An English friend of mine who I've known for a few years asked me: "Do you like how we all panic and flap our hands like girls when snow happens?"
Not only does this accurately describe the situation, I do in fact like it, in a weird way. I come from the Midwest, where we have horrific winters pretty regularly. I can remember missing more or less a month of school due to a sort of blizzard, and then a week (or a week and a half) one winter where the powerlines were so weighed down with ice they snapped. We regularly have subzero temperatures in Fahrenheit. So when I showed up with people completely freaking out about how this was the COLDEST WINTER IN 30 YEARS and it was ZERO DEGREES (in Celsius, these chumps!) I thought it was pretty hysterical.
During my first evening in, the snow came, and pretty much all hell broke loose. The tube was off schedule, buses were off schedule, people were having snowball fights in the street (and while walking past the hospital, I saw the paramedics were having a snowball fight in the ambulance dock). On the news that night some field reporter was completely freaking out over how much ice was on the pavement, then proceeded to stomp around on the few pitiful, brittle flakes of ice under her feet.
There is, of course, a downside to this. Since people here are so unused to snow, they're actually very unprepared for it — meaning, basically, that people don't know how to shovel their fucking sidewalks, or put salt or sand down. They simply don't have the capacity for it, they don't have the materials and the thought never occurs to them. This has ensured that, outside of central London where all the snow is spirited away municipally, the pavements have degenerated into horrible inch-thick sheets of ice and packed snow that are murderously slick.
Today, especially, has been a rather bad day to be out. It's only about 30 F, which is of course a horrible shock to the Londoners, but the wind chill is ungodly; added to that, it was snowing last time I was out and for all I know it may still be going. What I am getting at, I guess, is that if the weather doesn't clear up soon then I will be stuck in an unfamiliar city with a couple million people dealing with an unfamiliar weather situation and we will probably all die screaming before the month is out.
That seems to be enough for a first damage report, so I'll cut myself off here. Classes start Monday; if I have time on Friday, I'll write up my impressions of that, plus anything I've skipped over here. Also I don't blog frequently enough to link every new thing I find to be awesome, and I know it's already been all over the internet, but I cannot recommend Two Gentlemen of Lebowski enough.


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Pav Bhaji must be the most popular recipe cooked on a tawa in India. Google up Pav Bhaji and you will get zillions of Pav Bhaji recipes and also its history on Wikipedia. We still remember the ad of Everest Spices on TV in India with a punch line that conveyed Everest Pav Bhaji Masala is a blend of 13 secret spices. The punch line added so much elusiveness to the recipe that my mom actually used to use it. Though invented in Mumbai, the recipe has made its way to every nook and corner in India and is an extremely popular street food and also served in high-end fast food chains.
The base of the recipe is boiled potatoes mashed up with spices and butter which is what the original recipe was. As time went by creativity made its way with addition of peas, cauliflower, bell peppers etc. We made Pav Bhaji with just potatoes to keep it simple and original; and we did not use any ready-made Pav Bhaji masala. We realize now what a hoax the ad was. The truth is it's a simple recipe that needs just garam masala (we used MDH brand garam masala) and some red chilies. The taste is all from butter; and we love butter in our food so we used it really generously.
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Planning Strategy in the Midst of Disruptive Change
We see it in almost every industry: massive change in the way business is done, in the way products are delivered, even in the way people buy things. Strategic planning is essential, but the old methods of meeting behind closed doors, developing a three-year plan, and then making a top-down strategy pronouncement is as old-fashioned as picking up a VHS video at Blockbuster. What's a leader to do? There are strategic planning frameworks galore to choose from, but here's the key: It's not about frameworks. It's about changing how you think about strategy.
Engage Heart and Mind
True strategy isn't about using the analytical mind – leaders must also engage their hearts and cultivate the human element. This means leaders will need a deep understanding of themselves and how they operate in relation to others. Making tough strategic choices requires awareness of personal fears and concerns, so that one can understand the root of resistance. It also requires leaders have an awareness of their hopes and sources of inspiration, to be able to push through fears, and be bold. Have you ever heard of a leader that has made a courageous move say "I did it because the numbers told me to?" No, it came from the heart.
Know Your Blind Spots
Engagement of head and heart allows helps leaders become aware of their own blind spots, accept them, and then bring in others to fill in capabilities they don't have. Easier said than done – who wants to admit what they don't know? That calls for some humility and vulnerability. But, here's a fact: no leader can possibly be an expert in everything. Surfacing blind spots by challenging assumptions is what enables leaders to be more proactive in adapting to change, versus reacting to it too late. And, particularly in times of increasing complexity and uncertainty, embracing what we don't know and using ruthless curiosity to challenge our assumptions, is what really helps leaders create a sustainable strategic advantage.
Create a Culture That Supports Strategy
The answer to disruptive change is creating an adaptive culture. This means people are empowered up and down the line, freeing up executives to look at the long view. Both the organization culture, and leaders' mindsets, must change.
Strategy can only be effective if the organization's culture is transparent, inclusive and flexible. Executives must focus on the question: what are the few critical, strategic choices the company needs to make? They can't be behind closed doors, or in the weeds, micromanaging — in either case, they will simply bounce from crisis to crisis. Leaders have to be talking to people outside the industry and company, experts in the field, and hearing from those inside the organization, to get a complete picture of the changing environment. To make this possible, their managers need to be empowered and entrusted to solve problems, instead of escalating them up to the next level.
Making Strategy Successful
One piece of making strategy successful is maintaining a healthy balance among results, process, and relationship. An inflexible focus on financial results — while ignoring the human dimension and effective, clear processes — is unsustainable. Processes can't be too rigid, but should be iterative and inclusive. Clarity of process and well-defined decision-making provide people with a foundation without tying them down too much.
On the relationship side, leaders need trustworthiness and transparency. While executives don't have to know everything, it helps if they can share what they "think" they know, and get input on it. As for results, leaders can't rely exclusively on analytics, they must trust their guts when making strategic choices around results.
We often know the right thing to do, but resist doing it until we have data to tell us so. Lingering too long in "analysis paralysis" can result in decisions made too late, or worse yet, no decision at all. Ultimately, leaders need to be rigorous and focused in the results they are striving for, and have an understanding how processes and relationships can affect their desired outcomes.
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At the start of 2018 the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Welsh Government published a consultation on proposals to tackle crime and poor performance in the waste sector and introduce a new fixed penalty notice (FPN) for the householder waste Duty of Care.
This further consultation document focuses on the proposal to introduce a new FPN for household Duty of Care offences related to fly-tipping.
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This breakdown of Lincoln Park's bars, restaurants and coffee shops is sure to help on-campus, commuter and part-times students navigate their way through Lincoln Park's busy blocks.
It's college, so...
The Apartment
Dillinger's Bar and Grill
The Drinkingbird
Duffy's Tavern
Faith & Whiskey
Forza Ristorante and Bar
Gaslight Bar & Grille
Kelly's Pub
Liar's Club
Lincoln Station
Mad River
O'Malley's West
Rose's Lounge
Shoes Pub
The Store | open late
Dining options made for a college student's budget
Aloha Grill
Allende Restaurant
Athenian Room
Bourgeois Pig
Buffalo Wild Wings
Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!
Clarke's | open late
Jade East
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
Nan's Sushi and Chinese
Nesh Mediterranean Grill
Noodles in the Pot
Nookie's Too | open late
Papa D's Grill | open late
Pequod's Pizza | open late
Penny's Noodle Shop
Sultan's Market
Taco and Burrito House | open late
Taco and Burrito Palace #2 | open late
Thai Wild Ginger
Uncle Sammy's
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Places to crunch before an exam
Argo Tea Cafe
Bourgeois Pig
Fliorole Cafe & Bakery
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Whe I lived in England thirty-five years ago I was friends with the pianist and composer André Tchaikowsky. At the time I promised to him to design a house for him some day. Unfortunately I only was able to do this posthumously. A curced hall with coffee house chairs and grandpiano at one end and a kitchen for having guests on the other, a guest quarter and his private rooms with lovely sight on the sea for composing.
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text: I wrote early last night that the 2012 Daytona 500 was postponed to noon today. Well it has been postponed again, this time to 7 p.m. this evening. There was a 70 percent chance of rain this afternoon at Daytona International Speedway but it tapers off to around 30 percent at around 6 p.m. Let's hope they can get the race in tonight because if NASCAR can't, who knows what's next. The race could be run in that case of Easter Day weekend, the series' next off weekend.


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Smash Cat Heroes
What is it that many Nintendo 3DS video games do? They put some
content on the top screen and different content on the bottom screen.
What has not been done in many games? Moving your character from one
screen to another screen. Guess what Smash Cat Heroes lets you do?
Smash Cat Heroes lets us move from the bottom screen to the top screen. This is so cool, and more fun than I remembered. It works really well on the Nintendo 2DS hand held too. I just love moving my cat samurai from the top screen to the bottom. It feels like I have so much more space to walk around.
What do we do in Smash Cat Heroes? We slice and dice enemy cats. Collect the items they drop, and make our way through wave after wave of enemies. At the end is a large animal that needs to be beaten up. These larger animals are boss characters that are much harder to defeat.
While we play Smash Cat Heroes we earn money. I wish the money we earned in this game was applied to our Nintendo accounts or something. Anyways, that money is used to upgrade our cats. They become more powerful, and can beat harder levels.
Expect to replay certain levels over and over again. Earn money, and when you have enough - upgrade. After a few upgrades you can finally beat that boss. And then you get to another different looking level. The graphics are a bit on the small side.
Normally the violent games bore me to tears. Who enjoy hacking and slashing thousands of the same looking characters? For some reason Smash Cat Heroes did not bore me. I like the cat characters. I like the personality of the characters. I like upgrading my cat. I never thought I would ever say something like that in my life.
Smash Cat Heroes carries along some app like traits. We earn additional money if we can beat the level in a certain amount of time. These are like goals that can be achieved if you are really good at this hand held downloadable game. Or if you have a really powerful cat.
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Sound: 75%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
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