text: Maybe it's just me, but I've always wondered what goes on in the private airline lounges. Up until yesterday, I could only picture the version I'd seen in the movies (Up in the Air) or television (Mad Men). When I opened a United credit card (50K bonus miles and no foreign transaction fees), it came with two free one-day passes to the United Club. On my way back from Turin, I had two spare hours in Chicago -- after clearing customs (love my Global Entry card), rechecking my bag, and going through security -- which seemed like the perfect amount of time to check it out.


text: On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 11:04:32AM -0700, Rogelio Bastardo enlightened us: > I'm installing NagiosQL on CentOS 4.5 and am trying to follow these > instructions > http://www.nagiosql.org/wiki/Documentation > > "....decompress the nagiosql-*.tar.gz to a directory accessible by your > webserver (e.g. /srv/www/htdocs)" > > But since there is now /srv/www/htdocs folder on my installation, I'm not > sure what to do on CentOS instead. > > Any advice? The equivalent directory would be /var/www/html on CentOS. Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263

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Business Valuation
Analysis of the value of companies for mergers and acquisitions and fundraising.
The need to evaluate business arises, which can be described as the key stages to the development of the company. It is reasonable to find the professionals – highly qualified consultants with technical knowledge and practical experience who will be able to carry out an objective and independent business valuation.
We are always trying to achieve a deep understanding of the company's business, doing a detailed analysis of the dynamics of its development and defining the key industry and internal factors affecting the valuation.
If it is necessary, we develop a detailed financial model and give to our client a tool to use, aimed at creating value, enabling them to work out different scenarios.
In the current context of high demand for transparent and reliable estimates required for the fulfillment of corporate transactions.
Based on our knowledge and understanding of the requirements and expectations of the various categories of investors, we offer the owners and management independent advice to inform decisions about fundraising or M&A transactions.
When you are selling or buying a business we can help you:
● Determine the fair price of the company.
● Implement a range of solutions that will help increase the impact of the transaction, control the process of selling or buying and minimize potential problems.
● We assist in all phases: from the analysis of the structure to the final stage of the transaction.
● We could find potential buyers or acquisition targets to assess opportunities, assistance with negotiations and the overall management of transactions and analysis of the synergies.
When you raise funds, we will help you:
● Rate a company's business and investment priorities in the current economic conditions.
● Develop short-term and long-term program to improve the business value.
● Develop an effective business model to attract investments or other strategic goals.
● Our experts in the field of business modeling will help you analyze the model and render services on its creation and support that you need to make key decisions and to improve the results of the strategic planning.
Our values: we have narrow specialization, because we are engaged only in that we love, understand and what we do the best.
Professionalism: We have substantial experience as a strategic advisor and in management of a real business. We only negotiate with decision-makers for the best results. Understanding specifics and details of the business is our advantage.
Efficiency: We understand the regional specificity of the criteria and decision-making system of clients, strategic and institutional investors. These are the key components for achieving the best results.
We are a fully independent Company: We adhere to high ethical standards of business, ensuring confidentiality of services in order to avoid conflicts of interest.
Applicability of solutions: Our experts have vast experience in improving business efficiency and increasing its value. We offer innovative ideas and solutions that help our clients achieve real results. We are constantly expanding and deepening our knowledge of markets, providing clients with the most current information and support for the successful implementation of their tasks, allowing them to be always one step ahead.


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Polish: rzepa
Icelandic: næpa
French: navet
Hebrew: לפת
Marathi: शलगम
Czech: vodnice
Japanese: カブ
Estonian: kaalikas
Tagalog: singkamas
Turkish: şalgam
Romanian: gulie
(Turnip and black radish. Don't use black raddish to this dish)
Before Europeans know the taste of potatoes, they were all eating cooked grains, turnips, rutabagas and parsleys. In Poland potatoes are, together with bread, the very basic meal, just like rice in China. Once at my local market I found a man selling turnips. I've never seen them before and was so anxious to try. I bought 1 kilo and tried raw, with sandwich and in salad. After that, after falling in love with this vegetable, I was pickling, frying, baking, stuffing and stewing it on many ways. Turnip is universal, you can do anything with it. Sometimes I regret that I started writing this blog so late cause I missed so much great food without a pic. Many times I make a dich only once. Cause there are so many products and so many ways of preparing them. Like radish, turnip and beetroot pickles. Referring to the first post of this blog, 1 ate potatoes only once today :P) since september. All this time I was consuming turnip instead. Here is my recipe how to prepare baked aromatic juicy turnips
1/2 kg turnips (or more, or less, as you wish)
2 spoons of olive oil
2 spoons of mixed herbs (mint, thyme, rosemary, parsley, anything)
2 cloves garlic, mashed
salt, pepper
1. Wash, peel turnips and cut them into "half moons", quarters or smaller, depending on how big they are
2. Put them into a bowl and mix with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and herbs so that oil and herbs cover the slices
3. Cover a baking pan with baking paper spread turnips, cover turnips with baking paper so that they stay juicy. Bake about half an hour in 250C
(here: baked turnip with buckwheat)
You can do exactly the same with rutabaga:
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
(just my imagination) baked turnips / rutabagas
Labels: Ingredient: vegetables, Menu: dinner
2 comments:
Thank you very much! You are quite creative!
- 10 May 2009 at 09:39
- Ewa said...
Thank you!
- 19 April 2011 at 04:04
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Happy New Years 2009 Everyone!
First and foremost, Happy New Years 2009 everyone! Hope you had an awesome time in 2008, an awesomer time at New Year's Eve, and the awesomest time in the year ahead!
As you can clearly see, I was back in KL to do a spot of partying, a spot of R&R;, and a spot of photography, if you can believe that. Figured I'd stuff my bag full of clothing rather than photography items, I gambled on just bringing my D300 body and 50mm f/1.4D, as my main target was to do another shoot with my fave model there. And I've worked out a booking with Ted Adnan and Barebones Studio so I have my shooting space and lighting gear ready when I got there, so I have the opportunity of utilizing a bigger shooting space, without having to lug my heavy lightstands around, as my backpack is heavy enough, and finally get a chance to meet one of the region's Strobist heroes.
My travel was not without it's perils. The boat, Seri Anna, taking me to Labuan disembarked so late and travelled so slow that by the time I reached Labuan terminal, I was literally already late for check-in at the AirAsia counter at Labuan Airport. Got out of the terminal, I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah, forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo holmes smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.
…sorry, sorry… Internet meme… Had to do it…
Anyway I whistled for a cab, got in as fast as I could, paid him double so he could get me to the airport within like, 5 minutes, jumped out when I got there, ran to the counter. I asked what the closing time for the counter was, and he said, "9:45"; the exact time I have on my watch. The same kinda thing happened as well when I was going to KLIA's LCCT. Finished the shoot quite late at 4pm, while my flight was supposed to be 6pm. Ted's studio was in Kajang. KLIA was quite a ways away. Traffic was jammed.
Under the predicament at hand, the model need not send me to LCCT, she was late for an appointment anyway. But she sent me still anyway, getting lost in the process. And people wonder why she's my favourite model… Well fortunately that's the end of my perilous journey to KL. Hopefully in the near future, I'd pick out far better travel arrangements so as not to stress myself out during my supposed R&R; session.
Anyway, here's an ubiquitous shot of Petronas Twin Towers at night. I'll post other shots soon. Again, limiting myself to one lens is quite a good exercise in getting the shooting cobwebs out. More shots to come soon!
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January 10, 2009
Happy New Year's dude! Hope u had a blast in Kay-EL! *hahahaahaha* =P
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Addressee: Miss Lilian M. Maguier [sic], 1902 G Terry Ave, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Postmark: Talcahuano Chile
Date: January 7, 1909
Image: Jardin del Palacio en el Parque Cousino, Concepcion, Chile
The view in the postcard is of the central part of the park where the palace once stood. Below is a current image from the park.
If you speak Spanish, check this Wiki article for the history of the park. For the Spanish-challenged, this YouTube video provides a long tour of the park.Or this one! This YouTube video provides a very quick tour of the park.
Dear friend,
Am far away
and still going
farther, we never
stop to think any
Jerome C. Huff
This postcard from Lillian's collection is one of my favorites. It is special because it comes from a friend who is traveling in a foreign country. Chile was not a common destination for travel in those days. It is also special for the writer's beautiful penmanship. But most especially it is a treasure because of its simple yet poignant message. It almost reads like a Haiku or poem. It is such a thoughtful, pensive message. It speaks of loneliness, and reflection on decisions in life. Perhaps he is just homesick, or perhaps lonely. We will never know. But his message still speaks to the heart after more than a century.


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ADVISORY: official information issued by tropical cyclone warning centers describing all tropical cyclone watches and warnings in effect along with details concerning tropical cyclone locations, intensity and movement, and precautions that should be taken. Advisories are also issued to describe: (a) tropical cyclones prior to issuance of watches and warnings and (b) subtropical cyclones.
BEST TRACK: a subjectively-smoothed representation of a tropical cyclone's location and intensity over its lifetime. The best track contains the cyclone's latitude, longitude, maximum sustained surface winds, and minimum sea-level pressure at 6-hourly intervals. Best track positions and intensities, which are based on a post-storm assessment of all available data, may differ from values contained in storm advisories. They also generally will not reflect the erratic motion implied by connecting individual center fix positions.
CENTER: generally speaking, the vertical axis of a tropical cyclone, usually defined by the location of minimum wind or minimum pressure. The cyclone center position can vary with altitude. In advisory products, refers to the center position at the surface.
CENTER/VORTEX FIX : the location of the center of a tropical or subtropical cyclone obtained by reconnaissance aircraft penetration, satellite, radar, or synoptic data. Central north pacific basin: the region north of the equator between 140w and the international dateline. The central pacific hurricane center (cphc) in honolulu, hi is responsible for tracking tropical cyclones in this region.
CYCLONE: an atmospheric closed circulation rotating counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Eastern north pacific basin: the portion of the north pacific ocean east of 140w. The national hurricane center in Miami, FL is responsible for tracking tropical cyclones in this region.
EYE: the roughly circular area of comparatively light winds that encompasses the center of a severe tropical cyclone. The eye is either completely or partially (at least 50%) surrounded by the eyewall cloud.
EYE WALL/WALL CLOUD: an organized band or ring of cumulonimbus clouds that surround the eye, or light-wind center of a tropical cyclone. Eyewall and wall cloud are used synonymously. Explosive deepening: a decrease in the minimum sea-level pressure of a tropical cyclone of 2.5 mb/hr for at least 12 hours or 5 mb/hr for at least six hours.
EXTRATROPICAL: a term used in advisories and tropical summaries to indicate that a cyclone has lost its "tropical" characteristics. The term implies both poleward displacement of the cyclone and the conversion of the cyclone's primary energy source from the release of latent heat of condensation to baroclinic (the temperature contrast between warm and cold air masses) processes. It is important to note that cyclones can become extratropical and still retain winds of hurricane or tropical storm force.
FUJIWHARA EFFECT: the tendency of two nearby tropical cyclones to rotate cyclonically about each other.
GALE WARNING: a warning of 1-minute sustained surface winds in the range 34 kt (39 mph or 63 km/hr) to 47 kt (54 mph or 87 km/hr) inclusive, either predicted or occurring and not directly associated with tropical cyclones.
HIGH WIND WARNING: a high wind warning is defined as 1-minute average surface winds of 35 kt (40 mph or 64 km/hr) or greater lasting for 1 hour or longer, or winds gusting to 50 kt (58 mph or 93 km/hr) or greater regardless of duration that are either expected or observed over land.
HURRICANE/TYPHOON: a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind (using the U.S. 1-minute average) is 64 kt (74 mph or 119 km/hr) or more. The term hurricane is used for Northern Hemisphere cyclones east of the international dateline to the Greenwich Meridian. The term typhoon is used for Pacific cyclones north of the equator west of the international dateline.
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT: a public release prepared by local national weather service offices in or near a threatened area giving specific details for its county/parish warning area on (1) weather conditions, (2) evacuation decisions made by local officials, and (3) other precautions necessary to protect life and property.
HURRICANE SEASON: the portion of the year having a relatively high incidence of hurricanes. The hurricane season in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico runs from June 1 to November 30. The hurricane season in the eastern pacific basin runs from may 15 to november 30. The hurricane season in the central pacific basin runs from June 1 to November 30.
HURRICANE WARNING: a warning that sustained winds 64 kt (74 mph or 119 km/hr) or higher associated with a hurricane are expected in a specified coastal area in 24 hours or less. A hurricane warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water or a combination of dangerously high water and exceptionally high waves continue, even though winds may be less than hurricane force.
HURRICANE WATCH: an announcement for specific coastal areas that hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours. Post-storm report: a report issued by a local national weather service office summarizing the impact of a tropical cyclone on it's forecast area. These reports include information on observed winds, pressures, storm surges, rainfall, tornadoes, damage and casualties.
PRELIMINARY REPORT: now known as "tropical cyclone report". A report summarizing the life history and effects of an atlantic or eastern pacific tropical cyclone. It contains a summary of the cyclone life cycle and pertinent meteorological data, including the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities) and other meteorological statistics. It also contains a description of damage and casualties the system produced, as well as information on forecasts and warnings associated with the cyclone. NHC writes a report on every tropical cyclone in its area of responsibility.
PRESENT MOVEMENT: the best estimate of the movement of the center of a tropical cyclone at a given time and given position. This estimate does not reflect the short-period, small scale oscillations of the cyclone center. Probability of tropical cyclone conditions: the probability, in percent, that the cyclone center will pass within 50 miles to the right or 75 miles to the left of the listed location within the indicated time period when looking at the coast in the direction of the cyclone's movement.
RAPID DEEPENING: a decrease in the minimum sea-level pressure of a tropical cyclone of 1.75 mb/hr or 42 mb for 24 hours.
RELOCATED: a term used in an advisory to indicate that a vector drawn from the preceding advisory position to the latest known position is not necessarily a reasonable representation of the cyclone's movement.
STORM SURGE: An abnormal rise in sea level accompanying a hurricane or other intense storm, whose height is the difference between the observed level of the sea surface and the level that would have occurred in the absence of the cyclone. Storm surge is usually estimated by subtracting the normal or astronomic high tide from the observed storm tide.
STORM TIDE: the actual level of sea water resulting from the astronomic tide combined with the storm surge.
STORM WARNING: a warning of 1-minute sustained surface winds of 48 kt (55 mph or 88 km/hr) or greater, either predicted or occurring, not directly associated with tropical cyclones.
SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE: a non-frontal low pressure system that has characteristics of both tropical and extratropical cyclones. Subtropical cyclones, which can evolve into tropical cyclones, are generally of two types: (1) an upper level cold low with circulation extending to the surface and maximum sustained winds generally occurring at a radius of about 100 miles or more from the pressure center. (2) a mesoscale cyclone originating in or near a frontolyzing zone of horizontal wind shear, with radius of maximum sustained winds generally less than 30 miles. The entire circulation sometimes encompasses an area initially no more than 100 miles in diameter. These generally short-lived, marine cyclones may vary in structure from cold to warm core.
SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION: a subtropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind speed (using the u.s. 1-minute average) is 33 kt (38 mph or 62 km/hr) or less.
SUBTROPICAL STORM: a subtropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind speed (using the u.s. 1-minute average) is 34 kt (39 mph or 63 km/hr) or more.
SYNOPTIC TRACK: weather reconnaissance mission flown to provide vital meteorological information in data sparse ocean areas as a supplement to existing surface, radar, and satellite data. Synoptic flights better define the upper atmosphere and aid in the prediction of tropical cyclone development and movement.
TROPICAL CYCLONE: a warm-core non-frontal synoptic-scale cyclone, originating over tropical or subtropical waters, with organized convection and a definite closed cyclonic surface wind circulation. Once formed, a tropical cyclone is maintained by the extraction of latent heat from the ocean at high temperature and heat export at the low temperatures of the upper troposphere. In this they differ from extratropical cyclones, which derive their energy from temperature contrasts in the atmosphere (baroclinic effects).
TROPICAL CYCLONE PLAN OF THE DAY: a coordinated mission plan that tasks operational weather reconnaissance requirements during the next 1100 to 1100 utc day or as required, describes reconnaissance flights committed to satisfy both operational and research requirements, and identifies possible reconnaissance requirements for the succeeding 24-hour period.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION: a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind speed (using the u.s. 1-minute average) is 33 kt (38 mph or 62 km/hr) or less.
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE: a discrete tropical weather system of apparently organized convection--generally 100 to 300 nmi in diameter---originating in the tropics or subtropics, having a nonfrontal migratory character, and maintaining its identity for 24 hours or more. It may or may not be associated with a detectable perturbation of the wind field.
TROPICAL STORM: a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind speed (using the u.s. 1-minute average) ranges from 34 kt (39 mph or 63 km/hr) to 63 kt (73 mph or 118 km/hr).
TROPICAL STORM WARNING: a warning for tropical storm conditions including sustained winds within the range of 34 to 63 kt (39 to 73 mph or 63 to 118 km/hr) that are expected in a specified coastal area within 24 hours or less.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH: an announcement for specific coastal areas that tropical storm conditions are possible within 36 hours.
TROPICAL WAVE: a trough or cyclonic curvature maximum in the trade-wind easterlies. The wave may reach maximum amplitude in the lower middle troposphere.


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Last chance for Halloween giveaway
My giveaway will be closing at midnight tonight so don't forget to enter for your chance at winning the Lucifer Code!
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Sex, Murder, and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis
Read: October 25 - October 30
Format: 328 pages
Source: Private library
Subject: writer's plots,
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, TIOLI
Category: A Full Course Meal - Coffee or Tea?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Stars: 3½
Sophie Katz is such a typical and yet unusual character that I was captivated from the beginning. Sophie is exotic - half black, half Jewish of Eastern European descent - a mystery writer with friends that match - a gay hairdresser, a best friend who owns and operates a sex toy shop and has both a wannabe vampire boyfriend and a sister as pure as the driven snow, add a mother and sister so self-centered that they are only upset when they aren't the first contact when Sophie is in danger (not worried that she's in danger) and you have a combination that amuses and entertains.
At the beginning of this entertaining cozy mystery, Sophie realizes that people she knows, or has had contact with are being murdered and the crime scenes are exactly as she describes in one of her books. The police don't believe her, especially when she tries to convince them that she is the next target of the killer.
The ensuing mayhem keeps the reader turning the pages to see what other havoc Sophie can wreak. A fun cozy and series I will definitely continue.
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Labels: 101020, 1ST in a Series, 2010, BOSC, Challenges, Cozy Mystery, TIOLI Challenge
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
Read: October 24 - October 28
Format: Audio 8 CDs -and 471 pages
Source: Public Library
Subject: chemical warfare development, WWI survivors,
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, TIOLI, AUDIO, SYLL, RTT
Category: Niagara Falls - Overflow
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Stars: 3½
Maisie Dobbs in 1931 witnesses the suicide of a man who apparently had been injured during WWI. She tries but is unable to prevent the tragedy from happening, and starts reliving the horrors of her time during he war.
Because of her efforts she is drawn into a rapidly advancing chemical warfare attack on the city of London - first 6 dogs are targeted, then 50 birds, 1 man - all the while the authorizes are warned by demands asking for better treatment and pensions for ex-soldiers.
Maisie while working with Scotland Yard on this investigation, is also endeavoring to aid Billy's wife Doreen and get her the best mental health care possible as well as her friend who is spiraling near to alcoholism.
The book paralleled the different types of mental illness - those resulting from war, depression, and alcohol dependency and yet it flowed so effortedlessly because of Maisie's character's involvement in all the aspects of the story. Seeing the mental health issues described from the 1930 POV in comparison to the 21st century - the reader can see that there has been improvement in the medical handling but that there is still room to go. I've read the first in the series and now this one - definitely need to go find the others.
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Labels: 101020, 2010, AUDIO, Challenges, Cozy Mystery, LIBRARY, Ongoing Series, RTT, SYLL, TIOLI Challenge
Then Comes Seduction by Mary Balogh
Read: October 15 - October 25
Format: Audio 10 CDs -and 567 pages
Source: Public Library (audio) - my library book
Setting: 19th century England
Category: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, BOSC, TIOLI, AUDIO
Stars: 3½
The seduction of Katherine Huxtable was supposed to be an easy wager for Jasper Finley, Baron Montford, but just at the moment when was upon him Monty drew back and his non-existent conscience prevented him from taken advantage of the beautiful country mouse.
Three years later, they meet again and circumstances force them into a marriage that could destroy them both, or become their salvation.
This is the second in the Huxtable series and it far surpassed the initial installment. Mary Balogh wins again.
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Labels: 101020, 2010, AUDIO, BOSC, Challenges, Ongoing Series, Romance, TIOLI Challenge
Fiber & Brimstone by Laura Childs
Read: October 14 - October 24
Format: 328 Pages
Source: unsolicited ARC from author
Subject: Halloween in New Orleans, ponzi schemes
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, TIOLI, BOSC
Category: Niagara Falls - Overflow
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Stars: 3½
Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava Gruiex are fashioning a massive puppet to appear in the Halloween Monsters and Mayhem Torchlight Parade. Stepping out for fresh air, they discovered the body of Brett Fowler, one of the organizers.
As usual, Carmela, against the wishes of her police detective boyfriend, gets involved in the investigation and puts herself as well as Ava into several serious predicaments. Along the way, these two ladies attend all the special events that New Orleans has to offer for the ghoulishly inclined.
This is the 8th book in the Scrapbooking Mysteries series and I have to admit that I've missed the last few, but I'll have to go back to read them because it seems that interesting events took place which reflect in this story. Not that you can't enjoy this delightful cozy all by itself, because I think that this is my favorite in the series so far. The background events and descriptions, this time, were a refreshing change of pace and was a perfect setup for Halloween to come.
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Labels: 101020, 2010, ARC Review, BOSC, Challenges, Cozy Mystery, Freebie, Ongoing Series, recipes, TIOLI Challenge
The Valcourt Heiress by Catherine Coulter
Read: October 8 - October 11
Format: Trade paperback 352 pages
Source: LibraryThing ER program
Setting: 13th century England
Category: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, BOSC, TIOLI
Stars: 3
This is the story of Merry who is the daughter of the Earl of Valcourt. Upon his death, Merry becomes a pawn of her mother, a reputed witch who is planning to sell her daughter and her inheritance to Jason of Brennan. Trying to escape her fate (dressed as a boy), Merry struggles with Jason's men and is rescued by Garron of Kersey. Following him to his new holdings in Warham, Merry convinces the residents of the ravaged property that she can help them if they shield her identity.
Upon the arrival of Garron in Warham we learn of an attack by the Black Demon that killed nearly all the inhabitants and destroyed all the goods of the estate. The evil force was searching for silver coins that Garron's older brother supposedly stole before his death. The Story progresses as Merry and Garron both take on new roles at Warham and eventually the mystery of the Black Demon and Merry's mother both unite for a climax that is a bit predictable.
I enjoyed the book but the romance wasn't concentrated enough, the mystery was lacking in the clues department, and overall, the characters were a bit one dimensional. I think that needed a bit more editing and character development.
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Labels: 101020, 2010, Challenges, ER, Freebie, Romance, TIOLI Challenge
The Civil War at Sea by Craig L. Symonds
Read: October 12 - October 19
Format: Hardback 170 pages
Source: Public library ILL
Subject: Civil War, naval operations
Category: Civil War and its Leaders
Genre: History
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, SYLL, TIOLI,
Stars: 3
When people think of the Civil War, rarely do naval campaigns come to mind, I know I never put the tow together until I began researching the books that dealt with this conflict and I was surprised to find that there were many from which to choose. This book details the contributions and shortcomings of both the Union and Confederate navies to the outcome of the War between the States.
Knowing that the Civil War was not exactly anticipated, one would think that the combatants would not have been prepared for naval operations at the beginning of the war, but the Union had actually been adding and improving its naval forces since the Mexican American War. With the advent of steam powered propulsion, Americans needed additional vessels for the protection of their coastline as well as the trade vessels that moved goods from port to port, so between 1854 and 1859, 24 new steam powered naval vessels were ordered built in three different classes with the latest armaments including larger guns, explosive shells, and ironclading. Even with these improvements, they were still more maneuverable than the old sailing vessels.
The South however, had difficulties with their naval forces because of lack of materials to produce new vessels or convert older vessels with ironclading and more accurate and powerful guns. The Confederacy did manage to commission several vessels to built in England, however, because of the neutrality, delivery was not possible in several instances. Many members of the US Navy from Southern states at the start of war resigned their commissions and headed home to enlist in the Confederate navy only to find the shortage of ships on which to serve.
Lincoln's first policy change in 1861 concerning the navy was to order a blockade of all the major harbors of the South to prevent the Confederacy from receiving goods needed to build and enhance their naval vessels. The blockades were not totally successful in prevent the blockade runners from reaching the Southern ports but the blockades were effective enough to demoralize the citizens of the Confederacy as the war progressed.
The Union Navy also combined with the army on several occasions to assist in major victories - Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Charleston - though normally there was a rivalry between the two factions. While the Union Navy did not end the war and the Southern navy didn't win the war, each managed to triumph in battle against the other during the 4 years of conflict. Eventually, however, it was the ability of the Union navy to prevent delivery of goods and additional vessels as well as aiding with troop movements and supply lines, which shortened the war.
This was a very well written book detailing the naval vessels that were developed for both the North and South and how they were used in different battle situations. The drawings and paintings there were included were extremely helpful in allowing the reader to see how the old fortifications and forts were no longer able to stop the newer and better equipped vessels. Not a large book by size but large on detail.
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Labels: 101020, 2010, Challenges, History, ILL, LIBRARY, SYLL, TIOLI Challenge
First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh
Read: October 12 - October 14
Format: Audio Overdrive -and paperback 388 pages
Source: Public Library (audio) - my library paperback
Setting: 19th century England
Category: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, BOSC, TIOLI, AUDIO
Stars: 2½
Elliott Wallace, Viscount Lyngate has come to the small town of Throckbridge and all the young ladies are in a twitter because there is to be an assembly with dancing and the Viscount is coming. Little does the town realize this is just the start of the shakeup that the Viscount brings to the residents. At the dance the only lady that he deigns to dance with, is the Widow Dew, one of the Huxtable sisters, but not the pretty one, the very plain one.
The days following he disrupts the Huxtable household by informing them that Stephen, the youngest, is now the Earl of Merton and that they need to move to Warren Hall where Stephen, until his majority, will be trained to take over his responsibilities. Elliott realizes that the sisters will need to be introduced to London society and since there is no one who can sponsor them that they know, he will need to marry sooner than he planned to provide that service. He agrees to marry Vanessa Dew so that she can serve as her sisters' sponsor. Their love story unfolds.
First, let me say that I love Mary Balogh's books. She writes love stories in a series surrounding a family. She is one of my favorite authors, and this is her newest, the first in the Huxtable Series. I've read 20+ of her books and this is the first one that really disappointed me. I kept waiting for the plot to develop and it never got there. There was no conflict, no mystery just a simple love story that really didn't have much of a bite. These are the first two Hero/heroine that didn't grab me. I just hope that the series is better.
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Giveaway entry fixed!
Sorry to my readers for not checking that the giveaway link worked.
I've fixed it now and checked to make sure that you should be able to get to the right page to enter.
Just click on the link to the right and follow the instructions. Good Luck!
I've fixed it now and checked to make sure that you should be able to get to the right page to enter.
Just click on the link to the right and follow the instructions. Good Luck!
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The South vs. the South: How Southern Anti-Confederates Shaped the Course of the Civil War by William W. Freehling
Read: September 28 - October 7
Format: Hardback 206 pages
Source: Public library ILL
Subject: Civil War, Confederate preparedness
Category: Civil War and its Leaders
Genre: History
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, SYLL, TIOLI,
Stars: 2½
In the various discussions/writings about the Civil War, several reasons have been presented as to why the South lost, but in this book, noted historian William Freehling offers readers an additional cause for the defeat of the Confederacy. Usually historians cite the overwhelming forces and industrial development of the North as the major contributing factors, but in this book, we are shown that the framework of the Confederacy itself, may have been to blame.
The Confederacy was composed of three different sections - the Cotton states of the deep south, the middle South, and the Border States. The most vital section was the border states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland) and due to their failure to secede and join the struggle, the Confederacy was hampered by a lack of manpower and transportation ports (St. Louis, Louisville, Baltimore). Divided loyalties had far more white soldiers from these states joining the Union Army as well as the industrial contributions made.
The Black population of the South also was a major factor- not simply because of the issue of slavery - but because of the volume of manpower that the North was able to utilize after Emancipation. The South lost its forced labor for creating fortifications while at the same time the North gained valuable manpower to supplement the troops.
Victory, however, was secured by the 13th Amendment. The Blacks (who had wisely assisted their struggle by doing anything to help the Union as well as fighting against their former masters) had proven themselves not to be insurrectionists, barbarians, but patriots for the Union cause. By supporting the Union in all its endeavors, the Blacks gained the white support in the vote for the 13th Amendment which finally broke the South.
In the end, it was the South's lack of recruiting the support of the black population which finally ended the South's hope of defeating the vast numbers of the North.
This book was informative, but a bit academic and very dry reading. While it gave the reader new insight into the actual reasonings for the South's defeat, it's not a book I would recommend unless someone was looking for very detailed information concerning the Civil War.
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The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Read: September 24 - October 5
Format: Audio 12 CDs equivalent 577 pages
Source: Public library
Subject: Civil War, Gettysburg
Category: Civil War and its Leaders
Genre: History
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, SYLL, TIOLI,
Stars: 3½
"They all died, and they accomplished nothing."
The words keep reverberating in my mind.
This book is a fictitious though historically accurate account of the Battle of Gettysburg from the viewpoint of several of the highest ranking officers from both the Union and Confederate Armies.
The reader sees the indecision and heartbreak related to the commands of Robert E Lee and General Longstreet for the Confederates and Col. Chamberlain for the Union. We are also gifted with the stunning facts that if a few changes had been made, the outcome could have been quite different. Robert E. Lee is frequently touted as a superb tactician but here we are exposed to a failure on his part to listen to his second in command with.
But after all is said and done, "They all died, and they accomplished nothing."
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Halloween Giveaway!
What is scarier at Halloween than a good thriller?
I have been lucky enough to be presented with a copy of the new book by Charles Brokaw to giveaway to one of my readers.
Synopsis from Barnes & Noble
A sacred brotherhood has sworn, generation after generation, to protect this terrifying truth from those who would use it to unleash doomsday upon mankind.
When the unthinkable happens, and the holy scroll is uncovered, the race is on to reveal the true meaning of the cryptic language. Only one man, Dr. Thomas Lourds, the world's foremost scholar of ancient languages can safely decipher this most deadly scripture.
Lourds soon becomes the bait in the most lethal manhunt — knowing he must confront the true face of evil if the world is to be saved...
So here are the rules for entry:
I have been lucky enough to be presented with a copy of the new book by Charles Brokaw to giveaway to one of my readers.
Synopsis from Barnes & Noble
A sacred brotherhood has sworn, generation after generation, to protect this terrifying truth from those who would use it to unleash doomsday upon mankind.
When the unthinkable happens, and the holy scroll is uncovered, the race is on to reveal the true meaning of the cryptic language. Only one man, Dr. Thomas Lourds, the world's foremost scholar of ancient languages can safely decipher this most deadly scripture.
Lourds soon becomes the bait in the most lethal manhunt — knowing he must confront the true face of evil if the world is to be saved...
So here are the rules for entry:
- Leave a comment about a scary book that you've read. Be sure to include your e-mail address.
- You can earn an extra entry by being or becoming a Follower or Subscriber of this blog and telling me about it in a separate comment.
- Blog about this contest and provide me with the link to the post in a separate comment, and I'll give you yet another entry.
- Giveaway ends Halloween! - 10/31/10
Remember your e-mail address . Sorry, US entries only.
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The Confederate ordeal:The Southern Homefront by Steven A. Channing
Read: September 23 - September 30
Format: 168 pages
Source: Public library ILL
Subject: Civil War, Southern reactions
Category: Civil War and its Leaders
Genre: History
Challenges: 101020, 75 Book, SYLL, TIOLI,
Stars: 3
Confederate Ordeal: The Southern Homefront is one of several books that addresses the Southern issues and citizen's viewpoint of the Civil War. The issues created when the general male population goes off to war leaving a female population that normally handles the "delicate" side of life to continue to produce the requirements for an army are well-documented as well as the shortsightedness of the Confederate government and politicians who push their populace into a war that they were ill-prepared for with only 1 factory able to produce cannon and firearms and none to create ammunition.
Entire areas are impacted when doctors are "drafted" leaving no medical care for the ordinary citizens. State Schools closed because there were no students and Ladies schools had no teachers. Stores closed because no one was there to stock the shelves.
Other issues that bother the citizens were related to their rights - the Confederate Government, in its rush to be setup, had not documented the individual rights of the citizens as had been specified in the USA Bill of Rights and Constitution. The Conscription Law, in essence drafting all men between the ages of 18 and 35 for 3 years, angered the majority of the population who saw it as favoring the rich and influential since they were able to avoid service if they could hire someone to take their place. Having a necessary job could also earn a man exemption from serving - some jobs that qualified were munitions worker, postal worker, preacher, blacksmith, telegraph operator. Because of this, the conflict became known as " a rich man's war and a poor man's fight."
The southerners saw, with the advance of the Union Army into the secessionist states, the confiscation of their property (food, livestock, and wagons), homes burned, and what couldn't be taken, destroyed. With all the young men in the army, those left behind were unable to restore what had been lost.
As the Union Army closed in, the Southerners in the battle states lost their last sense of dignity with the loss of their homes and their need to flee to other areas which could feed and shelter them. As the realization of their impending defeat hit home, many former anti-secessionists gave up the battle and supported the invading army both verbally and materially. President Jefferson Davis was ridiculed and on numerous occasions asked to end the war so that the surviving members of their families could come home and start again.
This wasn't a very large book but the impact with the numerous pictures of the suffering and destruction got the message across quite well.
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You know who you are, people who live close to me! And since there is currently no holiday, I am going to take part in Ellen's Dance Dare! In case you don't know what this is, Ellen Degeneros (you MUST know who she is) is having a contest where people go up behind people's backs and videotape themselves dancing without that person knowing!!! I am going to do this so, people who live close to me, I want YOU to partner up with me while doing this! You must NOT be scared of people looking at you funny, because, I assure you, if they catch you dancing they WILL! Second, you cannot have any dancing skills WHATSOEVER! (it's ok if you have skills but I prefer if you don't) Third, you must have fun! Don't care bout what people think!! Come on people! Yay, this is gonna be so much fun!
Ellen's Dance Dare!
HEYYYYY!! :( it is a holiday this month. wait their is 2!!!!!!!! 1.Valentines Day( give you love choclate <3) 2. ME DAY ( the 28th of febuary, give ME a box of candy(any kind) will exept earlyer. ME=Peunutgal123) so hope you celerbrate both (Mostly #2)
TOMORROW IS LEAP DAY!!!! ( its not to late for my me day present)
Yo emi i know where you live............................... do you know who i am ?????????????????????
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Rusty DeWees is an entertainer, comedic artist, actor, producer, writer, musician, a master of duct tape. Rusty grew up in Stowe, Vermont where he was actively involved in theatre throughout high school and college. As a young adult, he performed with the award winning Vermont Repertory Theatre, before moving to New York City where he trained at the George Loris Actors Theatre School and the Lee Strasberg Institute. This was followed by scores of notable roles off-Broadway, in television, in film, and in national commercials. Missing his home state, Rusty moved back to Vermont where he continued his acting career and developed the comedic and often poignant character, "The Logger."
An eclectic and innovative act, THE LOGGER one-man comedy show is best described as "Blue Collar Comedy" meets "Prairie Home Companion", and has been steadily selling out theatres, large and small, throughout New England ever since it hit stages in 1998. The success of the live act has spawned three Logger DVDs, two CDs, five calendars, Logger apparel (duct tape wallets and Logger thongs included), and two versions of Scrawlins, compilations of Rusty's columns for syndicated and regional newspapers. Rusty also writes, voices, directs, and produces radio and television spots for companies throughout New England, and continues to donate his time toward promoting positive lifestyle choices among high school age kids.
TRAINING: Lee Strasberg Institute, New York City; Goerge Loris Actors Theatre School, New York City; Stage Combat; Peter Hock Boxing; Mark Breland
SPECIAL SKILLS: Drums, Juggling, Basketball, Skiing, Skating, Motorcycling, Drivers License, Weight Lifting, Stone Masonry, Logging, Boxing, Stage Combat, Roller Blading, stock car racing, motocycling – road/dirt
DIALECTS: Southern, French Canadian, Irish, New England, Vermonter
New Port South
Radical Jack
Mud Season
Black Dog
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Pressure Point
Devils Own
Letters to My Mother's Early Lovers
Diamond Run
Where the River Flows North
Ethan Frome
All My Children
Law & Order
The Guiding Light
Oh Pioneers
The Foreigner
The Logger
The Logger
Of Mice and Men
Uncle Vanya
True West
Buried Child
"Rusty can move from the sublime and touching to the hilariously ridiculous. I have worked with a lot of actors over the years, but never one whose, timing, be it for comedy or tragedy, is so flawless."
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Another Time
Just because a journey leads you somewhere you didn't expect, doesn't mean you ended up in the wrong place.
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Actor: Justin Hartley, Arielle Kebbel, James Kyson, Mark Valley
Director: Thomas Hennessy
Country: USA


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What's INSANITY to me is that my program will, on the one hand, promote the Sir Ken video about how schools are based on the factory model and that kills divergent thinking and we need to differentiate, and then, on the other hand, they'll slobber all over how awesome WBT is.Anonymous, I've had similar experiences. I remember the time I mentioned Alfie Kohn to the former principal at our local public elementary school, Fragrant Hills. To my amazement, she said "oh, Alfie Kohn, isn't he wonderful! You know, we had him here for a talk." I was momentarily struck dumb. I thought, if she likes Alfie Kohn, why is she defending tedious homework assignments for first graders? Why is she protecting the fifth-grade math teacher who is bullying my child into major depression?
How can they NOT see that WBT is THE MOST factory model based education system ever?? And that it is the least likely to encourage divergent thinking? I'm baffled.
The only explanation I can come up with is that teachers and administrators view people like Alfie Kohn and Sir Ken Robinson as inspirational speakers, and they do find them inspiring, in a transitory, feel-good sort of way. Listening to speakers like this allows teachers to feel that what they do is noble work. They don't confront the vast gap between the theory presented by these speakers and the actual day-to-day life of the school.
It's like listening to a popular, charismatic preacher who gives a terrific sermon on the glories of heaven on Sunday. Then you've got the rest of the week to go right back to your lustful, gluttonous, dishonest ways.
I've seen teachers complain that "Alfie Kohn sounds good, but he doesn't give practical tips", but now I'm starting to think that's really the key to his popularity. If he had a practical plan, somebody might have to carry it out. They like him better as the pie-in-the-sky visionary he is, who presents no real threat to business as usual.


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This year has been full of changes for me. Some have been of my own making and some have been made for me. I have wondered how to make life better and how to just live better in general. I was reading an article online that I felt was really interesting and was mostly beneficial to what I was wondering about. It was actually in a magazine I usually don't read, Forbes Magazine. According to the article, you can change your life in 5 simple steps. I smile as I type that because I really don't believe it is as simple as that. But it would be nice if it was. They do bring up some pretty good ideas. I agreed with 4 out of 5.
Beyond The Secret: Change Your Life in Five Simple Steps
Panos Mourdoukoutas, Contributor
The article says that you should:
- "Stop being self-absorbed…
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WHILE the streets of Paris reek with the smell of burnt tire rubber from leftwing protests, London remained placid on the day finance minister George Osborne announced 19 per cent spending cuts. The capital's streets saw no marches. No Molotov cocktails were hurled. The red double-decker buses trundled round Parliament Square at their normal speed.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne stood up in a packed House of Commons and - aside from a laughably squeaky voice - had little political difficulty as he rammed his deficit reduction plan down Parliament's gullet. The absence so far of serious dissent has been slightly surreal.
Osborne and his smooth-talking prime minister, David Cameron, have been lucky. They face minimal opposition in the Commons at present thanks to the disarray of the Labour opposition. Labour, which was in power from 1997 to May of this year, has only just taken delivery of a new leader, Ed Miliband. He has not yet worked out a plausible economic policy for his party.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is doing a passable imitation of a hermit. He has hardly been seen at Westminster since he lost power. It is said he is writing a book at his home in Scotland.
Cameron and his people, blessed by the confusion of their main opponents, have also managed to create an air of public acceptance of cuts. The British electorate seems largely to have bought the idea that it is time to start paying off some of the national overdraft. Government spin doctors put it about that we should expect cuts of as much as 25 per cent. Come the day, Osborne shaved that to 19 per cent. Oh, thinks the public. Not so bad as it might have been, then.
The 19 per cent figure also stuffed Labour, which had belatedly accepted the need for 20 per cent cuts. Hah, they thought. That is 5 per cent lower than the Government's figure. Wrong, guys! Osborne's 19 per cent total makes it hard for Labour to criticise these cuts. What a masterly poltiical stitch-up by Osborne.
Almost half a million public sector workers may lose their jobs in the British austerity drive. The country's notoriously generous welfare system is going to be given a severe haircut but there will also be reductions in spending on the police, armed forces and pensions. The qualifying age for the national old-age pension will slowly rise to 66 over the next decade.
In the old narrative of the British media, this would have been a quadruple whammy of bad news. The airwaves would have been filled with "nasty Government " stories. But the Government has in recent weeks cleverly squeezed the windpipe of the BBC, our main broadcasting organisation. Senior members of the BBC were left in no doubt that over-excited reporting of the spending cuts would be poorly received by the new Government.
Only the day before Osborne's announcement, the BBC took a substantial whack to its state-approved budgets. So it was perhaps no surprise that the news treatment of the cuts has not been quite as difficult for the Government as one might have expected.
In presentation terms, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government has been skilful. Earlier this month Osborne announced that he was going to withdraw certain benefits from the middle classes - just the sort of people, on incomes of forty five thousand pounds, who would normally be considered core Conservative voters. Conservative-supporting newspapers went nuts, attacking Osborne as an enemy of middle-income respectability. That short-term damage to Osborne's reputation has allowed him to present himself, now, as a more impartial figure.
This, to echo Sir Winston Churchill, is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, certainly of debt repayments. Britain's economy is still heavily burdened by a deficit which currently demands a hundred and twenty millions pounds of debt to be paid every day. But Osborne could not have hoped for a smoother beginning to his era of austerity.


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Even in the era of declining television audiences, President Obama's State of the Union address tonight is still the biggest audience he'll have all year. Historically, seventh-year State of the Union speeches have a short shelf life. Every one of the five lame-duck presidents (that is, presidents constitutionally barred from running again — Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama) have all had opposition congresses, making the prospects for passing major parts of the president's agenda slim to none. But tonight Obama will certainly try to use his speech to frame the debates for the next two years and set the table for the 2016 election. I wanted to take this opportunity to recap, review and remind everyone how Obama Health Care Reform affects and affected the senior citizens of this country.
If you're a senior, then you probably rely on Medicare to help with your high health care bills. From doctor's appointments to prescription medications to flu shots, it can take the budget of a small third world country to pay for the hospital bills that unfortunately show up in your mail.
According to AARP, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and Medicare.org, here are some things that have happened over Obama's watch:
The coordination of care between doctors and the overall quality of care improved so that you will be less likely to have to deal with the same problem repeatedly. The hope was that there will be fewer hospital readmissions, which treat a reoccurring health problem.
In 2011, if you hit the prescription drug "donut hole," you got a 50% discount on brand-name drugs and a 20% discount on generic drugs while you are in the coverage gap. Each following year, you will pay less for your prescription drugs in the "donut hole" until there's complete coverage by the year 2020. Between now and then, you will get continuous Medicare coverage for your prescription drugs.
Starting back in 2014, the health care law offers additional protections for Medicare Advantage plan members by taking strong steps that limit the amount these plans spend on administrative costs, insurance company profits, and things other than health care.
Your Medicare benefits did not change and will be protected under the ADA.
More preventive care is covered. Medicare now covers yearly wellness visits and more preventive care. This includes cancer, cholesterol and diabetes screenings, immunizations, diet counseling, and more.
The health care law fights fraud, scams and waste that take money from the Medicare program. The law strengthens Medicare by adding more resources to catch those who fraudulently bill Medicare.
The Community First Choice Option is now available for states to add to their Medicaid programs. This option provides benefits to Medicaid-eligible individuals for community-based care instead of placement in a nursing home, which means more options for low-income seniors to have home health care.
The State Balancing Incentive Program, which will be active until October 2015, provides increased federal funds to qualifying states that offer Medicaid benefits to disabled individuals seeking long-term care services at home instead of in a nursing home. In order to be eligible, a state must spend less than 50% of its total Medicaid expenditures for at-home or community-based long-term care services and supports. The state must also agree to use the additional federal funds to provide new or expanded non-institutionally-based long-term care services.
The Independence at Home demonstration program is currently a test program that provides Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions the opportunity to receive primary care services at home. This is intended to reduce costs associated with emergency room visits, hospital readmissions, and generally improve the efficiency of care.
The bottom line is that if you have Medicare, the new health reform laws that went into affect under Obama's watch should not have affected you. Your benefits and coverage should not have changed. Lets pay close attention to our President's State of the Union Address tonight and see if anything is mentioned around health care, though, with so many other issues in the news today don't expect too much. Let us know how Health Care reform has affected you personally in the comments section.


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Bernie Shreds Stickers Available Online!
Bernie's Shreds stickers are now available for purchase online via Stickermule! They're five bucks for a single, $18.00 for a five pack... Yeah, kinda pricey, but we only get $0.99 per sale.
We'll be getting locally sourced Bernie Shreds stickers available in the skate shop for cheaper later this week, so if you're around PDX, you can save a bit coming in and grabbing one. If not, Stickermule will send one right to your door in far away lands.


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You're out for a special night with friends or family… shouldn't your drinks be special too? At North Italia, you can order from the already creative cocktail menu, or you can ask your server about something even more creative: the "North Secret Cocktail." The North Secret Cocktail is a super-extra-special creation that's kind of like an exclusive secret between you and the bartender – and it changes every week.
What we love about the North Secret Cocktail is it almost always features some fresh, seasonal ingredient -and there's always a fun twist. Past North Secret Cocktails have included:
Giaco's Italian Shandy: A traditional Italian bitter Campari is matched with soft and sweet Solerno, a blood orange liqueur from Sicily, complemented with an ice-cold Peroni.
Little Hot, Little Dirty Martini. A modern martini with vodka, lime juice, Calabrian chile paste, and Castelvetrano olive juice.
Nero's Fiddle & Glass: A unique and fiery twist on a New York Sour, featuring Irish whiskey and a float of soft red wine.
Dolce & Piccante: A tart and tangy martini infused with tinkerbell pepper, grapefruit and lemon juice.
We had a chance to meet up with some friends at North Italia recently, and it turns out that the North Secret Cocktail is so secret that the server didn't even know what it was. But he returned after a chat with the bartender and happily gave us several choices including a Greyhound with grapefruit and oregano, a plum martini, and a martini with piquillo pepper.
We all got a chuckle out of ordering something so special the waiter wasn't even quite sure what it was, and the cocktails were the perfect start to a great evening with friends.
Looking for a North Italia near you? There are locations across Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas.
Blogger disclosure: North Italia offered our group complementary food and beverages for the evening. I did not receive compensation for this post. All opinions expressed are my own.


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Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 23:52:05 -0500 (CDT)
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Subject: DEVELOPMENT-LATIN AMERICA: Mixed Social Progress
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SANTIAGO, Jun 23 (IPS) - Latin America will present mixed social development results at next week's Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in Geneva. While poverty was reduced, the gap in job quality and income distribution grew.
Latin America's mix of achievements and setbacks reflects the impact
of globalisation on the developing South -- a phenomenon that will not
be ignored at the
Copenhagen Plus Five conference in
Switzerland, which will assess compliance with commitments undertaken
at the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in the Danish capital
The 1995 world summit, which drew delegations from more than 160 countries, was proposed by former Chilean president Patricio Aylwin (1990-94) and presided over by Chile's ambassador at the time to the United Nations, Juan Somavia, current director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The 1995 conference focused on the need to address social and economic inequalities, not only between rich and poor nations, but within industrialised countries as well, and to promote integral human development.
The globalisation process picked up steam in the early 1990s alongside the unprecedented expansion of telecommunications and informatics, with immediate effects in terms of the transnationalisation of the world's economies through large-scale capital flows, which escaped the control of states and multilateral bodies.
Investment and trade flows ballooned, while technological advances demanded changes in the structure of employment and education. At the same time, phenomena like labour migration, unemployment and social exclusion grew.
The 1995 summit served as a wake-up call to the risks of globalisation in terms of its impact on human rights. And it was the globalisation process itself that demonstrated towards the end of the decade that such fears were not misplaced.
The 1997-98 Asian-Russian financial meltdown was, strictly speaking,
the second and most hard-hitting crisis of globalisation, following
tequila effect that swept the world in the wake of the late
1994-95 debacle in Mexico.
In a special report drawn up for Copenhagen Plus Five, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) states that the decline experienced by a number of countries in the region during the most recent global financial crisis brought the downward trend in poverty to a halt, and even reversed it in some countries.
>From 1990 to 1997, 11 of 14 Latin American countries studied by ECLAC in that respect successfully reduced their poverty rates.
While 41 percent of households in Latin America lived below the poverty line in 1990, the proportion was cut to 36 percent by 1997 -- or a total of 220 million people. However, that percentage was slightly higher in relative terms than the 1980 proportion of 35 percent.
The ECLAC study,
The Equity Gap: A Second Look, reports that
less than 15 percent of households in Argentina and Uruguay are poor;
15 to 30 percent in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Panama; 31 to 50
percent in Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the
Dominican Republic and Venezuela; and over 50 percent in Bolivia,
Ecuador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
In Chile, urban poverty was cut from 23 to 18 percent between 1994 and 1998, while it was reduced from 12 to six percent in Uruguay from 1990 to 1994.
In the case of Chile, that achievement was based on a high level of economic growth, which did not bring about any shift in income distribution, while Uruguay, with a lower level of growth, reduced the gap between the rich and poor.
Panama slashed poverty from 36 to 27 percent of households between 1991 and 1997, while the proportion shrunk from 52 to 37 percent in Peru between 1986 and 1997.
Nevertheless, Peru continued to post a high rate -- 60 percent -- of rural poverty.
Uruguay is the only country in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve income distribution, while Argentina, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela experienced setbacks in that respect, and Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Paraguay recorded no change.
The continued income gap and persistent poverty have gone hand in hand with job opportunities in Latin America, both in terms of the possibility of finding employment and of winning higher wages through better quality jobs.
The intensity of the economic restructuring process that Latin
America and the Caribbean have been experiencing for over a decade has
defined new winners and losers, says the report.
As a result, the gap in productivity has widened between the large companies, leaders in the modernisation process, and a wide range of trailing sectors, where the bulk of jobs are concentrated, says ECLAC.
That situation lays the foundations for even greater social inequalities, by widening the internal productivity and income gap, the report adds.
It also affects growth, by limiting the links between productive sectors and the spread of technical progress, which has repercussions for the region's export capacity, warns the regional UN body.
The informal sector accounted for 69 of every 100 new jobs created in the region from 1990 to 1997. Thus, the weight of the informal economy -- in which 47 percent of employed urban Latin Americans work -- grew, with the consequent impact on productivity and wages.
In 13 of 18 countries on which such statistics were available, real minimum wages stood below those of 1980, while the difference between the salaries of professionals and skilled workers and low- skilled or unskilled workers increased 28 percent on average from 1990 to 1997.
But the problem is not exclusive to the informal sector. In nine of 16 countries for which figures were available, between 30 and 60 percent of private sector wage-earners lived in poverty.
In Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, the proportion of poor wage- earners is greater among unskilled self-employed workers.
The problem also touches public employees, 20 to 40 percent of whom live below the poverty line in Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela; around 15 percent in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Paraguay; and roughly five percent in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama and Uruguay.
Meanwhile, unequal access to educational and training opportunities tends to perpetuate poverty linked to low-quality jobs.
ECLAC points out that youngsters from poor homes and whose parents have little formal schooling tend to spend eight years or less in the educational system, and generally go on to work as unskilled workers, urban or rural labourers or domestics.
Youngsters who stay in school for 12 years or more, on the other hand, tend to work as professionals, technicians or in managerial posts.
Poverty leads people to join the labour force at an early age, while dropping out of school sets a cap on possibilities of getting a better job in the future. In 1997, according to ECLAC, 22 percent of the region's 13 to 17-year-olds were working for pay.


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Peter Suber's excellent blog Open Access News drew my attention to Kate Corby's review of John Willinsky's book The Access Principle. She says that "Perhaps the strongest point this book makes is that openly accessible scholarly information is more valuable [than] information published in journals with limited access."
On this point, I couldn't agree more with Willinsky. Yet if his point is valid, why is it that there are still plenty of members of the academic community, including OA advocates, who somehow balk at the idea of willing, OA-conscious publishers charging for the service of open access publishing? Isn't what one is prepared to pay for something an expression of its 'value'? So why is Academia prepared to shell out for subscriptions, but reluctant to pay for the article charges that come with OA publishing? In the aggregate, and in the traditional subscription model, Academia spends an amount far exceeding $3000 for every single article published in established journals. Why not spend that money on publishing all those articles with open access? And get more value to boot? Or is Academia just too anarchic to be sensible about this?
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Molloy College played its best basketball down the stretch last season, salvaging a 7-11 record against East Coast Conference foes and reaching the tournament semifinals.
The Lions took a little while to find themselves after replacing most of their offensive production from 2016-17 and finished 9-21 overall. This winter, head coach Charles Marquardt returns his top
four scorers and has a deeper bench to work with.
"We were playing pretty well towards the end of last season after going through an adjustment period," Marquardt said. "We're playing at a faster pace this season
and it fits who we
are. Everything's geared toward offense these days, but the games slow down in January and February. Teams aren't scoring in the 90s in the playoffs."
Through its first five games, Molloy (2-3) averaged nearly 80 points with junior Nick Corbett leading the way. Corbett, a third-year starting shooting guard and ECC Rookie of the Year two seasons ago, led the Lions in scoring last winter at 17.7 ppg and picked up where he left off and then some. He hit the game-winning hoops against Nyack (81-79 on Nov. 14) and Concordia (88-86 on Nov. 27) and is off to a torrid start (39 of 74) from the floor. He had 31 points against Nyack. "Nick is pretty skilled and we expected him to be the lead guy last season and he didn't disappoint," Marquardt said. "He became more and more comfortable in the role and continues to step up."
Senior Curtis Jenkins, a product of Farmingdale High School, popped for 15.8 points per game a season ago after averaging a dozen as a sophomore. He's also a two-time ECC Defensive Player of the Year. Heading into December he was averaging 12.2 points and 6.6 rebounds. He was the team's top rebounder in 2017-18 at a shade under seven per game. "There's always a real talented scoring guard on any team we face," Marquardt said. "Curtis gets those assignments and most of the time he can cut 10 points off. He's a good decision-maker and brings a lot of energy."
Senior Mike Torre stepped up as a consistent No. 3 scorer behind Corbett and Jenkins, averaging 13.2 points from a forward spot. Torre scored 16 in a 92-88 season-opening defeat to St. Michaels. "He's a stop and pop shooter with nice range to 15 feet," Marquardt said. "He has a great work ethic."
With freshman point guard Frank Phelan, a Floral Park grad, sidelined with a hamstring injury, Marquardt has employed junior Josh Dennis, a former Valley Stream North standout, as a point-forward to utilize his handle and dribbling ability. The 6-foot-4 Dennis is one of the team's
better defenders, runs the floor and attacks the rim. Denis averaged 7.1 points and 5.0 rebounds a season ago.
At center, 6-5 freshman Billy Muller has made his presence felt in the early going and posted a double-double (16 points, 12 boards) in the victory over Concordia. "He has great footwork and hands," Marquardt said. "He's showing he can handle things physically."
Seniors Chris O'Reilly and Derrick Okunpolor as well as sophomore Steven Torre have provided quality minutes and will be counted on to do so throughout the season. O'Reilly has chipped in six points per game.
"We're going to use our depth to our advantage," Marquardt said.
Molloy was picked fourth in the ECC preseason poll behind Daemen, Bridgeport and St. Thomas Aquinas. Bridgeport knocked off the Lions three times last
season, including in the tournament semifinals.
Molloy opens conference play Dec. 5 at LIU Post in a rematch of last year's tourney opener won by the Lions, 71-66, behind Mike Torre's 20 points and 16 apiece from Corbett and Jenkins. Additional conference rivals include New York Tech, Mercy, Roberts Wesleyan, District of Columbia, and Queens.


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Add support for AppStream hints
Hi! I found this old patch in the Debian bugtracker, apparently I never went through with getting it merged... So, I removed the dust from it and adapted the patch to the current distro-tracker. I also applied the suggestions mentioned in the original bug1.
Please have a second look at this change :-)
Cheers, Matthias


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New models:
Burna/blitz bomma combo:
What may be my new favorite models!
They are adorable and took only about an hour and a half each.
First 5 finished:
Big Mek:
He is incomplete. I need to finish his base and his forge world crewmen, but his body is 95% complete. Need to weather him a little more and finish the paint chipping.
I need to repaint the little bobble on the side of the mek gunner's head. It will be blue.
With lootas for some scale:
The lootas:
The Burnas!
Group shot:
First 5 kustom flash gitz! These were made with parts from a dozen sources. Bodies are old pewter nob torsos. The guns and arms are from the nob kits, rokkit arms from shoota boyz, neuron and fish'ead bits, flagellant banners, black ork arms and heads, and many more.
Skull head and sweet dakkagun!
Targeter monocle with Deathmark sniper rifle shoota!
Cybork with rokkit shoota
fish'ead repeater with scrap of robes from a Dawn Bringer vet to rub in the awesome.
Dakka from behind to revel in the dakka of it all:
Very nice man!!
The big mek selfmade KFF is really nice!
But the grot tanks are the best: soo cute!!!
modelling: my completely completed stuff
gaming: 1850 mech blood axes list updated
fluff: what being blood axes is all about
looting other races: tautechmarines (other site thread)
That's a nice looking army!
Normally I'm not a fan of orange armour on orks, but you've even pulled that off with that "dirty" orange. That light blue works well as a spot colour, you should put some on all models. Funilly enough, I started yesterday to paint my converted Big Mek with KFF, and he has the same KMB-bitz as your Mek - well, great minds etc.
Love the grot tanks too, I really should make some of my own...
Thanks guys!
Blue bits are meant to be looted from my beakie army:
I have beakie shoulders and plates scattered across the army.
Really nice job on the Stormboyz. Must've taken a fair bit of work to get them properly balanced.
Here is how I deploy my stormboyz. I made a tray and attached high strength magnets to it. I then placed steel washers on the bases which allows me to move them around without them falling everywhere.
They are super tipy without them, but so are the normal stormboyz!
Nice looking warband, PhillyT.
There are some wonderfully plunderable ideas to be had from your boys for sure. Also thanks for the perspective on how you make those stormboys work.
Have you shared your orange paint process around somewhere? I like the look of it.
is that a kff mek? nice use of kmbs eitherway. Also, epic flash gitz!
Orks is made fer fightin and gettin shot up before dey gets ter klose kombat...
-Big Mek Boomsprocket
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March 2009
Making up for neglect [Huntington Beach Children's Photographer]
I've been horribly neglecting my blog…but all for good reason! My three younger siblings were in town, along with my whole extended family, so this weekend has been filled with endless family get togethers. I'll take it when I can get it. And work will fill in all the cracks of time. 🙂
I'll make up for it by posting two more photo sessions from my Huntington Beach mini-sessions.
I love direct eye contact from infants. It's so cool when they hear they name and look directly at me…just as I click the shutter. In this next picture, she looks a little *concerned*, but don't worry she has a great big brother!
Love this last shot…what amazing eyes!!
Home again Home again… [Huntington Beach Children's Photographer]
…jiggety jig! After spending today figuring out what time zone I'm in, I'm ready to get down to work! I started by boxing up all the gorgeous prints that were waiting on my door step.
These are all going to the lovely folks that came out to the Rascals to Rebels event in Huntington beach. I did a little mix up on my normal pink and green packaging. It is Easter after all! I love the way they turned out. I have Laura to thank for the raw-edge satin bows…love that idea!
The stickers are new too. Aren't they perfect for Spring!?
So, here are some of the kiddos from the photo sessions…and the share is going to take awhile…there was a lot!
To be continued…
Figured out the Timer! [Personal Musings]
Even though I'll be a little sad when this isn't included in my everyday wardrobe…
…and I don't look out my window to this…
…I am ready to get back to the kids and the humdrum of life at home!
Before we leave, I finally figured out how to work the timer on my camera. Yeah for us!!
See if you can figure out the person that is out of breath from running through the sand to make it there before the shutter clicked!
Mellow [Personal Musings]
Things have been pretty mellow this last week on the North Shore. Even the waves have been flat. In fact, the most action I've seen around here is Brent getting cut off while surfing. He was pretty impressed that I caught the whole incident. 🙂
Well, we are off to the beach again…maybe I'll catch something more exciting today!
Pinching myself [Long Beach Children's Photographer]
Just had to share a few pictures from your photo session yesterday!
I had to pinch myself yesterday! Am I really in Hawaii, taking pictures of such cute kids??
Right now I'm in love with chubby baby feet and round bellies.
As if their backyard wasn't beautiful enough, we headed over to an open patch of long grass and trees.
Even when things seemed hectic, Berit was nice enough to let me steer the ship…divvying out bits of granola bars, singing songs and lugging loads of pillows outdoors! All with a generous dose of calm!
This is my new favorite image. Where else in the world do you find a tipped over piano to climb on?
You guys are awesome! Thanks for letting me spend the afternoon with you…and hope you enjoy the pictures!
Dear John [Personal Musings]
Dear John Locke,
It was great running into you at Foodland this morning. Remember when you had your hat pulled low so no one would recognize you. But I did. I looked at you and was like- hi, then you were all- hi. Let's do that again some time.
Eight years ago, we stumbled on the North Shore and have come back several times. A few years ago when Lost came out, I had this naive fantasy that I would see one of the characters at the gas station or the grocery store while we were visiting. I told Brent on the plane on the way over this time and we laughed about it. Then low and behold, I met John Locke…my favorite character…in the grocery store this morning. Weird. Too bad I didn't have something more intelligent to say. Or happen to have my camera on hand!
More surf pictures on the way!
More of Baby Aaron! [Long Beach Children's Photographer]
I can't keep Aaron's mom and dad waiting any longer, so here are a few more sneak peeks from our photo session on Monday!
The first thing I noticed about Lisa was her smile. It makes you want to smile along with her! What a great mommy you are, Lisa!!
It was such a pleasure to spend the afternoon with you guys!
Baby Aaron [Long Beach Children's Photographer]
Railroad Tracks Realized [Long Beach Children's Photographer]
My vision for the railroad tracks was finally realized this morning! After waiting a few weeks for my vintage suitcase to arrive, I met Sarah and her two little cuties.
Grant's haircut was what won me over…oh and that infectious smile!
Grant's little brother Cole goes by Cole Cotton. Isn't that the cutest name for the cutest little boy??
Thanks cute boys for a fun morning!!


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Recently, the Black Lives Matter movement lost a comrade and leader in the struggle to freeing our people and his name is MarShawn M. McCarrel II. McCarrel was found dead outside of the Ohio State Building after taking his own life with a gunshot. McCarrel was a devoted organizer in the BLM movement and founded a youth mentorship program called "Pursuing Our Dreams." The program launched a campaign called "Feed the Streets" which aided the homeless in Ohio. This comrade understood that we needed to serve the people and organize to fight against the state that continues to attack our existence as oppressed peoples.
The desperation that comes from being targeted by our oppressive government runs rampant in working-class communities. This desperation and the awful conditions in these communities cause many of us to turn to informal, super-exploitative, and even lumpen forms of subsistence in order to survive. The lack of access to mental health services also keeps many of our people from adequately dealing with mental illness.
This is why McCarrel understood that we had to take action and engage with the people and organize them for a change. When we talk about organizing the people, we need to emphasize that they are being subject to genocide at the hands of the ruling class. The only way that we can win in the struggle is by building power amongst the people to emancipate ourselves.
It should be clear to us that Black lives do not matter in the settler-colonial empire that is the United States. The only way that the most oppressed sector of society will matter is through liberation and not through integration. The ruling class has accepted more black and brown people than ever before. but, that hasn't stopped mass incarceration, gentrification, police brutality, deportation and all other forms of terror that the people are subjected to by our ruthless government. It should be clear to us that we should not strive to abandon the people, but to integrate with them and win them over to politics that will ensure the change that we need.
We will always remember to continue the work that McCarrell and all revolutionaries who are no longer with us have done. We will continue to fight against all forms of oppression and advance the revolutionary struggle for the people. Our victory will be ensured through engaging in revolutionary practice in the interest of the most exploited.


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Behind the Hype: Carbohydrates
In a nutshell
- Carbohydrates are essential for good health because they provide the main source of energy for the body and brain.
- Eat carbohydrates with a higher fibre content, such as wholegrain breads, rolled oats or wheat biscuits rather than lower fibre carbohydrates, such as white bread or puffed wheat.
- Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day.
- Avoid energy-dense foods that are high in sugar and fat such as soft drinks, lollies, cakes, biscuits and sweetened breakfast cereals.
- All fruit juices and fruit drinks contain lots of sugar – even those labelled as pure fruit juice. Restrict consumption of these beverages.
Why is this an issue?
Popular media suggests we should cut carbohydrates from our diets. This opinion is often based on suggestions that eating carbohydrates provides excess energy to the diet and contributes to weight gain.
What are carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates are organic compounds naturally occurring in many foods, including fruits, vegetables, breads, cereals, pasta and rice. Carbohydrates are classified according to their chemical forms. Polysaccharides (previously classified as complex carbohydrates) include starch and fibre and are found in fruits, vegetables and wholegrain cereals.
Sugars (previously classified as simple carbohydrates) occur naturally in foods such as fruits, honey and milk. Fruits are also a source of vitamins so should be eaten every day. The word 'sugar' usually refers to refined table sugar (sucrose), but there are many other types of sugar eg, lactose, fructose, maltose and glucose. Sugars can be added to foods in many other forms, such as molasses, glucose, dextrose, brown sugar, fruit purees, honey, golden syrup, palm sugar or corn syrup. Look out for these on food labels.
Dietary guidelines do not recommend limiting sugars such as those in fruit and milk as these foods are not considered to have adverse health outcomes and provide other beneficial vitamins and nutrients. However, added sugars (ie, added by the cook, manufacturer or consumer) plus sugars concentrated in honey, syrups and fruit juices should be limited.
Is it important to eat carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates are essential for good health because they provide the main source of energy for the body, particularly the brain as it needs glucose from carbohydrates to function.
Foods that contain polysaccharides usually contain other beneficial nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Avoiding these foods puts you at risk of nutrient deficiencies. However, because carbohydrates provide energy they can contribute to weight gain when too much is eaten.
Advice for pregnant women
It is especially important that pregnant women eat plenty of fruits and leafy green vegetables, which are the best food source of folate, a vitamin essential for the development of healthy babies.
Women planning a pregnancy should also take a daily folic acid tablet for at least four weeks before they become pregnant through to week 12 of their pregnancy, to reduce the risk of neural tube defects. More information on folic acid during pregnancy is available from: www.health.govt.nz/our-work/life-stages/maternity-services/supplement-tablet-take-when-pregnant-or-breastfeeding
Always wash and dry fresh fruits and vegetables before eating. More information on food safety for pregnant women is available from: www.foodsmart.govt.nz/information-for/pregnant-women
Eat wholegrain cereals to help prevent constipation. More information on healthy eating for pregnant women is available from: www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-wellness/nutrition/food-and-nutrition-guidelines
What about carbohydrates and weight?
To lose weight, you need to use more energy than you eat from foods and beverages (this creates an energy deficit). Therefore, you need to increase the amount of energy used through being physically active and/or eat less.
Long term studies of low-carbohydrate, high-fat, or high-protein diets have shown weight loss can occur. However, this weight loss is due to a sustained energy deficit rather than to lower or higher amounts of protein, fat or carbohydrate. There is no long-term evidence that any particular diet is better than another for weight loss.
The key to successful weight loss and weight management is long-term sustainable lifestyle change. Highly restrictive diets are not sustainable long term and, therefore, weight loss is not maintained.
The best ways to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight are to:
- develop healthy eating habits such as reducing portion sizes, eating plenty of low-energy vegetables (such as leafy greens, carrots, etc), eating wholegrain high-fibre foods, and cutting down on alcohol and energy-dense foods
- find ways to fit more activity into your day, every day.
More information on healthy eating is available from: www.healthed.govt.nz


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The SuperProX series is a performance option for those looking for prime shifting capabilities, designed for use with the Shimano® XTR M960 Crankset. This is a ramped ring with modified shifter gates and special profiles to allow hassle-free shifting.
- CNC cut from 7075-T6 aluminum.
- Middle and outer rings are cut from a thicker 0.190 material to prevent the chain from falling between the granny and middle ring.
- Middle and outer rings have stainless steel shifting pins to enhance shifting.
- Works best on a 9-speed drivetrain.
- For use with the Shimano XTR FC M960 Crankset.
- These chainrings will not work if mixed with other brand rings; for best performance, use only with other SuperProX rings as a set.
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Bolt circle diameter (BCD): the diameter of an imaginary circle that intersects the centre of each chainring bolt.
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