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This Irish girl has a confession. Until yesterday, I had never made corned beef and cabbage. I had never even eaten corned beef and cabbage. I thought I'd try my hand at this year because I came across a recipe for it using the slow cooker. And since St. Patrick's Day is less than a week away, I'm going to share it with you because it turned out pretty well. Of course, I have nothing to compare it to, but my husband and I really liked it.
I didn't have any luck finding an organic or grass-fed brisket at the two stores I tried, so I went with a conventional cut. My veggies were all organic, though. Here's the recipe, courtesy of The Irish Cook blog.
- Large, lean cut of brisket (mine was about 2.5 pounds)
- Savoy cabbage, 1 head cut into several pieces
- Potatoes, 6 or 7 large white
- Carrots, 5 or 6 large washed well since you are not peeling (I peeled mine)
- White onions, 2 large or several boiling onions
- 1 teaspoon of onion powder
- 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 bay leaf, torn
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cold water
Time estimates
Prep time: 15 min.
Cook time: 8-10 hrs
Total time: 8 hrs and 15 min
Put brisket in the bottom of the slow cooker
Place potatoes, carrots and onions on top of brisket
Season with onion powder, garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper
Pour cold water to just below the top of vegetables
Cook on low for 8 hours
Place cabbage on the top of vegetables
Cook for another 2 hours
Yield: 1 brisket
My notes: It was very easy. The vegetables came out tender and flavored by the meat. The meat was very tender and flavorful. I will say that the cabbage kind of stunk the house up, though.
If you're looking to make a traditional Irish meal this March 17 (well, a traditional American-Irish meal, the Irish actually used to use boiled bacon, not brisket) this is a good recipe to use. Regardless of the day of the week, using the slow cooker is an easy way to prepare this meal.


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Click here to view ARDA's staff by name.
Just a couple of years ago, Brazil was the darling of the global
economy. Today, Brazil is facing some
tougher times through political turmoil, a high inflation rate and a high
unemployment rate. Marcos Agostini,
Interval International's senior vice president of resort sales and business
development for Latin America, has confidence that what has come down will
eventually go back up, saying he is "positive the tourism sector will expand in
There are many factors contributing to Brazil's rebound. First, there's the drop in value of the
Real—Brazil's currency—which is less expensive for in-bound international
visitors. It also makes Brazilian real estate more attractive to investors. Brazil
is also set to host the 2016 summer Olympics, providing positive exposure to
the country. With a population of more
than 200 million and an important middle class, there's widespread opportunity
for development.
Considered one of the world's most bio diverse places, Colombia has a
lot to offer—with Caribbean and Pacific beaches, scenic Andean mountains, and
cosmopolitan cities for shopping and dining. However, Colombia is often
generalized as an unsafe travel destination due to its past, but improved
security has already resulted in a boom in tourism, and continuing this could
clear the way for the industry to grow exponentially.
In 2010, just 2.6 million travelers visited Colombia, but in 2014, that
figure almost doubled to 4.9 million, according to ProColombia, the
government's tourism promotion agency. It hopes to welcome 6 million visitors
ready to spend $6 billion by 2018. Timesharing is poised to attract its share
of travelers, both domestic and international, says Agostini. "We're very excited
about Colombia. The infrastructure has improved, and we're finally seeing
investments come to fruition."
Read more in Developments.
By Tomas Acevedo, ARDA State Affairs
It's been more than a year
since the Obama administration announced new rules easing trade and travel
restrictions against Cuba, as part of the move toward normalizing relations
with the country. Since that time, Americans have been able to travel to the island,
provided the trip serves a religious, educational, humanitarian, journalistic,
or other approved purpose. In fact, U.S. airlines are now allowed to fly
scheduled routes to Cuba for the first time in decades, yet Americans still
can't travel to Cuba purely for travel's sake.
It's clear that Americans
want to visit Cuba now—with its still frozen-in-time culture—before it loses its old-world charm. According to
the travelhorizons survey released by marketing services firm MMGY Global, 46
of travelers from the
United States who
are likely
to visit a Caribbean destination during the next two years would be willing to
change their vacation plans to go to Cuba instead. And 19 percent of U.S.
adults said they would consider taking a vacation to Cuba during the next two
Further, the American
Society of Travel Agents estimates that more than 500,000 American cruise
travelers would visit Cuba within the first two years—with another one million
leisure travelers coming by air. Cuba is ready for business to increase in
their travel and tourism space, where they see a lot of opportunity for
with all the buzz around this island, it's only a matter of time before we're
talking timeshare there, too. Cuba
doesn't currently have timeshare legislation in the country, but with Meliá
Vacation Club selling a travel club-type product in the country, it
demonstrates they're open to this new form of business in the travel sector.
It'll likely still take some years—and fully lifted sanctions—before the
timeshare sector starts to build a footprint in Cuba, but for those with
interest in the area, now is probably a good time to start registering company
trademarks and logos, to be at the ready when the time comes. To learn more
about the potential of timeshares in Cuba, read the full article in the
February Developments.
Don't miss our jam-packed schedule of events while you are attending ARDA
World this May 1-5, 2016 in Hollywood, Florida. Mark your calendars for these
important events:
• Sunday, May 1: AIF Open Golf Tournament
• Monday night, May 2: Opening reception in the Exhibit Hall
• Monday night: All Attendee Welcome Party, sponsored by RCI
• Tuesday morning, May 3: Keynote speaker, sponsored by RCI
• Tuesday night: Interval International's Party with a Cause (at LIV nightclub,
Fontainebleau hotel)
• Wednesday night, May 4: Awards Gala with presenting sponsor, American
• Thursday morning, May 5: Breakfast of Champions, sponsored by Hilton
Grand Vacations
• Monday is Key Constituent Day again! This is the day for ARDA's
most engaged and involved members—don't miss important Committee, Council,
Taskforce, and Forum meetings.
• Monday also features two targeted educational programming
tracks: HR and Fundamentals sessions.
• Our keynote speaker is on Tuesday morning (10:30 am-12:00 pm). It's Jonathan
Perelman, former Vice
President of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures & former Global Lead for Industry
Relations at Google. He will discuss the future
of digital marketing.
• "Meet the Leaders" General Session is on Tuesday (4:00pm-5:00pm).
Get all the very latest at www.arda.org/convention,
and see you soon in sunny south Florida!
ARDA World 2016, ARDA's annual convention, is just over a month away. Now's the time to make sure you are
registered and your travel arrangements and hotel are set. Taking place May 1-5, 2016, in Hollywood,
Florida, this year's event will be held at the prestigious Diplomat Golf Resort
& Spa. This area offers some great
things to do!
Hollywood, Florida, is served directly by Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), 20 minutes from the host
hotel. In addition, Miami
International Airport (MIA) is also a great option, only 30 miles away from the
Diplomat…and it suits more international arrivals.
Diplomat Resort & Spa is the event host hotel. You can make your reservation by calling the
hotel directly at (954) 602-6000. To
obtain the group room rate of $249 per night, please reference ARDA World.
accommodations are also available at the Crowne Plaza Hollywood Beach Hotel,
located just a short two-block walk from the Diplomat Resort and Spa. To make
your room reservations, please call (954) 454-4334 ext. 208 to obtain the group
room rate of $209 per night.
Registration for ARDA World 2016
has been going fast, so make sure to book your spot now by visiting www.arda.org/convention for details.
Of course, we'd love for you to attend every ARDA event, but we can't
expect you not to enjoy the beautiful town of Hollywood, Florida as well. Known for its beautiful stretch of sandy paradise
nestled between Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Hollywood, FL has a little something
for everyone.
Hollywood's Beach features a one-of-a-kind oceanfront promenade called
the Hollywood Beach Boardwalk, which stretches nearly two and a half miles
along the Atlantic. If the beach isn't your place, historic downtown Hollywood
offers shopping with quaint sidewalk cafés, brick-lined walks, and six blocks
of unique boutiques, shops, art galleries, and dozens of excellent restaurants.
by Kevin Riley, ARDA Federal Affairs
Every year, more than 20 million foreign visitors travel to the United States
through the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP), which allows for citizens of 28
program-partner countries to visit for up to 90 days without having to obtain
visas. According to the U.S. Travel Association, 40 percent of foreign visitors
to the US come via the VWP each year. This is clearly an important program to
our industry and the broader travel industry, and ARDA has fought hard to
defend its integrity over the years while also supporting legislation that
would strengthen national security requirements.
Bipartisan legislation introduced last year called the Jobs Originated Through
Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2015 would reform the VWP's participation
criteria to reinstate the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) authority to
waive the visa refusal requirement if a country meets all other VWP
requirements. The legislation would also enhance security measures, increase
the number of participating countries, and allow Canadian citizens over 50
years old to remain in the US for up to 240 days a year. The JOLT Act estimates
it would boost the US economy by $100 billion over the next decade and create
700,000 jobs.
However, this program has received increased Congressional scrutiny following
the terrorist attacks in Paris. In a preemptive move, the White House announced
changes to the VWP to immediately enact a number of security enhancements. Despite
these changes, legislation was introduced called the Visa Waiver Program
Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 to help DHS identify
and stop terrorists with Western passports from entering the US. The bill
incorporated many of the security parameters that ARDA advocated be included in
the JOLT Act. The bill passed and was included in the end-of-year omnibus
While ARDA applauds Congress for passing such reform measures, we are still
working to address components that would disrupt travel to the US and have a
detrimental economic impact. To learn more about these efforts and more details
on the legislation, read the full article.
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Frustrated Teixeira lands on 15-day disabled list
TORONTO -- The Yankees placed Mark Teixeira on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday with a strained right hamstring, and after being limited to 15 games last season because of injuries, the veteran first baseman is beyond frustrated by his recent luck.
"I wanted to break everything in this clubhouse last night when I came in here, but I respect the Blue Jays organization more than that," Teixeira said. "It was really frustrating. I felt like I did everything this offseason and this spring to get my body in position to play all season. Sometimes things happen. It's part of sports."
Teixeira, who turns 34 later this month, felt the hamstring grab while chasing a foul ball in the second inning of New York's 4-2 victory over the Blue Jays on Friday. He will undergo an MRI on Monday in New York to determine the severity of the strain, but it was apparent that he would not be able to avoid the DL.
"We don't think it's a bad strain," manager Joe Girardi said. "Obviously, we'll have a test on Monday when he gets back, but we just felt it was in the best interest of him and us to put him on the DL. That way he doesn't keep testing it and make it worse."
The Yankees recalled catcher Austin Romine from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take Teixeira's place on the active roster. Girardi said that in Teixeira's absence, Kelly Johnson will be used as the everyday first baseman.
"I'm comfortable with him really anywhere, because I think he's shown that he's adaptable -- playing third, second, left, came up as a shortstop," Girardi said. "I don't expect him to be Mark Teixeira and know all the ins and outs, but he'll figure it out."
Beyond Johnson, the Yankees do not have a clear-cut backup option. Girardi mentioned Dean Anna, Francisco Cervelli and Yangervis Solarte as possible options at first base while saying that he does not see Brian McCann or Alfonso Soriano playing first base at this time.
Teixeira also strained his right hamstring during Game 4 of the 2010 American League Championship Series, an injury that effectively ended his season. He said that strain, a Grade 2, was much more severe; he was on crutches for four days and needed about five weeks for a full recovery.
Teixeira, who was walking with only a slight limp on Saturday morning, hopes to be able to return in the minimum 15 days. He also hopes to use this time to further strengthen his surgically repaired right wrist.
"I was very blessed the first 10 years of my career to only land on the DL a couple of times, missing a few games here and there," he said. "The last year and change have not been fun, but just a bump in the road, hopefully. We have a long season and we have a lot of great players in this clubhouse, and hopefully, I'll be rejoining them in two weeks."


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Allies and Morrison is an architecture and urban planning practice based in London. We operate from our own studios at 85 Southwark Street – the RIBA London Building of the Year 2004. We have completed projects throughout the UK, and in Ireland, India, Africa and the Middle East, and are currently also working in Lebanon and in North America. The work of the practice ranges from architecture, interior design and conservation on the one hand to planning, masterplanning, consultation, and research on the other. 37 of our completed projects have won an RIBA Award and we have twice been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize – for the revitalisation of the Royal Festival Hall in 2008 and for New Court Rothschilds Bank in collaboration with OMA in 2012.
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Well, now it's official.
Bethenny Frankel, who announced before Christmas that she and husband Jason Hoppy had separated, has filed for divorce, E! News has confirmed.
Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy reveal they're seperating
U.S. & World
The former Housewife took the first step in ending her 2 year marriage to Hoppy by reportedly filing a summons for divorce in New York City. And the Skinnygirl founder isn't shy in revealing her heartbreak.
Bethenny took to Twitter to share that she's turned to friends in her time of need, and in this case, specifically with talk show host and pal Hoda Kotb.
Bethenny tweeted: "Time with @hodakotb is just what the doctor ordered :)"
And never one to keep quiet on a situation, Bethenny also addressed those reacting to her divorce, tweeting: "To those of you who are being supportive: thank you. To those of you who are judging: I totally get it."
Bethenny and Jason have a 2-year-old daughter together, Bryn.


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5 -6 lbs pork belly or shoulder
4 tbsp sea salt
3 tbsp red fermented bean curd ( nam yue)
1 tbsp sugar
1:Wash pork and pat dry with paper towel. Then score meat's skin with a sharp knife, making a cross-hatch pattern all over the skin.
2:Rub sea-salt,sugar and red fermented bean curd all over the pork,well.Placed the marinated pork skin down over an aluminum foil over a baking tray in fridge for 2 hours or more.
3:Bake marinated pork at 375 F for 45-50 minutes,then turn the skin facing up,bake for another 45 minutes. Changed oven setting to broil ,cook for another 15 minutes or until the skin crackling puffy and crispy.
4:Remove crackling pork from oven and let's it rest for 10 minutes before cut and serve warm as appetizer or main dish I didn't realised I didn't score or prick the skin well,so you still can see the skin in the middle is not crackling puffy.


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Lea is a senior in the Product Design program at Stanford. She joined DEL in the Spring of 2013 and is currently working on a project to redesign homework assignments in Professor Sheri Sheppard's ENGR-14: Introduction to Solid Mechanics class. She is also conducting research on the homework system across the STEM fields at Stanford. Lea is interested in using design methodology to improve engineering education and make it a more productive and open system that prioritizes student learning. She enjoys designing physical objects as well, and especially loves the building process and working with machines.
Lea's favorite person from history is Buckminster Fuller and her favorite painter is František Kupka. Her current interests include reading, furniture design, and yoga. When she grows up her goals include to design her own energy efficient house, to have a giant dog, and to drive a pre-1970s Mercedes-Benz.
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It's no surprise that La Bohème is one of the most beloved operas in the world. The power and beauty of its music captures the essence of opera. It just carries you away. I can't imagine anyone seeing any performance of La Bohème anywhere and not be transported by it. Those of us who experienced Lyric's La Bohème, had all that and even more.
If you can go, I highly recommend attending the pre-opera lecture which is offered free and begins one hour before curtain. Our mentor/host for the pre-opera lecture was WFMT's Carl Grapentine. Think about this: even though Carl is a radio host, we recognized him and greeted him with a warm round of applause when he entered the Ardis Krainik Theatre of the Civic Opera House. We knew him and we knew we were in for a treat.
Not surprisingly, Carl was exceptional. He gave us insider information about Puccini's creative process in shaping Mimì's character, as well as fascinating insights into the music and dramatization of other Mimìs such as Renata Scotto. He delivered a delicious helping of opera magic before that iconic curtain even went up. Here are some highlights:
An opera in four acts, La Bohème was composed by Giacomo Puccini, Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, and based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of La Bohème was in Turin in 1896 and conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor.
If you would like to introduce a young boy or girl to opera, this is where to start. She/he'll be hooked. Love at first sight never was more romantic. See for yourself. Here's a link to the glorious trailer:
As a matter of fact, during the intermission of La Bohème, I met a beautiful 9-year old girl named Miriam whose eyes sparkled with the joy of experiencing La Bohème live at the Lyric. Not surprisingly, Miriam said she might even want to be called Mimì.
Luckily, La Bohème has been scheduled for a long run. Therefore, the main characters will be double cast: Rodolpho: Dimitri Pittas (Jan.-Feb. dates)/Joseph Calleja (March dates); Mimì: Ana Maria Martinez (Jan.-Feb. dates)/Anna Netrebko (March dates).
Most certainly, the glory of opera is its music. But it is the power of the production that frames, enhances and elevates it. The Director of La Bohème, Louisa Muller, made her Lyric debut with this elaborate, superb production. Michael Yeargan's sets captured the era, the pathos and the temperature (all that snow!) so realistically, it was easy to get lost in the story. And Emmanuel Villaume's conducting assured the precision of every note.
Especially if you have never been to the opera, this is the place to start. La Bohème will win your heart just as surely as she won Rodolfo's.
La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
In Italian with projected English texts.
Running time: 2h 21m
For more information go to: http://www.lyricopera.org
Photos: Dan Rest/Lyric Opera ofChicago


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The independent website CCPN Global (A Global Network for the Study of China and Chinese in Comparative Perspective)| launched on 10 April 2013.
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Does anyone have experience with the +P cases? I don't plan to make hot loads, just standard pressure loads. I guess I was wondering if the thicker cases would last longer.The 45 Auto+P is a strengthened version of the 45 Auto with the same external dimensions. A thicker web and heavier sidewall at base strengthens the case in potentially unsupported areas. This case has approximately 2 grains less internal water capacity than the standard 45 Auto.
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OTTAWA - A former employee of a call centre that did work for the Conservative party in the last election says she was instructed to tell people Elections Canada had changed their polling locations.
In a sworn affidavit, Annette Desgagne says she and other workers at Responsive Marketing Group's call centre in Thunder Bay, Ont., became suspicious when people questioned them about the new polling locations.
"I recall one woman in Winnipeg telling me that the address I just gave her was over an hour away," Desgagne says in the court document.
"I tried to problem-solve this over the phone with her for a few minutes, but she was sure the new address was wrong. There was a phone number at the bottom of the screen in front of me that I was to give people if they had further questions.
"That lady said she had called that number but that it was not a correct number."
Desgagne says her co-workers had similar experiences. She says her supervisors told her to "just stick to the scripts" when she told them of her concerns.
"Our concerns were ignored and we had to keep reading and repeating the same scripts about changes of address for polling stations made by elections Canada," says Desgagne's affidavit.
Desgagne's affidavit, filed as part of a court action launched by the Council of Canadians, repeats most of the claims first reported by the Toronto Star in February.
She says she went to work for RMG three weeks before election day.
She says she started out making calls in which she identified herself as calling on behalf of the Conservative party. She recorded people's voting preferences and asked Conservative supporters if they would put up yard signs.
Desgagne says the script changed about three days before the May 2 vote, dropping all mention of the Conservatives. The new scripts said Elections Canada had changed some polling stations, and directed voters to the new locations.
RMG says it was not part of any effort to keep people from voting by sending them to the wrong polling locations.
The Conservatives hired RMG to identify supporters ahead of the May 2 federal election, and the company has said all callers were instructed to clearly identify the fact they were calling on behalf of the party.
"At no time during the 'Get-Out-The-Vote' period did our calls target non-identified Conservative Party supporters," the company said in February.
"Again, our calls targeted identified Conservative party supporters. With the goal of helping the Conservative party win the election, it would make no sense to provide Conservative party supporters with incorrect voting locations."
RMG has also said calls were placed to identified Conservative supporters to notify them of changes to their voting locations, noting Elections Canada moved 127 polling locations during the run-up to the election.
"The purpose of this calling was to re-confirm their support, ensure they had correct voting location information, and encourage them to vote on Election Day," RMG previously said.
"This is a core element of our business, and something RMG has performed on over 20 election campaigns for various political parties at every level in Canada."
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On National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" the other evening, I caught a story about President Barack Obama and the news media. The gist of it was that while Obama has promised to run an open and transparent administration, and while he's already loosened the stranglehold that former President George W. Bush put on the Freedom of Information Act, the traditional press was feeling excluded.
"I just also want to be sure the president and the people who work for him are being subject to people who are trained as journalists and who are asking the questions that perhaps some of the people watching things from out there in the country are not able to ask," said Bill Nichols, the managing editor of Politico.
This would be the trained press, Mr. Nichols, that bought - hook, line and sinker, I must say - the president as a great leader after 9/11; the "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq; the "mission accomplished" speech on the aircraft carrier; the "Valerie Plame is a spy" leak; the ones who never challenged Bush at all until Cindy Sheehan's unbelievable guts and rage forced them to reexamine themselves; who never once protested over Bush's treatment of one of their own, Helen Thomas; and who bought into all the other lies, deceptions, obfuscations and secrets of the Bush administration years?
Would they be the same ones who covered the recent campaign as if they worked for People Magazine - Muslim terrorists, fist bumps, the invincibility of Hillary Clinton, illegitimate babies in Alaska, the Clintonista PUMAs (Party unity my ass) who would vote for McCain before they voted for that other guy, and all the rest of it - until serious people wanted to vomit?
And in the end, it was those serious people, millions of them wanting not only a change in government but a change in the quality of their information, who flocked to the Internet, to The Daily Kos and Nate Silver's statistics on FiveThirtyEight.com, to find out what was really happening. And these people knew months before Election Day that Obama had it in the bag.
Has it gotten any better since? Does the name Milorad "Rod" R. Blagojevich mean anything to you? Another example: on Inauguration Day, CBS's Katie Couric talked about how the cold affected cellos, and why Yo Yo Ma would be using one made out of sturdier material than wood to play for the president. Two days later, I read that the concert had been prerecorded, and he could have been playing on a cardboard cutout for all it mattered. Not to slam Couric above all the others, but it certainly brought me back to the time she was covering the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and a helium balloon escaped. It knocked down a lamp post and injured some people, so when it came time for it to appear on camera, CBS shunted in footage from an earlier year. Couric didn't say a word. Then she wondered why no one took her seriously when she became an anchor.
The mainstream media, with its conventional wisdom, its fear of losing access, the lie of "objectivity" ("And why do the Jews deserve to die, Mr. Hitler?"), and it's willingness to be a conductor for any propaganda the government decides to pass out, has got a long way to go before the American people can once again take it seriously.
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It was Thomas Jefferson who said, "And were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter." Still, if Jefferson was alive, he'd be vomiting, too.
There are serious journalists out there. We wouldn't know about the Bush administration's intention to attack Iraq without Seymour M. Hersh's reports in The New Yorker, or about Abu Ghraib, without Hersh and that 60 Minutes II news report. We wouldn't know about black site prisons if it weren't for Washington Post reporter Dana Priest, or about how wounded veterans were being treated shabbily at Walter Reed Army Medical Center if it wasn't for Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille. Priest has two Pulitzer's for her work, and she deserves them. Amy Goodman has none, and she broadcasts every single day, sometimes risking her freedom and/or her life to do so.
There is much more to be reported upon. The great journalist I.F. Stone used to avoid press briefings and staged events. Instead, he'd spend his time in the archives and record rooms, poring over documents. He got his scoops the old-fashioned way - with hard work and without a hair stylist.
Newspapers, magazines and television networks are enduring hard times today. There are many reasons: the greed of their owners, who tied themselves to Wall Street; the shrinking economy and the accompanying loss of ads; the ease and availability of breaking news and commentary on the Internet. Washington and state house bureaus are being cut. The only place for foreign news is on the BBC.
The way we get our news is changing, and new ideas of how to deliver it are being created as I write. But one thing is certain: journalism will never die. It is a calling for those who practice it, and it fills our desperate need to know what's happening in our complex world.
It will take time, money and courage before we come up with a new model, but we must and we will. Thomas Jefferson was right, and we must make him proud.


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Maharashtra (a state in India) is facing the worst drought in 40 years. They should take key from Karnataka government's (another state in India) decision to order temples across the state to perform drought pooja (prayer).
Uninformed/Stupid/Deluded/Wicked Governments for Uninformed/Stupid/Deluded/Wicked people.
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Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we…Continue
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Some parents in India practice the Devadasi tradition, selling their daughters into a life of prostitution, often around the age of 10. Is it really a fault of ignorant, deluded parents of these girls? Who should be held accountable?
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Thanks Deepak. I'm new here also. You're my first Nexus vFriend!
P.S. Deepak Chopsticks does not hold a candle to the #1 Fraud in America today: Joel Osteen.
Anyone who takes that fraud Deepak Chopra to task is a friend to all who dislike The Priesthood*. Glad to have you among us and I will bookmark your blog.
*My word for anyone who makes a living selling myth and superstition on behalf of themselves or organized religion.
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Dan Agular Makes a Decision to Go on a Mission through a Scouting Experience
Dan Agular has just turned 14 and was recently ordained a teacher. He is a joy to have around and is always one of the boys to have a quick joke and keep things fun. He attended the Mountain Man for the first time this year and had a spiritual experience on Friday night after the General Authorities spoke to the Scouts about the importance of serving a mission. After we got back from the fireside on Friday night, Dan disappeared, and we really did not know where he was for a while. About 10:00 p.m. he came back to camp very quietly and sat down next to Brother Thomason and me. Brother Thomason and I were talking about our missions and we each told Dan a few stories about some experiences we had while on our missions. The Spirit was there and after we shared our testimonies, Dan told us where he had been. He said after the fireside he got to thinking about serving a mission and wanted to know if he should serve a mission. He said he decided to pray about it, so he quietly left camp and found a secluded place where he could offer a prayer to Father in Heaven. He said as he prayed he got an answer that he knew a mission was the right thing to prepare for and he needed to keep himself worthy to serve. As he shared this story, the Spirit testified to us he had received answers to his prayer.
—Matt Fish, Mesa, Arizona
How Scouting Led to Baptisms
Sister Arenivar asked the Scout leaders in her ward if her two boys could attend Scouts with their neighbors. Dylan (11) and Dustin (13) were invited to attend at the local LDS Church. Dylan and Dustin did very well in the Scouting program and earned many merit badges. A court of honor was held in which Dylan and Dustin received Scouting awards. The boys' grandparents, parents, and aunt attended the court of honor.
At the end of the court of honor, Bishop Spencer Grant invited the family to take a tour of the Church building and then invited them over to his house for refreshments. The bishop also invited the ward mission leaders over with the family to his home. At the bishop's home, the Arenivar family was taught about the gospel of Jesus Christ. At the conclusion, the grandfather was so impressed with the Scouts, the bishop, and the ward mission leaders that he asked to learn more about the Church. The missionaries were contacted and regular meetings were set up with the grandparents and the aunt. After four weeks the grandparents (Brother and Sister Mouett) were baptized. Shortly after, Jose, Deb, Dylan, and Dustin Alenivar were baptized along with their aunt Roxanne Mouett.
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BPA is a chemical most commonly found in the lining of food cans and cash register receipts. It once was in many hard plastic bottles, including baby bottles, but many companies have removed it as concerns about exposure have come to light in recent years.
These latest findings from U-M researchers seem to contradict previous studies on BPA that found the chemical to be a factor in obesity. But Dana Dolinoy, the John G. Searle Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and senior/corresponding author of the study, says research shows that many factors impact how the body reacts to the chemical.
"Our hypothesis going into this study was that BPA would act as an obesogenic agent. And there is some preliminary evidence that it does," Dolinoy said. "But there are differences in exposure, duration and when you actually measure the individual.
"Recent evidence in humans only looks at one time point. What we're really interested in is BPA exposure during early development, and how that affects health throughout life. So those are two very different questions."
The researchers exposed mothers to three different levels of BPA in the diet then followed the offspring through adulthood at three, six and nine months of age. The average lifespan of a mouse is two years, so by three months they are young adults.
"We looked at several different metabolic phenotypes, including spontaneous activity, food intake, energy expenditure and body composition. I think the most striking result we saw was the increased activity in these animals," said Olivia Anderson, doctoral student in environmental health sciences and lead author on the paper published online in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
"There are several things we need to look at in evaluating studies investigating BPA as an obesogen, such as composition of the diet. Not all these diets are similar throughout these studies. Some may have high-fat diets. Some may have diets with different protein levels. Then there is the difference in exposure timing and doses of exposure of BPA. It's important to dig a little deeper and actually look at the mechanism that BPA is acting upon."
As to why only females exhibited the excessive activity and lean bodies, Dolinoy says it bears more study, but because BPA is known to impact estrogen and thyroid hormone, most likely it is affecting these natural hormones in the females.
Dolinoy's lab is dedicated to the study of environmental epigenetics and nutrition—learning about how exposure to chemical, nutritional and behavioral factors alters gene expression and impacts health and disease.
In December, she and colleagues released a study that found BPA in human fetal liver tissue, demonstrating that there is considerable exposure to the chemical during pregnancy. That research also found that the BPA in fetuses was in a form not eliminated from the body, unlike previous studies that showed adult humans metabolize and rid their bodies of the chemical.
Her work is supported by the U-M Formative Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center (UM-CEHC) and the U-M Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (MNORC). MNORC receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, and UM-CEHC from the NIH and the Environmental Protection Agency.
"The work that Olivia Anderson carried out in Dr. Dolinoy's lab is really at the heart of some of the most pressing questions we're trying to solve right now, and their work was a great fit for both centers because it asks and answers questions that are right at the intersection of how toxicants effect health, particularly related to obesity," said Karen Peterson, professor of environmental health sciences at the U-M School of Public Health, director of the CEHC and associate director of MNORC.
Dolinoy also was awarded a five-year National Institutes of Health Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award in 2009 for the epigenetics research and the American Society of Nutrition's Norman Kretchmer Memorial Award in Nutrition and Development in 2011.
Related Links:
- BPA study ("Perinatal Bisphenol A Exposure Promotes Hyperactivity, Lean Body Composition, and Hormonal Responses Across the Murine Life-Course"): http://www.fasebj.org/content/early/recent
- Dana Dolinoy: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=ddolinoy
- Olivia Anderson: http://research.sph.umich.edu/person.cfm?deptID=2&groupID=32&ownerID=477
- Dolinoy Lab: http://research.sph.umich.edu/group.cfm?deptID=2&groupID=32
- UM-CEHC: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/cehc/home
- MNORC: http://mmoc.med.umich.edu/CoreHumanPhenotyping.php
- Contact Laurel Thomas Gnagey


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Emily Dickinson wrote this beautiful poem. With questions, I dwell in possibility. Poetry calls gently to me, leaves a space that I can peer into, and observe that which moves my soul. Without questions, there would be no answers and no certainty. That seems odd and paradoxical, but seems very real to me. Questions allow me real faith and a belief in those things I cannot touch. They are there and I know they are.
I dwell in Possibility–
A fairer House than Prose–
More numerous of Windows–
Superior–for Doors–
Of Chambers as the Cedars–
Impregnable of Eye–
And for an Everlasting Roof
The Gambrels of the Sky–
Of Visitors–the fairest–
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David Letterman gets Michelle Obama to read the Top Ten
UPDATE: David Letterman will host Michelle Obama reading the "Late Show with David Letterman Top Ten" tonight (Tuesday, June 5). The subject? "Fun Facts about gardening." You can watch the preview.
The first lady's been making the rounds of national TV promoting her first book, "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America." A lot to read. A LOT of photography.
While I wouldn't call it a tome, it earns its $30 price. It's crammed with stories from Mrs. Obama, the White House chef, community gardeners from across the country, garden plans, garden tips.
Call it a weighty scrapbook, roughly organized by season, but full of interjections, like the one in the Spring chapter that accompanies an historic photo of sheep grazing on the South Lawn, or the one in Summer where she dishes on what happened when Food Network stars (Alton Brown, Rachel Ray, Tom Colicchio) visited the garden. Park Service personnel add their takes on facets of gardening. Some of the profiles of community gardens are written by the gardeners.


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Technical Paper
Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Incandescence Measurements of Particulate Emissions During Enrichment for Diesel Lean NOx Trap Regeneration
Laser-induced incandescence is used to measure time-resolved diesel particulate emissions for two lean NOx trap regeneration strategies that utilize intake throttling and in-cylinder fuel enrichment. The results show that when the main injection event is increased in duration and delayed 13 crank-angle degrees, particulate emissions are very high. For a repetitive pattern of 3 seconds of rich regeneration followed by 27 seconds of NOx-trap loading, we find a monotonic increase in particulate emissions during the loading intervals that approaches twice the initial baseline particulate level after 1000 seconds. In contrast, particulate emissions during the regeneration intervals are constant throughout the test sequence.


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Last weekend, I helped host a party to celebrate two 30th Birthdays, a 60th Birthday and a 60+ Birthday. It was fun celebration with a mix of black and white sophistication and fun retro activities and decorations.
The velum overlay of the invitation introduced the theme: 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and today!
Party was held outside on my parents deck - we set small round and square tables with white linens, black and white overlays and centerpieces.
As an introductory activity, we played a Flashback Scavenger Hunt. Each guest received a card with a list of retro toy related activities - guests mingled and interacted with decorations and reminisced!
The Flashback Challenge card:
Retro toy decorations and stations for the challenges:
Decorations also included paper pendants featuring photographs of the four birthday guests and of iconic TV shows, movies, toys and pop culture icons from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Appetizers were also inspired from the past 6 decades - deviled eggs, sausage rolls, cheese straws, shrimp cocktail, pea soup and chicken salsa.
After a delicious dinner of steak tenderloin, mashed potatos, salad, bread and more, we all enjoyed Birthday Cake!
Before guests departed, they filled their own bag of favorite retro candy from our special candy bar.


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By Tim H. Martin
Trout Quest Leads to Mysterious Soup.
I'd never even heard of Albondigas soup until I saw it on the appetizer menu at Ed's Cantina in Estes Park, Colorado. This discovery came in the autumn of 2017 after three rugged days of fly fishing for greenback cutthroat trout — an endangered species found in the remote lakes of Rocky Mountain National Park.
This Alabama flatlander was content to rest his pregnant toe blisters in one of Ed's cozy booths and replenish calories lost on the alpine trails with their hearty Colorado-Mex cuisine. Having hiked 34 miles — 107 floors of elevation gain in 72 hours, to be exact — I'd earned a blowout meal.
Being unfamiliar with Albondigas, I asked the waitress to educate me. With a proper Spanish accent, she said, "It's pronounced Al-bone-dee-gus, which is Spanish for meatball. It's a traditional Mexican comfort food, and ours is REALLY good."
I ordered a large bowl to go with my fish tacos, and she wasn't kidding. The mild heat of the spices and piping-hot meatballs warmed my frozen insides to the core, and I instantly knew Buckmasters fans would love this mysterious soup.
If it thaws frozen deer hunters like it did this weary trout fisherman, Albondigas won't remain a mystery for long.
America's Fish: The Greenback Cutthroat Trout
Greenbacks were declared extinct around 1930, but rediscovered in 1957. Maybe that's why I think they're so special and a fish I must chase. Or maybe it's because the physical difficulty of getting to these gems means few anglers will ever catch one.
I believe this fiery little trout is the world's most beautiful freshwater fish. Catching one means strenuous miles of alpine hiking — usually above 10,000 feet — into remote, tucked-away places.
The greenback's ongoing recovery to fishable populations is remarkable. In 1994, it became Colorado's official State Fish, although I believe the case can be made for this truly native species to be declared America's Fish.
Meatball Ingredients:
2 lbs. lean ground beef or venison1 egg1/2 cup onion, finely chopped1/2 cup cooked rice1/2 cup crushed soda crackers or commercial bread crumbs1 tablespoon dried oregano1 tablespoon ground cumin1 teaspoon fresh cilantro, chopped1 teaspoon garlic saltsalt and pepper, to taste
Remaining Soup Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter1 tablespoon olive oil6 cups water1 cup your favorite salsa2 cups onion, chopped7 cloves garlic, minced1 1/2 cups celery, sliced4 cups new potatoes, skin on, small dice2 cups carrots, 1/2-inch slices1 15 oz. can black beans, drained well2 bay leavesKosher salt and black pepper, to tasteFresh cilantro and lime slices for garnish
*Other possible ingredients: corn, diced squash, zucchini and/or tomatoes
Prepare all chopped items while the rice is cooking. When the rice is done, mix all meatball ingredients, then use an ice cream scoop to create golf ball-sized meatballs.
In a soup pot, heat butter and olive oil on medium-high, then add all diced vegetables and sauté until onions, garlic and celery are tender. Add water, salsa, bay leaves and salt and pepper. Simmer 20 minutes or until carrots and potatoes are softened.
Add meatballs and black beans, then simmer an additional 20-30 minutes. Remove from heat and allow 15 to 20 minutes for soup to cool before serving in bowls. Garnish with fresh cilantro and lime slices.
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A visit to one's oncologist … the routine kind of visit when you haven't got any deeply disturbing new symptoms and your best hope is that nobody finds anything the least bit interesting and you get to go home with all the same pieces you had on arrival. A visit after which no one calls to say you need to come back for more tests. The "normal" visits everyone who survives cancer hates, but figure as long as they stay boring, that's good. "Survivor" as we all know, means "not dead yet," and that's the way we want it to remain. Whatever else is wrong with us, as long as the bottom line is "I'm alive!!" we are happy campers, or as close to happy as you can be when one of your primary doctors is an oncologist.
Yesterday was a deferred, re-scheduled quarterly visit.
And wouldn't you know it, I forgot to stuff my Kindle into my bag. The lab took forever and the only tech they have who can find my good vein was off. I have only one usable vein. If you miss it, good luck finding another that will yield enough blood to run the tests.
The day had gotten off to a roaring start, as it so often does, because we got stuck behind one of the areas super slow drivers. Being as our roads are one lane in each direction, stuck is stuck. Naturally, whoever they were, they were going exactly where we were going … the Milford Medical complex — Milford Hospital and our local Dana Farber outpost. We tried not to start honking the horn or acting crazy.
It happens every time we have to go somewhere and need to be there at a particular time. I'm not sure how they know we're coming, but that 25 mph driver is waiting and will always be immediately in front of us as we try to get wherever we are going, almost always a doctor or hospital. Oddly, we never have any trouble getting home quickly … when we aren't on a schedule.
We got there more or less on time anyhow, but the lab took a long time. She needed to keep hunting for that vein. She finally found it and I tried not to act as surly as I felt. Probably I failed. I was surly. They never listen to me. You'd think, having been the owner/operator of this body for 65 long, painful years, they'd figure I might know a thing or two about it, but they always assume I'm either senile or retarded. Maybe both.
We had to wait for the lab. We had to wait for the doctor. Then, we had to wait some more because I needed a chest X-ray and the X-ray tech was in the other building (the hospital across the street) and when he showed up, the software that runs the X-ray machine was on the fritz. I suggested he reboot. He said the last time he did that, it totally died. I pointed out he had nothing to lose: it wasn't working anyhow.
He rebooted. It died completely. Another tech joined him and they concluded that the machine was (again because this is apparently a regular event) broken. I could have told them that. The reason that there happened to be a second tech right on the spot was because my patient husband, who was sitting there reading his newspaper had realized that his paper was getting wet. That it was raining outside was one issue, but we were in the lobby of the relatively new Dana Farber almost-but-not-quite state-of-the-art cancer facility. Less than 5 years old, anyhow.
So they called the guy to fix the leak (again) because this too was a regular event. They had yet to figure out where the water was coming from. They thought maybe it was coming through the electrical system and leaking out through a lightbulb, leading me to suggest that they could put a lot of people out of their misery by upping the voltage and electrocuting people in the waiting room. The administrative nurse says "Nah, we'd need an electrical upgrade to get the voltage high enough to do anyone in, but maybe they could fix it on the next remodel." I love nurses.
I had nothing to do through most of this. Lacking my Kindle, I dug around and found my little Canon Powershot 260, which I carry all the time to handle photographic emergencies. After exploring the contents of the chip, deleting some really bad pictures, I figured I might as well try to see if there's anything to photograph in the various waiting areas of Dana Farber Cancer Treatment Center in Milford, Massachusetts. That's what happens when you forget to bring something to read.
Why they have a grand piano in the lobby is anybody's guess. I'm afraid to ask.


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gnome-games (1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low * fix-glines-crash.patch: fix glines crash on startup (LP: #995281) -- Julian Taylor <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:59:17 +0100
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- glchess: chess game with 3D graphics
This is the chess game from the GNOME desktop. It allows one to play
with most existing chess engines, or against a human opponent.
- glines: make color lines of five or more length
This is a GNOME port of the once popular "Color Lines" game.
The game's objective is to align as often as possible five or more
objects of the same color and shape causing them to disappear.
- gnect: four-in-a-row game for GNOME
The object of the game is to build a line of four of your marbles while
trying to stop your opponent (human or computer) building a line of his
or her own. A line can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.
- gnibbles: snake game, up to four players
This is a GNOME port of the popular "Snake" game.
Nibbles is a game where the user controls a worm. The worm moves around
the board, eating diamonds while avoiding the walls placed around it.
- gnobots2: improved old BSD robots game
GNOME Robots is a game where you try and avoid a band of marauding
robots which are, for no adequately explained reason, trying to kill
you. It is based on the text-based robots game which can be found on a
number of UNIX systems.
- gnome-games: games for the GNOME desktop
These are the games from the official GNOME release. They have the look and
feel of the GNOME desktop, but can be used without it.
Games are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all
of them but they can be installed separately.
- gnome-games-data: data files for the GNOME games
This package contains translations, sounds and pictures used by the
GNOME games.
- gnome-sudoku: Sudoku puzzle game for GNOME
This is an application for playing the popular sudoku logic puzzle
game, in which one must fill a 9 by 9 square with the correct digits.
It features automatic puzzle generation, saving and restoring games,
annotations, trackers, and much more.
- gnomine: popular minesweeper puzzle game for GNOME
Mines is a puzzle game where you locate mines floating in an ocean
using only your brain and a little bit of luck.
- gnotravex: put tiles on a board and match their edges together
GNOME Tetravex is a simple puzzle game which scope is to move the
various pieces from one side of the board to the other side, so that
the same numbers depicted on the pieces are touching each other.
- gnotski: Klotski puzzle game for GNOME
This is a clone of the popular Klotski game. The objective is to move
a patterned block to a given place using the mouse, in as few moves as
possible. Other blocks will need to be moved out of the way.
- gtali: sort of poker with dice and less money
GNOME Tali is a sort of poker played using dice. You roll five dice
three times and try to create the best "hand". Your two rerolls may
include any or all of your dice.
- iagno: popular Othello game for GNOME
Iagno is a computer version of the game Reversi, more popularly called
Othello. Iagno is a two player strategy game similar to Go. The board
is 8 by 8 with tiles that are black on one side and white on the other
side. The object of Iagno is to flip as many of your opponent's tiles
to your color as possible without your opponent flipping your tiles.
This is done by trapping your opponent's tiles between two tiles of
your own color.
- lightsoff: Light puzzle game
Puzzle where all lights have to be switched off.
- mahjongg: classic Eastern tile game for GNOME
This is a solitaire (one player) version of the classic Eastern tile
game, Mahjongg.
You start with five levels of tiles which are stacked so some are
covered up by the tiles on top. The object of Mahjongg is to remove all
the tiles from the game, by finding matching pairs which look alike.
- quadrapassel: popular Russian game, similar to Tetris
Quadrapassel comes from the classic falling-block game, Tetris. The
goal of the game is to create complete horizontal lines of blocks,
which will disappear.
- swell-foop: Colored ball puzzle game
Remove blocks of balls of the same color in as few moves as possible. Try to
remove all balls for a bonus.


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Gina & Henry Oscar Week
As I've been saying, LA is where you need to be for your career this weekend, if you can manage it. And with the release of Man Of Steel approaching, Henry Cavill needs the face time. Since his girlfriend is the most interesting thing about him -- to me, anyway -- it's good that she's along for the ride, although conventional Hollywood publicity strategy might say otherwise. Some would argue that he's better single, hot, and shirtless during his critical push in order to attract the female vote. An exception: Channing Tatum. Can Henry Cavill be an exception too? I hope so.
Here's Superman with his girlfriend Gina Carano last night at the Tom Ford party. I need him to change his hair.
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Mesquite ISD welcomes families new to our District. For grades PreK-12, the enrollment process begins by completing online enrollment. After being prompted to request a Skyward account, parents will receive an email with login information. The following internet browsers translate online enrollment into other languages: Safari, Firefox, and Chrome.
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Click HERE to link to the 3-Year-Old pre-K page
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Parents must finalize enrollment by visiting the campus to verify proof of residency and the identity of their student.
Use the online School Locator to determine which school a student will attend.
Who Can Enroll
All students of qualifying age living within the boundaries of the District are eligible for public education in Mesquite ISD.
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New student enrollment begins the first Monday in August. New students may enroll anytime during the school year at the campus. Enrollment during the summer months is offered at Central Office.
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Parents and guardians are required to prove two things: (1) that they have a legal right to enroll the student (parent's name is on birth certificate or documents showing lawful control of the student under order of the court) and (2) that they are permanent residents of Mesquite ISD. The following documents are required:
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HR4Entrepreneurs necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
I am a seasoned Human Resources and Leadership Development professional who moved to San Diego CA to start my consulting company. I am not your typical HR person because I don't do payroll or any administrative tasks, rather I set up HR infrastructure, policy, processes, find and hire great people, develop managers, teach leaders and inspire CEO's to create employer of choice organizations. I am a leader who believes managers should create the environment so employees can do their best. I work hard to create good company cultures as well as ensure the company is in compliance and operating using best practices. I do this because I started my career with a very entrepreneurial company and loved the passion, hard work and team spirit we had. Now I want to help other company's find that joy in work.
My target audience is small to mid size entrepreneurs who are growing and either can't afford to hire seasoned HR professionals, or don't think they need a high level HR person, until of course they do:)
Most of my past work experience has been with advertising agencies and marketing companies, however I work with all types of companies located in Southern California.
I want a logo that is hip, fresh and in some way represents the energy of an entrepreneur (strategic, hard worker, out of the box thinker, risk taker). The logo should also be professional but not necessarily corporate. I want my logo to include my tag line which is
HR you need. Leadership you want.
I am currently working on my website, which will have pictures of young, attractive, professionals in action in a clean white background. I am open to color choices, and I am looking for vibrant colors. I will be using the logo for multiple purposes including: My website, business cards, on power point presentations, newletters and brochures. I will need the logo to look good small and large.
I had a logo designed by a friend, but I am not thrilled with it. You can view it at:
http://www.hr4entrepreneurs.com. Really the only thing I like about that logo is the arrow in the 4.
Have fun...I can't wait to see what you come up with.
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There's a lot happening this week, what with Rock and Shock and all in town. Here's a couple songs from bands that, in all of the hullabaloo, you may have overlooked.
•"Who Hates the Office," by Jounce: We'll be honest. We don't actually remember Nickelodeon's '90s show, "the Adventures of Pete and Pete," nor did we have any clue who then-child actor Danny Tamberelli was. But never mind all that, because Tamberelli's band, Jounce, is pretty dang good. This song has a sort of Counting Crows vibe, with its twangy alt.-rock sound. It's fairly infectious, and a lot of fun to listen to. Jounce will perform Oct. 13 at the Lucky Dog Music Hall.
•"Whiskey and Wine," by Amy Black: Lowell's Amy Black, who will be performing Oct. 13 at the Vanilla Bean Caf� in Pomfret, Conn., plays the sort of country that encapsulates everything that's good about the genre. Solid, personal songwriting with a down-to-earth grit. This song is pure Americana, propelled by stellar songwriting and Black's soulful vocals.
•"Junkyard DeVille," by Corolla DeVille: This all-female garage rock band from Danvers – which is performing Oct. 13 at the Hotel Vernon — is just outrageously fun, and this song is pretty much a classic of the genre: upbeat, irrelevant and punked-out in a funky sort of way.


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An abandoned car, a back alley, a filthy bathroom:
these were the perilous choices of women seeking abortion before
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Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students from the Foreign Area Officer (FAO) Association of Monterey (FAOAM) hosted the third annual FAO conference, "Today's FAO: Warrior, Scholar, Diplomat," April 23-24 in Ingersoll Hall.
Originally built as a research project to gain a better understanding of the multifaceted aspects of the FAO community, the conference featured a number of military and civilian experts who addressed the event's thesis, which states that FAOs must engage in all three roles – warrior, scholar and diplomat – to "best serve a key strategic objective of the National Defense Strategy; to 'strengthen alliances and partnerships' by developing partnership capacity."
One of the conference's primary guest speakers, Dr. David Chu, President of The Institute for Defense Analyses and former Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, spoke to students about how the Department of Defense (DoD) transformed its view of the FAO program over the last decade, and what its goals are for the community.
Chu credited former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld – who said military establishments were focused too heavily on "old Europe" and not on the future – for challenging DoD to rethink the kinds of language and cultural competencies it wanted from its officer corps.
With the military's increased emphasis on "soft power" and international partnerships, Chu said the Department soon recognized that language fluency and cultural expertise were essential military skills, and began viewing them as "personnel assets for the Department as a whole," rather than components of the policy community.
As a result, the number of FAOs has increased by 50 percent in the last three years. And in the next five years, DoD expects 1,100 more FAOs to enter the community, which currently has 1,800 officers serving in the field.
Additional guest speakers and panelists shared their experiences, knowledge and skills with students, addressing specific topics such as diplomacy with host-nation military and civilian leadership, past and future roles of FAOs in combat and conflict, FAO training programs and academic development, career development, and cross-cultural competence. Breakout sessions with subject matter experts focused on issues specific to each of the armed services and regions of the world.
"Students will not learn everything about the field directly through their curriculum," said Marine Corps Maj. Maxx Godsey, the conference operations director, "so we wanted to provide as many windows as possible that student FAOs could look through to see themselves more clearly in the future."
The FAO association, which is comprised mainly of students from NPS and the Defense Language Institute, serves as a joint-learning and networking organization for all U.S. services, providing forums for discussion and promoting interaction among officers outside the classroom.
Marine Corps Maj. Ryan Crais, the FAOAM Chair, said the association not only hosts the annual FAO conference, but also brown bag sessions with professors and a number of other events to support professional learning and interaction.
Crais was encouraged by this year's conference and said it provided "a sense of reality" for the types of assignments and challenges FAOs encounter. "Meeting with and listening to the guest speakers really gave us a sense of mentorship, and it was a great opportunity to network with experts from the field," he said.
Crais said one of the themes that presented itself throughout the conference was the recognition from commanders that FAOs possess skills, advice and expertise that are critical to their missions in the battlefield.
"In a post-9/11 environment, a FAO's role as a warrior, scholar and diplomat is expanding in dramatic and robust directions," he added. "The education and training at NPS are providing the FAO students with a very realistic, analytical and flexible framework through which to look at the current problem sets our commanders are facing on the battlefield … the FAO is truly a political, military and cultural advisor, and the NPS education is a key requirement for that."


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Culture Shock
Albuquerque. A high-desert city of half a million souls, all bumping into each other on the way to destiny. A sleepy town? Sure, this ain't no Pittsburgh or anything, but there's plenty here to keep the denizens of Dirt City well-fed with art, depending on their appetites. Here's the menu.
Gallery Preview
Poster Posse
The art of rock
Murder By Death was coming to Albuquerque in May 2008, and Jeremy Montoya, a graphic designer and loyal fan of the band, wanted to take part. He decided to print up some posters.
Art News
Making Change
One Million Bones protests genocide, one papier-mâché femur at a time
Apathy is often cited as the reason that people fail to act against injustice, though perhaps impotence is a more useful way to describe such inaction. If we approach the problem from this perspective—that people don't act because they don't feel capable of affecting change—it has a very clear solution: Offer people a compelling, tangible way to make a difference and they will seize it.


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The Future Links, driven by Honda Learn to Play Program is an exciting four stage developmental program that gives you the chance to learn to play golf and keep track of your improvement all while having fun!
Like all Future Links, driven by Honda programs, Learn to Play is for a range of juniors, from first time to experienced junior golfers. There are four development stages that your instructor will teach and guide you through. In each stage, you will learn important golf skills and techniques, as well as leadership, sportsmanship and etiquette. You will also earn Puma hat progress reward each time you pass a colour stage. The Learn to Play program will encourage you to meet a lot of new friends while continuing to enjoy the great game of golf!
The diagram below shows how the Future Links, driven by Honda Learn to Play program aligns with the Long-Term Player Development Guide for Golf.
Once you have completed a Learn to Play stage you will receive a progress report outlining your program accomplishments, and a letter of congratulations from Golf Canada. You will also receive an official Puma hat corresponding with the colour stage that you have just completed. Don't forget to print off your report card to show your family and friends, or to hang on your wall!
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Alibi Flashback
Alibi Flashback: An interview with Ray Bradbury
The death of Ray Bradbury at the age of 91 sent us on a time-tripping flashback to 1999 A.D. The famed author passed through Albuquerque then as keynote speaker at the 50th anniversary of Los Alamos National Labs. We were lucky enough to score an interview with the man. Then again, maybe luck had nothing to do with it. During a lengthy book signing he performed at Page One,Bradbury was approached by a teenage fan who wanted to ask the literary legend a few questions for his high school newspaper. Without hesitation, Bradbury handed over his home telephone number and said, "Call me." Immeasurably gracious and inspiring to the end, Bradbury will never be missed–because he will always be with us through his timeless words.


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By The Numbers
**Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins combined for 362 runs scored, 576 hits, 115 homers and 334 RBI, tops in the majors.
**10,000: increase in the number of spring training tickets sold at Bright House Networks Field compared to this time a year ago.
**13 years: Phillies haven't been in the post season since 1993, as we all know. Last season, the Blue Jays finished higher than third place for the first time since winning the World Series in 1993. The Phillies have finished higher than third each of the last three years.
**0: Number of E-A-G-L-E-S chants heard last Sunday.
**Unknown: Number of contract questions asked of Ryan Howard this week.
**61: Number of players who will be in the Phillies spring training camp.
**6: Hatfield Phillies Franks Dollar Dog Days at Citizens Bank Park this season.
**14: Number of days until the equipment truck is loaded for the journey to Clearwater, FL.
**113,874,498: Number of fans who have seen the Phillies play since they joined the National League in 1883.
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Test methods are quickly and easily constructed using a series of steps within a matrix structure, allowing the user full control over waveform shape, control mode, data logging and test progress.
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Shooting in Aurora, Colorado Leaves Four Dead
Authorities in Aurora, Colorado say that four people, including an armed suspect, died after an hours-long police standoff Saturday at a townhouse. A fifth person escaped from the home uninjured.
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