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Mütter Museumby Gretchen Worden
"Superb ... Mütter Museum teaches you indelibly how strange life can be, how unpredictable and various. The [photographs], sometimes ghastly, sometimes heartbreaking, are mysteriously mesmerizing [and] will revise and enlarge your idea of what it is to be human." — Newsweek
"The images have an almost classical quality ... gorgeous and repulsive at once." — The New Yorker
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Drew Friedman's Sideshow Freaksby Drew Friedman
"Drew Friedman has created the greatest sideshow lineup ever. His astounding portraits of the strange, the unusual, the bizarre, and the unconventionally beautiful truly capture the spirit of these extraordinary characters. This is a must-have book for anyone who is a fan of the joyously twisted world of the sideshow." — Todd Robbins, Purveyor of Amazement, co-author (with Teller) and star of Play Dead
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The Drug User: Documents 1840-1960Edited by John Strausbaugh and Donald Blaise
Foreword by William S. Burroughs
"This book belongs on the shelf of every Johnson in America." — William S. Burroughs
No down-and-out apologies of reformed junkies, no hyperbolic heroics of crime-busting drug czars, these neglected records of drug use are thoughtful excursions by the likes of Charles Baudelaire, Jean Cocteau, Anais Nin, Albert Hofmann, Sigmund Freud, and Aldous Huxley.
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E: Reflections on the Birth of the Elvis Faithby John Strausbaugh
In the first serious exploration of Elvis Presley worship, John Strausbaugh draws on the words of Elvis's true believers and an array of other sources—film, anthropology, folklore, and his own field research at Graceland—to unveil the deification of Elvis Presley, better known as "E" to his friends.
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Guillotine: Its Legend and Loreby Daniel Gerould
At the peak of the French Revolution, as noble aspirations began to give way to the bloodthirsty chaos of the Reign of Terror, Doctor Guillotin submitted to the National Assembly a plan for a "humanitarian" method of execution. Over the next two hundred years, until its abolition in 1981, countless numbers fell victim to the guillotine, from kings to criminals and aristocrats to anarchists. This lavishly illustrated volume explores the impact of this instrument of death on the creative imagination of some of history's most outstanding figures, including writings from Dumas, Hugo, Tolstoy, and others who saw the device in action.
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Junk Englishby Ken Smith
"The more you read and hear, the less you know. Junk English is terrific ... lively, funny, and impeccably right-minded ... takes mighty whacks in all the right places..." — The Washington Post
"... idiosyncratic harrumphing ... Smith has no time for persiflage ... the sword of righteousness smites with a fearsome blade in Junk English...." — The Boston Globe
"If Orwell's Politics and the English Language were updated ... it might look like Junk English. Quirky ... will delight language purists...." — Publishers Weekly
"Compact ... reasonably priced ... highly recommended for all libraries and could be considered essential reading in English classes." — Library Journal
"... a new Strunk & White ... written in such a humorous, nonthreatening way that it might actually be of some use...." — NY Press
"An admirably cranky little book ... refreshingly judgmental ... will make you laugh, and you'll never use effort as a verb again." — Forbes FYI
"... small and streamlined, almost a thesaurus of sloppy usage ... deserves a place on the desk of any writer or editor." — Minneapolis Star & Tribune
Ken Smith is also author of Mental Hygiene: Classroom Films 1945-1970; Raw Deal: Horrible and Ironic Stories of Forgotten Americans; Ken's Guide to the Bible; and co-author of The New Roadside America.
Nonfiction • trade paperback original • 5 x 7.25" • 144 pages • $12.95 • ISBN:0-922233-23-3
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Junk English 2by Ken Smith
Junk English 2 combines basic advice—peppered with contemporary examples of alarmingly common verbal atrocities—with entertaining invective. Based on the author's uncounted hours of exposure to infomercials, ads, and other dubious cultural forms, the book covers topics such as "parasitic intensifiers," "-ize verbs," and the dreaded "weasel words." Frequently abused words such as "focus," "factor," and "process" are examined as are the seemingly unstoppable impulses toward vagueness and euphemisms. Written so that the ordinary writer and speaker of English can readily see the manipulations of language, especially in the post-9/11 era, Junk English 2 is useful as a quick reference, a source for further exploration, and a fun read.
Ken Smith is also author of Mental Hygiene: Classroom Films 1945-1970; Raw Deal: Horrible and Ironic Stories of Forgotten Americans; Ken's Guide to the Bible; and co-author of The New Roadside America.
Nonfiction • trade paperback original • 5 x 7.25" • 176 pages • $12.95 • ISBN: 978-0922233274
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Mental Hygiene: Better Living Through Classroom Films 1945-1970by Ken Smith
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"Smith's informative and often hilarious short essays on classroom film genres like 'Girls Only,' 'Dating,' 'Sex Education,' and 'Fitting In' illuminate the social indoctrination of American teenagers." — Publishers Weekly
Many films featured in Mental Hygiene can be seen at the Internet Archive; for example: 1 | 2 | 3
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Ken's Guide to the Bibleby Ken Smith
In Ken's Guide to the Bible Ken Smith merrily brings to light the strangest, most embarrassing, and most flabberghastingly bizarre stories within the world's best-known book—the Bible. Ken's Guide to the Bible takes literalists to task by pointing out everything in the Good Book that is totally weird. Ken's Guide to the Bible is written for people who don't have the time to read the Good Book but who suspect that it shelters a lot of absurdity between its covers. Ken's Guide to the Bible spotlights all the naughty, cool, fun parts of Bible, free from the indulgent interpretations of the faithful.
Nonfiction • trade paperback original • 5.5 x 8.25" • 144 pages • $7.95 • ISBN: 0-922233-17-9
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Prisonersby Arne Svenson
"Svenson's book is a memorial to lost pieces of our national character." —L.A. Weekly
Seventy portraits reprinted from their original glass-plate negatives of turn-of-the-20th-century prisoners are accompanied by the salty, subjective contemporary newspaper stories describing the crimes of which they were accused and convicted. These powerful photographs capture the character and pathos of the men of the post-Gold Rush West charged with desperate crimes: the theft of a pair of shoes, of a can of oysters, of a dog named "Booze"; and as cold-blooded as murder.
Photography, history, true crime • trade paperback original • 10 x 9" • 160 pages • $24.95 • ISBN: 0-922233-18-7
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Raw Deal: Horrible and Ironic Stories of Forgotten Americansby Ken Smith
Raw Deal is the perfect antidote to all of the self-affirming, ego-inflating, think-positive-and-you-can-win hogwash that pervades our society. The stories of twenty-two of America's most ironic, undeserving victims are told in Raw Deal from Ota Benga, the African Pygmy put on display in a New York zoo, to Charles Goodyear, inventor of rubber, who died peniless. With hand-illustrated portraits by artist Mack White, Raw Deal proves what we all know deep down: good vibes and a positive attitude aren't worth squat when you're in the way of someone with power and money.
Nonfiction • trade paperback original • 5 x 7.75" • 304 pages • Black-and-white illustrations throughout • $12.95 • ISBN:0-922233-20-9
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Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troyby Matthew Coolidge and The Center for Land Use Interpretation (www.clui.org)
With fascinating full-color aerial photographs that reveal man-made sites rarely seen by those who travel along the river's banks, Up River tells the story of the Hudson River's crucial role in the development of industry and modern America.
To view John Strausbaugh's video tour tour with Matthew Coolidge for The New York Times, click here.
"Graphically illustrates the impact of civilization on the [Hudson] River." — The New York Times
Millions of people in New York and New Jersey consider the Hudson River as familiar as their own backyard yet only have a superficial knowledge of the landscape and land use of this river's waterfront. This revealing book deepens readers' understanding with an aerial portrait of the river's shores from the Battery, at the southernmost tip of Manhattan, to the river's origin near Albany. Focusing on man-made sites rarely seen by those who travel along the river's banksâ€"some of which can only be seen from the airâ€"the book showcases the shore area's vanishing (or vanished) avenues, prisons, power plants, quarries, parks, condos, and redevelopments. Up River's photos and accompanying succinct text tell the story of how this river was used in developing industry and modern America from Revolutionary times through 19th-century exploitation of the waterfront to the beginnings of environmental activism that protects famous vistas from the quarriers of the Palisades.
Nonfiction • hardcover • 9 x 6" • 176 pages • 86 full-color aerial photographs and a fold-out map • $19.95 • ISBN: 978-0-922233-29-8
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Venus in Fursby Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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and Emilie Mataja
foreword by Sylvère Lotringer
"A pioneering masterpiece." — James Cleugh, The First Masochist
The legendary novel Venus in Furs earned its author entry into psychology books all over the world after the German psychologist Krafft-Ebing coined the term "masochism" from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's name.
Illuminating his darkest obsessions, Sacher-Masoch created the archetypal Severin and Wanda—a "suprasensual" man who craves abuse and domination, and an idealized cruel, icy Venus come to life—literary reflections of Sacher-Masoch's own life. As Sylvère Lotringer writes in his foreword, "In Venus in Furs reality and fantasy aren't just intertwined, they're indistinguishable." A fascinating account of the pathology of submission and control, Venus in Furs bears the unmistakable mark of a literary classic.
Fiction • trade paperback • 5.125 x 8 .25" • 224 pages • $9.95 • ISBN: 0-922233-01-2
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Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Showby Suehiro Maruo
"Exquisite ... adult comic art of high visual sophistication." —New York Press
One of the most extraordinarily talented graphic novel artists in Japan today, Suehiro Maruo has created a riveting masterpiece with Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show. Maruo's retelling of this classic Japanese tale, his childhood favorite, is like the grimmest of Grimm's fairy tales.
Manga (Graphic Novel) • trade paperback original • 7 x 10" • 160 pages • $10.95 • ISBN: 0-922233-06-3
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Comics Underground Japanedited by Kevin Quigley
"Blast Books once again provides a glorious selection of Japan's underground masters. My personal favorite is Kazuichi Hanawa's rich historical grotesque 'Mercy Flesh.'" — Joe Coleman
Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan's most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed draftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion—these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries.
Manga (Graphic Short Stories) • trade paperback original • 7 x 10" • 240 pages • $14.95 • ISBN: 0-922233-16-0
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Hell Babyby Hideshi Hino
"A mix of beautiful and spare imagery." — The Comics Journal
This graphic novel by one of Japan's most accomplished artists tells the unsettling saga of twin sisters born on a dark and stormy night in Tokyo: one normal, and one a demon baby with a taste for blood—a Hell Baby. Tossed into a garbage dump, Hell Baby dies in the plastic bag but is brought back to life by an unworldly bolt of lightning. Replete with Hino's trademark black humor and unflinching imagery, Hell Baby is a classic horror tour de force.
Manga (Graphic Novel) • trade paperback original • 6 x 9" • 200 pages • $10.95 • ISBN: 0-922233-12-8
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Panorama of Hellby Hideshi Hino
"With Panorama of Hell, Americans have a real chance to attempt to understand the depth of nuclear horror." —L. A. Weekly
Panorama of Hell is a shocking, tortuous journey into the depths of one man's post-nuclear Hell. Through the confessions of a fiendish Hell painter born in the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hideshi Hino tells a nightmarish story, creating a manga masterpiece of black humor, stunning vision, and unflinching imagery.
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Women are Key to Poverty Reduction, Says World Bank Report
WhenAugust 30, 2012
The World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Team in Latin America and the Caribbean released a new report Wednesday, revealing that women's growing participation in the labor force—and among low-income women in particular—was instrumental in reducing extreme poverty in the region. This comes just weeks after the release of the Summer Americas Quarterly on gender equality.
According to the report, entitled The Effect of Women's Economic Power in Latin America and the Caribbean, women's labor market participation in the hemisphere has increased 15 percent from 2000 to 2010, and among the very poor in the region, women's labor market income contributed to 30 percent of the reduction in extreme poverty, compared to 39 percent for male market income (public transfers and remittances contributed the rest). Overall, women tended to be less vulnerable to crisis in the labor market than men, putting households relying exclusively on male income at greater risk during economic downturns.
Several factors account for increases in women's labor income and participation. As in the United States, women outnumber men in secondary and tertiary education in several Latin American countries, and elsewhere, women and girls' enrollment in school has been increasing. Women, who tend to live longer than men, also profit more from pensions. According to the World Bank, school-age children living in households that are dependent on women's income are more likely to be enrolled in preschool and secondary school, improving their chances of advancing to higher education.
Despite the good news, disparities persist between women's and men's labor participation, agency, and income. Women continue to earn less income than men across the region, and in some countries, the wage gap is widening, not closing. This is particularly the case for top paid occupations. Meanwhile, though women's participation in the workforce helps dual-income households stay out of poverty, the increasing numbers of single women and their families are more likely to be extremely poor.
Teen pregnancy and violence against women also tend to be high in Latin America, constraining women's career choices and in a larger sense, their future opportunities. For example, over half of women in Bolivia reported that their partners had physically abused them at some point in their lives. In the region as a whole, 7 to 24 percent of women reported that they had been abused by a partner in the 12 months preceding the survey.
Equality for women requires the promotion of women's agency, greater equality of economic opportunities and assets, and increased support of single women who are heads of their households. Aside from the important goals of reducing violence and increasing women's agency and opportunities in general , innovative solutions must be implemented to address barriers to women's economic equality, including greater vocational and skills training, more flexible work options, and encouraging men and boys to participate in childcare and housework.
Read more about the new Americas Quarterly issue on gender equality.

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I remember the first time I heard "Good Times Bad Times" by Led Zeppelin. I was blown away by the footwork of John Bonham on that song. In this article, we'll focus on one of Bonham's foot patterns and play different hand variations on top of it. Here's the foot ostinato we'll be using.
Now add quarter-note flams and flat flams on the snare, toms, and crashes.
Spreading out the spacing of a right-hand flam creates two 16th-note-triplet partials, as demonstrated in Exercise 5. Orchestrate the right hand around the toms while maintaining the foot ostinato.
To turn this foot pattern into a groove, play quarter notes with your right hand on a cowbell and a backbeat on beat 3 with your left.
This next example is similar to the beat Bonham plays on the last verse of "Good Times Bad Times."
The next four examples incorporate four-over-three and three-over-two polyrhythms.
Now try these variations using alternating triplets over the foot ostinato.
Here are a few variations that incorporate 16th notes.
These last two examples add offbeat 16th-note triplets in between the two bass drum triplet partials.
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Detroit explained, part XXXIV: Former mayor convicted on 24 charges of corruption
**Written by Doug Powers
Call me anything except surprised:
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation's youngest big-city leaders.
Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office until fall 2008.
Kilpatrick wore a surprised, puzzled look at times as U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds read the jury's verdict: guilty of 24 charges, not guilty on three and no consensus on three more. Kilpatrick declined to speak to reporters as he left the courthouse.
Prosecutors said Kilpatrick ran a "private profit machine" out of Detroit's City Hall.
CNN plays "name that party" with this story.
Kilpatrick does have his defenders.
The list of corrupt Detroit area politicians is lengthy. The most recent include:
Monica Conyers: Former Detroit City Council member pleaded guilty in 2009 to federal bribery charges. She served 27 months in a federal prison and then several weeks in a halfway house before her release in January. She's now on home confinement until May.
Alonzo Bates: Former Detroit City Council member convicted in 2006 of federal charges that he put relatives on the city payroll. Bates began his 33-month sentence in 2009.
Motown's political honor roll continues here.
Trivia: The Latin phrase above the door leading out of Detroit's City Hall translates to "See you on visiting day."
Update: Kilpatrick gets some not-so-subtle aerial advice.
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Keeping your dog's nails neatly trimmed not only looks nice, it also is less stress on the dog's foot. No long nails to splay the feet out. No long nails to jab into your foot either!
We start when they are just babies, getting them used to getting the nails trimmed and also keeping the quick nice and short.
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XnRetro is a quirky little image editor, that I must admit I enjoy using. It seems to be a smart phone filter app that also has a desktop version. On mobile, it is available on Android and iPhone; on the desktop, it is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. I'm reviewing the Windows desktop version. It required no installation, just unzip, open folder, and click XnRetro.exe to launch the program.
The Good – Clean, simple interface. The interface is pleasant enough, and organized with basic color control sliders on the right side, and filters on the bottom. Filters include Retro color presets, Light effects (think lens flare), Vignette, and Frames. Personally, I don't care for the Retro color filters; I found the Vignette and Frames very useful.
The Bad – The color adjustments seem to be rather slow – move a slider and wait to see the results – not a long wait, but noticeable. Quirks. Quirks aren't necessarily bugs, but merely unexpected ways of doing things. The program will open with all of the adjustments that were applied to the last image saved. Many users may find this useful, I don't. The Reset button on the right side only resets the color adjustment sliders; the Reset button on the top tool bar resets everything. The strength of the Light effects is controlled by a slider on the right. If the slider gets adjusted to zero, the Light effects seem to do nothing. Through experimentation, I found that it could open and edit JPG, PNG, and GIF files, but save only as JPG or PNG. Saving JPG quality is a relatively low 75%. This is fine for mobile, but it should be adjustable on the desktop. A Help file would have helped, but I couldn't find one.
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XnRetro has a number of quirks, probably due to its mobile origins. I found no real issues, and once you get used to it, XnRetro is a very nice, very useful image editor. Try it just for the Vignettes and Frames.
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The underground archaeological area, which covers over 900 square meters under the Duomo's square, bears witness to the earliest phases of the city. Most of the witnesses kept in view belong to a residential-commercial neighbourhood of the Roman city of Feltre. In addition to the remains of private buildings, with rooms used as workshops and facing the cobbled streets, you can also see part of a large building with marble and mosaic floors, perhaps identifiable with the seat (schola) of some important professional associations that worked in the field of timber (dendrophori), of tissue (centonarii) and of other craft activities (fabri).
There are also visible evidences of later periods, reporting a new arrangement of the area after the collapse of the Roman city: a Early Medieval building (before the year 1000), probably to connect with the nearby bishopric, and a circular baptistery dated back to the late eleventh or early twelfth century.


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Children's Corner: You Will Be My Friend
You Will Be My Friend... a definite statement instead of a question. Once again, Peter Brown, author of Children Make Terrible Pets, explores a difficult situation with humor. With his traditional brown toned art, Mr. Brown teaches that it's not about being what others want us to be, it's about being ourselves.
Lucy decides to make a new friend and sets forth with confidence and determination. But, Lucy is having a difficult time; she's trying too hard. Lucy's single-minded tenacity, exuberance, and, as is often the case with my daughter, the sheer force of her enthusiasm bowls people over. It is not only exhausting, but it it is frightening potential friends off. Lucy tries everything she can think of to fit in, including ugly threats ("You won't get any snacks until you start liking me right now."). Finally in desperation, Lucy yells finds herself facing an egg and shouts, "You will be my friend! I can wait."
Eventually, Lucy makes a friend when she's not trying, of course. It's a tough lesson for any child to learn. Trying to fit in and/or forcing situations without thinking the consequences through, can make things harder. And while confidence is key, it's also important to be yourself. I think it's a wonderful story and Peter Brown knows how to spin it without it being too heavy or preachy. It's a good reminder for any child that sometimes, you just need to be patient, slow down, and do your own thing.


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My friends Brad, Amy, Matt and Mariquita took a hike up Fred's Mountain (on the Wyoming/Idaho border near Grand Teton) yesterday and sent me this from their phone on the hike. That is a glorious view.
I wish I was there, but getting a photo like that "phone to phone" is kind of like being there for a moment.
It's true that I'd like to fund teleportation (but not beta test it), but short of teleportation, mobile social media isn't too bad to take you to another place for a moment.


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BAF started its journey in UN peace keeping operation with the deployment of BANAIR contingent in UNIKOM (Kuwait) on 22 September 95. The deployment of BANAIR-1 was an important event since this was the first of its kind for BAF There were seventeen personnel in the first group along with one helicopter in Kuwait. The service provided by BANAIR-1 was highly appreciated by the UN authority and recommended the extension of contract of BANAIR to make a long term contract with BAF for the service in UNIKOM. Finally, the strength of BANAIR was increased to 40 with the inclusion of a Mission Aviation Safety officer and 04 other fire fighting crew. BANAIR continued its operation in UNIKOM till the outbreak of Iraq war on 22 March 03. The service of BANAIR contingent was recognised by UN as a role model of UN Air operation for their performance and safe flying records. So far, Bangladesh Air Force detailed 73 x officers, 185 x airmen and 23 x civilians in this mission.
BAF contingent was deployed on 09 July 03 with an Aviation Unit and an Air field Support Unit (ASU) in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for UN peace keeping operation named as MONUC under chapter VII. The units were deployed in the north-eastern Congo at Bunia. It may be mentioned that it was for the first time in the history of BAF that such a large contingent was deployed abroad on wet lease meaning that the contingent ought to sustain itself independently without outside support. Air Field Support Unit is tasked to provide services for the sustenance of Bunia airfield and the Aviation Unit is primarily responsible for providing air support to the troops in the area of responsibility. The contingent has 05xMi-17 helicopters in its inventory. The Major activities currently performed by the Air field support unit encompass air traffic control, flight following service, meteorological forecast, cargo and passenger handling, security check of military personnel and cargo, crash fire and rescue, marshalling and towing of all UN flights. These wide ranges of activities are efficiently handled by the ASU. As such, the unit has received `Letter of Appreciation' from the MONUC authority in recognition. It is worth mentioning that ASU provided services to more than 9000 flights which bears the testimony to the true professional commitment of all personnel of ASU.


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ARDMORE, Okla. - Dot Foods, one of the area's largest employers, has donated $2,000 to assist Southern Oklahoma Amateur Radio Emergency Services (SOARES) to better provide emergency radio services during an emergency or disaster.
"This is an important organization to the area because of their impact in the event of a disaster," said Dot Foods' Administrative Clerk Sherry Prince. "In those times of need, communication is essential to ensure the safety of area residents."
SOARES utilizes amateur radio, or ham radio, repeaters to facilitate communication in the event a disaster inhibits traditional electronic communication methods. This donation, joined with donations from other area businesses, will fund new communication radios.
"We're hopeful we can help this organization to provide people with reliable communication services in the unfortunate event of a disaster," Dot's Assistant General Manager Mike Ford said.
A photo of SOARES President Vance Smith accepting a check from Prince, Donnie Offield, maintenance supervisor Ford can be found here: http://bit.ly/QnMVJq.
About Southern Oklahoma Amateur Radio Emergency Services
SOARES is an organization dedicated to providing alternative methods of communication, as well as assistance, in the event of a disaster.
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Dot Foods and Dot Transportation continue to experience exceptional growth and are hiring in record numbers. Both companies are looking to fill several positions for full and part-time drivers and warehouse personnel in all eight locations. To learn more about careers at Dot Foods, visit www.dotfoods.com/careers and follow @DotFoodsCareers on Twitter.
Dot Foods Inc. carries 105,000 products from 600 food industry manufacturers and is the largest food redistributor in the United States. Dot Foods distributes foodservice, convenience, retail and vending food products to distributors in all 50 states. Dot Foods operates eight distribution centers in: Modesto, Calif.; Vidalia, Ga.; Burley, Idaho; Mt. Sterling, Ill.; Cambridge City, Ind.; Williamsport, Md.; Liverpool, N.Y.; and Ardmore, Okla. For information, visit www.dotfoods.com.


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State lawmakers Friday overwhelmingly approved cost-driven changes to California's vast public employee pension system that will reduce retirement pay for newly hired workers, from DMV clerks to school teachers to cops on the beat.
The pension deal was the hallmark accomplishment as lawmakers plowed through dozens of major pieces of legislation as they raced to a midnight Friday deadline ending the session for the year.
Going into the evening, lawmakers were weighing an assortment of tax increases, a repeal of the $150 a year fire fee on rural residents, a phaseout of plastic bags and an overhaul of how schools are ranked by test scores.
But it was the pension deal that was most high-stakes, affecting millions of state and local public employees across California.
"We are going further than any governor in the history of California. This takes pension benefits back to the Reagan era and maybe a little before. We've taken a great leap," said Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat.
Brown has vowed to sign the measure, Assembly Bill 340.
New hires will have to pay more into the system and get less when they retire. However, it will not affect those working for the city of San Diego. The measure specifically exempts charter cities, such as San Diego, that are not part of the California Public Employees' Retirement System. Those charter cities that are part of California Public Employees' Retirement System, or fall under a 1937 state pension law, will have to comply.
San Diego voters in June passed Proposition B that establishes a 401(k)-style retirement plan rather than offering a defined pension for most new workers. Brown sought a 401(k) component to the state plan, but it was not included.
CalPERS estimates the savings at between $42 billion and $55 billion over the next 30 years.
The bill mostly targets new hires because Democrats say current workers have legal vested rights that cannot be overturned.
However, over five years as part of collective bargaining current workers must contribute at least half of the costs of their retirement. New hires will have to meet that obligation from day one.
Savings also come by requiring workers stay on the job longer. For example, new state employees could not retire until age 67 rather than the current 55 to qualify for full benefits. The retirement age for public safety employees goes to 57, from 50.
Another key component caps the amount of pay on which pensions are calculated at $110,000 (slightly higher for employees not covered by Social Security). The city of San Diego's plan calls for a freeze on current pensionable salaries.
The measure also sweeps in local agencies, including schools that are part of the California Teachers Retirement System. San Diego Unified is one of those.
"We do not see that this will have any immediate impact on our near-term budget," said Bernie Rhinerson, the district's chief of staff. San Diego Unified is looking to the retirement systems for advice "to understand any longer-term implications," he added.
Republicans mostly fell in line and voted yes, but complained that the reforms did not go far enough to save taxpayer money, particularly given that the unfunded future liability could be as much as $165 billion.
Labor, for its part, stood stoically in the hallway as lawmakers nibbled at some of their hard-fought benefits.
Dave Low, executive director of the California School Employees Association, pointed out the average retiree receives $1,197 monthly. A new employee will receive a third less.
"It's hard to imagine that's too much," Low said.
Terry Brennand, who represents rank and file state workers said the average pension is $36,000 a year. "I don't think anybody begrudges people that."
Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, said the overhaul "will enable state and local governments to similarly bring pension costs under control and to our demonstrate our commitment to responsibly managing the taxpayers' money."
The pension deal was supported by coalitions representing California's cities and counties.
Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, suggested that lawmakers will look at making more changes next year.
"Undoubtedly more to do," Steinberg said after the vote.
Another bill sent to the governor would limit the influence of test scores in ranking schools and instead add more emphasis on graduation and dropout rates. The bill, SB 1458 by Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento is similar to one vetoed by Gov. Brown after the last session.
Lawmakers also approved changes to the $17-billion workers compensation insurance program to provide more benefits to injured workers and cut costs for employers. SB 863 had bipartisan support.
Another bill to Brown provides the state Department of Parks and Recreation with new fundraising tools while limiting its ability to close parks. Among other things the bill would allow Californians to donate to the department by checking a box on their income tax returns.
Another provision that establishes a specialty state parks license plate was transferred into the budget signed by Brown in June.
It was revealed this summer that the parks department had been hiding $54 million even as 70 parks were threatened with closure. The Legislature approved a companion bill addressing that scandal.
Bills that were not approved:
• Fire fee: A repeal of the $150 per year fee on rural homeowners to help pay for Cal Fire.
• Middle-class scholarships: This would have raised the tax on some out-of-state corporations to help middle-income students afford college.
• Vehicle registration and tire fee: This measure carried by Sen. Christine Kehoe, R-San Diego, would have extended some surcharges on car tire purchases and vehicle registrations. The money goes to alternative energy programs.
• Vote by mail: The bill would allow ballots to be counted if received in the mail up to 72 hours after polls closed as long as they were postmarked on Election Day.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Since I started baking flaky yam mooncakes, I was quite confident of making the water & oil dough crusts. I decided to try the spiral curry puffs from Jo's Deli then. The recipe calls for the puff to be fried, but I baked it. Therefore, the puffs looked pretty pale. The dough didn't turn out as well too! Guess I'll try again sometime.
2 comments:
- Kitchen Corner said... September 18, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Hey Jane,
Curry puff looks delicious! I think bake is really healthy than deep fry. You've folded very pretty edges. May I Know how to fold it?
- Passionate About Baking said... September 18, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Hi Grace,
Thanks! My curry puff is pretty "pale", it is sick lah, so no colour! Kekeke... Hmm, well I guess I must've learnt the folding when I was young playing with plasticine? I do admit I can fold pretty well on the curry puff sides.
For folding it, place your thumb below the dough, your index finger on the dough. Then, push your thumb upwards, which will result in your index finger going downwards. It's like a "pinching" action. Then you just continue doing it.
I hope I'm not confusing you?
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I can't talk. That's right—not one word. I know this is a welcome respite to those who must listen to me on a regular basis, but not talking is not my thing. I have laryngitis and have suffered the plight of the speechless for almost 48 hours now and it's getting very old.
Al and I watched Jeopardy last night, as we always do, and he completely obliterated me even though I was desperately whispering many (ok, some) of the correct answers. He never heard me, and didn't believe I knew them, so it came down to a case of he said/she said, except she couldn't say anything.
I never realized how essential one's vocal chords are for daily functioning. I answered the phone each time it rang today, but the person on the other end didn't have a clue who I was or what I was trying to say. Solicitors probably thought I was just messing around with them (Pee Wee Herman style) so they'd hang up. My daughter kept calling back, "Mom, are you there? Hello?" as I silently shouted, "Yes, Alli, I'm here," as she hung up again and again.
This morning, I went to Dunkin Donuts, and had to write my order on a napkin and hand it to the clerk. Her eyes widened with fear when she looked down at the writing, probably thinking she was about to be robbed. A few minutes later, sitting at a table by the window, I tried to swallow an Advil with my steaming hot coffee so I wouldn't have to buy a water, and the capsule lodged in my throat.
I frantically took out my cell phone and texted: "Pill stuck in throat, need cup of water," and handed it to the same clerk. Again, a look of alarm swept across her face as she read the words on my phone and said in a hushed voice, "I understand." What the hell did that mean? We weren't in a James Bond movie passing secret codes, I just needed a glass of water. Eventually, she gave it to me, but by then the pill had already made its way down my esophagus.
After this stressful experience, I headed over to my son Jay's house to check on the status of his two dogs, who were supposedly confined to a pen inside the living room while he and Kim were working. Annie and Tank, both big, black, rambunctious puppies, have destroyed four rugs, two couches and about 100 stuffed animals, so they have officially been placed under house arrest.
When I pulled into Jay's driveway, I could see the indoor pen he had built through the front window, and it was quite obviously devoid of inmates. I got out of the car and went closer, and saw a furry beast standing on the sofa and running back and forth excitedly. It was Tank, the accidental love child of a bulldog mother and a Labrador dad, both of whom lived next door to me. He resembled a bully in the face but had the floppy ears and long legs of a Lab, and happy, face-licking, sweet slob demeanor. When he was born, he was by far the biggest of his 7-littermates, which earned him his name.
Right behind this brown-eyed behemoth stood Annie, a "Gentle Giants" rescue dog, who had arrived from Georgia for adoption 11 months ago. Her sleek black coat and agile body are more regal than her lumbering stepbrother, and she moved with an easy grace from the couch to the coffee table. I'm convinced the long-snouted, jewel-collared dogs pictured on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs were Annie's ancestors.
I texted Jay immediately. "The dogs are loose. They're running amok."
"Are you kidding me?" he replied. "I made that pen five feet high and anchored it with 50 pound dumbbells. How could they possibly have gotten out?"
I soon found out how. The two 4-legged Houdinis must have exited through the pet door that was accessible from their pen, went into the fenced yard and then returned via the kitchen door, which they had pushed in and was now wide open filling the house with frigid air.
As I closed and locked the door, my cell phone rang. "Mom, go into our bedroom, and see if they destroyed anything," said Jay. His voice was heavy with a sense of dread. I walked into the room that he and Kim had just finished renovating. It smelled of fresh paint and new carpet and I was almost afraid to look around to assess the damage.
In the grand scheme of accidents caused by these canine vandals, it was only a fender-bender. A large pet bed was destroyed with chunks of blue foam strewn across the room leaving a deflated mass of plaid fabric on the floor. And a wet toddler diaper had been extracted from the trash and shredded to pieces on the rug.
I tried to yell at Tank and Annie as they bounded into the room and began a tug of war with what was left of the dog bed, but the only sound I could make was a pathetic wheeze. My silent pleas went unheeded until I hauled Tank out of the room by a handful of his excess skin, much as a mother cat would pick up a kitten in her mouth and transport it elsewhere.
I wanted to call the dogs out into the yard, but you need a voice for that. I wanted to tell Alli about the turn of events at her brother's house, but that too was impossible. And when my cell phone ran out of juice, even my ability to text a message to the speaking world was over.
But I guess there was an upside to this non-verbal day that I was begrudgingly subjected to. As Confucius once said: "Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue."
Of course, that was just one of 369 other quotes (https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15321) attributed to the great philosopher. Apparently this guy had plenty to say for someone who was advocating silence.
Here is another pithy piece of his advice— "And remember, no matter where you go, there you are." ― Confucius
Is that really so meaningful and wise? It sounds more like a line from the Three Stooges to me.
"Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, no matter where you go, there you are." —Curly
"Shut up, you Knucklehead!"—Moe
How's that for wise and discerning?


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25 July, 2012
You did everything right. This entire sales interaction from start to finish could have been a blue print for the sales training manual. It was perfect. You unearthed the prospect's problems, some of which he did not even realise he had.
You demonstrated beyond any doubt how your product would solve those problems and greatly benefit the client. You then showed how affordable it is to go ahead. You foresaw every objection and stall well ahead of time and you eliminated those objections before they even came up.
Still, the prospect objects. The prospect objects and admits that he does not really have an objection. He just will not buy and even he is not sure why.
The No Objection Objection
You have probably encountered the prospect who would not buy even though there was no reason not to do so. The fact is that many people will object, simply because there is no objection. They will object BECAUSE there is nothing to which they can object.
Everyone Wants to BUY, but No One Wants to be SOLD
The reality of human nature is that people never want to feel like someone took advantage of them, or as if they had no control over making a decision. The prospect may indeed want to buy. However, they do not want to FEEL as if some fancy, know-it-all sales person talked them or manipulated them into buying.
When you leave the prospect with nothing to say except "Yes," it often makes the prospect feel like you trapped them. They feel like you left them no CHOICE.
Dealing With the No Objection Objection
A simple way around this problem is to leave some type of an objection on the table for the prospect to raise. Take one objection that you know will come up, but instead of eliminating it during the sales interaction, leave it until the close.
Then, and most importantly, when the prospect brings up that objection, do not overcome it too easily or quickly. You must give their objection some sense of validity.
Please note: this is not some form of manipulation or trickery. The fact is that the objection IS valid. The fact that you already know what the objection will be and have an answer for it, does not make the objection any less important.
You have to remember that you have seen your presentation dozens, hundreds or thousands of times, and to YOU the objection is means nothing. The prospect, however, is seeing this for the first time and this concern, this issue, has come to mind for the first time.
If you solve the issue in the blink of an eye, you lessen the value of the objection and simultaneously, the value of the prospect's opinion.
Help the Buyer
Your job as a professional sales person is to HELP the prospect to buy. To do this, you must HELP them be comfortable. You cannot slap the buyer in the face with the fact that you are in control.
Turn the No Objection Objection into the Planned Objection Objection
Leave the prospect with an objection you know you can handle. Allow the prospect to use this objection with strength and do not overcome it too fast. Then isolate the objection and overcome it with tact, and everybody wins!
Happy Selling
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LONDON, UK – October 6, 2015 — /BackupReview.info/ — NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT (NYSE: NTT), announced today the immediate launch of its Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution across Europe, in partnership with industry-leading DRaaS platform provider Geminare. This managed cloud service helps organizations adapt and evolve their disaster recovery programs to a secure NTT Com Enterprise Cloud platform.
NTT Com's Recovery as a Service (RaaS) solution has been available in the United States since 2012. Earlier this year Gartner, in considering this RaaS solution, named NTT Com a Leader in Gartner's 2015 Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Magic Quadrant. The report cited high functionality, differentiated usability, unlimited failover and recovery testing at no additional cost, amongst factors recommending the solution. Gartner expects that by 2018, the number of organizations using disaster recovery as a service will exceed the number of organizations using traditional, syndicated recovery services.
NTT Com offers its DRaaS solution from four secure Enterprise Cloud locations in Europe and 14 worldwide, that customers can choose from to place their recovery environments, assisting in their data localization requirements when needed. If customers wish to move their primary infrastructure to an NTT Com data center for operational ease, they can choose from over 130 secure data centers worldwide.
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The Berlin Wall
Thierry Noir and the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is perhaps the most famous human artefact in modern world history. Built in 1961 at the height of the Cold War, the Wall symbolised in physical form the ideological and political divide between the Western Bloc and the USSR. 15 years after Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech in Fulton, Missouri, a monolithic and impenetrable barrier that cut across Europe became a reality, situating the city of Berlin at the fulcrum of Cold War antagonisms.
In the early hours of August 13th, 1961, 'shock workers' from the GDR and Russia shut off the border between the Soviet and Western sectors of Berlin with barbed wire. Three days later, the barbed wire was removed and replaced with a solid wall of concrete. Before long, West Berlin was surrounded by a wall 100 miles long and nearly 12ft high. Over time, the Wall was reinforced and rebuilt through a process of fortification. Immediately beyond the Wall, on East German territory, was a piece of land known as the 'death strip', where guards would patrol the border and shoot down anyone attempting to cross. In total, 136 people were killed trying to cross from East to West Berlin.
In 1984,Thierry Noir became the first artist to illegally paint miles of the Berlin Wall. This revolutionary act inspired other artists, and over the next five years the Wall was covered with layers of artwork and images, creating a 'palimpsest of protest'. As Noir says, painting the Wall made him feel stronger than it. For years, the Wall had stood as an oppressive symbol of a divided world, materialising a history of separation and struggle. Noir's work subverted this iconic symbol of war into a symbol of hope, granting it a real human significance.
In 1989, the Wall fell, marking the end of the Cold War. Sections of the Wall, such as those at Potsdamer Platz, on Bernauer Strasse and on Muhlenstrass were deliberately left as a lasting memorial: the East Side Gallery. Many artists, including Noir, were invited to paint the Eastern face of these Wall fragments as a visual enactment of reunification. Noir's work remains on these fragments and many others all over the world as a poignant political statement to change and the hope of a better future. Many have called the Berlin Wall one of the greatest public artworks of the 20th century. More than any other individual, Thierry Noir left a lasting testament to the power of artistic protest in the name of freedom.


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Chocolate coffee stout brewed with toasted coconut and cocoa nibs added.
Lots of delicious coffee and chocolate aromas. Coconut blends well creating a creamy vanilla smell. All the aromas blend in just the right way, giving it a wonderful aroma.
A very dark brown/black color. This beer has a nice brown head, good retention. Looks more or less like black coffee after a while.
It's just what you would except with this beer, just like the aroma. Plenty of black coffee that isn't particularly acidic, milk chocolate, mild earthy bitterness, even a little bit of dark fruit. The coconut complements the coffee well, which says something as the coffee is quite dominant in the base beer.
Medium carbonation, good malt character, light hops, finish is coconut and chocolate. Very easy drinker, and excellent.
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The City will continue to provide the citizens of Rialto with clean, safe, and affordable drinking water. It will also pursue parties that are responsible for the perchlorate pollution to pay for the clean up of the Rialto-Colton Groundwater Basin. It will repay Rialto's ratepayers for the costs incurred in forcing the polluters to clean it up.
Henry Garcia, City Administrator
EPA to develop regulation for perchlorate
• February 9, 2011Press Release and related documents: EPA Press release 2-2-11, EPA Perchlorate Fact Sheet, EPA Prepublication Perchlorate FR Notice 2-2011
Judge dismissed perhclorate actions at request of Colton, Rialto, San Bernardino County governments
• June 18, 2008To read the article, please click here.
San Bernardino County Sun "NEW"
• August 2, 2007For more information, please read the following articles: $18 Million Down the Drain? (7/9/07) , Request for Three Corrections to 7/9/07 article, Rialto banking on wrong strategy (Article, 7/16/07) , It's time for Rialto to call the EPA (Article, 7/16/07) , City of Rialto demonstrates backbone (Op Ed, 7/26/07), Stand up to polluters (Op Ed, 7/26/07) , No end in sight (Op Ed, 7/27/07) , Rialto takes perchlorate stand (Article, 7/28/07), Why Rialto stands up for citizen's health (Op Ed, 7/29/07)
• July 18, 2007In 2005, the federal district court judge that formerly oversaw Rialto's lawsuit against approximately 40 suspected polluters ruled that if Rialto was proven to be even slightly responsible for any contamination in the Rialto-Colton Basin, it would be unable to recover any of the costs it incurred from the suspected polluters. Rialto appealed the district court's ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where the case was stayed pending the outcome of the United States Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Atlantic Research Corp.
On June 11, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Atlantic Research Corp. that a responsible party that voluntarily cleans up a contaminated site may seek contribution for its costs from other responsible parties under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), even if it has not already been sued by the EPA or another polluter.
The Supreme Court's ruling in Atlantic Research Corp. fully supports Rialto's position. Rialto will take appropriate steps to seek to reverse the district court's ruling and reinstate Rialto's claims for contribution against the polluters. Although Rialto believes it will ultimately be found not responsible for any of the perchlorate or TCE contaminating the Rialto-Colton Basin, in light of Atlantic Research Corp., even if it is found responsible for a small percentage of the contamination, it will still be able to recover a proportionate share of its clean up costs from the polluters.
You can download the decision of the United States Supreme Court in United Statesv. Atlantic Research Corps. here.
Update on SWRCB Hearing on Goodrich/Black & Decker Site "NEW"
• July 18, 2007Rebuttal Briefs and Policy Statement Letters have been submitted to the SWRCB and have been posted and be found along with Opening Briefs and SWRCB Notices at http://www.rialtoca.gov/perchlorate/water_2834.php If you want to learn more about the SWRCB hearing you can visit the SWRCB website at www.swrcb.ca.gov/wqpetitions/a1824rialto.html or you can visit the RWQCB website at www.waterboards.ca.gov/santaana/html/perchlorate.html
Draft Community Involvement Plan
• May 9, 2007Rialto's Draft Community Involvement Plan ("CIP") to address Perchlorate Contamination in the City of Rialto's Drinking Water Supply is still available for your comments. You may obtain a copy of the CIP at the City Clerk's Office at 290 W. Rialto Ave., Rialto, CA 92376. Or you may download the CIP here. All written comments on the Draft CIP should be sent to: Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk (Rialto's Community Involvement Coordinator), City of Rialto, 290 W. Rialto Avenue, Rialto, CA 92376. For additional information, please contact Ms. McGee at (909) 820-2519.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Study Shows Perchlorate Levels of 24.5 PPB should be re-evaluated. "NEW"
• March 26, 2007On December 11, 2006 the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences issued its report titled "The Evaluation of the U.S. EPA's Preliminary Remediation Goal for Perchlorate in Groundwater: Focus on Exposure to Nursing Infants." The report concludes that the unborn child may be particularly vulnerable to perchlorate toxicity and that the U.S. EPA Preliminary Remediation Goal of 24.5 ppb should be evaluated in light of these exposures. You can find the report here.
State urged to adopt tougher perchlorate standard in water
• October 30, 2006For more information read LA Times Article. To read the City of Rialto's comments on the Department of Health Services' proposed limits for perchlorate in drinking water supplies click here.
Centers for Disease Control Study Shows Perchlorate more dangerous for women than at first thought.
• October 5, 2006For more information read the LA Times article, the Sacramento Bee story, ordownload the full report.


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