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The Personal Care Products Council has effected an initiative through which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have a greater role in assessing ingredient safety for personal care products sold in the United States.
The Council spent nearly three years planning the five-point plan, which it finds will increase consumer protection. This initiative was submitted in a letter to key health policy leaders in the U.S. Congress. The industry group is seeking to create formal processes for the FDA to review ingredients for safety at the request of the public and stakeholder groups and to review all safety determinations made by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) Expert Panel. No such FDA processes currently exist.
The Council's five-point plan includes: mandatory industry reporting and mandatory Good Manufacturing Practices; two provisions currently in HR 759, the FDA Globalization Act of 2009, introduced by Congressman John Dingell (D-MI); and three additional provisions that the industry is seeking. The five points are described below.
Enhanced FDA Registration
Under the Council's call for more FDA regulation, it requires personal care product manufacturers to register all facilities where those products are manufactured with the FDA. In addition, it requires those manufacturers to file product ingredient reports disclosing all of the ingredients used in those products with the FDA. Finally, the manufacturer should report any serious unexpected adverse event with a personal care product experienced by consumers to the FDA.
New Process to Set Safety Levels for Trace Constituents
As part of the initiative, the FDA would be required to establish safe levels for trace constituents in cosmetic ingredients and products.


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Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport's Parking Garage A to Undergo Reconfiguration
Greer, SC – The GSP Airport Commission will begin reconfiguring parking Garage A on Tuesday morning
Rental car return will remain unchanged; however passengers will only enter Garage A through the entrance closest to the fountain, and will find parking to the left.
The reallocation of parking spaces inside Garage A will afford additional parking spaces for GSP rental car agencies helping to ensure that adequate cars are available for customer pick up. While the changes will affect some entrances and exits, there will still be adequate parking for passengers inside of Garage A as well as in Sky Lot A on Level 5.
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A porn identity begins when the career begins. The only true battle is not getting the two identities confused.
In the year of 2001, i was accepted to San Diego State University. Okay. Let's just leave it at that. I graduated High School with a 3.6 gpa and was stoked to actually be going to college. I got there, and the insanity unfolded. Living in the dorms was absolute hell, and the job options were wack, too little pay for the amount of work that was required. College requires a lot of attention. I couldn't spend all my time working at some fuckin pizza place, or a silly coffee shop. Everyday I went to class I would pick up the daily Aztec, the state newspaper, and read the back for job ops. Always ads with internet work, +18, you get the drift. Then I'd walk back to my dorm where my roommate was rushing around, trying to get all her school work in before she went to work for peanuts at a retail store. I always admired her drive and work ethics, but for fucks sake. I wanted to study, lay at the beach and study, and not have to worry about getting my work done and having money to spend. So one day, I took a picture taken of me from that summer, just my sweet little face, ha, and sent it in. That was that. Now I waited.
One day, I got a call. Some guy in San Diego whose name I don't really even remember called and said he'd like to do an interview. I said whateves, lets do it. I went to meet him. He had his buddy there, Rocky. I remember Rocky, and not the other dude...it's so funny. Rocky was dope. An older gentleman in a wheelchair, with a warm and easy going vibe. I think at one point he laughed and said I was gonna be big, and when I am I wouldn't remember how I started. Well Rock, wrongo. I remember you fool, OMP (onemodelplace.com), the whole thing. I hope what you got goin on is in better shape...haha....one of those shoots was so ghetto, in fuckin East LA with like 50 photographers, and I brought my homey Jeremy from SDSU...yeah. That day was kinda wack. I actually met my first agent through Rocky. That guy was a piece of shit. Not Rocky, Rocky was dope.
So, I am shooting at some ghetto house in East LA, somewhere off like Alameda....n the 5....fucking pretty ghetto. This older guy, round face, big nose, funny little glasses approaches me with two chicks...one on each arm. He's wearing a beat up greenish grey hat with a waist long grey braided pony tail, a pink collared shirt, some tighter than your average bear jeans, and weird boating shoes. Now this was before men were sportin pink. Now it supposedly means you're in touch with your feminine side, or your man enough to wear girly shit, but come on. Well, to continue, he approaches me and says he has some work for me, he is a big time agent, blah buh fuckin blah.
I ask his name...John Stevens. He gave me some piece of paper with his name on it and bounced. Fuckin terd didn't even have a business card so I gave it some time, checked out the website and it all looked on the up and up. I am not in the habit of trusting people, especially ones so unprofessionally clad, and so before I went to the shoot, I told some friends the location I'd be at, when I will be home, yes, I will call when I get there after I'm there when I'm leaving and when I'm ten minutes away. And I went. I went up to Laguna Niguel to shoot for Mattsmodels.com. And to be honest, if it hadn't been for Matt and Alicia Silver, I probably wouldn't have trusted the industry.
I wouldn't have had such an awesome view on it. The shoot was easy, non-threatening, and surprisingly fun. There came a point when Matt gave me a toy and I started using it, and he said to me "you don't look like you want to use it" and I said I don't. He then said something to me that changed my life. At the time, I had no idea of course, but looking back...he said, "if you don't want to do it then don't." The simplicity of these words, but the magnitude of their meaning....blows me away. I see so many girls come into the industry and first thing right off they are takin it in the ass and doin gang bangs. You have to be careful with this industry. It's like the ocean, if you don't get in you will never know how amazing it is, but if you think you can handle it, the ocean will crush you, and humble you, and if you are lucky throw you back to the shore. The second you think you can handle it is the second it is all likely to crumble and eat you. Funny. Because of those words, I spent the next year and a half doing nude stills. I worked with people I met through Rocky and OMP, and I worked with people I met through John Stevens.
As much of a bastard as he was, John took me to the biggest companies that suited my limits. Danni's Hard Drive, Suze Randall, Hank Londoner and his lovely wife, Scott Evans, Cynthia Paterson....to be honest, I spent most my time at Danni's. I remember walking into the studio with Nicolas Sage and talking. He asked me how long I been around, and I said, I haven't really done much man. He said most the girls that came through there had already done Penthouse and Hustler and everything and he'd love to shoot me and try to get some layouts. And so began my lovely friendship with Nicolas. I loved going to shoots for him because he had great taste in music. That is always a deal sealer. Nicolas is a very spiritual man. He seems to feel so deeply, and because of that, his music of choice was reggae. The days were mellow, but the drive home was getting to be a bitch.
Now that little bit pretty much covers the beginning of my career. Oh yes. How could I forget? The friends I made. Well. That pretty much depends on how you look at it. In San Diego I hung out with kids my age...18 19, drank secretly in our dorms, I even had a boyfriend. Wow. Blocked memories eh? I had a boyfriend in high school, beginning of college. He was a beautiful man. It's always shitty how we find someone years before we are ready. We were from the same town, and he lived in New Mexico. I remember running through the airport with bags in tow, being the last one off the plane and crawling over seats to be the first one off. I remember his smile, and his smell when I'd run and jump into his arms. I never really told him. In fact I think I tried to lie about it. I have tried to block it from my memory but here goes. We are sitting in my mustang at the 35 spot and he says to me... "are you doing this." and I said "no."
he looked at me, and said, straight into my eyes "if you tell me the truth, we can make things better. But if you lie, we can't. It means you have no respect for me."
Way to change my whole out look on honesty.
I admitted it. Had no choice really. He gave me an out. We tried to make it work for awhile, and it was good for a time, but when it came down to it, I wasn't ready. He knew it, saw it in my eyes. I wasn't ready to take him seriously, because I couldn't take myself seriously. And even more than that, I wasn't happy with myself, so how could I ever be happy with someone else. Well, the answer to that is I couldn't. I was bad to him, cheated on him, broke up with him, tried to come back to him, and on that last day, actually the last day I ever saw him, I showed up at his house, we went upstairs and were going to fool around and he said "what are you doing?" "I have no idea."
I had no idea. I was lonely, regretted my decision, didn't want to let him go, whatever it was, I didn't know. But I left. I smiled at him, tears in my eyes, said "I'll see ya later." He smiled back.
I went back to LA a changed person. I suppose a woman.
I had officially fell in love, and been made to step away from it and see how much I really love this man...and I let him go. Right there. Well, that's what I thought. This is late August 2002.
In San Diego I had been seeing this other guy. Fucking jerk. No, I think he just had no idea who he was. We were attracted to each other because of the incredible amounts of pot we took in. That didn't last long. Even tried to live with him. Right?
All the time, I was waiting for a check from Hustler, or driving back and forth to LA on the weekends. During the week, I went to class, studied in my room listing to CSN(Y) or some living legends. My next door neighbor was dope. Breezy. Love him. He actually just graduated SDSU and we got stupid in Pacific Beach. I got a clip in here somewhere...
Beginning of September 02, I got a new agent. I made some good friends through John, but he no longer answered his phone, wouldn't be in his "office" and just sort of conviently disappeared. Hmmm. Now all this after he started PennyFlame.com. That fuck did the same thing to Charlie Laine! He set us both up with websites...in his name...never updates em, just collects from it. Bastard. Neither she nor I signed any releases for the pictures taken. I can't find him. It's probably better that I don't to be honest. I won't elaborate.
I started doing girl-girl when I hooked up with an agent named Cam, CSmodels.net, and he introduced me to the kind people at Michael Ninn, Wicked, Digital Playground, Pure Play media, of course kept me in touch with DHD, Peach, Ca. Wildcats, more Hustler, Hot Bodies Int., the list goes on. Cam was a great agent. He is a one man machine....takes the world on his shoulders and asks for very little in return. Our relationship was solid until a little drug known as cocaine came into my life.
I first time I ever did cocaine, I was at a convention in Las Vegas 04. Between depression and loneliness I found comfort in the numbness it provided.
Between January and July 8th of 2004, I managed to put over $50,000.00 of blow up my nose. I realized that I wasn't going to work anymore because I couldn't wake up in time, and I was paying rent late for the same reason, and had bill collectors calling, and drug dealers checking on me to make sure I was alive, Cam wouldn't take me seriously or book me jobs, a little O.D. episode, and all this didn't change the way I was living my life.
The point of change came when I got on a scale on night and weighed 85 pounds. I normally weigh 120. I got upset and took some xanax and went to. I woke up in the morning, and took another pill, back to. I slept on cycles of 16 hrs. Woke. Ate. Slept.
I did this for two weeks and finally woke up and got out of bed. And I felt a little more normal. I didn't go to clubs or bars for four months. I haven't touched the shit since that day.
I lived with a guy, and I was bad to him too. I am not good with relationships, obviously have detachment issues, and I don't like to talk. When I say I don't like to talk I mean, I tend to lead entirely separate lives, and very few mingle. My work life is totally different than my private life. For instance, I read a lot, and like to paint, but when the camera turns on it's all charm...or I let things go on in my business life that I don't share with my personal life. That being said... I fucked up everything with Cam, and needed a new agent. I was clean and sober, clear headed and motivated when I walked into LA Direct. I sat down with the owner of the company Derek, and told him my situation. "I am four months clean, I only do girl-girl, don't push me into doing anything and I will be the best girl ya got." The beginning of another beautiful relationship.
He got me plenty of girl-girl work, kept me busy, kept me paid, didn't push, didn't prod. He let me develop as I felt proper. Then one morning, I woke up and thought, "I think I'm gonna start doing guys now." This was beginning of December 04. I have been with LA Direct ever since. I love everyone in the office, and everyone that I have met through them. Since I've been with Direct, I have worked for tons of people! lets see if I can do this....Playgirl, Metro, Red Light, Platinum X, Wicked, Digital Playground, DVSX, and directors ranging from PT, Craven Moorehead, Mike Adams, even little fuckin Chico Wang from Anabolic.
What a nut job he is. I even got a directing job at Shane's World....a line called Girls Night Out and another called Blazed and Confused. I have done four movies for Vivid alone this year, and had fairly big roles in all of em. Got three AVN Awards. Best Solo Sex, Best Couple sex, and Best Group Sex. Guess it makes sense. I like doing it, so good things happen when you go with what is natural I suppose.
So there it all is. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
You may not like me anymore, now knowing the truth. I am a certified terrible girlfriend, unreasonably emotionally detached, and a nympho to boot. But I don't care. I'm happy doing what I do. And I hope you're happy watching what I do.....
If it weren't for you after all.....
Biography Courtesy of www.clubpenny.com
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Chennai, August 1 (IANS) Ford India, the Indian subsidiary of the US auto major Ford Motor Company, Thursday said it sold 12,338 units last month, up 48 percent over the same period in the previous year.
In a statement, the company said it sold 7,867 units in the domestic market and shipped out 4,471 units last month.
In July, Ford India commenced shipments of the EcoSport to South Africa, Mexico and Aruba.
The company inaugurated a dedicated car parking yard at the Chennai port to handle the increased export vehicle volume more efficiently.


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Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes
As family historians, we need to stay abreast of the continually expanding resources available to us both online and in books and records in libraries and in archives. Occasionally you will be fortunate enough to find evidence of your ancestors in unexpected places, as I did, when searching for my great uncle Rex Morley Hoyes. I will relate my own experience with finding genealogical information in Kelly's handbook before detailing a short history of this excellent family history resource.
Uncle Rex was one of my most fascinating but extremely elusive relatives, possibly because he was involved in a considerable number of either secret or 'not quite legal' activities. Much of my information concerning him was discovered in newspapers, where court cases he was involved in were reported. Suspected of bribery and corruption during World War 2, he and his wife's ( or wives 'names ) name frequented the London Times. Being a 'high roller' and an unexplainable society figure in London, his wife's name appeared in the social columns regularly. especially when she was presented to the King and Queen of England. Rex was named in the London Times on occasions when he dined with Lord Mountbatten and attended horse racing events with other members nobility. Rex's story of intrigue continued throughout the press which informed of activities such as when he became involved in illegal gun running to Hyderabad with Australian pilot Sidney Cotton in 1948.
In a google book search his name appeared in the Guy Liddell Diaries (MI5) as he was suspected of being a spy during WW2. His work for the war effort is well documented in aircraft journals because he constructed a secret air strip as well as aircraft hangars on his property in Hampshire known as Marwell Hall (once belonging to King Henry VIII). From here he helped to convert Sea Fire aircraft to Spitfires. The aircraft flew test flights, using mainly female test pilots, at Marwell Hall's secret airstrip which was well away from the frequent bombings in Southampton (Eastleigh) where the Aircraft Company he managed (Cunliffe-Owen) was located.
Despite the wealth of information I was able to find about my uncle Rex's life, I knew relatively little about his earlier years and I suspected from the information I had already discovered, that there was much more to his interesting life story. Then I found an entry for him in the Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes dated 1966, which I almost overlooked because he had changed his name from Rex Morley Hoyes to Rex Morley-Morley. (This followed an earlier name changed whereby he hyphenated Morley and Hoyes thus becoming Rex Morley-Hoyes. If uncle Rex did not wish to leave a trail of evidence about his life, he did not bargain on THIS determined family historian!
FindmyPast has now added Kelly's Handbook the many wonderful records they have on their site. http://www.findmypast.co.uk
I discovered enough tantalizing information to know that I needed to find a 1966 copy of Kelly's Handbook to purchase for myself. After much searching, I finally discovered a copy with Harrowden Books in High Street, Finedon, Wellingborough, UK. The copy of Kellys' Handbook was described by the book seller as 'red cloth binding with gilt titles and decor to front and spine. Rear board has 5' long split and remainder is ribbed.....'
|The Front Cover of my copy of Kelly' Handbook, 1966.
|The Rear Cover of my copy of Kelly's Handbook, 1966.
|The Spine of my copy of Kelly's Handbook 1966
The entry for my great uncle on page 1432, was a wealth of genealogical information. I learned his year of birth in New Zealand and that he was educated at King's College in Auckland and also that he was further educated in the USA. I was furnished with details about each of his marriages as well as the names of the parents of his wives. The listing described Rex's very interesting occupational history and the various clubs which he was members of, such as the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club, The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club and the Royal Southampton Yacht Club. This information led me on to new line of investigation whereby I discovered that he had owned a number of boats and a large steam yacht named Warrior ( one of the largest of its kind in the world).
|Warrior, built in 1901 for Frederick Vanderbilt and purchased by my uncle in 1934.
I was surprised to learn that in 1947, my uncle Rex was the Air Advisor to the Nizam of Hyderabad, the wealthiest man in the world. This information explained to me why Rex would have felt compelled to offer help to the Nizam when in 1948, India launched an attack on the small province in an attempt to take it over. ( I am certain that there was a monetary remuneration of interest as well).
From information in the Kelly's Handbook, 1966, about my great uncle's involvement in the Royal Automobile Clubs in France and Monaco, I was able to discover that he had listings for residential addresses in countries other than England. One of his addresses was the King George V Hotel, in Paris, which is the same hotel where Princess Diana and Dodi were dining just before their death. His other addresses included exotic places such as Geneva, Morocco, Bel-Air, and 34 Boulevard Antee, Tangiers. As you might imagine there are new and exciting avenues of research which will arise from this information.
Finding my great Uncle in the Kelly's Handbook of Titled, Landed and Official Classes, was, to say the least, a surprising discovery and a significant one because it eventually led me to knock down a stubborn brick wall and to finally find his death in 1984 under the titled name of Fessenden Charles, R. Morley- Morley Viscompt de Borenden. I am still researching how he came to be known by the name under which he died. There is much more, I am sure, to the intriguing life of Rex Morley Hoyes aka Morley-Hoyes, aka Morley-Morley, aka Viscompt de Borenden. I am currently searching for his fourth wife whom I suspect may still be alive.
Kelly's Handbook is possibly a commonly overlooked family history resource. I would never have expected a man such as my great uncle, born in New Zealand in 1901, to a furniture maker and a dentist, who became a stockbroker before managing a number of Aircraft Companies, who was pursued by MI5 for many years to be listed in a publication of Titled and Upper Classes of England. Never overlook any resource is now my family history research motto, especially, Kelly's Handbook.
|Entry in Kelly's Handbook for Rex Morley-Morley
History of Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes
Kelly's Handbook began as an exclusive alphabetical listing of all members of noble families and was first published in 1875 under the title, The Upper Ten Thousand. In 1878 the name of this publication's name was changed to Kelly's Handbook of the Upper Ten Thousand and in 1880 becme known as Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes.
|The handbook's name from 1880.
From 1880 this publication placed even more importance on listing the names of members of the British Upper Class. This continued until 1973. Each entry in the Kelly's Handbook, features the main events in the lives of those persons mentioned in the publication. A significant feature for family historians is the wonderful genealogical information to be found with regard to individuals. Kelly's Handbook is well worth a look at. If you are fortunate, as I was, you just might find the key to your ancestor's life in this publication unexpectedly.
PS: I would also like to add a word about The genealogists for Families Project which I am involed in. This project is a su group of KIVA, a non profit organisation which organises micro loans to peole throughout the world to help them enrich thrie lives with dignity. Have a look at http://www.kiva.org
You don't have to be a genealogist - you just need to care.


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Gregorius gets in grounders while elbow heals
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- D-backs shortstop prospect Didi Gregorius has begun taking ground balls the past few days, though he still is not allowed to swing a bat or make throws.
"I don't like to just sit and do nothing," he said. "I want to play."
Gregorius, who was acquired by the D-backs in December in a three-team trade that involved Trevor Bauer, suffered a slight strain of the ulnar collateral ligament area in his elbow around Christmastime. The team wanted to be extra cautious with him, so he was shut down from swinging a bat or throwing.
"I'll be throwing in a couple of weeks, and next week I'm going to start hitting and we'll take it from there," said Gregorius, ranked No. 3 among the D-backs' top prospects.
The injury scuttled the long shot hopes Gregorius had of making the team out of Spring Training.


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In-house PR Manager - Global challenger brand in professional services
- Recruiter
- The Works Search Ltd
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £40000 - £50000
- Posted
- 28 Dec 2013
- Closes
- 11 Jan 2014
- Ref
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- Contact
- Kate Clover
- Sector
- Media and New Media
- Function
- Manager (In-House)
- Discipline
- Corporate Communications
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
This global professional services company is looking for a talented corporate PR professional to join their in-house team initially for a nine month contract. Working with a small and ambitious in-house team you'll be managing a PR agency and driving thought leading media relations campaigns. Never a dull moment you will be looking after a range of industry sectors which couple include property, energy and consumer goods so whilst you get the in-house focus you still have a great variety of communications projects.
The Company
This is an international accountancy firm and is a real challenger brand to the big four. This small but perfectly formed in-house PR team have forged excellent relationships within the business and are very well respected by senior partners as a result. Working across a wide range of sectors there is always a new angle for helping business growth.
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- Managing corporate communications plans for a wide range of industry sectors
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- Working with senior stakeholders to identify news stories that will raise the profile and put the company's voice out there
- Managing the external PR agency ensuring you maximise the potential of all PR activity
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When I stopped eating meat about 15 years ago, I stopped eating sandwiches. Not on purpose, really, but it seemed that most were pretty meat-heavy — Italian mixes and Reubens and French dips and such. If I wanted a meatless sandwich, it seemed like the only option was grilled cheese. My first vegetable sandwich happened accidentally, at the dinner table when I was in middle school. My family was eating beef of some sort and I had, on my plate, the vegetarian offerings from that meal: broccoli and bread. So naturally, I made that into a sandwich. Soon I requested broccoli sandwiches at every meal.
I like to think I've evolved since then, and so have sandwiches. Vegetable sandwiches are no longer a novelty, but a regular item on restaurant and deli menus, enjoyed even by meat-eaters. Vegetables are pickled, roasted, grilled or raw and thinly sliced, layered with hummus, goat cheese, fried egg or fresh mozzarella, topped with a vinaigrette, a lemony dressing, or nothing at all; the juices from the vegetables soaking into and flavoring the bread. Kelsey Nixon's Grilled Vegetable Panini is one such sandwich — it combines grilled vegetables (Kelsey calls for mushrooms, peppers, zucchini and yellow squash, but you can use whatever you like. Add asparagus, Brussels sprouts, roasted butternut squash or eggplant if that's what you have on-hand), with a creamy herbed feta spread on ciabatta, pressed in a panini maker or between two skillets until it's warmed through and the flavors of the grilled vegetables meld with the cheese forming a dressing — no mayo needed here.
Grilled Vegetable Panini With Herbed Feta Spread
Courtesy of Kelsey Nixon
Serves: 4
1 portobello mushroom, stem discarded and cap sliced thin
1 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 small yellow squash, sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
1 small zucchini, sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
1/4 cup olive oil, plus more for brushing
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
4 slices ciabatta, each cut in half
Herbed Feta Spread, recipe follows
4 pieces red leaf lettuce
Herbed Feta Spread:
4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. In a large bowl, combine the mushroom, bell peppers, yellow squash and zucchini. Drizzle with the oil, season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Place the vegetables on the hot pan and grill until tender and lightly browned; use tongs to flip them once or twice during cooking. Transfer the vegetables to a plate.
Reduce the heat to medium. Spread one side of half the ciabatta pieces with Herbed Feta Spread and top each with one-fourth of the grilled vegetables and 1 lettuce leaf. Cover with the remaining pieces of ciabatta and brush the outsides of the sandwiches with oil. Place on the pan and grill, turning once, until the bread is browned and crisp and the cheese and vegetables are heated through, 8 to 10 minutes. If desired, place a cast-iron skillet on top of the sandwiches to press them while grilling. Serve warm.
Herbed Feta Spread:
In a small bowl, combine the feta, cream cheese, sour cream, basil, chives and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper and mix until blended. Cover and refrigerate until using.
More Meatless Sandwiches:
Kale, Lemon and Cilantro Sandwich
L.O.V.E Wrap (Lettuce, Onion, Vegetable, Egg Salad)
Pan-Grilled Veggie Sandwiches With Ricotta, Arugula and Balsamic


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 3/12/2012 (1722 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THANKS to Helen Pitura for this subtle, citrusy twist on traditional holiday shortbread.
Lemon shortbread
250 ml (1 cup) all-purpose flour
125 ml (1/2 cup) corn starch
125 ml (1/2 cup) icing sugar
30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh grated lemon rind
170g (175 ml or 3/4 cup) butter, softened
coloured sugars for decorating (optional)
Preheat oven to 150C (300F). In a large bowl, combine flour, corn starch, icing sugar and lemon rind. Blend in butter with a large spoon, and then work with hands until a soft, smooth dough forms. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 5 mm (1/4 in) thickness. Cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Sprinkle with decorative sugar, if desired.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned. For a lemon-almond variation, add 175 ml (3/4 cup) finely chopped almonds to dough. For a lemon-poppy seed variation, add 15 ml (1 tbsp) poppy seeds to dough. Yields about 3 dozen, depending on size.
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Experienced and gifted Dallas portrait photographer, Colleen G. Drew, captures her subjects' personalities with artistic style and personal intuition. Colleen provides the following sorts of portrait photography: maternity / pregnancy photos, infant photos, engagement portraits, senior pictures, actor / model headshots and executive portraits. Colleen G. Drew is a photographic artist who takes an individual approach to each portrait. She strives to create portraits that reveal the spirit of each of her subjects. Only one session is scheduled per day so that she can devote all of her attention to her subject without distraction or time constraints. The sessions take place in the comfort of her home studio, the familiar surroundings of your own home or a location of your choice.
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Violence seems to evoke two unlikely concurrents: bonding and criticizing.
As many of you, I have watched details roll in after violent, intentional tragedies. My perspective has been as a mother and a journalist. Possibly this means my perspective has been as an excessively emotional journalist.
My children were 5 and 7 when Columbine happened. I was in a newsroom, trying to focus on editing something, and I heard a student's mother on television describe being sent to an auditorium where the children would gather as they were evacuated from the campus.
She talked about the parents waiting hopefully, realizing they were the last, and understanding what that meant.
That's the part that haunts me. The whole thing is painful to know, but as a parent, I can't shake that part of the story.
This morning I listened to a Connecticut mother describe a similar scene, seeing the parents' faces as police broke the news. It rips my heart out. Surely I couldn't survive that.
Every year after Columbine, I kept my children home on April 20. I was afraid of copycat massacres.
My husband, a teacher, objected to this. He said I was making a holiday out of the tragedy.
There is so much about responding to mass killings that requires a delicate balance. Emotions run strong, and so, it seems, does the inclination to judge other people's responses.
Among the standby stones to throw is that the media share the blame by shining fame on the bad guys.
It's possible this is a factor, but I argue that respectful, non-exploitative coverage is appropriate, and knowledge is power.
I hope publicizing these massacres decreases people's inclination to dismiss comments or behavior that may be a sign.
After a mass killing, it's awful to hear that the shooter/bomber said something, bought something or posted something that should have been reported.
Further, I believe coverage of school shootings creates a demand for tighter security measures and having faculty trained for situations like this. I get that there's not a lot a lone adult can do when there's an armed mentally ill person in the room, but I'm an advocate for teachers' being as prepared as can be.
Isn't every parent asking what their school will do to prevent something like this happening again? Happening here? Let's not just cry about it; let's cry about it and then have a discussion about what would help.
But don't let's skip the crying together. I believe people have a natural need to hold on to one another when news makes them emotional. Whether it's from overwhelming joy or sadness, I notice people gather.
I know when I first learned of Oklahoma City, Virginia Tech, Sept. 11, Aurora and Sandy Hooks, I immediately wanted human contact. I go into that we're-all-in-this-together mood where I don't mind holding a stranger's hand.
In an article on Friday's shooting from The Onion, most of which I couldn't quote, they have a mock related story: "It's OK to just start talking to people you don't know."
Thank you, Onion.
People are doing just that, really, reaching out through social media. I'm seeing tweets from people announcing their pain, condolences and prayers - not to turn the spotlight on themselves, as I saw one Facebook post accuse, but to connect.
One post expressed guilt over relaxing for a moment and laughing.
I'm telling you true, it all comes down to finding a balance.
The Onion article also featured a caption saying it's OK to spend the rest of the day in the fetal position under your desk.
Good. Because I am an excessively emotional editor today.
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096: Bill Evans (solo), 'Easy To Love'
In SoTW 060, I talked about one of the very finest pieces of music I know, the 1961 live performance of Bill Evans' first trio, "Live at the Village Vanguard", with Scottie LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums. I wrote there that 'this is as beautiful as music gets, and no words can rival that'. This album is also widely acknowledged as being the invention of the modern piano trio. The recording was made on June 25, 1961. Ten days later, on July 5, LaFaro ran his car into a tree and was killed instantly.
He and Evans hadn't been buddies. LaFaro harped at Evans frequently to give up his voracious heroin habit, to no avail. But LaFaro's death had a debilitating effect on Evans. He lost interest in playing for half a year. Evans: "Musically everything seemed to stop. I didn't even play at home." His only recording sessions were unenthusiastic efforts, done only to earn a few bucks to support his habit. Bill's brother remembers him wandering around NYC wearing some of LaFaro's clothes. It was a bleak time.
On April 4, 1962, Evans made his first attempt to record a solo album. He recorded four cuts and aborted the session. The recordings were shelved until they were released in 1981without fanfare on a posthumous hodgepodge album of outtakes, "Conception".


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Mercer Island upsets Everett at regionals, earns spot at Tacoma Dome | Girls prep basketball
It has been a battle this season for the Mercer Island girls basketball team. The team that fought its way into the KingCo tournament, then battled uphill through the district tournament, only to face one of the top teams in the must win regional round. The season long battle paid off on Friday night when the Islanders beat Everett, the No. 1 team out of District 1. The final score was 57-44 for Mercer Island.
"In our pre game talk I told the girls we've had a lot of ups and downs this year, on and off the floor. So yeah this is validation of that," said Islanders head coach Kaela Yuen. "We've had a lot of grind it out practices this year and hard games, tough losses. It feels like it's all worth it."
Mercer Island had the first points on the board during the game against Everett at Glacier Peak High School on Feb. 22, but the Seagulls offense kept grinding away to a 12-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. Though Mercer Island kept battling for points in the second quarter, Everett's three-point shooting got hot and gave the Gulls a 28-22 advantage at halftime.
But it was a game of two-halves and the Islanders came out swinging in the second.
"I think we just made a few adjustments and put our game plan out there and really committed to it. That was the difference," said the coach.
In the third quarter, the Islanders pushed back, scoring 18 points while holding Everett to eight to take a 40-36 lead going into the final minutes.
As the Islanders pulled farther ahead, Everett kept fouling, but even that didn't go the Gulls way as the Islanders sunk their free throws. In the final minutes, the Islanders scored 17 points, while Everett hit just eight, marking the different between a trip to the Dome and a trip home.
Strong defense from the Islanders was another difference maker in the game.
"I was really shocked by how many blocks we had out there," said the coach. "We're not usually that team and I don't want them to get comfortable blocking those shots. It was very much a team effort."
Senior Kris Brackmann scored a team high of 17 points in the game, while Rachael Tessem had 14 before fouling out and sister Renae Tessem added 11 points. Jessica Blakeslee posted seven points in the win, while Jamie Mounger had four and both Julia Blumenstein and Suri Johnson had two.
The Islanders, now one of the top eight teams in the state, will play at the Tacoma Dome Thursday morning.
Until Thursday, Yuen wants the team to take a look at Friday's game and remember what that win took.
"I think the heart that which we need to play, all the teams are good so it's really just a matter of will. Who wants it more. We do play with a lot of heart," said the coach.
Mercer Island is set to face Wilson in the first round of the final eight at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28. Wilson, 22-2, was the Narrows 3A champions with a perfect 12-0 league record.
The winner of Thursday's game at the Tacoma Dome will play on Friday, March 1 will play the winner of the Kamiakin vs. Seattle Prep game at 3:45 p.m. The loser will play the loser of the Kamiakin vs. Seattle Prep game on March 1 at either 9 or 10:30 a.m.


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Well, there's always plugging into a cable.
Unfortunately plugging in a cable is not an option. In order to get internet here I have to use an Aircard.
It doesn't do it to me and I usually use WiFi.
I've seen that happen consistently on my wife's computer when she visits certain sites. She's running Windows Vista so I racked it up to that. Haven't found a fix for it yet and I can't reproduce the problem on either of my computers (one WinXP, oneWin7).
What are you doing when you get kicked offline?
It has only happened to me when I was doing less than manly things like waxing my toes or texting gossip to friends while watching real housewives.
Try to be a little more manly and see if the site will allow you to stay connected.
So how's your cell phone reception?
Realistically, you've probably picked up a nasty little cybervirus somewhere and it's decided to mess with your AoM. And sometimes the electronics just get plain buggy. I have a PC that is marvelously unstable on some sites whenever I use IE for intenet access.
That's probably not a virus. It's mostly likely due to browser settings or browser plugins that are having a hard time with some of the features of the websites you're visiting. For example, if you have IE and Firefox and, when you visit a site that has Flash or Java features, IE crashes or hangs but Firefox doesn't, it's likely that there's a problem with your Flash or Java settings or plugins in IE but the ones in Firefox are fine.
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Dining on a Budget | B&T Grill
Updated 7:51 pm, Saturday, November 24, 2012
Even though chipotle is one of those spices that suffered from overexposure a few years ago and turned into a cliché, it's still a valid ingredient, best used in moderation. The combination of its heat, along with its smoky and slightly sweet flavor, makes it a natural, but too much could easily overwhelm a dish.
The Chipotle Burger at B&T Grill uses the chile to good effect. It's basically a bacon cheeseburger, with cheddar, bacon, tomato, onion, lettuce, pickles, mustard, mayonnaise and a touch of chipotle. The addition of the extra flavor notes from the chile works well with the textures and flavors in the rest of the burger and makes it the best item on the menu.
This place opened earlier this year in a small strip mall on Thousand Oaks Drive near Jones Maltsberger Road, and it's one of those good neighborhood places that could become a local favorite.
The menu is simple and straightforward: burgers, specialty burgers, "takos," sides and desserts.
Burgers feature nicely seasoned ground beef and fresh vegetables, so a classic burger covers all the necessary bases. Among the specialty burgers, the H&A Burger includes avocado, ham, Monterey Jack cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce, pickles, mustard and mayo. We chose the H&A and the chipotle burgers over an intriguing possibility, the Fajita Burger, made with fajita meat, Monterey Jack cheese and the traditional burger toppings.
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One fun note: The red and white checkerboard paper squeezes the back of the burger, making the already well-filled sandwich look even more stuffed.
Like the burgers, the flour tortilla takos are stuffed. The Big Tako, true to its name and almost burrito-sized, is filled with diced sirloin, diced green peppers, diced onions and Monterey cheese. If there's a criticism of this item, it's that an accompanying green salsa was very tart, more like a tomatillo relish. It didn't have to incinerate any taste buds, but at least a little heat would have been nice.
French fries were available either as a separate side or as part of a combo. They could have been a bit more crisp but they had good potato flavor. Onion rings seemed pre-breaded, but they were hot and freshly fried, so they avoided the flavor and texture that result from sitting for a while.
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3023 Thousand Oaks Drive, Suite 106, between Jones Maltsberger and Country Morning, 210-404-9393
Hours: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Price range: Burgers $4.50-$7.75; tacos, $5.80-$7.95; fries and rings, $1.50-$3.50; desserts, $1.50-$4.50.
Hit: Chipotle burger
Miss: Green salsa needed more heat
Lighter Choice: Well ...
Noteworthy: Check Facebook page for occasional specials.
Service is friendly and helpful, and staff members here seem genuinely concerned that their guests enjoy their experiences. That attitude, and a lot of hard work, could make the difference as this business develops over the coming months and beyond.


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The narrow and winding streets of Salzburg's historic center, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is where one really senses the charm of a cultural metropolis. This is particularly true of Getreidegasse, where the birthplace of Salzburg's most famous son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is located.
Among the peculiarities typical of the city of Salzburg are the so-called "Durchhäuser": old passageways through buildings that one can use as a shortcut. These passages are also a convenient way to reach the city's main cathedral, the Salzburger Dom, and the splendid Domplatz, where the annual performances of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Everyman" are held as part of the Salzburg Festival, the social high point of the city's summer cultural calendar.
Perched majestically above the city on the Mönchsberg is the Hohensalzburg fortress, Central Europe's largest fully preserved castle. While the Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg occupies an equally lofty position on the hill, its contemporary design offers a stark architectural contrast to the fortress. Thus a mere glance at the Mönchsberg suffices to recognize the symbiosis of tradition and modernity omnipresent in this city: on the one side the fortress as a superb example of medieval building history and on the other the museum representing modern architecture with its clear, simple forms.
A dream destination for any romantic
Sooner or later on your visit to Salzburg you will pass by one of Europe's most enchanting palaces:
Mirabell Palace, with its grand Marble Hall – considered one of the world's most beautiful wedding venues – is a dream destination for the romantically inclined. The breathtaking lakeside setting of Leopoldskron Palace, on the other hand, made it famous all over the world: several scenes for the musical "The Sound of Music" were filmed here. And anyone who experiences the palace and its peerless ambiance will understand why.
Gigantic "wing" of steel and glass
Only a few hundred feet from this romantic location one enters a completely different world: the ultramodern and spectacular "Hangar-7", a prestige project of Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz. This hangar is more than just an exhibition area for historic aircraft and other aviation-related objects: the exterior resembles a gigantic wing that – in spite of its 1,200 tons of steel and 380 tons of special glass – gives the impression of being remarkably dynamic and virtually weightless. Inside, the hangar's stunning arched ceiling stretches an extensive exhibition that impressively combines technology, art and entertainment.
Although it is not easy to pull yourself away from the city of Salzburg, it is worthwhile to explore the countryside as well. Less than a thirty-minute drive away is the charming city of Hallein, whose picturesque winding streets, lovely squares and meticulously renovated buildings represent an absolute gem of medieval architecture. At the fascinating Keltenmuseum one can learn all about the remarkable history of salt mining.
Architectural highlights in Salzburg's mountains
There are plenty of architectural treats to discover in Salzburg's mountains as well: at the time of its opening at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Grand Hotel de l'Europe in Bad Gastein was among the largest and most modern hotels in Austro-Hungary and one of the few luxury hotels of that period. The building still exudes the nostalgic charm of that epoch. A completely different kind of ambiance awaits visitors to the St. Martin Chalet Resort in Salzburg's Lungau region: these trim little chalets were designed in traditional Alpine style with a great deal of attention to detail. Each of the wooden chalets is set in the middle of its own garden, where vegetables, fruit and herbs grow in the summer. This is further evidence that, whether you are in the city of Salzburg or SalzburgLand, an architectural tour can always be combined with the splendor of the area's natural surrounding.


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It's May…so that means spring is in full effect! (Or at least it should be) It's definitely spring here on my blog. And there's no better way to celebrate than with one giveaway a week for the entire month. You know we all need a great pair of sandals to carry us through the spring into the summer, that's why I'm hosting the "Spring Sandal Giveaway." I wish I could win!
This weeks giveaway is courtesy of Torrid. One reader will win a pair of Torrid's Emily Snake Wedge Sandal (above). The winner will get to choose from one of the three colors-orange, silver, and yellow.
To enter leave a comment below telling me what color (above) you'd choose and what piece of clothing, on Torrid.com, you'd wear with the sandals. Make sure you include a valid email address or Twitter I.D or your entry will not count.
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Padres complete comeback but lose on walk-off
Guzman's grand slam ties game late, but two-run homer lifts Rays
ST. PETERSBURG -- If 23-year-old Burch Smith learned anything from his big league debut Saturday -- and what a wild game it turned out to be -- it was a simple, tried-and-true lesson that is applicable to pitchers both young and old, regardless of stuff.
"I learned that I've got to execute pitches better," Smith said. "I left too many balls over the plate."
He was not the only one.
It happened to his counterpart, the Rays' Jeremy Hellickson. And, of course, it happened to Padres closer Huston Street, who was one strike away from saving a big win but instead surrendered a walk-off, two-run home run to Evan Longoria that punctuated an 8-7 victory over the Padres at Tropicana Field.
If allowing four runs in the seventh inning of a 6-3 loss to the Rays on Friday hurt some, then this one surely stung badly, as the Padres on Saturday had rallied from a four-run deficit for a 7-6 lead after scoring five runs in the seventh inning -- including four when pinch-hitter Jesus Guzman turned a Hellickson changeup into his first career grand slam.
"It was a good inning; we got some good at-bats," Padres manager Bud Black said. "And Guzie with one good swing. It was a tremendous comeback by our guys."
But it was not enough, not even as four Padres relievers combined for seven scoreless innings following Smith's allowing six runs in the second inning of his debut. Smith was officially added to the roster after starting the season with a 1.15 ERA in six starts with Double-A San Antonio.
Street got the first two hitters out in the ninth inning and jumped ahead in the count on Ben Zobrist with two dandy changeups. With the count 2-2, Street dug in and made a good pitch to Zobrist, who got just a piece of it -- sending it just off the palm of catcher Nick Hundley's glove. He catches that ball, albeit a tough one to get one's hands on, and it's game over.
"If it's an inch closer to the pocket [of the glove], we might have had it," Hundley said. "Looking back on it, there's nothing I could have done."
That's precisely how Rays' manager Joe Maddon saw it, too.
"That's going to be overlooked, but you cannot," Maddon said. "Zobrist's at-bat set the whole thing up."
The next batter, Longoria, connected on a ball up in the strike zone, sending the crowd of 18,587 home happy after it appeared that would not be the case.
"That's the fate of a closer," Black said.
For the longest time, it did not appear as if Street (0-2) would be needed, as the Rays (18-18) bolted to a 6-2 lead after just two innings.
Staked to a 2-0 lead before he made even a single pitch, Smith came out firing, peppering the strike zone with fastballs. Leadoff hitter Matt Joyce made Smith work in a nine-pitch at-bat, but Smith eventually got him to swing through a 94-mph fastball for the first out.
Working briskly, Smith caught Kelly Johnson looking at a 95-mph fastball for the second out on a called third strike. Finally, Smith sawed off Zobrist with a 96-mph fastball in on the hands, resulting in a harmless ground ball to second baseman Jedd Gyorko.
Really, Smith made his first big league inning look like a breeze.
"That first inning was the visual of what we've heard [about Smith]," Black said. "A heavy fastball, 94, 95, 96 mph, filling up the strike zone. He was aggressive with the fastball."
The second inning proved trickier for Smith, as he fell behind Longoria with two balls. He worked his way back in the count but eventually walked Longoria. James Loney then jumped on a first-pitch fastball, sending it well over the fence in right field to tie the score.
The Rays were just warming, though. Luke Scott walked, Sam Fuld singled and Jose Lobaton got one on a first-pitch fastball, spanking it to right field to load the bases. Yunel Escobar saw just two pitches, as he lined a two-run single to left field for a 4-2 lead. Finally, Smith yielded an RBI double to Joyce on the second pitch of the at-bat.
"I don't really walk a lot of guys," said Smith, who allowed six hits and two walks with two strikeouts. "I think I tried to get too fine and tried to guide the ball. I've just got to just trust it."
While Smith struggled after a strong first inning, Hellickson was doing the exact opposite. He yielded a one-out single to Will Venable in the first and then left a pitch out in a vulnerable spot to Chase Headley, who was hitting left-handed. Headley hit it over the right-field fence, his fourth home run of the season.
But then Hellickson took off -- in a good way.
In fact, Hellickson retired 16 consecutive hitters from the first inning until Carlos Quentin started the seventh with the first of his two walks. Hellickson, one out away from a nice start, could not get that elusive last out of the seventh inning, allowing the grand slam to Guzman on a full-count pitch.
Quentin later walked with the bases loaded, forcing in a run for a 7-6 lead that proved to be tenuous.
The visiting dugout erupted, as it appeared the Padres (16-20), on a night where their starting pitcher tallied only three outs, had gotten the hit to put them over the top.
"To battle back like that and to take the lead; that was a heck of a game," Hundley said.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Thanks for your experience .....
Do you know if it could work well (injection) with the USB Dlink DWL G122 ver.C1 and BT4F live CD?
It have the original 2570 inside now rt73.
I bought the Alfa awus050nh usb wireless adapter a couple of days ago and after extensive searching on this site and google, I eventually used the following tutorial to get it working with injection in BT4F.
NOTE: Ralink RT2870_Firmware is now v22 not v8 as in the tutorialCode:http://sudonetworks.com/wiki/index.php?title=ALFA_AWUS050NH_Driver_Update_for_BT4
It seems to be working well. I hope this helps others who are/were in the same boat.
Cheers to the tut author and all the little contributing posters on the many threads I read.
Thanks for your experience .....
Do you know if it could work well (injection) with the USB Dlink DWL G122 ver.C1 and BT4F live CD?
It have the original 2570 inside now rt73.
I know this post is a tad bit old but i had found this tut a few days ago and am having a hard time finding the required 2780 firmware...
using the link provided in the wiki i get a page not found and on their support page they have
everything but
hoping someone could provide me an alternate link or upload the fw for me somewhere else.
any help is appreciated, thanks much. looking forward to getting acquainted with the community,
dumb question here but i'm going to ask anyways. If you did indeed search on this forum about info regarding the alfa usb wifi nics, why didn't you get the Alfa AWUS036H instead. It works nativly with bt4 and injects awesomely.
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To be honest im not exactly sure why i ordered this model, i think i saw a thread somewhere with people saying it worked well or what not possibly? or maybe that was the model that came up when i was browsing for my new toy so i grabbed it.
Either way why should ease of use be a deciding factor in a product? i have no problem spending some extra time getting a piece of hardware to work and getting it to work is no problem at all.
The problem is a piece of the solution is missing and i am just looking for someone to help me locate or provide it.
Thanks in advance to anyone who actually helps


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Monday, May 10, 2010
Why Do You Use Money Management Tools?
How are you using Money Management Tools and why? Please share your ideas and stories by posting a comment.
8 comments:
- AnonymousMay 10, 2010 at 4:57 PM
to show my wife how much she really spends.ReplyDelete
I was using Mint (and still do, occasionally), but the ads and tie-in offers got a little too overbearing. I use the UWCU tools (mainly the categorization) primarily because I will be logging into the account anyway to check balances and make payments, and the tools are integrated. I like using the graph tools, after categorizing transactions, that show how much of my money is going where. Helps me budget.ReplyDelete
One thing I would like to see would be the ability to tie in other electronic accounts; for example, my student loans (PHEAA) and retirement account (Fidelity).
But does there have to be an ultimate reason in mind? I like the self-tracking aspect: the data is bound to be useful eventually—1, 5, 20 years from now, perhaps.
- AnonymousMay 19, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I like to use the Cash Flow report to gauge my spending for the month. If I am uncertain about an unnecessary purchase, I look at my cash flow situation for the month and let it decide for me.ReplyDelete
This process helps me not accumulate debt and keeps my savings intact.
Really great feature!
And a couple of comments from our Facebook page:ReplyDelete
"They're great for keeping track of expenditures in different budget areas (we spend HOW MUCH eating out??) and will be really useful to track down charitable gifts when we do our tax return."
"I use the tools to categorize transactions for family budgeting and checkbook reconciliation."
I use it much the way I used to use Quicken, but it has a lot of features built in that make it easier. Things are more automatic than Quicken. Being able to create custom categories is a great help to a self-employed contractor/musician.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2010 at 1:28 PM
I use the tools to lable and note items I purchase. That way when I look back in 6 months I can remember what a purchase was for.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 1, 2010 at 2:40 PM
I appreciate knowing where my money goes. I would like to see a tool for actually budgeting so I can know ahead of time where my money will go. Thanks.ReplyDelete
A budgeting tool is on the list to be developed. It will likely be available early next year. Please hang in there as we also think that functionality would be really helpful.ReplyDelete
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Despite a strong defensive effort and a late fourth-quarter rally, the University of Pennsylvania football team fell short to William & Mary, 27-14, on a rain-soaked Saturday afternoon at Zable Stadium.
Penn (2-2) was scoreless and trailed by 21 heading into the fourth quarter. But two touchdowns in just over three minutes pulled the Quakers within seven with 7:58 to play. However, William & Mary (4-2) promptly marched 75 yards on 12 straight run plays to melt the clock and ice the game with a late touchdown.
Played in a misty rain throughout the afternoon, the game featured eight fumbles (two lost on each side) and five total turnovers. The first of which came just five plays into the game. Senior Billy Ragone was sacked and stripped at the Penn 30-yard line and the ball was kicked all the way back to the 12 where William & Mary fell on the ball. Moments later, the Tribe led 7-0.
Both defenses dominated the remainder of the first quarter. Sophomore Austin Taps had a pair of third-down sacks and the Quakers did not allow another first down in the opening quarter.
The Tribe moved the ball into Penn territory on their first two possessions of the second quarter, but the Quakers twice stopped William & Mary on fourth down inside the 30-yard line.
The Quakers had seized momentum until another fumble set up the Tribe at the Penn 32. Five plays later, William & Mary led by 14 with 1:22 left in the half.
That score stuck until the Tribe's first possession of the second half. A six-play, 75-yard drive gave the hosts a 21-0 advantage.
Penn struggled to close the deficit, but the defense did its best to keep the game within range. Senior Sebastian Jaskowski, who finished with a career-high 12 tackles, forced and recovered a fumble to halt a Tribe drive inside the red zone.
The teams then traded punts until Penn's offense found a rhythm on its first drive of the fourth quarter. Starting from the Penn 34-yard line, Kulcsar ran four times for 23 yards, while Ragone hooked up for a big 27-yard gain to senior wideout Ty Taylor. Then on third-and-goal from the 1-yard line, Ragone faked the sneak and lobbed the ball to an open Ryan O'Malley in the back of the end zone with 11:20 to play.
Just 3:23 later, the Quakers were back in the end zone. After Connor Loftus booted the kickoff threw the end zone, senior Sam Chwarzynski broke threw the line on first down and strip sacked the Tribe quarterback. Senior Alex Kahn fell on the ball at the Tribe 26-yard line. Six plays later, on second-and-goal from the six, Ragone rolled right and dropped in a pass to O'Malley along the near sideline to close to within seven, 21-14, with 7:58 to play.
However, the Red and Blue never got the ball back with a chance to tie. The Tribe ran 12 straight times and took six minutes off the clock before punching it in for a 27-14 lead with 1:50 left. Penn got inside the red zone on its ensuing drive, but time ran out on a completion to Kulscar at the seven-yard line.
Ragone was 14-of-27 for 127 yards and two scores. Senior Ryan Mitchell had a team-high four catches for 43 yards and moved into 11th-place all-time at Penn in career receiving yards. Kulcsar had a career-best 84 rushing yards on 22 carries.
Senior Evan Jackson had a career-best eight tackles and Kenny Thomas had a career-high six tackles. Sophomore Dylan Muscat forced two fumbles and added five tackles, while senior captain Dan Wilk had three tackles and an interception. Tyler Drake added a sack for the second straight week.
Next Saturday, the Quakers return to league play with their first Ivy road test. The Red and Blue take on Columbia at 1:30 p.m. The game can be seen on the Ivy League Digital Network.
Download: William&Mary Box Score.pdf


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Canyon Gate
Clean, well maintained, great service. The complementary breakfast was great. Scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, potatoes, warm cinnamon rolls, french toast, cereal, juices. I would definitely stay here again. The hotel is back from the streets so its also very quiet. The room I was in had a refrigerator, microwave, and a Keurig (K-Cup) coffee maker.
The room was very comfortable The pool was unavailable
I purchased a room with 2 queen beds and was given a room with a queen and a sofa bed. Not acceptable.
Clean and comfy bed and room. Surprisingly big continental breakfast. Many choices, not just drinks and dry sweet rolls. I would definitely stay there again. They also make cookies at 7PM!
Were assigned a quiet room (when several teen girls soccer teams there). Thank you. Only 2 breakfast offerings - alternating every other day. After 4 days was boring.
I liked the fact that while on vacation I could stay connected to the world around me through the free wireless internet connection. Two things: one, the television was small and antiquated. I was thinking while I was staying there that you'd actually have to go out of your way to purchase a television that old. It actually looked like it predated the facility by about ten years. Two, the air conditioning although adequate, was inconsistent. There were a couple of times that I woke in the middle of the night in a hot sweat only to find that the temperature that I set the thermostat to had "miraculously" set itself to its default, unoccupied energy saving setting. It worked most of the time as it was explained to me, but not all, which is why I say it was inconsistent.
close to Red Rock Park. Big room with kitchen. A bit loud windows facing parking lot
The room was very comfortable The pool was unavailable
The location is excellent for going climbing at the Red Rocks Nat. park. I thought the staff was very freindly and helpful and i love how big the rooms are! They also keep the facility very clean. the coffee could be a little better at the breakfast but otherwise a great place to stay at a fair price I thought the beds were fine but a couple of my friends that stayed too thought the beds were to soft and they choose to sleep on the floor instead.
I purchased a room with 2 queen beds and was given a room with a queen and a sofa bed. Not acceptable.
Large rooms. Great All the dogs. Lots of dogs
The owner, Mr Wing, greets you This is a private home, with multiple housing options i.e. good for singles, couples or larger groups Shared kitchen is fully equipped, you can do you own cooking I mile (1.6 km) walk to Trader Joe's on quiet residential street. Walmart and other big shops nearby Good bed Private garden with small pool, good for kids Family run place, very personal touches Mr Wing is not a coffee drinker: Coffee is meh. Bring your own! Otherwise, kitchen fully equipped


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Hello Everyone!
I want to ask you guys something. currently I'm doing a job for a Social Dating Website Avastring , but, I' in interested in web designing. I attended an institution for a short course of 2 months in web designing. They said they will teach us adobpe photoshop cs5, Dreamweaver , wordpress, html, css, php, flash, I thought this will b e good. But after admission we came to know that there will be only 40 lectures in the course. 4 lectures a week (duration 1 hour/lec) . They just taught us Adobe PS CS5 , HTML and Inline CSS. I got 90% marks in the final exams of that course. But when I saw professionals online, and saw they question on Odesk for the test of HTML and PS CS5 , There was nothing they taught us in the class. That test was very advanced. and now I'm worried. Did I just wasted my time in that course? what should I do now. I'm 27 years old, don't have any special degree. Just have 12 yearsy of education. want to get some job in designing.So any Ideas or opinions are welcome.
What you studied won't be a waste of time, but there's more to learn. I'd recommend you pick up a good book on HTML and CSS to start with. Or try some courses at Learnable.
I recommend searching for tutorials and ready scripts for your own use. Learning how to read scripts is an awesome skill to have.
Also, remember, once you learn one scripting language, it's much easier to learn second one! ^-^
No, the education you got from the institution is not wasted. But its just that these languages are so advanced that nobody can taught you that completely. They provided you the basics of these languages, now you have to learn them yourself by searching them on net. Read online tutorials and learn from them. Knowing the languages of web designing and actually designing a website is completley different. You will learn everything only by working and experience. Always try to explore more.
start with HTML and CSS ....These are the basics of web designing........For Advance, Adobe photoshop, flash are required to learn the do web designing.........
Best advice I can give you is start designing webpages for yourself from the ground up. Learn how to go from design to PSD, to PSD to HTML and then implementing the features you want. It takes a lot of time but hands-on experience will allow you to experience the type of understanding you need.
You have done course for it is good which have been cleared your basic fundamentals regarding it. But if you want to learn it with deeply then at this initial level, you must first begin to make design by seeing other designs. You should also see online video for to learn and understand how to properly make a web design.
These all things will help you to become good web designer. But when you will become expert to make copy of design then you would go to design by yourself by adding your creativity and idea into design. And for that you would remain updated with latest trend and updates of web design.
The time you spent on the course was certainly not wasted. You still learned the basics, but you can't expect them to cover everything. Technology is always changing, and sometimes it's hard to keep up with all of the technical details. Like many others have mentioned, find and read books that teach you HTML and CSS to start with.
I've always been a firm believer that the best way to learn how to do something is by actually doing the work; you gain the experience and knowledge of what needs to be done. This is how I learned HTML and CSS.
For example, I studied Graphic Design and I never learned any web technologies in school, but I knew that having that knowledge would be extremely beneficial in the long term. So I started doing research, reading up on articles and books, and just got started coding pages. If I got stuck, I'd search for it to see if anyone else has had similar issues, read the responses, tried them out and learned from them.


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Did you know?
The Free State is South Africa's 3rd largest province, covering 10,6% of the country's surface area.
The Free State province is known as the 'breadbasket of South Africa' due to its thriving agricultural industry. The main city, Manguang/Bloemfontein (meaning Flower Fountain), renowned for its spectacular gardens, is the country's legislative capital and also the Free State's meetings capital.
The Bloem Spa Lodge and Conference Centre, located on a secluded hillside, offers a tranquil setting for conferences of up to 200 delegates. Guests can enjoy spa treatments and walking trails.
The Southern Sun Bloemfontein, with its classic Cape Dutch architecture and landscaped gardens, is a great venue for small- and medium-sized conferences of up to 60 delegates. And Bloemfontein is home to many more quality venues of different sizes.
You can also explore the city's many lovely attractions. Enjoy the sights at the Franklin Nature Reserve or sip on sundowners at the well-known Naval Hill lookout point. For more traditional African flavour, visit one of the local townships and explore the local culture.
Just an hour's drive from Johannesburg on the Vaal river (known for its water sports) is the arty town of Parys with its plethora of antique shops, art shops, and eateries. There are good conference venues on the city's outskirts, as well as team building adventure operators.
Khaya iBhubesi, for example, has a selection of meeting venues, the largest catering for 500 delegates. It also offers 5 accommodation options - from chalets and river lodges, to a guest house, log cabins and Zulu huts. The nearby Vredefort Dome, the world's oldest meteorite impact site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is definitely worth visiting.
Further afield there is much to be enjoyed in the Free State province and Free State meeting venues are plentiful - not only in the towns, but in the countryside as well. Small towns like Ladybrand, Clocolan and Fouriesberg offer fascinating insights into everyday life in the province.
In the serene surroundings of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the eastern Free State, you'll find the Golden Gate Hotel, formerly the Brandwag Hotel. It offers self catering accommodation options, hotel rooms and conference facilities for up to 150 delegates. The park has wonderful sandstone cliffs, rivers, wildlife, and a Basotho cultural village where you can see basket weaving, maize crushing and traditional Basotho dancing.
In the nearby Maluti Mountains you'll find Maluti Mountain Lodge. A relaxing mountain retreat, it has conference facilities for 35 people and accommodation for 60. It overlooks the beautiful village of Clarens.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Free State Tourism Authority
Tel: +27 (0)51 411 4300
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American College of Sports Medicine
This site has tips on staying safe while playing sports and exercising.
Backpack Safety America (BSA)
This website is dedicated to teaching parents, teachers, kids, and others the importance of properly packing, lifting, and carrying backpacks.
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Notebook: UF dealing with injuries
Published: Friday, August 16, 2013 at 11:59 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 16, 2013 at 11:59 a.m.
With the opener now only two weeks away, the Florida Gators continue to deal with injury issues.
Starting offensive guard Jon Halapio and No. 1 tailback Matt Jones have missed all of camp and their status remains uncertain for the Aug. 31 opener against Toledo.
Halapio has been out with a partially torn pectoral muscle and is not expected to practice any next week.
"I think he has a doctor's appointment next Friday," UF coach Will Muschamp said Friday. "I hope to get him cleared for game week. That's kind of the prognosis we've gotten so far, and I want that to happen."
Jones continues to recover from a viral infection. He's attending practices and doing some cardio work, but still waiting to be cleared to return to full-time active duty.
"Matt Jones continues to improve," Muschamp said. "I still don't have a timetable for a return, but he's doing well. He's exercising, getting back in it, but not ready to get out in the heat in full gear yet. But I'll certainly update when I know. I'm anticipating that news, hopefully sooner than later."
Three other potential starters -- defensive tackle Damien Jacobs (patella), cornerback Jaylen Watkins (foot) and fullback Hunter Joyer (hamstring) -- remain out.
Muschamp said he thinks Jacobs will be cleared for contact work on game week, while Watkins is day-to-day and Joyer is likely out another five to seven days.
True freshman cornerback Vernon Hargreaves' availability for the opener also is in question after he sprained his shoulder in practice Wednesday.
"It should be about five to seven days before he'll be cleared for contact," Muschamp said. "He'll be fine."
True freshman offensive guard Octavius Jackson (shoulder), redshirt freshman defensive end Alex McCalister (shoulder) and redshirt offensive tackle Quinteze Williams (illness) are day-to-day, Muschamp said.
Here's to you, Mr. Robinson
Muschamp said the show true freshman wide receiver Demarcus Robinson put on in Thursday night's open practice is something the Gators have seen before in camp.
"He's been pretty consistent making some vertical plays for us down the field," Muschamp said. "He's got really good ball skills. He's got natural instincts in running routes and doing those sort of things. So it's been a very positive thing for our offense."
In Thursday night's practice, Robinson made a one-handed catch on a deep ball and caught several other passes, including one for a touchdown.
Burton No. 1 at TE
It looks like the Burton brothers -- wide receiver Trey and tight end Clay -- are both going to be starters this season.
Muschamp said Friday that Clay Burton has emerged as the No. 1 tight end. He has the size to line up on the line and block and also has the pass-catching skills to split out as a receiver, Muschamp said.
"He's packaged for more situations, so therefore he will get more snaps," Muschamp said. "But there's no question he's done a nice job. I've also been pleased with Tevin Westbrook and some of the nice things he's done. Both of those guys right now would be 1 and 2."
No starting PK yet
Muschamp said the competition for Caleb Sturgis' old job remains an ongoing battle between walk-on Brad Phillips and redshirt freshman Austin Hardin.
"We haven't made a decision (about a kicker)," Muschamp said. "Brad had a little bit of groin there early in camp so we obviously want to give everybody a fair shake at that. Brad's kicked in live situations before in a game. He has that experience.
"I've been pleased with Austin's progress through camp. And Brad, when healthy, has kicked the ball well. We haven't made a decision."
Patton emerging at WR
Last season, Solomon Patton was pretty much a one-dimensional player on offense, used almost exclusively for speed sweeps and end-arounds. He's expanded his role in camp, and has become an option in the passing game, Muschamp said.
"Solomon has had a good camp. He really has," Muschamp said. "He's refined himself as a route-runner. He has taken a lot of pride in that through the summer. Obviously, he had a big post last night (in the open practice) from Jeff (Driskel), so that was impressive against Marcus Roberson, who is a pretty good player.
"He's been doing that through camp. He's been consistently doing that. He caught a nice out route in seven-on-seven to start the drill last night, really sharp coming out of the cut. We had good coverage and he made a really nice play on the ball. We need him to have a very productive year for us at the receiver position."
Kudos for Poole, Cox, Ivie
Muschamp offered praise for three of the younger players on the team -- true sophomore cornerback Brian Poole, redshirt freshman defensive end Brian Cox Jr. and true freshman defensive end Joey Ivie.
"Brian Poole, right now if we were to start the season, would be the starter at the nickelback position," Muschamp said. "He's done a nice job playing corner as well, I think he's continued to improve through camp. Every day he's gotten a little better improving technique and fundamentals.
"Brian Cox is someone battling with Jon Bullard at the end position. I'm very pleased with his progress, a guy that plays well at the point of attack. He's a great effort player, a guy that gives you tremendous effort on the field and that's something that you've got to count on, those guys to play hard and he's certainly one of those guys."
Ivie, an early enrollee, played defensive tackle in the spring but has been moved outside to end.
"He's done a nice job. His improvement from spring to right now is night and day," Muschamp said. "We moved him inside purposely in the spring. He needed to learn how to play blocks, strike blocks in a situation where he's got to play fast and physical.
"We moved him to end which is still inside but it slows the game down a little bit. Very pleased with his ability to strike and play blocks. Very pleased with where he is."
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Warning: Hackers Now Go to the Source
It seems we've all done it. We've clicked on some video on Facebook and, just like that, our computers are infected with a virus. Or maybe, we've opened an e-mail that might as well have been called Pandora's Box and unleashed a world of evil on our hard drives. Any bored 20-something living in his grandmother's basement could infect our systems. But in recent years, Internet security has increased with a number of amazing programs that will put up a veritable armed fortress around our computers. Unfortunately, that hasn't left some hackers without options.


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In the New Year, the Massachusetts Bar Association will encourage law firms throughout the state to sign the MBA Lawyers Environmental Pledge to use the MBA Green Guidelines in developing environmentally sustainable practices.
The MBA's Energy and Environment Task Force, a group of more than a dozen attorneys, has written the pledge and compiled the guidelines, which focus on eight core areas of sustainability: energy conservation, paper reduction, recycling, greenhouse gas reduction, environmentally conscious purchases, sustainable practices, education and support for environmental conservation.
The MBA is partnering with the Conservation Law Foundation, New England's leading legal advocacy organization working to protect the region's environment, to offer the MBA Lawyers Eco-Challenge.
The task force is co-chaired by Nancy B. Reiner, a partner at Brown Rudnick in Boston, and Susan M. Reid, a CLF staff attorney and director of the CLF Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Change Initiative.
MBA president David W. White Jr. unveiled the MBA Lawyers Eco-Challenge in September, when he took office for the MBA's 2007-08 association year, and later formed the task force. The initiative urges lawyers to change the way they think and act while conducting business in order to conserve energy and resources.
For more information, visit the Eco-Challenge Web site.
The pledge and guidelines will be available in early January at www.massbar.org/ecopledge.


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The Magic of Adele: "Rolling in the Deep" Awakens Girl from Coma
Never underestimate the power of music: A girl's favorite song, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," recently awoke her from a coma.
-Lucia Peters
How's this for a miracle?
According to the UK newspaper the Telegraph, 7-year-old Charlotte Neve was just a normal, happy-go-lucky child from Lancashire—until she suffered a brain hemorrhage in her sleep back in April. The hemorrhage almost killed her, and after two operations to stop the bleeding in her brain and a series of strokes, she was left in a coma. Doctors told her mother, Leila, to prepare for the worst.
Devastating news. But then this happened: Leila climbed into her daughter's hospital bed to give Charlotte a final cuddle. Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" started playing on the radio, and since Leila and Charlotte used to sing the song together, she began to sing it to Charlotte then.
And Charlotte smiled.
Within two days, she was speaking, could focus on colors, and had even managed to get up from her bed. Her doctors, of course, were astonished.
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The brave and spectacular Charlotte.
Her ordeal left her with partial blindness and memory loss, but two months later, Charlotte is relearning how to walk and talk and has regained partial sight. She's gone back to school and to her beloved dance classes (she does street, ballet, and tap), and—most importantly—she's been allowed to come home. Said Leila of Charlotte's first weekend visit back, "It was like she was rebooting. She was allowed to come home for a weekend to see how she was and the first thing she said was 'home sweet home'. When she was let out she came out wheeling the wheelchair that she was fitted for but didn't need." She has since returned home full-time.
Unfortunately the doctors don't know yet whether the damage is permanent, but the prognosis is positive. Leila added, "Charlotte has been brilliant. She is so determined and brave. The doctors have stopped telling us what she should be able to do—because she has amazed them so much. From the scans, she shouldn't even be able to walk again—never mind talk, ride her bike and run around like she has been doing."
We have only one thing to say: Go, Charlotte! Go!
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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New York -- Ann Inc. said Monday it has already surpassed its 2015 emission goal by reducing its carbon footprint by 8% per square foot.
The parent of Ann Taylor and Loft has now upped its objective, setting a new goal of reducing emissions per square foot by 30% by 2015.
The to-date reductions in carbon emissions were achieved through the implementation of key programs ranging from the installation of in-store energy-efficient lighting to behavioral change campaigns for associates.
"We're thrilled to surpass this goal earlier than expected," said Kay Krill, president and CEO, Ann Inc. "It was not an easy task, but investing in new programs, coupled with the power of our passionate associates, have helped us get there."
The company devised an ACE program (Ann Conserves Energy) that has trained more than 18,000 store associates on energy efficiency best practices and behaviors, including lighting, equipment and temperature control settings. In 2012, Ann Inc. installed more than 50,000 LED light bulbs in almost 400 stores; the flagship Times Square store in New York City was also outfitted with energy-efficient LEDs, and the store's 12,000-light-bulb marquee now uses one quarter of the energy that it used when it was first installed.
"Our LED initiative and other in-store activities have produced an increase in energy efficiency in Ann Inc.'s stores by 10% per sq. ft. in only three years," said Jeannette Ferran Astorga, VP corporate social responsibility, Ann Inc.