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How To Make Moth Orchids & How To Get Them Trailing Down
Decorating By emma_123 Updated 25 Jan 2012 , 9:47am by bashini
I've been asked to make a wedding cake for my friends son and I'm completely stuck. The bride wants trailing moth orchids down a 4 tier wedding cake and I'm having so much trouble with them. I've never made any flowers apart from roses and never had lessons on them either and I've spent hours looking at tutorials online (on youtube and various websites) and have got two Alan Dunn books but still can't make the silly things.
I have a set of cutters and veiners but everytime I try and assemble the petals they tend to fall off the wire and I can't get them right (I tried wetting the paper covered wires and that didn't seem to help). I've been using sugarpaste with CMC added as my flowerpaste only arrived today - will flowerpaste make any difference? When I've got the flowers on the wires how long should I be leaving them to dry? When I need to get the wires all together to make the stem and keep them together everything just breaks - what am I doing wrong?
I've got two months until the wedding and am really struggling with this and am not sure I'm going to be able to do it, I have no idea how to make the flowers let alone arrange them trailing down the cake (on wires not attached to the cake).
If anybody could help I'd be very grateful, I've shed tears over this today as I'm so frustrated!
I'm not sure what you mean by "on wires not attached to the cake." Do you mean something like this? http://www.somethingsweetbymichelle.com/gallery.html#25
I have never made gum paste flowers, but I'd like to learn. I recently made a wedding cake for my sister that required gum paste orchids. I knew I didn't have time to learn how to make them before the wedding, so we ordered them online. They were a lot cheaper than I was expecting ($4.25 for 5 orchids), and I think they looked great. That's an option if you run out of time. Here's a link to the company we used:
Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Hopefully someone with more knowledge in this area will come along.
Jennifer Dontz has a DVD with supply package, but it is a cymbidium. Google to see if you can find a DVD on moths. I know I can't do anything from a book. I have to have a visual. Without Jennifer I would have never been able to learn a full-blown rose.
Jennifer also has a flower arranging DVD.
I'm sorry you are having trouble with the moth orchid. Once you get the hang of them, they are a fun flower to make. I make mine with Nick Lodge's gumpaste recipe and find it is the one I am most successful with. I don't know if it is available on-line any more, but I can send it to you if you want to pm me. I also have Alan Dunn's books, but you might want to look at this tutorial. It is very helpful.
As Alan Dunn suggests, I often use egg white on my wires, or you can use any one of these recipes for edible glues:
I: Nick Lodges recipe:
1. Bring one cup of tap water to a rolling boil and remove from the heat.
2. Add 1/2 heaped teaspoon of Tylose powder to the water. Stir well with a fork to break up the Tylose. Allow to cool, stirring often to dissolve.
3. 3. If necessary, place the mixture in the refrigerator overnight to allow the Tylose to dissolve.
4. 4. Place in an airtight bottle when cool. Has a shelf life of approximately 30 to 60 days, but will keep longer if kept refrigerated when not in use.
In a small, heat-proof sterilized jar, place 1 part gum tragacanth to 3-4 parts hot water. Stir and replace lid and leave to dissolve. If too thick, add more water.
Mash a small piece of gumpaste with a small amount of edible glue. It will turn into a soft gum consistency and will be strong enough to assemble larger items and repairs.
Really strong: Unas super glue
Marble sized piece of fondant
2 t. Powdered sugar
¼ t. Glucose
¼ t. Tylose
1 t. Water
Microwave 30 seconds. Stir and heat again. Use in piping bag, or dilute and brush.
As to having them cascade down the cake without wires being inserted into the cake, I suppose you could wire several together and starting from the bottom up, attach them with melted white chocolate, allowing the bottom ones to support those on top?
I have several examples in my gallery, if you want an example. Whatever you choose to do, I wish you the best. They can really add to a cake.
Edited to add: I prefer version # III for most work.
Hi Emma, so sorry to hear you are having trouble making the moth orchids. I never use sugarpaste with cmc for my flowers, always flowerpaste. When you roll out the paste, don''t roll it too thin and make sure you keep the middle part of the petal thick (can't remember what the exact word you use for it, is it the vein?) Then use sugarglue/eggwhite as milkmaid42 mentioned to dip your wire and then insert it into the thick middle part of the petal. I normaly let the petals dry completely.
I did a wedding cake last year and it was a 5 tiers with moth orchids trailing down. It is in my photos if you want to have a look. I made 11 flowers altogether and made 3 sprays from them. Then stuck them in the cake to look like they are trailing down. I used flower picks to insert the sprays.
I also use egg white and it works perfectly, but don't put too much of it, just so that it is slightly wet...
And about the breaking the best recommendation is to just do more than you need because almost every time something breaks. And don't roll it too thin.
Or even better if the bride agrees you can use cold porcelain - she can easily save it as a souvenir practically forever and you can be sure that the flowers won't break.
Yes, always make more than you'd think you would need. As to cold porcelain, I love the luminescence of CP, but all the literature says it should never come in contact with the cake. I have made flowers with it, but have separated them from the actual cake with a plaque or dome of fondant or even gumpaste.
Petals, sepals etc need to dry properly before assembling. If its humid where you are, you can place them in an oven overnight with just the oven light on, or use a food dehydrator. I use fondant + typlose to make most flowers. Still, I weoulf let them dry 48 hours normally.
Moth orchids are beautiful, but they are a tricky orchid compared to cymbidium for example,a s there are a few more steps.
Unless you are on a mission to make them yourself, I would seriously consider buying them premade, then colour them up as desired and use them.
To have them trailing, you need to carefully wire them down a longer wire, unlike your usual wired arrangements. If you have not done much posy or flower arranging on wires, then try practicing WITHOUT fiddly orchids first - just use some spare wired roses or similar to get used to the process of placing and wiring in an attracting way.
The last orchid cake I made had three tiers, with trailing orchids down it, and I had them originating from three spots on the cake, not one trail of orchids from one point on top (photo in my pics).
Thank you for all your replies.
Sorry I wasn't clear but yes, letsgetcaking that picture is exactly what I meant the bride wants it to look something that that or the one in Evior's gallery (which is beautiful).
I'm in the UK (sorry should have said that too!) so not sure I could buy from the same website and part of me really wants to be able to make them too as I've enjoyed making roses before and would like to learn something new (I could regret that statement as the wedding gets closer though!)
I will try using some egg-white or glue for the wires then maybe that would help as would leaving them to dry for so long too as I hadn't been that (Alan Dunn said they needed to be slightly flexible and not set when assembling but it really wasn't working).
I've got some flower picks to attach the flowers to the cake - for four tiers though would it be one long arrangement or two smaller ones? Also, I'll probably be assembling it at the venue (no SPS or anything like that here so its not secure enough to assemble before delivering and the roads are bumpy around here!) so what is the best way of transporting the flowers - will they need to be shaped to fit the cake when they are put together into a spray or can you just put them in one line and move them around when putting it together or will that increase the risk of breakages?
I really wish she hadn't chosen this but I guess its her wedding she should have what she wants I just would have preferred something easier!
Thanks again x
Hi emma, you definitely need to use flowerpaste to make your orchids, have a look on youtube as you can usually find some good tutorials on there. I would also make smaller sprays of flowers to cover each tier (say 3 or 4) rather than 2 long sprays for say 4 tier cake, also make extra in case of breakages, I would also make the sprays with a slight natural curve. Personally I would also assemble the cake and flower sprays at the venue, but I do think you should use dowels in the bottom 3 tiers for support, these can be put in before transporting to venue. if you keep the sprays of flowers on crumpled tissue paper in a cardboard box for transportation they should be ok. HTH
Crumpled tissue in a good cardbox box is great to transport. You can make and assemble the flowers at home, then pull them out of their posy pick to transport and re-place them at the venue.
I do tend to deliver all assembled however. I place tissue paper behind and around the sprays.
There is usually enough length in the wiring from stem to flower to bend it into the right place, and adjust. But, its always a risk of breakage.
I havenen't ever had much success with leaving them slightly flexible to assemble. But now I do my orchids a bit different in that I do the centres and dry completely, then add all the petals and sepals and stick them directly to the centres instead of wiring individually. To my mind its far more realistic for singapores and cymbidiums.
For moth orchids though - I would dry each component, wired, completely in the correct formers. Apple trays work really well! I'll see if I can post a photo of my moth orchid from last year.
Hi Emma, I would stack the cakes at home. I am sure you are using dowels under the cakes and I would put blobs of royal icing under the first three tiers from the top for extra support. I would make 8/9 flowers and do 2 or 3 sprays. Before you take them to the venue, just hold it on to the cake to see how you would like them to be. Once you are at the venue, insert them into the cake with the flower picks. Cake box and tissue paper/ bubble wrap is a good way of transporting the flowers.


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Dual Tire PressureNov 4th, 2011 | By Editorial Staff | Category: Tow Tip
How important is tire pressure on a set of dual tires? It's critical, healing says Dave Jaeger in his November issue Tow Times article "Dual Tires — the Importance of Correct Tire Pressure." If one tire in a set of duals is five PSI less than the other, it will change the circumference of the tire by approximately one inch, which will result in scuffing of the tire and shorter tire life.
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"This project involves the design of a small pavilion on the site you worked on for Project #1 at the start of the term. The pavilion will feature the work of graffiti artists in Montreal. The pavilion may be a permanent structure, a temporary structure, or a movable structure."
This project involves the design of a graffiti museum in the same location as the plant in the first project. I started of designing a very complex museum with different modern lines and curves. But I wanted also to commemorate in the shape the industrial history of the place. So I have decided to play with the tree non-architectural features of the site, the engineered piles. Therefore, I have placed one rails three containers, all directed to the three different piles. The rails remind people not only of the industrial trains that used to come and the beginning of graffiti that started in the metros of Paris. At night, they would project on to the piles pictures or videos of graffiti. And, in order to not make the containers too enclosed, too private, I've decided to explode them, open them up.
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The Federal Reserve has apparently been swayed by banking industry criticism of its proposed 12 cent cap for debit swipe fees, also known as debit interchange fees. After a hard and sustained lobbying campaign by large and small banks and credit unions, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors today voted to finalize a version of the Durbin Amendment rule that more than doubles its initial swipe fee cap, from 12 cents per transaction to up to 21 cents per transaction, plus a 5 basis point "ad valorem" charge. The only dissenting board member was Elizabeth A. Duke.
The final version of the rule likely surprised a lot of people on both sides of the debate over swipe fee limits. Up until today, the Fed appeared to be standing pat on the 12-cent figure, news broke this afternoon that they would both up the limit and impose a delay on the rule favorable to banks. From Donna Borak and Rob Blackwell at American Banker:
Although banks would prefer to avoid any interchange fee limit, the final rule is a partial victory for them. Banks had been arguing since December that the proposed 12-cent cap was too low and did not adequately take into account the costs involved. In its final rule, the Fed clearly agreed.
Banks also received extra time to comply with the rule, which under Dodd-Frank was supposed to go into effect on July 21. Instead, banks will have to comply with the new limits on Oct. 1.
While the 21-cent figure is much less than the average that of 44 cents per transaction banks have been getting up to this point, this shift, along with the rule delay, represent a pretty huge victory for the banking industry.
The upshot for consumers is that the higher fee should in fact blunt some of the fee hikes and attrition of free checking accounts that were expected to follow the swipe fee cap. On the other hand, it will also likely reduce any impact the cap may have had on retail prices, which were expected to fall somewhat as retailers passed the savings from lower swipe fees on to consumers.
As I've said before in this space, consumers were always going to continue to bear the burden of paying for the debit card interchange system. The only difference is less of that burden will likely come in the form of higher banking fees.
The board offered several justifications for raising the swipe fee cap. The first was that it didn't take into account all the costs banks pay to process debit transactions. The 12-cent limit had primarily taken into account the basic costs of authorizing, clearing and settling each debit card transaction. In contrast, the 21-cent limit took into account a variety of less direct but significant costs such as fixed processing costs for computer software and hardware, networking fees and fraud losses. However, costs for debit card rewards did not figure into that limit.
The second big justification was a fear that consumers' banking fees would rise, and that the number of low-cost bank accounts would fall, under the lower limit. Board member Sarah Bloom Raskin in particular mentioned a desire to minimize bank fee hikes on consumers as a justification for raising the cap.
It's also clear the concern these swipe-fee limits would eventually impact small banks and credit unions that were exempted in the law also figured into this decision. Duke in particular mentioned the issue as a justification for her voting against the adoption of the final rule. A higher cap fee means that if debit networks do end up applying the capped fee to smaller institutions, the impact won't be quite as catastrophic.
I can't say I'm too surprised to see the Fed nudge the swipe fee cap upward. They're an organization staffed in large part by former bankers who seem more likely to be more receptive to the concerns of other bankers than to those of retailers.
Still, it's pretty clear it was a tough decision for the Fed. Bernanke said it's one of the most difficult rules the Fed has written under his watch, with over 11,000 formal comments made on the proposed rules prior to the vote.
What do you think? Was the Fed too easy on the banks at the expense of retailers, or was it the right choice? Do you expect to be affected?


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Darmstadt - Odenwald offers tourists a wide variety of places of interest. As you are planning your stay, allow enough time to visit as many of them as you can. Lovers of history will enjoy spending a few hours at Mannheim Palace in Mannheim and Darmstadt Palace in Darmstadt. Russian Chapel in Darmstadt and the Mannheim Jesuit Church in Mannheim offer those exploring Darmstadt - Odenwald a chance to better understand the part religion has played in the area.
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This Bajan style sauce is a traditional blend of mustard, carrots, onions, and habaneros. Great on sandwiches, chicken, and even hot dogs!
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Leftover Rice 5 Waysby Dana Angelo White in Uncategorized, October 20, 2009
Make extra rice on purpose and use up the leftovers all week. Here are five delicious ways to clean out that fridge stockpile.
Whether it's regular or instant, choose whole-grain brown rice for extra vitamins and hunger-curbing protein and fiber. Some of these recipes call for other types of rice, but you can trade in brown rice easily.
Fried Rice
Get dinner on the table fast! Already cooked rice makes this healthy take on stir-fry effortless.
RECIPE: Fried Rice With Scallions, Edamame and Tofu
Rice Salad
Rice dishes don't have to be warm to be delicious. Grain salads make a satisfying lunch that can be served chilled or at room temperature. I use whatever is in the fridge or pantry, and toss with a drizzle of vinaigrette dressing. This recipe adds crunchy apples (in season right now) and chicken breast for a filling meal.
RECIPE: Brown Rice Salad with Apples
Rice Cakes
I love rice cakes — they're tender yet flavorful. Just pass on the deep-fried kind. Gently sauté them in a nonstick skillet with a small amount of oil. Experiment with various vegetables and spices — bell pepper, shredded zucchini and dried oregano is a great combo. Or give yours a Mexican flair with beans.
RECIPE: Rice & Corn Cakes with Spicy Black Beans
Rice & Beans
This classic combination isn't only delicious, it's a great choice for vegetarians and carnivores alike. Together, rice and beans provide all the different types of protein that your body needs. Serve up as an easy side dish, or wrap in tortillas with salsa and grilled veggies for tasty burritos.
RECIPE: Adobo Rice & Black Beans
Chicken & Rice Soup
Or really, any soup will do! As the cold weather sets in, I'm dusting off my soup recipes for the coming months. If you're pressed for time, make my Speedy Soup with leftover brown rice to replace the whole-grain pasta. When you've got more time, prepare this recipe from scratch, and add cooked rice at the end.
RECIPE: Curried Chicken and Rice Soup (shown above)
PHOTO: Antonis Achilleos / Food Network Magazine
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'I feel so insignificant'
"I'm just a mom, I have no qualifications, no career, no real future. .. I feel so insignificant!" As she sat across from me and wiped her eyes with the tearstained Kleenex, the words slipped quietly from her lips, the confession of a heart that felt no value, no worth and no hope.
I wonder if you have felt that way, insignificant, worthless? Like everyone else I want to leave my mark on this world. I want to leave a little sign that I was here, that my life meant something, and hopefully, that my life made this world a better place for others. I'm no amazing leader. I have not invented anything spectacular, nor have I written any great books or composed any amazing pieces of music. In fact, as I reflect on my life, it
sometimes seems rather insignificant.
Many books, and great sermons, have been preached on this subject, but all of them seem to approach the subject of "how to become significant'" forgetting that sometimes God needs, and even uses, insignificant people too. The reality is, that many of us will never rise to greatness or significance in a human sense, but will remain hidden in the shadows and background of life, living rather ordinary lives. Does this mean that we are of lesser value and worth than those who rise to prominence, or who accomplish great things? Absolutely not. The role that God calls us to play in life may not be big and stand out, but it is nevertheless important in the bigger picture of life on Earth.
Take the story of Jochebed in the Bible for example. You don't hear much about her and her accomplishments. She is mentioned in only two verses of Scripture (Exodus 6 and Numbers 26) and even then very briefly, yet if we remove her from the Bible, the whole story of the Bible is in jeopardy. She was the mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam. All she was called to be in life was a mum- that's it. No writing any famous literary works for her, or composing any great musical compositions, or leading an army in valiant victory. She would have told you that she has no time for that because she has to be a mom, and she was so committed to doing this with all her heart that she turned out Israel's greatest leader and bringer of the law, the first High Priest of the Hebrew nation, and a prophetess and worship leader. As a committed mum she transferred her values, her sense of commitment and her love for God to her children, who in turn became responsible for leading their nation to freedom and greatness. If she had failed at her "insignificant" task of being a godly mom, she would have failed her country and God. Wow, talk about being insignificantly significant.
Your role in life may not seem very big or significant. You may not be the next great author, or actress, or singer. You may not be a great leader, nor invent the next "big thing." But that does not mean that you are of any less value or importance than those who do these seemingly great things. In fact, your role may be necessary for them to accomplish those great things. So, maybe you need to change your perspective on who you are and what you do. You were made with the utmost care and love by a great big God to be a part of His great big plan for this world. That part may be small and even seemingly insignificant, but it is still important, So as Colossians 3:23 encourages us "Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men."
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CENTRAL COAST MARINERS are not concerned about accusations that coach Graham Arnold breached a one-match A-League touchline ban by allegedly communicating with his bench during Saturday's draw with Newcastle.
Jets coach Gary van Egmond attempted to raise the matter with the fourth official during the game and mentioned it in the post-match press conference, questioning match officials' ability to enforce the ban.
Arnold was banished to the stands for abusing officials in the round 16 draw with Melbourne Victory and van Egmond became suspicious when he noticed Mariners assistant coach Phil Moss and goalkeeping coach John Crawley on the sideline communicating with a third party via an earpiece.
''The rules are the rules … if I was the fourth official and I saw one of the assistant coaches with an earpiece and a walkie talkie and, you know, the coach isn't actually on the bench, what would you think?'' van Egmond said.
For much of the first half Arnold was in the private box of stadium lease-holder John Singleton. The former Socceroos coach later moved to sit on his own.
Moss denied any contact with Arnold in the post-match press conference, saying he was instead speaking with midfielder Adriano Pellegrino, who was their designated eyes in the stand and the Mariners repeated those assertions on Sunday.
''There was no contact between Graham Arnold and the sideline,'' a club official said.
''It is not the first time we have used someone to read a game up high in the stands … Patrick Zwaanswijk also did it recently.''
An investigation into the matter will result if the incident is mentioned in the match report of the match commissioner or the fourth official, which is lodged on Monday, or the Jets make an official complaint.
Sanctions could include a further, lengthier ban and a hefty fine.
''FFA will wait for the reports of the match commissioner and the match officials, which is the normal course in these matters,'' an FFA spokesman said.
Arnold has been sailing close to the wind. He had a running battle with a Western Sydney fan during his team's 2-0 loss in round 15 and there were suggestions that he continued communicating with his bench despite being sent from the field against the Victory.


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Concrete Skateboarding Chooses Analoguewritten by denisesanjose on 2013-07-17 #news
Think photographing skaters that zoom by is just a task for hi-tech digital cameras? You might be surprised by how good skateboarders look in the latitude of film. Just check out Concrete Magazine's photo annual issues and you'll see that shredders and pushers look rad in analogue too!3 Share Tweet


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Maidenhead is a town and unparished area within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. It lies on the River Thames and is situated 25.7 miles (41.4 km) west of Charing Cross in London.
Maidenhead's name refers to the riverside area where the "New wharf" or "Maiden Hythe" was built, perhaps as early as Saxon times. It has been suggested that the nearby Great Hill of Taplow was called the "Mai Dun" by the Iron Age Brythons. The area of the town centre was originally known as "South Ellington" and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Ellington in the hundred of Beynhurst.
In 1280, a bridge was erected across the river to replace a ferry in what was then the hamlet of South Ellington. The Great West Road to Reading, Gloucester and Bristol was diverted over the new bridge – previously it kept to the north bank and crossed the Thames by ford at Cookham—and medieval Maidenhead grew up around it. Within a few years a wharf was constructed next to the bridge and the South Ellington name was dropped with the area becoming known as Maidenhythe (literally meaning "new wharf"). The earliest record of this name change is in the Bray Court manorial rolls of 1296.[1] The bridge led to the growth of Maidenhead: a stopping point for coaches on the journeys between London and Bath and the High Street became populated with inns. The current Maidenhead Bridge, a local landmark, dates from 1777 and was built at a cost of £19,000.
King Charles I met his children for the last time before his execution in 1649 at the Greyhound Inn on the High Street, the site of which is now a branch of the NatWest Bank. A plaque commemorates their meeting.
When the Great Western Railway came to the town, it began to expand. Muddy roads were replaced and public services were installed. The High Street began to change again and substantial Victorian red brick architecture began to appear throughout the town. Maidenhead became its own entity in 1894, being split from the civil parishes of both Bray and Cookham.
Maidenhead Citadel Corps of the Salvation Army was first opened in the Town in the mid-1880s. Maidenhead Citadel Band was soon founded in 1886 by Bandmaster William Thomas who later became Mayor of the Town.
By Edwardian times, Boulter's Lock nearby became a favoured resort especially on Ascot Sunday, and the Skindles hotel developed a reputation for illicit liaisons.
Outlying Villages
The Maidenhead urban area includes urban and suburban regions within the bounds of the town, called Maidenhead Court, North Town, Furze Platt (which in 2012 gained a conservation area), Pinkneys Green, Highway, Tittle Row, Boyn Hill, Fishery and Bray Wick; as well as suburbs in surrounding civil parishes: Cox Green and Altwood in Cox Green parish, Woodlands Park in White Waltham parish, and part of Bray Wick in Bray parish. Bray village itself is still just about detached. To the east, on the opposite side of the river from Maidenhead, is the village of Taplow in Buckinghamshire. A few miles further on is Slough. To the north are the Cookhams, Cookham Village, Cookham Rise & Cookham Dean. Also nearby is the wealthy area of Pinkneys Green. These lie south of the Berkshire-Buckinghamshire border, which is formed by the River Thames (which then bends southwards to form the Maidenhead-Taplow border). To the south is the village of Holyport. Continuing by road to the South-East leads to the town of Windsor.
Maidenhead is the planned western terminus for the Crossrail line (to and through London).
On 12 July 1901, Maidenhead entered the UK Weather Records with the Highest 60-min total rainfall at . As of April 2011, this record remains.
Research Tips
Online Historical References
Nineteenth Century Local Administration
English Jurisdictions is a webpage provided by FamilySearch which analyses every ecclesiastical parish in England at the year 1851. It provides, with the aid of outline maps, the date at which parish records and bishops transcripts begin, non-conformist denominations with a chapel within the parish, the names of the jurisdictions in charge: county, civil registration district, probate court, diocese, rural deanery, poor law union, hundred, church province; and links to FamilySearch historical records, FamilySearch Catalog and the FamilySearch Wiki. Two limitations: only England, and at the year 1851.
During the 19th century two bodies, the Poor Law Union and the Sanitary District, had responsibility for governmental functions at a level immediately above that covered by the civil parish. In 1894 these were replace by Rural and Urban Districts. These were elected bodies, responsible for setting local property assessments and taxes as well as for carrying out their specified duties. Thses districts continued in operation until 1974. Urban districts for larger municipalities were called "Municipal Boroughs" and had additional powers and obligations.
Poor Law Unions, established nationally in 1834, combined parishes together for the purpose of providing relief for the needy who had no family support. This led to the building of '"union poorhouses" or "workhouses" funded by all the parishes in the union. The geographical boundaries established for the individual Poor Law Unions were employed again when Registration Districts were formed three years later. In 1875 Sanitary Districts were formed to provide services such as clean water supply, sewage systems, street cleaning, and the clearance of slum housing. These also tended to follow the same geographical boundaries, although there were local alterations caused by changes in population distribution.


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Canaan Smith Gets Engaged
'We Got Us' singer and 'Amazing Race' contestant Canaan Smith is officially off the market. The romantic singer proposed to his girlfriend, Christy Hardesty, and she said yes!
"Of all the blessings in my life, she's the greatest," Smith says of his wife-to-be. "We're so excited for everything to come."
The singer proposed in Florida a little over a week ago, and an official wedding date still to be announced. Judging from the wide grins on their faces, the couple is soaking in the bliss of being newly engaged and in love!
Smith, who opened for country duo Sugarland on their In Your Hands Tour, is a big fan of individuals who treat others well. "They are such class-act people, and those are the kind of people I want to be around," he says of the duo.
Apparently, the country hitmaker's wife-to-be must be a class act too, as he's chosen to be 'around' her 'til death do them part. Congratulations to the happy couple!


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WVU women steady atop Big East
After a game against Duquesne in early November, West Virginia women's basketball coach Mike Carey had few nice things to say about his players' performance.
They got out-hustled. Didn't play smart. Didn't execute.
West Virginia won that game.
Two months later, West Virginia is 16-0, ranked No. 6 in the country and one of just two undefeated teams in the Top 25. And with the Big East season under way — the Mountaineers improved to 3-0 with a 72-44 victory against Cincinnati on Saturday — Carey still isn't ready to sing his team's praises just yet.
"We want to stay focused; we know we have a long way to go," he said. "You're never as bad as you think you are, and you're never as good as you think you are. We realize that, and we know that we have to continue to improve."
One area where West Virginia can't do much better is defense, a signature of Carey's teams. The Mountaineers were ranked first in the country in scoring defense entering yesterday's games, limiting opponents to just 46.4 points per game. From 3-point range, they had held opponents to 26.5 percent shooting, second in the conference and 14th in Division I. And they were tops in the Big East and sixth in the country in blocked shots at 6.8 per game.
Being the hunted instead of the hunters has taken some getting used to.
"I feel like we were able to sneak up on people last year, and we were able to make a name for ourselves," senior Medina Ali said of a squad that set a program record with 29 wins and finished behind only Connecticut in the Big East. "Now, they know who we are, so we have to come out with a lot of energy and play 12 times harder. Last year, we made a statement, and this year, we have to live up to the expectations."
The big red circle on West Virginia's calendar is Feb. 8, when they host Connecticut. They also host Pitt three days earlier.
The Panthers are 8-6 and 0-1 in the Big East heading into today's noon game at Louisville (11-5, 2-0). Their three-game winning streak ended Wednesday in a loss at Duquesne. Pitt's success in conference play will hinge on the continued development of their seven freshmen.
"The bench production is the freshmen," coach Agnus Berenato said. "The first six games, we were scoring nine points off the bench, and our shooting was horrific. Now, we're getting 27 points off the bench. The freshmen are playing a vital role."


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Henry of Segusio, usually called Hostiensis, (c. 1200 – November 6 or 7, 1271)1 was an Italian canonist of the thirteenth century, born at Susa (Segusio), in the ancient Diocese of Turin. He died at Lyon.
He gave himself up to the study of Roman law and canon law at Bologna, where he seems to have taught, and to have taken his degree utriusque juris. He taught canon law at Paris, and spent some time in England, whence King Henry III sent him on a mission to Innocent IV.
Later he became Provost of Antibes, and chaplain to the pope and was soon promoted to the See of Sisteron (1244), afterwards to the Archdiocese of Embrun (1250). He became Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri on May 22, 1262[1], whence his name Hostiensis. His health forced him to leave the conclave which, after the Holy See had been vacant for three years, elected Gregory X.
As a canonist Hostiensis had a great reputation. His works are:
- Lectura in Decretales Gregorii IX (Strasburg, 1512; Paris, 1512), a work begun at Paris but continued during his whole life;
- Summa super titulis Decretalium (Strasburg, 1512; Cologne, 1612; Venice, 1605), also known as Summa archiepiscopi or Summa aurea; written while he was Archbishop of Embrun, a work on Roman and canon law, which won for its author the title Monarcha juris, lumen lucidissimum Decretorum. One portion of this work, the Summa, sive tractatus de poenitentia et remissionibus was very popular. It was written between 1250 and 1261
- Lectura in Decretales Innocentii IV, which was never edited.
A work on feudal law has also been attributed to him, but without foundation.
Hostiensis on Papal Plenitudo Potestatis (Fullness of Power)
For Hostiensis the law as well as all political authority were derived from God.2 Because of this all princes "exercised authority by divine mandate."3 Civil law was divine because the emperors who created that law were placed in authority by God.4 Despite this, however, civil law was inferior to canon law.5
The reason for this is that the pope's authority was even closer to the divine than that of secular princes. Because the pope was the vicar of God he acted on God's authority, from which he (the pope) derived his own authority.6 Thus, whenever the pope acted de iure he acted as God.7 Therefore canon law, since it was promulgated by the pope, was established by God.8 This is because canon law was based on the bible, and God had given his vicar, the pope, the authority to interpret that text.9 Thus canon law was divine not because it came directly from God, but because of the end it sought (the spiritual well-being of Christians) and because of the dignity of the Pope, from which the canon law emanated.10
Hostiensis believed that while the pope should follow positive law he was not bound by it.11 Thus the pope could not be tried for any crime, except that of heresy, in which case "the pope could be subject to the 'ecclesia' (the Church)."12 For any other violation of law the pope could be judged by no one save God.13 Further, except in the event that a mortal sin would result, the pope was to be obeyed in everything he commanded, including violations of positive law, since the pope was above that law.14 The only exception to this was if the pope's command violated the conscience of the one being commanded, in which case the one being commanded should not obey.15
Similarly, Hostiensis believed that the pope could grant exemptions even from divine law ("mandates of the Apostles and rules of the Old Testament"),16 so long as that exemption did not lead to a mortal sin, violate the faith, subvert the faith, or endanger the salvation of souls.17 The pope had great authority indeed, he could even "change squares into circles."18
According to Hostiensis the pope was imbued with the authority of the two swords (Lk 22:36-38), interpreted as spiritual and temporal power.19 The spiritual was superior to the temporal in the following three aspects: "in dignity, for the spirit is greater and more honourable than the body; in time, for it was earlier; and in power, for it not only institutes the temporal power but also has the authority to judge it, while the Pope cannot be judged by any man, except in cases of heresy."20 The pope entrusted temporal authority to the emperors21 but retained the right to reclaim that authority "in virtue of the 'plenitudo potestatis' which he possesses as the vicar of Christ."22 Indeed, the temporal power of the pope was so complete that Hostiensis considered it a mortal sin for a temporal ruler to disobey the pope in temporal matters.23
This view of papal authority in temporal matters also applied to the kingdoms of non-Christians. For Hostiensis all sovereignty had been taken away from non-Christians and transferred to the faithful when Christ came into the world.24 "This translation of power was first made to the person of Christ [w]ho combined the functions of priesthood and kingship, and this sacerdotal and kingly power was then transferred to the popes."25 Non-Christians were thus subject to Christians but could maintain sovereignty over their lands so long as they recognized the church as superior.26 If non-believers failed to recognize the lordship of the Church, however, sovereignty could be taken away from them by the pope and transferred to Christian rulers.
Hostiensis' influence lasted well into the seventeenth century.27 His thought played an especially central role in Spanish theories of empire during the age of discovery. Both Juan Lopez de Palacios Rubios and Fray Matias de Paz, who were recruited by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1512 to help legitimate Spanish title over the New World,28 based their justifications of Spanish sovereignty over the New World on Hostiensis' ideas on papal temporal sovereignty.29
In literature
He appears in the Paradise (12.82-85) of Dante's Divine Comedy.
1. Kenneth Pennington, Popes, Canonists and Texts, 1150-1550. Brookfield, VT: Variorum (1993), pp. XVI.1, XVI.5.
2. Kenneth Pennington, The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600. Los Angeles, University of California Press (1993), p. 51.
3. Id.
4. Arturo Rivera Damas, Pensamiento Politico de Hostiensis: Estudio Juridico-Historico Sobre las Relaciones Entre el Sacerdocio y el Imperio en los Escritos de Enrique de Susa. Zurich (1964), p. 142.
5. Id. at 45.
6. Pennington, supra f.n. 2, at 51.
7. Id.
8. Id. at 53
9. Id.
10. Rivera Damas, supra f.n. 4, at 42.
11. Pennington, supra f.n. 2, at 59.
12. Id.
13. Id.
14. Id. at 60.
15. Id.
16. Id.
17. Id. at 60-61.
18. Id. at 61.
19. R.W. & A.J. Carlyle, A History of Medieval Political Theory in the West: Vol. 5, The Political Theory of the Thirteenth Century. London: William Blackwood & Sons LTD (1928), p. 331
20. Id. at 229.
21. Id. at 331.
22. Id. at 332.
23. Walter Ullmann, Medieval Papalism: The Political Theories of the Medieval Canonists. London: Methuen & Co. LTD (1949), p. 93.
24. Rivera Damas, supra f.n. 4, at 144-146.
25. Ullmann, supra f.n. 21, at 131.
26. Id.
27. Pennington, supra f.n. 2, at 49.
28. Patricia Seed, Taking Possession and Reading Texts: Establishing the Authority of Overseas Empires. The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 49 (1992), p. 202.
29. J.H. Parry, The Spanish Theory of Empire in the Sixteenth Century. London: Cambridge University Press (1940), pp. 12–13.
- Carlyle, R.W. & A.J. A History of Medieval Political Theory in the West: Vol. 5, The Political Theory of the Thirteenth Century. London: William Blackwood & Sons LTD (1928)
- McCready, William D. Papal Plenitudo Potestatis and the Source of Temporal Authority in Late Medieval Papal Hierocratic Theory. Speculum, vol. 48 (1973). (This work is not cited in the text above but provides a good overview of the idea of plenitudo potestatis.)
- Parry, J.H. The Spanish Theory of Empire in the Sixteenth Century. London: Cambridge University Press (1940)
- Pennington, Kenneth. Popes, Canonists and Texts, 1150-1550. Brookfield, VT: Variorum (1993)
- Pennington, Kenneth. The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600. Los Angeles, University of California Press (1993)
- Rivera Damas, Arturo. Pensamiento Politico de Hostiensis: Estudio Juridico-Historico Sobre las Relaciones Entre el Sacerdocio y el Imperio en los Escritos de Enrique de Susa. Zurich (1964)
- Seed, Patricia. Taking Possession and Reading Texts: Establishing the Authority of Overseas Empires. The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 49 (1992)
- Ullmann, Walter. Medieval Papalism: The Political Theories of the Medieval Canonists. London: Methuen & Co. LTD (1949).
External links
- Henricus de Segusio (Hostiensis), Ken Pennington, The Catholic University of America.
- here "Blessed Henry of Segusio". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07238a.htm here.
|Catholic Church titles
|Preceded by
Hugh of St Cher
|Cardinal-bishop of Ostia
| Succeeded by
Peter of Tarentaise
|Preceded by
|Bishop of Embrun
| Succeeded by
|Preceded by
Rodolphe II
|Bishop of Sisteron
| Succeeded by
Humbert Fallavel
This article incorporates text from the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, a publication now in the public domain.no:Enrico Bartolomei


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Meredith Mourns Loss of Respected NC Education Leader William Friday
Meredith College mourns the loss of Former UNC System President William Friday, who died on Friday, October 12.
Friday had several connections to Meredith. His wife, Ida Friday, is a 1941 graduate of Meredith. In 2010, the Friday family, including daughters Fran and Mary, established The Ida H. Friday Fund at Meredith College, in honor of Mrs. Friday and her love for the College.
In a 2010 Meredith Magazine interview about the establishment of the scholarship, William Friday described the day Ida decided to attend Meredith as "the luckiest day of his life." The couple met while she studied at Meredith, resulting in a marriage lasting nearly seven decades.
Friday said his family established the scholarship at Meredith because it "is a wonderful institution that gave Ida opportunities of a lifetime."
The Ida H. Friday Fund supports faculty development, with preference given to faculty members who are early in their careers.
William Friday said his family chose to support faculty development because most colleges and universities have limited resources in this area.
"Most schools aren't able to tell a young faculty member to take this money and do what you want to in order to enrich your abilities as a teacher or scholar," Friday said. "Travel is such an important part of anyone's education."
William Friday served as UNC System president from 1956-1986, during which time Ida Friday served as the system's first lady. In 2004, the North Carolina Legislature and the governor honored the Fridays with the Long Leaf Pine Award for their service to the state, and in 1981, the Fridays received the North Carolina Public Service Award.
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$60B Air Force Contract Could Create 6,500 Jobs In PalmdaleThe U.S. Air Force has awarded a roughly $60 billion contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to build as many as 100 long-range stealth bombers over the next decade.
Air Force Test-Launches Minuteman Missile From CaliforniaThe Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has been launched from California's central coast in the latest test of the intercontinental system.
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Scouts Honor Fallen Soldiers By Planting 86,000 Flags On GravesA special Memorial Day weekend salute was held Saturday for each of the 86,000 veterans buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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The bills that will dictate regulatory framework are currently before parliament.
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Skin sensitization is neither simple nor desired, but options to test and prevent it have relied heavily on animal testing—until now, thanks to Japanese cosmetic giants Kao and Shiseido.
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Women in Germany are quite enthusiastic about voting in the upcoming elections and believe that participating in elections can bring a change in their lives. Beenish Javed spoke to some women from different educational and professional backgrounds about what they expected from the leading candidates.
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Why were some of Pakistan's women disenfranchised in this year's elections? This was the question on my mind as reports surfaced the day after the election that all the major political parties – PPP, PML-N, JUI, PTI – had signed agreements stating that women would not be allowed to vote in certain districts of Pakistan.
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Women and Election 2013 in Pakistan
Women make up almost half of the almost 200 million people inhabiting Pakistan. That is indeed a huge number, but come election time, and the percentages we see the statisticians throwing at us present a pretty dismal picture.
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Date29.05.2013 | 8:34
Paradigm shift: Pakistani women and politics
What does it take for a woman in Pakistan to leave her house, take her children along and attend a political rally? I say, more than commitment. Apart from support from the men of her house, she needs to feel safe, among men, that is.
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Date05.04.2013 | 9:58
TagsAyesha Hasan, Imran Khan, Pakistan, politics, Ziaul Haq
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In addition to safety Patrick Chung, the Philadelphia Eagles singed New York Giants free agent safety Kenny Phillips during the 2013 free agency period as an addition to the revamped defense.
Phillips is a former first round pick from the Miami Hurricanes by the New York Giants in the 2008 NFL Draft.
Phillips only played for three seasons with the Hurricanes. During his college career, he racked up 204 total tackles, 133 of which were solo tackles. He also had three forced fumbles and seven interceptions that he ran back for a total of 14 yards.
He played in 56 games over his five year career with the Giants, accumulating 263 tackles with 201 of them being solo tackles. He had one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries for 25 yards. In addition to that, he had eight interceptions for 72 yards with his longest interception return being 31 yards.
Phillips had his 2009 and 2012 seasons cut short due to injury. In 2009, Phillips underwent microfracture surgery for his left knee. In 2012, the knee injury bug came back as he suffered an MCL strain in his right knee. Phillips ended up being limited to playing in seven games in 2012.
With Eagles training camp just a few weeks away, Phillips is already having issues with his knees again. Phillips has already sat out of one of the offseason workouts to rest his left knee which he had surgery on in 2009. He is still trying to strengthen his left knee years after surgery.
The fact that he is still having issues and trying to build strength in his surgically repaired knee should be a concern to everyone. With an overhauled secondary this offseason, Phillips was one of the key pieces added as he is listed as the starting free safety. Behind him on the depth chart are Kurt Coleman, David Sims, and Eddie Whitley as the second, third, and fourth strings respectively. There will be a competition for the top spot though, but Phillips is expected to get the starting job if he is healthy.
Hopefully Phillips is ready to go once training camp starts and can stay healthy for the entire season. If he can stay healthy, he will provide the help the secondary has needed for the past few years. With him averaging 75 tackles per season when he plays a full season, it is certainly an improvement over the performances of past secondary players the Eagles have recently had.


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Service Contracts are Easy to Sell: Sell Job SecurityThey're much more profitable than selling products
If youre a regular reader of my columns, you know that our firm works with dealers, on occasion, to help them become more profitable. In some cases, its a box company wanting to learn how to sell systems. In some cases, its a systems integrator trying to sell design/build contracts. In some cases, its a design/build firm trying to get better cost accounting on jobs. But, in almost all cases, they are all equally frustrated at the level of success they have selling their most profitable product: service contracts.
Service contracts (especially proactive-oriented ones) are much more profitable than selling products. I wont go into the details about how profitable they are as I wrote a three-part series on service contracts a couple of years ago with the help of two of the industrys service gods: Barry Haligan and Jay Rogina. You can refer back to that article later, but rest assured that even a poorly run service department is almost always more profitable than a well-run sales department. Margins for service run between 50-80%!
But, selling them, for a sales person, is often an obstacle. Even the best sales people have a hard time selling something that is not tangible. If they cant see it, touch it or demo it, they often find it hard to sell it. Why would a customer buy something like service? No one buys extended warranties, right?
Wrong. Although I dont equate an extended warranty with a service contract, the fact is that even extended warranties sell well. Even retail electronics companies like Best Buy and Circuit City have ?hit rates selling extended warranties about 20%. Imagine the profit potential if more than 20% of your systems came bundled with an extended warranty. Now, imagine that same 20% with a true extended warranty! Wow is right!
First of all, think of it as selling job security to your client. OK, you cant use those exact words, but isnt that what you are selling them? Job security. If the system breaks down; if the president of the company who just spent $80,000 on a new boardroom AV system walks in there and it doesnt work right away, all the time, why loses their job? Not you. You might lose a client, but your client may lose his/her job! A good service contract means that he/she (your client) doesnt need to ever worry about the system working as youll insure them that with some type of guarantee. And, of course theyll pay for it. But, theyll be paying for it with their companys money. So, they use their companys money to save their own job. Cool, huh?
Second, its always easier to sell a service contract before going over the clients budget rather than after. Line list a service contract and its benefits (not features; benefits) on the bid/quote itself. Up front.
Finally, bill it monthly. Dont show the cost of service on an $80,000 system at $6,000. Show it as $500 per month thats a lot easier to swallow. So, they get to save their job spending only $500 a month of their companys money? Yep.
To really understand this, you need to understand the art of proactive service contracts and the benefits to the client. So, if you dont know how already, learn how to do them. Then, learn to sell them.
A side bar to the ProAV industrys consultants out there: Please either stop listing a requirement for a first years service on each and every system you design to be performed by the bidding ProAV dealer OR, give them a formula for calculating what to charge (i.e. 10-12% of the cost of the serviceable equipment). Too many times dealers bidding jobs you design and not calculating the cost of the service throwing it in. We all know that you cannot ?throw service in, so the ?good dealer loses the bid and, worst of all; the client loses faith in our markets ability to service their own gear.
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Highmark wasn't committed to merger, West Penn Allegheny board member testifies
West Penn Allegheny Health System's board of directors were sure by early September that Highmark Inc. had abandoned its original $475 million acquisition deal, a longtime board member testified on Friday.
And even if the state Insurance Department approved Highmark's purchase of the financially troubled hospital system after a bankruptcy proceeding, Highmark executives had made it clear they still might not close the deal, said David McClenahan, a partner at Downtown law firm K&L Gates and a West Penn Allegheny board member since 2000.
Those impressions, which Highmark has denied, left West Penn Allegheny's board with no choice but to declare the health insurer in breach of their agreement, because, McClenahan said: "We went from having a deal with Highmark to having no deal."
"What Highmark wanted was an option," he said, to take West Penn through bankruptcy to knock $600 million to $700 million off its about $1 billion in debt and pension liability before deciding if it still wanted to follow through on the year-old deal.
McClenahan testified in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on the final day of a four-day hearing on Highmark's request to block West Penn from talking to other potential buyers.
"That was a big problem for me," McClenahan said.
On Sept. 27, West Penn's 18-member board met for about eight hours before voting unanimously that Highmark had broken their deal, giving West Penn the chance to find a better deal with a different buyer and hopefully avoid bankruptcy, McClenahan said.
The region's second-largest hospital system has about three to six months before it runs out of cash and enters a "free-fall bankruptcy," he said.
"We have enough operating cash to test the market, to find out what else is out there, including Highmark," he said.
The system this week reported a $112.5 million operating loss for its financial year ended June 30, more than double the loss in the previous year.
On cross-examination, a Highmark attorney questioned why McClenahan or anyone else from West Penn's board never told Highmark's leaders that they believed the insurer had broken the deal.
"Don't you think we could have avoided all of these hearings and all of this litigation and the time that's gone into it?" attorney Daniel Booker said.
McClenahan responded that they acted based on the belief that Highmark was not going to change its position that a bankruptcy was absolutely necessary.
Highmark CEO William Winkenwerder, who joined the state's largest health insurer in July, said after the hearing that if he had known that West Penn believed Highmark had broken the deal it might have changed things. But in a brief interview on Friday he declined to comment further on how it could have made a difference.
Highmark intends to make West Penn and its five hospitals the centerpiece of a new $1 billion health system that can compete with UPMC, the region's dominant hospital system.
"Highmark remains confident of the outcome of these hearings and optimistic that we will have an affiliation agreement with West Penn Allegheny that gains approval from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department," Winkenwerder said.
Cathy Stoddard, president of the union that represents more than 2,000 West Penn Allegheny nurses and service workers, said after the hearing that she was frustrated with the time and money wasted by the lawsuit as the system bleeds money.
"We always get the advice in our negotiations to keep talking," she said. "They're not taking their advice."
In an effort to broker a deal to keep Highmark and West Penn together, the state Attorney General's office this week intervened in the case and asked Judge Christine Ward to suspend the lawsuit.
"West Penn's refusal to cooperate in exploring its debt restructuring and ensuing breach of contract claims are now causing unreasonable delays and consuming scarce charitable resources on the substantial costs and expenses of litigation," the AG's office said in a filing.
It proposed to Ward that she order West Penn and Highmark to take 90 days to complete information requests from the state Insurance Department so the department can issue a ruling on the deal. Further, Highmark would reimburse West Penn its financial losses over those 90 days if the department disapproves the deal, giving West Penn "the degree of certainty it needs to go forward" with Highmark.
Ward will issue a decision some time after taking post-hearing briefs on Wednesday.
Alex Nixon is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7928 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Catherine Bird, Mildred Martin, Florence Sam, Irene Antoine and Ileen Heer co-authored Nakal Bun Whudakelhne Bughuni (1991), a bilingual classroom dictionary for and about the people of Stuart Lake. The project was conceived and managed by Heer, a classroom teacher in Fort St. James. Its the second dictionary for the Central Carrier people, following the Central Carrier Bilingual Dictionary published in 1974.
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Nak'al Bun Whudakelhne Bughuni: Stuart Lake, The People of their Words (Vanderhoof: Yinka Dene Language Institute, 1991)


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Raleigh, N.C. — Newly-opened sushi and burger restaurant The Cowfish will appear on this Friday evening's episode of "Tanked" on Animal Planet.
The episode, called "Nagiri and the NBA," airs at 9 p.m. We can't show pictures of The Cowfish's aquarium until after the episode, but we can say that it is a sushi- and burger-filled tank shaped like a cocktail glass placed next to the bar. It's very cool!
In "Tanked," Wayde King and Brett Raymer of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing create "some of the most outrageous, larger-than-life and one-of-a-kind tanks for some of the most striking fish and clients around." The unique tanks really are works of art.
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Meghan Trainor Cancels Tour Due to Vocal Cord HemorrhageMeghan Trainor is canceling the rest of her North American tour because of a vocal cord hemorrhage and she plans to get surgery.
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Country Singer Jake Owen Announces Divorce From Wife, LaceyCountry singer Jake Owen and his model wife, Lacey Buchanan, are divorcing.
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In this forum i would want people to put forth the secrets of wandlore. Which material is suitable for which specialities? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lee14x (talk • contribs).
Well, most wood seems to be good enough to produce wands from, and holly wood seems to have the natural ability to repel evil. According to a magic saying, wands made from Elder wood cause backfires and trouble, but if this is true, it is not known how the Elder Wand could be the most powerful wand of all time, as they would cause trouble. The substances known for making cores for wands are: Veela hair, Phoenix feather, Thestral tail hair, Unicorn hair and Dragon heartstring.--Arthur232, 20:57, November 7, 2009 (UTC)


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For an Unconditional Basic Income
The basic income corrects the distribution effects of the labor market. It takes something from the higher paid to give to those who earn little or nothing. A leftist fights for a just social system. Robots and artificial intelligence replace human labor. Fears of changes should be confronted with a basic security.
By Thomas Straubhaar
[This article published on 3/9/2017 is translated from the German on the Internet, http://www.abendblatt.de. Thomas Straubhaar is an acclaimed German economist whose new book is titled "Radikal Gerecht."]
Why an unconditional basic income is the best answer to the life reality of the 21st century
Everything changes – suddenly and abruptly. First, it was globalization. Now it is digitalization. Robots and artificial intelligence replace human labor. Work is done around the clock, untiring, flawless and without an extra charge for night- and Sunday work.
There are two possibilities of countering the immense changes. Some want to make the new world suitable for an old system. Others are striving to adjust old systems to the new world.
The defensive strategy wants to hold to a social state model whose pillars were driven by Bismarck in the 19th century. Political proposals suited for this include turning back the wheel of labor market reforms and facilitating early pensions even though life expectancy is rising and strengthening protection against unlawful termination when the world of work demands protecting "employability," not "employment conditions."
The offensive strategy will orient the social state to the life reality of the 21st century. It relies on the enormous chances that result from globalization and digitalization. It will create presuppositions that people may be active and live ever longer, healthier and different than today. An offensive strategy creates possibilities for timeouts and room for personal development, continuing education and reorientation while preventing burnouts.
Understandable fears of changes should be confronted with a basic security. This basic security should be granted to everyone for the whole life without preconditions, whether with or without employment, young or old, so no one need fear an incredible economic crash. People will be empowered to keep up. Actively promoting potentials in advance and not letting problems arise is a wiser policy than correcting problems afterward with an "activating" social policy.
Yes, a basic income expects motivated persons to achieve something. Germany's future depends on persons willing and able to achieve. The international competitiveness of firms and the macro-economic prosperity level will be determined by creatives, innovators, and achievers. They must be encouraged to protect the weaker against distress and misery.
Many are against a basic income out of principle or ideology. But what is their real reason? Unions and social democrats need not have any worries! Representatives for employees are needed more than ever – but in a different form than in the past. Resist discrimination of people against "robots." A machine tax could hurt workers more than it could benefit them. A value-added tax is a much better answer!
A leftist fights for a just social system that doesn't only reduce the income of dependent employees for today's social security. The income of the higher paid, independents, officials, congresspersons, and landlords should be included like interests, rents, dividends, royalties and business profits. Revitalize the social civil market economy! The unconditional basic income frees the labor market from social-political redistribution tasks. The basic income corrects the distribution effects of the labor market. It takes something from the higher paid to give to those who earn little or nothing.
The challenges of the future are not decorations. It is incomprehensible and irresponsible to cling to outdated ways of thinking out of ideology. Germany deserves more, namely an unconditional basic income for everyone!


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Using GMail as an Online Hard Drive with Gmail Drive
Thanks to a great program by the folks over at
Preparing the Gmail account for storage use.
you can create a virtual drive in Windows Explorer or under My Computer that allows you to store files directly into your Gmail account. When you install this program, it will create a shell extension that links directly to your Gmail account. To use it you just have to open the Gmail Drive under My Computer or Windows Explorer, enter your logon credentials, and start dragging files into and out of the Gmail Drive. Simple as that. There are, though, some limitations to this program. As of right now, you are limited to uploading only files 10 MB or smaller using the Gmail Drive extension. If this is a problem for you, you may want to check our listing of other gmail storage programs. Now lets get started!
Using GMail as an Online Hard Drive with Gmail DriveTable of Contents
IntroductionAs many of you know, Gmail is Google's free web mail service that gives you 2+ Gigs of free storage for your email and attachments. Now that is a lot of storage, actually more storage than most people really need. So what can we do with all that extra storage you may be wondering? What if I told you that we could use all this extra storage to act as an online hard drive for you to store files?
Thanks to a great program by the folks over at
Preparing the Gmail account for storage use.When you store files using Gmail Drive, Gmail will place these files into your Inbox folder. If you start storing a lot of files, this can quickly clutter up this folder. To make it more organized we will create a rule that puts all your stored files into the Gmail Archive instead, which will keep the Inbox clutter free. All files uploaded using the GMail Drive have a subject that contains the text GMAILFS. Using this text we will create a filter that automatically places any messages with that subject into the Archive.
Installing the GMail Drive shell extensionThe first step is to download the software, and install the Setup.exe program. When it has completed it will open a help file that you should read to get an understanding of how the program works. When done reading, simply open My Computer (or Windows Explorer) and you should see the Gmail Drive.
Using the Gmail Drive to store filesNow that the software is installed, simply start copying files into the Gmail Drive. You can also right-click on files and select Send To -> Gmail Drive. When you start to upload a file the extension will present a progress meter.
When the file has completed uploading, the extension will enumerate the folder again and you will be able to see the files stored in the folder. If you want to delete a file, simply click on the file once to select it, and then press the delete key.
As you can see you can store a variety of file types and sizes and as long as you have the Gmail Drive extension installed a computer, you can access these files from anywhere.
Other Programs for using Gmail as online storageThough I personally like Gmail Drive due to its ability to create a virtual drive for you, it does have a major limitation. The ability to only store files that are 10 MB or smaller. If this is not that big of a deal for you, and you like having the virtual drive, then there is no reason to read further. On the other hand, if not having the virtual drive is fine with you but you need to store files greater than 10 MB then you may want to look at the programs described below.
Upload a file to Gmail
The first program that we will talk about is RoamDrive. RoamDrive is an application that provides an interface allowing you to upload and download files to your Gmail account. It also has the nice feature of allowing you to specify a total of amount of space that you want to utilize for storage so that you do not use all your space for email. This program is able to get past the 10 MB file size limit by breaking up larger files into multiple pieces. If you would like to make a filter for files stored with RoamDrive as discussed in the preparation section above, you should use the text ROAMDRIVE in your subject filter.
GspaceUpload a file to Gmail
If you are a FireFox person, and like to do everything there, then there is an extension called Gspace that allows you to upload files to your Gmail account. It works the same way as RoamDrive in that it overcomes the 10 MB limit by breaking files into multiple pieces. If you would like to make a filter for files stored with RoamDrive as discussed in the preparation section above, you should use the text GSPACE in your subject filter.
ConclusionNow that we have concluded this tutorial I need to mention that these program's functionality are dependent on Gmail. If they make any changes to their system there is a chance that these application will be broken. If this happens, just wait until an update is released to work with the new version of Gmail. Regardless, your files will still be accessible through Gmail itself.
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The African and American musicians who play in Kora Konnection demonstrate, in music and method, the link between West Africa and New Orleans.
Kora Konnection features Morikeba Kouyate, a Senegalese master of the kora, an African harp, and Thierno Dioubate, a percussionist from Guinea who plays balafon (African marimba) and djembe (African drums).
The band's Americans are Tim Green, a saxophonist who's worked with Peter Gabriel, Phish, George Porter Jr. and many more; percussionist Jeff Klein; and six-string bassist Vince Mitchell.
Learning to play music that comes so naturally to Kouyate and Dioubate, Mitchell said, has been challenging.
A musician who's studied classical music and performed gospel, rock and world music, Mitchell sees his pursuit of traditional African music as a never-ending journey.
"It's almost like learning to speak another language," he said. "But it's effortless for Morikeba and Thierno."
One immediate hurdle for American and European musicians who want to play African music is its approach to meter.
"African music," Kouyate explained, "is not counted like music is counted here, in four or five or three (beats). African music is by the ear."
There's also the absence of a written score.
"There is nothing to read," Kouyate said. "I just play the song and give them the part I want them to play. And if they want to write something, they can write it in their own way."
Nevertheless, his American bandmates are catching on well.
"It was a challenge for them at first, but now they're very good with it," Kouyate said. "I'm happy to work with them."
Kouyate is a seventh-generation kora player. He also sings in his native Mandinka language.
"It was no choice for me to say if I want to play kora or not," he explained. "When you're born into the Kouyate family, you have to play."
An exotic instrument, the kora consists of a carved hardwood neck and a large resonating gourd covered by goat skin. Kouyate strings his 21-string instrument with fishing line.
Kouyate sees and hears cultural and musical similarities between Senegal, New Orleans and the American South.
"The dancing is very close to second line," he said. "Kora music is similar to blues. Even though the style is not the same, what they're talking about, the singing of people's names and talking about things, is similar. Sometimes it's not just what the singer says, but what he means. Kora songs are like that."
Kouyate performed professionally in West Africa from the age of 14. He came to the United States in 1991, when the Chicago Cultural Center brought his Senegalese ensemble to the city. He subsequently performed through the Illinois Arts Council and later appeared at Disney World.
A performance at Xavier University brought Kouyate to New Orleans. A resident of the city since 2009, he spent Mardi Gras parading and playing drums.
"We're marching from early morning to late at night," he said. "I love it here. It's a music town. So far I have not thought about moving from here to anywhere else."
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The colt will carry the colors of Wyeth's Chadds Ford Stable in
the Breeders' Cup, but only because Wyeth had the foresight to buy the
colt back at auction earlier this year after selling him as a yearling.
Wyeth, the wife of acclaimed painter Jamie Wyeth, is the daughter of Richard
P. Mills and Alice du Pont Mills, who campaigned horses such as Devil's
Bag and Gone West under their Hickory Tree Stables banner prior to their
respective deaths in 1987 and 2002.
One of the less distinguished horses who raced for Hickory Tree Stables
was a daughter of Gone West named Tempo. She made three starts from 1995-97,
winning the first two and finishing second in her final start, an Aqueduct Racetrack
allowance race won by Quiet Dance, who later produced 2005 Horse of the Year
Saint Liam.
"Tempo wasn't that sound of a horse, but she had shown a
lot of ability," said Russell Jones, a retired bloodstock agent who
remains close friends with Phyllis Wyeth.
Phyllis retained Tempo as a broodmare following Alice's death, with the mare's
first five foals all going on to become winners. The best of the group was
Geefour, a Dixie Union gelding who won four races, placed in a stakes at Philadelphia Park, and earned $159,092.
"Geefour also had physical issues that stopped him from being a
good horse," said Jones.
Encouraged by the potential Tempo and Geefour had shown, Wyeth bred the
mare back to Dixie Union in 2008, and the resulting foal was a bay colt later
named Union Rags. He would be Tempo's final foal prior to her retirement
from broodmare duty.
Wyeth decided to sell Union Rags as a yearling, with the colt being
purchased by IEAH Stables for $145,000 at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga
Selected Yearlings sale.
Wyeth, however, developed a case of seller's remorse and sent
Jones to Fasig-Tipton's sale at Palm Meadows in February with
instructions to visually inspect Union Rags, now a 2-year-old, and to bid on
the colt if he was pleased with what he saw.
"I told her what the horse had grown into, and she wanted me to
buy him back," said Jones. "I told her he was going to cost a lot
more than what she had sold him for, but she still wanted to have a crack at
him. We were hoping to buy him for $350,000 to $400,000, and fortunately he
ended up in that range."
Jones secured the colt for $390,000, and Union Rags has already more
than recouped his purchase price, having earned $498,800 to date, including a
$200,000 bonus for becoming the first graduate of the 2010 Fasig-Tipton
Saratoga sale to capture a graded stakes at Saratoga Race Course when he won
the Grade 2 Three Chimneys Saratoga Special by 7 ¼ lengths in August. His other
victories are a 1 ¾-length debut score at Delaware
Park in July and a 5 ¼-length romp in
the Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont
Park earlier this month.
Union Rags' 2-year-old success has been a function of the
colt's physical ability as well as his intelligence and maturity, Jones
"He's an attractive-looking horse and is balanced, with
good legs and limbs," said Jones. "He looks like a sound horse, and
he has an exceptionally good mind and can handle himself without using a lot of
In addition to buying back Union Rags from a 2-year-old sale, Wyeth has
been working to preserve the thoroughbred families her parents had developed.
In April, she claimed Miss Pauline, a 6-year-old half-sister to Union Rags who
had won six races and earned $207,867, for $7,500 at Parx Racing. As a
yearling, Miss Pauline had been sold at auction for $13,000 by Jones'
Walnut Green bloodstock agency on behalf of Wyeth. She's now part of
Wyeth's six-horse broodmare band.
"Tempo is now retired, and [Wyeth] wanted to have a younger
member of the family," said Jones. "She had sold Miss Pauline as a
yearling, so she claimed her back and now she's in foal to Jump
Jones said a win by Union Rags in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile
would not only conclude a perfect 2-year-old season and make him the favorite
for the Eclipse Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Male, but would also be a fitting
tribute to Richard P. Mills and Alice du Pont Mills.
"[Wyeth] has been committed in a small way to stay in racing and
keep the family's families in play," said Jones. "She's
trying to continue what her parents started. Let's just keep our luck
going and hope the racing gods continue to smile on us."
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