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Here, sweet and indulgent recipes that call for candy like Snickers ice cream milk, chocolatey snack mix and more.
Here, sweet and indulgent recipes that call for candy like Snickers ice cream milk, chocolatey snack mix and more.
Christina Tosi, the sugar genius at NYC's Momofuku, reinvents her trick-or-treat haul with Halloween candy-packed treats like candy corn and chocolate chip cookies.
Dipped in white chocolate, these red-velvet cake balls are perfect for turning into eyeballs on Halloween. With a steady hand and food coloring, David Burtka paints detailed irises and pupils on each one; for the less artistically inclined, an M&M pressed into the white chocolate before it sets makes for a quick-and-easy creepy alternative.
Christina Tosi blends a trick-or-treat favorite into a luscious vanilla milk shake.
Momofuku's Christina Tosi gives leftover pretzels and chocolate candy bars new life in this irresistible sweet and salty snack mix.
These bars were inspired by the candy and cookies you'd mail to a homesick kid at summer camp.
Break-and-bake cookies, which come packaged in eight-inch squares, are the secret to these incredible ice cream sandwich bars. Simply roll out all the dough to create one giant cookie, then bake, slice and layer it with store-bought ice cream and hot fudge sauce. The best part: dipping the bars into crushed chocolate toffee candy to form a supercrunchy shell.
These thumbprints have a creamy, minty white-chocolate filling. Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito from Baked bakery often mix chopped Andes mint candies into the batter, but any kind of mint-flavored chocolate works well.
Catherine Ralston, an 11-year-old whose other culinary creations include Leaning Tower of Pizza Burgers and Ohana Pineapple Steak, likes animals, polka dots and cookies. Her porcupine cookies have pretzel-stick "quills" with M&M's doubling as polka dots. She says, "I thought pretzels would be good in cookies because salty can go well with sweet."
Brendan Turner developed this drink around the time the hit movie Finding Nemo came out on DVD. "It was popular, as all blue drinks are," he says.
These truffle-like cookies have an unexpected piece of candy in the centers. They're adapted from a traditional holiday cookie that Renato Poliafito discovered during his travels in Germany.
Bill Yosses shares, "My passion for halvah (the sesame-seed candy) is no secret. I love its crunchy, gritty, nutty flavor. I first started eating it in Paris at the pâtisseries orientales: the Middle Eastern sweet shops in the fifth arrondissement, near La Sorbonne. The flavor of halvah works well with caramel. Sesame is the new vanilla!"
You will need a small, half-ounce ice cream scoop to make these pops, which are coated with crushed candy, such as Sno-Caps, Whoppers, Skittles and M&M's.


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One of the most significant costs of employment is being reduced as a result of the government's 2013 Budget.
Last month the Chancellor announced that businesses would receive up to £2,000 off their National Insurance Contributions bills. It is hoped that the move, which will be more than offset by changes elsewhere in the tax schedule, will encourage more small business owners to hire.
While a lower NI bill will be welcome news for many small businesses, this is not the only aspect to consider when recruiting. Are you encouraged to hire an employee because of the change? If so, we've compiled some tips to help you get started.
1. Understand the cost
Although the cost of hiring has now been reduced, it is important to understand that recruitment remains a resource-intensive task. The first stage, of course, is to ensure that you can pay your new employee's wage, along with the concomitant tax liability. If you cannot, you should consider alternative solutions such as contracting with third party suppliers to carry out specified work.
In addition, though, you should remember that recruitment also involves a time commitment. It is important that you budget your time properly, and that the recruitment process does not damage your core business.
2. In-house or outsourced
Many businesses choose to enlist the services of a dedicated recruitment company to help them hire new employees. Professional recruiters can be a major boon, particularly if you lack the time to carry out the process yourself. You should remember, however, that professional recruitment can be very expensive - indeed, it can be prohibitively costly for small businesses.
As such, it is common for small firms to carry out the recruitment process themselves, and there is nothing to stop you doing so. If you are considering contracting with a recruiter you should seek a number of quotes and, where possible, try to deal with a recruiter that specialises in your industry.
3. Define the role
You cannot hope to find the right person for the position until you have properly defined the parameters of the position itself. Take some time to work out exactly what it is that you need. Draw up a comprehensive job spec. This will be the basis for your recruitment effort. This isn't just about finding the right person - it's about identifying precisely what it is that you require in your firm, and about ensuring that your resources are dedicated to that end. There is a wealth of job specs available if you need some guidance. A good place to start is LinkedIn, on which job postings are freely available. Again, try to find one in your industry to work from.
4. Devise an interview strategy
The interview is one of the most important aspects of the interview process. It is vital that you go into interviews with a firm idea of what the candidate will be expected to achieve. Work out a firm set of questions, pertinent to the specific role, that you will ask each candidate. In addition, be ready to explore the candidates' individual strengths and weaknesses, rather than sticking rigidly to a script from start to finish. If candidates are being interviewed by more than one person, make sure that you share this information in advance.
5. Set aside time
Finally, it is important to remember that the work doesn't finish when you've found the right employee. You should ensure that you set aside enough time to see them 'bedded in'. There will be new processes for them to learn, and it is important that you dedicate enough resource to allow them to do this efficiently.
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Monday, Jan. 2
Registration for the 10th annual Northwoods Triathlon opens at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2.
Last year's event filled in seven hours; early registration is a must for the 350 spots.
This year's event in Nevis will be held Saturday, Aug. 11.
Go to midwestevents.com to register.
Tuesday, Jan. 10
A blood drive will be held at Riverside Church from noon to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 and from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12.
Five percent of people give blood but one out of every 10 people entering a hospital requires blood.
Call Alice Holz, blood drive chair, at 732-6754 or 252-0505 to schedule an appointment.
Riverside United Methodist Church is located on Highway 71 north.
The Healthy Moms Network will host a chapter meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the Park Rapids Area Library.
Guest Speaker is Tanja Larson, La Leche League leader for the Park Rapids area. The topic is "Got Breast Milk?" and will offer support, encouragement and information to expecting, new and veteran mothers, or anyone who wants to know more about breastfeeding.
For more information, contact Nicole Guida at 732-5229.
Thursday, Jan 12
The Park Rapids Area Library and Itascatur Club will present a free Legacy program featuring Charlotte Wolf, musher and veterinary technician, at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 at Soaring Eagle Cross Country Ski Trails.
Wolf will do a brief presentation on the history of Minnesota dog sledding, and offer dog sled rides.
Open spinning will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 at 201 Main Street, (Monika's).
Bring your wheel, spindle or curiosity. For further information, call Kathy Belt 732-0978.
Saturday, Jan. 14
2011 will be a record year for the Kids Against Hunger Satellite in the Park Rapids area.
Since the birth of the local Kids Against Hunger satellite in 2003, groups from Park Rapids and surrounding areas have assembled nearly two million meals. These meals have gone to local food shelves and around the world - particularly to Haiti after residents were devastated by an earthquake.
Saturday, Jan. 14, all are invited to come and help celebrate the packaging of the two-millionth meal. The goal is for 60 people to come and package 20,000 meals. Volunteers may arrive any time between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School commons area.
Suggested donation for participation is $10 per person per hour to help offset the cost of supplies. Each meal packaged costs about a dollar and feeds six people.
Contact Carla Michels at 652-2569 or firstname.lastname@example.com to participate. For more info about our local Kids Against Hunger and the meals go to www.kidsagainsthungerpr.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
First Lutheran Church in Akeley will host a six-week session of Stretch and Pray classes at noon Tuesdays beginning Jan. 17 and at 6 p.m. Thursdays beginning Jan. 19.
Suggested donation is $5 per class or $25 for six sessions.
See the church website, flcakeley.org, for more details. Contact the church office at 652-3335 or e-mail firstchurchl @arvig.net to register.
Sessions will last approximately an hour and are open to the public.
Thursday, Jan. 19
"Making folk toys with Kent Scheer," a class for preschoolers and parents, will be presented from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Frank White Education Center.
Class size is limited. Pre-register by calling 237-6600.
The Legacy-funded event is hosted by the Park Rapids Area Library, ECFE and Head Start.
Saturday, Jan. 21
Deep Portage Learning Center in Hackensack will hold its 31st annual Winter Rendezvous from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
Step back in time and try your hand at lumberjack, voyageur and Native American games and skills, such as tomahawk throwing, snow snakes, spear throwing with Atlatls, cross-cut sawing, a snowshoe relay and more.
Bring the whole family to join in a friendly, community competition while learning about the area's cultural history.
Participation fee is $6 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Lunch is available.
For reservations or additional information, call Deep Portage at 218-682-2325 or 888-280-9908 or e-mail email@example.com.
Deep Portage is located 10 miles east of Hackensack, off Co. Rd. 46. The website is www.deepportage.org.
Shannon Lucas Westrum of Wildflower Design Studios will teach a number of acrylic painting techniques and mediums in a no-pressure, creative environment Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Headwaters School of Music and Arts, Bemidji.
The workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to noon with a break for lunch and then from 1 to 4 p.m.
Students will be provided an easel, canvas, palette, paints and brushes for their use and will take home their canvas at the end of the day.
Registration deadline is Thursday, Jan. 12.
To register, send a check in the amount of $40 made payable to the Region 2 Arts Council, at P.O. Box 542, Bemidji, MN 56601.
Friday, Jan. 27
A winter retreat for writers, "Dreams as Portals for Creative Energy," will be presented by Dr. Carol Ann Russell Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28 at the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, Bemidji.
Russell, a poet and professor of creative writing and women's studies at Bemidji State University, will guide participants in the purpose and nature of dream imagery to dramatize creative energy and awaken "The Sacred Feminine" within.
The workshop will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The registration deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 24.
To register, send a check in the amount of $100 made payable to Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, at 519 Minnesota Avenue, Bemidji, MN 56601. Call 218-444-5646 with any questions.
Friday, Feb. 3
Local fabric artist Kristin Majkrzak will lead an introductory course in the fundamentals of tapestry weaving Friday, Feb. 3, Saturday, Feb 4 and Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, Bemidji.
Students will be provided a basic frame loom and yarn for weaving and will learn basic weaving techniques, such as how to use color, create shapes and finishing methods.
The workshop will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 3 and from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 4 and 11.
Registration deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 31.
To register, send a check in the amount of $75.00 made payable to Headwaters School of Music and the Arts, at 519 Minnesota Ave., Bemidji, MN 56601. Call 218-444-5646 with questions.


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Treatment Compliance Barriers in Economically Challenged, Ethnically Diverse Arthritis and Lupus Patients
New research shows that economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus) have barriers that keep them from complying with their prescribed medical treatment: fear of side effects, belief that medicines are not working, problems with the health system environment, and medication cost. The research was funded in part by a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
Maria G. Garcia Popa-Lisseanu, M.D., and her colleagues conducted their study at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas. Focus-group testing was done in patients of Hispanic, African American and non-Hispanic white heritage, all from economically disadvantaged populations. They discussed the reasons why they did not always comply with their medical treatment or keep clinic appointments.
Fear of side effects was the most often-mentioned factor: although most patients were experiencing only mild side effects, they were concerned about long-term damage from continuing on the medications. Some patients felt that the prescribed drugs were not working correctly, either because they were not providing the expected relief from symptoms, or because they were not curing the disease. Problems with the health care system, such as navigating Medicaid requirements and a lack of continuity with the same doctor, also proved to be a barrier. The financial costs of the medications also kept the patients--most of whom had little or no medical coverage--from taking them as prescribed.


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Those who have had the pleasure to work with me know that I have a colorful catchphrase about the interconnectedness of all things. I bring this up to make a variety of points about how to write arguments about complex social, political, and economic processes. One of these points is that apparent connections between events still need to be supported with strong evidence or reasoning.
Last week, I observed that the Russian language media was falling all over itself lamenting what it presented as connected signs of a grave strategic setback for Russia in Central Asia. The first was the departure of Uzbekistan from the CSTO. Initially, little was made of this, but worrying over its implications increased when news of Tajikistan's difficulty over base negotiations with Russia emerged and media reported some cloud talk from a US Congressman visiting Dushanbe about Tajikistan being a good place for a transit center. A narrative based on stereotypes of great power rivalry, the passivity of Central Asian governments in foreign policy making, and the inconsistency and unpredictability of the Uzbeks emerged on the lips of many Russian and several American commentators who argued that Uzbekistan's move (and maybe Tajikistan's) had to do with US negotiations for a base in connection with post-2014 plans for Afghanistan.
However, the case that Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the CSTO has to do with US-Russia competition for influence in Central Asia discounts more immediate causes that have to do with Russia's renewed push for Eurasian integration. Over at e-IR, I argue that Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the CSTO tells us more about the prospects for Putin's goals for Eurasian integration than it does about the future role of the US in Central Asia.
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September 2016
From Christmas in New York, to skiing in Bergen, we've gathered together the places to go in December when the weather gets chilly. If you'd rather a little sunshine instead, we've got that covered too, in the form of chic Miami and dreamy Mauritius.
The beach…
To relax on picture-perfect white sands or liven things up with world-beating water sports, look no further than Mauritius. Anglers can take a trip onto the waves for deep-sea fishing, where you might be lucky enough to catch a yellowfin tuna or even a sailfish (the fastest fish in the ocean).
Scuba divers should take the plunge in the Indian Ocean at Roche Zozo, off Blue Bay on the southern coast, to experience unspoiled coral reefs teeming with angelfish, moray eels and sea anemones. Those hoping to learn to scuba dive will benefit from courses available at most hotels, kick-starting a possible resolution for the year ahead.
For an affordable luxury break, book at Maritim Crystals Beach Hotel, where rooms have sea views and a wealth of activities. Don't forget to take some time out in their luxury spa too!


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2014 Year in Review with AD Jeff Barber
With the 2014 calendar year coming to a close, LFSN reporter Nick Pierce recently had a chance to review the many happenings of the year with Director of Athletics Jeff Barber.
During Pierce's time with Barber, the two discuss a variety of topics that include facility upgrades and new openings to another successful year on the athletics competition fields.
Liberty had two notable postseason runs during 2014, including baseball earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Regionals and football making its first-ever NCAA FCS Playoffs appearance after capturing the Big South's automatic postseason bid.
The two also discussed the bidding process for hosting an NCAA FCS Playoff game and the recently released 2015 football schedule.
Barber also commented on the growing success of Liberty's field hockey team that claimed its second straight NorPac title and defeated three top 20 teams during the 2014 season.
Pierce also talked to Barber about the opening of the new softball stadium and the planning phase for Liberty's new Athletics Performance Center (65,000-square foot facility that will house academics, a centralized training room, weight room and equipment room).
The two closed the interview by talking about Liberty's men's and women's basketball seasons and how each team is preparing to face another challenging Big South schedule.


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City's failure to qualify from the Champions League group stages and their faltering Premier League title defence has led to speculation boss Roberto Mancini could be axed at the end of the campaign.
The City boss had to face questions about Pep Guardiola earlier in the campaign but following the former Barcelona boss' decision to join Bayern Munich in the summer, Malaga coach Pellegrini has emerged as a possible successor to Mancini.
Pellegrini has impressed with the Spanish outfit this season, guiding them into the knock-out stages in the Champions League and keeping them involved in the battle for a top-four finish in La Liga this season, despite financial constraints.
The former Real Madrid coach has been linked with summer moves to both City and Chelsea in recent weeks, but Pellegrini insists he hasn't been in contact with any Premier League clubs and expects to remain with Malaga.
"I don't care about these rumours. Both the squad and my staff are entirely focused in our duties here," said Pellegrini.
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Bemidji Youth Hockey report for March 18
Pee Wee B
The Bemidji Pee Wee B captured a pair of late season games prior to winning its district title, besting Pequot Lakes 7-1 and Moorhead 6-2.
It was their only meeting with both teams this season.
It left the team at 23-17 prior to its regional appearance.
Ethen Pickett and Noah Holter scored twice in the Pequot Lakes win. Leo Spry, Josh Baker and Jacob Amble scored once.
Andrew Matsen had two assists and Noah Nei and Pickett one.
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Reporters' phone records subpoenaed
Sep. 10, 2004 -- A federal prosecutor in Illinois has subpoenaed two New York Times reporters' telephone records for a grand jury investigation into whether government employees leaked plans of a raid on an Islamic charity suspected of funding al-Qaida.
The same prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, has subpoenaed at least four reporters in a separate grand jury investigation into the leak of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. Fitzgerald was appointed as a special prosecutor to handle the leak investigation because of Attorney General John Ashcroft's close ties with the administration officials being investigated.
Fitzgerald notified the Times in a letter sometime last week that it had obtained a subpoena for telephone company records of reporters Philip Shenon and Judith Miller. Miller has also been subpoenaed in the Plame investigation.
Attorneys for the Times and representatives of the U.S. Attorneys office in Chicago would not comment because of grand jury secrecy rules, but Times attorney Floyd Abrams told The Washington Post that the matter was still being discussed with Fitzgerald, and that he did not know whether the records had been obtained yet or if Fitzgerald could be persuaded "not to look at them." All information available at this time is from the Post .
On Dec. 14, 2001, NATO and U.S. troops raided overseas offices of the Global Relief Foundation, which was suspected of providing funds to al-Qaida. The U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago was also conducting a criminal investigation into the group's Illinois office.
Roger Simmons, an attorney for GRF, told the Post that Shenon called the charity on Dec. 13, 2001, seeking comment on seizures that the Times had been told were to take place the following day. Simmons denied that GRF destroyed any documents and notified the FBI agents during the raid that GRF had learned of the raid in advance.
In 2002, Fitzgerald questioned GRF officials before a grand jury in an attempt to learn the Times ' source. In 2003, he was denied permission by Department of Justice officials to seek a subpoena for Times reporters' phone records.
Department of Justice regulations require that "[a]ll reasonable attempts should be made to obtain information from alternative sources before considering issuing a subpoena to a member of the news media," or for "telephone toll records of any member of the news media."
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Homeless in Vancouver: United We Can bottle depot has finally moved
Vancouver, B.C.'s pioneer Return-It bottle depot, United We Can (UWC), has finally moved.
As of May 5, it has vacated its longtime location at 39 East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside and is in full operation on 449 Industrial Avenue, which is about two kilometres from the old location.
According to Google Maps, the two locations are about five minutes apart if you're driving, 17 minutes by bus, and 23 minutes on foot.
I haven't cashed in bottles at the new location but early comments from other binners have been typically chippy (binners aren't keen on change the way panhandlers are).
For instance, the ramp to the entrance is apparently pretty steep for a fully loaded shopping cart, particularly if there's a lineup and you have to stop and wait on the incline.
So far I haven't heard a single complaint about the extra travel time.
The new location reportedly gives UWC over four time the area of its old location, allowing them to accommodate as many as 50 customers at a time.
The property at 449 Industrial Avenue is owned by the City of Vancouver and the city has given UWC a very favourable 10-year lease arrangement.
UWC even has the private sector helping to pay for the building. The bottle depot will take up 21,000 square feet of the space while two private sector tenants—Recycling Alternative and Busters Towing— will occupy the remaining area and pay market rental rates.
In the new location, the non-profit UWC is partnering with Recycling Alternative to provide what the City of Vancouver is pleased to call a "green recycling hub".
With the sheer size of the facility and the combined expertise of the partners, the Industrial Avenue location is expected to become a true one-stop drop-off point for all recyclables. UWC should now have the room to accept materials for recycling on behalf of all of B.C.'s various ERPs (Extended Responsibility Programs), such as electronics, power tools, paint, light bulbs, flammables, batteries and so on.
There are now no bottle depots in the city's core west of Main Street. And the new UWC location is located no more than a kilometre from two long-established Return-it bottle depots, Regional Recycling and Go Green.
I'm told that Regional's Vancouver location, in addition to opening at 7 a.m. and having coffee waiting for early birds, is now helping out their customers who ride in on bicycles by helping out with flat tire repairs.
Go Green has already moved to having two electronic counting points, which has notably sped up throughput, and they have also mounted a large replica fish on the wall behind their main counter—a really large fish.
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May 13, 2014 at 10:21am
"...not keen on change..."
Keep on, Homeless In Vancouver, what a great series.
Good news about the one stop drop off, I have had paint sitting around forever that the recycler on Main refuses to take.
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May 13, 2014 at 3:48pm
Both Go Green at 7th and Ontario and Regional Recycling on Evans take labelled paint.


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It is clear that investors are reacting in the extreme to negative any economic news, including disappointing numbers Thursday on industrial production that initially sent stocks skidding. But traders are also responding to the market's own dynamics, and when there was no late-session plunge, as there was on Wednesday, buyers piled in before the close.
Analysts expect this extraordinary volatility to continue, and warned that just as Monday's huge 936-point surge in the Dow was overdone, there was little reason to trust that Thursday's gains would hold.
A rise in shares of Yahoo Inc. over renewed speculation it could cement a deal with one-time suitor Microsoft Corp. helped push the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index up more than 5 percent.
Stocks spent much of the session seeking a direction after Wednesday's steep dive, which took the Dow down 733 points in response to a stream of bad economic news that underscored the likelihood that the country is either in a recession or will be in one and that the downturn could be severe. There was no news Thursday to counter those fears but there were plenty of gyrations in stock prices and the major indexes.
The Dow has closed up - or down - in triple digits in 19 of the last 23 trading sessions, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason.
"We're going to continue to see volatility. You're not going to see 50-point ranges, you're going to see two-three-four hundred point ranges," said Woody Dorsey, president of Market Semiotics, a financial forecasting firm in Castleton, Vt.
Investors initially appeared cheered by a better-than-expected reading from the Labor Department on consumer prices. The flat reading on September's Consumer Price Index compares with August's 0.1 percent decline, which was the first in nearly two years. The core index, which eliminates food and energy prices, rose 0.1 percent. Economists had been expecting CPI would rise to 0.1 percent and that core CPI would increase 0.2 percent.
Meanwhile, a weekly snapshot of the job market showed that first-time claims for unemployment benefits declined last week. The Labor Department said new claims fell 16,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted level of 461,000 below the 475,000 that had been anticipated. Still, total unemployment remains above the level that economists often associate with recession.
And the Philadelphia Federal Reserve said regional manufacturing conditions weakened in October. The bank's regional index came in at a negative 37.5 compared with a positive 3.8 for September. That news followed word from the Federal Reserve that production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities plunged 2.8 percent last month, on top of a 1 percent drop in August. While the Fed estimated that disruptions related to hurricanes accounted for about 2.25 percentage points of the drop in industrial production, the news was still discouraging for market that is hypersensitive to anything negative about the economy.
Subodh Kumar, global investment strategist at Toronto-based Subodh Kumar & Associates, said markets are jittery because many investors' expectations about the economy were too rosy heading into the summer and the monthlong freeze in the credit markets has dealt the economy another blow, making it harder and more expensive for many businesses and consumers to get loans.
He said the volatility buffeting the markets reflects investors tinkering with their portfolios to match their more sober take on the health of the economy and some investors simply cashing out. That means some vehicles like mutual funds and hedge funds are entering a market already short on buyers and being forced to sell.
Because of investors' great anxiety about the economy, Wall Street is expected to remain extremely volatile, as it has been since last month when the credit markets tightened and stocks plunged. The gyrations this week have been particularly intense, with the Dow industrials soaring 936 points Monday and falling 733 Wednesday following a weak report on retail sales and a disheartening assessment of the economy from the Federal Reserve.
According to preliminary calculations, the Dow rose 401.35, or 4.68 percent, to 8,979.26.
Broader stock indicators also jumped. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 38.59, or 4.25 percent, to 946.43, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 89.38, or 5.49 percent, to 1,717.71.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by about 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 2 billion shares.
While the credit markets are performing better than they were last week given several unprecedented actions by governments around the world including the decision to buy stakes in private banks they are hardly operating normally.
Treasury bills, considered the safest assets around, remained in demand. The three-month Treasury bill on Thursday was yielding 0.49 percent, higher than 0.20 percent on Wednesday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.97 percent from 3.98 percent late Wednesday.
Tom Higgins, chief economist at Payden & Rygel Investment Management in Los Angeles, said some professional investors are being forced to turn to the stock market because other markets remain largely paralyzed.
"The reason we're seeing volatility in the stock market is because it's the one market that's trading right now. If you have to liquefy your assets and you need access to cash immediately then the market you're going to do it in is the equity market and that's what I think is pushing around the indexes at this point."
Jim Ferrare, senior portfolio manager at Pinnacle Associates, said the changes that will result from government actions around the world to revive the credit markets will take some time to emerge, letting uncertainty linger on Wall Street.
"Volatility is here for a while but also more importantly the change is not an overnight change," he said, referring to the government's steps to restore normal levels of lending.
Indeed, the Wall Street's fear gauge rose to a record level Thursday. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, known as the VIX, rose to an all-time intraday high of 81.17, its first-ever move over 80. The VIX, which usually trades below 50, tracks options activity for the companies that make up the S&P 500.
Gains by Yahoo helped push the technology sector and the Nasdaq higher. The stock rose after Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer raised the possibility of renewing his attempt to buy the Internet search company.
In a presentation made at a Florida technology conference, Ballmer said a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo could "still make sense economically."
Microsoft issued a statement saying it has no interest in acquiring Yahoo and that the two companies aren't in talks. Earlier attempts to acquire Yahoo fell through.
But it was enough to help Yahoo shares, which early in the session fell to $11.37, their lowest level in five years. The stock rose $1.24, or 10.6 percent, to $12.99, while Microsoft rose $1.53, or 6.8 percent, to $24.19.
The dollar was mixed against other major currencies.
Light, sweet crude for November delivery fell $4.69 to settle at $69.85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement price since Aug. 23, 2007.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 34.46, or 6.86 percent, to 536.57.
In Asian trading, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 4.8 percent, and Japan's Nikkei index dropped 11.41 percent, following the pattern of trading in the U.S. In Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 fell 5.65 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 4.91 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 5.92 percent.


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The woman concerned was Mary Liliane Baels, one of six daughters and two sons of Hendrik Baels, a prosperous fish salesman who had risen to be minister of the interior and of agriculture in Belgium and later governor of Western Flanders.
Liliane was born at Highbury, London, on November 28, 1916, and educated at the College of the Sacred Heart at Ostend before going to a finishing school in Cavendish Square, London. An intelligent pupil, she was soon fluent in English, French, German and Dutch.
She was also a keen sportswoman who swam and played golf. It is thought likely that she met King Leopold, by then widowed for more than three years, on the golf course of Knokke-le-Zoute in 1938. The king was much taken by Liliane, who was described by the writer Charles d'Ydewalle as being "as beautiful as a Greek night".
In an unauthorised biography of Princess Liliane, Evrard Raskin revealed that the King's mother, Queen Elisabeth, later invited Liliane to console King Leopold at the Chateau de Laeken, where he was under house arrest after the Belgian surrender to the Germans in 1940.
Liliane had no intention of being merely the mistress of the king, however. She married him secretly and morganatically on September 11, 1941, becoming a princess of Belgium, and a royal highness, taking the title of Princesse de Rethy. She was soon pregnant and there was a civil marriage on December 8, which became public knowledge.
Besides feeling betrayed by their king, the Belgian people were angered that, while they suffered, he had had time to find himself a wife. Liliane's unpopularity grew when it was learnt that her father had retreated to the south of France for the duration of the war, and when her brother Walter was prosecuted for evading the call-up.
But Liliane made the king happy. A son, Alexander, was born in July 1942, and she welcomed the king's sons, Baudouin and Albert, and their sister, Josephine-Charlotte (later Grand Duchess of Luxembourg), into their home, taking full responsibility with King Leopold for raising them. It seems that, in those early days, they were devoted to her, readily adopting her as a surrogate mother.
When the Allied armies landed in France in 1944, King Leopold was deported to Germany on the orders of Himmler, while Princess Liliane followed with the royal children in another car the next day, guarded by an escort of 200 armed men from the Waffen SS. They were held in custody in a fort at Hirschstein an der Elbe in Saxony through the winter of 1944-45, and then at Strobl, near Salzburg, before being liberated by the US Army in May 1945.
There were attempts to accuse Leopold of collaborating with the enemy. After the Belgian Army had fought for 18 days following the German invasion of their country, Leopold had asked for an armistice; but his view was that the cause was hopeless and he wished to spare his people further bloodshed. This version of events was endorsed by Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, who was at the king's headquarters throughout the fighting and insisted that the king had had no option but to surrender.
After the war Leopold and his family moved to Switzerland, spending summer holidays in the south of France; meanwhile Belgium was left in the care of King Leopold's brother, Prince Charles, who served as regent. In France, Princess Liliane often played golf with another exile, the Duke of Windsor, although she remained critical of his game.
Political problems prevented King Leopold from returning to Belgium until July 1950 and, although he was endorsed by a referendum, Left-inspired rioting persuaded him to abdicate as soon as his son Baudouin came of age in July 1951.
Even then, King Leopold and Princess Liliane lived on at Laeken with the new king, who was said to be devoted to his step-mother - so much so that there was concern in ministerial circles that he might be in love with her. Princess Liliane and King Leopold appeared in public at a ceremony for the Brussels Exhibition of 1958, after which they retreated into private life.
A crisis occurred when King Baudouin married Dona Fabiola Mora y Aragon, the present Queen Fabiola, in 1960. Whether Baudouin's father and stepmother were against the marriage is unclear, but the couple returned from their honeymoon to find that Leopold and Liliane had moved out of Laeken, and years of bitter estrangement followed.
Princess Liliane created a new home for King Leopold at Argenteuil, near the forest of Soignes, at Waterloo, with their son, Alexander, and two young daughters, Marie-Christine, born in 1951, and Marie-Esmeralda, born in 1956. Her job was to look after King Leopold in his long years of retirement.
Although rumours and gossip continued to surround them, King Leopold paid his wife the public tribute of thanking her for having shared his joys and sorrows and for helping him bring up his children by Queen Astrid with devotion and tenderness.
He concluded: "My wife and I wish for nothing more than to dwell in peace at Argenteuil, and devote ourselves to scientific, philanthropic and social activities in which we take a deep interest."
The princess threw her energies into the cardiology foundation she created in 1958 to promote new forms of treatment for cardiovascular diseases. This interest was inspired by a life-saving operation performed on her son in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1957. Every year, there was an Argenteuil Symposium for distinguished clinicians and scientists. Princess Liliane also financed a number of Belgian children who needed to go to the United States for operations, and in 1961 she inaugurated a new cardiac research laboratory at the Hospital Saint-Pierre in Brussels.
Her children have led unconventional lives. Alexander seemed to be a confirmed bachelor - but in 1998 he revealed a wife married seven years earlier. He now devotes his life to science. Her elder daughter, Marie-Christine, became estranged from her parents and went to live in the US, where she spent all her money, married twice, and publicly denounced her mother.
Marie-Esmeralda became a journalist, working for Vogue and Le Figaro, and was for a time a friend of Sarah, Duchess of York. She eventually married a British scientist, producing two children.
In later years King Leopold was seldom in the news. However, his wartime activities were the subject of various books including one by Lord Keyes, son of the wartime admiral.
In 1995 the princess was obliged to sue the novelist Pierre Mertens over his portrayal of her in his novel Une Paix Royale; and in 2001 she caused King Leopold's wartime memoirs, Pour L'Histoire, to be published without consulting the present king of the Belgians.
Princess Liliane last appeared in public in Brussels, heavily veiled and supported between King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola, at the funeral of her husband in September 1983. She did not attend King Baudouin's funeral in 1993.
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If I was writing in my diary while wearing a red shirt (I prefer blue), I could fill this space by giving you countless top-10 lists involving the same 10 players, just in a different order under different categories.
Instead, you'll get another practice report.
The Panthers are holding their final two-a-day of training camp, and the morning session involved a scary sight and a spectacular one on back-to-back plays, both involving Jonathan Baldwin.
Bill Stull threw a corner fade to Baldwin, who soared over cornerback Jovani Chappel and appeared to make a one-handed catch for the umpteenth time in camp. This time, Baldwin was showing off – it was a perfect over-the-shoulder throw that he instead contorted to make the catch – and he paid for it. Baldwin dropped the ball on his way down, hit the ground hard and rolled over onto his stomach while clutching his arm.
Suddenly, Pitt was no longer the Big East favorite.
After a few moments of silence, Baldwin bounced back up and jogged to the huddle. Stull threw another fade, to the same spot in the right corner of the end zone. This time, Baldwin played it safe and made a two-handed catch over Chappel and managed to stab one foot down for a touchdown before falling out of bounds.
Big East favorite again!
Highlights from practice:
• In a red-zone drill from the 8-yard line, Pat Bostick rolled right and zipped a pass to Cam Saddler in the upper right corner of the end zone. Saddler caught it, staying in bounds on his tiptoes for a touchdown.
• In 11-on-11 drills, defensive tackle Chas Alecxih sacked Stull and forced a fumble. Stull responded soon after by firing a pass over the middle to Oderick Turner for a nice gain against the dime – or bandit – defense.
• Stull's screen pass intended for tailback Dion Lewis was disrupted by a hit from middle linebacker Adam Gunn, and the ball popped into the hands of weak-side linebacker Max Gruder for an interception.
• Tino Sunseri also had a screen pass to Lewis intercepted, this time by nose guard Gus Mustakas, who pulled the ball off the tailback and drew cheers from his teammates by returning it for a touchdown.
• Stull escaped pocket pressure on one play, stepping up to find receiver Greg Cross on the right sideline for a gain of 20-plus yards.
• Devin Street continues to develop as a deep threat, outrunning the defensive backs to get wide open on a pass from Stull. But Street misjudged the throw and, instead of running under the ball, turned his head to look for it and watched it fall incomplete.
• Tight end Nate Byham, linebackers Steve Dell and Shane Murray, defensive end Jabaal Sheard and defensive tackle Mick Williams missed practice. In their absence, Dorin Dickerson and Mike Cruz split first-team reps at tight end, Brandon Lindsey ran with the first-team defense at end, Joe Trebitz ran with the second-team defense at strong-side linebacker and walk-ons Jon Taglianetti and Christopher Mike split third-team reps at middle linebacker.
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Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu leaves with non-contact leg injury
Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu left Sunday's game against the Eagles late in the fourth quarter after suffering an apparent non-contact knee or ankle injury.
Mathieu was hurt with under three minutes to play when he intercepted a pass from Sam Bradford. His left ankle got caught in the turf and he fell awkwardly to the ground.
Mathieu remained on the ground for several moments before heading to the locker room under his own power.
Former LSU Tiger Tyrann Mathieu tweeks knee (watch ankle) at end of Cardinals game @LSUfball @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/KkiC93UH73— Michael Cauble (@MichaelCauble) December 21, 2015
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Mathieu, 23, tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee as a rookie in 2013 and missed the final three games of the season. He returned last year to play in 13 games with six starts.
Mathieu leads the team with 76 tackles this season and is second on the team with four interceptions. He has started all of Arizona's 14 games.
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By Tom Steward | Watchdog Minnesota
Bali, Tahiti, Pompeii, Costa Rica and the Arctic Circle – dream destinations many Minnesotans could probably only fantasize about visiting if they won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes.
Yet a state grant program designed to get Minnesota artists where they want to go in their careers frequently sends grant recipients on taxpayer-funded trips to those exotic locations and more, including Thailand, the lake country of England and Rio de Janeiro.
Landscape painter Melissa Loop-Anderson was awarded $10,000 to spend next month following in the steps of the artist Paul Gauguin to French Polynesia, with a twist. Her sketches and photos from Bora Bora and other islands will be used to create paintings to "focus on colonialism and subjugation through the military and tourist industry."
"There's no way I could've done it without the grant," Loop-Anderson said. "It's an expensive part of the world to go to, and it's allowing me to go there and spend the time that's needed, because it's hard to go somewhere for a short amount of time and get a real idea of the place."
Loop-Anderson is among dozens of artists traipsing the globe on state taxpayer dime.
A Watchdog.org investigation found 114 recipients of Artist Initiative grants issued by the Minnesota State Arts Board during the past five years will have traveled to at least 40 different countries and 20 states by the end of 2013. From 2009 to 2013 the Arts Board awarded 730 Artist Initiative grants totaling $5.6 million with about 15 percent of those grants supporting travel outside Minnesota.
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"Rather than let's just pick the most beautiful place in the world and go and make some landscape paintings, it has much more to it than just about the beauty," Loop-Anderson said. "It's already helping my career, it's so ambitious of a project."
Their ultimate destination may be a more prominent place in the art world, but Minnesota artists are stopping off in distant points from Scotland to New Zealand, Iceland to India, and Poland to China along the way. The $2,200 to $10,000 grants go to support artistic development, creativity and the "contribution individual artists make to the creative environment of the state of Minnesota," according to the Arts Board.
In response to a Watchdog Minnesota Bureau inquiry, the Arts Board staunchly defended the program.
"All grant applications are reviewed by panels of advisors in a rigorous, competitive process," according to a statement from Jill Boldenow, the MSAB communications and government affairs director.
Besides travel, grant funds pay for materials, program fees and other expenses related to the artist's work. Approved reasons for out-of-state travel include conferences, residences, performances, marketing, research and learning new skills from a different part of the world — such as studying gypsy, jazz guitar technique and performance in the Netherlands.
Charles Lume received a $10,000 award for a residency near the Arctic Circle in Iceland to create light-based installations "that will help me create more engaging and provocative art," according to the grant application. Arts Board records show Peter Rothstein got $10,000 to travel to Germany, Washington, D.C., and New York in part to work on a musical about the Swing Youth of Nazi Germany. Grant filings indicate photographer Brett Kallusky landed $6,000 to visit Italy for a book project titled "Viaggio con Le Viste" (Journey with Views).
"Travel to exotic locations really needs to be 'sold' to the panel," the Minnesota State Arts Board website states. "If the only master woodcarver whom you can work with lives in Bali or Hawaii then you need to make a very strong case for why this person is important to your career."
Few recipients appear to have been more successful in making their case than choreographer and dancer Ranee Ramaswamy and her daughters Ashwini and Aparna, artistic partners in the acclaimed Ragamala Music and Dance Theater.
Ranee will jet to New Zealand and India this year on a $10,000 grant to study with choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, following a 2009 grant to travel to Bali to work with I Dewa Putu Berata on a production.
"We could sit in our studio and think and imagine how it's going to be, but it's phenomenal when we are in the surroundings where the work comes from and the work is created," Ranee Ramaswamy said in an interview. "So I think it's a very integral part for me to grow as an artist to understand where his (Ponifasio's) work comes from."
Meanwhile, Ashwini Ramaswamy will journey to Edinburgh, Scotland, on a $10,000 award to perform in a festival, picking up from a 2011 grant to trek to India for "private lessons with Alarmel Valli, the greatest living master of bharatanatyam," a classical Indian dance form, according to her application.
Aparna Ramaswamy has also received two recent grants, reaching India in 2009 "to build on her roles as Principal Dancer and Soloist with Ragamala" and presenting solo performances in the United Kingdom, Italy and Switzerland with a 2012 grant.
"We are all individual artists. Not only do we have a company," Ranee Ramaswamy said. "We all try to grow and do our own work. I've always done my own work within what we do."
"The Arts Board does not have a restriction on who can apply or whether family members can apply for artist grants," Boldenow said in her statement. "If an artist receives an individual artist grant, that individual will not be eligible to apply the next year."
In return for public funding, recipients must file a report accounting for spending and other requirements, as well as produce a community component that includes the public and focuses attention on the artist's work.
For example, Loop-Anderson will present exhibitions of her paintings and give public lectures. Ranee Ramaswamy plans to create a production that will be presented at the Walker Art Center and provide public lectures, while Ashwini Ramaswamy will present a solo dance performance.
Artist Initiative grants comprise about 6 percent of the $94 million in grants distributed by the Arts Board since 2009, the year funding kicked in following passage of a 0.375 percent sales tax hike.
While funding for Artist Initiative grants has increased with the passage of the so-called Legacy Amendment sales tax increase, arts and cultural heritage funds can only be spent on activities in Minnesota. Taxpayer-supported grants for out-of-state travel come from the Arts Board's general fund.
In her grant application, Loop-Anderson expressed some reservations about traveling to Tahiti: "I find really exotic locations that I would love to visit but doing so will accelerate their decline since many of the most beautiful places are extremely delicate eco-systems that can no longer tolerate their popularity."
The Minneapolis artist leaves for French Polynesia in April.
Contact Tom Steward at [email protected].


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Obama-Saakashvili Meeting: Iran War Base In Return For Presidential Election Support
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January 31, 2012
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Natalya Kovalenko
[A] reason to befriend Tbilisi is a possible military aggression against Iran. In this case, the US could use Georgian territory for the deployment of US aircraft. The US would not even have to ask Georgia, as experience shows that Georgia is a voluntary participant in all US military operations.
If Saakashvili's candidature is approved in Washington he as good as having the presidential post in his pocket already.
Talks between the US and Georgian presidents have taken place in Washington. Mikhail Saakashvili did not manage to enumerate definite agreements they reached but called the meeting productive. Experts believe that the presidents talked about a possible attack against Iran and US support for Saakashvili in the presidential election in Georgia in 2013.
Announcer: The Georgian leader had advertised his first official visit to Washington long before the meeting with Obama. He said that American-Georgian relations were achieving a real breakthrough in the fields of security, defence, trade, tourism, energy supplies, science, education, culture, etc. However, his expectations must have been overrated.
The meeting was only a ceremonial event, at least that part of it where journalists were allowed. The presidents exchanged stock phrases about their adherence to the development of relations in the fields of security and strategic partnership. Following the meeting, Obama called Georgia a responsible player in the world arena, promised further US support for Georgia in its bida to join NATO and declared further consolidation of trade relations between the two countries, including a possible free trade agreement.
Speaking frankly, it was hardly worthwhile crossing the Atlantic to hear these generalities but Saakashvili is in no position to decline an invitation from Washington.
President of the Politika Foundation Vyacheslav Nikonov says:
"Georgia is a country that the US has been granting great support to in recent years. If we look at the figures, Georgia always either came second after Israel or third after Israel and Egypt, according to the amount of money invested in its support by the US. Georgia constantly receives US military assistance and American instructors train the Georgian army."
On the other hand, relations between the US and Georgia cooled down in the last couple of years. Washington could not have failed to notice Tbilisi's outrageous violation of human rights and freedoms. However, to stop Saakashvili from impeding Russia's joining the WTO, Washington had to compromise. For this reason, Obama declared that the US appreciated the model of democracy and transparency that Georgia had set up in its region.
Another reason to befriend Tbilisi is a possible military aggression against Iran. In this case, the US could use Georgian territory for the deployment of US aircraft. The US would not even have to ask Georgia, as experience shows that Georgia is a voluntary participant in all US military operations.
Political scientist, St. Petersburg University Professor Valery Ostrovsky says:
"If we take the Afghan war, Georgia takes first place among coalition countries in the number of servicemen sent there as against the percentage of its population. Georgians have died in Afghanistan and Iraq and this policy seems to persist."
On his part, Saakashvili needs support from abroad ahead of the 2013 presidential campaign. He can very well manage the domestic opposition but his position is too shaky to withstand reproaches for violating democratic values on the part of overseas human rights protectors. If Saakashvili's candidature is approved in Washington he as good as having the presidential post in his pocket already.
January 31, 2012 at 8:49 pm
US interference in elections can be vioent or it can just be financial or strategic. Democracy, US style, with a Columbia-trained puppet to continue in office in Georgia, add to the tensions with Russia, perhaps have a few more wars far from US shores, should be a typical manoeuvre.


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Dubai Airshow nears sell out
Dubai Airshow 2007 – the 10th edition of the biennial event which is now the third largest of its kind in the world – is nearing a 'house full' scenario with organisers Fairs & Exhibitions (F&E) reporting a substantial influx of new-to-market companies enhancing the exhibitor portfolio.
To date some 105 companies from 20 countries have registered to make their Middle East exhibition debut at the show, which runs at the Airport Expo Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from November 11-15.
"The sheer number of newcomers opens up huge business opportunities for the aerospace industry within the Middle East and beyond and many of these new market entrants are looking to gain access to a region which is now widely acknowledged within the industry as being one of the most go-ahead in the world," said Alison Weller, Aerospace Director, F&E. "The diverse profiles of the new entrants offers a wide breadth of opportunity from composite manufacture, to component supply and even space product collaboration.
"This fresh exhibitor influx accounts for at least a tenth of the overall exhibitor profile."
Amongst those lining up for the Dubai Airshow for the first time are: the UAE's own Mubadala Aerospace Division and Falcon Aviation, which supplies point-to-point air services with its helicopter and jet fleet; a string of exhibitors from the USA including Cirrus, which designs, manufactures and markets general aviation composite aircraft and Eclipse, the name behind the very first light jet; Switzerland's Grob Aerospace, one of the world's largest and most experienced composite aircraft manufacturers; Germany's Henkel Aerospace, which makes aerospace structural adhesives; Russia's International Association of Space Activities and Sweden's Volvo Aero, which makes hi-tech components for aircraft rocket engines.
To date, 98% of available floor space at the Dubai Airshow 2007 has been reserved – which accounts for 26% more than for the whole of the 2005 event.
"Demand has been intense with now close to 900 exhibitors registered from 41 countries," explained Weller. "This includes first time participation from the Cayman Islands which will see its government registry take part, Afghanistan, represented by Safi Airways, Luxembourg by maintenance service provider CAE Aviation and the Philippines with Beechcraft spares stockist Aerospace Products International.
"We are still processing a range of enquiries which we believe will ensure the show is fully booked by the end of September," explained Weller.
The show will also feature industry pavilions from 11 nations – Canada, the UK, Austria, Germany, France, The Netherlands, U.S., Ukraine, Russia, Jordan and Sweden.
Heightened international demand for the Dubai Airshow has prompted F&E to design creative floor space solutions to accommodate exhibitors within the space constraints of Airport Expo Dubai. Exhibition hall aisles have been narrowed while outdoor space and stairwells have been used to provide 'pavilion' space.
"We have managed to grow the show within the confines of Airport Expo Dubai but expect expansion to really take off when the event moves to its new purpose-built Dubai Exhibition World site in 2009," said Weller.
Dubai Exhibition World will be at Dubai World Central, the huge urban aviation community currently being built at Jebel Ali, a 30 minutes' drive from Dubai city centre.
The Dubai Airshow is organised by F&E in conjunction with the Department of Civil Aviation, Government of Dubai and in collaboration with the UAE Armed Forces.
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New in DataStax Enterprise 2.0: Support for appending files in Cassandra File System
The Cassandra File System (CFS) is a distributed filesystem that allows for easy integration of DataStax Enterprise platform with Hadoop. It implements the HDFS API on top of Cassandra. Therefore, you can run your Hadoop MapReduce Jobs unchanged on DataStax Enterprise analytical nodes. Additionally, thanks to distributed architecture of Cassandra, CFS has no single point of failure.
So far, files in CFS were immutable. You could load a file from the local file system by using
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Files in HDFS, as well as in CFS, are organized in blocks, usually several tens MBs large. Compressed data of each block is stored in a separate row in sblocks column family. Blocks are immutable so it is not possible to grow a block that has been already saved. However, it is possible to add new blocks and this is exactly what the append method does.
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Raymond Van Barneveld maintained his perfect start to this season's Premier League as he beat Wes Newton in Aberdeen.
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Having seen off Gary Anderson last week, Barney was on fine form once again in Scotland as he rattled in four maximums and three 100+ finishes on his way to a 7-2 victory over debutant Newton.
Having taken the opening leg, the Dutchman served notice of what was to follow as he fired his first 180 and a 116 check-out to ease into a 2-0 lead.
Newton hit back to get himself on the board, but Van Barneveld would take out 116 and then 117 to move 5-1 ahead before producing a 12-darter to move within one of victory.
Newton managed to pinch himself a second leg, but it was merely delaying the inevitable as Barney closed out the contest in the next, finishing with a three-dart average of nearly 101.
Anderson gave the home crowds something to cheer as he edged a see-saw encounter with Simon Whitlock, eventually emerging a 7-5 winner.
The Flying Scotsman looked to be in trouble as he fell 3-1 behind, but then reeled off five legs to put himself on the verge of victory in front of his partisan fans.
But he then wobbled, missing five five match darts as he allowed Whitlock to get back within one at 6-5 and could only watch on as the Australian just missed out on a dramatic 157 out-shot that would have earned a draw.
A relieved Anderson finally got the job done on his next visit, hitting double-12 at the first time of asking to seal victory.
Andy Hamilton secured his first win of the competition with a 7-4 success against an out-of-sorts James Wade.
Having missed a double to take the first leg, Wade just could not get going in the early stages and quickly found himself 5-0 behind as Hamilton stayed rock solid on his doubles.
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I'm very sensitive to the cold, as people who know me will attest, so all week I have been thinking of what comforting autumnal pudding I would cook this weekend to warm me up. I toyed with apple crumble. However, despite what I said last week, I plumped for rice pudding.
For the past 18 years, I have hated rice pudding with a passion; the very thought of it made me feel sick. However it wasn't always like this – there was a time when the thought of my mum's rice pudding was enough to make me very happy. But then I had it at school and it all changed. It was horrible and ever since then I have been unable to bring myself to eat it (apart from one occasion about a year ago, when I tried a ready-made one – not the best one to try and turn me).
Then, this week rice pudding came out of the test kitchen at work; I decided to throw caution to the wind and give it a go. I wasn't expecting to like – but it was amazing. I kept sticking my spoon back in, wanting more. It was rich, creamy and comforting – just as it was when I ate my mum's rice pudding all those years ago.
There are many food-related perks for working for a food magazine, but the best thing has been discovering that I now enjoy foods that I once hated. Beetroot is another example; all I had were the memories of the pickled stuff, but when a beetroot risotto came out (with broad beans – another thing I disliked), I devoured it and went back for seconds. B. couldn't believe it when I told him. Raspberries too; while I still don't like them by themselves, I will happily work my way through any dessert that includes them – also to B.'s delight.
So, after this latest taste revelation, I had to make my own rice pudding – I also thought it fair to end B.'s rice pudding drought. And after being inspired by the latest episode of River Cottage Every Day where Hugh made apple compote, I decided to make my own to accompany the pudding. My favourite desserts are apple-based, so I thought it only fitting to combine a new sweet love with an old one.
Since I had never cooked rice pudding before, I consulted a few recipes, including one of Hugh's and, of course, Delia, before coming up with my own. Although it took a while to cook, it was worth the wait, and the slightly tart apple compote perfectly complemented the rich, sweet rice pudding. Just the thing for a cold autumn evening – a treat I would have missed out on if I had not had a complete change of heart. I'm so glad I did.
Rice pudding with apple cinnamon compote
Serves 6 with compote left over
600ml milk
170g tin evaporated milk
240ml double cream
1 vanilla pod
Lots of freshly grated nutmeg
50g golden caster sugar
100g pudding rice
Pinch of salt
For the compote
800g Bramley apples, well peeled
3-4 tbsp caster sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/gas 2. Heat the milk, evaporated milk and double cream with the scraped vanilla and pod over a low heat for 10-15 minutes until it is hot but not quite boiling. Remove the vanilla pod and discard.
2. Add the caster sugar, a good grating of nutmeg and the salt. Stir well, then add the rice. Heat for a couple of minutes over a medium heat.
3. Meanwhile, butter a 23cm diameter oven dish. Pour the milky rice mixture into the dish, cover with foil and put in the oven for 30 minutes.
4. Remove from the oven, give the mixture a good stir and put back in the oven, covered with foil, for another 30 minutes. Stir again and return to the oven, uncovered, for 1¼-1½ hours until the rice is creamy and tender, but the pudding is not too dry.
5. Meanwhile, make the compote. Finely slice the apples (I used a vegetable peeler to make it easier and quicker.) Put the sliced apples into a saucepan over a low heat with 2 tbsp water and 1 tbsp of the sugar. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. When the apples have cooked down to become a smooth puree, add the sugar and the cinnamon. Taste and add more sugar if needed. Stir well and set aside.
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Not content to merely redefine skyscrapers, football stadiums, and the agency of the architect, Bjarke Ingels Group is now leaping into the realm of transportation, joining up with Hyperloop to "transform the future of public infrastructure." Bjarke explained it thusly: "Traditionally, the work... View full entry
The train will not come because the track does not exist, says the voice on the loudspeaker. You must believe as hard as you can.
Everyone on the platform ignores him. Your belief is not enough. It has never been enough.
Construction has just begun on the new Fuchsia Line, which Metro management says will solve all the system's problems, and which is the only thing that anyone has allocated any funding for. It is entirely under water and plated in gold. It will be completed in 18 years. — The Washington Post
Alexandra Petri of The Washington Post pens a maybe not-so-fictional tale about the "horrors" of the current state of the Washington Metro, which shut down last month.More on Archinect:A day in the life of a (fictional) architecture internFairy Tales 2016 winners highlight real architectural... View full entry
The seven American cities that made the shortlist in the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Smart City Challenge are now deciding their strategies for winning the $40m prize fund...Transportation is the focus, so judges will be interested in self-driving and 'connected' cars, as well as 'smart streets' fitted with sensors. The aim will be to cut accidents, reduce pollution and increase commuter convenience. — Global Construction Review
The DOT shortlisted seven finalists instead of the originally planned five. They are:Austin, TexasColumbus, OhioDenver, ColoradoKansas City, MissouriPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPortland, OregonSan Francisco, CaliforniaThe winning city is expected to be announced in June.More related to transportation... View full entry
Still standing strong after its opening in 1976, the Washington D.C. Metro rail system designed by architect Harry Weese was deemed the recipient of the AIA's Twenty-five Year Award.
The award recognizes a structure that demonstrates architectural resilience for 25-35 years. The structure must also show excellence in function, execution of its original program, and creative aspects in accordance with today's standards. — bustler.net
These are a few of the D.C. Metro's stations. Find out more about the D.C. Metro on Bustler. View full entry
Hyperloop is a new mode of transport that seeks to change this [transit] paradigm by being both fast and inexpensive for people and goods. Hyperloop is also unique in that it is an open design concept, similar to Linux. Feedback is desired from the community that can help advance the Hyperloop design and bring it from concept to reality. — Tesla Motors
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The cycle superhighway, which opened in April, is the first of 26 routes scheduled to be built to encourage more people to commute to and from Copenhagen by bicycle. More bike path than the Interstate its name suggests, it is the brainchild of city planners who were looking for ways to increase bicycle use in a place where half of the residents already bike to work or to school every day. — nytimes.com
Audi and BIG showed up at Art Basel Miami last week with what could be mistaken as the latest dance floor design, a huge LED surface which illuminates and tracks humans. The floor act as a large scale demonstration of "Urban Future," . The concept is based on integrating driveless electric cars into advanced roadways that guide the vehicles, eliminating curbs, traffic lights and other types of space-gobbling infrastructure to hand the city back to pedestrians. — Inhabitat
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ORLANDO, Fla. - If the reaction to Orange County Public Schools passing a policy preventing discrimination based on gender identity is any indication, transgender issues may have gone mainstream, but the topic remains extremely controversial.
Local 6 reported tensions ran high Tuesday in Orange County when hundreds of parents and students turned out over the plan. The policy also prevents discrimination based on sexual orientation, but adding gays and lesbians to the policy wasn't as heavily debated as adding transgender individuals.
"It doesn't surprise me that that was a sticking point," said Jennifer Marvin, a licensed mental health counselor who has counseled transgender children before.
Marvin also identifies as transgender.
"There are laws and rules that protect gay and lesbian people that don't protect transgendered people," said Marvin.
The census doesn't track gender identity. As a result, the Census Bureau cannot say for certain how many transgendered people there are. But Orange County is joining a growing number of school districts across the country that have similar polices, including Osceola, Volusia, and nearly a dozen other districts in Central Florida.
Marvin said the key to successfully implementing the policies is respect.
"If they are presenting as a female, treat them as a female," she said. "If they're presenting as a male, treat them as a male."
But some parents said school is no place for their kids to come face-to-face with transgender or gay students and staff.
"If a child chooses to identify with another gender, what does that mean to my student? And as a mom of my daughters, no one else is responsible for teaching them social policy, that's my job," said Vicki Mullens.
Volusia County passed the ordinance about a year ago and school officials are only aware of one transgendered student.
Orange County school board members passed the measure 6-2. To view the revised Board Policy JB, click here. To view the revised Board Policy GBA, click here.
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