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The symptoms are universal: There's a sudden gasp for air and an involuntary utterance of "uh oh," followed by an instant surge of heat rushing over the body, increased heart rate, dizziness, nausea and an overwhelming desire to dig a hole, crawl in that hole, put a large rock over the top, maybe decorate with some wallpaper and nice drapes and send out for sushi because you'll want to stay in that hole a very, very long time.
Such are the measurable physiological and psychological responses that occur upon accidentally sending a steamy text meant for your hot girlfriend to your church minister instead. Or Google chatting more than one person at a time — perhaps your mom plus an important client — and mistakenly sending the client your sassy critique of the latest "Real Housewives" episode. Or, possibly worst of all, tapping the dreaded "reply all" button and propelling a snarky reference about your supervisor's body odor — meant only as an inside joke between a couple of pals — companywide, including your boss's inbox. Quick, someone get the shovel.
A few years back, Zoe Francis, a Pleasanton freelance writer, accidentally sent an email to her boss in which she referred to him as a distinctive type of feminine hygiene product.
"I thought I would die when I sent that note," she said. "The second I hit 'send,' I knew I had made an egregious error. Luckily, he did not kill me or fire me."
You'd think we'd all know better by now.
After all, email is hardly new, and most everyone's gotten the hang of smartphones, texting and social media. Yet the speed of modern communication combined with an itchy trigger finger on "send" often gets us into all manner of cyber mischief.
Luckily for Francis, this mishap came out OK. When her boss got that note, he strolled ever so slowly to her desk. "He wasn't laughing," Francis said. "But he understood the error and took it extremely well. Quite frankly, it was a bit of a turning point in our relationship — a wee bit for the better, oddly enough."
Online mishaps can certainly be funny — an embarrassment of glitches, fodder for jokes at the company picnic or the college reunion. Who can forget the "reply-all-pocalypse" of last November when New York University student Max Wiseltier received an email from college administrators about a tax form, which he tried to forward to his mom saying, "Do you want me to do this?" A slip of the mouse later and Wiseltier had sent that simple query to all his fellow 39,979 students on the Listserv. Thousands upon thousands of them then replied-all back, mocking him, adding jokes and comments, turning the innocent mistake into an Internet phenomenon and getting Wiseltier on everything from ABC News to Jimmy Kimmel.
But serious consequences can happen, too. Jobs have been lost, relationships altered. Email "storms" — when people "reply all" to "reply all" messages over and over, multiplying like rabbits in everyone's inboxes — can overload servers and shut down critical systems. Some research has shown that at least 15 percent of an average office worker's day is spent on email, and 5 percent of those received are of the "reply all" variety.
These mishaps have become such a problem, some versions of Microsoft's Outlook email systems provide a way to disable/enable the evil "reply all" button. Applications, such as Sperry Software's Reply to All Monitor, are on the market, providing pop-ups that ask "Are you sure?" when you start to respond to multiple recipients. And Gmail offers an "undo send" button and the option of setting a five to 30-second delay in your outbound messages, so you have a small window to fix a mistake.
Still, programs can only do so much to mitigate user error. There's no pop-up window for stupid.
Check twice, click once
Thom VanValkenburg, 32, of Martinez works for an engineering firm in Oakland and has heard plenty of email horror stories.
"So I'm really, really careful," he said. "I pay close attention to whom I'm sending to. Another problem is if you are too quick to press 'send,' you might forget there's an attachment that you might not want to forward. That can be dangerous."
His safeguard technique is to write up emails, then set them off to the side for a while and take a fresh look before hitting "send."
"Even just a couple of minutes gives you a new take on it, making sure you said things correctly," he said.
Good advice. But mistakes still happen to the most careful among us. And once you have made a big one, then what? How do you recover?
"You should face the music," says Sue Fox, Pleasanton-based etiquette expert and author of "Business Etiquette for Dummies." "Take a deep breath, stay put and face the consequences honestly and apologetically. Possibly you can use a little humor, but be careful you don't make the offense worse.
"If you've made an online faux pas," she added, "the worst thing you can do is disappear, change your email address, close your Twitter and Facebook accounts, vow to move out of town, assume an alias, and never communicate with that person or group of people again as long as you live."
In other words, digging a hole just gets you in deeper.
Follow Angela Hill on Twitter.com/giveemhill, or read her Sunday Give 'Em Hill column.
Honesty is always the best policy.
Most people will give you another chance to redeem yourself. You're much better off taking responsibility for your blunder than blaming it on someone or something else.
Respond with a written apology. Do not make a lot of excuses. Make it short and sweet and end the conversation online.


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Many FairTaxHR25 advocates focus solely on the spectacular economic growth that would occur with passage of FairTaxHR25 as the primary justification of ending the current tax structure. Such focusing allows the evil of the income tax ignored as advocates and opponents do battle. Numbers and studies can be twisted; not so with moral truth.
The moral truth embodied within the income tax structure is this: men are not free who are forced to surrender their treasure either by law or through threat of violence. Worse than the theft of treasure is the silencing of the citizen who finds himself or his business targeted because of personal opposition to those in power. With new regulations, the IRS intends to silence 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organizations who oppose government.
FairTaxHR25 ends the IRS and income tax. Learn more www.fairtax.org Tell your congressman to support HR25 and end the evil.
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Little Big Town's Ride for the Cure Raises Over $55,000 for T.J. Martell Foundation
Last Sunday (June 10), Little Big Town's 6th Annual Ride for the Cure event took place in Franklin and Columbia, Tenn. Unfortunately, the motorcycle ride was canceled due to a bad rainstorm, but the popular country act still managed to help raise more than $55,000 to help research cures for cancer, Leukemia, and AIDS.
Despite the bad weather, the pre-ride jam session at Mickey Roo's and the all-star jam session at the Harley-Davidson Columbia Superstore both went according to plan. In addition to live music, the jam sessions also included an auction. One of the big-ticket items of the day was an autographed Epiphone Guitar signed by Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts and Edens Edge. It was purchased by Mike Wolfe from The History Channel's reality show, 'American Pickers.'
In the six years that Little Big Town have been hosting the Ride for the Cure, the event has raised $310,000 for the T.J. Martell Foundation. The T.J. Martell Foundation is the music industry's largest foundation that funds innovative medical research focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS.
After taking a day off of touring to do a good deed, Little Big Town didn't have much take to rest. The CMT Music Award-nominated group is back on tour. Click here for the rest of Little Big Town's summer tour dates.


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Thursday, May 15, 2008
His room is not so much untidy as beyond any notion of tidiness or untidiness; an equinoctial tide of printed matter, much of it illustrated, washes against the walls. There are two jumbo sofas, both covered in spinach-green velvet, a bed the shape of an elephant's foot, a large Boulle chest of drawers that might have come from a French provincial town-house, a mirror cracked in several places and a plain wooden table that would suit a dinner party of eight or ten. The books are there for use, not for looks, and the electric light hangs unshaded from the ceiling. The telephone usually functions only in an outgoing direction, for Bacon inclines toward Degas' definition of the telephone as a tyrant that would have us drop everything and come running. As far as humanly possible he has disembarrassed himself of possessions and of everything else that could inhibit the drives of instinct. He uses money as an instrument of liberty, not as an instrument of power-- and by "liberty" he means the freedom to go or not go anywhere, at any time, in any company.
--From "Francis Bacon At Sixty", by John Russell. Art In America, January 1970.
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- 6 chicken leg-thigh pieces, cut apart
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice
- 1 cup canned low-salt chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- Peel of 1 small orange, removed in strips using vegetable peeler
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Combine raisins and vinegar in small bowl; set aside. Cook onions in large saucepan of boiling water 5 minutes. Drain; cool slightly. Trim and peel onions.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large ovenproof pot over medium-low heat. Add onions and sauté until golden, about 10 minutes; transfer to large bowl. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Add 1 tablespoon oil to same pot. Working in batches, add chicken to pot and cook over medium-high heat until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Add chicken to bowl with onions. Add tomatoes with juices, broth, wine, coriander, honey, allspice, and 1 teaspoon pepper to pot. Bring to boil, scraping up any browned bits. Return chicken and onions to pot. Stir in bay leaves, orange peel, cinnamon stick and oregano. Cover tightly and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 1 hour.
- Stir raisin mixture and remaining 2 tablespoons oil into stew. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to shallow bowl.
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- Calories1004
- Carbohydrates32 g(11%)
- Fat69 g(107%)
- Protein61 g(121%)
- Saturated Fat17 g(85%)
- Sodium324 mg(13%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat13 g
- Fiber7 g(27%)
- Monounsaturated Fat33 g
- Cholesterol320 mg(107%)


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- LewRockwell.com: Three videos of police brutality. Take your pick, they are all horrible: an elderly disabled woman thrown to the ground, a cop pointing a gun at a woman's head for getting in a car accident, a girl tased through her skull. Never forget: these thugs are not your friends.
- National Post: Two Canadians are facing charges for desecrating an American flag as part of a bet over last year's gold medal hockey game in Vancouver. The flag is just a stupid piece of fabric. It is only the false religion of nationalism that makes it anything more. I would encourage everyone to go out and burn five flags tomorrow just to knock the nationalists down.
- Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com: Best and worst of 2010. I am obviously going to love that Glenn Greenwald is one of his best, but I'm really more excited about seeing the repulsive Michael C. Moynihan of Reason as one of his worst. That a hateful little statist apologist like Moynihan works at Reason is appalling. The rot he has been churning out against WikiLeaks is awful, thus making me quite glad to see LRN.fm drop Reason.tv from their lineup.
- Radley Balko at Reason: The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the decision to list a teen on the sex offender registry for forcing another teen to accompany him in collecting a debt. Wh-what? How is that a sex crime? Quiet, slave–do not question the wisdom of Leviathan!
- Glenn Greenwald: What Glenn learned from his campaign of pro-WikiLeaks media appearances. Money quote: "From the start of the WikiLeaks controversy, the most striking aspect for me has been that the ones who are leading the crusade against the transparency brought about by WikiLeaks — the ones most enraged about the leaks and the subversion of government secrecy — have been . . . America's intrepid Watchdog journalists."
- Via Conor Friedersdorf at Sullivan, USA Today: Railways are apparently the next target for the DHS/TSA fascists. The airport racket wasn't a big enough employment program for fat skinhead knuckle-draggers, so they are going to need to start up unconstitutional and utterly pointless searches at subway stations to create some more jobs for their brethren.
- NYT: Have you heard of Jamie and Gladys Scott? They had spent 16 years behind bars for an $11 armed robbery. Well, luckily for them, Miss. Governor (and GOP presidential hopeful) Haley Barbour went and said some vaguely racist crap a few weeks ago. Looking to prove he didn't hate blacks after all, Barbour suspended their sentences, contingent upon one sister giving the other a kidney. I am glad these women have been released from their ridiculous sentences, but that Barbour did this for opportunistic reasons and that there is some sort of caveat attached pisses me off.
- Western Standard: Highlighting the inspiring story of an incidence of de facto jury nullification in a Montana marijuana possession case. During jury selection, the drug warriors couldn't find enough potential jurors in the pool willing to even consider locking someone up for having a sixteenth of an ounce. Not like the quantity should really matter, but still awesome.
- Eugene Volokh: Phillip Greaves, the sick dude who wrote the infamously-banned-on-Amazon book The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure, was recently extradited to Florida to face felony obscenity charges. Undercover cops baited him into sending them a copy of the book. Is Greaves a sick puppy who should be ostracized by other adults? Probably. But is writing a book reason enough to entrap someone and then lock them up? Hell no.
- Via Jacob Sullum at Reason, Michael Siegel: the top 10 anti-tobacco lies of the year. Why just talk about the realities of lung cancer when you can make up much worse lies? That seems to be the motto of the anti-smoking zealots. It's mostly BS about secondhand smoke.
- The American Conservative: A great parody poster, ridiculing America's support of all manner of reprehensible regimes.
- The Cincinnati Enquirer: Meet John Harmon, a diabetic who was repeatedly tased and beaten by Hamilton County cops during a groundless DUI stop. Cops suspected Harmon was drunk when really his blood sugar was low. It probably didn't help that Harmon is black. Now he is suing. Good–punch the cop-bullies in the nose.
- NYT: Headline: "Abuses Cited in Enforcing China Policy of One Child." Oh gee whiz, do you think? I don't really know how you differentiate when the one-child policy is itself just one great instance of abuse. There is a story in this report about a woman carried off to a hospital and sterilized against her will. To the criminals perpetrating these crimes–I don't often wish violence upon people, but may you end up first against the wall come the revolution.
- Radley Balko at Reason: A how-to on recording the cops. Not exactly a thriller, but excellent for logistics. The recording front is one of the primary ones on which we are fighting right now.
- Kevin Carson at Center for a Stateless Society: Headline: "Statism: An Unfalsifiable Religion." Pointing out the endlessly self-perpetuating loop of statism. I liked this quote: "Market failures are taken as evidence that we need a regulatory state, but regulatory failures are used as a pretext for even more government."
- William Grigg at LewRockwell.com: Pausing to remember the horrific story of Derek Hale, executed by cops in 2006. Hale's widow recently received a settlement from the City of Wilmington, Delaware, but that can scarcely bring back her tased-into-a-stupor, then-shot husband Derek.
- Daily Anarchist: Ugh…a guy writes about how he no longer hangs out with his non-anarchist friends. I hate this crap. Saying that you don't want to hang out with non-anarchists is just as collectivist as being a collectivist. People must be treated as individuals.
- Juan Cole: Top ten myths about Afghanistan. Must-read. Cole just demolishes every one of the plot lines you hear articulated in White House briefings and mainstream reporting. It is an unwinnable war.
- NYT: Remember the name Qian Yunhui. He began as no hero–a Communist Party apparatchik. But he later fought for his neighbors' property rights, and this is why he may well have been killed by the regime.
- NYT: Estonia joins the Euro. Poor Estonians. We've covered this story before. At a time when the euro is facing an existential crisis, let there be no doubt that this decision had nothing to do with the good of average Estonians and everything to do with bureaucrats and politicians seeking more goodies from the European Union.
- Jacob Sullum at Reason: Covering the federal court ruling that NYC can't force cigarette merchants to put up anti-smoking posters. This is one small victory for private business, but it comes in the midst of a losing war.
- Via Conor Friedersdorf at Sullivan, The Washington Examiner: When it comes to for-profit colleges, no one wins. You have the colleges themselves fighting to keep their meal-ticket, the 87% of revenue they get from taxpayers. Then you have guys shorting the stocks of for-profit colleges fighting for more onerous regulation of them in Congress, just to make sure they make money on their short. Yuck.
- The War Nerd Gary Brecher at The eXile: Lessons from the Pashtun. I don't always love Brecher's column, but this one was hilarious. Good example: "They still remember Timur in Herat, but they won't remember us. Not even all the money we spent, because Afghans are not future software billionaires. They'll spend it on guns or pretty little dancing boys, and it'll all end up in the form of Muhajir merchant families, or the 32-foot Bayliners sitting in the driveway of some merc's house in Tracy."
- NYT: Those who petition the Russian Orthodox Church to rescind Tolstoy's excommunication either totally misunderstand his philosophy or just want to make a name for themselves. My guess is the latter. If Tolstoy knew that his great-grandson was campaigning for Putin and begging for the Patriarch to restore Tolstoy to good graces, he would implode.
- John McWhorter at The New Republic: Fantastic essay on how ending the drug war–and not just on marijuana–would be a tremendous thing for black America. My only concern with McWhorter's essay is that it's a bit too pragmatic. The war on drugs should be ended because it is morally wrong, not because it leads to a lot of innocent black men going to jail. If fewer black men go to jail once this great wrong is eliminated from our society, then so much the better.
- Daniel Larison: Pointing out the uncomfortable truth that Liu Xiaobo is a pretty lame stooge of Western imperialism (read: supported the war in Iraq). This news disappoints me, but like Larison, it does not diminish my belief that Liu Xiaobo should be freed immediately.
- Radley Balko at Reason: Cornelius Dupree Jr. became the 21st man to be exonerated by DNA evidence…in just one county. He had been in prison since 1980. What a tragedy, 30 years stolen.
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Last weekend (Nov 4 -6) was amazing and it was my first bird watching/photographing trip. Before I start with the trip itself, remember I spoke about my confusion on my gears(what to buy and what not to buy). Well, I finally settled with an used Canon EOS 40D and just before the trip I got myself a Sigma 150 500 APO HSM OS lens.This combination is awesome as 40D has some amazing ISO performance even at 1000+.
So, Now the trip.
Rather than a normal travelogue like boarding a bus, getting down there, boarding a car, getting wooed out by the sight and sounds of the jungle and reaching the resort…oops I mentioned all of them. This more of a note that I am writing about my first birding trip.
If you are still guessing, well…I went to Ganeshgudi, a beautiful jungle near the city of Belgaum in Karnataka.
Three days of ultimate awesomeness with some medium weighing gears and 12 hours of continuous walking, looking and photographing birds. I managed to record some 24 species of birds including some rare species like Malabar Trogon, Crested Goshawks and Great Horn bill(this was not recorded, all I could hear was the sound of its wing flaps..gives goose bump). My 40D went b0rked in the middle of the trip with its exposure and metering not working properly. So most of my photos were taken with an exposure compensation of -2.
Still some photos came out good and they are here
The only mammal I was able to spot and photograph was Malabar Giant Squirrel. the photo is here
So, my first birding trip with my new gear and some unexpected challenges that came out with it. I guess I am learning a lot more that I expected.
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As Iraqi troops battled Shiite militias last month in the southern city of Basra, Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was remarkably quiet. This is bad news for Iraq and for the United States.
Mr. Sistani's absence at a critical time for the Shiite community highlights how far he has withdrawn from public life and the potential for a dangerous power vacuum in religious leadership as Shiite factions violently compete for influence in Iraq. The US and Iraqi governments can no longer depend on Sistani as a stabilizing force in the Shiite heartland of southern Iraq.
Compare Sistani's recent performance with his actions in August 2004, when he brokered a cease-fire between the Iraqi government and the militia of renegade cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. That deal averted a US attack on Shiism's holiest shrine in the city of Najaf and paved the way for Mr. Sadr to join the political process a year later. It was an extraordinary feat by Sistani, who negotiated the deal within two days of returning to Iraq from a hospital in London. For a cleric who eschews the limelight and politics in general, Sistani affirmed his position as the most important player in Iraq's stability.
But today Sistani is sitting on the sidelines, and the longer he stays quiet, the more his influence will wane. Press reports from Iraq suggest that Sistani has slowed down because of his health. Some aides say that he has handed over many duties to his son, Mohammed Redha, who is a junior cleric.
The United States and its Iraqi allies must begin planning for a post-Sistani era and for ways to avoid a larger power struggle among Shiite factions. Right now, there is no clear successor to Sistani. In Najaf, there are three other grand ayatollahs who could replace him as the highest marja al-taqlid – source of emulation – for Iraqi Shiites. But none of them has a wide following or has shown the same political deftness that Sistani has displayed since the US invasion in 2003.
Sistani's diminishing clout – and the absence of an apparent successor – will ultimately bolster Sadr, the enfant terrible of Najaf who is working to burnish his religious credentials. In December, Sadr's aides announced that he is studying to become an ayatollah and is on track to attain that status within two years. That would be a remarkable fast-tracking of the normally rigid system of Shiite scholarship. Once he's an ayatollah, Sadr can issue his own religious rulings and he will no longer have to defer to senior clerics.
Already, the 33-year-old Sadr has shown disdain for the elder clerics, accusing them of being too acquiescent toward the Americans.
Because they shunned direct involvement in politics, Sistani and other scholars created a power vacuum in the Shiite community. Sadr and his supporters quickly sought to fill that void after the US invasion.
During parliamentary elections in December 2005, Sadr turned his popularity among poor Shiites into political influence, with his supporters wining 30 seats in the 275-member legislature – the largest share of any single faction. Sadr then became a kingmaker in the selection of Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister. At the same time, Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, ran death squads that assassinated Sunnis and drove them out of Shiite sections of Baghdad.
In the Shiite world, it is unusual for a young cleric with Sadr's modest religious credentials to garner such a wide following. Sadr is several ranks and years away from attaining the title of ayatollah. Normally, it can take two decades of study and research for a cleric to become an ayatollah. But he is the only surviving son of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, who was assassinated by the Iraqi regime in 1999. The elder Sadr was one of Shiism's leading scholars, and – unlike Sistani – he advocated a strong political role for the clergy.
Sistani was often criticized for remaining silent about Saddam Hussein's crimes against Shiites. By contrast, the elder Sadr challenged the regime in a series of sermons that ultimately led to his murder. Sistani and the elder Sadr became rivals in the Shiite religious hierarchy. Despite his lower clerical rank, many of Sadr's followers look to him as the inheritor of his father's legacy and are willing to emulate him instead of more senior scholars.
Without Sistani, there is no one with the religious and moral authority to restrain Sadr and other Shiite factions as they battle for control of oil-rich southern Iraq. The recent fighting in Basra was the latest chapter of a conflict between Sadr and his main rival for dominance of the Shiite heartland: the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, led by a US and Iranian-backed cleric, Abdulaziz al-Hakim. Whatever faction ultimately rules Basra will control much of Iraq's oil and the means of shipping it.
Sadr emerged from the latest battle with his militia and reputation intact. And he got an unexpected boost: a display of Sistani's waning influence. That can only embolden the young cleric and create new troubles for the United States.
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I bet the views from MacAfees KNob were gorgeous this morning!Still planning to run out and meet you on Monday---the plan is to park at Humpback Rocks parking and run south on the AT until we find you so look for us midday :-)
Adam,Hope you guys had a great day running around Catawba today. Hope to catch up with you next week.


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The annual total of 534.6t represented the greatest level of demand since 1964 as the net of central banks adding to their gold reserves was cast wider, reaching Brazil, Paraguay, Iraq and Venezuela.
Russia adhered to its long term buying programme, adding around 75.0t to its reserve holdings throughout the year through the purchase of domestically produced gold. The country's gold reserves, the seventh largest globally, now approaches 1,000t and slightly less than the 10% of total reserves.
Latin America adopted a higher regional profile within the group of central banks adding to gold reserves. During 2012, Brazil and Paraguay made purchases of 34.0t and 7.5t respectively, adding to the net 19.0t bought by Mexico as part of the continued reserve-building witnessed in the region.
Iraq also joined the ranks of net purchasers of gold, adding 24.1t of gold to its reserves between August and November. Gold reserves are just shy of 30t, equal to an allocation of around 2.5%.
South Korea and the Philippines were again the dominant figures in the Asian region, adding 30t and 33.6t respectively during the course of the year. The two markets are now in possession of gold reserves totalling 84.4t (South Korea) and 192.7t (Philippines).
Gold exchange-traded fund asset growth via SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), iShares Gold Trust (IAU) and similar funds was also brisk, rising 51% and partially offsetting a 17% drop in demand for gold bars and coins.


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RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> The Etiwanda Fire is all but mopped up.
Crews are departing, equipment is leaving and a local management team is set to take over command this morning.
"What happens, is when we get near the end of the fire, we downscale because the threat of the fire is all but diminished," said Brian Grant, spokesman for the Southern California incident management team, which will be passing control to the San Bernardino National Forest about 6 a.m.
There's not really any more flames, he said, and resources will be demobilizing to lessen the burden on the taxpayers.
The number of people battling the wildfire in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains dropped from 929 to 821 and will likely continue to decrease, according to Grant. Likewise, three of the four available helicopters are scheduled to leave the scene.
The remaining crews will continue to hand-dig fire lines in the northern, mountainous terrain and turn over hot spots inside the fire's perimeter, which is 86 percent contained.
Homes to the south of the 2,190-acre fire, which were evacuated after the fire ignited about 8 a.m. Wednesday, are basically no longer threatened.
Firefighters in a helicopter Friday night used infrared technology to locate hot spots, some a few inches beneath the soil.
"That infrared flight revealed that there is not much out there, but there is still some significant heat in spots," Grant said. Crews on the ground will seek out the smoldering areas, hose them down and turn over the soil, according to the fire official.
"This mop-up stage, it's going to continue on for quite sometime, at least a few days, if not more," Grant said. "Until the new incident command is comfortable this fire is dead out."


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Welcome to Beyond the Frame: Indian British Connections. This Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded follow-on project expands and builds on the success of the 3-year research project 'Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad' (2007-10). Profiling visual and archival sources in international collections, Beyond the Frame highlights the numerous ways in which South Asians positioned themselves within British society and culture and explores the significance of their impact on British life. Showcasing key historical links and cultural exchanges that took place between India and Britain, it also explores the tensions that arose from such encounters.
The primary objective of Beyond the Frame is to heighten public awareness of the depth of South Asian contributions to contemporary British life
Beyond the Frame is led by Principal Investigator and Director, Professor Susheila Nasta of The Open University, with Penny Brook (Lead Curator of India Office Records, British Library), Dr Florian Stadtler (OU, 2008-2013), Dr Maya Parmar (OU, 2013-2015) and pioneering historian of Asians in Britain, Dr Rozina Visram. To find out more about the team, take a look at People.
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian National Congress, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the All-India Muslim League, at a reception in India House, London, 6 December 1946. © British Library Board [Photo 429/(37)]
Working in close partnership with the British Library and the British Council, the project has toured a facsimile panel exhibition 'Beyond the Frame: India in Britain, 1858-1950' to seven cities in India between 2011 and 2012. In partnership with the British Library the project has also toured an exhibition within the UK, 'South Asians Making Britain, 1858-1950', between 2010 and 2012. For further information about these exhibitions, please see our Exhibitions page.
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Reading Jesus by Rev. Vance L. Toivonen. iUniverse, Inc.
Rev. Vance Toivonen, pastor at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Armstrong, will be the last in a series of authors holding signings at Simply Unique at 610 Central Ave. in Estherville this summer, with his signing at 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 10.
For starters, I have a confession to make. It took me a while to actually pick up Toivonen's book. While I'd done a story earlier, theology isn't really high up on my leisure reading list.
When I picked up Toivonen's book, though, it was really hard to put down. It only took a weekend to get through it, a weekend that also included finishing up John Fante's Selected Letters and getting pretty far into his son Dan Fante's memoir (both of which I'll go into in a later column), doing laundry, mowing my lawn, and unpacking my car from my Wisconsin trip and repacking it for Oregon.
The monthly author signings have been going very well, in fact. I was very pleased with the turnout for mine June 8 and Joel Jurrens sold out his entire on-hand inventory and had to take back orders at his signing July 13.
In his book, Toivonen goes very far to address if not resolve a lot of the crises today in contemporary Christianity. Not everyone will agree with what he has to say (I for one am glad we kicked the Taliban's butt), but he does clarify a lot of the controversial perspectives in Christianity today.
If you've ever struggled with the issue of capital punishment, for example, the Bible provides two polar opposite perspectives. One is the Old Testament "eye for an eye" and the New Testament when Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek.
Toivonen's response to that dilemma is to read the Bible as Jesus would have us read it. Even Toivonen readily admits that taking this Christ-centered approach can often be at odds with the Bible itself.
"The Word of God is the Word of God only when it speaks; only when it has voice. Can it be the Word of God if no one hears it? If a Bible falls out of a tree in the forest does anyone hear it? The book cannot speak. Only the voices in the book can speak; and that one most essential voice - Jesus' voice can certainly speak. This is the voice I will encourage us to listen to in the book."
With the Bible written by many authors, Toivonen is encouraging us as Christians to view scripture through Christ's perspective. Sort of makes sense, huh?
So what about that eye for an eye thing? Well, here's what Toivonen has to say:
"When one chooses to follow Jesus one is signing up for a counter-cultural tour of duty that involves inherent risk. This is another reason why people find it more amenable to believe in the Bible than to follow Jesus. Someone once told me they could do both. I'm not so sure. the Bible at Times advocates for war and violence. Remember Psalm 149? Jesus never advocates for war and violence - period."
Toivonen carries that same rationality into dealing with the temptations of today's culture:
"Think about it; our whole society is built around lust. We are made to want what we do not have every single day of our lives. Unless we crawl under a rock, or live off the grid in the wilderness, we can hardly avoid the influence of capitalism that pervades our culture."
The picture that emerges of Jesus in Toivonen's book wouldn't be too far from a counter-culture leader of the sixties (minus the drugs and free love, of course):
"Following Jesus will require us to take unpopular stands, like protesting against war when the majority that rules thinks otherwise; like forgiving when the state has ruled to fry someone in the electric chair or end their life by lethal injection; like confronting people who spew forth racial slurs in the form of seemingly innocent jokes; like welcoming the stranger and giving until we have no more to give."
Not everyone will agree with what Toivonen has to say. And probably not too many will agree with everything. However, this book does have the potential of shifting the paradigm that has created a polarization between the religious community and the rest of society.
This is an important book for clergy or anyone who has ever struggled to understanding the seeming inconsistencies in the Bible. No, let's rephrase that.
It's essential.
Next month:
Tale of an itinerant book peddler.


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The Jackson County Sheriff's Office arrested three individuals for their alleged involvement in theft and drug activity within the county.
Joshua Kevin Stuart, 18, Woodland, Ala., was charged with theft by taking. Stuart is also facing charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
Ray Henderson Jordan, 21, Athens, was charged with burglary and theft by taking.
Maximilliano Espino, 19, Athens, Georgia, was charged with theft by taking. The arrest led to the seizure of a quantity of methamphetamine and two vehicles that were used in the crimes.
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New York home, land and kennel business for sale
Home, Successful boarding kennel business, barns , 15+ acres. Approximately 11 miles northwest of Cooperstown , New York.
Established boarding kennel. Horse boarding, hobby farm and veterinary clinic potential. Or simply relax and enjoy your picturesque country living experience.
A beautiful well established boarding kennel. New construction built in 2001 for dogs and cats with a play center. Easy veterinary clinic potential. Horse boarding and hobby farm ready. Hard line business telephone number for 16 years. Easy rental opportunity for the National known Dreams Park in Cooperstown and Oneonta Ball parks 12 weeks of weekly rental. Fifteen minutes from the Respected teaching Bassett Hospital.
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He did it again. Linsanity part 2 took place at the garden Monday night as the Knicks knocked off the Utah Jazz 99-88. The new Knicks point guard scored a career high 28 points and recorded 8 assists on the night. More impressively, Lin performed like this without both Carmelo Anthony, who strained his groin in the 1st quarter, and Amar'e Stoudemire, who missed the game due to the death of his brother. In game, Tyson Chandler spent most his minutes on the bench as he was in foul trouble all night. Given the circumstances and the opponent, Utah coming off a win over the Lakers, I thought Lin's performance tonight was more impressive than on Saturday night.
Here are some notes from the game, and to keep you reading I will address the Shao-lin point guard last:
- Give Jared Jeffries the credit he deserves. Due to his prior stint with the Knicks, in which he collected a 5 year 25 million dollar contract, and his lack of offensive prowess, Jared Jeffries is much maligned among Knick fans. That needs to stop. I have always been a fan off Jeffries because I think he impacts the game in a lot of ways. This season, he has helped me prove my case. He plays stellar defensively and his offensive game has improved this year. While only shooting 35% from the field, Jeffries has increased his free throw shooting greatly. He shot 42.1% from the line last year with the Knicks. This season, Jeffries has improved his free throw shooting up to 68.8%. That may not seem like a big deal but for a guy who rarely scores points, free throws are huge. Those are basically free points and this year he is getting the Knicks 26.7% more of those free points. He drew 5, count them 5, charges tonight against Utah and has been drawing them all season. Jeffries has been absolutely fantastic these last two games and has played very well this season. He isn't a star and he's not going to score but he has a role on this team and he plays it very well.
- No Melo. No STAT. No problem. Without the 2 superstars on the court tonight, the Knicks played with excellent spacing, continuity and ball movement. I'm not saying the Knicks are better without their two stars, because they aren't, but they need to find a way to play like this with their stars on the floor. I really liked the un-selfishness the Knick players displayed tonight. With Lin running the show like a boss, all the Knicks were involved tonight. After Lin's 28 points, the Knicks scoring was well balanced. 4 other Knicks scored in double figures and Jerome Jordan was the only Knick go to scoreless. I loved how everyone was involved and I hope to see it more.
- I love Landry Fields but he has to be worst alley-oop thrower I have ever seen. That being said, he played another solid game.
- Iman Shumpert seems to be falling off a bit. His legs do look to be letting him down a bit as his jump shot has not been successful as of late. He still plays very good defense and brings high energy but he has got to start scoring. This team is in dire strait for points and Shump has got to be one of the guys to step up. The emergence of Lin has kind of overshadowed the fact that the Knicks still have not had great point production. In both of the "Jeremy Lin" games, Melo and Amar'e have been relative (Stoudemire's 17 pt game) non-factors. Stevie Novak gave the Knicks great minute tonight, scoring 19 points in 17 minutes, but the Knicks still need more collective scoring.
- Melo only played 6 minutes before he strained his groin. I have not read anything serious and I think he'll be fine but nobody knows his exact status for Wednesday's game in Washington.
- The refs seemingly get worse and worse. Chandler and Jeffries got some horrid fouls called against them and it almost cost the Knicks the game. Luckily the Knicks were able to hold off the Jazz long enough to where they could pull away in the 4th once their big men were on the court at once.
- Linsanity!!! Some of the most fun I have had watching the Knicks is watching Jeremy Lin play. His energy, his ability and his heart make the game so enjoyable. He put on another unbelievable performance tonight with his 28 point, 8 assist, 2 rebound, 2 steal game. More unbelievable is that he played 45 minutes without passing out. I think D'Antoni should have given him a break at some point but given the circumstances, not having Melo or STAT, and the flow of the game I do not blame him for not resting Lin. Without Lin tonight the Knicks lose that game by 20 points. He really was the difference in the game on both ends of the court. Obviously he did wonders offensively, and defensively he brought a lot of effort. Given the porous play of his backup, the embattled Toney Douglas, Lin had to play those 45 minutes to ensure a Knicks victory. That kid showed a lot of heart out there tonight. I thought he was about to collapse from fatigue late in the 3rd but he battled on and played the entire second half. Lin proved he not only can play but that he has heart and that he is tough. Only gamers play 45 minutes and bring the same energy at the end of the game that they brought in the beginning. Whether or not Lin pans out with the Knicks, I will always respect his heart and effort. Tonight was not about his 28 points and 8 rebounds. Tonight was not about Jeremy Lin the point guard. Tonight was about Jeremy Lin the man. Tonight was about the humble point guard who has captured the hearts of all Knick fans with his hustle and effort. Two traits that have been lacking at the garden for years (more to come on that tomorrow). Honestly if he had gone 2-10 shooting with 9 points and the Knicks had lost, I still would have been impressed. Sure I would have criticized him, and what Knick fan wouldn't have?, but I would have still had good things to say. His finishing ability, agility or his high basketball IQ were impressive but I loved his heart tonight. Even when he misses a shot or turns the ball over, Lin always comes back with the same drive and effort as he did the possession before. He cares and he wants to win. This kid is a great rags to riches story in that he plays with a chip on his shoulder. Whether Lin pans out or not, I will always be impressed with the heart he has shown the past two games and how he has once again brought passion and energy to Madison Square Garden.


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Highland Park 30 Year Old
Whisky Review: Highland Park 30 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 90.5/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on February 26, 2011
This review is based upon a sample provided to me from the personal collection of J. L. Wheelock, who is part of the Beam Global team here in Alberta. The sample was smaller than my normal 200 ml minimum sample size, and the reader should be cautioned that I was not able to give the sample my normal rigorous tasting regimen of five independent tasting sessions. Instead I completed two tasting sessions of the sample and did no cocktail explorations.
Unlike the Highland Park 25 Year Old Whisky which is produced with a high percentage of the whisky coming from 1st fill Sherry Casks; the Highland Park 30 Year Old Whisky is produced with all of the whisky coming from refilled Sherry Casks. This change in the style of maturation serves to dampen the effect of both the oak and the sherry influence upon the whisky. This should allow the Orcadian peat to have a greater effect upon the flavour and character of the final whisky. Like the 25 Year Old Highland Park, this whisky is bottled at 48.1 per cent alcohol by volume. The combination of long-term aging and higher bottling strength should provide a whisky which will be somewhat intimidating, but also one which should be full of flavour and nuances that will linger in the palate long after the whisky is consumed.
As I have said before, I really appreciate these 'cask strength' style whiskies; but, they must be approached with care such that the nuances of flavour which they possess are not lost in the thrust from the higher alcohol content.
In the Bottle (4/5)
Although I was not given a full bottle of the Highland Park 30 Year Old for review, I did manage to find a nice photo on the Highland Park website. Permission to use this photo was provided by the aforementioned J. L. Wheelock. As you can see the bottle arrives in an attractive oak display box in what appears to be the standard oval-shaped Highland Park bottle. The presentation is classy but not over the top.
In my locale the Highland Park 30 is about a $395.00 purchase. At this level of expense, I expect to be 'wowed' by the presentation of the whisky. In my opinion we are not quite there. I like that we have moved from the cardboard display box to the oak box display, but I feel the bottle itself should be reflecting the fact that this is a far more expensive whisky than its siblings. Instead we have the same oval bottle as is used in the rest of the line-up.
In The Glass (10/10)
I was not prepared for the treat that greeted my nostrils when I opened my sample container which held the Highland Park 30-year-old. In fact, it was as if I was transported back in time to that place I have described in previous Highland Park reviews. I remember vividly a muddy creek bottom running through the lowland pasture which I tramped through as a boy on my farm in Central Alberta. It was full of willow, spruce trees, lush ferns, and of course the soil was full of boggy peat. I have captured impressions of those scents and smells in the other expressions of Highland Park before, but nothing like I experienced when I opened my sample jar from Mr. Wheelock. The aroma was intense, penetrating, and absolutely wonderful.
I think perhaps that it is true that the most intense and pleasurable memories of childhood involve the sense of smell, and it is the pleasure that these memories bring back which forces me to award a perfect score.
In the Mouth 54/60
As I expected, the initial delivery of whisky into my mouth was intense and full of smoky/peaty flavour at full strength. The Orcadian peat does not carry nearly as much sweetness in this 30-year-old expression as it does in the younger whiskies of Highland Park. An astringent bite of alcohol accompanies the peat making this a whisky you must chew through to arrive at the other flavours. As it is chewed, it is dry woody flavours (I am thinking willow bark and spruce trees) which are squeezed from the whisky first with dark unsweetened chocolate and slightly bitter tea leaves following. There are light sensations of sweetness underneath, with dabs of honey and vanilla, but these flavours do not develop fully as the whisky continues to pucker the mouth with its dry woodiness.
You may find it strange that I scored the nose perfectly but the flavour down a full notch or two. I guess this is because the aroma was so enjoyable; but, even though I love to smell willow thicket and spruce trees, I do not necessarily like to chew on them. (That analogy is perhaps is a little unfair as I still enjoyed the flavours I encountered, but they did not offer the sweetness needed to temper the woodiness.)
In the Throat 13.5/15
The finish is dry and long with echos of cocoa and tea leaves trailing down the throat. The palate is left heated, and the woody flavours of the whisky and the dryness of the whisky stay in the mouth long after the dram is consumed.
The Afterburn 9/10
This is a whisky which is big and bold with the gargantuan flavours of Orcadian peat and oak barrels up front. It will pucker the palate causing it to water, and this dryness will cause you to want another sip. Restrain yourself, and let the flavours slowly subside so that you can enjoy each dram to its fullest.
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
6 Responses to "Highland Park 30 Year Old"
February 26, 2011 at 10:15 am
agree totally with your observations…the whole hp line with the 18yr as favorite,the macallan line and of coarse cardhu all similar ,all brilliant. thanx for the time you put in on this blog,a favorite here in oliphant rus
February 26, 2011 at 5:57 am
I don't think Highland Park is capable of producing a disappointing product. At ABV over 43%, sometimes the addition of a drop of water or two will take away astringency that you note on the palate.


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HP Adapter Catches Fire, Burns Pants, Execs Ignore
UPDATE: HP Calls About Pants Burnin' Laptop
Pants pants, burning bright, in my house in the night, thanks to a malfunctioning power adapter for the HP dv2845se. It's no Blake but it is what happened to reader Jillian Madison. While she was using her laptop, her adapter started sparking and burst into flames, burning a hole in her pants and causing a welt on her legs. Now, after dozens of phone calls and emails to HP executive support and HP executives, and 6 weeks of waiting, she hasn't heard a thing back from HP, though she says some reps have given her an earful of rudeness.
On April 9th, 2009, the power adapter to my gently used, well cared for 11-month old HP dv2845se laptop randomly started sparking (where it connects to the laptop) and quickly burst into flames while I was using it. It was so bad that the sparks burned a hole in my pants, and caused a welt on my leg. I'm not exaggerating when I say had I not been at home to unplug the adapter from the wall, this quite possibly could have burned down my home and injured/killed my pets/family, etc.
You'd think HP would promptly react to such a safety issue and possible PR disaster, right? WRONG. During the first week after the adapter caught on fire, I made dozens of phonecalls to the Executive Customer Service number you provided, but was dismissed and blown off by everyone I spoke to. Reps Angie, Rochelle, and Kathy rudely told me there was nothing they could do, and that I had to sit around and wait for someone in their safety team to contact me. At one point, I even asked an INCREDIBLY rude rep named Yun-Sil to let me speak to a manager. She said he wasn't available but he'd call me back within 2 hours. I asked for the manager's name (Jeff Yutigard), but to this day, he hasn't called me back.
It took Harry Jeffery at the HP safety team almost 2 weeks to contact me. I immediately sent my burned power adapter back to them via FedEx, but have not heard back from anyone since that time. I've written dozens of emails and made 10+ phonecalls to Harry Jeffery and to other "executives" at HP, but they are all ignoring me. I even emailed executives Jon Flaxman, Shane Robinson, Ann Livermore, and Mark Hurd at the suggestion of one of your commenters, but have not gotten any reply. Harry Jeffery won't return my phonecalls and should be fired.
I certainly don't appreciate being sold faulty, cheap equipment – and then being mocked and ignored by HP employees after the fact. One thing is for sure – I certainly won't go away until this issue is resolved. And in the meanwhile, I urge all readers to use caution with their power adapters and unplug them when you're not using them. Because trust me, your whole house could be burned down by their faulty equipment and they wouldn't care. They have your money.
Jillian Madison
Sounds like HP might need to expand that recall.
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Enjoy the froth, fun and fire of Regency romance with two sizzling new books from Piatkus.
A blue-blooded duke meets his match in a red hot, devilishly wicked sea captain's daughter, and a lonely war widow will need some persuading to find love again.
The Duke Can Go to the Devil byErin Knightley
When opposites attract, the result can be magnetic!
Take the feisty, freedom-loving Miss May Bradford and William Spencer, the conventional, duty-bound Duke of Radcliffe… their lives are on a collision course and if their love manages to ignite, sparks are going to fly.
Immerse yourself in the latest seductive book in a honey sweet and deliciously love-filled series – aptly titled Prelude to a Kiss – from Erin Knightley, one of the reigning queens of romance.
The Duke Can Go to the Devil features her trademark mix of humour, passion and drama, all set in the beguiling landscape of Regency London and the grand salons of Bath.
May Bradford, also known as Mei-li after spending most of her formative years in the Far East and the East Indies, is not afraid to play devil's advocate when it comes to a duke.
After her mother's death, May's sea captain father sends her halfway around the world to live in England with his stodgy sister Lady Victoria Stanwix (already nicknamed The Warden by May) until he returns from his current voyage.
The Summer Serenade music festival in Bath has been a lovely and welcome distraction but now May can't wait for her father's return so she can leave behind this country, its suffocating rules and one infuriatingly right and proper nobleman.
William Spencer, the haughty Duke of Radcliffe, permits his whole life to revolve around his duties. He never sets foot outside the bounds of conventional behaviour, and he expects the same of those around him.
With her devil-may-care attitude, May vexes him nearly as much as she tempts him but there is something about her that he just can't resist. He knows he is falling for her but their lives are worlds apart and will they ever be able to find any common ground?
Knightley casts a magic spell in this gorgeous, breathtaking romance… prepare to be swept away!
(Piatkus, paperback, £8.99)
Only a Kiss byMary Balogh
Mary Balogh, a former teacher who grew up in Wales and now lives in Canada, has earned herself a place in the hearts of Regency romance lovers the world over.
Storytelling is Balogh's gift and passions are certainly running high in Only a Kiss, the latest mesmerising book in her poignant and immensely popular Survivors' Club series.
These exciting and seductive novels feature a group of six men and one woman, all wounded in the 19th century Napoleonic Wars, their friendships forged in steel and loyalty.
Since witnessing the death of her husband during the wars, Imogen, Lady Barclay, has secluded herself in the confines of Hardford Hall, their home in Cornwall. The new owner has failed to take up his inheritance, and Imogen desperately hopes he will never come to disturb her fragile peace.
Percival Hayes, the Earl of Hardford, has no interest in the wilds of Cornwall, but when he impulsively decides to pay a visit to his estate, he is shocked to discover that it is not the ruined heap he had expected. He is equally shocked to find the beautiful widow of his predecessor's son living there.
Soon Imogen awakens in Percy a passion he has never thought himself capable of feeling. But can he save her from her misery and reawaken her soul? And what will it mean for him if he succeeds?
This is romance at its most intense and rapturous… don't miss it!
(Piatkus, paperback, £8.99)


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Computer Science ColloquiumIm Rahmen des Informatik-Kolloquiums, das von den Instituten des Fachbereichs Informatik, der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Informatik (ÖGI), der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung (ADV) sowie der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (OCG) abgehalten wird, spricht
Luca Pulina
University of Sassari, Italyüber das Thema:
Formal Methods and Cyber-Physical Systems: Research Activities and Funded Projects at the IDEA LabZeit: Tue 6.11.2018, 14:00, 60 Minuten
Ort: Johannes Kepler Universität, Science Park 3, Raum 247
ZusammenfassungThe Intelligent system DEsign and Applications (IDEA, http://idea.uniss.it) group at the University of Sassari is composed of two synergistic souls: one focuses on automatic design strategies for advanced reconfigurable hardware architectures and, more in general, on (self-)adaptive system, while the other one concentrates on Formal Methods and Artificial Intelligence. The mission of IDEA is developing methods, technologies and architectures for future ?intelligent" Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs). Moreover, IDEA group intends to favor synergies between academia and industry. In this talk we will present our current research in the field of Formal Verification in the context of different EU and national projects focused on the design of CPSs.
VortragenderLuca Pulina is Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Sassari. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and Robotics from the University of Genoa in 2009. His research interest are mainly in the field of AI, with a focus on systems and techniques for automated reasoning and machine learning, and applications to modeling and verification of cyber-physical systems. He has published more than sixty papers in international workshops, conferences and journals including AAAI, IJCAI, CAV, Constraints, and TPLP. He is current co-director of the IDEA Lab at University of Sassari and he is involved as principal investigator or participant in European and national research and technology transfer projects. More information available at http://idea.uniss.it
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October 07, 2010
Recipes | Roasted Vegetable & Orzo Pasta | Harvest Recipes
This pasta salad is fabulous. Derived from a Barefoot Contessa recipe, its flavors are so simple, but complex with its roasted eggplant, peppers and onions, sharp feta cheese and tangy lemon vinaigrette.
1 small eggplant, 1 inch cubes
1 red pepper, 1 inch cubes
1 yellow pepper, 1 inch cubes
1 red onion, 1/2 inch chop
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 pound of orzo pasta, cooked
2 teaspoons of salt
2 teaspoons of pepper
Dressing :
3 lemons, juiced
2 tablespoons of olive oil
8 oz. of feta, cubed
10 green onions, 1/4 inch pieces
Start by tossing the eggplant, onions and peppers in olive oil and salt & pepper. Roast at 425 degrees for 40 minutes, tossing once. Set aside.
Combine oil and lemon juice, whisking until thick. In a large bowl, toss roasted vegetables, orzo pasta and lemon dressing. At the end, add green onions and feta cheese.
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