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CITY HALL — For nearly a year, City Comptroller and mayoral contender John Liu was saddled with an unflattering new title.
It seemed not a news story was published following the November 2011 and February 2012 arrests of his top fundraiser and his former treasurer on federal campaign finance fraud charges without a prefix attached to his name: "Embattled Comptroller John Liu."
The moniker became so widespread that Liu himself made light of it at a May campaign rally.
"I have a new nickname: 'The embattled comptroller,'" he said.
"Well let me say this: I am ready, willing and able to go into battle for what I think is right for the City of New York."
But a study of recent coverage shows his campaign has managed to shake the moniker. Media outlets have returned to calling Liu plain old "City Comptroller."
In article after article about a series of recent mayoral policy forums, not a single major outlet even mentioned the allegations, which many had predicted would be a death sentence for Liu's mayoral hopes — and even grounds for resignation.
In one recent New York Times story, Liu was described as "a strong ally of labor who has had an uneasy relationship with the city's business elite," with no reference to the scandal.
While subtle, the change reflects the extent to which Liu has managed — at least temporarily — to step out from the shadow of the arrests of Oliver Pan, a top fundraiser, and Jenny Hou, his campaign treasurer, on allegations that they helped use straw donors to channel illegal contributions far above the legal limit into Liu's campaign.
"What might have seemed impossible a little while ago is seeming more and more of a reality, which is John Liu proceeding forward as a mayoral candidate," said Azi Paybarah, a reporter for Capital New York who has been closely watching the evolving media coverage.
"The scandal that people thought would have taken him out hasn't."
Part of the success, observers say, has stemmed from Liu's refusal to acknowledge the impact of the scandal on his day-to-day job.
He has continued to operate as though nothing is wrong, with a break-neck schedule of appearances, ceremonial events and visits.
"What's interesting about Liu is how successfully he is able to run as if nothing were going on," observed Kenneth Sherrill, a professor of political science at Hunter College.
"He's able to compartmentalize things, I presume in his mind, certainly in his behavior," said Sherrill. "It really is extraordinary."
Liu has also embraced what appears to be a winning strategy — making news at policy forums.
He drew headlines last month when he appeared alongside his competitors for the mayoral seat in front of a room packed with prominent business leaders and called for the complete elimination of all subsidies to businesses.
At a subsequent panel on education, Liu slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's record on school closures and called for an end to the practice of allowing charter schools to take over space in traditional public schools.
The strategy not only turned attention to his policy plans, but helped Liu stand out from the crowded pack of presumptive Democratic contenders, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.
Sherrill noted that, over the years, Liu has often positioned himself to the left and in opposition to Bloomberg. But he said the headline-grabbing strategy is one frequently used by candidates who are otherwise struggling.
"If you're not going to raise funds and if you're not going to get a lot of respect, you've got to run for office by making this big name recognition, and that generally involves running to the extreme," he said.
Liu has also, so far, managed to hang onto the support of key union leaders, including members of the teachers' union, DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts, Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samuelsen.
Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who is not affiliated with any of the presumptive candidates' campaigns, said that Liu should not be counted out of the mayoral contest yet, despite his legal woes.
"He's running for mayor and it would be a mistake for people not to pay attention," he said, noting that many of Liu's supporters have shown no signs of wavering.
"The Asian community will stand by him," he said. "They're not going away."
Sheinkopf said that Liu has also benefited from the fact that there has been little news on the investigation-front, giving reporters little reason to mention the scandal.
"So long as there's nothing new happening, then it becomes old news," he said. "No news is good news."
But that could be about to change.
Pan and Hou's cases are set to go to trial in February, refocusing attention on the allegations just as what is expected to be a cut-throat campaign starts to heat up.
Liu acknowledged the timing could complicate his plans.
"Earlier would have been nicer," he said. "But I don't have any control over the timing of it."
In an interview with DNAinfo.com New York, Liu continued to distance himself from the investigation, describing the extent of prosecutors' probing as a shock.
"This whole episode has been rather bizarre to me," he said.
"It started just over a year ago and in the intervening months, there's been a lot of news to me — news that they've been looking at my fundraising more than three years now, which is a shock to me. They were diligent enough to listen in on my phone conversations for 18 months — another shock to me."
"It's hard for me to know what to make of it," he said.
And he said the embattled title had become such a part of his campaign coverage, he actually misses it.
"I didn't mind the title," he said.
"It had a certain cachet to it."


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Gluten Free Christmas Recipes.
No More Gluten Problems.
Gluten Free Holidays For You.
All of these gluten free recipes were sent to me by you, my wonderful readers. So I thank you very much.
Gluten Free Crispy Oven-Fried Chipotle Chicken
This Gluten Free Christmas recipe makes it taste like great fried chicken. But healthier. It was submitted to me by Janine from NJ.
5 chicken thighs and 5 chicken drumsticks, skinned, or 8 small chicken breast
2 Tbs. of olive oil
1 tsp. sea salt
3 cups plain yogurt
2 medium chipotle chiles, seeded and chopped
6 medium cloves garlic, pressed
2 cups gluten free crackers
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 Tbs. dried thyme
1/2tsp chipotle powder
1 tsp. black pepper
1. Combine yogurt and chipotle in a food processor, and puree until smooth. Add garlic, and pulse until well blended. Pour into large bowl, and set aside.
2. Add chicken to yogurt-chipotle mixture, turn to coat pieces well, cover and marinate in refrigerate at least 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly coat large, shallow baking pan with olive oil, and set aside.
4. Add crackers to food processor, and pulse until coarsely ground. Add oregano, thyme, chipotle powder, salt, and pepper. Pulse to blend well. Pour onto large platter or shallow dish.
5. Remove chicken from marinade, shaking off excess. Coat each piece of chicken in cracker mixture to coat well. Place chicken on a large baking sheet, and bake 40 to 55 minutes, until cooked through and golden brown. (if crust is browned before chicken is cooked, cover baking sheet with oil, and continue baking until chicken is done). Remove from oven, and serve hot.
Per serving: 252 cal: 21Gprotein: 12Gtotal fat (3 gram sat fat): 16 gram carb: 60mg chol: 390 mg sodium: 2 gram fiber: 5 gram sugars
This Gluten Free Christmas Recipe for your gluten free holidays was submitted by Jackie Long Island, NY.
2 cups gluten free flour (I used even amounts of sorghum, tapioca, and brown rice. I did not like teff flour in this bread for some reason- maybe it is just me!)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 Tablespoon orange zest (when I mix it in the flour I make sure it looks evenly distributed and add more if I need it)
3/4 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed (store-bought will not achieve the right flavor)
1/4 cup butter or butter substitute, melted
2 eggs (I found that the bread held together better with two eggs)
1 cup whole cranberries (I tried the bread with both the cranberries whole and sliced in half and liked the cranberries added to the bread whole best)
3/4 cup- 1 cup walnuts chopped- (I added 3/4 to the batter and another 1/4 cup to the top of the bread before I put it in the oven) a little raw sugar for the top
DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a med. bowl, sift all the dry ingredients together. Mix all the liquid ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just moistened. Add the whole cranberries and 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts. Spoon the batter into a greased loaf pan (top with raw sugar and more walnuts if desired) and bake for about 45 minutes. Once the bread is done, let it cool for 10 minutes in the pan before releasing to your cooling rack.
Enjoy your gluten free Christmas and gluten free New Years!
This Gluten Free Christmas recipe was sent to me by Anne from NC.
Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe:
This is such an easy recipe.
16 oz. Belgian dark chocolate (or use your favorite dark chocolate bars)
1 cup organic light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup organic white cane sugar
3/4 cup very hot strong coffee (or use espresso powder in very hot water)
2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons unsweetened organic cocoa powder
8 large organic free-range eggs, at room temperature
1 tablespoon bourbon vanilla extract- yes, a tablespoon!
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 10-inch Springform pan by lining the bottom with buttered parchment .
Note: Using a smaller cake pan will result in a longer baking time; adjust accordingly and keep an eye on the edges; if it browns too much while the center is still wet, wrap edges in foil; or if you are using a smaller pan, try placing it inside a warm water bath as Dorie Greenspan suggests.
Break up the dark chocolate into pieces and pour the chocolate into the bowl of the food processor . Pulse until the chocolate breaks up into small bits. Add the sugar. Pulse until the chocolate and sugar turns into an even, sandy grain.
Pour the hot water or coffee slowly into the feed tube as you pulse again. Pulse until the chocolate is melted. Magic!
Add the butter pieces and the cocoa powder , and pulse to combine. Add the eggs and vanilla, and process till smooth. The batter will be liquid and creamy.
*Note for cooks across the pond: One stick of butter here equals 8 tablespoons, or one half cup, 4 oz.
Pour the batter into the lined Springform pan. Wrap the outside of the whole pan with a big piece of foil. Bake at 350 degrees F in the center of the oven, till puffed and cracked and lovely - about 55 to 65 minutes. Note - it took an hour plus 15 minutes here at high altitude. Use a wooden toothpick to check the center of the cake; pick should emerge clean, with maybe a crumb.
Place the cake pan on a wire rack to cool. The cake will deflate. Don't worry! When cooled a bit, press down on it gently with a spatula to make it even, if you wish. Or not.
When the cake is completely cooled, cover, and chill it for three hours (up to eight hours) until serving. Release the cake from the pan. Slice and serve.
Serve slices with drizzled chocolate sauce or a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Add a few fresh berries or mint leaves to the plate, if you like.
Makes 12 - 15 slices. Very rich desert.
Enjoy your gluten free Christmas!
This was originally from Gluten Free Goddess.
Gluten Free Christmas: Please, remember not to over eat during holidays. When that is not an option, take digestive enzymes. If you are eating unfamiliar foods, take some Allergzyme And don't forget to alkaline your body with Greens like Paleogreens after the fact.
I hope you have very healthy holidays and Gluten Free Christmas. No more gluten problems for you. Happy and healthy New Year to you!
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This gingerbread syrup is simple and quick to whip up which makes it the ideal gift to giveaway this holiday season! Perfect edible gift for DIY gifting!
Yikes, another sweets recipe? The holiday season has once again taken over and I can't seem to get my mind to focus on anything else. I feel a little guilty about how sugar-laden VV has been over the past month (I'm not exaggerating. don't believe me? Look here. and here. and even here). I feel like I'm setting a bad example after I went on that long rant last week to you guys about how switching to a vegetarian lifestyle is a healthy choice. So, I guess, what I'm trying to say is that for every sweets recipe I post on here, there are 10 salads being eaten in the days between which are not getting photographed / recorded. And that being a vegetarian is not an excuse to skip dinner because there is meat in it and jump right into dessert. But… do you know what is an excuse for that? The holidays! And they are here – so why don't we just indulge for a little longer? Come on – what do you say? Well stuff our faces with fresh lentil soup and kale smoothies come the New Year – I promise!
My initial thought when deciding to make this syrup was that I could use dates as the sweetener and do a little bit of healthy twist on it. But I also wanted to make this syrup for far-away friends and I was worried about the dates not being able to travel halfway across the country without spoiling, ya know? What an awful greeting to an old friend – 'Hey! Here is a package of spoiled baked goods for you! Enjoy! Hope ya don't get too sick'. It just didn't seem worth the risk. So, instead, I stuck to the good 'ole fashion recipe that we've been making every year around this time. Silky and sweet – so you only need a few teaspoons. Perfect in your hot cocoa or morning cup of coffee. A great addition to a festive cocktail or to drizzle over baked goods. When deciding that I wanted to make some festive care packages for old friends, I couldn't think of a more versatile gift.
In addition to this syrup, I'm including some homemade vanilla extract (that has been aging for 5 months now), my Sweet & Salty Curry Molasses Popcorn, and Baker Royale's Cookies & Cream Bark (which was really just an excuse to buy another package of Newman-Os) in the goodies I'm sending to friends.
Next up – family packages! What are you DIY gifting this year? I need some more inspiration!
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Gingerbread Syrup recipe for DIY gifting below:
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 15 whole cloves
- 3 Tablespoons of chopped fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon whole allspice
- 1 teaspoon whole peppercorn
- 2 Tablespoons molasses
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- cheesecloth
Wrap the cinnamon, cloves, ginger, allspice, and peppercorn in a double lined square cheesecloth.
Whisk the molasses, sugar, water, and nutmeg in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium.
Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer and let the cheesecloth spices steep in the simmering mixture for 30 to 40 minutes or until a thick mixture is formed.
Once thick, remove from heat and let cool. Store in the refrigerator for up to a month and lather over everything sweet. Or gift to all your friends.


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Crucial Questions To Ask When You Need To Hire A DJ With Access To Party Equipment
When you are throwing a party and you want it to be as memorable as possible, hiring a DJ is an essential step. However, it is important to note that there are many types of equipment that a professional DJ is likely to have. As the sophistication of specific pieces of equipment increases, your overall cost is likely to similarly increase and the total cost of your party can also go up as the result of surprising fees. Therefore, it is a good idea to determine answers to the following questions when planning your next gathering.
#1 - How Is The Total Cost Determined?
It will be helpful to not only understand the total cost that you will be responsible for but how that fee is broken down. For instance, it is useful to clearly define all of the details in a written contract that both parties agree to. If the DJ has a standard contract, you should read it. If necessary, you will want to see if you can confirm that you can modify it to more precisely fit your needs before signing the contract.
Common items to be seen in the contract include:
A base fee or hourly wage for the DJ
Whether those costs include the need for setup, including lighting
Clarifying who chooses the music
Verifying specific examples of music that can be chosen from
#2 - How Experienced Speakers Is The DJ with Whom You Will Be Working?
Another factor to consider is the amount of experience that you DJ has, both with the profession in general and with the type of music you want for your gathering. It only makes sense that the music provided at an anniversary a couple re-doing their vows after 50 years of marriage will differ greatly from the entertainment you will be asked to provide at a Bar or Bar Mitzvah. An experienced DJ will have the skills to provide music for all of the different occasions, and it is crucial to be sure that your musical needs will be met.
Therefore, at the very least, you should expect your DJ to have:
DJ headphones
Computer to control the music
Necessary software and media players
In conclusion, it will be helpful to ask the above questions when planning your next gathering. By doing so, you are more likely to have a memorable and enjoyable party that you can afford to host. For more information, contact Prairie Mobile Music DJ services or a similar company.


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It is worth knowing that in the early years, the Church did not ban priests from marrying, nor did it exclusively deny women from clergy.
(CLEVELAND) - A former Catholic School English Teacher named Emily Herx, is taking St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, Indiana to court for wrongful firing. She wanted to have a child. As it turns out, the in-vitro fertilization treatments she received are in conflict with the church's teachings.
Imagine that.
Herx filed a federal lawsuit against the school and the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
She said in the suit that was filed Friday that she believes the discrimination against her began in 2011 when the school's pastor discovered that she had begun treatments with a fertility doctor, according to the complaint. This was reported by CNN Friday.
Of course it seems the average American doesn't see eye to eye with a religious organization filled with so many cases both known and unknown, of child sex abuse.
What is the connection between papal celibacy and those crimes? It is worth knowing that in the early years, the Church did not ban priests from marrying, nor did it exclusively deny women from clergy. The morally reprehensible and terribly costly court convictions need to end sooner or later, along with the patterns that cause the behavior to go so far off the charts, whatever that may be. -
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We live in a world of social & economic injustice. The main reason for founding America in the first place was to relieve the oppression of the King of England. Patrick Henry said it best, "give me liberty or give me death." And yet, all too often death seems to be the only way out. Why is there such a high suicide rate especially among teens, in the land of the free & the home of the brave? What makes headlines? Good news? Ha! More depressing stories than anything else. I feel poetry takes an edge off the hurt of bad news while still delivering it but in a, "glitzy" sort of way. Giving a different perspective. Kind of like slap in the face as opposed to a knife in the back. At least with the slap you'll live to see another day and you will know whom it's from. I wasn't here for the beginning of the world but at 59, I just might be here for the end.
Even though it's still a knife, rhyme poetry helps to dull the blade. And that's my job. You can write to Luke Easter at: firstname.lastname@example.com
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They seemed all innocent at the beginning. Even their teeth didn't hurt. But that wasn't the case at all. Mostly nurture, but Ray just wasn't a good father. Thought that meanness and violence was the way to approach the world.
» Posted By Bryan On 01.05.2019 @ 4:21 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 02.25.2016 @ 11:44 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 10.15.2015 @ 9:08 pm
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» Posted By Bryan On 07.15.2015 @ 6:34 am
It was all the things that brought the different beliefs together. At least at this point, as the world seemed to finally be spinning down. She spent the summer by the pool as the sun stayed up and up and up. All things glittered for awhile. And then that Monday came.
» Posted By Bryan On 06.30.2015 @ 7:53 am
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At first I thought I had frightened her, and maybe I had, at the end of the day isn't that how it starts? – but as it turned out it was deeper than that. It was something she would spend time and money to sit in a chair and discuss. No salve or lotion would ever solve the problem. That's what fathers do.
» Posted By Bryan On 05.13.2015 @ 6:36 am
Always and forever I have felt stressed. Stressed when I lost my father at 9. Stressed to do well in school despite crippling depression. Stress in the workplace. And now stress at home for causing her to hate me… i don't think i will ever really get rid of all of this stress.
» Posted By Bryan On 03.25.2015 @ 10:31 pm
I have always tried to be the provider. Never really fulfilled that duty though. I always spend too much to be able to really take care of anyone other than myself. But I'm working on it, you know? trying to be the best person i can be is the first step to providing for someone else.
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» Posted By Bryan On 01.05.2015 @ 7:25 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 11.17.2014 @ 7:42 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 11.15.2014 @ 10:41 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 05.27.2014 @ 10:45 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 04.06.2014 @ 10:39 am
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» Posted By Bryan On 11.05.2013 @ 8:16 am
There were eleven of them. All tall, mostly blond, fully-protected. Marching across the green at great clip. The sun was shining, but in the distance a storm was looming even though it was the lord's day. He had great plans for us.
» Posted By Bryan On 11.04.2013 @ 6:45 am
You're sitting mostly in the dark. They explained that to me once. The illusion is that the picture is moving. It's like the flicker of the world after all. Hologram? We are just painted on the surface. Just projected. Just illusion. Thus, movie stars, all of us.
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Believe it or not, it was in the fall, things were starting their descent into what would become compost – a long sleep for the winter – avoiding the grey days to come. She was hot with passion for a man in Montana, or was it Wyoming, screaming that she was getting on a flight. That she had to figure it out. That she had to no definitively.
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Due to popular demand, we are extending the submission deadline for the InfiniteGraph Developer Contest! We're giving everyone a little more time to finish their work. Contest submissions are now due Monday, October 17 (about three weeks from today).
Check out some of the great ideas and proposals we've received so far — see the Comments under our contest announcement video on YouTube, here.
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Steve Cannon is the CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), which this week launches the B-Class Electric Drive, the company's first fully electric vehicle. It's already gleaning favorable reviews. We caught up with Cannon to check in on how this former Army Ranger (and West Point pushup champ) is handling the swiftly changing automotive landscape.
FAST COMPANY: One of the first things you set out to do at MBUSA was improve customer service. How'd you do that?
STEVE CANNON: We started inside our own organization to create a group responsible for customer experience. There was no one place where we had put everything together.
One symptom of our siloed approach: We looked at how many customer surveys had gone out there, and there was something on the order of 5 million.
One of the most important driving elements has been to re-architect our system of how we reward and pay our dealers.
The difference between what we charge dealers and what we charge consumers is 13.5 percentage points. Of those, now 2.5 percentage points are dependent on customer experience: if dealers do all the things we want, they make the full amount of money; if they don't, then they won't.
Your new electric vehicle hits the market, in part, to comply with regulations in California and other states.
The ZEV mandate says that over the coming years, an increasing percentage of the cars you sell in that state need to be zero-emissions vehicles. We're now fully in the game, and what we're excited about is that we're in the game with a true Mercedes-Benz with zero emissions and an 85-mile range. For the 1.5 million Mercedes-Benz owners, the B-Class is a very compelling proposition. You might have an S-Class in the garage already. For the day-in, day-out, running to the grocery store, back-and-forth–you'll do that with your zero-emissions vehicle. But when you need to go on a 200-mile trip and have that range anxiety, you get in your other Mercedes-Benz.
Millennials are famously uninterested in buying cars. How are you tackling the millennial puzzle?
First and foremost you need a vehicle package at a price point that's relevant. If you want to build bridges to this generation, you have to build a product they can afford. So we launched the CLA [which can retail as low as $29,900] last year. 75% of people that bought the CLA are new to the Mercedes-Benz brand, and 20% of the people that bought the CLA are millennials. So there are millennials out there making money and buying cars.
How is Mercedes-Benz preparing for a world of autonomous vehicles?
Our brand is attracted to something called "intelligent drive." We already have an intelligent S-Class that can steer itself around curves. It monitors the blind spot, and it nudges you back into traffic. So all the building blocks are there, it's just a question of time, legislation, and cost. Now "intelligent drive" is going to be available on our C-Class, which is priced between $30,000 and $40,000. So we're seeing very rapid movement from the high end of the market to the low end of the market.
How will roads–and cars–look different in 10 years?
As you push out toward 2025, that's when the ZEV mandate says 15% of the cars on the road need to be zero-emissions. There will be a gradual downsizing of vehicles, and combustion engines will still remain the dominant power train. The good news is that we're getting better and better at making the combustion engine more efficient. We are reducing CO2 emissions dramatically by increasing fuel efficiency. I still think that fuel cells will be significant over time. Fuel cells are refilled not with a three-hour recharge, but in three minutes. But there's just no infrastructure to deliver hydrogen to gas stations, so that will take longer.
As for autonomous vehicles, by 2025 I believe the technology and cost will be commercially viable. The only unknown is: How is it going to be regulated? The legislative hurdles are as serious as the technological hurdles.
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It was fun to buy myself something, since the last time I bought anything weaving related was way back in May! I'm really sticking to my stash-busting and bill paying plan that I made back here on this post! I just couldn't resist this new book, and also I was able to justify it because it's not part of my stash, it's part of my library!
This new book is written by the same author that wrote the book Favorite Scandinavian Projects to Weave, which is also very awesome:
I also treated myself to this cd... so I can get the free shipping!
I love this pair! They have such great music!!
Now onto the pumpkins... the gardens haven't done real well this year, mainly because Brian was so busy with work and I was left solely in charge. As you can see, I spent way more time weaving than gardening!
We do have a few pumpkins for pie, and also a few unknown squashes, I think they are butternut squash grown from seeds from our compost pile.
Really, the garden is a nightmare and kind of sad looking! Things are dying off, and I'm not sure if it's the time of year or the lack of care it receives! I truly don't know what I'm doing and have a brown thumb!
Next year, Brian is in charge of the gardens and yard again! I'll gladly weave from the porch!
As for right now, I'm going to go look at my weaving book some more and enjoy a few moments to myself!


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This is Not a Love Song
Spike and Heaton are the unlikeliest pair. Taciturn, competent, unreadable, Heaton is someone we are instinctively afraid of. In contrast, his side-kick Spike is manic, child-like, unstoppable: someone we are instinctively afraid for. But when Spike commits a terrible crime, Heaton stands by him. There begins a chase across a vast Northern landscape of moors, rivers and dark woods, the increasingly exhausted fugitives being hunted not by the police but by a posse of farmers intent on revenge. No ordinary chase film, This is Not a Love Song is a love story trapped inside the body of a thriller.
- Year
- 2003
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 91 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Bille Eltringham
- Producer
- Kate Ogborn, Paul Trijbits
- Editor
- Ewa Lind
- Screenwriter
- Simon Beaufoy
- Director of Photography
- Robbie Ryan
- Sound
- Rupert Ivey
- Music
- Adrian Johnston, Mark Rutherford
- Principal Cast
- Michael Colgan, Kenny Glenaan, David Bradley
Production status
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Two crows emerge from the vortex at 3800 meters to draw symmetric lines of ecstasy. Flo Tomei and Remi Peschier open the Glacier Rond under the lively eye of Cedric Bernardini.
Mid May, the cold hooks up. It won't surrender to Spring. The massif takes flocks of snow. With heavy gusts, the wind sculpts and brings chaos to the faces.
Within the uproar, hunters are rare, but there are still a few. Aiguille du Midi, some skiers wait for the window in the furious sky. A few minutes and the clouds may open up to a big blue sky. Some will have more patience or more luck than others…
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AAFP Adopts ACIP Provisional Recommendations Expanding Tdap Use
The Academy this week adopted provisional recommendations for the expanded use of tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine that recently were issued by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The provisional recommendations, which are posted on the CDC website(www.cdc.gov), call for adults ages 65 and older who have never received a Tdap dose to routinely receive the vaccine.
Previously, the recommendations said that patients 65 and older "may" be given a dose of Tdap to replace one dose of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) vaccine, although patients in this age group were recommended to receive a dose if they were in close contact with infants younger than age 6 months.
Specifically, the updated ACIP recommendations are:
- For adults ages 19 and older who previously have not received a dose of Tdap, a single dose of Tdap should be given.
- Tdap should be administered regardless of the interval since administration of the last tetanus or diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine.
- Adults should receive a Tdap dose if the dose is recommended and no record of previous administration exists.
Social Security Disability Application Process Moves to Electronic Signatures
In a March 22 letter(www.ssa.gov) to health care providers and other stakeholders, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue asked for the cooperation of physicians and others in acknowledging an improvement in the Social Security disability application process that allows applicants to electronically sign and submit their application forms.
According to Astrue, the change will speed up the application process. "I encourage your acceptance of the electronically signed form and your continued cooperation with us," he said in the letter.
Additional information(www.ssa.gov) provided on the issue notes that quicker access to disability benefits may help decrease the number of uninsured and underinsured patients that physicians serve. Physicians will begin to see electronically signed SSA-827 forms in April but likely will continue to see pen-and-ink signatures, as well, for the foreseeable future.
Free Copy of Harrison CME Survey Available Online
The fourth annual installment of the Harrison Survey on CME provides insight into the state of CME at 178 participating medical schools and teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada.
Survey findings in the 2011 survey report show, among other things, an increased collaboration by participants with quality and performance improvement initiatives, as well as a move by academic CME programs to look for new sources of revenue in light of continuing declines in commercial support.
The survey is sponsored jointly by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Society for Academic CME, in collaboration with the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. Free copies(members.aamc.org) of the 31-page survey report are available from the AAMC.
Indiana Governor Signs Partial Clean Indoor Air Measure
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has a signed into law a clean air bill that will ban smoking in nursing homes and mental health facilities and at charity gaming events as of July 1.
The measure is only a partial clean indoor air law because it will continue to allow smoking in many workplaces, including bars, taverns, casinos, retail tobacco stories, nonprofit private clubs, fraternal organizations, and cigar and hookah bars.
The Indiana AFP collaborated with various partners in the state to remove pre-emption language from the bill so local municipalities can pass stronger clean air laws in the future, said Melissa Lewis, M.S., director of membership and external affairs for the Indiana AFP.
"The Indiana AFP worked with coalition partners and legislative champions to the very end in an effort to protect more workers from secondhand smoke," said Lewis, but she still characterized the measure as the "weakest" clean air law in the Midwest.
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text: HFTW has recently added the country of Ethiopia. With a tremendous heart for missions and being involved with many mission projects through the years, Gary Bowman started working in Ethiopia in 2009. In the past 5 years, he has helped install 17 clean water pumps, saved a medical clinic and helped an orphanage in Addis Ababa, all the while sharing the love of Christ with the people. These wells have provided water to over 30,000 people, the clinic has saved thousands of lives and the orphanage provides a place for 50-100 children to live where otherwise they would live on a dumpsite. Many people have to walk as much as 10 miles a day to get to water in Ethiopia, the vision for the future with HFTW is to provide clean water and help all over Ethiopia.


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Chuggington is a popular action-packed animated train series for pre-schoolers that follows the adventures of young trainees Wilson, Brewster and Koko. Chuggington – We Are the Chuggineers is the official storybook app of the Chuggineers: Ready To Build extended episode. The Chuggineers are a railroad construction team responsible for building the tracks, bridges and tunnels in Chuggington. The app includes seven clips from the TV show starring the newest Chuggers – Zack, Tyne, Fletch, Cormac and Payce. It also comprises seventeen pages of story, animation and illustrations and four exciting interactive 3D games.
We are the Chuggineers provides a multi-faceted immersive and engaging experience offering pre-schoolers the opportunity to take part in traintastic adventures alongside their favourite characters. The action-packed story comes with the options of Read to me, Read it Myself or Autoplay modes with highlighted text. Multi-level games are interwoven throughout the story with positive reinforcement and rewards for reading and playing along. Children can lay tracks, dig a tunnel deep into a mountain, chase a runaway tunnel ring and play an exciting tunnel race game. The games have four levels of difficulty with rewards of blue, green, red and gold stars for the completion of each.
"At StoryToys we're committed to making quality, engaging apps that both entertain and promote learning through play," said Barry O'Neill, CEO of StoryToys. "The Chuggington brand is therefore a great fit for StoryToys and we're delighted to be working with them again. Chug Patrol: Ready to Rescue, our first Chuggington app, was a huge hit with our customers and we're very excited to present a brand new Chuggington adventure."
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We are the Chuggineers includes the following features:
- The official storybook app of the Chuggineers: Ready to Build extended episode
- Stars the newest Chuggers – Zack, Tyne, Fletch, Cormac & Payce
- 17 pages of exciting story, animation and illustrations
- 7 video clips from the TV show
- 4 immersive 3D games (fun for the whole family!)
- Positive reinforcement for reading and playing along
- Win one of four stars when each game is completed: blue, green, red and gold.


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Hamburg, November 6th, 2014- — As shown in today's new video – Blackguards 2 from Daedalic Entertainment will be the Strategy RPG fans have always wanted. Taking into account significant community feedback, the developers at Daedalic have added new features, unique enemies and enhanced and improved gameplay over the original Blackguards! In Blackguards 2, battles will be even more epic, and their handling has been significantly tweaked.
To help illustrate the significant improvements over the original Blackguards, Daedalic is releasing a series of feature videos focusing on characters, combat and gameplay in their turn-based tactical RPG, set for launch in early 2015.
The first of these video features, available today, introduces all-new heroes rallying around the game's protagonist Cassia, and gives a first impression of the game's turn-based battles as well as new useful combat tools.
At the core of Blackguards 2 is the conflict between Cassia – who starts a military campaign against the tyrant Marwan. Marwan rules the country with an iron fist from his throne in the city of Mengbilla. The ultimate goal of the game's many turn-based battles is to conquer as much territory as possible and free it from Marwan's influence, so that Cassia can claim the Shark Throne of Mengbilla herself.
At the start of each battle, you can now freely place your characters in a starting area as a first strategic decision. Additional starting areas can be unlocked by acquiring strategic intel from prisoners through interrogation between battles.
These additional starting areas offer the advantage of splitting up your troops, so they can navigate a map via different paths or even layers. For instance, one squad may have to pull a lever to deactivate traps that are blocking another squad's way, or open doors or shortcuts for them.
Battles, no matter if fought by one or more squads, range across multiple screens, lead through dungeons, ruins, or bridges spiked with traps and are, of course, inhabited by dangerous creatures.
The fiercest among these monsterous foes are the chimeras; magical beasts created by Marwan's chimerologists. Their unique abilities make them formidable opponents: Sandghosts, for example, can turn into a whirling sandstorm, passing through obstacles with ease, leaving devastation in their wake.
Another of the new monsters in Blackguards 2 are Jesperwoods – hulking constructs made of vine, flesh and steel, always surrounded by swarms of bees, which makes them seemingly impossible to engage in close combat. However, even ranged opponents can be incapacitated by their tangling roots breaking through the ground. Monsters like the Jesperwood and the Sandghost are just two of the creatures that will challenge your combat mettle in Blackguards 2.
The chimeras as a whole are constructs without will, held together by magic and controlled by circles of arcane power and so-called blood organs, instruments that are interactive objects on almost every map.
Both Marwan's and Cassia's troops can make use of those instruments. In side quests, Cassia can even acquire the corresponding melodies and summonings from Marwan's chimerologist causing these beasts to fight for her and maybe even turn the tide of battle.
Available to Cassia are not just the heroes of the first Blackguards, but also bands of mercenaries. Their leader is a bloodthirsty and ruthless man named Faramud. Up to ten mercenaries can join Cassia and her champions in battle. They have their very own classes and contribute unique abilities to the fray. From the classic sword-wielding front line grunt and the nimble archer, to the stealthy assassin, unrivaled in speed and deadliness: each mercenary can be directly deployed and controlled during battle.
But the support of Faramud and his men is a double edged blade, not only figuratively: blood and violence are their fuel. And the common people of conquered territory are most likely the ones who suffer under the sellswords' lust for pillage. It's on the player to decide if Cassia lets Faramud have his will, giving him permission to pillage, raze and murder. Or if she keeps the leash on him, jeopardizing her alliance with the mercenaries, but earning the support of the southern people.
Whatever the player decides, it will have an impact on the events to come, what side quests are available and how characters will react in camp and in conquered areas. In later battles that will mean that the people of the south will either stand up against Cassia's murderous troops, supporting Marwan, or stand with Cassia against the tyrant.
However, Marwan won't just sit by idly while Cassia marches towards Mengbilla. If she seems to advance successfully, Marwan will strike back to reclaim lost territory. If the player wants to hold conquered areas because of their strategic significance, those territories must be defended. Even though players can cleverly place traps and reinforce their position, Marwan now knows what he's in for and will send his own troops in as a counter. As you can imagine, defending a position is much tougher than taking it.
Another increase in challenge becomes evident when the player is in the unfortunate position of re-conquering lost territory. Cassia and her men face traps and a well-prepared enemy who makes you pay for every inch you want to reclaim.
Whatever path she takes on her campaign to Mengbilla, whatever positions she takes and holds for her troops, and what parts of the story unfold for Cassia – it is completely in the player's hands
The world map between battles offers important information about possible obstacles, advantages and resources of the different areas. Via torture and interrogation you can always receive additional information as you play.
All these new features, along with more info about the game and tips for successful adventuring will be showcased in this and future videos in our Blackguards 2 video series, which we will release regularly until the game's release in Q1 2015.
About The Dark Eye
The Dark Eye has been Europe's most well-known fantasy RPG universe since 1984. In addition to the popular pen & paper adventures, The Dark Eye is the basis for a successful series of videogame adaptations. The Dark Eye is licensed under Chromatrix GmbH. The Dark Eye is a trademark of Significant Fantasy Media Rights GbR.
About Daedalic Entertainment
Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic Entertainment is a developer of multiplatform narrative-driven games.
The company employs a staff of approximately 100 people, and its famed Writer's Room, with its cadre of authors, is a unique feature in Germany's media industry. Since May 2014, Daedalic Entertainment has been part of the Bastei Lübbe group of companies, and in August 2014, Daedalic opened another development studio in Düsseldorf — dubbed Daedalic Entertainment Studio West.
Over the last few years, Daedalic has earned 21 German Game Developer Awards (incl. "Studio of the Year 2009, 2013"), five German Computer Game Awards (incl. "Best Game 2011"), and more. Upcoming Daedalic titles such as "Silence – The Whispered World 2" and "The Devil's Men" will raise the bar for the adventure genre. With "Blackguards" and "Blackguards 2" the company has also set itself up as a key RPG developer. As a publisher, Daedalic entertainment publishes uncommon and remarkable games like "Divinity: Original Sin", "Oh my Gore" and "Randal's Monday."


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Ensure there are effective reporting arrangements from the programme or project into the higher-level corporate environment.
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The purpose of resourcing activity is to determine the number, type and timing of the resources needed to complete the project successfully. Because projects may be competing for a particular type of resource it is essential that a resource plan exists at project level that can be used, with others, as basis for programme resource planning at a higher level and for management of the resource pool.
Stakeholders are individuals or groups with an interest in the project because they are involved in the work or affected by the outcomes. Stakeholder management is a vital activity irrespective of the size and complexity of the project. A project should document the level of interest and influence of stakeholders.
Project owners should be clear about when the project has delivered what it set out to do and that information required to support the business as usual environment is documented and readily available.
The project manager could speak to other project managers or research similar projects. Keeping a project diary with a focus on lessons learned could improve the effectiveness of project management.
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If you are like me you are always looking for new clip art to add to either class activities, or products for teacherspayteachers.
In many cases there are great artists on teachers pay teachers, but there are also some cases where I don't want to spend the money, or just want something small.
My favorite new soure for clipart is www.openclipart.org
There are tons of designs, and some are pretty technical (appropriate for science for example).
Here are the terms of use, and some examples, and they are pretty permissive!


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These days the variety of home flight booking has been elevated rather a lot. Emirates is the largest of the Gulf and international carriers operating in India with 185 flights per week and instructions a market share of 11.four per cent (next solely to Jet Airways and Air India) of country's overseas air traffic. It is estimated that India shall require about 800 plane by 2020 to cater to the phenomenal enhance in air passenger and freight visitors. Metros like Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai figured in category one which had a route share of fifty per cent, whereas NE states, J and K, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands had a compulsory share of at the very least 10 per cent.
The purpose for his ire is the a lot debated 5/20 rule in civil aviation: it forbids new airlines to fly abroad until they have completed 5 years on home routes and have a fleet measurement of 20 plane. In what's now believed to have been an in poor health-timed move, the government had fused Air India—an airline flying internationally—with home service Indian Airlines in 2007, creating a much bigger entity, the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL).
Despite fast growth of civil aviation industry within the country, several tier 2 and tier three cities of India nonetheless remain unconnected or are inadequately connected with the national grid", the President stated. Some airlines, like Air Nigeria , Dana Air, and Aero Air even permit on-line verify-in for hand baggage clients. They were very helpful with our reserving as they urged the cheapest costs, higher schedules, and so on. Jeju Air (제주항공) is a budget airline primarily based in Jeju City that offers home flights between Jeju to Seoul, Busan, and Cheongju. If the transit time is lower than 2 hours often you don't go to home airport.
The bilateral agreement between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to increase the variety of flights between the 2 international locations Tuesday got here under the scanner of the Supreme Court, which sought to know which airlines have been more likely to benefit from this pact. Air India Express handed me the boarding go on the situation that I had to carry 5000 Riyal.
Recently, the federal government had raised investment limit to 100% from the current cap of seventy four% in sure civil aviation sectors thereby allowing foreign basic aviation charter operators and floor dealing with firms to arrange base in India. However, not all these providers can be found in online airline booking and ticketing platform provided by Nigerian airways. An Air India airplane with 161 people suffered a tyre burst while landing at Mumbai airport on Tuesday, as per a media report.


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SIS Barb says:
SIS Bren says...
A couple weeks ago our sister, B.J., was a guest blogger here at SIS. She wrote about her first concert experience. I didn't get to comment because I was driving to Indiana that day, but it did get me thinking about my first concert and the incredible performance that I saw. The singer for this band is right up there in my top three or four favorite vocalists!
My pick of the week: Journey
I can remember driving around the back roads of our little small town and belting out right along with Steve Perry. I could sing every note of Neil Schon's guitar solos. Just great rock and roll all around! I still crank the volume on the radio every time a Journey song comes on.
Recommended Album: Escape
Favorite songs: Don't Stop Believin', Who's Cryin' Now, Open Arms
SIS Beth says…
Saturday, my recommended movie was ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, a unique and powerful movie that features young, mostly obscure, talent performing creative arrangements of songs by THE BEATLES. It got me thinking about the real deal. The four insanely talented men who wowed me all through my youth and well into my adult years.
My pick of the week: The Beatles
Each and every Beatle had his own unique sound and charisma. Together they were magic. In my opinion, McCartney and Lennon were two of the best pop/rock songwriters to ever bless the airwaves. As performers, all four of these mavericks set the world on fire. I was too young to scream and faint and drool when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show or in any live venue. But their music made an impression on me early on, and it inspires me to this day.
Recommended Album: A Hard Days Night
My Favorite Song: 3-way tie…. If I Fell, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love


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