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What if, instead of purchasing wine by the bottle, you were able to bring your own jug or container with you to the supermarket and fill it up with wine yourself?
Pretty soon, you just might be able to, according to recent news. Last month, 500 and 1,000-liter self-serve wine tanks landed in French supermarkets. It may only be a year before these wine vending machines hit American grocery stores. The concept, similar to Ecowell's environmentally-friendly soda and juice vending machines, is intended to raise environmental awareness, while helping consumers save money. By getting rid of traditional wine packaging, the wine can be shipped at much lower prices.
Supposedly the wine still tastes pretty good, though I'll be interested to see the response of wine connoisseurs. Wine in an old rinsed-out milk jug from home just doesn't sound quite as appealing to me as wine aged in a corked bottle, but if you're the type that enjoys Franzia out of a box, then go for it. Of course, we at Filters Fast will be in support of any green movement.
I'm also wondering what this might do to the bottled water industry. If people are willing to sacrifice wine by the bottle for "wine on tap," then surely they'd forego bottled water in favor of tap water, right? Pretty soon, we may be seeing self-serve water tanks in grocery stores too. Perhaps within the year, we'll be able to add wine to our list of "Essential Goods Cheaper than Bottled Water" – watch out IBWA!


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With Wolf Parade now officially on (the increasingly clichéd sounding) 'indefinite hiatus', Dan Boeckner's Handsome Furs return with a third record that signals a continuation of Plague Park and Face Control's assured steps away from Wolf Parade's buzzing and rattling indie-rock melodicism. If the progress between each Handsome Furs record seems gradual and tentative the disparity between Sounds Kapital's high-gloss electronic finish and metronomic beats and Boeckner's former 'full-time' band is quite striking. Sound-wise the real differences between the record and its predecessor are relatively subtle sonic changes as opposed to a great stylistic reinvention. This album was written entirely on keyboards which has the somewhat inevitable consequence of Alexei Perry's keyboards/synths dominating the record. Boeckner's guitar is still more or less a constant presence, but it plays a mainly supportive role involving distorted chords or gnarled one string picking which is occasionally difficult to distinguish beneath the staticky buzzing of synths. The corrosive riffing on 'Cheap Music' is one of the few instances of guitar dominating the musical foreground and combined with the punchy primitive drum machine and lead melody played on gauzy synth it sort of resembles a more synth-pop indebted version of Atari Teenage Riot.
In fact that's perhaps a comparison that bears greater consideration due to the subversive agit-pop lyrical thread which crops up repeatedly. The duo have cited the influence of the time they spent travelling in Eastern Europe and Asia and there's no ignoring the anti-authoritarian sentiments of 'Serve the People' ("They don't serve the people, keeping everything under control"; "Diamonds and gold for the idiot sons, all the privileged thieves come and make things run") and 'What About Us' ("They're an army of thieves, they've got everything they need, but what about us, what about us?").
Boeckner isn't the most nuanced lyricist in such matters, but that's not exactly the intention and this righteous anger materializes more generally in the streamlined electronic urgency of the record. Streamlined, but not stripped-back, because Alexei Perry utilises an impressive array of interlocking synth drones, stabs, gargles and swirls. While the metronomic drum-machines have been essential to Handsome Furs since Plague Park, they are no longer accompanied by insouciantly strummed guitars. The result is a record that is muscular, taut and bright, both melodically and rhythmically. 'Damage' and 'Bury Me Standing' are representative of the record's fiercer side, the former featuring a crude-punk beat, distorted Suicide bassline and hollow barked vocal from Boeckner. The latter chugs along on a staticky buzzing synth which is augmented by staccato bass throbs and a catchy echoing chorus to boot. As you might expect, with this more urgent sound, Boeckner's vocals are also probably the most highly-strung he's committed to record.
The almost relentlessly high tempo of the record does get a little wearisome, but there is respite in the aforementioned 'Serve the People.' It might be the most earnest song on the album, but it provides a musical diversion in its leisurely pacing and beats with a more satisfyingly solid thwack to them compared with the crisp pads which dominate.
For all the subtle changes that have been made, one thing that remains is the duo's melodic sensibility. If the thought of all the self-righteous politicking makes Sound Kapitol sound heavy going, then I should assure that it really isn't so po-faced. The aforementioned 'What About Us' is a tick-tocking dancefloor filler that would have been at home on Robyn's Body Talk which culminates in synth strings a la Dazzleships-era OMD and Boeckner pleading "Come on break my heart!". Obviously inspired by the act of travelling rather than the actual locales visited 'When I Get Back' opens the record with skittery beats and waves of euphoric Euro-disco, with Boeckner exclaiming "When I get back I don't feel the same anymore". The thematically related 'Repatriated' strikes that perfect bittersweet note between emotive synth-pop and fierce mechanistic dancefloor precision.
While Handsome Furs display a knack for melodically making the most of a limited range of instrumentation it would have been nice to hear them stretch out a little musically, especially given the transcontinental inspiration behind the record. Nonetheless, Sound Kapitol is a successful, if slightly creatively stifling refinement of a fruitful and unique musical partnership.
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The RMS Titanic has been sitting on the ocean floor since 1912, but scientists think we've only really surveyed 50 per cent of the wreckage. A new expedition, using the most cutting-edge imaging technology available, will "virtually raise" the entire ship.
According to Dave Gallo, director of special projects at the world's biggest non-profit oceanographic institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, previous trips to the Titanic have been intended as "pretty much exploration or adventure".
The new effort, Expedition Titanic - which has a stunningly beautiful website - will be the first thorough "archaeological" survey, intended to be "like the CSI of the underwater world," says Gallo.
To capture Titanic as it's never been seen before, researchers will use the latest robotic and sonar technologies, as well as an array of imaging techniques, including high-resolution 3D. The expedition's site explains:
[The researchers]will painstakingly set up the sonar at up to 30 locations around the bow and take an acoustic snapshot of Titanic at each location. Attempting to create a 3D model of something this large and irregularly shaped, at this depth of water, has never before been attempted.
Somewhere, James Cameron is incredibly excited by the news. Or incredibly jealous he wasn't invited. [Expedition Titanic via Reuters via Scuttlefish]


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Moxie Shin Gaiter now comes in 11 different color combinations and features a full length zipper for quick transitions. No more messing around taking your shoes off every time you want to put your shin gaiters on. Great for those CrossFit comps and multi-sport races where time is critical, and also multi-day adventure races. Moxie Gaiters are designed to protect your shins and keep grit out of your shoes.
The Shin Gaiters have padded panels over the shin with reflective cords, and soft stretch fabric around the calf which allows for a perfect fit. We have also created a SlimFit option in our Small sized gaiters to cater for a wider range of customers and athletes. Our Design team in Melbourne have years of experience competing in the world adventure racing circuit and obstacle racing courses. By applying their experience and knowledge, the aim was to create a durable, lightweight and race-specific shin gaiter to withstand all types of terrain and weather conditions.
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•8:08 a.m. In the 200 block of East 29th Street, a 63-year-old Loveland man on a warrant alleging forgery.
11:06 a.m. At the Loveland Police Department, 810 E. 10th St., a 25-year-old Cheyenne, Wyo., man on an unspecified misdemeanor warrant.
•1:28 p.m. At the Loveland Police Department, a 35-year-old Fort Collins woman on a warrant alleging failure to appear.
•1:48 p.m. In the 2500 block of Rocky Mountain Avenue, a 32-year-old Boulder woman on two warrants alleging failure to comply.
Other notable items
•Noon. Vandalism at Reflections for Youth, 1000 S. Lincoln Ave.
•2 p.m. Theft reported at the Loveland Police Department.
•2 p.m. Drugs at Loveland High School, 920 W. 29th St.
•2 p.m. Vandalism at B.F. Kitchen Elementary School, 915 Deborah Drive.
•3 p.m. Physical disturbance in the 1400 block of East Seventh Street.
•4 p.m. Hit and run at Loveland High School.
•4 p.m. Motor vehicle theft at Rocky Mountain Avenue and East Eisenhower Boulevard.
•5 p.m. Burglary in the 1600 block of Leila Drive.
•5 p.m. Theft at Coach Leatherware, 5821 McWhinney Blvd.
•5 p.m. Motor vehicle accident with injury at Mountain View High School, 3500 Mountain Lion Drive.
•7 p.m. Theft at north King Soopers, 253 E. 29th St.
•7 a.m. Motor vehicle accident with injury at Lake Drive and West 29th Street.
•9 a.m. Motor vehicle accident, non-injury, at West 22nd Street and North Wilson Avenue.
•9 a.m. Theft at Murphy Express, 120 W. 64th St.
•11 a.m. Fraud in the 1100 block of East Third Street.
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Brignac's single in 14th lifts Phils over Mets 6-5
PHILADELPHIA — Reid Brignac's first start for the Philadelphia Phillies ended with him being mobbed by his teammates.
Brignac's RBI single in the bottom of the 14th inning gave the Phillies a 6-5 win over the New York Mets on Friday night.
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Domonic Brown hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs for the Phillies, who snapped the Mets' six-game winning streak at Citizens Bank Park, dating to last season.
Marlon Byrd reached second when right fielder Chris Young dropped his fly ball for an error leading off the 14th. Carlos Ruiz followed with a single to center off Jenrry Mejia (4-2) that sent Byrd to third. After pinch-hitter Cesar Hernandez was intentionally walked, Brignac drove an opposite-field shot that one-hopped the wall in left.
Brignac rounded first base and kept running into shallow right field before he was swarmed by teammates.
"I was just messing around, trying to make them catch me," Brignac said. "It felt great coming through."
Brignac started at third base for Cody Asche, who is on the disabled list. Hernandez had played third since Asche got hurt.
"That was a big swing," manager Ryne Sandberg said.
Young refused to blame the wind for his error, even though it was blowing in hard by the end of the game.
"I was looking dead at it when it was coming down," Young said. "I can't explain it. I have no idea how I dropped a routine fly ball, but it happened."
Justin De Fratus (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win. Phillies starter A.J. Burnett had a season-high 11 strikeouts, but allowed five runs and five hits in seven innings. He had to pitch out of trouble often because of six walks.
"I'm missing here and there, but six is a lot," Burnett said. "I have some work to do."
Mets rookie Rafael Montero lasted just 3 2-3 innings, allowing four runs — three earned — and seven hits in the shortest of his four career starts. Coming off a 10-strikeout performance last Sunday against Arizona, Montero didn't fan any of Philadelphia's strikeout-prone batters. The Phillies struck out 15 times in a 4-1 loss to the Mets on Thursday night.
Bobby Abreu hit a two-run double to give the Mets a 5-4 lead in the fifth after David Wright and Curtis Granderson struck out with two runners on.
But the Phillies answered in the bottom half against Daisuke Matsuzaka. Byrd walked, went to third on Ruiz's double and scored on Brown's groundout to tie it at 5.
Byrd walked to start Philadelphia's fourth and Ruiz singled. Brown then hit a high drive out to right to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead. Brown, an NL All-Star last year, was hitting .199 before connecting for his fourth homer this season. Brown hit 12 of his team-high 27 homers last May.
Burnett helped himself with a leadoff single in the third. He went to third base when Abreu booted Jimmy Rollins' single to right for an error. Chase Utley followed with an RBI groundout to cut it to 3-1.
The Mets took a 3-0 lead in the second on Lucas Duda's RBI double, Travis d'Arnaud's RBI groundout and Ruben Tejada's RBI single.
NOTES: Abreu stole second base in the eighth for his 400th career steal. The call was upheld after a video review. ... Rollins had two hits, moving within 12 of passing Mike Schmidt for first on the Phillies' career list. ... The Mets are playing five consecutive days in the same city on the road for the first time. ... Granderson was 0 for 3 with a walk. He is in an 0-for-19 slump. ... Burnett has walked five or more batters in four of his 12 starts. He had double-digit strikeouts for the 33rd time in his career. ... RHP Jacob deGrom (0-2, 1.83 ERA) pitches for the Mets on Saturday against Kyle Kendrick (1-5, 4.04). deGrom struck out as a pinch-hitter in the 14th.


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Itzchak Tarkay
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Itzchak Tarkay was born in 1935 in Subotica on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border. Towards the end of World War II, Tarkay was sent with his family to the Mathausen concentration camp by the Nazis. Tarkay was only nine years old at this time. Tarkay's family survived and returned home after the war and Itzchak developed a keen interest in art, He won a prize for excellence in painting while still in school in Subotica. In 1949 Tarkay and his family immigrated to Israel and were sent to the transit camp for new arrivals at Beer Yaakov.
The next two years were spent in a Kibbutz. In 1951 Tarkay received a scholarship to the Bezalel Art Academy where he studied for one year before he had to leave due to difficult financial circumstances at home. In order to continue his scholarship, Tarkay was allowed to study under the artist Schwartzman until his mobilization in the Israeli Army. After his service term ended, Tarkay returned to his familiar environment in Tel Aviv and enrolled in the Avni Institute of Art, which he completed in 1956.
Today, Itzchak Tarkay is one of the most popular and loved artists in the world. A modern master, very much alive and very much in the moment, Tarkay draws upon the entire realm of art history in a body of work that is not only aesthetically agreeable and compositionally seductive, but a cultural phenomenon responsible for countless love letters, innumerable nights of passion and incalculable furtive glances - the very substance of visual poetry.
As a successor to the giants of art history in popularity, Tarkay's graceful personal iconography has generated over a hundred million dollars of sales in a decade during which the art market can be generously described as unstable. While the dollar value of art should, in a perfect world, have no bearing on the aesthetic value of creativity, Tarkay's acceptance by serious art collectors despite that at that time the relatively low prices were charged for his originals and limited editions, all of this must be noted. What chord does this man strike in the common thread that weaves through our universal consciousness?
Tarkay's roots as a painter take hold in the decisive years of modern art. The bright colors and flat patterns build on the paths forged by Matisse, Mouly, and the Fauves. Like Picasso and Tobiasse, the sculptural grows stronger than the pictorial. Tarkay constructs a perspective and then takes it away. The paintings go through an abstract transformation, the perspective dissolves into colors and shapes, her face remains, and the world reconstructs around her. She is the natural woman - satisfied, calm, and serene. With closed eyes, her blue eyelids open onto a different world. She is floating, peaceful.
There is an ancient mystery in the work of Tarkay that must be discovered for oneself. This is what Tarkay's paintings achieve. Tarkay's fertile female form is a timeless enigma. The poses that Tarkay's figures manifest are every bit as classical as The Winged Victory or Venus de Milo. Tarkay dives deep into history, and brings up pearls for our times. The quality of his line is organic, the quality of his woman, his art, is magic. Visit American Fine Art to see Tarkay's most unique collection of paintings, mixed media and original serigraphs.


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Our very own Jo Ann Schoen was recently featured in a fantastic article about the Delta Queen in her local paper. Like the true champion she is, Jo Ann told me she was "frustrated how much the article was about her and not the Delta Queen...thats the real goal!"
I think the article turned out great and the Delta Queen couldn't have a better public champion!
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Winging it for science: study of disease-free bat could help humans
BATS' ability to fly could provide vital genetic clues to prevent and treat fatal diseases in humans, according to researchers.
The only mammal capable of sustained flight, bats are notorious for harbouring some of the deadliest diseases known to humans, including Ebola, rabies and SARS. However the animals do not die from the diseases – let alone get sick.
In the first comprehensive interpretation of the bat genome, researchers from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong and the Beijing Genome Institute set out to establish why.
They started by mapping the genome of two distantly related bat species, the Australian black flying fox and the Chinese microbat David's Myotis. The results were compared with the genome of eight other mammals, including humans which have a genome roughly double the size of a bat's about four million letters.
''We found that the bat immune system has evolved to resist the damage free-radicals cause to DNA,'' said CSIRO post-doctoral fellow Chris Cowled.
This is linked to flight which as an energy intensive activity, produces toxic free-radicals. Free-radicals are a metabolic bi-product known to contribute not only to diseases such as cancer but also to ageing.
This is notable as bats are also renowned for their longevity – living about three-times longer than their body size would suggest. Microbats, which can weigh as little as five grams, can live in excess of forty years.
Dr Cowled said this again suggested bats have an ability to slow the ageing process by minimising the damaging effects of free-radicals on their DNA.
Among the genes found after sequencing the genome of two bat species, was the P53 gene: a gene found in humans which is implicated in cancer. However, in bats it appears to play a role in the immune system as well.
''We're proposing that the evolution of flight led to a sort of spill over effect, influencing not only the immune system, but also things like ageing and cancer," Dr Cowled said.
He said an improved genetic understanding of the animal, which has been around since the time of dinosaurs, could lead to more targeted research and treatment of human diseases.
''If we can understand how the bats are resisting tumours, and how they are handling highly virulent viruses without showing any sign of disease and how they are living for a long time despite having a high level of free-radicals, that will enable us to design new treatments,'' he said. ''Maybe we will learn which genes to target in human disease.''
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Welcome to the USGS Pacific Coral Reefs Web Site
Explore the fascinating undersea world of coral reefs. Learn how we map, monitor, and model coral reefs so we can better understand, protect, and preserve our Nation's reefs.
Underwater photograph of Tumon Bay Marine Reserve, Guam, showing some of the amazing diversity of coral reefs.
Coral reefs are unique ecosystems of plants, animals, and their associated geological framework. Coral reefs cover less than 0.5 percent of the earth's surface, but are home to an estimated 25 percent of all marine species. Second only to tropical rainforests in size and complexity, some scientists estimate that more than one million species of plants and animals are associated with coral reefs. Coral reefs are also of great economic importance to those who live on or visit islands in the Pacific Ocean. Reefs shelter and provide nursery grounds for many commercially and culturally important species of fish and invertebrates, they protect the islands' harbors, beaches, and shorelines from erosion and wave damage by storms, and they are vital to the Pacific's marine tourism industry. Globally, these diverse ecosystems may provide valuable goods and services worth about $375 billion each year to communities around the world. Yet, as important as coral reefs are, these ecosystems are being threatened worldwide.
Photograph of waves breaking over the fringing coral reef that protects the shoreline of Waikīkī and infrastructure of Hawaiʻi's capital, Honolulu.
More than 6,000 square miles (16,000 km2) of coral reef habitat falling under U.S. jurisdiction are found in the Pacific Ocean, constituting more than 90 percent of coral reefs found in U.S. waters1. Most of these coral reefs still appear to be relatively healthy, but some areas of dead and dying coral have been found in recent years. The causes of this degradation are poorly known, but are probably in part related to human activities.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), working closely with academic institutions, state, and other Federal agencies, is spearheading an effort to better understand the oceanographic and geologic controls on the structure and processes of our Nation's coral reef ecosystems.
Underwater photograph off Molokaʻi Hawaiʻi, showing some of the impacts of land-based pollution, such as terrestrial sediment, on coral reefs: burial by sediment, algal overgrowth, and coral bleaching.
This web site is a gateway to USGS studies of coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. We focus on the processes that influence the health and sustainability of coral reefs. From this work we are gaining new insight into the structure of coral reefs, providing the basis for future monitoring, and understanding better both the influences of natural processes and impacts of human activities on coral reef health. These efforts will help to preserve and protect the biodiversity, health, and social and economic value of these remarkable habitats.
To learn more about our efforts, use the links to the left.
To learn about other USGS coral reef studies in Florida and U.S. Caribbean Islands, go to http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/crest/.
1U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, National Action Plan to Conserve Coral Reefs, March 2000
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Nepali Communities Seek Justice for Violations in World Bank Project
Kathmandu, Nepal, July 14, 2015 – Last week an independent investigation revealed serious abuses in a World Bank-funded transmission line project in central Nepal. The Khimti-Dhalkebar transmission line runs through indigenous and rural communities, who have been raising concerns about the project for over five years. Though the findings validate community concerns, the World Bank has not committed to correcting the damage caused by its failures in this project.


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A trucking company that committed hundreds of breaches of work time and logbook protocols has been fined $21,000 and its 14 drivers have been fined up to $350 each.
The company, based at Te Awamutu, has been found to have committed 539 offences, resulting in 53 representative charges in February and March last year.
Police said another 546 offences were detected and 59 representative charges laid against 14 drivers, which included the company's owner.
In August the company claimed the driver time cards, crucial to the investigation, had been destroyed before they were passed on to investigators by the company's lawyers two months later, Senior Sergeant Lex Soepnel said.
As a result, the company was also charged with failing to produce records, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of $100,000.
Yesterday the company was fined just more than $21,000 in the Te Awamutu District Court, a result Soepnel said was "a win-win situation for the company, police and the local community".
"What this allows is a visible deterrent to be imposed while at the same time keeping the drivers in employment. It's all about prevention and this way we hope to educate people of the risks."
The drivers were fined between $200 and $350 each and banned from driving heavy vehicles for a month.
Police agreed with the company's lawyers on a "rolling schedule of suspensions so the company can keep operating while its drivers serve their one-month licence disqualification".
The investigation was part of an operation targeting driver fatigue amongst truck drivers.
"Fatigued drivers are much like people driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, their ability to react is reduced, and when you add large truck and trailer units into the equation it can have catastrophic consequences," Soepnel said.
The operation was spurred by statistics for the Waikato District from 2011 that 52 people had died in 44 crashes, the country's highest road toll.
"When you consider fatigue was a contributing factor in 29 fatal crashes nationally in 2011 and 112 serious injury crashes you start to see why we carry out such preventative operations," Soepnel said.
"With the Waikato also recording the highest road toll for 2012, you can be assured similar operations are planned for this year."
Soepnel said he hoped the court fines would "serve as a deterrent" to drivers.
"Every road user, be they pedestrians, cyclists, car or truck drivers are entitled to expect safer journeys on our roads. While Police will continue to enforce compliance, road safety is everyone's responsibility."


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Merlin Entertainments Limited is a business built on fun. We're Europe's Number 1 and the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator. We operate more than 120 attractions, 18 hotels and six holiday villages in 25 countries across four continents and we run some of the best known names in global leisure. These include the likes of SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, the Dungeons and LEGOLAND, as well as local icons such as The Coca-Cola London Eye, Gardaland Resort, Heide Park Resort and Alton Towers Resort, and the objective at each is to provide a truly memorable experience and a great day out for all the family. All of which helps to cement our reputation as one of the world's leading leisure and entertainment companies.
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Are mutual funds a reasonable investment in bull market?
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Indian Mutual Funds have currentlyinvested about 1.35 crore (13.5 million) SIP accounts through which investors regularly invest in Indian Mutual Fund schemes. (March 2017. Source: AMFI)
Average Assets Under Management (AAUM) of Indian Mutual Fund Industry for the month of March 2017 stood at ₹19.26 lakh crore. (Apr 2017. Source: AMFI)
Equity-oriented schemes account for around 32.8% of the industry's assets. (March 2017. Source: AMFI) Equity-oriented schemes derive 85% of their assets from individual investors. (March 2017. Source: AMFI)
HNI investors account for 20.98% of investments for a period of 12-24 months. (Source: AMFI)
Index funds usually have much lower operating expenses over actively managed funds.
This figure represents the fund's total asset base, net of fees and expenses.


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Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions under which people live which determine their health. Virtually all major diseases are primarily determined by specific exposures to these conditions. And these conditions are a result of social, economic, and political forces. Social determinants of health have been recognized by several health organizations such as the Public Health Agency of Canada and the World Health Organization to greatly influence collective and personal well-being. A list of determinants of health -- only some of which are social determinants -- compiled by the Public Health Agency of Canada is below:
- Income and social status
- Social support networks
- Education and literacy, e.g. health literacy
- Employment/Working conditions
- Social environments
- Physical environments
- Personal health practices and coping skills
- Healthy child development
- Biology and genetic endowment
- Health services
- Gender
- Culture
The term social determinants of health grew out of the search by researchers to identify the specific exposures by which members of different socio-economic groups come to experience varying degrees of health and illness. While it was well documented that individuals in various socio-economic groups experienced differing health outcomes, the specific factors and means by which these factors led to illness remained to be identified Overviews of the concept, recent findings, and an analysis of emerging issues are available. All these formulation share a concern with factors beyond those of biomedical and behavioural risk.
The SDOH National Conference list (see Raphael, below) is unique in that it specifically focuses on the public policy environment (e.g., income and its distribution) rather than characteristics associated with individuals (e.g. income and social status). These 11 social determinants of health are:
- Aboriginal status
- Early life
- Education
- Employment and Working conditions
- Food security
- Health care services
- Housing
- Income and its distribution
- Social safety net
- Social exclusion
- Unemployment and Employment security.
We might also add in the following social influences:
- Group participation
- Social adjustment
- Social drinking
- Social identity
- Social interaction
- Social isolation
- Social issues
- Social networks
- Social support networks
Sociocultural factorsEdit
Direct interpersonal influencesEdit
- Abuse
- Authority
- Coercion
- Conflict
- Criticism
- Enabling
- Peer pressure
- Persuasion
- Popularity
- Power and powerlessness
- Prejudice
- Reference groups
- Social approval
- Social desirability
- Social norms
- Superstitions
- Stigma
- Taboos
Social environmental factorsEdit
- Social environments
- Academic environments
- Communities
- Home environment
- Poverty areas
- Suburban environments
- Urban environments
- Working conditions
- Cultural deprivation
- Social density
- Social deprivation
See alsoEdit
- Differential susceptibility hypothesis
- Health literacy
- Population health
- Population Health Forum
- Social influences
- Sociocultural factors
- Whitehall Study
- World Health Organization. (1986). Ottawa charter for health promotion. World Health Organization European Office. Available: http://web.archive.org/web/20031224165244/http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/ottawa_charter_hp.pdf
- Health Canada. (1998). Taking action on population health: A position paper for health promotion and programs branch staff. Ottawa: Health Canada. Available: http://web.archive.org/web/20050310141238/http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/pdf/tad_e.pdf
- Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M. (2003). Social determinants of health: The solid facts. World Health Organization, European Office. Available: http://www.euro.who.int/document/e81384.pdf
- Raphael, D. (Ed.). (2004). Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press: http://www.cspi.org/books/s/socialdeter.htm
- Raphael, D., Bryant, T., and Rioux, M. (Eds. (2006). Staying alive: Critical perspectives on health, illness, and health care. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press:
- Raphael, D. (2007). Poverty and policy in Canada: Implications for health and quality of life. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press.
- Raphael, D. (2006). The social determinants of health: What are the three key roles for health promotion? Australian Health Promotion Journal, 17 (3), 167-170.
- Raphael, D. (2006). Social determinants of health: Present status, unresolved questions, and future directions. International Journal of Health Services, 36, 651-677.
- Raphael, D. (2003). Bridging the gap between knowledge and action on the societal determinants of cardiovascular disease: How one Canadian community effort hit -- and hurdled -- the lifestyle wall. Health Education, 103, 177-189.
- Raphael, D., Anstice, S., Raine, K., et al. (2003). The social determinants of the incidence and management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Are we prepared to rethink our questions and redirect our research activities? Leadership in Health Services, 16, 10-20.
- Raphael, D. (2006). Politics, political platforms, and child poverty in Canada. Policy Options, 7, (6), 99-103.
- Raphael, D. (2003). Addressing the social determinants of health in Canada: Bridging the gap between research findings and public policy. Policy Options, 24, no. 3, 35-40.
- Zarcadoolas, C., Pleasant, A., & Greer, D. (2006) Advancing health literacy: A framework for understanding and action. Jossey-Bass:San Francisco, CA. Available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787984337/
External linksEdit
- Video: The Politics of Population Health - Lecture by Dennis Raphael
- Video: The Politics of Health in the USA - Lecture by Dennis Raphael at the Centre for Health Disparities in Cleveland Ohio
- Public Health Agency of Canada: What determines health? - Key Determinants
- World Health Organization: Commission on Social Determinants of Health
- Population Health Forum website
- VIDEO: Health Status Disparities in the US featuring Paula Braveman, Gregg Bloche, George Kaplan, Thomas Ricketts, Mary Lou deLeon Siantz, and David Williams
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That's because at Toppers Pizza we believe decisions about what goes into your pizza should be made in a kitchen, not a boardroom. In fact, we don't just believe it—we live it. Ask anyone on Team Toppers and they'll tell you:
Those details begin with a friendly face, making dough fresh daily and insisting on real Wisconsin cheese (and nothing but real Wisconsin cheese), and they don't stop until we've double-checked your order and run (literally run) to your door so the food is still hot.
Some place "corporate" might say we do this by sticking to a set of core values. Maybe so, but at Toppers, it's just who we are. We:
Our belief in doing pizza right—respecting pizza—has been central to Toppers since before we even opened our doors. And we're not the only ones who feel this way. See how Toppers has caught on over the years:
Do you love pizza? Do you refuse to settle for good enough? Sounds like you're already one of us.
There's a right way and a wrong way to make pizza. If you believe in doing things the right way, join us.
Fed up with being forced to serve lesser quality food at the national pizza chain where he was working, Scott Gittrich finalizes the idea that eventually turns into Toppers Pizza. "Note to Self: To Scott, Stop Settling, Love Scott."
The first Toppers Pizza opens in Whitewater, WI. Soon after, Topperstix are invented.
Toppers Pizza officially decides to franchise with a store in Eau Claire, WI. Why? Because like a good party pizza, great ideas are worth sharing.
15th Toppers store opens—and it becomes clear this is a movement people can get behind.
First online order delivered! By 2015, over 35% of Toppers orders will happen electronically. (Yay, Internet!)
Toppers stores experience record profits despite the worst economic conditions in decades. How's that taste, Wall Street?
Our Feeding America partnership begins. By 2014, donations will have provided 2 million meals.
30th Toppers store opens. Six new franchise groups sign deals. Stores open in five new states. Pretty. Big. Year.
QSR magazine ranks Toppers as a "One to Watch" franchise opportunity. Coincidentally, everyone who's ever had Topperstix also ranked them as "Ones to Crave."
50th Toppers opens. Toppers reaches 10 states. Toppers announces plans for nationwide growth. Toppers expands headquarters and training facilities to serve franchisees. NRN ranks Toppers as one of the "Top 50 Breakout Chains of the Year." And we're still making pizza like the local pizza place around the corner—'cause we are.
60th Toppers opens (ahem, that's 32% unit growth in a single year) as we celebrate 40 quarters of consecutive sales increases. Toppers is also named to:
75th Toppers opens, bringing Toppers Nation to fanatics in 13 states. Plus, Toppers sells out of available markets in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska…and you know what that means: pizza for everyone!
100th Toppers store opens. Just watch.
700th Toppers opens!*
* Want to help us get there? We're looking for experienced restaurant operators who believe in doing pizza right to open multiple store locations in exclusive development territories across the US. Learn more at toppersfranchise.com.


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With a hat tip to our pals at North Carolina Miscellany, we inform you that North Carolina lawmakers have managed to find time in their busy schedules (state budget, anyone?) to name the Outer Banks' wild mustangs as the official "state horse." Hugh Morton was fond of photographing these charming ponies as they wandered through the harbor at Ocracoke.
From this AP article I learned the interesting tidbits that in addition to well-known symbols like the state dog (the Plott hound) and the state flower (dogwood), there is also a state insect (the honey bee) and a state BEVERAGE (milk).
So, I decided to try and determine how many of NC's official state symbols Hugh Morton photographed. The answer: quite a few! I created the nice thumbnail gallery below to showcase some of the highlights. Hope you enjoy.
NOTE: If you're a fan of all things North Carolina, you simply must check out the newly-launched website for materials published by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center: DigitalNC.org.


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Moxiecode necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 158 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
TinyMCE is an Open Source WYSIWYG editor, used in systems like Wordpress, Joomla and many other content management systems.
Our website needs to target both the Open Source community as well as Enterprise customers.
We need flexible design that stands out, since we do not have a lot of images or similar, perhaps working with large symbols and/or icons is more suitable.
It would be nice if there is some form of movement or eyecatching on the frontpage, to make the website more alive.
Main and submenus needs to be flexible, we will include the wiki inside the website now, so we need to have down to 3 or 4 levels of navigation.
The commercial plugins MCFileManager and MCImageManager needs to be visible as much as possible, and if possible, not so much in "banner"-type design. Look at current website for what content that needs to fit into the firstpage.
Please provide a sample of a first page and a normal "text" sub page, if possible, also include graphics for common items such as tables, headers, code samples and lists (on the normal "text" sub page).
This is a Writemap of the new site structure (writemaps does not work in msie).
Our current site:
Delivery should be in the form of PSD files, with seperate "template" PSD template for making more buttons or other common UI items.
If everything goes well there is a possiblity that we will hire the designer for additional work in the future.
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Jerry OConnell brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 35 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Our chapter covers the Big Blackfoot River valley in western Montana, the river made famous in "A River Runs Through It". We are nationally recognized for the quality and quantity of our restoration and conservation work over the past 20 years. One of the smallest TU chapters in the country, we are often referred to as "legendary" for our results in restoring the Big Blackfoot to its original pristine conditions.
We are finally getting around to creating a website and doing some branding of the chapter. A key part of that is a logo, which we don't have at this point. We want you to create one for us. As a non-profit organization, we don't have loads of money, so one of our members has volunteered to fund this effort.
While the money isn't big, hopefully you can point with pride at your logo on the website of the legendary BBCTU. Also, if you ever get out this way (about 40 miles east of Missoula), the chapter has pledged to give you and a guest a day's float trip on the Big Blackfoot River. Bring a fly rod or just sit back and soak up the incredible scenery, gin-clear waters, and abundant wildlife. This is nature at its finest, with fewer than a dozen homes visbile along nearly 70 miles of river as it flows through canyons, meadows, cliffs, and white water.
Once awarded, the winner will be given the contact information to arrange for their float.
Big Blackfoot Chapter -- Trout Unlimited
We want the logo to incorporate as many of the key elements of our mission as possible without getting too "busy". Those elements include the river, its tributaries, mountains, forest, agriculture, wildlife, and of course trout.
While you may think of this as being portrayed using a scene with these many elements somehow represented in it, it need not be that. Feel free to offer alternative approaches that deliver our message.
Here are examples (but not requirements) of what might be good representations of those elements:
- River -- a river flowing through the scene
- Tributaries -- a small creek flowing into the river
- Mountains -- one or more snowcapped peaks in the background
- Forest -- dark green slopes on the mountains with maybe an evergreen tree or two in the foreground.
- Agriculture -- a cow (not near the water), a field of hay, or a tractor in the field.
- Wildlife -- an elk, a deer, a grizzly bear, or an eagle in flight.
- Trout -- a trout jumping, or a fly fisherman fishing while standing in the river.Please keep up with my comments as the contest proceeds, because I have most likely forgotten something important but may think of it later. If I do, it'll be in the Comments.
- A multi-color (no more than 4) image that can also look good in monochrome. We will want a black-and-white version as well as the colored logo.
- A vector image (.ai) or equivalent should be the final deliverable.
- It should be large enough to show the detail easily, but should be able to fit on a the front of a hat or embroidered on a shirt, which would be approximately 3" x 2" (or optionally 2" x 3"). Of course, we could scale it with software to other sizes, but plan on the detail being clearly visible when it sized as described above.
- The name "Big Blackfoot Chapter" and "Trout Unlimited" must be on it. The first could be on top of the image and the second on the bottom of the image, or both could be together, but they should be arranged so the chapter name comes before the "Trout Unlimited" words.
- A short version of our mission statement should be somewhere on the logo. We have a few variations of this -- feel free to use whichever you prefer, although we may ask you at the end to switch to the other words. The options are: "Conserve.. Protect,, Restore"; "Restoration Through Partnerships"; "Conservation.. Restoration.. Cooperation".
- The shape is an important design element, but we're open to your creative ideas. Oval horizontal, oval vertical, square, round, or even teardrop-shaped (which implies water, which implies our mission.. see how easy this is?) would be considered if it fits into a cohesive whole.
- We do NOT want this to have similarities to the logo of the national Trout Unlimited organization http://www.tu.org . We want it to look unique.
- If your design includes the profile of a fish jumping, it had better look like a trout, not a bass or carp or anything other species. When it comes to fish, we're fussy.
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The English-Speaking Program for a Truly International City!
The vhs stuttgart is proud to present its English-speaking program specifically aimed at the international public of the Stuttgart region. If you speak English and you feel comfortable taking classes in English, this program is right for you, as our courses and events are held in English as a language of communication. Have fun learning with us and follow us on Instagram (vhs_international) for updates! You can find all our English-speaking courses and events in this brochure.
This semester, we're offering courses and events in the following categories:
You can sort the courses by "Titel" (title), "Datum" (date), "Ort" (place) or "Nr." (course number).
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Colorado Springs Airport Announces Nonstop Air Service to Phoenix through Allegiant Airlines beginning May 15
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Mar. 4, 2014)
The Colorado Springs Airport is pleased to announce that Allegiant Airlines will reintroduce nonstop jet service between Colorado Springs and Phoenix via Phoenix / Mesa Gateway Airport beginning May 15, 2014.
"We are thrilled to once again provide Colorado Springs residents with affordable, nonstop service to Phoenix," said Andrew C. Levy, Allegiant Travel Company President and COO. "We are confident the community will enjoy the convenient access to this popular warm-weather destination and the ability to book their entire vacation with us for less."
The service will operate twice weekly, flying nonstop from Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to Phoenix / Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) and becoming the only nonstop service from Colorado Springs to any destination in Arizona. Flight days and times and the lowest fares can be found at Allegiant.com.
Allegiant first began service at Colorado Springs Airport in February 2002 with nonstop service to Las Vegas and previously offered service to Phoenix from 2010 to 2012. Focusing on low-cost leisure travel, the company provides customers with low base fares, averaging less than half the cost of the average domestic round-trip ticket purchased in 2013. Over the past 15 years, its innovative business model has allowed the company to grow from one aircraft and one route, to offering access to convenient, affordable service in 100 communities nationwide, more than any other domestic low-cost carrier. Phoenix becomes Allegiant's second nonstop destination from Colorado Springs.
"We are pleased that Allegiant Airlines is expanding from Colorado Springs. The Colorado Springs Airport has had a great partnership with Allegiant Airlines and the addition of Phoenix service will serve to strengthen that relationship," said Dan Gallagher, Colorado Springs Airport Interim Aviation Director.
With breathtaking scenery, endless sun, unmatched resorts, and miles of world-class golf courses, Phoenix-Mesa is a gateway to all that Arizona has to offer. Allegiant partners with more than 70 of Arizona's most exciting hotel properties, provides low-cost car rental service through its partnership with Alamo Rent a Car, and offers great deals on activities such as hot air balloon rides and Grand Canyon tours. Colorado Springs travelers can book their entire Phoenix vacation for less by visiting Allegiant.com.
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England is a country that is at once steeped in history and firmly entrenched in the present. Whether you are interested in walking in the footsteps of writers from centuries ago or seeing the cutting edge of modern theater, there is something to excite your imagination on an England tour. The country is both quiet walks in the countryside and boisterous crowds at football matches. It is Shakespeare and the Beatles. It is a warm cup of tea at the Ritz and a frosty pint at the local pub, and whichever drink ignites your fancy, you are cordially invited to have a seat and take a sip.
Tour the London of Dickens
Charles Dickens was an inveterate stroller of the city in which he lived. Today, the routes that he walked are the grounds for historical London tours, which use his favorite haunts as the basis for an exploration of history. Take a private guided expedition through famous London attractions such as Charing Cross railway station which sits on the former site of a factory where Dickens worked when he was just a lad of 12.
From there, observe many of the other things to do in London, including Buckingham Street, residence of fictional Dickens character David Copperfield; Temple, the legal quarter where Dickens worked as a stenographer; and Fleet Street, home to the author's beloved Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub. To walk this tour is to see London not only as it once was, but as it is now, a palimpsest of traditions and cultural artifacts.
Dine in London's Oldest Restaurant
There are hundreds of dynamic London eateries, each offering its own take on a particular dish or cuisine. Only one, however, has the distinction of being the oldest restaurant in the city: Rules.
Since the 18th century, Rules has been serving traditional English food. In 1789, the same year that Napoleon began his campaign in Egypt, Thomas Rule assured his family that he would settle down and find a stable trade. They were surprised when that trade turned out to be opening an oyster bar, and even more flabbergasted when it not only succeeded but thrived.
The writers of the day were smitten with Rule's take on "porters, pies and oysters", and even today it remains one of the best and most celebrated pubs in London. It has outlasted nine different monarchs, dishing out filling portions of traditional fare like game birds and seasonal summer pudding.
Have a Spot of Tea
Afternoon tea has a rich tradition in London, having been introduced by Anna Russell, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in 1840. While people have been enjoying the drink for millennia, she cemented its status in Britain as a pastime, turning a simple beverage into a fashionable social event for the highest strata of society.
The tradition of London tea is alive and well today, and is one of the most quintessentially British experiences for visitors and locals alike. If you are searching for the best afternoon tea in London, your quest will invariably lead you to one of two places, each with a storied past: Harrods and the Ritz.
Located in a world-famous department store, tea at Harrod's is a sophisticated, glamorous affair. A recent renovation by world-renowned designer Christopher Guy Harrison has only added to its sumptuousness, which is at once stylish and relaxing. Weekends are a special treat, as a live pianist plays every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The Ritz also serenades its guests with gentle music, with a live harpist, string quintet or pianist playing every day between 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. Enjoy the dulcet tones as you nibble freshly baked scones and sliced sandwiches in a setting that is the very essence of elegance.
Visit the Home of Beatrix Potter
Fans of literature, especially children's literature, will hop at the opportunity to tour the home of Beatrix Potter, best known as the author and illustrator of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit." Published in 1902, the story has captivated the minds of children and their parents for over a century.
To learn more about what motivated Potter and her characters, take a private tour of the Lake District, the countryside where she had so many of her formative experiences. In fact, not only was Potter a writer, she also farmed the land, and was a champion of the local herdwick sheep. Make your way along stunning lakeside vistas and mountain views to Hill Top, her childhood home, which has been carefully preserved by the National Trust.
Potter is not the only prominent writer to have come out of the Lake District. In fact, the area was instrumental in the works of poets like Williams Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. Learn more about them as well, and how the connection they were able to forge with the natural world revealed itself in the imagery they used during the tour.
Traverse the Yorkshire Moors
In their brief but powerful careers, Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte produced some of the most beloved works in the western canon, including "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights." The natural environment they lived in both informed and animated their literature, and they were fond of walking along those moorland pathways, contemplating life and literature.
Relive their experiences by traversing the Yorkshire Moors. Wide, open spaces punctuated by large rocks and torrential waterfalls, the moors are a conduit to a time before airplane travel and smartphones. End your tour at the house where the sisters lived and wrote, which has now been preserved as a museum.
American and Canadian citizens must have a passport that is valid for at least 6 months beyond the intended return date in order to enter and depart the country. Tourists must also provide proof of return or onward travel. Each traveler is responsible for ensuring that his/her passport is up to date. Citizens of other nationalities should check with respective authorities before departure.
Please ensure that the name on your passport matches all travel documents we have issued. If this is not the case, please contact us immediately.
Please make a photocopy of your passport's identification page and keep it separate from your original. It's also a good idea to leave a digital copy with someone at home. This may speed up the replacement process should you lose your passport.
A visa is not required for citizens of the U.S. and Canada. Citizens from other countries may require a valid visa. These requirements change often and therefore it is best that you check with the British Embassy for the most up-to-date visa information.
Cancelation and Medical Insurance is highly recommended as it can safeguard against the expenses associated with in-country medical emergencies, lost or delayed baggage and emergency cancelation or interruption of your trip. Medical facilities in England are comparable to North American facilities. Please ensure your policy will provide you with upfront medical coverage so that you are not responsible for a hefty medical bill. Insurance can be purchased through us.
We always recommend that you see a doctor or health-care provider who specializes in Travel Medicine. They will best determine your vaccination and medication needs based on your health and immunization history, areas of the country you will be visiting, planned activities and up-to-the-minute requirement changes. For all vaccinations and health requirements, we also recommend that you consult the World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://wwwnc.cdc.gov.
If there are any medical items that are essential to your health, such as prescription drugs or corrective eye wear, bring duplicates and divide them between your checked bags and hand luggage. While non-prescription drugs such as aspirin are generally available, it is difficult to replace prescription items.
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England has mild temperatures, not much lower than 0° C in winter and not much higher than 32° C in summer. The coldest months are January and February while July is normally the warmest. The weather is frequently damp and rainfall is spread fairly evenly throughout the year. For up-to-date forecasts, check weather.com.
Electricity in England is supplied at 240 volts. Square, three-pin sockets are standard in England. A multi-adaptor with different plug configurations can be very useful. We advise not to bring a hair dryer as it could blow a fuse.
Phone: Roaming charges vary between carriers, but tend to be quite costly. Consult your phone provider prior to departure to discuss overseas rates and international package options. It is also possible to purchase a SIM card locally to avoid international charges when calling numbers within England. (You should check to see that your cell phone is SIM card compatible.)
Internet: Internet cafés and wireless access is available in most urban areas, airports and hotels throughout England.
Generally speaking, we advise bringing £70-100 per day, per person, for spending money. Notes are in denominations of £50, £20, £10 and £5. Coins are in denominations of £2 and £1, and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 pence. Be sure to bring lots of small bills for porters, wait staff and housekeeping (not obligatory and based on your satisfaction). We recommend that you bring approximately 100 dollars of spare cash in small denominations to have ready for tips and expenses when you first arrive.
We recommend that you get local currency from your bank before you leave home or from a bank machine in-country which is much cheaper than an exchange service at the airport or in tourist areas. Your bank card may work, but Visa or MasterCard are more widely accepted. You will need a 4-digit PIN to be able to use your cards in Europe.
Capital: London
Language: English
Currency: Pound sterling (GBP)
Religion: Christianity
Time Zone: UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) +1 hour
Electricity: 220-230 volts
Telephone: Country code for calling you from outside England is 44
Calling North America: Dial 001 and your 10 digit number
Emergency numbers in England: Medical: 15; Police: 17; Fire: 18.


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Smith Island Baking Co. specializes in Authentic Smith Island Cakes, Maryland's State Dessert, and we proudly ship our products to our customers throughout the United States and around the world. We use only the finest ingredients, and every order is unconditionally guaranteed. We look forward to serving you.
The Smith Island Baking Company was founded with a simple mission: to share this unique treasure with dessert lovers everywhere. Since the 1800's, Smith Island Cakes have been a symbol of fellowship and community. Watermen would go out for months at a time in the autumn oyster harvest. Their wives would send Smith Island Cakes to help them feel together, even when they were apart. And when the men would safely return, Smith Islanders would cap off their community feats with more Smith Island Cakes.
Over the centuries, Smith Island Cakes have become a symbol of celebration, whether celebrating together or celebrating apart. Our customers use our cakes to celebrate their most momentous events. For hundreds of years, Smith Island Cakes have been a symbol of community. So even when our customers are apart, they order a cake online and send Smith Island Cakes to help them feel together.
By focusing on our customers and our mission to take Smith Island Cakes, and the togetherness they symbolize, to the world. We understand how busy our customers are, but we also know we want to stay in touch with our friends and loved ones. People want to let special people know they are special, even if we're not there to celebrate together in person. That is why we give our customers the opportunity to order cakes online. Smith Islanders have always understood the idea of togetherness, and how precious it is.
Smith Island is a remote fishing village located ten miles off shore in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, accessible only by ferry. Ever since the 1800's, when men would leave for the Autumn Oyster harvest and their wives and families would send them cakes and provisions by which they could remember them. While the men were away, they'd miss birthdays, anniversaries, and other celebrations, but they still had a little home with them. The bakers added more and more layers, and the layers of the cakes got thinner and thinner. The icing was replaced with fudge, which looks better, tastes better, and lasts longer.
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Analysing diet of small herbivores : the efficiency of DNA barcoding coupled with high-throughput pyrosequencing for deciphering the composition of complex plant mixtures
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009-08-20)
Background: In order to understand the role of herbivores in trophic webs, it is essential to know what they feed on. Diet analysis is, however, a challenge in many small herbivores with a secretive life style. In this paper, we compare novel (high-throughput pyrosequencing) DNA barcoding technology for plant mixture with traditional microhistological method. We analysed stomach contents of two ...


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62 Turns 5Posted: January 28th, 2013 | Author: JR | Filed under: 62 Restaurant & Winebar, Italian, Mediterranean, Salem | Tags: Chef Antonio Bettencourt, Fan Favorites Dinner, Happy Anniversary | No Comments »
There are a lot of reasons we were excited to be invited to the first of three dinners to celebrate 62 Restaurant & Wine Bar's fifth anniversary. First, it promised to be a fun night of reminiscing on five years of success and how it came to be. Second, we have never forgotten how Chef Tony Bettencourt bravely led the way to a local food renaissance when he opened a fine-dining restaurant at a time when the North Shore was known only for pubs and clam shacks.
The third reason, of course, was the food. And it did not disappoint. The theme for the dinner was inspiration—dishes that reflect the journey that Bettencourt took from restaurant work and culinary school to ultimately becoming a chef/owner (with a six-year detour into truck driving, of all things).
The first course was a delightful, varied antipasti with house-cured salumi, roasted beets topped with sea salt, pickled mushrooms, and sweet and sour cippoline onions. While we sampled, Chef Bettencourt told us about the early days of his journey, ending with an unexpected shift to Italian food (he had trained almost exclusively in French cuisine). From a photo he saw of an antipasti table in a trattoria, he began his journey into a cuisine he adores and works every day to master.
Next was the pasta course, harking back to a meal Bettencourt and his wife ate on a culinary tour of Tuscany. Both the tortelli di patate and mushroom tagliatelle were spot on in terms of flavor and texture. We then received an extraordinary seafood dish that Bettencourt described as his twist on fennel citrus salad and reflective of the way he likes to cook now. Shaved fennel was topped with green olive tapenade, crispy prosciutto (house made), a perfectly seared sea scallop, and a spicy pickled grapefruit segment. Not only was the grapefruit a completely new sensation (spicy? grapefruit?), but the various elements came together to create a perfectly balanced dish.
The meat course consisted of house made garlic sausage, hanger steak thinly sliced and topped with salsa verde, and pork ribs over roasted fennel and potatoes. All three elements were extraordinary—so full of flavor and melt-in-your mouth tender, especially the rib. Bettencourt again explained that his style is to bring out the flavors of food rather than overwhelm them with sauces or extraneous components.
We ended the meal with tiramisu, once again with a twist. Rather than a layered dessert served as a rectangular slab, this was house-made ladyfingers completely saturated with espresso and rum topped with a delectable mascarpone cream sauce. Yes, we've all had our fill the ubiquitous tiramisu and, no, none of it tasted like this.
The best news about this dinner is that it's the first of three in a celebratory series. The second dinner takes place on Wednesday, February 20 and will feature dishes from 62 Restaurant & Wine Bar's very first menu. The final meal is Fan Favorites, on March 20. Diners are voting now for their favorite dish from the past five years on Facebook, and the winning dishes will appear on that evening's menu. The dinner is $62 per person, not including tax or tip. Learn more about the dinners and information on reservations on their website.
Chef Bettencourt's five-year anniversary made us realize that we launched North Shore Dish just over four years ago. Boy, has the North Shore restaurant scene blossomed since then! Happily some things haven't changed: one of our earliest posts described a fantastic dinner we had at 62.
62 Restaurant & Wine Bar
62 Wharf St, Salem
(978) 744-0062


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Without the proper precaution, schools can be a breeding ground for illness among the millions of children that attend each year. It is perhaps with this in mind that Greenguard Environmental Institute recently launched an interactive school indoor air quality tour on its website. The tour takes place inside a graphic representation of a school with cartoon-esque teacher and student figures. There are three discussion topics: "IAQ Impacts Health"; "Maximize Fresh Air"; and "Create a Healthier School". Clicking on each topic takes you to a screen with plus-sign markers located on different areas of the school room shown. Each marker provides a unique fact about school indoor air quality, as it relates to that particular topic. According to the information provided in the tour, indoor air pollution affects the health of students in various ways: it leads to higher rates of asthma and health problems which increases absenteeism and productivity and lowers teacher retention.
Higher indoor air quality standards must be in place to ensure the success of students and teachers. The tour suggests several ways to minimize indoor air pollutants in schools, including opening windows to increase ventilation and natural light (both of which increase productivity), using air filters with the highest MERV rating available for the school's HVAC system, and maintaining proper humidity levels. In addition to several discussion topics, the tour also features a quiz on minimizing pollutants.
Children spend the majority of their days in school, but home indoor air quality is equally important. Take our Home IAQ quiz to further ensure the safety of your indoor environment..