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This is one of those fancy looking desserts that is actually very easy. It is just a simple chocolate cream pie that I made in a Rectangle Tart Pan (available in my store, here). I updated it for Fall by adding brown sugar to the whipped cream and chopped caramel corn on top. I would've used toffee, had I had it... but we were being resourceful! I used store-bought pie crust, but next time I might do a graham cracker crust for more of that salty/sweet crumbly texture. Emma and I had a great time after school one afternoon and made this together. I piped half and she piped the other half... in case you are nervous about the piping, now you can see that a 4-year-old can do it : )
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Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart with Brown Sugar Whipped Cream
Pastry Crust :
store bought, or this recipe
or graham cracker crust
Chocolate Filling :
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup of cornstarch
1 teaspoon of sea salt
2 1/2 cups of milk
4 large egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
1 tablespoon of butter
Topping :
2 cups of heavy cream
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste...
caramel corn
or toffee
Press the dough into the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Set aside to cool.
For the chocolate filling, combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt in a saucepan. Whisk in milk. Cook over medium-high, stirring constantly. Cook for 5-7 minutes until it is bubbly and thick. In a separate large bowl, whisk egg yolks together. Add a small amount of the chocolate mixture to the eggs and stir. Stirring constantly, continue to add small amounts of the chocolate mixture to the egg yolks until completely combined. Return to the saucepan and cook over medium heat just until it begins to boil. Stir in vanilla and butter until smooth. Pour into the crust. Chill in the refrigerator.
Beat together cream, brown sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Pipe on the top of the chocolate layer with the Starburst Tip. Chop caramel corn or toffee pieces and sprinkle on top.
I used a store bought pie crust and pressed it into the form. I used my pie weights (thanks, Granny!) while it baked to keep it from bubbling up and losing shape.
I poured the chocolate filling (basically thick pudding) in to the shell when it was cool.
I loved the Brown Sugar Whipped Cream. We put in extra Vanilla Bean Paste so it had so much warm flavor.
See somebody licking the whisk in the background while I'm filling the pastry bag?
I like to use the 18" disposable pastry bags for whipped cream since it is usually a large quantity. This is the starburst tip that looks very fancy : )
This is what it looks like to have a mouth full of whipped cream straight from the piping bag.
More licking, also typical.
You can see Emma's half in this one! She's getting it down : )
See all of the vanilla beans and brown sugar?
Chopped up the Caramel Corn with a knife. It added great texture and crunch.
Can't wait to do a pumpkin tart in this for Thanksgiving!


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Only their debut album? Really? Stratford's Dry The River seem to have been around for ever, their name etched onto touring schedules and Introducing articles since around the time we evolved eyes. Somewhere in southern France there are caves featuring crude outlines of singer Peter Liddle ground into the walls by hooves, Werner Herzog's accented narration drowned out by an ever-rising buzz of hype.
At some point last year it became a tinnitus, amplified by a growing live reputation, longlisting for the BBC's Sound Of 2012 and a major-label bidding war. Now the five-piece are signed to RCA, sharing the stable with Beyonce, Britney, Usher and Westlife. Incongruous family, to be sure: if the latter are out front, gyrating ceaselessly into a vacuum of programmed beats and PR sterility, then Dry The River are huddled upstairs in an oak study, ruminating on ancient tomes and biblical parable whilst necking wine from fractured goblets.
Does that sound dull? They are, at times, a little dull. Take opener 'Animal Skins', a textbook show in how to spend nearly three minutes failing to form a single memory. It's like a stealth song, swooping in way below radar with a barrage of instruments and clearly polished production that somehow manages to leave no trace beyond a slight, barely-perceptible warming of the ear. Think the Midwich Cuckoos' Dayout without the awful death and the terrifying children, and then worry for what the MoD could achieve with this if only their scientists could get through a listen without falling asleep.
Recent single 'New Ceremony' is much better, elegant chamber rock that swells to a frantic chorus set to be mangled by thousands in festival fields everywhere, Liddle's voice veering from a chorister's restraint to the breathless histrionics of Muse. But whilst the band draw clear influence from Neil Young and Leonard Cohen, with their sombre tone and varied instrumentation - from guitars and drums to strings and organs - they most evoke a Neon Bible-era Arcade Fire slightly shorn of the romance and nostalgia.
In its place is a solemnity that grows a little wearying, from the Sunday Mass song titles to the doomy meditations on alcoholism, obsession and scripture. There's nothing wrong with seriousness, of course, but the themes do ring a little insincere, as though they're straining too hard to hit the hymnbook's notes, and there's something quite incongruous, even contrived, about a band so young referencing Song Of Solomon as often as they do. That doesn't mean Shallow Bed is without its moments, of course - more that they're better found in isolation, away from the context of an album that starts to weigh like a sermon somewhere around the midpoint.
Chances are though that those moments will already be familiar, the highlights having graced EPs, blogs and live shows for several years. 'Weights & Measures' remains a peak, its build from fragile folk to towering crescendo just as striking as on its release last year, whilst 'Bible Belt' is soaringly emotive, at once understated and powerfully muscular. With its melodies and drum jaunt and slight scent of hay 'Shaker Hymns' ranges perilously close to Mumford territory, but lifts itself with a tense, portentous ending, and 'Demons' is shadowed and twilit without lapsing into melodrama. The penultimate 'Lion's Den' is perhaps Dry The River's strongest hand, though, the band abandoning restraint for a close that borders on cataclysmic, drum fills and vocal howls meshing into a wall of sound that delivers, finally, on the menace of the album's cover with its murky greens and marauding shark and violent, manic strokes.
In the main, though, that isn't an image that suits Shallow Bed. It's too precise, too ordered to fully lift, and, unlike the band's live shows, too damn earnest. But give them time, some Nietzsche and a few more months cabin-fevered together in their East London house and hopefully they'll start to bite a little harder, flecks of blood seeping into the communion wine as the pews are torn away for dancing.
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Based on abundant scientific evidence, we recognize that our global climate is rapidly warming and becoming increasingly unstable due to human-caused atmospheric carbon pollution primarily at this time from the burning of fossil fuels.
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We have already seen global warming-aggravated weather, like record-breaking floods, hurricanes, and wildfires. We have witnessed the "worst in centuries" droughts and dust storms. We have experienced alternating unseasonably cold then warm winters, extreme storms, bomb cyclones and rain bombs where weeks or months worth of rain falls in a few hours or a few days.
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Our brightest climate scientists have determined that if we do not meet or come very close too the 2025 global fossil fuel reduction targets (found here,) we will face a massive extinction event where as much as 70-90% of humanity will die in as little as the next 30-50 years. Unsurprisingly, escalating global warming will not only affect humanity's survival possibilities. It also presents an equally grave and ever-increasing extinction threat to animal and other biological species as well.
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Yes, I know I've been gone for a long time. I haven't professionally blogged for years. But, the good folks here, Adam and Peter have out of the goodness of their hearts, left my blog around and well, I though I'd check in. Since then, I've changed jobs, gotten divorced, bought a few more laptops, bunches of guitars, a snowboard or two, iPads, iPhones, a few cars, travel to India, Europe, Middle East, backpacked Scotland (and still damp), Nepal and all over the US.
I'm three roles away from the SSIS one and one company away from Microsoft. I'm now at Blackbaud and loving the challenge and the focus on helping non-profit companies be more efficient and effective at managing their businesses. If you'd like to contact me directly just to catch up or say hello, please drop me a line at Kirk dot Haselden overat Blackbaud dot com. I'd love to hear from you. I'm also on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/knightreign.
Anyhow, back to the point of this post. Folks have been asking about how to find the samples for the books. They're still where they were when the book was published, which is to say, unfortunately, not with the actual book as was the original plan but rather on the Sams Publishing website here and then click on the Downloads tab at the bottom.
Well, that's all for now folks. It's been great reading all the articles and catching up with what's happening in SQL Server land. If any of you are interested in helping non-profit companies and are looking for a quality company to join, please drop me a line. We're always looking for solid SQL Server types, code junkies and especially test engineers.
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Sukkot's lesson: "No boots on the ground" leaves enslaved with no path to democracy
The alarming success ISIS has had in conquering territory in the Iraq and Syria coupled with our current inability to confront or hold them back is deeply troubling.
Early this year, many of us watched in horror as ISIS carried out acts of unspeakable evil and posted them to Facebook and other social media sites. Many of us asked why the United States government was silent when it came to this horrific group. We were alarmed when State Department statements and briefing papers made no mention of this threat.
While Israel was fighting a war against Hamas early in the summer the Obama administration and the rest of the "civilized" world were busy condemning Israel for excessive force, while they were silent about the barbarism of ISIS.
President Obama now wants us to believe that while those of us with a Facebook account were aware of what ISIS was doing, the U.S. intelligence community was not. It seems to me that there is more to it then that: This was a case of willful ignorance and that ignorance continues to this day.
This article is not meant to be an attack on the president of the United States, and neither am I a partisan, but this administration has made some critical errors that has led directly to the frightening situation we currently find ourselves in. Worst of all, however, it is unaware that is it is making these mistakes and thus continues to make them. To be clear, the logic that leaving the Iraqis to their own devices will force them to defend their country against radicals like ISIS is flawed.
Here is why: Subservient societies do not easily transition to become autonomous. Freedom is not just a state of being, it is a state of mind. One can be physically free yet mentally enslaved. One cannot just take societies that have been enslaved to a dictator for centuries and give them democracy in the belief that freedom will reign and that the newly liberated society will put their lives on the line to defend their liberties.
The Biblical story of liberation is instructive here. According to the Biblical account it took 10 miraculous plagues and the splitting of a sea for the Israelites to be freed from Egyptian slavery. But that was not the end of the saga. The Israelites then spent 40 years in the desert before the transition from slaves to free people was complete.


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Claypot Lemongrass Fish - Fish #3
Friday, March 21, 2014
A recipe that I got from a restaurant's cookbook of which I highly doubt the chefs tell you the real story.
The recipe just called for the fish to be simmered.. but the pictures tell another story.
A fried fish and boiled fish don't look the same.


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Users can add handwriting to spoken search, predictive search and searching by image to the Google mobile device experience, according to their official blog.
So if tapping out your keyword is problematic on your mobile device (thunderstorm? crowded elevator?) just drag your fingertip across the phone or tablet screen and Google will recognize and deliver.
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I made a discovery a few months ago that would transform my meals forever: I found a super yummy ancient grain called Kamut khorasan wheat… it's an ancient grain with tons of protein and a delicious nutty taste!
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- Triumphant Koltira's Battlegear
- 10,045 Armor
+623 Strength [+28]
+695 Stamina
- Meta Socket
Red Socket x3.
Yellow Socket x3.
Blue Socket
- Equip: Improves armor penetration rating by 82.
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 380.
Equip: Improves expertise rating 74.
Equip: Increases your haste rating by 82.
Equip: Increases your hit rating by 112.
- Triumphant Koltira's Battlegear (5 pieces)
- [Koltira's Battleplate of Triumph]
[Koltira's Gauntlets of Triumph]
[Koltira's Helmet of Triumph]
[Koltira's Legplates of Triumph]
[Koltira's Shoulderplates of Triumph]
- (2) Set: Your Blood Strike and Heart Strike abilities have a chance to grant you 180 additional strength for 15 sec.
(4) Set: Your Frost Fever and Blood Plague abilities now have a chance for their damage to be critical strikes.
- Combined stats. Numbers in [brackets] indicate socket bonuses
Triumphant Koltira's Battlegear is the middle rank of the Koltira's Battlegear set, the Horde death knight Tier 9 damage dealing set. The lower set is Conqueror's Koltira's Battlegear, the upper set is Triumphant Koltira's Battlegear (heroic).
The Alliance equivalent to this set is Triumphant Thassarian's Battlegear.
- See also: Thassarian's Plate set or Koltira's Plate set for the tank versions of this set.
The parts of this set are Item Level 245, and are purchased with Emblems of Triumph along with a [Trophy of the Crusade]. The trophy is a drop from each boss in the 25-man Trial of the Crusader. It is also found in the Argent Crusade Tribute Chest gained after defeating Anub'arak in Trial of the Crusader's Heroic mode.
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iLvl 245
The Item Level 232 versions ("... of Conquest") require only 2/3 as many emblems, and no additional item.
The Item Level 258 versions (heroic "of Triumph") are purchased with a [Regalia of the Grand Vanquisher]. This regalia item is gained solely from the Argent Crusade Tribute Chest, and only during the 25-man heroic mode version of Trial of the Crusader.
All three versions count towards satisfying the set bonus requirements.
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Hi everybody!
Last weekend I went to collect data from my logger. Winter has definitely gone: Sämtisersee had it's last frost on May 20 with -0.8 °C and Hintergrappelen on June 9 with -1.4 °C (plus an impressive -4.5 °C on the night before).
Exceptional in the other direction was the night from June 22 to June 23. This was the warmest night in eastern Switzerland since the beginning of automatic measurements in 1981. The highest minimum has been recorded at the border of Lake Constance: A minimum of 25.2 °C has been measured, the old record was 20.9 °C. I assume that highest night temperatures in Italy are higher than here in Switzerland on the northside of the Alps, but nightely minima of >25 °C probably also not bad for Italy...
Beside the very warm airmass the overcast sky was the main reason for the warm night. What happened in the (not so frosty) frost hollow in the Alpstein region?
The blue line shows Hintergräppelen, the yellow line Sämtisersee lower station and the orange line Sämtisersee upper station.
It was really surprising for me to see that at Lake Sämtis a tropical night (temperature > 20 °C between 18 UTC and 6 UTC) was only just missed. Hintergräppelen dropped > 7 K to ~15 °C due to a clear spell.
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Last week we published a comprehensive list of The Best Photography and Art books of 2016 and it proved very popular, so much so that some extremely vast social media sites compared it to Time's – a compliment indeed. Today, we have published The Best Photography & Art Biographies, these we believe you will enjoy too. Sometimes, we like to look at the photographer/artist behind the imagery and this is a great way to switch off and indulge, if you have the opportunity over the Christmas break. I do hope you enjoy this.
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For the fourth year in a row, Florida led the nation in violence against the homeless. None of the other states even come close.
And most of the attacks against the homeless in our state occurred in South Florida, making us the most violent metropolitan area in the nation for the homeless.
Obviously, the highly publicized incident in 2006 where a group of teens were caught on video beating a homeless man to death is hardly an isolated incident.
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A total of 30 incidents were reported throughout the state last year. The closet state was California with 22 incidents, even though they have double our population.
Coming in at third was New York, a state with only a slightly higher population than Florida, recording only seven attacks.
The National Coalition for the Homeless, which released the study last week, believes many more incidents have occurred against homeless people, only to go unreported.
And most of these incidents have absolutely no motive but to inflict pain on victims that many consider subhuman, according to the report.
"Unprovoked targeted attacks by predominantly domiciled young males assailants that do not involve robbery, personal disputes, or drug dealing have claimed the lives of over 200 men and women nationally over the past decade.
"Methods include blunt force trauma, shootings, maiming, drowning, stabbings, and the burning of victims alive."
In South Florida last year, two homeless men were shot and killed in separate incidents in West Palm Beach; a woman was raped and nearly strangled in Pompano Beach; and several homeless men in Fort Lauderdale were continually harassed by a man with a chain saw.
The homeless advocacy group that released the report is lobbying to pass laws that would define attacks on the homeless as hate crimes.


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Hello Kitty Candy Stripes
- Skinnydip Dreamy Daisy
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- Puma Neon Yellow
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- Gold Leaf
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Did you know that Native Americans called honeybees "white man's flies"? Honeybees are not native to North America, but were brought over by European settlers in the 1600s. They are now completely naturalized here. The Africanized bee (more on her some other time) is a different strain of the same species – indeed the two are virtually indistinguishable except in their behavior.
The Bees from our hive in the Museum
Despite not being here naturally, honeybees today are vital to our economy and to our health! They pollinate most of the fruits and vegetables we eat, as well as cotton, almonds, many wild flowers as well as garden cultivars, and more. In fact, it's hard to think of a non-grain food crop that is NOT pollinated by bees! Of course, bees also produce honey and other products (wax, pollen, propolis) – but these are much less important than their pollination services. The recent concern over the health and well-being of honeybees is because of their huge importance to agriculture, not because of a potential honey shortage. I'll digress about "colony collapse disorder" in a later blog.
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People typically use the term "bee" to denote any flying, stinging insect, and "bees" are generally feared because of their sting. However, most stings blamed on bees are actually due to social wasps such as yellow-jackets and bald-faced hornets. Social wasps do not collect pollen or make honey but are predators of insects and spiders. They do defend themselves and their paper nests with a painful sting! Moreover, unlike honeybees, they can sting more than once.
In fact, away from their colonies, i.e., when they are out foraging for nectar and pollen, honeybees are unlikely to sting. Yes, they will certainly sting if their nest is threatened, but in general they do so reluctantly. Because a honeybee loses her life when she stings, every sting needs to count. The barbed tip of a worker bee's stinger holds fast into whatever is stung – and pulls out her venom sac and other innards along with it – a kamikaze end to a short and busy life.
If you walk through a meadow of wildflowers in mid-summer, you may see (in addition to honeybees) many different native bees visiting flowers. Large bees include bumblebees and carpenter bees. Smaller ones might include leafcutter bees, orchard bees, sweat bees, digger bees, and more. Of these only honeybees (and bumblebees to a much lesser extent) collect nectar and make honey. The others are solitary, and mostly collect pollen, which they use to feed their young. Female solitary bees do have stingers, but since they do not have a large nest to defend, they only sting if they are handled carelessly.
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It was a classic gigMy brother was into U2 since 1980 and got me hooked on them. First single I bought was Gloria. He bought me this ticket for my 18th birthday. They were supported by The Waterboys. I remember we were right up at the front of the stage. At one point Bono stopped in the middle of a song to give a speach about something and some guy behind me shouted at him to stop preaching and carry on singing.


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The Art of Soul SymphonySeptember 28th, 2015 |
The Soul Symphony art book is here!
"The Art of Soul Symphony" has 147 pages of concept art, development sketches, color illustrations, and creator commentary going back to the very first doodle of our hero! Also included are formerly-Patreon-exclusive rewards involving lore of the kids' Soul Worlds, more monsters, a few readers' Soul Worlds, and a spells index for the main characters' abilities and spell combos!
The PDF is a Pay-What-You-Want thing, so enter 0 in the price to get it for free, or put in a price that feels fair if you're feeling generous! Dig into it!!!
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By Nathan Petrashek
With the Brewers having had their own recent brush with banned drugs, this should be of some interest: today, MLB and MLBPA announced enhanced testing and punishment for PEDs. Players will be tested more frequently, and the 50/100/lifetime ban (which MLB really didn't follow anyway) has been replaced by suspensions of 80/162/life for first, second, and third offenses, respectively.
That's all fine, but here's one big hangup in the new punishment protocols:
"A Player who is suspended for a violation involving a performance-enhancing substance will be ineligible to participate in the Postseason, and will not be eligible for an automatic share of the Player's Pool provided to players on Clubs who participate in the Postseason."
Others have argued it's unfair to punish the team for the acts of an individual player by making him ineligible for the playoffs. That argument doesn't really work, though; isn't the team "punished" when they lose a player for 80 regular season games, too? The far more damning critique of this new postseason ban is it treats players differently depending on their team context. In other words, a player on a playoff team will be penalized more harshly than a player on a non-playoff team. And that's bogus.
Let's posit a hypothetical. Player A plays for the Marlins, and he's using synthetic testosterone and gets caught. He denies using and appeals, accusing MLB of a witch hunt and the urine collector of tampering. Player A loses his appeal and is suspended for 80 games. The Marlins don't make the playoffs, so Player A is effectively lost only for those 80 games. Player B is a Tiger. He also uses synthetic testosterone and gets caught, but apologizes and accepts his 80-game penalty without appeal. The Tigers make a deep postseason run all the way to the World Series, for which Player B is ineligible. His punishment is effectively 90 games for the same offense as Player A: 80 games plus, say, another 10 in the postseason.
I'm not sure how punishing two guys differently for the same offense based on team context is appropriate or fair. And that's doubly the case where the lesser-punished player drags the process through the mud or engages in other despicable conduct. These drastically disparate sanctions for the same prohibited conduct are a blow to the consistency MLB should strive for in its application of the drug policy.
The new policy isn't all bad for players, though. The "zero tolerance" policy has been loosened a bit; arbitrators can now hand down lesser penalties if a player proves at the hearing the use wasn't intended to enhance performance. It's not entirely clear how that would apply to a claim like Ryan Braun's, though, in which he said he used to aid his recovery from injury.
Maybe the MLBPA had to give the postseason ban to push MLB off its "no tolerance" stance; I won't pretend to know what the negotiations looked like. Still, it's a bad look for both organizations when you have a system in which players are treated differently depending on which uniform they wear.


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New products and changes introduced over the last week include an investment-grade bond ETF from ProShares with a built-in interest rate hedge and several other exchange-traded funds, along with Mercer's Advisor Portal.
Here are details on the latest product developments of interest to advisors:
1) ProShares Launches First Investment-Grade Bond ETF with Hedge
ProShares announced the launch of ProShares Investment Grade-Interest Rate Hedged (IGHG), the first investment grade bond ETF in the U.S. that provides a built-in hedge against rising interest rates, it says.
IGHG targets a duration (a measure of interest rate sensitivity) of zero by shorting Treasury futures. It tracks the Citi Corporate Investment Grade (Treasury Rate-Hedged) Index, which is a U.S. dollar-denominated index that measures the performance of investment grade corporate debt.
The index consists of a long position in investment grade corporate bonds and a duration-matched short position in U.S. Treasury bonds. The investment grade portion of the index offers exposure to the more liquid, cash-pay bonds.
2) Franklin Templeton Launches Short-Duration U.S. Government ETF
Franklin Templeton Investments announced the introduction of Franklin Short Duration U.S. Government ETF (FTSD), which is an actively managed ETF that seeks a high level of current income and preservation of capital by following a short-duration U.S. government portfolio strategy. It tracks the Barclays U.S. Government 1-3 Year Index, but can also take advantage of opportunities outside the index.
FTSD is managed by Roger Bayston and Patrick Klein. Under normal market conditions, it will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, including government-sponsored entities.
It generally will invest a substantial portion of its assets in mortgage-backed securities including ARMS, but will also invest in direct obligations of the U.S. government (such as Treasury bonds, bills and notes). It may also invest in U.S. inflation-indexed securities issued by the government.
4) Global X Funds Launches Next Emerging & Frontier ETF
Global X Funds announced the launch of its Global X Next Emerging & Frontier ETF (EMFM), which tracks the Solactive Next Emerging & Frontier Index and has exposure to economies such as the Philippines, Nigeria, Chile, Panama, Pakistan and the Czech Republic.
Countries included in the index represent 24% of the world's population, but just 12% of the world's gross domestic product and 8% of the world's equity market cap. The index does not include equities from the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and other, more advanced economies like South Korea or Taiwan.
Based on the youth of the populations present in the countries tracked by the index, Global X expects those countries to generate more competitive labor forces that likely will become the world's major supplier of low-cost labor.
The firm also expects these countries to provide low correlations to both developed markets and each other, since they are driven by domestic-focused sectors including agriculture, construction and local banking. The index incorporates a capping mechanism to ensure diversification across sectors and individual countries.
5) Mercer Teams with FE, Lipper to Deliver Mercer Advisor Portal
Mercer has announced that it has teamed up with FE and Lipper to provide the technology and data behind the consultancy's Mercer Advisor Portal (MAP). FE will provide, through the Mercer-branded MAP tools, Mercer's research analysis of investment strategies combined with advanced analytical functionality.
Financial intermediaries will be able to select and analyze funds, assess their clients' investment fund and portfolio risk and conduct analysis of fund sectors. There will also be data feeds of prices, dividends, corporate actions and documents for approximately 300,000 funds from markets across the world.
FE capabilities and data will be used in most markets outside the U.S. Within the U.S., Mercer and FE will be using Lipper as the main source of investment data.
6) Robot Will Ring Closing Bell to Mark Launch of ROBO-STOX ETF
The UR5 robot arm from Universal Robots will ring the NASDAQ closing bell on Nov. 12 to mark the launch of the ROBO-STOX Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (ROBO). Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC, is the advisor to ROBO, and Index Management Solutions will act as subadvisor.
ROBO seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the ROBO-STOX Global Robotics and Automation Index, which benchmarks the value of robotics, automation and related technologies.
ROBO invests primarily in the equity securities of robotics and automation companies, and seeks to take advantage of the robotics trend as it continues to grow through capturing a representative portfolio of the industry.
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So when you rent a car from a car rental company in the UK this insurance cover will be in place without you having to pay for it directly as part of your rental cost. The car is likely to have comprehensive insurance included in the rental cost. This covers the cost of repair to the vehicle in the event that it has been damaged.
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In Florida, the car insurance requirements are as follows: $10,000 for personal injury protection, also known as PIP, and $10,000 for property damage liability, also known as PDL.
Floridians are not alone when it comes to having state-imposed car insurance requirements. All states in America require minimum car insurance requirement. While some people choose to satisfy these car insurance requirements by purchasing their policy through an insurance company, other people choose to be "self-insured," or to put down a bond that will cover the amount of the car insurance requirements. How you choose to show proof that you have met your state's car insurance requirements is up to the state.
Before you begin your search for a policy that meets Florida's car insurance requirements, make sure you are eligible to have that minimum coverage - not all drivers are. If you have borrowed money to purchase your new car, your lender will undoubtedly require you to purchase more than Florida's minimum car insurance requirements until the debt is paid.
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The MRC permanent collection comprises materials in a wide range of subject fields, with emphasis on titles with broad interdisciplinary interest and resources used in instruction on the UC Berkeley campus. The collection includes documentaries and feature films; dramatic performances; literary adaptations; speeches; lectures and events; and primary source recordings, such as historic TV commercials and newsreels. The MRC is home to one of the strongest collections of works by independent film and video makers in the US.


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Our Pocket Spirits are made of lead-free pewter. Each one is 1 inch in diameter with a Northwest Coast Indian symbol on one side and a corresponding inspirational word on the other. Carry in your pocket, wallet or purse as a reminder.
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Summary CofC - January 30, 2009
The Diary of Evelyn Stimple
October 1, 1927
Jarvis, Mrs. Timmons' manservant, made arrangements for me to spend some time in Providence, RI with Mrs. Timmons. He said she had a matter of urgency to discuss with me regarding my old school friend and her son, Brian. From what Jarvis told me Alte would be there as well.
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Hypertension Symptoms
- Headaches, especially pulsating headaches behind the eyes that occur early in the morning
- Visual disturbances
- Nausea and vomiting
- Chest pain (angina), heart attack, or heart failure
- Stroke
- Kidney (renal) failure
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Eye damage (retinopathy)
- Abnormal heartbeat
Why Focus upon Stress and Hypertension?
Among the numerous medical diseases, syndromes, and disorders that confront modern medicine, essential hypertension (high blood pressure) stands out as a disorder that is commonly associated with stress and living a stressful life. Even the term 'hypertension' suggests a close linkage of this disorder to stress and tension rather than its more accurate description of elevated arterial pressure within the circulatory system. Although it is commonly believed that a strong causal link exists between stress and hypertension, just what kind of empirical evidence supports this assumption?
Does living increasingly stress-filled lives or exposure to extremely stressful incidents, like the trauma Franklin confronted, result in elevated blood pressure? And, if so, why don't all fire-fighters exhibit high blood pressure? Can strategies to improve stress management effectively lower blood pressure? The primary purpose of this site is to address these questions by examining the body of empirical evidence testing the assumption that stress is associated with the onset and maintenance of essential hypertension. ... read more »
Essential Hypertension
In a properly functioning circulatory system, the various components of the nervous, neuroendocrine, and renal systems operate together to maintain blood pressures at an adaptive level so that organisms can maintain blood flow to all essential body tissues in a variety of physical states, locations, and positions, including physical activity, changes in temperature and climate, and even standing on one's head.
For some organisms, however, one (or more) of the various regulatory mechanisms outlined above no longer operates to maintain blood pressure in an adaptive range. ... read more »
Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement
Diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of severe hypertension require the accurate repeated measurement of blood pressure. Although on the surface it may seem that measuring blood pressure is simple, many factors need to be considered when obtaining measures of blood pressure for purposes of diagnosing and monitoring essential hypertension. For example, arterial pressure differs depending upon the specific site of the arterial bed from which the measure is ... read more »
Blood Pressure Monitoring during Daily Life
Two general strategies have been employed to obtain measures of blood pressure during daily life: home monitoring and ambulatory monitoring. Home monitoring typically involves training the patient (or a family member of the patient) to operate an occluding cuff properly to obtain auscultatory measures of blood pressure on a daily basis. ... read more »
Isolated Clinic Hypertension
Isolated clinic hypertension presents a significant problem for physicians who rely on obtaining accurate clinic measures of blood pressure to render appropriate decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment.
When nurses or physicians measure and record their elevated blood pressures in the clinic, these patients are often diagnosed and treated for essential hypertension as their elevated clinic arterial pressures are presumed to be representative of their daily arterial pressures ... read more »
- Isolated Clinic Hypertension (White Coat Hypertension)
- Isolated Clinic Hypertension as a Conditioned Response
- Isolated Clinic Hypertension and Target Organ Pathology
- Detecting Isolated Clinic Hypertension
- Isolated Clinic Normotension
- Measurement of Hemodynamic Functioning


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Jean-Lou Dupont necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 206 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
We strive to develop telecommunications test equipment products in a market currently dominated by "old boys" and an aging business model. Our differentiators include:
- _High-performance_ whilst being _budget-conscious_ ( we aim for 90% of the features of a comparable competitor solution for 10% of the cost )
- _Easily procurable_ through web-site e-commerce (compared to competition with old school sales rep, email quotes, fax etc)
- _Easily operable_ through a web browser (compared to installed proprietary desktop software and/or integrated screen on the product itself)
Products: our products consist of Optical & Protocol level test equipment for the telecommunications market. Think of "optical" as in "optical fiber / very high-speed". Think of "protocol" as in "complex communication". Think of "testing" as in "making sure a product/network service should be checked for compliance" / "the product/service must perform as specified".
We are a dynamic & agile company building our company & products @ the speed of the Web: using cutting edge services (e.g. Google Apps, Google Docs, Google AppEngine, SmartSheet etc.)
FYI, some competitors: http://www.exfo.com/ , http://www.veexinc.com/ , http://www.jdsu.com/ , http://www.anritsu.com/
We are a group of experienced professionals aiming to make a difference in the Test & Measure market through a bold business model.
A first customer target group for our products includes the "under-served" folks from our competition e.g. small network operators and subcontractors to those, small network equipment vendors and subcontractors to those.
A second customer target group for our products includes folks looking to "scale" their testing needs by complementing their existing solution with our equipment.
The target audience includes network & hardware engineers and engineering managers.
1. Follows the "web2.0" spirit
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Hello guys,
I am currently doing my final year project on OCR. I will have to come up with chain-code algorithm as the recognizer. Any of you guys have sources or links that will lead me to the solution?
I have googled much but I could not find a Java-based 'Chain-code algo for OCR' to develop on. I hope any of you guys can help me on this.
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A confetti of red admirals, peacocks and small tortoiseshells spiralling around buddleia bushes on a hot, sultry afternoon is one of the classic sights of British summertime.
And thankfully, this display is not such an unusual spectacle in our region. In comparison to other parts of the UK, we are relatively blessed with butterflies.
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Most stressful jobs for 2014: In defense of photographers
The website CareerCast is out with its list of the "10 Most Stressful Jobs in 2014." Of course, these lists exist to spur dialogue on the relative worth of the assorted professions, but what was most interesting to me is what has changed since 2013.
On the list, many of the occupations haven't changed since last year (and likely never will): Military personnel, firefighters and airline pilots will always be the people with the most stressful jobs. It's a new entry at No. 5 that gave me pause: Event coordinator. It comes in ahead of corporate executive, police officer and news reporter, among others, and it knocked news photographer off the list completely.
Having dipped my toe in with The Post's community engagement series, I can see that there's a lot of pressure to please attendees or raise money in a crowded field of people vying for philanthropic funds. I don't mean to diminish the profession, but I'm dubious that event coordinator is more stressful than photographer.


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Creativity is not an individual act
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Rewiring the brain
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Sisters bring happiness and optimism
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Meditation improves resilience and health
Parents influence is more important than school, for attainment
Certain types of trees reduce dubious behaviour
Parents, play, and mental health
A wandering mind makes people less happy
The Glasgow Effect
The difficulties of measuring happiness
Wholehearted love
Dim light at night and depression
Curiosity at work
Leisurely acivity and depression
Young teenagers who play sport are happier
A little adversity is good for mental health
The media influences how woman see themselves
Mothers, work and child well-being
Mothers who attend baby signing classes are more stressed
Viewing natural scenes reduce pain
Improving pre-school by mentoring teachers
Healthy futures through positive traits
Better learning by changing the font
Psychological well-being and health
Friendly conversations improve cognitive function
10 aspects of good parenting
Social support gets people moving
Motivating the workforce
Changing behaviour
Scotland's health
Positive Psychology critique
Treating depression with Omega-3
Failure and sporting success
The role of the father
Benefits of gardening in schools
Mental well-being impacts physical health in young people
What happened to creativity?
Varied practice improves performance
Outdoor learning publication
Downside of multitasking
Negative feedback helps creativity
Writing about values reduces narcissistic aggression
Growing from threatening relationships
Effort, hardwork and goals which involve others
I will?
The future is bright
Social comparison and unhappiness
Sad? It's nothing to do with the weather
What's best for baby?
Building sibling relationships
The benefits of music
Laughing our way to good health
What does parenting bring?
Germs and playing outdoors
Germs and playing outdoors
Parents and play
Close ties change behaviour
Mindfulness meditation and teenage boys
Leadership and evolution
Money takes away happiness
Recession and child well-being
When bad things bring out the best
Designing their own work space can make staff happy and productive
Why things get better with age
Role models for boys
What happens when staff are rude?
Negative stereotypes undermine learning
Choice: some suprising findings
Friends keep you alive
Maternal affection predicts later coping skills
Happiest when busy
Meditation creates focus
Screen time and psychological health in young people
Growing the brain in old age
Short intervention reduces negative effects of media exposure
Fearing a fall may cause one
The myth of learning styles
Promising to tell the truth increases honesty in young people
Too much too young?
The gut and anxiety
Nature: nothing beats the real thing
'Could Michael Jackson have created twitter?'
Measuring national well-being
'First, do no harm'
'You are what you watch'
Freedom, personal autonomy and well-being
What is it about Denmark?
Positive Psychology for therapists
Raising motivated learners
Laughing at oneself increases positive emotion
Teenagers and sleep
Neuroscience of laughter
Feeling angry? try praying
The positive power of the media
The improving brain
'Disordered environments promote stereoptypes and discrimintaion'
Happiness and suicide
Yoga and meditation benefit primary school pupils
Sleep and cognitive function in adults
Building for well-being
Depression's silver lining
'The untapped power of the smile'
Happiness and it's dark side
Simple games improve self-regulation in pre-schoolers
Marriage and child development
Pets improve the well-being of 'everyday people'
Materialism and childhood unhappiness
Laughing the pain away
Nurturing mothers reduce the impact of poverty
Self-compassion key to child well-being
Nature benefits us more than we think
A little more optimism, but not too much
Social connection and happiness
Mindset and the brain's response to failure
Don't think about a polar bear
Mindfulness and meditation resources
Airbrushing exposed
Managing others changes the brain
Evidence-based management
'Therapy can drive you mad'
Positive Psychology for people with depression
Cross cultural differences in the risk for depression
'5 a day' tips for positive parenting
Measuring national well-being
Parenting, consumer culture and rioting
Children's anxiety and depression reduced when parenting style adapted to personality
Decision fatigue
'Why Parents Should Stop Overprotecting Kids and Let them Play'
Risky play and mental health
Creativity at work
The adaptive-adolescent story
City life takes its toll on the brain
What's in a smile?
More economic growth does not lead to happiness
Having friends protects kids from sadness and depression
Woman over 50 have highest levels of work-related fatigue
How not to interview people
Job loss and happiness
Feeling blue? chances are others are too
The Neuroscience of lonliness
Interesting advice for happiness in 2011
Curbing violence in young people
Snacking while watching TV makes us eat more later on
Positive emotion and creativity
Social activities beneficial for mental health in old age
Walking 6-9 miles a week helps our memory as we age
Life expectancy of Scots falling behind Eastern Europe
Your happiness influences how happy your spouse is
Certain mental health problems in children linked to parenting, not genes
Helping parents support each other improves well-being for all the family
The pressures of attachment parenting
Writing about values improves performance
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Being grateful is better than a magic pill
Keeping happy through winter
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Young people have an unhealthy craving for praise
Thinking about our ancestors can boost success in job interviews and exams
Mental health needs of men and boys
Physical activity and political participation
Teenagers influenced by what their friends watch on TV
Chocolate, crisps and intelligence
Some pitfalls of Positive Psychology
Spending time together builds family bonds
The sun may be shining, but are they happy?
Children benefit from doing chores
'Smile or die'
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Feeling loved reduces materialism
Aging, happiness and longevity
Walking changes the brain
The benefits of marriage
Female mental health issues
Nourishing well-being duing winter
Encouraging a culture of giving
Accepting fears can loosen their grip
The Chinese mother approach
UK Early years report
Top 10 neuroscience TED talks
Mindfulness meditation changes the brain and reduces stress, in novices
Creating a work-life balance
Singing and child well-being
Self-compassion and motivation
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Sleep is important for learning
Optimism and the brain
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Giving gifts or our time to others is good for us
Attending to the positive reduces worrying
Creative work is good for your health
Cultivating happiness
Brain turns to the positive when faced with death
Happiness can help cut blood pressure and obesity
A new way to think about social relations
Public policy and effects of media violence
Tal's tips for happiness
Mental Health in Education
Babies prefer helpers
The growth mindset and success
Bringing parenting classes to the football field
Thought control and chocolate consumption
Living arrangements: happiness, health and old age
Oxytocin reveals why we are generous
Can a lack of sleep cause Psychiatric disorders?
Teamwork improves learning and career success
Violent video games are great aggression teachers
Storytelling for business
Giving is better than receiving
Child well-being and income inequality
Searching for happiness at work
Exercising judgement: the psychology of fitness
Slowing the hedonic treadmill
Restricting TV time reduces obestiy
Is happiness fixed from birth?
A resource for young people
The commercialisation of young people
Training in the arts improves thinking
Healthier diets foster success and well-being
Neuroscience for young people
Update on The Dark Side
Raising anxious girls
Song lyrics are more hostile and narcissistic than ever before
Reflecting on values transcends the self and increases love and acceptance
Interview with Nurture Shock author
Revolution of values
Shifting the focus to staff well-being
Caveman blues
Happiness event
Antidepressant studies unpublished
Work stress and heart disease: the mediators
Why life is good
Who's fooling whom?
From the tennis court to the work place
What makes children happy?
Can people be too happy?
Older people are happy
Debate on teaching happiness
Happiness is the measure of true wealth
The drugs don't work - but therapy will?
Learning from Malawi
Country walks can help reduce depression
Motivation and positive relationships
The (other) Secret
The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis
How children use their local environment
The biology of charitable donations
The science of team success
There's much more to a walk in the park
Children are not mad or bad, they are just scared
Educational site which shares good practice
Handicapping with optimism
Coaching interventions in educational settings
Jennifer Aniston to play Harvard Professor.
Positive ageing
Mental health, blood pressure & happiness
How to beat the genetic set point for happiness
How not to talk to your kids
Is it wrong to teach children about feelings?
Why societies should pursue happiness
Job vacancy for lecturer in Positive Psychology
Mellowing with age may help you live longer
Learning about positive psychology
Want to achieve something - like voting tomorrow?
The Effort Effect
Leave No Child Inside
Virtual 'Vital Friends'
Simple Interventions can reduce achievement gaps
The impact of loneliness on health and well-being
The brain's response to a growth mindset
Raising Grateful Children
Predicting Health vs. Predicting Disease
Resilient parenting
Learning beyond the classroom
Body-mind techniques increase performance
Some things get better with age
Health and economic impact of reducing class sizes
Good lives don't need to cost the earth
Is depression overdiagnosed? yes.
Brain's response means that we learn from mistake
Young people can change the world
The myth of the teen brain
Moving from good to great
Mindset website
Resilience: build skills to endure hardship
Talking about problems is not always a good thing
Self regulation is important for academic success
Gratitude is good medicine for organ recipients
High hope and problem gambling
The impact of well-being on health outcomes
Happiness and recovery from negative events
Rewarding children for being helpful undermines future altruism
Victims of overprotection and worrying?
TV and depressive symptoms in young people
Employee well-being and organisational success
Changing colours to enhance performance
Building responsibility through hard work
Positive Psychology classes have no effect
Small changes can reduce overindulgence
Household plants can increase well-being in old folks homes
Alcohol on TV makes people drink more
Conditional parenting
Fame, fortune and looks undermine well-being
Happiness inequality in the US
Measuring progress
Learning from mistakes; it's all in the process
Synchronous activities like singing or dancing increase cooperation
Misconceptions about the brain
Winter walk in the park
Selflessness, spirituality and the brain
Pizza face turned out to be a winner
Litter and graffiti lead to more serious crime
Is the happiness boom making us happy?
Acknowledging non academic success
Smiling can change your mood
Is personality carved in stone?
Positive Psychology in Easterhouse
Positive stereotyping
Happiness is love
Optimism is good for your health
Self-regulation in preschool education
Obesity is in the genes
Do brain training games really work?
'Cinderella ate my daughter'
Self-control in young children predicts later success
Doing good deeds builds self-control
Physical activity boosts learning in Scottish schools
Genius is in the environment, not the genes
The power of social networks
Negative emotions broaden thinking
Optimism is good for your health
Marriage is good for mental health
Television watching and child development
Having children does make us happy
The case for pessimism
7 steps to happiness
Some things get better with age
Positive Psychology progress
Positive parenting has a long term effect
Time pressure can lead to confidence at work
Parents can reduce materialism in Teenagers
Family routines reduce obesity
Being politically active is good for well-being
Joining the International Positive Psychology Association
School ethos can influence smoking behaviour in pupils
Exam success is determined by 'mental toughness' and not intelligence
Growing Success
Less power may equal less success at work
What happens when I think you can change
The Unintended Consequences of Childline
You may not see it, but TV is affecting children
Allegations against Martin Seligman
Nature has a calming effect, watching it on TV doesn't
Happiness and longevity
Don't climb that tree, it's too risky
Therapeutic education is undermining young people and adults
Grandparents are good for young people's well-being and resilience
If at first you don't succeed, you're in excellent company
The long tem effect of antidepressants. Who am I?
Values are the key to happiness
Nature can help unruly teenagers
More is not always better
Children of active parents are more likely to succeed
Embracing the blues
Giving up cigarettes is socially contagious
It's okay to keep those feelings inside
Artificially boosting happiness in young people impairs learning
Scoring goals comes from having the right stereotype
Are the Scots happy?
The Dark Side: The Centre's view
Leading the way to employee health and well-being
Violent video games and aggression
Increasing well-being through small and frequent activities
What do happy people do?
Thinking through Positive Psychology
Could individualism create problem drinking?
Even personality can change
Which way the buggy faces influences child development
The effect of a green environment on health inequalities
Mindfulness therapy for depression
Teaching emotional literacy in schools doesn't work
Happiness is socially contagious
Positive emotions build resources through meditation
Self-belief increases mathematical problem solving
'Five a Day' to keep the blues at bay
Sacrificing our safety and our sanity to sanitisation
Can love and forgiveness change the brain?
Growing from the mistakes we make
Great expectations in the work place
The Brain that Changes Itself
Mothers expectations predict daughters self-confidence
Optimism and the credit crunch
Using humor to remember things
A dose of nature
Nurturing depressive symptoms in young people
Flourishing and positive emotions
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Amazon's Top Critics Praise Peter Thomas Senese's New Book Release CHASING THE CYCLONE While Readers Fight Urge To Throw Riveting Novel
Peter Thomas Senese's new E--book release CHASING THE CYCLONE is hitting a raw nerve with many readers. Many readers are praising the geopolitical author's story of a parent's attempt to reunite with an abducted child taken to the other side of the world, while also being so entrenched with the storyline that some readers have actually thrown their book, Kindle or Nook against a wall, only to continue reading Senese's page-turner. E-book versions of Chasing The Cyclone in Spanish, French, German, and Italian will be available January 15th, 2012.
Peter Thomas Senese's new book release CHASING THE CYCLONE has caused more than a handful of book critics and readers to develop deeply frustrating and angry emotions that they have actually thrown or wanted to throw the author's riveting international legal thriller or their e-book reader against a wall, a door, or through a window. Ordinarily, an author would not have any desire to have a reader's feelings erupt to the point of physical action, unless of course, the storyline is intended to touch the reader's nerve in such a way that they feel the need to physically act.
Welcome to the world of CHASING THE CYCLONE, a suspensful legal thriller takes the reader into the unthinkable and horrific world of international parental child abduction. The novel has been inspired by Senese's own experiences as a chasing parent, while also drawing on the experiences of other parents who have had to search for their abducted children.
According to published reports, including those cited in the resource guide on international child abduction titled, THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN, forecasts anticipate that there could be between 100,000 and 125,000 America children and 10,000 to 13,000 Canadia children internationally abducted alone over the next decade.
The Examiner, in its review of Peter Thomas Senese's "Chasing The Cyclone" stated that, the novel, "Very well change the way you look at life, child custody, and interactions with your child's other parent. I cannot endorse this book strongly enough." Amazon top book reviewer Daniel Jolley endorsed the Examiner statement when the renown book critic said, "I would go so far as to encourage every loving parent to read this book." Kate Fitzgerald added, "I am very fortunate that I caught myself as I was about to throw my Kindle against the wall. Senese is a very gifted writer, and his Chasing The Cyclone one of the best books I have ever read." Similiar sentiments have been shared by some of Amazon's top book reviewers, Peter Thomas Senese's novel "Chasing The Cyclone" is a masterful, high-octane international legal thriller that enraptures readers into the dark and unthinkable world of global parental child abduction.
Inspired by the best-selling author's own experiences racing into the storms of child abduction, Amazon's critics have called "Chasing The Cyclone" 'a Call-To-Arms against this worldwide epidemic and Peter Thomas Senese as a master storyteller'. "Chasing The Cyclone" is now available via E-book from online merchants, and will be available in hardcover wherever books are sold in the beginning of 2012.
Peter Thomas Senese commented, "Chasing The Cyclone is many things. The storyline of what occurs for children and targeted parents of international abduction is in itself, a very tense, thrilling, and insane plot that unfortunately many real-life parents of abduction can relate to. However, throughout the unthinkable, there are in fact many important issues covered that impacts tens of millions of people each year. I am humbled and satisfied that reviewers of 'Chasing The Cyclone' have enjoyed and embraced this story. It means a great deal to me. I just hope that there are not many Kindles or Nooks being tossed against a wall because of Chasing The Cyclone."
Top critics and reviewers have praised Peter Thomas Senese' "Chasing The Cyclone".
..."Chasing The Cyclone" isn't just a powerful novel; it's a call to arms against a growing epidemic that is tearing lives apart behind the headlines... "Chasing The Cyclone" is much more than just a superb, can't-put-down novel, though; it is a book with a purpose... Thomas has become an outspoken advocate on this issue, and 'Chasing The Cyclone' makes for a clear and profoundly effective call to action. I would go so far as to encourage every loving parent to read this book, as the bond between this father and son is one to be emulated...
(Amazon top book reviewer Daniel Jolley)
..."Chasing The Cyclone" will shake the audience, this exciting cautionary thriller grips readers from the onset... (Amazon top book reviewer Harriet Klausner:)
...Peter Thomas Senese now opens the windows on the magnitude of these tragedies in his excellent "Chasing The Cyclone"... As if the fast paced energy of this story weren't enough to satisfy the reader, Peter Thomas demonstrates his quality as a writer of distinction on many levels... this impossible to put down book... (Amazon top book reviewer Dr. Grady Harp)
...Chasing the Cyclone" is the second book I've read by Peter Thomas Senese, and like "The Den of the Assassin," it's a real page turner... This was a book I could not put down. Thomas has a gift in writing a compelling novel that not only keeps the reader engaged, but educates as well. (Amazon top book reviewer Shelley Gammon)
. . . . I highly recommend Chasing the Cyclone as a must-read. You will not be able to put it down. It may very well change the way you look at life, child custody, and interactions with your child's other parent. I cannot endorse this book strongly enough . . . . (The Examiner)
Added Peter Thomas Senese, "Chasing The Cyclone" is an entertaining book many readers have connected to as it is a serious legal thriller that hits a nerve with our desire to love our children best we can. Knowing first-hand what it is like to have this type of horror enter your life, I have tried to make a difference for other parents. Part of that is donating 100% of my royalties to the I CARE Foundation."
Patricia Lee, a highly respected international family law attorney practicing international child abduction for nearly 20 years and a Director of the I CARE Foundation (International Parental Child Abduction Research and Enlightenment Foundation) stated, "I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Senese first, not as an acclaimed fiction writer, but as a dedicated child advocate helping victimized parents work through the morass of financial, legal and practical issues in their attempts to reunify with their children.I am humbled by his fierce dedication and support to the I CARE foundation, which portends to be a milestone in the State Department's efforts to recruit and train lawyers in this area of the law in order to better serve targeted children and parents, while also educating an uneducated judiciary. Thank you, Peter for all of your impactful dedication."
Peter Thomas Senese is the author of geopolitical thrillers including THE DEN OF THE ASSASSIN, CLONING CHRIST, and WAR ON WALL STREET.
Best-selling author Peter Thomas Senese's critically acclaimed international legal thriller 'Chasing The Cyclone' has had a substantial social impact protecting against global children abduction. The New York Journal of Books stated Chasing The Cyclone is "A well-written thriller you will be reluctant to put down" while targeted families of abduction have called it a blue-print on how to protect against parental kidnapping. For Senese, it is the seed that has grown into the I CARE Foundation.
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Timbers coach John Spencer wants revenge vs. Rapids in Portland
A league-record six-game draw streak. A team-record eight-game undefeated run. And a Saturday game against the revenge-minded Timbers.
It's all backdrop for the Rapids' tilt against host Portland that has one team rising in Major League Soccer and another frustratingly on the level.
And Colorado will be without the services of striker Omar Cummings, who won't even make the trip to Portland, as John Meyer reported in today's Post.
The Timbers (5-5-2) have the best home record in MLS, going 5-1 at Jeld-Wen Field. Their 0-4-2 mark on the road includes a season-opening 3-1 clobbering against the Rapids in Commerce City.
"Colorado has a good squad of players," Portland coach and former Rapids star John Spencer, below, said this week. "They deserved the championship last year. We're expecting to see the MLS champions, so we need to be ready for that and be up for the game."


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