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Nearly eight years ago, the laundry at St Benet's Hall in Oxford was equipped by Armstrong Commercial Laundry Systems with two Schulthess washer extractors and a Huebsch stack dryer. One of the washers reached the end of its life recently – but up until that date, according to Mike Davey, Catering Manager for the college, none of the machines had ever broken down, and the other machines are still going strong. He has now replaced the machine with the latest Schulthess 7kg model which he is absolutely delighted with.
St Benet's is a small, Catholic theological college housing about 25 students and monks. Outside of term time the hall is used for functions and conferences. The laundry is operated during the daytime by two housekeepers who handle all bedding, towels, kitchen clothes etc together with table linen for functions. In the evening it can be used free of charge by the residents to do their own personal laundry. The equipment is likely to be in use for at least seven hours at day, and quite often this can extend to up to 15 hours. "The reliability of this equipment is exceptional. It's amazing that the machines can work that hard for 7+ years and never break down once", Mike Davey said. "I wish I could have them for home!"
The Schulthess 8120 is a superbly engineered Swiss machine offering an exceptional range of features and programmes. These include a high extraction speed resulting in only 43% residual moisture, so saving a great deal on drying time and drying energy costs.
This is great news that the washing machine and dryer can be supplied and installed before Christmas, thank you for pulling out all of the stops!... Thank you again for sorting this out so speedily, it is very much appreciated.
Its seems all went well with the delivery yesterday, please pass my thanks on to all concerned.
Gary Stewart
Our new washing machine is now installed and working very satisfactorily. We are delighted with it and domestic happiness and contentment are restored. I should add that all of your staff were immensely helpful and the whole exercise worked more smoothly than we could have ever imagined.
Again, thank you very much for your help
Guy Watkins
Thank you for that, we have had over 10 years now with your company, and as always your company has been superb and the service to me has been second to none.
Thank you for supporting our business and being very thorough and organised
Just a quick email to say a big thank you. To you, and all concerned, with regards to the work that you carried out for us at Primecare nursing home.
I know it's not often that we receive letters like this, so here's one for you
Just a quick email to say thank you for your help and assistance with this short notice request for supply and install, which looked great today.
We have another property about to be refurbished so we will be needing similar equipment again.
Many, many thanks for this 1st class service as always.
You supplied four gas dryers to a client some weeks ago, and you might like to know that he is delighted with the product. He is looking for 1,000 more of the tokens to suit the same machines.
It's a pleasure to work with you and I sincerely appreciate the time you spent to resolve some problems with patience… and your advice was very helpful. You have been a star. It was a pleasure to work with everyone at Armstrong and sincerely hope to continue our working relationship… Again, thank you so much for your help. I greatly appreciate the assistance you have provided me.
Zia Masud
Many thanks… your whole company seem efficient and helpful! The delivery driver was also excellent… please pass on my appreciation to everyone!
Thank you. You're a star as always.
I just wanted to say thank you for sorting out the swap-over of the gas/electric dryer yesterday.
All installed and our customer's happy, so all good.
Please can you pass on my thanks to all concerned in this order, it was an absolutely painless exercise for me, and the machine was in great condition.
Gary Stewart
Brilliant. Thank you very much. I really appreciate you arranging an earlier collection date
Many thanks for your kind assistance on a job well done.
That is all perfect. I am so impressed by the efficiency and friendliness of your company, as are friends and plumbers various! Thank you.
It seems all went well with the delivery yesterday, please pass my thanks on to all concerned
The team are stars! Thank you so much.
Thank you for getting right on top of that for us. That's brilliant!
It was a pleasure working with you on this
Thank you and your team for your prompt response and arranging delivery and installation for a new machine today.
The tenants are very grateful.
Thank you very much and you are just too good to us. Best wishes to you and everyone.
Following my recent telephone conversation, I would like to put on record my thanks for the service I have received, and the professional follow up from these transactions.
Namely the help and courtesy extended by your delivery driver. I did make a point this time to driver over and thank him personally. Contrast his attitude to that of a driver from rival company that on three occasions prompted my customer to complain to me.
You can understand that as a sole trader having one thing less to deal with on a machine sale is considerable help, I have forwarded a complaint to the other company, they claim it is beyond their control, which baffles me.
Than you all at Armstrong's for your professional help even when I get your names wrong.
I just wanted to thank you for all your help sorting out the Huebsch washer & dryer. We returned home on Friday to the sight of a shiny new machine that works
A BIG thank you for the tokens – so appreciated
You were excellent at this meeting. Armstrong roots family values at their very best, striking a chord with Greek Cypriot management that pride themselves on the same ideals.
Oh my goodness, what an absolute pleasure to deal with someone like yourself. You have been so incredibly helpful.
I am extremely happy with both the equipment and the service support, the machines are really tough and reliable.
Ted Sugrue
We are very happy with the machinery and the service from Armstrong
Geoffrey Hawkins
Armstrong has always been good. The equipment works hard and long hours and we very rarely have a problem – and if we do Armstrong's service team are fast and efficient ensuring we're able to operate the laundry at full capacity again very quickly. The fixed price hire scheme helps us to budget and ensures we don't have a big initial outlay or any sudden nasty financial surprises if a machine does break down or needs replacing.
Kris Clark
We have had very few problems with the Armstrong equipment, but if anything does happen they come out very quickly and get it working again. The equipment is very tough and reliable, and the service we get from Armstrong is brilliant.
Anita Bassett
I'm thrilled with the new dryer. It makes such a difference to the job of handling all the laundry.
Rose Vyvyan-Robinson
I am very pleased with the machine, it is reliable and easy to use and does exactly the job we want it to. A very good buy!
Mark Brown
The equipment is robust and reliable – even after many years of service". If we do have a problem with a machine the engineers come out within 24 hours to get it up and running again, and there's always good advice when we need to expand or replace a machine.
Paul Freeman
I have an excellent relationship with Armstrong – they're friendly and helpful and definitely have the best dryers on the market
Tony Duckworth
The launderette is in constant use with the laundry we generate and the members of the public who use it. We have been very pleased with the equipment and the service we have had from Armstrong and overall the unit is a very valuable part of our very popular and busy site.
Sarah Matson
We are very pleased with the equipment, with the larger capacity machine taking such a big load we have been able to reduce the number of washes we do from three to two each day which saves time, energy and is more cost effective.
Jo Palmer
The dryers are very good and I am very happy with the relationship with Armstrong.
Hardey Roopra
Our previous dryers were really excellent, so when the dryers in my new launderette needed replacing I had no hesitation in going back to Armstrong.
Brian Dunton
Altogether I think Armstrong have been one of our best suppliers. They really seem to know what they are talking about and the equipment has been totally trouble free since it was installed.
Neil Baker
The new dryers are brilliant. The customers love them, and even with an extra dryer I am delighted to find that my gas bills have gone down since they came in. And my revenue has increased as well, so altogether they have been a very good investment.
Phil Brownsey
The fixed price hire scheme is excellent for us. It means that we know exactly what our outlay on laundry is each month, and we know there aren't going to be any nasty surprises if we do have a machine breakdown – all the labour and parts are covered in the monthly payment. But the equipment has been fantastic so far, so we haven't had to worry about that anyway.
Sharon Gilchrist
We are very pleased with the new machines – the residents find them easy to use and the wash quality is very good.
Abu Latif
We're delighted with the new dryer. We pride ourselves on a very personal level of care here, keeping up with the laundry and it all coming out looking good is an important aspect of this care and this machine has been excellent since it was installed.
Marilyn Collins
As before I am delighted with the dryers, they are really efficient and reliable and the customers find them very easy to use.
Shaid Aziz
That's the thing with Armstrong, if you ask for service you get it – quickly. We know we can rely on them which is really important as the speed and quality of the laundry is vital to the hotel.
James Suter
The machines are kept very busy, work well and have been very reliable.
Fr Oliver
On average the equipment is working 14 hours a day throughout the week. The new dryers are brilliant, easy to use, efficient and reliable!
Wendy Clayton
Our relationship with Armstrong goes back a long way, and they continue to give us excellent service and extremely reliable equipment.
Suzy Brandwood
It's important to get the right equipment for the job, too small and it won't do it properly, too big and you are wasting money, energy and space. It is also important to deal with a company you trust to supply reliable equipment and give you the support you need. As expected, the installation went smoothly, we have never had the slightest problem and I know Armstrong will deal with it if we do.
Colin Farquharson
Our machines have come from several suppliers – there is a big difference in the standards of support we receive and Armstrong gets 10 out of 10 – their service has been consistently excellent over several years and when you're as busy as we are, that's very important.
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Saint Theodora the Empress
Saint Theodora was the wife of Saint Justinian the emperor, and lived during the sixth century.
The Empress Theodora was at first a notorious harlot and actress, and an adherent of the Monophysite heresy, but then she repented. After becoming empress, she led a virtuous life, maintaining purity of both soul and body. She provided wise counsel for her husband during his reign, and she also saved his throne during the Nika riots of 532 through her political intelligence and expertise.
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PARIS, FRANCE – 14 Jun, 2017 – Dominique Ben Dhaou, Founder and Managing Director of "Point North" International Advisory firm was selected for the International Association of Top Professionals' prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.
While inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only a few members are chosen for this distinction based on their years of experience in the field, professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, and contributions to their communities. These are truly incredibly talented professionals who have dedicated their life to their work and have had a lifetime of achievement and success!
Dominique was honored at the 2016 IAOTP's Annual Award Gala, at the luxurious Garden City Hotel for being selected as "Top Human Resource Director of the Year." IAOTP will be announcing her selection for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Annual Award Gala being held at the end of this year, and she will be receiving the Sapphire Diamond Crystal Tower engraved for her Lifetime of Achievement and Success.
Dominique is being recognized for having over 2 decades of professional experience in managing human challenges in multiple industries and on all continents. She uses her phenomenal collaboration skills that are powerful assets to getting things done in complex and uncertain business environments. Awarded Top Professional Human Resources in 2016 by the IAOTP, Dominique is also a Black Belt in Internal Communication. Stephanie Cirami, Vice President of IAOTP stated "Choosing Dominique for this award was an easy decision for our panel to make. She is smart, inspiring, respectful, and charismatic and a dynamic, results-driven leader, who has developed high performance teams, performance management training programs, workshops and now with the launch of her new company we are so excited for this new venture and to be along her journey. With her extraordinary knowledge, talent and countless accomplishments, Dominique is also providing visionary leadership and pragmatic insights to help CEO's, Business Founders and leaders through a network community "Leading Businesses for Humans", providing them with advice and tips on Human Capital Management and how to best deal with the human aspects of their organisations. She has climbed the ranks through several leadership roles at very high end companies. She is a positive leader who takes pride in grooming and developing the abilities of a diverse team, and she is able to maximize on resources and systems to ensure efficiency. We know we will see more amazing things from this woman in the future."
As the Founder and Managing Director of "Point North" Dominique brings a solid analysis process, customized recommendations and dedicated support so that Business Owners, Executives and Leaders of medium size and emerging companies can focus on their key priorities, gain time and have fun leading their teams. She helps them attract the best talents from the market, reduce turnover, increase engagement, improve reputation, and boost the growth of their company.
Dominique received her Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management, Hotel Management from Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne in 1987. She has been recognized worldwide for her outstanding leadership and commitment to the profession. In 2015 she was inducted as a Lifetime Member and was named "Outstanding Member of the Year" by Bristol Who's Who. In 2016 she was inducted as an honored Lifetime member of the International Association of Top Professionals and named "Top Professional of the Year in Human Resources." For 2017 she has been selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award and to have a 2 page feature in TIP (Top Industry Professional) Magazine being released January of 2018. She is also an international sought after speaker who spoke for Oracle's Global event speaking on "Digitalization and Humanization," and she is a planed speaker for topics such as Women Leadership or the Future of jobs.
In 1991, Dominique first started in the Human Resource Industry for Levi Strauss & Co. There she selected and coached new HR Managers in Turkey, South Africa, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland and temporarily assumed the HR Manager Role in Prague and Budapest. She impressively rolled out and implemented new Performance Management training programs, problem solving techniques and workshops while also supporting and serving as faculty in South Africa. In 1999, Dominique assumed the title of Human Resources Manager for Novartis Consumer Health where she was in charge of Compensation & Benefits projects and expatriates management, as well as leading the Corporate Learning & Development function. She joined SGS in February of 2001, first as an International Compensation & Benefits Manager. She quickly climbed the ranks as International HR assistant Vice President to Vice President of Human Resources to Senior Vice President of Human Resources, being part of the C-Suite and reporting to the Group's CEO.
Dominique has launched the design and deployment of a global on boarding program, considered thereafter a best practice in decentralized organizations. She led the design and implementation of the SGS Corporate Human Resources Intranet pages as key communication tool for all employees worldwide. She transformed the HR function by designing and staffing a new HR organization and promoting from within, sponsored the design and deployment of an SGS Group's Employer Branding in 30 countries covering 83 % of total hires to facilitate the 15,000 and up hiring per year, rolled out a yearly worldwide engagement initiative to reduce voluntary turnover and allow focus on top priorities for talent retention. She sponsored a global initiative to analyze and raise efficiency and effectiveness of the HR function and delivery across 110 countries. With all of the responsibilities that come with her title, there is nothing that Dominique cannot accomplish and she enjoys challenges.
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Drink the Book: Pimm's No. 1 Cup Jelly Shots Recipe
As you may have noticed, we have a thing for Pimm's. We've long been fans of the Pimm's Cup, a citrusy sweet, lightly bitter refresher traditionally garnished with cucumber and sometimes strawberries and orange, and lately, we just can't resist a Pimm's concoction, whether it's mixed with whiskey or muddled with mint and Hendrick's gin. But a jello shot Pimm's Cup had never occurred to us until we saw these Pimm's No. 1 Cup Jelly Shots from Jelly Shot Test Kitchen.
In order to incorporate all of the flavors of the Pimm's Cup into the shots without veering into chunky Jell-O salad territory, cucumber, strawberries, orange and mint are muddled together with the Pimm's to make the base. A tart lemon syrup and ginger ale are mixed in along with the gelatin to mimic that sparkly tartness of the classic cocktail.
Once jelled you can get fancy with all sorts of elegant garnishes like slivers of strawberries and individual mint leaves or serve them on top of little discs of cucumber for easy popping.
As always with our Drink the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Jelly Shot Test Kitchen to give away this month.
Adapted from Jelly Shot Test Kitchen by Michelle Palm. Copyright © 2011. Published by Running Press. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:12 to 18 jelly shots
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:3 hours
- 4 strawberries
- 1 orange slice (about 1 inch), coarsely chopped
- 2 large sprigs fresh mint
- 1 (1-inch) piece cucumber, coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup Pimm's No. 1 Cup
- 6 ice cubes
- 2/3 cup ginger ale
- 2/3 cup lemon syrup (recipe follows)
- 2 envelopes Knox gelatin
- Slivers of cucumber, strawberry, orange, and mint for garnish if desired
- Lemon Syrup:
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 medium lemons, each cut into 8 wedges
Make the Lemon Syrup: Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Muddle the lemon wedges. Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain immediately. Allow the syrup to cool to room temperature.
Short cut: A 50-50 mix of frozen lemonade concentrate and water may be substituted for Lemon Syrup. Make sure to strain to remove any lemon pulp!
Muddle fruit together the strawberries, orange, mint, and chopped cucumber in a large cocktail shaker. Add Pimm's and the ice cubes and shake vigorously. Strain liquid through fine mesh strainer and set aside (you should have approximately 2/3 cup of liquid).
Combine ginger ale and lemon syrup in saucepan in a medium saucepan and sprinkle with gelatin. Allow gelatin to soak for a minute or two. Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is fully dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add the reserved Pimm's liquid, stirring well to blend. Pour into pan and chill until fully set, several hours or overnight.
To serve, cut into rectangles. To garnish, peel "ribbons" from cucumber using a vegetable peeler. The ribbons should be about 6 inches long for easy handling. Group the slivered fruit and mint as desired, and tie each bundle with a cucumber ribbon. Trim the ribbon ends to desired length. Place a fruit bundle on each jelly shot.
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text: 3 1of3Sean Penn's video camera being taken from him at the women's demonstration at Tehran University. June 2005. Video still courtesy of Sean Penn.Sean PennShow MoreShow Less 2of3Baton injuries at women's rights demonstration at Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. June 2005. photo by Reese Erlich ONE TIME USE ONLY Show MoreShow Less 3of3Two Iranian veiled women, walk past campaign posters of Tehran's hardline mayor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for presidential elections, at the Enqelab (Revolution) St. in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 19, 2005. The man who said: "We did not have a revolution in order to have democracy," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad turned out to be a dark horse in Iran's presidential race, breaking from the pack to capture second place and a spot in next week's runoff race for president. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)VAHID SALEMIShow MoreShow Less DAY FOUR During his visit to Iran in June, Sean Penn had the chance to witness a rare demonstration in support of women's rights. The demonstration was to begin at 5 p.m. I wanted to refresh a bit, so I took a shower at the hotel and began to dress when, at about 4:30 p.m., my companions Reese Erlich, Norman Solomon and Babak knocked on my door. They'd gotten an update. What had been anticipated as likely violence the evening before was now considered certain. This is a guilty admission, but when you have come to a place that is unfamiliar, with the intention of gaining a familiarity, absolutely nothing is more seductive than to see its darkest sides. I am an optimist. I can always look up. But to see down is to be down. We headed down to the demonstration. As we approached Tehran University, traffic slowed to a stop. It was hot in the car. And sweaty. I could see people on overlooking apartment balconies, pointing in the direction of the demonstration and then retreating inside. The closer we got, the louder the volume of the couple of thousand people before us. The singing of the demonstrators, the honking of horns, the heckling of the crowd were rising. I was taping through the windshield as we approached. A traffic light came into my viewfinder and turned to red. At this point, rather than stay car-bound, I suggested we walk into the demonstration on foot. People were being pushed, tempers were rising, but for the moment, we could see that the demonstrators had not yet been dispersed. There were uniformed police, yelling in threatening tones, and I was taping as I walked. I zoomed through the crowd catching several close images of some of the 100 female demonstrators. Women were prepared to take a baton across the head or more as the cost of speaking out. As we walked through the crowd, I led the way, being jostled about, moving closer and closer to the center of the demonstration. A demonstration like this is quite rare in today's Iran and was probably planned to correspond with the election-week presence of international press. Of course, I knew that either the camera or my Western face could promote any number of responses in this kind of situation, and on my video screen, there he was: one of many who were considered to be plainclothes intelligence officers infiltrating the crowd. (This would later be confirmed by several sources.) I didn't understand what he was yelling at me, but I knew he was displeased with my presence and my camera. I said to him, "American journalist! " He yelled, "No camera! No camera!" I continued to shoot and got as into his face with the camera as I could. That's when it happened. Like Michelangelo's "The Creation," he touched me. I thought, "Are you crazy? You don't even send me flowers. Take me out to the movies? And you're grabbing my hand? You mother -- theo-fascist pig!" Though I didn't speak these words aloud, I certainly meant them. (The irony of being accosted for having a camera was not lost on me.) This was the muscle of the oppressor I was looking at, perhaps of the Baseej, one of the violent volunteer militias in Tehran. Or, as it turned out to be, an officer of the intelligence ministry. We struggled briefly over the camera. I didn't know what the limits were exactly. I struggled with my left hand to retrieve my journalist's credential from my pocket. This guy didn't know who he was f -- with. And it is my belief that to this day, he still doesn't care. The longer I held on to the camera, the more likely I'd get hit in the back of the head by one of his cronies. So I let the camera go as he held onto my wrist and pulled me through the crowd. In all the chaos, I was separated from Norman and Reese. We had planned that if anything like this happened, whoever could stay and get the story would. We prearranged a meeting place should we be separated, but those would turn out to be the best-laid plans of mice, and the snakes had something else in mind. I couldn't see Maryam, our translator, at this point, but I knew she was close behind me. As I forcefully presented my journalist's credential, the bastard snatched that from my grasp as well. Now I had a hand pushing my hip forward behind me. It's hard to imagine that guys like this have friends, but evidently he did. And then Maryam appeared at my left shoulder, urgently explaining to the officer that I was an accredited American journalist. He released his grasp on my wrist, and while he didn't give me a goodnight kiss, he did return my camera and credential, forcing me to put the camera into my pocket, which it barely fit into, and giving us a shove into traffic to cross the street and away from the demonstration. It was a dance of thousands of people, many of them men, and most supported the demonstrators. Others just observed with curiosity, pouring through the street onto the crowded sidewalk opposite the university. For a moment, looking back at the demonstration, I caught a glimpse of Norman. He was within feet of the demonstrators, seemingly invisible while he recorded and took notes. I was envious because I was suddenly recognized by a lot of people. "What are you doing here?" "Be careful. They'll beat you or arrest you. " My video camera was closed in my pocket, but it was not turned off. It was still running. And I recorded all that followed on audio. Several people warned me that interspersed in the crowd were a large number of anti-reformist vigilantes and intelligence officers. "They'll approach as friends; they'll stand by and listen to your conversations." Some people were less concerned with being overheard. A woman came to me weeping. "You have to tell our story. You have to tell our story! They've just beaten two of the women." The demonstration had turned somewhat violent, but it was more a series of whirlpools within the sea of people than a tidal wave throughout. I was told that one of the women who was beaten had her hijab ripped from her head. These hijabs are tied tight and don't come off easily. She defied her assailant's order to put her hijab back on. She said, "You took it off." And with enormous courage, she went on with her protest. (Take that, wardrobe malfunction.) As the story was told to me, her assailant impotently went back to his duties of crowd control. A telling example of the power in courage. As Maryam went back to the crowd to try to find Reese and Norman, the police began to arrest journalists. By day's end, approximately 30 journalists were jailed. I ran into one well-known, and I will confess, left-leaning Western journalist who suggested I make an effort to get arrested, that it would "make a great story." So that's the way they play it, huh? Maryam returned dazed and alone, unable to find Reese and Norman. She then tried Reese on a cell phone that he'd acquired, but the intelligence ministry had initiated the use of jamming devices, shutting down all cellular phone signals in the area of the demonstration. With no intention, beyond a desire to make another attempt to get some pictures, I said, "We'll find them later. I want to try to get back into the demonstration." We pushed our way across the street. Two older women in chadors passed. They whispered to me, "We don't want the mullahs, we just have to pretend we do." They disappeared into the crowd. With car fenders pressing against our legs, Maryam and I serpentined through the crowd and automobiles until we were shoulder to shoulder among the throngs, within about 40 feet of the center of the demonstration. And then everything got loud. Really loud. A line of uniform policemen began batoning the mass of which we were a part. There was screaming and panic. And our bodies were four-walling each other -- you could barely move. It certainly seemed as if some could have been trampled, though as far as I know, that did not occur. But the following describes the irony of oppression: There was a woman among the panicking crowd. She reached her hand toward mine and I took it. Between us, we'd support each other out of this chaos. All of this couldn't have lasted more than 40 seconds, but at the end of it, the force of the police had only forced an illegal touch between a man and a woman. We parted instantly as the police stepped back from the line they had been assaulting. The crowd dispersed somewhat. I crossed back to the opposite sidewalk, rendezvousing finally with Reese and Norman, who by now had been forced away from the demonstration as well. I was getting too much attention on the street as a movie face, and I felt inappropriately engaged by it. So, while Reese and Norman continued interviews on the sidewalk, I jumped in a car with Babak and his wife. They dropped me off at the hotel, where I waited for Norman and Reese's return. That evening, we dined at a pan-Asian restaurant called Monsoon in the trendy section of town. Evidently, some journalists had witnessed the confiscation of my camera and press credential, and there had been reports that I had been beaten. I worried that my family would hear this distorted news, so I borrowed a local cell phone and called home. Next, we got a call from someone within the police department apologizing for what had occurred. But, while they were apologizing to me on the telephone, an Iranian journalist arrested at the scene reportedly was beaten in their jail that same evening for protesting the verbal abuse of him and the other detained journalists. Within hours of these reports and the embarrassment of my treatment (I was unharmed), all 30 journalists were released. We had just asked for the dinner bill when Maryam got an urgent call on her cell phone. She stepped outside for a clearer connection and then rushed back into the restaurant with the news. "There's just been a bombing in Tehran." Guess I gotta call home again. -- Tomorrow: The journey home.


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Despite a barrage of bad reviews and pair of Razzie nominations, "Sex and The City" star Kim Cattrall is hopeful for another installment in the TV and film franchise.
The 54-year-old actress says she's glad the Razzies exist because "it keeps you honest." She hasn't been approached for a third film yet, but she says she believes the fan following is still strong.
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Cattrall and her co-stars — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon — share a Razzie nod for worst actress for "Sex and The City 2." The film is also up for worst picture.
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Try our lightened-up spin on those trendy fried shrimp tacos...
1/3 cup Fiber One Original bran cereal
1/8 tsp. each salt and black pepper
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
3 oz. raw small shrimp (about 12 shrimp), peeled, tails removed, deveined
1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
2 tbsp. fat-free mayonnaise
1/2 tsp. Mexican hot sauce
Four 6-inch corn tortillas
1/2 cup bagged coleslaw mix
1/4 cup fresh salsa or pico de gallo
1 tbsp. chopped cilantro
Optional: lime wedges, additional hot sauce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
Place cereal in a small sealable bag, squeeze out the air, and seal. Finely crush with a meat mallet or other heavy utensil. Transfer crumbs to a wide bowl and mix in seasonings.
Place shrimp in another wide bowl and pat dry. Top with egg substitute and toss to coat. One at a time, shake shrimp to remove excess egg, and coat with crumbs. Evenly lay shrimp on the baking sheet.
Bake for 5 minutes. Flip shrimp. Bake until cooked through and crispy, about 5 more minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, thoroughly mix mayo with hot sauce.
Microwave tortillas for 10 seconds, or until warm. Evenly distribute mayo mixture among the tortillas, followed by coleslaw mix, salsa or pico de gallo, shrimp, and cilantro. Wrap 'n chew!
Serving Size: 2 tacos (1/2 of recipe) Calories: 191 Fat: 2.5g Sodium: 618mg Carbs: 34.5g Fiber: 7g Sugars: 3.5g Protein: 12.5g PointsPlus® value 5*
When it comes to Mexican food, tacos can be a pretty safe pick -- reasonably sized and rarely deep fried, unlike some other Mexican mainstays. (Chimichangas, we're looking at YOU.) And when it comes to protein, shrimp is definitely a lean option... unless it's battered and deep fried. Fried shrimp tacos have been popping up EVERYWHERE these days, from fast-food joints like Del Taco (gone but not forgotten) to sit-down chains like Chili's. And they're super-appealing: warm 'n crispy shrimp stuffed inside soft tortillas along with cool 'n creamy sauce and other assorted goodies. But with around 350 calories and 20g fat for ONE TACO, these flavor-of-the-week eats make us sad. Luckily, we wasted no time at all setting things right. We turned to our classic faux-frying technique, bringing in our fiber-packed secret weapon, Fiber One cereal. We whipped up our own zesty sauce, added a few flavorful extras, and there you have it! So the next time you get a craving for Mexican-style fried seafood, just turn on the oven and break out the F1! (Then follow our recipe. Otherwise you'll just have a hot oven and a box of cereal.)
Serving Size: 2 tacos Calories: 743 Fat: 40g Sodium: 1,584mg Carbs: 71g Fiber: 5g Sugars: 4g Protein: 24g PointsPlus® value 20*
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Seven options for former Finch lands
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
May 8, 2013
The state Adirondack Park Agency has drafted a list of seven possible classifications for the first phase of former Finch, Pruyn and Co. timberlands to be added to the Forest Preserve.
The APA board will get its first look at each option, and consider setting a series of public hearings on the proposals, at its meeting Thursday and Friday in Ray Brook. A final decision on the classification of the lands, which will determine how much the public will be able to access them, isn't expected until early fall.
The seven alternatives involve lands in the Hamilton County town of Indian Lake and two Essex County towns, Minerva and Newcomb. They include three tracts of former Finch timberlands that the state has purchased from The Nature Conservancy: the 18,888-acre Essex Chain of Lakes tract, the 3,015-acre OK Slip Falls tract and the 945-acre Indian River Tract. Another 160-acre parcel called the OSC tract, an inholding in the Vanderwhacker Wild Forest, will be classified in this round. Also, existing state lands next to the Finch tracts in the Vanderwhacker and Blue Mountain wild forests, and the Hudson River Gorge Primitive Area, could be reclassified.
The alternatives range from wilderness, the most restrictive state land classification where motorized vehicles are prohibited, to wild forest, where more opportunities for access and public recreation are allowed.
The seven options, according to the agency's draft Environmental Impact Statement, are as follows:
-Alternatives 1A and 1B: Primarily Wilderness. These options would create a large Hudson River Gorge Wilderness area on both sides of the Hudson River, offering wilderness rafting, paddling and camping opportunities. The Essex Chain of Lakes would also become wilderness, and the network of logging roads on the lands would be closed to vehicle and mountain bike use. Recreation opportunities would include hiking, skiing, snowshoeing and horseback riding. The wilderness area would not include First and Pine lakes, allowing floatplane access to those lakes to continue.
-Alternative 2: Primarily Primitive. This option would create a large primitive area that would encompass the Essex Chain of Lakes and surrounding lands. A wilderness area would be created, including most of the Hudson River Gorge Primitive Area, the OK Slip Falls tract and the OSC tract. Most of the roads would remain closed to vehicles, to be abandoned or convert to trails. Mountain bikes would be allowed on state administrative roads, and floatplane access would continue to First and Pine lakes.
-Alternatives 3A and 3B: Primarily Canoe. These options would create the second canoe area in the Park. It would center on the Essex Chain of Lakes, providing a 6 to 7 mile canoe route. These alternatives would also have a wilderness area that includes the Hudson Gorge, the OK Slip Falls tract and the OSC tract. Portions of the new lands would be designated wild forest. Most of the roads would remain closed, although mountain biking would be allowed on state administrative roads.
-Alternatives 4A and 4B: Primarily Wild Forest. These options would expand the Blue Mountain Wild Forest to include the Essex Chain of Lakes and Pine Lake. Motorized boat, snowmobile and floatplane use could be allowed throughout the Essex Chain, and most of the road system would remain open. A smaller wilderness area and three state administrative areas would be created. A special management area could be created in the Essex Chain of Lakes to protect its waters and fisheries, for example, by prohibiting motorized access on the lakes or only allowing camping at designated sites.
The Park's environmental groups have called for these new tracts to be designated largely as wilderness, although to varying extents.
Adirondack Council spokesman John Sheehan said Monday that one of the wilderness alternatives the agency will consider resembles the 72,000-acre Wild Rivers Wilderness that his group first proposed 20 years ago.
"We're happy to see that the Park Agency essentially took what appears to be our recommendation and made it one of the options," he said.
Sheehan said these tracts deserve wilderness protection "mainly because they contain some of the most sensitive and biologically rich wildlife habitat and water in the state."
Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is also backing the Council's plan. It wants the new wilderness area called the Paul Schaefer Wild Rivers Wilderness in honor of the Adirondack conservationist, who fought to protect the Upper Hudson River from four proposed dams and reservoirs in the 1960s and lobbied for the acquisition of OK Slip Falls.
Protect the Adirondacks and the Adirondack Mountain Club have called for somewhat less wilderness and are OK with some limited road access to the interior of the new lands.
Hunting and fishing groups and some local government leaders say wild forest would be better than wilderness.
"The governor has said this acquisition is going to be good for the communities," said Fred Monroe, director of the Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board. "In order for that to happen, there has to be access to a wide range of users and there's got to be tourism infrastructure in the communities. If it's limited to wilderness, it seems to me there's going to be a net loss to the communities."
Monroe, who is supervisor of the town of Chester, is a member of the Polaris Club, one of two hunting clubs whose decades-long exclusive leases to the Essex Chain tract will run out later this year.
As many as eight or nine hearings on these alternatives could be held, both inside and outside the Park, during June and July, APA spokesman Keith McKeever said Tuesday. He said a decision by the board could be made sometime in late summer or early fall.


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Lee Hall Mansion was constructed around 1850 by wealthy planter Richard Decauter Lee. The residence was designed in the Italianate architectural style. The home served as a Confederate headquarters during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Guided tours are offered. The Peninsula Campaign exhibit galleries feature a collection of Civil War artifacts including drawings, sidearms and presentation firearms. A gift shop is on site. Popular annual events include the Great Easter Egg Hunt, the Summer Celebration Wine Festival, period holiday decorations in December, and guided van tours in the spring and summer to historic sites in the region. Visit www.leehall.org for the full calendar of events.
From January 1st to March 31st Lee Hall's hours of operation are Thursday-Saturday 10am-4pm & Sunday 1pm -5pm. From April 1st to December 31st Lee Hall is open Monday, Thursday and Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday 10am-5pm & Sunday 12-5pm. Located at Exit 247 off Interstate 64, just minutes from Colonial Williamsburg, Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport and other Newport News attractions.
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A common problem among HIV-infected people is the HIV wasting syndrome, defined as unintended and progressive weight loss often accompanied by weakness, fever, nutritional deficiencies and diarrhea. The syndrome, also known as cachexia, can diminish the quality of life, exacerbate illness and increase the risk of death for people with HIV.
Wasting can occur as a result of HIV infection itself but also is commonly associated with HIV-related opportunistic infections and cancers. HIV wasting syndrome is diagnosed in HIV-infected people who have unintentionally lost more than 10 percent of their body weight. Most patients with advanced HIV disease and AIDS eventually experience some degree of wasting.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supports basic and clinical research aimed at better understanding and improving treatments for this debilitating condition. Several studies of therapies and nutrition for HIV wasting are being conducted in NIAID's AIDS clinical trials research network. The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), one component of this network, has established the Wasting Pathogen Study Group. Monthly, this group of preclinical and clinical investigators discusses research ideas and priorities as well as ongoing and planned clinical trials.
Many approaches have been used to reverse weight loss in HIV-infected people, including appetite stimulants, anabolic agents, cytokine inhibitors and hormones. Goals of therapy include both increase in body weight and increase in lean body mass (muscle).
Currently, the precise causes of the HIV wasting syndrome are not well known, and probably vary among individuals. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that many factors may contribute to wasting including inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption of nutrients, abnormalities in metabolism and energy expenditure, and HIV-related infections.
Reduced caloric intake among HIV-infected people is often the result of a loss of appetite, frequently because of nausea. A number of agents to enhance dietary intake have been evaluated in NIAID clinical trials; two of them -- megestrol acetate (megace) and dronabinol (marinol, which contains the active ingredient of marijuana, THC) -- are currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of HIV wasting syndrome. Nutritional supplements also have a role in boosting caloric intake and currently are being assessed in NIAID's clinical trials research network.
Many HIV-infected people suffer from aphthous ulcers of the mouth or esophagus that make eating difficult. A recent NIAID-supported study demonstrated that the drug thalidomide can safely and effectively heal these ulcers. This finding promises to remove a major impediment to adequate nutrition for HIV-infected people who suffer from these painful sores.
Despite ingesting sufficient calories, many people with HIV lose nutrients because of diarrhea, vomiting or malabsorption of nutrients in their intestines. Malabsorption may be caused by HIV itself as well as by enteric infections associated with HIV disease. Research into HIV's effects on the gastrointestinal tract and into diseases such as cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis may help explain the causes of HIV-associated diarrhea and wasting.
Increased calorie usage, and in some cases the breakdown of muscle and other tissues, also contributes to HIV wasting. Agents that reverse metabolic abnormalities, such as testosterone and growth hormones, have been studied by NIAID-supported investigators and others. One such drug, a growth factor known as somatropin (Serostim), was approved by the FDA in 1996 for the treatment of HIV-associated wasting. Researchers also have found that increased levels of immune-signalling molecules (cytokines) such as interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) are associated with HIV wasting. Drugs that block TNF-alpha may have a role in the treatment of this condition.
A number of clinical trials of potential therapies for HIV wasting syndrome are ongoing or imminent in the NIAID-supported ACTG and Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA).
CPCRA investigators are comparing the effectiveness of three nutritional regimens in increasing lean body mass and improving absorption of nutrients:
whole protein and long-chain triglycerides plus a multivitamin;
partially hydrolyzed protein and medium-chain triglycerides plus a multivitamin;
a multivitamin alone.
Another CPCRA trial compares:
an oral anabolic agent, oxandrolone;
an anabolic agent plus an appetite stimulant (megace);
megace alone. As part of this study, some patients will take part in an exercise regimen. The investigators anticipate that this study will provide insights into the impact of increases in lean body mass and weight on survival and disease progression.
In the ACTG, protocol 892 will attempt to correlate changes in viral load with changes in body composition and total body weight.
ACTG 313 is comparing a regimen of megace and testosterone enenthate vs. megace alone. The primary objective of this study is to assess whether treatment with megace and testosterone leads to increased lean body mass, rather than the accrual of fat seen with megace alone.
ACTG 329, a study enrolling women with HIV wasting syndrome, is assessing whether treatment with nandrolone results in weight gain and increases in lean body mass. Nandrolone is a male hormone called androgen with minimal masculinizing effects.
For enrollment information about AIDS-related clinical trials, call 1-800-TRIALS-A from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.


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| 14.1°C Belfast
Widespread snow is expected to fall across England and Scotland, as the severe weather continues to take hold of Britain.
Many areas will see up to 3cm of snow mark the start of December, while 15cm is predicted to fall in the Scottish mountains.
Edinburgh, the Pennines, the Peak District, County Durham, Yorkshire, Norfolk and East Anglia are all expected to be affected.
Overnight temperatures have dropped to -6C in many parts of Britain, from central Scotland through to Cumbria and Buckinghamshire.
The Met Office has issued a low-level severe weather warning across most of Scotland, north and east England, and north Wales, because of the freezing temperatures and snow fall.
It said: "Following showers of rain, sleet and snow on Saturday, ice is expected to form on untreated surfaces on Saturday evening and persist well into Sunday morning. Further wintry showers are likely to affect eastern coastal counties through the night.
"The public should be aware of possible disruption to travel."
And the end of the cold snap is still not in sight, with the freezing temperatures due to last into next week, possibly followed by more snow.
The white start to the month was enough to prompt record numbers of punters to place bets on snow falling on Christmas Day.
According to bookmakers Ladbrokes, more money had been staked on a white Christmas on Saturday than by any other December 1 in its history.


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How are you supposed to switch gears from sunshine and wakeboarding to ice covered lakes? When summer ends, it can sometimes be hard to make the adjustmentto cooler weather.
Why not try investing your downtime into a new sport this winter?
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Some of the areas that snowboarding can help you improve include:
- Strength – Snowboarding requires you to move in ways similar to wakeboarding. This means you will not lose all the progress you made over the summer.
- Turning – Snowboarders shift their weight using their toes or heels, which differs from wakeboarding. However, if you can work to develop a strong snowboard turning technique, it will most likely improve turning when you wakeboard.
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Whether you're traveling with your family over spring break or a loved one over the weekend, prefer the outdoors to cities or would rather wonder through a museum than along a bicycle path, Pennsylvania has something for everyone.
Art museums, galleries and studios, outdoor recreational opportunities, historical sites and attractions and premier shopping destinations will all compete for your time and attention in Pennsylvania.


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When I was a child, my dad had a habit of conscripting me into small conspiracies that always put a smile on my face. The fact that he always left my sister and mother out of the equation made every secret rendezvous all the more thrilling.
Before I'd entered the first grade, I'd developed a problem with one of my eyes that, if not corrected, would have required surgery. Every Saturday morning, one of my parents took me to my appointment with a gentle ophthalmologist who, in a dark room, shone a penlight into that eye to see how it was faring. The minute my mother had waved us off, my dad hailed a big yellow taxi and ushered me quickly into it. My mom didn't believe in cabs. Considering them unnecessary luxuries, we'd wait on the street to board two buses whenever it was her turn to take me to the doctor.
The ophthalmologist's office was situated in Brooklyn, New York, toward the tail end of Flatbush Avenue — directly across the street from the Prospect Park Zoo. After every appointment, my father would swear me to secrecy as we entered the park and walked the long incline down to the zoo. We'd clap back at the seals honking and frolicking in their watery enclosure. We stood back from the polar bears' cage and eyed the huge beasts with respect, for one of them had amputated the arm of teenager foolhardy enough to stick that arm through the bars. We munched Cracker Jack from red and blue cardboard boxes, where the prize was always buried too deep for my sticky little fingers.
Long before the problem with my eye had emerged, my dad had already introduced me to this verdant area of Brooklyn. The front entrance to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens lay on the same side of the street as my doctor's office. One Easter Sunday, when my sister was four months old and I, two and a half, my father took me straight from church to the Botanical Gardens. I hunkered down at the lily pond, my dad explaining how the plants grew in water. I think I was more mesmerized by my reflection in the pond. I remember the tiny white straw handbag that I carried, adorned with small faux violets.
Years later, when my sister and I were teens, my family walked the entire length of the Botanical Gardens and it was quite a walk. Characteristically, my sister grumbled all the way and my mother muttered about the housework that was going undone as we communed with nature. My father and I ignored them and walked on, enchanted, in particular, by a dirt trail running beside a tree-lined brook. Here were no carefully manicured flowers or shrubs bearing small metal plaques with their Latin names. Here was only what God had made. And so, my father and I stepped lightly, reverently through His works.
When we broke free of the brush, we came upon an open field where cherry blossoms were in full bloom, their soft pink petals a gorgeous contrast against the rolling emerald green grass. Just beyond them lay Eastern Parkway and the Brooklyn Museum, where my dad had tried many times in vain to stop me from ogling the 3,000-year-old mummies nestled, like Russian dolls, in their wrappings, their sarcophagi, and their glass cases. He didn't want his daughter exposed to death, but I'd been born on Halloween and gravitated to things that went bump in the night.
The Christmas that I was five, my dad made the mistake of dressing up as Santa Claus. Let me amend that. He made the mistake of smoking one of his signature White Owl cigars before donning the red suit. Santa did not come down the chimney; he walked up from the basement … redolent of cigar smoke. I looked up at him with his face obscured by the snowy beard and cracked, "You're not Santa; you're my daddy!" "Why, little girl, what makes you think that?" Santa cried. "You smell just like his cigars!" If the cigars didn't tell the tale, his laughter did. My sister was too young to get it, but my dad never took a chance again. That year was the first and only time that Santa deigned to pay us a visit.
A year later, on a night approaching Christmas, he whispered to me to bundle up; he said there something that he knew I'd like to see. I don't remember where my mother was, but I do remember sneaking quietly out of the house, for she would not have taken kindly to her child being exposed to the chill night air. All along the avenue we walked, past our neighborhood and into my Aunt Connie's, and then, past that.
The air was crisp and quiet; we huffed just to see the breath dance before our faces. Little traffic passed us, for on such a night, most people were snug inside their homes. In the dark, Christmas lights glowed within and without those homes — simple, teardrop shaped lights that burned in red, blue, green, and yellow. In the early 1960s, elegant electric icicle lights had yet to be invented. There were no pink or purple bulbs, no overblown plastic Santas or snow globes on front lawns, and no houses so wired up they could be seen from Mars. All we had — all anyone had — were those simple red, blue, green, and yellow bulbs strung on pines trees and wreaths and draped around doorways. The colors alternated along their wires and never deviated: red, blue, green, and yellow, red, blue, green, and yellow, red, blue, green, and yellow.
That night, it seemed as if my dad and I had walked for hours. It was cold and my little legs were tired. I don't know how many times I demanded to know where we were going and when we were going to get there, but my dad just said patiently, "Soon, soon." Finally, we turned off the avenue and onto a side street. Our destination was a house decorated, miraculously, with blue Christmas lights, just blue. There were no red, green, or yellow lights, and the blue was a different hue than the usual bulbs. Click the font color option in Microsoft® Word, select the brightest blue, you'll have a notion of what that color looked like. But even Bill Gates and all his geniuses couldn't do that color justice.
Around the doorway and windows of the otherwise darkened house, the rich blue blazed. And on the front lawn stood a large stone grotto with a statue of the Blessed Mother in her signature sky-blue robe. Blue lights arced over the grotto, glowing like embers in the dark. So unexpected, so beautiful, and so peaceful was that scene that my whining tongue stood still. With our hands jammed into our pockets, my dad and I exchanged not a word. Time seemed as frozen as the air. It was he who finally asked if I were ready to go home, for I could have stood there all night, soaking in the most amazing color and the utter serenity in what was then the fourth largest city in the nation.
On every private outing before and since, it had been just the two of us: just my father and me. But that particular night, we shared with a co-conspirator. We shared a silent, spiritual moment with the soul who, in humility, ducked backstage the moment that a long-promised Savior entered the world. We shared that moment with the woman chosen from among all the women on Earth to bring Jesus Christ to a world long awaiting peace.


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Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø and Jon Langley Tell Us What to Drink at Tørst in Brooklyn
There's a white door built into the back wall of Tørst. Daniel Burns, chef and owner of the newly opened bar and restaurant in Greenpoint, slid it open to reveal a small, simple room: tables on one side, his kitchen on the other. Everything about the space was clean and streamlined, but there were dozens of handmade ceramic dishes scattered everywhere. "These just came in from Denmark this morning," Burns said of the beautiful dinnerware. They were shipped over by Kasper Würtz, whose plates Burns will be using at Luksus, the 26-seat restaurant, when it opens in the back of Tørst next month. In the meantime, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø has made Tørst one of the city's most ambitious beer bars.
"I've had the idea to do a beer bar for ten years," Jarnit-Bjergsø said. "I travel a lot with my brewery (Evil Twin) and I go to a lot of good beer bars, but I never go to places where I feel like it's perfect. I knew that if I were ever going to be involved in a beer bar, I would have to give it 100%." Jarnit-Bjergsø, a Denmark native, is what people have come to call a gypsy brewer. He doesn't have his own facility for brewing. Instead, he travels the world and collaborates with different breweries, putting his recipes in their tanks and creating limited-edition brews, many of which are featured at Tørst.
The bar opened only four weeks ago, but has quickly won the hearts of hopheads this side of the Atlantic. "We went through the whole craft beer thing in Denmark only about ten years ago," Jarnit-Bjergsø explained. "It's still so young. For example if you have a bar in Denmark that has ten beers on tap, you call yourself a specialty beer bar. In the US, if you have ten beers on tap you could just be a restaurant that wants to serve a few beers. Craft beer is just way more integrated into drinking and going out here."
This enthusiasm in the US market gives Jarnit-Bjergsø room to expand his beer program. There are currently over 120 bottled beers available at Tørst. "We'll take it up to 150 or 200," Jarnit-Bjergsø said, "but I don't want more than that because I don't want to compromise the selection. I only want to present the beers that I want to sell, the beers I believe in." Some of the bottles aren't for sale, though: they're withheld as part of Tørst's cellar-aging program. "We have other stuff that we keep secret, mainly because if we didn't it would sell out," he said matter-of-factly. "I see it happen in the US and especially in Europe. One beer bar in Belgium used to have the greatest cellar. Ten years ago, I went there to drink all the time. Since people have gotten really into beer though, and started traveling for it, bottle lists can disappear very quickly. I don't want to risk that."
Tørst also has twenty-one tap lines to serve beers in eight or fourteen ounce pours. Gabe Gordon, a friend of Jarnit-Bjergsø's and the brewer behind Beachwood BBQ Brewing in Long Beach, California, designed the tap system. It's called the Flux Capacitor, and is a large part of what makes Tørst so unique. Each tap can regulate the amount of nitrogen and carbon dioxide that goes into every pour. Tørst manager (and DBGB alum) Jon Langley explained, "You get about five different gas blends and you get pressure control for each beer. That exists at other places, but ours are right up here at the bar. The gas blends are all quick disconnects, so you sort of operate the thing like an old-school telephone operator."
There is also built-in temperature control for each tap, which allows each style of beer to be served at the proper temperature. "The bigger a beer gets," Jarnit-Bjergsø explained, "the more and more flavors and layers it has. If you serve certain beers too cold, it kills those flavors. But if you let them warm up a bit, you can taste a lot more in the beer."
The beer selection at Tørst is as much a showcase of the world's greatest craft beers as it is a portrayal of friendship and passion Jarnit-Bjergsø has found along the hop trail. The list has options from Sweden (Omnipollo), Beligum (Hof Ten Dormaal, Brasserie de Cazeau, and Dochter van de Korenaar), the Netherlands (Emelisse), England (Thornbridge Hall), and the US (Stillwater, Perennial, Kuhnhenn, and Beachwood BBQ). But that will change just as frequently as Jarnit-Bjergsø travels and discovers new breweries. "I had some beers from a brewery called 7venth Sun about a month ago—absolutely amazing stuff," he says. "They're a very small brewery, but we're talking to them about making some beers for us just because it's so good and so unique. I think we have a place that gives a lot of attention to breweries from all over the world, so it'd be great to help get the word out about 7venth Sun beers."
The bottle list is in place for the deeply committed, but with more than twenty draft options from small, lesser-known breweries, how does the average drinker know where to start? We sat down with Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø and Jon Langley and let them guide us through the expansive list. As we tasted our way from lightest to fullest, Jarnit-Bjergsø made the message very clear: "If we can set a new standard by showing what's possible in terms of the beer and service, and if we can inspire other people to do the same, that would be awesome. We just want to make New York a better beer city."
Check out the slideshow for Jarnit-Bjergsø and Langley's Tørst tutørial »
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This is the card I made for the challenge over at TMITA/PCC. The free image this week is called "Easter Lilies" from Paper Cupcakes. I cut my image out and mounted it on black card stock. I colored my image with my color pencils only. The pp was from some scraps. I stamped my sentiment which is by Stampabilities and then I punched holes for all the ribbons and then tied them all on.
I think this turned fairly striking with the color combo. I almost always get the designer's projects before I do mine and I always open them up and always love them all and I'm always inspired by them as well and then sometimes it makes it hard for me to look at the image with my own perspective on how I might approach it. I love this image and think it is really versatile and love what the designer's all did with it. So, make sure you go by and check them out, because they are all so lovely as always!
Now, more on the personal side, baseball & softball season has officially started here in the Midwest. I don't even want to imagine how much more will be added to our schedule because of it too. With 2 of them playing we can pretty much kiss every Saturday day good-by and a few week nights as well, for practice and week night games. The one thing with Avery's game, I certainly can take my drawing pad or a good book, because let's just say, there is not a lot of action going on with the 5 & 6 year olds except tossing dirt into the wind or tackling each other and making a pile to get the ball when it is hit. Although, it can be interesting/funny to watch at times. One little boy on Saturday that was on second ran back to first instead of third, then onto third base, then onto the pitcher's mound, then back to third and the around the pitcher's mound again then back to first. I would say he was quite in his own little world of base running. Oh, and he was on our team too! :O) Morgan has not had her first game yet, but they will be much more interesting to watch. She is quite the little ball player and catcher. So, here are pics of our 2 players. Aren't they just the cutest? It was opening day with the parade, so needless to say we were there all day, well running back and forth. The parade was at 8:30, our game at 3:00 and practice for the other at 5:00. Crazy crazy, I only hope we can keep up with it all!
Well, thanks for stopping by and I always love your company and if you took time to read all this, I truly am blessed! Have a great Monday and here's to another week in my world! :O)
April 26, 2010
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At the International Conference on Strengthening Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia and the Future Role of SPECA and the special meeting the SPECA Regional Advisory Committee (Astana, Kazakhstan, 25-27 May 2005), it was decided to establish a SPECA Project Working Group (PWG) on Trade. The PWG on Trade had its first session on 14 December 2006 and adopted the Work Plan. The major objective of the PWG on Trade is to foster regional cooperation to promote global and regional trade of the SPECA member countries.
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Since July 2015, my GeForce Experience has become somewhat of a nightmare.
I'm among a few dozen people who are suffering from several issues with their multi-monitor setup with the latest NVIDIA drivers and the only solution so far seems to be to stick to driver version 353.62 which was released way back on the 29th of July 2015.
No matter which driver version I tried, every version any newer than the previously mentioned version 353.62 would break my monitor setup in Windows 10 in one way or another on a NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X.
These problems include:
Since Microsoft introduced Skype's cloud-based group chats which replaced the previous peer-to-peer group chats, you may sometimes find yourself in a situation where you are unable to send messages to those cloud-based group chats.
The source of the problem remains unknown but it appears to be limited to the cloud server that your Skype client is configured to use. Luckily, this can be changed.
Imagine you just spent about 60 bucks on a computer game. Imagine said game kept crashing seemingly randomly without any sign of warning with a generic error message such as "Grand Theft Auto V has stopped working".
Now imagine you were presented with dozens of search results on Google with seemingly helpful "tips" what might cause it and how people managed to fix it. Sadly, those tips mostly read like this:
GTA V used to crash for me all the time. Then I fed my cat and it never crashed since then. So I suggest you all get a cat and feed it.
Unsurprisingly - even though cats can be evil - they are not responsible for GTA 5 or GTA online crashing.
It's time for a relaxing day and night cycle at "Hotel Random", a beach hotel located on the (invite-only) Random-Host.com Minecraft server.
The hotel which was originally built in the early days of the Minecraft Beta recently received a major Minecraft 1.8 overhaul.
Can you feel the sea breeze?
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Drilling Underway At Maijoma Project
Vancouver, BC - Camino Minerals Corporation (COR: TSX-V) ("Camino" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that drilling is underway at the Maijoma Project ("Maijoma"), located in Chihuahua State, Mexico. This is the first ever drill program to be carried out at Maijoma, which is prospective for the discovery of a zinc-lead-silver carbonate replacement deposits (CRDs) and skarns. Camino plans to drill a minimum of four holes in the 1,000 metre reverse circulation drill program.
Owned 100% by the Company, Maijoma was acquired by Canplats Resources Corp. ("Canplats") in 2007 through staking by Perry Durning and Bud Hillemeyer. Exploration work completed by Canplats and Camino has identified several large-scale areas of alteration and mineralization in a well-defined east-northeast trending structure that extends for more than 8 kilometres. Maijoma is positioned near the junction of the east-northeast trending structure and a prominent northwest trending regional fault that extends north to the Shafter District. Regionally, structural intersections control major mineralized trends that can be seen at Santa Eulalia, to the west, and the Shafter District, to the north.
Santa Eulalia, located approximately 170 kilometres west of Maijoma, was first discovered by the Spanish in 1591 and has produced approximately 12,000 tonnes of silver (423,287,544 ounces of silver), 3 million tonnes (6.6 billion pounds) of lead and 2 million tonnes (4.4 billion pounds) of zinc. The Shafter District, located approximately 100 kilometres north of Maijoma, was discovered in 1883. The principal mine in the Shafter District is the Presidio, which is reported to have produced nearly 36 million ounces of silver and 8,400 ounces of gold (base metal content was not reported). Past production, and current reserves and resources, at the Shafter District amounts to almost 80 million ounces of silver.
In June, 2013, Camino carried out a ground gravimetric survey over a portion of the east-northeast trending corridor that hosts the Maijoma system. A total of 634 gravity points were taken covering an area of 490 hectares (1.9 sq. miles). The survey outlined two gravity anomalies, one to the northeast and one to the south. Both areas coincide with anomalous silver, lead and zinc values obtained in rock sampling. The anomaly to the northeast, measuring approximately 1,500 metres by 200 metres, also corresponds with a limestone window overlain by younger ignimbrites of the upper volcanic sequence and a series of I.P. chargeability anomalies. Combined, the geology and the gravity and I.P. anomaly, strongly suggests the presence of sulphide mineralization. The southern gravity anomaly corresponds with strongly altered dacite porphyry intruding into strongly metasomatized limestones. The alteration is characterized locally by the presence of abundant green-to-pink garnets and vesuvianite in the intrusive, which indicates contact metamorphism normally associated with skarns. Jasper replacement layers are developed in the sediments along contacts with the dacite porphyry. These strata bound formations are strongly anomalous in zinc, with lower lead and silver values, and are believed to represent the distal portion of up flow zones that may be grading into massive sulphides at depth.
Over 2,890 hectares (11 sq. miles) in size, Maijoma is located 65 kilometres southeast of Ojinaga, in northeast Chihuahua State, and is easily accessed by paved and gravel roads. Please refer to Camino's web site for maps and images of the Project.
"The geology, structural setting and exploration results indicate that Maijoma is highly prospective for the discovery of carbonate replacement deposits," said Gordon Davis, Camino's Chairman and CEO.
About Camino Minerals Corporation
Camino is a discovery-oriented mineral exploration company formed in connection with Goldcorp's C$300-million acquisition of Canplats. The Company is led by Canplats' former management and is focused on precious and base metal projects located in Mexico. For more information on Camino's projects, please refer to the Company's website at www.caminominerals.com
The technical information contained in this news release has been approved by Richard Dufresne, P.Geo., Camino's V.P. Exploration, a "Qualified Person" as defined under N.I. 43-101.
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Why does a pig's hind leg often grace an Easter table? Samuel W. Edwards III, whose family has been curing ham in Surry, Virginia, since 1926, tags tradition to timing and technology: before refrigeration, pigs were slaughtered in December and January, cured in cold weather, and "by March or April they were relatively corned," he says, adding, "The Easter flavor profile is fresh and mild."
While mechanized cooling now allows any type of ham in any season, Edwards notes that the taste of the traditional Easter ham is so popular that he replicates it in his "King of City Hams." (To Southerners, wet cured—brine and spices infused—hams are "city" hams and dry cured are "country.")
However, true levels of connoisseurship begin with a longer aged (six months), dry cured ham, according to Gregg Rentfrow, a ham fancier and meat science professor at the University of Kentucky. With a rub of salt and sugar and optional smoking—hickory, apple or cherry wood—natural refrigeration is ideal. A dry cured, long-aged (up to 18 months) country ham might just be the ultimate natural food. Edwards explains that the curing process slows down the water activity within the meat to the point where pathogens can't survive. The hams require no cooking. Rentfrow describes the flavor as the "redneck cousin to prosciutto."
Unlike the typical boiled ham, the uncooked variety needs to soak for a couple of days to remove the salt cure. But with an extremely long-aged ham, no cooking is necessary. It's ready to slice thinner than paper and serve at room temperature.
Of course, a ham is only as good as the pig it's cut from. Edwards buys free-range (instead of indoor-raised, mass-produced animals) Berkshire pigs from around the Southeast. Chuck Talbott, a West Virginia hog farmer with a doctorate in animal breeding, describes Berkshires as having higher levels of intramuscular fat. "The flavor is taken up in the fat and magic happens."
Diet is key. In fact, the Smithfield Ham variety specifies peanut-fed pigs by law. Talbott, who raises Ossabaw and Old Farmers' Hybrids, uses a varied regimen. During spring, they eat barley and rape. In summer it is pumpkins, corn and sunflowers and "in the fall they're fattened on acorns in the forest along with soybeans and sorghum-sudan grass."
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Did you know approximately half of all cancers can be prevented?
At this coming Saturday's Whitecaps FC match against Real Salt Lake at BC Place, fans have the opportunity to share their one simple lifestyle change to reduce their risk of cancer. The change can be as simple as taking the stairs at work, or eating more vegetables. The "My One Thing" initiative by the Canadian Cancer Society encourages British Columbians to pledge their one thing to reduce their risk of cancer and chronic diseases.
When 'Caps fans purchase their 50/50 tickets at the match this Saturday, they will also receive a post-it note to write down their one thing. The post-it notes will be displayed on the volunteer's place card that they will be carrying. Whitecaps FC fans can also pledge their one thing at 'Caps Kickoff and Section 212 during the match for a minimum donation of $1.
"Like many other Canadians, cancer has affected me personally and motivated me to commit to the fight against cancer," said Whitecaps FC president Bob Lenarduzzi. "I think too often we mistakenly believe that cancer prevention is out of our hands or requires a major change in our lifestyle. This initiative reminds us all that cancer prevention is up to each one of us and together, we can make a difference."
About one-third of all cancers can be prevented by eating well, being active, and maintaining a healthy body weight. Saturday's 'Caps match will be dedicated to the Canadian Cancer Society by highlighting Camp Goodtimes and the My One Thing campaign.
To donate and learn more about the Canadian Cancer Society, please visit www.cancer.ca.
What is your one thing? Upload a picture of your one thing at www.myonething.ca.


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Skip to 0 minutes and 7 seconds VOICE 1: Brand new house. Mmm.. detached, got to be four bedrooms, tennis court, definitely a garage. Location? Zone 1. London. Woman about town.
Skip to 0 minutes and 25 seconds I could stretch to a cool half million pounds VOICE 2: So many requirements. Half a million! You couldn't even buy the plot for that. Detached!
Skip to 0 minutes and 40 seconds VOICE 1: Ok Ok. Well, I suppose I could get on a train max one hour. Milton Keynes.
Skip to 0 minutes and 48 seconds VOICE 2: So there the plot will be 200 thousand ..and still not big enough for a tennis court
Skip to 0 minutes and 55 seconds VOICE 1: You cannot be serious. Compromise compromise.
Skip to 0 minutes and 59 seconds VOICE 2: OK, this is the deal - you can have a 3 bedroom house in Milton Keynes with no garage
Skip to 1 minute and 7 seconds VOICE 1: No garage, that's just going too far.
Skip to 1 minute and 10 seconds VOICE 2: you can build it to your own layout,
Skip to 1 minute and 13 seconds but it will cost VOICE 1: I better go and talk to the bank .
Skip to 1 minute and 21 seconds VOICE 2: Ok Ok 2 bedrooms then, and a bigger mortgage, and a garage. Call the architect!
Skip to 1 minute and 30 seconds ARCHITECT: a curved wall, 10k
Skip to 1 minute and 37 seconds VOICE 1: smaller bedrooms! Oh.
Skip to 1 minute and 43 seconds ARCHITECT: …up and over doors, no electric motor,
Skip to 1 minute and 45 seconds save 5k VOICE 1: definitely the porch VOICE 2: So, are you there?
Skip to 1 minute and 51 seconds VOICE 1: Yes, at last.
Skip to 1 minute and 52 seconds VOICE 2: Well that's the design process you go back and forth and the end point changes. You start off with one problem, and as you try to solve it you end up with something different, but generally something that works. Happy driving!
Policy design
Case study: designing a house
Look around you. Most likely, almost everything you see has been designed. The Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon called design a Science of the Artificial1. Design is about change – making new things or improving existing things. Design is about making systems as they ought to be.
Policy is also about change – making new things or improving existing things. Policy is also about making systems as they ought to be. Policy is designing the future 2.
Design is a process. It begins with desires and requirements and proceeds by generating and evaluating alternative ways of satisfying them. For example, the person in the video wants to design a house with four bedrooms, a tennis court and a garage subject to the constraint of it being in central London and costing less than £500,000.
This design problem has no solution because it is impossible to buy the necessary plot of land in central London for this price, let alone build a house. So a compromise is made. The new house will have to be built within an hour of central London, say Milton Keynes where a small plot of land costs about £200,000. So she makes another compromise – no tennis court. Even worse, she has to accept that the most she could expect is a small house with three bedrooms, and no garage. Or she can have the garage but just two bedrooms.
And this could cost more than the budget, so she talks to the bank and although it's tight, she can have a bigger mortgage. Another £30,000.
Given this brief, her architect sets to work. It's not long before he tells her that the bedrooms will be smaller than she hoped for. By cutting corners here and there she can keep within her stretched budget.
So, during the design process, the problem has changed from designing a £500,000 house in central London with four bedrooms and a tennis court to the problem of designing a small house in Milton Keynes with two bedrooms and a garage costing £530,000. These are different problems!
The design process
In design the problem and the solution coevolve. In principle the design process could go on forever until the optimum solution is found. In practice there is no optimum solution, but a number of suboptimal solutions that have different merits and drawbacks, and since life is finite a decision has to be made. Herbert Simon call this satisficing the problem, meaning that the design process ends when an acceptable but imperfect comprise has been made between the various desires and constraints.
Compare this to the conventional idea of problem solving at school. Suppose your teacher set you a question and you came back the next day saying that while trying to answer the question you discovered a better question and answered that instead.
In this respect design is a particular way of formulating and solving problems: it is a process by which you discover what you think you can have to satisfy what you think you need. In the next step you will see how this perspective provides a practical framework for the essential cooperation between scientists, policy makers and citizens of Global Systems Science.
What do you think?
Do you think policies are designed? If not, where do they come from? What is the process that results in a policy? Can a policy be compared to a design blueprint? You can add your comments below.
1 Herbert Simon, The Sciences of the Artificial, MIT Press, 1966.
2 Jeffrey Johnson, 'Policy Design, Planning, and Management in Global Systems Science', in Complex Systems Design & Management Asia, Editors: Michel-Alexandre Cardin, Daniel Krob, Pao Chuen Lui, Yang How Tan, Kristin Wood. 2014.
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