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This one is a no-brainer: Uploading your CV into our database is the quickest way to turn that shiny new resume of yours into interviews.
When you register for a JobHouse account, you'll be able to upload your resume and make it accessible to recruiters who use our site to find candidates for hard-to-fill positions.
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As soon as recruiters post jobs, they're ready to start reviewing incoming resumes—meaning the sooner you apply, the better your chances are.
The best time to apply to a job is within the first 48 hours it's posted. "Being in that first batch of candidates is critical because you're not only first, you're setting the bar for future candidates."
Be the first to know about jobs by setting up job alerts on JobHouse. You can click the 'Alert me to jobs like this" button on any job search results page and enter the email address to where you want to receive job alerts. It's as simple as that.
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Bottom line: A few minutes of job searching here and there every day are all you need to stay on top of things, but those minutes really could make all the difference.
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One of the hallmarks of the Advanced State of Mind is humility (ironically, I guess, since it sounds so grandiose). By that I mean, you have to accept that some things seem terrible only because you don't fully understand them. This article about Gogo in-flight wifi made me think of that because I absolutely hate Gogo more than just about anything in the world.
I'm a fan of Louis C.K. so I know that I'm supposed to just appreciate the miracle of being able to log in from the skies, but that doesn't help. Basically, it feels like Gogo breaks the promise of wifi (you can get on the Internet and do stuff), and I don't care about the technical issues that prevents them from keeping that promise, especially now that it is more expensive. After reading this article in Bloomberg Business, I understand why maybe I should. Perhaps unsurprisingly, getting wifi on airplanes is complicated! There aren't that many airplanes so testing is limited. The hardware is hard to update/replace. And the more people use it, the worse it is.
The ideal solution is to just make it better--and satellite service is coming--but until that happens, the best option is to charge even more for the lousy service until so many people stop using it that it becomes good again (it's called price optimization). If you're sitting in your middle seat with no legroom and want to write a blog post, this may be infuriating, but deciding not to pay for something that doesn't work that well is a good thing. Still, for some reason I want the price to be affordable even though I know the service will suck.
Part of that is that I don't like that rich people (or corporate-card holders) benefit from the high price, but again, paying just enough for something terrible is worse than paying nothing while someone gets something wonderful. There is certainly some value in sticking it to other people, but not enough to offset the anger you feel when you lose service or have to sign in again.
Anyway, nothing earth shattering, but I did find the article interesting and I almost felt sympathy for Gogo, which I never thought would happen. Kind of like I never thought I'd like anything by Stone Temple Pilots.
And now, Woody Allen in Annie Hall telling a joke about elderly women complaining about wifi, I mean food.


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A long, long time ago in Sheffield, I remember a pub called The Wapentake, aka The Wop, that used to be full of Heavy Metal types drinking out of plastic glasses and listening to what they, presumably, thought was music. If you were into that sort of thing, then it was a right of passage for anyone remotely appearing 18 to visit. Indeed many a long haired sixth former at my school bragged that they had been drinking in The Wop on a Saturday afternoon, when in reality they had only walked past it and peeked in whilst out shopping with their Mam.
I was interestingly surprised when a similar named establishment opened up on Kirkgate in Leeds so I went along with a group of friends. Their initial reaction was what? Where? Four rounds later, this turned into, do we have to go?
Now I read recently on another blog site that Stonch reckons there is nothing trendy in Yorkshire. Well, I will dispute that strongly, but who gives a Fat Rascal about whatever he thinks! Anyway, whether you think it's trendy or not, I bet that you will agree with me that it is very good.
Having said all that, Kirkgate isn't exactly the trendiest part of Leeds is it, or it wasn't. I just wish that I had the foresight to buy a property down there about three or four years ago. You could pick a four storey shop up for less than £100K and then get a sizeable grant to do it up. And that's what the cognoscenti have done, and now there are some really cool places down Leeds' oldest street. Wapentake definitely being one of them.
It's difficult to put a finger on what Wapentake exactly is; a bar, a bakery, a café? Probably all of these and more. I'll just say that it is a really friendly place that serves good beer, both cask real ale and more modern keg beer styles. It's been open about six months now and I've called in a few times and it's never quiet and it's never over busy, it's just like spot on. You won't end up stood on your own like Nelly-no-mates neither because everyone talks to you, even The Oddfellows from next door who are an amazing inky bunch.
It's a bit like, but not, a French café and it's even got elements of a decent NY Irish bar, so I asked Anton Welburn, who along with Emily Youell owns and runs the business, what their ethos was? Simple. Yorkshire! If I'm honest, I shouldn't have had to ask because you've only got to look around and see that everything shouts louder than the Western terrace at Headingley – YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE!
There's four cask ales (always three from Yorkshire), Tea (Taylors of Harrogate, Yorkshire), Coffee (Coffechino, Leeds, Yorkshire). A lot of the spirits are from Yorkshire (Mason's Gin and others) All the produce in the kitchen is sourced from? Yep, Yorkshire. I could go on but the piece de resistance is the fridge behind the bar containing nothing but cans and bottles from Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire. Think Magic Rock, Great Heck, NMBCo. Brass Castle, Bad Seed, Roosters, Acorn, anyone, so long as they are from Gods own County.
As well as the bottles and cask beers there are three keg lines, plus a range of lagers and cider to suit everyone. I won't go into detail and I'll just stick the tap list up instead so you can see what I think are pretty good prices for the city centre. In terms of beer quality, everything I have had has been spot on. They even tell you about any unfined ales before they serve you anything murky. Last time I was in I had a North Bar brewing Tropical, which very probably will be the only time you'll ever see it in cask, as a special request made by Anton, just before they kegged the rest, and probably every other successive brew (note the pump clip in the pic above).
They do food as well. Full Yorkshire breakfast for £5.50. Snacks, light meals, sarnies, Yes, all locally sourced, and cooked in house along with their own bread and cakes which make it the only pub I can think of in town that is actually a bread and cake shop too? Apparently people do come in just for the bread which at £1.50 for a brown or white artisanal type loaf is good value.
As well as the single room bar there is also a second room upstairs and a nice yard cum smoking area at the back. Dogs are welcome and seem almost obligatory. Well behaved kids are allowed until early evening and there is plenty of stuff for them on the menu. In fact there is something for everyone at Wapentake and it's the sort of place where you will see Fashionistas mixing with Gran with her coffee, Grandad with a pint, Grandkids with pop, burgers and free Wifi, comfortably sat enjoying themselves amongst Ladies who lunch, while serious punters prop up the bar, interrupted only by a foodie calling in for their daily bread. There's even a Joanna, customers for the use of, so long as you can play it and can do requests.
I chatted to a bloke at the bar who said his wife wouldn't go in a pub unless the toilets were spot on. Well Wapentake's two uni-sex toilets (with baby changing) are exemplary. Unlike some other nearby establishments, renowned for their beer, where Mrs C and the ladies in our circle will always go for 'a quick wee' anywhere else before they enter the premises. Which sort of brings us full circle, to the original Wapentake I remember as a teenager in Sheffield, which would be instantly closed down nowadays, it was so disgusting.
Wapentake (wŏp′ən-tāk) An old Northern English translation of the old Norse Vāpnatak or weapon-take, the act of taking and showing weapons to indicate assent, or vote by show of sword, spear or axe, at public assembly. Essentially a council which became a subdivision of the Viking influenced northern counties in England, corresponding roughly to the Hundred in the lesser shires.


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If you have anything to do with managing animals then you'll no doubt be very familiar with Low Stress Stock Handling and the concept of pressure and release. Yes, get ready because I'm going to relate it to how we manage the people around us and especially coach them to creating sustainable change. As a mother, business partner and Fitness Coach I'm faced with the choice to add pressure or release pressure every day.
We all handle pressure differently and require a certain amount to perform. Nothing could be more significant than when coaching people to become more physically active. Motivation being the most significant factor in whether people start, complete or finish a fitness program. How much pressure do they need to start and how much can they handle during the program? The answers are only revealed as you add pressure. As with animals, some will fight you, defy you, and create every excuse under the sun to avoid conforming.
Others will comply without question and move in the direction of the herd. You'll get those types who stand in the gateway, unsure of whether moving through would be safe, hesitant to be the first and insecure about their ability to progress. This life takes all types!
What I know about pressure and release is that placing the right type of pressure for the individuals to move forward is important, making them feel it's a move in the right direction. Releasing that pressure for them to feel comfortable and confident in their new space allows them to discover for themselves that what they thought was scary and overwhelming is actually quite a good place to be.
Some obstacles and environments offer up a whole new challenge for people and require added pressure to move forward. It always helps if there are individuals who bravely make the move and show the rest of the group that it isn't so difficult after all. You just really hope that the rest of the herd are watching!
I wish they included LSS in their Cert IV Personal Trainer course. It would have saved me so many years of looking at people sitting in a gate way or putting me up the rails!
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Have you considered including a bequest for Art Access in your will or trust, or naming Art Access as a beneficiary of assets in your living trust? When you inform us of your planned gift intentions, you become a Legacy Donor, allowing us to recognize you for your generosity, foresight, and dedication to Art Access and those we serve.
Is a legacy gift the right choice for you?
Legacy gifts are for everybody, not just those who are wealthy. They represent a meaningful way to reflect and express your values, and strengthen Art Access for the long term.
What is the value of a legacy gift?
Through a planned gift of any amount, you are placing value on the mission of Art Access, investing in the worth of the full range of human experience that is essential in cultivating a civil and respectful community. A legacy gift helps ensure that Art Access retains its vibrant role in your life and the lives of future generations.
Benefits of Legacy Giving:
• Determine the legacy you leave behind;
• Provide inheritances to your heirs at a lower tax cost;
• Make a larger charitable gift than you may have thought possible;
• Enhance the value of your estate while reducing estate taxes;
• Insure that your gift is exempt from gift taxes;
• Diversify your investment portfolio; and
• Leave a legacy without giving up assets
What's next?
As a donor, you can designate your legacy gift with a specific purpose, such as support for youth programs, integrated arts residencies, literary workshops and activities, artist mentoring, gallery exhibitions, or accessibile tools and assistive technologies. You may also choose to leave your gift unrestricted so that Art Access can apply it toward the organization's greatest need upon receipt.
There are many forms of legacy gifts that are simple to incorporate into your estate planning. Below are three steps to take toward planning a legacy gift.
1. Contact your attorney and your financial advisor.* Tell them that you are considering a planned legacy gift to Art Access. They can assist you in defining what gift best fits with your personal and financial circumstances.
2. Talk with family and close friends about your plans and personal wishes in addressing family inheritance needs, as well as your legacy gifts.
3. Contact Art Access at 801-328-0703, option 3, to speak confidentially with our executive director, or email . We can provide you with sample language for bequests or discuss your gift structure.
*Art Access does not provide legal or tax advice. Please consult your legal and tax advisors regarding your specific situation.
Art Accsss is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational organization. As such, all donated contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.


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Pollution Prevention for Public Water Systems
Public water systems can take many actions to prevent pollution at their facilities, conserve energy, encourage water conservation, and set examples for their customers and communities.
- Use meters. Source water metering, service-connection metering, and public use water metering are management and conservation tools. Regular metering and audits of water use can help systems forecast demand and identify leaks or other potential problems.
- Routinely test and calibrate meters to ensure accurate readings.
- Use appropriate-sized meters. Meters that are too large for a customer's level of use will tend to underregister water use.
- Establish a leak detection and repair strategy.
- Explore pricing options for water use that encourage conservation such as cost-of-service or tiered pricing.
- Pick the right pump for the application. The size and use of a pump may impact its optimum efficiency.
- Network with other systems to learn about new and different technologies.
Energy Conservation
- Maintain pump efficiency. Over time, pump efficiency may decrease. Proper maintenance can extend pump life, conserve energy, and minimize energy costs. Changes in the following may indicate a change in efficiency: flow rate, discharge pressure, electrical demand, monthly energy usage, or hours of pump operation.
- Develop an energy plan. Include long-term goals for energy conservation, building and equipment maintenance, and regular energy audits.
- Evaluate lighting needs. Remove unnecessary light bulbs, such as those near windows, and in vending machines and other areas with natural or excess lighting.
- Retrofit lighting. Replace incandescent bulbs with fluorescent ones. Replace T-12 fluorescent bulbs with T-8 bulbs and appropriate ballasts.
- Install timers on lights.
- Purchase energy-efficient equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, and computers that power down when not in use.
- Evaluate heating and cooling systems. Install adjustable thermostats to regulate heating and cooling systems. For optimal energy savings, set thermostats at 78°F for cooling in the summer and 68°F for heating in the winter.
- Add trees or a berm around buildings to provide shade in the summer and protection against wind in the winter, which lowers heating and cooling costs and saves money.
- Contact your local utility to request an energy audit of your buildings and obtain solutions to conserve energy.
Waste Management
- Evaluate your wastes and processes that generate waste. Review billing records, purchase orders, and inventories to track materials needed to make your facility run and the use of those materials. Explore ways to minimize waste through material substitution, process efficiency, or process changes. Examples for public water systems include the following:
- Chemical substitution: Substitute safer chlorine pellets or sodium hypochlorite for a chlorine gas system.
- Process change: When adding flocculent or other chemicals, feed chemicals to maximize contact with water by increasing surface area or contact time. This maximizes the effectiveness of the reaction and may result in lower chemical use overall.
- Maintenance change: Use a water softener to minimize calcium build-up in pipes.
- Maintain good inventories. Accurate inventories and recordkeeping can help reduce waste by reducing duplication, preventing expiration of materials, and identifying excess use.
- Properly label all chemical and waste containers to prevent cross-contamination.
- Understand chemical compatibility. Review and retain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
- Properly store all chemical containers and wastes. Proper storage can eliminate accidental spills or damage to containers. Chemicals such as activated carbon can deteriorate if exposed to air.
- Store chemicals away from the well system or water treatment units, as an accidental spill could disrupt your entire system.
- Incorporate spill prevention precautions. Use secondary containment measures and leak inspection schedules to minimize contamination and loss from accidental spills. Have a spill cleanup kit near any chemicals that could cause a problem.
- Recycle. Set the example. Promote recycling of office paper, cans, cardboard, newspapers, and other materials at your facility and in your community.
- Initiate a green purchasing program to encourage purchase of recycled and environmentally friendly products. Adjust procurement plans to allow competitive bids to reflect the environmental qualities of the product. For example, Idaho allows a price adjustment for recycled paper purchases to encourage state agencies to buy recycled products.
Vehicle Fleets
Vehicles can impact the air, water, and land. Facilities with fleets have additional opportunities to prevent pollution.
- Follow routine maintenance schedules on all facility vehicles. Proper tire pressure, clean filters, and routine oil changes can increase the efficiency of a vehicle, leading to better gas mileage, lower operating costs, and longer vehicle life.
- When contracting service for vehicles, consider shops that practice pollution prevention and follow environmental best management practices, such as the use of aqueous parts washers over solvents, proper waste management, and dry shop cleaning methods.
Lawn Care
Set the example for lawn maintenance by practicing water conservation and minimizing potential contaminants to water.
- Conserve water. Water at night or during the coolest part of the day. Install a programmable watering meter that automatically turns water on and off. Use a mulching lawn mower. Water only lawn and garden areas. Ensure sprinkler systems do not extend to parking lots and roads.
- Manage chemical use. Limit pesticide and fertilizer use on facility property. Use fertilizer in proportion to the watering and plant needs.
- Substitute less toxic chemicals. If chemicals must be used, choose less hazardous chemicals to minimize impacts to surrounding water systems.
For Your Community
Actively work with community leaders to educate the public and protect drinking water sources.
- Support residential household hazardous waste programs to divert hazardous materials from the landfill and prevent contamination of water sources.
- Establish a city outreach program to educate users about water conservation and protection of drinking water sources. Consider offering water-use audits to large-volume customers or residents.
- Educate your customers about water conservation and protecting water sources through bill inserts, public meetings, and a clear, easy-to-read water bill.
- Work with local nurseries and appliance and hardware stores to ensure availability of water conservation products (xeriscape plants, low-flow toilets, and aerators) in your community.


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"Next to my wedding, I've always looked forward to turning 18!" - Kathryn Bernardo
In one with Kathryn Bernardo's 18th Birthday Celebration, we present our 18 gifts to the Teen Queen!
Ang debut ni Kathryn na inihanda ng Kadreamers World para sa kanya
Pasukin natin ang tahanan ni Teen Queen Kathryn Bernardo!
Kathryn's 18 Candles
Pakinggan ang birthday messages and wishes mula sa 18 Candles ni Kathryn
Kathryn's 18 Roses
Panoorin ng debutante's dance ni Kathryn with her 18 roses
Kathryn Bernardo: From Bulilit to Teen Queen
Ang cute na cute na si Kathryn sa Super Inggo at Goin Bulilit
Kathryn Bernardo: The Teen Queen of Drama
Panoorin ang mga eksenang nagluklok kay Kathryn Bernardo bilang
Top 6 Teleserye Roles of Kathryn Bernardo
Bago ipalabas ang coverage ng kanyang debut party sa Sunday's Best sa Linggo, April 6, balikan muna natin ang mga karakter na ginampanan ni Kathryn bago pa siya naging si Chichay sa Got To Believe.
Kathryn's 18 favorites you probably didn't know about
The little girl is now a woman! How well do you know Kathryn Bernardo now that she's 18?
The official photos from Kathryn's Debut Party
Check out the official photos from the Coming Out Party of Kathryn Bernardo
Top 5 highlights of Kathryn Bernardo's debut
Here are the top 5 highlights of the Teen Queen's debut last Saturday, March 29, 2014.
Kathryn Bernardo at 18: The Teen Queen's Coming Out Party
Kathryn Bernardo celebrates her 18th birthday
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Well-Wishers for Kathryn at 18
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Kathryn Bernardo's Dog Party
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Bernardo Family reveals the real Kathryn as she turns 18!
Now that Kathryn Bernardo has finally turned 18, the people closest to her describe her and share their birthday wishes for the debutante.
Happy Birthday, Kathryn!
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Kathryn's Debut Presscon Highlights
Kathryn shares details about her 18th birthday party at her debut presscon
Kathryn's Debut Presscon
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We are the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them. Please join us as we forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives.
In the criminal justice system, the process begins after a crime has been committed and reported to law enforcement. If an arrest has been made and charges filed, the offender may be prosecuted and the crime is considered "a crime against the state." The prosecutor represents the interests of the state, and the process is meant to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused offenders.
The civil justice system does not attempt to determine the innocence or guilt of an offender. Rather, it attempts to determine whether an offender or a third party is liable for the injuries sustained as a result of the crime. A civil court finding of liability usually means that the defendant must pay the victim or his/her family monetary damages. The civil justice system can provide victims with the monetary resources necessary to rebuild their lives, and can hold defendants who are found liable directly accountable to the victim.
Most crime victims have the right to file a civil lawsuit seeking financial compensation from the perpetrator or from others whose unreasonable conduct gave rise to conditions that allowed the crime to occur. In civil cases, the plaintiff must prove there is a 51% or greater chance that the defendant committed all the elements of the wrong. It is possible to find the defendant liable in a civil case even though a verdict of "not guilty" was rendered in the criminal case.
See Making Restitution Real, the National Center's toolkit on collecting court-ordered fees and penalties.
Compensation may be available to victims from a state's crime victim compensation fund. Compensation funds are designed to reimburse victims for certain losses and expenses resulting from the crime, such as funeral expenses, medical bills, counseling fees, lost wages and others out-of-pocket costs incurred by the victims. The amount of compensation may be reduced by amounts that the victim has received from insurance or other sources. In addition, state laws provide limits on how much money can be given for an individual crime or a particular type of loss. There are also other restrictions on eligibility for victim compensation.
There are time limits set by law for filing criminal and civil lawsuits; these statutes of limitations vary from state to state. Any suit filed after the expiration of the SOL is "time-barred" and cannot proceed. In cases involving child victims and victims with repressed memories, the time in which victims can file may be extended. An attorney should be contacted about questions regarding statutes of limitations.
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I guess there was some drama involved, but don't tell me you're totally surprised that the winner of Spike TV and Michael Irvin's 4th and Long is - ta-da! - a Michael Irvin clone.
Jesse Holley has the size (6-foot-3), speed (4.5) and smile of Irvin, and now he has a chance. Albeit the longest of longshots.
As predicted, the 25-year-old originally recruited to North Carolina by now-SMU basketball coach Matt Doherty won the reality show last night, earning the 80th roster spot when the Dallas Cowboys head to San Antonio for training camp a week from today.
"I can't tell you that I haven't thought about the similarities," says Irvin. "But we won three Super Bowls with the real Michael Irvin, so it's not a bad thing that he fits the Michael Irvin profile."
Holley was a backup point guard on the Tar Heels' 2005 national champion basketball team, but focused on football after a pedestrian college career. He has dreadlocks, an engaging persona and a tattoo of steepled hands wearing receiver's gloves, surrounded by the words "Heavenly Received."
Now he must beat out almost as many Cowboys' receivers (6) as he had college touchdowns (7). Hey, it ain't called 4th and Goal.
The Cowboys will take 11 receivers to camp: Roy Williams, Patrick Crayton, Miles Austin, Sam Hurd, Isaiah Stanback, Manny Johnson, Travis Wilson, Mike Jefferson, Kevin Ogletree, Julian Hawkins and Holley.
Says Irvin of Holley's chances, "Outside of Roy Williams, I'm not looking at a guy that is head and shoulders above Jesse."
Ouch. Either Irvin's the greatest talent evaluator since Jimmy Johnson, or perhaps that's a stinging indictment of the Cowboys' corps.
Holley spent 2007 in training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals and spent six weeks on their practice squad. He was working as a cellphone salesman when he heard about Irvin's show.
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"I'm already expecting when I get there guys are going to think I'm a joke, that I'm some slap-meat that they found on the street," Holley says. "That's absolutely fine. I understand that I have to come in and prove myself every single day. I think once they see me on the field, see the ability I have, you will hear those talks slowly quiet down. They'll quickly find out that I'm not just a TV guy. I can really play this game."
In the end, the show is a cool, unique concept ... that you'd rather see another NFL team endure. A year ago the Cowboys were featured by HBO's Hard Knocks. Now they're holding American Idol tryouts.
The main problem: When camp opens next Tuesday, head coach Wade Phillips will have an 80th man on his roster that he had absolutely zero say in inviting there.
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The British and Irish Squad was named a few nights ago, bringing an end to months of speculation. The 41-man squad brought many surprises into the mix, including the likes of Ben Te'o and Kyle Sinckler. Despite the squad being mainly English, the squad which has been selected is a solid side. 16 English, 12 Welsh, 11 Irish and 2 Scottish players were selected, in the hope that under the guidance of head coach Warren Gatland, that they can do the impossible and tame the All Blacks in their own backyard. Many factors will contribute to the success on the tour, which will be a series victory, but as we are just over a month out from the tour, history is all that is certain.
For any side to venture to New Zealand and expect a series victory, seems incomprehensible due to the success of years past. This Lions team can't go to New Zealand hoping for victory, they have to believe they can. In order to be motivated to attempt the impossible, the leader is important, and a good one is vital. It's due to that that the selection of former Welsh captain Sam Warburton as the tour captain is spot on. Warburton was once the best captain in World Rugby. The way he could communicate with the referees on field was world class. His level head and will to succeed, will prove a great asset as much off the field as it does on. As Gatland mentioned in the announcement, Warburton will have to battle for a spot in the starting XV. Despite it being unlikely that the tour captain won't be in the test XV, his selection can be seen as much as an off field choice, as it is on.
Both sides will, or in the All Blacks case are likely to, have some interesting selections in their test 23. For the Lions, Elliot Daly can be labeled as a dark horse. To some, his selection in the Lions squad was a shock, but due to his versatility and on-field performances for England, he might shock his critics that much more and make the test team, if that's on the bench or not. Daly can play Centre, Wing or Fullback, which would prove him to be an asset off the bench. He can slot 60 metre penalties at training, and he has shown that he can do the same on the field. It's a bonus for the squad. Goal kicking won't be a problem for the Lions though, as that will be a strength as highlighted by Warren Gatland.
"Looking at the squad, the point of difference is maybe our goal-kicking, i think we've got four or five of the world's best goal-kickers going with us and if we're going to have an edge somewhere it could be in the area." – Warren Gatland
At twenty years of age, Jordie Barrett has already proven to the rugby world 'down under' that he is ready for the next level. His brother Beauden is the World Rugby player of the year (2016), so living in his shadow was likely to be an issue, but in some aspects he has upstaged his older brother. Beauden has received three yellow cards in his last two games, so he has needed his rookie brother to step up. That's exactly what he has done. With incredible skills and excellent goal-kicking, it's clear that he is on the radar of the All Blacks. Steven Hansen highlighted in an interview on Thursday, that Jordie's goal-kicking percentage of 81% is excellent, hence suggesting that he has definitely caught the eye of the All Blacks head coach. Sir John Kirwan suggested on an All Blacks podcast via Facebook ('Feed the Backs') that the All Blacks could combat the world class kicking game of the Lions. To do this, they would need to field three fullbacks in their back three, including possibly Jordie Barrett. With Ben Smith and Israel Dagg on a wing each, this is feasible.
"Beauden Barrett is not kicking at the moment, his brother is for the Hurricanes and it may be the difference." – Warren Gatland
Beauden isn't kicking so in order to fix the issue with his inexperience from the tee this season, then Jordie could very well be the answer. Past form has got both Jordie and Elliot Daly to the positions they are in at the moment, the key is what is to come. The games remaining in Super Rugby and the provisional Lions tour games will be vital to both players in the teams they are involved in respectively. It'll be interesting, but really, these players have just as good of a shot at test match rugby as anyone.
Of course, a lot of debate has occurred due to those who were omitted from the prestigious squad. The two big names who jump out at any rugby fan, include English captain Dylan Hartley and Joe Launchbury. To fully encapsulate how much of a loss Launchbury in particular will be, a quote from the London Wasps (Launchbury's team) director of rugby Dai Young should be looked at.
"Two man of the matches in the Six Nations, up for Player of the Six Nations as well as being nominated England Player of the Season by his team-mates, and still he doesn't get on the plane.
As well as that, he's captain of the team sitting at the top of the Aviva Premiership at this moment in time, so it's very hard to understand how Launchers isn't on that plan and very hard to understand what more he could have done." – Dai Young
It says it all really. Courtney Laws was controversially selected, possible instead of Launchbury, due to Gatland's game plan. How Gatland tends to coach, is that he loves the big man game. He will try and out muscle the All Blacks, that could be why Laws is in the squad rather than Launchbury. Another player who wasn't selected, was English captain Dylan Hartley. Hartley has really turned his career around, despite a hiccup including a six-week suspension last December, earning himself the English captaincy. Under Eddie Jones, Hartley has proven to be a leader of men. Despite a combination of his leadership and playing ability, Gatland still didn't see him as a Lion. The 2016 coach of the year in Steve Hansen (New Zealand) reacted to the news of a Lion-less Hartley early on Thursday.
"There are always going to be surprises, with some people being selected and some people not being selected, and that comes down to people's opinions, doesn't it? The guy that has the last say is the guy that is usually coaching them. I think Hartley would have been an asset but i'm not picking the team." – Steven Hansen
Is it just the beginning of the mind games? Is Hansen just trying to force Gatland to regret his decisions? Only time will tell, but there is a chance that at least one if not both players will feature for the Lions in June/July. Injuries are a reality for the Lions, and according to Gatland, they have to prepare six to ten injuries throughout the tour. For their positions, these players would be the first two called up if a player is needed.
How this will play out
Very early signs, so due to injuries and other factors, this may change. At first glance, the All Blacks will win this series. Despite the fact that the Lions will field a very strong starting XV, they won't be fit enough and skillful enough to compete with the men in black. They have to get '10 per cent fitter than last time' (Australia, 2013) according to fitness expert Paul Stridgeon, but will that be enough? The All Blacks ability to play in the five metre channel with some pace and skill is exceptional, and the Lions will struggle to adapt to this. Despite the Lions coming from four nations, they will struggle to match the strength off the bench.
A combination of squad capability and schedule will prove the Lions downfall. Former All Blacks coach, Sir Graham Henry, labeled the Lions tour schedule as 'suicidal.' He isn't wrong, as the Lions have to play 10 games in New Zealand, with games only four days between each other on some occasions. Due to the heavy schedule, injuries are almost certain, which will contribute to the test series. Players who are representing the Heartland XV are playing the games of their lives, so they will not hold back. Very early on, an All Blacks 3-0 sweep seems logical. They haven't lost a test at home since 2009 in Hamilton (verse South Africa), will that continue? Time will tell.


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No one on CityBeats editorial staff has a child. We can sympathize, but we cant really know what its been like for parents to watch events unfold in Newtown, Ct., since last Friday and feel the terror of sending their own kids off to school only to never see them again because some young sociopath had something to prove and access to high-powered weaponry.
Still, we all know children, and we can imagine. We can certainly empathize with the grief, and we feel our hearts break as we see the photos of 20 6- and 7-year-olds who were massacred and hear their stories: what they liked to do, whether they had siblings, how they made their families feel.
In January 2011, after a young man in Tucson, Ariz., shot and killed six people (including a little girl) and severely wounded Congressmember Gabrielle Giffords, our editorial called for easier access to mental-health services and tighter restrictions on guns, specifically a new ban on assault weapons.
That didnt happen. No one thought it would. In the nearly two years since, people have been indiscriminately murdered in shooting sprees in Nevada, California (in two incidents), Georgia, Washington, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota and now Connecticut. During that time, gun laws have only been loosened. Yes, loosened.
Plenty of commentators in the past few days have said that it feels different this time—that this was the incident that will finally prompt action. The ages of the victims shouldnt make a difference—all people gunned down were loved by someone—but they do.
These were first-graders, born in 2005 and 2006—innocent by any definition of the word, not yet jaded by anything our cruel society has to offer. These were mere babies. And now theyre dead, each shot multiple times in a matter of seconds, because we make it way too easy for screwed-up people to get their hands on weapons created for military combat.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Sunday that shed introduce a bill in the new Congress to ban certain types of assault weapons, including high-capacity clips that allow a gunman to fire more than 10 rounds rapidly without having to reload. We had an assault-weapons ban between 1994 and 2004, but Congress allowed it to expire. Several attempts to institute a new ban, pushed mostly by Congressmember Carolyn McCarthy of New York, whose husband was murdered in a 1993 shooting spree, have died in committee. We urge you to contact your member of Congress and tell them to vote yes on the assault-weapons ban.
But thats just the beginning. We also need to maintain the momentum on a couple of other proposals that are on the table: requiring background checks on all sales of guns in the U.S.—loopholes allow private and gun-show sales without background checks, totaling roughly 40 percent of all sales—and making gun-trafficking a felony. (Speaking of gun shows, folks behind the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in March 2013 say this on their website: We respectfully request that you do not bring any loaded firearm into the gun show. Safety is our Number One Priority, and a safe environment in the show can only be maintained if there are no loaded guns in the show. Ironic, eh?)
Should those efforts prove successful, well need to continue to do anything we can to reduce the number of guns in circulation or access to guns and ammunition (Israel, for example, limits the number of bullets a person can buy in one year, as well as who can possess a gun). The Sacramento Bee wants a buyback program, among other things.
The National Rifle Association will fight us every step of the way, using the Second Amendment as a phony shield. On Monday, the radio show Marketplace quoted Lee Drutman of the Sunlight Foundation as saying that during the last election cycle, the NRA spent more than $24 million, dwarfing the paltry $5,816 spent by the nations largest gun-control organization.
In politics, money is what wields power. Thats why, if you want to help balance the scales, we suggest that you, to whatever extent possible, donate to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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When May and I bought our piece of second-growth forest in 1978, we carved out a clearing for our house, a driveway and parking space, and a leach field. Now the forest is creeping back.
The last time the woods closed in, about 15 years ago, we had a notion of clearing a view of the Wapack Range, 10 miles away, and opening a slot that would allow a lance of sunrise to strike our bedroom window on the spring and fall equinoxes. It would be our private Stonehenge.
Then we realized that such a slot would have to be about a quarter-mile long and require constant trimming to be kept open. That sounded like too much work for the sake of feeling like a Druid two mornings a year. So we settled for pushing back the woods to let in more morning light.
Now it's time to do it again. But when? Weekends are already too hectic. My wife, who teaches, is in school for 10 to 14 hours every weekday, and I've promised not to use the chainsaw solo. Instead, I used our big clippers to take down the smallest saplings at ground level and lop off the tops of bigger ones. What's left is a strange spectacle: dozens of 4-foot-high sticks with no branches. It looks more like a modern art installation than Stonehenge. All it needs is a catalog.


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It was fun coming home after a visit to Gerberoy to discover that I had taken this photo from practically the same point of view that Henri le Sidaner had painted "Table sur la Terrasse," below. It's not the same angle, but it's close enough. Le Sidaner (1862-1939) was a post-impressionist painter who purchased property in the Picardie hill-top village and created a multi-terraced garden in which he found inspiration for many of his intimist paintings. The scene here is from an upper terrace which has a commanding view of hay fields in the distance. This village with a thousand years of history and sitting on the ancient frontier of Normandy and France, was a strategic outpost in the Hundred Years' War.
à peu près: not very different from; roughly; just about
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Stop participating in the cruel and inhumane slaughter of alligators.
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A single Hermès Kelly bag made from baby alligator skin costs $43,000. But the price these alligators and crocodiles pay is far greater. Their short lives are spent packed in fetid pools and dank, dark sheds without sunshine, fresh air, clean water, or basic medical care.This misery ends with their inhumane and unthinkably painful slaughter, after which only their bellies are used for these luxury goods.
Join me in asking Hermès help put a stop to the unethical farming of alligators and crocodiles, and discontinue use of these skins in their products.
At just one year old, baby alligators are shot with a captive-bolt gun and crudely hacked into while still conscious and fully able to feel pain. All for a "luxurious" watch band that rarely even lasts a year. PETA has documented this horrifying abuse and slaughter at farms in Zimbabwe and Texas, which contract exclusively with Hermès. You can watch their gruesome video here.
Alligators and crocodiles are highly intelligent and social animals. They work together to capture their prey. They have even been recorded using tools to hunt. They are devoted mothers, who stand guard over their eggs for months and stay with their babies for years. In the wild, their life expectancy is longer than humans'. But the fashion industry kills them in cold blood when they are no more than three years old.
Hermès has a die-hard and devoted following. They could do so much for animal welfare by ending their contracts with these cruel farms and announcing they will no longer use alligator and crocodile skins.
I am calling on animal lovers everywhere to help stop this carnage posing as "luxury."Please join me in asking Hermès to take the higher ground, and discontinue its support of cruel alligator and crocodile farming.
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Upper Yamuna River Board is a subordinate office under Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. A memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Utter Pradesh, Rajasthan and National Capital Territory of Delhi on 12th May, 1994 regarding allocation of utilizable surface flow of River Yamuna upto Okhla Barrage among the co-basin States. The MoU provides for creation of a board called Upper Yamuna River Board(UYRB). UYRB was constituted by the Resolution No. 10(66)/71-IT dated 11th March 1995 of MoWR, RD & GR, Govt. of India.
The Board shall consist of Member, Central Water Commission as part time Chairman and one nominee each from the States of Utter Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and National Capital Territory of Delhi not below the rank of the Chief Engineer, a Chief Engineer from Central Electricity Authority and representatives of Central Ground Water Board and Central Pollution Control Board as part time Members. The Board shall have a full time Member-Secretary who does not belong to beneficiary states. All the posts of UYRB Secretariat are filled on deputation basis from Staff/Officers of Central/State Government.
As per Resolution dated 11th March, 1995, there shall be a "Upper Yamuna Review Committee(UYRC)" comprising of the Chief Ministers (Governor in case of President's Rule) of the States of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Utter Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and National Capital Territory of Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Hon'ble Minister, MoWR, RD & GR, Govt. of India for assessment of working of the UYRB and ensure implementation of MoU dated 12.05.1994 regarding allocation of surface flow of Yamuna and issue directions as may be necessary for the proper development and management of the upper reaches of the Yamuna River Basin upto and including Okhla Barrage.
The main function of Upper Yamuna River Board is to regulate the allocation of available flows amongst the beneficiary States and also monitoring the return flows; monitoring conserving and upgrading the quality of surface and ground water; maintaining hydro-meteorological data for the basin; over viewing plans for watershed management; monitoring and reviewing the progress of all projects upto and including Okhla barrage. The Board has started the process of installation of telemetry system to observe discharge at 11 locations in the basin to ensure real-time dissemination of flow data amongst participating States.
The States have agreed that a minimum flow in proportion of completion of upstream storages going upto 10 cumec shall be maintained downstream of Tajewala/ Hathnikund and downstream of Okhla Headwork throughout the year from ecological considerations as upstream storages are built up progressively in a phased manner. Meanwhile, Hon'ble NGT ordered vide order dated 11.06.2015 that "The state of Haryana shall release of 10 cumec water directly into main stream of river Yamuna from Hathnikund Barrage and maintain e-flow of the river till Wazirabad. Accordingly, at present,10 cumec water is being released from Hathnikund Barrage directly into the river in compliance of the aforesaid order.
Government of India has included the three proposed storage projects in the upper reaches of Yamuna and its tributaries known as Renukaji Dam, Kishau Dam and Lakhwar-Vyasi Projects as National Projects for which 90% of the cost of irrigation and drinking water supply component of the project shall be provided by the Government of India. Investment clearance for Lakhwar project on River Yamuna was accorded by Govt. of India in April, 2016 and further activities regarding the development of the project are in progress. Vyasi Project on River Yamuna is under construction and 40% work has been completed. The project is scheduled for commissioning by December, 2018. An MoU has been signed between Govt. of Uttarakhand and Govt. of Himachal Pradesh on dated 20th June, 2015 for the execution of Kishau MPP on River Tons, tributary of River Yamuna in Sirmaur Distt., HP and in Dehradun Distt., Uttarakhand as the project is to be executed through a joint venture between Govt. of both the States. Memorandum of Association (MoA), Article of Association (AoA) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Uttarakhand & Himachal Pradesh for the execution of Kishau MPP has been approved by the Government of Uttarakhand vide letter dated 27.07.2016 of Secretary, Power, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun. Land acquisition and other activities for the Renukaji Dam Project on river Giri, tributary of River Yamuna are in progress.
UYRB has organized 49 meeting of the Board and 6 meeting of the UYRC since its constitution to till date and has been working on various related issues amongst the Basin States of Upper Yamuna reaches.


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"Don't wish time away." These four simple words, spoken offhandedly by one of my professors, woke me up to quite an obvious and urgent concept.
Today's stress and sorrow can often push us to long for the weekend, for nicer weather, for spring break, for a few years from now when life will surely be perfect. The biggest relief is finally reaching Friday; we live for the glorified weekend as the weeks quietly crumble away into months, years, and entire life stages.
I've been completely guilty of this. I've caught my mind living in the future so many times it's sickening. In the middle of a day just as undeserved and mercifully gifted to
me as any, I discard its potential beauty and wish time away, longing for days to come.
What exactly is it we're rushing towards? The next stage, the next step, the next achievement. More comfort, less to do, more happiness. But when we arrive, let's be honest. . . it's never enough. Before long, we're dreaming of the next change.
Focusing on the future can seem fun and harmless in the moment- but when it becomes a consistent mindset, the consequences are horrifying.
I Was Dying
First, I was dying to finish high school and start college.
And then, I was dying to finish college and start working.
And then, I was dying to marry and have children.
And then, I was dying for my children to grow old enough for school.
And then, I was dying to retire.
And now, I am dying ...
and suddenly, I realize I forgot to live . . .
How terribly remorseful it must be to face death and realize you rushed through the few years you were given. In reality, our days are not many. Life moves fast without any extra prodding. So where's the hope? How can we ever escape from this reckless race?
1. Ask God for wisdom in realizing your life's brevity:
"Show me, Lord, my life's end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,
even those who seem secure.
6 "Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom;
in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth
without knowing whose it will finally be.
7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you."
{Psalm 39:4-7}
2. Find joy in simple things. When I posted a question on Facebook asking about when you really feel alive, many of the responses mentioned the most uncomplicated, living-in-the-moment things: being outside, enjoying the sun, biking, stargazing, running, making snow angels, quality conversations, and gardening. It is when we commit to living in the moment, capturing the full delight of the smallest blessings, that we can feel relaxed contentment with where life is for now.
3. Give of yourself to others. A majority of the comments also mentioned the fullness found in helping others. Living and striving for your future and how it can serve you is selfish. Serving others, even in the smallest, most random ways, is the exact opposite of this selfishness. Embrace God's will for your every single day and keep your eyes open for ways to give of yourself to others. This kind of a lifestyle will bring bountifully more satisfaction and meaning than any other.
Hear this: don't wish time away. Don't let yourself dwell in an idealized future. Embrace each day for the beauty found in it and the beauty your God-inspired service can add to it. It's moment by moment, day by day. That's when and how God moves.
2/27/2017 10:12:21 am
So true. Never considered that in a way we are worshipping the future!
Anna Koeppe
2/27/2017 07:23:09 pm
That's very true, it can become a real hindrance for lots of people.
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This will be supplemented by 10 face-to-face days in Berlin per semester.
Prospective students have to apply with a first project idea which will be developed during the Master programme with the support of experienced project coaches and a personal tutor. The School's educational approach of project-based learning enables its students to use human rights as a tool for positive transformation with regards e.g. to the corporate culture of company, an advocacy strategy of a civil society organisation or the ethical sustainability of a public urban planning project.
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Dottati Figs; harvested in September directly on our trees only when the season permits it, these beautiful flowers, are candied in a warm sugar syrup added with a little part of apple vinegar. Spectacular with all kind of cheeses or simply spread on a crisp slice of Tuscan bread.
Since 1500 candied fruit, brought to Italy by the Arabs, has been a mainstay of the pastry and the culinary arts in general, allowing a natural element such as sugar to preserve fruits and vegetables.
These are dipped in a warm bath for days at a controlled temperature, encouraging the physical exchange between water and sugar, with which maintain over time the best organoleptic and natural conservation.
Everything is produced in-house by Bonci, to present in its range four special preparations: Spicy pear chutney, candied little tomatoes , peppers mustard, candied figs.
NUTRITION DECLARATION for 100 g Energia / Energy kj/kcal 1208 / 284 Grassi / Fat 0.3 g di cui/of which Acidi grassi Saturi 0.2 g Acidi grassi Monoinsaturi / mono – unsaturates 0.1 g Carboidrati / Carbohydrates 69.8 g Di cui /of which Zuccheri / Sugar 62.04 g Fibre /Fibre 3.1 g Proteine / Proteins 0.6 g
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I have a theory that if a handed down cookbook contains pages with folded down corners, then those recipes are keepers… or at the very least worth testing out. And so was the case with this Church Cookbook Layered Lemon Lush Recipe.
Found in the Istrouma Baptist Church community cookbook (circa 1979)- Cookin' Somethin' Special II, that was tucked in the very back of one of my grandmother's kitchen cabinets, the cookbook (and all its hidden goodness of notes and folded down pages) was quickly headed to the Goodwill had I not intervened.
When your grandmother leaves behind adult sons, one of which (my father) who momentarily believed he should sell his home and live "gyspy style" in an RV with a tiny baby kitchen, it's a really good thing there was someone like me to swoop in and save those buried treasures.
On the very first page, there's a handwritten note "310 4 cup salad", and on page 2 along with the cookbook committee lineup, another note for "Miss Mead pg. 289".
Of course, I quickly went to both of those pages first. The "4" cup salad is actually "One Cup Salad" and worthy of its own post now that we are heading into the summer months and on page 289 while there's no mention of Miss Mead, only a Callie McKenzie's Three Layer Pie and Patsy Dufour's Tollhouse Pie there was an "* Lemon Lush".
A quick turn to the Lemon Lush recipe and there I found similarities between the Three Layer Pie and today's Layered Lemon Lush by Janie Sue Byrd. One is chocolate, one is lemon.
Same exact pecan cookie crust and the same whipped cream cheese second layer.
- Layer One:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Layer Two:
- 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup (of an 8 ounce container) Cool Whip
- Layer Three:
- 2 packages (3.4 ounce) Jello instant lemon pudding
- 2 cups milk
- Layer Four:
- Remaining Cool Whip
- Layer One: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside. Combine ingredients and press into baking pan. Bake for 15 mins, cool thoroughly.
- Layer Two: In the bowl of a stand mixer, or with an electric mixer, combine the ingredients until light and fluffy. Spread over the pecan cookie crust. Place in freezer while you prepare the pudding.
- Layer Three: In a separate bowl, combine the ingredients until the pudding begins to thicken. Remove from freezer and spread over the cream cheese layer.
- Layer Four: Spread the remaining Cool Whip on top of the pudding layer.
- Chill or freeze until ready to serve.
Both recipes call for oleo which was easily replaced with an unsalted butter for the cookie crust. Layer two is a whipped cream cheese layer of pure deliciousness, followed by a third layer of lemon pudding. The fourth layer of Cool Whip was originally optional or "as needed", but I went ahead and used the remaining tub of an 8 ounce container of Cool Whip for an entire fourth layer.
The recipe reminded me of a potluck dish, so I refrained from my signature whipped cream swirl topper. The recipe isn't the prettiest in the pan (who the heck knows what's in there?!), but boy is it delicious once you scoop out a slice.
Garnish with a little lemon wedge and zest and you're all set for a light and refreshing treat to beat the impending summer heat. Page folded and granddaughter approved.
And if you're in the mood for another one of my grandmother's cookbook recipes, try out this Cajun Bundt Cake.


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Google (s goog) has made its Google Patents tool markedly more useful by tuning it to be even better at identifying potential infringements. Specifically, the company announced on Tuesday, Google Patents now undertakes the tricky task of spotting prior art by analyzing key phrases in individual patents across Google's collections of book, scholarly research, patents and, indeed, web databases.
A capability like this has been a long time coming considering the problems that exist in searching for patents — especially prior art. Priort art is generally defined as "all information that has been disclosed to the public in any form about an invention before a given date." For practitioners, however, the definition might as well read "nearly impossible to search for given the ever-growing volumes of published material."
With that in mind, here's what Google claims it can do in a blog post explaining the new feature:
With a single click, it searches multiple sources for related content that existed at the time the patent was filed. …
The Prior Art Finder identifies key phrases from the text of the patent, combines them into a search query, and displays relevant results from Google Patents, Google Scholar, Google Books, and the rest of the web.
Additionally, Google blog post author Jon Orwant notes, Google Patents also can translate searches across numerous languages to make it easier to search for similar patents in European countries as well as the United States.
In March, I explained the problems with patent search — especially through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — and identified a handful of big data techniques that might be able to help simplify it. What's interesting, however, is that the USPTO seems to be offloading some of the responsibility for improving the process to Google by helping load its Patents system with the agency's data.
That presents a curious dilemma for both the USPTO and the patent bar: Google Patents could be highly valuable as a free service using the cutting edge in search techniques to discover patents, but relying on a commercial entity knee deep in patent feuds across a broad range of technologies does open itself to discussions of whether Google's interests might ultimately influence its results.
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|Re: [Lynx-dev] V-page. Comp-Sci question: "jumping back in" via V-page: coroutine, continuation, what?
|Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:55:15 +0100
On 3/27/08, David Combs <address@hidden> wrote: > Question: how to get back to where I was, ie where the *first* h had > returned me to (from reading an article)? > > Currently, I believe, there's no way to get back into truthout, > *cursor at same point that first h got me to" -- before being > popped off a presumed stack (hmmm -- I wonder just how that > v-page algorithm works, what data-structure, etc). > It is defined in src/LYHistory.c > Rather, I must again "click" (ie, hit <return>) the truthout-link, > and I end up at the top of truthout, now down where I had been > before my extra h. > > QUESTION: What would it take to be able to do just that, ie > get back to exactly where I had been? > In recent lynx, you could use Ctrl+u (NEXT_DOC) to undo recent h (PREV_DOC). But it works only in active branch of tree (only through history list) and not inside Visited links page ie. it is somehow completly different from how it is done in other browsers. And that is mainly because they dont do any difference from History and Visited links - that is same thing for them. > QUESTION: Looking at the V-page "tree", what would it take > to be able go directly to any of those V-page nodes, > landing there with the cursor at where it had been when I > had last been there? In recent lynx there is (*some kind of*) sessions support, and if you ever tried that feature, and after that looked at session file you will notice that lines started with h (history entries) have always 2 numbers; that is what are you looking for; first number is rendered document line and second one is active link. (Rendered document active line depends on terminal size - so it can be different - and completely broken after you change terminal size betwen sesions or during current session ...) On other hand *Visited Links code* doesnt store last active link and line. > Hmmm. We already do have the V-page data structure, whatever > it is, that shows the path we had been on when we first > hit a node (site). And if we "click" on it, we'll end up > at the *top* of that page. > > What would we have to save in that V-graph or whatever it is, > just the number (the square-bracketed numerical label of > the link) we were last at? It is possible and simple to add. > And what about after getting back there, we hit h, > what happens? Do we go to the father-node as shown in the > V-page? PREV_DOC and NEXT_DOC will take in account line and link number stored in history list - so cursor will be positioned on last link as it was before last visit. Note that *Visited Links* list doesnt have nothing with *History* list they are completely different. > Anyway, interesting questions, with maybe not-so-difficult > solutions. (Not that I's asking for Lynx to have this > ability -- although it would be useful!) Could this be enabled by default or via some kind of runtime option? > Thanks for reading this far! > Thank you for nice idea!
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I'm down to the final details in gathering all the necessary ingredients to produce this year's church directory. We had a severe split during the summer, and the only way to know who considers themselves a part of our church community is to build it from scratch. So I've been hard at work taking photos and importing data from those who stepped up. It's almost ready to print. Whew.
Only one problem: Mauri has been sidelined with back issues for going on four weeks now, with no solutions in the foreseeable future. He can sit without pain but needs a walker to navigate life around "514." So . . . If the mountain couldn't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain, as it is written.
On my lunch hour today I set up this portable photo studio in our entry hall. Yes, we have a real tripod, but this makeshift stand with my stack of retirement reads plus two Bibles served us just fine. Mauri found the timer setting on the camera, we put on our happy faces, and . . . voila—
except there's flash in his glasses, so . . .
Photoshop to the rescue, and . . .
a crop to square, and we are ready to join our community in the directory. In the nick of time!


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Ancient Vampire Awaken
Will they be their clans' salvation
or their destruction?
Final Nights (FN) is the fifth expansion of White Wolf's trading card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle released on June 11, 2001. The expansion's theme are vampires of the Independent clans, thereby continuing the support for these clans started in the Dark Sovereigns and Ancient Hearts expansions. The name Final Nights derives from the belief of the vampire society that Gehenna, the apocalyptic end of the world, approaches anytime soon.
Part of the expansion are 4 different pre-constructed decks with 89 cards each as well as boosters with 11 cards each (7 common, 3 uncommon, and 1 rare). Final Nights is one of the larger expansions with a total of 386 cards including 162 new cards, i.e. 54 new common, 54 uncommon and 54 rare cards. The pre-constructed decks are:
The vampire Fatima al-Faqadi (also included in this set) was given as a promo card in a number of magazines. All of the vampires released in the Dark Sovereigns and Ancient Hearts have been reprinted in this set; there were also new vampires for the independent clans.
Notable Cards
- Charisma — a Master card reducing the cost to play allies or retainers for a given vampire.
- Creepshow Casino — a Master card giving stealth to undirected actions without any further requirements or disciplines.
- Draba — a reaction card reducing the stealth for a current action to zero, regardless of the amount of stealth played before.
- Enticement — an action card requiring Serpentis that allows direct pool (life) damage without bleeding the opposing player.
- Jake Washington (Hunter) – a Master card that turns in an ally when played.
- Week of Nightmares — a Master card enabling a powerful ability to bleed for the Ravnos clan although with drawback in the long run.
- Goratrix — a Tremere antitribu vampire, the arch-enemy of Etrius of clan Tremere.
- Pochtli — a Giovanni vampire able to put cards back from the ashheap (discard pile) to the library.
- Tariq, The Silent — an Assamite vampire.with great fighting skills and capable of committing diablerie without having to fear reprisals.
External References
- Final Nights on VEKN.net
- Final Nights Card Checklist on Secret Library (defunct)
Commercial Information
|Price (MSRP)
|Booster Display
|36 boosters
|11 cards
|Starter Display
|8 starter decks (each type twice)
|Assamite starter deck
|89 cards and rulebook
|Giovanni starter deck
|89 cards and rulebook
|Ravnos starter deck
|89 cards and rulebook
|Followers of Set starter deck
|89 cards and rulebook


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A single flower or a huge bouquet may express love, remembrance, apology, support or simply be a thoughtful gesture. Throughout human history, flowers have played a significant role as gestures and gifts. Though specific meanings and traditions may change, flowers remain a part of human connection.
Earliest history
Floriography, or the language of flowers, extends back hundreds of years in history as a way for people to communicate. Ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Chinese all refer to the use of flowers in their stories and myths. The Greeks considered flowers to be of particularly high importance and associated them with the gods.
Language of Flowers
Evidence exists that giving flowers has been a significant part of culture since the Middle Ages. In the mid-1700s, the significance increased when the French and English, while visiting Turkey, discovered an entire language of flowers which gave meaning to different flower types. From this, the Victorian culture created a meaning for every characteristic of a flower.
Victorians, living in an era when people did not believe in expressing emotion, found the language of flowers to be an acceptable form of expression. In typical fashion of the Victorian era, great effort and detail went into giving meaning to everything about the flower. Its color, size, condition, any accompanying flower and even flowers' position in relation to other flowers all conveyed meaning without saying a word. For example, a flower presented to someone upside down meant the opposite of its supposed original meaning. The way in which the flowers were presented or received--and which hand was used--also held meaning.
Flower Messages
Books and guides created during the Victorian period served as a decoder for those receiving and giving flowers. What you might today say in a text message or email could be sent without a single word, provided you knew the meaning of the flowers and their characteristics. The flower language books, however, were not all written by the same author or in the same time period, so it could have been that the giver and receiver each had a different interpretation of the gesture.
Flowers Today
The history of flower giving continues to be written. In the United States it might have once seemed inappropriate for a woman to give flowers to a man. Today it no longer registers as out of the ordinary. Virtual flowers and Internet florists provide new ways to deliver virtual or real flowers anywhere in the world. Technological and scientific advances allow for year-round blooms of every type of flower. Though most people no longer know the old-fashioned meaning of many flowers, they still use flowers to convey sentiments to others.


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The Pharaoh's Daughter
Genres: Biblical Fiction
Published by Waterbrook Press on March 17, 2015
Pages: 386
Also by this author: Miriam
Anippe has known from a young age that Pharaoh and the Egyptian gods controlled her fate. After childbirth took the lives her mother and infant brother, she becomes deathly afraid of bearing a child of her own, believing that Anubis, the Egyptian god of death lies in wait for the day she becomes a mother. She carries this fear into her marriage to Sebak, a captain in her brother, Pharaoh Tut's, army and follows her as she becomes mistress of a prominent Egyptian estate. When Tut orders the Hebrew midwives to drown any sons that are born to their people, Anippe seizes the opportunity to launch a great deception. Finding a baby floating in a basket in the Nile, Anippe believes the Egyptian gods have answered her prayers. She can pretend that she had a son, yet doing so sets into motion events that place her, her son and his true Hebrew family, in terrible danger. As bloodshed mounts and the political tide of Egypt turns, Anippe wonders if her son may have a chance to become Pharaoh, or whether the god of the Hebrews, He who is called El Shaddai, has a bigger plan for them both.
Prior to reading The Pharaoh's Daughter, I had only read one of Mesu Andrews's previous novels. While it was fully enjoyable, this novel brought a whole other level for me. I've read a couple of authors that are very popular in Biblical fiction, but they just didn't click with me, so I tend to stick with a hand full of authors in this genre that I know won't disappoint. After finishing this novel, I feel confident that Mesu Andrews can easily join their ranks.
Mesu truly understands the importance of showing what happened rather than simply telling.
In many ways, The Pharaoh's Daughter is an epic story. It spans several years and several major shifts throughout Anippe's life. There is a lot of political intrigue and several characters, but I feel like Mesu imparts what the reader needs to know without it being overwhelming. There are some jumps in time, but they were not a problem for me here. The passage of time and key events that the reader needs to know are explained by allowing the information to come naturally in the scene. Whether in the opening scene after substantial passage of time or whether in a character's emotions after an intense scene, Mesu truly understands the importance of showing what happened rather than simply telling. She brings ancient Egypt to life in a fascinating way. Details of their belief system, politics, and daily life are present from the beginning, woven seamlessly throughout the story. One of my favorite details she included was the way they named second and third children the same name as the first born to "trick" the gods as a way to ensure the firstborn's life. Names in general are very important in both the Egyptian and Hebrew families, and even Anippe experiences name changes that have a profound impact on her. From their elaborate feasts to the details of running an Egyptian household, I found it all to be mesmerizing.
The juxtaposition of the Egyptian's way of life and the Hebrew's way of life was very startling at times, but what was even more impressive was the feeling of discovering that along with Anippe as the story progresses.
The lives of the Egyptian royalty and the Hebrew servants are fully realized. Despite having guards and servants are at her beck and call and wanting for very little in the material sense, Anippe lives in fear, first from childbirth, then later from her deception of raising Moses as her own son. The juxtaposition of the Egyptian's way of life and the Hebrew's way of life was very startling at times, but what was even more impressive was the feeling of discovering that along with Anippe as the story progresses. The lavish, pampered lifestyle of the Egyptians is a stark foil to the simplistic, bare, yet often content, lifestyle of the Hebrews. Both families are composed of well-rounded characters full of depth. Their hopes, fears and dreams were rich and layered, and I especially loved the interactions that brought royalty and commoner together. Although Anippe starts off as pampered and entitled, she develops and grows in a realistic way. Her sister, Ankhe, provides a nice foil for her, showing what can happen when bitterness in life circumstances rules instead of hope. Anippe gave her chance after chance, which was a bit annoying; however, since her sister was her only close relative, I can understand why she was so forgiving. Mered, a Hebrew and the chief linen maker in Anippe's estate, is also a complex character. I really enjoyed getting to know him and his family. Overall, the relationships between the characters come across as genuine and heartfelt, and I especially treasured the relationship between Anippe and Miriam, who becomes Anippe's handmaiden after she is found watching Moses from the river bank.
This novel has a bit of everything – danger, court and political intrigues, familial and romantic love and a beautiful tale of redemption that encompasses the entire story.
This novel has a bit of everything – danger, court and political intrigues, familial and romantic love and a beautiful tale of redemption that encompasses the entire story. The spiritual aspect feels very authentic and natural to the story, and I related to Anippe's fears and doubts. As her name is changed once again, this time to the Hebrew name of Bithiah, she comes to understand just how worthy she is of a life free from fear and seeing her progress from fear to hope was very uplifting.
I am no expert on Egyptian history or a Biblical scholar, so as long as an author stays true to the Biblical account, I am usually lenient when it comes to things that don't have a definitive answer. The Bible doesn't name the pharaoh in the story of Moses, and Mesu chooses to use Tut as the Pharaoh that decreed Hebrew baby boys to be killed at birth and his successor as the one who refused the Lord's demands in Exodus. While I don't know that I believe them to be two different pharaohs, Mesu does present a plausible story and has clearly done a lot of research. Much of the story takes place well before the events in Exodus, so it's easy to see Mesu's story as what "could have been," and I also appreciated her explanation at the end and what scripture she used as reference.
Ultimately when I read fiction set in biblical times, I want to feel prompted to return to the biblical account and look at it with fresh eyes once again. Mesu certainly accomplished that for me in The Pharaoh's Daughter. It was a thoroughly entertaining, enlightening and profound read that kept me turning those pages well past time to turn in for the night. The Pharaoh's Daughter is labeled as "A Treasure of the Nile Novel," so I'm hoping this means more stories (perhaps one about Miriam!) like this one are up next for Mesu. I am eager to read her other published books and whatever story that she pens next. Highly recommended!
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Beth Bulow
An avid reader for as long as she can remember, Beth used to "read" her children's books to herself before she even knew how. Today she devours one book after another, stopping occasionally to savor a sentence or two along the way. When she isn't reading, Beth likes to get crafty, spend too much time on Pinterest, moderate a Christian fiction group on Goodreads.com, and hone her cooking skills. She likes journaling, poetry, antiques and owns more pairs of shoes and earrings that one woman needs. She has a degree in English and hopes to go on to graduate school in order to become a librarian. She can think of nothing more wonderful than being surrounded by books all day, where reading is just part of the job. Her love of shoes is surpassed only by her love of books, which she is known to bring along everywhere "just in case," and finds nothing wrong with reading during commercial breaks. Beth enjoys romantic historical fiction most, but also loves fantasy, young adult and literary fiction. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, who good-naturedly accepts her fiction addiction.


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Query letters are an important part of seeking a new job, especially if one is aiming to work for a large company or overseas. A query letter is a sort of introduction, as well as a marketing tool for the job-seeker. In addition, a person that sends a query letter, (and makes sure it is delivered), gives the impression that they are more eager and willing to work than a person that just hands in a resume or an application. In my personal experience, they are four key points to remember when writing query letters.
1. Do your research- This is the most important part of writing a query letter. Do research, on the company, its mission, its latest performance, its working seasons (dont send a query letter to a summer resort in the middle of winter) and most importantly, WHO you can contact about a possible job. This is key, because there is no point in writing a query letter and addressing it with "Dear Sir/Madam". The worst thing you can do, next to miss-spelling the person's name is not put it at all! The best bet is to find the contacts of the Human Resources director and send your query letter to them. However, if you are applying for a management position or anything higher than a regular job, it would also be wise to send it to the director of you branch (ex. If you are applying to be a housekeeping supervisor in a very large hotel, send your query to the director of housekeeping).
2. Proper Grammar and Spelling- The majority of people shoot themselves in the foot before they even get a job by miss-spelling words, (especially the names of the person the letter is addressed to. Yikes, that letter is going straight into the trash bin) and using improper grammar. Although writing is not everyone's favourite subject, you must be absolutely sure that your letter is perfect, from a spelling and grammar perspective. If you must, double or even triple check the query letter for errors. Then, ask someone else to do the same. Two sets of eye's are always better than one...
3. Display knowledge of the company/position- Although this article wont provide an example of a query letter, i will give a brief overview of what the body of the query letter should include. After a brief introduction, include the reason you would like employment with the company. In this section, mention things such as past achievements or awards, be they in employee relations, environmental sustainability or anything of note. This will show that you have done some background research on the company. The next section of the query letter should be based around linking your experience to the position you are seeking, and why you would be a perfect fit (make sure to include relevant schooling or training. This is a must. Employeers look for numbers, years of experience and school. Make sure this is included in the query letter if you want them to be interested in you). Finally, finish off with a sentence saying how you will follow up in a few days time. This is key because it demonstrates drive and initiative, and the worst they can say is no. Oh, and you must follow up! Be sure to do that!
4. Deliver the letter personally if possible- Make sure to place the letter directly into the hands of the person it is meant to! Too many a great letter get lost on the way to their destination. Prevent this by making sure you deliver it yourself. If this is not possible, send it and then make sure to follow up, because if it hasn't reached its destination you will know, and will most likely be able to send another one, that the person will now be on the lookout for.
This is a brief outline of how to write a proper query letter. I encourage you to find example's on the internet, but do not copy them word for word. Rather, use them and this article for inspiration and create your own query letter. Make sure that it comes from the heart, because a good employer will know that, and they will take more interest in you if you write them a good letter, instead of a canned, scripted message.


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Commercial Litigation Partner at Signature Litigation (former
commercial litigation partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP);
Director and Trustee of Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau;
Executive Committee Member and former President of the London
Solicitors Litigation Association; Chairman Capital Cases
Charitable Trust; Chairman Duke of York's and Royal Hospital Area
Residents Interest Group.
Having access to the wealth of information available to Bob
Nightingale without which it would be impossible to do the job
Having to turn down meritorious applications that we cannot
Seeing so many people turn up for the first London Legal
A collaboration with major social funders with the LLST acting
as a major enabler of fresh capital to agencies starved of central
Contemplating how to put right some of the wrongs that one sees
in life.
When We Were Kings.


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The latest "issue" of Seth's Palookaville includes a story graphic-novel fans in Southwestern Ontario will surely dig.
I say "issue" because Palookaville — the comics title in which some of Seth's books have first appeared in serial form — is now a hard-cover semiannual publication from Drawn and Quarterly.
The latest volume, No. 21, includes three segments and it's the final one, titled Nothing Lasts, that will appeal to readers in this corner of Canada.
You may recall Seth hinting at his childhood years in Strathroy in his landmark tale,It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken.
Nothing Lasts is billed as "the first half of a sketchbook memoir about Seth's childhood and adolescence in small-town Ontario."
It is set in Bayfield, Clinton and Tilbury, but most of the story takes place in Strathroy.
By way of a prologue, the artist/writer mentions how he set some of his quest for the mythical illustrator Kalo in the same town.
As his family moves from place to place, Seth finds more meaning in the buildings and natural landscape around him than his few friends.
Not surprising, considering what we know of his lone-wolf tendencies and his tortured relationship to the past.
His mother reveals she has struggled with mental illness, but it doesn't quite register with the boy — he just wants to be close to her and can't understand why she seems so distant. He later discusses the many medications she tried.
One particularly poignant childhood memory involves traipsing through the woods in Strathroy.
He describes finding a special flower: "The trillium held a special fascination. Being the provincial flower, we were forbidden to pick it. I promised never to touch one. Schoolyard lore warned that if a trillium was picked . . . it would bleed red blood."
Along with Jeff Lemire's Trillium limited series, the provincial posey is having something of a moment in homegrown graphic novels.
Free Press columnist Dan Brown moderates London's monthly L.A. Mood graphic-novel book club.
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