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text: I just want this project done! That's how I approach most of the things I want to get done. I want it over, in the can, done, edited, uploaded, distribution, reactions. Auditions…I must have lost a few pounds doing this. Callbacks weren't as bad. Auditions are very necessary and so are callbacks. Each legitimize the project and legitimize the actor. And when they were completed I was happy to begin directing. But then they weren't done because some people left the project, became unavailable, couldn't commit. So the stress of this process never came to a close for me…it went on. I had to revisit the experience. I loved so many actors who came. Some decisions were very hard and I learned what it meant to say "we went another way". Choices of energy in a person. Some energies are great. Others are almost there. And others, are great but not my energy and may lead to issues. Focus on the goal and hope these energies focus on the goal so that conflicting energies only see the goal and don't conflict for the sake of that goal. I could never be a casting director. Why cast and then not work with what you have cast? That is the only way to see the process come to fruition. Since I am directing, I could only be the casting director. I can see not picking the people to bring in but for darn sure I'd have to be there and pick who is cast myself, lead the adjustments during the audition process. My eyes glued at all times to the auditioner, watching and waiting to see the element of attachment of self to the words and also the character. Will either be there instantly or appear in glimmers that inform me that the actor is workable, and hope that the actor will be open to being workable. Regretfully forgetting to ask the actor questions that inform me of their character, their flexibility of mind, disposition. Hope that those who are not my friends I have cast will be best. So great to cast myself. So great to master my own project so that I can help others as I help myself. This is the little engine that could. Still an engine, even though it is little. And I can tell you one thing, this ain't no caboose.

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Cambodia civil progress remains slowBy David Swartzemtruber
With most of the world engaged in the ongoing debt crisis, we take a look at Cambodia and its continuing side toward an increasingly repressive governance style under Premier Hun Sen.
Most of the stories we have published about Cambodia suggest that the country is economically improving along with the regional pickup of its Asean neighbors, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
However, on the political side things remain stagnant with little progress toward the democratic ideals espoused in the Asean charter. Here are several current examples.
Five men who distributed leaflets critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen between the years 2008 and 2011 were sentenced to jail time yesterday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. The leaflets accused the prime minister of selling Cambodian land to foreign countries, calling him a "traitor" and a "puppet of Vietnam", municipal court judge Sem Sak Kola said.
On a broader scale, the Cambodian government is drafting and preparing to put in place a law governing NGOs. The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), International Center for Not-for-Profit Law and other groups all expressed grave concerns about the third draft of the law and inadequate public consultation yesterday.
A policy paper released by CCHR said Cambodia was "fast approaching the point of no return" for the adoption of a law that had been formulated with almost no public input and was filled with misleading language.
In a developing country such as Cambodia, NGOs frequently play a critical role in addressing social problems and championing the causes of citizens, who are often too intimidated to speak up.
Although Cambodia is described as a multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy, the issues of the common person are often not championed. The most recent example was the displacement of lakeside villagers by a residential development backed by a local politician.
The fees for their homes were well below market value and when they held public protests they were attacked.
Given that Cambodia is still trying to resolve the Khmer Rouge "killing fields" period that killed 1.7 people between the years of 1975-1979, so the development of a more participatory democracy may be understood.
The development of a more participatory government often goes hand in a hand in the developing Asean countries. Thailand is far more prosperous and advanced than Cambodia but recently held its first general election in about five years following a 2006 coup by the military deposed Thaksin Shinawatra, who was viewed by many as increasing dictatorial as well as corrupt.
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'Kelly and Michael,' 'Rachael Ray' Shows Recognize and Reward Teachers
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, and teachers have been getting some love on daytime TV.
On "Live with Kelly and Michael," the syndicated morning talk show starring Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, the Top Teacher Search has run all week. The show has featured nice taped packages on four semifinalists, nominated by viewers.
The teachers are Lori Killino, a special education teacher in the Pocono Mountain district in Pennsylvania; Tal Thompson, a 4th grade math and social studies teacher in Blythewood, S.C.; Donn Harrison, an elementary teacher in Cameron, Mo.; and Kristie Downie, an elementary teacher in Bowling Green, Ky.
Killino's segment was my favorite. It shows her not only in the classroom, but with the Pride Squad, a cheerleading squad for girls with Down syndrome and other disabilities.
The other profiles, as well as short follow-up segments with each teacher meeting the hosts, are here.
The "Kelly and Michael" show awarded all four semifinalists a trophy, a technology prize for their schools (which differed each day), and a personalized gift, such as a trip to Hawaii or new kitchen appliances. The Top Teacher champion will be announced Friday, and he or she will win a Ford Edge. Pretty nifty.
[UPDATE: Donn Harrison is the Top Teacher winner. In addition to the car, he gets a surprise check for $20,000. Here's the video:]
Meanwhile, on "The Rachael Ray Show" on Thursday, the celebrity chef recognized teachers by welcoming second lady Jill Biden, the noted community college instructor (and wife of Vice President Joe Biden), and Shanna Peeples, the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.
Peeples was announced as the top teacher by President Barack Obama at the White House last week, in the program run by the Council of Chief State School Officers. She tells Rachael Ray that the program helps elevate all teachers.
So, I have one minor bone to pick (so to speak) with Rachael Ray. She welcomed the Teacher of the Year to her cooking show, where Ray is known for effortlessly whipping up such dishes as pasta carbonara with asparagus and peas, pacchieri alla Genovese, and garlicky chicken Kiev with herb salad.
And what does she serve Peeples? Chicken nuggets.
Granted, these were Jill Biden's recipe for somewhat elevated nuggets. (The key is Italian breadcrumbs for the coating, the second lady said.) But doesn't the average teacher get more than her share of school cafeteria chicken nuggets? Just a thought.
All in all, it was some nice recognition for teachers by two daytime shows.


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Glenn Reynolds denies Tea Party's history of intimidation (Giffords shooting, Loughner)
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Glenn Reynolds takes to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to offer "The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel" (link) in which he tries to run away from the toxic political environment that the tea parties movement - of which he is a leader - has created:
With only the barest outline of events available, pundits and reporters seemed to agree that the massacre had to be the fault of the tea party movement in general, and of Sarah Palin in particular. Why? Because they had created, in New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's words, a "climate of hate." ...There's a climate of hate out there, all right, but it doesn't derive from the innocuous use of political clichés. And former Gov. Palin and the tea party movement are more the targets than the source... ...To be clear, if you're using this event to criticize the "rhetoric" of Mrs. Palin or others with whom you disagree, then you're either: (a) asserting a connection between the "rhetoric" and the shooting, which based on evidence to date would be what we call a vicious lie; or (b) you're not, in which case you're just seizing on a tragedy to try to score unrelated political points, which is contemptible. Which is it?
The latter is, of course, a false choice. While Jared Lee Loughner was almost certainly not affiliated with the teaparties, the environment that they created certainly didn't help. If the news were full of high-level intellectual debate - instead of screaming, threatening teapartiers - would someone like Loughner be prompted to do what he did? Perhaps, but the possibility seems to be more remote than in the current hyperventilated environment. And, whether Loughner himself was motivated by the environment that the teapartiers have created, there are plenty of other nuts out there who might one day take their apocalyptic rhetoric the wrong way. The teapartiers would be wise to at least take the Loughner tragedy as a warning of where their rhetoric could lead, but they won't.
And, Reynolds has apparently forgotten about all the things the tea partiers and their leaders have said and done. Here's a short list:
* Sharron Angle's talk of "Second Amendment remedies"...
* Reynolds own frequent snarky comments against all government workers...
* Linking this (instapundit.com/72077) which contains "[Tea Party] Protestors held signs demanding lower Hoboken taxes, shouted for a recall of elected officials and someone even held a tarred-and-feathered effigy of Mayor Dave Roberts."
* instapundit.com/92043, with the "tarred and feathered" coming from Reynolds: "TAXPROF: A Government Takeover of 401(k)s? If that happens, we may see members of Congress literally, not just figuratively, tarred and feathered. But I think Congress knows that. . . ."
* instapundit.com/109543: "I am entirely serious when I say that all the officials involved should be tarred and feathered."
* instapundit.com/68007: "Obviously, we need more people willing to insist on their rights. These guys [judges who sent "children to jail in return for kickbacks"] should be tarred and feathered."
* In June 2009, Reynolds promoted teapartiers swarming a politician...
* In July 2009, he promoted giving politicians "bunny ears" (instead of promoting discrediting them by intellectually engaging them)...
* In October 2009, he promoted shouting down politicians...
See the Glenn Reynolds page for much more.
ADDED: See also
* FAQ: Is Jared Lee Loughner linked to Tea Party, conservatives, or libertarians? (Gabrielle Giffords shooting)
* Jared Loughner: anti-Bush, pro-small government? Intellectually dishonest Tea Party defenders
* Claims by Tea Party enablers that Pima Sheriff Dupnik could have stopped Loughner are false
* Loughner's "Genocide school" video
* Friend's claim that Loughner wasn't political is two years out of date
* Jared Loughner's AboveTopSecret postings show no clear political slant
* Arizona state Fusion Center uses Giffords shooting to smear American Renaissance)
* first post on Gabrielle Giffords shooting


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As we kick into gear for this year's Pub Run Series, Fleet Feet is pleased to announce we are teaming up with Park Tavern on May 17th for the first Severna Park Pub Run of the season.
As always, we will meet at Fleet Feet in Severna Park at 6pm for an easy and fun 3 mile run on the B&A Trail. Afterwards we will move the party to the ultimate neighborhood pub, Park Tavern for a special Fleet Feet Happy Hour.
The Happy Hour will include:
$3 off craft cocktails, mussels and flatbreads
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Am going to Lunacon tomorrow. See anyone there who's going to be there!
My new harp is being shipped as we speak! (a Harpsicle Flatsicle). After it arrives, I get to have the fun of learning a new harp spacing while hopefully continuing to be able to play to my old spacing; will see how this works. But a lighter, somewhat more travelable, more replacable (if slightly more expensive) harp is a good thing, and wider spacing will probably make the insturment easier to play once I get used to it.
Everyone's doing it, and I actually like this kind of meme, so...
Everyone has things they post about. Everyone has things they don't post about. Challenge me out of my comfort zone by telling me something I don't mention often, but you'd like to hear about, and I'll write a post. Ask for anything: latest movie watched, last book read, political leanings, favorite type of underwear, graphic techniques, etc. (comments are not screened, but anonymous comments are)
Finally, some people may have heard me mentioning that I do "historical regency dancing" and wondered what the difference between actual historical dance and, well, anything else. My friend Susan de Guardiola explains why Real Regency Dancers Don't Turn Single on Capering & Kickery.
If you're going to Lunacon, see you there!


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Rupture cricotrachéale: Que faire ?
Cricotracheal Separation after Gunshot to the Neck: Report of a Survivor with Recovery of Bilateral Vocal Fold Function.
Vivero RJ et Al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.08.090
Il s'agit d'une éventualité rarissime mais cette observation montre qu'en situation d'isolement extrême il peut être possible d'agir si la partie distale est visible. Encore faut il connaître l'existence de cette conduite à tenir.
Initial appropriate airway management is imperative to improve survival. Numerous case reports in the literature demonstrate incidental findings of airway injury after routine workup of the patient or the advent of ominous clinical findings (1,2) . At this stage in patient management, it can become difficult to adequately secure the airway, which places the patient at increased risk. A careful physical examination is therefore critical, with fiberoptic laryngoscopy used, as necessary, in the stable patient. A CT scan can be a useful adjunct in the clinical workup, but it should not be relied upon solely, as it can be inconclusive (3) . When cricotracheal separation is identified and the patient is stable, the airway should be secured surgically in the operating room or trauma bay. The proximal stump of the airway should be grasped and secured with a clamp, and then an awake tracheotomy performed (under local anesthesia if possible) distal to the injury. In the event that the patient is unstable or that intubation fails, the distal stump of the trachea should be identified either visually or by palpation. The stump of trachea should then be grasped with a clamp and pulled superficially (out of the wound toward the skin surface), and an appropriately sized endotracheal tube is placed as a temporary measure and secured. The clamp should not be removed from the airway, as the distal tracheal stump can retract into the mediastinum. The patient should then be taken to the operating room emergently for formal tracheotomy or maturation of the airway tracheostoma. In general, cricothyrotomy should not be performed, as this is usually proximal to the site of airway separation.
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We know that learning to read and reading for pleasure transforms children's lives.
Research shows that reading improves academic success in all subjects. It builds self-confidence, knowledge, imagination, creativity, a sense of belonging and an understanding of the world.
We are a skilled team of publishing, education, storytelling and marketing specialists who use our combined knowledge and expertise to deliver phonics training in schools, create children's books and story events, to help authors and publishers reach new audiences, and impact reading and literacy excellence in schools, libraries and at home.
About us
Emily Guille-Marrett
Emily is our editorial and storytelling expert. She is your go-to woman for publishing consultancy, content strategy and creation.
She has worked in children's educational and home learning publishing for over 15 years. She has created innovative print and digital primary literacy content for international publishing houses including: Oxford University Press, Pearson Education, Collins Education and Penguin Children's (Ladybird). She has published some of the country's leading educationalists such as: Pie Corbett, Nikki Gamble and Debbie Hepplewhite. Authors she has commissioned include: Roderick Hunt (Oxford Reading Tree), Julia Donaldson (Songbirds Phonics) and Jean Adamson (Topsy and Tim). Most recently she joint series edited the new Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds. She has years of experience creating and delivering training and story events for libraries, literacy charities and schools. She also lectures on Writing for Children at Canterbury Christchurch University.
Charlotte Raby
Charlotte is our educational expert with over 20 years in teaching, educational publishing and training. She supports schools and advises organisations on how to ensure excellence in teaching Primary English. She is joint Series Editor of the new Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds and author of over 50 educational teacher resources, programmes and learn to read books. Her most recent work focusing on closing the word gap is published by Rising Stars. Charlotte is also the lead lecturer in English at Essex and Thames Primary SCITT.
Charlotte was a senior consultant and developed training for Ruth Miskin Training. She co-wrote the Read Write Inc Literacy and Language programme. She has years of experience teaching and running reading and writing workshops in schools and other settings. Charlotte studied for a B.Ed (Cantab) English Drama and Education at Homerton College Cambridge. She leads the HEI partnership with the Open University Research Rich Pedagogies and is passionate that all teachers understand the balance between teaching children to read using systematic synthetic phonics and instilling a love of reading through developing their own knowledge, reading aloud and creating rich reading environments in schools.
Kelly Weekes
Kelly is our marketing expert with almost 20 years experience of marketing in media and publishing. She is the person to help with your social media strategy and training, marketing campaigns and partnerships.
She was Head of Fiction Marketing at HarperCollins and then Head of Marketing, followed by Digital Marketing Director at Hodder&Stoughton Publishers. She has worked with a wide range of major bestselling authors including Stephen King and Jodi Picoult. She has also worked in media marketing and was responsible for the marketing for woman&home media brand from 2011 to 2015 during which time it won the PPA magazine and brand of the year awards (2014). She has extensive experience of brand marketing, advertising, establishing promotional partnerships, managing charity partnerships, conference and event organisation, social media and online marketing.
Most recently Kelly refreshed her social media knowledge through studying with the award-winning Digital Mums ensuring that her social media knowledge is completely up to date and has since been supporting children's authors by creating social media strategies, offering advice on best practice and running social media accounts.
What people say about working with us
During her time with us Charlotte devised and delivered the English Curriculum, leading to a 10% rise in the number of trainees being graded as outstanding in this curriculum area and a 15% rise in the number of trainees who rated the training as good or better. Charlotte also supervises and marks masters level work for us, she has an excellent knowledge of research and a particular skill in interpretation that allows teachers to ensure their practice and pedagogic understanding is research-informed. Charlotte clearly has a good understanding of issues relating to diversity and inclusion and this is evident in both her dealings with trainees and the taught programme. Our trainees are clearly inspired by Charlotte's work and she has had an incredibly positive impact on the training programme as a whole. Charlotte has a broad skill set and I recommend her to you without reserve.
Jo Palmer-Tweed,Executive Director, Essex and Thames Primary SCITT
Charlotte is an inspiring and motivating trainer who has a vast depth of subject knowledge, which she disseminates in staff meetings and INSET's. She delivers her training with empathy and understanding of the pressures teachers face with the challenges of the new English curriculum. Through the Teaching Alliance she has supported schools in difficult circumstances and working closely with school leaders to support identified issues in the teaching of English. Feedback from other schools and delegates attending her training sessions has always been extremely positive and has had positive impact on improving the quality of teaching and learning.
Jeannie Hughes,Headteacher NLE, Hassocks Infant School, National Teaching School
Emily ran sensory story/book sharing sessions for BookTrust to help launch our Booktime programme for Year R...The sessions were very well prepared and crafted ensuring that all the children were engaged and felt comfortable. Her use of props to create the sensory feelings of rain and wind etc amazed the children and they were all keen to join in the craft activities which were ready prepared and quick and easy for staff to set up and use with the children. Emily reads a room very well and is skilled at quickly assessing how to draw the children into the stories and she ensured that any children needing special support were able to engage in the activities and fully participate in the sessions. Her energy levels are very high and her enthusiasm draws the children into the world she creates from the stories. At the end of the sessions the children were buzzing with excitement and eager to share the stories with each other and staff. I am also pleased to say that most of the teaching staff at the sessions were also buzzing and appeared to enjoy it as much as the children!
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I was quite daunted by the idea of visiting schools as an author, but Charlotte helped me to develop and hone my workshop ideas to make sure they would be fun and engaging for the children, curriculum-friendly and with clear outcomes for teachers. Thanks to years of experience as a teacher, trainer and author, Charlotte knew exactly what would work well for my workshops in terms of content. She was also able to advise me about what it's really like in a school and the huge variables to be aware of when facing a class full of children. Charlotte really knows her stuff but she's also patient and kind with a light, humorous touch. I would highly recommend her.
Helen Baugh,Children's author
Kelly has been working with me since last summer building brand awareness on Twitter and Facebook for my existing titles running up to the launch of a new series in January. She listened carefully to my goals, gave sensible advice and set out a clear strategy at the outset, working closely with the publishers to offer strategic promotions and educational material online. Since then she has run both accounts actively and professionally, engaging with key influencers including schools, libraries and bloggers and posting regularly on relevant topics and events. She also gives regular feedback which helps to shape strategy going forward. I have great confidence in her to run the social media and marketing side of things - something that I really needed help with - and recommend her very highly.
Jennifer Gray,Children's author
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Grow your school's reading excellence with one of our reading support packages:
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We will arrange a one-day visit to your school to find out exactly how all aspects of reading are being taught, supported and assessed. We will look closely at what is working well and identify key areas for development and support. We will then work with you to formulate a manageable plan and timeline for next steps and following the visit you will receive a full-report with a clear plan of action to follow ensuring your school's teaching of reading goes from strength to strength. Cost £500 + expenses
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We will work with you on specific aspects of your reading action plan. Each support day will be tailored to your school's needs. We provide coaching, team teaching, workshops, planning and support to ensure that your school continues to develop its teaching of reading. After the visit you will receive a full report with a clear action plan. Cost £400 + expenses
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We deliver training in all aspects of early reading, phonics and writing. Our whole school training will be created to meet your specific needs and will draw on the following areas: teaching and practising phonics, reading with fluency and prosody, comprehension, vocabulary enrichment, reading for pleasure, assessment, getting reading right in the early years and parental engagement. Cost £800 + expenses
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Following Emily's work as publishing consultant for Collins Education, she and Charlotte became Series Editors and co-authors of Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds. Read more
Charlotte and Emily created Oxford Owl videos for teachers and parents to support children's reading, grammar and spelling for Oxford University Press. Read more
Charlotte has written a whole primary school programme to raise standards and help close the word gap with her Rising Star's Vocabulary series. Read more
During her 5 years training Read Write Inc schools, Charlotte co-wrote Read Write Inc Literacy and Language programme. Read more
After years of supporting teachers in the classroom Charlotte was asked to write Key Stage 1 SATS support and practice books for Scholastic. Read more
Charlotte and Emily were recently commissioned by Hodder Children's books to write teaching support materials for much-loved and award-winning pictures books including Oi Dog! by Kes Gray (coming soon). Read more
Over the years Emily published and commissioned products for leading reading brands for schools and home learning including:
- Floppy's Phonics with phonics expert author Debbie Hepplewhite
- Oxford Reading Tree Biff Chip and Kipper (including Read At Home)
- Songbirds Phonics written by Julia Donaldson (author of The Gruffalo)
Charlotte and Emily are big fans of Pie Corbett's Talk for Writing! We loved working as his publisher and co-writer on Oxford University Press's Stories for Writing series. Read more
Charlotte and Emily are committed to raising standards in early reading and writing and often speak at conferences around the country. As Lead English Lecturer at Essex and Thames SCITT, Charlotte is now HEI Partner with the Open University Reading for Pleasure Pedagogies. Read more
Emily is often found storytelling across the country to children in the early years and key stage 1. She has done work for publishing houses and the Book Trust Time to Read programme. Read more
We love supporting children at home with much loved children brands.
- Disney Learning Scholastic reading and writing activity books for 3-7 year olds – Charlotte Raby
- Marvel Learning Scholastic English skills activity books for 3-7 year olds – Charlotte Raby
- LEGO Animal phonics non fiction – Charlotte Raby and Emily Guille-Marrett (coming soon)
Emily loves nothing more than talking about children's books and is proud to support and occasionally co-present In the Reading Corner podcasts for Just Imagine Story Centre to encourage reading for pleasure in schools. Read more
Emily is committed to supporting authors and new talent in children's and educational publishing. She lectures undergraduate and postgraduate students on Writing for Children and Publishing and Editing at Canterbury Christchurch University. Read more
Charlotte and Emily continue to support the Beanstalk charity and were panellists at their national conference for Beanstalk volunteers. Read more
Emily is Literacy Ambassador for the KM Charity Group and is particularly supportive of their Buster's Book Club school challenge to encourage children's reading at home. Read more
We are regularly commissioned to consult on and write for a whole range of organisations. Check out Discovering the UK Parliament publications for primary school children for the Houses of Parliament by Charlotte Raby
For everything pre-school, Emily and Charlotte have created Reading Fairy classes for parents to enjoy with their babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Read more
Kelly has spent much of her career focused on marketing in the adult market, working with authors as diverse as Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Jeffery Deaver, John Connolly, Philippa Gregory, Sir Michael Parkinson and Russell Brand in her previous roles. Now a mother of two boys who devour books (the 2 year old quite literally) she has fallen in love with the children's market, spends more than she can afford on children's books and is spurred on to use her powers and skills for the forces of good and to work to get more books into the hands of children.
In particular Kelly loves helping authors and publishers with their social media and marketing and is currently supporting well-loved children's authors with their social media activity.
This summer Kelly is celebrating #BlytonDays and all the many wonderful things about the world's best-loved storyteller, Enid Blyton, across her social media channels. Read more
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Meet the CVO Cafe Supervisor: Emily Kramer
We're thrilled to announce that the Cherry Valley Organics Farm Market and Cafe is soon going to open for our spring and summer hours! We're located at 1713 Main Street, Burgettstown, PA in the recently refurbished, historic Burgettstown Train Station. These are exciting times for the CVO crew — so many amazing changes are taking place! We'll be announcing our extended hours very soon!
In the meantime, we'd like to introduce you to one of the smiling faces you'll see at our Farm Market and Cafe this season. Emily Kramer is our Cafe Supervisor. She's an enthusiastic believer of the local food movement. Emily knows shopping small and buying local keeps money in the regional economy and provides jobs for the community. Here's more about this dynamic new addition to the Cherry Valley Organics farm family!
Meet Emily Kramer: CVO's Cafe Supervisor
Childhood Roots
Emily has spent most of her life here in Pennsylvania, but her childhood was spent in New Mexico. "My mother was the person to first expose me to the world of gardening. With a seemingly constant season of drought, we were restricted to watering once a week. I recall taking showers with a bucket to catch any spare water to help my mother's struggling vegetable garden. You could say I was exposed to organic growing at an early age, eating cherries from a neighbor's tree."
Emily's family moved to Pennsylvania when she was 10 years old. "The first time I saw Pennsylvania, the juxtaposition of the desert landscape with the lush greenery of the east coast is still a striking memory for me," she says. "My mother of course took advantage of the rainfall and constructed a few large raised beds. This garden today is still in full production, growing pretty much anything imaginable. My favorite part of her garden is the raspberry patch, which generally gets overgrown but gives endless raspberries."
College Days
Emily has a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics and an MA in Food Studies. "Admittedly, and a little regrettably, I was not interested in growing food until I got to college. My friends worked on a small farm, so I volunteered there mostly just to hang out. I was caught off guard by my sudden and significant interest in farming. While I always appreciated learning about food from a strong scientific perspective during my Nutrition studies, farming and its surrounding culture felt like a less institutional and more tangible side of food to me," she admits.
But it was Emily's continued education in Food Studies that allowed her to gain a deeper appreciation for local food systems, along with a deeper understanding of its complexities. "The program was designed with a well-rounded approach to examining our food system," she says. "In terms of agriculture specifically, a highlight for me was diving into the subject of agroecology and how to create an agricultural system that works with nature, not against it. So, excluding harmful chemical inputs, encouraging biodiversity, building quality soil with biomass, etc."
Life After College
Prior to CVO, Emily coordinated the food and horticulture area of a psychiatric rehab center in Pittsburgh. "I got a lot of hands-on growing experiences there because I managed a sizeable raised bed urban garden," she notes. "Previous to that, I've generally worked with food in a variety of ways such as retail and vending at farmer's markets."
Emily's Role at CVO
At the moment, Emily is assisting in putting together our café by sourcing items and researching and contacting local and regional food producers to see what's out there. She also assists customers in our store. "I oversee the day-to-day functions of the café while keeping on top of sourcing and inventory."
What Local and Organic Mean to Emily
"I heard a statistic recently stating that less than 10% of the farming industry is organic, which I found to be striking," Emily notes. "I think this statistic speaks to the fact that utilizing organic farming methods is certainly not easy. We need to collectively appreciate the work and dedication that goes into food production, and more specifically, production that aims to work more harmoniously with the natural environment. All of the organic farmers I know care that the food they grow supports a healthy ecosystem and healthy people. So, instead of saying that organic food is expensive, maybe we can instead notice that organic food is important."
Emily often finds herself thinking about resiliency and how our society can move forward in the best way possible. Growing organically certainly fits into the picture, as does supporting organic food producers who put their heart and soul into their work.
What Emily Hopes for our CVO Farm Market and Cafe Customers
"I want people to feel welcome to stay, hang out, and get to know us when they walk into the store," she says. "I foresee the Farm Market and Café being a quintessential stop for trail-goers but also part of the Burgettstown residents' routine. Our guests will be able to get a good cup of coffee, locally sourced goods, ice cream, and quality hand-made CVO products." Sounds like a win-win for everyone!
Stop by the CVO Farm Market and Cafe to meet Emily and get to know this warm, friendly addition to the CVO family.
To meet more of our farm family, check out the following articles:
- Jodi Verbanic: The Founder of CVO
- Allie Logue: Grower for Herbs and Flowers
- Katie Sofio: Retail Sales and Event Assistant
The Cherry Valley Organics Farm Family


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July 2015
Emaar project to cost $2.72bn
EMAAR Properties' new mixed-use beachfront development in Dubai's Al Mamzar district is expected to have a preliminary cost of Dh10 billion ($2.72 billion), the UAE state news agency Wam said.
The project, announced last year in cooperation with Dubai Municipality, will have 4,000 residential units, 300 hotel rooms, and 250,000 sq m of retail outlets, Wam said.
Emaar had last year revealed that the mixed-use beachfront lifestyle development was being planned around the 53-hectare Al Mamzar Lake.
The developer said it would conduct feasibility studies and submit a detailed project report outlining the development potential to Dubai Municipality. Once the masterplan gets approved, the two parties will then finalise the project management structure, it stated.
ABB wins major Dubai solar project
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $20 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) to extend a substation that will integrate more solar energy into the grid, helping diversify Dubai's energy mix to meet growing demand.
As per the turnkey project, ABB will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the substation's extension.
Key products to be supplied include three bays of 400 kilovolt (kV) and 11 bays of compact 132 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), power transformers, and IEC 61850-based open architecture automation and controls, said the company. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2016, it added.
Cofely Besix secures UAE mall deal
Cofely Besix Facility Management said it has won a major contract to provide facility management (FM) services to Remal Mall located in Al Ain.
Owned by Al Dar Properties, Remal Mall is a six-storey building designed with a touch of traditional Arabian architecture, including two basement car-parks with a capacity of 1,200 vehicles, as well as loading docks and services areas.
The mall has 175 retail units spread over a gross floor area of 128,890 sq m, including a hypermarket, anchor stores, shops, a food court, and cinema, and hosts many local and international brands such as Carrefour, Axiom, Royal furniture, La Brioche, Il Forno, and Dubai Islamic Bank. The contract is initially for a three-year period, but is extendable to five years. The scope of work includes 24-hour facilities management of the mall operations, the initial planned preventive maintenance (PPM) set-up, and all mechanical electrical and plumbing (MEP) operations and maintenance.
Tabreed starts supply to bank tower
National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed), a leading Abu Dhabi-based district cooling utility company, has commenced the supply of chilled water to the Al Hilal Bank tower on Abu Dhabi's Al Maryah Island.
Tabreed, which acquired the Al Maryah Island district cooling plant last year in a consortium with Mubadala infrastructure Partners (MIP) – an infrastructure-focused fund investing in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey with institutional investors from the GCC region and Asia – will deliver more than 1,600 tonnes of refrigeration (RT) to the tower.
The firms's district cooling services will enable the Al Hilal Bank tower to reduce its expected energy consumption by approximately 2.9 million kWh per year compared to conventional cooling, it said. This will lead to the elimination of 2,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
$979m housing plan to be launched
Dubai is set to launch housing projects worth Dh3.6 billion ($979 million) that will cater to the needs of around 400 citizens.
The project has been approved by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Gulf Extrusions backs Dubai centre
Gulf Extrusions, a leader in extruded aluminium products, has announced that it is supplying aluminium for Dubai Autism Centre's Dh73-million ($19.8 million) new building project in Dubai.
The company, a member of Al Ghurair Group, will provide aluminium extrusions for the project's façade solutions and other related works being done at the facility in the Al Garhoud area of the emirate.
Construction of the centre's new building is expected to be completed this year. The facility is expected to address the needs of more children with autism through specially designed classrooms and amenities.
Yaming Lighting launches HQ at DSO
China's Yaming Lighting, a leader in lighting technology development, has launched its regional headquarters for the Middle East, Africa, and the CIS at Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO).
The new office in Dubai aims at developing renewable technology and at the same time providing readily-available, globally-approved, and tailor-fit solutions to complement the infrastructure in the region.
"Aligned with the vision of Dubai and Yaming globally, our aim is to minimalise carbon emission while delivering the best solutions to the state-of-the-art infrastructures here," said Rashid Al Noori, chairman of Yaming Middle East, Africa and CIS.


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Marina and the Diamonds Goes to the Carnival in 'Blue' Videoby Samantha Vincenty | PopCrush
UPDATE, 7/16: The "Blue" video is here! Watch above.
Marina and the Diamonds' FROOT is one of our favorite albums of the year (so far), and "Blue" is a standout track. A breakup anthem dressed up as a bubbly dance jam, you'll be bopping along before you realize that she's singing about heartbreak, ambivalence and returning to sources of comfort when you know you shouldn't: "Gimme love, gimme dreams, gimme a good self esteem / Gimme good and pure, what you waiting for?"
It's classic Marina at her best, serving up brutally honest self-awareness in a Froot-flavored candy shell.
"Blue" will be Marina's next single, and we're falling in love with the song all over again as we gaze at the cover art — visually, it's a close cousin to Froot's concept art, which is fitting — and watching the above video teaser on repeat.
The clip opens on an establishing shot of an amusement park, as rainbow-hued rides whirl with no one aboard (a euphemism for your HEART, Marina?). Then we see Ms. Diamandis herself, looking flawless as she pulls cotton candy apart amid oversized, inedible watermelons and green pineapples.
She's an uber-glam fortune teller! She's alone in a bumper car! She's glum in an empty roller disco! Basically, it's the most depressing day at the carnival ever, and we want to see more immediately.
Diamonds, what's your favorite Froot track? Let us know in the comments. Check out the single art below.


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It's time to blow the roof off of Rob Zombie's most closely guarded secret: The dude is kind of into gross clowns. It may not have seemed like it, what with his first two films having a clown-faced wacko playing a key role, but trust us, it's 100 percent the case. And now, after brief detours into franchise filmmaking and arty horror (well, Zombie's version of it, anyway), the director is ready to do a deep dive into all his fascinations, including creepy clowns, circus grotesqueries, and Malcolm McDowell, all while maintaining his commitment to showcasing the white-trash aesthetic that's become his calling card.
31 tells the story of a ramshackle group of carnival workers who get kidnapped and held hostage the night before Halloween. As the trailer indicates, the stakes are clearly established: For 12 hours, they have to try and survive an onslaught of violence and terror, as embodied in a sick game called 31. It looks promising, and in this case, the crowd-sourced fundraising behind the endeavor should assure you that it's a true passion project. Zombie has continued to grow as a filmmaker, and even when the overall project misses its mark, there's usually interesting stuff to be found amid the weirdness. Of course, that's ignoring the dreadful review our own A.A. Dowd gave the film at Sundance, saying, "the sheer incoherence of Zombie's action scenes, coupled with the shrill overacting of just about everyone on screen, puts this at the rock bottom of the director's quasi-transgressive oeuvre." If the writer-director has indeed somehow forgotten his formal chops, this could be a rough one. 31 is due in theaters later this year.


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Mayor Michael Nutter showcases new 311 platform alongside a new city strategy for civic tech and citizen engagement.
Philadelphia is a city known for its advancements in areas of civic tech, and is again working to position itself as a frontrunner in innovation -- this time with its Philly 311 platform.
On Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the city's first Innovation Summit, Mayor Michael Nutter announced the successful completion of a pilot to update the city's 311 system -- an app and citizen service system that lets citizens submit millions of non-emergency requests each year.
In December 2014, the city partnered with customer relationship management platform SalesForce and IT firm Unisys to launch a community portal tied directly to all of the city's service departments. The additions, now deployed citywide, not only let residents call in help for problems like potholes, graffiti and missed trash pickups, but also connects them directly with local organizations, community members and city officials -- no matter their device.
Among its features, users can see nearby requests, get response times, find property histories, see after-school activities, discover Wi-Fi locations, check city announcements and news, and make emergency 911 calls if needed.
"With the new Philly 311 customer service platform, our goal is not only to create a more connected, citizen-responsive city, but also to inspire other cities to follow our model and engage their citizens," Mayor Nutter said in a release. "I made it a priority to enhance transparent and efficient government, increase integrity, build better open data practices and improve government accountability."
The city sees the new system as a way to reach out to residents for on-the-ground feedback for neighborhood issues. Rosetta Lue, Philadelphia's chief customer service officer, was tasked with Philly 311 development, and has led much of the effort since the program launched as a call center in 2008. The changes, she said, have been instrumental.
"It's something new in government for us. We've never done this before; we've always had the reactive, 'Send us your request and we'll get back in contact with you,' type of transaction," Lue said. "Now we're actually talking to people and having conversations online in one big portal where people are generating ideas and coming together."
Notifications come in daily and there are even "community liaisons" that regularly inspect neighborhoods. One retired couple, Lue said, has logged more than 1,000 valid submissions through the platform in the last two years. Similarly, the platform connects to an amplified set of demographics with its 17 different languages. Further benefits include using new data to improve response times and service delivery.
"We need to be taking advantage of this technology that's out there to make us more efficient, effective and more responsive on a larger scale," Lue said.
That scale applies to other cities as well. Nutter said the city intends to be a template for civic innovation nationwide. To that end, it has released a blueprint that chronicles digital efforts and outlines a step-by-step process cities can leverage to connect with citizens on multiple channels.
Vivek Kundra, Salesforce's executive vice president and former White House CIO, said the vision is uniquely crafted so it can apply to all jurisdictions regardless of population size or geography.
"We've been working very closely with Mayor Nutter to realize his vision," Kundra said. "And his vision is very much about using the power of technology to make sure that he was really focused on core issues, whether it was public safety, education or health-care reforms."
Philadelphia plans to collaborate with Salesforce on more of its major IT projects -- such as new apps and efforts in predictive analytics -- that will be announced later this year. The city's total capital investment projects to improve technology infrastructure, of which Philly 311 is a part, are budgeted to cost roughly $120 million.
Editor's note: copies of the blueprint can be downloaded here.
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Late Goal Caps Ads Comeback
Milwaukee, WI – Kyle Wilson helped the Milwaukee Admirals continue their playoff push on Wednesday night at the Bradley Center as he scored the game-winning goal with three seconds left in overtime to defeat the Houston Aeros 3-2. The win gave Milwaukee 73 points and pulled them with in two of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
With just under two minutes left in overtime, Jon DiSalvatore was called for hooking putting Milwaukee on the power-play for the rest of overtime. The Admirals took advantage as Victor Bartley sent a shot wide of the net. The puck bounced off the back board right to Kyle Wilson, who beat an out of position Matt Hackett underneath his arm and winning the game for the Ads.
However, it was Houston who took an early lead when they scored the first goal of the game at the 11:11 mark of the first period. On a shorthanded rush, David McIntyre handled the puck into the Ads zone. He deked out Milwaukee's defender faked a shot that pulled Jeremy Smith out of position just enough to beat the Milwaukee goalie over his shoulder.
Milwaukee fought back and tired the game late in the first. With 1:07 left in the period, Taylor Beck found Chris Mueller on a backhanded pass that Muller fired past Hackett stick side tying the game at one.
I n the second period the Ads found themselves down 2-1 as Houston scored their second goal of the game. As McIntryre was falling down behind the net, he found Chay Genoway in the high slot. Genoway fired a shot on net that beat Smith.
Trailing 2-1 in the third period, the Admirals had a three on two where Jon Blum found a streaking Brodie Dupont in front of the net. Dupont tipped the puck past Hackett tying the game at two at the 5:22 mark.
The rest of the third period both teams were scoreless and the Ads and Aeros went into overtime tied at two, setting the stage for Wilson's heroics.
A trio of Admirals, Jon Blum (2a), Chris Mueller (1g-1a) and Brodie Dupont (1a-1g) all registered two points.
The Admirals return to action on Friday night when they host the Oklahoma City Barons at 7:00 pm at the Bradley Center. Fans can order tickets by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or by logging on to the Admirals website at www.milwaukeeadmirals.com. Groups of ten or more get $2 off every ticket. For more info on how to order group tickets please call (414) 227-0550. Don't forget to follow the Admirals on Twitter (@mkeadmirals) and on Facebook!


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This article appears in the November 2 issue of ESPN The Magazine. To see an illustrated glossary of route-running from Football Outsiders, please click here.
Hue Jackson skeptically smiles, wondering if I realize the depth of my request. Jackson is the quarterbacks coach of the Baltimore Ravens, but he's known in NFL circles as one of the premier teachers of wide receivers. During three years of coaching that position in Cincinnati, Jackson transformed the route-running of Chad Johnson (he won't say Ochocinco) and T.J. Houshmandzadeh from undisciplined to pristine. Safe to say, the 44-year-old knows his stuff, which is why I've asked him to draw a modern passing tree. He fires back an incredulous look: Are you serious? I am.
"Well, okay," he says, scribbling. "You have this. And this. And this off of that -- "
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TRADING SECRETS: Twilight of the Central Bankers
While every asset price cycle is different, they all end the same way: in tears. As obvious as this truth is to investors, when the sad end to the credit cycle comes, it always comes as a big surprise to many, including the central bankers who, reliant on their models, confidently tell you that no recession is (ever) in the forecast. But, successful, long-term investing is predicated on not just knowing where the happening parties are during the reflationary parts of the cycle but, even more importantly, knowing when the time has come to leave the dance floor. In our view, that time has already come.
Allow us to properly explain ourselves. Consider the chart below which plots the trajectory of cumulative asset prices (stocks, bonds, real-estate) against that of aggregate income (GDP):
The chart reveals something rather extraordinary: over the course of the past 25 years, the traditional business cycle has been replaced with an asset price cycle. Rather than let recessions run their painful but necessary course, central bankers move forthwith to dispense the monetary morphine. The Fed's playbook on this is well worn: first, policy rates are lowered. This triggers a daisy- chain of events: low or zero rates promote a reach for yield; the reach for yield lowers capitalization rates across a variety of asset classes which, in turn, spurs a rise in asset prices. Rising asset prices – the so-called wealth effect – "rescues" the economy by rebuilding balance sheets and restoring the animal spirits. And voila! Aggregate demand rises, businesses invest, and a virtuous growth process is launched.
Well, maybe not so much. If it were all so simple, then why is it that after ninety something months of zero or near zero rates, growth is sputtering, the corporate sector is in an earnings recession, and productivity growth is negative?
The explanation is simple: growth is not a simple function of higher asset prices. Growth results when the productive sectors of the economy make themselves more productive by delivering goods more ef ciently or by innovating products valued by the marketplace. In short, the vast partnership of labor and capital that is our economy must constantly up its game so as to expand output and, along with it, incomes. The process by which this happens is essentially Schumpeterian: pro table activities expand and bid resources away from the decaying and inef cient. Say what one wants, this has been the wealth engine for centuries.
The central banker's model of growth not only ignores these creative/destructive forces – it is antithetical to them. Consider: what does a boom in asset prices actually foster? Higher asset prices literally means that your economy has "more" assets. If you double the value of all homes in the nation, then you have "twice" as much real-estate. But twice the real-estate means there is twice the real-estate to lend against. Effectively, higher asset prices is the Fed's mechanism for expanding the system-wide pool of loanable collateral. More collateral means that more credit can be created. Of course, in the short-run, more credit creation feels like an economic recovery, which is why monetary expediency has so many cheerleaders.
But buying growth today with credit that needs to be repaid tomorrow is not a free lunch! Arti cially "stimulated" credit creation means marginal or even unpro table enterprises are being fed when they should actually be starved. Further, the low rate induced asset price in ation preferentially directs credit to those who are already asset rich. Those whose assets have in ated now possess more collateral, making them more credit-worthy in the eyes of the lender. This results in all sorts of distortions that serve to further impair ef ciency. Fortune 500 companies get to borrow cheap so as to repurchase shares even as small businesses are starved for capital; af uent homeowners get favorable access to loans to build swimming pools while renters suffer impoverishment by the resulting housing price in ation.
Indeed, the longer term consequences of policies that xate on credit growth lead to a general, system-wide expansion of leverage ratios. Meanwhile, this credit in ation disempowers the market based mechanisms that would otherwise allocate resources to their highest, best uses. The result? Leverage goes up faster than the income available to service it. As such, the credit-fuelled expansion inevitably comes to a bad end. We've lived this story before: indeed, while every cycle is distinctly different, they all end up suffering from the same central banker induced maladies. Consider the similarities in terms of where we are today versus where we were in 2007:
It's back to the future – again. Leverage has returned, most notably in the corporate sector where debt metrics have not just round- tripped but indeed are now in excess of the levels experienced before the Great Recession.
And while the Fed clings to the ction that it is "data dependent," its response function – cowering in the face of every market "tantrum" – reveals monetary policy to be what it really is: a put on nancial prices. But can the Fed, Canute-like, hold back the future tides of de-leveraging? No, though we expect that they, like their comrades in arms at the ECB and BOJ, will keep trying. Indeed, negative rates can be best understood as merely the latest attempt to forestall the failures of policies past. But, is anyone helped by establishing negative "hurdle" rates to incentivize "investment?" If a commitment of capital requires a negative opportunity cost, then whatever activity that might be launched will assuredly be productivity destroying. Negative rates have all the economic "logic" of destroying the village so as to rebuild it. It is monetary madness and while it might hold back the ood for a time, it fairly well guarantees that when the ood comes, it will be worse than it would otherwise.
Face it: the central banking Emperors have no clothes. But, might the Fed come up with new arti ces to prop up the towers of leverage they have built? They might, though it would be folly. Yet, underestimating folly is, I suppose, a folly of its own. The Fed could continue to use its printing press to falsify capital market signals, but to what end? When a central bank buys an asset with an electronically printed dollar, a "something for nothing" trade has taken place. Unless everything we understand about economics is plain wrong, the Fed cannot go on blithely adding printing press dollars to the system and expect no ill effects. Essentially, in ationist monetary policies cannot be the answer to the problems caused by in ationist monetary policy.
And this is precisely our point: when the supposed "solutions" to the Fed's dilemma are merely new "problems," you know you are approaching the cycle's end. Our counsel remains as it has been: avoid those assets that will be broken in the coming de-leveraging while keeping a "steady as she goes" attitude towards the future purchase of those assets that will merely bend when the flood comes.


text: VMware Workstation 10.0 KEYGEN ONLY-FFF | 68 kB. VMware Workstation 9 continues VMware's tradition of delivering the virtual hardware that technical professionals deserve and rely on every day. With support for Windows 8, restricted VMs, Open GL support for Linux and a new web interface to access virtual machines, it's the perfect tool for getting work done. Best in Class Windows 8 Support To help you and your organization evaluate Windows 8, master the Metro UI and test your applications, VMware Workstation 9 is optimized for running Windows 8 virtual machines and running on Windows 8 PCs. Easy Install simplifies the task of creating Windows 8 virtual machines, Unity mode will intelligently scale windows with Metro applications and multi-touch support will ensure you get the true Windows 8 experience in a virtual machine. Access from Almost any Device Workstation's new web interface allows you to access your virtual machines running in Workstation or vSphere on a tablet, smart phone, PC or any device with a modern browser. No plugins necessary. Now you can power on, off, or suspend your virtual machines and interact with them from almost anywhere. Set It and Send It Create virtual machines that are encrypted, block USB devices, require a runtime password, and another password to change virtual machine settings. Once set, send the virtual machine to anyone to run on their Mac, Windows, or Linux machines by using VMware Fusion Professional. From PC to Datacenter and Back Again In Workstation 8 we introduced the ability to upload a virtual machine from your PC to vSphere. Workstation 9 takes the next step and allows you to drag and drop a virtual machines form vSphere to your PC. It's the easiest way to move virtual machines between your PC and your internal cloud. Better 3D Graphics With faster 3D graphics and support for DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 3D graphics in a Windows and now Linux virtual machine, VMware Workstation easily handles demanding 3D applications like AutoCAD, Solidworks, and many current games. Related news.PREVIOUS NEXT


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7 Ways to Use Olive Oil in Desserts
Olive oil and dessert might not be an obvious combination, but the duo are actually delicious together.
"Some people are like, 'Whoa…olive oil and chocolate?" says chef Michael Schwartz, who adds olive oil to his silky milk-chocolate cremoso. "But the olive oil reinforces the richness." Schwartz isn't the only chef who likes how olive oil works with sweetness. From creamy lemon curd to incredible cakes, here are seven amazing desserts to make with olive oil.
1. Ligurian Olive Oil Cake
This terrifically light cake is made with Ligurian olive oil, which is more delicate and buttery than many other Italian oils.
2. Warm Chocolate Budino
Fresh, fruity olive oil is fantastic for topping this cross between a cake and pudding.
3. Olive Oil-Thyme Cake with Figs and Black Pepper
Juicy figs tossed with sugar top this tender cake; as the fruit sits in the sugar, its juices thicken to form a luscious syrup.
4. Milk-Chocolate Cremoso with Espresso Parfait
A drizzle of olive oil amps up the richness of this luscious dessert.
5. Pistachio-Topped Lemon-Olive Oil Cake
Chef Ryan Hardy substitutes olive oil for some of the butter in this excellent citrusy, nutty cake.
6. Lemon Curd Toasts with Coconut
Olive oil and cocoa butter make this lemony curd deliciously creamy; spread it on baguette toasts for an excellent dessert.
7. Olive Oil-and-Sauternes Cake with Roasted Pears
Every component of this dessert, from the cake to the sauce, uses the sweet French dessert wine Sauternes. Adding olive oil to the batter creates a delightfully moist crumb.


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FA Trophy draw: Orient at home, Daggers visit Hill's Fleet
PUBLISHED: 14:45 26 November 2018
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Justin Edinburgh's men will entertain Beaconsfield Town in the first round while Peter Taylor's Daggers visit Ebbsfleet United
The draw for the first round of the FA Trophy took place this afternoon and Leyton Orient and Dagenham & Redbridge discovered their opponents live on talkSPORT 2.
In the end it was a kind draw for Justin Edinburgh's O's, who are top of the National League table after 21 games.
Orient will play host to Buckinghamshire-based Beaconsfield Town with the Rams plying their trade in the Southern League Premier Division South.
Town defeated Leiston 3-1 on Saturday to reach the first round and give themselves a chance of a memorable first round tie.
The winner of the clash in E10 will pocket £6,000 and O's will fancy their chances of making it through.
Peter Taylor's Dagenham have a much trickier tie with the Victoria Road club set to visit league rivals Ebbsfleet United on December 15.
The game will see Daggers go up against their former manager Garry Hill, who took over at the Kent outfit earlier this month.
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Official Name of the Facility
The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Allenwood Medium is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates located 75 miles north of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice and is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) that consists of three facilities:
- Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low (FCI Allenwood Low): a low-security facility.
- Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Medium (FCI Allenwood Medium): a medium-security facility.
- United States Penitentiary, Allenwood (USP Allenwood): a high-security facility.
Facility details
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Science: Completely eliminating guns would only save about 2,000 U.S. lives
Alternate Headline: We must ban hernias!
A great, must read, article came across the Gunnie News Nets today that I needed to comment on…
This Article dissects the fraudulent talking point of the gun grabbers that 'guns kill 32,000 people each year! We must ban guns!'
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While gun control advocates always quote the 32,000 number, it includes all justifiable shootings by every law enforcement agency at the local, state and federal level, plus every citizens' use of firearms in self-defense. These are not instances that contribute to gun violence in America and rightfully should be subtracted from the annual total.
The numbers have also been inflated because suicides by firearms are included. In America, people determined to end their lives will opt to use a gun 50 percent of the time. What cannot be shown statistically is how many would use other means if a gun were not readily accessible.
However, when surveyed, two-thirds of professional mental health care givers say those intent on suicide will follow through whether or not a firearm is available.
So here's your second paradigm shift: Eliminating guns will not likely reduce suicides to any measurable extent, so that number must be rightfully subtracted from the annual total.
So if we discount justifiable shootings, suicides and accidents, what is the actual body count for gun violence in America? Chop 32,000 by two-thirds and arrive at 11,000. Two questions must then be asked: Of the 11,000, who's being killed and who's doing the killing?
Eighty percent is attributed to gangbangers.
All the hubbub must be about the remaining 2,000 annual deaths — about the same number lost each year to hernias.
Count em! A whopping 2,000 people!
Now lets put that into perspective… The U.S. Population right now is about 323,000,000 people.
Math: 2,000 divided by 323,000,000 equals 0.00000619% of the population.
Its ridiculous. I have dissected this before with Feinstein's gun control bill and the number is even lower if you use the gun grabber's own numbers… only about 665 lives saved.
Yep! We must ban hernias!


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3.3AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20ChadPolenz (1705) - Lakeland, Florida, USA - NOV 3, 2016
2015 BJCP Category: C1A New World Cider
AROMA: Light aroma of mostly green/golden apples. Slight tartness. No acidity. Mild nose overall. 6/12
APPEARANCE: Pale gold hue; crystal clear with consistent CO2 visible. White foam immediately dissipates. 3/3
FLAVOR: Medium to semi-sweet palette, no superfluous sugary presence. Flavor is mostly red apple with distinct green apple tartness on the finish. Faint acidity in the aftertaste, but it does not linger. 14/20
MOUTHFEEL: Medium-light body and carbonation (not as crisp as it looks). Refreshing with a fairly clean aftertaste. Light tannins. 3/5
OVERALL IMPRESSION: Pretty standard, no-frills cider. It'd be better either bone dry or richly sweet. 7/10


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Those who have read (most of us have) To Kill a Mockingbird, have fallen in love with the book, the characters in the story, especially the widely beloved, Atticus Finch and, of course, the author of the book, Harper Lee (1926-2016). Harper Lee was the name under which she published work, but her real name was Nelle Harper Lee.
Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960 and the book has since been regarded as a classic.
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in 1930s Alabama, and tells the story of lawyer Atticus Finch who defends Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of rape. The story was said to be inspired by events that Lee witnessed while growing up.
The book explores issues of race, class and the loss of innocence.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." Atticus Finch to Scout.
"It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived." Scout Finch.
Mockingbird not only won Lee a Pulitzer Prize in 1961, but also inspired the 1962 Academy Award-winning film starring Gregory Peck- a film that many believe to be one of the best ever made.
Lee had maintained for a half-century that she would never write a second book. However, the manuscript for the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set A Watchman was discovered and published in 2015.
The book is set 20 years after the events of To Kill a Mockingbird– although Lee actually wrote Go Set a Watchman first.
Watchman contains some of the same characters as Mockingbird, including Scout and her father Atticus Finch.
The book was surrounded with controversy though, especially the way the character of Atticus Finch was portrayed- a once beloved father, now a racist.
Harper Lee was not only responsible for providing literature lovers everywhere with another classic, but for producing a book in a time-period of segregation that explicitly focused on racial inequality and class in the deep South.
She wrote a book which is extremely powerful, accessible and successful, and will be revered by people for a very long time. Harper Lee's name will always be synonymous with what has long been seen as one of the great novels of all time, and her readers the world over will continue to love her.
Purely out of the joy of sharing, here is a valued personal gift to all the fans of Harper Lee and the readers of OrdinaireMe. Download a free e-book copy of To Kill a Mockingbird from HERE (This copy is strictly for personal use and not for commercial use). And please do subscribe to OrdinaireMe.


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Health informatics or medical informatics is the intersection of knowledge science, computer science and well being care. The previous School of Informatics at the State College of New York Buffalo defined informatics because the Venn diagram displaying the intersection of people, info, and know-how. In Asia and Australia-New Zealand, the regional group known as the APAMI Asia Pacific Affiliation for Medical Informatics was established in 1994 and now consists of more than 15 member regions in the Asia Pacific Area.
In spite of everything, I'm a doctor by coaching, and though I know longer actively look after sufferers, my training and early profession experience provide a perspective that informs my understanding of the role of physicians in informatics. The answers aren't any and no. Informatics is a very heterogeneous area, and there are alternatives for individuals from all varieties of backgrounds.
Public Well being Informatics focuses on how technology may also help forestall injuries and sicknesses. It addresses the privateness, moral and operational issues that invariably come up when digital instruments, information and media are used in well being care delivery. ACHI works to enhance the nationwide capability in health informatics in analysis, training and training, policy and system implementation.
Medical informatics began to take off in the US within the 1950s with the rise of the microchip and computers. V. use of hand-held or transportable units to help providers with information entry/retrieval or medical determination-makingHISTORY: Medical informatics started in the Fifties with the rise of usable computation gadgets, computer systems. This science is used to create medical informatics and computing public well being, pharmacy and other data methods pc.
When I was an NLM informatics postdoctoral fellow within the late Eighties, I couldn't have imagined the emergence of the World Wide Web, the wi-fi ubiquitous Internet, trendy mobile gadgets, or the widespread adoption of digital health records that we now have. Pharmacy informatics (PIX), also known as pharmacoinformatics, is the appliance of computers to the storage, retrieval and evaluation of drug info.…


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Throughout his career Charles Ginnever has been interested in creating works whose visual complexities belie the relatively simple forms they first suggest. Many of his sculptures are bold, geometric sets of interconnected steel planes that seem to vacillate between flatness and cubic volumes as the viewer moves around them. In a sense, Ginnever invites the viewer to meditate on the nature of perception.
Fayette: For Charles and Medgar Evers is named for two brothers who were prominent leaders in the civil rights movement. Medgar was killed by a sniper in 1963. Charles continued their work and was elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1971. Ginnever made this sculpture that same year, taking part in public art's long tradition of honoring important people and commemorating heroic achievements and allying him with the aims of the civil rights movement.
Prospect Mountain Project honors David Smith, a pivotal figure in the history of modern sculpture and a central presence in the Storm King collection. The work was first exhibited as part of Prospect Mountain Sculpture Show: An Homage to David Smith, a 1979 exhibition near Smith's home in Bolton Landing, New York, which featured works by artists including Mark di Suvero and Isaac Witkin. The piece consists of three steel structures, each resembling folded paper objects, arranged to give an impression of delicate balance. Ginnever's work, like much of Smith's, draws inspiration from Cubism and explores the ambiguity between perception and reality.


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Audience: Franklin University Faculty and Staff using Outlook email on the computer.
Disclaimer: The results and functionality of the following article only apply to the audience listed above.
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By Matt Weaver
"I often find myself wanting to literally crawl into bed with my creations. A perversion of the arts. Finding solace from the world of the living within the world of my inanimate crocheted lovers. My relationship to my work, and probably I imagine other artists to their works, it that of lovers in all senses, needs and wants. Initially I try to create more manageable portioned work but desiring a more tangible relationship guided by proximity I end up dealing out human size comparable pieces. I find completion in creating fewer but larger pieces. I am inspired through crochet to create masses, instead of inherenttextiles that revolve around the act of covering. And for this my work is entitled Crochet Mass." -Weaver
Matt received his MFA in Sculpture from the University of Kansas in 2010, and had previously studied sculpture at Brigham Young University, in Utah. Currently based out of Kansas City, Matt has continued to work with the rich combination of soft textiles and hard sculptural materials, such as concrete, that attempt to resolve each other as the two materials come together to explore compelling attractions:
"My intention with my work is that viewers can create new awareness's of their relations with others. Whether it pushes through personal space or adds to pre-existing feelings, I hope viewers take from my work feeling of reverent sensuality, ideas and feelings that can perhaps add to their own experiences whether tender and emotional or erotic and untamed." - Weaver
The show runs January 6th through January 27th. After January 6th, viewings are by appointment only. You can contact Paula Rose at the above email address to schedule an appointment.


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Natural Wood Large Round Bead - SET OF 4
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Set of 4 natural wood beads to add to your own hanging or planter. Easily stained to any shade!
These premium beads are smooth, quality beads with consistent hole sizes.
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Hearts and More Templates – Set of 4
Complete set of the four Hearts and More Templates. Templates A, B, C and D are all included with a comprehensive instruction booklet to teach you how to use them.
We strongly recommend using Grace TrueGrips on the back of all your templates. We don't cut without them!
You will need a 28mm rotary cutter to cut around the curves. These templates can be used in a wide variety of appliqué patterns, including our own Hearts and More patterns.
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We offer a number of residential grading and hauling services.
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text: The recycling industry has changed. Contamination, once allowed by haulers, has ruined the cardboard recycling industry and kept the price of OCC (old corrugated cardboard) under the price per ton levels needed to make it a profitable business. For the last 2 years haulers have tried in many ways to stop the bleeding of profits based on what they can recoup from selling their cardboard. The United States largest hauler is responsible for much of this issue. As the largest seller of cardboard to China there was so much contamination that the Chinese finally said "NO" and demanded much cleaner cardboard. That meant that they now had to process all their cardboard to clean out the contamination. There can be no plastic bags, bottles, Styrofoam, or waxed cardboard. With no one policing the dumpsters you would never see the issues that we, in the waste industry, see on a daily basis.


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DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Federal authorities are cracking down on the use of exploding targets on U.S. Forest Service land in five states to prevent them from sparking wildfires.
The order Monday covers forest and grasslands in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Violators could face a fine of up to $5,000 and be sent prison for up to six months.
Exploding targets can be purchased legally. They're used for shooting practice and explode when hit by a bullet.
"When you shoot these they blow up, and they blow up pretty spectacularly, which is why they're popular," U.S. Attorney John Walsh said at a news conference on Monday.
According to the Forest Service, they've caused at least 16 wildfires nationally in the last year. In the five-state region, they're blamed for starting seven since the beginning of 2012. The largest was Springer Gulch near Colorado's Lake George. It cost $2.7 million to fight.
"Pretty much any of the brands that are out there of exploding targets pose the risk of fire that we're talking about here today," Walsh said.
A quick YouTube search yields almost 70,000 results, showing the popularity.
"The degree of risk posed by these devices on the forests has really only gradually become apparent," Walsh said.
The Bureau of Land Management is considering a similar ban.
The Forest Service order issued Monday is temporary, but the agency is working to enact a permanent rule that would ban exploding targets on national forests and grasslands, said Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Denver.
The Forest Service said they still support recreational shooting on public lands, but say the exploding targets are just too dangerous, especially given the dry conditions for the past few years.
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Hydrogenics' HySTAT™ fueling station uses our advanced electrolysis technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, using only electricity.
It's a complete hydrogen fueling station with modular capacities ranging from 20 kg to over 1,000 kg of hydrogen per day. The hydrogen is dispensed at 350 or 700 bar.
The HySTAT fueling station is a turnkey solution, which comes fully interconnected, automated and is easy to install. The process is quiet, reliable and safe; and it provides zero emission fuel from production to consumption, eliminating the dependency on carbon fuels.
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A small number of employers and start-ups are assessing different options for giving employees faster access to earned wages. Generally, most workers get paid once every week, once every other week, or twice per month. This practice has allowed employers to retain funds that they could be use in the interim between paydays. Despite the tradition of weekly and bi-weekly payments, employees have voiced concerns about waiting to receive their pay. As a way to mitigate these concerns, a growing number of employers have opted to use payroll cards and ATMs in order to enable their employees to take home their pay as soon as it is earned.
Generally, fast access to wages has been considered one of the benefits of "gig" services, such as bartending or ridesharing, but now more employers of "traditional" workers are looking for ways to transfer this benefit to their employees.
For workers in the ride-sharing industry, instant access to wages has become an industry standard. Both Uber and Lyft have provided their drivers with the option to obtain their wages on the same day that they were earned. Uber gives each of its active drivers a prepaid debit card, while Lyft offers drivers the option to cash out immediately at the end of the day, instead of waiting for their weekly payday.
Another way employees can gain access to their wages before payday is through the use of ATMs. Recently, a nonprofit based in California has allowed its employees to use an ATM at their facility to withdraw from their next paycheck up to $500 or one-half of the wages that they have already earned. In this type of transaction, the vendor running the ATM fronts the money to the employees. Then, once payday comes around, the vendor receives the paid-out wages from the employer. Vendors that help provide workers with fast cash may also be set up so that they make payments directly to employees from the employer's account, instead of waiting for a reimbursement.
The final payment structure that a vendor providing fast access to wages can take is to receive reimbursement directly from the employee. In this situation, the vendor advances the cash for hours that the employee has worked. The employee verifies his hours by sending a picture of his time sheets to the vendor. On payday, the vendor goes directly into the worker's checking account and withdraws the amount owed from the advance.
Some employers believe that instant access to wages is a great incentive for people to want to work for their organization. Additionally, fast cash may encourage employees to be more productive and work longer hours, especially if the employee is a little short on bills or rent. If an employee is able to receive some or all of his wages when he needs them, it may prevent some pressing financial issues from becoming worse. For example, if an employee cannot afford to purchase medicine or pay the utility bill, that worker's living conditions will suffer; however, if they were able to access a few extra dollars it would make a big difference. Following this logic, use of same-day or early access to wages will likely reduce the need for payday loans, which often carry high interest rates.
All of the services that provide fast access to wages charge fees, generally on a per transaction basis. These fees can range from $0.50 to $5.00 depending on the vendor and the way the transaction is structured. While employers can choose to help pay for some of the transaction fees, the worker is typically on his or her own.
Although the transaction charges can add up, they usually remain lower than the fees that employees would have to pay for payday loans, bank overdrafts, or late payments, making use of the services worthwhile for the employees.
More people in traditional jobs are seeing instant payments as a convenient method for supplementing weekly budgets in emergency situations, or purchasing necessities such as groceries. Providing same-day or early access to wages is a growing trend that progressive employers are watching and testing to determine which methods will give the most benefits to their employees.


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Making mental health services accessible
TPC at Prairie Avenue is located at Providence Community Health Centers' newest location in south Providence. This co-located behavioral health center makes it easier for patients to access mental health services in the same place where they receive their primary care. TPC staff work together with PCHC doctors and nurses to address the behavioral and emotional needs of patients. TPC's on-site outpatient counseling services support a patient's overall health goals, such as quitting smoking, managing stress or adopting better nutrition habits.
TPC at Prairie Avenue is staffed by a psychiatrist, full-time therapists and clinicians providing services for adults, children and families. Bilingual services are also available.
Contact TPC at Prairie Avenue at 401-415-8844. The clinic is open Monday 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Tuesday 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m., and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.


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Kylie Jenner has yet to confirm she is pregnant with Travis Scott's baby, a story broken by TMZ and confirmed by People magazine, but she does seem to be acknowledging the rumors in a stealthy way — by teasing the cameras.
Fans had noticed she was posting older images of herself on her Instagram leading up to the big news, and now that the cat is out of the bag, Kylie's selfies look carefully arranged to conceal what could be a burgeoning baby bump!
People reports Kylie headed to Las Vegas, where she watched Scott perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. At the performance, she wore a baggy black shirt and brown pants.
Her Instagram's pics from the trip also left something to the imagination. In two snaps, Kylie posed in a baggy black sweatshirt, exposing a little of her midriff, but not enough to give anything away. "Yesterday was cute," she captioned the shot, referring to a special birthday celebration with her pal Jordy. The giraffe in the picture couldn't draw focus away from Kylie's mid-section, but she seemed to have selected a photo that wouldn't expose too much.
In another picture, she posed with her girlfriends in matching white robes, but the loose robe helpfully camouflaged any bump in the front. This one she captioned, "mornings :)."
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It's been confirmed!
Three weeks ago I sighted a platypus on the Fairhill dam. I was stoked of course but everyone that I spoke to bragging about the sighting doubted me with comments like; "are you sure", "really" followed by mumbling something like "yea right Nick" and other remarks that are probably better left unsaid.
On the last Wednesday of every month there is a bird watching group (called the "Wednesday Club") come to the gardens to see what birds they can find. Last Wednesday as well as seeing 61 different birds they also sighted the fabled platypus. And better than that – some in the group recon they are two platypi. They were thrilled but a bit perplexed at my comment of "that's confirmed", I was relieved (it wasn't my imagination).
Fairhill Botanic Gardens is a haven of sights and sounds and the addition of either one platypus or, even better, two platypi … well it makes it even better.
PS If I manage to get a photo (with platypi that can be a bit of an ask) I'll past ot this page.