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Aroma Simply Stainless rice cooker
Are you in search of a nice and simple rice cooker that would just be enough for the little need of your small family?
Or maybe you are a bunch of busy
Well, a rice cooker efficient enough is sure to relax you.
Aroma Rice Cookers, leaders in their league of cooking products. Takes care of all your hassles in one safe go, and gives you the taste of professionally made rice with no effort and time.
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Also, Take a look at what is the best rice cooker to buy? to observe the comparisons.
This rice cooker can contain up to 3 cups of uncooked rice and is completely built with surgical-grade 304 stainless less. This guarantees its sturdiness, silvery exterior and easy to clean interior.
Its simple one-touch button system allows the options of steam, cook and keeps warm. As your rice get ready to their perfection. The rice cooker will automatically switch to the keep warm mode so that the meal is fresh and hot, whenever you eat it.
Why You Should Have Aroma Stainless Steel Rice Cooker?
- This model is a simple one for those who wish to avoid complex features when using the rice cooker.
- The price is quite nominal, and you can probably afford it you are tight on the budget.
- It is ideal for making rice for up to 6 people at a time. Which is sufficient capacity for a small-scale family?
- You can go ahead to improvise and make soups, stews,
andchili in the rice cooker.
- The inner pot is also made of stainless steel that is also beneficial to your health.
- One of the edges that this unit has is that of size. You can fit it easily into any kitchen cabinet, or may not mind propping it on to your kitchen counter.
- It makes home cooking an easy and fun experience with the perfect rice ready at home with no complexity at all
The drawbacks:
The simple one push feature does not facilitate a lot of options are now available in most rice cookers.
You should only use the measuring cup that comes along the unit to measure rice. Using any other cup will upset the ratios that the unit works with and this might result in a rice disaster.
Additional Specifications of Aroma Stainless Steel Rice Cooker:
- Size: 8.2 x 8.1 x 10.3 inches
- Country of Origin: USA
- The
materialused: Surgical stainless steel 304 grade
- Options: Steam, Cook and Keep Warm
- Accessories: a serving spoon and 1 measuring cup


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The old joke goes that when a New South Wales player receives his baggy blue, a baggy green is slipped into his bag at the same time.
But that doesn't quite explain the curious case of Victorian batsman and debutant Marcus Harris.
The 456th Australian Test cricketer received his baggy green from batting great Mike Hussey on Thursday morning ahead of the series-opening match against India at Adelaide Oval.
But when he finally got on the field, cricket fans noticed something a little odd.
Is Harris wearing a baggy blue? Is it a baggy black?
It certainly looked out of place to television viewers at home.
Fans quickly noticed the Victorian opener wasn't the only Aussie with an odd-looking cap:
Feel sorry for Marcus Harris. Waited his whole life to get his baggy green and he's given something that resembles an England baggy blue #stiff #AusvIndia
— Mety (@Inside_Mid) December 6, 2018
When did the Baggy Green change shade?#AUSvIND
— Andrew Macdougall (@AndrewMacWrites) December 6, 2018
Is it just me or are the new baggy greens less green? Finch's baggy green as a blue hue… #ausvind
— Cameron de Man 🏌🏻 (@camerondeman) December 6, 2018
@ShaneWarne Hi Warney, can you explain why the boys are wearing different coloured 'Baggy Green' caps. #AUSvIND #baggygreen
— Kevin (@the67yak) December 6, 2018
What happened to the Baggy Green cap? Im not that blind, there black half of em
— P.J.PAYNE (@VOREGAL) December 6, 2018
Is it me or are the new baggy greens looking more black than green? #AUSvIND
— Thomas Wake (@WakeThomas) December 6, 2018
Why isnt travis head's (and others) baggy green, green? Who let a colour blind person pick the fabric? #AUSvsIND
— janey (@jane_ella97) December 6, 2018
But there's a simple truth in the matter.
In December 2016, Cricket Australia (CA) awarded the contract to produce baggy greens to Kookaburra – ending a partnership with Albion that lasted more than 50 years.
Recent financial troubles were partly behind CA's decision to axe Albion, with Kookaburra the only other company able to suit the governing body's criteria.
CA wanted an Australian-owned company that could use 100 per cent Australian wool.
But while the iconic design would remain, the move to a new manufacturer meant a change in process and materials.
Thus, Kookaburra's final product – while made to the same specifications and still a baggy green – looks slightly different to Albion's old offering.
Just why it looks much darker on television, like a baggy black or blue, can only put down to TV technology, with photographs showing less contrast between the two.
Cameron Bancroft, who made his Australian debut in November 2017, was reportedly the first player to receive a Kookaburra baggy green.
This photo from last year's Ashes shows the relatively subtle difference between Bancroft's cap and David Warner's Albion model:
Just why more cricket fans seemed to notice Harris's baggy green looked different remains to be seen.
Other recent debutants to receive a new Kookaburra baggy green include Chadd Sayers, Aaron Finch, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne.
Harris achieves childhood dream
Justin Langer enlisted the help of fellow West Australian Hussey, who played 79 Tests, to usher Marcus Harris into international cricket on Thursday.
There were no shortage of legends and former captains on deck, with the Seven Network and Fox Cricket both boasting star-studded commentary teams.
But Hussey was a sentimental choice when it came to the ritual welcome for the nation's 456th male Test cricketer.
Harris sealed his Test call-up with an unbeaten 250 for Victoria at the MCG in October but the opener started his first-class career with Western Australia.
"He actually presented me my WA hat as well, (it's) pretty special," Harris told Fox Cricket.
"It's a bit surreal. It was great to have the family out here, I looked at them and I nearly started crying. Very special … very fortunate."
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Recorded live, Songs And Stories recounts an evening of music and insight from the legendary troubadour that spans Clark's 40 years of rough-and-tumble yet earnest storytelling. This latest effort from Clark includes brand new recordings of L.A. Freeway, The Randall Knife, The Cape, Homegrown Tomatoes, Stuff That Works and other well-known fan favorites plus some of the stories behind them.
Track Listing:
1. Introduction
2. L.A. Freeway
3. Story: Sometimes They Come Easy
4. Maybe I Can Paint Over That
5. Story: Townes' Road Keets
6. If I Needed You
7. The Cape
8. Homegrown Tomatoes
9. Shawn And Verlon
10. Story: The Legend Of Sis Draper
11. Sis Draper
12. Magnolia Wind
13. Story: I'm From Greasy Bend
14. Darweitta's Mandolin
15. Story: Hang In There
16. Joe Walker's Mare
17. A nod to Rodney Crowell
18. Stuff That Works
19. Out In The Parkin' Lot
20. Intro: The Randall Knife
21. The Randall Knife
22. Curtain call for the cast


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The fact is that Honey is not a world famous party capital and after 10 PM the city is usually not full of people partying and having fun out. However, if you go to the Old Quarter or area around Hoan Kiem Lake, you will many crowded spots with loud music and friendly atmosphere. In this article we will guide through the nightlife of Hanoi to make your visit to the city even more memorable!
Hanoi by night Image source: stianrekdal.com
Visiting bars is, probably, the most common way of spending free time among locals. People come here with a company of friends, for a drink after work or for any other occasion. The bars are usually pretty full during weekends and open till late night or early morning.
Le PUB
The bar is located in the heart of the Old Quarter, and it also has outdoor seatings, so you can enjoy watching the street action while having you drink. It has a good selection of drinks and several options for a lunch/dinner, including the variety of Vietnamese food. Le PUB is definitely the place with a friendly service and positive atmosphere.
Address: 25 Hàng Bè, Lý Thái Tổ, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Hours: 7:00 am – 12:00 am
Mao's Red Lounge
Another great spot in the Old Quarter of Hanoi with a cozy and ambient atmosphere and a big choice of well-priced drinks. Plays a wide range of rock, dance, funk, Latin and reggae music. Moreover, if you don't like the choice, there's a possibility for you to play music from your own CD! A good place for meeting with friends and chilling after a long day.
Address: 7 Tạ Hiên, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hours: 4:00 pm – 12:00 am
The Rooftop
The Rooftop is a bar on the 19th floor of the capital's Pacific Place Tower. It has a fantastic view on the Hanoi, especially during the night time, when the city is illuminated with millions of lights. The bar has an elegant interior design, fine cuisine and a good choice of drinks, It also regularly hosts special events and DJ's performances.
Address: 83 Lý Thường Kiệt, Trần Hưng Đạo, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Hours: 11 am – 2 am
The Rooftop Bar Image source: hanoi-online.net
In Hanoi clubs are not so popular among people for spending their nights out, what actually makes the existing places even better: there's always a lot of people, but there's no a crowd, what makes your staying there more pleasant and comfortable.
Funky Buddha Club
It is a small, trendy club that mostly plays house, trance and electro music. The club is full of local people and tourists, and during weekends may be even crowded, as it is located in the very centre of Hanoi and is actually one of the most famous in the city, especially among young people.
Address: 2 Ta Hien, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hours: 6 pm – 2 am
Nutz Bar
The Sheraton Hanoi Hotel's Nutz Bar turns into a nightclub with live entertainment and DJs. It is popular with Hanoi expats and visitors staying in the hotels around. This is a right place if you want to spend your evening in multicultural environment and meet both, locals and travellers. The club is quite pricey and there is an informal dress code.
Address: 11 Xuan Dieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nightlife in Hanoi can always surprises you! Image source: tnhvietnam.xemzi.com
Dragonfly is a favorite place among locals and expats. The club has a big bar, dancefloor, cocktail and shisha lounge. Moreover, for special sport events it can even offer table football, pool tables and big-screen TVs! No wonder, that it had been popular for years and always has visitors!
Address: 15 Hang Buom, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hours: 6 pm – 2 am
Local people often visit concerts in their free time. And Hanoi has many things to offer for music lovers: from jazz and swing to rock music! The only thing you have to do is to decide how you would love to spend your evening!
Minh's Jazz Club
A place with jazz music that will touch your heart, soul and awake the deepest feelings. It hosts live performances and jam-sessions every night at 9 pm. The bar owner, Minh, is a saxophone teacher at the Hanoi Conservatory, who also moonlights here. As a bonus – a really great menu with a big choice of food and drinks, and with reasonable prices. Minh's Jazz Club is one of the best places in Hanoi, according to travellers' rate.
Address: No.1 Trang Tien, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hours: 8:30 am – 11:30 pm
Swing Cafe And Lounge
Swing Zafe is a fancy retro-style cafe by day and a popular live music venue by night. Surprisingly, the music played here is not only swing! In the evenings you may enjoy live performing of Vietnamese songs, as well as worldwide English hits! It also hosts concerts of famous Vietnamese singers and cabaret-shows. Open till late night, this is definitely a "must" if you are searching for a place with a style!
Address: 1, Tràng Tiền, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi, Vietnam
Hours: 7 am – 3 am
Hanoi Rock City
Hanoi Rock City is the capital of Vietnam's independent music and is one of the most popular concert venues nowadays. Every weekend it holds special events and concerts, so you can have a great time and discover the local nightlife having a drink and enjoying actually great music!
Address: 27 Tô Ngọc Vân, Quảng An, Tây Hồ, Hà Nội, Vietnam
Hours: 4 pm – 2 am
Hanoi rocks! Image source: en.wikipedia.org


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I wonder what advantage could come with a larger population. There is a higher concentration down South though.
June 20, 2003
More Than Black and White
The growth of the Latino population in the mainland United States has been head spinning. In just two years, from April 2000 to July 2002, the number of Hispanics grew 9.8 percent, nearly four times as fast as the general population. Their ranks have doubled since 1980. This week, as expected, the Census Bureau confirmed that Hispanics nearly 40 million of them now make up the nation's largest minority group. That is part of a larger trend that makes old views of race, in terms of black and white, incomplete and in need of rethinking.
Current census forms ask respondents to categorize themselves by race, then to answer whether they are Hispanic or not. Latinos can be of any race, but when they are forced to select one, many have used white as a default choice. More than half of Latinos, as the Pew Hispanic Center found, see themselves as Hispanic or Latino or "other" outside the traditional racial boxes. Simply put, most Latinos do not see themselves playing in the colored jerseys that are provided. They are not alone. Other portions of the American population like Arab-Americans find no easy fit in the official count.
The United States is a country that once divided the world between black and white so rigidly that a single nonwhite ancestor far back on the family tree was enough to determine a person's racial category. Now our concept of race is, happily, far broader. Intermarriage has created a growing population of people who think of themselves as multiracial or "other" because they have roots in more than one camp. Hispanics and other growing minority groups have helped remind us of the many ways Americans find to define themselves.
Culture and language, the markers that unite most Hispanics, are often diluted through the generations. But other forces like inter-American commerce, the reach of Spanish-language media, the emergence of majority Hispanic communities and the connection with ancestral homelands by way of the Internet guarantee that assimilation won't displace heritage.
America looks far different than it did half a century ago, when 87 percent of the population was white, 10 percent was black and the small remainder was Asian, Hispanic and Native American. Shifts in percentages will never erase 300 years of racial history, nor should they. But it's time for new chapters to be written.
Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
I wonder what advantage could come with a larger population. There is a higher concentration down South though.
July 11, 2003
Is Race Real?
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
OXFORD, England
I had my DNA examined by a prominent genetic specialist here, and what do you know! It turns out I'm African-American.
The mitochondria in my cells show that I'm descended from a matriarch who lived in Africa, possibly in present-day Ethiopia or Kenya.
O.K., this was 70,000 years ago, and she seems to be a common ancestor of all Asians as well as all Caucasians. Still, these kinds of DNA analyses illuminate the raging scientific debate about whether there is anything real to the notion of race.
"There's no genetic basis for any kind of rigid ethnic or racial classification at all," said Bryan Sykes, the Oxford geneticist and author of "The Seven Daughters of Eve." "I'm always asked is there Greek DNA or an Italian gene, but, of course, there isn't. . . . We're very closely related."
Likewise, The New England Journal of Medicine once editorialized bluntly that "race is biologically meaningless."
Take me. Dr. Sykes looked at a sequence of my mitochondrial DNA to place me on a kind of global family tree. It would have been nice to learn that my ancestors hailed from a village on Loch Ness, but ancestry can almost never be pegged that precisely, and I appear to be a mongrel. One of my variants, for example, is scattered among people in Finland, Poland, Armenia, the Netherlands, Scotland, Israel, Germany and Norway.
On the other hand, is race really "biologically meaningless"? Bigotry has been so destructive that it's tempting to dismiss race and ethnicity as artificial, but there are genuine differences among population groups.
Jews are more likely to carry mutations for Tay-Sachs, Africans for sickle cell anemia. It's hard to argue that ethnicity is an empty concept when one gene mutation for an iron storage disease, hemochromatosis, affects fewer than 1 percent of Armenians but 8 percent of Norwegians.
"There is great value in racial/ ethnic self-categorizations" for medicine, protested an article last year by a Stanford geneticist, Neil Risch, in Genome Biology. It warned against "ignoring our differences, even if with the best of intentions."
DNA does tend to differ, very slightly, with race. Profilers thought a recent serial killer in Louisiana was white until a DNA sample indicated he was probably black. (A black man has been arrested in the case.) As genetic science advances, the police may eventually be able to recover semen and put out an A.P.B. for a tall white rapist with red curly hair, blue eyes and perhaps a Scottish surname.
On the other hand, genetic markers associated with Africans can turn up in people who look entirely white. Indians and Pakistanis may have dark skin, but genetic markers show that they are Caucasians.
Another complication is that African-Americans are, on average, about 17 percent white: they have mitochondria (maternally inherited) that are African, but they often have European Y chromosomes. In other words, white men raped or seduced their maternal ancestors.
Among Jews, there are common genetic markers, including some found in about half the Jewish men named Cohen. But this isn't exactly a Jewish gene: the same marker is also found in Arabs.
"Genetics research is now about to end our long misadventure with the idea of race," Steve Olson writes in his new book, "Mapping Human History."
When I lived in Japan in the 1990's, my son Gregory had a play date with a classmate I hadn't met. I asked Gregory, then 5, whether the boy's mother was Japanese.
"I don't know," Gregory replied.
"Well," I asked sharply, "did she look Japanese or American?" Although he'd lived in Tokyo for years, Gregory replied blankly, "What does a Japanese person look like?"
He was ahead of his time. Genetics increasingly shows that racial and ethnic distinctions are real but often fuzzy and greatly exaggerated. Genetics will increasingly show that most humans are mongrels, and it will make a mockery of racism.
"There are meaningful distinctions among groups that may have implications for disease susceptibility," said Harry Ostrer, a genetics expert at the New York University School of Medicine. "The right-wing version of this is `The Bell Curve,' and that's pseudoscience that's not real. But there can be a middle ground between left-wing political correctness and right-wing meanness."
I'll be searching for that middle ground this year as I'm celebrating Kwanzaa.
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Genetic Bazaar
Anyone can get a DNA analysis to try to shed light on genetic origins, but for now don't expect to be pegged too precisely. Bryan Sykes of Oxford University founded a company that offers analyses based on the rubric in his book "The Seven Daughters of Eve," and more information is available at www.Oxfordancestors.com . That's the company I used. An alternative is an American company offering DNA analyses with a genealogy focus, www.familytreedna.com .
Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
Last edited by Kris; October 4th, 2009 at 06:11 PM.
Defining Race, a Thorny Issue
To the Editor:
Without providing a biologically meaningful definition of race, Nicholas D. Kristof's July 11 column, "Is Race Real?," makes little sense. How does he define white race? There is no plausible evidence that external appearance is a valid biological criterion of race, nor does the presence of a particular mutation define a race.
These questions are not just theoretical. Looming on the horizon are drugs that will be marketed to physicians specifically for use in certain racial groups. How will a doctor decide that any given patient needs a white-race or black-race treatment for heart failure?
Objections to the idea of race are based not on political correctness but on the self-evident point that pigeonholing by race ignores the extraordinary diversity of humanity.
Boston, July 11, 2003
The writer is deputy editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
November 9, 2003
Going Beyond Black and White, Hispanics in Census Pick 'Other'
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Patria Rodriguez, an advertising sales director for a women's magazine in New York, takes after her father. With light brown skin and thick, curly hair, she says she resembles the actress Rosie Perez, but some people have asked her if she is Italian, and others have told her she looks like the singer Sade.
Like many Hispanic Americans, Ms. Rodriguez does not think of herself as black or white. "I acknowledge I have both black and white ancestry in me, but I choose to label myself in nonracial terms: Latina. Hispanic. Puerto Rican. Nuyorican," Ms. Rodriguez, 31, said. "I feel that being Latina implies mixed racial heritage, and I wish more people knew that. Why should I have to choose?"
As the Hispanic population booms, the fluid ways that she and other Latinos view their racial identities are drawing more attention and fueling the national debate over racial classifications what they mean, what they should be and whether they are needed at all.
Now members of the United States' largest minority group, the nation's 38.8 million Hispanics, nearly half of them immigrants, harbor notions of race that are as varied as their Spanish and that often clash with the more bipolar views of many other Americans.
White? Black? Try "moreno," "trigueno" or "indio," terms that indicate skin shades and ancestry and accommodate several hues.
This heterogeneity has stumped the Census Bureau. In its 2000 count, almost half the Hispanic respondents refused to identify themselves by any of the five standard racial categories on the census forms: white, black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska native and a category that includes natives of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The agency has since been surveying Hispanics to find a way to pinpoint them racially.
In the census, respondents can mark their ethnicity as Hispanic, but then they are asked to choose a racial label. In 2000, almost half of the Hispanic respondents, 48 percent, identified themselves as white. Only 2 percent chose black.
But from the light-complexioned to the dark, more than 14 million, or more than 42 percent of all Latino respondents, marked the box labeled "some other race" and wrote in such disparate identities as Mayan, Tejano and mestizo. (An additional 6 percent said they were members of two or more races.)
The category "some other race" was used almost exclusively by Hispanics; of all those who chose it, 97 percent were Latino. Claudette Bennett, chief of the Census Bureau's racial-statistics branch, said follow-up research showed that a large portion of these respondents wanted Hispanic to be considered their race.
A recent study by the Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research at the State University of New York at Albany noted that the popularity of the "some other race" category came at the expense of the "white" category, which was the choice of the majority of Latino respondents in 1980.
"There may have been a sense that being white was part of the process of being assimilated," said John R. Logan, Mumford's director. "There's a trend toward rejecting whiteness as a way of expressing success."
"That's the big change over time. There's a Latino identity that's neither white nor black, and it's a positive identity."
While there are clearly white Hispanics and black Hispanics, many more come from racially mixed stock, with white, black and American Indian or other indigenous strains. Even within one family, one sibling may look black by many Americans' standards, another white, and another in between. And factors as disparate as hair texture, education, income and even nationality matter almost as much as skin color in racial self-image.
Israel Coats, 24, a Dominican who moved to New York when he was 11 and is now studying marketing at Baruch College, is black in physical features and in the way he identifies himself. But in the Dominican Republic, he says, he is called "indio," Indian. That is because even the darkest-skinned Dominican often regards "black" as a synonym for Haitian; the two nations, which share the island of Hispaniola, have a long history of conflict.
Physical appearance is not even a factor in how some Latinos sort themselves into racial categories.
Mario Goderich, 36, a police officer in Miami Beach, Fla., who has light brown hair, green eyes and the white skin of his Puerto Rican mother, identifies himself on the census forms as Hispanic and white. His father, Rene Goderich, 62, also identifies himself as white, even though he describes himself as "jabao," the Cuban term for a light-skinned mulatto.
"Over here there's no `jabao' or `mulatto,' so I say white," said the elder Mr. Goderich, who is from Santiago, Cuba, and lives in New Jersey. "We're all mixed."
Ms. Rodriguez, the advertising sales director, said one reason she is uncomfortable picking one race is because the words white and black carry political baggage that she does not feel she shares. "White means mostly privilege and black means overcoming obstacles, a history of civil rights," she said. "As a Latina, I can't try to claim one of these."
Among people of Mexican descent, who make up more than 65 percent of Hispanics in the United States, the racial background includes a strong indigenous influence. Eva Blanco, 32, a college admissions official in San Jose, Calif., said she wished there were a census box labeled "red."
"In college, a friend would call me a Mayan princess, because I have the nose you see in the pictures of Mayans," she said. "I feel there's nothing that describes my race per se. For the most part, I say I'm Mexican."
Ellis Cose, who examined racial identity in Latin America for his 1997 book, "Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World," said these malleable views were quickening the pace of a shift in this country that began in the 1960's, after legal segregation ended and intermarriage became more common.
Growing numbers of interracial unions are also making the color line a moving target. By 2000, the census showed, interracial couples, including those in which one person was of Hispanic origin, made up 7 percent of marriages and 13 percent to 15 percent of households with unmarried partners.
"For the first time, the American construct of race is making room for a large group of folks it never made room for before," said Mr. Cose, who is also a contributing editor for Newsweek.
The growing multiracial population has interfered with the government's accounting of people by race and has become one of the top issues of research and debate among scholars. On Labor Day weekend, Harvard University drew more than 1,000 participants to a "color lines" research conference that delved into the implications for a nation where so much depends on racial categorization: antidiscrimination and voting-rights laws, health and educational statistics and social policies like affirmative action.
Joel Perlmann, a senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College who was a co-editor of "The New Race Question," a 2002 book about how the census counts multiracial people, said the changing demographics were casting doubt on the rationale for the categories themselves.
"Where do these categories come from?" he asked. "What are their justification? It helps delegitimize race."
In California, a movement to shelve racial classifications altogether was behind Proposition 54, the unsuccessful measure on last month's recall ballot that sought to halt the collection of most racial and ethnic data by the state government.
One proponent of the measure was Ward Connerly, the black California businessman who led the winning push for laws in California and Washington State that ban the consideration of race in public university admissions, hiring and government contracting. He argues that racial classifications have become so imprecise as to lose all meaning.
"We ought to be trying to find a better way of detecting discrimination than this crude way," Mr. Connerly said, adding that he planned to bring another version of Propostition 54 to voters.
But many civil rights advocates and government officials counter that racial categories, as imperfect as they may be, are the only way to measure disparities among groups and provide remedies. And they say that the way Hispanics see themselves may ultimately be irrelevant if they are still subject to other people's biases.
Letvia Arza-Goderich, a lawyer in Los Angeles and a cousin of Mr. Goderich, the Miami Beach police officer, said she felt that she was not regarded as white in the United States except among Latinos. Her family left Cuba in the late 1960's, and as a teenager in Wisconsin, Ms. Arza-Goderich said, her white schoolmates regarded her as dark-skinned and used a slur to describe her. It did not matter that she had pale white skin that looked even whiter against her black wavy hair.
"We were Cubans, and that wasn't white," she said. "My answer was, `Not that it matters, but I'm white just like you because the people I came from were from Spain.' They'd look at you in disbelief.
"If you're Latino, you're not white-white in the eyes of white Americans," Ms. Arza-Goderich said.
Still, white Hispanics are more prosperous than other Latinos, the Mumford Center study found. Hispanics who described themselves as white on the 2000 Census had the highest incomes and the lowest rates of unemployment and poverty, and they tended to live closest to non-Latino whites, the study said. Black Hispanics, who live in neighborhoods that have nearly as many African-Americans as Hispanic residents, the study found, had lower incomes and higher rates of poverty and unemployment than other Hispanic groups. In those ways they were similar to non-Hispanic blacks.
Those who identified themselves as neither white nor black, the study said, were less affluent than white Hispanics but considerably better off than black Hispanics.
Race relations among Latinos, however, are informed by starkly different experiences compared with those between other groups in America. Among Hispanics, skin color still counts, because Latin American countries have caste systems that discriminate against the dark-skinned. But Latin America did not have Jim Crow laws, or their legacy of bitterness.
Even in the United States, Hispanics who complain of discrimination by other Latinos do not cite race as a major factor, said a national survey last year by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Among those who said they were the victims of bias, the survey found, 41 percent attributed it to disparities in income and education and 34 percent to differences in country of origin. Only 8 percent said it was because of skin color, the survey said.
Hispanics, of course, are not the only ones bending racial identity. Matt Kelly, founder of the Mavin Foundation, a national organization based in Seattle that advocates for multiracial Americans, noted that in the 2000 census, nearly seven million Americans identified themselves as belonging to two or more races, not counting the Latinos who picked "some other race."
And the culture is offering up role models, like Halle Berry and Tiger Woods, who celebrate their multiracial background.
In Los Angeles, where Hispanics are the largest ethnic group, Ms. Arza-Goderich said she and her husband, who is also Cuban, have never discussed with their three sons "whether they are white, or moreno or what," she said.
"Race takes a back seat to what they listen to on their CD players, what movies they see," she said. "One is into Japanese anime. Another is immersed in rap. Basically it's the ghetto culture, but ghetto doesn't mean poor or deprived, but hip."
Her 16-year-old, Ray, has adopted a hip-hop persona and hangs out with Vietnamese, Indian, Chicano, white and black friends. Ms. Arza-Goderich said most of them had Asian girlfriends.
"They say they're hot," she explained.
Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
right guys, better study your español because the next Bush in the White House might be Mexican:
George P. Bush, nephew of George W. Bush, is being groomed as the next in line for the Bush family's political dynasty.


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Your friends at TUAW, "The Unofficial Apple Weblog," has reported Apple's iTunes site has sold its 10 BILLIONTH download. Who would have thought that was always kind of an also-ran in the computer world would be such a giant, especially in music sales? Crazy, but the site is quite impressive. Couple that with an iPod and the combination just works. I'm not a huge iPod person, but my wife is all about it. She listens every day when she's working (her feeble attempt to drown out the Sweeney clan noise).
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Following weeks of speculation Royal Caribbean have confirmed their third Quantum-class Ovation of the Seas will be heading to China in 2016 following a trio of sailings from Southampton.
The keel laying ceremony for Ovation of the Seas took place on 5 March 2015 and the ship is due to be launched in April 2016, the same month the third Oasis-class ship Harmony of the Seas is due to be launched.
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Ovation of the Seas will be based in Tianjin, China. A total of five Royal Caribbean ships – Ovation of the Seas, Quantum of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Voyager of the Seas and Legend of the Seas – will sail in the China seas. For its inaugural season, Ovation of the Seas will home-port in Tianjin – approximately 70 miles south-east of Beijing, while Quantum of the Seas will sail from Shanghai. Mariner of the Seas will also sail from Shanghai, while Voyager of the Seas will sail from Hong Kong's new Kai Tak Cruise Port. Legend of the Seas will offer a series of sailings from Tianjin before repositioning to its new home-port of Xiamen for the remainder of the season.
Royal Caribbean's President and CEO, Michael Bayley said "Cruising has become very popular for Chinese consumers and Royal Caribbean is already capturing their imaginations with our industry-leading cruise ships. We are furthering our commitment by bringing two of the world's newest and most advanced Quantum-class cruise ships to the region. In addition, we are significantly expanding our investment in the training and employment of Chinese talent so they can join us in delivering our amazing and distinctive vacations to Chinese travellers."
In addition to committing ships to the region, Royal Caribbean also invested in creating a curriculum with the Tianjin Maritime College in August 2014 in order to attract, train and employ more Chinese talent. Students are instructed in the skills needed for a successful culinary or restaurant service career with Royal Caribbean. The company has hired more than 3,000 graduates so far and hopes to expand the program to accept more students and work with colleges in other Chinese cities.
Royal Caribbean is also investigating potential Chinese dry-dock facilities to revitalise Legend of the Seas as early as 2018 as well as potential logistics centres in China to supply its ships deployed in the region.
The three itineraries from Southampton will go on sale tomorrow (26 March) while the summer 2016 Asia adventures will open for booking in August 2015.
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Repairing injuries… preventing disease… even transplanting organs: surgeons are literally on the "cutting edge" of medicine. Unless it's an emergency situation, the surgeon meets with the patient and listens to the problem. The doctor does an examination and considers medical history, lab work and other possible treatments before deciding on the need for surgery. Possessing that famous "good bedside manner" can help in explaining the diagnosis, the risks of the operation, and the patient's responsibilities before and after the procedure. In the operating room, the surgeon is assisted by an entire team. They handle preparation, monitoring and other tasks, so that the surgeon can concentrate on the delicate work involved in operating. Besides extensive medical knowledge, being a surgeon requires exacting precision, dexterity and stamina. Some procedures take hours to perform. After the surgery is over, the surgeon checks patients to see how they are recovering. Emergencies may result in the surgeon being called at any hour of the day or night. Surgeons may manage a busy private practice, or conduct research. They keep detailed records on patients and often write reports. Some develop new surgical techniques that they teach to other surgeons or students. This career requires a significant investment of education. Surgeons tackle a four year bachelor's degree, followed by four years of medical school, then 5-8 years post-medical school training depending on the surgical specialty. Surgeons make up America's single largest group of medical specialists. Few people come closer to actually holding someone's life in their hands than surgeons do.
What they do:Physicians who treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive, minimally-invasive, or non-invasive surgical methods, such as using instruments, appliances, or by manual manipulation.
On the job, you would:
- Follow established surgical techniques during the operation.
- Examine patient to obtain information on medical condition and surgical risk.
- Operate on patients to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent and treat diseases, or improve or restore patients' functions.
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To start the new year Oikos will take part in BAU 2019 fair which will be held from 14 to 19 January, showing its crown jewel Synua, the pivoting door designed for the big sizes with a new finish.
BAU is the world leader fair in the architecture and construction sector, held every two years in Munich, constituting a great business opportunity for all the companies.
As a cultural melting pot, this fair is an important information and inspiration platform during which the future market tendencies are shown. It's a place in which professionals and experts find practical and sustainable solutions for their visionary ideas.
Besides the recognition of a company which is oriented towards the practical and multidisciplinary innovation, the fair offers the possibility to get in touch with visitors coming from all over the world.
From a business point of view, BAU is an occasion to extend the company boundaries establishing a possible cooperation with stakeholders, clients and architects of the German market.
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Untitled, California, 2016
on reverse: a short essay on Brian H. Merriam by Daniel Arnold (below)
Brian's got a void fetish. A 'the void' fetish, you know what I mean? Like, he loves lonesome shit, trippy nature shapes with no scale or people, stray dogs and mermaids with blurry faces and their bushes out, and look at how he titles his collections: A False Colored Dream, Home And Ghosts, On The Road To Never, The Last Best Place, I'm Nowhere. He's big on nowhere. Pretty sure he's got it tattooed. Maybe 'no way home' too, but I can't be totally sure as I'm typing it out on my phone at 4am and this blurb was due a few days ago. That's all me, though. Brian wouldn't be caught dead in such procrastinated chaos. A most regimented man. The first proper time he and I ever spent together was just the two of us on a week-plus drive across New Mexico and this Yankee fucker knew every inch of it, turning four times, mapless, off the main road to point out every tumbleweed cemetery, bullet-ripped road sign and dumb-tagged shutdown gift shack. "Check it out. Pretty sick," or, "Dude. Eagle. Siiick." He still brings up that fuckin' eagle. Roadside odd jobs too, like motel clerks BY NAME, and he knows exactly where they're all plotted in the atlas. The amount of screwy data this guy walks around with is astounding. Autistic, even. Because he's not one of these glimmering khaki vest bros shooting magic hour wildlife jeep porno. He's a sad 70s-quarterback-lookin' nowhere man who gets therapy making his own crazy sense of nowhere places. Claims the details nobody else cares about. Memorizes all the sick shit. Distills Mozart out of My Bloody Valentine for his own satisfaction. And that's ace orphan strategy if you think about it. Charting all the lonely places. You just can't sweat the void near as bad after you've stood on it stoned in sweatpants and been like dude, void, pretty sick. — Daniel Arnold
Brian H. Merriam spoke with us about being on the road, tragedy, and finding an affinity with the out of place. Read our interview here.


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text: My favorite thing about my apartment is the fact that every room has a tin ceiling. Each one boasts a different pattern, and each one is 12 feet high. Because of these ceilings, I actually own a ladder—two of my three closets begin six feet from the ground, and my overhead lights blow out with a serious regularity. (My intuitive abilities have something to do with the frequency, all puns intended.) Given that each fixture is a pre-war oddity–gorgeous, fragile, and one-of-a-kind–I have to really psych myself up to replace a bulb. During the retrograde, they all blew out, but I decided I wouldn't fix anything until Mercury went direct lest I compound the damage. I actually put FIX LIGHTS in my calendar for January 8, that's how serious I was about waiting. So today I donned sneakers, pink rubber gloves, and overalls with 65 watts stuck in each pocket. Cussing and sweating, I dragged the ladder from room to room to carefully so carefully repair each one. Not one of those lamps unscrews easily, and while balancing at the top of my ladder, I cried more than once out of frustration and fear before the covers finally gave way. People often ask me how I do public speaking without getting nervous. The truth is, I get very nervous, every bloody time, but I am accustomed to doing things that make me nervous as hell. It's called being a grown woman.


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(KTVI) - Fox 2 has received unusual anonymous letters over the years, from people with information defending Pam Hupp.
Hupp faces a first-degree murder charge after prosecutors say she planted a note on her victim while trying to frame someone else.
Two of the letters were addressed to Fox Files investigator Chris Hayes. We also learned of a third anonymous letter that was mailed to the St. Charles County Courthouse. It comes with an attachment with astounding detail.
The envelope of one letter says ATTN: Chris Hayes. It's typed with the Fox 2 address, cut out and taped to an envelope with no return address.
Inside is a letter that starts "Dear sirs: I think it's (sic) getting a little silly that you keep accusing someone of killing their parent, when it's (sic) not true." The three page letter then makes bizarre personal attacks on Pam Hupp's relatives, because of a belief someone's talking. The letter says, "Yyou went to her (a family member's) house and spoke with her."
Another letter says, "We don't think you dug far enough, Chris Hayes." It attacks Betsy Faria's daughters, saying they don`t need their dead mother's $150,000 life insurance proceeds. Those proceeds went to Pam Hupp.
But it`s a third anonymous letter that landed on a Judge's desk, that could be the most important. It comes with an attachment that could be considered evidence.
Attached is a document that Fox 2 has confirmed with the company is authentic. It's from Gen-America financial. It says the 'life insurance' payout to Pam Hupp after the death of her mother Shirley Neumann was $3,589.02. The anonymous letter called it a "final expense policy (which covers funeral expenses)."
The letter, filed November 25, 2014, also acknowledged "Yes, she (Pam Hupp) did say her mother was worth a half million dollars."
You'll remember hearing Hupp say it while talking to a Lincoln County investigator. Hupp said at the time, "If I wanted money, my mom's worth a half a million that I get when she dies."
That was in 2013 when Lincoln County was looking into possible motives for Betsy Faria's murder.
The third letter also makes an argument that Pam Hupp needs Betsy Faria's life insurance money more than Betsy`s daughters.
A year later when Hupp was fighting to keep Betsy's life insurance money, she told the Lincoln County prosecutor her mom was out of money. Hupp told prosecutor Leah Askey in 2015, "We had sold her house, her car and everything she owned and put her in a home."
Defense attorney Joel Schwartz said he repeatedly warned Lincoln County authorities that Hupp was only telling them what would help her. He said, "It was clear Pam Hupp needed the money. She would say what was more convenient for her, at the time. Specifically she said $150,000 was nothing in her world, that it didn't mean much, which certainly was untrue."
Schwartz says he always thought it was a lie when Hupp told the Lincoln County Sergeant she'd soon get half a million from her mother. He added, "I've never believed that her mother had the money she claimed she had."
I followed up, "What makes you think she did have money problems?"
Schwartz answered, "She had no life insurance. She had no health insurance, which would fly in the face of the things she said under oath about $150,000 not being any money to her."


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By Carlos Anchondo | Special Correspondent
It all started in 1996 with an abandoned hobby.
Jeremy Rodriguez was a senior in high school when he came home one day and noticed a guitar sitting in his living room. His father had purchased it on a lark. The Beatles primer for "easy guitar" sat nearby, further piquing Rodriguez's interest.
He picked up the acoustic guitar and strummed absentmindedly. It felt good in his hands, as though it had been missing all along. Remembering air guitar sessions featuring Elvis Presley and Stevie Wonder, and, with the aid of The Beatles songbook, Rodriguez moved from beginner to passable to hooked.
More than 20 years later, Rodriguez is still enamored with song.
"Music can express things that mere words can't," Rodriguez said. "Music is a way to inspire other people – for me, it is worship."
Rodriguez is the director of the Youth Choir at St. Mary of the Visitation Parish in Lockhart. The choir performs every second and fourth Sunday, alternating with the parish's adult choir. Since 2000, Rodriguez has grown the group from a few individuals to a cohort of more than 10. As it has grown, he's imbued the choir with a deep respect for the liturgy.
"Playing at Mass is never a performance," Rodriguez said. "I conduct God's people in worship."
When Rodriguez, 38, first started, he worried about whether parishioners enjoyed the music. With time, he realized that what matters is how the music brings the church closer in communion with God.
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More than 70 teenagers have participated in the youth choir during Rodriguez' tenure, many of them recruited from the parish youth group, which Rodriguez led as director from 2007 to 2013.
Jaime Sanchez joined the youth group in the sixth grade. His aunts, who knew Rodriguez, believed he would make a stable male role model for their nephew, who grew up without a father. Sanchez quickly found friends at youth group and joined the youth choir three years later. Rodriguez noticed Sanchez' love for music and gave him guitar and voice lessons.
"Jeremy and I connected on a lot of levels and specifically with music," said Sanchez, who now regards Rodriguez like a brother.
Sanchez has spent the last two years with NET Ministries mentoring Catholic youth at retreats and parochial schools. Inspired by Rodriguez' example, he connects with those who are broken spiritually and helps guide them to a more fruitful faith life.
The power of music as a cathartic outlet is not lost on Rodriguez, whose dysfunctional childhood was soothed by his discovery of guitar. Rodriguez points to the biblical story of David, who first rose to fame as a talented lyre player for King Saul. Saul was tormented by evil spirits and was only comforted by David's melodies. Rodriguez also believes in music's power to drive out evil.
Trusting in God
Rodriguez' journey is not without hardship.
In 2013, Rodriguez made the difficult decision to step down as the director of St. Mary's youth group. Over his six years in the position, Rodriguez led more than 400 kids in their spiritual journeys. As he transitioned to life as a fulltime musician, Rodriguez became beset with doubts.
He started having panic attacks. Anxiety seemed to consume him. After pills were prescribed, Rodriguez took stock of his faith.
"I have always had a prayer life, but at this time when I was really seeking truth, I fell into this surrender with God," Rodriguez said. "I knew then I could no longer handle things on my own."
Rodriguez never took the prescriptions, but still carries them as a reminder. He now spends nearly two hours each day in prayer with God.
A Disciple
Not every former youth group or choir member has remained steadfast in their faith. On occasion, Rodriguez wonders what he could have done differently to keep all of them committed to the faith, but he realizes there are things often out of his control.
His earnest desire is to help others. In addition to serving as director of the youth choir, Rodriguez works with the Diocese of Austin and regularly travels to youth retreats giving keynotes and leading musical worship. Grounded in his strong prayer life, Rodriguez not only has deep faith, but also he shares it. He not only trusts in God's plan, but also he encourages others to do the same.
At the beginning of February, Rodriguez will be the emcee at the 2018 Diocesan Catholic Youth Convention in Waco, which brings together more than 2,000 young Catholics for a weekend of workshops and prayer. For four straight years, Rodriguez and Soundwave –– he left the band in 2016 –– headlined DCYC.
Be Not Afraid
Over the last year, Rodriguez has embarked on a solo act named |:toLoveandRescue:|. Through his new extended play (EP) record, he is doing what he has always wanted to do with music –– inspire others.
Rodriguez looks back on the darkest times in his life and recognizes that without the prayer and intercession of others, he would not be who he is today. His favorite quote is, "Brothers and sisters, do not be afraid to welcome Christ and accept his power … open the doors wide for Christ," from St. John Paul II.
"Everyone needs to be loved and everyone needs to be rescued," Rodriguez said. "That doesn't mean we force ourselves to rescue them, but that we love them enough to reach out a hand."
This is the approach Rodriguez has taken throughout his progression as a leader. Good leaders, he said, meet people where they are. As the youth choir director, Rodriguez believes the true beauty of music is not in how loud or how well we sing, but about being in the song together.
Father Ed Karasek, the pastor of at St. Mary Parish, said, "God has blessed Jeremy with a great voice and musical talent. I am glad he shares this gift with the people of St. Mary's."
Editor's note: Carlos Anchondo attended St. Mary of the Visitation Parish in Lockhart from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of St. Mary's youth group while Jeremy Rodriguez was the director.
In the diocesan Pastoral Plan, "Encounter that leads to Transformation," an objective under Goal 1, Provide Spiritual Formation that Leads to Encounter, encourages us to attract, engage and inspire young people to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and knowledge of the teachings of the Church, resulting in stronger participation in parish life and external Christian witness. This story is an example of a young adult using his gifts and talents of music and song to encounter Christ in his parish ministry. For information, visit www.austindioceseplan.org.


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£65 See also Instalment Payments below.
Validation administration charge - if cancellation* or a mid-term alteration to the policy is necessary due to misrepresentation, non-disclosure or inability to validate information provided.
Additional charge of £25 (fee is payable once per policy)
Dishonoured payment administration charge
£12.50 (charged if we handle a payment to Premium Credit Ltd or we issue a second payment reminder letter.)
Debt collection admin fee
£45 (charged where we have to pass your account to a debt collection agency)
Failure to provide required documentation within 14 days of request
£25 to cover additional administration costs
Provision of duplicate hard copy documents
£15 to cover administrative costs, printing and postage
Contacting your previous insurer on your behalf to verify your level of no claims bonus
£15 to cover administrative costs
Cancellation charge within first 14 days or before the policy starts (see below if your vehicle is currently in a police compound)
£55 *(validation admin fee may also apply)
Cancellation charge from day 15 onwards (see below if your vehicle is currently in a police compound)
£75 *(validation admin fee may also apply). We will also retain commission at a rate of 10% of any returned (refunded) premium, as the insurer will reclaim this from us. For example if the returned premium is £500 we will retain an additional £50.
Cancellation of your Policy
If you wish to cancel your policy please telephone our Customer Services Department on 0344 557 8400 or email firstname.lastname@example.com in the first instance. They will advise you of the process required for your insurer or can help you look for alternative cover if appropriate. Cancelling your instalment plan DOES NOT cancel your policy and the payments made to date are unlikely to cover costs in the event of cancellation. Any remaining balance can be cleared in one payment or you must continue with the instalments until repaid. We will withhold proof of any No Claims Bonus until the balance is paid. Cancellation fees and costs apply whether the policy is cancelled by you or us, regardless of reason. If there has been ANY claim or potential loss the full premium will be payable with no refund due – please refer to your policy booklet. Refunds of less than £10 will be retained by us due to the administrative cost of returning these. Optional add-ons are also cancelled if the main motor policy is cancelled. If there is any premium refund due back to you, we will process this refund at the time the policy is cancelled. However, if there has been a claim on the policy that we were unaware of at the time of issuing, you will need to repay any refund given. We may communicate any cancellations by email, so please ensure the email address you provide us with is correct and kept up to date. If you are taking insurance to release a vehicle from a police compound then our cancellation fee is increased by £30 to cover the additional administrative costs involved with these policies.
Within the first 14 days or before the policy starts
You have the right to cancel within 14 days of when you purchase your new policy, or from when you receive your policy documents, whichever is later, and within 14 days of the renewal date for renewed policies. The insurers will pay a pro-rata refund of premium, subject to a minimum charge, and we will refund any policy set-up charges. We will deduct a cancellation charge as noted in the table above.
Day 15 onwards
There will be a charge for the time you have been covered by your insurance. Full details of this can be found in your policy booklet. We will then refund any amount we owe to you after deduction of our fees. We will charge our cancellation charge and reclaim our commission as noted in the table above. Premiums for optional add-on products such as Breakdown Cover, our Platinum Legal Cover and Key Cover are non-refundable after the 14 day cooling-off period.
Young and inexperienced drivers
If you are aged under 25, or have held a full UK/EU Driving Licence for less than 12 months then additional excesses will apply. If you purchase your policy over the phone with us, please refer to your policy booklet for full details.
If you are intending to purchase your policy online and are aged 18-20, your excess will be increased by £300. If you are aged 20–24 your excess will be increased by £200.
You may be asked to provide documentation following the purchase of your policy. We may require - proof of no claims bonus, a copy of your or a named driver's driving licence, driving licence check codes for anyone named on the policy, proof of ownership of the vehicle or any other applicable documentation. This may be requested at any time during your policy period. Failure to provide requested documentation could result in additional fees and/or premium being due, or cancellation of your policy.
Instalment payments
It is possible for us to arrange finance as a method of paying for your premium. In these circumstances we act as a credit broker in arranging this finance. Credit is provided by Premium Credit Ltd who we deal with exclusively and is provided subject to status. We will receive a commission from Premium Credit for referring you to them – details are available upon request. A credit search will be run as part of your application. If your application for credit is declined the premium will become payable in full. Once credit has been provided, if you do not keep up with your repayments you may incur further charges and the credit agreement and insurance policy may be cancelled, this may be recorded on your credit file and could affect future applications for finance. If your policy renews at the end of the policy period a new credit check will be run to assess your suitability for finance prior to your renewal date. You may contact us to cancel your credit agreement without penalty within the first 14 days, but the insurance premium will become immediately payable in full. If possible we will add any additional costs or charges incurred throughout the policy to your monthly instalments, however, if we cannot do so for whatever reason, these must be paid at the time of the change. In the event of a claim, instalments MUST continue to be paid until the FULL premium and charges have been settled. If you default on your credit agreement and the contract is cancelled, any outstanding balance will be owed to Fresh, rather than Premium Credit Ltd.
How we are paid
When you take out a policy with us or make a change to an existing policy, we charge you a fee for the services we provide as detailed above. In addition, the insurer pays us commission which is a percentage of the annual premium after the policy starts. Details on this commission are available upon request. If your insurer is Aviva, they will calculate the profits made on the policies we sell on an annual basis and may make a payment to us based on this profitability. We may also receive a marketing allowance in relation to the number of motor legal expenses policies sold.
Referrals from other brokers
We may make a payment to any referring broker if you take a policy out with us, this will not affect your premium. Details are available upon request.
No Claims Bonus Protection (where available)
No claims bonus is applied as a percentage discount to your insurance premium. In protecting your no claims bonus you are protecting this percentage discount, not the overall price of the policy. Should you make a claim against your policy whilst no claims protection is in force, your renewal price may still increase.
Protecting your money
We hold your premium (payment or refund) in a trust account as agents of the insurer. It is considered as being held by the insurer whilst in this account – this is known as 'risk transfer'. Whilst it is in the account, your money cannot be used for any purpose other than paying the insurers or any brokers through whom we may have arranged your insurance, or in the case or premium refunds, returning the money to you. Any interest earned on the account is retained by us.
Accuracy of information
You must provide us with honest and accurate information to the questions we ask and inform us of any changes to the information previously supplied. If you withhold information or answer questions dishonestly you may have your cover reduced, be charged a higher premium or have your policy cancelled or voided and any claims may not be paid.
Your Duty of Fair Presentation (Commercial Vehicle Policyholders only)
You are required to provide a fair presentation of the insurance risk based on you conducting a reasonable search for information. This may require you to obtain information from senior staff within your organisation, other parties to whom the insurance relates or who undertake any outsourced functions for your business (e.g. solicitors, accountants etc.) You must disclose every material circumstance which you know or ought to know may affect the insurance cover. Failing this you must disclose sufficient information to put your insurer on notice that it needs to make further enquiries. You must ensure that information provided is correct to the best of your knowledge and representations must be made in good faith. If you fail to make a fair presentation of the risk this may result in additional terms or warranties being applied or a claim may be refused or reduced. In some cases this could result in your policy being declared void by an insurer and if there has been a deliberate or reckless breach there will be no refund of premium. Please ask if you require clarification.
Continuing payments
By accepting these terms and conditions you (or the cardholder if this is not you) also agree that we may retain the card details and use these to take any additional premiums, cost or charges relating to the policy, or automatic renewals if applicable, until you state otherwise. This will apply even if the card does not belong to you. You will always be informed before we try to take any funds from the card so you must make sure the cardholder is informed if they are a third party.
Renewal of your policy
We will inform you if we are able to offer automatic renewal and we may renew your policy automatically each year unless you request otherwise. If you are paying by monthly instalments, your finance company will issue a new agreement and will then continue to collect direct debits from your account. If the direct debit fails we may need to debit the card from which the original deposit was taken to ensure continuity of cover. If you paid in full we will collect the renewal premium from the same card. You will receive a renewal invitation from us and this will normally be issued 21 days prior to your renewal date. To ensure your payment processes correctly we will debit cards seven days before renewal unless you advise us otherwise. Insurers do not provide a period of grace to renew your policy. If we are not able to offer an automatic renewal, your renewal invite will state this and you must contact us in good time prior to your renewal to ensure continuous cover is in force.
Privacy Policy & Use of Driving Licence Data
Your details will be held on our system to assist with the administration of your policy and will also be passed to your insurers. We and they may share it with other insurers and fraud prevention agencies including the police and credit reference agencies. We and other organisations may also search these agencies and databases to help make decisions about the provision and administration of insurance, credit and related services for you and members of your household; trace debtors or beneficiaries; recover debt; prevent fraud; manage your accounts or insurance policies and check your identity in order to offer you the most competitive premium. If you and/or any named driver provide us with your Driving Licence Number(s) (DLN), you/they consent to us accessing information about the licence status, entitlements and restrictions and any endorsements/convictions from the DVLA both now and at renewal. This information will ONLY be used by us or passed to authorised third parties for the administration of your insurance policy. For information about driving licence data please visit gov.uk/view-driving-licence. Full details of what data we hold about you and how this is used can be found in our Privacy Policy which should be read in conjunction with this document. By accepting this Terms of Business you also accept our Privacy Policy which is available online at by clicking the links noted previously or upon request.
Governing law
The laws of England and Wales govern this agreement and any dispute is subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts


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When it comes to versatile, you can't beat Slow-Cooked Mexican Pork Carnitas! Cook up a big pot and use it in tacos, taquitos, flautas, sandwiches or even on top of pizza!
With Super Bowl this weekend, I thought I'd do something a little different. One of my favourite things to order when I'm eating out Mexican is Carnitas, whether it's in a taco, taquitos or bowl. There is nothing like the flavour of this delicious slow-cooked, pork. Cooked until tender, then shredded, Carnitas can be enjoyed in dishes "as is", or quickly fry it up in a frying pan to make it crispy.
So today I'm sharing the basic Carnitas recipe. It's perfect for making up ahead and refrigerating or freezing. Then on the big day, just thaw and enjoy in your favourite dishes. And speaking of favourite dishes, I'll be showing you 4 different ways to use your Carnitas. Tomorrow I'll be sharing two easy and delicious recipes for Carnitas Tacos and Carnitas Flautas. They share the same ingredients, they are just put together a little differently. Then on Friday, watch for a delicious Carnitas Pizza recipe. They are all pictured in the header photo, so you can see how delicious they all look!
The great thing about all these dishes is that they all use basically the same ingredients, but they each have distinctive flavours and textures, so it's easy to create a bunch of different dishes easily. Perfect for Super Bowl Sunday! If you are planning your shopping list, you'll need red onion, jalapeno peppers, Mexican cotija (or feta) cheese, fresh cilantro (or flat-leafed parsley), sour cream and a tiny bit of heavy cream for all of the recipes. On top of that, the tacos need flour or corn tortillas and the flautas need flour tortillas. You'll need crusty rolls and enchilada sauce for the sandwiches and store-bought pizza dough and enchilada sauce for the pizza.
Cook's Notes for Slow-Cooked Mexican Carnitas
As mentioned above, Carnitas freezes beautifully, so it's great for making ahead. Simply remove from the freezer and pop in to the fridge the night before you will be using it. It will be ready to go the next morning.
To make your Carnitas "crispy", simply heat a little cooking oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add your Carnitas and allow to cook until browned. (Pressing down with a spatula works well here). Remove and use in tacos or sandwiches.
Slow Cooked Mexican Carnitas
- 3 pounds pork shoulder
- 7 strips strips orange peel
- 5 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 large onion (chopped)
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 leaves bay
- Pinch ground cloves
- 1 tsp dried oregano leaves ((less if ground oregano))
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt (or more, to taste (less if using fine salt))
- Cut pork should in to chunks (about 1-2 inches), cutting off and discarding any chunks of fat along the way. It's fine to leave a bit of fat on the cubes, just remove the areas of pure fat.
- Place pork in a large, heavy-bottomed pot on the stove-top. Add enough water to cover the meat by about 2 inches. Heat over medium-high heat until water boils. Allow to boil a minute or so, then turn off the heat. Carefully skim off the fat from the top of the liquid and discard.
- Add to the pot the orange zest strips, garlic, onion, red pepper flakes, cinnamon, bay leaves, oregano, salt and cloves. Stir to combine. Re-heat liquid to boiling, then reduce heat to medium low to a gentle simmer. Simmer uncovered for 1 1/2 hours, checking a few times near the end of cooking to make sure there is still liquid in the pot (if not, add a bit).
- After 1 1/2 hours, REMOVE AND DISCARD BAY LEAVES, then use a fork or potato masher to break apart/shred the chunks of pork. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for an additional 30 minutes, or until almost all the liquid has evaporated.
- Use immediately, or refrigerate or freeze for later use.
- You can use the Carnitas "as is", or crisp it up in a skillet with a little oil over medium-high heat before using.


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Information for G02810
Let's write! Running a participatory writeshop (PLA 61)
Angela Milligan, Petra Bongartz
Journal article
Participatory development practitioners, particularly those from the South, face a range of barriers to sharing their learning and reflections with a wider audience. These include language constraints, time pressures and lack of experience and confidence in writing papers. These barriers are even more severe for women. This poses a problem for Participatory Learning and Action because the experiences of practitioners, particularly those from the South, are exactly those we want to capture. Recently, we have been experimenting with participatory writeshops as one way to support practitioners to contribute to themed issues. For the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) issue of PLA, Plan Kenya, IDS and IIED held a one-week writeshop in Nairobi, Kenya. This Tips for Trainers describes the CLTS writeshop, draws together some lessons for running successful writeshops, and discusses some of the challenges associated with writeshops.
Participatory Learning and Action (PLA, formerly PLA Notes) is the world's leading series on participatory learning and action approaches and methods. PLA publishes articles on participation aimed at practitioners, researchers, academics and activists. All articles are peer-reviewed by an international editorial board. See: www.planotes.org
Article in: PLA 61. Guest-edited by: Petra Bongartz, Samuel Musembi Musyoki, Angela Milligan and Holly Ashley.
Keywords: CLTS, Community-Led Total Sanitation, water, hygiene, Kamal Kar, health, PRA, scaling up, policy, triggering, training, facilitation.
To read the full table of contents or download whole issue please click on More information above.
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- IIED code: G02810
- Published: Nov 2010 - IIED and Plan International
- Area: Africa
- Theme: Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Series: Participatory Learning and Action 61
- Source pub: Participatory Learning and Action 61 Tales of Shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa
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Recipe submitted by: Amy Pickett
Recipe courtesy of: http://www.eatingwell.com/
What's in it
1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
3 tablespoons rice vinegar or white-wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey, or more to taste
1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced onion or dried chopped chives
1 1/4 teaspoons dried tarragon or dill
1/2 teaspoon onion salt or celery salt or 1/4 teaspoon of each
White pepper to taste
3 cups cooked whole-wheat fusilli or similar pasta (about 6 ounces dry)
4 cups chopped broccoli florets (about 1 1/2 large heads)
1 1/2 cups diced ham (8 ounces), preferably reduced-sodium
1 large red or yellow bell pepper (or a combination), diced
1/4 cup diced red onion, plus slices for garnish
1/3 cup raisins
Freshly ground pepper to taste
4 cups spinach leaves
1 cup torn radicchio leaves
How to cook it
- To prepare dressing: Combine mayonnaise, yogurt, sour cream, vinegar, mustard, honey, onion (or chives), tarragon (or dill) and onion salt (and/or celery salt) in a bowl until well blended. Season with white pepper. Taste and adjust seasonings, if desired.
- To prepare salad: Combine pasta, broccoli, ham, bell pepper, diced onion and raisins in a large bowl. Add dressing and toss until evenly incorporated. Cover and refrigerate to blend the flavors for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 days.
- Serve on a bed of spinach and radicchio, garnished with slices of red onion.
- NUTRITION Per serving: 306 calories; 7 g fat ( 2 g sat , 2 g mono ); 31 mg cholesterol; 46 g carbohydrates; 4 g added sugars; 19 g protein; 6 g fiber; 838 mg sodium; 696 mg potassium. Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (167% daily value), Vitamin A (85% dv), Folate (24% dv), Potassium (20% dv), Magnesium (18% dv), Zinc (17% dv), Iron (16% dv) Carbohydrate Servings: 2 1/2 Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit, 2 vegetable, 2 lean meat
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